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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
CONTAINING THE REPORTS OF
SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ASSESSORS AND OTHER OFFICERS :: :: AND COMMITTEES ::
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1925
WEYMOUTH ITEM PRESS 79 BROAD STREET, EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1925-1926
Town Clerk CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Assistant Town Clerk
EMERSON R. DIZER P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Town . Treasurer P. O. Address, South Weymouth JOHN H. STETSON
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
FRED E. WAITE, Chairman P. O. Address, South Weymouth WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, Clerk P. O. Address, East Weymouth
THERON L. TIRRELL WILLIAM B. DASHA H. FRANKLIN PERRY
Assessors
JOHN F. DWYER, Chairman
Term Expires 1928
*CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Clerk
1926
** WENDALL T. DIZER, Clerk RICHARD HALLORAN
1926
D. FRANK DALY
1926
School Committee
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman
Term Expires 1927
SARAH S. HOWE, Clerk
"
1926
FRANCIS W. REA
1927
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
1926
JOHN P. HUNT
1928
J. HERBERT LIBBEY
"
1928
Commissioners of Ward Two Schoolhouse Sinking Fund
GEORGE W. PERRY
Term Expires 1927
HENRY A NASH
1926
*** WILLIAM C. EARLE
66
1928
Park Commissioners
FRANCIS W. REA, Chairman
Term Expires 1928
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Clerk JOSEPH KELLEY "
1926
1927
Water Commissioners
FRANK H. TORREY, Chairman
Term Expires 1927
GEORGE E. BICKNELL, Clerk
1926
GEORGE W. PERRY
" 1928
FRED E. WAITE, Chairman of the Selectmen, ex-officio
JOHN H. STETSON, Town Treasurer, ex-officio.
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1927
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Board of Health
Dr. GEORGE E. EMERSON, Chairman
Term Expires 1928
Dr. FREDERICK L. DOUCETT, Clerk
66
1926
Dr. LEWIS W. PEASE
66
66 1927
Auditors
RALPH H. HASKINS WALLACE L. WHITTLE
FRANK E. LOUD
Trustees of Tufts Library
DR. CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman Term Expires 1928
WALLACE H. DRAKE, Clerk
66
1926
JOSEPH KELLEY
66
66
1928
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
66
1928
REV. JOHN B. HOLLAND
66
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1927
KENNETH L. NASH
66
. 66
1927
DR. WILLIAM H. HATHAWAY
1927
ARTHUR E. PRATT
66
1926
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
66
1926
Tree Warden
CHARLES L. MERRITT
P. O. Address, South Weymouth
Constables
CHARLES W. BAKER
EDWARD F. BUTLER
GEORGE W. CONANT
THOMAS FITZGERALD
ARTHUR H. PRATT
J. LAWRENCE BRENNEN JOHN A. CARTER LOUIS H. ELLS GEORGE W. HUNT WILLIE F. TIRRELL
Annual Moderator GEORGE L. BARNES
Town Meeting Members Precinct i, Term Expires 1926
HERMAN O. COLLTER
GEORGE W. HUNT
WILLIAM HYDE ALTON W. JONES
JOSEPH H. MCENROE EDWARD P. MCNAMARA*
RAYMOND P. STEIN CHARLES A. TOBIN STANLEY T. TORREY
Precinct 1, Term Expires 1927
JOHN A. CARTER OSCAR F. COX
HAROLD A. DESMOND ALLAN C. EMERY
J. HERBERT LIBBEY ARCHIBALD McCULLAGH PARKER T. PEARSON JAMES"H. PITTS --
JEREMIAH H. PITTS
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Precinct 1, Term Expires 1928
CHARLES H. AUSTIN
CHARLES T. BAILEY
HARRY A. BAILEY
BENJAMIN BEAN
GEORGE W. BEANE
CHARLES W. BURGESS
WALLACE H. DRAKE
SIDNEY G. DUNBAR
EDGAR F. HAYDEN
BERNARD L. RUGGLES
LOTTIE F. SAMPSON
ERNEST L. SAUNDERS
Precinct 2, Term Expires 1926
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
PETER A. GALLANT
THOMAS L. HOWLEY
