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ARTICLE 2 .- To choose two or more Field Drivers, and two or more Fence Viewers.
ARTICLE 3 .- To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
ARTICLE 4 .- To see what action the Town will take regarding their Town farm.
ARTICLE 5 .- To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6 .- To see if the Town will appoint a committee and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 7 .- To see what action the Town will take regarding the payment of all bonds which become due during the fiscal year.
ARTICLE 8 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to give a quit claim deed to Marcus Penn of land on Suffield Street, to perfect the title record thereof.
ARTICLE 9 .- To see if the Town will accept Homer Street as and for a Town way.
ARTICLE 10 .- To see if the Town will appropriate money for a sewer or sewers, or to make surveys for the same.
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ARTICLE 11 .- To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 422, Acts of 1908.
ARTICLE 12 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to request the services of a State highway engineer, without cost to the Town, to supervise the construction and repair of the Town's macadam roads; also to make a study of the gravel and dirt roads of the Town, and to recommend the best method of their maintenance.
ARTICLE 13 .- To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint a Superintendent of Streets, other than one of their own number, to carry out such policy as the State Engineer may suggest.
ARTICLE 14 .- To see if the Town will adopt an annual policy, to begin in the present year, of applying the moneys received from the street railway tax, the excise tax, and the corporation tax, to the construction of new macadam roads, and of raising by taxation such sums as shall be necessary for the repair of highways and bridges.
ARTICLE 15 .- To see if the Town will instruct its Selectmen to have all highways and streets clearly marked and described, that are not already so marked and described.
ARTICLE 16 .- To see if the Town will adopt the following addition to its code of by-laws :-
Section 1. The Moderator of the annual Town meeting shall appoint a Finance Committee of five members, no one of whom shall be a Town officer, who shall serve from the dissolution of the meeting at which they are appointed, until the dissolution of the annual meeting next following. This committee shall have power to fill vacancies that occur during its term of service, unless more than three vacancies occur at one time, in which event shall fill the vacancies by appointment. It shall be the duty of the committee to investigate the cost of maintenance
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and the expenditures of the different departments of the Town service. This committee shall give at least one public hearing.
Section 2. When a warrant for a Town meeting contains any article or articles proposing the appropriation or expenditure of money, or the disposition of any property of the Town, which the committee has not acted upon, the Finance Committee shall thereupon consider such articles, and on the organization of the meeting make report thereon.
ARTICLE 17 .- To see if the Town will petition the Director of the Bureau of Statistics for an audit of its accounts in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 598, Acts of 1910, and amendments thereof.
ARTICLE 18 .- To see if the Town will vote its School Commit- tee any compensation for their services.
ARTICLE 19 .- To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
ARTICLE 20 .- To see if the Town will pay the proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
ARTICLE 21 .- To see if the Town will vote to make any extension of its water system, and provide for the payment of the same.
ARTICLE 22 .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
ARTICLE 23 .- To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning February 1, 1914, in anticipation of the taxes for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
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ARTICLE 24 .- To see if the Town will vote to hereafter elect their Selectmen for a term of three years, and take all necessary measures to provide for the same.
ARTICLE 25 .- To see if the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the needs of school buildings, and report at the next annual or some subsequent Town meeting.
ARTICLE 26 .- To make the necessary appropriations, and to vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be necessary for the same.
ARTICLE 27 .- To see if the Town will authorize its officers to omit any portions of their annual reports.
ARTICLE 28 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Appropriations Recommended for 1914
Schools $19,500.00
Care of Poor
2,000.00
Town Office. .
1,400.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector. 800.00
Police.
1,200.00
State and Military Aid .
200.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Board of Health 100.00
Assessors' Dept
400.00
Forestry 800.00
Fire Dept.
1,000.00
Highways and Bridges
4,000.00
Street Lights
4,000.00
Library
200.00
Care and Repair of Town Buildings
500.00
Surety Bonds
100.00
Contingencies.
800.00
Interest.
