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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1910.
SETTL
LED A.D. 1629
· INCORPORATED
T. A. D. 1852.
SV
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1910
١
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1910.
SETTLED A.D. 162.
.
INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852.
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1910
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
INDEX.
Reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Auditors'
230
Cemetery Superintendent .
196
Fire Engineers
173
Health, Board of
184
Inspector of Animals
190
Inspector of Meat and Provisions
189
Inventory of Public Property
12
Ladder Truck Committee
177
Library Trustees
140
Licenses
73
Milk Inspector
187
Moth Work, Superintendent of
198
Park Commissioners
142
Parks, Additional Land
149
Plumbing Inspector .
188
Police, Chief of
179
Poor, Overseers of
192
School Committee
95
Sealer of Weights and Measures
202
Selectmen, Board of .
75
Sewer Commissioners
163
Sinking Fund Trustees
160
State Election
60
Street Light Committee
194
Surveyor of Highways
I68
Town Accountant
292
Town Clerk's Records
20
Town Clerk's Statistics
72
Town Engineer
191
Town Officers Appointed .
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, March 15, 1909
20
Town Warrant, November 15, 1909
64
Town Warrant March 16, 1910
293
Tree Warden
200
Water Commissioners
150
Ways and Means Committee
32, 55, 68
Financial Reports.
Accountant's Report .
231
Ambulance
255
Assessors'
262
Assessors' Valuation
204
Buena Vista Street
250
Care Brooks
248
Catch Basins and Gutters
249
Cemetery Department
264
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1910]
INDEX.
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PAGE
Cemetery Gates
266
Claim Account .
264
Concrete and Curbstones
245
Continuous Sidewalk
246
Crushed Stone .
247
Engine House Repairs
285
Fence Department
247
Fire Department
282
Fire Engine Repairs
287
Fire Wagon
286
Free Public Library
241
Health Department
277
Highway Department
242-252
Interest
229
Joanna Morse Fund
229, 242
Ladder Truck
286
Memorial Dav
269
Military Aid
262
Monument Grounds, Care of
269
Moth Department
280
Mountain Avenue
250
Notes Payable
206
Park Department
266
Phillips School Medal Fund
229
Playfield Shelter
268
Police Department
252
Poor Department
259
Post 118 G. A. R., Heating
269
Recapitulation .
293
Resetting Curbstones
246
Rockland Street
251
School Department
235
Selectmen's Department
231
Sewer Bonds
209
Sewer Department
256
Sewer Department Assessment
228
Sidewalks, Gravel
246
Snow, Removal of
249
Soldiers' Relief
276
State Aid
262
Statistics of the Town
205
Street Lighting
270
Street Signs
250
Street Sprinkling
248
Swampscott Water Works
272
Tax Collector's Account
225
Town Debt
207, 211
Town Engineer
290
Town Hall Department
288
Treasurer's Account, Current
212
Tree Warden
271
Walker Road
251
Water Bonds
208
Water Rates
270
Water Receipts .
158
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[Jan. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1909.
Selectmen. Charles S. Haskell, Chairman.
Walter A. Davis.
Arthur C. Widger.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Town Clerk. Milton D. Porter.
Treasurer. Benjamin O. Honors.
Collector of Taxes. Nathan G. Bubier.
Auditors. Stuart P. Ellis, Chairman.
Herman F. Ashton. Bertram C. Melzard.
Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires 1911.
Oscar G. Poor. Term expires 1910.
Gilbert Delano. Term expires 1912.
Water Commissioners. William H. Bates, Chairman. Term expires 1911.
Samuel M. Kehoe.
Term expires 1912.
I. Irving Edgerly Term expires 1910.
Sewer Commissioners. Aaron R. Bunting, Chairman and Superintendent. Term expires 1910.
Edward H. Curtis.
Term expires 1912.
James T. Lyons.
Term expires 1911.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1910]
Park Commissioners. Clarence B. Humphrey, Chairman. Term expires 1910.
