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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES VICTOR N. CLUFF
FIELD DRIVER AND POUND KEEPER JESSE KEMP 1
FENCE VIEWERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief
C. ABBOTT BATTLES LAUCHIE McPHAIL
GEORGE A. GALE
JAMES MANLEY
JOHN GRANEY
ROSS E. SARGENT
GEORGE M. HAZEL DANIEL J. SHEEHAN
JEREMIAH J. HOULIHAN
DANIEL D. STERLING JOSEPH A. VIVIER
ARTHUR La FLUER
AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH HERBERT M. LARRABEE, M. D.
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UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR. (Reg. Embalmer)
FOREST FIRE WARDEN ALDEN S. HAINES
DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS
WILLIAM I. BAILEY
JOHN SMITH, JR.
INSPECTOR OF MEAT AND PROVISIONS CHARLES W. FENERTY
LOCAL AGENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTHS
HARRIS M. BRIGGS
PARK COMMISSIONERS THOMAS C. McCAUSLAND
HARRIS M. BRIGGS WALTER ROBERTS
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ALDEN S. HAINES
APPRAISERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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JANITOR OF TOWN HALL GEORGE K. JAMES
FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Term expires 1944)
SAMUEL CROWN
WINTHROP S. BEANE
ELMER OLSON
JOHN H. KELLEY
(Term expires 1943)
WALTER R. ACKLES
KARL HEIDENRICH
WILLIAM H. BENNETT ALLEN C. WILSON
(Term expires 1942)
PHILIP M. BATTLES
HARRY P. NASH, Sec.
ALBERT GILLISSEN MARK ROPER
TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS FREDERICK M. CARTER
EDWIN W. OSTERMAN FRANKLIN P. SPAULDING
DOG OFFICER GERALD J. FINNERAN
CARETAKER OF SOLDIERS' LOT
WINTHROP S. JONES
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meetings.
Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex, ss :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
Greeting.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 4, 1942, at ten o'clock A. M., to act on the follow- ing articles :
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three mem- bers of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Audi- tor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and three Constables, all to serve one year; one Highway Commis- sioner to serve three years; one member of the School Committee to serve three years, two Trustees of the Pub- lic Library to serve three years; one Park Commissioner to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years ; one Commissioner of Trust Fund to serve three years.
The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8 P. M.
And you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewks- bury, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 11, 1942, at seven-thirty o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
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ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year to aid in sup- port of the Public Library.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. To see what regulations the Town will make for the possession, management and sale of land sold for un- paid taxes and for the assignment of Tax Titles not in- consistent with law or with the right of redemption as provided by Sec. 52 of Chap. 60 of the General Laws as amended by Sec. 3 of Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1927, and to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the enforcement of such rules and regula- tions.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of. Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, or Sons of Veterans.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
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ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936 or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided that the selectmen or whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Select- men to sell any parcel or parcels of land acquired by the Town through Tax Title foreclosure proceedings whose Tax Title value is less than $40.00, for whatever sum it may be in their judgment to the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose either through the Land Court or by affidavit of the Commis- sioner of Corporations and Taxation. any Tax Title held by the Town for more than two years, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Fund and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road mach- inery ; to which fund shall be accredited-in addition to the sum appropriated-such sums as may be allotted for the use of town-owned highway equipment operated for highway purposes in conjunction with the State and County, or take any other action thereto.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000. for the Maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways : said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $148.95 to pay the balance due Lull and Hartford, Inc. for high school athletic equipment; also the sum of $20.26 to pay the bill of Middlesex Supply Co. for hard- ware, etc.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to be used in conjunction with Federal Funds for Works Projects Administration expenses for the year 1942, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will rescind the vote taken under Article 26, in the 1938 warrant, whereby the Town voted to instruct the town clerk to include a copy of min- utes of all meetings held during the current year in the annual report of town officers of Tewksbury.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to install two lights on Woburn St., make appropriation for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Fiske St., near the residence of C. F. Fitzgerald, make appropriation for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to place one street light on Cherry Road, make appropriation for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to improve the street lighting be- : tween Chandler St. and Saint William's Church; or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to install a street light in front of the residence of Herbert Pillsbury on Pleasant Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to place one light at the corner of School and Pond Streets, and one light at the junction of Parker and Green Streets, make appro- priation for same, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will change the membership of the Finance Committee by amending a vote of the an- nual town meeting on February 17, 1921, creating this committee, to read as follows :
At the annual meeting and before the final adjourn- ment thereof there shall be appointed by the Moderator four members of a Finance Committee consisting of twelve members, none of whom shall be an officer of, or a mem- ber of, any board of the Town. The present members of the Finance Committee who are not members of the Sel- ectmen, Road Commissioners, and School Board shall serve through the terms for which they were appointed or chosen. As the term of each member of the committee expires, the Moderator shall hereafter appoint some person for the succeeding term to serve three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the remaining members of the Committee.
