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Art. 22. From Wash. St. Cem. Fund for construction or repairs of drives in the cemetery 700.00
Art. 23. From Wash. St. Cem. Fund to new equipment for upkeep of Cemetery 82.60
Art. 24. From Dog Tax Refund to School Account 759.14
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Annual Town Election March 6, 1954
Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers Saturday, March 6, 1954 Polls open 12 noon to 8 p.m.
Pursuant to the Warrant, the voters met at Cushing Memo- rial Town Hall, Saturday, March 6, 1954 at 12 noon. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Moderator Lincoln was in charge and swore in the following Election Officers: Janice Litchfield, Martha Hender- son, Bobbe Miner, Annie Capell, Edith Devine, Ruth Murray, Carol L. Marsh, Julia Roseback, Jane Baird and Harry G. Pinson, the latter in charge of the ballot box.
997 ballots were cast. One illegal ballot was cast but was discovered and not counted.
Upon being canvassed and counted, the result was found to be as follows:
Moderator
Treasurer
Herbert A. Lincoln
797
Margaret Crowell 899
Scattering
36
Scattering 2
Blanks
164
Blanks 96
Town Clerk
Highway Surveyor
Nellie L. Sparrell
894
Perry H. Osborn 853
Scattering
4
Scattering 7
Blanks
99
Blanks 137
Selectman
Tree Warden
Earle F. Allen
630
Wesley H. Osborne 872
John L. Crowley
316
Scattering 3
Scattering
1
Blanks
50
Assessor
Louise E. Knight 548
Earle F. Allen
630
Beatrice C. Bailey 298
John L. Crowley
324
Grace F. Cole
822
Scattering
0
Scattering
1
Blanks
43
Blanks 325
Board of Public Welfare
School Committee-1 year
Earle F. Allen
630
Robert S. Cottle 781
John L. Crowley
329
Scattering
9
Blanks
38
Blanks 207
Blanks 122
School Committee-3 years
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Board of Health
Ruth T. Rankin
859
Scattering
3
Blanks 135
Water Commissioner
George F. Cavanagh
846
Scattering
5
Blanks 146
Trustee Leonard Library
Alice K. Johnson
814
Scattering
5
Blanks 178
Planning Board-5 years
Planning Board-1 year
Frederick W. Dyer 349
Loring H. Jacobs 411
Scattering 13
Scattering 11
Blanks 185
After the meeting, the Moderator swore in the following, Nellie L. Sparrell, Earle F. Allen, Margaret Crowell, Perry H. Osborn, Wesley H. Osborne, Louise E. Knight, Grace F. Cole, Ralph H. Coleman, G. Herbert Repass.
The Town Clerk swore in Herbert A. Lincoln.
On March 8 the Town Clerk swore in Robert S. Cottle, Ruth T. Rankin, George F. Cavanagh, Alice K. Johnson, Charles H. Crombie, John H. Lancaster, H. Philip Causer.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
Scattering 7
Blanks 140
Planning Board-3 years
Charles H. Crombie 688
G. Herbert Repass 1
Scattering 21
Blanks
288
Planning Board-2 years
John H. Lancaster 691
Scattering 45
Blanks
261
Ralph H. Coleman 518
H. Philip Causer 452
Blanks 55
Planning Board-4 years
John B. Hamblen 387
G. Herbert Repass 463
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TOWN OF NORWELL
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Warrant for State Primaries
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Tuesday, the 14th day of Sept., 1954, at 8:00 a.m., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor For This Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor For This Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth For This Commonwealth
Treasurer and Receiver General For This Commonwealth
Auditor of the Commonwealth
For This Commonwealth For This Commonwealth For This Commonwealth
Attorney General
Senator in Congress
Representative in Congress For Ninth Congressional District
Councillor For Second Councillor District
Senator For Cape and Plymouth Senatorial District 1 Representative in General Court
District Attorney For Third Plymouth Representative District
For Plymouth County
Register of Probate and Insolvency
For Plymouth County
County Commissioner
For Plymouth County
County Treasurer
For Plymouth County
The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 25th day of August, A.D. 1954.
THOMAS T. BARSTOW, EARLE F. ALLEN, THOMAS S. CANN, Selectmen of Norwell ..
