Town of Tewksbury annual report 1950-1954, Part 18

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 786


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APPLICATION


Section 8. No oversight or neglect of duty on the part of the Inspector of Buildings shall legalize the erection, construction," alteration, or repair of any building in a manner not in conformity with the provisions of this By-Law.


In case any work on any building is in violation of any of the provisions of the permit or of existing law, the Inspector of Build- ings shall have the right, and is hereby authorized and empowered to order that all work in or about said building be stopped.


All permits shall be void unless operations thereunder are commenced within six months after the date of the permit, or if the operations thereunder are discontinued for a period of more than six months. Permits are not transferable and shall be publicly displayed on the premises during construction, alteration, and repairs.


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The fee shall be determined annually by the Selectmen. The applicant shall pay this amount to the Building Inspector who will give the applicant a receipt for the same, and write upon the back of the application that it has been paid.


WOOD CONSTRUCTION


Section 9. Sills, Corner posts, girts, shall not be less than four by six inches. Studding of the outside walls and bearing partitions shall not be less than two by four inches, set not more than sixteen inches on centers. Girders or carrying timbers shall be not less than six by eight inches.


Plates on all outside and bearing partitions must be doubled. All door, window and other openings must have studs doubled on the jambs.


Lintel or headers over all openings shall be doubled.


Span for lintel or header shall not exceed the following for size given:


two (2" x 4")-not more than 4 feet


two (2" x 6")-not more than 51/2 feet


two (2" x 8")-not more than 7 feet


span of seven (7) feet-not less than two by ten (2"x'10") inches.


Section 10.


TABLE 1 - FLOOR TIMBERS


Maximum allowable spans for floor joists in dwellings


Nominal Size


spacing in inches


Douglas Fir Sou. Pine


West Coast Hemlock


Est. Spruce Est. Hemlock


All other Species


2" x 6"


12


10' 5"


10' 2"


9' 6"


9' 0"


16


9' 1"


9' 1"


8'


3"


7' 6"


2" x 8"


12


13' 10"


13' 6"


12'


6"


12' 0"


16


12'


1"


12' 1"


10' 11"


10' 0"


3" x 8"


12


16'


4"


15' 7"


14' 10"


13' 6"


16


14' 11"


14' 4"


13'


"יף


12' 0"


2" x 10"


12


17'


5"


17' 0"


15'


9"


15' 0"


3" x 10"


12


20'


19' 7"


18'


ייף


16' 0"


16


18' 10"


18' 0"


17'


1"


14' 6"


2" x 12"


12


20' 11"


20' 5"


18' 11"


18' 0"


16


18'


3"


18' 3"


16'


"יף


15' 0"


Floor timbers shall be bridged every eight feet and shall be doubled under all parellel bearing partitions.


TABLE 2 - CEILING JOISTS Spans and spacings of ceiling joists (maximum clear span).


Trade Size


Spacing


Western Fir, Hemlock, So. Yellow Pine, Hardwood


Eastern Spruce and Hemlock


All other Softwoods


2 × 4


16


10' 0"


9' 8"


8' 7"


12


11' 0"


10' 6"


9' 4"


2 × 6


16


15' 4"


14'


8"


13' 3"


12


16' 7"


15' 10"


14' 2"


2 × 8


16


20' 2"


19'


3"


17' 2".


12


21' 8"


20'


0"


18' 6"


16


15' 2"


15' 2"


13'


9"


12' 6"


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TABLE 3 - ROOF RAFTERS


Roof Rafters must be as follows for all roofs of a slope of more than 5 to 12 inches. (Maximum clear span).


Trade Size


Spacing


Western Fir, Hemlock, So. Yellow Pine, Hardwood


Eastern Spruce and Hemlock "ף '6


All other Softwoods


2 × 4


20


7' 3"


5' 6"


16


8' 1"


7' 4"


6' 2"


12


9' 4"


8' 6"


7' 2"


2 × 6


20


11' 4"


10' 5"


8' 8"


16


12' 6"


11' 5"


9' 6"


12


14' 2"


13' 1"


11' 0"


2 × 8


20


15' 2"


13' 8"


11' 6"


16


16' 7"


15' 3"


12' 1"


12


18' 4"


16' 7"


14' 3"


Any other material or sizes not included in above tables to be approved by the Building Inspector in writing.


