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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 /
1870.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1930
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1930-1931
Town Clerk CLAYTON B MERCHANT, P. O. Address, Town Hall, East
Weymouth 1
Term expires 1931
Town Treasurer
JOHN H. STETSON, P. O. Address, South Weymouth'
Temporary Town Treasurer
EDWIN R. SAMPSON, P. O. Address, North Weymouth
Selectmen
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Chairman. P. O. Address, 37 Highland P.A.,
South Weymouth;
FRED E. WAITE, clerk, P. O. Address, Town Hall, East.,
Weymouth
H. FRANKLIN PERRY *EDWIN R. SAMPSON
WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD
Assessors
JOHN F. DWYER, Chairman and Clerk, Term expires 1931.
P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth
CHARLES W. BURGESS
1931
RICHARD HALLORAN
1932'
OTIS B. TORREY
. 1932'
HARRY E. BEARCE
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1933
School Committee
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman Term expires 1933
P. O. Address, 167 Pleasant street, South Weymouth
EDITH G. TAYLOR, Clerk
,, 1932
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
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1932
FRANCIS W. REA
1933
JOHN P. HUNT
1931
J. HERBERT LIBBY
1931
Park Commissioners
FRANCIS W. REA, Chairman Term expires 1931 P. O. Address, 706 Pleasant st., East Weymouth
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Clerk. 1932
JOSEPH KELLEY
resigned
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1933
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Water Commissioners
FRANK H. TORREY, Chairman
GEORGE E. BICKNELL, Clerk
Term expires 1933 " 1932
GEORGE W. PERRY
1931
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Chairman of the Selectmen, ex-officio
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer, ex-officio.
Tax Collectors
A. WESLEY SAMPSON, P. O. Address, Town Hall.
1926-1927 East Weymouth
FRANK W. HOLBROOK. P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth 1928-1929-1930
Board of Health
GEORGE E. EMERSON, Chairman
Term expires 1931
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT, Clerk JOSEPH CREHAN
.. 1933
Trustees of Tufts Library
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires 1931
GERTRUDE C ANDREWS, Clerk
1932
WALLACE H. DRAKE
1932
WILLIAM F. HATHAWAY
1933
JOHN B. HOLLAND
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1933
KENNETH L. NASH
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1933
JOSEPH KELLEY
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1931
ARTHUR E. PRATT
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1932
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
1931
Board of Selectmen and Town Treasurer, Members ex-officio.
Tree Warden
CHARLES L. MERRITT P. O. Address, 44 Highland Pl., South Weymouth
Planning Board
FRANK A. PRAY, Chairman
Term expires 1931
RALPH H. HASKINS, Clerk
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1932
ALLAN C. EMERY
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1933
THOMAS J. KELLY
1933
JOSIAH B. REED
1932
RUSSELL H. WHITING
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1932
ARTHUR 1. NEGUS
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1931
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Building Inspector
THOMAS J. K. LLY. P. O Address. Town Hall. East Weymouth
Annual Moderator GEORGE L. BARNES, P. O. Address 830 Main St .. South Weymouth
