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Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 9. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town accept the report of the Selectmen laying out the following desig- nated private ways or parts of ways to wit: Arcadia Road, Morningside Path from Lambert Avenue to its easterly end, Brae Road, Weyham Road, Fuller Road, Fort Point Road from River Street to and including property of Bessie Bigneau, Lantern Lane from 509 to 523 Commercial Street, Burton Terrace to Torrey Street, and that the Board of Select- men be 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 street or streets as so laid out and accepted that the sum of $17,040. be raised and appropriated for materials and the ac- quisition of the foregoing taking, gift of purchase including all damages, provided further that they may build bridges, drains, or coll- duits 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; and provided further that no work shall be done on any of these streets until at least 90 percent of the abutters, or 100 percent, if in the opinion of the Town Counsel that becomes necessary, have signed, executed and delivered to the Town Counsel proper releases. Provided further that the final naming of these streets must meet with the approval of the Planing Board, and the work on these streets shall be performed under the direction of the Superin- tendent of Streets.
$17,040.00
Mr. Jesson moved that Clematis Avenue be added to this group of streets. Moderator declared the motion as lost.
Mr. Sands moved that Southern Avenue be added to this group of streets. Moderator declared the motion as lost.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 10. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the sum of $6,420. is hereby raised and appropriated for materials in the working of Browning Street, Carson Street, Astor Circle and Worthen Avenue and providing that the work performed shall be under the direc- tion of the Superintendent of Streets and any damages occasioned by aforesaid work shall be a charge against the sum appropriated.
Selectman Lane moved an amendment to the Appropriation Committee recommendations classified under caption C of Article 10 as follows. That the sum of $4,000. be raised and appropriated to widen, relocate and work Derby Street at Pond Street and that the Board of Select- men be authorized to acquire by gift, or purchase in fee or otherwise land with buildings thereon in accordance with plan drawn by Russell H. Whiting dated September 27, 1929. This amendment requiring a two- third vote the Moderator requested the appointed tellers to tabulate the vote. Tellers reported as follows: Affirmative 140, Negative 12. Moder- ator then declared the motion adopted.
Mr. John W. O'Donnell moved an amendment to the recommendations of the Appropriation Committee as follows: That the sum of $5,000. be
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raised and appropriated to extend, reconstruct resurface, widen, straighten, relocate or work White Street according to plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated December 21, 1940, or any portion of said way and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take in fee or otherwise any land including buildings thereon for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over said street and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of the above named street including the acquisition of the fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains, and conduits or securing easements which may be necessary in connection therewith, and to see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips and existing in connection with said street or take any other action in relation thereto. Also that the Board of Select- men be authorized to contact the proper Government authorities to see what may be done to recover all or part of the cost of such project. This requiring a two-third vote the Moderator requested the Tellers to tablu- late. The tellers reported as follows: Affirmative 84, Negative 53. Less than the required two-thirds voting in the affirmative the Moderator de- clared the motion as lost. Mr. Gunn moved to amend the Appropriation Committee recommendations as follows: That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to take any action necessary for the acquisition of Federal funds for highways repairs or construction occasioned by the increased traffic on the highways of the Town. Moderator declared the motion as un- animously adopted.
Motion of the appropriation Committee as thus amended by Slectman Lane and Mr. Gunn was unanimously adopted. $10,420.00 Selectman Lane asked unanimous consent to take up Article 47 at this time. Unanimous consent prevailed.
