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H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $6,050.00.
I. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $30,000.00.
J. 1. Pensions for Laborers. 2. Contributory Retirement Pension Ac- cumulation Fund. 3. Expense of Contributory Retirement Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $25,425.22.
ARTICLE 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate 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 appropriated for care of contagious diseases, and for institutional re- lief, or take any other action in the matter.
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 $1,000.00.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sum or sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the necessary expense 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 $870.00.
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 December 31, 1945.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,014.47.
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: By taxation the sum of $65,000.00.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to lease for a period not exceeding five years a building or parts of building for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Post 2492, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States subject to regulations to be made by the Selectmen therefor as provided by law, and to raise and appropriate a
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sum to provide for the payment for the rent reserved under such lease for the current year or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the payment of an annuity to the dependents of John F. Lydon a Fireman whose death was sustained during the per- formance of his duties, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,400.00.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the pur- chase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks for a postwar rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 18. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Town's committee on rehabilitation and reemployment.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,000.00.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to prepare a building code for the Town.
Voted: To so authorize the Moderator.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 65 of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws which provides that advances of pay may be made to any officer or employee of the Town in advance of his regular vacation to the extent of the pay to which he is about to be entitled during such vacation period under such regulations as the Town Treasurer may prescribe.
Voted: To so accept.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1945 entitled "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II OR OTHER VETERANS."
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 4, 1946
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated August 20, 1946, and signed by Harry B. Butters, Michael J. Curran, H. William Anderson and Clement A. Riley, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to town meet- ings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley.
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet unpaid bills incurred prior to December 31, 1945, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Motion lost.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to meet the further expense for Care of Trees; Highway Construction; Public Works Stock Account; Removal of Ashes and Rubbish; Water Construction; Sewer Construction; Permanent Sidewalks; Housing for Veterans World War II; said appropriation to be provided by transfer from Surplus Revenue and/or by transfer from available balances in exist- ing appropriations for the current year.
Voted: By transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $17,500 and by transfer from Public Works Stock Credits the sum of $2,200, to be used for the following accounts:
Removal of Ashes and Rubbish, $3,000.00; Water Construction $7,500.00; Sewer Construction $1,000.00; Housing for Veterans World War II, $6,000.00; Public Works Stock Account $2,200.00 and with respect to motion on Permanent Sidewalks under this Article, said motion lost. And be it further voted that action on appropriation account of Care of Trees and Highway Construction be indefi- nitely postponed.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet repairs to runway lighting equipment at the Nor- wood Municipal Airport, said appropriation to be provided by transfer from Surplus Revenue.
Voted: By transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $908.00.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 3 of Chapter 207, Massachusetts Acts of 1946 relative to the licensed operation on the Lord's Day of Bowling Alleys.
Voted: Motion lost.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 185H Chapter 140 Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) relating to licensing and police supervision of dancing schools.
Voted: To so accept.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 391, Massa- chusetts Acts of 1946 authorizing the retirement of William H. Sullivan former chief of police on an annual pension equal to one-half the salary received by him at the time of his retirement.
Voted: To so accept.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
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Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood
Greetings: 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 the State Armory on Nahatan Street.
TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1946
at 8:45 o'clock A.M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor, for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor, for this Commonwealth.
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.
Senator in Congress, for this Commonwealth.
Representative in Congress, for Thirteenth Congressional District.
Councillor, for Second Councillor District.
Senator, for Second Norfolk Senatorial District
Two Representatives in General Court, for Seventh Norfolk Representative District. District Attorney, for Southeastern District.
Clerk of Courts, for Norfolk County.
Register of Deeds, for Norfolk District.
County Commissioners, for Norfolk County.
The Polls will be open from 9:00 o'clock in the forenoon to 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the tine and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this fourth day of June, A. D., 1946.
HARRY B. BUTTERS, MICHAEL J. CURRAN, H. WILLIAM ANDERSON, Selectmen of Norwood.
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STATE PRIMARIES June 18, 1946
The warrant calling the meeting was read by the Town Clerk and Ac- countant Walter A. Blasenak, the Election Officers who were notified to be present were sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant. The polls were declared open for the reception of ballots at 9:00 A.M.
