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ANNUAL REPORT
We thank your board, members of the department, and the Fourth of July Committee for the help and assistance they have given us.
Appropriation
$4,400.00
Payroll
$1,700.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel.
163.03
Worcester County Electric Company
78.00
No. Attleboro Gas Company
4.98
Janitor service
120.00
Labor
41.60
Misc. gas and supplies
262.66
Dues: Forest Warden and Fire Chief
8.00
The Gamewell Company, fire alarm
323.61
Justin A. McCarthy, hose
$638.40
helmet and rubber coat 45.09
683.49
Maxim Motor, ladder
266.00
Franklin Hardware Co., wire
120.00
A. & S. Supply Co., Inc., new water supply
121.60
T. E. A. Fuller Insurance Agency- trucks $62.70
T. E. A. Fuller Traveler's vol. blanket policy 145.23
207.93
Expended:
$4,100.90
Balance
$299.10
Respectfully submitted,
ALTON E. FRENCH, Chief CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH, First Ass't. CHESTER A. MEYER, Second Ass't.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND DAIRIES
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk and Dairies for the Town of Plainville, for the year ending December 31, 1952, as follows:
Milk Licenses issued: 32 @ $1.00 $32.00
Oleomargarine Licenses: 9 @ $1.00 9.00
Cash paid Town Treasurer $41.00
Respectfully submitted,
EARL B. THOMPSON,
Milk Inspector
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1952.
Of the twenty-one (21) carcasses inspected, there were ten (10) cattle; six (6) sheep and five (5) calves, which were inspected and stamped, and the required reports sent to the State Department of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
EARL B. THOMPSON,
Inspector of Slaughtering
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BOARD OF HEALTH
We are still continuing Mr. Putnam B. Steele, as Sanita- tion Inspector for the testing of milk, inspection of restaurants and other eating establishments. Many favorable comments have been received on this type of service.
Because of the conjested condition of the old town dump, we were forced to find a new location. Thru the cooperation of Mr. William Stierli, we were enabled to relocate the town dump on the same property on Cowell Street. A fence was installed to help keep this area clean. In order to establish this new dump, we were forced to cut down trees and brush and bulldoze a wide area so that the public could drive in with plenty of room to turn around. This will be a solution to our problem for quite a few years.
We have an article in this warrant asking for enough money to complete Bugbee Street drainage. From a Board of Health standpoint this drainage should be completed this year.
The following is a list of diseases on file at this office.
Chicken Pox
21
German Measles
24
Measles 31
Scarlet Fever
2
Dog Bite 2
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
LEROY B. WILSON
NORMAN A. McGILL
Board of Health
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ASSESSORS REPORT, 1952
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The report of the Board of Assessors for the year ending December 31, 1952, follows:
Total Appropriations Town Meeting
$219,225.02
Overlay Reserve
5,285.53
Total Appropriations
$224,510.55
Total Estimated Receipts
$100,225.72
Amount to be raised by Taxation
123,284.83
$224,510.55
Taxes Committed:
Real Estate
$104,370.55
Personal
17,728.28
Poll Tax
1,186.00
$123,284.83
Excise Tax:
Total Valuation of cars assessed
$452,960.00
Total Tax assessed
18,345.33
Total Number of cars assessed
1,013
Number of Persons, Partnerships, and Corps., assessed
1,011
Number of Polls
593
Number of Dwelling houses
602
Number of Acres of Land
63,060
Total Real Estate Valuation
1,815,140
Total Personal
308,318
Total 2,123,458
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Live Stock Assessed
Horses
17
Cattle
157
Swine
291
Sheep
12
Fowl
4,150
Goats
11
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. QUIRK SYDNEY J. ANDREWS
FRANK V. HENRICH
Board of Assessors
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CENTER TOWN
To Whom Payable Amount Total
Appropriation Transferred
$4,000.00
423.75
$4,423.75
Payrolls:
$1,677.20
Gas, Oil & Parts:
F. W. Averill Garage
