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Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the relocation and alteration of Lothrop Avenue in West Harwich leading from Rte #28 northerly to Gilbert Lane as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 21, 1955 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by pur- chase or eminent domain the lands, or interests in the lands, within such alteration and relocation and to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Water Department's Construction Account the balance of $203.77 being the unexpended balance appropriated under Article 48 of the warrant of the 1954 Annual Town Meeting and the sum of $16,506.90, being the unexpended balance under Article 49 of the warrant of the 1954 Annual Town Meeting, these sums to be used to construct and install water mains in public streets or ways as the Board of Water Com- missioners shall determine and to act fully thereon.
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Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to be used by the Board of Water Commissioners for extending water mains where requested, provided the estimated income is at least 6% of the cost of installation and to act fully thereon.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a one-half ton truck for the Water Department and to act fully thereon.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the use of the Water Department for the expansion of its water shed and water supply the following parcels of land situated in the Town of Harwich and bounded and described as follows: Parcel 1-Southerly by the northerly line of land formerly of the Chatham Railroad Company 2,200 feet; westerly by land now or formerly of Philip M. Small et al and of owners un- known, 1,500 feet; northerly by land of owners unknown 2,200 feet and easterly by land now or formerly of Warren Freeman and of owners unknown 1,500 feet. Parcel 2 .- Southwesterly by land of Town of Harwich, 700 feet more or less; north- westerly by land now or formerly of Edward Ziskind et al Thomas McDermott; northeasterly by land of owners un- known, 700 feet more or less; and southeasterly by land now or formerly of Ziskind and McDermott. Parcel 3 .- South- westerly by Chatham Road 200 feet more or less; north- westerly by land of Town of Harwich; northeasterly by land of the Town of Harwich, 50 feet more or less; northwesterly again by land of the Town of Harwich; southwesterly again by land of Harwich 50 feet more or less; northwesterly again by land of the Town of Harwich; northeasterly again by land now or formerly of Edward Ziskind and Thomas McDermott, 200 feet more or less; southeasterly by lands of owners un- known and land now or formerly of Gardner Rowell. All of said parcels are shown on a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase, dated January 21, 1955 and filed with the Board of Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used to increase the water supply of the Town, by the installation of wells, construction of an auxiliary pumping station, the purchase and installation of pump- ing equipment, and connecting the new supply with the present water system with adequate mains and to act fully thereon.
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Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow and appropriate, a sum of money for the purchase and installation of electric motors and electric controls on the pumping apparatus at the pumping station of the Water Department and to act fully thereon.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install rest room facilities at the pumping station of the Water Department and to act fully thereon.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Rte #28 southerly on Uncle Venies Road in South Harwich to the south boundary of Marion Skiff and to act fully thereon.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Uncle Venies Road in South Harwich along Ocean Avenue and to act fully thereon.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing water mains along Main Street and Kelley Street in Harwich Center from the vicinity of the Old Colony Railroad bridge to the intersection of Lothrop Avenue and to act fully thereon.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains on Ginger Plum Lane in West Harwich; such construction to be completed by May 1, 1955 and to act fully thereon.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains on South Street in Harwich Port and to act fully thereon.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains on Forest Street in Harwich Port and Harwich Center and to act fully thereon.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains on Robbins Road in Harwich Port and to act fully thereon.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing
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water mains along Smith Street to Depot Road in West Har- wich; thence southerly to Rte #28 and northerly to include the residence of William Marion and to act fully thereon.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing water mains northerly along Pleasant Lake Avenue in Har- wich from the residence of Benjamin Pina to the residence of Archilus Cahoon in Pleasant Lake and to act fully thereon.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains easterly along Queen Anne Road from Pleasant Lake Avenue to the residence of Anthony Texeira and to act fully thereon.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains westerly along Queen Anne Road from Pleasant Lake Avenue to the residence of Gideon Rose and to act fully thereon.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend its water mains from its present location on Brook Road in Harwich Port to the end of Brooks Road, a distance of approximately 300 feet and to act fully thereon.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Miles Street in Harwich Port to the development known as Grassy Pond Development and to act fully thereon.
Article 59. To see what method the Town will vote to adopt toward financing the appropriations which have been voted at this meeting for the extension of water mains; determine whether the appropriation shall be provided by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or by issuance of a loan and to act fully thereon.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used in planting shade trees along town accepted ways under Chapter 87 of the General Laws and to act fully thereon.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used in controlling the Dutch Elm Disease under Chapter 761 of the General Laws and to act fully thereon.
