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(On petition of Waldo Turner and others) To Construct a permanent sidewalk on each side of Cedar Street from High Street to the Fairmount Cemetery.
(On petition of Albert H. Silvester and others ) To con- struct a permanent sidewalk on Main Street, easterly side, from the City Service Gasoline Station at Independence Square southerly to the present location of the Jannell Motor Company.
(On petition of George B. Jordan and others ) To construct a permanent sidewalk on both sides of Partridge Road.
( On petition of Milton B. Richmond and others ) To con- struct a permanent sidewalk on the west side of Chard Street from Putnam Street to Hillside Avenue and thence to . Middle Street.
(On petition of Joseph W. Kohler and others ) To construct a permanent sidewalk on the southwesterly side of Bates Avenue.
(On petition of H. Scott Brown and others ) To construct an asphalt sidewalk on the northerly side of Commercial Street from North Street to Church Street.
(On petition of Bessie G. Freeman and others ) To construct a concrete sidewalk from 346 Union Street to the Weymouth- Rockland line.
(On petition of Nils E. Anderson and others ) To construct a sidewalk on each side of Great Pond Road.
(On petition of Albert E. Gladwin and others ) To construct a sidewalk on the southerly side of Bridge Street from North Street to Neck Street
(On petition of H. B. Ruppert and others ) To construct a sidewalk from Poole's Corner to the Herman Anderson estate.
(On petition of Bernard A. Burke and others ) To construct a permanent sidewalk on the southerly side of Randolph Street from Pond Street to Hollis Street.
(On petition of Alfred G. Flowers and others ) To construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of Main Street from the Railroad tracks to Poole's Corner.
(On petition of Emily C. Johnson and others ) To construct a permanent sidewalk on the southerly side of Columbian Street from Mill River to the Braintree Line.
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(On petition of Ronald MacDonald and others ) To construct a sidewalk on the northerly side of Oak Street.
(On petition of Ronald MacDonald and others ) To construct a sidewalk on the easterly and northerly side of Pine Street starting at a point opposite the land of James Rego and ending at Oak Street
ARTICLE 14. ( On petition of William H. Wall and others ) To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate the sum of $120,000 for the purpose of constructing a parkway around Weymouth Great Pond or take any other action in reference thereto.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
ARTICLE 15. (On petition of Marshall F. Spear and others ) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee for develop- ment for park purposes under the supervision of the School Com- mittee the whole or any portion of the land bordering the easterly side of the Humphrey School playground, or take any action in re- lation thereto; and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the acquisition of said land.
ARTICLE 16. (On petition of Ralph P. Burrill and others ) To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the purchase of the Weymouth Fair Grounds for de- velopment as a public park under the supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners, and to determine the manner in which the money so appropriated shall be raised, whether by loan or otherwise, and to fix the terms and conditions of any loan or loans necessary to procure the said money, and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. (At the request of the Park Commissioners and on petition of Bernard J. Cullinane) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee for development as a public park under the supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners, land bounded on the northeasterly side by Union Street and on the southeast- erly side by Central Street and on the other two sides by private abutters, containing in all about 281,100 square feet, as said area appears on a plan of the Town of Weymouth by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, sheets 45, 46, 49 and 50 as revised to April 1,1934, or take any other action in relation thereto; and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the acquisition of said land.
ARTICLE 18. (At the request of the Park Commissioners and on petition of Fred E. Lunt) To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of em- inent domain in fee for development as a public park under the supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners, land bounded on the south by Commercial Street and on the other three sides by lands of Bill, Blanchard, Hyde and Barnard, and known as "Hyde's Meadow" containing in all 96,500 square feet as it appears on a plan of the Town of Weymouth by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, sheet 13 as revised to April 1, 1934, or take any other action in relation thereto, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the acquisition of said land.
ARTICLE 19. (At the request of the Park Commissioners ) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee for de-
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velopment as a public park under the supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners, land bounded westerly by Pond Street, easterly by the Old Colony Railroad, southerly by land of Parker E. and Laura 0. Thomas and northerly by land of Merritt N. Bates and Beulah N. Blanchard, trustees, containing in all 124,000 square feet as it appears on a plan of the Town of Weymouth by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, sheet 57, as revised to April 1, 1934, or take any other action in relation thereto, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the acquisition of said land.