ARTICLE 47. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
Selectman Lane moved a substitute motion as follows:
That the sum of $1,000. be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing a public parking area in the vicinity of the New Haven Rail- road Depot in South Weymouth and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, in fee or otherwise land on south- erly side by Derby Street, 16,600 square feet, in the name of Greely, in accordance with Town of Weymouth plan by Russell H. Whiting. The Moderator declared a two-third vote was necessary and requested the tel- lers to tabulate. The tellers reported as follows: Affirmative 103, Nega- tive 33. More than the required two-thirds having voted in the affirma- tive the Moderator declared the substitute motion of Selectman Lane prevailed $1,000.00
ARTICLE 11. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Committee be continued. Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 12. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town take no action upon this article. Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 13. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town take no action upon this article. Motion of the Appropriation Committee offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 14. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved : That the sum of $300. is hereby raised and appropriated for materials for the construction of a curb and necessary repairs to the sidewalk on Columbian Street from a point beginning near Fogg Library and providing such
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work shall be performed under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets. Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted. $300.00
ARTICLE 15. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to accept two easements on its behalf for drainage purposes from Domenick and Assunta Petrell in Oakwood Manor, so called in accordance with plans of Russell H. Whit- ing, Town Engineer, dated December 24, 1941.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 16. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100. and authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to purchase an easement for drainage purposes the land of Frank Pizzietux at 317 Middle Street. $100.00 Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 17. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the committee of three (3) be appointed by the Moderator to study the ques- tion of improving the drainage facilities at Washington Square, Wcy- mouth Landing and report in writing to the Board of Selectmen not later then December 30, 1942 their recommendations.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 18. Mr. Field, for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town amend Article X of the By-Laws, the so-called Zoning Laws, by striking out Item 4 of Section VI and inserting the following:
"Lot Size-In a residence district no dwelling shall be erected or main- tained except on lots containing 7,500 square feet each and having a front- age of not less than 75 feet, and not more than one dwelling shall be erected on each such lot except that (a) a lot of less than 15,00 square feet and more than 12,000 square feet may be divided into lots contain- ing not less than 6,000 sq. ft. each and having a frontage of not less than 60 feet and (b) if a lot contains more than 15,000 sq. ft. and if after di- vision into as many 7,500 sq. ft. lots as practicable there remains a lot of 6,000 square feet or more, one dwelling may be erected on such re- maining lot provided the same has a frontage of not less than 60 feet. One dwelling may be erected on a lot containing less than 7,500 square feet or having a frontage of less than 75 feet if such lot was recorded at the time of the adoption of this by-law, either if separately owned, and contains 3,200 square feet and did not at the time of such adoption ad- join other land of the same owner available for use in connection with said lot. Any recorded lot size may be increased subject to approval of Board of Appeals.'
and by adding the following to Item 1 of Section VII under the head- ing Enforcement :- "All applications for building permits shall, if re- quired by the Building Inspector, be accompanied by a plot plan in dup- licate drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the street or streets upon which it abutts, the size and loca- tion of building or buildings to be erected or altered. A careful record of such applications and plots shall be kept in the office of the Building Inspector. Deviation from the terms and dimensions shown on the plot. within the scope of the building laws, shall be recorded in the office of the Building Inspector.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, was unanimously adopted.
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ARTICLE 19: Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of three (3) to petition the General Court at the next session for legislation amend- ing Sections 2 and 4 of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921 by striking out said Section 2 and inserting the following :-
"Section 2. Other than the officers designated in Section 3 as Town meeting members at large, the representative Town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a representation thereof in the approximate propor- tion which the number of registered voters therein bears to the total num- ber of registered voters in the Town, and which will cause the total elected membership to be as nearly two hundred and forty as may be.
The registered voters in very precinct shall, at the first annual Town election held after the establishment of such precinct and the registered voters of any precinct affected by any revision of precincts shall at the first annual Town election following such revision, conformably to the laws relative to election not inconsistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in the precinct, other than the officers desig- nated in Section 3 as Town meeting members at large, provided for in the first sentence of this section, to be Town meeting members of the Town. The first third, in order of votes received, of members so elected shall serve three years, the second third in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the annual Town meeting: In case of a tie vote affecting the division into thirds, as foresaid, the members elected from the precinet shall by ballot determine the same; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual Town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect, for the term of three years, one-third of the number of elected Town meeting members to which such precinct is en- titled, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then existing in the number of elected Town meet- ing members in such precinct.
The terms of office of all elected Town meeting members from every precinct revised as aforesaid shall cease upon the election as hereinbefore provided of their successors. The Town Clerk shall, after every election of Town meeting members, forthwith notify each such member by mail, of his election and by adding at the end of the first sentence of Section 4 the following :-
"Provided, however that any Town meeting member may become a can- didate for re-election by giving written notice thereof to the Town Clerk at least 30 days before election."
Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 20. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: To consider this article with Article 21. Unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 21. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town amend its "Building Laws," Article VIII, of the By-Laws by striking out the paragraph entitled "Building" under Section 710 and in- serting the following :-
"Building-Any structure of which any portion is designed or used for human habitations, for a garage, barn or stable, for any manufacturing, industrial or mercantile purpose for a plan of public resort or assembly or which is used in connection with the storage or sale of petroleum or any of its derivatives or any other structure not hereinbefore described which is more than eight feet in length or breadth or more than seven feet in height measuring to the extremities of all parts."
