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Armistice Day .... 60.00
Town Meeting, Registrations and Elections
3,200.00
Unclassified 3,300.00
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Insurance 11,710.87
Town Ambulance Maintenance
900.00
Interest, except on Water Loans
16,779.25
Interest on Water Loans 11,962.50
Reduction of Debt on Water Loans 30,000.00
Maturing Debt
45,250.00
Building Inspector 3,500.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
225.00
Director of Veterans' Services
1,800.00
Moderator
110.00
Dog Officer
110.00
Certification of Notcs
20.00
Bounties
75.00
Libraries: Allen Memorial
2,500.00
Pierce Memorial 2,500.00
Mosquito Control 4,000.00
Annuity (Ch. 32, Sec. 89 G. L. as amended)
1,200.00
Board of Public Welfare:
Aid to Dependent Children 12,000.00
Administrative Expenses
325.00
Old Age Assistance
65,000.00
Administrative Expenses
1,440.00
Public Welfare 12,000.00
Engineering Department: Services and Expenses
5,320.00
Assessors' Department : Services and Expenses
9,584.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
750.00
Planning Board
1,000.00
Advisory Board
500.00
Public Landings
2,241.00
Plymouth County Hospital
County Tax
State Tax
When voting to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,584.00 for the Assessors' Department, the motion was amended to include the following resolve: "Be it resolved that it is the sense of this meet- ing that the Board of Assessors add sufficient money to their budget of 1951, to provide a new valuation book that will include the valuations of 1951 for distribution."
ARTICLE 5
To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to contract at their discretion for support of the Town's poor, or act thereon.
VOTED: To so authorize. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning Janu- ary 1, 1951 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec. 17, Chapter 44, G.L.
VOTED: To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Unanimous vote.
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Collector's Department : Services and Expenses 7,558.00
Treasurer's Department : Services and Expenses
3,984.50
Accountant's Department :
Services and Expenses 3,465.00
Town Clerk's Department: Services and Expenses 2,677.00
Highway Department:
General: Care of Roads, Sidewalks, Maintenance and Repair of Bridges 88,835.00
Voted to raise and appropriate $88,835.00 for the Highway Department: $5,500.00 of said amount to be used for the construction of a sidewalk on Jericho Road commencing at the end of the present sidewalk and extending toward Lighthouse Road; $5,500.00 of said amount to be used for the construction of a sidewalk on Hatherly Road com- mencing at the intersection of Jericho Road and extend- ing in a northerly direction; $6,000.00 of said amount to be used for the construction and reconstruction of a side- walk on Edward Foster Road commencing at Kent Street and extending toward the Peggotty Beach Parking lot; and $1,500.00 of said amount to be used for the resurfac- ing of the Parking lot at Minot.
Snow Removal $ 15,000.00
School Department 212,770.00
Fire Department
75,312.00
Forest Fires
2,600.00
Police Department
44,325.00
Health Department
25,710.00
Water Department
69,171.13
Park Department
7,220.00
Tree Warden's Department :
General: Moth Extermination
6,400.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,350.00
Roadside Brush Cutting
2,000.00
Dutch Elm Tree Disease
2,000.00
Tree Warden
3,170.00 .
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ARTICLE 8
Will the Town vote to have all the income from the Water Department paid to the Town Treasurer, and estimated receipts used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the current year? VOTED: To have all the income from the Water Department paid to the Town Treasurer, and estimated receipts used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the current year. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 9
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven Thou- sand ($11,000.00) Dollars, in conjunction with the five-year plan to reinforce the water system along Route 3A, to complete a circuit and supply line to Scituate Harbor from the standpipe on Mann Lot Road, or take any action thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $11,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 10
To see if the Town will place the Lawson Tower, contents and grounds under the custody and supervision of the Water Depart- ment and raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs and upkeep of same, or act thereon.
VOTED: To place under custody and supervision of the Water Department, and raise and appropriate $1,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 11
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available funds, or act thereon?
