Town annual report of Weymouth 1907, Part 8

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 326


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Art. 63. On petition of Patrick Halnan and others : to see if the town will raise and appropriate $500 for paving gutter and general repairs of the East side of Putnam street, in Ward Two.


Art. 64. On petition of A. W. Phillips and others : to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the regrading of Sea street from Newton street to the beach.


Art. 65. To see if the town will accept the report of its Selectmen, laying out a new town way from Bridge street to Wey- mouth Fore River, over the private way known as Monatiquot street.


Art. 66. To see if the town will accept the report of its Select- men, laying out a new town way from Columbian street over the private way known as Burton teraace.


Art. 67. To see if the town will accept the report of its Select. men, laying out a new town way from Broad street, over the private way known as Bates avenuc, and extending southerly to the new school house lot on Lake street.


Art. 68. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Electric Light Committee to place one or more electric lights on Essex street between Broad street and Town Home.


Art. 69. On petition of Matthew O'Dowd and others : to see if the town will vote to instruct the Electric Light Committee to install a light on Reed avenue opposite the standpipe, and raise and appropriate money for the maintenance of the same.


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Art. 70. On petition of Thomas Sweeney and others : to see if the town will vote to place an electric light on Franklin street, Ward three.


Art. 71. On petition of John Cullen and others : to see if the town will vote to place an electric light on or near the junction of Grove and Raymond streets.


Art. 72. To see if the town will vote to amend its By-Laws or any part thereof.


Art. 73. On petition of Edgar S. Wright and others : to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to gravel Park street and rebuild any bridges if necessary, commenc- ing at the house of James A Reed in Ward five, or act in any manner in relation to same.


Art. 74. On petition of Russell B. Worster and others : to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to be expended in working and grading to the full width as laid out, that portion of Summit street bordering on Webb Park.


Art. 75. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the working of Burton terrace.


Art. 76. To see if the town will vote to raise $2,000 to pro- vide for the appropriation made at the special meeting held Octo- ber 11, 1906. for additional improvements in the rebuilding of the Town House.


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 second day of March next.


Given under our hands at Weymouth, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seven.


GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, ROBERT MCINTOSH, EDWARD W. HUNT,


Selectmen of Weymouth.


153


NORFOLK, SS.


WEYMOUTH, February 21, 1907.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified 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 there- in directed.


NATH'L B. PEARE, Constable of Weymouth.


OFFICE OF SELECTMEN, WEYMOUTH, March 4, 1907.


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 Precints 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


Bradford Hawes, Edward W. Hunt,


Willard J. Dunbar, Gordon Willis,


George L. Newton.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Bradford Hawes, Edward W. Hunt,


Willard J. Dunbar, Gordon Willis,


George L. Newton


TREE WARDEN. Gordon Willis


ASSESSORS.


John W. Bates, John F. Dywer,


Gilman B. Loud, H. Walker Pratt,


George C. Torrey.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Frank H. Richards.


154


WATER COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. Douglas M. Easton. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For Three Years. Louis A. Cook.


AUDITORS.


John P. Hunt,


Charles A. Loud,


Edward Lukeman.


COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS. For Three Years. Gordon Willis


COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS .. For One Year. Henry A. Nash.


PARK COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. George L. Newton.


TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY. For Three Years.


Edmund G. Bates,


James H. Flint,


Clarence P. Whittle.


TRUSTEE OF TUFTS LIBRARY. For Two Years. William F. Hathaway.


TRUSTEE OF TUFTS LIBRARY. For One Year. Francis M. Drown. 1


CONSTABLES.


Michael Allen, George W. Conant, William F. French, Arthur H. Pratt, Isaac H. Walker,


George B. Bayley, Thomas Fitzgerald, Nathaniel B. Peare, Benjamin F. Richards, John D. Walsh.


The result was as follows :


155


TOWN CLERK.


PRECINCT.


