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In May we started the Federal dredging on an 94,000 cubic yard project at a cost of $161,000.00. The Town paid its share which was $29,000.00 having been appropriated at a previous Special Town Meeting.
Our Foreshore Protection projects were lively discussions this year. All projects were surveyed and money for same has been secured from the State and County. The State has assured your Board of Selectmen that all of the projects surveyed will be com- pleted in 1960.
During the latter half of this year, the Board was given the opportunity of considering the advisability of a Marina and its normal facilities.
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After considerable deliberation, valuing the project as to its merit to the Town for the future, it was felt that the plans sub- mitted were acceptable and should be encouraged.
It is the unanimous hope of your Board that this planning may become a reality, as it depends on the decision of the Division of Waterways and Federal Engineers for its future existence.
Our effort to foster better government more efficiently with a minimum of expense could not be attempted without the co- operation of the many outstanding people who represent you each and every day in your Town Government.
Respectfully submitted, JACKSON E. BAILEY, Chairman ROBERT H. TILDEN LESTER J. GATES
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 2, 1959 and ADJOURNED TOWN MEETINGS March 3 and 4, 1959
A legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs was held at the High School Gymnasium in said Scituate on Monday, the second day of March, 1959 at 7:00 o'clock P.M. The meeting was called to order by Moderator John Barnard, Jr.
The warrant was read by Town Clerk William M. Wade.
The check list was used. Checkers were: Grace B. McPherson, Isabel M. Gilley, Mildred J. Kent, Elinor M. McElroy, Helen G. McDonald and Elden M. Meyers.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk were: John G. Vollmer, Joseph V. Feeley, Ralph W. Sides, Wendell W. Whittaker, Alden C. Finnie, Samuel J. Tilden, Charles M. Chase, Alden H. Mitchell, Lewis F. Wells, Jr., Ralph W. Brown, Frank L. Westerhoff, Jr., Donald H. Whittemore, Rogers W. Har- wood, William R. Hoffman, Richard S. Brown, William W. Curtis and Ralph F. McCarthy.
The invocation was given by Rev. Samuel Young.
ARTICLE 1
To hear the report of the Selectmen or other Town Officers and Standing Committees, and act thereon.
VOTED: That reports of the Selectmen and other Town Offi- cers and Standing Committees be read and accepted as printed in the Town Report, and to hear the reports of any Committees wishing to report. Report of Marina Committee was read by Jackson E. Bailey and accepted.
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ARTICLE 2
To choose all the necessary Town Officers other than those elected by ballot, viz: Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark, two or more Field Drivers, one Poundkeeper.
VOTED: Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark: Russell L. Fish.
Field Drivers: Ernest M. Damon and Lawson C. Vickery.
Poundkeeper: Augustus L. Abbott.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Wel- fare to contract at their discretion for support of the Town's poor, or act thereon.
VOTED: To so authorize.
ARTICLE 4
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 January 1, 1960 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: That the Town 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 January 1, 1960 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 G. L. Chapter 44, Sec. 17. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 5
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: Yes.
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ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shellfish and seaworms 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. or take action in relation thereto.
VOTED: To so authorize. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 7
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the 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.
ARTICLE 8
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000.00 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available funds, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate $22,000.00 to the Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $32,206.90 to cover the expenses and disbursements of the Retire- ment Systems and Pensions for 1959 or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $32,206.90.
ARTICLE 10
To see if the Town will approve the recommendation of the Personnel Board to amend the Classification and Salary Plan, to be effective as of January 1, 1959, as follows:
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SCHEDULE I
Weekly rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees in the following group whose pay is based on this schedule. Annual rates are shown here only for convenience - at the weekly rate times 52.
Min Rate
2nd Rate
3rd Rate
4th Rate
Max. Rate
S-6
Weekly
$ 40.85
$ 41.90
$ 42.95
$ 44.00
$ 45.05
Annual
2,124.20
2,178.80
2,233.40
2,288.00
2,342.60
S-8
Weekly
46.10
47.15
48.20
49.25
50.30
Annual
2,397.20
2,451.80
2,506.40
2,561.00
2,615.60
S-10
Weekly
51.35
52.40
53.45
54.50
55.55
Annual
2,670.20
2,724.80
2,779.40
2,834.00
2,888.60
S-14
Weekly
56.60
57.65
58.70
59.75
60.80
Annual
2,943.20
2,997.80
3,052.40
3,107.00
3,161.60
Annual rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees in the following group whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the annual rate divided by 52.
