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Police Sergeant
He shall assist the Chief of Police as directed by him in accordance with the police regulations and shall perform his duties by day or night, which may include patrol or station house service. He shall perform
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such other duties as may be required by the law, the police regulations of the Town and such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Chief of Police.
Patrolman
He shall conform to the rules and regulations of the department and observe and enforce the laws, ordinances and by-laws and shall per- form the duties prescribed by law and such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Chief of Police, and his superior officers.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Fire Department
He shall direct all activities of the department and shall have charge of extinguishing fires in the Town and the protection of life and property and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute, and shall appoint a Deputy Chief and such officers and firemen as he may think necessary and as provided by law. He shall have full and absolute authority in the administration of the department, shall make all rules and regulations for its operation and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by law and assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Selectmen.
Deputy Chief
He shall assist the Chief of the Fire Department and shall be the head of the department in the absence of the Chief and shall assist in extinguishing fires in the Town and the protection of life and property in cases of fire, and shall perform such other duties as prescribed by law and which may be assigned to him from time to time by the Chief of the department.
Captain
In the absence of the Chief and Deputy Chief the Captain shall be in charge of extinguishing fires in the Town and the protection of life and property in case of fire and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law and from time to time assigned to him by his superior officers.
Lieutenant
In the absence of the Chief, Deputy Chief and Captain the Lieu- tenant shall be in charge of extinguishing fires in the Town and the protection of life and property in case of fire and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law, and which may be assigned to him from time to time by his superior officers.
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Private
He shall assist in extinguishing fires in the Town and the protection of life and property in case of fire and shall assist in keeping in repair all property and apparatus used for and by the Fire Department and perform such other duties as prescribed by law and which may be as- signed to him from time to time by his superior officers.
Cail Man
He shall assist in extinguishing fires in the Town and the pro- tection of life and property in case of fire and shall perform such other duties prescribed by law and which may be assigned to him from time to time by his superior officers.
The above Job Descriptions are intended to indicate, in a general way, the principal duties of individual jobs covered by these job titles. They are in no sense limiting and do not necessarily include all activi- ties which may be incidental to the performance of these jobs.
Salary and Wage Classification Committee
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 649 of the Acts of 1947, being an Act authorizing a forty hour work week for employees of the Town, and to exempt from the operation of such Act the Janitors of the public buildings and schools in the Town, Superintendents, Foremen, Pumping Station Engineer, Assistant to Sup- erintendent and Relief Pumping Station Engineer, Distribution Engi- neer, Construction Superintendent, Foreman Supervisors, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Salary and Wage Classification Committee
Article 33. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate from the Tax Levy or transfer from available funds under authority of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1943 for the purchase of United States War Bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, to be added to the Post War Rehabilitation Fund or what it will do in relation thereto.
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
Article 34. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate from the Tax Levy or from available funds for the purpose of creating a stabilization fund under authority of Section 5-B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws or what it will do in relation thereto.
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
Article 35. To see what action the Town will take regarding the installation of additional street lights on the public streets during the year 1948, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Doard
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Article 36. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the general expenses of the Capital Expenditures Planning Com- mittee, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and the Selectmen appoint a Director, the Director to cooperate with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture and work of the Middlesex County Extension Service and the 4-H Clubs, under provisions of Section 40 to 45 Chapters 128, General Laws, of Massachusetts, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Lois M. Connor and others
Article 38. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 685 Veterans of Foreigns Wars, or what it will do in relation thereto.
William J. Tighe, Jr. and others
Article 39. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise, suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion, or what it will do in relation thereto. George R. Dunn and others
Article 40. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Frances K. Wright and others
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the four precincts of the Town not less than seven days prior to March 1, 1948, the date set for the meeting in said warrant and to cause this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, this sixteenth day of February, A.D., 1948.
KENNETH C. LATHAM CHARLES E. WILKINSON G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
A true copy. Attest:
Selectmen of Reading
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Officer's Return
Reading, Mass., February 27, 1948
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
Reading, Mass., February 27, 1948
By virtue of the within warrant, I on February 23rd, 1948 notified and warned the inhabitants of Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street in said Reading, as the designated place for the four precincts of the town, at the times specified in this warrant, by posting attested copies of the same in the following public places within the Town of Reading.
Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden St .; The Danforth Pharmacy, 1 Harnden St .; Central Fire Station.
Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building; Lyceum Hall Building; M. F. Charles & Sons Store, 610 Main St .; Boston & Maine Railroad R. R. Depot; Odd Fellows' Building, Woburn St.
Precinct 3. Waterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral St .; Benny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell St .; Engine No. 2 Station, Wo- burn St.
Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell St .; Mclaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main St.
The date of posting being seven days prior to the date set for the meeting in this warrant, and I also caused an attested copy of this war- rant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of February 26th, 1948 the date of publication being more than one day prior to the date of meeting.
LEON G. BENT
Constable of Reading
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
March 1, 1948
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereof, a Town Election was held at the time and place specified in the warrant, and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard.
The Clerk partially read the warrant, when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the war-
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rant except the Constable's Return which was duly read by the clerk.
The keys to the ballot boxes were turned over to the Constable in charge, the ballot boxes were examined and found to be empty and registered 000.
The polls were then declared open at 6:45 o'clock A. M. and were closed at 8:00 P. M. with the following results:
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec
1
2
3
4 Totals
Moderator for one year
Charles P. Howard
385
461
442
487
1775
Blanks
53
52
53
53
211
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Town Clerk for one year
Guy W. Ellison
393
461
445
486
1785
Blanks
45
52
50
54
201
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Selectman for 3 years
Kenneth C. Latham
400
469
455
500
1824
Blanks
38
44
40
40
162
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986-
Board of Public Welfare for 3 years
Joseph D. Knight
389
454
440
482
1765
Blanks
49
59
55
58
221
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Assessor for 3 years
Leon G. Bent
378
450
423
469
1720
Blanks
60
63
72
71
266
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Treasurer for one year
Preston F. Nichols
392
469
448
498
1807
Blanks
46
44
47
42
179
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
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Municipal Light Board for three years
Maynard R. Barton
50
73
37
72
232
Alfred H. Dolben
142
224
279
221
866
Herbert C. Towle
216
198
162
221
797
Blanks
30
18
17
26
91
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Two Constables for one year
Leon G. Bent
366
431
414
455
1666
Arthur L. Harris
364
438
418
457
1677
Blanks
146
157
158
168
629
Totals
876
1026
990
1080
3972
Two members Board Public Works for three years
Coleman J. Donahue, Jr.
261
283
287
333
1164
Alexander Lindsay
319
377
370
412
1478
Andrew A. Zanni
154
207
193
164
718
Blanks
142
159
140
171
612
Totals
876
1026
990
1080
3972
One member Board Public Works for two years
Edward Brophy
127
115
124
128
494
James Calvin
255
308
320
350
1233
Robert Grundy
38
73
34
41
186
Blanks
18
17
17
21
73
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Board Public Works for one year
William Webb
372
450
428
484
1734
Blanks
66
63
67
56
252
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Board of Health for three years
Christine F. Atkinson
387
449
450
476
1762
Blanks
51
64
45
64
224
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Two members School Committee for three years
Mary E. Earley
208
272
260
277
1017
Robert E. Turner
253
286
277
321
1137
34
Merle W. Wescott
310
372
390
401
1473
Blanks
105
96
63
81
345
Totals
876
1026
990
1080
3972
Two Library Trustees for three years
Beatrice D. Jones
180
151
164
169
664
Thomas F. Maher
96
88
87
123
394
Katherine C. Pierce
277
322
325
312
1236
William J. Tonks
210
330
291
320
1151
Blanks
113
135
123
156
527
Totals
876
1026
990
1080
3972
Two Cemetery Trustees for three years
Harry C. Barr
384
445
429
489
1747
Edouard N. Dube
367
443
415
451
1676
Blanks
125
138
146
140
549
Totals
876
1026
990
1080
3972
Planning Board for three years
Charles Wilson
360
436
410
456
1662
Blanks
78
77
85
84
324
Totals
438
513
495
540
1986
Precinct 1
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Charles M. Blake, 165 Main St.
349
William C. Bliss, 194 Pleasant St.
353
William Frederick Cook, 75 Cross St.
350
Everett J. Doucette, 40 Shackford Rd.
355
Raymond E. Foster, 23 Smith Ave.
349
William B. Herrick, 515 Summer Ave.
350
William S. Lister, Jr., 32 Thorndike St.
349
Herbert Mitchell, 156 Salem St.
348
A. Waldo Phinney, 61 Cross St.
347
Herbert Pinto, 78 Cross St.
352
Katherine J. Russell, 26 Wilson St.
353
Wilson A. Smith, 10 Smith Ave.
346
Howard W. Stockbridge, 4 Smith Ave.
348
Clifford P. Wadman, 66 Pearl St.
348
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A. Clifford Woodside, 773 Main St.
353
Raymond Swain
1
Blanks
1319
Totals
6570
Precinct 2
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Stanley H. Beaman, 206 Woburn St.
412
Norman T. Bissett, 87 Oak St.
