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Article 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary town officers other than those elected by ballot, viz. : Public Weighers, Surveyors of Wood, Lumber, and Bark, two or more Fence Viewers, two or more Field Drivers, one Pound Keeper.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the several boards of town officers, and of any committees appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committees 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 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 what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repair of highways, townways and bridges, and for the removal of snow.
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Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate 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 acts in amendment thereof.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to ap- propriate 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 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.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
Art. 13. 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. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the 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 be- come 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 andfappropriate 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 what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate 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 the rent and care of town offices.
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Art. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, to be expended in the interest of the public health.
Art. 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
Art. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. On petition of E. P. Shaw and nineteen others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600 to be expended in gravelling Pleasant Street, from Park Avenue to Old Swamp River.
Art. 27. On petition of A. O. Crawford and twelve others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the purchase of a Chemical Engine, to be placed in Ward 5, under the direction of the Engineer.
Art. 28. To see if the town will appoint a committee consist- ing of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department, to carry the provisions of the preceding article into effect.
Art. 29. On petition of eleven physicians of the Town of Weymouth, to see if the town will vote to establish, under the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth, a Board of Health, and to instruct the Selectmen to make provisions for the election of the same by ballot, in the warrant for the next annual town meeting.
Art. 30. On petition of John H. Libby and others, to see if the town will vote that the sum of $300 be raised and appropri- ated for the working of the easterly end of Pearl street, as now laid out by the town.
Art. 31. On petition of Charles F. Ripley, and nineteen others, to see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money to extend the water pipe from the residence of John Hall on Wash- ington street to the Weymouth Town House.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the
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revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $25,320, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $18,280 for interest on the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds becoming due the ensuing year, $2,300 for the salaries of the Superintendent of the Works and Engineer of the Pumping Station, $1,700 for maintenance of the Works, and $3,040 for all necessary expense.
Art. 33. 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 water rents for the current year, the sum of $9,140 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. 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
Art. 35. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for hydrants, and for the water rent and care of drinking fountains.
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. On petition of the School Committee, to see if the town will take such action as will give the same name to the schoolhouse and to the school, at Nash's Corner.
Art. 38. On petition of Matthew W. Lynch and twenty others, to see if the town will vote to 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 con- stitute a day's work.
Art. 39. On petition of H. A. Nash, Jr., and eleven others, to see if the town will vote to pay to the members of the Fire De- partment, thirty cents per hour for each hour of actual service at fires, in addition to the salary of ten dollars per year and poll tax now paid to them.
ART. 40. On petition of Miles P. Keene and eleven others, to see if the town will vote that an electric light be placed on Green street, opposite Shaw street.
Art. 41. To see if the town will cause the records of the sev- eral streets in the town to be indexed, and to raise and appropri- ate money for the same.
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Art. 42. To see if the town will authorize the Water Commis- sioners to appoint a collector of water rents.
Art. 43. On petition of Russell B. Worster, and nine others, to see if the town will reimburse Joseph F. Taylor the amount he has paid as taxes upon a parcel of land not owned by him.
Art. 44. To see if the town will take any action in relation to the disposal of unused safes, or any other personal property belonging to the town.
Art. 45. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money due the town.
Art. 46. On petition of Joseph A. Cushing and twenty-three others, to see if the town will vote to pay the Night Police two dollars per night.
Art. 47. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any buildings, with or without the land upon which the same may be located, or any vacant lots of land which it now owns.
Art. 48. To see what sums 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. 49. To determine in what manner taxes shall be col- lected the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Art. 50. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors, as submitted by the Selectmen.
Art. 51. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a new town way, from Bay View street to the harbor, over the private way known as Hol- brook road.
Art. 52. To see if the town will make any appropriation for the preservation of shade trees.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you in writing, in two public places in each voting precinct 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, on or before the first day of March next.
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Given under our hands at Weymouth, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two.
