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The Moderator appointed Patrick J. Derrig, Benjamin N. Ells, John B. Whelan, Bowdoin B. Smith and Frank E. Loud.
Article 2. Voted: "The reports of the School Committee, School Superintendent, Town Counsel, Assessors, Tax Collectors, Selectmen, Transportation Committee, Moth Superintendent, For- west Warden, Burial Agent, Overseers of the Poor, Committee of "Town Almshouse, Chief of Police, Sealer of Weights and Meas- zures, Committee on Town History, Park Commissioners, Board of
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Health, Milk and Dairy Inspector, Inspector of Slaughtering, In- spector of Plumbing, Electric Light Committee, Town Engineer, Fire Engineers, Registrars of Voters, Superintendent of Streets,. Trustees of Tufts Library, Town Accountant, Town Treasurer,. Auditors, Trustees of Fore River Bridge, Water Commissioners,- Town Clerk be accepted as printed in the report of 1922.
Voted: That the Chairman of the Selectmen, Town Counsel and the Superintendent of Streets be and hereby appointed a com --- mittee to consider an amendment to the by-laws of the town, pro- viding for reasonable rules, regulations or conditions governing" the lay-out and acceptance of streets. This Committee shall re --- port at some future meeting, but not later than the next annual. meeting, their report to include for adoption such amendment or" amendments to the by-laws as they deem proper.
Article 3. Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the ap --- proval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fi- nancial year beginning January 1, 1923, and to issue 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 4. Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the ap -. proval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow. money from time to time in anticipation of the financial year be -- ginning January 1, 1924, and to issue note or, notes therefor, pay -- able within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year.
Article 5. Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $14, -- 000 for a reserve fund.
Article 6. Voted: To designate the Weymouth Trust Com --- pany of South Weymouth, Mass., the First National Bank of Bos -- ton, Mass., the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass., and the Fourth Atlantic National Bank of Boston, Mass., as legal de- positories for the funds of the town, and the First National Bank_ of Boston, Mass., as a legal depository for the securities of the town.
Article 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $7, -- 195.07 for the payment of repairs and maintenance of the Nor -- folk County Hospital in the year 1922; the payment of this sum to be made under protest as this town considers it exhorbitant.
Article 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of" $740.03 for the payment of unpaid bills for the year of 1922 as; follows:
Street Department
$346.02
Fire Department
20.45
Park Department
23.56
Poor Department 50.00
Monatiquot Bridge, maintenance
300.00
$740.03
Article 9. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of
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$8,500 for the purpose of publishing the history of the town of Weymouth, this amount to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, the books when published to be the property of the town, and the proceeds from the sale of such books to be paid into the town treasury.
Article 10. Mr. Edward C. Barker secretary of the Appro- priation Committee moved "That no action be taken under this _article."
Mr. Howard H. Joy moved as a substitute motion "That this meeting direct that the Anniversary Committee co-operating with the Weymouth Historical Society, may use the unexpended bal- ance of $978 as voted at a meeting held on October 21, 1921, for Tercentenary purposes this year." So voted.
Article 11. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 for the maintenance of the Town Survey, provided the sheets are available in time for Assessors use; the money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 12. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 13. Voted: That the salary of the Tax Collector be 8 mills on the dollar of taxes collected, and that the Selectmen be authorized to insure the Tax Collector in the sum of $15,000 hold up insurance. The time of payment and rate of interest on unpaid taxes be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59, Section 57 of the General Laws.
Article 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate $16,328.45 for the payment of interest which may become due this year.
Article 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,- "000 for printing and advertising.
Under this article it was voted: That the amount of salaries paid the teachers of the Public Schools be printed in the report for 1923
Article 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of :$850 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
Article 17. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths, $3,000 of this amount to be expended upon town work and $2,000 of this amount to be expended for special or private work which the moth department may do, and which is assessed upon property owners, and for other work for which the town is reim- bursed.
Article 18. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 3 of the General Laws.
Article 19. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 17 of the General Laws.
Article 20. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of
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$188,000 for the support of the public schools and for the trans- portation of pupils to and from school.
Article 21. Voted: That no action be taken under this: article.
Article 22. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300, said money to be paid to the Trustees of the James Hum- phrey School House Sinking Fund for the payment at maturity" of the James Humphrey School House Bonds.
Article 23. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of" $1,100 for the care and maintenance of parks and playgrounds, .. said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Park Com -- missioners.
Article 24. Mr Edward C. Barker, secretary of the appro -- priation committee, moved That no action be taken under this" article.
