Town annual report of Swampscott 1916, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 290


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


SIXTY-FIFTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916


SETTLED A.D.


1629.


INCORPORATED


TT. A. D. 1852.


AS


SWAN


LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER


1917


TOWN DOCUMENTS


SIXTY-FIFTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916


SETTLED


A.D. 1829


· INCORPORATED A


TT.A.D. 1852


SWAMPSCOTT.


LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER


1917


2


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


INDEX. Reports of Departments and Committees.


PAGE.


Animals, Inspector of


I35


Appropriations Recommended


195


Assessors


Building Inspector


174


By-Laws, Consideration of


64


By-Laws, Report of Committee on Revision of


177


Cemetery, Superintendent of


116


Election, Town


20


Fire Engineers


II9


Fourth of July, Report of Committee on


150


Health, Board of


125


Highway, Surveyor of


138


Library, Building Committee's Report .


172


Park Commission .


135


Police, Chief of


I46


Poor, Overseers of ,


I36


Primaries, Presidential


47


Primaries, State


50


Public Property, Inventory of


II


Selectmen, Board of


180


School Census


106


School Committee


94


Soldiers' Welfare, Report of Committee on


175


Town Accountant


202


Town Clerk's Statistics


83


Town Clerk's Records


15


Town Engineer


117


Town Committees Appointed


IO


Town Department Water Rates, Committee on


171


Town Officers Appointed


6


Town Officers Elected


4


Town Warrant, April 25, 1916


47


Town Warrant, November 7, 1916


79


Town Warrant, February 19, 1917


266


Tree Warden


123


Water and Sewerage Board


I59


Ways and Means Committee


22,57


Weights and Measures, Sealer of


I48


Financial Reports.


Assessors' Department


207-253


Auditing Department


207


Balance Sheet


. 262-265


Bureau of Statistics


84, 255


Cedar Hill Terrace Land Damage .


218


Cemetery


. 228-229


Collector of Taxes


207-250


80


Forest Warden


124


Health Officer, Report of


130


Library, Trustees of


I42


Milk Inspector


I33


Moth Work, Superintendent of


122


152


Plumbing, Inspector of


School Directory


114


Town Warrant, February 21, 1916


15


Town Warrant, September 29, 1916


54


Election, State


I44


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INDEX.


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PAGE.


County Tax


229


Department Summaries


233


District Nurse


225


Dog Officer


211


Drinking Fountains


226


Engineering Department


209


Election and Registration


208


Essex Street Land Damage


218


Essex Street Pavement .


230


Fire Department


21I


Forest Warden


2 [4


Health Department


214


Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall


225


High School Addition


222


Highway Department


217


Insurance


225-226


Interest and Maturing Debt


228


July Fourth


226


Lally Claim


225


Law Department


208


Legislative


206


Library


.


222


Liabilities


244


Macadam Pavement


219


Marshall Brook


225


Memorial Day


225


Metropolitan Assessments


225


Mexican Aid


220


Moth Extermination


213


Notes Payable .


238-243


Park Department


223


Pension Fund, Nettie Smith


225


Police Department .


210


Poor Department


220


Premium Notes and Bonds


226


Printing Town Reports


225


Refuse and Garbage


216


Schools


98,22I


Sealer of Weights and Measures


213


Selectmen's Department


206


Sewer Maintenance and Operation


215


Sewer Notes and Bonds


246


Sidewalks and Curbing


219-232


Soldiers' Relief


220


Soldiers' Monument Lot


225


State Aid


220


State Tax


229


Statistics (1874-1916)


254


Street Construction


218


Street Lighting


218


Street Watering and Oiling


219


Teachers' Pensions


222


Town Clerk's Department


208


Town Debt


246


Town Hall Department .


209


Treasurer's Report .


247


Treasury Department


207


Treasurer's Receipts


202


Tree Warden


214


Trust Funds


229-233


Washington Memorial


225


Water Bonds and Notes .


164-245


Water Debt Sinking Fund


165


Water Department .


227


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Elected Town Officers, 1916.


Selectmen. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman. Term expires 1917.


Clarence B. Humphrey Term expires 1917.


William E. Carter. Term expires 1917.


Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.


Town Clerk. George T. Till.


