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On motion of George B. Howland, Voted: To adjourn.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, DECEMBER 28, 1929 Mr. Alfred P. Richards, Moderator
Article Two :
On motion of Harrison F. Goddard, Voted: That the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of Three hundred (300) dollars for the Law Department.
Article Three :
On motion of Harrison F. Goddard, Voted : That the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of Two hundred (200) dollars for Election and Registration. Article Four :
On motion of Harrison F. Goddard, Voted: That the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of One Thousand (1,000) dollars for the Health Department. Article Five :
On motion of Harrison F. Goddard, Voted: That the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of Eleven hundred, nineteen and 11/100 (1,119.11) dollars for Town Debt and Interest.
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Article Six :
On motion of Harrison F. Goddard, Voted: That the Town appropriate for the Public Welfare Department the sum of Eleven hundred (1,100) dollars received for the sale of the Archer property.
On motion of George B. Howland, Voted: To adjourn.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ON THE ARTICLES IN THE TOWN WARRANT MARCH 23, 1929
To the Voters of the Town of Plymouth :
In submitting this report the Committee offers its recommendations on all of the Articles in the Warrant. Our work has been carried out with energy and all mat- ters seriously considered.
Grouping of the members into five sub-committees, each of which by preliminary meetings with one or more of the town departments familiarized itself with the items in the budget, has made for a more thorough inves- tigation than has usually been possible.
We believe that reductions recommended in depart- ment appropriations can be made without injury and that the heads of the several departments will by judi- cious use of the somewhat smaller appropriations con- tinue to maintain efficiency.
It is not the province of this Committee to compare the merits of special articles or the relative desirability of their objects, but to recommend on each with a view to the needs of the Town. Nor is any computation of the tax rate one of its duties. The facts, however, cannot be ignored that we are confronted with a larger total of requested appropriations at a time when our taxable valuation has been greatly reduced, with an outlook for further reduction during the current year, and that a condition of general unemployment and inactivity in business exists such as our town has not experienced for nearing a decade.
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Elimination of all but necessary expenditures has been the aim of the Committee.
Article 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
Recommended
By
By
Departments
Committee $3,250.00
Accounting Department,
2,550.00
2,550.00
Treasury Department,
2,050.00
2,050.00
Tax Collector's Department,
3,200.00
3,200.00
Assessors' Department,
7,000.00
7,000.00
Law Department,
1,200.00
1,200.00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,700.00
1,700.00
Engineering Department,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Election and Registration,
800.00
800.00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000.00
3,000.00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
7,000.00
7,000.00
Relaying Main Floor in Town Hall,
4,000.00
*4,000.00
Police Department,
31,500.00
30,000.00
Fire Department,
36,054.00
34,500.00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
2,700.00
2,700.00
Moth Suppression,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Forest Warden's Department,
4,000.00
3,500.00
Inland Fisheries,
300.00
300.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
8,947.81
8,947.81
Health Department,
18,000.00
18,000.00
Public Sanitaries,
4,000.00
3,400.00
Sewers,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Street Cleaning,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000.00
40,000.00
Hard Surfacing Streets,
7,500.00
7,500.00
Selectmen's Department,
$3,250.00
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Land and Property Damages on State Highway from Jabez Corner to Manomet,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Gurnet Bridge Tax,
977.70
977.70
Sidewalks,
7,000.00
7,000.00
Sidewalks: Granolithic,
6,000.00
5,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Street Lighting,
19,000.00
19,000.00
Harbor Master,
450.00
450.00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
1,325.00
1,325.00
Public Welfare, Including Moth- ers' Aid,
32,000.00
32,000.00
Public Welfare, for 1928 bills,
3,554.51
3,554.51
Soldiers' Benefits,
8,500.00
8,500.00
School Department,
252,000.00
248,000.00
School Department, for Travel-
ling Expenses Outside the
Commonwealth, for the year 1930,
250.00
Sexton,
200.00
200.00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,200.00
3,200.00
Water Department, Maintenance, 28,000.00
28,000.00
Water Department, Construction, 5,000.00
5,000.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Ceme- teries,
11,500.00
11,500.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Ceme- teries, for Surfacing Drives and Paths,
1,500.00
500.00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000.00
2,000.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries,
300.00
300.00
Town Debt and Interest,
78,000.00
78,000.00
Total for Article 5,
$686,009.02
$675,605.02
Plymouth Public Library,
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
Manomet Public Library,
750.00
750.00
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Park Department, for Parks, Training Green and Public Camping Place,
10,100.00
7,800.00
Park Department, for Public Playgrounds,
6,700.00
6,500.00
New Bleachers and Bandstand
for Stephens Field Playground, 2,700.00
1,550.00
New Public Sanitary at White Horse Beach,
2,000.00
......
