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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1936-03-023'i 4 Annu._____~al Term Meeti march 2 1 6. Town Warrant Essex ss. Greeting:- Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To either of the Constables of the Term of North Andover~ In the name of %he Cormnonwealth of Massachusetts,you are hereby directed to notify and~warn the inhabitants of North Andove~,' qualified to vote in Elections and Tovm Affairs,.to meet in %he Engine Eouse in voting precinct one, the merrimack Portable Schoolhouse in voting precinct two,.'the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Te%~nHa!! in voting precinct four, in said ~orth Andover: on Monday, the second day of march: 1936, at nine o'clock in the forenoon: then and there to act upon the foilowinE articles:- Article 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk: Term Treasurer: ~hree Selectmen, three members of.the Board of Public Welfare:for one yearS one Assessor of Taxes: one member of School Committee: one member of Board of Health, one member Board of' Public Works for ~three years; one member of the ~oard of Health for one year to fill vacancy~ a Highway Surveyor ~ a Collector of Taxes: an Auditor, aTree Warden and five Constables for one year, andany and all Town Officers required by law %o be elected by ballot. All,th.be.voted for on one ballot~ The polls shnll be opened at nine o'clock A.M. and shall be closed at eight o'clock P. M. After final action on the preceding.article one: the sa{~hmeeting . shall stand adjourned by virtue of section ~: Article l, cf the Town By-Laws, to Saturday i~arch l~: 1936: at one-thirty o'clock P.M.: in.the Town nall, then ~nd there to act upon' the following articles. Article 2. To elect all otherofficers not required by law to be elected by ballot. · Article 3. To see if %he term will vote to acce~t the report of the .receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Article ~. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Article~. To see what action the term will take as to the ~ecommeudations of the finance co~aittee. Article 6. To see if the term will vote to authorize the Term Treasurer,with {he approval of the Selectmen: to borrow money from time · tQ time in anticipation of the revenue of the finnncirl year beginning eanuary 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year~ and to ~enew any note or notes as may be given for a period of , lees than one yeer, in accordance wi{h ~ection 17: Chapter 4~,.General Laws.. Article 7. To consider reports of all special committees. Article 8. To see if %he town will vote to use the unexpended Oalance of two thousand(S2000) dollars of the 193~ Reserve Fundto apply ~o the Seserve Fund of 1936. Petition of %he Selectmen. Article 9. To see if Lhe term will vote .~o authorize the Selectmen. %o sell, after first Eiving notice of the time and place of.the s~le, by ~osting suc~ notice cf sale in some convenient and public place in the term: fourteen days at least before the sale, property t~ken by the town under Tax Title procedure provided that the ~electmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate: or take any action relative thereto.Petition of Selectmen. Article 10. To see what action the tovm will take in regard to appointing a committee to care for public parks and triangles of %he to%m. ~etition of the Board of ~electmen. Annual Town ~eeting ~arch 2, 19~6. 375 ]~arrant Article ll. To see if the to~,na will vote to appoint a co~maittee of five members to serve without pay, said co~ait%ee shall consist of the Board of Selectmen~ Chairmsm of the Board of Health, and the Chief of Police~ for the purpose of looking into the advisability of adopting a Zoning By-Law, that will prdmote the healthy safety~ convenience and welfare of the inhabitants~ will tend to improve and beautify the town~ harmonize with its natural developments~ and will assist the carrying out of any scheme for municipal improvement~ in accordance w~th General Laws(Tercentenary Edition) C~pter 40~ecticn 2~, and any and all acts in amendment thereof or in addition there.to. The said committee is to report its recommendations and any proposed adaition to ~he Tova~ By-Laws at the next Town Neeting. Petition of Irving E.Rogers and others. Article 12. To see if the tovrn.will raise ~-~nd appropriate the sum of seventy-five($7~) dollars ,for the observance of Armistice ~ay~ Petition of Joseph Trickett and others. Article l~. To see if the to~rn ~ill vote to~appropriate~ the 'amount e~ual to the insurance received~twelve h~ndred seventeen dollars and niCety-four cents($1217.9~),for fire. which occured Oct. 28, 19~5, at the Town Infirmary and which destroyed sheds and farm implements.This~ amount to be used to replace the buildings~ implements and equipment destroyed.. