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ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,500. to be expended by and under the direction of the Water Commissioners for repairs and maintainance, to the Water Storage tank off East Bacon Street; or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer the sum of $1,294.11 or any other sum, for the con- trol of insects and Dutch Elm Disease ($1,000. for Dutch Elm Disease and $294.11 for insect pest 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.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,411.16 this being the amount apportioned to Plain- ville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement Sys- tem, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $22,000. for carrying on of the different catagories of Welfare, made up as follows:
General Welfare
$2,500.00
Aid Dependent Children
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance 13,500.00
Disabled Persons 5,000.00
or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 or an other sum, for the purchase and in- stallation of street and traffic signs, or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the treatment of tuberculosis patients hav- ing 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 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for Civilian Defense, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate 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 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $4,000.00 or any other sum, to continue the drain- age program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer the sum of $5,000.00 for the purpose of completing Assessor's Map Program, which was started in 1959, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to accept as a public way, the last 300 feet of Elizabeth Street, Greenmeadow Estates, easterly from West Bacon Street to Carleton Road, 650 feet having been previously accepted, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to accept as a public way, the private way known as Carleton Road, Greenmeadow Estates, a distance of 550 feet, southerly from Elizabeth Street to Fletcher Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to install three street lights on Mathurin Road, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (Petition).
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light at Junction Route 1 and 106 and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Taunton Street, at residence of George Pariseau, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to install three street lights on Carelton Road, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to install seven street lights on Messenger Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on West Bacon Street on pole #30, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, the sum of $5,000.00 or any other sum, to erect under the supervision of the Park Commissioners, a one story building in the Town Park, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer the sum of $5,000 or any other sum, to establish a Fire Department Apparatus Fund, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to establish a permanent day-time Fire Depart- ment, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
00 75
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2500
7500
7500
7000 40
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ARTICLE 46. 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 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 unto our hands this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. LeROY B. WILSON ROLAND C. CAMPBELL
Selectmen of Plainville
Index
Animal Inspector's Report 104
Assessors Report 112
Board of Health Report 119
Board of Public Welfare 143
Building Inspector 134
Collector of Taxes Report 114
Director of Civil Defense 110
Fire Engineers' Report 116
Highway Department 123
Industrial Development Commission Report 136
King Philip Regional School Committee Report 159
Milk and Dairies Report 121
Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project
122
Park and Playground Commissioners' Report 111
Planning Board 136
Police Department Report 106
Public Library Trustees 108
Sanitary Inspector and Analyst 121
School Committee
79
Art Supervisor
91
Attendance Tables 101
Director of Audio-Visual Aids 96
Elementary School 88
Instrumental Music 95
List of Teachers 103
Membership by Age and Grade 102
Money Available for Schools 82
Money Received from State 83
Music Supervisor 93
INDEX-Continued
School Calendar
81
School Committee
85
School Committee Budget
84
School Nurse
97
School Officials 80
School Physician 97
Statistics
100
Superintendent of Schools
86
Sealer of Weights and Measures 105
Selectmen's Report
138
Current and Incidentals 140
Welfare Agent 144
Welfare Categories 143
Slaughtering Inspector's Report 104
Town Clerk's Report
11
Births Recorded in Plainville During 1960
62
Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1960 71
Expense of Registrars
75
Expenses of Town Clerk
75
Jury List 77
Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk 76
Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1960 67
Warrants and Proceedings 26
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1960 11
Town Counsel 137
Town Forest Committee 107
Town Officers 5
Treasurer's Report 147
Tree Warden's Report 108
Veterans' Agent 133
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1961 216
Water Commissioners' Report 130
Wiring Inspector's Report 135
PLAINVILLE FIRE ALARM C. E. SKINNER, JR., Chief
3 Emergency - Police Call
4 Forest Fire
5 Fire Station
6 Center of Town
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.
