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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
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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
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Sewer Pumping Station, Committee's Report
130
School Committee
72
School Nurse, Report of
137
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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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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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[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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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