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Section 11. No act shall be done under authority of the preceding sec- tions, except in the making of surveys and other preliminary investigations, until the plans of said system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved by the Department of Public Health. Upon application to said department for its approval, it shall give a hearing, after due notice to the public. At such hearing, plans showing in detail all the work to be done in the construction of said system of sewerage and sewage disposal shall be sub- mitted for approval by said department.
Section 12. Chapter forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four is hereby repealed, and the action of the Town of Weymouth in accepting said act is hereby voted as of the effective date of this act.
Section 13. This act shall be submitted to the legal voters of said town at an annual town election held within five years after its passage, and may be resubmitted within said period, in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon the official ballot used for the election of town officers: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five, entitled 'An Act authorizing the Town of Weymouth to construct and operate a system of sewers,' be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise. No expenditure shall be made and no liability in- curred hereunder until such acceptance.
APPENDIX B Extracts from General Laws of Massachusetts Relative to Fewer Assessments 1932-Volume 1, Chapter 83
Section 14. A person who enters his particular drain into a main drain or common sewer, or who by more remote means receives benefit thereby for draining his land or buildings, shall pay to the town a proportional part of the charge of making and repairing the same, and of the charge, not already assessed, of making and repairing other main drains and common sewers through which the same discharges, which shall be ascertained, assessed and certified by the Aldermen, Sewer Commissioners, Selectmen or Road Com- missioners.
Section 15. The City Council of a city or a town may adopt a system of sewerage for a part or the whole of its territory, and may provide that assess- ments under section fourteen shall be made upon owners of land within such territory by a fixed uniform rate, based upon the estimated average cost of all the sewers therein, according to the frontage of such land on any way in which a sewer is constructed, or according to the area of such land within a fixed depth from such way, or according to both such frontage and area; but no
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assessment in respect to any such land, which by reason of its grade or level or any other cause cannot be drained into such sewer, shall be made until such incapacity is removed. If the assessment is according to the area within such fixed depth, the lien therefor shall attach to the parcel assessed.
Section 16. The Aldermen of any city except Boston or the Sewer Com- missioners, Selectmen or Road Commissioners of a town, may from time to time establish just and equitable annual charges for the use of common sewers, which shall be paid by every person who enters his particular sewer therein. The money so received may be applied to the payment of the cost of maintenance and repairs of such sewers or any debt contracted for sewer purposes.
Section 17. The Aldermen of any city except Boston or a town in which main drains or common sewers are laid may determine that a person who uses such main drains or common sewers in any manner, instead of paying an assessment under section fourteen, shall pay for the permanent privilege of his estate such reasonable amount as the Aldermen or the Sewer Commission- ers, Selectmen or Road Commissioners shall determine.
Section 18. The City Council of a city or town which itself is, or the officers of which are, entitled, under sections fourteen to seventeen inclusive, or under any special act, to assess upon land the whole or a part of the cost of laying, making, maintaining or repairing main drains or common sewers, may determine that such assessments shall be made by two or more methods provided in said sections or special acts, and may determine what part of the expense or estimated average cost shall be paid under each method.
Section 19. The Aldermen of a city or the Sewer Commissioners, Select- men or Road Commissioners of a town may extend the time for the payment of such assessments upon land which is not built upon until it is built upon or for a fixed time; but interest at a rate not less than the town pays upon any loan for sewer purposes shall be paid annually upon the assessment from the time it was made, and the assessment shall be paid within three months after such land is built upon or at the expiration of such fixed time.
Section 20. The owners of land or parts thereof not liable to assessment, or not in fact assessed, may use the common sewers for the disposal of their sewage from such land only on payment of such reasonable amount as the Aldermen or the Sewer Commissioners, Selectmen or Road Commissioners shall determine.
Section 21. If land abuts upon more than one way, assessments for sewers based wholly or in part upon frontage shall be assessed upon the frontage upon one such way and upon so much of the frontage upon such other way as is not exempted by the board whose duty it is to make the assessment; and such board may exempt from assessment so much of the frontage upon such other way as they consider just and equitable.
