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Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a public reading room in the Fogg Library.
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement and remittance of taxes.
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Art. 20. 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. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
Art. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
Art. 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for election expenses.
Art. 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care and repair of Town House.
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to establish an office for the transaction of the town business, at some suitable place on the line of the street railways, and make an appropriation there- for; or take any other action in relation to the same.
Art. 28. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
Art. 29. 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. 30. To see if the town will adopt the design presented on the reports, for a town seal.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the income of the water works for the current year the sum of $25,320, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $17,920 for the payment of the interest on the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds be- coming due the ensuing year ; $1,800 for the salary of the Super- intendent of Works; $900 for the salary of the Engineer of the Pumping Station ; $1,700 for the maintenance of the works, and $3,000 for all other necessary expenses.
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Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, out of the income of the water rates for the current year the sum of $8,960 to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe lines.
Art. 34. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for water rent for hydrants, and for water rent and care of drinking fountains.
Art. 35. On petition of William Nash and thirty others, to see if the town will vote to build a four-room schoolhouse at Nash's Corner, and will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for that purpose.
Art. 36. On petition of the Park Commissioners, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and improvement of the public parks of Weymouth.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $377.88 the same to be used, together with the $952.32 balance reported, for the payment to James L. Bates for land taken on Great Hill for park purposes.
Art. 38. To see if the town will authorize its selectmen to enter suit, if deemed necessary, for the recovery of money ex- pended for removal of snow on account of the street railway com- panies.
Art. 39. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate toward the sinking fund, for the payment at maturity of the High School Bonds.
Art. 40. On petition of the "Monday Club," To see if the town will adopt an amendment to its By Laws, providing for the establishment of a curfew ordinance.
Art. 41. On petition of M. W. Lynch and others, To see if the town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to pay $2 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 eight hours shall constitute a day's work,
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and that the Selectmen shall not be debarred from employing men and boys who are not able to do a full day's work at a less rate.
Art. 42. On petition of Wm. H. Clapp, To see if the town will authorize its Board of Selectmen to convey by proper deed in behalf of the town, the title to a small piece of land located at or near Lincoln square in Ward 3, Weymouth, said land being a portion of the lockup lot in said square, to S. Jane Clapp, in ex- change for the same number of square feet of land, approximately, which said Clapp is to deed to the town, and which adjoins said lockup lot, the transaction simply having the effect of making a slight change in the direction of the easterly line of said lot.
Art. 43. On petition of John B. Rhines and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate $5,000 to build a stone road from Washington square to Tufts crossing on Commercial street.
Art. 44. On petition of E. G. Bates and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, a sum of money sufficient to work, and also to authorize the working of the widening of Pleasant street near the East Weymouth cemetery, as laid out by the County Commissioners in 1872.
Art. 45. On petition of E. G. Bates and others, To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to reimburse the East Weymouth Cemetery Association, in a sum not exceeding $200 for work done on the widening of Pleasant street, near their grounds, as laid out by the County Commissioners in 1872.
Art. 46. To see what provision the town will make for the payment of a note of $14,000, which becomes due May 9, 1900.
Art. 47. 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 of the current financial year, or for any overdrafts already made.
Art. 48. 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. 49. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors, as submitted by the Selectmen.
Art. 50. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of Centre street.
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Art. 51. On petition of William Walsh and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $400 for the working of the extension of Granite street.
Art. 52. On petition of Silas W. Newcomb and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $300 for the pur- pose of lowering the grade of Washington street, from a point near the house of Silas W. Newcomb, to the hill about four hun- dred feet to the northwest from said point, to provide drainage for the street.
Art. 53. On petition of W. H. Mace and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, suffi- cient for the purpose of laying a water pipe along Washington street, from the estate of Harry Tisdale on Washington street to the Town House, (or any portion of the same), thereby making connection so that the citizens and taxpayers along said street can be supplied with water.
Art. 54. To see if the town will accept the report of the Se- lectmen, upon the laying out of a new street, from a point on Main street near the house of N. R. Ells, to Front street.
Art. 55. On petition of D. M. Easton and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate $5,000 to macadamize Broad street, from Central square to Commercial square.
Art. 56. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $200 for the purpose of building a sidewalk on Tower avenue in Ward Five.
