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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 complaints 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 a dog 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 fur-
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nished 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 if more than ten. Dogs under six months of age shall not be included in the num- ber 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 available for inspection.
Every holder of a kennel license, on delivery of an unlicensed 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 certificate, bearing the same number and description, date of purchase, 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 with a certificate from the city or town clerk certifying that the dog has been licensed. If a pur- chaser 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 inspection to see if they are maintained in a sanitary and humane condition.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. CULLINAN,
Town Clerk
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Finance Committee Recommendations for 1949
It has been the aim of this Committee, to endeavor to keep the 1949 Tax Rate as low as possible without lowering the present standards of operating the various Depart- ments of the Town.
Any increase in the appropriations over what we rec- ommend will increase the Tax Rate approximately 33c for every $1,000.00 raised and appropriated.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING-FEBRUARY 21, 1949
Article 5.
Salaries-Elected Officers-Included in Department Appro-
priations.
Officers
We Recommend for 1949
Salaries 1948
Selectmen
Chairman of Board
300.00
300.00
Second Member
200.00
200.00
Third Member
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk
350.00
350.00
Treasurer
800.00
800.00
Assessors
Chairman of Board
400.00
400.00
Second Member
400.00
400.00
Third Member
400.00
400.00
Welfare Board
Chairman of Board
100.00
100.00
Second Member
100.00
100.00
Third Member
100.00
100.00
Cemetery Commissioners
Chairman of Board
50.00
50.00
Second Member
50.00
50.00
Third Member
50.00
50.00
Trustees of Library
6 Members
None
None
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Constable
None 75c per hr.
None 75c per hr.
Tree Warden
Water Commissioners
Chairman of Board
40.00
40.00
Second Member
40.00
40.00
Third Member
40.00
40.00
School Committee
Chairman of Board
60.00
60.00
Second Member
60.00
60.00
Third Member
60.00
60.00
Highway Surveyor
1.00 per hr.
1.00 per hr.
*
The above amounts to be effective as of January 1, 1949.
Article 6
Part One
Line
Appropriation
We recom- mend for
priated Balance
No.
