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Detail - Personal Services Inspector of Buildings
$ 4,467.00
Ass't Inspector of Buildings
3,361.00
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas
3,893.50
Clerk - Stenographer
2,037.00
$ 13,758.50
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Voted :
18. BOARDS OF APPEAL (Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services
$ 2.627.50
Expenses
$ 432.50
Total $3,060.00
Detail - Personal Services
Board of Appeals ( Zoning)
$ 1,050.00
Board of Appeal (Building)
600.00
Clerk - Stenographer
977.50
$ 2,627.50
Toted :
19. WIRE DEPARTMENT (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services
Inspector of Wires
$ 4,849.00
Ass't Inspector of Wires
3,429.50
Total - Personal Services
$ 8,278.50
Expenses
$ 1,290.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws. Chapter 40. Section 5, Paragraph 34
$ 300.00
Capital Outlay
Two drawer File Cabinet
$ 50.50
One Desk Chair
35.00
Desk with provision for typewriter
143.14
Total - Capital Outlay
$ 228.64
Total $10,097.14
Voted :
20. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ( Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services - Sealer $ 3,673.00 Expenses $ 730.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 $ 150.00
Total $4,553.00
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Voted :
21. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION ( Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services
$ 18,326.93
Expenses
$ 4,393.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34
$ 250.00
Capital Outlay
New Spray Pump $2,386.00
Less Allowance on old Pumps 586.00
$ 1,800.00
New Power Saw
500.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 2,300.00
Total $25,269.93
Detail - Personal Services
Superintendent
$ 3,610.00
Jr. Clerk - Stenographer
488.75
Extra Clerk - Vacation
75.18
Wages - Includes spraying Park, School and Cemetery property also control of Dutch Elm Disease
14,153.00
$ 18,326.93
Voted :
22. TREE WARDEN
Personal Services
$ 12,341.75
Expenses
$ 1,933.00
Capital Outlay
New Trees
$
2,850.00
Total $17,124.75
Detail - Personal Services
Tree Warden
$ 1,000.00
Jr. Clerk - - Stenographer
488.75
Extra Clerk
100.00
Wages
10,753.00
$ 12,341.75
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Voted :
23. BOARD OF HEALTH
Personal Services
$ 14,083.00
Expenses
$ 2,200.00
Capital Outlay Linoleum for office floor $ 200.00
Communicable Diseases
$ 15,000.00
Mosquito Control Project
$ 2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
$ 2,000.00
Total $35,483.00
Detail - Personal Services
Board Members
$ 750.00
Agent
4,392.50
Senior Clerk · Typist
2,255.50
Dentist
1,890.00
Nurse
3,020.00
Others
1,775.00
$ 14,083.00
Toted :
24. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS (Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services $ 630.00
Voted :
25. SEWER MAINTENANCE (Board of Selectmen )
Maintenance of Sewerage System (Including Tools and Equipment) $ 24,000.00
Voted :
26. SANITARY DIVISION (Board of Selectmen )
Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Wages, Equipment, Dump Maintenance, etc., Mate- rial and Supplies $ 175,000.00
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27. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES ( Board of Selectmen)
On motion of J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and declared by the Moderator to have carried on a voice vote, it was
Voted :
27. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Selectmen)
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges
To be expended substantially as follows: Maintenance
$ 200,000.00
Removal of Snow and Ice
$ 60,166.10
Maintenance of Snow Removal Equipment and Supplies $ 5,000.00
Total $265,166.10
Voted : To be raised by general
tax
$262,166.10 To be taken from the
Parking Meter Fund a/c
removal of Snow and Ice
from Parking Areas 3,000.00
$265,166.10
27a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Selectmen)
On the substitute motion of Robert F. Douglas of Precinct 4 to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried on a voice vote, it was
Voted:
27a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Selectmen)
Capital Outlay
Replacement and Purchase of New Equipment
To be expended substantially as follows:
2-1/2 to 34 ton Pickup trucks $2,400.00 Less allowance on 1-1945 1/2 ton Pickup Truck 100.00
1-1946 1% ton Pickup Truck 125.00
$ 2,175.00
2-1 Ton Chassis and Cabs $4,000.00
Less allowance on 2-1948 34 Ton Chassis & Cabs ...
