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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 or any other sum for repair of School Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to continue the water system on Warren Street for 600 feet more or less and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,317.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 or any other sum to repair Warren Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to continue water on Fletcher Street 500 feet more or less and raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,530.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum to repair Fletcher Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to continue water on East Bacon Street Extension 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.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 or any other sum to repair
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East Bacon Street Extension after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a new supplementary fire truck or do or act in any manner realtive thereto. (Board of Fire Engineers.)
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer $4,000.00 or any other sum for the building of a sidewalk on the westerly side of South Street from the Town office to the top of Wade's Hill, a distance of a mile more or less, provided the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts will pay for part of the cost of said sidewalk or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $300.00 or any other sum for the building and curbing of about 200 linear feet of side- walk along the front of St. Martha's Catholic Church on the easterly side of South Street provided the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will pay for part of the cost of said sidewalk and curbing or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Fletcher Street about in front of the residence of Byron Schofield and the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to install two street lights on South Street one about in front of the Eastern Tire Sales Co. and one about in front of Alva Paulus' Service Station and the money to pay for same to be raised and ap- propriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to install four street lights on Cross Street and the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the building of a head wall
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about where the new state drain running along the southern boundary of the Quirk property meets the drain on the new Elementary School property or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase and installing of about 400 linear feet of six-foot chain link fence on part of the boundary of the new Elementary School land or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (School Committee)
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for black topping about 22,000 square feet of the new Elementary School yard or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (School Committee)
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum for the treat- ment of tuberculosis patients having a legal settlement in this town as provided for by Chapter 270, Acts of 1952, repealing Chapter 562 of the Acts of 1951, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Forest Committee with the approval of the Selectmen, to sell a certain piece of land or any part thereof and further author- ize said Town Forest Committee and the Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any instruments of transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This land has a frontage on Route 1 of about 665 feet and a depth of around 300 or 400 feet.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to sell a cer- tain piece of land to the John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, American Legion Building Association, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any instru- ments of Transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This piece of land is about 250 feet long by 150 feet wide and is situated off West Bacon Street in the rear of the Whiting and Davis field.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a certain piece of land between Taunton Street and Bartlett Road and also authorize said
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Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any in- struments of transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropiate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, and to be placed in a fund known as the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943; this money to be earmarked for the building and equipping of an addition to the new Elementary School building or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 44. To see whether or not the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, demolish or other- wise dispose of, on behalf of the Town, the old High School building that is no longer being used for school purposes, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $616.98 representing the proceeds of a reimburse- ment from the insurance company to cover a loss sustained through burglary by the Plainville School Department for the following purposes: Replacement of office safe, $250.00; Re- pairs to building and equipment, $356.98; Replacement of money stolen, $10.00.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 537, Acts 1951 of the General Laws. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: "Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Sec. 47D, inserted by Section 1 of Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1941, the following section:"
Section 47E. Persons holding positions referred to in Section 47C shall be given an annual step-rate increase, to be set forth in the compensation plan established under Sec. 47D, on the first day of July following the anniversary of the date of their receiving the minimum salary for the position which they hold, but such increase shall not entitle such persons to any change of rating or increased authority. Such increase shall be fixed by the board referred to in Sec. 47D and shall
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be paid annually until the maximum salary set forth in the compensation plan established under Sec. 47D for the position so held has been reached. The Superior Court, upon suit by the attorney-general or petition of one or more taxable in- habitants of a city or town in which it is alleged that the pro- visions of this section or sections 47C and 47D are not enforced, may, in law, or equity, enforce said sections. This section shall become effective in a town by a majority vote at an an- nual town meeting."
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Surplus Revenue Account to be used by the assessors for the reduction of the tax rate or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 48. To choose any committee and to hear the re- port of any committee and act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof in seven (7) Public Places in said town, seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time and place of said meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty- three.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN LEROY B. WILSON NORMAN A. McGILL
Selectmen of Plainville
Index
Animal Inspector's Report
60
Assessors' Report 114
Auditors' Report
124
Board of Health Report
113
Collector of Taxes Report
94
Dutch Elm Control Report
107
Fire Engineers' Report
110
Highway Department Report.
