Town annual reports of the officers of the town of Pepperell, Mass 1956, Part 10

Author: Pepperell (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: [Pepperell, Mass.] : [Town of Pepperell]
Number of Pages: 682


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(10) As evidence in the enforcement of law relating to education and to child labor;


(11) As evidence to determine the relations of guardians and wards;


(12) As proof of citizenship in order to obtain a passport; (13) As evidence in the claim for exemption from or the right to jury and military service.


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DATE 1947 Jan. 18 19 26 28 Feb. 5 22 Mar. 3 3 11 13


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NAME


Patricia Ailene Paine Pearl Elizabeth Blood


Tracy Douglas Batchelder


Richard William Lahey, 3rd


Elizabeth Margaret Ann LaFleur Richard Brian Mayou


Mary Ann Dwyer Alana Gail Jerszyk


Gail Ann Streeter


Linda Maureen Hackett


Kathleen Harriett Chambers


Doris Arlene Straitiff


Glenda Diane Shattuck


Barbara Ann Stewart


Nancy Lee Lorden


Thomas LeRoy Plummer


Thomas Arthur Grainger James Leo Stone


Karen Ann Moore


Pamela Jane Cotton Michael Richard Chase


Peter Hurley Shugert


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Carl Joseph Pillsbury


PARENTS


Archie and Augusta Paine Clarence and Arlene Blood


Robert and Florence Batchelder Richard and Barbara Lahey, Jr.


Edward and Gloria LaFleur Edward and Lestina Mayou


Francis and Mary Dwyer Peter and Dollie Jerszyk William and Pauline Streeter Roger and Dorothy Hackett


Chester and Thelma Chambers


William and Doris Straitiff Clifford and Louise Shattuck Robert and Mary Stewart John and Florence Lorden


LeRoy and Marion Plummer


John and Bernice Grainger Stranton and Marie Stone


Robert and Corinne Moore John and Edwina Cotton William and Alice Chase John and Grace C. Shugert James and Muriel Pillsbury


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN PEPPERELL 1947


Apr. 3 6 7 20 21 21 26 30 May 1


14 17 27 29 30 30


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DATE June 5 1946 Donald Lewis Durant Doreen Ann Le Poer


NAME


3


7 Robert Dwight Cutler -


10


Edwin Paul Mara


10 Edwin Brown Armstrong


14 Susan Frances Archambault


15 James Edgar Chase


16 William Supple Lorden, Jr.


17 Arthur Edward Mahony


19 Russell LeRoy Parker, Jr.


28 Charles Elizabeth Hettinger


July 6 Bruce Alexander Homoleski


10 Karen Ann Starkie


12 Linda Emily Kelpus


14 Russell Edward Gage


22


Thomas Moore Benson


23 Ruth Ann Hammond


Aug. 5 Deborah Ellen Dunbar


6


Pamel Burton


8


Wilbur Francis Flack


21 David Phillip Ruffin


22 Carlo Buscemi


22


Sandra Gail Chase


28 Sally Ann Lorden


Sept. 3 1946 Barbara Ann Manning 9 Jo Ann Wisnosky


15 Thomas Edward O'Malley


16 Stephen Peter Stewart


PARENTS


Forrest and Gertrude Durant Thomas and Velma Le Poer Albert and Mildred Cutler Edward and Paula Mara Edwin and Dorothy Armstrong Joseph and Patricia Archambault James and Mary E. Chase William and Helen Lorden


Thomas and Cecelia Mahony


Russell and Patricia Parker Reuben and Beatrice Hettinger


William and Dorothy Homoleski Robert and Doris Starkie Frank and Emily Kelpus, Jr. Lester and Maxine Gage Gordon and Clare Benson John and Lavinia Hammond


. Roger and Doris Dunbar William and Dorothy Burton Wilbur and Hazel Flack Richard and Ann Ruffin Sylvio and Barbara Buscemi Charles and Kathryn Chase Raymond and Lorraine Lorden


Andrew and Florine Manning Joseph and Claire Wisnosky Edward and Rita O'Malley Anthony and Marie Stewart


BIRTHS - (Continued)


DATE NAME


Sept. 16 23 24 Oct .. 5 22


Deborah Ann Holt Jeffrey Paul Milot


Barbara Jean Kemp


Susan Elizabeth Toomey


Frederic and Dorothy Archambault


James and Phyllis Smith Herbert and Francena Shea


Thomas and Mary Milan


Carl and Sarah Bosley


Peter and Mary Fitzpatrick Phillip and Natalie Gagnon


19 24 Edward Joseph Pillsbury, Jr.


