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WEYMOUTH TOWN REPORT
1948
PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
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March 31,
1949
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IN.C. Author: Weymouth Mass Class No. 352
1948 Tit Annual report of the Town
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ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH MASS.
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 1948-1949
Elected by Ballot
TOWN CLERK 1
CHESTER L. BOYLE
Term expires March 1949
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1950
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JOSEPH A. FERN, Chairman HARRY CHRISTENSEN JOSEPH CREHAN
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1949
RAYMOND D. MORGAN
Term expires March 1949
SANDY ROULSTON
Term expires March 1949
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk
FRANCIS A. GUNN
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1950
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman
FRANCIS X. KELLY, Clerk
THOMAS A. MCGRATH
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE CLAYTON W. NASH WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
Term expires March 1949
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1951
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio JOSEPH A. FERN, ex-officio JOHN HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1949
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Chairman JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk
CHARLES J. MASTERSON
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Clerk
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1950
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treas., ex-officio
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
Term expires March 1949
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
FRANCIS N. DROWN ALICE E. FULTON
WALTER C. GUTTERSON
Term expires March 1951
PHILLIP T. JONES
Term expires March 1950
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950
BOARD OF HEALTH
*THOMAS J. MacDONALD, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
PAUL V. COFFEY, Chairman
Term expires March 1950
FRANCIS C. CASHMAN, Clerk
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1949
PLANNING BOARD
HENRY R. SARGENT, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN, Clerk
Term expires March 1953
FRANCIS A. FARR
Term expires March 1949
CHARLES GRIFFIN
Term expires March 1950
THOMAS J. KELLEY
Term expires March 1950
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1952
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1949
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL Term expires March 1949
Appointed by Selectmen HOUSING AUTHORITY
OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman JOSEPH M. LEAHY, Secretary JOHN H. CANNIFF JOHN M. GALLAGHER PLUMER E. POPE
State Appointee Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1949
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NORMAN J. REILLY
ROY H. ROSEWELL
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, Term expires 1949
PERCIVAL A. AMES
MABELLE L. GLADWIN
THOMAS A. BOYLE
JOSHUA P. HOLBROOK
HENRY T. CALNAN
WILLIAM E. KEZER
OBERLIN S. CLARK
JOHN F. NEWTON
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, Jr.
MURRAY G. PARKER GERALD B. PROCTER
RUSSELL DeCOSTE
RICHARD DOREY
BERNICE STILES
Precinct 1, Term expires 1950
JOHN L. BASTEY
E. LEO MADDEN
JOHN A. CARTER
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
PEARSON F. CAZEAULT
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON
HERMAN A. COLLYER
WARREN F. ROULSTON
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
RUSSELL A. STILES
WILLIAM B. DASHA
STANLEY T. TORREY
WALLACE H. DRAKE
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Precinct 1, Term expires 1951
RACHEL C. BLANCHARD
JOSEPH E. MacDONALD
ALFRED W. CADMAN
ROBERT L. PALMER
DAVID M. EDELSTIEN
CARL S. PAULSON
CHARLES C. HEARN
GERALD L. RICHARDS
THURSTON F. KOOPMAN .
ALICE M. SALZGEBER
RAY E. LOUD
JOHN H. SALZGEBER
WARREN W. MacCALLUM
HENRY O. TUTTY
Precinct 2, Term expires 1949
RUSSELL F. COWING
THOMAS J. KELLY
RALPH HASKINS
PETER F. KENDRICK
EDWARD P. HUNT, Jr.
