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As to "the general development of the Brook Road
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Playground as enlarged by the Hinckley addition," we believe that this will practically be controlled by whether the gymnasium is or is not built. The gymnasium would occupy the high part of the new lot and there would be some level land which might well be used for an extension of the corner of the old lot which is already devoted to the smaller children. The differences in grade suggest coasting or tobogganing, which can be adjusted after the gymnasium question is settled. Some parts of the grounds should be planted to trees to furnish shade in the future and these portions might well be used by the parents or friends of the children actively engaged in the sports. Finally we believe that now is the proper time to build such a municipal gymnasium:
1. The matter has been considered for several years and has been carefully studied for more than a year;
2. It is a satisfactory solution of a school problem of long standing;
3. It meets a real and growing demand from the parts of the Town not served by the Cunningham Park and Gymnasium;
4. It postpones the large expense for a new Town Hall;
5. The Town can borrow at the present time at a favorable rate;
6. The cost of building is lower this spring by at least ten per cent than it has been for some time.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHANIEL T. KIDDER, REGINALD L. ROBBINS, JESSE B. BAXTER, W. NEWTON HARLOW, JAMES S. RUSSELL, Committee to Consider a Municipal Gymnasium. MILTON, 24 February, 1915.
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Voted, That the report of the committee be accepted and placed on file.
Voted, That the (printed) report of the Committee on the Revision of Building Laws be accepted and placed on file.
TOWN LANDING COMMITTEE
MILTON, MASS., March 9, 1915.
To the Citizens of Milton:
Your Town Landing Committee, appointed at the Annual Meeting last March, organized with Mr. Russell as Chairman, Mr. Wigglesworth as Secretary, and begs to report as follows:
The Milton Boat Club has again leased the old Police Station, paying a low cash rent but doing a good deal of repair work and helping the committee advance the boating interests of the neighborhood.
The retaining wall behind the building has been re- paired and the area adjoining it put in order.
As anticipated in our report of last year, the Godfrey Coal Company has moved its office building and the shop owned by it, and now leased to C. H. Chute, off the Town Landing. In arranging for new location for these, the Coal Company has met the wishes of your committee in a friendly spirit and placed them so as to interfere with the view of the river as little as possible.
The larger question of just what rights, if any, the Godfrey Coal Company has in or over the valuable flats which constitute so large a part of the Town Landing, has not been settled, and it is on account of this that your committee has put an Article in the Warrant sug- gesting a continuance of its activities for another year.
The balance from past appropriations, etc., now on
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hand obviate the need of providing new money at this time. ,
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F. W. BARTOL, H. B. HORNE, J. S. RUSSELL, NORTON WIGGLESWORTH, E. C. WILLIAMS, Town Landing Committee.
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the support of the schools the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $91,000 for the support of the schools the present year.
ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the transportation of pupils the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $1,900 for the transportation of pupils the present year.
ARTICLE 7. To see whether the Town will vote that a "Committee of School Buildings" be appointed by the Moderator, to consist of five members, three of whom shall be members of the School Committee, to consider particularly the question of new accommoda- tions for the High School and to consider the question of safer and better accommodations for the schools in general, said Committee to report in writing its rec- ommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting, or earlier in its discretion.
Voted, That the committee of five, consisting of three members of the School Committee and two citizens to
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be appointed by the Moderator, be instructed to prepare plans and estimates for improved High School accommo- dations at the Vose School building, and to make rec- ommendations regarding extending the accommodations in the grade schools as needed; said committee to re- port to the School Committee in writing on or before January 1, 1916; Voted, Further, to appropriate $1,000 for the use of this committee.
Citizens appointed by the Moderator: Dr. Joel E. Goldthwaite, Malcolm Donald.
ARTICLE 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the medical inspection of the pupils of the public schools the present year, the same to be expended under the direction and at the discretion of the School Committee.
Voted, To appropriate $1,000 for the medical inspec- tion of the pupils of the public schools the present year, the same to be expended under the direction and at the discretion of the School Committee.
ARTICLE 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to be expended by the Park Commissioners in conjunction with the School Com- mittee in the improvement of school lots the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $100 to be expended by the Park Commissioners in conjunction with the School Committee in the improvement of school lots the pres- ent year.
ARTICLE 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Street Department the present year.
General Expenses. Street Watering and Oiling.
Construction of Sidewalks. Removal of Ice and Snow.