29 James Lawrence Wiiks


Dec. 12 Linda Luke Mayou


18 Leslie Ann Lorden


19 David Claus Johnson


22 Roy Nelson Harmon


22 Robert Leo Russell


22 Betsy Jane Colburn


22 24


Patricia Ann Longton


Nancy Ann Pillsbury


PARENTS


Harry and Anna Holt, Jr. Paul and Marjorie Milot Arthur and Elizabeth Kemp


Norman and Patricia Toomey


David Kimball Shea


Michael Arthur Milan


8 9 10


Suzanne Bosley


Terence Peter Fitzpatrick


Twila Alice Gagnon


Robert Edward Weston


Charles and Clare Weston


Edward and Doris Pillsbury


Martin and Ruth Wiiks


Harold and Hazel Mayou Charles and Thelma Lorden B. George and Marjorie Johnson Edwin and Clarice Harmon Robert and Gertrude Russell Maurice and Helen Colburn Cyril A. and Helen Longton Irving W. and Marion Pillsbury


BIRTHS - (Continued)


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Jacqueline Lillian Archambault 25 1946 Richard James Smith 30 Nov. 6 8


DATE 1947 Jan. 8


27


28


Mary (Leary) Murphy


Acute cholecystitis


72


0


0


Mar. 8 21


Bessie M. (Copp) Deware


Carcinoma


73


10


21


Kenneth S. Toppin


Hemorrhage


45


4


6


Apr. 1 .


Margaret (McCart) Colbert


Arterio sclerosis


68


0


0


6


John N. Gardner


Cerebral hemorrhage


63


0


14


18


Carcinoma


72


11


3


20


Mathilda (Lavoie) B. Gilbert Hannah Connolly


Coronary artery occlusion


72


10


15


26


May 3


Marion Spring


Heart disease


82


7


19


16


Annie M. (Bailey) Garstang


Coronary thrombosis


75


1


4


17


30


James Freeman Winch


Heart disease


82


7 23


1


Sarah (Williams) Clapp


Cerebral hemorrhage


72


9


0


10


Alice Chase


Cerebral hemorrhage


50


0


0


13


Elizabeth M. Cook


Coronary thrombosis


77


9


20


20


Catherine E. (Rockwood) Taylor


Arterio sclerosis


86


3


0


DEATHS REGISTERED IN PEPPERELL 1947


NAME


CAUSE OF DEATH AGE


Y.


M. D.


Coronary Occlusion


78


10


30


9


. Ada E. (Morse) Dow


Acute myocarditis Arteric sclerosis Cerebral thrombosis


51


0


0


91 9


2


87 0


0


Carcinoma


71


0


0


Heart disease


58


0


0


Accident


23


7


14


- Feb. 1


Thomas B. Hayes


Broncho pneumonia


70


3


24


11 20 21 29


Nellie M. (Winn) Blood


Matthew M. Colbert


Thomas H. Lavalley


1946 Pauline Shattuck


Lura B. (Ross) Weston Michael Koshil


June


10


June 2


NAME Emma F. (Brown) Hasting Harrie B. Cummings Leland Westly Gray Alice M. Tucker


CAUSE OF DEATH


AGE


Heart disease


89


11 19


Cerebral hemorrhage


62


0


13


Coronary thrombosis


51


1 20


Broncho Pneumonia


91


6


15


12


John Noon (Colman)


Heart disease


70


0


0


Carcinoma


68


0


0


Arterio sclerotic


73


0


0


Heart disease


95


10


1


Heart disease


85


11


30


Sept. 2 30


Maude E. (Rideout) Denault


Coronary thrombosis


57


0


21


Pulmonary edema


18


7


13


Oct.


12


Jasper L. Shattuck


Accidental drowning


0


10


0


24


William A. Shepardson


Uremia


78


4


4


27


William E. Danforth


Pulmonary edema


55


2


10


30


Ann'e L. Gilson


Chronic myocarditis


72


0


0


Nov.


10


Allan A. Gilson


Cerebral hemorrhage


68


0


0


18


Joseph E. Wood


Intestinal obstruction


89


0


0


21


Agnes S. (Haley) Scott


Cerebral coma


76


9


26


24


M. C. Beatrice (Lynch) Cunniff


Uterine hemorrhage


46


4


10


Dec.


4


Anna Hildreth


Pulmonary edema


64


0


0


Uremia


82


8


10


10


Eugene Sumner Cleveland


Suicide


47


0


0


18


Leslie Williams Parker


28


Robert D. Neagle, Sr.


