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14,251.55
15,525.00
15,525.00
32.
Expenses
3,231.53
4,158.43
4,710.00
4,710.00
33.
Equipment
80.17
46.00
17,036.58
23,255.98
25,235.00
25,235.00
Fire:
Salaries:
34.
Chief
653.33
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
35.
Firefighters
3,024.00
4,805.00
6,700.00
6,700.00
36.
Expenses
4,800.77
6,319.75
6,505.00
6,505.00
37.
Equipment
492.86
247.31
8,970.96
*12,372.06
14,205.00
14,205.00
Includes $1,008.00 Reimbursement - Plymouth Fire
200
1954-56 Average
Expended 1957
Requested 1958
Recommend 195S
Fire & Police Station:
38.
Expenses
1,301.11
1,973.65
2,500.00
2,500.00
39. Equipment
76.65
321.60
350.00
350.00
1,377.76
2,295.25
2,850.00
2,850.00
40. Hydrants
4,474.00
5,445.00
5,605.00
5,605.00
Tree Warden:
Salaries:
41.
Superintendent
1,670.08
1,960.00
1,924.00
1,924.00
42.
Labor
3,133.87
3,272.40
3,536.00
3,536.00
43.
Expenses
714.12
966.52
1,115.00
1,115.00
44.
Equipment
315.00
45.
Town Nursery
366.66
299.03
300.00
300.00
5,884.73
6,812.95
6,875.00
6,875.00
Insect Pest Control:
Salaries :
46.
Superintendent
616.66
700.00
740.00
740.00
47.
Labor
1,064.73
1,280.00
1,360.00
1,360.00
48.
Expenses
690.82
960.94
1,190.00
1,190.00
2,372.21
2,940.94
3,290.00
3,290.00
Town Elms:
Salaries :
49.
Superintendent
588.20
1,040.15
1,184.00
1,184.00
50.
Labor
1,048.67
1,702.40
2,176.00
2,176.00
51.
Expenses
829.09
1,267.63
1,505.00
1,505.00
2,465.96
4,010.18
4,865.00
4,865.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures:
52.
Salary
182.22
193.75
225.00
225.00
53.
Expenses
26.37
41.39
45.00
45.00
208.59
235.14
270.00
270.00
Inspector of Wires:
54.
Salary
346.93
237.50
400.00
400.00
55.
Expenses
60.83
80.50
200.00
200.00
407.76
318.00
600.00
600.00
Inspector of Buildings:
56.
Salary
349.50
477.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
57.
Expenses
145.68
174.23
350.00
350.00
495.18
651.23
1,350.00
1,350.00
201
1954-56 Average
Expended 1957
Requested 1958
Recommend 1958
Civil Defense:
58. Expenses
101.20
109.60
500.00
500.00
59. Equipment
557.77
458.97
109.60
500.00
500.00
60. Dog Officer
281.46
300.00
300.00
300.00
Planning Board:
61. Expenses
108.30
239.51
300.00
300.00
Total - Protection of
Persons & Properties
$43,164.70
$58,986.14
$66,245.00
$66,245.00
HEALTH & SANITATION - 1.2%
62. Expenses, Board of Health
$846.46
$1,853.03
$1,330.00
$1,330.00
63. T. B. Hospital
1,105.16
856.50
1,700.00
1,700.00
64. Visiting Nurse
800.00
800.00
800.00
800.00
65. Well-Child Conference
33.33
200.00
200.00
66. Diphtheria Clinic
110.00
110.00
110.00
110.00
67. Dump
1,192.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
68. Inspection of Animals
349.50
450.00
650.00
650.00
69. Inspection of Slaughtering
100.00
100.00
70. Dental Clinic
95.00
200.00
200.00
71. Mosquito Control
3,816.65
2,000.00
2,000.00
Total - Health & Sanitation
$4,436.45
$9,181.18
$8,290.00
$8,290.00
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WAYS - 8.0%
Highways:
Salaries:
72.
