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Art. 82. On petition: To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Assessors to publish the valuation of all property sub- ject to taxation in the Town of Weymouth for the year 1923 and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to pay for the same.
Art. 83. On petition: To see what action the Town will take towards insuring the buildings owned by the Town, or any of them, and to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose.
Art. 84. By request of the Weymouth Historical Society: 'TTo see if the Town will devote the revenue which may be re- meived from the sale of the Town History to the purchase of additional land on Weymouth Great Hill for park purposes, or to take any other action towards enlarging the park on Wey- mouth Great Hill.
Art. 85. To see if the Town will adopt an amendment to its By-Laws relating to the creating of a Building Laws Com- mittee, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 86. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to prepare and issue notes of the Town for an amount not exceeding $50,000 under the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 5, of the (General Laws, same to be payable within twenty (20) years ffrom date of the issue thereof; proceeds to be paid to the County of Norfolk in payment of the Town's proportion of the vcost of the Monatiquot River Bridge in Braintree, as deter- xmined by the commissioners appointed by the Superior Court of Norfolk, together with accrued interest thereon, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1919 and Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1920, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 87. To see if the Town will vote to waive the provi- sions in its favor contained in the will of Helen M. Rhines, al- lowed by the Probate Court for the County of Norfolk, Novem- ber, 24, 1899, and to accept the proposal offered by Mrs. Laura F. Knapp and Mrs. Mary L. Nelson, heirs of Helen M. Rhines, to wit: "To sell the premises at No. 60 Commercial Street, in
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said Weymouth, and to add enough to the proceeds of such sale when made to make the sum ten thousand dollars, which sum to be given to the Town of Weymouth, the same to be kept and known as the John C. Rhines Fund, the income there- from to be used for such public purposes as the Town may from time to time decide."
Art. 88. To see what action the Town will take relative to the recommendations of the committee chosen at the special Town meeting of May 31, 1923, for the purpose of making a thorough investigation of the question of re-naming certain squares in the Town, also a memorial to veterans of all wars.
Art. 89. On petition: To see if the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the matter of acquiring by purchase or taking by eminent domain of bathing beaches at northerly and southerly ends of Whitman's Pond, together with neces- sary approaches thereby, to report at a later meeting.
Art. 90. By request: To see if the Town will vote to accept the following additions to Art. 5 of our present By-Laws:
Sec. 7. No street or way shall be laid out or accepted by the Town of Weymouth of a width less than 40 feet, unless the same shall have been actually opened and used for public travel prior to January 1, 1924, or is requested and recommended by the Selectmen and Superintendent of Streets.
Sec. 8. No street or way constructed through lands by the owners thereon shall be laid out or accepted or recommended by the Selectmen or any committee of the Town for acceptance as a public street or way of the Town of Weymouth, unless previously constructed and completed to sub-grade in accordance. with specifications set forth in Section 12.
Sec. 9. Any street or way constructed through private land by the owner thereon in accordance with the specifications set forth in Section 12, may be laid out and accepted as a public street of the Town of Weymouth provided such action is taken in accordance with provisions of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts and amendments thereof; and provided also, that the owners of at least 75 per cent. of lands through which such street or way passes have signed releases of all property which the Town deem it necessary to acquire for such layout and accepted and have granted sloping privileges and have agreed to pay betterment assessments.
Sec. 10. Wherever it is necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent of Streets to construct catch-basins on any such street or way and lay drains to connect with a permanent outlet, such catch-basins and drains may be constructed and laid and the cost of such work shall be considered as a part of the total cost of constructing said street or way.
Sec. 11. Side gutters on any such street or way having a grade of five per cent. or over may, if in the opinion of the Superintendent of Streets it be necessary, be paved four feet wide, with stone or concrete, the cost of such work shall be considered as a part of the total cost of constructing said street or way.
Sec. 12. A plan and profile on paper or tracing-cloth 19 inches wide by 28 inches long at a scale of not less than one inch to 40 feet of every street shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent of Streets who shall fix the grade thereon.
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(a) Every such street or way shall be at least forty feet wide and have a road-bed equal to at least two-thirds of said street or way.
(b) All loam shall be removed from the limits of the street or way to a depth of at least twelve inches below the finished grade for the roadway and six inches below the finished grade for the sidewalk, or such greater depth as may be required by the Selectmen. All rock or boulders removed from the street or way shall be used in embankment.