1


2


3


4


5


6


Total


John A. Raymond ...


170


209


327


146


226


213


1291


Blanks


83


93


218


87


92


153


726


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


TOWN TREASURER.


John H. Stetson


160


201


313


148


233


208


1263


Blanks


93


100


232


85


85


158


753


Scattering .


1


1


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


SELECTMEN.


Willard J. Dunbar. ..


152


158


183


118


143


146


900


John F. Dwyer.


84


115


311


78


112


171


871


Bradford Hawes.


141


145


212


158


175


140


971


John A. Holbrook


57


42


65


24


83


58


329


J. Clarence Howe ..


47


83


92


75


153


113


563


Edward W. Hunt.


130


124


280


128


155


118


935


Robert McIntosh


80


142


193


84


131


218


848


George L. Newton


187


143


228


136


158


135


987


Gordon Willis


133


130


240


131


179


115


928


Blanks


254


428


921


233


301


616


2753


Total


1265 1510 2725 1165 1590 1830


10085


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Willard J. Dunbar .


.. 154


157


190


113


141


138


889


John F. Dwyer.


80


110


310


72


111


170


853


Bradford Hawes .


134


142


203


145


165


128


917


John A. Holbrook ..


46


43


59


24


76


53


301


J. Clarence Howe.


46


79


74


70


144


108


521


Edward W. Hunt ..


131


120


268


122


140


110


891


Robert McIntosh


78


141


179


74


134


. 205


811


George L. Newton


187


155


215


128


153


129


967


Gordon Willis


130


131


219


128


175


105


888


Blanks


283


432


1008


289


351


684


3047


Total


1265 1510 2725 1165 1590 1830


10085


. .


..


. .


156


TREE WARDEN.


PRECINCT.


1


2


3


4


5


6


Total


J. Forrest Torrey . ..


66


71


117


91


126


102


573


Gordon Willis. .


127


140


241


109


143


120


880


Blanks


60


91


187


33


49


144


564


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Joseph A. Cushing. . .


26


92


28


9


4


65


224


Philip F. Haviland. ..


9


10


132


23


16


14


204


Daniel Reidy . .


56


95


95


36


62


178


522


Frank H. Richards ...


131


90


214


151


208


85


879


Blanks


31


15


76


14


28


24


188


Total


253


302


545


233


318


360


2017


ASSESSORS.


John W. Bates.


128


171


205


131


167


150


952


Charles H Clapp.


48


60


65


45


148


69


435


John F. Dwyer.


78


128


379


71


114


188


958


Gilman B. Loud .


113


138


204


143


166


123


887


Henry A. Nash .


105


83


115


51


99


93


546


David J. Pierce.


102


108


139


104


125


101


679


H. Walker Pratt.


140


125


184


111


148


113


821


George C. Torrey


123


151


217


158


195


134


978


Blanks


428


546 1217


351


428


859


3829


Total


1265. 1510 2725 1165 1590 1830


10085


WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.


Douglas M. Easton.


101


140


158


70


130


174


773


Waldo Turner


104


112


205


102


121


108


752


Blanks


48


50


182


61


67


84


492


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YRARS.


Louis A. Cook ..


141


165


257


148


177


131


1019


Henry E. Kiley . ...


.


80


121


293


64


149


211


918


H. Franklin Perry ...


133


160


278


150


138


160


1019


H. B. Reed


1


1


Blanks


151


194


366


104


172


274


1261


Total


506


640 1194


466


636


776


4218


157


AUDITORS.


PRECINCT.


1


2


3


4


5


6


Total


John P. Hunt. .


130


151


235


108


133


132


889


Charles A. Loud . ... 113


140


189


126


144


113


826


Edward Lukeman


65


100


293


66


101


156


781


Albert W. Mann


106


114


163


103


130


101


717


Ellis J. Pitcher


54


56


77


61


162


68


478


Blanks


291


345


678


235


284


527


2360


Total


759


906 1635


699


954 1098


6051


COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS FOR THREE YEARS.