Maintenance of Public Fountains.
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Voted, To appropriate $46,000, plus the excise tax received from the street railways, for General Expenses, of which not less than $25,000 shall be expended for work of the nature of permanent and new construction on the main thoroughfares of the Town; said work to be done by contract or otherwise, as the Selectmen consider for the best interest of the Town.
$3,000 for Sidewalk Purposes.
$11,000 and receipts for Street Watering and Oiling.
'$2,500 for Removal of Ice and Snow.
$1,453 for Commitments incurred in 1914 and not yet settled.
And it is further Voted, That a committee of five be appointed, to consist of one member of the Board of Selectmen, to be chosen by said board, the Superintend- ent of Streets, ex-officio, and three citizens at large to be appointed by the Moderator, to consider the ques- tion of the highways of the Town, including construc- tion, maintenance, system of bookkeeping, and such other matters, including any permanent policies, as may appear to it wise, and to report its findings and recommendations in print, on or before January 1, 1916, to the Selectmen. Such report to be distributed among the citizens of the Town as widely as the Selectmen deem expedient, and the cost of such printing to be paid for out of the printing account.
Committee appointed: Charles R. Rockwell, Sidney A. Parsons, Duncan F. Will.
ARTICLE 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the care and maintenance of the Granite Avenue Bridge over the Neponset River. (See Chapter 771, Acts of 1913.)
Voted, To appropriate $1,600 for the care and main- tenance of the Granite Bridge over the Neponset River.
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ARTICLE 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for street lighting the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $17,479.14 for street lighting the present year.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Fire Department the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $26,500 for the general expenses of the Fire Department the present year.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) to purchase motor apparatus for the Fire Department.
Voted, That the question of motorizing the Fire De- partment be referred to a committee of five, consisting of a member of the Board of Selectmen, to be chosen by said board, the chief of the Fire Department, ex- officio, and three citizens at large to be appointed by the Moderator. Said committee to investigate the needs of the Fire Department as a whole; and that $8,000 be, and hereby is appropriated, to be used by said com- mittee in whole or in part at its discretion, toward motorizing the department. Any apparatus or other property of the department which may be rendered superfluous by such motorization may be disposed of by said committee at its discretion, and the proceeds used toward meeting the cost of the new equipment. Said committee to report to the Selectmen in writing not later than January 1, 1916, embodying in such report what it has done and what its recommendations are for the future conduct of the department.
Committee appointed: Albert R. Whittier, Jr., George L. Bauldry, Edward B. Hill.
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ARTICLE 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the use of the Department of Wires, the Police and Fire Alarm System, and the Inspection of Wires, the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $600 for maintenance of the Department of Wires, the Police and Fire Alarm Signal System, and the Inspection of Wires, the present year; and the further sum of $200 for the expense of the de- partment's automobile.
ARTICLE 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Police Department the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $30,700 for the Police Depart- ment the present year.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to increase the pay of the patrolmen in the Police Department from one thousand ninety-five dollars ($1,095) to twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per year, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To increase the pay of the patrolmen in the Police Department who have served three years or over from $1,095 to $1,200 per year, and to appropriate $1,365.
ARTICLE 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Public Library the pres- ent year.
Voted, To appropriate $9,000, together with all fines received at the Public Library for 1915, and the Dog Tax for 1914, for the Public Library the present year.
ARTICLE 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the improvement of the Cemetery the present year.
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Voted, To appropriate $2,000 for the improvement of the Cemetery the present year, and the further sum of $500 for proposed extension of roadways.
ARTICLE 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to pay awards of compensa- tion for injuries under Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913.
Voted, To appropriate $351 to pay awards of compen- sation for injuries under Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913.
ARTICLE 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Park Commissioners the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $3,600 for the general uses of the Board of Park Commissioners the present year.
ARTICLE 22. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the appropriation of money to be expended by the Park Commissioners for planting trees at Crane Field.
Voted, To appropriate $200 to be expended by the Park Commissioners for planting trees at Crane Field.
ARTICLE 23. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the appropriation of money to be expended by the Park Commissioners at the Dollar Lane Play- ground in grading the westerly end of said playground.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 24. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the use of the Tree Warden, to be expended in the care and planting of shade trees and the destruction of insect pests, injurious to trees, the present year.
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Voted, To appropriate $1,800, together with the re- ceipts of the department, for the use of the Tree Warden, to be expended in the care and planting of shade trees and the destruction of insect pests, injurious to trees, the present year.
