Town of Westford annual report 1956-1962, Part 24

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1048


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All of the above Items 1 to 6 inclusive were verbally approved by the Planning Board.


7. Voted to dismiss this Item relative to changing the frontage and area requirements of a Residence A District, and that the matter be referred back to the Planning Board for further study.


8. Voted to dismiss this Item relative to Residence A and B Districts.


Voted to adjourn this meeting to the Town Hall, Saturday, March 15, 1958 at 1:00 P. M.


The adjourned meeting was held at the Town Hall, Saturday, March 15, 1958 at 1:00 P. M.


The meeting was called to order by Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator. Four- teen voters were present.


Voted to adjourn the meeting to the Town Hall, Tuesday, March 18, 1958 at 7:30 P. M., because of very inclement snowy weather which resulted in loss of heat and light in the Town Hall and elsewhere in the Town.


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The twice adjourned Annual Town Meeting was held at the Town Hall, Tuesday, March 18, 1958 at 7:30 P. M.


The meeting was called to order by Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator.


ARTICLE 43. The Report of the Committee on Numbering Houses and Re- naming Streets was given by John W. Lorentzen, Chairman.


Voted to dismiss this Article of twenty-two Items re- lative to the renaming of Streets.


ARTICLE 44. Voted that the sum of $4,775.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of paying to the Treasurer of the Nashoba Associ- ated Boards of Health the amount certified by said Boards as the Town's share of the cost and expenses of the District for the year 1958.


ARTICLE 45. Voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appropriated for the purposes of Civil Defense.


ARTICLE 46. Voted not to appropriate money from the Water Department Surplus Revenue for reconstructing and improving the water supply sys- tem in and along Main Street in Westford Center.


ARTICLE 47. Voted not to appropriate money for reconstructing and improving the water supply system along that portion of Main and Depot Street beginning at a point nearly opposite the Town Hall and extend- ing to a point nearly opposite Westford Academy.


ARTICLE 48. Voted that the sum of $1,800.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of purchasing a new Pick-Up Truck for use of the Water Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Water Commissioners.


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ARTICLE 49. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to discontinuing the Town Infirmary.


AR TI CLE 3. (15) Voted that the sum of $71,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated to defray the expenses of the Welfare Department, divided as follows :


Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and Disability Allowance $ 52,000.00 6,500.00 $ 13,000.00


Temporary Aid Town Infirmary


ARTICLE 50. Voted that the sum of $350.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying Mr. Arthur Englund for services rendered by him in preparing and drawing plans for the proposed alteration, repair or renovation of the Town Hall.


ARTICLE 51. Voted, as an amendment to an original motion to raise and appropriate $28,000.00 to defray the cost of altering, repairing or renovating all or any part of the Town Hall, that this motion be dismissed and that a Committee of five voters be appointed by the Board of Selectmen to study the Town Office space situation and to report its findings and recommenations to the Town at the next Annual Town Meeting or at any Special Meeting held prior thereto.


ARTICLE 52. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to painting and decorating portions of interior of Town Hall.


ARTICLE 53. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing an Adding Machine for the use of the Welfare Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare and that said Board be and they hereby are authorized in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the Adding Machine now being used by said Board and apply the sum received therefrom against the pur- chase price of the new machine.


ARTICLE 54. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install two Street Lights on Lillian Road on Poles numbered 5 and 9.


ARTICLE 55. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Robinson Road on Pole No. 7.


ARTICLE 56. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Jonas Road on Pole No. 8334.


ARTICLE 57. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Oak Hill Road on Pole No. 5.


ARTICLE 58. Voted not to install one Street Light on Tyngsboro Road on Pole No: 58.


ARTICLE 59. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Tyngsboro Road on Pole No. 73.


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ARTICLE 60. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install two Street Lights on Hawthorne Avenue on Poles numbered 5 & 9.


ARTICLE 61. Voted not to install one Street Light on Forrest Road on Pole No. 3.


ARTICLE 62. Voted not to install one Street Light on Main Street in Westford Center on Pole No. 143 or Pole No. 129.


ARTICLE 63. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Hillside Avenue on Pole No. 2.


