Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-08

poor $Z,0OU, amount raised $Z,OUU.
The appropriations and amounts
raised for the support Of common
schools were as follows: Common
schools $4,000: Free High schools
$4,000; for books, supplies and re-
pairs 5000; fuel for High school
81 zoe: fuel for common schools
81 600; industrial education $500:
insurance SLIGO: High school jani-
tor $1,000; to pay overdraft vi. 600;
/, physical education $500: amount
raised for town highways. 5000 and
$1,000 for bridges, there being the
amounts appropriated. The appro-
priation committee recommended
81 500 for breaking snow but only
81 600 was raised.
i It was voted to pay the $2,UO
bond that falls due July 1. 1871 ana
the sum OF $1,000 was raised for
this purpose.
The appropriation committee
recommended $1,000 for selectmens
salary and $500 for clerk hire, as the
warrant read but when voted upon
the sum of $1,000 was raised for the
selectmen. and the sum OF $4OU was
to be paid from the salary OF the
selectmen If they desired to nlre the
clerk. Later in the day the article
was reconsidered and the totai
amount of 81 900 was raised as was
appropriated by the committee.
The following appropriations were
recommended by the committee anu
raised: Two hundred dollars TOT the
care of Monument Park; $4,000 Tor the
support Of the free public library; 800
for Memorial day; $4,000 for interest
on the towns indebtedness; $looo TOT
highway patrol: $500 for building ana
repairing sidewalks.
1t was voted to authorize the Sc
lectmen to hire money to pay current
expenses in anticipation OF taxes.
The sum of s1062 was raised for
the improvement of the section OF the
State aid road as outlined in the re-
port of the State highway commits
sioner.
/ Article "a was to see if the town
will vote to establish a price for men
and teams on the highway and 1t was
left to the road commissioner TO set
these prices.
One thousand dollars was raised to
repair the road leading from Bates
schoolhouse westerly over Horne hill,
so called; $4,000 was raised to con-
struct a concrete sidewalk from
Chapman's Corner TO the Maine Cen
trail railroad crossing on the east side
of lower Main street; $3.50 was rails
ed to reconstruct the sewer running
from Main street down Preble street
to the Kennebec river, this being the
es timated cost, and 5000 to construct
a sewer to commence on the east side
of, Maine street, thence down Mace
street to the Kennebec river.
Article go was to see if the town
will raise the sum of $1,000 to be used
in conjunction with the $1,000 raised
in 1915 for the purchase of and build
ing a children's playground and NOM
mate a committee of five to expend
the same. There was much discussion
on the article as it seems that the
S12og raised for this purpose in 1915
has been expended for other purposes.
3. A. Lawrence. who was first select
men at that time explained that this
was used for rebuilding culverts in
the back part of the town which were
washed away. The question came up
as to whether the town had the au-
thority to use money for purposes
other than it was raised for. The
chair explained that legally 1t was
not, but on the other hand as play
ground was unavailable at that time
and money was needed for the repair
ing of these culverts, it was thought
permits siblc by the selectmen to be
used for sum purpose. Therefore it
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$1,000 this year. The committee APP
pointed was II. o. Brown. Charles
Park, w. w. Nye, Ralph Jewell and
Mrs. w. A. Archer.
Four thousand dollars was raised to
repair the road leading from Fairfield
Center over Pung hill, so called, to
the Watervale line, and $4,000 to pay
on the town floating Indebtedness;
$4,000 to be expended on repairs of the
road leading from the farm of A. H.
Ellis to the farm Of Frank Langlois,
north of Shawmut village; $500 for
mothers aid: 800 for health officer;
$1,000 to pay the note on the opera
house loan (which falls due July 1.
1921; $500 to install and maintain
street lights in Shawmut village: 500
to purchase sewer pump.
1t was voted to accept the following
list of jurors as prepared by the
board of selectmen: Stephen Ackley,
Ernest Ackley,- Herbert Aver, Harry
E. Bradbury, Fred Drawn, William
Burgess, Late Bray, Ward Chapman.
Frank .Champine, Frank Crosby,
George Cole, Alonzo Day. Ralph Files,
Albert Ferland. Eli Gregory, John
Hudson, Bert Hutchins. Allie King,
Frank Lemlin Jr., Charles Nicholson,
James Mason, Eddie Proulx, George
Radcliffe, Ray Stanchfeld, Lester
McKecknie Frank Mclaughlin, C. w.
Pooler. Wallace Patterson, Walter
Ross, Sprague Taylor, Stephen Trask,
John Washburn, Myron White, John
G. Cakes, Walter Ladd, William
Simpson, Ira Knox. William Settler,
Don Ames. Percy Allen, Herbert
Brown, Horace Weymouth, Daniel
Bowman, Arthur Bickford, w. E.
Briggs, Carleton P. Cook, Wallace
Champine, Frank Coffell, Joseph Dos
tie, Maurice Emery, William Flood,
Carl Goodwin, Henry Gousse. Harold
Lowe, George Hustus, Earl Law
renee, Ralph Mulligen, Lester Nye,
Vernon circuit, William .Pauquette,
George Richardson, George tEalsbury,
o. E. McNalley, HenryrNalson, eide
on Pooler, Gale Pollard, Donald Reed,
Ray Tobey. James Waldron, L. l..
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