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Art. 73. On petition of the Pond Plain Improvement Society to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to build a sidewalk on Main Street, from Fountain Square to the railroad crossing.
Art. 74. On petition of the Pond Plain Improvement Society to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a fire alarm box on Main Street near the residence of Emery Staples.
Art. 75. On petition of the Pond Plain Improvement Society to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $250 to pur- chase 500 feet of fire hose for the use of the said society in case of fire.
Art. 76. On petition of Edward Laskey and eighteen others : To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $500 for the purpose of gravelling Randolph Street from the Hollis School to the Holbrook line.
Art. 77. On petition of Frank N. Blanchard and nine others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the purpose of building sidewalks and curbing at junctions of Pleasant and Washington Streets at Lovells' Corner.
Art. 78. To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men upon the laying out of a proposed town way over the private way known as Parnell Street from River Street to Weymouth Fore River.
Art. 79. On petition of Walter W. Pratt and fourteen others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate $500 for working Parnell Street, so called.
Art. 80. To see if the town will accept the report of the Select- men upon the laying out of a proposed town way over the private . way known as Rosemont Road from Bridge Street to Weymouth Fore River.
Art. 81. On petition of Anna M. Shipp and others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate $400 for the working of Rosemont Road, so called.
Art. 82. On petition of W. B. Mathewson and nine others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for electric lights at the following places : One light at each of the entrances of the cemetery on North Street, also lights on Bridge Street between Neck Street and the Hingham Bridge.
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Art. 83. On petition of John K. Ruggles and fourteen others : To see if the town will instruct the electric light committee to install an electric light on White Street between Central and Union Streets, and raise and appropriate money for maintenance of the same.
Art. 84. On petition of Irving W. Morgan and others : To see if the town will place an electric light on the private way known as Columbus Avenue, Ward 1, to be located between the houses of L. Vernan Prentiss and Irving W. Morgan.
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 third day of March next.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this sixteenth day of Feb- ruary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eleven.
EDWARD W. HUNT, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, WILLARD J. DUNBAR, A. FRANCIS BARNES, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, February 24, 1911.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and times and for the purposes set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting as therein directed.
NATHANIEL B. PEARE, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION.
A meeting of the Registrars of Voters was held at the Town Office, Savings Bank Building, on Monday, March 7, 1911, for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the several precincts for Town Officers as certified to by the precinct officers, and found that the following have received the largest number of votes cast, and were duly elected to their respective offices :
TOWN CLERK. John A. Raymond.
TOWN TTEASURER. John H. Stetson.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
A. Francis Barnes, Willard J. Dunbar,
Bradford Hawes, Edward W. Hunt,
George L. Newton.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. Winslow M. Tirrell.
ASSESSORS. For Three Years.
Gilman B. Loud, Warren T. Simpson.
PARK COMMISSIONER. For Three Years. Louis A. Cook.
WATER COMMISSIONER. For Three Years.
George E. Bicknell.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For Three Years.
Lester W. Horne, Alice Lillian McGregor.
AUDITORS.
Frank N. Blanchard, John P. Hunt, William H. Pratt.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY. 1 For Three Years. Francis M. Drown, Joseph E. Gardner.
William A. Drake,
BOARD OF HEALTH. For Three Years. Nelson B. Gladwin.
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TREE WARDEN. Charles L. Merritt.
COMMISSIONER OF WARD TWO SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND BONDS. For Three Years. Henry A. Nash.
CONSTABLES.
George B. Bayley,
John L. Maynard,
Patrick Butler,
George W. Nash,
George W. Conant,
Arthur H. Pratt,
Thomas Fitzgerald,
Isaac H. Walker, John D. Walsh.
The result of the vote was as rollows :
TOWN CLERK.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3 262
4
5 207
6 176
Total
John A. Raymond . .
139
187
116
1087
Blanks
36
58
150
47
68
96
455
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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TOWN TREASURER.
John H. Stetson
136
176
261
117
216
164
1070
Blanks
39
69
151
46
59
108
472
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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SELECTMEN.