ARTICLE 3. (26) Voted that the sum of $8,802.00 be raised and ap- propriated for Street Lights.


ARTICLE 64. Voted that the sum of $1,300.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of purchasing a new Automobile for the Police Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they hereby are author- ized in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the oldest of the automobiles now being used by said Department and apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of the new Automobile.


ARTICLE 65 Voted that the sum of $14,300.00 be raised and appropri - ated for the purpose of purchasing two new Trucks for the Highway De- partment, said purchases to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they hereby are authorized in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to two Trucks now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of the two new Trucks.


ARTICLE 66. Voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of purchasing two new Snow Plows for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


ARTICLE 67. Voted that, to reduce the tax rate, the sum of $50,000.00 be appropriated from Available Funds, to be deducted by the Assessors under the provisions of Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws as amended, from the amount required to be assessed by them.


Voted to dispense with reading the minutes of the meeting.


Voted to dissolve the meeting.


A True Record, Attest:


Charles L. Hildreth Town Clerk


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - AUGUST 5, 1958


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall, Tues- day, August 5, 1958 at 7:30 P. M., the following business was trans- acted:


Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order.


Manly P. Barber and Gertrude A. McGrath, Election Officers, acted as Tellers at the doors, using Voting Lists showing a total of 2,793 registered voters. As their count showed less than the two per cent required by the By-Laws for a quorum, it was voted to adjourn the meeting to 8:00 P. M.


At 8:00 P. M. a quorum was found present consisting of 62 voters. The total attendance of voters at the meeting, as shown by the Tellers on the voting lists, was 72.


Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant.


ARTICLE 1. Voted that the sum of $274.00 be transferred from Unap- propriated Available Funds for the purpose of purchasing an Adding Machine for the Office of the Collector of Taxes, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


ARTICLE 2. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to install one Street Light on Brookside Road on Pole No. 27 nearly op- posite the new Nabnasset Post Office and that the sum of $8.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds to defray the cost of said light for the balance of the current year.


ARTICLE 3. Voted that the sum of $150.00 be transferred from Unap- propriated Available Funds for the purpose of defraying the prelimin- ary Legal Fees and Expenses incidental to various suits or actions to be instituted by the Town.


ARTICLE 4. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be transferred from Unap- propriated Available Funds to defray all necessary and incidental Fees, Expenses and Salaries of the Wire Inspector for the balance of the current year.


ARTICLE 5. Voted that the sum of $150.00 be transferred from Unap- propriated Available Funds for the purpose of defraying the Legal Ex- penses incidental to the purchase by the Town of the Land described in Article 14 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of the cur- rent year.


All of the above five motions were approved by the Finance Com- mittee.


ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Pro- tective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning to a "Business District" that certain parcel of land belonging to Mildred Nadolny, situated in the Northerly part of Westford, on the Southerly side of Groton Road, supposed to contain 1.52 Acres, more or less, now located partly in a "Residence A District" and partly in a "Residence B Dis- trict", and thus bounded: Northerly by said Groton Road; Easterly and Southerly by land now or formerly of Olaf Osrud; and Westerly by


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land now or formerly of Albert R. and Bertha Mignault. A favorable report was given by the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Pro- tective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a "Residence B District" to a "Business District" that certain parcel of land be- longing to Carl R. and Elsa P. Nylund, situated in that part of West- ford known as Nabnasset, on the Southerly side of Plain Road and the Westerly side of Brookside Road and bounded and described as follows: Northerly by said Plain Road, One Hundred Forty Six and 50/100 (146.50) Feet; Easterly by said Brookside Road, Two Hundred Two and 83/100 (202.83) Feet; Southerly by Lot 9 on a Plan hereinafter mentioned, One Hundred Seventy and 28/100 (170.28) Feet; and Westerly by land of the Abbot Worsted Company, now or formerly, One Hundred Ninety Five and 40/100 (195.40) Feet; containing, according to said Plan, 30,407 Square Feet, more or less, and being shown as Lots 7 and 8 on a Plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Nabnasset, Mass., belonging to Abbot Worst- ed Company, showing subdivision into Lots, Jan. 1938, J. C. & W. T. Monahan, C. E. 's, " which Plan is recorded with Middlesex North Dis- trict Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 61, Plan 49.