Mr. Thomas J. Kelley moved as a substitute motion, That: a committee of 10 be appointed to investigate the needs of a play -- ground in Ward 2 and report at some future meeting. So Voted ...
Article 25. Voted: That no action be taken under this: article.
Article 26. Voted: That no action be taken under this: article.
Article 27. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of" $21,200 for the support of the Fire Department.
Article 28. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 29. Voted: That no action be taken under this: article ..
Article 30. Voted: That no action be taken under this: article.
Article 31. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of .. $350 for the installation of a fire alarm box on Commercial .. Street near the entrance to Idlewell.
Article 32. Voted: That no action be taken under this. article.
Article 33. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of" $25,073.19 for the support of the Police Department; $2,940 of this amount to be for the purpose of an auto patrol and ambu -- lance and the construction of a suitable garage.
Article 34. Voted: That the subject matter of this article .. be indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. Voted: That no action be taken under this .. article.
Article 36. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $18,550 for the payment of Town Officers as follows:
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor $3,000. Advisor and Assistant to Selectmen and Overseers 'of the Poor 500.
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Assessors
4,000.
Treasurer
800.
Treasurers bond
125.
Auditors
150.
Town Counsel
500.
Town Clerk
500.
Town Accountant
2,200.
Town Accountant, clerical assistants
600.
Tax Collector
4,000.
Tax Collector bond
250.
Tax Collector hold up insurance
125.
Tree Warden
100.
Registrar of Voters
450.
Appropriation Committee
100.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
600.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, expenses
200.
Welfare Worker
350.
$18,550.
Article 37. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300 for election expenses.
Article 38. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,075 for rent and expenses of Town Offices.
Article 39. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,140 for support and maintenance of Tufts Library and that the income from the Augustus J. Richards, Joseph E. Trask, Susanna Hunt, Charles Q. Tirrell and all other funds be used for the purpose designated by the respective donors.
Article 40. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $750 for the maintenance of a reading room at Fogg Library.
Article 41. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 42. Voted: That the Trustees of the Tufts Library be authorized to sell such furnishings. as are in the building for which the Trustees have no further use, for such price as the Trustees may deem proper.
Article 43. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $24,450 for the relief and support of the poor.
Article 44. Voted: That the Overseers of the Poor be au- thorized to employ a Welfare Worker to look after and investi- gate the needs of' the poor, under the jurisdiction of the Over- seers of the Poor.
Article 45. Mr. Edward C. Barker secretary of the appro- priation committee moved that no action be taken under this. article.
Mr. Henry A. Day moved as a substitute motion "That the sum of $40,000 be raised by loan and appropriated for the con- struction, originally equipping and furnishing of an almshouse for the Town, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the
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Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of $40,000 for the purposes aforesaid, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole of said loan shall be due and payable in not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. Said bonds or notes to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum.
The result of the vote was 108 in favor and 25 in the negative.
147 Town Meeting Members being present, 180 Members eligible. 1
Voted: That the Overseers of the Poor be a committee to carry out the provisions of this vote.
Article 46. Voted: That the Town authorize its Electric Light Committee to contract with the Weymouth Light and Power Company for furnishing lights for the town, for a period not to exceed 1 year, any contract to be subject to the approval of the Town Counsel before its execution.
Article 47. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $17,300 for street lighting, and that the matter of installing new lights be left with the Electric Light Committee.
At this time the committee appointed to bring in a list of minor officers not elected by ballot, repored as follows:
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
C. Lewis French, James B. French, Michael Lane, F. Cecil Manuel, John Q. Manuel, Archibald McCullagh, Gerald B. Procter, Henry W. Burr, James Bosworth, Wallace D. Cowing, Charles T. Leavitt, Mary MacDonald, Clara Mitchell, Wilfred H. Bartlett, Raymond P. E. Vary, Robert A. Condrick, John F. Dwyer, Edward I. Loud, Grace S. Stancomb, Louis Ells, Susan R. Wor- then, William G. Codman, William H. Mace, Marjorie J. Mace, J. Leonard Bicknell, Evelyn Grundstrom, Ernest A. Bowker, James Tirrell, Edna Payne, Thomas Slattery, Etta L. Knowles, Raymond P. Stein, John J. Daly, Mabel D. Harlow, August Virta, Frank Wheeler.
SURVEYORS of WOOD, LUMBER and BARK
Russell H. Whiting, John Q. Manuel, F. Cecil Manuel, George M. Keene, Raymond P. E. Vary, Henry W. Willoby, Ed- ward I. Loud, Robert A. Condrick, John F. Dwyer, John L. May- nard, Howard V. Pratt, William G. Codman, James Tirrell, A. Spencer Marsh.
