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Voted: On motion by Minot Carter, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used in co-operation with a sum allotted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under Chapter 90 for the maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads.
On motion by Leslie Luscomb it was voted to act on Article 45 at this time.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highways, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Voted: On motion by Leslie Luscomb that the Town vote to trans- fer from unappropriated available funds, in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highways, said sum to be $1,000.00.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint and repair the interior of the Town Hall Building, and Chemical Hall Building No. 2, or what action it will take thereon. 4
Motion was made by William W. Moxham that the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint and repair the interior of the Town Hall Building, and Chemical Hall Building No. 2, or what action it will take thereon.
An amendment was offered by John Ward to indefinitely postpone action on this article. The amendment was voted upon and passed.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used under the supervision of the Selectmen for cutting Brush along the Highways.
Voted: On motion by Minot Carter that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used under the supervision of the Selectmen for cutting Brush along the Highways.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Expense of the Welfare Department.
Voted: On motion by Wesley Munroe that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,490.00 to cover the expense of the Welfare Department.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Expense of Aid to Dependent Children.
Voted: On motion by Wesley Munroe that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to cover the expense of Aid to Depend- ent Children.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Expense of Old Age Assistance.
Voted : On motion by Wesley Munroe that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,315.00 to cover the expense of Old Age Assistance.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Expense of Soldiers' Relief.
Voted: On motion by Wesley Munroe that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,060.00 to cover the expense of Soldiers' Relief.
On motion by Burton Barrows it was voted to act on Article 40 at this time.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Department for a Canning Project.
'Voted: On motion by Della Smith that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the General Expense of the School Department.
Voted: On motion by Carl'Russell that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $62,500.00 for the General Expense of the School Department.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Memorial Park to be spent under the super- vision of the School Committee.
Voted: On motion by Minot Carter that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the Memorial Park to be spent under the supervision of the School Committee.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the General Expense of the Public Libraries. *
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Voted : On motion by Rudolph Schlenker that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the General Expense of the Public Libraries.
Article 25. To see what disposal the Town will make of the money refunded by the County from the Dog Licenses for the year 1943.
Voted: On motion by Carl Russell that the Town appropriate the money refunded by the County, from the Dog Licenses for the year 1943, for the support of the Public Libraries.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the General Expense of the Park Department.
Voted: On motion by William W. Moxham that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the General Expense of the Park Department.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day and determine by whom it will be spent.
Voted: On motion by Carl Russell that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $225.00 for the Observance of Memorial Day, to be spent under the direction of the American Legion Post No. 131, Inc.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build an addition to the present honor roll.
Voted: On motion by Stanley Heath that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $150.00 to build an addition to the present honor roll.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Town's share of the cost incurred during the year 1943 in maintaining the Essex County Sanatorium under the Provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
Voted: On motion by William W. Moxham that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,409.81 to cover the Town's share of the cost incurred during the year 1943 in maintaining the Essex County Sanatorium under the Provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used as the Reserve Fund.
Voted: On motion by Ernest Lane that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used as the Reserve Fund.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Cemetery Commissioners for the care of the Town Cemeteries.
Voted: On motion by Raymond Pearson that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for the use of the Cemetery Commis- sioners for the care of the Town Cemeteries.
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Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the payment of notes maturing the current year.
Voted: On motion by Stanley Heath that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to cover payment of notes maturing the current year.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover Payments of Interest on Debts and Loans.
Motion was made by Arthur Maddison that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $425.00 to cover Payments of Interest on Debts and Loans.
An amendment was offered by Ernest Lane that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appropriated for said purpose. The amendment was voted upon and carried.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the Expense of Street Lighting.
Voted: On motion by Stanley Heath that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,452.00 to cover the expense of Street Lighting.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the Rationing Board.
Voted: On motion by William W. Moxham that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to be used by the Rationing Board.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the purpose of Forest Fire Patrol, as requested by the State Department of Conservation.
Voted: On motion by William W. Moxham that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for Garbage Collection and instruct the Select- men to enter into a three year contract for same at $1,500.00 per year.