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 14. To see if the tovn~ will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars for painting the interior and 'exterior of the American Legion Beach bath house; purchasing and erecting a steel flag pole; improving ~the sanitary conditions and upkeep of the grounds. Petition of the ~athing ~each Co~mmittee. Article l~. To see if ~he town will vote to petition the Director of Accounts of the ~epartment of Corporations and 'Z'axation for the installation of ~u'accounting system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General L~ws. John N. Pillion ~nd others. Article 16. To see if the town ~will vote to transfer all unexpended balances of the 19~ E. R. A. appropriation ~o the 19~6, appropriation for W. P. A. Petition of ~he' Board of Selectmen. Article 17. To see if the to~n~ will-vote to ac'cept Dufton Court from Andover Street to Chickering Road. Petition of ~eorge F.Schruender and others. Article 18. To see if ~he tov~ will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thous~nd($1000) dollars~ for repair of the heating and ve,ntilating system o'f the Union School. Petition of ~he School Committee. Article 19. To see if 'the town will vote to raise snd appropriate the sum of seven hundred fiftY(S750), for replacing ~he floor of the gymnasium in the J~hnscn High School. Petition of School committee. Article 20. To see if the tovm will raise and appr¢,priate the sum of three hundred ($~00) dollars~ for ~he purchase of a mechanical r. efri~erator~ for the lunch room at the Johnson High School. Petition of the School Committee. Article 21. To see if'the tov~ will vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the' River School property be disposed of by ~the t.own as there seems to be little probability that it will again. be. used for school purposes. Petition of the School Committee. Article 22. To see'if the to~rn will vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the ~'arnham School property be disposed of by the tovrn as there seem~ to be little probability th~.t it will again be Used for School purposes. Petition of the School Co~nittee. Annual To_~v~ ~eet~n_g_ iJ~arch~ Article 23. To see if the to~rnwill authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred fifty-three dollars and seven cents($3~3.07) of the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Prospect Street and the unextended balance cf four hundred eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($408.58) from the 19~ appropriation for a water main on Dufton Court and such addition~l sum from the appr~priatio~ for maintenance and construction of the water and sewer departments as will purchase a one and one-half ton truck. Petition Board of Public Works. Article 2~. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven thousand ($7000)dollars~ for materials and services ~o ~e used in completing the additional water supply reservoir now being constructed with Works Progress Administration funds from ~he Federal Government. Pe%iticn of ~he Bosrd of Public Works. Article 2~. To see if the tovmwill authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred ~ighty-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents(389.88) of the 19~ appropriation for the S extension cf the East Side ~runk ewer on Phillips Court and H~rkaway Road to complete the project. Petition of ~he Board ef Public Works. ~rticle 26. To see if ~he town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the water main on Dufton Court from the present terminus on Dufto~ Court~ two hundred and ~wenty-five feet to Chickering Road. Petition of George H. Schruender and others. Article 27. To see if'the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to lay water main in Innis Street. Petitioh of A. W. BShmwagner and others. Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum 6f money to extend the water pipe on Longv~ood Avenue from a p6int where it now ends in a southerly direction fbr a dists-uce of two hundred seventy. feet. Petition of ~a~y E. Ch~se and others. ~rticle 29. To see if the town will raise ~nd appropriate ~he sum of thirty-five hundred ($~O0) dollars~ for ~he purchase .of a Tractor~ complete with snow plow~ for ~he use of the Highway Bepartment.Petition Highway S~rve yo r · Article 30.