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Art. 2. Voted: That the reports of the several Town Officers and Committees (as printed in the town report for 1926) be ac- cepted without reading; that the Committees on Legion Memorial Field, Town Forest, Revision of the Town By-Laws and Building Committee be continued in office; and that the Town Accountant be a committee to investigate the establishment of a municipal building insurance fund, under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 13, and to report to the town not later than January 1, 1928.
Under this article the following report was read: Report of Board of Selectmen on Laban Pratt Memorial Hospital:
In Town Meeting, March 7, 192 (.
"To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth:
In consequence of the vote of the town at its meeting held July 5, 1926, the Board of Selectmen have given careful consider- ation to the question of the location of the proposed Hospital to be erected under the terins of the will of the late Laban Pratt. In consequence of the vote of the town at that meeting, Mr. William Whitman has withdrawn his offer to the town of the property on the Westerly side of the Old North Church, and declines to re-open negotiations with the town in reference to the same. Under these «circumstances, particularly in view of the opposition of certain of wour citizens to that lot as a site for the Hospital, the Board- of Selectmen believe that it is unwise to take any further steps looking to the location of the Hospital on that lot. After careful considering all available sites, the Selectmen believe that the in- terests of the town will best be served by locating said Hospital on the present Town Farm. As the town already owns the land, this site will cost nothing for its acquisition, it is central is con- venient of access as any site which is reasonably suitable for a Hospital; it is sufficiently removed so that the inmates of the Hospital will be free from disturbance; until such time as the Hospital is built, the owning of the site will entail no expense upon the town, and it is within the terms of Mr. Pratt's will. The great- est handicap of many hospitals is the lack of adequate endowment
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to manage them in accordance with the latest development of medical and therapeutic science and at the same time preserve a pleasant and congenial environment for patients. We believe: it was the desire of Mr. Pratt that his gift should be a monument; in this town to his benificence and not a burden upon the tax- payers of the town for the support of the institution which he: founded. For this reason, we believe that the fund left by him: should be allowed to accumulate for the present, especially as. Weymouth already possesses one Hospital which is adequate to, take care of any urgent need likely to arise at present. By so› doing the endowment will soon reach a figure which will permit, the erection of an up to date Hospital and the maintenance of an: adequate endowment fund therefor, which will perpetuate Mr. Pratt's bounty for future generations, and will entail no expense. upon the town. We accordingly recommend that the fund be al- lowed to accumulate for the present, and that the town formally designate the present Town Farm as the site for the Hospital when erected.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, WILLIAM B. DASHA, THEREON L. TIRRELL,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
Voted: That the report of the Selectmen and their recommen- dation be accepted.
Report of the Committee appointed for the construction and equipping of the Bicknell School at North Weymouth, Mass .:
Pursuant to a vote of the town, at the annual meeting in March, 1925, under article 23 of the warrant for that meeting, the undersigned were appointed a committee to procure the construc- tion and equipping of a school building of brick, or brick and stone, and concrete, of not less than eight rooms and enclosed fireproof stairways and an auditorium and gymnasium on land of the town at. Bicknell Square, North Weymouth.
Pursuant to that vote, the committee have produced for the town an eight room building, with an auditorium and gymnasium, with manual training and domestic science rooms.
Your committee decided that North Weymouth would need additional accommodations in a comparatively few years. As a consequence, the design accepted and the building produced is one which additional accommodations can be added with minimum ex- pense and without loss of architectural and aesthetic beauty and orientation. 'The planning of the building was actuated principal- ly from the standpoint of comfort, convenience and welfare of the children.
The building contains new and improved Chicago wardrobes, a modern and improved heating plant, capable of being expande.{ to meet additions that may be made to the building with a minimum cost. The corridors and stairways are fireproof. Arrangements are made for teachers' rooms, nurses' room, dental room and prin- cipal's room. The auditorium is designed to accommodate 450 to 500 people and in connection therewith there has been built a
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moving picture booth in conformity with the requirements of the Commonwealth; and the building is designed so that the auditor- ium may be used without disturbance of the class rooms while the classes are in session. Particular attention has been paid to the matter of sanitation and heating of the building, for its use for school as well as other public functions.
The building was ready for occupancy at the beginning of the school term in September, 1926, and was open for inspection by the public shortly thereafter. It would be interesting and in- structive to the people of Weymouth to visit and inspect chis building.
There was appropriated by the town for the construction and equipping of this building the sum of $139,000 and there has been expended for this purpose approximately the sum of $138,000.
