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3.75
Mrs. J. Woolard
7.50
Ginn & Co.
61.23
Wright & Potter
3.92
Chas. Scribners
1.86
R. R. Bowker Co.
.50
Educational Test Bureau
3.65
News of the Week
15.00
Noble & Noble
10.62
Gold Seal Pub. Co.
4.30
Oliver Toothaker
8.17
Athletics:
James W. Brine
$201.25
Health:
Dr. Raymond G. Vinal $45.00
Willis Parsons, D. M. D.
46.50
Fred S. Delay
13.65
American Educational Press
.25
Gregg Pub. Co.
26.75
Silver, Burdett Co.
3.79
Miss El. L. Kelly 3.80
E. Flanagan
4.68
Lawrence Pub. Co.
12.29
Berkley-Cardy Co. 2.83
D. C. Heath Co. 5.95
Southwestern Pub. Co. 15.05
Newsweek Pub. Co. 2.60
$ 758.02
$4,381.00
Fuel:
Penn Oil Co.
$975.01
John S. Fitts
259.68
Phillips, Bates & Co.
130.00
Lyman Lincoln
3.00
California Test Bureau
4.40
J. L. Hammett Co.
329.55
Iriquois Pub. Co.
8.76
Ginn & Co.
5.33
National Board of Examiners
5.22
Central Scientific Co.
6.72
Perry H. Osborn
232.00
Homestead Farm
7.00
State Prison
15.35
$ 319.88
Text Books:
American Book Co.
68.93
Houghton Mifflin Co.
141.92
Americana Corp.
2.00
School Service Co.
3.52
Noble & Noble
15.33
Southwestern Pub. Co.
7.31
American Educational Press
3.31
$1,179.38
World Book Co.
5.81
United Pub. Co.
5.00
Junior Literary Guild
84.40
F. J. Barnard Co.
57.06
Plymouth Co. Health Ass'n. 1.00
$ 109.95
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Equipment:
W. D. Sproul 17.65
Milton Bradley Co.
$ 40.44
Thos. Stearns
51.25
Comm. of Mass.
42.51
Frank Osborne 11.50
C. & D. Hardware Co.
16.73
W. C. Soule
274.76
Cambosco Co.
18.75
Rome Bros.
2.41
Royal Typewriter Co.
184.56
Public Safety Committee
5.00
L. C. Smith-Corona Co.
47.50
Division of the Blind
39.00
W. W. Mason Co.
1.15
Lot Phillips Co.
1.50
George A. Beach
102.83
Singer Sewing Mach. Co.
104.50
Sanderson Bros.
15.35
Henry S. Wolkins Co.
115.00
Jordan Marsh Co.
27.04
Rome Bros.
8.96
Insurance:
Herbert A. Lincoln
$188.16
$ 725.32
Repairs :
Briggs & Briggs
5.50
J. B. Hunter
5.26
Andrew Maxwell
24.10
The Welch Co.
14.48
Frank Costa
143.38
George A. Beach
258.21
Rockland Trans. Co.
3.00
L. C. Okers Co.
4.50
Railway Express Co.
8.82
Clement Thomas
2.58
Basil Simmons
2.50
Town of Scituate
6.30
Bell & Howell
1.75
W. A. Manson
5.50
Nemasket Trans Co. W. D. Sproul
15.00
Fred Burnside
88.45
Freeman's Express
.50
Forsberg Electric Co.
5.55
Howard Delano
55.98
J. J. Newcomb Co.
4.75
To Surplus Revenue
5.80
$37,517.37
Appropriation
36,873.78
Dog License Refund
643.59
37,517.37
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
140.00
City of Boston
566.23
706.23
Appropriation
500.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
206.23
706.23
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
R. G. Vinal, M. D., Services
$ 150.00
Appropriation
$ 150.00
JAMES LIBRARY
James Library Association
$ 200.00
Appropriation
$ 200.00
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Personal Book Shop, Books
$ 39.47
Ginn & Co., Books 6.60
17.81
Arthur Merritt
4.00
Rockland Coal &
Grain Co. 1.63
$1,044.58
Charles H. Pike
512.16
Herbert E. Robbins 44.16
744.48
Miscellaneous Expense : Bureau of Publications
$ 2.25
Joseph Totman 15.62
1.57
Singer Sewing Mach. Co.
