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title) about 199 feet across land of the Lake View Cemetery As- sociation; about 213 feet across land of Willie B. Loud; and about 233 feet across land nowor formerly of the Rayner Corporation, to the northerly end of the division line between lot 10B and lot 11B as shown on a plan of lots on or near Swan Avenue, South Weymouth, made for registration in the land Court by Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated Dec. 7, 1926; thence running westerly by the northern line of said lot 11B and by lots 12B-13B -14B-15B-16B-17B-18B-19B-20B-21B-22B by parcel E and by parcel F respectively as shown on said mentioned plan, a total distance of 813.87 feet to the said easterly line of Weymouth Great Pond, passing through a stone bound, distance 16.51 feet easterly from said line of Weymouth Great Pond; thence running in a general northerly direction following the easterly line of Wey- mouth Great Pond to the point of beginning, containing about 4114 acres more or less.
DESCRIPTION OF. SECOND PARCEL
Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Weymouth Great Pond at the southwesterly corner of land formerly of one "Doble" and later the Rayner Corporation; thence running easterly by the southerly boundary line of said land formerly of Doble a dis- tance of 16.51 feet to a stone bound; thence continuing in the same course, a distance of 79.84 feet; thence running easterly but more northerly, a distance of 19.13 feet and all by said land formerly of Doble to the northwesterly corner of lot 22B as shown on a plan of lots on or near Swan Avenue, South Weymouth, made for reg- istration in the land Court by Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated Dec. 7, 1926; thence running southwesterly bys aid lot 22B a distance of 19.72 feet; thence running in a general southwesterly direction by said lot 22B and by lot 22A on said plan by a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 125.01 feet, a total distance of 86.39 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence running in a general southeasterly direction by said lot 22A by a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet, a distance of 23.56 feet to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Swan Avenue; thence running in a westerly direction by said line of Swan Avenue a dis- tance of 115.00 feet to the westerly end of Swan Avenue, as laid out by the town; thence running southerly by said westerly end of Swan Avenue and in the same course by a continuation of said westerly end a total distance of 144.07 feet, bounded easterly by said Swan Avenue and by lot numbered 32 on said plan, to land of Lizzie M. Hanscom; thence running westerly by said land of Lizzie M. Hanscom a distance of 215.12 feet to land of Albert L. Doble a distance of 37.75 feet to an iron pipe; and thence contin- uing in the same course still by said land of Albert L. Doble a dis- tance of 7.00 feet to said easterly line of Weymouth Great Pond; thence running in a general northeasterly direction by said line of Weymouth Great Pond a distance of about 316 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.55 acres more or less.
Above described premises are shown as parcel E and parcel F on said plan, and also shown as parcel A and parcel B on a "Plan ol land in South Weymouth, Mass., to be taken for public water supply purposes" made by Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated June 27, 1925.
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Art. 59. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, by loan or otherwise, and appropriate for the acquisition by purchase or take by right of eminent domain of the land re- ferred to in the preceding articles, and to determine by vote the manner in which the funds for said purpose shall be raised and the terms and conditions of any loan or loans necessary to pro- cure such funds, and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes for same, or take any other action in relation thereto.
WAYS AND BRIDGES
Art. 60. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways, bridges and street oiling, and the removal of snow.
Art. 61. To see of the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $25,000.00 for the construction of existing highways or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of$10,000.00 for the building of permanent side- walks, the same to be expended under the provisions of the Bet- terment Act.
Art. 63. To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen, laying out as town ways the following desig- nated private ways, or any of them, to wit:
Partridge Road
LakewoodAvenue extension
Wood Avenue
Westminster Road
Richards Road
Genevieve Road
James Road President Road
Harding Avenue
Coolidge Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Bluff Road
Manzanetta Avenue
Chandler Street
Pleasantview Avenue Rockcroft Road
and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or take by right of eminent domain an easement for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so laid out, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 64. To see what sum of money, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above streets including the acquisition of the easecments referred to in
Art. 65. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the building of a sidewalk on the easterly side of Main Street from the northerly side of Middle Street to the estate of N. R. Ells, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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Art. 66 On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the building of a sidewalk on Columbian Street from Main Street to the Braintree line, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 67. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for properly draining Ralph Talbot Street, beginning at the property of George A. Blenkhorn to the Old Swamp River, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 68. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the resurfacing of Columbian Street, from Columbian Square to Main Street or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 69. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain an easement to maintain a drain in a private way lead- ing easterly from Pond Street and known as Davis Avenue and shown on a Plan of Sub-division of land in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated Sep- tember 20, 1921, and on file in the Norfolk County Registry of Probate with case No. 60,406, and to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain the right to discharge the water flowing through said drain near the Westerly point of the junc- tion of lots 8 and 9 as shown on said plan, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, or take any other action in regard to the same.
