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. Weymouth.
" 28 Deborah A. H. (Dyer) Jones, wid. of Moses 71 10 ·
Railway accident
. Braintree. ·
" 31 Marion E. (Brown) Sherman, wife of Frank A. 19 .
2 23 Complications ·
·
Oct. 3 Norma L. Pray
3 Josiah Bates
5 Hanora (Crawford) O'Rourke, wife of John 35 .
Heart disease
. Ireland. .
6 Eli H. Estes .53 8 19 Probably heart disease .
6 |Henry J. French . 78 3 17 Pneumonia
. Weymouth. .
7 Sarah (Spear) Raymond, wid. of
Elezear . 70
5 18|Cancer of breast
. Weymouth. .
Boylston.
" 11 |James M. Richards . 79
19 William White . 84
" 25 Claus Ahlf 62 7 19 Heart disease .
" 28 Georgianna (Thayer) Jordan, wid. of Alex. S. . 76 11 21 |Cancer .
9 30 Heart failure .
3 11 Valvular disease of heart ·
Weymouth.
. Boston.
Germany.
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. Gardner, Me. Weymouth.
3 26 Cholera infantum .
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74 11 9 Strangulated hernia .
. Weymouth. 198
Charlestown.
1
Age.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Duxbury. 1
11 Mary A. (Kelley) Northey, wid. of Ebenezer 83 .
22 Heart disease ·
Nov. 1 Mary (Tracy) Matthews, wid. of John . . 70|11|12 |Chronic rheumatism and old age
2 Abbie A. (Tirrell) Wendall, wife of James C. . 57 8 15 Chronic pneumonia. ·
66 4 Deborah (Porter) Bicknell, wid. of Quincy L. . 5 Caroline (Burrell) Thomas, wid. of James Jr.
. 82 10 21 Internal cancer
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7 Ann M. (Ellis) Crane, wid. of Seth. 72
7 Isaac N. Hollis .
.90
4 25 Old age. ·
.56 5 26 Typhoid fever and heart failure
11 Lewis P. Waite
88 11 11 Ossification of heart
11 Alice K. (Reed) Rawlins, wife of Elvin G. S. 41
66 13 Joseph D. Gardner . .. 73 3 9 Cerebral softening . .
13 Henry M. Peterson . .
20 8 15 Phthisis pulmonalis
66 13|John W. Hart. 60 · ·
15 Catherine (Shea) Desmond, wife of John .68
" 20 Arthur F. Burbank . . 43 .
26 Lorenzo T. Brown . 71 .
" 26 Lucy E. (Pierce) Moore, wid. of James. .
66|
" 27 Charles D. Goodwin, Jr. .
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11 3 Enteritis and convulsions .
. Weymouth.
. 56 3 21 Paralytic insanity .
Ireland. .
. Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
. Milton. . Weymouth. Braintree. . Weston, Vt. 199
Vermont.
Hingham. .
Weymouth. · Ireland. .
. Ireland. Cohasset. . E. Bridgewater.
Strafford, Vt.
. Weymouth.
" 27 Alberta McDonald . .
" 30 William S. Harrington
Embolism . .
6 1 Tubercular peritonitis
.
1 2 Mitral insufficiency.
5 Cancer .
8 18 Whooping cough and bronchitis
. Marshfield. .
.
. 75| 1| 9 |Paralysis. 3 12 Consumption.
9 George Thayer ·
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3|28 Cancer of breast .
1 27 Arterial embolism in the brain
DEATHS-Continued.
Date of Death, '97
Name.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M.
D.
Dec. 6|Cyrus Loud
70
14 Valvular disease of heart ·
Weymouth.
" 13 Edmund R. Sylvester
" 17 Frederick W. Northey
35 .
6
4 Accidental fall from a wagon seat
. Weymouth. Carver. .
200
" 28 Sarah (Otis) Ford, wife of Na- · thaniel . .
. Scituate.
" 29 Dominick A. Hart . ·
.
53 4 25 Cancer of the rectum . Disease of liver
. Ireland.
" 31 Thomas E. McCarthy
.
.
41
8 12 Appendicitis · Weymouth.
