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Voted: That the Town receive a report of the planning Board relative to the subject matter of Article 43.
TOWN OF LONGMEADOW PLANNING BOARD
Board of Selectmen 20 Williams Street Longmeadow 6, Mass.
February 2, 1956
Gentlemen :
The Planning Board hereby approves the discontinuance as a Town way of that portion of the Town Way accepted by the Town of Springfield, March 31, 1755 commencing at the easterly end of the discontinuance thereof by the Town of Longmeadow voted under Article 25 of the Town Warrant on February 23, 1955 and approximate opposite station 66 and 95 and running thence east- erly to the East Longmeadow Town line, to the Extent that the same is outside of the location of Williams Street by the County Commissioners of Hampden County on September 27, 1933 all as in Article 43 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting to be held February 21, 1956.
Very truly yours, Planning Board by Ethan D. Bassett Matthew D. Arnold William J. Quinn Edson R. Dorman
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ARTICLE 43. Voted: That the Town discontinue as a Town way, that portion of the Town way accepted by the Town of Springfield March 31, 1755 commencing at the easterly. end of the discontinuance thereof by the Town of Longmeadow voted under Article 25 of the Town Warrant on February 23, 1955 and approx- imately opposite Station 66 and 95 and running thence easterly to the East Longmeadow Town line, to the Extent that the same is outside of the location of Williams Street by the County Commis- sioners of Hampden County on September 27, 1933. (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING-FEBRUARY 23, 1956
ARTICLE 1. Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table and acted upon.
At this time the Moderator stater that two members of the Appropriations Committee, Harlan A. Sears and Quentin Rey- nolds, were retiring from the Board and expressed appreciation for their faithful services.
The Moderator then appointed Chester J. Chambers and Windsor Sturtevant to the Appropriations Committee for the term of three years each.
Article 1 was then acted upon as follows :
Voted: that the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Item 1 Moderator $50.00; Item 2 Appropriations Committee $150.00; Items 3 and 4 Selectmen $2,700.00; Item 6 Auditor $50.00; Items 7, 8 and 9 Treasurer, Totalling $8,820.00; Items 11, 12 and 13 Collector of Taxes, totalling $9,018.00.
At this time there was a motion made and seconded for the townspeople to scrutinize in detail each item. This motion was voted.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 15, 16, 17 and 18, Assessors, totalling $12,500.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 20, 21 and 22, Law Department, totalling $3,350.00; items 24, 25 and 26, Town Clerk, totalling $5,325.00; items 28 and 29 Election and Registration totalling $4,350.00; items 31 through 35 inclusive, Town Hall, totalling $7,450.00; item 37 Planning Board $300.00; item 38 Zoning and Building Boards of appeal $200.00, for a total of $54,263.00 for General Government.
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It was moved and seconded to amend item 29, Election and Registration, expenses to $1500.00. Upon being put to vote, the motion was lost.
The original motion was voted as made.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 40 through 43 inclusive, $14,600.00 for Fire Department.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 45 through 56 inclusive, $86,086.00 for Police Department; items 58 and 59 $200.00 for Sealer of Weights and Measures; item 61 Fish and Game Warden $50.00; items 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 $7,800.00 for Building Department; items 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, $14,980.00 for Forestry Department; items 74 and 75 $10,150.00 for Insect Pest Control; item 77 Forest Fires $800.00; item 78 $13,000.00 for Insurance, for a grand total of $147,666.00 for Protection of Persons and Property.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 80 through 84 inclusive, $45,100.00 for Health Department.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 86 through 90 inclusive, $49,800.00 for Sewer Department, for a grand total of $94,900.00 for Health and Sani- tation.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 93 through 113 inclusive, $128,466.00 for Highways.
Voted: That $1,050.00 covering items 115 and 116 Welfare Department; $20,445.00 covering items 118 and 119 Old Age Assistance ; $300.00 covering items 121 and 122 Aid to Dependent Children ; $4,600.00 covering items 124 and 125 Disability Aid, be approved, raised and appropriated, making a total of $26,395.00 for Charities and Welfare.