162.91
Chas. S. Cobb
239.07
A. Paulus 232.30
F. Benker
282.97
Eastern Tire Sales
275.04
1,192.29
Thorpe Automotive Co., supplies 193.68
Waite Auto Co., chains
176.99
Nerney Motor Sales, auto parts
30.75
Columbian Steel Co., blades 61.93
American Chain Link Fence Co., road drag
22.00
Plainville Machine Works, repairs spreader
19.00
Sheet Metal Specialties Co., signs
28.44
W. T. Whalen Engineering Co., plans
15.00
T. E. A. Fuller Insurance Agency- truck coverage
171.24
Attleboro & Plainville Coal Co., cement, etc. 41.65
355.70
Misc. supplies and parts
Gravel and Sand:
Walsh & Babineau
$5.00
M. F. Cash 46.20
51.20
Asphalt & Patch:
Norwood Asphalt
Company 186.73
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone 25.43
212.16
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
L. Grimaldi, removing boulder
10.00
$4,259.23
Truck and Machinery Hire: Alec Fredrickson, tractor Mack Construction Co., power grader
30.00
42.00
L. Morrell, power shovel
92.40
$4,423.63
Appropriations
$4,423.75
Expended
4,423.63
Balance
.12
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Payrolls
$4,338.46
Mack Construction Co., asphalt
3,548.87
Kopper's Company, T-3
1,055.25
Gravel and Sand:
Highland Sand & Gravel
Company
$1,850.62
Jas. A. Munroe
70.10
Norfolk Asphalt
96.40
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone
91.88
Walsh & Babineau
52.80
2,161.80
Norfolk Asphalt, asphalt concrete
93.50
Solvay Sales, Calcium chloride flakes Misc. supplies
59.76
$11,316.24
Truck Hire:
Town of Plainville
600.00
Alec Fredrickson, tractor,
$244.00
sand loader
180.00
mower 128.00
552.00
Louis Morrell, Power shovel
48.00
Mervin C. Gay, Grader
54.00
Willard Construction Co., roller
32.50
Jas. A. Munroe, grader roller 33.00
$553.00
58.60
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To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
dump truck
32.00
618.00
Jos. Jacuzzi, shovel & truck
140.00
2,044.50
$13,360.74
Appropriation
$4,300.00
Transfer
9,075.00
$13,375.00
Expended:
13,360.74
Balance
$14.26
HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90
Payrolls $1,005.10
Norfolk Asphalt Concrete Co., concrete
358.05
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe 91.50
State Prison Colony Industries, inlet covers
13.50
Attleboro & Plainville Coal Co.,
cement and body brick
6.72
$1,474.87
Truck hire:
Town of Plainville
100.00
J. T. Iacuzzi, power shovel
34.00
Alec Fredrickson, power tractor
30.00
L. A. Morrell,
power shovel
$60.00
backhoe
336.00
loader
60.00
456.00
620.00
$2,094.87
Appropriation
$2,100.00
Expended
2,094.87
Balance
$ 5.13
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
DRAINAGE-BUGBEE STREET
Payrolls
$455.80
State Prison Colony Industries, curb inlets
6.80
Southeastern Construction Co. Inc., radius blocks and rings
80.16
542.76
Truck and Machinery Hire
Louis A. Morrell, digger
$408.00
compressor
45.00
453.00
$995.76
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended
995.76
Balance
$ 4.24
REPAIR WARREN STREET after Water Installation
Labor
$338.00
Truck and Machinery Hire:
Louis A. Morrell, back hoe $486.00 tractor 75.00
561.00
899.00
Appropriation
$900.00
Expended
899.00
Balance
$ 1.00
TOWN FOREST
Labor
Appropriation $75.00
61.20
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To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Truck Hire:
Town of Plainville
12.00
$73.20
Balance $1.80
SNOW REMOVAL ACCOUNT
Payrolls
$1,203.85
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand
648.56
Repairs and parts 66.40
Anderson Engineering Co., plow parts
16.00
$1,934.81
Truck and Machinery Hire:
Town of Plainville
366.00
Alec Fredrickson: plowing and
loading snow
$450.00
loading sand
172.00
622.00
Merrill N. Falk II, sidewalk plowing
224.00
W. H. Riley & Son, bulldozer
38.00
J. Jacuzzi, bulldozer
55.00
$3,239.81
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended
3,239.81
$239.81
Trans. Ex-Ordinary Reserve Acct. $239.81
TOWN DUMP
Appropriation
$150.00
Payrolls
$61.15
W. H. Riley & Son, bulldozer
73.85
Ralph Kettell, bulldozer
15.00
Expended: $150.00
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REPORT OF PARK AND PLAYGROUND
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
We hereby submit our annual report.