GEORGE L. NEWTON, BRADFORD HAWES, NELSON W. GARDNER, JOHN F. DWYER, GEORGE C. TORREY, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
Weymouth, February 21, 1902.
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.
ASA B. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
OFFICE OF SELECTMEN, WEYMOUTH, MARCH 3, 1902.
A meeting of the Board of Registrars of Voters was held at the Selectmen's Office this evening for the purpose of canvassing the returns of votes cast in the several Precincts for Town Of- ficers 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.
Walter L. Bates, Bradford Hawes,
Edward W. Hunt, Robert McIntosh,
George L. Newton.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Walter L. Bates, Bradford Hawes,
Edward W. Hunt, Robert McIntosh,
George L. Newton. TREE WARDEN. George L. Newton.
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates, Francis H. Cowing,
Gilman B. Loud, George L. Newton,
George C. Torrey.
WATER COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. Frank H. Mason.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For Three Years.
T. John Evans,
Mary E. Holbrook.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For One Year. Frank E. Loud.
COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS. For Three Years. Augustus J. Richards.
AUDITORS.
Charles B. Cushing,
John A. Neal,
George E. Reed.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. Willard J. Dunbar.
PARK COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. Louis A. Cook.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY. For Three Years.
Herbert A. Newton, Preston Pratt,
Augustus J. Richards.
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CONSTABLES
Michael Allen,
George W. Conant,
William F. French,
Asa B. Pratt,
Isaac H. Walker,
George B. Bailey, Thomas Fitzgerald, Nathaniel B. Peare, Benjamin F. Richards, John D. Walsh.
The result of the ballot was as follows :
TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3 301
4
5
6
Total.
John A. Raymond ... 187
212
161
191
241
1293
Blanks
55
72
201
65
68
142
603
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson
147
177
268
168
206
181
1147
Scattering.
2
2
Blanks
95
107
234
58
53
200
747
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
SELECTMEN.
Walter L. Bates
157
123
184
138
198
115
915
John F. Dwyer. ..
67
80
319
86
79
166
797
Nelson W. Gardner . .
85
146
109
69
81
209
699
Bradford Hawes ...
173
150
208
163
191
140
1025
Edward W. Hunt ....
169
127
203
137
171
110
917
Robert McIntosh.
122
120
156
112
131
184
825
George L. Newton ..
216
168
220
141
186
155
1086
Hiram B. Turpel.
22
. 45
37
22
17
46
189
Scattering.
1
1
2
Blanks
198
460
1074
262
241
790
3025
Total
1210 1420 2510
1130 1295 1915
9480
TREE WARDEN.
George L. Newton.
186
164
228
126
169
178
1051
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks
55
120
273
100
90
205
843
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
·
191
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total·
Walter L. Bates
157
123
183
134
197
112
906
John F. Dwyer.
63
65
311
86
73
152
750
Nelson W. Gardner ..
82
141
120
67
76
192
678
Bradford Hawes.
170
144
211
157
188
128
998
Edward W. Hunt ...
161
126
206
136
163
108
900
Robert McIntosh .....
109
119
145
105
128
169
775
George L. Newton.
207
153
224
136
175.
150
1045
Hiram B. Turpel.
20
45
37
20
22
39
183
Scattering
1
2
Blanks
240
503 1073
289
273
865
3243
Total
1210 1420 2510 1130
1295
1915
9480
ASSESSORS.
John W. Bates
156
170
200
134
172
172
1004
Francis H. Cowing. ..
141
155
205
120
154
131
906
John F. Dwyer.
63
67
282
69
68
131
680
Gilman B. Loud ...
140
139
193
151
190
123
936
George L. Newton ...
197
168
220
135
171
156
1047
George C. Torrey .
153
148
194
160
216
142
1013
Hiram B. Turpel.
19
43
49
19
12
42
184
Scattering
1
2
1
4
Blanks
340
528 1166
342
312 1018
3706
Total
1210 1420 2510 1130 1295 1915
9480
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
Louis B. Barney . ..