GARAGES


Section 11. Anv garage built under or directly connected with a dwelling shall have fire resistant floors, walls and ceilings. There shall be no window or other opening directly between the garage and the house, and any door connecting house and garage shall be metail covered.


EXCAVATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS


Section 12. Excavations shall be properly guarded by the per- son making the same against danger to life and limb. precaution being taken that the adjacent soil shall not cave in. Excavations for foundations shall be made at least six inches wider than the outside of the wall and shall not be filled in until approved by the Inspector.


Foundation Wall


All buildings erected hereafter shall have foundations not less than 42 inches below the finished grade which shall have suitable footing and rest upon solid ground.


Footings


No footing shall extend less than four inches each side of the. wall it carries. No wall footing shall be less than six inches and no .. pier footing less than eight inches in depth.


Piazzas - Porches


All piazzas and porches shall have suitable foundations of stone, brick or concrete, or be supported by iron columns or masonry piers built on a solid bottom not less than 42 inches below grade. If columns are used, they shall rest on a footing of stone or concrete of equal depth, and must be four inches above grade.


Supports


Supports for dwelling houses other than their foundations, shall be of iron, concrete, stone or brick piers, suitable iron plates to be placed at the head and foot of columns.


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Basement or Cellar Walls


Foundation walls, if built of field stone, may be laid dry below grade. No such wall shall be less than eighteen inches thick. No stone shall be used which does not bond or extend into the wall at least six inches. Walls which are laid dry must be well pointed with cement mortar. All concrete blocks shall be laid in mortar.


All other types of foundation walls shall be not less than ten inches in thickness below grade.


Spaces Under Floors


In any dwelling house hereafter erected, except of concrete slab construction, under any part of which there is no cellar, the first or ground floor shall be at least two feet above the ground beneath and that adjacent thereto, and the space beneath such floor shall be kept free and clear, and shall be inclosed to prevent the accumulation of rubbish, but provided with windows for ventilation, and adequate drainage.


FIRE PROTECTION


Section 13. All studs, walls and partitions shall have the space between the floor joists immediately under said walls and partitions, and between studs from the under side of said floor joists protected by fire stops.


Section 14. All air spaces around chimneys, pipes, shafts, etc., and all other spaces which form concealed air passages from one story to another shall have fire stops at each story.


Section 15. All ducts, chutes, and shafts for ventilation or other purposes shall be of, or lined with, fire resistant material.


CHIMNEYS & HEATING APPARATUS


Section 16. All chimneys hereafter erected shall be built from the ground of brick, stone or other fire resistant non-heat conduct- ing materials, and shall be built plumb, or nearly so, so as to be self sustaining.


Section 17. All brick chimneys shall be built of brick, or any approved cinder block, plastered outside below the roofing, after having been examined and approved by the Inspector of Buildings, except that exposed portions of said chimneys may be left un- plastered upon the outside. All chimneys shall be lined with vitrified clay flue lining.


Section 18. Every chimney shall be carried above the ridges. No structural woodwork shall be placed nearer than one inch to the outside of any internal chimney.


Section 19. No smoke pipe shall be nearer than twelve inches from floor, ceiling or projecting beams, and in all cases where smoke pipes pass through partitions or closets, it shall be in a manner approved by the Building Inspector.


Section 20. The top of every heating furnace or steam boiler shall be kept at least one foot below the lowest part of the ceiling or floor next above.


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Use of New Materials and New Methods of Construction


Section 21. New materials, methods of construction, devices and equipment, may be approved by the Building Inspector for use in buildings, if they are proved to be the equivalent of those required by this code, or he may adopt the recommendations of the Board of Standards in the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.


An equivalent material, appliance, method of construction or maintenance having once been approved by the Building Inspector, may thereafter be permitted without further specific approval.


DEFINITIONS OF TERMS


Section 22. BASEMENT. That part of a building partly under- ground, but having more than one-half of its entire wall area.above the level of the adjoining ground.


