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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, 1946, 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, 1946, 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, Chap- ter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. 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. 7. 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.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,019.10 to pay the County of Middlesex, as re- quired by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, 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 amendment thereof and in addition thereto in- cluding Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936 or take any action in relation thereto.
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ART. 9. 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 appro- priate therefore or take any other action relative 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 $75.00, 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 raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000. 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. 13. To see if the Town will vote to continue the Highway Machinery Fund as established at the last an- nual Town meeting, and to appropriate an additional sum including the unexpended balance of the 1945 High- way Machinery account to be added to the amount al- ready accredited to this fund, for highway machinery purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 14. To see what sum the Town will vote to appro- priate from the Highway Machinery Fund for the pur- chase, repair and maintenance of road machinery equip- ment for 1946, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000.00, or any other sum for the improvement of River Road; 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. 16. To see what action if any, the Citizens of the Town of Tewksbury will take relative to instructing the Highway Commission to pay a standard fifty-two week salary per year to their employees; also to pay time and a half for every hour worked on snow removal after eight consecutive hours of work or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 17 To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 111 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 18. 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. 19. To see if the Town will vote to have a STOP sign installed at South Street and Salem Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Pine Street, which runs from Franklin Street to Water Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 to finish the well at the Foster School or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,500 said sum to be used for the Hot Lunch Projects in the Public Schools or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- posed plan of the School Committee to remodel the present High School Gymnasium into class rooms for the
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seventh and eighth grades and to construct a Memorial Gymnasium and auditorium adjacent to the present High School Building. Said building being a memorial to the men and women of Tewksbury who have given their services to their country in any and all wars, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by loan or otherwise and appropriate under ar- ticle 23 and to see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five members, said committee to be com- posed of the three members of the School Committee, one member to be selected by the Finance Committee, and one member to be selected by the American Legion or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take in regard to selling, leasing or razing of the building known as the Spaulding School, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,500: $500 to be used only for care and upkeep of the stadium, $1,000 for the purchase, haul- ing and grading of loam, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to drive test wells on the land, near Long Pond, owned by the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000.00 for a suitable celebration in honor of the Homecoming of the Tewksbury Veterans of World War II.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to replace the shrubs at the Honor Roll and paint the same, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 30. To see what sum of money the Town will appro- priate, to erect a suitable memorial to the service men and women of World War II, or take any other action.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote, to abolish the office, known as the Chief of Police in the Town of Tewksbury, and the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Captain, tem- porarily or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to convey to George R. Collins of Pond Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, all the right, interest and title it holds on a certain piece of real estate situated on the west side of Pond Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, shown as Lots Nos. 12 to 37 inclusive and also Lots 40 to 43 inclusive on a plan of land known as "Wilbur Lakeside Park Annex", recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 30, Plan 43 and authorize the Selectmen and the Treasurer to make out and sign a deed with Quit- claim Covenants on behalf of the Town making this conveyance.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to convey to Gisella Weiss of 5 Ayr Road, Boston, Massachusetts, all the right, interest and title it holds on Lots 448 and 449, also Lots 524 and 525, on a plan of land known as "Oakland Park Plan "A", and authorize the Selectmen and the Treasurer to make out and sign a deed with Quitclaim Covenants on behalf of the Town making the conveyance.
ART. 34. To see what sum the Town will vote to pay the Town Treasurer as a salary for the year of 1946 or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 for clerical services in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year of 1946 or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 723, Acts of 1945, Section 2, organizing a district for a department of veterans services, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to provide for Article 36, or take any other action relative to same.
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ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $169.22 to reimburse the Town Treasurer to balance accounts according to State auditors report, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to continue the Public Service Relations Committee for another year and to appropriate the unexpended balance of its 1944 appro- priation or to take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Auditor to show in the annual Town report exactly what each Town Employee received from the Town including the withholding tax paid to the Internal Revenue Depart- ment on his or her account or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will reimburse H. W. Pills- bury for taxes paid on land, property of the Town of Tewksbury, to the amount of $53.27.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will vote to have a committee of five named from the floor for the purpose of outlining and defining a set of zoning by-laws to be acted upon at the next town meeting, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
ART. 43. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to install a suitable heating plant at the Shawsheen School, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will vote to equip the audi- torium at the Town Hall with a loud speaker and amp- lifiers, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 45. 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 on same.
