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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1907.
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SWAM
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1907.
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1907.
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
· INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. FRĄNK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1907. .
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
INDEX.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE.
Assessor's Report
201
Auditor's Remarks
277
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
· 174
Fire Engineer's Report
I68
Health, Board of, Report
203
Health, Report of Health Officer
205 206
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions Report
Jurors, List of
Library Trustees's Report
183
Milk Inspector's Report
178
Park Commissioner's Report
172
Police Report
158
Poor, Overseers of, Report
207
Public Property, Schedule of
II
School Committee's Report
Sewer Commissioners' Report
194
Sealer of Weights and Measures
179 103
Selectmen's Report
Sinking Fund Commissioner's Report
191
Street Light Committee's Report
181
Surveyor of Highways' Report
162
Town Clerk's Records
19
Town Clerk's Statistics
98
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, March 19, 1906
19
Town Warrant, April 28, 1906
55
Town Warrant, June 26, 1906
66
Town Warrant, November 6, 1906
87
Town Warrant, December 22, 1906
92
Tree Warden's Report
175
Water Commissioners' Report
185
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INDEX.
1907]
INDEX. FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Assessors' Valuation .
Catch Basins and Gutters
276 258
Cemetery Department .
248
Clarke School
249
Concrete and Curbstones
Continuous Sidewalk .
Crushed Stone
Danvers Street Bridge
Essex Avenue
Essex Street Improvement Financial Standing of Town
Fire Department .
222
Free Public Libary
Grading Clarke School Lot
239 250 252 226
Health Department
Highway Building
Highway Department .
Interest .
Memorial Day
Military Aid, Chapter 372
243
Monument Lot, Care of
246 260
Notes Payable
274 251
Painting Hall and Police Station
Park Department
250 231 261 259 220
Police Department
240
Resetting Curbstones
257
School Department
216
Selectmen's Department
211
Sewer Department
235
Sewer Department Assessment .
265
Sidewalks
259
Snow Department
254
Soldiers' Relief
244
State Aid, Chapter 374
244
Statistics of the Town .
275 248 246
Summary of Selectmen's Orders
267
Supply Wagon
251
Swampscott Water Works .
232
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet
264
Town Fences
Town Hall Department
254 238
Treasurer's Balance Sheet .
268
Tree Warden
261
Water Rates .
247
Water Receipts
266
255 256 258 253 253 252 272
Grant Road Improvement .
254 228 262 246
Moth Department
Orient Street Improvement
Phillips School Medal Fund
Pine Street Building .
Poor Department
Street Light Department
Street Watering
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Elected Town Officers.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Selectmen.
George A. R. Horton (Deceased). John R. Merritt. Arthur C. Widger.
Allen H. Cole, Chairman.
Town Clerk. Milton D. Porter.
Treasurer. Benjamin O. Honors.
Collector of Taxes. George T. Till.
Auditors.
Stuart P. Ellis, Chairman. Harry E. Cahoon.
Nathaniel F. Bartlett.
Assessors
Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman ·
John B. Earp, Clerk .
60 1909
School Committee.
Eleanor G. Holden, Chairman · S. Perry Congdon
· Arthur W. Stubbs .
.
Term expires 1908
66 1907
Gilbert Delano
Term expires 1907
1908
1909
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· ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1907]
Overseers of Poor.
Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman
Thomas B. P. Curtis
Term expires 1907 66
1 908
Edmund Russell
1909
Water Commissioners.
William H. Bates, Chairman
Term expires 1908
Charles S. Haskell
.
1907
Samuel M. Kehoe
.
1909
Public Library Trustees.
Elizabeth J. Hadley, Chairman
Term expires 1909
Frank E. Ingalls .
.
1908
Frank F. Stanley .
66 1907
Park Commissioners.
Fred C. Marsh, Chairman
Term expires 1907
John J. Blaney .
.
1909
Elias G. Hodgkins
.
1908
Board of Health.
Dr. Frank B. Stratton, Chairman .
Term expires 1908
Michael Haley
.
1907
Jasper H. Stone
66 1909
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan.
Constables.
William H. Carroll.
Richard G. Gilley.
Hazen W. Tyler.
Sewer Commissioners.
Aaron R. Bunting, Chairman
Term expires 1907
Henry B. Sprague
. .
66
1908
Edward H. Curtis
1909
Tree Warden. George Newhall.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
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 Blaney.
Raymond Till.
Engineers Fire Department.
George P. Cahoon
George H. Lampard
Frank L. Chapman
Chief Ist Assistant 2nd Assistant
Forest Fire Wardens.
George P. Cahoon. George H. Lampard.
Frank L. Chapman.
Regular Police. Charles H. Dunlap, Chief.
Henry C. Pedrick. Seth C. Kendrick. Charles Connell. Joseph D. Spinney
Adelbert S. Hammond.
Keeper of Lockup. Charles H. Dunlap.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1907]
Constables.
Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell. Adelbert S. Hammond.
Joseph D. Spinney. Henry C. Pedrick. Seth C. Kendrick.
Superintendent of Cemetery. James P. M. S. Pitman.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. Michael Haley, (resigned.) Richard G. Gilley.
Care of Monument Lot. Joseph W. Glass.
Inspector of Animals. Samuel A. Spaulding.
Milk Inspector. George C. Webster.
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Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
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.
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Janitor and Agent Town Hall. Eben S. Martin.
Superintendent of Sewers. Aaron R. Bunting.
Clerk of Sewer Commissioners. George T. Till.
Field Driver. Richard G. Gilley.
Truant Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Registrar of Voters, three years. David W. Nesbett, (Dem.)
Fence Viewers.
Peleg Gardner.
William J. Waters. Thomas Thumith.
Superintendent of Moth Work. George Newhall.
Election Officers, March 19, 1906.
Special Election Officer, March 19, 1906. James H. Moulton Democrat
Inspectiors of Election, March 19, 1906.
John W. Thurston James L. Taylor .
. Democrat . Republican
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1907]
Deputy Inspectors of Election, March 19, 1906.
Hulbert W. Grant £
Republican
John Mather ·
Democrat
Tellers of Election, March 19, 1906.
Thomas Thumith
Republican
Alfred F. Pyne
· Republican
Frank V. Porter
. Republican
Sidney T. Doane
. Republican
Freeman A. Baker
. Republican
Herbert W. Webster
. Republican
Frank D. Thurston
. Democrat .
Wm. H. Collins
. Democrat
Albert A. Stone
. Democrat .
Willis C. Paul
. Democrat
Charles W. Carroll
Democrat
..
Arthur C. Eaton
. Democrat
Special Election Officer, April 28, 1906.
Democrat · James H. Moulton ·
Inspectors of Election, April 28, 1906.
David W. Nesbett
Democrat
Freeman A. Baker
Republican
Deputy Inspectors of Election, April 28, 1906.
Alfred G. Watts .
Republican
Willis C. Paul .
Democrat
Tellers for Special Election, April 28, 1906.
Frank V. Porter .
. Republican
Sidney T. Doane .
.
. Republican
Frank D. Thurston
· . . · Democrat
Charles W. Carroll
.
Democrat
Special Election Officer, November 6, 1906. James H. Moulton Democrat
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Inspectors of Elections, November 6, 1906.
Willis C. Paul Democrat
Fred C. Marsh .
Republican
Deputy Inspectors of Election, November 6, 1906.
William J. Waters
Republican
Abram G. Stone .
Democrat
Tellers of Election, November 6, 1906.
Richard E. Melzard
Republican
Frank V. Porter .
Herbert W. Webster
. Republican .. Republican
Lyndon B. Jeffers
· Republican
Freeman A. Baker
· Republican . Republiban
Francis S. Oliver Albert A. Stone . John T. Brennan
Democrat
John T. McDermott
Democrat
Joseph P. Nies
Democrat
Sidney M. Shattuck
Democrat
Arthur C. Eaton .
Democrat
Special Police.
Edward A. Smith.
Hazen W. Tyler.
Richard G. Gilley.
George R. Hussey.
J. P. M. S. Pitman.
Joseph W. Glass.
Lemuel W. Pickard.
Charles Q. Lowd.
Louis F. Amazeen.
Patrick Cryan.
Edwin G. Spaulding.
Hulbert W. Grant.
John C. Mahan
Frank Griffin George D. R. Durkee.
William D. Hutt.
William R. Blaney
Ulysses M. Corson.
Charles Rodrick. Eben S. Martin.
Elias G. Hodgkins George H. Reed. John C. Thomas. Elmer Willis. Joseph A. Horton.
Frank E. Powers. Horace W. Wardwell. J. Frank Moore.
William C. McNamara Mathew McIsaac.
Democrat
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1907]
Schedule of Public Property.
Miscellaneous.
Swampscott Water Works
. $165,649 55
Town Hall and land
·
23,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales
200 00
Portable safe
100 00
Steel box
10 00
Piano
475 00
Standard weights and measures
100 00
Treasurer's safe
295 00
Town Clerk's safe
.
75 00
Collector's safe
.
50 00
Morris land
2,800 00
$180,754 55
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
3,400 00
School supplies
800 00
Clarke School and land .
33,000 00 -
.
$120,300 00
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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.
1907]
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 co
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
Two sets double harness
80 00
- Two sets lead harness
20 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
Amount carried forward,
$20,753 00
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Amount brought forward,
$20,753 00
Canvas life net, new
25 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 bars .
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 three-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,
$35,781 00
.
.
.
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1907]
Amount brought forward, $35,781 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 . 250 00
Two hundred and fifty feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Evans & Cole's stable, Orient street
125 00
Twenty-seven hundred feet cotton hose, rubber-lined, two and one-half inch, 1,350 00 - $38,156 00
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Highway Department.
