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Article 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Machinery, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 11. 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 12. 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 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise, appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction (to start the laying out and construction of Taunton Street, from Route 1 to the Wrentham line), or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay land damages incurred by the widening of Taunton Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. To see whether or not the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners of the Town of Plainville to lay water mains of not less than six (6) inches but less than sixteen (16) inches in diameter in East Bacon Street and Messenger Street easterly from the present stand pipe to Taunton Street, about 6,300 feet and to raise and appropriate for this purpose a sum not to exceed $82,500.00 and to determine the manner in which the foregoing appropriation shall be raised, whether by taxation or borrowing, by transfer of available funds or otherwise, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800.00 or any other sum for repairs and maintenance to the water storage tank off East Bacon Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Water Revenue Account to the Water Department Reserve Account, 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 $250.00 or any other sum for the relocation of the hydrant at the corner of West Bacon Street and Walnut Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay additional land damages on George Street, awarded by the County Commissioners to Adoraz, Inc., or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, the sum of $1,294.11 or any other sum for the control of insects and Dutch Elm Disease ($1,000.00 for Dutch Elm Disease and $294.11 for insect control) as provided for under Chapter 132 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 657 Acts of 1956, and to be expended under the direction of the Moth Superintendent, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,719.60, this being the amount apportioned to Plainville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $23,000.00 for the carrying on of the different categories of Welfare, made up approximately as follows:
General Welfare $2,500.00
Aid Dependent Children $1,000.00
Old Age Assistance $16,500.00
Disabled Persons $3,000.00
or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or any other sum, for the purchase and installation of street and traffic signs, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the treatment 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 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Civilian Defense, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum to continue the new sidewalk program, 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 $2,200.00 or any other sum to continue the drainage program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, demolish or otherwise dispose of the former school building on the easterly side of South Street, upon such terms
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and conditions and at such price as they may deem reasonable and proper, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for this purpose, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the land, or any part thereof, and buildings formerly used for school purposes on the southeast corner of School and South Streets, upon such terms and conditions and at such price as they may deem reasonable and proper, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of starting a new system of Assessor's Maps and any monies not expended from year to year to be carried over each year until maps are completed, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XVII of the Soil, Loam, Sand or Gravel Removal By-Laws by adding the following section, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
2/3 vote
Section 5. Owners of land in Plainville which has been or may hereafter be excavated to erect barriers or take other suitable measures as approved by the Board of Selectmen within five days after such owners have been notified in writing by the Selectmen that in their opinion such excavation constitutes a hazard to the public safety.
Penalty. The penalty for violation of this By-Law shall be One Hundred ($100.) Dollars for the first offense and Two Hundred ($200.) Dollars for each subsequent offense. (In accordance with Chapter 40 Section 21 of the General Laws.)
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to Amend Article XV of the Police Regulations of the By-Laws by adding the following section, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Section 17. Owners of land whereon is located an abandoned or a well in use, to provide either a covering for such well capable of sustaining a weight of three hundred (300) pounds or to fill the same to the level of the ground.
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Penalty. The penalty for violation of this By-Law shall be a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100.) dollars nor more than Five Hundred ($500.) dollars. (In accordance with Chapter 40 Section 21 of the General Laws.)
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article IV of the Town Officers and Records By-Law by adding the following Section, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Section 15. No town officer of board of town officers having the power or authority to appoint any town officer or agent shall appoint himself or any member of such board to any salaried office or position; but this shall not prevent any town officer from being chairman or clerk of the board of which he may be a member.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article VI of the Treasurer's By-Laws by adding the following section, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Section 5. The Town Treasurer shall have the custody, manage- ment and sale of all lands for taxes after the title of the Town has become absolute by the foreclosure of the right of redemption accord- ing to the law. And he is authorized and empowered with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, in the name and on behalf of the Town to sell and convey such lands and to execute, acknowledge and deliver proper deeds for that purpose. 2/3 vote
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following article: No part of a garage unless contained within the body of a dwelling shall be built within 20 feet or a distance equal to 35% of the main depth of the lot, whichever is less, from the front line of the lot, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following article: No portion of a dwelling except the eaves, down-spout and uncovered steps shall be built or erected within 20 feet from the nearest exterior line of any public way or any private way shown on a plan approved by the Board of Selectmen or its successors, or of a way open for public use, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following article: No portion of a building,
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except as provided for dwelling houses as set out in Article 36 of these By-Laws, and for garages as set out in Article 35 with the exception of eaves of a roof, down-spouts, and covered steps, shall be built or erected nearer than 15 feet from the nearest exterior line of any public or private way shown on a plan approved by the Board of Selectmen or its successors, or of a way open for public use, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following article: No dwelling shall be here- after built, erected or placed on lots of not less than 15,000 square feet with a minimum frontage of 125', except as provided in the following article, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following article: The Board of Appeals as provided by Article 1 Section 1A of Town By-Laws, after hearing may direct the Inspector of Buildings to issue permits for the construction, or placing, of dwelling houses upon any lots less than 15,000 square feet within 125' minimum frontage, subject however to the other requirements of these by-laws and provided: Such lot on the effective date hereof and any time hereafter does not adjoin other land of the same owner available for use in connection with said lot, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. 2/3 vote
Article 40. To choose any committee and to hear the report 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 sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.
