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' Meeting of March 7, 1947
The Southold Town Board met at the office of Supervisor W. Went-
worth Horton At Greenport on Friday' March 7, 1947. The meeting
was called to order at 1:30 P.M. with the following present:
' Supervisor Horton; Justices Terry, Hawkins, Klipp and Tuthill;
Y Town Superintendent of Highways, Price; -Town Attorney, Terry and
Town Clerk, Booth.
The Board sat at once as a committee on audit `to examine claims
against the town concluding the audit at -2 P.M.
�T— The minutes of the previous meeting were read and duly approved as
read.
The hearing on the matter of purchasing machinery for the Town
Highway Department was duly opened at 2 P.M. No person 'appeared
before the Board to speak against the items mentioned in the legal
notice published ,in the Town newspapers. , The hearing was closed at
2.:10 P.M.
Moved by Justice Terry; seconded by Justice Tuthill:
Whereas the Town Superintendent of Highways did on the 7th day of
-- February, 1947, duly recommend the purchase of certain machinery
pursuant to the provisions of Section 142 of the Highway Law, and
a notice of -such- recommendation has' been duly Dublished as provided
in such action,
Now Therefore Be' It Resolved that pursuant to Section 142 of the
Highway Law the Town Superintendent of Highways is hereby authoriz-
ed 'to purchase from the Good Reads Machinery Co. of N.Y. Inc. 50
Church St. , N.Y. City with the approval of- the County Superintendent
+ of Highways: 1-Model LMH SNOGO' auger type snow remover; powered -
by Hercules Model RXLD engine; with loader attachment; complete with
and mounted on International model K-7 4x4 Coleman all-wheel drive
chassis with standard accessories plus dual windshield wipers,
defroster fan, and tire chains for front and rear tires,. for
a total prive of Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred 7 00/100 Dollars
j, ($14,500.00) , delivered at Peconic, N.Y. and to be delivered on
or about March 12, 1947.
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rMry The Town Superintendent of Highways is hereby authori'zed, .subject
to the approval of the County Suprintendent of Highways, to surrender
ta- the above-named vendor as part payment for the above machinery
-- to be purchased.
-`' The terms of payment will be as ,follows:
Check drawn on Machinery Fund $ 725.00 '
Check from proceeds of obligations 13,77SOO
-. Total 100
A contract of purchase for the item purchased shall be duly 'exe-
--y � cuted between the Town Superintendent of Highways and such vendor,
and when duly approved by the County Superintendent of Highways,
- ' it shall become effective. When such contract has been duly
executed and approved, the Supervisor is authorized to complete
such purchase upon delivery of the item purchased .in accordance
with' the terms of such resolution and such contract, and to pay
the above amounts specified to be paid by check or checks.
_ (1) by a check drawn on the Machinery Fund for $725.00:
7 (2) by a check in the amount of $13,775.00 drawn on the account
established from the proceeds of obligations to be issued pursuant
to the Local Finance Law to finance such purchase. Such obligations
wil-1 be authorized to be issued by this- Board by a separate resolu-
tion.
If this Board subsequently decided to issue bonds to finance such
ii purchase, the value of the above item traded-in toward the purchase ;
price shall be considered as down payment required by Section 107.00
of the Local Finance Law.
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Vote of Town Board (Aye) S. Wenthorth Horton Supervisor
(Aye) Harry Terry Justice of Peace y�
(Aye) Herbert M. Hawkins Justice of Peace
(Aye) Ralph W. Tuthill Justice of. Peace
(Aye) Norman E. Klipp Justice of Peace
State of New York )
Sounty _ of Suffolk ) SS Y
Town of Southold Y
I , Ralph P. Booth, Town 'Clerk of the 'Town of Southold in the County
of Suffolk, N.Y. , do hereby certify that I have compated the pro-
ceeding copy of a resolution with the original thereof, duly adopt-
ed by the Town Board of such town at a regular meeting of such
board held on March 7th, 1947, and that the same is a true and
correct copy of such resolution and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof I 'have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said Town this 7th day of March, 1947.
