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Art. 69. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a town way over an existing private way running southerly from Pearl street.
Art. 70. On petitition of L. A. Blanchard and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to gravel the roadway on Pond street. from the railroad crossing to Main street at Pool's Corner.
Art. 71. On petition of N. R. Ells and others : To see if the towu will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the purpose of graveling the part of Front street beginning at Nash's Corner and running to the residence of Austin Tirrell, or act in any way in relation to the same.
Art. 72. On petition of W. B. Mathewson and others : To see if the town will vote to establish and maintain two electric lights on Saunders street, and raise and appropriate a sufficient snm of money therefor.
Art. 73. On petition of James L. Trainor and others : To see if the town will vote to place an electric light in front of the C. P. Hunt factory on Sterling street.
Art. 74. On petition of D. J. Sampson and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the working of a new street laid out by the Selectmen, leading off from Pearl street in a southerly direction.
Art. 75. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a townway from Main street at a point nearly opposite the house of N. R. Ells, to Front street.
Art. 76. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to turn into the treasury the unexpended balances on any appropri- ations which they may consider closed.
Art. 77. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a town way from a point on Charles street, over an existing private way, to the lot of the new Ward Two School House.
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Art. 78. On petition of Joseph A. Cushing and others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the working of a new street running from Charles street, in an easterly direction, to the new school house lot on Cushing street.
Art. 79. To see if the town will vote to amend their By-Laws by the addition of the following thereto, to take any other action in relation thereto.
(1) No hawker or peddler shall hawk or peddle fruit and veg- etables within the Town of Weymouth unless he is duly licensed by the Board of Selectmen, or licensed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to hawk or peddle in Weymonth, in accordance with Sect. 19, chap. 65 of Revised Laws. When so licensed, he shall be assigned a number by the Board of Selectmen to be worn or exposed in such manner as the Board shall prescribe.
(2) A hawker or peddler shall pay for license as set forth in Section 1, the sum of ten dollars, unless otherwise provided by law.
(3) No hawker or peddler shall hawk or peddle within the Town of Weymouth, books, newspapers, pamphlets, fuel, provis- ions, ice, live animals, agricultural implements, until he has re- corded his name or residence with the Board of Selectmen and has been assigned by them a number to be worn or exposed in such manner as the Board shall prescribe.
(4) There shall be no fee for recording name and residence and assignment of number as set forth in Section 3.
(5) No person licensed as set forth in Section 1, shall cry his wares to the disturbance of the peace and comfort of the inhabi- tants of the town.
(6) Every person licensed as set forth in Sections 1 and 3. shall if he uses any kind of conveyance, have in addition to the number assigned to him, as set forth in Sections 1 and 3, his name upon his vehicle in letters at least two inches in height.
(7) Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this By-Law, shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offence.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you in writing, in each of 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 twenty-ninth day of February, instant.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, EDWARD W. HUNT, WILLARD J. DUNBAR, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, Feb. 20, 1908.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth, aforesaid, to meet at the respective places and time, and for the purposes set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies thereof in two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, as therein directed.
NATH'L B. PEARE, Constable of Weymouth.
TOWN OFFICE, WEYMOUTH, March 2, 1908.
A meeting of the Registrars of Voters was held at the Town 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 number of votes cast, were declared elected to their respective offices, viz :
TOWN CLERK. John A. Raymond. TOWN TREASURER. John H. Stetson.
SELECTMEN.
1 Willard J. Dunbar, Edward W. Hunt,
Bradford Hawes, George L. Newton,
Gordon Willis.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Willard J. Dunbar, Edward W. Hunt,
Bradford Hawes, George L. Newton,
Gordon Willis.
PARK COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. Louis A. Cook.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. Frank H. Richards.
ASSESSORS. For Three Years.
Gilman B. Loud,
George C. Torrey.
ASSESSORS. For Two Years.
John F. Dwyer,
H. Walker Pratt.
ASSESSOR. For One Year. Waldo Turner.
WATER COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. George E. Bicknell.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For Three Years.
Eugene M. Carter,
Frank H. Torrey.
AUDITORS.
John P. Hunt,
Charles A. Loud,
William H. Pratt.
TREE WARDEN. Gordon Willis.
COMMISSIONER OF WARD TWO SCHOOL SINKING FUND BONDS. For Three Years. Henry A. Nash. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY. For Three Years.
Francis M. Drown, Herbert A. Newton,
Preston Pratt.
