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12. Board of Survey. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
13. Planning Board. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
14. Town Game Warden. (a) Salary.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salary the sum of $150.00 and (b) the sum of $50.00 for incidentals.
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B. 1. Police Department (including prosecution of illegal sale of non- intoxicating beverages).
Voted: By taxation the sum of $52,287.00.
2. Fire Department. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salaries the sum of $18,511.90 and (b) for incidental expenses the sum of $6,548.00.
3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1400.00.
4. Hydrant Service.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $7500.00.
5. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salary the sum of $800.00 and (b) for inci- dental expense the sum of $150.00.
6. Inspector of Animals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
7. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) For salary the sum of $500.00 and (b) for incidentals the sum of $275.00.
8. Inspector of Wires. (a) Salary.
Voted: No action.
9. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination. Voted: By taxation the sum of $2521.11.
10. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3320.00.
11. Street Lighting.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $8316.00.
C. 1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries, (b) Contagious diseases, Garbage Disposal and other incidental expense and (c) Maintenance of Town Dump.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salaries, $250.00, (b) for contagious diseases, refuse and garbage disposal and incidental expense including Dental, Medi- cal and Health Clinic, $16,600.00, and (c) Maintenance of Town Dump, $2050.00.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance and (b) Particular Sewers.
Voted: By taxation (a) for Maintenance the sum of $8450.00 and (b) for construction of particular sewers the sum of $7625.00.
3. Sewer Construction.
Voted: The sum of $17,097.00.
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4. Maintenance and Construction of Main Drains and Cleaning Brooks and Drains other than Main Drains.
Voted: By taxation (a) for maintenance and construction of Main Drains and cleaning brooks and drains other than main drains the sum of $4510.00 and (b) for construction of Main Drains the sum of $23,640.00.
5. Removal of Ashes.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2030.00.
D. 1. Maintenance, Repairs and Construction of Highways, Culverts and Bridges, Highway Equipment, Paving Gutters, Building Sidewalks, Setting Edgestones, Removal of Snow and Ice, Sanding Sidewalks, Street Signs and Guideboards and Operation of Stone Crusher Plant.
Voted: The sum of $33,000.00 from surplus funds in the Excess and Deficiency Account, and the sum of $113,883.00 by taxation shall be available as follows:
For removal of snow and ice and sanding sidewalks the sum of $8000.00, for pensions the sum of $2965.00, for Highway Construction including the cost of relocating and resurfacing of Washington Street the sum of $80,322, and for granolithic sidewalks the sum of $15,496.00 to be expended under certain conditions.
2. (a) Institutional and Outside Relief. (b) Aid for Dependent Mothers.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $25,000.00.
3. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
4. Soldiers' Benefits.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1750.00.
5. Support of Schools.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $340,531.00.
6. Support of Morrill Memorial Library.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $13,515.00 and the further sum of $1410.19 being money received from Dog Licenses.
7. To defray the expense of the observance of Memorial Day. Voted: By taxation the sum of $643.00.
8. Recreation and Parks.
Voted: By taxation (a) for maintenance the sum of $1225.00 and (b) $9325.00 for C. W. Eliot Park Partial Development.
9. Recreation and Public Playgrounds.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3000.00.
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10. Printing and Distribution of Town Reports.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1200.00.
11. Defraying Incidental and other Necessary Expense not Otherwise Provided for.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $650.00.
12. Band Concerts.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
E. 1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Operation. (c) Depreciation. (d) New Construction. (e) Repairs.
Voted: The following sum from the treasury of the Electric Light De- partment: (a) Maintenance, Operation and Repairs, $147,762.00; (b) Depreciation, $12,150.00; (c) New Construction, $25,650.00; (d) In- terest, $450.00; (e) Debt, $5,000.00; (f) In lieu of Taxes, $9,570.00.
E. 2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Construction.
Voted: From current receipts the sum of $75,553.07 as follows: Mainte- nance, $40,026.00; Construction, $19,817.07; Interest, $3,410.00; Debt, $12,000.00; Insurance, $300.00.
F. Cemeteries.
1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2000.00 and from the treasury receipts of the Cemetery Department the sum of $9959.00.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Interest Requirements.
Voted: The sum of $53,848.00.
2. Bonds and Notes in 1928.
Voted: The sum of $107,700.00.
