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ART. 55. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- inen to sell the following described real estate, viz. : The Mrs. James B. Fratt estate, the school-house lot on Pleasant street, and the lot on Broad Street. and authorize the Treasurer to execute deeds for the same.
ART. 56. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for the payment of two notes for $3,000 and $2,500 respectively, becoming due the ensuing year.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to complete the working of Chard to its junc- tion with Commercial and Middle Streets.
ART. 58. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out a new street from Pleasant Street to Torrey Street.
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ART. 59. To see if the town will vote to accept the reportof the Selectmen, laying out a new street off Broad Street.
ART. 60. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out an extension of Phillips Street to Prospect Street.
ART. 61. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sect. 64 and the nine following sections of Chap. 27 of the Public Statutes of this Commonwealth as amended by Chap. 203 of the Acts of the Legislature of the year 1883, which authorize the election of Selectmen and of Overseers of the Poor for terms of three years, and of Assessors for terms of two or of three years.
ART. 62. To hear the report of the committee of fifteen per- sons, appointed by the town at its last annual March meeting, to consider and propose methods for economy in the expenditures of the town, and to act upon the recommendations of this report, and upon the subject matter, which the committee was appointed to consider.
ART. 63. By request to see if the town will appoint a committee to revise the By-Laws of the town, and report amendments at the next March meeting.
ART. 64. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the further working of Summit Street.
ART. 65. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the further working of King Avenue.
ART. 66. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to execute in its name and behalf a deed of release to the present owner, of its right to drain a portion of Pond Street, upon and over land formerly owned by Jacob Loud, deceased, near the junction of Derby Street with Pond Street. in case the Selectmen, after having secured a satisfactory substitute for said easement, at the expense of said owner, shall request him to execute such deed. .
ART. 67. By request of the Park Commissioners, To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of procuring a site on which Hon. Charles F. Adams may erect a memorial of the first We-sausset settlement.
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Polls will be 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-third day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH. GEORGE H. BICKNELL, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, HIRAM E. RAYMOND, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, Feb. 25, 1893.
Pursuant to the above order, I this day posted true and attested copies of this warrant in three and more public places in each ward of said town as therein directed.
B. F. RICHARDS,
Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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r 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 6, 1893, 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.
Voted, To close the polls at one o'clock P. M.
Voted, Not to reconsider the above vote.
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 for three years, 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 ? " 1
Voted, That at the close of the polls, we proceed with the several articles of the warrant in their regular order until five o'clock, and at that time all business left untransacted (except the counting of the ballots) shall be postponed to an adjourned meeting.
Voted, Not to reconsider the above vote.
The following election officers were appointed : -
Ballot Clerks, Win. S. Wallace (by the Selectmen), Harry W. Woodbury (by the Moderator, there being a vacancy). Tellers to check the names on the voting list, Frank M. Drown, H. Wilbar Dyer, F. F. Bullock, Patrick Corridan, and John A. Raymond.
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The above were all sworn by the Town Clerk, except Mr. Ray- mond, who. was sworn by the Moderator.
The following Constables and Police Officers were detailed for duty : -
Asa B. Pratt, Oliver Houghton, Michael Allen, Geo. B. Bailey, and George F. Vinson.
Asa B. Pratt was appointed by the Moderator as Teller, to run the ballot box.
The ballot box having been examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk, and found to be empty, and the indicator set on 0, the polls were declared open at 9.25 A. M.
By unanimous consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, it was deemed advisable to proceed to count the votes after five hundred and fifteen ballots had been cast.
At 1.30 o'clock P. M. the polls were deelared as closed by the Moderator, having been kept open four hours as the law requires.
The Moderator appointed the following additional tellers to assist in counting the ballots : -
John F. Hunt, Arthur E. Jackson, E. Q. S. Litchfield, and John F. Melville, all of whom were sworn by the Moderator. At this time Patrick Corridan resigned as a teller.
Voted, That in all questions of debate each speaker be limited to five minutes.
ART. 3. Voted, That a committee of five be appointed to nom- inate all officers not required to be elected by ballot. The fol- lowing were appointed on the committee : -
Z. L. Bicknell, Chas. Harvey, Otis B. Torrey, E. W. Hunt, and Frank H. Torrey.
ART. 4. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen as printed, after correcting the errors on pages 46, 69, and 87 (a copy of which is on file).
