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That the Selectmen are hereby directed to convey to Mary L. Brooks the land and buildings at Manomet Point formerly standing in the name of Mary L. Brooks upon payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse the town for all money expended by the town for welfare aid to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks and for all taxes, interest and all other legal expenses paid by or incurred by the town. If the above consideration is not paid within 60 days from the date of this meeting the Selectmen are hereby authorized to convey said property to any person and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen or a ma- jority of them may deem proper.
Upon motion duly made, it was
Voted: That the Selectmen are hereby directed to convey to Mary L. Brooks the land and buildings at Man- omet Point formerly standing in the name of Mary L. Brooks upon payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse
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the town for all money expended by the town for welfare aid to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks and for all taxes, interest and all other legal expenses paid by or incurred by the town. If the above consideration is not paid within 60 days from the date of this meeting the Selectmen are hereby authorized to convey said property to any person and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Select- men or a majority of them may deem proper.
On motion of Herbert K. Bartlett, Voted: To adjourn.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ON THE ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935.
Article 2. To see what action the Town will take in regard to rebuilding the Town Wharf ; to make an appro- priation therefor, and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes of the Town to carry into effect any action taken under this Article. All as provided for in Chapter 62 of the Acts of 1935, entitled An Act authorizing the Town of Plymouth to borrow money for Town Wharf purposes.
The full text of this act is as follows :
SECTION 1. For the purpose of reconstructing the town wharf and public landing in the town of Plymouth, said town may borrow from time to time within a period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre- gate, forty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Plymouth Public Landing Loan, Act of 1935. Each au- thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur- pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when author- ized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be within the statutory limit and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
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exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para- graph of section seven thereof.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its pas- sage. Approved : March 11, 1935.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $27,500.00. That $2,750.00 be raised in the tax levy of the current year, and $24,750.00 by issuing notes or bonds.
Article 3. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to obtain information relative to the devel- opment of local industry.
The Committee recommends that the Town so instruct the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding three thousand (3,000) dollars, under the provisions of section 5, paragraph (34), of chapter 40 of the General Laws to carry out the purposes of the preced- ing article.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $3,000.00 for carrying out the purposes of the preceding article, if its recommendation of favorable action under that article is followed.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ON THE ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935.
To the Voters of the Town of Plymouth :-
In submitting to you our recommendations on the Articles covered by the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, it seems to us that a word of explanation with regard to our deliberations might not be out of place.
The Advisory and Finance Board, as you know, serve without compensation, having no political aspirations and are concerned solely with bringing to you intelligent advice based on thorough knowledge of the questions under consideration. The Board consists of fifteen mem- bers from whom, immediately after the annual town meeting, five committees of three each are appointed. These committees are charged with familiarizing them- selves with operations of the several departments of the Town Government, so that your Board is in a position to base its recommendations on authentic knowledge of actual requirements.
Throughout the entire year we have been deeply im- pressed with the necessity of reducing the Tax Rate as rapidly as practically possible. This year's budget as submitted to us and as printed would necessitate an in- crease of $1.20 over the 1934 figure. The acceptance by Voters of the Town of our recommendations will result in a decrease from the present rate of assessment of $1.50 or approximately to $28.50 per thousand.
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We appeal to the intelligent Voters of the Town to sup- port a program which is the beginning of a gradual reduction of Tax Rates and which, if carried further at this time, will seriously impair the education of your children and the protection of over twenty-two million dollars of taxable property owned by the Taxpayers of Plymouth.
