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Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $400. (b) By taxation the sum of $1,265.
9. Memorial Municipal Building. (a) Maintenance.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $5,365 and by transfer the sum of $1,400.
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10. General Manager. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals, including premium on suretyship bond.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $2,650 and by transfer the sum of $2,450 and (b) by taxation the sum of $2,910 and by transfer the sum of $1,300.
11. Engineering. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $3,200 and (b) by taxation the sum of $3,000.
12. Board of Survey. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $100.
13. Planning Board. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $400.
14. Board of Appeal. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $100.
15. Expense of Contributory Retirement Board.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,500.
B. Protection of Persons and Property.
1. Police Department. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $48,096 and (b) by taxation the sum of $5,975.
2. Fire Department. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
On motion offered by Finance Commissioner William H. Connor, that the sum of $56,475.70 be raised by taxation and appropriated for the fol- lowing purposes:
a. Salaries of members of the Fire Department $37,267.70
b. Incidental expense of maintenance of the Fire Depart- ment including the cost of repairing the street floor in Central Fire Station 11,580.00
B-3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm Systemn. 1,370.00
B-4. Hydrant Rental Service 6,258.00
A motion to amend was offered by John J. Feeney to increase the salary itein as follows:
Voted: That the sum of $57,681.70 be raised by taxation as amended and appropriated for the following purposes:
B-2. a. Salaries of members of the Fire Department $38,473.70
b. Incidental expense of maintenance of the Fire De- partment including the cost of repairing the street floor in Central Fire Station 11,580.00
B-3. Maintenance and extension of Fire Alarm System. 1,370.00
B-4. Hydrant Rental Service 6,258.00
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On rising vote on amendment, voting Yes, one hundred and three (103), voting No, seventy-one (71). Motion as amended was declared carried by a divided vote.
5. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $1,200 and (h) by taxation the sum of $375.00.
6. Inspector of Animals. (a) Salary.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $200.00.
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 $163.00.
8. Inspector of Wires. (a) Salary.
Voted: Action under this sub-division indefinitely postponed.
9. Town Game Warden. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $175 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 $1,600.00.
11. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,500.00.
12. Street Lighting.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $15,300.00.
13. To meet the expense of the enforcement of law relating to dogs. Voted: By taxation the sum of $350.00.
C. Health and Sanitation.
1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries. (b) Contagious Diseases, Garbage Disposal and other incidental expense. (c) Maintenance of Town Dump. (d) County Hospital Assessment.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $150.00, (b) by taxation the sum of $17,850.00, (c) by taxation the sum of $1,735.00 and (d) by taxation the sum of $6,627.76.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Particular Sewers.
Voted. (a) By taxation the sum of $3,250 and (b) by taxation the sum of $2,750.00.
3. Sewer Construction.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6,500.00.
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4. Maintenance and Construction of Main Drains and Cleaning Brooks and drains other than Main Drains.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,750.00.
5. Removal of Ashes.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $565.00.
D. Miscellaneous.
1. Public Works Division. (a) Expense of operation, including salary of Superintendent.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $7,680 and by transfer the sum of $7,735.00.
2. (a) Maintenance and repairs of highways, culverts and bridges, street signs and guideboards. (b) Removal of snow and ice. (d) Highway Construction. (e) Construction of permanent sidewalks.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $32,000. (b) By taxation the sum of $10,000. (d) By taxation the sum of $6,500. Resurfacing with mac- adam pavement or other road material under specifications approved by the Department of Public Works, by taxation the sum of $6,500. (e) By taxation the sum of $5,000.00.
2. (c) Purchase of new equipment for removal of snow. Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
2. (f) Highway Equipment new, purchase of. Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
2. (g) Gravel Pit and crusher, maintenance and repairs. Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
2. (h) Gravel Pit and crusher, operation of.
Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
2. (i) Pensions and Vacations.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,730 and by transfer the sum of $1,700.
2. (j) Gasolene and oil, purchase of.
Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
2. (k) Garage and garage equipment, maintenance of. Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
3. Public Welfare, including aid for dependent.children. Voted: By taxation the sum of $60,000.
4. Adequate assistance to certain aged citizens under the provisions of Chapter 118A, General Laws as amended.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $10,000.
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5. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $800.
6. Soldiers' Benefits.
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 aeted 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 aeted upon with Article 6, sub-division D, seetion 7.
7. and Article 7 and 8. Support of Schools.
(a) Administration Expense.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $9,050.00.
(b) Instruction Salaries.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $245,288.00.
(c) Maintenance and repairs of school buildings.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $5,000.00.
(d) Operation of school buildings.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $38,666.00.
(e) Instruction Supplies.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $8,280.00.
(f) Textbooks.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6,150.00.
(g) Auxiliary Agencies.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $11,975.00.
(h) Capital Outlay.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,500.00, said amount including author- ization to replace departmental equipment namely, motor vehicle in the School Department and the sale of such existing equipment is authorized and the proceeds of said sale are hereby made available for the purehase of said new equipment.
And to meet the expense of Industrial Education thereby raised by taxation and appropriated the sum of $2,000.00 and that with respect to Evening School that the expense of such maintenance be made available in the sumns herein appropriated for Support of Schools.
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8. Support of Morrill Memorial Library; and Article 5.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $17,406.87. Further voted that the sum of $1,287.13 being money received for Dog Licenses from the County of Norfolk be appropriated for said purpose.
9. To defray the expense of the Observance of Memorial Day. Voted: By taxation the sum of $450.00.
10. Parks, maintenance and improvement of.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,750.00.
11. (a) Maintenance and operation of Public Playground property, and all public playground activities. (b) Improvement of Public Playgrounds.
Voted: (a) By taxation the sum of $4,475.00 for the maintenance of public playgrounds and by taxation the sum of $3,530.00 to meet the expense of operation of public playgrounds, and that with respect to section (b) action be indefinitely postponed.
12. Printing and distribution of Town Reports. Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,200.00.
13. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,895.00.
14. Band Concerts.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $550.00, and the further sum of $300.00 be raised by taxation and appropriated for Carillon Concerts.
E. Public Service.
1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance, (b) Operation, (c) De- preciation, (d) New Construction, (e) Repairs.
Voted: From income of the Municipal Electric Light Department the following: Maintenance and operation and repairs, $166,098.00; Deprecia- tion, $18,555.87; In lieu of taxes as maintenance expense, $13,000.00; and 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 construction, no action be taken.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance, (b) Construction.
Voted: From the current receipts of the Water Department the sum of $38,900.00 for maintenance and operation of said department, and further voted that there shall be transferred from the income of said department in reduction of the tax levy the sum of $14,000.00 and with respect to item b, that action under this item be indefinitely postponed.
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F. Cemeteries.
1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By transfer from receipts of the Cemetery Department $8,000.00 and by taxation the sum of $4,325.00.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Interest Requirement.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $32,715.00 and by transfer the sum of $1,520.00 to meet the payment of interest on outstanding indebtedness and interest on money which may be borrowed in anticipation of revenue.
2. Bonds and Notes due in 1937.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $163,963.28 to meet the bonds and notes maturing in the year 1937 and further voted the sum of $9,036.72 being moneys received for premiums on securities sold and a federal grant of $9,000.00 be and hereby are appropriated for the purpose of meeting pay- ment of said bonds and notes maturing in 1937.
H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6,015.00.
I. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $10,000.00.
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: That Article 10 and Article 11 be considered and acted upon together.
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: By taxation the sum of $2,500.00.
Article 12. To see what sum or sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the necessary expenses of municipal officers and em- ployees of particular departments of the Town incurred outside the Com- monwealth 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 $50.00 for School Department.
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Article 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet overdrafts and unpaid bills incurred prior to De- cember 31, 1936.