FIELD DRIVERS
George W. Nash, James P. Maguire, Charles W. Baker, Willie E. Tirrell, Elbert Ford.
FENCE VIEWERS
Miles P. Keene, H. Frank Holmes, George W. Conant, Har- rison Randall, Bowdoin B. Smith.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
Sydney G. Dunbar, Joseph Fern, Walter W. Pratt, Matthew O'Dowd, Joseph Kelley.
Voted: That the above Minor Officers be declared elected.
Article 48. Voted: That the subject matter of this article. be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Article 49. Voted: That the subject matter of this article: be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Article 50. Voted: That the subject matter of this article. be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Article 51. Voted: To raise and aprpopriate the sum of $4,080 for the services and expenses of the Board of Health.
Article 52. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the employment of district or other nurses, under the: provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, said sum to be expended by the town through its Selectmen or under the di- rection of the Board of Health, if authorized to do so by the: Selectmen.
Article 53. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the establishment and support of a dental clinic: under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, under the direction of the Board of Health, if authorized so to. do by the Selectmen.
Article 54. Voted: That the Town appropriate from the. revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $51,920 to be expended for the following purposes:
Maintenance and Pumping Station $22,325. 4,500.
Commissioners and Office
Replacements
2,500.
Principal Serial Bonds
7,500.
Interest Serial Bonds
3,595.
New Services, Meters and Minor Extensions 11,500.
$51,920.
Article 55. Voted: That the sum of $10,000 be raised by loan and appropriated for the extension of the Town's water mains and Water Department equipment, and that the Treas- urer be and hereby is authorized with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow said sum of $10,000 for those purposes, and to. issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, to be payable in equal installments in five years from the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum.
The result of the vote was 99 in favor and 0 in the negative.
147 Town Meeting Members present, 180 Members eligible ..
Article 56. Motion offered by Mr. Edward C. Barker sec- retary of the appropriation committee "To raise and appropriate-
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the sum of $60,025 for repairs of highways, townways, bridges, street oiling and for removal of snow. $2,000 of this amount is for the doing of private work which the street department may do, and for which the town is to be reimbursed.
Mr. Thomas J. Kelley moved as an amendment that the sum be $65,025. This amendment was so voted.
The motion as amended was so voted.
Article 57. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the building of permanent sidewalks, same to be ex- pended under the provisions of the Betterment Act.
Article 58. Motion offered by Mr. Edward C. Barker sec- retary of the appropriation committee "That no action be taken under this article."
Mr. Thomas J. Kelley offered the following substitute motion :
"To see if the Town will authorize and instruct its Treasurer with the approval of its Selectmen, to prepare and issue notes or bonds of the Town to an amount not exceeding $16,000, under the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 8, of the General Laws the same to be payable within five years of the date of issue in such amounts annually as may be determined, the pro- ceeds to be devoted to reconstruction of existing townways with Bituminous Macadam construction.
The result of the vote on the substitute motion was as fol- lows: 56 in favor and 36 in the negative. The motion was de- clared not a vote as 2/3 was not in favor.
The motion offered by Mr. Barker was carried.
Voted: To adjourn to meet at the Weymouth High School Assembly Hall on Wednesday evening March 7, at 7:45 o'clock.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
Town Clerk.
I hereby certify that the following notice was posted in 10 public places in town of the adjournment of the Annual Meeting. Weymouth, March 6, 1923.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the in- habitants of Weymouth held at Odd Fellows Opera House on Monday evening, March 5, 1923, adjourned to meet at the Assem- bly Hall of the Weymouth High School Wednesday March 7, 1923, at 7:45 o'clock in the evening.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
Town Clerk.
I hereby certify that a notice was sent to every Town Meet- ing Member reading as follows:
NORFOLK, ss. To the Town Meeting Members of the Town of Weymouth in said County, Greeting:
The annual town meeting of the inhabitants of Weymouth held at Odd Fellows Opera House, on Monday evening March 5, adjourned to meet at the Assembly Hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, Monday, March 7, 1923, at 7:45 o'clock
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in the evening, to consider the articles in the warrant from 59 to 100.
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord Nineteen hundred and twenty- three.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
The adjourned annual meeting of the inhabitants of Wey- mouth was held at the Assembly Hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Wednesday evening March 7, 1923, The meeting was called to order by George L. Barnes Annual Moderator. The meeting proceeded to the articles in the warrant.
Article 59. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 60. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 61. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for regrading and re-draining Shawmut Street from Broad to Pleasant Streets.
