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William T. Whedon had seven hundred and seventeen (717) elected; sworn by town clerk. Scattering five (5). Blank one thousand and eighty-six (1086) elected; sworn by town clerk.
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To Fill Vacancy, Two Years.
A. Agnes Curtin had eight hundred and forty-one (841) elected; sworn by town clerk.
Scattering one (1). Blank four hundred and forty-six (446).
Licenses.
Yes, three hundred and three (303).
No, seven hundred and eighty-five (785).
Blank, two hundred (200).
Surveyors of Lumber.
H. Frank Walker, elected; sworn by town clerk. Milton H. Howard, elected; sworn by town clerk. Aaron L. Goodwin, elected; sworn by town clerk.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Daniel E. Callahan, elected; sworn by town clerk. Eugene M. Murphy, elected; sworn by town clerk. Marcus M. Alden, elected; sworn by town clerk. Harvey L. Boyden, elected; sworn by town clerk. Horatio H. Alden, elected; sworn by town clerk. L. Herman Beaver, elected; sworn by town clerk.
Public Weighers.
John Conley, L. H. Beaver, J. A. Hartshorn, L. M. Newman, J. E. Plimpton, A. G. Gauderer, Herbert F. Bonney, Cornelius M. Murphy, Horatio H. Alden, George Newman, Ernest L. Morse, George W. Page, Bernard Donnell, Henry M. Caldwell, and William F. Griffin; all sworn by the town clerk.
Field Drivers.
Cornelius Colbert.
Pound Keeper.
Michael Flynn.
Fence Viewers.
George F. Bagley, elected; sworn by town clerk. H. Frank Walker, elected; sworn by town clerk.
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Appropriation Committee.
Albin K. Parker, Dr. F. H. Nutting, Daniel J. Collins, F. M. Douglass, Frank A. Fales, Eugene M. Sullivan, Ernest H. Grant, John Kyne, Alfred Atwood, Milton H. Howard, Fred L. Fisher, Robert J. Parrock, John P. Riley, Charles W. Rich and John E. Lewis.
Article 2. Reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Report of Committee of Three.
Appointed to carry out the Vote of the Town on Articles 6 and 8 of Special Town Meeting held December 20, 1912.
Norwood, Mass., Feb. 26, 1913.
As a Committee of Three, appointed to carry out the vote of the Town on Articles 6 and 8 of Special Town Meeting, held Dec. 20, 1912, we herewith submit our report to the Town of our investigations with recommendations to the town for further consideration.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to remodel the wooden building on the westerly side of Market street, situated on land adjoining that owned by the Town of Norwood, and make it suitable for use by the Town for an office building for its officials if, and when the Town purchases said property, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
On the above article it was voted as follows:
Voted, That the house known as the Savage House, be made suitable for Town offices at a cost not exceeding $1,600.00, and that the sum of $1,600 be borrowed, to be raised by taxation in 1913 for said purpose, and that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to carry out this work, and it was further moved and carried that this sum appropriated under Article six be available for the purpose until expended.
The Committee have considered this Savage House very carefully with reference to making alterations and repairs which
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would be necessary to change this house into a suitable office building, and have obtained figures for doing this work, and beg to report that, owing to the age, construction, and condition of the building, in their best belief it is not suited for this work and to put it in condition so that it would serve only as a tem- porary office building the cost for alterations and repairs would be much in excess of the amount appropriated by the Town.
It would be practically impossible to lay out this house as an office building without completely tearing out the interior of the house to rearrange the offices advantageously.
We therefore submit this report to the Town for further con- sideration, and give you further on in this report, suggestions for your consideration, regarding the possibilities and expense for changing the old engine building, situated next to the Savage House on Market Street, into an office building.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to fit up for Police Head- quarters the building on Market Street now used for a town lockup, upon its abandonment by the town as a lock-up, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
The Town voted on this Article eight as follows:
Voted, That six portable cells, including those now owned, and suitable partitions and doors be installed in the basement of the firehouse, and that the sum of $1,500.00 be borrowed, to be raised by taxation in 1913, and appropriated for said purpose, and that a committee of three be appointed to carry out this vote, and said appropriation shall remain available until work is completed.