Section 22. If an ordinance or by-law provides that any drain or sewer laid in any land or way, public or private, which is opened or proposed to be opened for public travel and accommodation shall be a main drain or com- mon sewer, and such drain or sewer is laid in a private way or land at the expense of the owner thereof, his land shall not be assessed for such drain or sewer, except for the cost of connecting it with common drains or sewers already established.
Section 23. This chapter shall not prevent a town from providing, by ordinance or otherwise, that part of the expense of laying out, constructing maintaining and repairing main drains or common sewers shall be paid by such town; and any city except Boston and any town adopting a system of sewerage which had not, prior to May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, actually levied assessments for the cost of such system shall pay such portion, not less than one quarter nor more than two thirds, of the cost of laying out, constructing, maintaining and repairing the common sewers, as the City Council or the Sewer Commissioners, Selectmen or Road Commissioners may determine.
Section 24. The owner of any land benefited by the laying out of a par- ticular sewer from the common sewer to the boundary of the way shall pay to
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the town for the permanent privilege of using the same such reasonable amount as the Aldermen or the Sewer Commissioners, Selectmen or Road Commissioners determine, which may be fixed at the estimated average cost of all such particular sewers within the territory for which a system of sewers has been built or adopted. The board of officers authorized to lay out sewers shall assess the cost of connecting private land with a common sewer, under section three upon the land so connected, and may require that an applicant for a connection of his land with a sewer shall pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated assessment therefor, which shall be applied to the payment of the assessment, and the remainder, if any, shall be repaid to the applicant.
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC
During the past year we have added to the equipment of the clinic a new Pelton light which gives a more concentrated light over a broader work- ing field for the doctors. The gas was also connected to the dental unit which saves considerable time and is cleaner than the previous method of using alcohol lamps.
The percentage of pupils needing dental care shows a slight increase over previous years, and we are striving to accomplish all we can, especially, for those with the most advanced dental conditions.
The following is a summarized report of the dental clinic covering the year 1945:
Total number of pupils examined 2314
Total number of pupils needing dental treatment 1078
Total number of patients 542
Total number of permanent fillings
621
Total number of deciduous fillings 127
Total number of permanent extractions
71
Total number of deciduous extractions
84
Total number of prophylaxis treatments
157
One two-tooth bridge completed
The pre-school examinations which were held last spring have proven valuable. The majority of those examined had the dental work either started or completed before the opening of the school term in September. This step has proven a great stride in our efforts to have the children start their school- ing with sound teeth.
May I thank the Doctors who have given so much of their valuable time to this clinic; also the principals, teachers and janitors for their unselfish efforts in promoting a smooth running clinic.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary A. Uracius, D. H.
REPORT OF THE TOWN INFIRMARY
January 1, 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Weymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The following is the report for the year ending December 31, 1946:
January 1, 1945 - Ten men
There were eleven others came in and went out during the year.
January 1, 1946 - Nine men
Repairs and upkeep amounting to $725.00.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred P. Tolman, Superintendent
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE FOR 1945
Gentlemen :
Enclosed you will find copies for the expenditures for the observance of Memorial Day, 1945.
It will be noted there is no expenditure for music this year on account of several reasons that cropped up at the final day before Memorial Day.
The committee wishes to recommend that for next year an increase of at least fifteen per cent (15%) be added to the amount of what was appropri- ated, as we were told this year that the following year the cost of potted plants would be raised; also grave flags, which this year we were fortunate to get at the cost of the year previous, will be increased this coming year.
This coming Memorial Day will see a great many of the boys from this war back again with us. Also, many of the older veterans are answering the final roll call and that means more graves to be taken care of. Since Memo- rial Day this year we are sorry that Thomas Coughlin, our Chairman, has passed on.
Carl A. Zollin, Clerk, Town of Weymouth Memorial Day Committee
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES FOR 1945
Potted Plants
Ralph's Greenhouses
$494.10
Buses
Lovell Bus Lines
60.00
Private Cars
Coyle Auto Service
60.00
Grave Flags
Robert W. Robertson
176.25
Programs
Weymouth Gazette
22.00
Advertisement
Quincy Patriot Ledger
3.75
Weymouth Gazette
3.75
Weymouth Truth
6.00
Globe Newspaper Co.
