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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-NINTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1911
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
· INCORPORATED
T.A. D. 1852.
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1911
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-NINTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 191I
SETTLED
A.D. 1629
· INCORPORATED
. A. D. 1852
TT
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1911
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
INDEX. Reports of Town Officers and Committees.
PAGE.
Auditors'
365
Cemetery Superintendent
261
Committee on Air Whistle
269
Committe on July 4
270
Committee on Stacy's Brook
262
Fire Engineers .
230
Health, Board of
240
Inspector of Animals
249
Inspector of Meat and Provisions
248
Inventory of Public Property .
14
Library Trustees
198
Licenses
120
Milk Inspector .
246
Moth Work, Superintendent of
263
Park Commissioners
200
Plumbing Inspector .
247
Police, Chief of
235
Poor, Overseers of
2 54
School Committee
147
Sealer of Weights and Measures
268
Selectmen, Board of .
122
Sinking Fund Trustees
213
State Election .
109
Street Light Committee
256
Surveyor of Highways
224
Town Accountant
271
Town Clerk's Records
24
Town Clerk's Statistics
119
Town Committees Appointed
12
Town Engineer
250
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, June 15
57
Town Warrant, June 27
75
Town Warrant, November I
78
Town Warrant, March 20, 191I
267
Tree Warden
265
Water Commissioners
205
Ways and Means Committee
63, 76, 81, 117
Financial Reports.
Accountant's Report
273
Air Whistle
334
Ambulance
333
Assessors'
331
Assessors' Valuation
345
Banks Road Culvert
309
Banks Road
307
Brock Land
309
Care Brooks
330
Catch Basins and Gutters
300
Cemetery Department
298
Claim Account
337
Continuous Sidewalk
301
Sewer Commissioners
216
1911]
INDEX.
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PAGE
Crushed Stone .
.
300
Expert Accountant
334
Fence Department
301
Fire Alarm Repairs
295
Fire Department
291
Fire Hose
295
Free Pubic Library
295
Fuller Avenue
307
Gravel Pit
302
Health Department .
327
Highway Department
282
Jessie Street
308
Joanna Morse Fund .
338
July 4
336
Ladder Truck
29
Memorial Day .
3.36
Monument Grounds, Care of
335
Moth Department
319
Mountain Avenue (Park)
318
Nesbett, A. F., Cemetery Fund
338
Notes Payable .
339
Orient Court
308
Park Department
317
Phillips School Medal Fund
3.38
Police Department
288
Poor Department
284
Post 118, G. A. R., Heating Recapitulation .
346
Re-concreting
302
Resetting Curbstones
303
School Department
277
School Transportation
335
Selectmen's Department
273
Sewer Bonds
341
Sewer Department
309
Sewer Deparment Assessment .
223
Sidewalks, Gravel
303
Snow, Removal of
304
Soldiers' Relief
225
State Aid
325
State Auditor's Statement
364, 365
Statistics of the Town
366
Street Lighting
297
Street Signs
304
Street Watering and Oiling
305
Suffolk Avenue
306
Tax Collectors's Account .
· 342, 343, 344
Town Debt
340, 341
Town Engineer
330
Town Hall Department
323
Treasurer's Account, Current
248
Tree Warden
321
Valuation Book
334
Water Bonds
240
Water Rates
316
Water Receipts
211, 212
Water Department
312
337
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1910.
Selectmen. Clarence B. Humphrey, Chairman. Elias G. Hodgkins. 1 James F. Caton.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Town Clerk. Milton D. Porter.
Treasurer. Benjamin O. Honors.
Collector of Taxes. Nathan G. Bubier.
Auditors. Nathaniel F. Bartlett, Chairman.
Stuart P. Ellis.
Harry E. Cahoon.
Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires 1911.
Gilbert Delano.
Term expires 1912.
Oscar G. Poor. Term expires 1913.
Water and Sewer Commissioners. William H. Bates, Chairman. Term expires 1911.
Samuel M. Kehoe. Term expires 1912.
I. Irving Edgerly. Term expires 1913.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1911]
Park Commissioners. Arthur T. Tapper, Chairman. Term expires 1913.
Everit B. Terhune. Term expires 1912.
Robert Leslie. Term expires 1913.
School Committee. S. Perry Congdon, Chairman. Term expires 1911.
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary.
Term expires 1912.