Ralph P. Booth `-
Town Clerk of the Town of
Southold, N.Y.
Resolution by Justice of the Peace Ralph W. Tuthill,
Seconded by Justice of the Peace Herbert M. Hawkins : -v
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold, N.Y. , b y a res-
olution duly adopted on the 7th .day of March, 19471 authorized �. --
the Town Superintendent of Highways to purchase,.certain equip-
. -went for highway construction and maintenance at a total cost of
$14, 500.00 -subject to the approval of the County Superintendent of '-
H ghways, and provided that $12,000. of such cost was to be paid -
from the proceeds of obligations to be issued pursuant to the
Local Finance Law, and
WHEREAS, a .contract of purchase for such equipment was duly en-
tered into -by the Town Superintendent of Highways 'on the 7th day L ~-
of March, 1947, which contract has been duly- approved by the ,y
County Superintendent of Highways .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: `
1 . The 'specific object or purpose for which obligations are' to
be issued pursuant to this resolution is to finance the cost of:-
1- Model LMU SNOGO auger type snow removed; powered by Hercules a.�t
Model RXLD engine: with loader attachment: complete with and
mounted on Interntaional. model K=7 4x4 Colemandiall-wheel drive
chassis with standard accessories plus dual windshield wipers,
defroster fan, and tire chains for front and rear tires.
2. The maximum cost of such equipment is $14,500.00, and the plan
of financing such' cost is as follows : A down payment of $2500.00
: is to be paid -froti the Machinery Fund, and the balance of the
cost is to be provided by the issuance of serial .bonds in' the
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Amount of $14,000. pursuant to this resolution. � r
3: The following determinations are hereby made:
(a) The period of probable usefulness of such equipment is five
years.
b The subdivision. of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the
Local Finance Law which is applicable in the circumstances is sub-
' division 1128" .
(c) The proposed maturity of the obligations authorized by
this resolution will not be in excess of five years. —T -
4. The down payment required to be provided pursurant to Section .
107.00 of the Local Finance Law has been
funds. provided from current
5. That the Town of Southold issue its serial bonds in the amount
of $12,000, to finance such cost in accordance with the financial
plan set forth above. Such bonds shall be dated approximately as
of the date of the delivery of such equipment and the power to _fix and determine the exact date of such obligations is hereby
delegated to the Supervisor.
6. Such bonds shall be numbered 1 to 4 inculsive, shall be in the
denomination of $3,000. each, and shall mature in annual installments
in the years and amounts as follows: 1 48
$3,000.00; 195o $3,000.00 and 1 l 9 $4,000.00; 1949
9 5 $3,000. The power. to determine
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the date upon which such installment shall become due and payable
-' is hereby delegated to the Supervisor. The bonds shall be issued in
bearer forms without coupons, and shall not contain a power toccon-
vert to registered form. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate
not exceeding 1.4 per annum payable semiannually.
The bonds shall be in substantially the following form:-
No. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $39000.00
-, STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SERIAL BOND OF 1947
-T The Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, a municipality
of the State of New Y rk, hereby acknowledges itself indebted
and for value receivea promises to pay to the bearer of this
bond on the 1st day of April, 1949 , the sum of Three Thousand
43'000.00) Dollars, and to pay interest on such sum at the
rate of O'nG 'fj ,per centum ( W %) per annum, Beni-annually on the 1st
v> day of October and April in each year from the date of this bond
until it matures , upon presentation of this bond for notation of
such interest payment thereon® Both principal efa.and interest on
-� this bond will be paid in lawful money of the United States of
America, at the office of the Supervisor , Greenport , N.Y.
This bond may not be converted into a registered bond.