A favorable report was given by the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 8. Voted YES 48 and NO 3, counted by Manly P. Barber and Gertrude A. McGrath, appointed as Tellers by the Moderator, that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map, by rezoning from a "Residence A District" to a "Residence B District" that certain parcel of land, belong to James V. Basinas and Nicholas Basinas, situated on the Northerly side of Flushing Pond and the East- erly side of Tyngsboro Road and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake and stone at the end of the wall at the Southwest corner of the premises at Flushing Pond and land, now or formerly, of John Psarias; thence Easterly and Southerly on said Pond to a stake and stone at land now or formerly of Marion Schill; thence Northerly by said Schill land to an oak tree at a road; thence Northwesterly by said Road about Forty Eight (48) Rods to a stone bound; thence North- westerly about Twenty Three (23) Rods by land of Antonia Basinas, to a stake and stone at Tyngsboro Road about Seventeen and 5/100 (17.05) Rods Northerly from a guide post; thence Southerly by the last named Road to the bound first mentioned; containing Five and One Half (5%) Acres, more or less.


An unfavorable report was given by the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 9. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to extending Water Mains and Water Supply System on Birch Road. The Water Commissioners did not approve of such extension.


ARTICLE 10. Voted that the Town amend the vote taken under Article 23 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of the current year so that said Vote, as amended, shall read as follows: "That the sum of $6,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing and equipping a new Fire Truck to replace the present 1941 Fire Truck stationed at Forge Village, including the acquisition by purchase, transfer or oth- erwise, of all necessary and incidental Pumps, Tanks, Compartments and other equipment, said purchases to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers; and that said Bcard be and they hereby are


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authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer, by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale, title to said present 1941 Truck, or any part or parts thereof, and apply the sums received therefrom against the purchase price of the new truck."; and


That the additional sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds to be used by said Engineers, in addition to said $6,000.00, for the abovementioned pur- poses or any of them.


This motion was approved by the Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 11. Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.


ARTICLE 12. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


A True Record, Attest :


Charles L. Hildreth Town Clerk


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - OCTOBER 7, 1958


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall, Tues- day, October 7, 1958 at 8:00 P. M., the following business was trans- acted :


Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order.


The Town Clerk, Charles L. Hildreth, being absent on account of illness, Alice A. Hildreth, Assistant Town Clerk, acted as Clerk.


Gertrude A. McGrath and Freda V. Prescott, Election Officers, acted as Tellers at the doors.


The attendance being much more than the Town Hall could legally accomodate, it was voted to adjourn to the Westford Academy at 8:30 P. M.


The meeting was called to order by the Town Moderator, Ben W. Drew, at the Westford Academy at 8:30 P. M. The attendance was 621.


ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Pro- tective By-Law by striking out the seventh paragraph of Section 7 and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: --- SECTION 7. In a Business or Industrial District buildings erected for residence purposes and their premises shall conform to the lot size, frontage, yard and other regulations of this section applicable to the Residence A District, except as to plans of lots endorsed or approved by the Planning Board prior to August 15, 1958 and duly recorded with Middle- sex North District Registry of Deeds, to which lots on said plans the lot size, frontage, yard and other regulations of this section appli- cable to the Residence B District shall apply.


The above Article was recommended by the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Pro- tective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A District to an Industrial District that certain parcel of land sit- uated in the Southwesterly part of Westford, belonging to Louis F.


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Bunker and Rita Bunker, containing One Hundred Sixty (160) Acres, more or less, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the South- erly bound of the premises, at the corner of the wall on Howard Road; thence running Northerly on said Road to a stake and stones at land of John Howard; thence Westerly on land of said Howard to a maple tree; thence Northerly, crossing a brook by land of said Howard and land formerly of one Hutchins, to a stake and stones; thence Westerly on said land formerly of said Hutchins to a stake and stones by the wall; thence Southerly on land formerly of the heirs of Barnabas Dodge to a corner of the wall; thence Westerly on land of said Dodge heirs to the Brook; thence Westerly on said Brook to a stake and stones at land now or formerly of one Phelps; thence Southerly on said land of Phelps to a stake and stones at a corner of land now or formerly of Thomas S. Tuttle; thence Southerly on said land of Tuttle to a corner of a wall at land of said Howard; thence Easterly as the wall now stands on land of said Howard to the first mentioned bound.


