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500.00
19,775.00
PARKING METER DIVISION: Officers' Salaries Signs, Parts, Painting
$136,513.00
$ 12,000.00 4,500.00
16,500.00
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Total Police Department Less-Amount transferred from- Parking Meter Fund
$153,013.00
16,500.00
Total Appropriation
$136,513.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Chief
$ 5,146.24
Salary of Assistant Chief
4,900.00
Salaries of Captains
9,100.00
Salaries of Permanent Men
75,400 00
Salaries of Call Men
7,100.00
Total Payroll
$101,646.24
Travel-Out of Town
$ 150.00
Other Expenses
7,210.00
Fire Alarm Boxes
3,050.00
New Pond Rescue Body
925.00
Clothing Allowance
875.00
Oxygen Tank Recharge
100.00
12,310.00
$113,956.24
HYDRANTS:
30,400.00
FOREST FIRE:
Salary of Warden
$ 200.00
Other Expenses
1,800.00
New Chassis
2,860.00
4,860.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Salary of Sealer
$ 1,700.00
Other Expenses
400.00
2,100.00
TREE WARDEN:
Labor and Expenses
$ 2,200.00
Dutch Elm Disease
3,500.00
5,700.00
MOTH EXTERMINATION:
400.00
WIRE INSPECTOR: Salary of Inspector $ 900 00
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Other Expenses
200.00
1,100.00
AMBULANCE: Expenses New Ambulance
$ 1,760 00
8,500.00
10,260.00
BUILDING INSPECTOR: Salary of Inspector Other Expenses
$ 850.00
175.00
1,025.00
DOG OFFICER: Salary of Officer Other Expenses
$ 350.00
600.00
950.00
STREET LIGHTS:
27,600.00
PLANNING BOARD:
$ 400.00
Expenses Official Map
250.00
650.00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE:
Expenses Auxiliary Police
500.00
Total
4,900.00
SCHOOLS:
Salaries-Instruction and Others
$545,598.30
Other Expenses
158,512.50
Audio-Visual Aids
1,500.00
Driver Education
1,500.00
Playgrounds
4,500.00
Contingency
5,000.00
Athletic Fund
2,000.00
Music
2,000.00
Federal Lunch Program
3,400.00
Total
724,010.80
LIBRARY: Salaries Books, Periodicals, Expenses
$ 16,150.00
7,356.00
23,506.00
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$ 4,400.00
HIGHWAYS:
Superintendent's Salary
$ 4,800.00
Labor
33,552.00
Oil and Sand for Roads
10,000 00
Other Expenses
10,000.00
Snow and Ice
12,000.00
New Road Machinery Equipment
19,650.00
Road Machinery Maintenance
12,000.00
Town Dump
3,158.00
Town Dump-Rodent Control
600.00
Rubbish Collection
5,500.00
Sidewalk Repairs
2,000.00
Total
113,260.00
WELFARE:
Salary of Town Agent
$ 5,350.00
Salaries of Social
Workers
14,760.00
Salaries of Clerks
8,880.00
From Federal Grants
28,990.00 6,000.00
Total Appropriation
22,990.00
General Relief
$ 50,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
47,300.00
Old Age Assistance
197,000.00
Disability Assistance
13,900.00
308,200.00
VETERANS BENEFITS: Relief Grants
70,000.00
VETERANS SERVICES:
Director's Salary
$ 4,400.00
Salary of Clerk
2,800 00
Other Expenses
850.00
Part Time Clerical
300.00
8,350.00
SOLDIERS BURIALS:
400.00
BURIAL ALLOWANCE TO VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
100.00
MAINTENANCE OF VETERANS GRAVES:
600.00
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BOARD OF HEALTH:
Salaries:
Agent
$ 800.00
Podiatrist
250.00
Nurse
3,550.00
Clerk
300.00
Dental Clinic
770.00
Plumbing Inspector
3,700.00
Food Inspector
300.00
Milk Inspector
300.00
Sanitary Inspector
500.00
Animal Inspector
350 00
10,820.00
Expenses:
Tuberculosis and Contagious Diseases
$ 2,000.00
Premature Births
1,000 00
Traveling Expenses
475.00
Other Expenses
500.00
Maico Audiometer
338.00
4,313.00
Total Board of Health
$ 15,133.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
Salaries of Caretakers and Operators $ 22,291.00
Chlorine and Chemicals
7,448.00
Other Expenses
6,113.00
Roof Repairs
450.00
Rebuild Manholes
450 00
New Equipment
685.00
37,437.00
RECREATION:
Swimming Pool:
Salaries
$ 3,300.00
Other Expenses
750.00
Red Cross Instruction
200.00
Special Water Account
710.00
New Construction
1,500.00
(Work to be done by the Highway Dept.)