Town Treasurer. William H. Bates.


Collector of Taxes. Nathan G. Bubier.


Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman and Secretary. Term expires 1917.


Peleg Gardner. Term expires 1918.


Oscar G. Poor. Term expires 1919.


Water and Sewer Commissioners. Samuel M. Kehoe, Chairman. Term expires 1918.


Charles E. Hodgdon.


Term expires 1917.


George D. R. Durkee. Term expires 1919.


Park Commissioners. Alfred F. Frazier, Chairman. Term expires 1918.


Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary.


Term expires 1917.


James T. Lyons. Term expires 1919.


School Committee. Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman. Term expires 1917.


Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary. Robert F. Kimball. Term expires 1918. Term expires 1919.


Trustees of Public Library. Frank F. Stanley, Chairman. Term expires 1919.


Francis E. Ingalls. Term expires 1917.


Elizabeth J Hadley. Term expires 1918.


Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1919.


Edmund Russell, Secretary. Term expires 1918.


Harry E. Cahoon. Term expires 1917.


1916]


ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.


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Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman. Term expires 1917.


George C. Webster.


Term expires 1919.


John B. Cahoon. Term expires 1918.


Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan. Term expires 1918. Tree Warden. Everett P. Mudge.


Constables. Frank H. Bradford.


Clarence W. Horton.


Charles Walter Burrill.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31.


Appointed Town Officers, 1916.


Town Accountant. Arthur C. Widger.


Town Counsel. James W. Santry.


Engineers of Fire Department. Harold C. Blaney, Chairman.


James Warnock. Ralph W. Lowe, Secretary. George P. Cahoon, Chief. Clarence D. Kendrick, Ist Assistant Chief.


Fred T. J. MacNamara, Captain. Walter A. Thomas, Captain.


Permanent Firemen.


Fred G. Greenough. Frank W. Oulton. Lewis J. Kezer.


Walter M. Champion.


Thomas S. Leadbetter.


Permanent Police.


Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.


Adelbert S. Hammond.


Charles Connell.


Charles H. Dunlap.


J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney. Eugene P. Brogan. James C. Pearson. 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. Thomas Handley. Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. George W. Thomas.


Caretaker of Monument Lot. Michael Haley. Town Weigher. Mary M. Nies.


Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.


Librarian Assistants.


Paul Doane.


Lester Merchant.


Donald Chase.


Forest Warden. Everett P. Mudge.


1916]


APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.


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Forest Fire Warden. Everett P. Mudge.


Building Inspector. Frank E. Morrison.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. Dr. Frank B. Stratton.


Town Engineer. Wallace W. Pratt.


Inspector of Milk. Clarence W. Horton.


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark. Elmer P. Dyer. Oscar G. Poor.


Sealer of Weights and Measures. Benjamin A. Martin.


Agent and Janitor of Town Hall. L. Herbert Cahoon.


Dog Officer. Samuel Hooper, Jr.


Field Driver. John H. Bryson.


Superintendent of Moth Work. Everett P. Mudge.


Fence Viewers.


George H. Doane. Oscar G. Poor.


Attendant Officer. C. Walter Burrill.


Registrars of Voters.


Ernest B. Thing (Republican)


Frank D. Thurston (Democrat )


Andrew Olsen (Democrat)


George T. Till


Term expires 1917. Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918. (ex-officio)


Special Police.


James P. M. S. Pitman. Lemuel W. Pickard.


Horace W. Wardwell. George D. R. Durkee. Alfred F. Frazier. John M. Dougherty. Edward G. Spaulding. George H. Reed. Charles Q. Lowd. L. Herbert Cahoon. John C. Thomas. George W. Boston. Coleman M. Wood. Daniel B. Collins. Samuel Hooper, Jr. Gordian Meggison. Frank H. Bradford. William H. Brown. G. Fred Moseley. Patrick Cryan.


William C. McNamara. Charles L. Stover. Burton A. Fogg. Augustus H. Davis.


Charles A. Bryson.


James D. Bentley. Fred A. Taylor. William P. Brennan. John H. Bryson. Herbert D. Smith.


