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70,575.00
Total estimated receipts and available funds $150,500.00
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION
$137,388.11
TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES INCLUDING OVERLAY
Committed to Tax Collector:
Personal
$12,685.10
Real Estate
123,255.01
Poll Tax
1,448.00
Total
$137,388.11
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land, exclusive of buildings
$423,365.00
Buildings, exclusive of land
1,902,150.00
Total
$2,325,515.00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
$40,650.00
Machinery
160,200.00
Live Stock
32,935.00
All other Tangible Personal Property
5,555 CO
Total
$239,3 0.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$2,564,855.00
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Number of Cars Assessed
1,431
Value of Vehicles Assessed
$577,090.00
Excise Committed to Collector
$18,595.58
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Persons Assessed
Indiv.
Corp.
Total
Personal Estate Only
63
8
71
Real Estate Only
967
22
989
Both Personal and Real Estate
97
4
101
Total Number of Persons Assessed
1,161
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
909
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
11,942
While the total appropriation for 1949 exceeded that of 1948 by $21,143.16 we were able to maintain the same tax rate as in 1948, due largely to greater return from Income Tax and Motor Excise Tax.
If you have your land surveyed, be sure to let us have a Blue Print or Photostatic Copy.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman A. LESTER SCOTT
JAMES A. LIDDELL
Board of Assessors.
PUBLIC WELFARE
Twelve cases received aid under General Relief. At the close of the year two cases only remained active, three having been transferred to Aid to Dependent Children, one transferred out of town, and six were for temporary aid only.
Case Load
Norwell cases in Norwell
5 $960.60
Norwell cases in other towns
5
1,165.71
*State cases in Norwell
2
511.45
*Other towns' cases in Norwell
Total expenditure for Aid
$2,637.76
Administration 164.54
*Reimbursable to the town.
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Seventy-four cases received Old Age Assistance during the year. Nine new cases were added and ten closed, leaving 59 active cases at the close of the year.
Case Load
Norwell cases in Norwell
55
$33,187.95
Norwell cases in other towns
4
447.07
State cases in Norwell
7
3,683.26
Other towns' cases in Norwell
8 2,396.50
Total expenditure for Aid
74
$39,714.78
Appropriation - Town
$22,000.00
Balance - Federal Funds Jan. 1, 1949
6,745.22
Federal Receipts - 1949
19,350.85
State Receipts
13,664.84
Other Towns' Receipts
444.47
Administration
2,908.06
Balance in Federal Funds Jan. 1, 1949
942.65
Federal Receipts - 1949
1,517.87
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Five families with a total of fifteen children received Aid to De- pendent Children during the year. At the close of the year four cases with a total of nine children remained active, one case having been closed after several months of aid.
Total expenditure for Aid
$5,483.68
Balance - Federal Funds, Jan. 1, 1949
87.01
Federal Receipts - 1949
1,462.69
State Receipts
1,856.59
Administration
167.14
Balance - Federal Funds Jan. 1, 1949
251.00
Federal Receipts - 1949
291.62
In Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children Federal re- ceipts are applied to future aid. State receipts go into the General Fund.
JAMES A. LIDDELL, Chairman
RALPH H. COLEMAN
A. LESTER SCOTT Board of Public Welfare.
VETERANS' BENEFITS
The total expenditure for aid to Veterans amounted to $1,041.35, five cases receiving aid during the year. Three cases remained active es of December 31, 1949.
A. LESTER SCOTT, Agent.
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REPORT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Norwell:
At the town meeting held on March 7, 1949, it was voted to build a new elementary school on the site of the Old Town Hall and the sum of $375,000 was appropriated, so pursuant to the authority voted, the neces- sary contracts for the construction of the elementary school building were entered into and executed with the Park Construction Co. in the amount of $318,700. Ground was broken and work commenced during the first week in April. The building has progressed in accordance with the plans and specifications with a minimum of variations from the orig- inal contract. Variations as approved by the Building Committee have resulted in a very moderate increase in the total cost.
