Plainville, Massachusetts annual reports 1960-1965, Part 1

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Fifty-sixth Annual Report


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


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PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS


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For the Year Ending December 31st 1960


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In Memoriam


NATHANIEL C. GRANT Board of Selectmen


PLAINVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY


In Memoriam


CHARLES C. ROOT School Committee


Fifty-sixth Annual Report


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of


PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS


PLAINVILLE.


MASS


COLONY


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For the Year Ending December 31st 1960


North Attleborough Chronicle Company


1961


5


ANNUAL REPORT


1960


TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR-One Year CHARLES O. PEASLEY


TOWN CLERK-One Year AUSTIN F. GRANT


TOWN TREASURER-Three Years EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM


SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH


ROLAND C. CAMPBELL LeROY B. WILSON LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR.


Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961


ASSESSORS


FRANK V. HENRICH STANLEY G. COLE FRANCIS W. SIMMONS


Term expires 1963


Term expires 1962


Term expires 1961


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


HELEN A. SMITH


Term expires 1963


CHARLES W. SEMPLE


Term expires 1962


HARRY A. SCHOENING, JR.


Term expires 1962


MARY V. PROAL


Term expires 1961


RAY FELIX


Term expires 1961


WATER COMMISSIONERS


ALTON E. FRENCH


Term expires 1963


BYRON J. SCHOFIELD


MAIDA L. KING


Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


RUBENA F. COLE BARBARA P. FLUCK RALPH L. POWER


Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961


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1960


TAX COLLECTOR-THREE YEARS


THEODORE A. WICKMAN


Term expires 1962


REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE


ROBERT C. HASELTINE


Term expires 1963


GORDON S. PROAL


Term expires 1961


PARK COMMISSIONERS


DANIEL E. HUNT ROBERT J. FAWCETT


Term expires 1963


AUSTIN F. GRANT


Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961


AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER


PLANNING BOARD


RICHARD D. PLANTE


Term expires 1965


HARRY H. MORSE


Term expires 1964


FREDERICK M. SHERMAN


Term expires 1963


EDWARD A. HENRY


Term expires 1962


CHARLES G. NOWICK


Term expires 1961


CONSTABLES-One Year


ERNEST J. LaPORTE


DONALD J. PECK


CLARENCE P. AVERY


FINANCE COMMITTEE


ROBERT O. MALIN


Term expires 1963


PETER ARMIROTTO, JR.


Term expires 1963


FRANK C. KEEGAN, JR.


Term expires 1962


WILLIAM S. SCHOELTES


Term expires 1962


STANLEY G. COLE


Term expires 1961


H. BERTHA BROWNE


Term expires 1961


DANIEL T. MALONE


Term expires 1962


TREE WARDEN-One Year


ALEC H. FREDRICKSON


Term expires 1961


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1960


FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year


DONALD J. PECK ERNEST J. LaPORTE


CLARENCE P. AVERY


MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER


GEORGE N. SNELL ALEC H. FREDRICKSON EVERETT W. SKINNER


FRANCIS W. SIMMONS


APPOINTED BY FIRE ENGINEERS


Chief of Fire Department CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.


APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN


Acting Chief of Police ERNEST J. LaPORTE


Superintendent of Streets EVERETT W. SKINNER


Fire Engineers


CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR. DONALD E. MCALPINE


DAVID B. LOMASNEY


Forest Warden CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.


Official Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN G. WHEELER


Town Burial Agent WESLEY H. BURTON


Director of Veterans' Services HARRY E. COOPER


Director of Civilian Defense RICHARD N. ELLIS


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SPECIAL POLICE


BOYD CHENEY EDWARD GUILLETTE THOMAS LAVERTY BURTON MILLER


GEORGE MASSEY


THEODORE WICKMAN


LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. ALVA PAULUS HARRY PAYNE JOSEPH PELLETIER WILLIAM RILEY SGT. HERBERT MORSE


EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club Property only HOWARD G. WHEELER-Wrentham Sportsman's Club only HENRY NEVEUX-Limited ARTHUR J. PARISEAU-Limited JOHN F. DREW-D. E. Makepeace Company only GEORGE E. MOORE, JR .- D. E. Makepeace Company only ROBERT W. BEATTIE, JR .- D. J. Makepeace Company only WILLIAM F. SHEA-D. J. Makepeace Company only CHIEF WALTER HOBBS-Wrentham CHIEF CARL MacDONALD-North Attleboro


North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville


DANIEL BRADLEY HENRY BIBBY


LEON CAMPBELL


JOHN CONNOLLY


JOHN COYLE, JR. LEO DESAUTEL FRANK GOOKIN


ELLIOT ADAMS HENRY IRVINE JOHN O. JOHNSON STANLEY LYKUS JOSEPH LaCASSE ROBERT MORSE JOHN J. MCCARTHY


WILLIAM NOONAN GEORGE ELLIOT WILLIAM UHLIG-GEORGE UHLIG JAMES N. WATTERS


Fire Police


GEORGE CLARKE


ALVA PAULUS


Board of Appeals


DANIEL MALONE ROBERT W. HAYES HARRY A. SCHOENING, JR.