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1932
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Town Meeting Members Precinct 1, Term expires 1931
JOHN L. BASTEY
CHARLES T. BLEAKNEY
CHARLES A. TOBIN
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
OREN A. COBB
GEORGE W. HUNT J. HERBERT. LIBBEY CHARLES W BURGESS FREDERICK L. WILCOX HENRY O. TUTTY
Precinct 1. Term expires 1932
CHARLES T. BAILEY
FRED W. CROCKER
JOHN THOMSON
JOSEPH BUCKLEY
JOHN GRIFFIN 1 STANLEY T. TORREY
RAYMOND E. STEIN
WALLACE H. DRAKE
ALTON W. JONES
JAMES H PITTS
RUSSELL H. WHITING
CARLTON C. CHAMBERS
ARCHIBALD McCULLAGH
ALFRED F. TURNER
Precinct 1, Term expires 1933
HARRY A. BAILEY
JOHN A. CARTER
HERMAN O. COLLYER
WILLIAM B. DASHA
CHARLES W. CLARK
ALBERT J. EVERETT
CHARLES C. HEARN DEFOREST JONES
R. CHESTER LOPAUS
CHARLES E. STILES
HERBERT ROSETTER ANTHONY VEADER
WILBUR F. WOODWORTH 1
Precinct 2, term expires 1931
GEORGE L. BATES
GEORGE F. FARRAR
MELZAR S. BURRELL
JOHN P. LOVELL JAMES I. PEERS
JOHN G. EASTON
EVERETT T. GARDNER
ARTHUR H. PRATT
Precinct 2, Term expires 1932
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE LEROY A. KENNEY
WILLIAM P. DENBROEDER
** TIMOTHY F. HANNIFAN
PETER A. GALLANT JOSEPH NOSIGLIA
RALPH H. HASKINS DAVID J. TOOMEY
** CARL F. PRESCOTT
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
Precinct 2, Term expires 1933
MONTAGUE BETTENCOURT
WINIFRED C. BONNEY
STUART H. BRIGGS HOWARD M. DOWD JAMES D. BOSWORTH *** PETER F. HUGHES
THOMAS A. BOYLE THOMAS J. KELLY
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE JR.
BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
HARRY A. MATTSON ROBERT M. WHITE
** Removed from Precinct *** Deceased.
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1931
CHARLES W. BAKER
HARRY L. BLOOM
HENRY A. COTE
WILLIAM E. PRAY
BURTON F. JOHNSON
WILLIAM H. TRASK : WALLACE H. WHITTLE' ยก
Precinct 3, Term expires 1932
J. RALPH BACON
CHARLES Y. BERRY
FRANK M. CHUBBUCK
HOWARD M. CLARK
CHARLES A. COYLE RUSSELL E. DEXHEIMER TIMOTHY L. GANNON WALTER E. GUTTERSON 1
EDWARD A. HUNT.
TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY
MICHAEL L. FLYNN
LESTER W TISDALE
DENNIS MCCARTHY EVERETT J. MCINTOSH : CHARLES W. O'CONNOR JOHN B. WHELAN :
Precinct 3, Term expires 1933
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT LEON P. BOURKE
WINFRED A. BROWN
WILLIAM J. COYLE
THOMAS FITZGERALD
EDWARD W. HUNT:
JOSEPH KELLEY.
JOHN J. McDONALD
WILLIAM B. THOMAS
DANIEL H. CLANCY SAMUEL F. CUSHING FREDERICK H. HALL JOHN P. HUNT ROY C. LUCAS THOMAS SWEENEY JAMES L. TRAINER
Precinct 4, Term expires 1931
THOMAS H. MELVILLE
FRANK R. MILLER :
THOMAS V. NASH
MARY M. MILLER
Precinct 4, Term expires 1932
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
HAROLD A. CONDRICK
CARL F. ELSNER JOHN W. KNOX ** E. LEO MADDEN
MATTHEW R. LOUD
Precinct 4, Term expires 1933
CHESLEY CORMACK RICHARD HALLORAN
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN MERTON L. LOUD ALFRED S. TIRRELL THERON L. TIRRELL
Precinct 5, Term expires 1931
WALTER L. BATES
WILLIAM M. CHANCE
GUY W. C. HARTT
RITCHIE T. HOWE
LIDA M. McFEATERS
RALPH J. SMITH
PERCY L. BICKNELL JOHN A. CONNORS FRANK W. HOLBROOK WILLIAM J. LINDSAY JOE TAYLOR PRINCE H. TIRRELL
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GEORGE F. GLOSTER
ALBERT L. JEWELL
WALLACE H. BICKNELL JOSEPH BROWNE JOSEPH CREHAN
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Precinct 5, Term expires 1932
J. LEONARD BICKNELL
MELVILLE F. CATE
ALFRED V. COLEMAN
JAMES C. FAIRWEATHER
FRANK G. HALE JR. JOSEPH W. KOHLER ARTHUR I. NEGUS ALONZO M. NEWBERT CHARLES H. PUTNAM MINOT E. HOLLIS
