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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to lease from the Stetson Shoe Company for park purposes a certain tract of land located in that part of Weymouth known as South Weymouth, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the intersection of the division line between lan dof the Stetson Shoe Co., Inc, and land of Georgiana B. Rugman with the easterly boundary line of land of Edward Hirt, said point being about 215 feet southerly from the southerly side line of West St.,; thence running southerly by said easterly boun- dary line of land of said Hirt and by an extension of said lille in the same course, a totaldistance of 253 feet; thence turning at nearly a right angle and running easterly a distance of 140 feet; thence turning and running northerly by a line nearly paralel with the first described course a distance of 275 feet to land of said Rug- man; thence turning and running westerly by said land of Rug- man a distance of 142 feet to the point of beginning; containing about 37,000 square feet more or less.
Above described parcel is bounded northerly by land of Geor- giana B Rugman: easterly by other land of The Stetson Shoe Co., Inc., (southierly by other land of The Stetson Shoe Co., Inc.,; and westerly by other land of The Stetson Shoe Co., Inc., and by land of Edward Hirt.
or take any other action in reference thereto.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Trus- tees of the Tufts Library to lease for a term of years the ground foor of the Garey Block. so called, on Broad Street, East Wey- mouth, or any portion thereof for the East Weymouth branch of the Tufts Library, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay the rental and other expenses of said premises. or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize a bronze tablet to the benefactors of the Town to be placed in the central rotunda of the Town Hall.
Article 9 To see if the Town will vote to name the open air theatre in its civic center the "General Solomon Lovell Theatre" in honor of the Weymouth soldier who held the highest rank in command in the history of the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 10. ON .PETITION: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to build a permanent side- walk on Middle Street from Circuit Avenue to Washington Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 11. ON PETITION: To see what sum of money the Towil will vote to raise and appropriate to build a permanent side- walk on the westerly side of Middle Street, opposite Lake Shore Drive to Washington Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 12. ON PETITION: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to build a permanent side- walk on the south side of Park Avenue between Main and Torrey Streets, 'or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 13. ON PETITION: To see what sum of money 'the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of improv- ing the Humphrey School Grounds for playground purposes ,or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate, or to raise and appropriate for the purpose of sur- facing, or grading and surfacing the driveways, parking spaces and other areas at the Hunt School, and to determine in what man- nør such work shall be done, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the further improvement of Legion Mem- orial Field, or take any other action in relation thereto. .
Article 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the installation of traffic signal lights at The intersection of Bridge and North Streets, and at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Park Avenue, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To s e if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell any portion of the land acquired by emi- nent domain from Frank H. Holmes by taking dated March 17,
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1930 and recorded with Norfolk Deeds Book 1885, Page 401, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain the fee simple or any lesser interest in a certain tract of land bounded Northerly by land of Pasquale and Filomena Garo- falo, Easterly by land acquired by the Town of Weymouth by a taking dated March 17, 1930 recorded with Norfolk Deeds Book 1885 Page 401, Southerly by land of Gabrielo Costanzo, and Westerly by Shawmut Street, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of the above des- cribed property.
Article 19. To see if the Towni will vote to name that portion of the new circumferential 'highway constructed under Chapter 364 of the Acts of 1929 between Main and Columbian Streets as "Park Avenue", or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen relocating a portion of Iron Hill Street lying southerly of land of Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway; and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the cost of construction and for the acquisition of any land that may be necessary to take; and to see if the Town will vote to 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 way in and over any property within said relocation, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the obtaining of plans and estimates and other preliminary work in connection with the proposed municipal golf course and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to commence proceedings under Chapter 80 .A of the General Laws for the condemnation of the following described two parcels of real estate located in that part of Wey- . mouth known as North Weymouth,
First Parcel: Northwesterly by Green Street about 990 feet;
Southerly by Green Street about 742.68 feet;
Northwesterly by land of Miles P. Keene by the southerly end of Forest Ave., so called a private way, and by land of George J. Thiers, a total distance of 1184.38 feet.