or Account
1949
1948
1948
1 Selectmen
1,200.00
1,200.00
23.48
2 Legislative
700.00
650.00
15.50
3 Law
350.00
600.00
302.35
4 Health
1,200.00
2,000.00
947.21
5 Veterans' Benefits
2,500.00
500.00
None
6 Dept. of Veterans' Services or Veterans' Rehabilitation
None
136.45
101.50
7 Street Lights
5,600.00
5,600.00
43.60
8 Insurance
2,100.00
1,750.00
None
9 Town Hall
2,000.00
2,000.00
4.58
9A Town Hall Repairs
2,250.00
None
None
10 Common
125.00
100.00
None
12 Police Department
9,975.00
9,975.00
.63
13 Fire Department
4,000.00
4,000.00
8.15
13A Fire Department --
Portable Cellar Pump
400.00
None
None
14 Fire Hose Fund
None
750.00
None
15 Forest Warden
500.00
300.00
None
16 Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
125.00
21.21
Article 6
Part Two
1 Town Treasurer
1,140.00
1,175.00
57.44
2 Tax Title Expense
300.00
133.93
2.43
3 Interest
250.00
None
None
4 Town Accountant
850.00
850.00
22.00
5 Town Clerk
605.00
683.27
2.28
6 Registrars
240.00
275.00
20.66
1A Salary-Clerk & Office Expense 1,300.00
1,300.00
32.30
4A Garbage and Rubbish Collection 2,750.00
2,750.00
94.00
11 Contingent Fund
200.00
200.00
21.48
Appro-
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Line
Appropriation or Account
We recom- mend for 1949
Appro-
priated Balance
1948
1948
7 Listing
500.00
400.00
70.00
8 Election Officers
200.00
500.00
None
9 Assessors
1,500.00
1,500.00
10.93
10 Tax Collector
1,900.00
1,500.00
None
Article 6
Part Three
1 Tree Warden
250.00
250.00
33.65
2 Moth Control
1,300.00
1,800.00
847.50
3 Highways
4,000.00
4,000.00
76.97
3A Highways-Railroad Square
None
500.00
434.46
3B Repairs-existing sidewalks
500.00
400.00
2.87
4 Town Dump
5 Workmen's Compensation Fund
None
2,882.00 2,002.00
6 Memorial Day
225.00
200.00
None
7 Playgrounds
250.00
500.00
.59
8 Cemeteries
2,000.00
2,000.00
24.68
9 Soldiers' Graves
400.00
350.00
None
10 Library
1,800.00
1,800.00
None
11 District and School Nurse
1,200.00
1,200.00
None
Article 6
Part Four
88,955.00 80.602.19
18.43
Article 6
Part Five
1 Public Welfare
8,000.00
6,203.70
4.76
2 Old Age Assistance
40,000.000 50,464.17 6,510.07
3 Aid to Dependent Children 7,000.00 Articles 8 to 24 Inclusive and Article 33
5,000.00
163.65
8 Welfare Agent's Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
None
9 Reserve Fund Transfer
2,500.00
2,500.00
None
10 Water Dept. Operating Expense
13,859.00 13,600.00
19.27
10A Water Department Note
3,000.00
None
None
11 Snow and Ice Removal
6,000.00 15,202.90
885.20
12 Chapter 81, Roads
6,900.00
6,900.00
None
13 Chapter 90, Roads - Maint.
2,500.00
2,000.00
.20
14 Chapter 90, Town Roads-Const.
1,000.00
2,500.00 1,500.00
15 Transfer from Surplus Revenue to Highway Account
30,000.00 28,775.00 3,438.45
16 Project for dead trees and dangerous limbs
3,000.00
6,000.00
624.40
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1 Public Schools Plus Dog Tax
1,000.00
None
None
No.
17 Repairs to Clara M. Shattuck School (Recommendation later) 18 Additional Classroom for Clara M. Shattuck School
1,500.00 None None
19 New Granite Steps-High School (Recommendation later)
20 Water Department Survey (Recommendation later)
21 Street Lights - Lowell Road We do not recom-
22 Street Lights - Hollis Street mend any appropria-
23 Street Lights-Townsend Street tion for Articles 21,
24 Nashoba Associated Boards of Health 22, 23 and 24.
33 Machinery Fund Transfer 1,325.00 None None
JAMES E. ATTRIDGE
CARLTON A. BURNEY CHARLES A. McGRAW JOHN T. SULLIVAN
PAUL R. TAYLOR
Finance Committee
February 21, 1949
Supplementary Report of the Finance Committee on items not ready for final consideration when the Town Re- port went to press.
Article 6. Part 4, Line 1, Public Schools
We recommend that the sum of $88,955.00 be appropriated. In accordance with Chapter 70, Section 10, with the information we have; we estimate that of this $88,955.00 appropriation, the sum of $33,671.17 will be received as School Aid or reimburse- ment from the Commonwealth and other estimated receipts; and that the balance of $55,283.83 will be raised by local taxation. Article 17. Repairs to Clara M. Shattuck School
We recommend that the sum of $8,300.00 be re-appropriated and that the sum of $18,700.00 be borrowed for this work as re- quested by the School Committee.
Article 19. New Granite Steps - High School.
We recommend that a sum not exceeding $1,800.00 be appro- priated to replace the present concrete steps with new concrete steps.
Article 20. Water Department Survey.
We recommend $5,000.00 be appropriated for this survey.
JAMES E. ATTRIDGE CARLTON A. BURNEY CHARLES A. McGRAW JOHN T. SULLIVAN PAUL R. TAYLOR
Finance Committee
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 21, 1949
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Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Article 2. To hear and act upon all reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Article 3. To choose all Town Officers and Commit- tees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by bal- lot, or act in relation thereto.
Article 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the consent of the Select- men to borrow money in anticipation of revenue for the current year.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended.
Article 6. To determine what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, to de- fray the expenses of the Public Schools, Department of Public Welfare, and various other departments and special accounts.
Article 7. To determine what method the Town will - adopt for the collection of Taxes for 1949.
Article 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, and to raise and appro- priate the same; in accordance with the provisions of Sec- tion 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in rela- tion thereto.
Article 9. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from Overlay Surplus Re-
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serve to a fund to be known as the "Reserve Fund" in ac- cordance with Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 10. To determine if the Town will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $13,859.00 from Water Department receipts, to pay operating and maintenance cost of the de- partment for the current year.
Article 10A. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $3,000.00 to pay note due this year on Water De- partment Notes for water extensions made in 1948 and that the Water Department reimburse the Town from any surplus they have in the future.
Article 11. To determine what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for removal of snow and ice, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,900.00 for repairs and improvements on outlying roads under the provisions of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81 of General Laws, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate $3,000.00 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.
Article 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for construc- tion on Chapter 90 Roads or other Town Roads; money. to be used in conjunction with any money which may be al- lotted by the State or County, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $30,000.00 to meet the State's and County's Shares of the Chapter 81 and 90 Maintenance and Construction Highway work and that
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the reimbursements from the State and County to be re- stored, upon their receipt, to Surplus Revenue.
