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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FORTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 1900
ED
A.D. 1629.
SETT
INCORF
TT. A. D. 1852
PORATED
SC
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1900
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FORTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 1900
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
TT. A. D, 1852.
SC
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1900
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 23
Index
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Assessors' Plans
136
Auditor's Remarks
. 152
Cemetery, Superintendent's Report
I34
Fire Engineers' Report
IIO
Health, Board of, Report
115
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions, Report
130
Jurors, List of
77
Library Trustee's Report
138
Milk Inspector's Report
139
Park Commissioners' Report
141
Police Report
131
Public Property, Schedule of
II
School Committee's Report .
83
Selectmen's Report
78
Standing Committees .
10
Street Light Committee's Report
127
Surveyor of Highways' Report
121
Swampscott Firemen's Relief Association
113
Town Clerk's Records
17
Town Clerk's Statistics
74
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Truant Officer's Report
109
Water Commissioners' Report
· 143
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INDEX.
1900]
Index
FINANCIAL REPORTS.
Assessors' Valuation
224
Assessors' Map
197
Atlantic Avenue Drain
192
Box Drain ..
191
Catch Basins and Gutters
181
Cemetery Department
198
Cemetery Improvement
199
Concrete and Curbstones
182
County Tax .
220
Engine House Repairs
173
Financial Standing of Town
231
Fire Department
167
Fire Hose
174
Fire Alarm Whistle
I74
Free Public Library
201
Health Department
192
Highway Department
175
Hillside Avenue Catch Basin
189
Interest
221
Ladder Truck Repairs
174
Maple Avenue
189
Memorial Day
197
Military Aid .
219
Monument Lot, Care of
197
Notes Payable .
230
Norfolk Avenue Drain
IS7
Orient Court .
190 210
Phillips School Medal Fund
167
Pleasant Street .
185
Police Department
205
Poor Department
207
Recapitulation
228
Roy Street .
185
Selectmen's Department
155
Sewerage Committee
212
Sidewalks . Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid
173
State Tax
220
State Aid, Chapter 301
218
State Aid, Chapter 561
220
Statistics of the Town .
225
Street Light Department
203
Street Crossings
184
Street Watering
203
Swampscott Water Works
212
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet .
222
Treasurer's Balance Sheet
226
Town Hall Department 200
Town Warrant .
232
Water Rates .
204
Watering Cart .
192
Whale's Beach .
196
School Department
161
179
Special Fire
217
Park Department
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Elected Town Officers
Moderator, EDMUND RUSSELL.
Selectmen,
GEO. T. TILL. Chairman. EDWARD A. MAXFIELD.
HEZEKIAH NEWCOMB.
Town Clerk, MILTON D. PORTER.
Treasurer, BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes, MICHAEL P. CARROLL.
Auditors,
WARREN S. BLANCHARD, Chairman. HERMAN F. ASHTON. JOHN B. EARP.
Assessors,
D. HOLMAN MILLETT, Chairman Term expires 1902
PELEG GARDNER
1900
ISAAC H. ANDREWS . ٠٠ 1901
School Committee,
FRANK E. INGALLS, Chairman . . Term expires 1900
EDWIN M. BAILEY .
1901
ELDRIDGE F. SMALL
.
1902
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1900]
Water Commissioners,
BENJAMIN G. INGALLS, Chairman
. Term expires 1902
CHARLES S. HASKELL
1901
MARTIN V. B. STONE
1900
Public Library Trustees,
JAMES E. PEASLEY, Chairman .
FRANK E. INGALLS .
Term expires 1900 66 1902
FRANK F. STANLEY
66
190I
Park Commissioners,
EDWARD H. KITFIELD, Chairman
Term expires 1900
FRANK L. EARL
66 1901
H. CUSHING BULFINCH
66
1902
Board of Health,
JOSEPH W. GLASS, Chairman
Term expires 1901
WILLIS E. DOUGHTY . .
66 1900
Dr. FRANK B. STRATTON
1902
Surveyor of Highways, MICHAEL J. RYAN.
Constables, SAMUEL T. HARRIS. HENRY E. DOUGLASS. T. FRANK WIDGER.
