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ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and/or by borrowing, and appropriate for the purpose of electric light construction, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and/or by borrowing, and appropriate for the purpose of water construction, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for the purpose of Police Department Salaries, Specials, or take any other action in the matter.
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ARTICLE 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for the purpose of Drains Maintenance, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for the purpose of Sewer Maintenance, Payroll Wages, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for Particular Sewers, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for Sick Leave, Public Works, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and appropriate for Cemetery Incidentals, or take any other action in the matter.
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 29th day of September, A.D. 1964.
THOMAS K. McMANUS HARRY B. BUTTERS CHARLES L. RICH MARTIN J. LYDON Selectmen of Norwood
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 22, 1964
Norfolk, ss.
Town of Norwood
In pursuance with the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, and the Town Meeting Members qualified to vote in elections and town affairs met in the Auditorium of the Junior High School on Washington Street in said Town on Thursday, October 22, 1964, at 7:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rev. Daniel Young.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Walter J. Gotovich. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Bartley W. Connolly. Tellers being appointed and sworn, the following action was taken on the articles of the foregoing warrant:
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ARTICLE 1. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Daniel E. Callahan, Jr., it was
VOTED: That action under this article be postponed until the next Special Town Meeting on November 12, 1964.
On voice vote, declared unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 2. The following motion was submitted by the Finance Commission :
That action under this article be postponed until the next Special Town Meeting, November 12, 1964, and that the Balch School Building Committee be instructed to report back at that time with revised plans that will be in keeping with the original intent of the Town Meeting of March 2, 1964 which authorized the Committee to get preliminary plans for a cafetorium addition to the Balch School.
A substitute motion was offered by John A. Abdallah, duly seconded by Joseph Olshan :
That the Town appropriate the sum of $299,510.00 for constructing, ori- ginally equipping, and furnishing an addition to the Balch School, and that to raise this appropriation the sum of $100,010.00 be transferred from the balance in the Stabilization Fund on December 31, 1963 and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is authorized to issue $199,500.00 bonds or notes of the Town under Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, payable over a period of ten (10) years, provided that the total authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of any matching Stabilization Fund payment.
A motion to amend was offered by William Lynch, duly seconded by Andrew Monahan, and declared carried on a voice vote:
That the recommendation of the Finance Commission as amended, be amended by striking out ten (10) years and inserting in place thereof four (4) years.
On standing vote, voting Yes, 116; voting No, 2.
Substitute motion as amended was declared carried.
ARTICLE 3. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Channing W. Souther, Jr., it was
VOTED: That the town appropriate the sum of $352,750 for construct- ing, orignially equipping and furnishing an addition to the Cleveland School, that to raise this appropriation $100,000 is transferred from the balance in the Stabilization Fund on December 31, 1963 and $152,750 is transferred from the sum transferred to the Stabilization Fund on August 13, 1964, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to issue $100,000 bonds or notes of the town under Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, payable over a period of ten (10) years, provided that the total authorized
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borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of any matching Stabilization Fund payment.
On standing vote, voting Yes, 113, voting No, 0.
Motion declared carried.
ARTICLE 4. On motion of Thomas K. McManus, duly seconded by Mary G. Wilford, it was:
VOTED: To accept and allow as new town ways, as laid out and reported by the Board of Selectmen, the following:
1. Alpine Road, from Springvale Road to Ash Road, to be known as Alpine Road.
2. Ash Road, from Prospect Street to Barberry Lane, to be known as Ash Road.
3. Springvale Road, from Susan Road to Prospect Street, to be known as Springvale Road.
4. Susan Road, from Springvale Road to Greenleaf Road, to be known as Susan Road.
5. Mckinley Road, from Neponset Street to 604 feet westerly and southerly, to be known as Mckinley Road.
6. Meadow Street, from Juniper Drive to Heather Drive, to be known as Meadow Street.
7. Ridgewood Drive, from Access Road to Kenwood Drive, to be known as Ridgewood Drive.
8. Heather Drive, from Meadown Street to Yew Drive, to be known as Heather Drive.
9. Yew Drive, from Juniper Drive to Heather Drive, to be known as Yew Drive.
(Note: Although Greenleaf Road is included in Article 4, it is intentionally excluded from this motion.)