7,500.00
Indebtedness
5,500.00
Sinking Fund.
500.00
$50,600.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF AGAWAM
MASSACHUSETTS
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For the Year Ending December 31 1915
M. J. DOYLE PRINTING CO. HOLYOKE, MASS.
UNION
Town Officers 1915-16
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health. DANIEL J. COLLINS JAMES H. CLARK FRANK J. POMEROY
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY.
Term expires 1918
PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS Term expires 1916
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER. Term expires 1917
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR.
Term expires 1918
ALMON JONES Term expires 1916
H. PRESTON WORDEN Term expires 1917
Auditors
WALTER B. SMITH
EDWARD W. PILLSBURY
Library Trustees
HENRY L. TOWER Term expires 1918
RALPH PERRY Term expires 1916
AVERY K. GLEASON. Term expires 1917
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
SAMUEL S. BODURTHA. Term expires 1917 ALBERT H. BROWN. Term expires 1916
Cemetery Commissioners
EDWIN LEONARD.
Term expires 1918
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL Term expires 1916
ROBERT ELY Term expires 1917
Water Commissioners
DENNIS M. CROWLEY
. Term expires 1916
EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
. Term expires 1917
CHARLES W. HULL. Term expires 1918
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
WALTER E. ALLEN
EDWARD J. GOSSELIN
DWIGHT E. BAILEY
ALVIN R. KELLOGG
EDWARD S. CONNOR
EDWIN C. MERRILL
DWIGHT S. DICKINSON
GILES W. HALADAY
WILLIAM A. DUCLOS
ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Burial Agent WILLIS C. CAMPBELL
Agent for Care of Soldiers' Graves JAMES W. MOORE
Game and Fish Wardens
LEVI RIVERS . CHARLES H. WYMAN ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Surveyors of Lumber
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. NELSON G. KING
Measurers of Wood
E. A. KELLOGG G. H. TAYLOR W. H. SEAVER
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Public Weighers
HARVEY E. PORTER W. J. O'CONNOR
EDWARD A. KELLOGG
ALBERT K. FULLER
F. W. USCHMAN
FRANK W. KELLOGG JOHN F. CARROLL
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
JUDSON W. HASTINGS Term expires 1916
ELMER F. BODURTHA Term expires 1918
PATRICK T. DONOVAN
Term expires 1917
Inspector of Animals EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers
WILLIAM H. PORTER J. ARSENE ROY WILLARD J. LITTLEFIELD
Fence Viewers
DEXTER M. STEERE JOHN A. WARNER
Field Drivers
ABASALOM W. DREW JAMES H. CLARK
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 1, 1915
Precinct A
B
C
Total
Number of ballots cast. 151
125
118
394
RESULTS OF THE COUNT OF THE BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health
James H. Clark.
104
109
88
301
Daniel J. Collins.
123
91
74
288
Frank J. Pomeroy
100
101
92
293
Edward W. Pillsbury
3
3
H. Preston Worden.
1
1
William H. Porter
7
7
Walter E. Allen.
1
3
4
James F. Barry.
1
1
Judson W. Hastings
1
2
3
Charles W. Hull, Jr.
1
1
C. W. Atwater.
1
1
William Duclos
1
1
Blanks
453
375
352
1180
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
Henry E. Bodurtha
85
70
97
252
James W. Moore
1
1
William H. Porter
1
1
Blanks
66
55
19
140
School Committee for Three Years
J. Arsene Roy
118
90
104
312
Blanks
33
35
14
82
.
.
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Precinct A
B
C
Total
Assessors for Three Years
R. Mather Taylor
79
69
80
228
John A. Warner
49
52
29
130
Blanks
23
4
9
36
Water Commissioners for Three Years
Charles W. Hull, Jr.
60
57
72
189
John Merrell
63
55
44
162
Lewis Barden
1
1
Blanks
28
13
1
42
Auditors
Fred E. Fairbank.
