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TOWN DOCUMENTS THE LIDI SIXTY-FIRST
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912
SETT
ED A.D. 1629
· INCORPORATED
1
A. D. 1852.
DAS
S
SWAMP
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1913.
١
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SIXTY-FIRST
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912
SETTLED
A.D. 1629
INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852
DAS
SWAMP
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1913.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
352 SW 1912-16 INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees.
PAGE
Appropriations recommended
175
Animals, Inspector of
225
Assessors, Board of
237
Audit by Bureau of Statistics, Report of
327
Auto Ambulance, Committee on
247
Brooks Committee, Report of
97
Cemetery, Superintendent of .
251
Essex Street Playground Committee, Report of
28
Fire Engineers
230
Hadley School Construction Committee, Report of
29
Health, Board of
216
Highways, Surveyor of .
226
Humphrey Street, Widening of
I71
Library, Trustees of
239
Meats and Provisions, Inspector of
250
Milk Inspector, Report of
224
Morris Land, Option on
170
Moth Work, Superintendent of
248
Park Commission, Report of .
220
Phillips' Swamp Playground Committee, Report of
43
Plumbing, Inspector of .
229
Police, Chief of
233
Poor, Overseers of .
244
Public Property, Inventory of
12
Selectmen, Board of
162
Sewers, Eastern Section, Engineer's Report .
263
School Committee, Report of
202
Town Accountant
27I
Town Clerk's Statistics
19
Town Committees Appointed
II
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, February 19, 1912 .
19
Town Warrant, July 24, 1912 .
87
Town Warrant, August 27, 1912
123
Town Warrant, September 24, 1912
127
Town Warrant, October 25, 1912
134
Town Warrant, November 5, 1912
144
Town Warrant, November 15, 1912
149
Town Warrant, December 20, 1912
152
Town Warrant, February 17, 1913 . Tree Warden
330
Underground Wires, Committee on
244
Water and Sewerage Board
252
Ways and Means Committee .
34, 44, 91, 96, 125, 136, 150
241
Financial Reports.
Auditing Department
276
Assessors' Department
277
Balance Sheet .
.
308, 309
Bureau of Statistics
297
.
.
.
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
180
School Population .
212
School Teachers and Janitors
154
Town Clerk's Records
Town Warrant, April, 30, 1912
SI
249
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INDEX.
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PAGE
Brooks, Committee on
287
Cemetery
299
Collector of Taxes
277
Collector of Taxes, Report of
321-324
Contingent Fund
297
Continuous Sidewalks
300
Curbs for Street Corners
291
Dog Officer
285
Engineering Department
279
Election and Registration
278
Essex Street Playground
304
Fire Department
282
Hadley School
30I
Health Department
285
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall
296
Highway Department
288
Interest and Maturing Department
300
Law Department
278
Library
294
Liabilities
314
Memorial Day
296
Metropolitan Parks
296
Moth Extermination
284
Notes Payable
310-313
Parks
295
Police Ambulance and Garage
304
Police Department .
280
Poor Department
291
Premium Notes and Bonds
297
Printing Town Reports
297
Refuse and Garbage
287
Resurfacing Streets
290
Schools
293
School Furnishings
304
Sealer of Weights and Measures
283
Selectmen's Department
275
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
286
Sewer Bonds
315
Sewer Construction
302-304
Soldiers' Relief
292
State Aid
292
Statistics ( 1871-1912)
326
Sidewalk and Curbing Maintenance
289
Street Construction
290
Street Lighting
290
Street Watering and Oiling
289
Table of Aggregates
325
Town Clerk's Department
278
Town Debt
315
Town Hall
279
Treasurer's Report .
316-320
Treasury Department
276
Treasurer's Receipts
27I
Tree Warden .
284
Water Bonds
. 259-315
Water Construction
301-302
Water Department .
298
Water Sinking Fund
259
Water Statement
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
255
Sewers, Statement .
268
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1912.
Selectmen. James F. Caton, Chairman. Term expires 1915
Clarence B. Humphrey. Term expires 1914.
Elias G. Hodgkins. Term expires 1913.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Town Clerk. George T. Till.
Treasurer. *Benjamin O. Honors. +William H. Bates.
*Died September 27, 1912. tAppointed pro tem.
Collector of Taxes. Nathan G. Bubier.
Auditors. Stuart P. Ellis, Chairman.
William H. Craig. Ernest N. Getchell.
Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires 1914.
Oscar G. Poor.
Term expires 1913.
Peleg Gardner. Term expires 1915.
Water and Sewer Commissioners. *William H. Bates, Chairman. . Term expires 1914. I. Irving Edgerly. Term expires 1913.
Samuel M. Kehoe. Term expires 1915. *Resigned.
Charles E. Hodgdon. Appointed balance 1912.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1912]
Park Commissioners. Arthur T. Tapper, Chairman. Term expires 1913. Robert Leslie, Secretary. Alfred F. Frazier. Term expires 1915.
Term expires 1914.
School Committee. S. Perry Congdon, Chairman. Term expires 1914.
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary. J. Henry Welch. Term expires 1915. Term expires 1913.
Public Library Trustees. Frank F. Stanley, Chairman. Term expires 1913.
Francis E. Ingalls.
Term expires 1914.
Elizabeth J. Hadley. Term expires 1915.
Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1913.
Edmund Russell, Secretary. William H. Carroll. Term expires 1915. Term expires 1914.
Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1914.
George C. Webster. Term expires 1913.
John B. Cahoon. Term expires 1915.
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan. Term expires 1915.
Tree Warden. Everett P. Mudge.
Constables. Richard G. Gilley.
Frank H. Bradford.
William H. Carroll.
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Appointed Town Officers, 1912. 1
Town Accountant. Charles G. Rowell.
Town Counsel. Parsons & Bowen.
*Frank L. Chapman.
Engineers of Fire Department. George P. Cahoon, Chief. George F. Clay. Frank W. Oulton.
*Resigned.
*Permanent Police.
Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.
Adelbert S. Hammond. J. Henry Pedrick. Charles Connell. Joseph D. Spinney. Charles H. Dunlap. Eugene P. Brogan. James C. Pearson.
* All under Civil Service.
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. James C. Pearson.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Edward A. Smith.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. George W. Thomas.
Caretaker of Monument Lot. Michael Haley.
1912]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Mahlon Knowles.
Assistant Librarians. Albert Chase. Linthall Leatherby.
Forest Warden. George P. Cahoon.
Forest Fire Wards. George P. Cahoon.
Frank L. Chapman. George F. Clay.
Inspector of Animals and Slaughter. Dr. Frank B. Stratton.
Inspector of Fruit and Provisions. Walter F. Larrabee.
Inspector of Milk. Herbert D. Smith.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark. Elmer P. Dyer. Oscar G. Poor.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Alfred G. Watts.
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall. L. Herbert Cahoon.
Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Field Driver. James H. Bryson.
Superintendent of Moth Work. Everett P. Mudge.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
George H. Doane.
Oscar G. Poor Peleg Gardner. Truant Officer. 1 Alfred F. Frazier.
Registrars of Voters.
Ernest B. Thing (Republican)
John A. Finnegan (Democrat)
. Term expires 1913
Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
George T. Till (Republican)
. Term expires 1915 (ex-officio)
Special Police.
Richard G. Gilley.
Lemuel W. Pickard.
Horace W. Wardwell.
Frank A. Martin.
William C. McNamara.
George D. R. Durkee.
Charles L. Stover.
Alfred F. Frazier.
Herbert A. Smith.
Burton A. Fogg.
John M. Dougherty.
Edward A. Smith.
Horace W. Blanchard.
Charles A. Bryson.
John H. Bryson.
Edward G. Spaulding.
James D. Bentley.
George H. Reed.
Fred A. Taylor.
Charles Q. Lowd.
Michael J. Ryan.
George W. Boston.
L. Herbert Cahoon.
Fred G. Littlefield.
William H. Carroll.
John C. Thomas.
Fred M. Collins.
Edward B. Tobin.
Frank C. Mitchell.
George H. Crowell.
John L. Sullivan.
Secretary of Selectmen. C. G. Rowell.
Secretary of Board of Health. Frank E. Littlefield.
Secretary Water and Sewer Commissioners. James W. Libby.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
Frank H. Bradford.
Patrick Cryan. John B. Hoitt.
Term expires 1914
Fence Viewers.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1912]
Town Treasurer's Assistant. *Fred M. Collins. Arthur C. Widger.
Election Officers, Town Primaries, April 30, 1912.
Special Officer (Democrat)
Inspector (Republican) (Democrat)
Deputy Inspector (Republican)
(Democrat)
Teller (Republican) .
66
(Democrat)
66 .
