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Art. 74. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land grade and drainage damages which may be caused by result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of any State highway in the Town, and will' authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any other. action with respect thereto.
Art. 75. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for properly repairing Pond Street from Independence Square to the tracks of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
Art. 76. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repair and oiling of Winter Street. Starting from the junction of Washington Street to the end of the land owned by Mrs. F. R. Stockford, a distance of approximately eight hundred and fifty (850) feet.
Art. 77. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the oiling of Emerson Street.
Art. 78. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate. for a sidewalk and other re- pairs on Pine Circle and Great Pond Road.
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Art. 79. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred (300) dollars for the purpose of widening the street at the corner of Pleasant and Washington Streets, on land of Charles Leach, Lovell's Corner.
Art. 80. On petition: To see if the Town will vote, that all' employed as laborers on Town work, shall be citizens of the United States, and residents of the Town of Weymouth, and that all teams or trucks on such work shall be owned by residents of the Town of Weymouth.
Art. 81. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Hilldale Road, from west side of Pond Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 82. On petition: To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the continuance of Cedar Street from Raymond Street to Fairmount Cemetery Gate, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 83. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to extend the asphalt sidewalk on Pond Street, from the present end near the Cemetery to the corner of Thicket Street.
Art. 84. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to improve the condition of Thicket Street and sidewalk adjacent.
Art. 85. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $2,500.00 for the resurfacing of Front Street from West Street to Winter Street or to take any action relating thereto.
Art. 86. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to relocate the public ways known as Commercial, Broad and Pleasant Streets at or near Jackson Square.
Art. 87. To see if the Town will vote to place the plot of land in Jackson Square under the jurisdiction of the Park Com- missioners and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to improve said plot.
Art. 88. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,500.00 to gravel and oil Summer Street from the junction of Federal and Summer Streets to the residence of Carl Everson, 481 Summer Street, or take any other action relating thereto.
Art. 89. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $800.00 to pave the gutters on Prospect Street.
Art. 90. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to lay and cover drain and build a sidewalk on the south side of Broad Street from Lincoln Square to Stetson Street.
Art. 91. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the rebuilding of the easterly side of Washington Street, from Washington Square to Lincoln Square, also to reset and complete curbing and to change the grade of the present sidewalk where necessary, so that the road will conform to the opposite side, or to take any other action.
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Art. 92. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to replace the present drain which crosses Hollis Street and flows into what is known as Hollis Meadow, with a new drain.
Art. 93. To see if the Town will vote to accept report of the Selectmen, relocating the corner of Bridge and Athens Streets, North Weymouth.
Art. 94. To see if the Town will vote to accept report of the Selectmen, relocating the corner of Sea and North Streets, North Weymouth.
Art. 95. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase or eminent domain for street purposes, a certain parcel of land generally described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Commercial Street at or near its inter- section with the brook marking the division line between land of Nicola Taccomella and Joseph Bongarzone and land of Gust Holma; thence running in a general southwesterly direction through said land of Nicola Taccomella and Joseph Bongarzone by a curved or irregular line passing through a point about 60 feet distant westerly from the intersection of said line of Com- mercial Street with the northwesterly side line of Madison Street a distance of about 270 feet to the said northwesterly side line of Madison Street; thence running in northeasterly direction by said line of Madison Street a distance of about 230 feet to the inter- section of said line of Madison Street with said southwesterly line of Commercial Street; thence running in a northwesterly direction by said line of Commercial Street a distance of about 110 feet to the point of beginning; containing about 5,200 square feet more or less. Further to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 96. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to repair the street, tar or pave the gutter and gravel the sidewalk with crushed stone on the north side of Randolph Street 250 feet from Pond Street.
Miscellaneous
Art. 97. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 98. To determine in what manner the alewive fishery shall be conducted the present year, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said fishery.
Art. 99. To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due it, or to prosecute a bill' in equity or any other proceedings in court when in their judgment it is expedient in the interests of the Town to do so.