392
Harry H. Brigham, 98 Howard St.
398
G. Warren Cochrane, Jr., 26 County Rd.
413
Winthrop P. Frazier, 438 Summer Ave.
393
Arthur L. Harris, 59 Oak St.
408
Leon T. Hutchins, 175 Prescott St.
405
Donald C. McKie, 12 Ellis Ave.
395
Henry C. Milton, 281 Summer Ave.
404
Neil C. Robinson, 15 Vista Ave.
408
William J. Tonks, 3 Copeland Ave.
409
Helen M. Towle, 22 West St.
387 401
Emerson A. Willard, 55 Fairview Ave.
406
Willis T. Dean
3
Harry Walker
2
Theodore H. Johnson
2
Arthur Dolben
2
Lloyd F. Henderson
2
Richard E. Merrill
1
Stanley Colburn
1
Albert E. Sargent
1
Clarence M. Kimball
1
Frank E. Goddard
1
Robert Grundy
1
Calvin A. Wood
1
Charles H. Grant
1
Eve F. Henderson
1
Charles L. Godfrey
1
John A. Smith
1
Margaret M. Dee
1
Richard T. Gagney
1
Albert O. Dill
1
Blanks
2039
Totals
7695
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Herbert C. Towle, 22 West St.
Precinct 3
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Lawrence W. Allen, 58 Temple St. 396
Forest T. Benton, 402 Lowell St.
371
Lawrence G. Crosby, 64 Grand St.
418
Grace C. Curtis, 41 Hancock St. 405
Oscar M. David, 211 High St.
403
Joshua T. Day, Jr., 64 Berkeley St.
391
John L. Devaney, 34 Washington St. 388
Lewis E. Gilman, 119 Summer Ave.
398
John R. Kay, 50 Grand St.
395
Harry F. McRell, 14 Willow St.
328
Richard G. Moore, 40 Grand St.
407
Frank L. Spurr, 43 Prospect St.
397
Dorothy F. Stevens, 14 School St.
380
Willis F. Tucker, Jr., 39 Vine St.
422
Joshua D. Upton, 79 Woburn St.
388
Philip P. Welch, 10 Lee St.
244
John Nargis
1
Francis Randall
1
Ray Johnson
1
Lester Boston
1
Alfred Dolben
1
Ralph Allen
1
William Fraker
1
Blanks
1287
Totals
7425
Precinct 4
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
C. Nelson Bishop, 55 Lowell St.
432
Lawrence A. Cate, 264 Charles St. 423
Harold F. Davis, 17 Forest Glen Rd.
436
Edward C. Emslie, 252 Charles St.
412
Donald Higgins, 51 Grove St.
414
Thomas F. Maher, 273 Forest St.
408
Thomas M. Prentiss, 2 Whittier Rd.
420
Harold W. Putnam, 147 Bancroft Ave.
434
James T. Putnam, 1027 Main St.
421
Ralph B. Story, 258 Charles St.
402
Edward J. Taylor, 13 Forest St.
417
Lawrence W. Winchester, 96 Wakefield St.
424
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Albert H. Woodward, 72 Linden St.
429
Kenneth O. Morrison, 55 Woburn St.
33
William H. Willson, Jr., 55 Bancroft Ave.
30
Richmond Woodward, Jr.
9
Francis O'Leary
2
E. Whitcomb Woodward
Elizabeth Graham
2
Donald Mitchell
4
Richard Jackson
2
Roland Hoag
2
Clarence Whitten
1
Coleman Donahue
1
Robert Morrison
1
Richard Tonseth
1
Arthur Eastman
1
William Webb
1
James Coombs
1
Thomas Brown
1
Edward Jones
1
Richmond W. Woodward
1
Herbert L. Robinson
1
Jane Peabody
1
Lyman C. Sprague
1
Clayton R. Nash
1
Blanks
2524
Totals
8096
One Town Meeting Member for two years
Eleanor C. Bishop
401
Blanks
139
Totals
540
The following persons served as Election Officers:
Precinct 1
Ballot Box Ola M. Pomfret, 22 Belmont St. Ballot Clerk John J. Murray, 52 Village St.
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2
Checkers
Catherine L. Doherty Martha Stark, 73 Eaton St. Jemima W. Clapperton, 161 Pleasant St. Catherine V. Wright, 123 High St.
Counters M. Gertrude Ballou, 71 Green St. Mary E. Doran, 33 Orange St. Annie C. O'Malley, 74 Minot St. Margaret J. Curtin, 75 Harrison St.
Precinct 2
Ballot Box George N. Bishop, 60 Hillcrest Rd.