Gordon Willis


155


192


303


147


194


170


1161


Blanks


98


110


242


86


124


196


856


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


COMMISSIONER OF HIGH SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS FOR


ONE YEAR.


Henry A. Nash


162


183


267


140


179


167


1098


Blanks


91


119


278


93


139


199


919


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.


George L. Newton ...


169


157


233


131


160


131


981


Hiram B. Turpel .. 39


60


70


24


59


86


338


Blanks


45


85


242


78


99


149


698


Total 253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.


Edmund G. Bates. . ..


138


170


253


128


169


154


1012


James H. Flint.


. 141


169


280


126


169


143


1028


Clarence P. Whittle. .


134


166


278


128


166


140


1012


Blanks


346


401


824


317


450


661


2999


Total


759


906


1635


699


954 1098


6051


TRUSTEE OF TUFTS


LIBRARY FOR TWO YEARS.


William F. Hathaway 102


119


181


103


125


106


736


Frederick T. Hunt ...


58


59


161


40


77


69


464


Blanks


93


124


203


90


116


191


817


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


158


TRUSTEE OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR ONE YEAR.


PRECINCT.


1


2


3


4


5


6


Total


Francis M. Drown ...


124


147


284


108


155


131


949


Blanks


129


155


261


125


163


235


1068


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


CONSTABLES.


Michael Allen


114


142


243


149


231


135


1014


George B. Bayley . ...


114


131


209


154


203


122


933


Patrick Butler.


90


119


158


53


104


172


696


George W. Conant. ..


108


135


193


126


192


114


868


Peter E. Condrick


37


57


101


28


63


81


367


Thomas Fitzgerald ...


134


135


371


131


169


160


1100


John W. French.


44


57


59


44


87


58


349


William F. French ...


81


104


156


123


138


100


702


Thomas F. McCue ...


100


64


93


23


75


88


443


Nathaniel B. Peare ... 103


138


172


116


137


143


809


Arthur H. Pratt . . ...


121


145


186


109


146


150


857


Benjamin F. Richards. 126


114


176


107


143


100


766


Lawrence E. Schofield 42


86


72


30


79


122


431


Isaac H. Walker.


178


119


181


106


156


110


850


John D. Walsh


115


121


285


112


138


118


889


Blanks


1023 1353 2795


919 1119


1887


9096


Total


2530 3020 5450 2330 3180 3660


20170


SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN ?


Yes.


67


105


233


76


87


177


745


No .


152


165


201


117


165


127


927


Blanks


36


32


111


40


66


62


345


Total


253


302


545


233


318


366


2017


A true copy. Attest :


JOHN A. RAYMOND,


Town Clerk.


159


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at Odd Fellows Opera House, East Weymouth, on Monday, March 11, 1907, the meeting being called to order at 7 P. M., and the warrant (ex- cepting the several articles) read by the Town Clerk.


Voted, On motion of Hon. Louis A. Cook, to dispense with the reading of the articles of the warrant.


Article 1. Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check-list being used in the election, and the oath was administered by the Town Clerk.


Art. 2, Voted, That a committee of five be appointed to nominate all officers not required to be elected by ballot.


The following were appointed on the above committee : Capt. Isaac N. Colby, Charles H. Lovell, H. Walker Pratt, Otis B. Torrey, John J. Loud.


Art. 3. Voted, To accept the reports of the several boards of Town officers as printed, also the following supplementary report of the Selectmen of Expenditures from January 1, 1907 to March 1, 1907.


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160


Statement of Appropriations, March 11, 1907.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.


Expended in


Excess Jan. 1,


Unexpended


January 1, 1907.


Expended


March 1, 1907.


Unexpenped


March 1, 1907.


Expended in


Excess March


1, 1907.


Support of Schools ...


