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Article 51. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Warren Street to the Mystic
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River Reservation, substantially in the location of the private way known as Webster Street, as made and re- ported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Pub- lic Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Warren St. and the westerly side line of Webster St., thence easterly and northeasterly on said westerly side line of Wbester St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 32.63 feet, a distance of 40.74 feet to a, point of compound curve in said westerly side line of Webster St., thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Webster St., on a curve to the left with a radius of 301.97 feet a distance of 152.66 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Webster St., thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Webster St., a distance of 621.89 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Webster St., thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Webster St. a distance of 893.73 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Webster St., thence northerly on said westerly side line of Webster St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 32.92 feet to the southerly side line of Mystic Valley Boulevard, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Valley Boulevard, a distance of 91.73 feet to the easterly side line of Webster St., thence north- westerly and westerly on said easterly side line of Web- ster St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 21.22 feet, a distance of 40.92 feet to a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Webster St., thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Webster St. a distance of 873.01
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feet to an angle point in said easterly side line of Web- ster St., thence continuing southwesterly on said east- erly side line of Webster St., a distance of 651.90 feet to an angle point in said easterly side line of Webster St., thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly £ side line of Webster St. a distance of 135.23 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Webster St., thence southerly and southeasterly on said side line of Webster St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a dis- tance of 29.41 feet to the northerly side line of Warren St., thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Warren St. a distance of 119.28 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., both entitled "Plan and Profile of Webster Street, Arlington, Mass., Scales, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', March 1920, C. H. Gannett, C. E."
Article 52. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 53. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation for the alteration of specific repairs upon and construction of, all or any portion of Broadway from Massachusetts Avenue to the Somerville line; de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 54. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation for the specific repairs upon and construc- tion of, all or any portion of Appleton Place from the southerly side line of Appleton Street to a point south- easterly approximately 360 feet; determine in what
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manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten registered voters)
Article 55. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation or appropriations to pay debts and obliga- tions incurred prior to Jan. 1, 1925, relating to all or any of the following : For the use of the Water Division ; water used for public purposes; for the extension of the water mains; for the use of the Highway division; for the maintenance of the sewerage system; for the exten- sion of the sewerage system ; for the removal of snow and ice; for the collection and disposal of ashes, offal and rubbish; and for the engineering department; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 56. To see if the Town will amend its Zon- ing By-Law by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a business district the present gen- eral residence district shown as Lot 218, as shown upon a plan marked "J. P. Squire Estate", plan laid out by H. S. Adams, Civil Engineer on file in the office of the Town Clerk, situated on the northerly side of Lake Street, near Massachusetts Avenue; or take any action relating thereto.
: i (Inserted at the request of more than ten registered voters)
Article 57. To see if the Town will amend its Zon- ing By-Law by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in a business district all or any portion of a certain parcel of land containing 10,000 square feet, more or less, situated on the northerly side of Summer Street, owned by Patrick F. Toye and bounded by land of Thomas F. Kenney ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten registered voters)
Article 58. To determine what sum of money the Town shall raise by general tax to defray Town expenses,
,
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overdrafts of 1924, interest debt and state aid, and make an appropriation for the same
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places herein spe- cified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the seven precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meet- ing.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.
NELSON B. CROSBY, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, FREDERICK W. HILL,
Selectmen of the Town of Arlington
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, February 25, 1925.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting at- tested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the times, places and objects of the meetings was published in the local papers.
(Signed) Daniel M. Hooley, Constable of Arlington. Arlington, March 2, 1925.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said town on Monday, the second day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty-five at six o'clock in the forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precincts 1 and 2, Crosby School Building, Winter Street; Precincts 3, 4, 5 and 6, Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct 7, Locke School Building, Park Avenue, Heights.
The following election officers, having been duly appointed by the Selectmen, were assigned to duty at the various precincts as follows :-
Precinct 1, Albert E. Olson, Warden; Edmund J. Duggan, Clerk; Chester E. Smith, Herbert B. Kellogg, Edna H. Kelley, Percy S. Morine, Richard W. Nixon, Ethel C. F. Mellin.
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Precinct 2, Edward A. Smith, Warden; Walter I. Buckley, Clerk; Alanson D. Yeaton, Clarence E. Bia- throw, Elizabeth Cain, Ruth Evers Corey, Sarah G. Wheeler, Claude J. C. Hamilton, Carl O. Larson, Laura C. Fletcher.
