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money left in the Deep Well Submersible Pump account in order to take care of the increased cost of installation, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to repair the open well at the Beaver Pond Well Site, said money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of One Thousand Two Hun- dred and Sixty-five Dollars ($1,265.00) for a new Safe for the Treas- urer's Office, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Town Treasurer or do anything relating thereto. (By Treasurer)
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 228, Acts of 1959. An Act establishing a minimum annual compensation for Police Officers in certain cities and Towns or take any action in relation thereto. (By Petition)
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to advance by special appropriation the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be uti- lized by the Franklin Industrial Commission in the conduct of its activities. Such funds are to be expended for payment for supplies, materials, and services the Industrial Commission considers necessary to the successful conclusion of its activities. (By Industrial Committee)
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($5,650.00) to purchase two hundred (200) new Water Meters to replace the old worn out meters-old Water Meters to be taken in trade-said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the purpose of installing an additional Pump with all the necessary accessories in the Milliken Avenue Pumping Station, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way that portion of a private way known as Alpine Row extending from
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East Central Street to that portion of Alpine Row now a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown as Lot 4 on a "Sub- division Plan of Land in Franklin, Mass., December 4, 1959. Bowie Engineering Co., Millis, Mass.," a copy of which plan is filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or do anything relating thereto. (By Petition)
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the construction of that portion of Alpine Row, formerly a private way, extending from East Central Street shown as Lot 4 on "Subdivision Plan of Land in Franklin, Mass., December 4, 1959, Bowie Engineering Co., Millis, Mass.," a copy of which is filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or do anything relating thereto. (By Petition)
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to determine that there exists in the Town the need for an Urban Renewal Program or Pro- grams as authorized by G.L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 121, Section 26XX and other relevant provisions of law, or take any action in relation thereto. (By Selectmen)
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) by taxation, by transfer from avail- able funds, or otherwise, for the purpose of the Franklin Housing Authority having an application prepared and submitted to the Federal Government of the United States, for Urban Renewal in Franklin, under the Urban Renewal Provisions of the National Housing Act of 1949, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto. (By Selectmen)
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00) to purchase and equip a rubber tired Excavating Machine to be used by all divisions of the Department of Public Works, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to modify the Zoning Map of the Town of Franklin, Massachusetts by changing from Residential I, II and III to Commercial I, a parcel of land located on the northerly side of East Central Street, and on the southeasterly side of Chestnut Street, and bounded on the easterly side by the westerly boundary line of Albert and Dorothy Rawson and extension of said Rawson line northerly for a distance of 1,450 feet + from the center line of East Central Street to a point at land of Annie Paine; thence bounded northerly by the southerly line of Annie Paine extended a distance of 1,700 feet ± to the center line of Chestnut Street; thence bounded
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northwesterly by the center line of Chestnut Street a distance of 1,900 feet ± to the center line of East Central Street; thence bounded south- erly by the center line of East Central Street a distance 3,000 feet ± to the said Rawson line and point of beginning.
All non-conforming private dwelling or Commercial II property to remain zoned as they now are, provided the deeds and plans, if any, are recorded with the Norfolk Registry of Deeds at Dedham as of this date. (By Planning Board)
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Sixty-five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00) to purchase and equip a Platform Dump Truck to be used by all divisions of the Department of Public Works, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the income of the Fletcher Fund for the construction of and equipment for play- grounds and recreational fields; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Playground Committee, or do anything relating thereto. (By Playground Committee)
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the balance of the Insurance Recovery Fund, the sum of Three Hundred Forty Dollars ($340.00) for Playground Maintenance and recreational facilities, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) for the Swimming Instruction Program, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or do anything relating thereto. (Requested by Petition)
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) to purchase a Sand Spreader-old Spreader to be taken in trade-said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to remove badly decayed and dangerous trees in our Town Roads, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
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Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to act for the Town by signing an application for federal assistance in the form of a Planning Loan under Public Law 560 and to act as the responsible agent of the Town in all matters concerned with this application and with subsequent responsibilities in this matter and that the Town Treasurer be authorized to release funds received from the Federal Government upon signed request of the Board of Public Works. (By B.P.W.)
