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Act in addition or amendatory thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of the issue of the first note or bond, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, and all acts done or performed under authority thereof be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved."
Article 3 (Selectmen to dispose of certain lands) taken up.
Voted, That the Selectmen shall have the custody, man- agement and sale of all land held by the Town under a Tax Collector's deed, or a taking of land for taxes after the title of the Town has become absolute by the foreclosure of the right to redemption according to law, and they are authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town to sell such land at public auction, or private sale, and to convey the same and to execute, acknowledge and deliver proper deeds for that purpose.
Article 4 (Acceptance of Chapter 576 of 1907) taken up.
Voted, That the Town accept the provisions of Sections 102 to 105 both inclusive of Chapter 576 of the Acts of the year 1907, said Sections of said Act being as follows:
CHAPTER 576
SECTIONS 102 to 105 OF THE ACTS OF THE YEAR 1907 MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS INSURANCE FUNDS
SECTION 102. Any city or town which has accepted the provisions of Chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five or accepts the provisions of this and the three following sections may establish and maintain a municipal building insurance fund, from which any municipal buildings or other municipal property damaged or destroyed by fire, lightning or otherwise, may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced by other buildings or property to be used in lieu thereof.
SEC. 103. Any such city or town may raise money for the purposes set forth in the preceding section, not exceeding in amount in any one year one twentieth of one per cent of its assessed valuation; but no money shall be raised for such pur- pose while the amount of the fund equals or exceeds one per cent of such valuation.
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SEC. 104. The fund established under this act by any city or town shall be managed and administered as provided in section fifteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws, by the sinking fund commissioners thereof, if such there be, or by any municipal board of commissioners or trustees having charge of its trust or sinking fund; and if in any such city or town such commissioners or trustees have not been established, sinking fund commissioners shall be elected in the manner provided in section fourteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws.
SEC. 105. The provisions of the three preceding sections may be accepted by any city by a concurrent vote of both branches of the city council, and by any town by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Article 5 (Additional appropriation for sewer extensions) taken up.
Voted, That the sum of $2000 be appropriated for sewer extensions and that said sum be transferred from unexpended sewer assessments now in the treasury, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
All articles in the warrant having been disposed of, the meeting at 9.30 o'clock adjourned.
Number of voters attending the meeting as determined by the constables in charge of the turnstiles, was 257.
A true record, attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County: GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the
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Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to meet in their respective voting places in said town (Precinct 1) Town Hall; (Precinct 2) Crosby School Hall, Winter Street; on Tuesday, the second day of November next, it being the Tues- day next, after the first Monday in said month, at 5.45 a.m. in the Town Hall, Precinct 1, and at 5.45 a.m. in Crosby School Hall, Precinct 2, to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes for Presidential Elec- tors, a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary, a Treas- urer, an Auditor, an Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, a Congressman for the eighth Congressional District; a Coun- cillor for the sixth Councillor District; a Senator for the Sixth Middlesex District; a Representative in General Court for the twenty-seventh Middlesex District; two County Commissioners; a Sheriff for Middlesex County.
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of act entitled "An Act to regulate the manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 166, Acts of 1920, entitled "An Act to provide for one day off in every eight days for certain police officers."
All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 5.45 a.m. until 5.00 o'clock p.m. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in at least, five conspicuous places in each precinct, seven days at least, before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town. And you are further directed to leave an attested copy of this warrant at every dwelling house in the Town.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day of Election.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of October, A.D., 1920.
HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, November 2, 1920.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
By virtue of the foregoing warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places, for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy of the warrant to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, by posting attested copies in at least five conspicuous places in each precinct and by posting attested copies at the entrance to each voting place seven days before the election.
(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law directs, to vote in elections and town affairs, met in their respective voting places on Tuesday the second day of November, 1920, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon.
The polling places designated were as follows: Precinct 1, Town Hall; Precinct 2, Crosby School, Winter Street.
The following election officers served by appointment of the Selectmen at the precinct voting places as follows:
Precinct 1, George H. Peirce, Warden; Arthur J. Hendrick, Clerk.
