Town annual reports of the officials of the town of Oakham, Massachusetts 1959, Part 4

Author: Oakham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: [The Town]
Number of Pages: 114


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Collector


Salaries


Maude M. Stone


$ 333.33


O. H. Erickson


66.67


$ 400.00


Expenses


Barre Gazette


$ 62.04


Byam Printing


11.89


Maude Stone, stamps, etc.


28.90


Hobbs and Warren


14.92


A. L. Purinton


11.80


R. Dea


54.60


Dues


3.00


$ 187.15 $ 587.15


Assessors


Salaries


C. M. Rood, Chairman


$ 1 25.00


W. F. Brennan


100.00


L. Szczuka


100.00


Dorothy Day


75.00


$ 400.00


Expenses


Stoneham Ind.


$ 2.00


Hobbs and Warren


17.47


C. Rood, stamps, etc.


2.00


Worcester County Abstract Co.


43.10


North Brookfield News


1.25


Dues


9.00


$ 74.82 $


474.82


Legal


Salaries and Wages R. W. Igoe, Atty.


$ 50.00 $ 50.00


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Paid to


Department Town Clerk


Amount


Salaries


Dorothy P. Day


$ 150.00


Expenses


North Brookfield News


$ 7.31


Dorothy Day


17.77


Hobbs and Warren


7.15


Worcester Telegram and Gazette


18.00


Dues


11.50


Healy Bros.


7.50


$ 69.23 $


219.23


Elections and Registrations


Salaries and Wages


Dorothy Day


$ 7.00


Bettyanne Parsons


55.00


Ballot Clerks


46.00


$ 108.00


Expenses


Barre Gazette


$ 27.15 $


135.15


Town Hall Maintenance


Salaries and wages


C. Casault


$ 107.00


Supplies


R. T. Quigley


11.09


Repairs


L. C. Spinney


9.03


C. A. Hanson


10.00


Baroni Glass


10.93


R. T. Quigley


9.90


K. Dennis


100.00


C. Casault


9.50


Insurance


I. E. Irish


$ 204.95


Krussell Insurance Agency


200.80


Chase & Kingsbury


12.37


Light®


Worcester County Electric Co.


$464.14


Submersible Pump


Iver Lind 650.00


83


FINANCIAL REPORTS


Paid to


Department


Amount


Other Expenses L. C. Spinney Northridge Furniture Co.


11.50


112.50


$ 1,923.71 $ 1,923.71


SUMMARY GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Department


Amount


Legislative


$ 20.00


Selectmen


570.52


Auditing


420.00


Treasury


1,031.74


Collector


587.15


Assessors


474.82


Planning Board


5.00


Legal


50.00


Town Clerk


219.23


Elections and Registrations


135.15


Town Hall Maintenance


1,923.71


Total


$ 5,437.32


84


ANNUAL REPORTS


PUBLIC SAFETY


Paid to


Department Police


Amount


Salaries and Wages


Chief


$ 139.00


Officers


43.00


$ 182.00


Equipment


L. R. Berger


$ 48.50


Insurance


Krussell Insurance Agency


50.00


$ 280.50


Fire Department


Salaries and Wages


None


Equipment and repairs


Wright's Safety Service


$ 40.28


R. Szczuka


8.93


Worcester Auto Radiator


14.75


Johnnie's Sales and Service


250.00


Heywood Brunmark


303.65


Rolla Motors


49.35


Valley Motors


27.24


G. W. Lowell


47.25


$ 741.25


Hose


C. H. Claugherty Co.


$ 375.00


Gas and Oil


Labonte's Filling Station


$


53.00


C. S. Lyman & Sons


22.23


75.23


Other Expenses


Labonte's Filling Station


7.00


C. S. Lyman & Sons


14.43


C. H. Claugherty Co.


44.83


Rolla Motors


64.63


R. T. Quigley


8.48


Beard Motors


6.50


Crescent Welders Supply


21.75


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FINANCIAL REPORTS


Paid to


Department


Amount


Green Electric Corp.


10.22


Arduini Mfg. Co.


19.70


$ 197.54


Fuel and Light


F. G. Stone


321.21


Worcester County Electric Co.


69.68


$ 390.89


Buildings and Grounds (Fire Sta. Acc't.)


