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*Harold E. Magnuson, 11 Avon Place 351
Blanks
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PRECINCT SIX-ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)
*Hugh A. Mallon, Jr., 50 Kensington Park. 309
Torsten H. Reenstierna, 21 Spring Valley . 270
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PRECINCT SEVEN-THREE YEARS
*James Joseph Carmody, 39 Phillips Street. 407
*Daniel R. Daley, 50 Sherborn Street . 396
Thomas Fitzpatrick, 6 Jean Road. . 210
*Lillian M. Germain, 11 Webcowet Road. 434
Henry E. Halpin, 141 Franklin Street . 312
*Edward F. Hughes, 166 Franklin Street. 339
*John A. MacDonald, 17 Lewis Avenue. 313
John H. Sullivan, 21 Lewis Avenue. 221
*John J. Sullivan, 51 Webster Street. 379
Blanks
711
PRECINCT SEVEN-TWO YEARS (to fill vacancies)
*Richard E. Powers, 16 Newton Road. 338
*Leonard G. Russell, 43 Webcowet Road 354
Paul R. Shanahan, 52 Lewis Avenue 337
Blanks 215
PRECINCT EIGHT-THREE YEARS
*Lawrence C. Chester, 17 Temple Street. 373
*Leonard Collins, 112 Highland Avenue. 403
*Minerva C. Farrow, 198 Highland Avenue 403
Axel F. Flodstrom, 902 Massachusetts Avenue. 212
*Frank R. Larson, 13 Woodland Street . 367
Irving W. Lovell, 155 Highland Avenue 319
*Albert N. Parker, 20 Woodland Street. 342
Michele Terenzio, 41 Bailey Road. 97
*Heber W. Youngken, 12 Woodland Street 402
Blanks 682
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PRECINCT EIGHT-ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)
*William F. Butler, Jr., 110 Highland Avenue. 227
Raymond P. Hudson, 7 Field Road. 110
Arthur W. Hughes, Jr., 11 Lincoln Street. 172
Blanks 91
PRECINCT NINE-THREE YEARS
*Charles A. Armitage, 16 Frost Street. 289
Richard A. Barnard, 67 Mystic Street 206
*Roscoe O. Elliott, 1 Windmill Lane. 241
*Ernest Hesseltine, 38 Russell Street 276
*John N. Loud, 28 Draper Aveune. 26
Paul F. McCall, 5 Davis Avenue. 234
*Marcus L. Sorensen, 27 Langley Road. 277
John J. Wilson, 5 Brookdale Road. 186
Blanks
430
PRECINCT NINE-ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)
Charles P. Bridges, 47 Beverly Road.
161
*William J. Pierce, 11 Stowecroft Road. 243
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PRECINCT TEN-THREE YEARS
*John P. Ackers, 36 Grandview Road. 361
Wilbert H. Connor, 49 Fisher Road. 157
*Clarence A. Estey, 52 Grandview Road. 292
Edward G. Grey, 121 Scituate Street. 236
*Edward W. Higgins, 78 Scituate Street. 328
John D. Kelly, 83 Highland Avenue. 200
*Willard Reed Locke, 46 Mt. Vernon Street. 268
William J. Mckeever, 78 Menotomy Road 153
Robert V. Meyer, 180 Scituate Street .. 173
*John M. Stearns, 11 Pine Ridge Road. 250
*J. Milton Washburn, Jr., 24 Coolidge Road. 350
Blanks 580
PRECINCT ELEVEN-THREE YEARS
*John J. Bradley, 263 Forest Street 385
Russell P. Cook, 25 Laurel Street. 143
Ernest L. Cooper, 18 King Street. 244
*Andrew A. Cunniff, 21 Peter Tufts Road. 399
Jack J. Donaldson, 11 Willow Place. 80
*James F. Donovan, 166 Washington Street. 395
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Ernest L. Gault, 969 Massachusetts Avenue 68
*Ralph Hoffman, 27 Edmund Road. 377
William A. Otterson, 31 Ronald Road. 216
*John C. Prescott, 291 Washington Street. 337
*Philip G. Whitney, 32 Crawford Street 334
Charles Mellen, 43 Crawford Street 1
Blanks
489
PRECINCT ELEVEN-TWO YEARS (to fill vacancy)
*William B. Barry, 995 Massachusetts Avenue. 337
Albert R. Klingler, 117 Overlook Road. 195
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PRECINCT ELEVEN-ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)
Warner J. Clifford, 7 Crawford Street. 191
*Mary A. McCormack, 174 Washington Street. 336
Blanks 51
PRECINCT TWELVE-THREE YEARS
Frederick L. Bloodsworth, 19 Linden Street 249
Frank A. Bouchie, 17 Higgins Street 169
