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8. Present Traffic. We will make a study of the present traffic pattern, together with the locations of principal traffic problems.
9. Neighborhood Studies. We will make studies of the present neighborhoods into which the Town is divided, to show their present land areas, the areas suitable for future development, the present population and the population to be expected under proposed densities. This will be further analyzed to indicate the number of school children to be expected in each neighbor- hood as a basis for study of school needs.
10. Proposed Land Use. We will make a study of proposed land use in the Town indicating areas to be devoted to residence, business, industry and other uses. This will be closely related to the neighborhood studies previously mentioned. It will in- dicate the amount of land proposed for various uses. It will make special note of potential commercial and industrial development.
11. Proposed Community Facilities. We will prepare a study of school needs, based on the previous neighborhood studies. This will also include a study of present school facilities and sites and will include recommendations for new sites or addi- tions to existing ones. We will also prepare a study of other community needs such as recreational or administrative.
12. Proposed Municipal Utilities. We will make a study to indicate the areas needing extensions of public water and sewerage systems.
13. Circulation Plan. We will review plans of the Public Works Department for major thoroughfares affecting Tewks- bury and will consult with that Department as necessary. We will study the needs of local circulation and will prepare the plan of thoroughfares and principal feeder streets for the Town, including recommendations for future improvement to exist- ing routes as well as new routes.
14. Zoning. We will review the present zoning and will rec- ommend revisions in line with the proposed plan. From the previous studies of topography, drainage and suitability of land, we will be in a position to recommend areas to be zoned as flood plains with special regulations for their use. These will
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be prepared in consultation with your Board. We will also assist in presenting them to the public.
15. Subdivision Regulations and Building Code. We will assist you in making revisions to existing codes and in the preparation of new regulations as necessary.
16. Capital Budget Program. On the basis of the previous studies, we will prepare a recommended capital budget pro- gram and will assist you in establishing it. This will be based on financial studies previously mentioned.
17. Report. The work covered by this program will be pre- sented in a detailed report, with copies of all maps, tables and charts with descriptive text to be furnished in four copies. We will also prepare and furnish a summary report for public dis- tribution in five hundred (500) copies, containing copies of the most important maps.
18. Consultation. We will be prepared to attend meeting of your Board or other meetings as seems desirable in the inter- ests of the program, averaging once a month during the prog- ress of the work.
19. Timing of Program. We have set up this program to be done according to a schedule to be agreed upon between your Board and ourselves, lasting from twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months.
We propose to perform the services hereunder for the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($10,500.00)."
As we could not enter in a contract for the entire amount of $10,500, we decided to use the $1,500.00 which was appropriated for professional services that the Planning Board had in its budget. The Technical Planning Associates on August 29, 1956, submitted a new proposal, stating what they would do for $1,500.
The text of this proposal follows:
"We propose to perform the following services as the first phase of the complete planning program which was described in our letter to you of July 12, 1956.
1. We will prepare a map showing the basic pattern of land use at present, including areas for residence, business, industry, parks, schools, institutions, etc. We will also compute the ap- proximate acreage occupied by these uses.
2. We will prepare a map showing land which is topographi- cally unsuited for development, slopes over 15 percent, swamps, land already developed, reservations and the remaining land which is suitable for intensive development.
3. We will make preliminary studies of population trends to indicate the probable future population to be considered in the present zoning plans.
4. We will make a preliminary review of your present zoning by-laws and maps and will give you interim recommendations concerning them, with suggested changes, to apply pending the completing of final studies under the full planning program.
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We will commence this work immediately and will complete it within two months. We propose to perform the above services for the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), payable $500 on September 15, 1956, $500 on October 15, 1956, and the balance on completion. The sum of $1,500 is to be deducted from the proposal submitted to you on July 12, 1956 and all services in- cluded in that proposal which are not covered by the present letter will be performed for the sum of $9,000.00, if we are authorized to proceed herewith prior to March 1, 1957. This contract is subject to all legal appropriations made by the Town for this purpose for which the undersigned assume no responsibility."
This agreement was signed and the Technical Planning Asso- ciates went to work. Mr. Moore of the Technical Planning Asso- ciates bas prepared Maps showing Existing Land Use, Buildable Areas, Distribution of Dwellings, and Neighborhood Dwellings Distribution. He has gone over many of the problems that the 'Town needs to consider during several meetings with the Planning Board.
