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Copies of the Warrant having been supplied to the Town Meeting Members, the Town Clerk read only the Call and the Constable's Return of the Warrant, the meeting voting on Selectmen Lowe's motion to dispense with the reading of the remainder of the warrant.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That when the meeting ad- journs if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the warrant is not disposed of on this date, the meeting ad- journ to Wednesday evening March 27th, 1935 at eight o'clock.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That at 8:27 the Annual Meeting be recessed until the business of the Special Meeting called for 8:30 is completed and in no event shall the recess of the Annual Meeting extend beyond the time at which said Special Meeting is adjourned.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 2 be taken up.
Article 2 taken up. (Choice of Other Town Officers)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the following be ap- pointed measurers of wood and bark for the term of one year.
Arthur B. Peirce Charles E. Hale Patrick F. Brosnahan
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On motion of Selectmen Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 3 be taken up.
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Selectmen-other Town Officers and Committees)
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the reports of the Select- men and of the various town officers and the committees heretofore appointed together with the statistics of the assessors, as presented in the Town Report be received.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the report of the Fi- nance Committee as presented in printed form be received.
By permission of the Moderator, Thomas G. Hen- nessey was granted permission to speak. Mr. Hennessey spoke relative to the Report of the Finance Committee claiming that the Precinct Meetings held previous to the Town Meeting are unconstitutional and are forbidden expressly by statute. Mr. Hennessey referred to the Pro- visions of Chapter 39, Section 20, of the General Laws.
John E. Mitchell, of the Committee on Town Yard made a report of progress.
Vittoria C. Dallin, Chairman of the Committee under vote of the Town passed May 26, 1930 to investi- gate and study Public Library accommodations at Ar- lington Heights made the following report.
The Committee appointed by the Moderator, in ac- cordance with the vote of the Town to investigate and study Library accommodations at Arlington Heights on
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May 26, 1930, and further authorized by a vote of the Town on July 13, 1931 to increase its membership and to secure plans and estimates for a building to be placed on land belonging to the Town on the corner of Park Avenue and Paul Revere Road presents a report of progress.
Previous reports have stated the very urgent need of better and more adequate accommodations, and that plans and estimates were procured by November 1931.
The need has grown greater rather than less and the distribution of over 250 books each of the three days a week from a little room 8' x 12' presents many compli- cated problems.
The committee is so eager for this branch that a fund has been started by the Study Club for extra books and furnishings and the young people have enlarged this fund by their recent performance of "Disraeli" in the Town Hall.
May the Town see its way soon to the erection of a Branch Library at the Heights.
Respectfully submitted
(Signed) J. HOWARD HAYES SARAH R. VAUGHN WILLIAM A. MULLER VITTORIA C. DALLIN
On motion of a Town Meeting Member:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the report be received as read.
William F. O'Brien asked to hear from the Commit- tee on the vote of the Town passed June 21st, 1932 to
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investigate and report on the advisability of acquiring a suitable playground or park for small children in the easterly section of the Town.
Richard Donovan spoke relative to the foregoing requesting that the Committee be discharged and another Committee appointed. At the request of William B. Barry a non-Town Meeting Member, William C. Scan- nell of the Playground Committee reported that nothing had been done by the Committee owing to the financial condition of the Town but anticipated that before the present Town Meeting finally adjourned the Committee would be able to make a report.
Richard Donovan explained his previous motion and wished to amend it by laying the matter on the table until the adjourned meeting.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the matter be laid on the table to be taken up at the Adjourned Meeting.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 3 be laid on the table.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the remaining articles in the warrant be now taken up separately in the order in which they appear in said warrant and that the recom- mendations of the Finance Committee under said Articles as presented in their printed report be considered as now before the meeting, to be voted upon without further motion, separately, under the respective articles as they appear in said report.
Article 4 taken up. (Town outlays and expenses)
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Selectman Lowe offered the following amendment which was seconded by William F. Holian.
The Finance Committee recommends that sums be appropriated to defray Town expenses for the year 1935, to be raised by general tax and expended under the di- rection of the several department heads, as follows:
The Moderator declared the Meeting adjourned at this hour 8:27 until the business of the Special Meeting is completed.
Meeting adjourned.
A True Record, Attest :
E. CAROLINE PIERCE
Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To 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 legal vot- ers of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1935 at 8.30 o'clock P.M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and sub- ject to the referenda provided for by, chapter 642 of the Acts of 1920.
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Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 2. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tubercu- losis Hospital Funding Loan, Acts of 1932 bonds matur- ing in 1935, issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due in 1935, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said hospital for 1934, and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein speci- fied 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 con- spicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
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 twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.
