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(By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 48. To see if the town will accept and allow as a town way, Cotton Street, from Standish Avenue west- erly, approximately 295 feet, to the easterly line of a pri- vate way, known as Braunecker Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for land and property damages and expense of acquiring titles. (By petition)
The Committee recommends favorable action and the appropriation of $100.00.
Article 49. To see if the Town will accept as a gift from Annie Baumgartner a parcel of land, containing approxi- mately 11,480 square feet on Taylor Avenue, in that part of Plymouth known as Manomet, and shown as Lot No. 151 on a plan by Delano and Keith, dated November 25, 1931, and filed at the Assessors' Office, Plymouth, as Plan No. 4804A3, to be used for a public parking space.
The Committee recommends favorable action by the Town.
Article 50. To see if the Town will appropriate and place in the hands of the Selectmen the sum of three thou- sand (3,000) dollars, as its contribution toward the build- ing of 450 feet of riprap at Warren's Cove by the State Department of Public Works, if and when the abutters contribute three thousand (3,000) dollars and the State six thousand (6,000) dollars.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
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Article 51. To see what action the Town will take with reference to renaming, as Stephens Lane, the lower part of Fremont Street, from the intersection of Union Street.
(By request)
The Committee recommends that the lower part of Fre- mont Street, from the intersection of Union Street, be re- named as Stephens Lane.
Article 52. To see what action the Town will take with reference to renaming that section of Warren Avenue, leaving the State Highway opposite the Golf Links and running to the White Horse Road. (By request)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action. (This road was laid out by the Plymouth County Commissioners in 1874 and 1876 as Rocky Hill Road. We have no record that the name has ever been changed.)
Article 53. To see what action the Town will take with reference to renaming that section of Warren Avenue, from the junction of White Horse Road and Warren Av- enue to the State Highway at Manomet Four Corners.
The Committee recommends that the section of road mentioned in this article be renamed White Horse Road.
Article 54. To see if the Town will accept as a gift from Neil McIntosh a small triangular parcel of land, lying at the intersection of Robbins Hill Road and White Horse Road, in that part of Plymouth known as Manomet, be- ing on the southeasterly side of Robbins Hill Road and the northerly side of White Horse Road.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept this land as a gift, for highway purposes, as it has already been made a part of the two roads named by rounding off the corner at the intersection.
Article 55. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to lease or purchase, in the name and behalf of the Town, land for a dump and make an appropriation therefor.
The land which the Board of Health has in view is the
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property of Plymouth County and lies westerly of the County Farm in the vicinity of the Wethers place. The Committee has been given to understand that it can be purchased for a very low price and that there are no objections to its use as a public dump. We recommend favorable action and the appropriation of $100.00.
Article 56. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars, to be used by a committee consisting of the members of the town planning board and five additional members to be appointed by the Town Moderator, for the purpose of making a complete eco- nomic study of the town, said committee to report its find- ings and recommendations at the next annual town meet- ing, with a view of improving general economic conditions of the town.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 57. To see what action the Town will take with reference to adopting a Zoning Law for the Town.
The Committee recommends that the Town adopt some form of zoning by-law. We are not conversant with nor have we been asked to consider or recommend on any particular plans or regulations.
Article 58. To see if the Town will amend the By-Laws by adding to the Building Regulations thereof the follow- ing new section:
"Section 29A. Glass Dead Eyes. The first floor of every mercantile establishment and store shall be equipped with glass dead eyes in the location and of the type determined by the Fire Commissioner of the Town of Plymouth, to be installed in a manner satisfactory to the building in- spector. This section shall not apply to existing buildings until after the expiration of six months from the date upon which it takes effect."
The Committee recommends that the proposed Section 29A be adopted by the Town.
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Article 59. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred (200) dollars for erecting markers on un- marked historical points about the town, said money to be expended by the Selectmen.
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action under this article. We approve the purpose but understand it will be taken care of without this appro- priation being made.