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and by amending the first sentence of Section 711 so as to read as follows :-
"All roofs on buildings hereafter constructed or altered shall be covered with slate, tile, stone, asbestos shingles, asphalt shingles, tar and gravel or metal, and all roofs hereinafter renewed shall be stripped clean of all old wooden shingles and covered with one of the above materials pro- vided that this section shall not apply to such repairing or patching as shall not amount to the renewal of the covering of a whole roof or a distinct section thereof."
by striking out the last sentence of Section 717 and inserting in place thereof the following :-
"ROOF RAFTERS
Maximum span for wood rafters shall be listed in the following table. Clear span shall inean the distance measured horizontally from plate to a point directly beneath ridge.
Size of Rafter Spacing Maximum Clear Span
2 × 4 inches 20 inches 6 feet
2 × 6 inches 20 inches
6 to 16 feet
2 × 8 inches
20 inches
16 to 20 feet
There shall be a ridge board at all ridges and a valley rafter at all valleys. The depth of the ridge board and valley rafter shall be not less than the cut end of the abutting rafted.
All openings in roof construction for dormer windows shall be framed with double rafters and headers."
by inserting after the third paragraph of Section 720 the following :-
"DWELLINGS WITHOUT A CELLAR
Any building hereafter constructed with a timber floor but without a cellar, shall have a space of at least 30 inches, properly drained and ventilated and free from rubbish and organic matter, between the ground and the under side of floor beams.
All buildings without a cellar but with a central heating plant shall have a room for this purpose of sufficient size to allow 18 inches of clear space around the heating plant. All heater rooms shall be separated from other rooms in the building of walls, floors and ceilings, having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour. A self closing fire door and fireproof panels for access to piping shall not be prohibited.
All heater rooms must be properly vented to the outside air."
and by striking out paragraph four in Section 720 and inserting the following :-
"No concrete mixture shall be learner than 1-21/2-5."
by striking out the second paragraph of Section 732 and inserting in place thereof the following :-
"No chimneys corbelled from a wall shall project more than the thickness of the wall. All smoke flues shall be lined with flue lining from a point below any woodwork in the basement to the entire height of the chim- ney."
and by adding to Section 729 the following :-
"HOT AIR PIPES
Hot air pipes in floor between joists shall be covered with incombustible materials. Hot air pipes in partitions of new buildings or in such alter- ations as require new lath and plastering shall be covered with incombusti- ble materials."
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Mr. Callahan moved: That the reading of the motion be dispensed with and the changes in the Appropriation Committee's recommendations be explained over the article in the Warrant.
Motion of Mr. Callahan was unanimously voted.
Mr. Dunn moved: To amend the recommendations of the Appropria- tion Committee, as follows :-
That the paragraph which reads "and by amending the first sentence of Sec. 711 so as to read as follows :- "All roofs on buildings hereafter con- structed or altered shall be covered with slate, tile, stone, asbestos shin- gles, asphalt shingles, tar and gravel or metal, and all roofs hereinafter re- newed shall be stripped clean of all old wooden shingles and covered with one of the above materials, provided that this section shall not apply to such repairing or patching as shall not amount to the renewal of the covering of a whole roof or a distinct section thereof." be deleted.
Amendment of Mr. Dunn was so voted.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, and as thus amended by Mr. Dunn, was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Cate moved: To adjourn to Friday evening, March 6, 1942 at 7:45 P.M.
So voted.
Adjourned at 11:17 P.M.
TOWN CLERK'S CERTIFICATE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH Office of the Town Clerk
Weymouth, Mass. March 5th, 1942
NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given that the Annual Town meeting of the Town of Weymouth, held on March 2nd, 1942, adjourned to March 4th, 1942, was further adjourned to meet at the Hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth March 6th, 1942 at 7:45 o'clock in the evening.
This notice is given under the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921 and the amendments thereof.
Given under my hand this 5th day of March AD 1942.
(Signed) Julian R. Merchant
Town Clerk
(The above copies were posted by me) (in the nine precincts of the Town)
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1942
The time to which the adjournment of the adjourned Annual Town Meeting having arrived the Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:47 o'clock in the evening, and requested the Rev. Albert C. Niles, Pastor of the First and Second Universalist Churches of Weymouth to invoke the Divine Blessing. One Town Meeting Member not previously sworn to the duties of his office was at this time sworn by the Moderator.