The votes were canvassed and the following results announced in open meeting.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Maurice J. Tobin had one hundred and seventy-seven (177).
Francis D. Harrigan had thirty-eight (38).
Blanks, fourteen (14).
Lieutenant Governor
John B. Carr had three (3).
Paul A. Dever had seventy-seven (77). Daniel J. O'Connell had fourteen (14). Roger L. Putnam had one hundred and twenty-six (126). Blanks, nine (9).
Secretary
John J. Concannon had fifty-nine (59). Benedict F. FitzGerald, Jr. had ninety-six (96). Leo Moran had eleven (11). Paul H. Snow had twenty-three (23). Blanks, forty (40).
Treasurer
John E. Hurley had one hundred and eighty-eight (188). Thomas Khoury had thirteen (13).
Blanks, twenty-eight (28).
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley had one hundred and seventy-five (175). Blanks, fifty-four (54).
Attorney General
Harry E. Casey had ten (10).
Michael F. Hourihan had twenty (20).
Edward A. Hutchinson, Jr. had five (5). Francis E. Kelley had seventy-nine (79). Joseph M. McDonough had ninety-four (94). Blanks, twenty-one (21).
Senator in Congress
David I. Walsh had one hundred and fifty (150). Blanks, seventy-nine (79).
Congressman, Thirteenth District
James J. Goode, Jr. had one hundred and fifty-one (151). Blanks, seventy-eight (78).
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Councillor, Second District
Samuel George Thorner had one hundred and fifty (150). Blanks, seventy-nine (79).
Senator, Second Norfolk District
R. Minturn Sedgwick had one hundred and forty-eight (148). Blanks, eighty-one (81).
Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District Robert A. Browning had one hundred and fifty-two (152). Leland H. Jenks, had fifteen (15).
George R. Kelly had one hundred and thirty-three (133). Blanks, one hundred and fifty-eight (158).
District Attorney, Southeastern District
Alfred DeQuoy had one hundred and forty-one (141). Blanks, eighty-eight (88).
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County Blanks, two hundred and twenty-nine (229).
Register of Deeds, Norfolk District
Blanks, two hundred and twenty-nine (229).
County Commissioner, Norfolk County
Blanks, two hundred and twenty-five (225).
Scattering, four (4).
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Robert F. Bradford had three hundred and fifty-three (353). Blanks, thirty (30).
Lieutenant Governor
Albert Cole had fifty-one (51).
Arthur W. Coolidge had three hundred and twenty-eight (328). Blanks, four (4).
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook had three hundred and fifty-six (356). Blanks, twenty-seven (27).
Treasurer
Fred J. Burrell had one hundred and twenty-three (123). Laurence Curtis had two hundred and twenty-nine (229). Blanks, thirty-one (31).
Auditor
Wallace E. Stearns had one hundred and one (101). Russell A. Wood, had two hundred and thirty-five (235). Blanks, forty-seven (47).
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes had three hundred and fifty-three (353). Blanks, thirty (30).
Senator in Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. had three hundred and sixty-seven (367). Blanks, sixteen (16).
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Congressman
Richard B. Wigglesworth had three hundred and fifty-one (351). Blanks, thirty-two (32).
Councillor, Second District
Clayton L. Havey had three hundred and fourteen (314). Salvatore Fotino had twenty-three (23). Blanks, forty-six (46).
Senator, Second Norfolk District
Mason Sears had three hundred and fifty-four (354). Blanks, twenty-nine (29).
Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District Frederick C. Haigis had two hundred and ninety-nine (299). Charles F. Holman had three hundred and thirty-five (335). Blanks, one hundred and thirty-two (132).
District Attorney, Southeastern District
Edmund R. Dewing had three hundred and forty-seven (347). Blanks, thirty-six (36).
Clerk of Courts
Willard E. Everett had three hundred and forty-six (346). Blanks, thirty-seven (37).
Register of Deeds
Donald P. Crane had one hundred and twenty (120). L. Thomas Shine had two hundred and twenty-nine (229). Blanks, thirty-four (34).
County Commissioner, Norfolk County
Frederick A. Leavitt had three hundred and forty-four (344).
