Town annual report of Weymouth 1926, Part 5

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 346


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Art. 79. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.


Art. 80. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $850 for Memorial Day, said sum to be expended by a committee of three from the Grand Army and two from the American Legion, to be appointed by those two bodies respectively, said sum to


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cover expenses of the Grand Army of the Republic, American Le- gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.


Art. 81. 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 fishery.


Art. 82. Voted: That the town authorize the Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or prope.


or to prosecute a bill in equity, or any other proceedings in court, when in their judgment it is expedient, or in the interest of the town so to do.


Art. 83. Voted: That the Selectmen be and hereby authoriz- ed to sell any real estate of which the town is posessed and for which it has no further use, the sale to be at public auction.


Art. 84. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $8,008 for miscellaneous expenses.


Art. 85. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for the purposes of the Planning Board. (Article 86 has already been acted upon.)


Art. 87. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for street signs and guide boards.


Art. 88. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.


Art. 89. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 toward the erection of a forest fire observation tower on the sum- mit of Turkey Hill in the town of Holbrook, the same to be ax- pended under the direction of the State.


Ar. 90. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to complete the street numbering throughout the town, the work to be done by the Town Engineer under the direction of the Se- lectmen, and that a complete set of the sheets showing all numbers to be filed at the Town Office.


Art. 91. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of three to consider the needs for larger office accommodations, the committee to report at the next annual town meeting.


The Moderator appointed as this committee, Frank E. Loud, George W. Perry and Bradford Hawes.


Art. 92. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.


Art. 93. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to consider a revision of the town by-laws, said committee to report at some future town meeting.


The Moderator appointed as this committee, Frederick G. Bauer, Arthur A. Cicchese, John F. Dwyer, William J. Holbrook and Winslow M. Tirrell.


Art. 94. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to acquire by purchase or by the right of eminent domain, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws, for entrance to the Legion Memorial Field from Hillside Avenue, a certain parcel of land situated in Weymouth bounded as follows:


Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Hillside Avenue, distant two hundred ninety-five and 98-100 (295.98) feet northeasterly from a stone bound at the intersection of said north- erly side line of said Hillside Avenue with the easterly side line of Middle Street; thence running in a northeasterly direction by a tangent curve to the left with a radius of twenty (20) feet, a dis- tance of tweny-four and 73-100 (24.73) feet; thence running


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northerly by a tangent curve a distance of one hundred fifty-nine and 30-100 (159.30) feet to land of the town of Weymouth; thence running in a southeasterly direction by said land of the town of Weymouth a distance of forty-two and 39-100 (42.39) feet; thence running in a southerly direction by a line parallel with and distant forty (40), feet easterly from the second describ- ed line, a distance of one hundred fifty-five and 70-100 (155.70) feet to a point of curvature; thence running in a general south- earterly direction by a tangent curve to the left, with a radius of twenty-two and 97-100 (22.97) feet to said side line of Hillside Avenue; thence running northwesterly by said side line of Hill- side Avenue a distance of forty-four and 64-100 (44.64) feet to a stone bound marking the angle point in said line of Hillside Avenue; thence running southwesterly still by said side line of Hillside Avenue a distance of twenty-five and 96-100 (25.96) feet to the point of beginning. Containing 6782 square feet more or less.


The above described parcel of land is bounded: Northerly by land of the town of Weymouth; Easterly by land of Francis W. Cowing; Southerly by said Hillside Avenue and Westerly by other land of said Francis W. Cowing.


The land purporting to be owned by said Francis W. Cowing. For a further identification of this description and location reference is hereby made to a "Plan of land in Weymouth, Mass., made by Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated Feb. 24, 1926." And be it further voted: That the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated for the purposes of this article.


Art. 95. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $912.50 for the payment of pensions.


Art. 96. Voted: That the Moderator appoint the present committee acting on his matter (reforestation) they to report at some future meeting.


Art. 97. Voted: That the Moderator appoint the present committee acting on this matter (reforestation) they to report at some future meeting.


Art. 98. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $30 for the use of the committee appointed under articles 96-97.


Voted: That article 100 be taken up at this time.


Art. 100. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of three to consider each article in the proposed building laws, reporting at some future town meeting such changes as they deem advisable.


The Moderator appointed as this committee: Thomas J. Kel- ley, Edward I. Loud and Arthur I. Negus.


Art. 99. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.