CARL F. PRESCOTT
DAVID J. TOOMEY
Precinct 2, Term Expires 1927
JAMES D. BOSWORTH
MELZAR S. BURRELL
ARTHUR CUNINGHAM PETER F. HUGHES
HARRY A MATTSON
JOSEPH W. McDONALD
BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
*** JOHN G. NELSON
Precinct 2, Term Expires, 1928
GEORGE L. BATES
HARRY E. BEARCE
RALPH P. CHASE
GEORGE F. FARRAR
JOHN P. LOVELL
ARTHUR H. PRATT
HORACE M. RANDALL
HARRY M. STETSON
Precinct 3, Term Expires 1926
CHARLES Y. BERRY
GEORGE E. BICKNELL
HARRY O. BICKNELL PATRICK CASEY
EDWARD A. HUNT HENRY S. LITCHFIELD
ARTHUR H. LOHNES
DENNIS MCCARTHY
ARTHUR E. PRATT JOHN B. WHELAN
Precinct 3, Term Expires 1927
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT CHARLES A. COYLE
MICHAEL W COYLE
FREDERICK H. HALL
THOMAS FITZGERALD EDWARD W. HUNT
JOHN P. HUNT
JOHN A. HUTCHINS
FRANK A. PRAY
THOMAS SWEENEY
Precinct 3, Term Expires 1928
CHARLES W. BAKER
WALLACE H. BICKNELL HENRY A. COTE
JOSEPH BROWNE
LEO F. COTE GEORGE F. GLOSTER
BURTON F. JOHNSON WILLIAM E. PRAY
RUSSELL S. RILEY GEORGE C. SMITH
FRANK W. STEWART WILLIAM H. TRASK
WALLACE L. WHITTLE
Precinct 4, Term Expires 1926 GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS CHARLES H. DeRUSHA SAMUEL S. FRENCH. 3 .
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER RALPH H. HASKINS JOHN H. MORAN
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Precinct 4, Term Expires 1927
CHESLEY CORMACK RICHARD HALLORAN ALFRED S. TIRRELL THOMAS H. MELVILLE
Precinct 4 Term Expires 1928
CARL F. ELSNER JOSEPH E. GARDNER
IGNATIOUS MELVILLE MARY W. TIRRELL
Precinct 5, Term Expires 1926
FREDERICK C. BAUER
PERCY L. BICKNELL
MELVILLE F. CATE HOWARD H. JOY
RICHMOND LITCHFIELD MATTHEW O'DOWD
OSWALD RALPH JOSIAH B. REED
CALVIN C. SHEPHERD
DANIEL A. JOHNSON
Precinct 5, Term Eqpires 1927
ALBERT E. BARNES
CHARLES L. BICKNELL
JACOB DENBROEDER
WALTER R. FIELD
BENJAMIN HEFFERNAN FRANK E. LOUD
GEORGE MARSHALL
JOHN W. O'DONNELL
JUNIE B. MORRILL BATES TORREY
Precinct 5, Term Expires 1928
WALTER L. BATES
GUY W. C. HARTT
PETER J. HEALEY FRANK W. HOLBROOK
FLETCHER W. HOWE HENRY C. JESSEMAN
LIDA MacFEATERS A. SPENCER MARSH
WALTER V. REED
JOE TAYLOR
PRINCE H. TIRRELL
Precinct 6, Term Expires 1926
BARTHOLOMEW COUGHLIN
*** PATRICK H. DWYER
NICHOLAS GAROFALO H. FRANK HOLMES
J. EDWWARD MULLIGAN GEORGE W. PERRY
DANIEL REIDY Jr. THOMAS B. C. WADE
Precinct 6, Term Expires 1927
GEORGE E. CUNIFF
WILLIAM H. DOYLE
J. HERBERT LIBBY THOMAS J. KELLY
M. FRANK MCCARTHY
PATRICK J. O'TOOLE
MICHAEL SHEEHY FRED O. STEVENS
Precinct 6, Term Expires 1928
ADELINE M. CANTERBURY
FREDERICK HUMPHREY
DAVID F. KEARNS
ALFRED C. SHEEHY ALBERT HUMPHREY
EDWARD F. BUTLER
PASQUALE SANTACROCE HENRY A. TABER
EARL C. FOWLER
DENNIS F. REIDY
Precinct 7, Term Expires 1926 IRVING E. JOHNSON ALSTON A. SHAW
1. Vacancy
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Precinct 7, Term Expires 1927 EVA LILLIAN RAY WILLIE F. TIRRELL GEORGE O. CHAMBERLAIN Precinct 7, Term Expires 1928 JOHN J. McDONALD RONALD A. MacDONALD CHARLES N. TURNER
Town Meeting Members by Virtue of Their Office
NEWLAND H. HOLMES
GEORGE L. BARNES
¥ CLAYTON B. MERCHANT JOHN H. STETSON -
- FRED E. WAITE WINSLOW M. TIRRELL -
WILLIAM B. DASHA H. FRANKLIN PERRY -
- THERON L. TIRRELL FREDERICK L. ALDEN
- EDWARD C. BARKER
- *** WILLIAM C. EARLE
- JOSEPH KELLEY
- J. LEONARD BICKNELL JOHN W. HEFFERNAN THOMAS F. LEARY SANDY ROULSTON
- EDWARD I. LOUD ARTHUR I. NEGUS *JAMES B. B. SMITH -
SILAS B. TOTMAN
JACOB WICHERT
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EMERSON R. DIZER
Appropriation Committee Term Expires 1926
EDWARD C. BARKER, Secretary J. LEONARD BICKNELL
