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50.00
50.00
50.00
Health
2,500.00
2,481.77
3,000.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Ambulance
1,500.00
1,487.94
2,000.00
Garbage Removal
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,300.00
Veterans' Aid
1,500.00
1,084.53
3,000.00
Veterans' Benefits-Admin.
600.00
Veterans' Services
600.00
524.00
600.00
Memorial Day
600.00
585.10
600.00
Sealer
165.00
165.00
165.00
Police
29,670.50
29,759.90
39,077.00
Dog Officer
100.00
100.00
25.00
Fire
8,000.00
8,330.98
9,350.00
Civil Defense
150.00
150.00
150.00
Election and Registration
1,195.00
1,143.52
2,960.00
Town Meeting Notices
300.00
304.45
390.00
Town Report
1,800.00
1,799.77
1,750.00
Town Clock
150.00
150.00
150.00
Bathing Beach
865.00
792.01
825.00
Building Inspector
700.00
711.56
850.00
Wiring Inspector
500.00
540.24
700.00
Plumbing Inspector
550.00
524.32
475.00
1955
8,000.00
7,800.05
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Expended Recommended
1955
1956
Fire Insurance
2,003.76
2,100.00
Workmen's Compensation & Liability Insurance
3,107.69
3,119.09
3,000.00
Vehicle Insurance
870.00
990.75
1,542.81
Appeal Board-Zoning
150.00
182.24
200.00
** Appeal Boards-Building and Sub-Division Control
Industrial Commission
250.00
10.50
250.00
Notes
28,500.00
28,500.00
64,300.00
Interest
5,900.54
5,185.13
16,178.33
Certification of Notes
50.00
40.75
50.00
County Retirement System
2,711.85
2,711.85
3,324.75
Reserve Fund
3,500.00
3,479.90
6,000.00
*Included in Highway Appropriation in 1955
** Included in Appeal Boards in 1955
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and com- pensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended:
App. 1955
Rec. 1956
Town Moderator
Treasurer
$ 900.00
$ 900.00
Town Clerk
1,000.00
1,000.00
Chairman-Board of Selectmen
375.00
375.00
Clerk-Board of Selectmen
350.00
350.00
Third Member-Board of Selectmen
350.00
350.00
Chairman-Board of Assessors
375.00
375.00
$ 500.00
Clerk-Board of Assessors
350.00
350.00
500.00
Third Member-Board of Assessors
350.00
350.00
500.00
Chairman-Board of Health
31.25
31.25
Clerk-Board of Health
31.25
31.25
Third Member-Board of Health
31.25
31.25
Chairman-Cemetery Commissioners
27.50
27.50
Clerk-Cemetery Commissioners
27.50
27.50
Third Member-Cemetery Commissioners 27.50
62.50
62.50
Clerk-Water & Sewerage Board
62.50
62.50
Third Member-Water & Sewerage Board 62.50
62.50
Chairman-Park and Planning Board
27.50
27.50
Other Four Members-Park and Planning Board-each
27.50
27.50
Chairman-Trustees Public Library
27.50
27.50
Clerk-Trustees Public Library
27.50
27.50
95
27.50
Chairman-Water & Sewerage Board
Appropriated 1955 1,950.00
150.00
App. 1955 Rec. 1956
Other Four Members-Trustees Public
Library-each
27.50
27.50
Chairman-Board of Public Welfare
312.50
312.50
Clerk-Board of Public Welfare
187.50
187.50
Third Member-Board of Public Welfare 125.00
125.00
Tree Warden-per hour
1.75
1.75
Three Constables-each
27.50
27.50
and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the 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, 1956 and to issue note, or notes therefore 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 Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 6. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be col- lected for the ensuing year; also to determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Operating Account to defray the expense of the operation and maintenance of Highway Machinery.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County or both for this purpose, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a section of High Street, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the reconstruction of Main Street from Pleasant Street for a distance of approximately 200 feet westerly, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County or both, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow a sum of money for the widening and surfacing of Grove Street between Dale Street and the Public Dump or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/ or borrow a sum of money for the payment of land damages, the installation of drainage and for surfacing Dale Street between Grove Street and Bridge Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, in and on land opposite Dale Street and shown on the Assessors Plan as Lot 903, such rights titles and easements as may be necessary for the disposal of street surface water or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of land damages and for drainage in- stallation on Spring Street between stations 130 and 133 (vicinity of Calso Station) as shown on the County Plan of Relocation and Widening of Spring Street of 1949, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire such rights, titles and easements in and on land on the easterly side of Spring Street between stations 130 and 133 as shown on the County Plan of Relocation of Spring Street of 1949 and further identi- fied on the Assessors Plans as Lots 276 and 277, as may be necessary for the disposal of street surface water.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from the unexpended balance voted under Article 19 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1955 a sum of money for the purpose of making a drainage study and survey of the Curve, Pleasant, Metacomet and South Street area, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of replacing the stringers and planking, and for making repairs to the Causeway Street bridge or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow a sum of money for the purpose of widening and im- proving the Westerly side of North Street from Frairy Street in a south- erly direction for a distance of approximately 300 feet (along the First
