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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FORTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1895.
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATEL
TT. A. D. 1852.
SWA
LYNN, MASS .: G. H. & W. A. NICHOLS, PRINTERS, 1895.
·
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FORTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1895.
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
TT, A. D. 1852
SCO
DAS
SWAM
LYNN, MASS .: G. H. & W. A. NICHOLS, PRINTERS,
1895.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28,
CONTENTS.
Assessors' Maps, Committee's Report 84
Assessors' Valuation 4
Auditors' Financial Report 145 Auditors' Report 202 Burrill-Street Grade Crossing I 57
Catch Basins and Paved Gutters 166
Cemetery Department. 176 Cemetery Superintendent's Report 144
Committees, Special . 12
Committees, Standing 13
Concrete and Curbstones
167
Essex-Street Ledge.
169
Financial Condition of the Town. 201
Fire Department 170
Fire Department Credit. 170
Fire Engineers' Report 133
Health, Board of, Report 127 Health Department 181
Highway Department. 1 60
Highway Department Summary. 170
Inspector of Provisions, Etc., Report 131
Interest
146
Jurors, List of 62
Library, Free Public 193
Library Trustees' Report
126
Memorial Day
1 59
Military Aid 178
Milk Inspector's Report. 132
Monument Lot, Care of 156
Notes Payable, List of . 145
l'ark Commissioners' Report 70
Phillips School Building 184
Phillips School Building Committee's Report 89
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CONTENTS.
1895.]
Police Chief's Report I 37
Police Department 180
Poor Department 194
Public Property Inventory 14
Recapitulation . 200
Road Roller Committee's Report. 88
Road Roller Department. 169
Salem-Street Sidewalk. 165
School Committee's Report. 91
School Department.
187
Selectmen's Department
15I
Selectmen's Report .
63
Sewerage Committee's Report 81
Sidewalk Department 164
Soldiers and Sailors' Aid. 179
State Aid
177
Statistics. 5
Street Crossings . 168
Street Light Committee's Report 86
Street Light Department. 183
Street Superintendent's Report 140
Tax .Collector's Account I 50
Town Clerk's Records 19
Town Clerk's Statistics 59
Town Hall Department. I74
Town Officers Appointed 8
Town Officers Elected 6
Treasurer's Account. 148
Truant Officer's Report
125
Warrant. 203
Water Pipes, Salem-Street. 168
Water Rates. 163
Water Supply Committee's Report. 79
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Burrill-Street Grade Crossing, 1894. 64
Burrill-Street Grade Crossing, 1895. 65
Phillips School Building 89
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ 1894.
Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, Mass., May 1, 1894.
Buildings, excluding lands
$1,968,700 00
Land, excluding buildings
1,650,825 00
Total value of real estate
$3,619,525 00
Personal estate
1,529,675 00
Total valuation
$5,149,200 '00
Number of polls
· 785
Tax on each poll
$2.00
Rate of taxation
$11.00 on $1,000.00
Tax on polls
$1,570 00
Tax on personal estate
16,826 43
Tax on real estate
39,814 77
Total tax on polls, personal and real estate
$58,211 20
State tax
$4,840 00
County tax
6,090 83
Town tax
47,280 37
Total tax for State, County and Town ·
$58.211 20
Number of residents assessed on property
562
Number of non-residents assessed on property
206
Number of persons assessed on property
798
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only
391
Total number of taxes assessed
1,189
Number of dwelling houses
797
Number of acres of land
1,444
Number of horses
316
Number of cows
IO2
Number of neat cattle other than cows
3
Number of swine
67
Number of fowl
2,264
Value of fowl
.
$1,132
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STATISTICS.
1895.]
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1865=1895.
Assessors' Valuation May 1.
March 1.
Year.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Rate Taxes per $1,000
Year.
Notes Payable.