VOTED: To transfer $10,000.00 to the Reserve Fund from the Overlay Surplus Fund. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 12
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to meet foreclosure costs on tax titles, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 13
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for channel markings and regulations of the usage of the North River from Humarock Beach to the Sea, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $150.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 14
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $70.00 for payment of dues for a yearly membership in the Maritime Division of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $70.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 15
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $2,500.00 to cover cost of supervision and control of the Clam flats within the Town of Scituate, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 16
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shell- fish and sea worms within the borders of the Town of Scituate and such other authority as is provided in Sec. 52 of Chapter 130 of the G.L. as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, or take action in relation thereto.
VOTED: To so authorize the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 17
To see if the Town will vote to transfer an amount not to ex- ceed $60,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account to be used by the Assessors in reducing the taxes for the current year.
VOTED: To transfer $60,000.00 from Excess and Deficiency Account. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 18
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 9 Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 19
Will the Town vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to transfer from unappropriated avail- able funds in the treasury any money necessary to meet the State and County's share of the cost of any Chapter 90 Maintenance or Construction work, the reimbursement from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury ?
VOTED: To so authorize. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 20
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to be used in conjunction with such sums of money as may be allotted by the Department of Public Works of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts and County of Plymouth, or either one of them, for the continuation of new construction on Gannett Road and First Parish Road under Chapter 90, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $6,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 21
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $15,000.00 for Shore Protection. The Board of Selectmen being authorized to arrange for the expenditure of part or all of said sum in conjunc- tion with any sums already appropriated or to be appropriated by the County of Plymouth and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or either of them, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $15,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 22
To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner pro- vided by Sec. 29 of Chapter 91 of the G.L. for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of rivers, harbors, tidewater and fore- shores, in accordance with Sec. 11 of Chapter 91 of the G.L., and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
VOTED: To assume liability.
ARTICLE 23
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the proceeds of the Dog Fund received from the County to Libraries and that the amount be equally divided between the Peirce Memorial at North Scituate and the Allen Memorial at Scituate, or act thereon.
VOTED: Yes, to so transfer.
ARTICLE 24
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the care of Soldiers' neglected graves in accordance with the provisions of the G.L., Chapter 115 (Ter.Ed.), or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $700.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 25
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the purpose of providing quarters for the Satuit Post 3169, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in accordance with the provisions of G.L., Chapter 40 (Ter.Ed.) Section 9, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $350.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 26
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $100.00 for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director as pro- vided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the G.L., or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $100.00, choosing Ruth M. Meyers as Town Director. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 27
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the maintenance and improvement of the Town Forests, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,200.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 28
Will the Town raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for the clear- ing of stones and stumps on the Town's Roadsides?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 29
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 to provide Life Guards for Sand Hills Beach, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $800.00.
ARTICLE 30
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for a series of band concerts to be given during the sum- mer season, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $500.00.
ARTICLE 31
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $2,000.00 for obtaining preliminary working drawings and specifications for a new Town Office Building to be expended under the direction of the Town Office Committee appointed under Article 36, Annual Town Meeting held March 7, 1949, or act thereon.
VOTED: To refer back to Town Office Building Committee to determine the wishes of the townspeople regarding the advisa- bility of a new Town Hall.
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ARTICLE 32
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase land at the corner of Glades Road and Bailey's Cause- way from the Minot Village Associates or the North Scituate Beach Improvement Association to be used for Park purposes; purchase price $1.00, or act thereon.
VOTED: To authorize the purchase. Yes 290, No 148.
ARTICLE 33
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,354.00 to cover the expenses and disbursements of the Retire- ment Systems and Pensions for 1950, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $6,354.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 34
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,927.75 to enable the Selectmen to establish a Greenhead Fly and Midge Control project within the Town areas, as per Chapter 252, Section 24 of the G.L.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,927.75. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 35
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thou- sand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purchase of a new combination pumping engine and hose wagon to replace the pumping engine presently stationed at Humarock, and authorize the Selectmen, in co-operation with the Chief of the Fire Department to purchase same and to sell Engine No. 4 or use the same for trade in value?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $10,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thou- sand Dollars ($4,000.00) for the purchase of a new forest fire truck and equipment, to be purchased by the Chief of the Fire Department in co-operation with the Selectmen?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $4,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 37
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to cover the cost of alterations to the Humarock Fire Station?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,500.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 38
To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 529 of the Aets of 1949 which provides for an Inspector of Wires and authorize the Selectmen to make an appointment of such an Inspector and raise and appropriate $2,000.00 to cover the salary and expenses of this office.
