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Fred W. Northup Frank King Harold Anderson
Term Expires 1939 Term Expires 1937 Term Expires 1938
Arthur W. Washburn
Town Forest Committee
George H. Snell Oswin C. Woodward
George B. Greenlay
Term Expires 1939 Term Expires 1937 Term Expires 1938
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APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent Laurence G. Nourse
Principal of High School Harry L. Dixon
School Physician Dr. Allen R. Howard
School Nurse Ruah M. Harris
APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Advisory or Financial Committee
Arthur L. Crowley Leslie G. Young Chester Anderson
Edgar F. Berry Sylvester Smith
Earle F. Barney
Edward E. Osterholm
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Town Clerk's Report
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
ยท To either of the Constables of Plainville, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1936 at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose all the necessary Town Officers.
Article 2. The following to be chosen by ballot, viz: One Selectman and one Overseer of Public Welfare, for three years, one Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Trustee of Public Library for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Tree Warden, one Moderator for one year, one Park Commissioner for three years and three Constables.
All officers, except the above named, are to be chosen for one year.
Polls will be open at six o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at four o'clock P. M.
Article 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to postpone action on all Articles calling for appropriations to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 2, 1936 at 7:30 P. M., in the Town Hall.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and make an ap- propriation therefor.
Article 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or other- wise such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1936 and expressly for the following purposes to wit:
1. For the support of the Public Library.
2. For the Selectmen's current expenses and salaries.
3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.
4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salary.
5. For the Assessors' current expenses and salaries.
6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.
7. For the Board of Registrars' current expenses and salaries.
8. For the salary of Town Auditor.
9. For Sealer of Weights and Measures' current expenses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare work and Mothers' Aid.
12. For Old Age Assistance.
13. For Soldiers' Relief.
14. For Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81
15. For State and Military Aid.
16. For Memorial Day.
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.
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19. For Street lights.
20. For Water Department incidental and pumping and salaries.
21. For Sidewalks.
22. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
23. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
24. For Forest Fires.
25. For Tree Warden.
26. For Removal of Snow.
27. For Maturing Water Bonds.
28. For Maturing High School Addition note.
29. For Town Hall.
30. For Park Commissioners.
31. For Support of School and salaries of School Com. mittee.
32. Town Forest Committee.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Secre- tary of the Water Commissioners bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $796.05, or any other sum for the carrying on of the Moth work for the coming year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for extraordinary unforseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall at a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per day to :-
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, three days and three evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, three days and three evenings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week during basketball season.
9. Boy Scouts, two evenings.
10. Board of Trade, two days and two evenings.
11. Plainville Homing Club, one afternoon and one evening.
12. Church basketball team, six evenings ..
13. Garden Club, two days and one evening.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $45.27, this being the amount of bank charges accumulated over a period of two years for checks and service by the Manufacturers National Bank.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $525.25, the amount apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed $400.00 for the purchase of a loader for the use of the Highway Department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $750.00 for the purpose of hiring an assist- ant to act as clerk and agent for the Board of Welfare, for the current year, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Machin- ery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,500.00 to be used in conjunction with the W. P. A. or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. (Petition) To see if the Town will accept the Proprietorship of the South End Burial Ground, so called under Chapter 114 of the General Laws. If and when the Plainville Cemetery Corporation releases all right, title and interest it may have in said Burial Ground, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to install one electric light on Fletcher Street near the residence of George H. Snell and appropriate money for the main- tenance of same or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise the sum of $350.00 for the payment of Land Dam- agas to be incurred by the relocation of Taunton Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 21. To see whether the Town will adopt the fol- lowing by-laws for the purpose of regulating billboards or other outdoor advertising devices.
Regulation of Advertising Signs and Billboards
Section 1. Authorization. In conformity with the General Laws and lawful state regulations for the proper control and restriction of outdoor advertising devices, and without relax- ing any restrictions on said devices imposed by such regula- tions, said devices in the Town of Plainville are hereby further restricted as provided in the following sections.
