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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman
Term expires March 1946 Term expires March 1947'
ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
Term expires March 1946
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1947
CLAYTON W. NASH
Term expires March 1945
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1945
WATER COMMISSIONERS
RALPH P. BURRELL, Chairman
GEORGE E. CURTIN, Clerk ex-officio GEORGE W. PERRY
STANLEY T. TORREY
Term expires March 1947
Term expires March 1945.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, ex-officio * Resigned, 1944
Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1946
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Term expires March 1945
SANDY ROULSTON
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires March 1946
FRANCIS C. HAVILAND
Term expires March 1945
LEIGHTON. S. VOORHEES
Term expires March 1945
JOSEPH KELLEY
Term expires March 1946
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Clerk FRANCIS N. DROWN
Term expires March 1947 Term expires March 1947
PHILIP T. JONES
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1945
GORDON D. PARIS
Term expires March 1947
GEORGE E. CURTIN, Treas. ex-officio*
Term expires March 1945
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
Term expires March 1945
BOARD OF HEALTH
THOMAS J. MacDONALD, Chairman
Term expires March 1946
DR. LEWIS W. PEASE, Clerk
DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING .
Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1947
PLANNING BOARD
CHARLES GRIFFIN
Term expires March 1945
THOMAS J. KELLY
Term expires March 1945
FRANCIS A. FARR, Chairman
Term expires March 1945
HENRY R. SARGENT, Clerk
Term expires March 1945
ROY H. ROSEWELL
Term expires March 1945
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1945 Term expires March 1945
FRANK W. NESS (In accordance with the Vote' of The Annual Town Meeting of March 6, 1944, Art. 13, The Town: Adopting Section 81A to 81J inclusive Chapter 41 of The General Laws, all Terms of the Planning Board expire March, 1945.)
TREE WARDEN
WILLIAM E. MacQUINN Term expires March 1945
ANNUAL MODERATOR
WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK Term expires March 1945
:TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1945 . :
CARL S. PAULSON
DAVID M. EDELSTEIN
THURSTON F. KOOPMAN
ALICE M. SALZGEBER JOHN H. SALZGEBER HENRY O. TUTTY
R. CHESTER LOPAUS
RAY E. LOUD ** ANTHONY S. VEADER WARREN W. MacCALLUM JOSEPH E. MacDONALD JAMES F. FITZPATRICK
ROBERT L. PALMER
Precinct 1, Term expires 1946
PERCIVAL A. AMES
WILLIAM E. KEZER
ROBERT H, BUCHAN.
OBERLIN S. CLARK
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, Jr.
RICHARD DOREY
MABELLE L. GLADWIN
JOSHUA P. HOLBROOK
*Resigned: 1944:
** Deceased®
TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY MURRAY G. PARKER GERALD B. PROCTER RAYMOND E. STEIN BERNICE STILES GEORGE M. WINTERS
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ALFRED W. CADMAN
Term expires March 1946
Precinct 1, Term expires 1947
JOHN L. BASTEY
JOHN A. CARTER
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
PEARSON F. CAZEAULT
HERMAN O. COLLYER
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
WILLIAM B. DASHA
WALLACE H. DRAKE
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON WARREN F. ROULSTON RUSSELL A. STILES STANLEY T. TORREY RUSSELL H. WHITING
Precinct 2, Term expires 1945
PRESTON A. DEPLACIDO
HARRY F. DUNCAN
FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN, Jr. FRED W. WEBB
Precinct 2, Term expires 1946
RUSSELL F. COWING .