ARTICLE 25. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to be expended by the Local Superintendent for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown- tail Moths in the extermination of the gypsy and brown- tail moths the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $12,000, together with the re- ceipts from all sources, to be expended by the Local Superintendent for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown- tail Moths in the extermination of the gypsy and brown- tail moths the present year.
ARTICLE 26. To see what salary (if any) the Town will vote.to pay the Tree Warden.
Voted, That the Town pay no salary to the Tree Warden.
ARTICLE 27. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the support of the poor the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $7,750, together with the pro- ceeds from the Town Farm and reimbursements from other cities and towns, for the support of the poor the present year, and the further sum of $261.30 to care for unpaid bills laid over from the year 1914.
ARTICLE 28. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Soldiers' Relief the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $1,250 for Soldiers' Relief the present year.
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ARTICLE 29. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for State Aid the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $1,450 for State Aid the present year.
ARTICLE 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the maintenance of the Sewer Department the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $850 for the maintenance of the Sewer Department the present year.
ARTICLE 31. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the extension of the sewerage system the present year.
Voted, That the sum of $15,000 be and hereby is appropriated and raised for the purpose of constructing sewers, the sum to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners; and the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized, by virtue and in pursuance of Chapter 304 of the Acts of 1895, to issue and sell bonds or notes of the Town to an amount not exceeding $15,000, dated May 1, 1915, $1,000 in principal amount to be payable annually, beginning one year from the date thereon and continuing until the entire issue has been paid. Said bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi- annually; shall state upon their face they are exempt from taxation in Massachusetts, and shall be denom- inated "Milton Sewerage Loan of 1915, Act of 1895." Any premium received upon such bonds or notes, less the cost of preparing, issuing and marketing them, shall, in compliance with Massachusetts Act of 1910, Chapter 379, be applied to the payment of the principal of the first bond or note so to mature. All other partic-
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ulars as to the form, issuance and sale of said bonds and notes shall be determined by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, subject always to the provisions of said Acts of 1895, Chapter 304; and the further sum of $2,000 be and hereby is appropriated from Sewer Assessment Account for said purpose.
Carried by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to con- struct a building to contain a filter connected with the Town sewer for the disposal of cesspool and privy sewage in sections without sewer facilities.
Voted, That this matter be referred to a committee of three consisting of a member of the Board of Health, a member of the Board of Sewer Commissioners, and one citizen to be appointed by the Moderator; said com- mittee to report in writing their estimates and rec- ommendations at the next Annual Meeting.
Citizen appointed by the Moderator: Dr. David I. Edsall.
ARTICLE 33. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the extension of water mains the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $2,500 for the extension of water mains the present year.
ARTICLE 34. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for hydrant service the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $9,000 for hydrant service, and the further sum of $600 for water service to public fountains the present year.
ARTICLE 35. To see what sum of money the Town
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will vote to appropriate for the Health Department the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $2,800 for the Health Depart- ment the present year, plus the receipts of the depart- ment, and that this appropriation include the expense of inspection of sewer connections.
ARTICLE 36. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the collection of ashes and garbage the present year.
Voted, That the sum of $4,000 be and hereby is appro- priated to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health for the collection of ashes and garbage during the present year from such places as said board in its discretion may designate.
ARTICLE 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for salaries the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $10,800 for salaries for the present year, to be disbursed as follows:
Selectmen: Chairman, $700. Other members, $500 each.
Assessors: Chairman, $600. Other members, $500 each.
Treasurer, $1,500. Town Clerk, $500.
Collector of Taxes, $1,500. Auditors, $250 each.
Registrars of Voters: Clerk, $100. Other members, $50 each.
Inspector of Animals, $300.
Inspector of Buildings, $1,000.
Inspector of Milk, $300.
Inspector of Plumbing and Deputy Inspector of Plumbing, $3 for each permit, the amount required to be taken from Miscellaneous Account.
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Clerk of Selectmen, $1,000, with the understanding that the service for which this salary is paid shall include the bookkeeping work required by the Overseers of the Poor.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, $150.
Clerk for Assessors, $500.
ARTICLE 38. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for miscellaneous expenses the present year.
General Expenses.
Town Hall and Lot.
Interest.
Printing.
Contingent.
Insurance.
