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7,746 06
197 50
Poor Account
15,341 67
15,861 41
519 74
$228,896 39
$195,694 65
$36,125 41
$2,923 67
2,923 67
36,125 41
$231,820 06
$231,820 06
187 30
TRIAL BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1912.
Schoolhouses and lots
$225,000 00
Engine houses and lockups
16,400 00
Town House
12,000 00
Tufts Public Library
.
44,000 00
Fire Apparatus
19,000 00
Street Department, fixtures
4,800 00
Town Farm
17,000 00
Town Farm, personal property .
8,902 73
Water Department, real estate .
800 00
Water Department, personal property
13,200 00
Water Department, water rents
4,451 43
Water Department, labor and material account . 297 47
Water Department, construction
539,884 76
Water Department, sinking fund James Humphrey schoolhouse
334,401 24
sinking fund
8,405 53
Tax Collectors
86,666 78
State Treasurer
9,240 44
County Treasurer
1,442 42
Due from cities and towns .
1,945 45
Tax deed property
3,321 00
Town Treasurer
16,588 41
Superior Court judgments, ap- propriation . ·
42 06
Sidewalk, Lovells Corner, ap- propriation . ·
75
Highways, appropriation .
253 37
Abatement and remittance, ap- propriation . .
1,287 99
Election expenses, appropriation
99 99
Laying curb, appropriation
187 30
Miscellaneous Account, appro- priation
328 97
Town Officers, appropriation
197 50
Poor Account, appropriation
519 74
Amount carried forward
$1,370,672 33
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Amonnt brought forward $1,370,672 33
Water Bonds
$508,000 00
Notes Payable
167,500 00
Schools, appropriation
16,347 28
Removal of snow, appropriation
2,342 16
Bridges, appropriation
85 00
Pilgrim Road, appropriation
30 64
Public parks, appropriation
104 72
Preservation trees, appropriation
7 29
Town survey, appropriation
382 45
Moth account, appropriation
1,666 22
Street records, appropriation
75 00
Fire Department, appropriation .
70 94
Police Department, appropriation
1,250 63
Health Dept., appropriation
104 38
Town Offices, appropriation
176 43
Town Hall, appropriation
355 77
State and Military aid, appro- priation
7,045 78
Soldiers' Relief, appropriation .
1,367 31
Printing, appropriation
842 49
Electric lighting, appropriation .
2,383 87
Tufts Library, appropriation
139 62
Fogg Reading Room, appro-
priation
.
125 00
Assessors' Card Index, appro- priation ·
36 35
Interest, appropriation ·
1,167 63
Pump, appropriarion
18 45
Due towns, poor department
584 68
Appropriation overdrafts .
2,923 67
Town of Weymouth .
655,537 57
$1,370,671 33
$1,370,671 33
CHARLES B. CUSHING, Town Accountant.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Board of Overseers of the Town of Weymouth respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1911 :
TOWN HOME AND FARM.
Soon after the election of the present board we were informed by Joseph Cummings and wife that they proposed to terminate their services as superintendent and matron of the home with the year ending April 1, 1911.
These positions had been held by Mr. and Mrs. Cummings con- tinuously since April 1, 1905, and their service had, we believe, been faithful and conscientious. We regretted to learn of their decision to terminate their labors at the home, both for the reason that they had the confidence and esteem of the people of the town and also because of the difficulty of finding suitable people to fill these responsible positions together. After careful consid- eration of all the applications received by us, we engaged Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Cater of Rochester, New Hampshire, at a sal- ary of $800, and they entered upon their duties the first week in April. On the farm Mr. Cater is perfectly at home. He has clear ideas of the objects he wishes to accomplish and knows how to attain them.
Notwithstanding the long continued spell of dry weather in the summer the corn crop was the largest yet harvested on the farm since the silo was built.
The hay crop was very light by reason of the drought.
The vegetable gardens produced an abundance for the use of the home, both for summer and winter.
Mrs. Cater has demonstrated her willingness and ability to manage the house in a manner which insures the comfort and well- being of the inmates and with due regard to the economic interests of the establishment. Her care of the sick and infirm has been all that could be asked. In this respect the year has been an unusually trying one upon the matron on account of the number who have been in failing health by reason of age and infirmity.
