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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
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1934- 1935 Elected by Ballot TOWN CLERK
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT Term expires March 1937
TOWN TREASURER
EDWIN R. SAMPSON Term expires March 1935
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
MARSHALL F. SPEAR, Chairman
Term expires March 1935
FRED E. WAITE, Clerk
Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1935
JOSEPH CREHAN
SANDY ROULSTON
Term expires March 1935
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
Term expires March 1935
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
JOHN F. DWYER, Clerk
Term expires March 1937
HARRY E. BEARCE
Term expires March 1936
RICHARD HALLORAN
Term expires March 1935
Term expires March 1935
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman
Term expires March 1936
ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Secretary
Term expires March 1935
FRANCIS W. REA
Term expires March 1936
JOHN P. HUNT
Term expires March 1937
J. HERBERT LIBBY
Term expires March 1937
EDWIN R. SAMPSON
Term expires March 1935
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Clerk
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1937
WATER COMMISSIONERS
HOWARD M. DOWD, Chairman
EDWIN R. SAMPSON, Clerk
GEORGE E. BICKNELL
GEORGE W. PERRY
Term expires March 1936 Town Treasurer, Ex-officio Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1937
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS, Secretary * ARTHUR E. PRATT WILLIAM H. HATHAWAY
JOHN GRIFFIN JOHN B. HOLLAND KENNETH L. NASH JOSEPH KELLEY FRANKLIN N. PRATT
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
EDWIN R. SAMPSON, Town Treasurer
Term expires March 1937 Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1936 Term expires March 1935 Term expires March 1936 Term expires March 1936 Term expires March 1937 Term expires March 1937 Ex-officio Ex-officio
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JULIAN R. MERCHANT
Term expires March 1937
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BOARD OF HEALTH
*JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman Term expires March 1936
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT, Clerk
Term expires March 1935
THOMAS J. MacDONALD, Chairman Term expires March 1937
DANIEL H. CLANCY, appointed to vacancy Term expires March 1935
PLANNING BOARD
FRANK A. PRAY, Chairman
Term expires March 1937
ARTHUR I. NEGUS, Clerk
Term expires March 1937
ALLAN C. EMERY
Term expires March 1936
THOMAS J. KELLY
Term expires March 1936
** RALPH H. HASKINS, Clerk
Term expires March 1935
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Term expires March 1935
** JOSIAH B. REED
Term expires March 1935
TREE WARDEN
CHARLES L. MERRITT
Term expires March 1935
ANNUAL MODERATOR
GEORGE L. BARNES
Term expires March 1935
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, term expires 1935
CARLTON C. CHAMBERS
WALLACE H. DRAKE
JOHN GRIFFIN
ALTON W. JONES
ARCHIBALD J. MCLELLAN
GEORGE W. NASH JOHN THOMSON
DAVID A. TOBIN
ROBERT L. PALMER
JOSEPH U. TEAGUE MARTIN J. WALSH
SAMUEL G. YOUNG
Precinct 1, term expires 1936
HENRY T. CALNAN
JOHN A. CARTER
CHARLES W. CLARK
EMERSON J. COLDWELL
WILLIAM B. DASHA
JOSEPH A. DELOREY
CHARLES C. HEARN GEORGE W. HUNT
DeFOREST JONES R. CHESTER LOPAUS WARREN F. ROULSTON ROLAND T. SEABURY
CHARLES E. STILES HENRY O. TUTTY CORYDON S. YORK
WILBUR E. WOODWORTH
Precinct 1, term expires 1937
JOHN L. BASTY
ROBERT H. BUCHAN
CHARLES A. CALDWELL
