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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 1906.
A.D.
SETTLED
162
· INCORPORATED
T.A. D. 1852.
AS
SWAM
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER. 1906.
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 1906.
SETTLED A.D.
162
INCOR
TT. A.D. 1852.
RATED
AS
SWAMP
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER. 1906.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Index.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE.
Assessors' Report
220
Auditor's Remarks
221
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
I19
Fire Engineer's Report
III
Health, Board of, Report
Health, Report of Health Officer
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions' Report
145 148 I49
Jurors, List of
64
Library Trustees' Report
131
Milk Inspector's Report
123
Park Commissioners' Report
105
Police Report
101
Public Property, Schedule of
II
School Committee's Report
71
Sewer Commissioners' Report
139
Sealer of Weights and Measures
124
Selectmen's Report
66
Sinking Fund Commissioner's Report
136
Standing Committees
10
Street Light Committee's Report
126
Superintendent of Schools' Report
75
Surveyor of Highways' Report .
106
Town Clerk's Records .
61
Town Officers Appointed
6
. Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant
222
Tree Warden's Report
I20
Truant Officer's Report
100
Water Commissioner's Report
133
19
Town Clerk's Statistics
3
INDEX.
1906]
Index.
FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Assessors' Valuation .
220
Bound Stones
206
Care of Brooks
19S
Catch Basins and Gutters .
178
Cemetery Land
203
Cemetery Department
169
Clarke School
199
Concrete and Curbstones
180
County Tax .
241
Crushed Stone
179
Essex Street Gutter
205
Eureka Avenue
204 216
Fire Department .
172
Free Public Library
184
Health Department
165
Highway Department
176
Humphrey Street Improvement Interest
207
Mapledale Place Improvement .
204
Memorial Day
186
Military Aid, Chapter 372 .
186
Monument Lot, Care of
198 200
Moth Department
201
Notes Payable
218
Park Department
170
Phillips School Medal Fund
206
Piano Department
199
Play Ground
172
Police Department
163
Police Station
202
Poor Department
189
Resetting Curbstones
ISI
Roy Street
204
School Department
158
Selectmen's Department
153
Sewer Department
195
210
Snow Department
1Q7
Special Fire
175
State Tax
241
State Aid, Chapter 374
187
Statistics of the Town
219
Street Light Department
183
Street Crossings .
201
Street Watering .
183
Swampscott Water Works
192
Tax Collector's Balance sheet
209
Town Drain .
201
Town Hall Department
167
Town Warrant, April 24, 1905
36
Town Warrant, May 9, 1905
46
Town Warrant, August 14, 1905
49
Town Warrant, January 23, 1906
57
Treasurer's Balance Sheets
212
Tree Warden
182
Water Rates
184
Sewer Department Assessment Sidewalks
IS2
Soldiers' Relief
IS8
Storage Battery
202
Morris Land
18I
Financial Standing of Town
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 2
Elected Town Officers.
Moderator. DANIEL F. KNOWLTON.
Selectmen.
GEORGE A. R. HORTON, Chairman. ALLEN H. COLE.
MARTIN L. QUINN.
Town Clerk. MILTON D. PORTER.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. GEORGE T. TILL.
Auditors.
GEORGE R. HUSSEY, Chairman. STUART P. ELLIS.
HARRY E. CAHOON.
Assessors.
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, Chairman
Term expires 1908
JOHN B. EARP, Clerk . .
1907
GILBERT DELANO
.
66 1906
School Committee.
WALTER B. SHUMWAY, Chairman ·
Term expires 1906
ELEANOR G. HOLDEN ·
1907
S. PERRY CONGDON
1908
1906]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Overseers of the Poor.
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman .
·
Term expires 1907
THOMAS B. P. CURTIS · ·
1908
CHARLES A. BLANCHARD .
1906
Water Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. BATES, Chairman
Term expires 1908
CHARLES S. HASKELL
1907
SAMUEL M. KEHOE
.
66 1906
Public Library Trustees.
ELIZABETH J. HADLEY, Chairman
Term expires 1906
FRANK E. INGALLS .
.
66 66 1908
FRANK F. STANLEY
.
1907
Park Commissioners.
JEROME PAUL JACKSON, Chairman
Term expires 1908
FRED C. MARSH .
I907
JOHN J. BLANEY
1906
Board of Health.