VOTED: To accept Chapter 529 of the Acts of 1949, without any appropriation at the present time. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 39
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of $2,000.00 to replace the two automobiles being used by the Police Department and authorize the Chief of Police with the co-operation of the Selectmen to sell the two automobiles, or use the same for a trade-in value on the purchase of two new police cars, or act thercon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 40
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,396.00 to purchase a new one half ton Dodge Pick-up Truck, using the Park Department's present truck as a trade-in value in the amount of $300.00, or aet thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,396.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 41
Will the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell for no less than $8,000 all of the Town's right, title and interest in and to a certain parcel of land and the building thercon situated on Country Way in the Greenbush section of Scituate with an area of approximately 12,250 feet more or less, being the premises formerly occupied by the Fire & Water Departments?
VOTED: To so authorize the Selectmen. Yes 487, No 2.
ARTICLE 42
Will the Town vote to increase the compensation of all town laborers from $1.00 per hour to $1.03 per hour, or act thereon? VOTED: Yes.
ARTICLE 43
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,450.00 for the purchase of one used Cletrac Tractor, Model L HG31, for the use of the Highway Department, or aet thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,450.00 Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 44
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 for a new half ton Pickup Truck; the old 1940 Plymouth pickup truck to be used as trade-in value, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,300.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 45
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the Legislature for an act enabling the Town to borrow for sewerage construction the sum of $540,000 outside the statutory limit.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 46
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the sewer commis- sioners (or other board having the authority of sewer commis- sioners) to make an application for and enter into an agreement with the Federal Community Facilities Service for the use of Fed- eral funds made available under Public Law 352 enacted by the 81st Congress, for the purpose of procuring plans for sewerage works, or take any action relative thereto.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 47
Will the Town appropriate a sum of money up to $200.00 for the purpose of stocking ponds and other inland water located within the Town limits with fish and of liberating game, as de- fined in Sec. 1, Ch. 129A, within said limits and to meet the neces- cary expense incidental thereto, including the feeding of game so liberated, as provided in Ch. 142 of the Acts of 1938, or act on anything relating thereto.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $200.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 48
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $65.97 for the payment of bills of the previous years, said payments to be as follows:
1948 Bill of Dormitzer Elec. & Mfg. Corp. assigned to the First National Bank of Boston $30.97 (Police Department)
1949 Bill of Mrs. Joseph C. Driscoll 35.00 (Building Board of Appeals)
$65.97
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $65.97. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 49
Will the Town vote to adopt the following by-law:
No person shall allow any dog owned by him, or under his custody or control, to be on any beach in the Town except on a leash not exceeding seven feet in length. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each offence.
VOTED: To accept the by-law. Yes 434, No 98.
Approved - September 29, 1950.
Francis E. Kelly, Attorney General.
ARTICLE 50
Will the Town vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by adding the following section:
Section 12: Removal of Top Soil
No person shall remove any loam or topsoil from any land located in Zone "A" in the Town, without obtaining per- mission therefor from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
VOTED: To amend the Town's Zoning By-Laws by adding the following section :
Section 12: Removal of Top Soil.
"No person shall remove any loam or topsoil from any land located in Zone A in the Town, without obtaining per- mission therefor from the Zoning Board of Appeals." Yes 308, No 205.
ARTICLE 51
Will the Town vote to amend the Building By-Laws by adding the following section to be known as 13A under Article 3 of said By-Laws:
"No wires shall be installed in or on any building in Scituate, without first notifying the Wire Inspector."
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. (Voice vote).
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will vote to add to its present Code of Building By-Laws the following:
Article 3, Section 13-B. Gas Fitting. All gas piping and fitting shall be tested in the presence of the Commissioner who shall be notified at least twenty-four hours in advance. Test shall be made before piping is concealed, painted or coated. All pipes must stand an air pressure of 2 lbs. per sq. in. as indicated by a column of mercury 4" high, for a period of five minutes without any drop. The Commissioner shall issue a certificate to the gas fitter after the test is satisfactory.
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The location of the entrance supply and meter shall be ap- proved by the Commissioner before any work is commenced.
Piping shall be free from obstructions, installed without traps and graded downward to the meter or a drip that will carry off condensation. All materials shall be subject to the Commissioner's approval. Rejected or disapproved materials shall not be used.