.30
F. Howard Hall
5.00
Milton Bradley Co.
3.16
$ 56.01
$37,511.57
City of Quincy
Womrath Bookshops, Books
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NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Old Corner Book Store, Books
7.95
Quincy Bookbinding Co., Binding
5.40
Railway Express Co., Express
6.32
Remington-Rand Co., Supplies
8.80
Gold Seal Publications, Books
1.65
Junior Literary Guild, Books
14.70
Rockland Stand. Pub. Co., Supplies
7.50
Dorothy E. Cann, Services
34.50
Pauline W. Leonard, Services
50.00
200.70
Appropriation
200.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
.70
200.70
RESERVE FUND
Transfers to:
Selectmen's Dept.
$ 12.65
Collector's Dept.
1.13
Assessors' Dept.
171.01
Election and Registration Dept.
134.45
Incidentals
531.17
Town Hall Expense
178.53
Town Reports
68.95
Fire Dept. - General
774.61
Fire Dept. - Equipment
275.80
Fire Dept. - Special Equipment
8.52
Highways - Town ...
1.61
Old Age Assistance - Town
1,181.49
Vocational Training
206.23
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library
.70
To Overlay Surplus
453.15
$4,000.00
Appropriation ....
1,500.00
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
2,500.00
$4,000.00
W. P. A. EXPENSE AND DELIVERY OF MATERIALS
Arthur K. Finney, Transportation
2.86
Surplus Commodities Fund
112.05
Balance, January 1, 1942
439.63
554.54
Balance January 1, 1941
554.54
MEMORIAL DAY
Acme Novelty Co., Flags
$ 15.00
Stanley Blanchard, Express
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Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Printing
6.25
Mary J. Schindler, Speaker
10.00
Norwell Legion Band
125.00
Charles W. Thomas, Ammunition
8.00
Olive E. Dolan, Wreaths
23.63
Cushman Bakery, Supplies
7.38
C. W. Robinson, Supplies
1.87
Economy Grocery Stores, Supplies
7.38
Julia Rosebach, Supplies
2.30
Duncan Campbell, Janitor
1.50
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3,546.85
114.91
TOWN OF NORWELL
Wm. T. Dunbar, Flowers
32.40
Herbert E. Joseph, Transportation
8.00
William O. Prouty, Trans.
5.00
Lloyd Henderson, Police
3.50
F. Howard Hall, Police
3.50
Robert L. Molla, Police
3.50
To Surplus Revenue
264.61 .39
Appropriation
265.00
ARMISTICE DAY
Stanley R. Ames, Amplifier
$ 10.00
Alfred Howes, Orchestra
25.00
RKO Vaudeville Exchange
70.00
Brockton Edison Co., Wiring
4.00
Women's Defense Corps, Prize
15.00
Norwell Grange, Prize
12.00
James H. Bennett, Speaker's Expense
8.00
To Surplus Revenue
150.00
Appropriation
150.00
TOWN FOREST
A. Adams, Labor
$23.00
S. Smith, Labor
23.00
Phillips Bates Co.
3.55
To Surplus Revenue
.45
Appropriation
50.00
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
John T. Osborn, Labor
$ 10.75
John T. Osborn, Truck
36.00
Perley Keene
24.00
Bertram Joseph
24.00
Littlefield-Wyman Nurseries
15.00
Fanny P. Fish, Mowers
4.00
To Surplus Revenue
11.25
Appropriation
125.00
MOWING BUSHES
John T. Osborn, Labor
$ 83.25
John T. Osborn, Truck
213.00
Perley Keene
142.00
Bertram Joseph
142.50
A. P. Billings, Repairs
2.50
The Welch Co., Equipment
9.50
To Surplus Revenue
592.75 7.25
Appropriation
600.00
600.00
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$ 265.00
144.00 6.00
49.55
50.00
113.75
125.00
NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
GAFFIELD PARK
S. Smith, Labor
$ 25.00 25.00
Appropriation
CARE OF TOWN DUMP
A. Jackman, Labor
$ 12.00
W. F. Beach, Labor
12.00
Perry H. Osborn, Burning
6.00
Lyman Weatherby, Labor and truck
112.75
Frank Castigliani, Labor and Equipment
24.00
Joseph Paradis, Labor
8.00
To Surplus Revenue
174.75 .25
Appropriation
175.00
CARE OF VETERANS GRAVES
W. C. Bowker, Labor
$ 22.75
Pinehurst Cemetery, Care
45.50
Thomas Rose, Labor
14.00
First Parish Cemetery Association, Care
177.75
Appropriation
260.00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
Perry H. Osborn, Grading
$ 20.00
W. C. Bowker, Labor, Material and trees
112.51
W. D. Jacobs, Labor
18.00
W. Wallace Farrar, Labor
10.00
160.51
To Surplus Revenue
39.49
Appropriation
200.00
INTEREST
Rockland Trust Co.