1894
$3,619,525
$1,529,675
$5,149,200
$11.00
1895
$66,333.33
1893
3,439,975
1,649,953
5,089,928
11.00
1894
71,166 66
1892
3,271,279
1,504,170
4,775,449
10.00
1893
37,499.99
1891
3,122,350
1,771,373
4,893,723
10.00
1892
42,333.32
1890
3,001,550
1,857,777
4,859,327
10.00
1891
48,666.66
1889
2,585,431
1,453,301
4,038,732
8.40
1890
52,500.00
1SS8
2,465,256
1,501,536
3,966,792
8.50
1889
56,000.00
1887
2,417,556
1,288,498
3,706,054
8.00
1SSS
57,500.00
1SS6
2,383,055
1,275,405
3,658,460
9.50
1887
55,500.00
1885
2,365,280
1,130,863
3,496,143
9.00
1SS6
47,500.00
1884
2,371,610
1,135,215
3,506,825
11.00
1885
49,000.00
1883
2,259,855
1,589,566
3,849,411
8.50
1884
50,500.00
1882
2,228,330
1,264,938
3,493,268
6.00
1883
49,000.00
1881
2,121,080
807,159
2,928,239
7.20
1882
30,500.00
1880
1,991,880
1,133,247
3,125,127
7.00
1881
31,750.00
1879
1,930,205
418,904
2,349,109
8.30
1880
39,424.80
1878
2,049,980
384,841
2,434, -21
8.00
1879
42,424.00
1877
2,041,935
340,323
2,382,258
8.50
1878
42,424.80
1876
2,108,462
360,961
2,469,423
12.00
1877
45,524.80
1875
2,074,850
389,441
2,464,291
10.00
1876
50,224.80
1874
2,028,875
457,260
2,486, 135
11.00
1875
51,432.80
1873
1,949,225
460,867
2,410,792
12.00
1874
50,342.80
1872
1,854,750
578,000
2,432,750
9.50
1873
47,068.00
1871
1,598,800
504,073
2,102,873
9.50
1872
43,150.00
1870
1,334,570
508,564
1,843,134
10.00
1871
38,745.00
1869
1,244,120
313,711
1,557,834
11.20
1870
31,545.00
1868
1,141,020
347,173
1,488,193
11.50
1869
33,745.00
1867
1,124,670
268,675
1,393,345
13.50
1868
37,745.00
1866
972,120
249,289
1,221,409
12.00
1867
31,945.00
1865
755,394
279,837
1,035,231
14.70
1866
29,095.00
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ Mar. 19,
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Moderator. JOHN R. MERRITT.
Selectmen. H. CUSHING BULFINCH, Chairman,
AARON R. BUNTING,
W. ERNEST STONE.
Town Clerk. GEORGE T. TILL.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. MICHAEL P. CARROLL.
Auditors.
J. ROSWELL WIDGER, Chairman,
JAY C. MERRITT, Secretary, ELMER A. HARDY.
Assessors.
Term ends GILBERT DELANO, 1895,
Term ends
D. HOLMAN MILLETT, 1896,
PELEG GARDNER, 1897. Term ends
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1894.]
School Committee.
Term ends WILLIAM H. ROGERS, 1895,
Term ends Term ends ELDRIDGE F. SMALL, 1896, FRANK E. INGALLS, 1897.
Public Library Trustees.
Term ends FRANK F. STANLEY, 1895,
Term ends Term ends
CURTIS V. MERRITT, 1896, JAMES E. PEASLEY, 1897.
Park Commissioners.
Term ends ROBERT B. WARDWELL, 1895,
Term ends Term ends
BENJAMIN POTTER, 1896, GEORGE A. JACKSON, 1897.
Overseers of the Poor.
Term ends JOSEPH F. CROWELL, 1895,
Term ends Term ends
GEORGE T. MELZARD, 1896, MICHAEL P. CARROLL, 1897.
Board of Health.
JOHN I. ADAMS, Chairman,
EDWIN F. WILEY,
JOSEPH W. GLASS.
Constables.
JAMES WHEELER,
RODNEY A. DOUGLASS, SAMUEL T. HARRIS.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ 1894.
