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It was then moved that Article 29 be referred to a committee for study - one member of the committee to be appointed by the moder- ator, one by the water board, and one by the selectmen; this com- mittee to report at the next town meeting. This motion to commit to a committee was not voted. Then the original motion to accept Article 29 was superceded by a motion by Robert Kroeger to indefinitely post- pone action on the article. The motion to postpone was defeated. Then the previous question was moved and voted. Then the main motion to accept Article 29 failed to carry.
Article 30. Original motion made to accept the Article as read taking $25,000. from available funds, said funds being available from an unexpended water department balance under Article 16 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1955, and borrowing in the amount of $75,000. This motion was amended to read $20,000. to be taken from available funds $80,000. from borrowing. This amendment failed to carry. A second amendment was offered by Mr. Ross indicating that $25,000. be taken from the unexpended water account voted under Article 16 of the March Town Meeting of 1955, $15,000. from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Fund, and $40,000. by borrowing. At this time, after much discussion, the previous question was moved and voted. The amendment failed to carry by a vote of 169-130. Then the vote on the main motion failed to carry by a vote of 190-101.
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Article 31. A motion was made to postpone indefinitely. This motion was amended to postpone action under Article 31 to March 18 at 7:30 P. M. The amendment failed to carry. It was then voted to postpone indefinitely action under Article 31.
It was moved to adjourn to Wednesday at 7:30 P. M. This motion was amended to read Monday at 7:30 P. M. The amendment carried- 170 for - 85 opposed. Then the main motion to adjourn to Monday at 7:30 P. M. carried. The meeting was declared adjourned at 12 midnight.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
Second Adjourned Town Meeting
March 18, 1957
Meeting opened at 7:45 P. M. with 202 present (Quorum 200). Alan Chase, James King, John Clark, Henry McQuade and Rudolph Young were appointed tellers and sworn in by the Moderator.
Article 31. Motion made and seconded to reconsider Article 31 but failed of passage.
Article 32. A motion was made, seconded and voted to in- definitely postpone action on Article 32.
Article 33. Motion made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 33.
Article 34. Motion made and seconded to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain in the name of the Town of Norwell the land now known as the Minister's Hayfield lying between the State Police barracks and the First Parish Parsonage on Main Street, for municipal purposes and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $5,000. This requires a two-third vote. The Parish was not willing to sell the land and the Advisory: Board was not in favor of the purchase. A suggestion was made to wait and find a location not so dangerous an entrance into our main artery of traffic, since neither the Police or the Fire Department was in immediate need of the facilities.
After much discussion the motion was put to vote but failed to pass.
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Article 35. A motion was made, seconded and so voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150. for the purpose of maintaining dur- ing the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
Article 36. Motion made, seconded and voted to instruct the Board of Selectmen, three (3) members of the School Committee, and the Moderator, acting jointly, to appoint, not later than April 1, 1957, a committee to be known as the Norwell Elementary School Addition Committee to consist of five (5) persons, one (1) to be a member of the School Committee and four (4) to be chosen from the fields of business, construction, or education, for the purpose of bringing in preliminary plans and preliminary specifications at a special Town Meeting for constructing an addition with the necessary facilities and alterations to the Norwell Elementary School; to appropriate $400. for the expenses thereof and $2,500. to engage an architect to prepare preliminary plans and preliminary specifications; this committee to be dissolved one year after completion of addition.
Article 37. Motion made, seconded and voted that a committee consisting of the Selectmen, the Moderator and three members of the School Committee appoint a School Study Committee to make ad- ditional studies and recommendations relative to school buildings, playgrounds and athletic fields; this committee to consist of seven citizens of the Town of Norwell and it will be their duty to make re- commendations at the next special or annual town meeting.
Article 38. Motion made and seconded but failed to carry to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000. for the purpose of equipping and maintaining an emergency vehicle to be under the joint operation of the Fire Department, Police Department and Civil Defense.
Article 39. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate from the Washington Street Cemetery Fund the sum of $350. to be used for the preparing and resealing of roads in Washington Street Cemetery.
Article 40. Motion made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 40.
Article 41. Motion made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 41.
