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VOTED: That the Town assume liability. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 34
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 to replace one of the Motor Vehicles being used by the Police Department and authorize the Chief of Police, with the cooperation of the Selectmen, to sell one of the Motor Vehicles, or use the same for trade-in value on the purchase of a new police car, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,200.00.
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ARTICLE 35
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,800.00 to replace the Ambulance being used by the Town and authorize the Board of Selectmen, with the cooperation of the Chief of Police, to sell the Ambulance or use the same for trade-in value on the purchase of a new Ambulance, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $6,800.00.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town amend its Zoning By-Laws by deleting Section 3, paragraph 5, which reads as follows:
(5) Cemetery, hospital, sanitarium, and philanthropic in- stitution, but no such permit shall be issued, except with the written approval of the Planning Board and subject to such conditions as the Planning Board may deem it proper to impose. And adopting the following:
(5) Cemetery, hospital, sanitarium and philanthropic institu- tion, but no such erection, alteration, or use shall be permitted except with the written approval of the Planning Board follow- ing a public hearing and subject to such conditions as the Planning Board may deem it proper to impose.
VOTED: To so amend the Zoning By-Laws. Unanimous vote. Approved May 25, 1953. George Fingold, Attorney Gen- eral.
ARTICLE 37
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available surplus funds the sum of $12,000, for the purchase of a certain parcel of land to be used for one or more of the following purposes: town hall, police station, fire department, athletic field, school, library, parking area, community center, said land lying southwesterly of Branch Street and being lots 4 to 16 inclusive and lots 18 to 27 inclusive, together with the fee in Apperson and Tower Roads and Langdon Lane, all as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision Plan of Tower Acres, Scituate, Mass." dated February 11, 1949 and drawn on a scale of fifty feet to an inch, which land is registered with the Land Court and shown as Case No. 21875, or take any action thereon?
VOTED: To transfer $12,000.00 from available funds. Yes 299 No. 19.
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ARTICLE 38
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to replace two trucks being used by the Water Department, and authorize the Water Commissioners to sell or use same for trade-in value on the purchase of two new trucks, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,650.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a water main, not less than 8" in diameter, on Egypt Beach Road, from Tilden Road northerly to Hatherly Road, a distance of 1290 ft., and a water main not less than 6" in diameter from Egypt Beach Road easterly to Borden Road, a distance of 120 ft., thus connecting the loop in the system, together with the necessary fittings and appurtenances, or take action thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 40
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of water mains, not less than 6 in. in diameter as follows:
On Scituate Ave. from Hatherly Road easterly to Barker Road;
On Seaview Ave. from Hatherly Road easterly to Barker Road;
And on Curtis Ave. from Scituate Ave. northerly to Turner Road;
A total of approximately 2250 ft., with the necessary fittings and appurtenances, or act thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 41
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a water main, not less than 6 in. in diameter, on Seventh Ave., from Oceanside Drive westerly, a distance of 600 ft., including the necessary fittings and appurtenances, or take action thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 42
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of a water main, not less than 6 in. in diameter, on
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Moorland Road, from Collier Ave. westerly, and then northerly to Lincoln Ave., a distance of approximately 1475 ft., including the necessary fittings, to complete the circuit on Moorland Rd., or take action thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 43
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of a water main, not less than six inches in diameter, on Fairview Ave., from Utility Road westerly, a distance of approx- imately 800 ft., including the necessary fittings and appurtenances, to complete a circuit on Fairview Ave., or take action thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $3,200.00. Yes 134 No 104.
ARTICLE 44
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a water main, not less than 6 in. in diameter, on Marshall Ave., westerly from Alden Ave., a distance of 237 ft., to Priscilla Ave., thence northerly on Priscilla Ave., a distance of 306 ft., to Egypt Ave., together with the necessary fittings and appur- tenances, or take action thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 45
To see if the Town will transfer the care and maintenance of the sidewalks, driveways and parking area at the Civic Center from the School Committee to the Board of Selectmen.
VOTED: Yes.
ARTICLE 46
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,250.00 for the purpose of resurfacing the sidewalks, driveways and parking area at the Civic Center grounds, or act thereon?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 47
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase from Joseph O. and Amelia T. Severance a parcel of land on the northerly side of Bailey's causeway containing approximate- ly 18,200 square feet, said parcel adjoins and is to be used to enlarge the present Minot Parking Space?
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 48
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for the purpose of improving the Minot Parking Space, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $800.00.
