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3. In all Residence districts all accessory buildings except garages shall be located in rear yard area and shall not be nearer than five (5) feet to a side or rear lot line, and shall not occupy more than twenty- five (25) per cent of the required rear yard area. Garages, if located in rear or side yards, shall comply with these requirements. Garages, if located in front yard area, shall not extend nearer to the street than. the setback required for a principal building on said lot.
Part III. Business Districts
Section VIII. Use Regulations.
1. Within Business districts, all manufacturing and industrial en- terprises together with their accessories, except as they are clearly in- cidental to a retail business lawfully conducted on the premises, are specifically prohibited, provided that such manufacturing as is permit- ted shall not give rise to dust, odor, fumes, smoke, gas, wastes, refuse matter, noise or excessive vibrations, to danger of explosion or fire, or be otherwise detrimental to a business district.
Section IX. Building Area. In a Business district no new buildings or structure shall be built and no existing building shall be enlarged 30 that it covers more than eighty-five (85) per cent of the lot on which it stands.
Section X. Height Regulations. In a Business district no building shall exceed four (4) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height.
Section XI. Yard Regulations.
1. Front Yards.
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Where a Business "B" district adjoins a residential district on the street line, no new building and no alteration or extension of an exist- ing building shall be erected in said business district nearer than five (5) feet to such street line for a distance of eighty (80) feet measured along the street line from the boundary line between the zones.
In a business "A" district, no part of a building or structure shall extend nearer the property line on the frontage street than fifty (50) feet, or nearer any other street line than twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yards. In any Business district, no building on a lot ad- joining on the side any residential district shall extend nearer the boundary line of such residential district than ten (10) feet.
3. Rear Yards. In any Business district, no building on a lot ad- joining, on the rear, any residential district shall have any part of its exterior wall above the first story nearer to the boundary line of such residential district than fifteen (15) feet. (For yard exceptions see Section XX.)
Part IV. Industrial Districts
Section XII. Use Regulations.
1. In an Industrial district no building or premises shall be used for any other purpose which is injurious, obnoxious, or offensive to a neighborhood by reason of noise, smoke, odor, gas, dust, or other ob- jectionable feature, or is dangerous to a neighborhood on account of fire or any other cause.
2. No new buildings shall be constructed or used for dwelling pur- poses, and no existing building shall be altered, enlarged, or extended for use as a residence or apartment house.
Section XIII. Building Area. In an Industrial district no new building or structure shall be erected, and no existing building shall be enlarged so that it covers more than eighty-five (85) per cent of the lot on which it stands.
Section XIV. Height Regulations. In an Industrial district no building shall exceed four (4) stories or sixty (60) feet in height.
Section XV. Yard Regulations. In an Industrial district the yard requirements shall be as specified in Section XI for Business districts.
Part V. General Provisions
Section XVI. Accessory Uses.
1. Accessory uses shall be permitted which do not alter the charac- ter of the premises on which they are located and are not injurious, noxious or offensive to the neighborhood.
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Section, the following shall be considered as accessory uses in a Residential district :
a. The use of a room or rooms in a dwelling in a Residence dis- trict as an office or studio or working room for home occupations by a person resident in the house, provided that no goods are publicly dis-
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played or offered for sale. No sign over one square foot in area shall be permitted.
b. The renting, by a family living in a dwelling in a Residence dis- trict, of rooms and the furnishing of table board.
Section XVII. Non-conforming Uses.
1. A non-conforming use is a use incompatible with the regulations for the use district in which it exists.
2. Any building, part of a building or premises which, at the time this by-law takes effect, is being put to a non-conforming use may be :
(a) Continued in that use.
(b) Altered or extended for that use only upon a permit by the Board of Appeals, or as ordered by the Building Inspector to make such building or premises safe.
(c.) Changed to a more restricted use; provided that when so changed it shall not be returned to a less restricted use.
(d.) Abandoned under the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 of this section.
3. The discontinuance of the non-conforming use of any premises for the period of two years shall be deemed to constitute abandonment of such use, and the use of such premises thereafter shall be in accord- ance with the regulations and restrictions herein provided for uses originating after this by-law takes effect.
