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Art. 58. To hear and act on the report of the committee chosen at the last annual town meeting to purchase a stone crusher, etc., and raise or appropriate any money which may be necessary to carry out the recommendations of said report.
Art. 59. On petition of E. S. Wright and others : "To see if the town will indemnify Christopher P. Tower, on account of expenses incurred and loss of time from injuries received, by being thrown from the road-scraper about one and one-half years ago, incapacitating him from performing any labor since."
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 said fourth day of March next.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the first day of March next.
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Given under our hands, at Weymouth, this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
BRADFORD HAWES, HENRY A. NASH, NELSON W. GARDNER, C. E. BICKNELL, GORDON WILLIS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
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 in said town, as herein required.
B. F. RICHARDS, Constable of Weymouth.
February 23, 1895.
A true copy.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
TOWN HALL, WEYMOUTH, MARCH 4, 1895.
A meeting of the Registrars of Voters was held at the Town Hall this evening for the purpose of canvassing the returns of votes cast in the several Precincts for Town Officers, and found that the following persons having received the largest number of votes cast, were declared elected to their respective offices, viz .- TOWN CLERK. John A. Raymond. TOWN TREASURER. John H. Stetson.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Charles E. Bicknell,
Bradford Hawes,
Nelson W. Gardner, George L. Newton, Gordon Willis.
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Wilmot Cleverly, Bradford Hawes,
ASSESSORS. Francis H. Cowing, Frank D. Thayer Gordon Willis. WATER COMMISSIONER. Thomas H. Humphrey. AUDITORS. David J. Pierce,
John W. Bates,
George E. Reed.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. George C. Torrey. PARK COMMISSIONER. Elias S. Beals.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Amos W. Blanchard, Henry A. Thomas.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Zechariah L. Bicknell, Charles P. Hunt, Frank H. Mason.
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen,
George B. Bailey.
Francis A. Caldwell,
Thomas Fitzgerald,
George F. Maynard,
Nathaniel B. Peare,
Asa B. Pratt,
Benjamin F. Richards,
Isaac H. Walker,
George W. White.
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING
LIQUORS.
Yes .
591 No .
867
Blanks .
258
The result of . the ballot was as follows :-
TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCTS.
TOTAL
1
2
4
5
6
John A. Raymond.
205
228
300
159
216
215 1323
H. Franklin Perry
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
64
45
120
27
53
83
392
Total
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
197
TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson.
185
213
282
157
222
190 1249
John E. Stoddard.
.0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank.
84
60
138
29
47
108
466
Total
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
SELECTMEN.
Charles E. Bicknell .
158
149
311
143
180
125 1066
William. W. Burke.
10
12
84
15
26
39
186
Nelson W. Gardner
107
168
133
92
138
219
857
Bradford Hawes.
149
170
261
169
195
138 1082
Henry A. Nash
137
128
168
63
93
103
692
George L. Newton
203
163
101
72
116
140
795
J. Roland Orcutt.
37
33
35
10
36
40
191
James H. Packard .
18
20
49
26
65
30
208
John Phillips ..
18
8
110
11
11
20
178
Gordon Willis.
158
162
262
160
211
144 1097
Abner D. Stowell.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank.
350
352
590
169
274
492 2227
Total.
1345 1365 2105
930
1345 1490 8580
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Charles E. Bicknell.
153
156
300
138
170
130 1047
William W. Burke.
11
12
49
14
29
37
152
Nelson W. Gardner.
105
160
139
94
137
209
844
Bradford Hawes
148
172
246
161
186
133 1046
Henry A. Nash.
126
118
181
51
85
99
660
George L. Newton
190
164
106
78
117
138
793
J. Roland Orcutt.
36
30
27
10
37
35
175
James H. Packard.
19
22
42
25
62
30
200
John Phillips.
19
11
106
12
12
20
180
Gordon Willis ..
155
157
257
155
214
146 1084
Abner D. Stowell
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
383
363
651
192
296
513 2398
Total.
1345 1365 2105
930 1345 1490 8580
198
ASSESSORS.
William W. Burke
13
15
63
15
28
51
185
Wilmot Cleverly .
187
186
200
107
161
155
996
Francis H. Cowing
141
175
243
98
153
133
943
Bradford Hawes. .
151
176
235
164
188
159
1073
James H. Packard
26
30
44
29
60
32
221
Jolm Phillips.
21
14
128
14
11
24
212
Josiah H. Pratt.
59
23
39
7
24
21
173
Frank D. Thayer.
133
163
170
90
160
148
864
Gordon Willis.
