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Voted: That Article 6 be considered in conjunction with Article 7.
ARTICLE 7. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to pay interest and maturing debt, and for charges, expenses and outlays of the several Town Departments and for a Reserve Fund for the ensuing year. (For amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's Report, Recapitu- lation.)
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department, the sum of Three Hun- dred Dollars ($300.00) for the salaries of the Electric Light Commis- sioners .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to include in the tax levy for electricity used for street lighting, the sum of Twelve Thous- and Dollars ($12,000.00) as appropriated under Article 7 of the war- rant for the year 1952 Annual Town Meeting, and that said sum to- gether with the income from sales of electricity to private consumers or for current supplied to Municipal buildings or for Municipal power, and from the sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year be appropriated for the use of the Municipal Light Plant the whole to be expended under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for repairs, renewals, new construction and operating expenses of the Plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Section 57, Chapter 164 General Laws and that if said income shall exceed the expense for the fiscal year such amount of excess as is deemed neces- sary by the Municipal Light Board shall be transferred to the con- struction fund of said plant and appropriated and shall be used for such additions to the plant as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board and any remaining amount paid into the surplus of the Town Treasury .- So voted.
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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to assist in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day, or take any action rela- tive thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the Brain- tree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for rent of hall to conduct meetings and other functions of the Post, or take any action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Civilian Defense, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $800.00 for Civilian Defense, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Director of Civilian Defense.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum or sums of money to re- imburse Battery "C" 126th AAA AW BN for expenses of drill grounds, firing range and incidental expenses, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $325.00 to reimburse Battery "C" 126th AAA AW BN for expenses of drill grounds, firing range and incidental expenses, said sum to be expended by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate any sum or sums of money to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners for the construction of sewers for sanitary purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $100,- 000.00 for the construction of additional sewers for sanitary purposes under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $4,000.00 shall be taken from available funds in the Treasury and the sum of $7,000.00 shall be raised in the tax levy and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $89,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 10 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Select .. men may determine.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate any sum or sums of money to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners for the construction of sewers for sanitary purposes, including service connections to the street line, in that portion of Hayward Street from Howard Street to Quincy Avenue and a por- tion of Shaw Street at its intersection with Hayward Street, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 16. To see what sum or sums of money the Town . will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Hydrant maintenance and service, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $10,- 546.70, said sum to be paid to the Water Department for Hydrant Service during 1952.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6 of Article III of its By-Laws by inserting after the words Town Meet- ing in the last phrase the following words :- "by mailing the same to each Town Meeting member at least fourteen days before said meet- ing" so that the whole section shall read as follows:
Section 6. Whenever the warrant for any Town meeting con- tains an article or articles under which an appropriation or expendi- ture of money or disposal of any of the property of the Town may be made, the finance committee shall consider said articles after giving one or more public hearings thereon, and shall, report in print its recommendations to the said Town Meeting by mailing the same to each Town Meeting member at least fourteen days before said meeting, but their failure to so report shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any meeting held in absence of such report .- Unanimously voted.
Voted the following resolution: That the foregoing amendment to the By-Laws be deemed to refer to 14 days before the business portion of the meeting rather than election, with the mailing require- ments to be satisfied by mailing to current list of members in the Town Clerk's Office and mailing to new members as soon as may be and that the recommendations of the Finance Committee be definite.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article II of its By-Laws by adding a new section 11, to read as follows:
Section 11. All committees intending to report at any Town Meeting shall so notify the Town Clerk and supply him with their report in ample time so that he may and he then shall mail a copy thereof to each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen days before said meeting .- No action.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the Town Clerk for printing and mailing various committee reports .- No action.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money in addition to that already appropriated at the 1951 and 1950 Annual Town Meet- ings for the purpose of building, furnishing and equipping a new pub- lic library, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated a total sum of $280,000.00 of which $70,000.00 is available by reason of appropria- tion for this purpose under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting of 1950 and Article 27 of the Annual Meeting of 1951 to be expended under the direction of the Library Building Committee for the purpose of building, furnishing and equipping a new public library, and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $210,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. And that said committee be authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids and let contracts in the name of the Town and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip said Public Library within the aforesaid appropriation.