Section 2. Exemptions. This by-law shall apply exclusive- ly to outdoor advertising within public view of any highway, public park or reservation. It shall not apply to signs or other devices controlled under the provisions of Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except advertising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof; and, except for lawful re- strictions as to size and location, it shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either the person oc- cupying the premises in question or the business transacted thereon or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let and which contain no other advertising matter. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and maintained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, until one year after the first day of July next fol- lowing said date.
Section 3. Definitions:
"Advertising devices" shall mean billboards, painted bul- letins, poster panels, signs, placards, and other outdoor units designed to call public attention to the matter displayed there- on.
"Advertising sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor ad- vertising device.
"Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for dis- playing an outdoor advertisement.
"Highway" shall mean any public way.
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"Public Park" shall mean a piece of public land of at least five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public en- joyment.
"Public Reservation" shall mean a piece of public land set apart for recreational use, as a State or municipal forest, as a protection to a public water supply, as a memorial, or ceme- tery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical interest.
"Permitted" shall mean authorized by an official permit.
"Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation.
"Area" of a sign or signboard shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device, including all attachments ex- cept supports and lattice at the base thereof.
"Residential District" shall mean any area zoned as resi- dential .*
"Non-conforming Business" shall mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural busi- ness as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products.
"Lawful Sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device not prohibited by any provision of law or by any lawful regu- lation.
"Accessory Sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising de- vice which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a lawful use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant there- of, but not including any sign sold or rented to an outside party.
"Sign on Wall" shall mean a sign closely attached through- out to and facing with that wall, or on a window or door therein.
"Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and devoted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a build-
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ing, with all required open spaces; or a larger tract of un- built, undivided land under one ownership.
Section 4. General Restrictions. No person, firm, asso- ciation or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor adver- tising device, not exempted by Section 2 hereof, except those specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) of this section.
(a) In districts not of a residential or rural character, any lawful sign on or attached to a wall of a building or any law- ful ground or roof sign or signboard no part of which ex- tends over fifteen feet above the part of the ground or roof on which it stands.
(b) In a residential or rural district, any lawful accessory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggregate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs ad- vertising only the sale or rental of the premises, not exceed- ing a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any public building, or of any farm, garden, tree-nursery or forest, any lawful accessory signs not exceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the limits of said premises; or any lawful accessory signs on the front wall of any building oc- cupied by a non-conforming business.
(c) Any lawful sign not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United States, the state or the county, relative to govern- ment business.
(d) At any boundary line of the town a lawful sign not exceeding five square feet in area indicating the meetings of any civic organization located therein.
(e) On property owned or principally occupied by a re- ligious, civic or charitable organization, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen and approval of the in- spector of buildings if any, for a limited period not exceed- ing sixty days.
Section 5. Set-backs. No advertising sign or signboard shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct
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a view between any points on connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or to obstruct any door, window or fire-escape on a building; or, if on a roof, to be set nearer than one-half its height to the wall thereof on a street front; or, in a residential district, to extend more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is located than it would be lawful to maintain a build- ing, except as provided in paragraph (d) of Section 4.
Section 6. Prohibitions. Except signs exempted under Section 2, no person, firm, association or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any bill- board or other outdoor advertising device in any district.
(a) Except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises where it is located, or a party holding written permission from either to display the device for a limited period, which party's name shall be conspicuously displayed thereon;
(b) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole;
(c) Within one hundred feet of any church, public build- ing, monument or memorial, or within three hundred feet of any public park, playground, or public reservation, if within view from any portion thereof; except that this paragraph shall not apply to accessory signs on the walls of buildings;
(d) If it contains any obscene, indecent or immoral mat- ter;
(e) Unless all parts and attachments and the ground about the base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition.
