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NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of William C. and Barbara R. Blackett, two hundred forty (240) feet.
Containing 260,811 square feet or 5.987 acres according to a Plan of Land in Medfield, Mass., dated December 31, 1956, by Cheney Engineering Co.
Together with a right of way for all purposes for which ways are now or hereafter may be used in Medfield, in common with the grantor, throughout the strip of land forty-feet wide, shown as "way" on said plan, between the premises described above and Pound Street;
or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Land Acquisition Committee)
Article 19. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the 1956 Annual Town Meeting to acquire necessary land; and to appropri- ate a sum of money for their future needs in 1957, and therefore conduct an architectural study with preliminary plans for the remodelling of the Town House for the best possible use of the municipal departments; and to appropriate a sum of money for an architectural survey and pre- liminary plans for the building of a combination fire and police station, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Land Acquisition Committee)
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install an 8" water main in High Street from the cor- ner of South Street to the corner of Forest Street, a distance of approxi- mately 4600 feet. This installation to be in accordance with the regula-
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tion relative to water main assessments approved by the Town, March 14, 1956. (Special High Street Water Committee)
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install an 8" water main in High Street from the corner of South Street in a southerly direction to about 600 feet, this installa- tion to be in accordance with the regulation relative to water main assessments approved by the Town, March 14, 1956. (Special High Street Water Committee)
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a sidewalk on North Street be- tween Pine Street and the new school entrance, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Special Sidewalk Committee)
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to renovate the science laboratory at the High School, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to renew the water pipes in the North Street School, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the School Com- mittee for the purpose of conducting a survey of school building needs, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to hear the Report of the Committee appointed under Article 52 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 12, 1956, "to look into the cost and feasibility of having a pro- fessional evaluation of real estate in the Town made by a private com- pany, said committee to make a report and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Town Meeting." (Assessors)
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Assessors, or other Town Board, to contract with any per- son, persons or corporation for the purpose of having a professional evaluation made of all real estate situated in the Town of Medfield, and to see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow for said purpose, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Assessors)
Article 28. To hear the report of the Swimming Pool Committee appointed at the Special Town Meeting of November 26, 1956. (Swim- ming Pool Committee)
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Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate and/or transfer or borrow a sum of money for the construction of a swimming pool and appurtenances, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Swimming Pool Committee)
Article 30. 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 31. 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 thereto.
Article 32. 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. (Selectmen)
Article 33. 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 34. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to make a survey of increasing the parking facilities in the immediate vicinity of the business section of the Town and to report and make recommendations at the next special town meeting. (Petition of Ray- mond E. Lord and others)
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from unex- pended balances and/or raise and appropriate and/or borrow a sum of money for the purpose of an installation of a water main on Dale Street from Bridge Street to Charlesdale Road for an approximate distance of 1000 feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of Jane E. Stubblebine and others)
Article 36. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the installation of a street light on Line 35 Pole /3 on Granite Street, approximately across the street from land of John Spender et ux, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of George C. Baker and others)
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Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moder- ator to appoint a committee of five (5) members for the purpose of evaluating the present form of the warrant for the annual town meeting and making recommendations concerning any changes it might deem advisable, said committee to report to the next annual town meeting, or at any intervening special town meeting. (Petition of Charlotte V. Greenlaw and others)
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 97A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of Austin C. Buchanan and others)
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following pay scale for patrolmen in the Police Department of the Town of Med- field, to become effective upon its passage:
Minimum Maximum
$3,600.00 per year $4,500.00 per year
Salary adjustments from minimum to maximum to be set on a three year basis with an annual increase of $300.00 per year, provided however that no officer presently employed shall receive a less sum than his present salary schedule, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of Austin C. Buchanan and others)
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 16C of Chapter 147 of the General Laws providing for a five day week for members of the police forces in cities and towns, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of Ruth F. Dornig and others)
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law and the Zoning Map of the Town of Medfield, as amended, by removing the following described parcel of land in the Town of Med- field from the provisions of "Section IV Business District Uses" and placing the same under the provisions of "Section B Industrial District Uses" or do or act anything in relation thereto.