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Article 42. Motion made, seconded and voted to amend Article 42 to read Selectmen to appoint a committee of three, one from the East Ward, one from the South Ward and one from West Ward for the purpose of soliciting funds for furnishing material and decorating for Christmas, the Town Hall, 3 Fire Stations and Christmas tree in front of State Police barracks. Motion made, seconded and voted to carry out the instructions of the above motion.
Article 43. Motion made, seconded and voted to accept an Act of the General Court authorizing the Town of Norwell to agree to in- demnify the lessor of certain land proposed to be leased for recreation purposes.
Article 44. Motion made, seconded and voted that the Town authorize and instruct the Advisory Board to continue its capital out- lay survey, making adjustments and revisions as necessary, and cause same to be printed each year in the Transcript of the Warrant.
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of three (3) to be known as the Town Insurance Survey Committee. It shall be their duty to make a comprehensive survey of all town insurance whether existing, proposed or desirable, to determine if the Town has adequate and sufficient coverage and if possible savings could be af- fected. It shall also be the duty of this committee to report their findings at either the next Annual Town Meeting or prior Special Town Meeting and to make their recommendations, said recommendations to be in accordance with advice of Town Counsel.
Resolution that the Board of Selectmen appoint a Committee to study juvenile delinquency in Norwell. Amendment offered "juvenile delinquency" be changed to "Organized Youth Program in Norwell". Amendment carried.
Motion made, seconded that Selectmen do not print in the War- rant when adjourned meeting shall be held. Motion carried.
Resolution that the Town require from an awarding authority, through the medium of the Annual Report, a full and detailed explan- ation if a contract for services or material is awarded to other than the apparent low bidder. This report should clearly indicate that every effort was made to waive informalities in the low bid, without jeopard- izing the Town's position, that rebids for the item or service has been taken.
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James DiNardo made a report of progress of the Regional School Committee. No action taken.
Fish Rights auctioned by the Moderator. 1st Fish Right purchased by Charles H. Crombie for $5. 2nd Fish Right purchased by Paul Bailey for $3.
The business of the Warrant finished, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 P. M.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
Appropriations - Annual Meeting March 4, 11, 18, 1957
Moderator-Salary
$ 50.00
Selectmen - Salaries and Expenses
Chairman, Additional Salary
200.00
Member Clerk, Additional Salary
900.00
Members (3) Salary
900.00
Expenses
488.00
Clerical Assistance
1,144.00
Town Hall Clerk
2,500.00
Inspections and Extra Days ($14.00 per day)
Assessors - Salaries and Expenses
Chairman, Additional Salary
200.00
Member Clerk, Additional Salary
1,200.00
Members (3)
900.00
Expenses
2,000.00
Clerical Assistance
1,144.00
Extra Days ($14.00 per day)
Board of Public Welfare
Chairman
500.00
Others (2)
300.00
Agent Salary
1,980.00
Clerk
650.00
Aid and Expenses
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
100.00
Administration Aid
26,000.00
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Aid to Dependent Children Administration Aid
25.00
1,500.00
Disability Assistance Administration Aid
25.00
4,000.00
Veteran's Expenses
Aid and Expenses
6,000.00
Town Collector Salary
4,000.00
Expenses
2,420.50
Treasurer
Salary
1,500.00
Expenses
1,000.00
Tax Title Account
500.00
Town Accountant
Salary
2,000.00
Expenses
125.00
Town Clerk
Salary
2,000.00
Expenses
1,580.00
Out of State Travel
150.00
Elections and Registrations
Registrars (3)
105.00
Clerk
150.00
Election Officers - ($10. per meeting)
200.00
Expenses
1,200.00
Police Department
Chief's Salary
4,500.00
Regular Officer
3,000.00
Payroll
5,962.00
General Expenses
1,836.40
Cruiser Expenses
2,924.68
Fire Department
General Payroll
5,000.00
Stewards
720.00
Expenses
7,540.00
. General Equipment
1,901.00
Forest Fire Patrol Expenses
200.00
Civil Defense
Expenses
1,000.00
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Highway Department
Salary Highway Surveyor $14. per day
Town Account - Salaries & Expenses
3,000.00
Chapter 81 - Salaries & Expenses
6,250.00
Chapter 90 - Salaries & Expenses
4,000.00
Signs and Road Marking
400.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
15,000.00
Street Lights Expenses
3,232.00
Article 6 - Old Oaken Bucket Road, Mix and Place
3,000.00
Article 7 - Pleasant Street from South St. toward Hanover Line, Mix and Place
3,000.00
Article 8 - Drainage on Norwell Ave. & Main St.
