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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1908.
SETTLED A.D. 1629
·
INCORF
T. A. D. 1852.
RATED
OT
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1908.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Jan. 31
352 Sw 1902-11 INDEX.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE·
Assessors' Report
209
Auditors' Remarks
295
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
174
Committee on Combination Engine House and Police Station
219
Fire Engineer's Report
163
Health, Board of, Report
214
Health, Report of Health Officer
216
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions Report
217
Jurors, List of
85
Library Trustees' Report
184
Milk Inspector's Report
. 179
Park Commissioner's Report
16
Police Report
158
Poor, Overseer's of Report .
218
Public Property, Schedule of
11
School Committee's Report
95
Sewer Commissioner's Report
204
Sealer of Weights and Measures
180
Selectmen's Report
87
Sinking Fund Commissioner's Report
201
Street Light Committee's Report
182
Superintendent of Moth Work
. 177
Surveyor of Highway's Report
152
Town Accountant
222
Town Clerk's Records
23
[ Town Clerk's Statistics
82
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected .
4
Town Warrant, June 25, 1907
56
Town Warrant, November 5, 1907
69
Town Warrant, February 28, 1908
296
Tree Warden's Report . .
175
Water Commissioners' Report
. 18
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Town Warrant, March 18, 1907 .
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INDEX.
1908]
INDEX. FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Ambulance .
272
Assessors
271
Assessors' Valuation .
294
Boiler at Stone Crusher
263
Burrill Street
26S
Catch Basins and Gutters
250
Cemetery Department
245
Cemetery Improvement
27 1
Concrete and Curbstones
251
Continuous Sidewalk .
262
Engine House Repairs
273
Fence Department
259
Fire Alarm Boxes
266
Fire Bell
264
Fire Department
240
Fire Hose
265
Fire Horses
265
Free Public Library
243
Health Department
256
Highway Department
223
Jessie Street .
267
Joanna Morse Fund
2SI
Memorial Day .
252
Military Aid, Chapter 372
260
Monument Avenue
267
Monument Lot, Care of
253
Moth Department
269
Notes Payable
290 266
Park Department
261
Phillips School Medal Fund
281
Pine Street Building
266
Police Department
238
Poor Department
235
Recapitulation
282
Redington Street
270
Resetting Curbstones
252
Road Machine
264 227
Selectmen's Department
223
Sewer Bonds
201
Sewer Department
27S
Sewer Department Assessment Sidewalks
2SS
Snow Department
26S
Soldiers' Relief
258
State Aid, Chapter 374
260
Statistics of the Town
293
Street Light Department
245
Street Watering
255
Swampscott Water Works .
273
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet
2S6
Town Debt
2SQ
Town Hall Department
. 24S
Treasurer's Balance
Tree Warden
253
Water Rates
255
Water Receipts
277
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
250
Crushed Stone
Interest
280
Orient Street Sea Wall
School Department
247
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Elected Town Officers.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Selectmen.
Arthur C. Widger, Chairman. Martin L. Quinn. Fred C. Marsh.
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, Ch. and Sec'y.
Term expires 1908
Gilbert Delano
66 66 1909
Oscar G. Poor
1910
School Committee.
S. Perry Condgon, Chairman
. Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary · .
Dr. Howard K. Glidden . .
Term expires 1908
66
1909
1910
1908]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
5
Overseers of Poor.
Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman
Term expires 1910
Thomas B. P. Curtis
·
·
66
1909
Water Commissioners.
William H. Bates .
Term expires 1908
Samuel M. Kehoe ·
.
I. Irving Edgerly
66 1910
Public Library Trustees.
Frank F. Stanley, Chairman
Term expires 1910
Elizabeth J. Hadley
.
1909
Frank E. Ingalls .
66. 1908
Park Commissioners.
Elias G. Hodgkins, Chairman
Term expires 1908
66
1910
John J. Blaney
1909
Board of Health.
Dr. Frank B. Stratton, Chairman .
Term expires 1908
Jasper H. Stone
.
1909
George C. Webster
1910
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan.
Constables.
Richard G. Gilley William H. Carroll.