William P. Bergin
Election Officers, Town Primaries, Sept. 24, 1912.
Special Officer (Democrat)
Inspector (Republican) (Democrat)
Deputy Inspector (Republican) .
(Democrat)
Teller (Republican) .
66
66
66
·
. John Albree George D. R. Durkee Joseph G. Reed John J. Mehagan Thomas E. Berry Andrew Olsen John B. Cahoon . William P. Bergin Frank G. Melvin
66 (Democrat)
66
. .
66
66
66
. Joseph P. Mather
66
. James T. Lyons
*Resigned
John A. Cullen George F. Clay John B. Ryan . W. Percy Norcross Abram G. Stone . Freeman A. Baker Thomas E. Berry Richard E. Melzard John J. Mehagan Andrew Olsen · John B. Cahoon Frank G. Melvin ·
John A. Cullen George F. Clay John B. Ryan
. W. Percy Norcross Abram G. Stone Richard E. Melzard
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Election Officers, State Election, Nov. 5, 1912.
Special Officer (Democrat)
John A. Cullen
Inspector (Republican)
(Democrat)
Deputy Inspector (Republican)
66 (Democrat)
Teller ( Republican)
· Abram G. Stone Fred A. Oliver . William R. Patten
66
66
Teller (Democrat)
. .
6.
..
6 .
· George F. Clay John B. Ryan . W. Percy Norcross
George D. R. Durkee John J. Mehagan Arthur E. Eaton Thomas E. Berry Andrew Olsen George H. Stone Joseph P. Mather John B. Cahoon
Frank G. Melvin James A. Ryan
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APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES.
1912]
Appointed Town Committees, 1912.
Ways and Means.
George D. R. Durkee, Chairman,
Leon L. Dennis, Henry S. Baldwin,
Horace B. Ingalls, Richard B. Hussey, Harry F. Phillips.
Brooks Committee.
H. Ashley Bowen,
James F. Caton,
Loring Grimes.
Schoolhouse Construction Committee.
S. Perry Congdon,
J. Henry Welch, Arthur W. Stubbs,
Clarence B. Humphrey, Edward H. Kitfield, John M. Fernald,
Charles P. Jeffers.
Frank Griffin,
Underground Wires.
William H. Outtrim,
Peleg Gardner.
Auto Ambulance.
Ulysses M. Corson, James F. Caton,
Henry S. Baldwin.
Metropolitan District Affairs.
James F. Caton, Clarence B. Humphrey, Elias G. Hodgkins.
Increased Accommodations for Library.
Frank F. Stanley, Elizabeth J. Hadley,
Francis E. Ingalls,
Elihu Thomson, Leonard H. Phillips, Henry B. Sprague, Elisha W. Cobb.
Committee on Widening Humphrey Street.
Edward A. Maxfield, Michael McDonough,
Martin L. Quinn.
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TOWY DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 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
250 00
Treasurer's safe
295 00
Town Clerk's safe .
75 00
Collector's safe
50 00
Selectmen's office fixtures
.
225 00
$37,045 00
School Department.
Phillips School and land
$60,000 00
Clarke School and land
33,850 00
Machon School and land
10,000 00
Palmer School and land
8,000 00
Pine Street School and land
4,500 00
Beach School and land
4,200 00
Redington Street School and land
125,000 00
Manual Training School
2,000 00
Land Essex street
300 00
School furniture
9,500 00
Manual Training equipment
1,300 00
School supplies
1,300 00
Laboratory supplies
800 00
.
$260,750 00
1912]
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House
500 00
Land ·
5,000 00
Implements
.
100 00
$7,620 00
Police Department
Police station and fixtures
$3,200 00
Seventeen revolvers
·
170 00
Fifty-five badges
63 00
Thirteen pairs handcuffs
52 00
Thirteen pairs twisters
13 00
Fifteen helmets and caps
60 00
Twelve clubs and belts
24 00
One gun
20 00
Eleven chairs
22 00
Two tables
6 00
Public Statutes
4 25
Motorcycle and tools
200 00
Speed guage .
15 00
Typewriter
60 00
Safe
100 00
Ambulance and garage
.
3,000 00
$7,009 25
Street Watering Department.
Two watering carts
$500 00
Highway Department.
Stone crusher plant
$4,300 00
Grate bars for boiler
15 00
Steam road roller
3,250 00
Storage building
3,000 00
Gravel bank (Marblehead)
500 00
Amount carried forward,
$11,065 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. .
