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TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
·
INCORPORATED
T. A. D. 1852.
AS
SWA
MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC. 1924
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
·
INCORPORATE
CE
TT.A.D. 1852.
AS
IP
SWAN
MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC.
1924
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
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156
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Animals, Inspector of
146
Andrews' Memorial Chapel
199
Appropriations Recommended
49-205
Assessors
Building Inspector
Cemetery, Superintendent of
Election, Town
22
Finance Committee, Reports of
26-28-57-61
Fire Engineers
121
Forest Warden
130
Health, Board of
134
Health Officer, Report of
137
Health Nurse
143
Highways, Surveyor of
147
Inspector of Slaughtering
145
Milk Inspector, Report of
144
Moth Work, Superintendent of
.
.
145
Police, Chief of
150
Public Property, Inventory of
11
Selectmen, Board of
185
School Census
80
Smoke Nuisance Inspector
213
Town Clerk's Statistics
63
Town Clerk's Records
17
Town Engineer
132
Town Committees Appointed
9
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
.
Town Warrant, February 19, 1923
.
17
Town Warrant, July 13, 1923
50
Town Warrant, July 24, 1923
56
Town Warrant, September 10, 1923
60
Tree Warden, Report of
128
Water and Sewerage Board
109
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
154
Zoning Committee
Zoning By-Law .
182
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.
.
.
129
Park Commission
178
Poor, Overseers of the .
97
School Directory
106
.
127
Town Accountant
Town Warrant, April 3, 1923
25
Town Warrant, February 18, 1924
273
.
.
180
filizare
173
127
131
Plumbing, Inspector of
125
School Committee
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INDEX
1923]
Financial Reports
PAGE
Assessors' Department
Auditing Department
.
Balance Sheet
76-268-249
Cemetery
Collector of Taxes
176-220
County Tax
243
Department Summaries
223-227-230-233-234-238-241-242-246
64-253
Engineering Department
222
Election and Registration
222
Fire Department
224
Forest Warden
227
Health Department
228
Heat and Light, G. A. R.
240
Highway Department
231
Insurance
240
Law Department
222
Legislative
219
Library
237
Liabilities
166
Memorial Day
239
Metropolitan Assessments
239
Notes Payable
160-165
Park Department
238
Pensions
234
Police Department
224
Poor Department
234
Printing Town Reports
239
Refuse and Garbage
226
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
117-229-245
Sewer Notes and Bonds
168-243
Soldiers' Relief
234
State Aid
234
State Tax
243
Statistics, 1881-1923
175
Street Lighting
232
Street Watering and Oiling
232
Summary Non-Revenue
246
Town Clerk's Department
221
Town Debt
169
Town Hall Department Transfers
247
Treasurer's Report
158
Treasury Department
220
Treasurer's Receipts
213
Tree Warden
227
Trust Funds Commissioners
170
Water Bonds and Notes
. 166
Water Debt Sinking Fund
113-263
Water Department
241-244
.
Selectmen's Department
230
Schools
235
Sealer of Weights and Measures
219
Moth Extermination
226
Interest and Maturing Debt
243
Division of Accounts, State audit
221
220
242
222
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Elected Town Officers, 1923
Selectmen. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.
Julius A. Ulman
Frank E. Morrison
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Town Clerk. Ralph D. Merritt.
Town Treasurer. James W. Libby.
Collector of Taxes. Philip E. Bessom.
Assessors. Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman. Term expires 1926. Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary. Term expires 1924.
John B. Earp. Term expires 1925.
Water and Sewerage Commissioners. George D. R. Durkee, Chairman. Term expires 1925.
Harold G. Enholm.
Term expires 1926.
Charles E. Hodgdon. Term expires 1924.
Park Commissioners. James T. Lyons, Chairman. Term expires 1925.
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary. Archibald Miller. Term expires 1924.
Term expires 1926.
School Committee.
Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman. Term expires 1926.
Rev. John Vannevar.
Term expires 1925.
Mabel E. Hardy. Term expires 1924.
Overseers of the Poor. Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman. Term expires 1925.
Harry E. Cahoon. Term expires 1926.
Edmund Russell, Secretary. Term expires 1924.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
1923]
Trustees of Public Library. Elihu Thomson. Term expires 1925.
Louise C. Stanley. Term expires 1926.
F. Keeler Rice. Term expires 1924.
Board of Health. Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman. Term expires 1926.
John B. Cahoon. Term expires 1924.