ARTICLE 20. (At the request of the Park Commissioners and on the petition of the Idlewell Improvement Association, Inc. ) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a deed of land from the Idlewell Improvement Association, Inc. con- veying to the Town for development as a public park under the supervision of the Park Commissioners, real estate bounded on the north by land of Charles 0. and Mary E. Dam, on the east by Idle- well Boulevard, on the south by land of the Linn Realty Service, Inc. and on the west by the Weymouth Fore River, containing in all about 12,000 square feet as shown upon sheet 12 plan of the Town of Weymouth as prepared by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, revised to April 1, 1929; or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. (On petition of Waldo Turner and others ) To see if the Town will change the name of Lovell's' Corner Playground to Bradford Hawes Park or take any other action in relation thereto.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute agreements with certain abutters on Broad Street to waive damages in case of widening in all future cases where public improvements are under consideration or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. (By request of the Safety Committee of Weymouth Chamber of Commerce, Inc. and Weymouth Post 79, American Legion). To see if the Town will enact the following amendment to its by- laws, for the purpose of insuring greater safety to travellers upon the ways of the Town: "No person owning or controlling any property abutting upon two or more intersecting ways in the Town of Weymouth shall construct or maintain any fence or other struc- ture other than a building, or plant, grow or maintain any hedge, trees, or other shrubbery of a height more than three and one half feet above the level of the adjoining way and within thirty- five feet of the nearest point of the intersection of such ways, so that the same will obstruct the open view of travellers on each abutting way within said distance of thirty-five feet;" - or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. (On petition of Charles F. Brown and others ) To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 47 of Chap- ter 31, General Laws and such other provisions of Chapter 31. as relate to the classifying of the "Labor Service" under the pro- visions of Civil Service, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. (On petition of David N. Crawford and others ) To see if the Town will vote to petition the Legislature during the present session for an amendment of Section 8 of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921 striking out in the ninth line thereof the word "one" and inserting in place thereof the word "five" so that such section shall read as follows :
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Section 8.
No measure passed at any representative town meeting except a vote to adjourn or a measure appropriating or borrowing money for emergency purposes shall contain a preamble specifying the facts constituting the emergency and requiring for its passage a separate vote of two thirds of the town meeting members present and voting thereon, shall become operative until the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and Holidays from the dissolu- tion of the meeting. If, within said five days a petition, signed by not less than five hundred voters of the town, containing their names and addresses as appearing on the voting list is filed with the Selectmen asking that the question or questions involved in such measure be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the selectmen, after the expiration of five days, shall forthwith call a special meeting for the sole purpose of present- ing to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall not be closed earlier than eight o'clock in the evening and all votes upon any questions submitted shall be taken by ballot, and a check list shall be used in the several precincts in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions submitted at the said town meeting shall be determined by vote of a majority of the voters at large voting thereon. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and form in which they were stated when presented to said repre- sentative town meeting by the moderator, and as they appear upon the records of said representative town meeting. If such petition be not filed within the said period of five days, the vote in the representative town meeting shall become operative and effective upon the expiration of said period.
ARTICLE 26. (At the request of the committee appointed to investigate and recommend a plan of Municipal Government for the Town the following three articles are inserted in the Warrant).