LeROY B. WILSON LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. ROLAND C. CAMPBELL Selectmen of Plainville
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Index
Animal Inspector's Report 137
Assessors Report 149
Board of Health Report 165
Board of Public Welfare 189
Building Inspector
181
Collector of Taxes Report 160
Director of Civil Defense
145
Dutch Elm Control Report 142
Fire Engineers' Report 161
Highway Department 168
Industrial Development Commission Report 181
King Philip Regional School Committee Report 191
Milk and Dairies Report 167
Park and Playground Commissioners' Report 146
Planning Board 185
Police Department Report 139
Public Library Trustees
143
Regional District School Committee Report 191
School Committee
117
Art Supervisor 129
Attendance Tables 134
Elementary School
127
Instrumental Music
131
List of Teachers 136 Membership by Age and Grade 135
Money Available for Schools 122
Money Received From State 123
Music Supervisor 130
School Calendar
119
School Committee 120
School Committee Budget
124 132
School Officials
118
School Physician
132
Statistics
133
Superintendent of Schools
125
School Building Committee 121
Sealer of Weights and Measures 138
Selectmen's Report 186
Current and Incidentals 187
Welfare Agent 189
Welfare Categories 189
Slaughtering Inspector's Report 137
Town Clerk's Report 8
Appointment of Assistant Town Clerk
35
Births Recorded in Plainville During 1958 101
Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1958 108
Expense of Registrars
112
Expenses of Town Clerk
112
Jury List 115
Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk
113
Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1958 105
Warrants and Proceedings
8
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1958
8
Town Forest Committee 140
Town Officers 3
Treasurer's Report 150
Tree Warden's Report 141
Veterans' Agent 180
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1959 226
Water Commissioners' Report 177
Wiring Inspector's Report 183
School Nurse
PLAINVILLE FIRE ALARM
C. E. SKINNER, JR., Chief
3 Emergency - Police Call
4 Forest Fire
5 Fire Station
6 Center of Town
South & Cottage Sts.