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Secretary of Selectmen. GEORGE T. TILL.
Town Counsel.
NILES & CARR.
Librarian of Public Library. MISS S. L. HONERS.
Assistant Librarians.
ALFRED G. MACPHERSON, NOWELL INGALLS,
HOWARD G. ELLIS.
Registrars of Voters.
Term ends. GEORGE W. MARSHALL, 1895, Term ends. Term ends. JOSEPH M. BASSETT, 1896, JAMES H. MOULTON, 1897,
GEORGE T. TILL, Clerk, (Ex-Officio.)
Ballot Clerks, Election March 19, 1894.
JOHN B. EARP, ABRAM G. STONE.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1894.]
Tellers, Election March 19, 1894.
EDMUND RUSSELL,
BENJAMIN F. RICH,
OSCAR F. MORRIS,
CHARLES G. ROWELL,
BERTRAM C. MELZARD,
STEPHEN P. HURD,
CHARLES E. ALDEN,
WILLARD M. HATCH.
Tellers, Recount March 20, 1894.
ARTHUR F. FOSTER,
ELDRIDGE F. SMALL.
Inspectors of Elections for One Year from Nov. 1, 1894.
JOHN B. EARP,
JOHN W. THURSTON, Democrat.
Republican.
Deputy Inspectors of Elections for One Year from Nov. 1, 1894. CHARLES G. ROWELL, W. HENRY COLLINS, Democrat.
Republican.
Tellers, National and State Election, Nov. 6, 1894.
MILTON D. PORTER, WILLARD M. HATCH,
EDWARD H. THOMAS, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON, OSCAR F. MORRIS.
DAVID W. NISBETT,
Superintendent of Streets. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
Superintendent of Cemetery.
JOSEPH S. BROWN.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors.
JOHN I. ADAMS.
Town Forrester.
JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ 1894.
Agent of Town Hall. GEORGE T. TILL.
Fanitor of Town Hall. JAMES A. MOTT.
Secretary of Overseers of the Poor. MRS. L. E. KENDRICK.
Secretary of the Board of Health. WILBUR B. ADAMS.
Engineers of the Fire Department. GEORGE P. CAHOON, Chief,
CHARLES K. ROBERTS, JAMES E. PHILLIPS.
Forest Firewards. · GEORGE P. CAHOON,
CHARLES K. ROBERTS, JAMES E. PHILLIPS.
Police. CHARLES H. DUNLAP, Chief,
SETH C. KENDRICK, JOHN C. WHORF.
Special Police.
NATHANIEL A. CAHOON,
JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN,
LEMUEL W. PICKHARD,
RICHARD V. BESSOM,
WILLIAM D. HUTT,
JOSEPH D. SPINNEY,
JAMES A. MOTT,
RODNEY A. DOUGLASS, GEORGE R. HUSSEY, FREDERICK L FALL, GEORGE NEWHALL, JAS. E. O. NISBETT, ADDISON D. STONE,
JOSEPH W. GLASS,
JOSEPH S. BROWN,
LEWIS G. CLARK,
DANIEL F. KNOWLTON,
SILAS B. CARR,
JOHN T. BIRD,
JOHN B. CROWELL, J. HENRY WIDGER, FRANK HOLDEN, SAMUEL T. HARRIS,
DAVID W. NISBETT.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1894.]
Constables. CHARLES H. DUNLAP,
SETH C. KENDRICK,
JOHN C. WHORF.
Keeper of Lockup. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE W. HARRIS.
Inspector of Provisions and Animals intended for Slaughter or kept for the Production of Milk. GEORGE NEWHALL.
Milk Inspector. CHARLES E. HARRIS.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark.
FRED H. EASTMAN.
Fence Viewers.
GILBERT DELANO, PELEG GARDNER.
Field Driver. GEORGE NEWHALL.