Art. 57. On petition of A. W. Bartlett and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate $200 to be expended in work- ing the unfinished part of Bayview street.
Art. 58. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for the purpose of improving the sidewalk on Summit street adjacent to Webb Park.
Art. 59. To see if the town will vote to change the name of North square to Adams square.
Art. 60. On petition of B. F. Lane and others. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Cowing avenue to LaFayette avenue.
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Art. 61. To see if the town will take any action in relation to disposing of the North High School building and lot.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, in three public places in each precinct in said town, seven days at least before the said fifth day of March next.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the second day of March next.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, C. E. BICKNELL, GEORGE L. NEWTON, NELSON W. GARDNER, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK SS.
WEYMOUTH, February 23, 1900.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, to meet at the respective places and times, for the purposes set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said town as therein directed.
GEORGE B. BAYLEY, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WEYMOUTH, MARCH 5, 1900.
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
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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.
John F. Dwyer, Bradford Hawes,
Nelson W. Gardner, George L. Newton,
Gordon Willis.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
John F Dwyer,
Bradford Hawes,
Nelson W. Gardner, George L. Newton,
Gordon Willis.
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates,
Wilmot Cleverly,
Francis H. Cowing,
Gilman B. Loud,
George C. Torrey.
WATER COMMISSIONER. For 3 Years. Henry A. Nash.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
For 3 Years.
William A. Drake,
Bradford Hawes.
COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS.
For 3 Years. Henry A. Nash.
AUDITORS. Henry A. Nash, Jr.,
Walter L. Bates,
George E. Reed.
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES. Willard J. Dunbar.
PARK COMMISSIONER. For 3 Years. William H. Clapp.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
For 3 Years.
Louis A. Cook,
John B. Holland,
John B. Rhines.
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen,
George B. Bayley,
George W. Conant,
Thomas Fitzgerald, Nathaniel B. Peare,
James T. Pease,
Asa B. Pratt, Isaac H. Walker.
The result of the ballot was as follows :
TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
4
5
8
John A. Raymond.
172
211
3 302
166
159
254
1264
Scattering.
1
1
Blanks ..
72
83
198
71
66
157
647
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson.
170
199
278
168
160
231
1206
Blanks.
74
96
222
69
65
180
706
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
George F. Maynard,
Benjamin F. Richards,
195
SELECTMEN.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Charles E. Bicknell ... 140
132
193
119
104
117
805
John F. Dwyer .... ยท
74
107
318
95
93
206
893
Nelson W. Gardner. .
135
160
159
103
89
194
840
Minot P. Garey. .
.
22
29
58
30
36
32
207
Bradford Hawes. . .
156
156
215
146
121
140
934
Matthew W. Lynch ...
62
112
121
78
68
200
641
George L. Newton. . .
200
160
216
126
110
145
957
Alfred S. Tirrell ..
8
20
46
75
41
38
228
Gordon Willis
164
157
244
150
166
146
1027
Scattering.
2
1
3
Blanks.
259
440
930
263
296
837
3025
Total.
1220 1475 2500 1185 1125 2055
9560
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Charles E. Bicknell ... 136
129
193
118
107
123
806
John F. Dwyer ......
67
103
307
90
85
188
840
Nelson W. Gardner .. .
131
153
157
99
88
182
810
Minot P. Garey .
.
18
24
51
30
35
30
188
Bradford Hawes ..
151
148
217
142
121
133
912
Matthew W. Lynch ..
49
102
105
68
62
183
569
George L. Newton ...
183
154
211
117
110
145
920
Alfred S. Tirrell .
9
20
45
67
37
29
207
Gordon Willis
154
149
239
141
161
141
985
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks.
322
492
975
313
318
901
3321
Total.
1220 1475 2500
1185 1125 2055
9560
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates
145
176
214
128
125
196
984
Wilmot Cleverly .. ...
162
165
212
126
120
161
946
Francis H. Cowing .. .
143
157
185
125
110
154
874
John F. Dwyer. .
51
97
296
85
73
153
755
Gilman B. Loud ....
139
153
204
141
129
154
920
George C. Torrey . .
144
153
204
147
144
147
939
Scattering.