2.00
Wreath for Ralph Talbot Plaque
Spears Flower Shop
10.00
Wreaths for V. F. W.
Matio Donadio
93.00
Matio Donadio
26.35
Miscellaneous
Thomas Coughlin
2.00
Carl A. Zollin
13.64
Signe Paulson
3.00
United Markets
74.74
Corbo Bros.
8.00
Ford Greenhouses
1.35
Capital Engraving
8.75
Burruckers Store
2.80
Total Expenditures
$1071.48
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectment of Weymouth,
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my thirty-ninth annual report as Town Engineer of Weymouth.
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Wreaths for Squares and Civic Center
The major part of the work is the preparation of the plans used by the Assessors in determining the real estate assessments; these plans are also used by other departments of the town on their particular work.
- The above includes obtaining at the Registry of Deeds, at Registries of Probate, at the Land Court and from private owners or other sources all legal documents, plans, etc., recorded or available; also the location of all new buildings or additions, or changes to old buildings, and all other data used in revising and correcting the plans to January first of each year.
The block system was adopted in 1939 and has been in use since that date.
The transfers of property and other legal papers average about 1500 each year and it is most important that all papers affecting the ownership of property should be immediately recorded when any change occurs, not only for the use of the Assessors but as a protection to the new owner.
Only a few stones bounds have been set since 1943 due to the scarcity of labor and the almost prohibitive cost of the bounds.
The first atlas of Weymouth showing the block system was published in 1944 and another is to be published early in 1946.
The usual surveying and engineering work common to all municipalities has been done by the engineering department when requested by your Board; or done for other departments of the town when ordered by them from their appropriations.
Perhaps the major engineering work the past year was the study for a complete and adequate drainage system for Legion Field. This work was done for the Post War Committee as one of the possible projects under con- sideration by them and included the taking of 60 borings over the field and the preparation of a plan, profiles, and an estimate of cost.
The difficulty of obtaining at times the necessary help has continued the past year but conditions should improve the coming year.
I wish in closing to extend my thanks and those of my assistants to your Board, to other town officials and town departments, and to all citizens for their continued courtesy.
Respectfully submitted,
Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
January 7, 1946
Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Weymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the annual report of the services rendered by the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Causes of Arrest
Crimes against the person
32
Crimes against property
54
Crimes against public order
577
Miscellaneous Report
Doors and buildings found open and secured
Street lights out
143
Wagon calls
89
Ambulance calls
87
Messages delivered
152
Animals killed
16
Fires reported
7
Defective streets
4
Missing persons located
14
Property recovered
$19,545
Respectfully submitted, Edward F. Butler, Chief of Police
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REPORT OF 1945 DECENNIAL CENSUS
January 10, 1946 East Weymouth, Mass. .
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Weymouth, Mass.
In conjunction with the poll listing for the Board of Registrars and the Board of Assessors the census enumeration was taken as of January 1, 1945. The completion of the work resulted in a tabulation establishing the number of residents in the Town of Weymouth as 27,970.
Extremely adverse weather conditions made the undertaking difficult and I want to thank those who so faithfully served as well as your board for the cooperation received.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry C. Pratt, Supervisor
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
As agent of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December, 1945:
Total Applications received
104
Applications Approved and assistance granted
81
Applications refused
23
Cases on December 31, 1945 463
Appropriation for 1945
$147,000.00
Cancellations duirng 1945
1,456.54
Federal Reimbursement 1945
96,081.87
Total
$244,538.41
Expenditures during 1945
244,536.04
Balance December 31, 1945
$ 2.37
Due to changes in the Old Age Assistance law effective January 1, 1946, your agent anticipates from all evidence at hand a great increase in number eligible for O. A. A. with a resultant increase in amount of expenditures. As we have no precedent to go by, the figures submitted for this year's budget are the lowest possible that we dare estimate.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas P. Delahunt, Agent, Bureau of Old Age Assistance
REPORT OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
January 7, 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report as Agent in charge of Aid to Dependent Children for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Total application received 15
14
Applications approved and assistance granted Applications refused
1
Total number of families on Dec. 31, 1945
38
Total number of children on Dec. 31, 1945 Total expenditures
116
Reimbursement from Federal Government $8,640.37
It would appear to your Agent that the trend in relief is now upward and the result will be a substantial increase for the ensuing year of 1946.
