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Voted: To accept the report of the Forest Warden.
ARTICLE 4.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1916, and to issue a note or notes. therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
ARTICLE 5.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1917, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year any debt or debts
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incurred under this vote, to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
ARTICLE 6.
Voted: To appropriate the Corporation Tax to be used as a Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 7.
Voted: To designate the First National Bank or Wey- mouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., the First National Bank of Boston, Mass., 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.
ARTICLE 8.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-six thousand dollars ($86,000), and further appropriate one-half the dog tax and all receipts from non-resident pupils for the support of the public schools. Of this amount two thou- sand dollars ($2,000) shall. be for the repair of the James Humphrey School and five hundred dollars ($500) shall be for the maintenance of an Evening School under the provi- sions of Chapter 106 of the Acts of 1912.
The Moderator appointed the following tellers, and admin- istered the oath to them, Bates Torrey, William H. Pratt.
Voted: To adjourn until one o'clock P. M.
At one o'clock the meeting was again called to order.
ARTICLE 9.
On motion of Judge George L. Wentworth it was
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5500 for the purchase of the James Tirrell lot bounded on Main Street 178 feet, thence bounded southerly by the Jackson lot, thence bounded easterly by land of Jackson and land of Hunt, thence bounded by other land of Tirrell, northerly by the Reed lot, the Cemetery and other land of Tirrell. The Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, to borrow five thousand dollars ($5,000) for this purpose, and to issue Serial Bonds of the
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town, therefor, payable in equal annual instalments for ten years from date thereof, to bear interest at a rate not ex- ceeding four and one-quarter per cent. (41/4%) per annum, said bonds not to be valid unless authenticated by the First National Bank, Boston, Mass. Yes, 171; No, 44.
Voted: That it is the sense of the meeting that the Town Counsel, if he finds this vote illegal, to frame an order and present it to the Legislature for authority to purchase the land under these conditions.
ARTICLE 10.
Voted : That the sum of $56,000 be raised and appro- priated for the erection, original equipment, and furnishing of a ten room school building in accordance with Article 10, said building to be erected on the land purchased in Article 9, and the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow $55,000 for this purpose, and to issue Serial Bonds of the Town, there- for, payable in annual instalments for 20 years from date thereof, the first 15 instalments to be of $3,000 each and the last 5 of $2,000 each, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed four and one-quarter per cent. (41/4%) per annum, and not to be valid unless authenticated by the First National Bank, of Boston, Mass. Yes, 220; No, 3.
Voted: That the following persons serve on the Building Committee-Theron L. Tirrell, Prince H. Tirrell, Russell H. Whiting, Almon B. Raymond, Frank E. Loud, and they five shall select a plumber and carpenter and are hereby em- powered to purchase the land called for under Article 9.
Voted: That the following persons shall be added to the above committee-Sherman Troy, H. H. Hale, Charles F. Marble.
Voted: To accept and adopt the following report of the committee appointed to nominate minor officers and the Planning Board.
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
Ward One.
ARTHUR W. BARTLETT
JOHN J. LANE
C. LEWIS FRENCH
JOHN BYRNES MICHAEL E. LANE
Ward Two.
SUMNER THOMPSON
WESTON H. CUSHING
CLARA MITCHELL
JAMES D. BOSWORTH
CHARLES T. LEAVITT LORETTA LOONEY
WALLACE D. COWING
Ward Three.
HENRY N. WILLOBY
EDWARD I. LOUD
JOHN H. CONDRICK SUSAN R. WORTHEN
ROBERT A. CONDRICK JOHN F. DWYER
LILLIAN ELDRIDGE
Ward Four.
MARJORIE J. MACE
W. H. MACE
NATHANIEL R. ELLS
Ward Five.
ALVIN HOLLIS
STANLEY HERSEY
WALTER L. BATES
EDGAR S. WRIGHT
J. LEONARD BICKNELL JAMES TIRRELL
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
Ward One.
N. PORTER KEENE
JOHN J. LANE
Ward Two.
WESTON H. CUSHING
GEORGE M. KEENE
J. P. HADDIE
Ward Three.
JOHN H. CONDRICK ROBERT A. CONDRICK HENRY N. WILLOBY JOHN F. DWYER
LILLIAN ELDRIDGE
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Ward Four.
CHARLES A. LOUD
JOHN L. MAYNARD NATHANIEL R. ELLS Ward Five.
ALVIN HOLLIS 4
WALTER L. BATES
J. LEONARD BICKNELL STANLEY HERSEY
FENCE VIEWERS.
CHARLES' A. LOUD MYLES P. KEENE RUSSELL B. WORSTER
FIELD DRIVERS.
