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Article 7. To determine what method the Town will adopt for the Collection of Taxes for 1946.
Article 7A. 3 To see if the Town will vote that the Col- lector of Taxes be elected for a three year term.
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 in accordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in relation thereto.
Article 9. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1500.00 from available funds to a 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.
Article 10. To determine if the Town will vote to appropriate from Water Department receipts the sum of $8875.00 to pay operating and maintenance cost of the De- partment for the current year.
Article 11. To determine if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $720.24 from departmental receipts of the Water Department to pay bills contracted in excess of appropriation for the year 1945, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3500.00 for removal of snow and ice, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. 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 provision of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81 of General Laws, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. 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.
Article 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3000.00 for the following new construction projects on Chapter 90 and other Town Roads :
1. Road construction: Mill St., Nissitissitt
River Bridge to Nashua Road.
2. Rotary Traffic Circle; Junction of Main St., Hollis and River Roads.
3. Road resurfacing: River Road.
Money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To determine if the Town will vote to release for Highway purposes a portion of the Town Play- ground, or Varnum Property, so-called; as may become necessary in the construction of new Rotary Traffic Circle proposed in Article 15.
Article 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to purchase a motor grader with snow removal attachment, also a tractor equipment with snow plow attached for sidewalks, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from accumulated Machinery Fund, the sum of $500.00 to a workable Fund.
Article 19. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $550.00 to complete the side- walk on Townsend Street and draining on same.
Article 20. (By Petition) To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $850.00 to con- struct a bituminous concrete sidewalk on the east side of
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Pleasant Street from Main Street going south 950 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. (By Petition) To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to con- struct a bituminous concrete sidewalk on the west side of Park Street from Heald Street going north 450 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to instruct the Assessors to take $5000.00 from Surplus Revenues, with the consent of the Tax Commissioner, to reduce the tax rate for the current year.
Article 23. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1500.00 to purchase a Police Cruiser type car for the Police Department, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 723, Acts of 1945, being an act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of municipal departments and of districts for furnishing information, advise, and assistance to veterans of World War II, or other veterans.
Article 25. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to celebrate the re- turn of the men and women who served in or were affiliated or associated with the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II, in accordance with Chapter I, Acts of 1946, or take any other action thereon.
Article 26. To determine if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to formulate plans for a suitable type of permanent Honor Roll and Memorial for the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II, this committee to bring in their report at a future Town Meeting.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to provide suitable quarters and colors for the Pepperell Post Veterans of Foreign Wars, No. 3291, and to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) therefor, or to take any action theron.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to allow the Pepperell Post Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 3291 to name and dedicate that part of the Town Common adjacent to the War Memorial at Pepperell Center as a Memorial Square to all who gave their lives in the service of their country, or take any other action thereon.
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Article 29. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $275.00 to fireproof the basement adjacent to the Boiler in the Frank West Post No. 213 Building on Tarbell Street, to meet the require- ments of the State Inspectors, or take any other action thereon.
Article 30. (By Petition) To determine if the Town of Pepperell will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to borrow a sum of $11,475.00 from the Town surplus, and to expend said sum to extend the water main on River Road, from a point near the Keyes Farm, 5100 feet toward the Groton line, to a point near the Barillo property.
Article 31. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from the junction of Oak Hill and Maple Streets to the boundary of Robert N. Turner, Jr., and Lige Coakley land. To expend from the Water Department sur- plus or raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $3400.00, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 in accordance with Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1945, and Chapter 708 of the Acts of 1941, to cover the accrued liability on account of retirement payments of members of the Massachusetts Teachers' Re- tirement Association in the military service, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 33. 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 Jonas E. Andrews lot in the Walton Cemetery.
Article 34. 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 Jonathan C. Coffin lot in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
Article 35. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $57.00 to add three street lights on Mason Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 36. To determine if the Town will vote to approve the action taken by the Selectmen in transferring the care control and maintenance of Main St. Bridge over the Nashua River ; Bridge on Main Street over B. & M. R. R. and Hollis St. Bridge over the Nissitissitt River; all located on numbered routes in the Town of Pepperell, to the Massa-
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chusetts Department of Public Works as provided under the provisions of Chapter 690 of the Acts of 1945.
Article 37. To determine if the Town will vote to accept Section 11A of Chapter 85 of the General Laws which reads as follows :
MASSACHUSETTS PERMISSIVE BICYCLE LAW Acts of 1941, Chapter 710 Signed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall Wednesday, October 29, 1941
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1
Chapter eighty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section eleven, as appearing in the Tercen- tenary Edition, the following new section :- SECTION 11A
No resident of any city which accepts this section by vote of its city council, or of any town which accepts this section by vote of the town, shall operate a bicycle within the limits thereof, unless such bicycle is registered under this section in such city or town and unless the registration plate issued therefor is at- tached to such bicycle.