Also another tract or parcel of land in the Southwesterly part of said Westford on the Easterly side of said Town Road and across said Road from the Southerly end of the First Parcel and bounded and de- scribed as follows: Beginning at said Road and running Easterly by land of said Howard to land formerly of the heirs of John Davis; thence running Southerly with the fence to land of Gardner Prouty; thence running Westerly by said Prouty's land to said Road; thence running Northerly by said Road to the point of beginning.


The above Article was recommended by the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 3. Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.


ARTICLE 4. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


A True Record, Attest:


Alice A. Hildreth


Assistant Town Clerk


A True Record, Attest:


Charles L. Hildreth Town Clerk


STATE ELECTION - NOVEMBER 4, 1958


Party Designations : (D) Democrat; (R) Republican; (SL) Socialist


Labor; (P) Prohibition.


PREC 1 PREC 2 PREC 3 PREC 4


TOTAL


Whole number of Ballots Cast


587


441


615


581


2224


SENATOR IN CONGRESS


John F. Kennedy (D)


303


339


402


483


1527


Vincent J. Celeste (R)


269


84


201


75


629


Lawrence Gilfedder (SL)


0


3


1


1


5


Mark R. Shaw (P)


1


0


3


2


6


Blanks


14


15


8


20


57


33


Foster Furcolo (D) Charles Gibbons (R) Henning A. Blomen (SL) Guy S. Williams (P) James M. Cullam Blanks


GOVERNOR


188


292


285


430


1195


391


137


316


134


978


2


2


1


2


7


1


1


1


2


5


0


1


0


0


1


5


8


12


13


38


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


189


303


309


443


1244


379


119


292


117


907


5


4


1


3


13


1


3


1


1


6


13


12


12


17


54


SECRETARY


Edward J. Cronin (D)


206


310


319


453


1288


Marion Curran Boch (R)


360


105


277


105


847


Fred M. Ingersoll (SL) Julia B. Kohler (P) Blanks


1


1


3


2


7


20


19


14


21


74


TREASURER


John F. Kennedy (D)


200


306


323


458


1287


John E. Yerxa (R)


365


116


275


98


854


Warren C. Carberg (P)


0


0


1


0


1


John Erlandsson (SL) Blanks


3


4


2


0


9


19


15


14


25


73


AUDI TOR


Thomas J. Buckley (D)


218


307


338


458


1321


Thomas H. Adams (R)


351


111


256


100


818


John B. Lauder (P)


0


0


0


1


1


Arne A. Sortell (SL)


0


3


1


2


6


Blanks


18


20


20


20


78


ATTORNEY GENERAL


Christian A. Herter, Jr (R)


164


1110


Edward J. McCormack, Jr (D)


155


253


248


396


1052


Charles A. Couper (SL)


1


3


2


3


9


Gustaf B. Nissen (P)


0


1


0


0


1


C. Peabody


0


0


0


1


1


Blanks


13


11


10


17


51


CONGRESSMAN - Fifth District


Edith Nourse Rogers (R)


468


256


457


298


1479


William H. Sullivan (D)


109


170


157


272


708


Blanks


10


15


1


11


37


COUNCILLOR - Third District


Edward J. Cronin (D)


180


283


292


440


1195


385


139


301


120


945


Rudolph F. King (R) Blanks


22


19


22


21


84


0


6


2


0


8


Robert F. Murphy (D)


Elmer C. Nelson (R) Harold E. Bassett (P) Francis A. Votano (SL) Blanks


173


355


SENATOR - First Middlesex District


Francis L. Lappin (R)


399


163


356


145


1063


Patrick J. Walsh, Jr (D)


172


254


252


418


1096


Blanks


16


24


7


18


65


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - Eleventh Middlesex District


Vernon R. Fletcher (R)


379


143


266


147


935


Kenneth P. Harkins (D)