GEORGE W. NASH
ALBERT M. NEWCOMB
FRANCIS W. COWING
THOMAS FITZGERALD
GEORGE B. BAYLEY
ARTHUR H. PRATT
GEORGE W. CONANT
ELBERT FORD
CHARLES TRASK
WILLARD F. HALL
POUND KEEPER. J. W. ELDRIDGE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
SIDNEY G. DUNBAR
RUSSELL B. WORSTER
WINSLOW M. TIRRELL WALTER W. PRATT MATTHEW O'DOUD
PLANNING BOARD. Ward One.
RUSSELL H. WHITING DAVID M. KIDDER
ARTHUR H. ALDEN WALTER J. SLADEN JAMES W. COLGAN
Ward Two.
MINOT P. GAREY FRED L. DOUCETTE
GEORGE M. KEENE CORNELIUS J. LYNCH
ROBERT S. HOFFMAN
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Ward Three. ..
EDWARD W. HUNT WALLACE H. BICKNELL JOHN B. WHELAN ALBERT P. WORTHEN PETER E. SULLIVAN
Ward Four.
BRADFORD HAWES
MATTHEW R. LOUD
BURTON B. WRIGHT
WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK
FRANCIS W. REA
Ward Five.
GEORGE L. BARNES WALTER L. BATES
JOHN REIDY RALPH P. BURRELL
PRINCE H. TIRRELL
Voted: That in the future the Appropriation Committee be instructed to report in print three days previous to the Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 11.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of nineteen hundred dollars ($1,900), said money to be paid to the Trustees of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse bonds.
ARTICLE 12.
Voted: To take up articles 13, 14, and 15 with this article. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of one thou- sand dollars ($1,000), and that the subject matter of articles 12, 13, 14, and 15 be referred to the Park Commissioners. Of the above amount, $450 shall be for Webb Park.
ARTICLE 16.
Voted: To take up Articles 18 and 19 with this article.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) for the support of the Fire De- partment; of this amount one thousand dollars ($1,000) is to be expended under the direction of the Forest Warden. Voted : That the sum of forty-five hundred dollars
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($4,500) for the purchasing of a combination hose wagon to be stationed in Ward 3 and that the Town Treasurer be and is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow four thousand dollars ($4,000) for this purpose, and to issue serial bonds of the town therefor payable in equal annual instalments for 4 years from date thereof, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed four and a one- quarter per cent. (41/4%) per annum, and not to be valid unless authenticated by the First National Bank, of Boston, Mass.
The result of the above vote was: Yes, 72; No, 34.
Previous to taking the above vote the Moderator ap- pointed L. Winthrop Bates as a teller and administered the oath to him.
ARTICLE 17.
No action.
ARTICLE 20.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-three hundred dollars ($8,300) for the support of the Police De- partment.
ARTICLE 21.
Voted: To appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $39,915 to be ex- pended as follows :-
$15,000 Superintendent's salary, maintenance and pumping station ;
2,500 Current expenses, Commissioner's and office ex- penses ;
5,000 Installation of meters;
9,415 For interest on bonds, viz :
$4,600 on Sinking fund bonds at 4% on $115,000.
4,185 on Serial bonds at 41/2% on $93,000.
450 on Serial bonds at 41/2% on $11,000,
180 on Serial bonds at 4% ;
8,000 For Serial bonds due this year, viz : $3,000 due May 1,
5,000 due November 1.
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ARTICLE 22.
Voted: Unanimously that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow $10,000 and to issue Serial bonds to that amount countersigned by the Water Commis- sioners, under the authority of Chapter 276 of the Acts of 1913, the proceeds thereof to be used for making further con- struction of the Water Works. Said bond to be payable in equal annual instalments from date thereof to bear interest at a rate of four per cent. (4%) per annum.
ARTICLE 23.
Voted: To appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trus- tees of the sinking fund out of the income from the water rents of the current year the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Weymouth Water loan bonds, said money shall not be transferable.
Voted: To adopt the following resolutions offered by Edward W. Hunt.
RESOLVED : That the voters of the Town of Weymouth hereby indorse House Bill No. 788 now before the Legisla- ture, accompanying the petition of Representative Kenneth L. Nash, relative to the construction of a boulevard and parkway around Weymouth Great Pond and that, if said resolution is adopted, the Town Clerk be authorized to mail a copy of said resolution to Representative Kenneth L. Nash.
ARTICLE 24.
No action.
ARTICLE 25.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the support of the Board of Health.
ARTICLE 26.
No action.
ARTICLE 27.
No action.