Voted on motion of Frank H. Torrey: That the Appropria- tion Committee in their report for 1927 be instructed to itemize their recommendations, instead of a lump sum, the departments of School, Park, Street, Fire, Police, and Town Officers, and that they conclude their report with the valuation of 1926 and the 'es- timated rate for 1927.


The Moderator appointed as Appropriation Committee for three years, Frederick G. Bauer, Edward C. Barker, George 0. Chamberlain, Russell H. Whiting, and Arthur Cuningham.


Meeting dissolved by vote.


CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk


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TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 8, 1926


Town Clerk


Precincts Clayton B. Merchant Blanks


1 111


2 107


3 221


4


5 204


6 125


7 48


103


999


23


22


111


21


67


63


11


17


335


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


Town Treasurer


John H. Stetson Blanks


113


104


211


82


205


111


49


98


973


21


25


121


19


66


67


10


22


361


Total


134


129


332


101.


271


188


59


120


1334


Selectmen


William B. Dasha H. Franklin Perry


117


107


300


83


181


126


46


95


1055


Theron L. Tirrell


117


99


203


95


188


109


51


101


963


Winslow M. Tirrell


115


107


188


79


180


145


47


101


962


Fred E. Waite


115


109


191


87


243


127


49


101


10.18


1


1


1


1


87


127


588


89


402


329


59


120


180


Total


670


645 1650


505 1355


940


295


600


6670


Overseers of the Poor


William B. Dasha


118


92


184


69


157


102


41 46


89


852


H. Franklin Perry


114


102


289


78


179


123


94


1025


Theron L. Tirrell


114


96


190


93


189


107


50


100


939


Winslow M. Tirrell


112


103


178


76


183


145


47


99


943


113


104


193


80


233


128


50


98


999


1


1


1


1


97


148


626


109


414


335


61


120


1910


Total


670


645 1660


505 1355


940


295


600


6670


2 Assessors for 3 years


Richard Halloran


112


99


219


88


191


126


51


90


976


D. Frank Daly


115


101


198


83


217


128


49


89


980


Blanks


41


58


247


31


134


122


18


61


712


Total


268


258


664


202


542


376


118


240


2668


1 Assessor for 1 year, to fill vacancy


Wendall T. Dizer


114


100


188


82


181


115


47


95


922


Blanks


20


29


144


19


90


73


12


25


412


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


117


96


190


72


161


104


43


86


869


Frank H. Torrey H. O. Nash Blanks


Fred E. Waite H. O. Nash Frank H. Torrey Blanks


:


8 Total


80


46


2 School Committee, for 3 years


Sarah S. Howe


108


97


194


76


178


109


44


96


902


Edwin R. Sampson


119


102


168


79


183


122


44


85


902


Blanks


41


59


302


47


181


145


30


59


864


Total


268


258


664


202


542


376


118


240


2668


Commissioner of Ward 2 Schoolhouse Sinking Funds, 3 years


Henry A. Nash


105


95


18,3


74


176


101


47


101


882


Blanks


29


34


144


27


95


87


12


19


452


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


1 Commissioner of Ward 2 Schoolhouse Sinking Funds for 2 years


James D. Bosworth


101


92


169


71


168


104


40


94


839


Blanks


33


37


163


30


103


84


19


26


495


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


Collector of Taxes


A. Wesley Sampson


122


101


191


76


192


109


47


95


933


Blanks


12


28


141


25


79


79


12


25


401


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


1 Park Commissioner for 3 years


Charles W. Burgess


118


96


179


75


174


101


45


94


882


Blanks


16


33


153


26


97


87


14


26


452


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


1 Water Commissioner for 3 years


George E. Bicknell


112


96


195


76


171


107


43


93


893


Blanks


22


33


187


25


100


81


16


27


441


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


1 Board of Health for 3 years


Frederick L. Doucett


109


97


188


81


175


119


44


95


908


Blanks


25


32


144


20


96


69


15


25


426


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


3 Auditors


Ralph H. Haskins


107


95


167


68


168


95


42


96


838


Frank E. Loud


107


96


172


78


171


91


44


93


852


Wallace H. Whittle Blanks


109


94


199


75


169


95


42


96


879


79


102


458


82


305


283


49


75


1433


Total


402


387


996


303


813


564


177


360


4002


47


3 Trustees of Tufts Library for 3 years


Gertrude C. Andrews


106


88


175


80


153


93


43


92


830


Wallace H. Drake


107


88


171


71


162


92


43


92


826


Arthur E. Pratt


107


92


181


69


167


109


44


90


859.


