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Article fifty-eight:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town continue the 7-member committee appointed under authority of Article 37 of the annual Town Meeting of March 26, 1949, for continued study of the sewage disposal problem and direct them to report on or before the next annual Town Meeting and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for expenses of said committee.
Article fifty-nine:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town take no action under Article 59.
Mr. Philip Jackson moved to amend: That the Town hereby appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of said sum to be taken from the reserve fund of the Town of Plymouth, the balance from the taxes of the present year, to be spent for the necessary working plans and the acquiring of the land necessary for the construction of so-called Filter Beds, to take care of the Sewage of the Town of Plymouth. Any balance left from said sum to be used with such aid as can be given by the Board of Public Welfare and other Town Agencies, towards starting work on said Filter Beds.
The amendment was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article sixty:
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved: That the Town take no action under Article 60.
Article sixty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) for the purchase of a new Garbage Collection truck for the Health Department and to dispose of one now in service.
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Article sixty-two:
Voted: That the Town transfer the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) from the proceeds from the sale of cemetery lots and graves, to be expended by the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement and em- bellishment of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries.
Article sixty-three:
Dr. E. Harold Donovan, Chairman of the School Com- mittee, moved: That Articles 63, 64 and 65 be incor- porated as one article and acted upon as such, and the motion was carried.
Dr. Donovan moved: That the sum of $406,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new elemen- tary school building designed and constructed substan- tially in accordance with plans presented by the Building Committee and located in the Cold Spring district on town-owned land, formerly known as the Murray lot, and on additional land to be acquired by purchase or by taking by eminent domain said land being described as follows: A parcel of land containing 51,500 sq. ft. on the northerly side of Alden Street being portions of lots 19 and 44 on Plat 11 of the Assessors' maps bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Alden Street marking the corner between land of Mary C. Welsh and land of Joseph Girard; thence northwesterly by land of said Girard 260 ft. to land of the Town of Plymouth; thence north 61° 30' east by land of said Town 292.00 feet to a corner; thence south 29º 29' 40" west by land of said Welsh 141.51 ft. to a corner; thence south- easterly by land of said Welsh and by a line which is parallel to and 172.00 ft. distant from the first course above mentioned to Alden St .; thence westerly by Alden Street to point of beginning. A parcel of land containing 127,950 sq. ft. being a portion of lot 25A on Plat 11 of the Assessors' Maps bounded and described as follows:
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Beginning at a corner about 115 ft. easterly from Stan- dish Avenue marking the division between land of Loring Dyer and land of Joseph H. Fratus; thence north- westerly by land of said Fratus and land of William Maini 191 feet to a corner; thence northeasterly by land of Loring Dyer 540.0 to a corner which lies 180.0 feet north- westerly from and measured at right angles to the division line between land of said Dyer and land of the Town of Plymouth; thence easterly by land of said Dyer 333 ft. to a corner at land of said Town; thence south- westerly by land of said Town 850 ft. to the point of beginning; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $7,000 be raised in tax levy of the current year, the sum of $25,000 be appropriated from the Post-War Reha -- bilitation Fund, the sum of $55,000 be appropriated from the Stabilization Fund, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $319,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town, therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. The Selectmen are hereby authorized and instructed to make the land takings described herein. The Building Committee appointed under Article 73 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1949, is hereby constituted the Building Committee for this project. Said Committee is hereby authorized to expend funds appropriated under this article for the aforesaid purposes.
381 voting in the affirmative and 37 in the negative, the motion was carried.
Adjourned Meeting, March 27, 1950, 7:30 P.M.
Article sixty-six:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 66.
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Article sixty-seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to mow underbrush at Morton Park and to provide larger parking space, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners and that a committee of 3 be appointed by the Moderator to look into the possibility of making Morton Park self supporting.
Article sixty-eight:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That a committee of five, none of whom shall be in the insurance business, be appointed by the Moderator to study the question of workmen's compensation and liability insurance for all departments and report their findings to the Town Clerk by December 1, 1950.