8 South & Maple Sts.
9 South St. & Bacon Square
12 South & Pleasant Sts.
13 Assembly Call
14 South & Bugbee Sts.
15 South & Everett Sts.
16 Spring & School Sts.
17 Spring & Broad Sts.
18 Pleasant & Cottage Sts.
19 Pleasant & East Bacon Sts. 21 Washington St., No. Attle. Line
23 Washington & Bugbee Sts.
24 Washington & East Bacon Sts.
25 Washington & George Sts.
26 Washington & Shepard Sts.
27 Washington & Taunton Sts.
28 Washington & Belcher Sts.
29 Belcher & Madison Sts.
31 South & Fuller Sts.
32 South & Robbins Sts.
34 South & Cross Sts.
35 Lynn Ave. & Wades Road
36 Cross St. & Lynn Ave.
41 West Bacon St. & Bacon Square
42 West Bacon & Fletcher Sts.
43 West Bacon St. & Mathurin Road
45 West Bacon & Walnut Sts.
46 West Bacon & Warren Sts.
47 West Bacon & Zeller Ave.
48 West Bacon & Freemont Sts.
49 Sidney St. & Cooney Ave.
61 Plainville Stock Co. (Private)
62 A & J Tool Co.
63 Glines & Rhodes
64 Whiting & Davis Co.
65 Bugbee & Niles Co.
67 Plainville Coal Co.
414 Hancock & Bow Sts.
415 Hancock St., Wrentham Line
416 High & Rhodes Sts. 417 Rhodes & Bow Sts.
421 Warren & High Sts.
422 Hawkins & High Sts.
423 Hawkins St., Cumberland Line
424 Hawkins St., North Attleboro Linc
116 Grove St. & Lincoln Ave.
117 Grove & School Sts.
118 Evergreen Road & School St.
119 Crestwood Ave. & School St.
121 Highland Ave. & East Bacon St.
122 Hillcrest Drive & East Bacon St.
135 High School
145 Methodist Church
151 Dominican Academy (Private)
155 Saint Martha's Church
211 James & East Bacon Sts.
212 George & Messinger Sts.
213 George & East Bacon Sts.
214 Ewald & James Sts.
215 George & Ewald Sts.
216 George & School Sts.
217 George & Wampum
218 Berry St., Wrentham Line
221 Wilkins' Four Corners (Rt. 106 & 152)
223 Taunton & Shepard Sts.
224 Taunton & Mirimichi Sts.
225 Taunton & Cowell Sts.
226 Taunton St., Wrentham Line
231 Messinger St. & Hillside Road
242 Mirimichi St., Treasure Island
243 Mirimichi St., Foxboro Line
311 South & Harvard Sts.
312 Grant St. & Park Ave.
313 Grant St. & Huntington Ave.
314 Garfield St. & Park Ave.
315 South & State Sts.
316 Pearl St. & Park Ave.
317 Pearl St. & Huntington Ave.
318 South & Berry Sts.
321 South St. & Monroe Drive
322 Monroe Drive & Walter St.
323 Laurel & June Sts.
325 South St. & Pineland Drive
331 South & Green Sts.
332 High & Green Sts.
334 High & Chestnut Sts.
335 High & Cross Sts.
411
Walnut & Fuller Sts.
412 Walnut & High Sts.
413 Hancock & High Sts.
68 Rogers Rest Home
71 Plainville Machine & Tool
72 George E. Clentimack Co.
112 Pleasant & Melcher Sts.
113 Out of Town
114 Grove & Brunner Sts.
115 Elementary School (Private)
431 Anox Corp.
612 D. E. Makepeace Co.
613 Fernandes Market
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IN CASE OF A FIRE OR AN EMERGENCY - DIAL MYrtle 9-2311
Chief C. E. Skinner, Jr., Tel. Home MYrtle 5-5762 Deputy Chief David B. Lomasney, Tel. MYrtle 5-9565 Deputy Chief D. E. McAlpine, Tel. Home MYrtle 9-8318 FIRE STATION: For all calls other than fire or emergency Dial MYrtle 5-5252
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
7:00 A.M. Three double blasts on Fire Alarm System signifies no school for all Regional School pupils for the day.
7:30 A.M. Same signal signifies no school for all Plainville Elementary pupils for the day.
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 dismissed for the day.
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR-One Year CHARLES O. PEASLEY
TOWN CLERK-One Year AUSTIN F. GRANT
TOWN TREASURER-Three Years EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM
SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD AND BOARD OF HEALTH LeROY B. WILSON
Term expires 1962
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, Jr.
Term expires 1961
ROLAND C. CAMPBELL
Term expires 1960
ASSESSORS
FRANK V. HENRICH
Term expires 1960
FRANCIS W. SIMMONS
Term expires 1961
STANLEY G. COLE
Term expires 1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
CHARLES W. SEMPLE
Term expires 1962
HARRY A. SCHOENING, Jr.
Term expires 1962
MARY V. PROAL
Term expires 1961
RAY FELIX
Term expires 1961
HELEN A. SMITH
Term expires 1960
WATER COMMISSIONERS
BYRON J. SCHOFIELD
Term expires 1962
FRED PAUL, Jr. JAY L. UNDERHILL
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1960
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
BARBARA P. FLUCK RALPH L. POWER ALICE M. PEASE
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1960
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TAX COLLECTOR-Three Years
THEODORE A. WICKMAN
Term expires 1962
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
EDWARD H. HEMMINGSEN
Term expires 1960
ROBERT W. ROOT (resigned)
Term expires 1961
ROBERT C. HASELTINE (appointed)
PARK COMMISSIONERS
ROBERT J. FAWCETT
Term expires 1962
AUSTIN F. GRANT
Term expires 1961
DANIEL E. HUNT
Term expires 1960
PLANNING BOARD
JOSEPH A, WILLOUGHBY
Term expires 1964
FREDERICK M. SHERMAN
Term expires 1963
EDWARD A. HENRY
Term expires 1962
CHARLES G. NOWICK
Term expires 1961
RICHARD D. PLANTE
Term expires 1960
AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER
CONSTABLES-One Year
ELMER C. PEASE
ERNEST J. LaPORTE
CLARENCE P. AVERY
FINANCE COMMITTEE
SAMUEL B. ROBISON
Term expires 1960
ROBERT O. MALIN
Term expires 1960
STANLEY G. COLE
Term expires 1961
H. JEFFERSON CHEEVER
Term expires 1961
ROBERT C. HASELTINE (resigned)
Term expires 1962
FRANK C. KEEGAN, Jr.
Term expires 1962
WILLIAM S. SCHOELTES
Term expires 1962
TREE WARDEN-One Year ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
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FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year ELMER C. PEASE ERNEST J. LaPORTE
CLARENCE P. AVERY
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER GEORGE N. SNELL ALEC H. FREDRICKSON FRANCIS W. SIMMONS EVERETT W. SKINNER
APPOINTED BY FIRE ENGINEERS Chief of Fire Department CLARENCE E. SKINNER, Jr.
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Acting Chief of Police ERNEST J. LaPORTE
Superintendent of Streets EVERETT W. SKINNER
Fire Engineers CLARENCE E. SKINNER, Jr.