Smallpox expense, 1928,
353.23
. .
Fire Alarm System,
10,000.00
7,000.00
Inspection of Buildings,
1,000.00
800.00
Plymouth County Aid to Agri- culture,
300.00
250.00
Rifle Range Expenses,
200.00
125.00
Town Forest,
2,000.00
1,600.00
New High School Building,
40,000.00
2,000.00
Acquiring Land on Union Street for School Purposes,
7,500.00
. . . . . .
Acquiring Land on Bradford
Street for School Purposes,
1,200.00
......
Acquiring all the Property of the Plymouth Mills,
10,000.00
200.00
New Roller and Truck for the Highway Department,
6,050.00
6,050.00
Repairs and Resurfacing on
Court, Main and Sandwich Streets, 1928,
8,323.30
8,323.30
Resurfacing Court Street, from Chilton to Samoset Street,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Brookside Avenue, Surfacing and Improvement, 2,500.00
2,500.00
Relocation of Westerly Line of Main Street, Land Damage and Expense,
1,850.00
1,850.00
Manomet Avenue, Construction
and Surfacing,
1,000.00
1,000.00
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McKinley Road, Walnut Street
and Harding Avenue, Construc- tion and Surfacing,
2,000.00
2,000.00
Shore Road, Hard-Surfacing,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Surfacing Road from Bourne- Plymouth Line to Red Brook Bridge,
3,500.00
· . . ..
Head of the Bay Road,
1,500.00
. . . . . .
Hard-Surfacing at Chiltonville,
7,000.00
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Survey for Water System Manomet,
1,500.00
Water Tanks at Manomet,
500.00
500.00
Additional Manomet, Chiltonville and Cedarville Cemeteries,
600.00
Memorial Day Observances,
550.00
550.00
July Fourth and Forefathers' Day, 2,400.00
750.00
Band Concerts,
500.00
500.00
Total of Warrant, $834,585.55 $742,203.32
(*) Under Article 5. Item: Relaying Floor in Town Hall. The Committee recommends that the Town appro- priate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purpose of relaying the floor in the Town Hall, and that the Board of Select- men shall make an investigation to determine the causes contributing to the present condition of the floor and that should such causes be attributable to any breach of con- tract or failure to carry out the original specifications the Board of Selectmen, under advice of Counsel, shall pro- ceed to collect damages from the responsible party or parties.
.Article 6. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $9,000.00, including the dog tax for 1928 amounting to $1,756.80 in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum
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not exceeding seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $750.00 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
Article 8. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the parks, Training Green, and public camping places.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $7,800.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the parks, Training Green and Public Camping Place.
Article 9. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $6,500.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-seven hundred (2,700) dollars for new bleachers and a permanent band-stand on the Steph- ens Field Playground.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $1,550.00 for new bleachers on the Steph- ens Field Playground.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two thousand (2,000) dollars for building and equipping a new public sanitary at White Horse Beach, including the purchase of land necessary for same.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 11.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred, fifty-three and 23-100 (353.23) dollars to be used for the payment of certain bills for food, clothing, bedding, disinfectants, and for renovating rooms, all contracted on account of smallpox cases dur- ing the summer of 1928.
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The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 12.
Recommendation based on the opinion of the Town Counsel that the Town has no authority to make an ap- propriation for the payment of these bills.
Article 13. To see if the Town will adopt Zoning By-Laws recommended by the Planning Board.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 13.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate ten thousand (10,000) dollars to be expended on the Fire Alarm System.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $7,000.00 to be expended on the Fire Alarm System.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for compensa- tion of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the ex- penses of that office.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $800.00 for compensation of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the expenses of that office.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trus- tees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding three hundred (300) dollars, and to choose a Town Di- rector as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $250.00 for the use of the Plymouth Coun- ty Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred (200) dollars for Rifle Range expenses.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $125.00 for Rifle Range expenses.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two thousand (2,000) dollars for reforest- ing and improvement in the Town Forest.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $1,600.00 for reforesting and improve- ment in the Town Forest.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money for the erection of a new building on Lin- coln Street to provide further accommodations for the Junior and Senior High Schools, substantially in accord- ance with plans and specifications drawn by the Frank Irving Cooper Corporation and submitted herewith by the School Committee, or take any action relative thereto and authorize the issuance of notes or bonds of the Town therefor.