Ballot Clerks and Checkers: Frank Y. Wellington, James G. Moir, Herbert Converse, Clarence F. Hill, James E. Doughty, George J. Duncan, Floyd R. Battis, Everett C. Tileston, Chester Hoyt, Joseph W. Moore, Ernest Freeman, William D. Grannan, Frank E. Kenney, Richard M. Healey, Joseph J. Duffy, Roger W. Homer, Herman F. Bucknam, George C. Tewksbury, James E. Sweeney, Edward Cox, Charles A. Dunn, Walter T. Kenney, William E. Robinson, Dennie R. Donahue, Anthony P. Lopez, George F. McCaffrey, George A. Bunton, E. Frederick Evans, David T. Dale, F. Leo Dalton and Henry Trainor.
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Inspectors: Mrs. Carolyn Reed, Mrs. Mary Currier, Miss May Shean and Miss Mary Donahue.
Precinct 2. Harry S. Smith, Warden; George H. Lowe, Clerk.
Ballot Clerks and Checkers: Elmer Buckley, Ernest Beers, Clayton Hilliard, Herbert B. Kellogg, Albert Olson, William H. Nolan, Thomas S. Lawrence, John B. Meany, John J. Roache and Edmund J. Duggan.
Inspectors: Mrs. Elmer Buckley, Mrs. Mary Delaney and Mrs. Josephine Anderson.
The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting full suffrage to women having been adopted, the list of registered voters was increased by the addition of 3550 women voters. This made a total list of 7776 voters in the Town, and necessitated numerous changes in the method of voting, particularly at the Town Hall, where arrange- ments had to be made to accommodate 5482 voters. This was done by using four ballot boxes and dividing the voting list into four parts. The precinct officers in each precinct made their returns to the Registrars of Voters who canvassed the same with the following results:
Total number of ballots cast
7014
Ballots cast in Precinct 1. 4933
Ballots cast in Precinct 2. 2081 7014
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Cox and Roosevelt, Democratic 966
424
1390
Cox and Gillhaus, Socialist
Labor.
11
4
15
Debs and Stedman, Socialist. . 61
55
116
Harding and Coolidge, Repub-
lican.
3752
1551
5303
Blanks 143
47
190
4933
2081
7014
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GOVERNOR
Precinct 1
Precinct 2 1472
Total 5139
Channing H. Cox
3667
Walter S. Hutchins
38
39
77
Patrick Mulligan
12
5
17
John J. Walsh
999
461
1460
Blanks
217
104
321
4933
2081
7014
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Marcus A. Coolidge
914
408
1322
David Craig.
18
36
54
Alvan T. Fuller
2460
1085
3545
Thomas Nicholson
30
30
60
Robert M. Washburn
1188
375
1563
Blanks
323
147
470
4933
2081
7014
SECRETARY
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Frederick W. Cook ..
3639
1472
5111
Edward E. Ginsburg.
807
360
1167
Anthoney Houtenbrink
16
16
32
Edith M. Williams
61
41
102
Blanks.
420
192
602
4933
2081
7014
TREASURER
Precinct 1
Precinct 1
Total
George H. Jackson
64
29
93
James Jackson.
3570
1401
4971
Louis Marcus.
37
38
75
Patrick O'Hearn
960
441
1401
Albert L. Waterman
6
12
18
Blanks.
296
160
456
4933
2081
7014
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AUDITOR
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Alonzo B. Cook.
3502
1417
4979
Alice E. Cram.
985
439
1424
Stephen J. Surridge.
14
12
26
Herbert H. Thompson.
40
33
73
Blanks
392
180
572
4933
2081
7014
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
J. Weston Allen .
3588
1427
5015
Morris J. Becker
12
12
24
John Weaver Sherman
53
35
88
Michael L. Sullivan
930
432
1362
Blanks
350
175
525
4933
2081
7014
CONGRESSMAN, EIGHTH DISTRICT
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Frederick W. Dallinger
3643
1448
5091
John D. Lynch .
