Town annual report of Weymouth 1944, Part 9

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1944
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 250


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1,517.13


Profit on sale of Securities


4,564.25


$167,311.99


$167,311.99


Retirement Funds: Cash and Securities In Custody of Town Treasurer


$167,311.99


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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Norfolk, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their precincts, to wit:


In Precinct 1 in the Bicknell School Hall;


In Precinct 2 in the G.A.R. Hall on Commercial Street;


In Precinct 3 in the Hunt School Gymnasium Hall, Broad Street;


In Precinct 4 in the building of the Citizens' Association Inc., on


Front Street;


In Precinct 5 in the building of the Pond School, Pond Street;


In Precinct 6 in the building of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wessa- gusset Post No. 1399, southerly side of Broad Street;


In Precinct 7 in the Lovell's Corner Improvement Association Building on Washington Street;


In Precinct 8 in the Weymouth Heights Club Building on North


Street;


In Precinct 9 in the Second Universalist Church, Pleasant Street, South Weymouth.


TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1944


then and there to bring in to the election officers their votes on the ballot for the following named public offices, to wit:


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS for this Commonwealth


GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth


SECRETARY for this Commonwealth


TREASURER for this Commonwealth


AUDITOR for this Commonwealth


ATTORNEY GENERAL for this Commonwealth


SENATOR IN CONGRESS for this Commonwealth (To fill vacancy) REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for the Thirteenth Congression-


-


al District


COUNCILLOR for Second Councillor District


SENATOR for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL COURT Norfolk Representative District


for Third


2 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for Norfolk County SHERIFF for Norfolk County


COUNTY COMMISSIONER for Norfolk County (To fill


vacancy) and also to vote "yes" or "no" on the following questions:


QUESTIONS Question 1.


PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION


Shall an amendment to the constitution to provide for a Fair, Concise Summary, instead of a Description, of Each Proposed Amendment to the Constitution and Each Law submitted to the People, under the Initiative and the Referendum, and Certain Changes relative to the Filing of Initiative Petitions which is further described as follows :-


This amendment amends Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution by striking out section three under the heading "The Initiative 11. Initiative Petitions" and inserting in place thereof a new section which provides,-


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That an initiative petition for a constitutional amendment or a law shall first be signed by ten qualified voters of the Commonwealth and shall be submitted to the Attorney General not later than the first Wednesday of the August before the assembling of the General Court into which it is to be introduced. It may be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth if the Attorney General shall certify that the measure and its title are in proper form and that it is not, affirmatively or negatively, substantially the same as any measure which has been qualified for submissions or submitted to the people at either of the two preceding biennial state elections, and that it contains only subjects not excluded from the popular initiative and which are related or which are mutually dependent.


The Secretary shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers. He shall print at the top of each blank a fair, concise summary of the proposed measure, as determined by the Attorney General as it will appear upon the ballot, together with the names and residences of the first ten signers. All such petitions, with the first ten signatures attached, shall be filed with the Secretary not earlier than the first Wednesday of the September before the assembling of the Legislature into which they are to be introduced, and the remainder of the required signatures shall be filed not later than the first Wednesday of the following December.


Section 3 of that part of said Article XLVIII under the heading "The Referendum. 111. Referendum Petitions." is also amended by striking out the second sentence of such section and inserting in place thereof pro- visions that the Secretary shall provide blanks for the use of signers of a referendum petition on a law requesting that the operation of such law be suspended subsequent to the first ten signers and shall print at the top of each blank a fair, concise summary of the proposed law as de- termined by the Attorney General as it will appear upon the ballot, to- gether with the names and residences of the first ten signers.


Section 4 of that part of said Article XLVIII under the heading "The Referendum. 111. Referendum Petitions.", is also amended by striking out the third sentence of such section and inserting in place thereof provisions that the Secretary shall provide blanks for the use of signers subsequent to the first ten signers of a referendum petition asking for the repeal of an emergency law or of a law which takes effect because the referendum petition does not contain a request for suspension, and shall print at the top of each blank a fair, concise summary of the proposed law as such summary will appear on the ballot together with the names and residences of the first ten signers.


Article XLVIII is further amended by striking out subheading "111. Form of Ballot" and subheading "IV. Information for Voters" under the heading "General Provisions" and inserting in place thereof new subhead- ings III and IV, which provide, respectively :


III. FORM OF BALLOT


A fair, concise summary of each proposed amendment to the Con- stitution and each law submitted to the poeple, as determined by the Attorney General shall be printed on the ballot. The Secretary shall give each question a number and cause such question, except as otherwise authorized in said article of amendment to be printed on the ballot in the following form :


In the case of an amendment to the constitution: Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, (here state, in distinctive type, whether approved or disapproved by the general court, and by what vote thereon) ? Yes .- NO.