C. M. Rood


$ 25.46


Monroe Company


32.56


$ 58.02


Other expenses


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.


$ 294.00


Krussell Ins. Agency


396.74


Dues, etc.


23.50


$ 714.24 $ 2,552,37


Sealer of Weights and Measures


F. G. Stone


$ 20.00 $ 20.00


Inspection of Wires


L. C. Spinney


$ 25.00 $


25.00


Dog Officer


W. Smichinski


$ 75.00 $


75.00


Forestry


Insect Pest Control


Roscoe Crawford, Supt.


$ 96.50


P. Wilbur


13.50


F. Szaban


31.50


Blackstone Tree Service


157.50


$ 299.00


Dutch Elm Disease Control


Roscoe Crawford $ 150.50


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Paid to


Department


Amount


Blackstone Tree Service 150.50


$ 300.50


Tree Warden


Roscoe Crawford


$ 49.00 $


648.50


Krussell Insurance Agency


Compensation Insurance $ 571.06 $ 571.06


SUMMARY PUBLIC SAFETY


Department


Amount


Police


$ 280.50


Fire


2,552.37


Sealer of Weights & Measures Inspection of Wires


20.00


25.00


Forestry


648.50


Dog Officer


75.00


Compensation Insurance


571.06


Total


$ 4,172.43


87


FINANCIAL REPORTS


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Paid to Account Amount


General Administration


R. Langley Barre Gazette


$ 2.00 6.50


$ 8.50


Polio Clinic


Channing H. Washburn, M.D. $ 18.80


Tuberculosis


Worc. County Hospital District $ 4,579.19


Recording Vital Statistics


Dorothy Day


$ 8.00


Town Dump


E. W. Sykes, Bulldozing $ 110.50


Various persons, burning dump 41.00


R. T. Young, Gravel 15.00


$ 166.50


Inspection


H. W. Stone, Jr., Insp. Animals $ 35.00


H. W. Stone, Jr., Insp. Slaughtering 25.00


$


60.00


Total Health and Sanitation


$ 4,840.99


88


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Paid to


Chap. 81 Maint.


Chap. 90 Maint.


Chap. 90 Const.


Snow Removal & Sanding


Total


Labor


$ 3,911.50 $


551.50 $ 1,933.50 $ 1,810.50 $ 8,207.00


Town Equipment


1,674.00


272.60


1,150.40


1,570.00


4,667.00


Outside Equipment


Benoit, Norman


64.00


64.00


DeMarco, Michael


240.00


261.00


1,010.00


1,511.00


East Brookfield, Town of


8.00


8.00


Hardwick, Town of


56.00


56.00


Hebert, Charles


200.00


80.00


280.00


Jamara Bros.


512.50


333.00


768.00


26.00


1,639.50


Lubelczyk, Wm.


473.00


473.00


New Braintree, Town of


90.00


27.00


117.00


Starzdas, Ernest


104.00


104.00


Sykes, Edgar


260.00


260.00


Wiley, James D.


307.50


75.00


96.00


478.50


Young, R. T.


1,308.50


536.00


2,966.00


1,472.50


6,283.00


Total Outside Equipment $ 2,632.50 $ 1,439.00


$ 5,704.00 $ 1,498.50 $11,274.00


ANNUAL REPORTS


Materials


Adams, Donald


380.00


380.00


Chemical Corp.


143.25


143.25


Curtis, R. T.


$ 59.00


11.25


70.25


Dwelly, Sarah


170.80


170.80


Holden Trap Rock Co.


90.21 $ 1,078.08


1,168.29


Independent Coal Tar Co.


3,196.31


1,227.45


4,423.76


International Salt Co.


648.36


648.36


Jamara Bros.


768.18


85.56


900.20


1,653.94


Miller, John


50.00


National Disinfectant Co.


106.45


106.45


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


331.75


144.45


545.50


1,021.70


Northeastern Weed


and Brush Cont.


235.00


235.00


Regienus, Albert


50.00


50.00


S. & K. Block Co.


109.20


109.20


Wirthmore Stores


58.00


58.00


Zukus, Wm.


