Town annual reports of the officers of Southbridge for the year ending 1927-1931, Part 5

Author: Southbridge (Mass.)
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 870


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Cash on hand February 2, 1928 2,466.75


$64,256.29


INTEREST ON TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS


Cash on hand January 1, 1927 $106.92


Collections 1927 3,960.35


$4.067.27


142


Payments to treasurer 1927


$4,065.85


Cash on hand December 31. 1927 1.42


$4,067.27


Cash on hand January 1, 1928. $1.42


Collections January 1 to February 2,


1928 364.29


:


$365.7]


Payments to treasurer January 1 to


February 2, 1928 $305.08


Cash on hand February 2, 1928 60.63


$365.71


UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS


Outstanding January 1, 1927


$8,922.08


Charges 1927 3,068.96


$11,991.04


Payments to treasurer


$7,273.57


Apportioned


1,338.85


Abatements (Town of Southbridge) ..


141.41


Outstanding December 31, 1927, per list


3,237.21


$11,991.04


UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1926


Outstanding January 1, 1927 $61.74


143


Payments to treasurer


$30.87


AAbatements 30.87


$61.74


APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS-1925


Outstanding January 1. 1927 $4.84


Payments to treasurer $4 84


APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS-1926


Outstanding Jannary 1. 1927 $134.51


Payments to treasurer $108.60


Ontstanding December 31. 1927 25.91


$134.51


Outstanding JJanuary 1. 1928 $25.91


Outstanding February 2. 1928 $25.91


APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS-1927


Commitment $571.00


Payment in advance of commitment ..


19.67


$590.67


Payments to treasurer $500.29


Outstanding December 31. 1927, per lis . 90.38


$590.67


144


COMMITTED INTEREST-SEWER ASSESSMENT


Outstanding January 1, 1927


$21.32


Commitment 77.74


$99.06


Payments to treasurer


$67.82


Outstanding December 31, 1927


31.24


$


$99.06


UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS


Outstanding January 1, 1927 $1,947.84


Payments to treasurer $732.26


Abatements


5.20


Apportioned


368.48


Added to taxes


841.80


Outstanding December 31, 1927


.10


$1,947.84


Outstanding January 1, 1928 .


$0.10


Outstanding February 2, 1928 $0.10


UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS- ADDED TO TAXES 1925


Outstanding January 1, 1927 $290.67


Payments to treasurer $290.67


145


UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS- ADDED TO TAXES 1926


Outstanding January 1. 1927 -


$557.50


Payments to treasurer $225.00


Outstanding December 31. 1927


662.50


$887.50


UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS- ADDED TO TAXES 1927


Commitment $841.50


Payments to treasurer $11.92


Outstanding December 31. 1927 829.55


$841.80


Outstanding January 1. 192: 8829.85


Payments to treasurer. January 1 to


February 2. 192:


$93.21


Outstanding February 2. 1928 736.67


APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS-1926


Durstanding Jannary 1. 1927 $191.11


Payments to treasurer $11.75


Outstanding December 31. 1927


179.30


$191.11


146


Outstanding January 1, 1928 $179.36


Payments to treasurer, January 1 to


February 2, 1928 $50.00


Outstanding February 2, 1928 78.56


Cash on hand February 2, 1928 50.80


$179.36


APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS-1927


Commitment $616.24


Payments to treasurer $309.45


Outstanding December 31, 1927 306.79


$616.24


1


Outstanding January 1, 1928 $306.79


Payments to treasurer, January 1 to


February 2, 1928 $133.26


Outstanding February 2, 1928 173.53


$306.79


COMMITTED INTEREST-SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS


Outstanding January 1, 1927


$79.59


Commitment 167.97


Additional interest


8.43


$255.99


Payments to treasurer $113.85


147


Abatements 9.49


Outstanding December 31, 1927


132.65


$255.99


Outstanding January 1, 1928 132.65


Payments to treasurer January 1, to


February 2, 1928


$36.82


Outstanding February 2, 1928


90.50


Cash on hand February 2, 1928


5.33


$132.65


TOWN HALL RENTS


Outstanding January 1, 1927


$100.00


Charges 747.00


$847.00


Payments to treasurer


$737.00


Abatement


100.00


Outstanding December 31, 1927


10.00


$847.00


USE OF AMBULANCE


Outstanding January


1.


