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N. E. Telephone and Telegraph
161.65
Postage
40.00
Expended
$834.43
Cancellations and Refunds:
119.40
Balance
$953.83
FEDERAL GRANT OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Balance forward Jan. 1, 1961
$6,205.52
Received Federal Government
5,769.50
$11,975.02
Transferred to Federal M.A.A.
7,500.00
$4,475.02
Expended
2,859.70
$1,615.32
FEDERAL GRANT AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Debit Balance forward:
$18.97
Received Federal Government:
492.00
Expended:
372.45
$100.58
FEDERAL DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Debit Balance Forward:
$443.89
Received Federal Government:
1,806.20
$1,362.31
Balance
$473.03
Balance:
1,094.48 $19,165.57
139
Expended: 918.50
Balance: $443.81
FEDERAL MEDICAL AID TO THE AGED
Received Federal Government:
$5,778.18 7,500.00
$13,278.18
Expended:
7,812.13
Balance
$5,466.05
WELFARE WORKER
Appropriation:
$1,100.00
Expended:
$1,100.00
FEDERAL O.A.A. ADMINISTRATION
Balance forward:
Received Federal Government:
$69.78 547.45
$617.23
Ruth Fulton, partial salary $422.48
Travel and refund expenses 119.20
541.68
Balance: $75.55
FEDERAL A.D.C. ADMINISTRATION
Balance Forward
$53.54
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Transferred Federal O.A.A.
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TOWN OF PLAINVILLE
1961
Received Federal Government:
63.61
$117.15
Ruth Futon, partial salary $36.88
Public Adminis. Assoc. dues 10.00
Am. Public Welfare Assoc. memb. 30.00
Valentine Company, maintenance 14.95
91.83
Balance: $25.32
FEDERAL D.D.A. ADMINISTRATION
Balance forward:
Received Federal Government:
$125.93 283.14
$409.07
Ruth Fulton, partial salary
$171.24
Refund travel and expenses
49.00
220.24
Balance: $188.83
FEDERAL M.A.A. ADMINISTRATION
Received Federal Government:
$340.52
Ruth Fulton, partial salary
256.86
Balance
$83.66
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1961
TREASURER'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
As directed by you, we submit herewith the report of the Treasur- er for the Town of Plainville, for the accounting period from January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1961.
This report was prepared from the books and records of the Treasurer after making the usual year end adjustments, and includes the following schedules:
Schedule of Cash Received.
Schedule of Cash Payments.
Schedule of Actual Receipts from Estimated.
Schedule of Appropriations, Transfers, Payments and Balances.
Schedule of Maturing Debt and Interest Payments due by years.
Balance Sheet as at December 31, 1961, including Trust Accounts and Debt Account.
Respectfully submitted,
GAMACHE & O'BRIEN
Dated February 13, 1962.
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TOWN OF PLAINVILLE
1961
RECEIPTS-1961
Accounts Receivable:
Tax Levy-1958
$ 256.00
Tax Levy-1959
4,701.65
Tax Levy-1960
15,323.30
Tax Levy-1961
331,938.13
$352,219.08
Actual Receipts from Estimated:
Motor Vehicle Tax-1959
362.88
Motor Vehicle Tax-1960
19,762.41
Motor Vehicle Tax-1961
49,789.42
Water Rates & Supplies
28,425.08
Commonwealth & County
115,383.86
Other Receipts
7,770.76
221,494.41
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
10,358.88
Aid Dependent Children
492.00
Disability Assistance
1,806.20
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
822.75
Aid Dependent Children-Adm.
63.61
Disability Assistance-Adm.
283.14
13,826.58
Dog Tax Collections
986.75
Highway Reserve
684.60
State Aid to Highways
29,447.48
School Lunch Program
18,867.38
Tax Titles
488.11
Ambulance
684.50
Sale of Land
1,500.00
Payroll Taxes Witheld and County Pension
23,710.12
Refunds: Appropriation Accounts
School - Interest
28.17
Welfare
109.40
School
49.08
Police
1,501.54
Wire Inspector
150.00
Treasurer
36.56
Land Damage
305.00
Veterans
22.35
Old Checks
135.29
2,337.39
Total Receipts
$666,246.64
Cash Balance January 1, 1961
160,792.85
$827,039.25
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PAYMENTS-1961
Tax Levy-1959 Abatement
$
Tax Levy-1960 Abatement
Tax Levy-1961 Abatement
206.15
$ 206.15
Motor Vehicle Excise Refund-1959
Motor Vehicle Excise Refund-1960
304.31
Motor Vehicle Excise Refund-1961
197.08
501.39
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
11,380.13
Disability Assistance
918.50
Aid Dependent Children
301.50
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
798.54
Disability Assistance-Adm.
220.24
Aid Dependent Children-Adm.