ART. 46. 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 Middlesex County Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director, or take any action thereto to same.
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ART. 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $8,000 or such larger amount as may be approved by the Emergency Finance Board but such sum not to exceed $15,000 for the purchase of War Bonds or other Bonds which are legal investment for Savings Banks. This fund to be used in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 124 Acts of 1945 or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 49. To see what action if any, the Town will take in regard to requiring bids when purchasing for the town, or take any action on same.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Pleasant Street, near the residence of Charles Wilson, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Pond Street, near the residence of George Collins, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 52. To see if the Town will vote to install three lights on Maple St., or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will vote to place one light on Clark Road, or take any other action relative to same.
ART. 54. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Main St., near the residence of John Carter, or take any other action relative to same,
ART. 55. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Wilson Road. near residence of Mr. Hinckley, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 56. To see if the Town will vote to place one light on Kittredge Street, or take any action relative to .same.
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ART. 57. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Main St., near the residence of James Kalem, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 58. To see if the Town will vote to install two lights on Rose Mary Road, or take any action relative .thereto.
ART. 59. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Main Road, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 60. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Marston St., or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 61. To see if the Town will vote to place one street light at the corner of Fiske St. and Bailey Road.
ART. 62. To see if the Town will vote to install orie light on Main St., So. Tewksbury, at the Bus stop opposite Hinton's.
ART. 63. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on School Street near corner of Glenwood Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 64. To see if the Town will vote to install one light at Bay State Road and Water Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 65. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street near the residence of Daniel Hinckley, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 66. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street near the residence of Dana Perkins, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 67. To see if the Town will vote to locate a light at the junction of Texas Rd. and South St., and appropriate money for same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 68. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Trull Street, near the residence of Mr. Kazzetta, and make appropriation for same.
ART. 69. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Marshall Street, near the residence of Mr. Bow- den, and make appropriation for same.
ART. 70. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Maplewood Avenue, near the residence of Mr. Hughes, and make appropriation for same.
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ART. 71. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Florence Avenue, near the residence of Mr. Keough, and make appropriation for same.
ART. 72. To see if the Town will vote to locate one street light on Pringle Street, near Allen's farm, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 73. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Helvetia St., between Robinson Ave. and James St., or take any action relative to same.
ART. 74. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric lights on Court St., between Washington and Clinton Streets, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 75. To see if the Town will vote to locate one light on Clark Rd., or take any action relative thereto.
And you the 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 Of- fices, 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 Meetings as aforesaid :-
Given under our hands, this 16th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN,
Selectmen of
Tewksbury.
A true copy attest : CYRIL L. BARKER Constable of Tewksbury
Saturday February 9, 1946 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
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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 Sun- days, before the time of holding said meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable of Tewksbury.
A true copy. Attest : ALICE A. PIKE Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass., February 20, 1946
At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qua- lified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass. the following business was transacted :-
The Meeting was called to order by Moderator Melvin G. Rogers at 7.30 o'clock P. M. and was opened by a prayer offered by Rev. Kennth E. McDaniel, pastor of the Tewksbury Congregational Church. Church.
ART. 1. Election of Officers to be voted on Feb. 27, 1946.
ART. 2. Reports of Town Officers and Committees accepted.
ART. 3. VOTED :- The following appropriations ..
Street lighting
$ 6,850.00
Incidentals
1,300.00
Highways
20,000.00
Schools
80,664.50
Library (dog tax)
1,300.00
Police
12,757.20
Stationery and Printing
1,200.00
Board of Health
2,000.00
Park Commission
350.00
Tree Warden
2,500.00
Fire Department
10,330.00
Dept. Public Welfare
8,300.00
Aid to Dept. Children (plus federal grant)
6,000.00
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
27,500.00
Town Hall
3,650.00
Assessors
3,400.00
Vocational Schools
1,000.00
Inspection Meat and Animals
900.00
Aid, State and Military
2,000.00
Interest on Loans
400.00
Collection of Taxes
1,000.00
Municipal Insurance
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
225.00
Dog Officer
200.00
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Maintenance, Legion Headquarters
125.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,750.00
Board of Registrars
600.00
Salary Account:
Auditor
1,000.00
Town Clerk
1,000.00
Tax Collector
2,500.00
Selectmen
1,100.00
Road Commissioners
400.00
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School Committee
225.00
Election Officers
300.00
Treasurer
2,500.00
VOTED: from Surplus Cash to lower tax rate
20,000.00
ART. 4. VOTED: To use money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 5. 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, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec. 17, Chap. 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $458 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of the Spanish War Veterans, World War I Veterans and World War 2 members. The committee to be appointed by the Moderator.
