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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
American Book Co. ........................ 38. 36
Edward E. Babb & Co. ...................... 90. 31
Cambosco Scientific Co. ..................... 46.48
Canton & Blue Hill Bus Line ................ 185. 25
Canton Publishing Co. ...................... 1. 00
City of Boston School Comm. ................ 2. 08
Edward J. Cunningham... .................. 4.45
Deane Coal Co. ............................ 250. 00
Edison Elec. LH. Co., Boston ................ 146. 51
Ginn & Co. ................................ 130. 57
Gregg Publishing Co. ....................... 2. 80
D. C. Heath & Co. .......................... 19. 02
Roger C. Holmes ........................... 1.00
Henry Holt & Co. .......................... 15. 55
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co. ............. 12. 50
Dean S. Luce, M. D. ........................ 100. 00
Macmillan Co. .............................. 12. 59
Mathews Laundry .......................... 11.74
Oharles E. Merrill Co. ...................... 4. 86
Ambrose McAteer .......................... 380. 90
McGraw Hill Book Co. ...................... 6. 13
William Pesaturo Taxi Service .............. 22. 50
Daniel T. Reardon .......................... 14. 00
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. .................... 5. 73
Charles 8cr1bner' s Sons .................... 3. 02
SHyer Burdett & Co. .,...................... 5. 08
Stall & Dean Mfg. 00. ..................... 17. 00
Star Products Co. of Mass. ................. 2. 50
World Book Co. ............................ 10. 30
Harold W. Tate ........................... 190. 00
John Wiley & Sons ........................ 2. 68
1, 734. 91
WATER DEPARTMENT
Morse & Mullin Motor Co. .................. 14. 87
Dean Coal Co. ............................. 67. 88
Wentworth Motor Co. ....................... 6. 59
C. W. Crowell & Son. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 45
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
TREASURER' S REPORT
To the citizens of the Town of Canton, Mass.
I hereby submit my report as treasurer for the year ending
December 31, 1935.
A report of expenditures in detail will be found in the report
of the accounting officer.
All trust funds in the <hands of the treasurer, ( the interest of
which is applied to the care of cemetery lots) are deposited in the
following savings banks:
Blackstone Savings Bank, .............. $ 2,443. 00
Massachusetts Savings Bank, ........... 2, 376. 07
Franklin Savings Bank, ................. 2, 379. 42
Home Savings Bank, .................... 2, 019. 11
Suffolk Savings Ba~, .................. 2,307. 54
E. Cambridge Savings Bank, .... . . . . . . . . . 1, 616. 73
Hyde Park Savings Bank, ............... 2,428. 93
Randolph Savings Bank, ................ 2, 465. 18
Provident Institution for
Savings, ....... 2, 301.42
Canton Institution for Savings, ........ 13, 6119. 21
Dedham : Institution for Savings, ......... 2, 387. 95
E.JiotSavings Bank, .................... 1, 626. 22
Jnst. for Savings in Roxbury, ............ 2,313. 07
Norfolk County Trust Company, ......... 872. 54
41, 155. 39
Canton Institution for Savings:
Shaler Canton Fnud, ................ 13, 050. 04
Emily E. Harding Trust Fund, ..... 950. 00
55, 155.43
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1935
Cash Balance, January 1, 1935, .................... 12, 025. 84
Received, during year of 1935, ..................... 770, 854. 79
Total, ........................................ $ 782, 880. 63
Paid out, during year 1935, ........................ $ 668, 437. 65
Balance, December 31, 1935, ........................ $ 114, 442. 98
HOWARD B. CAPEN,
Treasurer, To,wn of Canton, Mass.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
FUNDS GIVEN TO THE TOWN IN TRUST
George E. Downes, part of income to be used for care
of 10lt in Camton Cemetery, the balance for pur-
chase of books of reference for public library, .. $ 5, 000. 00
Trust Funds
The Income to be used for care of Burial Lots in Canton Cemetery:
W-ebster, Frank G., 750. 00
Allen, William, 600. 00
Messinger, Estate of Emma A., 500. 00
ShaIer, Estate - of Cushman B., 500. 00
Tolman, Gilbert, 500. 00
Sumner, Fred W., 400. 00
Wentworth, Edwin, 400. 00
Draper, AUred, 300. 00
Fisher, Samuel, 300. 00
French, Abbot, 300. 00
French, Charles H., Sr., 300. 00
Huntoon, D. T. V., 300. 00
Kollock, Arthur C., 300. 00
McIntosh, Gedeon, 300. 00
Moore, ALmira, 300. 00
Shepard, James S., 300. 00
Sitretton, John, 300. 00
Wattles, Joseph W., 300. 00
Fenno, Jesse, 250. 00
Hall, John, 250. 00
Stretton, Charles, 250. 00
Myrick, N. Sumner, 250. 00
Abbott, Ezra, 200. 00
Baker, Francis, 150. 00
Billings, Samuel, 200. 00
Billings, William E., 200. 00
Brooks, George W., 200. 00
Chapman, Oliver S., 200. 00
Chase, A. M., 200. 00
Downes, Samuel C., 200. 00
Draper, Charles N., 200. 00
Draper, Fanny, 200. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Draper, James B., 200. 00
Draper, James L., 200. 00
Dunbar, James, 200. 00
Endicott, Charles, 200. 00
Fenno, Isaac, 200. 00
Heaps, Winsor, 200. 00
Horton, Henry H., 200. 00
Howard, Mary A., 200. 00
Kinsley, Lyman, 200. 00
Lewis, Benjamin, 200. 00
Mansfield, William, 200. 00
May, Nathaniel, 200. 00
Messinger, Vernon and Jonathan, 200. 00
Morse, Mrs. Albert F., 200. 00
Pike, Jonathan, 200. 00
Porter, Joseph B., 200. 00
Revere, . J ohn, 200. 00
Tucker, Robert T., 200. 00
Wattles, Joseph W., Sr., 200. 00
White, Helen N.,' 200. 00
Williamson, Sarah A., 200. 00
