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Both sides of Pleasant Street from a point between property now or late of Norman E. and Alice W. Chaplain and the old cemetery lying Northerly of the junction of Pleasant and Pine Streets;
(On petition of Charles W. Burgess and others)
Both sides of North Street from Bridge Street to Wes- sagusset Road
and to see if the Town 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 the portions of said streets as so relocated and accepted; to see if the Town will vote to abandon any portion of said streets as formerly laid out which are not within the lines of said streets as so relocated; and to see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above streets as so relocated including the acquisition of the easements above referred to and for the build- ing of any bridges, drains and conduits which may be necessary in connection therewith, or take any other action in referece thereto.
Article 25. (At the request of the Superintendent of Streets). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the permanent construction of existing streets, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for private work, the same to be done by the Street Department on approval of the Selectmen and to see what disposition the Town will make of moneys received for such private work, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 27. (At request of Planning Board). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the removal of the watering troughs at East and North Streets, and at Church and Commercial Streets, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said removal, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 28. (On petition of Edith I. Denbroeder and others repre- senting Pond Plain Improvement Association). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to resurface Pond Street from Fountain Square to South Weymouth Depot, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 29. (On petition of Edith I. Denbroeder and others repre- senting Pond Plain Improvement Association). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to resurface Great Pond Road and Lakewood Road, or take any other action in reference
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thereto.
Article 30. (On petition of Paul A. Valensiente and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate for the continuation of the widening of Iron Hill Street, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 31. (On petition of William A. Hannaford and others). To see what action the Town will vote to take relative to carrying out the recommendations of the Committee to consider widening Broad Street, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for this purpose, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 32. (On petition of Roy H. Rosewell and others). To see if the Town will vote to install catch-basins and a drainage system on Durant Road and Elinor Road and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen or the Superintendent of Streets to acquire by gift or purchase or take by eminent domain any land or interest in land for said purpose, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 33. (On petition of Francis A. Gunn and others). To see if the Town will vote to install catch-basins and a drainage system in the vicinity of Bates Avenue, Reed Avenue, White Street, Union Street, Central Street and Central Avenue, and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen or the Superintendent of Streets to acquire by gift or purchase or take by eminent domain any land or interest in land for said purpose, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 34. (On petitions as hereinafter specified). To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of permanent sidewalks and curbing on the streets of the Town as hereinafter set forth, or take any other action in reference thereto:
(On petition of Edith I. Denbroeder and others)
On Main Street from No. 1549 to the end of the present finished sidewalk north of the Railroad Track.
(On petition of Myron P. Ford and others)
On the westerly side of Cedar Street from High Street to Fairmount Cemetery.
(On petition of Ralph P. Chase and others)
On the westerly side of Cain Avenue from Broad Street to Maple Street.
(On petition of Arthur H. Pratt and others)
On the easterly side of Commercial Street from Station Street to East Street, thence on East Street to Wharf Street, and thence on Wharf Street to the railroad crossing.
(On peition of Charles B. Cushing and others)
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On the westerly side of Madison Street from a point in front of the store of Fred A. Loud & Co. to Commercial Street.
(On petition of Nelson J. Gay and others)
On both sides of Pleasant and Pond Streets from the Ward 5 Fire Engine House to the South Weymouth Railroad Station.
(On petition of Joseph Guidice and others) On Harding Avenue.
(On petition of Robert Mitchell and others)
On the westerly side of Shawmut Street from Broad Street to Lake Street.
(On petition of Charles J. Hollis and others)
On the westerly side of Washington Street from the Bowl- ing Alley southerly to Lincoln Square.
(On petition of Francis W. Rea and others)
On the easterly side of Pleasant Street from the Pratt School to Washington Street.
(On petition of John T. Sullivan and others)
On the easterly side of Main Street from Independence Square to White Park.
(On petition of Benjamin B. Sylvester and others)
On the southerly side of Station Street from Commercial Street to property of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company.
(On petition of Fred J. Allen and others)
On Union Street from the end of the present permanent sidewalk to the Rockland line.
(On petition of Frank D. Hussey and others)
On the westerly side of School Street, to extend around the K. of C. Hall.
(On petition of Charles Y. Berry and others)
On the southerly side of Broad Street from Stetson Street to Lincoln Square.
(On petition of P. A. Conathan and others)
On the northerly and westerly sides of Center Street.
(On petition of Bartholomew J. Connell and others)
On Hillcrest Road, sautheasterly side, from Broad Street to the property of F. W. Preston.
(On petition of Sidney F. Partridge and others)
On the northerly side of Commercial Street from the New Haven Railroad crossing adjacent to the Old Tufts House to the corner of Idlewell Street.