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 5. On motion of Thomas K. McManus, duly seconded by Mary G. Wilford, it was
VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to convey a 50 foot right of way along the Westwood Town line running southwesterly from Winter Street a distance of 732.33 fcet, as shown on a plan of land entitled "Town of Norwood, Mass., Plan Showing Land of William F. Lovell to be Acquired for Municipal Purposes, R. A. Hamilton, Town Engincer, dated March 30, 1964," said plan having been recorded in Norfolk Deeds as Plan 549 of 1964 in Plan Book 217.
On standing vote, voting Yes, 86, voting No, 0.
Motion declared carried.
ARTICLE 6. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Daniel E. Callahan, Jr., it was
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VOTED: That the sum of $40,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of installing a 13.8 K V Line at the Plimpton Press, and to meet said appro- priation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $40,000.00 under authority of Chapter 44 for a period of one (1) year.
On standing vote, voting Yes, 87, voting No, 2.
Motion declared carried.
ARTICLE 7. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Mary G. Wilford, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $5,000.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for water construction.
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 8. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Maurice S. Baker, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $16,000.00 be appropriated for Police Depart- ment Salaries, Specials, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $2,400.00 be transferred from Veterans Services Salaries, and the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from Public Dumps, the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from the Insurance Account and the sum of $9,600.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue.
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 9. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Maurice S. Baker, it was
VOTED: Indefinite Postponement.
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 10. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Maurice S. Baker, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $3,000.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for Sewer Maintenance, Payroll Wages.
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 11. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by John A. Abdallah, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $5,600.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for Particular Sewers.
On voice vote, declared unaimously carried.
ARTICLE 12. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Maurice S. Baker, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $1,100.00 be transferred from Surplus Rev- enue and appropriated for Siek Leave, Public Works Department,
On voice vote, declared unanimously carried,
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ARTICLE 13. On motion of Stephen T. Hefferan, duly seconded by Maurice S. Baker, it was
VOTED: That the sum of $1,100.00 be transferred from Surplus Rev- enue and appropriated for Cemetery Incidental Expense.
On voice vote, declared unanimously carried.
On motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 11:20 p.m. A True Record
Attest: BARTLEY W. CONNOLLY Town Clerk and Accountant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF NORWOOD (SEAL)
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 third day of Novem- ber, A.D. 1964, at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for: Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; Senator in Congress; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Representative in Congress, Eleventh District; Councillor, Second District; Senator, Second Norfolk District; Two Representatives in General Court, Eleventh Norfolk District; Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County; Register of Deeds, Norfolk District; Two County Commissioners for Norfolk County; and to vote on the following questions :
Question No. 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
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 March 29, 1961, received 219 votes in the affirmative and 26 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963, received 244 votes in the affirmative and 14 in the negative?
YES NO
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SUMMARY
The proposed amendment provides that the terms of office of the Gov- ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General, Attorney General and Auditor shall be four years. Executive Councillors, Senators and Representatives shall continue to serve for two years. The four-year term for constitutional officers would become effective at the time of the November election in the year 1966.
Question No. 2
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
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 July 18, 1962, received 238 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963, received 246 votes in the affirmative and 2 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
In the event that any public office, whether elective or appointive, shall become vacant as a result of enemy attack, the proposed amendment would enable the General Court to provide for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of such offices, and to take steps to insure conti- nuity of government of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions.
Question No. 3
PROPOSE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
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 March 29, 1961, received 251 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963 received 252 votes in the affirmative and 3 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
The proposed amendment provides that the credit of the Commonwealth may be given, loaned or pledged only by a two-thirds vote of each branch of the Legislature. In no event shall the credit of the Commonwealth be given or loaned to or for any individual, private association or corporation privately owned or managed.
Question No. 4
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint
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session of the branches held July 18, 1962, received 220 votes in the affirma- tive and 24 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 8, 1963 received 258 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
The proposed amendment authorizes both the Governor and the Execu- tive Council to require opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on questions of law. The present requirement that the Governor and Council agree before a question may be submitted would be annulled.
Question No. 5 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 109 in the affirmative and 109 in the negative and was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 20 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
The proposed measure provides that henceforth appointments in the executive branch of the government shall not require the advice and consent of the Governor's Council. Exceptions to this provision include appointments to the Youth Service Board, Industrial Accident Board, Commission of the Department of Public Utilities, Parole Board and Appellate Tax Board, which appointments shall continue to require Council action. However, should the Council fail to act upon such appointments within thirty calendar days, then the person involved shall be deemed to have been lawfully appointed. Any appointment in the executive branch of an officer other than the Governor which heretofore required Council approval shall henceforth require approval by the Governor.