The building when completed will consist of eight classrooms, a large kindergarten room, a small auditorium or play room equipped with a stage suitable for plays and entertainments, a so-called all-purpose room in the basement similar in design, size and character to the other classrooms, principal's office, dental and medical room, a kitchen and a cafeteria.
The total sum of money contracted for to date plus the minor items still to be purchased will undoubtedly see the building completed and ope ed for a sum less than that authorized. The building is expected to be e-dy for its first classes on February 27, 1950. A complete financial report will "e "repared for the next Annual Town Report, at which time the uilding Cor mittee under its original appointment which called for its existen e for six months after the building was completed will have been dissolved.
SYDNEY S. DEAN NELLIE L. SPARRELL MARGARET H. McMULLAN JOHN D. R. WOODWORTH ARTHUR L. MERRITT THOMAS S. CANN DONALD C. WILDER,
Chairman.
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REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting:
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell, in said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Greetings.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwell, quali- fied to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall in said Norwell, on
Monday, the seventh day of March, 1949 at 7:30 P.M., then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit:
Article 1. To see if the town will accept the reports of its officers and committees as printed in the Town Report or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 2. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray town expenses for the ensuing year and make appropriations for the same for the following purposes: Moderator (Legislative Department), Selectmen's Department, Accounting Department, Treasurer's Depart- ment, Collector's Department, Assessors' Department, Town Clerk's De- partment, Election and Registration Department, Incidentals, Town Hall Expense, Police Department, Dog Officer, Fire Department, Forest Fire Patrol, Tree Warden, Spraying Elms, Moth Department, Tent Caterpillar, County Aid to Agriculture, Sealing Weights and Measures, Board of Health, Inspection of Animals, School Nurse, Transportation of Nurse, School Dentist, School Physician, Highways Town Account, Chapter 81, Chapter 90, Signs and Road Markings, Snow Removal and Sanding, Street Lights, Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Veterans' Benefits, Schools, Vocational Training, James Library, W. J. Leonard Memorial Library, Water Department, Workmen's Compensation Insurance, Plymouth County Retirement Fund, Reserve Fund, Town Re- ports and Budget, Memorial Day, Squares and Triangles, Mowing Bushes, Town Dump, Cemeteries, Interest. Town Debt, Town Counsel, Unpaid Bills.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer a sufficient sum from the General Fund to balance the amount to be contributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with Chapter 81 Work on the Highways, or act on anything relative thereto.
$10,575 recommended by Advisory Board.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer a sufficient sum from the General Fund to balance the amount to be contributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth in connec- tion with Chapter 90, Work on the Highways; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommends $6000 be transferred from General Fund.
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Article 5. To see if the town will choose a Town Director of the Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture, as provided for by the General Laws, Chapter 128, Sections 41 and 45, as revised; or act on anything relative thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,100.00 for the purpose of grading and resurfacing with tar, Pleas- ant Street from South Street to the Donovan Estate; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommends $1,100 be appropriated.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the purpose of grading and resurfacing with tar, Bowker Street; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommends $700 be appropriated.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the purchase of a Rotary Broom; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommends $1,200 be appropriated.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to accept Wendall Avenue as a town street; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommends $500 be appropriated to make passable.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to have the Town Dump placed under the direction of the Road Surveyor; or act on anything rela- tive thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the removal of trees in addition to the regular ap- propriation; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommended $900 be appropriated.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,942.90 for the purchase of a fire truck, equipped to meet Under- writer's specifications, said cost to be met by authorizing the Board of Fire Engineers to accept a trade-in-allowance of $575.00 on the out-of-service Maxim truck, and the balance of $7,367.90 by appropriation; or act on any- thing relative thereto.
Not recommended by Advisory Board.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,640.00 for the purchase of twelve oxygen breathing masks as required ly Chapter 337 of the General Laws; or act on anything relative thereto.
Advisory Board recommended $400 be appropriated.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for salaries and routine expenses of the members of the Board of Fire Engineers in performance of their duties; or act on anything rela- tive thereto.