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Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be used under the direction of the School Committee to widen the present high school driveway, to enlarge and improve the present parking area at the high school; to install a catch basin and grade, and oil the present elementary parking area and to act fully thereon.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to purchase for school purposes, a certain parcel of land containing 2.14 acres ad- joining the High School lot on the north, and bounded and described as follows: On the north by land of Mildred B. Paine, Allen F. Whitney Jr., and Ruth E. Doane; on the east by land of Howard C. Cahoon; on the north again by said Cahoon; on the east again by land of Anna M. Wixon; on the south, by land of the Town of Harwich 492.9 feet; on the west, by land of said Town; on the north again by land of Mildred B. Paine; and on the west again by land of Mildred B. Paine. All rights of way to the same to be over the present school lot. Seventy- eight one-hundredths acres of land stands in the name of Mildred B. Paine and 1.36 acres in the names of said Paine, Grace L. VonSoosten, Eleanor K. DeMello, and Dorothy E. Bassett and to act fully thereon.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint a committee of seven persons, including at least one physician, to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of flouridation and to report their findings with recommendations to the annual town meeting of 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to increase the School Committee Board to five members to take effect by appearing on the annual Town Meeting Ballot at the annual Town Meeting in 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint not later than April 1, 1955, a committee of five members, one of whom to be designated as Chairman, and one of whom to be designated as Secretary by the Select- men to study the feasibility of Town Manager form of govern- ment for Harwich and to report its recommendations, if any, to the voters of the town to be acted upon at the Annual Town Meeting in 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five persons, within thirty days, to study the present administrative organization of the town and the advantages, if any, of adopting a mana- ger plan of administration, and to make a report of its find-
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ings and recommendations (together with the necessary legislation) to the next annual town meeting or to a public hearing called for the purpose not later than November 15, 1955, and to appropriate seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for use of said committee and to act fully thereon.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient funds to procure fifty dollar ($50.00) deductible collision insurance for each motor vehicle owned and operated by the Town and to act fully thereon.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of not less than five citizens to investigate the possibilities of relocating the present town dump and to act fully thereon.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to be used for the prevention of shore erosion and the develop- ment of beach facilities at the new beach in South Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend and improve the parking facilities at the end of Deep Hole Road and Uncle Venies Road at the new beach in South Harwich, and to act fully thereon.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to purchase for municipal parking purpose from Phineas O. Baker, a certain parcel of registered property and the building thereon located in Harwich Port held under certificate #10241 and shown on land court plan #19881A and recorded in Barn- stable County Registry of Deeds book 68-page 21 and to act fully thereon.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars ($2,600) for the purpose of purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to trade the old truck and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new truck and to act fully thereon.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate tne sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to widen and improve Pleasant Bay Road so called in East Har- wich from Rte #137 to Rte #28 and to act fully thereon.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) for the purpose of purchasing a new pick-up truck for the High- way Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to
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trade the old pick-up truck now owned by the Town and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new pick- up truck and to act fully thereon.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) for the purpose of purchasing a new snow plow for the High- way Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to trade the old snow plow and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new plow and to act fully thereon.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Division Street from Rte #28 in West Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to grade and surface Trumet Road in West Harwich leading from Kelley Road northerly to Joe Lincoln Road and to act fully thereon.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700) to purchase a new police cruiser and equipment and to auth- orize the Chief of Police to trade the 1953 Chevrolet cruiser now owned by the town, the sum received from said trade to be used toward the purchase of the new car and to act fully thereon.
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) to erect appropriate signs at the various entrances and exits of the seven villages of Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be spent for the purpose of advertising the resources and ad- vantages or attractions of the Town of Harwich, this money so appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and seventy-five dol- lars ($875) for the purchase of 500 feet 21/2 inch double jacket fire hose and to act fully thereon.
Article 83. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to pur- chase a parcel of land from William C. Chase, bounded as follows: Northerly by the Town of Harwich, and land of Margaret Hunt; easterly by land of Margaret Hunt; southerly by the land of A. D. Makepeace Co. and westerly by the land of William C. Chase, being a part of land conveyed to William C. Chase by deed of Laura H. Kendrick recorded with Barn-
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stable County Deeds in Book 365, page 251, said parcel to be used for a parking and drill area and to act fully thereon.
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-three hundred and sixty-nine dollars ($2,369) for the purchase of a new car, ranch wagon style for the Fire Chief and Fire Department. Said purchase to be made by the Fire Chief and Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Article 85. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Northern Avenue in Harwich Port leading from Wyndemere Bluffs Road westerly to Hiawatha Road as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 21, 1955, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands, or interests in the lands, within said layout, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Article 86. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum of money for the purpose of reducing the 1955 tax rate and to act fully thereon.
Article 87. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for unpaid bills of 1954 as provided for in Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1954 and to act fully thereon.