(On petition of Fred M. Torrey and others) On the northerly side of Hilldale Road.
(On petition of Peter F. Hayes and others)
On the easterly side of Phillips Street from Richmond Street to Sumit Street.
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(On petition of Mrs. Appleby and others.
On the westerly side of Middle Street from Circuit Avenue to a point opposite the entrance to Lakeshore Park.
(On petition of Joseph Keller and others)
On Columbian Street from the end of the present perma- nent sidewalk to the Braintree line.
(On petition of Raffaelo Andretta and others)
On the westerly side of Middle Street between Clapp Memorial building and Essex Street.
(On petition of Daniel Reidy and others)
On the westerly side of Pleasant Street from the end of the present permanent sidewalk to the property of Patrick J. O'Toole.
(On petition of Roderick P. Ells and others) On the southerly side of Cottage Street.
(On petition of H. Calvin Blenis and others)
On the westerly side of Front and Main Streets from Stetson Field to Park Avenue West, and thence in a westerly direction to the home of J. B. Tirrell.
(At the request of the Planning Board)
On the westerly side of Torrey Street from Pleasant Street to Park Avenue.
On Laurel Street at the property of Annie E. McMorrow.
On such other public ways as the Town may think proper.
Article 35. (On petition of Anthony S. Veader and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of completing the sea wall on the water side (north side) of Fore River Avenue, or take any other action in reference thereto.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Article 36. (On request of the School Committee and the Com- mittee in charge of the preparation of plans for a new school house at Weymouth Heights). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, whether by loan or otherwise, for the purpose of the original construction and equipment of a school house at Wey- mouth Heights, according to plans already prepared therefor and adapted to the land already acquired for such purpose, and to authorize the disposition of buildings now standing upon such land, by sale, demolition or otherwise, and to determine the terms of such loan as may be necessary for such purpose, or to take any other action in relatio nto such purpose.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Article 37. (On petition of Charles Griffin and others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a traffic signal system on Bridge Street, to be installed under the direction of the Chief of the Police Department, or take any other action in reference thereto.
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VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS
Article 38. (On petition of Roland Haviland and others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide permanent quarters for Weymouth Post No. 79, American Legion, as provided by Section 9, Chapter 40. General Laws of Massachusetts and amendments thereto, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide permanent quarters for Wessagus- set Post No. 1399, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as provided by Section 9, Chapter 40, General Laws of Massachusetts and amendments thereto, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Article 40. (On petition of Reynolds Post, No. 58, G. A. R., James L. Bates Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, Weymouth Post, Ameri- can Legion, No. 79, Wessagusset Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sons of American Revolution). To see if the Town will vote to set apart or construct in the Town Hall or elsewhere a room to be used as a museum for the safekeeping of souvenirs, flags, and other valuable relics of Weymouths citizen soldiery so that the same may be kept on display for the benefit of the citizens of the Town when the veteran organizations shall cease to exist and to see if the Town will accept or authorize the acceptance of any such souvenirs, flags, or relics which any person or organization may wish to give or bequeath to the Town, or deposit in its custardy, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose, or take any other action in reference thereto.
LABAN PRATT FUND
Article 41. (On petition of Isabel J. Lunt and others). To see what action the Town will take in reference to the administration of the fund bequeathed by the will of the late Laban Pratt for the construction of a hospital and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate from said fund a sufficient sum to commence the erection of such hospital and to determine the conditions under which the same shall be spent and admnistered and to see if the Town will vote to ask for any legislation in reference thereto, or take any other action in reference thereto.
STREET LIGHTING
Article 42. (On petition of Joseuh E. Worthington and others). To see what sum of money the l'own will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of lighting unaccepted streets in the Town of Weymouth or take any other action in reference thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 43. To see if the Town will accept the bequest of Martha Hannah King, deceased, in trust for the care of certain graves in this Town, and to see what action the Town will take in reference to authorizing the acceptance of any future bequests that may be made for a like purpose.
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Article 44. (On petition of DeForest H. Jones and others). To see if the Town will build a new Fire Station in North Weymouth and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the same.
Article 45. (On request of the State Reclamation Board). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of maintaining, during the ensuing year, the mos- quito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Re- clamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
Article 46. (On petition of Frank A. Friechmann and others). To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for a permanent patrol on Fore River under the supervision of the Harbor Master to protect the property and bathing beaches on its water- front. ,
Article 47. (On petition of R. H. Rosewell and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for a police officer in Columbian Square, between the hours of 8:30 and 9.00 A. M. and 3:30 and 4:30 P. M. for the protection, of children going to and from the Edward B. Nevin School, or take any other action in reference thereto.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in Town affairs, 1) case all the articles in the foregoing warrant shall not be acted upon at the meeting called for said seventh day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School on
WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH, 1932
at 7 o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March seventh or actic upon which may at said meeting of March seventh have been deferred until said adjourned session.