Joshua B. Acker. Thomas Handley. Perley C. Foss. William H. Carroll. William Bluste. Frank T. Roache. Frank D. Howard. Almond B. Owens. William L. Quinn. Barnard Baugmasten.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Secretary of Selectmen. Arthur C. Widger. Secretary and Health Officer. Clarence W. Horton. Superintendent of Water Works. John M. Mather.


Secretary of Water and Sewer Commissioners. S. Russell Ingalls.


Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.


Election Officers., Town Election, February 21, 1916.


Election Officer


John A. Cullen (Democrat)


Inspector


William R. Patten (Republican)


Deputy Inspector


W. Percy Norcross (Republican)


Deputy Inspector


Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Republican) Fred A. Oliver,


Tellers (Democrat)


Frank G. Melvin,


Harold C. Snow,


William P. Bergin,


Harold H. Bartol,


James H. Ryan,


Alfred F. Frazier,


James A. Hegarty,


Ralph D. Merritt,


Peter J. Blaser,


Freeman A. Baker,


George H. Stone,


Harry E. Cahoon,


William F. Clark,


E. Marshall Kehoe.


Francis M. Kennedy.


Election Officers, Presidential Primaries, April 25, 1916. Ballot Clerks.


John A. Cullen (Democrat) William R. Patten (Republican) Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat) Deputy Ballot Clerks.


W. Percy Norcross (Republican)


Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Republican) Harold C. Snow,


Fred A. Oliver,


Alfred F. Frazier,


Arthur C. Eaton,


Frank G. Melvin


Thomas E. Berry,


George H. Stone,


E. Marshall Kehoe,


James H. Ryan,


Harold H. Bartol,


William P. Bergin,


Willard P. Jackson, 2nd,


Peter J. Blaser.


Election Officers, Town Primaries, September 26, 1916. Ballot Clerks.


John A. Cullen (Democrat) William R. Patten (Republican)


Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)


Deputy Ballot Clerks.


W. Percy Norcross (Republican )


Abram G. Stone (Democrat) Tellers (Democrat)


Harold C. Snow,


Francis M. Kennedy, John B. Cahoon, Robert Leslie,


Alfred F. Frazier, E. Marshall Kehoe, Thomas E. Berry, Joseph G. Reed,


Frank G. Melvin, George H. Stone,


Arthur C. Eaton,


Harold H. Bartol,


James H. Ryan, William P. Bergin, John Finnegan.


Tellers (Republican) Fred A. Oliver,


Tellers (Democrat) James E. Hegarty, John B. Cahoon Robert Leslie,


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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.


1916]


Election Officers, State Election, November 7, 1916. Ballot Clerks. John A. Cullen, (Detnocrat) William R. Patten (Republican) Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)


Deputy Ballot Clerks. W. Percy Norcross (Republican)


Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Republican)


Tellers (Democrat)


Harold C. Snow,


Fred A. Oliver,


James A. Hegarty, John B. Cahoon,


Alfred F. Frazier, Arthur C. Eaton,


Robert Leslie,


Thomas E. Berry,


George H. Stone,


E. Marshall Kehoe,


James H. Ryan, Peter J. Blaser.


Harold H. Bartol,


Joseph G. Reed.


Frank G. Melvin,


Board of Survey. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman and Secretary. Clarence B. Humphrey, William E. Carter.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Appointed Town Committees, 1916.


Ways and Means. Weston K. Lewis, Chairman. Weir L. Rowell, Secretary. F. Walker Johnson. Herbert A. Woofter. Charles F. Hathaway.


John F. Luther.


Celebration of July 4th.


Alfred F. Frazier.


James Sharp.


Oscar G. Poor.


Stuart P. Ellis.


Frank A. B. Stanton.


Everit B. Terhune.


Andrew Olsen.


James T. Lyons.


Increased Accommodations for Library.


Frank F. Stanley.


Francis E. Ingalls.


F. Keeler Rice.


Elizabeth J. Hadley.


Elihu Thomson.


Henry B. Sprague.


Elisha W. Cobb.


By-Laws. H. Ashley Bowen, Chairman.


George T. Till. James W. Santry. Daniel F. Knowlton. Elgar H. Townsend.


Committee on Sale of Land on Pine Street and New Ocean Street.


Selectmen, Water and Sewerage Board.