Superintendent
3,448.06
4,420.00
4,680.00
4,680.00
73. Labor
10,230.07
10,955.47
11,700.00
11,700.00
74.
Expenses
15,121.33
16,592.85
16,718.00
16,718.00
75.
Equipment
28,799.46
31,968.32
33,098.00
33,098.00
Snow Removal:
76. Labor & Expenses
7,079.87
9,555.23
10,100.00
10,100.00
77. Equipment
229.83
604.60
7,309.70
10,159.83
10,100.00
10,100.00
78. Truck & Equipment
Maintenance
3,228.56
3,360.63
3,500.00
3,500.00
202
1954-56 Average
Expended 1957
Requested 1958
Recommend 1958
79. Street Lights
7,803.18
8,573.32
9,200.00
9,200.00
Total - Maintenance of Public Ways
$47,140.90
$54,062.10
$55,898.00
$55,898.00
CHARITIES - 7.4%
Public Welfare:
Salaries:
80. `Board Members
252.00
252.00
252.00
81.
Welfare Agent
1,210.00
300.00
300.00
82. Expenses
2,226.72
3,340.00
3,340.00
3,688.72
3,892.00
3,892.00
General Relief
4,479.83
6,350.00
6,350.00
Old Age Assistance
37,846.35
37,450.00
37,450.00
Aid to Dependent Children
100.00
100.00
Disability Assistance
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
83. Total Aid
46,326.18
47,900.00
47,900.00
Total - Charities
$44,714.02
$50,014.90
$51,792.00
$51,792.00
VETERANS' SERVICES - 2.5%
84. Salary, Agent
$368.33
$495.00 172.61 17,188.24
$600.00
$600.00
85. Expenses
97.80
165.00
165.00
86. Aid
15,109.46
16,550.00
16,550.00
Total -
Veterans' Services
$15,575.59
$17,855.85
$17,315.00
$17,315.00
87. Salaries
$184,536.27 $234,889.39
$259,450.00
$259,450.00
88. Expenses
61,799.95
69,954.56
68,605.00
68,605.00
Total - Schools
$246,336.22
$304,843.95
$328,055.00
$328,055.00
LIBRARY - . 8%
89. Salaries
$2,448.15
$3,642.00
$3,700.00
$3,700.00
90. Expenses
1,170.07
1,620.87
2,084.00
2,084.00
91. Equipment
94.33
100.00
100.00
Total - Library
$3,712.55
$5,262.87
$5,884.00
$5,884.00
SCHOOLS - 46.7%
203
RECREATION - . 6%
1954-56 Average
Expended 1957
Requested 1958
Recommend 1958
Monuments & Parks:
Salaries :
92.
Superintendent
$2,111.33
$2,478.00
$2,646.00
$2,646.00
93.
Labor
97.47
132.50
250.00
250.00
94.
Expenses
524.31
652.67
720.00
720.00
Equipment
61.75
500.00
500.00
Total - Recreation
$2,794.86
$3,263.17
$4,116.00
$4,116.00
CEMETERIES - . 1%
95. Expenses
$491.41
$470.42
$500.00
$500.00
PENSIONS - 1.%
96. Contributory Retirement
UNCLASSIFIED - 2.1%
97. Town Reports
$1,272.98
$1,609.25 524.80
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
98. Memorial & Armistice Days 486.55
500.00
99. Insurance
$5,733.06
$7,993.42
600.00 $8,200.00
$8,200.00
100. Reserve Fund
$2,695.20
$3,824.10
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
101. Christmas Decorations
100.00
211.00
200.00
200.00
102. Industrial Commission
114.41
150.00
150.00
$10,287.79
$14,276.98
$14,550.00
$14,550.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water:
Salaries:
103.
Commissioners
$914.67
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
104.
Superintendent
3,800.00
4,175.00
4,375.00
4,375.00
105.
Labor
6,062.04
7,773.56
9,500.00
9,500.00
106.
