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You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, 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 12th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
II. FRANKLIN PERRY, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL. FRED E. WAITE, EDWIN R. SAMPSON, WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest: EDWARD F. BUTLER.
Constable of Weymouth.
RETURN OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
Weymouth, September 9, 1929.
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 said meeting.
EDWARD F. BUTLER, Constable of Weymouth.
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that a copy of the above warrant was mailed to each Town Meeting Member seven days at least before the time of holding said Meeting.as provided in Section 3 of Chapter Gl of the Acts of 1921.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 16, 1929
Pursuant to the within warrant the special meeting of the inhabitants, represented by its duly elected and qualified Town Members, was held at the Hall of the Weymouth High School East Weymouth, on Monday, the 16th day of September, 1929.
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The meeting was called to order at 7:45 in the evening, "George L. Barnes, Annual Moderator presiding. The Moderator requested the Town Clerk to read the warrant for the meeting, -after reading the call for said meeting, it was voted: That the reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted as each Member had a copy of the same, the Town Clerk then read the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the attestation of the constable who served the warrant.
Frederic G. Bauer moved and it was voted: That Rev. Fr. John F. Duran be requested to offer prayer. The Moderator requested Fr. Duran to come to the platform and he invoked the blessing of the Ruler of the Universe upon the deliberations of this meeting.
Frederic. G. Bauer asked unanimous consent of the meeting to offer the following resolution:
Voted: That the thanks of the Town be extended to Captain J. S. M. Ritchie, R. N. naval attache of the British Embassy at Washington, for his courtesy in endeavoring to obtain from the British admiralty the records of certain citizens of Weymouth who served in the Royal Navy during the French and Indian War, and certain other citizens of Weymouth who died while prisoners of war during the war of 1812, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to notify Captain Ritchie of this vote.
Article 1. Voted: That a committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator to report at the next Annual Town Meeting on the expediency of establishing a Municipal Golf Course.
The Moderator appointed: Joseph Kelley, George W. Perry, Charles Edgar Stiles, John W. Heffernan, Stanley Heald, Patrick J., Derrig and Henry P. Tilden as the members of the above committee.
Article 2. Voted: To accept Section 6 of Chapter 132 of the Acts of 1929 relating to the refining of oil in the Town.
Article 3. Voted: To accept Section 6 of Chapter 148 of the General Laws relating to the removal of combustible materials in the Town.
Article 4. Voted: To accept from Reynolds Post No. 58, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, a deed of lot No. 232 in the burying ground of the East Weymouth Cemetery, commonly known as Fairmount Cemetery, together with an assignment of a bond for the perpetual care of said lot, to be held by the Town upon trusts named in said deed.
Voted unanimously: That the thanks of the Town be ex- tonded to Reynolds Post No. 58, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, for its public spirit and patriotism in presenting to the Town this lot as a burial place for all soldiers and sailors who have served their country honorably at any time.
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Article 5. Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell and convey to the Merchant's Co- operative Bank, a corporation duly organized under the laws of Massachusetts, having its usual place of business in Boston, for the sum of Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars, the following described piece of land shown as lot A, on a "plan of land in (South) Weymouth, Mass., dated August 20, 1929, Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer", and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at the Westerly corner of said premises at a stone bound at the Southwesterly corner of lot 10 shown on said plan; thence running in a Northeasterly direction by said lot 10 one hundred eighty-one and 31-100 (181.31) feet to Great Pond Road; thence running in a Southeasterly direction by a line in continuation of the present Westerly line of Great Pond Road twenty-one and 79-100 (21.79) feet; thence running in a Westerly direction one hundred eight-five and 20-100 (185.20) feet by land of the Town of Weymouth, occupied by the School Department to the point of beginning.
Containing 1961 square feet of land, more or less, and being a portion of the premises acquired by the Town by a taking of eminent domain dated October 7, 1927, and recorded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 1768, Page 297, and deed of release of Carrie H. Dunn, dated October 13, 1927, and recorded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 1768, Page 402, provided that the grantee shall have 110 right of way over any Town property beyond the limits of Great Pond Road as at present laid out.
Article 6 Voted: All monies appropriated for the construc- tion of the new Fire Station in Ward 3 and for plans, specifi- cations and preliminary work in connection therewith shall be accounted for and disbursed as one fund for the purposes ex- pressed in any of the votes appropriating said monies.
Article 7 Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $500 for making plans of cemeteries in the Town on a suita- ble scale so that the location of all war veterans can be indi- cated thereon, the same to be done under the direction of the Town Engineer.
Article 8. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to petition the Legislature for legislation authorizing the Town to raise and appropriate money for the celebration of the Massachu- setts Bay Tercentenary, so-called.
