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Recreation, Private - Recreation facilities accessory to and on the same lot as a principal building.
Religious Use - Premises used primarily for worship.
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Restaurant, Indoor - Establishment for the sale of prepared food for consumption on the premises, either indoors or out doors out of sight of any public way, or for consumption in the home.
Restaurant with Outdoor Service - Establishment serving food to per- sons outside of any building and within sight of a public way.
Retail Business - Premises used for the retail sale of goods for per- sonal or household use, with storage or processing occupying not more than 50% of the gross floor area, and also premises used for personal business or household services. Does not include retail businesses else- where defined.
Roadside Stand - A structure of a semi-permanent or temporary type located in a district in which agricultural uses are allowed, from which raw produce, the major portion of which is grown on the premises, is offered for sale to the public.
School, Nursery - A facility designed to provide daytime care or in- struction for two or more children from two to five years of age inclusive and operated on a regular basis.
School, Other - An educational institution which is religious, sec- tarian, denominational or public.
School, Private - An educational facility other than a nursery school or those covered by Section 2 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws.
Sign - Any structure or part thereof attached thereto or painted or represented thereon, which shall display or include any letter, word, model, hanner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or representation used as, or which is in the nature of an announcement, direction or advertisement. The word sign includes the word "billboard" but does not include the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state, or other political unit or of any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious, or like campaign, drive, movement or event.
Sign, Area of - The area of a free-standing sign shall be considered to include all lettering, wording, and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background, whether open or enclosed, on which they are displayed. The supporting framework, open or enclosed, may be part of the design, but for the purpose of this By-Law shall not be considered
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part of the sign area unless used for lettering, wording or symbols. When the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached to or painted on a surface, building wall or window, the area shall be considered to be that of the smallest rectangular or other regular shape which encom- passes all of the letters and symbols.
Sportmen's Club - A club whose primary purposes are conservation, hunting or fishing.
Stable, Private - An accessory building in which horses are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration or sale.
Stable, Public - A building in which horses are kept for remunera- tion, hire or sale.
Street - A way other than a private way, which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.
Street Line - The line between the lot and the street layout.
Structure - Anything constructed or erected, the use of which re- quires location on the ground, or attachment to something located on the ground except a boundary wall or fence.
Temporary Structure - An accessory tent or construction shanty to be used for less than one year.
Trailer - A mobile dwelling or other mobile structure.
Trailer Park - Premises with prepared sites used for the placement of mobile dwellings for non-transient use.
Transportation Terminal - Premises for the parking and/or servicing of more than three commercial vehicles, or any number of vehicles of over two-ton load capacity.
Uses - The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "Permitted Use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to in- clude any non-conforming use.
ENSE DELITHE PLAOD
ERTAT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
State House, Boston 02133 EDWARD W. BROOKE, Attorney General
Mr. Austin F. Grant Town Clerk Plainville Massachusetts
April 8, 1965
Dear Mr. Grant:
I am happy to enclose the zoning by-law adopted by the Town of Plainville at the special town meeting held January 25, 1965, under article 1 of the warrant and the zoning map relating thereto, with the approval of the Attorney General endorsed thereon.
Very truly yours, CARTER LEE Assistant Attorney General
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WARRANT
FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, March 1, 1965
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 Audi- torium in said Plainville on
MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH 1965 A. D.
at eight 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 Welfare, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, one Treasurer, one Tax Collector, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Park Commissioner, two members of the School Committee and three members of the Finance Committee, for Three Years; one member of the Finance Committee for two years; one member of the Planning Board for five years, and four members of the Housing Authority.
For this purpose the polls will be open at eight o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed at eight p. m. in the evening.
For the consideration of all other Articles in this Warrant the meet- ing shall stand adjourned to the Third Monday in March at 7:30 p. m. in
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the Auditorium of the Plainville Elementary School on South Street in said Town.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers not named in Article 1, for a term of One Year.
ARTICLE 3. To consider and act on the Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and com- pensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:
Moderator
Town Clerk
Town Treasurer
Selectmen, Chairman
Second Member
Third Member
$25.00 each Meeting 650.00 per year 1,500.00 per year 700.00 per year 600.00 per year 600.00 per year
Assessors, Chairman
900.00 per year
Second Member
900.00 per year
Third Member
900.00 per year
Tax Collector
School Committee, Chairman
1,500.00 per year 75.00 per year 60.00 per year 200.00 per year
School Committee, each member
Water Commissioners, Chairman
Second Member
200.00 per year
Third Member, Secretary
350.00 per year
Auditor
250.00 per year
Constables
2.00 per hour
Tree Warden 2.00 per hour
or to 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, 1965 and expressly for the following purposes to wit: the total sum of
1. For the Support of the Public Library.
2. For the Selectmen's Current expenses and salaries.
3. For the Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
4. For the Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.
5. For the Building Inspector, salary and expenses.
6. For the Gas Inspector, salary and expenses.
7. For the payment of Insurance.
8. For Memorial Day.
9. For the support of the Town Ambulance.
10. For Heating and Maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.
11. For Welfare Agent.
12. For Street Lights.
13. For Vocational Education.
14. For Dog Officer.
15. For Treasurer's current expenses and salary.
16. For Salary of Town Auditor.
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Tax Title.