Wry, Sarah P., 160. 00
Adams, Simeon, 150. 00
Ames, Charles E., 150. 00
Bense, William, 150. 00
Bent, James, 150. 00
BerteIetti, Louise, 150. 00
Billings, A. K., 150. 00
Billings, George A., 150. 00
Brackett, Loring, 150. 00
Brown, C. A., 150. 00
Brown, J. Newton, 150. 00
Bullard, Joel, 150. 00
Burt, Mabel F., 150. 00
Capen, G. Walter and W. 1. Hamilton, 150. 00
Chapman, Alice L. A., 150. 00
Chapman, Emma, 150. 00
Chase, Olive W., 150. 00
Cleaves, Clinton B., 150. 00
Cole, Oharles E., 150. 00
Cook, Moses, 150. 00
CroweN, RUJpert F., 150. 00
Curtis, Clinton M., 150. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Curtis, H. W. and W. H. Fernald, 150. 00
Dana, Mrs. George E., 150. 00
C. H., 150. 00
Daggett,
Dana, Robert W., 150. 00
Annie M., 150. 00
Davenport,
150. 00
Davenport, . J. Howard,
Davis, Henry C., 150. 00
150. 00
Day, Lewis,
Deane, Francis W., 150. 00
Deane, Oliver, 150. 00
150. 00
Deegs, Katherine,
150. 00
Draper, Robert L.,
150. 00
Draper, William H.,
Dunbar, J. D., 150. 00
Ellis, Jennie F., 150. 00
Elwell, Chances W., 150. 00
Estey, Willard, 150. 00
Farrington, Abel, 150. 00
Fenno, Jesse, 150. 00
Fillmore, Alice M., 150. 00
Fisher, Alexander, 150. 00
Fisher, Arthur H., 150. 00
Flanders, George B. N., 150. 00
Foster, Frederic A., 150. 00
Foster, Josiah K., 150. 00
Freeman, Henry A., 150. 00
French, Thomas, 150. 00
Fuller, James W., 150. 00
Gerald, John C., 150. 00
Goodall, Sarah E., 150. 00
Gordon, Edna D., 150. 00
Guild, Emma, 150. 00
Hall, Mrs. John P., 150. 00
Harlow, Walter, 150. 00
Haskins, George H., 150. 00
Hewett, Jane A., 150. 00
Holmes, Millard, 150. 00
Holmes, Sarah, 150. 00
Horton, Rev. Edward A., 150. 00
Horton, Mary, 150. 00
Horton, PoNy, 150. 00
Horton, WilHam A., 150. 00
Howard, ' ViTriam Lester, 150. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Kaley, Timothy, 150. 00
Kelley, Theron, 150. 00
Klasson, Fred, 150. 00
Lewis, DeForest 150. 00
Lewis, F. D. F., 150. 00
Mackenzie, John G., 150. 00
Mann, Mrs. E. J., 150. 00
McKendry, WiHiam, 150. 00
Meadows, Samuel and Albert, 150. 00
Morse, HeI1brt E., 150. 00
Nason, Betsy, 150. 00
Plunkett, Frank B., 150. 00
Preble, . Estate of EI'iza J., 150. 00
QuinneH, Ada E., 150.00
Rhodes, Harry, 150. 00
Riggs, Harry 0., 150. 00
Sawyer, George F., 150. 00
Seavey, Fred F., 150. 00
Seavey, Lucy F., 150. 00
Shankland, Agnes, 150. 00
Ta,te, James, 150. 00
Tate, John, 150. 00
Temple, Dr. William F., 150. 00
Timmons, J., 150. 00
Tucker, Nathan, 150. 00
Tucker, Nathaniel, 150. 00
Tuttle, Sarah E., 150. 00
Upham, George, 150. 00
Upshaw, Walter W., 150. 00
Wentwo,rth, James N., 150. 00
Wild, Mrs. James R., 150. 00
Wilde, Albion D., 150. 00
Withington, Albert, 150. 00
Withington, WiUiam, 150. 00
Witt, Hosea C., 150. 00
Weston, Longfellow, 125. 00
Barker, Frederica, 100. 00
Belcher, Olifford, Jr., 100. 00
Bent, James, 100. 00
Billings, Emeline M., 100. 00
Billings, John D., 100. 00
Bright, Samuel, 100. 00
Cooper, John, 100. 00
54 .Source page 55
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Oharles E., 100. 00
Davenport,
Endicott, John, 100. 00
French, EiJiza, 100. 00
French, Nathaniel, 100. 00
Fuller, George P., 100. 00
Fuller, Helena, 100. 00
Gill,Benjamin, 100. 00
Harding, William P., 100. 00
Hesketh, William, 100. 00
Horton, 1. Chester, 100. 00
Howard, Susan, 100. 00
Hunt, George B., 100. 00
Hurd, Nellie A., 100. 00
Jones, Abraham, Jr., 100. 00
KoHock, Thomas and Jeremiah, 100. 00
Leavitt, Joseph, 100. 00
Lawrenson, Lawrence, 100. 00
Lentell, Benjamin, 100. 00
Leonard, Almena, 100. 00
Littlefield, Mrs. John, 100. 00
Lowry, James, 100. 00
MacPherson, Edith L., 100. 00
Makepeace, Albert, 100. 00
Mansfidd, Harry, 100. 00
McKendry, William, Jr., and John H., 100. 00
Meadows, Joseph, 100. 00
Merrill, Ida M., 100. 00
Messinger, Virgil J., 100. 00
Mulliken, Mary Ann, 100. 00
Noyes, Heirs of Estate of Samuel B., lUU.UU
Oliver, Andrew, 100. 00
Pitoher, Frank R., 100. 00
Scott, WaUer, 100. 00
Scott, WilHam, 100. 00
Shattuck, WiHiam B., 100. 00
Sumner, Mrs. F. W., 100. 00
TiUson, Mary L., 100. 00
Tucker, Aaron E., 100. 00
Tucker, EHas, 100. 00
Tucker, Elijah, Tucker- Forbush Lot, 100. 00
Tucker, William, 100. 00
White, George A., 100. 00
White, James, 100. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT oF' 'I'
HE TOWN OF' CANTON
Whitmas, Pyam C. K., 100. 00
Wilson, Mary, 100. 00
Horton, Isaac, 90. 00
Bird, Robert, 50. 00
Bullard, William H., 50. 00
Gerald, John, Sr., 50. 00
Gerald, John, Jr., 50. 00
Gill, Augustus, 50. 00
Henderson, Andrew, 50. 00
Jenkins, Samuel C., 50. 00
Lyons, Sybil F., 50. 00
Morrison, M. Etta, 50. 00
Soule, Cady, 50. 00
Soule, Mary J., 50. 00
Stanton, Mary E., 50. 00
Sumner, James T., 50. 00
Thurston, W. D., 60. 00
Trites, Isabel L., 50. 00
Waktles, John S., 50. 00
Wentworth, Edwin C., 50. 00
Howes, Zadoc C., 40. 17
Fisher, Henry, 40. 00
Horton, Elisha, 2nd, 40. 00
Morey, Mary D., 40. 00
Wry, B. M., 40. 00
Whitehead, Harry, 20. 00
Kefford, Emily Mae, 16. 00
40, 461.17
Trust Funds, the interest to be used for the care of Burial
Lots in St. Mary' s Cemetery:
Murphy, Catherine, 150. 00
Lyons, Dennis, 100. 00
Kinary, Mary, 50. 00
Murray, John, 50. 00
Toomey, James, 50. 00
Welsh, Thomas, 50. 00
450. 00
also)
Shaw, Wallace S., balance of Kinsman Estate, 44. 22
41, 155. 39
HOWARD B. CAPEN,
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
TAX COLLECTOR' S REPORT
REPORT OF
PETER CALLERY, TAX COLLECTOR
FROM JANUARY 1, 1935 TO DECEMBER 31, 1935
TAXES 1932
6; 12
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............ $
1.60
Payment after abatement adjusted ......