$7,076 08


$8,343 36


$1,267 28


Transportation of Pupils


$440 20


440 20


Un'on Truant Sehool.


30 42


30 42


Highway Repairs ..


2,178 46


208 07


2,386 53


Removal of Snow


1,681 90


3,110 81


1,428 91


Bridges ..


480 00


480 00


Holbrook Road .


28 42


28 4%


Pilgrim Road.


276 26


276 26


Keith Street.


33 49


33 49


Chard Street ..


17 43


17 43


Thomas' Corner - draining.


8 36


8 36


Broad Street- grading and draining ..


15 32


15 32


Publie Parks ....


Preservation of Shade Trees.


129 98


129 98


Suppression of Moths.


1,440 89


733 53


2,174 42


Land Damage - Plea. ant Street.


240 00


240 00


Street Records-Indexing ..


75 CO


75 00


85 47


Health Department.


158 46


68 85


89 61


Abatements and Remittanees.


593 18


3 21


596 39


Interest and Discount.


1,405 91


180 00


1,225 91


293 62


Eleetrie Lighting ..


2,254 08


623 16


1,630 92


781 57


Town Offiees.


381 95


24 49


357 46


State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Burials ..


772 84


1,770 00


997 16


Soldiers' Relief.


1,073 65


640 50


433 15


Town House ..


210 00


210 00


Old Home Week.


15 00


15 00


Storage Battery-Ward Two


83


83


Note Payable.


7,500 00


7,500 00


Town Officers


1,912 49


129 00


1,783 49


Poor Account ..


841 34


1,222 50


381 16


Over-drafts and Deficiencies ..


5,687 71


5,687 71


New School House - Lovell's Corner,


11,816 27


3,578 76


8,237 51


Removal of Town House ...


9,128 54


3,700 00


5,428 54


New School House - Ward Two.


1,671 45


1,671 45


Totals.


$13,349 79 $50,266 97 $33,511 57


$22,504 96


$19.099 35


GORDON WILLIS,


BRADFORD HAWES,


GEORGE L. NEWTON,


EDWARD W. HUNT,


WILLARD J. DUNBAR,


Selectmen of Weymouth.


Art. 4. It was voted by a majority of the legal voters present and voting that the Measurer be, and is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal


6 40


248 52


Police Department.


1,629 04


400 81


1,228 23


Tufts Library. .


961 86


961 86


Fogg Library Reading Room


125 00


125 00


Printing aud Advertising ..


537.88


831 50


Miscellaneous Expenses.


344 95


436 62


27 08


Election Expenses.


27 08


74 65


74 65


State Road ..


85 47


254 92


Fire Department ..


1907.


161


year beginning January 1, 1907 in anticipation of the collection of taxes, the sum of $140,000.00, (such sum of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not ex- ceeding the total tax levy for said year,) giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year after the date thereof. All debts ineurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


Art. 5. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $55,500.00 and further appropriate one-half the dog tax, and all receipts from all non-resident pupils for the support of Public Schools.


Previous to taking the above vote the Moderator appointed Messrs Edward W. Hunt and Frederick Humphrey as tellers, and the oath was administered them by the Town Clerk.


The result was as follows :


" Yes," 168; "No," 109.


The committee appointed under Article 2, made the following nominations :


PUBLIC WEIGHERS.


WARD 1.


H. A. Newton, C. Lewis French, John J. Lane, John J. Byrnes, Wm. J. Coleman, Michael A. Lane.


WARD 2.


Geo. A. Lincoln, Mary Canterbury, Joseph Cummings, W. H. Cushing, G. M. Kean, T. H. Emerson, Miss Alma Ford.


WARD 3.


John H. Condrick, Chas. B. Trask, Susan C. Richards, Orin B. Bates, J. F. R. Sherman, Peter E. Condrick.


WARD 4.


W. H. Mace, Mrs. Marjory J. Mace, Marshall P. Sprague, Wm. Nash.


WARD 5.