Northeasterly by land of the United States of America a dis- tance of 491.35 feet;
Easterly by said land of the United States of America by var- ions courses, a total distance of about 2061.75 feet;
Scutherly by land now or formerly of Hinston Realty Trust about 141.58 feet;
Southeasterly by said land now or formerly of Hinston Realty Trust about 1450 feet;
Southwesteriy by land of James B Jones about 1000 feet:
Northwesterly by land of Josepli O. Thompson about 655.90 feet:
Southwesterly by said land of Joseph O. Thompson about 624.65 feet.
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Containing about 96.2 acres more or less, said parcel comprising the whole of the land described in Land Court Certificate No. 11171 Registry District of Norfolk County, and standing in the name of Catherine H. Mathewson in deeds to Alvah M. Thompson record- ed in Norfolk Registry of Deeds Book 1156, Page 632, Book 1566, Page 573, Book 1438, Page 56 and Book 1190, Page 204, and portions of the land described in Land Court Certificate No. 7898, Registry District of Norfolk County, standing in the name of James B. Jones, and in deed to Edward C. Ross recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds Book 896, Page 133, and to Mary E Rudd recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds, Bock 1067, Page 161.
Second Parcel: Northeasterly by Green Street about 347 feet; Northwesterly by land of Miles P. Keene;
Northeasterly by said land of Miles P. Keene;
Northwesterly by land of Adelaide A. Baxter about 869 feet; Southwesterly by land of Harry L. White and Amy L. White, joint tenants, about 400 feet; and
Southeasterly by Green Street about 1368.50 feet.
Containing about 15.2 acres more or less, and comprising the whole of each of the various premises more particularly described in the deeds of Alvah M. Thompson recorded in Norfolk Registry of Deeds Book 1566, Page 573, Book 1562, Page 102, and Book 1211, Page 168, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the institution and expenses of said proceedings or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 22 To see if the Town will vote to make the following amendments and additions to its by-laws:
Add after Section 111 a new section as follows:
MOTIONS INVOLVING LOANS OR EMINENT DOMAIN
Section 112. No motion involving the borrowing of money or taking of property by eminent domain shall be received by the moderator unless it bears a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee that the same is in proper legal form and in accord with the established financial policies of the Town. Any Town Meeting member desiring to make such a motion may file the same in writing with the Town Clerk at least four days exclusive of Sundays and holidays, before the date of the meet- ing at which he desires to present it. The Town Clerk shall mark said motion with the day and hour of its receipt and forthwith transmit the same to the Chairman of the Appropriation Com- mittee, who, if he finds that said motion complies with the above named conditions shall return the same to the person filing it, with a certificate as above provided, in season for use at the meeting. If the motion, though not complying with the above conditions, is capable of being so amended or reframed as to comply with them. the Chairman shall cause the same to be so amended or redrawn. without changing its essential purpose and shall thereupon return to the person filing it, a copy of the redrawn or amended motion with a certificate as aforesaid. Any amendment to a motion involving the borrowing of money or taking of property by eminent domain shall be referred without debate to the Appropriation which shall report to the Town Meeting thereon before the final adjournment of the meeting during which the amendment is offered.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS COMMISSION
Section 306. There shall be a committee known as a Public Buildings Commission consisting of two members of the Apprc- priation Committee, designated by the Chairman thereof for a term of one year, the Town Engineer, the Inspector of Buildings, and the Town Counsel as inembers ex officiis, and of three persons appointed by the Moderator. The initial appointments by the Mod- erator shall be made one for the term expiring on the 31st day of March, 1931, one on the 31st day of March, 1932, and one on the 31st day of March, 1933, and thereafter cne member shall be ap- pointed by the Moderator each year for the term expiring on the 31st day of March in the third year following his appointment. In addition to the foregoing members, each 'head of a town depart- ment which occupies or is to occupy any proposed building shall be ex-officio a member of said commission on all matters pertaining to that particular building. The commission shall act as a building committee for all buildings of the Town, and for one year after each building has been accepted from the builder or builders shall have charge of making all necessary repairs or alterations thereto. They shall also have charge of the repairing and alter- ation of all public buildings of the Town where the estimated cost of such repairs and or alterations exceeds Three Hundred Dollars ($300 00), and may by vote of the Town be given charge of re- pairs and alterations involving a less sum. The Town may provide for compensation of the members of the Commission, either gen- erally or in particular cases.