BEARING WALL. A bearing wall means a wall which sup- ports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.


BUILDING. Any structure comprising the assembly of ma- terials to form a construction for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or other property. Portions mutually separated by an approved firewall shall be considered as separate buildings.


CELLAR. The lower portion of a building wholly or partly below ground such that more than half the clear height from floor to ceiling is below the adjoining established grade.


CONCRETE SLAB CONSTRUCTION. That type in which the first floor of at least four inch concrete is laid directly on hill con- sisting of not less than 12 inches of good, clean gravel, cinders or other suitable material.


DWELLING. A residence building for a family and not more than six lodgers or boarders, or occupied by not more than two families living separtely.


FOOTING. An enlargement at the lower end of a wall, pier, column or chimney so arranged as to distribute the supported load to the earth.


FOUNDATION. That portion of a wall below the level of the mean grade next to the wall, but may be construed by the Building Inspector to mean that portion below the basement or cellar floor, and may be construed as including slab construction.


GARAGE. An accessory building in which motor vehicles are kept, housed; and the term motor vehicles as used here applies to automobiles, trucks and buses.


GRADE. The average level of that part of the ground within four feet of the foundation wall.


GENERAL


Section 23. Any By-Laws or parts of By-Laws heretofore adopted which are inconsistent with such provisions of these Build- ing Laws as are approved by the Attorney General are hereby repealed: but the provisions of these Building Laws so far as they


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are the same as the provisions of By-Laws heretofore adopted, shall be construed as a continuation thereof, and not as new enactments.


The disapproval of the Attorney General of any provision, clause, sentence or part of these By-Laws shall not invalidate any other provision, clause, sentence or part thereof.


So much of these By-Laws shall be approved by the Attorney General, shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month following the completion of the publication or notice required by Chapter 275 of the General Acts of 1918, of which publication or notice and affidavits, the Town Clerk shall make suitable record.


BOARD OF APPEALS


Section 24. Any person aggrieved by the action of the Build- ing Inspector, or by a decision of the Board of Appeals, may appeal under the provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, and amendments and additions thereto.


ENFORCEMENT


Section 25. The Inspector of Buildings shall cause complaint to be made before the proper court for any violation of any provi- sion of this By-Law.


The Board of Selectmen upon the application of the Inspector of Buildings, may institute proceedings to enforce this By-Law, and to enjoin the erection, continuance or occupation of any building in violation of the Provisions of this By-Law.


PENALTY


Section 26. Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense, to be paid into the treasury of the Town of Tewksbury.


ART. 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend Art. 1. of the Town By-Laws by adding the following section, or otherwise acting thereon;


Sec. 14. No appropriations or transfers of money in excess of $10,000 by the Town at an annual or special meeting shall be valid, when the Finance Board has recommended a lesser amount than the department head has submitted to said Board, unless the vote for said appropriation or transfer be taken by secret ballot. A. W. Wells


ART. 55. To see if the Town will vote to install the following street lights or take any other action relative thereto.


Birch Street, Pole No. 2 - 1 light


Miles Road - 2 lights


Forest Avenue - 2 lights


Livingston Street (Near residence of John Barker) - 1 light East Street (East of Maple Street) - 3 lights


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South Street (To residence of Alex. Stotik) - 2 lights Chandler Street (South of Pine St.) - 2 lights Whipple Road, Poles 152 - 156 - 157 - 160- 164 - 5 lights Shawsheen St. (Near residence of Edward Walsh) - 1 light Rogers St. (Near residence of Edward Walsh) - 1 light Corner of James Ave. and Billerica Rd. - 1 light Billerica Rd., between James Ave. and Park St. - 2 lights


ART. 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the purchase of an electric adding machine for the Town Auditor, or take any action relative thereto. Town Auditor


ART. 57. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and will authorize the Water Commissioners to use out of revenue received from the sale of water to maintain the Water Department operation account, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 58. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of Street Safety Signs or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 59. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $570.16 from High School Building Addition Account to Maturing Debt Account.


