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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
District Boundaries under Amendment to Section 17 of Zoning By- Laws as adopted June 15, 1926 A. W. Thompson, Town Engineer," more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Silver Street, said point being S 84-20W and distant 160.00 feet from the westerly line of Nahatan Street, thence running S 84-20W by the northerly line of Silver Street a distance of 160.00 feet; thence N 5-40 W a distance of 112.39 feet; thence N 84-30E a distance of 160.00 feet; thence S 5-40E a distance of 111.93 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on plan entitled "Town of Norwood, Mass., Zoning Map dated November 1926 and Showing Alteration of District Boundaries under Amendment to Section 17 of Zoning By-Laws adopted June 15, 1926," by A. W. Thompson, Engineer, by withdrawing the area from General Residence District and establish- ing the same as Residential Business District, as shown on plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Voted : Indefinite Postponement.
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
NC.
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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 fourteenth day of September, 1948 at 8:45 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candi- dates 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
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY, for Norfolk County TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, for Norfolk County
COUNTY TREASURER, for Norfolk County CLERK OF COURTS, for Norfolk County
The polls will be open from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
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 seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1948
STURE NELSON CLEMENT A. RILEY GEORGE C. O'BRIEN HARRY B. BUTTERS W. J. DEMPSEY
Selectmen of Norwood.
September 1, 1948
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Norwood, Norfolk ss.
By virtue of the within warrant I have posted the same as directed. The posting was completed on August 31, 1948, at 10:30 A. M.
JAMES E. QUINN, Constable
A true copy.
Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Toren Clerk and Accountant
STATE PRIMARIES September 14, 1948
The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The Election Officers who were notified to be present were sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The polls were declared open for the reception of ballots at 9:00 A.M. and closed at 7:00 P.M.
The votes were canvassed and the following results announced in open meeting.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Paul A. Dever had two hundred eleven (211) votes
Maurice J. Tobin had thirty-eight (38) votes
Blanks, fourteen (14)
Lieutenant Governor
Edward P. Barry had fifty-seven (57) votes
Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr. had sixty-eight (68) votes
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan had one hundred fourteen (114) votes Blanks, twenty-four (24)
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin had one hundred twenty-two (122) votes Jerome Patrick Troy had ninety-four (94) votes Blanks, forty-seven
Treasurer
John E. Hurley had two hundred eleven (211) votes Blanks, fifty-two (52)
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley had two hundred nineteen (219) votes Blanks, forty-four (44)
Attorney General
Enrico Cappucci had twenty-six (26) votes John F. Kelley had fifty-seven (57) votes
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Francis E. Kelly had seventy-nine (79) votes Patrick Gilbert Sullivan had eighty (80) votes Blanks, twenty-one (21)
Senator in Congress
John I. Fitzgerald had seventy-seven (77) votes Francis D. Harrigan had forty-eight (48) votes Joseph A. Langone, Jr. had eighteen (18) votes John D. Lynch had twenty-two (22) votes Richard M. Russell had sixty-five (65) votes Blanks, thirty-three (33)
Congressman, 13th District
David J. Concannon had one hundred ninety-eight (198) votes Blanks, sixty-five (65)
Councillor, Second District
Samuel G. Thorner had one hundred eighty-two (182) votes Blanks, eighty-one (81)
Senator, Second Norfolk District Blanks, two hundred sixty-three (263)
Representatives In General Court, 7th Norfolk District Blanks, five hundred twenty-six (526)
Register of Probate and Insolvency, Norfolk County Blanks, two hundred sixty-three (263)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Blanks, five hundred twenty-six (526)
County Treasurer, Norfolk County
Blanks, two hundred sixty-three (263)
Clerk of Courts (to fill vacancy) Norfolk County
Blanks, two hundred sixty-three (263)
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Robert F. Bradford had six hundred seventy-six (676) votes Edward M. Rowe had ninety (90) votes Blanks, twenty-nine (29)
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur W. Coolidge had seven hundred fifty-one (751) votes Blanks, forty-four (44)
Secretary
Frederick W. Cook had seven hundred thirty (730) votes Blanks, sixty-five (65)
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Treasurer
Laurence Curtis had seven hundred fourteen (714) votes Blanks, eighty-one (81)
Auditor
Douglas Lawson had eighty-four (84) votes Edwin L. Olander, Jr. had three hundred fifty-seven (357) votes Wallace E. Stearns had thirty-three (33) votes Russell A. Wood had two hundred forty-three (243) votes Blanks, seventy-eight (78)
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes had seven hundred sixteen (716) votes Blanks, seventy-nine (79)
Senator In Congress
Leverett Saltonstall had seven hundred sixty-two (762) votes Blanks, thirty-three (33)