Pound Keeper. JEFFERSON G. OWENS.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ 1894.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Committee on Salaries. ROBERT B. WARDWELL,
SYDNEY M. SHATTUCK,
WILLIAM G. EARP.
Committee on Additional Electric Lights. (Norfolk and Middlesex Avenues, and Elmwood Terrace.) CURTIS V. MERRITT,
EDWIN A. FARNHAM, WILLIAM F. NORCROSS.
Committee to Purchase Road Roller. SAMUEL F. CROSMAN,
MARTIN E. NIES, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON.
Committee on Improvement Essex Street. (Removing Ledge near Burrill Street.) BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Collection of Ashes. BOARD OF HEALTH.
Committee on Sidewalk for Salem Street. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Extension of Water Pipes. (Highland Street to Greenwood Court.) BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
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STANDING COMMITTEES.
1895.]
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Phillips School Building Committee. MILTON D. PORTER, Chairman, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, BOARD OF SELECTMEN, DAVID K. PHILLIPS, D. HOLMAN MILLETT, ARTHUR C. WIDGER, Secretary.
Committee on Water Supply.
MILTON D. PORTER,
MARTIN NIES, ARTHUR C. WIDGER, ELDRIDGE F. SMALL.
PELEG GARDNER,
Committee on Sewerage. SAMUEL F. CROSMAN,
FRANK E. INGALLS, AARON R. BUNTING,
JOHN H. FARWELL, ARTHUR C. WIDGER,
CHARLES P. CURTIS, JR., EDWARD H. KITFIELD,
KENDALL POLLARD, *GEORGE E. EMMONS. *Resigned.
Committee on Street Lighting. CURTIS V. MERRITT,
EDWIN A. FARNHAM,
WILLIAM F. NORCROSS.
Committee on Assessors Maps. JOHN CHAPMAN,
DANIEL P. STIMPSON,
D. HOLMAN MILLETT.
Committee on Land for Cemetery. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ Dec. 31,
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town Hall and Land. .
. $14,000 00
Aqueduct Pipes .
50,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay Scales .
200 00
Portable Safe
200 00
Standard Weights and Measures .
100 00
Treasurer's Safe
20 00
Steel Box
25 00
Piano .
75 00
$72,620 00
School Department.
Phillips School and Land $57,000 00
Redington-Street School and Land 5,000 00
Beach School and Land
.
4,000 00
Pine-Street School and Land .
4,000 00
Essex-Street School and Land .
4,000 00
Farm School and Land
2,000 00
Land Essex Street opposite Cemetery . 300 00
School Furniture .
2,000 00
School Supplies
500 00
78,800 00
Cemetery Department.
Receiving Tomb .
.
$2,000 00
Superintendent's Building
500 00
Implements .
50 00
2,550 00
Amount curried forward
$153,970 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1894.]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$153,970 00
Fire Department.
Engine House, New Ocean Street
$4,500 00
Land with same 1,500 00 .
Steam Fire Engine
3,500 00
Hose Wagon .
450 00
3,400 feet Cotton Hose, good order, .60 2,040 00
250 feet Cotton Hose, damaged, .25 62 50
§ 2 crowbars, 8 ladder and hose straps ¿ 6 coal baskets, and 6 hydrant wrenches
Ladder Truck
One 42 ft. Extension Ladder
One 27 ft. Ladder
One 25 ft. Ladder
One 24 ft. Ladder .
One 20 ft. Ladder
200 00
Two 18 ft. Ladders
One 15 ft. Ladder
Four Fire Hooks and Poles
Three Axes
Supply Wagon
100 00
Hose Reel, Engine House ·
25 00
Hose Reel, 400 feet Hose, wrench and spanners, John Shepard's, Atlantic ave.
200 00
Hose Reel, 500 feet Hose, wrench and spanners, Evans & Cole's stable, Orient St. .