OBERLIN S. CLARK
CHARLES GRIFFIN
DANIEL F. MacLEAN
ROBERT W. PITTS
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
RUSSELL H. WHITING
WILLIAM C. CHERRINGTON HARRY J. DOWD WILLIAM E. KEZER E. LEO MADDEN HAROLD K. PORTER CHARLES H. TOPHAM RALPH S. WILDER
Precinct 2, term expires 1935
WINFRED C. BONNEY
JOSEPH J. CONROY
WILLIAM P. DENBROEDER PETER A. GALLANT
** RALPH H. HASKINS FREDERICK V. NOLAN
JOSEPH B. NOSLIGLIA ERNEST A. SMITH WILLIAM A. THURSTON GEORGE W. VENTRE
Precinct 2, term expires 1936
MONTAGUE A. BETTENCOURT
THOMAS A. BOYLE
THOMAS J. KELLY
HARRY A. MATTSON
ALBERT R. SCHOFIELD
ROY A. WHEATON
JAMES D. BOSWORTH STUART H. BRIGGS FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE Jr. ROBERT E. MITCHELL BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
RAYMOND P. STEIN
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Precinct 2, term expires 1937
GEORGE L. BATES
HARRY E. BEARCE
ALTON M. CROCKER
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
EVERETT T. GARDNER
HAROLD F. LOUD
DAVID F. McMORROW
ARTHUR H. PRATT
ROBERT M. WHITE
JAMES I. PEERS HORACE M. RANDALL
Precinct 3, term expires 1935
J. RALPH BACON
FRANK M. CHUBBUCK
CHARLES A. COYLE
TIMOTHY L. GANNON
WALTER E. GUTTERSON
EDWARD A. HUNT
CHARLES W. O'CONNOR
WILLIAM D. PARKER
EVERETT J. McINTOSH PAUL J. WORCESTER LESTER W. TISDALE
Precinct 3, term expires 1936
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
LEON P. BOURKE
A. WARREN CLAPP
NORMAN T. CRAIG
FRANCIS M. DODGE
JOHN C. HUBBARD
FLURANCE I. LYONS
*WILLIAM B. THOMAS MAURICE H. SAVAL
WINFRED A. BROWN WILLIAM J. COYLE SAMUEL F. CUSHING FREDERICK H. HALL EDWARD W. HUNT THOMAS SWEENEY JOHN F. TRACY RICHARDS WORTHEN
Precinct 3, term expires 1937
CHARLES W. BAKER
HARRY L. BLOOM
LAWRENCE CORRIDAN
FREDERICK J. COYLE
FRANCIS N. DROWN
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
BURTON F. JOHNSON
WILLIAM A. PRAY
WALLACE L. WHITTLE
Precinct 4, term expires 1935
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS JOHN W. KNOX JOSEPH T. SMITH
HAROLD A. CONDRICK ALFRED K. MARTIN GERALD MELVILLE
Precinct 4, term expires 1936
CHESLEY CORMACK MERTON L. LOUD THERON L. TIRRELL
RICHARD HALLORAN ARTHUR B. TIRRELL EDWARD B. JONES
EMIL J. MELEE
Precinct 4, term expires 1937
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA JOSIAH F. MARTIN BLANCHE L. PRICE
FERDINAND A. GOSSELYN IGNATIUS MELVILLE J. FREDERICK PRICE
Precinct 5, term expires 1935
WALLACE A. BICKNELL MINOT E. HOLLIS ARTHUR I. NEGUS RALPH E. TAYLOR
FRANK G. HALE, Jr. WILLIAM E. MacCAULEY WALLACE S. RAYMOND
WALLACE H. BICKNELL FRANK W. BRYANT HENRY A. COTE WILLIAM N. CRAIG
ARTHUR J. HASSETT ALBERT L. JEWELL JOSEPH KELLEY CLARENCE M. PRICE
CHARLES Y. BERRY LESLIE CLOUGH MICHAEL L. FLYNN
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Precinct 5, term expires 1936
EDGAR C. ALGER JAMES C. FAIRWEATHER JACOB DENBROEDER ARTHUR F. SARGENT
WILLIAM M. CHANCE GUY W. C. HARTT R. CRAIG PIERCE HOMER C. WADMAN
Precinct 5, term expires 1937
NILS E. ANDERSON
CHARLES A. JORDAN
ALBERT THIBEAULT
FRED M. TORREY
MADELINE F. CHANCE WILLIAM G. B. PARK PORTER W. THOMPSON EDWARD B. WOOD
Precinct 6, term expires 1935
BARTHOLOMEW COUGHLIN
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT
LYMAN C. GOODRICH
FREDERICK HUMPHREY
ANDREW T. MOORE
DANIEL REIDY
H. FRANK HOLMES JOHN E. MULLIGAN FRANKLIN N. PRATT EGBERT V. WARREN
Precinct 6, term expires 1936
JOHN A. AHERN (
LOUIS A. CIPULLO
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
JAMES E. DOWNES
PHILIP T. JONES
JOHN H. MORAN
JOHN H. REIDY
