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2. Fire Department. (a) Salaries and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $29,037 and (b) by taxation the sum of $3,273.
3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $705.00.
4. Hydrant Service.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $5,880.00.
5. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $1,000.00 and (b) by taxation the sum of $300.00. Further voted that the fees received by the Inspector of Buildings in the performance of his duties, be returned by him to the Town Treasury.
6. Inspector of Animals. (a) Salary.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
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7. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $500 and (b) by taxation the sum of $100.00, further voted that the Town shall be entitled to all fees received by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in the performance of his duties and the same shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
8. Inspector of Wires .. (a) Salary.
Voted: That no action be taken under this sub-division.
9. Town Game Warden. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $175.00 and (b) by taxation the sum of $50.00.
10. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths and other Insect Pest Extermination. Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,200.00.
11. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,500.00.
12. Street Lighting.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $15,068.00.
C. 1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries, (b) Contagious Diseases, Garbage Disposal and other incidental expense, (c) Maintenance of Town Dump and (d) County Hospital Assessment.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $250. (b) by taxation $17,605, (c) by taxation $2,100 and (d) by taxation $7,256.28.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance and (b) Particular Sewers. Voted: (a) By taxation $3,235 and (b) by taxation $1,600.
4. Maintenance and Construction of Main Drains and Cleaning Brooks and Drains other than Main Drains.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,600.00. (See also action under 3 and 4.)
3. Sewer Construction. (C-3 and C-4.)
Voted: By taxation the sum of $11,560 for construction of sewers for surface drainage purposes; and that with respect to the construction of sewers for sanitary drainage purposes, action be deferred to a future Town Mceting.
5. Ash Removal.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,800.
D. 1. Public Works Division. (a) Expense of Operation, including Salary of Superintendent.
Voted: By taxation $6,065 and by transfer $7,735.
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2. (a) Maintenance and repairs of highways, culverts and bridges, street signs and guideboards.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $33,600.
2. (b) Removal of snow and ice.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $9,000.
2. (c) Purchases of new equipment for removal of snow.
Voted: That action under sub-division C be indefinitely postponed.
2. (d) Highway Construction.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,200.
2. (e) Construction of permanent sidewalks.
Voted: That no action be taken.
2. (f) Highway equipment, new, purchase of.
Voted: That no action be taken.
2. (g) Gravel pit and crusher, maintenance and repairs.
Voted: That no action be taken.
2. (h) Gravel pit and crusher, operation of.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $300.
2. (i) Pensions and vacations.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,642 and by transfer $1,700.
2. (j) Gasolene and oil, purchase of.
Voted: That no action be taken.
2. (k) Garage and garage equipment, maintenance of Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.
3. Public Welfare including aid for dependent mothers.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $36,000 and from contributions from employees the sum of $54,000.
4. Adequate assistance to certain aged citizens under the provisions of Chap. 402, Acts of 1930.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $10,000.
5. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: By taxation $400.00.
6. Soldiers' Benefits.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $17,000 and further voted that the sum of $19,000 be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of pro- viding for the employment of persons entitled to soldiers' relief, to be expended only in payment of labor performed.
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7. Support of Schools, including improvement of grounds and purchase of new equipment and furnishings. Also Article 7.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $323,395 for Support of Schools. Further voted that the sum of $9,000 be raised by taxation and appropriated to meet the expense of the preparation and sale of lunches at one or more school buildings for the pupils and teachers of the public schools at such prices as the School Committee deems reasonable.
8. Support of Morrill Memorial Library.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $16,362.48 and the further sum of $958.52 being money received for Dog License from the County of Norfolk be appropriated for said purpose, and in addition to the foregoing sums, the sum of $500 is hereby appropriated from the Alice H. Plimpton trust fund, the same to be available for expenditure by the Trustees for the improvement of the Morrill Memorial Library.
9. To defray the expense of the observance of Memorial Day. Voted: By taxation the sum of $400.
10. Parks, maintenance and improvement of
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,750.
11. Recreation, including maintenance of Public Playground activities. Voted: By taxation the sum of $4,945.
12. Printing and distribution of Town Reports.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $685.00.
13. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,000.
14. Band Concerts.
Motion offered by Paul Bernier and seconded by James Devine that the sum of $600 be appropriated by taxation to cover the cost of 8 Public Municipal Band Concerts in the Town of Norwood for the year 1933 was lost on voice vote.
Voted: That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
E. Public Service.
1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance, (b) Operation, (c) De- preciation, (d) New Construction and (e) Repairs.
Voted: From income of the Municipal Light Department for Main- tenance, operation and repairs, $129,850. In lieu of Taxes as Maintenance Expenses, $13,000; Depreciation, $16,048.
Further voted that if the income of said department shall exceed the expense of said department for said fiscal year, such excess shall be re-
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turned to the Town Treasury, and further voted that with respect to new construction, no action be taken.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance and (b) Construction.
Voted: From current receipts the sum of $42,922.50 for the following purposes: (a) Maintenance, $28,000; (b) Construction, $2,240; (c) Ma- turing Debt, $11,000; and (d) Interest, $1,682.50.
