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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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