Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 28

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 956


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54.40


Peter Boyer


208.40


N. Casino


67.20


Frank Crzanowski


3.20


Richard Dyba


56.00


William Ernst


403.60


Raymond Evans


327.60


Wesley Holdridge


5.00


Stanley Kowalski


20.80


George Lemon


286.40


B. M. Lynch


414.00


Harold Murphy


73.60


Ralph Murphy


16.00


Emery Newton


12.80


T. B. Normoyle


16.00


William North 460.00


Charles Spofford


4.80


George Spofford


51.20


William Tupper


76.80


Edward Vibbert


360.40


Peter Yamer


373.20


$4,467.80


EQUIPMENT


Adams & Ruxton $7.50


Compressor


A. Alberici, Truck


540.00


Walter Clark, Truck 1,633.50


Paul Desautels, Truck


15.00


D. Pellegrini, Team 10.00


Victor Pirosseno, Truck 36.00


John Piscor, Truck


1,300.50


Charles Vandall, Truck


48.00


Town of Wilbraham, 168.00


Grader


$3,758.50 .


MATERIAL


American Tar Company, $1,903.39 Rotar


John Anderson 3.03


Dynamite, fuse, caps


Birnie Company, Inc. 29.00


Sand and gravel


Ethelbert Bliss 9.50


Gravel


M. L. Bruuer 15.40


Gravel


H. C. Durick 17.30


Gravel


Andrew Gruska 8.44


Cement blocks


George Lemon


1.80


Gravel


Moulton Asphalt Service 1,952.27


Asphalt emulsion


New England Metal Culvert Co., Culverts 800.97


John Powers


6.60


Gravel


State Prison, Common-


wealth of Massachusetts 178.50


Signs and posts


Wilbraham Academy 55.50


Gravel


$4,981.70


Total Expenditure


$13,208.00


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Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance


Appropriations :


Town


$350.00


State


347.09


County


347.08


LABOR


EQUIPMENT


Fred Phelps


$21.00


A. Alberici $42.00


Stanley Allyn


9.60


Walter Clark 96.00


Raymond Babineau


8.00


John Piscor 42.00


N. Casino


20.80


Hubert Cone


6.40


$180.00


William Ernst


11.20


Raymond Evans


12.80


B. M. Lynch


12.80


Moulton Asphalt Service


$460.36


Harold Murphy


20.80


Asphalt Emulsion


William North


14.00


L. Suzio Trap Rock Co. 229.90


George Spofford


11.20


Trap rock


William Tupper


11.20


Peter Yamer


11.20


$690.26


Total expenditure


$1,041.26


Balance 2.91


Chapter 90, East Longmeadow Road


Appropriations :


Town


$425.00


State


850.00


County


425.00


LABOR


EQUIPMENT


A. Alberici


$108.00


Fred Phelps


$117.00


Walter Clark 48.00


Stanley Allyn


62.00


John Piscor 234.00


Raymond Babineau


8.00


Town of Wilbraham 16.00


N. Casino 8.00


$406.00


MATERIAL


William Ernst


79.60


American Tar Co.