We wish to express our appreciation to the many people who cooperated with us to make our 1952 season a very successful one.
To the Fire Department for helping us clean the pool.
To Robert Munroe for the use of his pumps to drain the pool.
To the Plainville Grange for planting and maintaining our two flower beds.
To the Police Department for their cooperation in helping to curb the vandalism which formerly had taken place.
Under the supervision of Mr. Milesky the park was main- tained and kept in very clean condition. He also conducted swimming lessons and kept a large group of children active in learning to swim, and advancing in this sport.
We wish to thank Elmer Ralston for the loam and clay which was used on the ball field.
We, also, wish to thank Mervin Gay for the use of his road scraper and Richard Morse for his work in levelling the diamond.
The Merry-Go-Round that was purchased last year was installed and enjoyed by many children.
A new bridge was constructed across the brook to replace the old one.
Three picnic tables with benches attached, and three park
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benches were purchased, to be located in convenient places in the park, for the coming year.
The main project before us was the construction of the comfort station. This was built by Robert Munroe at a saving to the Town. The installation labor of all the piping and toilet fixtures was donated. The know-how and many hours labor of Byron Schofield is greatly appreciated. The hours of help from Everett Skinner, Frank Miller and Gilbert Berkley, not only in the construction of the lavatory, but in other projects in the park is also appreciated. The comfort station was com- pleted and will be open to the public next year. We wish to emphasize that this is an important fixture in the park, and needs the cooperation of the townspeople in keeping it clean and sanitary.
Appropriation
$900.00
Charles Pease
(Plowing ball diamond)
10.25
Attleboro and Plainville Coal Co.
(Lime and Cement)
4.81
Mr. Morton Milesky (Labor)
405.00
Mowry Falk (Labor)
12.00
M. F. Cash (4 loads gravel)
16.00
Gilbert Berkley (Labor)
29.00
Frank Miller (Labor)
16.00
Gary Berkley (Labor)
45.00
Frank Dinsmore (Equipment)
256.89
Supplies
17.30
Diamond Match (Lumber)
54.36
$866.61
Balance
$33.39
$1,000.00
Comfort Station
James A. Munroe and Sons
(Contractor)
$750.00
Louis A. Morrell (Material & Labor)
208.71
Frank Stolworthy (Pipe)
21.00
A. & S. Supply Co. (Pipe)
11.00
$990.71
Balance $9.29
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR W. MYERS ROBERT J. FAWCETT CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.
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ANNUAL REPORT WIRING INSPECTOR'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the past year there have been the following per- mits granted to wire, with all work inspected:
12 New Houses
8 Summer Cottages (Treasure Island Development)
1 Temporary Quarters (Treasure Island Development)
16 New Services (Changing from 2 to 3 wires)
1 New Service for a Trailer made into a permanent dwelling
27 Oil Burners
2 Factories
2 Rewiring of Old Houses
1 Ice Cream Stand
2 Electric Signs
We again wish to express our appreciation for the co- operation of the Worcester County Electric Company, the Electrical Contractors and Home Owners during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
C. GEORGE HAYES
Inspector of Wires
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ANNUAL REPORT AUDITOR'S REPORT
January 21, 1953
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that the books of the Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, and Water Department have been examined by me and found correct.
All amounts collected and paid to the Treasurer by the Tax Collector and Water Department agree with his state- ments, as well as all uncollected amounts.
The books of the Town Clerk, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Milk Inspector, School Lunch Fund and Police Department have been examined and they also agree with the records of the Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER
Town Auditor
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Because of the open winter in 1952, the bulk of the high- way money was spent for resurfacing the town streets. This is a rather expensive operation, as costs of materials are at their highest level.
The following Center of Town streets received a surface treatment, Spring, Broad, Melcher, Maple, Pleasant, Grove, Highland Avenue and Potter Avenue.