91.83
13,710.74
Dog Tax Collections
743.75
State & County Payments:
County Hospital
1,764.50
County Tax
6,044.61
State Park Tax
1,627.76
Mosquito Control
2,207.52
Auditing
1,484.96
13,129.35
School Lunch
19,549.89
Accounts Payable Jan. 1, 1961
17,238.86
Departmental Payments-Schedule
574,324.06
Checks Returned (Insufficient Funds)
180.53
Payroll Taxes Withheld and County Pension
23,710.12
Less: Accounts Payable, December 31, 1961
26,940.50
$636,354.34
Cash Balance, December 31, 1961
$663,294.84
190,684.91
$827,039.25
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1961
ACTUAL RECEIPTS FROM ESTIMATED
From State & County:
Income Tax
$ 13,653.54
Corporation Tax
15,293.89
School Aid
35,883.19
School Chapter 70
18,138.26
School Assistance Commission
5,592.46
School Superintendent
6,666.66
School Transportation
4,047.60
Meal Tax
718.64
Vocational Education
395.13
Loss of Taxes
34.68
Agricultural-Live Stock
50.00
Veterans' Service
759.74
District Court Fines
244.00
Old Age Assistance
2,102.78
Aid Dependent Children
702.70
State License
8.00
County Dog Tax
410.46
Disability Assistance
4,585.54
Medical Aid
5,197.88
Library Aid
800.10
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Permits
98.61
$115,383.86
Other Receipts:
Interest & Charges-Collector
1,744.38
License & Permits-Town Clerk
4,373.40
Building Permits
165.00
Wire Permits
57.00
Milk Licenses
33.00
Library Fines
264.00
Tax Titles Redeemed
14.83
Rent
190.00
Sealer of Weights
63.30
Miscellaneous Fees & Licenses
204.50
Miscellaneous-Other
30.74
Town of Attleboro-O.A.A.
137.06
Town of North Attleboro-Welfare
65.23
Welfare Recovery
297.06
Water Damages
99.26
Photos 32.00
7,770.76
Water Rates & Supplies
28,425.08
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
69,914.71
$221,494.41
APPROPRIATIONS, TRANSFERS, PAYMENTS AND BALANCES
Accounts
Appropria- tions
Refunds & Transfers
Payments
Balance
Library
$ 3,734.00
3,734.00
Selectmen
8,192.00
1.00
7,877.86
315.14
Treasurer
1,800.00
36.56
1,745.73
90.83
Town Clerk
975.00
873.46
101.54
Assessors
2,950.00
2,906.97
43.03
Assessors-Maps
5,000.00
5,000.00
Tax Collector
1,800.00
1,798.58
1.42
Registrars
1,200.00
1,122.02
77.98
Auditor
200.00
200.00
Sealer of Weights
165.00
153.33
11.67
Board of Health
5,038.00
4.516.38
521.62
Wire Inspector
250.00
150.00
400.00
Fire Department
10,535.00
)340.96
11,269.71
(197.10) CR
Water Department
16,430.00
5,500.00
21,605.23
324.77
Land Taking
2,000.00
210.52
1,789.48
Schools-Plainville
151,974.00
77.25
150,854.98
1,196.27
Insurance
5,043.00
5,039.66
3.34
Veteran's Benefits
2,200.00
2,507.20
4,505.85
201.35
Highway
7,000.00
885.95
7,884.38
1.57
Street Signs
200.00
200.00
Memorial Day
200.00
160.43
39.57
Interest
9,000.00
8,605.00
395.00
Police Department
20,302.00
707.63
21,009.63
(196.65
Accounts
Appropria- tions
Refunds & Transfers
Payments
Balance
Cruiser
1,000.00
478.94
1,478.94
Town Forest
75.00
73.55
1.45
Tree Warden
300.00
240.75
59.25
Dutch Elm
294.11
293.20
.91
Snow Removal
11,000.00
975.25
11,975.25
Park & Playground
3,600.00
3,503.79
96.21
Town Buildings
2,378.00
(196.65)
1,748.37
432.98
Maturing Debt
25,000.00
25,000.00
Welfare Agent
1,100.00
1,100.00
Street Lights
8,815.00
8,635.54
179.46
Industrial Commission
120.00
25.00
95.00
Planning Board
500.00
139.58
360.42
Vocational Education
1,000.00
239.20
1,219.20
20.00
Regional School
174,951.56
174,951.56
Tax Title Expense
504.00
504.00
Highway-Chapter 90
1,550.00
3,000.00
4,549.52
.48
Highway-Chapter 81
4,750.00
9,900.00
14,645.69
4.31
Two-Way Communication
System-Highway Dept.