Article 60. To see if the Town will instruct the Ad- visory and Finance Committee to prepare and submit to the Town, in the printed reports for the 1941 and all subse- quent annual town meetings, a list of the regular annual apropriations, so arranged that there shall be two separate appropriations for each department or office. The first to be for the total of all salaries or personal services, other than labor payrolls, and the second for the total of all other departmental expenses, including labor payrolls. No transfers to be allowed from one of these appropria- tions to the other. Also that any contemplated outlay for departmental equipment in the amount of four hundred (400) dollars or more shall be set forth in the list of appropriations and subject to a separate vote.
The Committee recommends favorable action on this article which was inserted in the warrant on our request.
To save time in the town meeting we present the reasons for this article and something in the way of explanation.
It is evident from the various articles that have appear- ed on petitions in the warrants for two or three years that there is an increasing determination for more control by the voters over the salaries paid to town officers and employees. Our town naturally is not alone in this.
Through a questionnaire sent to about twenty Massa- chusetts towns approximating our population, we find that nearly two-thirds of them are using this method, which is generally termed "Segregated Budget." Many of these same towns also have representative town government
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which would tend to expedite the voting on the consider- ably increased number of regular department appropria- tions. There are, however, several towns where divided appropriations have been voted on in open town meetings for many years.
With a single appropriation for each department as at present, a reduction made in town meeting may be ab- sorbed in several ways. By reducing salaries (except those of elected officers as fixed by vote of the Town)- by re- ducing labor payrolls-by neglecting or postponing re- pairs and replacements-or such combinations of any of these as may be determined by the board or officer in con- trol of the appropriation.
With separate appropriations, as provided for in the article, any reduction voted must be taken care of in the appropriation at which it is directed and cannot be divert- ed. In those departments where the employed force is numerous, the compensation of individuals will still re- main in the control of the board elected for that purpose, as provided by law.
Article 61. Will the Town approve and instruct all heads of all town departments to insert yearly in the annual town report a complete list of all town employees under their jurisdiction with their yearly compensation.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 62. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the compensation of Town Laborers.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 63. Will the Town approve and instruct the various town boards and the heads of all town depart- ments that in the future all purchases amounting to $50.00 or over must be put out on a competitive bid basis except
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in an emergency. Order must be given to the lowest bid- der.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 64. To see what action the Town will take re- garding the following buildings and land formerly used for school purposes and at the present time vacant:
1. Knapp School and lot of land.
2. Old High School and lot of land.
3. Oak Street School and lot of land.
4. Wellingsley School and lot of land. (By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 65. Will the Town approve and direct the fol- lowing Boards: Board of Selectmen; Board of Public Wel- fare; and the Planning Board; to get all of the necessary facts and figures available from the Federal Government pertaining to a low cost Federal Housing plan for the Town of Plymouth and report its findings and recom- mendations to the voters at the next annual town meeting. (By petition)
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 66. Will the Town approve of a medical clinic to be located at the Old High School Building on Lincoln Street for the purpose of caring for all relief cases in the Town of Plymouth and authorize and empower the Board of Health, Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Welfare to regulate and supervise as a joint board this clinic and appropriate the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars to operate the same for one year? (By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 67. Will the Town instruct the Board of Health and the School Department to move their present rooms in the Governor Bradford Building to the Old High School
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Building on Lincoln Street and also request the Supt. of Schools to move his present office in Town Square to a room in the new High School. (By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the Town of Plymouth by inserting the fol- lowing new section:
That in the future all Town Officers shall pay all fees received by them by virtue of their office into the Town Treasury as according to Section 21, Number 13, Ordi- nances By-Laws and Regulations General Laws of Massa- chusetts, Chapter 40.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends favorable action by the Town.