17
41
149
28
28
86
349
Frank H. Mason
164
142
206
122
157
135
926
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks
61
100
146
76
74
162
619
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR.
Frank E. Loud.
168
162
244
120
181
158
1033
Blanks
80
133
264
109
86
235
907
Total
248
295
508
229
267
393
1940
. .
.
.
.
192
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
2
3
4
5 110
6
Total.
Joseph A. Cushing . ·
122
174
81
177
742
T. John Evans .
133
125
189
69
84
146
746
Mary E. Holbrook ...
149
161
219
173
190
164
1056
Blanks
136
182
434
135
150
299
1336
Total
496
590 1016
458
534
786
3880
COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND
BONDS
FOR THREE
YEARS.
Augustus J. Richards. 114
125
261
103
141
134
878
Scattering
1
1
1
1
2
6
Blanks
127
158
240
122
118
247
1012
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
AUDITORS.
Charles B. Cushing .
142
167
230
127
164
161
991
John A. Neal .
141
149
250
123
164
147
974
George E. Reed.
143
155
230
132
176
148
984
Scattering
1
2
Blanks
300
380
796
1 295
273
693
2737
Total
726
852 1506
678
777 1149
5688
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Willard J. Dunbar ...
183
199
265
142
181
225
1195
Scattering.
1
1
Blanks
59
85
237
84
77
158
700
Total
242
284
502、
226
259
383
1896
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Arthur W. Davis .
.
40
41
102
27
33
49
292
Herbert A. Newton ..
145
135
205
112
155
132
884
Preston Pratt .. .
. 140
138
194
114
164
129
879
Augustus J. Richards. 109
114
230
93
135
113
794
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
292
424
775
332
290
725
2838
Total
726
852 1506
678
777 1149
5688
1 78
193
PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
1
2
4
5
6
Toinl.
Louis A. Cook.
156
162
244
134
167
166
1029
Scattering.
1
1
Blanks
86
122
257
92
92
217
866
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen . . ..
133
135
214
141
200
139
963
George B. Bayley . ...
136
128
201
140
173
128
906
George W. Conant. ..
133
137
196
134
178
128
906
Thomas Fitzgerald ... 138
141
304
124
158
159
1024
William F. French ...
132
129
194
130
156
128
869
Nathaniel B. Peare .. 128
157
199
121
157
170
932
Asa B. Pratt ........
136
159
200
121
159
153
928
Benjamin F. Richards 147
135
203
118
158
135
896
Isaac H. Walker.
192
136
205
119
158
142
952
John D. Walsh .
145
129
304
121
162
142
1003
Scattering
1.
1
Blanks
. 1000 1454 2799
990
931 2406
9580
Total
2420 2840 5020 2260
2590 3830
18960
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE
OF INTOXICATING
LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN ?
Yes
49
79
192
71
74
175
640
No
153
163
183
127
148
136
910
Blanks
40
42
127
28
37
72
346
Total
242
284
502
226
259
383
1896
A true copy, Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
Recount of ballots cast for School Committee at the election held March 3, 1902.
On petition of Joseph A. Cushing and nine others, the Board of Registrars of Voters of Weymouth recounted the ballots cast for School Committee in this town at the election held March 3, 1902, and found the result as follows :
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Joseph A. Cushing
740
T. John Evans
747
Mary E. Holbrook
· 1,057
Attest : -
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at Music Hall, East Weymouth, on Monday, March 10, 1902, the meeting be- ing called to order at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and the war- rant read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Judge Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election.
Before proceeding to business, the Town Clerk, in behalf of Dr. Edward N. Bates, presented to the town an historical gavel, the head of which was made from an apple tree on the farm of Daniel Webster at Franklin, N. H., and the handle from an elm tree on the General Warren estate at Roxbury.