39
46
45
130
Edward W. Pillsbury
88
59
67
214
Walter B. Smith
67
79
98
244
Blanks
108
66
26
200
Library Trustee for Three Years
Henry L. Tower
103
97
106
306
Blanks
48
28
12
88
Trustee of the Whiting Street Fund
Samuel S. Bodurtha
100
98
107
305
Blanks
51
27
11
89
Sinking Fund Commissioner
Charles W. Hull, Jr.
86
80
96
262
Herbert Billings
1
1
Blanks
65
45
21
131
Cemetery Commissioner
Edwin Leonard
62
63
58
183
James W. Moore
41
35
45
121
Blanks
48
27
15
90
Tree Warden
Edwin M. Hitchcock
84
90
100
274
Blanks
67
35
18
120
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Precinct A B
C Total
Constables
Walter E. Allen.
41
61
94
196
Dwight E. Bailey
35
64
89
188
Daniel O. Cesan
23
67
25
115
Edward S. Connor
101
77
75
25
Jasper Deforge
64
27
24
115
George F. Deno.
45
24
13
82
Dwight S. Dickinson
44
59
97
200
William A. Duclos
52
51
43
146
Frank T. Goss.
20
22
68
110
Edward J. Gosselin.
59
41
49
149
Giles W. Halladay
53
89
70
212
Alvin R. Kellogg
32
81
66
179
Edwin C. Merrell.
29
35
64
128
Arthur H. Rowley .
29
50
85
164
Frank Speco
34
16
14
64
Burdette J. White.
35
47
43
125
Frank Campbell
1
1
George Reed
1
1
John Lloyd
1
1
Ralph Perry
1
1
Blanks
814
439
257
1510
Shall Licenses be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in This Town?
Yes
108
41
39
187
No
32
58
64
154
Blanks
11
26
16
53
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Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL
March 3, 1915
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of ballot-
Whole number of votes cast. 37
William H. Porter received. 25
Scattering
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Article 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers and two or more Fence Viewers.
Result of action: Field Drivers-Absalom W. Drew, James H. Clark. Fence Viewers-Dexter M. Steere, John A. Warner.
Article 3. To hear and act upon reports of Town Offic- ers.
Voted, to accept the reports of the Town Officers as printed, errors and omissions excepted.
Article 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the care of the poor be left with the Over- seers of the Poor.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and appoint a committee to have charge of expending the same.
Voted, that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropri- ated for the observance of Memorial Day and that the Se- lectmen appoint a committee of three to expend the same.
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Article 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all bonds or notes which become due during the fiscal year.
Voted, that the sum of four thousand dollars together with the amounts received for licenses of all kinds and from the State for corporation and bank taxes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for its services.
Voted, that the School Committee be paid the sum of three dollars per day for time actually spent in service.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to charge inter- est on taxes.
Voted, that interest at the rate of six per cent shall be charged on all taxes unpaid November 1, 1915, from Octo- ber 1, 1915.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to pay the proper charges of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bonds of its officers.
Voted, to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for surety bonds.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the office of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Voted, that the office of Sinking Fund Commissioner is hereby extinguished and that the Town Treasurer is author- ized to receive and receipt for any money due said Commis- sioners.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance for its employees.
Voted, that the Selectmen take out a liability insurance policy on the Town's employees and charge the same to the different departments.
Article 12. To see if the Town will take measures to secure any additional land adjoining the Town Hall prop- erty in Agawam for school purposes.
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Voted, that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to secure a price on the lots adjacent to the schoolhouse lot in Agawam Center and report at an ad- journed meeting to be held at the Mittineague schoolhouse Monday, March 22, 1915, at eight o'clock p. m. Fremont H. King, Harry P. Hinckley and J. Arsene Roy appointed as that committee.
Article 13. To hear and act upon the report of a spe- cial committee appointed at the last annual Town meeting to investigate the question of more school accommodation and the establishment of a high school. The committee re- ported that in their opinion it was not necessary to provide more room the present year.
Voted, to accept the report as a report of progress.