Article 69. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars, to be added to money already appropriated and to be paid, together with money which may hereafter be appropriated, to the State Treas- urer, all of said moneys to be expended for the improve- ment of Plymouth Harbor, only in the event that the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts makes available for such purpose a sum, at least equal to the total contribution of the Town, and the United States of America makes available for such purpose a sum, at least equal to the total contributions of the Town of Plymouth and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 70. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to have enacted legislation to provide for a Public Safety Commissioner for the Town of Plymouth to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen for a term of (3) years at an annual salary not to exceed ($5,000.00) Five Thousand dollars. (By petition)
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The Committee recommends favorable action by the Town. To avoid confusion in the minds of the voters, we call attention to the wording of both Articles 70 and 71. Neither of these articles provides, nor could provide, for the acceptance of its policy at this time. They present conflicting plans both of which require the enactment of special legislation and the acceptance of either one would, we assume, be submitted in the form of a question on the ballot at a subsequent town election. We see no incon- sistency in our recommendation for favorable action on both articles at this time.
Article 71. To see if the Town will instruct the Moder- ator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and re- port to a special town meeting to be called not later than October 1, 1940, on the advisability of establishing in the town an unpaid Public Safety Commission of three mem- bers, one of whom is to be appointed by the Selectmen, the remaining members to be appointed as the committee may determine. Said commission shall have all powers of appointment and removal of the Fire Commissioner, Police Commissioner or Chief of Police, as the case may be. The Committee shall report its recommendations to the end that legislation be sought to accomplish such pur- pose. (By petition)
The Committee recommends favorable action by the Town.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote that a Com- mittee to consist of the Chairman of the Plymouth School Committee and fourteen other citizens to be appointed by the Moderator, shall hereby be authorized and request- ed to make a thorough study of the value, etc., to the Town of Plymouth of a so-called Vocational School, also the future use of the so-called Old High School House by the Town and to report their findings and suggestions to the Town not later than the next Annual Town Meeting.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends favorable action by the Town.
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Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to change the date of future Annual Town Meetings, excepting that part devoted to the election of Town Officers upon the Official Ballot, to the second Monday in February at seven thirty o'clock in the evening. (By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to adopt as a Standing Vote the following:
No vote involving the expenditure of any sum of money shall be reconsidered at the same Meeting, including its adjourned parts, at which it is passed unless Public notice of the intention to move such reconsideration be given within thirty minutes of the passage of such vote, the Town Clerk shall note in writing the passage of such vote and also the time when the notice of reconsideration is given.
(By petition)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Respectfully submitted,
ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Daniel F. Mulcahy, Chairman; Henry Mengoli, Edmund T. Morton, John N. Scheid, Henry O. Walton, William H. Armstrong, Adams W. Bartelli, Porter T. Harlow, Raymond E. Miskelly, Clement A. Briggs, Paul H. Manion, Milton R. Millman, John H. Murray, Robert J. Tubbs.
Attested: Elmer R. Harlow, Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD of SELECTMEN
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1620.
CH
For the Year Ending December 31, 1940
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The report of the Selectmen from year to year neces- sitates a great many repetitions and it is very difficult to report in detail all the business under the jurisdiction of our Board. Therefore we would suggest, if you are interested in the departments which come immediately under the Selectmen, that you look up their reports elsewhere in this book.
The financial condition of the town is one of which we can well be proud, but, in order to retain that standing we urge all departments to continue the same policies that they have followed in recent years.
While the amount of people working on the W.P.A. has been substantially reduced, the cost of the various proj- ects has increased, as the federal government now requires a contribution of 25% on all projects. The largest project, and perhaps the most important one in operation at the present time, is the Intercepting Sewer, which is expected to continue for about another year. The cost of this project will be much larger than had been antici- pated, owing to the conditions of very wet digging and the tremendous amount of water that must be pumped.
The usual amount of conferences and hearings with the departments of the State and County governments have taken place, those of primary importance being the dredg- ing of the harbor and road work.
The quarters of the various departments have been inspected from time to time and found to be in satisfactory condition. Very few complaints have been reported with the Board regarding the liquor question and the revenue is about the same from this source as in former years.