(c) The entire area of such street or way shall be first cleared of all stumps, brush, roots and like material and of all trees not intended for preservation.
(d) All work in excavation or embankment shall be brought accurately to. a sub-grade of not less than eight inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk, below finished grade, or such greater depth as the nature of the sub-soil, in the opinion of the Selectmen may require.
(e) All corners of intersecting streets or ways shall be rounded as approved by the Selectmen.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the poll- ing places in their respective precincts, to wit: in Precincts 1, 3, 5 and 6, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively; in Precincts 2, at G. A. R. Hall; in Precinct 4, at the building of the Citizens Association, Inc., on Front Street; at Precinct 7, at the Lovell's Corner Improve- ment Association Building on Washington Street, on
MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1924,
at five o'clock and forty-five minutes in the forenoon, then and there to bring to the wardens of their several precincts, their votes on one ballot, for the following named public officers, to wit :
Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; five (5) Selectmen; five (5) Overseers of the Poor; one (1) Assessor for three years; one (1) Assessor for one year to fill vacancy; Collector of Taxes; three (3) Auditors; two (2) School Committee for three years; one (1) Water Commissioner for three years; one (1) member of the Board of Health for three years; one (1) Park Commissioner for three years; three (3) Trustees of Tufts Library for three years; one (1) Trustee of Tufts Library for one year, to fill vacancy; one (1) Commissioner of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund for three years; one (1) Tree Warden; ten (10) Constables; an Annual Moderator; and for the election in Precinct 1, of nine (9) Town-Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 2, of eight (8) Town-Meeting Members for three years, and one (1) Town-Meeting Member for one year, to fill vacancy; in Precinct 3, of ten (10) Town-Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 4, of four (4) Town-Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 5, of ten (10) Town-Meeting Mem- bers for three years, and one (1) Town-Meeting Member for two years, to fill vacancy; in Precinct 6, of eight (8) Town- Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 7, of three (3) Town-Meeting Members for three years, and one (1) Town- Meeting Member for two years, to fill vacancy; and to vote on the same ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the following questions:
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1. "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
2. Shall the Town of Weymouth accept the provisions of Section 85 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, to provide for pensioning the permanent members of its Police Department?
The polls will be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon.
"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 be- fore the time for holding said meeting called for in this warrant. Hereof, fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the first day of March, 1924.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty- four.
THERON L. TIRRELL, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, ANNIE S. LYNCH, WILLIAM B. DASHA, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest:
ARTHUR H .. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
Return of Service,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Weymouth, February 12, 1924.
NORFOLK, ss.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and times for the purpose set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies of the same in said town as therein directed.
A true copy, Attest
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth. Weymouth, February 25, 1924.
I have this day mailed to each Town Meeting Member a copy of the Annual Warrant, with a copy of the articles printed thereon.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Odd Fellows Opera House, East Weymouth, on Monday, March 3, 1924. The meeting was called to order at 7:45 P. M. by Hon. George L. Barnes, Annual Moderator, who directed the Town Clerk to read the warrant. After reading the call for the meet- ing, it was voted: "That the reading of the several articles in the
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warrant be omitted." The Town Clerk then read the concluding paragraph of said warrant and also the return of service of the Constable who served the warrant.
Before proceeding to the business of the evening the follow- ing were sworn in as Town Meeting Members:
Edward P. McNamara of Precinct 1; Arthur Lohnes of Pre- cinct 3; Daniel Reidy and Frederick Humphrey of Precinct 6.
Article 1. Voted: That a committee of 5 be appointed by the moderator to bring in a list of Town Officers other than those elected by ballot.
The Moderator appointed Patrick J. Derrig, John B. Whelan, Alfred S. Tirrell and Frank E. Loud as this committee.
Article 2. Voted: That the reports of the several boards of the Town Officers as printed in the Annual Town Report be accepted, to wit :. Town Clerk, Town Counsel, Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Visitor for Overseers of the Poor, Moth Super- intendent, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Burial Agent, Chief of Police, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, Milk and Dairy Inspector, Inspector of Slaughter- ing, Inspector of Plumbing, Visiting Nurse Association, Electric Light Committee, Town Engineer, Registrars of Voters, Fire Engineers, Superintendent of Fire Alarm, Assessors, Inspector of Animals, Trustee of Tufts Funds, Tax Collectors, Alewive Fish- ery, Auditors, Superintendent of Streets, Trustees of Fore River Bridge, School Committee, Trustees of Tufts Library, Town Ac- countant, Water Commissioners and Town Treasurer. The re- ports of committees appointed at former meetings were accepted as in print, as follows :
Committee on New Town Home; Committee on Town His- tory; Committee on Town Forest; Tercentenary Committee; Committee on renaming squares; Committee on acceptance of new streets; Committee on Building Addition to High School.