7. 72
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 1.72
Abatements ............................ 6. 00
7. 72
TAXES 1933
29, 782. 16
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............
Interest reported as Taxes............... 710. 08
1.00
Old Ag'e , reported as Taxes ............
Abatement ............................. 1. 0{)
to Collector adjusted ...... 2. 57
OveI1payments
30, 496. 81
Colected and paid Treasurer ............ 26, 487. 93
Abatements ............................ 3, 683. 31
Tax Title taken by Town .............. 196.04
December 31, 1935 ......... 129. 53
Outstanding
30, 496.81
TAXES ] 934
1, 1935 ............ 79, 403. 59
Outstanding January
Refunded .............................. 30.42
4. 00
Adjusted ...............................
Abatement in error ..................... 2. 00
Sewer Assessments reported as Taxes
Collected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 32. 47
Abatements ................. 17. 18 $ 49. 65
Committed Sewer Interest reported as Taxes
Collected .................... $ 23. 48
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Abatements ................. 12.42 $ 35. 90
Interest reported as Taxes .............. 302. 25
79, 827. 81
C<>
llected and paid Treasurer ............ 53, 080. 67
Abatements ............................ 3, 765. 99
Tax Title taken by Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196. 04
Outstanding December 31, 1935 ......... 22, 785. 11
79, 827. 81
TAXES 1935
Commitment by Warrant ............... 349, 437. 87
AdditionalCommitment ................. 2,232. 83
Abatement in excess of T,ax ............. 43.47
351.714. 17
CoUected and paid Treasurer ............ 236, 412. 06
Abatements ............................ 2,405. 34
Added to Tax Titles .................... 7, 557. 57
Outstanding December 31, 1935 .......... 1105, 339. 20
351.714. 17
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............ 3. 00
Oollected and paid Treasurer ............ 3. 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES 1933
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............ 204. 00
CoHectcd and paid Treasurer ............ 79. 00
Abatements ............................ 122. 00
Old Age Taxes reported as Taxes ....... 1.00
Abatements ............................ 1.00
Outstanding December 31, 1935 .......... 1.00
204. 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 11933
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............ 462.::l7
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 125. 29
A!batements ............................ 337. 08
462. 37
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ANNUAL vlt'r OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Rr.;'?
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 1934
January 1, 1935 ............ $ 2, 950. 87
Outstanding
Abatements and payment refunded ...... 66. 07
2. 03
Overpayment adjusted ..................
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1035
Excise Taxes 1934 ..... 146. 54
reported as
3, 165. 51
2, 769. 69
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $
Abatements ............................ 44. 11
December 31, 1935 .......... 351.711
Outstanding
3, 165. 51
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1935
Warrants ............. 10, 178. 85
Commitments by
Abatements and payments refunded ...... 212. 13
02
Overpayments adjusted .................
10, 391.00
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ 7, 349. 84
Abatements ............................ 485.45
Tax of 1934 ....... 146. 54
Tax 1935 reported as
December 31, 1935 .......... 2,409. 17
Outstanding
10, 391.00
COMMITTED SEWER BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT TAX 1934
969. 82
Outstanding January 31, 1935 ............
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 557. 71
Sewer Assessment ' added to Taxes Collected 32. 47
Abatements ............................ 17. 18
Outstanding December 31, 1935 .......... 362.46
969. 82
COMMITTED SEWER BETTERMENT INTEREST 1934
679. 81
Outstanding January 1, 1935 ............ $
Interest Collected on above ............. 83
680. 64
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 378. 04
Committed Sewer Interest 1934 reported
as 1934 Taxes
Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.48
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TaWN OF CANTON
Abatements .................... 12. 42
Outstanding December 31, 1935 ......... 266. 70
680. 64
COMMITTED SEWER BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT 1935
Commitment by Warrant ................ 1, 704. 32
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 929. 25
Added to Tax ' Ditles .................... 52. 06
Outstanding December 31, 1935 .......... 723. 01
1, 704. 32
COMMITTED SEWER BETTERMENT INTEREST 1935
Commitment by Warrant................ 896. 53
Collected and paid Treasurer ............ $ 490. 17
Added to Tax Title .................... 28. 12
Outstanding December 31, 1935 .......... 378. 24
896. 53
PETER CALLERY,
Tax Collector.
60Source page 61
Town Clerk' s Report
of
Town Meetings
And a Record of the
Marriages, Births and
Dearhs
In the Town of Canton
1935Source page 62
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1935
WARRANT
Seal)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Canton,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Canton aforesaid,
qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial
at
Hall in said Town on Monday, the Fourth Day of March, 1935,
five o' olock and five minutes in the forenoon then and there
forty-
to act on the following al1ticles, namely:-
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose - all Town Officers that are required to !be
elected by ballot, namely; One Town Clerk, One Town Treasurer,
Three Selectmen who ' shall bethe Board , of Public Weliare, the
Bureau of Old Age Assistance and the Bo'ard of Survey; One Tax
Collector, One Highway Surveyor, One Tree Warden and Three
Constables all to serve for one year; also the f,ollowing Town Offic-
ers, to serve for three years; One Assessor, One member of the
Board of Health, three members of the Schoo' l Committee, One
Water Commissioner, One Sewer Commissioner, Three Trustees of
the Public Library, and ' also one Trustee to fill vacancy for two
years.