19. For Maturing Debt.
20. For Town Clerk's current expenses and salary.
21. For the Assessors current expenses and salaries.
22. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.
23. For the Sealer of Weights and Measures current expenses and salary.
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24. For the Board of Registrars current expenses and salaries.
25. For the Fire Department current expenses and salaries.
26. For the Water Department for current expenses anad salaries.
27. For support of the School and Salaries of the School Committee.
28. For Veterans' Benefits.
29. For Highways Exclusive of Chapters 81 and 90.
30. For the Removal of Snow.
31. For the Tree Warden.
32. For the Town Forest Committee.
33. For the Moth Department.
34. For the Police Department.
35. For the Park Commissioners.
36. For the Regional School District Committee.
37. For the Industrial Development Commission.
38. For the Planning Board.
39. For the Conservation Commission.
40. For Civil Defense.
41. For the Town's share of Norfolk County Retirement System.
42. For the Finance Committee.
43. For the Plumbing Inspector.
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 Department and Clerk of the Selectmen's bonds 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, 1966 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 appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for the extra-ordinary unforseen 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 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 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 appropriate from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, to continue the laying out and construction of George Street from Route 1 to School Street, and to start the laying out and construction on Messenger Street, or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, a sum of money to pay the following overdrafts. Snow ac- count $2,119.61. Treasurer's account; Expense of Bond Issue $1,016.29; King Philip Regional School District Committee $22,327.93, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to install one new street light on Pole No. 77, located on Washington Street, near Wonderland Motel site, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the Stabilization Fund, under authority of Chapter 40, Section 5B of the Gen- eral Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $2,500. or any other sum for the Fire Alarm Re- placement Fund, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to purchase a mechanical-ladder fire truck and to raise and appropriate for this purpose the sum of $35,000.00, and to determine the manner of raising and appropriating the said sum, whether by trans- fer of available funds, or by taxation, or by borrowing; and if by borrow- ing, to authorize the Town Treasurer to give notes or bonds on behalf of the Town; or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, the sum of $7,500. or any other sum to the Fire Department Apparatus Fund, 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 $1,300.00, or any other sum, for the control of insects and Dutch Elm Disease ($1,000 for Dutch Elm Disease and $300.00 for insect pest control) as provided 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 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,500 for carrying on the different categories of Welfare, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-Laws by adding thereto as a Plumbing By-Law, the rules and regulations formu- lated by the State Examiners of Plumbers under Sections 8 and 9 of Chapter 142 of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (2/3 vote)
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000. for the Conservation Fund, to be used by the Conserva- tion Commission for Conservation purposes, including the purchase of land, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To choose any committee and 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.
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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 seventeenth day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five.
MILES E. HOOKER LeROY B. WILSON RAYMOND V. MILLER Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy. Attest: DONALD J. PECK, Constable
February 22, 1965
This is to certify that I have this day posted seven (7) copies of the within warrant in seven (7) public places in said town.
DONALD J. PECK, Constable of Plainville
Attest: AUSTIN F. GRANT, Town Clerk February 22, 1965
PLAINVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
PLAINVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARCH 1, 1965
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the Sixtieth Annual Town Meeting was held in the Auditorium of the Elementary School.
The call of the meeting was read by the Moderator, Charles O. Peas- ley and the polls were declared officially opened at 8:00 a.m. The bal- lot box was inspected by Warden Earl B. Thompson, Clerk Marion Mc- Cabe, Deputy Clerk Wanda Faille and Deputy Warden Bessie Barton. The ballot box was declared empty, set at zero and locked, and the key turned over to the Ballot Box Officer Adrian Wheeler.
The following officials, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn in by Town Clerk, Austin F. Grant:
Election Warden: Earl B. Thompson (R).
Deputy Warden: Bessie Barton (R).
Clerk: Marion McCabe (D).
Deputy Clerk: Wanda Faille (D).
Tellers: Jacqueline DiGiantommaso (D), Shirley Marcoux (D), Ray- mond Smith (R), Helen Cobb (R), Marion Reilly (D) and Adrian Wheeler (R).