A true copy. Attest HARLAND W. FARRAR, Constable September 5, 1954.
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State Primary
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the voters met at the time and place mentioned therein and took the following action. Polls opened at 8 a.m., and closed at 8 p.m.
Thomas T. Barstow was the presiding Election Officer and Harry G. Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. Other election officers were Carol Marsh, Jane Baird, Ruth Murray, Julia Rosebach, Mary Atwater, Edith Devine, Annie Capell, Bobbe Miner, Martha Henderson and Earle Allen. George Cavanagh was the police officer in attendance.
The ballot box registered 216.
Ballots removed from box 215, one less than the number registered due to the fact that the crank was turned once by mistake.
Names checked in 215.
Names checked out 215.
No. of Republican ballots cast 183.
No. of Democratic ballots cast 32.
Upon being canvassed in open meeting, the ballots cast were found to be for the following persons.
Republican
Governor
Auditor
Christian A. Herter
166
William P. Constantino 163
Blanks
17
Blanks 20
Total votes cast
183
Total votes cast 183
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Sumner G. Whittier
172
George Fingold 165
Blanks
11
Blanks
18
Total votes cast
183
Total votes cast 183
Secretary
Senator in Congress
Michael J. McCarthy
163
Leverett Saltonstall 168
Edward J. Cronin
1
Blanks
15
Blanks
19
Total votes cast
183
Total votes cast 183
Treasurer
Congressman-Ninth District
Augustus G. Means
164
Donald W. Nicholson 15
Blanks
19
Blanks 24
Total votes cast
183
Total votes cast 183
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Councillor-Second District
Charles J. Gabriel
161
Blanks
22
Total votes cast 183
Senator-Norfolk & Plymouth
Newland H. Holmes
129
Charles A. Nelson 45
Blanks 9
Total votes cast 183
Representative in General
Court
Nathaniel Hurwitz 157
Louis E. Salvador
10
Blanks 16
Total votes cast 183
District Attorney Plymouth District
Allan M. Hale
55
John R. Wheatley
119
Blanks
9
Total votes cast
183
Register of Probate and In- solvency-Plymouth District
Walter H. Gilday 87
Sumner A. Chapman, Jr. 70
Victor Fields
6
Blanks
20
Total votes cast 183
County Commissioner Plymouth County
Leo F. Nourse 131
Bradford Alexander 28
Blanks 24
Total votes cast 183
County Treasurer Plymouth County
Charles W. Williams 160
Blanks 23
Total votes cast 183
Democratic
Governor
Auditor
Robert F. Murphy
22
Thomas J. Buckley 27
Francis E. Kelly
9
Blanks 5
Blanks
1
Total votes cast 32
Total votes cast
32
Lieutenant Governor
John F. Collins
26
James A. Burke
28
Blanks
4
Total votes cast
32
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin
28
John I. Fitzgerald
4
Blanks
4
Joseph L. Murphy
4
Total votes cast
32
Blanks 3
Total votes cast
32
Treasurer
Clement A. Riley
10
Congressman-Ninth District
William F. Carr
10
James F. O'Neill 25
John F. Kennedy
11
William E. Watkins 4
Blanks
1
Blanks 3
Total votes cast
32
Attorney General
Blanks
6
Total votes cast 32
Senator in Congress
Foster Furcolo 21
Total votes cast 32
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Councillor-Second District
William Grossman 5
James F. Hanlon 15
Nathan T. Schindler 2
John C. Tuttle 6
Blanks 4
Total votes cast
32
Senator
Norfolk & Plymouth District
Helen L. Buckley
27
Blanks 5
Total votes cast 32
Representative in General Court
Charles E. Gould
28
Blanks
4
Total votes cast
32
District Attorney Plymouth District
Henry C. Gill 26
Blanks 6
Total votes cast 32
Register of Probate and Insolvency
James P. Fitzgerald 27
Blanks
5
Total votes cast 32
County Commissioner Plymouth County
Leo L. Lundgren 25
Blanks
7
Total votes cast 32
County Treasurer Plymouth County
Benjamin Merrihew 26
Blanks 6
Total votes cast 32
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Warrant for State Election
Plymouth, ss. GREETING:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Elections and Town affairs to meet in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Tuesday, the Second Day of November, 1954. at 6:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the following offices:
Governor Lieutenant Governor
for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
Treasurer and Receiver-General Auditor of the Commonwealth
for this Commonwealth
for this Commonwealth
Attorney General for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
Senator in Congress
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Representative in Congress for Ninth Congressional District
Councillor for Second Councillor District
Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Representative in General Court
District Attorney for Third Plymouth Representative District for Plymouth County
Register of Probate and Insolvency for Plymouth County
County Commissioner
for Plymouth County
County Treasurer for Plymouth County
Also to vote YES or NO on the following questions:
QUESTION NO. 1
A. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, YES gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic I NO beverages) ?
B. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
YES
NO
C. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
YES
| NO
QUESTION NO. 2
A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?
YES
| NO
B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?
YES|
NO
All the above candidates, officers and questions to be voted for upon one ballot.
The Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of October, 1954.
THOMAS T. BARSTOW, THOMAS S. CANN, EARLE F. ALLEN, Selectmen of Norwell.
A true copy. Attest: HARLAND W. FARRAR. Constable. October 25, 1954
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State Election Nov. 2, 1954
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the voters met at the time and place mentioned therein and took the following action. Polls opened at 6:00 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m. Thomas T. Barstow was the presiding Election Officer. Other Election Officers were Ruth Murray, Julia Rosebach, Mary Atwater, Elizabeth Power, Jane Baird, Agnes Nolan, Edith Devine, Edna Litchfield, Mabel Szydlowski, Annie Capell, Bobbe Miner, Eleanor Mitchell, Martha Henderson, Charlotte Snow, Thomas Cann and Earle Allen.
1529 names were checked in.
1529 names were checked out.
1529 ballots were taken from the ballot box including 3 War ballots and 34 absentee ballots. Upon being canvassed and counted they were found to be for the following:
Governor
Auditor
Christian A. Herter
1216
Thomas J. Buckley 447
Robert F. Murphy
298
William P. Constantino 1053
Lawrence Gilfedder
3
John B. Lauder
0
Guy S. Williams
0
Anthony Martin
3
Blanks
12
Blanks 26
Attorney General
George Fingold 1168
James A. Burke 298
John F. Collins 336
Donald E. Babcock
1
Howard B. Rand
2
Francis A. Votano
4
Malcolm T. Rowe 2
Blanks 21
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall 1181
Foster Furcolo 331
Fred M. Ingersoll
4
Thelma Ingersoll
4
William D. Ross
5
Harold J. Ireland 0
Blanks 13
Treasurer
Congressman
John F. Kennedy
351
Donald W. Nicholson 1160
Augustus G. Means
1148
James F. O'Neill 343
Henning A. Blomen
2
Nathaniel Tilden
1
Isaac Goddard
2
Blanks
25
Blanks
26
Blanks
16
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin
362
Michael J. McCarthy
1130
Blanks
28
Lieutenant Governor
Sumner G. Whittier
1210
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Councillor
Charles J. Gabriel
1213
James F. Hanlon
283
Blanks
33
Senator
Newland H. Holmes
1163
Helen L. Buckley
336
Blanks
30
Representative in General
Court
Nathaniel Hurwitz 1188
Charles E. Gould
312
Blanks 29
District Attorney
Henry C. Gill
367
John R. Wheatley
1126
Benjamin A. Merrihew 300
Blanks 58
QUESTION NO. 1
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) YES 720
for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whis-
NO 595 ky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) YES 732
NO 517
for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ? Blanks 280
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
YES 1058
NO 300
Blanks 171
QUESTION NO. 2
A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? NO 574 Blanks 172
YES 783
B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? NO 653
YES 656
Blanks 220
Register of Probate and Insolvency
Walter H. Gilday 1086
James P. Fitzgerald 396
Blanks 47
County Commissioner
Leo F. Nourse 1136
Leo L. Lundgren 348
Blanks 45
County Treasurer
Charles W. Williams 1171
Blanks 36
Blanks 214
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF NORWELL Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Warrant for Special Town Meeting Monday, November 8, 1954 at seven thirty o'clock in the afternoon at Cushing Memorial Town Hall
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell, in said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwell, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall in said Norwell, on Monday, the eighth day of November, 1954 at 7:30 p.m., then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit:
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of $450 for Assessors expenses for the balance of the year 1954, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of $1500 or some other sum or sums of money for snow removal during the balance of the year 1954, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500) or some other sum or sums of money to defray expenses of Old Age Assistance Aid for the balance of the year 1954, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of $273.50 or some other sum or sums of money to be paid to the persons and corporations over whose lands easements were taken in the layout and acceptance of part of Main Street as compen- sation therefor or who suffered damages on account thereof, an equivalent sum having been received by the Town from the County in accordance with an instrument filed by the County Commissioners and recorded Book 2326, Page 388, or act on anything relative thereto.
