Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1951, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


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TOWN OFFICERS


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Town of Plymouth


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1951


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Selectmen


James T. Frazier, Chairman Term Expires 1952


David Burgess Avery


Term Expires 1952


Sumner A. Chapman, Jr.


Term Expires 1952


Herbert H. Lanman


Term Expires 1952


George A. White


Term Expires 1952


Norman W. Gray, Clerk


Term Expires 1952


Town Clerk


Herbert K. Bartlett


Term Expires 1953


Lois M. Wood, Assistant Town Clerk .. Term Expires 1953


Town Treasurer


Herbert K. Bartlett


Term Expires 1953


Collector of Taxes


Harold W. Baker Term Expires 1953


Town Accountant


Cora B. Grady


Term Expires 1953


Assessors of Taxes


Robert A. Carr, Chairman Term Expires 1954


William H. Barrett Term Expires 1952


Carl W. Raymond Term Expires 1953


Superintendent of Schools Burr F. Jones


Overseers of Public Welfare


Harold G. Roberts, Chairman Term Expires 1952


Dexter M. Brooks Term Expires 1954


John J. Magee Term Expires 1952


Gordon S. McCosh Term Expires 1953


Margaret E. McLean


Term Expires 1953


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Water Commissioners


Edward R. Belcher, Chairman Term Expires 1952


Arthur Addyman


Term Expires 1954


Peter Billey Term Expires 1954


Richard T. Eldridge


Term Expires 1953


Daniel F. Mulcahy


Term Expires 1953


School Committee


E. Harold Donovan, Chairman Term Expires 1954


William H. Armstrong


Term Expires 1953


Signe L. J. Borghesani


Term Expires 1954


David A. Cappannari


Term Expires 1952


William E. Curtin


Term Expires 1952


Ralph C. Weaver


Term Expires 1953


Cemetery Commissioners and Burial Hill Committee


Arthur E. Blackmer, Chairman


Term Expires 1954


Richard T. Eldridge Term Expires 1952


John B. Finney Term Expires 1953


Agawam and Halfway Pond Herring Fisheries Committee


Emil C. Birnstein


Term Expires 1952


Frank O. Holman


Term Expires 1952


Arthur W. Lovell


Term Expires 1952


Park Commissioners


Arthur Sirrico, Chairman


Term Expires 1954


Edward J. E. Hand Term Expires 1952


John A. Siever Term Expires 1953


Planning Board


Walter H. Neaves


Term Expires 1952


Ellis W. Brewster


Term Expires 1953


A. Linwood Ellis


Term Expires 1954


James A. White Term Expires 1955


Amedeo V. Sgarzi


Term Expires 1956


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Board of Registrars


Enrico Ferrari, Chairman


Term Expires 1953


Walter R. Roberts


Term Expires 1952


Joseph R. Stefani


Term Expires 1954


Herbert K. Bartlett, Secretary


Term Expires 1953


Contributory Retirement Board


Russell P. Dearborn, Chairman


Term Expires 1953


Andrew J. Carr


Term Expires 1952


Cora B. Grady


Term Expires 1953


Committee on Inland Fisheries


Frank L. Bailey


Term Expires 1952


George L. Gooding


Term Expires 1952


Howard M. Douglas


Term Expires 1952


Field Drivers and Fence Viewers


Harold A. Boyer


Term Expires 1952


Robert S. Davis


Term Expires 1952


William LaRocque


Term Expires 1952


Committee on Town Forest


George L. Gooding


Term Expires 1954


John A. Kennedy Term Expires 1952


James A. White


Term Expires 1953


Constables


Russell P. Dearborn


Term Expires 1952


Robert M. Fogarty


Term Expires 1952


Leo M. Murphy


Term Expires 1952


Tree Warden


John A. Kennedy


Term Expires 1952


Public Safety Commission


Frank A. Mitchell, Chairman Term Expires 1954


Charles L. Bagnall Term Expires 1953


Leslie W. Maclean Term Expires 1952


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Advisory and Finance Committee


Robert M. Briggs, Chairman


Term Expires 1952


Anthony Caramello Term Expires 1952


Andrew J. Carr


Term Expires 1952


Warren R. Girard


Term Expires 1952


George S. Wild


Term Expires 1952


Lawrence Bongiovanni


Term Expires 1953


William H. Franks


Term Expires 1953


Alfred R. Meyer, Jr.