DR. FRANK B. STRATTON, Chairman .
Term expires 1908
MICHAEL HALEY .
·
1907
JASPER H. STONE
.
1906
Surveyor of Highways. MICHAEL J. RYAN.
Constables.
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. RICHARD G. GILI.EY.
EDWIN G. SPAULDING.
Sewer Commissioners.
AARON R. BUNTING, Chairman
Term expires 1907
OSCAR G. POOR . .
66
1906
HENRY B. SPRAGUE
1908
Tree Warden. GEORGE NEWHALL.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 2
Appointed Town Officers.
Secretary of Selectmen. CHARLES G. ROWELL.
Town Counsel. WILLIAM H. NILES.
Librarian of Public Library. MISS S. L. HONORS.
Assistant Librarians.
HERBERT W. BLANEY. RALPH H. RUSSELL ..
Engineers of Fire Department.
GEORGE P. CAHOON .
Chief
GEORGE H. LAMPARD . ·
Ist Assistant
FRANK L. CHAPMAN
. 2d Assistant
Forest Fire Wardens.
GEORGE P. CAHOON. GEORGE H. LAMPARD.
FRANK L. CHAPMAN.
Regular Police. SAMUEL T. HARRIS, Chief.
HENRY J. PEDRICK. ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
CHARLES H. DUNLAP. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY.
JOHN F. WARD. BENJAMIN G. PEDRICK.
Superintendent of Cemetery. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1906]
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. MICHAEL HALEY.
Care of Monument Lot. JOSEPH GLASS.
nspector of Provisions and Animals Intended for Slaughter or Kept for Production of Milk.
SAMUEL A. SPAULDING.
Milk Inspector. GEORGE C. WEBSTER.
Town Weigher. E. S. EASTMAN.
Fence Viewers.
N. J. WATERS.
THOMAS THUMITH.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark. FRED H. EASTMAN. EDGAR F. DAVIS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. ALFRED G. WATTS.
Secretary of the Overseers of the Poor. MRS. L. E. KENDRICK.
Secretary of the Board of Health. W. R. PATTEN.
Health Officer. MARTIN E. NIES.
Agent of Town Hall. FRANK H. BRADFORD.
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[Feb. 2
Janitor of Town Hall. FRANK H. BRADFORD.
Superintendent of Sewers. AARON R. BUNTING.
Clerk of Sewer Commissioners. GEORGE T. TILL.
Registrars of Voters. SIDNEY M. SHATTUCK, Chairman (Dem.) Term expires 1908
JAMES T. LYONS, (Dem.) 1907
MILTON D. PORTER, (Rep.) (ex-officio)
ERNEST B. THYNG, (Rep.) . Term expires 1906
Special Election Officer, March 20, 1905. JAMES H. MOULTON.
Inspectors of Elections, March 20, 1905.
CHARLES C. JONES
Republican
WILLIS C. PAUL
Democrat
Deputy Inspectors of Election, March 20, 1905.
ALFRED G. WATTS
DANIEL J. KANE
Republican Democrat
Tellers of Election, March 20, 1905.
ALFRED F. PYNE
LEWIS N. CARTER .
FRANCIS S. OLIVER
WALTER L. MELVIN
EDWIN W. HAWES
F. V. PORTER
F. D. THURSTON
Democrat
W. H. COLLINS
Democrat
ALBERT A. STONE
Democrat
JOSEPH P. MATHER
Democrat
JOSEPH P. NIES
Democrat
J. WILLIAM THURSTON .
.
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Democrat
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1906]
Special Election Officer, November 7, 1905. JAMES H. MOULTON
Democrat
Inspectors of Election, November 7, 1905.
JAMES L. TAYLOR .
Republican
J. WILLIAM THURSTON . . Democrat
Deputy Inspectors of Election, November 7, 1905.
WILLIAM J. WATERS
Republican
ABRAM G. STONE
Democrat
Tellers of Election, November 7, 1905.
RICHARD E. MELVIN
Republican
NATHANIEL C. F. BARTLETT .
·
Republican
ALFRED V. PYNE
F. V. PORTER .
Republican Republican Democrat
FRANK D. THURSTON
ALBERT A. STONE .
Democrat
JOHN T. MCDERMOTT
Democrat
WILLIAM H. COLLINS
. Democrat
Constables.