Committee on Drainage Phillips Park and Adjoining Territory.


Selectmen,


Water and Sewerage Board.


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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


1916]


Inventory of Public Property.


Miscellaneous.


Town Hall and land


$37,000 00


House adjoining and land


3,000 00


Public Library


5,000 00


Soldiers' Monument


3,000 00


Hay scales


800 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


600 00


G. A. R. Hall


9,000 00


$59,420 00


School Department.


Phillips School and land


· $150,000 00


Clarke School and land


43,000 00


Machon School and land


17,000 00


Palmer School and land


11,000 00


Hadley School and land


140,000 00


Manual Training School


2,000 00


Essex Street land


300 00


School furniture


13,050 00


Manual Training equipment


1,700 00


Domestic Science equipment


1,300 00


Books, elementary


3,000 00


Books, High School


2,000 00


Laboratory


3,500 00


Pianos


1,250 00


Equipment


300 00


$389,400 00


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


$3,300 00


Ambulance and garage


3,000 00


Safe


.


100 00


Three desks, 11 chairs Cabinet


84 00


Typewriter


60 00


Public statutes


10 00


Equipment for officers


383 00


Lung motor


130 00


.


100 00


$7,167 00


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Street Watering Department.


Two watering carts


$400 00


Oil wagon .


.


·


600 00


Pump .


50 00


Highway Department.


Stone crusher plant


$5,000 00


Steam road roller


3,000 00


Storage building, stable and land, State road


8,500 00


Gravel bank (Marblehead)


500 00


Locker building (Marblehead)


75 00


Road machine


250 00


Water cart


200 00


Two-horse wagon


200 00


Street sweepers


300 00


Ten snow plows


500 00


Gutter plows


75 00


Sand (stored)


300 00


Horse, harness, buggy, sleigh, pung and blankets,


3.50 00


Equipment and supplies


580 00


Six horses, harness, etc.


2,500 00


Tip carts


500 00


Pungs


350 00


Crushed stone at yard


400 00


$23,580 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's Beach Reservation


$38,303 00


Buildings, Blaney's Beach Reservation


7,500 00


Land, Monument Avenue Reservation


.


24,997 00


Land, Paradise Road Playground


15,205 00


Building, Paradise Road Playground


300 00


Building, Jackson Park


300 00


Jackson Park


10,000 00


Phillips Park


8,000 00


Equipment and tools


308 60


Office furniture .


67 00


Signs, wire and tank


+5 00


Bubble fountains


100 00


-


$105,125 60


Health Department.


Dory and fittings


$15 00


Tools


25 00


Hospital and ambulance


2,800 00


Household goods


25 00


Carriage shed


50 00


Generators .


100 00


Office furnishings


250.00


Milk inspection outfit


35 00


$1,050 00


$3,300 00


.


.


.


1916]


Moth Department.


Building


$135 00


Power, sprayer and hose


1,200 00


Ladders


59 00


Small power sprayer


273 00


Insecticides


87 00


Tools, etc


268 00


$2,022 00


Poor Department.


Safe


$35 00


Furniture


35 00


$70 00


Fire Department.


Engine house and land, New Ocean street .


$7,000 00


Steam fire engine


500 00


Ladder truck and equipment


1,500 00


Supply wagon


200 00


Fire alarm system


8,920 00


Horses, harness, blankets, etc.


750 00


Furniture and bedding


300 00


Combination pumping outfit and equipment


8,200 00


Service car


600 00


$27,970 00


Phillips Beach House.


Chemical house and land


$14,000 00


Auto Combination A and equipment


3,575 00


Horse drawn chemical


500 00


Blankets, harness, etc.


50 00


Furniture and bedding


75 00


Tire shoes and inner tubes


50 00


$18,250 00


Hose.


Hose reel and supplies at Essex street car barn,


$200 00


Three thousand seven hundred of 23-inch hose,


3,130 00


Five hundred feet of &-inch hose


200 00


Seven hundred feet of 23-inch poor hose


$3,530 00


Water Department.


Water mains and stand-pipes


$154,936 21


Forty-eight thousand feet land, Pine street


8,000 00


Twenty thousand feet land, west of brook


1,000 00


Ten acres, Thompson's meadow


1,000 00


Brick building, Pine street .