~ To see if the town will vote ~o raise and. appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred(S2500) dollars~o continue ~he rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90~ of ~he ~eneral Laws, said money to be · used in cor~unction with any money ~hich may be allotted by the Stste or County or both~ for this pur~ose~ or.take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 31 To see~ if ~he tov~nwill raise and appropriate the sum of fsur thousand dollars($~O00)~ to'carry on the activities of ~he ~.P.A. work. Petition of the Selectmen. Article 32. To see if ~he town will raise and appropriate the sum of five h~ndre~ seventy-nine dollars and six,y-six cents($~79.66), for the unpaid bills of 193~ of the Board of Public Welfare. Petitibn of the Board of Public Welfare. Article 3~. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred twenty-one ($221) dollars~ for ~he uhpaid bills of 19~,of the Bureau of 01d Age Assistance. Petition of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance. Annual Tov~eetin ~Aarch 2 1 6. WARRANT. Article 34 To see wheter the town will adopt the following By-Law or some modification thereof for the purpose of regulating billboards or other outdoor advertising devises~ By-Law-~e~ulation of Advertising Signs and Billboards. SectioD 1. Authorization . In conformity with the General Laws and lav~ful State regulations for the proper control and restriction of outdoor adve~ising devices, and without relaxing any restrictions on said devices imposed by such regulations~ said devices in the To~,a~ of ~orth Andover are hereby further restricted as provided in the following sections. Section 2. EEemptions.. This By-Law shall apply exclusively to outdoor advertising within public view of any highway~ public park or reservation. It shall not apply to signs or other devices controlled under the provisions of Bections 1, 2 or 8~ of Chapter 8%~General Laws~ or to signs or other devises on or in the rolling stock~ stations, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except advertising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof; and~ except for lawful restrictions as to size and location~ it shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either ~he person.occupying the premises' in question or the business transacted thereon or advertise the property itself or any p~rt thereof as for sale or to let and which contains no other advertising matter. It shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and maintained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date. Section 3. Definitions: =Advertising Devices~ shall mean billboardss painted bulletins, poster p~nels~ signs~ placards and other outdoor units designed to call public a~tention to the matter displayed thereon. ~Advertising sign~" or ~'signs= Shall mean any outdoor advertising device. ~Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement. "Highway~' shall mean any public way. "Public ~a=k~ shall mean a piece of public land of at least five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public enjoyment. ~Public reservation" shall mean a piece of public l~nd set apa.~t for recreational use~ as a state or municipal forest~ as a protection to a public water supply~ as a memorial~ or cemetery~ or as a place of unusual scenic cr historical interest. "~ermitted~ shall~mean authorized by an official permit. ~Display~ shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation. ~Area" of a sign or signboard shall mean the area of the f~ce view of the entire d~vice~including all a~tachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof. ',Residential District" shall include any district or block in which Lhe greater part of the stree~ frontage is occupied by land of on~ or more of the following classes: land devoted to residence or lodging purposes; undeveloped or open land~ l~nd devoted to farming~ horticulture~ floriculture or plantations~ including the sale thereon of its products, or to the raising ¢.f live stock~pasturage~ forestsswood lots~p~rks, reservations or recreation areas. "Non-conforming business" shall mean a Ousiness located in a residential or rural district~ other than such rural ~usiness as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm~ garden or orchard products. "Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device not prohibited by any provision of law or by any lawful regulation. "Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a la~ul use of the premises on which it is located~ including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or producted on the premises or an occupant ~hereof~but not including any sign sold or rentedto an outside party~ "Sign on a wall" shall mean a sign closely at~ached throughout to and zacing with that wall, or on a window or door therein. "Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and devoted to the purpose of a building~ or ~aid out to contain a building, with oll required open spaces~ or a larger tract of unbuilt, undivided land under one o~ership. 