That Section 301 of Article 3 of the By-laws of the Town be amended, by striking out the word "fifteen" and the word "five" in the second line thereof, and substituting in place of the word "fifteen" the word "nine" and in place of the word "five" the word "three" and by adding after the word "moderator" in the second line thereof the words "from the membership of the duly elected Town Meeting Members," so that said section as amended will read :
"SECTION 301. There shall be an appropriation committee consisting of nine members appointed by the moderator from the membership of the duly elected Town Meeting members. Three mem- bers of the committee shall be appointed by the moderator each year within ten days after the annual town election, to serve for three years and until their successors have been appointed. Neither the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department, Superintendent of the Water Works, or any member of the Board of Selectmen, Assessors or School Committee shall be eligible to serve on said Committee. No member of said committee shall be eligible to serve more than three terms in suc- cession. The Town Accountant and Town Counsel shall be ex-officio advisory members of said committee;" - or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. That the legislature be petitioned for legislation amending Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921 (Weymouth Representative Town Meeting Act), determining the eligibility of Town Meeting members and prohibiting employees of the town, excepting town off- icials who are by the Act made Town Meeting Members ex-officio, from accepting office as a Town Meeting member while so employed;
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or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. That the Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare be reduced from five members to three members each, be- ginning with the annual election in March, 1936; and at said election in March, 1936, that there be elected one Selectman for three years, one for two years and one for one year; and there- after at each annual election, there be elected one Selectman for three years; and at said election in March, 1936, that there be elected one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, and one for two years and one for one year; and thereafter at each annual election, there be elected one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; or take any other action there- to.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND STREET LIGHTING
ARTICLE 29. (On petition of the Planning Board ) To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the installa- tion and maintenance of traffic lights at the following loca- tions :
Independence Square Columbian Square Lincoln Square Washington Square
or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. (On petition of Ronald MacDonald and others ) To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Ralph Talbot and Pine Streets or take any other action in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 31. (On petition of George F. Cushman and others ) To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for the installation of four street lights on Colonial Road, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. (On petition of Robert H. Buchan and others ) To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500 for the purpose of adequately lighting Bridge Street between the Wey- mouth Fore River Bridge and Bicknell Square or take any other ac- tion in relation thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 33. (On petition of John A. Robinson and others ) That the Selectmen be instructed to contract with Wessagusset Post No. 1399 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the care and maintenance of certain cemeteries in the Town; namely Old Cemetery off Park Ave: £ Old Cemetery opposite Fairmount Cemetery on Pleasant Street: Old Cemetery opposite Pine Street, on Pleasant Street and one located off Randolph Street, and that the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) be raised and appropriated to be paid to Wessagusset Post V. F. W. No. 1399 for said care of these cemeteries.
ARTICLE 34. (On petition of William J. Perry and others ) To see what action the Town will take on the removal of trees on Union Street at its junction with Columbian Street.
ARTICLE 35. (On petition of Charles Griffin) To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to cover the ad-
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ministrative expense of the E. R. A. in the Town of Weymouth and to see what sum of money the Town of Weymouth will raise and ap- propriate for teams, trucks, and other major equipment expense; materials; and other truck costs; all of which items have to do with the construction work certified under E. R. A. supervision, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. (On petition of the State Reclamation Board). To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Weymouth qualified to vote in Town affairs, in case all the articles in the foregoing warrant shall not be acted upon at the meeting called for the fourth day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School on
WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1935
at seven 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 fourth or action upon which may at said meeting of March fourth have been deferred until said ad- journed 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 precinct 1 in the Fire Engine House located in that precinct;
In precinct 2 at the G. A. R. Hall on Commercial Street;
In precinct 3 at the Hunt School Gymnasium on Broad Street;
In precinct 4 at the building of the Citizens' Association, Inc., on Front Street;
In precinct 5 at the building of the Pond School, Pond Street;
In precinct 6 at the new Ward 2 Fire Engine House on the northerly side of Broad Street, which place has been duly designa- ted 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 Association Building on Washington Street;
In precinct 8 at the Weymouth Heights Club Building on North Street;
In precinct 9 in the Fire Engine House located in that pre- cinct on
MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1935
at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the wardens of their several precincts, their votes on one ballot, for the following named public officers, to wit:
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Town Treasurer
Five (5) Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare Two (2) Assessors for three (3) years Two (2) School Committee members for three (3) years (1) Park Commissioner for three (3) years (1) Water Commissioner for three (3) years
Tax Collector
One (1) Member of the Board of Health for three (3) years One (1) Member of the Board of Health for one (1) year (to
fill vacancy )
Three (3) Trustees of Tufts Library
Three (3) Members of the Planning Board Tree Warden
Annual Moderator
And for the Election of Town Meeting Members from the several voting precincts of the Town as follows :
In precinct 1: Seventeen (17) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years;
In precinct 2: Twelve (12) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years ;
One Town Meeting Member for one year to fill vacancy;
In precinct 3: Nineteen (19) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years ;
In precinct 4: Seven (7) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years ;
In precinct 5: Fourteen (14) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years ;
In precinct 6: Fourteen (14) Town Meeting Members for
three (3) years ;
Seven (7) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years;
In precinct 7:
In precinct 8 : Six (6) Town Meeting Members for three
(3) years ;
In precinct 9 : Eleven (11) Town Meeting Members for three (3) years.
THE POLLS WILL BE CLOSED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
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 thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the twenty-fifth day of February, 1935.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-eighth day of January in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Five.