Further voted that if the income of said department shall exceed the expenses of said department for said fiscal year there shall be returned to the Town Treasury from such excess the sum of $10,000.
F. Cemeteries.
1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By transfer from receipts of the Cemetery Department the sum of $9,980.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Interest Requirements.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $58,079 to meet the payment of Interest on outstanding indebtedness and interest on money borrowed in anticipa- tion of revenue.
2. Bonds and Notes due in 1933.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $140,738.27 and the sum of $161.73 representing premiums on loans issued be taken from the Treasury for the following: School Loans, $74,800; Municipal Building Loans, $20,000; Sewer Loans, $16,500; Highway Loans, $18,600; Public Works Yard Loans, $2,000; and Park and Playground Loans, $9,000.
H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $4,093 and by transfer the sum of $300.
I. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $20,000.
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: By taxation the sum of $1,680.
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-
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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 orwhich 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 $75.00 for School Department.
Article 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the payment of unpaid bills contracted prior to De- cember 31, 1932.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $450.48 for the following: General Government Incidentals, $21.27; General Manager, $7.87; Police Inci- dentals, $164.20; Fire Alarm Maintenance, $23.14; Fire Department, $45.00; Board of Health Incidentals, $51.88; Public Works Expense, $1.54; Support of Schools, $21.00; and Board of Public Welfare, $114.38.
Article 15. To see what sum the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to apply from free cash in the treasury in offset to the amount appropriated to be raised by taxation for the current financial year, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes as Town Treasurer to receive gifts in the form of contributions and agreed contributions to be applied in reduction of the
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expense of Public Welfare for the current financial year or for such other municipal purpose as the Town may vote.
Voted: To so authorize the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes as Town Treasurer.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 20, 1933
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated April 11, 1933, and signed by Peter J. Feeney, Eugene L. Murphy, John M. Mutch, Harry B. Butters and Daniel Collins, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by Joseph T. Flood, 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, Judge James A. Halloran, the articles contained in this Warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Sec- tion 13A of Chapter 147 of the General Laws of Massachusetts which relates to the establishment of a Reserve Police Force, or take any other action in the matter. (On petition.)
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Reserve Police Force under the provisions of Section 13A of the General Laws of Massa- chusetts to consist of five members, the appointments to such Force to be in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law as appoint- ments to the regular police force as required by law, and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of the maintenance of such a Reserve Police Force. (On petition.)
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, to be known as Franklin Street, extending easterly from Willow Street to Hill- side Avenue, as laid out and reported by the Selectmen, and raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of said lay- out and of acquiring rights in land therefor, and the cost of construction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and by taxation the sum of $3,500.
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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way an extension of Phillips Avenue as laid out and reported by the Selectmen, and raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of said lay out and of acquiring rights in land therefor, and the cost of construction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and by taxation the sum of $500.00.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments an ex- tension of Myrtle Street as laid out and reported by the Selectmen and raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of said lay out, and of acquiring rights in land, and the cost of construction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To accept and by borrowing the sum of $2,500.00.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, an ex- tension of Curran Avenue as laid out and reported by the Selectmen and raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of said lay out, and of acquiring rights in land therefor, and the cost of con- struction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 7. To hear a report and recommendation from the New Building By-Law Committee relative to the course of action to be pursued with respect to the time of presentation of its final report submitting a new building code, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the Committee on the amendments to the Building By- Laws of the Town submit a report of a new Building Code to a Special Town Meeting to be held during the year 1934.
Article 8. To hear and act on the report of the Committee appointed to construct the East Side Elementary School Building.
Voted: To accept the following report of the Committee and express appreciation of the services rendered by the Committee:
April 20, 1933
Town of Norwood, Massachusetts
As Vice-Chairman of the Committee appointed to construct the East Side Elementary School Building, I beg to submit the following report:
At a Special Town Meeting held October 17, 1929, the sum of $110,000 was appropriated to construct the East Side Elementary School Building. The Town Moderator was authorized to appoint a Committee of five to expend said sum of money for said purpose. The members of the Com- mittee appointed by the Town Moderator were Kenneth Mckenzie,
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Douglas H. Huntoon, John P. Riley, Edward S. Thompson, and Julia R. O'Brien.
The Committee organized on October 25, 1929, with Kenneth Mckenzie as Chairman and Julia R. O'Brien as Secretary. At a later meeting Douglas H. Huntoon was chosen Vice-Chairman. On December 10, 1929, Mclaughlin and Burr were employed as the architects. In response to appropriate advertisements, twenty-three bids were submitted to the Committee on February 25, 1930. After due consideration, the contract was awarded on March 14, 1930, to the John Bowen Company of Boston in the amount of $95,200. Ground was broken on March 17, 1930, and the building was ready for occupancy when school opened on September 9, 1930.
The Committee wishes to acknowledge the unusual interest and helpful- ness of the architects, Mclaughlin and Burr in the planning of the build- ing and in the supervision of its construction and the co-operative spirit of the John Bowen Company in the execution of the contract.