Voted: On motion by Stanley Heath that the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for Garbage Collection and instruct the Selectmen to enter into a three year contract for same at a sum not to exceed $1,500.00 per year.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to landscape the grounds of the Town Hall.
Voted: On motion by Margaret D'Entremont that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the cost of the blanket insurance due in the year 1944.
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Motion was made by Roger Lummus that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $898.28 to cover the cost of Blanket Insurance due in the year 1944.
An amendment was offered by Ernest Lane that the sum of $729.28 be. raised and appropriated for said purpose. The amendment was voted upon and carried.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $80.00 said amount to be used by the Selectmen for the purchase of three dozen metal folding chairs, to be placed in Chemical Hall No 2, or what action it will take thereon.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the Selectmen for the purchase of twelve metal folding chairs, said chairs to be placed in the Town Hall.
Voted: On motion by William W. Moxham that Article 41 and 42 be taken up jointly and that the sum of $110.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purchase of four dozen metal folding chairs, three dozen to be placed in Chemical Hall No. 2, and one dozen in the Town Hall.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to improve the triangular plot of land at the junction of Lowell and Chestnut Streets, including proper directional signs and to direct how and by whom the money is to be expended, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted: On motion by Carl Russell that the Highway Superintend- ent be directed to install proper directional signs, and that all other work be indefinitely postponed. Cost of installing said signs to be taken from the Highway appropriation.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 133, Acts of 1938, the same being an act providing for the avoidance of multiplicity of proposals for the same change in the zoning by-laws now in force, or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted: On motion by Louis B. Tuck that the Town accept the pro- visions of Chapter 133, Acts of 1938, the same being an act providing for the avoidance of multiplicity of proposals for the same change in the zoning by-laws now in force, also known as Chapter 40, G. L. Sec. 30 A.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way "Priscilla Road", extending from the northerly side of Main Street, in a northwesterly direction for a distance of two hundred eighty one feet more or less, as laid out on a plan of land, dated Dec. 5, 1940, Dana Perkins, surveyor, being plan No. 271 of 1940, and recorded in Essex South Registry of Deeds, Book 3242, page 101, for a width of forty feet,
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and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, upon the furnishing of the necessary releases to the town.
Voted: On motion by Stanley Thwing that the Town accept as a public way "Priscilla Road", extending from the northerly side of Main Street, in a northwesterly direction for a distance of two hundred eighty-one feet more or less, as laid out on a plan of land dated Dec. 5, 1940, Dana Perkins, surveyor, being plan No. 271 of 1940, and recorded in Essex South Registry of Deeds, Book 3242, page 101, for a width of forty feet, and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, upon the furnish- ing of the necessary releases to the town.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way that part of "Pine Hill Road" extending from Main Street in a westerly direction, for a distance of one thousand two hundred and four (1,204) feet, as computed along the northerly side of said street from Main Street to the dividing line of Lots No. 15 and No. 16, for a width of forty (40) feet, as shown on a plan of Davis and Abbott, February, 1928, for William B. Nelson, recorded at Essex Registry of Deeds, South Dis- trict, Salem, Plan Book 54, Plan No. 15, and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, upon the furnishing of the necessary releases to the Town.
Voted: On motion by Vincent Nutile that the Town accept as a public way that part of "Pine Hill Road" extending from Main Street in a westerly direction, for a distance of one thousand two hundred and four (1,204) feet, as computed along the northerly side of said street from Main Street to the dividing line of Lots No. 15 and No. 16, for a width of forty (40) feet, as shown on a plan of Davis and Abbott, February, 1928, for William B. Nelson, recorded at Essex Registry of Deeds, South District, Salem, Plan Book 54, Plan No. 15, and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, upon the furnishing of the necessary releases to the Town.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sell one unused water pump and tank now stored at the Town Hall, any money received from such sale to be returned to the Town.
Voted: On motion by Arthur Maddison that the Town instruct the Selectmen to sell one unused water pump and tank now stored at the Town Hall, any money received from such sale to be returned to the Town.