Ballot Clerk Catherine E. Reilly, 64 Minot St.
Checkers Jessie N. Thaxter, 11 Winter St.
Nellie E. Whelton, 7 High St. Mary C. Barrett, 38 Warren Ave. May M. King, 24 Bay State Rd.
Counters
Rose A. Gadbois, 8 Maple St. Winifred E. McClintock, 188 Wakefield St. Ethel D. Gowing, 81 John St. Mary A. Painting, 14 Fairview Ave.
Precinct 3
Ballot Box Gladys R. Dickinson, 25 Arlington St.
Ballot Clerk Minnie E. Heselton, 17 Berkeley St.
Checkers Rebecca T. Emery, 65 Middlesex Ave. Ina M. Bergquist, 3 Berkeley St. Norma P. Perley, 89 Vine St.
Counters Edith Moses, 33 Dudley St. William N. Thayer, 25 Lincoln St. Frances S. Snyder, 94 Vine St. Grace E. Wooldridge, 156 High St. Bertha L. Skinner, 17 Mineral St. Eleanor S. Michelini, 48 Prescott St.
Precinct 4
Ballot Box Bertha A. Perkins, 23 Highland St. Ballot Clerk Mabel Bennett, 38 Highland St.
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Checkers
Mary C. Horrocks, 63 Highland St.
Flora B. Poock, 50 Federal St.
Eva F. Gleason, 37 Woburn St.
Counters Dorothy Williams, 265 Lowell St. Elizabeth M. Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. Catherine G. Doucette, 89 Woburn St. H. Nelson Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. Harold M. Flater, 33 Minot St.
Tabulators Walter A. Scanlon, 331 Haven St. Louis Bacigalupo, 91 John St. Albert Maines, 13 Green St. Arthur Doucette, 2 Warren Ave. Leon G. Bent, 767 Main St. Gooch Sargent, 238 High St. Frank E. Ward, 29 King St. Arthur L. Harris, 59 Oak St.
Leon G. Bent posted the warrant.
A true record. Attest.
GUY W. ELLISON
Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall March 15, 1948
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. How- ard at 8:00 P. M.
The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March 1, 1948 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.
The new Town Meeting Members were requested to stand and be sworn to office by the Town Moderator.
The Town Clerk partially read the warrant when on the motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant, except for the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. The report of the Wages and Hours Classification Com- mittee was read by the Chairman, William J. Tonks. On motion of
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Samuel H. Davis it was voted to accept the report of this committee with an expression of appreciation for the great amount of time and painstaking effort expended in the study, and to place the report on file.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to lay Article 2 on the table.
Article 3. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
Article 31. On motion of William J. Tonks it was voted to take up Article 31.
Mr. Tonks moved that Article VIII of the By-Laws of the Town be amended by adding thereto a new section to be designated as Section 4.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis it was voted to dispense with the further reading of this motion.
Louis Davis moved that the subject matter of Article 31 be referred to a committee consisting of the Salary and Wage Classification Com- mittee, the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee for further study, such committee to report at the next Town meeting. The substi- tute motion was voted and the original motion was lost.
Article 32. On motion of Louis Davis it was voted to take up Article 32.
On motion of Mr. Davis it was voted that the subject matter of Arti- cle 32 be referred to a committee consisting of the Salary and Wage Classification Committee, the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Com- mittee for further study, such committee to report at the next Town Meeting.
Article 3. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to take up Article 3.
On motion of Mr. Wilkinson it was voted that all Boards, Commit- tees, and Heads of Departments of the Town be, and they hereby are instructed to make all the salary raises of all officers and employees of the Town effective as of and from April 1 of the current year.
Article 3. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year:
Harold B. Currell Fred F. Smith Maurice H. Donegan
And that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark:
Percy N. Sweetser Harold B. Currell Thomas F. Brogan
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On motion of Mr. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be laid on the table.
Article 3. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted to take Article 3 from the table.
On motion of Mr. Morton it was voted that the Reverend William E. Billingham be and he hereby is elected a member of the Recreation Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the Reverend Charles F. Lancaster.