Article 14. To see what action the Town will take to raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars for the George Washington memorial building at Washington, D. C.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 15. To see what action the Town will take with regard to the planting of shade trees and the appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars for this purpose in order to enter the shade tree planting contest conducted by the Massachusetts Forestry Association.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 16. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to paying the balance due on the piano now in Aga- wam Center.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 17. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to all-night street lighting and raise and appropri- ate a sum therefor.
Voted, to adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee, viz .: That any more money the Town desires to spend for street lights shall be spent in further extension of the present service on streets not lighted at the present time.
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Article 18. To see what action the Town will take, if any, for purchasing additional land in Feeding Hills ceme- tery for the enlargement of their burial lot.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to purchase an extension northerly of the Town's burial lot in Feeding Hills cemetery for the sum of forty-five dollars.
Article 19. To see if the Town will petition the Direc- tor of the Bureau of Statistics for an audit of its accounts in accordance with the provisions of chapter 598, Acts of 1910, and amendments thereof.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 20. To see if the Town will instruct its Board of Assessors to prepare, print and publish the valuation list of the Town for the year 1915.
Voted, that the Board of Assessors are directed to pre- pare and publish the real estate valuation list of the Town for the year 1915 and distribute the same note later than February 1, 1916.
Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate money for sewers at Feeding Hills and Agawam Center.
No action under this article taken.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to create a Planning Board under chapter 283 of the Acts of 1914.
Voted to pass over.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money under chapter 122, Acts of 1914, to care for the graves of soldiers within the Town.
Voted, that the unexpended balance of Memorial Day, namely, the sum of eight dollars and eighty-five cents, be used for the care of the graves of soldiers within the Town.
Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the repair of certain highways.
Voted to pass over.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will take any action ad- vising the Water Commissioners reparding further extension of the water system.
Voted to pass over.
Article 26. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the current municipal year beginning January 1, 1915, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the muni- cipal year beginning January 1, 1915, to an amount not ex- ceeding in the aggregate the sum of thirty thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year ; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to make any change in the date of the annual Town election and Town meeting.
Voted, to indefinitely postpone.
Article 28. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year and vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be necessary for the same.
Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the necessary expenses of the Town:
Care of the poor $2,500.00
Highways and bridges 5,000.00
Town Office 1,300.00
and balance of 1914.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector 800.00
Contingencies 800.00
and balance of 1914.
Care and repair of Town buildings. 800.00
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Street lighting
4,000.00
and balance of 1914.
Police Department
2,500.00
Assessors' Department 600.00
Interest
2,000.00
With water rents in the treasury and now due, also interest on deposits and taxes.
Library
200.00
Forestry
800.00
Fire Department
1,200.00
Schools
23,000.00
and balance of 1914.
State aid
100.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Surety bonds
100.00
Town debt
4,000.00
With income from all licenses and corpora-
tion and bank taxes.
$49,950.00
Article 29. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Voted, to extend to the Finance Committee an expres- sion of thanks for their faithful work.
Voted, to adjourn this meeting to March 22, 1915, at eight o'clock p. m. at Mittineague School building.
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Adjourned Annual Meeting
March 22, 1915.
Article 12. Voted, that the inhabitants of the Town of Agawam take in fee for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for a public school and for the enlarge- ment of a lot of land heretofore taken or now used for school purposes, a certain tract of land adjoining the prperty of the Town and bounded as follows :
Beginning at the stone bound located at the northwest corner of the present Town property on Main street, Aga- wam, and running northerly about 75 feet to a bound and the property of one Van Delinda and easterly along the said property about 165 feet to the property of one Davis, thence southerly along the line of said Davis property about 76 feet to the stone bound on the northeast corner of the present Town land, then westerly to the stone bound at the place of beginning.
Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to carry out the pro- visions of the above vote.