Removals from office shall no longer require the advice and consent of the Council, except in the case of the Youth Service Board, which removals must still receive Council approval. As in the case of appointments still requiring Council approval, such recommended removal from the Youth Service Board must be acted upon by the Council within thirty calendar days; otherwise the proposed removal shall become effective as if approval had been given. In the case of any appointment which heretofore required Council approval the Governor may, within fifteen days of the making of the appointment, remove the person appointed without cause.
The Council shall no longer be required to approve the fixing of any compensation for services rendered in the executive department. And henceforth there need be no approval by the Council of actions or agree- ments by executive officers, including but not limited to borrowings and loans, investments, leases, licenses, purchases and conveyances, and con- tracts, and also including the promulgation of rules and regulations.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Governor shall at all times remain free to seek the advice and consent of the Council upon any matter.
Question No. 6
LAW SUBMITTED UPON REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 180 in the affirmative and 40 in the negative and was approved in the Senate by a vote of 28 in the affirm- ative and 5 in the negative?
YES NO
SUMMARY
Under the Act, effective as of January 1, 1964, each member of the General Court shall receive seventy-eight hundred dollars for each regular annual session, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive the same amount as additional com- pensation, and the floor leaders of each of the major political parties in the Senate and House, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of that committee of the House, shall each receive thirty-nine hundred dollars as additional com- pensation, to be paid as provided in the Act. After the same date the annual expense allowance is to be six hundred dollars for each member and the travel allowance is to be eight cents per mile with a stated minimum and an alternative, and a member chosen to fill a vacancy or who resigns during a session is to be entitled to per diem compensation at the rate for each regular annual session and to the allowance for travel and other expenses for the time of his membership.
It is also provided that in addition to the compensation for the 1963 annual session the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be paid thirty-nine hundred dollars, the floor leaders of each major political party in the Senate and House, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and Chairman and Vice-Chairman of that committee of the House, shall be paid twenty-nine hundred and twenty-five dollars and each other member shall be paid nineteen hundred and fifty dollars. Each member shall also be entitled to an additional expense allowance of two hundred dollars for the calendar year 1963 and the travel allowance shall be at the rate of eight cents per mile with a stated minimum and an alter- native for the balance of the calendar year 1963.
Question No. 7
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, run, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
YES NO
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B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
YES NO
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?
YES 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.
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 thirteenth day of October, A.D. 1964.
THOMAS K. McMANUS HARRY B. BUTTERS CHARLES L. RICH WALTER J. DEMPSEY Selectmen of Norwood
Norwood, Norfolk, ss.
October 20, 1964
By virtue of the within warrant, I have posted the same as directed. The posting was completed Monday, October 19, 1964 at 2:00 p.m.
JAMES F. LYDEN Constable, Town of Norwood
A True Record
Attest: BARTLEY W. CONNOLLY Town Clerk and Accountant
November 3, 1964
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
In pursuance with the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood qualified to vote in elections and town affairs assembled in the State Armory on Nahatan Street, Norwood, on Tuesday, the third day of November, A.D. 1964, at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Bartley W. Con- nolly. All the provisions of law relating to the calling and conduct of elections having been complied with, the polls were declared open for the
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reception of ballots and remained open until 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon at which time they were closed.