Without question the Defense Program will bring about
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substantial changes in traffic, which without doubt will necessitate the Town furnishing more money for police protection. While it will be impossible to state at the annual town meeting just what will be expected, we think that it is very probable that a special town meeting will have to be called to take care of this very important matter.
JAMES A. WHITE, HOWARD M. DOUGLAS, JAMES T. FRAZIER, WILLIAM H. BARRETT, JOHN A. ARMSTRONG, Board of Selectmen.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit a report of the work done in the Street and Sewer Departments from January 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1940.
SEWERS
50' of 8" pipe was laid to extend the Main Sewer on Brookside Avenue. All sewer manholes have been cleaned and many raised to the present road grade. The Main Sewers on streets have been dragged and tree roots removed.
STREET CLEANING
The usual work of street cleaning has been carried out this year. Catchbasins have been cleaned and new ones built.
ASPHALT SIDEWALKS
Approximately 9,480 sq. yds. of Hot-Mixed sidewalks were laid on various streets in the north and south parts of the town. On streets where cement curbing was laid by W.P.A. labor, the old sidewalk had to be replaced with a new top surface and brought up to grade.
HARD-SURFACED STREETS
On 12 streets, the old surface was scarified, brought up to grade with gravel and a new surface of 2" stone and K. P. tar, with a seal coat of sand and tar. 6 streets were resurfaced with 1/2" stone and tar, mixed-in-place and rolled. A 2" top of asphalt pre-mixed material was ap-
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plied on the Standish Ave. Bridge to stop the loose planks from rumbling.
SPECIAL BUDGET
Long Pond Road and Sandwich Road, approximately 1 mile of new tar surface was applied on each of these roads. The old road bed was scarified 6" deep and the material was removed to the side of the road. A tack coat of cut- back tar was applied to the surface. The 6" of material was brought back to the center of the road and sprayed with 1 gallon of tar, per sq. yd., and mixed-in-place with the grader. The material was then put in place and brought up to grade and rolled.
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS AND CURB
600 lineal feet of cement curb and 475 sq. yds. of cement sidewalks were laid on Court St. and Allerton St. ( One set of cement steps were placed at Priscilla Beach Road where a new sidewalk was laid by the W.P.A. 16 cement slabs were replaced on different streets in town that were broken up by tree roots.
NEW GRADER
A Galion grader was purchased this year and has worked out very satisfactorily on the mixed-in-place con- struction, roads. Approximately 3 miles of this type of road was constructed this year.
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD
Approximately 11/2 miles of mixed-in-place top, con- sisting of tar and gravel, 4" thick, was laid on two sections of this road. This application completes the road between Sparrows Hill and Plymouth and Carver Line.
IMPROVED SECONDARY ROADS AND STRUCTURES
Water St .- A new drainage system was laid from the State Pier to the Town Pier, including all side roads and
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new catchbasins installed. A 4" stone base with a 2" Type I top will be laid in 1941. Seven Hills Road, Carver Road and Long Pond Road, these roads are to be widened and a 4" mixed-in-place base and top will be constructed in 1941. The Federal Government furnishing the labor and the town the material and supervision on these projects.
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
9 miles of cement curbing and 5 miles of asphalt side- walks have been laid on streets in the north and south parts of the town. The Federal Government furnished the labor and the town the material, under the supervision of the Highway Department.
Lines and grades for streets and sewers have been sup- plied by our Town Engineer, Arthur E. Blackmer, and records of same kept on file.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER C. CHANDLER, Supt. of Streets and Sewers.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
Births, Deaths, Marriages
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Town of Plymouth
1820.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1940
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1940
Jan. 1. Wallace S. Nightingale and Mary Edwina Lewis, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 6. George H. Sampson and Catherine H. Granger, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 7. Amando Fortini and Louise F. Zobbi, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 7. Peter Corvini and Madeline Bernardo, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 8. Frank L. Miller of Nova Scotia and Isabel A. :
Weir of Portland, Me., married in Plymouth.
Jan. 20. John DeFelice of Plymouth and Dorothy M. Garuti of Kingston, married in Kingston, Mass.