$105.78


Raymond Evans


46.40


Rotar


B. M. Lynch


73.60


. Harold Murphy


8.00


William North


82.00


Peter Yamer 79.60


$1,123.87


Total expenditure


$2,102.07


$572.20


Overdrawn


402.07


Moulton Asphalt Service 429.44


Asphalt emulsion


L. Suzio Trap Rock Co. 588.65


Hubert Cone 8.00


$171.00


MATERIAL


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Highways, Miscellaneous


Appropriation $1,250.00


Transferred from Glendale Road Appropriation 2,500.00


Transferred from Dependent Child Aid Appropriation 400.00


Transferred from Interest Appropriation 500.00


Transferred from Insurance & Bonding Appropriation 385.76


Transferred from Street Lights Appropriation


43.17


LABOR


Fred Phelps


$214.50


Stanley Allyn


9.60


N. Casino


2.00


Hubert Cone 2.00


11.20


William Ernst


36.40


Raymond Evans


45.60


John Kowalczyk


3.20


Stanley Kowalski


36.80


George Lemon


40.00


B. M. Lynch


25.20


William North


185.00


G. Pellegrini


3.20


Joseph Piscor


5.60


Edward Vibbert


3.20


Donald White


4.80


Peter Yamer


12.80


$641.10


TRUCKS


Rene Bergeron


$10.50


Walter Clark


397.50


Henry Garceau


105.00


D. Hebert


300.00


Ralph Keyes


24.00


Victor Pirosseno


8.00


John Piscor


375.00


Harold Porter


12.00


Charles Vandall


96.00


$1,328.00


MATERIAL


Belcher Bros. $5.10


Kerosene


Birnie Co., Inc. 12.70


Sand and gravel


Construction Service Corp. 2.41


Sand and gravel


The Cutler Company 9.95


Cement, scythes, axes


Davitt & Calkins Express 6.83


Frank Diatolevi 63.00


Cement blocks


WV. H. Graves 13.13


Sawing lumber


Gebeau's Garage 3.45


Welding and repairs


Andrew Gruszka


19.89


Cement blocks


Hastings Paint Co.


3.50


Zone marking paint


Hedge & Mattheis 22.50


Forms for guard rail posts


Wesley Holdridge 10.00


Painting signs


Charles C. Lewis Company 111.48


Screws, nuts, bolts


Hampden Co. Comm. 6.00


R. N. Harry, Treas. 3.00


Approach warning disc


Merrill and Sears 58.30


Surveying for line of


Springfield Road


Moulton Asphalt Service


Asphalt


11.21


W. R. Munsell


.50


Filing saw


New England Metal Culvert Co., Culverts 608.39


Fred Phelps


.66


Freight


George W. Robbins and Sons Co. 131.25


Lumber, cement, locks,


hinges, nails, glass


Sears, Roebuck Co.


14.65


Axes and boots


Richard Dyba


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Standard Oil Co. 12.42


Gas and oil


Jeremiah Sullivan Forging


4.35


Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. 6.57 Wire rope and clips Wilbraham Masonic Build- ing Assn. 60.00


Walsh Holyoke Steam


Rent


Boiler Works


16.29


Cutting edge for plow,


bolts, washers


$1,217.53


Miscellaneous Highways, Emergency Work


TRUCKS


Edward Bobowiec 12.00


Aldo Alberici


$82.90


Ernest Bacon 13.92


Rene Bergeron


154.50


Stephen Boduch 12.00


Walter Clark


73.50


Joseph Baldyga


12.00


Jerry Donahue


100.00


Raymond Craven 12.00


Gebeau's Garage


39.00


Alexander Cieplik


17.50


Ralph Keyes


18.00


Hubert Cone 51.20


Thaddeus Los


12.00


Napoleon Casino


52.50


William McClelland


294.00


John Chrzanowski


11.25


Victor Pirosseno


271.50


Raymond Chrzanowski


6.25


John Piscor


63.00


Walter Chrzanowski


6.50


Charles Vandall


78.00


Dick Childerhouse


9.50


MATERIALS


John Chmura


4.50


Carlisle's Hardware


$21.35


Bill Curns


2.00


Lanterns, axes


Hollis Collins


2.50


R. E. Faulkner,


5.50


Paul Derusha 7.00


Saw and gauge


Ted Dourdeville


4.50


James J. Griffin


1.95


À. E. Dibble


2.50


Kerosene


Richard Dibble


2.50


Hall's Hardware


28.51


Richard Dyba


26.00


Axes, saw, lanterns, etc.


Edward Evans


9.75


Morrissey, Brothers


1.30


Lantern


William Ernst


10.40


Raymond Evans


10.40


LABOR


Thomas Foreman


14.80


Aldo Alberici


$54.50


Dominic Fontana


5.00


Stanley Allyn


4.00


Gardner Files


13.75


Raymond Alberici


3.00


Robert Gowell


9.00


John Bernett


9.00


Leon Goodrich


12.00


Fred Bernett


10.50


Nelson Guyctte


3.50


Dudley Bliss


2.50


Edward Grove


12.00


Frank Beane


15.50


Henry Garceau


40.00


Victor Bobowiec


8.25


Robert Hyde


2.00


Felix Bator


13.50


Henry Herter


9.00


Stephen Brackinisky


50.00


James Hamburger


13.00


Aleck Bobowiec


23.50


F. Hagman


12.00


Frank Borek


24.25


Henry Hyde


11.50


George Adams


12.00


John Hagerty


13.50


Ray Beane


14.00


Ernest M. Hayn


64.50


Harold Dennis


11.60


Chester Crafts


12.00


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Harry C. Hall


15.66


Rudolf Peczka


8.50


Curtis Jones


13.50


Joseph Perkowski


12.00


Boleslaw Joblowski


12.00


John Powers


3.00


Henry Jolly


8.00


Everett Pickens


2.00


Clinton Jolly


2.50


William Payne


2.00


Edward Jones


12.00


Emilie Picanelli


2.50


Frank Kretczschmar


12.20


Walter Polanczyk


12.00


Ralph Keyes


48.50


E. Pellegrini


5.00


Milton Kittridge


12.25


John Reynolds


22.80


Paul Kittridge


12.25


Wilbur Rice


.50


John Kowalczyk


12.00


Lee Rice, Jr.