159
164
252
160
196
157 1088
Franklin D. Thayer.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Matthew W. Lynch
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
455
419
729
246
364
610 2823
Total
1345 1365 2105
930
1345 1490 8580
WATER COMMISSIONER.
John E. Inkley .
21
33
75
25
25
49
228
Thomas H. Humphrey . . .
177
184
229
126
180
162
1058
Blank ..
71
56
117
35
64
87
430
Total
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
AUDITORS.
John W. Bates.
131
178
201
103
150
163
926
David J. Pierce .
165
169
224
119
186
157 1020
George E. Reed.
166
178
234
125
188
155 1046
W. H. White.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
W. Abbott Howe.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Leonard F. Wolfe.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank.
345
294
601
211
283
419 2153
Total
807
819 1263
558
807
894 5148
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
George C. Torrey. .
198
209
285
163
223
202 1280
H. Franklin Perry .
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Willard H. Dunbar
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
71
64
134
23
46
96
434
Total
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
199
PARK COMMISSIONER.
Elias S. Beals.
190
199
275
134
185
180
1163
John W. Tirrell.
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Jeremiah Spencer
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
79
73
145
52
84
118
551
Total.
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Amos W. Blanchard. . . 173
183
275
135
191
168 1125
Henry A. Thomas
182
199
274
151
222
186 1214
Rev. W. H. Hyatt.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
William W. Burke
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
John C. Fraser
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank.
183
164
290
86
125
242
1090
Total
538
546
842
372
538
596 3432
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE
YEARS.
Zechariah L. Bicknell.
179
219
273
132
188
201 1192
Charles P. Hunt.
170
185
282
131
185
175 1128
Frank H. Mason
169
182
274
133
184
174 1116
Frank D. Thayer.
0
0
0
0)
1
0
1
James Hennessy.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Nathaniel Chandler
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Geo. H. Hyatt
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank ..
289
233
431
162
249
344 1708
Total
807
819 1263
558
807
894 5148
CONSTABLE.
Michael Allen .
112
125
181
88
161
124
791
George B. Bailey .
135
145
193
131
186
140
930
Francis A. Caldivell. .
127
129
160
92
162
101
771
George W. Conant ..
. .
41
48
69
68
127
55
408
Thomas Fitzgerald ..
122
148
287
101
147
172
977
George F. Maynard. .
149
185
197
139
172
172
1014
Nathaniel B. Peare .
146
185
194
109
158
197
989
William T. Reilly.
21
25
64
45
87
57
299
Asa B. Pratt. .
146
193
200
109
146
174
968
Benjamin F. Richards. .
174
159
197
98
160
137
925
Isaac H. Walker.
187
152
173
92
151
134
889
George W. White.
149
161
238
108
175
137
968
J. Edward Boyle.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
William F. Connor.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
.
..
..
200
Ed. Howley ..
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
William Tobin.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
James J. Mahoney.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Patrick Bently.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Blank. .
.1181 1075 2051
680
858 1380
7225
Total
2690 2730 4210 1860 2690 2980 17160
LICENSE.
Yes
63
64
170
80
93
121
591
No.
152
185
181
87
126
136
867
Blank.
54
24
70
19
50
41
258
Total
269
273
421
186
269
298 1716
A true copy.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, March 11, 1895 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, That the several articles of the warrant be taken up in their regular order.
Voted, Not to reconsider the above vote.
Voted, That no speaker be allowed to speak . more than five minutes at any one time.
Art. 2. Voted, That a committee of three from each Ward be appointed by the Moderator, to nominate all officers not required to be elected by ballot.
The following were appointed :
Ward 1-B. F. Smith, Calvin Terry, Ancil Burrell.
Ward 2-Michael Sheehy. H. E. Raymond, Charles H. Pratt. Ward 3-William H. Clapp, A. P. Worthen, John E. Hunt.
Ward 4-H. W. Dyer, Lysander Heald, Wm. B. Hersey.
Ward 5-Jos. D. Sargent, Geo. R. Bowker, Fletcher W. Howe.
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Art. 3. Voted, To accept the following supplementary report of the Selectmen of expenditures from Dec. 31, 1894 to Mar. 4, 1895.
.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FROM DECEMBER 31, 1894, TO MARCH 4, 1895.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Unexpended Jan.
Expended Jan. 1
Expended in ex-
cess to Jan. 1.
Deed of appro-
priation, March
Total excess of
expenditure to
March 4.
Support of schools.
$8.520 92
$4,660 98
..
$3,859 94
Hunt school, heating, etc ....
668 72
. .
..
. .