378 Annual ~eetinE ~rch 2~ 19~6 ~arrant Section 4. General Restrictions. ~o person~ firm, association, or corporation shall be permitted or allowed ~o erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device, not exempted by ~ec. 2, hereof, except those specified in parsgrsphs (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) of ~his section. (a) Zn districts not of a residential or rural character, any la~ful sign on o= attached to a wall of a building or any lawful ground or roof sign or signboard no part of which extends over fifteen feet above the part of the ground or roof on which it stands. (b) Zn a residential or rural district~ any la~ful accessory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggregate area on any building or lot~or any lawful sign or signs advertising only ~he sale or rental of the premises not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or,on ~he premises of any public building, or of any farm~ garden~ tre-nursery or ~orest, any lawful accessory signs not exceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within ~he limits of said premises; or any la~ul accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conforming business. (c) Any lav~ul sign not exceeding thirty~two squere feet in ares displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United $~ates~ the Stste or ~he County~ relative ~o government business. (d) At any boundry line of the town a la;~ful sign no~ exceeding five square feet in area indicating ~he meetings of any civic organization located therein. (e) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organization,association o~ war veterans or the like~ any lawful accessory~sign displayed by ~rit~en permission of the ~electmen and approval of the ~nspector of Buildings,if auy~ for a limited per~od not exceeding sixty days. ~ection ~. Set-~acks. No advertising sign or signboard s~w~ll be permitte~ or allowed to be so located ~s to'obstruct a view between any points on connecting streets within fifty feet of a cor~er of the rights of way;or to obstruct any door, window orfire-escape on a Ouilding; or, if on a roof,~o be set nearer th~n one-half its hei. ght to the wall thereof on a street front; or, in a residential district~ to extend more than six inches nearer to any boundry of ~he'lot or Dremises on which it is located than it would ~be lawful to maintain a buflding~ except as provided in paragraph (d) of Oection 4. Section 6. ~ro~ib%tions.Except signs exempted under Sec. 2, no person~ firm, association or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, 'display. or maintain any billboard or o~her outdoor advertising device in any district.(a) Except the owner or a tenan~occupant of the premises where it is located~ or a pary holding written permission from · either to display ~he device for a limited period which party's name shall be conspicuously displayed thereon; (b) Upon any rock~tree~ fence or pole. (c) Within one hundred feet of any church~public building~ monument or memorial~ or within three hundred feet of any public park~ playground~ or public reservation~if within view from any portion ~hereof; except that this pmragraph sh~ll not apply to accessory signs on the walls of b~ildings; (d) If it contains any obscene~ indecent or immoral matter. (e) Unless all parts and attachments a~ud the ground about the base thereof are kepZ in neat and safe condition. 379 Annual To~m Ivleetln ~arc . ~o~ Annua± To~m ~vleetin ~arch 2 I 6. WARRANT Section 7. Administratio_~n. No advertising device for which a permit '~om ~ny State authority is required shall be erected~ displayed or maintained in the town until five days after a permit therefor, or a true copy thereof~ has been filed with the Tov~ Clerk. Whenever notice of an application for such a permit is received by the ~'ov~ Clerk~he shall in~ediately transmit to the Inspector cf Buildings or other officer,'if any~ charged with the administration of this By-~sw. Such officer~ or in the lack of such officer~ the Town Clerk~shall thereupon m~ke an examination of the case and~ as promptly as possible~ within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the Town Clerk~ shall send written notice ~o the State authority to whom the application is addressed~ stating whether or not the proposed advertising device would violate anyprovision of this By-Law~ and if so~ what provision. Like notice shall be sent also to the applicant and toe.the owner or tenant of the proposed location of the device. At least