Pulmonary edema


56


0


8


Pulmonary Embolism


79


5


5


4


Sarah J. Preston


12


Cyril J. Mayou, Sr.


Broncho pneumonia


75


7


24


DEATHS - (Continued)


Cerebral hemorrhage


62


0


0


16


Garrett L. Elliott


Pulmonary edema


72


6


0


25


Florence (Tarbell) Harrison


20 July 13 17 Aug. 0 17


William A. Prince


Harriet E. (Bartz) Behrens


Clara W. (Skelton) Allen


Mary E. (Mosher) Benjamin


Patricia Nancy Gagnon


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5


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Attention is particularly called to the following extracts from the General Laws.


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46


Extracts from Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8


Section 1. Each city and town Clerk shall receive or obtain and record * ' * facts relative to births * * * in his city or town.


Section 3. Every physician or medical officer regis- tered shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge and *** shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or regis- trar of the town where such birth occurred a report * * * If the child is illigitimate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stated except at the request in writing of both father and mother filed * * * Upon pre- sentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treas- urer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty- five cents for each birth so reported. * * A physician or any such officer violating any provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.


Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, having knowledge of the facts required * * shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town : * or of any person authorized by him. (Penalty for refusal not more than ten dollars.)


Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.


Section 8. (Penalty for neglect to comply with the provisions of Section 6, not more than five dollars.)


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 207


Section 36. If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall within seven days after their return file with the clerk or registrar of town where either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts re- quired in a notice of intention of marriage.


Section 55. Whoever violates Section 36 shall forfeit ten dollars.


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The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians, and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor with blanks for return of births as required by law.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN F. CULLINAN, Town Clerk


FINANCIAL REPORT


I have issued the following Certificates and Licenses :


11 Certificates of Registration for the Keeping, Storage and Sale of Gasoline 23.00


2 Certificates of Registration for the Keeping, Storage and Sale of Fuel Oil 19.00


4 Oleomargarine Licenses 2.00


6 Junk Dealers Licenses 62.00


1 Bowling and Pool License 35.00


$141.00


Dog Licenses from March 1 to December 31, 1947 750.60


The sum of $891.60 for the amounts above has been paid by me to the Town Treasurer and the receipts received and filed.


I have paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game for Licenses issued the sum of $1,014.25 and have receipts for the same.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. CULLINAN


Town Clerk


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DOGS MUST BE LICENSED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31


Or the Owners or Keepers Thereof Are Liable to a Fine


BRIEF EXTRACTS OF THE DOG LAWS


The owner or keeper of a dog which is three months old or over shall annually, on or before March 31st, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for one year from April 1st following if the dog is kept in Bos- ton, in the office of the Police Commissioner, or if in any other town in the office of the Clerk thereof. The owner or keeper of a licensed dog shall cause it to wear around its neck or body a collar or harness of leather or other suitable material to which shall be attached a tag upon which shall appear the license number, the name of the town and the year of issue. If any such tag is lost the owner or keeper shall forthwith secure a substitute tag from the town or city clerk. Any person may bring from another state any dog licensed under the laws thereof and keep such dog in this commonwealth not exceeding 30 days, without licensing.


A person who after April first in any year becomes the owner or keeper of a dog which is not duly licensed, and the owner or keeper of a dog when it becomes three months old after March thirty-first in any year, shall cause it to be reg- istered, numbered, described, licensed, collared or harnessed and tagged as required by section one hundred and thirty- seven. A person who after April first in any year becomes the owner or keeper of a dog which is duly licensed in the town where kept shall forthwith give notice in writing to the clerk of such town or if kept in Boston, to the Police Commissioner, that he has become such owner or keeper, and said clerk or said police commissioner, as the case may be shall change the record of such license to show the name and address of the new owner or keeper.


The fee for every license (except as otherwise provid- ed) shall be $2.00 for a male dog and $5.00 for a female. If a female dog has been spayed. such dog can be licensed for $2.00 providing a proper certificate from a registered veter- inarian is filed with the clerk.


Whosoever violates the provisions of the dog law shall be liable to a fine of not more than $15.00.


The Board of Health is required to furnish anti-rabic vaccine free of charge, and treatment of persons.


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A dog license in valid throughout the state. In case of permanent removal to another town, the dog must be li- censed within thirty days in such town.


The assessors shall annually take a list of all owners or keepers of dogs. An owner or keeper who gives false infor- mation to assessors is liable to a fine of not less than $10.


The Mayor and Selectmen shall annually appoint one or more dog officers. Such officers may also be appointed by the County Commissioners.