Expenses
11,003.54
16,298.88
18,640.00
18,640.00
107.
Equipment
164.47
405.00
800.00
800.00
Total - Public Service
Enterprises
$21,944.72
$29,652.44
$34,315.00
$34,315.00
$8,043.00
$6,916.80
$6,916.80
204
MATURING DEBT & INTEREST - 16.%
108. Maturing Debt & Interest - Schools $112,627.50 $110,842.50
$110,842.50
109. Maturing Debt & Interest Water
22,588.00
21,149.00
21,149.00
110. Maturing Debt & Interest - Road
500.00
500.00
111.
Interest - Temporary Loans
841.72
1,000.00
1,000.00
$136,057.22
$133,491.50
$133,491.50
112. Total Budget Recommendations $749,563.30
113. Total Recommended, Special Articles 42,700.00
114. Total, All Recommendations $792,263.30
Add:
115. Estimated State Charges, County Taxes, T. B. Hospital Assessment, Assessors Estimate of Overlay, and all other Amounts required by law to be raised 51,824.70
116. Grand Total, Recommendations and Estimates 844,088.00
117. Deductions to compute Estimated Tax Rate: Estimated Receipts, Income, Corporation, from State, Motor Vehicle Excise, and other local receipts from other sources than taxation $299,407.56
118. Amounts from Available Funds 30,000.00
329,407.56
119. Estimated Balance to be raised on Property 514,680.44
120. Estimated Tax Rate Based upon above Recommendations
$71.00
205
STATUS OF "FREE CASH" ACCOUNT
1/1/57 Balance $159,784.59 29,521.10
Less - Uncollected Taxes
Available "Free Cash" - Balance
130,263.49
Used to reduce 1957 Taxes
30,000.00
Balance of Available "Free Cash"
100,263.49
1/1/58 Balance
156,754.46
Less - Uncollected Taxes
30,463.15
Available "Free Cash" Balance
126,291.31
Less - Amount Recommended to be used to reduce 1958 Taxes 30,000.00
Balance of Available "Free Cash" $96,291.31
Loss of "Free Cash" from 1957 to 1958
$3,927.18
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INDEX
Assessors
77
Board of Appeals
Board of Health-1956
84 157 159
Board of Health-1957
88
Building Inspector
67
Collector of Taxes
150
Development and Industrial Commission
60
Dog Officer
56
Dutch Elm Disease Control
73 69
Extension Service
86
Finance Committee
187
Articles in Town Warrant
191
Budget Report
198 64 148 75
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
80
Inspector of Wires
55
List of Town Officers
3
Planning Board
68
Plymouth County Mosquito Control
151
Police Department
52
Public Library
57
Public Welfare Department
76
School Department
113
Sealer of Weights and Measures
82
Selectmen
152
Street Lighting Committee
83
Town Accountant
161
Town Clerk
9
Town Forest Committee
72
Town Office and Library Survey Committee
149
Treasurer
153
Tree Warden
70
Veteran's Service Department
81
Visiting Nurse
157
Water Department
146
Fire Department
Highway Department
Insect Pest Control
Elementary School Building Committee
Building Code Committee
Citizens who fail to attend the Annual Town Meeting - one evening a year - are not only unmindful of their own interests but are unfair to the large number of men and women who give so freely of their time and energy in the management of the business of the Town and are anxious to learn whether their policies and procedure are in accordance with the desires of the majority.