The Planning Board is definitely handicapped to make recom- mendations in regards to planned zoning that will allow for the best growth of the Town, industrially and otherwise. The Board has tentatively in mind several tracts of land that might well be zoned for various types of industry that the Town needs so badly. This should not be done however without looking at the complete town which is the reason for the survey to be made by the Techni- cal Planning Associates. We hope that the delay we are experien- cing will not permanently hinder the prospects of getting industry into Tewksbury. A well zoned Town is necessary to attract new concerns to come within its borders.
Many mistakes have been made in the development of Tewks- bury in the past such as has been brought to our attention by the Town Planner, Lawrence Moore, that the North Street School and the Shawsheen School are not properly located for the best interests of the Town. Do we want to continue to make expensive mistakes? The new School that is being built on Shawsheen Street is well located in that most of the children attending this School will be within walking distance. New School sites are being looked at in relation to the present population and future population trends of the Town.
Resignation of John Belton was accepted and the vacancy was filled by David Beattie to replace Mr. Belton by a vote taken at a joint meeting of the Planning Board and the Board of Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. CARTER, Chairman ROGER F. LAFRENIERE, Clerk JOHN J. COONEY THOMAS SAWYER DAVID BEATTIE
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REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
To the Board of Selectmen
Town of Tewksbury, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Dog Officer for the year ending December 31st, 1956.
Kennel Licenses 13-$10.00 1-$25.00 1090
Dogs licensed
79
Dogs destroyed
57
Dogs returned to owners
22
Telephone calls 737
Investigations (Licenses) complaints of barking
dogs, killing chickens, rabbits destroying property, etc.
832
Respectfully submitted, LESLIE COLLINS, Dog Officer
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
January 4, 1957
To the Board of Health
Tewksbury, Mass.
Slaughtered January Ist to December 31st, 1956
Cattle
818
Calves
276
Hogs
479
Sheep
29
Goats
8
Total
1610
Condemned Stock for 1956
Cattle
14
Calves
27
Hogs
3
Sheep
3
Goats
0
Total
47
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. GRAY Inspector of Slaughtering
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Dogs sheltered
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
I respectfully submit the following annual report of the Tewks- bury Police Department:
Complaints received and investigated
1432
Auto accidents investigated
149
Summons served
264
Public functions covered
59
Funerals Policed
28
Messages delivered
609
Dog bite cases investigated
56
Dogs struck by automobiles
133
Sudden deaths investigated
14
Doors and windows found open
161
Snow and Ice on Highway
29
Lights out, poles or wires down
49
Missing persons in Tewksbury
102
Missing persons elsewhere
8
Cars stolen in Tewksbury
9
Cars stolen elsewhere
12
Hearings at office
10
Investigations for other departments
171
Registration plates checked
80
Car registration or ownership transferred
314
Sessions at Lowell District Court
54
Sessions at Superior Court Lowell
1
Sessions at Superior Court Cambridge
19
Ambulance Calls
38
Vacant properties checked
247
Fires Policed
89
Transported to Hospital
193
Air signals, White Alert
57
Committed to Worcester State Hospital
2
Admitted to Tewksbury State Hospital
5
Revolver licenses issued
66
Auto Accidents reported at Office
61
Permits issued to purchase arms
3
Traffic Duty
152
72
Defective equipment tags
18
36
5
17
$57,552.49
Total Number of Arrests
Drunkenness
47
Assault and Battery
8
Threatening Bodily Harm
2
Operating motor vehicle after suspension of license
3
Failing to stop for a School Bus
14
Failing to display an inspection sticker
17
Violation of speed laws
15
Operating motor vehicle under influence of liquor
6
Operating un-registered motor vehicle
2
Operating motor vehicle with wrong plates
2
Breaking and entering in the night time
2
Larceny
11
Stubborn child
1
Non-support
5
Malicious injury to property
1
Indecent assault and battery
2
Carrying arms in motor vehicle without a license
1
Concealing stolen motor vehicles
9
Conspiracy to defraud insurer
7
Conspiracy to receive stolen goods
5
Larceny of a motor vehicle
1
Leaving the scene of an accident
1
Total
162
Disposition of Cases
Guilty
45
Not Guilty
1
Released
29
Fined
59
Nolle Prosequi
6
Filed
11
For other Police Departments
4
Pending
4
Dismissed
3
Total
162
JOHN F. SULLIVAN Chief of Police
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Licenses suspended Number plates suspended Trailer Permits issued Merchandise recovered
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
During the year 1956, the Board of Health for the first time, has held regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Previously, health problems and business were taken care of during Selectmen and Welfare meetings.