The Mayor and Selectmen shall between June 1 and 10 issue a warrant to such dog officers directing them to seek out, catch and confine all unlicensed dogs and prosecute com- plaints against the owners or keepers, and shall kill all such dogs after being confined for six days. Dog officers failing to comply with the warrant shall be removed.


Cropping or cutting the whole or any part of the ears of dogs is forbidden.


KENNEL LICENSE


Any owner or keeper of a kennel may apply for a license in the town where the kennel is located. Such license shall be in lieu of any other license while said dog is kept in such kennel. Such owner or keeper shall cause each dog so kept to wear, while it is at large, a collar or harness of leather or some suitable material to which shall be attached a tag showing the number of the kennel license, the name of the town and year. These tags are to be furnished by the town clerk where the kennel is licensed. The fee for each kennel license shall be $25.00 if not more than ten dogs are kept and $50.00 if more than ten. Dogs under six months of age shall not be included in the number of dogs kept. Holders of kennel licenses may operate a boarding kennel. The name and address of every owner of such dog shall be kept avail- able for inspection.


Every holder of a kennel license, on delivery of an un- licensed dog shall attach to such dog a collar or harness which shall carry a tag marked with the name and address of the kennel licensee, and a number to be recorded; and shall also furnish to the owner or keeper of the dog a certifi- cate, bearing the same number and description, date of pur- chase, which, with the tag, shall be a legal substitute for a license for two weeks only. The purchaser shall within two weeks, either return the dog to the kennel with the collar, harness, tag and certificate or return to the kennel said tag


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with a certificate from the city or town clerk certifying that the dog has been licensed. If a purchaser of a dog fails to comply with the foregoing the owner of the kennel shall notify the city or town clerk. Kennels are liable to inspec- tion to see if they are maintained in a sanitary and humane condition.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. CULLINAN,


Town Clerk


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 17, 1947


Art. 1. To choose a Moderator.


Art. 2. To hear and act upon all reports of Town Of- ficers and Committees.


Art. 3. To choose all Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot, or act in relation thereto.


Art. 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the consent of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of revenue for the current year.


Art. 5. To determine what salaries the Town will vote to pay the Elected Town Officers for the year 1947, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Art. 6. To determine what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, to defray the expenses of the Public Schools, Department of Public Wel- fare, and various other departments and special accounts.


Art. 7. To determine what method the Town will adopt for the Collection of Taxes for 1947.


Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Welfare to appoint one of its own members to act as Agent and to fix his salary in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in relation thereto.


Art. 9. To determine if the Town will vote to trans- fer the sum of $1,500.00 from Overlay Surplus Reserve to a


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fund to be known as the "Reserve Fund" in accordance with Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Art. 10. To determine if the Town will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $10,198.00 from Water Department receipts, to pay operating and maintenance cost of the de- partment for the current year.


Art. 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for removal of snow and ice, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6900.00 for repairs and improvements on outlying roads under the provisions of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81 of General Laws, as am- ended, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 13. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate $1800.00 for maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads; money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by State or County, or take any ac- tion in relation thereto.


Art. 14. To determine whether the Town will vote . to transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $3000.00 for construction on Chapter 90 Roads or other Town Roads; money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2000.00 to construct a bituminous concrete sidewalk on the east side of Mill Street from Railroad Crossing to Nashua Road, a distance of 1863 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 16. To determine if the Town will vote to trans- fer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2100.00 to purchase portable bleachers (minimum seating capacity 400 persons) and a gang type mower for the Town Playground, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 17. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 136, Sections 21 through 25 of the General Laws, together with all amendments to date which regulates certain sports and games permitted on the Lord's Day, or take any action thereto.


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Art. 18. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the printing of the Valuation and Tax List.


Art. 19. To determine if the Town will vote to trans- fer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $350.00 to make nec- essary repairs on foundations and wall of the Town Build- ing located on Tarbell Street being used as headquarters for the Frank West Post No. 213 of the American Legion and its Auxiliary, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 20. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to expend a sum of money not to exceed $2,950.00 from the Water De- partment Surplus or from the Water Department Receipts to extend the water main from the end of water main on Townsend Street to corner of Jewett and Willow Streets, thence up Willow Street to the residences of Roger Law- rence and Mattie Nye, a distance of 1120 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.


Art. 21. To determine if the Town will vote to trans- fer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2000.00 to make nec- essary major repairs at the Groton Street School, or take any other action thereto.


Art. 22. To determine if the Town will vote to ac- cept the sum of $200.00, the income therefrom to be expend- ed for the perpetual care of the Geissler and Farrell lot (number 307) in the Woodlawn Cemetery.


