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TOWN DOCUMENTS NOT TO BE
17 SIXTY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917
SETTLED
A.D. 1629
· INCORPO
. A.D. 1852
ATED
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1918
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SIXTY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
· INCORPORATED
TT. A.D. 1852
SCOTT
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 19183
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
352 SW 1917-1921
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees.
PAGE
Animals, Inspector of
I35
Appropriations Recommended .
.
209
Building Inspector
175
Cemetery, Superintendent of
127
Committee on Public Safety
189
Election, Constitutional Convention
58
Election, Town
21
Finance Committee, Reports of
26-63
Fire Engineers
119
Forest Warden
I26
Health, Board of
128
Health Officer, Report of
130
Highway, Surveyor of
138
Honor Roll, Those in U. S. Service .
176
Library, Trustees of .
141
Library, Building Committee's Report
144
Machon School, Building Committee's Report
70
Milk Inspector, Report of .
I34
Moth Work, Superintendent of .
123
Motor Truck, Committee on Purchase
I22
Park Commission
156
Plumbing, Inspector of
136
Police, Chief of .
149
Poor, Overseers of
137
Primaries, Constitutional Convention
56
Primaries, State
78
Public Property, Inventory of
II
Selectmen, Board of .
192
Sewer Pumping Station, Committee's Report
. 44-153
School Census
108
School Committee
96
School Directory
115
Town Accountant
215
Town Clerk's Statistics
85
Town Clerk's Records
15
Town Engineer .
II7
Town Committees Appointed
9
Town Officers Appointed .
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, February 19, 1917
60
Town Warrant, August 28, 1917
76
Town Warrant, February 18, 1918
283
Tree Warden, Report of
125
Water and Sewerage Board
160
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
.
151
15
Town Warrant, May 9, 1917
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Police, Special War List
.
Assessors
I45
Election, State
1917]
INDEX.
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Financial Reports.
PAGE
Assessors' Department
.
221
Auditing Department
220
Balance Sheet
92-278
Bureau of Statistics
86-268
Cemetery
240-242
Collector of Taxes
220-265
County Tax
242
Department Summaries
249
District Nurse.
238
Engineering Department
222
Election and Registration
222
Fire Department
225
Forest Warden
227
German War Aid
233
Health Department
227
Heat and Light, G. A. R.
238
Highway Department
230
Insurance
238
Interest and Maturing Debt
241
Law Department
221
Legislature
219
Library
233
Liabilities
259
Memorial Day
238
Metropolitan Assessments
238
Military Equipment
244
Moth Extermination
226
Municipal Insurance Fund
238
Notes Payable
253-257
Park Department
237
Pension Fund, Nettie Smith
238
Police Department
224
Poor Department
232
Printing Town Reports
238
Schools
233
Sealer of Weights and Measures
226
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
229
Sewer Notes and Bonds
261
Sewer Pumping Station
246
Soldiers' Relief
233
Soldiers' Exemption
239
State Aid
233
State Tax
147
Statistics (1875-1917)
148
Street Lighting
232
Street Watering and Oiling
232
Teachers' Pensions
236
Town Clerk's Department
221
Town Debt
261
Town Hall Department
222
Treasurer's Report
262
Treasury Department
220
Treasurer's Receipts .
215
Tree Warden
227
Trust Funds
. 242
Water Bonds and Notes
166-260
Water Debt Sinking Fund
. 167
Water Department ,
. 239
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Selectmen's Department
219
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1917.
Selectmen. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.
William E. Carter.
Clarence B. Humphrey.
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 1920.
Peleg Gardner. Term expires 1918.
Oscar G.Poor. Term expires 1919.
Water and Sewer Commissioners. Samuel M. Kehoe, Chairman. Term expires 1918.
George D. R. Durkee. Term expires 1919.
Harold G. Enholm. Term expires 1920.
Park Commissioners. Alfred F. Frazier. Term expires 1918.
James T. Lyons. Term expires 1919.
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary. Term expires 1920.
School Committee. Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman. Term expires 1920.
Robert F. Kimball. Term expires 1919.
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary. Term expires 1918.
Trustees of Public Library. Frank W. Stanley, Chairman. Term expires 1919.
Francis E. Ingalls, Term expires 1920.
Elizabeth J. Hadley, Term expires 1918.
1917]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1919.
Harry E. Cahoon, Term expires 1920
Edmund Russell, Secretary. Term expires 1918
Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman. Term expires 1920.