Add between the second and third paragraphs of Section 304 a new paragraph as follows:
Any appointed members of a Town Committee who shall fail to attend a majority of any five or more consecutive meetings of the Committee, shall thereby vacate his place thereon, unless the Committee by a majority vote of its remaining members shall have excused the absence for good and sufficient cause, and the vacancy shall thereupon be filled by the Moderator unless the member was appointed in some other manner, in which case the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of every Town Committee to notify the Town Clerk of every case where any member of a Town Committee vacates his place under this paragraph.
By Adding after Section 621 the following new section:
FEES FOR GARAGE AND GASOLINE LICENSES
Section 622. The fees for original licenses under Section 14 of Chapter 148 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 325 of the Acts of 1928 shall be as follows: For a license for a private garage for not more than two cars .$1 00; for a Beense for any other garage or for the keeping, storage, manufacture, or sale of any of the articles covered by said Section 14, $25.00.
Add at the end of Section 798 the following new clause 'In add :- tion to the foregoing fees there shall be paid for every application to the Board of Appeal an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) except in cases involving alterations or additions to buildings
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erected before April 1, 1929 in which case the additional fee shall be two dollars ($2.00).
In either case the fee shall be paid on filing the application to the Board of Appeal".
Article 23 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to acquire by lease or take by right of eminent domain the right for a term of years to flow and occupy for skating purposes from November 1 to April 1 the following described parcel of land being the same premises conveyed by Elizabeth E. Rayner by deed dated May 26. 1926 and recorded with Norfolk Deeds Book 1698, Page 383, and bounded and described as follows:
Northeasterly by Park Avenue, Seventy-five (75) feet;
Southeasterly by land now or late of Albert C. and Gerda M. Reed, One Hundred Forty (140) feet;
Southwesterly by land now or late of Nellie G. Leary One Seventy-five (75) feet; and
Northwesterly by land now or late of Nellie G. Leary One Hundred Thirty-six and 8.10 (136.8) feet.
Containing 10,300 square feet,
and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the aforesaid purpose, or take any other action in reference 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.
Hereof fail not, make due return of this warrant with your do- ings to the Town Clerk of said Town. on or before the fourth day of August, 1930.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL FRED E. WAITE H FRANKLIN PERRY EDWIN R. SAMPSON WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD Selectmen of Weymout'
A true copy, Attest:
Edward F. Butler
Constable of Weymouth
RETURN OF SERVICE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth. August 2. 1930
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 said meeting.
Edward F. Butler Constable of Weymouth
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
August 11, 1930
Pursuant to the within warrant the special meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, represented by its duly elected and qualified Town Meeting Members, was held at the Hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday even- ing August 11, 1930.
The meeting was called to order at 7:51 o'clock by George L. Barnes, Annual Moderator, who requested Rev. Fr. Edward F. McKenna of St Francis Xavier Church, So. Weymouth, to invoke the Divine Blessing upon the deliberations of this meeting.
The Moderator requested the Town Clerk to read the warrant for the meeting, after reading the call for the meeting it was voted: That the further reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted as each Town Meeting Member present had a copy of the warrant, the Town Clerk then read the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the attestation of the constable who served the warrant.