The Committee desires to express its deep appreciation of the thoughtful, painstaking, and untiring devotion to this project of its Chairman, Kenneth Mckenzie. He gave unselfishly of his time and of his energy so that the Town of Norwood might secure the best possible building for the amount of money expended. The Committee here pays its tribute to this type of public servant and regrets that the Community has lost a citizen of such a sterling character.
The financial statement is as follows:
Appropriation .
$110,000.00
Expenditures
John Bowen Company Contract
$95,200.00
Extras
536.10
Architect's Fees .
5,776.23
Clerk of Works
300.00
Equipment
5,725.63
Insurance
105.79
Walks, Driveways and Shrubbery .
1,941.35
Borings .
135.00
Printing
32.00
Other Expenses
44.90
$109,707.00
Balance to be returned to Town.
$ 203.00
Respectfully submitted,
EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE,
By Douglas H. Huntoon, Vice-Chairman
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, an ex- tension of Howard Street as laid out and reported by the Selectmen, and raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expense of said lay out and of acquiring rights in land therefor, and the cost of con- struction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet the expense of certain repairs at the Junior High School, said sum to be in addition to sums heretofore appropriated for the current financial year for the Support of Schools.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,500.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate for ordinary maintenance expense such sums as may be borrowed by the Town Treas- urer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity as Town Treasurer as authorized by action taken under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting of March 16, 1933, and to authorize the Board of Assessors to use of the money so borrowed not in excess of $54,000 as available funds, in the determination of the tax rate of the current year.
Voted: To so appropriate and to so authorize the Board of Assessors.
Article 12. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drainage purposes in the expenditure of which, consideration shall be given, subject to the limitations of law, to the employment of real estate tax payers under such conditions as may be determined by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By borrowing the sum of $26,586 for Sanitary Sewers and by . borrowing the sum of $11,646 for Sewers for Surface Drainage.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay a proper charge for effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any officer or employee of the Town against loss by reason of 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: To appropriate for such purposes, as being available in the respective appropriations therefor, viz: the maintenance, operation, or other activities in the General Manager's Department, Highway Depart- ment, Park Department, Sewer Departinent, Forestry Department, in- cluding Moth Suppression, Electric Light Department, Water Depart- ment and School Department.
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Article 14. To see what further sum the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet the expense of the maintenance of the Municipal Office Building, said sum to be in addition to sums heretofore appropriated for the current financial year for said purpose.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $297.00.
Article 15. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet the payment of certain bills contracted in several departments prior to December 31, 1932, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $332.18 to meet payment of the following . unpaid bills: General Manager Incidentals, $2.74; Treasurer and Colleetor of Taxes, $3.10; Police Department, $124.90; Fire Alarm Maintenance, $2.14; Inspector of Buildings, $100.00; Board of Health Ineidentals, $95.00; Public Works Incidentals, $1.10; Schools, $2.20; Cemetery, $1.00; and by transfer the sum of $52.40 to meet payment of an unpaid bill, the same being overdraft of an appropriation of a previous year.
Article 16. To see what further sum the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet certain incidental expense not otherwise provided for, namely, General Government Incidentals, the same to be in addition to any sums previously appropriated for said purpose.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $800.00, and to eover the cost of holding an election for delegates to a constitutional convention.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL ELECTION WARRANT
Town of Norwood Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Norwood in said County,
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in election, and town affairs, to assemble in the State Armory on Nahatan Street, on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of June, A. D. 1933, at 12 o'clock noon to bring in their votes for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention called to ratify or reject the following amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by joint resolution of congress. Text of the proposed amendment,
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"Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
"Sec. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory. or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
"Sec. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress."
And, to vote on the following question:
"Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages?"
The polls shall be open at 12 o'clock noon and shall remain open until 8 o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in ten public places in this town, seven days at least before the day of said election. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon to the Selectmen on or before the time and day of said election.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this twenty-ninth day of May, A. D. 1933.
EUGENE L. MURPHY, JOHN M. MUTCH, DANIEL COLLINS, HARRY B. BUTTERS, Selectmen of Norwood
Norwood, Massachusetts, June 6, 1933.
By virtue of the within Warrant I have served attested copies by posting the same in ten public places in this town seven days before the day and date of said meeting. The posting was completed at four o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, June 3, 1933.
JOHN H. KELLY, Constable of Norwood
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL ELECTION June 13, 1933
Warrant calling the 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
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Officer, Peter J. Feeney, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at 12 o'clock noon. The polls were declared closed at 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
The votes were eanvassed and the following result announced in open meeting:
THIRTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Delegates Opposed to Ratification (Against Repeal)
George W. Alden, of 11 Newbury Street, Brockton, three hundred fifty- seven (357).
Claire H. Gurney, of 188 Warren Avenue, Quiney, three hundred forty- four (344).
Aliee G. Ropes, of 15 Wollaston Avenue, Quiney, three hundred thirty-nine (339).
Delegates Favoring Ratification (For Repeal)
Frank A. Manning, of 85 Division Street, Brockton, sixteen hundred forty-one (1641).
Neil A. McDonald, of 54 West Street, Quincy, sixteen hundred fourteen (1614).
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