H. Insurance.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6509.00; by transfer from the receipts of the Water Department, $400.00, and from the receipts of the Electric Light Department, $400.00.
I. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $5000.00.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to maintain an Evening School as provided by law, and raise and appropriate money for such purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action taken under Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 5.
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Article 8. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for industrial educational purposes, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action taken under Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 5.
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the establishment and maintenance of con- tinuation schools or courses of instruction, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: No action.
Article 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care actually rendered or furnished by the Norwood Hospital or other hospitals in the vicinity of Norwood to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to care for themselves, the same to be in addition to sums appro- priated for the care of contagious diseases and for Institutional Relief, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1500.00.
Article 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the employment of district or other nurses or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That Article 10 and Article 11 be considered and acted upon to- gether.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Asses- sors to take appropriate action as provided by law for the early collection of poll taxes, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so instruct the Assessors.
Article 13. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate as required by the provisions of Section 39 of Chapter 33 of the General Laws; namely, for providing of suitable quarters for and the maintenance of an Armory for the use of Co. G, 101st Infantry, Massachusetts Guard, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1150.00.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to lease a part of the building of the Norwood Civic Association, Inc., for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Post No. 70, American Legion for the current year, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To do so and appropriated the sum of $300.00.
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Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appro- priate to meet the expense of the care and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital as apportioned by the County Commissioners of the County of Norfolk.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $7583.45.
Article 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense in whole or in part of the alteration by widening of Washington Street northerly from Railroad Avenue as and when made and decreed by the County Commissioners of the County of Norfolk, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action taken under Article 6, Sub-division D-1.
Resolved: That it be the sense of this meeting that the Town Counsel shall furnish all officials of the Town, copies of the Town Charter and indicate to them the provisions which apply to the conduct of their respective offices.
Resolved: That the recommendations of the experts employed to report the school building needs be referred to the Town Planning Commission and the School Committee for consideration and for report with specific rec- ommendations at a Town Meeting to be called as provided for by action on Article 9 of the Special Town Meeting Warrant, March 28, 1928.
Resolved: That a vote of thanks be extended to the Finance Commission for the careful and painstaking efforts given by them in the preparation of the Town Budget, which was passed almost unanimously, without any exceptions.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
March 28, 1928
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated March 13, 1928, and signed by Thomas B. Mulvehill, Edmund G. Dalton, Harold W. Baker, Arthur J. Forrest and Herbert H. Miller, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by William J. Barrett, Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws relating to Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator James A. Halloran, the Articles contained in this Warrant and the action taken thereunder being as follows:
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Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way a new way to be known as Fairview Road as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way an extension of Vernon Street to be known as Vernon Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6 ,inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way an extension of Lincoln Street to be known as Lincoln Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way an extension of Maple Street to be known as Maple Street as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way a new way to be known as Hawthorn Street as laid out by the Select- men, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a public way a new way to be known as Beacon Park Road as laid out by the Select- men, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and allow as a public way. (This action taken under motion carried to consider Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, under one motion.)
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept certain main drains and each of them as laid out and reported by the Selectmen and to authorize the taking of easements or rights of way therefor and appropriate money to meet expenses of laying out and constructing said drains and each of them, or take any other action in said matters as follows; namely:
1. Main Drain leading from Washington Street easterly through land of Norwood Press, Inc.
2. Main Drain leading from Walnut Avenue southerly through a private way, property of Elks' Building Corporation and through other land of the Elks Building Corporation to the so-called Everett Drain in the lands of Mary B. Murphy.
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3. Main Drain leading westerly from Washington Street through a proposed extension of Cedar Street and a proposed street sometimes known as Youngs Avenue and through land of Michael Cofsky.
Voted: To so accept and so authorize and further voted the sum of $25.00.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to con- sider and report upon a revision of the existing By-Laws relating to preven- tion of fires and the protection of life.
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to construct an addition to the Senior High School Building and to raise and borrow and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose and to appoint a committee to have charge of such construction, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To commit to future Town Meeting to be held not later than April 28, 1928.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chap- ter 31, Section 48 of the General Laws, or any act in addition thereto, or amendment thereof, in so far as it relates to the placing of the regular and permanent members of the Fire Department of the Town under Civil Ser- vice, or to take any other action in the matter. (On petition of James Fitzgerald and others.)
Voted: To accept.
