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13. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,850, including the expense of exami- nation of and report on title in connection with the sale of land to the United States Government as a Federal Post Office Site.
14. Band Concerts. On motion of Finance Commission duly seconded, That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
A substitute motion was then offered and duly seconded, and on rising vote, voting "yes" (255) and voting "no" (51), it was
Voted: That the sum of $800 be appropriated and raised by taxation to cover the cost of eight Public Municipal Band Concerts in the Town of Norwood for the year 1932.
E. Public Service.
1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance, (b) Operation, (c) Depreciation, (d) New Construction, (e) Repairs.
Voted: From income of Electric Light Department for Maintenance, operation and repairs, $141,643. In lieu of Taxes as maintenance expenses, $13,000, depreciation $15,649.
Further voted that if the income of said department shall exceed the expense of said department for said fiscal year such excess shall be returned to the Town Treasury, and further voted that with respect to new con- struction no action be taken.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance and (b) Construction.
Voted: From current receipts the sum of $56,755 for the following pur- poses: (a) Maintenance, $31,410; (b) Construction, $7,000; (c) Matur- ing Debt, $16,000; and (d) Interest, $2,345.
F. Cemeteries.
1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By taxation $3,077 and the sum of $10,000 shall be transferred from the receipts of the Cemetery Department.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Interest Requirements.
Voted: That the sum of $67,920 be raised by taxation and appropriated to meet the payment of interest on outstanding indebtedness and interest on money borrowed in anticipation of revenue.
2. Bonds and Notes due in 1932.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $141,507.24 and the sum of $292.76 representing premiums on loans issued to be taken from the Treasury for the following: School Loans, $76,700; Memorial Municipal Building Loans, $21,000; Sewer Loans, $17,600; Highway Loans, $17,500; Park and Playground Loans, $9,000.
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H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,507 and by transfer the sum of $433.
I. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $16,000.
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: That this Article be taken up and acted upon with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 7.
Article 8. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for industrial educational purposes, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That this Article be taken up and acted upon with Article 6, Sub-Division D, Section 7.
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: That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
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 together.
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: (Articles 10 and 11) By taxation the sum of $1,400.
Article 13. To see what sum or sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the necessary expenses of Municipal officers and employees of particular departments of the Town incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in such departments, which sum or sums shall be specified to be and shall be limited to such expenses incurred as aforesaid.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $140.00 for School Department.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay a proper charge for effecting insurance providing indemnity for or pro-
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tection to any officer or employee of the Town against loss by reason his liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of his official duties or employment, of motor vehicles owned by the Town subject to limitation provided by law.
Voted: That the necessary funds to pay proper charges for effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any officer or employee of the Town in the departments herein set forth, is appropriated for such purpose, as being available in the respective appropriations therefor, viz .: the maintenance, operation, or other activities in the General Manager's Department, Highway Department, Park Department, Sewer Depart- ment, Forestry Department, including Moth Suppression, Electric Light Department, Water Department and School Department.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to permit the Norwood His- torical Society to occupy and maintain a room or rooms for its use in the Memorial Municipal Office Building, or take any other action in the matter. Voted: That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
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: Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to grant to American Legion Post No. 70 permission to occupy and maintain permanent quarters in the Memorial Municipal Office Building, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To grant the permission requested.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to meet the expense of providing permanent quarters in the Memorial Municipal Office Building for the use of American Legion Post No. 70.
Voted: That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to. petition the legislature, to amend the charter of Norwood, so that a perma- nent building commission can be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. This commission to consist of five members and to have charge of erecting all new municipal buildings, and repairs of present ones.
Voted: That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
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WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY The 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 Primaries to meet in State Armory, Nahatan Street, Tuesday, the Twenty-sixth day of April, 1932, at one o'clock.P. 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:
4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Re- publican Party.
12 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party 14th Congressional Dist.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, 14th Congressional Dist.
The polls will be open from One P. M. to Seven 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 Twelfth day of April, A. D. 1932.
HAROLD W. BAKER,
PETER J. FEENEY, JOHN M. MUTCH,
EUGENE L. MURPHY, Selectmen of Norwood
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Warrant calling meeting read by Town Clerk and Accountant, James E. Pendergast. The Election officers who were notified to be present were
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sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant. The Presiding Election Officer, Herbert A. Baker, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at one o'clock in the afternoon. The polls were declared closed at seven o'clock in the afternoon.