This bond is one of an authorized issue, the aggregate prin-
cipal amount of which is $12,000. 1 the bonds of which are of
=- like- tenor, except as to number' maturity and denomination, and
are issued pursuant to a bond resolution entitled "Serial Bond
Resolution" duly adopted by the Town Board of such Town of Southold
New York, on March 1 1947.
The faith and credit of such Town of Southold, New York, are hereby
irrevocably pledged for the punctual payment of the principal of
and interest on this bond according to its terms.
It is hereby certified and recited that all conditions, acts and
things required by the Constitution and statutes of the State of
New York to exist, to have happened and to have been performed
pre.cedent to and in the issuance of this bond, exist, have happened
and hate been performed, and that the issue of bonds of which this
:3 is , one, together with all other indebtedness of such Town of Southold
New York, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by the
Constitution and laws of such State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town of Southold, New York, has caused this
bond to be signed by its Supervisor, and its corporate seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested by its Town Clerk and this bond to be
dated as of the 1st day of April, 1947.
Town of Southold N.Y.
(Town Seal) ByS. Wentworth Horton
-{ Attest: Ralph P. Booth Its Supervisor
Town Clerk of the Town
of Southold, New York.
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Moved by Justice Terry;" seconded by Justice Tuthill:
Resolved: That •a Public Hearing will be held at the office of"
--the Supervisor, at Greenport, on Friday, March _28, 19471 at 2:00
P.M. to consider a proposed ordinance prohibiting the parking . .._
of automobiles on the easterly side of Village Lane .in Orient.
Unanimously adopted. '
Moved by Justice Tuthill; seconded by Justice Klipp: On roll call
unanimously adopted: Y"
Resolved: That the Town Board grant the application of Helen B.
Case to discontinue the old highway being a part of the North
Road• and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of the North
Road as relocated about the year 1935 (and" now known as Middle
Road, County Road No. 27) , 3 5;06 feet westerly along said line
' from the southwesterly corner of land now or formerly of Feeney;. F
running thence westerly along said relocated -northerly line' of
North Road 235.31 feet to a point; thence northerly at right �s
angles to the former northerly line of North Road and on a de-
flection to the right of. 93o 24'30" from said relocated northerly
line of North Road a distance of 16.66 feet. to land of Helen B. - . r
Case; running thence easterly along land of Helen B. Case
a distance of 234.89 feet to land now or formerly of Macomber; r `
running thence southerly parallel to the westerly boundary . �._
herein described a distance of 2.67 feet to the point *of beg-
inning, -on the ground that said highway has been abondoned. 7 '
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Moved by Justice Tuthill; seconded by Justice Klipp, on roll call
unanimously adopted:
Resolved: That the Town Board grant the 'application of Stanley Csee
to discontinue the old highway being a part of the North Road •
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of the North
Roas as relocated about the- year 193 5 . (and now known as Middle
Road, County :Road No. 27) , 270.37 feet westerly along said line
from .the southwesterly corner of land of Feeney; running thence
westerly along said •relocated northerly line of North Road 130.23
feet to a point; running thence northerly at right angles to the
former northerly line of North Road and on a deflection to the
right of 93o24'30" from said relocated northerly line of North
Road a distance of 24.40 feet to land of Stanley Case; running -
thence easterly along land of Stanley Case a distance of 130.0
feet to land of Helen B. Case; running thence Southerly, parallel
to the westerly boundary herein described, a distance of 16.66
feet to the point of beginning, on the P Freund that said highway has
been abandoned. �
Moved by Justice Hawkins; seconded by Justice Terr
Resolved: That - General Bills in the amount of $2,�75. 59, non-
reimbursable Welfare Bills in the amount of $13.20 be and the
same are hereby ordered paid. j+
Unanimously adopted. .,.
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Moved by Justice Tuthi4; seconded by Justice Hawkins:
Resolved: That the regalar monthly meeting of the Town Board he
held on Friday, March 28, 1947, at 1:30 P.M.
Unanimously adopted.
Adjournment was at 3:30 P.M.
Ralph P. Booth
Town Clerk .
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