Voted, that the inhabitants of the Town of Agawam take in fee for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for a public school and for the enlargement of a lot of land heretofore taken or now used for such purpose, a certain tract of land adjoining the property of the Town and bounded as follows:
Beginning at the stone bound at the southeast corner of the present Town property on the corner of Main and School streets, Agawam, and running northerly by the line of the Town property about 131 feet and by the line of one Fowler about 76 feet, and by the line of one Van Delinda about 97 feet to the line of said proposed street about 143 feet to the
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line of trees and fence, thence southerly to the land of one Davis about 301 feet to School street, thence westerly along School about 157 feet to a stone bound to a place of begin- ning, in all about 45,450 square feet.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to carry out the provisions of the above vote.
Article 29. Voted, that the Selectmen be directed to call a special Town meeting for three weeks from to-night (April 12) to consider the advisability of purchasing an ad- dition to the school grounds at Feeding Hills Center.
Voted, that a committee of three be appointed to secure options on land desired for addition to the school property at Feeding Hills Center and report to the special Town meet- ing to be held April 12, 1915. J. A. Roy, E. A. Kellogg and R. M. Taylor were appointed as that committee.
Voted, that the same committee secure options on addi- tional land to the Mittineague School ground.
Voted, that the same committee secure options on the land for school purposes on the Plains. Judson W. Hastings, James W. Moore, Samuel S. Bodurtha, Harry P. Hinckley and Edward H. Hamblen were appointed by the Moderator to serve as Finance Committee for the coming year.
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
Mittineague School Building, April 12, 1915
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Result of ballot- 25
W. H. Porter received
Scattering 22
W. H. Porter declared elected.
Article 2. To see if the Town will accept a legacy un- der the will of Elizabeth Hubbard for the care of cemetery lot.
Voted, Whereas, Elizabeth Ann Hubbard, Suffield, Ct., deceased, gave by her last will and testament to the Town of Agawam the sum of one hundred dollars in cash for certain purposes and on certain terms and conditions, a copy of which legacy is as follows:
"I give and bequeath to the Town of Agawam, Mass., the sum of one hundred dollars in cash, in trust, however, to be held by it as a fund, the income of which is to be expended by said Town in the care of the family burial lot of John Manley in the cemetery in Agawam Center, and the monu- ments and headstones on said burial lot to its successors for ever."
Resolved, that this Town refuses to accept and receive said legacy for the purposes and on the terms and conditions stated in said legacy.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the report of a special committee appointed to secure options on land for school- house purposes at Feeding Hills, Mittineague and on the Plains.
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Voted, that we accept the report of the committee and that the matter of securing land for school purposes be left with the existing committee on school accommodations with power to purchase land in their discretion.
Voted, to instruct said committee to purchase the Peirce land on the Plains at a price of one thousand dollars and the sum be appropriated by taxation.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the care of the highway known as Suffield street.
Voted, that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be taken from the highway appropriation, at the discretion of the Se- lectmen, for macadam work on Suffield street.
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
Mittineague School Building, July 23, 1915
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Harry P. Hinckley was elected Moderator, receiving five out of nine votes.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to install new heating apparatus in the Mittineague School, provide for the payment and other necessary action concerning the same.
Voted, that the School Committee be authorized to in- stall a new heating system in the Mittineague School build- ing at their discretion.
Voted, that the Treasurer with the approval of the Se- lectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five hun- dred dollars for the payment of said heating system and to issue a note or notes of the Town for the same, payable one year from date with interest at four per cent, said note or notes to be paid from taxation of 1916.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning January 1, 1915, in an- ticipation of the revenue, such additional sums of money to the amount already authorized as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the muni- cipal year beginning January 1, 1915, to an amount not ex- ceeding ten thousand dollars, in addition to the sum already authorized, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable
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within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
V Article 4. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion to the Hampden County Improvement League for the expenses incurred in the passage by the Legislature of the highway appropriation act.
Voted, that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the Hampden County Improvement League the sum of fifty dol- lars toward the expenses incurred under the passage of the Western Massachusetts highway appropriation act of 1915, said sum to be taken from the highway department.
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
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