Art. 100 To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any real estate of which it may be possessed and for which it has no further use.
Art. 101. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 102. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to name the junction of Elm and Pleasant Streets, "Frederick Wells Polley Square," or take any other action in relation thereto.
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Art. 103. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $60.00 to purchase a suitable sign for properly marking the above square.
Art. 104. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,062.25, which sum of money is equivalent to the amount refunded by the State to the Town of Weymouth in 1924 as its proportion of the surplus fund raised under Chapter 283 of the Acts of 1919 and made available by Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924. The said sum of money to be used to equip a memorial building to be furnished by the Wey- mouth Post, No. 79 of the American Legion to commemorate the services of Weymouth's citizens engaged in the service of their country during the World War. or take any other action relating thereto.
Art. 105. By request: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate. to reimburse Karl H. Granger for medical attendance and medicines rendered H. Charlotte Orcutt, late of Weymouth.
Art. 106. To see if the Town will vote to ratify the action of the Selectmen in selling and conveying to Ralph P. Burrell the Orcutt property at 204 Pond Street, South Weymouth, as described in deed dated May 15, 1924, and recorded in Norfolk County deeds, Bock 1600, Page 456.
Art. 107. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase or gift, under Chapter 132 of the General Laws, land for the pur- pose of reforestation, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 108. To see if the Town will vote to take or purchase land for public domain for the purposes specified in General Laws, Chapter 45, Section 19, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 109. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase of land under either or both of the two foregoing articles and for the reforestation and culture of forest trees on said land, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 110. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the collection and disposal of garbage or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 111. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 3 to 12 inclusive of Chapter 143 of General Laws, author- izing the adoption and enforcement of building laws, and the ap- pointment of a building inspector, or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 112. On petition: In accordance with provisions of Section 1, Chapter 61, of the Acts of 1921, to see if the Town will direct its Selectmen to partly revise the present precincts of the Town, by dividing Precinct 1 into two precincts.
Art. 113. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred (1500) dollars, for the employ- ment of a zoning expert, to make a study of the Town and to prepare a map showing the proposed zoning areas and for the drafting of proposed zoning by-laws, same to be submitted at a future town meeting.
Art. 114 To see what sum of money the Town will vote raise and appropriate for the purposes of the Planning Board.
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Art. 115. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4 of Article 3 of the by-laws of the Town, by reducing the member- ship of the Planning Board from twenty-five to seven, and to determine the method of reduction of membership and the method of electing members of the Planning Board after said reduction of the Planning Board in number has been accomplished.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In Precincts 1, 3, 5 and 6, in halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those pre- cincts respectivly; in Precinct 2, at G. A. R. Hall; in Precinct 4, at building of the Citizens Association Inc., on Front Street; in Precinct 7, at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Association Building on Washington Street, on
MONDAY, the 9th Day of March, 1925
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; two (2) Assessors 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) member of the Board of Health for two years to fill vacancy; one (1) Park Commis- sioner for three years; three (3) Trustees of Tufts Library for three years; one (1) Commissioner of James Humphrey School- house Sinking Fund for three years; one (1) Tree Warden; ten (10) Constables; an Annual Moderator; and for the election in Precinct 1, of twelve (12) Town Meeting Members for three years, and one (1) Town Meeting Member for two (2) years to fill vacancy; in Precinct 2, of eight (8) Town Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 3, of thirteen (13) Town Meeting Mem- bers for three years; and one (1) Town Meeting Member for two (2) years to fiill vacancy; in Precinct 4, of four (4) Town Meeting Members for three years; in Precinct 5, of eleven (11) Town Meet- ing Members for three years; in Precinct 6, of ten (10) Town Meeting Members for three years, and one (1) Town Meeting Member for two (2) years to fill vacancy; in Precinct 7, of three (3) Town Meeting Members for three years, one (1) Town Meet- ing Member for two years to fill vacancy, and one (1) Town Meeting Member for one year to fill vacancy.