MATTHEW O'DOWD FRANCIS A. GUNN JOSIAH B. REED
ALTON S. BLANCHARD HARRISON I. COLE OTIS F. CORTHELL JOHN W. FIELD
Precinct 5, Term expires 1933
ALBERT E. BARNES
CHARLES S. BICKNELL
JACOB DENBROEDER
CHARLES T. HEALD
WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK
JOHN S. JENNINGS
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL GEORGE REED FRED R. SNOW
OTIS B. TORREY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1931
EDWARD F. BUTLER
JOHN N. BUTLER
ADELINE M. CANTERBURY
WILLIAM A. HODGES
ALBERT HUMPHREY DAVID F. KEARNS
JOHN W. KENNEDY
ALFRED C. SHEEHY
PASQUALE SANTACROCE THOMAS J. TERRY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1932
BARTHOLOMEW COUGHLIN
NICHOLAS GAROFALO
ROBERT MITCHELL
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT
H. FRANK HOLMES J. EDWARD MULLIGAN FRANCIS O. DUFFEY FREDERICK HUMPHREY CORNELIUS J. LYNCH DANIEL REIDY ANNIE J. LIBBY
CHARLES E. DUNBAR
GEORGE W. PERRY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1933
J. ALBERT AHEARN
OAKLEY A. KUNZ
ANTHONY CICCHESE
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
JOHN H. MORAN JOSEPH A. FERN LEWIS M. BEACH
JOHN H. REIDY ALLEN LENNOX L. HENRY GODIN HENRY C. PRATT
CHARLES H. BURKETT
SPURGEON A. WARD
WALTER R. FIELD STANLEY HEALD JOHN E. HORACE FRANK E. LOUD WILLIAM G B. PARK ALBERT G. SILVESTER ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
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Precinct 7, Term expires 1931
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS JAMES HAYNES RONALD A. MACDONALD
EARL M. HUTCHINSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1932-
HELEN E. DOBLE ALSTON A. SHAW
BESSIE L. SHERMAN
NELLIE M. HOLBROOK WILLARD F. HALL IRVING E. JOHNSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1933
CLYNE W. BIGELOW
EARL S. PORTER
BERTHA E. PRATT
CHARLES E. EDDY E. LILLIAN REA A
Precinct 8, Term expires 1931
RUFUS BATES PRESCOTT B. BROWN
ERNEST C. MORSE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1932
RUFUS E. BATES BENJAMIN M. COWAN ALLAN C. EMERY PARKER T. PEARSON
Precinct 8, Term expires 1933-
JOHN W. COYLE BENJAMIN F. SMIITH
EDWIN R. HANSON CHARLES H WILDER
Town Meeting Members by virtue of their office
GEORGE L. BARNES
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
GEORGE E. EMERSON
ALFRED P. PILLSBURY
FRED E. WAITE FREDERIC G BAUER
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
ROLAND M. SMITH
H. FRANKLIN PERRY
EMERSON R. DIZER ARTHUR R. LOHNES
RUSSELL H. WHITING
WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD
CHARLES L. MERRITT THOMAS F. LEARY VICTOR H. HALL
WILLIAM A. CONNELL FRANK W. HOLBROOK JAMES M. HOOPER NEWLAND H. HOLMES JOHN F. DWYER CHARLES R. DENBROEDER FRANK A. PRAY JOHN H. STETSON FRANK H. TORREY HOWARD M DOWD SANDY ROULSTON CLAYTON B. MERCHANT CLARENCE L. WHITTLE RALPH H. HASKINS FRED H. SMITH
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Appropriation Committee
Term expires 1931
HOWARD M. DOWD ARTHUR R LOHNES SANDY ROULSTON
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN JAMES M. HOOPER
Term expires 1932
FREDERIC G. BAUER FRANK A. PRAY ROLAND M. SMITH
RALPH H. HASKINS FRED H. SMITH
Term expires 1933
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
VICTOR H. HALL
THOMAS F. LEARY .ALFRED P. PILLSBURY
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Town Accountant
EMERSON R DIZER
Superintendent of Streets
IRVING E. JOHNSON
Electric Light Committee
JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Sec'y.