The Committee have carefully considered Article eight and the vote taken under the same, and inasmuch as there seems to be some misunderstanding with reference to the article and the vote taken under the same, the Committee have done nothing on this matter except to investigate the possibilities of placing a lockup in the basement of the firehouse, and beg to make the following report:
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That the alterations necessary to place this lock-up in the basement of the firehouse and make it sanitary and to comply with the requirements of the State Board of Health regarding light, heat and ventilation, would make an expense of much more than the amount appropriated.
. Furthermore, the law requires that no lockups shall be built hereafter until the State Board of Health has approved, in writing, the plans, provisions for lighting, heating and ventila- tion, and the disposal of sewerage, and also the dimensions and form of construction of the cells, and in investigating the station houses that have been examined by the State Inspectors of Health and their reports which they have made regarding the same, it is extremely doubtful whether they would approve a plan for putting the lockup in the basement of this firehouse without a great many changes being made in the construction of the building to provide adequate ventilation, light, and sani- tation which would make it very expensive. The Committee, therefore, have done nothing except investigate under this Article eight, and make this report back to the Town for their further consideration. We also give you, further on, some sug- gestions for your consideration as to the possibilities of making over the present lock-up satisfactory to the State Board of Health.
Suggestions Offered by Committee on Old Firehouse.
This building, we believe, is very much better adapted for an office building than any available town property at the present time, and we believe can be made into a satisfactory office build- ing at a small amount of expense. We submit, herewith, a plan of this building showing alterations which could be made to the old firehouse, with approximate dimensions and estimated expense for doing the same.
At the present time the lower part of this building is used by the Water Board for a workshop, and in a lean-to attached to the building the horse belonging to the Water Department is
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kept. In order to make conditions sanitary this horse should not be kept on this property, and there is ample room for this horse in the new fire engine house on Market street, unoccupied at the present time. To illustrate the possibilities of this firehouse we have numbered the proposed rooms in this build- ing and suggest the purposes for which these rooms could be used, and have suggested the offices which could be installed in the various rooms suggested in this building.
First Floor.
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Office No. 1, could be used by the School Committee and Superintendent of Schools.
Office No. 2, could be used by the Town Clerk, who is also Sealer of Weights and Measures, and could also be used by the
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Town Treasurer if necessary. At the present time the Town Treasurer does not require office room in any of the town build- ings for his office.
Office No. 3, could be used by the Water Department for their workroom, as at present, allowing them the lean-to now occu- pied as a stable for further workroom, and the horse could be removed to the new engine house where there is ample room for it.
No. 4. This is a small room which could be provided in the base of the present tower which would be amply large for toilets.
Nos. 5 and 6, represent a small addition which it would be necessary to build onto the building to accommodate the heat- ing plant, which at the present time is located in Office No. 3.
No. 5, could be occupied as the boiler room and No. 6 as the coal bin.
Second Floor.
No. 7, could be used as an office for the Town Accountant and the Board of Assessors.
No. 8, could be used as an office by the Water Commissioners and Sewer Commissioners and the Board of Selectmen.
No. 9, could be used as an office by the Building Inspector.
No. 10, is a new room which could be built in the present tower which could be used as an office for the Tax Collector.
The above suggestions make office room for practically all the Town Officers, and the building is constructed in such a manner that it makes it especially adapted for this purpose. The expense of removing the windows and large doors and pro- viding proper windows and doors with necessary partitions, lighting and other necessary changes, including the construc- tion of the small boiler room and coal bin, would amount to about $750.00.
The expense for toilet facilities and plumbing as suggested in this plan would be in the vicinity of $100.
The heating plant in this building is not sufficient to properly
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heat the building, and a proper heating plant with necessary piping for heating this building and also the lock-up (which the
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Committee will give you recommendations regarding, further on), together with all connections, would cost approximately $600.
Suggestions Offered by Committee on Lock-up as a Lock-up.