2.50


Philip Lindsay


12.00


Jesse Rice


2.50


Thomas Laurino


12.00


Dan Robson


18.00


Teddy Lapato


12.00


John Rys


4.50


Charles M. Ladd


4.00


John Sajdak


13.50


Carl Ladd


16.25


Walter Sniezyk


8.25


Charles Labody


6.00


Chick Smith


2.00


Fred Los


4.50


Joe Soja


13.50


Joseph Koslowski


11.60


James Snelling


2.50


John Lata


12.00


John Scotlis


13.20


B. M. Lynch


10.40


James Snedden


14.80


Harold Murphy


14.80


Baltus Skorupski


14.00


Dave Muir


1.50


Francis Severyn


12.00


Mishian Meregian


12.50


George Spafford


12.00


Benny Markiewicz


12.00


William Thurlow


12.00


David McDowell


3.50


Casmier Tolros


4.00


E. J. Manning


14.25


Edward Vibbert


13.60


Mitchell Motyl


12.00


John Winters


12.00


Eldiage Narreau


9.00


John Waz


10.50


Ignacy Nawoj


13.50


A. L. Wight


3.50


Walter Nawoj


13.50


Frank Wzyik


13.50


John Nowak


13.50


A. Wojton


16.50


Emery Newton


13.60


John Workum


13.50


William North


21.00


Donald L. White


12.00


Fred Phelps


33.00


W. Zabawa


17.50


Victor Patnode


12.00


John Zalewicz


2.50


Paul Polak


50.00


Peter Yama


9.60


Joseph Pabis


14.80


John Polaczak


20.50


Casimir Pasierb


13.50


$2,978.64


Thomas Pasierb


13.50


Total expenditure


$6,277.27


Stanley Pabis


13.50


Amount overdrawn


1,198.34


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Tools and Machinery


Appropriation


$300.00


Cutler Company


$5.45


Warren D. Sampson Co. 82.73


Scythes


Shovels, rakes, scoops, etc.


R. E. Faulkner 1.00


Standard Oil Co.


124.58


Cross cut saw handles


Gasoline, oil


R. S. Graves Co.


15.45


Repair magneto


John L. Malmstrom 2.50


$231.71


Push brooms


Unexpended balance 68.29


Memorial Day


Appropriation


$75.00


Mrs. Anna Callahan, Organist


$5.00


Russell Callahan, Tenor


5.00


Mrs. Lilla Ladd, Contralto


5.00


Charles M. Ladd, Baritone


5.00


Denver Melhberg, Bugler


2.50


Wm. Schlatter & Sons, Inc, 3 wreaths


12.00


Springfield News Co., Flags


8.00


Mrs. Hasel Treuchett, Soprano


5.00


Dr. Hugh Wagner, Speaker


15.00


Total Expenditures


$62.50


Unexpended Balance 12.50


The Memorial Day Services were held in the Grace Union Church in North Wilbraham.


An inspiring address was delivered by Rev. H. Hughes Wagner with music furnished by a quartet under the direction of Mrs. Charles Ladd.


Flags were placed on the graves of all Veterans in ceme- teries located in the Town of Wilbraham, Adams, the Dell, Glendale, and East Wilbraham.


Wreaths were placed on the monuments and boulders located in Wilbraham Center, North Wilbraham and Glendale.


On May 28, 1939 the Memorial Service will be held in the United Church in Wilbraham center.


CHARLES K. FARRAR, Past Commander, Wilbraham Post, American Legion.


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Care of Parks


Appropriation


$250.00


Blair Mfg., One lawnmower


$15.50


Cutler Co., Seed, fertilizer, etc.


13.30


William E. Day 30.00


Jerry Donahue, Reimbursement for cash


paid. painting flag pole Collins Park 6.00


Jerry Donahue, Reimbursement for cash paid for loam 6.50


Jerry Donahue, Truck


6.00


Jerry Donahue, Labor


35.85


Jerry Donahue


125.00


J. Russell & Co. Inc., Sash chain, snaps


1.98


Total Expenditures


$240.13


Unexpended Balance 9.87


The parks in the Center, North Wilbraham and Glendale were maintained as in previous years with the addition of the Triangle near the underpass.