406
241
647
Whitfield L. Tuck.
578
232
810
Blanks .
306
160
466
4933
2081
7014
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Charles Sumner Smith. 3846
1560
5406
Blanks
: 1087
521
1608
4933
2081
7014
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SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Lewis Parkhurst
3824
1546
5370
Blanks
1109
535
1644
4933
2081
7014
REPRESENTATIVE, TWENTY-SEVENTH MIDDLESEX
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Charles C. Warren
3929
1578
5507
Blanks
1004
503
1507
4933
2081
7014
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
Alfred L. Cutting
3480
1371
4851
Walter C. Wardwell
3254
1341
4595
Blanks
3132
1450
4582
9866
4162
14028
SHERIFF
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
John R. Fairbairn
3586
1458
5044
Blanks .
1347
623
1970
4933
2081
7014
BEER, CIDER AND WINES
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
"Yes"
1686
807
2493
"No"
2633
1003
3636
Blanks
614
271
885
4933
2081
7014
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DAY OFF IN EIGHT FOR POLICE
Precinct 1.
Precinct 2
Total
"Yes"
3232
1370
4602
"No"
884
346
1230
Blanks
817
365
1182
4933
2081
7014
The ballots cast in both precincts were delivered to the Town Clerk in sealed packages, as were the unused ballots.
The voting lists used at the entrance to the polling places and those in checking at the ballot boxes, together with the tally sheets and copy of the Precinct Record of Election, all properly sealed as required by law, were returned to the Town Clerk.
The returns of the election were filled out on the blanks furnished for the purpose by the Secretary of the Common- wealth, signed by the Selectmen and the Town Clerk and for- warded to the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Certificates of Election as Representative from the Twenty- Seventh Middlesex District were made out, signed and deliv- ered to Charles C. Warren by Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Con- stable.
A true record of the election, attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County: GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall
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in said Town, Tuesday, the thirtieth day of November, 1920, at eight o'clock, p.m., then and there to act on the following articles viz:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the report of the Commit- tee appointed in pursuance of the vote of the Town passed on March 24, 1920, "To consider the Limited Town Meeting, so called, and to report a draft of legislation to provide for Lim- ited Town Meetings," and to see if the Town will direct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for legislation necessary or proper to provide for precinct voting and representative town meetings, substantially in accordance with the report of said Committee or take any other action thereon, or relating thereto.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any com- mittees heretofore appointed.
Hereof; fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this fifteenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
. Arlington, November 30, 1920.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
By virtue of the foregoing warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law requires, to vote in election and town affairs, to assemble at the time and place and for the purposes therein named, by causing a printed, attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before
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said meeting. A notice of said meeting was also published in the Arlington Advocate.
(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law requires, to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall on Tuesday, November 30, 1920, and were called to order at eight o'clock by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1 (Choice of Moderator) taken up.
Jacob Bitzer was elected moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 (Report of Committee on Town Government) taken up.
Under this article, John G. Brackett, chairman of the committee appointed under the vote of the Town passed March 24, 1920, to consider the "Limited Town Meeting" form of government made a verbal report in explanation of the printed report of the committee. This printed report of the committee had been distributed to the citizens with the town warrant. The printed report embodied the bill the committee had prepared to be presented to the legislature for enactment.
The report as presented was received.
Questions being asked as to certain provisions of the pro- posed bill it was
Voted, That the recommendations of the committee, in the form of the bill as presented, be taken up, article by article, and that the Town Clerk read the articles. The Clerk read each section or article of the bill, on some of which there was some discussion. On a call for a vote on question of the acceptance of the report and the adoption of the recommendations therein contained it was,
Voted, That the report of the committee on "Limited Town Meetings" be accepted, the recommendations therein contained adopted, the committee discharged and they be given a rising vote of thanks and that the Selectmen be authorized,
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empowered and directed to petition the general court for legis- lation necessary or proper to provide for precinct voting and representative town meetings, substantially in accordance with the draft of the bill presented by the committee at this meeting in their printed report.
Article 3 (Reports of other Committees) taken up.