ARTICLE 49
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $12,950.00 for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on First Parish Road from Cudworth Road southeasterly to the Railroad Property at the Scituate Station, or act thereon?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $12,950.00.
ARTICLE 50
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 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, under Chapter 90 construction, or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $5,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Special Committee for the Selectmen-Manager form of government ap- pointed under Article 57 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1951 and to continue said Committee for the purpose of petitioning the General Court for legislation authorizing the adoption by the Town of Scituate of a Selectmen-Manager form of government, such legislation to be substantially in the form recommended by the said Committee in its report to the Town, and, further to request the representative of the Town of Scituate in the General Court to do all things necessary to insure the admission and enactment of such legislation at the present legis- lative session, or take any action thereon.
VOTED: That the Town accept the report of the Special Committee for the Selectman-Manager form of government ap- pointed under Article 57 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1951, and continue said Committee for the purpose of petitioning the General Court for legislation authorizing the adop- tion by the Town of Scituate of a Selectman-Manager form of government, such legislation to be substantially in the form re- commended by the said Committee in its report to the Town; and
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further, that the representatives of the Town of Scituate in the General Court be requested to do all things necessary to insure the admission and enactment of such legislation at the present legislative session. Yes 499 No 51.
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office making Seagate Circle a Town Way, or act thereon.
VOTED: To accept the layout.
ARTICLE 53
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office making Musquashicut Avenue a Town Way, or act thereon.
VOTED: To accept the layout.
ARTICLE 54
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office making a part of Edgar Road a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for construction.
VOTED: To accept the layout, and raise and appropriate $750.00 under the Betterment Act.
ARTICLE 55
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office making a part of Fay Road a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 for construction.
VOTED: To accept the layout, and raise and appropriate $1,600.00 for construction under the Betterment Act. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 56
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Selectmen in accordance with a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office making all of Lynda Lane a Town Way and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,400.00 for construction.
VOTED: To accept the layout under the Betterment Act, and raise and appropriate $2,400.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 57
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3,500.00 for the construction of a sidewalk on Otis Road, Sand Hills, from the corner of Turner Ave. southerly toward Scituate Ave., or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $3,500.00.
ARTICLE 58
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the Mosquito Spraying Project, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $3,000.00.
ARTICLE 59
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $4,000.00 for the construction of a sidewalk on River Street, Humarock, from Oliver Street southerly toward Alden Street, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 60
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $389.15 for the payment of bills of the previous years, said payments to be as follows:
1951 Bill of Franklin Publishing Co. $ 9.10
1952 Bill of Boston University School of Public Rela- tions 6.00
1952 Bill of Lawson C. Vickery (School Department) 244.99
1952 Bill of New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Highway Department) 14.26
1952 Bill of Franklin Publishing Co. (Unclassified). 15.00
1952 Bill of The Children's Hospital 25.00
1952 Bill of Milton J. Berlad, M.D. (Welfare Depart- ment) 3.00
1952 Bill of Town of Scituate (Public Landings) 16.00
1952 Bill of Macmillan Oil Co. (Tree Warden) 55.80
$389.15
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $389.15. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 61
Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1952, which provides in substance for an increase in the pensions of Town employees who retired prior to April 1, 1951, and had attained the age of 55 with at least 15 years of creditable service, no increase to be made on any retirement allow- ance which is in excess of $2,500.00?
VOTED: To accept.
ARTICLE 62
To see if the Town will approve the razing and demolition of the present Jenkins School building on First Parish Road and will approve the obtaining of bids for such razing and demolition of the building, any money as may be realized from the process, and the sale of materials therefrom, to go into the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the Town.
VOTED: To approve.
ARTICLE 63
Will the Town vote to purchase from the First Parish Uni- tarian Church of Scituate for the sum of $1.00 a strip of land on the northerly side of First Parish Road containing 2966 square feet and adjoining other land of the Town of Scituate, all as shown on a plan filed at the Town Clerk's Office?
VOTED: To purchase land, and to raise and appropriate $1.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 64
Will the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to deed to the First Parish Unitarian Church of Scituate for the sum of $1.00 a strip of land containing 12,345 square feet, abutting said Church property and being a part of the Tower Field, so called, as shown on a plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office?
VOTED: To so authorize.