Everit B. Terhune, Secretary. Term expires 1912.
Robert Leslie. Term expires 1911.
School Committee. S. Perry Congdon, Chairman. Term expires 1911.
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary. Dr. Howard K. Glidden. Term expires 1910.
Term expires 1912.
Public Library Trustees. Frank F. Stanley, Chairman. Term expires 1910.
Elizabeth J. Hadley. Francis E. Ingalls. Term expires 1911.
Term expires 1912.
Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1910. Edmund Russell, Secretary. James H. Moulton. Term expires 1911.
Term expires 1912.
Board of Health. George C. Webster, Chairman. Term expires 1910.
Dr. Loring Grimes. Terin expires 1911.
John B. Cahoon.
Term expires 1912.
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan.
Tree Warden. George Newhall.
Constables. Richard G. Gilley.
Frank H. Bradford. William H. Carroll.
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Appointed Town Officers, 1909.
Committee on Ways and Means. Walter W. Johnson, Chairman.
Percy F. Munsey.
Fred L. Perkins.
*Gilley H. Carroll.
Charles E. Rolfe.
Robert King.
* Albert R. Ellis. George D. R. Durkee. Joseph M. Bassett.
*Resigned.
Committee on Proposed Additional Land for Parks. Park Commissioners.
Frank H. Gage. George A. Heath.
Benjamin G. Ingalls. Martin L. Quinn.
Committee on Street Lighting. Edwin A. Farnham, Chairman.
James F. Caton. Elias G. Hodgkins. Martin L. Quinn.
Committee to Consolidate Water and Sewer Boards. C. Irving Lindsey, Chairman.
Edward H. Kitfield.
James T. Lyons. Elgar H. Townsend Clarence B. Humphrey.
Town Engineer. Fred H. Eastman. C. Philip Lorenzen, Assistant.
Town Accountant. * John B. Earp. J. Roswell Widger. *Resigned.
John R. Merritt.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1910]
Town Counsel. Niles, Stevens, Underwood & Mayo.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Assistant Librarians. Raymond Till.
Mahlon Knowles. Stanley Flagg.
Engineers of Fire Department. George P. Cahoon, Chief. Elias G. Hodgkins, Clerk. Frank N. Bessom.
Forest Warden. George P. Cahoon.
Forest Fire Wardens. George P. Cahoon.
Frank N. Bessom. Elias G. Hodgkins.
Permanent Police. Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.
Adelbert S. Hammond. Charles Connell. Charles H. Dunlap.
J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney. Eugene P. Brogan.
Keeper of Lockup. Ulysses M. Corson.
Constables Ulysses M. Corson.
Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell. Adelbert S. Hammond.
Joseph D. Spinney. J. Henry Pedrick. Eugene P. Brogan.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Elmer Willis.
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Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. Richard G. Gilley.
Caretaker of Monument Grounds. Michael Haley.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. Fred W. Drake.
Milk Inspector. Herbert D Smith. Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark. Elmer B. Dyer.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. *George W. Harris. William J. Waters. *Resigned.
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall.
*Eben S. Martin. L. Herbert Cahoon. *Resigned.
Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Truant Officer. Alfred F. Frazier.
Field Driver. Richard G. Gilley.
Registrars of Voters.
Joseph P. Mather (Democrat)
Ernest B. Thing (Republican) . Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
Milton D. Porter (Republican)
Term expires 1910 Term expires 1911 Term expires 1912 (Ex-officio)
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1910]
Superintendent of Moth Work. George Newhall.
Fence Viewers. Fred H. Eastman.
William J. Waters. Oscar G. Poor.
Secretary of Selectmen.
* John B. Earp. J. Roswell Widger. *Resigned.
Secretary of Board of Health. Harold H. Bartol.
Town Treasurer's Assistant. Fred M. Collins.
Secretary Water Commissioners. James W. Libby.
Secretary Sewer Commissioners. George T. Till.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
Special Police.