Voted: Items 128 and 143 inclusive, totalling $627,254.00 Schools, as recommended by Appropriations Committee, be ap- proved, raised and appropriated.
Voted: Items 145 to 149 inclusive, Library, totalling $18,- 835.00, less receipts from Dog Tax $1,225.00, making a net total of $17,611.00, be approved, raised and appropriated.
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Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 153 to 159 inclusive, $17,180.00 for Commun- ity House; items 161 to 166 inclusive, $21,580.00 for Recreational Activities and items 168 to 171 inclusive $20,218.00 for Park Department, making a total of $58,978.00 for Recreation and Parks.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 174 to 182 inclusive, $8,909.00 for Unclassi- fied ; items 184 to 186 inclusive, $31,400.00 for Pensions, Sick Leave and Vacations.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Item 188 to 199 inclusive, totalling $101,350.00 for water Department.
Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 201 to 203 inclusive, totalling $129,720.00 for Maturing Debt and Interest.
ARTICLE 44. Voted : That the Town appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 from available funds now in the treasury of the Town to be applied and used for the current year and direct the Assessors to use said sum in calculating the Tax Rate.
It was then voted to adjourn sine die.
FRANK E. SMITH
Town Clerk
March 14, 1956
Under date of March 14, 1956, Robert W. Bodfish, Moderator, appointed the following persons to constitute a Building Com- mittee, in accordance with the Provisions of the vote taken under Article 31 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Graham King, Chairman
Robert W. Poole Alonzo L. Neal
Milton Kalischer
Mrs. Douglass N. Ellis
Gordon C. Kibbe Mrs. Albert C. Mayer, Jr.
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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$50.00
Appropriations Committee
150.00
Selectmen
2,700.00
Auditor
50.00
Treasurer
8,820.00
Collector of Taxes
9,018.00
Assessors
12,500.00
Law
3,350.00
Town Clerk
5,325.00
Election and Registration
4,350.00
Town Hall
7,450.00
Planning Board
300.00
Zoning and Building Boards of Appeal
200.00
Total for General Government
$54,263.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire Department
$14,600.00
New Aerial Ladder Truck
34,000.00
Police Department
86,086.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200.00
Fish and Game Warden
50.00
Building Department
7,800.00
Forestry Department :
Spraying Trees
$1,500.00
Gypsy Moth and Japa-
nese Beetle Extermi- nation
900.00
Planting
2,160.00
Trimming and Removal
8,650.00
Fertilizer
1,770.00
$14,980.00
Insect Pest Control :
Dutch Elm Disease
$8,350.00
Aerial Mosquito
1,800.00
$10,150.00
Forest Fires
$800.00
Insurance
13,000.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department :
Inspection of Milk and Animals
$300.00
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
Removal of Ashes, Rub-
bish and Garbage
43,000.00
Medical Aid and Other Expense
300.00
Hospitalization
500.00
$45,100.00
Sewer Department :
Sewer Connections
$21,800.00
Sewer Maintenance
6,000.00
Sewer Extensions
7,000.00
Drains Maintenance
7,000.00
Drains Extensions
8,000.00
Consultant Fees-Plans-
proposed Sanitary sewer
Longmeadow Brook
Valley
8,500.00
Auxiliary sewer siphon
Longmeadow Street
7,700.00
Shaker Road Sanitary
Sewer
12,000.00
$78,000.00
Total for Health and Sanitation
$123,100.00
HIGHWAYS
Salary-Superintendent
$3,500.00
Salary-Clerk
1,456.00
Maintenance
20,800.00
Tar Roads
13,800.00
Roadside Care
5,500.00
Snow Removal
15,000.00
Engineering
9,000.00
Street Signs
600.00
New Sidewalks
3,500.00
Sidewalk Repairs
2,500.00
Street Lights
19,000.00
Traffic Control
4,200.00
New Truck and Equipment
3,900.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
6,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction-Williams St.
