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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 1942-1943
Elected by Ballot TOWN CLERK
JULIAN R. MERCHANT
Term expires March 1943
TOWN TREASURER
GEORGE E. CURTIN
Term expires March 1943
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman
Term expires March 1943
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN, Clerk
Term expires March 1943
JOSEPH A. FERN
Term expires March 1943
SANDY ROULSTON
Term expires March 1943
BASIL S. WARREN
Term expires March 1943
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
Term expires March 1943
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk
Term expires March 1945
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1943
FRANCIS A. GUNN
Term expires March 1944
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1944
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1943
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman
CHARLES W. BURGESS
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1944 Term expires March 1943
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman
Term expires March 1943 Term expires March 1944
ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
Term expires March 1943
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1944
CLAYTON W. NASH
Term expires March 1945
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1945
WATER COMMISSIONERS
RALPH P. BURRELL, Chairman GEORGE E. CURTIN, Clerk ex-officio GEORGE W. PERRY A. WESLEY SAMPSON
Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1943
Term expires March 1943 Term expires March 1944
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, ex-officio
Term expires March 1943
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TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires March 1943
FRANCIS C. HAVILAND
Term expires March 1945
Term expires March 1945
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES JOSEPH KELLEY
Term expires March 1943
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Clerk
Term expires March 1943
FRANCIS N. DROWN
Term expires March 1944 Term expires March 1944
PHILIP T. JONES
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1945
GORDAN D. PARIS
Term expires March 1944
GEORGE E. CURTIN, Treasurer ex-officio
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
Term expires March 1943 Term expires March 1943
BOARD OF HEALTH
THOMAS J. MacDONALD, Chairman DR. LEWIS W. PEASE, Clerk
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1943 Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1944
PLANNING BOARD
CHARLES GRIFFIN
THOMAS J. KELLY
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
HENRY R. SARGENT
Term expires March 1943
ROY H. ROSEWELL
Term expires March 1944
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN, Chairman
Term expires March 1944
FRANK G. HALE, Jr., Secretary
Term expires March 1944
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1943
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
Term expires March 1943
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1943
JOHN L. BASTY
JOSEPH BENDER
ROBERT H. BUCHAN
JOSEPH F. CARVEN
OBERLIN S. CLARK
DAVID EDELSTIEN
GEORGE W. HUNT, Jr.
WILLIAM KEEZER
PAUL KELCOURSE E. LEO MADDEN WARREN W. MacCULLUM JAMES H. PITTS
ELLIOTT C. SABENS WILLIAM R. SHEPPARD RUSSELL H. WHITING ANTHONY S. VEADER
Precinct 1, Term expires 1944
PERCIVAL A. AMES
QUENTIN PALMER
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, Jr.
RICHARD DOREY
CARLTON CHAMBERS
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
WALLACE H. DRAKE
FRANCIS X. KELLEY
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
WILLIAM JORGENSEN THURSTON KOOPMAN
JOSEPH L. KELLEY MURRAY G. PARKER RAYMOND E. STEIN TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY ROBERT J. PALMER JOHN H. SALZGABER STANLEY T. TORREY GEORGE M. WINTER JOSEPH J. MCKINNON WILLIAM A. TAYLOR LEO F. McKINNON
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Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1943
Precinct 1, Term expires 1945
JOHN A. CARTER
CHARLES C. HERN
HENRY F. CLAPP
R. CHESTER LOPAUS
HERMAN O. COLLYER
RAY E. LOUD
PEARSON T. CAZEAULT
JOHN F. F. MacDONNELL
WILLIAM B. DASHA
EDWARD J. GILL CHARLES GRIFFIN GERALD B. PROCTER
FREDERICK A. BAILEY
HAROLD W. WHITE
CARL S. PAULSON WARREN F. ROULSTON BERNICE STILES RUSSELL A. STILES HENRY O. TUTTY PAUL C. CLEAVES
HERBERT H. LESLIE
Precinct 2, Term expires 1943
GEORGE L. BATES
EVERETT T. GARDNER
HARRY E. BEARCE
PETER F. KENDRICK
WINIFRED C. BONNEY
PHILIP PINGREE
PAUL V. COFFEY
ARTHUR M. REED
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
FRED W. WEBB
ALVIN K. KING
DOMINICK VENTRE
Precinct 2, Term expires 1944
ARNOLD D'ALLESSANDRO
HARRY M. STETSON
JOHN L. GALLANT
HENRY P. TILDEN
RALPH HASKINS
JOHN MacDONALD
WILLIAM M. HUGHES
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA
CARL E. LINDQUIST
FREDERICK W. NOLAN
RODERICK P. ELLS
ELSIE SCHOFIELD
JOHN T. GANNON
WALTER GUTTERSON
Precinct 2, Term expires 1945
THOMAS A. BOYLE
AMY HILL DUNCAN
ROBERT F. JOHNSON
ERNEST A. SMITH
THOMAS J. KELLY
HAROLD E. CLARK
HARRY A. MATTSON
CLARENCE R. LYONS
ROBERT E. MITCHELL
ORAL A. PAGE
EDWARD H. RIDEOUT
JAMES R. MITCHELL
BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
Precinct 3, Term expires 1943
ARTHUR C. ANDERSON
WILLIAM E. PRAY
HARRY I. BLOOM
JOHN S. ROBERTS WILLIAM N. CRAIG
SETH H. CUSHING
ARTHUR J. HASSETT, Jr.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
NEWLAND HOLMES, Jr.
