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WEYMOUTH
TOWN REPORT
1950
PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY stark
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
W.C.
ADDED April ... 1951 Ref. AUTHORWeymouth, MasSCLASS NO. 52 1950 B TITLE Annual report of the Town of Weymouth, Mass. PRESENTED BYLaw
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 1950-1951
Elected by Ballot
TEMPORARY TOWN CLERK
NELLIE GREANEY
Term expires March 1951
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1953
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK
JOSEPH CREHAN
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1951
JOSEPH A. FERN
Term expires March 1951
RAYMOND MORGAN
Term expires March 1951
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1953
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1953
PARK COMMISSIONERS
JOSEPH SLATTERY, Chairman
FRANCIS X. KELLY, Clerk
EVERETT J. McINTOSH
OTTO C. MASON
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1951
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE CLAYTON W. NASH
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951
Term expires March 1952
Term expires March 1951
GEORGE H. BELL
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953
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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 1953
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951
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 1953
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
FRANKLIN. N. PRATT, Clerk
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treas., ex-officio
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
FRANCIS N. DROWN ALICE E. FULTON
WALTER C. GUTTERSON
PHILIP T. JONES
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953
BOARD OF HEALTH
PAUL V. COFFEY, Chairman FRANÇIS R. CASHMAN, Clerk NORMAN J. REILLY
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1952
PLANNING BOARD
ROY H. ROSEWELL, Chairman
WILLIAM B. HARTY, Clerk
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
GEORGE P. MAPES
SANDY ROULSTON
HENRY R. SARGENT
JOHN F. NEWTON
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1951
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1953
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL Term expires March 1951
HOUSING AUTHORITY
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR., Vice Chairman OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman JOHN H. CANNIFF, Treasurer HENRY T. CALNAN, Assistant Treasurer
Term expires March 1954 State Appointee 1951 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, Term expires 1951
RACHEL C. BLANCHARD 1
ALFRED W. CADMAN 4 DAVID M. EDELSTIEN 4
CARL S. PAULSON 1
CHARLES C. HEARN
2
GERALD L. RICHARDS 0
THURSTON F. KOOPMAN 4
ALICE M. SALZGEBER 1
RAY E. LOUD 3
WARREN W. MacCALLUM 1
JOHN H. SALZGEBER 1 HENRY O. TUTTY 0
Precinct 1, Term expires 1952
PERCIVAL A. AMES 4
MABELLE L. GLADWIN 3
THOMAS A. BOYLE
2
CHARLES C. HEARN, JR. 1
HENRY T. CALNAN
4
JOHN F. NEWTON
4
OBERLIN S. CLARK
4
MURRAY G. PARKER 3
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR. 4
RUSSELL DeCOSTE 1
RICHARD DOREY 2
GERALD B. PROCTOR 4 SANDY ROULSTON 4 BERNICE STILES 3
Precinct 1, Term expires 1953
JOHN L. BASTEY 4
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON 1
JOHN A. CARTER
1
LAWRENCE M. PITTS
1
PEARSON F. CAZEAULT
1
WARREN F. ROULSTON
4
HERMAN O. COLLYER 3 RUSSELL A. STILES 3
LAUGHTON B. DASHA 4
WILLIAM B. DASHA 4
E. LEO MADDEN 0
HOWARD THOMPSON 2 STANLEY T. TORREY 1 RUSSELL H. WHITING 3
Precinct 2, Term expires 1951
HARRY F. DUNCAN 1
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA 1
FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN
1