Article 3. To choose all other Town Officers.
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the various
Town Officers, Boards and Committees as presented in pront, also
to hear and act upon the report of any committee that may , be
presented; also to appoint all needed committees.
Article 5. To seeif the Town will vote to authorize the Town
treasure.r, with the approva' l of the selectmen, to borrow money
from time to time un anticipation of the revenUe of the financial
a note or notes there-
year beginndng J'anuary 1, 1935, and to issue
for, payable within one , year, and to renew any note or notes as
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with
Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri-
ate money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 7. To see if the Town wrlll vote to compensate the
members of the Board , of Selectmen with an annual salary of
500. 00 per year each, and raise and appro' priate money for eame,
or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To ; see if the To,wn will vote to restore the pay
cuts given to certain Town Employees by vote of the Town at the
annual Town Meeting : held on March 6, 1933, and raise and ap-
propriate all necessary sums of money for same, or take any other
action in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see df the Town will vote to accept Chapter 32,
Section 85, of the General Laws in regard to ' pensions for police
and firemen, or take any action in relati, on thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
the of $ 1500. 00 to be used in ; conjunction with a Hke
priate sum
sum from the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, : t:
or repairs and maintenance of Chapter 90 work.
ArtJicle 11. To raise and appropriate all necessaJry sums of
money.
12.
Article To see if the Town will vote to assume ' and pay
the whole of any expenses arising from the suppression of Gypsy
and Brown Tail Moths, duping the year 1935 that are not required
to be paid by the Commonwealth, and raise and appropriate money
for the same.
AI'ticle To see if the Town will vote to employ visiting
13.
nurses Chapter 40, Section 5, of the General Laws and
under
raise and appropriate two thousand dorllars ($ 2, 000) for the Isame.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to pay the sum Oif
seven hundred doHars ($ 700) for the Edward J. Beatty Post No.
24 of the American Legion, in accordance with ChaJpter 254 of the
Acts of 1920 of the
Massac: huset s Leglislature which authorizes
Cities and Towns to appropriate money, based on taxahle valu-
ation, to provide suitable headquarters for Posts of the American
Legion and raise . and appropriate money for the same.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote t,o alPpoint a com-
mittee of three whose duty it shall be to prepare a new set of by-
laws for the Town and raise and appropriate the sum of two
hundred doNars for the use of said committee. The committee
to report the draft of the by-laws for acceptance to the next annual
town meeting, or to any S1peoial town meeting which may be held.
Selectmen.
Article 16. To see if ,the Town will vote to raa'se and appro-
priate the sum of Nine Hundred thirty- three doUars ($ 933) for
the purchase of a new grand piano for Memorial Hall, said price
to include the present piano in trade. Selectmen.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to resurface and
repair the present sidewalk . on the northerly : side of Sherman
Street from Washington Street to the reSlidence of Thomas J. Hill,
and construct a new walk from the residence of Edwin Hill to the
corner of Pleasllnt Street, a distance of approxima.tely 300 f- t.
and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 18. To see if the T,own will vote to construct a cement
curbing on the northeasterly side of Walnut Street from Washing-
ton Street to and , including the residence of Charles Go'ldthwaite,
a distance of approximately 225 feet and raise and appropriate
money for the same.
Article ] 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public
way, a way leading easterly from Chapman Street, now known as
Legion Street, now owned by John H. Howard, et aI, and in ac-
cOluance with a plan filed with the Town Clerk.
a) To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to re-
pair and improve said way, and raise ' and appropriate money for
the same.
b) To see if t.
lIe Town will vote to name said public way.
Article 20.
To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public
way, a way leading easterly from Chapman Street, now known as
Beatty Street, owned hy John H. Howard et al, and in accordance
with a plan filed with the TOlWn Clerk.
a) To see if the Town wiIl authorize the Selectmen to repah'
and improve said way, and raise and appropriate money for the
same.
b) To see if the Town will vote to name said public way.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public
way, land owned by John H. Howard, et aI, running southerly
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
to Beatty Street, now known as May Street,
from Legion Street
in accordance with plan filed with the Town Clerk.
a) To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to repair
for the
and improve sa,id way, and raise and appropriate money
same.
b) To see if the Town wiH vote to name said public way.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to relocate a portion
of the northerly side of Street as laid out by the Selectmen
Walpole
loca-
for the purpose of eliminating a very dangerous curve, near
of approximately 1400
tion of the old Alms House, for a distance
feet, and authorize the Selectmen to improve a portion of Walpole
Street in accordance with a plan filed with the Town Clerk, and
land damages.
raise and appropriate money for the same, including
as a public
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept
way, as laid out by the Selectmen, a private way leading easterly
from Traverse Street, now known as Traverse Place, and in ac-
cordance with a plan and descript.ion filed with the Town Clerk.
a) To see ' if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to re-
pair and improve said way, and raise and appropriate money for
the same.
b) To see if the Town will vote to name said public way.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote " That Royall Street
be abandoned as a Town Way between the Circumferential High-
way and Green Street".
25. To if the Town will vote to place and main-
Article s'ee
taiin one incandescent ht , on Pine Street about 500 ft.
electric lig-
south of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad trackl
and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 26. To see if the Town win vote to place and main-
tain one incandescent electric light on Messinger Street on Pole
No. 26/ 19 maintained by the Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 27. To s'ee if the Town will vote to place and main-
tain one incandescent electric light on the easterly side of Chapman
Street, on Pole No. 7 / 42 maintained by the Edison Electric lUumin-
ating Company, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
the of Twelve Thousand dollars ($ 12, 000) to be ex-
priate sum
pended for materials, machines, etc., in connection with work pro-
jects. Selectmen.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Article 29. TO' see if the Tawn will vate to' apprapriate and
raise ar barraw the sum af eight thausand dollars ($ 8, 000) far the
purpase af building a sewer in Sherman Street, fram apposite the
Tawn Hall to' and cannecting with the trunk line ,to' the Massachu-
setts Haspital Schaal, near Farge Pand; all substantially as shawn
an a plan af the sewerage
system far Oantan, Massachusetts, dated
Navember, 1930, and an file in the affice af the Sewer Cammissian-
ers; the flame to' be built under the directian af the Sewer Cam-
missianers. ( Sewer Cammissianers).
