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1 Pole #6- Dewey Street
3 #5, 9, 13 - Sullivan Parkway "
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"> #9-Patten Road
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" #28, 31, 36, 40, 44 - Foster Road
2 " #95 and 102 - East Street
6 #2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 - Tanglewood Avenue
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" #16 - Lowe Street
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" #6-Chandler Street
1 #11-Shawsheen Street
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" #3, 5,9-Chester Street
1 #6- Whited Street
3 #1, 4, 9 - Amos Street
1 #4-Temple Street
Voted: To accept this article.
ART. 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $525.00 for the purchase of 75 chairs for the Am- erican Legion Hall, this money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted: To accept this article and raise and appropriate $225 for this purpose.
ART. 70. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 15 of Article 1 of the by-laws, by striking out "annual election of Town Officers" and substituting therefor "annual town meeting."
Voted: To accept this article. Approved by Attorney General March 31, 1955.
ART. 71. To see if the Town will vote to transfer into the General Fund $3,000.00 voted under Article 29 of the Warrant for the 1954 Annual Town Meeting.
Voted: To transfer $3,000.00 voted under Article 29 of the Warrant for the 1954 Annual Town Meeting into the General Fund.
Meeting adjourned at 11:35 P. M.
Attest: ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at each of the Post Offices and by leaving at least 500 copies at the Post Offices and at the Town Hall in said Town, seven (7) days at least be- fore 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 thirty-first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.
JOSEPH J. WHELAN JOHN D. SULLIVAN Selectmen of Tewksbury
A true copy. Attest:
WALTER J. JOP
Constable of Tewksbury
Tewksbury, Mass., Feb. 4, 1955 Middlesex ss.
By virtue of this warrant, I this day at 12:00 o'clock noon served the within warrant by posting up attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at each of the Post Offices and by leaving at least 500 copies at the Post Offices and Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury, eleven (11) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
WALTER J. JOP
Constable of Tewksbury
A true copy. Attest:
ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Tewksbury, Massachusetts, February 23, 1955
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in town affairs, held this day at the Town Hall and the Shawsheen School, the following business was transacted.
Warrant was duly read by presiding officers in Precincts 1 and 2. Registers in ballot boxes showed 0000 and check lists were in order. Polls officially opened at 10 o'clock A. M. and closed at 8 P. M. There were 1,518 ballots cast in Precinct 1 and 630 in Pre- cinct 2, a total of 2,148 votes.
Election officers were as follows: Precinct 1-Harry A. Tread- well, Warden; Mamie Dugau, Deputy Warden; Rose J. McCoy, Clerk; Catherine L. Sullivan, Deputy Clerk; Gloria A. Deputat, Gladys Collins, Elizabeth Collins, Raymond L. Kelleher, Helen L. Morris, Virginia R. Girard, Mary Brown, John R. Craig, Grace J. Hannigan, Eleanor Spencer, Mary E. McCarthy, Ella R. Thomas, Mary T. Christianson, Josephine Crickett, Ruby E. Walker, Marion W. Bruneau, Gordon H. Mann, Donalda J. Tousignant, Helen E. Leigakos, Dorothea A. Holmes, Audrey L. Graustein, and Mary E. McCausland, Inspectors.
Precinct 2-Bertha B. Benner, Warden; Gladys L. O'Connell, Deputy Warden; Florence Richards, Clerk; Mary C. Leahy, Deputy Clerk; Imelda Stenquist, Jessie A. Davis, Marion Blair, Catherine C. Gleason, Margaret F. Thompson, Marguerite Tibbets, Evelyn Daly, Josephine Pondelli, Anna O'Connell and Mary T. Love, Inspectors.
Official result of count:
Selectman for Three Years
Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Total
Joseph J. Whelan
749
387
1136 elected and sworn
David J. Beattie
368
89
457
George S. LaFave
96
16
112
John J. Nolan
372
218
590
George A. O'Connell
650
286
936 elected and sworn
Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.