HARRY A. MATTSON
THOMAS J. KELLY
PETER F. KENDRICK
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA HARRY M. STETSON
ALVIN K. KING, Sr. ** BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Precinct 2, Term expires 1947
HARRY E. BEARCE CHARLES R. DENBROEDER RODERICK P. ELLS
THOMAS A. BOYLE
PAUL V. COFFEY
JOHN L. GALLANT
EDWARD L. CONROY EVERETT T. GARDNER
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
Precinct 3, Term expires 1945
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT
CARL H. PETERSON
ROBERT J. CASEY
ANDREW SARAKINIS
JOHN J. CAVANAUGH
THOMAS O. SCHULZ
SETH H. CUSHING RICHARD L. TAYLOR
HAROLD S. GARDNER
FRANK E. GOULD
ELLIOTT P. THAYER CHARLES PALMER HAROLD J. TRASK
J. RUSSELL HARPER
Precinct 3, Term expires 1946
CORNELIUS M. AHERN
JOHN C. HUNT
ERNEST S. BARRAUD
NORMAN E. DOREY
HAROLD F. DOWD
GEORGE C. FOSTER
LEO A. HEFFERNAN
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
FRANCIS M. LOUD EDMUND L. WARD HAROLD B. STONE
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1947
CHARLES Y. BERRY
FLURENCE I. LYONS
HARRIET S. BERRY
HARRY L. BLOOM
GEORGE J. McGLONE ABBIE W. PEASE FRANK A. PRAY
CHARLES A. COYLE
WILLIAM F. DESMOND
FRANCIS N. DROWN
EDWARD A. HUNT
*WILLIAM E. PRAY WILLIAM F. SHIELDS THOMAS G. WALLACE -
Precinct 4, Term expires 1945
HENRY F. GIGUERE JOHN W. KNOX ALFRED K. MARTIN
FREDERICK G. SPENCER ROBERT F. MORTON CLARENCE C. SANDS
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JOHN A. HUTCHINS JOHN J. KELLEY EDWARD M. KEOHAN
E. LEO MADDEN
HAROLD C. GOULD RALPH H. HASKINS JAMES H. O'CONNOR ORAL A. PAGE
Precinct 4, Term expires 1946 MERTON L. LOUD GEORGE H. MELVILLE MARION L. NASH
Precinct 4, Term expires 1947
HENRY C. BLENIS, Jr.
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA LOUIS H. ELLS JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Precinct 5, Term expires 1945
MADELINE F. CHANCE
HENRY R. SARGENT CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
WILLIAM H. LOUD
ERNEST D. MITCHELL PORTER W. THOMPSON GEORGE S. WILSON
Precinct 5, Term expires 1946
WINSTON A. HOWE GORDON D. PARIS OAKLEY A. KUNZ CARL C. SHERMAN IVAN A. NELSON REGINALD P. TIRRELL
HOMER C. WADMAN
Precinct 5, Term expires 1947
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, Sr.
FRANK E. DUNN
HARRY FEKKES
MINOT E. HOLLIS CHARLES A. JORDAN ARTHUR I. NEGUS
WILLIAM G. B. PARK
Precinct 6, Term expires 1945
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN
CEDRIC D. WATSON
FORREST D. HOLT
ELIJAH WHITON
KARL H. KLASSON
EDGAR E. RABIDEAU
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
THOMAS J. PLOURDE STANLEY R. HENRY BERNARD S. ERICSON
DANIEL REIDY
Precinct 6, Term expires 1946
W. NORMAN BATES
FREDERICK F. HOFFMAN
LESTER L. BELCHER
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
ROBERT H. GAUGHEN
GEORGE F. GILMAN
MINOT L. MATHEWSON GEORGE J. Mc CARTHY GEORGE C. SMITH GERALD P. SULLIVAN
THOMAS M. WELCH
Precinct 6, Term expires 1947
EDWARD F. BUTLER
RALPH T. CIPULLO
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
HENRY F. GODIN
PHILIP T. JONES
RUSSELL H. MAZZOLA EUGENE E. O'LEARY JOHN E. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY ALFRED C. SHEEHY
RICHARD REIDY
Precinct 7, Term expires 1945
GENEVA MONTEITH
ELLSWORTH CURTIS
WARREN E. GAREY '
RICHARD F. PATTISON ELMER DeRUSHA RALPH J. AUSTIN
Precinct 7, Term expires 1946
ALBERT BIAGI ALICE W. CHAPLIN
NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
ROBERT E. GAULEY IRVING E. JOHNSON EVERETT E. KENERSON
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GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
CHESLEY CORMACK WILLIAM F. DWYER
HAROLD A. CONDRICK
SIDNEY DeBOER
Precinct 7, Term expires 1947
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr.
