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Annual
REPORT
LE
ORC
UTH
COUNT
INCORPORATED
1956
MIDDLEBOROUGH FIRE ALARM BOXES
14 Permanent Men
63
Oak - Frank
15 Ladder Co.
64 Oak - North
1.6 Engine No. 4
71 Everett - Keith
23 Peirce - School
72 Railroad Station
24 Sproat - Pearl
73 Archer Court
25 North Main - Barrows
81
Town Hall
26 North - Myrtle
82
Junior High School
27 East Main - Star Avenue
83 Union Street School
28
Montello - North
84 School Street School
29 Shaw Home - Wareham
85 Forest Street School
31 Centre - Pearl
86
West Side School
32 Centre - School
87
Memorial High School
34
Centre - Main
121
Lakeville State Sanitorium
35
Benton - Wareham
131
Plymouth Shoe Company
36
Wareham - Barden Hill Road
141
Geo. E. Keith Company
37
Benton - Rock
146
Grove - near Japan Works
38
Wareham - Acorn
151
Warren Avenue
42
South Main - Courtland
212
NO SCHOOL
43 South Main - Rock
213
Squad Call Engine No. 2
44
Court End Ave. - Alden
251
Barnett Nursing Home
45
South Main - Grove
261
Corinne Parkway
47 Elm - Grove
262
School St. Extension
48
Oak - Southwick
271
.East Main - Winthrop Atkins
51
Centre - Carey
313 Squad Call Engine No. 3
52 Pearl - High
333 Squad Call Engine No. 1
53
Centre - Oak
351 Dean-Morris Shoe Co.
54
Everett Square
413 Engines No. 1 and No. 3
55
Vine - near Lumber Yard
451
Shadow Lawn Nursing Home St. Luke's Hospital
57 Everett - Frank
581 Alberts Shoe Company
58 Cambridge - Frank
631 Peirce St. - Winthrop Atkins
59 Sumner Ave. - Bartlett
666 American Legion
62 Forest - Arch
821
New Elementary School
7777 Civil Defense
Single Blows at 30 Second Intervals 6
Warden Call
2-2-2-2 Boy Scout Assembly
56 Centre - Lovell
531
252 School - near Barrows
46
West - Hillside Ave.
65 North - Nemasket
21 North Main - Near Library
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
Massachusetts
LEE
OR
UTH
UNTE HASS
GH Ko
INCORPORATED
For the Year Ending December 31
1956
CHRONICLE PRINTERS, NORTH ATTLEBORO
ORGANIZATION CHART
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ELECTORATE
Housing Authority
-
Planning Board
Finance Committee
Treas. and Collector
SELECTMEN
Assessors
Moderator
School Com.
TOWN MANAGER
Town Counsel
Town Clerk and Acct.
Park Comm
Tree Warden
Forest Warden
Insp. Wires
Dog Officer
Fire Dept.
Police Dept.
Registrars of Voters
Library Trustees
Sealer Wts and Meas.
Water Dept.
Gas and Elec. Dept.
Welfare Dept.
Highway Dept.
Health Dept.
Civil Defense
Sewer
Insp. Plumbing
Rubbish and Garbage
Clinics
Insp. Animals Slaughtering Milk
MIDDLEBOROUGH
Massachusetts
GENERAL INFORMATION AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TOWN
Elevation-100 feet above sea level Settled-1660
Incorporated as a Town-1669
Population 1955 Census-11,119 Valuation (exclusive of automobiles)-$12,125,955.00 Tax Rate-$70.00 per thousand
Area-68.1 square miles Number of Dwellings-2,882 Number of Manufacturers-15 Miles of Street-149 Municipally Owned-Water, Sewer, Gas, Electric Light Plants Motorized Police and Fire Departments Schools in Class A Municipally Owned-Swimming pool, tennis courts, playgrounds
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Photo Finishers
Varnishes
Fire Apparatus Shoes Calendars
Drug Sundries
Grain Elevator
Brass Goods
and thirty other products
THE CENTER OF THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY
LOCATED
35 Miles from Boston 22 Miles from New Bedford 30 Miles from Providence, R. I. On Route 44 to Plymouth and Route 28 to Cape Cod On Route 79 to Fall River and Route 18 to New Bedford On Route 44 to Taunton and Providence, R. I.