Robert Leslie.
Sewer Commissioners.
Aaron R. Bunting, Chariman
Term expires 1910
Edward H. Curtis . ·
1909
Henry B. Sprague
66
1908
Tree Warden. George Newhall.
1908
Edmund Russell
.
1909
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary .
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Appointed Town Officers.
Town Accountant. Charles G. Rowell.
Town Counsel. Parsons & Bowen.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Assistant Librarians.
Raymond Till.
George Goodwin. Stanley Flagg.
Engineers of Fire Department.
George P. Cahoon.
George H. Lampard.
Frank L. Chapman.
Forest Fire Wardens.
George P. Cahoon. George H. Lampard.
Frank L. Chapman.
Forest Warden. George P. Cahoon. .
Regular Police. Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.
Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell. Adelbert S. Hammond.
Henry C. Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney. Seth C. Kendrick.
Keeper of Lockup. Ulysses M. Corson.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1908]
Constables.
Ulysses M. Corson. Charles Connell Adelbert S. Hammond
Charles H. Dunlap, Joseph D. Spinney. Seth C. Kendrick.
Henry J. Pedrick.
Superintendent of Cemetery. James P. M. S. Pitman.
Superntendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. Richard G. Gilley.
Care of Monument Lot. Joseph W. Glass.
Inspector of Animals, etc. Samuel A. Spaulding.
Milk Inspector. Frank H. Bradford.
Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark. Fred H. Eastman. Oscar G. Poor.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Alfred G. Watts.
Janitor of Town Hall. Eben S. Martin.
Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Truant Officer. Albert F. Frazier.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Jan. 31
Field Driver. Richard G. Gilley.
Registrar of Voters. David W. Nesbett, (Dem.) resigned. James T. Lyons, (Dem.) Frank D. Thurston, unexpired term.
Superintendent of Moth Work. George Newhall.
Deputy Superintendent. David W. Nesbett.
Fence Viewers.
J. Watson Butcher, resigned. William J. Waters, resigned. Peleg Gardner.
Clerk of Selectmen. C. G. Rowell.
Clerk of the Overseers of the Poor. Mrs. L. E. Kendrick.
Clerk of the Board of Health. W. R. Patton.
Clerk of the Sewer Commissioners. George T. Till.
Superintendent of Sewers Aaron R. Bunting.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1908]
Special Police.
Albert F. Frazier. Hazen Tyler.
William R. Blaney.
William D. Hutt.
Frank H. Bradford.
Richard G. Gilley.
Louis F. Amazeen.
Frank Griffin. John C. Thomas.
Frank E. Powers.
Horace W. Wardwell.
Charles Q. Lowd.
John H. Bryson. J. Frank Moore.
Elias G. Hodgkins.
William C. McNamara.
John Doherty.
Berton A. Fogg.
George H. Reed.
James J. Farrell.
John A. Finnegan.
ELECTION OFFICERS, MARCH 18, 1907. Special Election Officer.
James H. Moulton
Democrat
Inspectors of Elections.
Willis C. Paul
W. Herbert Webster .
Democrat · Republican
Deputy Inspectors of Elections.
Abram G. Stone .
. Democrat
Alfred G. Watts
· Republican
Tellers.
Frank V. Porter .
Republican
Lyndon B. Jeffers
.
· Republican
Francis S. Oliver
Republican
Freeman A. Baker
. Republican
Robert B. Wardwell, Jr.
. Republican
Alfred F. Pyne .
. . Republican
.
Lemuel W. Pickard. George D. R. Durkee.
Fred C. McNamara.
Patrick Cyran. J. P. M. S. Pitman. Edwin G. Spaulding. Eben S. Martin.
George R. Hussey. Jos. W. Glass.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
John T. McDermott
.. Democrat
Albert A. Stone .
· . Democrat
Frank D. Thurston
. Democrat
Daniel J. Kain
William A. Bergin
John A. Finnegan
. Democrat
ELECTION OFFICERS, NOV. 5, 1907. Special Election Officer.
James H. Moulton
Democrat
Inspectors of Elections.
Willis C. Paul
· Democrat
Thomas Thumith
.