*** JAMES B. B. SMITH SILAS B. TOTMAN
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Term Expires 1927
WILLIAM C. EARLE JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
JOSEPH KELLEY C. EDGAR STILES
JACOB WICHERT
Term Expires 1928
FREDERICK L. ALDEN JOHN W. HEFFERNAN EDWARD I. LOUD ARTHUR I. NEGUS, Chairman SANDY ROULSTON
Planning Board Term Expires 1926
CORNELIUS J. LYNCH EDWARD W. HUNT
BRADFORD HAWES WILLIAM L. SWAN
J: HERBERT LIBBEY .
Term Expires 1927
RUSSELL H. WHITING MINOT P. GAREY GEORGE L. BARNES FRANCIS W. REA 1 Vacancy
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-C. EDGAR STILES RUSSELL H. WHITING A. WESLEY SAMPSON
JOHN F. DWYER Dr. CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
- PRINCE H TIRRELL Dr. GEORGE E. EMERSON FRANCIS W. REA CHARLES L. MERRITT
- FRANK H. TORREY
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Term Expires 1928
STANLEY T. TORREY PATRICK CASEY
ROBERT S. HOFFMAN ELBRIDGE B. NASH W. CARLTON B. BARNES Term Expires 1929
SIDNEY G. DUNBAR WALLACE L. BICKNELL MATTHEW O'DOWD JOHN REIDY
1 Vacancy
Term Expires 1930
WALLACE H. DRAKE FREDERICK L. DOUCETT
JOHN B. WHELAN WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK PRINCE H. TIRRELL
Town Accountant
EMERSON R. DIZER P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Superintendent of Streets IRVING E. JOHNSON P. O. Address, Town Office, E. Weymouth
Electric Light Committee
JOSEPH A. FERN JOSEPH KELLEY
J. HERBERT LIBBEY MATTHEW O'DOWD.
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
Registrars of Voters
PATRICK E CORRIDAN, Chairman Term Expires 1926
MARSHALL P. SPRAGUE
66 1928
EDWARD P. MURPHY
66
1927
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
Chief of Police
ARTHUR H. PRATT P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Chief of the Fire Department JOHN Q. HUNT P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Sealer of Weights and Measures
CHARLES W. BURGESS 32 Pearl St., N. Weymouth
JOHN Q HUNT
Forest Warden P. O. Address, East Weymouth
Collector of Taxes 1920
HARRY E. BEARCE P. O. Address, 41 Laurel St., E Weymouth 1922-1923-1924-1925
A. WESLEY SAMPSON P.O. Address, Town Office, E.Weymouth
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Inspector of Animals Vacant
Inspector of Plumbing J. E. LUDDEN P O. Address, Washington Sq., Weymouth Inspector of Milk and Dairies GEORGE E. BAYLEY P. O. Address, 447 Main St., So. Weymouth Town Engineer
RUSSELL H. WHITING P. O. Address, 56 Sea St.,N. Weymouth
Resigned Appointed to fill vacancy
* Deceased
Moved from Precinct
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WESSAGUSSET 1622
LABORAREVINCERE
MASSACHUSETTS
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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 qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the hall of the Weymouth High School on Monday, the 2nd day of March,. 1925, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles namely:
General Administration
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town officers, other than those elected by ballot, viz: Public Weighers, Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark, two or more Fence Viewers, two or more. Field Drivers, one Pound. Keeper, a Planning . Board and an Electric Light Committee.
Art. 2. 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
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Art 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of its Selectmen, on or after January 1st, 1926, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1926.
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to. raise and appropriate for a reserve fund.