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 Committee
Selectmen's Department
$4,200.00
$4,000.00
Accounting Department
2,550.00
2,550.00
Treasury Department
2,000.00
2,000.00
Tax Collector's Department
4,100.00
4,400.00
Assessors' Department
6,500.00
6,500.00
Law Department
1,000.00
800.00
Town Clerk's Department
1,600.00
1,600.00
Engineering Department
700.00
700.00
Election and Registration
900.00
900.00
Maintenance of Town House
2,250.00
2,250.00
Maintenance of Town Hall
6,000.00
5,800.00
Police Department
30,625.80
30,000.00
Police Department, for Overdraft
1934
699.53
699.53
Fire Department
44,476.02
44,000.00
Inspection of Buildings
300.00
300.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
2,682.00
2,230.00
Sealing of Weights and Meas-
ures, for 1934 Overdraft
65.00
65.00
Moth Suppression
5,000.00
5,000.00
Tree Warden's Department
3,000.00
3,000.00
Forest Warden's Department
3,500.00
2,000.00
Forest Warden's Department,
for 1934 Overdraft
322.01
322.01
Departments
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Recommended
By Departments
By Committee
Inland Fisheries
300.00
250.00
Plymouth County Hospital Main- tenance
10,661.19
10,661.19
Health Department
18,400.00
17,000.00
Piggery Maintenance and Gar- bage Disposal
8,395.60
7,800.00
Piggery Maintenance and Gar- bage Disposal, for 1934 Over- draft
360.04
360.04
Inspector of Animals
360.00
360.00
Public Sanitaries
2,750.00
2,500.00
Sewers
5,000.00
4,000.00
Street Cleaning
5,000.00
4,500.00
Roads and Bridges
40,000.00
40,000.00
Hard-Surfacing Streets
4,500.00
4,500.00
Highway Construction and Re- construction
20,400.00
17,850.00
Long Pond Road Resurface
2,000.00
2,000.00
Court Street and Sandwich
Street Resurface
5,000.00
5,000.00
New Truck for Highway Department
3,300.00
3,300.00
Fence at Playground on Sum-
mer Street
420.00
420.00
Shore Road Hard-Surface
5,000.00
Royal Street Hard-Surface
750.00
250.00
Cedarville Road Hard-Surface
750.00
750.00
Directional Signs to Ponds
250.00
Gurnet Bridge Tax
668.16
668.16
Sidewalks
6,000.00
5,000.00
Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbing 3,000.00
2,500.00
Snow and Ice Removal
12,500.00
12,500.00
Street Sprinkling
2,500.00
Street Lighting
20,000.00
20,000.00
Traffic Lights
250.00
150.00
Harbor Master
150.00
150.00
Pensions for Town Laborers
2,210.00
2,210.00
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Recommended By Departments
By Committee
Public Welfare Department, in-
cluding Mothers' Aid
110,000.00
90,000.00
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
30,000.00
30,000.00
Bureau of Old Age Assistance, for 1934 Overdraft
3,867.47
3,867.47
Soldiers' Benefits
10,000.00
7,500.00
School Department
226,000.00
222,000.00
Park Department, for Parks, Play-
grounds and Camping Places
10,407.90
10,000.00
Park Department, for 1934 bills
336.75
336.75
State Census, 1935
567.94
567.94
Sexton
200.00
200.00
Miscellaneous Account
3,100.00
3,100.00
Water Department, Maintenance
26,000.00
26,000.00
Water Department, Construction
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Forest
1,200.00
1,200.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemetery
10,000.00
10,000.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
1,200.00
1,200.00
Burial Hill Cemetery, for Protect- ing Headstones
300.00
300.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville
and South Pond Cemeteries
800.00
800.00
Town Debt and Interest
42,000.00
40,000.00
Total of Article 5
$781,325.41 $732,868.09
Art.
6. Plymouth Public Library
8,850.00
8,850.00
Art. 7. Manomet Public Library
750.00
750.00
Art. 8. Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
250.00
100.00
Art.
9. Mosquito Control Main- tenance
500.00
500.00
Art. 10. Rifle Range Expenses
200.00
200.00
Art. 11. Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
Art. 12. Armistice Day
250.00
250.00
Art. 13. July Fourth
500.00
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Recommended
By Departments
By Committee
Art. 14. District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Art. 15. Town Wharf, Mainten- ance and Caretaker
700.00
700.00
Art. 16. Town Forest Extension
500.00
Art. 17. Boutemain Avenue
100.00
Art. 18. Cordage Street
100.00
100.00
Art. 19. Union Street Widening
1,500.00
1,500.00
Art. 22. Water Street Widening
100.00
100.00
Art. 25. Shellfish Protection
300.00
300.00
Art. 26. Federal Furnace Road
3,500.00
3,500.00
Art. 27. Bridge at White Horse Beach
750.00
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Art. 28. Federal Emergency Re- lief Administration
30,000.00
25,000.00
Art. 33. Rental of Plymouth Sav- ings Bank Building
2,500.00
Art. 34. Plans and Specifications for Town Offices
500.00
Art. 35. Dredging Anchorage Basin
10,000.00
.
