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ART. 36. By request of J. A. Cushing, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $950 for the support of an evening school in Ward Two.
ART. 37. On petition of Nathaniel B. Peare and others, To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to finish building Hawthorne Street extension, from Cedar to Myrtle Street.
ART. 38. On petition of Charles H. Bearce and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate $300, to work the street accepted by the town in 1891, leading from Cain Avenue, to con- nect with a contemplated street running from Middle Street to Cain Avenue.
ART. 39. On petition of LaForest Lincoln and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300, for working the street running from Middle Street to Cain Avenue.
ART. 40. On petition of Wendell T. Dizer and others, To see if he town will raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the further working of Chard Street.
ART. 41. On petition of Thaddeus G. Hyland and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate $500, for the working and completion of King Avenue, as laid out and accepted by the town.
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ART. 42. By request of Daniel Sullivan, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250, to rebuild the bridge on Pond Street, near the railroad station.
ART. 43. By request, To see if the town will raise and appro priate the sum of $300, to rebuild the bridge on Randolph Street in Ward Five.
ART. 44. By request, To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $300, to rebuild the bridge on Park Street near the fair grounds.
ART. 45. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250, to complete the extension of White Street in Ward Five.
ART. 46. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to extend the sidewalk near the house of Leonard Loud, and to rebuild the bridge near the house of the late Andrew Casey in Ward Five.
ART. 47. On petition of N. B. Derby and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to extend the sidewalk on Randolph Street, southerly from the dam.
ART. 48. On petition of James M. Orcutt and others, To raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to lay a water main on Columbian Street, from Main Street to Braintree line.
ART. 49. On petition of I. N. Hollis and others, To see if the town will erect and maintain electric lights on Hollis and Randolph streets, from the Pumping Station to the residence of Thomas Hollis, a distance of about one hundred rods, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 50. By request of James Moore and 75 otliers, To see if the town will vote to instruct its School Committee to close its schools during the days of the annual fair of the Weymouth Agricultural Society.
ART. 51. On petition of A. L. Flint and 158 others, To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of sheathing and finishing the various rooms now unfinished and connected with the engine houses of the Weymouth Fire Department.
ART. 52. On petition of E. W. Arnold and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 or
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any other sum, for the purpose of purchasing land and building a hose house in Ward One, near the Old North Church.
ART. 53. On petition of Charles Hawes and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500, for the purpose of procuring a hose carriage to be stationed at the central village of Lovell's Corner.
ART. 54. By request of F. H. Torrey and others, to see if the town will instruct its Board of Selectmen to take appropriate action for the purpose of procuring such legislation as will authorize this, and other large towns, to vote in precincts in the election of town officers. .
ART. 55. By request of Noble Morse, to see if the town will take any action in relation to out-of-towners digging clams on Weymouth beaches.
ART. 56. To hear and act upon the report of the selectmen, upon a contemplated change of the voting precincts of the town.
ART. 57. On petition of Geo. R. Bowker and sixteen others; to see if the town will establish five electric lights on Central Street, at the corner of Bates Avenue, White Street and Reed Avenue, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 58. By request of the board of fire engineers, to see if the town will raise and appropriate $2,500, for the purpose of in- troducing a Fire Alarm System.
ART. 59. By request of David J. Pierce, to see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to complete the work commenced on Webb Street.
ART. 60. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purpose of completing the working of Summit Street.
ART. 61. By request of LaForest Lincoln, that the street run- ning from Middle Street to Cain Avenue, accepted by the town in 1890, be called Maple Street.
ART. 62. By request of Chas. H. Bearce, that the street run- ning from Cain Avenue to new street off Middle Street be called Laurel Street.
ART. 63. On petition of the Bradley Fertilizer Company and twenty-four others, To see if the town will raise and appropri-
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ate the sum of $500 for the purpose of repairing and grading Neck Street, from Bridge Street to River Street, and River Street from Neck Street to foot of said street near works of the Bradley Fer- tilizer Co., in the town of Weymouth, Ward One ; the said streets being one continuous street.