twenty-five days before an outdoor advertising device not ~equiring a permit from any ~tste authority and not exempted under Section 2~. shall be erected or displayed in the town~ a description thereof and of its proposed location shall be filed with the To~rn Clerk~ after which the procedure shall be the same as prescribed in the preceding paragraph in the case of an application for a State permit~ except that notice whether or not the device would violate any provision of the law shall be sent~ within twenty days after receipt of description~ only to the ~party filing thetsame and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location. ~ection 8. ~lties and Enforcement. Whoever violates any provisions of sections ~ ~ or 6 hereof~ shall be guilty of a misdemeanor a~d shall Be punished by a fine'cf not more than one hundred dollars~and whoever after final conviction for such violation unlawfully displays such outdoor advertising device for twenty days shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The Selectmen or any officer charged with the ~nforcement of this by-law shall cause any such violator to be prssecuted; and shall notify the ~tate regulatory authority of Outdoor Advertising of any and all violations of lawTul S~ate regulations. Any town officer or any interested party msy petition the Superior Court in equity to enjoin ~he erection or maintenance of any outdoor advertising device erected or maintained in violation of any provision of.this by-law. Totem Officials shall have the same right and power to cause the removal of any outdoor advertising device as of any structure orbuilding maintained in violation of a by-law. ~ection 9. If any provision of this by-law is declared unconstitutional or illegal by any court~ the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. Section lC. All regulations for outdoor advertising devices heretofore adopted by ~he town and in force at the time of the adoption cf the foregoing sections ~re hereby repealed~ Article ~5. To act upon any other business which may be legally considered at this meeting. And you ~re directed to serve this warrent by posting true and' attested copies thereof, at the To~nPIall and at five or mcre p~blic places in each voting precinct. Oaid copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor le~s than ten da~s before ~he time of holding said meeting.. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon~ to the Town Clerk~ at the mime and place of holding said meeting. '380 Annual Town l~eetin~_~__~arch Warrant Given under our h~nds in the year of our Lord one at North Andover the third day of February thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. Harry C. Foster. James P. Hainsworth Arthur A. Thomson Selectmen of North Andover~ass. Of__ficer's Return. North Andover, ~iass. , eb. 20~1936. Electi~r~a~dnotified the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in,Town Affairs~ by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the Tova~nall and at five or more public places in each voting precinct; said copies having been posted no~ more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. ~'ebruary 19,' 1936. Augustine J. Wa!sh. Constable. Article 1 At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of ~he Town of North Andover~ qualified to vote in Elections and Tovm Affairs~ convened in the Engine House in voting precinct one~ the Merr~ack Portable Schoolhouse in voting precinct two, the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and ~he Tmon Hall in vo~ing precinct four~ agreeably to the 'requirements of the foregoing warrant, business was transacted and votes for Lhe offices n~:~ed in ~he ballot were as follows:- Number of ballots cast by precinct: One.. ~o Three Four Totals 8~1 1002 9~2 843 ModerateM Tcr cne year Cornelius J. ~honey William ~cKinnon Blsnks 314 641 624 584 2386 1 1 361 308 258 12~1 Tova% Clerk for one year Joseph A. Duncan 625 Blanks 226 757 742 699 2823 190 144 805 Town Treasurer for one year Cornelius B. Meagan 636 Blanks 215 7~0 72~ 669 2777 252 210 174 851 Selectmen. for one year John T. CamPbell 267 Harry C. Foster 392 James P. Hainsworth 435 John J. ~urray ~71 Arthur A. Thomson 465 lanks 297 292 187 1043 5~1 ~58 5~2 1933 530 519 ~5~ 2039 ~91 383 32~ 1669 5~4 581 406 2006. 593 563 ~1~ 2194 381 Annual Town ~Surve~ Ira D. Carry John H. Milnes Blanks Meetin~ 542 630 7o% 590 293 348 213 238 ~otals. 