The votes cast were canvassed and the following results announced in open meeting.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegates at Large
George F. Booth, one hundred nine (109). William M. Butler, one hundred nine (109).
Alvan T. Fuller, one hundred twelve (112). Mary Pratt Potter, one hundred five (105). Frank G. Allen, one (1) Blanks, fifty-one (51).
Alternate Delegates at Large
Frenk G. Allen, one hundred nine (109). Gaspar G. Bacon, one hundred five (105). Leverett Saltonstall, one hundred two (102). Louise M. Williams, one hundred two (102). Blanks, sixty-six (66).
District Delegates-Thirteenth District John Richardson, one hundred seven (107). Fred D. Rowe, one hundred five (105). Blanks, thirty (30).
Alternate District Delegates-Thirteenth District Herbert E. Curtis, one hundred six (106)
Florence H. LeFevre, one hundred thirteen (113).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegates at Large-Group 1. James M. Curley, fifty-three (53). James Roosevelt, sixty-three (63). James H. Brennan, fifty-three (53). Thomas F. Cassidy, fifty (50). James T. Moriarty, fifty-three (53).
Edward A. Mclaughlin, Jr., fifty-one (51). Prime Robichaud, forty-six (46). Joseph Santosuosso, fifty (50). Nellie L. Sullivan, fifty (50). Joseph J. Hurley, fifty (50). Paul H. Hines, forty-six (46). Joseph H. Hanken, forty-four (44).
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Delegates at Large-Group 2.
David I. Walsh, two hundred eighty-seven (287). Joseph B. Ely, two hundred seventy-six (276). Marcus A. Coolidge, two hundred sixty-eight (268). William J. Foley, two hundred sixty-eight (268). William P. Connery, Jr., two hundred sixty (260) John J. Douglass, two hundred sixty-one (261) John W. McCormack, two hundred sixty-five (265). William J. Granfield, two hundred sixty (260). Mary L. Bacigalupo, two hundred fifty-eight (258). Helen G. Rotch, two hundred fifty-nine (259). Charles H. Cole, two hundred sixty-six (266). John F. Fitzgerald, two hundred sixty-seven (267).
Delegates at Large-Not Grouped Roland D. Sawyer, three (3). Blanks, five hundred two (502). Alternate Delegates at Large-Group 1. Helen C. Galvin, fifty-one (51). Dorothy Whipple Fry, forty-four (44). Edward G. Morris, forty-eight (48). Mabel R. Worthy, forty-four (44). Agnes H. Parker, forty-five (45). Francis J. W. Ford, forty-six (46). Eugene Wambaugh, forty-five (45). Alice E. Cram, forty-five (45). Arthur W. Heidke, forty-six (46). Francis E. Zaletskas, forty-five (45). Matthew P. Maney, forty-five (45). M. Grace Barry, forty-five (45).
Alternate Delegates at Large-Group 2. William G. Thompson, two hundred forty-two (242). Edward P. Barry, two hundred forty-two (242). John C. Mahoney, two hundred thirty-seven (237). Charles H. Slowey, two hundred thirty-seven (237). Mary H. Ward, two hundred forty-one (241). J. Henry Goguen, two hundred forty-one (241). Samuel Kalesky, two hundred forty (240). Charles F. Riordan, two hundred forty-seven (247). J. Leo Sullivan, two hundred forty-four (244). John P. Buckley, two hundred forty-two (242). Leo M. Birmingham, two hundred forty-five (245). Daniel F. O'Connell, two hundred forty-four (244). Blanks, eight hundred fifty-eight (858).
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District Delegates-Thirteenth District-Group 1.
Arthur A. Hendrick, two hundred fifteen (215).
James A. Mulhall, two hundred twelve (212).
District Delegates-Thirteenth District-Group 2.
Leo J. Halloran, thirty-nine (39).
Charles C. Lucey, thirty-five (35).
District Delegates-Thirteenth District-Not Grouped.
Frank A. Manning, thirteen (13).
Blanks, two hundred six (206).
Alternate District Delegates-Thirteenth District-Group 1. John J. Cleary, two hundred ninety-four (294).
Edward J. Megley, one hundred (100).
Alternate District Delegates-Thirteenth District-Group 2.
Leo W. Higgins, twenty-eight (28).
James F. Kennedy, thirty-two (32).