195.00


236.25


431.25


Total Materials


$ 4,981.90 $ 2,535.54


$ 1,611.00 $ 1,691.81 $10,720.25


Grand total


$13,199.90 $ 4,798.64


$10,398.90 $ 6,570.81 $34,868.25


50.00


FINANCIAL REPORTS


89


90


ANNUAL REPORTS


Purchase and Maintenance


Paid to


Amount


Barr, Stephen


$ 18.00


Beard Motors, Inc.


38.51


Bentley, W. R., Inc.


660.17


Blake, Geo. F.


37.05


Bleiler, E. J. Co.


243.40


City Auto Parts


4.15


Dyar Sales & Machinery Co.


38.00


Eastern Fence Co.


62.19


Federal Tool & Steel Co.


302.73


Files Equipment Co.


171.45


Gar Wood Body Company


197.96


Goldstein & Gurwitz, Inc.


189.24


Gordon, N. & Sons


2,499.86


Izzi, Basil


2.75


Kelley Square Tire Co.


187.03


Krussell Ins. Agency


332.00


Lane, John


2.20


Middlesex Wiping Cloth Company


15.00


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


128.91


Quigley, R. T.


50.58


Gordon, Richard


82.50


Stone, F. G.


25.75


Varney Motors


79.21


Worcester County Electric Company


14.97


Western Auto


17.64


Young, Gordon


36.00


Total Purchase and Maintenance


$ 5,437.25


Temporary Loan


Gordon, N. & Sons


$ 800.00


Street Lights


Paid to


Amount


Worcester County Electric Company $ 346.50


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FINANCIAL REPORTS


SUMMARY HIGHWAYS


Temporary Loan $ 800.00


Chapter 81 Maint. 13,199.90


Chapter 90 Maint. 4,798.64


Chapter 90 Const. 10,398.90


Snow and Sand 6,570.81


Purchase and Maintenance 5,437.25


Street Lights


346.50


Total


$41,552.00


PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION


Paid to Account Amount


Administration


Quaboag Welfare District $ 300.00


Aid to Dependent Children - Town


Cash Grants $ 2,408.75


Medical


55.10


$ 2,463.85


Old Age Assistance - Town


Cash Grants


$ 5,914.65


Medical, board and care 241.74


$6 ,156.39


Total from Town Account $ 8,920.24


Aid to Dependent Children - Federal


Cash Grants


$ 1,441.30 56.50


Medical


$ 1,497.80


Old Age Assistance - Federal


Cash Grants $ 4,869.55 Medical 1,408.36 50.91


Other Cities and Towns


$ 6,328.82


Disability Assistance - Federal


Administration 74.93 Total Federal Accounts $ 7,901.55


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Summary Public Assistance and Administration


Town Account $ 8,920.24


Federal Account 7,901.55


Total


$16,821.79


VETERANS' BENEFITS


Administration


Dues


$ 10.00


Allowances


Ordinary


175.00


Fuel


50.00


$ 235.00


Aid by Other Cities City of Worcester 10.00


Total Veterans' Benefits $


245.00


SUMMARY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND VETERANS' BENEFITS


Public Assistance and Administration $16,821.79


Veterans' Services 245.00


Total


$17,066.79


SCHOOLS


School Committee Salaries


Willard C. Rutherford


$ 50.00


Mary H. Parsons


50.00


Frederick G. Stone


25.00


$


125.00


General Control


Superintendent's Salary $ 338.39


Superintendent's Travel


54.20


Superintendent's Office Expense


110.37


Clerk's Salaries


279.11


Office Rent 37.20


Census


15.00


$ 834.27


93


FINANCIAL REPORTS


Expense of Instruction Teachers' Salaries Textbooks Supplies


$14,629.78 403.60 505.54


$15,538.92


Operation of School


Janitor's Salary


$ 1,000.00


Janitor's Supplies


309.07


Fuel - Frederick G. Stone


983.38


$ 2,292.45


Maintenance of School


Beckley, Cardy Co.,


(shades, chalkboards)


$ 144.68


Adrian Bruso


28.75


R. Daniels


216.56


Holden Home Modernizing (storm windows)


