Town annual report of Swampscott 1918, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 244


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


SIXTY-SEVENTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918


SETTLED


A.D. 1629


INCORP


T. A. D. 1852.


RATED


LI


DAS


SWAN


LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER


1919


TOWN DOCUMENTS


SIXTY-SEVENTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918


SETTLED


A.D. 1629


INCORPO


. A. D. 1852.


RATED


AS


SWAM


LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER


1919


2


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


INDEX


Reports of Departments and Committees.


PAGE.


Animals, Inspector of


136


Appropriations Recommended


161


Assessors


Building Inspector


119


Cemetery, Superintendent of


II3


Election, Town


19


Election, State


55


Finance Committee, Reports of


20-21-49


Fire Engineers


I26


Forest Warden


116


Health, Board of


132


Highway, Surveyor of


139


Library, Trustees of


II1


Library, Building Committee's Report


IIO


Moth Work, Superintendent of


114


Park Commission


142


Plumbing, Inspector of


136


Police, Chief of .


122


Police Auto, Committee on


145


Police, Special War List


IO


Poor, Overseers of


124


Primaries, State


51


Selectmen, Board of


147


School Census


87


School Directory


94


Town Accountant


167


Town Clerk's Statistics


61


Town Clerk's Records


15


Town Engineer .


120


Town Committees Appointed


9


Town Officers Appointed


6


Town Officers Elected .


4


Town Warrant, May 24, 1918


43


Town Warrant, July 19, 1918


48


Town Warrant, February 17, 1919


230


Tree Warden, Report of


115


Water and Sewerage Board


96


Weights and Measures, Sealer of


I17


Financial Reports.


Assessors' Department


173


Auditing Department


173


Balance Sheet


. 68-198-229


Bureau of Statistics


62-217


Cemetery


192-193


II


Sewer Pumping Station, Committee's Report


130


School Committee


72


School Nurse, Report of


137


·


Town Warrant, February 18, 1918


15


Public Property, Inventory of


107


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INDEX.


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PAGE.


Collector of Taxes


173-213


County Tax


193


Department Summaries


197


District Nurse .


190


Eastern Sewer


193


Engineering Department . Election. and Registration


Fire Department


177


Forest Warden


179


Health Department


180


Health and School Nurse


181


Highway Department Insurance


190


Interest and Maturing Debt


192


Law Department


174


Legislative


172


Library


188


Liabilities


206


Memorial Day


190


Metropolitan Assessments


190


Military Equipment .


190=194


Moth Extermination .


178


Municipal Insurance Fund


2 12


Notes Payable


201-205


Park Department


189


Pension Fund, Nettie Smith


190


Police Department


176


Poor Department


185


Printing Town Reports


190


Sealer of Weights and Measures


178


Sewer Maintenance and Operation


18I


Sewer Notes and Bonds


208


Sewer Pumping Station Equipment .


194


Soldiers' Exemption .


190


Stacey Brook Culvert


195


State Aid, Civil and German Wars State Tax


185


Statistics (1876-1918)


109


Street Lighting .


184


Street Watering and Oiling


I82


Teachers' Pensions


188


Town Clerk's Department .


174


Town Debt


208


Town Hall Department Transfers


195


Treasurer's Report


209


Treasury Department


173


Treasurer's Receipts


167


Tree Warden


179


Water Bonds and Notes


99-207


Water Debt Sinking Fund


IOI


Water Department


191


Schools


I86


Selectmen's Department


172


Heat and Light, G. A. R. .


190


182


174


175


Trust and Investment Funds


. 196


193


175


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Elected Town Officers, 1918


Selectmen. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.


William E. Carter.


Frederick H. Timson.


Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.


Town Clerk. George T. Till.


Town Treasurer. William H. Bates. *


James W. Libby.


Collector of Taxes.


Nathan G. Bubier.


Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman. Term expires 1920.


Oscar G. Poor. Term expires 1919.


Clarence B. Humphrey. Term expires 1921.


Water and Sewerage Commissioners. George D. R. Durkee, Chairman. Term expires 1919.


Harold G. Enholm. Term expires 1920.


Charles E. Hodgdon. Term expires 1921.


Park Commissioners. James T. Lyons. Term expires 1919.


Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary. Term expires 1920


Archibald Miller. Term expires 1921.


School Committee. Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman. Term expires 1920.


Robert F. Kimball.


Term expires 1919.


Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary. Term expires 1921.


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


Francis E. Ingalls. Term expires 1920


F. Keeler Rice. Term expires 1921.


* Resigned.


# Appointed to fill vacancy, pro tem.


1918]


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 1921.


Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman. Term expires 1920.


George C. Webster. Term expires 1919.


John B. Cahoon. Term expires 1921.


Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan. Term expires 1921.


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, 1918


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.


Walter A. Thomas, Captain. Frank W. Oulton, Captain.


Permanent Firemen.


