Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1956-1960, Part 40

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Publication date: 1956
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $6,000.00, or any other sum, for a Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5-B, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for a Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5-B.

Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $575.00, or any other sum, for the painting of the interior of the Acton Center Fire Station, or take any other action relative thereto.

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Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $575.00 for the painting of the interior of the Acton Center Fire Station.

Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $8,000.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of hiring a consultant to make a comprehensive study of the Town under Title VII - Housing Act of 1954, or take any other action relative thereto. (Inserted by Planning Board) .

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 and appro- priate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $4,000.00 for the purpose of hiring a consultant to make a comprehensive study of the Town under Title VII - Housing Act of 1954.

Same tellers.

Hand vote. Total-247. Yes - 208. No-39.

Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,500.00, or any other sum, to survey the Town street numbering system; to recommend changes in this system, if required; and to prepare plans for future street numbering in the Town, or take any other action relative thereto. (Inserted by Planning Board) .

Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to survey the Town street numbering system; to recommend changes in this system, if required; and to prepare plans for future street numbering in the Town.

Motion: To lay the article on the table.

Same tellers.

Hand vote. Total-244. Yes-116. No-128.

Motion lost.

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to survey the Town street numbering system; to recommend changes in this system, if required; and to prepare plans for future street numbering in the Town.

Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Law of the Town of Acton by adding the following as Section 26, or take any other action relative thereto. (Inserted by Planning Board) .

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SECTION TWENTY-SIX

STREET NUMBERS: Street numbers shall be provided for each dwelling, each business building and each industrial building by the builder in accordance with the following:

1. The numbers shall be at least three (3) inches in height and shall be clearly visible from the street or roadway upon which the house faces. The numbers shall be placed on the structure itself or on a suitable support near the main entrance to the structure.

2. The numbers shall be those shown on the approved definitive plan, in the case of a sub-division, or as assigned by the Building Inspector in the case of a structure built on an existing Town Way.

Voted Unanimously: To amend the Building By-Law of the Town of Acton by adding the following as Section 26:

SECTION TWENTY-SIX

STREET NUMBERS: Street numbers shall be provided for each dwelling, each business building and each industrial building by the builder in accordance with the following:

2. The numbers shall be those shown on the approved definitive plan, in the case of a sub-division, or as assigned by the Building Inspector in the case of a structure built on an existing Town Way.

Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-Law, or take any other action relative thereto: STREET NUMBER- ING By-Law: Street numbers shall be provided for each dwelling, each business building and each industrial building by the owner of such structures by September 30, 1959 in accordance with the following:

2. The numbers shall be those which have been in current use, except as discussed in Section 3 below. If the structure has not

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been previously assigned a street number, it shall be the owner's responsibility to obtain such a number from the office of the Selectmen of the Town of Acton during regular office hours.

3. If a survey of street numbering is completed; and if changes in street numbering are required in order to implement the approved result of this survey; then the owners of the affected structure shall make the required changes within three (3) months of receiving proper notification. Numbers shall be installed as outlined in Section 1 above.

4. The enforcement of this By-Law shall be in the jurisdiction of the Selectmen of the Town of Acton. Failure to comply with this regulation shall subject the offending property owner to a fine not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00). (Inserted by Planning Board ).

Voted Unanimously: To adopt the following By-Law, Street Num- bering By-Law: Street numbers shall be provided for each dwelling, each business building and each industrial building by the owner of such structures by September 30, 1959 in accordance with the following:

2. The numbers shall be those which have been in current use, except as discussed in Section 3 below. If the structure has not been previously assigned a street number, it shall be the owner's responsibility to obtain such a number from the office of the Selectmen of the Town of Acton during regular office hours.

3. If a survey of street numbering is completed; and if changes in street numbering are required in order to implement the approved result of this survey; then the owners of the affected structures shall make the required changes within three (3) months of receiving proper notification. Numbers shall be installed as outlined in Section 1 above.

Article 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the Town for use as a recreation area, a tract of land containing approximately twenty-

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one and forty-four hundredths (21.44) acres more or less with the buildings, mills, mill privileges and water power standing thereon or connected therewith and all other rights appurtenant thereto, which property is situated in the Northeasterly part of Acton or the Northerly and Southerly side of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Said property is shown as Parcel A containing nineteen and seventy hundredths (19.70) acres more or less and Parcel B containing one and seventy-four hundredths (1.74) acres more or less on a Plan entitled "Compiled Plan of David Morrison Property in Acton, Mass. For Pro- posed Recreation Area by Harlan E. Tuttle, Surveyor, November 15, 1958" a copy of which Plan is on file with the Town Clerk; this property is believed to belong to David Morrison; and to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four thousand two hundred (4,200) dollars, or any other sum, therefor, to be provided by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, by borrowings under Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto. (Inserted by Recreation Commission) .