Michael Allen
14
37
115
39
76
84
365
A. Francis Barnes
135
151
184
105
190
101
866
Willard J. Dunbar ..
144
178
208
108
172
154
964
Bradford Hawes . ...
138
158
205
114
170
126
911
Edward W. Hunt . ..
133
157
239
101
171
119
920
George L. Newton . .
151
156
196
101
169
125
898
John B. Whelan . ...
26
77
46
56
61
136
572
Frank A. Brown
.. .
. . .
· · ·
· · ·
1
Blanks
134
311
697
191
365
515
2213
Total
875 1225 2060
815 1375 1360
7710
1
Elbert Ford,
117
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
PRICINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Michael Allen
14
36
115
40
69
73
347
A. Francis Barnes . .
134
138
172
100
187
98
829
Willard J. Dunbar . .
146
172
199
100
170
148
935
Bradford Hawes . . ..
140
155
196
111
165
119
886
Edward W. Hunt ...
128
152
228
95
167
113
883
George L. Newton . .
153
156
182
95
165
116
867
John B. Whelan ...
30
70
212
56
51
120
539
Blanks
130
346
756
218
401
573
2424
Total
875 1225 2060
815 1375 1360
7710
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
William A. Drake. ..
140
144
226
92
156
119
877
Francis M. Drown. . .
125
148
255
94
159
120
901
Joseph E. Gardner. .
122
146
222
96
157
115
858
Blanks
138
297
533
207
353
462
1990
Totals
525
735 1236
489
825
816
4626
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
Nelson B. Gladwin . .
144
146
232
98
147
125
892
Blanks
31
99
180
65
128
147
650
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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TREE WARDEN.
Charles L. Merritt. ..
125
150
224
103
177
127
906
Blanks.
50
95
188
60
98
145
636
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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COMMISSIONER OF WARD TWO SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND BONDS
FOR THREE YEARS.
Henry A. Nash.
132
143
226
84
148
114
847
Blanks .
43
102
186
79
127
158
695
Total
175
245
412
163
275.272
1542
118
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
Winslow M. Tirrell. .
140
184
274
119
186
6 190
Total 1093
F. Dexheimer .
1
1
Blanks
35
61
137
44
89
82
448
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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ASSESSORS FOR THREE YEARS.
Gilman B. Loud ....
129
149
241
119
184
142
964
Warren T. Simpson.
124
147
219
96
162
132
880
Fred Bailey . . . .. . ..
1
1
George W. Torrey . . .
1
1
2
Russell P. Poole .
Blanks
97
194
362
111
204
269
1237
Total
350
490
824
326
550
544
3084
PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
Louis A. Cook .
132
153
243
109
174
139
950
Thomas Griffin .
1
1
Blanks
43
92
168
54
101
133
591
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
George E. Bicknell. .
138
158
262
104
177
144
983
Blanks
37
87
150
59
98
128
559
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Joseph A. Cushing. .
75
112
209
52
98
152
698
Lester W. Horne .. ..
155
128
218
84
152
87
824
Alice Lillian McGregor
106
137
237
110
143
106
839
P. Henry O'Connor. . Blanks
21
73
112
40
36
111
393
57
118
248
66
167
158
814
Total
414
568 1024
352
596
614
3568
AUDITORS.
Frank N. Blanchard .
127
148
226
98
169
125
893
John P. Hunt .
. .
..
127
148
246
98
164
128
911
William H. Pratt.
124
155
226
100
164
134
903
Blanks
147
284
538
193
328
429
1919
Total
525
735 1236
489
825
816
4626
119
CONSTABLES.
PRECINCT.
1 20
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Michael Allen
49
125
55
85
82
416
George B. Bayley ...
119
128
184
115
184
110
840
Patrick Butler ......
126
158
203
98
173
153
911
George W. Conant ..
117
133
187
100
193
106
836
Thomas Fitzgerald . .
126
146
278
103
172
130
955
Elbert Ford . .
113
125
166
99
186
97
786
John L. Maynard .. .