MARSHALL F. SPEAR, Chairman FRED E. WAITE, Clerk
JOSEPH CREHAN SANDY ROULSTON EVERETT E. CALLAHAN Selectmen of Weymouth
A true copy, Attest : JOSEPH D. SEWALL, Constable of Weymouth
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RETURN OF SERVICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Weymouth, February 20, 1935
Norfolk, ss.
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 post- ing true and attested copies of the same in two public places in each voting precinct in said Town seven days before the time for holding said meeting.
JOSEPH D. SEWALL Constable of Weymouth
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 4, 1935
Pursuant to the within warrant the annual meeting of the in- habitants 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, Middle Street, East Weymouth, on Monday evening March 4, 1935, 224 Town Meeting Members names being check- ed by police stationed at the doors for the purpose.
The meeting was called to order by George L. Barnes, annual Moderator at 7:50 o'clock, who requested the Town Clerk to read the warrant, after reading the call for the meeting, on motion of Roland M. Smith it was voted that the reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted. The Town Clerk then read the paragraph relating to the time and place for the adjournment of this meet- ing if not finished this evening also the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the attestation of the constable who served the warrant.
The Moderator then called upon the Rev. John B. Holland, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Weymouth, to invoke the Devine Blessing upon the deliberation of this meeting and he also spoke very feelingly upon the work of George L. Barnes who presided over the deliberations of town meetings for twenty consecutive years .
Mr. Barnes in well chosen words expressed his pleasure in having Fr. Holland as Chaplin of the evening as he is the only Clergyman in the town who was also in Weymouth when he assumed the office of Moderator in 1916. He also expressed the opinion that Fr. Holland had in his work as pastor of Sacred Heart Church endeared himself in the hearts of all the citizens of the town of Weymouth, and expressed the hope that he might be spared with good health for a great number of years to come.
Before proceeding to the business of the evening Marshall F. Spear offered the following resolution:
It was a maxim among the ancient Greeks that Republics were never grateful for the services rendered the faithful and devoted officials and private citizens. In spite of much evidence to the contrary that opinion still persists. To-day we, are permitted to prove that gratitude is not found "among gross people" is a "fruit of great cultivation". Be it therefore Resolved: That the citizens of Weymouth on this fourth day of March 1935, in Town
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Meeting assembled, by the adoption of this resolution, recora their grateful appreciation of the sincere, wise, efficient, im- partial and kindly services of the Honorable George L. Barnes, who for a score of years has presided over the Town Meetings of this Town and who in his capacity as Town Moderator has earned the true and just claim to the title "First Citizen of Weymouth".
With genuine courage distinguished ability, absolute integri- ty and unquestioned impartiality he has given his best to main- tain the highest standards of fairness and justice to all citi- zens of this community. We extend to him our gratitude and our good wishes. Mr. Moderator We Salute you.
Mr. Melville F. Cate moved: That this resolution be accept- ed and adopted, Senator Newland H. Holmes moved as an amendment that the Town Clerk procure an engrossed copy of this resolution to be sent to George L. Barnes, this amendment was accepted by Mr. Cate. The Town Clerk assumed the chair and by an unanimous vote this resolution was adopted.
Mr. Barnes in well chosen words expressed his heartfelt thanks to the town meeting members for this resolution.
Harry B. Quinn, Albert Vinal, Charles S. Dobson, Harry E. Johnson, Harry J. Dowd, Walter R. Cope, Charles A. Caldwell, William N. Craig, Peter J. Kendrick, Thomas J. MacDonald, Charles W. Baker, and Robert W. Pitts, were sworn as Town Meeting Members.
ARTICLE 1 BUDGET
Mr. Roland M. Smith, Sec'y. of the Appropriation Committee offered the following: To provide for the salaries, operation and expenses during the fiscal year of the several Town's depart- ments and activities for certain improvements and to meet certain requirements of the law, the several sums hereinafter set forth are hereby appropriated for the several purposes and subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, all such sums to be raised by taxation in the levy of the current year unless some other source of revenue is expressed.
Item 1. For all expenses of the Appropriation Committee. Tentatively adopted.
$500.00
Item 2. For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Department 5,000.00
Provided that no part of this appropriation shall be used for taking the State Census.
Mr. Albert Thibault moved to amend by making the amount $7,157.00 the motion to amend was declared lost. More than seven members hav- ing doubted the vote a recount was ordered.
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