Blanks, two hundred sixty-four (264).
Dissolved at seven o'clock in the afternoon.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
July 7, 1932
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated June 28, 1932, and signed by Herbert A. Baker, Harold W. Baker, Eugene L. Murphy, Peter J. Feeney and John M. Mutch, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by John H. Kelly, 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 Town Clerk and Accountant, James E. Pendergast, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the Constable's return thereon, and announced that by reason of the absence of Moderator Judge James A. Halloran, the provisions of the General Laws of the Commonwealth re- quire that a Moderator should be elected for the meeting.
On motion made and duly seconded, and by acclaimation, Gladwin M. Nead was elected Moderator of this meeting.
The Articles contained in this warrant and the action taken thereunder are as follows:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D, and 42F of Chapter 40 of the General Laws providing that rates
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and charges due the Town for supplying water to any real estate shall be a lien upon such real estate in the manner provided in said Sections of said Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
Voted: To accept.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote that a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to develop a definite program for the establish- ment in Norwood of the Trade School for Girls provided for under the Will of Henry O. Peabody and to confer with the Trustees under said Will in an endeavor to secure the establishment of such school, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To appoint a committee of five.
Article 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet unpaid bills contracted by various de- partments prior to December 31, 1931.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $234.45 for the following, General Gov- ernment, $25.50; Election and Registration, $30.73; Town Clerk and Accountant Incidentals, $5.29; Police Department, $64.43; Fire Depart- ment, $1.85; Moth Suppression, $4.00; Public Works Incidentals, $23.75; Town Game Warden Incidentals, $35.00; Public Welfare, $43.90; also $12.00 from the receipts of the Municipal Light Department to meet pay- ment of a similar bill contracted by said Department.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate for incidental expense in the Police Department the sum to be in addition to sums heretofore raised by taxation and ap- propriated for the expense of said department.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $250.00.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate for surface drain- age purposes, the sum of $21,800.25 the same being available funds in the Town Treasury received from the Treasurer of the United States as the proceeds of the sale of real estate by the Town, the same to be in addition to sums previously appropriated for surface drainage purposes.
Voted: To so appropriate.
Article 6. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate for surface drainage purposes, the same to be in addition to sums previously appropriated for said purpose.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,200.
Article 7. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or to appropriate from any available funds, for the construction of sewers.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6,000.
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Article 8. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate in addition to sums heretofore appro- priated for the following purposes :-
a. Public Welfare.
b. Soldiers' Relief.
c. Maintenance of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: By taxation (a) $35,000; (b) $8,000; (c) $150.
Article 8A. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation the sum of $4,858.59 to meet the overdraft of the appropriation for interest requirements of the year 1931.
Voted: To so raise and appropriate $4,858.59.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to change and reduce sums voted to be raised by taxation and appropriated for the current fiscal year at the adjourned session of the Annual Town Meeting held March 10, 1932, under Article 6 of the Warrant for said Annual Town Meeting as follows:
6B-1A. Salaries in the Police Department from $46,922.00 to $45,367.00.
6B-2. Salaries of Members of the Fire Department from $28,183.00 to $27,330.00 and to raise by taxation and appropriate for said purposes at said adjourned session of said Annual Town Meeting.
Voted: (An amendment was offered by Mr. George F. Willett that this matter be referred to a Committee to report at a later meeting was ruled as not in order under the Article by the Moderator of the Meeting).
The motion as submitted was acted upon by the meeting and was de- clared not carried by the Moderator.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain, for use as a Public Works Yard or for other Municipal Purposes, a parcel of land containing about 3 acres, owned by the Norwood Estates Inc., and situated westerly of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and adjacent to property owned by the Norwood Press Company and Norwood Lumber Company, and to raise and appropriate from any available funds or to raise by taxation and borrow and appropriate the money necessary to complete such purchase or taking (on petition).
The following Tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Henry F. Cronan, John P. Riley, Luther F. Smith, Eugene L. Connolly, Walter A. Blasenak, Arthur Gleichauf.