20,000.00
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Whitmun Road Improvement
18,600.00
Ferncroft Street Improvement
12,800.00
Franklin Terrace and Ferncroft Street Land Damages
1.00
Hazardville Road Sidewalk
8,000.00
Burbank Road Sidewalk
4,800.00
Laurel Street Improvement
24,800.00
Church Parking Areas
3,600.00
Public Service Building
25,710.00
Total for Highways
$227,067.00
CHARITIES AND WELFARE
Welfare Department:
Aid
$1,000.00
Administration
50.00
$1,050.00
Old Age Assistance :
Aid
$19,000.00
Administration
1,445.00
$20,445.00
Aid to Dependent Children :
Aid
$300.00
Administration
$300.00
Diability Aid :
Aid
$4,500.00
Administration
100.00
$4,600.00
Total for Charities and Welfare $26,395.00
SCHOOLS
Maintenance
$627,254.00
Plans for Elementary School
10,000.00
Total for Schools
$637,254.00
RICHARD SALTER STORRS LIBRARY €
County Dog Money
$1,397,87
Appropriations
17,611.00
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RECREATION AND PARKS
Community House
$17,180.00
Recreational activities
21,580.00
Park Department
20,218.00
Legal fees-Property
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purposes
100.00
Total for Recreation and Parks
$59,078.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing and Delivering Town Reports
$2,800.00
Damages
250.00
Memorial Day Observance
450.00
Veterans
1,409.00
Hampden County Safety Council
25.00
County Aid to Agriculture
25.00
Maintenance, 30 Williams Street
150.00
Veterans Service Administration
300.00
Veterans Service
3,500.00
1954 Taxes and Interest-Property pur-
chased from Valentine B. Libbey
24.00
Total for Unclassified
$8,933.00
PENSIONS AND VACATIONS-SICK LEAVE
Sick Leave
$6,000.00
Vacations and Paid Holidays
13,400.00
Pensions
12,000.00
Total for Pensions, Sick Leave
and Vacations
$31,400.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salary-Commissioners
$750.00
Salary-Superintendent
3,500.00
Salaries-Clerks
3,500.00
Salary-Meter Reader
2,550.00
Connections
23,500.00
Mains Maintenance
3,100.00
Mains Extensions
14,000.00
Supply
38,500.00
Meters
6,250.00
Hdyrants
2,500.00
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New Equipment and Truck Replacement
2,300.00
Bliss Road auxiliary water main 26,000.00
Other Expense
900.00
Total for Water Department - $127,350.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Maturing Notes and Bonds
$97,000.00
Interest-Town Debt
31,720.00
Interest-Temporary Loans
1,000.00
Total for Maturing Debt and Interest
$129,720.00
RESERVE FUND
Reserve Fund
$30,000.00
Total Appropriations as voted at Annu- al Town Meeting, February 21, 1956 and adjourned Meeting, February 23, 1956 $1,655,144.87
To be Taken from Receipts (County Dog Money ) $1,307.87
Voted from Overlay Reserve
$30,000.00
Voted from Available Funds (Surplus) : Article 11 Chapter 90 Maintenance $4,000.00
Article 12 Chapter 90 Construction 15,000.00
$19,000.00
Voted from Available Funds in Surplus for Assessors use in fixing the Tax Rate $75,000.00
FRANK E. SMITH
Town Clerk
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
APRIL 24, 1956
Result of Vote
REPUBLICAN
DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELE- GATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Christian A. Herter 238
Leverett Saltonstall 235 1
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 230 I 1
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