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CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen,
George B. Bayley,
George W. Conant,
Thomas Fitzgerald, Nathaniel B. Peare,
Arthur H. Pratt,
Benjamin F. Richards, John D. Walsh.
Isaac H. Walker,
The result of the vote was as follows :
TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCT.
1
John A. Raymond ...
126
224
3 280
4
5
6 216
Total 1141
Geo. M. Keene ..
1
1
Blanks.
59
92
183
44
53
135
566
Total.
185
317
463
180
212
351
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TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson
125
220
272
137
165
196
1115
Blanks
60
97
191
43
47
155
593
Total.
185
317
463
180
212
351
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SELECTMEN.
Willard J. Dunbar. . .
125
177
198
124
134
148
906
Bradford Hawes ..
119
162
210
136
137
139
903
Edward W. Hunt ....
114
167
323
124
134
142
1004
William Litchfield ...
10
27
39
12
15
19
122
Robert McIntosh ....
30
146
214
51
79
211
731
George L. Newton ...
135
174
203
128
124
142
906
Sumner F. Shaw ..
..
14
26
34
8
20
28
130
Gordon Willis.
112
165
216
138
160
137
928
Scattering
2
2
Blanks.
266
539
878
179
257
789
2908
Total
925 1585 2315
900
1060
1755
8540
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Willard J. Dunbar .. .
121
176
198
119
128
150
892
Bradford Hawes .....
115
165
204
135
133
130
882
Edward W. Hunt ....
113
163
300
121
127
131
955
William Litchfield .. .
11
25
39
9
15
18
117
Robert McIntosh. ...
27
144
196
52
63
203
685
George L. Newton .. .
132
163
193
125
124
136
873
Sumner F. Shaw ....
15
25
31
6
20
28
125
Gordon Willis
112
163
205
133
251
132
896
Blanks.
279
561
949
200
299
827
3115
Total
925 1585 2315
900
1060 1755
8540
. . .
William F. French,
136
159
151
PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Louis A. Cook
121
194
272
136
139
179
1041
Blanks.
64
123
191
44
73
172
667
Total
185
317
463
180
212
351
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Frank H. Richards ..
132
207
307
150
175
203
1174
Blanks.
53
110
156
30
37
148
534
Total
185
317
463
180
212
351
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ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
Gilman B. Loud ....
110
175
230
136
144
153
948
George C. Torrey ...
114
168
209
137
146
161
935
Charles H. Clapp. . .
1
1
Blanks.
146
291
487
87
133
388
1532
Total
370
634
926
360
424
702
3416
ASSESSOR FOR TWO YEARS.
John F. Dwyer. .....
60
148
383
68
91
205
955
H. Franklin Perry .
90
134
125
104
97
108
658
H. Walker Pratt.
106
138
152
100
115
119
730
Blanks.
114
214
266
88
121
270
1073
Total
370
634
926
360
424
702
3416
ASSESSOR FOR ONE YEAR.
Rufus S. Turpel.
.
11
52
40
16
13
47
179
Waldo Turner.
105
157
187
111
126
162
848
Blanks. .
69
108
236
53
73
142
681
Total
185
317
463
180
212
351
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WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
George E. Bicknell. .
113
153
276
125
129
141
937
Hiram B. Turpel
...
15
55
39
14
14
60
197
Blanks.
57
109
148
41
69
150
574
Total
185
317
463
180
212
351
1708
152
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Howard B. Burke. .
. .
7
25
49
15
13
26
135
Eugene M. Carter .
102
147
150
98
88
102
687
Joseph A. Cushing .. .
16
131
98
17
38
209
509
Mary E. Holbrook ...
25
69
85
72
115
63
429
Frank H. Torrey
154
127
179
103
78
91
732
Blanks
66
177
393
55
96
243
1030
Total
370
676
954
360
428
734
3522
AUDITORS.
Carmine Garofalo.
16
54
64
14
23
113
284
John P. Hunt
110
165
255
123
127
142
922
Charles A. Loud
106
167
200
127
127
129
856
William H. Pratt.
108
167
193
115
122
134
839
Blanks
215
398
677
161
237
535
2223
Total
555
951 1389
540
636 1053
5124
TREE
WARDEN.
Fred W. Cochran
14
71
80
16
29
107
317
Gordon Willis.
110
141
201
127
129
113
821
Blanks
61
105
182
37
54
131
579
Total
185
317
463
180
212
353
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COMMISSIONER OF WARD TWO
SCHOOL
SINKING
FUND FOR THREE
YEARS.