1
1
1
3
Blanks.
435
573
1185
433
423 1090
4139
Total.
1220 1475 2500 1185 1125 2055
9560
196
WATER COMMISSIONER.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Henry A. Nash .
155
175
286
129
138
200
1083
Scattering.
1
1
2
Blanks.
89
119
214
108
87
210
827
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
William A. Drake. . .
147
162
235
119
113
,176
952
Bradford Hawes ..
160
181
261
140
137
200
1079
Scattering.
1
1
1
3
Blanks
182
249
503
214
200
446
1794
Total
490
592 1000
474
450
822
3828
COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND
BONDS
FOR
THREE
YEARS.
Henry A. Nash.
148
167
265
124
133
182
1019
Scattering.
1
1
Blanks.
96
127
235
113
92
229
892
Total
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
AUDITORS.
Walter L. Bates
130
166
242
133
140
168
979
Henry A. Nash, Jr ...
135
166
252
134
138
163
988
George E. Reed.
135
163
241
143
139
165
986
Blanks.
332
390
765
301
228
737
2783
Total.
732
885
1500
711
675 1233
5736
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Willard J. Dunbar. ..
162
208
282
151
137
248
1188
Scattering.
1
1
Blanks.
82
86
218
.86
88
163
723
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
197
PARK COMMISSIONER.
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3
4
6
William H. Clapp.
138
159
265
128
125
172
987
Blanks
106
136
235
109
100
239
925
Total
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
Louis A. Cook.
140
158
277
146
138
178
1037
John B. Holland
128
158
304
141
144
182
1057
John B. Rhines
135
157
297
139
134
176
1038
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
328
412
622
285
259
697
2603
Total
732
885 1500
711
675
1233
5736
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen ..
111
141
213
137
158
155
915
George B. Bayley . . ..
120
145
211
152
133
152
913
George W. Conant ...
114
142
213
131
134
154
888
Thomas Fitzgerald ... 117
145
297
126
118
186
989
George F. Maynard .. 122
154
218
128
124
165
911
Nathaniel B. Peare .. .
116
172
212
114
116
201
931
James T. Pease .
114
147
274
117
119
155
926
Asa B. Pratt
119
170
214
113
118
176
910
Benjamin F. Richards 131
149
216
108
116
161
881
Isaac H. Walker.
156
145
208
115
118
157
899
Scattering
1
1 995
2448
9955
Total
2440 2950 5000 2370 2250 4110
19120
SHALL LICENSES
BE GRANTED FOR
THE SALE
OF
INTOXICATING
LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN ?
Yes
52
82
194
81
70
168
647
No .
43
167
205
110
113
167
905
Blanks
49
4.6
101
46
42
76
360
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
2
Blanks
1220 1440 2724 1128
198
ON THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE TOWN OF CHAPTER 344, ACTS OF 1899, "AN ACT TO MAKE EIGHT HOURS A DAY'S WORK FOR CITY AND TOWN EMPLOYEES.".
PRECINCT.
TOTAL.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Yes
101
127
189
86
84
206
793
No.
57
54
121
61
72
62
428
Blanks
86
114
190
89
69
143
69
Total.
244
295
500
237
225
411
1912
A true copy-Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Skating Rink, Precinct 2, in said Town, on Monday, March 12, 1900, the meeting being called to order at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Louis A. Cook, Esq., was elected Moderator by bal- lot, the check list being used in the election.
Article 2. Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator, to nominate all town officers other than those elected by ballot.
Article 3. Voted, That this article in relation to choosing a Tree Warden be laid on the table.
Article 4. Voted, To accept the report of the several boards of town officers as printed.
The Moderator appointed the following committee under article two, viz :-
Bradford Hawes, Francis A. Bicknell, F. F. Bullock, Arthur . H. Pratt and Samuel W. Reed.
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The committee made the following report :-
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
Ward 1. Herbert A. Newton, George W. McLeod, John J. Bryne, Henry J. Dunn, Jas. P. McManus, Michael J. Lane, W. J. Coleman, James H. Coleman, W. C. Bradshaw.
Ward 2. Wm. M. Reamy, T. H. Emerson, Margie Hunt.
Ward 3. John F. Condrick, Susan C. Richards, James Lon- ergan, Augustus J. Richards, Charles B. Trask.