Recommendations of Advisory Board will be made at town meeting.
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Article 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Ac- countant to close out the unexpended balances of the following appropria- tions, the purposes of which have been completed, or act on anything relative thereto.
Highways - Cross Street
$25.42
Highways - Jacobs Lake Special
2.40
Highways - Cross Street .05
Highways - Jacobs Trail, Prouty Ave., and Duncan Drive
5.97
Highways - Lincoln Street
.02
Superintendent's Convention Expense
4.50
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to accept as town property from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the pond and mill rights and such other land as the Selectmen may deem advisable; or act on anything relative thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to provide that the Collector of Taxes shall collect, under the title of Town Collector, all accounts due the town as provided under Section 38-A, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and as amended by Chapter 197 of the Acts of 1948; or act on anything relative thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to have a committee appointed to study the advisability of having one person as Public Works Superin- tendent, and to consider the question of town owned trucks; proper storage space for trucks and water department supplies; and to have proper articles inserted in the 1950 Warrant for the town's consideration of any recommendations they may deem advisable; or act on anything thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 19. Will the town vote to approve article by article the pro- posed By-laws as prepared by the committee appointed by the Selectmen; or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to transfer the 1948 Dog Tax Refund to the School Account, or act on anything relative thereto.
Transfer recommended by Advisory Board.
Article 21. To hear and act upon the report of the Elementary School Building Committee.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to construct, originally equip and furnish an Elementary School Building; or take any action in relation thereto.
Referred to Town Meeting.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purposes of constructing a school building and origi-
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nally equipping and furnishing said building; determine whether the money shall be provided by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1948 and Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or take any action in relation thereto.
Recommendations to be made at Town Meeting.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to fix the pay of its elective officers as required by law; or act on anything relative thereto.
Assessors - Extra Days
$8.00
Welfare - Extra Days 8.00
Highway Surveyor - Per Day 10.00
Tree Warden - Per Day 10.00
Approved by Advisory Board.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 588 of the Acts of 1948, or act on anything relative thereto.
Chap. 588. An Act Authorizing Increases of the Amounts of Pen- sions Payable to Certain Former Public Employees Who Have Been Retired and to Beneficiaries of Certain Retired Public Employees.
Article 26. To see if the town will give any instructions to its elected town officers.
SUBSEQUENT MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Saturday, March 12, 1949 Polls Open 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
then and there to act on the following article:
Article 27. To bring to the Election Officers their votes, all on one ballot, for the following named officers, to wit: one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; Town Treasurer, Highway Surveyor, Tree War- den and Moderator for one year; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Trustee of the William J. Leonard Memorial Library for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings
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thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February A.D. 1949.
A. LESTER SCOTT, Chairman JAMES A. LIDDELL RALPH H. COLEMAN Selectmen of Norwell.
A true copy - ATTEST:
Constable.
February 1949.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 7, 1949
Pursuant to a Warrant duly executed and return thereof made to the Town Clerk by Lloyd B. Henderson, a duly appointed Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the time and place and for the pur- pose therein stated and took the following action:
The Moderator, Herbert A. Lincoln, called the meeting to order.
That part of the Warrant pertaining to the calling of the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, who thereupon moved that the reading of the separate articles be deferred until each was taken up for action. No opposition was voiced and the Moderator announced that articles would be read as they were taken up for action.
Article 1. Voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers and Com- mittees as printed in the Town Report.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD
Amounts approved by the Advisory Board to be raised under Article 2. As each item was taken up for consideration, a member of the Advisory Board recommended the amount specified in their report, whereupon it was acted upon by the meeting.