You are further required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections to meet at the polling places of their respective precincts, to wit:
In precincts 1, 3 and 5 in the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively ;
In Precinct 2 at G. A. R. Hall on Commercial Street;
In Precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association, Inc., on Front Street;
In Precinct 6 at the new Ward 2 Fire Engine House on the North- erly side of Broad Street, which place has been duly designated as the polling place of Precinct 6 in accordance with Chapter 54 of the General Laws;
In Precinct 7 at the Lovell's Corner Improvement Building on Washington Street;
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In Precinct 8 at the Weymouth Heights Club building on North Street, on
MONDAY, THE FOURTREENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1932
at five o'clock and forty-five minutes in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the wardens of their several Precincts, their votes on one ballot, for the follwing named public officers, to wit:
Town Treasurer;
Five (5) Selectmen;
Two (2) Assessors for three (3) years;
Two(2) Members of the School Committee for three (3) years;
One (1) Park Commissioner for three years;
One (1) Water Commissioner for three (3) years;
One (1) Water Commissioner for one (1) year, to fill va- cancy ;
Tax Collector; .
One (1) Member of the Board of Health for three (3) years;
Tree Warden;
Two (2) Members of the Planning Board for three (3) years;
Annual Moderator.
And for the election of Town Meeting Members from the several voting precincts of the Town as follows:
In Precinct 1: Thirteen (13) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; One (1) Town Meeting Member for two (2) years to fill vacancy; One (1) Town Meeting Member for one (1) year to fill vacancy;
In Precinct 2: Ten (10) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years;
In Precinct 4. Five (5) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; One (1) Town Meeting Member for one (1) year to fill vacancy;
In Precinct 5: Seventeen (17) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; Two (2) Town Meeting Members for two (2) years to fill vacancies;
In Precinct 6: Twelve (12) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years; One (1) Town Meeting Member for one (1) year to fill vacancy;
In Precinct 7: Five (5) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years;
In Precinct 8; Four (4) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years.
THE POLLS WILL BE CLOSED AT FOUR O'CLOCK
IN THE AFTERNOON
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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 the first meeting called for in this warrant.
Hereof fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the second day of March, 1932.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-two. WILLIAM A. CONNELL
FRED E. WAITE
H. FRANKLIN PERRY
WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD
CHARLES H. CHUBBUCK
Selectmen of Weymouth
A true copy, Attest: EDWARD F. BUTLER, Constable of Weymouth.
RETURN OF SERVICE
Norfolk, ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
February 27, 1932.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the re- spective places and times as set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies of the same in two public places in each voting precinct in said Town seven days before the time of holding said meeting.
Edward F. Butler,
Constable of Weymouth.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 7, 1932
Pursuant to the within warrant the annual meeting of the inhabi- tants of the town of Weymouth, represented by its duly elected and qualified Town Meeting Members, was held at the hall of the Wey- mouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday evening, the sev- enth day of March, A. D. 1932.
The meeting was called to order at seven o'clock and fifty minutes by the Annual Moderator, George L. Barnes. The Moderator re- quested the Town Clerk to read the warrant for the meeting, after reading thecall for said meeting, on motion of Melville F. Cate it was voted: that the reading of the articles in the warrant be dis- pensed with as all Members had a copy of the warrant. The Town Clerk then read the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the atestation of the constable who served the warrant. 215 Town Meet- ing Members present.
The Moderator requested Rev. William G. Sewell, Pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, North Weymouth, to invoke Divine Blessing upon the deliberations of this meeting.
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Before proceding to the business of the evening the following were sworn as Town Meeting Members: Arthur H. Pratt, John W. Thorp, Alfred C. Sheehy, Arthur W. Harkinson, Arthur J. Hassett, Edward A. Hunt, George E. Bicknell, Daniel B Santry, George H. McKinley, Charles H. DeRusha, Louis Daniele and Thomas A. Pickett.
Article 1. Voted : To provide for the salaries, operation and expenses during the current fiscal year of the several town's depart- ment and activities, for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of the law, the several sunis hereinafter set forth are hereby appropriated for the several purposes and subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, all such sums to be raised by taxa- tion in the levy of the current year unless some other source of revenue is expressed.
Item 1. For all expenses of the Appropriation Committee. $600.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 2. For salaries and expenses of the Select- men's Department. 8,600.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 3. For the salary and all expenses of the Town Accountant's Department. 6,000.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 4. For the salary of the Town Treasurer and all expenses of the Treasurer's Depart- ment. 2,794.50
Tentatively adopted.