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Congregational Church) and installing a sidewalk on the westerly side of North Street from 6 North Street (Sauer's Market) to the First Con- gregational Church, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the costs of land damages incurred in conjunc- tion with the relocation of South Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow and/or transfer from the Road Machinery Fund and/or available funds a sum of money for the purchase of a truck and plow for the use of the Highway Department, and authorize the trade of the Brockway truck or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a Surface Material Spreader for the use of the Highway Department or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a Self-unloading Sand Spreader for the use of the Highway Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a sidewalk on the westerly side of North Street from Dale Street for a distance of approximately 1250 feet northerly to the new school entrance, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the reconstruction of a sidewalk on the westerly side of Miller Street from a point approximately 215 feet south of Main Street to a point 573 feet south of Main Street, a distance of approxi- mately 358 feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a sidewalk on the westerly side of Pleasant Street between Oak Street and Legion Hall, a distance of approximately 500 feet or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a sidewalk on the northerly side of Lowell Mason Road between Green Street and North Street, a distance of approximately 1160 feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws of 1926 by adding the following sentence to Section 1 of Article 1:
"The polls for the elections of town officers and such other mat- ters as may be voted on the official ballot shall be opened at 12:00 o'clock Noon and shall be closed at 8:00 P.M."
so that Section 1 shall read:
Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting for the Election of Officers and other matters as may be voted on the official ballot shall be held on the First Monday in March each year, and the Annual Town Meeting for the transaction of business shall be held on the second Monday in March of each year. The polls for the election of town officers and such other matters as may be voted on the official ballot shall be opened at 12:00 Noon and shall be closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to create a Stabilization Fund in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 5B, General Laws (Ter. Ed.) and the amendments thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to the Stabilization Fund created under Article 29, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money due as an unpaid bill to the estate of Amos C. Kings- bury for services rendered to the Town as Collector of Taxes for the year 1955, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing an oil heating system in the Town Hall, and installing regulatory controls, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for mosquito control to be expended in accordance with a bill now before the Legislature entitled "An act Creating a Mos- quito Control Project in Norfolk County," or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the cost of aerial mosquito control spraying and do or act anything in relation thereto. (Tree Warden)
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a police car for the Police Depart- ment and authorize the trade-in of the present car as part of the pur- chase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superinten- dent, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 37. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Superintendent for the ensuing year. (Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 42G, 42H, and 421 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, which provide for the levy of special assessments for the installation of water mains against the property owners benefitted therefrom, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the present Regulations of the Water and Sewerage Board relative to water main extensions, as approved under Article 35 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1952 and amended under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of May 9, 1955, and approve new regulations in accordance with Sections 42G, 42H, and 421 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, a copy of which said regulations entitled "Regulations Relative to Water Main Assess- ments" dated February 20, 1956 as heretofore filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $1,860.15 for the following unpaid bills of the Water Depart- ment incurred in 1955:
Medfield State Hospital-October water $604.29
Medfield State Hospital-November water 611.89
Medfield State Hospital-December water 643.97
(Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,000.00 and authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to expend the same in investigations, engineering surveys and title searches relating to suitable sites for the future standpipe, this to include rights of way for an access road and for a pipe line connecting to the public highway. (Water and Sewerage Board)
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to sell or dispose of by trade-in the 6 inch water meter removed from the Harding Street meter chamber. (Water and Sewerage Board)
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Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500.00 together with the sum of $205.00 from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund, for the maintenance of the Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 44. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year. (Fire Depart- ment)
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee, and authorize said committee to pick a location, prepare and/or secure plans, specifications and estimated costs for a fire and police station, to report at a future Town Meeting and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray any costs of said committee, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Department)