HARRY A. MATTSON
EMILY M. JACKSON
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Precinct 2, Term expires 1950
HARRY E. BEARCE
JOHN L. GALLANT
PAUL V. COFFEY
EVERETT T. GARDNER
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
RODERICK P. ELLS
CARL A. ZOLLIN
Precinct 2, Term expires 1951
HARRY F. DUNCAN
JAMES H. O'CONNOR
FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN
ELLSWORTH J. OUR ORAL A. PAGE
HAROLD C. GOULD
FRED W. WEBB
Precinct 3, Term expires 1949
CORNELIUS M. AHERN
JOHN C. HUNT
LAWRENCE E. BICKNELL
JOHN A. HUTCHINS
NORMAN E. DOREY
JOHN J. KELLEY
HAROLD F. DOWD
EDWARD M. KEOHAN
GEORGE C. FOSTER
FRANCIS M. LOUD
LEO A. HEFFERNAN
HAROLD B. STONE
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
EDMUND L. WARD
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1950
HARRIET S. BERRY
HARRY L. BLOOM CHARLES A. COYLE HAROLD A. DAY ARTHUR H. DESMOND
WILLIAM F. DESMOND
FLURENCE I. LYONS GEORGE J. McGLONE ABBIE W. PEASE FRANK A. PRAY
THOMAS G. WALLACE
Precinct 3, Term expires 1951
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT
JOHN F. SANTRY
ROBERT J. CASEY
THOMAS O. SCHULZ
HUGH R. FERGUSON
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
PETER P. FORTUNA IUL
ELLIOT P. THAYER
DAVID KELLEY
JOHN F. TRACEY
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN
CARL H. PETERSON
HAROLD J. TRASK WILBUR F. WEEKS
Precinct 4, Term expires 1949
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
MERTON L. LOUD
CHESLEY CORMACK
WILLIAM F. DWYER
GEORGE H. MELVILLE MARION L. NASH
Precinct 4, Term expires 1950
HENRY C. BLENIS, Jr.
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA
HAROLD C. CONDRICK
LOUIS H. ELLS
SIDNEY DeBOER
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Precinct 4, Term expires 1951
HENRY F. GIGUERE JOHN W. KNOX KENNETH O. HANSON ALFRED K. MARTIN GEORGE W. HUNT. Jr. FREDERICK G. SPENCER
Precinct 5, Term expires 1949
WINSTON A. HOWE OAKLEY A. KUNZ SIGVARD C. MELIN
IVA A. NELSON CARL C. SHERMAN REGINALD P. TIRRELL
HOMER C. WADMAN
Precinct 5, Term expires 1950
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, Sr. FRANK E. DUNN
HARRY FEKKES
CHARLES A. JORDAN ARTHUR I. NEGUS WILLIAM G. B. PARK
Precinct 5, Term expires 1951
MADELINE F. CHANCE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR WILLIAM H. LOUD PORTER W. THOMPSON GEORGE S. WILSON
HENRY R. SARGENT
Precinct 6, Term expires 1949
W. NORMAN BATES FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN
LESTER L. BELCHER MINOT L. MATHEWSON GEORGE H. BICKNELL GEORGE J. MCCARTHY DANIEL J. SLATTERY
ROBERT H. GAUGHEN
GEORGE F. GILLMAN
GERALD P. SULLIVAN
THOMAS M. WELCH
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FRANCIS N. DROWN EDWARD A. HUNT
Precinct 6, Term expires 1950
EDWARD F. BUTLER JOHN W. CICCHESE RALPH T. CIPULLO GEORGE E. CUNNIFF HENRY F. GODIN
PHILLIP T. JONES EUGENE E. O'LEARY
JOHN E. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY ALFRED C. SHEEHY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1951
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN
JOSEPH E. KILLORY
GERLERMO CAVALLO
ROBERT E. MITCHELL
CHARLES C. FORTIER
THOMAS J. PLOURDE
GEORGE L. FOSTER
EDGAR E. RABIDEAU
DAVID F. KEARNS
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
CEDRIC D. WATSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1949
ALBERT BIAGI ALICE W. CHAPLIN NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
ROBERT E. GAULEY IRVING E. JOHNSON EVERETT E. KENERSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1950
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr. LAURI JERPI ANDREW A. CHISHOLM KARL G. LOVELL RALPH P. COBB JOHN D. McKENNA
Precinct 7, Term expires 1951
RALPH J. AUSTIN
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS
GENEVA M. MONTEITH RICHARD F. PATTISON
ARA M. MARKARIAN JOSEPH C. PACKARD
Precinct 8, Term expires 1949
H. SCOTT BROWN THERON I. CAIN
RAYMOND A. HOLLIS
SIDNEY F. PARTRIDGE PLUMER E. POPE HERBERT B. SHAFTOE
JAMES F. STEELE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1950
HERBERT ALMQUIST
PRESCOTT BROWN 200
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
ALLAN C. EMERY FRANCIS A. FARR GEORGE E. LANE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1951
GILBERT W. ARNOLD
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN
ANTHONY CASSESE
WILLIAM H. CORKEY JOHN W. COYLE HOWARD PFLAUMER
Precinct 9, Term expires 1949
SUMNER P. BOWKER HARRISON I. COLE RALPH A. KLINGMAN
EVERETT W. MOXON
JOHN WM. O'DONNELL GEORGE E. PRUDEN WILLIAM RALPH EDWARD L. THIBEAULT
