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ence Sullivan, Harry Dolan, William C. Mann, Irving S. Hill, John F. Welch, Charles F. Blakeley also Joseph H. Duggan (Milton Police and Joseph J. Dalton (Mil- ton Police). Special Constables-Patrick T. McDon- nell and E. Clifton Payne.
Committees Appointed by Moderator
Committee of nine to serve on Finance Committee : Joseph M. Gladbach, Chester L. Paine, Royal L. Mann (terms expire 1932) ; Joseph Belcher, Henry V. Mor- gan, Walter F. Stephens, (terms expire 1933) ; Daniel G. Donovan, John B. Brennan, Bennie F. Hayden (terms expire 1934).
Committee of nine to serve on Planning Board un- til 1932 Annual Town Meeting-John J. Madden, James A. Mullen, Mrs. Jessie C. Dunbar, Helen M. Haney, John E. Kelley, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Edgar B. Cole, Henry N. Corp and Erskine H. Cox.
Representative to General Court from 9th Norfolk Representative District
Harold W. Macauley, Randolph, Mass.
Representative to Congress from 14th Congressional District
Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton, Mass.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING-1931
Election of Officers
Total number of ballots cast for Town Officers: Precinct 1-1,686; Precinct 2-380; Total 2,066.
MODERATOR (1 year)
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Total
James F. Kennedy
1,268
292
1,560
Blanks
418
88
506
TOWN CLERK (1 year)
John B. McNeill
1,423
321
1,744
Blanks
263
59
322
TOWN TREASURER (1 year)
John B. McNeill
1,378
304
1,682
Blanks
308
76
384
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC WELFARE
(1 year)
William F. Costello
115
122
237
James H. Hurley
850
147
997
Harold W. Macauley
1,115
246
1,361
Arthur L. Mann
533
136
669
Walter F. Stephens
1,001
231
1,232
William Robert Yundt
528
96
624
Blanks
916
162
1,078
ASERSSORS (3 years)
Peter M. Gibson
134
20
154
James H. Hurley
696
143
839
Frank F. Teed
723
184
907
Blanks
133
33
166
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years)
William S. Condon
726
267
993
John E. Kelley
753
76
829
Charles R. Kiley
743
104
847
Mildred B. Taber
542
197
739
Blanks
608
116
724
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 years)
W. Frank Ames
720
174
894
John P. McCarthy
599
67
666
Frederick W. Schulz
116
92
208
Blanks
251
47
298
TRUSTEES STETSON SCHOOL FUND (3 years)
W. Frank Ames
728
193
921
Charles R. Kiley
744
137
881
Blanks
214
50
264
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 years)
Arthur L. Mann
732
153
885
Charles Truelson
667
196
863
Blanks
287
31
318
BOARD OF HEALTH (2 years)
William E. Buck
748
222
970
Daniel G. Donovan
760
102
862
Blanks
178
56
234
BOARD OF HEALTH (1 year)
William M. Colby
705
195
900
Helen M. Haney
725
122
847
Blanks
256
63
319
TAX COLLECTOR (1 year)
Walter H. Lyons
1,368
331
1,699
Blanks
318
49
367
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WATER COMMISSIONER (3 years)
John B. McNeill
1,359
303
1,662
Blanks 327
77
404
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (1 year)
John A. Frederickson
851
290
1,141
James J. Lynch
774
78
852
Blanks
61
12
73
TREE WARDEN (1 year)
John T. Moore
1,270
291
1,561
Blanks
416
89
505
AUDITORS (1 year)
Michael F. Cunningham
1,180
250
1,430
James V. Donovan
1,247
259
1,506
Raymond L. Mason
1,166
256
1,422
Blanks
1,465
375
1,840
CONSTABLES (1 year)
Charles T. Blakely
617
253
870
Edmund J. Brady*
871
189
1,060
George M. Brewster*
829
164
993
Louis J. Courtney*
840
135
975
James Durkee
565
149
714
John A. Forrest*
1,051
209
1,260
George L. Frawley*
927
185
1,112
William Mahady
693
151
844
William C. Mann*
974
202
1,176
Martin E. Young*
987
ยท 180
1,167
Blanks
3,448
843
4,291
A true copy of record : Attest
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
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Recount for School Committee (3 Year Term)
Randolph, Mass.