Under this article no committee desiring to report, the moderator declared the article disposed of.
All business calling the meeting having been transacted, it was voted to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 10.05 o'clock.
The number of citizens attending the meeting as determined by the officers in charge of the turnstiles was 219.
A true record, attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen submit the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1920:
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
At the annual March meeting of 1920 Mr. Charles B. Devereaux was elected a member of the Board for the term of three years and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties on March 8, 1920. The Board organized with Horatio A. Phinney, Chairman and Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk.
As OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Horatio A. Phinney, Chairman.
Thomas J. Robinson, Agent.
This report is, in general, confined to the financial condition of the Town. The detailed reports of the departments will be found under the reports of those departments. The overdrafts in the departments were not as large as in the year 1919, with the exception of the amount of money appropriated for elec- tions and Town Meetings, which amount could not be estimated with any degree of accuracy.
The amount of money raised by taxation in 1920 was $668,513.73 and the tax rate was $28.90 per thousand. The increase in valuation as determined by the Assessors and including new buildings is $3,414,490. At the present tax rate this will provide $95,913 additional revenue, an increase of $82,213 over last year.
A year ago this time the housing question in Arlington was quite a serious one. The rents had been increased in some cases fifty per cent. This Board was appointed the local com- mittee on the rent question, and several cases were brought to the attention of the committee. In some of these cases hearings
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were given the tenants and landlords to settle the matter in question. The local committee has co-operated with the state committee, and as far as we know all matters brought to our attention have been satisfactorily adjusted.
The following statement gives the financial condition of the Town:
TOWN DEBT AND TAX RATE
On December 31, 1919 the fixed
debt was
$715,500.00
Amount paid during the year 59,500.00
$656,000.00
Amount added during the year
282,000.00
On December 31, 1920 the fixed debt is $938,000.00
It will be noted that the Town debt shows an increase of $222,500.
The loans authorized and issued in 1920 amounting to $282,000 were as follows:
Water extensions
$24,000.00
Sewer extensions
16,000.00
Highway construction
12,000.00
New Junior High School
230,000.00
$282,000.00
SINKING FUND
The amount of the fund on December 31, 1919 was $195,122.11 Amount added during the year:
For interest on funds
$9,094.55
By appropriation 14,550.00
1
23,644.55
$218,766.66
Amount paid from the fund during the year:
Rent of safety deposit vault $10.00 10.00
$218,756.66
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No notes, bonds or other indebtedness of the Town will be payable from this fund until 1922, when water bonds amounting to $92,000 will become due and payable.
This fund is divided and classified as follows:
Water loans
$163,614.28
Sewer loans
43,517.48
Town House site loans
9,778.90
Park loans
1,846.00
$218,756.66
TAXABLE PROPERTY, STATE AND COUNTY TAXES AND TAX RATES
Personal Property
Real Estate
1919
1920
1919 1920
$2,076,379 $2,358,443
$18,289,714
$21,759,675
These figures show an increase in personal property of $282,064 and an increase in real property of $3,469,961 over the values of 1919, making the total taxable property both real and personal $24,118,118, an increase of $3,752,025 over that of 1919.
The taxes levied for State, Metropolitan and County pur- poses were as follows:
1919
1920
Increase.
State Tax
$44,550.00
$56,700.00 $12,150.00
County Tax
22,888.04
24,843.50
1,954.46
Metropolitan Sewer Tax
18,507.75
18,945.58
437.83
Metropolitan Park Tax
10,948.60
12,968.23
2,019.63
Metropolitan Water Tax
24,320.83
23,603.88
716.95*
Charles River Basin Tax
1,931.54
2,299.90
368.36
Alewife Brook Tax
2,338.60
2,281.31
57.29*
Fire Prevention Tax
270.79
251.49
16.30*
Soldiers' Exemption Tax
71.44
56.96
14.48*
State Highway Tax
123.70
150.37
26.67
Special State Tax
2,673.00
2,673.00
Boston Elevated Deficit Tax 44,936.00
Eastern Massachusetts Street
Railway Deficit Tax
523.47
523.47
$173,554.66 $145,322.69 $28,231.97
*Decreased.