Art. 6. 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 Weymouth Trust Company as legal depository for the securities of the Town.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro -- priate the sum of $4,578.68 for the payment of Weymouth's por-
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tion towards the cost of repairs and maintainance of Norfolk County Hospital for the year 1924.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or will appropriate for the payment of unpaid bills for the year 1924.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate from surplus for the use of the Assessors in de- termining the tax-rate for the year 1925.
Town Survey
Art. 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintainance of the Town Survey system, or take any action in relation thereto
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting boundstones on accepted highways.
Taxes and Interest
Art 12. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collect- ed the current year and to fix the rates of interest on all taxes re- maining unpaid after the time fixed for payment
Art. 13 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest which may be- come due the current year.
Printing and Advertising
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
Shade Trees and Suppression of Moths
Art. 15 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.
Art. 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths or take any other action in relation thereto.
State Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the Town will appropri- ate for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials under the provisions of Chapter 115 Section 3, of the General Laws and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by tax- ation.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief of disabled soldiers and sea- men and families of disabled soldiers and seamen under Chapter 115, Section 17, General Laws.
Schools
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools and the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will accept and adopt the rec- ommendations and plans of the committee appointed at the last annual meeting to investigate the school accommodations in
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Ward 1, namely to build and equip a schoolhouse sufficiently large to accommodate three hundred (300) pupils, on the land owned by the Town at Bicknell Square.
Art. 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, by loan or otherwise, and appropriate, for the construction and equipment of the schoolhouse recommended by the above committee, in its report; and to determine the way and manner in which such money shall be raised; and to take any other action which may be necessary in relation thereto.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to take or purchase for the purpose of providing a playground or athletic field for use in connection with the Weymouth High School a certain tract of land bounded westerly by Middle street, northwesterly by "Com- mon Land", northerly by Commercial Street, easterly and then northerly by land now or late of Frederick H. Litchfield, northerly by land now or late of Maude I. Danielson, easterly and then north erly by land now or late of Isabelle M. Crane, easterly by land now or late of Styles A. Fiske, and southerly by land now or late of Harriet H. Dizer, and of Francis W. Cowing, and containing by estimation 557,500 square feet of land, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for such pur- pose of taking or acquiring necessary drainage rights or privi- leges for such land, and to take any other action relative thereto.
Art. 23 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by loan or otherwise and appropriate for the purpose of providing additional schoolhouse facilities in North Weymouth, and take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 24. On petition: To see if the Town will furnish free transportation for school children living in the vicinity of Wash- ington and Middle Streets attending the Hunt School, or take any other action.
Art. 25. On petition: To see if the Town will' vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to grade the field on the Humphrey Schoolhouse lot, to be suitable for baseball games, or to take any action in relation thereto.
Public Parks
Art. 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the care and maintenance of the parks of Weymouth, the same to be expended under the supervision of" the Park Commissioners.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by the right of eminent domain, for park purposes, a parcel of land adjoining Great Hill Park, North Weymouth, containing about sixteen acres and being bounded: Westerly on North Street about nine hundred (900) feet, northwesterly by Weymouth Fore River' about five hundred (500) feet, northeasterly by land now or for- merly of Peter D. and Robert S. Bradley, one thousand (1,000) feet, southerly by Great Hill Park about three hundred (300) feet,. easterly by Great Hill' Park about three hundred (300) feet, northerly by Great Hill Park about three hundred fifty (350) feet, southeasterly by land now or formerly of A. O. Crane and by land now or formerly of Peter D. and Robert S. Bradley about four hundred fifty (450) feet, and southerly again by land now
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or formerly of Hattie L. Clark about three hundred fifty (350) feet, to North Street. And to see what sum of money, not ex- ceeding $50,000.00 the Town will vote to raise by loan or otherwise, and appropriate for the acquisition of said parcel of land; and to determine by vote the manner in which funds for the purpose shall be raised and borrowed, and the terms and conditions of any loan or loans necessary to procure such funds, and to authorize: the issue of bonds or notes to secure the same as the Town by vote shall fix, and to take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will' petition the Legislature for- authority to release to Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley, or their heirs and assignees a part of Weymouth Great Hill Park, contain- ing about five acres and bounded: Northerly by land now or formerly of Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley, easterly by Neck Street, southerly by land now or formerly of A. O. Crane, andi westerly by Weymouth Great Hiil Park; and to take any other action in relation thereto.
Fire Department
Art. 29. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department.