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 42, 43, and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, as amended, relating to the establishment of a Fire Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Department)
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of radio equipment for the Fire Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Depart- ment)
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $702.42 from the Dog Tax Return to the Library, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Library Trustees)
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $353.87 from the Treasury to the Library, the same being the amount of fines collected by the Library during the year 1955, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto. (Library Trustees)
Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 for the purpose of cleaning out Bakers Pond and repairing the retaining walls, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Park and Planning Board)
Article 51. To see if the Town will authorize the Park and Plan- ning Board to investigate the cost of piping and filling Bakers Pond for the purpose of creating useable land for a parking area or other municipal use, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Park and Planning Board)
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Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five to look into the cost and feasibility of having a professional evalua- tion of real estate in the Town made by a private company, said Com- mittee to make a report and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Town Meeting, or do or act anything in relation thereto (Assessors)
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to convey to Warren C. Bois or his designee, the after described parcel of land held by the Town for school purposes, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver a deed therefore in behalf of the Town.
A certain parcel of land situated on the southwesterly side of North Street, in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and bound- ed and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY by other land of Town of Medfield, 297.23 feet; WESTERLY by other land of Town of Medfield, 36.10 feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by land of Bois, 319.60 feet; and NORTHEASTERLY by North Street, 26.14 feet.
Said premises contain 8,019 sq. feet of land and are shown as Lot No. 9 on a plan entitled "Sub-Division of a portion of Ld. Ct. No. 9393 Al" dated 12/4/55 drawn by McCarthy Engineering Service Inc. and duly registered with Norfolk Registry District of the Land Court as plan No. 9393G. (School Building Committee)
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to accept a conveyance of the after described premises, to be used for school purposes from Warren C. Bois et ux. A certain parcel of land in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by other land of the Town of Medfield, 78.72 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by land of Pear, 53.31 feet; generally by other and
EASTERLY land of Bois et ux, 125.65 feet; and
NORTHWESTERLY by other land of the Town of Medfield, 124.95 feet.
Said premises contain 7,753 sq. feet of land and are shown on a "Plan of Land in Medfield, Mass." dated 12/5/55, drawn by McCarthy Engineering Service Inc. and recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 1685 of 1955 in Book 3438 at Page 250. (School Building Committee)
Article 55. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to enter into a contract for twelve months for consultive services available to the several officers, committees and boards of the Town in the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, and commodities;
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and to raise and appropriate or appropriate by transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money therefore. (Finance Committee)
Article 56. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of investigating the acqui- sition of land between Adams and West Streets for School expansion and the acquisition of land for other town purposes and for departmental expansion, to see if this committee should be continued in being, to appropriate money for their use, and do or act anything in relation thereto. (Land Purchase and Future Needs Committee)
Article 57. To hear and act on the report of any special committee appointed at any previous Special Town Meeting or Annual Town Meet- ing or appointed by the Moderator or Selectmen as authorized by the vote of the Town.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to choose, authorize the Moderator or Selectmen to appoint a committee or committees which shall report at a future Town Meeting on whatever matter is assigned to it, or them at this meeting, or do or act anything in relation thereo.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five members and authorize it to make arrangements and to spend money appropriated under Article 3 for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide suitable quarters for the Beckwith Post No. 110 American Legion in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 9, General Laws (Ter. Ed.) and amendments thereto. (Beck- with Post American Legion)
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to designate that area in the vicinity of the intersection of Spring Street and Main Street as "Vincent Bravo Square" in commemoration of the service to his country in World War II of the late Vincent Bravo; choose a committee to arrange for suitable dedicatory services and raise and appropriate such a sum of money as may be necessary for a proper memorial and com- memorative services. (Beckwith Post, No. 110, American Legion)
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws of the Town of Medfield adopted April 5, 1938, and amendments thereto, and as on file with the Town Clerk, by removing the after described premises from "A" Residence District Uses and placing said premises under Business District Uses.