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
RALPH P. COBB
E. EVERETT FROST KARLE G. LOVELL JOHN D. McKENNA
Precinct 8, Term expires 1945
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN ANTHONY CASSESE PAUL COLLINS
WILLIAM H. CORKEY JOHN W. COYLE EDWIN R. HANSON
RICHARD O. HOWES
Precinct 8, Term expires 1946
H. SCOTT BROWN
THERON I. CAIN
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
SIDNEY F. PATRIDGE PLUMER E. POPE HERBERT B. SHAFTOE
JAMES F. STEELE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1947
HERBERT ALMQUIST
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
ALLAN C. EMERY FRANCIS A. FARR GEORGE E. LANE
HAROLD C. SHERWOOD
Precinct 9, Term expires 1945
FREDERIC G. BAUER
LESTER W. COOCH
ROGER D. HAWKES
JOSEPH W. KOHLER
ELIZABETH PRUDEN GEORGE REED HENRY S. STOWERS ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
JOHN Q. TORREY
Precinct 9, Term expires 1946
SUMNER P. BOWKER
HARRISON I. COLE
RITCHIE T. HOWE
RALPH A. KLINGEMAN
EVERETT W. MOXON JOHN WM. O'DONNELL GEORGE E. PRUDEN WILLIAM RALPH
PRINCE H. TIRRELL Precinct 9, Term expires 1947
HERBERT W. CAUSER
ALLAN F. CRAWFORD
ALLEN C. FEARING
STANLEY HELD
JOHN W. FIELD WALTER R. FIELD FRANCIS A. GUNN FRANK W. NESS
ALBERT VINAL
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE Under Prov. of Sec. 3 of Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921 as amended. HARRY CHRISTENSEN RICHARD HAWKINS FRANK M. BRYANT THOMAS MacDONALD CHARLES W. BURGESS EVERETT J. McINTOSH CHESTER L. BOYLE NEWLAND H. HOLMES, Sr. RALPH P. BURRELL KENNETH L. NASH ARTHUR A. CICCHESE *GEORGE E. CURTIN CHARLES B. MITCHELL WILLIAM E. MacQUINN JULIAN R. MERCHANT DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN WILLIAM J. HOLBROOK EMERSON R. DIZER J. FREDERICK PRICE GEORGE E. LANE ARTHUR J. HASSETT, Sr. FRANK W. HOLBROOK JOHN E. HORACE JOSEPH MAHONEY HENRY CLAPP
A. KENNETH MARTIN SANDY ROULSTON JOSEPH A. FERN CHARLES GRIFFIN BASIL S. WARREN CLARENCE P. WHITTLE MILTON A. BARNES *Resigned 1944
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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1945
FRANK M. BRYANT MILTON A. BARNES HENRY F. CLAPP
CHARLES B. MITCHELL ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
Term expires 1946 ·
J. FREDERICK PRICE GEORGE E. LANE
ARTHUR J. HASSETT, Sr. RICHARD W. HAWKINS, Jr.
WILLIAM A. HODGES
Term expires 1947
CHESTER L. BOYLE CHARLES GRIFFIN
JOHN E. HORACE A. KENNETH MARTIN
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS JOHN H. REIDY
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL ANDREW CHISHOLM
BUILDING INSPECTOR
TOWN COUNSEL KENNETH L. NASH
TOWN ENGINEER RUSSELL H. WHITING
TOWN ACCOUNTANT EMERSON R. DIZER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS THOMAS J. KELLY
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN INFIRMARY FRED P. TOLMAN
WELFARE AGENT THOMAS P. DELAHUNT
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS SIDNEY BEANE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
JOSEPH KELLEY
J. HERBERT LIBBEY
WALTER R. FIELD ALFRED S. TIRRELL
ORLINDO GARAFALO
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN F. REARDON, Chairman Term expires March 1946
LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN Term expires March 1947
EDWARD F. McINTOSH* Term expires March 1945
JULIAN R. MERCHANT, Clerk
Term expires March 1946
ROBERT H. BUCHANAN, Military Substitute
*Resigned 1944
** Deceased
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WARRANTS FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944, 7:30 P. M. AND SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944, 7:45 P.M.