The report of the Finance Commission was read to the meeting and the following motion was offered by Mr. George F. Willett, seconded by John J. Riley,
Voted: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to purchase for use as a Public Works Yard or for other Municipal purposes a
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certain parcel of land situated in Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:
Westerly by Washington Street, twenty (20) feet;
Northerly by land now or formerly of John Wisgerda and Eva Wisgerda, one hundred sixty (160) feet;
Westerly by land now or formerly of said John Wisgerda and Eva Wisgerda, fifty-two (52) feet;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Julia M. Carberry, eighty-five (85) feet;
Northerly by land now or formerly of Julia M. Carberry, twelve and thirty-six one hundredths (12.36) feet;
Westerly by land now or formerly of said Julia M. Carberry, one hundred eighty-nine and ninety one hundredths (189.90) feet;
Northerly by land now or formerly of Norwood Laundry Company, seventy-seven and forty-three one hundredths (77.43) feet;
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Norwood Lumber Company, eighty-nine and five-tenths (89.5) feet;
Northeasterly again by land now or formerly of said Norwood Lumber Company, two hundred seventy-three and twenty-one one hundredths (273.21) feet;
Easterly by land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, four hundred sixty-six and ninety-two one hundredths (466.92) feet;
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Norwood Press, Inc., one hundred ninety (190) feet, more or less; and
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Southerly by land now or formerly of Norwood Press, Inc., four hundred twenty-five (425) feet, more or less;
Containing three and three-tenths (3.3) acres, more or less, the assumed owner of which is the Norwood Estates, Inc .;
said parcel being subject to a right of way granted to Louis Fireman and Rebecca Fireman by deed of Norwood Housing Association, Inc., dated December 20, 1920, recorded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 1475, Page 603, said right of way being twenty-feet in width and extending from Washing- ton Street in an easterly direction one hundred sixty (160) feet, said right of way being bounded on the north by land now or formerly of John Wis- gerda and Eva Wisgerda and being bounded on the south by land now or formerly of Norwood Press, Inc.
Said parcel being subject to certain rights of the Town of Norwood ac- quired by virtue of a Tax Sale as set forth in a Deed recorded with Norfolk Deeds. Said parcel comprises the remaining portions of parcels 15, 16 and 17 in a deed froin the Trustees of Norwood Real Estate Trust to Nor- wood Housing Association, Inc., dated March 29, 1916, recorded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 1337, Page 91 and also the parcel described in a deed from The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad to Norwood Housing Association, Inc., dated March 14, 1917, recorded with Norfolk Deeds,
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Book 1387, Page 592. And to meet the cost of the purchase of said parcel of land the sum of $14,350.00 is hereby appropriated, with respect to which amount the sum of $7,350 shall be raised by taxation, and with respect to the remaining amount, the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes as Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow on notes of the Town the sum of $7,000 in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended and the sum so borrowed shall be available for the purpose authorized herein. On rising vote, total vote cast, four hundred and sixty (460) voting in the affirmative, three hundred and thirty-nine (339) voting in the negative, one hundred eleven (111) was declared carried by the Modera- tor by more than a two-thirds vote.
Meeting dissolved at 11 o'clock P. M.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
TOWN WARRANT
STATE PRIMARIES September 20, 1932 (Seal)
The 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 Primaries to meet in State Armory, Nahatan Street, Tuesday, the Twentieth Day of September, 1932, at 7.30 o'clock A. M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the NOMINATION of Candidates for Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor for this Commonwealth, Lieutenant Governor, for this Com- monwealth, Secretary of the Commonwealth, for this Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth, Auditor of the Commonwealth, for this Commonwealth, Attorney General, for this Commonwealth, Representative in Congress, for 14th Congressional District, Councillor, for Second Councillor District, Senator, for Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative in General Court, for 8th Representa- tive District, County Commissioners, for Norfolk County, Sheriff, for Norfolk County, County Treasurer, for Norfolk County (to fill vacancy).
And for the election of the following officers:
District Member of State Committee, for each political party for the
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Norfolk and Middlesex Senatorial District, Members of the Republican Town Committee, Members of the Democratic Town Committee, Dele- gates to State Conventions of the Republican Party, Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 7.30 A. M. to 8 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meetings 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 sixth day of September, A. D. 1932.
HERBERT A. BAKER,
HAROLD W. BAKER,
PETER J. FEENEY,
EUGENE L. MURPHY, JOHN M. MUTCH, Selectmen of Norwood
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST,
Town Clerk and Accountant
STATE PRIMARIES
September 20, 1932
The Warrant calling the meeting was read by the 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 pre- siding Election Officer, Herbert A. Baker, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at 7:30 o'clock A. M.
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