A certain parcel of land situated on the southeasterly side of Main
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Street owned by Helen G. McCarthy and now being used for two busi- nesses; namely, The Colonial, and R. K. McCarthy & Sons, Caterers, and bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY by Main Street, 234.24 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Samuel D. Guild et al, 688.6 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Thomas F. Trow et al, 135.7 feet; and
SOUTHEASTERLY again, 65.10 feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY 686.51 feet by land now or formerly of Eliza- beth P. Ord.
or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law of the Town of Medfield as revised December 10, 1953 and subse- quent amendments thereto by removing such portions of the after des- cribed property as now lies in "A" Residence District to Business Dis- trict so that all of said premises will lie in "Business District" and will be subject to the uses permitted in "Section IV, Business District Uses." A certain parcel of land situated on the northerly side of Main Street and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHERLY on Main Street, 295 feet.
WESTERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of John Hagman, 200 feet and 175 feet respectively.
NORTHERLY at a point 355 feet from and running parallel to Main Street for 200 feet.
NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of New York, N.H. & Hartford R.R. 365 feet,
or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law for the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, amended June 29, 1953, as subsequently amended by adding to "Sections 1. Establishments of Districts," a sixth class of districts to be called "C" Residence District, and by further amending "Section II. "AA", and "A" Residence Dis- trict Uses" so that the same will read "Section II. "AA", "C" and "A" Residence District Uses" and by amending "Section VII. Area Regula- tions" by adding to Paragraph No. 5 thereof the following language: "No dwelling shall be erected in a "C" Residence District on a lot containing less than 80,000 sq. feet or less than 225 feet wide provided that one dwelling may be erected on any lot which at the time of the amendment to the By-Law is adopted is separately owned and contained not less than 30,000 sq. feet and not less than 150 feet wide and provided that one dwelling may be erected on any lot which on June 29, 1953,
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was separately owned and contained not less than 20,000 sq. feet and not less than 120 feet wide and also provided that one dwelling may be erected on any lot which was separately owned on April 21, 1938. Street and side line setback requirements as heretofore established for "AA" and "A" Residence District shall be applicable to "C" Residence District. (Petition)
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the lands hereinafter described from their present Zoning Classifications and to place the same under the Classification of "C" Residence District.
The land in Medfield, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the southeasterly corner of land of Ruth N. Wheelwright and land of N.Y., N.H. & Hartford R.R. Co., thence northerly along the easterly boundary of land of said Ruth N. Wheel- wright to Elm Street; thence westerly by Elm Street to Cross Street; thence northerly along Cross Street to Philip Street; thence easterly along Philip Street and Foundry Street and Foundry Street extended, to the Medfield and Walpole Town Line; thence southerly by said Medfield and Walpole Town Line to land of the N.Y., N.H. & Hartford R.R. Co .; thence northwesterly by said land of said N.Y., N.H. & Hart- ford R.R. Co .; to the point of beginning; in each instance where Streets are mentioned, the center line thereof to be the line of description. or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)
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