Section XVIII. Height Exceptions. Parapets and cornices which do not extend more than four (4) feet above the highest point of the roof beams, enclosures for the machinery of elevators or for tanks which do not exceed ten (10) feet in height; chimneys, ventilators, sky- lights, or other features usually carried above roofs, domes, towers or spires, if such features are in no way for human occupancy; and orna- mental towers, observation towers, water towers, windmills, and like structures, which occupy less than twenty-five (25) per cent of the lot area, may extend above the height limits herein prescribed.
Section XIX. Yard Exceptions. Projecting eaves, chimneys, bay windows, balconies and like projections, which do not project more than three and one-half (31/2) feet beyond the line of the foundation wall, and unenclosed steps, unroofed porches and the like, which do not extend nearer to the party line than ten (10) feet, and the top of the rail of which is not more than six (6) feet above ground, may ex- tend beyond the minimum yard requirements herein prescribed.
Section XX. Access to Business or Industrial Buildings. No driveway or other means of access for vehicles, other than an accepted street, shall be maintained or used in any Residence district for the servicing of a commercial or industrial building located in a Business or Industrial District.
Section XXI. Reduction of Area. No lot shall be changed in size or shape so that the height, area, yard, or coverage provisions herein
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prescribed are no longer satisfied. This section shall not apply where a portion of a lot is acquired for a public purpose.
Part VI. Administration and Enforcement
Section XXII.
1. The Inspector of Buildings, or other municipal officer or officers, shall require of every applicant for a license or permit for any con- struction, alteration or use of any building, structure or premises, for which a permit or license is by law required, such written information, plans, specifications and other data as shall be deemed necessary for the full and accurate exposition of the proposed construction, altera- tion or use, with relation to the requirements of this by-law. Such material, so required, shall be kept on file in the records of the officer or officers to whom it is submitted.
2. The Inspector of Buildings, appointed under the building laws, shall not grant a permit for the construction or alteration of any build- ing or structure, if the building or structure as constructed or altered would be in violation of any provision of this by-law. No municipal office shall grant any permit or license for the use of buildings, struc- tures, or land which use would be in violation of any provision of this by-law. Whenever such permit or license is refused because of some provisions of this by-law, the reason therefor shall be clearly stated in writing.
3. The Board of Appeal, established under the Building Law of the Town, shall constitute the Board of Appeal under this by-law, and shall have the powers and duties provided for herein and as prescribed by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, and all amendments thereto.
4. The Inspector of Buildings with the approval of the Selectmen may, and if required by them, shall institute appropriate legal proceed- ings to enforce this by-law and to restrain by injunction any violation thereof.
Section XXIII. Penalty. . Any person or persons, who violate any provision of this by-law shall forfcit a sum not to exceed twenty dol- lars for each offense, which shall be recovered as provided by law and shall enure to the Town.
Section XXIV. Interpretation and Validity.
1. Nothing in this by-law shall be construed as repealing or modi- fying any existing by-law or regulation of the Town, but shall be in addition thereto.
2. If any provision of this by-law shall be determined to be invalid, the remaining provisions of the by-law not manifestly inseparable from the invalid provision shall continue in force.
Section XXV. This by-law shall take effect upon its approval by the Attorney General and publication according to law.
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Article 5. On motion of Winthrop D. Parker that the Town accept the revised Zoning By-Law as submitted by the Planning Board, the measure requiring a two-thirds vote to carry it, the vote on the article was Yes 86 and No 57, and the same was not carried.
On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to adjourn sine die.
Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town' Clerk.
STATE PRIMARY
Security Hall, Woburn St., Sept. 20, 1938.
Pursuant to the warrant a Primary was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by Selectman J. Warren Killam, Jr. The warrant was partially read by Selectman J. Warren Killam, Jr., when on motion of Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles, it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's Return theron which was duly read. The ballot boxes were examined and found empty and the keys were delivered to the Constable in charge, J. Winthrop Sias. The ballots were delivered to the Selectman in charge and the polls were duly opened and closed at the hours specified in the warrant and the votes counted in open Town meeting with the following result: 2652 Republican and 273 Democrat, a total of 2925 votes cast.
REPUBLICAN PARTY For Governor
Frederick Butler, 159 Lowell Street, Andover 88
William H. McMasters, 7 Rutland Street, Cambridge 349
Leverett Saltonstall, 240 Chestnut Hill Road, Newton 2076
Richard Whitcomb, 90 Park Drive, Springfield 102
Blanks 37
For Lieutenant-Governor
Dewey G. Archambault, 197 Pawtucket Street, Lowell 15
Horace T. Cahill, 60 Arborway Drive, Braintree 81
J. Watson Flett, 184 Rutledge Road, Belmont 26
Charles P. Howard, 186 Summer Avenue, Reading
2402
Kenneth D. Johnson, 30 Brackett Street, Milton 107
Robert Gardner Wilson, Jr., 57 Codman Hill Avenue, Boston . .