Voted, Not to accept this report of the School Committee.
Voted, That the Town Clerk read Chap. 44, Sect. 43, of the Public Statutes.
Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby it was voted not to accept the report of the School Committee.
Voted, To accept the report of the School Committee.
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Voted, To accept the remaining reports of the several boards of of town officers, as printed, also the following Supplementary Re- port of the Selectmen, of expenditures, from Dec. 31, 1892, to March 6, 1893.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
Object of expenditure.
Unexpended bal-
ance, Jan. 1,
Expended Jan. 1
Expended in ex-
cess to Jan. 1,
Unexpended
March 6, 1893.
Total excess to
March 6, 1883.
Schools
$9,260 88
$4,221 06
$5,039 82
Evening school
421 57
62 63
358 94
Highways, repairs
17 51
2,189 22
$327 62
$2,516 84
Land damage.
106 00
106 00 ·
Setting curbstone
14 07
14 07
Hawthorne Street
29
29
Chard Street ..
03
695 39
695 39
Front Street
50 00
50 00
Fire Department.
1,533 18
791 29
741 89
Police Department.
:60 23
246 42
513 81
Suppressing illegal sale intox- icating liqnors
334 73
334 73
-
Lockup. Ward 1
500 00
-
-
Town House
80 44
3 50
76 94
Printing and advertising ..
488 70
666 75
178 05
Tufts Library
206 89
206 89
-
Abatements and remittance of taxes.
584 76
54 10
530 66
Interest and discount
1,970 87
439 80
1,531 07
Electric lighting
1,293 72
823 64
470 08
Fire alarm system
15 00
15 00
Miscellaneous expenses.
1,426 20
469 23
956 97
State Aid, Chap. 301.
876 11
899 00
22 89
Military Aid, Ch. 279 and 447
1,668 18
149 00
1,519 18
666 08
New library building ..
14
-
14
Purchase of ancient records ..
20 00
202 29
202 29
Support of poor
1,444 23
1,476 07
31 84
$22,967 73
$13,177 33
$1,884 60
$12,356 40
$4,450 60
-
-
17 51
Removal of snow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Voted, To take up Article 62.
Voted, To hear the report of the committee of fifteen persons appointed by the town at its last annual meeting to consider and propose methods of economy in the expenditures of the town, etc.
. The report was read by Judge James Humphrey, Chairman of the Committee, which was as follows : -
The committee of fifteen citizens, appointed by the town at its last March meeting to investigate the system of management of
-
-
Printing valuations
01 22
31 22
Town officers
144 00
522 0S
20 00
Real estate bought for taxes ..
1893.
to date.
1893.
-
03
Hingham and Quincy bridges,
-
500 00
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town affairs, and to consider the salaries paid to town officers, and to report any changes which will result in benefit to the town and a reduction of expenses, respectfully submit the following : -
In entering upon this investigation your committee did not expect to find evidence of fraudulent, or even of lavish, expenditure of the funds of the town, neither did they believe that the town expected this : and they wish distinctly to disclaim any intention of imply- ing, by the recommendations herewith submitted, any charge or sus- picion of fraud or reckless waste on the part of any officer of the town. But your committee did understand that the town deemed that the present rate of taxation was so high as to be greatly prej- ucicial to its growth and prosperity, and that a remedy was to be sought by the practice, on the part of the town and its officers, of the most careful economy. It is not discreditable to our citizens that they desire the best schools. the best wrought and lighted streets, the best public buildings, the most capable and well-sala- ried officers. But it needs no argument to convince any intelligent person that Weymouth, with a valuation of six hundred dollars to each inhabitant, cannot safely measure its expenditures by the scale used in cities and towns whose ratio of valuation to popula- . , tion is from three to five times as large, and that therefore we must accept such quality in these essentials of civilization as we can pay for without impoverishment, or otherwise expect that the fate of . the private spendthrift will befall our ancient town.
In searching for some guide for their action in the attempt to reduce the expenses of the town, it was natural that your com- mittee should recur to the financial history of the recent past; and in comparing the expenditures of the last year, 1892, with those of the year 1882, we find that the increase has been very marked, both in the total sum raised and in the expenditures for certain specific purposes, for example : The total tax in 1882 being $91,358 and the tax for 1892 being $125,723 ; the expense of schools in 1882 (exclusive of salary of school committee) being $30,512, and those of 1892 being $42,695 ; the average membership of pupils in 1882 being seventy-two in excess of that for the year 1892, and the ex- penses for town officers in 1882 being $4,668 and in 1892 being $8,572.