S-4
Weekly
$
38.35
$ 40.37
$ 42.38
$ 44.40
$ 46.42
Annual
1,884.00
2,099.00
2,204.00
2,309.00
2,414.00
Annual
2,834.00
2,939.00
3,044.00
3,149.00
3,254.00
S-16
Weekly
78.73
82.83
86.94 58.54
60.56
62.58
Annual
4,094.00
4,306.00
4,521.00
4,521.00
S-18
Weekly
97.29
99.35
101.42
103.50
105.46
Annual
5,059.00
5,166.00
5,274.00
5,382.00
5,484.00
S-20
Weekly
95.21
98.33
101.42
104.48
107.44
Annual
4,951.00
5,113.00
5,274.00
5,433.00
5,587.00
S-22
Weekly
129.12
135.04
140.94
146.87
152.77
Annual
6,714.00
7,022.00
7,329.00
7,637.00
7,944.00
SCHEDULE II
Hourly rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees in the following group whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the hourly rate times 40.
W-1
Hourly
$ 1.63
$ 1.63
$
$
$ 1.63
W-2
Hourly
1.68
1.68
1.68
Weekly
67.20
67.20
67.20
W-4
Hourly
1.89
1.94
1.94
Weekly
75.60
77.60
77.60
W-6
Hourly
1.94
2.00
2.00
Weekly
74.60
80.00
80.00
W-8
Hourly
2.05
2.11
2.11
Weekly
82.00
84.40
84.40
W-10
Hourly
2.05
2.16
2.16
Weekly
82.00
86.40
86.40
W-14 Hourly
2.22
2.32
2.32
Weekly
88.80
92.80
92.80
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86.94
S-12
Weekly
54.50
56.52
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Annual rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees in the following group whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the annual rate divided by 52.
W-12 Weekly
$ 78.73
$ 80.75
$ 82.83
$ 84.87 4,413.00
$ 86.94
Annual
4,094.00
4,199.00
4,306.00
4,521.00
W-16 Weekly
87.98
89.00
91.08
93.15
95.21
Annual
4,575.00
4,628.00
4,736.00
4,844.00
4,951.00
W-18 Weekly
96.26
97.29
98.33
99.35
100.40
Annual
5,006.00
5,059.00
5,113.00
5,166.00
5,221.00
W-20 Weekly
111.39
113.35
115.33
117.29
Annual
5,792.00
5,894.00
5,997.00
6,099.00
119.27 6,202.00
SCHEDULE III
Annual rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the annual rate divided by 52.
PF-1 Weekly
$ 78.73
$ 80.75
$ 82.83
$ 84.87
$ 86.94
Annual
4,094.00
4,199.00
4,306.00
4,413.00
4,521.00
PF-2
Weekly
87.98
89.00
91.08
93.15
95.21
Annual
4,575.00
4,628.00
4,736.00
4,844.00
4,951.00
PF-3
Weekly
96.26
97.29
98.33
99.35
100.40
Annual
5,006.00
5,059.00
5,113.00
5,166.00
5,221.00
PF-4
Weekly
101.72
102.46
103.50
104.48
105.46
Annual
5,274.00
5,328.00
5,382.00
5,433.00
5,484.00
PF-5
Weekly
115.33
117.29
119.27
121.23
123.21
Annual
5,997.00
6,099.00
6,202.00
6,304.00
6,407.00
SCHEDULE IV
Change only the classifications paid at an hourly rate, as follows:
Engineer's Aide - 1
$2.15 per hour
Police Officer - part time
1.70 per hour
Engineer's Aide - 2
1.60 per hour
Police Matron
1.60 per hour
Assistant Librarian - part time
1.30 per hour
Librarian Aides - part time
.80 per hour
VOTED: That the Town amend the Classification and Salary Plan, to be effective as of January 1, 1959, as written in the Town Warrant under Article 10. Yes 746 No 381
ARTICLE 11
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Classification and Salary Plan by deleting Schedule I, II, and III thereof and sub- stitute therefor new Schedules I, II and III, to be effective as of January 1, 1959 as follows:
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SCHEDULE I
Min. Rate
2nd Rate
3rd Rate
4th Rate
Max. Rate
S-6
Weekly
$ 44.62
$ 45.67
$ 46.72
$ 47.77
$ 48.82
S-8
Weekly
49.87
50.92
51.97
53.02
54.07
S-10
Weekly
55.12
56.17
57.22
58.27
59.32
S-14
Weekly
60.37
61.42
62.47
63.52
64.57
S-4
Annual
2,190.00
2,285.00
2,400.00
2,505.00
2,610.00
S-12
Annual
3,030.00
3,135.00
3,240.00
3,345.00
3,450.00
S-16
Annual
4,290.00
4,500.00
4,710.00
4,710.00
S-18
Annual
5,235.00
5,340.00
5,445.00
5,550.00
5,650.00
S-20
Annual
5,130.00
5,288.00
5,445.00
5,600.00
5,750.00
S-22
Annual
6,850.00
7,150.00
7,450.00
7,750.00
8,050.00
SCHEDULE II
W-1
Hourly
$ 1.73
$
$
$
$ 1.73
W-2
Hourly
1.78
1.78
W-4
Hourly
1.99
2.04
W-6
Hourly
2.04
2.10
W-8
Hourly
2.15
2.20
W-10
Hourly
2.15
2.25
W-14 Hourly
2.31
2.41
W-12 Annual
4,290.00
4,395.00
4,500.00
4,605.00
4,710.00
W-16 Annual
4,763.00
4,815.00
4,920.00
5,205.00
5,130.00
W-18 Annual
5,183.00
5,235.00
5,288.00
5,340.00
5,393.00
W-20 Annual
5,950.00
6,050.00
6,150.00
6,250.00
6,350.00
PF-1
Annual
4,290.00
4,395.00
4,500.00
4,605.00
4,710.00
SCHEDULE III
PF-2 Annual