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Eight inmates have died during the year, six of whom ranged in age from seventy-two to eighty-two years. The other two, one a man of sixty-one and the other a woman of forty-seven, were brought to the home in advanced stages of illness and lived but a few weeks after admission.
There has been for the whole or a portion of the year sixty different inmates, the largest number, we think, in the history of the house, of whom forty-nine were males and eleven females. Of this number nine were boarders or chargeable to the State.
Of the above number there remain at the close of the year thirty-nine.
The ages of the inmates are as follows :
Between 20 and 30 years of age
1
30 and 40 60 66
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1
40 and 50 66 66
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4
66 50 and 60 66
14
66 60 and 70 66 66
15
66
70 and 80
66
18
66
80 and 90 66 66
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The net cost of the establishment has been $5,676.23.
The cost per week for each inmate, $3.55.
There is one long-felt want at the home, the remedying of which ought not to be longer delayed. We refer to the total lack of any place for assembling the inmates, either for Sunday ser- vices, for funerals, or any other purpose.
In our opinion the time has come when a chapel room should be built onto the house to serve the purposes above named, and we earnestly recommend that an appropriation therefor be made at the next annual meeting of the town.
POOR OUT OF THE HOUSE.
The number of those aided out of the house has varied but slightly from that of the previous year. Several families which have been aided for a number of years have become self-support- ing by reason of the older children becoming of age to assist in their support, but others have taken their places, so that the number is not materially reduced.
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The whole number aided has been 230 individuals in 122 families of one or more. Of these, 90 were males and 140 females.
One hundred and twenty were adults and 110 minors.
Thirty-seven were above 60 years of age; 11 were physically disablad ; 3 were epileptics, and 10 were cases of temporary support in city hospitals. The above total number includes 52 individuals with settlements in Weymouth who were aided else- where and 81 having no settlement here, the cost of whose assist- ance is refunded by the State or by other cities and towns.
The cost for aid to the outside poor has been as follows :
For the town's poor
$8,065 09
For those having no settlement in Weymouth 1,732 35
Total
$9,797 44
The total number of the town's poor, including those supported at the home and those aided outside, was two hundred and nine ; being one for every sixty-two of the population.
The cost of our poor is a heavy item of the town's expenses, but with the present high cost of the necessaries of life we see no immediate prospect of any material reduction therein.
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
The physicians appointed in the work of this department for the year ending June 1, 1911, were as follows : Ward One and the Town Home, William A. Drake ; Ward Two, John C. Fraser ; Ward Three, Granville Tinkham ; Ward Four, Karl H. Granger ; Ward Five, Edward N. Mayberry.
To fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. Tinkham, Franklin P. Virgin was appointed.
EDWARD W. HUNT, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, WILLARD J. DUNBAR, A. FRANCIS BARNES, Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TOWN HOME.
To the Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN - By your request, I herewith submit to you my report for the year ending December 31, 1911 :
On April 3 I took charge of your town home and farm, a stranger to all, and fully aware that my system of conducting the affairs of the institution would be commented upon. I trust that my efforts have not all been in vain, and that in some respects they have met your approval.
The farm crops have, I think, been fairly satisfactory, espec- ially when the unfavorable weather conditions of the past season are considered.
The fields have all been cleared of bushes and can now be plowed and cultivated to the extreme edge of the entire fields.
During the season there has been laid 355 squares of genesco roofing on the wood shed, wagon house and the old men's smok- ing room.
The interior of the cow barn has been remodelled, new floors laid, cement cribs and improved stanchons installed, making it more convenient and adding much to the health and comfort of the cows.
A new corn harvester and other farm machinery was bought, and I believe you are satisfied that the money for the same proved to be well invested.