ART. 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $56,429.84 for Maturing Debt, said debt being made up of a $16,000 principal payment on the High School Building Addition Loan and the New School Construction Loan. The total of $57,000 is reduced by $570.16 in Article 59. (Above Article).


ART. 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to pay Vocational bills incurred in 1951. This amount includes Tuition bills of $659.00 and transporta- tion reimbursement bills of $341.00.


ART. 62. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use from the E & D acount in setting the 1952 Tax Rate, or take any action in relation thereto.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at each of the Post


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Offices and by leaving at least 500 copies at the Post Offices and at the Town Hall in said Town, twelve (12) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.


WILLIAM B. CARTER VICTOR N. CLUFF Selectmen of Tewksbury, Mass.


A true copy, Attest :


Constable


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INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT


Year Ending December 31, 1951


Reports of:


Page


Appeals Board


81


Assessors


74


Auditor


89


Board of Health


84


Board of Registrars


52


Board of Public Welfare


62


Civil Defense Director


64


Dog Officer


70


Fire Department


60


Highway Commissioners


71


Inspector of Animals


88


Jury List


80


Librarian


78


Circulation of Books


78 73


Park Commissioners


59


Planning Board


65


Police Department


57


Sealer of Weights and Measures


59


Selectmen


85


Special Town Meeting, Jan. 15, 1951


29


Special Town Meeting, March 8, 1951


31


Special Town Meeting, March 30, 1951


34


Special Town Meeting, July 25, 1951


40


Stadium Commissioners 88


Table of Estimates


82


Tax Collector


67


Town Clerk


8


Annual Town Election, Feb. 28, 1951


23


Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 21, 1951


17


Births


43


Deaths


49


Marriages


46


Financial Report


51


Recapitulation


51


Town Officers


3


153


Middlesex County Extension Service


Reports of:


Page 56


Treasurer


Tree Warden 52


Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library 77 Water Commissioners 54


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 20, 1952 137


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Jan. 15, 1951 26


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, March 8, 1951 29


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, March 30, 1951 32


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, July 25, 1951


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INDEX TO REPORT OF TEWKSBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE Year Ending December 31, 1951


Age Grade Distribution 121


Reports of:


Dental Clinic 133


Head Master, High School


124


School Committee 116


School Nurse 132


Superintendent of Schools 119


Supervisor of Art 130


Supervisor of Music 128


Roster of School Employees 134


School Calendar for 1952


115


School Census 115


School Department Officials


114


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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS - 1952


MODERATOR JAMES J. GAFFNEY, JR.


SELECTMEN VICTOR N. CLUFF, Chairman WILLIAM B. CARTER JOSEPH J. WHELAN


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE WILLIAM B. CARTER, Chairman GILBERT E. FRENCH JOSEPH J. WHELAN


BOARD OF HEALTH JOSEPH J. WHELAN, Chairman VICTOR N. CLUFF GILBERT E. FRENCH


ASSESSORS AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Chairman ETHEL M. PHILLIPS EDWARD J. SULLIVAN


TOWN CLERK ALICE A. PIKE


TREASURER WILLIAM J. O'NEILL


COLLECTOR OF TAXES LOUIS H. AMIOT


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TOWN COLLECTOR LOUIS H. AMIOT


TOWN AUDITOR THOMAS J. BERUBE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE RALPH S. BATTLES, Chairman LOELLA F. DEWING HAROLD A. VINECOUR


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS THOMAS L. RIVARD


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY HAROLD H. SLOAN, Chairman


EDGAR SMITH HAROLD J. PATTEN


MARIAN E. FRENCH DOROTHY FITZGERALD HARRY PRIESTLEY


LIBRARIAN ABBIE M. DEMPSEY


ROAD COMMISSIONERS THOMAS F. SULLIVAN, Chairman GEORGE R. GRAY CHESTER M. ROPER


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS RICHARD F. O'NEILL


TREE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS


REGSTRARS OF VOTERS HERBERT A. FAIRBROTHER, Chairman ALICE A. PIKE, Clerk WILLIAM H. BENNETT GEORGE J. McCOY


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CONSTABLES


CYRIL L. BARKER


EUGENE MANLEY GEORGE HAZEL


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS GARDNER G. HAGUE


WEIGHERS


GEORGE B. TANNER GEORGE K. JAMES


SURVEYOR OF LUMBER GEORGE K. JAMES


MEASURER OF WOOD GEORGE K. JAMES


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FRANK J. SULLIVAN, JR.


