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Thirty-three Thousand ($33,000.00) Dollars has been received in gifts by the Committee for the new school to date. The Committee has the cost of the parts of the building broken down, so that if any in- dividual or group desires to make a gift to any particular phase of the new school it can be done.
It should be added and noted that Mr. Peter Perry, Supt. of Schools and Mr. John Rennie, Principal of Westford Academy have spent many long hours with the Committee and the architect. They have given val- uable assistance to our project.
EDWARD M. ABBOT, Chairman
EDWARD HARRINGTON
EDWARD G. SPINNER
JAMES L. HEALY FRED L. GATENBY
ERNEST L. POULIN
EDWARD N. LAMSON, Secretary
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING
The task of this committee was to determine first, whether or not it would be advisable for the Town to establish a Planning Board, and second, whether or not it would be advisable for the Town to set up a zoning system under a zoning by-law.
It should be made very clear that the subject of a building code is an entirely distinct and separate one which has nothing whatsoever to do with either the Planning Board or a zoning by-law. The Committee unanimously voted that it is not in favor of a building code of any sort.
This committee then reports first as to a Planning Board. It is the considered and unanimous opinion of all members of this committee that the Town should establish a Planning Board. The reasons for this opinion. are as follows:
1. The Planning Board will be in a position to gain the Town many tax dollars. When a developer divides land into two or more lots and. has to build a new road in order to provide access to one or more of those lots, then that developer will have to build the roads so as to conform to a set of minimum standards established by the Planning Board as to width, grade and construction. Houses on streets of suffi- cient width and of proper grade and construction are worth more, are assessed for more, and, therefore, bring in more tax dollars to the Town.'
2. The Planning Board will cost nothing to establish or to main- tain.
3. The Planning Board affects future development; it does not af- fect what has been done.
4. The Planning Board can protect and conserve both the lives of the citizens of the Town and their property. The Board can require that a developer lay out roads with turn arounds with connecting cross streets, with such width and of such grade and construction that fire trucks, snow plows and other emergency equipment can get down these roads and by using a turn around or cross street, get out in a hurry, if need be.
5. Westford is entirely surrounded by towns with Planning Boards and it is the only town between Boston and Lowell without a Board. The committee feels that the citizens of the Town should have the earliest' opportunity to decide whether or not they feel it necessary to protect themselves and the Town by the establishment of a Planning Board.
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The committee next reports as to the zoning by-law. This committee unanimously recommends that a committee be established to prepare a zoning by-law for presentation to and consideration by the Town at or before the next annual Town meeting.
This committee learned that zoning serves an entirely different pur- pose than that of a Planning Board. Zoning involves the setting apart of areas in the Town for the development and maintenance of industry, retail business, residences, etc. In the same way that the kitchen is set apart in the home for cooking, and the bedroom is set apart in the home for sleeping, likewise, it has been deemed appropriate for Towns or cities to set apart areas for industry, for industrial development and homes, etc.
This committee learned that a zoning by-law would also serve the following purposes: First, it would establish a minimum size of house lots; second, it would determine the minimum frontage of house lots; third, it would set up minimum requirements as to distances that build- ing must be set back from the street lines and side lot lines. It is im- portant to emphasize that a zoning by-law does not tell a citizen pre- cisely what he must do but only sets standards below which a citizen cannot go.
Finally, this committee learned that the establishment of a zoning by-law does not affect the situation as it exists. The zoning by-law would affect only future developments.
This committee feels and unanimously recommends that a by-law should be prepared and presented to the Town for consideration for the following reasons:
1. The committee believes that the only cost to the Town in the preparation of the zoning by-law would be the expense of printing the zoning by-law for distribution to the citizens.
2. The cost of the effective enforcement of the zoning by-law would be little or nothing.
3. Westford is the only Town between Boston and Lowell which has no zoning by-law. As matters now stand, a developer can build homes on lots of any frontage, whether twenty-five, thirty or fifty feet, on lots of any area, whether twenty-five hundred or five thousand square feet, and he can place those homes as near or as far apart as he thinks best. This committee is in favor of growth of the Town of Westford, but it favors orderly growth, which will contribute to the revenue and to the beauty of the Town.
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4. The zoning by-law would conserve and protect the investment that each citizen in the Town has in his own home. Furthermore, one or more unrestricted developments could increase substantially the cost of education, the cost of fire protection, of roads, etc.