RAILROAD CENTER
Direct Rail Connections with
Cape Cod
Brockton
Direct Bus Connections with
Boston Providence
Fall River
Bridgewater
Plymouth
New Bedford
Taunton
Carver
Boston
Brockton
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WHERE TO CALL FOR SERVICE
Fire
250
Police
264
Ambulance
264
Aid to Dependent Children
Welfare Department 1027
Animal Inspection
Inspector of Animals 779
Bills and Accounts
Town Accountant
780
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk 780
Burial Permits
Health Officer or Town Manager 470
928
Business Certificates
Town Clerk 780
Civil Defense
Police Station
264
Death Certificates
Town Clerk 780
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk 780
Elections
Town Clerk
780
Employment
Town Manager
928
Entertainment Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Fuel Oil Storage
Fire Department
250
Garbage Collection
Health Department
470
or Town Manager
928
Health
Health Department
470
Library
Middleborough Public Library
613
Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Light and Power
Municipal Gas & Electric
Department 1371
Light and Power Bills
Municipal Gas & Electric Department
1371
Marriage Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Milk Inspection
Milk Inspector
779
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department
1027
Playground
Town Manager
928
Plumbing Permits
Plumbing Inspector
470
Purchasing
Town Manager
1200
Schools
School Department
81
Selectmen
Town Manager 928
Sewer Permits and Sewer Bills
Town Manager
928
Slaughtering Inspection
Inspector of Slaughtering
779
Veterans' Benefits
Agent
245
Street Maintenance
Highway Yard
724-W
Tax Assessments
Assessors
766
Tax Collections
Tax Collector
1745
Trees
Tree Warden
724-W
U. S. Selective Service
Town House
956
Voting and Registration
Registrars
780
Water
Water Department
90
Water Bills
Water Department 90
Weights and Measures
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90
Welfare
Welfare Department 1027
Wiring Permits
Inspector of Wiring
818
Town Manager's Office 928
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS 1956
Board of Selectmen
John A. Washburn Ralph E. Nourse Paul T. Anderson
Rhodolphus P. Alger, Chairman
Manuel J. Silvia
Term Expires 1959
Town Manager Edwin O. Wilson
School Committee
James M. Bonnar, Jr.
Walter J. D. McNeil
C. Trafton Mendall, Chairman
Robert L. Anderson
Eugene H. Savard
Walter D. Rudziak
Term Expires 1959
Superintendent of Schools Joseph C. Kunces
Planning Board
Robert Roht
*George Sampson *Robert B. LaForest Alton M. Kramer Ellsworth Standish
*Herbert Gibson
*Norman L. Massey
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1960
Term Expires 1961
Housing Authority
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959
Term Expires 1960
Finance Committee
Otto P. Becker Henry C. Humphreys
Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1957
James J. Mahoney, Chairman
Term Expires 1958
Raymond W. Curtis Addison Simmons
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1958
Charles P. Washburn
Term Expires 1959
C. Thacher Pardey
Term Expires 1959
* Part of year
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959
Ford Campbell Allan Hale *Adnah Harlow George A. Donner
*Edward J. Morrissey
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1958
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Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Ernest S. Pratt Ernest Standish Walter Bosworth
Oscar Stets Herbert Dodge Stephen J. Howe
Trustees of the Public Library
Joseph Riley Thomas H. Kelly
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1957
M. Ethel Washburn
Term Expires 1957
Helen N. Whitcomb
Term Expires 1958
Theodore N. Wood, President
Term Expires 1958
Thomas Weston
Term Expires 1958
Myra S. Shaw
Term Expires 1959
Ernest E. Thomas
Term Expires 1959
Horace Atkins
Term Expires 1959
Park Commissioners
Ralph B. Mendall
Bartlett H. Harrison
William N. Sheehy
Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1957
Superintendent of Park Joseph A. Masi
Registrars of Voters
George B. Purdon Sarah A. Sheehy, Chairman
Delena M. Gove
Term Expires 1959
Constables
William E. Gardiner
Clarence L. Shaw
Sheldon L. Phinney
Leo A. Quindley
Public Weighers
