REPORTS OF WILLIAMSBURG TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1926 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE Town of Williamsburg FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, J926 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 1927 WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Article 1. To elect a moderator. Three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the poor. One Town Clerk. One Treasurer. One Tax Collector. One Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith Esq. Two Constables. One Tree Warden. Two Auditors, all for one year. One Commissioner of Trust Funds for two years. One Assessor. One School committee. One Water Commissioner. One Sinking Fund Com- missioner. One Library Trustee, One Commission- er of Trust Funds, all for three years. Art. 2. To choose all necessary minor Town officers for the ensuing year. Art. 3. To see if Town will raise and appropriate $60.00 for Memorial Day and choose a committee to expend the same. Art. 4. To see if Town will raise and appropriate $2,000.00 for maintaining Street Lights. Art. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the Town. Art. 6. To see if Town will vote to authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue beginning January, 1, 1927, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incured under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year of 1927. 4 Art. 7. To fix the amount of salaries of all elected offi- cers. Art. 8.T0 hear the report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, School, Water and other committees and act thereon. Art. 9. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to expend the Whiting Street Fund, or take any action in relation thereon. Art. 10. To see if Town will raise and appropriate $150.00 for the support of Hampshire Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and elect a director of that organization, who will be the official Town represen- tative for said Trustees as per Chapter 273, Acts of 1918. Art. 11. To see if Town will accept the provision of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 315, Acts of 1926. To raise and appropriate $4,600.00 to maintain roads exclusive of State High- ways. Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $300.00 for suppressing gypsy and brown tail moth in 1927. Art. 13. To see if Town will raise and appropriate $400.00 for the use of the Haydenville Public Library. Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the employment of district or other nurses, such appropriation may be expended by the Selectmen or by the board of health, when so au thorized by the Selectmen. Art. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $1,950.00 for winter Highways and Bridges. 5 Art. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $25.00 for the Town Cemetery on Mountain Street. Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $3,000 for the Contingent account. Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $300.00 for the Fire Department. Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $350.00 for Fire, other insurance and Bonds of Town Officers. Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $2,700.00 for the Interest Account. Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $1,740.00 to reimburse the County of Hampshire for 50% of land damage County of Hampshire paid in 1926 on account of State Highway. Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to install a fire alarm system in precinct B and raise and appropriate $400.00 for the same, or take any other action. A89. 23. To see if Town will raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for the Department of Public Welfare, or take any other action. Art. 24. To see if Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate $500 for Mothers with dependent children. Art. 25. To see if Town will vote to authorize the Asses- sors to use the free cash in the Treasury in reducing the tax rate. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to revise town by-laws. Selectmen's Report To the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg. Report for the year ending December 31, 1926, re- spectfully submitted- WINTER HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES Appropriation, $1,950 00 Town of Whately, 3 00 Gleason Bros., Repairs on Bridge, 62 25 Trucks earned. 1,251 75 Tractor earned, 513 00 $3,780 00 Burke & Burdoe, Tile, $10 09 Graves Garage, Labor, Gas, Oil and Supplies, 684 81 Edward Foran, Labor, Snow and Ice, 9 58 William McDonnal, Labor, Snow, 50 Charles O'Brien, Labor, Snow, 8 38 Henry Goodwin, Labor, Snow, 1 35 Edwin Welch, Labor, Snow, 4 95 A. G. Cone, Labor, Service with car, snow removal. Obtaining part for Tractor and Traffic duty. 112 48 Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Plates for Trucks, 10 00 Herbert Richardson, Obtaining No. Plates, 1 00 7 B. L. Dobbs, Labor, Snow, $78 36 John Marther, Labor, Snow, 6 50 H. F. Davis & Co., Ice Caulks, parts for Tractor, 81 46 C. P. Rustermeyer, Labor, Snow, 2 00 Richard Welch, Labor, Snow, 6 75 Chester Sodawater, Labor, Snow, 7 01 Felix Levynski, Labor, Snow, 1 38 Leroy W. Weeks, Labor, Snow, 2 00 R. G. Bradford, Bridge Lumber, 190 97 Alex Ozelick, Labor, 13 50 C. S. Sanderson, Labor on bridge, 2 93 Holyoke Auto Metal Repair Co., Radiator, 2 75 Percey E- Grey, Labor, Snow, 4 50 Merton Bickford, Labor, Snow, 84 75 Haydenville Co., Gas and Oil for Tractor, 6 65 Harold D. Nash, Labor, Snow, 39 15 C. D. 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