The police department of such a city or town, or selectmen of such a town having no organized police department, shall register all bicycles owned by persons residing within the city or town and issue to the owners thereof certificates of registra- tion, which shall be in effect, unless suspended as hereinafter provided, so long as such registrants own said bicycles.
The application for registration shall contain the name, address and age of the owner, the make of the bicycle, and serial number, if any, affixed by the maker, or any other identifying marks.
The certificate of registration shall contain the name and address of the owner, a description of the bicycle and a register number.
Every bicycle so registered shall have attached thereto a registration plate furnished by the police department or the selectmen, as the case may be, of the city or town where regis- tered. Such plate shall bear the register number assigned to the bicycle and the name of the city or town where registered.
Upon the sale or other transfer of a registered bicycle, the registrant shall remove the registration plate and surrender the ·same to the police department or the selectmen, as the case may be, or may, upon application but without payment of an addi- tional fee, have said plate assigned to another bicycle owned by the applicant.
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A bicycle rental agency in any city or town which accepts this section shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is registered and a registration plate is attached thereto as provided herein. Every person engaged in buying or selling new or second-hand bicycles in such a city or town shall make a report to the said police department or selectmen, as the case may be, of every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer, giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name or make, and the number of the registration plate, if any, at- tached thereto.
Blank forms of applications and certificates for use in carry- ing out the provisions of this section shall be prepared and fur- nished by the commissioner of public safety to all such cities and towns at their expense.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a red reflector visible from the rear and at least two inches in diameter.
A fee of not more than twenty-five cents shall be collected for each registration plate and certificate issued under this sec- tion.
In such cities and towns, operators of bicycles shall conform to traffic rules and regulations so far as they are obviously and reasonably applicable for their own safety.
No operator of a bicycle shall permit any person in excess of the number for which such bicycle is designed and equipped to ride thereon with him, and no operator of a bicycle shall per- mit it to be drawn by any other moving vehicle.
Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and in addition the police department of such a city or town, or the selectmen of such a town having no organized police department, may suspend the registration certificate of any registered bicycle operated in violation of any such provision.
In case the person operating a bicycle in violation of any such provision is a minor, the police department, or the select- men, as the case may be, instead of prosecuting such minor here- under, may with the consent of his parent or guardian, impound such bicycle for a period not exceeding fifteen days.
This section shall apply only to a bicycle at least one wheel of which exceeds twenty inches in diameter.
No violation of any of the provisions of this section relative to the registration of bicycles shall affect any civil right or liabil- ity, nor shall any such violation by a minor under the age of eighteen be considered a criminal offense.
Article 38. To determine if the Town will vote to amend the existing Town By-Laws by inserting a New Section under the heading of Traffic Regulations.
Not carried.
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Annual Town Meeting
Pepperell, Mass., February 18, 1946.
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 assem- bled at the Town Hall, on the evening of February 18, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. o'clock by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant, appointed tellers and called for the nomination and election of a moderator.
Art. 1. Trescott T. Abele was elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance 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 Committees 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 consent of the Selectmen, to borrow money and issue notes therefore in anticipation of revenue for the current year in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, Sec. 4 of General Laws.
Art. 5. Voted that the recommendations of the Fi- nance Committee on this article be accepted with the follow- ing exceptions. 1. That the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen shall receive $300.00 Annual Salary instead of $200.00.
2. That the Tree Warden receive 75 cents per hour for services rendered instead of 5614 cents per hour.
3. That the Highway Surveyor shall receive $1.00 per hour for services rendered instead of 75 cents per hour.
Art. 6. Voted that all items and sums listed in Part 1, of Article 6, be raised and appropriated or transferred in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee with the following change in recommendations.
All sums recommended to be transferred from balance of 1945 accounts shall be transferred from Surplus Reve- nues with the permission of the Tax Commissioner.
Part 2. Voted that all items and sums listed in Part 2 of Article 6 be raised and appropriated or transferred
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in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Committee, with the following change in recommendations. All sums recommended to be transferred from balance of 1945 accounts shall be transferred from Surplus Reve- nues with the permission of the Tax Commissioner.
Part 3. Voted that all items and sums listed in Part Three of Article 6 be raised and appropriated or transferred in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Committee, with the following change in recommendations. All sums recommended to be transferred from the balances of 1945 accounts shall be transferred from Surplus Reve- nues with the permission of the Tax Commissioner.