Henry A. Nash
116
166
224
117
127
146
896
Blank .
69
151
239
63
85
205
812
Total
185
317
463
180
212
351
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TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Francis M. Drown ... 106
150
275
121
112
141
905
Irving S. Newcomb . .
13
52
57
17
20
41
200
Herbert A. Newton.
114
156
203
110
127
135
845
Preston Pratt.
104
156
179
111
125
127
802
Blanks
218
437
675
181
252
609
2372
Total
555
951
1389
540
636 1053
3124
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CONSTABLES.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Michael Allen
97
162
205
123
160
141
888
George B. Bayley . . ... 102
141
174
129
139
133
818
George W. Conant ...
97
153
168
112
135
134
799
Thomos Fitzgerald .. .
107
168
299
121
133
148
976
William F. French. ..
95
141
162
114
122
127
761
Howard E. Litchfield .
20
46
45
14
24
32
181
Nathaniel B. Peare ...
97
164
163
107
119
159
809
Arthur H. Pratt.
... .
92
174
174
107
126
152
825
Benjamin F. Richards 113
149
163
107
125
121
778
Henry B. Vogel
.
20
65
37
14
27
46
209
Isaac H. Walker
123
145
162
103
124
121
778
John D. Walsh.
96
156
246
111
126
132
867
Blank
791 1506 2632
638
760 2064
8391
Total
1850 3170 4630 1800 2120 3510
17,080
SHALL LICENSES BE
GRANTED FOR THE
SALE
OF
INTOXICATING
LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN?
Yes
32
105
189
62
52
168
608
No
115
177
182
93
130
139
836
Blank
38
35
92
25
30
44
264
Total
185
317
463
180
212
35I
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall in said town on Monday, March 9, 1908, at 9.15 o'clock A. M., the meeting being called to order, and the warrant read (except- ing the several articles) by the Town Clerk. On motion of Judge Cook, it was voted that the Town Clerk dispense with reading of the several articles in the warrant.
Article 1. Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected as Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election, and the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted, That the Moderator appoint a committee to retire and nominate all officers not required to be elected by bal- lot. The following were appointed :
D. J. Pierce, Everett Loud, H. A. Nash, John W. Vinson, Alfred S. Tirrell.
The committee made the following nominations :
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
WARD 1.
H. A. Newton, C. Lewis French, John J. Lane, John Byrnes, Wm. J. Coleman, Michael A. Lane.
WARD 2.
Clara Mitchell, Joseph Cummings, W. H. Cushing, T. H. Emerson.
WARD 3.
John H. Condrick, Charles B. Trask, Susan C. Richards, Orin B. Bates, J. F. R. Sherman.
WARD 4.
W. H. Mace, Mrs. Marjory J. Mace, Marshall P. Sprague, William Nash, N. R. Ells.
WARD 5.
Alvin Hollis, Susie A. Carroll, Walter L. Bates, Frank W. Thomas, J. Leonard Bicknell.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK. WARD 1.
N. Porter Keene, John J. Lane.
WARD 2.
W. H. Cushing, Waldo Turner, John W. Bates, Charles Sim- mons.
WARD 3.
W. F. Sanborn, J. F. R. Sherman, Orin B. Bates, John H. Condrick, Susan C. Richards, Henry N. Willoby, Edward I. Loud.
WARD 4.
William Nash, Gilman B. Loud, George F. Maynard.
WARD 5.
George E. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Walter L. Bates, J. Leonard Bicknell.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Gilman B. Loud, Charles Simmons, F. D. Sherman, Solomon Ford, W. Abbot Howe.
FIELD DRIVERS.
W. O. Collyer, David Ford, Asa 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.
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Art. 3. Voted, To accept the reports of the several boards of Town Officers as printed.
Voted, To accept the report of the committee on the new Pratt School Building.
Voted, To accept the report of the committee on the New School Bullding in Ward 2.
Voted, To cover into the Treasury the balance left over from the appropriation for the above building.
Voted, To accept the following report of the Industrial Com- mittee.
REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE- MARCH 9, 1908.
The second year of the experiment of creating an official com- mittee, for the purpose of trying to induce outside business to locate.in the town, began with the appointment, at the last annual town meeting. of a committee of forty. This committee im- mediately organized with the same constitution and by-laws and continued its duties along the same lines as the similar committee of the preceding year.
Its monthly meetings were well attended, and it is a gratifying feature that so many of the town's busy citizens made it a point to devote one or more evenings each month, as well as perform committee work between the meetings, prompted solely by their interest in the town and its welfare.