1927 :


Board of Health $257.00


Fire Department 335.00


$612.00


148


Charges 850.00


$1,462.00


Payments to treasurer ..


$610.00


Abatements


200.00


- Outstanding December 31, 1927


652.00


$1,462.00


Outstanding


January


1,


1928


$652.00


Charges


105.00


$757.00


Payments to treasurer Jan- uary 1 to February 21, 1928 $20.00


Outst mding February 21, 1928, per list : Board of Health $247.00


Fire Department 460.00


707.00


Cash on hand February 21,


1928


30.00


$757.00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Outstanding January 1, 1927 $94.00


149


Charges 11.00


$105.00


Payments to treasurer $11.00


Outstanding December 31. 1927 (per list)


94.00


$105.00


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Outstanding


January 1.


1927


$9,762.60


Correction of charge in


1926


3.35


Charges :


Outside relief and


mothers' aid $8,083.31


Board at Almshouse 295.00


8,378.31


$18.144.26


Payments to treasurer . . $7,747.31


Abatements


2,412.74


Outstanding December 31. 1927 :


Mothers' Aid $2.375.44


Charities 5,513.77


7,889.21


150


Cash on hand December


31. 1927 95.00


$18,144.26


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Outstanding


January 1,


1927


$296.00


Charges 1927 :


Tuition


$5,920.26


Americanization 571.25


Car tickets


90.20


Books


2.45


Use of hall


10.75


Toll calls


23.40


6,618.31


$6,914.31


Payments to treasurer ..


P


$6,062.81


Outstanding December 31.


1927, per list


851.50


$6,914.31


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


Outstanding


January 1,


1927 :


Perpetual care funds $395.00


Sale of lots 282.00


Opening graves


180.00


151


Sale of graves 20.00


$877.00


Cash on hand January 1. 1927 :


Foundations


$7.80


Opening graves


3.00


10.80


Perpetual care funds


600.00


Sale of lots


550.00


Opening graves


347.00


Annual care


6.00


Foundations


13.00


Other work


9.50


$2.413.30


Payments to treasurer .. Outstanding December 31, 1927, per list :


$1,821.80


Perpetual care funds


$325.00


Sale of lots .


207.00


Opening graves


50.00


Other work


9.50


591.50


$2.413.30


TOWN CLERK'S LICENSES


Cash on hand January 1. 1927 $69.00


152


Licenses issued :


Junk


$60.00


Pool


107.50


Bowling


51.00


Auctioneer


10.00


Liquor


2.00


230.50


$299.50


Payments to treasurer .. $69.00


Cash on hand December 31, 1927


230.50


$299.50


Cash on hand January


1, 1928 $230.50


Licenses issued January 1,


1928 to February


16, 1928


15.00


$245.50


Payments to treasurer January 1 to Feb- ruary 16, 1928 . .


$242.50


Due from town clerk


. .


3.00


$245.50


DOG LICENSES


Licenses issued :


573 Males at $2.00 .


$1,146.00


153


122 Females at $5.00 610.00


1 Breeder's


50.00


$1,806.00


Overpayment to county


treasurer 4.00


$1,810.00


Payments to county


treasurer


$1,670.40


Town clerk's fees 139.60


$1.810.00


HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES


Licenses issued :


709 Resident citizens' sporting at


$2.25


$1.595.25


2 Resident citizens' trapping at $2.25 4.50


3 Non-resident citizens' sport-


ing at $2.25


6.75


1 Alien sporting at $15.25 15.25


11 Minors' trapping at $0.75 8.25


9 Duplicates at $0.50


4.50


2 Non-resident citizens ' sport- ing at $5.25 10.50


$1,645.00


Payments to Department of Conserva-


tion $1,399.50


Fees retained


182.00


154


Cash on hand December 31, 1927 63.50


$1,645.00


SELECTMEN'S LICENSES


Licenses issued :


Firearms $3.00


- Second-hand auto 30.00


Jitney


210.00


Jitney drivers


111.00


Garage and gasoline permits.