1,600.00
1,600.00
County Retirement
3,411.16
3,411.16
Welfare
20,000.00
119.40
18,528.22
1,591.18
Chapter 90 Construction
2,061.71
14,544.57
16,109.68
496.60
Civil Defense
Water Extension
525.95
525.95
Building Inspector
350.00
350.00
Land Damage
986.00
986.00
Sidewalks & Drainage
6,000.00
5,993.14
6.86
Appropria- tions
Refunds & Transfers
Payments
Balance
Accounts
War Memorial
Truck Purchase
Ambulance Maintenance
1,000.00
821.21
178.79
Water Tank Repairs
2,500.00
2,500.00
Water Mains
20,800.00
13,756.99
7,043.01
$525,044.54
$ 66,779.86
$574,324.06
$ 17,500.34
Accounts carried forward to 1962:
Land Taking
1,789.48
Chapter 90 Construction
496.60
Water Extension
525.95
Land Damages
986.00
Tax Title Taking
504.00
Town Buildings-Repairs to Bulkhead
376.77
Water Mains South St. to Wrentham .
5,500.00
Total Carried Forward Transferred to Surplus Revenue
10,178.80
7,321.54
$ 17,500.34
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SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS-DECEMBER 31, 1961
Schedule of Bonds and Interest Payable Yearly
December 31
$275,000.00-2% 200,000.00-3.7% Issue
Payable
Outstanding
Interest
$270,000.00
1962
$25,000.00
245,000.00
$7,935.00
1963
25,000.00
220,000.00
7,265.00
1964
25,000.00
195,000.00
6,595.00
1965
25,000.00
170,000.00
5,925.00
1966
20,000.00
150,000.00
5,255.00
1967
20,000.00
130,000.00
4,685.00
1968
20,000.00
110,000.00
4,115.00
1969
20,000.00
90,000.00
3,545.00
1970
20,000.00
80,000.00
2,975.00
1971
10,000.00
70,000.00
2,405.00
1972
10,000.00
60,000.00
2,035.00
1973
10,000.00
50,000.00
1,665.00
1974
10,000.00
40,000.00
1,295.00
1975
10,000.00
30,000.00
925.00
1976
10,000.00
20,000.00
555.00
1977
10,000.00
185.00
$270,000.00
$57,360.00
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BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1961
Assets
Liabilities
CASH ON DEPOSIT:
OVERLAY RESERVED FOR ABATEMENTS:
Manufacturers National Bank $129,953.52
Overlay for 1959 Taxes
$847.23
National Shawmut Bank 60,731.39
190,684.91
Overlay for 1961 Taxes
7,750.33
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:
Tax Levy-1959
875.44
REVENUE RESERVED:
Motor Vehicle Taxes
17,534.48
Water Rates & Supplies 1,498.58
State Aid to Highways
5,308.91
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES:
Uncollected 1960 Account
2,347.17
Uncollected 1961 Account
15,187.31
Farm & Animal Excise
87.86
Fire Equipment
5,000.00
Ambulance Account
684.50
1,623.63
41,602.22
OTHER RECEIVABLES:
X
FEDERAL GRANTS:
Disability Assistance
443.81
Tax Titles
10,129.02
Old Age Assistance
5,184.27
Tax Possessions
1,358.87
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
93.99
State Park Taxes
Disability Assistance-Adm. 188.83
Aid Dependent Children-Adm. 25.32
16,884.66
Aid to Dependent Children 184.38
6,120.60
OTHER LIABILITIES: Dog Tax Collections
354.50
County Tax
30.64
Overlay Surplus
1,691.55
Road Machinery-Highway
2,358.33
School Lunch Program
873.64
8,857.48
Tax Levy-1960
7,765.76
Tax Levy-1961
20,755.64
29,396.84
Tax Titles
10,129.02
Tax Possession
1,358.87
17,534.48
DEPARTMENTAL:
Water Rates & Supplies
State & County Aid to Hwys.