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CORPORATION AND BANK TAX RECEIVED BY THE TOWN
1919
1920
Increase
Corporation and Bank Tax $24,950.44 $33,221.18
$8,270.74
Street Railway Tax
4,403.14
3,731.36
671.78*
Income Tax
38,867.65
49,675.96
10,808.31
School Apportionment of
Income Tax
21,810.13
24,825.50
3,015.37
$90,984.86 $111,454:00 $20,469.14
ANALYSIS OF 1920 TAX RATE
Highways
$4.3144
Sewers and Drains
.3056
Water
.3652
Street Lights
.5161
Engineering
.1640
Fire Department
1.0019
Police Department
1.1586
Wire Department
.1228
Trees and Parks
.3316
Board of Health
.3086
Collection of Ashes and Offal
1.2270
Cemeteries
.1457
Library
.2733
Schools
9.2435
Charities
.5775
Municipal buildings
.2150
Salaries
.5520
Insurance
.3203
Incidentals and Specials
.8598
Pensions
.0158
Debt and Interest
2.3375
State, County and Metropolitan Taxes
4.3965
Overlayings
.1473
$28.9000
*Decrease.
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Total appropriations
$793,220.40
Less credits
96,692.70
To be raised by taxes $696,527.70
Property valuation
$24,106,304.00
From the figures submitted in the foregoing tables the fol- lowing facts are shown:
1. Increase in Town Debt of $222,500.00
2. Increase in taxable property, real and personal 3,752,025.00
3. Increase in appropriations raised by taxation 138,750.07
4. Increase in State, Metropolitan and County taxes 16,675.40
5. Decrease Boston Elevated Tax 44,406.90
6. Increase received from Corporation and Bank Tax 20,469.14
7. Increase in Tax Rate from $27.40 in 1919 to $28.90 in 1920 1.50
8. $6.73 of the $28.90 is for State, Metropolitan and County Taxes, over which the Town has no control and debt and interest.
9. Of the balance $22.17 the Schools required $9.24.
10. Of the remaining $12.93 the Highways re- quired $4.31.
11. From the balance thus left amounting to $8.62, all other activities of the Town are paid. These include Police and Fire Departments, Street Lights, Charities and Health, Salaries, Collection of Ashes and Garbage, Libraries, Insurance, Public Buildings, Sidewalks, Sewers, Water, Trees and Parks, Engineering, Wire Depart- ment, Cemeteries, Pensions, and Inci- dental Accounts of all Departments.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
The following are brief statements giving the amounts of money expended for each Department, together with the reason
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for the expenditure and such suggestions for the coming year as the Board deems necessary.
OUTSIDE POOR
Amount appropriated in 1920
$14,537.67
Reimbursements from State and other
cities and towns
7,334.26
Total Receipts $21,871.93
Amount expended for care of all classes of aid ren-
dered
20,943.83
Unexpended balance
$928.10
The care of the poor does not vary much from year to year, in fact only in the number aided. The Board has, from year to year, outlined the work done and explained the various laws governing the disbursement of public funds for the relief of the poor and needy. Practically two-thirds of the amount expended comes under the provisions of the Mothers with Dependent Children Act (763 Acts of 1913) and all disburse- ments are made subject to supervision and approval of the State. The number of persons aided does not vary a great deal from year to year and is mainly to widows with children, and the old and infirm.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Police Department consists at this time of sixteen patrolmen and three ranking officers, Chief, Lieutenant and Sergeant. The Department has continued to do efficient work during the year.
The Chief has recommended the appointment of three additional patrolmen and the Board is of the opinion that this number should be appointed, to more adequately protect our citizens and their property. As recommended last year the patrolmen of the Department have been placed on the $5.00 per day basis and the salaries of the Chief, Lieutenant and Sergeant established as follows:
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Chief, $2500; Lieutenant, $2200; Sergeant, $2000.
For detail work of the Department see report of the Chief, and for details of expenditures see Auditor's Report.
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