Article 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for a special project to remove dead trees and dangerous limbs, this work to be done under the supervision of the Selectmen and the Tree Warden.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of remodelling of and for making extraordinary repairs to the Clara M. Shattuck Elementary School, determine how the money shall be provided for, by borrowing, by taxation, or by transfer from available funds in the treasury; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the construction and equipping of an additional class-room in the basement of the Clara M. Shattuck School, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 to construct granite steps to the front doors of the High School, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to have pre- pared, a survey or report, comprehensive enough to deter- mine the overall condition and capacity of the Water Sys- tem in the Town of Pepperell in relation to several proposed extensions, (including installation costs of same), and to determine what sum the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate to pay for this work. This report to be completed not later than June 1, 1949.
Article 21. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $126.00 to in- stall and maintain 7 street lights on Lowell Road between the junction of Lowell Road and Tarbell Streets and the
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residence of Charles O'Malley, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 22. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $54.00 to in- stall and maintain 3 street lights on Hollis Street between the residence of Miss Lucy Spring and the junction of Hol- lis and Elliott Streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 23. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $144.00 to in- stall and maintain 8 street lights on Townsend Street be- tween Mount Lebanon Street and Bancroft Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 24. To determine if the Town will vote to become associated with the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health and to raise and appropriate the sum of $935.70 to pay the cost of this service from April 1, 1949 to December 31, 1949.
Article 25. To determine if the Town will vote to ac- cept the sum of $150.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for the perpetual care of the Frank C. Woodward lot No. 453 in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Article 26. To determine if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $200.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for the perpetual care of the John R. Clarke lot No. 403 in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Article 27. To determine if the town will vote to accept the sum of $150.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for the perpetual care of the Jasper Shattuck lot No. 232-B in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Article 28. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote that the Town Clerk be elected for a three year term.
Article 29. To determine if the Boy Scouts and Cubs, Girl Scouts and Brownies, 4-H Groups and similiar organ- izations, be given permission to use the lower hall in Town Hall Building for their meetings, without charge.
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Article 30. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to abolish the Caucus by rescinding the action taken previously for Caucuses.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to address the following Resolution to each of our United States Senators from Massachusetts and to our Representative in Congress :
Whereas it is our belief that the United Nations should be so strengthened that it shall become adequate for the preservation of world peace; we therefore earnestly recom- mend your support for all measures tending toward this end; and whereas we have the deepest confidence in the Federal System of Government, devised by our fathers, un- der which the United States has prospered for one hundred and sixty years; we specifically recommend your support for such changes in the United Nations Charter as shall make it a limited World Federal Government, with full power over all matters vital to the preservation of peace; or take any action thereon.
Article 32. To determine what action the Town will take on the Substitute Motion made under Article 12 of the Special Town Meeting dated Oct. 8, 1948 which reads as follows :
"That the matter of amending the existing Town By- Laws, by inserting a new section, under the heading of Zoning Laws, be brought before the Annual Town Meeting in 1949 for further consideration." (Copy of proposed Zoning Laws appears under Town Clerk's report on page 47)
- Article 33. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from Machinery Fund Reserve the sum of $1,325.00 to be used as follows : $300.00 to remain in a workable fund; $350.00 for purchase of a sand spreader; $675.00 for purchase of a tar kettle.
ROBERT N. TURNER, Jr. RAY M. NEWELL LEONARD J. DAVIS Board of Selectmen.
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Annual Town Meeting February 21, 1949
Article 2. Voted that the reports of all Town Officers and Committees be accepted as printed in the Annual Town Report.
Article 3. Voted that all Town Officers and Com- mittees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot, be appointed by the Selectmen.
Article 4. Voted that the Treasurer be, and hereby is, authorized with consent of the Selecmten, to borrow money and issue notes therefor in anticipation of revenue for the current year in accordance with the provision of Chapter 44, Section 4 of General Laws.
Article 5. Voted that the salaries of Elected Town Officers for the year 1949, effective January 1, 1949, shall be as follows :
Officers
No. of Members
Salary
Selectman-Chairman
1
$300.00
Selectmen-2nd and 3rd
2 200.00 each
Town Clerk
1
350.00
Treasurer
1 800.00
Assessor
Chairman-2nd and 3rd
3
400.00 each
Welfare Board'
Chairman-2nd and 3rd
3
100.00 each
Cemetery Commissioner
Chairman-2nd and 3rd
3
50.00 each
Trustees of Library
6
None
Constable
1
None
Tree Warden
1
75c per hr.
Water Commissioners
3
40.00 each
School Committee
3
60.00 each
Highway Surveyor
1
1.00 per hr.
Article 6. Voted that all items in Part One of Article
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6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Committee.