Term Expires 1953


Stanley D. Roberts (Resigned - October 16, 1951)


Richmond W. Talbot


Term Expires 1953


Antone Morgardo


Term Expires 1953


Paul W. Bittinger


Term Expires 1954


Alton S. Cavicchi


Term Expires 1954


Stanley Cheney


Term Expires 1954


Herbert R. Lotz (Deceased)


C. Harvey Moore


Term Expires 1954


Housing Authority


Thomas F. Quinn, Chairman Term Expires 1952


M. Herbert Craig


Term Expires 1954


Louis G. Giovanetti Term Expires 1955


H. Gordon McNeil


Term Expires 1952


Lawrence Stiles


Term Expires 1956


Zoning Board of Appeals


William Brewster, Chairman Term Expires 1953


Robert Bowler, Clerk Term Expires 1952


Neil McIntosh Term Expires 1954


(Alternates)


Amedio Barufaldi Term Expires 1953


Stanley D. Roberts (Resigned)


Harry R. Talbot Term Expires 1952


Moth Superintendent: John A. Kennedy. Chief of Fire Department: Everett B. Wood. Chief of Police: Russell P. Dearborn.


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Forest Fire Warden: Everett B. Wood. Superintendent of Streets: Elmer C. Chandler.


Superintendent of Water Dept .: Theodore Brink.


Committee on Sewers: Selectmen.


Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Ceme- teries: Howard L. Priestley.


Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery: Charles B. Howland.


Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery: Gordon S. McCosh.


Superintendent of Infirmary and Pound Keeper: Russell L. Dickson.


Town Counsel: Hugh R. Maraghy.


Town Engineer: Edward Chase.


Inspector of Animals: Frederick Bradley.


Inspector of Slaughtering: Frederick Bradley.


Inspectors of Plumbing: Michael D. Welsh, Andrew Rae.


Dog Officer: Louis Cappella.


Sexton: Paul H. Ziegengeist.


Sealer of Weights and Measures: Harold E. Giles.


Surveyor of Wood and Bark: Harold E. Giles.


Collector of Water Rates: Harold W. Baker.


Harbor Master: Elmer P. Boutin.


Beach Committee: Selectmen.


Caretaker of Veterans' Graves: John W. Martin.


Veterans' Burial Agent: Frank A. Vancini.


Director of Veterans' Services: Thomas F. Quinn.


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 24, 1951


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 2:00 o'clock, P.M.


Article two:


Voted: Mr. Amedeo V. Sgarzi, Moderator.


Article three:


Mr. Reubin Winokur reported for the Insurance Com- mittee, and it was voted: That the report of the Commit- tee on Insurance be accepted, and that the Board of Se- lectmen be directed to study the matter further, confer with all other departments involved, adopt a comprehen- sive insurance plan for the Town, the report of the Select- men on this matter be filed not later than December 1. 1951.


Mr. Joseph H. Nogueira reported for the Public Welfare Committee, and it was voted: That their report be ac- cepted and that this committee be continued for another year.


Mr. James A. White reported for the Old High School Survey Committee, and it was voted: That since the Board is unable to make a final report with definite rec- ommendations, that it be continued for another year.


Mr. Howard P. Barnes reported for the Committee on Representative Town Government and it was voted: That the study and authority of the committee be extend- ed for another year; to report on or before March 1952.


Mr. George C. P. Olsson reported for the Special Beach Park Committee and it was voted: That authority be given for the committee to be continued.


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Mr. Harold E. Giles reported for the Plumbing By- Laws Committee, and it was voted: That the committee be continued for another year to bring a revision of the plumbing by-laws before the Town.


Article four:


Voted: That the Town 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 beginning January 1, 1952, 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, Chap- ter 44, General Laws.


Article five:


Mr. Robert B. Bowler moved: That the Town amend Schedule A and Exhibit B of the Wage and Salary By- Law as recommended in the printed report of the Ad- visory and Finance Committee.


Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved to amend: That the Town take no action under Article 5, but the motion was lost.


The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article six:


Voted: That the salaries of elected town officers be set, as of January 1, 1951, as follows:


Chairman of Selectmen $800.00


Other Selectmen (each) 400.00


Chairman of Assessors


3,675.00


Other Assessors (each)


3,190.00


Town Clerk 2,455.00


Town Treasurer


2,455.00


Collector of Taxes


3,820.00


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Article seven:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,746,633.02 to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes, as listed in the printed recommenda- tions of the Advisory and Finance Committee.