Art. 37. Advertising the Town's Resources, etc.
1,100.00
1,000.00
Total $845,675.41 $777,118.09
Article 6. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $8,850.00, including the Dog Tax for 1934 amounting to $1,824.57.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The committee recommends the appropriation of $750.00.
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Article 8. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth Coun- ty Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Director, as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Re- vised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $100.00 and the choosing of a Town Director.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred (500) dollars for the purpose of maintaining, during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 112 of the Acts of 1931.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $500.00.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred (200) dollars for Rifle Range Expenses.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $200.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding four hundred (400) dollars for the observ- ance of Memorial Day.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $400.00.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty (250) dollars for the observance of Armistice Day.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $250.00.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars for the observ-
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ance of July Fourth, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends that no appropriation be made.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars to employ a District Nurse.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,000.00.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding seven hundred (700) dollars to defray the expense of maintenance of the Town Wharf, including pay of caretaker.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $700.00.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Forest by purchase of adjacent woodland and ap- propriate for that purpose a sum not exceeding five hun- dred (500) dollars.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Boutemain Avenue, from Summer Street southeasterly and southerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages or expense of acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action, as the plan of the way as laid out appears to them to be unsatisfactory and open to criticism.
Article 18. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Cordage Street, from Prince Street north-
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erly, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages or ex- pense of acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends the acceptance of Cordage Street as a town way, and the appropriation of $100.00 for expenses.
Article 19. To see if the Town will accept and allow a widening of Union Street from Water Street southerly to Bradford Street, by a relocation of the west- erly line of said street as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for land and property damages in the sum of fifteen hun- dred (1,500) dollars.
The Committee recommends the acceptance of the relo- cation of the westerly line of Union Street, and the appro- priation of $1,500.00 for land and property damages. The plan provides for a widening of 15 or 20 feet and the removal of all the old houses.
Article 20. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Water Street Extension, northerly and easterly from the end of said way, substantially on the line of a private way known as Nelson Street to the pub- lic playground and camping place. All as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
The Committee recommends the acceptance of this way.
Article 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Water Street from Town Brook northerly to the northern bounds of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts at the foot of Brewster Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
The Committee recommends the acceptance of Water Street as provided in this layout.
The plan follows the present line (easterly line of the
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sidewalk) from Town Brook northerly to the vicinity of the State Wharf, with a fifteen foot widening on the easterly side from there to a point opposite the foot of Brewster Street.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow a widening of Water Street by a relocation of the easterly line of said street from land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts northerly to land of the Town, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town and make an appropriation for damages or expense of acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars.
The Committee recommends the acceptance of this widening, and the appropriation of $100.00 for expenses.
We understand that construction is planned to be done under an E. R. A. project.
Article 23. To see if the Town will adopt Plumbing Regulations to be submitted by the Board of Health.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action. If favorable action is taken the appropriation for the Board of Health must be more than this Committee has recommended.
Article 24. To see if the Town will instruct the Se- lectmen, in their discretion from time to time, to control, regulate or prohibit, within the town, the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shellfish and sea worms, as pro- vided in the several sections of the new Chapter 129A of the General Laws.
The Committee recommends that the Board of Select- men be so instructed.
The shell fish laws have been completely rewritten in this new chapter, so that it is difficult to say what author- ity, if any, is retained by the Selectmen. Selectmen of neighboring towns are acting under recent authorization.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding three hundred (300) dollars for the culti- vation, propagation and protection of shell fish, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends that the appropriation of $300.00 be made for any or all of the purposes mentioned.
Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred (3,500) dollars to be used in construction of the Federal Furnace Road to Carver, in conjunction with the State Department of Public Works and the Plymouth County Commissioners.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $3,- 500.00 by the Town.
Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars to be used in construction of a bridge over the brook at White Horse Beach, in conjunction with the State Department of Pub- lic Works and the Plymouth County Commissioners, as laid out by the County Commissioners' Decree 889.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action. We understand that aid from the State will be withdrawn.
Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding thirty thousand (30,000) dollars to be used in connection with the Federal Emergency Relief Admin- istration program, if and when extended. Said appropri- ation to be subject to transfers only, on orders of the Board of Selectmen, to the several Emergency Relief Administration projects, after the same have been approved.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $25,000.00.