9
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, 75 Benton Road, Somerville 2417
Treasurer
William E. Hurley, 37 Carruth Street, Boston 1369
Alonzo B. Cook, 4 Bulfinch Place, Boston 1019
John J. Hurley, 86 Lynnway, Revere 74
Blanks 190
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Auditor
Carl D. Goodwin, 170 Bayswater Street, Boston 703
Russell A. Wood, 9 Whittier Street, Cambridge 1479
Blanks 470
Attorney-General
Howe Coolidge Amee, 285 Harvard Street, Cambridge 703
Clarence A. Barnes, 79 Rumford Avenue, Mansfield 985
Frank F. Walters, 70 Chandler Street, Boston 326
Blanks 638
Congressman, Fifth District
Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover Street, Lowell 2432
Blanks 220
Councillor, Sixth District
Eugene A. F. Burtnett, 39 Ware Street, Somerville 1098
Joseph George Bates, 62 Mount Vernon Street, Malden 333
Frederick E. Bean, 69 Playstead Road, Medford 301
Walter A. Raney, 430 Arlington Street, Dracut 74
Orvis H. Saxby, Eastview Terrace, Stoneham 375
Blanks 471
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
Joseph R. Cotton, 123 Marrett Road, Lexington
2384
Joseph LaBelle, 97 Pleasant Street, Lowell 85
Blanks 183
Representatives in General Court, Eighteenth Middlesex District
Arthur W. Coolidge, 210 Summer Avenue, Reading 2470
Gustave W. Everberg, 11 Cleveland Avenue, Woburn 2087
Blanks 747
District Attorney, Northern District
Warren L. Bishop, 80 Main Street, Wayland
1194
Robert F. Bradford, 106 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge 1256
Blanks 202
County Commissioner, Middlesex County
Smith J. Adams, 19 Columbus Avenue, Lowell 181
Thomas H. Braden, 320 Wilder Street, Lowell 380
Charles H. Brown, 520 High Street, Medford 468 Ernest J. Chisholm, 318 Winthrop Street, Medford 112
Byrle J. Osborn, North Mill Street, Hopkinton 47
George Wyman Pratt, 35 Clark Street, Somerville 157
Charles C. Warren, 15 Maple Street, Arlington 642
Blanks 665
Sheriff, Middlesex County
Joseph M. McElroy, 50 Thorndike Street, Cambridge 2204
Blanks
448
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Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County (to fill vacancy)
Edward J. Hamilton, 466 Fletcher Street, Lowell 332
Frederic L. Putnam, 288 Main Street, Melrose 1897
Blanks
423
Delegates to State Convention
Natalie Burnham, 17 Pine Ridge Road, Reading 2063
Norman W. Haines, 32 Thorndike Street, Reading 2088
Charles S. Hasty, 46 Temple Street, Reading 2070 Kathrine G. Howard, 186 Summer Avenue, Reading 2140
Harold F. Parkr, 42 Pratt Street, Reading 2079
Louis Ellenwood, 78 Lowell Street, Reading 2150
Dudley B. Killam, 16 Arlington Street, Reading 2070
Louise B. Jenkins, 161 Salem Street, Reading 2037
Marion B. Temple, 32 Hillcrest Road, Reading 2028
Sara G. Harnden, 311 Summer Avenue, Reading 2004
W. Fletcher Twombly, 14 Berkeley Street, Reading 2122
Albert N. Leman, 35 School Street, Reading 2078
Logan R. Dickie, 86 Walnut Street, Reading 2079
Mollie A. Sweetser, 192 Woburn Street, Reading 2164
Blanks 7956
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Charles F. Hurley, 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge 109
James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 90
Francis E. Kelly, 1176 Morton Street, Boston 46
Richard M. Russell, 984 Memorial Drive, Cambridge 24
Blanks
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Lieutenant-Governor
James Henry Brennan, 38 Arborway, Boston 93
Edward T. Collins, 162 Westminster Street, Springfield 29
Alexander F. Sullivan, 92 Wordworth Street, Boston 19