Item 1 Moderator - Salary
$10.00
Item 2 Selectmen - Salaries (Chairman $300) 500.00
Item 3 Selectmen - Expenses 500.00
Item 4 Accountant - Salary
1,200.00
Item 5 Accountant - Expenses
25.00
Item 6 Treasurer - Salary
600.00
Item 7 Treasurer - Expenses 400.00
Item 8 Treasurer - Tax Title Account 35.00
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Item 9 Collector - Salary
1,200.00
Item 10 Collector - Expenses
450.00
Item 11 Assessors - Salary (Chairman $300)
500.00
Item 12 Assessors - Expenses
1,000.00
Item 13 Town Clerk - Salary
850.00
Item 14 Town Clerk - Expenses
250.00
Item 15
Election and Registration - Registrars and Clerk
105.00
Item 16
Election of Officers
150.00
Item 17
Election and Registration - Expenses
100.00
Item 18
Incidental Disbursements - Expenses
500.00
Item 19
Town Hall - Maintenance Salaries
2,600.00
Item 20
Town Hall - Expenses
1,500.00
Item 21
Police Department - Salaries and Expenses
250.00
Item 22 Dog Officer - Expenses
150.00
Item 23 Fire Department - General Payroll
1,000.00
Item 24 Fire Department - Stewards
720.00
Item 25 Fire Department -- Expenses
2,461.10
Item 26 Fire Department - General Equipment
2,057.30
Item 27
Forest Fire Patrol - Expense
200.00
Item 28
Tree Warden - Salary and Expense
750.00
Item 29
Elm Tree Beetle - Salaries and Expenses
500.00
Item 30
Moth Department - Salaries and Expenses
2,000.00
Item 31
Tent Caterpillar - Salaries and Expenses
150.00
Item 32 Contribution to Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Item 34
Board of Health - Salaries
75.00
Item 35
Board of Health - Clerk
100.00
Item 36
Board of Health - Aid and Expense
825.00
Item 37
Inspector of Animals - Expense
100.00
Item 38
School Nurse - Salary
1,900.00
Item 39
School Nurse - Transportation
200.00
Item 40
School Dentist - Salary
840.00
Item 41
School Physician - Salary
250.00
Item 42
Highways, Town Account - Salaries and Expense
2,000.00
Item 43
Chapter 81 Highways - Salary and Expense
5,875.00
Item 44
Chapter 90 Highways - Salaries and Expense
2,000.00
Item 45
Item 46
Snow Removal and Sanding - Salary and Expense
4,000.00
Item 47 Street Lights - Expense
900.00
Item 48 Laid on table
Item 49
Public Welfare - Salaries (Chairman $300)
500.00
Item 50
Public Welfare - Aid and Expense
4,000.00
Item 51
Old Age Assistance - Administration and Expense
2,500.00
Item 33
Sealer of Weights and Measures - Salary and Expense
150.00
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Item 52 Old Age Assistance - Assistance
22,000.00
Item 53 Aid to Dependent Children - Aid and Expense 7,500.00
Item 54 Aid to Dependent Children - Administration 200.00
Item 55 Veterans' Benefits - Aid
2,000.00
Item 56
School Committee - Salaries (Clerk $200)
350.00
Item 57
School Committee - Expenses
86,149.00
Item 58
Vocational Training - Tuition
1,000.00
Item 59
Wm. J. Leonard Memorial Library
400.00
Item 60 James Library
400.00
Item 64
Water Department - Salaries
75.00
Item 65
Water Department - Expense
225.00
Item 66
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
300.00
Item 67 Plymouth County Retirement Fund
415.00
Item 68 Reserve Fund
4,000.00
Item 69 Printing and Distribution of Town Report and Budgets 700.00
Item 70
Appropriation for Memorial Day 338.25
Item 71
Squares and Triangle - Salary and Expense 200.00
Item 72
Mowing Bushes - Salary and Expense
400.00
Item 73 Town Dump - Expense
600.00
Item 74
Veterans Graves
325.00
Item 76
Interest - School and Water Bonds
Item 77 School Bond
4,000.00
Item 78 Fees for Town Council
300.00
Article 2. Moved that the amounts in items No. 1 through No. 20 totaling $12,475 be raised and appropriated as listed. Recommendation made that No. 12 in Article 2 be taken up separately as it called for an increase of $3,000. Motion made that No. 12 be taken up separately was not carried.