Art. 70. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Board of Selectmen relocating the Northeasterly line of Narra- gansett Avenue and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain an easement for all purposes of a public highway over all land within the limits of Narragansett Avenue as thus relocated and not covered by a deed of Henry S. Moody, Trustee, and others recorded with: Norfolk Deeds, Book 1714, Page 123.
Art. 71. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of acquiring an easement in and over Narragansett Avenue as relocated in accordance with the preceding article.
Art. 72. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to properly drain and grade Swan Avenue, particularly that section of street abutting on lots No. 6 to 14 inclusive.
Art. 73. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a sidewalk on Middle Street from Main Street to the residence of John M. Guertin.
Art. 74. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain the land referred to in the decree of the County Commissioners for the rebuilding of Idlewell Bridge and to see what sum f money the Town will vote to raise by loan or
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otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of complying with said decree including the acquisition of the necessary land above referred to, and to determine by vote the manner in which the funds for said purpose shall be raised and the terms and con- ditions of any loan or loans necessary to procure such funds, and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes for same and to fix the term and rate of interest on such bonds or notes, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 75. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the building of a grano- lithic sidewalk on the southerly side of Broad Street from Cen- tral Square to Randall Avenue or take any other action in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 76. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and widening of Broad Street be- tween Jackson Square and Central Square, as a town way, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to discontinue said portion of Broad Street as a Codnty way, such discontinuance to become effective upon the Town making an entry for the purpose of constructing said Broad Street as a Town way, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, or purchase, or take by right of eminent domain an easement for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over Broad Street between Jackson Square and Central Square as so laid out and widened, or take ony other action in regard to the same.
Art. 77. To see what sum 'of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the above article, and to determine by vote the manner in which the funds for said purpose shall be raised and the terms and conditions of any loan or loans necessary to procure such funds, and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes for same and to fix the term and rate of interest on such bonds or notes, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 78. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raist and appropriate for the award of damages on account of the widening of Bridge Street, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
Art 79. To see if the Town will accept the several re- ports of the Selectmen relocating each of the following Streets at or near its junction with Bridge Street so as to provide rounded corners for the accommodation of traffic going into or out of Bridge Street to wit:
South Side
North Side
Monatiquot Street
Lovell Street
Evans Street
Pratt Avenue
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Saunders Street
Newton Street
Rosemont Road
North Street 1
Sherwood Road
Sea Street
Rosalind Road
Neck Street ,4
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Neck Street
Birchbrow Avenue
Johnson Road
Moulton Avenue
Standish Road
Bartlett Street
Sea Street
Bayview Street
Athens Street
North Street
also Birchbrow Avenue at the junction of Babcock Avenue, also Bayview Street, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain an easement for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so relocated or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 80. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of said streets as so re- located and for the acquisition of the easements referred to in the preceding article.
MISCELLANEOUS
Art. 81. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 82. 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. 83. To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any 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, and to prosecute the same to a final judgment, order or decree, or compromise the same upon such terms as they may deem for the best interests of the Town.
AI4. 84. 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. 85. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 86. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of the Planning Board.
Art. 87. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $1000 for the street signs and guide boards, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 88. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for pensions.
Art. 89. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a building inspector.
Alrc. 90. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be used at Overlook Park, North Weymouth, to erect bleachers at ball field.
Art. 91. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insuring the Town property.
Art. 92. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $300 to properly complete the renovating of the plot in Jackson Square.
Art. 93. To see if the Town will accept the recommenda- tions of the Selectmen in reference to the site of the Laban Pratt
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ยท Hospital and to see upon what terms and conditions the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept a deed of the lot Westerly of the Old North Church, or take any other action in reference thereto, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose aforesaid.