AND ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944, 8:30 P. M. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WARRANT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Norfolk, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETING :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid quali- fied to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1944
at seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following article, namely :-
ARTICLE 1. (By Petition). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laying out as Town ways the following designated private ways and parts of ways or any of them, to wit :-
(a) Sagamore Road from the northerly line of War Housing Project Mass. 19052 (Wessagussett Hill) to northerly line of Peddock Road
(b) Bursley Road from a point in the southerly line of Blackstone Road to a point in the northerly line of Peddock Road
(c) Blackstone Road from a point in the easterly line of Sagamore Road to a point in the northerly line of Bridge Street
(d) Peddock Road from a point in the easterly line of Sea Street to a point in the westerly line of Blackstone Road
or any portion of said ways and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so laid out and accepted, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above named streets 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 existing in connection with any of said streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
To any of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid quali- fied to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1944
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following article, namely :-
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 404 of the Acts of 1943, being, "An act authorizing the establishment within the Town of Weymouth of a hospital for the inhabitants of such Town" or take any other action in relation thereto.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To any of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid quali- fied to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1944
at eight o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :-
BUDGET
ARTICLE 1. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the salaries, operation and expenses during the current fiscal year of each of the following Town Departments and activities, necessary charges, and for unpaid bills of prior years:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Appropriation Committee
2. Selectmen's Department
3. Town Accountant's Department
4. Town Treasurer's Department
5. Collector of Taxes
6. Assessor's Department
7. Legal Department
8. Payment of Damages
9. Town Clerk's Department 1
10. Elections and Resignations
11. Engineering Department, including Town survey bound stones, Street surveys, and such other engineering work as may be author- ized by the Board of Selectmen
12. Planning Board
13. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and War Memorial
14. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldier's Monument
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
17. Building Inspector
18. Sealer of Weights and Measurers
19. Gypsy Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination
20. Care of Shade Trees
21. Street Lighting
22. Harbor Master
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
23. Board of Health
24. Employment of Nurses
25. Maintenance and Repairs of Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital
26. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
27. Public Welfare
28. Old Age Assistance under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118a as amended
29. Pensions
30. Soldier's Benefits including :
(a) State Aid
(b) Military Aid
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
MISCELLANEOUS
31. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and Ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk Construction (e) Purchase and maintenance of equipment .
32. Schools
33. Libraries
34. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chap- ter 40, Section 5, Clause 12 as amended
35. Parks and Playgrounds
36. Miscellaneous Expenses
37. Unpaid bills
38. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 31
39. Weymouth Retirement Board
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
40. Water Department
(a) Minor Construction
(b) Maintenance and operation
(c) Replacements
(d) Commercial Expenses
(e) Salaries
(f) Interest
(g) Debt
(h) Equipment (i) Stock Account (j) Private Work
41. Sewer Construction
42. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
43. Care of Soldiers' Graves
44. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Section 16 and 18
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
45. Interest Requirement
46. Bonds and Notes due in 1944 INSURANCE
47. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
48. Fire and other insurance
RESERVE FUND
49. For reserve fund
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and to determine in each case how and under whose direction the money shall be expended, to impose any conditions and restrictions thereon which the Town may see fit; to determine how much money so appropriated shall be available for expenditures under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 34; to determine what, if any, sums so appropriated shall remain available after December 31, 1944; to fix such salaries as require to be fixed by the Town Meeting; and to impose such conditions upon the drawing of compensation from the Town as the Town may see fit; or take any other action in relation to any of the foregoing subjects.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take on salaries and wages of official and employees.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise and appropriate for the purposes of the Committee on Public Safety or take any other action in relation thereto.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARTICLE 4. (By Direction of Selectmen). To take any action the ‘ Town may desire upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Com- mittees and to appoint or change any Committee that the Town may think proper.
TOWN FINANCES
ARTICLE 5. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1945, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1945.