The Committee on Playground for Ward 2 through Mr. Bryan Leonard, temporary chairman, stated in a letter directed to the moderator that no active work had been done by the com- mittee.
Voted the committee be continued another year.
Mr. William J. Holbrook offered the following resolution which was unanimously adopted.
RESOLUTION
Whereas, on the sixteenth day of June, 1923, the Town duly celebrated the 300th anniversary of its settlement; and Whereas, his Excellency Channing H. Cox, Governor of the Com- monwealth, Honorable William Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the United States, and Honorable Arthur Prentice Rugg, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, attended and participated in said celebration.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Town, through its Town Meeting Representatives, in a Town Meeting duly assembled on this third day of March, 1924, does hereby record its apprecia- tion of its distinguished guests for their attendance and participa- tion in the celebration above noted, and as an expression of the Town's appreciation, the Honorable Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to present to his Excellency Channing H.
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Cox, to the Honorable William Howard Taft, and to the Honor- able Arthur Prentice Rugg each a copy of the history of the Town, in which the proceedings of that celebration are recorded, together with a copy of these resolutions suitably inscribed and certified by the Town Clerk.
And be it Further Resolved that these resolutions be in- scribed on the records of the Town.
Article 3. Voted unanimously: 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, 1924 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 unanimously: 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, 1925, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year.
Article 5. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for a reserve fund
Article 6. Voted: To designate the Weymouth Trust Com- pany of South Weymouth, Mass., the First National Bank of Boston, Mass., the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass., as legal depositors for the funds of the Town, and the Weymouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., as a legal depository for the securities of the Town.
Article 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,886.87 for the payment of repairs and maintenance of the Nor- folk County Hospital in the year 1923; the payment of this sum to be made under protest as this town considers it exorbitant.
Article 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,827.84 for the payment of unpaid bills for the year 1923 as follows: :
Health Department
$1,955.90
Street Department
1,086.54
Miscellaneous
2,528.80
Park Department
30.00
Tercentenary Committee
119.36
Police Department
95.49
Election Expenses
11.75
$5,827.84
Article 9. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,650.00 for the maintenance of the Town Survey, provided the sheets are available in time for the use of the Assessors on or before July 1, 1924; the money to be expended under the di- rection of the Selectmen.
Article 10. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of erecting bound stones on accepted high- ways.
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Article 11. 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 12. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $21,400 for the payment of interest which may become due this . year.
Article 13. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,455 for printing and advertising.
Article 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
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Article 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,160 for the suppression of the gypsy and brown. tail moths; $3,160 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 which the town is reim- bursed.
Article 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 3.of the General Laws.
Article 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 17 of the General Laws.
Article 18. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $207,460 for the support of the public schools and for the trans- portation of pupils to and from school; and that the maximum salary of grade teachers be fixed at $1,500 per annum; and that the town authorize the School Committee to establish and main- tain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 74, General Laws, and acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon.
Article 19. Voted: No action be taken on this article as the subject matter of this article had been taken care of under Article 18.
Mr. Frank E. Loud for the committee to bring in a list of minor officers not elected by ballot, reported as follows:
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
C. Lewis French, James B. French, Michael Lane, F. Cecil Manuel, John Q. Manuel, Archibald McCullagh, Gerald B. Procter, Raymond P. Stein, John J. Daly, Michael F. Dwyer, Kenneth French, Thomas F. McCue, Clara Mitchell, Charles T. Leavitt, Wilfred H. Bartlett, Thomas Slattery, Ella L. Knowles, James D. Bosworth, Wallace D. Cowing, Ernest F. Bumpus, Judah Wright- ington, Herbert K. Cushing, Mary McDonald, John F. Dwyer, Mabel D. Harlow, Grace Stancomb, Robert A. Condrick, Susan
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R. Worthen, Edward I. Loud, Louis Ells, Marjorie J. Mace, Edna Payne, William C. Codman, August Virta, William H. Mace, J. Leonard Bicknell, Ernest A. Bowker, William A. Hannaford, Evelyn Grundstrom, John Ferbert.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK -
F. Cecil Manuel, John Q. Manuel, George M. Keene, Henry N. Willoby, Robert A. Condrick, Edward I. Loud, John F. Dwyer, John L. Maynard, Bowdoin B. Smith, Herbert Raymond, Thomas Hannaford.