Dresser Street Field:
Salaries
5,000.00
Maintenance and Improvements
3,000.00
Repairs to Field
700.00
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Expenses for Babe Ruth, Little and Minor Leagues
2,000.00
Alumni Field:
Salaries
1,000.00
Maintenance and Improvements
1,000.00
Cyclone Fence
750.00
New Construction-Storage Shed
2,000.00
Henry Street Field:
Salaries
1,200.00
Other Expenses
500.00
Maintenance and Improvements
1,200.00
Sewers
150.00
Winter Sports:
Salaries
250.00
Other Expenses
500.00
Snow Blower
300.00
Program for Retarded Children
1,900.00
Total Recreation
27,910.00
PENSIONS:
Pensions (Non-Contributory)
$ 2,775.00
Pension Accumulation Fund
33,006.00
Group Insurance
14,500.00
50,281.00
CEMETERIES AND ENTERPRISES:
6,400.00
INSURANCE:
25,000.00
PARKS:
500.00
MEMORIAL DAY:
975.00
VETERANS DAY:
675.00
TOWN CLOCK:
50.00
ANNUAL REPORTS:
3,200.00
MAIN STREET-DRESSER PARK MAINTEN. 1,628.00
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL:
400.00
SHED FOR WORLD WAR MEMORIAL TOOLS:
150.00
TOWN HALL REPAIRS:
2,400.00
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WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL:
200.00
GARBAGE COLLECTION: 8,998.00
INFIRMARY EXPENSES: 100.00
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE: 500.00
ADVISORY BOARD OF REVIEW:
1,000.00
NATIONAL GUARD ACCOUNT:
2,100.00
TREE PLANTING-DRESSER PARK:
100.00
SOUTHBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY: 100.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE:
10,000.00
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS: 6,000.00
Article 9. VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the following sums of money to be paid as salary to the elected officers of the Town at the annual rates indicated herein begin- ning January 1, 1959, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended: SELECTMEN:
Salary of Chairman
$ 650.00
Salary of 2nd Member
550.00
Salary of 3rd Member
550.00
1,750.00 $
TREASURER: Salary of Treasurer
3,100.00
TAX COLLECTOR: Salary of Tax Collector
4,800.00
ASSESSORS:
Salary of Chairman
$ 700.00
Salary of 3rd Member
700.00
Salary of 2nd Member (Clerk)
4,800.00
6,200.00
MODERATOR: Salary of Moderator 100.00
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TOWN CLERK: Salary of Town Clerk
4,800.00
TREE WARDEN:
per hour 1.95
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE:
Salary of Chairman
$ 700.00
Salary of 2nd Member
700.00
Salary of 3rd Member
700.00
Total Salaries Less - Federal Grants
$ 2,100.00
900.00
To be Raised by Town
1,200.00
BOARD OF HEALTH:
Salary of Chairman
$ 150.00
Salary of 2nd Member
150.00
Salary of 3rd Member
150.00
450.00
SEWER COMMISSIONERS:
Salary of Chairman
$ 200.00
Salary of 2nd Member
200.00
Salary of 3rd Member
200.00
600.00
Article 10. VOTED: In the affirmative.
Article 11. VOTED: In the affirmative for $740.00.
Article 12. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 13. VOTED: (Unanimously) in the affirmative for $275.06.
Article 14. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 15. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 16. VOTED: In the afifrmative for $725.00.
Article 17. VOTED: In the affirmative for $625.00
Article 18. VOTED: In the affirmative for $525.00.
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Article 19. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,125.00.
Article 20. The following substitute motion presented, then withdrawn:
That the Town accept Chapter 472, Sections 1 and 2 of the Acts of 1957.
The motion of the Finance Committee carried: VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 21. VOTED: Indefienite postponement.
Article 22. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 23. VOTED: In the affirmative for $300.00.
Article 24. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 25. VOTED: In the affirmative for $830.00.
Article 26. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 27. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and was defeated: Voted that Article 27 of the 1959 Annual Town Meeting be decided and voted by Australian Ballot.