116
Inspector of Milk and Dairies Report
112
Moth Department Report
60
Park and Playground Commissioners' Report
121
Police Department Report
109
Public Library Trustees
108
Registrars' Expenses
58
School Committee
61
Attendance Tables
88
High School Graduation Exercises 85
List of Teachers 91
Membership by Age and Grade 89
Money Available for Schools 65
Money Received From State 66
1953 Estimates
66
Report and Financial Statement of School Planning Committee 92
School Calendar 63
School Committee 64
School Committee Budget 67
School Nurse
84
School Officials
62
Statistics
86
Superintendent of Schools 68
Sealer of Weights and Measures 104
Selectmen's Report 125
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal Grant) 129
Aid to Dependent Children (Fed. Grant Adm.) 129
Aid to Dependent Children (Town Appropriation) 130
Board of Health 127
Current and Incidentals 126
Disability Assistance (Fed. Grant)
129
Disability Assistance (Fed. Grant Adm.) 129
General Welfare 126
Old Age Assistance (Town Appropriation) 130
Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) 128
Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) Administrative 128
Town Office Maintenance 128
Tuition
127
Slaughtering Inspector's Report
112
Town Clerk's Report 7
Appointment of Assistant Town Clerk 57
Births Recorded in Plainville During 1952 47
Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1952 53
Expenses of Town Clerk 57
Jury List 59
Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk 55
Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1952 50
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1952 7
Warrant for Presidential Primary 24
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, May 19 31
Warrant for State Primary 33
Warrant for State Election 40
Town Officers 3
Treasurer's Report 95
Tree Warden Report 58
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1953 131
Water Commissioner's Report
105
Wiring Inspector's Report 123
Forty-ninth Annual Report
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PLAINVILLE FIRE ALARM
A E. FRENCH, Chief-Tel. 8-0283-J
5 Fire Station
6 Center of Town
7 Whiting & Davis Co. (Private)
8 High School
12 South St. & Lincoln Ave.
13 Assembly Call
14 South & Pleasant Sts.
15 Bacon Square
1.6 Bugbee & Washington Sts.
18 South & Everett Sts.
21 Sidney St. & Cooney Ave.
24 Melcher & Pleasant Sts.
25 West Bacon & Fletcher Sts.
26 East Bacon & Grove Sts.
31 West Bacon & Warren Sts.
32 East Bacon & Pleasant Sts.
33 West Bacon & Freemont Sts.
34 South & Broad Sts.
35 Hawkins St., No. Attleboro Line
36 School & George Sts.
38 Washington & George Sts.
4-4-4-4 Forest Fire
.il Walnut & Fuller Sts.
42 Spring & Cottage Sts.
13 Walnut & High Sts.
45 Hancock St., Wrentham Line
16 South & Fuller Sts.
48 George & Wampum Sts.
51 Warren & High Sts.
52 South & Cross Sts.
53 High & Chestnut Sts.
54 South & Green Sts.
56 Berry St., Wrentham Line
58 East Bacon & Washington Sts.
61 Plainville Stock Co., (Private)
62 Wilkins' Four Corners
64 Taunton & Washington Sts.
72 Mirmichi Pond South
74 Taunton & Shepard Sts.
76 Mirmichi Pond North
82 Belcher & Madison Sts.
84 Washington St., Wrentham Line
115 Elementary School (Private)
113 Out of Town
2 Recall IN CASE OF FIRE CALL: Chief A. E. French, Tel. Home 8-0283-J or Factory 8-0024
1st Assistant C. F. Henrich, Tel. Home 8-0654-R 2nd Assistant C. A. Meyer, Tel. Home 8-1540 or Factory 8-0024
Raymond Cobb, Tel. Home 8-1123-W or Garage 8-015-i Everett W. Skinner, Tel. Home 8-1147-R Elmer C. Pease, Tel. Home 8-1148-W
Fire Station trom 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. 8-0176-M Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat.
Fire Station from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. 8-0176-M Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. except holidays
The Plainville Engine Co., will report to the Central Station, North Attleboro on Second Alarms of the following box numbers: Located in North Attleboro: 5-6-7-8-21-24-33-34- 51-65-81-82-83-86-151-216-218-612-812-813.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
7:30 A.M. Three double blasts on Fire Alarm System signifies no school for all pupils for the day.
7:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school for primary school pupils.
11:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school in the afternoon and all pupils will stay in school one hour longer than the usual morning session and then be dis- missed for the day.