The committee feels that with the improving of the land re- cently taken by the town on the East of this schoolhouse and de- velopment of the same for playground purposes, and the judicial installation of shrubbery and trees, there will be produced a civic centre of which the town in years to come will be very proud.
E. LAYTON SAUNDERS, Chairman, P. J. DERRIG, C. LINCOLN ABBOTT, WILLIAM J. FITZSIMMONS, GEORGE W. PERRY, W. CARLTON BARNES.
.Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted.
Under this article it was voted: That June 11, 1927, in Wey- mouth be known as "Dan Howley Day," that all citizens make effort to attend a base ball game at Fenway Park, Boston, and that the Board of Selectmen be appointed a committee to make this event effective.
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 financial year beginning January 1, 1927, and to issue note or notes there- for, payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from said financial year.
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 beginning January 1, 1928, and to issue note or notes there- for, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under "this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Art. 5. Voted: That the sum of $14,000 be appropriated from the Overlay Surplus Fund for use as a reserve fund.
Art. 6. Voted: To designate the Weymouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., and the First National Bank of Bos- ton, Mass., as the legal depositories for the funds of the town; and the Weymouth Trust Company of South Weymouth, Mass., as the legal depository for the securities of the town; these designa- tions to continue until the Selectmen may otherwise prescribe under the provisions of any amendments which may be adopted to the by-laws of the town.
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Art. 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,291.31 for the payment of Weymouth's portion of the cost of repairs and maintenance of Norfolk County Hospital for the year 1926.
Art. 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,128.10 for the payment of unpaid bills as follows:
Police Department
$ 157.82
Fire Department
Assessors
1,102.50 60.00
Health Department
10.00
Charities
473.48
Permanent Street Construction
146.60
Permanent Sidewalk Construction
132.39
Street Department
2,956.16
Soldiers' Relief
89.15
$5,128.10
Art. 9. Voted: To appropriate the sum of $40,000 from the surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1927.
Art. 10. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized upon rec- ommendation of the Town Counsel, to settle all claims by or against the town upon such terms as shall seem to them expedient.
Art. 11. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 for the maintenance of the town survey, provided the sheets are available in time for the use of the Assessors on or before July 1, 1927, this money to be expended under the direction of the Se- lectmen.
Art. 12. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of erecting bound stones on accepted streets.
Art. 13. Voted: That the Town accept the provisions of Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 41, Section 73, providing for a Board of Sur- vey.
Art. 14. Voted: That the salary of the Tax Collector be seven mills of the dollar of taxes collected, and that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to insure the Tax Collector in the sum of $15,000 holdup insurance. The time of payment and rates of interest on unpaid taxes is to be fixed in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 59, Section 57, of the General Laws.
Art. 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $34,- 326.75 for the payment of interest which may become due this year.
Art 16. Voted: To take up articles 37 and 85 with this ar- -ticle and consolidate action on the same.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $40,715.50 for the -following purposes :
Appropriation Committee
$ 100.00
Selectmen's Department
6,800.00
Welfare Worker
350.00
Accounting Department
4,625.00
Treasurer's Department
1,867.00
Collector's Department
5,368.00
Assessors' Department
8,600.00
Legal Department
1,500.00
Clerk's Department
2,270.00
Election and Registration
1,175.00
Sealer's Department 1. 44 1,585.00
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Tree Warden
100.00
Damages
3,000.00
Street Survey, Etc.
1,000.00
Incidentals
2,375.00
$40,715.50
and that the salaries of the several town officers for the year 1927 he as follows:
Selectmen
$4,700.00
Welfare Worker
350.00
Advisor to Selectmen
600 00
Assessors
6,200.00
Town Treasurer
1,500.00
Auditors
150.00
Town Counsel
2,000.00
Town Clerk
800.00
Town Accountant
2,700.00
Town Accountant's Assistant
900.00
Tax Collector
4,800.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Registrars of Voters
900.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,000.00
Art. 17. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,950 for the preservation of shade trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
Art. 18. Voted: To raise and apropriate the sum of $4,175 for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths, $1,850 of this amount to be expended upon town work, and $2,000 to be ex- pended for special or private work which the Moth Department may do, and for which is assessed upon property owners, and for other work for which the town is reimbursed.