3,000.00
Remodel West Property, Art. 27
1,000.00
Board of Health
Chairman
150.00
Salaries (2) Members
200.00
Aid and Expenses
2,686.00
School Nurse Salary - Retroactive to Jan. 1, 1957
3,000.00
School Nurse - Transportation
500.00
School Dentist - Salary
2,200.00
Dental Hygienist - Salary
494.00
School Physician - Salary
720.00
Town Dump
Salary
780.00
Expenses
1,200.00
Tree Warden
Salary $14. per day
Expenses
2,800.00
Moth Department - Salary & Expenses
1,800.00
Dutch Elm Disease - Expenses
4,000.00
Elm Tree Beetle
500.00
Tent Caterpillar
250.00
Squares & Triangles - Salary & Expense
300.00
Mowing Bushes
480.00
Inspector of Animals - Salary & Expense
240.00
Dog Officer
250.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175.00
School Department
School Committee Clerk Others (4)
300.00
300.00
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Schools
General Control
5,016.00
Instruction
213,608.00
Operation
37,098.00
Maintenance
219.64
Auxiliary Agencies
43,725.00
Out of State Travel
40.00
Capital Outlay
2,473.00
Vocational Training - Tuition & Transportation
1,150.00
Practical Arts Adults - Expenses
680.00
Libraries
Wm. J. Leonard
750.00
James Library
1,000.00
Town Counsel
Retainer Fee
1,200.00
Extra Legal Expenses
2,000.00
Appeal Board Expense
150.00
Planning Board Expenses
250.00
Water Department
Water Commissioners Salary (3)
75.00
Supervision $14. per day
Expenses
7,750.00
Services
3,750.00
Clerical Assistance
572.00
Incidental Disbursements - Expenses
1,200.00
Town Hall Maintenance
Salary - Custodian
2,860.00
Overtime
800.00
Expenses
3,000.00
Town Hall Annex
Salary Custodian
360.00
Expenses
2,260.00
Mosquito Control - Expenses
7,200.00
Mosquito Control - Chapt. 112, Acts of 1931 - State Recl. Bd.
150.00
Cemeteries
Veterans Graves Expense
400.00
Washington St. Cem. Expenses 800.00
375.00
Memorial Day Appropriation
Recreation' Commission Expenses
50.00
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Aid to Agriculture Contribution
100.00
Insurance
Workmen's Compensation
2,500.00
Plymouth County Retirement
3,880.20
Town Reports and Budgets - Printing & Distribution
2,175.05
Maturing Debt and Interest Elementary School
Principal
15,000.00
Interest
4,387.50
High School Addition
Principal
15,000.00
Interest
5,437.50
Grace F. Cole School
Principal
25,000.00
Interest
9,758.33
Water Loan 1947
Principal
5,000.00
Interest
2,306.25
Water Loan 1951
Principal
3,000.00
Interest
210.00
Water Loan 1955
Principal
22,000.00
Interest
4,994.00
Water Loan 1956
Principal
4,986.20
Interest
715.00
Unpaid Bills - Water
Richard S. Allen
400.00
Louis C. Bailey, Jr.
1,159.60
Gino Rugani
3,496.90
Elem. School Addition - Committee Expenses
400.00
Elem. School Addition - Preliminary Plans
2,500.00
Art. 26 - Purchase of West Property
15,000.00
TOTAL
$662,795.75
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TRANSFERS
From Overlay Surplus to form a Reserve Fund $8,000.00
Art. 3 from Available Funds for Chapt. 81 - Work on High. 13,750.00 4 from Available Funds for Chapt. 90 - Work on High. 16,000.00 23 Dog Tax Refund to School Maintenance Account 1,059.42
39 from Wash. St. Cem. Fund to resealing of road in Cem. 350.00
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true list of the sums raised and appropriated or appropriated from available funds at the Annual Town Meeting held March 4, 11, 18, 1957.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
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Annual Town Election Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers Saturday, March 9, 1957 Polls opened 12 Noon - Closed 8 P. M.