Road roller
$3,250 00
Stone crusher plant
3,600 00
Storage building
700 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
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
$11,276 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 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1906]
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
Safe .
·
.
65 00
Letter press
.
$2,683 27
Sewer Department
Pumping station
·
· $6,862 64
Pumping plant .
10,000 00
Land at station .
1,144 53
Office furniture and fixtures
278 32
Material on hand
887 49
$19,173 08
10 00
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Summary.
Miscellaneous
. $180,754 55
School Department
·
120,300 00
Cemetery Department
2,570 00
Police Department
3,464 00
Fire Department
38,156 00
Highway Department .
11,276 00
Assessors' Department
3,246 00
Health Department
2,683 27
Sewer Department
19,173 08
Total .
. $381,622 90
.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1907]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 19, 1906.
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 nineteenth 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 one (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 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.
To choose a Park Commissioner for two (2) 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- tions : 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 Commissioners, the Tree Warden the Board of Assessors and the Committee on Water Meters.
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 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 what action the Town will take in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improvements.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will place an incandescent electric light at the upper end of Woodland avenue near No. 20 of said avenue and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for. .
ART. 14. To see if the Town will place an incandescent electric light on the westerly side of Woodbine avenue at the corner opposite the estate of Weston K. Lewis, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will place an incandescent electric light at the foot of the Iron Steps, leading from Ingalls terrace to Rockland street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will place an incandescent electric light at a point near Stacy's Brook on New Ocean street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will place an incandescent electric light on Grant road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will place an electric light at the junction of Walker and Outlook roads, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will build a sewer on Franklin avenue and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will extend the sewerage sys- tem through Outlook road, a portion of Walker road, connecting with sewer at Grant road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will extend the sewerage sys- tem through Highland street by way of Redington street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will extend the sewer on Para- dise Road, a distance of about two hundred (200) feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will extend the sewerage sys- tem through Rockland street about two hundred (200) feet from the present end opposite the premises of S. E. Bailey, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 24. To hear and act upon the report of the Sewer Commissioners in regard to sewers in the territory lying north of the Boston & Maine Railroad, said report being printed in the Town Report and a plan showing the proposed routes being filed with the Town Clerk, and appropriate money for the same
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ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to include in Section 1, for the construction of particular sewers and connecting drains, that portion of Middlesex avenue, lying between Ellis Road and Norfolk avenue, also Grant Road, and instruct the Sewer Com- missioner 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. 26. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing across Middlesex avenue at the head of Berkshire street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will extend the water main in Pleasant street, a distance of five hundred and twenty-five (525) feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will construct a landing pier at the Park Beach and appropriate money for the same, as peti- tioned for.
ART. 29. 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 charged 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, and to act upon any and all other matters incidental to the installa- tion of said meters and the use of the same, and the method and rate of charging for water supplied through such meters.
ART. 30 To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars, or any other sum which may be necessary not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the purchas- ing and installing of water meters mentioned in Article 29, and if so to determine whether the same shall be borrowed upon the
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bonds or notes of the Town, and if borrowed on the bonds or notes of the Town, to fix the time of payment thereof and the rate of interest thereon, and to act upon any and all other mat- ters necessary to enable the Town to borrow said money and to issue said bonds or notes.
ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take toward abating the nuisance now existing on Danvers street as petitioned for.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will construct a concrete side- walk adjacent to the play-ground on Ellis Road, and appropri- ate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will re-surface Grant Road and construct sidewalks for same, the outside boundary lines of which shall be coincident with those of said road as shown by plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 34. To see is the Town will place a Fire Alarm Box on the electric light pole at the terminus of Outlook Road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be expended during the coming year in the construction of continuous sidewalks in the Town, covered with brick, concrete or other appropriate material, excepting gravel and wood, or to see what other action will be taken thereon, as petitioned for.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and three dollars and forty-five cents to pay bill for rent due Michael Haley.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will grant to Post 1 18, G. A. R. the exclusive use of the Pine street School-house from the close of the current school year, and so long as said Post shall have a corporate existence and shall hold stated meetings.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1907]
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars to put said school-house (Art. 37) in suitable condition for such occupation, the money to be expended under the direction of a committee to consist of the Chairman of the Selectmen, the Post Commander, and one citi- zen to be named by the Moderator.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for warming and lighting said school building (Art. 37) for one year.
ART. 40. To see what action the Town will take in granting a Saturday half-holiday with pay to all employees of the High- way, Sewer, Water, Health and Tree Warden Departments.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Moderator annually, beginning in 1907, and change the Town By-Laws in accord therewith.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty-one hundred dollars for Moth Work, as required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ART. 43. To see if the town will accept Essex avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will accept Woodland avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same, also to change the name to Melvin avenue.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will extend the sewerage sys- tem to No. 674 Humphrey street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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