Congressman, 13th District
Richard B. Wigglesworth had seven hundred twenty-three (723) votes Blanks, seventy-two (72)
Councillor, Second District
Clayton L. Havey had five hundred thirty-one (531) votes Joseph B. Grossman had one hundred fifty-seven (157) votes Blanks, one hundred and seven (107) -
Senator, Second Norfolk District
Robert Bowie had forty-five (45) votes Leslie B. Cutler had one hundred fifty-five (155) votes Sture Nelson had four hundred ninety-three (493) votes Roger F. Turner had eighty-three (83) votes Blanks, nineteen (19)
Representatives In General Court, 7th Norfolk District
Frederick C. Haigis had three hundred seventy-three (373) votes Charles F. Holman had six hundred fifty-seven (657) votes William D. Morton, Jr. had ninety-four (94) votes Harold A. Rogers had one hundred nineteen (119) votes E. Raymond Turner had ninety-two (92) votes Blanks, two hundred fifty-five (255)
Register of Probate and Insolvency, Norfolk County
Alfred E. Henderson had six hundred and forty-three (643) votes Blanks, one hundred fifty-two (152)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates had four hundred fifty-eight (458) votes James I. Forsyth had one hundred and four (104) votes Joseph S. Kennedy had one hundred sixty-one (161) votes. W. Homer Melville had seventy-seven (77) votes-
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Clayton W. Nash had two hundred twenty-two (222) votes Lawrence F. Power had two hundred twenty-one (221) votes Blanks, three hundred forty-seven (347)
County Treasurer, Norfolk County
Ralph D. Pettingell had six hundred twenty (620) votes
Harold P. Newell had sixty-eight (68) votes
Blanks, one hundred seven (107)
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County (to fill vacancy)
Willard E. Everett had seven hundred thirteen (713) votes
Blanks, eighty-two (82)
Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF NORWOOD
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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Norwood in said County, Greetings :
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 second day of November, A.D. 1948, at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for: Electors of President and Vice President of the United States; Governor; Lieutenant Governor ; Secretary ; Treasurer ; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress: Repre- sentative in Congress, Thirteenth District; Councillor, Second District; Senator, Second Norfolk District; Two Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District; Register in Probate and Insolvency for Norfolk County; Two County Commissioners for Norfolk County; County Treasurer for Norfolk County ; Clerk of Courts for Norfolk County ; and to vote on the following questions :
Question No. 1
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 28, 1945, received 227 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 232 votes in the YES affirmative and 8 in the negative? NO -
Summary
This proposed amendment to the Constitution adds to the declaration of the rights of the inhabitants, as now set forth in the Constitution, the following : "The right of free speech shall not be abridged."
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Question No. 2
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 220 votes in the affirmative and 28 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 228 votes in the YES affirmative and 5 in the negative? NO
Summary
This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides that the use of revenue from fees, duties, excises or license taxes relating to the registration, operation or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, except revenue from any excise tax imposed for the privilege of registering such vehicles in lieu of local property taxes, shall be for highway purposes only.
Question No. 3
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 243 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 3, 1948, received 231 votes in the YES affirmative and 9 in the negative? NO
Summary
This is an amendment of Article XVII of the Amendments to the Constitution. It provides that in case of a failure to elect the secretary, treasurer and receiver general, auditor or attorney general of the Commonwealth, or in case of the death of a person elected to any of such offices between the day of election and the third Wednesday of the following January, such an officer shall be chosen by a joint ballot of the senators and representatives from the people at large, instead of from the two persons who had the highest number of votes at the election as is now required. It also provides that if there is a vacancy in any of such offices during a session of the Legislature the vacancy shall be filled in like manner by choice from the people at large, but if the vacancy occurs at any other time it shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, and with the advice and consent of the Council.
Question No. 4
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 84 in the affirmative and 130 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 15 in YES the affirmative and 22 in the negative? NO
Summary
This measure by amending General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 272, Section 21 provides that the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of said Chapter 272 which make it an offense to advertise or give information as to the procurement of means for the prevention of pregnancy or conception shall not apply to treatment
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or prescription given to married women by registered physicians for protection of life or health.
