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Mr. Ralph James moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $16,500 for the necessary repairs to the Town Wharf.
The motion, as amended, was put before the meeting and carried. (Reconsidered)
Article thirty-one:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 31.
Article thirty-two:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved that the Town adopt as a by-law the following: "No person shall, except in conjunction with construction of a building on the same
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parcel of land or for continued operation of an existing sand or gravel pit on the same parcel of land, remove any soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town after notice to cease and desist or to refrain from removal thereof has been served upon such person by delivery in hand or by leaving at the last and usual place of abode of such person or at the usual place of business of such person of written notice signed by a majority of the Board of Selectmen forbidding such removal. Any person aggrieved by such notice forbidding such removal, or any person wishing in advance of such notice to determine rights to remove soil, loam, sand or gravel, may at any time apply to said board for permission to remove such soil, loam, sand or gravel, said board thereafter to hold a public hearing on the application, notice of filing such application and the date and time of the public hearing to be advertised in a paper published in the Town seven days at least prior to the date fixed for such public hearing. The Board of Selectmen shall, within ten days of completion of such public hearing, grant or deny permission to remove such soil, loam, sand or gravel."
Mr. Francis W. Savery moved that no action be taken on this article, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was put before the meeting and carried.
Article thirty-three:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for advertising the advantages of the Town, together with the sum of $1,000 which has been contributed by donation and paid into the Town Treasury and which the Town hereby accepts, the total to be expended for the aforesaid purpose under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 24, and the motion was carried.
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Article thirty-four:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the purpose of installing a surface drain in Priscilla Beach Road to prevent property damage.
Article thirty-five:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town trans- fer from the receipts from Parking Meter Fees the sum of three thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars ($3,285) for Parking Meter Expenses, to be allocated as follows:
Salary of Police Officer, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1950 $2,860.00
Expense for relocation of meters, to be expended by the Board of Selectmen 425.00
Mr. LeRoy S. Williams moved: That the Town transfer from parking meter receipts for parking meter expenses the following sums: To reset 135 meters, $300; new plans, $125, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article thirty-six:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) for the purchase of an automobile for the Police Department and to dispose of one in service (1946 model) .
Article thirty-seven:
Voted: That the Town transfer from the receipts from Parking Meter Fees the sum of three hundred and twenty-one dollars ($321) for the purchase of a coin separator and coin wrappers for use in connection with parking meter collections, to be expended by the Town Treasurer.
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Article thirty-eight:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars ($9,440) for the purchase of a new motor street sweeper for the Highway Department.
Mr. Reubin M. Winokur moved: That the Town take no action under this article, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article thirty-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of four hundred and ninety-five dollars ($495) for the purchase of a sickle bar attachment on International Tractor for the Highway Department.
Article forty :
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 40.
Article forty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($2,125) for the purpose of extending the sewer on Boutemain Avenue (760 ft.) .
Article forty-two:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way, Charlemont Road in the Priscilla Beach section of Plymouth about 650 feet long leading north- easterly from Rocky Hill Road to John Alden Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for land and property damages and expenses of acquiring titles.
Article forty-three:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way, Farmhurst Road in the Priscilla Beach
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section of Plymouth about 900 feet long leading north- easterly from Rocky Hill Road to John Alden Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for land and property damages and expenses of acquiring titles.
Article forty-four:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) to grade and lay a mixed-in- place surface on a section of Valley Road.
Article forty-five:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 45.
Article forty-six:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) to grade and hard-surface Castle Street Extension.
Article forty-seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of six thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars ($6,283) for the pur- chase of an oil burner for the Memorial Building.
Article forty-eight:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 48.
Article forty-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to renovate, repaint and renew the historical signs and to erect addi- tional signs as needed, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article fifty:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) for the purchase of a new
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electric clock to replace the town clock in the Post Office Building.
Article fifty-one:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to purchase for the sum of one dollar a parcel of land on the Town Wharf Lot, so-called, which was sold to the American Legion Post No. 40, Inc. of Plymouth, Mass., as authorized under Article 20 of the Special Town Meeting on October 14, 1946.
Article fifty-two:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase for the sum of $1 a narrow strip of land on the easterly side of Westerly Route at the corner of Summer Street, containing approx- imately 2,310 sq. ft., being parcel No. 2 as described in a deed from Buckingham to the Plymouth Electric Light Company, dated November 9, 1932, and recorded in Book 1636, Page 372, also shown on a plan filed at the Registry of Deeds in Book 5, Page 285, the Plymouth County Electric Company to retain the right to the location of their poles on this property.
Article fifty-three:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the pruning of dead wood and removing of trees, in accordance with Section 13, Chapter 761 of the Acts of 1949.
Article fifty-four:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of two thousand one hundred and twelve dollars and thirty cents ($2,112.30) for the purchase of a B2PW Dodge Power Wagon for the Forest Fire Department.