ART. 64. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500, for the payment of a note of that amount be- coming due March 10, 1892.
Polls will open at 9 o'clock and may be closed at 1 o'clock.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, in three public places in each ward in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, JOHN P. BURRELL. GEORGE H. BICKNELL, Selectmen of Weymouth.
NORFOLK, SS.
WEYMOUTH, Feb. 27, 1892.
Pursuant to the foregoing order, I this day posted up true and attested copies of the foregoing warrant in three and more places in the several wards of the Town as therein required.
B. F. RICHARDS, Constable of Weymouth.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, a legal meeting of the inhab- itants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, March 7, 1892, at nine o'clock A. M., the meeting being called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in said election.
ART. 2. Voted, To proceed to the election, on one ballot, of the following named Town Officers to wit : -
Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, three Auditors, Collector of Taxes, ten Constables, Water Commissioner for three years, Park Commis- sioner for three years, two School Committees for three years, and three Trustees of Tufts Library, also to vote on the same ballot " Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
The following Ballot Clerks were appointed by the Selectmen, Atherton W. Tilden and Oscar Madan, and the oath of office was administered by the Town Clerk.
The following persons were appointed by the Moderator as additional ballot officers : -
William Nash, Samuel C. Denton, Frank M. Drown, and John A. Raymond.
Messrs. Nash, Denton, and Drown, were sworn by the Town Clerk, and Mr. Raymond by the Moderator.
Voted. To close the polls at 1.30 o'clock P. M. A motion to reconsider this vote was lost.
The following ballot officers resigned at the closing of the polls, Wm. Nash, Atherton W. Tilden, Oscar Madan, and John A. Raymond, and the following additional ballot officers were ap- pointed by the Moderator, to sort and count the ballots, all of whom were sworn by the Town Clerk, viz. : -
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Benj. F. Smith, J. Ellis Gardner, Dana Smithi and Herbert Bass.
Voted, To receive bids for the collection of taxes.
Voted, That the compensation for collecting taxes shall be §. of
1 per cent on the amount of the commitment.
Voted, To limit the debate of any speaker to ten minutes, on each article.
ART. 3. Voted, To lay this article on the table.
ART. 4. Voted, To accept the reports of the several boards of town officers as printed.
Voted, To accept the following report of the Selectmen of the expenditures of the different departments of town service from Jan. 1 to March 7, 1892.
SELECTMEN'S SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
Object of Expenditure.
Unexpended bal-'
ance Dec. 31,
Expended from
Jan. 1 to Mar.
Expended in ex-
CERA to Jan. 1,
Unexpended bal-
ance March 7,
Total excess to
March 7, 192.
Schools.
$10,052 95
$7,641 63
$2,411 32
Evening School ...
672 49
236 64
435 55
New school-house, Ward 2 ..
-
-
1
SS 52
Highways, general repairs
595 67
54 35
-
541 32
-
Hingham and Quincy bridges .
604 61
-
-
139 00
Land purch'ed of John S. Fogg
46 07
-
-
-
679 25
Police Department ..
719 66
246 05
-
473 01
Suppressing illegal sale intox- icating liquors
1,190 53
439 00
751 53
Lockup, Ward 1
500 00
Town House ..
07 OS
4 25
62 S3
Printing and advertising.
SIS 65
745 80
10 05
Tufts Library.
396 26
-
396 26
New library (notes sold since Jan. 1) .
15,000 00
5,014 00
1,962 15
$,023 85
Remittances
and abatements
507 50
428 13
81 43
taxes
1,113 91
702 50
-
411 41
Interest and discount.
2,008 46
S27 22
-
1,179 24
Electric lighting ..
403 00
356 10
16 90
Printing valuation.
352 66
632 11
-
934 75
Miscellaneous expenses.
937 :2
SS: 00
53 72
State Aid, Chapter 301.
61S 10
321 56
296 24
-
...
-
-
-
Town Officers ..
3,552 03
1,069 21
-
2,4-2 92
-
Poor Account.
$40,939 44
$19,515 14
$2,891 64
$15,554 00
₴1,321 43
-
240 00
-
240 00
Fire Department ..