To the Overseers of the Poor, whose advice and good judgment have been of great value, ILextend my sincere thanks ; also to William A. Drake, M. D., whose kindness and efficiency in car- ing for the unfortunates in the home during the past year have been fully appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY F. CATER,
Superintendent.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. " To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth aforesaid qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective voting precincts, to wit : In precincts numbered One, Three, Five, and Six, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively ; in precinct numbered Two, at the Odd Fellows Opera House, and in precinct numbered Four, at the Hose House at Nash's Corner, on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at five o'clock and forty-five minutes in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the wardens of their several precincts their votes on one ballot for the following named town officers, to wit: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, two Assessors for three years, Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years, one Commissioner for the Sinking Fund of the James Humphrey School House for three years, one Tree Warden and ten Constables; and to vote on the same ballot, "Yes " or " No" upon the following question :
" Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
The polls will be opened at a quarter before six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, the thirteenth day of March next, at nine o'clock and fifteen minutes in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all 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, and one Pound Keeper.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of town officers and of any committee appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committees the town may think proper.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow, during the municipal year beginning January 1, 1911, in an- ticipation of the collection of taxes of said year such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy of said year, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year of the dates thereof.
Art. 5. To see if the town will designate the First National Bank of South Weymouth, the First National Bank of Boston and the Shawmut National Bank of Boston as legal depositories for the funds of the town, and -the First National Safe Deposit Company of Boston, Mass., as a legal depository for the securities of the town.
Art. 6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools and for trans- portation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 7. 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.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief and support of the poor.
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Art. 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and for the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, under Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials, under the provisions of Chapter 468, of the Act of 1909, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Art. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the fire department.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
Art. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a public reading room at the Fogg Library.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
Art. 16. To see what provision the town will make for the payment of a note of $2,000 which becomes due November 1, 1911.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest which may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous 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.
Art. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care and repair of the Town Hall.
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Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to renew the lease of the rooms in the East Weymouth Savings Bank Building or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and maintenance of the town parks.
Art. 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths.
Art. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
Art. 27. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for election expenses.
Art. 28. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Board of Health,
Art. 29. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting of the streets.
Art. 30. 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 James Humphrey School House bonds.
Art, 31. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen, un- der the provisions of Acts of 1910, Chap. 624, Sec. 1, to appoint a Town Accountant and determine the salary to be paid him.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $29,120 to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $19,920 for interest on the Weymouth water loan bonds becoming due the ensuing year ; $7,500 for Superintendent's salary, maintenance of works and pumping station; and $1,700 for current expenses, Commissioners and office expenses.
Art. 33. To see if the town will 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 $10,000 to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Weymouth water loan bonds.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of making further construction of the water works.
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Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for hydrants and for the water rents and care of drink- ing fountains.
Art. 36. At the request of the Water Commissioners : To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Water Com- missioners to purchase, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, such land bordering the shore of Weymouth Great Pond, as in the judgment of said commissioners, may be deemed necessary for the purpose of protecting the town's water supply from pollution, and to provide for payment of land so purchased.
Art. 37. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the ensuing ycar and to fix the rate of interest on all taxes re- maining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
Art. 38. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the preservation of shade trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
Art. 39. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of continuing the survey and plotting of the town.
Art. 40. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due it.
Art. 41. To see what provision the town will make for any deficiencies in the appropriations of the current financial year or for any overdrafts already made.
Art. 42. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of a section of the state highway on Main Street.
Art. 43. To sce if the town will authori le its Selectmen to sell any real estate of which it may be possessed and for which it has no further use.
Art. 44. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow the sum of $6,000 for general town purposes, giving the notes of the town therefor on such time and at such rate of interest as the town may vote.
Art. 45. On petition of Henry B. Reed and fifteen others, not members of the Grand Army of the Republic : To see if the town will convey to Reynolds Post 58 Corporation the unused house and
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grounds of the Bicknell School, on Commercial Street, for use as a headquarters and for the use of the auxiliary patriotic organiza- tions associated with them in their work, or for the purpose of making it a Memorial Building to commemorate the history of the citizen soldiers of Weymouth, or act in any other manner in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 46. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sec- tions 42 to 45 inclusive, of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws, as affected by Chapter 216 of the Acts of 1908, in relation to estab- lishing and constructing sidewalks.