LEONARD COLLINS GEORGE H. LOWE, Jr. ERNEST W. DAVIS Selectmen of the Town of Arlington
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., Feb. 26, 1935
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place 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 at- tested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, place and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
(Signed) A. GORDON WIER,
Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
SPECIAL MEETING
Arlington, Mass., March 20, 1935.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, by a constable of the said Town and sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday March 20, 1935 at 8:30 o'clock in the evening.
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Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and sixty-four members attended the meeting.
The Moderator called the Meeting to order at 8:30 o'clock P.M. declaring a quorum present.
James C. Carr was sworn by the Town Clerk to im- partially and correctly report the proceedings of the meet- ing to the best of his ability.
The Clerk read the call and the Constable's Return of the warrant, the reading of the remainder of the war- rant being waived by the unanimous consent of the meeting.
Town Meeting Members not previously sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the warrant is not disposed of on this date the meeting adjourn to Wednesday evening, March 27, 1935 at 8:30 o'clock P.M.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be taken up.
Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees)
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
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Voted: (Unanimously) That the report of the Finance Committee as presented in its printed form be now re- ceived.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the remaining article in the warrant be taken up and that the recommendation of the Finance Committee under said Article as presented in their printed report be considered as now before the meeting to be voted upon without further motion.
Article 2 taken up. (Assessment for County Hos- pital)
On the motion as amended by Committee Chairman Davidson it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars this being the Town's share of the princi- pal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Fund- ing Loan, Acts of 1932, bonds maturing in 1935, be and the same is hereby appropriated, and that a further sum of three thousand one hundred eighty-seven and 50/100 (3,187.50) dollars be and hereby is appropriated on ac- count of interest and other charges on account thereof. That a further sum of seven thousand seven hundred twenty-six and 27/100 (7,726.27) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repairs of the Middlesex County Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto and that said sum
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be raised by general tax and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson:
Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1 the Moderator declared Article 1 disposed of.
All the business calling this meeting having been dis- posed of, on motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the meeting adjourn.
A True Record, Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL MEETING
Arlington, March 20, 1935.
The business of the Warrant of the Special Meeting having been disposed of the Moderator declared the Ad- journed Annual Meeting of this same date called to order declaring Article 4 before the meeting with the proposed amendment of Selectman Lowe.
M. Ernest Moore offered the following substitute motion :
The Finance Committee recommends that the sums as hereinafter set forth against the several departments in items 1 to 43 reduced, however, by 772% of each item shown as wages, salaries and personal services represent-
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ing a reduction in said items at the rate of ten per cent per annum to take effect from April 1st to December 31st, be appropriated to defray Town expenses for the year 1935, to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the several department heads, as follows, as set forth in the printed report of the Finance Committee and, further, it is the sense of the Town Meeting that if the tax rate for 1935 without salary reduction is not greater than $33.00 per thousand of valuation, that the Selectmen shall call a later Town Meeting and insert an article for the appropriation of money to reimburse for reduction of the salaries of Town Officers and employees which may have been decreased at the Annual Meeting for 1935. This substitute motion was seconded by Robert M. Boyd.
The Moderator asking for any remarks Hollis M. Gott addressed the Meeting, urging the Town Meeting Members to vote against the recommendation of the Fi- nance Committee in regard to the reduction of salaries and wages.
Arthur P. Wyman addressed the meeting as one of the signers of the petition for the reduction stating that he was opposed at this time to a reduction of salaries on account of the report of the Finance Committee.
Selectman Lowe addressed the meeting strongly urg- ing the Town Meeting Members not to vote for a reduc- tion in salaries and wages, and that they would vote in accordance with his amendment.
Anna B. Callahan, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, presented a resolution adopted by the Cham- ber of Commerce which states that "the officers and the Board of Directors of the Arlington Chamber of Com- merce are opposed to any reduction in salaries and wages of town officers and employees".
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Committee Chairman Davidson stated that the Fi- nance Committee took their action after receiving reso- lutions from the Chamber of Commerce and the Tax Payer's Association.
M. Edward Gaddis and Roger W. Homer expressed opposition to reduction in salaries and wages.
The substitute motion of M. Ernest Moore being put before the meeting was lost.
The recommendation of the Finance Committee as amended by Selectman Lowe being put before the meet- ing it was
Voted: (Declared more than the necessary two-thirds by the Moderator)
That sums be appropriated to defray Town expenses for the year 1935, to be raised by general tax and ex- pended under the direction of the several department heads, as follows:
Voted: (Unanimously)
1. Finance Committee (Finance Commit- tee) Personal Services . $900.00
(Chairman, $250; Secretary, $50; Clerk, $600)
Expenses 400.00
$1,300.00
(Unanimously) :
Reserve Fund. $25,000.00
(Unanimously) :
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2. Police Department (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services .