$4,763.00
$4,815.00
$4,920.00
$5,025.00
$5,130.00
PF-3 Annual
5,183.00
5,235.00
5,288.00
5,340.00
5,393.00
PF-4 Annual
5,445.00
5,498.00
5,550.00
5,600.00
6,650.00
PF-5 Annual
6,150.00
6.250.00
6,350.00
6,450.00
6,550.00
VOTED: Yes 352
No 867
ARTICLE 12
Will the Town vote to establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers or act thereon:
VOTED: That the Town establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers as printed in the 1959 requests of the Report of the Advisory Committee except that the reference of the Park Commissioners be deleted.
Selectmen: Chairman $1,815.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $847.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Board of Public Welfare: Chairman $650.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $440.00 each and legitimate expenses.
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This sum shall include their charges for all services performed by them and either of them.
Assessors: Chairman $1,750.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $1,500.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Highway Surveyor: $5,900.00.
Town Collector: $5,100.00 and legitimate expenses. All de- mand fees accrue to the Town.
Town Treasurer: $5,000.00 and legitimate expenses.
Tree Warden: $484.00.
Town Clerk: $2,520.00 and legitimate expenses.
Board of Health: Secretary $847.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $484.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Water Commissioners: Chairman $423.50 and legitimate ex- penses. Other members $363.00 each and legitimate expenses.
Moderator: None.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, such sums of money as may be necessary to defray expenses estimated for the year 1959 and make appropriations for the following departments:
Moderator
None
Advisory Committee
$ 1,050.00
Personnel Board
240.00
Planning Board
1,432.00
Selectmen
8,500.00
Town Treasurer
7,985.00
Town Collector
16,397.00
Town Accountant
11,415.00
Board of Assessors
15,657.00
Certification of Notes
50.00
Law
3,634.00
Engineering Department
11,970.00
Town Clerk
5,694.00
Elections and Registrations, Town Meetings
3,650.00
Town Hall
8,760.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
600.00
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Public Buildings
103,693.00
Fire Department
190,864.00
Forest Fires
3,300.00
Police Department
146,633.00
Town Ambulance
1.500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
745.00
Building Inspector
5,485.00
Wire Inspector
1,700.00
Dog Officer
198.00
Tree Warden
7,169.00
Moth Extermination
8,400.00
Elm Tree Beetle
2,080.00
Roadside Brush Cutting
2,700.00
Dutch Elm Tree Disease
9,380.00
Civilian Defense
11,162.00
Health Department
39,140.00
Greenhead Fly and Midge Control
1,928.00
Highway Department
153,855.00
Snow Removal
35,000.00
Street Lightings and Traffic Beacons
25,745.00
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance
16,030.00
Old Age Assistance
92,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.00
Director of Veterans' Services
3,850.00
Soldiers' Benefits
15,900.00
School Department
873,586.00
Allen Memorial Library
20,261.00
Peirce Memorial Library
10,000.00
Park Department
21,379.00
Water Department
114,150.00
Maturing Debt and Interest
314,516.00
Memorial Day
1,075.00
Veterans' Day
60.00
Unclassified
8,025.00
Bounties
50.00
Annuity and Veterans' Pensions
6,888.00
Control of Shellfish
3,800.00
Insurance
38,520.00
Public Landings
6,475.00
Grand Total
$2,298,742.00
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate under this Article those amounts as recommended by the Advisory Committee
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as amended, each amount as a segregated and separate amount and, except as specifically voted by the Town, that no transfer shall be made from any such separate and segregated amount to any other amount either within or outside the amounts allocated to the same department; and further that no amounts shall be payable to any person hereunder for expenses except upon presentment of a voucher signed by such person itemizing in detail such expenses.
