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ANNUAL REPORT
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Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
For the Year Ending December 31
1946
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In Memoriam
WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN Died November 23, 1946 Age: 79 years, 6 days
Dr. Grovestein was a Member of the Board of Health for over 35 years; and was appointed as the first School Physician in Scituate.
Quoting as a befitting testimony to Dr. Grovestein an excerpt from the eulogy pronounced by Rev. Creelman, Pastor, First Bap- tist Church, North Scituate, at Dr. Grovestein's memorial service- "Dr. Grovestein was the much beloved Physician of this town for years. Up and down the countryside he spent himself in the service of his profession for others."
HENRY T. COLE 1872 - 1946
Born in Scituate, and a direct descendant of the Mayflower settlers. He attended the local schools. For many years was active in business; conducted extensive farming activities. Much of his time was given to serving his native town. For several years he was Fire Engineer; and was elected to six terms as Highway Surveyor.
Mr. Cole was a Past Master of the Masonic Order, Satuit Lodge, Scituate.
In Memoriam
THOMAS FRANCIS HERNAN 1878 - 1946 Appointed as Registrar of Voters in 1926. Intensely interested in all things for the advancement of Scituate.
ERNEST FULLER LITCHFIELD 1862 - 1946
Park Commissioner 1927 - 1943 Loved his work - a splendid citizen.
ANTHONY J. BONGARZONE Died October 4, 1946 Age: 58 years, 3 months, 1 day
Mr. Borgarzone was a member of the regular Police Department for many years. He performed his official duties with honesty, courage and understanding. A splendid husband, father, and a good citizen.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
For the Year Ending December 31
1946
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SANDERSON BROTHERS NORTH ABINGTON, MASS.
DET. 917. 448
The detailed vote was as follows:
Moderator: Nathaniel Tilden, 1707; Blanks 503.
Selectman: Paul R. Harrigan 161; Williams B. James 721; John F. McCormack 46; Francis C. Mc- Lean 264; Philip L. Schuyler 301; William F. Slattery 665; Blanks 52.
Assessor:' W. Irving Lincoln 1722; Blanks 488.
Public Welfare: Wilmot M.
Brown 1573; Blanks 637.
Surveyor of Highways: Mat- thew L. Brown 1389; Cecil V. Craig 51; Leo S. Matthews 250; Wilfred C. Prouty 490; Blanks 30. Constables: Everett F. Camp- bell 1238; Charles B. Jensen 1320; Lawson C. Vickery 1490; Blanks 1582.
Water Commissioner: Walter S. Allen 750; Edward R. Gillis 531; Murray Snow 311; Paul F. Spencer 505; Blanks 113.
Park Commissioner: Luciano M. Conte 362; William G. De- Costa 212; Roy C. Merritt 1389; Blanks 247.
Park Commissioner to fill va- cancy: Everett F. Campbell 794; Robert F. Hall 885; Blanks 531.
Board of Health: Lloyd R. Jen- kins 130; George W. Murphy 455; Margaret J. O'Donnell 551; Clif- ford L. Ward, Jr. 1023; Blanks 51.
School Committee: William Apperson Gardner 473; John H. Powers 343; Samuel J. Tilden 1274; Blanks 120:
Planning Board for one year: Mark W. Murrill 1686; Blanks 524.
Planning Board for two years Clifford L. Ward 1607; Blanks 603.
Planning Board for three years Kenneth Mansfield 1446; Blanks 764.
Planning Board for four years Evan F. Bailey 1515; Blanks 695.
Planning Board for five years George R. Paul 1475; Blanks 735.