ART. 7. VOTED: To accept this Article.
ART. 8. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,019.10 for the pur- pose outlined in this article.
ART. 9. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $300.00 for the purpose outlined in this article.
ART. 10. VOTED: To accept this article.
ART. 11. VOTED: To accept this article.
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ART. 12. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,000 for the Main- tenance of Chapter 90, Highways: said money to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
ART. 13. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $5,000 to be used for Highway Machinery Fund plus the balance in machinery fund at this time.
ART. 14. VOTED: That the sum of $7,639.37 be appropriated from Highway Machinery Fund for the Highway Machinery Account, for repairs, maintenance and purchase of Highway Equipment and that the Highway Commissioners be authorized to use their best judgment in the matters or purchase and repairs.
ART. 15. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the improvement of River Road: said money to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both.
ART. 16. VOTED: To accept this article.
ART. 17. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 18. VOTED: To refer to the Highway Commissioners.
ART. 19. VOTED: To refer to the Highway Commissioners.
ART. 20. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 21. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $300.00 to finish well at the Foster School.
ART. 22. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,500.00 to be used for the Hot Lunch projects in the Public Schools.
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ART. 23. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for the pur- pose outlined in this article and that a committee be appointed, consisting of one member of the School Committee, one member of the American Legion, one member of the Finance Committee, one member of the Library Trustees, to be appointed by the mem- bers of these organizations. Also that one member from World War II Veterans and a person with building experience be ap- pointed by the Moderator. That the committee shall not consider the erection of a gymnasium building and auditorium as a Memorial to the Veterans.
ART. 24. VOTED: To be indefinitely postponed.
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ART. 25. VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell the building known as the Spaulding School on such terms as it would seem advisable.
ART. 26. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $500.00 for the care and upkeep of the Stadium.
ART. 27. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 28. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $3000.00 for a suitable celebration in honor of the Homecoming of the Tewksbury Vete- rans of World War II.
ART. 29. VOTED: To refer this article to the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 30. VOTED! That the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to committee appointed under Article 23.
ART. 31. ยท VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 32. VOTED: That the Selectmen and Treasurer be author- ized to convey to George Collins of Pond Street, Tewksbury, the land mentioned in this article.
ART. 33. VOTED: That the Selectmen and Treasurer be author- ized to convey to Gisella Weiss of 5 Ayer Road, Boston, Mass., the land mentioned in this article.
ART. 34. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 35. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $100.00 for clerical hire in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year of 1946.
ART. 36. VOTED: To accept Chapter 723, Acts of 1945, eliminating Section 2.
ART. 37. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,500.00 to provide for Article 36.
ART. 38. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $169.92 to reimburse the Town Treasurer to balance accounts according to the State Auditors report.
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ART. 39. VOTED: To continue the Public Service Relations Com- mittee for another year and to appropriate the unexpended bal- ance of the 1944 appropriation.
ART. 40. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 41. VOTED: To reimburse H. W. Pillsbury for taxes paid on land, property of the Town of Tewksbury to the amount of $53.27.
ART. 42. VOTED: That the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen appoint a committee of five, one from each section of the Town for the purpose of outlining and defining a set of zoning by-laws to be acted upon at the next town meeting, and appropriate $500.00 for this purpose.
ART. 43. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $13,000.00 to install a suitable heating plant at the Shawsheen School and that the School Committee be directed to hire a capable engineer to de- termine how to remedy the existing condition and to determine whether insulation will be needed and not any money is to be paid until this is determined.
ART. 44. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $200.00 to equip the auditorium at the Town Hall with a loud speaker and amplifiers.
ART. 45. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $7,500.00 for a reserve fund under Sec. 6 Chap. 40 of the General Laws.
ART. 46. VOTED: To raise and appropriate $50.00 in support of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, through Middlesex County Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director.
ART. 47. VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
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