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ARTICLE 28.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand, three hundred dollars ($10,300) for the payment of town officers.
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor $2,400 00
Town Clerk 150 00
Assessors (to be paid 50c. per hour)
1,800 00
Town Treasurer
450 00
Town Treasurer Bond
125 00
Auditors
150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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150 00
Tree Warden
100 00
Registrars of Voters
450 00
Town Accountant
850 00
Town Council (this amount not to include trial cases )
750 00
General Office Clerk
900 00
Tax Collector
1,700 00
Tax Collector Bond
250 00
Appropriation Committee
75 00
$10,300 00
Voted: That the thanks of the town be extended to the Appropriation Committee.
ARTICLE 29.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hun- dred dollars ($1,400) for election expenses.
Voted: To adjourn until 7 oclock this evening.
At 7 o'clock the meeting was again called to order.
ARTICLE 30.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the rent and expenses of the Town Offices.
ARTICLE 31.
Voted: To take up articles 36, 37, 38, 39, and 43 with this article.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $13,000 and to further appropriate the excise and street railway taxes for the repair of highways, townways, and bridges, and for the removal of snow, of this amount $400 shall be for bridges
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and $3,000 for the removal of snow, and that the subject mat- ter of articles 36, 37, 38, 39, and 43 be referred to the Super- intendent of Streets, the cost, if any, to be taken from the regular street appropriation and that the Selectmen are hereby authorized to hire an experienced man for Superin- tendent of Streets who shall have had a technical education, he to be paid a suitable salary.
ARTICLE 32.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and thirty dollars ($530), to pay the town proportional part above the first estimate, of the cost of working Washington Street as a state road.
Voted: That the Selectmen offer a reward of $25 for the conviction of any person removing town boundaries.
ARTICLE 33.
Voted: That the street from the angle of Tremont Street to Keith Street shall hereafter be known as part of Tremont Street.
ARTICLE 34.
Voted : That the street from the angle of Tremont Street to Prospect Street shall hereafter be known as a part of Nor- folk Street.
ARTICLE 35.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400), to regrade and drain Hawthorne Street be- tween Cedar and High Streets.
ARTICLE 40.
Indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 41.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the completion of the working of Randall Avenue.
ARTICLE 42.
Indefinitely postponed. Voted : To take up Article 16.
Voted: That the Engineers of the Fire Department be
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authorized to sell any fire apparatus not in use by the town.
ARTICLE 44.
Voted: To accept the report of the Selectmen on laying out Fore River Avenue as a town way.
ARTICLE 45.
Voted: To raise and appropriate $200 for the working of a street known as Fore River Avenue as laid out under Ar- ticle 44.
ARTICLE 46.
Voted: To accept the report of the Selectmen on laying out Hillcrest Road as a town way.
ARTICLE 47.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the working of Hillcrest Road.
ARTICLE 48.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three thou- sand dollars ($3,000) for oiling and watering the streets, the balance of cost of the same to be assessed on the abuttors.
ARTICLE 49.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the construction of permanent side- walks, the same to be expended under the provision of the betterment act.
ARTICLE 50.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) and further appropriate the sum of seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials under the provision of Chapter 587 of the Acts of 1914.
ARTICLE 51.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three thou- sand five hundred dollars ($3,500) for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and for the families of disabled soldiers and seamen under Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
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ARTICLE 52.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of sixteen thou- sand dollars ($16,000) and further appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the relief and support of the poor.
ARTICLE 53.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of two thou- sand, six hundred dollars ($2,600) and further appropriate one-half the dog tax, the income from the A. J. Richards, J. E. Trask, Susannah Hunt Stetson, C. Q. Tirrell funds, and the rentals of the Library Building for the support and maintenance of the Tufts Library
ARTICLE 54.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of seven hun- dred fifty dollars ($750) for the maintenance of a reading room at the Tufts Library.
ARTICLE 55.
Voted: To take up articles 56, 57, and 58 with this article. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of twelve thou- sand, five hundred dollars ($12,500) for electric street light- ing and out of this appropriation and the accumulation of rebates, the Electric Light Committee may if it meets with their approval, install lights to meet the requirements of articles 56, 57, and 58, and the Electric Light Committee are hereby instructed to incorporate in their report for the · ensuing year the amount of money the town received in rebates from the Electric Light Company.
ARTICLE 59.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) and further appropriate any money received from the sale of maps, etc., for the maintenance of the town survey. This money is to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 60.
Voted : That all taxes shall become due and payable on · or before the 11th day of October next, and the Collector is
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hereby instructed to collect forthwith, according to law, all taxes remaining unpaid after that date, with interest at the rate of six per cent. (6%) per annum and the salary of the Collector be six mills on the dollar.
