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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
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1932-1933 TOWN CLERK CLAYTON B. MERCHANT P. O. Address, Town Hall. East Weymouth
Term expires 1934 TOWN TREASURER
EDWIN R. SAMPSON P. O. Address, Town Hall. East Weymouth
SELECTMEN WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD, Chairman, P. O. Address, Town Hall,
East Weymouth
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Clerk P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth®
JOSEPH CREHAN EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
HERMAN O. COLLYER
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman Term expires 1934 P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth JOHN F. DWYER, Clerk, P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth Term expires 1934
HARRY E. BEARCE
Term expires 1933
OTIS B. TORREY
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JULIAN R. MERCHANT
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman Term expires 1933
P. O. Address, 167 Pleasant St., South Weymouth " 1935
ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Secretary P. O. Address, 44 Tower Ave., South Weymouth
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JOHN P. HUNT
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1934
J. HERBERT LIBBY
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1934
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
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1935
FRANCIS W. REA
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
FRANCIS W. REA, Chairman Term expires 1934 P. O. Address, 706 Pleasant St., East Weymouth " " 1933
** JOSEPH KELLY EVERETT J. McINTOSH
Elected in joint session of Selectmen and Park Commissioners " " 1935
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Clerk
WATER COMMISSIONERS
GEORGE E. BICKNELL, Chairman Term expires 1935 P. O. Address, 24 Prospect St., Weymouth
EDWIN R. SAMPSON, Treasurer ex-officio, Clerk P. O. Address, Town Office, East Weymouth "
HOWARD M. DOWD
GEORGE W. PERRY "
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WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD, Chairman of the Selectmen, ex-officio
TAX COLLECTOR
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
P. O. Address, Town Hall East
Weymouth
BOARD OF HEALTH
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman Term expires 1933
P. O. Address, 20 King Ave., Weymouth " 1935
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT P. O. Address, 675 Broad St., East Weymouth " " 1934
THOMAS J. McDONALD
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman Term Expires 1934
P. O. Address, 15 Front St., Weymouth " " 1935
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS, Secretary
P. O. Address, 134 West St., South Weymouth
WILLIAM H. HATHAWAY
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JOHN B. HOLLAND
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1933
KENNETH L. NASH
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1933
JOSEPH KELLEY
1934
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
ARTHUR E. PRATT
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TREE WARDEN
CHARLES L. MERRITT P. O. Address, 44 Highland Pl. South Weymouth
PLANNING BOARD
FRANK A. PRAY, Chairman Term expires 1934
P. O. Address, 97 Broad St., Weymouth " 1935 "
RALPH H. HASKINS, Secretary
P. O. Address, 18 Lafayette Ave., East Weymouth "
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JOHN GRIFFIN
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Board of Selectmen and Town Treasurer, Members ex-officio
THOMAS J. KELLY
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ARTHUR I. NEGUS
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1934
JOSIAH B. REED
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1935
RUSSELL H. WHITING
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1935
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1934
ALLAN C. EMERY
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BUILDING INSPECTOR
THOMAS J. KELLY P. O. Address, Town Hall, East Weymouth
ANNUAL MODERATOR
GEORGE L. BARNES P. O. Address, 830 Main St., South Weymouth
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, term expires 1933
HERMAN O. COLLYER
ALBERT J. EVERRETT
R. CHESTER LOPAUS
JOHN A. CARTER
CHARLES C. HEARN
HERBERT ROSETTER
WILBUR F. WOORWORTH
CHARLES W. CLARK ATHONY VEADER
DeFOREST JONES
CORYDON S. YORK
Precinct 1, term expires 1934
JOHN L. BASTY OBERLIN S. CLARK
WILLIAM. G. LYONS
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
CHARLES W. BURGESS FRED H. CLIFFORD
E. LEO MADDEN ELLIOTT C. SABENS
HAROLD W. WHITE WILLIAM H. CHERRINGTON
FRANK D. EVERTON EDWARD P. McNAMARA
ROBERT H. BUCHAN
Precinct 1, term expires 1935
CARLTON C. CHAMBERS ALTON W. JONES
JOSEPH U. TEAGUE
WALLACE H. DRAKE
JOHN THOMSON
CHRLES P. SHEPPARD
RAYMOND P. STEIN
SAMUEL G. YOUNG ARCHIBALD J. MCLELLAN GEORGE W. NASH JOHN GRIFFIN DAVID A. TOBIN
MARTIN J. WALSH
Precinct 2, term expires 1933
MONTAGUE BETTENCOURT
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE, Jr.