.
· Republican
Deputy Inspectors of Elections.
David W. Nesbett
. Democrat
William J. Waters
. . . Republican
Tellers.
Frank V. Porter
. Republican
Lyndon B. Jeffers
. - Republican
Robert B. Wardell, Jr.
. Republican
Freeman A. Baker
. Republican
Albert A. Stone
. Democrat
Sidney M. Shattuck
. Democrat
John A. Finnegan
· Democrat
George W. Harris
.
. Democrat
.
.
. Democrat
. Democrat
.
.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1908]
Schedule of Public Property.
Town Hall and land
$23,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Pine street building and land
·
4,500 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
Selectmen's office fixtures
100 00
Morris land .
2,800 00
$39.705 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
Essex Street School and land . ·
10,000 00
Farm School and land
2,000 00
Land, Essex street, opp. Cemetery .
300 00
Chemical Laboratory
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies 1
700 00
School furniture
·
5,000 00
School supplies
1,000 00
Clarke School and land .
33,000 00
.
.
$119,900 00
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
.
20 00
House .
500 00
Implements
50 00
Land
.
.
1,000 00
$3,570 00
Police Department.
Police station and fixtures
.
$3,200 00
Nine revolvers
.
45 00
Fifty-five badges
63 00
Ten handcuffs
40 75
Ten twisters .
10 00
Ten billies
10 00
Twenty helmets
56 00
One gun
20 00
Six belts and clubs .
7 50
Six lanterns
3 00
Ten chairs
20 00
One table
3 00
One gas heater
3 00
Six police belts
7 50
One public statute .
4 25
Twenty-seven numbers for helmets .
4 05
One stop watch
7 00
Thirty-two dozen buttons
·
.
19 00
.
.
.
$3,523 05
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1908]
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
One steam fire engine
3,600 00
One hose wagon
500 00
One ladder truck with 193 feet of ladders .
400 00
Six coal baskets, 5 hydrant wrenches,
19 00
Two supply wagons
·
250 00
One army coat
2 50
Twenty-five alarm boxes
1,820 00
Stable tools
2.5 00
Fire-alarm bell, Town Hall
800 00
Three fire-alarm strikers, one at Town
Hall, one at Congregational
Church, one at chemical house with bell
1,425 00
One tape register
60 00
Four gongs
175 00
Six hand chemicals
120 00
One steam whistle .
500 00
Eight horses .
1,625 00
Two sets double harness .
80 00
Three sets double harness
450 00
One single harness .
50 00
One three-horse hitch
150 00
Eight horse blankets
40 00
One robe
3 00
Stable blanket
4 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Storage battery and switch board
Soo oo
Five play pipes
.
100 00
Twenty-four spanners
6 00
.
Amount carried forward, $21,829 50
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[Jan. 31
Amount bronght forward,
$21,829 50
Two wagon jacks
6 50
Eight lanterns .
5 00
Thirty-one rubber coats
92 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
One 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
Amount carried forward,
$36,581 00
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Amount brought forward, $36,581 00
Hose reel and 600 feet hose, one play-pipe . Supplies
220 00
160 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 & Bos- ton Railway stables, Essex street, Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, one axe at Mountain Park Hose House, two ladders . Hose reel and 4co feet hose, wrench, two spanners at Lincoln House
200 00
250 00
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
$39,336 00
Highway Department.
Stone crusher plant
.
$4,300 00
Extra set grate bars for boilers
15 00
Steam road roller
3,250 00
Ring roller
225 00
Storage building state road 700 00
Storage building, New Ocean street, 400 00
Land with same
400 00
Gravel bank, Marblehead · ·
500 00
Climax road machine ·
250 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,040 00
1908]
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Amount brought forward,
$10,040 00
Water cart
200 00
Eight snow plows .
·
300 00
Two tool boxes
10 00
Tool house, State road
25 00
Single tip cart
35 00
Two lead harnesses
20 00
Three gravel screens
15 00
One 26-foot extension ladder
5 20
Two wheelbarrows
4 00
Nine wooden horses
.