Article 30. TO' see if the Town will vO' te to' apprapriate and
raise 0'1' ba'rraw the sum af Seven Thausand dallal' S ($ 7,000) far
the purpase of building particular sewers 0'1' hause cannectians in
and adjacent to' variaus streets where sewers have been built 0'1'
are to be built in 1935; the same to' be built under the directian af
the Sewer Camm~ ssianers. ( Sewer Cammissianers).
Article 31. TO' see if the Tawn will accept Massachusetts
General Laws, Tercentenary Editian,
Chapter 40, Sectians 42A to'
42E inclusive, as amended by Acts af 1932
Chapter 197, Acts af
1932, Chapter 180, Sectian 6, and Acts af 1933 Chapter 167; mak-
ing water rates a lien upan real estate and praviding far the en-
farcement thereaf, 0'1' take any other actian relating theretO'.
Article 32. TO' see if the Tawn will vate to' acept as Trust
Funds, in accardance with the pravisians of Sectian 19 af
Chap-
ter 114 af the General Laws, all maney that has been beque1athed
given to' the Tawn during the year 1934 far the purpOse af es-
0'1'
tablishing trust funds, the incame af same to' be used farper-
petual care af certain burial lats in the Cantan Cemetery amaunt-
ing in the aggregate to' $350. 00.
Article 33.TO' see if the Tawn will vate to' transfer fram the
Excess and Deficiency A ccaunt, the amaunt to' be specified by the
State Tax Commissianer as free cash, this amount to' be appLied
to' the Apprapriatians heretafare made.
The Palls will be open at five a' clack and fifty minutes in the
farenaan and may be clased as early as faur a' dack in the after-
naan.
Hereaf fail nat and make due return af this warrant with
yaur daings therean, untO' the Tawn Clerk, at ar befal' e the time
of said meeting afaresaid.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Given under our hands at Canton, the Sixth day of February
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty- five.
J. HERBERT E. CUSHMAN,
WILLIAM F. WHITTY,
GEORGE C. KETCHUM,
Board of Selectmen.
A true copy, Attest:
JOHN H. FLOOD,
Constable.
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1935
held
At meeting of the Innabitants of the Town of Canton,
a
according to the fo'regoing Warmnt, March 4, 1935, the following
had upon the several arHcles in said Warrant,
proceedings were
namely:
Article 1. John Richardson was chosen Moderator by ballot,
and sworn by Town Clerk.
Artic:le 2. The following appointments of Ballot Clerks and
Tellers were made by the Selectmen to serve at said meeting, viz:
BALLOT CLERKS
William F. Curtis Olaf Henriksen
Herbert H. Guild Michael Roach
BALLOT BOX TENDER
E. Olinton Britton
ASST. TO MODERATOR
Michael J. Rogers
TELLERS
Frank E. Witt, Sr. Horace E. Davenport
Ambrose McAteer Kathryn E. Maguire
Joseph B. Ruane Charles H. Winslow
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Ruben D. Borrows Bernard J. LeBarre
William H. Galvin Marlon E. Pitman
Georgiana K. Haskins Philip F. McCarthy
George W. Smith Bertha A. Winn
Anna E. Connors Helen L. Healy
Florence G. Bright James H. Goss
Edna Brookfield Richard Farrow
Helen Danahy
All of the above named were sworn by the Moderator.
At five o' clock and fo,rty- five minutes a. m., the moderator de-
clared the Polls opened, and the balloting proceeded.
At four o' clock and thirty minutes p. m., voted to close ! the
Polls.
All ballots cast for the val'ious Town Officers were sorted,
counted, declared and recorded, and announced by the Moderator.
Total number of ballots cast 2317.
The vote in detail was as follows:
FOR TOWN CLERK
Daniel J. F1lood had nineteen hundred ninety- six votes.
Blanks, 320. Scattering, 1.
Daniel J. Flood was declared Town Clerk, and was sworn by
the Moderator in open Town Meeting.
FOR TOWN TREASURER
Howard B. Oapen had one thousand eight hundred seventy- five votes.
Blanks, 440. Scatterings, 2.
Howard B. Capen was declared elected Town Treasurer.
FOR SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE,
BOARD OF SURVEY
Francis J. Carroll had one thousand fifty- five.
J. Herbert E. Cushman had twelve hundred ninety- nine.
Eugene J. Galligan had one thousand thirty.
Ernest T. Johnson had seven hundred nineteen.
George C. Ketchum had one thousand seventy- five.
William F. Whitty had eleven hundred nineteen.
Blanks, 655.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
J. Herbert E. Cushman, William F. Whitty and G€orge C.
Ketchum were declared elected to Board of Selectmen, Board of
Public WElfare, Board of Survey.
FOR ASSESSOR
Joseph D. Galvin had eighteen hundred eighty- six.
Blanks, 430. Scattering, 1.
Joseph D. Galvin was declared elected Assessor.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Peter Callery had nineteen hundred twenty- eight.
Blanks, 389.
Peter CaHery was declared elected Tax Collector.
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
George H. Allen had one thousand ninety- four votes.
Martlin J. Walsh had eleven hundred seventy- two votes.
Blanks, 51.
Martin J. Walsh was declared elected Highway Surveyor.
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH
Thomas J. Dockray had twelve hundred thirty- two.
Frank E. Witt, Jr., had eight hundred sixty-four.
Blanks, 221.
Thomas J. Dockray was declared elected to Board of Health.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Frank W. Briggs had one thous' and fifty-one votes.
Albert A. Dahlke had one thousand thirty-nine.
Helen B. Dood) T had nine hundred ninety- two.
Charles F. Gibson had nine hundred and two.
Raymond B. Hemenway had nine hundred fifty- eight.
Cornelius O' Connell, Jr., had eleven hundred thirty-nine.
Cornelius O' Connell, Jr., Frank W. Briggs and Albert A.
Dahlke were declared elected to School Committee.
FOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
John P. Chase had sixteen hundred thirty- one votes.
Joseph P. Draper had sixteen hundred seventy- six votes.
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Dorothy D. Grover had sixteen hundred fifty- three.
Blanks, 1991.
