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WEYMOUTH
TOWN REPORT
1949
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PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
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Weymouth, Mass
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CLASS NO.
352
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Annual report of the
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town of Wey mouth, Mass.
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 1949-1950
Elected by Ballot
TOWN CLERK
CHESTER L. BOYLE
Term expires March 1952
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1950
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman
Term expires March 1950
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK
Term expires March 1950
JOSEPH CREHAN
Term expires March 1950
JOSEPH A. FERN
Term expires March 1950
RAYMOND MORGAN
Term expires March 1950
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
Term expires March 1952
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk
Term expires March 1951
FRANCIS A/GUNN
Term expires March 1950
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1950
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1952
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
: Term expires March 1950
PARK COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS A. MCGRATH, Chairman
FRANCIS X. KELLY, Clerk
EVERETT J. McINTOSH
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951
CLAYTON W. NASH WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
Term expires March 1952
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1951
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio HARRY CHRISTENSEN, ex-officio JOHN HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1952
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Chairman JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk CHARLES J. MASTERSON
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires March 1952
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Clerk
Term expires March 1952
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treas., ex-officio
Term expires March 1950
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1952
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
PAUL V. COFFEY, Chairman FRANCIS R. CASHMAN, Clerk
NORMAN J. REILLY
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1952
PLANNING BOARD
ROY H. ROSEWELL, Chairman WILLIAM B. HARTY, Clerk *CHARLES GRIFFIN
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1950
THOMAS J. KELLY
GEORGE P. MAPES
*RICHARD E. MATHEWSON SANDY ROULSTON HENRY R. SARGENT
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1954
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1950
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL Term expires March 1950
HOUSING AUTHORITY
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR., Chairman OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Vice Chairman JOSEPH M. LEAHY, Temporary Secretary JOHN H. CANNIFF, Treasurer PLUMER E. POPE, Assistant Treasurer
Term expires March 1954 State Appointee 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, Term expires 1950
JOHN L. BASTEY
E. LEO MADDEN
JOHN A. CARTER
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
PEARSON F. CAZEAULT
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON
HERMAN O. 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 1, Term expires 1952
PERCIVAL A. AMES
MABELLE L. GLADWIN
THOMAS A. BOYLE
CHARLES C. HEARN. JR.
HENRY T. CALNAN
JOHN F. NEWTON
OBERLIN S. CLARK
MURRAY G. PARKER
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR.
GERALD B. PROCTER
RUSSELL DeCOSTE
SANDY ROULSTON
RICHARD DOREY
BERNICE STILES
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
FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN
JAMES H. O'CONNOR ELLSWORTH J. OUR
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN
ORAL A. PAGE
HAROLD C. GOULD
Precinct 2, Term expires 1952
RUSSELL F. COWING
THOMAS J. KELLY
RALPH HASKINS
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR.
PETER F. KENDRICK HARRY A. MATTSON
EMILY M. JACKSON
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Precinct 3, Term expires 1950
HARRIET S. BERRY
FRANCIS N. DROWN EDWARD A. HUNT
JOHN H. CANNIFF
FLURENCE I. LYONS
CHARLES A. COYLE
GEORGE J. MCGLONE ABBIE W. PEASE
ARTHUR H. DESMOND
WILLIAM F. DESMOND
FRANK A. PRAY THOMAS G. WALLACE
HARRY L. BLOOM
HAROLD A. DAY
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1951
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT
ROBERT J. CASEY
THOMAS O. SCHULZ
HUGH FERGUSON
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
PETER P. FORTUNA
ELLIOT P. THAYER
DAVID KELLEY
JOHN F. TRACEY
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN
CARL H. PETERSON
HAROLD J. TRASK WILBUR F. WEEKS
Precinct 3, Term expires 1952
CORNELIUS M. AHERN
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
LAWRENCE E. BICKNELL
JOHN C. HUNT
NORMAN E. DOREY
JOHN A. HUTCHINS
HAROLD F. DOWD
JOHN J. KELLEY
GEORGE C. FOSTER
EDWARD M. KEOHAN
GEORGE H. GALVIN
FRANCIS M. LOUD
LEO A. HEFFERNAN
NORMAN J. REILLY
Precinct 4, Term expires 1950
HENRY C. BLENIS, JR.
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA LOUIS H. ELLS
HAROLD A. CONDRICK
SIDNEY DeBOER
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Precinct 4, Term expires 1951
HENRY F. GIGUĂRE
JOHN W. KNOX ALFRED K. MARTIN
** KENNETH O. HANSON
GEORGE W. HUNT, JR.
FREDERICK G. SPENCER
Precinct 4, Term expires 1952
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR.