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TELEPHONE DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS
Selectmen's Office
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William W. Noyes
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Marjorie E. MacDonald
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H. Roy Hartshorn
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Town Offices
Tax Collector
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Treasurer JU 6-7538
Town Clerk
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Assessors
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Accountant
JU 6-7538
Welfare Department JU 3-0253
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Fire Department
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School Superintendent JU 6-5094
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WEST BRIDGEWATER ANNUAL
REPORT
INDUSTRIAL SITES GROWING COMMUNITY
JOHN PRESCOTT GRADE 10
WEST BRIDGEWATER
1958
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
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1958
DORR'S PRINT SHOP BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1958
MODERATOR John C. Eldridge
TOWN CLERK
Elected
Anna E. Brown
1958
Term Expires 1961
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Elected
Term Expires
Marjorie E. MacDonald
1956
1959
H. Roy Hartshorn
1957
1960
William W. Noyes
1958
1961
TREASURER
Elected
Term Expires
H. Roy Hartshorn
1958
1961
ASSESSORS
Elected
Term Expires
William W. Phillips
1956
1959
Elmer L. Anderson
1957
1960
Herbert A. Holmes
1958
1961
TAX COLLECTOR
Elected
Term Expires
Walter C. Dunbar
1957
1960
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Elected
Term Expires
Jessie Anderson
1958
1959
Winfield Leavitt
1956
1959
Dorothy Freeman
1957
1960
Allen B. Foye
1957
1960
Anna Howe
1958
1961
Stanley O. Carlson
1958
1961
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Elected
Term Expires
John C. Eldridge
1956
1959
Charles I. Ensher
1956
1959
Walter R. Olson
1957
1960
Norman Churchill
1957
1960
Thomas F. Kemp
1958
1961
Erland Thayer
1958
1961
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Elected
Term Expires
William E. Crowley
1956
1959
Gordon A. McDonald
1957
1960
Edward G. Asack
1958
1961
TREE WARDEN
Elected
Thomas B. MacQuinn
1956
Term Expires 1959
CONSTABLES Edward G. Asack Edwin T. Gibson
PLANNING BOARD
Term Expires
H. Edward Parry
Appointed 1954 1959
Merton H. Ouderkirk
Elected 1955
1960
Charles I. Hill
Elected 1956
1961
Russell Robery
Elected 1957
1962
John D. Frates
Elected 1958
1963
APPOINTMENTS - TOWN MEETING SURVEYORS OF LUMBER, WOOD, & BARK Alfred Gambao Albert Howard Minot Edson
Lawrence Morrison
FIELD DRIVERS Gordon McDonald
Raymond Silva
Stephen O'Neil
FENCE VIEWERS Clinton Howard Albert Howard
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Officers Appointed by Selectmen
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Richard P. Berglund
TOWN ACCOUNTANT Arthur E. Chaves
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Antone Sousa
SUPERINTENDENT OF PEST CONTROL Thomas B. MacQuinn
FOREST FIRE WARDEN Antone Sousa
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Warren Turner
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING O. Phillip Pearson
DOG OFFICER John L. Downs
VETERANS' BURIAL AGENT Ervin G. Lothrop
WELFARE AGENT Alice M. Dean
BURIAL AGENT Anna E. Brown
VETERANS' SERVICES Ervin G. Lothrop
BOARD OF HEALTH AGENT Marjorie E. MacDonald
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ACTING CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR H. Roy Hartshorn
BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIAN Dr. Joseph F. Calitri
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Appointed
Term Expires
John E. Seager
1956
1959
Francis J. Crowley
1957
1960
J. Edward Hurley
1958
1961
Anna E. Brown, (Member Ex-Officio)
INSPECTOR OF WIRES Lloyd H. Nordholm
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
Antone Sousa Thomas B. MacQuinn Elmer Hunt