ARTICLE 61.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Assessors.
ARTICLE 62.
Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thousand dol- lars ($7,000) for the payment of interest which may become due the current year.
ARTICLE 63.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of eight hun- dred dollars ($800) for the preservation of shade trees, same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
ARTICLE 64,
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of five thou- sand dollars ($5,000) for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths.
Previous to taking the foregoing vote the Moderator appointed Winslow M. Tirrell as teller, and administered the oath to him.
ARTICLE 65.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars ($2,100) for printing and advertising.
. ARTICLE 66.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Assessors.
ARTICLE 68.
Voted: To accept the provisions of Chapter 48, Section 103, of the Revised Laws in relation to establishing building lines upon the streets.
ARTICLE 69.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred
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dollars ($400) for Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 70.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due the town, or to prosecute a bill in equity or any other proceed- ings in court when in their judgment it is expedient to do so.
ARTICLE 71.
Voted: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take such action as they think necessary to control, regulate or prohibit the digging or taking of clams from the shores and flats of the town.
ARTICLE 72.
Voted: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to lease the Alewive Fishery if in their judgment it is expedient to do so and to report at the next annual Town Meeting on the advisability of the town acquiring the Alewive Fishery.
ARTICLE 73.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of five thou- sand, six hundred dollars ($5,600) for miscellaneous ex- penses, of this amount five hundred dollars ($500) shall be for insurance, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, five hundred dollars ($500) for an audit of the accounts of the town by a certified public accountant, under the direction of the Appropriation Committee, and a report of this to include such recommendations as may seem ad- visable.'
ARTICLE 74.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell any real estate of which the town may be possessed, and for which it has no further use, the same to be sold at public auction except in the case of land owned by the town as a result of unredeemed tax sales.
ARTICLE 75.
Inspector of Wires, indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 76.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two thou- sand dollars ($2,000) to be expended in working Broad Street as a macadam road.
ARTICLE 77.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the working of Morrell Street.
Voted :. To adjourn (8.55 P. M.).
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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Weymouth, March 13, 1916.
A meeting of the Registrars of Voters was held this eve- ning at the Town Office, Savings Bank Building, East Wey- mouth, for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the several precincts for Town Officers, and found that the following persons having received the largest number of votes were duly declared elected to their respective offices, to wit :
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Town Clerk JOHN A. RAYMOND
Town Treasurer JOHN H. STETSON
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
RALPH P. BURRELL HENRY E. HANLEY
EDWARD W. HUNT GEORGE L. NEWTON
BRADFORD HAWES
Collector of Taxes WINSLOW M. TIRRELL
Assessors for Three Years
JOHN F. DWYER FRANK H. TORREY
Park Commissioner for Three Years NATHAN Q. CUSHING
Water Commissioner for Three Years. GEORGE W. PERRY
School Committee for Three Years
ELMER E. LEONARD FREDERICK D. NICHOLS
Auditors
FRANK N. BLANCHARD WILLIAM H. PRATT WINFIELD S. WELLS
Trustees of Tufts Library for Three Years JAMES H. FLINT FREDERICK T. HUNT
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
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Board of Health for Three Years GEORGE E. EMERSON
Tree Warden CHARLES L. MERRITT
Commissioner of Ward 2 School House Sinking Fund Bonds WILLARD J. DUNBAR
CONSTABLES
CHARLES W. BAKER
THOMAS FITZGERALD
CHARLES W. BARROWS
ELBERT FORD
GEORGE B. BAYLEY
WILLARD F. HALL
EDWARD F BUTLER
GEORGE W. NASH
GEORGE W. CONANT ARTHUR H. PRATT
The result of the ballot was as follows :
TOWN CLERK
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
John A. Raymond. .. 161
200
322
157
200
200
1240
Blanks
504
Total
1744
TOWN TREASURER
John H. Stetson 158 189
309 157
213 183
1209
Blanks
535.
Total
1744
SELECTMEN
Ralph P. Burrell
110
118
154
121
189
89
781
Henry E. Hanley
154
195
. 195
125
152
233
1054
Bradford Hawes
148
137
175
129
171
134
894
Edward W. Hunt
137
115
224
113
139
104
832
Joseph Kelley
73
129
224
75
88
184
773
George L. Newton
157
130
142
105
128
116
778
H. Franklin Perry ..
20
82
224
54
65
64
509
Burton B. Wright
53
99
179
111
125
80
647
Blanks
198
325
948
212
313
456
2452
Total
1050 1330 2465 1045 1370 1460
8720
1
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Precinct
1 107
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Ralph P. Burrell
118
154
117
180
86
762
Henry E. Hanley
149
189
188
117
150
225
1018
Bradford Hawes
139
134
169
124
169
130
865
Edward W. Hunt ..