The parcel of land sought to be rezoned is described as follows:
NORTHEASTERLY by Park Street;
NORTHWESTERLY by Main Street;
SOUTHWESTERLY by the location of the Mansfield and Framing- ham Branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and SOUTHEASTERLY by the southeasterly line of Oak Street as that line would be extended in a southwesterly direction to the Right of Way of said branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road. (Petition of William H. Mann and others)
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Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money from free cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1957 tax rate, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sums as Perpetual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:
Dennis H. Lucy Lot
$100.00
Eve Shepherd Lot
50.00
William L. Stone Lot
100.00
John E. Varnum Lot
100.00
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 28th day of January A.D. Nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS
HERBERT B. BURR
JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE Selectmen of Medfield
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY Constable of Medfield
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss:
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and for the purpose named, by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY Constable of Medfield
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
March 4, 1957
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was opened at 12:00 o'clock noon by the Town Clerk following the reading of the warrant through Article 1. The ballot box had been previously checked and found in good working order, instructions to voters posted and specimen ballots displayed at the entrance and within the polling places. The following persons were sworn in and assigned to their duties: Mary Mair Etienne and Alice Ripley distributing ballots, John Guiney, Char- lotte Randolph, Mildred Lombard, Lorraine Ricci, Joseph Mair, Alva Keirstead, Viola Burr, Margaret Kennedy, Charles Morse, Constance Knight, Cynthia Petrie and Laura Atherton as tellers; Abigail Sheahan and Anne Young checking at the ballot box and Thomas Clancy in charge of the ballot box.
The polls were declared closed at 8:00 P.M.
The ballots were counted in open meeting and after tabulation the results were announced as follows:
The total vote cast was 1365 (Registered voters-2110).
This was a representation of nearly 65 per cent of the registered voters and was the highest vote cast at a town election.
MODERATOR (One Year)
Charles F. Woodard
1116
Joseph S. Kennedy
36
Scattered
3
Blanks
210
TOWN CLERK (One Year)
Charles W. Kierstead
1274
Blanks
91
TREASURER (One Year)
1213
Orion Wight
Blanks 152
CONSTABLES (One Year)
George W. Kingsbury 1207
John F. McCarthy 1189
105
. Robert W. Brady Scattered Blanks
1137
3
559
TREE WARDEN (One Year)
Ellis N. Allen
1177
Blanks
188
SELECTMAN (Three Years
Joseph A. Roberts
739
Harvey M. Hamilton
615
Scattered
1
Blanks
10
ASSESSOR (Three Years)
Carlton W. Kingsbury
1190
Blanks 175
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Three Years)
Mary B. Aylward
975
Jeanne A. Bibby
1015
Ernest B. Lorett
483
Blanks
25'
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (Three Years)
Charles F. Woodard
1092
Hope Day
1125
Blanks
513
MEMBER OF BOARD OF HEALTH (Three Years)
1200
Blanks 165
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (Three Years)
Joseph A. Roberts
1215
Scattered
2
Blanks 148
106
Madeleine I. Harding
MEMBER OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD (Three Years)
Harry R. Leighton 1193
Blanks 172
MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Three Years)
Warren C. Bois
881
Mary M. Greenough
405
Blanks
79
MEMBER OF PARK AND PLANNING BOARD
(Five Years)
Charles C. Cain
1109
Scattered
5
Blanks
251
TOWN EMPLOYEES GROUP INSURANCE
Yes
766
No
320
Blanks
279
After the results were announced the ballots, tally sheets and master sheet were turned over to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law.
A true copy attest:
CHARLES W. KIERSTEAD,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS HELD ON MARCH 11, 1957
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. in the High School Auditorium and the following action was taken on the remaining articles in the warrant:
Article 2. Voted to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 3. Voted to raise and appropriate the following named sums to defray the departmental and other expenses of the Town for
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the ensuing year and to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as provided for in Section 108, Chapter 41 of the General Laws:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Moderator
Selectmen:
Salary-Chairman
$ 375.00
Salary-Clerk
350.00
Salary-Third Member
350.00
Departmental Expenses
8,000.00
Total
$9,075.00
Legal
2,500.00
Treasurer:
Salary
1,100.00
Departmental Expenses
800.00
Total
1,900.00
Collector:
Salary
2,000.00
Departmental Expenses
1,625.00
Total
3,625.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
1,100.00
Departmental Expenses
175.00
Total
1,275.000
Assessors:
Salary-Chairman
375.00
Salary-Clerk
350.00
Salary-Third Member
350.00
Departmental Expenses
2,800.00
Total
3,875.00
Park and Planning Board:
Salaries-Chairman and Four Members
000.00
Departmental Expenses
1,615.00
Total
1,615.00
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Elections and Registrations
1,350.00
Town Hall
6,900.00
Finance Committee
250.00
Town Meeting Notices
390.00
Highways:
General Highways
22,200.00
Chapter 81
ยท 6,600.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Cutting Brush
2,000.00
Sidewalks
500.00
Snow and Sanding
15,650.00
Total
47,950.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
38,000.00
Dog Officer
100.00
Fire
9,000.00
Civil Defense
1,000.00
Building Inspector
925.00
Plumbing Inspector
475.00
Wiring Inspector
650.00
Board of Appeals
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
165.00
Tree Warden-Salary per hour $1.85
Care of Trees
2,300.00
Dutch Elm Disease
5,000.00
Moth
1,000.00
Planting Trees
400.00
Destroying Ivy
400.00
Mosquito Control
2,200.00
11,300.00
Street Lights
8,074.55
Total
69,889.55
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health:
Salaries-Three Members
000.00
Departmental Expenses
3,500.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
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Dental Clinic Ambulance Public Dump Garbage Disposal Sewer
1,100.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
3,300.00
2,000.00
Total
13,900.00
Public Welfare:
Salary-Chairman
312.50
Salary-Clerk
187.50
Salary-Third Member
125.00
General Relief
1,500.00
General Relief Administration
50.00
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
Old Age Assistance Administration
1,000.00
Disability Assistance
2,600.00
Disability Assistance Administration
50.00
Aid Dependent Children
1,200.00
Aid Dependent Children Administration
250.00
Total
31,275.00.