Article 62. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 63. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Street Department.
Article 64. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Street Department.
Article 65. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 66. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to rebuild and tar Chard Street and Hillside Avenue.
Article 67. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the grading and tarring of Columbian Street from the residence of W. C. Barnes to the Braintree line.
Article 68. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 69. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300, which is in addition to what has already been appropriated for the purpose of erecting suitable signs, renaming certain squares as previously voted by the Town.
Article 70. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be. and hereby are authorized and empowered to acquire for the Town by purchase or eminent domain, an easement to lay and maintain a drain in a strip of land eight feet in width, the centre line of which to commence at a point on Granite Street where centre of culvert under Granite Street enters property of Mary Condrick; thence in and across said Condrick land to land of Peter Cruik- - shank et als; thence in and across said land of Peter Cruikshank et als to Keith Street as shown upon a plan entitled "Plan show- ing location of proposed easement Weymouth, Mass., to be taken for public drainage purposes," dated March 3, 1923, Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer.
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And that the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purposes of this article
Article 71. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the further working of Bradley Road.
Article 72. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 73. Motion offered by J. Leonard Bicknell, chair- man of the appropriation committee "To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the purpose of replacing the present drain on Broad Street from the store of F. H. Sylvester to the Herring Brook."
An amendment was offered as follows: "That the expendi- ture. of the above sum be under the supervision of the Superin- tendent of Streets, to accomplish the purpose of the above motion. The amendment was so voted.
T'he original motion as amended was so voted.
Article 74. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the grading and tarring of Summer Street from Fed- eral Street to the residence of Carl Everson.
Article 75. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Street Department.
Article 76. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to complete the sidewalk on the westerly side of Main Street, from Highland Cemetery to Independence Square, this amount to be expended under the provisions of the Betterment Act.
Article 77. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 78. Voted: That no action be taken under this. article.
Article 79. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 80. Voted: That no action be taken under this. article.
Article 81. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 82. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 83. Motion offered by J. Leonard Bicknell, chair- man of the appropriation committee, "That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed."
Mr. James I. Peers moved as a substitute motion "That Article 84 be taken up in conjunction with Article 83. So voted.
Mr. Peers moved that the report of the Selectmen (not read) upon making a public way of the private way between 382 and 386 East Street be accepted, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the working of the same.
Mr. J. Leonard Bicknell moved "That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed." So voted.
Article 85. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 86. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 87. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for Memorial Day.
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Article 88. Motion offered by J. Leonard Bicknell, chair- man of the appropriation committee "To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the alewive fishery and that the Selectmen be a committee of the town to conduct the alewive fishery."
Mr. George E. Cuniff moved as an amendment "That the sum be made $400 instead of $300 and that no fish be sold to parties outside of Weymouth, also that the number of fish placed in the pond for spawning purposes be 100,000 to 150,000.
The amendment was carried.
The original motion as amended was so voted.
Article 89. Voted: That the Town authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due to it, or to prosecute a bill in equity, or any other proceeding in Court when in their judgment it is expedient or in the inter- ests of the Town to do so.
Article 90. Voted: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell any real estate of which the Town is possessed, and for which it has no further use, the sale to be at public auction.
Article 91. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,365 for miscellaneous expenses.
Article 92. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 93. Mr. J. Leonard Bicknell, chairman of the appro- priation committee moved "That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell the Hose House and lot on which it stands in Ward 4 to the Citizens' Association, Inc., of Precinct 4 for $100, the property to revert to the Town if the Association ceases to exist, the town reserving the right to use the building for elec- tion and other town purposes, the whole conveyance to be sub- ject to the approval of the Town Counsel."
An amendment was offered to insert the words "Without cost to the Town" after the word purposes. This amendment was so voted.
The motion as amended was so voted.
Voted: That the Town Counsel insert in the conveyance such reservations as he thinks necessary to protect the interests of the town.
Article 94. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 95. Voted: That a committee of 1 from each Ward be appointed by the Moderator to prepare building laws for differ- ent zones in Weymouth, and report at some future meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following committee:
John F. Robinson, Silas A. Perkins, D. Frank Daly, Frank A. Pray, Frederick L. Alden.
Article 96. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 97. Mr. J. Leonard Bicknell, chairman of the ap- propriation committee, moved "That no action be taken under this article."
Mr. William B. Dasha moved as a substitution motion "That a committee be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and report at the next Town Meeting on the possibility of estab- lishing a Town Forest."
Mr. Frederick C. Bauer moved as amendment "That such'
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