Voted, To appropriate the following sum for miscel- laneous expenses the present year :
For General Expenses, $3,500.
For Interest Charges, $8,894.
For Contingent Fund, $3,500.
For Town Hall and Lot, $1,800 and receipts.
For Printing, $2,400.
For Insurance, $5,000.
And that the further sum of $569 be and hereby is appropriated to General Expense Account, for bills rendered in 1915 for services during 1914.
ARTICLE 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Assessors the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $660 for the general uses of the Board of Assessors.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.
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Voted, That the Collector of Taxes be and hereby is authorized to use all means of collecting taxes which the Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.
ARTICLE 41. To fix the rate of interest on taxes unpaid after a time fixed by the Town.
Voted, That the Town fix the rate of interest on taxes unpaid after November 1, 1915, at six per cent.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year ending December 31, 1915.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow to an amount not to exceed $225,000 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year ending December 31, 1915, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the rev- enue of the financial year ending December 31, 1915.
Carried by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1916, in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year ending December 31, 1916.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow on and after January 1, 1916, to an amount not to exceed $50,000, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial. year ending December 31, 1916, and to issue a note or
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notes therefor; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year ending December 31, 1916.
Carried by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to be expended by the Huntington Frothingham Wol- cott Post 102, G. A. R., on Memorial Day.
Voted, To appropriate $250 to be expended by the Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Post 102, G. A. R., on Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to employ counsel to represent the Town at hearings before Committees of the General Court.
Voted, That the Selectmen be and hereby are author- ized to employ counsel to represent the Town at hearings before Committees of the General Court.
Carried by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five citi- zens to keep in touch with and consider such legislative proceedings as may affect or involve the interests of the Town, and confer as they may think expedient with the Selectmen in regard to the employment of counsel to represent the Town in any such matters.
Voted, That the Moderator be and hereby is author- ized to appoint a committee of five citizens to keep in touch with and consider such legislative proceedings as may affect or involve the interests of the Town, and con- fer as they may think expedient with the Selectmen in
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regard to the employment of counsel to represent the Town in any such matters.
Committee appointed: Guy A. Ham, Charles S. Pierce, Robert L. Raymond, Roger Wolcott, G. Frank Kemp.
ARTICLE 47. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate towards the restoration of the Perpetual Care Fund.
Voted, To appropriate $2,000 towards the restoration of the Perpetual Care Fund; that such sumn be deposited by the Town Treasurer in the same manner and upon the same terms as the appropriation of 1910.
ARTICLE 48. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the retirement of teachers in the public schools under the provisions of Chapter 498, Acts of 1908, for the present year.
Voted, To appropriate $775 for the retirement of teach- ers in the public schools under the provisions of Chapter 498, Acts of 1908, for the present year.
ARTICLE 49. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the present year for the purpose of providing pensions for members of the Police and Fire Departments retired and placed upon the pension roll under the provisions of Chapter 327, Acts of 1904.
Voted, To appropriate $2,144.38 for the present year for the purpose of providing pensions for members of the Police and Fire Departments retired and placed upon the pension roll under the provisions of Chapter 327, Acts of 1904.
ARTICLE 50. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for pensions for laborers under Chapter 503, Acts of 1912.
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Voted, To appropriate $1,443.95 for pensions for laborers under Chapter 503, Acts of 1912.
ARTICLE 51. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to be expended by the Select- men for a band concert and fireworks for the celebration of the Fourth Day of July.
Voted, To appropriate $300 to be expended by the Selectmen for band concerts for the celebration of the Fourth Day of July.
ARTICLE 52. To see what action the Town will take toward continuing the improvement of Pine Tree Brook and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, That this matter be referred to the Board of Sewer Commissioners for further consideration and action as outlined by vote of the Town at its March Meeting of 1914, and the balance of the appropriation then made remain at the disposal of the board.
ARTICLE 53. To see what action the Town will take toward continuing the improvement of the Town Land- ing, and what sum of money it will appropriate for the same.
Voted, That the Committee on the Town Landing, consisting of Edward F. W. Bartol, Horace B. Horne, James S. Russell, Norton Wigglesworth and Edward C. Williams, be continued for the ensuing year as a com- mittee of five members, vacancies therein at any time to be filled by the remaining members of the committee, said committee on behalf of the Town to take charge and management of the property known as the Town Landing, consisting of upland and flats, with power to improve, alter or change the same, to make rules and
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