Veterans' Benefits, Veterans' Benefits-Administration,
Veterans' Services: Voted 2,700.00 for group and stipu- lated $500.00 for Salary and $200.00 for Expenses Total
2,700.00
Memorial Day
600.00
Grave Markers
75.00
Schools-General School Budget
214,671.96
Vocational Education
650.00
Military Retirement
57.50
Public Library:
Salaries-6 Trustees
000.00
Departmental Expenses
2,500.00
Dog Tax Transfer
699.28
Library Fines-Transfer
399.64
2,500.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water and Sewerage Board: Salaries-Three Members 000.00
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Departmental Expenses Superintendent's Salary, per hr. $1.95
21,500.00
21,500.00
Cemetery:
Salaries-Three Commissioners
000.00
Departmental Expenses
5,500.00
Sale of Lots Transfer
100.00
Salary of Superintendent, per hr.
1.75
5,500.00
Town Debt and Interest:
Notes
61,700.00
Interest
15,131.25
Certification of Notes
50.00
Total
76,881.25
Insurance:
Vehicle Insurance
1,829.12
Workmen's Compensation and Liability Insurance 2,972.48
Boiler Insurance
1,220.20
Fire Insurance
2,313.00
Total
8,334.78
Town Report
1,370.00
Town Clock
150.00
County Retirement Fund.
4,466.50
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Total Appropriations for Article 3
545,226.54
Summary of Other Appropriations:
Article High Street Construction
5,000.00
Article 7. Main Street Widening
700.00
Article 14. Town House Wiring
350.00
Article 15. New Hose for Fire Dept.
500.00
Article 21. Installation of High Street Water Main 4,000.00
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Article 22. Sidewalk Construction on North Street
900.00
Article 23. Renovation of High School Science Lab 4,000.00
Article 25. Survey of School Building Needs 3,000.00
Article 27. Prof. Evaluation of Real Estate 8,500.00
Article 33. American Legion Quarters
800.00
Total Appropriations
$572,976.54
Article 4. Voted 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, 1957, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note- or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance. with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 5. Voted to authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the construction of a section of High Street, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State and County.
Article 7. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for- the widening and improvement of Main Street from Pleasant Street to. Miller Street, said money to be used with any money allotted by the State and County.
Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $11,758.59 by transferring said sum from available funds in the Town Treasury allotted by the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 for the permanent widening and improvement of Main Street between Miller Street and Park Street.
Article 9. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as public ways: the following private ways off Spring Street:
Kingsbury Drive which commences on the westerly side of Spring Street and extends in a westerly direction for a distance of approxi- mately 383 feet to Bartlett Avenue, a private way;
Bartlett Avenue which commences at Kingsbury Drive, a private way and extends in a northwesterly direction for a distance of approximately 635 feet to Pine Grove Road, a private way;
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Pine Grove Road which commences on the westerly side of Spring Street and extends in a westerly direction for a distance of approxi- mately 480 feet to Bartlett Avenue, a private way;
as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown on the plans and orders of lay-out on file in the Town Clerk's office; authorize the Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise such rights, titles, and ease- ments on such lands as are necessary therefor to accomplish said purposes.
Article 10. Voted to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superintendent.