The following streets in the outlying sections of the town also received surface treatment, under Chapter 81. Chestnut, Cowell, Cross, Fales, George, Green, Hancock, Hawkins, High, Mirimichi, School, Taunton, Walnut, Warren, West Bacon, Bartlett Road, Peck Road and Peterson Road. Gravelling was done on Hawkins Street, George Street and Wampum Street. Brush cutting on Hancock, Warren, Taunton and Walnut Streets.
Under Chapter 90, the following work was completed. On Messenger Street the banking at top of hill was cut back, drain installed, fence rebuilt and road hard surfaced. Also on Messenger Street the catch basin was rebuilt and 150 feet of drainage installed on Nixon property. On Taunton Street brush was cut, gutters and catch basins cleaned. On Shepard Street the corner was widened at Taunton Street and black top installed.
The Bugbee Street drainage project was started at the corner of South Street and extended to a point opposite the residence of Mr. Desjardins.
The Board feels the need of adding another sanding at- tachment for the town trucks to speed up the spreading of treated sand on the highways.
The Board acknowledges the fine cooperation of the vari- ous Town Departments during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN LEROY B. WILSON NORMAN A. McGILL
Board of Selectmen
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SELECTMEN'S CURRENT and INCIDENTALS
To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Salaries: Board of Selectmen $700.00
Clerk of Selectmen 300.00
$1,000.00
Election and Town Meeting Expenses
386.00
Town Reports
614.55
Ballots
53.25
Warrants
65.00
Jury Lists
5.00
1,123.80
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph
136.38
Postage
22.00
Legal Fees
36.25
R. L. Polk, City Directory
22.00
Water: Legion Home
10.00
Norfolk County Selectmen's Ass'n Dues
31.00
Supplies and Forms
64.73
Expended:
2,446.16
Balance
$53.84
GENERAL WELFARE
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transf. Ex-Ord. Res.
763.00
$3,263.00
Cash Aid
$2,994.45
N. Attleboro District Nursing Assoc.
119.96
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
114.91
Social Service Index, Boston
10.00
Postage
9.00
Expended:
$3,248.32
Balance $14.68
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation $1,700.00
John Bielecki, Garbage Contract
$600.00
Salary: Maurice D. Grant, M.D.,
Town Physician
100.00
Putnam B. Steele, Sanitation Inspector
250.00
Earl B. Thompson, Inspector
Animals $100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering 30.00
Milk Inspector 50.00
180.00
Miscellaneous expenses
174.47
Labor on dump:
30.00
Jas. A. Munroe, gravel
17.70
Truck Hire:
Joseph Jacuzzi, bulldozer
160.00
power shovel
44.00
truck hire
45.00
249.00
M. F. Cash, bulldozer
22.50
W. H. Riley & Son, bulldozer
46.15
1,669.82
Balance $30.18
TUITION
Appropriation
$1,000.00
City of Brockton
12.60
Town of North Attleboro, Adult Education 19.20
Town of Norwood
239.40
City of Taunton
15.60
City of Attleboro
40.60
City of Boston
207.69
Transportation charges
226.60
Expended
761.69
Balance
$238.31
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
TOWN OFFICE MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Attleboro & Plainville Coal Co., fuel oil
$852.28
Worcester County Electric Co., lights
47.20
Salary: janitor
157.50
Miscellaneous supplies
20.48
Expended
1,077.46
Balance
$22.54
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-FEDERAL GRANT
Cash Aid
$9,698.01
Cr. Bal. January 1, 1952
$1,082.00
Rec'd Fed. Gov't., 1952
8,919.12
Refund
16.00
$10,017.12
Expended
$9,698.01
Balance
$319.11
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-Federal Grant Administration
Balance January 1, 1952
$571.41
Received Fed. Gov't., 1952
529.31
$1,100.72
Ruth Fulton, Agent, part salary
400.00
4 Refund: travel and expenses
154.12
Postage
39.00
Supplies and forms
12.55
H. S. Horne Co., portable file and transp. 37.11
Dues
26.00
Expended
668.78
Balance
$431.94
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN-Federal Grant
Cash Aid
$34.20
Cr. Balance January 1, 1952
$191.83
Received Fed. Gov't 1952
97.70
$289.53
Expended
34.20
Balance
$255.33
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN-Federal Grant Adm.