14 South & Bugbee Sts.
15 South & Everett Sts.
16 Spring & School Sts.
216 George & School Sts.
217 George & Wampum
18 Pleasant & Cottage Sts.
19 Pleasant & East Bacon Sts.
221 Wilkins' Four Corners (Rt. 106 & 152)
21 Washington St., No. Attle. Line
223 Taunton & Shepard Sts.
23 Washington & Bugbee Sts.
224 Taunton & Mirimichi Sts.
24 Washington & East Bacon Sts.
225 Taunton & Cowell Sts.
226 Taunton St., Wrentham Line
26 Washington & Shepard Sts.
27 Washington & Taunton Sts.
242 Mirimichi St., Treasure Island
28 Washington & Belcher Sts.
243 Mirimichi St., Foxboro Line
29 Belcher & Madison Sts.
311 South & Harvard Sts.
312 Grant St. & Park Ave.
32 South & Robbins Sts.
313 Grant St. & Huntington Ave.
314 Garfield St. & Park Ave.
35 Lynn Ave. & Wades Road
315 South & State Sts.
36 Cross St. & Lynn Ave.
316 Pearl St. & Park 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
411
Walnut & Fuller Sts.
412 Walnut & High Sts.
65 Bugbee & Niles Co.
413 Hancock & High Sts.
67 Plainville Coal Co.
414 Hancock & Bow Sts.
68 Rogers Rest Home
71 Plainville Machine & Tool
416 High & Rhodes Sts.
72 George E. Clentimack Co.
112 Pleasant & Melcher Sts.
113 Out of Town
114 Grove & Brunner Sts.
115 Elementary School (Private)
116 Grove St. & Lincoln Ave.
117 Grove & School Sts.
118 Evergreen Road & School St.
119 Crestwood Ave. & School St.
2 RECALL IN CASE OF A FIRE OR AN EMERGENCY - DIAL MYrtle 9-2311
Chief C. E. Skinner, Jr., Tel. Home MYrtle 5-5762
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.
7 South & Cottage Sts.
8 South & Maple Sts.
9 South St. & Bacon Square
12 South & Pleasant Sts.
13 Assembly Call
214 Ewald & James Sts.
215 George & Ewald Sts.
17 Spring & Broad Sts.
218 Berry St., Wrentham Line
25 Washington & George Sts.
231 Messinger St. & Hillside Road
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.
64 Whiting & Davis Co.
415 Hancock St., Wrentham Line
417 Rhodes & Bow Sts.
421 Warren & High Sts.
422 Hawkins & High Sts.
423 Hawkins St., Cumberland Line
424 Hawkins St., North Attleboro Line
431 Anox Corp.
612 D. E. Makepeace Co.
613 Fernandes Market
121 Highland Ave. & East Bacon St.
122 Hillcrest Drive & East Bacon St.
135 High School
31 South & Fuller Sts.
34 South & Cross Sts.
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ANNUAL REPORT
1961
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
MILES E. HOOKER
ROLAND C. CAMPBELL
LeROY B. WILSON
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962
ASSESSORS
FRANCIS W. SIMMONS
Term expires 1964
FRANK V. HENRICH STANLEY G. COLE
Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MARY V. PROAL RAY FELIX
Term expires 1964
Term expires 1964
HELEN A. SMITH
Term expires 1963
CHARLES W. SEMPLE
Term expires 1962
HARRY A. SCHOENING, JR.
Term expires 1962
WATER COMMISSIONERS
MAIDA L. KING ALTON E. FRENCH BYRON J. SCHOFIELD
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1961
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1961
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
STANLEY MYERS RUBENA F. COLE BARBARA P. FLUCK
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1963
Term expires 1962
TAX COLLECTOR-Three Years
THEODORE A. WICKMAN
Term expires 1962
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
GORDON S. PROAL
Terms expires 1964
ROBERT C. HASELTINE
Term expires 1963
PARK COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS ARMITAGE
Term expires 1964
DANIEL E. HUNT ROBERT J. FAWCETT
Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962
AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER
PLANNING BOARD
EARL PECK HARRY H. MORSE (deceased)
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1964
SUMNER T. PROAL (appointed)
RICHARD D. PLANTE (resigned)
Term expires 1965
WILLIAM E. CLARKE (appointed)
FREDERICK M. SHERMAN
Term expires 1963
EDWARD A. HENRY (resigned)
Term expires 1962
RICHARD W. ESTEN (appointed)
CONSTABLES-One Year
ERNEST J. LaPORTE DONALD J. PECK
CLARENCE P. AVERY
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
H. BERTHA BROWNE STANLEY G. COLE
Term expires 1964
Term expires 1964
PETER ARMIROTTO, JR.