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Town of Norwood (Seal) Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Pri- maries to meet in Everett Hall, Norwood, Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of April, 1928, at six forty-five o'clock A. M., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candi- dates of Political Parties for the following offices:
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7 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party.
8 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
8 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, Fourteenth Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republi- can Party, Fourteenth Congressional District.
4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Fourteenth Congressional District.
4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, Fourteenth Congressional District.
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the United States. Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. The polls will be open from 7.00 A. M. to 6.30 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this third day of April A. D. 1928.
THOMAS B. MULVEHILL, EDMUND G. DALTON, HAROLD W. BAKER,
HERBERT H. MILLER, Selectmen of Norwood.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES April 24, 1928
Warrant calling meeting read by Town Clerk and Accountant, James E. Pendergast. The election officers who were notified to be present, were sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant. The presiding Election Officer, Edmund G. Dalton, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at 7 o'clock A. M. The polls were declared closed at 6.30 P. M.
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The votes cast were canvassed and the following results announced in open meeting:
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegates at Large to the National Convention
William M. Butler, three hundred two (302).
Frederick H. Gillett, three hundred thirty-nine (339).
Channing H. Cox, three hundred thirty (330).
Eben S. Draper, two hundred ninety-one (291).
Pauline R. Thayer, two hundred seventy-nine (279).
Minnie R. Dwight, two hundred seventy (270).
Grace H. Bagley, two hundred ninety-six (296). Not Grouped
Frederick L. Anderson, one hundred sixty-three (163). Blanks, three hundred seventy-four (374).
Alternate Delegates at Large
Louise M. Williams, two hundred eighty-one (281). Mary Pratt Potter, two hundred seventy-five (275). Eliot Wadsworth, two hundred eighty-four (284). Frederick H. Prince, two hundred eighty-seven (287). Butler Ames, two hundred eighty-eight (288).
Edwin F. Leonard, two hundred eighty-nine (289) Raoul H. Beaudreau, two hundred sixty-eight (268). Blanks, seven hundred two (702). District Delegates, Fourteenth District Harold C. Keith, three hundred and one (301).
Clarence R. Edwards, three hundred twenty-five (325). Blanks, one hundred thirty-eight (138).
Alternate District Delegates, Fourteenth District Jesse B. Baxter, two hundred and ninety (290). Perley E. Harbour, two hundred seventy-six (276). Blanks, one hundred ninety-eight (198).
Presidential Preference
Herbert M. Hoover, three (3). Herbert Hoover, one hundred forty-four (144). Mr. Hoover, fourteen (14). Hoover, one hundred forty (140) H. Hoover, eight (8). Nicholas Longworth, one (1). Charles Evans Hughes, one (1). Calvin Coolidge, seven (7). Senator Borah, one (1). William E. Borah, three (3). Governor Fuller, one (1). Charles G. Dawes, two (2).
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Alfred Smith, two (2).
Senator Norris of Nebraska, one (1). Lowder, one (1). Smith, one (1). Governor Smith, one (1). Blanks, forty-nine (49).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegates at Large
David I. Walsh, sixty-two (62).
James M. Curley, sixty-two (62).
Andrew J. Peters, sixty (60). Charles H. Cole, fifty-eight (58).
Joseph B. Fly, fifty-nine (59).
Helen A. Macdonald, sixty-two (62).
William J. Foley, fifty-five (55). Edward J. Kelley, fifty-nine (59).
Not grouped
Lawrence F. Quigley, three (3).
Blanks, sixty-four (64).
Alternate Delegates
Charles H. McGlue, fifty-nine (59). Strabo V. Claggett, forty-four (44). Joseph Santosuosso, forty-seven (47). Bernard M. Wolf, forty-five (45). Elizabeth C. McInerney, forty-six (46).
Dorothy Whipple Fay, fifty-one (51). James A. Donovan, fifty-one (51). Raymond V. MacNamara, forty-nine (49). Blanks, one hundred fifty-two (152).
District Delegates
Group 1
George F. Aherne, thirty-two (32). Elizabeth Gormley, twenty-nine (29). Arthur A. Hendrick, twenty-six (26). Edward J. Megley, twenty-eight (28).
Group 2
William H. Powers, thirteen (13). John J. Whalen, sixteen (16). Charles F. Riordan, eighteen (18). Kathleen E. Kiggen, sixteen (16). Blanks, eighty-four (84).