At 11:00 A.M. Marilyn Cox (R) was sworn in as an Alternate Teller.
The representatives for the Board of Registrars were Richard Cobb (R) and Robert Thibideau (D).
The polls were declared officially closed by Warden Earl B. Thomp- son at 8:00 P.M.
The ballot was inspected, and showed 883 votes cast, 438 men and 445 women. Box inspected by Warden Earl B. Thompson, Clerk Marion McCabe, Deputy Clerk Wanda Faille and Robert Thibideau, and Deputy Warden Bessie Barton.
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At 8:15 the following counters having been appointed by the Select- men were sworn in by the Town Clerk: Jesse Franklin (R), Margaret Frederiksen (R), Robert Keniston (R), Jean Henrich (R), Gael Kelley (D), Violet Osterholm (R), Helen Theriault (D), Carol Barton (D), Fernand Preston (D), and Nancy Antonitis. At 11:00 p. m. the results of the balloting showed:
MODERATOR
Charles O. Peasley
770
Blanks 113
TOWN CLERK-For One Year
Austin F. Grant 753
Blanks 130
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF WELFARE-For Three Years
LeRoy B. Wilson 733
Blanks 150
TREASURER-For Three Years
Lawrence H. Carpenter
770
Blanks 113
TAX COLLECTOR-For Three Years
Theodore A. Wickman
755
Blanks 128
ASSESSOR-For Three Years
Stanley G. Cole 765
Blanks 118
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For Three Years Vote For Two
Francis E. McGowan (R) 628
Harry A. Schoening, Jr. (R)
601
Georgianna Laferriere (D) 334
Blanks 203
WATER COMMISSIONER-For Three Years
Byron J. Schofield (R) 539
Frank Pesanello (D) 309
Blanks 35
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TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY-For Three Years
Barbara P. Fluck 748
Blanks 135
PARK COMMISSIONER-For Three Years
Camillo P. DiGiantomasso (D)
361
John J. Ronan (R)
487
Blanks 35
AUDITOR-For One Year
Arthur H. Gleichauf, Jr. 739
Blanks 144
PLANNING BOARD-For Five Years
Robert E. Antonitis (D) 380
470
Blanks 33
FINANCE COMMITTEE-For Two Years
Alfred Bolduc (R)
592
Blanks 291
FINANCE COMMITTEE-For Three Years Vote For Three
Marshall E. Brown (R)
596
Raymond E. Crowell (R)
656
Daniel T. Malone (R) 673
Lucien R. Laferriere (D)
368
Blanks
356
TREE WARDEN -- For One Year
4
HOUSING AUTHORITY-Vote For Four
Clinton E. Barton, Sr. (R)
609
Hope E. Cassidy (D)
274
Melvin F. Dwyer (R) 462
Walter T. Fink (R) 477
Francis W. Simmons (R)
452
Maurice R. Theriault (D) 433
Ruth R. Fulton (I)
374
Blanks
451
Everett W. Skinner, Sr.
Blanks 127
756
Bruce E. Hastings (R)
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CONSTABLES-For One Year Vote For Three
Donald J. Peck (R)
641
Allen S. Breen (R) 461
Robert R. Faille (D) 385
Edward J. Marcoux (D)
292
George Massey (R)
310
Neal C. Avery(I)
314
Blanks 246
Meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M. until 7:30, Monday, March 15, 1965.
AUSTIN F. GRANT, Town Clerk
MINUTES OF ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
March 15, 1965
The adjourned Town Meeting was called to order by Moderator Charles O. Peasley at 7:35 P.M., Monday, March 15, 1965 in the Audi- torium of the Elementary School, South Street, Plainville, Massachusetts.
The Moderator called upon the Rev. Wayne G. Austin for the Invo- cation.
The voters were checked into the hall by means of the voting lists, by Robert Keniston (R) and Marion McCabe (D), showing a total of 226 voters present, 81 women and 145 men.
The bounds of the hall were declared to be the seats set up on the auditorium floor, persons sitting in the bleachers would be unable to participate in the Town Meeting.
The following were appointed tellers by the Moderator; at the right of the Moderator, Joseph Gaulin and Fred Paul, Jr., and to the left of the Moderator, Albert Pothier and Lloyd Jensen. Austin F. Grant, Town Clerk was appointed Ballot Box officer in the event of a ballot vote.
The Moderator stated that if there were no objections, the minutes of the meeting of March 1, 1965, Election of Officers, would not be read. There were no objections.
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ARTICLE 2. Motion by Miles B. Hooker and seconded by Raymond V. Miller that Alec H. Fredrickson, Francis W. Simmons, Everett W. Skinner, Sr., and George N. Snell be appointed Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber for the ensuing year, and unanimously voted.