$ 1,745.00
Merchants National Bank
57.78
To Surplus Revenue
197.22
Appropriation
2,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS
First National Bank of Boston (Anticipation) 25,000.00
Merchants National Bank (Anticipation)
45,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (Old School)
2,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (New School)
5,000.00
77,000.00
Appropriation (Debt)
7.000.00
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
70,000.00
77,000.00
AGENCY AND TRANSFERS
Comm. of Mass., State Tax
$ 6,637.56
County of Plymouth, County Tax 4,827.80
County of Plymouth, County Hospital
1,312.05
175.00
260.00
200.00
1,802.78
2,000.00
A. Adams, Labor
50.00 50.00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
County of Plymouth, Dog Licenses
649.60
Cemetery Fund Expenditures
230.01
Trust Fund Transfers
130.00
Charity Fund Expenditures
97.00
General Funds (Not Appropriated)
13,884.02
REFUNDS
Taxes 1939
$ 29.95
Taxes 1940
168.05
Taxes 1941
67.43
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1940
16.76
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1941
394.82
Warrants and Demands to Collector
246.10
Interest
2.40
Tax Title
3.40
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
927.91
Miscellaneous Transfers: (Contra in Receipts Schedule)
Collector's Change Fund
$ 100.00
Defense Committee Fund
30.00
Overpayment - Soldiers' Relief
2.00
132.00
General Funds (Not Appropriated)
132.00
RECAPITULATION
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1941
$38,534.58
Receipts
200,339.83
238,874.41
Payments
217,966.46
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1941
$20,907.95
Respectfully submitted, KENNETH A. TORREY,
Town Accountant
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13,884.02
927.91
NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1941 ASSETS
$20,907.95
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1939
$ 162.37
Levy of 1940
8,358.46
Levy of 1941
23,411.96
31,932.79
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1938
8.00
Levy of 1939
6.00
Levy of 1940
48.52
Levy of 1941
274.77
337.29
Special Assessments:
Moth, 1939
16.25
Moth, 1940
29.00
Moth, 1941
84.50
129.75
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
894.70
Tax Possessions
586.33
1,481.03
Departmental:
Public Welfare
543.52
Old Age Assistance
273.50
State Aid
120.00
937.02
Overdrawn Accounts:
Highways - Chapter 90 (a)
2,841.52
Highways - Chapter 81 (b)
2,327.96
5,169.48
Underestimates:
State Tax and Assessments - 1941
61.50
$60,956.81
(a) To be refunded by State and County under contract.
(b) To be refunded by State under contract.
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit
$62,000.00
Outside Debt Limit
5 000,00
$67,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds - Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Treasurer
$17,559.21
In Custody of State
200.00
$17,759.21
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Cash
TOWN OF NORWELL
TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1941 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Trust Fund Income:
Sawyer Fund
ยท Tailings
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance: Assistance
$ 7.29
Administration
.58
7.87
Aid to Dependent Children:
Assistance
90.86
Administration
10.99
101.85
Unexpended Appropriation Balance:
W. P. A. Expense and Delivery of Materials
Overestimates:
County Tax and Assessments - 1941
83.54
Dog License Refund
506.03
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
5,968.75
Overlays - Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
162.37
Levy of 1940
1,940.43
Levy of 1941
4,232.12
6,334.92
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
337.29
Special Assessment
129.75
Tax Title
1,481.03
Departmental
937.02
2,885.09
Surplus Revenue (Excess and Deficiency)
44,292.16
$60,956.81
DEBT ACCOUNTS
School Loans:
New School
$65,000.00
Old School
2,000.00
$67,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Annabel Wakefield Library Fund
$ 167.30
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1,345.92
Coffin Charity Fund
2,435.48
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund
1,771.88
Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund
1,991.74
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
7,326.45
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund
200.00
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2,520.44
$17,759.21
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$ 16.18 320.79
439.63
Levy of 1939
NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1941
Pursuant to a Warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Monday, March 3, 1941, at 7:30 P. M., and took the following action on the Articles in said Warrant.