No gas equipment of any nature shall be installed until same has been approved by the Commissioner.
Every gas appliance where required shall be connected to an effective flue or outlet pipe to the outer air. The flue or pipe where extending through from story to story to roof, located inside partitions or walls or extending through wall or partitions shall have at least l" clearance from all combustible materials or other- wise as the Commissioner may require.
Article 7, Section 3-B. Transite pipe may be used as a chimney for the venting of gravity oil-burning or gas appliances provided that such pipe shall have an area equal to the cross sectional area of the outlets of the appliances which they serve and shall be kept 1" from all woodwork and shall extend through roof with proper flashing. No outside transite chimneys will be allowed. All vent pipes shall maintain a rise from the appliance to the chimney. No vent pipe shall enter the chimney at a lower level than the outlet of the appliance.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 53
Will the Town raise and appropriate $15,000 for the purpose of installing a 6" pipe water main on Neal Gate Street, extending from Cornet Stetson Road to Chief Justice Cushing Highway, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 to furnish and lay a 6" water main on Neal Gate Street providing the abutters and property owners will dig and back fill a trench that meets with the approval of the Water Commissioners. (Voice vote) .
ARTICLE 54
Will the Town raise and appropriate $12,500.00 to grade and to resurface Edward Foster Road from Kent Street intersection to the Memorial Bridge, then to extend from the bridge to the foot of Second Cliff, including a four foot sidewalk on the South side of the road to be 6 inches above the level of the roadway with a 6 inch curb. The foundation stones at either side of the road to be
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extended to protect the washing away by future storms, and repair the Memorial Bridge, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 55
To see if the Town will limit the use of the way extending from Glades Road to the beach just south of Susanne's Guest House to foot traffic, fill in, grade and improve said way and erect a suitable seawall with steps to prevent erosion and damage by the sea to the highways and surrounding property; and raise and appropriate a sum of $800.00 for said purposes, or take any action thereon.
VOTED: To pass over.
ARTICLE 56
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $300.00 to remove stones from North Scituate Beach in front of the Cliff Hotel, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 57
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the present athletic field and tennis courts at the Civic Center or take any action relative thereto.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $17,300.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 58
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the procuring of plans for the building of an addition to the present high school building, and that a building committee of six be appointed, three to be appointed by the School Commit- tee, one by the Selectmen, one by the Parent Teachers' Association and one by the Planning Board, or take any action relative thereto.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $10,000.00. (Voice vote) .
ARTICLE 59
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $3,000.00 to build a permanent Town Band and Ceremonial Stand for public use and to locate same, or act thereon. (Sketch on file at Select- men's Office) .
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 60
"The number of voters necessary to constitute a quorum at town meetings, except such parts of meetings as are devoted exclu-
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sively to the election of town officers, shall be two hundred; pro- vided, however, that a number less than two hundred may from time to time adjourn the same."
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Yes 208, No 207.
RESOLUTION: Whereas Mrs. Don Freeman, a lifelong resi- dent of our community, has served honorably and faithfully in the Allen Memorial Library for a period of forty-three years, and
Whereas, by her patient and sacrificial devotion to duty the public library has become an established community educational resource, and
Whereas, many children and youth from other communities have been drawn to avail themselves of the services which Mrs. Freeman with sympathetic personal feeling so superbly rendered,
Be it resolved that the citizens assembled manifest their grati- tude by recognizing this faithful and priceless devotion to the problems of their children, and that this resolution be spread upon the records.
Submitted by Leopold Hays and unanimously adopted. Meet- ing adjourned at 9:40 P.M.
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS March 13, 1950
Polls open from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Presiding Election Officer: Nathaniel Tilden.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
In charge of ballot box: Don W. Freeman.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Barbara Tobin, Charles S. Connolly, John J. Lonergan, Kevin B. Dwyer, Ruth M. Meyers, Helen L. Morton.
Tellers: Theodore A. Dunne, Norman Reddy, Robert P. O'Hern, Paul F. Young, John J. Steverman, Frank W. Dowd, Rogers W. Harwood, Sr., George E. Story.
Public Address System: Jack E. Humason.
Police Officers: Chief William F. Kane, James O'Connor. Total vote: 2,731.
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