668 72
....
Evening school, Ward 2 ....
364 97
.. . .
364 97
....
Conveying scholars Summer street.
from
71 00
25 00
46 00
....
295 01
spec al appropriation.
35 15
..
. .
35 15
....
removal of snow.
2.097 17
773 47
...
1,323 70
. .
. .
...
....
20 00
1,129 40
Police department ....
1,737 95
412 75
.. . .
1,325 20
....
Suppressing illegal sale of in- toxicating liquors
36 53
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
11 97
....
Printing and advertising
686 43
720 48
. .
..
...
34 05
Tufts Library ..
600 00
300 00
....
300 00
....
Abatement and remittances of taxes.
336 63
42 78
29 85
....
Park commissioners.
952 32
952 32
....
Interest and discount.
1,383 21
362 50
...
..
.
3,092 00
886 98
Miscellaneous expenses.
2,336 87
939 23
1,397 64
State Aid, Chan. 301.
...
1,085 00
14 85
...
Military Aid, Chap. 279.
207 84
148 00
59 84
Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 447 ..
36 00
Town officers. .
1,692 46
554 75
1,137 71
Steam roller, crusher, etc ...
2,000 00
....
2,000 00
1,119 50
1,861 61
....
..
$28,374 58
$12,999 34
$3.347 29
$17,390 63
$5,364 68
. .
120 23
$174 78
..
45 66
Hingham and Quincy bridges
40 00
40 00
20 00
Fire department
1,302 29
172 89
Hose carriage, Ward 4.
350 00
350 00
. .
36 53
....
Lock-up, Ward 1.
500 00
500 00
....
Town House.
11 97
. .
..
..
1,020 71
3,092 00
Bills payable. .
Electric lighting.
1.320 65
433 67
1,099 85
36 00
Poor account ...
BRADFORD HAWES,
HENRY A. NASH,
NELSON W. GARDNER,
C. E. BICKNELL, GORDON WILLIS,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, March 4, 1895.
. .
Highways, repairs.
setting curbstone
45 66
Land damage
1, 1895
to date.
4, 1895.
742 11
202
Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen as printed (ex- cept the Jury List) after making the following changes : on page 44 (highways) Joshua Shaw, $2.00 should be Jackson Shaw, on page 62 (removing snow), George Ruggles, 14 hours, at 25c., $3.50, should be George Briggs.
Voted, To accept the Jury List as printed.
Voted, to accept the remaining reports of the several boards of town officers as printed.
The committee appointed at the last annual meeting, to con- sider the subject of the consolidation of the North and South High Schools reported as follows :
The committee appointed under this vote have held several meetings and have listened to suggestions from members of the School Board, Superintendent of Schools and others, and report that in their judgment it is advisable to consolidate our High Schools but that it is not practicable to do so at the present time.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
The Committee on By-Laws asked for further time.
Voted, That it be granted.
Voted, That a committee consisting of one from each Ward, be apponted by the Moderator, to investigate the matter of keep- ing two teams at the Town Farm or any other matter in relation to the same.
The following were appointed as the committee :-
John. F. Dwyer, Jacob F. Dizer,
Lawrence A. Blanchard, Charles Hawes, Francis A. Bicknell.
The Committee appointed to investigate the charges preferred by two of the former Selectmen against the Committee to enforce the liquor laws, presented their report in print.
Voted, That it be accepted.
Art. 4. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $41,000 for the support of the public schools, and appropriate one half the dog tax, the alewife fund, and the tuition of non-resident pupils, for the same purpose for the ensuing year.
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Art. 5. Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to em- ploy a Superintendent of Schools.
Art. 6. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the repairs of highways, townways, and bridges $1,500 for the removal of snow, and $1,000 for Hingham and Quincy bridge.
Art. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate $12,000 for the sup- port of the poor, and appropriate $2,000 for the same purpose, for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate $3,000 for payment of State and Military aid, and for relief under Chap. 447 of the Acts of 1890, $700 of this amount to be applied under Chap. 279 $1,000 under Chap. 301 and $1,300 under Chap. 447 and to appropriate $640 under Chap. 279 and $6,290 under Chap. 301 for the same purpose.
Art. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate $4,500 for the support of the fire department and to procure an $800 hook and ladder truck for Ward Five, and to appropriate the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the fire department of 1894 for the same purpose.
Art. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate $3500 for Police service, and to appropriate the unexpended balance of last year for the same purpose, and that the Selectmen be instructed to use $200 of the same for the protection of fish and game.
Art. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate $2,000 for Tufts Library, and to appropriate one half of the dog tax and the rents of the Library building.