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved to amend: That the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five, none of whom shall be insurance agents, to study the need or desirability for the Town carrying liability insurance, workmen's compensation insurance and all forms of insurance, together with the desirability of the Town carrying its own insurance as permitted by law, said committee to report to the Town not later than January 1, 1951, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article sixty-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550) to hard-surface the avenue entering the Nelson Street bathhouse, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved for reconsideration of Article 30, and the motion was carried.
Voted: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $16,450 for the necessary repairs to Town Wharf.
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Article seventy:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325) for the purpose of moving the buildings at Beach Park to their new location as voted at the last Town Meeting, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article seventy-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) for the purchase of a chain link fence to entirely enclose the four tennis courts at Stephens Field, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article seventy-two:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 72.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900) to erect a chain link fence on the Standish Avenue playground, so-called, to protect the children using said playground from traffic on Liberty Street, said appropriation to be spent under the direction of the Plymouth Park Commission, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article seventy-three:
Voted: That the Town transfer from the Post - War Rehabilitation Fund the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for repairs and improvements to the Cornish and Burton School buildings, said repairs to include installations of new sanitary facilities in the Burton, new floors in classrooms and corridors in both buildings, exterior and interior painting and other needed repairs.
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Article seventy-four:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $2,695 for hard-surfacing and providing drainage of a section of the Hedge School playground, to be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Dr. E. Harold Donovan moved to amend: By sub- stituting the figure $6,500 for the figure $2,695, for hard- surfacing a section of the Hedge School playground, for loaming and seeding the section graded and fenced in 1949, and for necessary repairs to same occasioned by recent washout, and the motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article seventy-five:
Voted: That a committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator, to include two members from the Manomet Area, to make a study of the need for an addition to the present Manomet School building or for a separate school unit and make recommendations to the Town at the next Town Meeting.
Article seventy-six:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain a new water main on Nathan- iel Street in lieu of the present service which will be disrupted by the new by-pass road, and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) therefor, said sum to be added to the appropriation voted under Article 67 of the annual Town Meeting in March, 1949.
Article seventy-seven:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to relay water mains in Bourne Street and Rope- walk Court and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of five thousand four hundred dollars ($5,400) therefor.
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Article seventy-eight:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain extensions of water mains in Margerie Street east and Highland Avenue, together with installation of fire hydrants, services and other appur- tenances as necessary and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) therefor.
Article seventy-nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the installation of a cen- trifugal pump at the Deep Water Bridge pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Com- missioners.
Mr. William H. Armstrong moved for reconsideration of Item No. 33, Article 6. The vote was taken by ballot, 358 voting in the affirmative, and 398 voting in the negative, the motion was lost.
Article eighty:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the installation of a new low-service meter at the Lout Pond pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners.
Article eighty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate or trans- fer from available funds the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for the installation of chlorina- tion equipment at the Lout Pond pumping station, to be expended under the direction of the Water Commis- sioners.
Article eighty-two:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain extensions of water mains in
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Charlemont Road, Farmhurst Road and Rocky Hill Road at Priscilla Beach, together with installations of fire hydrants, services and other appurtenances as necessary and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $11,000 therefor.
Article eighty-three:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 83.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purchase of a new automobile, to be used by the Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children departments of the Board of Public Welfare, and said Board of Public Welfare is authorized to dispose of the automobile now in service, and reconsider the Old Age Administration appropriation for the purpose of reducing it by $150, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-four:
Unanimously Voted: That the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $5,079.33 for the payment of Public Welfare Department bills, contracted in 1949.
Article eighty-five:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town, pur- suant to the authority contained in Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, to accept the Report of the Salary and Wage Committee and adopt a by-law, as printed with the printed recommendations of the Advi- sory and Finance Committee and titled "Exhibit A and B," establishing a plan to classify certain positions in the service of the Town and establishing a salary schedule for positions thus classified.
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Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the report of the Special Committee on Salary and Wage Classifica- tion be accepted and placed on file as a report of progress, and that the Committee be continued in force for another year to continue their studies, and report to the Town at a subsequent Town Meeting not later than the annual meeting of March, 1951, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-six:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 86.
Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the num- ber of members of the Board of Public Welfare be increased from three to five members, the additional members to be elected as follows: One to be elected for one year and the second to be elected for two years, both to be elected at the Town Meeting to be held in March, 1951.
The motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article eighty-seven:
Voted: That a committee of five members be appointed by the Moderator to study the operation and management of the Department of Public Welfare, including the Bureau of Old Age Assistance and the Bureau of Aid to Dependent Children, together with the Department of Veterans' Services and to report their findings and recom- mendations not later than the next annual Town Meeting.
Article eighty-eight:
Voted: That the Town authorize and direct the Mod- erator to appoint a committee of three members to study the issuance and publication of the annual Town Reports and report at the next annual Town Meeting and to raise
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and appropriate the sum of $50 for expenses of said committee.
Article eighty-nine:
Voted: That the Planning Board make a study of the possible use or uses to which the Old High School Build- ing may be put and report their recommendations at the next annual Town Meeting.
Article ninety:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town amend its by-laws relating to the Advisory and Finance Com- mittee by striking out paragraph ten, which reads: "The report of the Committee to the annual Town Meeting shall be in print, but reports on all other Town Meetings shall be in such form as the Committee shall deem advis- able."; and inserting in place thereof the following para- graph: "The report of the Committee to the annual Town Meeting shall be in print and shall contain a list of the regular annual departmental budget recommenda- tions, subdivided to whatever extent seems advisable to the Committee for vote by the Town, provided that salaries and personal services shall be segregated from other expenses, that any contemplated outlay for depart- mental equipment in the amount of $400 to $1,000 shall be set forth in the list of appropriations and subject to a separate vote, and that any contemplated outlay for new equipment in excess of $1,000 shall be voted upon under a separate article. Reports of the Committee on all other Town Meetings shall be in such form as the Committee shall deem advisable.
Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the Town amend its by-laws relating to the Advisory and Finance Committee by striking out that portion of the by-law which was voted by the Town as Article 60 at the Town Meeting on March 23, 1940, and substituting therefor the following: That the Advisory and Finance Committee shall prepare and submit to the Town, in its printed
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reports for the 1951 and all subsequent Town Meetings, a list of the regular annual appropriations, so arranged that there shall be four separate appropriations for each department or office, the first to be the total of all salaries, the second to be the total of all labor payrolls, the third to be the total of all new equipment, and the fourth to be the total of all other expenses. No transfers are to be allowed from one of the appropriations to the other, unless in the event of emergencies only, said transfers are allowed with the written approval of the Advisory and Finance Committee. Any contemplated outlay for departmental equipment in the amount of four hundred dollars to one thousand dollars shall be set forth in the list of appropriations and shall be subject to a separate vote. Any contemplated outlay for new equipment in excess of one thousand dollars shall be voted upon in a separate article. The report shall contain a list of the names of all persons or groups of persons employed by the Town for whom a salary or wage increase is recom- mended by the Committee, which increase is included in the departmental appropriation recommended by it. It shall be the duty of the Committee to also include a list of new positions, created or to be created by any depart- ment or office and to make available for the voters at the Town House and other public places, not later than ten days prior to the Annual Meeting, copies of the Com- mittee's reports. The Moderator shall have the right to reappoint retiring members of the Committee. The report of the Committee for any Special Town Meeting shall also be printed or mimeographed and shall be available to the voters at the Special Town Meeting. The motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article ninety-one:
Voted: That the Committee appointed under Article 90 at the Town Meeting held March 26, 1949, be instructed to
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prepare and submit necessary legislation to the General Court for the creation of a Commission of Public Works as outlined in the accompanying report, and that said legislation appear on the ballot for final vote by the Town. Said Committee shall hold two public hearings, one prior to the submission to the Legislature and the second prior to a vote by the Town.
Voted: That the Committee appointed under Article 90 at the Town Meeting held March 26, 1949, be instructed to prepare and submit necessary legislation to the General Court for the creation of a Commission of Public Safety as outlined in the accompanying report, and that said legislation appear on the ballot for final vote by the Town. Said Committee shall hold two public hearings, one prior to the submission to the Legislature and the second prior to a vote by the Town.