Article 11. Voted that this article be dismissed, wherein the Water Department sought the purchase of a new truck for its use.
Article 12. Voted that the members of the Fire Department be- paid $38.27 per year and the sum of $2.00 per hour while working at fires.
Article 13. Voted to accept Sections 42, 43, and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, as amended, relating to the establishment of a Fire Department.
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the replacement of electric wiring and switchboard panel in the Town. Hall.
Article 15. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to purchase fire hose for the Fire Department.
Article 16. Voted to increase the term of office of Tree Warden from one year to three (3) years, said three year term of office to commence in the year 1958.
Article 17. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein the Tree and Moth Departments sought the purchase of a new truck and winch for their use.
Article 18. Voted to accept as a gift from Mrs. Ella C. Marcionette for the purposes of a school to be known as the AMOS CLARK KINGS- BURY SCHOOL, two parcels of land in Medfield with the description and terms of said offer to be incorporated in the town records as given in the following legal conveyance:
I, Ella C. Marcionette of Medfield, Mass., being unmarried, for con-
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sideration paid, grant to the Town of Medfield, a municipal corporation in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, two parcels of land in said Medfield situated off the southeasterly side of Pound Street shown as Parcels A and B on a Plan of Land in Medfield, Mass., dated December 31, 1956, by Cheney Engineering Co., and bounded and described as follows:
PARCEL A.
Northwesterly by the southeasterly line of Pound Street, ninety (90) feet;
Easterly by other land of the grantor, by a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, a distance of thirty-nine and 27/100 (39.27) feet;
Northeasterly by the same, three hundred three and 99/100 (303.99) feet;
Southeasterly by Parcel B, forty (40) feet;
Southwesterly by other land of the grantor, three hundred four and 34/100 (304.34) feet; and
Southerly by the same, by a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, a distance of thirty-nine and 27/100 (39.27) feet.
Containing 13,435 square feet, according to said plan.
PARCEL B.
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Esther B. Bristol, one thousand sixty-eight and 79/100 (1,068.79) feet;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Henry C. and Mary E. Bridge, two hundred forty-three and 39/100 (243.39) feet;
Northwesterly by other land of the grantor and by Parcel A, one thousand twenty-three and 29/100 (1,023.29) feet; and
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of William C. and Barbara R. Blackett, two hundred forty (240) feet.
Containing 260,811 square feet or 5.987 acres according to said plan.
Reserving to the grantor, her heirs and assigns, as appurtenant to her remaining land, a right of way for all purposes for which ways are now or hereafter may be used in Medfield, in common with the grantee, throughout Parcel A.
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This grant is made, however, upon the following conditions, namely: (1) that the granted premises shall not be used for any purpose other than public school purposes, and (2) that within ten years from the date hereof a school shall be erected on the granted premises or on premises adjacent thereto and used in connection therewith, and shall. be called the AMOS CLARK KINGSBURY SCHOOL. Upon a breach of either of the foregoing conditions, the grantor, her heirs or devisees shall have a right of entry for breach of condition.
The premises are conveyed subject to taxes assessed as of Jan. 1, 1957.
This conveyance is made as a gift, and no documentary stamps are affixed.
In appreciation of this generous gift the Townspeople wish the Board of Selectmen to send a letter of thanks to Mrs. Marcionette.
Article 19. Voted to accept the report of the Committee appointed at the 1956 Annual Town Meeting to look into the acquisition of land for additional town purposes.
Article 20. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein an instal- lation of approximately 4000 feet of 8 inch pipe in High Street was sought.
Article 21. Voted to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the in- stallation of an eight-inch water main in High Street from the corner of South Street in a southerly direction a distance of approximately 815 feet, by transferring $1,000.00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation under Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of December 13, 1954; and raising and appropriating the remaining $4,000.00; this installation to be in accordance with the regulation relative to water main assessments approved by the Town on March 14, 1956.
Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the construction of a sidewalk on North Street between Pine Street and the new school entrance.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to renovate the science laboratory at the High School.
Article 24. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein a sum of money was sought to renew the water pipes in the North Street School ..
Article 25. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 said amount to be expended under the direction of the School Commit-
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tee for the purpose of conducting a survey of school building needs.
Article 26. Voted to accept the report of the committee appointed to look into the feasibility of having a professional evaluation of real estate made in Medfield.
Article 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 said amount to be used by the Board of Assessors to contract with any person, persons or corporation for the purpose of having a professional evaluation made of all real estate situated in the Town of Medfield.
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