250 00
Hose Reel, 400 feet Hose, wrench and spanners, D. P. Stimpson's stable, Redington St. ·
200 00
Hose Reel, 400 feet Hose, wrench and spanners, Lynn & Boston Railroad Co's stable, Essex St. 200 00
Amount carried forward
$13,227 50 $153,970 00
·
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31,
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward $13,227 50 $153,970,00
Hose Reel, 400 feet Hose, wrench and
spanners, Mountain Park 200 00
Fire Alarm Bell, Town Hall 800 00
16 Fire Alarm Boxes 800 00
2 Fire Alarm Strikers, Town Hall and Congregational Church, Blaney St. 550 00
2 Fire Alarm Strikers, Engine House .
65 00
2 Gongs, Engine House and Chemical House, Lynn 85 00
3 Tappers, Engine House 35 00
2 Hand Chemicals on Hose Wagon 50 00
Steam Whistle, Marblehead Water Co. 50 00
5 Horses 1,200 00
3 Sets Double Swinging Harnesses 450 00
I Single Swinging Harness 75 00 .
8 Horse Blankets . 16 00
Hay and Grain 25 00
Furniture and Bedding
150 00
Supplies for Batteries
75 00
Wood and Coal
15 00
5 Hose Pipes ·
125 00
I Ladder Hose Pipe
15 00
2 Extra Nozzles 10 00
22 Spanners .
5 50
2 Wagon Jacks
5 00
11 Lanterns
27 50
22 Rubber Coats
55 00
Canvas Life Net
20 00
Life Shute
35 00
2 Siamese Connections
20 00
18,186 50
Amount carried forward
$172,156 50
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1894.]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$172,156 50
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Stone Crusher Plant
$2,500 00
Gravel Bank, Marblehead .
500 00
Storage Building, New Ocean Street . 400 00
Land with same 4.00 00
Victor Road Machine
150 00
Three Snow Plows
76 00
Tool House
25 00
Tool Box
3 00
One Set Double Harness
42 00
Two Sets Lead Harness
21 60
One Cart Harness
15 75
Five Horse Collars
15 00
One Four-Wheel Tip Cart
156 00
One One-Horse Cart
70 00
One Two-Horse Road Roller
225 00
Six Street Hoes
3 00
Four Rakes
I 25
Six Drag Rakes
3 00
Eight Snow Shovels
4 00
Six Trow Bars .
6 00
Twenty-two Shovels
13 20
Two Mattocks
5 00
Five Hammers .
6 50
Six Stone Points
I 00
Ten Hand Drills
2 60
Three Frost Wedges
8 00
Amount carried forward
$4,652 90 $172,156 50
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ Dec. 31,
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$4,652 90 $172,156 50
Twenty-four Picks
24 00
Three Pounders
3 00
One Wheelbarrow
2 50
Three Sand Pails
45
Four Sand Scoops
60
One Tamping Bar
1 00
Ten Lanterns
5 00
One Hundred Feet Hose
9 00
One Gravel Screen
6 00
Two Brush Hooks
I 50
One Bush Scythe
I 50
One Axe
1 00
One Hatchet
50
One Steel Rammer
6 75
One Dirt Rammer
3 00
4,718 70
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Seven Revolvers
42 00
Twenty Badges .
20 00
Eight Pairs Handcuffs
26 00
Nine Twisters
9 00
Thirteen Billies
13 00
Eleven Helmets
26 00
Six Whistles
1 00
One Lantern
1 00
Gun
20 00
158 00
-
$158 00 $177,033 20
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RECORDS OF THE TOWN CLERK.
1894.]
RECORDS OF THE TOWN CLERK.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 19th, 1894.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swamp- scott qualified to vote in Elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the Nineteenth day of March, current, at six o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :- ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for two (2) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
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[ Mar. 19,
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose three members of the Board of Audi-
tors for the year ensuing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Health for one (1) year.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing. To choose three Park Commissioners, one for one (1) year, one for two (2) years, one for three (3) years.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes " or "No" upon the question : Shall Licences be granted for the sale of Intoxi- cating liquors in this Town.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Audi- ting Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Com- mittee, the Superintendent of Streets, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Sewerage Committee, the Inspector of Provisions and Animals, and the Committee on New School Building.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations therefor.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in an- ticipation of the taxes to be assessed and collected for the current year.