Art. 19. 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. 20. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,050 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. 21. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $299,500 for the support of the public schools, and for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 22. Voted unanimously: That there be appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to be raised in the levy of the current year for the purpose of making alterations and im- provements to the present building of the Weymouth High School, and furnishing equipment made necessary by such alterations; and that there be also appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dol- lars ($20,000) to be raised in the levy of the current year, and the further sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($260,000) for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the present building of the Weymouth High School, such addi- tion to increase the floor space of said building, and that to meet said appropriation of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($260,000) the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed two hun- dred and sixty thousand dollars ($260,000) and to issue bonds or
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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 twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may de- termine. Also that any balance of the appropriation made for alterations, improvements and equipment for the present building of the said school not needed for said purpose shall be applied to the addition to said building and original equipment and furnish- ing thereof. And further that a committee of seven shall be ap- pointed by the moderator to carry out the purpose of this vote, said committee to consist as far as practicable of the same mem- bers appointed at the annual meeting of 1922 to construct an addition to the High School.
The moderator appointed E. Layton Saunders, Newland Holmes and J. Edward Mulligan as tellers, who were sworn to the faithful performance of that duty.
The tellers reported 137 voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.
The moderator on March 29, 1927, appointed the same com- mittee as of 1922, viz: John H. Tower, William J. Fitzsimmons, E. Clifton Barker, Theron L. Tirrell, Louise R. Crawford, Parker T. Pearson and Prince H. Tirrell as a building committee.
Art. 23. Voted unanimously: That there be appropriated the sum of sixty-nine thousand dollars ($69,000) for constructing, or- iginally equipping and furnishing an additional school building at the Pratt School, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of said sum to be raised in the levy of the present year, and to meet the balance of said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000) 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 twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may des- ignate. And further that a committee of seven be appointed by the moderator to carry out the purpose of this vote, said commit- tee to consist as far as practicable of the same committee ap- pointed at the annual town meeting of 1922 to construct an addi- tion to the High School, together with the members of the School Committee.
The tellers reported 134 voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.
The moderator on March 29, 1927, appointed the same com- mittee as of 1922, viz: John H. Tower, William J. Fitzsimmons, E. Clifton Barker, Theron L. Tirrell, Louise R. Crawford, Parker T. Pearson, Prince H. Tirrell, together with J. Herbert Libby, John P. Hunt, Edwin R. Sampson, Sarah S. Howe, Francis W. Rea, as a building committee.
Art. 24. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain for the erection of a school house thereon, two certain lots of land situated on the westerly side of Pond Street in that part of South Weymouth known as Pond Plain, and bounded and de- scribed as follows: 1st parcel: Northerly by other land of Frank W. Burbank here described as second parcel a distance of about
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423 feet; easterly by Pond Street a distance of about 94 feet; southerly by land of Michael Allen et al, by land of Emily L. Mc- Govern and by land ofD.Arthur Brown, Trustee, a total distance of about 438 feet; and westerly by land of Bertha L. Marshall, by land of Grace R. Taggart and by land of Grace E. Richardson a total distance of about 170 feet; containing about 54,400 square feet, be the same or any of the aforesaid measurements more or less. Being the same premises conveyed to Frank W. Burbank by Hannah N. Burbank by deed dated March 22, 1901, recorded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 902, Page 541.
2nd parcel: Northerly by land of Margaret A. Ashe, by land of Hannah F. Harvey, by land formerly of Charles R. Greeley and by land of Nellie G. Cushing a total distance of about 420 feet; easterly by Pond Street a distance of about 109 feet; southerly by other land of Frank W. Burbank, herein described as first parcel, a distance of about 423 feet and westerly by said land of Grace E. Richardson a distance of about 132 feet; containing about 51,300 square feet be the same or any of the aforesaid measure ments more or less. Being the same premises conveyed to Frank W. Burbank by Mabel E. Heyward by deed dated March 8, 1919, re- corded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 1415, Page 108.
The tellers reported 128 voting in the affirmative and 2 in the negative.
(See amendment after article 69 of the warrant at the ad- journed meeting held on March 10, 1927.
Art. 25. Voted unanimously: That there be appropriated the sum of eighty-four thousand dollars ($84,000) for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing of a school building in the Pond Plain District, South Weymouth, twenty thousand dollars of said sum to be raised in the levy of the current year, and to meet the balance of said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby ih authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed sixty-four
thousand dollars ($64,000) 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 twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may designate. And further that a committee of seven be appointed by the moderator to carry out the purpose of this vote, said committee to consise as far as prac- ticable of the same members appointed at the annual meeting of 1922 to construct an addition to the High School, together with the members of the School Committee.
The tellers reported 131 voted in the affirmative and none in the negative.
The moderator on March 29, 1927, appointed the same com- mittee appointed under article 24 of this warrant.
Art. 26. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the further improvement of Legion Memorial Field, the same to be expended by the existing committee now appointed for im- proving said field (John H. Tower, William J. Fitzsimmons, E. C. Barker, Theron L. Tirrell, Louise R. Crawford, Parker T. Pearson, Prince H. Tirrell.)