475
79
554
Others
1
1
Blanks
325
185
510
Selectman for One Year
Thomas A. Abbott
199
185
384
Phillip D. Bradanick
170
41
211
John H. Hart
517
116
633 elected and sworn
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Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Total
Rene J. Paquette
424
170
594
William H. Tenney
73
31
104
Others
1
1
Blanks
134
87
221
Board of Public Welfare for Three Years
Joseph J. Whelan
779
383
1162 elected and sworn
David J. Beattie
427
93
520
George S. LaFave
125
22
147
John J. Nolan
475
242
717
George A. O'Connell
750
299
1049 elected and sworn 3
Others
3
Blanks
477
221
698
Board of Public Welfare for One Year
Thomas A. Abbott
199
172
371
Phillip D. Bradanick
172
35
207
John J. Hart
494
119
613 elected and sworn
Rene J. Paquette
419
165
584
William H. Tenney
73
38
111
Blanks
161
101
262
Board of Public Health for Three Years
Joseph J. Whelan
689
341
1030 elected and sworn
George A. O'Connell
717
239
956
Blanks
112
50
162
Assessor for Three Years
Ethel M. Phillips
1239
525
1764 elected and sworn
Others
1
1
Blanks
278
105
383
Moderator for One Year
James J. Gaffney, Jr.
1300
534
1834 elected and sworn
Others
1
1
Blanks
217
96
313
Auditor for Three Years
Thomas J. Berube
1209
502
1711 elected and sworn
Others
5
5
Blanks
308
124
432
School Committee for Three Years
Loella F. Dewing
739
194
933 elected and sworn
Francis X. Kelley
430
185
615
George C. Lawlor, Sr.
298
214
512
Blanks
51
37
88
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Trustees Public Library for Three Years
Harold H. Sloan
1155
463
1618 elected and sworn
Edgar Smith
1185
445
1630 elected and sworn
Others
1
1
Blanks
696
351
1047
Trust Fund Commissioner for Three Years
Edwin W. Osterman
1194
479
1673 elected and sworn
Others
1
....
1
Blanks
323
151
474
Road Commissioner for Three Years
Thomas F. Sullivan
1166
472
1638 elected and sworn
Others
3
3
Blanks
352
155
507
Constables for One Year
Phillip D. Bradanick
989
395
1384 elected and sworn
Victor N. Cluff, Jr.
1005
383
1388 elected and sworn
Alexander A. Suprenant
1009
468
1477 elected and sworn
Others
2
1
3
Blanks
1549
643
2192
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Phaida J. Roux
1184
4'74
1658 elected and sworn
Others
1
1
Blanks
334
156
490
Water Commissioner for Three Years
John J. Cooney
1127
508
1635
Others
1
1
Blanks
391
121
512
Planning Board for Five Years
John J. Belton
820
346
1166
Roger LaFreniere
581
235
816
Others
1
1
Blanks
117
48
165
Attest: ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Warrant and action thereon March 30, 1955
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, 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 the Town Hall, in said Tewksbury on Wed- nesday, the 30th day of March, 1955 at eight o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles:
The meeting was called to order at 8 P. M. by James J. Gaffney, Jr., Moderator. Malcolm D. Buchanan and Austin F. French were sworn as tellers and the meeting proceeded after ascertaining the necessary quorum.
ART. 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,588.00 for the salary of one permanent patrolman, or take any other action relative thereto. Police Dept.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,588 for the salary of one permanent patrolman.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $821.06 for Capital Outlay in the Police Department or take any other action relative thereto. Police Dept.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $821.06 for Capital Outlay in the Police Department.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 for the purpose of new installation of water services to dwellings or other buildings, and including sub- divisions and provided that the cost of said installations has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to esti- mated receipts and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money and in the event said entire sum is not required for said installations the unexpended bal- ance shall likewise be credited to estimated receipts, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
Voted: To accept this article and raise and appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 for the purpose outlined therein.
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ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the relocation of water pipes in Shawsheen Street and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money. Water Commissioners
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the relocation of water pipes in Shawsheen Street and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to permit private water mains to be connected to the Town Water System, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone this article.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to strike out Paragraph 7 of Section 12 of the Building Laws and insert the following: "All residential structures shall be either with or without a basement providing all structures conform with the building code of the Town of Tewksbury" or take any action relative thereto. Walter J. Pupkis.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone this article.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the appropriation made under Article 47 of the 1955 Annual Meeting to $4.500.00. Selectmen.