300.00
3,700.00
Lubrication Equipment
2,300.00
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Explosion-proof Lighting System, Paint
Shop, Town Yard
1,500.00
2-Gasoline Pumps 960.00
1-Mobile Excavating Unit, complete with all attachments, mounted on truck 25,000.00
1-Air Impact Wrench, complete with Adaptors 500.00
2-Rotabins, model 3440 250.00
SNOW AND ICE
1-Tractor-4 Ton 7,000.00
Total Capital Outlay
43,385.00
Voted :
28. STREET LIGHTING (Board of Selectmen)
Street Lighting $ 76,636.08
Voted :
29. TRAFFIC SIGNALS (Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services
$ 8,295.16
Expenses
$ 5,080.00
Capital Outlay
Installation of Traffic Signals at Park Circle $ 1,500.00
200-20 ft. lengths 2" pipe (Traffic Signs Posts )
550.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 2,050.00
Total $15,425.16
Detail - Personal Services
Maintenance Man $ 3,893.50
Ass't Maintenance Man 2,965.50
2-Part Time Laborers
1,436.16
$ 8,295.16
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Voted :
30. PUBLIC WELFARE - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND DISTRICT NURSES (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services
$ 29,428.71
Expenses
$4,800.00
Less: Estimated U. S. Federal Grants
2,000.00 $ 2,800.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34
$ 200.00
Capital Outlay
New Automobile
$2,000.00
Less trade in 1948 Chevrolet 600.00
$ 1,400.00
1-Edison Voice Writer
390.00
4-Desks 200.00
4-Chairs
80.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 2,070.00
District or Other Nurses
$ 3,000.00
AID AND ASSISTANCE
Public Welfare
$ 60,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
$ 40,000.00
Old Age Assistance
$ 360,000.00
Disability Assistance
$ 37,000.00
Detail - Personal Services
Agent
$ 4,699.00
Clerks and Others
44,599.71
Town Physician
630.00
Less: Estimated U. S. Federal Grants
49,928.71
20,500.00
$ 29,428.71
Total $534,498.71
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Voted :
31. VETERANS' BENEFITS ( Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services
$ 10,078.50
Expenses
$ 1,770.00
Capital Outlay
New Files $ 150.00
AID AND ASSISTANCE (Including War Allowance Veterans' Benefits and Burial Aid) $ 28,750.00
Total $40,748.50
Detail - Personal Services
Director
$ 4,125.50
Investigator
3,347.50
Senior Clerk - Stenographer ...
2,105.50
Extra Clerk - - Typist
500.00
$ 10,078.50
Voted :
32. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
I. General Control
$ 28,641.00
II. Instructional Service $1,238,798.00
III. Operation of School Plant
$ 187,295.00
IV. Maintenance of School Plant $ 113,060.00
V. Auxiliary and Other Activities
$ 28,510.00
VI. Capital Outlay
$ 45,231.00
VII. Special Appropriations $ 17,260.00
VIII. Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 $ 200.00
Total $1,658,995.00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - DETAIL
I. General Control
Salaries
Superintendent
$ 8,000.00
Others
18,891.00
Total - Personal Services
$ 26,891.00
Expenses
$ 1.750.00
Total
$ 28.641.00
II. Instructional Service
Personal Services
$1.174,598.00
Expenses
5,100.00
Supplies
59,100.00
Total
$1,238,798.00
III. Operation of School Plant
Personal Services
$ 115,795.00
Materials and Expenses
71,500.00
Total
$ 187.295.00
.IV. Maintenance of School Plant
Personal Services
$ 35,756.00
Repairs and Replacements
66,529.00
Expenses
10,775.00
Total
$ 113,060.00
V. Auxiliary and Other Activities
Personal Services
$ 22,860.00
Expenses
5,650.00
Total
$ 28,510.00
VI. Capital Outlay
Furnishings
$ 16,003.00
Instructional Apparatus
6,288.00
Other Equipment
5.650.00
Visual Education
2,000.00
Remodeling and General Construction
15.290.00
Total
$ 45.231.00
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VII. Special Appropriations
Vocational School Tuition and Transporta- tion $ 4,760.00 Athletics (Chapter 658, Acts 1950) 6,000.00
6,000.00 Cafeterias (Chapter 417, Acts 1950) Arlington State-Aided Vocational School 500.00
Total
$ 17,260.00
VIII. Out of State Travel $ 200.00
Total
$1,658,995.00
On motion of M. Norcross Stratton, Chairman of the School Committee, Guly seconded. it was
Voted :
That the School Committee be and hereby is authorized and em- powered to investigate, study and consider school sites and school accommodations in such sections of the Town as said Committee may deem advisable, and to this end said Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such experts or assistance as may be necessary for such purpose or purposes; and that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) be and hereby is appropriated for the use of the School Committee; said sum to be raised by General Tax.
