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Col. Bauer moved to further amend, to read a school house of not less than 8 rooms instead of an 8 room building. (so voted) Question of the original motion as amended, reading as follows:
Voted: "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 $95,000 for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing a school building of brick, or brick and stone and concrete, of not less than 8 rooms, having enclosed fire- proof stairways, and an auditorium, gymnasium, on the i'and 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 $95,000 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 determine. And further, 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 in carrying out the purposes of his vote; and said com- mittee in carrying out the purposes of this vote shall procure competitive plans and bids for the construction of said building." -Tellers reported as follows- 129 in favor 2 opposed. The necessary two-thirds voted in the affirmative- it was declared a vote.
The moderator appointed the following committee:
William J. Holbrook, E. Leighton Saunders, Carleton F. Green, George W. Perry, Patrick J. Derrig, C. Lincoln Abbott, W. Carlton Barnes, Fred L. Alden (resigned)
Art. 20. Voted: That the subject matter of the article be indefinitely postponed
Art. 21. Voted: "To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,843.75 for the purchase of a parcel of land near the High School building for the purpose of providing a playground or athletic field for use in connection with the , Weymouth High School; said parcel of land containing by estimate 557,500 *quare feet and. being bounded generally westerly by Middle Street, northwesterly by. "Common Land", northerly by Commercial Street, easterly and northerly by, land now or late of F. H. Litch- fieid, northerly by land now or late of Isabelle M. Crane, easterly
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by land now or late of Styles A. Fiske and southerly by land now or late of Harriet H. Dizer and Francis W. Cowing; and further, to appropriate the sum of $8,062,25 which latter amount is the sum which the town has received from the State as its proportion of the surplus fund raised under Chapter 283 of the Acts of 1919 and made available to the town by Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924, for the purpose of draining and clearing said land when acquired, and for the purpose of taking or acquiring necessary drainage rights or privileges for said land, and for the purposes of developing, improving and adapting said land for a playground or athletic field; and that the committee appointed at the last annual town meeting continue as a committee of the town to carry out the purposes of this vote."
Committee, John H. Tower, E. Clifton Barker, Mrs. Louise R. Crawford, William J. Fitzimmons, Theron L Tirrell
Art. 24. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the School Committee.
Art. 25. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for grading the field on the Humphrey School House fot to make the same suitable for baseball games, etc, same to be done under the supervision of the School Committee.
Art. 26. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,450 for the care and maintenance of parks and playgrounds, said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Park Commissioners.
Art. 27. The Appropriation Committee moved no action be taken under this article.
Howard H. Joy moved as follows: "That the Park Commis- sioners be and hereby are authorized and empowered to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for park purposes, a parcel of land adjoining Great Hill Park, North Weymouth, containing sixteen (16) acres and being bounded, westerly on North Street about nine hundred (900) feet; northwesterly by Weymouth Fore River about five hundred (500) feet; northeasterly by land now or formerly of Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley, one thousand (1,000) feet; southerly by Great Hill Park about three hundred (300) feet; easterly by Great Hill Park about three hundred (300) feet; northerly by Great Hill Park about three hundred fifty (350) feet; southeasterly by land now or formerly of A. O. Crane and land now or formerly of Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley, about four hundred fifty (450) feet; and southerly again by land now or formerly of Hattie L. Clark about three hundred fifty (350) feet to North Street. "And that the Town raise and approp- riate the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars, and that there be further appropriated the sum of forty-five thousand (45,000) dol- lars for the purpose of acquiring the land aforesaid, for park purposes, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Select- men be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand (45,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, 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 thirty (30) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine."
As it required a two-thirds vote, the tellers proceeded to count, reporting 66 in favor and 40 opposed. (declared not a vote)
Art. 28. Voted: No action be taken under this article. '
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Art. 29. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $25,- 820 for the support of the Fire Department.
Art. 30. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 31. Voted: "To raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500 for the purchase of a motor-driven hook and ladder truck and equipment therefor, the money to be expended and the truck to be purchased under the direction of the committee heretofore appointed to consider the purchase of new fire apparatus; and be it further Voted: That the same committee be authorized to exchange in part payment for the new hook and ladder truck, the hook and ladder truck now located at South Weymouth and East Weymouth with the exception of the Ford Tractor belonging to the East Weymouth truck, and with the exception of such equipment of said trucks as the chief of the Fire Department con- siders should be retained; and be it further Voted: That the chairman of said committee Frederick Gilbert Bauer, be and here- by is authorized to sign in the name and on behalf of the town any and all contracts and papers necessary for said committee thereunder."