Selectmen's Dept., Salaries


$7,132.00


Other Expenses


1,395.00


Personnel Board Expenses


100.00


Town Accountant, Salaries


5,404.00


Other Expenses


500.00


Treasurer's Dept., Salaries


4,250.50


Tax Title Expenses


200.00


Other Expenses


1,037.50


Tax Collector, Salaries


5,692.00


Other Expenses


2,043.50


Assessors' Dept., Salaries


14,265.28


Mileage and Travel


500.00


Other Expenses


992.00


Law Dept., Salaries


1,900.00


Other Expenses


100.00


Town Clerk's Dept., Salaries


4,250.50


Other Expenses


228.75


Town Engineer, Salaries


$1,870.00


Other Expenses


340.00


Planning Board Expenses


1,000.00


Election and Registration, Salaries


2,250.00


Other Expenses


1,556.75


Town House Maintenance, Salaries


2,731.00


Equipment


856.00


Other Expenses


2,077.00


O. H. S. Maintenance, Salaries


2,321.00


Repairs to O. A. A. Office


1,000.00


Other Expenses


1,765.00


Town Hall Maintenance, Salaries Fuel


5,715.00


2,000.00


Other Expenses


2,765.00


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Police Dept., Salaries


77,766.20


Officers Attending Police School


300.00


Repairs to Police Station


2,500.00


Other Expenses


6,250.00


Fire Dept., Salaries


85,827.00


Liability Insurance on Trucks


1,000.00


Out-of-State Travel


150.00


Other Expenses


8,025.00


Building Inspector, Salary


1,500.00


Other Expenses


500.00


Sealer W. & M., Salaries


1,900.00


Other Expenses


275.00


Insect Pest Control, Salary


2,274.00


Other Expenses


5,665.00


Tree Warden, Salary


1,507.00


Other Expenses


6,265.00


Forest Warden, Forest Fire Payrolls


2,100.00


Maintenance of South Street Station


415.00


Liability Insurance on Trucks


682.72


Other Expenses


1,610.00


Inland Fisheries, Expenses


300.00


Health Dept., Salaries


11,365.00


Other Expenses


14,416.00


Sewers, Expenses


6,224.00


Garbage Collection, Expenses


18,892.20


Street Cleaning, Expenses


2,460.00


Public Sanitaries, Salaries


3,512.50


State Pier Sanitary Repairs


400.00


Other Expenses


390.00


Roads and Bridges, Salaries


6,569.40


Other Expenses


44,445.88


Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets


6,248.00


Highway Construction and Reconstruction. .


14,590.00


Setting Boundary Stones


500.00


Sidewalks


7,463.00


Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbings


2,000.00


Snow and Ice Removal


10,000.00


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Street Sprinkling


1,500.00


Street Lighting


23,000.00


Traffic Lighting


400.00


Traffic Signs, Painting, etc.


3,512.00


Harbor Master, Salary


2,947.00


Other Expenses


435.00


Public Welfare, Salaries


7,322.33


Other Expenses


120,550.00


Town Infirmary, Salaries


3,685.30


Other Expenses


7,200.00


Aid to Dependent Children, Assistance


80,000.00


Old Age Assistance, Salaries


7,359.00


Administration


1,740.00


Assistance


282,000.00


Veterans' Services, Salaries


3,983.00


Other Expenses


275.00


Veterans' Benefits, Assistance


30,000.00


School Dept., Salaries


411,032.00


General Expenses


1,325.00


Expenses of Instruction


19,800.00


Tuition


4,676.00


Fuel and Light


16,000.00


Maintenance Bldgs. and Grounds


11,150.00


Furniture & Furnishings


2,650.00


Medical Inspection


1,450.00


Diplomas & Graduation


525.00


Athletic Fund


2,250.00


Transportation


28,900.00


Park Dept., Salaries


12,063.77


Other Expenses


17,962.00


Pensions for Town Laborers


1,032.20


Cont. Retirement System, Pension Fund


24,887.00


Expense Fund, Salaries


672.00


Other Expenses


200.00


Military Service Fund


51.09


Insurance of Town Property


7,350.00


Sexton


250.00


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Misc. Account, Salaries


477.00


Personal Damage Claims


1,000.00


Other Expenses 4,501.75


Water Dept., Maintenance, Salaries


22,378.40


Other Expenses


40,285.50


Emergency


2,500.00


Regular Construction


7,000.00


Air Compressor


650.00


I Beams Over Engine


900.00


Town Wharf, Maintenance


300.00


Town Forest


800.00


O. G. & V. H. Cemeteries, Salaries


7,030.00


Other Expenses


10,950.00


Fill for Addition to V. H. Cem.