March 7, 1931.
Upon petition duly filed with the Town Clerk dated March 5, 1931, the Registrars of Voters of Ran- dolph met this day to recount the Ballots cast March 2, 1931 for the three (3) year term for School Commit- tee. The envelopes were delivered to the Registrars by the Town Clerk, then opened and ballots counted, with the following result:
Original
Count
Recount
Gains
Losses
Condon
993
991
2
Kelley
829
827
2
Kiley
847
849
2
Taber
739
742
3
Blanks
724
723
1
-
Total
4,132
4,132
5
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The Registrars present were Hickey, Dench and Lyons, and John B. McNeill, ex officio.
At the Annual and Special Town Meetings, all of the appropriations made may be found in the Town Accountant's Report taken from an attested list made by the Town Clerk.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the pay of town laborers and others hired by the day or hour.
Voted-That laborers employed by the town, be compensated as follows, and that horses be paid for according to the following schedule :
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Day work between the hours of 7 A. M. and 5 P. M. Laborers-Sixty (60) cents per hour.
Horses-Fifty (50) cents per hour.
Night work between the hours of 5 P. M. and 7 A. M. Laborers-Time and one-half : viz, at ninety (90) cents per hour.
Horses-Time and one half : viz, seventy-five (75) cents per hour.
Laborers employed for all other purposes :
Laborers-Sixty (60) cents per hour straight time for day and night work.
Article 16. To hear the report of the committee appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, April 1, 1929, TO REVISE AND AMEND THE TOWN BY-LAWS and to take action thereon.
Under this article the following By-Laws were adopted for the town :
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE 1
Town Meetings and the Procedure Thereat
Section 1. The annual town meeting for the transaction of business shall be held on the evening of the second Monday of March, at 7.30, and the an- nual meeting for election of officers shall be held on the first Monday of March at 5.45 a. m. and shall close at 4 p. m.
Section 2. A town meeting shall, unless a differ- ent time or method is prescribed by law, be called by posting an attested copy of the warrant, calling the same at the Town Hall, at the Town Clerk's Office, at
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the Post Office, and at six other public places in the town at the discrertion of the officer serving the war- rant.
Section 3. The rules of parliamentary procedure, as established by practice in this town, shall govern town meetings, but no parliamentary motion shall be used for the purpose of shutting off debate on any ques- tion until the meeting has had a reasonable opportunity of hearing both sides of that question.
Section 4. The method of appointing Town Com- mittees and their number shall be left to the decision of the meeting at which they are proposed, except as otherwise provided by Statute or by these By-Laws.
Section 5. No article in the Warrant shall be again taken into consideration after having been dis- posed of, unless ordered by a vote of a majority of the voters present and voting.
Section 6. The presence of three hundred (300) voters at a town meeting for the transaction of business shall be required to constitute a quorum, except for a motion to adjourn, for which no quorum shall be re- quired.
Section 7. The Board of Public Welfare, Asses- sors, School Committee, Police Department, Fire De- partment, Highway Surveyor, Board of Health, Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Town Account- ant and other boards and officers making reports, shall deliver to the Selectmen their annual report prior to the 20th day of January in each year. The Selectmen shall cause these reports, together with their own re- port and a list of town officers and other matter usually published to be printed and distributed one week, at least, before the annual meeting in March.
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ARTICLE 2 Duties of the Selectmen
Section 1. The Selectmen shall have the general direction and management of the property and affairs of the town in all matters not otherwise provided for by law or by these By-Laws, except that they shall have no control over the property and affairs of the Water Department.
Section 2. All conveyance of land or interests in land which may hereafter be authorized by vote of the town or otherwise except land held under tax titles, shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Select- men, unless otherwise provided by law, or these By- Laws, or by special vote of the town, and the same will be sealed with the town seal.
Section 3. The Selectmen shall be the agents and attorneys of the town to prosecute, defend and compro- mise any and all suits in which the town may be in any manner interested as a party or otherwise, except inso- far as the same relate in any manner to the water sup- ply, and to employ counsel, if necessary.