146.50


C. S. Lyman Co.


48.75


Leroy Spinney


208.00


M. D. Stetson Co. (rubber matting)


25.32


John L. Widing


29.75


Garfield Wright


54.90


Others


53.11


$ 956.32


Auxiliary Agencies


Tuition


Wachusett Regional High School $11,178.95


No. Brookfield High School 3,509.45


Vocational - Wach. R.H.S. 454.00


Vocational - Evening - Worcester


54.00


Transportation


H.S. - Various persons


6,750.40


Elem. - Leonard A. Hardy 7,410.00


Elem. - John O'Donnell


1,950.00


Miscellaneous - Graduation Expense


12.09


Health - Doctor


100.00


Nurses


440.90


Supplies


12.36


31,872.15


TOTAL SCHOOLS Cafeteria Classroom - Ralph Daniels


$51,619.11


$ 441.40


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ANNUAL REPORTS


School Lunch Program


Wages and Salaries


$ 1,178.00


Food and supplies


Groceries, canned goods, etc.


1,563.54


Pinecroft Dairy, milk


683.62


$ 2,247.16


Other expenses


Lehigh Bottled Gas


$ 19.50


Finan's Express


18.64


Transport Clearings Others


33.29


$ 100.50


Equipment


$ 21.78


Total School Lunch Program


$ 3,547.44


Fobes Memorial Library


Salaries and wages


Librarian


$ 300.00


Trustees


45.00


Janitor


100.00


$ 445.00


Books and periodicals


Books


$ 283.84


Periodicals


116.75


$ 400.59


Fuel and light


F. G. Stone


$ 314.53


Worcester County Electric Company


33.03


$ 347.56


Building Maintenance and Repairs


C. M. Rood


$ 5.50


W. R. Bentley


10.30


Leslie C. Arms


592.72


Krussell Ins. Agency, Inc.


110.70


$ 719.22


Other Expenses


Demco Library Supplies


$ 16.70


Stationary, postage, etc.


12.63


$ 29.33


Total Fobes Memorial Library


$ 1,941.70


Sunbeam Corp.


29.07


95


FINANCIAL REPORTS


SUMMARY - SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION


Schools $51,619.11


Cafeteria Classroom 441.40


School Lunch 3,547.44


Fobes Memorial Library


1,941.70


Total $57,549.65


RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED


Paid to Account Amount


Wright Park


Eastern States Farmers Exchange $ 132.91


Jamara Bros 236.25


Athol-Orange Lumber Co.


13.10


Holden Hardware


7.97


Goldstein & Gurwitz


1.50


$ 391.73


Care of Town Common


Troop 144 Boy Scouts $ 60.00


Memorial Day


Oakham Congregational Church


$ 100.00


Care of Town Clock


Leroy C. Spinney


$


32.85


Annual Reports


Norman Drolet


$ 3.00


Hoyle Press


569.55


$ 572.55


4-H Clubs


R. T. Quigley


$ 50.52


Leon O. Marshall


30.00


Orton Butler


13.00


Pilgrim Fellowship


2.00


$ 95.52


Worcester County Retirement Assessment


Worcester County Treasurer $ 507.46


Worcester County Tax


Worcester County Treasurer $ 2,400.25


96


ANNUAL REPORTS


STATE ASSESSMENTS


State Recreation Area Commonwealth of Massachusetts $ 257.39


Auditing Municipal Accounts and Installing State Accounting System 1,501.53


$ 1,758.92


SUMMARY OF RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED ACCOUNTS


Wright Park


$


391.73


Town Common 60.00


Memorial Day Observances


100.00


Care of Town Clock


32.85


Annual Reports


572.55


4-H Clubs 95.52


Retirement Assessment


507.46


County Tax


2,400.25


State Assessments


1,758.92


Total $ 5,919.28


CEMETERIES


Paid to


Account


Amount


Cemeteries - General


Salaries and wages


Cemetery Committee


$ 45.00


Labor and Supervision


1,118.55


$ 1,163.55


Loam


Jamara Bros.


$ 203.00


Fertilizer and seed


Wirthmore Stores


$


54.45


Equipment and supplies R. T. Quigley


$ 70.26


Hardy's Garage


11.05


Jamara Bros. (Rental)


35.00


$ 116.31


Gas and oil


Labonte's Filling Station $ 18.96


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FINANCIAL REPORTS


Miscellaneous F. G. Stone Jack Narrow


$ 1.40


2.00


$ 3.40


Total $ 1,559.67


Centre Cemetery


Labor and supervision


$ 127.27


Fertilizer and seed


Wirthmore Stores


$ 67.85


Loam, screened loam and fill Jamara Bros.