Precinct 3, Harry W. Marden, Warden; David T. Dale, Clerk; Carrie M. Fowle, Walter T. Chamberlain, Daniel W. O'Brien, Paul K. Lincoln, Edward D. Mc- Carthy, Helen M. Ryan, Fred U. Wyman, William E. Robinson.
Precinct 4, Roger W. Homer, Warden; Ralph M. Day, Clerk; Edward J. Dineen, Francis G. Gallagher, Therese Turner, Ruth C. Turner, Alice Morrissey, Stephen D. Merrill, Frank B. Hargrove, Mildred B. Hargrove.
Precinct 5, Arthur J. Hendrick, Warden; Maurice L. Hatch, Clerk; John G. Kelley, Thomas Donnelly, Jr., Charles P. Ladd, Jr., Emily G. Alden, Mary M. Donohue, Therese B. Thomas, Margaret C. Moore, Michael J. Can- niff.
Precinct 6, James E. Doughty, Warden; Augustin D. · Doyle, Clerk; Roger Dunbar, John R. Hendrick, Florrie A. Kelly, Benjamin D. Knowles, Eliza G. Kirsch, John J. Mahoney, Joseph A. Smith, James G. Moir.
Precinct 7, Paul R. Bennett, Warden; Frederick Mc- Namara, Clerk; Floyd R. Battis, George Tewksbury, Adrian Robinson, May Currier, Joseph Cashman, Eva Schnetzer, Walter Cooledge, Jr., Mayo E. Morse.
The foregoing officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The necessary ballots pre- pared for each precinct and all other paraphernalia for the proper conduct of the election was supplied by the Town Clerk and turned over to the officers of the various precincts.
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The polls were declared open in each precinct at six o'clock in the morning and remained open until five o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, after due notice they were declared closed.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total tally sheets pre- pared by the Town Clerk being used.
The ballots cast were, after being counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, en- cased in a wooden box which was locked and sealed and the same delivered to the Registrars of Voters in the Town Clerk's Office.
The Registrars and Town Clerk canvassed the re- turn as made by the election officers and the result was announced by the Town Clerk as follows :
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Ballots Cast. 240 218 458 364 385 438 291 2394
Moderator for One Year
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total John G. Brackett . . 197 181 355 337 307 374 258 2009 Blanks 385
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for THREEafEARS Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 .7 Total Nelson B. Crosby . 199 189 370 332 302 365 261 2018 Blanks 376 Town Clerk for One Year
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total E. Caroline Pierce . 200 184 382 335 326 386 261 2074 Blanks 320
Treasurer for One Year
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Charles A. Hardy . 192 177 344 331 293 372 255 1964 Blanks 430
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Collector of Taxes for One Year
6
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 7 Total Edward A. Bailey . 197 180 351 334 298 377 258 1995 Blanks 399
Board of Public Works for Three Years Vote for One
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
William P. Dale . . . 82 71 273 174 204 116 100 1020
James R. Smith . . . 152 139 176 170 170 308 185 1300 Blanks
74
Assessor for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total Charles H. Gannett 179 161 314 316 261 366 247 1844 Blanks
550
School Committee for Three Years Vote for Three
Precinct 1 2 3 5
4 6 7 Total Elliott R. Barker 129 128 216 281 207 319 212 1492
John A. Bishop 172 156 343 257 258 315 197 1698
Myron W. Dole . .. 145 144 230 171 162 222 147 1221 Bradford E. Swift 139 126 230 272 215 275 194 1451 Blanks 1320