J. Henry Welch. Term expires 1913.
Public Library Trustees. Frank F. Stanley, Chairman. Term expires 1913.
Elizabeth J. Hadley. Term expires 1912.
Francis E. Ingalls. Term expires 1911.
Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1913. Edmund Russell, Secretary. James H. Moulton. Term expires 1911.
Term expires 1912.
Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman. Term expires 1911.
John B. Cahoon. Term expires 1912.
George C. Webster. Term expires 1913.
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan.
Tree Warden. Everett P. Mudge.
Constables. Richard G. Gilley.
Frank H. Bradford. William H. Carroll.
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[Jan. 31
Appointed Town Officers, 1910.
Town Accountant. Charles G. Rowell.
Town Engineer. Fred H. Eastman.
Town Counsel. Parsons & Bowen.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Assistant Librarians.
*Raymond C. Till. *Stanley Flagg.
Albert W. Chase. Linthall Leatherby.
Mahlon Knowles.
*Resigned.
Engineers of Fire Department. George P. Cahoon, Chief.
Frank N. Bessom. Frank L. Chapman.
Forest Warden. George P. Cahoon.
Forest Fire Wards. George P. Cahoon.
Frank N. Bessom.
Frank L. Chapman.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1911]
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.
Adelbert S. Hammond. Charles Connell. Charles H. Dunlap.
J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney. Eugene P. Brogan.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Edward A. Smith.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. George W. Thomas.
Caretaker of Monument Lot. Edwin F. Wiley.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. Dr. Frank B. Stratton.
Milk Inspector. Herbert D. Smith.
Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark. Elmer B. Dyer.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Jan. 31
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Alfred G. Watts.
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall. L. Herbert Cahoon.
Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Truant Officer. Alfred F. Frazier.
Field Driver. James H. Bryson.
Registrars of Voters.
Ernest B. Thing ( Republican)
Term expires 1911
Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
.
1912
John A. Finnegan (Democrat)
.
1913
Milton D. Porter (Republican)
(ex-officio )
Superintendent of Moth Work. Everett P. Mudge.
Fence Viewers.
George H. Doane, Oscar G. Poor,
Peleg Gardner.
Secretary of Selectmen. C. G. Rowell.
Secretary of Board of Health. Harold H. Bartol.
1911]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS. 9
Town Treasurer's Assistant. Fred M. Collins.
Secretary of Water Commissioners. James W. Libby.
Secretary Sewer Commissioners. William H. Bates.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
Special Police.
Durkee, George D. R.
Dougherty, John M.
Pickard, Lemuel W.
Littlefield, Fred L.
Bradford, Frank H. Kendrick, Seth C.
Bryson, John H.
Fogg, Burton A.
Thomas, John C.
Cryan, Patrick
Smith, Edward A.
McNamara, William C.
Smith, Herbert D.
Bryson, Charles A.
Blaney, William R.
Dixon, Frank A.
Spaulding, Edwin G.
Meggison, Gordian
Blanchard, Horace W.
Mower, J. Frank
Carroll, William H.
Finnegan, John, Jr.
McGrath, David
Hoitt, John B. Hooper, Samuel, Jr.
Griffin, Frank
Pitman, J. P. M. S.
Reed, George H.
Lowd, Charles Q.
Gilley, Richard G.
Taylor, Fred A.
Stover, Charles L.
Hussey, George R.
Cahoon, L. Herbert
Pearson, James C.
Wardwell, Horace W.
Election Officers, March 21, 1910. Special Officer.
John A. Cullen .
.
Democrat
Frazier, Alfred F.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Inspectors.
Willard M. Hatch Robert Leslie
Republican
Democrat
Deputy Inspectors.
William J. Waters James H. Moulton
. .
.
· Democrat
Tellers.
Harold M. Bartol
.
. Republican
Frank V. Porter
. Republican
W. Percy Norcross
Republican
Freeman A. Baker
· Republican
Richard E. Melzard
. Republican
W. Herbert Webster
. Republican
Edmund Russell
Republican ·
James T. Lyons
Democrat
John H. Kane
. Democrat
Andrew Olsen .
Democrat
William P. Bergin
Democrat
John A. Finnegan
. Democrat
Joseph P. Nies .
.
.
· Democrat
State Election, Nov. 8, 1910. Special Officer.
John A. Cullen
Democrat
Inspectors.
James H. Moulton
George F. Clay
Democrat . Republican
Deputy Inspectors.