Question No. 5
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 5 in the affirmative and 203 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the YES affirmative and 36 in the negative? NO
Summary
This measure prohibits the denial of the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of membership or non-membership in labor organization and prohibits agreements which exclude any person from employment because of membership or non membership in a labor organization. Violation of the provisions of the measure is made an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment or both.
Question No. 6
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 82 in the affirmative and 126 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in YES the affirmative and 20 in the negative?
Summary
This measure requires that elections of officers of labor organizations shall be held at least annually. Sixty days' notice of a regular election and twenty days' notice of an election to fill one or more vacancies are required to be given by public announcement at a regular meeting, by notice in writing to each member, or in any other adequate manner. Candidates to be voted for must be nominated by a paper signed by ten members and filed at least thirty days before a regular election and at least ten days before an election to fill a vacancy.
The voting at such an election must be by secret written or printed ballot. Watchers appointed by nominating members and by union officers may be present during the voting and counting of ballots.
Coercion and intimidation of members in connection with an election is prohibited, and violations of the provisions of the measure are made punishable by fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both.
Question No. 7
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 95 in the affirmative and 110 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 14 in YES the affirmative and 18 in the negative? NO
This measure prohibits the calling of a strike by a labor organization in any business or plant or unit thereof, except when authorized by the vote of the majority of all the members of the organization employed in the business, plant or unit thereof. Such authorization to be expressed
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by a secret written or printed ballot at a meeting called for that purpose.
The Labor Relations Commission is authorized to make rules for the conduct of the voting. Within twenty-four hours after the voting the labor organization conducting it shall make a written report of the result to the commission, which shall be a permanent public record. If 110 report is filed the vote taken shall be void and a person making a false report shall be guilty of perjury.
Coercion and intimidation of members of a labor organization in connection with such voting is made a penal offense.
Question No. 8
Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, -
Article -
"SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
"SECTION 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress," - be YES ratified by the general court? NO
Question No. 9
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt YES beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ? NO
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and YES all other malt beverages) ? NO
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not YES to be drunk on the premises? NO
The polls shall be opened at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed.
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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 time and day of said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Selectmen on or before the day and time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood this fourteenth day of October, A.D. 1948.
STURE NELSON CLEMENT- A. RILEY G. C. O'BRIEN W. J. DEMPSEY HARRY B. BUTTERS Selectmen of Norwood. October 27, 1948
Norwood, Norfolk ss.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have posted the same as directed. The posting was completed on October 25, 1948, at 4:30 P.M.
JAMES E. QUINN, Constable of Norwood.
Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
STATE ELECTION
November 2, 1948
The Warrant calling the meeting was read by the Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The Election Officers who were notified to be present were sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The presiding election officer, Sture Nelson, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at six o'clock in the forenoon. The polls were declared closed at eight o'clock in the afternoon.
The votes were canvassed and the following result announced in open meeting.
President and Vice President
Dewey and Warren had thirty-one hundred and nine (3,109) votes
Teichert and Emery had (10) votes
Truman and Barkley had forty-five hundred sixty-four (4,564) votes Wallace and Taylor had one hundred seventy-five (175) votes
Watson and Learn had three (3) votes
Thomas and Smith had three (3) votes
Blanks, one hundred fifty-seven (157)
Governor
Robert F. Bradford had twenty-eight hundred thirty-five (2,835) votes Paul A. Dever had forty-nine hundred and sixty-eight (4,968) votes
Horace I. Hillis had nineteen (19) votes
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Mark R. Shaw had nine (9) votes Blanks, one hundred ninety (190)