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1946
Town Clerk
Term Expires 1948
WILLIAM M. WADE
Town Treasurer
ROSE A. SMITH
1948
Selectmen
DENNIS H. SHEA, Chairman 1948
WILLIAMS B. JAMES 1947
W. IRVING LINCOLN 1949
Board of Public Welfare
WILMOT M. BROWN, Chairman 1947
FRANKLIN T. SHARP 1948
MERCY E. LeVANGE 1949
Assessors
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD, Chairman 1949
W. IRVING LINCOLN 1947
HENRY T. FITTS 1948
Town Collector
JOSEPH R. DILLON 1948
School Committee
THOMAS W. MACY, Chairman
1947
FRED T. WATERMAN 1948
EMMA L. DAMON 1949
Board of Health
WALTER L. ENOS, Chairman 1948
DR. WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN 1947
GEORGE H. OTIS 1949
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TOWN OF SCITUATE Incorporated 1636
Population January 1, 1944 - 4,837 Ninth Congressional District First Councillor District
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Second Plymouth Representative District Income Tax Division, Norfolk-Plymouth Distrist
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING First Monday in March
. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Second Monday in March
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TOWN OFFICERS
Highway Surveyor
MATTHEW L. BROWN 1947
Park Commissioners
F. EUGENIA BROWN, Chairman 1948
ROY C. MERRITT 1947
JOHN F. BURBANK 1949
Water Commissioners
RUSSELL J. WILDER, Chairman 1947
WILSON S. BROWN 1948
WILLIAM E. SHUTTLEWORTH 1949
Superintendent of Water Department WILLIAM J. LUMBERT
Constables
LAWSON C. VICKERY 1947
CHARLES B. JENSEN 1947
Advisory Board
WILLIAM F. SLATTERY, Chairman 1948
ALLEN W. BATES, Secretary 1949
RUTH BAILEY 1949
LEON R. OLIVER
1949
THOMAS R. STEARNS
1947
LOUIS J. ROULEAU
1948
NELS H. SANDBERG
1948
THEODORE STALK 1947
JOHN D. O'REILLY, JR.
1947
Planning Board
MARK W. MURRILL, Chairman 1947
CLIFFORD L. WARD, Secretary 1949
KENNETH MANSFIELD
1948
EVAN F. BAILEY 1947
GEORGE F. PAUL
1948
Tree Warden
JOHN W. FORD 1949
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TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Moderator
NATHANIEL TILDEN
Field Drivers
ERNEST M. DAMON PAUL V. QUINN
Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark RUSSELL L. FISH
Pound Keeper
AUGUSTUS L. ABBOTT
Town Director, Plymouth County Extension Service CHARLES L. MITCHELL
Fence Viewers
EBEN E. BEARCE JOSEPH N. MURPHY
TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
WILLIAM M. WADE
WALTER FLAHERTY DANIEL J. QUEENEY
BERTHA L. TURNER
Zoning Board of Appeals W. CLEVELAND COGSWELL, Chairman W. OTIS ANDREWS FRANK L. WESTERHOFF
Town Accountant
ELLEN ELIZABETH COLE
Chief of Police
MICHAEL E. STEWART
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TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Sergeant
WILLIAM F. KANE
Police Officers
W. FRANCIS MURPHY
ANTHONY BONGARZONE ( Deceased )
JOSEPH A. DWYER
FRED W. STANLEY
ERNEST M. DAMON
CHESTER E. STONE
BERTRAM STETSON
CARL E. CHESSIA
CHARLES B. JENSEN
JAMES E. O'CONNOR
DAVID W. O'HERN
CHARLES S. CONNOLLY
CHARLES H. SCHULTZ
F. MALBON CHASE
Special Officers - 90 Day Appointment. LAWSON C. VICKERY HENRY SMITH
Personnel of Fire Department
HOWARD H. COLE, Chief
RICHARD A. COLE, Captain
WILLARD L. LITCHFIELD, Captain
PHILIP A. LITTLEFIELD, Lieutenant
BARTHOLOMEW CURRAN
FRANK A. SAMPSON ROBERT C. S. TURNER
LAWRENCE WADE
ALBERT F. NEWCOMB
WALTER S. FOSTER
CHARLES CURRAN
ROBERT S. DWIGHT
FRANCIS W. STANLEY
Town Counsel
VERNON W. MARR
Forest Warden
HOWARD H. COLE
Superintendent of Moth Work JOHN W. FORD
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TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Building Inspector
LESTER D. HOBSON
Sealer of Weights and Measures
PAUL C. ADAMS
Inspector of Animals
CHARLES O. CHASE
Keeper of Lockup MICHAEL E. STEWART
Town Engineer JOHN E. BAMBER
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD, Assistant
Harbor Master, Custodian of Pier and Special Police Officer of Town Pier GEORGE F. DWYER
Custodian of Burial Ground HARRY M. LITCHFIELD
Temporary Clam Constable
KARL H. STENBECK
Custodian of Veterans' Graves ELMER F. RAMSDELL
Burial Agent
WILBUR A. CARTER
Mosquito Control ARTHUR C. WITHEM, Superisor
Inspector of Plumbing
PHILIP S. BAILEY
Director, Veterans' Service HERBERT R. DWYER
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TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Inspector of Milk
GEORGE H. OTIS
Inspector of Meat
WILLIAM J .MCAULIFFE
Dog Officer LAWSON C. VICKERY
Town Forest Committee JOHN W. FORD, Chairman
MARY E. CRESSY, Secretary
EMMA P. LITCHFIELD
APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Superintendent of Schools
HAROLD C. WINGATE Egypt
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN FOR 1946
To the Citizens of Scituate:
Scituate is in a sound financial condition in spite of the fact that in the last two years, in order to reduce the taxes the tax payers would have to pay, we have taken over $200,000 from our surplus funds.