$117,950.00 (Chief, $3,200; Officers and Patrolmen, $111,045; Clerks, $1,070; Others, $2,635) Material and Expenses . 10,536.00
For the transportation and expense of Officers with prisoners incurred Outside the Commonwealth as described in Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Para- graph 34 . 100.00
$128,586.00
(Unanimously) :
3. Traffic-Signals (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services: Mechanic . $1,716.00
Material and Expenses . 1,200.00
$2,916.00
(Unanimously) :
4. Fire Department (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $107,088.50 (Chief, $3,200; Officers and Firemen, $103,238.50; Others, $650) Material and Expenses . 8,120.00
$115,208.50
(Unanimously) :
4a. Fire and Police Signal System
Personal Services. . $4,386.25
(Superintendent, $2,500; Assistant, $1,886.50)
Maintenance of System 1,450.00
$5,836.25
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(Unanimously) :
5. Selectmen (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $5,612.00
(Chairman of Board, $800; Other Board Members $600 each; Secretary of the Board, $2,000; Clerks, $1,612)
Material and Expenses . 1,235.00
$6,847.00
Voted:
6. Building, Plumbing & Gas Inspection (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $6,790.00
(Building Inspector, $600; Plumbing & Gas Inspector, $2,750; Others, $3,440) Material and Expenses . 510.00
$7,300.00
(Unanimously) :
7. Wire Department (Joint Board of Se- lectmen and Board of Public Works) Personal Services. $5,466.67
(Superintendent, $1,600; Inspector,
$1,600; Others, $2,266.67) Material and Expenses 350.00
$5,816.67
(Unanimously) :
8. Street Lighting (Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works). $45,299.50
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(Unanimously) :
9. Robbins' Memorial Town Hall (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $6,224.00
(Superintendent, $2,600; Janitor, $1,898; Others, $1,726)
Material and Expenses . 4,732.00
Maintenance of Grounds. 1,520.00
$12,476.00
(Unanimously) :
10. Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $1,220.00
(Janitors, $1,170; Others, $50)
Material and Expenses . 1,940.00
$3,160.00
(Unanimously) :
11. Public Welfare Department (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $4,460.00
(Agent, $2,820; Clerk, $1,040; Physi- cian, $600)
Material and Expenses 1,760.00
Aid
125,000.00
$131,220.00
(Unanimously) :
Aged Citizens Assistance. $25,000.00
(Unanimously) :
State and Military Aid $1,600.00
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(Unanimously) :
Soldiers' Relief, Burials & Exemptions . $20,000.00
(Unanimously) :
District or Other Nurses $1,500.00
(Unanimously) :
12. Elections and Town Meetings (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $2,655.00
Registrars, $600; Others, $100; Election
Officers, $1,500; Other Service, $455)
Material and Expenses . 1,750.00
$4,405.00
(Unanimously) :
13. Sealer of Weights and Measures (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $2,200.00
(Sealer, $2,100; Others, $100)
Material and Expenses 550.00
$2,750.00
(Unanimously) :
14. Pensions (Board of Selectmen)
$16,182.98
(Unanimously) :
15. Memorial Day (Board of Selectmen) To be expended as follows: Local Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans and Local Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans. $125.00
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Local Post of the United Spanish War Veterans . . 200.00
Arlington Post No. 39, American Legion 300.00
Post 1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars .. . 250.00
$875.00
(Unanimously) :
Patriot's Day (Board of Selectmen) .... $125.00
(Unanimously) :
16. Insurance (Board of Selectmen)
$11,977.00
(Unanimously) :
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
Fund (Board of Selectmen) $9,000.00
(Unanimously) :
Municipal Insurance Fund (Board of
Selectmen). No Appropri'n
(Unanimously) :
17. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppres- sion (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . $4,750.00
(Superintendent, $1,450; Others, $3,300)
Material and Expenses . 656.00
$5,406.00
(Unanimously) :
18. Tree Warden (Tree Warden)
Personal Services . $4,250.00
Material and Expenses 1,210.00
$5,460.00
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(Unanimously) :
19. Inspector of Animals (Board of Select- men) . $500.00
On the substitute motion of Committee Chairman Davidson :
(Unanimously) :
20. Printing Town Reports (Board of Se- lectmen) $972.54
21. School Department (School Committee)
School Committee Chairman Stratton offered a sub- stitute motion which was seconded by Katharine Lacey.