Ward 4. Wm. G. Nash, Marshall P. Sprague, Wm. Nash.
Ward 5. Frank H. Richards, Alvin Hollis, Quincy L. Reed.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
Ward 1. N. Porter Keene, W. H. Cowen.
Ward 2. John F. Cushing, Waldo Turner, John W. Bates.
Ward 3. John B. Rhines, Edward Billings, Charles B. Trask, Augustus J. Richards, Walter F. Sanborn, Joseph F. Sherman, John F. Condrick.
Ward 4. Wm. Nash, Gilman B. Loud, Joseph Cummings, James Moore.
Ward 5. George E. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Quincy L. Reed, Frank H. Richards.
Ward 3. Susan C. Richards, James Lobergan, Henry N. Willoby.
Ward 2. Joshua Vinal, Charles Simmons.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Solomon Ford, Joshua Vinal, Quincy L. Reed, Gilman B. Loud, Francis Richards.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Benj. F. Richards, Isaac H. Walker, Nathaniel B. Peare, Asa B. Pratt, James T. Pease, Thomas Fitzgerald, Geo. B. Bayley, Geo. F. Maynard, Geo. W. Conant, Michael Allen.
POUND KEEPER.
James C. Wendell.
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Voted to accept the following report of the Selectmen of statement of expenditures, from January 1, 1900 to March 5, 1900.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Unexpended
Jan. 1, 1900.
Expended in
Excess Jan.
1, 1900.
Expended
Jan. 1, to
March 5.
Unexpended March 5,
Total Excess
of Expendi-
tures Mar. 5,
1900.
Support of Schools.
$10,158 64
$ 6.835 46 $ 3,323 18
Transportation of Scholars.
738 35
425 00|
313 35
High School Building.
12 50
12 50
Highway Repairs ..
805 93
142 97
$
948 90
Retaining wall, Bridge Street.
77 82
77 82
Phillips Street.
38 09
38 09
Summer Street
2 38
2 38
Essex Street, ino appropriation).
72 00
72 00
Hingham and Quincy Bridges ..
720 00
720 00
Land Damage, (no appropriation).
60 00
60 00
Setting Curbstone, (no appropriatiou)
205 41
205 41
Removal of Snow ..
868 86
463 61
405 25
Fire Department.
357 80
39 38
397 18
Police Department.
1,026 46
551 72
474 74
Protection of Fish and Game.
69 00
69 00
Public Parks ..
17 37
17 37
Park Commi-sioners
952 32
952 32
Town House
98 8
34 50
64 30
Tufts Library. .
300 00
300 00
Reading Room, Fogg Library.
268 20
268 20
Printing and Advertising ...
1.232 80
779 75
453 05
Abatement und R-mittance of Taxes.
486 44
5 55
480 $9
Interest and Discount.
1,992 36
1,362 50
629 86
Bills Payable ..
15.0 0 00
15,000 ( 0
Electric Lighting.
1,166 54
584 92
581 62
509 77
Election Expenses.
11
181 07
Town Officers.
549 x3
699 66
15) 33
State Aid, etc., Due from State.
758 53
1,344 00
585 47
Military Aid, Chap. 372
56 38
62 0v
5 62
Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 447.
481 29
329 00
152 29
Poor Account ..
556 80
2,170 90
1,614 10
$37.012 62 $ 2,383 78 $31,555 98 $ 8,419 46 $ 5,346 60
2,962 82
8,419 46
2,383 78
$39,975 44
$39,975 44
$ 2,962 82
GORDON WILLIS.
BRADFORD HAWES.
GEORGE L. NEWTON.
NELSON W. GARDNER. JOHN F. DWYER.
Selectmen of Weymouth.
Voted, That on account of the extreme cold in this hall that Joseph A. Cushing be a committee to have the Opera House heated, and if deemed advisable, to adjourn to there in one hour.
181 1-
84 82
424 95
Miscellaneous Expenses
1900.
201
Voted, That the Moderator appoint a committee of one from each Ward to nominate an Appropriation Committee for the ensuing year.
The following were appointed :-
Francis A. Bicknell, Francis A. Bullock, Samuel W. Reed, Arthur H. Pratt and Samuel S. Spear.
