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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cash balance August 26, 1947,
$17.69
Charges:
August 26 to December 31, 1947, 1948,
$24.95
51.65
76.60
$94.29
Payments to treasurer:
August 26 to December 31, 1947,
$35.10
1948,
59.19
$94.29
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$.70
Cash balance May 18, 1949: Verified June 30, 1949,
$.70
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding August 26, 1947, $568.57
Charges:
August 26 to December 31, 1947, $153.00
1948,
306.42
459.42
$1,027.99
Payments to treasurer:
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$551.57
165
1948,
306.42
Outstanding December 31. 1948,
$857.99 170.00
$1,027.99
Outstanding January 1, 1949, Audit adjustment:
$170.00
Charges not reported,
306.86
$476.86
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$476.86
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid-Accounts Receivable
Outstanding August 26, 1947,
$928.05
Charges 1948, 2,654.14
$3,582.19
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947,
$112.40
1948,
2,760.49
$2,872.89
Outstanding December 31, 1948,
709.30
$3,582.19
Outstanding January 1, 1949,
$709.30
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949,
245.85
Audit adjustment: Charges not recorded,
967.18
$1,922.33
Payments to treasurer: January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$849.28
Audit adjustments:
Payment credited to estimated receipts,
867.15
Disallowances not reported,
66.90
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
139.00
$1,922.33
166
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Charges:
August 26 to December 31, 1947,
$1,758.29
1,944.79
1948,
$3,703.08
Payments to treasurer:
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$807.11
1948,
2,270.91
Outstanding December 31, 1948,
$3,078.02 625.06
$3,703.08
Outstanding January 1, 1949,
$625.06
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949, 514.10
$1,139.16
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$1,139.16
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable-Cities and Towns
Outstanding August 26, 1947, Charges:
$989.36
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$7.13
1948, 822.78
829.91
$1,819.27
Payments to treasurer:
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$446.31
1948,
1,136.73
Outstanding December 31, 1948,
$1,583.04
236.23
$1,819.27
Outstanding January 1, 1949, $236.23
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949,
890.38
167
Audit adjustment: Charges not recorded, 703.14 $1,829.75
Payments to treasurer January 1 to May 18, 1949, Audit adjustment: Disallowances not reported, Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$187.62
941.87
,
$1,829.75
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE-STATE
Outstanding August 26, 1947,
Charges:
$954.49
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
1948,
$8,476.64
26,560.20
35,036.84
$35,991.33
Payments to treasurer:
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$8,476.64
26,560.20
1948,
$35,036.84
954.49
Outstanding December 31; 1948,
$35,991.33
Outstanding January 1, 1949, $954.49
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949,
9,129.14
$10,083.63
Payments to treasurer
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$6,803.66
Audit adjustments:
Payment credited to estimated receipts, 537.27
Disallowances not reported, 417.22
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list, 2,325.48
$10,083.63
VETERANS' SERVICE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding August 26, 1947, $75.00
Charges 1948, 185.00
$260.00
168
700.26
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947, 1948,
$75.00
185.00
$260.00
Audit adjustment:
Charges not reported,
$420.00
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$420.00
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Cash balance August 26, 1947, Receipts:
$9.73
August 26 to December 31, 1947, $28.03
1948,
74.00
102.03
$111.76
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947, 1948,
$30.00
81.76
$111.76
Receipts January 1 to May 18, 1949, Payments to treasurer
$33.13
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$21.00
Cash balance May 18, 1949,
12.13
$33.13
Cash balance May 19, 1949,
$12.13
Receipts May 19 to June 30, 1949,