*Martin, Eben S. Fraser, Alfred F. Smith, Edward A. Doherty, John M. Wardwell, Horace W.
McNamara, William C. Amazeen, Louis F. Smith, Herbert D. Durkee, George D. R. Blaney, William R. Lowd, Charles Q. *Resigned.
Taylor, Fred A. Cook, Charles W.
Blanchard, Horace W.
Hooper, Samuel Jr.
Hasking, Reuben
Dixon, Frank A. Finnegan, John Jr. Meggison, Gordian
Pickhard, Lemuel W. Spaulding, Edwin G. Littlefield, Fred G.
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Special Police .- Continued.
Cryan, Patrick
Stover, Charles L.
Cahoon, L. Herbert
Willis, Elmer
Tebbets, Arthur E.
Kendrick, Seth C.
Bryson, Charles A.
Thomas John C.
Fogg, Burton A.
Drake, Fred W.
Hussey, George R.
Bryson, John H.
Election Officers, March 15, 1909. Special Officer. John A. Cullen, Democrat.
Inspectors.
Willard M. Hatch
.
Republican
Willis C. Paul
Democrat
Deputy Inspectors.
Abram G. Stone
Democrat
Hulbert W. Grant
.
.
. Republican
W. Herbert Webster Frank V. Porter .
.
· Republican
. Republican
S. Perry Congdon James W. Libby
. Republican
Freeman A. Baker Charles B. Jones
. Republican
William H. Lee .
.
Republican
Joseph P. Nies . William P. Bergin
Democrat
.
. Democrat
Daniel J. Kain
Democrat
James A. Finnegan
Democrat
Sidney M. Shatuck
. Democrat
George H. Stone
. Democrat
Robert Leslie
· Democrat
.
Tellers.
. Republican
. Republican
.
Gilley, Richard G.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1910]
State Election, November 2, 1909. Special Officer.
John A. Cullen
Democrat
Inspectors.
Robert Leslie .
Democrat
Thomas E. Berry
. Republican
Deputy Inspectors.
. Republican
. Democrat
W. Herbert Webster Frank V. Porter Freeman A. Baker Gilbert L. Pitman Andrew Olsen William P. Bergin John H. Kane Joseph P. Nies
Tellers.
. Republican
· Republican
. Republican . Republican
Democrat .
Democrat
Democrat
.
.
· Democrat
W. Percy Norcross Abram G. Stone
.
·
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Inventory 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
200 00
Treasurer's safe
295 00
Town Clerk's safe
75 00
Collector's safe
50 00
Selectmen's office fixtures
200 00
Morris land
2,800 00
$39.905 co
School Department.
Phillips School and land . $60,000 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 · 8,000 00
Land, Essex Street, opp. Cemetery 300 00
Manual Training
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies 700 00
School Furniture
5,500 00
School supplies 1,000 00
Clarke School and land .
33,850 00
Manual Training equipment
1,250 00
.
.
.
$131,500 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1910]
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House .
500 00
Implements
70 00
Land
5,000 00
$7,590 00
Police Station.
Police Station and fixtures
$3,200 00
Seventeen revolvers
170 00
Fifty-five badges
63 00
Eleven pairs handcuffs
45 00
Ten twisters .
10 00
Twenty helmets
40 00
One gun
20 00
Six belts and clubs
7 50
Eleven chairs
22 00
Two tables
6 00
Public Statutes
4 25
Ten police belts
10 00
One stop watch
7 00
Twenty numbers for caps and helmets
2 50
Thirty-two dozen buttons
19 00
Two motorcycles and tools
300 00
Two speed gauges .
28 00
One Oliver visible writer
60 00
$4,014 25
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[Jan. 31
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 ladders 350 00
Two supply wagons 250 00
Twenty-five alarm boxes ·
1,820 00
Fire alarm bell including strikers
2,225 00
One tape register with gongs
235 00
Six hand chemicals
120 00
One steam whistle 500 00
Eight horses including harnesses
2,355 00
Blankets and robes 47 00 .