·
25 00
One harrow
10 00
Six street signs
4 00
Two frost wedges .
4 00
One spade
1 00
One edge trimmer
.
50
One bush hook
1 00
Two spirit levels
2 00
Four oil cans .
2 00
One paving hammer
2 00
One hundred and fifty feet of sewer rods .
45 00
Twelve street hoes . 5 00 .
Five iron rakes
.
2 50
One wooden rake .
50
Two long handle spoons .
3 00
Five mattucks
7 50
Two stone chains .
9 00
Three gravel tampers
6 00
Seven crow bars
9 00
Two stamp bars .
2 50
One block and tackle
5 00
Two scythes .
2 00
Two bush scythes
2 00
Two snaths .
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,806 70
1908]
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Amount brought forward,
$10,806 70
Three galvanized iron buckets I 50
One steel paving rammer 3 00
Fifteen square pointed shovels
15 00
Twenty-four round pointed shovels .
24 00
Nine long handle shovels
9 00
Five scoop shovels .
6 00
Three stone forks
6 00
Two street brooms .
1 00
Eight sand buckets
1 00
Seven sand trowels .
70
One screw driver ·
50
Twenty-five feet &-inch rubber hose
2 50
Twenty-six lanterns
12 00
One No. 3 Edson pump two-length hose . .
55 00
One Stillson wrench, 18-inch .
2 00
One cross-cut saw
.
2 00
One hand saw
1 00
Two axes
2 00
Six stone hammers .
12 00
Two hand hammers
1 00
One trowel
50
One claw hammer .
50
Eighteen pick handles
2 50
Thirty-six picks
36 00
Twelve hand drills .
3 00
Sixteen stone points
2 50
Two hand sets
2 50
Two cant hooks
I 50
Ten lbs. shims snd wedges
I 50
Two pairs iron tongs
2 00
One fork wrench .
2 00
Thirty snow shovels
17 50
One branding iron .
I 50
Amount carried forward,
$11,037 40
·
·
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Amount brought forward, $11,037 40
One stensil 1 00
Three monkey wrenches . 3 00
One horse buggy harness, single sleigh street blanket 250 00
Supplies for crusher and roller .
50 00
One catch basin top (Concord) 20- inch . ·
10 00
One hundred and forty-eight feet of straight curb stone (.75)
III 00
Twenty-eight gallons graphite paint (.85) .
23 80
2,500 00
Twenty-five hundred tons crush stone One hundred and fifty loads sand stored in sand shed
150 00
$14,185 70
Street Watering Department.
Three water carts
$750 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
1908]
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Health Department.
Twenty-one generators
No value
One wheelbarrow
$2 00
One dory
15 00
One pair oars
1 00
Two lanterns .
1 50
Four rakes
I 20
Three forks
I 35
One trowel
1 00
Two garbage pails .
2 50
Two garbage barrels
6 00
Contagious Hospital
2,032 00
Household goods
170 00
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
10 00
$2,611 55
Park Department.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
Land, about 98,500 square feet
· $29,550 00
Fish House
4,800 00
Band Stand
480 00
Three Shelters
144 00
Gasoline Tank
30 00
Office furniture and fixtures
25 00
$35,029 00
Amount carried forward,
$35,029 00
.
·
.
.
.
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Amount brought forward, $35,029 00
· Monument Avenue Reservation.
Land, about 52,000 square feet 13,000 00
Paradise Road Playground.
Land, about 91,600 square feet
10,192 00
$58,221 00
Sewer Department
Pumping station
$7,162 64
Pumping plant
10,000 00
Land at station
1,144 63
Office furniture and fixtures .
278 32
Material on hand, equipment, tools,
etc
912 49
$19,498 08
Water Department.
Water mains and stand-pipe . . $140,000 00
Forty-eight thousand feet of land on Pine street . 5,000 00
Twenty thousand feet of land west of Stacey's brook 1,000 00
Ten acres of land, Thompson's meadow, Salem . 1,000 00
Brick building, Pine street
5,000 00
Storage house, Pine street ·
1,300 00
Stock at storage house, inventory January 1, 1908 . 2,019 56
Horse and wagons .