10.23
$22.36
Payments to treasurer May 19 to June 30, 1949, Cash on hand June 30, 1949, verified,
$20.00
2.36
$22.36
WATER DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding August 26, 1947, $635.28
169
Charges: August 26 to December 31, 1947, $7,493.98 1948, 13,732.70
21,226.68
$21,861.96
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947,
$6,242.85
1948, 13,859.89
$20,102.74
Abatements August 26 to December 31, 1947,
6.00
Charges recorded in error
August 26 to December 31, 1947,
1,429.22
Outstanding December 31, 1948, 324.00
$21,861.96
Outstanding January 1, 1949,
$324.00
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949,
9,821.46
Audit adjustment: Charges not reported, Overpayment,
144.62
.02
$10,290.10
Payments to treasurer
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$8,317.77 1,972.33
Outstanding May 18, 1949,
$10,290.10
Outstanding May 19, 1949,
$1,972.33
Payments in advance of charges,
1.00
$1,973.33
Payments to treasurer
May 19 to June 18, 1949,
$440.08
Outstanding June 18, 1949, per list,
1,533.25
·$1,973.33
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Sale of Lots and Graves
Sales:
August 26 to December 31, 1947,
$20.00
235.00
1948,
$255.00
170
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947, 1948,
$20.00 235.00
$255.00
Sales:
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
Payments to treasurer January 1 to May 18, 1949,
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$180.00 10.00
$190.00
ANNUAL CARE
Outstanding August 26, 1947, Charges:
$144.00
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$317.50
1948,
412.00
729.50
$873.50
Payments to treasurer
August 26 to December
31, 1947,
$171.00
1948,
261.50
$432.50
Outstanding December 31, 1948,
441.00
$873.50
$441.00
Outstanding January 1, 1949,
Payments to treasurer
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
$125.00 316.00
$441.00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Receipts
Outstanding August 26, 1947, $20.00
Charges:
August 26 to December 31, 1947:
Interments,
$25.00
171
$190.00
Regrading,
52.00
77.00
1948:
Interments,
$686.00
Regrading,
126.00
812.00
$909.00
Payments to treasurer: August 26 to December 31, 1947, 1948,
$97.00
771.50
868.50
Outstanding December 31, 1948
40.50
$909.00
Outstanding January 1, 1949,
$40.50
Charges January 1 to May 18, 1949: Interments,
$293.00
Regrading,
6.00
299.00
$339.50
Payments to treasurer
January 1 to May 18, 1949,
$299.00
Outstanding May 18, 1949, per list,
40.50
$339.50
LAWRENCE LIBRARY FUNDS
Savings
Securities
Deposits
Par Value
Total
On hand August 26, 1947,
$10,843.97
$44,425.00
$55,268.97
On hand at end of year 1947,
$10,866.93
$44,425.00
$55,291.93
On hand at end of year 1948,
867.47
$54,425.00
$55,292.47
On hand May 18, 1949,
867.47
$54,425.00
$55,292.47
Receipts
Payments
August 26 to December 31, 1947
Income,
$595.74
Added to savings deposits, Transferred to town,
$22.96
572.78
$595.74
$595.74
172
1948
Withdrawn from savings deposits,
Added to savings deposits, $.54
Income,
$10,000.00 1,812.16
Securities purchased 10,000.00 Transferred to town, 1,811.62
$11,812.16
$11,812.16
Income,
January 1 to May 18, 1949 $480.37 Transferred to town, $480.37
EDMUND P. FARRAR FLAG POLE FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand August 26, 1947,
$283.31
$283.31
On hand at end of year 1947,
$299.72
$299.72
On hand at end of year 1948,
$301.17
$301.17
On hand May 18, 1949,
$301.92
$301.92
Receipts
Payments
August 26 to December 31, 1947
Income,
$16.41
Added to savings deposits,
$16.41
1948
Income,
$1.45
Added to savings deposits,
$1.45
January 1 to May 18, 1949
Income,
$.75
Added to savings deposits, $.75
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand August 26, 1947,
$20,047.57
$20,047.57
On hand at end of year 1947,
$19,741.23
$19,741.23
On hand at end of year 1948,
$19,742.61
$20,742.61
On hand May 18, 1949,
$20,242.61
$20,242.61
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Receipts
Payments
August 26 to December 31, 1947
Withdrawn from savings deposits,
355.17
$48.83
Income,
48.83
Added to savings deposits, Transferred to town, 355.17
$404.00
$404.00
1948
Withdrawn from savings
deposits,
$359.26
Added to savings deposits,
$360.64
Income,
360.64
Transferred to town, 359.26
$719.90
$719.90
January 1 to May 18, 1949
Bequests,
