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Requested by the Regional Vocational School District Committee.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $3.500 or any other sum or sums of money for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or eminent domain a parcel of land of approximately three acres ad- jacent to and northerly from the Elementary School grounds on Main Street, or act on anything relative thereto.
Requested by the School Committee.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Accountant to close out the unexpended balances of the following appropriations, the purposes of which have been completed, or act on anything relative thereto.
1960 Tree Warden- New Truck $4.08
1960 Town Dump- Land Survey 51.00
1960 Highways- New Trucks 9.23
1960 Unpaid Bills- Veterans' Dept. 25.00
1960 High School Water Main and Hydrant 12.80
Requested by the Town Accountant.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,016.07 or some other sum or sums of money for an unpaid hospital bill incurred in 1960, or act on anything relative thereto.
Boston Floating Hospital $1,016.07
Requested by the Board of Health.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the 1960 Dog Tax Refund to the School Department Operation Account, or act on anything relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will give instructions to its elected Town Officers.
SALE OF FISH RIGHTS Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1961 Polls Open 12:00 Noon to 8:00 p.m.
And you are further directed to notify alllegal voters to assemble at the Center Elementary School, Main Street, on Saturday, March 11, 1961, during the polling hours, then and there to act upon the following article:
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Article 41. To bring to the Election Officers, their votes, all on one ballot for the following-named officers, to wit: One Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years; one Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; Town Treasurer for one year; Moderator for one year; Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, each for one year; one Member of the School Committee, one Mem- ber of the Board of Health, one Member of the Board of Water Commissioners, one Trustee of the William J. Leonard Memorial Library, each for three years; one Member of the Regional Voca- tion High School District Committee for three years; and one Mem- ber of the Planning Board for five years.
Article 42. To vote on the following question which under Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 32B Section 10, may be decided only by inclu- sion on the printed ballot at an election :
"Shall chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insur- ance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town or dis- trict and their dependents, be accepted by this town?"
You are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Norwell qualified to vote in Town affairs, in case all the articles in the foregoing Warrant shall not be acted upon at the meeting called for the sixth day of March to meet in adjourned session at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall
TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1961 AT SEVEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
and each subsequent weekday at seven-thirty o'clock in the after- noon, then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March 6, 1961, or act upon such other articles in said Warrant as the meeting may deem advisable.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested to by you in writing, at each of five public places in the Town seven days at least before the time for holding the meeting called for in the Warrant. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the sixth day of March, 1961.
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Given under our hands at Norwell this fourteenth day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord 1961.
G. HERBERT REPASS, Chairman EARLE F. ALLEN CHARLES H. WHITING
A True Copy Attest :
I certify that I have this day posted five warrants according to a vote of the town and make this my return.
GEORGE F. CAVANAGH, /s/ Constable, Town of Norwell
Date: 2-25-61
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 6, 1961
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, issued by the Selectmen of Norwell and executed by a duly appointed and qualified Constable of the Town at which a quorum was present, the voters met and took the following action :
The Annual Meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by the Moderator, Joseph M. Silvia with a quorum present ( 207 checked in ). It was voted to admit Rev. Mr. Whitney, pastor of the Methodist Church, who offered prayer.
It was voted to admit Frederick A. Small, Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Voted to admit visiting students of New Bedford High School and Boy Scouts, all of whom were seated on the stage.
The Moderator appointed Harry L. Chase, Jr., Charles G. Prouty, James T. King, John A. Clark, Gustav Anderson, George H. Whit- cher, Jr., and Raymond L. Connolly to serve as tellers, and swore same to the faithful performance of their duties.
Mrs. Margaret Crowell Dumas, Town Treasurer, addressed the assembly, announcing her retirement and expressing her apprecia- tion of the support given her in the discharge of her duties as Trea- surer for the past eighteen years.
The Moderator requested the Town Clerk to read the call for the meeting and the service of the Warrant by the Constable. This was done and the Town Clerk made a motion, which was seconded, and voted to omit reading of the articles until they were taken up for action.