Blanks


82


119


469


83


331


270


47


86


148


Total


402


387


996


303


813


564


177


360


4002


Tree Warden


Charles. L. Merritt


109


98


177


86


193


108


48


93


912


Blanks


35


31


155


15


78


80


11


27


422


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


10 Constables


Charles W. Baker


101


92


211


70


170


102


48


92


886


James L. Brennan


98


82


160 188


69


181


95


43


93


821


Edward F. Butler


103


103


73


178


151


45


94


935


George W. Conant


99


85


155


67


187


97


45


94


829


John W. Coyle


102


90


178 148


72


169


92


47


91


802


Thomas Fitzgerald


100


93


213


70


169


114


39


92


890


George W. Hunt


108


94


160


60


165


106


43


95


831


Arthur H. Pratt


102


96


157


66


167


123


46


93


850


Willie F. Tirrell


100


89


151


67


168


98


47


91


811


Blanks


329


379 1599


331


995


790


148


273


4844


Total


1340 1290 3320 1010 2710 1880


590 1200 13340


Annual Moderator


George L. Barnes


100


93


182


79


189


105


44


90


886


Thomas A. Boyle


1


1


Blanks


34


35


150


24


82


83


15


30


453


Total


134


129


332


101


271


188


59


120


1334


3


Precinct 1


10 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


109


John A. Carter


108


Wallace H. Drake


107


Alton W. Jones


101


Archibald McCullagh


98


Joseph H. McEnroe


92


E. Layton Saunders


102


Raymond E. Stein


106


Frederick S. Wilcox


3


Joseph J. Rudolph


3


Lewis D. Loring


3


Charles C. Hearn


3


Blanks


310


Total


1340


65


161


112


39


92


839


Louis H. Ells


98


85


Thomas A. Boyle


2


2


Charles T. Bailey


89


James H. Pitts


106


Stanley T. Torrey


:


48


10 Town Meeting Members for 2 years


Charles W. Burgess


109


George C. Cleaves


99


Oscar F. Cox


94


Sidney G. Dunbar


104


George W. Hunt


109


J. Herbert Libbey


104


Alice L. Menchin


99


Mabel M. Perkins


108


Lottie F. Sampson


97


William J. Trask


97


Charles C. Hearn


1


Blanks


319


Total


1340


10 Town Meeting Members for 1 year


Harry A. Bailey


109


George W. Beane


100


Herman O. Collyer


105


Albert J. Everett


95


John H. Rider


97


Herbert Rosetter


102


Joseph J. Rudolph


37


Lewis D. Loring


36


Charles C. Hearn


39


Frederick S. Wilcox


36


Others


27


Blanks


557


Total


1340


Precinct 2


8 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


Winfred C. Bonney


73


Arthur A. Cicchese


89


Peter A. Gallant


95


Ralph H. Haskins


86


John Q. Hunt


95


Carl F. Prescott


81


David J. Toomey


81


Fred W. Webb


88


James I. Peers


2


Thomas A. Boyle


4


Blanks


338


Total


1032


2 Town Meeting Members 1 year, to fill vacancy


Ernest A. Smith


72


Thomas A. Boyle


21


Others


6


Blanks


159


Total


258


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Precinct 3 12 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