Balance January 1, 1952
$ 7.08
Received Fed. Gov't 1952
13.37
Balance
$20.45
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE-Federal Grant
Cash Aid
$90.30
Received Fed. Gov't 1952
$246.71
Expended
90.30
Balance
$156.41
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE-Federal Grant Adm.
Received Fed. Gov't 1952
17.44
Expended
-0-
Balance
$17.44
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To Whom Payable
Amount Total
OLD AGE ASISTANCE-Town Appropriation
Appropriation
$11,000.00
Refunds:
269.16
$11,269.16
Cash Aid
$11,200.51
Town of Foxboro
48.95
Town of North Attleboro
19.70
Expended: $11,269.16
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN-Town Appropriation
Appropriation
$400.00
Cash Aid
112.75
Balance
$287.25
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
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 High School Auditorium in said Plainville, on
MONDAY THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH 1953, A.D.
at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:
Article 1. The following Town Officers to be chosen by ballot, viz: One Moderator, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Tree Warden, and three Constables for one year. One Treasurer, one Selectman, Board of Welfare, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, one Trustee of Public Library, one Collector of Taxes, one Park Commissioner, two members of School Committee for three years, and one member of School Committee for two years.
For this purpose the polls will open at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
For the consideration of all other articles in this Warrant the meeting will be adjourned to 7:30 p. m. of said day in the Auditorium of the new Elementary School on South Street in said town.
Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers not named in Article 1, for a term of one year.
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 accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:
Moderator $20.00 each Annual Meeting
10.00 each Special Meeting
Town Clerk
300.00 per year
Town Treasurer
600.00 per year
Selectmen, chairman
300.00 per year
Second Member
200.00 per year
Third Member
200.00 per year
Assessors, chairman 400.00 per year
Second Member
400.00 per year
Third Member
400.00 per year
Tax Collector
600.00 per year
School Committee
40.00 each member
Water Commissioners, Chairman and Supt.
200.00 per year
Second Member
25.00 per year
Third Member
25.00 per year
Auditor
75.00 per year
Constables
1.00 per hour
Tree Warden 1.00 per hour
or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1953 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.
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3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.
4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salaries. 523 00
5. For the Assessor's current expenses and salaries. 1500 €
6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary. 1000
7. For the Board of Registrar's current expenses and salaries. 630
8. For the salary of Town Auditor.
9. For the Sealer of Weights and Measures' current ex- penses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance. 2000
11. For Welfare.
12. Aid Dependent Children. 4000
13. For Old Age Assistance.
14. For Veteran's Benefits.
15. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
16. For Memorial Day.
3949-
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expenses and salaries. 4350 5700 19 For Street Lights.
20 For Water Department incidentals, pumping and salaries.
21. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries. 1
22. For Police Department including Night Patrol.
23 For Tree Warden.
24. For Removal of Snow. 3300
25. For Park Commissioners.
26. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- 76643 mittee.
27. Town Forest Committee.
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28. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.
29. For maturing debt. 2000000
30. For Welfare Agent.
31. For Wire Inspector, salary and expenses. 25000
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Deputy Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Secretary of the Water Commissioners and Clerk of the Selectmen's 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, 1954 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 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the carrying on of the Moth work for the coming year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the extraordinary unforeseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Ma- chinery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds
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in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care and maintenance of the Town Dump, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200.00, or any other sum, to con- tinue the drainage program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for all control work against the Dutch Elm Disease, as set forth by Section 13, Chapter 761, Act of 1949, to be expended under the direction of the Moth Superintendent, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the continuation of Mathurin Road as a Public Way, when it is brought up to a grade satisfactory to the Board of Selectmen, and a blue-print of the layout and grade furnished to the Town, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,028.04, this being the amount appor- tioned to Plainville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00, or any other sum, for the use of the athletic department of the schools, as provided for in Chapter 658, Acts of 1950, a revision of Sec. 47, Chapter 71, of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2000.00, or any other sum for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 118D amending 118C, inserted by Chapter 658 of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This chapter has to do with aid for Disabled persons.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, for the carrying out of the State Vocational Education Program as provided for in Section 7 and 8 of Chapter 74, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (This account to be handled by the School Committee.)
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to continue the water system on School Street for 900 feet more or less and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,552.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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