James C. Doyle, 23 Chester Street. 191
*Clifton N. Fogg, 44 Kenilworth Road. 439
*John H. Greim, 57 Grandview Road. 423
Robert L. Kamm, 17 Paul Revere Road. 123
Myles H. McNally, 22 Cedar Avenue. 258
*Franklin Moore, 15 Hawthorne Avenue. 431
* John J. O'Neil, 41 Kenilworth Road. 413
*Sherman H. Peppard, 7 Gray Circle. 463
*Arthur E. Robinson, 34 Linden Street. 413
*Walter A. Wallstrom, 209 Spring Avenue. 345
Blanks 780
PRECINCT THIRTEEN-THREE YEARS
*Edward John Doherty, 99 Bow Street. 307
*William F. Duggan, 28 Peirce Street. 333
Charles Frederick, 207 Lowell Street. 276
*John P. Kedian, 103 Bow Street. 313
*Harold J. O'Brien, 18 Huntington Road. 305
*Charles W. Skinner, 193 Westminster Avenue 313
337
*Christopher F. Strong, 69 Sunset Road. Blanks 522
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PRECINCT FOURTEEN-THREE YEARS
*Laurence P. Arthur, 282 Renfrew Street . 351
*Joseph J. Barry, 275 Park Avenue. 273
*Gordon C. Clarke, 77 Florence Avenue. 277
*Charles E. Davis, 181 Waverly Street. 293
Ernest William Floyd, 36 Sutherland Road. 165
*Carroll B. Gustafson, 155 George Street. 251
John J. McHugh, 127 Wachusett Avenue. 201
Ira W. Smith, 87 George Street. . 197
*Richard B. Talcott, 247 Wachusett Avenue 250
Joseph S. Vahey, 268 Oakland Avenue. 240
Blanks 484
PRECINCT FOURTEEN-TWO YEARS
(to fill vacancy) 377
* James A. Flanagan, 290 Renfrew Street .
Blanks 120
PRECINCT FOURTEEN ONE YEAR
(to fill vacancy)
*George A. Davison, 281 Park Avenue. 262
Daniel J. Kenney, 268 Renfrew Street 171
Blanks 64
A true record of the election. Attest:
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
*Declared elected by the Chairman of the Registrars of Voters.
** Mr. Laurence E. Kiely withdrew in favor of Mr. Harry A. Earle.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Arlington, March 12, 1947.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of Arlington by a Constable of said Town, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, and advertised in two local papers, the Town Meeting Members met in the Rob- bins Memorial Town Hall on Wednesday evening, March 12, 1947.
Lists containing the names of Town Meeting Members of the fourteen precincts were used at the entrance to the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney; they were filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting and showed that two hundred and five Town Meeting Members and eleven Members-at-large attended.
The Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Davis, called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not previously sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
There being no objection to the request of Chairman Adams, permission was granted to Messrs. Cahalin and Peterson of the Board of Selectmen; Mr. Golden, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen; Messrs. Wallace and O'Neill of the Board of Public Works; Messrs. Witherell, Fish, Wise, Halpin, Farrow, Putnam, Phinney and Young of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Finance Committee, to sit with him during the meeting.
The Town Clerk read the Call for the Meeting and the Con- stable's return thereon, the reading of the remainder of the War- rant being waived by consent of the meeting.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at this session, when the meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Friday evening, March 14, 1947, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up.
Article 2 taken up. (Choice of other Town Officers.)
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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Voted: That the following be appointed Measurers of Wood and Bark:
Patrick F. Brosnahan, 19 Linwood Street
Charles E. Hale, 24 Jason Street
Horace W. Peirce, 38 Bailey Road.
