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Article 10-Voted : That the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated to pay the insurance on the Town Treasurer's Bond for the year 1924-1925.
Article 11. To see what compensation the Town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 11-Voted : That one and one-half per cent be allowed as compensation for the collection of taxes for the year 1924.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Tax Collector's Bond for the year 1924-1925, and raise and appropriate money there- for.
Article 12-Voted: That the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated to pay the insurance on the Tax. Collector's Bond for the year 1924 and 1925.
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Article 13. To see what action the Town will take- in relation to the Fire Department, and raise and ap -- propriate money therefor.
Article 13-Voted: That the sum of $4,625 be raised and appropriated for the Fire Department as follows :
General Expenses. .
$600.00
Salaries fifteen men-$30
450.00
Hour service at fires
350.00
Driver of truck
1,800.00
Engineers' Salaries
150.00
500 feet of hose.
400.00
Painting of American La France Truck
275.00
Maintenance of Fire Alarm
600.00
$4,625.00
Article 14. To see if the Town will enlarge the present school building at North Randolph, and raise and appropriate sum therefor, as petitioned for by Robert S. Cutting and others.
Article 14-Voted : To indefinitely postpone all ac- tion under this article.
Voted that Article 35 be now taken up.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Mill Street through to Union Street, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 35-Voted : To indefinitely postpone all ac -- tion under this Article.
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Voted that this meeting adjourn until Monday,. March 24, 1924, at 7:30 P. M.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. A True Record. Attest:
JOHN B. McNEILL,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING (Adjourned)-1924 Randolph, March 24, 1924.
The annual town meeting adjourned from March 17 to this date was called to order this 24th day of March, 1924, at 7 :30 o'clock by the Moderator, James E. Foley. Article 3 was taken up to hear the committee on snow removal equipment appointed under this article at the last adjournment of this meeting. The committee re- - port was read by Ralph G. Knight.
Voted, under Article 3: That the sum of $600 (six hundred dollars) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of two plows to be attached to such motor apparatus as may be available in the town and that the chairman of the board of selectmen, the superintendent of streets and William S. Condon (a committee of three) the sponsor of this inquiry to be appointed to purchase this equipment and also to make an effort to secure a truck from the state highway department.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to install electric lights at the corner of Grove and North Main Streets and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Millie E. Randall and others.
Voted under Article 15: That $16.50 be raised and appropriated to install electric lights on the corner of Grove and North Main Streets.
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Article 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to repairs and regrading in front of the Turner Free Library and raise and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by W. B. Atherton and others.
Voted under Article 16: That all action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted to take up Article 5: Voted under Article 5 that from now on during this session and future Town Meetings, a motion to indefinitely postpone shall be debatable.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to repair Roel Street and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by Eugene L. McAuliffe and others.
Voted under Article 17: That the sum of $400 (four hundred dollars) be raised and appropriated for per- manent road construction on Roel Street.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water mains along Centre Street from Main Street, a distance of nine hundred feet or to the residence of John H. Mar- cille, and to raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted under Article 18: That all action under this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Water Commissioners to extend the water mains on Chestnut Street and High Street to the resi- dence of August Mizarras and raise and appropriate money therefor.“
Voted under Article 19: That all action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 20. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) to re-
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pair Orchard Street from the junction of North Main to Oak Street as petitioned for by James P. Duffy and others.
Voted under Article 20: That the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for repairs on Orchard Street.
Article 24. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the decoration of Soldiers' Graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post, No. 110, G. A. R.
Voted: That the sum of $225 be raised and appro- priated for the decoration of Soldiers' Graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R.
Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money for the planting of shade trees as peti- tioned for by the Tree Warden and others.
Voted : That $100 (one hundred dollars) be raised and appropriated for planting shade trees.
Article 25. To see what action the Town will take relative to medical attendance on the poor and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted: That the sum of $300 (three hundred dol- lars) be raised and appropriated, said sum to be appor- tioned to the several physicians of the Town and to be in full for the attendance of all persons under the care of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, whose set- tlement and residence is in the Town of Randolph for one year, from January, 1924; that is to say that each physician in the town from the first of January, 1924, shall receive $75 for his services, provided that he makes 38 visits throughout the year, after that he shall receive no compensation for his services, those physi- cians who make less than 38 visits shall receive pay at the rate of $2 for each of said visits.
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Article 27. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairs on highways and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
Voted : That the sum of $6,400 be raised and appro- priated for general repairs on the highways and that present permanent highways be preserved.
Article 28. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint a special police officer or offi- cers to enforce the laws and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted : That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a permanent Police Officer to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth and that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for that purpose, also that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for Special Police.
Article 29. To see what action the town will take relative to the pay of town laborers.