775 31
96 08
46 07
Setting curbstone.
164 00
25 00
604 61
Land damage ...
39 2S
49 2
Removal of snow ..
1891.
7, 1892.
1892.
1892.
&s 14
8 14
-
-
Military Aid, Chapter 279 ..
50 00
Purchase of records, births, etc.
50 00
147 38
147 35
-
-
500 00
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Voted, That a committee of fifteen, (15) three from each ward, who shall also be members of the appropriation committee for the ensuing year, shall be appointed for the purpose of making an investigation of the system of management of the town affairs, in every department, and of salaries paid town officers, to report where, in their judgment, and for the best interests of the town, any changes may be made which will result in an increased benefit to the town, and a reduction of the expenses, and that this com- mittee be given access to books and papers of the town, for the purpose of obtaining such information as may be necessary to them.
The Moderator appointed the following persons as the above committee, viz : -
WARD 1. - James Humphry, F. H. Torry, John E. Stoddard. WARD 2. - John Carroll, Z. L. Bicknell, C. D. Canterbury. WARD 3. - John J. Loud, John W. Hart, Francis Ambler. WARD 4. - James Moore, Lysander Heald, Alvah Raymond.
WARD 5. - E. J. Pitcher, Herbert W. Sears, Charles C. Tower.
Voted, That the Trustees of Tufts' Library be authorized to lease any rooms in the new Tufts' Library building not necessary for library purposes, for such terms not exeeeding ten years, at such rent as they may consider for the interests of the town.
The Moderator appointed Francis A. Bicknell and N. D. Can- terbury as tellers to count the votes on the several articles of the warrant, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 5. Voted, That the sum of $41,000 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the public school and superintendent for the ensuing year, and that one half of the money received from dog licenses, the income of the Alewife Fund, the State School Fund, and such sums of money as may be received for tuition from scholars who belong in other towns, be appropriated for the same purpose ; and that $3,000 of the same be appropriated for the purpose of increasing the salaries of the female teachers, exclusive of the High School teachers, beginning the September term.
ART. 6. Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to employ a superintendent of schools.
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ART. 7. Voted, That the sum of $12,000 be raised and appro- propriated for the repairs of highways, townways, and bridges ; $500 for Hingham and Quincy bridges ; $1.000, removing snow ; and $10,500, balance for general repairs.
ART. 8. Voted, That the sum of $10,000 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. Voted, That the sum of $2,600 be raised and appro- priated and to appropriate the sum of $6,292.28 in addition for the payment of State and Military Aid to disabled soldiers and seamen and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. Voted, That the sum of $4,500 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
ART. 11. Voted, that the sum of $2,000 be raised and appro- priated for Police Service, for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. Voted, That the sum of $1,350 be, appropriated for Tufts Library, and one half the money received from dog licenses for the same purpose for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for discounts and remittances of taxes during the ensuing year.
ART. 14. Voted, that the sum of $4,000 be raised and appro- priated for the payment of interest which may become due during the ensuing year.
ART. 15. Voted, That the sum of $1,200 be appropriated for printing and advertising for the ensuing year.
ART. 16. Voted, That the sum of $4.000 be raised and appro- priated for the payment of Miscellaneous Expenses during the ensuing year.
ART. 17. Voted, That the sum of $6,000 be raised and appro- priated for payment of Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 18. Voted, That the sum of $500 be raised and appro- priated for Memorial Day May 30, 1892.
ART. 19. Voted, That the sum of $175 be raised and appro- priated for care and repair of Town House for the ensuing year.
ART. 20. Voted, That the sum of $4.200 be raised and appro- priated for Electric Lighting, and that an unexpended balance of $800 be appropriated for the same purpose.
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ART. 21. Voted, That the Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and directed, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow tem- porarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the sum of seventy thousand dollars, (70,000) as the same may be from time to time required, and to give the negotiable note or notes of the town for money so borrowed ; and that all such temporary loans shall be payable from the said taxes.