Art. 30. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the payment to call-men of the Fire Department a yearly salary of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
Art. 31. By request: To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for a new hook and ladder truck and equipment therefor either in addition to or in replacement of the whole or part of the present hook and ladder apparatus, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 32. By request: To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 48, Section 42-43-44 of the General Laws, in relation to the appointment of the Fire Chief by the Selectmen.
Police Department
Art. 33. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
Art. 34. On petition: To see if the Town wiil vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the purpose of placing a Traffic Officer at Lovell's Corner during the summer months.
Town Officers, Election and Town Offices
Art. 35. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
Art. 36. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for election expenses.
Art. 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the rent and expenses of Town offices.
Public Library and Reading-Room
Art. 38. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Tufts Library.
Art. 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
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raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a reading-room in the Fogg Library.
Public Charity
Art. 40. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief and support of the poor.
Street Lighting
Art. 41. To see if the Town will authorize the Electric Light Committee to contract with the Weymouth Light and Power Co. for furnishing lights for the Town, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art. 42. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the lighting of streets.
Art. 43. On petition: To see if the Town will place one electric light at the east end of Emerson Street.
Art. 44. On petition: To see if the Town will extend the street lighting system on Columbian Street to Braintree line.
Health Department
Art. 45. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the services and expenses of the Board of Health.
Art. 46. (a) By request: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the employment of district or other nurses under the provisions of the General' Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5.
Art. 46. (b) By request: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the support of a dental clinic, under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5.
Water Department
Art. 47. To see if the Town will authorize the following appropriations, from the income of the Water Department for the current year, viz:
Maintenance and Operation
$26,000.00
Replacement
3,000.00
Equipment
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3,000.00
Commercial Expense
6,935.00
General Salaries .
1,200.00
Bond Retirement
10,500.00
Interest
4,157.50
Minor Construction
20,000.00
$74,792.50
Art. 48. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to put a six inch water main in private roads at the Birches, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
Art. 49. To see if the Town will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed $15,000.00 from the General Fund of the Water Dept. for the purpose of carrying on necessary work for private parties; payment for said work to revert to the General Fund.
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Art. 50. To see if the Town will authorize the issuance of not to exceed $15,000.00 in Bonds or Notes, for the construction of water mains of six inches or more in diameter; said Bonds or Notes to be payable within fifteen years of the date of issue and in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of General Laws.
Art. 51. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to purchase or take by right of eminent. domain, l'and bordering on Weymouth Great Pond, for protection of the water supply, and to appropriate from the general fund of the Water Department an amount sufficient to pay for the same.
Art. 52. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to. appropriate from the General Fund of the Water Department for unpaid bills of 1924.
Ways and Bridges
Art. 53. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways, bridges and street oiling, and the removal of snow.
Art. 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the building of permanent sidewalks, the same to be expended under the provisions of the Betterment Act.
Art. 55. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to discontinue that portion of their track on Broad Street, between Jackson Square and Madison Street.
Art. 56. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a townway the private way known as Pecksuot Road.
Art. 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for the working of the same.
Art. 58. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the continuance of Babcock Avenue, from Birchbrow Avenue to Wey- mouth Fore River.
Art. 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for the working of same.
Art. 60. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the. report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as townways the private ways known as Idlewell Street from its present accepted end at the bridge of the New York, New Haven and Hartford R .. R. to Chandler Street; Chandler Street to Pleasantview Avenue and Pleasantview Avenue.
Art. 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for working same.
Art. 62. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Ramblers Way.
Art. 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for working the same.
Art. 64. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Sachem Street from intersection of Birch- brow Avenue and Babcock Avenue, running to Fore River Avenue on Weymouth Fore River.
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Art. 65. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate any sum of money for working the same.
Art. 66. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Swan Avenue, running from Pond Street to Weymouth Great Pond.
Art. 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $1,000.00 for street signs and guide boards or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 68. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to put Forest Street into proper condition.
Art. 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $15,000.00 for the permanent construction of existing highways or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 70. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $800.00 for the construction of a graveï sidewalk on the easterly side of Pleasant Street from Elm Street to property of Henry K. Loud near Pine Street, or take any other action.
Art. 71. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to complete the working of Johnson Road.
Art. 72. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the the sum of $400.00 to complete the working of Shaw Road.
Art. 73. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of building a sidewalk on the easterly side of Main Street, in said Town, from the intersection of Middle and Main Streets, and running from that point to the residence of Louis H. Ells, or to see what action the Town will take in reference thereto.
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