Voted: That each person employed by the town shall receive fifty cents an hour for his labor and that the pay for the use of horses employed by the town shall be forty cents an hour, except when used on snow- plow or road scraper work, then the pay shall be fifty cents per hour.
Article 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to charge interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October, 1924.
Voted : No action necessary under this article.
Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to use the same means which a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Tax Collector.
Voted : That the Tax Collector be so authorized and that all taxes remaining unpaid January 1, 1925, shall
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be put in due course of law for collection and that a copy of this bill be printed upon all tax bills.
Article 32. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church.
Voted: That the sum of $20 be raised and appro- priated for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church.
Article 33. To see what action the Town will take relative to abatements of taxes and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Voted : That the abatements be taken from the over- lay.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Centre Street, northeasterly 650 feet, and raise and appropriate money therefor as pe- titioned for by George Lohr and others.
Voted : That all action under this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to repair Center Street and raise and appropriate $3,000 for said purposes as petitioned for by Nancy A. Gould and others.
Voted : That the Town appropriate $1,500 for road construuction on Centre Street; that said money be ex- pended for cartage, rolling, bonding material and other necessary items. That the local citizens shall furnish their labor gratis, by loading, distributing and preparing the road for rolling and bonding.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to place electric lights on Mill Street every four hundred feet, commencing at Union Street and raise and appropriate
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money for as petitioned for by Louis J. Potash and others.
Voted: That all action under this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
Article 38. To raise and appropriate money for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, as recommended by the State Forester.
Voted: That the sum of $1,700 be raised and ap- propriated for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Article 40. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the Tax Collector's Department for printing and postage.
Voted : To indefinitely postpone.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 391, Acts of 1923, relative to the collection of water rates.
Voted: To accept Chapter 391, Acts of 1923, rela- tive to the Collection of Water Rates.
Article 42. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for expenses of the Assessor's Depart- ment.
Voted : That the sum of $150 be raised and appro- priated for the expenses of the Assessor's Department.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to amend By-Law Number 21, adopted at the annual Town Meet- ing, May 5, 1913.
Voted: That By-Law Number 21 be amended so as to read: "Not less than 20% of the registered voters
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shall constitute a quorum to transact any business rela- tive to the expenditures of money at any Town Meet- ing."
Article 44. To see what action the Town will take in relation to purchasing the traffic signal now erected in Crawford Square and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted: That the sum of $265 be raised and appro- priated to purchase the traffic signal in Crawford Square.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to re-appor- tionate One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) to in- stall electric lights and poles in Stetson Park as peti- tioned for by Lieut. Thomas W. Desmond Post of the American Legion and others.
Voted: That as this appropriation was made under Article 3, no action necessary under this article.
Article 46. To see what action the Town will take in relation to repairing Liberty Street and raise and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Clarence U. Gove and others.
Voted : That the sum of $2,000 be raised and ap- propriated to make permanent repairs on that part of Liberty Street beginning at the junction of Main and Liberty Streets.
Article 47. To see what action the Town will take in relation to purchasing a road roller and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted : That all action under this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
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Article 48. To see what action the Town will take in relation to rebuilding Warren Street in conjunction with the County and State and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted-Affirmative, 289; Negative, 38: That there be appropriated the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of rebuilding Warren Street with macadam pavement, un- der the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Highway Division, and the Norfolk County Commissioners, as per agreement made by the Selectmen, and to pay the Town's share of said appro- priation, one thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents be raised this year, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow seven thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable with the provisions of Section 19, of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Amendments thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first note or at such earlier time as the Selectmen and the Treasurer may deter- mine.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate money to pay land damages on West and Warren Streets.
Voted : That the sum of $3,635.50 be appropriated to pay land damages on West and Warren Streets, said amount to be reimbursed by Norfolk County.
Article 2 was then taken up.
Voted, under Article 2 : That the report of the Town Officers be accepted.
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Voted : That in preparation of the Town Report for this year, that the names of individuals receiving money from the Town with the amounts received be printed.
Voted : That the Town Officers be instructed to have the Town Report published and distributed at least two weeks before the Annual Town Election.
Voted : To adjourn.
Adjourned at 10:10 P. M.
A True Record : Attest,
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Randolph, March 31, 1924.
Pursuant to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, dated March 24, 1924, duly posted by John P. Hanley, Constable, the voters of Randolph assembled at Stet- son Hall this 31st day of March, 1924. Meeting called to order by James E. Foley, Moderator.
Warrant and return were read by the Town Clerk.
Voted: To adjourn until 8 P. M.
The meeting was called to order at 8 P. M. The Moderator announced that as there was not a quorum present no business could be done under this warrant.
Voted: To adjourn until April 14, 1924, at 7:30 P. M.
Meeting adjourned at 8:10 P. M.