ART. 22 .. Voted, That the sum of $7,500 be raised and appro- priated for hydrants and for the water rent and care of drinking fountains for the ensuing year.
ART. 23. Voted, To appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $23,800, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $16,400 for the interest on the Wey- mouth Water Loan, becoming due the ensuing year ; $2,700 for the payment of the salaries of the superintendent of the works and the engineer at the pumping station : $2,000 for maintenance of the works, and $2,700, for all other necessary expenses.
ART. 24. Voted, To appropriate from the income of the water rates for the current year; the sum of $8,200, to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund, for the payment at the maturity of the principal of the Weymouth Water Bonds.
ART. 25. To appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
ART. 26. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $240 to to meet an overdaft for land purchased from Mr. John S. Fogg, and for which no appropriation was made at annual meeting of last year, and to appropriate the sums of $1,081.43 for overdrafts of $8.14 on new school house, $88.52 Highway, and $984.77 Miscellaneous Expenses.
ART. 27. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the tenth day of October next, and that the collector be instructed to collect forthwith, according to law, all taxes re- maining unpaid after that date, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum.
ART. 28. Appropriation Committee.
This committee was appointed under Art. 4.
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ART. 29. Voted, To amend the jury list as posted by the select- men. by striking out the names of Fred. L. Bailey, George D. Canterbury, Arthur Cunningham, John F. Dwyer, George W. Dyer, John W. Dalton, Seth Damon, John G. Hutchins. Albion Hall, George W. Lovell, Edward B. Whelan ; by changing Charles Chubbuck to Charles H. Chubbuck, and George E. Beedem to George A. Beedam, and by adding the names of Alonzo W. Blanchard and Henry W. Dyer, Precinct One, and to the name of William Walsh, Precinct Five.
Voted, That the jury list as now amended be accepted and adopted.
ART. 30. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to act as attorneys, to defend the town in any suit that may be brought against it.
ART. 31. Voted, That this article in relation to a lockup in Ward 1, be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 32. Voted, To raise and appropriate $1,250 for the pur- pose of working relocation of Front Street.
ART. 33. Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250, and to reappropriate the unexpended balance of $750 on last year, for the purpose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in this town, to be expended under the direction of a com- mittee of five to be appointed by the Moderator.
Voted, Not to roconsider the above vote.
The Moderator appointed the following persons on the above committee :- Nathan D. Canterbury, B. Frank Richards, Benj. F. Eaton, Oscar Madan, and George C. Torrey.
Voted, That whenever any vacancy occurs on the above commit- tee that it shall be filled by the Selectmen.
ART. 34. Voted, That the Selectmen be recommended to grant no sixth class licenses to any druggist.
ART. 35. Voted, That the town pay $2 per day to all able- bodied men for work performed for the town, whether by contract or otherwise, and preference be given to the town's people, and that nine hours shall constitute a full day's work.
ART. 36. Voted, To raise and appropriate $500 for the sup- port of an evening school in Ward 2, and to place the expendi- ture of the same in the hands of the School Committee.
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ART. 37. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $100 to finish building Hawthorne Street from Cedar to Myrtle Street.
ART. 38. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $150 to work the street leading from Cain Avenue to connect with one con- templated, leading from Middle Street to Cain Avenue.
ART. 39. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200, for working the street running from Middle Street to Cain Avenue.
ART. 40. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500, for the further working of Chard Street.
ART. 41. Voted, That the article in relation to King Avenue be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 42. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to rebuild the bridge on Pond Street.
ART. 43. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to rebuild the bridge on Randolph Street.
ART. 44. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300, to rebuild the bridge on Park Street, near the Fair Grounds.
ART. 45. Voted, To refer this article in relation to the extension of White Street to the Selectmen, under the head of highway repairs.
ART. 46. Voted, That this article in relation to extending the . sidewalk near the house of Leonard Loud, and rebuilding the bridge near the house of Andrew Casey in Ward Five, be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 47. Voted, That this article in relation to extending the sidewalk on Randolph Street be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 48. Voted, That this article in relation to extending the main water pipe line on Columbian Street, from Main Street to Braintree line, be referred to the Water Commissioners.