Moderator Cecil E. Whitney was in the Chair.
Article 1. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Voted to accept the reports of the officers and committees as printed in Annual Report.
Article 2. To see if the town will make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient for the following purposes: Legislative Department, Selectmen's Department, Account- ing Department, Treasury Department, Collector's Department, Assessors' Department, Town Clerk's Department, Election and Registration De- partment, Incidental, Town Hall Expense, Town Reports, Police and Constables, Fire Department, Tree Warden, Spraying Elms, Moth, Tent Caterpillar, Mosquito Control, Aid to Agriculture, Sealing Weights and Measures, Board of Health, Inspector of Animals, School and District Nurse, Transportation of Nurse, Dental Clinic, Highways, Sign Boards, Snow Removal, Electric Lights, Unpaid Bills, Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Soldiers' Relief, State Aid, Schools, Vocational Training, School Physician, James Library, W. J. Leonard Memorial Library, Reserve Fund, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, Town Forest, Squares and Triangles, Mowing Bushes, Gaffield Park, Care of Town Dump, Care of Veterans' Graves, Washington Street Cemetery, First Parish Cemetery, Interest, Town Debt, Pinehurst Cemetery.
Voted to appropriate the following amounts:
Legislative Department $ 10.00
Sealing Weights and
Selectmen's Department
750.00
Measures 150.00
Board of Health 700.00
Inspector of Animals 60.00
School and District Nurse 1,400.00
Collector's Department 1,300.00
Dental Clinic 700.00
Election and Registration
300.00
Incidentals 100.00
Highways - Chapter 90 (Article 6) 2,000.00
Town Reports
250.00
Highways - Chap. 81 (Article 7) 5,875.00
Fire Department 1,650.00
Sign Boards 75.00
Fire Department Equipment 889.00
Fire Department Equipment Special (Article 3)
715.00
Unpaid Bills
Tree Warden
200.00
(Article 12) 2,175.54
Spraying Elms
525.00
Public Welfare
6,000.00
Moth
1,960.00
Old Age Assistance Town 15,000.00
Tent Caterpillar
150.00
Aid to Dependent
Mosquito Control (Article 4)
400.00
Children - Town 1,500.00
Soldiers' Relief 800.00
County Aid to Agriculture (Article 5)
100.00
State Aid 120.00
Accounting Department 575.00
Treasurer's Department 750.00
Transportation of Nurse 300.00
Assessors' Department 1,100.00
Town Clerk's Department 770.00
Highways - General 2,600.00
Town Hall Expense 2,400.00
Police and Constables 375.00
Highways-Snow Removal 2,500.00 Electric Lights 700.00
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Schools
36,873.78
Mowing Bushes
600.00
Vocational Training
500.00
Gaffield Park
50.00
School Physician
150.00
Care of Town Dump
175.00
James Library
200.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
260.00
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library
Washington Street Cemetery 200.00
200.00
Interest 2,000.00
Reserve Fund (Article 11) 1,500.00
Town Debt (School Loans) 7,000.00
Memorial Day (Article 8)
265.00
State Tax (Estimated)
6,378.02
Armistice Day
150.00
County Tax (Estimated)
3,769.45
Town Forest
50.00
County Hospital
1,312.05
Squares and Triangles
125.00
Voted to appropriate the dog tax refund for use of schools.
Voted that the money necessary to carry out the appropriations not otherwise provided for be raised by taxation and assessed on the Polls and estates of resident and on the estates of non-resident proprietors.