Article fifty-five:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey to the Plym-
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outh Memorial Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, for the sum of one dollar a parcel of land with the building thereon, said parcel containing 9,690 sq. ft. on the westerly side of Spring Street, being Lot 110 on Plat No. 19 of the Assessors' maps, bounded and described as follows: Southerly by land of Mary Kaplowitz and by land of Ruth E. Raymond 158.6 feet, westerly by land of William H. and Margaret L. Hall 62.0 feet, northerly by land of Dorothy M. Johnson and by land of Lillian M. Thimas 155.1 feet and easterly by Spring Street 60.75 feet, the deed to said property to include the proviso that, should the building cease to be used as Post quarters by the grantee, the land and building will revert to the Town of Plymouth.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to lease the parcel of land with the building thereon at 1 Spring Street to the Veterans of Foreign Wars which they now occupy as their quarters for a period of five years, at a rental of $1.00 per year, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article fifty-six:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to install a gate across Beaver Dam Brook in Manomet at the bridge at Brook Road to make Bartlett Pond the headwaters for the spawning of alewives.
Article fifty-seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand six hundred and ten dollars ($1,610) for the purchase of 500 feet of 21/2" hose and 1,000 feet of 11/2" hose for the Fire Department.
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Article fifty-eight:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town continue the 7-member committee appointed under authority of Article 37 of the annual Town Meeting of March 26, 1949, for continued study of the sewage disposal problem and direct them to report on or before the next annual Town Meeting and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for expenses of said committee.
Article fifty-nine:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town take no action under Article 59.
Mr. Philip Jackson moved to amend: That the Town hereby appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of said sum to be taken from the reserve fund of the Town of Plymouth, the balance from the taxes of the present year, to be spent for the necessary working plans and the acquiring of the land necessary for the construction of so-called Filter Beds, to take care of the Sewage of the Town of Plymouth. Any balance left from said sum to be used with such aid as can be given by the Board of Public Welfare and other Town Agencies, towards starting work on said Filter Beds.
The amendment was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article sixty:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town take no action under Article 60.
Article sixty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) for the purchase of a new Garbage Collection truck for the Health Department and to dispose of one now in service.
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Article sixty-two:
Voted: That the Town transfer the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) from the proceeds from the sale of cemetery lots and graves, to be expended by the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement and em- bellishment of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries.
Article sixty-three:
Dr. E. Harold Donovan, Chairman of the School Com- mittee, moved: That Articles 63, 64 and 65 be incor- porated as one article and acted upon as such, and the motion was carried.
Dr. Donovan moved: That the sum of $406,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new elemen- tary school building designed and constructed substan- tially in accordance with plans presented by the Building Committee and located in the Cold Spring district on town-owned land, formerly known as the Murray lot, and on additional land to be acquired by purchase or by taking by eminent domain said land being described as follows: A parcel of land containing 51,500 sq. ft. on the northerly side of Alden Street being portions of lots 19 and 44 on Plat 11 of the Assessors' maps bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Alden Street marking the corner between land of Mary C. Welsh and land of Joseph Girard; thence northwesterly by land of said Girard 260 ft. to land of the Town of Plymouth; thence north 61° 30' east by land of said Town 292.00 feet to a corner; thence south 29º 29' 40" west by land of said Welsh 141.51 ft. to a corner; thence south- easterly by land of said Welsh and by a line which is parallel to and 172.00 ft. distant from the first course above mentioned to Alden St .; thence westerly by Alden Street to point of beginning. A parcel of land containing 127,950 sq. ft. being a portion of lot 25A on Plat 11 of the Assessors' Maps bounded and described as follows:
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Beginning at a corner about 115 ft. easterly from Stan- dish Avenue marking the division between land of Loring Dyer and land of Joseph H. Fratus; thence north- westerly by land of said Fratus and land of William Maini 191 feet to a corner; thence northeasterly by land of Loring Dyer 540.0 to a corner which lies 180.0 feet north- westerly from and measured at right angles to the division line between land of said Dyer and land of the Town of Plymouth; thence easterly by land of said Dyer 333 ft. to a corner at land of said Town; thence south- westerly by land of said Town 850 ft. to the point of beginning; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $7,000 be raised in tax levy of the current year, the sum of $25,000 be appropriated from the Post-War Reha- bilitation Fund, the sum of $55,000 be appropriated from the Stabilization Fund, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $319,000 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 the date of issue of the first bond or note. The Selectmen are hereby authorized and instructed to make the land takings described herein. The Building Committee appointed under Article 73 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1949, is hereby constituted the Building Committee for this project. Said Committee is hereby authorized to expend funds appropriated under this article for the aforesaid purposes.
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381 voting in the affirmative and 37 in the negative, the motion was carried.
Adjourned Meeting, March 27, 1950, 7:30 P.M.
Article sixty-six:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 66.
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Article sixty-seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to mow underbrush at Morton Park and to provide larger parking space, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners and that a committee of 3 be appointed by the Moderator to look into the possibility of making Morton Park self supporting.
Article sixty-eight:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That a committee of five, none of whom shall be in the insurance business, be appointed by the Moderator to study the question of workmen's compensation and liability insurance for all departments and report their findings to the Town Clerk by December 1, 1950.