Voted: To accept this article and reduce the appropriation made under Article 47 of the 1955 Annual Meeting to $4,500.00.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and an- propriate to prepare and publish an official town map with copies made available for public sale. Selectmen.
Voted: To raise and appropriate $500 to prepare and publish an official town map with copies available for public sale at the price of $1.00 each under the supervision of the Planning Board and that one hundred copies be made available to the Industrial Commission at no cost.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Tree Warden, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to dispose of the old tree department sprayer at whatever terms may be of best ad- vantage to the town. Selectmen.
Voted; To adopt this article and authorize the Tree Warden with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to dispose of the old tree department sprayer at whatever terms may be to the best ad- vantage of the Town.
ART. 10.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
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sum of $1,500.00 to put a new roof on the Tree Department Building. Committee appointed by the Moderator
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to put a new roof on the Tree Department Building.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $275.00 for the Election Officers Account. Selectmen.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $275.00 for the Election Officers Account.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $38.12 for the State Census Taking Account. Selectmen.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $38.12 for the State Census Taking Account.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to re- imburse Victor N. Cluff for services performed in the selling of the Spaulding School Property. Selectmen.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone this article.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a public address system for the Town Hall. Selectmen.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the pur- chase of public address system for the Town Hall.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for advertising and auctioneering purposes under Art. 18 of the 1955 Annual Town Meeting. Selectmen.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 advertising cost and 5% auctioneer's commission under Art. 18 of the 1955 Annual Town Meeting.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to install the following street lights, said installation to take place only after proper in- vestigation by the Board of Selectmen. Poles No. 28 and No. 33 Marston Street. Clarence W. Hodges.
Voted: To accept this article as written.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at Public Auction, Cedar Swamp lot pur- chased from Alice and Blanche King in 1948. Selectmen.
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Voted: That this article be referred to Industrial Commission for evaluation and report to the next town meeting.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to im- plement the foregoing article. Selectmen.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone this article.
Meeting adjourned at 10:10 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and in each of the Post Offices and by leaving at least five hundred (500) copies at the Post Offices and at the Town Hall in said Town, seven (7) days at least 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.
Given under our hands this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.
JOHN D. SULLIVAN JOSEPH J. WHELAN VICTOR N. CLUFF JOHN H. HART GEORGE A. O'CONNELL Selectmen of Tewksbury
A true copy. Attest: PHILLIP D. BRADANICK, Constable of Tewksbury.
Tewksbury, Mass., March 16, 1955
By virtue of this Warrant, I this day at 11:00 o'clock A. M. served the within warrant by posting up true and attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at each of the Post Offices and bv leaving at least 500 copies at the Post Offices and Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury, Fourteen (14) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
PHILLIP D. BRADANICK, Constable of Tewksbury.
A true copy. Attest: ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Warrant and action thereon September 22, 1955
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass.
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury, in said County; 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 Thursday the 22nd day of September, 1955 at eight o'clock P.M. to act on the following articles:
The meeting was called to order at 8 P. M. by James J. Gaffney, Jr., Moderator, John J. Kelley and Walter R. Doucette were sworn as tellers and the meeting proceeded after ascertaining the presence of the necessary quorum.
Motion was made and seconded that the reading of articles in the warrant by the moderator be waived.
ART. 1. To see if the town will vote to add the following to the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Tewksbury:
In a local business district no building or buildings shall be erected, altered or used for any purpose injurious, noxious or offensive to a neighborhood by reason of the emission of water, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration or noise or other cause. Every building shall have front yard set-back of at least 100 feet and side yard and back yard set-backs of at least 50 feet from the line of the way or ways on which the lot or parcel of land abuts, and shall not occupy more than 20 percent of the lot or parcel of land on which the same is erected resulting in a ratio of parking area to building area of at least 5 to 1. Further, no use shall be permitted involving manufacture on the premises except products the major portion of which is to be sold on the premises, to the consumer, and further provided that not more than four (4) operatives shall be employed in said manufacture. No building or buildings or premises shall be used for any pur- pose except:
1. Any use permitted in Sections 4 and 5 subject to front and side and back yard set-backs, height regulations, area regu- lations, and lot coverage requirements of Section 4 and 5.