Ernest S. Pratt
Charles Carver Henry P. Smith Bettina Eaton
Winifred S. Carver Russell Buck Howard Lincoln
Chester Camandona
Bertram Braddock Lester Briggs
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
Term Expires 1957
Town Clerk Waldo S. Thomas
Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1958
Fence Viewers
Term Expires 1957
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Town Accountant
Waldo S. Thomas
Term Expires 1957
Treasurer and Collector
Chester L. Shaw
Term Expires 1958
Town Counsel
Allan Hale
Term Expires 1957
Welfare Agent Barbara D. Norvish
Trustee M.L.H.P. Luxury Fund Barbara D. Norvish
Health Dentist
Dr. Louis H. Fuller
Chief, Fire Department Bertram Tripp Health Officer *Miriam Campbell *Robert Cartmell
Chief, Police Department William E. Gardiner
Civil Defense *Kenneth Keedwell *Clayton H. Thomas
Veterans' Service Agent Louis Cole
Moth Superintendent Louis Forney
Superintdent of Streets Louis Forney
Forest Warden
Bertram Tripp
Tree Warden
Louis Forney
Inspector of Wires Emillio N. Niro
Sealer of Weights and Measures
*Frank A. Perry *Robert Spencer *Lorenzo C. Judge
Inspector of Animals, Milk, Slaughtering John Rebell
Inspector of Plumbing Dog Officer
Harry Rowe
Arthur F. Benson
Burial Agent Louis A. Cole
Keeper of Lock-up
William E. Gardiner
* Part of year
Agent for Care of Veterans' Field Driver and Pound Keeper William E. Gardiner
Graves Ernest E. Thomas
Agent of Liquor Establishments to Represent the Board William E. Gardiner
Mgr. Gas & Electric Dept. Stephen Horbal
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REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleborough, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The Town Manager herewith submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1956.
The Highway Department experienced a busy and eventful year in 1956. A series of snow storms, beginning on March 16th and con- tinuing until late on March 19th, left the Town of Middleborough in a snowbound condition requiring the use of bulldozers, road-graders, and other heavy equipment to break through snowdrifts and make roads passable. This created an added expense for the taxpayer and a heavy strain on snow plowing and removal equipment, the equal of which had not been experienced for years.
The collapse of the Vernon Street Bridge necessitated the closing of that street and an appeal to the Massachusetts Department of Public Works resulted in immediate action in rebuilding the bridge. This is a joint venture with the Towns of Middleborough and Bridge- water participating with the County of Plymouth and the Common- wealth, with an assist from Federal funds for flood control.
As a consequence of increased appropriations for road oils and materials a greater amount of road surface was treated and an attempt was made to equitably distribute the work over the various parts of Town. There were 14 streets, part or all of which were improved from gravel surface to penetration and seal surface, a distance of 14,145 feet.
Four streets were honed for a total distance of 14,805 feet, and 35 streets were involved in seal coating operations for a distance of 85,680 feet, making an aggregate of 114,630 feet of roads in Middle- borough having been resurfaced. The public parking lots were also resurfaced. In addition to this there were over 10 miles of highway resurfaced under the provisions of Chapter 90, which work was ac- complished with Town employees and equipment. Mayflower Avenue was also partially constructed and will be completed early in 1957.
A piece of property, formerly known as Thomas Brothers Garage, was purchased on Wareham Street for the purpose of providing hous- ing for our Highway Department equipment. This building is now in use by that Department and shared by the Welfare Department, which has been located in the office space attached. New equipment includes an automatic street sanding machine mounted on a used truck chassis and one new dump truck.
There has been very little turnover of personnel in this Depart- ment, thus giving us the advantage of experienced men and all credit for a year's work well done should be given to the Superintendent, Louis Forney, and his employees.