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, 1917.
Town Accountant. Arthur C. Widger.
Town Counsel. James W. Santry.
Engineers of Fire Department.
Wiear L. Rowell, Chairman.
Horace R. Parker, Secretary.
George P. Cahoon, Chief.
Clarence D. Kendrick, Ist Assistant Chief.
Fred G. Greenough, Captain. Walter A. Thomas, Captain.
Permanent Firemen.
Fred T. J. McNamara. Walter M. Champion
Thomas S. Leadbetter. Frank W. Oulton.
Lewis J. Keezer.
Permanent Police. Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.
Adelbert S. Hammond. J. Henry Pedrick. Charles Connell. Joseph D. Spinney. Eugene P. Brogan.
Charles H. Dunlap.
James C. Pearson.
Keeper of Lockup. Ulysses M. Corson.
Constables.
Ulysses/M. Corson.
Adelbert L. 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 N. Nies.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Assistant Librarian. Miss Lucy M. Eveleth, Special Assistant, Miss Pauline Bain.
Forest Warden. Everett P. Mudge.
1917]
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
Health Officer and Clerk of Board of Health. Clarence W. Horton.
Surveyor 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 Town Hall. L. Herbert Cahoon.
Dog Officer. George W. Boston.
Field Driver. William H. Brown.
Superintendent of Moth Work. Everett P. Mudge.
Fence Viewers.
George H. Doane.
Hulbert C. Griffin.
Attendant Officer. C. Walter Burrill.
Registrars of Voters.
Ernest B. Thing (Republican)
Term expires 1920.
Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
Andrew Olsen (Democrat)
George T. Till
- Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918. (ex-officio.)
Special Police.
James P. M. S. Pitman.
William C. McNamara.
Lemuel W. Pickard.
Charles L. Stover.
Horace W. Wardwell.
Burton A. Fogg.
George D. R. Durkee.
Augustus H. Davis.
Alfred F. Frazier. Edward G. Spaulding.
James D. Bentley.
George H. Reed.
Fred A. Taylor.
Charles Q. Lowd.
William P. Brennan.
L. Herbert Cahoon.
John H. Bryson.
John C. Thomas.
Joshua B. Acker.
George W. Boston.
Coleman M. Wood.
Daniel B. Collins.
Thomas Handley. Perley C. Fos6. William H. Carroll. Frank P. Roache.
Samuel Hooper. Gordian Meggison.
Frank D. Howard.
Frank H. Bradford.
Almon B. Owens. William L. Quinn.
Nathan H. Brown.
G. Fred Mosley. Patrick Cryan.
James B. Kennedy.
Edward B. Roberts, Jr. John E. Barry.
William D. Heath. Arthur W. Rowell.
Charles A. Bryson.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Secretary of Selectmen. Arthur C. Widger.
Secretary of Water and Sewer Commissioners. S. Russell Ingalls.
Superintendent of Water Works. John M. Mather.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
Election Officers, Town Election, February 19, 1917.
Election Officer
John A. Cullen, (Democrat)
Inspector
William R. Patten, (Republican)
Inspector .
Francis M. Kennedy, (Democrat)
Deputy Inspector
W. Percy Norcross, (Republican)
Deputy Inspector
Abram G. Stone, (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican.)
Tellers (Democrat.)
Harold H. Bartol.
Peter J. Blaser.
Thomas E. Berry.
John B. Cahoon.
Arthur C. Eaton.
James A. Hegarty.
Alfred F. Frazier.
John A. Finnegan.
E. Marshall Kehoe.
James M. Kennedy.
Horace R. Parker.
Frank G. Melvin.
Joseph G. Reed.
James H. Ryan.
Harold C. Snow.
George H. Stone.
Election Officers, Constitutional Convention Primaries, April 3, 1917.
Election Officer
John A. Cullen, (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk
Ballot Clerk
William R. Patten, (Republican) Francis M. Kennedy, (Democrat)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
W. Percy Norcross, (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone, (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican.)
Tellers (Democrat.)
Charles W. Burrill.
Peter J. Blaser.
Thomas E. Berry.
John B. Cahoon.
Arthur C. Eaton.
James A. Hegarty.
Alfred F. Frazier.
John A. Finnegan.
E. Marshall Kehoe.
James M. Kennedy.
Horace R. Parker.
William P. Bergin.
Joseph G. Reed.
James H. Ryan.
Harold C. Snow.