There being no further business under Article 2, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That Article 3 be taken up.
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Selectmen, other Town Officers and Committees.)
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That the reports of the Selectmen and of the various Town Officers, and the Committees heretofore appointed, together with the statistics of the Assessors as printed in the Town Report, be received.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That the report of the Finance Committee as presented in its printed form be received.
Mr. G. Bertram Washburn stated that the Committee of De- cember 2, 1946, to Aid and Advise Housing Committee re: Vete- rans was making progress.
Mr. Harvey C. Abbott made a Report of Progress for the Com- mittee appointed to Study Traffic Conditions in Arlington Center.
Mr. Warren A. Seavey made a Report of Progress for the Com- mittee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting.
Mr. Alfred C. Bridgens made a report of Progress for the Com- mittee appointed re: Revision Building Code.
The Committee appointed re: Voting Machines presented its report, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously Voted: That it be received.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That Article 3 be laid on the table.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: 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 recommendations of the Finance Committee under said Articles as presented in their printed report be considered as
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now before the meeting, to be voted upon without further motion, separately, under the respective articles as they appear in said report.
A few late Town Meeting Members were sworn in at this point.
Article 4 taken up. (Assessment for County Hospital.)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of twenty-five thousand five hundred fifty six and 75/100 ($25,556.75) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the payment to the County of Middlesex of amounts assessed upon or otherwise payable by the Town under Warrant issued by the County Commissioners in accordance with Chapter 500, Sec- tion 1, of the Acts of 1943 for: (A) the Town's share of the care, maintenance and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hos- pital during the last preceding calendar year, including interest on temporary notes issued thereof, in accordance with sections of Chapter III of the General Laws applicable thereto; (B) the Town's share of any and all other expenses in connection with said hospital, including expenses under section 25G (6) (a) of Chap- ter 32 of the General Laws inserted by Chapter 400 of the Acts of 1936; said sum to be raised by General tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 4, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 5 taken up. (Town Outlays and Expenses.)
The Finance Committee recommends that sums be appropriated to defray Town outlays and expenses for the year 1947 to be raised by general tax except as otherwise specifically voted and expended, and the disposal of personal property be authorized, all under the direction of the respective department heads as follows:
1. FINANCE COMMITTEE
Voted: unanimously
Chairman
$250.00
Secretary
100.00
Executive Secretary
650.00
Total Personal Services $1,000.00
Expenses .
$600.00
Total Recommendation $1,600.00
2. BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Voted: unanimously
$800.00
Chairman of Board.
Other Board Members 1,200.00
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Secretary of Board. 3,060.00
Other Clerks
2,828.00
Civil Service Labor Reg. Clerk
104.00
Total Personal Services $7,992.00
Expenses
$1,315.00
Total Recommendation $9,307.00
3. TOWN ACCOUNTANT (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
Town Accountant
$4,360.00
Jr. Accountant
3,160.00
Other Clerks .
2,747.96
Extra Clerk-Emergency
50.00
Total Personal Services
$10,317.96
Expenses
$430.00
Total Recommendation $10,747.96
4. TOWN TREASURER-COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Voted: unanimously
Treasurer-Collector
$4,560.00
Chief Clerk-Treasurer
2,860.00
Other Clerks
9,860.00
Total Personal Services $17,280.00
Expenses
$4,222.00
Total Recommendation $21,502.00
5. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Voted: unanimously
Members of Board.
$3,600.00
Executive Secretary
3,560.00
Other Clerks
5,146.00
Total Personal Services
$12,306.00
Expenses
$1,100.00
Total Recommendation $13,406.00
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LEGAL (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services-Town Counsel. $2,000.00 Expenses: Legal expenses, including among oth- ers, expenses relating to the prosecution, de- fense or settlement of actions or claims by, against or involving the interests of the Town or relating to matters for which there have been or may be special appropriations. $10,000.00
Total Recommendation $12,000.00
7. TOWN CLERK
Voted: unanimously
Town Clerk
$3,660.00
Other Clerks
4,076.00
Vital Statistics
250.00
Total Personal Services $7,986.00
Expenses
$1,943.00
Total Recommendation $9,929.00
8. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Voted: unanimously
General Administration
Chairman of Board. $800.00
Other Board Members.
