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Nancy Brock, Elwin N. Burdick, Mary Crocker, Florence Crosby, Eunice Dohoney, Eileen Jones, Edith Lucey, Everett Marston, Alice Merry, Phyllis Randall, Norman Rodham, Clarence Snider and Nancy Teravainen served as tellers.
The following resolution, submitted by Jerome B. Dewing, was adopted:
"Be it resolved that the citizens of Duxbury express their heartfelt congratulations and highest com- mendation to the Duxbury High School varsity bas- ketball team for their fine season record in winning the South Shore Championship and being runners-up in the finals of the Eastern Massachusetts State Bas- ketball Tournament; and that their impressive per- formance as a team and their individual enthusiasm both on and off the basketball court be considered a tribute to the town and a reflection of the out- standing training and coaching that they received; and that it is very timely that such a record was achieved during the first year of occupancy of the 'T. Waldo Herrick Memorial Gymnasium'."
The audience responded with rousing applause.
Under Article 1, it was voted that the appointment of necessary officers not chosen by ballot be left in the hands of the Selectmen.
Under Article 2, it was voted that the reports of the various Town Officers and Committees be accepted as printed in the Town Report.
Mr. Theodore H. Reed, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, was recognized by the Moderator, and proceeded to present the supplementary report of the Finance Com- mittee:
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"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Department heads, the Selectmen, and the various em- ployees and committees we have met with this past year for their cooperation and their assistance in providing us with the information so necessary for us to come up with intelligent and studied recommendations. As Chairman, I also wish to thank the other members of my committee for their many, many hours of work. I could not have asked for a more willing and capable group to work with.
"The Finance Committee, through its sub-committees, has this past year met with the Department heads and in most instances agreement was reached on their budgets before submittal in final form, thereby minimizing the differences between requested and recommended.
"We hope the layout of Article 4 will meet with your approval and illustrate the rising cost of town govern- ment. Just as these figures were arrived at after much study, so was the figure of $71 that we estimated for the tax rate if our recommendations are followed. In arriv- ing at this figure, we do not believe that we curtailed any items necessary for efficient operation of the Town. Of course this $71 is an estimated figure, since the Assessors have the final responsibility for determining the exact rate."
Under Article 3, it was voted that the Town fix the compensation of the elected Town officers for the year as follows:
1-1 Moderator $40.00
1-2-1 Selectmen:
Chairman
1,500,00
Second Member
600.00
Third Member
600.00
1-4-1
Town Treasurer
2,312.25
1-5-1 Town Collector 3,913.79
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Assessors:
Chairman
3,000.00
Second Member
900.00
Third Member
900.00
1-8-1 Town Clerk
2,312.25
2-5-1 Tree Warden
2,300.00
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Water Commissioners:
First Member 150.00
Second Member 150.00
Third Member 150.00
and raise and appropriate the sum of $18,828.29 for the same.
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $48,484.00 for General Govern- ment, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
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Selectmen's Department $4,984.00
1-3-1 Accounting Department 7,445.00
1-3-3 Accounting, Out of State Travel 110.00
1-3-4 Finance Committee 100.00
1-4-2 Treasurer's Department
4,446.00
1-5-2
Town Collector's Department
5,315.00
1-6-2 Assessors' Department
6,728.00
1-6-3 Assessors' Map
2,000.00
1-7 Law Department
2,000.00
1-8-2 Town Clerk's Department
2,298.00
1-9 Election and Registration
3,753.00
1-10 Planning Board
1,110.00
1-11-1 Appeal Board
1,475.00
1-11-2 Personnel Board
50.00
1-12 Historian
100.00
1-13 Town Office and Buildings 6,570.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $151,544.00 for Public Safety, this
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sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below, with the amendment as stated under Item 2-2-6 Hydrant Service:
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Police Department $60,253.00
2-1-6 Beach Patrol 4,010.00
2-2-2 Fire Department 33,070.00
2-2-3 Fire, Out of State Travel 300.00
2-2-4 Hydrant Rental 550.00
2-2-6 Hydrant Service
24,593.00
(This item amended as follows:
Voted that the Moderator appoint a
Study Committee of three: One member from the Board of Water Commissioners and two members at large. This Study Committee to determine a fair and equitable charge for hydrant service and report no later than the next Annual Town Meeting.)