Art. 47. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sec- tions 1 to 9 inclusive, of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws, as af- fected by Chapter 216 of the Acts of 1908, in relation to laving out, relocating, altering, widening, grading or discontinuing a town way.
Art. 48. On petition of Emery L. Bradford and twenty-nine others : To see if the town will authorize the Assessors to abate the tax assessed on the property of the Clapp Memorial Associa- tion for the year 1909 or will itself abate said tax or raise and appropriate a proper and sufficient sum of money to pay the same or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 49. On petition of George H. Nelson and fourteen others : To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box on Commercial Street at its junction with Union Avenue.
Art. 50. On petition of J. Rupert Walsh and sixty others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purchase of an automobile combination chemical and hose wagon to be located in East Weymouth, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 51. On petition of W. T. Dizer and fifteen others : To see if the town will vote to establish an electric light at the junc- tion of Chard Street and Hillside Avenue.
Art. 52. On petition of John W. Barrett and thirteen others : To see if the town will vote to establish an electric light on Shaw- mut Street, opposite the residence of Michael Vendre.
Art. 53. On petition of John S. Sheehan and eleven others : To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on East Street, in front of gravel pit.
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Art. 54. On petition of A. L. Ruso and nine others : To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on Canterbury Street.
Art. 55. On petition of Anna M. Shipp and nine others : To see if the town will vote to install an electric light at the junction of Ramblers Way and Rosemont Road.
Art. 56. On petition of Helen G. Cahill and eighteen others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the maintenance of an electric light at the junction of Sea Street and a private way known as Ocean avenue.
Art. 57. On petion of Ashton S. Frothingham and fourteen others : To see if the town will vote that a permanent electric light be placed on the town street known as Wessagusset Road, at or near its junction with the private way known as Hobomac Road.
Art. 58. On petition of John Riley and ten others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to place an in- candescent light at the head of Foye Avenue in Ward Three, op- posite or thereabout the premises of James Donovan or of Maurice Daly.
Art. 59. On petition of James L. Lincoln and nineteen others : To see if the town will install an electric light on Madison Street, opposite the factory occupied by Alden, Walker & Wilde.
Art. 60 On petition of W. M. Tirrell and ten others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to place an electric light on Broad Street, opposite the East Weymouth Post Office.
Art. 61. On petition of Joseph D. Sargent and others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to locate and maintain two electric lights on the street known as Parnell Street.
Art. 62. On petition of George L. Haupt and eighteen others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to place an electric light at the corner of Curtis and Neck Streets in said Weymouth, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 63. On petition of William S. Wallace and thirty-two others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light commit- tee to install an electric light on Summer Street in said town, at or near the residence of William S. Wallace.
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Art. 64. On petition of Elis Milette and eighteen others : To see if the town will instruct its electric light committee to in- stall three electric lights on Norton Street, beginning at North Street.
Art. 65. On petition of Joseph A. Cushing and nine others : To see if the town will instruct the Water Commissioners not to issue licenses for boating and fishing on Weymouth Great Pond.
Art. 66. On petition of Philip E. Monroe and nine others : To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to grant the use of the Town Hall to any body of legal voters of the town of Weymonth for political and educational purposes at the actual cost of janitor and lighting.
Art. 67. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Assess- ors to make a new and complete valuation of the property in the town, appoint assistant Assessors to aid in making same and provide for their compensation or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art. 68. On petition of Arthur N. Gardner and twenty-four others : To see if the town will vote to locate a fire alarm box on Cedar Street, on pole near corner of Hawthorne Street.
Art. 69. On petition of Ashton S. Frothingham and fourteen others : To see if the town will vote to locate a fire alarm box at or near the junction of the town street known as Wessagusset Road and the private way known as Hobomac Road.
Art. 70. On petition of Helen G. Cahill and eighteen others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the improvement of Sea Street, from Bridge Street to the Fore River shore.
Art. 71. On petition of William H. Trask and fourteen others : To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the further working of Philips Street.
Art. 72. On petition of the Pond Plain Improvement Society to see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to install one additional electric light on Pond Street, near the north entrance to the Lake View Cemetery, also two electric lights on Thicket Street, between Pond Street and the residence of Albert Blanchard.
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