Trustees Robbins Library Three Years Vote for Two
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
M. Helen Teele .. 184 166 297 316 238 368 228 1797
A. J. Wellington . . 180 167 325 321 262 360 238 1853 Blanks 1138 .
Trustee Robbins Library for One Year Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Charles J. Walsh® .197 180 351 317 279 354 230 1908 Blanks 486
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Board of Health for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Alfred W. Lombard 179 169 300 325 259 362 242 1836 Blanks
558
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4
5
6
7 Total
George G. Allen
1
1
Clinton W. Schwamb
1
2
8 11
Robert M. Boyd . 14
13
1
3
12
3
4 50
John J. Ryan 1
2
2
5
Thomas J. Good .. 1
1
William C. Scannell 1
4
1
6
12
Edward E. McGanty
9
3 10
3
1
1
27
J. W. Welling-
ton
6 6
2281 Blanks
Planning Board for Three Years Vote for Two
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Walter S. Elliett . . 117 111 154 117 178 181 159 1017
C. M. MacMillin .. 130 117 231 265 177 282 164 1366
Carolyn B. Reed .. 111 100 209 238 165 249 166 1238 Blanks 1167
Commissioner of Sinking Fund for Three Years Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Joseph C. Holmes 181 169 286 312 238 359 249 1794 Blanks 600
Trustee of Pratt Fund for Five Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total George Hill 181 167 306 319 254 360 245 1832 Blanks 562
Trustee Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows Fund and Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Charles W. Allen 182 168 301 311 252 361 244 1819 Blanks 575
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Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total George G. Allen .. 179 166 304 314 239 359 238 1799 Blanks . . 595
Tree Warden for One Year
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 Total Daniel M. Daley .. 197 178 379 322 304 367 245 1992 Blanks .. 402
The vote on the Town Meeting Members in the va- rious precincts resulted as follows: The persons elected being indicated by a star:
Precinct One-Three Years
*William P. Aylward, 10 Trowbridge Street 180
*J. Robert Bentley, 61 Harlow Street 165
*Warren N. Bixby, 38 Marathon Street 171
*Charles E. Farrow, 58 Teel Street 168
*H. Warren Foss, 42 Everett Street 169
*Fred J. Grisim, 91 Harlow Street 161
*George C. Hammond, 31 Windsor Street 166
*Frederick W. Hill, 15 Oxford Street 177
*John W. Huebner, 27 Windsor Street 166
*Edward A. Morton, 36 Everett Street 167
*John V. Nicholls, 2 Lee Terrace 169
*Walter E. Rice, 10 Everett Street 171
Blanks 850
Precinct One-One Year
*William F. Clark, 21 Harlow Street 154
Blanks 86
Note :- As Mr. William F. Clark's term of his pre- vious election did not expire until 1926, his election in 1925 for a term of one year is cancelled.
Precinct Two Three Years
*John B. Calkin, 20 Melrose Street 160
* Arthur O. Davidson, 28 Magnolia Street 160
*Eugene F. Freeman, 18 Linwood Street 156
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*William Haliburton, 9. Egerton Road 162
*Maude E. Hathaway, 9 Freeman Street 159
*Earle C. Hopkins, 7 Randolph Street 161
*Frank H. Hopkins, 80 Orvis Road 160
*Guy E. Jones, 100 Massachusetts Avenue 158
*James E. Norcross, 260 Massachusetts Avenue ..
158
*Stephen M. Richardson, 25 Alfred Road 156
*Jordan K. Silver, 51 Teel Street 156
*Nora H. Wetherbee, 22 Randolph Street 155
Blanks 714
Precinct Two-One Year
*George S. Drew, 23 Egerton Road 135
Blanks 83
Precinct Three-Three Years
*Frances Ahern, 21 Webster Street 329
*George M. Brooks, 27 Wyman Street 295
*Frank E. Callahan, 83 Medford Street 306
*Gerald B. Dahill, 223 Broadway 290
*Michael J. Donovan, 379 Massachusetts Avenue 299
*Charles Francis Ford, 16 Russell Street 281
*Michael A. Fredo, 9 Webster Street 277
*Thomas F. Good, 48 River Street 316
*Hollis M. Gott, 264 Broadway 292
*Annie A. Murray, 147 Warren Street 304
*Peter F. O'Neill, 209 Broadway 320
*Clinton E. Somes, 58 Wyman Street 280
Blanks 1907
Precinct Three-One Year
*Clarence O. King, 22 Newton Road 236
Blanks 222
Precinct Four-Three Years
*Rufus W. Blake, 32 Lombard Terrace 304
*Frank A. Benham, 2 Oak Knoll 295
*Howard I. Durgin, 41 Wyman Terrace 301
*Martin J. Gallagher, 140 Pleasant Street 304
*Rodney T. Hardy, 38 Gray Street 308
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*Roger W. Homer, 25 Addison Street 302
*Carolyn B. Reed, 11 Wellington Street 298
*Earl A. Ryder, 31 Norfolk Road 299
*Grace D. Sawyer, 22 Kensington Park 296
*Edith M. Storke, 45 Hopkins Road 292
*Frank A. Woodhead, 40 Irving Street 303
*Arthur O. Yeames, 24 Kensington Road 299
Blanks 767
Precinct Five-Three Years
*Emily G. Alden, 61 Rangeley Road 218
*Thomas S. Bonney, 21 Fairview Avenue 244
*Robert M. Boyd, 15 Ronald Road 233
*Dennis J. Collins, 12 Schouler Court 250
*William P. Dale, 1089 Massachusetts Avenue . .