BUILDING & PLUMBING INSPECTOR Antone Sousa
ASSISTANT BUILDING & PLUMBING INSPECTOR Frank E. Parker
MEMORIAL FIELD COMMITTEE
Charles Hill William R. Brown
Carl R. Ohlson
LOCKUP KEEPER
Edwin T. Gibson
Ervin G. Lothrop
BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS
Appointed
Term Expires
Horace Snell
1956
1959
H. Kingman Burrill
1957
1960
Charles Freeman
1957
1960
Norman Estabrooks
1958
1961
Everett Young
1958
1961
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WEST BRIDGEWATER ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Term Expires
Lawrence Moneghan
1959
Herbert S. Gordon
1960
Merton Ouderkirk 1961
Frank Miller
1962
George Hollertz
1963
Advisory Committee to the Economic & Industrial Commission
Francis LeBaron
1959
Leon Beaulieu
1960
William W. Phillips
1961
Ronald Brodrick
1962
Edward Cross
1963
. APPOINTMENTS BY CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS
Edwin T. Gibson Edward G. Asack
Raleigh Holden Richard P. Berglund Thomas B. MacQuinn
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF Edwin T. Gibson
APPOINTMENTS BY MODERATOR SERVICEMEN'S COMMITTEE William R. Brown Robert Goodwin Royal K. Snell Henry Kundzicz Loring B. Anderson
COMMITTEE TO APPOINT A FINANCE COMMITTEE Charles L. Freeman George V. Hollertz Edward Cross Joseph Sharkey Henry J. Pomeroy
STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE Joseph A. Salhaney Lester Reynolds Francis Cheyunski Francis LaBrache Sumner Ohlson
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SCHOOL SURVEY COMMITTEE Thomas F. Kemp Francis J. Lynch Emil H. Ohman Carroll Pike Everett Keeler
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appointed
Term Expires
Emil H. Ohman, Chairman-East End
1956
1959
Frank S. Miller-Center
1956
1959
Sidney W. Richardson-West End
1957
1960
George S. Brown-South End
1957
1960
George Noonan, Secretary-At Large
1958
1959
Carl Farrar, At Large
1958
1961
Joseph J. Braga, North End
1958
1961
APPOINTMENTS
July 14, Charles S. Millet, 312 East St., appointed Civil Defense Director, and Gordon M. Lovell, 16 Oliver St., as Assistant Civil Defense Director.
August 18, William R. Brown, Royal Snell, Curtis Carrigan appointed to serve on the War Memorial Committee.
September 29, Carl R. Bystrom, 684 Manley St., appointed to serve on Finance Committee from West End, unexpired term of Sidney Richardson.
RESIGNATIONS
July 14, H. Roy Hartshorn resigned as acting Civil Defense Director.
September 26, resignation received from Sidney W. Richard- son from the Finance Committee.
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TOWN CLERK
Town Meetings
TOWN MEETING
March 10, 1958
A meeting of which the inhabitants of West Bridgewater, qualified to vote in election were duly warned, was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by the Moderator, John C. Eldridge, at the High School Auditorium. Meeting opened with Invocation by David Powell, Minister from the Cochesett Methodist Church. Warrant read by the Town Clerk, Anna E. Brown. Check lists were used at the door and 152 Female and 286 Male voters were checked in.
The meeting proceeded as follows:
Article 1. To choose Town officers for the ensuing year not elected on the Official Ballot.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark:
Albert Howard, Alfred Gambao, Minot Edson. So elected.
Field Drivers:
Lawrence Morrison, Gordon McDonald, Raymond Silva. So elected.
Fence Viewers:
Albert Howard, Stephen O'Neil, Clinton P. Howard. So elected.
Article 2. To hear the reports of all Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
Moved: to accept the reports of all Town Officers and Com- mittees as printed in the Town Report. Motion carried.
Article 3. Voted: The Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1958, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with- in one year, and to renew any notes as may be given for a period of
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less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and to make ap- propriations for the same.