W. Percy Norcross Abram G. Stone . . .
.
. Republican Democrat
.
.
. Republican
1911]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
II
Tellers.
Richard E. Melzard
· Republican
Thomas E. Berry
. Republican
Frank V. Porter
. Republican
John J. Mehegan
. Republican
Stuart P. Ellis
· Republican Republican
Benjamin B. Blanchard
Andrew Olsen
· Democrat
Sidney M. Shattuck
Democrat
Joseph P. Mather
Democrat
William P. Bergin
Democrat
Frank G. Melvin
Democrat
David W. Nisbett
Democrat
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Appointed Town Committees, 1910.
Ways and Means.
Harry O. Russ. Chairman, Harry M. Doane,
William E. Plummer,
Frederick W. Newcomb.
William W. Seymour, C. Irving Lindsey,
Charles W. Tucker.
Street Lighting.
Edwin A. Farnham. Chairman, Elias G. Hodgkins.
James F. Caton, Martin L. Quinn. John R. Merritt.
School House Site.
S. Perry Congdon, Chairman. Clarence B. Humphrey Edward H. Kitfield, J. Henry Welch, Arthur W. Stubbs,
John M. Fernald.
Charles P. Jeffers.
Board of Selectmen,
Air Whistle. Engineers of Fire Department.
Jessie Street Nuisance.
Board of Selectmen, Surveyor of Highways.
Essex Street Bridge.
Board of Selectmen. Surveyor of Highways.
Valuation Book. Board of Assessors.
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APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES.
1911]
Bathing Facilities. Park Commissioners.
Brooks.
Clarence B. Humphrey,
Elias G. Hodgkins,
Aaron R. Bunting, Martin L. Quinn,
James F. Caton.
July 4th.
John F. Keefe, Chairman, John M. Nelson, Nathaniel R. Martin,
Frank W. Homan,
Stanley M. Stocker.
Increased Accommodations for Library.
Frank F. Stanley,
Elihu Thompson,
Elizabeth J. Hadley,
Leonard H. Phillips,
Frank E. Ingalls, Henry B. Sprague,
Elisha W. Cobb.
Inspector of Wires and Buildings. Edward S. Underwood, Charles T. Jackson, John Maitland.
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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
Piano
.
350 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
$36.970 00
School Department.
Phillips School and land $60,000 00
Clarke School and land
33,850 00
Machon School and land Palmer School and land
.
10,000 00
8,000 00
Redington Street School and land
5,000 00
Pine Street School and land
4,500 00
Beach School and land .
4,200 00
Manual Training School
2,000 00
Land, Essex Street, opp. Cemetery, 300 00
School Furniture
6,200 00
Manual Training equipment
13,000 00
School supplies
1,300 00
Laboratory supplies ·
.
800 00
$137,450 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1911]
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House .
500 00
Implements
.
.
75 00
Land
.
·
5,000 00
$7,595 00
Police Station.
Police Station and fixtures
$3,200 00
Seventeen revolvers
170 00
Fifty-five badges
63 00
Twelve pairs handcuffs
49 50
Twelve pairs twisters
12 00
Fourteen helmets
28 00
One gun
20 00
Eleven chairs .
22 00
Two tables
6 00
Public Statutes
4.25
Fourteen police belts
14 00
One stop watch
7 00
Fifteen caps .
30 00
Twenty numbers for caps and helmets,
2 50
Thirty-two dozen buttons
19 00
One motorcycle and tools
·
200 00
One speed gauge
· .
15 00
One Oliver visible writer
.
60 00
.
_
$3,922 25
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Fire Department.
Engine house, New Ocean street $6,500 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 309 feet
ladders
1,999 50
Two supply wagons
500 00
Twenty-five alarm boxes
1,850 00
Fire alarm bells including strikers
2,225 00
One tape register with gongs . 235 00
Six hand chemicals 150 00
One compressed air fire alarm whistle, 1,845 00
Eight horses including harness
2,300 00
Blankets and robes . 50 00
Furniture and bedding
150 00
Storage battery and switchboard
1,000 00
One repeater, two indicators
525 00
Eighty-six hydrants
2,190 00
One light wagon, one hose pung ·
145 00
One wire wagon and supplies
·
425 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
300 00
Blankets, harnesses and tools . 260 00
Furniture and bedding .