On motion of Mr. Wilkinson it was voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
Article 4. On motion of G. Lawrence Roberts it was voted that the sum of Forty-eight Thousand and Twenty Dollars and Fifty Cents ($48,020.50) be raised and appropriated for General Government as fol- lows:
Selectmen's Expenses
$ 1,000.00
Selectmen's Clerical
2.055.00
Town Accountant's Salary
3,450.00+
Town Accountant's Expenses
600.00
Town Accountant's Clerical
504.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,775.00+
Treasurer's Expenses
900.00
Treasurer's Clerical
565.00
Collector's Salary
3,278.75+*
Collector's Expenses
1,900.00
Collector's Clerical
3,200.00
Assessors' Salaries (Chm. $1500, 1st member +937.50, 2nd member $750.00) Total
3,187.50
Assessors' Expenses
2,850.00
Assessors' Clerical
3,830.00
Town Counsel's Salary
1,756.25
Town Counsel's Expenses
800.00
Town Clerk's Salary
1,290.00+*
Town Clerk's Expenses
2,000.00
Town Clerk's Clerical
1,750.00
Registrars' Salaries
450.00
Registrars' Expenses
1,364.00
Election & Registration Expense
5,000.00
Planning Board Expense
500.00
Board of Appeal Expense
75.00
Finance Committee Clerk
100.00
Finance Committee Expense
250.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,000.00
Janitor's Services, Mun. Bldg.
1,590.00
$ 48,020.50
* Fees to Town Treasury
t The salary raise to become effective April 1, 1948
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Article 4. On motion of Kenneth Latham it was voted that the sum of One Hundred and Forty-eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixteen Dollars and Ninety-seven Cents ($148,216.97) be raised and appropriated for Protection of Persons and Property as follows:
Police Dept. Salaries
$ 51,856.67
Police Dept. Pensions
4,483.16
Police Dept. Maintenance
7,600.00
*
Police Station Maintenance
2,615.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
38,500.00
Fire Dept. Callmen Salaries
4,000.00
Fire Dept. Maintenance
4,025.00
*
Fire Dept. Pensions
3,850.00
Fire Stations Maintenance
3,905.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance
2,400.00
Fire Alarm Extension
1,500.00
Hydrant Rentals
500.00
Moth & Tree Depts. Sal. & Wages
14,993.64
Moth & Tree Depts. Maintenance
4,392.50
Insp. of Buildings Salary
1,000.00
Insp. of Buildings Expenses
100.00
Insp. of Wires Salary
210.00
Insp. of Wires Expenses
100.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures Salary
551.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures Expenses
250.00
Game Warden's Salary
105.00
Dog Officer's Salary
330.00
Dog Officer's Expenses
300.00
Traffic Control, Pearl St.
650.00
$148,216.97
Article 4. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Forty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8,642.50) be raised and appropriated for Health and Sanitation as follows:
Board of Health Salaries
$ 315.00
Board of Health Expenses
350.00
Health Officer's Salary
487.50
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
550.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
220.00
Inspector of Milk and Food Salary
220.00
* Including Travel outside the State
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Care of Contagious Diseases
Dental Clinic
5,000.00 1,500.00
$ 8,642.50
Article 4. On motion of Joseph D. Knight it was voted that the sum of One Hundred Fifty-seven Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($157,100.00) be raised and appropriated for Charities and Aid as follows:
General Aid $ 21,000.00
General Aid Administrative, salaries 4,350.00
General Aid Administrative, expenses 660.00 *
Aid to Dependent Children
20,710.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative, salaries 1,760.00
Old Age Assistance 102,650.00
Old Age Assistance Administrative, salaries
5,970.00 *
$157,100.00
Article 4. On motion of G. Lawrence Roberts it was voted that the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be raised and appropriated for Veteran's Benefits as follows:
Salaries
$ 1,161.00
Office Expense
575.00
Aid
8,264.00
$ 10,000.00
Article 4. Alexander P. Glover moved that the sum of Four Hun- dred Seventy-eight Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-nine Dollars and Ten Cents ($478,439.10) be raised and appropriated for the School Department as follows:
General Salaries
$364.439.10
General Maintenance including travel outside the State
61,000.00
Industrial Tuition 3,000.00
School Cafeterias 50,000.00
$478,439.10
Mr. Louis Davis moved to amend Mr. Glover's motion by reducing the item of General Salaries to $358,439.10 so that the total appropria- tion for the School Department shall be $472,439.10.
Mr. Glover's motion being the larger amount was put to vote first and lost by a count of
50 yes 87 no
The motion as amended by Mr. Davis was voted.
* Including travel outside the State
44
Article 4. On motion of William J. Tonks it was voted that the sum of Twelve Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($12,225.00) be raised and appropriated for the Public Library as follows:
Salaries
$ 7,800.00
Public Library Maintenance
4,425.00
$ 12,225.00
Article 4. On motion of Fred L. Nutter it was voted that the sum of Seventeen Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($17,200.00) be raised and appropriated for the maintenance, care and development of Laurel Hill Cemetery and Forest Glen Cemetery, including travel outside the State, Twelve Thousand Two Hundred Dollars for Salaries and Five Thousand Dollars for Expenses.
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