JAMES H. O'CONNOR 1
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN 0
HAROLD C. GOULD 3
ELLSWORTH J. OUR 4 ORAL A. PAGE 4
Precinct 2, Term expires 1952
RUSSELL F. COWING 3
EMILY M. JACKSON 2
RALPH HASKINS 2 PETER F. KENDRICK 4
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR. 3
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER 4 OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Precinct 2, Term expires 1953
HARRY E. BEARCE
4
EVERETT T. GARDNER 2
PAUL V. COFFEY 3
FREDERICK S. INGRAM 2
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER 1
FREDERICK V. NOLAN 3 RICHARD REIDY 1
Precinct 3, Term expires 1951
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT 2 JOHN F. SANTRY 0 ROBERT J. CASEY THOMAS O. SCHULZ 4 2
HUGH FERGUSON 0
RICHARD L. TAYLOR 3
PETER P. FORTUNA 4
DAVID KELLEY 1
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN 1
ELLIOT P. THAYER 2 JOHN F. TRACEY 1 HAROLD J. TRASK 2
WILBUR F. WEEKS 2
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JOHN L. GALLANT 3
JOSEPH E. MacDONALD 3
ROBERT L. PALMER 2
Precinct 3, Term expires 1952
CORNELIUS M. AHERN 3 LAWRENCE E. BICKNELL 0
HAROLD F. DOWD 0
GEORGE C. FOSTER 2 JOHN J. KELLEY 1
GEORGE H. GALVIN 2
LEO A. HEFFERNAN 2
EDWARD M. KEOHAN 4 FRANCIS M. LOUD 4 NORMAN J. REILLY 4
Precinct 3, Term expires 1953
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT
3
HARRIET S. BERRY
3
HARRY L. BLOOM
4
PAUL L. GOODHUE 2
EDWARD A. HUNT 1
FLURENCE I. LYONS
1
JOHN H. CANNIFF
4
GEORGE J. McGLONE
0
CHARLES A. COYLE 4
ABBIE W. PEASE 3
WILLIAM F. DESMOND 1
FRANK A. PRAY 3
FRANCIS N. DROWN 0
THOMAS G. WALLACE
2
Precinct 4, Term expires 1951
ROBERT T. ALLEN
2
JOHN W. KNOX 1 HENRY F. GIGUERE 3
ALFRED K. MARTIN
1
FREDERICK G. SPENCER
3
Precinct 4, Term expires 1952
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR.
4
WILLIAM F. DWYER
4
HARRY N. CALL 4
MARION L. NASH
4
CHARLES B. TURNESA
2
Precinct 4, Term expires 1953
HENRY C. BLENIS, JR.
1
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA
1
HAROLD A. CONDRICK
3
LOUIS H. ELLS
1
SIDNEY DeBOER 3
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN 4
Precinct 5, Term expires 1951
MADELINE F. CHANCE
4
CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
4
WILLIAM H. LOUD 1
PORTER W. THOMPSON
4
HENRY R. SARGENT
3
GEORGE S. WILSON 3
Precinct 5, Term expires 1952
GARLAND G. BELL
3
IVA A. NELSON 3
WINSTON A. HOWE
4
OAKLEY A. KUNZ 3
CARL C. SHERMAN
4
REGINALD P. TIRRELL
4
Precinct 5. Term expires 1953
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, SR. 4
OTTO C. MASON 2 FRANK E. DUNN 4
ARTHUR I. NEGUS 4 WILLIAM G. B. PARK 4
HARRY FEKKES
3
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN 2
JOHN C. HUNT 3
JOHN A. HUTCHINS
1
6
CHESLEY CORMACK 2
Precinct 6. Term expires 1951
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN 2 GERLERMO CAVALLO 3 CHARLES C. FORTIER 3
GEORGE L. FOSTER 0
DAVID F. KEARNS 1
JOSEPH E. KILLORY 3
ROBERT E. MITCHELL 2
THOMAS J. PLOURDE 3
EDGAR E. RABIDEAU 2 CLARENCE T. SHERMAN 3 CEDRIC D. WATSON 3
Precinct 6, Term expires 1952
W. NORMAN BATES
2
LESTER L. BELCHER
3
GEORGE F. GILLMAN 4
FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN 4
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
3
MINOT L. MATHEWSON
0
JAMES J. CUNNIFF 3
DANIEL J. SLATTERY 3
ROBERT H. GAUGHEN 2
GERALD P. SULLIVAN 1
Precinct 6. Term expires 1953
GEORGE F. BRADY 1
HENRY F. GODIN 2
EDWARD F. BUTLER
4
PHILLIP T. JONES
2
JOHN W. CICCHESE
4
EUGENE E. O'LEARY
1
RALPH T. CIPULLO 2
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF 4
JOHN E. REIDY 2 JOHN H. REIDY 2
ALFRED C. SHEEHY 4
Precinct 7, Term expires 1951
RALPH J. AUSTIN
2
GENEVA M. MONTEITH 2
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS
0
RICHARD F. PATTISON
2
ARA M. MARKARIAN 1