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There were no water main extensions this year, but extended services amounted to 4,526 feet. The demands for water are increasing at a gradual pace and it has become necessary for us to attempt to locate a new site for public water supply. Wells have been drilled and tests made in various locations but further study will be made in 1957 to determine the availability of underground supplies before a loction is definitely decided upon. For statistics on the operation of the Water Department, reference is made to the report of that Depart- ment.
A petition was received and passed through a Special Town Meet- ing for the purpose of extending the sewer lines in various streets in the center of town. In connection with the construction of this project, the recommendation was made and accepted that betterments be assessed against the landowning abuttors on these streets. This pro- vision is an equitable arrangement for the payment of the costs by those directly benefited, in a larger proportion than those taxpayers not directly benefited and may be the precedent by which all future sewer, water and street extensions, covered by the betterment statute, can be financed.
To relieve the volume of surface drainage water being passed through our Sewer Pumping Station, a plan has been adopted to con- struct a drainage system wherever possible when new highway con- struction is undertaken. The expense of processing plain water and the washing of sand from streets into our pumping mechanism will be eliminated and thus prolong the life of our sewer system.
This report presents an opportunity to express, for the records, my deep appreciation to the various department heads and employees for their very fine cooperation; to the members of the Board of Select- mn for the confidence they have shown in me and for their guidance in properly applying their new policies and established procedures; and to the townspeople who have been patient and understanding. And to those whom we have not satisfied, we pledge ourselves to at- tempt to do better in 1957 .
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN O. WILSON,
Town Manager
MARCH 19, 1956 SNOW STORM
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ANNUAL REPORT
General Government
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
January 16, 1956 With Its Adjournments
Article 1: To choose all necessary Town Officers, the following officers to be voted on one ballot, viz: a Moderator for one year, two Selectmen for three yars, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, two members of the Finance Committee for three years, one Treasurer and Collector for two years, one member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon for vote on the fore- going Articles and will not be closed before 8 o'clock P.M.
Meeting called to order at 11:45 A.M. by Warden West in Pct.
1, Moderator Clark in Pct. 2 and Warden Gillis in Precinct 3.
The polls were declared open at 12 Noon.
The following Election Officers were sworn in:
Precinct 1: Robert West, Georgianna Townsend, Doris Thorson, Inez Chandler, Mildred Teeling, Jessie Carver, Stella Fickert, Madeline Davis, Police Officer Rebell.
Precinct 2: W. G. L. Jacob, Laura Norris, Wilbur Fillmore, Alice Silvia, Esther Robidoux, Frank E. Minott, Jeannette Bigelow, Annie Healey, Louis J. Tessier, Helen Casey, Louise Cashon, Bertha Dunham, George Hathaway, J. Anita Gill, Juliette Correia, Elizabeth Devlin, William H. Crapo, Police Officer Gardiner.
Precinct 3: Walter H. Gillis, Perley W. Perham, Susan B. Brack- ett, Doris H. Warren, Alice M. Tripp, Esther D. Neelon, Euphemia C. Lincoln, Viola M. Cushman, Police Officer Pat- rick J. McMahon.
The result of the vote was as follows:
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
125
1209
131
1465
L. Francis Callan
5
5
Blanks
12
178
15
205
137
1387
151
1675
Treasurer and Collector
Chester L. Shaw
124
1241
132
1497
Blanks
13
146
19
178
137
1387
151
1675
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Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Rhodolphus P. Alger
65
608
106
779
Maurice S. Braga
16
254
13
283
Edward D. Powell
28
463
49
540
Manuel J. Silvia
49
924
86
1059
Robert W. Spencer
92
319
29
440
Blanks
24
206
19
249
274
2774
302
3350
School Committee
Walter D. Rudziak
68
845
91
1004
Eugene H. Savard
89
823
84
996
Caleb H. Thomas Blanks
37
360
51
448
274
2774
302
3350
Assessors
Winthrop L. Sturgis
51
757
68
876
Ralph S. Crane
78
562
72
712
Blanks
8
68
11
87
137
1387
151
1675
Finance Committee
C. Thacher Pardy
107
1087
113
1307
Charles P. Washburn
111
1149
118
1378
Blanks
56
538
71
665
274
2774
302
3350
Planning Board, 5 years
Ellsworth B. Standish
117
1095
116
1328
Charles E. Casey
2
2
Edgar Wilbur
1
1
Blanks
20
289
35
344
137
1387
151
1675
The result of the vote was announced at 10:00 P.M.