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Insect Pest Control $5,050.00
2-4-1 Control Dutch Elm Disease 8,704.00
2-5-2 Tree Department 4,314.00
2-5-4 Tree, Out of State Travel 100.00
2-7-1
Building Inspector
4,676.00
2-8-1
Sealer of Weights and Measures 335.00
2-9-1 Bounties 15.00
2-10-1 Shellfish Constable
3,374.00
2-11-1 Civil Defense
1,500.00
2-11-2 Duxbury Beach Life Guard 700.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18,190.00 for Health and Sanita-
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tion, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
3-1-1 Health Department $5,250.00
3-2 Vital Statistics 15.00
3-3 Animal Inspection 150.00
3-4 Inspector of Slaughtered Animals 25.00
3-5-1 Town Dump
3,700.00
3-6-2 Mosquito Control 7,550.00
3-7 Greenhead Fly Control 1,500.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $112,233.00 for Highways, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
4-1-2 Highway Department $55,699.00
4-2-1 Bridge Department 9,702.00
4-3 Snow and Ice Removal 35,000.00
4-4-1 Town Landings
2,255.00
4-6-1 Street Lights
6,200.00
4-7-7 Bluefish Tidegates 300.00
4-8-1 Harbor Master 3,077.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $64,100.00 for Charities, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
5-1 Welfare Department $64,000.00
5-7 Welfare, Out of State Travel 100.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,398.00 for Veterans' Services, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
5-6-2 Veterans' Benefits $15,398.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $588,807.00 for Schools, this sum to
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be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Mod- erator and as listed below:
6-1 School Department
$580,297.00
6-2 Public Use of School Facilities 3,000.00
6-3-1 Vocational and Americanization 4,020.00
6-4-2 School, Out of State Travel 250.00
6-4-3 Vocational Training - Adult 1,240.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $13,932.00 for Libraries, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
6-6 Free Library
$13,932.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,222.00 for Recreation, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below, with an amendment under Item 7-4-7 Train Field Floodlights:
7-4-1 Parks and Playgrounds $2,452.00
7-4-2 Tarkiln Youth Center 1,150.00
7-4-4 Old Town Hall Recreation Center 3,220.00
7-4-7 Train Field Floodlights 400.00
(This item amended as follows: Voted that the Board of Selectmen will re- quire the Duxbury Soft Ball Associa- tion to pay any sum billed the Town in excess of $400.00 by the Plymouth County Electric Company for light- ing service.)
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $44,641.40 for Unclassified, this
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sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
7-2-1 Fire Insurance Schedule $5,500.00
7-2-2 Workmen's Compensation Insurance 7,000.00
7-2-3 Group Insurance - Police and Firemen 900.00
7-2-4 Group Insurance - General 13,475.00
7-6-1 Unclassified 1,060.00
7-6-2 Town Retirement 14,204.00
7-6-4 Print and Deliver Town Reports 2,402.40
7-6-7 Aid to Agriculture 100.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $48,236.00 for Water Department (Enterprise), this sum to be allocated to the specific pur- poses as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
8-1-2 Water Department $48,036.00
8-1-3 Water, Out of State Travel 200.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18,606.00 for Cemeteries, this sum to be allocated to the specific purposes as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
8-2-2 Cemetery Department $18,506:00
8-2-4 Cemetery, Out of State Travel 100.00
Under Article 4, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $157,738.00 for Interest and Ma- turing Debt, this sum to be allocated to the specific pur- poses as stated by the Moderator and as listed below:
9-1-1 Interest on Temporary Loans $50.00
9-1-2 Interest on Water Loans 7,390.00
9-1-3 Interest, General Debt 36,298.00
9-2-1 Sea Wall Notes 2,000.00
9-2-2 Water Dept. (District) Notes 5,000.00
9-2-3 West Duxbury Water Extension .5,000.00
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9-2-4 Water Phase I Bonds
15,000.00
9-2-5 High School Wing Bonds -0-
9-2-6 Elementary School Wing Bonds 15,000.00
9-2-17 Water, Autumn & Winter Notes 2,000.00
9-2-18 Junior-Senior High School Bonds 50,000.00
9-2-19 Water, 1961 Notes 5,000.00
At this time, Mr. Reed, Chairman of the Finance Committee, was recognized by the Moderator:
"The voters all realize that we have just completed voting on $1,288,529 or the equivalent of a $66 tax rate. From now on every $13,700 appropriated will add an additional one dollar to this $66 figure. Please stay until all articles have been voted on as the last nine articles total some $82,000, or six dollars on the tax rate."
