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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH 1918
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
Containing the Reports of the 1
SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER TOWN ACCOUNTANT, TOWN CLERK ASSESSORS, AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
For the Year Ending December 31
1918
THE CRAWFORD PRESS South Weymouth, Mass.
W.C. Pef 352 1918
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MAY 8 1939
INDEX
Town Officers 5
Town Meeting (Annual)
8
Precinct Officers
70
State Primary 38
State Election 51
Town Meetings (Special)
67
Jury List
72
Births
106
Marriages
79
Deaths
88
Report of Registrars of Voters
162
Report of Town Accountant
261
Schools
261
Edward B. Nevin School House
275
Street Department
277
Public Parks
280
Preservation of Shade Trees
281
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
282
Survey and Plotting of Town
284
Fire Department
284
Police Department
291
Health Department
294
Miscellaneous Account
296
Election Expenses
300
Town Offices
303
State and Military Aid
303
Soldiers' Relief
304
Printing and Advertising
304 305
Electric Lighting
306
Tufts Library
305
Fogg Library Reading Room
306
Memorial Day
306
Abatement and Remittance of Taxes 308
Interest and Discount 309
Notes Payable 310
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Alewive Account
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INDEX-Continued
State and County Taxes 311
Tax Deed Account 311
Reserve Fund 311
Town Officers 312
Poor Department 315
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures 326
Trial Balance
339
Report of Town Treasurer
330 337
66
" Selectmen
163
Overseers of the Poor
181
66
" Board of Health
66
" Assessors
Collector of Taxes
214 226
" Committee on Public Safety
201
66
" Chief of Police
221
" Chief Engineer of Fire Department
217
" Forest Warden
218 219
. Superintendent of Moth Work
220
Burial Agent
270
Park Commissioners
208 228
Tufts Library Trustees
" Water Commissioners 342
School Committee
113
Trustees of Fore River Bridge
184
66 Superintendent of Streets
186
" Inspector of Slaughtering
203
66 ' Inspector of Milk and Dairies
203
Sealer of Weights and Measures
215
" Public Health Nurse 204
" Inspector of Animals 219
202 197 199
Electric Lighting Committee
Town Engineer
" Tree Warden
Town Auditors
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1918-1919
Town Clerk.
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
P. O. address, East Weymouth
JOHN H. STETSON,
Town Treasurer. P. O. address, South Weymouth
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman, P. O. address, Weymouth
BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk, P. O. address, East Weymouth ALFRED W. HASTINGS, GEORGE L. NEWTON, HENRY E. HANLEY
Assessors.
JOHN F. DWYER, Chairman
Term expires 1919
FRANK H. TORREY, Clerk
1919
CHARLES H. CLAPP
1920
THERON L. TIRRELL
. 1920
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
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66
1921
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Engineers of the Fire Department.
WALTER W. PRATT, Chief
JOHN Q. HUNT, Clerk
HENRY W. PHILLIPS,
P. O. address, East Weymouth P. O. address, East Weymouth PHILIP W. WOLFE,
MATTHEW O'DOWD
Town Accountant. CHARLES B. CUSHING
Collector of Taxes.
WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, P. O. address, East Weymouth
School Committee.
ELMER E. LEONARD
Term expires 1919
FREDERICK D. NICHOLS
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1919
SARAH S. HOWE
66 1920
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
66
1 1920
PRINCE H. TIRRELL
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THERON L. TIRRELL
66
I92I
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Board of Health. 1
DR. GEORGE E. EMERSON DR. FREDERICK L. DOUCETT JOHN S. WILLIAMS
Term expires 1919
66
1920
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Park Commissioners.
NATHAN Q. CUSHING FRANCIS W. REA ' J. HERBERT WALSH
Term expires 1919
1920
66
1921
Trustees of Tufts Library.
JAMES H. FLINT
Term expires 1919
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
1919
JOSEPH CHASE, JR.
1919
WILLIAM A. DRAKE
1920
FRANCIS M. DROWN
1920
JOSEPH E. GARDNER
1920
JOHN B. HOLLAND
1921
LOUIS A. COOK
1921
WILLIAM F. HATHAWAY
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Registrars of Voters.