118
135
181
104
175
118
831
George W. Nash. ...
137
139
185
97
169
108
835
Arthur H. Pratt
120
154
188
96
166
134
858
Isaac H. Walker ....
137
133
182
91
164
107
814
John D. Walsh .
121
136
256
91
158
110
872
Patrick A. Sullivan. . Blanks
496 1014 1984
581
925
1465
6465
Total
1750 2450 4120 1630 2750 2720
15420
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN?
Yes
29
75
160
54
73
129
520
No
111
146
173
79
162
95
766
Blanks
35
.24
79
30
40
48
256
Total
175
245
412
163
275
272
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,
MARCH 13, 1911.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held on Monday, March 13, at the Town Hall, the meeting being called to order at 9.15 a. m., and the warrant was read (excepting the several articles) by the Town Clerk.
Voted, on motion of Bradford Hawes, to dispense with the reading of the several articles of the warrant.
Article 1. Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election; the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted, that a committee of five, one from ea5h ward, be appointed by the Moderator to nominate all officers not required to be elected by ballot.
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The following were appointed :
John W. Cronin, John A. Holbrook, Francis H. Cowing, C. Sumner Holbrook, Albert O. Crawrord.
Art. 3. Voted, to accept the reports of the several boards of town officers as printed, also the following supplementary report of the Selectmen :
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
WEYMOUTH, March 13, 1911.
We have to report that in all probability extraordinary outlay will be required during the ensuing year on the Fore River and also on the Back River Bridges.
In regard to the former, a bill is now pending before the Leg- islature which calls for a widening of the draw to 125 feet and also for considerable outlay for repairs. If this bill becomes a law, it will probably provide for the borrowing of the money nec- essary for carrying out its requirements.
In regard to the Back River Bridge, the changes contemplated have arisen by reason of an order from the War Department of the United States Government calling for the draw to be widened so as to make an opening of at least 50 feet. A similar order was received by the City of Quincy and the Town of Hingham. It was not deemed expedient to endeavor to make a satisfactory draw in the present structure, and by the joint action of the mun- icipalities interested the introduction of a bill into the late Con- gress was secured which provided for the general government to pay $50,000 toward a new bridge.
The strenuous efforts of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Rep- resentative John W. Weeks resulted in this bill passing both houses of Congress, but it failed to become law as the President withheld his approval.
A bill is before the Legislature in regard to this bridge which provides for the cost of a new bridge above the amount appro- priated by Congress, being assessed upon the Commonwealth and the Counties of Norfolk and Plymouth. Hearings have been held before a committee of the Legislature, but action thereon has been delayed, pending the outcome of the bill before Congress.
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Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures to March 1911.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Expended in
Excess
January 1, 1911.
Unexpended
January 1, 1911.
Expended
January 1 to
March 1. .
Balance
Unexpended
March 1, 1911.'
Expended in Excess
March 1, 1911.
Support of Schools
$17,736 89
$10,081 84
$7,655 05
$58 42
High way Repairs ..
365 12
372 34
7 22
Removal of ¿now.
1,637 71
1,048 04
589 67
Bridges. .
705 00
60 00
645 00
Working Loud Street.
31 92
31 92
Working Phillips Street
119 12
119 12
Working Pilgrim Road ..
30 64
30 64
Preservation Shade Trees ..
18 40
18 40
Suppres ion of Moths
303 13
683 56
380 43
Street Watering .
23 57
23 57
Street Records -Indexing.
75 00
75 00
Town Survey.
464 66
276 23
188 43
Pump - Lovells Corner.
30 00
30 00
Fire Devarment
223 56
395 99
172 43
Police Department ..
1,093 33
860 89
232 44
Health Department.
427 98
161 84
266 14
Miscellaneous Account.
443 54
456 80
900 34
Election Expenses ..
81 68
81 68
42 06
Town Offiees
142 24
29 16
113 08
Town Hall
380 37
166 49
213 88
Soldiers' Relief.
1,629 20
584 00
1 045 20
Abatement and Remittanee.