(Set forth summary here)


In the case of a law: Do you approve of a law summarized below, (here state, in distinctive type, whether approved or disapproved by the general court, and by what vote thereon) ? Yes .- No.


(Set forth summary here)


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IV. INFORMATION FOR VOTERS


The Secretary shall print and send to each registered voter the full text of every measure to be submitted to the people, together with a copy of the legislative committee's majority and minority reports, with the names of the majority and minority members and a fair, concise summary of the measure as such summary will appear on the ballot and, in such manner as may be provided by law, other arguments for and against the measure,-which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court and in a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, re- ceived 201 votes in the affirmative and 2 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1943, received 214 votes in the affirmative and 5 in the negative,


-be approved?


QUESTION NO. 2 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION


Shall an amendment to the constitution to provide that the General Court may prescribe the terms and conditions under which pardons of offences which are felonies may be granted which is further described as follows :-


This article of amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls Article VIII of section 1 of chapter 11 of Part the Second of the Consti- tution, which vested the Governor, by and with the advice of the Council, with the full and unrestricted power of pardoning offences of which a person is convicted, except such as persons may be convicted of before the Senate by an impeachment of the House, and adopts a new Article VIII in place thereof.


This new Article VIII vests the pardoning power in the Governor, by and with the advice of the Council, but provides further that. if the offence to be pardoned is a felony the Legislature shall have power to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a pardon may be granted.


The new Article VIII contains the same provision as the old with relation to the ineffectiveness of pardons granted before a conviction,- which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court and in a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received 199 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1943, received 198 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative,


-be approved?


QUESTION NO. 3 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION


Shall an amendment to the constitution restoring Annual ·Sessions of the General Court and an Annual Budget which is further described as follows:


This amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls Article LXXII of the Amendments which provided for biennial sessions of the Legislature and a biennial budget, and makes effective those earlier pro- visions of the Constitution and its Amendments which were annulled or affected by said Article LXXII,-


which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court and in a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received 172 votes in the affirmative and 38 in the negative, and in joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1943, received 188 votes in the affirmative and 52 in the negative,


-be approved?


QUESTION NO. 4 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION


Shall an amendment to the constitution providing for Absent Voting by Qualified Voters who by Reason of Physical Disability are unable to vote in Person which is further described as follows :-


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This amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls Article XLV of the Amendments to the Constitution which related to absentee voting and adopts in its place a new Article XLV which authorizes the Legislature to provide for voting, in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question submitted at an election, by qualified voters of the Commonwealth who at the time of such an election are absent from the city of which they are inhabitants or are unable by reason of physical disability to cast their votes in person,-


which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court and in a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received 171 votes in the affirmative and 30 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 27, 1943, received 184 votes in the affirmative and 61 in the negative, -be approved?


QUESTION NO. 5


LAW SUBMITTED UPON REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE


Shall a law described as follows :- This law amends chapter 271 of the General . Laws by striking out section 22A, as previously amended, and inserting in place thereof a new section 22A, which provides that conducting or promoting a game of whist or bridge in connection with which prizes are offered to be won by chance, or allowing such a game to be conducted or promoted, shall not authorize the prosecution, arrest or conviction of any person for such acts under chapter 271 of the General Laws, which deals with crimes against public policy, if the entire proceeds of the charges for admission to such game are donated solely to charitable, civic, educational, fraternal or religious purposes. This new section does not contain, as did the section now stricken out, provisions authorizing the licensing and conducting of the game of beano,-


which section was approved by both branches of the General Court by vote not recorded, -be approved?


To obtain a full expression of opinion voters should vote on all three of the following questions :-


(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this city (or town) of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "Yes" on all three questions.


(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one, "Yes" on question two and "No" on question three.


(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No"on questions one and two and "Yes" on question three.


(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alco- holic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one and "Yes" on questions two and three.


(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic. beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on all three questions.


1. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?


2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein


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of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt bev- erages) ?


3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?


The polls will be open at 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. in the evening


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting as directed by vote of the town.


Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings there- on to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the 30th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty four.


Given under our hands this 23rd day of October A.D., 1944.


HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman JOSEPH A. FERN SANDY ROULSTON BASIL S. WARREN RALPH P. BURRELL


A true copy Attest: CLARENCE L. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth October 28, 1944


RETURN OF SERVICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts October 30, A.D., 1944


Weymouth, Massachusetts


Norfolk, ss,


I have this day served the within warrant by posting a copy attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth seven days before the time of holding said meeting.


Clarence L. Pratt, Constable of Weymouth


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION November 7th, 1944 1 2 3 4


PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT


Dewey & Bricker R


1247


648 1172


481


739


714 820


353


632 356


930 384


5144


Tichert & Albaugh SL


1


0


4


0


1


2


3


1


0


12


Watson & Johnson P Blanks


1


0


2


0


0


0


2


2


0


7


36


28


37


13


28


32


16


16


23


229


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


GOVERNOR


Horace T. Cahill R


1306


607


1243


505


724


658


508


663


917


7131


Maurice J. Tobin D


941


643


994


313


272


865


326


335


397


5086


Henning A. Blomen SL


6


0


4


1


1


4


1


0


0


17


Guy S. Williams P


1


3


6


2


0


2


4


0


1


19


Blanks


25


19


28


9


16


39


11


9


22


178


Total


1


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Robert F. Bradford R


1399


671 1310


523


779


697


516


706 964


7565


John B. Carr D


747


504 837


252


187


705


280


245


302 4059


5


6


7


8


9 Total


7039


Roosevelt & Truman D 994


596 1060


336


245


476


80


Alfred Erickson P


45


21


40


14


7


21


18


16


12


194


Geo. Leo McGlynn SL


3


1


6


3


3


9


4


2


1


32


Blanks


85


75


82


38


37


136


32


38


58


581


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


SECRETARY


Frederick W. Cook R


1537


744 1441


556


819


803


577


750 1019


. 8246


Margaret M. O'Riordan D


625


435


715


223


147


592


228


216


250


3431


Horace I. Hillis SL


12


3


15


6


4


15


4


5


4


68


Blanks


105


90


104


45


43


158


41


36


64


686


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


TREASURER


Fred J. Burrell R


1281


605 1180


482


713


641


478


636


873


6889


John E. Hurley D


868


566


945


283


243


755


314


316


376


4666


Herbert Crabtree SL


6


4


13


5


5


11


10


0


5


59


Earle L. Smith P


8


4


9


7


2


6


3


4


4


47


Blanks


116


93


128


53


50


155


45


51


79


770


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


AUDITOR


Thomas J. Buckley D


863


554


976


296


249


754 643


299


309


364


4664


Frank A. Goodwin R


1285


633 1168


479


702


2


.12


7


3


6


60


Charles E. Vaughan P


4


2


11


4


0


7


5


5


7


45


Blanks


115


80


~110


46


60


152


47


38


62


710


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


ATTORNEY GENERAL


Clarence A. Barnes R


1367


639 1254


503


757 204


677


501 293


269


286


4262


Fred E. Oelcher SL


7


3


8


4


3


8


9


2


5


49


Howard B. Rand P


6


3


6


4


0


6


2


3


7


37


Blanks


103


100


113


54


49


149


45


49


72


734


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


SENATOR IN CONGRESS (Vacancy)


