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$121,394.00
Item 29. Mr. Field moved: For Pensions. $ 2,806.67 This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 30. Mr. Field moved: For Soldiers' Benefits, including State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief and the burying of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors. $ 24,000.00
Of this sum not exceeding $200. is for all administra- tive expenses.
Mr. Callahan moved: For Soldiers' Relief, State Aid, Military Aid and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors $20,000. Of this sum $200. may be used for expenses. Mr. Callahan's motion declared lost. The motion of Mr. Field was tentatively adopted.
$115,000.00
Item 31. Mr. Field moved: For the Highway Department. This sum is to be used for salaries, general mainten- ance, removal of snow, highway and sidewalk con- struction and repair, and the purchase and mainten- ance of equipment. Of this sum $99,007.63 shall be raised in the current levy and $15,992.37 is hereby appropriated to the Highway Department from the amount made available to the Town under Chapter 500, Acts of 1938. Of this aggregate amount $4,000. shall be for the purpose of new equipment and $6,000. for the collection of rubbish; provided further that a Committee of three (3), one of whom shall be the Superintendent of Streets, shall be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of purchasing supplies, ma- terials and equipment and the disposal of old equip- ment. Authorization is granted for wage adjustments in accordance with a schedule submitted by the Super- intendent of Streets to the Appropriation Committee. Provision is also made for a clerical assistant at a rate of not exceeding $1,040. per year.
This motion was tentatively adopted.
The report of the committee on purchases was sub- mitted under this item.
Item 32. Mr. Field moved: For the support of the Public Schools. Of this sum $428,789.15 shall be raised by taxation in the levy of the current year and $3,010.85, being the sum received from the County by way of Statutory
$431,800.00
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Distribution of the Dog Tax, is hereby appropriated for the support of the public schools. Authorization is granted for salary adjustments in accordance with a schedule submitted by the School Committee to the Appropriation Committee.
This motion was tentatively adopted.
$ 26,373.00
Item 33. Mr. Field moved: For the maintenance of Tufts Li- brary and other Library purposes. Of this sum $2,050.00 is appropriated for the Reading Room at the Fogg Library. The income from the several trust funds of the Town are hereby made avail- able for Library purposes. Not more than $50 of this appropriation may be expended for the expense of any employee incurred in travel outside the Common- wealth securing information that may tend to improve the service of the Library. Provision is made herein for an increase to the East Weymouth librarian at a rate not exceeding $100. per year.
Mr. Callahan moved to add the following:
Provided that no part of the above sum or sums shall be expended for expenses directly or indirectly for any member of the Board of Trustees. So voted. Mr. Field's motion as revised was tentatively adopted.
Item 34. Mr. Field moved: For the Observance of Memorial Day.
$ 800.00
To be expended under the direction of a Committee of nine (9) to be appointed by the Moderator, who shall designate the Chairman, from the several veteran and hereditary organizations in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 12 as amended; said amount to be available only in case evidence shall be filed with the Town Accountant that the known graves of the deceased veterans of all wars have been decorated without discrimination. This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 35. Mr. Field moved: For Parks and Playgrounds. Of this sum not exceeding $200. shall be for all administrative expenses.
($ 6,750.00) $ 6,800.00
Mr. Chalke moved to amend the motion by adding $50.00 to the appropriation for the purpose of leasing land for and preparing Mrs. Perry's meadow for skating purposes located on Pleasant St., Lovell's Corner. Mr. Sands moved that the Park Commissioners and/or Department be authorized to negotiate for an option on the Stetson Shoe Company property for Park pur- poses and report at the next special or regular town meeting.
Mr. Sands motion was voted. Mr. Chalke's motion was voted. Mr. Field's motion as amended was tentatively adopted.
Item 36. Mr. Field moved: For Miscellaneous Expenses. $ 2,880.04 Of this sum $1,000. is for defraying the cost of the use of the Town buildings by private individuals or organizations.
This motion was tentatively adopted.
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Item 37. Mr. Field moved: For Unpaid Bills. $ 992.72 Divided as follows:
Selectmen's Department
$ 3.53
Damages
105.00
Health Department
636.81
Welfare Department Miscellaneous
112.31
135.07
$992.72
This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 38. Mr. Field, moved: For Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 31. No action. So voted.
Item 39. Mr. Field moved: For necessary charges and the administration of the Contributory Retirement System.
$ 21,475.70
Of this amount $600. is appropriated to the expense fund, of which not exceeding $390. shall be for clerical assistance. This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 40. Mr. Field moved: For the salaries and all expenses of the Water Department.