ARTICLE 65
Will the Town under provisions of Gen. Laws, Chapter 41, Section 2, vote to increase the Board of Health to a Board of five Members, at the Annual Meeting to be held March, 1953, when there shall be elected one member to serve for two years and two members to serve for three years, and thereafter there shall be
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elected at the annual election each year, one or two members according to the number of vacancies occurring by reason of ex- piration of terms of office each new member elected to serve for the term of three years. This article, or one under any other chap- ter of Massachusetts Laws regulating the change to increase the number of Board members from three to five members on the Board of Health?
VOTED: Declared illegal by Town Counsel. Not acted upon. ARTICLE 66
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available surplus funds the sum of $3,500.00 to purchase a certain parcel of land bounded on the east by land adjacent to the Super- intendent's Office, on the north by the High School playing fields, on the west by land of Williams and on the south by land of Duffley, which land is to be used for playground purposes?
VOTED: To transfer from available funds $3,500.00, but an actual count was not taken, hence the vote became illegal and void.
The meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M.
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk
ELECTION OF OFFICERS March 9, 1953
Polls open from 6 o'clock A.M. to 8 o'clock P.M.
Presiding Election Officer: Philip S. Bailey. Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
In charge of ballot box: Don W. Freeman.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Ellen A. Craig, Barbara Tobin, Grace B. McPherson, Ruth M. Meyers, Henry D. Rohn- stock, John L. Lonergan, Charles S. Connolly.
Tellers: Paul F. Young, Norman Reddy, George E. Story, J. George Vollmer, Robert P. O'Hern, Frank W. Dowd, David W. Noonan, George W. Murphy.
Police Officers: Chief William F. Kane, Paul R. Harrigan, Walter Jones.
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Total vote: 2,592.
Moderator for One Year Philip S. Bailey Blanks
2012
580
Selectmen for Three Years
William Otis Andrews
832
Richard Damon
1024
John D. Edwards
432
Osborne A. McMorrow
269
Blanks
35
Assessor for Three Years
Paul A. Reynolds
2156
Blanks 436
Public Welfare for Three Years
Wilmot M. Brown
1663
Mary J. McCarthy
717
Blanks 212
Constables for One Year
Vote for 'Three
Francis J. Lynch
1477
William B. Pepper
1643
Dennis F. Quinn
1161
Lawson C. Vickery
1546
Blanks
1949
Water Commissioners for Three Years
Walter S. Allen
1304
Leo P. Murphy
1193
Blanks
95
Water Commissioner for Term expiring March 1954 - To fill vacancy
John R. Brown 1696
657
Blanks 239
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Luciano M. Conte
763
Roy C. Merritt
1646
Blanks 183
Board of Health for Three Years
Clifford L. Ward, Jr.
2164
Blanks 428
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School Committee for Three Years
Vote for Two
Ellen M. Sides 1054
Samuel J. Tilden 1602
Thomas F. White
888
George C. Young
947
Blanks 693
Highway Surveyor for Three Years
Matthew L. Brown
2163
Blanks 429
Planning Board of Five Years
Mark W. Murrill
2046
Blanks 546
Question #1
Shall Joseph R. Dillon, the present incumbent of the office of Collector of Taxes of the Town of Scituate, be given life tenure?
Yes 967
No 1440
Blanks 185
Question #2
Shall the Town vote that the office of Chief of the Fire Depart- ment be placed within the classified civil service in accordance with the provisions of Section 48, of Chapter 31, of the General Laws of Massachusetts?
Yes 1775
No 472
Blanks
345
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE
Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING June 22, 1953
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, there being over the required quorum of 200 in attendance, quali- fied to vote in Elections and Town Affairs held at the Scituate High School Auditorium in said Scituate on Monday, the 22nd day of June, at 8 o'clock P.M .; the meeting was called to order by Moder- ator Philip S. Bailey.
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Invocation given by Rev. Austin Rice, pastor of the Trinitarian Congregational Church.
The warrant was read by Town Clerk William M. Wade.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk were J. George Vollmer, W. Sturgis Evans, Joseph V. Feelcy, Leland Towle, George H. Tyler and John E. Bamber.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing an elementary school building on the site of the former Jenkins school and for originally equiping and furnishing said building; determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, or by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $415,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of constructing a new elementary school building on the site of the former Jenkins School and for originally equipping and furnishing said building; and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $415,000.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended 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 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yes 333. No 0. Unanimouse vote.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a cafeteria to be built in conjunction with and to be a part of the new elementary school building referred to in Article 1; determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the treasury or by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $15,227.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of constructing a cafeteria to be built in conjunction with and to be a part of the elementary school build- ing referred to in Article 1, and that to meet said appropriation the
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Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow $15,227.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan will be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yes 333. No 0. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money sufficient to com- plete the furnishing and equiping of the addition to the High School, or take any action thereon.