CHESTER L. BOYLE CHARLES T. COTTER GEORGE E. CURTIN L. HENRY GODIN SHELDON W. LEWIS HENRY C. PRATT ROBERT T. WHITMARSH
Precinct 6, term expires 1937
EDWARD F. BUTLER
CHARLES S. DOBSON
DAVID F. KEARNS
FREDERICK H. LANGHORST
CHARLES C. McDONALD
JOHN T. McISAAC
ALFRED C. SHEEHY
RALPH T. SALEMME LEO J. SLACK
THOMAS J. TERRY
Precinct 7, term expires 1935
HELEN S. DOBLE
WILLIAM A. FERGUSON LLOYD W. MORRILL
IRVING E. JOHNSON ALSTON A. SHAW.
Precinct 77, term expires 1936
CHARLES J. DOWNING
CLYNE W. BIGELOW
WARREN E. GAREY
WILLIAM T. WYMAN
CHARLES E. EDDY RAYMOND D'AMBROSIA E. LILLIAN REA
Precinct 7, term expires 1937
JOHN C. BROWN RONALD A. MacDONALD FRANCIS W. REA
WILLIAM B. CHALKE Jr. HARRY B. QUINN JOHN W. THORP
Precinct 8, term expires 1935 ยท
RUFUS E. BATES ARTHUR G. HAYWARD
ALLAN C. EMERY PARKER T. PEARSON
EARL W. CUMMINGS JOHN T. GRIFFIN PETER F. KENDRICK
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Precinct 8, term expires 1936 ,
JOHN W. COYLE PAUL A. NEWSOME CHARLES H. WILDER
BENJAMIN M. COWAN WILBUR T. ROBERTS
Precinct 8, term expires 1937
H. SCOTT BROWN WALTER R. COPE
PRESCOTT B. BROWN FREDERICK E. LUNT
Precinct 9, term expires 1935
MELVILLE F. CATE
HARRISON I. COLE
FRANK M. FERNALD
FRANCIS A. GUNN
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
JOSEPH W. KOHLER
MATTHEW O'DOWD
JOSIAH B. REED
CHARLES H. PUTNAM ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
JOE TAYLOR
Precinct 9, term expires 1936
SUMNER P. BOWKER
WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK
WALTER R. FIELD JOHN E. HORACE
JOHN S. JENNINGS
RICHMOND LITCHFIELD
FRANK E. LOUD
GEORGE REED
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL ROY H. ROSEWELL
ALBERT H. SILVESTER
Precinct 9, term expires 1937
HERBERT W. CAUSER
JOHN W. FIELD
STANLEY FIELD
JOHN W. O'DONNELL
GEORGE T. PERRY
PRINCE H. TIRRELL JAMES B. WEST
ALBERT VINAL
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICE
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
CHARLES W. BURGESS
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
JOSEPH CREHAN
HOWARD M. DOWD
WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD
NEWLAND H. HOLMES
THOMAS F. LEARY
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
EVERETT J. McINTOSH FRANK A .. PRAY
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
MARSHALL F. SPEAR PRINCE H. TIRRELL FRED E. WAITE
RALPH H. HASKINS
GEORGE L. BARNES EVERETT E. CALLAHAN CHARLES W. CLARK EMERSON R. DIZER JOHN W. FIELD FRANK W. HOLBROOK OAKLEY KUNZ ARTHUR R. LOHNES CHARLES L. MERRITT KENNETH L. NASH SANDY ROULSTON EDWIN R. SAMPSON DANIEL P. SULLIVAN STANLEY T. TORREY CLARENCE P. WHITTLE ROLAND M. SMITH
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
RALPH H. HASKINS, Chairman C. LINCOLN ABBOTT CHARLES W. CLARK JOHN W. FIELD THOMAS F. LEARY FRANK A. PRAY DANIEL P. SULLIVAN TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ROLAND M. SMITH, Secretary ARTHUR A. CICCHESE HOWARD M. DOWD OAKLEY KUNZ ARTHUR R. LOHNES A. WESLEY SAMPSON STANLEY T. TORREY EMERSON R. DIZER
GEORGE MARSHALL FRED H. OLIVER
HARRY E. JOHNSON
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS BUILDING INSPECTOR CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING TOWN ENGINEER TOWN COUNSEL
THOMAS J. KELLY ANDREW T. MOORE EDWARD F. BUTLER J. RALPH BACON CHARLES W. BURGESS JOHN F. DWYER GEORGE MARSHALL RUSSELL H. WHITING KENNETH L. NASH
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
JOSEPH KELLEY L. HENRY GODIN
WILLIAM B. NASH, Jr. ALFRED S. TIRRELL J. HERBERT LIBBEY
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EDWARD P. MURPHY, Chairman
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