Art. 32. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 33. Moved by the Appropriation Committee: To raise and appropriate the sum of $31,880.50 for the support of the Police Department, $500. of this amount to be used as a suspense account.
A H Pratt moved to amend article 33 as follows: "That the sum of $246.80 be raised and appropriated and added to the sum named in article 33, the same to be used for labor and materials used at the Police Station, making a total of $32,127.30. (amendment so voted) the motion as amended so voted.
Art. 34. Appropriation Committee moved to refer to the Police Department, Francis W. Rea moved to amend, that $500 be raised and appropriated for the purpose specified in the article. (so voted)
Art. 35. Voted: To raise and appropriate $20,967 for the payment of town officers, as follows:
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
Clerk
$1,200
Chairman 800
$4,017
Welfare Worker
Advisor to Selectmen
500
Assessors
4,500
Treasurer
800
Treasurer's bond
125
Auditors
150
Town Counsel
500
Town Clerk
500
Town Accountant
-
2,200
Town Accountant's Assistant
600
Tax Collector
4,400
Tax Collector's bond
250
Tax Collector's Insurance
125
Tree Warden
100
Registrars of Voters
600
Appropriation Committee expenses
100
Selectmen (3)
2,100
350
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Sealer
850
Sealer's transportation
300
$20,967 Art. 36. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $688 for election expenses.
Art. 37. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,150 for rent and expenses of town offices.
Art. 38. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $13,- 800 for the support and maintenance of Tufts Library and its branches, and for a reading room at Fogg Library and that the income from the Augustus J Richards, Joseph E. Trask, Susanna Hunt Steton, Charles Q. Tirrell, Francis Flint Forsaith and Charles Henry Pratt funds be used for the purpose designated by the respective donors.
Art. 39. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
. Art. 40. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $26,- 245 for the relief and support of the poor.
Art. 41. 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.
Art. 42. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $18,-
500 for street lighting and that the matter of installing new lights be left with the Electric Light Committee.
Art. 43. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Art. 44. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Electric Light Committee.
Art. 45. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500 for the services and expenses of the Board of Health.
Art. 46. a Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the employment of district or other nurses, under the pro- visions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, said sum to be expended by the town through its Selectmen or under the direction of the Board of Health, if authorized so to do by the Selectmen. -
Art. 46. b 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"dc by the Selectmen.
Art. 47. Voted: That the town appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $74,792.50, to be expended for the following purposes: Maintenance and operation
Replacement
$26,000.00 3,000.00
Equipment
3,000.00
Commercial expenses
6,935.00
General salaries
1,200.00
Bond retirement
10,500.00
Interest
4,157.50
Minor construction
20,000.00
$74,792.50
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Art. 48. The Appropriation Committee recommend no action be taken on this article.
Mr. Carl F. Prescott moved the following motion:
That the moderator appoint a committee of five who shall consist of a member of the Water Department, Chief of the Fire Department and three other members, one of whom shall be a resident of the Birches, which committee shall investigate the need and provide some protection to the many home owners against fire or similar emergencies as may be necessary, commit- tee to report at the next town meeting. After considerable con- sideration the motion was carried.
The moderator appointed the following committee.
Frank H. Torrey, Herman O. Collyer, Earie C: Fowler, Wilton L. Hawes, Arthur C. Cicchese.
Moved: That when the meeting adjourn it meet again at 7:45 p. m. Thursday, March 5, at the hall of the Weymouth High School.
The Police Officers checked 145 names of Town Meeting Mem- bers being present at this meeting: (The names are on the records of the Town 'Clerk)
Voted to adjourn at 11:05 p. m.
EMERSON R DIZER, Temporary Clerk
The following notice was posted in ten places in the town:
NOTICE
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting
Weymouth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The adjourned Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Wey- mouth will be held at the hall of the Weymouth High School on Thursday, the 5th day of March, 1925, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon articles 49 to 115 incl. in the annual warrant.
EMERSON R DIZER, Temporary Clerk East Weymouth, Mass.,
March 3, 1925.
The following notice was sent to each Town Meeting Member: Adjourned Annual Town Meeting.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NORFOLK, ss.
To the Town Meeting Members of the Town of Weymouth in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are Hereby notified to meet at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Thursday, the fifth day of March, 1925, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the .articies contained in the warrant (commencing with article 49) .
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this third day of March: in the year of our Lord nineteen, hundred and twenty-five.
EMERSON R DIZER, Temporary Clerk
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
High School Hall East Weymouth, March 5, 1925.