" 31 George Bates . ·
· 82
12 Idropathic dilitation of heart . . Weymouth.
31 Jeremiah Bates .
·|71 |10|13 Peritonitis
.
.
. Weymouth.
.
.
4 Intestinal obstruction .
·
Weymouth.
" 23 Ebenezer Cole
64
9 Bright's disease
" 24 Mary E. Barrett .
.
30
9 Suppuration peritonitis, due to fecal impaction.
. Weymouth.
. 88 10 28 Old age ·
. Ireland.
31 Patrick Kenney
75 .
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.
Age.
-
201
Number of marriages recorded in the town of Weymouth for the year 1897 :
Where one or both parties were residents of the
town
87
Non-residents
4
Total
91
Number of births :
Males .
121
Females
122
Total
243
Number of deaths :-
Males .
104
Females
99
Total
203
Excess of births over deaths.
40
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JOHN A. RAYMOND,
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Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 31, 1898.
TOWN RECORDS FOR 1897.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Wey- mouth, in said County; GREETING : -
In the name of said Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective voting precincts, to wit :
In precincts numbered One, Three, Five and Six, in the halls of the Fire Engine houses located respectively in those precincts ; in precinct numbered Two, at Odd Fellows' Opera House, and in precinct numbered Four, at the Hose House at Lovell's Corner, on Monday, the First day of March next, at six o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there, to bring in to the Wardens of their several precincts, their votes on one ballot, for 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, two School Committee for three years, Park Commissioner for three years, Park Commissioner for one year for the unexpired term of Elias S. Beals, deceased, and three Trustees of the Tufts Library for three years ; and 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?"
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The polls will open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants, qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town House in said town, on Monday the Eighth Day of March, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all other necessary town officers except those elected by ballot.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of town officers, and of any committee appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
Art. 4. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools.
. Art. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Committee to employ a superintendent of schools.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways and bridges.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to ap- propriate for the payment of state aid, military aid, and for relief under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890, to disabled soldiers' and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers' and seamen, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Art. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the fire department.
Art. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
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Art. 12. On petition of the Fish and Game Club of East Wey- mouth : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the enforcement of any and all laws in regard to illegal taking of fish or killing song and other birds.
Art. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to ' raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement and remittance of taxes.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600 for election expenses.
Art. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care and repair of the town house.
Art. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
Art. 23. To see if the inhabitants will authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow such sums of money, in anticipation of taxes, as will be found necessary to meet the current expenses of the year.
Art. 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise. and appropriate for hydrants and for water rent and care of drinking fountains.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $25,- 000, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $17,600 for interest on the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds becoming due the
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ensuing year; $2,700 for salaries of the Superintendent of the works and engineer at the pumping station ; $1,700 for mainten- ance of the works, and $3,000 for all other necessary expenses.
Art. 26. To see if the town will appropriate and direct to be paid to the trustees of the Sinking Fund, out of the income of water rates for the current year, the sum of $8,800 to be set apart and invested as a Sinking Fund for the payment, at maturity, of the principal of the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds.
Art. 27. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
Art. 28. To see if the town will empower its Board of Water Commissioners to contract in behalf of the town, temporarily to supply water to extinguish fires, generate steam, and for domestic and other uses, to any municipal or private corporation, which is now authorized, by statute, to furnish water for such uses, to the inhabitants of any municipality adjacent to this town, upon such terms as said Board shall deem just and reasonable.
Art. 29. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, to provide for any de- ficiencies in the appropriations for the current year, or for any overdraft already made.
Art- 30. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes re- maining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Art. 31. To choose a committee on appropriations, to report at the next annual meeting.
Art. 32. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to act as attorneys, to defend the town in any suit that may be brought against it.
Art. 33. To see if the town will recommend the granting of sixth-class licenses to all druggists in the town, or act in any manner in relation to the same.
Art. 34. To see if the town will authorize the Trustees of the Tufts Library to negotiate leases, and the Town Treasurer to exe- cute them in its name and behalf, of the rooms in the basement of the library building, now used as stores, for terms not exceed- ing ten years from the expiration of the present leases.