Toted :
33. ROBBINS LIBRARY AND BRANCHES
Personal Services
$ 83,046.50
Expenses
$ 37,669.00
Capital Outlay
Boiler
$ 1,275.00
Air Conditioning - East Branch
2,500.00
Fence - Dallin Branch
200.00
Equipment
875.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 4,850.00
Total $125,565.50 (Includes Dog Tax)
Detail - Personal Services
Librarian
$ 4,726.00
Others
65,899.50
Custodians
12,421.00
$ 83,046.50
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Voted :
34. PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Personal Services
$ 65,600.00
Expenses
$ 12,725.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34
$ 75.00
Capital Outlay
To be expended substantially as follows: Fencing
$ 1,836.00
Playground Equipment
3,000.00
Maintenance Equipment
4.300.00
New Dump Truck $3,000.00
Less trade in 1946 Ford Dump Truck 300.00
2,700.00
General Improvements
$ 15,000.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 26,836.00
Total $105,236.00
Voted :
35. WARREN A. PEIRCE PLAYGROUND
Expenses
$ 2,190.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
Fencing
$ 325.00
Resurface Portion of Parking Area
5,000.00
Storage and Maintenance Building
1.500.00
$ 6,825.00
Total $9.015.00
Voted :
36. PENSIONS (Board of Selectmen )
Pensions
$ 62,359.55
Voted :
37. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM (Retirement Board )
Pensions Accumulation Fund
$ 31,741.00
Expenses 1,500.00
Fund for Military Service Credit 227.11
$ 33,468.11
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Voted :
38. MEMORIAL DAY - PATRIOTS' DAY ( Board of Selectmen)
Memorial Day
$ 1,800.00
Patriots' Day
$ 400.00
Total $2,200.00
DETAIL MEMORIAL DAY To be expended as follows:
Local Tent of the Daughters of Union Vet- erans and Local Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans $ 125.00 Corp. Wm. P. Kenibbs Camp #66, United Spanish War Veterans 250.00 Arlington Post #39, The American Legion, Inc. 650.00 Arlington Post #1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars 550.00
25.00
Francis Gould Women's Relief Corps #43 Arlington Chapter #49, Disabled American Veterans 100.00 Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League 100.00
Total - Memorial Day $ 1,800.00
39. PRINTING TOWN REPORTS (Board of Selectmen )
On the substitute motion of Selectman Kenney to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was de- clared by the Moderator to have carried on a voice vote, it was
Voted:
39. PRINTING TOWN REPORTS (Board of Selectmen) .... Voted:
$ 2,594.43
40. INSURANCE (Board of Selectmen)
Including among other purposes the protec- tion of the Town's interest in real estate held by it under purchases and takings for non-payment of taxes, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, clause (38)
Toted : To be raised by general tax $17,107.49 To be taken from the Muni- cipal Insurance Fund 7,992.51
$ 25,100.00
$25,100.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND ..
$ 18,500.00
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Voted :
-41. RESERVE FUND ( Finance Commttee ) Reserve Fund
$ 75,000.00
Voted :
42. MAINTENANCE OF MENOTOMY HALL AND HOUSES OWNED BY TOWN ( Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services Senior Building Custodian
$ 3,347.50 150.00
Others
Total Personal Services
$ 3,497.50
Expenses
$ 4,225.00
Total $7,722.50
Voted :
-43. WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE (Board of Selectmen)
Maintenance of Water System ...
