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291 -12- 103rd. ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE 3$. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $20,000 to be added to the Fire Dept's Capital Outlay Account. Submitted by Fire Department. ACTION: Motion made and seconded and amended to raise and appropriate $10,000. Unanimously Voted. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate ' or take from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of six (6) home receivers for the Fire Dept. Submitted by Fire Department. ACTION: Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate $4$0.00 for four (4) receivers. Amended, so voted. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to enact the following by-law. No person shall saunter or loiter on a street or sidewalk in such manner as to obstructttravelers, but nothing in this section shall be construed to curtail, abridge or limit the right of opportunity of any person to exercise the right of peaceful persuasion guaranteed by Section 24 of Chapter 149, of the General Laws, or to curtail, abridge or limit the intent of any statute of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Whoever violates any portion of this by-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty ($50) dollars for each offense. Sub-m- mitted by Selectment ACTION: Motion made and seconded that Article 40 accepted as read. So voted. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $6,100 said sum to be used to defray unpaid wages for the period 1 April '74 to 30 June '74 or take any other action thereon, Submitted by Police Dept. ACTION: Moved and seconded to delete the words raise and appropriate "Defray unpaid'' and use "to be used for wages". Moved and seconded to accept article 41 as amended. So voted. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of two additional police officers and to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $17,,700 said sum to represent the annual salary of both appointees the additional amount to provide for promotion of a Senior Patrolman to Sergeant or take any other action thereon. Submitted by Police Department. ACTION: Moved and seconded to amend to delete the section of words "the additional -amount to provide for promotion of a Senior Patrolman to Sergeant" Amendment Carried. Also to add at end;,of sentence "in accordance with Section 70 of Salary Administration Plan." Delete "or take from available funds". Accepted as Amended. So Voted. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 6B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws which states: - A city or town which accepts or has accepted this Section may appropr- iate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments and its shellfish constabulary, which may include the purchase of rubber boots, shoes, and other outer clothing necessary for the use of members of the police and fire deartments and hhellfish constabulary when travelling to or from or during the course of their employment, or take any other action thereof. Submitted by Police Bepartment . ACTION: Moved and seconded to delete all words after General Laws. Unanimously voted. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds, the sum of $3,$00 to be transferred to the Disposal Area Expense Account for further restoration of the building which the Town purchased for use at the Town Disposal Area or take any other action thereon. Submitted by Board of Health.