Article 2: To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the current year to appropriate the same and act anything in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
The following appropriations were voted :- _
General Government
Assessors
$7,865.50
Election and Registration
3,710.00
Finance Committee
300.00
Law Department
1,350.00
Moderator
50.00
Selectmen
2,220.00
Town Clerk and Accountant
7,659.50
Town Hall
8,467.00
Town Manager
10,246.00
Planning Board
200.00
Treasurer and Collector
17,559.00
Total General Government
$59,627.00
80
746
76
902
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Civil Defense
200.00
Total Civil Defense
200.00
Protection of Personal Property
Dog Officer
842.00
Fire Department
64,556.85
Forest Fire
1,950.00
Inspector of Wires
875.00
Insect and Pest Control
10,902.02
Police Department
57,140.20
Sealer Weights and Measures
1,290.00
Tree Warden
1,330.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
138,211.07
Health and Sanitation Health Department
26,992.08
Total Health and Sanitation
26,992.08
Highway Department
Highway Department
79,177.85
Total Highway Department
79,177.85
Public Welfare
Welfare Administration
11,870.00
Aid Dependent Children
35,000.00
Old Age Assistance
173,600.00
Disability Assistance
22,000.00
General Relief
20,200.00
Infirmary
20,140.65
Total Charities
282,810.65
Veterans Services
Veterans' Service Department
34,087.00
Total Veterans' Service
34,087.00
School Department School Department
513,119.76
Total School Department
513,119.76
Public Library Library Expenses
17,042.50
Total Library
17,042.50
Unclassified Unclassified
20,851.69
Total Unclassified
20,851.69
Pensions Pensions
22,484.10
Total Pensions
22,484.10
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Water Department Water Department
59,928.00
Total Water Department
59,928.00
Park Department Park Department
5,706.00
Total Park Department
5,706.00
Interest Municipal Indebtedness Interest 30,659.50
Total Int. Mun. Indebtedness
30,659.50
Municipal Indebtedness
Municipal Indebtedness
132,000.00
Total Mun. Indebtedness
Less State Reimbursement on New School Building 25,385.57
Net Total 106,614.43
Reserve Fund Reserve Fund
10,000.00
Total Reserve Fund 10,000.00
Under Interest on Municipal Indebtedness the sum of $200.00 was voted for Loan for the purchase of the new Town Garage, said sum to be raised by transfer from the surplus overlay account.
Voted that the salaries for the Assessors and the Treasurer and Collector be retroactive to January 1st.
An amendment was made to the School Department appropriation to add the sum of $18,000.00 to the teachers salaries account. This motion was lost.
Voted to transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from free cash for the use of the Assessors in the 1956 tax rate.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the Town, to appoint any committee or take any action relative thereto.
Article 4: Robert Howes submitted the following report :-
Report of the committee authorized by the Town Meeting of March 14, 1955 to study the needs of reconstructing the Star Mill Dam, the possibilities of improving the recreational facilities along the Nemasket River, and problems pertaining to alewife fishing in the Nemasket River.
The committee has met with representatives of the State Bureau of Marine Fisheries, the waterways Division of the Massachusetts De- partment of Public Works, The Plymouth County Commissioners, the town officials.
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The study was to cover five items as follows:
Item 1-To study the needs of reconstructing the Star Mill Dam so-called and the advisability of keeping the alewife fisheries in this or any other location.
The reconstruction of the dam at the Star Mill site would be an aid to the fishing pool and would provide a pond where the fish could rest but is not essential unless the fishing site is there. The dam at the Star Mill is not needed for flood control.