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Appointed Town Officers
Secretary of Selectmen, JAY C. MERRITT.
Town Counsel, NILES & CARR.
Librarian of Public Library, Miss S. L. HONORS.
Assistant Librarians, -
ROY E. CRANE. CHESTER BROWN.
Engineers of Fire Department,
GEORGE P. CAHOON .
· Chief
GEORGE H. LAMPARD ·
Ist Assistant
EDWIN B. TAYLOR . . . 2d Assistant
Forest Fire Wardens,
GEORGE P. CAHOON. GEORGE H. LAMPARD.
EDWIN B. TAYLOR.
Town Forester, JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
Regular Police, SETH C. KENDRICK, Chief.
JOHN C. WHORF. ADELBERT S. HAMMOND. CHARLES A. DUNLAP. JOHN B. CROWELL.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1900]
Superintendent of Cemetery, NATHAN M. HARRIS.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors, MICHAEL HALEY.
Care of Monument Lot, FREEMAN HOWES
Inspector of Provisions and Animals Intended for Slaughter or kept for Production of Milk,
GEORGE NEWHALL.
Milk Inspector, CHARLES E. HARRIS.
Town Weigher, THEOPHILUS W. BRACKETT.
Fence Viewers,
ISAAC ANDREWS. D. HOLMAN MILLETT.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark, FRED H. EASTMAN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
GEORGE W. HARRIS
BENJAMIN A. MARTIN .
Appointed Dec. 1, 1899 · Resigned
Secretary of the Overseers of the Poor, Mrs. L. E. KENDRICK.
Secretary of the Board of Health, ISAAC A. ULMAN.
Agent of Town Hall, JAMES A. MOTT.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Janitor of Town Hall, JAMES A. MOTT.
Registrars of Voters,
DAVID W. NISBETT, Chairman
Term expires 1900
ANDREW OLSEN
1901
FRANK L. BONNEY .
66 190
MILTON D. PORTER.
.
( Ex officio.)
Inspectors of Election, March 20, 1899,
BENJAMIN F. RICH .
Republican
JAMES T. LYONS
Democrat.
Deputy Inspectors for Election, March 20, 1899.
FRANK V. PORTER .
Republican.
H. BYRON MARTIN
Democrat.
Tellers of Election, March 20, 1899,
WILLIAM HERBERT WEBSTER
Republican.
WILLARD M. HATCH
· Republican.
JAMES L. TAYLOR . . Republican.
FRANK V. PORTER .
Republican. ·
EDWARD H. THOMAS
Democrat. ·
FRANK D. THURSTON
Democrat.
WILLIAM H. COLLINS
. Democrat.
BERNARD MCDERMOTT
· Democrat.
Inspectors of Election, Nov. 7, 1899,
JOHN B. EARP
. Republican.
JAMES T. LYONS .
· Democrat.
Deputy Inspectors of Election, Nov. 7, 1899,
BENJAMIN F. RICH . · Republican. ABRAM G. STONE . · Democrat.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1900]
Tellers of Election, Nov. 7. 1899,
CHARLES T. JACKSON
Republican.
HERBERT W. WEBSTER
Republican.
FRANK V. PORTER
Republican. ·
JAMES L. TAYLOR
· Republican. Democrat. .
H. BYRON MARTIN
DANIEL J. KAIN
· Democrat.
FRANK D. THURSTON
. Democrat.
EDWARD H. THOMAS
Democrat.
Constables.
SETH C. KENDRICK. JOHN C. WHORF. ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
CHARLES A. DUNLAP. JOHN B. CROWELL. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Keeper of Lockup, SETH C. KENDRICK.
Special Police,
RICHARD G. GILLEY.
JOHN T. WARD.
GEORGE R. HUSSEY.
MELVIN W. BURDETT.
JAMES A. MOTT. F. FRANK WIDGER.
GEORGE M. CONNER.
J. P. M. S. PITMAN.
LOUIS F. AMAZEEN.
JEFFERSON G. OWENS.
CHARLES CONNELL.
JOSEPH W. GLASS.
ELIAS G. HODGKINS.
SILAS B. CARR. JOHN BURNETT.
PATRICK CRYAN.
LOUIS G. CLARK.