The Committee offers the following suggestions: That the present lock-up is of sufficient size to make it possible to con- tinue using this as a lock-up. The changes would consist of putting a new cement floor into the rear portion of the lock-up which is now not used as a lock-up, and installing in there six portable cells, making necessary changes by closing up the large
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windows and putting smaller ones above them for ventilation and light. The heating facilities at present are by stove. As suggested above, this could be heated by being attached to the heating plant of the proposed Town Office Building. The front room, now occupied by two portable cells could be used for the installation of a padded cell, or for the emergency work of the police department.
We believe that this building could be made perfectly sani- tary and those changes can be made for approximately the following sums: Cement floor, necessary carpenter work, etc., about $250:00; cost and installation of four new cells, about $400.00.
Suggestions by Committee on Offices for Police Department.
In the new engine house on Market street there are three large rooms on the second floor that are now occupied; one for the office of the chief of the Fire Department, and the other two for the use of the firemen for engine meetings. These rooms are used so seldom that the Committee suggests that suitable headquarters could be provided there, at practically no expense, for the private office of the Chief of Police and a general office for the Police Department.
The Committee suggests further that in the event of the Town voting to place the Town Offices in the old firehouse that the Savage house and the other small house on the Town prop- erty there, be sold and moved off the property, which would make a decided improvement in the appearance of the remain- ing property.
JAMES A. HARTSHORN, Chairman, PATRICK J. LYDON, ARTHUR M. PARTRIDGE,
Committee. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn,
Voted, That the report as printed be accepted.
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Art. 3. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn,
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority of them, to borrow, during the municipal year beginning February 1st, A.D. 1913 in anticipation of the collection of taxes for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the town but not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, giving the notes of the town, therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof; all debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 4. On motion by Mr. James E. Pendergast,
Voted, That the Collector of Taxes be and hereby is authorized to use the same means as a town treasurer may use when acting as collector.
Art. 5. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn,
Voted, That Articles 5 and 6 be referred to Committee of Fifteen.
Art. 7. On motion by Mr. James E. Pendergast,
Voted, That all taxes assessed for the year 1913, except taxes by omitted assessments, shall be paid on or before November 1st, 1913, and that all taxes assessed as omitted assessments shall be paid on or before January 10th, 1914; that after each of said dates on all taxes assessed for said year remaining unpaid, in- terest shall be paid at the rate of 6 per centum a year until the date of payment, and such interest shall be added to and be a part of such taxes.
No Article 8.
Art. 9. On motion by Mr. James E. Pendergast,
Voted, That all sidewalk assessments shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from the 30th day after such
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assessments become due until paid in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 10. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn,
Voted, That Articles 10 to 47 inclusive be referred to Com- mittee of Fifteen.
Adjourned to April 7, 1913.
· All articles having been acted upon or referred to the Com- mittee of Fifteen, on motion by Town Clerk,
Voted, That this meeting stands adjourned to the first Mon- day in April (April 7th, 1913), in Everett Hall, at eight o'clock in the evening. Adjourned.
Attest:
JOHN F. KILEY, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. March 3rd, 1913 to April 7th, 1913.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Pursuant to adjournment the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections, met in Everett Hall in said town, on Monday, April 7th, A.D. 1913, and Section three of Article one, of the By-laws having been complied with were called to order by the moderator, at eight o'clock in the evening.
' Voted: That the articles referred to Committee of Fifteen be now taken up.
Art. 5. On motion by Mr. Albin K. Parker.
Voted: That the sum of two thousand, eighteen dollars and ninety-seven cents ($2,018.97), being the amount received as
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excise tax from the street railway companies during the year 1912, be appropriated from the treasury for the repairs and maintenance of the public ways and the removal of snow there- from, within the town, said sum to be in addition to that otherwise appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 6. On motion by Mr. Albin K. Parker.
Voted: That the sum of six hundred ninety-five dollars and seventy-nine cents ($695.79) being the amount received for dog licenses for the year 1912, be appropriated from the treasury for the support of the Morrill Memorial Library, same to be in addition to the amount raised and appropriated under Article 10.