At the present time we have a Sanitary Inspector for the pur- pose of installation and inspection of sewage disposal systems. We are contemplating a Sanitarian and Milk Inspector, with whom conferences have been held.
During the year, licenses for several day nursery schools were issued. Such schools must, by law, be conducted in strict accord- ance with State Health regulations. Due to the increased number of pre-school children in the towns, schools of this type are necessary. Another type of increase due to the growth in population, is the number of contagious diseases and premature births. It has been necessary to establish policy relative to need in such cases.
A mosquito control project was instituted during the past year. Methods are being studied for increased efficiency for coming years.
Five Polio Clinics were sponsored by the board. Although the public did not take full advantage of the opportunity for inocula- tions, it is significant that in the year 1955 there were 11 cases of polio reported. In the past year there were no cases.
State Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation were adopted by the board to insure a higher standard of health protection and to enable the enforcement of our health laws.
A Dental Clinic has been re-organized and improved in the schools. Examinations of pupils have been made, followed by re- ports to parents of any necessary dental work.
A prospective site has been selected for a town dump, now pending before the Appeals Board, and action should be forthcoming in the very near future. If any decision is reached by Town Meeting time, you will be apprised of it at that time.
Several meetings were held concerning the adoption of a plumb- ing code. The need for a suitable plumbing code for the Town has long been felt. Accordingly, such a code, prepared with the assistance of representatives of the plumbing industry is being presented for your consideration at the Annual Town Meeting. The board strongly recommends that this code be adopted as a Town By-Law.
Further details of Board of Health activities will be found in the report of its agent, Dr. Jose Ruisanchez.
Mindful of the ever increasing needs of the town, all members hope to expand the facilities and services of the Board of Health
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for the convenience and improved health of all residents. Any person is welcome to attend the regular meetings of the board and present any problem he or she may have.
Respectfully submitted THOMAS A. ABBOTT, Chair. JOSEPH J. WHELAN VICTOR N. CLUFF Board of Health
REPORT OF HEALTH AGENT
Board of Health
Tewksbury, Mass.
Gentlemen:
As your agent, I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1956:
Diseases Reported:
Chicken Pox
6
Dog Bites 66
Infectious Hepatitis
2
German Measles
1
Scarlet Fever 7
Salmononellosis 1
Polio
0
Whooping Cough
8
Tuberculosis
2
Licenses Granted:
Store - Milk and Cream 27
Vehicle - Milk and Cream 21
Pasteurization of Milk 3
Slaughtering
1
Manufacture of Ice Cream
3
Burial Permits 35
Trailer Park
1
Overnight Cabins 3
Nursery Schools
3
A program for innoculations of the Salk Vaccine was carried out, with 3000 persons receiving first shots on May 2nd. Four polio clinics were held in all, plus a Smallpox vaccination clinic.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSE RUISANCHEZ, M. D.
Agent for the Board of Health
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Value of Real Estate Jan. 1, 1956
$10,505,500
Value of Personal Property 3,053,550
Total Value of 1956
$13,559,050
Total Value of 1955
11,390,250
Gain in Valuation
$ 2,168,800
TOTAL LEVY FOR 1956
Town
$ 1,620,264.16
State
2,711.18
County
22,092.44
Overlay Current Year
33,744.39
Gross Amount to be raised
$ 1,678,812.17
Total Estimated Receipts and
Available Funds
669,304.47
Net Amount to be raised on Polls and Property $ 1,009,507.70
Polls
$ 6,138.00
Personal Property
225,962.70
Real Estate
777,407.00
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $ 1,009,507.70
Tax Rate 1956 - $74.00
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Total Valuation $ 2,198,690.00 Amount Warrants to Collector $ 103,169.99
Tax Rate 1956 - $54.43
Respectfully submitted, AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Chairman ETHEL M. PHILLIPS EDWARD J. SULLIVAN Board of Assessors
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
Number of Services Installed during the year 1956
240
House Service Pipe Installed
12,938 ft. 55 ft.