At this time the following were sworn as Town Meeting Mem- bers: Harry A. Bailey, John A. Carter, Herman O. Collyer, William B. Dasha, Albert J. Everett. R. Chester Lopaus, Charles E. Stiles, Anthony Veador, Wilbur F. Woodworth, Montague A. Bettencourt, James D. Bosworth, Thomas A Boyle, Stuart H. Briggs, Peter F. Hughes. Thomas J. Kelly. Benjamin B. Sylvester, Robert M. White, Frederick V. Nolan, C. Lincoln Abbott, Leon P. Bourke, William J. Coyle, Samuel F. Cushing, Thomas F. Fitzgerald. Michael L. Flynn, Frederick H. Hall, Edward W Hunt, John P. Hunt, Joseph Kelley, Roy C. Lucas, Thomas Sweeney, William B. Thomas, James L. Trainer, Everett E. Callahan, Richard Halloran, Merton L. Loud, Alfred S. Tirrell, Albert E. Barnes, Charles S. Bicknell, Jacob Den- broeder, Walter R. Field, Stanley Heald, William J. Holbrook, John E. Horace, John S Jennings, Frank E. Loud, Daniel L. O'Donnell, George Reed, Fred R. Sncw. Albert H. Silvester, Arthur R. Tay- lor, Otis B. Torrey, J. Albert Ahern, Lewis M Zeach, Charles H. Burkett, Anthony Cassese, George E. Cunniff, L. Henry Godin, Allen Lennox, John H. Moran, Henry C. Pratt, Spurgeon Ward, Charles E Dunbar, Francis O. Duffey, Clyne W. Bigelow, Charles E. Eddy, Earl S. Porter, Bertha S. Pratt, E. Lillian Rea, John W. Coyle, Edwin R. Hanson and Charles H. Wilder.
Before proceeding to the business of the evening Col. Fred- eric G. Baner presented the Town through the Moderator with a gavel block of stone, which was taken from the battlefield of An- tietam, near the place where Weymouth Soldiers fought in that battle during the Civil War.
The Moderator accepted the block of stone and thanked Col. Bauer for this historic gift.
Mr. Frederick Humphrey offered the following resclution:
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, to return to us from across the mighty ocean, our esteemed townsman, George L. Barnes, and Whereas his visit to the mother town of Weymouth, England, at the dedication of their new bridge, was a mission of brotherly love and friendship in behalf of cur beloved Town.
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Therefore, be it resolved that the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth, through their representatives in Town Meeting assem- bled heartily welcome him back to preside as Moderator over our deliberations.
Be it further resolved that we, in behalf of the Town extend the thanks of the Town of Weymouth to George L. Barnes for his generous contribution of time and money in attending the dedi- cation of the new bridge in Weymouth, England, thus expressing to the Town of Weymouth, England, our friendship, good will and kind- ly feeling.
Be it further resolved that we express our approval of the lofty sentinients expressed by George L. Barnes in his masterly and scholarly address delivered on the occasion of the dedication in which he both expressed the friendship which has sprung up be- tween the two Towns of Weymouth on each side of the Atlantic and chronicled the progress of our own Town since our ancestors left the shores of Europe to establish Weymouth in America.
Be it further resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the records of the town and printed in the Town Report, and that a copy duly attested be transmitted to George L. Barnes.
The Town Clerk assumed the chair of the Moderator, and these resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Col. Frederic Gilbert Bauer offered the following resolution:
Whereas the Society of the War of 1812, an organization found- ed in 1814 by soldiers of that war and now perpetuated by their descendents, has accepted the invitation of our Town to hold their biennial meeting in our Town Hall on Saturday, September 13, 1930,
Be it resolved: That the citizens of the Town of Weymouth in Town Meeting assembled hereby extend to the members of this Society a cordial welcome to this ancient and historic Town, and that the Moderator be requested to attend said meeting and ex- tend the welcome of the Town to the delegates there present.
This resolution was unanimously adopted.
Art. 1. Under article 1 Hon. George L. Barnes road a very in- teredting report as representative from the Town of Weymouth, Mass., at the dedication of the new town bridge in Weymouth. Eng- land, as follows:
To the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Wey- mouth
As representative from the Town of Weymouth to the exer- cises incident to the dedication of the new town bridge in Wey- mouth, England, I respectfully submit the following report:
On Monday, June 30, 1930, the Honorable Percy A'C. urt, for- merly Mayor of Weymouth, England, and one of the delegation that visited us on July 4, 1926, met me by previous arrangement at the Hotel Howard, in London. From then until July 9, 1930 I was entirely in the hands of representatives of Weymouth, England, as their guests.