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The committee are aware that a part of this increase has been caused by recent legislation, but in the judgment of the committee this cause, taken in connection with the very slow growth of the town in valuation and population, does not justify such an increase in expenditure ; and they propose the following changes in respect to the number of members constituting the several boards of town officers with the view of limiting the responsibility for the admin- istration of town affairs to a smaller number of persons, and thus, if possible, inspiring each with the idea that he is a representative of the whole and not of a fraction of the inhabitants of the town.
Your committee recommend that the voting precincts numbered " One " and "Three," respectively, constitute a ward in the town to be known as " Ward One "; that precincts "Two " and "Six" constitute a ward in the town to be known as " Ward Two," and that precincts " Four " and " Five " constitute a ward to be known as " Ward Three."
Also that the Board of Selectmen shall, after the present year, consist of three persons, and that the same persons be elected as a Board of Assessors and a Board of Overseers of the Poor, and that each of said boards shall consist of three persons only, and that the salary for these three boards of officers shall be three thousand dollars.
Also that the Board of School Committee be reduced from six members to three, in the manner provided by statute, and the reduction begin at the next annual March meeting.
Also that the town request said Boards of Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor to elect the town clerk to be the secre- tary of their respective boards, and that his salary as such secretary be five hundred dollars.
Also that the town direct the Board of Selectmen to establish an office in some convenient place and that office hours be established and published, during which some member or their secretary shall be in attendance.
By order of the Committee, JAMES HUMPHREY, Chairman. HERBERT W. SEARS, Secretary.
WEYMOUTH, March 3, 1893.
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Voted, To accept the report.
The Moderator appointed Benj. F. Smith and E. B. Nevins as tellers, sworn by the Moderator.
Voted, To strike out so much of the report as relates to dividing the town into wards:
Voted, That the remaining recommendations contained in the report be adopted.
Voted, To take up Article 5.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $41,000 for the sup- port of public schools, and superintendent for the ensuing year, and that one half of the money received for dog licenses, the income of the alewife fund, and such sums of money as may be received for the tuition of scholars who belong in other towns, be appropriated for the same purpose.
And to recommend that the school committee expend the sums appropriated in the following manner : for superintendent, $1,800 ; salaries of teachers, $27,500 ; janitors, fuel, and cleaning, $4,750 ; text books and supplies, $2,500 ; repairs, $3,800 ; miscellaneous expenses, $1,375 ; incidentals, $400,
Voted, That the money received from the Pratt Fund be ap- propriated for the purpose of establishing an evening school in the old sixth school district.
Voted, That when this meeting is adjourned, it be to Monday, March 13, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
Voted, To take up Article 32.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2.000, for the pur- pose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, to be placed in the hands of a committee to be appointed.
Voted, Not to reconsider the above vote.
Voted, That the money raised under this article be placed in the hands of the same committee who served last year.
Voted, To take up Article 53.
Voted, That a committee of one from each ward be appointed to confer with the Selectmen, in order to settle the suit that Mar- garet A. Hyland has against the town; the Moderator appointed the following persons on the above committee (who are to report
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at the adjourned meeting) : John A. Holbrook, Michael Sheehy, Wendell B. Clapp, Joseph F. Taylor, and F. Wilbur Dyer.
Voted, To take up Article 6.
Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to employ a Superintendent of Schools at a salary not exceeding $1,800.
Voted, To take up Article 41.
Voted. That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to employ a Superintendent of Streets who shall hold no other town office.
Voted, To take up Article 20.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to take into considera- tion the subject of Electric Lights, and see if Incandescent Lights cannot be substituted for Arc Lights now in use, and report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted, To take up Article 35.
Voted, To instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to peti- tion the Legislature of this Commonwealth, to authorize the town to issue bonds, notes, or scrip for the purposes mentioned in Sect. 4 of Chap. 174 of the Acts of the year 1881, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the amount here- tofore authorized for Water Loan.
Voted, To take up Article 58.
Voted, To lay this article on the table.