WILLIAM F. DWYER
HARRY N. CALL
MARION L. NASH
CHESLEY CORMACK
CHARLES B. TURNESA
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
WILLIAM H. LOUD
HENRY R. SARGENT
CLARENCE W. TAYLOR PORTER W. THOMPSON GEORGE S. WILSON
Prcinct 5, Term expires 1952
GARLAND G. BELL IVA A. NELSON CARL C. SHERMAN REGINALD P. TIRRELL
Precinct 6, Term expires 1950
EDWARD F. BUTLER
HENRY F. GODIN
GEORGE J. CAVANAUGH PHILLIP T. JONES JOHN W. CICCHESE EUGENE E. O'LEARY
RALPH T. CIPULLO JOHN E. REIDY
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
JOHN H. REIDY
ALFRED C. SHEEHY
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WINSTON A. HOWE OAKLEY A. KUNZ
JOHN F. SANTRY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1951
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN GERLERMO CAVALLO CHARLES C. FORTIER GEORGE L. FOSTER DAVID F. KEARNS
JOSEPH E. KILLORY
ROBERT E. MITCHELL
THOMAS J. PLOURDE EDGAR E. RABIDEAU
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
CEDRIC D. WATSON
Precinct 6, Term expires 1952
W. NORMAN BATES
GEORGE F. GILLMAN
LESTER L. BELCHER
FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN MINOT L. MATHEWSON
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
JAMES J. CUNNIFF
DANIEL J. SLATTERY
ROBERT H. GAUGHEN
GERALD P. SULLIVAN
THOMAS M. WELCH
Precinct 7, Term expires 1950
** WILLIAM B. CHALKE, JR. ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
RALPH P. COBB
LAURI JERPI KARL G. LOVELL JOHN D. McKENNA
Precinct 7. Term expires 1951
RALPH J. AUSTIN
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS
ARA M. MARKARIAN
GENEVA M. MONTEITH RICHARD F. PATTISON JOSEPH C. PARKARD
Precinct 7. Term expires 1952
ALICE W. CHAPLIN NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
IRVING E. JOHNSON
ELMER S. LOUD RONALD A. McDONALD ARTHUR THORP
Precinct 8, Term expires 1950
HERBERT ALMQUIST PRESCOTT BROWN ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
ALLAN C. EMERY FRANCIS A. FARR GEORGE E. LANE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1951
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN ANTHONY CASSESE
PAUL C. CLEAVES
WILLIAM H. CORKEY JOHN W. COYLE HOWARD PFLAUMER
Precinct 8, Term expires 1952
THERON I. CAIN RAYMOND O. HOLLIS ** SIDNEY F. PARTRIDGE
PLUMER E. POPE HERBERT B. SHAFTOE JAMES F. STEELE
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
RUSSELL N. TIRRELL
Precinct 9, Term expires 1951
EDWIN W. BARNARD, SR. WILLARD M. BOND *LESTER W. COOCH ALFRED C. HURST
GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. ELIZABETH PRUDEN GEORGE REED ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
JOHN Q. TORREY
Precinct 9, Term expires 1952
HELEN BOHM RALPH A. KLINGMAN CARL J. KNUTSON JOHN WM. O'DONNELL EDWARD L. THIBEAULT
GEORGE E. PRUDEN WILLIAM RALPH
MALCOLM T. SHAW WALTER M. SMITH
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
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR.
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
CHARLES W. BURGESS
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK
HENRY F. CLAPP
PAUL COFFEY
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 NEWLAND H. HOLMES EDWARD M. KEOHAN GEORGE E. LANE J. HERBERT LIBBEY JOSEPH W. MAHONEY THOMAS A. MCGRATH RAYMOND MORGAN KENNETH L. NASH FRANK NESS DANIEL L. O'DONNELL TIMOTHY G. OSBORN J. FREDERICK PRICE DANIEL REIDY, JR. ROY H. ROSEWELL BENJAMIN SANTACROCE RUSSELL A. STILES ALBERT VINAL, JR. CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
STANLEY T. TORREY
APPOINTEES APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE 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 NESS BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
RUSSELL H. STILES
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Term expires 1952
LESTER L. BELCHER GEORGE E. LANE
ROBERT L. PARK J. MAXWELL PRESTON
J. FREDERICK PRICE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman ROGER P. LOUD J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk ARTHUR F. SARGENT
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EDWARD C. McINTOSH, Chairman CHESTER L. BOYLE, Clerk
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1952
LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN
JOHN J. SANTRY
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1952
BOARD OF APPEAL
JOSEPH CREHAN
KENNETH L. NASH
RUSSELL H. WHITING
RETIREMENT BOARD
EMERSON R. DIZER FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN ERLE R. STARRATT
CONSTABLES
WALLACE A. BICKNELL
EDWARD A. HUNT
CLARENCE L. PRATT
TRUSTEES OF THE LABAN PRATT HOSPITAL
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1951
CHARLES H. DOWNS, Clerk
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treasurer
Term expires March 1950
HARRIET S. BERRY
GERTRUDE A. CASSESSE CLEMENT N. CURTIS PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