Article 3. Will the town vote to raise the sum of $715.00 for a tank truck for the Washington Street Fire Station, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Amount appropriated under Article 2.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Recla- mation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
Amount appropriated under Article 2.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and choose a Town Director as pro- vided in Chapter 128, Sections 41 and 45, of the General Laws. ($100. approved by the Advisory Board.)
Amount appropriated under Article 2. William D. Jacobs named Town Director.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $2,000.00 by taxation and transfer from the Surplus Overlay the sum of $1,000.00 the total of $3,000.00 to be used on Chapter 90 work in conjunction with the County and State, or act on anything relative thereto. ($3,000.00 from the Town; State $3,000.00; County $3,000.00) (Approved by the Advis- ory Board, $2,000.00 to be raised by taxation and $1,000.00 to be trans- ferred from Surplus Overlay.)
Amount appropriated under Article 2.
Article 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,875.00 to be expended under the provisions of Section 26 to 29 of Chap- ter 81 of the General Laws, as amended. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Amount appropriated under Article 2.
Article 8. Will the town vote to have the fund appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day expended by Frederick H. Curtis Camp No. 143, Sons of Union Veterans. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that appropriations made for observance of Memorial Day be ex- pended by direction of Frederick H. Curtis Camp No. 143, Sons of Union Veterans.
Article 9. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
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$200.00 for the care of the First Parish Cemetery, such money to be ex- pended by the Trustees of the Cemetery and approved by the Selectmen. (Not approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to make no appropriation for the First Parish Cemetery.
Article 10. Will the town vote to raise or appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the care of Pinehurst Cemetery, such money to be expended by the Trustees of the Cemetery and approved by the Selectmen. (Not approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to make no appropriation for Pinehurst Cemetery.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $1,500.00 by taxation and transfer from the Surplus Overlay the sum of $2,500.00, a total of $4,000.00 to be set up as a Reserve Fund.
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for this purpose under Article 2, and to transfer $2,500.00 from Surplus Overlay.
Article 12. To make allowances to town creditors.
UNPAID BILLS LIST - 1941
PUBLIC WELFARE
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Town of Braintree
$ 40.01
Town of Hanover
$135.66
City of Everett
170.15
Town of Lakeville
258.33
Town of Hanover
97.50
Town of Rockland
160.16
Town of Rockland
116.49
Weymouth Hospital
326.49
Town of Scituate
827.55
City of Boston 43.20
$1,251.70 $923.84
Total Unpaid Bills
$2,175.54
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $2,175.54 under Article 2, for this purpose.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Accoun- tant to close out the unexpended balances of the following appropriations, the purposes of which have been completed:
Fire Department Equipment
$26.36
W. P .A. Moth Control Project
17.39
Flag Pole - Special
3.40
(Approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted that he be authorized to close out the three above balances.
Article 14. To see if the town will set up a revolving fund for the Blue Stamp Surplus Commodities, or act on anything relative thereto. (Action withheld.)
Voted to indefinitely postpone action on this Article.
Article 15. Will the town vote to instruct the Selectmen to deed the No. 2 Schoolhouse to the Norwell Grange, Patrons of Husbandry No. 410, or act on anything relative thereto. (Recommended by the Advisory Board that the Selectmen be instructed to deed said property for the sum of $1.00).
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to deed No. 2, Schoolhouse to the Norwell Grange, Patrons of Husbandry No. 410, for the sum of $1.00 as recommended by the Advisory Board.
Article 16. Will the town vote to allow the special committee appoint-
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ed to study the question of Zoning or Building Laws to continue for an- other year. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that committee be continued for another year.
Article 17. Will the town vote to adopt By-Laws for the governing of Rooming and Tourists Houses and establish a license fee, or act on anything relative thereto. (Approved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted that the following By-Laws governing Rooming and Tourists Houses be adopted.
Lodging, Rooming and Tourist House By-Law for the Town of Norwell LODGING, ROOMING AND TOURIST HOUSE BY-LAW FOR THE TOWN OF NORWELL
Definition
Section 1. Lodging, Rooming and Tourist House as referred to in this By-Law, shall mean a house where lodgings are let to two of more per- sons not within the second degree of kindred to the person conducting it, and shall not include dormitories of charitable, educational or philan- thropic institutions.
Fees
Section 2. The fee for such licenses shall be one dollar per year and the year shall start April first.