DAVID B. LOMASNEY DONALD E. McALPINE
Forest Warden CLARENCE E. SKINNER, Jr.
Official Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN G. WHEELER
Town Burial Agent WESLEY H. BURTON
Director of Veterans' Services HARRY E. COOPER
Director of Civilian Defense CLARENCE E. SKINNER, Jr.
SPECIAL POLICE
NORMAN BAILEY BOYD CHENEY EDWARD A. GUILLETTE THOMAS LAVERTY LEON PARMENTER
ROLAND BOUCHER JOSEPH FOUNTAIN JAMES E. JOHNSON BURTON MILLER LYMAN H. PARMENTER, Jr.
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ALVA PAULAS JOSEPH A. PELLETIER
HARRY F. PAYNE, Jr. DONALD PECK
THEODORE A. WICKMAN SGT. HERBERT MORSE
EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club Property Only HOWARD G. WHEELER-Wrentham Sportsman's Club HENRY NEVEUX, Jr. (Limited) ARTHUR J. PARISEAU (Limited) JOHN F. DREW-D. E. Makepeace Company Only GEORGE E. MOORE, Jr .- D. E. Makepeace Company Only ROBERT W. BEATTIE, Jr .- D. E. Makepeace Company Only WILLIAM F. SHEA-D. E. Makepeace Company Only CHIEF WALTER HOBBS, Wrentham CHIEF CARL MacDONALD, North Attleboro JAMES SULLIVAN, Cowboy Town
North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville
DANIEL BRADLEY
HENRY BIBBY
LEON CAMPBELL
JOHN CONNOLLY
JOHN COYLE, Jr.
STANLEY LYKUS
ROBERT MORSE
JOHN J. MCCARTHY
JOSEPH LaCASSE WILLIAM NOONAN JOHN O. JOHNSON LEO DESAUTEL JAMES N. WATTERS HENRY IRVINE WILLIAM UHLIG GEORGE UHLIG
GEORGE ELLIOT
Fire Police
GEORGE A. CLARKE
ALVA PAULUS
Board of Appeals
DANIEL MALONE
Term expires 1962
HARRY A. SCHOENING, Jr.
Term expires 1961
ROBERT W. HAYES
Term expires 1960
Inspector of Animals EARL B. THOMPSON
Inspector of Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON
Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM STEELE, East Bridgewater
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Dog Officer SGT. HERBERT A. MORSE
Moth Inspector ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
Inspector of Wires STILLMAN M. SPRAGUE
Building Inspector CLINTON E. BARTON, Sr.
Registrars of Voters
HAROLD L. ANDERSON (resigned)
EDWARD J. O'NEIL (appointed)
JAMES A. FINLEY RICHARD M. COBB
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1960 Term expires 1961
AUSTIN F. GRANT
Night Patrolman LEON M. PARMENTER
Welfare Agent RUTH R. FULTON
Clerk of Selectmen BESSIE BARTON
Town Physician and Board of Health Physician WILLIAM GUILLETTE, M. D.
Town Forest Committee
ROBERT O. PROAL
EVERETT W. SKINNER
ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1960
Industrial Development Committee
S. ROBERT ADAMS
DONALD E. COOK
WILLIAM P. COONEY
MELVIN F. DWYER
WILLIAM C. STIGALL
CLARENCE J. GAUTHIER RAYMOND V. MILLER FREDERICK I. STUART ROBERT O. MALIN
FREDERICK M. SHERMAN
1959
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 2, 1959
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 the Elementary School Auditorium in said Plainville on
MONDAY. THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1959, 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 Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Moderator, one Tree Warden, and three Constables for one year. One Selectman, Board of Public Welfare, one Assessor, one Tax Collector, one Town Treasurer, one Water Commissioner, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Park Commissioner, aand two members of the School Committee for three years. One member of the Planning Board for five years. Seven members of the Finance Committee, three for three years, two for two years, and two for one year.
Question 1.
"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the current year entitled 'An Act providing for life tenure for Elmer C. Pease, the chief of police of the Town of Plainville', be accepted."
SUMMARY.
The tenure of office of Elmer C. Pease, incumbent of the office of chief of police in the Town of Plainville, shall upon the effective date of this act, be unlimited to 65th birthday. Said incumbent shall not be removed from office, lowered in rank or suspended, except for just cause and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the Board of Selectmen.
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For this purpose the polls will open at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M. in the evening.
For the consideration of all other articles in this Warrant the meeting shall stand adjourned to the third Monday in March at 7:30 p. m. in the Auditorium of the 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, Treas- surer, 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 compensa- tion of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:
Moderator
$25.00 each Annual Meeting $15.00 each Special Meeting $500.00 per year
Town Clerk
Town Treasurer
Selectmen, Chairman
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