BENJAMIN F. SMITH
Term expires 1921
PATRICK E. CORRIDAN
1920
MARSHALL P. SPRAGUE
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JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk '(ex-officio)
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Water Commissioners.
GEORGE W. PERRY
Term expires 1919
GEORGE E. BICKNELL
1920
FRANK H. TORREY
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JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman of Selectmen, (ex-officio)
JOHN H. STETSON, Town Treasurer, (ex-officio)
Sealer of Weights and Measures
RUSSELL B. WORSTER
P. O. address, Weymouth
Burial Agent for Indigent Soldiers
WALDO TURNER P. O. address, East Weymouth
Chief of Police
ARTHUR H. PRATT P. O. address, East Weymouth
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Constables.
WILLIE F. TIRRELL, GEORGE B. BAYLEY, ELBERT FORD, ARTHUR H. PRATT, CHARLES W. BAKER,
CHARLES W. BARROWS, THOMAS FITZGERALD, GEORGE W. CONANT, GEORGE W. NASH, EDWARD F. BUTLER.
Planning Board.
Term expires 1923
STANLEY T. TORREY, ROBERT S. HOFFMAN, PATRICK CASEY, ELBRIDGE B. NASH, JOHN L. BEAN. Term Expires 1922
RUSSELL H. WHITING, MINOT P. GAREY, ALBERT P. WORTHEN, FRANCIS W. REA, 1
GEORGE L' BARNES Term Expires 1921
CORNELIUS J. LYNCH, EDWARD .W. HUNT, BRADFORD HAWES, DAVID M. KIDDER, WALTER L. BATES. Term Expires 1920
JAMES W. COLGAN, FREDERICK L. DOUCETT, JOHN B. WHEALAN, WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK, PRINCE H. TIRRELL. Term Expires 1919
WALTER J. SLADEN,
GEORGE M. KEENE,
WALLACE H. BICKNELL,
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MATTHEW R. LOUD,
JOHN REIDY.
Appropriation Committee.
Term Expires 1921
C. EDGAR STILES,
WILLIAM C. EARLE,
WILLIAM H. WALL,
ELMER W. THAYER,
JACOB S. WICHERT.
Term Expires 1920
RUSSELL H. WHITING, 1 GEORGE E. CUNNIFF, FRANCIS W. REA, EDWARD C. BARKER, MARSHALL R. ABBOTT. Term Expires 1919
JAMES W. COLGAN, FRED C. ALDEN, FRANK N. CLAPP,' EDWARD I. LOUD, RALPH P. BURRELL.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid who are qualified to vote in elections therein and in town affairs, to meet at the Odd Fellows Opera House in East Weymouth on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1918, at nine o'clock and fifteen minutes in the fore- noon, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting. 1
General Administration.
Article 2. To choose all necessary town officers other than those elected by ballot, viz: Public Weighers, Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark, two or more Field Drivers, one Pound Keeper and a Planning Board.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of town officers and of any committee appointed at any former meeting and to choose any committees the town may think proper.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. ,
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, on or after January 1, 1919, to borrow money in anticipation of the reve- nue of the year 1919.
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Article 6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for a reserve fund.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize the appoint- ment of a town accountant under the provisions of Chapter 624, of the Acts of 1910; and if so, to see if it will vote to abolish the office of Town Auditors in accordance with the provisions of said Act or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the town will take action in relation to raising and equipping a State Guard Company and will raise and appropriate any sum of money for that purpose.
Article 9. To see if the town will designate the Weymouth Trust Company, the First National Bank of Boston and the. National Shawmut Bank of Boston as legal depositories for the funds of the town, and the First National Safe Deposit Company of Boston as a legal depository for the securities of the town.
Schools and School Property.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools and for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Article 11. On petition : To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the teachers in the public schools or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate toward the sinking fund for the pay- ment at maturity of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Bonds.
Public Parks, Etc.
Article 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the care and maintenance of its parks and playgrounds, the same to be expended under the supervision of. the Park Commissioners.
Article 14. On petition : To see if the town will take by purchase or eminent domain, land on Neck and River Streets owned by W. C. Cherrington and Annie K. Jones for bath- ing purposes and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of
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money to pay for same and erect thereon a bathing-house under the direction and supervision of the Park Commission-' ers.