This committee feels that the citizens of the Town should have the earliest opportunity at which they can vote as to whether they want the protection of the sort that a zoning by-law would afford or whether they do not want such protection.
Respectfully submitted:
JOHN J. BARRETTO
ARTHUR V. BOYCE
DENNIS MAGUIRE
WILLIAM L. WALL
FELIX R. PERRAULT, Secretary
EVERETT E. MILLER
NELSON A. CHISHOLM
MARK A. PALMER, JR.
CECIL J. UNWIN
WILLIAM McMILLAN
WILLIAM KELLY, SR.
LEONARD F. BLOTT
CHARLES ERWIN
E. KENT ALLEN, Chairman
ROBERT CONNOLLY
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sirs:
The Finance Committee has the honor to submit the following report for the current year.
During the year the following transfers have been made from the Reserve Fund:
RESERVE FUND
Board of Health
$ 490.20
Forest Fire Department
449.23
Chapter 81, Roads
400.00
Insurance
250.00
Street Marking
140.00
Selectmen
130.72
Police Department
106.44
Assessors
50.00
Tree Warden
36.00
$ 2,052.59
Unexpended Balance
2,947.41
$ 5,000.00
ESTIMATED TAX RATE
Based on recommended expenditures, we estimate that there will be approximately a Five Dollar increase in the Tax Rate for the year 1954. Based on the current assessment of $4,986,000., each $1,000 added in ex- penditures increased the tax rate twenty cents, or in other words, for every $5,000 appropriated, one dollar is added to the tax rate.
Total Expenditures Recommended $472,791.00
State, County and Other Charges. 19,209.00
$492,000.00
Estimated Receipts Including $40,000.00
Transfer From Free Cash & Adjustments 209,000.00
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
$283,000.00
Tax Rate Based on $4,986,000.00 assessed valuation .... $56.00
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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
It has been extremely difficult this year for the Finance Board to recommend many adjustments in proposed budgets as presented by the various departments. There are several financial problems that have gradually come upon us during the past several years, and any changes that might take place will take considerable study by the town over what has been possible this year by the Finance Board. There is a need of a study committee which might be created by the Selectmen or by a special article in a future town meeting that would make available to the town complete facts as to ways and means for future economy in the adminis- tration of the town's affairs. This suggestion is offered not in criticism of the town's elected officers or the various department officials, but the fact remains that the town has developed certain practices that makes the over-all administration more expensive than many other towns of equal size.
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS
Meetings were held with the various departments and agreements reached on most of the regular budget items. There were some minor changes, but for the most part, under the present system of town ad- ministration, little could be done in any one department to bring about economies of any large amounts.
SCHOOLS. There was an increase in the total budget of $19,677.60; of this $8,650.00, was due to anticipated expenses connected with the building of the new school; $11,135.00 increase in teachers' salaries; $1,125.00 increase in janitors' salaries; $4,217.00 in transportation and miscellaneous items. There is, of course, some duplication in the tran- sportation, janitors' salaries, teachers' salaries, that comes under ex- penses of the new school.
TOWN ROADS. The increase in the Town Road Budget of $10,000.00 is due to the purchase of a new truck combined with a new sander as well as two snow plows. The new sander, it is expected, will be far more efficient than the old, and the total added equipment, while not making a saving to the town, will definitely give better service.
ASSESSORS. It was expected last year that the $500.00 expense for mapping would complete the job, but it was found that another $500.00 is needed to make permanent copies of these maps and the pur- chase of a case in which to preserve them.
The Finance Board recommends that the total salary budget for as- sessors be no higher than last year and recommends a reduction in the amount asked of $300.00, or a total expense of $2,600.00 compared with $2,580.00 last year.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. Comparatively speaking, the returns to the town by the Fire Department for the salaries paid are greater than with most other departments. For example, the expenditure last year for sal- aries was $2,754.00. To this might be added the salaries paid for forest fires of $1,278.00, or a total of $4,032. This service is made possible, of course, because of the fine spirit shown by the volunteers of the fire de- partment, and they should be commended for it. The expense to the town for new equipment recommended this year seems necessary to maintain the efficiency of the department.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. An increase in salaries of $310.00 for the Chief and $320.00 for the regular officer was requested which would have made a total of $4,160.00 for the Chief and $3,900.00 for the regular of- ficer. The Finance Board felt that this would definitely put Westford out of line with the service in towns of similar size and recommended $100.00 increase in both cases.