Article 1. A motion was made, seconded and voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers and Committees as printed in the Town Report.
Article 2. The Moderator made the following statement: " I will read through Article 2, referring each time to an item by its number and if there is sought to be discussion on a particular item, I wish that the person who wants the item discussed would say the word "Pass" and we will then act on all of the items concerning which there is no controversy, hoping thereby to economize in time and then come back for such discussion as is desired on the controversial items. This was done and the following items were "passed" 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27, 32, 36, 37, 47, 51, 52, 55, 58, 76, 83, 89, 107, 152. Paul Jevne made the following motion which was seconded and voted. "I move that the Town raise and appropriate the sums of
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money as indicated in the recommended column of the transcript of articles in the warrant and budget for 1961 for the Town of Norwell and the purposes as noted of all items in Article 2 except- ing items 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27, 32, 36, 37, 47, 51, 52, 55, 58, 76, 83, 89, 107, 152 and that the Town fix the 'per diem' compensation at the rate of $16. under Items 9, Selectman, Inspec- tions and extra days; Item 25, Assessors extra days; Item 121 A, Water Commissioners- Supervision; and that the town fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town, effective as of January 1, 1961, to wit:
1. Moderator, Salary $80.00
2. Selectmen, Salary Chairman Add'l. Salary 200.00
3. Selectmen, Members (3) 900.00
4. Selectmen, Incidental Disbts. none
Town Meetings and Elections
5. Officers' Salary
600.00
6. Expenses 875.00
Town Accountant
7. Expenses
200.00
Treasurer
8. Salary
2,000.00
9. Expenses
1,066.00
10. Tax Title Account
550.00
Collector
11. Salary
4,900.00
12. Expenses
1,635.00
Assessors
13. Chairman Add'l. Salary
200.00
14. Members (3)
900.00
15. Expenses
3,600.00
Counsel
16. Retainer Fee
1,200.00
17. Extra Legal Expenses
2,000.00
Town Clerk
18. Salary
2,300.00
19. Expenses
1,165.00
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Registrations and Listings
20. Registrars ( 3) 150.00
21. Clerk 200.00
Board of Appeals
22. Expenses 250.00
Planning Board
23. Expenses 300.00
Development & Industrial Commission
24. Expenses 225.00
Town Hall and Annex
25. Salary, Custodian 3,800.00
26. Overtime 900.00
7,450.00
28. Chief's Salary 5,800.00
29. Regular Police Officers 14,100.00
30. General Expense 1,207.00
31. Cruiser Expense
4,132.00
Dog Officer
32. Expenses 400.00
Fire Department
33. Expenses 7,700.00
Forest Fire Patrol
34. Expenses 200.00
Civil Defense
35. Expenses 1,000.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
36. Salary & Expenses
234.00
Tree Warden & Moth Superintendent
37. Salary
4,400.00
Dutch Elm Disease
38. Expenses 2,950.00
Squares & Triangles
39. Expenses 200.00
Operation & Maintenance of Equipment
40. Expenses 900.00
27. Expenses Police Department
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41. Expenses 2,200.00
Tree Maintenance, Removal & Replacement
42. Expenses 2,700.00
Roadside Brush Control
43. Expenses 400.00
Board of Health
44. Chairman 175.00
45. Members (2)
300.00
46. Aid & Expenses
3,490.00
Inspector of Animals
47. Salary & Expense
200.00
School Nurse
600.00
School Dentist
49. Salary 3,040.00
Dental Hygienist
760.00
51. Salary
900.00
Town Dump
52. Expenses
2,500.00
Highway Surveyor
5,450.00
53. Salary
Town Account
54. Expenses
3,645.00
Chapter 81
55. Expenses
6,375.00
Chapter 90
56. Expenses
5,000.00
Signs, Road Markings
57. Expenses 1,500.00
48. Transportation
50. Salary
School Physician
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Road Machinery Maintenance & Operation Account
58. Expenses 3,500.00
Street Lights
59. Expenses 4,600.00
Welfare
60. Chairman 300.00
61. Members (2) 300.00
62. Disability Assistance, Aid ( All Categories ) 44,000.00
63. Administration & Expense 3,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
64. Aid & Expenses 7,500.00
65. Agent's Expense
300.00
School Committee
66. Clerk 300.00
67. Members ( 4)
300.00
Schools
68. General Control
6,664.00
69. Instruction
377,665.00
70. Operation 38,180.81
71. Maintenance 12,950.00
72. Auxiliary Agencies
57,008.00
73. Out-of-State Travel 500.00
74. Capital Outlay
260.00
Vocational Training
75. Tuition & Transportation 6,000.00
Practical Arts - Adults
76. Expenses 1,225.00
William J. Leonard Memorial Library .