844 93
233 62
Printing and Advertising.
797 29
796 63
66
Electric Lighting.
2,289 08
700 92
1,588 16
Fogg Library Reading Room
125 00
125 00
Interest and Discount ..
1,378 96
180 00
1,198 96
Town Officers ..
328 80
466 66
137 86
Poor Account.
2,158 33
3,413 19
5.571 52
Notes Payable.
6,000 00
$3,664 61
$39,418 20
$26.601 36
$17,660 45
$14 508 22
EDWARD W. HUNT, 1
BRADFORD HAWES,
Selectmen
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
of Weymouth.
A. FRANCIS BARNES, j
The Committee on Pump at Lovells Corner reported that he could not purchase a suitable pump.
Voted, That the committee be continued, and to use the money appropriated for a pump or a fountain at his discretion.
Art. 4. Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money
4,792 78
1,527 00
3.265 78
1,078 55
Tufts Library ...
112 08
112 08
Assessors' Card Index
86 23
86 23
Superior Court Judgments
4,064 10
4,106 16
State and Military Aid, etc ..
75 40
75 40
Sidewalk, Independence Square.
8 35
8 35
Publie Parks ..
$58 42
Union Training School.
Majority of
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from time to time in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $170,000, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 5. Voted, To designate the First National Bank of South Weymouth, the First National Bank of Boston and the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass., 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. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $61,000 and further appropriate one-half of the dog tax and all receipts from non-resident pupils for the support of public schools and for transportation of pupils.
Art. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,150
1 and to further appropriate from the money now in the treasury (or that may be received) . $10,000 received from the corporation and bank taxes, and to further appropriate the street railway and excise taxes for the repair of highways and town ways, for oiling streets and for the removal of snow, and of this amount $2,000 be for the removal of snow, $1,000 for oiling streets, $400 for the purposes mentioned in Article 71, and $500 for the purposes mentioned in Article 76.
Art. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 and further appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the relief and sup- port of the poor.
Art. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 and appropriate the sum of $11,200 for the payment of State and military aid under the provisions of Chapter 468 of the Acts of 1909.
Art. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,700 for the support of the Fire Department.
Art. 12. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,800 for police service.
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Art. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,300 and further appropriate one-half of the dog tax, the income from the Susan Hunt Stetson and Augustus J. Richards funds 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 reading room at the Fogg Library.
Art. 15. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,300 for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
The Moderator appointed Clarence W. Fearing and Edward B. Nevin as Tellers, and administered the oath to them.
Art. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the payment of a note becoming due November 1, 1911.
Art. 17. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,740 for the payment of interest which may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 tor printing and advertising.
Art. 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 20. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for Memorial Day.
Art. 21. Voted, To appropriate from any money in the treas- ury not already appropriated the sum of $800 for the rent and care of town offices.
Art. 22. Voted, To appropriate the income of the rental of the Town Hall for the care and repair of the same.
Art. 23. Voted, That the town authorize the Selectmen to re- new the lease of the rooms in the East Weymouth Savings Bank Building.
Art. 24. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and maintenance of town parks.
Art. 25. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200 for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths.
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Art. 26. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,900 for the payment of town officers, viz. :
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor . $2,400
Assessors
1,500
Assessors' clerk hire
. . 200
Town Clerk 125
Town Treasurer 450
Auditors 150
Sealer of Weights ond Measures 200
Tree Warden .
100
Town Accountant
850
Art. 27. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for election expenses.
Art. 28. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the support of the Board of Health.
Art. 29. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $8,700 for electric lighting, and out of this appropriation and the accum- ulation of rebates as may be had the Electric Light Committee may, if necessary, provide and install lights to meet the require- ments of Articles 51 to 60, 63, 64, 72 and 83.
Voted, That the following persons serve on the above commit- tee, viz. : Russell B. Worster, Matthew O'Dowd, Walter W. Pratt, George A. Walker, Winslow M. Tirrell.
Art. 30. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 toward the sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Bonds.