Article 88. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the following unexpended balances of special appropriations to Surplus Revenue.
Purchase New Police Cruiser $300.00
Purchase Grader-Highway Dept. 296.60
Purchase Ambulance-Fire Dept. 210.50
$807.10
Hereof fail not and make returns of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of January, 1955.
ALTON E. WALKER STEPHEN WEEKS
Selectmen of Harwich
A true copy :
Attest:
CHARLES S. HARTIG, Constable
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Report of the Finance Committee
The year 1954 was a noteworthy one for your Finance Committee. Not only having the regular work of considering and recommending the various items of the Town Budget, the articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, the various requests for transfers from the Reserve Fund, etc., but the committee had to do so without the able leadership of Marshall Siebenmann, due to his resignation.
Your present committee decided it should hold monthly meetings throughout the year and the second Monday of the month was the night decided on. The following transfers were made from the Reserve Fund:
April 20, 1954-Travel expenses-out of State $300.00
Sept. 17, 1954-Tax Collector's expense 100.00
Insurance 100.00
Sept. 30, 1954-Town Accountant's expense Park Dept. (power mower) 461.35
99.05
Oct. 25, 1954-Interest on water bonds 952.00
Dec. 15, 1954-New Police Cruiser 1,459.50 Veterans services 775.00
$4,246.90
I take this opportunity to thank each and every member of this committee for their faithful attendance at our meet- ings and for their able efforts given during the past year, also, to thank the several department heads for their time and assistance in preparing the Budget and Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT S. STEARNS, Chairman
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Report of the Town Accountant
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Harwich, Massachusetts:
The Town Accountant herewith submits a report of the financial transactions of the Town of Harwich for the year ending December 31, 1954. Appreciation is expressed to the heads of the various departments for promptness in present- ing bills and payrolls for payment.
RECEIPTS For Year Ending December 31, 1954
Taxes:
Prior Years:
Personal Property
Real Estate
$451.33 17,003.15
$17,454.48
Current Year:
Poll
$1,786.00
Personal Property
35,577.72
Real Estate
428,331.58
465,695.30
$483,149.78
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Prior Years
$4,453.87
Current Year
33,472.50
37,926.37
Tax Titles Redemption
610.57
Federal Withholding Taxes
23,727.27
Water Rates and Services
58.159.12
Water Liens of 1923
34.56
Accounts Receivable:
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursement State
$34,055.37
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
1,865.98
Aid to Dependent Children: Reimbursement State
5,160.06
Public Welfare:
Reimbursement State
2,862.63
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
952.17
Health Fund:
Reimbursement State
165.00
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Disability Assistance:
Reimbursement State Administration
$115.59
Reimbursement State Aid Schools: Veterans' Benefits: Reimbursement State
6,195.62
4,956.18
$59,213.21
Old Age Assistance: Recovery Account-Estates of Individuals
5,686.12
Chap. 90-Highway Maintenance:
1953-Contract No. 14485
Reimbursement State
$999.21
Reimbursement County
999.21
$1,998.42
Chap. 90-Bridge Construction: 1953-Contract No. 14584 Reimbursement State
502.19
Chap. 90-Highway Construction:
1953-Contract No. 14520
Reimbursement State
$2,298.35
Reimbursement County
1,149.18
3,447.53
Chap. 90-Highway Construction:
1954-Contract No. 14855
Reimbursement State
$9,377.85
Reimbursement County
4,689.27
14,067.12
$20,015.26
Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration Aid
$1,215.76
9,168.69
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
$2,350.35
Aid
31,736.32
$34,086.67
Disability Assistance:
$231.18
Administration Aid
1,273.41
$1,504.59
$45,975.71 $112,800.00
Sale of Water Main Construction Bonds Premium on Water Main Construction Bonds
$168.00
Interest-Water Main Construction Bonds
181.10
Licenses and Permits:
Amusement
$1.00
Auctioneer
6.00
Automobile Dealer
20.00
Building
273.00
Bowling
22.00
Cabins & Motels
30.00
Cesspool
20.00
Dog (for County)
693.00
Funeral Directors
8.00
Garbage
20.00
$10,384.46
$349.10
2,884.61