Blanks, thirty-nine (39).
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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TOWN OF NORWOOD WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
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 elections and town affairs, to assemble in the State Armory on Nahatan Street, Norwood, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, A. D., 1946, at 6:45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for: Governor; Lieutenant Gover- nor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Repre- sentative in Congress, Thirteenth District; Councillor, Second District; Senator, Second Norfolk District; 2 Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District; District Attorney, Southeastern District; Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County; Register of Deeds, Norfolk District; County Commissioner for Norfolk County; and to vote on the following Questions:
1. LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall this measure, which by amendments of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), pro- vides for payment by the Commonwealth of adequate pensions to deserving citi- zens sixty-five years of age or over in need of relief or support, who shall have resided in the Commonwealth not less than five years immediately preceding the date of application for such pension, and who shall have resided in the Commonwealth continuously for one year immediately preceding said date of application, which is further described as follows :-
The measure, by amendments of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 6, provides for an old age pension commission of three persons, one to be a qualified physician, another to be an attorney at law and a third to be a non-professional person, who are to be appointed and may be removed for cause by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Council, and are to serve under the Governor and Council. Not more than two members of said Commission shall be members of the same political party. Original appointments of members shall be for one, two and three years respectively, and thereafter appointments are to be for three years. Such members are to devote their whole time to the work of the Commission during business hours and be engaged in no other business, occupation or profession. One of their num- ber is to be designated as chairman by the Governor and shall receive a salary of $6,000, and each other member $5,500 per year, with their necessary expenses. The commission is empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties and as may be approved by the Governor and Council.
The measure strikes out chapter 118A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), and in- serts in its place a new chapter entitled "Adequate pensions for certain aged citizens."
It is provided pensions hereunder shall be paid from the date of application therefor, but in no event before the applicant reaches the age of sixty-five. The Commission shall render a decision in not less than thirty days from the date of application for a pension or a request for an increase of the amount thereof. Such pension shall, wherever practicable, be paid to the aged person in his own home or in lodgings or in a boarding home, which for the purposes hereof shall include any institution providing shelter, care and treatment for aged persons which is not supported in whole or in part by public funds; provided, that no inmate of such a
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boarding home or institution shall be eligible for a pension under this chapter while being cared for under a contract. Such pension shall be paid by check or in cash which shall be delivered to the pensioner at his residence, if he so requests, and shall be paid semi-monthly unless the pensioner prefers less frequent payments. Such pension shall be on the basis of need and the amount thereof shall be deter- mined in accordance with budgetary standards established by the Commission. Budgetary standards shall be such as to enable an individual pensioner to maintain a standard of living compatible with decency and health. Such pensions, except as hereinafter provided, shall be at the rate of not less than $48.00 monthly. The pensioner's budget at such times as may be required shall include medical care, if recommended by a recognized physician, eye-glasses, if recommended by a recog- nized optician, dental care and false teeth, if recommended by a recognized dentist.
In computing the pensioner's payment under this chapter, the Commission shall deduct from the pensioner's budget or the minimum payment, whichever is greater, the amount of income the person paid or to be paid a pension hereunder may be receiving from any source, and may deduct therefrom such reasonable amount as may be deemed to represent the financial value of board, lodging or other assistance which is being furnished to such persons from any source.
Upon the death of a person drawing a pension, whose funeral cost does not ex- ceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars and in whose estate there are insuffi- cient assets to cover the full cost of the funeral, the Commission shall pay to the funeral director the difference between the assets and the cost of the funeral, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Expenses for medical, hospital and other services rendered to a pensioner, which remain unpaid at the time of his death or commitment to an institution as an in- sane person, shall be paid directly to the person rendering such services.
No pension under this chapter shall be discontinued nor shall the amount thereof be decreased until the expiration of fifteen days after notice has been given by the Commission to the pensioner.
Provision is made by which a person receiving a pension may be absent from the Commonwealth on a visit without having such pension suspended.
It is provided that General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 273, § 20, which relates to the support of parents by children, shall not apply when parents are eligible to receive a pension.