Art. 31. Voted, That this article be in relation to the town accepting this provision of Acts of 1910, Chapter 624, Section 1, to appointing a Town Accountant, be referred to Louis A. Cook, A. P. Worthen and George L. Barnes, and to report at the next annual meeting.
Art. 32. Voted, 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 Wey- mouth 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.
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Art. 33. 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 $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. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the . purpose of making further construction of the Water Works.
Art. 35. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,000 from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year for hydrants and for the water rents and care of drinking fountains.
Art. 36. That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider the advisability of the town acquiring lands and interest in land bordering on the shore of the Wey- mouth Great Pond, for the purpose of protecting and preserving the purity of the town water supply ; to estimate the quantity of land deemed necessary for the purpose, to ascertain the price for which such land can be purchased, and to report to the next annual town meeting.
The following were appointen as the committee : Edward B. Nevin, Frank H. Torrey, Nelson B. Gladwin, Edward W. Hunt, Alvin Hollis.
Voted, That the Board of Water Commissioners be and hereby is authorized to purchase for the town, with the consent and approval of the State Board of Health a certain tract of land on Randolph Street, bordering on the shore of Weymouth Great Pond, deemed by said board as necessary and suitable for a boat house for the use of the Water Department and the accommodation of the Water Police, and to expend for said purpose out of any monies available therefor a sum not exceeding $800.
Art. 37. 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 6 per cent. per annum, and the salary of the Collector be six mills on the dollar.
Art. 38. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $600 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
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Art. 39. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the survey and plotting of the town, and for the main- tenance of the work already finished. This appropriation is to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 40. Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due the town.
Art. 41. Voted, to appropriate the sum of $14,700 for the following overdrafts and deficiencies, viz. :
Union Training School
$58 42
Loud Street
31 92
Phillips Street
.
119 12
Sidewalk, Pond Street
.
8 35
Moth account
.
380 43
Fire Department
.
300 00
Miscellaneous account
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1,000 00
Abatement and remittance of taxes
1,078 55 ·
Poor account
5,500 00
Town officers
223 21
Account of note
6,000 00
Art. 42. Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of the State highway on Main Street.
Art. 43. Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to sell any real estate of which the town may be possessed for which it has no further use.
Art. 44. Voted unanimously, That the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue notes of the town for $1,000 each, to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, payable respectively $2,000 June 1, 1912, $2,000 June 1, 1913, $2,000 June 1, 1914, to the total amount of $6,000, for general town purposes.
Art. 45. Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized to execute a deed conveying to Reynolds Post 58, Department of Massachusetts, G. A. R., corporation, the house and grounds of the Bicknell School, on Commercial Street, for the consideration of one dollar and the costs of making the papers and all other necessary expenses of the transaction.
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Art. 46. Voted, To accept the provisions of Sections 42 to 45 inclusive of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws, as affected by Chapter 216 of the Acts of 1908, in relation to establishing and constructing sidewalks.
Art. 47. Voted, To accept the provisions of Sections 1 to 9 inclusive of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws in relation to laying ont or relocating, altering, widening, grading or discontinuing a town way.
Art. 48. Voted, That the town abate the tax assessed on the real property of the Davis Bates Clapp Memorial Association for the year 1909, and that the Assessors be instructed to take any proceedings necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Art. 49. No action.
Art. 50. Voted, While the Appropriation Committee is of the opinion that the town of Weymouth is very much in need of better fire protection, it is also of the opinion that before any action is taken in regard to the purchase of an auto combination wagon that a committee of ten be appointed to act with the Board of Fire Engineers for the purpose of a possible reorganization of the whole Fire Department, and to report at the next annual town meeting, or if deemed advisable to call a special town meet- ing and submit such articles in the warrant to meet with their recommendation, and that the committee consist of the following, viz. :
WARD 1.
Arthur H. Alden, W. T. Seabury.
WARD 2. M. P. Garey, Daniel Reidy. WARD 3. Charles W. Baker, Russell B. Worster.
WARD 4. Charles H. Kelley, Irwin Hawes. WARD 5. W. L. Bates, W. L. Swan.
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