F. H. Richards, Alvin Hollis, Q. L. Reed, Susie A. Carroll.


SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, BARK, ETC.


WARD 1.


W. H. Cowen, M. Porter Keene, John J. Lane.


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WARD 2. W. H. Cushing, Waldo Turner, John W. Bates, Charles Simmons.


WARD 3.


W. F. Sanborn, J. F. R. Sherman, Oran B. Bates, John F. Condrick, P. E. Condrick, Susan Richards, Henry N. Willoby.


WARD 4. Wm. Nash, Gilman B. Loud, George F. Maynard.


WARD 5.


George E. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Q. L. Reed, Quincy Reed, F. H. Richards.


FENCE VIEWERS.


Q. L. Reed, Gilman B. Loud, Charles Simmons, F. D. Sherman, Solomon Ford.


FIELD DRIVERS.


W. O. Collyer, David Ford,[A. B. Pratt, Frank W. Cowing, John D. Walsh, Thomas Fitzgerald, George B. Bailey, C. H. Lovell, George W. Conant, Michael Allen.


POUND KEEPER.


Russell H. Poole.


Voted, That the above report be accepted.


Voted, That in event the meeting is not able to finish the several articles of the warrant at 10.20 o'clock P. M., to adjourn at that time to Monday, March 18th inst., at 7.30 o'clock P. M. to the Town Hall.


Voted, To take up Article 41.


Voted, To raise and appropriate $200 for 500 chairs and a range, and $125 for tables for the basement of the Town Hall, to be placed in the hands of the building committee.


Art. 6. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the transportation of pupils to and from school.


Art. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $11,000, and to further appropriate the Street Railway and excise taxes for the repair of highways, townways and bridges, and for the removal of snow, and of this amount $3,000 for the removal of snow; $600 for the care and maintenance of bridges and for cer- tain requirements contained in Articles 47, 49, 50, 55, 63, 64 and


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73 namely ; $50 for the repairing of the highway at the junction of Elm and Pleasant streets; $200 for the grading of Charles street from Edwin Clapp's shop to the corner of Lake street ; $200 for the repairs on Adams place and sidewalk; $300 to gravel Pond street and rebuild any bridges, if necessary, com- mencing at the Abington line in Ward 5; $500 for paving gutter and general repairs of the east side of Putnam street in Ward 2; $400 for the re-grading of Sea street from Newton street to the beach and $500 to gravel Park street and rebuild any bridges, if necessary, commencing at the house of James A. Reed in Ward 5.


Art. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate $11,000 and further appropriate $2,000 for the support of the poor.


Art. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate $4600 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and the families of disabled Sol- diers and seamen, under Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.


Art. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate $300 and further ap- propriate $9,700 for the payment of state and military aid under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.


Art. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 for the support of the fire department.


Art. 12. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,200 for police service.


Art. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 and further appropriate one-half the dog tax, the income from the Susan Hunt Stetson fund and the rentals of the Library Building for the Tufts Library.


Art. 14. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a public reading room in Fogg Library.


Art. 15. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the abatement and remittance of taxes.


Art. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.


Art. 17. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 for printing and advertising.


Voted, That all printed matter hereafter done for the town of Weymouth shall, so far as it can legally be done, bear the imprint of the Union Label of the Allied Printing Trades.


Art. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for miscellaneous expenses of which $2,000 shall be paid to the Town Counsel for past services.


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Art. 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000 for the payment of Town Officers. The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health to receive $2,400; the Assessors, $1,300; a sum not exceeding $200 for clerk hire; Town Clerk, $125; Town Treasurer, $450; Auditors, $150; School Com- mittee, $350; Sealer of Weights and Measures, $200; Tree War- den, $100; Town Accountant, $785.


Art. 20. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for election expenses.


Art. 21. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for Memorial Day.


Art. 22. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for rent and care of town offices and for Town House to come up under Article 41.