WILLIAM D. HUTT.
GEORGE H. REED.
JOSEPH D. SPINNEY.
RICHARD V. BESSOM.
GEORGE NEWHALL.
J. SHELDON MUDGE.
NATHANIEL A. CAHOON.
·
LEMUEL W. PICKARD.
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Standing Committees
Committee on Street Lights,
AARON R. BUNTING. EDWIN A. FARNHAM.
JOHN R. MERRITT. MARTIN L. QUINN.
FRANK L. BONNEY.
Committee on Assessors' Map,
D. HOLMAN MILLETT. JOHN CHAPMAN.
Committee on Sewerage,
EDWARD E. CALL. GEORGE T. TILL.
FRANK J. LINNEHAN.
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD.
KENDALL POLLARD. HEZEKIAH NEWCOMB.
WESTON K. LEWIS.
Committee on Electric Light Plant,
AARON R. BUNTING. MARTIN L. QUINN.
JOHN R. MERRITT. FRANK L. BONNEY.
EDWARD A. FARNHAM. HENRY B. SPRAGUE.
EDWARD N. KITFIELD.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1900]
Schedule of Public Property.
Swampscott Water Works .
.$161,563 16
Town Hall and land .
. 17,135 00
Public Library .
5,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales
200 00
Portable safe
200 00
Steel box
25 00
Piano
75 00
Standard weights and measures
100 00
Treasurer's safe .
20 00
Town Clerk's safe
75 00
Collector's safe .
50 00
$187,443 16
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
·
4,500 00
Essex Street School and land ·
4,000 00
Farm School and land .
2,000 00
Land Essex street, opposite Cemetery, 300 00
Chemical Laboratory .
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies
400 00
School furniture
2,300 00
School supplies .
800 00
82,200 00
Amount carried forward,
$269,643 16
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Amount brought forward,
$269,643 16
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb .
$2,000 00
Superintendent's building
500 00
Implements
43 50
2,543 50
Police Department.
Ten revolvers
$37 00
Nine handcuffs
29 00
Ten billies
10 00
Twenty-one badges
30 00
Seventeen helmets
26 00
Nine twisters
9 00
Six whistles
I 00
One gun
20 00
One cap
3 50.
Six belts
7 50
Buttons
15 00
188 00
Fire Department.
Engine house
$6,750 00
Land and storage buildings
1,500 00
Mountain Park hose-house and land
500 00
Steam fire engine
3,600 00
Hose wagon
450 00
Twenty-four hundred and fifty feet
cotton hose @ 50c.
1,225 00
Amounts carried forward,
$14,025 00 $272,374 66
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1900]
Amounts brought forward, $14,025 00 $272,374 66
Six hundred feet cotton hose (Worthless) Ladder truck
Two crow-bars, 9 ladder hose-straps, 6 coal baskets, 5 hydrant wrenches, 2 hay-hooks, 2 hay-forks One 30-foot ladder
Two 25-foot ladders
One 22-foot ladder
382 00 .
One 20-foot ladder
Two 17-foot ladders
One 10-foot ladder
One 50-foot extension ladder
Four fire-hooks and poles
Two axes .
Supply wagon
50 00
One syphon
17 00
One army coat
2 50
Twenty-five alarm boxes
1,025 00
Stable tools
13 00
Fire-alarm bell (Town Hall)
800 00
Two fire alarm strikers (Town Hall and Congregational Church) . 550 00
Three gongs
166 25
Three tappers (Engine house)
35 00
Two hand chemicals (hose wagon)
50 00
Two steam whistles
500 00
Six horses
1,200 00
Three sets double harnesses (swinging), 450 00
One single swinging harness
25 00
Nine horse blankets
25 00
Furniture and bedding .
75 00
Supply for batteries
75 00
One whistle machine .
20 00
One ladder hose pipe .
