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ANNUAL REPORTS 37
<br />9:32 P. M.
<br />Motion offered by Mr. Rowse, not read by the Moderator,
<br />same immediately withdrawn by Mr. Rowse. 9:34 P. M.
<br />Mr. Long offers the following motion: Voted: That it is
<br />the sense of this meeting that the salaries of Town Employ-
<br />ees receiving in excess of $20 per week be reduced 15 per
<br />cent, yes or no.
<br />Speakers for and against: Mr. Duffy, Lamont, Houghton,
<br />Worthen, Smith and Preston.
<br />The motion was put to a vote and the result doubted,
<br />whereby the Moderator requested a rising vote, appointing
<br />the following tellers with the following results:
<br />Yes
<br />28
<br />50
<br />15
<br />Total 88
<br />Teller
<br />Nary
<br />Redman
<br />Norris
<br />No
<br />10
<br />48
<br />17
<br />75
<br />Carried -9 :57 P. M. -
<br />Question by Mr. Webster, reply, Moderator, not in order.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article four, offers the follow-
<br />ing: Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of
<br />the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money
<br />from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present
<br />financial year, and to issue therefore, a note or notes to be
<br />paid from the revenue of the present financial year. Carried
<br />unanimously -9:59 P. M.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article fifteen, offers the fol-
<br />lowing: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install
<br />street lights in Bowker, Brandon and Utica Streets.
<br />Question Mr. Hadley. How many lights?
<br />Question Mr. Kraetzer. Cost. Answered by Mr. Trask.
<br />Carried unanimous --10 :00 P. M.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article sixteen offers the
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<br />following: Voted: That the following sums be transferred
<br />from the following accounts to the Excess and Deficiency
<br />Account:
<br />Clarke Street (Drain) $1.62
<br />Crescent Hill Ave., Highway Construction 3.04
<br />Independence Ave., Highway Construction .86
<br />Smith Ave., Highway Construction 46.31
<br />Allen Street, Highway Construction 5.49
<br />Public Works Bldg. (Equipment & Mat.) 20.98
<br />Public Works Bldg. (Equipment & Rep.) .26
<br />$78.06
<br />All voted on together as one group, carried unanimous -
<br />10:02 P. M.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article seventeen, offered the
<br />following: Voted: That the sum of $3,170.90, this being the
<br />Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair
<br />of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, including in-
<br />terest on temporary notes issued therefore, and for the
<br />Town's share of the cost of care and treatment of tubercular
<br />patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts of 1928, Chapter
<br />385,48 amended, including interest and expenses, be and the
<br />same hereby is appropriated. Carried unanimous -10:03
<br />P. M.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article eighteen, offers in-
<br />definite postponement, carried unanimous—t0:04 P. M.
<br />Selectman Mr. Trask, under article nineteen, offers the
<br />following: Voted: That the State Holding Corporation of
<br />Cambridge, Mass., be reimbursed the sum of $1,218.35 for
<br />water pipe laid in Summit Road in the years 1916, 1922, and
<br />1926, and that the sum of $1,218.35 be transferred from the
<br />Water Department Construction Account for said reimburse-
<br />ment.
<br />Result of vote doubted, therefore a rising vote taken,
<br />with the following tellers and results:
<br />Yes
<br />23
<br />26
<br />27
<br />Total 76
<br />Teller
<br />Nary
<br />Redman
<br />Norris
<br />No
<br />8
<br />54
<br />5
<br />67
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