Art. 10, Sec. 1. On motion by Mr. Albin K. Parker.
Voted: That the sum of two thousand (2000) dollars be raised and appropriated for the abatement of taxes.
Sec. 2. Voted: That the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be raised and appropriated for the expense incurred by the Appropriation Committee.
Highways.
Sec. 3. Voted: That the sum of sixteen hundred (1600) dollars be raised and appropriated for the following purposes: salaries Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors : of Highways, twelve hundred (1200) dollars; incidentals, four hundred (400) dollars.
Town Accountant and Bookkeeper.
Sec. 4. Voted: That the sum of thirteen hundred (1300) dollars be raised and appropriated for the salary of the Town Accountant and Town Bookkeeper; and that the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be raised and appropriated for incidental expense of said offices.
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Treasurer.
Sec. 5. Voted: That the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars be raised and appropriated under this section; and that the salary of the Treasurer be increased one hundred (100) dollars, making the salary of said office five hundred (500) dollars; and that the balance of two hundred fifty (250) dollars be for incidental expense, including the premium on suretyship bond.
Collector of Taxes.
Sec. 6. Voted: That the sum of eleven hundred (1100) dollars be raised and appropriated under this section; that the salary of the Collector of Taxes be increased from five hundred (500) dollars to seven hundred (700) dollars; and that the bal- ance of four hundred (400) dollars be appropriated for incidental expense, including premium on suretyship bond.
Assessors.
Sec. 7. Voted: That the sum of fifteen hundred fifty (1550) dollars be raised and appropriated under this section, viz., nine hundred (900) dollars being for salaries, and six hundred fifty (650) dollars for incidental expense.
Assessors' Plans.
Sec. 8. Voted: That the sum of fifteen hundred (1500) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of further extending the survey of the town, and providing maps and books for the use of the Assessors.
Certification of Notes and Bonds.
Sec. 9. Voted: On motion by Mr. Eugene M. Sullivan. That the sum of one hundred seventy (170) dollars be raised and appropriated to meet the expense of the certifying of bonds and notes for the current fiscal year.
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Town Clerk.
Sec. 10. Voted: That the sum of ten hundred fifty (1050) dollars be raised and appropriated under this section; three hundred (300) dollars being for salary of the Town Clerk, and seven hundred fifty (750) dollars being for incidental expense, including the payment of unpaid bills for the year ending Jan- uary 31st, 1913, amounting to $351.25.
Law.
Sec. 11. Voted: That the sum of nine hundred (900) dollars be raised and appropriated under this section; six hundred (600) being for salary of Town Counsel and three hundred (300) dol- lars for incidental expense.
Election and Registration.
Sec. 12. Voted: That the following amounts be raised and appropriated for the purpose of Election and Registration: Salaries of the Board of Registrars, three hundred (300) dollars, incidental expense, six hundred (600) dollars.
Town Offices and Municipal Buildings.
Sec. 13. Voted: That the sum of six hundred (600) dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of the town offices.
Police Department.
Sec. 14. Voted: That the sum of sixty-three hundred (6300) dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of the Police Department, including the prosecution of illegal sale of liquor and fees in the District Court, and that the chief of police be instructed that the laws with reference to Sunday observ- ance be carried out throughout all sections of the town without favor or discrimination.
Fire Department.
Sec. 15. Voted: That the sum of fifty-one hundred (5100) dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of the
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Fire Department, including salaries of the Board of Engineers, and payment of unpaid bills reported amounting to three hun- dred and fourteen dollars and one cent ($314.01).
Maintenance of Fire Alarm.
Sec. 15 1-2. Voted: That the sum of four hundred fifty (450) dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of the fire alarm system, one hundred and seventy-five (175) dollars be for salary of Superintendent, two hundred and seventy-five (275) dollars being for incidental expense.
Inspector of Buildings.
Sec. 16. Voted: That the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be raised and appropriated for salary of Inspector of Buildings and the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for incidental expense.
Inspector of Cattle.