Item 5. For the compensation of the Tax Collector and all expenses of the Tax Collecting Department. 8,000.00 Tentatively adopted.
Item 6. For the salaries and all expenses of the Assessor's Department. 9,330.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item
7. For the payment of damages.
2,575.00
For the payment of all other expenses of Legal Department. 3,000.00
Provided that all costs recovered in litiga- tion may be expended for court expenses and are hereby appropriated for said purpose. Tentatively adopted.
Item 8. For the salary of the Town Clerk and all expenses of the Town Clerk's Department. Tentatively adopted. 3,500.00
Item 9. For elections and registration of voters. Tentatively adopted. 4,655.00
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Item 10 For all expenses of the Engineering De- partment including the Town Survey and placing of bound stones, the making of street surveys and such other engineering work as may be authorized by the Select- men. 4,525.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 11. For all expenses of the Planning Board. Tentatively adopted.
300.00
Item 12. For the maintenance of the Town Hall and War Memorials at the Civic Center, in- cluding the grounds, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen
8,500.00
Of which sum $330.00 shall be for the repair of the tower and the restoration in metal of the finials on the tower balcony. Tentatively adopted.
Item 13. Mr. John W. Heffernan, Sec'y. of the Ap- propriation Committee moved : For the maintenance of the Civil War Soldiers Monument and the King Phillip's War Memorial, including the grounds, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Select- men.
100.00
Mr. Fred E. Lunt moved as an amendment that the sum be $1,100.00. This amendment was put before the meeting and it was declared not a vote. The motion of Mr. Heffernan was then put before the meeting and it was tentatively adopted.
Item 14. For the salaries and all other expenses of the Police Department. of which sum $200.00 shall be for the en- forcement of the liquor law and $770.00 shall be for the purchase of two new automobiles. The two present automobiles of the department to be turned in as part payment of the purchase price, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated. Tentatively adopted.
69,237.00
67,987.33
Item 15. For salaries and all expenses of the Fire Department. Of which sum $2,500.00 shall be available only for the purchase of hose but this shall not prevent the expenditure of a greater sum than $2,500.00 for the aforesaid pur- pose provided the amount of the appropria- tion is not exceeded provided further that no restriction limiting the place of pur- chase shall apply to the purchase of fire hose.
Tentatively adopted.
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Item 16. No action taken on this article. Tentatively adopted.
Item 17 .. No action taken on this article. Tentatively adopted.
Item 18. For the compensation' of the Building Inspector and all other expenses of the Building Inspector's Department Tentatively adopted. 3,090.00
Item 19. For the compensation of the Sealer of Weights and Measures and all other ex- penses of the Department. Tentatively adopted.
1,575.00
Item 20. For Gypsy Moth and other Insect Pest extermination. 6,405.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 21. For the care of Shade Trees. Tentatively adopted.
2,130.00
Item 22. Mr. John W. Heffernan, Sec'y. of the Ap- propriation Committee moved : For Street Lighting including the lighting until mid- night each night of the Memorial Cross Mr. Francis Gunn moved as an amend- ment : That the additional sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the lighting of unac- cepted streets in the Town of Weymouth, and that the Lighting Committee be in- structed to contract with the Weymouth Light and Power Co. to pay for lighting such unaccepted streets as the Lighting Committee determine necessary for the best interests of the town.
39,000.00
This amendment was put before the meet- ing and was declared voted. More than seven members having doubted the vote a recount was ordered. The Moderator ap- pointed Alfred C. Sheehy, Ralph Haskins and Melville F. Cate as tellers, they were sworn to the faithful performance of that duty. The recount showed that 87 vot- ing in the affirmative and 81 voting in the negative. The motion offered by the Ap- propriation Committee asamended was then put before the meeting and was ten- tatively adopted. Total amount $39,500.00.
Item 23. For the salary of the Harbor Master and all other expenses of the Harbor Master's Department. 275.00
Tentatively adopted.
Item 24. For the salaries and all other expenses of the Board of Health. Tentatively adopted.
8,585.00
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Item 25. For the employment of Nurses under the direction of the Board of Selectmen who are hereby authorized to contract with the Weymouth Visiting Nurse Association to furnish the services of one or more nurses in cases where such services are a proper charge against the town. Tentatively adopted.
Item 26. For the maintenance of the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital. Tentatively adopted.
Item 27. Mr. John W. Heffernan, Sec'y. of the Ap- propriation Committee moved : For the payments under the present contract for Garbage Removal.
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