4,000 00


Work shop and garage


1,500 00


Stock on hand


3,200 00


Truck (auto)


500 00


Office furniture


400 00


One thousand nine hundred forty-seven meters .


17,206 65


$191,742 86


Sewer Department.


Pumping station


$7,000 00


Pumping plant


6,500 00


Land


4,000 00


Office furniture


350 00


Tools and equipment


300 00


$18,150 00


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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Engineering Department.


Instruments and tools .


$457 00


Typewriter .


100 00


Furniture .


.


.


140 00


Supplies ·


50 00


Summary.


Miscellaneous


$59,420 00


School .


·


389,400 00


Cemetery


7,620 00


Police


7,167 00


Street watering


1,050 00


Highway


23,580 00


Assessors


3,245 00


Park


105,125 60


Health .


3,300 00


Moth


2,022 00


Poor


70 00


Fire


49,750 00


Water


191,742 86


Sewer


18,150 00


Engineering


747 00


.


$747 00


$862,389 46


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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.


1916]


Town Clerk's Records.


Town Meeting, February 21, 1916. 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 21st day of February, at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :


ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator for one ( 1) year.


ART 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one ( 1) year. To choose two members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.


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 Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.


To choose one member of the Board of School Committee for three (3) years.


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 three (3) Constables for one year.


To choose one Park Commissioner for three (3) years.


To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Commis- sion for three (3) years.


To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year. All to be chosen on one ballot.


ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?"


ART. 4. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No " upon the question, "Shall the town accept Sections I to 10 inclusive of Chapter 655 of the Acts of the Year 1913," being an act relative to the inspection of buildings in. cities and towns.


ART. 5. To vote by ballot " Yes " or "No" upon the question, shall the recommendations of the majority of the Board of Selectmen, as con- tained on page 190 of the Town Report for 1915 be adopted, being a recommendation relative to the appointing of a committee to consider the merging of the several departments of the town.


ART. 6. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Clerk. School Committee. Town Engineer.


Board of Fire Engineers.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Tree Warden.


Forest Warden.


Superintendent of Moth Work.


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Superintendent of the Cemetery.


Board of Health.


Inspector of Milk.


Inspector of Plumbing.


Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.


Health Officer.


Surveyor of Highways.


Overseers of the Poor.


Water and Sewerage Board.


Trustees of the Public Library.


Park Commissioners.


Chief of Police.


Fourth of July Committee.


Committee on Revision of By-Laws.


Building Committee and New Library Building Committee.


Committee upon sale of lands on Pine street.


Committee to consider the drainage of that section of the town including Phillips Playground and vicinity.


Committee on High School operations.


Board of Selectmen.


Town Accountant.


Committee on Ways and Means.


ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.


ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.


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 if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1916, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and the debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


ART. 12. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Fire Engineers, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on pages 127 and 128.


ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Tree Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 130.


ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Forest Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 131.


ART. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Moth Work, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, on page 133.


ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31. 1915, on page 134.


ART. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 135.


ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 139.


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1916]


ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on pages 147 and 148.


ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the Poor as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 149.


ART. 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sewer Commissioners as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 158.


ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commissioners, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on pages 164, 167, 168, 169 and 170.


ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 172.


ART. 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Committee on Drainage, as con- tained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on page 186.


ART. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1915, on pages 195, 196, 200, 204, 205, 206, 213, 216, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 and 226.


ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept Beach Bluff avenue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1915, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept Bellevue road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1915, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.


ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to accept Clarke road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1915, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.


ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to accept Greenwood terrace, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1915, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.


ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to accept Cedar Hill terrace, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated April, 1915, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 31. To see if the town will construct a sewer from Ontario street to Erie street, so called, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by A. E. Mathews, et als.


ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to extend Marshall brook, so called, northerly from its northerly end, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen, and appropriate $300 for the same.


ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to extend the eastern end of the new trunk sewer and appropriate $20,000 for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.


ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Gale avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert E. Gale, et als.


ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Hill Crest avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.


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ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Ocean and Palmer avenues, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.


ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the trustees of the Public Library to sell or otherwise dispose of any books or magazines, that for any reason they may deem unsuitable for further use in the library, as petitioned for by Frank F. Stanley, et als.




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