2. Motels, subject to application, hearing and approval by
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the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of Sec tion 17.
3. Bowling Alleys, Establishments for the use of amuse- ments, recreation or assembly subject to application, hearing and approval by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.
4. Retail stores for the sale of antiques, appliances, auto supplies, beverages, confectionery, food, frozen food storage space, furniture, gifts, hardware, horticulural products and sup- plies, household furnishings, jewelry, medical supplies, notions, office supplies, optical supplies, periodicals, photographic equip- ment, sporting goods, stationery, toys, wearing apparel.
5. Retail service establishments for a barber, caterer, clothes cleaner, cobbler, decorator, dressmaker, florist, furrier, hair- dresser, photographer, tailor, upholsterer.
6. Banking, Insurance, Law, Municipal Services, Public Utilities, Radio and Television Studios, Business or professional Offices.
7. Restaurants and other places for serving food and bev- erages.
8. Gasoline service stations, subject to application, hearing and approval by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.
9. Any other use not expressed but consistent with the above, subject to the application, hearing and approval by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 17. Planning Board.
Voted: To adopt. This was a unanimous vote.
Approved by Attorney General September 29, 1955.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7-B of the Zoning By-Laws to change from a general residence, farming and light industry area that portion of the following described tract of land now zoned for general residence, farming and light industry to a local business district; said tract of land being now owned by Robert Lacy and being situated on the Southwesterly side of Main Street and thus bounded and described; North- easterly by Main Street, 1560 feet; Southerly and southeasterly on various courses and in part by a stonewall and by land now or formerly of the one McLaren, 1,358.67 feet; Southwesterly by the center of Heath Brook about 2,393 feet; and North- westerly by land now or formerly of one Hinckley 1,140 feet more or less. Containing 45 acres more or less and being the land shown on a plan of land entitled, "Land in Tewksbury for Robert Lacy, said plan now on file with the Town Clerk.
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Scale: 1 in. equals 80 ft., June 15, 1955, Dana F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass. Planning Board.
Voted: To amend the Zoning By-laws to change from a gen- eral residence, farming and light industry area that portion of the following described tract of land now zoned for general residence, farming and light industry to a local business district; said tract of land being now owned by Robert Lacy and being situated on the Southwesterly side of Main Street between stations 236 and 253 as shown on a plan of Main Street, Tewksbury, laid out by Massachu- setts State Highway Commissioners August 11, 1904, and thus bounded and described; Northeasterly by Main Street, 1560 feet; Southerly and Southeasterly on various courses and in part by a stone wall and by land now or formerly of the one McLaren, 1,358.67 feet; Southwesterly by the center of Heath Brook about 2,393 feet; and Northwesterly by land now or formerly of one Hinckley 1,140', more or less. Containing 45 acres more or less and being the land shown on a plan of land entitled "Land in Tewksbury for Robert Lacy, said plan now on file with the Town Clerk. Scale: 1 in. equals 80 ft., June 15, 1955, Dana F. Perkins and Sons., Inc., Civil Engineer and Surveyors, Reading, Mass. Unanimous vote.
Approved by Attorney General Sept. 29, 1955.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws to change to a Local Business District from General Res- idence and Farming and Light Industry a certain parcel of land situated on the easterly side of Main Street and bounded and described as follows: beginning at the southwesterly corner of Lot 7 of subdivision known as Tanglewood Acres and thence running southeasterly 1080 feet more or less by said Main Street to land of McLaren; thence northeasterly 498.75 ft. more or less to the westerly side of Livingston Street; thence northerly by the said Livingston Street 730.61 feet more or less to the south- easterly corner of Lot 16 of said Tanglewood Acres; and thence 1033.02 feet more or less westerly and southwesterly along the southerly Boundary of Lots 7 to 16 inclusive of said Tanglewood Acres to point of beginning, as shown on plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Tewksbury, Mass., for A. J. Tambone, Scale: 1 in. equals 80 ft., June 10, 1955, Dana F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading Mass., said plan now on file with the Town Clerk. Aug. 30, 1955.
