1953-03-16-to 1953-03-23-ATM-min

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Article 16. VOTED: That the sum of 41,000 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town' s share of the cost of Chapter 90 highway maintennce, and that, in addition, the sum of 42,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to said Account. Carried -9 :34 P. M. Article 17. VOTED: That the sum of 44,000 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town' s share of the cost of construction of all or any part of Hill Street under Chapter 90, Highway Construction, and that in addition, the sum of 412,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be re- stored, upon their receipt, to said Account. Carried Unanimously 9 :35 P. M. Article 18. VOTED: That the sum of 4950. be raised and appropriated for Civilian Defense. Carried Unanimously 9:36 P. M. Article 19. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are auth- • orized to construct concrete, bituminous concrete, or other sidewalks, at such locations as they shall deter- mine, where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost, or otherwise, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of 4500. Carried Unanimously 9:37 P. M. Article 20. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are auth- orized to install curbings at such locations as they may determine, and that the sum of 43,000 be raised and appropriated therefor. Carried Unanimously 9 :38 P. M. Article 21. VOTED: That the- sum of 45,000 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of lowlands and swamps in the eradication-of mosquitoes, under Section 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 9 :38 P. M. - Article 22. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are auth- orized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they may determine, in accord- ance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of 434,000 this amount to be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9 :4.0 P. M. • Article 23, VOTED: To appropriate the sum of 49,000 for the pur- chase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equip- ment for the Department of Public Works and to- provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of 49,000 from the Road Machinery Fund. Carried Unanimously 9:40 P. M. Article 24. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of 45,629.77 for the pur- chase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of a truck and a sprayer for insect suppression and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of 43,229.77 from the Road Machinery Fund and a transfer of 42,400 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 9 :41 P. M. Article 25. VOTED: To enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said Fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Department of Public Works Tithen used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department or other Departments of the' Town, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the state for the use of similar equipment. _ Carried Unanimously 9 :42 P. M.