HENRY J. PEDRICK. ADELBERT S. HAMMOND. SAMUEL T. HARRIS.
CHARLES H. DUNLAP. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY. RICHARD GILLEY.
EDWIN G. SPAULDING.
Keeper of Lockup. SAMUEL T. HARRIS.
Special Police.
RICHARD G. GILLEY. GEORGE R. HUSSEY. J. P. M. S. PITMAN. JOSEPH W. GLASS. LEMUEL W. PICKARD. CHARLES Q. LOUD.
LOUIS F. AMAZEEN. ELIAS G. HODGKIN. PATRICK CRYAN. GEORGE H. REED.
EDWARD G. SPAULDING. JOHN C. THOMAS.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 2
Special Police .- Continued.
HULBERT W. GRANT.
ELMER WILLIS.
WILLIAM D. HUTT.
JOHN C. MAHAN.
FREDERICK A. TAYLOR.
JOSEPH A. HORTON.
FRANK GRIFFIN.
J. FRANK MOORE. WILLIAM R. BLANEY.
FRANK E. POWERS.
SETH C. KENDRICK.
GEORGE D. R. DURKEE.
WILLIAM C. MCNAMARA.
DEXTER E. WESTON.
EDWARD A. SMITH.
CHARLES RODRICK.
Truant Officer. ·
RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Pound Keeper. JEFFERSON G. OWENS.
Field Driver. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Dog Officer. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Standing Committee.
Committee on Street Lights.
EDWIN A. FARNHAM, Chairman. FRANK J. LINNEHAN.
JOHN R. MERRITT. MARTIN L. QUINN.
JAMES F. CATON.
HORACE W. WARDWELL.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1906.]
Schedule of Public Property.
Miscellaneous.
Swampscott Water Works
. $180,779 24
Town Hall and land
·
·
23,000 00
Public Library
· 5,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales
200 00
Portable safe .
200 00
Steel box
25 00
Piano
175 00
Standard weights and measures
100 00
Treasurer's safes
295 00
Town Clerk's safe .
75 00
Collector's safe
50 00
Morris land
.
2,800 00
$215,999 24
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 . .
8,000 00
Farm School and land
2,000 00
Land, Essex street, opp. Cemetery,
300 00
Chemical Laboratory
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies
400 00
School furniture
2,300 00
School supplies
Soo oo
Clarke School and land .
33,000 00
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
$119,200 00
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[Feb. 2
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
. $2,000 00
Old tomb
.
20 00
House . .
.
·
500 00
Implements
50 00
- $2,570 00
Police Department.
Police Station and fixtures
·
. $3,195 00
Nine revolvers
45 00
Forty-eight badges
55 00
Ten handcuffs
4º 75
Ten twisters
10 00
Ten billies
10 00
Seventeen helmets
30 00
One gun
20 00
One cap
3 00
Six belts and clubs
7 50
Six lanterns .
3 50
, Five chairs
7 50
One table
3 50
One gas heater
3 00
One Public Statute
4 25
Thirty-two dozen buttons
19 00
One stop watch
7 00
$3,464 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
[9061
Fire Department.
Engine house, New Ocean street
$6,750 00
Land and storage building
1,500 00
Mountain Park hose house and land
500 00
Steam fire engine
3,600 00
Hose wagon
500 00
Ladder truck with 192 feet of ladders,
400 00
Six coal baskets, 5 hydrant wrenches .
19 00
One supply wagon
50 00
One army coat . · ·
2 50
Twenty-three alarm boxes ·
1,760 00
Stable tools
25 00
Fire-alarm bell, Town Hall
800 00
Two fire-alarm strikers, one at Town
Hall, one at Congregational Church,
550 00
Four gongs
175 00
Tape register
35 00
Four hand chemicals
80 00
Two steam whistles
500 00
Eight horses
1,625 00
Three sets double harness
450 00
One single harness
50 00
One three-horse hitch ·
.
150 00
Eight horse blankets, in good order
40 00
Robe
3 00
Stable blanket .
4 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Starigal battery and switch board
800 00
Five play pipes
100 00
Twenty-four spanners
6 00
Two wagon jacks
6 50
Eight lanterns .
5 00
Thirty-one rubber coats
92 00
Canvas life net, new .