$500.00
Added to savings deposits. $500.00
WOODLAWN CEMETERY FUND General Care
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand August 26, 1947,
$18.81
$18.81
On hand at end of year 1947,
$18.95
$18.95
On hand at end of year 1948,
$19.23
$19.23
On hand May 18, 1949,
$19.23
$19.23
Receipts
Payments
August 26 to December 31, 1947
Income,
$.14
Added to savings deposits,
$.14
1948
Income,
$.28
Added to savings deposits,
$.28
January 1 to May 18, 1949 No transactions recorded
174
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Securities Redemption
Value
Total
On hand August 26, 1947,
$38,000.00
$38,000.00
On hand at end of year 1947,
$38,350.00
$38,350.00
On hand at end of year 1948,
$39,300.00
$39,300.00
On hand May 18, 1949,
$39,850.00
$39,850.00
Receipts
Payments
August 26 to December 31, 1947
Income accrued, $350.00
Increase in value of securities due to in- come accrued, $350.00
1948
Income accrued,
$950.00
Increase in value of securities due to in- come accrued, $950.00
January 1 to May 18, 1949
Income accrued,
$550.00
Increase in value of securities due to in- come accrued, $550.00
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TOWN OF PEPPERELL Balance Sheet - May 18, 1949 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
General, Library,
$62,443.44 735.39
Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes,
$1,238.60
Retiremen Fund, 57.33
$1,295.93
Dog Licenses-Due County, 477.60
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund, 1,417.82
Highway Machinery Fund,
828.86
Levy of 1948: Personal
Property, $865.40
Real Estate, 10,208.18
11,073.58
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance, 10,685.44
Administration, 57.55
11,080.14
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
213,566.26
Levy of 1948,
$40.98
1,846.65
Levy of 1949,
2,770.60
5,174.69
2,811.58
Timber Salvage Tax 1940, Tax Titles,
995.41
762.86
Levy of 1948, 1,158.60
1,255.50
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
176
Levy of 1947: Real Estate,
$96.90
Lawrence Library Fund, Federal Grants:
735.39
Aid to Dependent Children: Aid, $301.30 Administration, 35.85
Levy of 1949:
Poll, 1,936.00
13,106.48
Unexpended Appropriation Balances, Water Department-Available Surplus, Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1947, $96.90
Departmental: Health,
$476.86
$63,178.83
Accounts Receivable: Taxes:
Temporary Aid, 139.00
Aid to Dependent Children,
1,139.16
Old Age Assistance- Cities and Towns, Old Age Assistance- State, 2,325.48
700.26
Veterans' Benefits, 420.00
5,200.76 442.29
Taxes on Estate of Deceased Persons, Water,
1,972.33
Aid to Highways: State:
Chapter 81,
$15,525.00
Chapter 90, Con- struction 5,478.90
Chapter 90, Mainte-
nance,
625.00
$21,628.90
County:
Chapter 90, Con-
struction,
$2,739.45
Chapter 90, Mainte-
nance,
625.00
3,364.45
24,993.35
Dog Officer-To be Reimbursed by County,
44.50
Loans Authorized-School, 25,000.00
Revenue 1949: $245,201.00 Less Estimated Receipts
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $2,811.58
Timber Salvage Tax, 995.41
Tax Title,
762.86
Departmental,
5,200.76
Water,
1,972.33
Aid to Highways, 24,993.35
Loan Authorized and Unissued,
Surplus Revenue,
36,736.29
25,000.00
29,154.28
177
Collected to Date, 59,806.23
185,394.77
To be Provided for by Assessors: Underestimates 1948: State Parks and Reservations Assessment,
$32.05
County Tax,
358.06
County Hospital Assessment,
830.53
Assessments Paid 1949:
County Hospital,
$2,308.11
County Retirement Fund,
973.50
Overlay 1949, 164.00
4,666.25
$328,569.41
$328,569.41
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt, $32,700.00
Water Mains and Equipment Loan,
$14,000.00
Shattuck School-Remodeling Loan,
18,700.00
$32,700.00
$32,700.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities, $115,706.23
Lawrence Library Funds,
Edmund P. Farrar Flag Pole Fund,
$55,292.47 301.92
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
20,242.61
Woodlawn Cemetery Fund, 19.23
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
39,850.00
$115,706.23
$115,706.23
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Report of Moth Superintendent
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen;
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Superintendent of the Moth Department for the year ending December 31, 1949 :