Term expires 1962 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1961


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Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON


Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM STEELE, East Bridgewater


Dog Officer SGT. HERBERT A. MORSE


Moth Inspector ALEC. H. FREDRICKSON


Inspector of Wires STILLMAN M. SPRAGUE


Building Inspector CLINTON E. BARTON, SR.


Registrars of Voters


JAMES A. FINLEY EDWARD J. O'NEIL RICHARD M. COBB


Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961


AUSTIN F. GRANT


Patrolmen


DONALD J. PECK


LEON M. PARMENTER


Welfare Agent RUTH R. FULTON


Clerk of Selectmen BESSIE BARTON


Town Physician and Board of Health Physician WILLIAM GUILLMETTE, M.D.


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Town Forest Committee


ALEC H. FREDRICKSON ROBERT O. PROAL EVERETT W. SKINNER


Term expires 1963


Term expires 1962


Term expires 1961


Industrial Development Commission


S. ROBERT ADAMS MELVIN DWYER


RAYMOND V. MILLER


ROBERT McALICE


ROLAND C. CAMPBELL


FREDERICK M. SHERMAN


WILLIAM P. COONEY


FREDERICK I. STUART


CLARENCE J. GAUTHIER


FRANCIS W. SIMMONS


Town Counsel CHARLES R. MASON


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ANNUAL REPORT


1960


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Monday, March 7, 1960


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


To Either of the Constables of Plainville, Greetings:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are here- by required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plain- ville qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the Elementary School Auditorium in said Plainville on


MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH 1960, A.D.


at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz:


ARTICLE 1. The following Town Officers to be chosen by ballot viz: One Town Clerk, One Auditor, One Moderator, One Tree Warden and Three Constables for one year. One Selectman, Board of Public Welfare, One Assessor, One Trustee of the Public Library, One Park Commissioner and one member of the School Committee, for three years. Two Water Commissioners, one for three years, one for one year. Two members of the Regional School District Committee; one for three years, one for one year. Four members of the Finance Com- mittee, one for one year, one for two years, and two for three years. Two members of the Planning Board; one for four years, and one for five years.


Question 1.


Shall the approval by the Board of Selectmen of the land of Saida Abizaid located on Washington Street, Route No. 1, Town of Plainville, County of Norfolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a Race Track for dog racing meetings be ratified and confirmed?


Question 2.


Shall the approval by the Board of Selectmen of the land of Saida Abizaid located on Washington Street, Route No. 1, Town of Plainville, County of Norfolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a Race Track for horse racing meetings be ratified and confirmed?


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For this purpose the polls will open at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed at 8:00 P.M. in the evening.


For the consideration of all other articles in this Warrant the meeting shall stand adjourned to the third Monday in March at 7:30 P.M. in the Auditorium of the Elementary School on South Street in said town.


ARTICLE 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers not named in Article 1, for a term of one year.


ARTICLE 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81, of the General Laws.


ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:


Moderator


$15.00 each Meeting $15.00 each Special Meeting


Town Clerk


$ 500.00 per year


Town Treasurer


Selectmen, Chairman


Second Member


Third Member


1,000.00 per year 600.00 per year 500.00 per year 500.00 per year


Assessor, Chairman


700.00 per year


Second Member


Third Member


700.00 per year 700.00 per year


Tax Collector


1,000.00 per year 75.00 per year


School Committee, Chairman


School Committee, each member


60.00 per year


Water Commissioners, Chairman


200.00 per year


Second Member


200.00 per year


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Third Member, Secretary


350.00 per year


Auditor


200.00 per year


Constables 1.50 per hour


Tree Warden 1.50 per hour


or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1960 and expressly for the follow- ing purposes to wit:


1. For the support of the Public Library.


2. For the Selectmen's current expenses and salaries.


3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.


4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salary.