Section 7. Administration. No advertising device for which a permit from any state authority is required shall be erected, displayed or maintained in the town until five days after a permit therefor, or a true copy thereof, has been filed with the Town Clerk. Whenever notice of an application for such a permit is received by the Town Clerk, he shall im- mediately transmit it to the Inspector of Buildings or other officer, if any, charged with the administration of this by-law. Such officer, or in the lack of such officer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an examination of the case and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the Town Clerk, shall send written notice to
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the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stat- ing whether or not the proposed advertising device would vio- . late any provision of this by-law, and, if so, what provision. Like notice shall be sent also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location of the device.
At least twenty-five days before an outdoor advertising device not requiring a permit from any state authority and not exempted under Section 2 shall be erected or displayed in the town, a description thereof and of its proposed location shall be filed with the town clerk, after which the procedure shall be the same as prescribed in the preceding paragraph in the case of an application for a state permit, except that notice whether or not the device would violate any provision of the law shall be sent, within twenty days after receipt of the description, only to the party filing the same and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location.
Article 22. To choose any committee and to hear the re- port of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not to make due returns of this Warrant and your doings thereon to the Town Clerk in conformity with the Public Statutes at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hand and seal of the Town of Plainville, this tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Six.
(Seal)
EARL F. BARNEY,
CHARLES H. PEASLEY,
HERBERT M. THOMPSON,
Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy. Attest:
HERBERT A. MORSE,
Constable of the Town of Plainville
This 20th day of February, 1936.
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OFFICER'S RETURN ON WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Plainville, Mass., February 20, 1936
This is to certify that I have posted 10 copies of the within Warrant in 10 public places of the Town of Plainville, ten days before the time of said meeting.
HERBERT A. MORSE,
Constable of the Town of Plainville
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of Feb- ruary, 1936.
Published in newspaper February 20, 1936.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Plainville, Massachusetts, March 2, 1936
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the 32nd Annual Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall, it being the first Monday in March 1936.
The Ballot Box was inspected, found empty and locked by Town Clerk and key turned over to Police Officer.
Ballot Clerks: Dacia Anderson and Frank King
Tellers: Charles J. Quirk and John P. Russell
Ballot Box and Police Officer: Clarence A. Staples
The above having been appointed by the Selectmen, were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their respective duties by the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk read the call of the meeting and at 6:00 A. M. the polls were declared open and voting in order.
At 9:00 A. M. the meeting was called to order by Town Clerk. Fred W. Northup was elected Moderator for morn- ing meeting.
Article I. Voted that the following men serve as Meas- urers of Wood, Bark, and Lumber for the ensuing year: George B. Greenlay, Harry O. Proal, Henry I. Riley, and Ernest E. Munroe.
Voted that the following men act as Fence Viewers and Field Drivers for the ensuing year: Chester A. Meyer, Her- bert A. Morse, and Elmer C. Pease.
Article III. Motion by Arthur W. Washburn and unani- mously voted that we accept the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town officers as printed in the Town Report with the exception of any typographical errors.
Article IV. Motion by Clarence F. Telford and unani-
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mously voted that we postpone action on all other articles to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 2nd, 1936 at 7:30 P. M. in the Town Hall.
The Moderator appointed the following committee to bring in names as recommendations for the Finance Committee for the ensuing year: Oliver P. Brown, Clarence F. Telford, John A. Kenerson, John P. Russell, and Charles J. Quirk.
By unanimous vote, the polls were declared closed at 4:00 P. M., 141 ballots cast, 141 names checked on voting list, and ballot box showed 141 ballots cast. The results of the balloting, viz:
MODERATOR-One Year
William H. Nash 127
Blanks 14
TOWN CLERK-One Year
Arthur W. Washburn 137
Reginald Keyes
1
Blanks
3
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
Edward E. Osterholm 131
Blanks
10
SELECTMEN AND WELFARE BOARD-Three Years
Earle F. Barney 122
Arthur L. Crowley 5
Blanks
14
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
LeRoy B. Wilson
129
Blanks 12
ASSESSOR-Three Years
William E. Blanchard
128
Blanks
13
WATER COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Frank V. Henrich 135
Blanks
6
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TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY-Three Years
Fred W. Northup 138
Blanks 3
TAX COLLECTOR-One Year
Oliver P. Brown 137
Blanks 4
AUDITOR-One Year
Alice E. Ribero 135
Blanks 6
PARK COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Clarence F. Telford 127
Blanks 14
CONSTABLES-One Year
Chester A. Meyer 132
Herbert A. Morse 136
Elmer C. Pease 126
Blanks
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TREE WARDEN-One Year
George H. Snell 133
Blanks 8
TOWN HALL, 7:30 P. M.