1,000.00


Burial Hill


3,200.00


Outlying Cemeteries


2,500.00


Town Debt and Interest


66,500.00


$1,746,633.02


Article eight:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty-four dollars and twelve cents ($18,254.12), including the dog tax of $2,385.02, in aid of the Plymouth Public Library, $13,581.12 of which shall be for Salaries, retroactive to January 1, 1951, and $4,673.00 for Other Expenses.


Article nine:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand two hundred and eight dollars ($5,208) to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.


Article ten:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty - five dollars ($1,255) in aid of the Manomet Public Library.


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Article eleven:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the observance of Me- morial Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


Article twelve:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars ($850) for observance of July Fourth, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, $150 of this amount to be ex- pended for the sponsoring of children's sports.


Article thirteen:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) for the observ- ance of Armistice Day, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.


Article fourteen:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the observance of Thanksgiving Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


Article fifteen:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand nine hundred dollars ($3,900) for the employment of one or more district nurses, said ap- propriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


Article sixteen:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for the use of the


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Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Director.


On motion of James T. Frazier, Voted: That Robert B. Bowler be appointed Town Director of County Aid to Agriculture.


Article seventeen:


Mr. Robert B. Bowler moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of thirteen hundred dollars ($1,300) for compensation and expenses of the Dog Officer re- quired by Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1934, $1,000 of which shall be for Salary retroactive to January 1, 1951, and $300 for Other Expenses.


Mr. James T. Frazier moved to amend the motion by substituting the figure $1,600 for the figure $1,300 and the motion was carried.


The original motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article eighteen:


Voted: That the Town accept fourteen cemetery per- petual care funds, amounting to three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars ($3,950), received and deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank and the Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association in the year 1950 in ac- cordance with the usual votes of the Cemetery Commis- sioners and Selectmen, and listed as New Funds in the Town Report.


Article nineteen:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the Reserve Ac- count in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Com- mittee.


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Article twenty:


· Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $36,000 under the pro- visions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws for the im- provement of Rocky Hill Road, contributions from the State and County to be returned to the Excess and Deficiency Account.


Article twenty-one:


Mr. Robert B. Bowler moved: That the Town take no action under Article 21.


Mr. Thomas Quinn moved that the motion of the Fi- nance Committee be amended by substituting therefor the following: That the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant to Plymouth Memorial Post No. 1822, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the reversionary interest now held by the Town in the real estate owned by the said Post and described as follows: A parcel of land with the building thereon, said parcel containing 9,690 sq. ft. on the westerly side of Spring Street, in said Plymouth, being Lot 110 on Plat No. 19 of the Assessors' maps, bounded and described as follows: Southerly by land of Mary Kaplowitz and by land of Ruth E. Raymond, 158.6 feet; Westerly by land of William H. and Margaret L. Hall, 62.0 feet; Northerly by land of Dorothy M. John- son and by land of Lillian M. Thimas, 155.1 feet; and Easterly by Spring Street, 60.75 feet; provided that the Post will undertake to reconvey the same reversionary interest to the Town after having mortgaged the prop- erty. The motion was carried.


The original motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article twenty-two:


Voted: That the Town assume liability in the manner


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provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be per- formed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tide-waters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and to authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.


Article twenty-three:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $5,550, to be expend- ed by the Park Commissioners for moving the bathhouse and setting it up on the new location and that the Town further vote to authorize the Special Beach Park Com- mittee to work with the Park Commissioners in carrying out this project.


Article twenty-four:


Mr. Robert B. Bowler moved: That the Town refer this proposal to the Planning Board for further study.