ART. 49. Voted, That this article in relation to electric lights on Hollis and Randolph streets be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 50. Voted, To instruct the School Committee to close the schools during the days of the annual fair of the Weymouth Agri- cultural Society.
ART. 51. Voted, That this article in relation to sheathing the Engine House, he indefinitely postponed.
ART. 52. Voted, That this article in relation to building a hose house in Ward One be indefinitely postponed.
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ART. 53. Voted, That this article in relation to procuring a hose carriage for Lovell's Corner, be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 54. Voted, That the Board of Selectmen of this town are hereby instructed to endeavor to procure the enactment of a law authorizing towns, which are, or shall be divided into voting pre- cincts for the election of State officers to elect their respective town officers by voting therefor in their several precincts, and to make application for this purpose, in their discretion, to the present or next succeeding Legislature.
ART. 55. Voted, That this article in relation to digging clams on Weymonth Beach be referred to the Selectmen.
ART. 56. Voted, That the following report of the Selectmen upon a contemplated change of the voting precincts of the town be accepted and adopted, viz : -
SELECTMEN'S ROOM, ALMSHOUSE. WEYMOUTH. Feb. 15, 1892.
At a stated meeting of the board of Selectmen of Weymouth this day held as above, at which meeting all of the members of said board were present, it was unanimously voted, to report to the town at its next annual March meeting for the action of the town thereon certain contemplated changes of the voting precincts of said town as follows, namely : -
That Precinct Two as now constituted be divided into two pre- cincts by a line beginning in the middle of Broad Street on the easterly line of Precinct Three as now established, and thence run- ning easterly in the middle of the location of said Broad Street to its easterly termination at Commercial Square ; thence easterly across said square to the middle of the location of the westerly end of High Street and thence running easterly again by the middle line of the location of said High Street to the westerly line of the town of Hingham, and that the portion of Precinct Two as hereto- fore constituted, which lies north of the above described line of division, and which is bounded northerly by Precinct One, easterly by the town of Hingham, southerly by said line of division, and westerly by Precinct Three ; shall hereafter constitute a new voting precinct in said Weymouth, and shall be known as Precinct Num-
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ber Two. Also that the portion of Precinct Two, as now constitu- ted, which lies south of the above described line of division, and which is bounded northerly by said new Precinct Number Two, by the above described line of division, easterly by the town of Hing- ham, southerly by Precinct Four, and westerly by Precinct Three ;. in said Weymouth, shall hereafter constitute a new voting precinct. in said Weymouth, and shall be known as Precinct Number Six .. But that the voting precincts in said Weymouth numbered and. known respectively as Number One, Number Three, Number Four, and Number Five will remain without change as heretofore estab- lished. The number of legal voters in Precinct Number Two is 401 and in Precinct Number Six is 431. Witness our hands at Weymouth, on the day and year first above written.
J. CLARENCE HOWE. HENRY A. NASH. LEONARD V. TIRRELL. JOHN .P. BURRELL. GEO. H. BICKNELL.
Received and placed on file in the clerk's office of the town of Weymouth, Feb. 25, 1892.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
ART. 57. Voted, That the article in relation to electric lights on Central Street be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 58. Voted, That a committee to consist of the Fire Engi- neers and Water Commissioners be appointed to make an investi- gation of the subject, and that if in their judgment, it is expedient to put it in, they so do at an expense of not more than $2,500, and that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money for the same.
ART. 59. Voted, That this article in relation to Webb Street be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 60. That the article in relation to Summit Street, was not carried.
ART. 61. Voted, That the street running from Middle Street to Cain Avenue, accepted by the Town in 1891, be called Maple Street.
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ART. 62. Voted, That the street running from Cain Avenue to new street off Middle Street be called Laurel Street.
ART. 63. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of grading Neck Street.
ART. 64. Voted, That the sum of $5,500 be appropriated from the Corporation and National Bank Tax for the payment of a note of that amount due March 10, 1892.
Voted, To take up Article 3.
Voted, That Asa B. Pratt be elected Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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