$ 94,281.00
This sum is to be provided from the revenue of the Water Department; and there is further appropriated from the General Fund of the Water Department $10,000. for carrying on work for private parties pay- ment for such work to revert to the General Fund of the Water Department. Authorization for the disposal and replacement of motor vehicles by the Water Com- missioners is hereby granted. This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 41. Mr. Field moved no action under this article. This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 42. Mr. Field moved: For the operation of the Alewife Fishery. $ 350.00
This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 43. Mr. Field moved: For the care of Soldiers' Graves under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 115, Section 22, including the placing of new markers and re- placing old ones. $ 1,500.00
The care of the grave markers is hereby given to the Custodian of Soldiers' Graves. This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 44. Mr. Field moved: For the care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Sec- tions 16 and 18. Provided that the Town instruct the 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 Old Cemetery off Park Avenue; Old Cemetery opposite Fairmount Cem- etery and Pleasant Street; and the one located off Randolph Street; and Old Cemetery off Pleasant Street opposite Pine Street.
$ 200.00
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Item 45. Mr. Field moved: For Interest and Discount
$ 19,000.00 This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 46. Mr. Field moved: For the Retirement of Bonds and Notes due in 1939 $ 63,000.00
This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 4' ,Mr. Field moved: For the Municipal Buildings In- surance Fund $ 7,500.00 This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 48. Mr. Field moved: For Fire and other Insurance $ 7,500.00 This motion was tentatively adopted.
Item 49. Mr. Field moved: For a Reserve Fund This motion was tentatively adopted.
$ 15,000.00
RIDER
Under Article 1 Mr. Field moved: Provided that all salaries of elected officials shall remain at the same figure as last year except as hereinbefore otherwise voted. Provided that no monies hereinbefore appropriated shall be expended for telephone service in private houses of any town official or employee except in those of the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Depart- ments. Provided further that no monies herein appropriated shall be used for increasing rates and/or scales of wages, salary or other compensation as prevailed within the Town's several departments during 1938 except as otherwise expressly provided, and when thus provided the changed schedule shall be effective after the first ten weeks of the current fiscal year. Pro- vided further no monies hereinbefore appropriated shall be used for the purchase of motor vehicles, except as otherwise specified in this article. Nor shall the Board of Selectmen appoint anyone currently elected to the Board of Selectmen to any other position except there is mandatory sta- tutory authority therefor; nor shall any member currently elected a member of the Board of Selectmen during the year for which he was elected receive any other renumeration, compensation, salary, wages or expenses directly or indirectly for services rendered the Town in any capacity except the amounts provided for him under Article 1, Item 2 of this warrant.
Mr. Callahan moved to add the following :
That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to study the salaries and compensation of all Town officials, officers and employees and the method of their employment, said committee to make recommenda- tions at the next annual Town meeting relative to equalization of salaries, sick-leaves and vacations with pay, step-rate increases and other matters that will tend to increase the efficiency of said Town officials, officers and Town employees.
So voted.
Mr. Field's motion as thus amended was tentatively adopted.
Voted: That all motions tentatively adopted be regularly adopted. So voted. (10:52 P. M.)
Mr. Cate moved: That Article 1 be reconsidered.
Motion lost.
ARTICLE 2. Mr. Field moved: The sum of $54,000. of which not exceeding $5,000. is for administration shall be raised and appropriated for providing co-operation with the Federal Government or other agencies in unemployment relief and other projects of direct or indirect benefit to the Town or its inhabitants which sum together with the unexpended balance
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of the appropriation made for similar purposes last year, shall be expended under the direction of a committee consisting of the executive head of the Welfare Department, the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Chairman of the Park Commissioners, and the Superintendents of School and Street Departments and a repre- sentative of the Water Department to be appointed by the Water Board.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 3. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action as the subject matter of this Article is provided for under Article 2.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 4. Mr. Field moved: That all Committees who have not rendered a final report be continued until the work under their charge is completed.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 5. Mr. Field moved: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year be- ginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 17; any debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1939.
This motion was unanimously voted.
Voted to adjourn at 11:08 P. M.
EMERSON R. DIZER, Temporary Clerk.
Wednesday, March 8, 1939.
The time to which the Annual Town Meeting adjourned having ar- rived the Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:52 o'clock P. M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Stanley Marple, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church of Weymouth.
174 town meeting members checked as present by the police.
Mr. Buchan moved to reconsider Article 1. Motion ruled out of order by the Moderator.