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ARTICLE 21. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the acquisition of a site or sites for future schools, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That this entire article be laid on the table until the next Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 22. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of constructing a school building on the LAKESIDE site and for originally equipping same; determine how the money shall be provided for, by borrowing, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $750,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing a school building on the Lakeside site and for originally equipping and furnishing said building; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated from the balance remaining in the appropriation voted under Article 33 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1951 to secure plans and drawings for an elementary school; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $730,000.00 under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor pay- able in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note, and that the Low- Cost School Housing Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 33 of the Warrant for the 1951 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip and furnish said building within the aforesaid appropriation.
ARTICLE 23. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of constructing a school building on the FLYE site and for originally equipping same; deter- mine how the money shall be provided for, by borrowing, by appro- priation from available funds in the Treasury, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $346,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing a school building on the Flye site and for originally equipping and furnishing said building; and that to meet said appropriation the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $346,- 000.CO under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note; and that the Low-Cost School Housing Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 33 of the warrant for the 1951 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ archi- tects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip and furnish said building within the aforesaid appropriation.
ARTICLE 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of constructing an annex at
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the Monatiquot School and for originally equipping same; determine how the money will be provided for, by borrowing, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $170,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing an annex to the Monatiquot School at the present location thereof, and for originally equipping and fur- nishing the ssame; and that to meet said appropriation the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $170,000.00 under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor pay- able in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note; and that the Low- Cost School Housing Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 33 of the warrant for the 1951 Annual Town Meeting, pe and hereby authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip and furnish said building within the aforesaid appropriation.
ARTICLE 25. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate in addition to sums appropriated under Article 32 of the Annual Town Meeting for 1951, to be used together with said funds, for the purposes of constructing an annex or addi- tional school building upon the Penniman School grounds and orig- inally equipping and furnishing the same, or take any action rlea- tive thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $164,662.26 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing an annex to the Penniman School at the present location thereof and for originally equipping and fur- nishing the same; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $64,662.26 be appropriated from the balance remaining in the appro- priation voted under Article 32 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1951 to construct an annex to this school; and that the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is auth- orized to borrow the sum of $100,000.00 under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note; and that the Low-Cost School Housing Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 33 of the warrant for the 1951 Annual Town Meet- ing, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip and furnish said building within the aforesaid appropriation.
ARTICLE 26. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the purpose of preparing working plans and securing bids for construc- ting a NEW SOUTH GRAMMAR School, alterations to the HOLLIS SCHOOL, an annex at the PERKINS SCHOOL, addition to the WAT- SON and ROSS Schools or any of them, or take any action relative thereto, including appointment of a committee .- No action.
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ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the un- expended balance of the appropriation for the Lakeside School site with the consent of the sellers to the Water Department and Highway Department to complete the work required under Article 28 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1950, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the unexpended balance of $4,700.00 appropriated under Article 28 at the Annual Town Meeting in 1950 be transferred, with the consent of the sellers, in the following manner: $2,200.00 to the Water Department and $2,500.00 to the Highway Department, to be expended for the completion of the work required under said article.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unex- pended balance appropriated under Article 26 of the 1949 Annual Town Meeting for the use of such committee as may be designated for preparing plans under Article 26, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 29. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of completing the sewage disposal and treatment system at the Braintree Highlands School addition, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $5,- 000.00 for the purpose of completing the sewage disposal and treat- ment system at the Braintree Highlands School Addition and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $4,920.00 be taken from Vet- erans' Housing Reserve and $80.00 shall be raised in the Tax Levy, and that said sum be expended under the direction of the Low Cost School Housing Committee.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By- Laws by adding at the end of Article 2 a new Section 11 to read as follows:
"Vacancies on any committee, except the finance committee, shall be filled by the original appointing authority, except that the moder- ator shall fill any vaccancies on committees where the membership was originally designated by a town meeting."-Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3, of Article VI of its By-Laws by striking out the words "Five Hundred Dollars" and inserting in place thereof the words "One Thousand Dollars."-No action.
ARTICLE 32. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate from PARKING METER RESERVES for any lawful purpose, or take any action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 781 of the Acts of 1951 entitled "AN ACT RELATIVE TO INCREAS- ING THE AMOUNTS OF PENSIONS PAYABLE TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES."-So voted.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 537 of the Acts of 1951 entitled, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL STEP-RATE INCREASES FOR MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WELFARE EMPLOYEES."
Voted: Reference to the new Salary Committee appointed at this Town Meeting.