The adjourned Annual Meeting of the Town of Weymouth was called to order at 7:48. Hon. George L. Barnes, presiding, Emerson R. Dizer, Temporary Clerk
Art. 49. Voted: To raise and appropriate a sum not exceed- ing $15,000 from the general fund of the Water Department for the purpose of carrying on necessary work for private parties; payment for said work to revert to said general fund.
Art. 50. Voted: That the sum of $15,000 be raised by loan and appropriated for the construction of water mains of 6 inches or more in diameter, and that the treasurer of the town be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the selectmen to borrow said sum of $15,000 for said purpose, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accor- dance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the Gen- eral Laws so that the whole shall be paid in not more than fifteen years. As 2-3 vote being necessary the tellers polled the meeting reporting 51 in favor and none opposed, the Moderator declared it a unanimous vote
Art. 51. Voted: That the town authorize the Water Com- missioners to purchase or take by right of eminent domain land bordering on Weymouth Great Pond for protection of the Water Supply and that there be appropriated from the general fund of the Water Department an amount sufficient to pay for the land taken or purchased.
Art. 52. Voted: To appropriate the sum of $225 for unpaid bills of the Water Department for 1924, the amount to be taken from the general fund of the Water Department
Art. 53. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $79,- 825 for the repair of highways, townways, bridges, street oiling, and for the removal of snow, $3,000 of this amount for the doing of private work which the Street Department may do, and for which the town is to be reimbursed.
Art. 54. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the building of permanent sidewalks, same to be expended under the provisions of the Betterment Act.
Art. 55. Voted: No action be taken under this article
Art. 56. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed
Art. 57. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 58. Voted: That the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the continuance of Babcock Avenue, from Birchbrow Avenue to Weymouth Fore River, be accepted. (Record of Roads page 233)
Art. 59. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for working the continuance of Babcock Avenue.
Art. 60. The Appropriation Committee moved: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Rev. William Hyde moved: That the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as townways the private ways known as Idlewell Street from its present accepted end at the bridge of
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the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. to Chandler Street, Chandler Street to Pleasantview Avenue and Pleasantview Avenue be accepted.
Discussion as to status of right of way and bridge over tracks to Idlewell resulted in Mr. Frank H. Torrey moving that the Selectmen and Town Counsel be a committee to investigate the conditions relative to this matter, the status of the right of way and bridge and report at our next meeting. (So voted)
Art. 61. Voted: No action be taken under this article. Mr. J. Herbert Libbey, for the committee on minor town officers made the following nominations: (under article 1)
Public Weighers
C. Lewis French, Herbert Keene, Michael Lane, F. Cecil Manuel, John Q. Manuel, Archibald McCullagh, Gerald B. Procter, Raymond E. Stein, Michael' F. Dwyer, Thomas F. McCue, Clara Mitchell, Charles T. Leavitt, Wilfred H. Bartlett, Thomas Slat- tery, Ella L. Davidson, James D. Bosworth, Wallace D. Cowing, Ernest F. Bumpus, Judah Wrightington, Herbert K. Cushing, John F. Dwyer, Mabel D. Harlow, Grace Stancomb, Robert A. Condrick, Edward Rayborn, Loretta A. Cope, Susan R. Worthen, Edward I. Loud, Louis H. Ells, Marjorie J. Mace, J. Leonard Bick- neil, Ernest A. Bowker, William A. Hannaford, Evelyn Grund- strom, John Ferbert, Edna Payne, William C. Codman, August Virta, William H. Mace.
Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark.
F. Cecil Manuel, John Q. Manuel, Henry N. Willoby, Robert A. Condrick, Edward I. Loud, John F. Dwyer, Bowdoin B. Smith, Herbert Raymond, Thomas Hanaford.
Pound Keeper.
Barrett R. Wheeler.
Fence Viewers.
Miles P. Keene, James I. Peers, Harrison P. Randall, George W. Conant, Irwin B. H. Hawes.
Field Drivers.
George W. Nash, James P. Maguire, Charles W. Coyle, Ralph Smith, Elbert Ford.
Planning Board.
Dr. Wallace H. Drakee, Dr. F. L. Doucett, John B. Whelan, W. J. Holbrook, Prince H. Tirrell.
Electric Light Committee.
J. Herbert Libbey, Joseph A. Fern, Joseph Kelley, Alfred S. Tirrell; Matthew O'Dowd. This list as presented were elected by acclamation.
Art. 62. Voted: That the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Ramblers Way be accepted. (Record of Roads page 235.)