A True Record. Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ADJOURNED-1924
Randolph, April 14, 1924.
The special Town Meeting adjourned from March 31, 1924, to this date was called to order this 14th day of April, 1924, at 7 :30 o'clock by James E. Foley, Mod- erator.
Voted: That this meeting adjourn until 8:15 P. M.
At 8:15 o'clock P. M., the meeting was called to order and it was voted to adjourn to April 24, 1924, at 8 o'clock P. M.
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 P. M.
A True Record. Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (ADJOURNED) 1924 Randolph, April 24, 1924.
The Special Town Meeting adjourned from March 31 to April 14, and again adjourned to this date, was called to order at 8 o'clock P. M. by the Moderator.
Voted : That this meeting be dissolved.
Meeting dissolved.
A True Record. Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-1924
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen dated April 4, 1924, duly posted by Patrick T. McDonnell, Constable, the Voters of Randolph assembled at Stet-
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son Hall this 14th day of April, 1924, at 8:30 o'clock P. M. The meeting was called to order by James E. Foley, Moderator, the Warrant and return were read by the Town Clerk, after stating that there was not a legal quorum present the moderator allowed the privilege of the floor for an explanation under Article 2 by William E. Hanson and Adrian J. Iorio.
Voted that this meeting adjourn until April 24, 1924 at 8:30 o'clock P. M.
Meeting adjourned at 8:50 o'clock P. M.
A True Record. Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL,
Town Clerk.
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Randolph, April 24, 1924.
The Special Town Meeting adjourned from April 14, 1924, to this date was called to order this April 24, at 8 o'clock P. M., by the moderator.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Meeting dissolved.
A True Record. Attest:
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, 1924
Randolph, April 29, 1924.
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen dated April 14, 1924, duly posted by Patrick T. McDonnell, Constable, the voters of Randolph assembled at Stet- son Hall this twenty-ninth day of April, 1924; the war- rant and return were read by Richard F. Forrest, chair- man of the Selectmen. The polls were open for the reception of ballots at four o'clock. The following named persons acted as Election Officers, sworn by the Town Clerk: Ballot Clerk, William J. Hogan; Check- ers at Gate, Henry J. Mann; Sarah F. Bracken; Check- ers at Stage, Edward F. Murphy, Alice M. Hadley ; Officers at Gates, John R. Luddington, Ellen A. Far- rell; Outside Hall, James H. Meaney; at Ballot Box, Olga C. Howard; at the close of the polls the same officers acted as tellers.
At 8 o'clock the polls were declared closed, the bal- lots were sorted and counted with the following result : Number of ballots cast 212
Ballot Box Register 212
Checked on Voting Lists 212
Republican, 67; Democratic, 145. Total 212
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES. 1924
Republicans, Delegate At Large ·
Channing H. Cox Sixty-two 62
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fifty-eight 58
Frederick H. Gillett Fifty-eight 58
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William M. Butler
Fifty-seven 57
John H. Sherburne
Fifty-five 55
Anna C. Bird
Fifty-seven 57
Jessie A. Hall
Fifty-one 51
Blanks
Seventy-one 71
Alternate Delegate At Large
Pauline R. Thayer
Fifty-four 54
Elizabeth Putnam
Fifty-three 53
Charles H. Innes
Fifty-one 51
John Jacob Rogers
Fifty-four
54
Robert M. Stevens
Fifty-one
51
Mary R. Browne
Fifty-one
51
Spencer Borden, Jr. Fifty
50
Blanks One hundred five 105
District Delegates-Fourteenth District
Roger Keith
Fifty-three 53
George L. Barnes
Forty
40
Eugene H. Sprague
Twenty-one 21
Blanks
Twenty 20
Alternate Delegates-14th Congressional District
Beatrice W. Nichols
Fifty-one 51
Elwin T. Wright
Fifty-one
51
Blanks
Thirty-two 32
Democratic Delegates At Large
David I. Walsh
One hundred fifteen 115
Arthur J. Lyman
Forty-two 42
Joseph B. Ely .