Art. 27. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,- 894.93 for the care and maintenance of parks and playgrounds, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Park Commis-
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sioners; $444.93 of this appropriation shall be for the acquisition of the band stand now erected upon Beals Park.
Art. 28. Voted: That the Board of Park Commissioners be authorized to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain for park purposes the two following parcels of land ly- ing northerly, westerly and southwesterly of Great Hill Park, said parcels included within the boundaries specified in Article 28 of the warrant, to wit:
First parcel:being shown as parcel B on a plan of Weymouth Great Hill, Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly corner of said land of the Town of Weymouth known as Great Hill Park; thence running southerly by the westerly boundary line of said park a distance of 100 feet to land of Peter B. Bradley, formerly of one "Crane"; thence running southwesterly in part by said land of Peter B. Bradley and in part by land of Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley a total distance of about 345 feet to land of Hattie L. Clark; thence westerly by said land of Hattie L. Clark a distance of about 325 feet to North Street; thence running in a general northerly direction by said North Street and by its continuation to mean high water line of Wey- mouth Fore River of Boston Harbor; thence running northwest- erly by a line perpendicular to said mean high water line to mean low water line of saidWeymouth Fore River; thence running northeasterly by said mean low water line to a point on the con- tinuation of the division line between parcel B and parcel C on the plan above named; thence running southeasterly by said con- tinuation of said division line to mean high water line and thence continuing in the same course about 780 feet to the point of be- ginning; said last described line passes through a point distant 185 feet southwesterly from a stone bound, situate at the most northerly corner of lot numbered 192 on said plan and on the northeasterly boundary line of parcel C measured at right angles with said last described line. Above described parcel has an area of about 9.93 acres more or less to mean high water line, with a frontage of about 280 feet measured on said high water line, and is bounded northeasterly by said parcel C and the continuation of the southwesterly boundary line thereof; easterly by Great Hill Park; northerly by Great Hill Park; southeasterly by said land of Peter B. Bradley, formerly of one "Crane" and by land of Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley; southerly by said land of Hattie L. Clark; westerly by North Street and by adjacent flats; and nor- therly by mean low water line of said Weymouth Fore River or Boston Harbor.
Second parcel: being shown as parcel D on a plan of Wey- mouth Great Hill, Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
Beginning at a stone bound at the most northerly corner of lot numbered 192 on said plan and the intersection of the south- westerly side line of a proposed street 40 feet in width with the northeasterly boundary line of parcel C as shown on said plan; thence running in a general southeasterly direction by a curve to the left with a radius approximately 1020 feet passing through various stone bounds situate on said side line of said proposed street a distance of about 628 feet to a stone bound on said side line opposite the center of a walk or passageway leading north-
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erly from said proposed street; thence running in a general southerly direction by a curve to the right with a radius approx- imately 265 feet passing through various stone bounds situate on said side line of a proposed street a total distance of about 570 feet to a point on the northerly boundary line of land of the Town of Weymouth known as Great Hill Park distant about 620 feet southwesterly from the westerly side line of Neck Street; thence running southwesterly by said boundary line of said Park to par- cel C as shown on said plan and hereinbefore described; thence running northwesterly by said parcel C a distance of about 800 feet to said stone bound and point of beginning, containing about 4.96 acres more or less. Together with a right of way over a strip of land 40 feet in width lying northerly and easterly of and adjacent to the northerly boundary line of the above de- scribed parcel shown as said proposed street on said plan for all uses and purposes for which rights of way are commonly used, which way is to be forever kept open and unobstructed. Above described parcel is bounded northerly and easterly by said pro- posed street or right of way; southerly by said Park; and westerly by said parcel C. And that the said Board of Park Commis- sioners are hereby further authorized to accept from Peter B Bradley and Robert S. Bradley on behalf of the Town such cov- enants as may be agreed upon between them, establishing re- strictions upon the erection of buildings upon and use of that portion of Great Hill lying between Neck Street, mean low water mark of Boston Harbor, the same parcel of land thus authorized to be acquired by the town, and the southerly line of the present Great Hill Park.
The tellers reported 110 voting in the affirmative and 8 in the negative.
Art. 29. Voted: That there be appropriated the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the purpose of ac- quiring by purchase or right of eminent domain the land de- scribed in the vote passed upon article 28 relative to land for Great Hill Park; twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of said sum to be raised in the levy of the current year, and to meet the bal- ance of said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) 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 six years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may designate.
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