Art. 23. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $38.00 to install two street lights on Sartelle Street, between the corner of Park Street and the residenc of Michael Fitzgerald, or take any other action thereto.


Art. 24. To determine what sum of money the Town will instruct the assessors to take from Surplus Revenues with the consent of the Tax Commissioner to reduce the tax rate for the current year.


CHARLES F. MAYNARD CHESTER H. WATEROUS RAY M. NEWELL Selectmen of Pepperell


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Annual Town Meeting February 17, 1947


In accordance with the Warrant calling this Annual Meeting the citizens of Pepperell qualified according to law to vote in State, County, District and Town affairs assembled at the Town Hall ,on Monday evening of February 17, 1947, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant, appointed tellers and called for the nomination and election of a Moderator.


Art. 1. Motion made and seconded that the clerk cast one ballot bearing the name of Trescott T. Abele to serve as Moderator. Trescott T. Abele was elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful perfomance of his duties by the Town Clerk and at once took up Article 2.


Art. 2. Voted that the reports of all Town Officers and Committees be accepted as printed in the Annual Town Report.


Art. 3. Voted that all Town Officers and Commit- tees for the ensuing year, not required to be elected by ballot be appointed by the Selectmen.


Art. 4. Voted that the Treasurer be, and hereby is authorized with the concent of the Selectmen, to borrow money and issue notes therefor in anticipation of revenue for the current year in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 4 of General Laws.


Art. 5. Voted that the salaries of Elected Town Officers for the year 1947 shall be as follows :


Officers No.


Selectman - Chairman


1


$300.00


Selectmen


2


200.00 each ยท


Town Clerk


1


350.00


Treasurer


1


600.00


Assessors


3


400.00 each


Welfare Board Members


3


100.00 each


Cemetery Commissioners


3


50.00 each


Trustees of Library


6


None . None


Constable


1


Tree Warden


1


.75 per hr.


Water Commissioners


3


40.00 each


School Committee


3


60.00 each


Highway Surveyor


1


1.00 per hr.


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Art. 6. Voted that all items in Part One of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the re- commendations of the Finance Committee.


Art. 6. Voted that all items in Part Two of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the re- commendations of the Finance Committee; with the fol- lowing exception that the Item in Column 1 after Election Officers be changed from $125.00 to $200.00


Art. 6. Voted that all items in Part Three of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the re- commendations of the Finance Committee.


Art. 6. Voted that all items in Part Four of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the re- commendations of the Finance Committee.


Art. 6. Voted that all items in Part Five of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the re- commendations of the Finance Committee.


Art. 7. Voted that all taxes be collected in accord- ance with the provisions of General Laws in relation thereto and that the collector be paid one percent on the principal of all taxes collected up to and including December 31, in the year they are due and three-fourths of one percent on the principal collected after that date.


Art. 8. Voted that the Board of welfare appoint one of its own members to act as Agent, preference to be given to Veterans, and to fix his salary at $1,200.00 in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.


Art. 9. Voted that the sum of $1,500.00 be trans- ferred from the Overlay Surplus Reserve to a special ac- count to be known as the "Reserve Fund" to be used in accordance with Section 6 of Chapter 40 of General Laws.


Art. 10. Voted that the Town shall appropriate from Water Department receipts the sum of $10,198.00 to pay operating and maintenance cost of the Department for the current year.


Art. 11. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $5,000.00 for removal of snow and ice.


Art. 12. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate $6,900.00 for repairs and improvements on out- lying roads under the provision of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81, of General Laws, as amended.


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Art. 13. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate $1.800.00 for maintenance of Chapter 90 roads ; money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by State or County.


Art. 14. Voted that the Town shall transfer from Surplus Revenues with the consent of the Tax Commissio- ner, the sum of $3,000.00 for construction on Chapter 90 and other Town Roads. Money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County.


Art. 15 Voted that the Town shall tranfer from Surplus Revenues with the consent of the Tax Commission- er, the sum of $2,000.00 to construct a bituminous concrete sidewalk, on the east side of Mill Street from Railroad Crossing to Nashua Road, a distance of 1863 feet.


Art. 16. Voted that the Town shall transfer from Surplus Revenues with the consent of the Tax Commission- er, the sum of $2,100.00 to purchase portable bleachers (mi- ninum seating capacity 400 persons) and a gang type mower for the Town Playground.


Art. 17. Voted that the Town accept Chapter 136, Sections 21 through 25 of the General Laws, together with all amendments to date regulating certain sports and games permitted on the Lord's Day.




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