The Committee recommends that action under Article 19 be deferred until the town meeting in March, 1930. That a committee consisting of nine to be appointed by the Moderator to work in conjunction with the School Committee to investigate the needs and building condi- tions at the Junior High and Senior High Schools and recommend such alterations, additions, reconstruction or new construction as may be necessary in their judgment to give proper educational facilities for the present and future, and that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated to defray the expense of such investigation.
Article 20. To see if the Town will acquire by pur- chase or eminent domain, for school purposes, the land belonging to Grace A. Pope lying on the southwesterly side of Union Street and adjoining other land of the Town of Plymouth and appropriate therefor the sum of seventy-five hundred (7,500) dollars.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 20.
Article 21. To see if the Town will acquire by pur- chase or eminent domain, for school purposes, the land belonging to Harry Frim and others lying on the south-
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erly side of Bradford Street and adjoining other land of the Town of Plymouth and make an appropriation therefor.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 21.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to acquire all of the property of the Plymouth Mills, for the purpose of providing headquarters for the Highway and Water De- partments, or other town departments, and make an ap- propriation of ten thousand (10,000) dollars therefor.
The Committee recommends that a special committee consisting of the Chairman of the Selectmen, the Chair- man of the Water Commissioners, the Chairman of the Planning Board, and the Town Engineer, be appointed to investigate the proposal to purchase the property of the Plymouth Mills for the purposes of the Town, and to make a report of their findings at a future meeting; and that an appropriation of two hundred (200.00) dol- lars be made for expenses in connection with said in- vestigation.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding six thousand, and fifty (6,050) dollars for the purchase of a new roller and a new truck for the Highway Department.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $6,050.00 to be used for the purchase of a new roller and a new truck for the Highway Depart- ment.
Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of eighty-three hundred, twenty-three and 30-100 (8,323.30) dollars to pay for repairs and resurfacing of Court, Main and Sandwich Streets, in excess of the ap- propriation made June 2, 1928.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $8,323.30 to pay for repairs and resurfac- ing of Court, Main and Sandwich Streets, in excess of the Appropriation made June 2, 1928.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for resurfacing Court Street from Chilton Street to Samoset Street.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $2,500.00 to be used for resurfacing Court Street from Chilton Street to Samoset Street.
Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for improvement and surfacing on Brookside Avenue.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $2,500.00 for improvement and surfacing on Brookside Avenue.
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept and allow the relocation of the westerly line of Main Street over land of the Plymouth National Bank at No. 58 Main Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate a sum not exceeding eighteen hun- dred and fifty (1,850) dollars for land damage and ex- pense occasioned thereby.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow the relocation of the westerly line of Main Street over land of the Plymouth National Bank at No. 58 Main Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of $1,850.00 for land damage and expense occasioned thereby.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Manomet Avenue, from Strand Avenue in a southerly direction approximately nine hundred and seventy (970) feet, as laid out by the Selectmen and re- ported to the Town, and appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for construction and sur- facing on said way.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow as a town way Manomet Avenue, from Strand Avenue in a southerly direction approximately nine hun- dred and seventy (970) feet, as laid out by the Selectmen
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and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for construction and surfacing on said way.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept and allow as town ways McKinley Road northerly from Grant Street approximately two hundred (200) feet, Walnut Street northerly from Grant Street approximately two hundred and forty-one (241) feet, and Harding Avenue from said Walnut Street easterly to said McKinley Road approximately four hundred and twenty-four (424) feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate a sum not exceeding two thousand (2,000) dollars for construction and surfacing on the above mentioned ways.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow as town ways McKinley Road northerly from Grant Street, Walnut Street, and Harding Avenue, all as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000.00 for construction and sur- facing on same.
Note. These are connecting ways forming three sides of a square lying north from Grant Street. The southerly portion of McKinley Road connecting Lothrop Street with Grant Street was accepted as a town way in 1926.
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Hedge Road running in an easterly direc- tion from Court Street approximately four hundred and sixty-six (466) feet, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow as a town way Hedge Road as laid out by the Se- lectmen and reported to the Town, and described in Article 30.
Article 31. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for hard-surfacing on the Shore Road to Manomet.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $2,500.00 for hard surfacing on the Shore Road.