Jan. 27. Frank L. Buckingham and Lillian M. Wall, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 27. Alfred J. Furtado and Mary C. Furtado, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 30. Frederick Gilman Mower of Northampton, Mass. and Ella Jane Hale of Plymouth, married in Boston, Mass.
Feb. 3. William A. Bent of Kingston and Eva Cecelia Ruprecht of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Feb. 9. Roy Ahlquist of Duxbury and Barbara Schneider of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Feb. 13. Harold F. Barnett of Plymouth and Jane G. Bishop of Avon, married in Avon.
Feb. 17. Albert W. Enos and Marietta B. Sears, both of Plymouth.
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Feb. 18. Carleton F. Rose and Ruth Whiting, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 22. William L. Zoccolante of Kingston and Doris V. Marshall of Plymouth, married in Kingston, Mass.
Feb. 22. Samuel Lenoci of Whitman and Mary Elizabeth Chor of Brockton, married in Plymouth.
Feb. 28. Lawrence H. Terry and Ellen M. Sampson, both of Plymouth, married in Boston, Mass.
Mar. 2. William F. Sherman of Plymouth and Mary Rouding of Wellesley, married in Brookline, Mass.
Mar. 3. Edward H. LaFleur of Duxbury and Frances B. Johnson of Plymouth, married in Kingston, Mass.
Mar. 8. John G. Thimas and' Lillian M. Andrews, both of Plymouth, married in Kingston, Mass.
Mar. 12. William Davie Neil Dickson and Florence Claire DeFelice, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 23. Frank A. Raymond of Belleville, N. J. and Grace F. Raymond of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 24. William R. Ketchen of Plymouth and Marian E. Wyman of Whitman, married in Whitman, Mass.
Mar. 29. Roger W. Holden of Kingston and Maria Ga- voni of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 30. Feraldo J. Maloni of Kingston, and Eleanor V. Alberghini of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 30. Edward James Tavares and Adeline M. Pi- mental, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 31. Ralph F. Goodwin and Marie M. Roncarati, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 2. George Francis Lemoine and Thelma Mabel Cook, both of Plymouth, married in Kingston, Mass.
Apr. 5. Manuel Costa of Plymouth and Dorothy F. Al- fonse of Fall River, Mass., married in Fall River, Mass.
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Apr. 6. Robert B. Wilson of Jersey City, N. J. and A. Ruth Barlous of Trenton, N. J .. married in Plymouth.
Apr. 6. John A. Maini and Margaret A. Wirzburger, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 6. John F. Cronshaw of Dorchester and Evelyn M. Sloan of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 6. Clifford H. Vickery of Wareham and Helen F. Kiernan of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 8. Francis R. Martin and Mary Julia Pina, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 12. Richard S. Keough and Janet S. Scanland, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 13. Alvin R. Tavares and Angelina Malaguti, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 14. Robert F. Proffetty and Louise M. Nicoli, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 14. Columbo P. Pedrini and Doris A. Pederzani, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 19. Chester John Leonardi of Plymouth and Edith Mary Govoni of New Bedford, married in New Bed- ford, Mass.
Apr. 19. Arthur Philip Pacheco of Wareham and Aune Irene Halunen of Carver, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 19. John W. Searles and Mary B. Deans, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 20. Joseph D. Greco of Taunton and Alice M. Baru- faldi of Plymouth, married in Boston, Mass.
Apr. 27. Joseph P. Shea and Lena Mary Atti, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 27. Ellis Banker Wood and Virginia Louise Young, both of Plymouth.
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Apr. 28. Balmon Earle Pimental of Plymouth and Miche- lina Margaret Micciche of Scituate, married in Scitu- ate, Mass.
Apr. 28. Richard C. Holmes and Angela R. Tavernelli. both of Pymouth.
Apr. 30. Joseph Scagliarini and Elizabeth Ann Guida- boni, both of Plymouth.
May 4. Frank Andrews and Olivia Geraldine Pina, both of Plymouth.
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