Voted, that the thanks of the town be extended to Dr. Bates for his valuable gift.
Article 2. Voted, That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to retire and report later in the meeting a list of nominations of town officers, not required to be elected by ballot.
The Moderator appointed the following persons on the above committee : John B. Wheelan, Samuel P. Nash, Chas. J. Mc- Morrow, Thomas Nash, George C. Torrey.
Art. 3. Voted, to accept the reports of the several boards of town officers (with the exception of the Engineers of the Fire De- partment) as printed in the town report.
Voted, To lay the report of the Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment on the table.
Voted, To accept the following supplementary report of the Selectmen from January 1 to March 3, 1902 :
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WEYMOUTH, March 3, 1902.
Supplementary Report of the Selectmen, Jan. 1 to Date.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Unexpended Balance Jan.
Expended in
Excess Jan.
1,1902.
Expended
Jan: 1 to
Unexpended March 3,
Expended in
3, 1902.
Support of Schools.
$ 7,056 95
$ 7,319 81
$ 262 86
Transportation of Scholars.
848 35
345 00 $
503 35
High School Building.
4 50
4 50
Naslı School House
191 49
191 49
New School House, North Weymouthi
14,868 98
3,400 00
11,468 98
Highway Repairs and Removal of Snow
2,709 47
1,186 08
1,523 39
Commercial Street.
72 70
72 70
Cliff Street ..
5 58
5 58
Broad Street.
50 00
50 00
Setting Curbstone.
$ 109 00
109 00
Grade Damage.
150 00
150 00
Board of Health
410 80
1,092 50
1,503 30
Public Parks. .
39 10
39 10
Great Hill Park
1,330 20
1,330 20
Fire Department.
462 13
58 05
520 18
Protection of Fish and Game.
49 00
49 00
Town House.
65 20
65 20
Tufts Library
750 00
750 00
Reading Room, Fogg Library.
135 00
135 00
Abatement and Remittance.
146 75
2 00
144 75
Interest and Discount ..
2,747 52
1,362 50
1,385 02
Printing and Advertising.
1,566 50
797 65
768 85
Electric Lighting.
503 00
581 39
78 39
Bills Payable.
5,000 00
5,000 00
Miscellaneous Expenses.
683 15
475 45
207 70
Election Expenses
108 22
35 00
73 22
Town Officers.
438 60
661 17
222 57
Town Offices.
625 00
345 86
279 14
State Aid, etc., Due from State.
2,106 53
1,410 00
696 53
Military Aid .
171 38
132 00
39 38
Soldiers' Relief.
· 185 96:
542 76
728 72
Poor Account
2,077 93
3,248 85
1,170 92
Police Department
951 51
570 78
380 73
$45,237 41 $ 1,383 09 $28,566 85 $20,098 61 $ 4,811 14
3,428 05
20,098 61
1,383 09
$48,665 46
$48,665 46 -
$ 3,428 05
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
BRADFORD HAWES,
NELSON W. GARDNER,
JOHN F. DWYER,
GEORGE C. TORREY,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
Voted, To accept the following supplementary and final report of the Lighting Committee :
date.
1902.
Excess Mar.
1, 1902.
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SUPPLEMENTARY AND FINAL REPORT OF THE LIGHTING COMMITTEE.
WEYMOUTH, March 10, 1902.
We respectfully submit the following Supplementary and Final Report :
Balance unexpended as by report of January 1st, $831.79. Bill for lighting in January, $584.92, less deductions, $3.53, making a balance of $581.39. Lighting for thirteen (13) days in February, $253.46, less deductions, $3.06, making a balance of $250.40. These two sums added together make the amount of the balance as of Jan. 1st, $831.79.
Since the 13th of February the power company have been lighting the town at their own risk. Your committee absolutely refused to approve the expenditure of any money beyond the ap- propriation as made by the town. The company signified their willingness to light the town until the annual town meeting, and take the chances of an appropriation being made for the same, and it is so stated in the contract, the only condition being that if the committee thought it was a right and just bill they should approve it.