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Precinct 9, Term expires 1950
HERBERT W. CAUSER ALLAN F. CRAWFORD ALLEN C. FEARING JOHN W. FIELD
FRANCIS A. GUNN STANLEY HEALD ROY V. NELSON FRANK NESS
Precinct 9, Term expires 1951
EDWIN W. BARNARD, Sr. WILLARD M. BOND
LESTER W. COOCH
ALFRED C. HURST
JOHN Q. TORREY
GEORGE S. NOYES, Jr. ELIZABETH PRUDEN GEORGE REED ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE
Under Prov. of Sec. 3 of Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921 as amended
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY
LESTER L. BELCHER
CHESTER L. BOYLE
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
CHARLES W. BURGESS
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
HENRY F. CLAPP
RAYMOND MORGAN
PAUL COFFEY
KENNETH L. NASH FRANK W. NESS
JOSEPH CREHAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY
EMERSON R. DIZER
JOSEPH A. FERN
JOHN L. GALLANT
OLINDO GAROFALO
HARRY I. GRANGER
RICHARD W. HAWKINS, Jr.
V. LESLIE HEBERT
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL TIMOTHY G. OSBORN J. FREDERICK PRICE DANIEL REIDY, Jr. SANDY ROULSTON BENJAMIN SANTACROCE RUSSELL A. STILES ALBERT VINAL, Jr. CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
STANLEY T. TORREY
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1949
LESTER L. BELCHER RICHARD W. HAWKINS, Jr. J. FREDERICK PRICE
GEORGE E. LANE TIMOTHY G. OSBORN
Term expires 1950
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY DANIEL REIDY, Jr.
ALBERT VINAL, Jr.
Term expires 1951
HENRY F. CLAPP EDWARD M. KEOHAN
FRANK W. NESS BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
RUSSELL H. STILES
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NEWLAND H. HOLMES, Sr. EDWARD M. KEOHAN GEORGE E. LANE J. HERBERT LIBBEY JOSEPH W. MAHONEY EVERETT J. MCINTOSH
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
JOHN H. REIDY
*INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING BUILDING INSPECTOR
THOMAS J. MacDONALD
ANDREW CHISHOLM
TOWN COUNSEL
KENNETH L. NASH RUSSELL H. WHITING
TOWN ENGINEER
TOWN ACCOUNTANT EMERSON R. DIZER SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS THOMAS J. KELLY SUPT. OF TOWN INFIRMARY ELIZABETH F. QUINLAN
*SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN INFIRMARY FRED P. TOLMAN
DIRECTOR OF VETERAN SERVICES RAYMOND E. STEIN
WELFARE AGENT THOMAS P. DELAHUNT
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS SIDNEY BEANE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman
ROGER P. LOUD
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk ARTHUR F. SARGENT
ALFRED S. TIRRELL -
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
** JOHN F. REARDON, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1949
Term expires March 1951
JOHN J. SANTRY
Term expires March 1949
LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN, Chairman CHESTER L. BOYLE, Clerk EDWARD C. McINTOSH
*- Resigned **_ Deceased
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1948 - Norfolk, ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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 quali- fied to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1948
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 work as may be authorized by the Board of Selectmen
12. Planning Board
13. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and War Memorial
14. 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.) Chapter 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. 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. Construction and operation of System of Sewers
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
45. Interest requirement
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
46. Bonds and Notes due in 1948
INSURANCE
47. Municipal Buildings 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 appro- priated 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 available after December 31, 1948; to 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 con- ditions 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.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARTICLE 2. (By Direction of Selectmen). To take any action the Town may desire upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Com- mittees and to appoint or change any Committee that the Town may think proper.
ARTICLE 3. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1949, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1949.