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur W. Coolidge had twenty-nine hundred sixty-five (2,965) votes Charles F. Jeff Sullivan had forty-seven hundred fifty-four (4,754) votes Lawrence Gilfedder had twenty-three (23) votes Guy S. Williams had nine (9) votes Blanks, two hundred seventy (270)
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook had thirty-four hundred twenty-seven (3,427) votes Edward J. Cronin had forty-two hundred nine (4,209) votes Gote E. Palmquist had forty-three (43) votes Blanks, three hundred forty-two (342)
Treasurer
Laurence Curtis had twenty-nine hundred seventy-two (2,972) votes John E. Hurley had forty-six hundred eighty-six (4,686) votes Harold J. Ireland had fifteen (15) votes Malcolm T. Rowe had thirty-one (31) votes
Blanks, three hundred seventeen (317)
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley had five thousand seventeen (5,017) votes
Russell A. Wood had twenty-five hundred ninety-one (2,591) votes Robert A. Simmons had eighteen (18) votes
Francis A. Votano had twenty-seven (27) votes
Blanks, three hundred sixty-eight (368)
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes had thirty-two hundred and sixty-three (3,263) votes Francis E. Kelly had forty-three hundred and thirty-three (4,333) votes Anthony Martin had forty-six (46) votes
Blanks, three hundred seventy-nine (379)
Senator In Congress
Leverett Saltonstall had thirty-six hundred fifty-three (3,653) votes John I. Fitzgerald had four thousand forty-four (4,044) votes Henning A. Blomen had twenty-five (25) votes E. Tallmadge Root had six (6) votes Blanks, two hundred ninety-three (293)
Congressman, 13th District
Richard B. Wigglesworth had thirty-five hundred twenty-nine (3,529) votes David J. Concannon had four thousand seventy-one (4,071) votes Blanks, four hundred twenty-one (421)
Councillor
Clayton L. Havey had three thousand fifty-three (3,053) votes Samuel G. Thorner had four thousand two hundred fifty-seven (4,257) votes Blanks, seven hundred eleven (711)
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Senator, Second Norfolk District
Leslie B. Cutler had forty-seven hundred ninety-one (4,791) votes Blanks, thirty-two hundred thirty (3,230)
Representatives in General Court, 7th Norfolk District
Frederick C. Haigis had forty-three hundred twenty (4,320) votes Charles F. Holman had forty-seven hundred eighty-seven (4,787) votes Blanks, sixty-nine hundred thirty-five (6,935)
Register of Probate and Insolvency, Norfolk County
Alfred E. Henderson had forty-nine hundred sixty-five (4,965) votes Blanks, three thousand fifty-six (3,056)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates had forty-five hundred fifty (4,550) votes Clayton W. Nash had forty-one hundred thirty-eight (4,138) votes Blanks, seventy-three hundred fifty-four (7,354)
County Treasurer, Norfolk County
Ralph D. Pettingell had forty-eight hundred forty-six (4,846) votes Blanks, thirty-one hundred seventy-five (3,175)
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County (to fill vacancy)
Willard E. Everett had five thousand twelve (5,012) votes Blanks, three thousand and nine (3,009)
Question No. 1. (Free Speech)
Yes, fifty-two hundred twenty-two (5,222) No, eight hundred forty-two (842) Blanks, nineteen hundred fifty-seven (1,957)
Question No. 2. (Use of Revenue from Motor Vehicle Taxes, etc.)
Yes, fifty-one hundred sixty-six (5,166) No, nine hundred and sixteen (916) Blanks, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine (1,939)
Question No. 3. (Filling Vacancy in Public Office by Governor)
Yes, forty-six hundred and thirty-five (4,635) No, one thousand twenty-nine (1,029) Blanks, twenty-three hundred fifty-seven (2,357)
Question No. 4. (Birth Control)
Yes, twenty-seven hundred eighty-seven (2,787) No, forty-six hundred twenty-six (4,626) Blanks, six hundred and eight (608)
Question No. 5. (Labor Question)
Yes, fourteen hundred and thirty-four (1,434) No, fifty-six hundred ninety-one (5,691) Blanks, eight hundred ninety-six (896)
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Question No. 6. (Labor Question)
Yes, eighteen hundred nineteen (1,819) No, fifty-two hundred eighty-two (5,282)
Blanks, nine hundred twenty (920)
Question No. 7. (Labor Question)
Yes, eighteen hundred and eight (1,808)
No, fifty-two hundred and seventy-three (5,273)
Blanks, nine hundred and forty (940)
Question No. 8. (Term of Office of President)
Yes, thirty-six hundred ninety-three (3,693) No, two thousand ninety-seven (2,097) Blanks, twenty-two hundred thirty-one (2,231)
Question No. 9. (Liquor Question)
A. Yes, fifty-three hundred fifty-five (5,355) No, seventeen hundred twenty-four (1,724) Blanks, nine hundred forty-two (942)
B. Yes, fifty-two hundred sixty-six (5,266) No, fifteen hundred eighty (1,580) Blanks, eleven hundred seventy-five (1,175)
C. Yes, fifty-six hundred seventy (5,670) No, tweve hundred sixty-two (1,262) Blanks, ten hundred eighty-nine (1,089)
Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
December 13, 1948
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of November 30, 1948, and signed by Sture Nelson, Clement A. Riley, George C. O'Brien, W. J. Dempsey and Harry B. Butters, Selectmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to the calling of town meetings were complied with. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The articles contained in the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing Zoning By-Law with respect to a certain portion of the existing Trunk Highway "A"; namely,
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