ARTICLE 3 Power of the Water Commissioners
Section 1. The Water Commissioners shall be the agents and attorneys of the town to prosecute, defend, compromise and settle any and all suits and proceed- ings in which the town may be interested as a party or otherwise, so far as the same in any manner relates to the preserving, taking and the use of the water of Great Pond, or to the construction of the water works, either jointly or separately, as authorized under Chap- ter 217 of the Acts of 1885, and to employ counsel, if necessary.
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ARTICLE 4
Town Officials
Section 1. The Town Clerk shall keep a file of all town reports, reports submitted by all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the town, which come into his custody. He shall index suitably all such reports and all the rec- ords of the town in his custody in a manner convenient for reference and examination.
Section 2. All Town Officials having an office in the Town Hall shall post a notice in a prominent posi- tion in the Town Hall of their office hours. The Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and the Tax Collector shall have office hours during some part of every working day.
ARTICLE 5
Finance Committee
Section 1. There shall be a Finance Committee consisting of nine voters of the Town. The members of this committee shall serve without pay.
Section 2. The Finance Committee of the town in office at the time this By-Law shall become effective, except those ineligible to serve under the succeeding section of this article, is hereby continued in office and the members thereof shall continue to hold office until their successors shall take office as hereinafter pro- vided.
Section 3. At each annual town meeting after this By-Law becomes effective, the Moderator shall ap- point three new members in place of the three members whose terms expire during the calendar year of this meeting, who shall take office at the expiration of the town meeting, and any adjournments thereof at which
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they are appointed and whose term shall expire at the expiration of the town meeting and any adjournment thereof which meeting is held three years from the meeting at which they were appointed. No person, however, holding an elective town office shall serve on or be appointed to the Finance Commit- tee nor shall any person who has a private financial interest in any article in any town meeting warrant serve on the Finance Committee and act on such Town Meeting Warrant.
Section 4. No article in any Town Warrant, ex- cept articles for the election of officers and determina- tion of such matters as are required by law to be de- termined and the raising of money in anticipation of the payment of taxes, shall be acted upon by the town until the subject matter of said articles be first sub- mitted to the Finance Committee for its consideration and report.
Section 5. The Finance Committee shall prepare its report on the articles in the Town Warrant, which report it shall cause to be printed and in the hands of the Selectmen for distribution not later than the first Monday of March.
Section 6. Any vacancy in the Finance Commit- tee shall be filled by the majority vote of the remain- ing members of the Committee and the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 6
Junk Dealers, Hawkers and Pedlars
Section 1. No person shall be a collector of, or a dealer in, junk, old metals, or second-hand articles, or a keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter
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of junk, old metals or second-hand articles, unless li- censed therefor by the Selectmen, upon payment of a fee of $25.00.
ARTICLE 7
Streets, Drains, Water and Sewer Extensions, etc.
Section 1. No person shall place or cause to be placed in any public place, street, or private way, or in any running stream or body of water, dirt, rubbish, wood, timber or other materials tending to cause ob- struction, nor deposit garbage, carrion, filth, or offal, except in such places as shall be permitted by the Board of Health, under a penalty of not less than twenty dollars.
Section 2. No person shall construct or maintain any drain or conduit from any house, shop, or other building, or from any vault, cesspool, or cistern, to or upon any street or way so as to discharge water or other matter in or upon any such street or way except when permitted in writing so to do by the Board of Health, under a penalty of not less than two, nor more twenty dollars.
Section 3. No person shall pasture or tether any animal in any street in the town in such a manner as to obstruct the street or sidewalk, under a penalty of not less than two, nor more than twenty dollars.
Section 4. No person, shall break or dig up, or aid in breaking or digging up the ground in any street or square in the town, or set up any post, fence, tree, or edgestone in any street or square in the town with- out a permit from the Selectmen, under a penalty of not less than two, nor more than twenty dollars for such offence.
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Section 5. No person shall bathe or swim in any waters within the town in a state of nudity in places exposed to public view, or in the immediate sight of the occupant or occupants of any dwelling house, shop or factory, under a penalty of not less than one, nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 6. No person shall own or keep in this town any dog which, by biting, barking, howling, or in any other manner, disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, or endangers the safety of any person. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars.