Walter M. Champion. Harold L. Jacobs. Lewis J. Kezer .*


Thomas S. Leadbetter. Fred T. J. McNamara. William B. Snow.


Permanent Police. Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.


Adelbert S. Hammond .*


Charles Connell.


Charles H. Dunlap.


James C. Pearson.


J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney. Eugene P. Brogan. James M. Kennedy.


Keeper of Lockup. Ulysses M Corson.


Adelbert L. Hammond .* Charles Connell. Charles H. Dunlap J. Henry Pedrick.


Constables. Ulysses M. Corson. 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 Monument Lot. Michael Haley. Town Weigher. Mary M. Nies. Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors. Assistant Librarians.


Miss Lucy M. Eveleth.


Miss Pauline Bain.


Forest Warden. Everett P. Mudge.


*Deceased.


1918]


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.


Health Officer and Clerk of Board of Health. Clarence W. Horton.


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)


Term expires 1919.


Andrew Olsen (Democrat)


George T. Till .


Special Police.


Lemuel W. Pickard.


Arthur W. Rowell.


George D. R. Durkee.


Charles L. Stover.


Alfred F. Frazier.


Burton A. Fogg.


George H. Reed.


James D. Bentley.


L. Herbert Cahoon.


William P. Brennan.


John C. Thomas.


John H. Bryson.


George W. Boston.


Joshua B. Acker.


Coleman M. Wood


Thomas Handley.


Daniel B. Collins.


Perley C. Foss.


Frank H. Bradford.


William H. Carroll.


Nathan H. Brown.


Almon B. ()wens.


Patrick Cryan.


James M. Kennedy. John E. Barry.


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.


Measurers of Wood.


George S. Briggs.


George T/ Till.


Charles Corriere. 1


Term expires 1921. (ex-officio)


William D. Hutt.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Weighers of Coal.


George S. Briggs. Charles Corriere. Lavinia Norcross.


George T. Till.


Mary K. Ryan.


Election Officers, Town Election, February 18, 1918.


Election Officer


John A. Cullen (Democrat)


Inspector .


William R. Patten (Republican)


Inspector .


Peter J. Blaser (Democrat)


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


W. Percy Norcross (Republican) Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Republican)


Tellers (Democrat)


Harry E. Cahoon.


Robert Leslie.


Stuart P. Ellis.


William P. Bergin.


George F. Clay.


Francis M. Kennedy.


Freeman A. Baker.


John A. Finnegan.


James W. Libby.


James M. Kennedy.


Thomas E. Berry.


Frank G. Melvin.


Horace R. Parker.


James H. Ryan.


Harold C. Snow.


George H. Stone.


Election Officers, State Primary, September 24, 1918.


Election Officer


John A. Cullen (Democrat)


Ballot Clerk


Ballot Clerk


Deputy Ballot Clerk .


Deputy Ballot Clerk .


William R. Patten (Republican) Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat) W. Percy Norcross (Republican) Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Republican)


Tellers (Democrat)


Harold H. Bartol.


William P. Bergin.


George F. Clay.


Peter J. Blaser.


Harry E. Cahoon.


John B. Cahoon.


Thomas E. Berry.


John A. Finnegan.


Alfred F. Frazier.


Robert Leslie.


Horace R. Parker.


Frank G. Melvin.


Charles E. Melzard.


Thomas M. Noonan.


Harold C. Snow.


George H. Stone.


Election Officers, State Election, November 5, 1918.


Election Officer


Ballot Clerk


Ballot Clerk


Deputy Ballot Clerk


Deputy Ballot Clerk .


Tellers (Republican)


Harold H. Bartol.


George F. Clay. Harry E. Cahoon.


Thomas E. Berry. Alfred F. Frazier.


Horace R. Parker. Charles E. Melzard. Harold C. Snow.


John A. Cullen (Democrat) William R. Patten (Republican) William J. Lynch (Democrat) W. Percy Norcross (Republican) Abram G. Stone (Democrat)


Tellers (Democrat) . William P. Bergin.


John B. Cahoon. John A. Finnegan. James J. Finnegan. Thomas J. Devine. John Finnegan. Robert Leslie. Frank[G. Melvin.


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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.


1918]


APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES. Finance Committee.


John F. Luther, Chairman


Term expires 1919.


Herbert A. Cahoon, Secretary


Term expires 1920.


C. Frank Hathaway


Term expires 1920.


Calvin S. Tilden


Term expires 1919.


Harry D. Linscott


Term expires 1921.


L. M. Atherton


Term expires 1921.


F. Walker Johnson *


Sewerage Pumping Station Committee.


George D. R. Durkee, Chairman.


Harold G. Enholm.


Charles E. Hodgdon.


Henry S. Baldwin.


William E. Carter.


Frederick H. Timson.


Malcolm F. MacLean.


Police Ambulance Committee.


Henry S. Baldwin.


William E. Carter.


Frederick H. Timson.


Harold C. Blaney.


Ulysses M. Corson.


Calvin S. Tilden.