Continuation of the alewife fishing grounds at the Star Mill loca- tion means the reconstruction of the dam and the taking of adjacent land including a bridge which needs to be rebuilt. The financial outlay at this location for reconstruction and future maintenance would be far in excess of its completed value to the town.
Since the present dam is in poor repair it should be removed to eliminate the hazardous conditions which currently exist.
There are two sites adjacent to a public way which could be devel- oped as fishing sites: one at Muttock where Nemasket Street crosses the river and one at the fish ladder on Wareham Street. The Muttock site would necessitate the removal of part of the stone wall at the northwest corner, filling the area to the river with gravel, building a pier, and dredging a fishing pool with screens under the bridge to hold the fish in the pool. The Wareham Street site could be located either at the top or the bottom of the fish ladder. To reach a pool at the bottom would require leaving the public way. The spillway at the top of the fish ladder could be enlarged and a fishing pool constructed there. This would necessitate the taking of a part of the land currently used by Thomas Brothers.
Open stream fishing has proven undesirable in other communities and therefore is not recommended.
Item 2-To study the desirability of several fishing sites on the Nemasket with the relative cost and the advantages of each.
To obtain accurate cost estimates in a study of this kind is exceed- ingly difficult and, in view of problems which may affect the selection of a fishing site, no attempt has been made to investigate detailed costs. The most pressing of these problems is revealed in a recent survey by the engineers of the State Department of Public Works, Division of Riverways and inland waters, which discloses a definite need for improvements to the Wareham Street Dam near our Electric Light Plant. It is their belief that if we were suddenly to receive in our water shed a rainfall equal to that received last year by com- munities in the Western Massachusetts flood area our Electric Light Plant and adjacent roadway and dam would be endangered. A bigger, better, and quicker way of handling excess water at this point is definitely indicated. At a meeting of the Plymouth County Commis- sioners held on February 28, 1956, the County Engineer, Mr. Louis Perkins, was instructed to survey this roadway dam when the weather permits and report recommendations for changes to the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough.
Advantages of Wareham Street site: It is adjacent to an existing public way and it would consolidate all alewife activities in one area for easy maintenance. Should it be deemed advisable to reconstruct the Wareham Street Dam in the near future, a fishing site could be established in conjunction with the other work.
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Advantages of Star Mill site: It is the existing site but as men- tioned earlier in this report the cost is far in excess of its completed value.
Advantages of Muttock site: It is adjacent to an existing public way and is not located in a thickly settled area.
Since the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough and the Town of Lakeville have agreed not to sell fishing rights this year, due to the small run last year, it seems to the committee that action on a fishing site should not be taken until the course at Wareham Street has been decided.
Item 3-To study Middleborough's legal right to an even river flow during the herring season.
Enforcement of an even river flow during the herring season shall be obtained by and through the Director of Marine Fisheries under General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 130, Section 19.
Item 4-To study the possible agreements with the City of New Bedford on the fishing problems presented by an uneven flow of water in the Nemasket.
Since the right to insist upon an even river flow is granted to the Director of Marine Fisheries, there appears to be no need for any private agreement of the Town of Middleborough with the cities of New Bedford and Taunton.
Item 5-To take into account the possibilities of improving the upriver sites above the dam to facilitate recreational facilities as far as fishing and boating may be provided.
To assure enough water for boating would necessitate dredging channels in the river. In view of the present tax rate, it is felt that the expense of dredging channels for recreational purposes should not be considered at this time.
Rhodolphus P. Alger Robert F. Howes Albert T. Maddigan
Voted that the report be accepted as read and to thank the com- mittee.
Voted that a committee consisting of fifteen members be appointed by the Moderator. Such Committee to make all necessary plans for the proper observance of the 300th Anniversary for the Incorporation of the Town of Middleborough. Such Committee to report from time to time and to make its final report with recommendations and estimates of costs not later than the Annual Town Meeting 1967. In the case of disability, death or resignation of any member, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a new member by the remaining Com- mittee members. Motion Carried.
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