George H. Stone.
Election Officers, Constitutional Convention, May 1, 1917.
Election Officer
John A. Cullen (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk
William R. Patten (Republican)
Ballot Clerk
Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
W. Percy Norcross (Republican )
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican.)
Tellers (Democrat.)
Charles W. Burrill.
Peter J. Blaser.
John B. Cahoon. James A. Hegarty.
Thomas E. Berry. Arthur C. Eaton. Alfred F. Frazier. E. Marshall Kehoe.
Horace R. Parker. Joseph G. Reed. Harold C. Snow.
John A. Finnegan. James M. Kennedy. William P. Bergin. James H. Ryan. George H. Snow.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Election Officers, State Primary, September 25, 1917.
Election Officer
John A. Cullen (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk
William R. Patten (Republican)
Ballot Clerk
Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
W. Percy Norcross (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican.)
Tellers (Democrat.)
Harold H. Bartol.
William P. Bergin,
George F. Clay.
John B. Cahoon.
Harry E. Cahoon.
John A. Finnegan.
Arthur C. Eaton.
James T. Lyons.
Alfred F. Frazier.
Robert Leslie.
Horace R. Parker.
Frank G. Melvin.
Joseph G. Reed.
James H. Ryan.
Harold C. Snow.
George H. Stone.
Election Officers, State Election, Nov. 6, 1917.
Election Officer
John A. Cullen (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk
William R. Patten (Republican)
Ballot Clerk
Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
W. Percy Norcross (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican.)
Tellers (Democrat.)
Harry E. Cahoon.
John B. Cahoon.
Harold C. Snow.
James M. Kennedy.
Alfred F. Frazier.
Robert Leslie.
Horace R. Parker.
Frank G. Melvin.
George F. Clay.
George H. Stone.
Joseph G. Reed.
James H. Ryan.
Thomas E. Berry.
William P. Bergin.
Harold H. Bartol.
John A. Finregan.
Board of Survey. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman and Secretary. William E. Carter. Clarence B. Humphrey.
APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES.
Finance Committee. Weston K. Lewis, Chairman. John F. Luther, Secretary.
F. Walter Johnson. C. Frank Hathaway.
Herbert F. Woofter. Herbert A. Cahoon.
Sewerage Pumping Station Committee.
Samuel M. Kehoe, Chairman. George D. R. Durkee. Harold G. Enholm. Henry S. Baldwin. William E. Carter.
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary. Malcom F. MacLean.
Committee on Combination Ladder Truck. Engineers Fire Department. Selectmen.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Special Police Appointed for War Service, 1917
Atherton, Louis M.
Jones, Philip N.
Baldwin, Henry S.
Jones, Waldo H.
Ballard, Egbert H.
Knowlton, Daniel F.
Bazzoni, Lewis J.
Libby, James L.
Berry, Carl J.
Lounsbury, Ralph S.
Blaney, John J.
Lovejoy, Clarence F.
Blaney, Harold C.
Marden, Lincoln J.
Bogardus, Frederick R.
Martin, Nathaniel R.
Bradford, John L.
Maxwell, Ralph
Breed, Charles N.
Meader, Thomas C.
Breed, James A.
Mitchell, Simmons E.
Brennan, William J.
Morrison, Frank E.
Brown, Carroll R.
Newcomb, Frederick W.
Bubier, Nathan G.
Newcomb, Harry B.
Bunting, William M.
Newhall, Clarence E.
Burke, Aime H.
Nutter, Ralph H.
Cahill, Clarence E. Call, Edward E.
Ottis, A. T.
Carter, William E.
Parker, Addison P.
Cashman, Walter C.
Parrott, Edwin H.
Chase, Henry C.
Phillips, Edward J.
Childs, William A.
Phillips, Edward W.
Curtis, Harry M.
Pitman, Gilbert L.
Curtis, Winslow I.
Plummer, W. A. Randall, Charles H.
Dillingham, Norman S.
Roe, Arthur S.
Donlon, Stephen
Rowan, Thomas C.
Druehl, Frederick H.
Rowell, Wiear L.
Early, Richard B.
Sanford, George E.
Enholm, Harold G.
Seaton, Walter A.
Erickson, A. W.
Smith, R. Lee
Field, George B.
Smith, Whipple F.
Forbes, Standley D.
Porter, Charles I.
Foster, George W.
Soutter, James C.
Frost, Harry M.
Sprague, Charles F.