POUND KEEPER
Barrett R. Wheeler.
FENCE VIEWERS
Miles P. Keene, H. Frank Holmes, Harrison Randall, George W. Conant, Irwin B. H. Hawes.
FIELD DRIVERS
George W. Nash, James P. Maguire, Charles W. Baker, John L. Maynard, Elbert Ford.
PLANNING BOARD
·Sidney G. Dunbar, George W. Keene, Wallace H. Bicknell, John Reidy, Matthew O'Dowd.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
J. Herbert Libbey, Joseph A. Fern, Joseph Kelley, Alfred S. Tirrell, Matthew O'Dowd.
Voted the list as presented by the committee be elected.
Article 20. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Committee in charge of the construction of the addition to the High School, and that such committee make report with recommendation to some future town meeting not later than the next annual meeting; and that there be raised and appropri- ated the sum of two hundred dollars for the necessary expenses of this committee.
Article 21. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a commit- tee of 5, one of which shall be a member of the School Committee, said Committee to consider the matter of additional school facili- ties at North Weymouth and to report a some future meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following committee :
Edwin R. Sampson, Abbie E. Beals, William A. Drake, J. Herbert Libbey, Patrick J. Derrig.
Article 22. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600 for the care and maintenance of parks and playgrounds; said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Park Com- missioners.
Article 23. Voted: No action be taken under this article. Article 24. Voted: That a committee of 3 be appointed by the Moderator to confer with Peter B. Bradley and Robert S. Bradley relative to the purchase of additional land adjoining Great Hill Park, to consider the desirability and advisability of so doing, and report at some future meeting.
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The Moderator appointed the following committee: Howard H. Joy, Francis W. Rea, Stanley T. Torrey.
Article 25: Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 o complete Bradley Road within the limits of Great Hill Park, the same to be expended under the direction of the Sup- erintendent of Streets.
Article 26. Motion offered by the appropriation committee :
To raise and appropriate the sum of $24,125 for the support of the Fire Department, that the salary of the men at fires be $1 per hour, and that the salary of the chauffeurs in the depart- ment be $33 per week.
An amendment was offered that the sum of $24,875 in place of $24,125 and that the salary of chauffeurs be $35 per week. This amendment was carried.
The motion as amended was so voted.
Article 27. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $22,412 for the support of the Police Department.
Article 28. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $19,650 for the payment of town officers as follows:
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor:
Clerk $1,200
Chairman 900
Selectmen (5) 1,500
3,600
Welfare Worker
350
Advisor to Selectmen
500
Assessors
4,500
Treasurer
800
Treasurer's Bond
125
Auditors
150
Town Counsel
500
Town Accountant
2,200
Town Accountant's assistant
600
Tax Collector
4,000
Tax Collector's Bond
250
Tax Collector's Insurance
125
Tree Warden
100
Registrars of Voters
450
Appropriation Committee Expenses
100
Sealer
600
Sealer's transportation
200
$19,650
Article 29. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,550 for Election Expenses.
Article 30. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,150 for rent and expenses of Town Offices.
Article 31. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,167.75 for support and maintenance of Tufts Library and that that income from the Augustus J. Richards, Joseph E. Trask, Susanna Hunt, Charles Q. Tirrell, and other funds be used for the purpose designated by the respective donors.
Town Clerk
500
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Article 32. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the maintenance of a reading room at Fogg Library.
Article 33. Voted: To raise and. appropriate the sum of $1,500 for a reading room in East Weymouth, to be under the supervision of the Trustees of Tufts Library.
Article 34. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $27,720 for the relief and support of the Poor.
Article 35. 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 36. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $17,800 for street lighting, and that the matter of installing new lights be left with the Electric Light Committee.
Article 37. Voted: The subject matter of this article be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Article 38. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500 for the services and expenses of the Board of Health.
Article 39. 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 40. 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 41. Voted: That the Town appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $60,260. to be expended for the following purposes.
Maintenance and Pumping Station
$23,000
Commissioners, Office and Current expenses
4,500
New services, Meters and Minor Extensions
20,000
Replacements
2,000
Principal of Maturing Bonds 7,500
Interest on Serial Bonds 3,260
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