John H. Corcoran D


504


374


590


197


126 856


496 955


615


812 1095


9072


Bernard G. Kelley SL


7


5


13


3


2


16


7


5


2


60


E. Talmadge Root P


4


1


1


3


1


2


4


2


0


18


Blanks


58


56


69


32


28


99


28


29


37


436


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


CONGRESSMAN 13th District


Andrew T. Clancy D


634


433


709


230


157


557


243


220


236


3419


R. B. Wigglesworth R Blanks


98


84


101


45


36


158


35


34


63


654


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


COUNCILLOR 2nd District


Clayton L. Havey R


1330


638 1251


500 749


678 507 693 958 7304


684


967


7349


Francis E. Kelly D


796


527


894


265


728


196


159


203


2845


Leverett Saltonstall R


1706


836 1602


595


555


820


853


572


753 1038


8358


Cote E. Palmquist SL


12


3


10


492


652


898


6952


5


1547


755 1465


81


Samuel G. Thorner D


691 258


435


761


235


171


608


236


233


244


3614


Blanks


199


263


95


93


282


107


81


135


1513


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


SENATOR Norfolk & Plymouth Districts


Newland H. Holmes R


1576


763 1440


575


806


877


584


214


183


230


3072


Theo. S. Luddington D Blanks


188


131


136


57


60


183


52


61


92


960


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


REPRESENTATIVES 3rd Norfolk District


Joseph P. Barrett D


460


241 587 173


144


290


199


178 785


942


8843


Francis A. Gunn D


1036


551 1187


372


388


740


462


387


663


5786


Henry D. Higgins R


919


385


865


359


548


383


342


480


458 660


4938


Arthur A. St. John D


592


221


637


266


172


387


211


180


205


2871


Blanks


1276 1027 1206


410


477 1355


457


553


708


7469


Total


6837 3816 6825 2490 3039 4704 2550 3021 4011 37293


COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Russell T. Bates R


1323


624 1241


494


701


655


515


671 189


244


3043


Edward W. Hunt R


1626


822 1694


602


803


973


610


777 1014


8921


Blanks


1056


733


960


361


376 1018


377


377


505


5773


Total


4558 2544 4550 1660 2026 3136 1700 2014 2674 24862


SHERIFF Norfolk County


Wm. N. Connolly D


727


479


832


254


188


668


275


290


3963


Samuel H. Wragg R Blanks


1320


628 1244


508


747


658


507


250 664


929


7205


232


165


199


68


78


242


68


93


118


1263


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Vacancy) R


Frederick A. Leavitt


1720


840 1641


614


837


964


634


803 1067


9120


Blanks


559


432 634 216


176


604


216


204 270


3311


Total


2279 1272 2275 · 830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


QUESTION NO. 1


AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION


YES


1144 526 1109


389


568 51


86


369 51


533 57


746


5985


NO


117


72 121


41


400


394


881


430


417


547


5806


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


QUESTION NO. 2


AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION


YES


874


427


816


288


386


499


288 166


376


487


4441


NO


469


219


493


153


276


264


249


354


2643


901


7125


George D. Cassidy D


553


365


655


203


146


490


198


184


2456


John L. Gallant R


1640


978 1492


564


764 1139


539


649 4930


Albert E. Roberts R


914


413


851


346


546


410


340


515. 378


699


198


147


508


601


44


640


Blanks


1018 674 1045


82


763 1015 8399


Blanks


936


626


966


389


351


805


396


382


496


5347


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


QUESTION NO. 3


AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION


YES


765


377


702


228


309


447


244


314


352


3738


NO


571


279


619


215


357


327


214


318


508


3408


Blanks


943


616


954


387


347


794


392


375


477


5285


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


QUESTION NO. 4


AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION


YES


1151


569 1157


NO


212


106


221


79


94


128


72


537 112


117


1141


Blanks


916


597


897


355


337


777


370


358


473


5080


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


QUESTION NO. 5


REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE


YES


937


405


915


310


477


505


302


440


566


4857


NO


419


272


456


140


186


364


384


191


271


2683


Blanks


923


595


904


380


350


699


164


376


500


4891


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


ALL ALCOHOLIC


YES


1202


721 1453


483


527


900


479


560


637


6962


NO


709


279


462


168


331


348


198


265


444


3204


Blanks


368


272


360


179


155


320


173


182


256


2265


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


WINE, BEER & ALE


YES


1189


721 1433


479


563


895


475


570


647


6972


NO


552


252


399


153


278


299


177


232


391


2733


Blanks


538


299


443


198


172


374


198


205


299


2726


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


PACKAGE LICENSE


YES


1371


787 1503


523


649


983


538


645


758


7757


NO


517


183


353


115


206


220


131


184


295


2204


Blanks


391


302


419


192


158


365


181


178


284


2470


Total


2279 1272 2275


830 1013 1568


850 1007 1337 12431


BRAINTREE REPRESENTATIVE 3rd NORFOLK


Joseph P. Barrett D


646


572


415


602


592


563


3390


John L. Gallant R


695


805 1108


972


808


591


4979


Francis A. Gunn D


340


340


252


291


511


393


2127


396


582


663


408


747


6210


83


Henry Davis Higgins R


935 993 1255 1191


869 780


6023


Albert E. Roberts R


986 1058 1291 1193


914


738


6180


Arthur A. St. John D Blanks


313


289


259


293


381


372


1907


735


716


643


669


716


682


4161


Total


4650 4773 5223 5211 4791 4119


29067


QUINCY


REPRESENTATIVE 3rd NORFOLK


Joseph P. Barrett D


502


446 364 223


1535


John L. Gallant R


272


307 275 186


1040


Francis A. Gunn D


561


423


339 234


1557


Henry D. Higgins R


255 247 215


174


891


Albert E. Roberts R


239


236


197


166


838


Arthur A. St. John D


810


792


666


372


2640


Blanks


1123 1233


983


538


3877


Total


3762 3684 3039 1893


12378


3rd NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE RECAPITULATION Weymouth, Braintree & Quincy