Respectfully submitted,
:
Thomas P. Delahunt, Agent
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$42,681.68
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
January 3, 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Weymouth, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1945:
During the year permits were issued for the following:
24 dwellings
26 garages
17 poultry houses
2 service stations
1 post office
4 offices
21 miscellaneous small buildings
95 new buildings with an estimated cost of $207,220.00
158 alterations with an estimated cost of 97,867.00
Total new buildings and alterations
$305,087.00
Receipts for permits were $439.00. Fifteen elevator inspections.
I wish to extend to your Board and to other town officials my many thanks for all the courtesies and assistance given me during the year. Respectfully submitted, Andrew A. Chisholm, Building Inspector
WEYMOUTH SALVAGE COMMITTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT October 31, 1944 to October 31, 1945 INCOME
Sale of Salvage
Metal
$1094.08
Tin
856.03
Rubber
41.50
Paper
6970.08
Interest
8.74
Total
$8970.43
DISBURSEMENTS CHARITABLE
American Red Cross
$ 988.43
Community Chest
5653.61
Schools of Weymouth
364.70
Ser. Men's Wel. Committee
742.02
Weymouth Playgrounds
141.92
Treasury Town of Weymouth
450.56
EXPENSES
Miscellaneous
$ 8.42
Advertisement & Publicity
593.87
Clothing Drive
26.90
Total
$8970.43
Weymouth Salvage Committee
(Signed) Forrest I. Neal, Jr., Salvage Chairman Subscribed and duly sworn to before me according to law by the above- named officer this 15th day of October, 1945, at city (or town) of Weymouth, County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts.
Miss Elizabeth M. Coughlin, Notary Public.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
January 3, 1946
The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town Office, East Weymouth 89, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit my annual report of the activities of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1945
The department responded to one hundred fifty-six bell and three hun- dred four still alarms.
Dwellings
52
Sheds
6
Barn
1
Garage
3
Church
1
Factory
4
Dine & Dance
1
Stores
14
Hen Houses
3
Awning
1
Persons locked out
5
Resuscitator
5
Gasoline on street
1
Auto accidents
1
Sprinkler alarms
9
Automatic alarms
1
Gas Leaks
3
Children locked in room
4
Boy in pond
1
Gas stoves
3
Heater trouble
4
Lost Children
3
False Alarms
19
Rescue girl from ice
1
Boiler leaks
4
Steam from roof
1
U. S. Mail Box
1
Garage collapsed
1
Grain Elevator
1
Lumber pile
2
Fuel oil in street
2
Rescue man under truck
1
Fuel oil tank leaks
5
Grass
73
Woods
62
Dumps
10
Rubbish
13
Leaves
6
Bon-fire
5
Boat
1
Auto
35
Trucks
4
Bus
2
Motorcycle
1
Chimney
11
Remove top from chimney
1
Oil burners
34
Refrigerator leaks
6
Electric motors
2
Electric fan
1
70
3
Tree
Electric light poles
Cat in tree Out of Town Calls
6
Green house Soft coal pile
Broken water pipe
Rescue man from ice
R. R. engine out of water
1
Leak in hot water tanks Install halyards Wires on pole
7
4
The majority of the apparatus is quite old and should be replaced as it is getting hard to get replacement parts for them. We hope to replace the Squad Wagon this year.
The Stations are badly in need of repair and painting. We had Station Three repaired and painted last year and hope to have the others done this year.