Meeting was called to order by Moderator William H. Nash.
Article II. The Town Clerk read the results of the ballot- ing.
Article V. Motion by Edgar F. Berry, and unanimously voted that the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 therefor.
Article VI. On motion by Edgar F. Berry, Secretary of the Finance Committee, it was unanimously voted to raise and appropriate the following amounts to defray Town charges for the financial year ending December 31st, 1936:
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1. Support of Public Library, including Dog Tax, $500.00
2. Selectmen's current expenses and salaries, $2,100.00
3. Treasurer's current expenses and salary, $400.00
4. Town Clerk's current expenses and salary, $260.00
5. Assessors' current expenses and salaries, $600.00
6. Tax Collector's current expenses and salary, $400.00
7. Board of Registrars' current expenses and salaries $110.00
8. Salary of Town Auditor $35.00. Amendment to this motion by Florence B. Fuller, and voted that the salary of the Town Auditor be raised to $50.00. Vote questioned. Re- sult: Yes 97, No 6.
9. Sealer of Weights and Measures' current expenses and salary, $75.00
10. Payment of Insurance, $1,350.00
11. Welfare Work and Mothers' Aid, $4,500.00
12. Old Age Assistance, $5,000.00
13. Soldiers' Relief, $600.00
14. Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81, $1,750.00
15. State and Military Aid, $120.00
16. Memorial Day, $75.00
17. Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt, $600.00
18. Fire Department for current expenses and salaries, $2,125.00
19. Street Lights, $4,018.50
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20. Water Department incidental and pumping and salaries, $3,250.00
21. Sidewalks, no appropriation.
22. Board of Health current expenses and salaries, $150.00
23. Police Department including street patrol, $2,000.00
24. Forest Fires, no appropriation.
25. Tree Warden, $75.00
26. Removal of Snow, $1,525.00
27. Maturing Water Bonds, $1,400.00
28. Maturing High School Addition note, $1,000.00
29. Town Hall, $300.00
30. Park Commissioners, $375.00
31. Motion by Frank Etter, and so voted that any action taken on this section of Article VI be voted by yes and no ballots using the check list.
Motion by Edgar F. Berry and voted that the sum of $25,000.00 be raised and appropriated for support of Schools and salaries of School Committee.
An amendment was made to this motion by Harry Tamblyn, that the sum of $26,700.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.
Result of vote: 186 votes cast, 146 no, 40 yes.
Amendment was lost and the original motion voted upon. Result: 141 votes cast, 126 yes, 15 no.
32. No appropriation.
Article VII. Motion by Edgar F. Berry, and unanimously voted that the Town have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Secretary of the Water
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Commissioners bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee Com- pany, and raise and appropriate the sum of $140.50 to pay for same.
Article VIII. Motion by Edgar F. Berry, and unanimously voted "That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws."
Article IX. Motion by Edgar F. Berry and unanimously voted that the sum of $796.00 be raised and appropriated for the Moth Department for the current year.
Article X. Motion by Edgar F. Berry, and unanimously voted that no appropriation be made for this purpose, but recommended and voted that the present Overlay Reserve Balance of $1,508.25 be transferred to The Reserve for Extra- ordinary Unforseen Expenses Account.
Article XI. Motion by Edgar F. Berry, and unanimously voted that the Town grant the use of the Town Hall at a minimum charge of five (5) dollars per day to:
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3 . Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, three days and three evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, three days and three evenings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week during basketball season.
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