The committee appointed to nominate all officers not elected by ballot made the following report : -
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, AND BARK.
WARD ONE. Frank A. Lewis, John J. Lane, Wm. H. Cowen, N. Porter Keene.
WARD Two. T. H. Humphrey, Joshua Vinal, John F. Cush- ing, Waldo Turner.
WARD THREE. Walter F. Sanborn, J. F. Sherman, Henry W. Willoughby, John Cohen, John F. Condrick, Charles R. Trask, J. B. Rhines, Edward Billings.
WARD FOUR. F. Dexter Pratt, James Moore, Gilman B. Loud.
WARD FIVE. Quincy L. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Frank H. Rich- ards, Edward P. Paine.
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WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY.
WARD ONE. Frank A. Lewis, Frederick F. Soule, John J. Lane, Fred C. Fisher, J. J. Byrne, Wm. J. Coleman, George W. McLeod, Harry L. McLeod, J. Roland Orcutt, Clara Bellows.
WARD Two. T. H. Emerson, William Enwright, Lizzie. W. Canterbury.
WARD THREE. John F. Condrick, Henry A. Richards, Mar- shal R. Wright, James Lonegan, Charles R. Trask.
WARD FOUR. William Nash, Marshal P. Sprague.
WARD FIVE. Alvin Hollis, Frank H. Richards.
FENCE VIEWERS.
WARD ONE.
WARD Two. Joshua Vinal.
WARD THREE.
James Condrick, Horace Smith.
WARD FOUR. James Moore, George F. Maynard.
WARD FIVE. James A. Reed, Quincy L. Reed.
FIELD DRIVERS.
WARD ONE. Constables.
WARD Two. Asa B. Pratt, Nathaniel B. Peare, Daniel J. Pratt, Nehemiah Thayer.
WARD THREE. Constables.
WARD FOUR.
Constables.
WARD FIVE. Michael Allen, George W. Conant.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Asa B. Pratt.
POUND KEEPER. 1
James C. Wendall.
Voted, To accept and adopt the above report.
The Committee appointed to sort and count the ballots made the following report : -
Number of ballots found in the box . 1,477
Number registered on the ballot box . 1,510
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NUMBER OF NAMES CHECKED IN THE VOTING LISTS.
Precinct 1
. 166
Precinct 2
.
234
Precinct 3
. 419
Precinct 4
203
Precinct 5
173
Precinct 6
282
1,477
TOWN CLERK.
John A Raymond . . 1,076
Blanks
396
TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson
1,031
Blanks 441
SELECTMEN.
Francis H. Cowing .
666
William T. Spilsted 380
John F. Dwyer .
729
Leonard V. Tirrell . 668
J. Clarence Howe
741
Scattering
13
Henry A. Nash .
883
Blanks
2,329
Hiram E. Raymond
851
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Francis H. Cowing
651
William T. Spilsted 383
John F. Dwyer .
697
Leonard W. Tirrell 639
J. Clarence Howe
722
Scattering
8
Henry A. Nash
852
Blanks
2,585
Hiram E. Raymond
832
ASSESSORS.
John P. Burrell
867
Gilman B. Loud 740
Wilmot Cleverly
814
William T. Spilsted 320
Francis H. Cowing
625
Scattering
3
John F. Dwyer .
648
Blanks
2,629
J. Clarence Howe
711
.
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WATER COMMISSIONER.
Augustus J. Richards . 966
Blanks .
1,395
Geo. E. Porter . 1
/
AUDITORS.
Francis Ambler . . · 1,041
Scattering
10
Zechariah L. Bicknell . 1,034
Blanks
1,316
Ellis J. Pitcher
1,004
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Jacob B. Denbroeder
47 Fred Loud
1
Alfred O. Crawford .
34 Blanks
1,395
PARK COMMISSIONER.
Louis A. Cook 1,011
Blanks 459
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Joseph A. Cushing . 906 Scattering
9
James H. Flint
996 Blanks
1,047
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
James Humphrey
914
Scattering
50
Augustus J. Richards .
933
Blanks
2,409
F. Dexter Pratt
37
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen
797 Asa B. Pratt 885
George B. Bailey
857 Benjamin F. Richards . 846
George W. Conant
823
Isaac H. Walker 823
Thomas Fitzgerald ·
893 George W. White
888
George F. Maynard
900
Scattering
37
William F. Merchant .