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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of $5,000 or some other sum or sums of money for maturing debt of 1954, said sum to be in addition to the amount previously provided for in the tax levy of the current year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to ratify the action of the Selectmen in leasing the property, including house, barn and rear lot on the corner of Central Street for Town office facilities and water department storage and to appro- priate from available funds in the treasury the sum of $1500 or some other sum or sums of money to defray the rental and other expense until December 31, 1954, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen in the name and behalf of the Town to purchase or take by eminent domain for Town purposes all or part of two parcels of land at the northwest corner of Central and Main Streets in Norwell owned by Loring L. Wadsworth and Norma J. Wadsworth; and bounded and described substantially as follows:
First parcel: The land with the buildings thereon situated in Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at junction of Main and Central Streets and bounded and described as follows:
Northerly: by land formerly of George Sylvester;
Easterly: by said Central Street;
Southerly: by said Main Street; and
Westerly: by land formerly of heirs of Israel Nash.
Second parcel: Adjoining the above lot conveyed and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a corner in the fence forty (40) feet Easterly from the corner of the house formerly of Israel Nash; thence Northerly to a stake near an apple tree, it being forty (40) feet Westerly from the two-story L of the house formerly of Sarah C. Nash; thence Easterly to land formerly of the said Sarah C. Nash; thence Southerly to the highway; thence Westerly to first mentioned corner;
And to appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or some other sum or sums of money for the purpose of acquiring said parcels of land or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell at public or private sale at their discretion,
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and at a price determined by them to be reasonable or at some other price as the Town shall determine a parcel of land with buildings thereon, on the westerly side of High Street, Norwell, as more fully decribed in a deed from George J. Lawton to the Town of Norwell, dated July 25, 1952, and recorded with Une Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 2225 at Page 405, and to execute any and all documents necessary to effec- tuate said sale, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Washington Park Drive as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Jefferson Avenue as a Town Way as laid out by the the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Coolidge Road as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or to act on anything relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Tyler Street as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Brantwood Road from Washington Street to Myers Avenue as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
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Article 15. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Knollwood Road from Washington Street to Myers Avenue as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Franklin Road from its junction with Grove Street, 222 feet Southeasterly more or less, as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office to appropriate a sum or sums of money therefor, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Franklin Road 1405 feet more of less, as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Wilder Road as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept a portion of Gerard Road as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Dana Road as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town
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Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town without the assessment of betterments and without making an appropriation therefor will vote to accept Jay Road as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, October 26, 1954, and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Union Athletic Association of Norwell, Incorporated, as a gift for a site for school construction, a certain parcel of land situated in said Norwell and known as "Ridge Hill Grove" lying on the westerly side of High Street, and containing 141/4 acres of land more or less, and bounded; Northerly on land formerly of H. M. Gardner and land formerly of Isaac Burrell, deceased; Easterly on land formerly of David Robinson, Charles W. Wilder and said High Street; Southerly on land of Charles W. Groce, and Westerly on land formerly of Henry Shute, and as recorded with the Registry of Deeds, Plymouth County, Book 1452, Page 251, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be expended under the direc- tion of the Norwell Town School Building Committee for the preparation of plans and specifications for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of an elementary school and for the expenses incurred in engineering and site preparation activities preliminary to construction, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to establish and maintain an independent distrib- utive occupations, industrial, agricultural and household arts school in accordance with the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Ch. 74 and Acts amendatorv thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the amount of $360 therefor, or act on anything relative thereto.
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