2" Pipe Installed
6" Pipe Installed 669 ft.
8" Pipe Installed
654 ft.
12" Pipe Installed 6785 ft.
8" Pipe Relocated
1000 ft. 7
Number of Hydrants Installed
Total Gallons Pumped during the year 1956 203,857,850
Total Number of Water Customers at the end of 1956 2842
Number of New Takers during the year 1956 386
Respectfully submitted,
EBEN A. PRESCOTT JOHN J. COONEY CHARLES R. CARTER
Board of Water Commissioners
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report for the year 1956: $ 511,161.57
Cash on hand, January 1, 1956
Receipts to December 31, 1956 2,235,386.34
$ 2,746,547.91
Paid on Warrants drawn by Town Accountant to December 31, 1956 $ 2,166,017.19
Balance at Day Trust Co., Boston 5,000.00
Balance at Union National Bank of Lowell 12,031.77
Balance at First National Bank of Boston 154,558.14
Balance at Middlesex County National Bank, Lowell 226,228.42
U. S. Treasury Bills
173,666.50
Cash in Office 9,045.89
$ 2,746,547.91
For detail of receipts and expenditures see Report of the Town Accountant.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM J. O'NEILL Town Treasurer
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
-
Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I wish to submit my report for the year 1956.
Electric Wires & Arcing Wires 34
Grass and brush 163
Oil Burners 11
Accidents
23
Buildings
50
Chimney
4
Dump
12
Mutual Aid
17
Vehicles 17
False
15
Resuscitator
25
All other
64
Total
438
Oil permits issued
342
Bottle gas permits issued
60
Total
402
Value of Buildings $367,475.00
Value of Contents 104,520.00
Loss to buildings and contents 66,650.00
Insurance paid
37,462.01
Vehicles:
Total Value
$ 38,050.00
Loss
1,670.00
All figures are approximate.
ANTHONY OBDENS
Chief of Fire Department
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REPORT OF THE PLAYGROUND COMMISSION
Board of Selectmen
Town of Tewksbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The playground commission, appointed by the town moderator in 1956, has had several meetings. The results accomplished and the town funds expended were as follows:
1. The construction of a new Little League field off East Street and on state property.
2. The replacement of some Little League equipment.
3. The purchase of such expendable items as baseballs and bats for the Little League.
4. The repair of certain Little League equipment.
5. The addition of certain Pony League uniforms and equipment.
6. The purchase of such expendable items as baseballs and bats for the Pony League.
7. The maintenance of the Little League and Pony League fields for game and tournament play.
The Little League fielded six fully equipped teams that com- prised ninety boys between the ages of eight and twelve. A highly competitive league resulted and an all-star team was selected.
The Tewksbury All-Star Little League team was exemplary in tournament competition.
The Pony League was comprised of four teams of sixteen boys on each team.
The objectives of this commission for the coming year are: To provide more baseball playing surfaces; enlarge the Pony League; to re-equip the Little League uniforms; and to aid in the develop- men of facilities for others of our youth who are not engaged in baseball activity.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD MARTIN GEORGE BYAM ANTHONY OBDENS ALBERT ROPER JOHN MAHONEY
Playground Commission
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS
The following is the report of the Road Commissioners for the year ending December 31, 1956.
Chapter 81 and General Highway
Routine maintenance and repairing was done on all streets with Chapter 81 and General Highway funds, although we were not able to accomplish as much as we desired as these funds were greatly depleted by the blizzards of March and April. The following amounts of materials were used:
Gravel
14,000 yards
Sand
8,800 yards
Asphalt
33,500 gals.
Bituminous Concrete
718.75 tons
Peastone
1407.70 tons
Catch basins installed
7
Culverts installed
5
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Chapter 90 maintenance work was done on East Street, Shaw- sheen Street and River Road.