John P. Chase, Joseph P. Draper and Dorothy G. Grover were
declared elected to Trustees of Public Library.
FOR TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
To fill vacancy)
Katherine L. Sullivan had seventeen hundred eighty- two votes.
Blanks, 535.
Katherine L. Sullivan was declared elected Trustee to Public
Library to fill vacancy.
FOR WATER COMMISSIONER
John J. Lynch had twelve hundred forty-five votes.
Larra T. Sumner had nine hundred twenty- nine votes.
Blanks, 143.
John J. Lynch was declared elected Water Commissioner.
FOR SEWER COMMISSIONER
Edv; ard F. Healy had eleven hundred ninety-four.
Francis T. Hill had one thousand ten votes.
Blanks, 112.
Edward F. Healy was declared elected Sewer Commissioner.
FOR TREE WARDEN
William H. Gallivan had eighteen hundred thirty-eight votes.
Blands, , 178. Scattering, 1.
William H. G3:llivan was declared elected Tree Warden.
FOR AUDITOR
Roger J. Baldwin had one vote.
Blanks, 2316.
Roger J. Baldwin was declared elected Auditor.
FOR CONSTABLES
John Bowerman had twe1lve hundred eighty- three votes.
Harry A. Brown had eight hundred sixty- nine votes.
William E. Casey had eleven hundred ninety votes.
T,homas J. Galligan had nine hundred sixty- six votes.
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Thamas J. Ranayne had ane thausand farty- ane vates.
Rabert E. Sawyer had six hundred sixty- faur.
Blanks, 938.
Jahn Bawerman, WiHiam E. Casey and Thamas J. Ranayne
were declared elected Canstables.
Article 3. The fallawing tawn afficers nat required to, be
elected by ballat were chosen:
Surveyar af Lumber- William F. Curtis.
Fence Viewers- E. Clintan Brittan, William F. Curtis.
Paund Keeper- Walter K. Allen.
Measurer af Bark and Waad- WiUiam F. Curtis.
Planning Board- Charles V. Reynalds, Charles K. Endicott,
Jaseph P. Draper, William B. Revere,
Matthew H. Sullivan.
Cemetery Committee- J ahn H. Draper, Herbert L. Fenno"
William L. Haward, William B. Revere,
Jaseph W. Wattles.
Artiele 4. V ated: That the reparts af the various tawn
officers, Baards and Cammittees as presented in print be accepted.
Article 5. Vated: approval
That the tawn treasurer, with the
of the s8<lectmen hereby is autharized to, barra,w maney
be and
fram time to time in anticipatian af the revenue of the financial
1, 1935, and to, issue a nate 0,1' na,tes there-
year beginning January
far, payable within ane year, and to renew such nate 0,1' notes as
may be given far a peri ad af less than ane year in accardance with
Sectian 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. Vated: That this article be adapted and the sum
of $ 400. 00 be raised apprapriated far the abservance of Me-
and
morial Day, said amaunt to, be expended under the directian af the
Edward J. Beatty Past, No,. 24 of the American Leg1ian, acting
jointly with the Col. Fletcher Webster Camp, No,. 16, Sons af Union
Veterans.
Article 7. Voted: To compensate the members af the Baard
of Selectmen with an annual salary af $ 500. 00 per year each, and
raise and appropriate $] 500. 00 for the same.
Article 8. Voted: That this article be adopted.
Paul N ocka maved reconsideratian of Article 8. Recansider-
ation defeated.
Article 9. Voted: Unanimously to adopt this article, and
raise and apprapriate $] 000. 00 for same.
tht'<
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Article 10. V oted: That this article be adopted and the sum
of $ 1500. 00 be raised and appropriated.
Article 11. Voted: That the following sums be raised and
appropriated as listed, together with aiid hins:
uIl[>
Amounts Unpaid Bills
Board of Public Welfare, in addition to con-
tributions ............................ 30, 000. 00
Old Age Assistance ...................... 14, 000. 00
Soldiers' Relief ........................... 7, 000. 00
l\
fothers' Aid ............................. 3, 000. 00
Military Aid ............................. 500. 00
State Aid ............................... 250. 00
Selectmen, including salary 1935, $ 500 ea. . 1, 950. 00
Accountant ............................... 2,200. 00
Treasurer, including salary 1935, $ 1, 000 .... 1, 450. 00
Assessors, including salary 1935, $ 800 each 3, 100. 00
VOTED: That tax collector' s salary
be made $ 2, 500. 00
Tax Collector, including salary 1935, $ 2, 500 3, 300. 00
Town Clerk, including salary 1935, $ 400 .. 700. 00
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations 1, 100. 00
Memorial Hall and Grounds .............. 3, 800. 00 128. 76
Police Dept., including $ 700 for purchase of
new equipment ....................... 16, 189. 26
Fire Department ......................... 15, 417. 80
Forest W'arden, induding purchase of new
equipment ............................ 1, 300. 00 158. 31
Sealer of Weig-hts and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . 450. 00
For the Elimination of Gypsy and Brown Tail
Moths as required by the State Forester 4, 366. 81
T'ree Warden and care of Shade Trees, and
Elm Tree Beetles, including salary 1935
100 ................................. 1, 100. 00
Dog Officer .............................. 50. 00
Norfolk County Hospital, Cost of Maintenance
1934 ................................. 2, 366. 03
Board of Health, including salary 1935,
100 each ............................ 4, 500. 00 99. 05
Garbage Removal ......................... 2, 500. 00
Sewer Commiss' including salary
ioner::;, 1935
150 each ............................ 3, 500. 00
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Highways, Bridges and Drains, including sa:l-
of new
ary 1935, $ 1800, and purchase
12, 000. 00
equipment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9, 000. 00
Treating surface af streets with Tarvia ....
Remaval af Snaw and purchase af new equip-
ment ................................. 8, 000. 00
to aId sidewalks .................. 2, 000. 00
Repairs
beacans ................... 400. 00
Highway traffic
100. 00
Street Signs .............................
Stre8ts ......................... 13, 288. 80
Lighting
Schaal Cammittee recammends far the Public
92, 000. 00 524. 16
Schaals in additian to' Dag Tax ........
Trustees af Public Library recammend in ad-
ditian to' interest an Trust Funds ...... 5, 000. 00
Miscellaneous ............................. 1, 400. 00
Property .. 100. 00
Damage to' Persans and Personal
Care Clack ......................
af Town 75. 00
700. 00
Printing To,wn Reports and Distributian ....