Art. 94. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell at public auction or private sale on such terms and at such price as they may deem for the best interests of the Town, all real estate of which the Town has possession or title for nonpayment of taxes, and will ratify any such sales al- ready made, or take any other action in regard to the same.
Art. 95. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Art. 96. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,500 for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations of the committee appointed by vote of the last annual town meeting, to consider the need of additional room and improved facilities for office work of the several town departments, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 97. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide permanent quarters for Wessagussett Post No. 1399 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, this in accordance with Chapter 40, Gen- eral Laws, Section 9.
Art. 98. To see if the Town will grant to the owners of Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 on a sub-division plan of land in Weymouth, Mass., dated June 14, 1926, and on file in the Land Court with the petition of Linn Realty Service, Inc., for registra- tion of Weston Park, an easement to use for all purposes of a private way (subject to such regulations not inconsistent with this grant as the Board of Park Commissioners may make) that portion of Weston Park lying between said lots and Front Street and shown as a proposed street on the sub-division plan herein- before referred to, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 99. To see if the Town will instruct the Commission- ers of the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund to trans- fer to the Treasurer of the Town of Weymouth all funds held by them, said sum to be applied towards the retirement of bonds or notes maturing in 1927, and upon the completion of this trans- action the Commissioners be discharged.
Art. 100. On petition: To see if the Town will vote to as- sess or re-assess, as the facts may be, the damage sustained by George T. Dowd in the condemnation or the taking by eminent domain of his land situated at 290 Washington Street, Wey- mouth, and fronting on said street, containing about three hundred square feet of land, and that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to be paid said George T. Dowd as damages for loss sustained by him, in the taking of said land by the Town of Weymouth, said taking having injured and damaged his automobile supply and gaso- line business to the amount stated.
Art. 101. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $3,043.99 it being the amount expended in excess of the 1926 appropriation for the removal of snow under the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws.
Art. 102. On recommendation of the Planning Board: That
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the responsibility and care of triangular and other small grass plots, bounded by the public highways of the town, be placed in the care of the Superintendent of Streets.
Art. 103. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the above article.
Art. 104. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the copying, indexing, preservation and binding of the Town Records, or take any action in regard to the same.
ARTICLE 105
To see if the Town will amend the by-laws of the town by add- ing thereto the following by-laws:
BUILDING LAWS Article 1 The Appointment of Inspector of Buildings
Section 1. The board of selectmen shall annually, in April, appoint an inspector of buildings for the term of one year from the first day of May following, or until another is appointed in his stead. His salary or compensation shall be such as the town from time to time may vote.
Article 2 General Duties of Inspector
Section 2. The inspector of buildings shall keep a record of the business of said department; submit to the selectmen a yearly report of such business; ascertain all facts and make all returns which shall be required by law relative to steam boilers or other matters connected with his department, and enter upon the premises wherein any fire has occurred, if necessary, in order to investigate the origin of the fire. He shall make a report to the chief inspector of buildings of the Commonwealth in the month of May, as provided in section 45, chapter 481, Acts of 1894.
Section 3. The inspector of buildings shall grant permits for the erection or alteration of buildings, and no structures or foundations shall be built or altered without such a permit, but no such permit shall be issued until the inspector has carefully examined the plans and specifications of the proposed building or alteration, and ascertained that the building has sufficient strength, and that the means of ingress and egress are sufficient. All structures hereafter to be erected of a description not speci- fied in this ordinance shall be constructed in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the Inspector.
Section 4. A copy of the plans and specifications of every public building shall be deposited in the office of the Inspector.
Article 3
Examination of Buildings being erected, repaired, etc.
Section 5. The inspector of buildings shall examine all buildings in course of erection, alterations or repairs as often as practicable, and for that purpose shall have the right of entry thereto, and shall make a record of all violations of this by-law, together with the location of the building where such violations are found, the name of the owner, lessee, occupants, architect and master mechanic, and all other matters relative thereto.
Article 4 Buildings Reported Dangerous
Section 6. The said inspector shall examine all buildings reported dangerous, or damaged by accident or fire, and make
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a record of such examination, including the nature and estimated amount of such damage, with the location of the building, the name of the owner and lessee, and for what purpose occupied, and report the facts to the board of selectmen.