Sec. 17. Voted: That the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be raised and appropriated for salary of Inspector of Cattle.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Sec. 18. Voted: On motion by Mr. Alfred Atwood, that the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be raised and appro- priated under this section; that the salary of the sealer of weights and measures be increased to two hundred (200) dol- lars; the balance of one hundred (100) dollars being for inci- dental expense.
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, etc.
Sec. 19. Voted: That the sum of three thousand (3000) dollars be raised and appropriated for the extermination and suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, and nests, and other insect pests; and that of this amount the sum of one thousand (1000) dollars be available for expenditure only from December 1st, 1913.
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Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Sec. 20. Voted: That the sum of two hundred and fifty (250) dollars be raised and appropriated for the care and plant- ing of shade trees.
Board of Health.
Sec. 21. Voted: That the sum of twenty-four hundred (2400) dollars be raised and appropriated to meet the expense of the Board of Health for the current fiscal year, of which sum one hundred fifty (150) dollars shall be for salaries of the board.
Sewers, Salaries, etc.
Sec. 22. Voted: That the sum of two thousand nine hundred and fifty (2950) dollars be appropriated from the treasury of the Sewer Department for the following purposes:
a. Salary of Commissioners, $450.00
b. Maintenance and operation, 2500.00
Sewer Construction.
Sec. 23. Voted: That Section 23 be indefinitely postponed.
Main Drains, etc.
Sec. 24. Voted: That the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be raised and appropriated for the maintenance and construction of main drains, and cleaning brooks and drains other than main drains.
Highways, Culverts, Bridges, etc. .
Sec. 25. Voted: On motion by Mr. Albin K. Parker,
That the sum of thirteen thousand (13,000) dollars be raised and appropriated for the repairs of highways, culverts and bridges for the building of sidewalks and setting edgestones, for paving gutters, for removal of snow and ice, sanding sidewalks during the winter months, for street signs, and for operation of stone crusher during the current fiscal year, and the salary of the
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Superintendent of Streets, which shall be eleven hundred (1100) dollars, and for the rent and maintenance of Town Dump; and the committee recommend that the gutter on the northerly side of Beacon Street, from Bullard Street to junction of Walpole and Beacon Streets, be paved, and that the expense of said work be included as part of the maintenance and repairs of highways.
Watering, Treating Streets.
Sec. 26. Voted : : On motion by Mr. Daniel Collins. That the sum of two thousand (2000) dollars be raised and appropriated for laying the dust in streets by water and other dust laying material and during the current fiscal year, and that one-half the expense be assessed upon the abutters upon the streets so watered or treated.
Support of Poor.
Sec. 27. Voted: That the sum of seven thousand (7000) dollars be raised and appropriated for the Support of the Poor for the current fiscal year.
Town Physician.
Sec. 28. Voted: That the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be raised and appropriated for salary of Town Physician for the current fiscal year.
State Aid.
Sec. 29. On motion by Mr. John P. Riley : That the sum of one hundred sixty-one (161) dollars be raised and appropriated, and in addition that the sum of eight hundred thirty-nine (839) dollars due the town from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be appropriated for State Aid for the current fiscal year.
Military Aid.
Sec. 30. Voted: That the sum of two hundred and seventy (270) dollars be raised and appropriated for Military Aid, and
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that the sum of two hundred thirty (230) dollars due the town from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts be also appropriated for said purpose.
Soldiers' Burials.
Sec. 31 and 32. Voted: That sections 31 and 32 be acted on jointly. That the sum of seven hundred (700) dollars be raised and appropriated for Soldier's Relief and the Burial of Indigent Soldiers for the current fiscal year.
Support of Schools.
Sec. 33. Voted: That the sum of thirty-nine thousand three hundred fifty (39,350) dollars be raised and appropriated, and that the further sum of twenty thousand (20,000) dollars be appropriated from the Town Treasury from the excess and deficiency fund, for the Support of the Schools for the current fiscal year.
Pupils in Outlying Districts.
Sec. 34. Voted: That the sum of one thousand two hundred (1200) dollars be raised and appropriated for conveying pupils living in the outlying districts to the Norwood Schools, and that the expenditure of said sum be placed in the hands of the School Committee.
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