JOHN L. GALLANT ROGER P. LOUD
LUCY P. MAHONEY
EMILY L. McGOVERN
KENNETH L. NASH
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954
GEORGE E. PRUDEN
Term expires March 1951
A. WESLEY SAMPSON ROLAND T. SEABURY MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE C. PARKER WHITTLE, JR.
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1952
FENCE VIEWERS
AMY HILL DUNCAN GEORGE J. HUSBAND
CLARENCE L. PRATT WILLIAM T. WHITE
Term expires March 1953
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DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FORESTWARDEN TOWN ACCOUNTANT TOWN COUNSEL TOWN ENGINEER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
WELFARE AGENT
VETERANS AGENT
BUILDING INSPECTOR
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
WIRING INSPECTOR
HEALTH AGENT
DOG OFFICER
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
CUSTODIAN TOWN HALL
CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS GRAVES
HARBOR MASTER
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALEWIFE FISHERY
HENRY B. O'TOOLE
*WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT *WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT WORKMEN'S COMPSENATION AGENT
ROBERT H. BUCHAN
FLOYD E. ROY THOMAS M. WELCH
1 -Resigned %
1 -Moved
-Deceased
EDWARD F. BUTLER EDWARD F. BUTLER WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY EMERSON R. DIZER KENNETH L. NASH RUSSELL H. WHITING THOMAS J. KELLY ELMER S. MAPES FRANCIS HAMILTON SIDNEY C. BEANE THOMAS P. DELAHUNT RAYMOND E. STEIN ANDREW CHISHOLM THOMAS J. MacDONALD JOSEPH W. ROSS HENRY F. GODIN JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY V. LESLIE HEBERT
ELLSWORTH J. OUR KARL L. O'NEIL CECIL L. EVANS CECIL L. EVANS
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949
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 quali- fied to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1949
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. Assessor's 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 Soldiers' Monument
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
17. Building Inspector
17A. Wiring 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. 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
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(h) Equipment
(i) Stock Account
(j) Private Work
41. Construction and operation of System of Sewers
42. Alewife Fishery
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 1949
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 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 available after December 31, 1949; 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 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.
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. 1950, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1950.
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 determining the tax rate for the year 1949, 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
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condition of such sales, provided that in each case involving real estate a majority of the Planning Board and a majority of the Park Commis- sioners vote to concur in the opinion that the property will not be needed for park, playground or other public use, 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 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 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.
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) Oakden Avenue from Pond Street to a distance of about 740 feet
(b) Byron Road
(c) Francis Road
(d) Pequot Road
(e) Harland Road from Summer Street to Judson Road
(f) Adams Place from a point adjacent to 46 Adams Place to a point adjacent to 64 Adams Place
(g) Mount Vernon West, an extension 300 feet in length
(h) Holmberg Road from Middle Street northerly about 100 feet
(i) Puritan Road
(j) Mount Vernon East, extension of about 110 feet from Mount Ida Road to land of Elsie C. Emery
(k) Nelson Street
(1) Hale Street
(m) Oxford Road
(n) Filmore Street
(0) Belmont 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 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. (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 the following streets, provided the state or
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County or both will appropriate a sum of money to help defray the ex- penses of such work, to wit:
West Street
Washington Street from Washington Square to a point to meet the State Highway beyond Lincoln Square
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 9. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for resurfacing, repairing or reconstruction by the Street Department or under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90, for maintaining, repairing and improving the following streets or any portion thereof:
Broad Street from Madison Street to Middle 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 10. (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 No. 695 Commercial Street, 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 to straighten, relocate reconstruct and widen Pleasant Street from 1393 Pleasant Street to the junction of Water and Pleasant Streets, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the reconstruction of Clapp Avenue, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. (On Petition of Frank L. Bicknell 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 and widening or otherwise improving a way from approximately 193 Broad Street to King Avenue, known as "an extension of King Avenue to Broad Street" as laid out and accepted by the Town Meeting of the year 1890, or thereafter, and to accept any deeds or easements necessary thereto, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to accept by gift from George Puopolo land adjacent to his building at the corner of Broad and Middle Streets for street purposes as follows: On Middle Street, a strip approximately 10 feet wide and 93 feet long, and on Broad Street, a strip approximately 10 feet wide and 125 feet long, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000. for the construction of
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sea walls in the vicinity of Ocean Avenue and to riprap the wall on Fore River Avenue, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. (On Petition of Roy H. Richards, and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a permanent sidewalk and curbing along the north side of Chard Street and continuing north on Middle Street to the concrete side- walk in front of No. 66 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 construction of curbing and sidewalks, or take any other action in relation thereto.
DRAINAGE
ARTICLE 18. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage on Sum- mer Street, from No. 437 to Belmont Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. (At Request of Street Department). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of drainage on Front Street from No. 175 to No. 267, 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 drain the land on the easterly side of Essex Street, from Middle Street to Fore River, 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 drainage on Pleasant Street, from Park Avenue to Burkhall Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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