$ 548.00


Equipment WVm. Wareing (Rental)


$ 10.50


Total


$ 753.62


SUMMARY OF CEMETERY ACCOUNTS


Cemeteries - General


$ 1,559.67


Centre Cemetery 753.62


Total $ 2,313.29


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Paid to Account Amount


Interest


Fire Station Loan


Worcester County National Bank $ 357.50


Municipal Building Loan Worcester County National Bank $ 67.50


School Building Loan


Worcester County National Bank $ 81.25


$ 506.25


General Loans


Fire Station


Worcester County National Bank $ 2,000.00 Municipal Building


Worcester County National Bank $ 1.500.00 School Building Worcester County National Bank $ 500.00


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Temporary Loan Worcester County National Bank $ 9,000.00


-- $13,000.00 -


SUMMARY OF INTEREST AND MATURING DEBTS


Temporary Loan


Interest


$ 9,000.00


506.25


General Loans


4,000.00


Total


$13,506.25


AGENCY AND TRUST REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS


Paid to Account Amount


Payroll Deductions


Federal Withholding Tax $ 3,153.52


State Withholding Tax 230.06


Worcester County Retirement 544.86


$ 3,928.44


Licenses


Dog Licenses for County


$


273.75


Cemetery Funds


Town Treasurer, Perp. Care Income $ 563.00


Town Treasurer, Perp. Care Funds 300.00 $ 863.00


Alden Fund


Worcester County Sanatorium $ 202.50 Others 770.00


$


972.50


AGENCY AND TRUST REFUNDS AND INVESTMENTS


Paid to Account


Amount


Refunds


Motor Vehicle Excise Refunds Various persons Tax refunds Poll $ 2.00


$ 221.53


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FINANCIAL REPORTS


Real Estate


231.00


$ 233.00


Other refunds


Retirement deduction


$ 15.00


Cemetery income


1.75


$ 16.75


Total refunds


$ 471.28


Trusteed Accounts


Town of Oakham


$


101.34


Travellers Insurance Co.


32.00


$ 133.34


SUMMARY - AGENCY AND TRUST REFUNDS AND INVESTMENTS


Payroll deductions


$ 3,928.44


Licenses


273.75


Cemetery Funds


863.00


Alden Fund


972.50


Refunds


471.28


Trusteed Account


133.34


Total


---


$ 6,642.31


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TOWN WARRANT


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Worcester, ss.


To either of the constables of the Town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester:


GREETINGS:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham, qualified to vote in elections, and in town affairs to meet in the town hall, known as Memorial Hall, on Monday, the seventh day of March next at 12M at which time the polls will be opened and will be closed at 8 P.M.


Business meeting will open at 8 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To hear the annual reports of the several town officers and to act thereon.


Article 2. To choose one Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one Library Trustee and one member of the Cemetery Committee all for three year terms; a Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree War- den, six Constables, three Fence Viewers and a Moderator, for one year terms; and one Planning Board member for a five year term, all on one ballot.


Article 3. To choose all the necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year not required to be elect- ed by ballot.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to fix the sala- ries and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided for by Section 108 Chapter 41 of the General Laws.


Article 5. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and equipment used in repairing highways and opening roads during the ensuing year.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treas-


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ury such sums of money as are necessary to pay salaries, ex- penses and outlays of the several town departments for the ensuing year.


Article 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow during the current fiscal year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said fiscal year.


Article 8 .. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treas- ury a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance or take any action relative thereto.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treas- ury a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance or take any action relative thereto.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treas- ury a sum of money for the improvement of Spencer and New Braintree Roads under Chapter 90 Highway Construc- tion ,or take any action relative thereto.


Article 11. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 from the Overlay Surplus for the purposes of a Reserve Fund or take any action relative thereto.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1500 or any other amount from the Highway Mach- inery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account or take any action relative thereto.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Assessors to appropriate the sum of $5,000 or any other amount from available funds in the treasury for the purpose of reducing the tax levy for the current year or take any action relative thereto.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to accept any trust funds which may be left to the town for the care of cemeteries or for any other purpose.