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept General Laws Chapter 32, Section 89A as amended by Chapter 757 of the Acts of 1950 relating to annuities to dependents of certain public employees killed, etc. in performance of duty .- So voted.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will yote to accept Chapter 227 of the Acts of 1951 entitled, "AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPART- MENT AND FIRE ALARM DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE."-So voted.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provi- sions of General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 103A relating to absentee voting at town elections .- So voted.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sunset Lake comprising the bathing area during the summer of 1952 and designate the department. which shall be responsible for such expenditure of such appropria- tion, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $1,- 900.00 to be expended under the direction of the Water Department. for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sunset Lake compris- ing the bathing area during the summer of 1952.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the control of the School Department to the control of the Fire Depart- ment as a site for a new Fire Station a portion of the Highlands School lot being the westerly end of said lot with approximately 130 foot frontage of Wildwood Avenue, or take any action relative there- to .- No action.
ARTICLE 40. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the erection of a new fire station in the Highlands district and appoint a committee therefor, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 41. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from availbale funds for a July 4th celebration, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 42. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the eradication and prevention of "Dutch Elm" disease, so-called, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $3,000.00 for the eradication and prevention of "Dutch Elm" disease, said sum to be expended under the direction of Highway Department.
ARTICLE 43. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for "Gypsy Moth" control, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $1,500.00 for "Gypsy Moth" control, $500.00 of said sum to be for salary of Moth Superintendent and $1,000.00 to be expended under the direction of said Superintendent in conjunction with Highway Department.
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ARTICLE 44. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the control of mosquitoes by Aerial Spraying, or take any action rela- tive thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 45. ON PETITION. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the laying of a sidewalk on Parkside Circle commencing at No. 3 Parkside Circle and to continue to the end of Parkside Circle at 81 Parkside Circle, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $3,176.00 be raised and appropriated for the construction of a suitable sidewalk on both sides of Parkside Circle commencing at No. 3 Parkside Circle and to continue to the end of Parkside Circle at No. 81 Parkside Circle, and that betterments be assessed to the extent of 50% of cost thereof upon abutting estates.
ARTICLE 46. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, under the Betterment Act, Porter Avenue, for a distance of 300 feet off Glendale Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of same, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That Ponter Avenue for a distance of 300 feet off Glen- dale Road, layout of which was approved by the Planning Board Feb- ruary 19, 1952, in accordance with Chapter 41, General Laws, Sec- tion 81 A-Y, said approved plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, be accepted as and for a Town Way, and that the sum of $912.50 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of same and that betterments be assessed to the extent of 66 2/3% of the cost of said improvement.
ARTICLE 47. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, Audubon Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, for a distance of approximately 1640 feet from Spencer Street to Vinedale Road, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of same, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That Audubon Avenue for a distance of approximately 1640 feet from Spencer Street to Vindale Road, layout of which was approved by the Planning Board February 18, 1952, in accordance with Chapter 41 General Laws, Section 81 A-Y, said approved plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, be accepted as and for a Town Way and that $11,607.00 be raised and appropriated for the improve- ment of same and that betterments be assessed to the extent of 66 2/3% of the cost of said improvement.
ARTICLE 48. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, Sunset Road, for a distance of approximately 300 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of same, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted. That Sunset Road for a distance of approximately 300 feet, layout of which was approved by the Planning Board February 18, 1952, in accordance with Chapter 41, General Laws, Section 81 A-Y, said approved plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, be accepted as and for a Town Way and that the sum of $1,055.00 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of same and that better- ents be assessed to the extent of 66 2/3% of the cost of said im- provement.
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ARTICLE. 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, Lakeside Drive, as laid out by the Selectmen for a distance of 530 feet opposite the Lakeside School lot and a further 1050 feet westerly therefrom, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of same, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, Blanchard Boulevard, as laid out by the Selectmen for a distance of 290 feet from present acceptance to Conrad Street, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of same, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That Blanchard Boulevard for a distance of 290 feet from present acceptance to Conrad Street, layout of which was ap- proved by the Planning Board February 18, 1952, in accordance with Chapter 41 General Laws Section 81 A-Y, said approved plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, be accepted as and for a Town Way and that the sum of $2,491.95 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of same and that betterments be assessed to the extent of 66 2/3% of the cost of said improvement.
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