I wish to thank the Officers and members of the Department for their co- operation and to all that have assisted the Department in any way I wish to extend my sincere thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
Timothy G. McCarthy, Chief of the Fire Department
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
January 3, 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Weymouth
Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of the Tree Department for 1945.
1. The tree trimming program begun in 1944 was carried out suc- cessfully. Dead and dangerous wood was removed from well over 700 shade trees.
2. The removal of dead and diseased trees which in 1944 seemed such a futile task was finally brought up to date this year. Well over a hundred maple, elms and poplars were removed. Although we are losing a certain percent each year due to verticillium wilt and natural causes, we can now keep up with this work each year.
3. The tree planting program was carried out in full effect. 175 sugar maples were set out during the spring and fall. Many streets which never had trees were beautified. A number of replacements were set out where we have lost trees in the past two hurricanes.
4. About 75 stumps were removed and due to the new tree saw which the Appropriation Committee allowed the department to, pur- chase, this work will actually be cleaned up in 1946.
We had four severe wind storms this year which raised havoc with our trees. However, the damage done has been for the most part taken care of. Numerous weak trees were bolted and cabled. Many blind curves were cut off.
All in all this department had a very good year, and as we enter 1946, instead of 250 dead trees and 200 odd stumps to remove, we are finally to the point where we can take care of more trimming, bolting and cabling and the preservation of trees which we would ordinarily lose.
I wish to thank the citizens of this Town for this privilege of serving you as tree warden.
Respectfully submitted,
William E. MacQuinn, Tree Warden
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
- December 31, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
On April 17, 1945, the Town Moderator appointed the following: Charles W. Burgess, Joseph J. Holland and Ralph Cipullo, to act as a committee for the reconditioning and repair of the Grand Army Monument at the Old North Cemetery under Article 27 of the Annual Town Warrant.
On June 14th the committee advertised for bids in the local papers; the bids to be opened on June 25th at 8:00 P. M.
Only 3 bids were submitted and were publicly opened. Walter Deacon & Co., Inc. $3500; W. C. Canniff & Sons Inc. $3050; Peerless Granite Co. $2950.
After due consideration, the W. C. Canniff & Sons Inc. was awarded the contract. Work has progressed as well as labor and material could be ob- tained and will no doubt be completed in the spring.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles W. Burgess, Joseph P. Holland, Ralph T. Cipullo
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
East Weymouth, Mass. January 7, 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We submit herewith to your Board, and through your Board to the townspeople, the second Annual Report of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. A review of our total case load underwrites with emphasis the action of the 1944 Annual Town Meeting and conveys to some extent the importance of the department and its value from a service viewpoint to our returning Veterans. It is our belief that this volume increase can be attributed to four primary causes. First, the sudden but welcome termination of the war; second, additional enlistments or inductions; third, recently enacted Federal and State legislation with specific assignments for the department; and fourth, favorable publicity as to the benefits and service of the department ..
State legislation, particularly Chapter 374, Acts of 1945, which refers to the recording of discharges and release papers has contributed the major portion of our increased volume. This law became effective September 1, 1945, and nullified Section 24 of Chapter 115 and provided for the transfer of all prior recordings by the Town Clerk to this department. This was done and all subsequent recordings including World War II Discharges were made by virtue of a photostatic copy as approved by your Board. The detail asso- ciated with this assignment called for additional personnel in our department if we were to continue to function. with any degree of efficiency. Our request for a second clerk was approved and provided as of October 29, 1945. Surely this was a step in the right direction, since our records show a total of 774 World War II Discharges presented for recording as of December 31, 1945, and of this total 523 were presented since October first.
As head of the department I feel I would be negligent in my duty if I failed to mention that the department is rapidly approaching or perhaps has approached the need of an outside visitor or investigator. To date this part of the work has been done by your Administrator, and since July the visits have been less frequent. The increased number of office calls meant that it was necessary to spend more time at the desk and this in turn meant that only the most essential visiting or investigating could be done, and then, of necessity, after office hours. Such an overload today means, in all probability, a greater overload tomorrow. It means further there is a condition that should be reviewed and corrective measures considered for the best interests of all concerned.
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