Part. 4. Voted that all items and sums listed in Part 4 of Article 6 be raised and appropriated or transferred in accordance with the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee with the following change in recommendations :
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All sums recommended to be transferred from balance of 1945 accounts shall be transferred from Surplus Rev- enues with permission of the Tax Commissioner.
Article 7. Voted that all taxes shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of Gen. Laws in relation thereto and that the collector be paid 1% on the principal of all taxes collected up to and including Dec. 31 in the year they are due and 3/4 of one percent on the principal col- lected after that date.
Article 7A. Voted that starting with 1947 the Col- lector of Taxes shall be elected for a three year term instead of the present one year term.
Article 8. Voted that in accordance with Chap. 41, Sect. 4A 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 $1200, this act to be- come effective March 1, 1946.
Article 9. So voted.
Article 10. So voted.
Article 11. So voted.
Article 12. Voted that the Town shall raise and ap- propriate the sum of $6000 for removal of snow and ice.
Article 13. So voted.
Article 14. So voted.
Article 15. So voted.
Article 16. So voted.
Article 17. Voted that the Town appropriate $8000.00 from available surplus and $1000.00 from accumulated
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machinery fund, making a total of $9000.00 to purchase a motor grader with snow removal attachment for plowing snow and widening roads and the Selectmen and Highway Surveyor be authorized to purchase same and Highway Surveyor be authorized to sell old tractor and grader.
Article 18. Voted that the Town shall transfer from the accumulated machinery fund the sum of $1000.00 to a workable fund.
Article 19. So voted.
Article 20. So voted.
Article 21. So voted.
Article 22. Voted that the Town shall instruct the Assessors to take $5000 from Surplus Revenues with the consent of the Tax Commissioner to reduce the tax rate for the current year. This to pay off the final High School Bond.
Article 23. So voted.
Article 24. So voted.
Article 25. Voted that the Selectmen appoint a com- mittee to investigate what amount of money the town should appropriate to celebrate the return of the men and women who served in, or were affiliated or associated with the Armed Forces of the United States in World War 2 in accordance with Chap. 1. Acts of 1946. This committee to bring a report in at a future meeting.
Article 26. So voted.
Article 27. So voted.
Article 28. So voted.
Article 29. So voted.
Article 30.
Passed over.
Article 31. Not carried by a check list vote. Total Yes 77. No 87.
votes cast 166.
Article 32. So voted.
Article 33. Voted to accept this sum to carry out the
provisions of this Art.
Article 34. Voted to accept this sum to carry out the provisions of this Art.
Article 35. So voted.
Article 36. So voted.
Article 37. Voted that the Town shall accept Sect. 11A of Chap. 85 of the Gen. Laws: as outlined in detail in this Town Meeting Warrant covering the registration and regulation of bicycles.
Article 38. Not carried.
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Voted to adjourn. A true copy, Attest:
JOHN F. CULLINAN Town Clerk.
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I respectfully submit the report of the Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Arrests for drunkenness
116
Driving under the influence of liquor
24
Assault and battery
14
Assault with a dangerous weapon
2
Non-support
2
Desertion
1
Neglecting children
1
Child delinquents
7
Motor Violations-
Speeding
62
No license
5
Driving so as to endanger
1
Operating unregistered motor vehicle
1
Operating uninsured motor vehicle
1
Operating after suspension of license
3
Sticker violation
2
Giving false name to a Police Officer
1
Leaving the scene of an accident without making self known
2
Unauthorized use of motor vehicle Other motor violations
7
Adultry
2
Fornication
2
Unlicensed rental of fire-arms
1
Furnishing fire-arm to minors
1
Malicious injury to property
3
Vagrant
4
Trespassing
3
Larceny
3
False alarm
1
Bastardy
1 15
Unlicensed slaughtering
1
Selling uninspected meat
1
Disorderly conduct on public conveyance
1
Using profane language
2
Attempting to cause prisoner to escape
1
Violation of dog law
1
Arrests for other Police Departments,
5
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Disturbing the peace
Warrants served for other departments A.W.O.L. from Army and Navy Escaped from Shirley Industrial School
27
2
1
Total
332
Miscellaneous :
Automobile accidents investigated
62
Automobile licenses suspended or revoked
5
Automobile transfers or sales
297
Calls and complaints
841
Investigations made
382
Calls from out of town police
167
Investigated with State Police
3
Investigated with F.B.I.