Article 9. Voted: To appropriate from the accumulated income of the John B. Rhines Fund, the sum of $350 for the further adornment of the walls of the Town Hall. All objects purchased to be suitably designated as being purchased from that fund and further, to appropriate from surplus the sum of $500 for photographing, mounting and framing in the Town Hall. historical documents pertaining to the Town and the erection
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"of a bronze tablet bearing the names of persons who have given of bequeathed substantial amounts of money or property to the Town, these sums to be disbursed under the direction of the Building Committee.
Article 1Q. Voted: That the action of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in accepting from John F. Dwyer and Joseph Kelley leases for the term of Ninety-nine years from June, 1929, of certain strips of land now occupied by the sidewalk on the Easterly side of Washington Street between Kensington Road and King Avenue for rentals of one cent per year if demanded by the lessors, be and the same hereby are ratified and con- firmed, and the Town hereby accepts said leases on the terms and conditions named in them, and that the Chairman be authorized to insert a clause by which the Town assumes, liability for the condition of the property.
Voted: That the thanks of the Town be extended to Messrs. Dwyer and Kelly.
Article 11. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain, for school purposes, the so-called, Stetson-Hunt property at the corner of Front and Stetson Streets, and bounded Westerly by land now or late of Cora A. Sanborn, Northwesterly by the Hunt School lot belonging to the Town of Weymouth, Easterly by Stetson Street, and Southerly by Front Street and by a certain lot of land now or late owned by Elizabeth Peyton, con- taining about 96,200 square feet of land, and that the sum of $2,000 be appropriated from surplus for the acquisition of said property.
The Moderator appointed Charles S. Bicknell, J. David Toomey and Melville F. Cate as tellers, they were sworn
to the faithful performance of that duty.
On a show of hands the tellers reported 138 voting in the affirmative and 1 in the negative.
Article 12. A. Wesley Sampson moved: That the subject matter of this article be postponed until the Annual Town Meeting. The Moderator declared the motion lost. More than
seven members having doubted the vote, the tellers proceeded to count by a show of hands, and reported 64 voting in the affirmative and 58 in the negative, the motion to postpone prevailed.
Article 13. Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $6,208 for permanent construction of the driveways and parking spaces Easterly and Northerly of the High School, of which sum $200 shall be for the installation of a street light of a style in keeping with the architecture of the Town Hall, near the Southern entrance thereof, this money to be expended under the direction of the Street Department.
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Article 14. Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $5,000 for continuing the work of grading, surfacing and laying out Legion Memorial Field.
Article 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $13,000 for the construction of a Memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Weymouth who have given their lives to their country in the form of a granite cross bearing on its face a bronze crusader's sword and suitable inscriptions, to be erected on the knoll Easterly of the South wing of the High School, no expendi- ture to be made under this appropriation which will be payable before January 2, 1930. Voted: That all monies now or here- tofore appropriated for War Memorial purposes shall be accounted for and disbursed as one fund for the purposes expressed in any of the votes appropriating them and that of the money hereto- fore appropriated not exceeding $150 shall be available for expenses of traveling in connection with obtaining information from public records outside the state under the provisions of Chapter 36 of the Acts of 1928.
Article 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the dedication of the Civil War Memorial tablets and such other tablets as may be ready for dedication at the same time, the money to be expended under the direction of the Committee on War Memorial to which shall be added for this purpose the presiding officer of each of the veteran and heredi- tary organizations in the Town or their representatives and the president of the Weymouth Historical Society. Such dedication if feasible to take place on Armistice Day or the Sunday preceding.
Article 17. Voted: To appropriate from the surplus the following sums of money for the operation and expenses during the current fiscal year, except as hereinafter specified, of the following Town Departments and activities. For the
(1) Appropriation Committee $200 for expenses in connec- tion with the preparation of the Budget for the year 1930, the same to remain available until the Annual Town Meeting in .March, 1930.
(2) Elections and Registrations $1,000.
(3) Police Department $1,368, of which sum $250 shall be for the maintenance of traffic lights and $1,118 for the purchase of two automobiles in exchange for the one at present in use.
(4) Fire Department $1,417, of which sum $500 shall be for the pay of call men at fires, including forest fires; $350 for the purchase and installation of a pressure tank at the Ward 3 Engine House; $132 for incidentals connected with the Ward 3 Engine House; $280 for the rental of temporary quarters in Ward 3 and $200 for the installation of suction pipes in "The Birches", provided that no part of this last sum shall be ex-
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pended or liability incurred on account thereof until deeds in such fornis as the Town Counsel shall approve within 15 days shall be delivered to the Town conveying the fee of the sites necessary for each of the suction pipes and legal authority to insert the same into the waters of Whitman Pond.
(5) Street Department $9,000 for general purposes.