Fire Department.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Depart- ment.
Article 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of forest fires, the same to be expended under the direction of the Forest Wardens.
Police Department.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
Article 18: On petition : To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 468, Acts of 1911, as follows: An act to ex- tend the provisions of the Civil Service Act to Chiefs of Police of certain cities and towns. Be it enacted, etc .; as follows : Section 1. The provisions of Chapter nineteen of the Revised Laws, entitled "Of the Civil Service" and all acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto and the civil service rules made thereunder, and all acts now or hereafter in force relating to the appointment and removal of police officers, shall apply to the superintendent, chief of police or city mar- shal in all cities except Boston, and in all towns that have accepted, or may hereafter accept, the provisions of said chap- ter nineteen."
Water Department.
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Water commissioners to appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works, the coming year, and transfer to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, the sum of $5,000, to be set apart and invested as a Sinking Fund for the payment at maturity of the "Wey- mouth Water Loan Bonds."
Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works, the coming year, the sum of
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$38,825, to be expended for the following purposes, viz : $17,000 for Superintendence, Maintenance, and Pumping Sta- tion ; $4000 for Commissioners, Office, and Current expenses ; $1,000 for installation of meters; $2,600 for interest on Sink- ing Fund 4 per cent. ; $4,005 on Serial 41/2 per cent., and $720 on Serial 4 per cent. bonds ; also $9,500 for Principal of Serial Bonds due this year.
Article 21. To see if the Town will, for the purpose of fur- ther construction of the water system, authorize the issue of bonds to the amount of $5,000, under authority of Chap. 276, Acts of 1913, entitled "An act to authorize the Town of Wey- mouth to make an additional water loan."'
Article 22. On petition : To see if the town will vote to. authorize and direct the Water Commissioners to issue per- mits to the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth to fish from boats on the waters of Weymouth Great Pond for the term of one year beginning March 4, 1918.
Health Department.
Article 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the services and expenses of the Board of Health.
Town Officers, Elections and Town Offices.
Article 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
Article 25! To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for election expenses.
Article 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for rent and expenses of town offices.
Ways and Bridges.
Article 27. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repair of highways, townways and bridges, and for the removal of snow.
Article 28. On petition : To see if the town will vote to extend the sidewalk on the easterly side of Pleasant Street . abutting the property of Charles Turner, Wilbur Truax, and
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James Rubolino, and make suitable provision for payment for the same.
Article 29. On petition: To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $200 for the removal of the ledge on the curve of the road at the Pratt School,
Article 30. On petition : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for the purpose of high- way improvement at the north or lower end of Holbrook Road near the beach.
Article 31. On petition: To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote whereby the name of a portion of Commercial Street was changed to North Street.
Article 32. On petition : To see if the town will vote to grant an increase of fifty cents per day in the payment of its employees.
Article 33. On petition : To see if the town will vote to pay for horses employed on town work two dollars per day for each horse.
Article 34. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to the re-grading and permanent construction of Colum- bian Square.
Article 35. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of street watering and oiling.
Article 36. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of Filomena Street.
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Article 37. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of alterations in the line of Washington Street and of Broad Street along the land of Bertha F. Clapp at and near the junction of said streets.
State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
Article 38. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the payment of State and Military Aid
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and for burials under the provisions of Chap. 587 of the Acts of 1914 and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Article 39. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and for the families of disabled soldiers and seamen under Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
Public Charity.
Article 40. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief and support of the poor.
Article 41. To see if the town will ratify and confirm its action taken at the special meeting held September 28, 1917, under article five of the warrant for said meeting in so far as said action related to the issuing of bonds for a loan of $40,- 000 for the purpose of building a new Almshouse, or will take any other action in relation to the same.
Public Library and Reading Room.
Article 42. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Tufts Library. -
Article 43. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a public reading room at the Fogg Library.
Article 44. On petition : To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,000 for the equipment and maintenance of a public reading room in East Weymouth, to be under the di- rection of the Trustees of the Tufts Library and to be con- ducted as a branch of that library.
Street Lighting.
Article 45. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the lighting of streets. 1
Article 46. On petition : To see if the town will vote that a light be installed on Lake Street near the barber's shop.