Voted: By taxation the following: General Government Incidentals, $100.00; Rental of Rifle Range, $150.00; Maintenance of main drains, $200.00; Public Playgrounds, $15.20.
Article 14. 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 the Board of Assessors be and hereby are authorized to apply from free cash in the treasury in offset to the amount appropriated to be raised by taxation for the current financial year not more than $30,000.00.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet the expense of the lease for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Post 2492 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as authorized through action taken under Article 8 of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held on March 9, 1933.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
Article 16. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense and purchase of installation of new boilers for the Winslow School Building or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or to take by eminent domain a parcel of land con- taining approximately twenty acres or any portion thereof for public play- ground purposes and situated westerly of Washington Street and southerly of Hawes Brook or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so authorize the Selectmen, and by taxation the sum of $7,250.00.
Article 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for providing cooperation with the Federal Govern- ment in unemployment relief and other projects of direct or indirect benefit to the Town or its inhabitants.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $14,956.00.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 132 to 136, Chapter 140 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) being an act providing that the emission, except by locomotive engines or by brick or pottery kilns, into the open air of dark smoke or dense gray smoke for more than five minutes continuously, or the emission, except as aforesaid, of such smoke
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during ninety minutes of any continuous period of twelve hours within a quarter of a mile of a dwelling, is hereby declared a nuisance unless such emission is under a permit which may be granted annually by the Select- men.
Voted: To so accept.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed of gift from Charles S. Bird, Jr., subject to the terms and conditions thereof, of a parcel of land situated westerly of Washington Street and adjoining Endean Playground or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so accept.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 9, 1937
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated March 30, 1937 and signed by Charles F. Holman, Sture Nelson, John M. Mutch, Harry B. Butters and Herbert V. Brady, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which warrant was duly attested by John L. Collins, 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 the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate to meet the expense of the installation of new traffic signals on Washington Street in replacement of the existing traffic signals or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation $4,100.00.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity as Town Treasurer to sell at public auction or at private sale and convey by an appropriate deed or deeds to be executed in behalf of the town certain parcels or tracts of land owned by the Town, Lots No. 22 to and including No. 27, Assessors' Survey Plan Map No. 4, Plot No. 8 and Lots No. 28 to No. 32 both inclusive, Assessors' Survey Plan, Map No. 4, Plot No. 8 said parcels being situated on Garfield Avenue and acquired through tax title, at a price or prices not less than the cost to the Town of acquiring such parcel of real estate to-
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gether with such sum or sums as will be the equivalent of the taxes that would thereafter be assessed upon the same if the Town had not acquired title thereto.
Voted: To so authorize the Town Treasurer.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest : JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING May 24, 1937
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated May 11, 1937 and signed by Charles F. Holman, Sture Nelson, John M. Mutch, Harry B. Butters and Herbert V. Brady, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which warrant was duly attested by John L. Collins, Constable of Nor- wood.
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 the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the transfer of certain unexpended balances of appropriations for resurfacing with mac- adam pavement certain highways and appropriate the same to be available to meet the expense of resurfacing with macadam pavement a portion of Pleasant Street, as laid out and relocated by the County Commissioners or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to a future town meeting to be held not later than in June 24, 1937.
Article 2. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to borrow and appropriate to meet the expense of resurfacing a portion of Pleasant Street as laid out by the County Commissioners, said sum so appropriated to be expended together with such money as may be received from The Com- monwealth of Massachusetts under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to a future town meeting to be held not later than in June 24, 1937.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to borrow and appropriate to meet the expense of extensions of water mains or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity as Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is
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authorized to borrow on bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, the sum of $10,000.00 for extension of water mains.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to expend in the repair of structures located on the public playground known as the Civic Playground fronting on Washington Street the so called Civic Building, such money as the Town may receive in indemnification and settlement with respect to the recent fire loss or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so authorize the Selectmen.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain in the manner provided by law an easement for Town Way purposes in the following described parcels of land and to ap- propriate for the purpose a sum of money pursuant to the provisions of Section 63 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws namely:
Parcel A: A parcel of land situated generally northeasterly of Grant Avenue and generally southwesterly of Garfield Avenue and owned by Nikolai and Fannie Helsten and contains 8,630 square feet.