Article 6. Voted that all items in Part Two of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Finance Committee.
Article 6. Voted on an Amendment that all items in Part Three of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in ac- cordance with the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee with the exception of 3-A.
Article 6. 3-A of Part Three, Voted that the Town shall raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the Development of Railroad Square.
Article 6. Voted that all items in Part Four of Article 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the recom- mendation of the Finance Committee.
Article 6. Voted that all items in Part Five of Ar- ticle 6 be raised and appropriated, in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Committee.
A copy of the Finance Report attached.
Article 7. Voted that all taxes shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of General Laws in re- lation thereto and that the collector be paid one percent on the principal of all taxes collected up to and including De- cember 31, in the year they are due and three-fourths of one percent on the principal collected after that date.
Article 8. Voted that in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 4-A that authorization be given to the Board of Public Welfare to appoint a member of said Board to act as Agent for a period of one year at a salary of $1,200.00 this to become effective March 1st, 1949, and that this sum to be raised and appropriated.
Article 9. Voted that the sum of $2,500.00 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 the General Laws.
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Article 10. Voted that the Town shall appropriate from Water Department receipts the sum of $13,859.00 to pay operating and maintenance cost of the Department for the current year.
Article 10A. Voted that the Town transfer from Sur- plus Revenue the sum of $3,000.00 to pay note due this year on Water Department Notes for water extensions made in 1948 and that the Water Department reimburse the Town from any surplus they have in the future.
Artcile. 11. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate $7,000.00 for removal of snow and ice.
Article 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 the General Laws, as amended.
Article 13. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate $2,500.00 for Maintenance of Chapter 90 roads: money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by State or County.
Article 14. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000.00 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.
Article 15. Voted that the Town transfer from Sur- plus Revenue the sum of $30,000.00 to meet the State's and County's Shares of the Chapter 81 and 90 Maintenance and Construction Highway work and that the reimburse- ment from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt to Surplus Revenue.
Article 16. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,000.00 to remove dead trees and dangerous limbs. This work to be done under the super- vision of the Selectmen and the Tree Warden.
Article 17. Voted that the sum of $27,000.00 be raised
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and appropriated for the purpose of installing a new heat- ing system, and fluorescent lighting and fireproofing the stair wells at the Clara M. Shattuck School and to meet said appropriation that the sum of $8,300.00 be re-appropriated and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be, and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $18,- 700.00 under the authority of Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1948 and to issue notes of the Town therefore, payable in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first note or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. The School Committee, together with its Building Committee are authorized to enter into all neces- sary contracts for said installations.
Article 18. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the construction and equipping of an additional classroom in the basement of the Clara M. Shattuck School.
Article 19. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,800.00 to construct granite steps to the front doors of the High School.
Article 20. Motion made and seconded that this Ar- ticle be passed over. This was a check list vote. Total votes cast 211. Yes 80. No 131.
Article 20. Voted that the Town instruct the Water Commissioners to have prepared, a survey or report, com- prehensive enough to determine the overall condtion and capacity of the Water System in the Town of Pepperell in relation to several proposed extensions, (including installa- tion costs of same) and to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $5,000.00 to pay for this work. This report to be completed not later than June 1, 949. This was a check list vote. Total votes cast 226. Yes 130. No. 90.
Article 21. Motion made and seconded that the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $126.00 to in- stall and maintain 7 Street Lights on Lowell Road be- tween the junction of Lowell Road and Tarbell Streets and the residence of Charles K. O'Malley, or take any other ac-
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tion in relation thereto. This was a check list vote. Total votes cast 194. Yes 81. No. 113.
Article 22. Motion made and seconded that the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $54.00 to in- stall and maintain three street lights on Hollis Street be- tween the residence of Miss Lucy Spring and the junction of Hollis and Elliot Streets, or take any other action in rela- tion thereto. Not carried.
Article 23. Motion made and seconded to pass over this article.
Article 24. Motion made and seconded that this Article be passed over. This was a check list vote. Total votes cast 181. Yes 90. No 91.
Article 24. Motion made and seconded to determine if the Town will vote to become associated with the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health and to raise and appropriate the sum of $936.70 to pay the cost of this service from April 1, 1949 to December 31, 1949. This was a check list vote. Total votes cast 185. Yes 69. No. 116.
Article 25. Voted that the Town accept the sum of $150.00 the income therefrom to be expended for the per- petual care of the Frank C. Woodward lot No. 453 in Wood- lawn Cemetery.
Article 26. Voted that the Town accept the sum of $200.00 the income therefrom to be expended for the per- petual care of the John R. Clarke lot No. 403 in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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