77. Expenses 1,000.00
James Library
78. Expenses 1,500.00
Water Commissioners
79. Salary (3) 75.00
80. Supervision, per day 16.00
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Water Department
81. Services
3,000.00
82. Expenses
13,000.00
83. Clerical Assistance
1,000.00
Veterans' Graves
84. Expenses 450.00
Washington Street Cemetery
85. Expenses 1,000.00
Maturing Debt & Interest
86. Elementary School, Principal
15,000.00
87. Interest
3,037.50
88. High School- 1960, Principal
42,033.24
89. Interest
29,600.00
90. High School Addition, Principal
15,000.00
91. Interest
3,937.50
92. Grace F. Cole School, Principal
25,000.00
93. Interest
7,500.00
94. Water Loan- 1947, Principal
5,000.00
95. Interest
1,856.25
96. Water Loan- 1955, Principal
15,000.00
97. Interest
3,300.00
98. Water Loan- 1956, Principal
5,000.00
99. Interest
195.00
100. Water Loan- 1960, Principal
5,000.00
101. Interest
675.00
102. Anticipation of Revenue Loans, Interest
2,500.00
Aid to Agriculture
103. Contribution 100.00
Insurance
104. Workmen's Compensation 3,200.00
105. Plymouth County Retirement 6,573.00
Pensions & Annuities
106. Appropriation 720.00
Town Reports & Budgets
107. Printing & Distribution 3,000.00
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Memorial Day
350.00
108. Appropriation
Mr. McCarvell, who asked to have most of the items "passed," than asked to have the items on "clerical assistance" explained and stated he thought the number of clerks could be lessened if we had higher trained workers who could work for more than one department.
There was much discussion on this matter, after which the follow- ing action was taken on those items "passed", to wit:
Item 3. Motion made and seconded and voted to raise and appropriate $1,200, Salary of add'l. clerk of Selectmen.
Item 5. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $4,000, Expenses, Selectmen.
Item 7. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $3,380, Clerical Assistance, Selectmen.
Item 8. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $6,650, Town Hall Clerks.
Item 12. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $2,500, Salary, Town Accountant.
Item 13. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $960, Clerical Assistance, Town Accountant.
Item 17. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $200, Clerical Assistance, Treasurer.
Item 21. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1,675, Clerical Assistance, Collector.
Item 23. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1,200, Salary, Member Clerk Add'l., Assessors.
Item 27. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $5,000, Clerical Assistance, Assessors.
Item 32. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $2,000, Clerical Assistance, Town Clerk.
Item 36. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $1,115, Expenses, Town Clerk.
Item 37. Failed to Carry.
Item 47. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $7,600, Payroll, Police Department.
Item 51. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $8,000, General Payroll, Fire Department.
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Item 52. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $900, Stewards, Fire Department.
Item 55. Postponed Indefinitely.
Item 58. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $7,900, Salary and Expenses, Emergency Communication Center.
Item 76. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $3,700, Salary, School Nurse.
Item 83. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $4,000, Expenses, Mosquito Control.
Item 89. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $20,000, Expenses, Snow Removal and Sanding.
Item 90. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $3,500, Expenses, Road Machinery Maintenance & Operation Account.
Item 107. Voted 177 yes, 136 no, to lay on the table.