ARTICLE 4. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote from surplus for the use of the Assessors in deter- mining the tax rate for the year 1948, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. (By Direction of Selectmen). 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; and 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 condition of such sales, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to accept conveyances or mort- gages of any real or personal property belonging to persons receiving re- lief 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 consider 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.
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STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 7. (On Petition and by Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laying out as Town ways the following designated private ways and parts of ways or any of them. to wit :-
(a) Lyme Street
(b) Caldwell Street
(c) Harlem Road
(d) Thayer Avenue
(e) Griffin Terrace
(f) Bryon Road
(g) Cummings Avenue
(h) Andrew Road
(i) Briarwood Trail
(j) Birchcliff Road from Cross Street to and including junc- tion of Graycliff Road or approximately 65 Birchcliff Road
(k) Puritan Road as a public way from 103 Puritan Road to 120 Puritan Road
(1) Colonial Road from 109 Norton Street to 119 Norton Street (m) Cranberry Road from intersection of Pierce Road easterly to Cranberry Pond
(n) Gilbert Road
(0) Peqot Road from Pilgrim Road to Massasoit Road
(р) Greenwood Avenue from its intersection with Middle Street to the point where it intersects Greenvale Avenue, so-called, and to designate as the name thereof "Green- wood Avenue."
(q) Alden Road
(r) Apple Tree Lane from Summer Street to end of Apple Tree Lane
(s) Ivy Road
(t) Longfellow 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 otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as laid out and accepted, and 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 street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for resurfacing, repair- ing or reconstruction by the Street Department or under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 for maintaining, repairing and improving the following street or any portion thereof :
Broad Street from Middle to Commercial Street
or if deemed advisable by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, any other street in the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, re- surface, widen, straighten, relocate or work the following streets, pro-
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vided the State or County or both will appropriate a sum of money to help defray the expenses of such work, to wit:
Columbian Street West Street
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 for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets, 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. (On Petition of Cedric D. Watson and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of relocating, constructing, draining, surfacing, widening, straightening or otherwise improving that section of King Avenue known as "an extension of King Avenue to Broad Street" from the end of the present construction from Broad Street to a point where . it meets the present completed construction leading from Washington Street, said King Avenue Extension to Broad Street having been laid out and accepted by the Town in the year 1890, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of permanent sidewalks and curbings throughtout the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50,000.00 for a town-wide sidewalk program under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen, said sum to be divided as follows: A sum not to exceed $20,000.00 for supervision, equipment and materials and $30,000.00 for employment of veterans.
ARTICLE 13. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resur- face, widen, straighten, relocate or work that portion of
Commercial Street between Church Street and 695 Commercial Street or any portion of said way 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 said street, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the working of the above named street, including the acquisi- tion of the fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits or securing easements which may be necessary in connectioon therewith, and to see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with said street and in accordance with plan of Russell H. Whiting, dated July 27, 1945, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. (On Petition of Joseph Harraghy and Others). To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to order angular park- ing in Washington Square, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 15. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to replace traffic lights at the corner of Middle and Washington Streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. (On Petition of William D. Gorman and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a sidewalk on Middle Street from Charles to Washing- ton Street and request that this work be done when the 1948 sidewalk construction program commences, or take any other action in relation thereto.
DRAINAGE
ARTICLE 17. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage in the following locations:
From 695 Commercial Street to Essex Street
From 790 Pleasant Street to 140 Lakehurst Avenue
From 280 Green Street to 346 Green Street
From 55 Elm Street to 285 Pine Street
or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of a drainage easement on the land now, or formerly owned by Abbie W. Cowing at or near 105 Summer Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of correcting the drainage condition now existing at or near the junction of Jaffrey and Commercial Streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to correct the drainage condition now existing on Broad Street between Cain Avenue and Putnam Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of a drainage easement on the land now or formerly owned by Domenick M. Petrell at or near No. 77 Aster Circle, or take any other action in relation thereto.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
ARTICLE 22. (At the Request of Appropriation Committee). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expense of a complete survey of the Administration and operation of all Town Departments, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what action the Town will take relative to the combining of the Fire Alarm and Police Signal Systems into one department under the present Superintendent of Fire Alarm, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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