$ 130,000.00
Extension of Services for House Connections $ 17,000.00
Capital Outlay Meters for New Services and Replacement of Meters $ 12,500.00
Total $159,500.00
Voted :
44. CEMETERIES (Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Personal Services
$ 44,579.84
Expenses
$ 4,185.00
Capital Outlay
1-Power Mower
$ 800.00
3-Hand Mowers
100.00
1-12 Ton Pick Up Truck $1,550.00
Less Allowance on old truck 50.00
1,500.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 2,400.00
Total $51,164.84
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Detail - Personal Services
Clerk
$ 2,637.50
Wages
41,942.34
$ 44,579.84
Voted :
45. INTEREST
$ 25,965.00
Maturing Town Debt
$ 115,000.00
Total $140.965.00
Toted :
46. CIVIL DEFENSE ( Board of Selectmen )
Personal Services
$ 3.461.00
Expenses
$ 1,850.00
Capital Outlay
Hose
$ 693.00
2-Way Radio Unit
350.00
Visual Education
500.00
Total Capital Outlay
$ 1,543.00
Total $6,854.00
Detail - Personal Services
Director
$ 1,260.00
Senior Clerk - Stenographer
2,201.00
$ 3,461.00
James W. Donahue of Precinct 3 served notice of intention to move to reconsider the votes under Budget Items 7 through 10 of Article 20 of the Warrant.
There being no further business under Article 20, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Edward J. Sennott of Precinct S served notice of intention to move to reconsider any and all votes under Article 15 of the Warrant.
Article 21. £ ( Additional Appropriation - Addition to and Al- terations - Robbins Memorial Town Hall)
On motion of J. Howard Hayes of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried on a roll call vote, 87 in favor, 80 opposed. it was
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VOTED : That the additional sum of forty thousand (40,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of erecting an addition or additions to the present Robbins Memorial Town Hall and the alteration or reconstruction of the present interior of said Rob- bins Memorial Town Hall, to provide for the rearrangement of town departmental quarters; that for this purpose the sum of Thirty thou- sand one hundred eighteen and 63/100 (30,118.63) dollars shall be taken from unexpended balances now in the Treasury as follows:
Unexpended Balances
"'Committee on Town Yard" under Article 32 of the Annual Warrant of 1919 15.00
"Committee on Central Purchasing Department" under Article 50 of the Annual Warrant of 1941 25.06
"'Committee to Memorialize the name of Daniel P. Barry" under Article 53 of the Annual Warrant of 1950 .... 141.23 "Committee for Special Compensation for Town Officers and Employees" under Article 23 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of October 2, 1950 100.00
"Committee on the Use or Disposal of the Junior High School Industrial Arts Building" under Article 43 of the Annual Warrant of 1951
100.00
"Committee on the use of the Junior High School Center Building" under Article 45 of the Annual Meeting of 1951
600.00
"'Committee to Procure Plans and estimates for the Con- struction of an Elementary School Building in the Mystic Street Area (Bishop School)" under Article 19 of the Annual Meeting of 1947
1,400.00
"Committee on Construction of New School Building (Bishop School)" under Article 31 of the Annual Meeting of 1948
285.72
"Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for Improve- inents and Reconstruction of Junior High West" under Article 27 of the Annual Warrant of 1948 699.85
"'Junior High School West Building Committee" under Article 20 of the Annual Warrant of 1949 19,564.95 "Hardy School Building Committee" under Article 21 of the Annual Warrant of 1949 532.10
"'Water Main Supply Line - Turkey Hill Standpipe" under Article 13 of the Annual Warrant of 1942
168.00
"Reconstruction of Streets" under Article 13 of the An- nual Meeting of 1948 847.45
"Resurfacing of Streets" under Article 14 of the Annual Warrant of 1949 2,308.23
"Reconstruction of Streets" under Article 21 of the An- nual Warrant of 1950 3,331.04
30,118.63
and nine thousand eight hundred eighty-one and 37/100 (9,881.37) dollars be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 21, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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On motion of Lawrence E. Corcoran of Precinct 14, duly sec- onded, it was
VOTED : That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was declared adjourned by the Moderator at 11:05 P.M., Wednesday, March 18, 1953, until Friday, March 20, 1953, at 8:00 P.M.
A true record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Toun Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 20, 1953
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 18, 1953, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall on Friday evening, March 20, 1953, to act upon the remaining articles set forth in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
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 lists contained the names of two hundred forty-one (241) town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred seventy five (175) members and twelve (12) members-at-large attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Harold E. Magnuson, at 8:12 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the assembly, accompanied by Mr. Lawrence W. Burt, and prayer offered by Rev. Albert Freeman, Minister of the Arlington Heights Baptist Church.