FENCE VIEWERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


POLICE DEPARTMENT CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief JOHN F. SULLIVAN, Sergeant


GEORGE H. BRABANT EUGENE MANLEY


VICTOR N. CLUFF, JR.


JAMES MANLEY


GEORGE A. GALE


JOHN P. SHIMKUS


DONALD I. GIRARD


SAMUEL G. STEPHENS


GARDNER G. HAGUE


FRANCIS J. SULLIVAN


ROBERT A. HAINES


ALEXANDER A. SUPERNANT


WALTER J. JOP


LEO P. TIGHE


JAMES P. KANE


JOSEPH A. VIVIER


ARTHUR LaFLEUR


AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH JOSEPH E. RISOLI, M. D.


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UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS H. LOUIS FARMER, JR. (Reg. Embalmer)


FOREST FIRE WARDEN ANTHONY OBDENS


DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS


ARTHUR F. BRIDGES


EDGAR G. HINTON, SR.


GEORGE A. MCDERMOTT


FREDERICK R. MILLETT HARRY A. TREADWELL ROBERT W. BARRON


INSPECTOR OF MEAT AND PROVISIONS HORACE P. SWEET


LOCAL AGENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTHS HARRIS M. BRIGGS


PARK COMMISSIONERS FRANK P. SHERLOCK, Chairman LESLIE COLLINS PHAIDA J. ROUX


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ANTHONY OBDENS


APPRAISERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


JANITOR OF TOWN HALL GEORGE K. JAMES


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FINANCE COMMITTEE


(Term expires 1954)


HAROLD J. PATTEN ANTHONY F. ANDERSON


ALLEN C. WILSON JOHN F. GLEASON


(Term expires 1953)


WALTER C. WILSON, JR. LENOX S. KARNER, JR., Ch.


ALBERT GILLISSEN THOMAS P. SAWYER


(Term expires 1952)


O. REX READ ELMER OLSON


LESTER W. BELL, Secretary


ARTHUR W. WELLS, JR.


TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS FREDERICK M. CARTER


EDWIN W. OSTERMAN ROY G. LANNER


DOG OFFICER LESLIE COLLINS


BOARD OF APPEALS PHAIDA J. ROUX, Chairman JOHN J. COONEY DANA F. PERKINS


ATTENDANCE OFFICER EARL R. SANDS


PLANNING BOARD


THOMAS K. MCKENZIE Term expires 1956


EDWARD B. STEVENS Term expires 1955


JOHN J. BELTON, Chairman .Term expires 1954


WILMER F. GARLICK Term expires 1953


JOHN J. COONEY


Term expires 1952


WATER COMMISSIONERS


JOHN J. COONEY, Chairman Term expires 1954


EBEN A. PRESCOTT Term expires 1953


JOSEPH J. WHELAN Term expires 1952


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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 to the Town Treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game


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 20, 1952 at 7:30 o'clock P.M., to act on the following articles, except Article I, and you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, February 27, 1952 at 10 o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following Article I.


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.


ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose bv ballot one Selectman for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, one member for Board of Welfare for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member for the School Committee for three years, two Trustees for the Public Library for three years, one Road Commissioner for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Trust Fund Com- missioner for three years, one Moderator for one year, one Auditor for one year, one Trustee of the Public Library for one year, three Constables for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years, one member for the Planning Board for two years.


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ART. 2. To hear reports of Town officers and committees and act thereon.


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 support 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, 1952, 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 select- men, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952, 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 sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from overlay reserves or E & D Ac- count for reserve fund under Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or take any action on same.


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 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 see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen 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


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selectmen or whosoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen


ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the office of Town Auditor upon the appointment of a Town Accountant and to apply any unexpended balance of the salary account of the Auditor to the salary account of the Town Accountant.


Board of Selectmen


ART. 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to re- equip the Town Hall Kitchen or taken any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen




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