Article 47. On petition,: To see if the town will vote that a light be installed on Charles Street, on the second pole from the intersection of Charles and Middle Streets, going east, and the relocation of the light on the third pole to the fourth pole.
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Article 48. To see if the town will vote that a light be in- stalled on the pole near the boundary line between the prop- erty of the Clapp Memorial Association and 229 Middle Street.
Article 49. On petition : To see if the town will vote to have a light placed on the pole opposite 20 Humphrey Street.
Article 50. On petition : To see if the town will vote to ex- tend the street lights on Middle Street, from the Lake Shore Park entrance north to Lake Street.
Town Survey.
Article 51. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the town sur- vey system, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Taxes and Interest.
Article 52. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the current year and to fix the rate of interest on all taxes remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Article 53. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
Article 54. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest which may become due the current year.
Shade Trees and Suppression of Moths.
Article 55. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the preservation of shade trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
Article 56. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths.
Printing and Advertising.
Article 57. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
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Article 58. To see if the town will instruct the Assessors to cause the valuations of real estate of the current year to be printed in the next annual town report.
Miscellaneous Articles.
Article 59. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 102 to 105 inclusive of Chapter 576 of the Acts of 1907, providing that towns may "establish and main- tain a municipal building insurance fund, from which any municipal building or other municipal property damaged by. fire, lightning or otherwise, may be repaired, rebuilt or re- placed by other buildings or property to be used in lieu thereof," or will take any other action in relation to insuring its property.
Article 61. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Article 62. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due it, or to prosecute a bill in equity or any other proceed- ings in court when in their judgment it is expedient in the interest of the town to do so.
Article 63. To determine in what manner the Alewive Fish- ery shall be conducted the present year.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 for the purpose of rebuilding the sluice-way and for other necessary repairs at the Alewive plant.
Article 65. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to in any way control, regulate or prohibit the taking of clams from the shores and flats of the town.
Article 66. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any real estate of which it may be possessed and for which it has no further use.
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Article 67. To see if the town will approve the appoint- ment, by joint action of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Water Commissioners, of a Superintendent of Streets who shall also be Superintendent of Water, and shall, in the latter capacity, act under the direction of the Water Board, and in all work relating to construction and maintenance of streets, under the direction of the Selectmen.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabi- tants of Weymouth, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In pre- cincts numbered One, Three, Five and Six, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively, in precinct numbered Two, at Odd Fellows Opera House, and in precinct numbered Four, at the Hose House at Nash's Corner, on Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1918, at five o'clock and forty-five minutes in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the wardens of their several precincts their votes on one ballot for the following named public officers, to wit: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Member of the Board of Health for three years, three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years, one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse for three years, one Tree Warden and ten Con- stables ; and to vote on the same ballot, "Yes" or "No" upon the following question :
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"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
The polls will be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you in writing, in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding the first meeting called for in this warrant.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the first day of March, 1918.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighteen.
HENRY E. HANLEY, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, JOSEPH KELLEY, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
Weymouth, February 14, 1918.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and times for the purposes set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said town as therein directed.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy.
Attest.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Wey- mouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Odd Fellows Opera House in East Weymouth, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1918, at 1.30 o'clock p.m., then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator. 1
Article 2. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of Sherwood Road.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of Birchbrow Avenue.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 for the working of a widening of Win- ter Street.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 for further working of the relocation of Summer Street.
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Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 for completing the working of the ex- tension of Burton Terrace.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200 for the purpose of constructing a side- walk on Pine Street, from Park Street southerly.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 for working a widening of the roadway of Lake Street along land of James Mauro.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you in writing, in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time of said meeting. .
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this eleventh day of February, A.D. 1918.
HENRY E. HANLEY, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, JOSEPH KELLEY, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
Weymouth, February 19, 1918.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth to meet at the re- spective time and place for the purpose set forth in said war- rant by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said town as therein directed.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy.
Attest.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
March 4, 1918.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Odd Fellows Opera House, East Weymouth, on Monday, March 4, 1918, the meeting being called to order at 9.15 o'clock, A. M., and the warrant was read (except the several articles) by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Hon. George L. Barnes was elected as Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election, and the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. Voted, That the Moderator appoint a committee of five (one from each Ward) to nominate all officers not re- quired to be elected by ballot.
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