WILLIAM F. DESMOND
BURTON F. JOHNSON
CLARENCE M. PRICE
WALLACE L. WHITTLE
HAROLD B. STONE GEORGE W. TRACY EDWARD M. KEOHAN
Precinct 3, Term expires 1944
CHARLES Y. BERRY
WILLIAM E. KEEFE
JOHN H. COFFEY
CHARLES A. COYLE
FREDERICK J. COYLE
FRANK M. CHUBBUCK
JOHN F. CONDON ROGER N. BUTLER
JOHN F. DWYER
FRANCIS C. HAVILAND
EDMUND L. WARD
GEORGE C. FOSTER
EDWARD A. HUNT WALTER B. HEFFERNAN JOHN A. HUTCHINS TIMOTHY G. OSBORN FRANK A. PRAY THOMAS G. WALLACE THOMAS SCHULTZ HARRY DROWN FREDERICK WRIGHT, Jr. JOHN C. HUNT
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1945
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
GEORGE S. PETERSON
MORRIS BLOOM
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
WINFRED A. BROWN
FRANCIS N. DROWN
HUGH R. FERGUSON
FLURENCE I. LYONS
ABBIE W. PEASE JOHN J. KELLY
LEO A. HEFFERNAN
LLOYD W. CARTER
CHARLES T. WINSLOW STANLEY HART NORMAN C. DOREY JOHN E. McCAFFREY
Precinct 4, Term expires 1943
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA HENRY F. GIGUERE
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
MERTON LOUD CLARENCE C. SANDS HARRY G. WHITE
RAYMOND P. WHITE
Precinct 4, Term expires 1944
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
HAROLD A. CONDRICK
JOHN W. KNOX
WILFRED STOWELL ROBERT J. VERGE
ELMER I. WHEELER
Precinct 4, Term expires 1945
CHESLEY C. CORMACK
HENRY C. BLENIS, Jr.
KENNETH O. HANSON
ARTHUR B. TIRRELL
EDGAR STEPHENSON JAMES T. WILLIAMSON ALVAH RAYMOND
LOUIS H. ELLS
Precinct 5, Term expires 1943
MADELINE F. CHANCE
CARL SHERMAN
BERTRAM F. COLE
HARRY FEKKES
ALBERT L. THIBEAULT PORTER W. THOMPSON
WILLIAM G. B. PARK
SIGVARD MELIN CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Precinct 5, Term expires 1944
NILS E. ANDERSON
WILLIAM H. LOUD
FRANK G. HALE, Jr.
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
MINOT E. HOLLIS
REGINALD P. TIRRELL CHARLES A. KELLEHER
WINSTON A. HOWE
JOSEPH L. JANNELL
OAKLEY KUNZ
CLARENCE WICKERSON
Precinct 5, Term expires 1945
EDGAR C. ALGER
WILLIAM H. MATTESON IVAN A. NELSON
MILTON A. BARNES
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, Sr.