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved to amend: That the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five, none of whom shall be insurance agents, to study the need or desirability for the Town carrying liability insurance, workmen's compensation insurance and all forms of insurance, together with the desirability of the Town carrying its own insurance as permitted by law, said committee to report to the Town not later than January 1, 1951, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article sixty-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550) to hard-surface the avenue entering the Nelson Street bathhouse, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved for reconsideration of Article 30, and the motion was carried.
Voted: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $16,450 for the necessary repairs to Town Wharf.
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Article seventy:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325) for the purpose of moving the buildings at Beach Park to their new location as voted at the last Town Meeting, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article seventy-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) for the purchase of a chain link fence to entirely enclose the four tennis courts at Stephens Field, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article seventy-two:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 72.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900) to erect a chain link fence on the Standish Avenue playground, so-called, to protect the children using said playground from traffic on Liberty Street, said appropriation to be spent under the direction of the Plymouth Park Commission, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article seventy-three:
Voted: That the Town transfer from the Post - War Rehabilitation Fund the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for repairs and improvements to the Cornish and Burton School buildings, said repairs to include installations of new sanitary facilities in the Burton, new floors in classrooms and corridors in both buildings, exterior and interior painting and other needed repairs.
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Article seventy-four:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $2,695 for hard-surfacing and providing drainage of a section of the Hedge School playground, to be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Dr. E. Harold Donovan moved to amend: By sub- stituting the figure $6,500 for the figure $2,695, for hard- surfacing a section of the Hedge School playground, for loaming and seeding the section graded and fenced in 1949, and for necessary repairs to same occasioned by recent washout, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article seventy-five:
Voted: That a committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator, to include two members from the Manomet Area, to make a study of the need for an addition to the present Manomet School building or for a separate school unit and make recommendations to the Town at the next Town Meeting.
Article seventy-six:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain a new water main on Nathan- iel Street in lieu of the present service which will be disrupted by the new by-pass road, and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) therefor, said sum to be added to the appropriation voted under Article 67 of the annual Town Meeting in March, 1949.
Article seventy-seven:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to relay water mains in Bourne Street and Rope- walk Court and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of five thousand four hundred dollars ($5,400) therefor.
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Article seventy-eight:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain extensions of water mains in Margerie Street east and Highland Avenue, together with installation of fire hydrants, services and other appur- tenances as necessary and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) therefor.
Article seventy-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the installation of a cen- trifugal pump at the Deep Water Bridge pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Com- missioners.
Mr. William H. Armstrong moved for reconsideration of Item No. 33, Article 6. The vote was taken by ballot, 358 voting in the affirmative, and 398 voting in the negative, the motion was lost.
Article eighty:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the installation of a new low-service meter at the Lout Pond pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners.
Article eighty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for the installation of chlorina- tion equipment at the Lout Pond pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Commis- sioners.
Article eighty-two:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain extensions of water mains in
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Charlemont Road, Farmhurst Road and Rocky Hill Road at Priscilla Beach, together with installations of fire hydrants, services and other appurtenances as necessary and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $11,000 therefor.
Article eighty-three:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 83.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purchase of a new automobile, to be used by the Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children departments of the Board of Public Welfare, and said Board of Public Welfare is authorized to dispose of the automobile now in service, and reconsider the Old Age Administration appropriation for the purpose of reducing it by $150, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-four:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $5,079.33 for the payment of Public Welfare Department bills, contracted in 1949.
Article eighty-five:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town, pur- suant to the authority contained in Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, to accept the Report of the Salary and Wage Committee and adopt a by-law, as printed with the printed recommendations of the Advi- sory and Finance Committee and titled "Exhibit A and B," establishing a plan to classify certain positions in the service of the Town and establishing a salary schedule for positions thus classified.
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Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the report of the Special Committee on Salary and Wage Classifica- tion be accepted and placed on file as a report of progress, and that the Committee be continued in force for another year to continue their studies, and report to the Town at a subsequent Town Meeting not later than the annual meeting of March, 1951, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-six:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 86.
Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the num- ber of members of the Board of Public Welfare be increased from three to five members, the additional members to be elected as follows: One to be elected for one year and the second to be elected for two years, both to be elected at the Town Meeting to be held in March, 1951.
The motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-seven:
Voted: That a committee of five members be appointed by the Moderator to study the operation and management of the Department of Public Welfare, including the Bureau of Old Age Assistance and the Bureau of Aid to Dependent Children, together with the Department of Veterans' Services and to report their findings and recom- mendations not later than the next annual Town Meeting.
Article eighty-eight:
Voted: That the Town authorize and direct the Mod- erator to appoint a committee of three members to study the issuance and publication of the annual Town Reports and report at the next annual Town Meeting and to raise
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and appropriate the sum of $50 for expenses of said committee.
Article eighty-nine:
Voted: That the Planning Board make a study of the possible use or uses to which the Old High School Build- ing may be put and report their recommendations at the next annual Town Meeting.
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