ARTICLE 6. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote from surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1944 or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property of which the Town may be possessed or seized and for which it has no further use, including all real estate of which the Town has possession or title for non-payment of taxes; to see if the Town will vote to authorize any other department to sell or other- wise dispose of any personal property in its possession and to determine the manner, or conditions of such sales, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to accept conveyances or mort- gages of any real or personal property belonging to persons receiving relief from the Town and to dispose of said property in the manner they may judge for the Town's best interest and authorize them to discharge any encumbrances on said property if they consider it for the best interest of the Town so to do, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the discharging of such encumbrances.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 9. (On Petition and by Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laying out as Town ways the folowing designated private ways and parts of ways or any of them, to wit :-
(a) Judson Road
(b) Brewster Road
(c) Raleigh Road
(d) Rucille Avenue
(e) Raycroft Avenue
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(f) Extension of Edgeworth Street from Section 28-50
(g) Hitchings Street (Cottage Lane) from Homestead Avenue to
a dead end
(h) Clematis Avenue from Pleasantview Avenue easterly to Idle- well Boulevard
(i) Kingman Street extension to Front Street
or any portion of said ways and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so laid out and accepted, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above named streets 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 existing in connection with any of said streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for resurfacing, re- pairing or reconstruction by the Street Department or under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 for maintaining, repairing and improving the following streets or any portion thereof :
Commercial Street - from Middle Street to Commercial Square Front Street - from Washington Street to Federal Street Pleasant Street - from Washington Street to Pine Street
or if deemed advisable by the Massachusetts Departmnet of Public Works, any other street in the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. (By Direction of Selectmen). . To see. if the Town will take any action upon the report of the Committee on the widening of Broad Street, made in the Town Report of the year 1931, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of widening Broad Street or any portion thereof.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
ARTICLE 12. (On Petition of Chalke and others). To see of the Town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of three. to petition the General Court for an amendment to Chapter 61, Acts of 1921 as amended by striking out in Section three, wherever it occurs, the words, "Members of the Appropriation Committee", and inserting, therefor the words, "The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee."
ARTICLE 13. (At request of Planning Board). To see if the Town will vote to amend its by-laws by striking out Section 303 of Article 3 and inserting therefor the following:
Section 303. Te Planning Board is hereby re-established under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Sections 81A to 81J inclusive. The Board shall consist of seven members. At the next annual meeting after this amendment has become effective, two of the members shall be elected for five years, two for four years and one member each for the terms of three years, two years and one year respectively. At each annual meeting thereafter the terms expiring shall be filled for a term of five years or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following proposed by-law:
Section 613. No person shall ride any animal or drive any coach, cart, wagon or vehicle upon any sidewalk in the Town. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each offense.
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ARTICLE 15. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 703 of the by-laws so as to read as follows: Section 703 The Inspector of Buildings shall grant permits for the erection, or ateration, removal, or tearing down of buildings, and no structure or foundations shall be built, altered, or torn down without such a permit, but no such permit shall be issued until the inspector has carefully examined the plans and specifi- cations of the proposed building or alteration, and ascertain that the building has sufficient strength, that the means of ingress and egress are sufficient, and that the building conforms to the re- quirements of these by-laws.
or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 798 of the by-laws so as to read as follows: Section 798. Permits for alterations, substantial repairs, tearing down of buildings, which require a permit, the erection of sheds, poultry houses and like small buildings valued at not exceeding one thousand dollars and not intended or used for human habita- tion - $1.00.
or take any other action in relation thereto.
SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 17. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to transfer to the control and supervision of the School Committee whatever interest the Town has in Lot 234 on Lochmere Avenue (Town of Weymouth Tax Title - con- taining 7308 square feet) or take any other action in relation thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 18. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen on its behalf to accept as a gift from Mary Fifield King two steel engravings to be placed in the Town Hall or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen on its behalf to accept a bill of sale from the Steel Recovery Corporation reconveying to the Town approximately six hundred lineal feet of rail, together with track fasten- ings and other metallic track material appurtenant thereto, which shall be left undisturbed in Washington Square Weymouth Landing in accord- ance with an agreement submitted by War Materials Inc. to the Board of Selectmen or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. (At request of Town Honor Roll Committee). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a suitable Honor Roll containing all names of residents of the Town serving in the military and naval services of the Country or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the erection of a section of a sea wall along Wessagusset Beach between station o + o and 4 +0 as shown on plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, and dated September 23, 1935, entitled "Plan and profile for proposed Sea and Retaining Wall," or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. (On Petition of Weymouth Post No. 79). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Armistice Day or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. (On Petition of Weymouth Post No. 79). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the
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