5,308.91
Farm & Animal Excise Tax
87.86
Overlay for 1960 Taxes 259.92
Elementary School Const. 1,814.64
SALES OF REAL ESTATE
7,123.30 22,439.00
APPROPRIATION BALANCES
Land Taking
1,789.48
Chapter 90 Construction 496.60
Water Extensions 525.95
Land Damages
986.00
Tax Title Taking
504.00
Town Bldg .- Repairs to Bulkhead
376.77
Water Mains-South Street
to Wrentham Line
5,500.00
10,178.80
SPECIAL RESERVES: Water Mains ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
17,000.00
26,940.50
SURPLUS REVENUE
115,862.62
$256,124.52
$256,124.52
REHABILITATION AND TRUST ACCOUNTS
Post War R ehabilitation-Cash
$ 958.97
Post War Fund
958.97
School Trust Fund-Cash
727.30
School Fund
727.30
Plainville War Relief-Cash
282.46
War Relief
282.46
$1,968.73
1,968.73
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEPT
Funded or Fixed Debt
$270,000.00 School Buildings
$270,000.00
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TOWN OF PLAINVILLE
1961
WARRANT
FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 5, 1962
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 FIFTH OF MARCH 1962, 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 Tax Collector, One Treasurer, One Assessor, One Trustee of the Public Library, One Park Commissioner, One Water Commis- sioner, Two Members of the School Committee, and Three Members of the Finance Committee for Three Years. Three Members of the Plan- ning Board, one for Five Years, One for Three Years and One for Two 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 Warant 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 cther 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.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to fixe 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 1,500 per year
Town Treasurer
Selectmen, Chairman
600.00 per year
Second Member
500.00 per year
Third Member
500.00 per year
Assessor, Chairman
700.00 per year 700.00 per year 700.00 per year
School Committee, Chairman
1,000.00 per year 75.00 per year 60.00 per year
School Committee, each member
Water Commissioners, Chairman
200.00 per year
Second Member 200.00 per year
Third Member, Secretary
Auditor
Constables
350.00 per year 300.00 per year 1.50 per hour
Second Member
Third Member
Tax Collector
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Tree Warden
1.50 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, 1962, 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 Measures' current expenses and 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 Chapters 81 and 90.
19. For Memorial Day.
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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.
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 Commissioners and Clerk of the Select- men's bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropri- ate 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, be- ginning January 1, 1963 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the extraordi- nary 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 provi- sions 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 appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, 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 appropri- ate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction (to continue the laying out and construction of Taunton Street from Route 1 to the Wrentham line,) (to start the laying out and construction of George Street from Route 1 to School Street) (to reconstruct and widen Messenger Street from a point opposite the home of Eugene Gucwa eastward to junction of Route 106), or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer, a sum of money for the purchase of a material spreader for the highway department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raiase and appro- priate or transfer, a sum of money for the purchase of a front-end loader and back-hoe for the highway department, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum, to continue the new side- walk program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 16. 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 drainage program, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 or any other sum, for the purchase and in- stallation of street and traffic signs, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from unexpended available funds the sum of $20,000.00 for future improvements to the water system, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 19. 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 line, and a chain link fence to enclose the well area and access road; and to raise and appropriate for the aforesaid purposes a sum not to exceed $69,000.00 to be expended by and under the direction of the Water Commissioners; and to determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by taxation, by appropriation of available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, and if by borrowing, to authorize the issuance and sale of bonds and notes of the Town therefor; or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to make a written contract with the Water Commissioners of North Attleborough for a period of not more than ten years, to furnish the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville with water, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer the sum of $197.10 to pay for the Fire Department over- draft, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer the sum of $5,000.00 or any other sum to the Fire De- partment Apparatus Fund, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to establish a permanent day-time Fire Depart- ment, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purpose of establishing a stabilization Fund, under authority of Chapter 40, Section 5B of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $3,472.44, this being the amount apportioned to Plain- ville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate 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 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 $20,000.00 for carrying on the different categories of Welfare, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate 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 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer, the sum of $1,000.00 or any other sum, for the operation and maintenance of the Town ambulance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer, a sum of money for the purchase of a sedan type crui- ser, four-door, eight (8) cylinder, equipped with standard heater and all necessary identification for police cruiser, or do or act in any man- ner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate 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 $3,500.00 for a Master Plan Survey by Professional Municipal Planners, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Committee of five members authorized to study a method of meeting school expansion needs, either by addition of present facilities or by new construction, and/or to determine upon a desirable location, and for preliminary plans, sketches, estimates of cost and technical assistance; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 for the necessary expense of this work, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on South Street opposite the garage of Joseph Iacuzzi, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see whether the Town will vote to accept an Amendment to the King Philip Regional School District Agreement entitled "Amendment Number One to Agreement for Regional School District School, Towns of Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham", the substance of which is as follows:
(1) To amend Section IV (B) so as to expend the existing defini- tion of "capital costs" to include the cost of reconstructing and adding
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to school buildings, and the cost of remodeling and making extraordin- ary repairs to a school building or buildings and to make clearer that plans, architects' and consultants' fees are also included as costs inci- dental to placing school buildings and additions in operating condition.
(2) To amend Section IV (D) so as (i) to confine the existing method of apportioning capital costs to the member towns under the Agreement to capital costs incurred prior to April 1, 1962, (including payment of interest on and principal of bonds, notes and other evi- dences of indebtedness of the District outstanding on that date) and (ii) to provide that capital costs incurred on or after April 1, 1962, shall be apportioned to the member towns proportionally on the basis that each member town's pupil enrollment in the regional district schools on October 1 of the year next preceding the year for which the appor- tionment is determined, bears to the total pupil enrollment from all member towns in the regional district schools on that date.
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