Under Article 5, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $440.00 to be expended under the direction of the American Legion for the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day.
Under Article 6, it was voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of revenue, between the date of the 1962 Town Meeting and the date of the 1963 Town Meeting, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Under Article 7, it was voted to apply the dividend from the Plymouth County Dog Fund to the support of Schools, $1,083.14.
Under Article 8, it was voted to raise and appropriate $108.12 to refund to the City of Newton money recovered from a recipient subsequent to the receipt of reimburse- ment from said City of Newton.
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Under Article 9, it was voted to appropriate from the Overlay Reserve funds to the Reserve Fund the sum of $25,000.00.
Under Article 10, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 and to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance.
Under Article 11, it was voted to raise and appro- priate the sum of $7,000.00 and to transfer from unappro- priated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $21,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction.
Under Article 12, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $950.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and the American Legion Post No. 223, for the 1962 Fourth of July parade.
Under Article 13, it was voted to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $152,000.00 to reduce the tax rate.
Under Article 14, it was voted to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $60,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund.
Under Article 15, it was voted to return to the Treas- ury the following unexpended appropriation balances:
1961 Police Motor Vehicle $445.00
4-Wheel Vehicle, Fire Department 8.25
Truck for Tree Department 36.00
Hydraulic Sprayer, Tree Department
415.54
Snow Plows 90.25
Heavy Duty Truck, Highway Department 360.00
Highway "Sweeper" 144.00
Memorial Day 1961 1.45
Job Evaluation 450.00
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Fireproof Vault at Town Office
66.98
Water, Old Route 3, etc. 28.63
Unpaid Bills of 1959
2.54
Under Article 16, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2,500.00 for the exchange of a motor ve- hicle for the Police Department.
Under Article 17, the motion was made and seconded to amend the Personnel Plan by repealing Paragraph 4 which reads as follows:
"Paragraph 4, the Personnel Board. There shall be a Personnel Board consisting of three mem- bers, one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Selectmen chosen to serve by that Board, one of whom shall be a member of the Finance Com- mittee chosen to serve by that Committee, and one of whom shall be a person, other than an em- ployee of the Town, selected by the member rep- resenting the Board of Selectmen and the mem- ber representing the Finance Committee acting jointly. The Personnel Board shall organize an- nually. Vacancies on the Personnel Board shall be filled in the manner provided for in the original selection. In the event that the first two members fail to agree on the third member, he shall be ap- pointed by the Town Moderator. In the event both of the aforementioned elected officials termi- nate their membership simultaneously, the Town Moderator will reappoint the third member of the Board for an additional term of one year. The Personnel Board shall serve without pay."
And adopt in place thereof the following paragraph with the exception that wherever the word "Selectmen" ap- pears in the article as printed in the Warrant the word
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"Moderator" be substituted, causing said paragraph to read as follows:
"4. Personnel Board:
There shall be a Personnel Board to administer the 'Classification and Wage and Salary Plan,' appointed by the Moderator, consisting of three members, other than employees of the Town, elected officers, or those serving the Town in any other capacity. They shall serve without compen- sation. In making the appointments the Moder- ator shall seek out citizens who have the capacity for impartiality, human understanding, and breadth of outlook to meet the responsibility of the Board to represent both the employees and the taxpayer. The members of the Personnel Board shall be appointed for a term of three years. In the first instance, however, the board shall be appointed in the following manner:
one member for the term of one year
one member for the term of two years one member for the term of three years
and thereafter one member annually for the term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the Moderator without delay. The Personnel Board may employ assistance and may incur expenses as is deemed necessary, subject to the appropriation of funds therefor."