TREE WARDEN. The increase in this department is due almost entirely to increased costs for removing dead trees.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. A request was made for an increase in the salary of the nurse by $300.00, making a total salary of $2,600.00. This was approved because it was felt the service being rendered by the nurse was excellent, and the recommended salary would be more nearly in line with that paid in other towns for similar service.
SPECIAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE 4. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 5. The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of $500.00 to establish a hot lunch program in the high school.
ARTICLE 6. The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of $1,000.00 to defray expenses of the athletic program in the West- ford schools.
ARTICLE 7. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $10,250.00 for the Highway Department to be spent under Chapter 81.
ARTICLE 8. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 9. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 10. The Finance Board approves the appropriation of $6,000.00 for continuing the construction of Graniteville and Beaver Brook Roads and the building of a new bridge on Beaver Brook Road.
ARTICLE 11. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $4,500.00 for a new truck for the Fire Department in Westford Center.
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ARTICLE 12. The Finance Committee approves the transfer of the old 1930 Chevrolet truck on condition that Article 11 is approved.
ARTICLE 13. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $800.00 for new fire hose.
ARTICLE 14. The Finance Committee disapproves the appropria- tion of $995.00 for a new auxiliary generator in Westford Center Fire House, believing that the purchase of a new fire truck is more important.
ARTICLE 15. The Finance Committee approves the purchase of the new ladder, helmets, and gas masks at an expense of $700.00.
ARTICLE 16. The Finance Board approves the purchase of a radio and the installation of same in one of the Graniteville fire trucks at an expense of $500.00.
ARTICLE 17. The Finance Committee approves the purchase of a light-weight forest fire pump at a cost of $375.00.
ARTICLE 18. The Finance Committee approves the purchase of a new truck for use of the Highway Department at a cost of $5,300.00.
ARTICLE 18a. The Finance Committee approves the sale of the 1948 Ford truck now in use by the Highway Department in the event that Article 18 is passed.
ARTICLE 19. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 18, the Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $2,400.00 for the purchase of a sander for the use of the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 20. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $1,500.00 for two new snow plows.
ARTICLE 21. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $250.00 for the purchase of new road signs under supervision of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 22. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $500.00 for painting traffic lines and signals on public highways.
ARTICLE 23. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $300.00 for Civilian Defense.
ARTICLE 24. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $600.00 for Band Concerts.
ARTICLE 25. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $1,500.00 for new public sidewalks. This calls for an increase of $1,000.00 due to the need of installing a new sidewalk on Depot Street to the new high school.
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ARTICLE 26. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $1,134.00 for the care of Whitney Playground.
ARTICLE 27. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $500.00 for the purpose of preparing maps of the town and for the purchase of a filing cabinet in which said maps may be filed.
ARTICLE 28. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $2,453.00 for the Retirement System.
ARTICLE 29. The Finance Committee approves the acceptance of the gift of the Solomon Hymans Fund.
ARTICLE 30. The Finance Committee approves the installing of 5 additional hydrants located as follows: 1 on Coolidge Avenue, 1 on Oak Hill Road, 2 on Hawthorne Avenue, and 1 on Jo Jo Lane.
ARTICLE 31. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $900.00 for suitable quarters for Nabnasset Legion & Auxiliary 437, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frederick S. Healy Post.
ARTICLE 32. The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of $200.00 to purchase dishes and kitchen equipment for the Town Hall kitchen under the supervision of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 33. The Finance Committee approves the purchase of a new adding machine to be used in the Town Auditor's office and delete the transfer and sale of the present adding machine with the under- standing that it be transferred to the Board of Assessors.
ARTICLE 34. The Finance Committee recommends that this article be dismissed.
ARTICLE 35. The Finance Committee approves light on Groton Road, pole 199.
ARTICLE 36. The Finance Committee approves light on Carlisle Road between Hook and Johnston.
ARTICLE 37. The Finance Committee approves two lights on Hill Street, Forge Village, near pole 4 and near pole 154.
ARTICLE 38. The Finance Committee approves 4 lights on Acton Road, poles 36, 40, 47, and 60.
ARTICLE 39. The Finance Committee disapproves the sale of three acres of land on Route 110 to Arthur C. Jones. Three acres were previously sold to Mr. Jones at a time when only one-half an acre was requested because he had built a house on the land by mistake. The land in question is part of the forest given the town under the will of Oscar
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Spalding, and it was felt that the sale of any additional land would be detrimental to the town.