The Finance Committee shall meet and organize by the election of a chairman and a clerk. When the warrant for the town meeting contains any article or articles under which an appropriation or expenditure of money, or the disposition of any property of the Town, may be made, the Finance Committee shall consider said articles after giving one or more public hearings thereon, and shall report in print its recommendations to the said town meet- ing. Two members of this committee shall be appointed from each of the following sections, North, South, East, West, Centre, and Wamesit.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $50.00 in support of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, through the Middlesex County Extension Service, and elect a director. Said money to be spent under the direction of the local director, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote that all Motor Ve- hicles, owned by the Town of Tewksbury, shall be let- tered with the name of Department to which the vehicle belongs, or take any action relative to same.
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ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to choose by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting in February, 1943, three Se- lectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, and three members of the Board of Health, one to serve three years, one to serve two years, and one to serve one year, and each succeeding year to choose by ballot one Selectman, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, and one member of the Board of Health, to serve for the period of three years or to take any action relative to same.
ART. 28 To see if the Town will vote that the Highway Department, cut all brush on the highways of Tewksbury, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the Chief of Police, and the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Cap- tain temporarily, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote that all Boards shall notify, in writing, of all meetings and no sealed bids shall be opened until all members are present, or take any other action on same.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to increase the wages of the Highway Dept. 10 per cent or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 32. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct a bituminous concrete sidewalk along Main St. from Chandler St. to Saint Wil- liam's Church or to some point beyond ; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to open the shower- baths at the stadium during the summer months for the . use of the citizens, and that the selectmen set a fee for the use thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue street lights on Maple, Beach and Walnut Streets, or take any action relative thereto.
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ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to place two stop signs ; one at the junction of Whipple and Coolidge, and one at the junction of Whipple and Heath St., appropriate for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 36. To see what sum of money be raised and ap- propriated for necessary expenses of the Civilian Defense committee or take any other action thereto.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $200 for clerical services in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year of 1942 or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to widen Marston Street from Chapman Road to Rogers Street, make ap- propriation for same or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 500 of the Acts of 1941, which act will allow the City of Lowell to enter the Town of Tewksbury for the purpose of laying water pipes etc., and which project will not entail said Town of Tewksbury or residents of the town any mone- tary expense.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding $350 for repairs to and main- tenance of the athletic field and structures thereon at the high school and for the maintenance of athletics at the high school.
ART. 41. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a reserve fund under Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws or take any other action thereto.
ART. 42. To raise and appropriate the sum of $125.00 for maintainence of the Legion Quarters.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $5,500.00 to purchase a 2 1-2 ton truck chassis and cab, 500 gallon front end pump, material, labor and equipment for same for the fire department, or take any action thereto.