(6) Charities $30,250 of which sum $250 shall be for the administrative and other expenses of the committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to investigate and report on improved methods of administering poor relief.
(7) Insurance $450.64.
(S) Interest and Discount $17,000.
(9) Unpaid Bills $1,500, namely : Charities, $15, Board of Health $248, Town Hall $1,237.10.
Article 18. Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $2,500 for the drainage of Front Street, between Stetson Street and the Ashwood Cemetery, including the re-location and re-con- struction of any drains and water courses carrying said drainage, the same to be expended under the direction of the Street De- partment.
Article 19. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be postponed until all the articles of this warrant have been disposed with.
Article 20. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,700 for the purchase of a new pumping engine for Ward 5, the same to have a complete equipment of all articles carried by other fire pumps in the Town and the Chief of the Fire De- partment is hereby authorized in addition to the sum above ap- propriated to turn in in exchange the present fire pump in Ward 5, no expenditure to be incurred hereunder which will be pay- able before January 1, 1930.
Article 21. Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $4,000 to complete the working of Summer Street as re-located during the current year, the same to be expended under the direction of the Street Department.
Article. 22. Voted: To appropriate from surplus the sum of $541 for the expense of the installation of traffic signal lights at the intersection of Bridge and Neck Streets (Under this article unanimous consent of the meeting was given Morey Pearl to speak of the merits of this article).
Article 23. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Park Commission to investigate and embody their recommendations in their annual report for the coming year.
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Article 24. Voted: That the subject matter of this article The referred to the annual Town Meeting in March, 1930.
Article 25. Voted: That the Selectmen be hereby instructed to petition the Legislature for the following amendment in the Town Meeting Act (Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921) :
(a) Amend the fourth sentence of Section 3 so that the same shall read: "A majority of the Town Meeting Members shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize temporarily and may take a recess or adjourn from time to time.
(b) Amend the fifth sentence of Section 3 so that the same shall read: "Notice of every adjourned town meeting shall be posted by the Town Clerk in ten or more public places in the town, and if the adjournment is for more than forty-eight hours he shall notify by mail the members of the town meeting of the adjournment at least twenty-four hours before the time of the adjourned town meeting."
(c) Add after the sixth sentence of Section 3 the following new sentence: "In the warrant for any Town meeting the Selectmen may insert a provision summoning the members in case the business named in the warrant is not completed on the day named in the warrant for the consideration of such articles as shall not have been acted upon, but this shall not prevent the town meeting from voting further adjournments."
Mr. Alfred C. Sheehy moved to amend at the end of (a) by inserting the following sentence: "It shall be the duty of the Moderator to ascertain that a quorum is present before any vote may be taken other than a vote to adjourn." This question was put before the meeting and was declared not a vote.
Frederic G. Bauer moved to amend this article by adding thereto the following: "and that the Selectmen be further in- structed to petition the Legislature for legislation determining who shall be members of the Town Meeting in case of an ad- journment over the Annual Town Election".
This amendment was put before the meeting and it was so voted.
Article 26. Voted: To adopt all the amendments to the By-Laws as printed in the warrant except the first paragraph of Article 5. (see Warrant).
Article 19. Voted: On motion of George E. Cunniff: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1930.
Voted: At 11:10 p. m. to adjourn.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL ELECTION
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS NORFOLK, 3S.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts to wit:
In Precincts 1-3-5 and 6 in the halls of the Fire Engine houses located in those precincts respectively ; in Precinct 2 at G. A. R. Hall; in precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association Inc. on Front Street; in precinct 7 at the Lovell's Corner Im- provement Association Building on Washington Street; in pre- cinct 8 at the Weymouth Heights Club Building on North Street.
Tuessday, the Twenty-Fourth Day of September, 1929
at Two o'clock P. M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the election officers for the election of a
Senator (to fill vacancy) for the Norfolk-Plymouth District. The polls will be open from 2 to 8 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.'
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant to the Town Clerk of said town on or before the nineteenth day of September A. D. 1929.
Given under our hands this 16th day of September A. D. 1929.
H. FRANKLIN PERRY WINSLOW M. TIRRELL FRED E. WAITE EDWIN R. SAMPSON WILLIAM A. CONNELL Selectmen of Weymouthi.
A true copy, Attest: EDWARD F. BUTLER
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Constable of Weymouth.
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RETURN OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
Weymouth, September 16, 1929
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 said meeting.
EDWARD F. BUTLER
Constable of Weymouth.
RESULT OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION
For State Senator, September 24, 1929
Newland H. Holmes
83 Webb St., Weymouth
77 98 257
47 157 65
58 69
828
John R. Parker
43 Belmont St., Rockland 5 15
51
27
25
46
6
9
184
Blanks
1
1
Total
82 113 309 74 182 111 64 78 1013 CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL PRIMARY
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in primaries, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In precincts 1-3-5 and 6 in the halls of the Fire Engine houses located in those precincts respectively; in precinct 2 at G. A. R. hall; in precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association, Inc. on Front Street; in precinct 7 at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Building on Washington Street; in precinct S at the Weymouth Heights Club Building on North Street.