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A brief recital of some of the acts of courtesy and hospitality that they extended to your representative during this period of time may be properly of interest.
On June 30, 1930, Mr. A'Court took me to St. Paul's Cathedral, and in the evening we attended the theatre and inspected the Lon- don subway system.
Tuesday, July 1, 1930, we left London at 12:30 P. M for Wey- mouth, arriving there at 4 P. M. At the station I was greeted by newspaper men and photographers and by Mr. Smallman, the Town Clerk, who was one of the delegates visiting us in 1926. They es- corted me to the Gloucester Hotel where I was presented to the Mayor. Percy Boyle. The Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Smallman and Chief Engineer of Construction, Fitzsimmons, escorted me to the new bridge and I was privileged to open it by the electrical devices provided for that purpose. We then attended some boxing matches that were being conducted in behalf of the British Vet- erans of the World War. I then, in company of the Mayor, attended a meeting of the ladies of Weymouth, and at this occasion I was introduced and spoke briefly.
In the evening I was the special guest of a municipal concert held in the municipal pavillion, which was profusely decorated with American Flags, as we entered the municipal Orchestra played our National Anthem.
On July 2, 1930, I placed a wreath on the grave of Councillor Peters, who was one of the delegation that visited us in 1926, this ceremony taking place in the presence of the Mayor and others, and in placing this wreath upon the grave I made the following statement :- "Councillor Peters, the people of Weymouth in Massa- chusetts, in America, place this wreath upon your grave with grate- ful recollection of your notable contribution in 1926 to the friend- ship between Weymouth in England and Weymouth in Massachu- seits".
I found that Councillor Moore, one of the delegation who visit- ed us in 1926, was buried some two hundred miles from Weymouth and that it was impracticable to place a wreath upon his grave. It was suggested to me by the Mayor and Town Clerk that instead, this wreath be placed upon the memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Weymouth who lost their lives in the World War. Accord- ingly, in the presence of th esame delegation, I placed a wreath upon this memorial with the following statement :- "The people of Weymouth in Massachusetts, in America, place this wreath here as their tribute of respect to the illustrious dead of this town".
On Thursday, July 3. 1930, the British squadron, under the command of Admiral Hyde, tendered me a reception upon the flagship "Emperor of India".
This was a very ceremonious occasion, with several hundred guests in attendance, the battleships being decorated by the flying of all their signal flags, a band in attendance, luncheon, and danc- ing.
In the evening of July 3 I attended the meeting and dinner of the British correspondents, who had gathered for the purpose of re- porting the exercises on the following day.
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On July 4, 1930, I was conducted to a seat in a stand where was gathered a small party of men and women for the purpose of being presented to the Duke of York. The Duke of York arrived a few minutes later and I was presented to him by Mayor Boyle He expressed pleasure at the opportunity of meeting your representa- tive. A procession was then formed and with the Duke of York we marched to the bridge, where the Duke inspected the electrical devices for opening the bridge, and then caused the bridge to be opened, declaring it to be open for public use. There was no speech- es made at this time. We then retired to the Gloucester Hotel, here a luncheon was tendered to the Duke of York and where he spoke briefly and again expressed his pleasure at meeting the representative from America saying that he appreciated that this would further cement the friendly fee'ing existing between the two nations. In the evening a banquet was tendered by the people of Weymouth England to the officers of the British Fleet and myse f at the Hotel Royal. This banquet was attended by some four hun- red and fifty invited guests comprising several members of the House of Lords and their ladies, representatives of the press and the officials of the town of Weymouth. Admiral Hyde, in command of the Fleet. spoke appreciatively of the visit of your representa- tive. At this banquet I was asked to peak and delivered the address that has been published in the local papers.
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