WILLIAM B. NASH, Jr. EDWIN MULREADY
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
Registrars of Voters
EDWARD P. MURPHY, Chairman,
Term expires 1933
JOHN F. REARDON
1931
*** PATRICK E. CORRIDAN
1932
JOSEPH CREHAN, Jr.
1932
CLAYTON B MERCHANT, Clerk
Town Clerk ex-officio
Chief of Police
ARTHUR H. PRATT, P. O. Address, Police Headquarters, East Weymouth
Chief of Fire Department
J. RALPH BACON, P. O. Address, Fire Station, Weymouth
Sealer of Weights and Measures
CHARLES W. BURGESS, P. O. Address, 32 Pearl Street, North Weymouth
Forest Warden P. O. Address, Fire Station, Weymouth
J. RALPH BACON,
Deceased
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Inspector of Animals JOHN F. DWYER, P. O. Address, 324 Washington St., Weymouth
Inspector of Plumbing GEORGE MARSHALL
Town Engineer RUSSELL H. WHITING, P. O. Address, 56 Sea St. North Weymouth
Inspector of Buildings THOMAS J. KELLY, P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth
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WARRANT FOR THE 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 vete in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on Monday, the third day of March, 1930 at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the salaries, operation and expenses during the current fiscal year of each of the following Town Departments and activities, to wit:
A General Government
1. Appropriation Committee
2. Selectmen's Department
3. Town Accountant's Department
4 Town Treasurers Department.
5. Collector of Taxes
6. Assessors' Department
7. Legal Department including payment of damages
8. Town Clerk's Department (including copying, presery- ing, binding and indexing the Town Records)
9. Elections and Registrations.
10. Engineering Department including Town Survey, Bound Stones and Street Surveys.
11 Planning Board.
12. Town Hall
B. Protection of Persons and Property
13. Police Department
14. Fire Department
15. Police and Fire Signal Systems
16. Hydrant Service
17. Building Inspector
18. Sealer of Weights and Measures
19. Gypsy Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination
20 Care of Shade Trees
21. Street Lighting
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C Health and Sanitation
22. Board of Health
23. Nurses
24. Maintenance Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital
25. Sewerage System Committee
26. Garbage Disposal
D. Miscellaneous
27. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and Ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk construction
28. Charities
29. Soldiers' Benefits
30. Schools
31. Libraries
32. Observance of Memorial Day
33. Observance of Fourth of July
34. Parks and Playgrounds
35. Pensions
36. Miscellaneous Expenses
37. Unpaid Bills
E. Public Service Enterprises
38. Water Department
(a) Major construction
(b) Minor construction
(c) Maintenance and Operation
(d) Replacements
(e) Equipment
(f) Commercial Expenses
(g) Salaries
(h) Interest
(i) Debt
(j) Land Bordering Pond
39. Alewife Fishery
F. 40. Care of Solders' Graves
41. Care of old Cemeteries under Sections 16 and 18 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws
42. Survey of Cemeteries
G. Interest and Debt Requirements
43. Interest Requirements
44. Bonds and Notes due in 1930
H. Municipal Insurance
I Reserve Fund
and to determine in each case how and under whose direction the money shall be expended, to impose any conditions and restrictions thereon which the Town may see fit; to determine how much of the
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money so appropriated shall be available for expenditures under Clause (34) of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 36 of the Acts of.1928; to fix the terms and conditions of any loan or loans authorized to procure any of such funds and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes for the same, and fix the term and rate of interest of any such bonds or notes; to fix such salaries as require to be fixed by the Town Meeting; or take any other action in reference to any of the fore- going subjects.