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ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,200.00 to purchase 2 1-2 inch, 1 1-2 inch and 1 1-8 inch hose, also 3-4 inch booster hose, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300.00 for purchase and installation of power takeoff and a rotary pump for No. 4 Truck or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will vote to install one siren in North Tewksbury and one in South Tewksbury, with proper wiring and connections, and make appropriation for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- urer on behalf of the Town to convey to Mary J. Smith the land in Tewksbury described as lot 65 on "Plan of Woodland Park, Wilmington and Tewksbury, belonging to Cora R. Clatur," June 1916, recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 39, Plan 16.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will accept Cherry Road leading to Samuel Feinstein Estate.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to remove the W. P. A. sponsor's agent.
Given under our hands, this 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid :-
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Given under our hands, this 14th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, DUNCAN J. CAMERON,
Selectmen of İ Tewksbury.
A true copy attest :
CYRIL L BARKER
Saturday, January 24, 1942
Constable of Tewksbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
February 4, 1942
I have served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and by leaving 100 copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said Meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER Constable of Tewksbury
Filed: February 4, 1942, 10 o'clock A. M.
A true copy. Attest:
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR. Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Tewksbury, Massachusetts, February 4, 1942
Middlesex ss
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held, this day, at the Town Hall, the following business was transacted. The Warrant was read by the presiding Elec- tion Officer, Irving F. French. Mr. French then administered the oath of office to the following tellers: Jesse J. French, William A. Smith, William I. Bailey, Anna E. McPhillips, and Walter E. Goodwin. The Town Clerk was given a receipt for 1710 ballots and the Register showed 0000, the check lists were in order and the Polls were officially opened at ten (10) o'clock A.M. The Polls were officially closed at eight (8) o'clock P.M., with the Register showing 886. The Register failed to register one ballot when two ballots were presented at once. The Check Lists showed eight hundred eighty-seven names checked as voted, which checked with the eight hundred eighty-seven ballots counted. Following is the result of the official count:
Town Clerk for One Year
J. Harper Gale had. 143
votes
Hildreth Harman had.
60
James C. Marshall had. 310
Alice A. Pike had 357 ,, (elected and sworn) Blanks 17
Selectmen for One Year
Duncan J. Cameron had. 642
votes (elected and sworn )
Irving F. French had
682 (elected and sworn)
Bernard H. Greene had 673 (elected and sworn)
Joseph Aubut had.
1
Fred Goodwin had.
1
Howard King had.
1
Blanks 661
Board of Public Welfare for One Year
Duncan J. Cameron had 625
votes (elected and sworn )
Irving F. French had
667
(elected and sworn)
Bernard H. Greene had. 659
(elected and sworn)
Joseph Aubut had.
1
Howard King had.
1 Blanks 708
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1
Board of Health for One Year
Duncan J. Cameron had 622
votes (elected and sworn )
Irving F. French had. 668 (elected and sworn )
Bernard H. Greene had
650
„, (elected and sworn )
Joseph Aubut had
1
Howard King had.
1
Blanks 721
Treasurer for One Year
George A. Marshall had. 773 " (elected and sworn )
Blanks 114
Auditor for One Year
Robert E. Gay had 711 votes (elected and sworn )
Mrs. Holmes had.
1
Blanks 175
Moderator for One Year
Melvin G. Rogers had 721 votes (elected and sworn )
Geo. Hill had
1
Joe Louis had.
1
Blanks
164
Collector of Taxes for One Year
Harry C. Dawson had
577 votes (elected and sworn)
Paul J. McCoy had. 268
Blanks 42
Tree Warden for One Year
Harris M. Briggs had. 720 votes (elected and sworn )
Ira Brown had.
1
Nelson Brown had.
1
Ernest Dewing had.
1
George Hood had 1
",
Joe Roux had
1
Geo. Gale had
1
William Shanley had
1
Blanks 160
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Trust Fund Commissioner for Three Years
Louis H. Farmer, Jr. had 15 votes (elected and sworn )
Melvin Rogers had
2
P. M. Battles had
1
Robert Gay had.
1
Franklin Spaulding had 1
Samuel Crown had.
1
Robert O'Brien had.