2467 1092 69 Tax Collector,Tot one e~ Daniel A. Doyle 79 Joseph V. Flanagan 152 J.Mew%on Frye 127 ~enry Heyman 86 Irving E. Hinton 177 Jsmes J. Lavin 138 Warren C. Towne 76 Blanks 16 108 67 74 328 141 189 158 64O 141 96 lO1 465 93 148 ll7 444 235 344 203 959 86 46 90 360 186 28 83 373 12 14 17 59 Public Works for three years Bernard F. Hughes Alexander M.White Blanks 619 t53 79 583 531 576 273 275 145 146 126 122 2309 846 473 Assessor for three years James P.Hainsworth 540 Blanks 311 617 628 630 2415 385 304 213 1213 Auditor for one year James W. Elliot% 628 Blanks 223 School Cormn. fcr three years. Clinton W. Carvell 393 John A. McDonald 385 Blanks 73 730 684 272 248 198 675 608 524 243 231 222 84 93 97 2687 941 22OO lO8~ 347 ,! · Tree Warden for' one year John J. Connors 594 Blanks 257 Public Welfare for one year John T. Campbell Harry C.,Fdster James P.Hainsworth John J. Murray Arthur A. Thomson Blanks 274 376 417 470 456 ~60 712 688 627 2621 290 244 216 1007 3Ol 298 195 lo68 _511 442 499 1828 520 513 539 1989 498 399 345 1712 536 569 406 1967 640 575 545 2320 Board of Health one year to fill vacancy Edward Fieldhouse 137 .George E. Jewett 233 William A. McAloon 304 Joseph F. Michlun 102 Blanks 75 197 .ll5 lOl 550 369 449 368 1419 274 231 209 lO18 53 53 58 266 109 84 107 375 Board of Health for three years.,. Edward W. A. Holt Blanks 553 298 681 606 60~ 321 326 239 1184 .Annual Town Meeting March 2~ 19~6 ~andidates_ ~onstables for one year Frank P. ~enue 2~ 170 John H. Fenton 37~ ~03 Richard~Hargreaves Jr. 407 ~8~ John P. Harrington 460 609 John J. Roche 392 49~ Harold W. Tyning 468 487 Augustine J. Walsh ~2 ~9' Donald Cox 3 l0 Thos. McGrail 1 Willi~mCrabtree 1 Blanks 1343 1~90 P r e c i n c t. s Totals ?84 ~0~ 413 1796 ~0~ 3?6 1873 471 490 2030 409 490 1786 ~40 408 1903 499 48? 2097 7 2O 1 1 1 o3 1413 849 After a careful canvass made by the Board of Eegistrars of Voters of the returns made by officers of Precincts one: %~o,%hree and four, the follcwing persons were declared elected to office:- Office Moderator .Town Clerk Town Treasurer Selectmen Tax Collector .P~.blic Works _Elected ~ Cornelius J. ~ahoney ~rch Joseph A. Duncan March Cornelius B. Meagan ~rch Harry C. Foster March James P. Hainsworth March Arthur A. Thomson March Ira D. Carry March Irving E. Hinton March Bernard F. Hughes ~ssessor Auditor James P. Hainsworth March James W. El!lot% l~arch ~phool Comm. .,Pu, blic Welfare ~ree Warden Board of Health to fi_!l vacanc.v Bosrd of Health three years Ciinton W. Carvell I~rch 4 Harry C. Foster march 2 James P. Hainsworth March 3 Arthur A. Thcmson "~arch 9 John J. Connors k~rch 3 George E. Jewe%% Edward ~;. A. Holt March 9 ~"arch 9 office Constables Annual Tov~ Meeting March 2, 1936 Elected Date qualified John H. ~'enton M~rch 9 Richard Hargreaves Jr. March 7 John P. Harrington March 7 Harold W. Tyning march 3 Augustine J. Walsh March 3, 1936 383 Adjourned Annual ~eeting M~rch 14, 19~6. Article. 2 Voted thst this article be referred to the Board of Selectmen. Article B- Voted to accept. Article 4 Voted that all balances be returned to the treasury with the follcwing exceptions:- Balances on bonds or notes issued. Balances stipulated by special acts. Balance of the Reserve Fund,S2000 00, appropriated under article 8, of the 1935 warrant. Balance of the E. R. A. fund $4590 77 ($2319 66)? at the time of this meeting, appropriated under article 14, of the 193~,warrant.' ~alance of the Prospect Street wa%er mains$~ 07: appropriated under article 25, of the 1935: warrant. ~alance of the Dufton ~our% water main,S408 ~8~ appropriated under article 26, of the 193~, warrant. .Balance of the East Side sewer extension $389 88, appropriated under article 23, of the 1935, warrant. Also voted to incorporate the sum of $1217 9~, ~s called for under article 13, of this warrant. Article ~, Voted to consider each item separately. Under item i of this article a hand vote was acceptance of the Advisory Board's recommendations. 138 voted .in favor. 257 voted in opposition. The following ~mounts were voted: DEPARTmeNTS 1. Selectmen, salaries $750 00;expenses $270 00 2. Auditor, salary $600 00~ " $100 00 3. Treasurer, salary $1050 00; eXPenses including bond $720 00 ~. Colle'ctor of Taxes, salary $10~0 00~ expenses including bonds $26~0 ~. Assessors~ .6. To~n Clerk~ salaraies $13~0 00; expenses $700 00 salary $~0 005 expenses $100'00 taken on the APPROPRIATIONS. 1020 O0 7OO 00 1770 O0 37o0 o6 2o o ob 45o oo 7~ ® 10. ll. 12. · 13. 1~. 16. Election Expenses~ Board of Registrars salaries $200 O0 '~ ~' expenses $2400 O0 2600 00 Police Department~ equipment~ salaries and expenses 12000 00 Fire Department, Ambulance,(Engineers) and expenses 17000 ~0_0.~ Dog Warrant 100 00.. Building Inspector, salary 50 0~' Sealer of Weights and ~easures, Insect Pest Tree Warden, salary $150 00~ Brush Cutting Fish W~mden~ salary sal~ry $250 00; expenses'90 O0 expenses $1000 CO; 3ooo llSO 500 ob O0 00 00 O0 00