2
Investigated with State Child Welfare Matron
6
Persons taken to hospitals
27
State Hospital commitments
4
State Farm commitments
1
Motor violation fines
$690.00
Other fines
$1335.00
Property recovered
$3137.84
Doors found unlocked and owner notified
15
The disposition of the cases taken into court are as fol- lows:
22 placed on file.
18 placed on probation.
67 released, (under the new drunk law).
18 committed to the House of Correction.
1 committed to the State Farm.
1 committed to the Reformatory for Women.
10 dismissed (lack of prosecution of complainant) .
7 not guilty.
All the rest were fined the total of $2025.00.
Financial Report of Police Department
Salary : Chief
$2301.44
Patrolmen (including specials)
$4233.48
Car insurance
$149.42
Extra car expense
$121.25
Matron
67.75
Station expense
77.79
Fuel and light
133.69
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Telephone Car repairs Cruiser and receiver Radio transmitter and generator All other
156.08 93.48 1491.92
353.00
216.40
Total
$9,878.85
We have a three man permanent department with a radio (two way) equipped ambulance cruiser, and feel that we can give the town a full 24 hour coverage.
I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen for their coop- eration and assistance during the year. We have received the greatest of consideration and courtesy from the general public in the past, and hope that we shall continue to do so in the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD C. KING
Chief of Police.
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Report of Fire Department
East Pepperell, Mass., January 1, 1947.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Engineers of the Fire Department submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
The department answered 105 alarms:
30 regular alarms, 10 chimney, 53 brush, grass and dump, 6 automobiles, 6 false. Total 105.
The apparatus is in first class condition. We have 4500 feet of 21/2-inch hose and recommend appropriation of $250.00 for the Hose Fund for replacement of broken lines.
We also recommend $4000.00 for the regular appropria- tion.
We want to thank the telephone operators and Police Department for their splendid cooperation throughout the year.
Expenditures :
Harry Dow, Janitor
$242.00
New England Tel. & Tel., Telephone
30.15
Wachusett Electric Co., Electricity
54.92
Town of Pepperell, Water
6.00
Sheldon's Express, Express
.72
Ralph Palmer, Gas and Oil
48.31
Theodore H. Palmer, Gas and Oil
12.15
W. E. Chapman, Cold Patch
20.00
James Dunn, Coal
72.86
Whalin Products, Window Wash
1.00
W. E. Leary Service Station, Gas and Oil
9.59
Lyman Robbins, Insurance
200.00
Attridge Bros., Supplies
2.40
Maxim Motor, Repairs
1.24
Richardson's Garage, Labor
10.95
Arthur Bartlett, Supplies
2.35
George Park, Batteries
40.85
Justin McCarthy Co., Equipment
215.78
Wilfred Bouchard, Paint and Labor
139.15
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Driving Truck Salaries
189.00 1700.00
Total Unexpended Balance
2,999.42
.58
3,000.00 1
Respectfully submitted, WALDO F. PARKER GEORGE E. BOUTWELL
Engineers
Report Forest Fire Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Forest Fire Warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
The Forest Fire Department has answered thirty-two (32) calls, sixteen (16) grass, eleven (11) forest, and five (5) dump fires.
The equipment is in good condition.
Be careful of open air fire and get your fire permits before you start a fire.
The following are the expenditures for the year 1946:
Men's Wages 238.00
Richardson's Garage
11.95
DuPaw Pharmacy, Supplies
13.75
Theodore H. Palmer, Supplies
16.25
279.95
Appropriated for year
500.00
Unexpended Balance
220.05
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO F. PARKER
Warden
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Report of Tree Warden
Equipment on Hand
1 40-ft. Extension Ladder 4 Hand Saws
1 pair of Block and Falls
2 Iron Wedges
200 ft. 3/8-inch Rope
1 Pole Pruner
1 Pair Climbers
1 Bit Stock
400 ft. 1%-inch Rope
9 Mattocks
3 Axes
1 Sledge Hammer
18 Shovels
1 15/16-inch Bit
3 Picks
1 11/16-inch Bit
4 Cross-Cut Saws
1 1/4-inch Chisel
Appropriated at Annual Town Meeting: February 18, 1946 Transfer 1945 Account
100.00
110.45
210.45
Harold W. Copp
137.00
Ralph Palmer
3.82
Theodore Palmer
7.28
Lyman F. Robbins
2.00
Richardson's Garage
15.80
165.90
Unexpended Balance
44.55
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD W. COPP Tree Warden
Report of Moth Superintendent
Appropriation B. F. Lawrence Tree Expert Co. 800.00
800.00
There was a total of 25 7/10 miles of roadside sprayed with D. D. T.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. CHAPMAN
Moth Superintendent.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1946:
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