Term expires 1963
ROBERT O. MALIN
Term expires 1963
FRANK C. KEEGAN, JR. (resigned)
Term expires 1962
RAYMOND V. MILLER (appointed) WILLIAM S. SCHOELTES
Term expires 1962
DANIEL T. MALONE
Term expires 1962
TREE WARDEN-One Year
ALEC H. FREDRICKSON Term expires 1962
MEASURERS OF WOOD BARK and LUMBER
ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
FRANCIS W. SIMMONS
EVERETT W. SKINNER GEORGE N. SNELL
FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS
ERNEST J. LaPORTE DONALD J. PECK CLARENCE P. AVERY
APPOINTED BY THE FIRE ENGINEERS Chief of Fire Department CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Acting Chief of Police ERNEST J. LaPORTE
Superintendent of Streets
EVERETT W. SKINNER
Fire Engineers
HENNING FREDERICKSON DAVID B. LOMASNEY ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, JR.
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1961
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 DANIEL T. MALONE
Director of Civil Defense
RICHARD N. ELLIS
Patrolmen
LEON M. PARMENTER
DONALD J. PECK
SPECIAL POLICE
BOYD CHENEY
EDWARD GUILLETTE
THOMAS LAVERTY
GEORGE MASSEY
BURTON MILLER JAMES JOHNSON
LYMAN H. PARMENTER, JR. ALVA PAULUS HARRY PAYNE
JOSEPH PELLETIER HERBERT MORSE WILLIAM RILEY
THEODORE A. WICKMAN
EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club Property only HOWARD G. WHEELER-Wrentham Sportsman's Club only HENRY NEVEUX-Limited, Plainville Drive-in Theatre ARTHUR J. PARISEAU-Limited, Plainville Drive-in Theatre JOHN F. DREW, D. E. Makepeace Company only GEORGE E. MOORE, JR .- D. E. Makepeace Company only WILLIAM F. SHEA-D. E. Makepeace Company only CHIEF WALTER HOBBS-Wrentham CHIEF CARL MacDONALD-North Attleboro
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1961
North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville
DANIEL BRADLEY
HENRY BIBBY LEON CAMPBELL
JOHN CONNOLLY JOHN COYLE, JR. LEO DESAUTEL
FRANK GOOKIN
ELLIOT ADAMS HENRY IRVINE JOHN O. JOHNSON
STANLEY LYKUS
JOSEPH LaCASSE ROBERT MORSE JOHN J. MCCARTHY
WILLIAM NOONAN GEORGE ELLIOT WILLIAM UHLIG-GEORGE UHLIG JAMES N. WATTERS
Fire Police
GEORGE CLARKE
ALVA PAULHUS
Board of Appeals
DANIEL T. MALONE
ROBERT W. HAYES
HARRY A. SCHOENING, JR.
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1964
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON
Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM STEELE, East Bridgewater
Dog Officer HERBERT A. MORSE
Moth Inspector ALEC H. FREDRICKSON
Inspector of Wires STILLMAN SPRAGUE (resigned) EARL LAVIN
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1961
Building Inspector CLINTON E. BARTON, SR.
Registrars of Voters
RICHARD M. COBB JAMES A. FINLEY EDWARD J. O'NEIL
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962
AUSTIN F. GRANT
Welfare Agent RUTH R. FULTON
Clerk of Selectmen BESSIE BARTON
Town Physician and Board of Health Physician WILLIAM GUILLETTE, M. D.