233
Sinclair Weeks
227
Elmer C. Nelson
223
Ralph H. Bonnell I
220
Esther W. Wheeler
220
Robert F. Bradford
224
Thomas Pappas 215
Blank
275
Total
2540
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Basil Brewer 213
Bruce Crane 228
I Katherine G. Howard 213
Charles J. Innes
211
Daniel J. Lynch 212 I
Maxwell M. Rabb
216
Richard F. Treadway 1
219
John A. Volpe 214
William White 213
Sumner G. Whittier
226
Blank
375
Total
2540
DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DIS- TRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES GROUP 1
Charles R. Clason
152
D. Joseph St. Germain
124
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DELEGATES GROUP 2
Viola M. Powell
32
Stuart G. Waite
43
Blank
157
Total 508
ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 1
Arthur Davenport 114
Anna M. Ratell 118
ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 2
Theodore A. Weil
50
Bernice C. Smith
52
Blank
174
Total
508
STATE COMMITTEE-MAN
Henry Clay
80
Samuel Thompson
142
Blank
32
Total
254
STATE COMMITTEE-WOMAN
Anna M. Ratel
217
Blank
37
Total
254
TOWN COMMITTEE
Merle J. Duryea I
213
Clara McDonald Brand
224
Betty B. Hunt
222
Gertrude E. Holmer
229
Donald E. Temple
224
Graham King 222 1
Daniel E. Burbank, Jr. 1
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228
Chester J. Chambers
227
Scott M. Stearns 232
Robert B. Rush
227
Edwin H. Lyman, Jr.
226
George C. Keady, Jr.
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James A. Reed
220
Robert M. Brigham
226
Eunice B. Burbank
223
Elizabeth W. Low
222
Arthur H. Preston
220
William M. Barnard
220
Herbert M. Wilson
219
Russell P. Dale
223
Carl J. Bullock
222
1 Charles H. Stonerod 224 1 1 I I 1
Homer N. Chapin 1
224
Robert A. Johnson, Jr. I
220
Richard C. Streeter
231
Rowland MacDonald
218
Russell F. Hoag
222
John Soglia 218 L I 1 1
Stuart R. Darnley I
221
Charles E. Stryker
220
J. Robert Montgomery, Jr.
227
Edward C. Lincoln, Jr. 226
Foster W. Doty 230
Pearl S. DeForest
222
Bernice C. Smith
226
Blank
1054
Total
8890
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
190
William F. Knowland
1
Adlai Stevenson
3
Richard M. Nixon
1
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Total
254
DEMOCRATIC
DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELE- GATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES
John F. Kennedy
17
Paul A. Dever
16
John W. McCormack 17 I I
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John B. Hynes 15
William H. Burke, Jr.
17
Margaret M. O'Riordan 14 I
James M. Curley
15
Johnas J. Buckley
17
Edward J. Cronin
17
John E. Powers
15
Michael F. Skerry
14
Albert S. Previte, Jr.
15
John A. Callahan
14
J. William Belanger
15
Daniel Rudsten
14
Ida R. Lyons
14
Garrett H. Byrne
14
Daniel B. Brunton
19
James D. O'Brien
15
John F. Kane
15
Howard W. Fitzpatrick I
14
John S. Begley
17
James J. Corbett
14
Jackson J. Holtz
14
Blank
184
Total
552
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Joseph A. DeGuglielmo
14
J. Henry Goguen
14
Chester A. Dolan, Jr.
15
Michael LoPresti
14
Peter J. Rzezmikiewicz
14
Francis E. Lavigne
14
Salvatore Camileo
14
Leonard J. Warner
15
Silas F. Taylor
14
Mary A. Tomasello
15
Hugh J. Mclaughlin
14
Doris M. Racicot
14
Anna Sullivan
15
Mary Depaszuale Murray
14
Charles N. Collatos
14
Anthony M. Scibelli
17
Matthew L. McGrath, Jr. 1
14
Joseph Carczynski, Jr.