262
*Walter S. Elliett, 107 Ronald Road 228
*Wathen B. Henderson, 23 Court Street 233
*Thomas F. Kenney, 90 Brattle Street 259 Harry C. Lear, 12 Court Street 216
*Joseph F. Long, 44 Falmouth Road 239
*Arthur B. Peirce, 16 Glen Avenue 252
*Marion K. Peirce, 12 Court Street 222
*Augustus J. Power, 1011R Massachusetts Avenue Blanks 1545
219
Precinct Five-One Year
*Newell H. Hawes, 44 Robin Hood Road 182
*Walter E. Hight, 8 Old Mystic Street 146
Richard E. Lowcock, 47 Draper Avenue 143
*George W. Patch, 35 Draper Avenue 164
Hattie B. Shedd, 28 Draper Avenue 143
*James W. Wanamaker, 147 Forest Street 146
Blanks 616
Precinct Six-Three Years
*Alma W. Allen, 16 Woodland Street 312
*Jacob Bitzer, 1130 Massachusetts Avenue 286
*Everett E. Brainard, 45 Bartlett Avenue 322
*Frederic A. Hortter, 16 Newman Way 311
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*Katharine W. Lacey, 32 Jason Street 284
*Horatio W. Lamson, 9 Robbins Road 319
*Mildred E. McCann, 51 Academy Street 263
*Herbert J. Munroe, 14 Windemere Park 307
William A. Parr, 36 Harvard Steet 238
*Howard B. S. Prescott, 75 Jason Street 319
*Charles M. Sawyer, 9 Robbins Road 298
* Annie A. Teele, 11 Jason Street 290
William D. Wanzer, 782 Massachusetts Avenue 197
*Mortimer H. Wells, 79 Jason Street 254
Blanks 1256
Precinct Six-Two Years
*Fred E. Brown, 36 Highland Avenue 347
*Francis C. Marion, 67 Bartlett Avenue 340
*Oceana M. Yale, 12 Jason Terrace 338
Blanks 289
Precinct Six-One Year
*Roscoe R. Perry, 82 Bartlett Avenue 341
Blanks 97
Precinct Seven-Three Years
*Bertram D. Bent, 20 Linden Street 218
*Walter S. Cooledge, 18 Cliff Street 224
*Frederick L. Corcoran, 19 Wollaston Avenue .. 216
*Lester N. Hayden, 19 Crescent Hill Avenue 219
*J. Howard Hayes, 27 Ashland Street 216
*William J. Henderson, 348 Appleton Street 220
*Allan MacIver, 45 Tanager Street 218
*Edward W. Nicoll, 10 Montague Street 217
* Alice Maysie Patterson, 60 Claremont Avenue 214
*Edith Fay Peirce, 14 Ashland Street 224
* Adrian H. Robinson, 91 Westminster Avenue .
218
*Harry I. Tinkham, 12 West Street 216
Blanks 872
Precinct Seven-Two Years
*Blanche T. Webster, 157 Westminster Avenue .. 224
Blanks 67
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Precinct Seven-One Year
* Herbert A. Snow, 59 Claremont Avenue 225
Blanks 66
All ballots, used and unused, tally sheets, total tally sheets, copy of Precinct Records of Election and all other records pertaining to the election properly signed and sealed, were delivered to the Town Clerk to be preserved by her during the time required by law.
A true record of the election. Attest.
E. CAROLINE PIERCE Town Clerk.
Arlington, March 3, 1925.
I hereby certify that I have this day appointed Marion F. Robbins Assistant Town Clerk of the Town of Arlington and that she has taken the oath required for the faithful performance of her duties.
E. CAROLINE PIERCE Town Clerk.
Arlington, March 3, 1925. I hereby certify that I have this day appointed Etta F. Stanton as a Clerk before whom an oath may be made on an intention of marriage in accordance with Section 20 of Chapter 207 of the General Laws of 1921 and that she has taken the oath required for the faithful performance of her duties.