Respectfully submitted,
J. CLARENCE HOWE, N. D. CANTERBURY, FRANK H. MASON, FRANK H. TORREY, LYSANDER HEALD.
The committee on revision of the By-Laws made the following report :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF TOWN BY-LAWS.
The Committee appointed at the special town meeting, held January 27th, 1902, to revise the By-Laws of the town, here- with submit the following report :
The present By-Laws were adopted at the annual meeting in 1897 ; were approved by the Superior Court and took effect on June 4th, 1897.
This revision has been so recent, we are of the opinion con-
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ditions have not so changed in the meantime as to require an alteration of the By-Laws now in force.
Some additional ones, however, have been presented to the Committee for incorporation into the town By-Laws, and of these we recommend the three following :
"Whoever shall be or remain on any doorstep, portico, or other projection from any house or building, or upon any wall or fence on or near any highway, street, or public place, after being requested by the occupant of the premises or by any constable or police officer to remove therefrom, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each offence."
"No person shall purchase, sell or barter junk or old metals within the town, or go from house to house within the town pur- chasing, selling or bartering, or endeavoring to purchase, sell or barter, junk, old metals, bones or grease, without a license from · the Selectmen."
"Within four days after any meeting whereby money is appro- priated, the Town Clerk shall send an account of all appropria- tions made at such meeting, to the Town Treasurer. The Town Treasurer shall pay no orders in excess of any general or special appropriation against which such orders may be drawn."
The Auditors of the town, also, have unanimously requested us to report a By-law providing for a town accountant, and they submit as a text of a By-law, providing directions and regula- tions applicable thereto, the same which appears upon pages 12 and 13 of their special printed report for the present year. 4
We deem the recommendation of the Auditors as entitled to consideration, but as it involves so radical a departure from the present methods of keeping the town's accounts, we have decided to submit the matter to the voters without any further expression of opinion in this report, than as above indicated.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT P. WORTHEN, JOHN A. RAYMOFD, GORDON WILLIS, GEORGE L. BARNES.
Voted, To lay the subject matter on the table. (Yes, 125; No, 108.)
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Previous to taking the above vote, the Moderator appointed A. P. Worthen and E. W. Hunt as tellers, and administered the oath to them.
The Selectmen made the following report upon the relation of the town to the "Pratt School Fund" and to the "Alewive Fund."
Pursuant to the instructions of the town, by a vote passed at the last annual meeting, we have taken legal advice as to the re- lation of the town to the aforesaid funds, and respectfully sub- mit the following report :
· "PRATT SCHOOL FUND."
As the object, or beneficiary of the trust has so lost its iden- tity as to cause some doubt or embarrassment in disposing of the income, we recommend that application be made to the Supreme Judicial Court, which has jurisdiction for enforcing and regulat- ing the execution of trusts. The court would, probably, direct the income to be applied as nearly as possible for the purpose contemplated by the donor. Before passing any order in the premises the court would require full and ample notice to all in- terested parties, that they might be represented and heard. The resulting decree would probably make the duty of the town with respect to the application of the income from the fund, clear and explicit for all time.
"ALEWIVE FUND."
What is known as the " Alewive Fund " is constituted of the money received by the town, to wit., $4,200, as the considera- tion for the conveyance by the town of certain property, with fishing privileges, to the Weymouth Iron Company, by instru- ment dated March 16, 1846. Said conveyance was made under authority conferred by the legislature in an act secured specially for the purpose, and entitled " An act to authorize the Town of Weymouth to transfer a right of fishing." Approved by the Governor March 11, 1846. By the provisions of section 5 of said act, the purchase money so received was required to be kept by the town as a fund to be managed and invested by the treas- urer of the town or by any person or committee appointed or authorized by the town for the purpose, the same to be loaned only on security of real estate, except to the town, and the an-
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