All articles in the warrant being disposed of the meeting was dis- solved at 10:28 P.M.
HARRY W. HIGGINS, Town Clerk.
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APPROPRIATIONS TO BE RAISED IN THE TAX LEVY OF THE CURRENT YEAR, VOTED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 6, 1944
Article 4 Expense of General Government
$ 13,547.50
Article 5 Expense of the Police Department
11,931.00
Article 6 Expense of the Fire Department 6,060.00
Article 7 Hydrant Rental
3,250.00
Article 8 Other Protection of Persons and Property
574.00
Article 9 State Moth Assessment
3,450.00
Article 10
Private Moth Work
600.00
Article 11
Care of Shade Trees on Highways
800.00
Article 13 Health and Sanitation
356.00
Article 14
Expense of the Highway Department
12,260.00
Article 15
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
Article 17
Cutting Brush on Highways
500.00
Article 18
Expense of the Welfare Department
4,490.00
Article 19
Aid to Dependent Children
1,300.00
Article 20
Old Age Assistance
15,315.00
Article 21
Soldiers' Relief
2,060.00
Article 22
School Department
62,500.00
Article 23
Care of Memorial Park
250.00
Article 24
Expense of Public Libraries
800.00
Article 26
Park Department
500.00
Article 27
Memorial Day Observance
225.00
Article 28
Enlarging Present Honor Roll
150.00
Article 29
Essex County Sanatorium
2,409.81
Article 30 Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Article 31
Care of Cemeteries
750.00
Article 32
Payment of Notes
5,000.00
Article 33
Interest on Debts and Loans
400.00
Article 34 Cost of Street Lighting
4,452.00
Article 35
Rationing Board
200.00
Article 37 Garbage Collection
1,500.00
Article 39 Blanket Insurance -
729.28
Article 41
Purchase of Metal Folding Chairs
80.00
Article 42
Purchase of Metal Folding Chairs
30.00
Total to be raised in 1944 Tax Levy
$160,469.59
Refund on Dog Licenses
561.95
Total Appropriations for year 1944
$161,031:54
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TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, s.s.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lynnfield.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall, Precinct 1, and in Chemical Hall, No. 2, Precinct 2,
TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 1944 at 4:00 o'clock P.M. for the following purposes
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
12 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 8th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 8th Congressional District.
4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 8th Congressional District.
4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 8th Congressional District.
District Members of State Committee (One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the third Essex Senatorial District.
35 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
The polls will be open from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this third day of April A.D., 1944. STANLEY W. HEATH
GEORGE W. PEAVEY
ARTHUR B. MADDISON
Selectmen of Lynnfield.
A true copy.
Attest: ALLISON G. TEDFORD, Constable
Lynnfield. April 15, 1944.
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LIST OF ELECTION OFFICERS AT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1944
Precinct 1
Elva Pierce
George M. Roundy
Everett B. Richards
Alexander Williams
Sidney Richards, Warden
Stephen Leveroni, Clerk
Ernest Goobie, Police Officer
Precinct 2 Everett Harvey Patrick Malloy Fred Copeland Harry Winchester Frank Green, Warden Cornelius Doyle, Clerk Arthur Bryant, Police Officer
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
REPUBLICAN PARTY, LYNNFIELD, APRIL 25, 1944 DELEGATES (Group)
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
Leverett Saltonstall,
240 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton
34
35
69
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
54 Grove Street, No. Attleboro
35
34
69
Sinclair Weeks,
97 Valentine Street, Newton
33
35
68
Louise M. Williams,