Section 7. No person shall make any indecent figure or write any indecent or obscene words upon any fence, building or structure in any public place, or upon any sidewalk or wall.
Section 8. No person, unless required by law so to do, shall make any marks, letters or figures of any kind, or place any sign advertisements or placard upon or against any wall, fence, post, ledge, stone, tree, building, sidewalk, or structure in or upon any street in this town without the permission of the owner thereof.
Section 9. No person shall throw stones, snow- balls, sticks, or other missiles, nor kick at football, nor play at any game in which a ball is used, nor fly any kite or ballon, nor shoot with or use a bow and arrow, gun, air-gun, or sling, in or across any of the public ways of the town, nor obstruct any street in the town; nor unnecessarily make any alarming or tumultuous noise; nor take hold of, nor ride upon, the hind part of any carriage, or other vehicles, without leave; nor join in any assemblage or group in the street, or on any sidewalk in the town, to the annoyance of persons, or
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so as to obstruct the free passage of persons; nor other- wise disturb the quiet of any person improperly ; nor drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart, or other carriage of burden or pleasure, except children's carriages drawn by hand upon any sidewalk in the town; nor drive or permit any horse under his care to go, or stand, upon any sidewalk in the town; or to stand on any crosswalk; nor behave himself in a rude or disorderly manner; nor use any profane, indecent, or insulting language in any street or other public place in the town, or near any dwelling house or other buildings therein ; nor be or remain upon any doorstep, portico, or other step or projection of any such building or house, to the annoyance of other persons, under a pen- alty of not less than one, nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 10. No person shall coast upon any side- walk in the town, nor shall any person coast upon any of the public ways of the town except upon such street as the selectmen may designate each year by public notice.
Section 11. Said streets may be protected by barriers and any unauthorized person or persons mov- ing such barriers shall be subject to a fine of not more than $20.00 for each offence.
Section 12. No person shall resort to or frequent any schoolhouse grounds or enclosure in the town to interfere with or annoy any person lawfully using or enjoying the same; nor shall any person resort to or frequent any cemetery or graveyard in the town and there engage in or be present in any game of cards or other sport, or lounge or loiter therein to the annoyance or interference of persons properly visiting or resorting to said places, under a penalty of not less than five, nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
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Section 13. No person shall place over any side- walk any awning, shade, or signboard less than seven feet from the ground at the lowest part, nor construct or maintain any awning, shade, or signboard extending beyond the line of the sidewalk, and for any offence against this By-Law an offender shall pay a fine of $10.00.
Section 14. No person shall obstruct the free, open and convenient use by the public for travel of any sidewalk, by occupying the same with goods, wares, merchandise or other chattels, or truck unloading mer- chandise, or by using the same as a place of resort, amusement, recreation or business.
Section 15. No person shall deliver, place or cause to be delivered or placed upon any sidewalk in this town, any coal, truck, bale, box, crate, barrel, pack- age, bundle, or any other article or thing, so as to ob- struct the free, open and convenient use of such side- walk or any part thereof, for more than thirty minutes at one time or for more than ten minutes at one time after being notified to remove such obstruction by a police officer.
Section 16. Any person who intends to erect, al- ter, repair or take down any building or part, thereof, on land abutting on any street or public place in this town and desires to make use of such street or place for the purpose of placing thereon building materials or rubbish, shall give notice thereof to the Selectmen. Thereupon the Selectmen may grant a permit to occupy such a portion thereof to be used for such purposes as in their judgment the necessity of the case demands and the security of the public allows; such permit to run for not longer than sixty days and to be on such condi- tions, and by furnishing such security, by bond, or
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otherwise, for the observance and performance of the conditions and for the protection of the town, as the Selectmen may require, and especially in every case upon condition that during the whole of every night, from sunset in the evening until sunrise in the morning, proper lights shall be so placed as effectively to secure all travelers from liability to injury. Such permit may be renewed at the discretion of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 8 By-Laws for Planning Board
Section 1. A board of five members is hereby es- tablished to be known as the PLANNING BOARD. The terms of members shall be three years, but at the an- nual town meeting to be held in the month of March 1932, there shall be elected two members to serve for one year, two members to serve for two years, and one member to serve for three years, and thereafter there shall be elected at the annual meeting in each year such members as are necessary to fill vacancies.