Last year you received your tax bills in the amount of $34.40 per thousand; if we had no surplus to help, you would have paid $44.40, which was the real tax rate, based upon appropriations to cover the expenses of operating Scituate, minus our credits.
We will not be able to draw from the surplus account as heavily this year. At this writing it is at least $5.00 per thousand on our tax rate short of what it was last year.
From information we have received, relative to the appro- priations being asked by the various departments, Scituate is head- ed for a very high tax rate and all tax payers and voters should interest themselves to the extent of attending Town Meeting, arriving at the opening of the meeting and remaining until the close of same.
Everything that goes into the operation of a Town costs a great deal more now than it did a few years ago, yet the Select- men feel if all Departments would cooperate to the extent of keep- ing the expenses of their Departments down to the level of com- mon-sense figures, and the tax payers' ability to pay, an improve- ment in budgets might be made.
Article 4, which is the main budget for Town Officials, is the largest in the history of the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
DENNIS H. SHEA, Chairman, W. IRVING LINCOLN, WILLIAMS B. JAMES.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 4, 1946
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs held at the High School Auditorium in said Scituate on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1946, at 7 o'clock P. M .; order was. called by Moderator Nathaniel Tilden.
The warrant was read by Town Clerk William M. Wade.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk were: Thomas W. Macy, William H. McDonald, John T. Barry, John G. Vollmer and Edmund J. Corrigan.
ARTICLE 1
To choose all the necessary Town Officers. other than those elected by ballot, viz: Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark, two or more Field Drivers, one Pound Keeper.
VOTED: Measurer of Wood and Bark and Suveyor of Lumber, Russell L. Fish.
Field Drivers, Ernest M. Damon, Lawson C. Vickery.
Pound Keeper, Augustus L. Abbott.
ARTICLE 2
To hear the report of the Selectmen or other Town Officers and Standing Committees, and act thereon.
VOTED: To accept reports of Town Officers and Standing Committees as printed in Town Report. It was also voted to accept the oral report by Dennis H. Shea, Chairman of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 3
Will the Town vote to establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers, or act thereon.
VOTED: To establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers as follows:
Selectmen: Chairman $2,600.00 and legitimate expenses. Oth- er members $660.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Board of Public Welfare: Chairman $440.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $165.00 each and legitimate expenses.
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This sum shall include their charges for all services performed by them or either of them.
Assessors: Chairman $2,200.00 and legitimate expenses. Oth- er members $550.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Highway Surveyor: $3,120.00.
Town Collector: $2,662.00 and legitimate expenses. All de- mand fees to accrue to the Town.
Town Treasurer: $2,420.00.
Tree Warden: $330.00.
Town Clerk: $1,452.00 and legitimate expenses.
Board of Health: Divided as follows: Secretary $550.00 and legitimate expenses. Other two members $385.00 each and legi- timate expenses. This sum shall include their charges for all services performed by them or either of them, other than the in- spection of meat, plumbing or cattle.
Park Commissioners: Each member be paid the same amount per hour for work actually performed as is paid laborers in the Highway Department.
Water Commissioners: $180.00 each and legitimate expenses, to be taken from the Water Department budget.
Moderator: Per annum $110.00.