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Article 29. Move to amend the By Laws of the Town of Plymouth, by hereby adding the following, That at all future Town Meetings held in the Town of Plymouth wherever money is appropriated the vote shall be by ballot. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 30. Move to hereby ammend the By-Laws of the Town of Plymouth by adding the following. That at all future Town Meetings held in the Town of Plymouth Four Hundred Voters shall constitute a Quorum. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 31. That hereby in the future The Annual Town Meeting to appropriate money for the Public De- partments of the Town of Plymouth, etc., shall be held on the first Saturday in February. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
From our investigation it appears that this proposed shortening by seven weeks, of the time available for preparation for the annual town meeting, not only serves no useful purpose but is practically impossible. Nearly all large Massachusetts towns hold their meetings in March which we believe to be the best procedure.
Article 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to make application to the proper Federal authorities, when and if a P. W. A. project is approved by the Federal Government, for financial as- sistance for the construction of a new building on Lincoln Street to provide further accommodations for the Junior and Senior High Schools substantially in accordance with the plans and specifications already prepared, approved
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and submitted herewith by the School Committee, and raise and appropriate money for said erection and author- ize the issuance of notes and bonds of the Town therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
We understand this article to have been inserted in anticipation that a change was to be made in the Federal Public Works Administration program whereby the Gov- ernment would contribute one-half the cost of a public building project, the other one-half to be provided by the Town. This change has not been effected, so it seems nothing can be done at this time.
Article 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to lease as offices for the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector, the quarters formerly occupied by the Old Colony National Bank, on the ground floor of the Plym- outh Savings Bank Building, upon such terms as they see fit, and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to pay for the rental of same for the first year. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 34. To see if the Town will authorize its Board of Selectmen to secure plans and specification to provide proper facilities for consolidation of all town offices in one building and appropriate a sum not exceed- ing five hundred (500) dollars for same.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 35. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $10,000.00, to be expended under the di- rection of the Selectmen in connection with a like con- tribution from the Public Works Department of the
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purpose of dredging to enlarge and deepen the present anchorage basin. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
We do not feel that the expenditure of so large a sum is warranted at this time for anything that it not abso- lutely necessary or does not employ local labor. We are told that a considerable part of this appropriation would be used for deepening the present basin for accommoda- tion of larger craft. The lack of depth in the channel leading to the anchorage basin would still remain an obstacle to such vessels.
Article 36. To see if the Town will accept provisions of Section 6-A, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, being an act authorizing to the Town a certain sum for the purpose of advertising its resources, advantages and at- tractions. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends the acceptance of this law.
Article 37. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eleven hundred ($1,100) to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, under Section 6-A, Chapter 40 of the General Laws for the purpose of adver- tising its resources, advantages and attractions. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,000.00, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, if and when an equal amount shall have been raised by public subscription, or by donation, and paid into the Town Treasury to be expended for like purposes.
NOTE. This recommendation is contingent upon fav- orable action under Article 36.
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Article 38. To see if the Town will authorize the transfer of a sum not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
The Committee recommends that the transfer of $5,- 000.00 be authorized.
Respectfully submitted, ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
J. Frankland Miller, Chairman; Howard M. Douglas, Norman W. Gray, Harry A. Holmes, Morton Kyle, John B. Finney, Harry R. Talbot, Franklin A. Hebard, Edward W. Jones, Paul W. Viets, Joseph S. Contente, Ralph L. Drew, Harvey S. Hatch, Warren P. Strong, Dr. John F. Taylor.
Attested : Elmer R. Harlow, Secretary.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ON THE ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1935
The Advisory and Finance Committee herewith sub- mits its report to the Town on the articles contained in the warrant for this special town meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the construction of and originally equipping an addition to and alteration in the present Junior High School Build- ing and new High School and authorize and direct the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town, for use in carrying out such project, a Federal grant of money pur- suant to the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935; and authorize the School Commtitee to construct said project and contract with respect thereto; and au- thorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums as may be necessary to meet any appropriation made; or take any action relative thereto.
The Committee recommends favorable action on Arti- cle 2.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the land and buildings at Manomet Point formerly standing in the name of Mary L. Brooks but now property of the Town of Plymouth.
The Committee recommends that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the land and buildings at
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