Art. 2. To take any action that the Town may think proper upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Committees and appoint or change any committee that the Town may think proper.
Art. 3. 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.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer .. with the approval of its Selectmen, on and after Jamuary 1, 1931,. to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1931.
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote from surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate : for the year 1930.
Art. 6 To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected during the current year, and fix the rate of interest on all taxes. remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen' to sell or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property of which the Town may be possessed or seized and for which it has no further use, including all real estate of which the Town has possession or title for non-payment of taxes; to see if the Town will vote to authorize any other department to sell or otherwise dis- pose of any personal property in its possession, and to determine the manner or conditions of such sales, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art S. To see if the Town will accept Section 13 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
Art 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the establishment of a Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund under Section 13 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, to determine the conditions under which said fund shall be held and to determine who shall have the management thereof until such time as commissioners of trust funds can be legally elected, or take any other action in reference thereto.
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PARK DEPARTMENT
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Pond Plain Improvement Association Incorporated a lease of the fol- lowing parcels of land for park purposes:
First parcel: A certain parcel of land containing 5000 square feet more or less situated on the Easterly side of Pond street and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing on the Easterly side of Pond Street at the North- westerly corner of land now or formerly of Lucinda E. Thomas.
1. Thence running Northerly by said Pond street, 40 feet;
Thence running Easterly by other land of the Pond Plain Im- provement Association Incorporated, 125 feet;
Thence running Southerly by other land of said Pond Plain Improvement Association Incorporated 40 feet to land now or late of Lucinda E. Thomas:
Thence running Westerly by land now or late of Lucinda E. Thomas, 125 feet to the point of beginning.
Second parcel: A certain parcel of land situated Easterly of Pond Street. containing 13,125 square feet of land more or less, and bounded and described as follows: ..
Commencing in the Northerly line of the land of the Pond Plain Improvement Association Incorporated at a point 75 feet Westerly of the Southeasterly corner of land of Clarice S. and Beulah M. Blanchard, joint tenants;
Thence running Easterly by said land of Blanchard and land now or late of Merritt M Bates, 175 feet;
Thence running Southerly by other land of the Pond Plain Improvement Association, Incorporated, 75 feet;
Thence running Westerly by other land of the said Pond Plain Improvement Association, Incorporated, 175 feet;
Thence running Northerly by other land of said Pond Plain Improvement Association, Incorporated, 75 feet to the point of. beginning, or take any other action in regard to the same.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain for park purposes a certain parcel of land lying on the Northwesterly side of Commercial street near the foot of Webb Street, belonging to Kate Pierce Thayer, or any portion. therecf, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land. or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Nellie G. Leary, Margaret G. Dondero and Mary W. Baner leases of the right to flow certain land lying Southerly of Park Avenue and known as the "Joseph E. Torrey Meadow" and to occupy the same for skating purposes during the winter months
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to acquire by gift, lease, or purchase or take by right of eminent domain any rights of way leading to the
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said property described in the preceding article, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said rights of way.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of ParkCommissioners to acquire by purchase or lease or take by right of eminent domain for park purposes the fee simple or any lesser interest in the whole or any part of the following described two parcels of real estate located in that part of Weymouth known as North Weymouth, and bounded and described as follows:
First Parcel: Northwesterly by Green Street about 990 feet; Southerly by Green Street about 742.68 feet; .
Northwesterly by land of Miles P. Keene by the southerly end of Forest Ave., so called a private way, and by land of George J. Thiers, a total distance of 1184.38 feet;
Northeasterly by land of the United States of America a dis- tance of 491 35:
Easterly by said land of the United States of America by various courses, a total distance of about 2061.75 feet;
Southerly by land now or formerly of Hinston Realty Trust about 141.58 feet;
Southeasterly by said land now or formerly of Hinston Realty Trust about 1450 feet;
Southwesterly by land of James B. Jones about 1000 feet;
Northwesterly by land of Joseph O. Thompson about 655.90 feet ;
Southwesterly by said land of Joseph O. Thompson about 624.65. feet.