Item 152. Motion made, seconded and voted to transfer from available funds, $10,000, appropriation to Reserve Fund.
Article 3. Motion made, seconded and voted that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1962, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, as amended, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, as amended.
Article 4. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate the sum of $14,025. from available funds in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Chapter 81, Work on Highways.
Article 5. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate the sum of $15,000. from available funds in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for Chapter 90 work on East Main Street.
Article 6. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate from available funds, the sum of $2,500 to be added to the Town Highway Account for "mix and place" surface on Jacobs Trail for a distance of 2,500 feet.
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Article 7. Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to be added to the Town Highway Account for "mix and place" surface on River Street from the Hanover Town line, toward Stetson Road for a distance of 2500 feet. This motion failed to pass.
Article 8. Motion was made and seconded to raise and appro- priate the sum of $12,000 for the purchase of a tractor loader and backhoe, but failed to pass.
Article 9. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate from available funds the sum of $700 for the purchase of a snow plow.
Article 10. Motion made, seconded and voted to appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,400 for the purchase of a hy- draulic tailgate sand spreader.
Article 11. A motion was made and seconded to raise and appro- priate the sum of $11,000 to purchase the parcel of land assessed in the name of Percy Joseph, containing four acres, more or less, with the garage building thereon, fronting on Cross Street and ad- joining land of Webster Cranberry Company, said parcel fo be used as a Town Garage site. After a great deal of discussion, the motion was defeated by a vote of 9 yes, 246 no.
Article 12. Motion was made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 12.
Article 13. Motion was made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 13.
Article 14. Motion was made, seconded and voted to indefinitely postpone action on Article 14.
Article 15. Motion was made and seconded, and voted 110 yes, 83 no, to appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,000 to enable the Board of Selectmen to initiate a program of road layouts to be presented at future hearings for acceptance by the Town.
Article 16. Motion made, seconded and voted to accept a portion of Ridge Hill Road as a Town way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office.
Article 17. Motion made and seconded that the Town voteto ac- cept Milton Lane as a Town way, exclusive of the private water pipe therein, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the descrip- tion and plan presented at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now
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on file at the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate the sum of $2,200 for resurfacing and necessary drainage under the provisions of Chap- ter 80 of the General Laws.
Motion made and seconded to amend as follows: "to see if the Town will vote to accept Milton Lane as a Town way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file at the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate from available funds the sum of $2,200 for resurfacing and necessary drainage under the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws."
The amendment failed to carry.
The main motion was voted on, and failed to carry.
Motion made, seconded, to adjourn until Monday, March 13, 1961 at 7:30 o'clock in the same place. Motion was made, seconded and voted to amend this motion to read: "adjourn until Tuesday, March 7, 1961 at 7:30 o'clock in the same place." The amendment carried and it was voted to adjourn until Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 o'clock in the same place.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 7, 1961
The Annual Town Meeting was reconvened on March 7, 1961 by the Moderator, Mr. Joseph Silvia, with a quorum of 220 present. Mr. James Hall was sworn in as a teller. Mr. Frederick Small, Assistant Superintendent of Schools and the Rev. Mr. Whitney were admitted to the meeting, by vote of the assembly. Motion was made, seconded and voted to admit residents who arenon-voters. They were seated on the stage.
Article 18. A motion was made, seconded and voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to beused by the Permanent Drainage Committee for the replacement of culverts, field engineering and other drainage work throughout the town.
Article 19. A motion was made, seconded and voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to be added to the Developing Well or Well Fields Account and to be spent to test for stratum formations and producing capacities and to conduct quality and quantity tests on potential well or water source sites.
Article 20. A motion was made, seconded and voted to appro- priate from available funds the sum of $28,000 to install water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Central Street from a point at the end of the existing main in Central Street near Norwell Center to the junction of Central Street, Norwell Avenue, and Old Oaken Bucket Road.
Article 21. A motion was made, seconded and voted to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C, authorizing the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Conservation Commission; and to direct the Board of Selectmen, within thirty days of the adoption of this article, to appoint a Conservation Commission composed of seven members.