Joseph C. White, 77 Westchester Road, Boston 92
William P. Yoerg, 9 Liberty Street, Holyoke 10
Blanks
30
Secretary
William J. Ahearne, 28 Baker Street, Lynn 35
John M. Bresnahan, 25 Atkinson Street, Lynn 51
Henry Clay, 37 McKnight Street, Springfield 7
Katherine A. Foley, 17 Allyn Terrace, Lawrence 63
William F. Sullivan, 28 Arborough Road, Boston 39
John H. Wallace, 1 Swan Court, Boston 22
Blanks 56
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Treasurer
William F. Barrett, 16 Mansur Street, Lowell 41
Ernest Joseph Brown, 31 Lexington Street, Boston 15
William H. Burke, Jr., 70 Main Street, Hatfield 14 Joseph W. Doherty, 67 Carlton Street, Brookline 55
Owen Gallagher, 652 Columbia Road, Boston 54
John Frederick Harkins, 41 Laurel Drive, Needham 2
Daniel J. Honan, 23 Fremont Street, Winthrop 10
John J. McGrath, 2 Maple Park, Boston 30
Blanks 52
Auditor
Thomas H. Buckley, 198 Centre Street, Arlington
161
John J. Barry, 37 Swan Street, Lowell 35
Leo D. Walsh, 2 Plummer Place, Boston 34
Blanks
43
Attorney-General
Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham Street, Cambridge 230
Blanks
43
Congressman, Fifth District
198
Blanks
75
Councillor, Sixth District
Thomas J. Brady, 36 Smith Street, Lowell
30
Edward Brennan, 17 Evergreen Avenue, Somerville 16
James J. Brennan, 10 Putnam Street, Somerville 38
Michael Catino, 110 Harvard Street, Medford
6
Edward J. Coughlin, 398 Washington Street, Somerville
7
James M. Curley, 194 Middlesex Street, Lowell
12
Walter A. Hodgdon, 22 Elliot Terrace, Newton
1
John M. Hurley, 10 Park Terrace, Arlington
8
William P. McGarry, 31 Groves Avenue, Lowell
6
Thomas F. McGrath, 217 Willow . Avenue, Somerville
21
William McMahon, 511 Concord Street, Lowell
1
Edward H. O'Connor, 12 Fernald Street, Lowell
3
Edward A. Rose, 231 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville 29
John F. Sullivan, 25 Warren Avenue, Somerville 10
Raymond A. Willett, Jr., 1 Cooke Terrace, Woburn 28
Blanks 57
Senator, Seventh Middlesex District
William D. Dacey, 176 Andover Street, Lowell 83
Edward L. Harley, 46 Crosby Street, Lowell 48
Joseph LaBelle, 97 Pleasant Street, Lowell 17
P. Harold Rady, 98 Andover Street, Lowell 59
Blanks
66
56
Francis J. Roane, 46 Burtt Street, Lowell
Representatives in General Court, Eighteenth Middlesex District
William H. Flaherty, 6 Munroe Street, Woburn 185
Thomas J. Power, 18 High Street, Woburn 166
Blanks 195
District Attorney, Northern District
James J. Bruin, 161 School Street, Lowell 65
Joseph V. Carroll, 154 Clifton Street, Belmont 90
George A. McLaughlin, 562 Huron Avenue, Cambridge 53
Blanks
65
County Commissioner, Middlesex County
Thomas B. Brennan, 72 Bower Street, Medford 132
Raymond Brennan, 9 Third Street, Lowell 24
James J. Carragher, 28 Court Street, Lowell 11
Ralph F. Champey, 76A Prospect Street, Somerville 9
Hugh F. Farley, 6 Hildreth Street, Lowell 17
Byrle J. Osborn, North Mill Street, Hopkinton 9
Blanks 71
Sheriff, Middlesex County
Michael J. Dee, 94 Hammond Street, Cambridge 64
Michael DeLuca, 36 Walker Street, Cambridge 7
James F. Hennessey, 198 Pine Street, Lowell 48
Clement Gregory McDonough, 727 Bridge Street, Lowell 16
William H. Walsh, off Cochituate Road, Framingham 76
Blanks
62
Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County (To Fill Vacancy)
Edward L. Ford, 390 Broadway, Cambridge
Blanks
62
Richard Francis Drew, 48 John Street, Reading 229
Blanks
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The votes were sorted, counted and declared in open town meeting and the meeting adjourned sine die.
Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., September 29, 1938.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Mil- lard F. Charles, when on motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return which was duly read by the Town Clerk.
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Delegate to State Convention
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees and to see what instructions, if any, shall be given Town officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Public Welfare, including Aid to Dependent Child- ren and Old Age Assistance, Soldiers' Benefits, including State Aid, Military Aid, Soldiers' Burials and Soldiers' Relief, and for W. P. A. expenses, including administrative, truck hire, equipment and materials, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938, or take any action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to indefi- nitely postpone this article.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing an elementary school building, including originally equipping and furnishing the same, and authorize and direct the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the town, for use in carrying out such project, a Federal grant of money pursuant to the Public Works Administration Act of 1938; and authorize the School Committee to construct said project and contract with respect thereto; and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow such sums as may be necessary to meet any appro- priations made, and to use any other available funds that may be raised by taxation or appropriation for that purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
School Committee.
Article 3. On motion of Frank D. Tanner, it was voted that for the purpose of constructing an elementary school building, to be erected on land now owned by the Town on the Easterly side of Pearl Street on the site known as the Town Farm, including originally equip- ping and furnishing the same, and to enable the Town to secure the benefits of funds granted by the Federal Government under the Pub- lic Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938, there be raised and appropriated the sum of one hundred ninety-five thousand eight hundred fifty-eight ($195,858.00) dollars, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred ten thousand ($110,000.00) dollars, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town, therefor, under authority of and in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 50 of the Acts of 1938, said bonds or notes to be payable in not more than twenty (20) years at such terms and maximum rate of interest as may be fixed by the Emergency Finance Board. All monies received by way of grant from the Federal
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Government on account of this project shall be applied first to meet the cost of construction thereof, and any balance shall be applied to the payment of the loan herein authorized. The Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the Town for use in carrying out such project, a Federal grant of money, pursuant to the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938; and the School Committee is authorized to proceed with the construction of said project and to enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements in respect thereto, all subject to applicable Federal regu- lations; and the Selectmen and the School Committee are authorized to do all other acts and things necessary or convenient for obtaining said grant, making said loan, and constructing said project.
204 voted "Yes" and 4 voted "No."
On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to adjourn sine die.
A true copy, attest :-
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn Street, October 20, 1938.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon a town meeting was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles. The Town Clerk was instructed to cast one ballot for Samuel H. Davis for Moderator which was done. The warrant was partially read when upon motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to dispense with further reading ex- cept the Constable's return which was duly read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town officers and special committees and to see what instructions, if any, shall be given Town officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Public Welfare, including Aid to Dependent Child- ren and Old Age Assistance, Soldiers' Benefits, including State Aid, Military Aid, Soldiers' Burials and Soldiers' Relief, and for W. P. A. Expenses, including administrative, truck hire, equipment and materials, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938, or take any action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars be raised and appropria- ted for Public Welfare, including aid, board and care; two thousand
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($2,000.00) dollars for Old Age Assistance; one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for Soldiers' Benefits, including State Aid, Military Aid, Sol- diers' Burials, and Soldiers' Relief; and twenty-five thousand ($25,000 .- 00) dollars for W. P. A. expenses, including administrative, truck hire, equipment and materials ; and to meet said appropriations the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to bor- row thirty-five thousand ($35,000.00) dollars under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1938, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in not more than five (5) years from the date thereof.
One hundred thirty-five voted "Yes" and none "No" making it an unanimous vote.
Article 3 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of repairing damage to public buildings and grounds, parks, ways, shade trees and cemeteries, caused by the recent storm, determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under Clause 9 of Section 8 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. On motion of J. Warren Killam, Jr., it was voted that the sum of thirteen thousand ($13,000.00) dollars be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of repairing damage to public buildings and grounds, parks, ways and cemeteries, and for repairing and replacing shade trees, caused by the recent storm, including work and labor and the purchase of necessary materials, tools and equipment, and any other incidental expenses pertaining thereto, and to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of thirteen thousand ($13,000.00) dollars and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Clause 9 of Section 8 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Acts amendatory thereof and in addition thereto, so that the whole of said loan shall be paid in not more than one (1) year, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen may determine, and said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen.
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