75 00
Supply wagon and 600 feet hose
play-pipe . 320 00
Amount carried forward,
$39,954 50
·
1911]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. I7
Amount brought forward, $39,954 50
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, two spanners at Boston & Northern Railway stable, Essex street 200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, one axe, two ladders, Mountain Park Hose House
300 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, at Lincoln House . 250 00
Thirty-two hundred feet cotton hose rubber lined, two and one-half inch, 1,800 00
$42.704 50
Street Watering.
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
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Health Department.
Dory and oars.
$25 00
Rollers .
.
I 00
Anchor .
.
50
Two shovels
I 50
Three rakes
I 50
One pitchfork
75
Contagious Hospital
2,500 00
Household goods
25 00
Carriage shed
84 00
Generators
100 00
Office furniture, Town Hall
193 50
Atlas
25 00
Letter press
10 00
Typewriter
·
.
25 00
$2,992 75
Park Department.
Land, Blaney Beach Reservation $34,475 00
Buildings, Blaney Beach Reservation, 5,600 00
Land, Monument Ave. Reservation . 22,500 00
Land, Paradise Road Playground .
13,740 00
Buildings, Paradise Road Play-
ground
200 00
Rope
24 00
Bars
20 00
Lawn mower
1 00
Hammer
1
IO
Rake
50
Shovel
50
Hose and sprinkler
15 00
Settees
I 50
Amount carried forward,
$76,578 60
1911]
Amount brought forward,
$76,578 60
Directors' table
15 00
Chairs
5 00
Bookcase
12 00
Safe
35 00
Signs
2 00
Wire
5 00
Gasoline tank
10 00
Benches, shades, grandstand
· 300 00
$76,962 60
Water Department.
Water mains and stand-pipe . · $135,000 00
48,000 feet of land on Pine street 5,000 00
20,000 ft. land west of Stacey's brook, 1,000 00
Ten acres land Thompson's meadow,
Salem
·
1,000 00
Brick building, Pine street
5,000 00
Storage house, Pine street
.
1,300 00
Stock on hand Feb. 1, 1911
.
1,429 33
Horse and wagons, pung, har-
nesses, etc. .
450 00
Office furniture
400 00
1,524 meters
.
.
13,134 25
$163,713 58
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
$7,162 64
Pumping plant
7,500 00
Land at station ·
.
1,500 00
Office furniture and fixtures
.
400 00
Material, tools, etc.
. 600 00
$17,162 64
·
.
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
·
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Engineering Department.
One buff and buff transit
$210 00
One leveling rod
.
9 75
Tapes
17 50
Bag and tools
II 00
Logarithmic tables .
3 60
Office table
15 00
Drafting table
21 50
Instruments
29 00
Planimeter ·
20 00
Cloth, paper, etc.
9 50
Blue print pan
3 00
Sundries
5 00
$354 85
Moth Department.
One power sprayer .
$850 00
Five hundred feet hose
·
165 00
Three extension ladders . 30 00 ·
Two short ladders .
I 50
One Friend pump .
20 00
Two small pumps ·
5 00
Two hundred feet ¿- in. hose
. 14 00
Three spray poles and nozzles
3 00
Eight chopping axes
6 00
Fourteen bush hooks
7 00
Three bush scythes
3 00
Two galvanized iron tanks
4 00
Four pair climbing irons
8 00
Two cross cut saws
4 00
Two hand saws
2 50
Amount carried forward,
$1,123 00
1911]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
2I
Amount brought forward,
$1,123 00
Two chisels, one gouge .
1 50
One hatchet .
50
One mallet
.
50
One hammer .
50
Two pair clide shears
2 00
One grindstone
I 00
One bit brace
50
Two bits
50
Fourteen pruners
14 00
Seven poles and brushes .
1 75
Three tree scrapers
1 00
Two monkey wrenches
I 50
One screw driver
50
Two oil stones
50
Two files
50
One oil can
50
One pair plyers
50
One pair pruning shears .
50
Two pair tin snips .
I 25
Opera glasses
2 00
Suction hose
2 00
One shovel
1 00
One pick
75
One faucet
50
Three pitchforks
1 00
One padlock .
I 00
One rake
50
One trowel
50
Three wire brushes
3 00
One gasoline can
1 00
Ten pounds cotton waste
70
Two dozen pruner knives
I
70
One dozen pruner springs
.
75
$1.168 90
.