The following is a list of appropriations as voted by the meeting:
Moderator
$ 25.00
Finance Committee
100.00
Selectmen:
Salaries
1,600.00
Expenses
670.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
1,450.00
Expenses
520.00
Treasurer:
Salary
1,800.00
Expenses
1,750.00
Equipment
150.00
Collector:
Salary
3,100.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Assessors:
Salaries
3,750.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Law:
Town Counsel
500.00
Damage Claims
200.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
1,500.00
Expenses
248.00
Town Hall & Offices:
Salary
2,080.00
Expenses
3,080.00
Election & Registration: Salaries
260.00
Expenses
1,915.00
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Miscellaneous:
Preserving Old Records
50.00
Other Financial Offices
25.00
Police:
Salaries:
Chief
5,000.00
Patrolmen
15,525.00
Expenses
4,710.00
Fire:
Salaries:
Chief
1,000.00
Firefighters
6,700.00
Expenses
6,505.00
Motion made to adjourn the meeting until Tuesday, March 11 at the High School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. So voted.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, March 11, 1958
Meeting called to order by the Moderator, John C. Eldridge. Checkers at the door reported that 223 Males, 104 Females were checked in.
Meeting proceeded as follows:
Article 4.
Fire and Police Station:
Expenses
$2,500.00
Equipment
350.00
Hydrants
5,605.00
Tree Warden:
Salaries:
Superintendent
1,924.00
Labor
3,536.00
Expenses
1,115.00
Town Nursery
300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salary
225.00
Expenses 45.00
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Inspector of Wires:
Salary
400.00
Expenses
200.00
Inspector of Buildings:
Salary
500.00
Expenses
175.00
Civil Defense:
Expenses
500.00
Dog Officer
300.00
Planning Board Expenses
300.00
Expenses, Board of Health
1,330.00
T. B. Hospital
1,700.00
Visiting Nurse
800.00
Well-Child Conference
200.00
Diphtheria Clinic
110.00
Dump
1,200.00
Inspection of Animals
650.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
100.00
Dental Clinic
200.00
Mosquito Control
2,000.00
Highways:
Salaries:
Superintendent
4,680.00
Labor
11,700.00
Expenses
16,718.00
Snow Removal:
Labor and Expenses
10,100.00
Truck and Equipment, Maintenance
3,500.00
Street Lights
9,200.00
Public Welfare:
Salaries:
Board Members
252.00
Welfare Agent
300.00
Expenses
3,340.00
General Relief
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Old Age Assistance
47,900.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Disability Assistance
Veterans' Services:
Salary, Agent 600.00
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Expenses
165.00
Aid
16,550.00
Schools:
Salaries
259,450.00
Expenses
68,605.00
Library:
Salaries
3,700.00
Expenses
2,084.00
Equipment
100.00
Monuments and Parks:
Salaries:
Superintendent
2,646.00
Labor
250.00
Expenses
720.00
Equipment
500.00
Cemeteries, Expenses
500.00
Contributory Retirement
6,916.80
Town Reports
1,500.00
Memorial & Armistice Days
500.00
Insurance
8,200.00
Reserve Fund
(From Overlay Surplus) $4,000.00
Christmas Decorations
200.00
Industrial Commission
150.00
Water (from Water Revenue):
Salaries:
Commissioners
1,000.00
Superintendent
4,375.00
Labor
9,500.00
Expenses
18,640.00
Equipment 465.00
Maturing Debt & Interest-Schools
110,842.50
Maturing Debt & Interest- Water 21,149.00
Maturing Debt & Interest-Road
500.00
Interest-Temporary Loans 1,000.00
The following special motions were made on the above ap- propriations:
Moved: That the sum of $1,600.00 be raised and appropriated
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for the salaries of the Board of Selectmen to be paid as follows: Chairman, $700.00; Clerk, $500.00; Other Member, $400.00, for the year 1958. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $1,850.00 be raised and appropriated for the Expenses of the Board of Selectmen. Moved: to amend the motion to read the sum of $670.00 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the Board of Selectmen. Upon show of hands the original motion lost. Amendment of $670.00 was voted.
Moved: the sum of $1,650.00 be raised and appropriated for the Salary of the Town Accountant for the year 1958. Motion to amend the sum to $1,450.00. Upon show of hands the original motion lost and the amendment of the sum of $1,450.00 was voted.