Appropriation
$1,300.00
B. F. Lawrence Tree Expert Co.
$989.50
Labor
71.00
1,060.50
Balance
$239.50
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. CHAPMAN,
Moth Superintendent.
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Report of the Finance Committee
February 1, 1950
To the Voters of the Town of Pepperell.
The Finance Committee submits, herewith, its recom- mendations for the year 1950.
It has been the aim of this Committee, to endeavor to keep the 1950 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 $1000.00 raised and appropriated.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING-FEBRUARY 20, 1950
ARTICLE 5.
Salaries-Elected Officers-Included in Department Appropriations
Officers
* We Recommend for 1950
Salaries 1949
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
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Cemetery Commissioners
Chairman of Board Second Member Third Member
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Trustees of Library 6 Members
None
None
Constable
None
None
Tree Warden
75c per hour
75c per hour
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 hour
1.00 per hour
* The above amounts to be effective as of January 1, 1950.
ARTICLE 6.
Part One
Line
Appropriation or Account
We recom- mend for for 1950 $1,200.00
Appro- priated 1949
Balance 1949 $172.90
1 Selectmen
1A Salary of Clerk and Office Expense
1,300.00
1,300.00
2.60
2 Legislative
750.00
700.00
83.00
3 Law
700.00
350.00
51.35
4 Health
2,000.00
2,038.50
217.24
5 Garbage and Rubbish Collection
2,750.00
2,750.00
41.87
6 Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
3,000.00
192.25
7 Street Lights
5,500.00
5,600.00
370.19
8 Insurance
2,200.00
2,100.00
465.62
9 Town Hall
2,000.00
2,000.00
38.81
10 Common
125.00
125.00
45.70
11 Contingent Fund
200.00
200.00
77.53
12 Police Department
9,975.00
10,375.00
9.19
(Includes $500.00 Radio Tel. Service)
13 Fire Department
4,000.00
4,000.00
1.47
14 Fire Hose Fund
250.00
None
None
15 Forest Warden
500.00
500.00
3.03
16 Sealer of Weights & Measures
150.00
125.00
None
17 Dog Officer Account
300.00
None
None
No
1,200.00
.
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ARTICLE 6.
Part Two
1 Town Treasurer
1,154.00
1,140.00
4.64
2 Tax Title Expense
300.00
302.43
118.59
3 Interest
350.00
250.00
156.50
4 Town Accountant
850.00
850.00
16.54
5 Town Clerk
650.00
.650.00
7.99
6 Registrars
500.00
240.00
16.45
7 Listing
500.00
500.00
71.95
8 Election Officers
500.00
200.00
34.79
9 Assessors
1,500.00
1,500.00
81.05
10 Tax Collector
1,900.00
1,900.00
None
ARTICLE 6.
