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.Friday..*— December
January 7> 19^7- Having been presented to the Mayor and no ac-
tion taken within ten day period, as prescribed in City Charter, license is
in effect. Norman E. Corwln, City Clerk.
MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS
President Hall offered the following order,
Ordered: . '
That all unfinished business of the Board of Al-
dermen on January 6, 19^7, be referred to the Board of Aldermen for the year
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Adopted.
President Hall and Alderman Brady offered the following order,
Ordered:
The Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights
is hereby requested to arrange with The Boston Edison company for the in-
stallation of such additional street lights on Washington Street from Union
Square to Beacon Street so that this highly active thoroughfare will be ade-
quately and completely lighted thereby eliminating or reducing accidents to
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a minimum.
Adopted.
Alderman Brady offered the following resolution,
Whereas:
ie^ increased costs of operatingjthe ^Cities and
Towns O.f the Commonwealth, including Justifiable increases in wages, will
caus'e unprecedented Jumps in the_ tax rates of almost every City and Town in
the State," placing an unfair "burden on'real estate and the home owner, and
Whereas:
The State of Massachusetts has each year_placed
a "State Tax" so-called on every City and Town in the' Common wealth "to make up
app ro ximat ely ^10,OOP,000. deficit in t he operat ing costs ofthe State Government.
Joeing the only "one of 'the, fo'rty-eight States which resorts to such an
unjustifiable levy, be it
Resolved;
That the Board of Aldermen of t he City of Somerville
in session duly ^called, go on record as strongly protesting the continuance
of the State Tax on Cities and Towns and-urging the newly elected
Governor and Legislature'to eliminate the same and to have the State of Massachusetts
balance Its own budget, and that copies of these resolutions be sent
to Governor Bradford, the president of the senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Read twice and -adopted.
Approved by the Mayor January 2,
, Alde(rman Brady and president Hall offered, the following order,
Ordered: <
t . , That the officials of the Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company be notified_and advised that the conditions at Lechmere Square