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Art. 35. To see if the town will purchase a site and erect and furnish a High School building thereon adequate for the use of a Union High School, embracing all pupils of the town, properly qualified, who shall desire to attend it; and will raise by a loan, and appropriate to those uses, a sum sufficient for the purpose, with provision for a sinking fund which will discharge such loan at maturity ; and will take all other action necessary or proper to carry into effect the foregoing propositions.
Art. 36. On petition of William Nash and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000, or any other sum, to build and furnish a suitable school building at Nash's Corner.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to raise by borrowing and appropriate $5,233, the amount awarded for land damages in the decree of the County Commissioners on the relocation of Union street, and made payable by the town.
Art. 38. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for working the widening and relocation of Union street.
Art. 39. On petition of Patrick Connors and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of completion of the working of Iron Hill street.
Art. 40. On petition of F. E. Hobart and others: To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of East street.
Art. 41. On petition of Warren F. Nadell and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to be expended on Summer street in the following manner :- To construct a sidewalk from the terminus of sidewalk now built near residence of. D. B. Barnes to that of J. R. Bouldry, and to widen the street between above-named points.
Art. 42. On petition of W. K. Baker and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to re- move the knoll on the top of Phillips street in Ward 3.
Art. 43. On petition of Matthew W. Lynch and others : To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to pay
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$2.00 per day to all able-bodied men for work performed by the town, whether by contract or otherwise, and preference to be given to citizens and taxpayers ; and that nine hours shall con- stitute a day's work.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a new street off Pleasant street near the house of Matthew Morrow.
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a new street from the principal angle on Lovell street to and around the highest part of Weymouth Great Hill.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a widening of Station street.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a relocation of a portion of East street.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of ' the Selectmen laying out a new street from Prospect street to Summit street.
Art. 49. To see if the town will amend its by-laws, by adopt- ing the by-laws reported by its Committee at the last annual meeting or any amended form of the same; or adopt any amend- ments to the present by-laws of the town.
Art. 50. On petition of Charles Hawes and others : To see what action the town will take, if any, to procure a uniform rate of conveyance over the tracks of the Braintree and Weymouth Street Railway Company, in this town. Also to see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to carry the above into effect.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to purchase an eight-ton horse road roller, and will make any appropriation for the same.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to organize the police force by the appointment of a Chief of Police.
Art. 53. On petition of Building Committee : To see if the town will vote to re-appropriate the sum of $200, raised and
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appropriated at the last annual meeting for a Hose Tower at Lovell's Corner, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100 in addition for the same purpose.
Art. 54. To see if the town will authorize the Board of En- gineers to sell any and all of the Fire Apparatus not in service by reason of the purchase of new and more serviceable apparatus in the Fire Department.
Art. 55. On petition of Lawrence Landrey and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the lighting of Norton street.
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 first day of March next. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the twenty-seventh day of February inst. Given under our hands at Weymouth, this six- teenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-seven.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, C. E. BICKNELL, · GEORGE L. NEWTON, JACOB F. DIZER, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK SS.
WEYMOUTH, Feb. 20, 1897.
Pursuant to this warrant, I have warned the inhabitants of Weymouth, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places, in their respective voting precincts, by posting this warrant in three and more public places in each ward as within directed.
GEORGE F. MAYNARD,
Constable of Weymouth.
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WEYMOUTH, Mass., Aug. 4, 1897.
The following is a true copy of an amended return written by George F. Maynard, Constable of Weymouth, upon the original warrant served by him for holding the meeting of the town for the election of officers, and of the meeting for the transaction of other town business, in March, 1897.
" Amended return of services.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK SS. February 20th, 1897.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, to meet at the respective places and times and for the purposes set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies of the same in each ward in said town as therein directed,
GEORGE F. MAYNARD, Constable of Weymouth."
Attest. JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WEYMOUTH, MARCH 1, 1897. A meeting of the Board of Registrars of Voters was held at the Town Clerk's Office 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 num- ber of votes cast, were declared elected to their respective offices, viz :-
TOWN CLERK, John A. Raymond. TOWN TREASUREK, John H. Stetson.
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SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
Charles E. Bicknell,
Bradford Hawes.