Article 5 Buildings to be raised
Section 7. He shall examine all buildings under applica- tions to raise, enlarge, alter or build upon, and make a record of the same. These records shall always be open to the inspection of the engineers of the fire department and the selectmen of the town.
Article 6
Alterations, Repairs and Additions, Subject to this By-Law
Section 8. Any alterations, repairs or additions to any building already erected or hereafter to be built, ercept necessary repairs, not affecting the construction of the external or party walls, chimneys or stairways, shall, to the extent of such work, be subject to the regulations of this by-law.
Section 9. No building already erected, or hereafter built, shall be raised or built up in such manner that, were such build- ing wholly built or ccastructed after the passage of this by-law, it would be in violation of any provision thereof.
Article 7 Notice to be filed of Intended Alterations
Section 10. Every person intending to build or to alter any structure or foundation shall before commencing the same, file an application for a building permit with the inspector of build- ings, giving a description of the intended building or alterations. No permit issued by such inspector, whether for a new building or alterations, shall be in force for a longer time than one year. (For public buildings, lodging-houses, hotels, churches, mercan- tile buildings, etc., see chapters 382 and 481, Acts of 1894, chap- ters 139 and 326, Acts of 1899, and chapter 335, section 1, Acts of 1900.)
Article 8 Definitions
Section 11. In the construction of this by-law, if not con- sistent with the context the following terms shall have the re- spective meanings assigned to them :- "Alteration" shall mean any change or addition in any "Structure," "Cellar" or "Base- ment" shall mean a lower story, of which one-half or more of the height, from the bottom of the story to the under side of the floor joists of the story next above, is below the mean grade of all the streets, or the mean grade of the natural ground adjoin- ing the building; provided that said grade of the ground is not below the grade of the street at the principal front.
A BUILDING is a structure which is more than eight feet in length or breadth or more than seven feet in height measuring to the extremities of all parts.
FIRE WALL-A masonry division wall which extends through and at least two feet above the roof and in which all openings are protected by fire doors, or any wall dividing spaces within a building into limited areas for fire protection.
PRIVATE DWELLING-A structure in which not more than one family dwells and no part of which is used for business pur- poses.
A SHAFT, whether for air, light, elevator, dumb waiter or
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any other purpose, is an enclosed space within a building, ex- tending to the roof, and covered either by a skylight or by the roof. A vent shaft is a shaft used solely to ventilate or light water closet compartments or bath rooms.
"External wall" shall mean every outer wall qr vertical enclos- ure of a building, other than a party wall.
"Foundation wall" shall mean that portion of any external wall below the level of the street curb, and that portion of any party wall below basement floor, and of any wall not on the street, that portion of the wall below the level of the ground, outside of the wall.
"Party wall" shall mean every wall used, qr built in order to be used, as a separation of two or more buildings, and any two ad- joining buildings shall have a party wall between them.
"Partition wall" shall mean any interior wall of masonry or other material in a building.
"Partitions" shall mean any interior dividing wall, not of ma- sonry, in a building.
"Height of a building" shall mean the distance from the top of outside foundation wall on street to the highest part on roof.
"Repairs" shall mean any reconstruction or renewal of any ex- isting part of a building, or of its fixtures or appurtenances, which does not lessen the strength or increase the fire risk of the build- ing, and is not made in the opinion of the inspector, for the pur- pose of converting the building in whole or in part into a new' one.
"Thickness" of a wall means the minimum thickness of such wall exclusive of air space.
"Under-pinning" means the brick or stone wall from the foun- dation wall to under side of sill.
Article 9 Application for Lines and Grades
Section 12. In case of public streets or squares, where grade lines are established, any person proceeding to erect or make alter- ation in the location or grade of any fence, wall or building, which is to abut upon said public street or square, shall first apply to the selectmen for the lines and grade of the street or square upon which he proposes to operate; such application shall be made in writing, at least seven days before the work is to begin, and the se- lectmen shall, within said time, furnish the required lines and grade, without charge, if in their power so to do. In default of such application, such persons shall be held to have waived all claim to damages resulting from such default.
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