Mr. Stratton addressed the Meeting relative to his substitute motion and with permission of the Moderator distributed reports to the Town Meeting Members.
With the permission of the Meeting Superintendent of Schools Clarence Dempsey addressed the Meeting rela- tive to the School appropriation.
The substitute motion being put before the Meeting it was
Voted: (By a standing vote 125 voting in favor and 78 in opposition, Messrs. Delay, Davis and Moore acting as tellers).
That the sum appropriated to defray expenses of the School Department of the Town for the year 1935, to be expended under the direction of the School Committee of Arlington, be as follows:
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General Control. . $17,150.00
Instructional Service . 525,095.00
Operation of School Plant. 72,000.00
Maintenance of School Plant. 29,620.00
Auxiliary Agencies and Other Activities 14,543.00
Capital Outlay
1,800.00
Vocational School Tuition
4,500.00
Expenses incurred Outside the Common- wealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 4 00.00
$664,708.00
On motion of John L. Delay :
Voted: That the Meeting adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 11:06 P.M.
A True Record, Attest :
E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING
Arlington, March 27, 1935.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment on March 20th, 1935 the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Wednesday, March 27, 1935 notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the meet- ing. A notice was published in the local paper.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.
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The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and eight mem- bers attended the meeting.
James C. Carr, stenographer, was sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful performance of his duties.
The Moderator declaring a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 8:04 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not already sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That if the business calling this meeting is not disposed of on this date, the meeting adjourn to Wednesday evening April 3, 1935 at eight o'clock.
The Moderator declared Article 4, item 22 before the meeting.
The following substitute motion of Charles Dennen being put before the Meeting was lost.
That for the Robbins Library and Branches the fol- lowing sums be appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Robbins Library :-
Personal Services. $17,600.83
(Librarian, $2,600; Others, $15,000.83)
Material and Expenses . 8,323.79
(Includes Dog Tax) $25,924.62
The recommendation of the Finance Committee being put before the Meeting it was
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Voted: (Unanimously)
22. Robbins Library and Branches (Trus- tees of the Robbins Library)
Personal Services . $17,323.41
(Librarian, $2,600; Others, $14,723.41)
Material and Expenses 7,323.79
(Includes Dog Tax) $24,647.20
(Unanimously) :
23. Public Parks Department (Board of Park Commissioners)
Personal Services . $2,711.50
(Foreman, $2,007.50; Others, $600;
Clerk, $104)
Material and Expenses 4,860.00
(Wages $3,000)
Capital Outlay 495.00
(Rowboat, $75; Raft, $420)
$8,066.50
(Unanimously) :
(School Committee and Board of Park Commissioners)
Expenses, Warren A.Peirce Playground $400.00
(Unanimously) :
24. Board of Public Works (Board of Pub- lic Works) General Administration Personal Services . $21,188.00
(Chairman of the Board, $800; Other Board Members, $600 each. Clerk of Board, $3,120; Supt. of Public Works, $3,900; Timekeeper, $2,340; Stock- keeper, $2,080; Other Clerks, $7,748) Material and Expenses . 1,500.00
$22,688.00
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(Unanimously) :
Wages: Saturday Afternoons, Vaca-
tions and Holidays $30,225.00
(Unanimously) :
25. Sewer Maintenance (Board of Public
Works)
Maintenance of Sewerage System.
$5,100.00
Resurfacing
150.00
$5,250.00
(Unanimously) :
26. Water Department Maintenance (Board of Public Works)
Personal Services
$3,640.00
(Water Registrar, $2,600; Clerk, $1,040)
Material and Expenses; Office Supplies
1,500.00
Maintenance of Water System. 40,000.00
Extension of Services for House Con- nection .
2,100.00
Meters for New Services
1,350.00
$48,590.00
(Unanimously) :
Extension of Sewerage System (Board
of Public Works)
Extension of Sewers.
$10,400.00
Tools and Equipment
500.00
Resurfacing .
150.00
Capital Outlay 495.00
$11,545.00
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(Unanimously) :
Extension of Water Mains (Board of Public Works)
Laying and relaying Water Mains of not less than six inches in diameter
$9,800.00
Tools and Equipment. 1,200.00
Additional Water Mains and Hydrants for Senior High School and Junior High School West . 6,700.00
$17,700.00
(Unanimously) :
27. Extension of Storm Drains (Board of Public Works)
Extension of Storm Drains in 1935. . . $2,500.00
(Unanimously) :
28. Sanitary Division (Board of Public Works)
Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish:
Personal Services: Superintendent . $1,872.00
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