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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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