THOMAS A. BOYLE JAMES D. BOSWORTH HARRY A. MATTSON
LOUIS V. DANIELE
ROBERT M. WHITE
HOWARD M. DOWD
STUART H. BRIGGS BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
Precinct 2, term expires 1934
GEORGE L. BATES JOHN P. LOVELL EVERETT T. GARDNER ARTHUR H. PRATT
GEORGE F. FARRAR
MELZAR S. BURRELL DAVID F. McMORROW HENRY C. COTTELL JAMES I. PEERS
HAROLD F. LOUD
MARSHALL F. SPEAR
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Precinct 2, term expires 1935
WINFRED C. BONNEY
PETER A. GALLANT
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA
JOSEPH J. CONROY ERNEST A. SMITH
RALPH H. HASKINS
GEORGE W. VENTRE
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
WILLIAM THURSTON
Precinct 3, term expires 1933
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
DANIEL H. CLANCY
EDWARD W. HUNT
ROY C. LUCAS
LEO P. BOURKE
*THOMAS FITZGERALD
JOHN P. HUNT
JOHN J. McDONALD
WINFRED A. BROWN
FREDERICK H. HALL
JOSEPH KELLEY
THOMAS SWEENEY
WILLIAM B. THOMAS
JAMES L. TRAINOR
Precinct 3, term expires 1034
CHARLES W. BAKER HENRY A COTE
ALBERT L. JEWELL
GEORGE S. PETERSON
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
WALLACE H. BICKNELL
FREDERICK J. COYLE BURTON F. JOHNSON
WILLIAM E. PRAY
WILLIAM W. WAKEMAN
HARRY L. BLOOM
ARTHUR J. HASSETT
JOHN J. NORTON
CLARENCE M. PRICE
WALLACE H. WHITTLE
Precinct 3, term expires 1935
J. RALPH BACON LESLIE CLOUGH
TIMOTHY L. GANNON
TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY
WILLIAM D. PARKER CHARLES Y. BERRY
CHARLES A. CCYLE WALTER E. GUTTERSON
EVERETT J. McINTOSH LESTER W. TISDALE
FRANK M. CHUBBUCK MICHAEL. L ILYNN
EDWARD A. HUNT CHARI.ES W. O'CONNOR
PAUL J. WORCESTER
Precinct 4, term expires 1933
CHESLEY CORMACK JOSEPH T. SMITH RICHARD HALLORAN THERON L. TIRRELL ALFRED S. TIRRELL
MERTON L. LOUD
Precinct 4, term expires 1934
CHARES H. DeRUSHA BLANCHE L. PRICE
JOSIAH F. MARTIN J. FREDERICK PRICE IGNATIUS MELVILLE JOHN F. SULLIVAN
Precinct 4, term expires 1935
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS JOHN W. KNOX HAROLD A. CONDRICK ALFRED K. MARTIN
CARL F. ELSNER
WILLIAM P. DENBROEDER
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Precinct 5, term expires 1933
ALBERT E. BARNES
WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK
GEORGE REED
CHARLES S. BICKNELL
*CHARLES T. HEALD
JOHN E. HORCE
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
JACOB DENBROEDER JOHN S. JENNINGS
FRED R. SNOW
OTIS B. TORREY
Precinct 5, term expires 1934
MARY WILBUR BAUER
DAVID N. CRAWFORD
ARTHUR W. HARKINSON
RITCHIE T. HOWE
ROY H. ROSEWELL
EDWARD A. FREETH, Sr. FRED H. OLIVER
GUY W. C. HARTT
DANIEL B. SANTRY JOHN A. CONNOR
SIMON R. GALLANT
THOMAS A. PICKETT
PRINCE H. TIRRELL
FRANK W. HOLBROOK JOE TAYLOR LYMAN B. WING
Precinct 5, term expires 1935
MELVILLE F. CATE
HARRISON I. COLE
FRANK M. FERNALD
JOSEPH W. KOHLER
WILLIAM M. CHANCE
JOHN W. FIELD
FRANK G. HALE, Jr. CHARLES H. PUTNAM ALFRED V. COLEMAN MINOT E. HOLLIS JOSIAH B. REED
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
FREDERICK E. CHURCHILL
JAMES C. FAIRWEATHER
FRANCIS A. GUNN
PHILLIPS B. HUNT
MATTHEW O'DOWD