FRANK E. DUNN
GORDAN D. PARIS
ARTHUR B. SHEPHERD HOMER C. WADMAN DANIEL P. SULLIVAN
Precinct 6, Term expires 1943
ELISHA BAILEY
EDWARD F. BUTLER
RALPH T. CIPULLO LESTER FULTON
GEORGE F. GILMAN
DAVID F. KEARNS RICHARD REIDY JOHN E. REIDY RALPH SALEMME PASQUALE SANTACROSE
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GEORGE H. AUSTIN JOSEPH J. KEBLIS PAUL L. GOODHUE WALTER C. WIGGIN
GEORGE H. MELVILLE MARION L. NASH
ALFRED K. MARTIN
HENRY R. SARGENT
WILLIAM F. HODGES PHILIP T. JONES
ALFRED C. SHEEHY GERALD P. SULLIVAN
RICHARD F. ZEOLI
Precinct 6, Term expires 1944
W. NORMAN BATES
GEORGE J. MCCARTHY
CHARLES H. BURKETT
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE
EDWARD LEO CONROY
WILLIAM A. REAMY
ORLINDO GAROFALO
DANIEL REIDY GEORGE C. SMITH
LYMAN C. GOODRICH
HENRY F. GODIN
RUSSELL MAZZOLA
WILLIAM F. HARRINGTON
FREDERICK HUMPHREY
CEDRIC D. WATSON EDWARD SHIELDS
Precinct 6, Term expires 1945
J. ALBERT AHERN
EUGENE O'LEARY
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
FRANK J. PATTISON HENRY C. PRATT
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
JOHN H. REIDY
FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN
GERALD B. PROCTER, Jr. ELIJAH WHITON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1943
ALBERT BIAGGI ROY A. CASS RALPH COBB WILFRED G. CORBETT
KARL G. LOVELL MICHAEL S. SULLIVAN JOHN W. THORP RONALD L. WHITE
Precinct 7, Term expires 1944
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr.
NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
E. EVERETT FROST
WILLIAM A. FERGUSON JOHN McKENNA
IRVING E. JOHNSON
RICHARD PATTISON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1945
ANDREW CHISHOLM
ROBERT E. GAULEY
HERBERT J. SULLIVAN
WILLIAM T. WYMAN
GEORGE H. MCKINLEY ALBERT FLATHERS MARGARET L. THOMAS KENNETH M. SARGENT
Precinct 8, Term expires 1943
H. SCOTT BROWN PRESCOTT B. BROWN WALTER R. COPE
RALPH W. FAIRBANKS RICHARD O. HOWES HERBERT B. SHAFTOE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1944
HERBERT ALMQUIST
ARTHUR CICCHESE ALLAN C. EMERY ARTHUR H. HEWSON
WILLIAM CORKEY HAROLD SHERWOOD JAMES F. STEELE FRANCIS A. FARR
SIDNEY F. PATRIDGE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1945
BENJAMIN M. COWAN JOHN W. COYLE ROBERT W. JESSON RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
HOWARD PFLAUMER ALEXANDER NORRIS GEORGE IMLACH EDWIN R. HANSON
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ARTHUR FRANK HUNT ROLAND M. SMITH GENEVA MONTIETH
CHESTER L. BOYLE
NELS P. JOHNSON
Precinct 9, Term expires 1943
HERBERT W. CAUSER OTIS F. CORTHELL ALLAN F. CRAWFORD JOHN W. FIELD STANLEY HEALD WALLACE W. LYON
JOHN WM. O'DONNELL ROY H. ROSEWELL HENRY S. STOWERS ETHEL G. TAYLOR
PRINCE H. TIRRELL ALBERT VINAL
Precinct 9, Term expires 1944
MELVILLE F. CATE
ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN
FRANCIS A. GUNN
ROGER D. HAWKES
JOSEPH LEAHY
RALPH A. KLINGMAN
JOSEPH W. KOHLER
GEORGE E. PRUDEN
WALTER B. MORRISON ALEXANDER JENKINS
Precinct 9, Term expires 1945
SUMNER P. BOWKER
FRANK W. NESS GEORGE REED
WALTER R. FIELD
HARRISON I. COLE
RITCHIE T. HOWE
EVERETT MOXON
WINIFRED B. BAKER ARTHUR T. HAUSLER
MAURICE BECKES
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE
Under Prov. of Sec. three of Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921 as amended.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
FRANK M. BRYANT
CHARLES W. BURGESS
CHESTER L. BOYLE
RALPH P .. BURRELL
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
KENNETH L. NASH
CHARLES B. MITCHELL
JULIAN R. MERCHANT
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
A. KENNETH MARTIN
SANDY ROULSTON
JOSEPH A. FERN
RAYMOND STEIN
BASIL S. WARREN
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
MILTON A. BARNES
WILFRED B. MATHEWSON THOMAS F. LEARY, Sr. THOMAS J. MacDONALD EVERETT J. McINTOSH NEWLAND H. HOLMES, Sr. ARTHUR A. CICCHESE GEORGE E. CURTIN V. LESLIE HEBERT JOHN H. COFFEY EMERSON R. DIZER JOHN W. FIELD CHARLES GRIFFIN ARTHUR J. HASSETT, Sr. FRANK W. HOLBROOK JOHN E. HORACE JOSEPH MAHONEY HENRY CLAPP
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Term expires 1943
WILFRED B. MATHEWSON JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk
ARTHUR J. HASSETT, Sr. WILLIAM HODGES
THOMAS F. LEARY, Sr.