Forty-three 43
John F. Doherty
Fifty-six 56
Helen A. MacDonald
Forty-four 44
Susan W. Fitzgerald Fifty-three 53
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Rose Herbert Mary E. Meehan Charles H. Cole
Twenty-seven 27
Forty-nine 49
Eighty-four 84
Blanks
Six hundred forty-seven 647
Alternate Delegates At Large
Arthur J. B. Cartier
Thirty-eight 38
William A. O'Hearn
Forty-four 44
Jeremiah J. Healy
Fifty-four
54
Edward A. Ginsburg
Twenty-eight
28
Dorothy Whipple Fry
Thirty-one 31
Mary H. Quincy
Thirty-two
32
Anne O. Heffernan
Forty-six 46
Mary Baciagalupo
Nineteen
19
William H. Doyle
Sixty-eight
68
Blanks
Eight hundred
800
District Delegates-14th Congressional District
Arthur Hendrick
One hundred 100
David W. Murray
Forty-one 41
John H. O'Connell
Twenty-seven 27
Frank A. Manning
Seventy 70
Christ. M. Clifford William L. Gleason
Twenty-six 26
Forty-six 46
Patrick F. McMahon
Eighteen
18
William H. Powers
Twenty-six
26
Charles F. Riordan
Thirty-two 32
Blanks
One hundred ninety-four 194
Alternate
District
Delegates-14th
Congressional
District
Lizzie Gormley
Sixty-four 64
Kathleen E. Kiggen
Sixty-four 64
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William P. Nickerson
Twenty 20
Joseph W. Ramsey
Thirty-five 35
Walter C. Russell
Forty 40
Blanks
Three hundred fifty-seven 357
Declaration of the vote was made at ten o'clock.
Ballots used and unused were sealed in open meet- ing.
Returns were made to the Secretary of State and the meeting dissolved.
A True Record. Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL,
Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING (SPECIAL), 1924
Randolph, July 10, 1924.
Pursuant to à warrant issued by the Selectmen, signed July 3, 1924, and duly posted by Patrick T. Mc- Donnell, Constable, the voters of Randolph assembled at Stetson Hall this tenth day of July, 1924. Meeting called to order at 7:30 o'clock P. M., by the Modera- tor, James E. Foley ; the warrant and return were read by the Town Clerk.
Voted that the meeting recess until 8:15 o'clock.
Meeting called to order at 8:15 o'clock by the mod- erator.
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Voted that Articles be taken up :
Article 1. To see what action the Town will take in relation to rebuilding Stetson High School and to make provision for the same.
Voted: That a committee of five consisting of Her- man W. French, Mark B. Claff, Dominick J. Hand, Frank D. McCarty, Joseph T. Leahy, acting in con- junction with the school committee be appointed to consider the matter of restoring or rebuilding Stetson High School or any alternative proposition in connec- tion therewith and to report to a special town meet- ing to be called for that purpose, said meeting to be called at the earliest possible date after the prepara- tion of such report.
Voted: That William J. Good be added to said Com- mittee.
Article 2. To see what action the town will take relative to restoring the contents of the Stetson High School Building and to consider emergency measures in connection with temporary school facilities and make provision therefor.
The moderator announced that as it was obvious there was not a legal quorum present for the appro- priation of money, no action could be taken under this Article. Article 3 was then taken up.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 143 of the General Laws so far as the same relates to the inspection, regulation, and license for buildings, as petitioned for by Walter F. Stephens.
Voted : That all action under this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 145 of the General Laws relating to tenement houses in towns as petitioned for by Walter F. Stevens and others.
Voted : That all action under this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
Article 5. To see what action the town will take with reference to the set of building regulations, drawn and presented by the committee appointed pursuant to the vote of the town at the annual town meeting adjourned for 1923, and with reference to the report of said Committee.
No action taken under this article.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to consider and report at a regular or special town meeting called for that purpose upon the advisability of establishing set-back regulations and to draw and present for adoption at such meeting a set of such regulations, as petitioned for by John R. Lud- dington and others.
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed to act under this Article, said committee to report at the annual town meeting. Committee appointed: Frank D. McCarty, Seth T. Crawford, James F. Kennedy, James H. Hurley, John R. Luddington.
Artlicle 7. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to consider and report at a regular or special town meeting called for that purpose upon the advisability of establishing billboard regulations, and to draw and present for adoption at such meeting a
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set of such regulations as petitioned for by John R. Luddington and others.
Voted: That the Committee under Article 6 act under this Article in conjunction with Article 6.
Article 8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to paying for the repairs to the town clock at Crawford Square amounting to $30.16, as petitioned for by William H. Leavitt.
Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to pay $30.16 for repairs to the town clock and the money be taken from the miscellaneous account raised and ap- propriated at the annual town meeting.
Article 9. To see what action the Town will take relative to wages to be paid the highway surveyor and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted : That the highway surveyor be compensated at the rate of $1 per hour for himself and the use of truck and that payment therefor be taken from the appropriation for the highway department for the year 1924-1925.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take relative to wages to be paid the Tree Warden and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted: That no change be made in the method of payment of the Tree Warden and that his wages be taken from the appropriation for that department for the year 1924-1925.
Article 11. To see what action the Town will take relative to placing two electric lights on North Main Street between pole 43 and Francis Street and raise
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and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Patrick J. Foley and others.
No action taken under this article.
Article 12. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law to prohibit the keeping of pigs in excess of two within the limits of the Town of Randolph without a permit from the Board of Health as petitioned for by C. S. Winch and others.
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