Article 22. A motion was made, seconded and voted to appro- priate from available funds the sum of $5,500 to establish a conserva- tion fund under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec- tion 5, Clause 51 and Section 8C, as amended.
Article 23. Motion made, seconded and voted 144 yes, 51 no, to utilize the conservation fund in part to purchase such lands as the Conservation Commission shall select for the promotion of watershed resources of the Town.
Article 24. After much discussion of the subject of Town Govern- ment, the following motion was made, seconded and voted: "I move
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the Town appoint a committee ofsix men from the Town to study the Town Government and its administration problems and to report on their findings and recommendations to the regular Town Meeting in March, 1962; that they be empowered to consult with any or all of the Town Officers, Committees and Boards; and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated as an expense account for the use of this committee; and that the Committee consist of the following men : - Mr. Chester A. Rimer, Col. Thomas T. Barstow, Mr. Robert B. Sanderson, Mr. Sanborn Vincent, Mr. William B. Southworth, and Mr. John O'L. Edmonds."
Article 25. A motion was made, seconded and voted that the personnel study committee be empowered to report at the next regular or special town meeting.
Article 26. Mr. Truelove made a motion which was seconded and voted to divide Article 26 in 3 parts. Part 1. Motion made, "1 move that the Town vote to amend Section IV, subsection B of the Zoning By-Laws by striking out sub-section B and substituting the following: Municipal buildings: or public utility buildings directly needed to provide services to the townspeople, but not including business offices, repair garages or outside storage areas. Both munici- pal and public utility buildings shall conform to area and set-back requirements and shall be properly landscape screened." Voted 191 yes, 1 no. Part 2. Section IV, subsection G by striking out subsec- tion G of Section IV and substituting the following: "An office of either a doctor, or a dentist, or a lawyer, with not more than 3 members of said profession in occupancy, provided there is adequate off-street parking." An attempt to amend this motion was defeated. It was voted 167 yes, 27 no. Part 3. Motion made, seconded and voted to strike out in sub-section I, section f. the words "road build- ing. " Voted 154 yes, 10 no.
Article 27. Mr. Truelove moved that the Town vote to amend Section V, sub-section B, of the Zoning By-Laws by striking out the second word "retail". This was seconded and voted 135 yes, 1 no.
Article 28. Motion made, seconded and voted 148 yes, 1 no, to amend Section VII of the Zoning By-Laws by striking out the present sub-sections 1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2d and substituting therefor new sub- sections and adding Section D- Height Regulations, so that the sub- sections of Section VII will read as follows :
1a. Residential District A - One acre for each dwelling on a lot with a frontage of 150 feet or more; or, for backland with inadequate frontage under the existing Zoning By-Laws, two acres for each dwelling including an access strip not less than 40 feet wide with a
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frontage of 40 feet or more, on an approved way, on which no build- ing shall be erected or placed. The boundary line of a setback two acre lot running most nearly parallel to the way to which the lot is connected, as well as one intersecting boundary line, must be at least 150 feet in length.
1b. Residential District B- One-half acre for each dwelling on a lot with a frontage of 125 feet or more; or, for backland with inade- quate frontage under the existing Zoning By-Laws, one acre for each dwelling including an access strip not less than 40 feet wide with a frontage of 40 feet or more, on an approved way, on which no build- ing shall be erected or placed. The boundary line of a set-back one acre lot running most nearly parallel to the way to which the lot is connected, as well as one intersecting boundary line, must be at least 125 feet in length.
1d. Business District A and B - One-half acre with a frontage of 125 feet or more; or, for backland with inadequate frontage under the existing Zoning By-Laws, one acre for each dwelling including an access strip not less than 40 feet wide with a frontage of 40 feet or more, on an approved way, on which no building shall be placed or erected. The boundary line of a setback one acre lot running most nearly parallel to the way to which the lot is connected, as well as one intersecting boundary line, must be at least 125 feet in length.
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