Charles Y. Berry


214


Patrick Casey


181


Howard N. Clark


150


Timothy L. Gannon


167


Edward A. Hunt


185


Dennis McCarthy


192


Everett J. McIntosh


177


Arthur E. Pratt


158


John B. Whelan


188


Peter E. Sullivan


27


Timothy McCarthy


19


Charles F. Cooledge


14


Others


47


Blanks


2265


Total


3984


Precinct 4 4 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


Frederick H. Andrews


82


Gertrude C. Andrews


78


Harold A. Condrick


8


John F. Kennedy


5


Others


15


Blanks


216


Total


404


Precinct 5


Frederick G. Bauer


159


Melville F. Cate


150


Alfred V. Coleman


162


Richmond Litchfield


154


Alonzo M. Newbert


163


Matthew O'Dowd


175


Josiah B. Reed


162


Reginald E. Baron


27


Minot E. Hollis


27


Donald F. DuVal


27


Michael Fitzgerald


27


Others


93


Blanks


1655


Total


2981


Precinct 6


9 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


Bartholomew Coughlin


123


Charles H. Chubbuck


100


Frederick L. Doucett


126


Nicholas Garofalo


106


Herbert F. Holmes


103


1


50


J. Edward Mulligan George W. Perry


108


96


Franklin N. Pratt Daniel Reidy, Jr. Blanks


140


661


Total 1692


Precinct 7 3 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


William C. Cherrington


44


Irving E. Johnson


45


Alston A. Shaw


46


Blanks


42


Total 117


1 Town Meeting Member for 1 year to fill vacancy


Roland M. Smith


8


Others


8


Blanks


43


Total


59


Precinct 8 2 Town Meeting Members for 3 years


Allan C. Emery


93


Parker T. Pearson


92


John W. Coyle


37


Blanks


138


Total 360


2 Town Meeting Members for 2 years


Prescott B. Brown


87


Ernest C. Morse


75


James B. Jones


49


Blanks


149


Total 360


2 Town Meeting Members for 1 year


John H. Pflaummer


64


Clarence L. Pratt


68


Frederick E. Lunt


44


Gordon B. Coyle


38


Total 360


Blanks


146


CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk


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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


NORFOLK, ss.


To the constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETINGS :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth aforesaid who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Hall of the Weymouth High School on


MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1926


at seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, than and there to act upon the following articles,


Article 1. On Petition to see if the Town will vote to appro- priate or raise and appropriate such sum of money as may be neces- sary and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Se- lectmen to borrow such further sums for the purpose of carrying out decree No. 608 of the County Commissioners in regard to the wid- ening and relocation of Commercial Street, Washington Square, or act in any manner in relation thereto.


Article 2. To see what additional sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the celebration of the 4th of July, 1926 being the 150th anniversary of the Independence of the United States, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 3. On petition. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a public way that portion of Beals Street from the end of the present layout to Norton Street or take any other action in relation thereto.


Article 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to complete the working of May Terrace.


Article 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for land for a new school house in the Pond District (so called) or take any other action in relation theerto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the general fund of the Water Department, the sum of $3000 for re- placing and relocating mains, hydrants and services.


Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the issuance of not to exceed $15,000. in Bonds or Notes, for the construction of water mains of six inches or more in diameter, said Bonds or Notes to be payable within fifteen years of the date of issue and in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the issuance of not to exceed $10,000. in Bonds or Notes, for the installation of a standby pumping unit at Great Pond, said Bonds or Notes to be payable within five years of the date of issue and in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $640. for the Fire Department.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient su mof money to purchase a Ladder Truck for the Fire Department or take any other action in relation thereto.


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Article 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of unpaid bills.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of eight hundred dollars to install catch basins and drains on Pond Street, South Weymouth to carry off surface water or take any other action in relation thereto.


Article 14. On petition to see if the Town will accept the re- port of the Selectmen on the relocation of Pleasant Street on the westerly side north of Lovell's Corner or take any other action in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for working the above street.


Article 16. On petition to see if the Town will vote to pur- chase, or take by right of eminent domain for Park purposes the property known as the Weston property located between Broad and Front Street on the south, Front Street on the west, Washington Street on the east, homesead property of Annie B. Weston on the North, or take any other action relative thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money to purchase the above land.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for a new tractor for the Street Department or take any action in relation thereto.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy there- of, attested by you in writing in each of two public places 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 thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the first day of June, 1926.


Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-six.


FRED E. WAITE WINSLOW M. TIRRELL WILLIAM B. DASHA H. FRANKLIN PERRY THERON L. TIRRELL


Selectmen of Weymouth


A true copy, Attest :


ARTHUR H. PRATT Constable of Weymouth.


Return of Service Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth, May 29, 1926


NORFOLK, ss.


I have this day served the within warrant by posting a true copy thereof, attested by me in writing, in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth, seven days before the time of holding the meeting.


ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.


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I hereby certify that a true copy of the above warrant was mailed to each Town Meeting Member as provided by Section 3, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921.


CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.


Weymouth, Mass., June 7, 1926


A special meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, represented by the Town Meeting Members, was held at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, Monday, June 7, 1926, the meeting was called under a warrant duly signed by the Select- men, attested and posted by Arthur H. Pratt, Constable of said town, and a return of service made by him to the Town Clerk according to law.


The meeting was called 'to order at seven forty o'clock in the evening and the call for the meeting was read by the Town Clerk.