Penalty on Unlicensed Houses
Section 3. Whoever conducts a lodging, rooming or tourist house with- out a license shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
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Section 4. One or more members of the Board of Health shall inspect the plumbing and sanitary conditions of all lodging, rooming and tourist houses and shall see that a test is made of the water and shall make return of his findings in writing to the Licensing Board. The Licensing Board may, if report is satisfactory, grant a license.
Record of Guests
Section 5. The owner or person in charge of any lodging, rooming and tourist house shall require all persons using the same to register his name, home address and car license number. Such record shall be available at all times for inspection by the Police Department, Selectmen or their Agents.
Section 6. The State Laws governing the licensing of lodging houses under Chapter 140 of the General Laws, Sections 22 to Section 32, in- clusive, shall apply in this town.
Article 18. Will the town vote to make the following changes to the Town By-Law regulating Auto Trailer Tourist Camps and Park Sites, or act on anything relative thereto?
Vote that the following changes in the By-Laws regulating Auto Trail- er and Over-night Camps be made so as to read as follows:
"BY-LAW," TOWN OF NORWELL
Regulating Auto-Trailer, Tourist Camp and Park Sites
Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance, certain words and phrases are defined, and certain provisions shall be construed, as herein set out, unless it shall be apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
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Section 2. Tourist Camp and Park Site Defined. A "tourist camp or park site" is any place where two or more over-night cabins, tents or trail- ers are located, or any premises designated or intended for the purpose of supplying to the public a location for over-night cabins, so-called, tents or trailers.
Section 3. Over-Night Cabin, Tent and Automobile Trailer Defined. An "over-night cabin, tent or trailer" under this ordinance are construed to mean any building, tent or structure, house car, or automobile trailer, used for, adaptable to use for, living quarters.
Section 4. Units Defined. A "unit" is a section of ground in any tour- ist camp used, or designed for use, as a location for a single over-night cabin, house car, tent or trailer. A double unit is a section of ground in any Tourist Camp used or designed for use as a location for a double over-night cabin. There shall be no unit larger than a double unit.
Section 5. Restricted Areas. No tourist camp or trailer parking site shall be permitted to be located upon any land, owned or controlled by the Town of Norwell, except in such spaces as shall be especially provided for the same.
Section 6. Over-Night Cabin, Tent and Trailer Regulations. A single unit shall contain not less than 600 square feet in area and a double units shall contain not less than 1,000 square feet in area. Each unit shall re- present a square area and the camp shall be placed in the center of this area.
The provisions of this section shall not, however, be construed to pro- hibit any property owner, residing upon his land, from accommodating auto trailers of non-paying guests; nor shall they be construed as abrogat- ing the right of any property owner to erect over-night cabins, as they are commonly known, under the above unit rules and under such sanitary restrictions as the town may establish. In such cases permits must be obtained. (See Section seven.)
Section 7. Tourist Camp Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, or maintain, or to permit to be established or maintained, upon any property owned or controlled by him, a tourist camp in the Town of Norwell, unless there exists a valid permit therefor granted by the Board of Selectmen and existing in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. The application for such a permit shall be accompanied by plans of the proposed or existing tourist camp, showing the location of all buildings, driveways, toilet facilities, baths, laundry facilities, slop sinks and other improvements, and such permit may be granted to any- one meeting the requirements as outlined.
Section 8. Plumbing and Sanitary Requirements.
State Law.
Chapter one hundred and forty of the General Laws is hereby amend- ed by inserting after section thirty-two, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, the following five new sections, under the caption Recreational Camps, Over-Night Camps or Cabins and Trailer Camps :- Section 32A. No person shall conduct, control, manage or operate, directly or indirect- ly, any recreation camp, overnight camp or cabin or trailer camp unless he is the holder of a license granted under the following section.
Section 32B. The board of health of any city or town, in each instance after notice and a hearing, may grant, and may suspend or revoke, li- censes for recreational camps, overnight camps or cabins or trailer camps located within such city or town, which license, unless previously suspen- ded or revoked, shall expire on December thirty-first in the year of issue. The fee for such license shall be fifty cents. Such board of health shall at once notify the state department of public health of the granting of such a license, and said department shall have jurisdiction to inspect the pre-
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