Voted to raise and appropriate:
Moderator
$ 00.00
Advisory Committee
1,050.00
Personnel Board
240.00
Planning Board
1,432.00
Selectmen, salaries
3,509.00
Clerk, salary
2,623.00
Executive Secretary, salary
400.00
Expenses
2,072.00
Town Treasurer, salary
5,000.00
Clerk, salary
1,350.00
Expenses
1,635.00
Town Collector, salary
5,100.00
Clerks, salaries
6,985.00
Expenses
4,592.00
Town Accountant, salary
5,484.00
Clerks, salaries
5,399.00
Expenses
874.00
Board of Assessors, salaries
4,750.00
Clerks, salaries
6,885.00
Expenses
2,800.00
Certification of Notes
50.00
Town Counsel, salary
3,000.00
Expenses
634.00
Town Engineer, salary
7,944.00
Engineering Assistance
3,300.00
Expenses
920.00
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Town Clerk, salary
2,520.00
Clerk, salary
2,623.00
Expenses
655.00
Elections, Registrations, Town Meetings
3,650.00
Town Hall, expenses
8,760.00
Zoning Board of Appeals, expenses
600.00
Public Buildings, expenses
6,659.00
Fire Department: Chief's salary Salaries of Others
171,249.00
Equipment, maintenance and repairs Other expenses
12,150.00
5,295.00
Forest Fires, expenses
3,300.00
Police Department: Chief's salary
6,407.00
Salaries of Others
116,116.00
Special Officers and overtime
6,485.00
School Traffic Supervisors
3,000.00
Equipment, maintenance and repairs
12,255.00
Other expenses
5,382.00
Town Ambulance, expenses
1,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary Expenses
140.00
Building Inspector, salary
4,520.00
Expenses
1,075.00
Wire Inspector, salary
1,200.00
Expenses
500.00
Dog Officer, salary
138.00
Expenses
60.00
Tree Warden, salary
484.00
Expenses
6,822.00
Moth Extermination
8,555.00
Elm Tree Beetle
2,110.00
Roadside Brush Cutting
2,753.00
Dutch Elm Tree Disease
9,505.00
Civilian Defense
1,264.00
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Pelrce Memorial Library No. Scituate, Mass.