Precinct 6, term expires 1933
J. ALBERT AHERN JOSEPH A. FERN
ALLEN LENNOX
OAKLEY A. KUNZ
CHARLES H. BURKETT
L. HENRY GODIN
JOHN H. MORAN HENRY C. PRATT
SPURGEON A. WARD
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
SHELDON W. LEWIS LEWIS M. BEACH
JOHN H. REIDY
Precinct 6, term expires 1934
EDWARD F. BUTLER
JAMES H. HANLEY
JOHN W. KENNEDY
THOMAS J. TERRY
WILLIAM A. HODGES DAVID F. KEARNS
BENJAMIN SANTACROCE ALFRED SHEEHY
JOHN O. GUNVILLE ALBERT HUMPHREY
PASQUALE SANTACROCE RICHARD J. WHITE
Precinct 6, term expires 1935
BARTHOLEMEW COUGHLIN FREDERICK L. DOUCETT
NICHOLAS GORAFALO H. FRANK HOLMES
ROBERT MITCHELL
FREDERICK HUMPHREY
FRANKLIN N. PRATT DANIEL REIDY ANNIE J. LIBBY ANDREW T. MOORE
JOHN E. MULLIGAN
EGBERT V. WARREN
WALTER R. FIELD FRANK E. LOUD
ALBERT G. SILVESTER STANLEY HEALD WILLIAM G. B. PARK ARTHUR G. TAYLOR
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Precinct 7, term expires 1933
CLYNE W. BIGELOW EARL S. PORTER
CHARLES E. EDDY BERTHA E. PRATT
E. LILLIAN REA
Precinct 7, ter mexpires 1934
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr. RONALD A. MacDONALD
ELLSWORTH CURTIS GEORGE H. MCKINLEY
MATTHIAS E. DOYLE JOHN W. THORP
Precinct 7, term expires 1935
HELEN E. DOBLE ALSTON A. SHAW
IRVING E. JOHNSON
LLOYD W. MORRILL
WILLIAM A. FERGUSON
Precinct 8, term expires 1933
JOHN W. COYLE EDWIN R. HANSON *BENJAMIN F. SMITH CHARLES H. WILDER
Precinct 8, term expires 1934
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
EDWIN R. FARREN
FREDERICK E. LUNT HARRY E. JOHNSON
Precinct 8, term expires 1935
RUFUS E. BATES ALLAN C. EMERY ARTHUR H. HAYWARD
PARKER T. PEARSON
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICE
ALBERT E. BARNES FREDERICK G. BAUER HERMAN O. COLLYER CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
VICTOR H. HALL JOHN W. HEFFERNAN ARTHUR R. LOHNES ALFRED P. PILLSBURY SANDY ROULSTON PRINCE H. TIRRELL THOMAS F. LEARY JOSEPH CREHAN GEORGE L. BARNES CHARLES W. BURGESS
WILLIAM A. CONNELL EMERSON R. DIZER
WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD FRANK W. HOLBROOK CLAYTON B. MERCHANT FRANK A. PRAY EDWIN R. SAMPSON CLARENCE P. WHITTLE EVERETT E. CALLAHAN HOWARD M. DOWD STANLEY T. TORREY GEORGE E. BICKNELL JOSEPH CREHAN RALPH H. HASKINS NEWLAND H. HOLMES CHARLES L. MERRITT FRANCIS W. REA RUSSELL H. WHITING ROLAND M. SMITH KENNETH L. NASH
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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1933
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER VICTOR H. HALL
THOMAS F. LEARY ALFRED P. PILLSBURY
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Term expires 1935
FREDERICK G. BUAER RALPH H. HASKINS ROLAND M. SMITH
FRANK A. PRAY
STANLEY T. TORREY
Term expires 1934
ALBERT E. BARNES HOWARD M. DOWD
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN ARTHUR R. LOHNES
SANDY ROULSTON TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EMERSON R. DIZER P. O. Address, Town Office, East Weymouth
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS ARTHUR I. NEGŪS P. O. Address, Town Office, East Weymouth