25 00
Amount carried forward,
$20,678 00
·
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Amount brought forward, $20,678 00
Canvas life net, old
·
5 00
Life sheet .
35 00
One shut-off nozzle
15 00
One shut-off gate
20 00
One plaster hook
3 00
Thirty-two badges
24 00
One repeater ·
300 00
Two indicators .
225 00
Three iron bar
10 00
One patent horse collar
15 00
Old ladders
20 00
Eighteen feet soft suction
12 00
One heater for steamer
25 00
One pump
20 00
One hydrant pump
6 00
Eighty-six hydrants
2, 150 00
One light wagon
50 00
Hose pung
.
.
95 00
Chemical House, Phillips' Beach.
Chemical House and land .
8,400 00
One chemical engine .
.
2,225 00
Two hand chemicals . ·
50 00
One indicator .
90 00
One gong .
45 00
Two horses
450 00
One set double harnesses
90 00
One theee-horse hitch
150 00
Three horse blankets .
18 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Hose reel and 600 feet hose, one play-
pipe
220 00
Supplies . .
160 00
Amount carried forward,
$35,686 00
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Amount brought forward, $35,686 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners at John Palmer's stable, Humphrey street . .
200 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Lynn & Boston Railway stables, Essex street . 200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners one axe, at Mountain Park Hose House . ·
250 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, one wrench two spanners at Lincoln House . Two hundred and fifty feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Evans & Cole's stable, Orient street .
250 00
125 00
Twenty-seven hundred feet cotton hose, rubber-lined, two and one-half inch,
1,350 00
$38,056 00
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[Feb. 2
Highway Department.
Road roller
· $3,250 00
Stone crusher plant
3,600 00
Gravel bank, Marblehead .
500 00
Storage building, New Ocean street 400 00
Land with same
400 00
Three street watering carts
750 00
Victor road machine .
150 00
Six snow ploughs
235 00
Tool house
25 00
Two tool boxes .
10 00
Two sets double harness
87 00
Two sets lead harness
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
Tools
325 00
One hundred tons crushed stone .
125 00
Supplies for crusher and roller
75 00
Horse and buggy
250 00
-
$10,684 00
Assessors' Department.
Plans and maps .
. $3,000 00
Safe .
90 00
Desk .
25 00
Table
25 00
Chairs
·
51 00
Cabinet and cards
55 00
$3,246 oc
1906]
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Health Department.
Twenty-one generators
·
.
$50 00
One wheelbarrow
2 00
One dory .
15 00
One pair oars
1 00
Two lanterns
I '50
Four rakes
I 20
Three forks
I 35
One trowel
1 00
Four garbage pails
5 00
Three garbage barrels
9 00
New Contagious Hospital .
2,032 00
Household Goods at Hospital
186 22
Carriage
50 00
Carriage shed
84 00
Office furniture (Town Hall)
141 00
Flash light
3 00
Atlas
.
25 00
$2,608 27
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
$6,862 64
Pumping plant .
7,634 00
Land at station .
1,144 63
Office furniture and fixtures
278 32
Material on hand
887 49
$16,807 08
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[Feb. 2
Summary.
Miscellaneous
·
·
$215,999 24
School Department
1 19,200 00
Cemetery Department
2,570 00
Police Department
3,464 00
Fire Department .
38,056 00
Highway Department .
10,434 00
Assessors' Department .
3,246 00
Health Department
.
2,608 27
Sewer Department
16,807 08
Total .
$412,384 59
.
.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1906]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 20, 1905.
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 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 meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one ( 1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensu- ing.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years. To choose a Town Treasurer for (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensu- ing.
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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 ensu- ing.
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.
To choose a Water Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose a Sewer Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose a Tree Warden for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes" or " No" upon the ques- tion : 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 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 Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commisioners, the Tree Warden, and the Board of Assessors.
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.
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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 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. 10. 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 and seventy-five dollars ($175) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., toward defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see what rate of interest the Town will charge on taxes not paid before November I, of the year in which they are assessed.
· ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in determ- ining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improve- ments.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric (arc) light in the square at the junction of Forest avenue, Devens and Banks roads and Redington street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to place an incandes- cent light at the end of Greenwood avenue near Humphrey street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to place an incandes- cent light at the corner of Yawata street and Beach Bluff Depot yard, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric (arc) light on Ontario street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to make the salary of the clerk of the Overseers of Poor fifty dollars ($50) per year, as petitioned for.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take, if any, to abate the nuisance caused by the overflow of the surface water from the brook emptying on the easterly side of the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, near Stetson avenue, as petitioned for.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in regard to repairing the Soldiers' Monument lot, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) to buy and set boundary stones on the several streets which have been accepted, and do not now have said stones.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to charge for all water used in the Town at a rate per thousand gallons, said rate to be established by the Water Commissioners of the Town; and that meters for the measurement of all water used be purchased, owned, and installed by the Town, and that said Water Com- missioners be authorized to purchase and install said meters.
ART. 23. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purchasing and installing of water meters mentioned in Article 22, and if so, to determine whether the same shall be borrowed upon the bonds or notes of the Town, and if borrowed upon the bonds or notes of the Town, to
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fix the time of payment thereof and the rate of interest, and to act upon any and all other matters necessary to enable the Town to borrow said money and to issue said bonds or notes.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing a new piano for the Town Hall and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Sewer Commissioners to comply with the conditions of the per- mit issued by the Massachusetts Highway Commission in relation to substituting adjustable manhole covers for those now in use on the State Highway, so that they can be adjusted to the grade of the roadbed, also to keep in repair the macadam around the manhole covers.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to include in Section I for the construction of particular sewers and connecting drains that portion of Thomas road between Burrill street and Elm- wood road, and also Ingalls terrace, and instruct the Sewer Commissioners to assess in the same manner and at the same prices all sewer connections on the above-named streets in accordance with the average cost before determined upon in Section I, as voted by the Town in a meeting held July 22, 1903.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to secure by pur- chase or by taking, land for the erection thereon of a public school building as recommended by the School Board of the Town, or to see if the Town will take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 28. To see what money, if any, the Town will appro- priate for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Art. 27.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take, if any, to abate the nuisance caused by the overflow of water on the south- erly side of Essex street, commencing at a point near the easterly end of the cemetery and continuing to a point near the junction of Stetson avenue with Essex street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in relation to granting the Town employees of the Highway Department a half holiday Saturdays, with pay, during the months of June, July, August and September, as petitioned for.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will accept Fuller avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will accept Eureka avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will accept that part of Dev- ens road as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will accept that part of Red- ington street as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to consider and make a detalled report at the adjourned Town Meeting, upon a plan for providing a Memorial Building to be used as a Public Library and Grand Army of the Republic Hall, and if the plans as submitted at the adjourned meeting be approved, to make appropriation therefor, as petitioned for.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will place the care, main- tenance and control of the public playground in the hands of the Park Commissioners.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Selectmen at the next annual Town Meeting to be held in March, 1906, in the following manner : One for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and at each annual Town Meeting thereafter to elect one Selectman for the term of three years.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing as an amendment to the By-Laws of the Town, or to see what other action will be taken thereon :
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1906]
"No motion that will prevent debate on a motion pertaining to an article in the warrant shall be in order until the article shall have been before the meeting at least 15 minutes, provided any voter present desires to be heard, and no motion shall be enter- tained that will dispose of any article in the warrant without at least 15 minutes debate having been given to the article, provided any voter present desires to be heard on the same."
The polls to be closed at sunset.
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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixth day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and five.
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, MARTIN L. QUINN, PERCY F. MUNSEY,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 2
Return on the Warrant:
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed, I have noti- fied the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the pur- pose herein mentioned, by posting attested copies of said War- rant at the Town Hall, depots, post office, and twenty-five other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Saturday, the eleventh day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and five, the posting of said notices being, at least, seven days before the time of said meeting.
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable of Swampscott.
Meeting called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk. Daniel F. Knowlton was elected Moderator, the following were qualified by the Clerk : Special Election Officer, James H. Moulton ; Ballot Clerks, Willis C. Paul (Dem.), and Charles B. Jones, (Rep.) ; Tellers, Alfred F. Pyne, Edwin W. Hawes, Lewis N. Carter, Francis S. Oliver, Walter J. L. Melvin, and Frank V. Porter (Reps.), Albert A. Stone, Frank D. Thurston, William H. Collins, Joseph P. Mather, Joseph P. Nies and J. William Thurston, (Dem.)
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