Fred A. Trafton.


Board of Survey. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman and Secretary. William E. Carter. Frederick H. Timson.


* Deceased.


.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31


Special Police Appointed for War Service, 1918.


Atherton, Louis M.


Jones, Philip N. Jones, Waldo H.


Baldwin. Henry S.


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.


Orne, Wendell J.


Call, Edward E.


Otis, 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.


Dantzler, Julius C.


Porter, Charles I.


Dillingham, Norman S.


Randall, Charles H.


Donlon, Stephen


Roe, Arthur S.


Druehl, Frederick H.


Rowan, Thomas C.


Early, Richard B.


Rowell, Wiear L.


Enholm, Harold G.


Sanford, George E.


Erickson, A. W.


Seaton, Walter A.


Field, George B.


Smith, R. Lee Smith, Whipple F.


Forbes, Standley D.


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. Titus, Alfred A.


Hobbs, Edward B.


Hodges, Gilbert, Jr.


Townsend, Elgar H.


Holmes, John A.


Trefton, Fred A.


Whipple, Albert C.


Honors, John R. Hutchings, Clarence E. Humphrey, Clarence B.


Widell, F. H.


Woods, Frederick L.


Humphrey, John S.


Whitman, Willard M.


Hudson, Harold C.


Johnson, F. Walker* Johnosn, Walter W. *Deceased.


Wright, Frank E.


Wyman, Arnold M.


1918]


Inventory of Public Property


Miscellaneous.


Town Hall and land


$37,000 00


House adjoining and land


3,000 00


Public Library and equipment


35,000 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


$89,420 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


Lungmotor


130 00


.


100 00


$7,167 00


INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


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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 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


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


$50 00


Milk inspection outfit


35 00


$3,300 00


.


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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


1918]


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


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


$32,270 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, Three thousand seven hundred feet of 22-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


. $164,479 07


Land, Pine street


5,000 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


6,200 00


Truck (auto)


300 00


Office furniture


500 00


Meters


18,905 65


$202,874 72


Sewer Department.


Pumping station .


$12,000 00


Pumping plant


11,500 00


Land


4,000 00


Office furniture


350 00


Tools and equipment


.


300 00


$28,150 00


,


$200 00


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[Dec. 31


Engineering Department.


Instruments and tools .


$457 00


Typewriter


100 00


Furniture


140 00


Supplies


50 00


$747 00


Summary.


Miscellaneous


$89,420 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


54,050 00


Water


202.874 72


Sewer


28,150 00


Engineering


747 00


$917,821 32


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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.


1918]


Town Clerk's Records


Town Meeting, February 18, 1918. 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 eighteenth 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. 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 School Committee for three (3) years.


To choose one member of the 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.


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


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


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


ART. 2. To vote by ballot " Yes " or "No " upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"


ART. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No " upon the question : "Shall the town accept Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1916," entitled-" An act to authorize the licensing by cities and towns of motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire."


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the :


Town Clerk.


School Committee.


Town Engineer. Board of Fire Engineers.


Committee on Purchase of Motor Truck.


Superintendent of Moth Work.


Tree Warden. Forest Warden.


Superintendent of the Cemetery. Board of Health.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


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.


Library Building Committee.


Board of Assessors.


Chief of Police.


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Construction Committee, Sewerage Pumping Station.


Park Commissioners.


Water and Sewerage Board.


Trustees of Sinking Fund for Water Department.


Building Inspector.


Board of Selectmen.


Town Accountant.


Finance Committee.


ART. 5. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.


ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.


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


ART. 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.


ART. 10. 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, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, the debt or debts incurred thereby to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. ART. II. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 121.


ART. 12. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on pages 123 and 124.


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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 125.


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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 126.


ART. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, ase contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on page 127.


ART. 16. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 129.


ART. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Health Officer, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on page 133.


ART. 18. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 137.


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the


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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.


1918]


recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on pages 138 and 140.


ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recom- mendations in the report of the Board of Assessors, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on page 146.


ART. 21. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on page 150.


ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recom- mendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on page 152.


ART. 23 To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Construction Committee, Sewerage Pumping Station, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on page 155.


ART. 24. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on pages 156, 157, 158 and 159.


ART. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1917, on pages 160, 169 and 174.


ART. 26. 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, dated December 31, 1917, on pages 196, 197, 200, 202, 203, 204, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 and 214.


ART. 27 To see if the town will vote to accept Crosman avenue, so- called, laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1917, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to accept Linden avenue, so- called, laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1917, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Jessie street for a distance of 450 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.


ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Roy street for a distance of 750 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C Sanford Doughty, et als.


ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main in Magnolia road 250 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon, et als.


ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main in Aspen road 500 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon, et als.


ART. 33. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $375.00 for the employment of district or other nurses, in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1911.


ART. 34 To see if the town will vote to take, for the purpose of widen- ing Cherry street, a parcel of land situated at the corner of Cherry and Essex streets and bounded and described as follows :




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