15 00
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Amounts carried forward,
$19,500 75 $272,374 66
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Amounts brought forward,
$19,500 75 $272,374 66
Four house pipes
100 00
Two extra nozzles
10 00
Eighteen spanners
4 50
Two wagon yacks
6 50
Nine lanterns
4 50
Thirty-one rubber coats
92 75
Canvas life net
20 00
Life sheet
35 00
One shut-off nozzle
15 00
One shut-off gate
20 00
One plaster hook
3 00
One repeater
300 00
One tape register
75 00
One indicator
100 00
One nickle iron bar
4 00
One patent horse-collar
15 00
Old ladders
25 00
Eighteen feet soft suction
12 00
One heater for steamer
25 00
One pump
20 00
One hydrant pump
6 00
Eighty-five hydrants ·
2,125 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and spanners, at John Shepard's, Atlantic avenue ·
200 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and spanners, at John Palmer's sta- ble, Humphrey street 200 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and spanners, at Lynn and Boston R. R. stable, Essex street 200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, axe and spanners, Mountain Park 225 00
Amounts carried forward,
$23,344 00 $272,374 66
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Amounts brought forward, $23,344 00 $272,374 66
Four hundred feet hose, wrench and spanners, Lincoln House 250 00 Two hundred and fifty feet hose, wrench and spanners, at Evens & Cole's sta- ble, Orient street · 125 00
23,719 00
Highway Department.
Stone-crusher plant . $2,500 00
Gravel bank, "Marblehead "
500 00
Storage building, New Ocean street .
400 00
Land with same
400 00 .
Two street watering carts
500 00
Victor road machine .
150 00
Five snow ploughs
156 00
Tool-house
25 00
Tool-box
6 00
Two sets double harnesses .
87 00
Two sets lead harnesses
21 00
Five horse collars
15 00
One cart harness
15 00
One four-wheel tip-cart 156 00
One horse tip-cart
70 00
One two-horse roller .
225 00
Six street hoes
3 00
Three rakes
I 20
Six drag rakes
3 00
Twenty snow shovels .
10 00
Five crowbars .
5 00
Twenty-two shovels
II'00
Two mattocks
.
5 00
Amounts carried forward,
$5,264 20 $296,093 66
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Amounts brought forward,
$5,264 20 $296,093 66
Five hammers
7 00
Six stone points .
1 00
Ten hand drills .
2 60
Two frost wedges
8 00
Twenty-four picks
24 00
Three pounders .
3 00
One wheelbarrow
2 50
Five sand pails .
75
Four sand scoops
60
Two tamping bars
3 50
Twelve lanterns
6 00
One gravel screen
6 00
Two brush hooks
I 50
One bush scythe
I 50
One steel rammer
6 75
One dirt rammer
3 00
One S. S. pump and hose .
43 00
One 37-foot extension ladder
II 00
Two long-handle scoops
2 00
One locker
20 00
One claw-hammer
50
One hatchet
S5
One level
I 00
Paving hammer
I 50
One wrench
I 00
$5.422 75
$301,516 21
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1900]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 20, 1899.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables in 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 Swampscott qualified to vote in elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the Twentieth day of March, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
. 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.
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To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for the year ensuing.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing.
To choose a Park Commissioner for three (3) years. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this town.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, 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 Water Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Committee on Sewerage, and the Park Commissioners.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year and make appro- priations therefor.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
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ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
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 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. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay balance due American Fire Engine Company for repairs on Fire Engine.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make repairs on Engine House.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take toward paying a salary to the Water Commissioners and fix the amount of same.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take toward amending the By-Laws.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health in removing rubbish which may be washed up on Whale's Beach during the coming season.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing more land adjoining the Town Hall lot and make appropriation therefor.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will amend Section 2 of Article 3 of the By-Laws, so as to authorize the payment of
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money by the Town Treasurer upon orders drawn by the Water Board or a majority of the members of said Board.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will amend Section I of Article 2 of the By-Laws, so as to authorize the Water Board, as agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute suits, as set forth in a draft of the proposed amendent now on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
ART. 20. To see what rules and regulations the Town will adopt as to the collection of water rates and in cases of failure or refusal to pay such water rates, or to comply with the rules, by-laws, or regulations concerning the water supplied by the Town and payment therefor, according to a draft of said rules and regulations and proposed by-law on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to adopt rules and regulations, from time to time, hereafter, for the care and protection of the water works and other property of the Town employed in supplying water to the Town and its inhabitants, and for the collection of water rates.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to grade Pleasant Street as far as accepted.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to furnish and operate an electric arc light at the junction of Middlesex Avenue, Farragut and Paradise Roads.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take toward constructing street crossings, as follows : Across Rose Street at Rockland Street; across Rockland Street at easterly corner of Rose Street ; across New Ocean Street at Burrill Street; across Essex Street, at the southwest corner of Burrill Street; across Farragut Road at junction of same with Thomas Road from estate of Walter R. Curtis to estate of Edgar Shaw; across Thomas Road from the church of the Holy Name to the estate of Walter R. Curtis; across Burrill Street from northeast corner of same and Middlesex Avenue to the northwest corner of