JOSEPH C. PARKARD 1
Precinct 7, Term expires 1952
ALICE W. CHAPLIN
3
ELMER S. LOUD
4
NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
3
ROLAND A. McDONALD
4
IRVING E. JOHNSON 2
ARTHUR THORP 3
Precinct 7. Term expires 1953
HOWARD T. ALBION
2
LAURI JERPI 4
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM 4
KARL G. LOVELL
4
JOHN E. PETERSON
1
Precinct 8, Term expires 1951
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN
1
WILLIAM H. CORKEY
4
ANTHONY CASSESE
2
JOHN W. COYLE
2
HOWARD PFLAUMER
0
Precinct 8, Term expires 1952
THERON I. CAIN
4
PLUMER E. POPE
2
GEORGE M. ELKIN
2
HERBERT B. SHAFTOE
0
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS 3
JAMES F. STEELE 2
Precinct 8, Term expires 1953
HERBERT ALMQUIST
4
FRANCIS A. FARR
4
PRECOSTT BROWN
4
PHILIP W. HENLEY
2
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
4
GEORGE E. LANE 4
7
RALPH P. COBB 4
PAUL C. CLEAVES
3
Precinct 9, Term expires 1951
EDWIN W. BARNARD, SR. 3
GEORGE S. NOYES,JR. 3 GUNNAR BENGTSSON 2 WILLIAM M. BOND 3
ELIZABETH PRUDEN 2
ALFRED C. HURST 2
GEORGE REED 2 ARTHUR R. TAYLOR 3
JOHN TORREY 4
Precinct 9, Term expires 1952
HELEN BOHN 3
GEORGE E. PRUDEN 0
RALPH A. KLINGMAN
4
WILLIAM RALPH 0
CARL J. KNUTSON 3 MALCOLM T. SHAW 4 WALTER M. SMITH 4
JOHN W. O'DONNELL 4
EDWARD L. THIBEAULT 4
Precinct 9, Term expires 1953
HERBERT W. CAUSER
3
JAMES L. NEARY 2 JOHN W. FIELD 4
ROY V. NELSON 4
FRANCIS A. GUNN 4
FRANK NESS 4
STANLEY HEALD 2
ROBERT B. OSGOOD 2
RUSSELL N. TIRRELL 3
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 4 LESTER L. BELCHER 3
FRANK W. HOLBROOK 3 NEWLAND H. HOLMES 1
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON, JR. 4
EDWARD M. KEOHAN 4
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN 4
GEORGE E. LANE 4 J. HERBERT LIBBEY 3
CHARLES W. BURGESS 4
HARRY CHRISTENSEN 4
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY
4
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK 4
RAYMOND MORGAN
4
HENRY F. CLAPP 3
4 4 KENNETH L. NASH FRANK NESS DANIEL L. O'DONNELL 4
JOSEPH CREHAN 4 DANIEL F. DENNEHY 2
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN 1
EMERSON R. DIZER
4
J. FREDERICK PRICE
JOSEPH A. FERN
3
1 DANIEL REIDY, JR. 0
JOHN L. GALLANT 3
ROY H. ROSEWELL 1
OLINDO GAROFALO 3
BENJAMIN SANTACROCE 3
3
HARRY I. GRANGER 2 RUSSELL A. STILES NELLIE L. GREANEY 2 ALBERT VINAL, JR. 4 CLARENCE P. WHITTLE V. LESLIE HEBERT 3 0 STANLEY T. TORREY 1
Figures denote attendance record (4 Town Meetings)
APPOINTEES APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Term expires 1951
HENRY F. CLAPP EDWARD M. KEOHAN
FRANK NESS BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
RUSSELL H. STILES
8
PAUL COFFEY 3
Term expires 1952
LESTER L. BELCHER GEORGE E. LANE
ROBERT L. PARK J. MAXWELL PRESTON
J. FREDERICK PRICE
Term expires 1953
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY DANIEL REIDY, JR. ALBERT VINAL, JR.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman ROGER P. LOUD
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk ARTHUR F. SARGENT
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN J. SANTRY, Chairman
NELLIE GREANEY, Clerk
LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN
EDWARD C. McINTOSH 1
Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1951
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
CHARLES H. DOWNS, Clerk
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treasurer
HARRIET S. BERRY
GERTRUDE A. CASSESSE
CLEMENT N. CURTIS
PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
JOHN L. GALLANT ROGER P. LOUD
LUCY P. MAHONEY
EMILY L. McGOVERN
KENNETH L. NASH GEORGE E. PRUDEN
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
ROLAND T. SEABURY MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE C. PARKER WHITTLE, JR.
Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1952 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1951 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1952
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FENCE VIEWERS
AMY HILL DUNCAN GEORGE J. HUSBAND
CLARENCE L. PRATT WILLIAM T. WHITE
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE
KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOREST WARDEN
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
CECIL L. EVANS
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
CECIL L. EVANS
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
EDWARD F. BUTLER EDWARD F. BUTLER WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY EMERSON R. DIZER
KENNETH L. NASH RUSSELL H. WHITING JOHN O'LEARY 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
THOMAS M. WELCH
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
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 SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1950
at seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:
ARTICLE 1. (At the Request of the Board of Water Commissioners) To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by borrowing or otherwise, and appropriate for the development of additional emergency well fields, including wells, pipes, pumping station, and new pumping station equipment, to be located on Lot 9, Block 376 as shown on Sheets 29 and 33 of the Weymouth Town Atlas as revised to January 1, 1949 by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer and including laying of 10 in. and 12 in. water mains to Washington Street and to Front Street all to be under the supervision of the Water Department, or take any other action in relation 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 date of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town on or before the twenty-fifth day of February,, 1950.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman JOSEPH A. FERN HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK JOSEPH CREHAN RAYMOND MORGAN
Selectmen of Weymouth
A true copy Attest : CLARENCE L. PRATT Constable of Weymouth
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolfk, 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 SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1950
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act up 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 dur- ing 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. Inspection Department
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. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
26. Public Welfare
27. Old Age Assistance under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118A as amended
28. Pensions
29. Soldiers' Benefits including :
(a) State Aid
(b) Military Aid
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
MISCELLANEOUS
30. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and Ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk Construction
(e) Purchase and maintenance of equipment
31. Schools
32. Libraries
33. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 12
34. Parks and Playgrounds
35. Miscellaneous Expenses
36. Unpaid Bills
37. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter.Ed.) Chapter 44 Section 31
38. Retirement Board
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
39. 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
40. Construction and operation of System of Sewers
41. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
42. Care of Soldiers' Graves
43. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Section 16 and 18
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
44. Interest and requirement
45. Bonds and Notes due in 1950
INSURANCE
46. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
47. Fire and other insurance
RESERVE FUND
48. 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 sum so appropriated shall remain available after December 31, 1950; 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, 1951, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1951.
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 1950, 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
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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 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)
Chisholm Road
(b) Hunter Terrace
(c) Wharf Street
(d) Seaver Road
(e) Lane Avenue
(f) Third Street
(g) Danbury Road
(h) Willow Avenue
(i) Holmberg Road
(j) Second Street
Scott Road (Lakewood Road Exten.)
(k)
(1) Abigail Adams Circle
(m Bradford Road
(n)
Off Lake Street
(0) Belmont Street
(p) Petrell Park
(q) Adorn Street
(r) John Quincy Lane
(s) Colonial Road
(t) Clark Road
(u) Mount Vernon East Extension
(v) Walker Street
(w) Sunnyplain 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 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 streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 8. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resurface, widen or repair by the Street Department or under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 for maintaining, repairing and im- proving the following street or any portion thereof:
Broad Street from Madison to Middle and/or Union 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, resurface, widen, straighten, relocate or work the following street, provided the State · or County, or both, will appropriate a proportionate sum of money to help defray the expenses of such work, to wit :-
West 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 appropriate for the work- ing of the above named street, including the acquisition of the fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits or secur- ing 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 said street, 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 for the reconstruction of a part of Essex Street, between Spring Street and Middle 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 for the widening of the street near 1325 Pleasant Street according to a Plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated December 22, 1949, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. (On Petition of Eric A. Fallgren and Others). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain for street purposes, the parcel of land hereinafter described, the same to be used for the widening and acceptance of that portion of Gilbert Road extending westerly from Middle Street for a distance of two hundred feet, more or less, to the present accepted portion of Gilbert Road, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto viz:
Parcel of land on the westerly side of Middle Street shown on a Plan of Land in Weymouth, Mass., by Russell H. Whiting, C. E., dated March 10, 1949 and duly recorded with the Norfolk Registry of Deeds, said parcel being bounded and described as follows:
EASTERLY: by Middle Street, twenty-six (26) feet;
NORTHERLY: by land now or formerly of Arthur W. Mills and Mary M. Mills, one hundred eighty-six and 9.100 (186.09) feet;
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WESTERLY : by the remaining portion of Gilbert Road, twenty- six (26) feet; and
SOUTHERLY: by a private way known as Gilbert Road, one hun- dred eighty-six (186) feet more or less.
ARTICLE 13. (On Petition of W. E. Leary and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate funds to widen and surface Summer Street, from a point at 338 to 55 inclusive, or take any other ac- tion in relation thereto.
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