Mr. John Wm. O'Donnell at this time asked unanimous consent to re- consider Article 10, Item D. Unanimous consent prevailed.
Mr. O'Donnell Moved the following amendment to Article 10, Item D :- To see if the Town will vote to extend, widen, straighten or relocate White Street in accordance with plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town En- gineer, dated December 21, 1940, or any portion of said way and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase in fee or otherwise any land including buildings thereon for all purposes of a pub- lic street and highway in and over said street, and to see if the Town will
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authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with said street or take any action in relation thereto.
Mr. Prince Tirrell moved that the words "to see if" be deleted in both instances. So voted.
Motion of Mr. John Wm. O'Donnell as thus amended by Mr. Tirrell was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 22. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town amend its by-laws by striking out Section 303 of Article III and inserting in place thereof the following :-
"Section 303-The Planning Board is hereby re-established under the pro- visions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Section 81A to 81J inclu- sive. The Board shall consist of seven members. At the next annual meeting after this amendment to the by-laws has become effective two members shall be elected for five years, two for four years and one member each for three, two, and one year respectively. At each annual meeting thereinafter the terms expiring shall be filled for a term of five years.
Moderator declared the motion prevailed. Selectman Callahan doubted the vote. Tellers reported as follows:
Affirmative 58 Negative 61
Selectman Callahan then doubted the presence of a quorum.
Moderator ordered the Tellers to tabulate. Members present 136. A quor- um not at this time being preesnt the Moderator declared a recess until the hour of 8:40.
Meeting regularly convened at 8:40. Moderator then declared the Mo- tion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field on Article 22 as lost.
ARTICLE 23. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town take no action upon this article.
Selectman Callahan moved to strike out the words "That the warrant for any Special Town Meeting shall be closed and remain closed for at least 30 days before the date set for the call of the meeting." Moderator declared the motion as lost.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee, as offered by Mr. Field, was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 24. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the existing by-laws as amended be approved.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 25. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town accept Chapter 358 of the Acts of 1941, entitled "An Act establishing in the Town of Weymouth a Municipal Insurance Fund Commission.
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 26: Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to take by right of eminent domain for school and other public purposes two certain parcels of land situated in Weymouth belonging or purporting to belong to Owen J. Mitchell adjoining westerly and southerly the present High School premises, and shown on a plan of the same drawn by Russell H. Whiting, Civil En- gineer, July 1, 1941, as Parcel A and Parcel B on said plan, and being
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the same premises authorized to be purchased by the School Committee by vote under article 34 at the last Annual Town Meeting, one of said parcels containing about 13.3 acres, and the other about 3.8 acres, and that the sum of one dollar ($1.00) be hereby raised and appropriated for the purpose of such taking; and further, that the School Committee may apply the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under Article 34 at the last Annual Town Meeting, or such portion or portions thereof as may be necessary in order to secure adequate deed or deeds of said premises running to the Town of Weymouth, and in confirmation of such taking and in full compensation of all damages resulting from such taking, or to make such unexpended balance of said appropriation availa- ble to the Board of Selectmen for such purpose. $1.00
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
Selectman Callahan at this time moved reconsideration of Article 24. Reconsideration did not prevail.
ARTICLE 27. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town raise and Appropriate the sum of $800. for the purpose of ac- quiring for park purposes the land abutting Bradford Hawes Park be- longing to Mr. David Wescott and containing about 77,500 square feet and authorizing the Board of Selectmen to purchase said land in fee provided a sufficient deed of the premises free from any encumbrances of any kind can be secured. $800.00
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as offered by Mr. Field was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 28. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain land lying within the watershed of Great Pond for the purpose of protecting the Town's water supply and for this purpose the Town appropriates the sum of $4,000. from the general Fund of the Water Department.
Mr. Ralph Burrell moved to amend the recommendations of the Appro- priation Committee by adding $1,000. to the original sum making the total $5,000.00. $5,000.00
Motion of the Appropriation Committee as thus amended by Mr. Burrell was unanimously adopted.
ARTICLE 29. Mr. Field for the Appropriation Committee moved: That the Town instruct its Board of Selectmen to transfer to the Board of Water Commissioners for the purpose of protecting the Town's water supply the custody of land lying within the water shed of Great Pond which shall come into the possession of the Town, and certain parcels of land situated and already owned by the Town as follows:
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