797
Blanks
6,180
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Yes
604
Blanks
197
No. . 671
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The Moderator declared that the following persons, having re- ceived the largest number of votes, were duly elected to their respective offices to wit : -
Town Clerk. John A. Raymond, sworn in open town meeting by the Moderator.
Town Treasurer. John H. Stetson.
SELECTMEN.
John F. Dwyer. J. Clarence Howe. Henry A. Nash.
Hiram E. Raymond. Leonard V. Tirrell.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Francis H. Cowing. John F. Dwyer. J. Clarence Howe.
Henry A. Nash.
Hiram E. Raymond.
ASSESSORS.
John P. Burrell. Wilmot Cleverly. John F. Dwyer.
J. Clarence Howe.
Gilman B. Loud.
WATER COMMISSIONER. Augustus J. Richards.
AUDITORS.
Francis Ambler. Zechariah L. Bicknell.
Ellis J. Pitcher.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. Jacob B. Denbroeder.
PARK COMMISSIONER. Louis A. Cook.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Joseph A. Cushing. James H. Flint.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
James' Humphrey. Augustus J. Richards.
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CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen.
William F. Merchant ..
George B. Bailey. 1 Asa B. Pratt.
George W. Conant.
Benjamin F. Richards ..
Isaac H. Walker.
George W. White.
Voted, To adjourn (Tuesday, March 7, 5.45 A. M.).
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
The adjourned annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall on Monday, March 13, 1893, the meeting being called to order at 2 o'clock P. M., by Louis A. Cook, Esq., Mo lerator.
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.
Voted, To take up Article 7.
Voted, To raise and appropriate $13,500 for the repairs of high- ways, townways, and bridges, $500 for Hingham and Quincy bridges, $2,500 for removing snow, and 9,500 for general repairs.
ART. 8. Voted, That the sum of $10,000 be raised and appropri- ated for the support of poor for the ensuing year, and to appro- priate $4,000 for payments on account of aid rendered to the poor belonging in other places, $2,000 of this sum being to cover deficiency of an appropriation for 1892, and $2,000 for 1893.
ART. 9. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $6,400 for State and Military Aid, and for relief to disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen. $5,800 to be expended under Chap. 301, and $600 under Chap. 279, of the Acts of 1890.
ART. 10. Voted, That the sum of $4,000 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Thomas Fitzgerald.
George F. Maynard.
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ART. 11. Voted, That the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropri- ated for police.service for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $2,000 for Tufts Library for the ensuing year, and that one half the money received for dog licenses be appropriated for the same purpose.
ART. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the abatement and remittance of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 14. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
ART. 15. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $1,500 for printing and advertising for the ensuing year.
ART. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,700 for the payment of miscellaneous expenses for the ensuing year.
Voted, That the authorities release Martin Flynn from Dedham jail, now imprisoned for non-payment of taxes.
ART. 17. Voted, That the sum of $5,800 be raised and appro- priated for payment of town officers for the ensuing year, and that of this sum the Board of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor receive $2,500 ; the Assessors, $1,100 ; the Town Treasurer, $400 ; the Town Clerk, $125, and the Auditors, $30. in payment for services and expenses incurred in the town of Weymouth, travelling expen- ses outside of Weymouth on town business to be paid by the town, and that the School Committee receive compensation for monthly meeting, and amounts paid out by them for actual expenses.
ART. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate $400 for Memorial Day, May 3, 1893.
ART. 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate $150 for the care and repair of the Town House for the ensuing year.
ART. 20. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for electric lighting; and that a committee of three from each ward be appointed to take into consideration the whole subject. of electric lighting for the town, and report at a future meeting.
The following persons were appointed by the Moderator : -
Nathan D. Canterbury.
John Carroll.
Thomas F. Kelly. Lysander Healy.
M. C. Dizer.
Ellis J. Pitcher.
Henry B. Reed.
Francis H. Fearing.
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Geo. F. Maynard.
David J. Pierce.
Geo. H. Bicknell.
John Ford.
Henry A. Richards.
Francis A. Bicknell.
Geo. J. Ries.
ART. 21. Voted, That the Treasurer be and is hereby author- ized and directed, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily, 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.
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