Insurance ................................ 650. 00
Interest .................................. 4,000. 00
Water Dept., including W'ater Cammissianers'
1935, $ 100 each .............. 24, 700. 00 5, 145. 66
salaries
Baard af 600. 00
Survey .........................
Canton Cemetery, in additian to' interest an
trust funds and the transfer af $ 250 fram
the Cemetery Fund ................... 5,485. 00
50. 00
Old English Cemetery ....................
TO' Balance Interest Accaunt, 1934 ......... 299. 88
TO' Balance Remaval af Snaw Accaunt, 1934 1, 627. 20
Apprapriations, Chapter 44, Sec.
Emecrgency
31, General Laws:
Public Welfare ........................... 18, 839. 20
Saldiers' Relief .......................... 2, 283. 91
946. 22
Old Age Assistance ......................
70. 00
Military Aid .............................
Baard af Health ......................... 1, 338. 91
Mathers' Aid ............................. 1, 540. 43
There will be required for the payment ar
Nates and Bonds:
Far the payment af New Pipe Line and New
2, 000. 00
Standpipes, Water Bands, Due Oct. 1, 1935
For the payment af Sewer Bands af 1931, Due
1, 1935 ...................... 5, 000. 00
August
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For the payment of Sewer Bonds of 1932, Due
May 15, 1935 ........................ 6, 000. 00
For the payment of Sewer Notes of 1933, Due
August 1, 1935 ....................... 3, 000. 00
Interest on Notes and Bonds:
Pipe Une and New Standpipes, Bonds 12 mo.
on $ 17, 000 to October 1, 1935 .......... 722. 50
Sewer Construction Bonds of 1931, 12 mo. on
35, 000 to August 1, 1935 ............ 1, 225. 00
Sewer House Connections, Notes of 1932, 12
mo. on $ 16, 000 to May 15, 1935 ....... 720. 00
Sewer HOUise Connections, Notes of 1933, 12
mo. on $ 3, 000 to August 1, 1935 ....... 105. 00
Reserve Fund ............................ 4, 000. 00
Art,icle 12. Votc; d: That this article
be adopted and the sum
of $ 1, 000. 00 be raised and work to be done on
appropriated for
private property which amount is to be repajd to the town.
Article 13. Voted: That this article be adopted and that the
sum of $ 2,000. 00 be raised and appropriated.
Article 14. Voted: That this article be adopted and the sum
of $ 700. 00 be raised and appropriated for the same.
Article 15. Voted: That a committee of three be appointed
to prepare a new Oharter and a new set of
By- La:ws for the town
and that the sum of $ 200 he raised and appropriated for the use of
the committee.
Article 16. Voted: That this article be dismissed.
Article 17. Voted: That this al1tide be adopted and the sum
of $ 1200. 00 be raised and appropriated for matel'ial and that the
project be referred to the Selectmen and Highway Surveyor.
Article 18. Voted: Tha t this ar, ticle be dismissed.
Article 19. Voted: Thatbe this article
adopted, Legion
Street, as laid out by the Selectmen
accepted: be
a) That the Selectmen be authorized to improve saJd way;
b) That this public way may be named Legjon Street.
Article 20. Voted; That this article be adopted, Beatty
Street, as laid out by the Selectmen he accepted.
a) That the Selectmen be authorized to improve saJd way;
b) That this public way may be named Beatty Street.
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Article 21. Voted: That this article be adopted, May Street,
as laid out by the Selectmen be adopted.
a) That the Selectmenbe authorized to improve sMd way;
b) That this public way may be named May Street.
be
Article 22. Voted: That certain necessary improvements
made under the direction of the selectmen and that $ 200 be raised
and appropriated.
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen confer with
Article 23.
for the layout of Traverse Place and the abutters there-
petitioners
to, and a plan be worked out for the widening of said Traverse
Place, agreeable to all parties and that aU labor and expenses inci-
dent thereto be borne by the Town of Canton.
Article 24. Voted: Unanimously to adopt this article.
Article 25. Voted: That this article be adopted and the sum
of $ 22. 50 be rMsed and appropriated.
Article 26. Voted: That this article be adopted and the sum
of $ 22. 50 be raised and appropriated.
Article 27. Voted: That this article be adopted and the sum
of $ 22. 50 be raised and appropriated.
28. Voted: That thJs article be adopted and the sum
Article
of $ 12, 000 be raised and appropriated.
That $ 2, 500 for materials be raised and
Article 29. Voted:
that the labor be furnished by the Welfare De-
llJppropviated and
partment.
30. Voted: That this article be adopted and that the
Article
sum appropriated.
of $ 7, 000 be raised and
Tellers: Thomas J. Whitty, James Doody, George Smith,
Lawrence
R. Dallinger,
Walsh, Augustine Daley, Joseph Wattles, Jr., John
H'enry Holmes, Charles K. Endicott.
Joseph F. Stone,
Yes, 137. No. 116.
Voted: That Massachusetts General Laws, Ter-
Article 31.
40, Sections 42A to 42 F inclusive, as
centenary Edition, Chapter
180,
amended by Acts of 1932, , chapter 197, Acts of 1932, Chapter
Section 6, and Acts of 1933, Chapter 167, be and reby
he, are ac-
and the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized
and di-
cepted
to be re,corded with Norfolk
rected to cause a copy of this vote
County Registry of Deeds.
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Resolved: That the Highway Surveyor be instructed that it is
the desire of the Town to have the railroad crossing at Washington
Street within the location of the Old Colony Division of the N. Y.,
N. H. & H. R R, maintained
in adequate repair and that he be
authorized to expend from money appropriated for
highway main-
tenance, sums necessary to so mainta, in said crossing, with the per-
mission of the railroad. It is also RESOLVED that the Highway
Surveyor be instructedto plow out or remove snow from entrance
vays to churches
drive'\ and public buildings, schools and to plO'W
out private ways commonly used by the public, and to expend from
money appropriated for snow removal, sums necessary therefor.
Artkle 32. Voted: That this article be adopted.
Article 33. Voted: That th1s article be adopted.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved: 10: 15 P. M.