Part Three
1 Tree Warden
250.00
250.00
1.60
2 Moth Control
1,000.00
1,300.00
239.50
3 Highways
4,000.00
4,000.00
7.05
3A Railroad Square Highway Improvements
1,000.00
1,000.00
192.83
3B Repairs, existing sidewalks
250.00
None
434.46
4 Town Dump
400.00
500.00
55.20
5 Workmen's Compensation
100.00
None
1,903.00
6 Memorial Day
225.00
225.00
11.90
7 Playgorunds
500.00
250.00
None
8 Cemeteries
2,000.00
2,000.00
47.91
9 Soldiers' Graves
400.00
400.00
24.15
10 Library
2,000.00
1,800.00
None
11 District and School Nurse
1,200.00
1,200.00
None
ARTICLE 6.
Part Four
1 Public Schools plus Dog Tax 99,903.00 90,899.59 66.60
In accordance with Chapter 70, Section 10 of the General Laws, as amended with the information we have, we estimate that of this $99,903.00 appropriation, the sum of $31,397.80 will be received as School Aid or reimbursements from the Common- wealth and other estimated receipts, and that the balance of $68,505.20 will be raised by local taxation.
ARTICLE 6.
Part Five
1 Public Welfare
11,000.00 11,000.00 3.60
2 Old Age Assistance
40,000.00 40,694.15
1,420.34
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3 Old Age Assistance Admin. 200.00
4 Aid to Dependent Children
8,000.00
None 8,093.22
None 271.55
5 Aid to Dependent Children Admin. ARTICLES 8 to 30
100.00
None
None
8 1949 Commission due Tax Collector
132.68
None
None
9 Welfare Agent's Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
None
10 Reserve Fund Transfer
2,500.00
2,500.00
1,861.50
11 Water Department Operating Expense
20,965.00
13,859.00
.19
None
None
12 Water Department Transfer 5,800.00 $2200.00 Painting Standpipe $3600.00 New Meters
14 Snow and Ice Removal
6,000.00
7,000.00
45.60
15 Purchase of Snow Fence
300.00
None
None
16 Chapter 81, Roads
7,000.00
6,900.00
None
17 Chapter 90, Roads-Maint.
2,500.00
2,000.00
.15
18 Chapter 90, Town Roads- Const.
3,000.00
1,000.00
None
19 Transfer from Surplus Revenue to Highway Account
30,000.00
30,000.00
None
20 Machinery Fund Transfer
500.00
425.73
226.01
21 Purchase of Model No 33 Road Grader
975.00
None
None
22 Project for dead trees and dangerous limbs
2,500.00
3,000.00
1.75
23 Town Hall Painting Exterior-Town House Interior-Lower Hall
2,500.00
None
None
26 Groton Street Sidewalk
1,400.00
None
None
27 Police Cruiser Turn-in
550.00
None
None
28 Printing of Valuation and Tax List Recommendations later
30 Repairs-Legion Hall
500.00
None
None
We reserve the right to change these recommendations at Town Meeting.
JAMES E. ATTRIDGE
ERNEST G. BARTLETT
CARLTON A. BURNEY
CHARLES A. McGRAW
PAUL R. TAYLOR
Finance Committee,
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TOWN WARRANT
February 20, 1950
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
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Article 2. To hear and act upon all reports of Town · Officers and Committees.
Article 3. To choose all Town Officers and Commit- CeC tees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by bal- lot, or act in relation thereto.
acc. 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 cur- rent year.
accao 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 Pub- lic Welfare, and various other departments and special ac- counts.
Article 7. To determine what method the Town will adopt for the collection of Taxes for 1950.
Article 8. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $132.68 to pay commission due the Tax Collector for collection of 1949 taxes.
Article 9. 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-
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tion 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in rela- tion thereto.
Article 10. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from Overlay Surplus Re- 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 11. To determine if the Town will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $20,965.26 from Water Department receipts, to pay operating and maintenance cost of the de- partment for the current year.