Pursuant to the Warrant, the voters met at Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Saturday, March 9, 1957 at 12 Noon. Polls closed at 8 P. M. Moderator Silvia was in charge and swore in the following election officers: Annie Capell, Bobbe Miner, Agnes Albert, Minna Senger, Ruth Murray, Julia Rosebach, Betty Power, Carol Marsh, Mabel Szydlowski.
Harry Pinson was in charge of the ballot box.
913 ballots cast
913 checked in
913 checked out
913 reading of ballot box register
Upon being canvassed and counted in open meeting, the votes were found to be for the following persons.
Assessor
Moderator
Earle F. Allen
462
Joseph M. Silvia 795
Paul B. MacDonald 410
Clem Thomas
1
Chester Rimmer
1
Herbert Lincoln 4
Horace Ross
3 John Whittemore 1
Harland Farrar
1
Frederick M. Truelove
1
Blanks
36
W. A. Gaudette
1
Blanks 107
Chester Rimmer
1
Selectman
Earle F. Allen
478
Harland W. Farrar
404
Paul B. MacDonald
1
Horace Ross
5
Blanks 25
Board of Public Welfare
Earle F. Allen 456
Harland W. Farrar
417
Paul B. MacDonald
1
Roy P. Baldwin
1
Horace Ross
4
William Horsch
1
Charles Taylor
1
Richard Carlisle
1
Robert Barry
1
Blanks
33
Arthur Merritt
1
Charles Taylor 1
Paul Bailey 1
Highway Surveyor
Perry H. Osborn 783
Douglas Donahue
1
Arnold Joseph 6
Douglas Mitchell 1
Edward A. Joseph
3
Joseph Pilalas
1
Blanks 114
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Treasurer
School Committee 3 yrs. Elect 2
Margaret Crowell
843
Gunvor Armstrong 565
Fred Rosebach
1
Paul R. Lyons 326
Blanks
69
George H. Whitcher, Jr. 563
John J. Piotti 3
Charles Taylor 1
Nellie L. Sparrell
823
Norman Swain 1
Phyllis Beauregard
1
Robert Litchfield 1
George Joseph
1
Robert Zildjian
1
H. W. Turner
1
Horace Ross
1
John Marsh
1
Joseph M. Silvia
1
Vera Hurley
1
Blanks 363
Blanks
85
Tree Warden
Wesley H. Osborne, Jr.
821
T. Hunter Merritt
1
Walter Brown
1
John Burns 1
Richard Gaudette
1
Richard Carlisle
1
Arthur Merritt
1
Peirce Browner
1
Bernard White
1
Blanks
84
Board of Health 3 years
John P. McDonough 257
Loring Wadsworth 621
Richard Cugnasca 1
Blanks 34
Board of Health 2 years
Augustine Thibodeau 744
Dr. Ruth Towne 1
Dr. Charles Rounds 1
Richard Davis 1
Loring L. Wadsworth 1
John P. McDonough 1
Blanks 164
Water Commissioner
Augustine Thibodeau 529
Thomas P. Woods, Jr. 262
Charles E. White 1
Blanks 121
Planning Board, 5 years
Charles H. Crombie 628
John Petze 212
Frank Warren 1
Blanks 72
Library Trustee
Lillian E. Griffin 809
Vera Herlihy 1
Leo Rosa 1
Blanks 102
Loring Wadsworth, Perry Osborn, Wesley Osborne, Thibodeau, Sparrell sworn in by Moderator, who was sworn in by Town Clerk, who also swore in Allen, Armstrong, Whitcher, Vinal, Crombie and Griffin on Monday, March 11, 1957.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk.
William G. Vinal 802
Edward Anderson 1
Ellsworth Farrar 1
Gertrude E. Carlisle 1
Tom Tolman
1
Wilhelm Visser
1
Blanks 106
School Committee, 2 years
Town Clerk
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Warrant for Special Election
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 Elections to meet in
the Elementary School on Main Street Saturday, the Eighth Day of June, 1957
at 12:00 Noon for the following purpose:
To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election of
1 Member of Board of Assessors To Fill Vancancy
1 Member of Board of Public Welfare To Fill Vacancy The polls will be open from 12 noon 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 20th day of May, 1957. A true copy, Attest.
EARLE F. ALLEN THOMAS S. CANN Selectmen of Norwell
A true copy, Attest
HARLAND W. FARRAR Constable.
