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(On petition of Mary T. Desmond and others). For a sidewalk on Front Street from a point at or near the "Stetson Line" southerly to the junction of Main and Front Streets.
(On petition of Edna F. Sayward and others). For a permanent sidewalk on Commercial and Church Streets between a point below the Adams School on Church Street and the Avonia Spring on Commercial Street or as much farther west as is possible this year.
(On petition of Bessie G. Freeman and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote for a permanent sidewalk on the easterly side of Union Street from No. 346 to Hingham Avenue.
(On petition of Frederick Humphrey and others). For a permanent sidewalk on the southerly side of Broad Street between Central Square and Jackson Square, East Weymouth.
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(On petition of B. Joseph Cullinane and others). For a permanent sidewalk on the easterly side of Pleasant Street from Columbian Square to Ralph Talbot Street.
(On petition of Arthur A. Potterton and others). For a permanent sidewalk and curbing on the northeast side of Park Avenue from Pleasant Street to the entrance of the Weymouth Fair Grounds.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
ARTICLE 19. (On Petition of Roland R. Goulet 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 or otherwise for development for park purposes under the supervision of the School Committee the whole or any portion of the land bordering the easterly side of the Humphrey School playground, or take any other action in reference thereto; and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and approp- riate for the acquisition of said land.
WATER DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.) from the General Fund of the Water Department for carrying on necessary work for private parties, payment for such work to revert to said General Fund or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to release the Moody Land Company from a cer- tain bond dated May, 1917 and return the sum so deposited on the same and in place of said bond secure from the Moddy Land Company an agree- ment sufficient and satisfacory to the Water Commissioners to cover any contingency that might arise for a specified period of time or take any other action in reference thereto.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
ARTICLE 22. (By Direction of the Selectmen). To see if the Town will amend its By-Laws by the addition of the following article, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 306. The Board of Selectmen shall annually appoint an In- spector of Wires who shall be a voter of the Town and shall serve for the term of one year from the first of April following or until another is ap- pointed in his stead. His salary or compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Selectmen within the limits of the appropriation made by the Town for the purpose.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will amend its By-Laws by the ad- dition of the following article, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 307. Before proceeding to wire any building or to make any changes in existing wiring in any building a permit in writing must be obtained from the Inspector of Wires. The above provision shall extend to the wiring or changes in the wiring in or upon any structure, pole or support on private premises and connected or designed to be connected with the wiring system in any building or any wire thereof and therein used to transmit electric current for heating, lighting or power purposes. When the cost of the work contemplated under the permit shall amount to ten dollars ($10) or over, a fee of one dollar ($1) shall be charged for the permit except where more than one meter is required when the cost of the permit will be one dollar ($1) for every additional meter contemplated. Where electrical work contemplated in any one building will cost more than one thousand dollars ($1000) a fee of one dollar ($1) will be charged for every one hundred dollars ($100) or unit thereof.
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ARTICLE 24. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Building Laws). To see if the Town will adopt the following regulations as an addition to Article 7 of the Town By-Laws, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 711A. Wood shingles may be used on dwellings, garages and small buildings, provided that there is a distance of not less than 50 ft. between it and the next building in any direction.
ARTICLE 25. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Building Laws), To see if the Town will adopt the following regulation as an addition to Article 7 of the Town By-Laws, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 712A. No permit shall be in force for a longer period than six months unless the work has been started and no work shall be discontinued for a longer period than six months. In either case a permit shall be forfeited.
ARTICLE 26. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Building Laws). To see if the Town will adopt the following regulation as an addition to Article 7 of the Town By-Laws, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 703A. He shall be an experienced architect, builder or struct- ural engineer of at least ten years experience in actual construction and shall not be directly or indirectly engaged as contractor or builder during his term of office.
ARTICLE 27. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Building Laws). To see if the Town will sub- stitute the following for the definition for BUILDING as it now occurs in Section 710 Article 7 of the Town By-Laws so that Section 710 will read as follows, or take any other action in reference thereto.