Containing about 96.2 acres more or less, said parcel compris- ing the whole of the land described in Land Court Certificate No. 11171 Registry District of Norfolk County, and standing in the name of Catherine H. Mathewsen in deeds to Alvah M. Thompson recorded in Norfolk Registry of Deeds Book 1156, Page 632, Book 1566. Page 573, Book 1438, Page 56 and Book 1190, Page 204, and portions of the land described in Land Court Certificate No. 7898. Registry District of Norfolk County, standing in the name of James B. Jones, and in deed to Edward C. Ross recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds Book 896, Page 133, and to Mary E. Rudd recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds, Book 1067, Page 161.
Second Parcel: Northeasterly by Green Street about 347 feet : Northwesterly by land of Miles P. Keene;
Northeasterly by said land of Miles P. Keene;
Northwesterly by land of Adelaide A. Baxter about 869 feet; Southwesterly by land of Harry L. White and Amy L. White, joint tenants, about 400 feet; and
Southeasterly by Green Street about 1368.50 feet.
Containing about 15.2 acres more or less, and comprising the whole of each of the various premises more particularly described in the deeds to Alvah M. Thompson recorded in Norfolk Regis- try of Deeds Book 1566, Page 573, Book 1562, Page 102; and Book 1211, Page 168, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said property. or take any other action in reference thereto.
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Art. 15. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain for park purposes the whole or any part of the following described parcel of land:
A certain parcel of land located Easterly of the canal in that part of Weymouth known as East Weymouth, and bounded East- erly by the canal;
Southeasterly by land of Charles A. Spear et als;
Southerly by Broad Street;
Northwesterly by land of Clayton B. Merchant et al and Charlie W. Dunbar;
Southwesterly by land of Charlie W. Dunbar and First Con- gregational Society of East: Weymouth; and
Northwesterly by land of Arthur . L. McGregory and land of Jessie H Lcvell.
Comprising about 202,775 square feet of land belonging to Charlie W. Dunbar and 1 and 1-3 acres of land of Jessie H. Lovell, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land, or take any other action in reference thereto.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Art. 16. 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 the General Laws, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 17. To see if, the town will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed $25,000.00 from the General Fund of the Water Department for carrying on, necessary work for private parties, payment for such work to revert to the General Fund, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to re-affirm the action taken under article 35 of the warrant for the annual Town meet- ing in 1928 and Article 12 of the warrant for the annual Town meeting 1929 authorizing the Board of Water Commissioners to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain for the purpose of protecting the Town's water supply certain land lying within the water shed of Great Pond and not already owned by the Town, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, and to determine by vote in what manner the funds for said purpose shall be raised and determine the conditions of any loan or loans necessary to procure such fund, to authorize. the issue, of bonds or notes for the same, and to fix the term and rate of interest on said bonds or notes or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town' will vote to authorize the Select- men to accept on behalf of the Town deeds of any lands adjoining parcels taken or purchased by the Town for the protection of the water supply in the vicinity "of Great Pond, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell said lands or to convey them in full
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or partial settlement of any claims for damages for land taken for the purpose of preserving the purity of the water supply, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of a storage reservoir in North Weymouth, including the site therefor, and will authorize the board of water commissioners to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain suitable land therefor.
Art. 21. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the installation of a hydrant at the back end of Wood Avenue, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 22. By request of the Committee on Town Forest: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the planting of certain areas owned by the Town within the water shed of Great Pond, or take any other action in relation thereto. .
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain certain parcels of land in the "Birches" and certain water rights in connection there- with for the purposes of installing hydrants, wells or other means of fire protection thereon and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws as to the permanent members of its Fire Department, or take any other action in reference to regulating the appointment and tenure of office of permanent members of the Fire Department
Art. 25. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to pay for the services of the call men of the Weymouth Fire Department a salary at the rate of $100 per year and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any other action relative thereto.
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