After many pros and cons, the moderator named tellers and announced: "Those wishing to vote in the affirmative for the school, please rise and remain standing during the count." The same procedure used for those wishing to vote in the negative.
Results of count:
Affirmative 1,199
Negative 163
The moderator announced: "It's a two-thirds vote."
Article 27. VOTED: That the sum of $1,207,000.00 be ap- propriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equip- ping and furnishing a high school building on the land in the rear of Cole Trade High School and for the purpose of adding classrooms and shop space to Cole Trade High School and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $180,000.00 be appropri- ated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, the sum of $27,- 000.00 be raised in the tax levy of the current year, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and here- by is authorized to borrow the sum of $800,000.00 under author- ity of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and the sum of $200,- 000.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of
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the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than Twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.
A motion for immediate reconsideration of vote on Article 27 presented, seconded and carried: (Motion to reconsider in accordance to the By-Laws of the Town . .. Article 3, Section 18.) Moderator announced: "If you want the school at this time, vote No." He further stated: "Only majority vote needed."
RECONSIDERATION SCHOOL VOTE
VOTED: (Unanimously in the negative) That the sum of $1,207,000.0 be appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a high school building on the land in the rear of Cole Trade High School and for the purpose of adding classrooms and shop space to Cole Trade High School and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $180,000.00 be appropriated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, the sum of $27,000.00 be raised in the tax levy of the cur- rent year, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $800,000.00 under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and the sum of $200,000.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.
Article 28. VOTED: To rescind the vote taken by the Town under Article No. 48 acted upon at the Annual Town Meeting of March 8, 1948, giving jurisdiction over Dresser Street Field to the Southbridge Recreation Committee and to place such jurisdiction over Dresser Street Field under the authority of the Southbridge School Committee, to take effect January 1, 1960.
Article 29. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the present Southbridge School Planning Committee, appointed July 1, 1957, continue as the School Building Committee, which committee shall have authority to enter into all contracts and agreements necessary to construct, equip and furnish the new Southbridge High School and the addition to Cole Trade High School.
The following motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: That this meeting be adjourned until March 23, 1959, 7 P. M., and to use the Town Hall Auditorium only.
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Time of adjournment: 10:45 P. M.
NOTE: During the pros and cons on Article 27, the mod- erator requested Constable Trudeau to bring in the checked Voting Lists. So done. Number of voters checked: 1,388.
NOTICE
Relevant to the By-Laws of the Town of Southbridge, AR- TICLE III, Section 5 at the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 16, 1959, it was voted: To adjourn until March 23, 1959, at 7 P. M., and to use the Town Hall auditorium only.
The remaining business to come before the meeting will commence with Article 30 to and including Article 77 of the Warrants.
NOTICES POSTED: March 17, 1959 in six public places, namely: Town Hall, Fire Station, Police Station, Li- brary, Laughnane's News Room and Lippe's Market.
Similar notice published in the Southbridge Evening News 3-20-59.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 16, 1959
RECONVENED MARCH 23. 1959, AT 7 P. M.
The moderator declared the meeting opened at 7 P. M.
The moderator stated: "That the recommendations of the Finance Committee are to be considered as motions and that said motions are duly seconded. However, substitute mo- tions could be presented from the floor." He also asked the voters to refrain from personalities. He also clarified the ad- journment. A motion to adjourn is not debatable, only time and place is debatable.
Article 30. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and carried. VOTED: To postpone to the next An- nual Town Meeting.
Article 31. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 32. VOTED: In the affirmative for $7,600.00 to reconstruct Marsh Avenue from Eastford Road to Elm Street, a total of approximately six hundred fifty-nine feet, said con- struction to include adequate drainage, foundation and a pene- tration surface, a concrete curb and asphaltic sidewalk and appurtenant work on the northerly side, with work to be done by contract. No Land Damages per Selectmen.
Article 33. The following motion presented, seconded and carried:
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VOTED: That the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated to be used in addition to the money appropriated at the Special Town Meeting of De- cember 15, 1958, for the purpose of continuing the survey of the sewage disposal problem in the lower North Street - Crystal Street area of fthe town and to effect such remedial measures as appear necessary.
Article 34. VOTED: In the affirmative for $4,700.00.
Article 35. VOTED: In the affirmative for $2,500.00.