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Amount brought forward,
$11,065 00
Climax road machine
250 00
Water cart
200 00
One two-horse wagull
200 00
Street sweeper 300 00
Nine snow plows
450 00
One gutter plow
75 00
Edson pump .
80 00
Sand, stored .
300 00
Horse, harness, buggy. sleigh, pung and blanket .
350 00
Supplies, tools, etc.
500 00
Four horses, harness, etc.
1,650 00
Tip carts
380 00
Pungs
.
.
150 00
$15.950 00
Assessors' Department.
Plans and maps
$3,000 00
Safe
90 00
Desk
25 00
Table
25 00
Chairs
50 00
Cabinet and cards
55 00
$3,245 00
Park Department.
Land, Blaney Beach Reservation
$38,303 00
Buildings, Blaney Beach Reservation. 8,326 00
Land, Monument Avenue Reserva- tion
24,997 00
Land, Paradise Road Playground .
15,205 00
Buildings, Paradise Road Playground.
225 00
Jackson Park
6,150 00
Phillips Park
7,500 00
Equipment and tools
308 60
Office furniture
67 00
Signs
15 00
Wire
20 00
Tank
10 00
Benches, shades, grandstand
350 00
Bubble fountains
100 00
.
$101,576 60
1912]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Health Department.
Dory and oars
$20 00
Rollers
1 00
Anchor
50
Two shovels
I
Three rakes .
1 50
Three pitchforks
3 75
Contagious hospital
2,500 00
Household goods
25 CO
Carriage shed
50 00
Generators
100 00
Office furniture
193 50
Atlas
25 00
Letter press
10 00
Typewriter
20 00
Milk inspection outfit
33 25
Wheelbarrow
5 75
$2,990 75
Moth Department.
Power sprayer, hose and tools
$1,050 00
Ladders
.
17 00
Hand pumps and equipment
42 00
Creosote
15 00
Arsenate of lead
33 00
Tools and supplies .
.
92 00
$1,249 00
Poor Department.
Safe
$35 00
Furniture
.
35 00
$70 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Fire Department.
New Ocean Street Fire House.
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 ladders ·
1,999 50
One supply wagon .
250 00
Twenty-nine fire alarm boxes .
2,030 00
Two tape registers and gongs .
.
535 00
· Six hand chemicals 150 00
One compressed air whistle
1,845 00
Eight horses and harness
2,300 00
Blankets and robes
50 00
Furniture and bedding
185 00
Storage battery and switchboard
1,000 00
One repeater and two indicators
525 00
Light wagon and hose pung
145 00
Wire wagon and supplies
425 00
Bells and strikers
2,225 00
$26,264 50
Chemical House, Phillips Beach.
House and land
$8,400 00
Auto hose and engine
5,800 00
Horse drawn chemical
2,225 00
Four hand chemicals
100 00
Indicator and gong
135 00
Blankets, harness and tools
260 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Two play pipes
42 00
Shoe and inner tube
73 30
17,11O 30
Extra Supplies.
Hose reel and supplies John Palmer's $200 00 Hose reel and supplies Essex street . 200 00
Hose reel and supplies Mount. Park, Thrity six hundred and fifty ft. hose, Five hundred feet chemical hose .
2,050 00
Transmitter and disks
145 00
3,035 00
Grand total
$46,409 So
.
.
.
300 00
140 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1912
Water Department.
Water mains and stand pipes. . $140,252 50
Forty-eight thousand feet land, Pine street
5,000 00
Twenty thousand feet land west of Stacey's 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
850 00
Horse, wagons, pung and harness . 400 00
Office furniture, Town Hall .
400 00
One thousand six hundred and fifty-
two meters
14,362 45
$169,564 95
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
$7,162 64
Pumping plant
9,000 00
Land at station
1,500 00
Office furniture
420 00
Tools and equipment
500 00
$18,582 64
Engineering Department.
Instruments and tools
$297 75
Typewriter
100 00
Furniture
90 00
Sundry supplies
12 00
$499 75
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Summary.
Miscellaneous · School Department .
.
260,750 00
Cemetery Department .
7,620 00
Police Department
7,009 25
Street Watering Department 500 00
Highway Department .
15,900 00 .
Assessors' Department
3,245 00
Park Department.
.
101,576 60
Health Department
2,990 75
Moth Department
.