Furniture and bedding ·
.
100 00
Storage battery and switchboard
800 00
One repeater, two indicators
525 00
Eighty-six hydrants
2,190 00
One light wagon, one hose pung 145 00
Supplies
385 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, one gong
135 00
Two horses .
500 00
Blankets, harnesses and tools
258 00
Furniture and bedding .
75 00
Supply wagon and 600 feet hose play-pipe and supplies ·
320 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners, at John Palmer's stable, Humphrey street · Amount carried forward,
200 00
$37,060 00
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1910]
Amount brought forward, $37,060 .00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners, at Lynn & Boston Rail- way stable, Essex street 200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, one axe, at Mountain Park Hose House, two ladders . 250 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, at Lincoln House 250 00
250 feet hose, wrench, spanners, at Evans & Cole stable, Orient street 125 00
Twenty-seven hundred feet cotton hose rubber lined, two and one-half inch 1,350 00
$39,235 00
Highway Department.
Stone crusher plant $4,300 00
Extra set grate bars for boiler .
15 00
Steam road roller
3,250 00
Ring roller
250 00
Storage buildings, State road .
1,750 00
Gravel bank, Marblehead
500 00
Climax road machine
250 00
Water cart
200 00
Acme street sweeper
285 00
Eight snow plows .
300 00
One-horse buggy harness, single sleigh, street blanket . .
250 00
One No. 3 Edson pump, two-lengths hose .
55 00
Seventy loads sand in sand shed
70 00
Six hundred tons crushed stone
600 00
One catch-basin top (D-grating)
14 00
Supplies for crusher and roller, tools, etc. . Two snow plows ·
500 00
110 00
$12,699 00
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Street Watering Department.
Two watering carts
$500 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
Health Department.
Dory and oars
$30 00
Rollers .
I 00
Anchor .
M .
50
Two shovels
1 50
Two rakes
1 00
Two pitchforks
75
Contagious Hospital
2,032 00
Household goods
25 00
Carriage shed
84 00
Generators
100 00
Office furniture, Town Hall
150 00
Atlas .
25 00
Letter press
.
.
10 00
.
.
$2,460 75
1910]
Park Department.
Land, Blaney Beach Reservation $34,475 00
Buildings, Blaney Beach Reservation, 5,600 00
Land, Monument Ave. Reservation, Land, Paradise Road Playground .
22,500 00
13,740 00
Buildings, Paradise Road Play-
ground
200 00
Rope
24 00
Bars
· .
17 50
Lawn mower .
1 00
Hammer
I IO
Rake
50
Shovel
50
Hose .
5 00
Settees .
I 50
Directors' table
15 00
Chairs
5 00
Bookcase
·
12 00
Safe
.
.
35 00
$76,633 10
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.
612 49
$19,198 08
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[Jan. 31
Water Department.
Water mains and stand-pipe . $133,000 00
48,000 feet land Pine street 5,000 00
20,000 feet land west of Stacey brook, 1,000 00
Ten acres land Thompson's meadow, 1,000 00
Brick building Pine street
5,000 00
Storage house Pine street
·
1,300 00
Stock on hand, Feb. 1, 1910
745 87
Horse and wagons
450 00
Office furniture
.
400 00
1,398 meters
12,142 45
$160,038 32
Engineer Department.
One Buff and Buff engineering transit, $210 00
One leveling rod ·
9 75
Two steel tapes, 100 feet each
17 50
Tool bag and tools
II 00
Two copies Logarithmic table
3 60
Office table
15 00
Drafting table
21 50
Drawing instruments
29 22
Planimeter
20 00
Tracing cloth, detail paper, etc.
9 50
One pair rubber boots
4 50
Blue print pan
3 07
Sundries, such as ink, pencils, etc.
5 00
.
.
.
· .
·
$359 64
1910]
Moth Department.
Two extension ladders
$20 00
One large force pump
.
20 00
Two small pumps .