ARTICLE 40. The Finance Committee recommends the sale of 18 acres of Martina Gage land.
ARTICLE 41. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 42. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 46. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 47. Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 48. Approved by Finance Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLISTER F. MacDOUGALL
ALBERT G. FORTY
ARTHUR L. HEALY
LESLIE ATHORN
JOHN J. BARRETTO
WALTER H. ROBINSON, Jr.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
1953
1954
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Article No.
Department
Expense
Request
1954 Recom- mendations
3- 1
Selectmen
$
1,511.00
$ 1,450.00
$ 1,450.00
Finance Committee
54.00
150.00
150.00
Town Accountant
1,189.00
1,168.00
1,168.00
33
New Adding Machine-Town Accountant
180.00
320.00
3- 1
Town Treasurer
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Town Counsel
300.00
500.00
400.00
Town Clerk
861.00
1,007.00
907.00
Registration and Election
1,350.00
2,367.00
2,367.00
Assessors
3,129.00
3,429.00
3,120.00
27
Maps and Surveys
500.00
500.00
500.00
34
Assessors-New Adding Machine
320.00
-0-
3- 1
Tax Collector
2,834.00
3,150.00
3,000.00
Tax Title Expense
486.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
License Expense
87.00
150.00
150.00
3- 2
Town Hall
3,372.00
3,781.00
3,781.00
32
Dishes For Town Hall
200.00
200.00
TOTAL-GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$ 18,673.00
$ 22,852.00
$ 22,013.00
1953
1954
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Article No. Department
Expense
Request
1954 Recom- mendations
3-22
Insurance-Fire & Compensation
$ 4,783.00
$ 5,500.00 13,950.00
$ 5,500.00
3- 3
Police Department
13,470.00
13,520.00
New Cruiser-Police Department
495.00
22
Street Marking
640.00
500.00
500.00
3- 4
Fire Department
7,813.00
7,960.00
7,960.00
Fire Department-Switchboard & Signal Operator
500.00
500.00
500.00
13
New Hose-Fire Department
770.00
800.00
800.00
11
New Fire Truck
6,345.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
Repairs-Fire Houses
349.00
500.00
500.00
15
Special Equipment-Men & Trucks
700.00
700.00
14
New Generator-Fire Station
995.00
3- 5
Fire Hydrants
5,194.00
5,200.00
5,200.00
New Fire Hydrants
225.00
225.00
3- 7
Forest Fires
2,249.00
1,900.00
1,900.00
17
Portable Pump-Forest Fire
375.00
375.00
3-10
Moth Department
1,200.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
3- 9
Tree Warden
1,660.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
3- 6
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
125.00
125.00
Water Hole-Parker Village
6.00
23
Civilian Defense
249.00
300.00
300.00
TOTAL-PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
$ 46,325.00
$ 47,530.00
$ 46,105.00
16
New Radio-Fire Truck
477.00
1953
1954
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Article No.
Department
Expense
Request
1954 Recom- mendations
3-11
Health Department
$ 5,990.00
$ 6,699.00
$ 6,699.00
3-12
Cattle Inspector
200.00
200.00
200.00
Middlesex County T.B. Hospital
4,611.00
5,014.00
5,014.00
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
2,464.00
2,706.00
2,706.00
TOTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
$ 13,265.00
$ 14,619.00
$ 14,619.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
3-14
Temporary Aid
$ 5,543.00
$ 5,800.00
$ 5,800.00
Town Infirmary
15,099.00
17,000.00
17,000.00
Disability Allowance
7,347.00
3,600.00
3,600.00
Old Age Assistance
27,162.00
28,054.00
28,054.00
Aid To Dependent Children
6,837.00
5,200.00
5,200.00
Rebuild Infirmary-Net
5,726.00
TOTAL-PUBLIC WELFARE
$ 67,714.00
$ 59,654.00
$ 59,654.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS
3-15
Veterans' Benefits
$ 3,347.00
$ 5,680.00
$ 5,680.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Article No.