JOHN F. REARDON BASIL S. WARREN
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** Resigned
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Norfolk, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETINGS:
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 Weymouth High School on
THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1934
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, by Federal grant, or loan, or both, and appropriate for the con- struction of a plant for filtration of the town water supply, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Mod- erator to appoint a committee of five to petition the General Court at this session for legislation to enable the town to lay out, construct and maintain a system or systems of mains, drains and common sewers for the disposal of sewage, and to enable the town to issue notes, bonds or script for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof, or take any other action thereto.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a true 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 for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town on or before the second day of January, 1934.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty- three.
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman JOSEPH A. FERN, Clerk EVERETT E. CALLAHAN WILLIAM A. CONNELL
A true copy, attest Harold Spillane Constable of Weymouth
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RETURN OF SERVICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WEYMOUTH, DECEMBER 15, 1933
Norfolk, ss.
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a true copy thereof attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth seven days before the time for holding said meeting.
HAROLD SPILLANE Constable of Weymouth
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL 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, Weymouth High School on,
THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1934
at eight o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act on the following article, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the collection of Garbage in the Town of Weymouth from January 1, 1934 to April 1, 1934, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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 for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the second day of January, 1934.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-seventh day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-three.
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman JOSEPH A. FERN, Clerk 4. EVERETT E. CALLAHAN WILLIAM A. CONNELL
A true copy, attest Harold Spillane Constable of Weymouth
RETURN OF SERVICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WEYMOUTH, DECEMBER 28, 1934
Norfolk, ss.
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a true copy thereof attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth seven days before the time for holding said meeting.
HAROLD SPILLANE Constable of Weymouth
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING January 4, 1934
Pursuant to the within warrant a special meeting of the inhabi- tants of the Town of Weymouth, represented by its duly elected and qualified Town Meeting Members was held at the Hall of the Wey- mouth High School, East Weymouth, on Thursday evening, the fourth day of January, A. D. 1934.
The meeting was called to order at seven o'clock and fifty minutes in evening by George L. Barnes, Annual Moderator.