Provision is made that there shall be set up in the Commission a subdivision of appeals under the jurisdiction of a supervisor of appeals. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the Commission to pay an adequate pension under this chapter, or by the failure of the Commission to approve or reject an application for a pension or a request for an increase in the amount thereof, within thirty days after receiving such application or request, shall have a right to a fair hearing, after due notice upon appeal to the subdivision of appeals in the form and manner prescribed by the commission; provided that such appeal is received by the subdivision of appeals within sixty days after official notice of the action taken by the Old Age Pension Commission has been received by the applicant or pensioner. The decision of the subdivision of appeals shall be final and binding upon the Commission.
The Commission or any interested person aggrieved by any decision in any pro- ceeding before the subdivision of appeals may obtain judicial review of such deci- sion by filing, within twenty days of the date of mailing of such decision, a petition for review thereof in the district court within the judicial district wherein the pen- sioner or the applicant for a pension lives.
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In any proceeding for review the findings of the subdivision of appeals as to facts shall be conslusive, such proceedings shall be heard in a summary manner and given precedence over all other civil cases. From the decision of a district court upon review an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Judicial Court.
The possession by an applicant for pension under this chapter of assets consist- ing of cash, active securities or inactive securities, or any combination of such assets, shall not disqualify him from receiving such pension; provided, that the total of such assets, figuring the present cash value of such inactive securities at the sum determined by the Old Age Pension Commission, does not exceed the sum of $300.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension because of the owner- ship of an equity in vacant land from which there is insufficient income to provide for his budgetary needs or minimum payments, or the ownership of an equity in real estate by an applicant who resides thereon or who, in the opinion of the Com- mission is residing elsewhere because of physical or mental incapacity, provided that if such equity on the basis of assessed valuation exceeds an average of $3,000 during the five years immediately preceding application for the pension, the appli- cant shall execute a bond in the penal sum for the amount of the equity in excess of $3,000 conditioned on repayment to the Commonwealth of all amounts paid as such pension without interest, such bond to be secured by a mortgage on the appli- . cant's real estate. Provision is made for the recording of such bond and mortgage without a fee and the apportionment of the proceeds realized from any of them between the Federal government and the Commonwealth.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension by reason of the ownership of a policy of group insurance or of a policy of insurance in an amount not exceeding $1,000 or of a policy of insurance in an amount not exceeding $3,000, having a cash surrender value not in excess of $1,000, if such policy has been in effect not less than fifteen years.
No pension shall be granted to an applicant who at any time within five years immediately prior to the filing of an application for such pension has made an assignment or transfer of property so as to render himself eligible to such pension. No pension shall be subject to trustee process or assignment, and no applicant for a pension, who knowingly makes any false statement or perpetrates any fraud or deception in relation to his application, shall be granted any pension nor be eligible for one during one year thereafter. A person, his executor or administrator shall be liable in contract to the Commonwealth for expenses incurred by it for a pension paid to such person under this chapter if such person or his estate is in possession of funds not otherwise exempted thereunder.
If an application for a pension under this chapter is effected by the eligibility of the applicant to receive aid under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 115, which relates to State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief, the applicant shall be entitled to exercise such options and execute such waivers as may be necessary to receive the pension which he seeks.
All cities and towns in the Commonwealth shall furnish suitable headquarters for the carrying out of the duties of the commission in such cities and towns.
The measure further provides that there shall be established and set up on the books of the Commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Old Age Pension Fund, consisting of receipts credited to said fund under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) c. 64B, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 128A, § 15, as amended, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 138, § 27, as amended, and all proceeds of taxes assessed under Acts of 1941, c. 729, §§ 9 and 9A.
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The Old Age Assistance Fund as in force immediately prior to the effective date of this act is hereby continued in existence, but shall hereafter be entitled "The Old Age Pension Fund."
It is provided that all civil service employees in the Department of Public Wel- fare of the Commonwealth, including the supervisor, referees and employees of the subdivision of appeals in said department or of any city or town, employed in the administration of the Old Age Assistance Law on the effective date of this proposed measure, shall be transferred to the service of the Old Age Pension Commission, re- taining their present civil service seniority retirement rights and any step increases from the minimum pay of their grade earned during their service with said depart- ment or said bureaus.
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