Motion by Miles E. Hooker and seconded by Raymond V. Miller that Phillip R. Mackenzie, Donald J. Peck and Robert R. Faille be ap- pointed Field Drivers and Fence Viewers for the ensuing year, and unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 3. Motion by LeRoy B. Wilson and seconded by Raymond V. Miller that the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers as printed and corrected with the exception of any typographical errors and omissions be accepted, and unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 4. Motion by Everett W. Skinner and seconded by LeRoy B. Wilson that the Town vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, and unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 5. Motion by Mrs. H. Bertha Browne and seconded by Daniel T. Malone that the Town vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of the General Laws, as amended, as follows:
Moderator
$25.00 each meeting
Town Clerk
650.00 per year
Town Treasurer
1,500.00 per year
Selectmen, Chairman
700.00 per year
Second Member 600.00 per year
Third Member
600.00 per year
Assessor, Chairman 900.00 per year
Second Member
900.00 per year
Third Member 900.00 per year
Tax Collector 1,500.00 per year
School Committee, Chairman
75.00 per year
School Committee, each member 60.00 per year
Water Commissioners, Chairman 200.00 per year
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Second Member
200.00 per year
Third Member, Secretary
350.00 per year
Auditor
250.00 per year
Constables
2.00 per hour
Tree Warden
2.00 per hour
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED.
ARTICLE 6. Motion by Robert O. Malin and seconded by Raymond E. Crowell that the Town vote to raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise the sum of $728,163.15 to defray town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1965 and expressly for the following purposes: Section
1. For Support of the Public Library $4,103
To include available Dog Tax and State Grant.
2. For Selectmen's Current Expenses and Salaries 12,311
3. For Board of Health Current Expenses and Salaries 6,388
4. For Wire Inspector, Salary and Expenses 350
5. For Building Inspector, Salary and Expenses 350
6. For Gas Inspector, Salary and Expenses 200
7. Insurance Group Insurance 3,000 Other Insurance 6,500 9,500
8. For Memorial Day 200
9. Ambulance: For Support and Maintenance 1,100
10. For Heating and Maintenance of Town Office and Fire Station Building 2,442
11. For Welfare Agent 1,350
12. For Street Lights 9,897
13. For Vocational Education 1,000
14. For Dog Officer 150
15. For Treasurer's Current Expenses and Salary 2,500
16. For Salary of Town Auditor 250
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17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt 20,000
18. For Tax Title 500
19. For Maturing Debt
51,000
20. For Town Clerk's Expenses and Salary 1,350
21. For Assessor's Current Expenses and Salaries 4,200
22. For Tax Collector's Current Expenses and Salary 2,380
23. For Sealer of Weights and Measures Current Expenses and Salary 166
24. For Board of Registrars Current Expenses and Salaries 1,655
25. For Fire Department Current Expenses and Salaries 21,150
26. For Water Department Current Expenses and Salaries 25,104
27. For Support of School and Salaries of School Committee 205,377
28. For Veterans' Benefits 5,300
29. For Highways Exclusive of Chapters 81 and 90 17,200
Includes: $200 for Street Signs 4,000 for Drainage 3,000 for Sidewalks
30. For Snow Removal 14,000
31. For Tree Warden 400
32. For Town Forest Committee 75
33. For Moth Department 0
34. For the Police Department 35,499
Includes $1,600 for new Cruiser
35. For the Park Department Includes $500 for Park Dedication
4,750
36. For the Regional School District Committee 260,118.14
37. For the Industrial Development Commission 0
38. For the Planning Board 500
($360.50 carried forward from 1964 account)
39. Conservation Commission 300
40. Civil Defense 500
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41. For the Town's share of Norfolk County Retirement System 4,498.01
42. For the Finance Committee 50
43. For the Plumbing Inspector 0
$728,163.15
Under Section 25, Fire Department, much discussion was held due to the fact that this appropriation covered the establishment of a three man, five days a week, permanent fire department, starting in July, 1965.
Motion by Bancroft Austin that the extra fire department budget be changed to read, the present fire chief be appointed to the permanent job only, on a yearly provisional appointment, subject to re-appointment every year by the Selectmen's Fire Commissioners. That the chief use most of his spare time to foster a better daytime callman situation, and money to cover his salary for the year be appropriated.
At this time, Moderator Charles O. Peasley called a five minute recess to investigate the legality of this motion.
When the meeting was called to order the Moderator declared this to be an illegal motion, and the motion was denied, as out of order, being improperly drawn and presented.
The vote on Article 6 to raise and appropriate the total sum of $728,168.15 to defray town charges for the financial year ending Decem- ber 31, 1965 was Unanimously voted.
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