Term expires 1944
CHESTER L. BOYLE JOHN E. HORACE
JOHN H. COFFEY A. KENNETH MARTIN
RAYMOND E. STEIN
Term expires 1945
FRANK M. BRYANT CHARLES B. MITCHELL
MILTON A. BARNES HENRY F. CLAPP
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
WALLACE S. RAYMOND ALLAN C. FEARING
WILLARD M. BOND
CHARLES H. PUTNAM WILLIAM RALPH
ARTHUR R. TAYLOR FRED OLIVER
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DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
JOHN H. REIDY
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL
BUILDING INSPECTOR
ANDREW CHISHOLM
TOWN COUNSEL KENNETH L. NASH
TOWN ENGINEER
RUSSELL H. WHITING
TOWN ACCOUNTANT EMERSON R. DIZER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS THOMAS J. KELLY
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN INFIRMARY FRED P. TOLMAN
WELFARE AGENT THOMAS P. DELAHUNT
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS SIDNEY BEANE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
JOSEPH KELLEY J. HERBERT LIBBEY WALTER R. FIELD ALFRED S. TIRRELL
ORLINDO GAROFALO
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN F. REARDON, Chairman
Term expires March 1943
LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN
Term expires March 1944
EDWARD F. McINTOSH
Term expires March 1945
JULIAN R. MERCHANT, Clerk
Term expires March 1943
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1942, 7:45 P.M.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk, ss.
To any of 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
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1942
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 expenses during the current fiscal year of each of the following Town Departments and activities, necessary charges, and for unpaid bills of prior years:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Appropriation Committee
2. Selectmen's Department
3. Town Accountant's Department
4. Town Treasurer's Department
5. Collector of Taxes
6. Assessors' Department
7. Legal Department
8. Payment of Damages
9. Town Clerk's Department
10. Elections and Registrations
11. Engineering Department, including Town survey, bound stones, street surveys, and such other engineering work as may be authorized by the Board of Selectmen
12. Planning Board
13. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldier's Monument
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
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
22. Harbor Master
HEALTH AND SANITATION
23. Board of Health
24. Employment of Nurses
25. Maintenance and Repairs of Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital
26. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
27. Public Welfare
28. Old Age Assistance under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118A as amended
29. Pensions
30. Soldiers' Benefits including :
(a) State Aid
(b) Military Aid
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
MISCELLANEOUS
31. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and Ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk Construction
(e) Purchase and maintenance of equipment
32. Schools
33. Libraries
34. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chap- ter 40, Section 5, Clause 12 as amended
35. Parks and Playgrounds
36. Miscellaneous Expenses
37. Unpaid bills
38. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 31
39. Weymouth Retirement Board
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
40. Water Department
(a) Minor Construction
(b) Maintenance and operation
(c) Replacements
(d) Commercial Expenses
(e) Salaries
(f) Interest
(g) Debt
(h) Equipment
(i) Stock Account
(j) Private Work
41. Sewer Construction
42. Alewife Fishery
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CARE OF GRAVES
43. Care of Soldiers' Graves
44. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Section 16 and 18.
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
45. Interest requirement
46. Bonds and Notes due in 1942
INSURANCE
47. Municipal Bulidings Insurance Fund
48. Fire and other insurance
RESERVE FUND
49. For 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 General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 34; to determine what, if any, sums so appropriated shall remain availa- ble after December 31, 1942; 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 take any other action in relation to any of the foregoing subjects.
ARTICLE 2. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for providing projects of direct or indirect benefit to the Town or its inhabitants, or take co-operation with the Federal Government in unemployment relief and other any other action in relation thereto.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARTICLE 3. (By Direction of Selectmen). To take any action the Town may desire upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Commit- tees and to appoint or change any Committee that the Town may think proper.
TOWN FINANCES
ARTICLE 4. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1942, and to to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 17.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1943, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1943.
ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote from sur- plus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1942 or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 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, includ- ing 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 take any other action in relation 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 personal proper- ty belonging to persons receiving relief from the Town and to dispose of said property in the manner they may judge for the Town's best interest and to authorize them to discharge any encumbrances on said property if they con- sider it for the best interest of the Town so to do, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the discharging of such encumbrances.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 9. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laying out as Town ways the fol- lowing designated private ways and parts of ways or any of them, to wit :-
(a) Arcadia Road. 1
(b) Morningside Path from Lambert Avenue to its easterly end.
(c) Brae Road.
(d) Weyham Road.
(e) Fuller Road.
(f) Greenwood Avenue.
(g) Southern Avenue.
(h) Clark Road.
(i) Fort Point Road from River Street to and including property of Bessie Vigneau.
(j) Lantern Lane from 509 to 523 Commercial Street.
(k) Clematis Avenue from Pleasant View Avenue easterly to Idlewell Boulevard.
(1) Sachem Street between Weybosset and Birchbrow Streets.
(m) Burton Terrace to Torrey Street.
(n) Seaver Road.
(o) Whitcomb Terrace. .
(p) Brewster Road.
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 in fee or other- wise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each 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 fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits or securing easements 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 connection with any of said streets, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to extend, reconstruct, resurface, widen, straighten, relocate
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or work the following streets, to wit :-
(At Request of Planning Board)
(a) Pleasant Street from the Police Station to the junction of Pleasant and Water Streets.
(By Selectmen)
(b) Neck Street.
(c) Derby Street.
(d) White Street
(e) Gibbons Street.
(f) Browning Street.
(g) Carson Street.
(h) Astor Circle.
(i) Worthen Avenue.
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 in fee or otherwise any land including buildings thereon for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over said street, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of the above named street including the acquisition of the fee above referred to and for the build- ing of any bridges, drains and conduits or securing easements which may be necessary in connection therewith, and to see whether the Town will author- ize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with said street or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. (At Request of Planning Board). To see if the Town will take any action upon the report of the committee on the widening of Broad Street made in the Town Report of the year 1931, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of widening Broad Street or any portion thereof.
ARTICLE 12. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resurface, widen, straighten, relocate or work Norton, Pearl and Evans Streets, or any portion of said ways either by the Street Department or with the state, county, or both, as a General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 project, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets, including the acquisition of the fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains, culverts and conduits, or secure easements which may be necessary in connection there- with, and to see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with any of said streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for surfacing or recon- struction by the Street Department or under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 for maintaining, repairing and improving the following streets :-
(a) North Street-from Bridge to East Street.
(b) West Street.
(c) White Street.
(d) Commercial Street-from Hingham line to Commercial Square.
(e) Front Street-from Broad Street to Federal Street. or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 14. (On petition of David N. Crawford and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the pur- pose of constructing a sidewalk and curbing on Columbian Street between the Fogg Library and Burton Terrace or take any other action in relation thereto.
DRAINAGE
ARTICLE 15. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept two easements on its be- half for drainage purposes from Domenick M. and Assumta Petrell in Oak- wood Manor, so called, in accordance with plans of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated December 24, 1941, or take any other action in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 16. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of acquir- ing an easement for drainage purposes across the land of Savino Pizzi at 317 Middle Street or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving the drainage facilities at Washington Square, Weymouth Landing, or take any other action in relation thereto.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATION CHANGES
ARTICLE 18. (At Request of Planning Board). To see if the Town will vote to amend, alter or revise Article X of the By-Laws, the so-called Zoning Laws, by striking out Item 4 of Section VI and inserting the following
"Lot Size-In a residence district no dwelling shall be erected or maintained except on lots containing 7,500 sq. ft. each and having a frontage of not less than 75 ft., and not more than one dwelling shall be erected on each such lot except that (a) a lot of less than 15,000 sq. ft. and more than 12,000 sq. ft. may be divided into lots containing not less than 6,000 sq. ft. each and having a frontage of not less than 60 ft. and (b) if a lot contains more than 15,000 sq. ft. and if after division into as many 75,00 sq. ft. lots as practicable there remains a lot of 6,000 sq. ft. or more, one dwelling may be erected on such remaining lot provided the same has a frontage of not less than 60 ft. One dwelling may be erected on a lot containing less than 7,500 sq. ft. or having a frontage of less than 75 ft., if such lot was recorded at the time of the adoption of this By-Law, either if separately owned, and con- tains 3,200 sq. ft., and did not at the time of such adoption adjoin other land of the same owner available for use in connection with said lot. Any recorded lot size may be increased subject to ap- proval of Board of Appeals."
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