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman
P. O. Address, 340 Washington St.
Weymouth
J. Herbert Libbey, Clerk P. O. Address, 383 North St., North Weymouth WILLIAM B. NASH ALFRED S. TIRRELL JOSEPH A. FERN
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EDWARD P. MURPHY, Chairman P. O. Address, 29 Sherwood Rd., North Weymouth
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Clerk Town Clerk, ex-officio JOHN F. REARDON BASIL S. WARREN
CHIEF OF POLICE
EDWARD F. BUTLER 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 St., North Weymouth
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS JOHN F. DWYER P. O. Address, 324 Washington St., Weymouth
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INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL P. O. Address, 55 Union St., South Weymouth
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 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 in the hall of the Wey- mouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1932
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
BUDGET
Article 1. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the salaries, operation and ex- penses 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 Treasurer's Deparement
5. Collector of Taxes
6. Assessors' Department
7. Legal Department, including payment of damages
8. Town Clerk's Department (including copying, preserving, binding and indexing the Town Records)
9. Elections and Registrations
10. Engineering Department, including Town survey, bound stones,
11. Planning Board
12. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and War Memorial
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13. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldiers Monument street surveys, and such other engineering work as may be authorized by the Board of Selectmen. and other memorials in charge of Selectmen.
B. Protection of Persons and Property
14. Police Department
15. Fire Department
16. Police and Fire Systems
17. Hydrant Service
18. Building Inspector
19. Sealer of Weights and Measures
20. Gypsy Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination
21. Care of shade trees
22. Street Lighting
23. Harbor Master
C. Health and Sanitation
24. Board of Health
25. Employment of Nurses, including the determination of the way in which such nurses shall be employed, whether by contract or otherwise.
26. Maintenance of Norfolk Tuberculosis Hospital
27. Garbage Disposal
D. Relief Activities
28. Charities, including :
(a) Relief given by the Town of Weymouth to per- sons having a legal settlement in said Town;
(b) Relief given by the Town of Weymouth to per- sons not having a legal settlement in said Town;
(c) Reimbursement of other cities and towns for re- lief given to persons having a legal settlement in the Town of Weymouth.
29. Old Age assistance under Chapter 118A of the General Laws
30. Pensions, including :
(a) Payments to persons retired under provisions of law other than any Town Pension and Retirement Act;
(b) Operation and Expenses of any Pension and Re- tirement System which the Town may adopt or ask the Legislature to enact for the Town
31. Soldiers' Benefits, including:
(a) State Aid;
(b) Military Aid;
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors
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E. Miscellaneous
32. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk construction
(e) Purchase and Maintenance of Equipment
33. Schools
34. Libraries
35. Observance of Memorial Day
36. Observance of Fourth of July
37. Parks and Playgrounds
38. Miscellaneous Expenses
39. Unpaid bills
40. Overdrafts under General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 31.
F. Public Service Enterprises
41. Water Department
(a) Minor Construction
(b) Maintenance and operation
(c) Replacements
(d) Equipment
(e) Commercial Expenses
(f) Salaries
(g) Interest
(h) Debt
(i) Acquisition of land bordering Pond, as authorized by vote of previous Town Meetings
42. Alewife Fishery
G. Care of Graves
43. Care of Soldiers' Graves
44. Care of old Cemeteries under Sections 16 and 18 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws
H. Interest and Debt Requirements
45. Interest Requirements
46. Bonds and Notes due in 1932
I. Insurance
47. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
48. Fire and other insurance
J. 49. 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 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 determine what, if any, sums so
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appropriated shall remain available after December 31, 1932; 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; and to impose such conditions upon the drawing of compensation from the Town as the Town may see fit; or to take any other action in reference to any of the foregoing subjects.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
(By Direction of the Selectmen)
Article 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.
TOWN FINANCES
(By Dirtceion of the Selectmen)
Article 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.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1933, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1933.
Article 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 1932.
Article 6. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected during the current year, and fix the rate of interest on all taxes remain- ing unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Article 7. To see if the Town will zote 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 dispose of any personal property in its possession, and to determine the manner or conditions of such sales, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to accept conveyances or mortgages of any real or per- sonal property belonging to persons receiving poor relief from the Town and to dispose of said property in the manner they may adjudge for the Town's best interest, and to authorize them to discharge any encumbrances on said property if they consider it for the best in- terests of the Town so to do, and to see what sum of money the
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Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the discharging of such encumbrances.