DEFINITIONS
Section 710. ALTERATION-Any change in or addition to any building or any change in or addition to any other structure which converts the same into a building within the meaning of this article. BUILDING-Any structure of which any portion is designed or used for human habitation for a garage, barn or stable, for any manufacturing industrial or mercantile purpose, for a place of public resort or assembly or which is used in con- nection with the storage or sale of petroleum or any if its derivatives.
ARTICLE 28. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Building Laws). To see if the Town will adopt the following regulation as an amendment to or substitue for the present Section 717 of Article 7 of the Town By-Laws, striking out all after the end of the first paragraph of said Section in the twenty-fifth line thereof and substituting thereafter the following, or take other action thereto.
In buildings, roofs 4 inches or over pitch, the size of the rafters shall not be less than the following:
Clear span not over 12 ft. size of rafter 2×4
Clear span not over 24 ft. size of r
f rafter 2×6
Clear span not over 30 ft. with collar ties 2×6 Clear span not over 36 ft. with collar ties 2×8
Clear span not over 40 ft. with collar ties 2×10
Roofs with greater spans, construction to be approved by the inspector. Ridges, Hips and Valleys shall be 2 inches thick and 2 inches wider than the common rafter.
Rafters for roofs with less than 4 inches pitch may be 1 inch less than sizes specified for floor joist but may be spaced not more than 24 inches on centers.
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ARTICLE 29. (On Petition and Recommendation of the Committee Studying Changes in the Bliuding Laws). To see if the Town will adopt the following regulation as an amendment to or substitute for the first paragraph of Section 732 of the Town By-Laws by striking out said para- graph and substituting in place thereof the following so that said first paragraph will read as follows, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Section 732. All chimneys hereafter built shall be of brick, stone or other incombustible material with footings of masonary 8 inches greater than the size of the chimney and shall be lined with flue lining from a point 2 feet below the joist to a point 2 ft. above the roof. No chimney shall rest on an 8 inch wall or rest on wood.
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 30. (On Petition of Robert H. Buchan and others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500) for the purchase and erection of suitable electric lights on Bridge Street, North Weymouth between Fore River Bridge and Bicknell Square conforming in design with the lights; on the new Fore River Bridge consisting of individual units with underground wiring and not connected to any wooden poles or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.) 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 pro- vision of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
ARTICLE 32. (At the Request of the Town Treasurer). To see if the Town will vote to convey to James W. Thompson of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, the four (4) lots of land situated on Maine Street, Pine Grove Park, being lots numbered 368 to 371 inclusive as shown on a plan recorded with Norfolk Deeds Plan Board, book 23, plan 1030, lots 431 to 434 inclusive situated at the corner of Curtis and Raleigh Streets as shown on said plan, lots 372 to 377 situated on said Maine Street as shown on said plan for which lots the above mentioned Thompson holds receipts and will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to execute and deliver the deeds for the same or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 33. (On Petition of the Selectmen). To see what action the Town will take on the following question: Shall Section 12 of Chapter 309 of the Acts of 1927 defining the terms laborers, workmen and mechanics to include foremen, sub-foremen and inspectors so that they may receive the benefits of the Workmen's Compensation Act, be accepted.
ARTICLE 34. To see what action the Town will take to properly ob- serve the launching of United States Ship Ralph Talbot and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Board of Selectmen 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 Avenue; Old Cemetery opposite Fairmount Cemetery 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, or take any other action in reference thereto.