And to vote on the same ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the fol- lowing questions:
1. "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in said Town ?"
2. "Shall the Town of Weymouth accept the provisions of Section 85 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, to provide for pensioning permanent members of its Police Department ?"
3. "Shall the Town accept the provisions of Sections 42, 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, providing for the ap- pointment by the Selectmen of a Chief of the fire department, who shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statutes upon fire engineers, also who . shall act as forest warden ?"
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4. "Shall the Town accept the provisions of Sections 3 to 12 both inclusive of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, authorizing the Town to enact by-laws regulating the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, repair, height, area, location and use of buildings and other structures within the limits of the town, and the appointment by the Selectmen of an inspector of buildings ?"
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 voting precinct in said Town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting called for in this warrant.
Hereof, fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the Twenty- fourth day of February, 1925.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- Five.
THERON L.' TIRRELL, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, WILLIAM B. DASHA, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, FRED E. WAITE, Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest : ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
Return of Service Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth, February 20, 1925
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 time for the purposes set forth in said war- rant by posting true and attested copies of the same in two public places in each precinct in said town as therein directed seven days before the time for holding said meeting.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth
The words in two public places added Dec. 5, 1925. A true copy from the records
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
I hereby certify that a copy of the warrant for the annual town meeting was mailed to each Town Meeting Member seven days before the time of holding said meeting, as provided in Sec- tion 3, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday, March 2, 1925. The meeting was called to order at 7.45 p. m. by Hon. George L. Barnes, annual moderator. In the absence of the Town Clerk, Clayton B. Merchant on account of illness it became necessary to elect a temporary clerk. William J. Holbrook nominated Em- erson R Dizer was clerk pro tem, he was elected by ballot and sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by Hon. George L Barnes annual moderator.
The moderator ordered the clerk to read the warrant, after reading the call for the meeting, it was voted: that the reading of the several articles in the warrant be dispensed with, the con- cluding paragraphs of said warrant were then read and also the return of service of the constable, Arthur H. Pratt, who served the warrant.
Prior to the business of the evening the following were sworn in as Town Meeting Members: Melzar S. Burrell, Precinct 2; Thomas L. Howley, Precinct 2; C. Lincoln Abbott, Precinct 3; and Chesley Cormack, Precinct 4.
Art. 1 Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to bring in a list of town officers other than those elected by ballot.
The moderator appointed J. Herbert Libbey, H. Frank Holmes, John B. Whelan, Alfred S. Tirrell and Frank E. Loud.
Art. 2. Voted: That the reports of the several boards of town officers and committees 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, Fire Truck Committee, Moth Superintendent, Tree Warden, Buriai Agent, Forest Warden, Superintendent of Alewive Fishery, Committee of widening Madison Square, Committee on collection of Garbage, Committee on Gas and Electric Light Rates, Trustees of Fore River Bridge, Assessors, Chief of Police, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Park Commissioners, Committee on Great Hill Park, Electric Light Committee, Town Engineer, Registrars of Voters, Superintendent of Fire Alarm, Fire Engineers, Inspector of An- imals, Trustees of Tufts Funds, Tax Collectors, School Com- mittee, High School Addition Committee, Committee of School Facilities at North Weymouth, Trustees of Tufts Library, Com- mittee on Town Forests, Inspector of Plumbing, Board of Health, Superintendent of Streets, Visiting Nurse Association, Inspector of Slaughtering, Inspector of Milk and Dairies, Water Commis- sioners, Town Accountant, Town Treasurer and Town Auditors.
Art. 3. 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 finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1925, 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. (Unanimous Vote)
Art. 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 be-
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ginning January 1, 1926, 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 said financial year. Unanimous vote.
Art. 5. Voted: To appropriate the sum of $10,000 from the overlay reserve fund as a reserve fund.
Art. 6. Voted: To designate the Weymouth 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 Weymouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., as a legal depository for the securities of the town.