Planning Board.
Voted: To amend the Zoning By-laws to change to a Local Business District from General Residence and Farming and Light Industry a certain parcel of land situated on the easterly side of Main Street between stations 242 and 253 as shown on plan of Main Street, Tewksbury laid out by Massachusetts State Highway Com- missioners, August 11, 1904, bounded and described as follows: Be-
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ginning at the southwesterly corner of Lot 7 of subdivision known as Tanglewood Acres and thence running southeasterly 1080 feet more or less by said Main Street to land of McLaren; thence noth- easterly 498.75 feet more or less to the westerly side of Livingston Street; thence northerly by the said Livingston Street 730.61 feet more or less to the southeasterly corner of Lot 16 of said Tangle- wood Acres; and thence 1033.02 ft. more or less westerly and south- westerly along the southerly boundary of Lots 7 to 16 inclusive of said Tanglewood Acres to point of beginning, as shown on plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Tewksbury, Mass., for A. J. Tambone, scale 1 in. equals 80 ft., June 10, 1955, Dana F. Perkins and Sons. Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass., said plan now on file with the Town Clerk, August 30, 1955. Unanimous vote.
Approved by Attorney General Sept. 29, 1955
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer from E & D the sum of $1,000.00 for repairs to the town hall.
Board of Selectmen.
Voted: To transfer $1,000.00 from E. & D. for repairs to the town hall.
ART. 5. To see whether the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed $85,000.00 for the purpose of extend- ing and improving the water system of the Town by laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, by the development of an additional well field, including wells, pipes and original pumping station equipment, and by the construction of a building for a pumping station; and to determine how any such sum shall be raised, whether by taxation, by transfer of available funds, by borrow- ing or otherwise, and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance of bonds and notes of the Town or take any action incidental to the foregoing. Water Commissioners.
Voted: That the sum of $85,000 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of extending and improving the water system of the Town by laying water mains of not less than six but less than six- teen inches in diameter, by the development of an additional well field, including wells, pipes, original pumping station equipment, and by the construction of a building for a pumping station; and the Board of Water Commissioners is hereby authorized to expend said sum.
That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized and directed to borrow said sum of $85,000.00 by the issue and sale of general obligation bonds of the Town under and pursuant to G.L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 5, and other applicable provisions of law, said loan to be paid in not more than fifteen years. In favor 212. Opposed 8.
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ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and Board of Water Commissioners to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, or take by eminent domain, in fee simple under the authority of General Laws, Chapter 79, as amended, Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1951 and Chapter 40, Section 14, the following described parcel of land for an addi- tional well field and to protect the present town water supply system: Said parcel being owned by John D. Sullivan et ux and adjoining the present Heath Meadow, described as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound at the northeast corner of the said premises at land of the Town of Tewksbury and land of John D. and Mary Sullivan; thence turning and running south 47° 24' 30" west, 610 feet by land now or formerly of John D. and Mary Sullivan to a point; thence turning south 58° 48' 30" west, 503.38 feet still by land of John D. and Mary Sullivan to a point at land now or formerly of Nathan A. and Adele Tellen; thence turning and running north 31° 11' 30" west, 1190.95 feet to point at land of John D. Sullivan and Mary Sullivan and land of P. W. Rounsevell; thence turning and running north 15° 6' 50" east, 440.92 feet to a stone bound at land of James P. and Barbara L. Chandler and land of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury; thence turning and running south 63º 29' 40" east, 643.85 feet by land of the Town of Tewksbury to a stone bound; thence running south 59° 01' 00" east, 939.38 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 24 acres more or less and being shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Tewks- bury, Mass. for Tewksbury Water Department Scale 1" equals 80', July 9, 1955; Dana F. Perkins & Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass .; also to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from E & D the sum of $1.00 for the purposes of this article. Water Commissioners.
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