250 00
Office furniture · 200 00
Eight hundred and ninety-two meters
7,678 85
$163,448 41
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1908]
Gypsy Moth Department.
Tools of Moth Department of Town of Swampscott January 1, 1908.
One large hand force pump
$35 00
Two small force pumps . .
5 00
Three hundred feet of good hose, one-half inch
33 00
Four spray poles and nozzles .
6 00
One 40-foot extension ladder
12 00
One cross-cut saw .
2 00
One large hand saw
I 75
Four chopping axes
3 00
Twelve bush axes
6 55
Five bush scythes
7 50
Eight trimmers
6 00
Eight small mirrors
80
Six tree knives
I 50
One pair of opera glasses
5 00
Four forks
I 25
One grindstone
2 75
One pail and dipper
50
Three pair Clyde shears .
7 50
Two iron faucets
50
·
·
$137 60
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Summary.
Miscellaneous
.
$39,705 00
School
.
119,900 00
Cemetery
3,570 00
Police
3,523 05
Fire .
39,336 00
Highway
14,886 20
Assessors
3,246 00
Health
2,611 55
Sewer
19,498 08
Park .
58,221 00
Gypsy Moth
137 60
Water
163,448 41
·
·
·
·
·
.
$468,082 89
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1908]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 18th, 1907. 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 eighteenth 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 temporary Moderator to serve until the Moderator elected on the official ballot qualifies.
ART. 2. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
ART. 3. 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.
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[Jan. 31
To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensu- ing.
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 years.
(3)
To choose a Tree Warden for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 4. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxi- cating Liquors in this Town?
ART. 5. 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 Overseers of the Poor.
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1908 ]
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. 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. 10. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
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 if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., toward defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 13. 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. 14. To see what action the Town will take in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improve- ments.
ART. 15. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water Commissioners the present year.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to pay the claim of Amos O. Cahoon, as authorized by the Act of the Legislature of 1906, and appropriated money for the same, as petitioned for by Amos O. Cahoon and others.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appeal or amend Chapter I, Section 4; Chapter II, Section 5; Chapter III, Sections 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 ; Chapter IV ; Chapter V; and Chapter VI, Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, of the new By-Laws, as petitioned for by Martin E. Nies and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will locate a fire alarm box near the junction of Walker and Outlook Roads, or at some point which the chief of the Fire Department may elect, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by W. W. Bemis and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will locate a fire alarm box at the junction of Beach and Mountain avenues, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. S. Haskell and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will install a Fire Alarm Signal in the Tower at the Engine House, Phillips, Beach, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George Barker and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to do anything in relation to the Stacy brook Outlet, as requestd by the Selectmen.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sewer in that portion of Orient court which has been accepted as a Town Way, as petitioned for by Stuart P. Ellis and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five members, to bring in a list of salaries for Town Officials for the ensuing year, as petitioned for by Edwin G. Spaulding and others.
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ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take to the end that the streets be watered by contract, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to put the Police Force under the provisions of the Civil Service Laws as provided in Chapter XIX, Section 37, of the Revised Laws, of Massachusetts, and accept the provisions of said Section 37 of Chapter XIX of the Revised Laws, in so far as they relate to the Police Force, as petitioned for by P. F. Munsey and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) for the improvement of Reding- ton street extension, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James L. Taylor and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will macadamize Atlantic avenue from Humphrey street to Marblehead line, and appropriate forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500) for the same, as petitioned for by F. H. Gage and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to be expended in grading and repairing Essex street, as petitioned for by William R. Patten and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will increase the salary of the Surveyor of Highways, five dollars ($5) per week, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William F. Gannon and others.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to increase the rate of wages now paid all town laborers, by twenty-five cents ($0.25) per day, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William F. Gannon and others.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to regrade the lines on that portion of Burrill street north of Maple avenue to Columbia avenue, a distance of about three hundred (300) feet, to allow the water flowing down Burrill street from Essex to pass by Maple avenue, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to issue the remaining ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in bonds, allowed by law at such times as in their judgment the needs of the Department demand it, as petitioned for by William H. Bates and others.
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