Art. 12. Voted, To raise and appropriate $800 for the abate- ment and remittance of taxes.
. Art. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate $2,700 for the pay- ment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 14. Voted, To raise and appropriate $1,300 for printing and advertising.
Art. 15. Voted, To raise and appropriate $2,500 for miscella- neous expenses for the ensuing year.
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Art. 16. Voted, To raise add appropriate $5,500 for the pay- ment of Town Officers. The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health to receive $2,600, the Assessors $1,100, also a sum not exceeding $200 for clerk hire, Town Clerk, $125, Town Treasurer, $450, Auditors, $30, School Committee for ser- vices and expenses, $350.
Art. 17. Voted, to raise and appropriate $400 for Memorial Day.
Art. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the care and repair of the Town house for the ensuing year.
Article 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500 for electric lighting for the ensuing year.
Art. 20. 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 for the said taxes.
Art. 21. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $7,000 for hydrants, water rents and the care of drinking fountains, for the ensuing year.
Art. 22. Voted, To appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $25,720 to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $17,120 for the interest on the Weymouth water loan, becoming due the ensuing year ; $2,700 for salaries of the superintendent of the works and engineer at the pumping station ; $2,200 for maintenance of the works, and $3,700 for all other necessary expenses.
Art. 23. Voted, To appropriate from the income of the water rates for the current year, the sum $8,560, 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.
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Art. 24. Voted, That the town appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line, from any money in the treasury to the credit of water works.
Art. 25. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,394.72 for deficiences and overdrafts in 1894 as follows: $295.01 for repairing highways, $45.06 for setting curbstones, $20.00 land damage, $34.05 printing and advertising and $1,000 for the poor and to appropriate $3,092 for bills payable.
Art. 26. 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 6 per cent. per annum.
Art. 27. Voted, That a committee consising of one from each Ward be appointed by the Moderator, to nominate a committee on appropriations to consist of three from each Ward and to re- port at the next annual meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following :-
Geo. E. Porter,
John H. Stetson,
Henry A. Nash, Jr., Adoniram Vining, Marshall C. Dizer.
The Committee made the following nominations, viz ;-
Ward 1-James Humphry, Frank H. Torrey, Henry A. Nash. Ward 2-James J. Mahoney, John W. Bates, Z. L. Bicknell. Ward 3-John W. Hart, Francis Ambler, Chas. P. Hunt. Ward 4-James Moore, Charles Hawes, John Blanchard. Ward 5-Minot Tirrell, Herbert W. Sears, Henry B. Reed. Voted, That they be accepted.
Art. 28. Voted, That the Selectmen act as Attorneys to de- fend the town in any suit which may be brought against it.
Art. 29. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000 for the payment of a note for that amount becoming due the en- suing year.
Art. 30. Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to grant no sixth class licences to any druggist.
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Art. 31. Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
The Moderator appointed the following Tellers and admin- istered the oath to them, viz. :-
E. B. Nevin and W. T. Rice.
Art. 32. In relation to a new Town Hall, a motion was made under this article, but was not carried.
Art. 33. Voted, That this article in relation to building a high school building at Weymouth Center, be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 34. Voted, That the consideration of this article in rela- tion to the watering of the streets be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 35. Voted, To raise and appropriate $600 for working the relocation of Bridge street, as laid out by the County Com- missioners, and that this and all other special appropriations for the working of new streets made at this meeting shall be adver- tised and done by contract by the lowest responsible bidder.
Art. 36. Voted, To raise and appropriate $500 for the con- struction of the street, off Sea street, accepted by the town at the last annual meeting.
Art. 37. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500, to work the street leading from Pleasant street, which was accepted by the town at the last annual meeting.
Art. 38. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $600, to be added to the amount appropriated for highways, and that it be expended on Lake street, under the direction of the Superintendent of streets.
Art. 39. Voted, That this article in relation to draining Com- mercial square, be referred to the Superintendent of Streets.
Art. 40. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300, to complete the sidewalk on the East side of Middle street, between Hillside avenue and Bates estate.
Art. 41. Voted, To lay this article on the table.
Art. 42. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300, for the purpose of working the extension of Phillips street to Prospect street as laid out and accepted by the Town.
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Art. 43. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $100, to complete the working of the widening of Torrey's lane.
Art. 44. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of working the re-location of Front street, as laid out by the County Commissioners.
Art. 45. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to complete Tower avenue, Ward 5.
Art. 46. This article having been acted on in connection with Article 9, it was voted that the Chief Engineer, engineer in Ward 5 and Foreman of the Resolute Hook and Ladder Co., constitute a committee to purchase the hook and ladder truck already voted to purchase.