Voted unanimously that Items No. 1 through No. 20 be raised and appropriated as listed.
No. 21-Motion made and seconded that $250 be raised and appro- priated for salaries and expenses of the Police Department.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $250 for salaries and expenses of Police Department. No. 22-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $150 for expenses of Dog Officer.
No. 23-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $1000 for General Payroll of Fire Department.
No. 24 through No. 37-Voted unanimously that amounts in Items No. 24 through No. 37 be raised and appropriated as recommended by the Advisory Board.
No. 38-A motion made and seconded to amend No. 38 to raise $2100 was not carried.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $1900 for salary of the School Nurse.
No. 39-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $200 for trans-
Item 75
Washington Street Cemetery
550.00
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portation of School Nurse.
No. 40-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $840 salary of School Dentist.
No. 41-Voted to raise and appropriate $250 salary of School Physician.
No. 42-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $2,000 for salary and expense of Town Account Roads.
No. 43-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $5,875 for salary and expenses Chap. 81 Highways.
No. 44-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $2,000 for salary and expenses Chap. 90 Highways.
No. 45-Voted unanimously to lay No. 45 on the table.
No. 46-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $4000 for Snow Removal.
No. 47-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $900 for expenses of Street Lights.
No. 48-Voted to lay No. 48 on the table as this amount is the total of separate articles to be found later in the budget.
No. 49 through No. 60-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the several amounts as listed in items No. 49 through No. 60.
Motion made to table No. 61 and No. 62 was ruled out of order.
No. 64-Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $75 for salaries of Water Commissioners.
No. 65 through No. 78-Voted unanimously that the amounts in items No. 65 through No. 78 with the exception of No. 69 which shall read $760 be raised and appropriated as listed and No. 76 which shall read $7,132.50.
Article 3. Voted unanimously to transfer $10,575 from the General Fund to balance the amount to be contributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with Chapter 81, Work on the Highways.
Article 4. Voted unanimously to transfer $6,000 from the General Fund to balance the amount to be contributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth in connection with Chapter 90, Work on the Highways.
Article 5. Voted that William D. Jacobs serve as Town Director of the Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture as provided for by the General Laws, Chapter 128, Section 41 and 45 as revised.
Article 6. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $1,100 for the purpose of grading and resurfacing with tar Pleasant St. from South St. to the Donovan Estate.
Article 7. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for the purpose of grading and resurfacing with tar Bowker St.
Article 8. The result on the vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1200 for the purchase of a Rotary Broom with declared to be i doubt by the Moderator. Frank W. Rounds and Peirce Fuller were appointed as tellers by the Moderator, who also swore them in.
Voted 266 for and 24 against, to raise and appropriate the sum of $1200 for the purchase of a Rotary Broom.
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Article 9. Voted unanimously to accept Wendall Ave. as a town Street and to raise and appropriate $500 to make Wendall Ave. passable.
Article 10. A motion to table Article 10 was lost. The motion to place the Town Dump under the direction of the Road Surveyor was amended by substituting the name of "Loring Wadsworth" for the words ' the Road Surveyor."
Voted unanimously to place the Town Dump under the direction of Loring Wadsworth.
Article 11. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $900 for the removal of trees in addition to the regular appropriation.
Article 12. Voted unanimously not to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,942.90 for the purchase of a fire truck and equipment as specified in Article 12 of the Warrant.
Article 13. A motion was made and seconded to raise and appropriate the sum of $440 for the purchase of two oxygen breathing masks as re- quired by Chapter 337 of the General Laws. An amendment to substitute "the sum of $2,640" for "the sum of $440" and "12" for "2" was lost.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $440 for the purchase of two oxygen breathing masks as required by Chapter 337 of the General Laws.
Article 14. A substitute motion presented by Ralph Ripley was accepted.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to com- pensate the Board of Fire Engineers at the rate of one (1) dollar per storage permit issued and that the Board of Fire Engineers collect the authorized 50c per permit issued and pay the same to the Town Treasurer.
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