On motion of Selectman Kenney, duly seconded, it was
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 ad- journs, it adjourn to Monday evening, March 23, 1953, at 8 o'clock.
Article 22. (Treasurer: Power to Borrow. )
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Treasurer, with the approv- al of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1954, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954, and to issue a note or notes therefor. payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and any amendments thereof; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954.
There being no further business under Article 22, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 23. (Extension of Sewerage System. )
VOTED: That the sum of seventy five thousand (75,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of the Sewer- age System; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager substan- tially as follows:
Extension of Sewers (including Tools and Equipment. )
There being no further business under Article 23, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 24. (Extension of Water Mains.)
VOTED : That the sum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of water mains, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager substantially as follows:
Laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches in diameter (including Tools and Equipment.)
There being no further business under Article 24, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 25. ( Extension of Storm Drains. )
VOTED : That the sum of forty thousand (40,000) Dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of storm drains in the year 1953; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager substan- tially as follows:
Extension of storm drains (including Tools and Equipment. )
There being no further business under Article 25, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 26. (Extension of Sewerage System - Churchill Avenue. )
VOTED : That no action be taken under Article 26 of the War- rant.
There being no further business under Article 26, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 27. (Extension of Sewerage System and Storm Drain --- Arlington Heights.)
VOTED : That the sum of twenty-seven thousand seven hun- dred thirty two and 50/100 (27,732.50) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of the Town Sewerage System and Storm Drain System through land within the Arlington Heights Sec- tion of the Town in the area formerly known as the Hutchinson Farm and Henderson Farm and necessary adjacent areas; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 27, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 28. (Sale of Town Owned Trucks. )
VOTED : That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is author- ized on behalf of the Town to sell and convey at public auction or private sale four (4) 1945 Reo three and one-half ton (3 1/2 ) trucks now owned by the Town and delegated to the Sanitary Division.
There being no further business under Article 28, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 29. (Committee Relative to Construction and Opera- tion of Refuse Disposal Incinerators. )
On motion of Selectman Kenney to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried on a voice vote, it was
VOTED : That the Moderator be and hereby is authorized to appoint a committee of five (5) registered voters of the Town to in- vestigate, consider and make recommendations to the Town relative to the construction and operation of Refuse Disposal Incinerators; said committee to report at the next Special Town Meeting, if any, but not later than the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1954; and that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for the use of said commit- tee, said sum to be raised by general tax.
There being no further business under Article 29, the Modera- tor declared it disposed of.
Article 30. (Extension of Sewerage System- Summer Street. »
VOTED: That the sum of five thousand seven hundred (5,700) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of the sewer- age system along Summer Street, from its present end to the Town line, or any part thereof; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 30, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 31. (Repairs To Bridge - Lowell Street. )
VOTED : That the sum of fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the repair and reconstruction of the supporting abutments and approaches to the bridge on Lowell Street, over the railroad tracks; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 31, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
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Article 32. (Sidewalks and Edgestones. )
VOTED : That the sum of twenty thousand (20,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones in the year 1953; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 32, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 33. (Reconstruction of Streets. )
VOTED: ( Unanimously ) That the sum of ten thousand six hundred (10,600) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of Massachusetts Avenue or Summer Street, within the Town, as now existing or hereafter re- located, altered or widened, including land damages, if any, under the law authorizing the assessment of betterments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County of Middlesex, or both, for such pur- pose or purposes; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 33, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 34. ( Claims or Charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital. )
VOTED : That the sum of thirteen thousand three hundred seventy-eight and 56/100 (13,378.56) dollars be and hereby is ap- propriated to pay claims and charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital, including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1953. to persons falling into distress and stand- ing in need of immediate relief; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or Town Manager.
There being no further business under Article 34, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 35. ( Acceptance of Gift of Land - Spring Street. )
VOTED: That the Town of Arlington does accept a gift from Stanley W. Morton of a strip of land 10 feet in width abutting the southeasterly property line of the premises owned by him on Spring Street. extending from Spring Street to the Concord Turnpike.
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