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Gasoline
18.50
Innholder
56.00
Junk and Rubbish
15.00
Liquor
3,653.00
Lodging-house
140.00
Marriage
2.00
Massage
5.00
Pistol
17.00
Plumbing
304.00
Shellfish:
Commercial
$185.00
Resident
152.00
Non-resident
57.00
394.00
Subdivision
$75.00
Sunday Movies
52.00
Victualler
50.00
All Others
4.00
$5,878.50
State Grants:
Income Tax
$37,876.66
Corporation Tax-Business
29,760.00
Meal Tax-Old Age
2,443.27
School Construction
8,224.45
Vocational Education
80.60
$78,384.98
Court Fines
220.00
Court House Rent
1,250.00
Library Fines
32.63
Rent of room-Brooks Block
1.00
Sealer's Fees
133.25
Rent of Store-Exchange Building
J. F. Tobey & Son
$600.00
Donald T. Bates
600.00
$1,200.00
Damage to Trees
20.75
Rental of Town Sprayer
44.50
Town Nurse Collections
516.75
Use of Highway Grader
90.00
Rent of High School Auditorium
30.00
Schools-Miscellaneous
120.09
High School Lunch Account
7,744.31
Elementary School Lunch Account
15,540.00
High School Athletics
674.30
Sale of Voting Lists and Town Maps
13.00
Director of Standards
56.00
Care of Killing of Dogs
42.00
Advertising
60.10
Barnstable County Dog Fund
640.36
Interest on Taxes
491.76
Charges and Fees on Taxes
49.80
Interest and Costs on Tax Titles
7.06
Miscellaneous Receipts
38.68
Sale of materials from Old Bank Building
24.50
Refunds from Prior Years:
Tax Titles Fees
$23.25
Welfare Department
45.00
Park Department
1.00
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Insurance Cancelled checks to Treasury
20,19 45.66
$135.10
Refunds to Appropriations:
Office Equipment
$33.25
Welfare Department
10.55
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant
50.95
Old Age Assistance-Town Fund
190.80
School Department
6.97
Insurance
18.36
Cemetery Bequests:
Trust Funds Income:
Caleb Chase Charity
$615.20
Henry C. Brooks Medal
18.52
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
1,775.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
688.29
$3,097.01
Stabilization Fund
30,000.00
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1954
$995,694.38
587,145.04
$1,582,839.42
DISBURSEMENTS For Year Ending December 31, 1954 GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Services
Moderator $100.00 Appropriated
$100.00
Chairman
Selectmen's Salaries $1,384.17 Appropriated
$4,330.00
Board Members (2)
2,820.00
$4,204.17
Balance to Revenue
125.83
$4,330.00
$4,330.00
Salary
Selectmen's Clerk $2,400.00 Appropriated
$2,400.00
Selectmen's Expense
Printing and Postage
$39.86
Appropriated
$500.00
Travel and Meetings
157.91
Supplies and Equipment All Other
258.23
44.00
$500.00
$500.00
Salary
Accountant $2,400.00 Appropriated
$2,400.00
Services
Accountant's Clerk Hire $150.00 Appropriated
$150.00
$310.88 $1,200.00
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Accountant's Expense
Printing Supplies & Postage $338.56 Appropriated 3.00 Reserve Fund All Other 7.49
$250.00
Dues
99.05
$349.05
$349.05
Salary
Treasurer $1,980.00 Appropriated
$1,980.00
Bond
Treasurer's Bond $219.00 Appropriated
$219.00
Treasurer's Expense
Printing Supplies & Postage
$553.38
Appropriated
$700.00
Travel, Dues and Meetings
99.71
All Other
36.00
$689.09
Balance to Revenue
10.91
$700.00
$700.00
Salary
Tax Collector $2,780.00 Appropriated
$2,780.00
Bond
Tax Collector's Bond $333.75 Appropriated
$333.75
Tax Collector's Clerk Hire
Services
$280.00 Appropriated
$280.00
Tax Collector's Expense
Printing Supplies & Postage
$699.04 Appropriated
$720.00
Travel, Dues and Meetings
95.96
Reserve Fund
100.00
All Other 25.00
$820.00
$820.00
Deputy Collector's Fees
Services
$20.00 Appropriated
$100.00
Balance to Revenue
80.00
$100.00
$100.00
Assessors' Salaries
Board Members (3)
$3,500.00 Appropriated
$3,600.00
Balance to Revenue
100.00
$3,600.00
$3,600.00
Assessors' Expense
Plans, Supplies, Printing
Appropriated
$1,500.00
& Postage
$671.53
Travel, Dues and Meetings
407.14
Clerk Hire
38.40
All Other
42.85
$1,159.92
Balance to Revenue
340.08
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
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Assessors' Maps $435.00 Bal. Jan. 1, 1954 $435.00
Payments
Relocation, Alteration and Layout Town Ways $515.89 Bal. Jan. 1, 1954 $515.89
Payments
Survey and Maps $5,719.36 Appropriated $6,000.00
Balance to Revenue
280.64
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
Law Department
Town Counsel
$689.00 Appropriated 11.00
$700.00
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