E. CAROLINE PIERCE
Town Clerk.
Annual Meeting
Arlington, March 26, 1925.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of the Town by a Constable of said town, and notices sent by mail by
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the Town Clerk at least seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members, elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members so qualified met in the Robbins Memo- rial Town Hall in said Town on Thursday, March 26, 1925, at eight o'clock in the evening.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of James F. Higgins and Philip T. Robinson. The Lists contained the names of two hundred and sixty-one Town Meeting Members qualified to partici- pate and vote in Town Meetings in Arlington.
The Check Lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and nine- ty-six members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at five minutes after eight o'clock by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
The Town Meeting Members were sworn by the Moderator.
Copies of the Warrant having been supplied to the Town Meeting Members the Clerk read only the Call and the Constable's Return of the. Warrant, the meeting voting on Charles B. Devereaux's motion to dispense with the reading of the remainder of the Warrant.
On motion of William C. Drouet, it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the following reso- lution be received :
Thursday, March 26th, 1925.
Resolution
WHEREAS it soon becomes the task of the school committee to choose a name for the new school building to be erected on Lake Street, on the True site so-called, it is therefore
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RESOLVED that it is the sense of this Town Meet- ing that the School Committee though vested with au- thority to make the final selection, will act appropriate- ly, deservedly, and in full accord with the expressed preference of this meeting, if it designates the school building referred to as the Frank W. Hodgdon School.
Article 2 taken up. (Choice of Other Town Of- ficers)
On motion of Charles B. Devereaux, the following persons were elected to the offices designated for the term of one year :
Fence Viewers
Arthur P. Wyman George W. Kenty
Field Drivers
Thomas O. D. Urquhart
Thomas F. Priest
F. Joseph Cahalin
Daniel M. Hooley
Theodore R. Belyea John Duffy
Edwin C. Jacobs
Daniel P. Barry
Fish Preserver Everett S. Chapman
Measurers of Wood and Bark
Patrick F. Brosnahan Edmund L. Curtis
Albert F. Duffy
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Selectmen-Other Town Officers and Committees)
On motion of Charles B. Devereaux :
Voted: That the reports of the Selectmen and the various Town Officers, as presented in the Town Report, together with the additions of the Table of Sta- tistics of Assessors and Committees heretofore appointed be accepted.
No report was made by the Committee under vote passed April 16, 1923 to investigate the matter of Ad-
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ditional Fire Protection in the Western Section of the Town.
No report was made by the Committee under vote passed April 16, 1923 to draw up regulations relating to land acquired by the Town in connection with unpaid taxes and assessments.
On account of the Committee having been dis- charged at a previous meeting, there was no report on Additional School Accommodations.
No report was made by the Committee under vote passed March 28, 1923 for the construction of the Fire Department Building.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott, Chairman of the Fin- ance Committee :
Voted: That the remaining articles in the War- rant be now taken up and the recommendations of the Finance Committee as contained in the printed report be considered as now before the meeting, one change to be made in the Outside Poor recommendation :
Clerk
$900.00
Town Physician 400.00
Other Expenses 22,700.00
$24,000.00
Voted : That the report of the Finance Committee be received.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott :
Voted : That Article 3 be laid on the table.
On motion of Charles B. Devereaux :
Voted: That when this meeting adjourns, it ad- journ to meet on Thursday evening, April 2, 1925 at eight o'clock.
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On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Voted: That the remaining articles in the War- rant be taken up in the following order :- 4-24 both inclusive, 58, 25-57 both inclusive, and that the same be considered as now before the meeting to be voted upon and in the order given.
Article 4 taken up. (Appropriation for Robbins Library)
Voted : That the Dog Tax and the sum of $13,000 be and hereby is appropriated for the Robbins Library and branches for the year 1925, the same to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Library.
Article 5 taken up. (Appropriation for Schools)
Voted: That the sum of $392,010. be and hereby is appropriated for the Public Schools for the year 1925, the same to be expended under the direction of the School Committee as follows :
Salaries $306,460.00
Fuel, Repairs, etc.
32,000.00
General Expenses
53,550.00
Total
$392,010.00
Article 6 taken up. (Memorial Day Appropriation)
Voted: That the sum of $700 be and hereby is ap- propriated for the proper observance of Memorial Day to be expended as follows :
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