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Article 32. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred (3,500) dollars for hard-surfacing three tenths (3-10) of a mile of town road starting from the Bourne town-line to Red Brook bridge in the Town of Plymouth. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 32.
Article 33. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars for im- provement of the Head of the Bay Road, between Long Pond and the Bourne-Plymouth town line.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 33.
Article 34. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven thousand (7,000) dollars to build a suitable hard-surface road beginning at the junction of Clifford and Doten Roads and continuing as far as possible toward the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company. (By petition.)
The committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 34.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to have the Superintendent of Street, Superintendent of Water De- partment, and Superintendent of the Plymouth Ceme- teries elected by the vote of the Town. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 35.
Article 36. To see if the Town will adopt an eight- hour day for the members of the Police Department. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town adopt an eight-hour day for the members of the Police Depart- ment.
Article 37. To see if the Town will purchase land on which to erect a water tank and tower, the same to be paid from the appropriation voted at the town meeting of March 27, 1926, under Article 35 of the warrant.
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The Committee recommends that the Town purchase land on which to erect water tank and tower, the same to be paid for from the appropriation voted at the town meeting of March 27, 1926, under Article 35 of the war- rant for that meeting.
Article 38. To see if the Town will purchase a parcel of land on which to erect a pumping station on Billington Street the same to be paid for from the appropriation voted at the town meeting of March 27, 1926, under Article 35 of the warrant.
The Committee recommends that the Town purchase a parcel of land on which to erect a pumping station on Billington Street, the same to be paid for from the appro- priation voted at the town meeting of March 27, 1926, under Article 35 of the warrant for that meeting.
Article 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars to cover the ex- pense of a preliminary survey and cost estimate for the proposed public water system for Manomet, said sum to be extended under direction of Water Commissioners. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under Article 39.
Article 40. To see what action the Town will take in regard to building three (3) cement tanks to be placed in Beaver Dam Brook; one to be placed near the Manomet Post Office, one near the Brook Road Bridge, and one near the Herring Stream Bridge; these tanks to be used as receptacles for the suction hose of the fire engine, in order that Manomet's unusual exposure to fire hazards may be relieved. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town build three cement tanks in Beaver Dam Brook for the purpose stated in Article 40; one to be placed near the Manomet Post Office on the westerly side of the bridge and on the south side of the stream, one at the Brook Road bridge on the westerly side of the bridge in the middle of the
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stream, one at the Herring Stream in South White Horse on the north side of the stream and about fifty feet west of the foot bridge.
Note. These locations have received the approval of the Fire Department.
Article 41. In case Article 40 is accepted, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred (500) dollars for the building of these three (3) tanks. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $500.00 for building three cement tanks , as provided for in Article 40 and as specified in the Committee's recommendation thereunder.
Article 42. To see what action the Town will take in regard to taking over and maintaining the Manomet, Chiltonville, and Cedarville cemeteries together with any other Plymouth cemeteries the Cemetery Commission deems advisable. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the matter of taking over the cemeteries as petitioned for in Article 42 be referred to the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for investigation and later report to the Town.
Article 43. To see what action the Town will take in regard to appropriating the sum of six hundred (600) dollars to be used in addition to the regular appropriation for carrying out the provisions of Article 42. (By peti- tion.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no ac- tion under Article 43.
Article 44. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to accept from the Trustees of the Stickney Fund a conveyance of land upon and adjacent to Burial Hill.
The Committee recommends that the Selectmen be au- thorized to accept from the Trustees of the Stickney Fund a conveyance of land upon and adjacent to Burial Hill by such a deed containing such provisions as the Se- lectmen shall approve.
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Note. The late Mr. Stickney many years ago left funds to be spent by his incorporated trustees for various beneficial improvements in Plymouth. Among other things he provided as follows :- "I give and bequeath to the said Trustees of the Stickney Fund the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be appropriated and applied by them according to their best discretion and judgment in im- proving and protecting Burial Hill, in said Town of Plym- outh;"
The Trustees have bought the land proposed to be con- veyed and have now secured the approval of the Supreme Judicial Court to the proposed conveyance to the town and to a general closing up of the affairs of their cor- poration which makes this conveyance desirable.
Article 45. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty (550) dollars for the observance of Memorial Day.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $550.00 for the observance of Memorial Day, $50.00 of this to be apportioned to the United Spanish War Veterans.
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