Article 12. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from Water Department Surplus, a sum not ex- ceeding $5800.00 for the following purposes :
A. $2200.00 To repaint the Standpipe.
B. $3600.00 To purchase new water meters.
Article 13. To determine if the Town will accept and maintain the new road, approximately one mile long, con- structed under Article 12 of Special Town Meeting, Septem- ber 28, 1949, to the Pumping Station from Boynton Street and that this road be designated as "Bemis Road."
Article 14. 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 15. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum not exceeding $300.00 to purchase snow fences.
Article 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 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 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2500.00 for maintenance of Chap- ter 90 Roads, money to be used in conjunction with any
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money which may be allotted by State or County, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $3,000.00 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.
Article 19. 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 the reimbursements from the State and County to be re- stored, upon their receipt, to Surplus Revenue.
Article 20. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from Machinery Fund Reserve the sum of $500.00 to a workable fund.
Article 21. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $975.00 to purchase for the Highway Department one Model No. 33 Husky Road Grader.
Article 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $2500.00 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 23. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum not exceeding $2500.00 to paint the exterior of the Town House and the interior of the Lower Hall, including necessary repairs to make ready for this work.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the deed of Thomas H. Kennedy of a gift of approximately ten acres of land in the rear of the Shattuck School, for school purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 25. To determine if the Town will vote to
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have the Moderator appoint a Regional School District Committee in accordance with Chapter 638, Section 14 of the General Laws, which committee, consisting of three members, shall include one member of the School Commit- tee; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 26. (By Petition) To determine whether the town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $1400.00 to construct a bituminous con- crete sidewalk on the South side of Groton Street from Mill Street to Hollis Street about 1300 feet; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 27. To determine if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to turn in the present Police Cruiser and purchase a new car at a net cost not to exceed $550.00.
Article 28. (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.
Article 29. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to have published in the annual town report an item- ized account of all receipts and expenditures of every town officer authorized to expend money.
Article 30. (By Petition) To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $500 to repair, purchase, and install necessary radiation and plumbing facilities for the Legion Hall on Tarbell Street.
Article 31. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to sell, at Public Auction, a parcel of land of approxi- mately 30,000 square feet located at Hollis and Main Streets, being a portion of the so-called Varnum property purchased by the town in 1909, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
LEONARD J. DAVIS ROBERT N. TURNER, JR. RAY M. NEWELL
Board of Selectmen
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INDEX
Aid to Dependent Children
104
Annual Town Meeting, February 21, 1949
35
Assessors
106
Board of Health
9
Board of Public Welfare
101
Cemetery Commissioners
62
Collector of Taxes
110
District Nurse
12
Election Officers
8
Finance Committee
181
Finance Committee Recommendations for 1949
31
Fire Department
56
Forest Fire Warden
59
Highway Surveyor
97
Jurors, Town of Pepperell
11
Librarian
67
Library, Treasurer
65
Library Trustees
63
Licenses Granted
139
List of Insurance
140.
Middlesex County Extension Service
108
Moth Superintendent
180
Officers Appointed
5
Officers Elected
3
Old Age Assistance
102
Playground Committee
13
Police Department
53
School Department
69
Art Supervisor
85
Budget proposed for 1950 ..
74
C. M. Shattuck School Principal
82
Groton Street School Principal
83
High School Principal
80
Music Supervisor
86
Nurse
88
Organization
70
School Census
95
School Committee
71
Sewing Supervisor
85
Superintendent
75
Teachers in Service
96
Sealer of Weights and Measures
60
Selectmen
138
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INDEX (Continued)
Special Town Meeting, September 28, 1949
46
State Audit
142
Town Accountant
114
Town Clerk
14
Births
19
Deaths
23
Dog Laws
28
Financial Report
27
Marriages
14
Town Treasurer
113
Town Warrant for February 20, 1950
185
Tree Warden
100
Veteran's Benefits Reports
10
Water Department
61
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