1,249 00
Poor Department
70 00
Fire Department
46,409 80
Water Department
169,564 95
Sewer Department
18.582 64
Engineering Department 2
.
499 75
·
.
$37,045 00
·
.
$673,012 79
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
1912]
Town Clerk's Records.
Annual Town Meeting. February 19, 1912. 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 assemble in the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the nineteenth day of February, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE J. To choose a Moderator for one ( 1) year.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one ( 1) year.
To choose a member of the Board of Selectmen for three (3) years.
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 one (1) year. To choose one member of the Board of 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 one (1) year. To choose one member of the Board of Overseers 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 three (3) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
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To choose a Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose a member of the Water and Sewerage Commission for three (3) years.
To choose a Tree Warden for one ( 1) year. 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 the Town?
ART. 4. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No." To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 468 of the Acts of the General Court of 1911, being an act to extend the provisions of the Civil Service Act to Chiefs of Police, as petitioned for by William H. Bates and others.
ART. 5. To hear and act upon the reports of the Selectmen, the School Committee, the Water and Sewerage Commissioners, the Board of Health, the Library Trustees, the Park Commis- sioners, the Overseers of the Poor, the Board of Assessors, the Board of Auditors, the Surveyor of Highways, the Tree Warden, the Committee on Street Lighting, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Board of Fire Engineers, the Chief of Police, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Inspector of Plumbing, the Inspector of Animals, the Inspector of Provisions, the Inspector of Milk, the Sealer of Weights and Measures, the Town Accountant, the Committee on July 4th, the Committee on Increased Accommodations for the Library, the Committee on Auto Chemical, the Committee on Land for Park Purposes, the Committee on Schoolhouse Sites, the Committee on Boulevard, the Committee on Land Purchase on Rock avenue, the Town Engineer, the Superintendent of Moth Work, the Building Removal Committee, the Schoolhouse Construction Committee and the Committee on the Widening of Humphrey street.
ART 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. S. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Commissioners for the ensuing year.
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ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collections of taxes and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for the prompt payment on or before a certain date.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries for Town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the Selectmen's Report as contained in the Annual Report, December 30, 1911, on pages 169, 173. 174, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Overseers of the Poor as con- tained in the Annual Report, December 30, 1911, on page 238.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Park Commissioners, as contained · in the Annual Report, December 30, 1911, on pages 242, 243, 244.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Highway Surveyor as contained in the Annual Report, December 30, 1911, on page 249.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment as contained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on page 251.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Street Light Committee as con- tained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on page 271.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendation of the Superintendent of Cemetery as contained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on page 272.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Tree Warden as contained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on page 276.
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ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Water and Sewerage Board as contained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on pages 282, 283, 296, 298.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Committee on Schoolhouse Sites as contained in the Annual Report December 30, 1911, on page 281.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Great and General Court for appropriate legislation to divert the course of the brook running along the easterly side of Paradise road and to construct a cement culvert along Paradise road of sufficient size to receive and carry the water of said brook to the sea, and also for such appropriate legislation affecting any and all other brooks within the Town in such manner as may be found upon investigation of the Board of Selectmen, advisable, as petitioned for by Robert Leslie and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take, if any, towards granting a Saturday half holiday with pay for the employees of the Highway, Water, Sewer, Health, Cemetery and Moth Departments from May Ist to November Ist, as peti- tioned for by James D. Bentley and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will construct a sewer from the Pumping Station on Humphrey street to Humphrey square and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Walter M. Boyden and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Sewer Commissioners to construct a sewer from Humphrey street through Greenwood avenue to a point opposite the Phillips school on said avenue and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Harry B. Newcomb and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer in Mapledale place and appropriate the money for same as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer in Rock avenue and appropriate the money for same as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
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ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer in Melvin avenue and appropriate the money for same as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will build a sewer in Ontario street and appropriate the money for same as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer from Puritan lane to the entrance of premises now known as " The Oakland" and appropriate money for the same as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an Arc Light at the junction of Millett road and Ocean View terrace, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by H. W. Rowell and others.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an Incandescent Light on the east side of Pine street, opposite Ontario street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herman F. Ashton and others.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will erect and maintain a Light on Norfolk avenue, in the rear of the Clarke school, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by H. P. Fifield and others.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to complete the lighting of Phillips avenue along the line of the A. W. Preston estate to the intersection at Atlantic avenue, as petitioned for by Arthur F. Estabrook and others.
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