All the parks were seeded and top dressed and a new lawn mower purchased for use in Glendale.


The hurricane of September felled many of the fine trees located in the Parks but in co-operation with the W. P. A. they have all been cleared away.


CHARLES K. FARRAR, Past Commander, Wilbraham Post, American Legion.


Legal Advice


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Robert W. Bodfish


$20.00


W. W. Gumble


400.CO


Ernest E. Hobson


75.00


Donald M. Macauley


40.00


Merrill & Sears


81.00


John F. Tehan


360.00


Total Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$976.00 24.00


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Gypsy Moth Report


Appropriation


$600.00


Frank Beane, Labor


$68.80


Walter Chrzanowski, Labor


12.80


Cutler Company, Nails, twine


3.69


Raymond Evans, Labor


4.00


Gardner Files, Labor


44.40


F. Gurney, Labor


37.60


Mitchell Galas, Labor


16.00


Myron Hitchcock, Labor


5.50


Fred Herter, Labor


44.40


George Keyes, Labor


47.60


Charles Labody, Labor


63.20


Morrissey Brothers, Ladder, saw handle, arsenate lead, twine, crayons, etc.


30.79


New England Tree Expert Co., spray- ing trees


14.40


Charles Obrzut, Labor


11.60


E. Ray Pease, Labor


56.00


A. Rogerson, Labor


9.60


D. Robson, Labor


69.60


Norman Thurlow, Labor


18.40


Harold Thurlow, Labor


12.00


Total Expenditures


$570.38


Unexpended Balance


29.62


Report of Gypsy Moth Superintendent


Egg clusters found


3,040


Largest colony found


200


Largest single colony


31


Trees sprayed


45


E. RAY PEASE, Gypsy Moth Superintendent.


Report of Barn, Animal and Slaughtering Inspector


Number barns inspected 102


Number dogs quarantined


6


Number cattle brought into State 5


36


Number swine inspected Number beef inspected Number calves inspected


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2


7


JAMES M. PICKENS, Inspector.


Report of Milk Inspector


Licenses Given to Sell Milk


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License Fees turned over to Treasurer (50 cents each) $19.50


Dairies were inspected and 6 permits given to sell under 20 quarts per day (no charge for these permits)


H. W. BURBANK, Milk Inspector.


Report of Building Inspector


Number of Permits Issued :


Houses


16


Barns


2


Hen Houses


4


One Car Garages


7


Two Car Garages


3


Roadside Stand


1


Additions


8


Camps


4


45


Estimated Cost


$39,375.00


H. W. SWETLAND, Building Inspector.


Report of Dog Officer


Number of Unlicensed Dogs to July 1st 31


7


Number of Licenses Collected


17


Complaints Filed in District Court


0


Number of Dogs Killed


JOHN B. TUPPER, Dog Officer.


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Street Lights


Appropriation $2,400.00


Central Mass. Electric Co. $2,313.11


Thompson-Conduit, cable switch, fuses, labor wiring dummy light at Main and Springfield Streets 43.72


$2,356.83


Unexpended Balance (Transferred to Miscellaneous Highways Account) 43.17


HYDRANTS


Appropriation


$1,830.00


City of Springfield rentals


$30.00


Town of Wilbraham rentals


1,755.00


$1,785.00


Unexpended Balance


45.00


Insurance and Bonding


Appropriation


$1,100.00


Wm. F. Logan:


Compensation


$450.49


Town Building


33.75


Treasurer's Bond


100.00


Tax Collector's Bond


125.00


Town Clerk's Bond


5.00


$714.24


Unexpended Balance


$385.76


(Transferred to Miscellaneous Highways)


Contagious Diseases


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Transferred from Surplus Revenue


63.99


$3,063.99


5 Cases, Westfield State Sanatorium


$1,754.50


1 Case, Hampshire County Sanatorium 467.99


1 Case, Rutland State Sanatorium 753.50


1 Case, City of Springfield


81.00


George H. Damon (Ambulance)


7.00


$3,063.99


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Police Department


Appropriation


$350.00


From Reserve


1,735.00


$2,085.00


Oren K. Gilbert


$23.00


A. F. Friend


5.00


John B. Tupper


5.00


Everett Pickens


5.00


William Day


5.00


Lewis A. Bryant


5.00


Sydney Ingham


20.00


Stanley Dzija


1.25


Walter F. Berry (reimbursement for pur- chase of 2 Police Badges)


2.00


$71.25


Emergency


Raymond Babineau


$40.50


Char es Backus


124.00


Walter F. Berry, Auto Trans.