. 5 00
Three spray poles and nozzles
.
3 00
Three chopping axes
2 00
Five bush axes
2 50
Three bush scythes .
3 00
One grindstone
2 00
Two pair clide shears
3 00
Two galvanized iron tanks
4 00
Four pair climbing irons
5 00
Two cross-cut saws
4 00
One chisel, I bit and brace
1 50
Seven pruners
7 00
Five pole brushes ·
2 00
Three tree scrapers
.
I 00
$85 00
Summary.
Miscellaneous
$39,940 00
School
.
.
131,500 00
Cemetery
7,640 00
Police
4,014 25
Fire .
39,235 00
Highway
12,699 00
Street Watering
500 00
Assessors
3,246 00
Health
2,460 75
Park
76,633 10
Sewer
19,198 08
Water
160,038 32
Engineering
359 64
Moth
85 00
Total
$497,549 14
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Town Clerk's Records.
Annual Town Meeting, March 15, 1909. 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 fifteenth day of March, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE [. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
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.
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.
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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 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 vote by ballot " Yes " or " No " upon the ques- tion : To see if the Town will accept Chapter 476, Section 1, of the Acts of 1908. Shall the members of the Police Depart- ment have one day off in thirty, from duty, as petitioned for by William G. Chase and others.
ART. 5. To vote by separate ballot " Yes " or "No" upon the following question : Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire" be accepted by this Town ?
ART. 6. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Accountant, 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 Superin- tendent of Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Water
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Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commissioners, the Tree Warden, the Board of Assessors, the Overseers of the Poor, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
ART. 7. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. II. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
ART. 12. 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. 13. 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. 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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1910]
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries for Town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to protest against any change in the law which takes away local control over shell fisheries, or which takes away the public rights by leasing the shores or flats.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will erect a grand stand with dressing accommodations, and improve the play grounds for base- ball purposes and appropriate $500 for the same, as petitioned for by John L. Maher and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will concrete all sidewalks not concreted, from Thomas road through Elmwood road to Monu- ment avenue, and charge one-half the expense to abutters, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. H. Haskell and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the Legislature for appropriate legislation to consolidate the offices of Water Commissioners, Sewer Com- missioners and Surveyor of Highways, as petitioned for by Elgar H. Townsend and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the Legislature for appropriate legislation to consolidate the various departments of the Town under three heads, as petitioned for by Elgar H. Townsend and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take, if any, towards granting a Saturday half holiday with pay for the High- way, Water, Sewer, Health and Moth Departments, for the months of April, May, June, July, August and September, as petitioned for by James T. Lyons and others.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to take moneys from the funds now in the hands of the Sewer Commissioners, and construct a sewer in Maple avenue, or appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to connect the Phil- lips School Building with the Town sewer system, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by S. Perry Congdon and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will construct a sewer from Walker road through Devens road to Banks road, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by Paige B. Ball and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will locate and maintain an incandescent lamp at the corner of Beach avenue and Columbia street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Nowell Ingalls and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an electric arc light at a point near the corner of Humphrey street and Phillips avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William E. Plummer and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an electric light in Orient court, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John H. Peach and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $75 to be placed in the hands of Gen. James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., for heating and lighting the Grand Army Hall, as petitioned for by John R. Merritt and others.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to employ a Civil Engineer to act as a Town Engineer for work in all departments, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, as required by the Commonwealth.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purchase of the Morris property, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will discontinue that portion of Buena Vista street, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford, and dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk, February 18, 1909.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will relocate Buena Vista street, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will accept Mountain avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by East- man & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed and appropriate money for the same
ART. 36. To see if the Town will accept Walker road as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford dated September 18, 1908, and on file with the Town Clerk, October 2, 1908, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will accept Rockland street as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman . & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk, February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 38. To see what action the Town will take in relation to a part payment for the repairs at the outlet of Stacy's Brook, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 39. To see what action the Town will take to enlarge the present Town Hall, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Selectmen.
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