Chapter 90 Construction
Chapter 90 work was done on Shawsheen Street where the first section was completed. The second section is nearly completed and work has started on the third section.
This year the Commissioners had two large drainage contracts completed. These were on Chandler Street for a distance of 1400 feet and on Woburn Street for a distance of 1800 feet.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. GRAY, Chairman THOMAS F. SULLIVAN CHESTER M. ROPER Road Commissioners
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WARRANT
for
Annual Town Meeting
Town of Tewksbury
OF TEV
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TOWN
BURY
INCOR
1734.
P
RATED
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
March 6, 1957
WARRANT for ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex, ss.
To any 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, March 6, 1957 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, except Article 1, 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, March 13, 1957, at 10:00 A. M. then and there to act on the following Article 1.
The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8:00 P. M.
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot one Selectmen for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, one member for Board of Public Welfare for three years, one member for Board of Public Welfare for two years, One Assessor for three years, one mem- ber for the School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two Trustees for the Public Library for three years, one Road Commissioner for three vears, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Trust Fund Com- missioner for three years, one Moderator for one year, one mem- ber of the Planning Board for five yeears and one member of the Planning Board for three years, one Town Clerk for three years, one Treasurer for three years, one Tax Collector for three years, one Tree Warden for three years, and to vote ves or no on the following question: "Shall sections 69C to 69F inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a Board of Public Works exercising the powers of certain other departments and town officers, be accepted?" All on the same ballot.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers.
ART. 3. To fix the salary of the Building Inspector and the sev- eral elective officers of the Town and determine whether such salaries shall be retroactive to January 1st. (Refer to Salary Schedule)
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SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BUILDING INSPECTOR (ARTICLE III)
Item No.
1955
1956
OFFICE
Request 1957
Finance Committee Recommendation
Dissent
Remarks
1.
1,500.00
2,000.00
Assessors (2)
2,000.00 ea.
2,000.00 ea.
0
2.
2,800.00
3,300.00
Assessor - Clerk
3,300.00
3,300.00
0
3.
1,550.00
1,800.00
Auditor
1,800.00
1,800.00
0
4.
2,518.00
4,500.00
Building Inspector
5,200.00
4,500.00
0
5.
150.00
Board of Health (2)
300.00 ea.
150.00 ea.
0
6.
200.00
Chairman
500.00
200.00
0
7.
125.00
300.00
Board of Welfare (4)
300.00 ea.
300.00 ea.
0
8.
200.00
300.00
Chairman
300.00
300.00
0
9.
350.00
350.00
Board of Selectmen (4)
350.00 ea.
350.00 ea.
0
10.
400.00
400.00
Chairman
400.00
400.00
0
11.
3,300.00
3,500.00
Collector
3,500.00
3,500.00
0
12.
100.00
Moderator
100.00
100.00
0
13.
200.00
200.00
Chairman
200.00
200.00
14.
100.00
100.00
Road Commissioners (2)
100.00 ea.
100.00 ea.
15.
75.00
75.00
School Committee (3)
75.00 ea.
75.00 ea.
16.
3,000.00
3,000.00
Town Clerk
3,000.00
3,000.00
0
17.
1,800.00
75.00 Tree Warden
82.50
80.00
0
per week or $3,900 p. a.
per week or
$4,290 p. a.
per week or $4,160 p. a.
18.
1,725.00
2,000.00 Treasurer
2,000.00
2,000.00
0
19.
100.00
100.00
Water Commissioners (2)
100.00 ea.
100.00 ea.
0
20.
200.00
200.00
Chairman
200.00
200.00
0
0000 0 0 0
plus sporting and dog license fees
plus sporting and dog license fees
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ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, from available funds or otherwise, for its necessary and expedient purposes hereinafter designated, and determine that the same be expended only for such purposes under the direction of the respective officers, boards and com- mittees as follows: (Refer to Budget)
ART. 5. To determine what sum the Town will authorize and direct the Assessors to take from available funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any other action relative thereto.
Recommend no money.
ART. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from Overlay Reserve for a reserve fund, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Sec. 6.
Recommend hat $20,000 be raised and appropriated.
ART. 7. 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 begining January 1, 1957, 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, of the General Laws.
Recommend adoption.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to insti- tute 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. 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 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.
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