ARICLE 4
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, such sums of money as may be necessary to defray expenses estimated for the year 1946 and make appropriations for the following Departments:
Selectmen:
Services and Expenses $ 5,570.40
Legal Counsel 1,400.00
Engineering 5,000.00
Town Hall 1,700.00
Public Buildings under control of Selectmen
1,500.00
Civic Center Grounds under control of Selectmen 275.00
Street Lighting, Traffic Beacons
12,100.00
Sign Boards 900.00
Soldiers' Benefits
7,000.00
Memorial Day
1,500.00
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Armistice Day
600.00
Town Meetings, Registration and Elections
2.250.00
Unclassified
2,700.00
Insurance
3,400.00
Town Ambulance Maintenance
600.00
Interest, except on Water Loans
400.00
Interest on Water Loans
15,596.25
Reduction on Debt on Water Loans
33,000.00
Certification of Notes
10.00
Bounties
150.00
Libraries, Allen Memorial
1.500.00
Peirce Memorial
1,500.00
Mosquito Control
3,000.00
Annuity (Ch. 32, Sec. 89 General Laws as amended
1.200.00
Board of Public Welfare:
Aid to Dependent Children
7.000.00
Administrative Expense
250.00
Old Age Assistance
30,000.00
Administrative Expense
1,000.00
Public Welfare
7.000.00
Assessors' Department :
Services and Expenses
5.650.00
Collector's · Department :
Services and Expenses
7.015.00
Treasurer's Department :
Services and Expenses
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3,241.50
Accountant's Department :
Services and Expenses
2,654.50
Town Clerk's Department:
Services and Expenses
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2.254.00
Highway Department:
General: Care of Roads, Sidewalks, Maintenance and Repair of Bridges
101.886.00
Snow Removal 25,000.00
School Department 129,870.00
Police Department
32.866.60
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Fire Department
42.863.60
Forest Fires 2.170.00
Health Department
19.494.00
Water Department: Maintenance and Operation 54.115.02
Park Department
8.000.00
Tree Warden's Department :
General: Moth Extermination
5.500.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1.100.00
Tree · Warden 2.750.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
556.20
Advisory Board
300.00
Planning Board
500.00
Public Landings
3,267.00
Plymouth County Hospital
County Tax
State Tax
VOTED: To raise and appropriate:
Selectmen's Services and Expenses
S 5.570.40
Legal Counsel
1.400.00
Engineering
5.000.00
Town Hall
1.700.00
Public Buildings under control of Selectmen
1,500.00
Civic Center Grounds under control of Selectmen
275.00
Street Lighting, Traffic Beacons
12.100.00
Sign Boards
900.00
Soldiers' Benefits
7.000.00
Memorial Day
1,500.00
Armistice Day
600.00
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations
2.250.00
Unclassified
2.700.00
Insurance
3.400.00
Town Ambulance Maintenance
600.00
Interest, except on Water Loans
400.00
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Interest on Water Loans
15,596.25
Reduction of debt on Water Loans
33,000.00
Certification of Notes 10.00
Bounties 150.00
Libraries :
Allen Memorial 1,500.00
Peirce Memorial 1,500.00
Mosquito Control 3,000.00
Annuity (Ch. 32, Sec. 89 General Laws as amended)
1,200.00
Board of Public Welfare:
Aid to Dependent Children ......
7,000.00
Administrative Expense 250.00
Old Age Assistance
Voted to raise and apropriate $10,000.00 and to transfer $20,000.00 from the Excess and De- ficiency Account.
Administrative Expense 1,000.00
Public Welfare 7,000.00
Assessors' Department, Services and Expenses 5,650.00
Collector's Department, Services and Expenses 7,015.00
Treasurer's Department, Services and Expenses 3,241.50
Accountant's Department, Services and Expenses 2,654.50
Town Clerk's Department, Services and Expenses 2,254.00
Highway Department: General: Care of Roads, Side- walks, Maintenance and Repair of Bridges. Voted to raise and appropriate $41,886.00 and to transfer $60,000.000 from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Snow Removal 25,000.00
School Department :
Voted to raise and apropriate $94,870.00 and to transfer $35,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
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Police Department
32,866.60
Fire Department 42,863.60
Forest Fires 2,170.00
Health Department
19,494.00
Water Department: Maintenance and Operation
54,115.02
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $54,115.02 for the purpose of operation and maintenance of the Water Department, in- cluding salaries, labor, supplies, pipe, fittings, pow- er, equipment, source of supplies, extensions, and authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to contract for water purchase and any and all oth- er expenditures necessary to provide and main- tain a potable supply of water for the Town of Scituate. Unanimous vote.
Park Department
8,000.00
Tree Warden's Department :
General: Moth Extermination
5,500.00
Elm Tree Beetle 1,100.00
Tree Warden 2,750.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
556.20
Advisory Committee 1
300.00
Planning Board
500.00
Public Landings
2,327.00
Plymouth County Hospital
9,284.01
County Tax .........