130
113
221
109
134
99
806
Joseph Kelley
76
126
214
76
86
174
752
George L. Newton ..
156
128
141
100
119
116
760
H. Franklin Perry ..
20
85
212
51
63
63
494
Burton B. Wright
49
99
167
105
119
75
614
Bianks
224
338
999
246
350
492
2649
Total
1050 1330 2465 1045 1370 1460
8720
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Winslow M. Tirrell . .
160
185
304
154
192
195
1190
Blanks
50
81
189
55
82
97
554
Total
210
266
493
209
274
292
1744
ASSESSORS FOR THREE YEARS
John F. Dwyer
147
173
363
151
183
202
1219
Frank H. Torrey
161
164
267
131
155
148
1026
Blanks
112
195
356
136
210
234
1243
Total
PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
Nathan Q. Cushing .. 160
155
265
' 144
167
153
1044
Blanks
50
111
228
65
107
139
700
Total
210
266
493
209
274
292
1744
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
George W. Perry
144
171
268
137
161
165
1046
Blanks
66
95
225
72
113
127
698
Total
210
266
493
209. 274
292
1744
..
.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Harriet B. Bachelder.
55
94
320
84
92
97
742
Elmer E. Leonard ... 146
133
208
119
175
149
930
Frederick D. Nichols 122
107
184
103
125
109
750
Blanks
107
199
376
124
188 ,
239
1233
Total
430
533 1088
430
580
594
3655
AUDITORS
Fr'klin N. Blanchard 142
153
260
139
160
145
999
William H. Pratt
146
158
247
137
160
139
987
Winfield S. Wells
138
147
257
135
159
131
967
Blanks
204
340
715
216
343
461
2279
Total
630
798 1479
627
822
876
5232
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS
James H. Flint . . . 137
145
281
121
157
136
977
Frederick T. Hunt .. 135
124
216
113
152
112
852
Clarence P. Whittle. .
131
143
288
127
154
132
975
Blanks
227
386
694
266
359
496
2428
Total
630
798 1479
627
822
876
5232
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Merritt .. 133
154
203
134
191
132
947
Edward L. O'Brien. .
32
47
195
42
33
82
431
Blanks
45
65
95
33
50
78
366
Total
210
266
493
209
274
292
1744
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
George E. Emerson. .
147
160
263
132
171
151
1024
Blanks
63
106
230
77
103
141
720
Total
210
266
493
209
274
292
1744
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COMMISSIONER FOR WARD 2 SCHOOLHOUSE SINK- ING FUND BONDS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Willard J. Dunbar. .
143
156
240
125
160
133
947
Blanks
67
110
253
84
114
159
787
Total
210
266
493
209
274
292
1744
CONSTABLES
Charles W. Baker ... 137
156
326
127
156
141
1043
Charles W. Barrows.
136
144
221
114
156
120
891
George B. Bayley ...
134
146
223
132
170
122
927
Edward W. Butler. . .
149
177
248
131
171
187
1063
George W. Conant ..
132
144
225
120
173
127
921
Thomas Fitzgerald
. .
143
159
323
127
168
150
1070
Elbert Ford
134
140
218
114
185
122
913
Willard F. Hall.
132
149
216
125
159
127
908
George W. Nash
151
140
215
110
157
119
892
Arthur H. Pratt
143
178
227
126
159
165
998
Blanks
709 1127 2488
864 1086 1540
7814
Total
2100 2660 4930 2090 2740 2920 17440
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN
Yes
45
116
181
58
75
129
604
No
139
127
230
123
164
131
.914
Blanks
26
23
82
28
35
32
226
Total
210
260
493
209
274
292
1744
A true copy.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
42
Office of Town Clerk of Weymouth, March 22, 1916. On petitions presented to the Registrars of Voters of this Town a recount of the ballots cast at the election held March 13, 1916, for the offices of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and School Committee, a recount of the ballots for those offices was held at the Town Office on the evenings of March 18 and 22 inst, and the result was as follows :
SELECTMEN
Votes
Ralph P. Burrell
780
Henry E. Hanley
1057
Bradford Hawes
891
Edward W. Hunt
831
Joseph Kelley
775
George L. Newton
782
H. Franklin Perry
509
Burton B. Wright
645
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Votes
Ralph P. Burrell
762
Henry E. Hanley
1017
Bradford Hawes
863
Edward W. Hunt
810
Joseph Kelley
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