A true copy,
Attest:
DANIEL J. FLOOD,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Seal)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of : Canton,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
requdred to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid, qualified to
vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial Hall in said
Town on Thursday, the Fifteenth day of August, 1935 at eight
o' clock in the afternoon, then and there to act of the following
articles, namely:
Articlel. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
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Article 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treas-
urer, with approval of the selectmen, to borrow money for
the
general municipal purposes, including public welfare, aId age as-
sistance, mothers' aid, soldiers' benefits, and E. R. A. or W. P.A.
expenses, under authol' ity of and in ac.cordance with the provisions
of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as most recently amended by
Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1935, and of Chapter 188 of the Acts
of 1935 as amended, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of
One Thousand Dollars ($ 1, 000) from the Selectmen' s account to
Memorial HaH account.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer in
Sherman Street from opposite the residence of John Clerkin to and
connecting with the trunk line in Washington Street, all \Substan-
tially as shown on a , plan of the , sewerage system for Canton,
Massachu~, etts, dated Novemiber 1930, and on file in the office of
the Sewer Commissioners, the same to be built under the direction
of the Sewer Commissioners.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to complete the sewer
on Sherman Street voted Article 29, Annual Warrant of
under
1~ 35, under the W. P. A. program of the Federal Government, or
take any action in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your
doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said
meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Canton, the Thirty- first day of July
in the year Nineteen Hundred and Thirty- five.
J. HERBERT E. CUSHMAN,
WILLIAM F. WHITTY,
GEORGE C. KETCHUM,
Board of Selectmen.
A true copy, Attest:
WILLIAM L. WHITTY,
Constable.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
AUGUST 15th, 1935
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Catnon, held
according to the foregoing Warrant, August 15th 1935, the follow-
ing proceedings were had upOn the several articles in said Warrant,
namely:
Article 1. Edward P. McManus was elected Moderator and
declined. Gregory W. Grover was elected and sworn by Town
Olerk.
Article 2. Voted: That the treasurer, with the approval of
the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow for general
municipal purposes, including public welfare, old age assistance,
mothers' aid, soldiers' benefits, ' and E. R.A. and W. P.A. expenses,
the amount of $ 20, 000 under authority of and in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1935 as amended, and
to issue notes of the Town therefor. Such notes issued under said
authority shall be ipayahle in accordance with said chapter in not
more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and
selectmen may determine, hut shall be included in the tax levies
for the five years next ensuing on the basis of $4, 000 for each year.
The proceeds of said loans shall be appropriated as follows:
12, 000 for Public Welfare, $ 1, 000 for Old Age Assistance, $ 1, 000
for Mothers' Aid, $ 1, 000 for So'ldiers' RelJef, and $ 5, 000 for E.R. A.
and W. P.A. expenses.
Unanimously adopted under Article 2.
Article 3. Voted: That the sum of One '. Dhousand Dollars
1, 000.) be transferred from the Selectmen' s account to Memorial
Hall account.
Article 4. Voted: That the article he dismissed.
Voted: That Article 4 be reconsidered.
Voted: Under reconsideration that Article 4 be adopted.
Article 5. Voted: That this article he adopted.
Voted: That this meebing be now dissolved: 9: 55 p. m.
A true copy,
Attest:
DANIEL J. FLOOD,
TOWn Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
WARRANT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Seal)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Canton,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
required to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid, qualified to
vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial Hall in said
Town OIl Monday, the Thkt,ieth Day of September, 1935 at eleven
o' clock in the forenoon then and there to act on the following
articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose one selectman to fill vacancy, who shall
be a member of the Board of Public Welfare, the Bureau of Old
Age Assistance, and the Board of Survey.
The Polls will be open at Eleven o' clock in the forenoon and
shall be closed at Eight o' clock in the afternoon.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your
doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said
meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Canton, the Fourth day of Septem-
ber, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five.
J. HERBERT E. CUSHMAN,
GEORGE C. KETCHUM,
A true copy,
Attest:
WILLIAM L. WHITTY,
Constable.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1935
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Canton, held
according to the fo,regoing Warrant, September 30th, 1935, the fol-
lo,wingproceedings were had upon the several articles in said
Warrant, namely:
Article 1. J. Herbert E. Cushman was elected Moderator and
SWOTIl by Town Clerk.
Article 2. The following vote was cast for Selectman, Board
of Public Welfare, Board of Survey to fill vacancy:
Frank J. Carroll had nine hundred s~x votes.
George P. Capen had three hundred ninety- two votes.
Blanks, five. Total number of votes ,cast thirteen hundred three.
Frank J. Carroll was declared elected to Board of Selectmen,
Boare of Public Welfare, and Board of Survey ,to fiU vacancy, and
sworn by Town Clerk.
A true copy,
Attest:
DANIEL J. FLOOD,
TOWn Clerk.
WARRANT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Seal)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Canton,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
required to notify and the inhabitants aforesaid, qualified to
warn
vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial Hall in said
Town on Wednesday, the Sixteenth Day of October, 1935 at eight
o' cIlock in the afternoon, then and there to act On the following
articles, namely:
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Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see will vote to raise and appro-
if the Town
construc-
priate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the
the selectmen to
tion of a High School, and authorize and direct
accept behalf of the Town, for use in carrying out such project,
on
Relief Ap-
a Federal grant of money pursuant to the Emergency
Act of 1935; and authorize the Selectmen and School
propriation
toconstl' uct said project and contract with respect
Committee
the treasurer, with the approval of the
thereto; and authorize
meet any
selectmen, to borrow such sums asmay be necessary to
made; take any action relative thereto. (
School
appropriation or
Commi ttee).
Artide To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select-
3.
a suitable site for a new
men, or appoint a committee, to purchase
of $ 15, 000. 00 for
High School and raise and appropmate the
sum
or take other action in relation thereto. ( School Com-
same, any
mittee).
with your
Hereof fadl not and make due return of this warrant
Town Clerk, at or before the time of said
doings thereon, unto the
meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Canton, the Second day of October
in the year Nineteen Hundred and Thirty- five.
E. CUSHMAN,
J. HE: RBERT
GEORGE C. KETCHUM,
FRANK J. CARROLL,
Board of Selectmen.
A true copy,
Attest:
WILLIAM L. WHITTY,
Constable.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
OCTOBER 16, 1935
At meeting of the Inhabitants
a of the TOwn of Canton, held
October 16th, 1935, the follow-
according to the foregoing Warrant,
had the several articles in said Warrant,
ing 'proceedings were upon
namely:
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