12.00


Andrew Campsie


79.50


Patrick Crowley


32.00


Raymond Crafts


138.50


Sidney Calkins .


59.00


Hubert Cone


10.00


C. J. Donovan


126.50


Richard Dyba


66.00


Harold Dennis


1.50


Jerry Donahue


23.00


William Dempsey


111.00


Thomas Foreman


4.00


O. K. Gilbert


182.00


Wm. Joy


85.00


Clifton King


121.00


Harold Murphy


46.50


Fred Meher


12.00


George E. Murphy, Sr.


76.00


Thomas Normoyle


78.00


E. J. Manning


9.00


Fred Reidy


32.00


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Roy Senecal 214.00 John Tupper 162.00


James J. Griffin, gasoline, kerosene, flash lights, etc.


75.14


$1,920.14


Total Expenditures


$1,991.39


Unexpended Balance


93.61


TRAFFIC RULES AND ORDERS


Adopted by Board of Selectmen under Date of November 29, 1938 and Approved by the Department of Public Works


The following Rules and Orders regulating traffic upon the streets and highways of the Town of Wilbraham are hereby enacted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wilbraham.


ARTICLE I


DEFINITIONS


For the purpose of these Rules and Orders, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings except in those instances where the content clearly indicates a different meaning.


(a) "Street or Highway." The entire width between property lines of every way open to the use of the public for purposes of travel.


(b) "Roadway." That portion of a street or highway between the regularly established curb lines or that part, exclusive of shoulders, improved and intended to be used for vehicular traffic.


(c) "Lane." A longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles.


(d) "Vehicle." Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.


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(e) "Emergency Vehicle." Vehicles of the Fire Depart- ment (Fire Patrol), police vehicles, ambulances and emergency vehicles of federal, state and municipal departments or public service corporations when the latter are responding to an emergency in relation to the police or fire departments.


(f) "Parking." The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading, or in obedience to an officer or traffic signs or signals, or while making emergency repairs or, if disabled, while arrangements are being made to move such vehicle.


(g) "Pedestrian." Any person afoot or riding on a conveyance moved by human power, except bicycles or tri- cycles.


(h) "Sidewalk." That portion of a street or highway set aside for pedestrian travel.


(i) "Crosswalk." That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation or connection of curb lines and property lines at intersections, or at any portion of a road- way clearly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines on the road surface or by other markings or signs.


(j) "'Railroad Crossing." Any intersection of ways with a railroad right-of-way.


(k) "Traffic." Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, street cars or other conveyances either single or together while using any street or highway for the purpose of travel.


(1) "Official Traffic Signs." All signs, markings and de- vices, other than signals, not inconsistent with these Rules and Orders, and which conform to the standards prescribed by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning, or regulating traffic.


(m) "Officer." For the purpose of this ordinance an officer shall be construed to mean any officer, any investigator, examiner or inspector of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, any constable or special officer, provided he has his badge of office displayed over his left breast and upon his outer garment.


(n) "Official Curb Marking." That portion of a curbing, the painting of which has been authorized by the Board of


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Selectmen and which has the written approval of the Depart- ment of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


ARTICLE II


AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF POLICE


Section 1. Officers to Direct Traffic. It shall be the duty of officers designated by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to enforce the provisions of these Rules and Orders. Such officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic either in person or by means of visible or audible signals in conformance with the provisions of these Rules and Orders, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency to expedite traffic or safe-guard pedestrians, officers of the Police or Fire Depart- ments may direct traffic, as conditions may require, notwith- standing the provisions of these Rules and Orders.


Section 2. Police May Close Streets Temporarily. The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to close temporarily, any street or highway in an impending or existing emergency, or for any lawful assemblage, demonstra- tion or procession provided there is reasonable justification for the closing of such street.


Section 3. Police May Prohibit Parking Temporarily. The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to prohibit, temporarily, parking on any street or highway or part thereof in an impending or existing emergency, or for a lawful assemblage, demonstration or procession provided there is reasonable justification for such prohibition. Vehicles parked in places where parking is prohibited temporarily may be moved by or under the direction of an officer.