Nelson W. Gardner, George L. Newton.
Gordon Willis.
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates,
Francis H. Cowing.
Wilmot Cleverly, Gilman B. Loud.
Gordon Willis.
WATER COMMISSIONER, Henry A. Nash.
AUDITORS,
Charles P. Hunt. George E. Reed.
Frank H. Torrey.
COLLECTOR OF TAX, Willard J. Dunbar.
PARK COMMISSIONERS,
William H. Clapp, for 3 years. Levi B. Curtis, for 2 years.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
William A. Drake. Bradford Hawes.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY,
Francis Ambler. Louis A. Cook.
John W. Hart.
CONSTABLES,
Michael Allen, George B. Bayley,
George W. Conant,
Thomas Fitzgerald,
George F. Maynard,
Nathaniel B. Peare,
James T. Pease, Asa B. Pratt,
Benjamin F. Richards. Isaac H. Walker.
The result of the ballot was as follows :-
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TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
B
4
5
John A. Raymond ...
168
210
216
141
212
252
1199
Scattering .
1
1
Blanks.
37
50
78
24
97
94
380
Total .
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson
168
201
209
141
221
236
1176
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
37
59
84
25
88
110
403
Total.
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
SELECTMEN.
Charles E. Bicknell ..
154
170
236
98
170
155
983
Jacob F. Dizer.
77
125
115
56
101
108
582
Nelson W. Gardner ..
112
134
166
83
121
232
848
Bradford Hawes ..... J. Clarence Howe .. . .
25
68
83
39
131
114
460
George L. Newton ...
195
189
182
104
156
182
1008
Gordon Willis.
149
163
178
118
183
164
955
Scattering
1
1
Blanks.
150
283
336
210
503
613
2097
. Total
1025 1300 1470
830 1545 1730
7900
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Charles E. Bicknell. .
157
171
229
100
169
158
984
Jacob F. Dizer. .....
75
119
112
58
100
102
566
Nelson W. Gardner. .
113
133
152
72
111
212
793
Bradford Hawes. ....
158
169
175
117
175
156
950
J. Clarence Howe. ...
27
66
69
37
119
98
416
George L. Newton .. .
182
182
176
99
154
174
967
......
163
168
174
122
180
159
966
212
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Gordon Willis
150
159
173
118
177
160
937
Scattering
2
1
3
Blanks.
163
301
384
229
538
669
2284
Total
1025 1300 1470
830 1545 1730
7900
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates.
150
205
181
103
162
215
1016
Charles H. Clapp. .. .
20
52
53
34
114
45
318
Wilmot Cleverly .. ...
167
181
188
97
165
176
974
Francis H. Cowing .. .
148
176
204
100
149
166
943
Gilman B. Loud. . . .
142
176
178
118
174
164
952
Gordon Willis
144
169
186
122
174
181
976
Blanks.
254
341
480
256
607
783
2721
Total.
1025 1300
1470
830 1545 1730
7900
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Henry A. Nash.
165
188
200
119
189
208
1069
Scattering
2
2
Blanks.
40
72
92
47
120
138
509
Total
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
AUDITORS.
Charles P. Hunt.
153
185
209
104
177
180
1008
George E. Reed.
150
182
193
112
188
179
1004
Frank H. Torrey
155
184
195
103
177
184
995
Blanks
157
229
285
179
385
498
1733
Total
615
780
882
498
927
1038
4740
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Willard J. Dunbar. . .
167
215
216
120
194
238
1150
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
38
45
77
46
115
108
429
Total
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
213
PARK COMMISSIONER-THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3 200
4
5
6
William H. Clapp. ...
146
175
106
172
182
981
Blanks .
59
85
94
60
137
164
599
Total
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
PARK COMMISSIONER-ONE YEAR.
Levi B. Curtis
174
168
183
97
157
178
957
Blanks
31
92
111
69
152
168
623
Total.
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
William A. Drake ...
161
183
181
109
182
202
1018
Bradford Hawes. . . .
161
184
198
118
187
187
1035
Scattering
2
2
4
. Blanks
94
153
207
103
253
303
1113
Total
416
520
588
332
622
692
3170
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS
LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Francis Ambler.