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ARTICLE 36. (On Petition of the Veterans of Foreign Wars). To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease or sell to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Wessagusset Post 1399 a piece of property situated on Broad Street on which is now located the Old Engine House, so called, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 37. (On Petition of the Planning Board). To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the construction of a public boat landing at the beach near the end of North Street, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 38. (On Petition of the Board of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to make necessary repairs on the Town Hall with the view of making the building waterproof, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 39. (On Petition of the Board of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to extend or improve the heating method or system at the Town Hall or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 40. (On Petition of Fred Smith and others). To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition for legislation em- powering the Town to appropriate money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for amusements or entertainment of public character or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. (On Petition of the North Weymouth Committee on the Question of Constructing a New Fire House). To see what sum of money the Town will raise or borrow and appropriate for the purpose of erecting on the site where the present fire house is established, a new fire house, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 42. (On Petition of the Planning Board). To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or take by eminent domain in fee a piece of property situated at or near Independence Square on the southeasterly side of Pleasant Street known as the Taylor property with the view of constructing and equiping a fire house on that site and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for this purpse or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will accept the bequests under Article 26 and Article 33 of the will of the late William H. Pratt on the conditions therein named as follows:
"Article 26: To my trustee hereinafter named, his heirs executors or administrators, in trust nevertheless to be called the Charles Henry Pratt Trust Fund, and to be deposited in said East Weymouth Savings Bank and other similar institutions the income of which shall be paid semi-annually to the Trustees of Tufts Library of said Weymouth, to purchase books and to keep in repair the books given to said Tufts Library by said William H. Pratt until such time as a public library shall be es- tablished in that part of said Weymouth called East Weymouth; at which time the amount of said trust shall be paid to the Trustees of the Library so established, to be held as a permanent fund to be called the Charles Henry Pratt Trust Fund, and to be deposited in said East Weymouth Savings Bank and other similar institutions, the income only to be used semi-annually for the general purposes and requirements of the library so established I give and bequeath the sum of five hundred dollars ($500)."
"Article 33: The rest, and residue of my estate I give and bequeath as follows: To my trustee hereinafter named, his heirs, executors, or
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administrators, in trust nevertheless, to be deposited in said East Wey- mouth Savings Bank and other similar institutions and to be held in trust until a public library is established in said East Weymouth: At which time the said trust together with its accumulations shall be paid to the Trustees of said library so established: said trust to be called the William H. Pratt Trust Fund: the income only to be used for the gen- eral purposes of said library so established."
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 second day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School on
WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1936
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the the evening then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March second, of action upon which may at said meeting of March second 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 precinct 1 in the Bicknell School Building;
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;
In precinct 7 at Lovell's Corner Improvement Association Building on Washington Street;
In precinct 8 at the Weymouth Heights Club Building on North Street;
In precinct 9 at the Fire Engine House located in that precinct on
MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH, 1936
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:
Town Treasurer.
Five (5) Selectmen.
One (1) Assessor for three (3) years.
One (1) Assessor for one (1) year (to fill vacancy).
A Collector of Taxes.
Two (2) School Committee members for three (3) years.
One (1) Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
One (1) Water Commissioner for three (3) years.
Three (3) Trustees of Tufts Library for three (3) years.
One (1) Member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
Two (2) Members of the Planning Board for three (3) years.
One (1) Tree Warden.
Annual Moderator.
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And for the election of Town Meeting Members from the several voting precincts of the Town as follows:
Precinct 1: 18 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 2: 12 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 3: 19 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 4: 7 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 5: 9 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 5: 1 Town Meeting Member for 1 year (to fill vacancy)
Precinct 6: 15 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 7:
8 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 8: 6 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
Precinct 9:
11 Town Meeting Members for 3 years
And to act on the following questions:
(1) Shall Section one hundred and three of Chapter forty-one of the General Laws, authorizing the establishment of purchasing departments in towns, be accepted?
(2) Shall the operation of section one hundred and five B of Chapter one hundred and thiry-one of the General Laws, requiring for the taking of fur-bearing animals the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive unharmed, be suspended within this town?
THE POLLS WILL BE CLOSED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, at- tested 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-first day of February, 1936.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this Tenth day of February in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty six.
MARSHALL F. SPEAR, Chairman WILLIAM A. CONNELL, Clerk JOSEPH CREHAN SANDY ROULSTON EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
Selectmen of Weymouth
A true copy, Attest:
Constable of Weymouth
RETURN OF SERVICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Weymouth, February 21, 1936
Norfolk, ss.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective 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 for holding said meeting.
GAROLD E. KELSO, Constable of Weymouth.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 2-4, 1936
Pursuant to the within warrant the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, represented by its duly elected and qualified Town Meeting Members, was held in the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday evening, March 2, 1936. 228 Town Meeting Members names being checked by police stationed at the doors for that purpose.
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 o'clock by Daniel L. O'Donnell, Annual Moderator, who requested the Town Clerk to read the warrant, after reading the call for the meeting, on motion of Melville F. Cate, it was voted to omit the reading of the articles in the warrant. The Town Clerk then read the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the attestation of the constable who served the warrant.