Section 4. Exemptions. The provisions of these Rules and Orders shall not apply to operators actually engaged in work upon a street or highway closed to travel or under con- struction or repair, to officers when engaged in the performance of public duties nor to drivers of emergency vehicles while operating in an emergency and in performance of public duties when the nature of the work or any of these necessitates a departure from any part of these Rules and Orders. These exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.


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ARTICLE III TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, MARKINGS AND ZONES


Section 1. Traffic Signs and Signals.


(a) The Superintendent of Streets is hereby authorized and as to those signs and signals required hereunder it shall be its duty, to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained all official traffic signs, signals, markings and safety zones. All signs, signals, markings and safety zones shall con- form to the standards as prescribed by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


(b) Sections 2 and 3 of Article II and Sections 2 and 3 of Article V relating to parking shall be effective only during such time as a sufficient number of official signs are erected · and maintained in each block designating the provisions of such sections and located so as to be easily visible to approaching drivers.


Section 2. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals and Markings Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain or to display upon or in view of any street any unofficial signs, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic sign, signal, marking or device or which attempts to direct the move- ment of traffic or which hides from view any official sign or signal. The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device or cause it to be removed, without notice.


Section 3. Interference with Signs, Signals and Mark- ings Prohibited. Any person who wilfully defaces, injures, moves, obstructs or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal or marking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty (20) dollars for each and every offence.


Section 4. Obedience to Traffic Signs and Signals. No driver of any vehicle or of any street car shall disobey the in- structions of any official traffic control signal, sign, marking, marker or legend, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.


ARTICLE IV ZONES OF QUIET


Section 1. Zones of Quiet.


(a) All of the territory within two hundred feet of the


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premises of each hospital in this town is hereby created and established as a Zone of Quiet. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to erect and maintain in a conspicuous manner within this area such signs and markings as are necessary to designate it as a zone of quiet.


(b) The Board of Selectmen may temporarily establish a zone of quiet upon any street where a person is seriously ill, if requested to do so by the written statement of at least one registered physician certifying to its necessity. Said tem- porary zone of quiet shall embrace all territory within a radius of two hundred (200) feet of the building occupied by the person named in the request of said physician. Said temporary zones of quiet shall be designated by the police by placing at a con- spicuous place in the street a sign or marker bearing the words "Zone of Quiet."


(c) No person operating a motor vehicle within any designated and signed zone of quiet shall sound the horn or other warning device of said vehicle except in an emergency.


ARTICLE V


PARKING


Section 1. General Prohibitions. No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places and vehicles found parked in violation of the provisions of this section may be moved by or under the direction of an officer and at the expense of the owner to a place where parking is permitted.


(a) Within an intersection.


(b) Upon any sidewalk.


(c) Upon any crosswalk.


(d) Upon the roadway in a rural or sparsely settled district.


(e) Upon a roadway where parking is permitted unless both wheels on the right side of the vehicle are within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except upon those streets which are designated as one-way streets. On such one-way streets vehicles shall be parked in the direction in which said vehicle is moving and with both wheels within twelve (12) inches of the curb. This shall not apply to streets or parts of streets where angle parking is required by these regulations.


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(f) Upon any roadway where the parking of a vehicle will not leave a clear and unobstructed lane at least ten (10) feet wide for passing traffic.


(g) Upon any street or highway within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant.


(h) Upon or in front of any private road or driveway.


(i) Upon any street or highway within twenty (20) feet of an intersecting way, except alleys.


Section 2. Prohibited On Certain Streets. Upon the following streets or highways or parts thereof parking is hereby prohibited.


Main St., west side, from Faculty St. southerly for a distance of 400 feet.


Section 2. Parking Vehicles For Sale Prohibited. It . shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street or high- way any vehicle displayed for sale.


Section 3. No All Night Parking. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than one acting in an emergency, to park said vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than one (1) hour between the hours of 1:00 A. M. and 7:00 A. M. of any day.


ARTICLE VI OPERATION OF VEHICLES


Section 1. Drive Within Marked Lanes. When any roadway has been divided into lanes, a driver of a vehicle shall drive so as to be entirely within a single lane and shall not move from the lane in which he is driving until he has first ascer- tained if such movement can be made with safety.


Section 2. Use Right Lane. Upon all roadways the driver of a vehicle shall drive in the lane nearest the right side of the roadway when said lane is available for travel except when overtaking another vehicle or when preparing for a left turn.


Section 3. Overtake Only When There Is A Space Ahead. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass a vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless there is sufficient clear space ahead on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking to be completed without impeding the safe opera- tion of any vehicle ahead.




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