An amendment to the amendment was made asking to restore the word "Selectmen" as it originally appeared in the article. This amendment was defeated.
The original motion as amended was then voted in favor. Vote: Yes, 277; No, 1.
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Under Article 18, it was voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $366.00 to pay any unpaid bills of 1961.
Under Article 19, it was voted to raise and appro- priate the sum of $6,000.00 for the improvement of Keene Street and St. George Street.
Under Article 20, it was voted that the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 516 and Chapter 524 of the Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tide- waters, foreshores and shores along a public beach out- side of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Select- men to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Under Article 21, it was voted to accept the following roads as laid out by the Selectmen:
Island Creek Road
Sampson Street Ford Street Evergreen Street Winslow Road
Under Article 22, it was moved and seconded that the Town amend the Protective By-Law by striking out the old Section 4. Business Uses, in its entirety and adopt- ing in its place the following Section 4 as printed in the Warrant.
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BUSINESS DISTRICT USES
In a business district no building shall be erected or altered and no building, premises or land shall be used for any purpose injurious or offensive to the neighbor- hood by reason of the emission of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration or noise. Pursuant to these conditions, the following uses shall be permitted:
A. Any use permitted in Section 3 for Residence District Uses. The same conditions prescribed in Section 3 (i) as to special permits for exceptions shall apply rela- tive to both use and manner of use.
B. The uses listed below shall be permitted after approval by the Board of Appeals of a site plan in in- stances where the outdoor parking of more than three (3) vehicles is required or proposed; or off-street loading space is required.
1. Store, showroom or salesroom for the conduct of the following retail business uses:
a) The sale of food items including confectionery, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, groceries and meats. The sale of baked goods and the manu- facture of same for sale.
b) The sale of dry goods, variety merchandise and handicraft work.
c) The sale of clothing and clothing accessories.
d) The sale of hardware, household items including appliances, furniture, furnishings and supplies.
e) The sale of printed matter, drugs, stationery and photographic supplies.
f) The sale of items clearly similar to those per- mitted above.
2. Business and professional offices: real estate, in-
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surance and general business offices; the offices of archi- tectural, dental, engineering, legal, medical and other recognized professions; banks, telephone offices, medical and dental clinics, mortuaries and funeral homes.
3. Restaurants and other places for the serving of food or beverages inside the building at tables or counters; public or private clubs.
4. Service Establishments: Barber and beauty shops; laundry agencies; self-service laundries; shoe and hat re- pair, bicycle and household appliance repair; dressmaking; dry cleaning, pressing or tailoring shops in which no work is done on the premises for retail outlets elsewhere.
5. Shop of an electrician, painter, paper hanger, plumber, upholsterer, carpenter or cabinet maker, pro- vided the operation is free of noise, dust, fumes, smoke or soot.
6. The following additional uses:
a) Nurseries, truck gardens, farms, greenhouses.
b) Public transportation passenger stations and rights of way, passenger bus terminals.
c) Municipal buildings.
7. Retail business, service or public utility not involving manufacture on the premises except of prod- ucts the major portion of which is to be sold at retail by the manufacturer to the consumer and provided further that not more than ten operators shall be employed in such manufacture. Such retail business may include sales at wholesale, provided that the physical incidents oc- curring on the premises, of such wholesale transactions are of substantially the same character as the physical incidents of its sales at retail direct to the consumer, and
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provided further that the major portion in number of its sales shall continue to be sales at retail.
8. A single family dwelling unit may be incorporated in a business building above the ground floor.
9. Only such signs as advertise goods and services offered by an occupant of the premises.
C. For the uses listed below a special permit for ex- ception is required from the Board of Appeals prior to the issuance of a building permit. There shall be submitted with the application for permit a site plan as required in B above in instances where the outdoor parking of more than three (3) vehicles is required or proposed.