Joseph P. Barrett D


7381


*John L. Gallant R


14862


Francis A. Gunn D


9470


*Henry Davis Higgins R


11844


*Albert E. Roberts R


111956


Arthur A. St. John D


7418


Blanks


15507


Total


78738


Signed, Julian R. Merchant, Weymouth Ernest C. Woodsum, Braintree Hattiemay Thomas, Quincy


TOWN CLERK'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1944


DOG LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR 1944


1249 Males @ $2.00


$ 2498.00


185 Females @ $5.00


925.00


605 Sp. Females @ $2.00


1210.00


5 Kennel @ $25.00


125.00


1 Kennel @ $50.00


50.00


14 Kennel @ $10.00


140.00


2059


$ 4948.00


Less fees retained under Prov. of General Laws,


Chapter 140 and amendments thereto. 411.80


Paid to Town Treasurer


$ 4536.20


HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES FOR THE YEAR 1944


( "342 Res. Citz. Fishing @ $2.00


$ 684.00


:


243 Res. Citz, Hunting . @ $2.00


486.00


189 Res. Citz. Sporting @ $3.25


$614.25


84


95 Res. Women & Minor Fishing @ $1.25


118.75


0 Res. Minor Trapping @ $2.25


5 Res. Citz. Trapping @ $5.25 26.25


29 Res. Citz. Free


4 Duplicates @ $.50 2.00


0 Non Res. Hunting


1 Non Res. Fishing @ $1.50 1.50


75 Res. Mil. & Naval Sporting Free


6 Non-Res. Mil. & Naval Sporting $2.00


12.00


989


$ 1944.75


Less fees retained under Chap. 131


Sec. 3 of the Gen. Laws


$ 220.25


Paid to Division of Fisheries & Game


$ 1724.50


TOWN LICENSES ISSUED FOR THE YEAR 1944


1 Bowling Lic. @ $5.00


$ 5.00


1 Pool Lic. @ $5.00 5.00


13 Auctioneers Lic. @ $2.00 26.00


2 Hawkers Lic. @ $10.00 20.00


20.00


6 Junk Lic. @ $25.00


150.00


82 Gasoline Lic. @ $1.00


82.00


109 Paid to Town Treasurer


$ 308.00


Julian R Merchant, Town Clerk


VITAL STATISTICS


BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1944 SUMMARY OF THE TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICAL REPORT


The total number of births received and recorded during the year 1944 at the time of going to press were as follows :- Total number 1114. Of this number 591 were males and 523 were females. Of this total number 532 were children born to Weymouth residents.


MARRIAGES


The total number of Marriage Certificates received and recorded during the year 1944, at the time of going to the press were 307.


DEATHS


The total number of Death certificates received and recorded during the year of 1944, at the time of going to the press were 371. Of this number 203 were males and 168 were females.


OFFICIAL RECOUNT Town of Weymouth


The Board of Registrars met in the Selectmen's Chamber on Dec. 12 1944 at 9 a. m. and proceeded as by law to recount the votes cast for Attorney General. Credentials for Mr. Francis Kelly were presented by Mr. Thomas Welch acting as the appointee of table watchers. The following produced credentials as checkers for Mr. Kelly . Mr. Chas. Dunn.


85


4 Hawkers Lic. @ $5.00


Mr. Clarence Barnes appointed Mr. Arthur Cicchese as Council and Mr. Roy Rosewell acted for Mr. Barnes as official appointee of table watchers. The following presented credentials for Mr. Barnes . . . Roy Rosewell, Sara L. Clark, Gladiad Totman, Gertrude M. Ries, Mrs. Allan Crawford, Mrs. Ethel Taylor, Mrs. Shaftoe, Lillian Brown, Mrs. Emerson Dizer.


OFFICIAL TABULATION OF RECOUNT


ATTORNEY GENERAL


1


2


3


4 496


5 758 204


6 678 729


7 501 292


8 684 270


9 965 287


Total 7336


Clarence A. Barnes R


1363


640 1251


Francis E. Kelly D


794


527


896


272


4


8


7


2


5


48


Howard B. Rand P Blanks




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