145
180
213
109
182
182
1011
Louis A. Cook.
145
183
206
115
208
179
1036
John W. Hart.
136
182
224
112
183
195
1032
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks.
188
235
239
161
354
482
1659
Total.
615
780
882
498
927 1038
4740
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen .
101
111
139
73
176
140
740
George B. Bayley .. . .
131
118
139
109
148
144
789
George W. Conant ..
124
124
129
92
153
137
759
Thomas Fitzgerald. .
113
122
192
89
126
180
822
Edward C. Howe . . . .
40
42
39
59
162
44
386
214
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PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
4
5
6
George F. Maynard. .
141
173
138
111
157
184
904
Nathaniel B. Peare . .
132
189
141
89
139
203
893
James T. Pease
129
130
169
77
126
122
753
Asa B. Pratt ..
130
177
142
91
137
196
873
Benjamin F. Richards
151
153
143
74
135
148
804
Isaac H. Walker. .
161
139
127
72
112
141
752
George W. White ....
66
83
136
54
103
71
513
Scattering
1
4
1
6
Blanks.
630 1039 1302
669
1416 1750
6806
Total
2050 2600 2940 1660 3090 3460
15,800
LICENSE.
Yes
56
83
135
73
107
164
618
No. .
127
152
110
80
133
146
748
Blanks
22
25
49
13
69
36
214
Total
205
260
294
166
309
346
1580
A true copy.
Attest.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, .
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the annual meeting of the in- habitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall on Monday, March 8th, 1897. In the absence of the Town Clerk the meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock A. M. by Gordon Willis, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
John W. Bates was elected Clerk pro tem. by ballot, and the oath administered to him by Chairman Willis. The warrant was then read by the Clerk.
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Article 1. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election.
Voted, That no voter be allowed to speak more than five min- utes at one time upon any question, or more than once upon any question to the exclusion of any other voter desiring to speak.
Voted, To take up the articles of the warrant in their regular order.
Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby it was voted that five minutes shall be the limit of any one speaker.
Voted, That ten minutes shall be the limit of any one speaker.
Art. 2. Voted, That a committee of one from each Ward be appointed by the Moderator to nominate all officers except those elected by ballot.
The Moderator appointed the following committee, viz :-
A. W. Blanchard,
T. J. Evans,
James Moore,
R. R. Kendall,
Alvin Hollis.
The above committee made the following report, which was ac- cepted by the meeting :-
FENCE VIEWERS.
Solomon Ford, Joshua Vinal, Quincy L. Reed, James Condrick, Gilman B. Loud.
WEIGHERS, OF WOOD AND COAL.
Herbert A. Newton, George W. McLeod, Clara Bellows, James H. Coleman, John J. Byrne, Daisy B. Pratt, William M. Reamy, John F. Condrick, Fred C. Fisher, T. H. Emerson, Susan C. Richards, James Lonergan, Augustus J. Richards, Charles B. Trask, Frank H. Richards, William G. Nash, Alvin Hollis, Marshall P. Sprague, Quincy L. Reed, William Nash, Harry J. Dunne, Harry L. McLeod.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
Frank A. Lewis, John F. Cushing, Waldo Turner, John W. Bates, John B. Rhines, Edward Billings, Charles R. Trask, Gil-
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man B. Loud, William Nash, Joseph Cummings, Quincy Reed, James Moore, N. Porter Keene, Thomas H. Humphrey, Joshua Vinal, Walter F. Sanborn, Jos. F. Sherman, John F. Condrick, Augustus J. Richards, William H. Cowen, George E. Reed, Al- vin Hollis, Quincy L. Reed, Frank H. Richards. .
FIELD DRIVERS.
Benjamin F. Richards, Isaac H. Walker, George F. Maynard, George W. Conant, James T. Pease, Asa B. Pratt, N. B. Peare, George B. Bailey, Michael Allen, Thomas Fitzgerald.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Asa B. Pratt.
POUND KEEPER. James C. Wendall.
Art. 3. Voted, That the Selectmen's report as printed (with the exception of the Jury List) be referred to a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator for investigation to report at a future meeting.
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