Hall, Frederick S.
Stanley, Lyman B.
Hardy, Harry E.
Stewart, Willoughby H. Jr.
Hatch, Roswell F.
Thomas, Harry B.
Hill, William F.
Thomas, Reginald P.
Hills, Albert
Tilden, Calvin S.
Hobbs, Edward B.
Titus, Alfred A.
Townsend, Elgar H.
Hodges, Gilbert Jr.
Holmes, John A.
Trefton, Fred A.
Whipple, Albert C.
Honors, John R. Hutchings, Clarence E. Humphrey, Clarence B. Humphrey, John S.
Widell, F. H. Woods, Frederick L.
Whitman, Willard M.
Wright, Frank E.
Wyman, Arnold M.
Hudson, Harold C. Johnson, F. Walter Johnson, Walter W.
Orne, Wendell J.
Dantzler, Julius C.
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1917]
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, II 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
$1,050 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,
350 00
Equipment and supplies
580 00
Six horse, 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
45 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
.
$3,300 00
1917]
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
3.5 00
$70 00
Fire Department.
Engine house and land, New Ocean street .
$7,000 00
Steam fire engine
500 00
Ladder truck and equipment
7,000 00
Supply wagon
200 00
Fire alarm system
8,920 00
Harness, blankets, etc.
50 00
Furniture and bedding
300 00
Combination pumping outfit and equipment
8,200 00
Service car
600 00
$31,770 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 4-inch hose
200 00
Seven hundred feet of 22-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
Two thousand and fifty-seven meters .
18,623 65
.
$12,000 00
Pumping plant
11,500 00
Land
4,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
.
Tools and equipment .
300 00
$28,150 00
.
$193,159 86
Sewer Department.
Pumping station .
·
.
.
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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
$747 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
55,550 00
Water
193,159 86 .
Sewer
28,150 00
Engineering
747 00
.
.
.
.
.
$877,606 46
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
1917]
Town Clerk's Records.
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Town Meeting, February 19, 1917. 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 Massachusets 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, 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 three 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 Constables for one (1) 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 : "Shal licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ART. 4. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No" on the question : " Shall the town accept Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of Chapter 50 of Revised Laws," pertaining to the assessment of betterments.
ART, 5. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No" on the question, " Shall the town accept Sections 15, 16, 17 and 18 of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws," pertaining to special apportionment of betterment assessments.
ART. 6. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No" upon the question, "Shall the town accept Section I of Chapter 134, Special Acts of 1916," being an act to authorize the town to pay an annuity to the widow of Everett Smith as long as she remains his widow.
ART. 7. To hear and act upon the reports of the
Town Clerk. School Committee. Superintendent of the Cemetery. Town Engineer.
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Board of Fire Engineers.
Superintendent of Moth Work. Tree Warden. Forest Warden.
Board of Health.
Health Officer.
Inspector of Milk.
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
Inspector of Plumbing.
Overseers of the Poor.
Surveyor of Highways.
Trustees of the Public Library.
Assessors' Report.
Chief of Police.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Committee on Fourth of July.
Park Commissioners.
Water and Sewerage Board.
Town Department Water Rates.
Library Building Committee.
Building Inspector's Report.
Swampscott Soldiers' Welfare Committee.
Report By-Laws Committee.
Report of Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant.
Finance Committee.
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 ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
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 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, 1917, and to issue 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. 14. 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, 1916, on page 116.
ART. 15. 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, 1916, on page 120.
ART. 16. 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, 1916, on page 122.
ART. 17. 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, 1916, on page 123.
ART. 18. 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, 1916, on page 124.
ART. 19. 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, 1916, on page 127.
ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the
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recommendations of the Health Officer, as contained in the Annual Report, on pages 131 and 132.
ART. 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Overseers of the Poor, as contained in the Annual Report on page 136.
ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as con- tained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1916, on pages 140 and 141.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Assessors, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1916, on page 145.
ART. 24. 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, 1916, on page 147.
ART. 25. 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, 1916, on page 149.
ART. 26. 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, 1916, on pages 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 and 158.
ART. 27. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water Board, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1916, on pages 159, 160.
ART. 28. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sewerage Board, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1916, on page 167.
ART. 29. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the Annual Report of December 31, 1916, on pages 184, 185, 186, 189 and 190.
ART. 30. To see what action the town will take in relation to the amounts as recommended by the several departments contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1916, pages 195, 196, 197, 198, 199 and 200.
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