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Alternate District Delegates
Group 1
Thomas H. Buckley, thirty-seven (37).
Francis X. Bruton, twenty-nine (29).
William P. Nickerson, forty-two (42).
John H. Moran, thirty-two (32).
Group 2
John J. Hickey, six (6).
Joseph F. Golden, six (6).
John J. Gallagher, eleven (11).
Helen M. Hanley, five (5).
Blanks, one hundred four (104).
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Smith, six (6).
Gov. Alfred E. Smith of N. Y., fifteen (15).
Al Smith, three (3).
Alfred Smith, eight (8).
Alfred E. Smith, twenty-three (23).
A. Smith, two (2).
James M. Curley, one (1).
William McAdoo, one (1).
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, one (1).
Blanks, eight (8).
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 26, 1928
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated April 10, 1928, and signed by Thomas B. Mulvehill, Edmund G. Dalton, Harold W. Baker, and Arthur J. Forrest, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by William J. Barrett, Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws relating to Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, James A. Halloran, the Articles contained in this Warrant and the action taken thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to construct an addition to the Senior High School Building and to raise and borrow and appropriate a
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sum of money for said purpose and to appoint a committee to have charge of such construction, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That recommendation contained in the Planning Board's Report be adopted.
Article 2. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the following matters or either of them:
(a) To see if the Town will vote to construct an addition to the Senior High School Building and to raise and borrow and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose, and to appoint a committee to have charge of such construction, or take any other action in the matter. (Inserted by action of a previous Town Meeting.)
(b) To see if the Town will vote to construct an addition to the Junior High School Building, and to raise and borrow and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose and to appoint a committee to have charge of such construction, or take any other action in the matter. (On joint petition of School Committee and Town Planning Board.)
Voted: That Article 2 and Article 3 be considered together.
Article 3. To see what action, if any, the Town will take on the following matters or either of them:
(a) To see if the Town will vote to acquire a site for an elementary school in the Central-East District, so called, to be located at a point to be de- termined midway between the Fisher Lot on Pleasant Street and the Balch School and to construct an elementary school building thereon and to raise and borrow and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose and to appoint a committee to consider this question and report to the Town thereon, or take any other action in the matter. (On joint petition of School Committee and Town Planning Board.)
(b) To see if the Town will vote to construct an elementary school on the parcel of land purchased from Fred L. Fisher, et al, fronting on Pleasant Street and raise and borrow and appropriate a sum of money for said pur- pose and appoint a committee to have charge of such construction, or take any other action in the matter. (On joint petition of School Committee and Town Planning Board.)
Voted: That the School Committee be and hereby is authorized and directed to cause preliminary plans to be prepared and estimates to be ob- tained thereon with respect to an addition to the Junior High School Building, to a building that would be suitable for an elementary school in the Central-East District so-called and to an elementary school building on the land purchased from Fred L. Fisher, et al, fronting on Pleasant Street, or one or more of them and to report thereon at a Town Meeting to be held not later than June 15, 1928, and that the sum of one thousand dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for said purposes.
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Article 4. To hear and act upon the report of a committee of five ap- pointed under Article 10 of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held December 29, 1927, to consider and report with recommendations with respect to the acquiring of additional land for the extension of the athletic field of the Senior High School, for use for public garden purposes of a parcel of land purchased by the Town for Cemetery purposes and the ac- quiring of land southerly and westerly of the Cemetery for Winter play- ground purposes. (On joint petition of School Committee and Town Planning Board.)
Voted: That the powers of the Special Committee, appointed pursuant to Article 10 of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held Deeember 29, 1927, be enlarged so as to permit said committee to consider and report with recommendations at a future Town Meeting with respect to the par- tieular use or uses, or restrictions as to use, of the pareel of land purchased by the Town for cemetery purposes as referred to in said Article 10.
Article 5. To see what action will be taken on a proposal of Mr. Charles Sumner Bird, Jr., to transfer to the Town a parcel of land located south- westerly from Hawes Brook, on or near Washington Street, Norwood. (On joint petition of School Committee and Town Planning Board.)
Voted: That action of Selectmen be approved and confirmed and further voted that acknowledgment be made to Mr. Bird by Selectmen in behalf of Town of his gift and the appreciation of the eitizens of his generosity.
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