Art. 63. The Appropriation Committee moved: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the working of Ramblers Way. A. W. Sampson moved to amend by making the sum $7,100. Declared a' vote. Vote doubted, the tellers reported 56 in favor and 14 opposed, the motion as amended was so voted.
Art. 64. Voted: That the Town accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying. out as a town way the private way known as Sachem Street from intersection of Birchbrow Avenue and Babcock Avenue, running to Fore River Avenue on Weymouth Fore River. (Record of Roads page 237)
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Art. 65. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the working of Sachem Street.
Art. 66. Voted: That the town accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a townway the private way known as Swan Avenue, running from Pond Street to Weymouth Great Pond. (Record of Roads page 239)
Art. 67. Voted:' To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for street signs and guide boards.
Art. 68. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $600 for repairs on Forest Street.
Art. 69. Appropriation Committee moved as follows: To raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000 for permanent con- struction of existing highways, same to be expended on Pleasant Street, starting at the junction of Water and Pleasant Streets, and to be built by contract, under the supervision of the Select- men, competitive bids to be secured by them and the contract to be awarded to the lowest reliable bidder.
Mr. Frederick Humphrey moved to amend the motion by striking out the words; "and to be built by contract under the supervision of the Selectmen, competitive bids to be secured by them and the contract to be awarded to the lowest reliable bidder" The amendment was so voted. The motion as amended was voted.
Art. 70. Voted: No action to be taken under this article.
Art. 71. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to complete the working of Johnson Road.
Art. 72. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to complete the working of Swan Avenue.
Art. 73. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 74. The Appropriation Committee moved that no action be taken under this article.
Mr. Frederick Humphrey moved as an amendment, That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Town Counsel and Selectmen, So Voted.
Art. 75. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for repairing Pond Street from Independence Square to the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, provided the street railway tracks can be removed.
Art. 76. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $600 for oiling and reparing Winter Street from Washington Street to end of land owned by Mrs. F. R. Stockford.
Art. 77. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 78. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for construction of a sidewalk and repairs on Pine Circle and Great Pond Road.
Art. 79, Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of widening the street at the corner of Pleasant and Washington Streets on land of Charles Leach.
Art. 80 The Appropriation Committee moved that no action be taken under this article.
Mr. Michael W. Coyle moved as an amendment, That citizens of the town be given the preference on work being done on the various town departments. So voted.
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Art. 81. Voted: That the town 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. (Records of Roads page 240)
Art. 82. Voted: That the town 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. (Records of Roads page, 241)
Art. 83. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 84. Voted :. To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for iniproving Thicket Street and Sidewalk.
Art. 85. The Appropriation Committee moved no action be taken under this article.
Mr. Samuel S. French offered the following amendment: That the Town of Weymouth raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be expended for the resurfacing of Front Street, beginning at the residence of Mrs. Alice A. Nash and ex- tending in a northerly direction as far as the work can be properly done for the said amount. So voted.
Art. 86. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 87. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 88. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for graveling and oiling Summer Street from Federal Street to the residence of Carl Everson.
Art. 89. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for paving gutters on Prospect Street.
Art. 90. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $350 for the purpose of constructing a covered drain on Broad Street from a point at or near Lincoln Square.
Art. 91. The Appropriation Committee recommended no action be taken under this article.
Mr. Edward W. Hunt moved: That the sum of $9,000 be raised and appropriated for the rebuilding of the easterly side of Wash- ington 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. So Voted.
Art. 92. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for replacing the present drain which crosses Hollis Street and flows into Hollis' meadow, with a new drain.
Art. 93. Voted: That the report of the Selectmen relocat- ing the corner of Bridge and Athens Streets, North Weymouth, be accepted. (Records of Roads Page 242)
Art. 94. Voted: That the report of the Selectmen relocat- ing the corner of Sea and North Streets, North Weymouth, be accepted. (Records of Roads Page 243)
Art. 95. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
Art. 96. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to repair street, tar or pave the gutter, and repair the sidewalk on North side of Randolph Street 250 feet from Pond Street.
Art. 97. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for Memorial Day.
Art. 98. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the alewive fishery and that the Selectmen be a committee of the town to conduct the alewive fishery.
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Art. 99. Voted: That the town 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 proceeding in Court when in their judgment it is expedient, or in the interests of the town to do so.
Art. 100. 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 auc- tion
Art. 101. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,381.50 for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 102. Voted: That the town name the junction of Eim and Pleasant Streets, "Frederick Wells Polley Square."
Art. 103. Voted. To raise and appropriate the sum of $60 for a suitable sign designating the junction of Elm and Pleasant Streets as "Frederick Wells Polley Square"
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