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1894.]
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
ART. IO. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for prompt payment on or before a certain date.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take as to appropriating and raising by loan an additional sum of money for the purpose of erecting the High and Grammar School Building now in process of erection on Greenwood Avenue, on land conveyed to the Town by D. K. and L. H. Phillips.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licences to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 14. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department the current year and grant money for the same.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curbstones, and lay concrete side- walks ; provided the abutters will pay one-half the expense.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a Street Crossing from the corner of Railroad avenue and Pine street across Pine street to the westerly side thereof, agreeable to the petition of George A. R. Horton and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to construct a Street Crossing on Humphrey street at a point near Washburn's boarding stable, so called, opposite
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[ Mar. 19,
the land of William R. Blaney, as petitioned for by Wm. R. Blaney and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to place a Street Crossing across Humphrey street at a point near the store of S. J. Pettingell, as petitioned for by Joseph F. Crowell and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a Street Crossing from the Depot entrance across Columbia street, as petitioned for by William F. Norcross and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will construct Street Cross. ings as follows : One across Thomas' road at its junction with Burrill street and another across Paradise road at its junction with Burrill street and make an appropriation for the same agreeable to the petition of S. T. Beers and others.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will construct a Street Crossing from New Ocean street to Paradise road, across Burrill street and appropriate money for the same, as peti- tioned for by James L. Taylor and others.
ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take toward increasing the number of the Board of Selectmen from three to five members, agreeable to the petition of E. M. Tuttle and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk the re- mainder of the way on Salem street and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by John E. Chase and others.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the collecting of ashes and rubbish and to appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of M. W. Burdett and others.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take toward procuring additional land for the Town Hall, by purchasing the property known as the Proctor estate and make an ap- propriation therefor, the same to be raised by loan or do any- thing in relation to it.
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ART 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain an electric (arc) light over the Park, so-called, in Elmwood terrace, agreeable to the petition of William G. Earp and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will erect two electric (arc) lights on the property now or formerly of the Stetson Land Co., one at the junction of Norfolk and Middlesex avenues, the other at a suitable point on Norfolk avenue, and appro- priate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Stet- son Land Co. and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Legislature for an act to enable the Town of Swampscott to raise and appropriate money for street water- ing as petitioned for by S. F. Crosman and others.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take as to raising and appropriating money for watering certain streets of the Town as petitioned for by Geo. S. Burton and others.
ART 31. To see what action the Town will take in regard to revising the last part of Sec. 3, Art. 2 of the By-Laws in order to have a copy of Assessors' Valuation of estates with a list of poll tax payers, published every fifth year as peti- tioned for by J. R. Widger and others.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars to be used in con- nection with the abolishment of the grade crossing at Burrill street.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt that part of Chapter 16 of the Acts of 1894, as relates to the election of one or more Surveyors of Highways.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of making an Assessor's plan of the land in Town.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to have the sea wall on Orient street raised to a level
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with the curbstone by placing suitable cap-stone thereon as petitioned for by Robert B. Wardwell and others.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will have all sidewalks bordering on the Beaches concreted and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Robert B. Wardwell and others.
ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take as to adopting Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 of Chapter 102 of the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The polls to be closed at 5.30 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this Sixth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
AARON R. BUNTING, Selectmen H. CUSHING BULFINCH, of
ARTHUR C. WIDGER, Swampscott.
RETURN ON WARRANT.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of the Warrant in eleven public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott on Saturday, the seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
JAMES WHEELER,
Constable of Swampscott.
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In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Monday, March 19th, 1 894.
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 6 o'clock A. M., the Warrant calling the meeting and the return - thereon was read. The business of electing a Moderator was immediately commenced. The polls closed for choice of Moderator at 6.20 o'clock A. M. with the following result :
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