Department
Expense
Request
1954 Recom- mendations
3-25
Street Lights
$ 7,940.00
$ 7,940.00
$ 7,940.00
36, 37, 38, 35
New Street Lights
144.00
144.00
30
New Road Signs
197.00
250.00
250.00
25
Sidewalks and Sidewalk Repairs
492.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
3-13
Snow and Ice Removal
9,147.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
Town Road Account
9,997.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
7
Chapter 81-Roads
10,250.00
10,250.00
10,250.00
8
Chapter 90-Maintenance
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
10
Road Reconstruction-Beaver Brook Road,
Bridge and Graniteville Road,
2,373.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
9
Road Machinery Account
983.00
900.00
900.00
New Equipment-Town
Pick-Up Truck
1,895.00
Highway Broom
1,100.00
18
Heavy Truck
4,766.00
5,300.00
5,300.00
19
Sand Spreader
2,400.00
2,400.00
20
Two Snow Plows
1,500.00
1,500.00
TOTAL-HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
$ 50,140.00
$ 59,684.00
$ 59,684.00
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1953
1954
1953
1954
1954 Recom- mendations
3-16
School Department
$160,592.00
Request $181,521.00
$181,521.00
3-17
Vocational Department
5,085.00
6,600.00
6,600.00
School Improvements
875.00
School Activities Funds (Net Expense)
6-
Athletic Fund
993.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
5-
Lunch Program
500.00
500.00
TOTAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
$167,545.00
$189,621.00
$189,621.00
LIBRARY 3-18
J. V. Fletcher Library Expense (Net)
$ 3,800.00
$ 3,800.00
$ 3,800.00
CEMETERIES 3-24
Cemeteries
$ 3,805.00
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Article No.
Department
Expense
1953 1954
RECREATIONAL & UNCLASSIFIED Article No. Department
Expense
Request
1954 Recom- mendations
Whitney Playground
$ 1,513.00
$ 1,134.00
$ 1,134.00
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Middlesex County Retirement System
2,497.00
2,454.00
2,454.00
3-19
Town Common
500.00
600.00
600.00
3-21
Publish Town Reports
1,085.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
3-20
Memorial Day
364.00
400.00
400.00
24
Band Concerts
600.00
600.00
600.00
3-27
Unpaid Bills-Other Years
2,394.00
233.00
233.00
3-26
Finance Committee Reserve Fund
(Note)
5,000.00
5,000.00
31
Quarters For Veterans
600.00
900.00
900.00
3-23
Interest on Revenue Loans
25.00
25.00
Interest School Bonds (Net)
15,169.00
15,169.00
Principal Payment-School Bonds
40,000.00
40,000.00
TOTAL-RECREATIONAL & UNCLASSIFIED
$ 9,553.00
$ 67,615.00
$ 67,615.00
GRAND TOTAL
$384,167.00
$475,055.00
$472,791.00
NOTE: The expenditures against this $5,000.00 Reserve Fund are included under items for which they were ex- pended, and transferred. See Reserve Fund accounting at the beginning of this report.
TOWN OF WESTFORD WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County,
GREETINGS:
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth, afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at their several polling places, viz .;
PRECINCT 1. Town Hall, Westford Center.
PRECINCT 2. Legion Hall, Graniteville.
PRECINCT 3. Nabnasset School, Brookside.
PRECINCT 4. Abbot Hall, Forge Village.
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1954
being the first Monday in said month, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the fol- lowing purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
FOR THREE YEARS
One Moderator.
One Town Clerk.
One Selectman.
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare.
One Assessor.
Two Members of the School Committee.
One Member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
One Trustee of the J. V. Fletcher Library.
One Member of the Board of Public Health.
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FOR TWO YEARS
One Cemetery Commissioner to fill a vacancy.
FOR ONE YEAR
One Tree Warden.
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P.M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers and Commit- tees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To determine the salary and compensation of elected officers and officials as provided by law.
ARTICLE 3. To appropriate money to meet the costs and expenses of the following departments, officers and purposes:
1. General Government.
2. Town Hall.
3. Police Department.
4. Fire Department.
5. Hydrants.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
7. Forest Fires.
8. Town Forest.
9. Tree Warden.
10. Moth Department.
11. Health Department.
12. Cattle Inspector.
13. Highway purposes.
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14. Department of Public Welfare.
15. Soldiers' Benefits.
16 School Department.
17. Vocational tuition.
18. Public Library.
19. Care of Common.
20. Commemoration of Memorial Day.
21. Publishing of Town Reports.
22. Fire and other insurance.
23. Interest on Revenue Loans.
24. Cemeteries.
25. Street Lights.
26. Finance Committee Reserve Fund.
27. Unpaid bills of previous years.
ARTICLE 4. 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 current financial year 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 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of establishing a hot lunch program in the new High School; or act in relation thereto.
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