State Tax
ARTICLE 5
To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen, or act thereon.
No reports submitted.
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ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Wel- fare to contract at their discretion for support of the Town's poor, or act thereon.
VOTED: Yes. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the Town will 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, 1947 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.
VOTED: That the Town do 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, begin- ning January 1, 1947, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able 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. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 8
Will the Town vote to have all the income from the Water Department paid to the Town Treasurer, and estimated receipts used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the current year?
VOTED: That all the income of the Water Department be turned over to the Town Treasurer to be used as general taxation, and the Assessors be instructed to use the estimated receipts as a basis in fixing the tax rate for the current year. Estimated receipts $57,056.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 9
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10.000.00 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available funds, or act thereon?
VOTED: To transfer the sum of $10,000.00 to the Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus Fund.
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ARTICLE 10
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to meet foreclosure costs on tax titles, or act thereon ?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $400.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 11
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for channel markings and regulations of the usage of the North River from Humarock Beach to the Sea, same to be in conjunction with like control by the Town of Marshfield, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $75.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 12
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $60.00 for payment of dues for a yearly membership in the Maritime Divi- sion of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, or act thercon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $60.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to cover cost of supervision and control of the clam flats within the Town of Scituate, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $500.00. Unaniinous vote.
ARTICLE 14
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shellfish and sea worms within the borders of the Town of Scit- uate and such other authority as is provided in Sec. 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, or take action in relation thereto.
VOTED: To so authorize the Selectmen. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 15
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,000.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 16
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the proceeds of the Dog Fund received from the County to Libraries and that the amount be equally divided between the Peirce Memorial at North Scituate and the Allen Memorial at Scituate, or act thereon.
Selectmen
VOTED: Yes. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 17
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the maintenance and care of the Old Cemetery on Cudworth Road, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $150.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 18
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the care of soldiers' neglected graves in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 115 (Ter. Ed.), or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $700.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 19
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the purpose of providing quarters for the Satuit Post 3169, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40 (Ter. Ed.) Section 9, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $350.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 20
Will the Town vote to amend the Town's By-Laws for the sale of real estate to read: The Selectmen are authorized to sell after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by publication one of more times at least one week before the sale in a newspaper published in the County of Plymouth and by posting in four public places in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale. property taken by the Town under tax title procedure provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
VOTED: To so amend. Unanimous vote. Approved April 2, 1946 by Clarence A. Barnes, Attorney General.
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ARTICLE 21
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $100.00 for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director as pro- vided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $100.00. Ruth M. Meyers, Director.
ARTICLE 22
Will the Town vote to authorize the Board of Water Coul- missioners, to take by eminent domain, under G. L. ch. 79 or 80 A, or otherwise acquire and hold as a source of water supply, with the advice and consent of the Department of Public Health, the land owned by Marion E.Brown and Wilson S. Brown, as shown on plan entitled "Brown's Orchard," on file with the Town Clerk, and raise and appropriate $300.00 therefor?
VOTED: To lay on table.
ARTICLE 23
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be used in conjunction with such sums of money as may be allotted by the Department of Public Works of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts and County of Plymouth, or either one of them, for the continuation of new construction on Gannett Road under Chapter 90, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $5,000.00.
ARTICLE 24
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200.00 for a new water-proof surface and the installation of proper drainage on the tennis courts at the North Scituate Play- grounds in order that the courts may be flooded in the Winter for skating, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 25
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of S775.00 for the purchase of a power cross-cut tree saw, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 26
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the cutting of bushes along the roadside, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,000.00.
ARTICLE 27
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the maintenance and improvement of the Town For- ests, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $500.00.
ARTICLE 28
Will the Town vote to abolish the present Planning Board upon the establishment, election, and taking office of a Planning Board of five members under Section 81 A to J of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, the said new Planning Board being created here- under and to be elected at the next Annual Town Meeting in 1947. One member for one year, one for two years, one for three, one for four and one for five years.
VOTED: To abolish the present Planning Board upon the establishment, election and taking office of a Planning Board of five members, under Section 81 A to J of Chapter 41 of the Gen- eral Laws, the said new Planning Board being created hereunder and to be elected at the next Annual Town Meeting in 1947, one member for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years. Unanimous vote.
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