Art. 5. Voted, That the sum of $43,303 be raised and appropriated for the support of public schools during the ensuing year and that one-half of the dog-tax, the income of the alewife fund, and all money received for the tuition of non-resident pupils be appropriated for the same purpose.
Art. 7. Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to employ a Superintendent of Schools.
Art. 6. Voted, That the sum of $1,500 be raised and ap- propriated for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 8. Voted, That the sum of $12,700 be raised and appro- priated under this article; $10,000 of which is to be expended for highway repairs, $2,000 for the removal of snow, and $700 for the Hingham and Quincy Bridges. Also that the money received from the street railway excise tax be appropriated for work on the highways as required by law, and that $200 of the money appropriated for highways be used for repairing guide boards and posts.
Art. 9. Voted, That the sum of $13,000 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the poor, and that $3,000 be appro- priated for the same purpose.
Art. 10. Voted, That the sum of $400 be raised and appro- priated for the payment of State and Military Aid under the provisions of Chapters 372 and 374 of the Acts of 1899, and for burials as provided in Chapter 279 of the Acts of 1896, and that $7,800 be appropriated for the same purpose.
Art. 11. Voted, That the sum of $2,800 be raised and appro- priated for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890, and Chapter 570 of the Acts of 1898.
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Art. 12 Voted, That the sum of $5,500 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the fire department, and that of this sum $500 be expended for the purchase of new hose.
Art. 13. Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be raised and appro- priated for the purchase of a hook and ladder truck to be placed in Ward 1, under the direction of the engineer.
Voted, To adjourn until 11 o'clock to the Opera House.
At 11 o'clock the meeting was called to order in the Opera House.
Art. 14. Voted, That the sum of $400 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of building an addition and hose tower on Hose House No. 7, under the direction of the Engineer.
Art. 15. Voted, That $4,000 be raised and appropriated for police service.
Art. 16. Voted, That the sum of $2,200 be raised and appropriated for the Tufts Library, and that one-half the dog tax and the receipts from rents be appropriated for the same pur- pose.
Art. 17. Voted, That the gift of $2,500, made to the town by Amos W. Stetson, Esq., of Braintree, for the benefit of the Tufts Library in Weymouth, is accepted by this town upon the conditions set forth in the Article numbered "Seventeen," in the warrant for this Town Meeting, and that its Town Treasurer be and hereby is fully authorized and requested to make, execute and deliver in its name and behalf, to the said Amos W. Stetson, the bond of said town of Weymouth, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, conditioned for the re-payment to said obligee, or his legal representatives, of the said sum of twenty-five hun- dred dollars, upon said town's failure to perform and fully com- ply with the aforesaid conditions of said gift.
Art. 18. Voted, That the sum of $500 be raised and ap- propriated for the maintenance of a public reading room at the Fogg Library.
Art. 19. Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for abatement and remittance of taxes.
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Art. 20. Voted, That the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 21. Voted, That $1,500 be raised and appropriated for printing and advertising.
Art. 22. Voted, That $2,000 be raised and appropriated for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 23. Voted, That $6,000 be raised and appropriated for the payment 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 $100, School Com- mittee, for services and expenses $350.
Art. 24. Voted, That $700 be raised and appropriated for election expenses.
Art. 25. Voted, That $400 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day.
Art. 26. In relation to care of Town House was passed over.
Art 27. Voted, That a committee, consisting of the Boards of Selectmen, Assessors, Water Commissioners of the town and five persons (one from each Ward), including the Moderator of this meeting, to be appointed by the Moderator, be appointed, with authority to select a convenient location, and to contract, in behalf of the town, for the renting of a suitable building, already erected on such selected site, or, otherwise to be built thereon by the lessor, for the uses of the several boards of town officers, in their transaction of the town's business ; and that said Committee be further authorized to construct a proper safe in such rented building, using for that purpose, so far as they shall deem expe- dient, the materials of the present Town House safe; and that the sum of one thousand dollars be raised and appropriated for the construction of such safe and the payment of the rent of said building for the residne of the town's financial year after pos- session of the same is taken by the town; and that said Com- mittee are to serve without pay, except that the Committee may appoint one of its members to superintend the removal of materials
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