Art. 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,678.68 for the payment of Weymouth's portion of the cost of repairs and maintainance of Norfolk County Hospital in the year 1924.
Art. 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,302,- 60 for the payment of unpaid bills for the year 1924, as follows:
Health Department $590.29
Street Department 547.48
Broad Street, Special Macadam 415.26
Fire Department 644.52
Tufts Library 81.21
Crawford Press (settlement of dispute
as to printing town reports) $1,023.84
$3,302.60
Art. 9. Voted: To appropriate the sum of $10,000 from the surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1925.
Art. 10. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,650. for the maintenance of the Town Survey, provided the sheets are available in time for the use of the Assessors or before July 1, 1925; the money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 11. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of erecting bound stones on accepted highways. Art. 12. Voted: That the salary of the Tax Colletor 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 holdup insurance.
The time of payment and rates of interest on unpaid taxes be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59, Section 57 of the General Laws.
Art. 13. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000 for the payment of interest which may become due this year. Art. 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,880 for printing and advertising.
Art. 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the di- rection of the Tree Warden.
Art. 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,600 for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths; $3,100 of this amount to be expended upon town" work, and $2,500 of this
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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 reimbursed.
Art. 17. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the payment of State and Military Aid and for burials under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 3 of the General Laws.
Art. 18. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen and families of dis- abled soldiers and seamen, under the provisions of Chapter 115, Section 17 of the General Laws.
Art 19. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $250,000 for the support of the public schools and for the transpor- tation of pupils to and from schools, $15,000 of this amount shall be reserved for the installation of a new heating system, for which installation competitive bids shall be procured by the committee, and also for the making of other necessary alterations at the Athens School.
Melville F Cate moved that article 23 be next considered. So Voted.
Art. 23. The Appropriation Committee moved as follows: "That there be appropriated the sum of $40,000 to be raised in the levy of the current year and that there be further appropriated the sum of $80,000 for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an 8 room school building of brick, or brick and stone and concrete, having enclosed fireproof stairways, and an audito- rium, gymnasium, on the land now owned by the town at Bicknell Square, North Weymouth, and to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $80,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with 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 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may deter- mine.
And further that a committee consisting of Frederick D. Knight, George W. Perry, Patrick J. Derrig, Dr. William A. Drake and Parker T. Pearson be and hereby are constituted the committee of the town to carry out the purposes of this vote; and said com- mittee in carrying out the purposes of this vote shall procure com- petitive plans and bids for the construction of said building."
Parker T. Pearson asked to have his name withdrawn from the committee as recommended. (Not a vote)
Mr. Frederick C. Bauer spoke in opposition to the Appropria- tion Committee naming the building committee and moved to amend as follows: "To strike out the words-Frederick D. Knight, George W. Perry, Patrick J. Derrig, Dr. William A. Drake and Parker T. Pearson be and hereby are constituted the committee of the town" and substitute therefor the words"That the moderator appoint a committee of seven, six of whom shall be technical men and one a member of the bar to act as a building committee," and to add at the end the words " and further provided that before the contract shall be let a complete set of plans and specifications shall be adopted by said committee and approved by the School Committee" (Declared not a vote) over seven doubting the de-
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cision the moderator appointed Alfred Sheehy, Newland H. Holmes and Francis W. Rea as tellers who were sworn by the moderator.
Mr. Frank H. Torrey asked that the question be divided on Col. Bauer's two changes, the first part of the motion relative to the appointment of the committee was put the meeting the tellers reported. 75 in favor and 40 opposed. (Declared a vote)
The second part of the motion relative to the approval of the School Committee was then considered and the tellers reported 23 in favor and 66 opposed. (Declared not a vote)
The question then came on the original motion as amended. Sidney G. Dunbar moved to amend further by making the amount read $95,000 in place of $80,000. Question on motion to amend-teliers reported 57 in favor and 48 opposed. (declared a vote)
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