31
34
65
3 Dean Street, Taunton George B. Rowell, 25 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge
33
34
67
Margaret A. Green, 84 Park Slope, Holyoke
32
ยท34
66
George F. Booth,
32
34
66
64 Beechmont Street, Worcester Blanks
22
12
34
ALTERNATE DELEGATES (Group)
Katherine G. Howard,
186 Summer Avenue, Reading
32
27
59
Laurence Curtis,
15 River Street, Boston
29
27
56
Doris M. A. Kundig,
46A Elm Street, Worcester
30
27
57
Rosa M. Levis,
30 Bellevue Street, Boston
29
27
56
Horace E. Handford,
26 Rotch Street, New Bedford
30
27
57
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Carolyn L. Purcell, 465 Park Drive, Boston J. Edward Lajoie, 423 Middle Street, Fall River Blanks
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
29
27
56
29
27
56
44
63
107
1
DELEGATES (Group 1)
John W. Justice,
50 Winchester Street, Medford
12
16
28
Lester W. Bowen,
16 Foskett Street, Somerville Blanks
9
, 14
23
ALTERNATE DELEGATES (Group 1)
Conrad G. Keniston,
83 Damon Avenue, Melrose
10
13
23
William A. Hastings, 11 Upham Terrace, Malden
10
12
22
DELEGATES ( Group 2)
Benjamin F. Felt, 37 Elm Street, Melrose
5
3
8
William S. Howe,
33 Chester Street, Somerville
4
3
7
ALTERNATE DELEGATES (Group 2)
Cyrus F. Springall, 18 Spring Street, Malden
4
2
6
Carolyn A. Weeks,
3
1
4
10 Wheelwright Road, Medford Blanks
45
44
89
DELEGATES (Not Grouped)
Kenneth Hutchins, '
205 Woburn Street, Medford
0
0
0
Blanks
42
36
78
STATE COMMITTEE Vote for One Woman
Grace A. Smith,
26 Parker Street, Newburyport 1 Blanks
19
17
36
17
19
36
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STATE COMMITTEE Vote for One Man
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
James R. Reynolds,
22
23
45
Larch Row, Wenham Blanks
14
13
27
TOWN COMMITTEE, LYNNFIELD
Joseph F. Smith, 154 Lowell Street -
28
27
55
Della A. Smith, 154 Lowell Street
30
26
56
Ernest P. Lane, Upton Lane
30
29
59
Elmer A. Smith, 131 Broadway
30
30
60
Harold W. Treamer, Moulton Highway
28
29
57
Stanley W. Heath, 112 Chestnut Street
31
26
57
George M. Roundy, 580 Main Street
31
27
58
George W. Peavey, 68 Highland Avenue
29
27
56
Mildred C. Peavey, 68 Highland Avenue
28
28
56
Harry K Jackson, Grant Street
29
28
57
Nelson B. Todd, Summer Street
34
32
66
Gordon H. Millar, Forest Hill Avenue
29
26
55
Louis B. Tuck, Forest Hill Avenue
31
31
62
Hannah P. Lambert, 38 Forest Hill Avenue
30
28
58
William W. Moxham, Broadway & Munroe Street
28
32
60
Everett S. Webster
1
0
1
Chester Melanson
0
1
1
Blanks
813
833
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LYNNFIELD, APRIL 25, 1944 DELEGATES
David I. Walsh,
37 Day Street, Fitchburg
1
5
6
William J. Foley,
388 West Fourth Street, Boston
1
6
7
Joseph E. Casey,
295 Church Street, Clinton
1
6
7
James M. Curley,
350 Jamaicaway, Boston
1
8
9
William H. Burke, Jr.,
211 State Street, Northampton
1
6
7
Frank W. Tomasello,
34 Altersko Avenue, Boston
1
6
7
John W. McCormack,
726 Columbia Road, Boston
1
6
7
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TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
Maurice J. Tobin,
30 Hopkins Road, Boston
1
7
8
Joseph B. Ely, 66 Broad Street, Westfield
1
5
6
Margaret M. O'Riordan,
1
6
7
4 Aborway, Boston Charles F. Hurley, 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge
1
6
7
Mathias LaPierre,
1
5
6
217 Seventh Street, Leominster Blanks
0
48
48
1
Elizabeth L. McNamara,
239 Upland Road, Cambridge
1
7
8
John Zielinski,
473 Hillside Avenue, Holyoke
1
5
6
Joseph K. Zemaitis,
42 Providence Street, Worcester
1
5
6
Joseph M. McDonough, 106 Melville Avenue, Boston
1
5
6
Samuel Michelman,
36 Butler Place, Northampton
1
6
7
Charles Kaplan, 102 Columbia Road, Boston Mary Malotis,
1
6
7
272 Foster Street, Boston
1
6
7
Paul V. McDonough,
254 French Street, Fall River
1
6
7
Clementina Langone, 190 North Street, Boston
1
7
8
Silas F. Taylor,
28 Warwick Street, Boston
1
5
6
Bernard J. Killion,
62 Boylston Street, Boston
1
6
7
Catherine E. Hanifan,
South Main Street, Belchertown
1
5
6
Blanks
0
51
51
.