Article 36. The following motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: To hear, act on, and accept the report of the Selectmen as to the laying out of a public way, a certain street known as Armory Lane, commencing at the westerly line of Morrris Street, thence Southwesterly for a distance of about Five Hundred Sixty-Nine and Thirty-Eight Hundredths (569.38) feet. No Land Damages per Selectmen.
Article 37. VOTED: In the affirmative for $6,600.00 to construct a storm drain to begin at Morris Street and extend southwesterly on Armory Lane to Chestnut Street, a distance of about 1,040 feet, work to be done by the Highway Depart- ment.
Article 38. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 39. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,100.00 to rebuild sidewalk on West Street from a point three hundred (300) feet, northerly of South Street, thence northerly for a dis- tance of 300 feet. Work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 40. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 41. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
The Board of Selectmen wishes to record that they favor indefinite postponement.
Article 42. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 43. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 44. The following motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 45. VOTED: In the affirmative for $5,950.00,
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work to include adequate drainage, curbing and Type I sur- face with work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 46. VOTED: In the affirmative for $2,100.00, with work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 47. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,300.00 to reconstruct a sidewalk on the northerly side of Caron Street from Elm Street to Everett Etreet, work to be done by the Highway Department.
At this time (8 P. M.) the moderator stated: "We have been in session one hour. A quorum is present and a quorum must be present at all times."
Article 48. VOTED: In the affirmative for $5,100.00, work to include adequate drainage, foundation, curbing, Type I surface and an asphaltic sidewalk on the northerly side of Park Street from Elm Street to Everett Street, work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 49. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 50. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 51. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,800.00, work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 52. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 53. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 54. VOTED: In the affirmative for $4,600.00, work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 55. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 56. VOTED: In the affirmative for $5,450.00, work to include adequate drainage, foundation, curbing, Type I surface, with work to be done by contract.
Article 57. VOTED: In the affirmative for $19,732.00 for the reconstruction of Glover Street from the westerly side of High Street to the junction of the easterly side of Highland Street, a distance of about one thousand one hundred and sixty (1,160) feet; work to include adequate drainage and Type I re- surfacing with work to be done by contract.
Article 58. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,078.00, work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 59. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and carried:
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VOTED: To rebuild sidewalk on the northerly side of School Street in front of No. 70 and No. 72 School Street, for a distance of about One Hundred (100) feet. Work to be done by the Highway Department under "Sidewalk Repair Account."
Article 60. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
A motion for reconsideration of Article 49 was made and seconded. After discussion, the motion to reconsider was withdrawn.
Article 61. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 62. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 63. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: To rebuild sidewalk in front of No. 191-193 Marcy Street and in front of No. 201-203 Marcy Street, a total distance of about One Hundred Fifty (150) feet. Work to be done by the Highway Department under "Sidewalk Repair Account."
Article 64. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 65. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 66. The Town Engineer was heard on this article. He stated: "Part of drain might go on Elzear Langevin's land also." The question was asked: "Any Land Damages?" "None," reported by Town Engineer.
The moderator stated: "No objection to drain going on Mr. Elzear Langevin's land." VOTED: None.
VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,260.00, work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 67. The following substitute motion presented, sec- onded and carried:
VOTED: (Unanimously) Indefinite postponement.
Article 68. VOTED: In the affirmative for $2,340.00, with work to be done by the Highway Department.
Article 69. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 70. VOTED: In the affirmative for $450.00.
Article 71. VOTED: In the affirmative for $900.00, said sum to reimburse lessor, Martin Realty Co., for real estate taxes levied on property located at the corner of Main and
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Goddard Streets and for public liability insurance in the amount of $252.88.
The following amendment presented, seconded and carried: VOTED: Said lease to contain provision that Lessor may terminate upon 30 days' written notice to Board of Selectmen.
Article 72. VOTED: In the affirmative for $1,000.00.
Article 73. VOTED: In the affirmative.
Article 74. VOTED: Indefinite postponement.
Article 75. The following motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: (Unanimously) To extend the Multiple Fam- ily Zone as follows: from the northerly line of the present Multiple Family Residence district south of Randolph Street, westerly to the General Business district along the easterly line of the General Business district to the southerly line of the Light Industry district, easterly to Cady Brook, thence south- erly to the present Multiple Residence district.
Report of Planning Board:
The Planning Board, after due notices published in The Southbridge Evening News of January 23-30 and February 6, held a public hearing this date, February 9, 1959 in Room No. 15 in Town Hall at 7:30 P. M. to hear any opposition to a Zone Change on Randolph and Worcester Streets. The meeting opened at 7:30 P. M. and adjourned at 8:30 P. M., when no op- position to the Zone Change was presented.