Police Commissioners
ALBERT J. BEYERSDORFER FRANCIS E. McGOWAN GEORGE W. PRANCE
Town Forest Committee
ALEC H. FREDERICKSON
Term expires 1963
EVERETT W. SKINNER
Term expires 1964 Term expires 1962
Industrial Development Commission
S. ROBERT ADAMS
RAYMOND V. MILLER ROBERT McALICE
ROLAND C. CAMPBELL
FREDERICK M. SHERMAN
WILLIAM P. COONEY
CLARENCE J. GAUTHIER
FREDERICK I. STUART FRANCIS W. SIMMONS
Town Counsel CHARLES R. MASON
MELVIN DWYER
ROBERT O. PROAL
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ANNUAL REPORT
1961
WARRANT
For Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 6, 1961
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To Either of the Constables of Plainville, Greetings:
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 SIXTH OF MARCH 1961, 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 bal- lot 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 Trustee of the Public Library, One Park Commissioner, One Water Commissioner, Two members of the School Committee, and One member of the Regional School Dis- trict Committee for three years. Three members of the Finance Com- mittee, one for one year, and two for three years. One member of the Planning Board for five years.
For this purpose the polls will open at six-thirty 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 Plainville Elementary School on South Street in said town.
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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 pro- visions 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 provided by Sec- tion 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:
Moderator
$15.00 each Meeting 15.00 each Special Meeting
Town Clerk
500.00 per year
Town Treasurer
1,000.00 per year
Selectmen, Chairman
600.00 per year
Second Member
500.00 per year
Third Member
500.00 per year
Assessor, Chairman
700.00 per year
Second Member
700.00 per year
Third Member
700.00 per year
Tax Collector
1,000.00 per year
School Committee, Chairman
75.00 per year
School Committee, each member
60.00 per year
Water Commissioners, Chairman
200.00 per year
Second Member
200.00 per year
Third Member, Secretary
350.00 per year
Auditor
200.00 per year
Constable
1.50 per hour
Tree Warden
1.50 per hour
or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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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, 1961, 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 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 and expenses.
9. For the Sealer of Weights and Measurers current expenses and salary.
10. For the Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
11. For the Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.
12. For the Building Inspector, salary and expenses.
13. For the Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.
14. For the Water Department for current expenses and salaries.
15. For the support of School and salaries of School Committee.
16. For payment of Insurance.
17. For Veterans' Benefits and expenses.
18. For Highways Exclusive of Chapter 81 and 90.
19. For Memorial Day.
20 For interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
21. For Police Department.
22. For Tree Warden.
23. For Removal of Snow.
24. For Park Commissioners.
25. For Town Forest Committee.
26. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.
27. For maturing debt.
28. For Welfare Agent.
29. For Street Lights.
30. For Moth Department.
31. For Vocational Education.
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32. For Regional School District Committee.
33. For Planning Board.
34. For Industrial Development Committee.
35. For Town Counsel current expenses and salary.
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 Commissioner and Clerk of Selectmen's bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1962 and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able 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 appro- priate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the ex- traordinary 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 accept the pro- visions 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 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treas- ury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction (to continue the lay- ing 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 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer a sum of money for a two-way communication sys- tem for the Highway Department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a station wagon type cruiser, four door, eight (8) cylinder, equipped with standard heater and all necessary identification for police cruiser, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept an ambu- lance from the Plainville Ambulance Committee for the sum of $1.00, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer a sum of $1,500. or any other sum, for the operation and maintenance of said ambulance, or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to establish an Am- bulance Fund for the purpose of equipping and replacing said ambu- lance. This fund to be comprised of all monies received pertaining to said ambulance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unexpended available funds, the sum of $12,- 000. to be expended by and under the direction of the Water Commis- sioners for the installation of approximately 1500 feet of 10 inch water main in West Bacon Street from Bacon Square westerly to Fletcher Street, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unexpended available funds, the sum of $3,000. to be expended by and under the direction of the Water Commissioners for the installation of a crossing water main of not less than 12 inches nor more than 16 inches in diameter on Route 1, (Washington Street) at its intersection with Route #106 (East Bacon Street) a distance of approximately 300 feet; or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to install a gravel packed well approximately 50 feet deep, a pump and pumping station connected to the public water distribution system, with electric power
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