The Moderator called upon Rev. Arthur W. Webster, Pastor of the First and Second Universalist Churches in Weymouth to invoke the Divine Blessing of the Ruler of the Universe upon the deliberations of this meeting.
Before proceeding to the business of the evening Daniel J. Lynch and Burgess H. Spinney were sworn as Town Meeting Members.
ARTICLE 1 Budget
On motion of John W. Field, Sec'y of the Appropriation Committee it was voted that the several items in Art. 1 be taken up Item by Item.
Under Article 1 it was voted: To provide for the salaries, operation and expenses during the fiscal year of the several Town's departments 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 specified.
Item 1 For all expenses of the Appropriation Committee Tentatively adopted. $ 500.00
Item 2 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Depart- ment.
Of this sum $4,600. shall be for the salaries of the Selectmen divided as follows: $900. for the Chairman, $1,600. for the Clerk, and $700 each for the three re- maining members of the Board; $600. shall be for mis- cellaneous expenses, $500. of which is for printing and advertising and $100. for preparing the Town War- rant. No expense allowance shall be made for the Selectmen. The Selectmen's office shall be open every week day from nine to five with the Clerk in attendance from one to five with the exception of Saturday when the office shall be open from nine to twelve. Tentatively adopted.
Item 3 For the salary and all expenses of the Town Accountant's Department. Of this sum $3,013. shall be for clerical hire. Tentatively adopted.
5,700.00
6,463.00
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Item 4 For the salary of the Town Treasurer and all ex- penses of the Treasurer's Department. Tentatively adopted.
3,861.00
Item 5 For the compensation of the Tax Collector and all expenses of the Tax Collector's Department. 9,752.00
Item 6 For the salaries and all expenses of the Assessor's Department. 10,894.00
Of this sum $1,000. shall be used for the purpose of equalizing valuations.
Wallace H. Bicknell moved: That the Assessors be not required to take an oath to the State Commissioner. Not a vote. The motion of the Appropriation Com- mitte was tentatively adopted.
Item 7 For the salaries and all expenses of the Legal Department. Tentatively adopted.
3,000.00
Item 8 For the payment of Damages. Tentatively adopted.
3,000.00
Item 9 For salary of the Town Clerk and all expenses of the Town Clerk's Department. Tentatively adopted.
4,007.25
Item 10 For elections and Registrations of voters. 4,586.50
Robert H. Buchan moved: Of this sum $1,360. be available for use by the Board of Registrars. Motion lost. The motion of the Appropriation Committee was tentatively adopted.
Item 11 For all expenses of the Engineering Department. This sum includes the Town Survey and placing of boundstones on existing Town Ways, the making of street surveys and such engineering work as may be authorized by the Selectmen. Tentatively adopted.
4,400.00
Item 12 For all expenses of the Planning Board. Tentatively adopted.
300.00
Item 13 For the maintenance and upkeep of the Town Hall and War Memorials at the Civic Center including the grounds to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen. Tentatively adopted.
8,694.00
Item 14 For the maintenance of the Civil War Soldier's Monument and the King Philip War Memorial in- cluding the grounds; to be expended under the direc- tion of the Selectmen. Tentatively adopted.
100.00
Item 15 For the salaries and all other expenses of the Police Department.
From this sum provision is made for the purchase of a police wagon and ambulance. Robert H. Buchan moved to amend by making this sum $74,433. Not a vote. The motion of the Approp- riation Committee was tentatively adopted.
74,002.00
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Item 16 For the salaries and all other expenses of the Fire Department.
Mr. Melville F. Cate moved: That the Chief of the Fire Department be instructed to prefer such charges and take such disciplinary action to the proper authorities to bring the Capt. Connors case to trial. The Moderator ruled the motion out of order.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee was ten- tatively adopted.
Item 17 For the salaries and all other expenses of the Building Inspector's Department.
1,483.33
Of this sum $1,133.33 is for compensation of the Building Inspector whose salary is fixed at the rate $1,200. per annum from May 1st, 1936 to May 1st, 1937; $150. is for services of the Board of Appeal; $150. is for auto expenses; and $50. is for office supplies. Tentatively adopted.
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