14
Edward Krock 14 1
James R. Carter
14
Thomas J. Hannon
14
Harry L. Silva
14
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Jean S. LeCompte 14
John F. Cahill 14
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Total
552
DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DIS- TRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES GROUP 1
James Cahillane 10
Thomas F. Moriarty
12
Stephen A. Moynahan
15
John F. Thompson
11
DELEGATES GROUP 2
Raymond F. Sullivan
6
Edward F. O'Neil
2
Roland A. Brooks
1
Donald J. Swords
3
Blank
32
Total 92
ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 1
Francis G. Gregory
9
Raymond J. Rosa
10
ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 2
Janet S. Aaron
1
Loretta V. Pendergast
4
Blank
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Total 46
STATE COMMITTEE-MAN
Athan Catjakis
0
Harold J. Hooper Walsh
12
Thomas P. Sullivan
7
Blank
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Total 23
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STATE COMMITTEE-WOMAN
Mary Shaw MacNally
14
Blank
9
Total
23
TOWN COMMITTEE
James J. Ward
19
James F. Murray
18
Raymond Bean
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Mary D. Moynihan
21
Margaret C. Bean
18
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136
Total
230
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Estes Kefauver
1
W. Averill Harriman
1
John W. McCormack
9
Adlai Stevenson
2
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Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting
JUNE 19, 1956
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
HAMPDEN ss.
To Frank E. Smith, Collector of Taxes or to either of the Constables of the Town of Longmeadow, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Longmeadow, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the COMMUN- ITY HOUSE in said Town on TUESDAY, the NINETEENTH day of June, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, and if the main hall of the Community House shall not, in the opinion of the Moderator, be adequate to contain said Inhabitants who shall meet, then to meet also in the hall in the basement of said Community House, at such time and places then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept from Lorena B. Booth, a deed con- vening an easement for purposes of a surface water drain from Englewood Road to Russell-Rooney Brook so-called, said deed to be in such form as said Board may approve; to raise and appro- priate $2,000.00 or other sum of money to construct a surface water drain within the location of said easement; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommended by Appropriations Com- mittee.)
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to hear the report of the Building Committee appointed by the Moderator pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting, and, if deemed advisable, to take action thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate
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the sum of $416,000.00 or a greater or lesser sum of money for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an Elementary School Building, and determine how any such appro- priation shall be raised, whether by borrowing, by taxation, by transfer from available revenue funds, or otherwise; authorize the Moderator to appoint a Building Committee, with full power and authority to make contracts for and to have charge and supervision of the construction, originally equipping and furnishing of a new Elementary School Building, the said building to be erected upon the land of the Town lying northerly of Bliss Road and comprising about 10 acres in area acquired by the Town from the Burbank Realty Company pursuant to a vote taken under Article 11 of the Special Town meeting of June 21, 1955, or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommendation by Appropriations Committee reserved.)
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $1,250.00 or other sum of money to pay the cost of the prep- aration, certification and advertising of the School Bonds, said amount to be taken from the unexpended balance of money now in the Treasury appropriated for a similar purpose at the Special Town Meeting of June 21, 1955, voted under Article 8 of said meet- ing; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommended by Appropriations Committee.)
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way or street Blueberry Hill Road northerly from Bliss Road a distance of about 1025 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and establish the grade thereof in accordance with a plan dated May 31, 1956 on file in the office of the Town Clerk and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by Eminent Domain, purchase or otherwise, slope rights of excavation or embankment along the easterly and westerly boundary lines of said way as so laid out; to drain, grade and harden said street; to install a sanitary sewer in said street and in Bliss Road westerly about 465 feet to the easterly end of the present sanitary sewer; to install a water main in said Blueberry Hill Road to connect with the present water main in Bliss Road; to install a surface water drain in said Blueberry Hill Road and running southerly across Bliss Road, thence easterly parallel to the southerly line of Bliss Road in land of the Town of Longmeadow about 746 feet to a point, thence southerly and south- westerly across land of the Town of Longmeadow to Williams Street, thence southwesterly and southeasterly to a point in Will- iams Street at about Station 68 + 20; to construct a concrete side- walk on the easterly side of Blueberry Hill Road from Bliss Road northerly about 1025 feet and on the northerly side of Bliss Road from said Blueberry Hill Road westerly a distance of about 415 feet; to raise and appropriate $88,000.00 or other sum of money
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for the foregoing purposes; and authorize the assessment of better- ments for said sanitary sewer to be installed in Bliss Road, and the assessment of a reasonable amount, not exceeding 1/2 the cost for the construction of the sidewalk in Bliss Road; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommendation by Appropriations Com- mittee reserved.)