Motion: To authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the Town for use as a recreation area, a tract of land containing approximately twenty-one and forty-four hundredths (21.44) acres more or less with the buildings, mills, mill privileges and water power standing thereon or connected therewith, and all other rights appurtenant thereto, believed to belong to David F. Morrison, which property is situated in the Northeasterly part of Acton on the Northerly and Southerly side of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. This property is shown as Parcel A con- taining nineteen and seventy hundredths (19.70) acres more or less and Parcel B containing one and seventy-four hundredths (1.74) acres more or less on a Plan entitled "Compiled plan of David Morrison Property in Acton, Mass. For Proposed Recreation Area by Harlan E. Tuttle, Surveyor, November 15, 1958" Parcel A is bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the Southwesterly corner of said Parcel A at land of John E. Murphy; thence running in a Northwesterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of four hundred and eighty-seven (487) feet to a point at land of John E. Murphy ; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of four hundred and fifty (450) feet to a point at land of John E. Murphy; thence turning and running in a Northwesterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of two hundred and twelve (212) feet to a point at land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company a distance of three hundred and seventy-six (376) feet more or less

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to a point at land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction along land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company a distance of thirteen (13) feet to a point at land of the New York, New Haven aand Hartford Railroad Com- pany; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- pany a distance of four hundred forty (440) feet more or less to a point at land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, a distance of one hundred and eighty-eight (188) feet more or less to a point at land of Mary Islay Murgatroyd; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction along land of Mary Islay Murgatroyd and John E. Murphy, a distance of four hundred and fifty-five (455) feet more or less to a point at land of John E. Murphy; thence turning and running in a Southwesterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of one hundred and six (106) feet to a point at land of John E. Murphy; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of two hundred and thirty-seven (237) feet to a point at land of John E. Murphy; thence turning and running in a Southwesterly direction along land of John E. Murphy a distance of one thousand two hundred and forty-eight (1248) feet to the point of beginning.

Parcel B is bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the Northwesterly corner of said Parcel B at land of Winston K. Newman and Alice P. Newman, and at Main Street; thence running in a Northeasterly direction along Main Street a distance of one hundred and sixty-six (166) feet more or less to a point on Main Street at land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction along land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson a distance of one hundred sixty-two and fifty-three hundredths (162.53) feet to a point at land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson a distance of sixty-eight (68) feet to a point at land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson; thence turning and running in a Southeasterly direction along land of Raymond C. Stinson and Rose E. Stinson, a distance of one hundred thirty-two and seventy hun- dredths (132.70) feet to a point at land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, thence turning and running in a Southwesterly direction along land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company a distance of five hundred

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and fifteen (515) feet more or less to a point at land of John E. Murphy; thence turning and running in a Northwesterly direction along land of John E. Murphy, a distance of ninety-five (95) feet more or less to a point at land of Winston K. Newman and Alice P. Newman; thence turning and running in a Northeasterly direction along land of Winston K. Newman and Alice P. Newman, a dis- tance of three hundred and forty-five (345) feet to a point at land of Winston K. and Alice P. Newman; thence turning and running in a Northwesterly direction along land of Winston K. Newman and Alice P. Newman, a distance of two hundred (200) feet to the point of beginning; and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200.00) therefor, and to meet said appropriation, that there be raised from the tax levy in the current year the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200.00).

In addition to the tellers appointed under Article 1 - Roger Crafts, Porter Jenks, William O'Connell and Chauncey Fenton - Moderator appointed the following tellers: Thomas Wetherbee, Elizabeth Boardman, Doris Soar, David Tinker, John Murphy, Julia Barry, Jessie Knippel, Hazel Vose, Grace Cullinane, Phyllis Sprague, Eleanor Wilson and James B. Wilson.

Ballot vote. Total - 321. Yes - 127. No-194.

Needed to carry - 214. Motion did not prevail.

Voted: To take up Article 17.

Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 from the Cemetery Land Fund for Mt. Hope Cemetery, for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots, and to authorize said Cemetery Commissioners to do anything necessary, proper or expedient for carrying out the above purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 from the Cemetery Land Fund for Mt. Hope Cemetery, for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots, and to authorize said Cemetery Commissioners to do anything necessary, proper or expedient for carrying out the above purposes.

Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $250.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a chain saw for the Cemetery Department, or take any other action relative thereto.

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Motion: To appropriate the sum of $250.00 from Surplus Revenue for the purchase of a chain saw for the Cemetery Department.

Motion : To amend by striking out $250.00 and inserting $150.00.

Motion on amendment did not prevail.

Voted: To appropriate the sum of $250.00 from Surplus Revenue for the purchase of a chain saw for the Cemetery Department.

Voted: To take up Article 22.

Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $500.00, or any other sum, to establish a special Water Safety Account for the support of the Water Safety Program which is jointly sponsored by the Red Cross and the School Department, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to establish a special Water Safety Account for the support of the Water Safety Program which is jointly sponsored by the Red Cross and the School Department.

Voted: To take up Article 21.

Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $2,500.00, or any other sum, for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation according to the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation according to the pro- visions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws.

Voted : To take up Article 24.

Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $6,000.00, or any other sum, for Chapter 90 Construction of Powder Mill Road, South Acton from the Maynard-Acton Line easterly to bridge approach, a distance of approximately 1,450 feet; said money to be used in conjunction with $6,000.00 to be allotted by the County and $12,000.00 to be allotted by the State, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for Chapter 90 Construction of Powder Mill Road, South Acton from the

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Maynard-Acton Line easterly to bridge approach, a distance of approxi- mately 1,450 feet; said money to be used in conjunction with $6,000.00 to be allotted by the County and $12,000.00 to be allotted by the State.

11:28 P. M. Voted: To adjourn until 7:30 P. M. Monday, March 16, 1959 in Blanchard Auditorium.

Monday, March 16, 1959.

Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:30 P. M.

Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, for the preliminary preparation of a recreation area, or take any other action relative thereto. (Inserted by Recreation Commission) .

Voted: To pass over the article.

Voted : To take up Article 19.

Article 19. To see whether the Town will vote to accept the following amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, Namely,

To delete Section 1 of the Said Agreement in its entirety and substitute the following new Section 1, viz .:

"Section 1, Membership of the Regional District School Com- mittee.

A. The Regional District School Committee, hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee,' shall consist of nine members, six from the Town of Acton and three from the Town of Boxborough.

B. As long as the school committees of the Towns of Acton and Boxborough shall consist, respectively, of six and three mem- bers, election to membership on the local school committee of the member towns shall constitute election to membership on the committee.

C. A majority of the members of the full membership of the Com- mittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D. The Committee shall have all the powers and duties con- ferred and imposed upon school committees by law and con- ferred and imposed upon it by this Agreement, and such additional powers and duties as are specified in Section 6 to

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16 I, inclusive, of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, any amendments thereof or additions thereto now or hereafter enacted, or as may be specified in any applicable special law."

Motion: To accept the following amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, namely,

To delete Section 1 of the said Agreement in its entirety and substitute the following new Section 1, viz .:

"Section 1, Membership of the Regional District School Com- mittee.

A. The Regional District School Committee, hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee,' shall consist of nine members, six from the Town of Acton and three from the Town of Boxborough.

C. A majority of the members of the full membership of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D. The Committee shall have all the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon school committees by law and conferred and imposed upon it by this Agreement, and such additional powers and duties as are specified in Section 6 to 16 I, inclusive, of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, any amendments thereof or additions thereto now or hereafter enacted, or as may be specified in any applicable special law."

Moderator appointed the following tellers: David Tinker, Chauncey Fenton, Porter Jenks, William O'Connell, Thomas Wetherbee, Elizabeth Boardman, Doris Soar, Norman McIntosh, Robert Stow, James Wilson, Julia Barry, Jessie Knippel, Hazel Vose, Elsie Winslow, Eleanor Wilson and Phyllis Sprague.

Ballot: Shall the Town vote to accept a proposed amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, by deleting Section 1 of said Agreement and substituting therefor a new Section 1 as set forth under Article 19 of the Warrant for this meeting?

Yes

Total-174. Yes-132. No-40. Blanks- 2. Voted.

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Voted: To take up Article 25.

Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the amount of the State's and County's allot- ments for highways under Chapters 81 and 90; provided that the reimbursement be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of $38,125.00, provided that the reimbursement be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account. This sum to be made up as follows:

Chapter 81 Maintenance State $17,325.00

Chapter 90 Maintenance State

1,400.00

Chapter 90 Maintenance County

1,400.00

New Construction State

12,000.00

New Construction County

6,000.00

$38,125.00

Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $500.00, or any other sum, to widen the approach to Charter Road from Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111), or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $500.00 to widen the approach to Charter Road from Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111).

Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,800.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a pickup truck for the Highway Department, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $1,800.00 for the purchase of a pickup truck for the Highway Department.

Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,500.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a compressor for the Highway Department, or take any other action relative thereto.

Voted: To pass over the article.

Article 20. To see whether the Town will vote to accept the following amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District

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for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, namely,

To delete Section 10 of the said Agreement in its entirety and substitute the following new Section 10, viz .:

"Section 10. Notice of Debt Authorization.

"Notice of debt authorization shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 16 I of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended, or as the same may be amended."

Motion: To accept the following amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, namely,

To delete Section 10 of the said Agreement in its entirety and substitute the following new Section 10, viz.,

"Section 10. Notice of Debt Authorization.

"Notice of debt authorization shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 16 D of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended, or as the same may be amended."

Voted Unanimously: To direct the Town Clerk to cast one "Yes" ballot.

Ballot: Shall the Town vote to accept a proposed amendment to the "Agreement for a Regional School District for the Towns of Acton and Boxborough, dated as of March 10, 1955," as previously amended, by deleting Section 10 of said Agreement and substituting therefor a new Section 10 as set forth under Article 20 of the Warrant for this meeting? Yes No

Town Clerk cast one "Yes" ballot as directed.

Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an executive secretary in accordance with Sec- tion 23A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, or as the same may be amended, and to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $3,500.00, or any other sum, for the payment of salary for such executive secretary, or take any other action relative thereto.

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Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1956-1960, Part 40

Author: Acton (Mass.) Publication date: 1956 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1150

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1150