Mr. Thomas Quinn moved that the motion of the Fi- nance Committee be amended by substituting therefor the following: That the Town, being fully aware of the contractual obligation imposed upon a local public body by the provision of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, which include, among other things (1) the approval of any redevelopment plan by the Town with appropriate finding: (a) that financial aid by the Federal Government is necessary; (b) that the redevelopment plans for the redevelopment areas in the Town will afford maxi- mum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of


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the Town as a whole, for the redevelopment of such areas by private enterprise, and (c) that the redevelopment plan conform to a general plan for the development of the Town as a whole; (2) the provisions for local grants- in-aid; and (3) the development of a feasible method for the relocation of families displaced from the project area, vote (1) to request the Administrator of the Hous- ing and Home Finance Agency to make a reservation for the Town of capital grant funds for purposes of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 in an amount not exceeding $124,740, and (2) to approve the filing of an ap- plication by the Plymouth Housing Authority for the preliminary advance of funds of $10,000 from the Hous- ing and Home Finance Administrator under Title I to make surveys and studies and preliminary plans for the redevelopment of the area substantially bounded by High, Market and Summer Streets. The motion was lost.


The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article twenty-five:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $23,000, of which $10,000 shall be appropriated from the Excess and De- ficiency Funds, for the fencing and landscaping of grounds for completing the equipment for the new Cold Spring School building being constructed by vote of the Town under Articles 63, 64, and 65 of the last annual Town Meeting.


Article twenty-six:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $2,500 for the pur- chase for school purposes from David A. Cappannari of a parcel of land on the south-westerly side of Union


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Street, containing 45,100 square feet and comprising Lot 160 of Plat 20 of the Assessors' Plans.


320 voting in the affirmative and 3 voting in the nega- tive, the motion was carried.


Article twenty-seven:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund a sum of $7,000 for making repairs and improvements in the Mt. Pleasant School building; said repairs to include: interior painting, refinishing floors in classrooms, installation of new fixtures in boys' toilets and other needed repairs.


Article twenty-eight:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund the sum of $4,000 for making repairs and improvements in the Oak Street School; said repairs to include: replacement of present furnace with oil burner, installation of new floors in classrooms and corridors, new fixtures in boys' toilets and other needed repairs.


Article twenty-nine:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $400 to be expended by the Highway Department for approximately 150' of chain link fence to enclose the corner of Bourne Street and Standish Avenue.


Article thirty:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $1,220.10 for the pur- chase of a new car for the school nurse and to dispose of the car now in use.


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Article thirty-one:


Mr. Robert B. Bowler moved: That the Town raise and appropriate or transfer from the Post-War Rehabilita- tion Fund the sum of $10,000, to be expended by the Manomet School Committee, to make further detailed study, consult with other architects and obtain plans, specifications and complete costs for an addition to the present school and also plans for a new school; said com- mittee to be directed to work with the Planning Board and, after consultation with the School Committee, to sub- mit a full report at a special Town Meeting to be held not later than October 1st of this year.


Mr. Howard Barnes moved to amend: That a com- mittee consisting of the committee appointed under Arti- cle 75 of the annual meeting in 1950, together with the Planning Board, be constituted the Manomet School Building Committee, and that this committee study fur- ther the need for providing additional school facilities in Manomet. If in the opinion of this committee such ad- ditional facilities are needed, then to make recommenda- tions for the kind of facilities which are needed, the site for the school or addition to the present school, procure architect's plans and estimates for the cost of the facili- ties and site, the sum of $5,000 to be appropriated or trans- ferred from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund for the use of this committee, the committee to make its report to the Town not later than October 1, 1951. The motion was lost.


The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article thirty-two:


Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 32.


Article thirty-three:


Voted: That the report of the Sewage Committee be


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accepted with thanks, and that the Town take no action under Article 33.


Article thirty-four:


Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 34.


Article thirty-five:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $830 for the purchase of an automobile equipped with Leese-Neville alternator for the Police Department and to dispose of one in service.


Article thirty-six:


Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 36.


Mr. Frazier moved to adjourn the meeting until Tues- day evening, March 27, 1951, at 7:30 P.M. and the motion was carried.


ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 27, 1951


Article thirty-seven:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $1,200 for the exten- sion of the sewer line in Knapp Terrace.


Article thirty-eight:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $1,200 for the ex- tension of the sewer line in Braunecker Road.


Article thirty-nine:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $950 for the purchase of sewer cleaning equipment for sewer lines for the High- way Department.


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Article forty:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $3,000 for the pur- chase of a 2-ton dump truck for the Highway Department and to dispose of one in service.


Article forty-one:


Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of $1,700 for painting the outside of the Memorial Building, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.




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