1,200.00
Supt. of Public Works.
4,460.00
Other Clerks, including Timekeeper and Stock- keeper
12,428.00
Emergency Clerk Hire.
260.00
Executive Secretary and Head Clerk.
3,760.00
Total Personal Services $22,908.00
Expenses
$1,900.00
Total Recommendation $24,808.00
9. ENGINEERING (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
$4,360.00
Town Engineer
26,382.87
Other Engineers
Clerk 1,820.00
Total Personal Services
$32,562.87
Expenses $2,376.50
6. £ Voted: unanimously
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Capital Outlay
(To be taken from available funds now in the Treasury) New Automobile. . $1,200.00 Allowance on 1940 Chevrolet. . 350.00
$850.00
Ozalid Printing and Developing Machine $985.00
Allowance on present equipment. . 150.00
835.00
Total Capital Outlay. $1,685.00
Total Recommendation $36,624.37
Mr. Lansing offered an amendment, duly seconded, changing $4,360.00 for Town Engineer to $4,460.00, and changing Total Personal Services to $32,662.87-and on being put to a vote the Moderator declared it carried. The vote was doubted and on a Rising Vote, 111 voted Yes and 77 No, and the Moderator de- clared it carried. Thereupon it was
Voted:
9. ENGINEERING (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Town Engineer . $4,460.00
Other Engineers 26,382.87
Clerk 1,820.00
Total Personal Services $32,662.87
Expenses $2,376.50
Capital Outlay
(To be taken from available funds now in the Treasury)
New Automobile $1,200.00
Allowance on 1940 Chevrolet. 350.00
$850.00
Ozalid Printing and Developing
Machine
$985.00
Allowance on present equipment. . 150.00
835.00
Total Capital Outlay $1,685.00
Total Recommendation $36,724.37
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10. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS (Board of Selectmen) Voted: unanimously
Registrars
$850.00
Ass't Registrars and Others
3,692.00
Election Officers
1,350.00
Other Services
160.00
Total Personal Services
$6,052.00
Expenses
4,254.00
Total Recommendation $10,306.00
11. PLANNING BOARD
Voted: unanimously
Chairman
$100.00
Secretary
100.00
Total Personal Services
$200.00
Expenses
$600.00
Total Recommendation $800.00
12. BOARD OF SURVEY (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Voted: unanimously
Secretary of Board
$1,100.00
Clerk
780.00
Total Personal Services
$1,880.00
Expenses
$760.00
Total Recommendation $2,640.00
13. ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL (Board of Selectmen) The Finance Committee recommended the following:
Superintendent
$3,660.00
Janitor
2,660.00
Others
2,670.00
Total Personal Services $8,990.00
Expenses
$6,797.00
Total Recommendation $15,787.00
Chairman Adams offered the following substitute motion:
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13. ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL (Board of Selectmen)
Superintendent
$3,660.00
Janitor 2,660.00
Others 2.670.00
Total Personal Services $8,990.00
Expenses
$7.577.00
and on being put to a vote the Moderator declared it lost --- and it was
Voted:
13. ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL ( Board of Selectmen)
Superintendent
$3,660.00
Janitor
2,660.00
Others
2,670.00
Total Personal Services $8.990.00
Expenses
$6,797.00
Total Recommendation $15,787.00
MAINTENANCE OF GROUNDS
Voted: unanimously
Superintendent
$270.00
Others
4,350.00
Total Personal Services
$4,620.00
Expenses
$750.00
Total Recommendation $5,370.00
14. POLICE DEPARTMENT (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
Chief
$4,460.00
Officers
35,160.00
Patrolmen
133,434.75
Radio and Motor Equipment Repairman
3,060.00
Principal Clerk-Stenographer 2,028.00
Jr. Clerk-Stenographer 1,596.00
Others 3,365.00
Total Personal Services $183,103.75
Expenses $17,792.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34. $150.00
Total Recommendation $201,045.75
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15. FIRE DEPARTMENT (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
Chief
$4,460.00
Officers 46,240.00