Among the several matters considered was a proposition by one of the largest shoe concerns in the country to locate in the Dizer factory, provided a certain sum of money was raised to be expended in making repairs and to pay the rent. The proposition was a staggering one. This money could only be provided by popular subscription. Papers were circulated throughout the town and the people of Weymouth subscribed freely and in an amount sufficient to meet the proposition of the shoe concern.
The project fell through, however, through no fault of the town, its people, or its committee. The matter is only mentioned here to show the disposition of Weymouth citizens generally, to welcome, and in this case at least, to aid in a substantial way, new industries seeking location within our limits.
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Upon forty citizens at least (eight from each ward) there has grown the belief that the natural advantages of Weymouth as a place in which to reside or do business, are not surpassed by those of any other town of which the committee have sufficient knowl- edge to make comparison fair.
Why, then, should Weymouth not be occupying the advanced position among the towns of the Commonwealth, financially, so- cially and politically, befitting her history, and to which her nat- ural advantages and geographcal location justly entitle her ?
The committee early realized, as probably does every person who gives the matter serious consideration, that the high tax rate is one of the principal contributing causes of her unenviable posi- tion.
We are satisfied that the most earnest efforts in trying to induce new business or wealthy residents to locate in this town, will be comparatively futile so long as the present high tax rate contin- ues. How best to overcome this condition has been most ear- nestly considered by the committee during the two years of its service.
To accomplish this result by cutting in two all our appropria- tions would cause too great a shock to our internal affairs to be practical, and the economy secured by such scheme, would only be apparent and not real, because it could, of necessity, be only temporary and the matters in regard to which the economy was practiced would sooner or later require so much larger than the average amonnt appropriated, that it is doubtful if much could be saved or that any outsiders would be deceived.
Such a remedy does not get at the root of the trouble.
The report made to your committee, by one of its sub-commit- tees appointed to consider the subject of local taxation, is too long to appear herein, but was printed in the Weymouth Gazette in its issue of January 1, 1908. Some extracts from the report were as follows :-
" Your committee appointed to consider, investigate and report on the subject of local taxation in Weymouth have held meetings with the assessors of the town and have received the views of all the assessors either personally or by written communication.
We have approached the consideration of the subject from the standpoint that it is desirable in the interest of the town to lower our rate of taxation. Our investigation has led us to believe that
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this cannot be accomplished to any appreciable extent by the expectation of decreasing the running expenses of the town. We are led to the conclusion that the annual expenses of the town will never be appreciably less than at present ; that is to say, the cost of operation of our schools, of maintaining our roads, our police and fire departments will probably never be any less than it is to-day and may quite naturally be expected to increase. The only other opportunity therefore to escape a high rate of taxation must be found in an increased valualation of property and in finding new property subject to taxation. We are convinced from such investigation as we have had an opportunity to make that the valuation of property in Weymouth has not been increased to an amount commensurate with the benefits that have been bestowed upon it from the money expended by the town during the last fifteen or twenty years and by increased facilities of transportation in the town.
"We believe that if we can once secure a low rate of taxation that the opportunity will then be offered and accepted by men of wealth to reside in Weymouth, the result of which would be to maintain the tax at a low level. There have been one or two not- able examples of this. For instance : In the town of Cohasset, where recently, we are informed, wealthy men have moved into the town and have permitted themselves to be taxed for a large amount of personal property, the result of which, of course, greatly reduced the rate of taxation in that town. These men naturally would never come to Weymouth so long as we have a town tax rate of about two and one-quarter per cent. on every one hundred dollars. In ordinary times a man can scarcely make his money earn much over five per cent., and he certainly is not going to reside in a town where he is subject by reason of the tax rate to divide his income with the municipality."
It will be remembered that as the result of a similar sub-com- mittee's investigation along the same line last year, your com- mittee recommended the starting in upon the undertaking of plot- ting the town. We believe the results accomplished justify the promise made at the time.
As a further step in continuing the policy then begun, promising to ultimately reduce the tax rate in a safe and rational manner, and raise the town to the standard of other towns in methods and
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matters pertaining to taxation, we urge favorable action by the town on articles 41 and 42 of this year's warrant.
Within a few weeks there has been organized a new association for substantially the same purpose as that of this committee, and known as the Weymouth Board of trade. It is practically un- limited in its membership andpurposes to embrace all parts of the town in its field ol work. We believe it will have the earnest en- couragement and support of all citizens. In its work, doubtless, all the ideas and objects of this committee can find expression.