Art. 23. Voted, to appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $27,920 to be ex- pended for the following purposes, viz :


$18,920 for interest on the Weymouth Water loan bonds, be- coming due the ensuing year ; $7,300 for Superintendent's salary, maintenance of works and pumping station, and $1,700 for cur- rent expenses, Commissioners' and office expenses.


Art. 24. Voted, To appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund out of the income of the water rents for the current year the sum of $9,320 to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Weymouth water loan bonds.


Art. 25. Voted, That this article be referred to the Water Commissioners.


Art. 26. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for hydrants and for water rents and care of drinking fountains.


Art. 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to be expended by the Selectmen in the suppression of the gypsy and browntail moths.


Art. 28. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to be expended in the interest of the public health.


Art. 29. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500 for electric lighting and that out of this appropriation and such accumulation of rebates as may be on hand, the electric light committee be and are hereby instructed to provide and install lights to meet the requirements of Articles 68, 69, 70, and 71.


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Art. 30. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and maintenance of public parks.


Art. 31. Voted, To ralse and appropriate the sum of $2000 toward the Sinking Fund for the payment at maturity of the High School bonds.


· Art. 32· Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the 10th 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 six per cent. per annum, and the salary of the Collector be six mills on the dollar.


Voted, That the Veteran Firemen's Association have the use of the Town Hall, April 5th, at the actual expense of same.


Art. 33. Voted, To amend the Jurors' List as prepared and posted by the Selectmen by striking out the names of Willis M. Rand, Oscar A. Tower, W. Carlton Barnes, Elmer E. Belcher, Howard H. Joy, Henry C. Jesseman, Harry P. Spear, John Han- ley, Alanson Cushing, George H. Bryant, Frank H. Gunville, James H. Williams, and by changing the name of Arthur C. Blanchard to Arthur L. Blanchard.


Voted, That the list as now amended be accepted.


Art. 34. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the preservation of shade trees to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.


Art. 35. Voted, Unanimously, that the notes which were authorized to be issued by the Treasurer for the loan for the building and furnishing of the new eight room school house in Ward two, at the special town meeting held May 18th, 1906, shall be eight in number, of the denomination of $5,000 each, the first payable on November 1st, 1919, and one on November 1st, in each year thereafter till all mature, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually on May 1st and November 1st in each year at the Town Treasurer's office.


(NOTE - This vote was reconsidered March 25)


Voted, that so much of the vote passed on said May 18th, 1906, as is inconsistent with the above vote, be rescinded.


Art. 36. A motion made under this article in relation to amending the By-Laws of the town, was not carried.


Voted, To adjourn. Attest :


JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.


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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.


The adjourned annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall on Monday March 18, 1907 at 7 : 30 o'clock P. M., the meeting being called to order by the Moderator Hon. Louis A. Cook.


Art. 37. Voted, To accept the gift of the late Augustus J. Richards of $5,000, tendered by the administrators of his estate, upon condition that the same shall be known as - Augustus J. Richard's Fund - held exclusively for the benefit of the Tufts Library in Weymouth, invested, and the income therefrom used annually for the purchase of new books for said library. And that the Board of Selectmen tender the family of Mr. Augustus J. Richards the thanks of the Town for their generous gift.


Voted, To take up Article 25.


Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to refer this article to the Water Commissioners.


Art. 25. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the purpose of making further construction of the Water Works.


Art. 38. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500. 00 for the final payment upon the steam roller.


Art. 39. Voted, To raise and appropriate $45 for the purpose of having a stone placed in the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial, at Provincetown.


Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to carry the foregoing vote into effect.


Art. 40. No action.


Art. 41. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for furnishing the Town Hall, and carrying out the instructions as advised by the State Inspector, under the direction of the building committee.


Art. 42. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 for procuring a clock and bell to be placed in the tower of the Town Hall under the direction of the building committee.




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