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Meeting March 5, 1928 (Cont. )
The annual budget for 1929 was then taken up by items and it
was voted to recommend the amounts asked for with the following re-
ductions:
( Collector's Salaries $2600 to . $2000
Assessor's Expenses 1300 " 1100
Clerical 2600 ° 2200
Municipal Bldg. Maint. 3000 " 2800
Fire Station " 1300 " 1000
Police Dept. " 2500 " 2300
L Fire Dept.. " 2500 " 2300
i' Public Lib. Salaries 4430 " 4230
Park Dept. 2600 " 2000
Laurel Hill Gem. Maint. 9300 " 8900
It was voted to authorize the Clerk to append the names of the
entire Finance Committee to the annual report.
Members Present at this meeting: Chm. Ruggles, Fairchild, Mount,
Knox, Morrison, Briggs, Devaney, Dickie, Ellison, Haley, Moyer,
Scott, Sweetser,
Meeting adjourned 11. iP 'b�Y-
Cf Clerk.
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Meeting April 10, 1928.
Meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock by the Clerk, under the
40 provisions as provided by Section 2 of Article 6 of the Town By-Laws.
Tilliam A. Connelly was sworn in as a new member of the Committee.
Otis B. Ruggles was elected Chairman.
Meeting adjourned at 8.30 P.M.
Members present at this meeting: Knox, Morrison, Ellison, Haley,
Scott, Sweetser, Killam, Connelly, and -
I_W�/y Clerk.
Meeting June 25, 1928
L The meeting was called to order by Chm. Ruggles at 8.30 o'clock. The
�M meeting was held to act upon the warrant for special town meeting July,
1928.
Mr. Charles S. Hasty, of the Board of Selectmen appeared for nrt. 2
requesting additional appropriation of $2000 for aid, board and care,
and for Art. 3, $300 additional for maintenance of Municipal Bldg.
Mr. L. F. Quimby appeared for Art. 8 for appropriation of $200 for
lettering stand-pipe.
Chm. George F. Horrocks of the Board of Assessors appeared for Art.
14 requesting $300 additional for assessors expenses in order that an
alphabetical street list might be completed,
Mr. Harry N. Brown, Chairman of the Board of Public Works, together
(' with Mr. Davis, Mr. Putnam and Mr. Higgins of the Board, and Supt.
�✓ Collins appeared on Articles 4 and 5 relating to Mineral St. bridge.
The Board unanimously favored the contract called for under Art. 5,
stating their feeling that a wooden bridge would not meet the re-
quirements and that it would be a mistake to expend money for that
purpose. The matter was discussed at considerable length and it
was voted to recommend under Article 4 that the vote of May 12, 1928
be not rescinded.
The following recommendations ws^n r?so voted:
Art. 2 $2000 Public Welfare
11 7 v 50
118 200
9 Ppp50
Under Art. 3 it was voted to appropriate $300 from the reserve fund
and the Town Accountant was authorized to transfer that amount to
the Municipal Building appropriation.
It was voted not to recommend any action under Art. 13.
It was voted to recommend additional appropriation of : 300 for the
purpose set forth in Article 14. -
It was voted to instruct the Clerk to append the names of the entire
Committee to the printed report of this meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 10.30 P.M.
Members present at this meeting: Chm. Ruggles, Fairchild, Mount,
Briggs, Devaney, Ellison, Haley, Sweetser, Killam,
Clerk.
Meeting October 19, 1928.
The meeting was called to order at 8.15 o' clock by the Clerk.
Mr. Otis B. Ruggles, having resigned from the Committee, Mr. Robert
B. Mount was elected Chairman. A letter was read from Mr. Ruggles
expressing his regret in being obliged to leave town and his
appreciation of the cooperation of the Finance Committee during his
term of office.
Chairman E. R. Currell and Mr. Trevor of the Board of Selectmen
appeared for the Committee requesting transfers from the reserve fund
as follows:
Municipal Bldg. Maint. 4200 .
Fire Station " 100
Police Dept. " - 500
Fire Alarm " 400
Temporary Aid 500
Soldiers Relief 1000
It was voted to appropriate from the reserve fund the amounts listed
above and the Town Accountant was authorized to transfer said amounts
from the reserve fund to the several accounts.
Meeting adjourned at 9.15 P.M.
Members present at the meeting: Mount, Morrison, Ellison, Porch,
Haley, Moyer, Scott, Sweetser, Killam,
Clerk. ,