Parcel B: A parcel of land situated generally northeasterly of Roosevelt Avenue and owned by Laurence Gammell and containing 5,300 square feet.
Voted: To so authorize the Selectmen and to appropriate the sum of $1,450.00 being receipts from the Treasury from sales of real estate.
Article 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to borrow and appropriate for the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drainage. purposes.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity as Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow on bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws the sum of $29,800.00 for the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drainage purposes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town way and authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain proceedings an ease- ment for a new way extending generally westerly from Berwick Place to Nichols Street as laid out and reported by the Selectmen and to borrow and appropriate a sum of money for the construction thereof including land damages or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That a new town way as laid out and reported by the Select- men extending generally westerly from Berwick Place to Nichols Street be and hereby is accepted as a town way and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take by eminent domain proceedings the necessary easement for said new way and that the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity as Town Treasurer with the approval of the Select-
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men be and hereby is authorized to borrow on bonds or notes of the Town the sum of $13,000.00 which sum together with the sum of $3,000.00 heretofore appropriated for highway construction are hereby appropriated to meet the expense of the laying out and construction of said new town way.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept by way of deed of gift from Honorable W. Cameron Forbes, subject to the term and conditions thereof a parcel of land for public playground or park purposes situated westerly of Upland Road and northerly of Prospect Street or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so accept a parcel of land for public playground purposes, containing approximately four (4) acres and situated westerly of Upland Road and northerly of Prospect Street.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the authorization for borrowing and the appropriation of said funds so authorized as set forth in the vote under Article 3 of the warrant of the Special Town Meeting held on August 20, 1936 or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the authorization for borrowing of $35,000.00 subject to certain conditions as set forth in the vote under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of August 20, 1936 and the appropriation of said funds so authorized be and hereby are rescinded.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to request the Planning Board to prepare and submit for consideration at a future town meeting an amend- ment to the Zoning By-Laws substantially in the following form namely:
Section 17A: In Single Residence Districts, General Residence Dis- tricts, Trunk Highway Residence Districts, Trunk Highway Business Districts and in Manufacturing Districts, buildings and structures may be erected, altered, enlarged, extended or reconstructed and buildings, structures and land may be used for any purpose not prohibited by the laws of the Commonwealth or the by-laws of the Town of Norwood except:
A. A public or private dump, or place of depositing abandoned property or refuse.
B. The removal of sod, loam, sub-soil, sand or gravel for the purpose of sale thereof.
C. In each and all of said districts hereinbefore enumerated the Board of Appeal may give permission in addition to such powers as are delegated to it under the laws of the Commonwealth and the by-laws of the Town of Norwood for one or more of the following purposes.
a. A public or private dump, or place of depositing abandoned property or refuse.
b. The removal of sod, loam, sub-soil, sand or gravel for the purpose of sale thereof.
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Section 17B: Any person desiring to obtain the permission of the Board of Appeal for any purpose for which permission is required under Sections 17A, 17B, 17C, shall make application in writing to the Board. The Board of Appeal within a reasonable time, shall hold a public hearing on the ap- plication: shall require the applicant to file such plans and information as it may deem necessary, and to give notice of the hearing by registered mail to all the owners of property opposite to and abutting on any property in relation to which permission is sought as shown by the most recent valuation list of the Board of Assessors, and to such other persons as may appear to the Board to be injuriously affected, and to post a notice on such property. The Board of Appeal may make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper disposition of such application.
The Board of Appeal may attach such conditions and limitations of time to a permission granted under this section as may be necessary to protect the neighborhood in which lies the property to which the permission relates. The rights, under any permission granted as herein provided shall be exercised within six months or such permission shall be null and void.
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