Privates 115,341.75
Others 2,220.00
2 New Lieutenants from May 1, 1947 4,080.00
Total Personal Services. $172,341.75
Expenses $13,106.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34. $100.00
Capital Outlay
New Furnishings
$200.00
Hose
400.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury. . . . $600.00
Total Recommendation $186,147.75
16. FIRE AND POLICE SIGNALS (Board of Selectmen) Voted: unanimously
Expenses
$2,190.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section
5, Paragraph 34 $100.00
Capital Outlay
Fire Alarm Boxes
$1,540.00
Installing Boxes
1,066.00
Police Boxes 550.00
Installing Boxes
412.00
Air Compressor
550.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury) .... $4,118.00
Total Recommendation $6,408.00
17. BUILDING, PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTION (Board of Selectmen)
The Finance Committee recommended the following: Inspector of Buildings. $3,560.00
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Asst. Inspector of Buildings. . 2,460.00
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas. 2,760.00
Clerk-Stenographer 1,380.00
Total Personal Services $10,160.00
Expenses $1,114.00
Capital Outlay
Filing Case $30.00
New Automobile $1,200.00
Less allowance on 1940 Chevrolet. 400.00
800.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury ) .... $830.00
Total Recommendation $12,104.00
The following substitute motion was offered:
17. BUILDING, PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTION (Board of Selectmen)
Inspector of Buildings $3,660.00
Ass't Inspector of Buildings. 2,660.00
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas. 2,860.00
Clerk-Stenographer 1,380.00
Total Personal Services $10,560.00
Expenses
$1,114.00
Capital Outlay
Filing Case
30.00
New Automobile
$1,200.00
Less allowance on 1940 Chevrolet 400.00
800.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury) .... $830.00
Total Recommendation $12,504.00
On being put to a vote the Moderator declared it lost, and it was Voted:
17. BUILDING, PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTION (Board of Selectmen)
Inspector of Buildings.
$3,560.00
Ass't Inspector of Buildings . 2,460.00
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas. 2,760.00
Clerk-Stenographer 1,380.00
Total Personal Services
$10,160.00
Expenses $1,114.00
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Capital Outlay
Filing Case $30.00
New Automobile $1,200.00
Less allowance on 1940 Chevrolet 400.00
800.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury ) .... $830.00
Total Recommendation $12,104.00
18. BOARDS OF APPEALS (Board of Selectmen) Voted: unanimously
Personal Services and Expenses.
$2,100.00
19. WIRE DEPARTMENT (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Voted: unanimously
Inspector of Wires. .
$3,660.00
Substitute Inspector (for vacation)
100.00
Total Personal Services $3,760.00
Expenses
$653.70
Total Recommendation $4,413.70
20. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Board of Selectmen) Voted: unanimously Personal Services-Sealer $2,760.00
Expenses
$395.00
Total Recommendation $3,155.00
21. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
Superintendent
$2,660.00
Wages (including spraying School, Park and 7,475.00
Cemetery property )
Total Personal Services
$10,135.00
Expenses $2,703.00
Capital Outlay
New Dump Body Truck-11/2 ton $2,450.00 Less allowance on old 1938 truck 450.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds in the Treasury . . $2,000.00
. Total Recommendation $14,838.00
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22. TREE WARDEN
Voted: unanimously
Tree Warden
$600.00
Wages
6,400.00
Total Personal Services
$7,000.00
Expenses
$1,073.00
Capital Outlay
New Trees and Stakes. $1,000.00
New Chain Saw. 800.00
Total Capital Outlay (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury) ... . $1,800.00
Total Recommendation $9,873.00
23. BOARD OF HEALTH
Voted: unanimously
Salaries of Board.