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for Poison Ivy and Brush Control, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) to purchase and plant new Shade Trees, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in the Sweeper account a sum of money to be used for the repair of the Sweeper, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for the maintenance of the Auxiliary Police of Franklin, said sum to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or do anything relating thereto. (By Selectmen)
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase from New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company for the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), a permanent easement for the installation of a 72" drain pipe across and under land or right of way and tracks of the Boston Division of said Railroad Company, at or about engineering station 1489+60 of the monumented center line of the land or right of way of said Railroad Company, at Franklin, Massachusetts, substantially as shown in red on print entitled "N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Boston Division Tracks and Buildings, Franklin Jct., Mass. Proposed Installation of 6' concrete drain pipe Spruce Pond Drainage Project for Town of Franklin, Mass. AFE 90215-S September 21, 1959," and raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for the payment of such permanent easement, or do or act anything relating thereto. (By Selectmen)
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Article 65. To see if the Town will accept as a public way that portion of a private way known as Linda Lane extending for a distance of approximately five hundred (500) feet northerly from the intersec- tion of Plain Street, or do anything relating thereto. (By Planning Board)
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to investigate and test for additional water supply, said money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1953 authorizing annual rentals or charges for the use of the sewer system, or systems in the Town of Franklin. (By B.P.W.)
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to purchase a parcel of land composed of approximately twelve (12) acres, more or less, adjoining the present Town Sewage Treatment Plant, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
Article 69. To see whether the Town will approve the construc- tion of a new housing project by the Franklin Housing Authority, namely, a housing project for elderly persons pursuant to the provi- sions of Chapter 667 of Massachusetts Acts of 1954, and Acts in Amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto to be known as State-Aided Housing Project 667-2. (By Franklin Housing Authority)
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 647, Acts of 1960, an Act increasing the amounts of pensions and retirement allowances payable to certain former public employees. (By Selectmen)
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($17,625.00) to install a Bituminous Concrete Surface and about 2,000 lin. ft. of curbing on Main Street westerly from Emmons Street to Pleasant Street, a distance of about 2,150 lin. ft., said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any action relative thereto. (By B.P.W.)
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Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds a sum of money for the purchase of a billing and accounting machine to be used by various departments of the Town, or take any action relating thereto. (By Assessors)
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of meeting, as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands this Seventeenth Day of January, A.D. 1961.
ROBERT BELL JAMES DACEY WILLIAM D. O'NEIL
Board of Selectmen
INDEX
Book I
Deaths 172
Marriages
164
Town Auditor 176
Town Meetings
91
Town Treasurer 175
Collector of Taxes
211
Book III
Reports of:
Advisory Committee
31
Ambulance
39
Assessors
37
Auxiliary Police Force
15
Board of Appeals
71
Board of Health
50
Board of Health Nurse
67
Board of Public Works
57
Board of Selectmen
64
Expenditures, Summary
238
Building Inspector
46
Expenditures, Total 242
233
Civil Defense
Organization
276
Auxiliary Police
36
School Calendar
233
Dog Officer
16
Earnings of
School Nurse 269
School Physician 268
Superintendent of Schools
Report
241
Forest Fire Warden
28
Franklin
Housing Authority
47
Industrial Commission
40
Inspector of Animals
66
Library Association
30
Lock-up Keeper
22
Handwriting
254
Planning Board
62
Industrial Arts
258
Public Welfare
23
Music
251
Registrar of Bicycles
34
Safety Education Officer
35
Sealer of Weights & Measures
38
Selectmen's Estimates
65
Physical Education
259
Special Police Officers
15
Summer Recreation
74
Science
256
Supervisor of Attendance
271
Teachers, List of
276
Testing
255
Book II
Home Economics
259
Franklin Town Records for the year 1960
89
Births
150
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 14, 1961
281
Facts About Franklin
12
List of Jurors
13
Town Officers Elected
5
Town Officers Appointed
7
Annual Report of the School Committee 238
Age Grade Table 273
Certificates of
Employment Issued 274
Enrollment by Grades 272
Enrollment, Membership and Attendance 275
Expenditures, Receipts and Estimates 233
Civil Defense
28
Town Employees
76
Field Driver
34
Fire Department
25
Fires in 1958
26
Art
253
Athletic Revolving Account
264
Athletics
263
Audio-Visual Education
257
Driver Education 258
English
255
Mosquito Control Project
17
Horace Mann School
250
Police Department
18
Junior High School
247
Gerald M. Parmenter School 249
Physical Education
for Boys
262
School Lunch
266
Veterans' Services
46
Wiring Inspector
45
No School Signals
School Committee Members
232
Evening Practical Arts 267
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