5. For the Assessor's current expenses and salaries.


6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.


7. For the Board of Registrar's current expenses and salaries.


8. For the salary of Town Auditor.


9. For the Sealer of Weights and Measures' current expenses and salary.


10. For the Board of Health, current expenses and salaries.


11. For the Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.


12. For the Building Inspector, salary and expenses.


13. For the Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.


14. For the Water Department for current expenses and salaries.


15. For support of School and salaries of School Committee.


16. For payment of Insurance.


17. For Veterans' Benefits.


18. For Highways Exclusive of Chapter 81 and 90.


19. For Memorial Day.


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20. For interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.


21. For Police Department.


22. For Tree Warden.


23. For Removal of Snow.


24. For Park Commissioners.


25. For Town Forest Committee.


26. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.


27. For maturing debt.


28. For Welfare Agent.


29. For Street Lights.


30. For Moth Department.


31. For Vocational Education.


32. For Regional School District Committee.


33. For Planning Board.


34. For Industrial Development Committee.


35. For Town Counsel current expenses and salary.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Deputy Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Secretary of the Water Commissioners and Clerk of the Select- men's bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropri- ate a sum of money to pay for the same.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, be- ginning January 1, 1961, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the extra- ordinary unforeseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise, appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction (to continue the laying out and construction of Taunton Street, from Route 1 to the Wrentham line), or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to be used to pay additional land damages on George Street, awarded by the County Commissioners to Adoraz, Inc., or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a new truck and snow plow for the Highway Department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a Sand Spreader for the Highway Department, and the money to pay for same be trans- ferred from Road Machinery Reserve account, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate an additional sum of money for the purchase or taking by emin- ent domain under Chapter 79 Massachusetts General Laws (T.E.) or otherwise, for purposes of the public water supply, the fee in the following described parcel of land :-


Starting at a point on East Bacon Street, 440 feet more or less, from the intersection of the tangents at the northerly corner of East Bacon and George Streets, then by East Bacon Street in an easterly direction 50 feet or more or less, thence by a stone wall marking the property of the Town of Plainville in a northeasterly direction 155


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feet, more or less, thence on the same course 315 feet, more or less to an angle point; thence northwesterly 1090 feet, more or less, to an angle point, thence southwesterly 500 feet to the property of the Town of Plainville; then by land of the Town of Plainville 1130 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; containing 13 acres, more or less; or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 17. To see whether or not the Town will vote to au- thorize the Water Commissioners of the Town of Plainville:


To lay water mains of not less than 6 inches but less than 10 inches in diameter in East Bacon Street Easterly from the present stand pipe about 4,500 feet and to lay a water main 16 inches in diameter from this point easterly in East Bacon Street and Messenger Street to the junction of Taunton Street and Messenger, about 1,800 feet, and to lay water mains of not less than 6 inches but less than 16 inches in diameter in Taunton Street to the North Attleboro-Plainville Town line, and to raise and appropriate for this purpose $103,000.00, and to determine the manner in which the foregoing appropriation shall be raised, whether by taxation or borrowing, by transfer of available funds or otherwise, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unexpended available funds the sum of $20,000.00 for future improvements to the water system, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to establish a water department reserve account for purchase and maintenance of water meters, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unexpended available funds the sum of $1,000.00, for the water department reserve account, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer, the sum of $1,294.11 or any other sum for the control of insects and Dutch Elm Disease ($1,000.00 for Dutch Elm Disease and $294.11 for insect control) as provided for under Chapter 132 for the General Laws as amended by Chapter 657 Acts of 1956, and to be expended under the direction of the Moth Superintendent, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


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ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,334.15, this being the amount apportioned to Plainville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $23,000.00 for the carrying on of the different cate- gories of Welfare, made up approximately as follows:


General Welfare


2,500.00


Aid Dependent Children 1,000.00


Old Age Assistance


16,500.00


Disabled Persons


3,000.00


or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 or any other sum, for the purchase and in- stallation of street and traffic signs, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the treatment of tuberculosis patients having a legal settlement in this town as provided for by Chapter 270, Acts of 1952, repealing Chapter 562 of the Acts of 1951, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for Civilian Defense, or do or act in any man- ner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum to continue the new side- walk program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $4,000.00 or any other sum to continue the drainage program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer the sum of $11,000.00 for the purpose of completing


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Assessor's Map Program, which was started in 1959. The sum of $5,000.00 to be raised by taxation and $6,000.00 to be transferred from available funds, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept as a public way, the private way known as Eliza- beth Street, Greenmeadow Estates, a distance of 650 feet easterly from West Bacon Street or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to install two (2) street lights on Elizabeth Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to install one (1) street light on West Bacon Street at intersection of Elizabeth Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to install two (2) street lights for the Plainville Park Driveway, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to extend the instal- lation of water on Grove Street, between Bugbee and Brunner Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (Petition by M. Roland Keith.)


ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a station wagon type cruiser, four door, eight (8) cylinder, equipped with standard heater and all necessary identification for police cruiser, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer the sum of $850.00 for the purchase of World War II and Korean War Memorial Monuments, said monuments to be pur- chased and erected by the American Legion War Memorial Committee, on the property of John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, the American Legion, on each side of the World War I War Memorial Boulder, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


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ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XII of the Electrical By-Laws by striking it out in its entirety and inserting the following, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


WIRING DIVISION


ELECTRICAL WIRING


Section 1. Electrical Inspector, Appointment and Duties. The Board of Selectmen shall appoint an Inspector of Wires. The Inspector of Wires shall devote adequate time to the duties of his position to fulfill the requirements of this by-law. He shall be removed from office for cause, only, after a full hearing by the Board of Selectmen. Any violation of the provisions of any section of this by-law by the Inspector shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office, but he may be removed for other just causes.


The person chosen to fill the office of Inspector of Wires shall be a competent licensed electrician of good moral character, shall be possessed of such executive ability as is requisite for the performance of his duties and shall have a thorough knowledge of the standards and materials and methods used in the installation of electric wiring, elec- tric devices, appliances and equipment; shall be well versed in ap- proved methods of electrical construction for the safety of life and property, the statues of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to electrical work, the National Electrical Code as approved by the American Standards Association.


It shall be the duty of the Inspector to see that provisions of this by-law are enforced. He shall upon application grant permits for the installation or alteration of electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment and shall make inspections of all new electric installations and re-inspections of all electric installations, all as provided in this by-law. He shall keep complete records of all permits issued, inspec- tions and re-inspections made and other official work performed in accordance with this by-law.


The Inspector is empowered to employ after receiving the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen, any assistant inspectors and clerical assistants necessary for the proper conduct of his office and the in- spection and re-inspection of electric installations as provided for in this by-law. The salary of such assistants shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen.


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Section 2. Authority of Inspector. The Inspector shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any inspection, re- inspection or test of the installation of electric wiring, devices, appli- ances and equipment contained therein, and shall have the authority to cut or disconnect any wiring in cases of emergency where necessary for safety to life or property, or where such wire or pipe may interfere with the work of the fire department. The Inspector is hereby em- powered to disconnect or order the discontinuance of electrical service to any electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment found to be dangerous to life or property because they are defective or defectively installed until such wiring, devices, appliances and equipment and their installation have been made safe as directed by him. The Inspector is authorized to delegate any of his rights or duties to any of his assistants.


Section 3. Permits. No wiring, devices, appliances and equip- ment for the transmission or distribution of electricity for any purpose shall be installed within or on any building or structure nor shall any alterations or addition be made on any such existing wiring, devices, appliances or equipment without first securing a permit from the Inspector.


Application for such permit, describing the work to be done, shall be made on forms furnished by the Inspector, by the person, firm or corporation installing the work, and permit, when issued, shall be to such applicant. The application shall be accompanied by such plans, specifications and schedules as may be necessary to determine whether the installation as described will be in conformity with the require- ments of this by-law and if the applicant has complied with all the provisions of this by-law, a permit for such installation shall be issued; provided, however, that the issuance of the permit shall not be taken as permission to violate any of the requirements of this by-law.


The permit when issued shall be for such installation as is de- scribed in the application and no deviation shall be made from the installation as described without the written approval of the Inspector. No permit shall be required for minor repair work, for the replace- ment of lamps or for the connection of portable devices to suitable receptacles which have been permanently installed. The installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment installed by or for an elec- tric utility company for the use of such company in the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of electricity.


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Section 4. Annual Permits. Upon application therefor, annual permit shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more electricians for the installation and mainte- nance of electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment on premises owned or occupied by the applicant for the permit. The application shall be made in writing to the Inspector and shall contain a descrip- tion of the premises within which work is to be done under the permit. The person, firm or corporation to which an annual permit is issued shall keep a record of all electric wiring, devices, appliances and equip- ment installed under said permit and the Inspector shall have access to such record. Each annual permit shall expire on December 31st of the year in which it was issued.




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