Article ninety-two:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Moderator to ap- point a committee of three members, one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Health, to study Chapter 111, Section 128, of the General Laws, as amended, and make recommendations to the Town not later than the next an- nual Town Meeting regarding the acceptance of this sec- tion and the adoption of the minimum standards of fitness for human habitation promulgated by the Department of Public Health.
Article ninety-three:
Voted: That the Town accept from Charles R. and Annie L. Cross a parcel of land on the northerly side of Alden Street, described as follows: "Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the premises granted by Colling- wood Camp No. 4, S.U.V. to Charles R. Cross (Book 1916, Page 265) ; thence S 46° 30' W by land of McNamara about 140 feet to a point of curvature; thence by a curve to the left of radius 100 feet about 60 feet to land of McNamara;
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thence S 44° 13' E by land of McNamara about 58 feet to Alden Street; thence northerly by a curve to the right of radius 60 feet about 70 feet to a point of tangency; thence N 46° 30' E about 140 feet to a corner; thence N 43° 33' W 40 feet to the point of beginning," to be used for highway purposes.
Article ninety-four:
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of five members who, with the Planning Board, shall be designated as a Zoning Board and authorized to draw up zoning by-laws under Section 27, Chapter 40, to report back not later than the next annual Town Meeting and that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for expenses of said Board.
Article ninety-five:
That the Town direct the Selectmen to prepare a divi- sion of the Town into convenient voting precincts, not to exceed three in number, in accordance with Chapter 54, Section 6, of the General Laws.
Article ninety-six:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Moderator to ap- point a committee of five members to study representa- tive town government, to hold hearings and, if advisable, draft a tentative special act and report to the Town not later than the next annual Town Meeting and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for expenses of said com- mittee.
Article ninety-seven:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 97.
Mr. Reubin Winokur moved to amend: That the Town instruct the Board of Public Welfare to require and com- pel able-bodied recipients of general relief to work to the
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extent of the relief provided for them for any Town De- partment which requires them for such work, but the motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article ninety-eight:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 98.
Mr. Leroy S. Williams moved to amend: That the Town direct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five mem- bers to study the need for organizing a town recreation commission, said committee to report to the Town not later than Jan. 1, 1951. The motion was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article ninety-nine:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 99.
Mr. Arthur Estes moved to amend: That the Town au- thorize the use of the town property bordering on the southerly side of Mayflower Place and formerly used by the Town Infirmary but now unused, for a playground for small children at no expense to the Town. The motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article one hundred:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 100.
Mr. George C. Peterson moved to amend: That the Town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell and convey to Valentine J. Peterson and Rose A.
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Peterson a parcel of land belonging to the Town and situ- ated on the southerly side of Mayflower Place, the size of said parcel to be conveyed and the price to be paid therefor to be determined by the said Board of Select- men, provided the Welfare Board of the Town has released or will release any rights and jurisdiction that it may have over said parcel. The motion was lost.
The original motion was put before the meeting and carried.
Article one hundred one:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Beach Park Committee, appointed under authority of Article 53 of the March, 1949, Town Meeting, be continued for further study and report of their recommendations to the Town at the next annual Town Meeting.
Mr. Walter B. Haskell moved to amend: That the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars ($8,850) for the purpose of moving the bathhouse, laying water pipes, re-surfacing and grading and other necessary work at Beach Park, so-called, this money to be expended under the direction of the Plymouth Park Commission with the approval of the Beach Park Committee. The motion was lost.
The original motion was put before the meeting and carried.
Article one hundred two:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 102.
Article one hundred three:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 103.
Article one hundred four:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 104.
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Article one hundred five:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 105.
Mr. Lionel J. Moreau moved to amend: That the Board of Water Commissioners shall charge for annual use, identical rates and prices for the same amount of water wherever service is maintained regardless of geographical location within the Town. The vote was taken by a show of hands, 151 voting in the affirmative and 199 voting in the negative, the motion was lost.
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