ARTICLE 6. Mr. Field moved: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized on and after Janu- ary 1, 1940 to borrow such money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year from the date of issue and that any debt or debts incurred under this vote be paid from the revenue of the fiscal year in which they were contracted.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 7. Mr. Field moved: That there be appropriated from the surplus of the Water Department the sum of $60,000. for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1939.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 8. Mr. Field moved: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of personal property and any real estate of which the Town has possession or title including all property taken for
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non-payment of taxes, all such cases of sale to be made by public auction or private sale as the Selectmen may deem for the best interest of the Town and that the Board or Officer in charge of any other Town Depart- ment may, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, sell at public auction or private sale as the Board of Selectmen may approve, any per- sonal property belonging to said Department which in the opinion of the Officer or Board in charge of the Department is no longer needed by the Town and which in the opinion of the Selectmen is not needed by any other Town Department.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 9. Mr. Field moved: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to accept conveyances or mortgages of any real or personal property belonging to persons receiving relief from the Town and to dispose of said property under the provisions of Article 8 of this warrant in such manner as they may judge for the best interest of the Town and where said property is subject to any encumbrances if they consider it for the best interest of the Town to discharge said encumbrances, they are hereby authorized to do so.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 10. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
Mr. Callahan moved: That the Town accept the report of the Select- men laying out the following designated private ways or parts of ways, to wit
Morningside Path Raleigh Road from Lambert Avenue to Revere Road
Clematis Avenue from Idlewell Blvd. westerly to Pleasant View Avenue
and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire by gift or pur- chase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public Street or Highway in and over said Street or Streets as so laid out and accepted and that the sum of Three dollars ($3.00) be raised and appropriated for the acquisition of the foregoing taking or purchase and provided further that the working of said Street or Streets is hereby referred to the Board in charge of the W. P. A. expenditures under Article 2 of this warrant and that the cost of such construction be a charge upon the sum appropriated in said Article 2; provided further that they may build any bridges, drains or conduits, and secure any easements which may be necessary and the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with any of said Streets.
Mr. Lovell moved that the streets be taken up separately. Motion put and lost.
Mr. Callahan's motion put before the meeting. The tellers reported 77 voting in the affirmative and 62 voting in the negative. Less than two- thirds having voted in the affirmative the motion was declared lost.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
ARTICLE 11. Mr. Field moved: That the sum of $15,000. is hereby raised and appropriated for work on North and Norton Streets and pro- ceeding in a general northerly direction provided that the State or County under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 will pay a sum of money proportionate to the cost of construction under the provisions of said
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Chapter; provided that this work shall be performed by the Street De- partment; and provided that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street or highway in and over said streets and that authority is hereby given for building any bridges, drains or conduits, or securing any easements which may be necessary and that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with said Streets; and provided further that all damages resulting or occasioned by the construction shall be a charge against the sum appropriated.
Mr. Kelly moved that any unpaid bills for 1938 Chapter 90 work be paid from this appropriation, if it becomes necessary.
Mr. Kelly's motion was voted.
Mr. Field's motion as amended was voted.
ARTICLE 12. Mr. Field moved: That the Committee be continued. This motion was voted.
ARTICLE 13. Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant.
So voted.
ARTICLE 14. Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant.
Mr. Kelly moved: That the Town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to accept easements for drainage purposes over land of Elmer and Elinor Stennes off Church Street, further identified by a plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated August 24, 1938 and over land of the Weymouth Housing Corporation off Pilgrim Road, further identified by a plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated August 20, 1938, and that the sum of $1.00 for each of the above easements be appropriated for said purpose.
Mr. Kelly's motion was voted.
Mr. Field's motion as amended was so voted.
ARTICLE 15. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this Article.
Unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 16. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this Article.
Mr. Callahan moved: That the duties of the committee appointed under Item 31 of Article 1 be enlarged to include purchases in all depart- ments, except books for the Schools and Tufts Library, said committee, with the approval of the Selectmen to continue until the next annual town meeting. Provided, further, that a sum not to exceed $800 be raised and appropriated for all expenses of said committee.
This motion was declared lost.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
ARTICLE 17. Mr. Field moved: That a committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator to study this question and report its findings to the Appropriation Committee and the Board of Selectmen not later than December 15, 1939.
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Mr. Callahan moved: That the Town appoint a committee of three consisting of Senator Holmes, Representative Merchant and the Chair- man of the Selectmen who shall immediately petition the Legislature for a referendum act entitled "An Act to Change the Time of Holding the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Weymouth, to enlarge the Powers and Duties of the Selectmen, to Abolish Certain Offices and to Provide for the Administration of Town Affairs", a copy of which act is appended; and provided further that said committee be, and is, empowered to make any minor changes in the act that will not materially change its purpose.
Mr. Callahan's motion was declared lost.