Following the public hearing, the members of the Planning Board present, voted to recommend to the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting that this Article be approved.
The Southbridge Planning Board presented the following as a substitute motion to Article 75 of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting:
To extend the Multiple Family Zone as follows: From the northerly line of the present Multiple Family Residential Dis- trict south of Randolph Street, westerly to the General Busi- ness District along the easterly line of the General Business District, to the southerly line of the Light Industry District, easterly to Cady Brook; thence southerly to the present Mul- tiple Residential District.
Approved Planning Board: Signed:
ROLAND PONTBRIAND, MARC A. ARSENAULT, ERNEST A. TREMBLAY, Secretary.
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Received April 13, 1959, 7:16 P. M. By: CLARE P. BOYER, Town Clerk.
A true copy of report.
Attest:
CLARE P. BOYER, Town Clerk.
Article 76. The following substitute motion presented, seconded and carried:
VOTED: (Overwhelmingly) That Forty-Two Hundred ($4,200.00) Dollars be taken from the tax levy of 1959 to pur- chase an Air Raid Warning System. This sum to be used only if the project as approved as a Matching Funds Project by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The system would be a Thunderbolt (or equivalent) Air Raid Siren with the neces- sary Control Panel. Five 10-HP Dual Tone Air Sirens complete with the necessary controls. Six telephone relays and an Air Timer to sound sirens in accordance with the signals pre- scribed by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Work to be done by contract under the direction of the Engineer Division - CD.
Article 77. VOTED: That the sum of $92,000.00 from the Free cash in the Treasury be used by the Board of Assessors in computing the tax rate for 1959.
At 9 P. M., it was voted that the meeting under this war- rant be dissolved.
A true record. Attest:
CLARE P. BOYER, Town Clerk.
Members of the School Building Committee:
Mrs. Rose Shepard, Mrs. Louise Gibson, Messrs. Edgar J. Bourgeois, Stavri B. Yanka, Marion J. DeAngelis, Louis H. Van- Dernoot, Paul. H. Haynes, Leslie A. Hackett, Aloysius I. Ko- prowski, Oswald J. Laliberte and Eugene Leblanc.
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Chapter 47 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Nine, An Act relative to the apportionment of assessments for better- ments in the Town of Southbridge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section nine of chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine or of any other law to the contrary, assess- ments for betterments in the Town of Southbridge shall be ap-
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portioned and levied in conformity with the provisions of sec- tion thirteen of chapter eighty of the General Laws.
House of Representatives, February 10, 1959
Passed to be enacted, (s) John F. Thompson, Speaker.
In Senate, February 10, 1959.
Passed to be enacted, John E. Powers, President. February 13, 1959.
Approved: (s) Foster Furcolo, Governor.
A true copy. Attest:
CLARE P. BOYER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TOWN WARRANT
Worcester, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Southbridge, in the County of Worcester,
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby requested to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Southbridge aforesaid qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the Town Hall of Southbridge on Monday, April 13, 1959 at 7:30 P.M. to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see whether the Town of Southbridge will approve the construction and establishment of a new housing project by the Southbridge Housing Authority, namely, a housing project for the elderly pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 667 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1954, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, to be known as State-Aided Housing Project 667-1, or act anything thereon.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell at private sale a part or the whole of the real estate belonging to the Town on Chestnut and Cisco Streets, formerly used for the Town Infirmary, or act anything thereon.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise or ap- propriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to cause an ap- praisal to be made of the former Town Infirmary for the pur- pose of disposing of same at public sale.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at public sale a part or the whole of the real estate belonging to the Town on Chestnut and Cisco Streets, formerly used for the Town Infirmary, or act anything thereon.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise or ap- propriate, borrow or transfer the sum of $426.58, said sum to be used to pay 1958 Insurance premiums on the Sewerage Disposal Plant, or act anything thereon.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate, borrow or transfer the sum of $1,000.00 to install a water service line and meter pit from Glover Street to the Swimming Pool, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to create and es- tablish a Committee of three for Recreation for Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children for the purpose of organiz- ing, planning and carrying on recreational programs for the town's physically and mentally handicapped children and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint the members of said Committee, each member to serve for a term of one year beginning April 1 of each year, or act anything thereon.
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