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Railroad Avenue and Burrill Street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of three to investigate as to the expediency and probable cost of converting our present Pumping Station of the Water Works into an Electric Light Plant for the purpose of supplying electricity for the use of the Town and its citizens, and to report at the next annual Town Meeting.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the betterments assessed by the Park Commissioners, March 18th, 1898, upon lands bordering on Humphrey Street.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting a portion of Humphrey Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting a portion of Orient Court, as laid out by the Select- men, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting a portion of Roy Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting Maple Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting Stetson Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to request the School Committee to introduce a Business Course at the High School, consisting of the following studies : Arithmetic, English, double- entry bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting, and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see what action the town will take in reference to drainage of Norfolk Avenue, as mentioned in the Selectmen's report.
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ART. 34. To see what action the Town will take in relation to improvements at Atlantic and Beach Bluff Avenues, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Water- ing Cart, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to give E. A. Farn- ham permission to connect a private drain with the Town drain on Humphrey street for the removal of surface water.
ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take relative to the perpetual care of Cemetery Lots.
ART. 38. To see what action the Town will take toward arranging a contract with the City of Lynn for fire protection.
ART. 39. To fix the amount of salary for Town officials for ensuing year.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts Highway Commission to build that portion of the state highway between the Boston & Maine Railroad overhead bridge on Paradise Road, to Burrill Street on the North Shore Route, so called, with such modifi- cations of said plan as may be deemed advisahle.
ART. 41. To see what action, if any, the Town will take as to paying for land on Blaney's Beach, which John Smith claims to have owned, and which was taken by the Park Commissioners for park purposes, and to take any action on the claim of said Smith which the meeting may determine.
ART. 42. To see what compensation, if any, the Town will award to William C. Stone, and the other Stone heirs, for land of the said William C. Stone or of the Stone heirs, taken by the Town for park purposes, or what action, if any, the Town will take in reference to compensation to said William C. Stone, or said Stone heirs, upon their claim as set forth in petition on file,-and to see whether the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the whole matter relating to the entire taking of property of William C. Stone, and the Stone heirs, for such park purposes.
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ART. 43. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in determining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improvements.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $4, 100 for the improvement of the Blaney Beach Reservation, as indicated by the Park Commissioners' report and plans on file with the Town Clerk.
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 fourth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
WILMOT R. HASTINGS, JAMES H. MOULTON, GEO. T. MELZARD, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest : RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable.
Return on the 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 purpose herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depots, Post Office, and eight other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Friday, the tenth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable of Swampscott.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 23
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, met in the Town Hall on Monday, March 20, 1899, and were called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon.
ART. I. Moderator. On motion it was voted that the Town Clerk · cast one ballot for Edmund Russell for Moderator, that ballot having been cast, Edmund Russell was declared elected Moderator, and was immediately qualified for the duty by the Town Clerk. Benjamin F. Rich, (Rep.) and James T. Lyons, (Dem.) having been appointed by the Selectmen to serve as Inspectors, were qualified by the Clerk, and to them were deliv- ered the package containing 1,260 general and 60 special bal- lots. All the requirements of the law having been complied with, the polls were declared open for balloting for Town Offi- cers at 6.15 A. M.
The following having been appointed Tellers, were duly quali- fied by the Clerk, William Herbert Webster, Willard M. Hatch, James L. Taylor and Frank V. Porter, (Rep.) and Frank D. Thurston, Daniel A. Mohan, William H. Collins and Bernard McDermott, (Dem.). It having been voted that the polls be kept open until 5.57 P. M., they were closed at that hour.
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