Mr. Field's motion was voted.
ARTICLE 18. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this Article.
So voted.
ARTICLE 19. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this Article.
So voted.
ARTICLE 20. Mr. Field moved: That the Town appropriate the sum of $90,000. for the constructing and furnishing of an addition to the Edward B. Nevin School in accordance with the plans submitted to the Town by the Building Committee established for this purpose at the last Annual Town Meeting including the necessary grading and filling; of which sum $30,000. shall be raised by taxation in the levy of the current year and to meet the balance of said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money not to exceed $60,000. and to issue bonds or notes therefor; such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 19, so that the entire sum shall be payable in not more than six (6) years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note; or at such early a date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may designate.
The tellers reported 120 voting in the affirmative and 4 in the negative. The Moderator declared the motion carried.
Report of the Committee submitted under this Article.
ARTICLE 21. Mr. Field moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000. for the purpose of purchasing the property described in Article 21 of the Annual Town Warrant of 1939 and instruct the Board of Selectmen on and in behalf of the Town to accept a deed of the property as therein described.
Mr. Sands moved that a plan of this land be submitted to the Planning Board.
Mr. Callahan moved that a committee of three be appointed consisting of the Clerk of the Assessors, the Chairman of the School Committee and the Chairman of the Selectmen to set a fair figure on the described parcel of land, said figure not to exceed $4,000. and the Selectmen be authorized to accept the deed of the land and to pay the sum agreed upon by the above committee.
Mr. Callahan's motion was lost.
Mr. Sand's motion was lost.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
ARTICLE 22. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
So voted.
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ARTICLE 23. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
So voted.
ARTICLE 24. Mr. Field moved: That the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to accept as a gift a deed of a parcel of land from James F. Cullinane situated on the southerly side of Stella Tirrell Park for park purposes.
Mr. Gunn moved: That the gift of land be accepted with the provision that the park Commissioners limit Athletic competitive contests or games on the Stella Tirrell Playground to teams, the members of which do not average over sixteen years of age, or where one of the teams so competing is made up entirely of residents of the Central South Weymouth District bounded as follows:
From Abington line by railroad of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. to the Columbian Street overpass; then by Columbian Street to Pleasant Street; then by Pleasant Street to Pine Street and finally by Pine Street to the Hingham line and following the Weymouth town line back to the starting point where the town line is crossed by the railroad and the town line of Abington.
The Moderator ruled Mr. Gunn's motion out of order.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
ARTICLE 25. Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Agency set up under Article 2. of this warrant for study and such action this year as seems feasible after consultation with the School and Park Departments.
So voted.
ARTICLE 26. Mr. Field movd: That the Town rescind its action taken under Article 36 of the Annual Town Warrant of 1928 in so far as it applies to bonds and notes not issued under the authority already given.
Unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 27. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
Mr. Burrell moved: That the Town reaffirm the action taken under Article 35 of the Annual Town Warrant of 1928, authorizing the Board of Water Commissioners to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain for the purpose of protecting the Town's water supply, certain land lying within the water-shed of Weymouth Great Pond and not already owned by the Town, and will authorize the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $15,000 from the General Fund of the Water De- partment for said purpose.
The tellers reported 16 voting in the affirmative and 76 voting in the negative. The motion was declared lost.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
ARTICLE 28. Mr. Field moved: That a committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator, one of whom shall be a member of the Ap- propriation Committee, to study this question and report their findings to the Appropriation Committee and the Board of Selectmen by December 15, 1939.
So voted.
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ARTICLE 29. Mr. Field moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $800. for the purpose of repairing the heating system at the Town Hall to be expended under the direction of the Committee as established by the authority of the Annual Town Meeting of 1938. .
Mr. Hughes moved: That this meeting thank the committee for their work on improving the heating system of the Town Hall; and Mr. Sullivan who so ably collaborated.
Mr. Hughes' motion was carried.
The motion of Mr. Field was voted.
Report of Committee submitted under this article.
ARTICLE 30. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
So voted.
ARTICLE 31. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
Mr. Callahan moved: That a committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator to consider the subject matter of this article.
So voted.
ARTICLE 32. Mr. Field moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $400. for the purpose of planting trees at Sea and Athens Streets. So voted.
ARTICLE 33. Mr. Field moved: That it was the intent of Laban Pratt as expressed in his will to provide a sufficient sum of money to establish and maintain a hospital for the inhabitants of the Town which would never be a burden on the taxpayers and in accordance with this high resolve ("object") the Town accepted the gift and is determined to effect this purpose when the sum in its hands may be sufficient to adequately ac- complish it.
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