1. Automobile sales and service: Automobile sales; outdoor automobile sales display; service stations; repair and storage garage, provided that washing, lubricating and major repairing of motor vehicles are performed inside of enclosed buildings and that all dispensing of fuels, lu- bricants and fluids is done entirely on the property of the station or garage; parking lot for passenger automobiles. Auto dismantling and junk operations are expressly pro- hibited.
2. Boats, sales, service, outdoor business display and storage. Provided that major repair of engines shall be performed inside of enclosed buildings, and that all dis- pensing of fuels, lubricants and fluids is done entirely on the property of the business.
3. The sale of building materials.
4. Light manufacturing, fabricating and processing, research and development activities under conditions that do not produce characteristics generally accepted as ob- jectionable, such as noise, fumes, dust, smoke or soot.
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5. Hotels, motels and similar facilities for guest ac- commodations.
6. The provision of B 9 above relative to signs shall apply to uses permitted herein by the Board of Appeals.
INTENSITY OF USE - Height, Area, Yard and Cov- erage Requirements.
A. Business uses: A building structure or open air use hereafter erected or commenced in a Business District shall be located on a lot and in such position to have not less than the minimum requirements set forth as follows:
In residential districts, all non-residential uses per- mitted therein shall be located on lots that conform to the minimum standards set forth for residential uses in the district in which the lot is located.
B. Special Requirements:
1. Lot area, frontage and depth.
BUSINESS
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Area in Sq. Ft. 15,000
Frontage in Ft. 100
Depth in Ft. 100
Minimum Yard Dimensions
Front Ft. 10
Side Ft., rear Ft.
no limits
Maximum Height of Buildings
No. of stories 21/2
Maximum Per Cent of Lot Covered by Buildings 25
New or existing residential structures, the minimum requirements when applicable shall be those of the Single Residence District.
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a) In the case of lots in the business district, which lots are non-conforming as to area and frontage but were recorded or registered prior to the adop- tion of the By-Law provisions that made said lots non-conforming, such lots may be built upon and used in conformity with the use provisions of the particular district, provided there was not other land of the same owner adjoining and available for use in connection with said parcel at the time of the adoption of the By-Law provision making said parcels non-conforming. Conformity to yard, height and coverage limitations is not waived hereby.
b)
In determining the area and frontage of a lot there shall not be included any land within the limits of a street upon which such lot abuts, even if the fee to such street is in the owner of the lot.
c) No lot, upon which is then located any building or with respect to which a permit has been issued and is then outstanding for the erection of any building, shall be subdivided or reduced in area in any manner unless said lot shall thereafter be of sufficient area and width to meet the require- ments of this By-Law at the time of such reduc- tion and unless such lot so altered, and any build- ing or buildings thereon, shall meet all the other requirements of this By-Law. If land be sub- divided, conveyed, devised or otherwise trans- ferred in violation hereof, no building or other permit shall be issued with reference to any of the land so transferred or to the lot (s) retained until all of such land and lots meets the require- ments of this By-Law. Any land taken by emi- nent domain or conveyed for a public purpose for which the land could have been or was taken by
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eminent domain shall not be deemed to be trans- ferred in violation of the provisions hereof.
d) When a lot in one ownership is situated so that a part of it is in the Town of Duxbury and a part in an adjacent town or city, the provisions, regu- lations, and restrictions of the By-Law shall be applied to that portion of such lot as lies in the Town of Duxbury in the same manner as if the entire lot were situated therein, i.e., the entire area and frontage shall be considered in deter- mining conformity to dimensional requirements herein. The use of the portion of the lot in the Town of Duxbury shall conform to the provisions herein.
2. Yard, Height and Coverage
a) Front yard dimensions shall be measured from the right of way line of the way giving legal ac- cess to any lot where a plan of the way is on file with the Registry of Deeds or, in the absence of such a plan, from a line twenty (20) feet from and parallel with the center line of the traveled way. Where present buildings on adjoining lots are less than forty (40) feet from the way line, new buildings may be placed as near the way line as the average of the buildings on said ad- joining lots. A vacant lot shall, for this purpose, be treated as though occupied by a building set back forty (40) feet.
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