The Moderator in well chosen words paid respect to the memory of Albert Hollis of Braintree and who lately passed to the great beyond. Mr. Hollis for a number of years reported the doings of the town meet- ings and represented the Town of Weymouth for a daily newspaper.
The moderator then requested the Town Clerk to read the war- rant for said meeting and the attestation of the Constable who served the warrant.
The Moderator requested Rev. George H. Elliot, Pastor of the Church of the Nativity, South Weymouth, to invoke Divine Blessing upon the deliberation of this meeting.
Mr. Raymond Litchfield was sworn as a Town Meeting Member.
Mr. Everett E. Callahan offered the following resolution:
Resolved: That, inasmuch as the Town of Weymouth feels justly proud of its Police Department, the Town Meeting Members, here as- sembled, do declare themselves opposed to any consolidation, or any at- tempt at consolidation, of our Police Department with that of any other municipality or that of the State.
Upon a voice vote the moderator declared the motion to adopt the resolution as lost. More than seven members having doubted the vote a recount was ordered. The moderator appointed Alfred C. Sheehy, A. Francis Rea and Howard M. Dowd as tellers and they were sworn to the faithful performance of that duty. The recount being taken the tell- ers reported 73 voting in the affirmative and 43 in the negative, the motion to adopt the resolution was declared carried.
ARTICLE 1. Mr. John W. Heffernan, Sec'y of the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town instruct its Board of Water Com- missioners to apply to the Public Works Administration of the federal government for a grant of $39,000. for the purpose of constructing & plant for filtering the Town's water supply. That if this grant is ob- tained, the Treasurer of the Town be and hereby is, for the same pur- pose authorized, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow the sum of $94,000. and to issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor pay- able in accordance with Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole shall be paid in not less than thirty years. That the Board of Water Commissioners be and hereby are authorized and instructed to proceed as soon as said funds are available with the construction of said filtration plant.
Mr. Heffernan moved to amend by striking out the word "Thirty" in the tenth line above and insert the word "twenty".
On motion of Judge Kenneth L. Nash, it was voted: That a recess be taken for the purpose of considering the article in the second spec- ial town meeting, which was called at 8:30 P. M. the meeting for the first meeting to reconvene at the call of the moderator.
The Moderator requested that the Town Clerk read the warrant and the attestation of the Constable who served the warrant for the special town meeting called for at 8:30 P. M.
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ARTICLE 1. Mr. John W. Heffernan, sec'y of the Appropriation Committee moved: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500. for the collection of garbage in the town from Jan. 1, 1934 to April 1, 1934.
Mr. Albert L. Thibeault moved to amend by inserting the figures $576. instead of $1,500. Under the By-Laws, of Section 110. Art. 1 the largest sum was put to the question first. The question to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500. was put before the meeting and it was voted, this sum being voted negatives the lesser amount on the amend- ment.
Voted to adjourn this special town meeting.
The first special meeting having been reconvened, the first ques- tion was the amendment of Mr. Heffernan, by striking out the word thirty and inserting in place thereof the word twenty, this was put be- fore the meeting and it was so voted. Mr. Wallace H. Bicknell moved to amend the motion by stricking out the figures $94,000. and inserting the figures $133,000. This amendment was put before the meeting and was declared not a vote.
The Motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended was then put before the meeting. Mr. Howard M. Dowd being a member of the Water Commissioners declined to serve as a teller while the vote is be - ing taken.
The Moderator appointed Mr. James D. Bosworth in Mr. Dowd's place, he was sworn to the faithful performance of the duty.
The vote being taken the tellers reported 140 voting in the affirma- tive and 7 in the negative. More than two-thirds voting in the affirma- tive the motion was declared carried.
ARTICLE 2. Mr. John W. Heffernan, sec'y of the Appropriation Committee Moved: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five (5) to petition the General Court at this session for legislation to en- able the Town to lay out, construct and maintain a system or systems of mains, drains and common sewers for the disposal of sewage, and to issue notes, bonds or script for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof.