18.50


Innholders'


15.00


Sunday


198.00


Theatre


20.00


Common vietuallers


66.00


$671.00


Payments to treasurer $666.00


Outstanding December 31, 1927. per list


5.00


$671.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Felix Gatineau (Sealer)


Due from sealer January 1, 1927 $0.78


Fees for sealing 173.73


Overpayment to treasurer


.02


Payments to treasurer $173.75


$174.53


155


Outstanding December 31. 1927 .78


$174.53


BOARD OF HEALTH


Licenses issued :


Alcohol


$8.00


Milk


27.50


Oleomargarine


4.00


Hairdressing


18.00


Slaughter


2.00


Rendering


1.00


$60.50


Payments to treasurer


$57.50


Due from selectmen's clerk


1.00


Outstanding December 31. 1927


2.00


$60.50


LIBRARY DEPARTMENT


Cash on hand January 1. 1927


$40.62


Fines 394.49


$435.11


Payments to treasurer


$397.01


Cash on hand December 31. 1927 38.10


$435.11


156


Cash on hand January 1, 1928


$38.10


Fines January 1 to February 20, 1928. . 55.61


$93.71


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 20, 1928 . $64.46


Cash on hand February 20, 1928, veri- 1


fied 29.25


$93.71


157


SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND


Securites Par Value


Savings Bank


Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year $16,000.00 $30,260.72 $46,260.72 On hand at end of year $16,000 00 $32,289.84 $48,289.84


Receipts


Payments


Interest on deposits $1,389.12 Deposited in savings


Interest on securities


640.00


bank


$2,029.12


Total


$2,029.12


Total


$2,029.12


JESSE J. ANGELL CHARITY FUND


Savings Bank Cash


Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year


*$85.41


$1,040.60


$1,126.01


On hand at end of year.


*$14.44


$1,082.84


$1,097.28


Receipts


Payments


Interest on deposit ......


$42.24 Aid rendered


$70.97


Cash on hand January


Deposited in savings


1, 1927


85.41


bank


42.24


Cash on hand Decem-


ber 31, 1927


*14.44


Total


$127.65 Total


$127.65


*In general cash.


158


ELLA M. COLE FUND (Needy School Children)


Savings Bank Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year


On hand at end of year


$3,000.00


$3,000.00


Receipts


Payments


Bequest


1


$3,000.00 Deposited in savings banks


$2,000.00


In transit to Attlebor-


ough Sav's bank


(entered in pass


book Jan. 31, 1928)


1,000.00


Total


$3,000.00


Total


$3,000.00


ROBERT H. COLE TRADE SCHOOL FUND


Cash


Total


On hand at beginning of year


On hand at end of year


* $1,071.30


$1,071.30


Receipts


Payments


Received from J. C.


Expended for


con-


F. Wheelock,


struction


$39,928.70


Trustee $41.000.00 Cash on hand Decem-


ber 31, 1927 *1,071.30


Total


$41,000.00


Total


$41,000.00


*In general cash.


159


ALEXIS BOYER, JR. SCHOOL FUND


Cash


Savings Bank Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year


*$29.23


$210.76


$239.99


On hand at end of year


*29.23


$220.33


$249.56


Receipts


Payments


Deposited


in


sav-


Interest on deposit


$9.57


ings banks


$9.57


* In general cash.


MARY MYNOTT LIBRARY FUND


Savings Bank Cash


Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year


$1,022.50


$1,022.50


On hand at end of year


*6.63


$1.000.00


$1.006.63


Receipts


Payments


Interest on deposit ...


$46.51 Transferred to gen-


Withdrawn from sar-


eral cash


$19.3S


ings bank


22.50 Library expenditures.


43.00


Cash on hand Decem- ber 31. 1927


*6.63


Total


$69.01 Total


$69.01


* In general cash.


160


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Securities


Par Value


Savings Bank Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year


$5,000.00 $32,268.93 $37.268.93


On hand at end of year.