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Article 15. To hear the report of the Oakham Bicen- tennial Celebration Committee and to act thereon.


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to create a Board of Health, separate and distinct from all existing boards and committees or take any action relative thereto.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote to request the Board of Health to draw up a set of By-Laws to include rules and regulations governing the use of the town dump, design standards for the installation of septic tanks and drainage fields and any other health problems, existing, or foreseeable, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 18. To see if the town will vote to make the following amendment to the Town By-Laws, or take any action relative thereto.


CHAPTER VI Budget and Finance Committee


There shall be a Budget & Finance Committee consist- ing of six legal voters of the Town who shall be appointed by the moderator as hereinafter provided. No elected or appointed town officer or town employee shall be eligible to serve on said committee.


The moderator of the town meeting, when this by-law is adopted, shall, within thirty days after such by-law be- comes effective, appoint two members of said committee for terms of one year, two members for terms of two years, and two members for terms of three years. At each annual Town Meeting thereafter the moderator thereof shall appoint two members of said committee for terms of three years. The term of office of said members shall commence immediately upon qualification and shall expire at the close or final adjournment of the annual town meeting at which their suc- cessors are appointed. Said committee shall choose its own officers, shall serve without pay, and shall cause to be kept a true record of its proceedings.


Whenever any vacancy shall occur in said committee by resignation, removal from town, death, failing to qualify or otherwise, said vacancy shall be filled by said committee; and if any member is absent from five consecutive meetings, except in case of illness, said committee shall consider his position vacant and proceed to fill same. The term of office


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of all persons chosen as aforesaid to fill vacancies shall expire at the close or final adjournment of the annual town meet- ing next succeeding said vacancy and, at said annual meet- ing, the moderator thereof shall appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term of each member whose office has been vacated in the same manner as the original appointment.


To this committee shall be referred all articles in any warrant for a town meeting hereafter issued. The select- men, after drawing any warrant for a town meeting shall transmit immediately a copy thereof to each member of the Budget & Finance Committee and said committee shall con- sider all such articles. A public hearing may be held upon all articles unless a public hearing by some other tribunal is required by law and a notice of such hearing shall be given by posting a copy thereof in at least four public places in the town. After due consideration of the subject matter in such articles, said committee shall report thereon to the town meeting such recommendations as it deems best for the inte- rest of the town.


It shall be the duty of the Budget and Finance Com- mittee annually to consider the expenditures of previous years and the estimated requirements for the ensuing year of the several boards, officers and committees of the town as prepared by them in such form and detail as may be prescribed by said committee. Said commit- tee shall add to said statement of expenditures and esti- mates another column giving the amounts which, in its opinion, should be appropriated for the ensuing year and shall further add thereto, such explanations and suggestions relating to the proposed appropriations as it may deem expe- dient and report thereon as provided in Section 4.


It shall be the duty of the Budget and Finance Commit- tee to make an annual report of its doings with the recom- mendations relative to financial matters to be printed with the annual reports of the other town officers.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator, and/or the Selectmen to issue the call for the Discussion Meeting, the Caucus, and the Annual Town Meeting, in the above sequence. The motion "to instruct" shall include: "and instruct the Selectmen to have in the hands of the voters at said Discussion Meeting a mimeo-


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graphed copy of the articles to be presented at the Annual Town Meeting," or take any action relative thereto.


Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to make further improvements to Wright Park or take any action relative thereto.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in at least three public places in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hand this tenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty.


WALTER W. NELSON JOHN P. O'DONNELL ROGER H. LONERGAN


Board of Selectmen


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INDEX


Accounting Officer 37


Balance Sheet


71


Board of Health


43


Board of Selectmen 17


Cemetery Committee


67


Charlton Home Farm


55


Financial Report


70


School Committee


92


Public Assistance


91


Fire Department 40


65


Highway Superintendent


45


Librarian


66


Moth Superintendent


41


Oakham Bicentennial Committee


24


Planning Board 21


Police Chief


40


Public Welfare 49


Quaboag Welfare District


50


School Committee 58


State Audit


28


Superintendent of Schools


61


Tax Collector


34


Town Clerk


9


Town Officers 4


Town Treasurer 25


Warrant 101


Wire Inspector


42


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