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The North Attleborough Chronicle Company
1954
TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR-One Year CHARLES O. PEASLEY
TOWN CLERK-One Year ARTHUR W. WASHBURN CHARLES S. COBB, Assistant Clerk
TOWN TREASURER-Three Years EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM, Term expires 1956
SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
Term expires 1954
NORMAN A. McGILL
LEROY B. WILSON
Term expires 1955 Term expires 1956
ASSESSORS
FRANK V. HENRICH
Term expires 1954
CHARLES J. QUIRK
Term expires 1955
SYDNEY J. ANDREWS
Term expires 1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HELEN A. SMITH
Term expires 1954
CLINTON E. BARTON
Term expires 1955
EDWARD H. HEMMINGSEN
Term expires 1955
ROBERT W. ROOT
Term expires 1956
CHARLES O. PEASLEY
Term expires 1956
WATER COMMISSIONERS
GORDON S. PROAL
Term expires 1954
ALTON E. FRENCH
Term expires 1955
DAVID B. LOMASNEY
Term expires 1956
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ALICE M. PEASE
Term expires 1954
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
Term expires 1955
BARBARA P. FLUCK
Term expires 1956
TAX COLLECTOR-Three Years
THEODORE A. WICKMAN Term expires 1956
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
ARTHUR W. MYERS, JR.
CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.
ROBERT J. FAWCETT
Term expires 1954
Term expires 1955
Term expires 1956
AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER
CONSTABLES-One Year
HERBERT A. MORSE ELMER C. PEASE
CHESTER A. MEYER
TREE WARDEN-One Year ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year CHESTER A. MEYER
HERBERT A. MORSE
ELMER C. PEASE
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER
GEORGE H. SNELL HARRY O. PROAL
FRANCIS W. SIMMONS EVERETT W. SKINNER
APPOINTED BY FIRE ENGINEERS
Chief of Fire Department ALTON E. FRENCH
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Acting Chief of Police CHESTER A. MEYER Superintendent of Streets HARRY O. PROAL
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Fire Engineers
CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH
CHESTER A. MEYER ALTON E. FRENCH
Forest Warden ALTON E. FRENCH
Official Weigher and Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN G. WHEELER
Town Burial Agent WESLEY H. BURTON
Special Police
EUGENE J. BRODEUR
CLINTON E. BARTON
GEORGE A. CLARKE FRANK KING
ALTON E. FRENCH
EVERETT SKINNER
CLARENCE AVERY EARLE F. ROSE
ARCHIE L. WALDEN
ALVA I. PAULUS
CLAYTON E. CATE
STEPHEN S. GUY-New Elementary School Only EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club property only ERNEST J. LaPORTE-(Limited) HENRY NEVEAUX, JR .- (Limited) CHIEF-PETER J. McKEON, North Attleboro CHIEF-WALTER HOBBS, Wrentham
North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville CARL MacDONALD
DANA RALPH
JOSEPH MCAVOY
JAMES N. WATTERS
JOSEPH LaCASSE HENRY IRVINE STANLEY H. LYKUS GEORGE ELLIOTT JOHN J. MCCARTHY LEO DESAUTEL LEROY GORDON
ROBERT MORSE
ALEXANDER GRZENDA CARL BEETY HENRY BIBBY DANIEL BRADLEY
Fire Police
GEORGE A. CLARKE CHARLES F. BREEN, JR.
Inspector of Animals EARL B. THOMPSON
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Inspector of Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON
Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM STEELE, E. Bridgewater
Dog Officer
HERBERT A. MORSE
Moth Inspector ALEC H. FREDERICKSON
Inspector of Wires CHARLES G. HAYES
Registrars of Voters
DACIA A. ANDERSON FRANK KING
Term expires 1954
HAROLD L. ANDERSON
Term expires 1955 Term expires 1956
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
Night Patrolman
ELMER C. PEASE
Welfare Agent and Clerk of Selectmen
RUTH R. FULTON
Town Physician
MAURICE D. GRANT, M.D.
Town Forest Committee
GEORGE H. SNELL
Term expires 1954
EDGAR F. BERRY
Term expires 1955
HARRY O. PROAL
Term expires 1956
APPOINTMENT AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Advisory or Financial Committee
RALPH E. CROWELL ALPIN CHISHOLM
OLIVER P. BROWN ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
CHARLES F. BREEN, JR. EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM REGINALD B. KEYES (Resigned)
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Town Clerk's Report
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.
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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.
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
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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.
3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.
4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salaries.
5. For the Assessor's current expenses and salaries.
6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.
7. For the Board of Registrar's current expenses and salaries.
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.
11. For Welfare.
12. Aid Dependent Children.
13. For Old Age Assistance.
14. For Veteran's Benefits.
15. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
16. For Memorial Day.
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.
19. For Street Lights.
20. For Water Department incidentals, pumping and salaries.
21. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
22. For Police Department including Night Patrol.
23. For Tree Warden.
24. For Removal of Snow.
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25. For Park Commissioners.
26. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.
27. Town Forest Committee.
28. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.
29. For maturing debt.
30. For Welfare Agent.
31. For Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.
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
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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 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
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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.
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 Porgram 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.)
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