Tuesday, the Fifth Day of November 1929
at Two o'clock P. M. for the following purpose:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nom- ination of a Candidate of Political Parties for the following office:
Representative (to fill vacancy) to General Court for the Fifth Norfolk District.
The Polls will be open from 2 to S P. M.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, 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.
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town 'on or before the thirty-first day of October, A. D. 1929.
Given under our hands this 14th day of October A. D., 1929.
H. FRANKLIN PERRY WINSLOW M. TIRRELL FRED E. WAITE EDWIN R. SAMPSON WILLIAM A. CONNELL Selectmen of Weymouth.
.A true copy, Attest: EDWARD F. BUTLER
Constable of Weymouth.
RETURN OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss. Weymouth, October 22, 1929
Pursuant to the within warrant I have this day notified the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and times set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said Town as therein directed.
EDWARD F. BUTLER Constable of Weymouth
RESULT OF THE SPECIAL PRIMARY November 5, 1929 REPUBLICAN
.Charles L. Gibson 95 Chard St. .Josiah B. Reed 62 Torrey St. Fred E. Waite 2 Oakcrest Rd. Blanks
0
6
3
3
2
11
3
3
31
198
202
218
139
477
179
163
137
1713
77
215
195
153
602
236
146
68
1692
1
5
1
4
7
2
2
22
Total
276
428
416
296 1085
433
314
210
3458
DEMOCRATIC
Thomas J. Terry 269 Middle St. David J. Toomey 23 Drew Ave. Blanks
15
32
21
14
15
38
9
5 149
2
9
2
5
6
2
6
2
34
1
2
1
3
3
18
Total
25
42
25
20
24
43
15
7
201
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CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL ELECTION
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in Election to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In precincts 1-3-5 and 6 in the halls of the Fire Engine houses located in those precincts respectively; in precinct 2 at G. A. R. hall; in precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association, Inc. on Front Street; in precinct 7 at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Association Building on Washington Street; in precinct S at the Weymouth Heights Club Building in North Street.
Tuesday, the Ninteenth Day of November 1929
at Two o'clock P. M. for the following purpose:
To bring in their votes to the election officers for the election, of a
Representative (to fill vacancy) to General Court for the Fifth Norfolk District.
The Polls will be open from 2 to 8 P. M.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, 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 and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk of said town on or before the fourteenth day of November, A. D., 1929.
Given under our hands this 14th day of October, A. D., 1929. H. FRANKLIN PERRY WINSLOW M. TIRRELL FRED E. WAITE EDWIN R. SAMPSON WILLIAM A. CONNELL Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest:
EDWARD F. BUTLER
Constable of Weymouth.
RETURN OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS NORFOLK, ss.
Weymouth, November 9, 1929
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 said meeting.
EDWARD F. BUTLER,
Constable of Weymouth.
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RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR REPRESENTATIVE
November 19, 1929
Josiah B. Reed, 62 Torrey St.
236
253
230
16S
521
181
183
187
1959
Thomas J. Terry 269 Middle St.
66
25S
198
78
173
383
42
23
1176
.Charles L. Gibson 95 Chard St. Blanks
1
1
2
1
1
4
Total
302
513
42S
246 694 520
226
211
3140
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1929
The first tablets of the Memorial to Weymouth men who have served in any war in which this country has ever partici- pated were unveiled and formally dedicated this beautiful Sunday afternoon.
At noon, the veterans of all wars and invited guests assembled at the G. A. R. Hall on Commercial Street where a light lunch was served.
At two o'clock line was formed with Chief of Police Arthur H. Pratt and a detail of police at the head, then came the Howitzer Co., 101st M.N.G. of Quincy, Mass., followed by the Pond Plain Band of 32 pieces with Julian R. Merchant, Leader. The Committee on Memorial, Town officials with members of the Weymouth Historical Society followed. Next in line riding in automobiles were members of Reynold's Post No. 58,' G. A. R. together with members of Paul Revere Post No. SS, of Quincy escorting the State Commander of the G. A. R. James H. Webb of Quincy with associate members of his staff. Next in line was Wessagussett Post No. 1399, Veterans of Foreign Wars, who were honored with the presence of members of James H. Boyd Camp. U. S. W. V. of Quincy. Last in line was a large delegation of Weymouth Post No. 79, American Legion with their military band and also quite a number of Gold Star Mothers, members of the Women's Relief Corps and auxiliary members of other veteran organizations.
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