The following election officers were sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant to the faithful performance of their duty:
Edna Hunter, Margaret C. Lewis, Bertha Holman, Caroline McManus, Rosemary Fanning, Jeanette Race, Jennie C. Drummey, Mildred Lane, Leona Finbow, Catherine M. Griffin, Alice H. Thompson, Marion Ivatts, Mildred E. Curran, Ruth Curran, Mary E. Mattson, Florence M. D'Espinosa, Harriet H. Gullich, Elizabeth E. Donovan, Jennie McNally, Mary Foley, May Wells Atwood, Albina R. Grigun, Catherine L. D'Espinosa, Robert Drummey, Russell L. Tupper, Edward A. Flaherty, Helen Bresnahan, Angela Daly, Evelina M. Nolan, Anna E. Nelson, Alice G. Kelliher, Mae L. Bremer, Emma L. Blasenak, Katherine Connor, Vera A. Kozak, Mildred Galle, Harold E. Ritchie, Francis I. Cuff, Mary Quinn, James E. Flynn, Julia Rau, Mary Hayes, Roger J. Connolly, Agnes Thompson, Gertrude A. Dolan, Catherine M. Keefe, Alice V. Duffy, Nora Walsh, Mary L. Barrett, Mary Johnson, Helen G. McDonald, Harry J. Butler, Mark F. Coyne, Genevieve Padduck, Aune Nordvall, Salvatore D'Espinosa, Rose Gallazzi, Louise Conti, Michael Nugent, Charles H. Brown, Ellen A. Cotter, Mary Stevens, Doris C. Dauksis, Henry J. Gullich, Britta K. Kallgren, Janet A. Webber, Stella Schoppe, Gustave Sacre, Lida Parker, Marion Manning, Marion Waterhouse, Margaret Partridge, Ethel Moir, Muriel Brock, Margaret L. Curren, Dorothy Potter, Margaret M. Rodgers, Mary Baum, Catherine E. Conroy, Bertha Wessell, Mary Lucas, Myra Pesta, Joan L. Lewis, Ruth Sullivan, Pauline Erker, Edna Onishuk, Joseph V. Nuttall, Malvina Mogan, Anne L. White, George Cashman, George Hammersley, Agnes M. Riley, Clara Feeney, Regina Hartnett, Ralph J. Colp, Olive Mulkern, Edward C. Collins, Eleanor Nelson, Arthur B. Rodgers, Daniel F. O'Connor, Adela Maloof, Mildred M. Sacco, Thomas F. Riley, Mabel DesRoches, Phyllis Harris, Eva Greene, Arthur V. Wilson, Arthur Gleichauf, Janet Wilkinson, Mary G. Gray, Barbara J. Christensen, Ruth Reddick, Carol M. Estes, James Readel, Margaret M. Hayes, Geraldine Parsons, Barbara Barton, Vivian H. Spear, Alice J. DiCicco, Anne J. Mackys, Arlene E. Lindblom, Mary Louise McInnis, James T. Connolly, Joyce W. Sheehan, Marjorie C. White, Laura Gugliotta, Kathleen H. McCormack, Constance M. Curran, Margaret C. Kilduff, Eileen Woodworth, Herbert Wiggin, Ruth Jemison, Coletta Sias, Jean R. Brown, Jean Sundgren, Tracy Cottrell, Martin Lydon, John J. Mulvehill, Ruth M. Butters, Neil G. Hawley, Justin Barton, John F. Folan, Elizabeth M. Pender, Virginia M. Traudt, Phyllis G. Rodgers, Eva Knoll, Mary E. Butters, Inez Gallazzi, Ruth McCann, Lola DiBerto, John E. Folan, Jr., Mary Wilford, Catherine Curran.
Sealed packages of ballots supplied by the Secretary of the Common- wealth were then delivered to the Ballot Clerks by the Town Clerk and Accountant, together with Specimen ballots and cards of instruction, and their receipt therefor was taken in conformity to the law. The Ballot Clerks were provided with duplicate sets of lists of registered voters of the Town, as prepared by the Registrars of Voters for use at this election, and were stationed at the entrance and exits of the polling places with instructions to deliver such ballots only to voters whose names were found and checked
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on the voting list. The Ballot Boxes used in elections were then opened in public meeting, examined by the Moderator and other officials and found to be empty. The registers were then set at zero.
The polls were declared open for the reception of ballots at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon. The polls were declared closed at 8:00 o'clock in the after- noon. The names were checked on the voting lists by the ballot clerks at the entrance to the polling place and by the checkers at the ballot boxes, were counted up and compared and were found to agree and the number of names so checked were thirteen thousand on hundred and fifteen (13,115) plus forty-one (41) voting for Electors of President and Vice President only, which agreed with the total number of votes taken from the ballot boxes. The canvass of the votes cast being as follows:
Electors of President and Vice President
Goldwater and Miller (Republican Party)
2588
Hass and Blomen (Socialist Labor Party) 14
Johnson and Humphrey (Democratic Party)
10,354
Munn and Shaw (Prohibition Party) 12
Blanks 188
Senator in Congress
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