Section 2. Vacancies otherwise occurring in the board shall be filled as provided in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 11.
Section 3. The duties of such board shall be such as are stated in Chapter 41, Sections 70 to 72, of the General Laws, and further to consider and advise upon municipal improvements either at the request of other officials of the town or upon its own initiative. It shall consider and develop a town plan, with special atten- tion to main ways, land developments, zoning . play- grounds and parks and sites for permanent school plants. The board shall meet at regular intervals. It may hold public meetings. It shall at all times have access to public documents or information in the pos- session of any town official or department. It shall
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examine the plans for the exterior of any public build- ing, monument or similar feature, and for the develop- ment and treatment of the grounds about the same be- fore the adoption thereof, and may make such recom- mendations thereon as it may deem needful. It may provide for public lectures and other educational work in connection with its recommendations. It may incur expenses necessary to the carrying on of its work with- in the amount of its annual or special appropriations.
Section 4. All plans for laying out, extending, discontinuing or changing the limits of any playground, public park, and every purchase of land for the site of any public building, and all plans for the location, erection or alteration of public buildings, shall be sub- mitted to said board for its opinion, at least, two weeks in advance of action by the board of selectmen or the town.
Section 5. The Board shall make a report to the town annually, giving information regarding the con- ditions of the town and plans or proposals for the de- velopment of the town and estimates of the cost there- of. Such report shall be sent to the Selectmen not later than such time in January in each year as the Select- men may prescribe or as may be prescribed by law in force relative to reports, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Massachusetts department of public wel- fare.
ARTICLE 9
Section 1. All complaints and prosecutions for breach of these By-Laws shall be instituted and com- menced within sixty days, unless otherwise provided from the time of committing such breach.
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Section 2. These By-Laws shall take effect from and after their adoption by the town, approval by the Attorney-General, and publication, as provided by law.
Section 3. Upon adoption by the town, approval by the Attorney-General and publication, as provided by law, of these By-Laws, all previous By-Laws now or heretofore in force shall become null and void.
Section 4. The penalty for breach of any By- Law, unless otherwise provided for therein, shall be a fine not exceeding the sum of $20.00.
Section 5. These By-Laws may be amended at any annual town meeting, an article having been in- serted for the purpose in the Warrant for such meet- ing, said amendment to take effect when approved by the Attorney-General, and published according to law.
Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
Boston, Mass., June 9, 1931.
The foregoing by-laws are hereby approved,
JOSEPH E. WARNER, Attorney-General.
Randolph, Mass., Aug. 7, 1931.
I hereby certify that these By-Laws have been pub- lished in the Randolph Sentinel-News on July 24th, July 31st and August 7th, 1931.
Attest :
JOHN B. McNEILL,
Town Clerk.
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Article 68-Voted : That the new school at North Randolph be called the "CHARLES GABRIEL DE- VINE SCHOOL." F
Article 69-Voted : That the new school at East Randolph be called the "DANIEL JOSEPH McNEILL SCHOOL."
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting
March 19, 1931.
Article 70-Voted : That the town accept Sections 70, 71 and 72 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, gov- erning the appointment and duties of a Planning Board, and that the Moderator be instructed to appoint a com- mittee of nine to act until the Annual Town Meeting of 1932.
Article 72-To see if the town will vote to accept the "Board of Survey" Act, Sections 73 to 81 inclusive of Chap. 41 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner thereon. This will give the Board power to prevent the recording of any plan or land develop- ment which, in the opinion of the Board might prove detrimental to the future development, growth and welfare of the town.
Voted : That we accept "The Board of Survey" act, Section 73 to 81 inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 77-Voted : That Section 85 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws relative to pensions and retire- ments of permanent members of Police and Fire De- partments, be accepted by the town. Voted-Yes 222; No 6.
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Article 79-To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to appoint any of their members to another office or position under their control and fix the salary of such person in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 36, Acts of 1929, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted-That the Water Commissioners be so au- thorized.
STREET ACCEPTANCES
The following streets were accepted provided that persons having any claim for damages arising out of the taking and constructing of same, waive their right of damages within three (3) months from this date, i. e .; March 19, 1931 :
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