2
E. W. Osterman had 2
Austin French had.
1
Fred Carter had
1
Alice Pike had.
1
",
Duncan J. Cameron had.
1
"
Geo. Hazel had.
1
,,
Blanks 857
Constables for One Year
James Marshall had 3 votes
George Hazel had. 7
Earl Lye had 16
Cyril L. Barker had 29
Daniel Sterling had. 13
Lauchie McPhail had
21
John T. Gale had.
5
Fred Garlick had.
1
Chester Burgess had. 6
1
William Sigman had
1
Percy L. Haines had 9
Thomas J. Manley had 2
George Dutch had.
1
Abbott Battles had 3
Ross Sargent had. 2
C. Hazel had 2
Harris M. Briggs had
1
M. McLoughlin had. 2
Ed. Walsh had. 1
,
Robert O'Brien had.
1
Ernest Dewing had.
1
Harold Carson had. 1
Arthur Fairgrieve had 1
Fred Briggs had
1
Martha Battles had.
2
William Smith had.
1
21
(elected and sworn) (elected and sworn )
Clarence E. Compton had
Constables for One Year, Continued
Irving French had 1
George Marshall had
1
"
Henry Morris had.
1
„
Winthrop Jones had.
2
H. N. Wright had 1
Geo. S. Hopkins had 1
Leon Fisher had 1
John Sullivan had
1
Alexander Suprenant had 6
Victor Cluff had.
1
Bub Manley had
1
Mrs. Duncan Cameron had. 1
Harper Gale had. 1
Richmond Gale had.
1
Louis Farmer had
1
Mark Roper had
1
Blanks 2512
Highway Commissioner for Three Years
Chester M. Roper had
506
votes (elected and sworn )
Edward J. Walsh had .. 323
Blanks
58
School Committee for Three Years
Ralph S. Battles had.
665
votes (elected and sworn )
Randolph Fitzgerald had 1 (elected and sworn )
Blanks
221
Trustees Public Library for Three Years
Dorothy Fitzgerald had 601 votes (elected and sworn )
Harold J. Patten had 647 (elected and sworn )
Thomas Flynn had
1
Blanks
525
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Harris M. Briggs had 709 votes (elected and sworn)
Henry Morris had
1
Geo. Tolstrup had.
1
Blanks 176
22
Assessor for Three Years
Percy L. Haines had 723 votes (elected and sworn ) Joe Roux had 1
Blanks 163
Meeting adjourned at ten fifty-two (10.52) o'clock P. M.
A true Record.
Attest: H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.
Town Clerk of Tewksbury.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts February 11, 1942
At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the following business was transacted :-
The Meeting was called to order by Moderator Melvin G. Rogers at seven thirty o'clock P. M. Check list used and a necessary quorum was found to be present. Rev. Fr. Curtin, O.M.I., pastor of Saint William's Church, Tewksbury, Mass., offered prayer.
ART. 1. (Acted on at the Meeting held February 4, 1942)
ART. 2. All reports of Town Officers and Committees accepted.
ART. 3. VOTED: To lay on the table.
ART. 4. VOTED: That money arising from the licensing of dogs, for the ensuing year, be used in support of the Library.
ART. 5. VOTED: To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in an- ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 7. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for proper observance of Memorial Day. Committee to be appointed by the Moderator.
ART. 8. VOTED: That the selectmen be and hereby are authorized to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
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ART. 9. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,208.01 for the purposes outlined in this Article.
ART. 10. VOTED: That the selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure provided that the selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid they may deem inadequate.
ART. 11. VOTED: To authorize the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the selectmen to sell any parcel or parcels of land ac- quired by the Town through Tax Title foreclosure proceedings whose Tax Title value is less than $40.00, for whatever sum it may be in their judgment to the best interest of the Town.
ART. 12. VOTED: To authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose either through the Land Court or by affidavit of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, any Tax Title held by the Town for more than two years, and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500.00 therefor.
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