As the Annual Moderator was absent, Frank H. Torrey moved that Emerson R. Dizer cast one ballot bearing the name of John F. Dwyer as Moderator pro-tem, he was declared elected, Mr. Dwyer was sworn to the faithful performance of that duty by the Town Clerk.


The Moderator requested the Town Clerk to read the warrant, Melville F. Cate moved and it was so voted: That the reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted, the Town Clerk than read the last paragraph and the return of the Constable who served the war- rant.


Before proceeding to the business of the meeting the following were sworn as Town Meeting Members.


Charles T. Bailey, Harry A. Bailey, George W. Beane, Charles W. Burgess, John A. Carter, George C. Cleaves, Oscar W. Cox, Sidney G. Dunbar, George W. Hunt, Alton W. Jones, J. Herbert Libbey, Lewis D. Loring, Archibald McCullagh, Alice L. Menchin; Mabel M. Perkins, Joseph J. Rudolph, A. Wesley Sampson, Lottie F. Sampson, William J. Trask, Frederick S. Wilcox, Raymond E. Stein, Winfred C. Bonney, T. Ambrose Boyle, Peter A. Gallant, Ralph H. Haskins, John Q. Hunt, Carl F. Prescott, Ernest A. Smith, Fred W. Webb, Charles Y. Berry, Patrick Casey, Howard M. Clark, Charles F. Coolidge, Timothy L. Gannon, Edward A. Hunt, Dennis McCarthy, Timothy McCarthy, Everett J. McIntosh, Arthur E. Pratt, John B. Whelan, Frederick H. Andrews, Gertrude C. An- drews, John F. Kennedy, Reginald E. Baron, Melville F. Cate, Fred- erick G. Bauer, Alfred V. Coleman, Donald F. DuVal, Michael Fitz- gerald, Minot E. Hollis, Josiah B. Reed, Charles H. Chubbuck, Bar- tholomew Coughlin, H. Frank Holmes, J. Edward Mulligan, George W. Perry, Franklin N. Pratt, Irving E. Johnson, Allan C. Emery, Prescott B. Brown, Ernest C. Morse, Parker T. Pearson, John H. Pflaummer, Clarence L. Pratt.


Art. 1. Voted unanimously: That the town raise and ap- propriate the sum of ten thousand dollars and raise by loan and appropriate a further sum of thirty thousand and seven hundred dollars for the widening of Washington Square, Weymouth and highway in vicinity thereof, in accordance with the laying out, al- teration and widening of said square, and highway by the County Commssioners and for the payment of and damages accrued or ac-


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cruing by reason thereof and the cost of pavement laid and side- walks constructed thereon.


And that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Select- men be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed thirty thousand seven hundred dollars and to isue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in acordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof, so that the whole of said loan shall be due and payable in not more than ten years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. And be it further voted that two thou- sand dollars of said ten thousand dollars be used toward defraying the cost to the town of rearranging and improving of street lighting and service at said Washington Square and highways in vicinity thereof.


Before proceeding to the vote on this question, the Moderator appointed Thomas F. Leary and Edward A. Hunt as tellers, they were sworn as such by the Moderator. They reported 114 voted in favor and none against.


Art. 2. Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000., three thousand dollars additional for the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1926, that being the 150th Anniversary of the Inde- pendence of the United States.


Art. 3. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be in- definitely postponed.


Art. 4. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.


Art. 5. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Eight hun- dred ($800) dollars to complete the working of May Terrace.


Art. 6. Voted unanimously : That the Selectmen be and here- by are authorized to purchase or take by the right of eminent do- main such parcel of land as may be approved by the School Com- mittee for a new school house in the Pond Plain district, and that the appropriation made at the last annual meeting be reappropriated for this purpose. (See art. 25 annual meeting 1925.)


Art. 7. 'Voted unanimously: That the sum of fifteen thou- sand dollars ($15,000.) be raised by loan and appropriated for the construction of water mains of six 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 sumn of fifteen thou- sand dollars ($15,000.) for said purpose, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole shall be paid in not more than fifteen (15) years.


The tellers reported 128 voted in favor and none against.


Art. 9. Voted unanimously: That the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.) be raised by loan and appropriated for the installa- tion of a standby pumping unit at Great Pond, and that the Trea- surer of the town be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.) for said purpose, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General laws, so that the whole of said loan shall be payable in not more than fifteen (15) years.


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The tellers reported 123 in favor and none against.




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