$750.00
Agent
3,260.00
Clerk-Stenographer
1,460.00
Dentist
1,700.00
Nurse
2,260.00
Others
1,400.00
Total Personal Services $10,830.00
Expenses
$2,100.00
Capital Outlav (to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury)
New Typewriter $126.22
Less allowance on old typewriter. . 25.00
Total Capital Outlay
$101.22
Communicable Diseases $17,500.00
Mosquito Control Project. $2,000.00
Total Recommendation $32,531.22
24. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS ( Board of Selectmen) Voted: unanimously Personal Services
$600.00
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25. SEWER MAINTENANCE (Board of Public Works) Voted: unanimously
Maintenance of Sewerage System (including Tools and Equipment) . $15,000.00
26. SANITARY DIVISION (Board of Public Works)
Voted: unanimously
Personal Services-Foreman $2,510.00
Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish:
Wages, Equipment, Dump Rental and Main- tenance, Materials and Supplies. $137,490.00
Total Recommendation $140,000.00
27. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Public Works)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges to be expended sub- stantially as follows:
Personal Services-Foreman $3,070.00
Maintenance 132,000.00
Removal of Snow and Ice. 10,000.00
Maintenance of Snow Removal Equipment. 3,750.00
Salt and Calcium Chloride 750.00
Total $149,570.00
NOTE: At a meeting of the Finance Committee held January 29, 1947, it was
Voted: That the Chairman of the Finance Committee be and hereby is authorized to move at the annual Town Meeting that the amount of snow and ice removal appropriation be made in a sum covering the amount expended from January 1, 1947, to the date upon which the motion is made plus any outstanding liabili- ties for such removal estimated by the Public Works Department, but at the time unpaid and by adding thereto the sum of ten thou- sand (10,000.00) dollars to cover the cost of removal of snow and ice for the months of October, November and December, 1947.
On motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously
Voted: To amend item 27 by changing $10,000.00 for Removal of Snow and Ice to $44,197.19, and the total recommendation to $183,767.19 and thereupon it was
Voted:
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27. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Public Works)
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges to be expended sub- stantially as follows:
Personal Services-Foreman $3,070.00
Maintenance $132,000.00
Removal of Snow and Ice 44,197.19
Maintenance of Snow Removal Equipment 3,750.00
Salt and Calcium Chloride . 750.00
Total $183,767.19
27a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Public Works) Voted: unanimously
Capital Outlay
Highway Equipment, including Snow and Ice Equipment.
To be expended substantially as follows and to be taken from available funds now in the Treasury.
1-3 to 4 ton Heavy-duty Truck with Load Packer Body $7,850.00
1-11/2 ton truck Chassis for Compressor .... 2,000.00
2-2 to 3 ton Heavy-Duty Trucks with Dump Bodies @ $4,500.00 each $9,000.00
Allowance on 1938 Dump Truck Body 500.00
8,500.00
2 Narrow Tractor Sidewalk Snow Plows @ $2,200.00 each 4,400.00
2-10 ft. Blade Truck Plows complete @ $600.00 each 1,200.00
Total Capital Outlay $23,950.00
28. STREET LIGHTING (Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Voted: unanimously Street Lighting $59,513.40
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29. TRAFFIC SIGNALS (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
Maintenance Man
$2,724.00
Ass't Maintenance Man
2,019.68
Total Personal Services. $4,743.68
Expenses $3,000.00
Total Recommendation $7,743.68
30. PUBLIC WELFARE - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND DISTRICT NURSES (Board of Selectmen)
Voted: unanimously
ADMINISTRATION
Agent
$3,860.00
Clerks and Others
24,440.00
Town Physician
600.00
Total Personal Services
$28,900.00
District or other Nurses
$2,000.00
AID AND ASSISTANCE
Welfare
$32,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children $33,000.00
Old Age Assistance. $150,000.00
Total Recommendation $245,900.00
31. VETERANS' BENEFITS (Board of Selectmen )
Voted: unanimously
Agent
$3,060.00
Investigator
2,080.00
Clerks and Others
1,280.00
Total Personal Services $6,420.00
Expenses
$900.00
Aid and Assistance (including War Allowance,
Veterans' Benefits, Special Care and Burial Aid $17,300.00 Total Recommendation $24,620.00
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TOWN RECORDS
32. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
I. General Control
Voted: unanimously
Superintendent $6,210.00
Others
14,440.00
Total Personal Services. $20,650.00
Expenses $1,325.00
Total
$21,975.00
II. Instructional Service
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
Personal Services $639,493.00
Expenses 1,250.00
Supplies 35,350.00
Total $676,093.00
Special Compensation for Teachers for 1947 $99,600.00 Mr. Bevins offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded:
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