Art. 47. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of purchasing a hose carriage or wagon for the use of Hose Co. No. 7 of the Weymouth Fire Department.
Art. 48. This article in relation to the town establishing and maintaining an electric`plant was not carried.
Art. 49. Voted, that this article in relation to the placing of electric lights on Pond street, be referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 50. Voted, To appropriate a sum sufficient to place a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the grave of each Revolutionary soldier or sailor buried in this town, the expense not to exceed one dollar each.
Voted, That a committee be appointed by the Moderator to carry the above vote into effect.
The Moderator appointed the following, Moses R. Greeley, Geo. L. Newton, Geo. F. Maynard, John W. Bates, Chas. E. Bicknell.
Art. 51. Voted, That the Selectman in each ward be requested to keep a list of all residents of the town who may apply for work on the town roads, and draw upon such list from time to time as they may require. A list of horse and cart owners shall in like- manner be kept and drawn from as required. All persons in em- ploy shall be paid directly by the Selectman of each ward, who shall take their individual receipt therefor.
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Art. 52. Voted, That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to pay $2.00 per day to all able-bodied men for work performed for the town, whether by contract or otherwise, and that preference be given residents of the town, especially to men of families ; and that nine hours constitute a day's work.
Furthermore, that nothing in this motion shall be construed so as to prevent the employment of person not able-bodied, at a lower rate of compensation. The same to also apply to horses and carts.
Art. 53. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen on the re-location of Cedar street.
Voted, To take Art. 41 from the Table.
Art. 41. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the working of the re-location of Cedar street.
Art. 54. Voted, To appoint a committee of five, to ascertain the probable cost of making surveys of the boundary and street lines of the town preparatory to the making of a correct map of Weymouth, and report at the next annual meeting.
Art. 55. Voted, That the article in relation to the re-setting of the curbstone on Washington street, be referred to the Superin- tendent of Streets.
Art. 56. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for the purpose of building a retaining wall on Broad street opposite the Hunt schoolhouse.
Art. 57 .. Voted, That the article in relation to electric lights on Union street, be referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 58. Stone crushers : Several motions were made under this article but none were carried.
Voted, That the Selectmen act as Superintendent of Streets.
Art. 59. In relation to the claim of Christopher P. Tower. Motion, To refer this matter to the Selectmen, and to recommend that if, in their judgment the case is deserving compensation not exceeding $200 shall be made from any available funds in the treasury.
Voted, To take up Art. 3.
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Voted, To reconsider the vote, whereby the matter of electric lights were referred to the Selectmen, and that instead, such matters shall be referred to the same committee who served last year, also, that said committee make no contracts for over one year, and that any contract they may have made, they be allowed to cancel.
Voted, That the following report of the Committee appointed to nominate minor officers, be accepted.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Solomon Ford, Joshua Vinal, Quincy L. Reed, James Condrick, Gilman B. Loud.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY.
Frank A. Lewis, Geo. W. McLeod, Leon R. Johnston, Wm. M. Reamy, John F. Condrick, Marshall R. Wright, Fred F. Soule, Frank C. Fisher, J. Roland Orcutt, T. H. Emerson, Henry A. Richards, James Lonergan, Wm. J. Coleman, J. J. Byrne, Clara Bellows, Lizzie W. Canterbury, Aug. J. Richards, Chas. R Trask, Wilton A. Loud, Frank H. Richards, Wm. G. Nash, Alvin Hollis, Marshall P. Sprague, Quincy L. Reed.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
Frank A. Lewis, N. Porter Keene, John F. Cushing, Walter F. . Sanborn, John B. Rhines, Henry A. Richards, Gilman B. Loud, John J. Lane, Thomas H. Humphrey, Waldo Turner, J. F. Sher- man, Edward Billings, Marshall R. Wright, Frank H. Richards, Wm. H. Cowen, Joshua Vinal, John W. Bates, Chas. R. Trask, Aug. J. Richards, Joseph Cummings, Alvin Hollis, Quincy Reed, Quincy L. Reed.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Benj. F. Richards, Asa B. Pratt, Amos O. Sprague, Frank A. Caldwell, Isaac H. Walker, Geo. W. White, Geo. B. Bailey, Geo. F. Maynard, Arthur H. Pratt, Thomas Fitzgerald, Michael Allen.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Asa B. Pratt.
POUND KEEPER. James C. Wendall.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended Louis A. Cook, Esq., for the able and impartial manner in which he has conducted this meeting.
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