VOTED: That the sum of $42,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of completing and originally equipping the High School addition, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $7,000.00 be appropriated from available funds in the Treasury and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $35,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yes 335. No 0. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 4
Will the Town authorize the Town Accountant to transfer the following unused balances of special appropriations to the Excess and Deficiency Account:
Purchase of Police Car-1952 $ 77.73
Police Department-Special Officers .25
Purchase of Truck-Tree Department 305.00
Improvement-Parking Area-Peggotty Beach .25
Water Main-Kent Street .03
Bills of Previous Years (Unused balance Article
1 Special Meeting January 8, 1952) 213.61
Hawley Road-Construction and Land Damages 42.30
Land Damages-Gannet Road 699.00
Julian, Franklin and Alden Streets and Ocean
Drive-Construction and Land Damages 1,430.55
Cliff Road-Construction and Land Damages 1,438.01
Parcel-Meeting House Lane 1.00
Beach Strip-Oceanside Drive 1.00
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Investigation Committee-Elementary School 148.18
Emergency-Glades Road 6.46
$4,363.37
VOTED: To so Transfer. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 5
Will the Town vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by adding thereto the following Section:
Trailers. No automotive type trailer, whether mobile or immobile, put in place upon any land within the Town, shall be occupied for living purposes or business purposes within the Town.
VOTED: To accept amendment. Yes 296. No 11.
Approved July 27, 1953. George Fingold, Attorney General
ARTICLE 6
Will the Town vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by striking out Paragraph Number 8 of Section 3 thereof.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 7
Amendment No. 1: Will the Town vote to amend Section 6 of the Zoning By-Laws by striking out the provisions of said Section, and amend Section 2 of the Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
Lots in Two Zones
Where a boundary line between two zones divides any lot existing at the time such line is established, the regu- lations controlling the less restricted portion of such lot shall be applicable to the entire lot, provided such lot does not extend more than 25 feet within the more re- stricted zone.
Amendment No. 2: Will the Town vote to amend Section 1 of the Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end of said Section the following new paragraph:
Three subdivisions of the "A" zone are hereby estab- lished, designated as "A-l" zone, "A-2" zone, and "A-3" zone. Said zones are located and bounded as shown on a map entitled "Supplementary Zoning Map," dated May
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18, 1953, signed by the Planning Board, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, which map, together with all ex- planatory matter thereon, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this By-Law. All restrictions and regulations established by this by-law applicable to an "A" zone shall apply to an "A-1", "A-2" and "A-3" zone, alike, unless hereinafter expressly provided to the contrary.
Ammendment No. 3: Will the Town vote to further amend Section 6 of the Zoning By-Laws by inserting therein the following new paragraphs:
Lot Size Regulations for Dwellings
6-1. Lot Area and Width Requirements
In all zones, except as herein provided, no dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a lot having less area, exclusive of any part of said lot within the line of a street or way or below mean highwater, than the "Required Lot Area," or having less width, measured through that part of the dwell- ing erected or to be erected thereon where said lot is nar- rowest, than the "Required Lot Width," specified in the following table for the zone in which said lot is located:
Zone Required Lot Area
Required Lot Width "A-1" 40,000 square feet 175 feet "A-2" 20,000 square feet 125 feet "A-3" 10,000 square feet 100 feet
"B"
(10,000 square feet) 100 feet
(for each family occupying the dwelling)
6-2. Lot Frontage Requirements.
In all zones, except as herein provided, no dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street or way for a distance of at least 50 feet, or which has a width of less than 50 feet at any point be- tween the frontage street or way and the nearest part of the dwelling erected or to be erected on said lot.
6-3. Lot Size Exceptions.
Notwithstanding the lot size requirements hereinbe- fore specified, a single family detached dwelling may be erected on an existing lot having less than the required lot area, width, or frontage, provided such lot was laid out by deed or conveyance or shown on a duly recorded plan, in compliance with the by-law provisions, if any, applicable at the time of said laying out or recording.
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Amendment No. 4: Will the Town vote to amend Article V of the Building By-Laws by striking out Section 1 thereof.
Amendment No. 5: Will the Town vote to amend Section 5 of the Zoning By-Laws by changing the period at the end thercof to a comma, and adding the following:
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