DELEGATES
John F. Cahill, 38 Courtland Street, Everett
1
7 8
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
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Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
Michael F. Skerry,
31 Burnside Street, Medford
1
6
7
Robert F. Murphy, 170 Maple Street, Malden
1
7
8
Edward F. Moynihan,
905 Broadway, Somerville Blanks
0
13
13
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
James D. McNamara,
50 Grove Street, Lynnfield
1
8 .
9
Fred C. Harrington, 85 Pearl Street, Everett
1
4
5
Marion P. Nash,
15 Wagner Road, Medford
1
4
5
Estelle Filadoro,
87 Bartlett Street, Somerville
1
5
6
Blanks
0
19
19
STATE COMMITTEE, Third Essex District Vote for One Man
Charles M. Boyle,
19 Parsons Street, Peabody
1
6
7
John J. Keenan,
38 Clement Avenue, Peabody
. 0
2
2
Blanks
0
2
2
Vote for One Woman
Margaret McCarthy
1
0
1
Blanks
0
10
10
TOWN COMMITTEE, LYNNFIELD
Margaret McCarthy
1
0
1
Blanks
9
100
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HARRY W. HIGGINS,
Town Clerk.
RECORD OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1944
The meeting was called to order at 8:10 P.M. by the Moderator Joseph Smith, who read the call for the meeting and the Constable's return.
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On motion by Mr. Joseph Cassidy it was voted to omit the reading of the articles of the warrant, until taken up for action.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way that portion of a private way known as "Rossmore Road" for a distance of about six hundred thirty (630) feet, more or less, beginning at a point on the northeasterly side of Fairview Road, as shown on a plan of land by Otis W. McIntosh, C. E., dated February, 1937, and recorded in Essex South Registry of Deeds at Salem under certificates of title Nos. 9764 and 10798, said portion running in a northeasterly direction, for a width of forty (40) feet, to be known as "Rossmore Road", pro- vided that proper releases are obtained from all abutters and the own- ers of the fee, or what action they will take thereon.
Voted: On motion by Mr. Joseph Cassidy, that the Town accept as a public way that portion of a private way known as "Rossmore Road," as described in article one of the warrant.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer from the School Lunch Reserve Fund the funds available therein or any portion thereof to the School Committee for use in the continu- ation of the hot lunch program, so called, or what action they will take thereon.
Voted: On motion by Mr. Burton Barrows that the Town appro- priate by transfer from the School Lunch Reserve Fund the sum of $3,500.00 to the School Committe for use in the continuation of the hot lunch program, so called.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from existing funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer, a sum of money for the necessary alteration and equipment of the Town Hall to provide suitable quarters for the clerk, files and records of the Board of Assessors, Tax Collector and Town Treasurer, and for the renovation of an existing room, now used for 'storage, to provide an office for the use of the Town Counsel, the Chief of Police and the care of the Town's legal library, or what action they will take thereon.
Voted: On motion by Mr. Joseph Cassidy that the Town raise and, appropriate the sum of $550.00 for the necessary alteration and equip- ment of the Town Hall as stated in article three of the warrant.
All articles in the warrant having been disposed of the meeting dissolved at 8:23 P.M.
HARRY W. HIGGINS,
Town Clerk.
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