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[Jan. 31
Poor Department.
Safe .
$35 00
Desk, table and chairs
35 00
$70 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, extra broom .
300 00
Nine sidewalk sewer plows .
450 00
One gutter plow
75 00
One horse, buggy, harness, single sleigh, pung, street blanket ·
300 00
One No. 3 Edson pump, two lengths hose . 55 00
One hundred loads sand in sand shed, 150 00
Six hundred tons crushed stone 600 00
Supplies for crusher and roller. tools, etc. . .
. 500 00
$12,945 00
1911]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Summary.
Miscellaneous
$36,970 00
School .
.
137,450 00
Cemetery
·
7,595 00
Police
3,922 25
Fire
42,704 50
Highway
12,945 00
Street watering
500 00
Assessors
3,246 00
Health
2,992 75
Park
76,962 60
Sewer
17,162 64
Water
163,713 58
Engineering
354 85
Moth
.
1,168 90
Poor
70 00
$507,758 07
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Town Clerk's Records.
Annual Town Meeting, March 21, 1910.
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 twenty-first day of March, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. 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 ensuing.
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 ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
1911]
To choose a Board of Auditors for the year en- suing.
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 sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Selectmen, the School Committee, the Water Commissioners, the Board of Health, the Library Trustees, the Park Commissioners, the Over- seers of the Poor, the Board of Assessors, the Auditors, the Board of Sewer Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Tree Warden, the Committee on Street Lighting, the Committee to purchase a Hook and Ladder Truck, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Proposed Additional Land for Parks, the Board of Fire Engineers, the Chief of Police, the Superintendent of Moth Work, the Cemetery Superintendent, the Inspector of Plumbing, the Inspector of Animals and Pro- visions, the Inspector of Milk, the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures and the Town Accountant.
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 authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning March 21, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes for said municipal year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from dates thereof.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen to borrow money upon the notes of the Town, duly authenticated, to meet the appropriations voted at the Annual Meeting for nineteen hundred and ten (1910) or any adjournment thereof.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
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 amount of bonds will be required of the Water Commissioners the present year.
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 what action the Town will take in relation to salaries for Town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Selectmen in the following manner, such vote to become operative at the Annual Meeting for the year nineteen hundred and eleven (1911) : One for the term of one (1) year, one for the term of two (2) years, one for the term of three (3) years, and at each Anuual Meeting thereafter one for the term of three (3) years.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will accept Sections four (4) to twelve (12) inclusive of Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws in relation to appointing an Inspector of Buildings, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in accept- ing the provisions of Section 37, Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, so far as said section applies to all permanent firemen of this Town, as petitioned for by George E. Smith and others.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the purchase of the Ellen A. Collins property on Rock avenue and make an appropriation for same.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the purchase of the M. D. Porter property on the corner of Burrill street and Thomas road and make an appropriation for same.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to secure, by pur- chase or by taking, land adjoining the present Redington Street School site, comprising the Wiley and Chick properties, and erect thereon a sixteen-room School Building with Assembly Hall and Office, appropriate money for the same and determine how the money to meet said appropriation shall be raised ; or to see if the Town will take any action with relation thereto, as petitioned for by S. Perry Congdon and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for alterations on Phillips School Building as recommended by the School Committee and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen to borrow that sum to meet said appropriation.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to employ an expert accountant to examine the books and accounts of the different departments, and to suggest what charges, if any, should be made in the systems now in use, as petitioned for by Walter W. Johnson and others.
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ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote, that all checks or amounts drawn against the Sinking Funds, shall be countersigned by all the Commissioners, and that all investments made by the said Commissioners shall be registered in the name of the Sink- ing Fund Commissioners of the Town of Swampscott, Mass., as petitioned for by Walter W. Johnson and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take with rela- tion to the recommendations of the Selectmen as contained in the Annual Report February 1, 1910, of the Town, pages 78, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 93.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Fuller avenue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan drawn by Fred H. Eastman, Town Engineer, dated December 28, 1909, filed with the Town Clerk, January 7, 1910, appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), therefor, and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen to borrow that sum to meet said appropriation, the abutter on the line of said avenue having signed a waiver.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept that portion of Bank's road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown on plan, Section 1, drawn by Eastman & Bradford, Civil Engineers, dated September 18, 1908, and filed with the Town Clerk, October 2, 1908, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same, and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen to borrow money to meet said appropriation.
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