ARTICLE 6. To see whether the Town will provide by vote for the levy of special assessments to meet the whole or part of the cost hereafter incurred of laying pipes in public and private ways for the conveyance or distribution of water to its inhabitants as authorized by Section 42G of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or as authorized under Section 42H of said Chapter, said Sections being those along with Section 42I of said Chapter, that were accepted by the Town pursuant to Article 17 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1956.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in said Town seven days at least before the time of holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon unto the Town Clerk at or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this Eleventh day of June, A. D., 1956.
MACK F. WALLACE J. BUSHNELL RICHARDSON, JR. COLIN O. CATHREW
Selectmen of Longmeadow
I hereby certify that I have posted attested copies of the above as directed.
GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR. Constable June 11, 1956
Acting under the authority of the foregoing Warrant, the qualified voters of the Town met at the time and place appointed. More than a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order by the Moderator.
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It was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. Voted : That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept from Lorena B. Booth, a deed conveying an easement for purposes of a surface water drain from Englewood Road to Russell-Rooney Brook so-called, said deed to be in such form as said Board may approve; and that the Town transfer from Free Cash in the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of $2,000.00 to construct a surface water drain within the location of said easement. (This motion carried by unanimous vote.)
ARTICLE 2. Moved: To hear the report of the Building Committee appointed by the Moderator pursuant to the vote adop- ted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting.
Graham King, Chairman of the Building Committee presented and explained, with the aid of pictures, the Report of the Com- mittee which recommended the construction of the school, to cost $416,000.00. The complete report was distributed to all present in brochure form.
It was voted that the report of the Elementary School Build- ing Committee be accepted and placed on file, but that the approval or disapproval of the recommendations therein be incorporated in the action of the Town under Article 3 of the Warrant for this meeting. (This motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
ARTICLE 3. I move that the sum of $416,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing, originally euipping and furnishing a new Elementary School Building, said building to be erected upon the land of the Town of Longmeadow lying northerly of Bliss Road and comprising about 10 acres in area acquired by the Town from the Burbank Realty Company pursuant to a vote taken under Article 11 of the Special Town Meeting of June 21, 1955.
That for the purpose of meeting the aforesaid appropriation, the sum of $11,000.00 to transferred from available revenue funds held as Free Cash in the Surplus Revenue Account and the balance of said appropriation be borrowed by the issue and sale of general obligation serial bonds of the Town of Longmeadow, as herein- after provided ; and
That the Town Treasurer to and he hereby is authorized with the approval of the Board of Selectmen ;
To borrow the sum of $395,000.00 by the issue and sale of the Bonds of the Town of Longmeadow in that aggregate principal amount under the authority of and in conformity with Chapter
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645 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1948 as amended by Chapter 389 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1952 and other acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto; that the bonds of such bond issue shall bear such date, be payable at such times, bear such rate of interest, and be in such form and issued and sold in such manner (except as herein or by law otherwise provided) as shall be deter- mined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen ; and that the Moderator to, and he hereby is authorized to appoint a Building Committee to consist of not less than seven persons, one to be designated as Chairman, with full power and authority to make contracts on behalf of the Town for the construction, originally equipping and furnishing of a new Elementary School to be built on the land of the Town herein before described; and to have charge and supervision of the construction originally equipping and furnishing of said new Elementary School Building; and that any balance of the sum made available for the use of the Elemen- tary School Building Committee appointed by the Moderator under the provisions of Article 31 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1956 shall be available for the use of said Com- mittee for the foregoing purposes.
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