Mr. Albert Silvester moved as an amendment: That instead of the Moderator appointing a committee of five that the Senator and Rep- resentative from this district be the Committee. This amendment was declared lost.
Mr. George E. Cunniff moved as an amendment: That this question be placed on the ballot at the Annual Town election. This was declared not a vote.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee was put before the meeting and was so voted.
Mr. John W. Heffernan, sec'y of the Appropriation Committee moved Further: For the purpose of submission to the voters of said. town, This act shall take effect upon its passage and it shall take full effect upon its acceptance by the majority of the legal voters of said town, present and voting thereon by ballot in their respective pre- cincts at a town meeting called for the purpose within five years after its passage. At such meeting there shall be placed upon the ballot the following question: 'Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four entitled "An act authorizing the Town of Weymouth to construct and operate a system of sewers be ac- cepted?".
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No expenditures shall be made or liabilities incurred until such acceptance.
This question was put before the meeting and it was so voted.
The police stationed at the doors checked 144 Town Meeting Members as being present out of 287 eligible to membership. More than a legal quorum.
Voted at 9:30 to adjourn.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk
FIRST SPECIAL TOWN MEETING SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES January 4, 1934
App.
Article 1 Construction Filtration plant Water Supply Government grant $39,000.00
Borrowing for same purpose 94,000.00
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SPECIAL MEETING January 4, 1934
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Article 1 Collection of Garbage, R. & App.
. Jan. 1, 1934 to Apr. 1, 1934 $1,500.00
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, GREET- ING:
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 elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit:
In precinct 1 in the Fire Engine House located in that precinct; In precinct 2 at the G. A. R. Hall on Commercial Street; In precinct 3 at the Hunt School Gymnasium on Broad Street;
In precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association,' Inc., on Front Street;
In precinct 5 at the building of the Pond School, Pond Street;
In precinct 6 at the new Ward 2 Fire Engine House on the northerly side of Broad Street, which place has been duly designated as the polling place of precinct 6 in accordance with Chapter 54 of the General Laws;
In precinct 7 at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Association building on Washington Street;
In precinct 8 at the Weymouth Heights Club building on North Street;
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In precinct 9 at the building of the Norfolk Club on Pleasant Street; on
Monday, the twenty-ninth day of January, 1934
at 2:00 P. M., then and there to bring in to the election officers their votes on one ballot to see if the Town will vote to ratify the action of the Special Town Meeting, held January 4, 1934, whereby it voted:
"That the Moderator appoint a committee of five (5) to petition the General Court at this session for legislation to enable the Town to lay out, construct and maintain a system, or systems, of mains, drains and common sewers for the disposal of sewage and to issue notes, bonds or script for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof."
The polls will be open from 2:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M.
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 for holding said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the twenty-third day of January, A. D. 1934.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this sixteenth day of Janu- ary, A. D. 1934.
JOSEPH CREHAN, JOSEPH A. FERN, EVERETT E. CALLAHAN, WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest:
Harold A. Spillane Constable of Weymouth.
RETURN OF SERVICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Weymouth, January 20, 1934
Norfolk, ss.
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a true copy attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth seven days before" the time for holding said meeting.
HAROLD SPILLANE, Constable of Weymouth
REFERENDUM QUESTION January 29, 1934
"That the Moderator appoint a committee of five (5) to petition the General Court at this session for legislation to enable the Town to lay out, construct a system of mains, drains and common sewers for the disposal of sewage and to issue notes, bonds or script for the pur- pose of defraying the expense thereof."
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7
8
9 Total
Yes
109
81
125
38
64
100
44
106
126
793
No
61
69
146
77
59
109
82
29
94
726
Blanks
1
1
Totals
170
150
271
115
123
209
126
136
220
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CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
15.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NORFOLK, 'SS.
To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETINGS:
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 Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1934
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon :the folowing 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
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