Moved: the sum of $620.00 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the Town Accountant. Moved: to amend the motion to read the sum of $520.00 be raised and appropriated for the Expenses of the Town Accountant. Upon vote amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $1,800.00 be raised and appropriated for the salary of the Treasurer for the year 1958. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $1,850.00 be raised and appropriated for the Treasurer's expense. Motion to amend the sum to $1,750.00 Upon vote the original motion was lost and the amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $215.00 be raised and appropriated for the Treasurer's equipment. Motion to amend this sum to $150.00. Upon vote original motion lost and amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $3,300.00 be raised and appropriated for the Tax Collector's Salary for the year 1958. Motion made to amend the amount to read $3,100.00 for the year. Upon show of hands original motion lost and amendment carried.
Motion made the sum of $1,772.00 be raised and appropriated for the Tax Collector's expenses. Motion to amend amount to $1,500.00. Original motion lost and upon vote amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $4,100.00 be raised and appropriated for the Salaries of the Board of Assessors for the year 1958, to be paid
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as follows: Chairman, $1,700.00; Clerk, $1,250.00; Associate Mem- ber, $1,150.00. Motion made to amend the sum to $3,750.00 to be paid as follows: Chairman, $1,550.00; Clerk, $1,150.00; and Associ- ate Member, $1,050.00. Upon vote original motion lost and amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $1,610.00 for the Assessors' expenses. Amended to read $1,500.00. Upon vote original motion lost and amendment carried.
Moved: the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the Town Clerk's salary for the year 1958. Upon vote motion carried.
Moved: that the sum of $260.00 be raised and appropriated for the salary of the Board of Registrars for the year 1958 to be paid at the rate of $65.00 each. Motion carried.
Moved: the sum of $4,710.00 be raised and appropriated for the Expenses of the Police Department with $85.00 for Out of State Travel and $75.00 for Out of State Travel for Prisoners. Motion carried.
Moved: the sum of $6,505.00 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the Fire Department with $75.00 for Out of State Travel. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $1,924.00 be raised and appropriated for the Salary of the Tree Warden for the year 1958 to be paid at the rate of $1.85 per hour. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $3,536.00 be raised and appropriated for the Labor of the Tree Warden Department to be paid at the rate of $1.70 per hour. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the Salary of the Building Inspector. Motion to amend the amount to $500.00. Upon vote motion to amend was carried.
Moved: the sum of $350.00 be raised and appropriated for the Expenses of the Inspector of Buildings. Motion amended to read the sum of $175.00. Upon vote original motion lost and amendment carried.
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Moved: the sum of $4,680.00 for the Salary of the Super- intendent of Highways for the year 1958. So voted.
Moved: the salary of the Veterans' Agent be raised and ap- propriated to the sum of $600.00 for the year 1958. Moved to amend the motion to the sum of $495.00. Upon vote Original motion carried.
Moved: the sum of $252.00 be raised and appropriated for the salaries of the Board of Health, each member to be paid $84.00 for the year 1958. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $68,605.00 be raised and appropriated for the Expenses of the School Department with $505.00 for Out of State Travel. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $4,000.00 be transferred from Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund.
Moved: the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the salaries of the Water Commissioners for the year 1958 to be paid: Chairman, $333.34; Associate Members, $333.33, taken from Water Revenue. So voted.
Moved: the sum of $800.00 be raised and appropriated from Water Revenue for equipment of the Water Department. Amend- ment made to reduce the amount to $600.00. A second amend- ment was made to reduce the amount to $465.00. Upon show of hands the original motion and the first amendment were lost. The second amendment to the amount of $465.00 was carried.
Moved: the sum of $21,149.00 be raised and appropriated and taken from water revenue for the payment of the maturing Debt & Interest in the Water Department. So voted.
Article 5. Moved: That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of Chapter 90 Maintenance, and that in addition, the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) be appropriated from Surplus Revenue to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work, reimbursement from State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to the Surplus Revenue account. So voted.
Article 6. Moved: That the sum of Forty-five Hundred Dol-
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