If it were true that the only good accomplished by this com- mittee, in its two years of service, shall have been the stimulating and promoting of such interest in its line of work as to make the organization of the Weymouth Board of Trade possible, then the experiment by the town, of a "Committee of Forty," will not have been tried in vain.
ALBERT P. WORTHEN, President.
WALTER L. BATES, Secretary.
Voted, To accept the following Supplementary Report of the Selectmen :
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Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures to March 1, 1908.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Expended in Excess Jan. 1,
1908.
Unexpended
January 1, 1908.
Expended
January 1 to
March 1.
Balance
Unexpended
Expended in
March 1, 1908.
Support of Schools.
$16,091 29
$8.889 05
$7,202 24
Transportation of Pupils
$110 00
250 00
360 00
High School Sinking Fund.
1,232 79
1,232 79
Union Truant School ..
110 30
110 30
Highway Repairs.
1,168 58
216 87
1.385 45
Removal of Snow
596 75
800 09
263 34
Bridges .
245 00
50 00
195 00
Pilgrim Road .
30 64
30 64
Keith Street
33 49
33 49
Chard Street
17 43
17 43
Thomas' Corner-draining
8 36
8 86
Broad Street-draining .
15 32
15 32
Public Parks ...
80 90
80 90
Preservation of Shade Trees
16 31
16 31
Suppression of Moths ...
892 54
543 61
1,436 15
Street Records-Indexing
75 00
75 00
Health Department
470 37
9 45
460 92
Fire Department
115 00
148 83
263 83
Police Department.
1,428 21
700 52
727 69
Tufts Library
466 63
466 63
Fogg Library Reading Room
125 00
125 00
Abatement and Remittance
136 93
45 80
182 73
Interest and Discount.
694 20
180 00
514 20
Printing and Advertising
283 13
777 94
494 81
Electric Lighting ..
2,195 75
628 03
1,567 72
Miscellaneous Expenses
674 72
341 75
332 97
Election Expenses
77
1 00
1 77
Town Offices .
1 86
24 21
26 07
State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Burials ...
883 78
1 640 00
756 22
Soldier's Relief .
1,690 41
614 00
1,076 41
Town House-care, etc.
131 56
124 78
6 78
Old Home Week
15 00
15 00
Storage Battery
83
83
Town Officers.
697 36
371 16
326 20
New School House-Ward four.
56 56
56 56
New School House-Ward Two.
108 24
108 24
Removal of Town House
148 23
440 00
291 77
Surveying and Plotting Town.
157 44
151 71
5 73
Industrial Committee Expenses ..
494 00
494 00
Fore River Bridge-Interest Acct.
428 54
Poor Account ..
1,640 92
1,345 73
295 19
Overdrafts and Deficiencies of Pre vious years
6,998 79
6,998 79
State Road.
2,565 09
27 50
2,592 59
Totals .
$13,761 19
$29,572 83 $18,382 03
$14,254 76 $16,825 15
GORDON WILLIS,
BRADFORD HAWES,
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
EDWARD W. HUNT, WILLARD J. DUNBAR,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
March 1.
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Art. 4. It was voted by a majority of the legal voters present and voting that the Treasurer be, and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January first, 1908, in anticipation of the collec- tion of taxes, the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars, (such sum of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year,) giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year after the date thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Articles 5 and 6. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $57,500, and further appropriate one-half the dog tax and all receipts from non-resident pupils for the support of Public Schools and for the transportation of pupils.
Voted, That the matter of the salaries of the school teachers in grades 1 to 8 inclusive, be referred to the School Committee (a motion to reconsider the above vote was not carried).
Voted, To take up Articles 64, 65, 67 and 71 in connection with Article 7.
Article 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $12,- 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 be for the re- mnoval of snow, $600 for the care and maintenance of bridges. And for certain requirements contained in Articles 64, 65, 67 and 71, namely :
Art. 64. $200 for the grading and repair of East street be- tween Madison square and the railroad track.
Art. 65. $100 for building sidewalk at Reed Cemetery on Front street.
Art. 67. $150 for the working of Monatiquot street.
Art. 71. $400 for the purpose of gravelling the part of Front street from Nash's corner to the residence of Austin Tirrell.
Voted, To adjourn to one o'clock P. M.
At one o'clock P. M. the meeting was again called to order and the business proceeded.
Voted, To take up Article 3.
Voted, To appropriate the unexpended balance on the Pratt School Building towards the purchase of a flagstaff.
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