605.00
6,407.00
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Board of Health, salaries Expenses
1,815.00
37,325.00
Greenhead Fly and Midge Control
1,928.00
Highway Surveyor, salary
6,250.00
Clerk, salary
2,363.00
Bituminous Patching
16,000.00
Drainage
17,500.00
Street Cleaning
10,500.00
Surface Treatment and Resurfacing
35,000.00
Roads - General
20,000.00
Equipment Maintenance
13,000.00
Sidewalks
3,000.00
Other Expenses
30,850.00
Purchase - Car
1,000.00
Snow Removal, expenses
35,000.00
Street Lighting and Traffic Beacons
25,745.00
Board of Public Welfare, salaries
1,530.00
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance-Relief Disability Assistance and Public Welfare-Admin- istrative
500.00
Old Age Assistance, Relief
86,000.00
Administrative
6,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief Administrative
None
1,500.00
Director of Veterans' Services, salary
925.00
Expenses
200.00
Veterans' Agent, salary
925.00
Expenses
600.00
Soldiers' Benefits, expenses
15,900.00
School Department, current expenses Vocational Education
7,787.00
Repairs and Replacement
17,898.00
Libraries
5,200.00
Transportation
54,475.00
Capital Outlay
2,255.00
Special
9,700.00
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765,605.00
14,000.00
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Allen Memorial Library, salaries Expenses
11,889.00
8,825.00
Peirce Memorial Library, salaries Expenses
5,933.00
4,275.00
Park Department, Maintenance Expenses
3,000.00
Operating Expenses
18,747.00
Water Department, Commissioners' Salaries
1,150.00
Superintendent's salary
6,201.00
Clerical, salaries
4,893.00
Temporary Inspector, salary (except regular em- ployee)
750.00
Salaries of Others
31,553.00
Power and Light
9,000.00
Water Purchase
4,158.00
Service Supplies
9,000.00
Main Supplies
13,000.00
Property Maintenance
1,700.00
Exploration
8,000.00
Other Expenses
25,874.00
Maturing Debt
196,000.00
Reduction of Debt on Water Loans
42,000.00
Interest Except on Water Loans
58,830.00
Interest on Water Loans
4,686.00
Interest - Anticipation of Revenue
13,000.00
Memorial Day, expenses
1,075.00
Veterans' Day, expenses
60.00
Unclassified
8,025.00
Bounties
50.00
Annuity (Ch. 32, Sec. 89, G. L. as amended)
2,800.00
Veterans' Pensions
4,088.00
Clam Warden, salary Expenses
3,200.00
Group Insurance
19,500.00
Insurance, other
600.00
21,520.00
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Harbormaster, salary
2,000.00
Assistant Harbormaster, salary
360.00
Expenses
4,115.00
ARTICLE 14
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $125.00 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 $125.00.
ARTICLE 15
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2100.00 and to authorize the Selectmen to purchase a boat and equipment for patrolling Scituate Harbor.
VOTED: No.
ARTICLE 16
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,125 for manning and operating a uniformed police patrol in Scituate Harbor during the boating season under the supervision of the Chief of the Scituate Police Department.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 17
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,600.00 to provide for Lifeguards and certain necessary equip- ment, or act thereon:
1. Sand Hills $1300.00
2. Humarock 1300.00
$2600.00
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,600.00.
ARTICLE 18
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $8,900.00 for Scituate to continue as a member of the South Shore
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Mosquito Control Project, said sum to include the amount which may be assessed against the Town for Mosquito Control (Chapter 112, Acts of 1931), or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $8,900.00.
ARTICLE 19
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00) for the purchase of a new forest fire truck and equipment, and authorize the Forest Warden in co-operation with the Selectmen to sell the present 1930 Model A Ford, or use the same for trade in value on the purchase?
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $6,500.00.
ARTICLE 20
To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to raze and demolish the present Hatherly School building, Country Way, North Scituate, and will raise and appropriate a sum of money for this purpose, the site of the present Hatherly School to be reserved for future schoolhouse construction.
VOTED: Yes, and to raise and appropriate $1,370.00.
ARTICLE 21
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. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 22
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, sums of money for the following purposes:
a. For the purpose of razing the old Town Hall.
b. For the purpose of making alterations to the old high school building.
c. For the purpose of constructing a new ten-room addition to the old high school building and for originally equipping and furnishing said addition, and determine whether the
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money shall be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
VOTED: (a) That the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of razing the old town hall; (b) that the sum of $10,700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of making alterations to the old high school building; (c) that the sum of $224,300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing a new ten-room addition to the old high school build- ing and for originally equipping and furnishing said addition, and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $2,213.58 be raised in the tax levy of the current year and the sum of $4,086.42 be transferred from available funds and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $218,000 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 twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yes 846 No 26
ARTICLE 23
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing on land owned by the Town a new senior high school building and for originally equip- ping and furnishing said building, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, or take any action thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $1,580.00 be appropriated for the purpose of constructing on land owned by the Town a new senior high school building 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 $1,580.00 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 twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yes 842 No 68
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ARTICLE 24
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for the purpose of enlarging the Allen Memorial Library by removing interior structures.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00.
ARTICLE 25
To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner pro- vided by Sec. 29 of Chapter 29 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 tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbor, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, 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: That the Town assume liability in the manner pro- vided by Sec. 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws for all dam- ages to property suffered by any person by any taking of land or of any rights, interest or easement therein within the Town by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth for the improvement of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along public beaches within the jurisdiction of the Town, and further to authorize the Selectmen to execute a form of agreement furnished by the Department of Public Works indemnifying the Commonwealth against claims for such damages.
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