May 27, 1957
Special Election
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the voters met at the Elemen- tary School, Saturday, June 8, 1957 at 12 Noon and took the following action. Polls closed at 8 P. M.
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Moderator Joseph M. Silvia was in charge and swore in the following election officers: Annie Capell, Bobbe Miner, Agnes Albert, Minna Senger, Ruth Murray, Julia Rosebach, Betty Power, Carol Marsh, Mabel Szydlowski.
Harry Pinson was in charge of the Ballot Box.
559 ballots cast 559 names checked in 559 names checked out 559 reading of ballot box register
Upon being canvassed and counted in open meeting, the votes were found to be for the following persons.
Assessor
Board of Public Welfare
W. Clarke Atwater 291
Paul B. MacDonald
243
Horace Ross 11
Ralph Coleman
2
Horace Ross 8
Blanks
12
Ralph H. Coleman 394
Charles E. Sherman 65
Barbara B. Sweetser 87
Blanks 5
The Moderator swore in W. Clarke Atwater and Ralph H. Cole- man. Meeting adjourned.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Town Clerk.
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Town of Norwell Commonwealth of Massachusetts Warrant for Special Town Meeting Monday, October 14, 1957 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 four- teenth day of October, 1957 at 7:30 P. M., then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $180,000, or any other sum, for the purpose of constructing and origin- ally equipping and furnishing an addition to the present Elementary School on Main Street, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, or by borrowing under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, or both, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from avail- able funds in the Treasury the sum of $16,000., or any other sum, for the purpose of remodeling, reconstructing, or making repairs to the present Elementary School on Main Street, including the construction of a heating plant and additional kitchen equipment and facilities, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Norwell Elementary School Addition Committee appointed pursuant to the vote of the Town at the 1957 Annual Town Meeting to bring in work- ing drawings and a firm bid for constructing and furnishing an addition to the present Elementary School on Main Street and vote to appro- priate $10,000., or any other sum, for such purpose from available funds in the Treasury, or act on anything relative thereto.
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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote that the Norwell Elemen- tary School Addition Committee appointed pursuant to the vote of the Town in the 1957 Annual Town Meeting be authorized to execute and deliver for and on behalf of the Town all contracts and agreements it shall consider necessary to construct, originally equip, and furnish an addition to the present Elementary School on Main Street, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $100,000., or any other sum, for the purpose of laying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter in River Street, between Main Street and Tiffany Road and to meet such appropriation by appropriating a sum of $20,000. from available funds from the remaining appropriations under the following articles:
Annual Meeting, 1955: Article 16 $19,036.08
Article 17 840.95
Annual Meeting, 1956:
Article 19 88.91
Article 20 34.06
$20,000.00
and by authorizing the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow $80,000., or any other sum, for such purpose by the issuance of bonds and notes under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and acts in amendment thereof, or in addition thereto, or both, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000., or any other sum, from available funds in the Article 16 Ac- count, voted at the 1955 Annual Town Meeting, for the purpose of developing wells or well fields, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the westerly portion of Doris Avenue as a town way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing at Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, subject to the provisions of law relating to the assessment of betterments, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the easterly portion of Doris Avenue as a town way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing at Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, subject to the provision of law relating to the assessment of betterments, or act on anything relative thereto.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the southerly end of Duncan Drive as a town way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing in Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, subject to the provisions of law relating to the assessment of betterments, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the remainder of Leigh Road as a town way as laid out by the Selectmen in accord- ance with the description and plan presented at a hearing at Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, sub- ject to the provisions of law relating to the assessment of betterments, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from, available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2,000., or any other sum, to provide new transportation for the Chief of Police, or act on any- thing relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from' available funds in the Treasury the sum of $800., or any other sum, for the purpose of purchasing and installing playground equipment for the Play Lot on Prouty Avenue, or act on anything relative thereto.
Requested by the Recreation Commission.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $6,000., or any other sum, in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth for Chapter 90, Work on Main Street at South and Prospect Streets, or act on anything relative thereto.
Requested by the Highway Surveyor.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from, available funds in the Treasury the sum of $600., or any other sum, for expenses for the Regional School District Planning Committee, or act on anything relative thereto.
Requested by the Regional School District Planning Committee.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $400., or any other sum, for the purpose of making repairs to the Town Hall Annex, or act on anything relative thereto.
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