Article 9. To see what disposition the Town will make of any insurance money which may be recovered from the loss or damage by fire of any Town property and to see what action the Town will take in reference to paying from the Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund any such losses on property not covered by insurance.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to covering into the Treasury the amounts remaining unexpended in certain special appropriations, and ordering any future charges against said appropriations or any of them to be paid out of the appropriation for the payment of damages, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Article 11. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to petition for legislation establishing a Retirement and Pension System for Town Employees, as reported by the Committee ordered by the last annual Town Meeting to report on the same, or to take any other action in reference thereto, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the operation of the system during the current year, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Ahticle 12. To see if the Town will ratify the action of the Selectmen in taking agreements from certain abutters on Broad Street, to waive damages in case of a widening, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute similar agreements in all future cases where public improvements are under consideration, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 13. (On petition of Charles Griffin and others). To see whether the Town will adopt the following regulation as an addition to or substitute for the present Section 602 of the Town By-laws:
"No person shall distribute circulars, papers or advertisements upon the public highways without first receiving a permit from the Board of Selectmen," or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 14. (On petition of Fred T. Barnes and others). To see if the Town will accept Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws as to the regular and call members of its Fire Department, or as to the regular members alone of said department, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 15. (On petition of DeForest H. Jones and others). To see if the Town will accept Section 103 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will establish a purchasing department in accordance with said section, and to see what rules or restrictions the Town will adopt for said department and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries, expenses
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and maintenance of said department during the current year, or take any other action in reference thereto.
· Article 16. (On petition of Russell G. Hunt and others). To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Counsel to prepare and petition for the enactment any other action in relation thereto of an amendment to Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921, which will debar all or any persons receiving a salary from the Town from being Town Meeting Members or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 17. (On petition of Russell G. Hunt and others). To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 301 of the By-Laws by in- serting after the words "School Committee" the words "or any person holding office of profit or who is in regular receipt of any income from the Town for services rendered or furnished, materials sold, or otherwise, except as hereinafter provided with reference to the Town Accountant and Town Counsel," or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 18. (On petition of Russell G. Hunt and others). To see if the Town will vote to petition the Legislature for the Repeal of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate not to exceed $5000 from the surplus revenue of the Water Department for the construction of water mains of six inches or more in diameter, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed $15,000.00 from the General Fund of the Water De- partment 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.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to reaffirm the action taken under article 35 of the warrant for the annual Town meeting in 1928, 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 approprate for said purpose, and to determine by vote in what manner the funds for said purpose shall be raised and determine the condition 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.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to ask for a decree of condemnation of the
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property on both sides of Green Street involved in the suit of In- habitants of Weymouth v. 111.4 Acres of Land No. 23249, Norfolk Superior Court, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land and for the working thereof and construction of improvements thereon for park purposes, or take any other action in reference thereto.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Article 23. (By direction of the Selectmen and on petition of abutters on the several streets hereinafter named). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laping out as Town ways the following designated private ways and parts of ways, or any of them, to wit:
Trafalgar Court
Blanchard Road
Roosevelt Circle
Harding Avenue from Roosevelt Road to the end of the present accepted porton of Tarding Avenue
Glendale Road, including determining the name for said way when accepted
Fore River Avenue betfeen Holbrook Road and Sea Street
Westminster Road from Washington Street to a point near property of Forrester Eisenhauer
Seminole Avenue from Pleasantview Avenue to Trefton Avenue
Randall Avenue, from the end of the present accepted portion to Whitman Street
Hibiscus Avenue from Pleasantview Avenue westerly to the easterly sideline of Idlewell Boulevard and Pleasantview Avenue easterly to the easterly sideline of Idlewell Boule- vard.
A proposed street to be known as Litchfield Road, connecting Lovell and North Streets between property now or late of Nellie G. Litchfield on the south and property now or late of Joseph Mckinnon and Mary A. Pitts on the north,
or any portion of said ways and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain an easment for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so laid out and accepted, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above named streets including the acquisition of the easements above referred to and for the building of any bridgs, drains and conduits which may be necessary in connection therewith and to see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in con- nection with any of said streets, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 24. To ee if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen relocating the following streets and portions of streets in the Town or any portions of said relocations, to wit:
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Forest Street between Randolph Street and Columbian Street;
(Request of the Planning Board)
The Westerly corner of Webb and Commercial Streets at property now or late of the heirs or devises of Katherine A. Greig;
The Southerly corner of Broad and Essex Streets at property now or late of Lena A. Donovan;
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