$38,563.93 $38,563.93


Receipts


Payments


Securities matured $5,000.00 Deposited in savings


Income


1,679.43


banks


$6,295.00


Sale of lots


625.00 Transferred to town


Bequests


670.00


for cemetery


1,679.43


Total


$7,974.43


Total


$7,974.43


CEMETERY GENERAL CARE FUNDS


Securities Par Savings Bank Deposits


Value


Total


On hand at beginning of year


$25.000.00


$25,000.00


On hand at end of year


$25.000 00 $25.000.00


Receipts


Payments .


Sale of securities


$25,000.00 Expense for register-


Premium on securi-


ing and insurance


$4.00


ties sold 1,531.25 Deposited in sav-


Accrued interest on


ings bank


25.000.00


securities sold ...


52.78 Transferred to town


Interest on deposits


$33.80


for cemetery


2,413.83


Total


$27,417.83


Total


$27.417.83


Iveroll Appropriallan Balancog 99 999'8


Upapportioned Hewer


4661 10 440'1 TAxoA


1'0'1


01:12001 pungi


-


11.11


000000018


In banke


Cash


TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE


Apportioned Sewer 1926 25.91 Apportioned Sewer 1927 90.38 Committed Interest,, Sewer Assessments 1926 8.97


Committed Interest, Sewer


Assessments 1927 22.27


3,384.74


Unapportioned Sidewalk $0.10


Unapportioned Sidewalk 1926 662.80


Unapportioned Sidewalk 1927 829.88


Apportioned Sidewalk 1926


179.36


Apportioned Sidewalk 1927


306.79


Committed Interest, Side-


walk Assessments 132.65


2,111.58


Tax Titles held by town


808.83


Departmental:


Town Hall


$10.00


Ambulance 652.00


Highway 94.00


Poor


5,608.77


School


851.50


$2,200.00


Sidewalk


By-laws


1,000.00


3,200.00


Sewer Assessment Receipts


1,514.66


Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1925 $463.33


Levy of 1926 1,702.27


Levy of 1927


3,321.08


5,486.68


Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus 2,793.44


Sewer Assessment Revenue 3.384.74


Sidewalk Assessment Revenue ...


2,111.58


Tax Titles Revenue


.


808.83


Departmental Revenue


10,918.96


Surplus Revenue


28,988.78


C'emetery 591.50 Mothers' Aid. Common- wealth of Mass. 2,375.44


State Aid. Commonwealth of Mass. 672.00


Military Aid. Common wealth of Mass 63.75


10,918.96


Overdrawn Account:


Election and Registration 1926


4.93


$170,135.27


$170,135.27


NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Non-Revenue Cash : In banks


$1,486.30


River Street School $0.21


Sewer Filter Beds 61.38


Road Construction 1926


1,424.71


$1,486.30


$1,486.30


$1,486.30


DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Sewer Assessments apportioned but not due $1,123.29


Apportioned Sewer Assessments due in:


1928


$341.59


1929


230.13


1930


216.63


1931


204.29


1932


26.13


1933


26.13


1934


26.13


1935


26.13


1936


26.13


$1,123.29


Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments


due in:


1928


$566.21


1929


430.43


1930


380.75


1931


73.69


1,451.08


$2,574.37


Sidewalk Assessments apportioned but not


due 1,451.08


$2,574.37


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Sinking Funds, Cash and Securities Not Founded or Blood Debt


$18.289.84 254.900.10


Hower Construction 1899


Sower Construction Loạn 1900


$30.000.00 20,000.00


General LontA:


4%


$225.750.00


Serial 41. %


4,000.00


18.000,00


Serial 5%'


6.440.00


253,190.00


$303.190.00


$303.190.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funde Cash Securities


$68.867.10


JONNO J. Angell Charity Fund


$1.083.84


Ella M Cole Fund (Needy School Children1 3,000.00


Alexis Boyer, Jr., School Fund 220.33


Mary Mynott Library Fund 1.000.00


Cometery Perpetual Care Funds 38.563.93


Comotory General Care Funds


25.000.00


$68.867.10


$68.867.10


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TOWN WARRANT


-


Worcester, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Southbridge, in the County of Worcester. Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby requested to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Southbridge, aforesaid, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Southbridge, on Monday, the fifth (5) day of March 1928, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles.


ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside over said meeting.


ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot all town officers for the ensuing year :- viz: Clerk; Treasurer; three Selectmen for one year : one mmeber Board of Public Welfare for three years : one member Board of Health for three years: one As- sessor for three years; Collector of Taxes for one year; two members of the School Committee for three years: one Park Commissioner for three years; one Sinking Fund Commis- sioner for three years; one Sewer Commissioner for three years; two Cemetery Commissioners for three years; Tree Warden; Highway Surveyor; three Constables for one year and all others provided for by law.


ARTICLE 3. To vote by ballot "YES" or "NO" in an-


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swer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town."


ARTICLE 4. To hear the reports of the Town Account- ant: Clerk; Treasurer; Selectmen: School Committee; Li- brary Committee; Sewer Commissioners, etc., and act any- thing thereon.


ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay town debts and charges for the current financial year.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cause an audit to be made of the Town's Accounts of 1928, or act anything thereon. 1


ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to pay its En- ginemen or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to give the Collector of Taxes the same power to collect taxes that the Town Treasurer has when appointed Collector of Taxes.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to have all taxes due and payable October 1, 1928, and if not paid on or before October 17, 1928, to have interest charged at the rate provided for by law from October 1, 1928, or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to fix the compensation of town officers, or act anything thereon.


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ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to balance overdrawn ac- counts of 1926 and 1927, and to pay outstanding bills, or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 13. To hear and act on the report of the Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws of the Town. under Article 22 of the annual town meeting of March 7, 1927.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will vote to reserve and set apart for World War Memorial Tablets, the plots of land situated at the junction of Central, Foster and Charlton Streets and at the junction of Charlton Street and Paige Hill Road. or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement concrete sidewalk with gutters, on the westerly side of Park Avenue, from Hartwell Street to Columbus Avenue and on the northerly side of Columbus Avenue from Park Avenue to Prospect Street. raise and appropriate money there for or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement concrete sidewalk with gutters on the northerly side of Dresser Street, beginning at Marcy Street and extending westerly to Harding Court (so-called), raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to contstruct a cement concrete sidewalk with gutters, on the northerly side of Snow Street, beginning at Worcester Street and ex- tending westerly to Moon Street, thence on the easterly side of Moon Street about 687 feet northerly, raise and appropri- ate money therefor or act anything thereon.


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ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on the northerly side of Rose Street and a sidewalk on the westerly side of Green Avenue, in said Southbridge, beginning at the junction of Rose and Mechanic Streets, in an easterly direction to the junction of Rose Street and Green Avenue and then Northerly to the northerly line of land of Luigi Salce, raise and appropriate money therefor or act any- thing thereon.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement concrete road on Main Street, beginning at the end of the present cement road at junction of Oakes Ave., and Main Street, westerly to the brick paving at junction of Main and Hamilton Streets, with a curb on the westerly side, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will vote to construct a permanent road on Hartwell Street, beginning at Eastford Road westerly to Marcy Street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will vote to build a macadamized road or other improved road on Marcy Street, beginning at Main Street and extending northerly to Edwards Street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to build a ma- cadam road on South Street, beginning at the end of the pres- ent macadam road opposite the Litchfield Shuttle Co. plant and extending to the Westville Bridge, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything tliereon.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Main Street, from Union Street, easterly to Oakes


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Avenue, raise and appropriate money therefor or act any- thing thereon.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Wall Street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.


ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will vote to repair Lebanon Hill Road, so-called. from the terminus of the last repair work at point almost opposite the house of Mrs. Lom- bard, and extending in a Southerly direction. raise and ap- propriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to refund to Cedeon Gregoire the sum of Twelve Hundred Forty Dollars and Twelve Cents ($1240.12). being the amount (including in- terest on same) paid by him for taxes in excess of the correct assessment for the years from and including 1906 up to and including 1925. raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.


ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will vote to purchase and install a Stone Crushing Plant for the Highway Depart- ment, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will vote to purchase a Tractor for the Sewer Department, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the town will vote to grade the land around the Cole Trade School Building, on Dresser Street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


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ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote to repair the Storm Water Drain in Union Street, from Main to Hamilton Street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to build a storm water Drain, beginning in Worcester Street, near or at the corner of Laurel Street (so-called) along Worcester Street to Olney Ave., thencc by Olney Ave., and Mechanic Street to the river at the Mechanic Street Bridge: also in Charlton Street at or nearly opposite the Sacred Heart Church, east- erly to Mechanic Street, raise and appropriate money there -. for or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to be expended for the installation of a pipe or drain to convey the surface water from Worcester. Olney Avenue, Thomas and Mechanic and Charlton Streets, or aet anything thereon.


ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will vote to build or repair the Storm Water Drain in Summer, Everett, Cohasse and Beecher Streets, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 34. To sce if the town will vote to install and maintain additional street lights on the following Streets : four (4) lights on Fiske Street : fifteen (15) lights on Charlton Center Road, (Gulf Woods Road so-called), raise and appro- priate money therefor or act anything thereon.


ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will vote to accept the legacy given it under the will of Felix Gatineau, late of Southbridge, in accordance with the provisions set forth in said will, to wit :-


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"I give and bequeath the Town of Southbridge, a bookcase with the bound Town Reports from 1855 to 1925.''


ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, as to the laying out as public way, a certain way known as Harding Court, leading northerly from Dresser Street, over land of A. Marcy Bartholomew, Trustee, and others.


ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, as to the laying out as a public way, a certain way known as Fairmount Avenue, leading easterly from Charlton Road, over land of Maynard Land Company and others.


ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Charlton Road, called the Gulf Woods Road, from Charlton Street to the property of Joseph Proulx, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by publishing an attested copy thereof twice in the Southbridge Press, South- bridge Herald, and Southbridge News, the first publication being not less than nine days next preceding the day of the meeting,-or by posting up such attested copies in four con- spicuous places within the Town, at least nine days, including Sundays,-before the day of holding said meeting. The polls will be open at 5.45 o'clock. A. M .. and close at 6.00 o'clock P. M.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant


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with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place hereinbefore named.


Given under our hands this 20th day of February, A. D., 1928.


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ALFRED J. PELOQUIN, FRED E. HALL, WILFRID J. LAMOUREUX,


Selectmen of Southbridge.


INDEX


Accountant's Report 21


Appropriations 50A


Balance Sheet 46


General Revenue


Commercial Revenue Departmental 23


Payments


26


Assessors' Report 105


Board of Health


87


Cemetery Committee


113


Engineer's Report


57


Fire Engineers


61


Forest Fire Warden


69


List of Town Officers


3


Police Department 73


Playground Committee 125


Report of the Almoner 111


Report of Ambulance Department 71


Report of the Board of Public Welfare 109


Report of State Audit 1925 131


Report of Tree Warden 129


Selectmen's Report 51


Sewer Commissioners 123


Tax Collector 79


Town Clerk's Report 103


Town Warrant 167


Treasurer's Report 13


Trustees of the Public Library 11:


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE TOWN OFFICERS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE


TOWN of SOUTHBRIDGE


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1928


COMMERCIAL PRESS SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. 1929


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1928


TREASURER Felix A. Bouvier


CLERK Raymond H. Favreau


SELECTMEN


Alfred J. Peloquin Fred E. Hall Wilfred J. Lamoureux


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Hermengilde J. Lamothe George H. Hartwell, Jr. Oliva Trahan


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930


ASSESSORS


Fhilias X. Casavant Joseph T. Gervias Eugene E. Gabree


Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931


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BOARD OF HEALTH


Joseph G. E. Page, M. D. Omer Belanger Isidore LeBlanc


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Adelard Bouchard


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Joseph E. Benoit Hector LeClair


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1931


Hector L. Peloquin


Term expires 1929


Arthur O. Boyer (Died June 24, 1928) Winefred Beck


Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930 Term expires 1930




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