188


278


345


409


1220


Blanks


20


20


4


25


69


DISTRICT ATTORNEY - Northern District


James L. O'Dea, Jr (D)


177


273


301


387


11 38


William G. Andrew (R)


395


140


305


168


1008


Blanks


15


28


9


26


78


CLERK OF COURTS - Middlesex County


Charles T. Hughes (R)


398


158


339


144


10 39


Edward J. Sullivan (D)


164


259


263


413


1099


Blanks


25


24


13


24


86


REGISTER OF DEEDS - Middlesex Northern District


Frederick J. Finnegan (D)


187


251


287


416


1141


John Janas (R)


373


171


318


143


1005


Blanks


27


19


10


22


78


COUNTY COMMISSIONER - Middlesex County


Thomas B. Brennan (D)


179


295


306


434


1214


John F. Cahill (R)


375


119


292


120


906


Blanks


33


27


17


27


104


REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY - Mdax County(To fill vacancy)


Warren J. FitzGerald (R)


389


146


315


132


982


John V. Harvey (D)


161


261


273


407


1102


Blanks


37


34


27


42


140


QUESTION NO. 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION


Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 73 in the affirmative and 132 in the negative and was approved in the Senate by a vote of 21 in the affirmative and 17 in the negative?


YES


360


224


365


257


1206


NO


110


80


135


114


439


BLANKS


117


137


115


210


579


SUMMARY


The proposed measure provides that every former public employee, other than a judge, who is pensioned or retired for disability, shall report to his retirement authority, annually, his earnings from gain- ful occupation during the preceding year; and that, if such earnings, plus the pension, exceed the regular compensation of the position formerly held, the pensioner shall refund that portion of his pension equal to such excess or the entire pension if such excess is greater than the pension. A refund, if required, shall not include any part


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of a pension represented by salary deductions from or special purchase by the former employee. The requirement of a refund is not applicable to income received in or prior to 1958.


QUESTION NO. 2


A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?


YES


321


299


405


410


1435


NO


186


57


143


59


445


BLANKS


80


85


67


112


344


B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?


YES


307


263


382


355


1307


NO


176


53


130


56


415


BLANKS


104


125


103


170


502


C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?


YES


309


262


413


358


1342


NO


160


42


107


46


355


BLANKS


118


137


95


177


527


QUESTION NO. 3


A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?


YES


273


253


329


346


1201


NO


234


92


222


98


646


BLANKS


80


96


64


137


377


B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?


YES


238


219


300


305


1062


NO


247


100


23]


101


679


BLANKS


102


122


84


175


483


A True Record, Attest :


Charles L. Hildreth Town Clerk


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - NOVEMBER 25, 1958


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, November 25, 1958 at 8:00 P. M., the following business was transacted :


Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order.


Manly P. Barber, Howard V. Anderson, Athill H. Moran and Robert V. Cassidy, using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. More than a quorum was present. The total attendance at the meeting was 114.


Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant.


ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the extension of Water Mains and Water Supply System along Plain and End- moor Roads.


ARTICLE 2. A written Final Report of the School Planning Committee was read and filed with the Town Clerk.


Voted to accept the Report with thanks.


ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen appoint a Committee of not more than seven voters of the Town, to be known as The School Building Committee, whose function and duty it shall be to determine how and at what cost the need for additional pupil space may best be met to further the interests of the Town, said Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Meeting or, in the discretion of said Committee, at any Special Town Meeting held prior thereto.


ARTICLE 4. A motion was made that the sum of $3,500.00 be appropri- ated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the pur- pose of defraying the expenses of procuring all necessary and profes- sional consultations, services, opinions, cost-estimates, specifica- tions and/or all other necessary or incidental data or information by the Committee appointed under the preceding Article in the preparation of its report and recommendations to be made by it to the Town; and, in addition, that the further sum of $500.00 be appropriated from Un- appropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the purpose of de- fraying the operating, clerical, travel and other similar expenses of said Committee.


This motion was approved by the Finance Committee.


A motion made that the sum of $4,500.00 be appropriated for the purposes voted in the previous motion and $500.00 for the expenses of the Committee, was lost by a vote of YES 51 and NO 53, counted by two Tellers appointed by the Moderator.




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