Harold H. Bartol. Term expires 1925.
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan. Term expires 1924.
Tree Warden. Everett P. Mudge.
Constables. Frank H. Bradford.
*Clarence W. Horton.
*Charles W. Burrill.
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
Henry S. Baldwin. Term expires 1924.
Nathan G. Bubier. Term expires 1925.
* Resigned
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Appointed Town Officers, 1923
Town Accountant. Arthur C. Widger.
Town Counsel. James W. Santry.
Engineers of the Fire Department. ·
Thomas S. Leadbetter, Chairman. Harry E. Hardy.
Horace R. Parker. James Warnock, Chief. Clarence D. Kendrick, First Assistant Chief.
Frank W. Oulton, Captain. Walter M. Champion, Captain. Frederick T. J. McNamara, Captain.
Permanent Firemen.
Harold L. Jacobs.
Charles Lampard.
Ralph J. Owens.
Charles E. Snow. William B. Snow. Fred R. Morrison.
Permanent Police. William L. Quinn, Chief. Eugene P. Brogan, Captain.
Charles Connell.
Frank T. Roach.
Charles H. Dunlap.
James M. Kennedy.
J. Henry Pedrick.
Almon B. Owens.
Samuel B. Kehoe.
George A. Philcrantz.
Albert L. Simpson.
Edward B. Roberts, Jr.
Albert H. Hadley.
Provisional Appointments.
Albert H. Martin.
Robert C. Marsh.
Keeper of Lockup. . William L. Quinn. Constables.
William L. Quinn. Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell. Eugene P. Brogan. Frank T. Roach.
J. Henry Pedrick. James M. Kennedy. George A. Place. Almon B. Owens.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1923]
Town Engineer. Wallace W. Pratt.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Thomas Handley.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. John R. Merritt (deceased).
Town Weigher. Mary M. Nies.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors. Assistant Librarians.
Miss Lucy M. Eveleth. · Miss Pauline Bain. Miss Ruth Fanning.
Superintendent of Moth Work. Everett P. Mudge.
Forest Warden and Forest Fire Warden. Everett P. Mudge.
Building Inspector. John T. Lee.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. Dr. Frank B. Stratton.
Health Officer and Clerk of Board of Health. Clarence W. Horton.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. C. Walter Burrill.
Agent and Janitor Town Hall. L. Herbert Cahoon.
Dog Officer. Dr. Frank B. Stratton. Field Driver. · William H. Brown.
Fence Viewers.
George H. Doane. Hulbert C. Griffin.
. Clerk of Collector of Taxes. Ralph D. Merritt. Attendance Officer. C. Walter Burrill.
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Registrars of Voters.
C. Freeman Shaw (Republican)
Andrew Olsen (Democrat)
Term expires 1924
Term expires 1925
Ex-officio
Special Police.
John H. Bryson.
Henry W. Wagenfeld.
Frank H. Bradford.
George A. Twitchell.
Lemuel Pickard.
Charles M. Pedrick.
Edward B. Roberts, Jr.
George B. Philcrantz.
Albert H. Hadley.
Francisco Pietrogallo.
Albert R. Martin.
Horace W. Wardwell. Edward M. Kehoe.
Alfred F. Frazier.
Coleman M. Wood.
Roscoe A. Meredith.
Clarence W. Horton.
Oliver F. Hooper.
L. Herbert Cahoon.
Charles H. Leavitt.
Joshua B. Acker.
Frank Prideaux.
James D. Bentley.
George J. Place.
Horace R. Parker.
Ralph D. Merritt.
John O'Callahan.
Alexander J. Wallace.
John T. Lee.
Samuel Hooper.
John H. Stowell.
Clement E. Kennedy.
William P. Bergin.
Norman J. Given.
Daniel B. Collins.
Ira R. Laxton.
William D. Hutt.
Fred Seaton.
Robert E. Blood.
Frederick I. Nye.
Joseph M. McKim.
Patrick S. Cryan.
George D. R. Durkee.
Berton A. Fogg.
George Farnum.
Thomas Handley.
Arthur W. Huguley.
Salvator Gemma.
George H. Reed.
John F. Mahoney. John E. Barry.
Arthur W. Rowell.
Nathaniel R. Martin.
Charles L. Stover.
Michael A. Arribea.
John C. Thomas.
Herbert E. Wood.
Secretary of Selectmen. Arthur C. Widger.
Secretary of Water and Sewer Commissioners. John Thompson.
Superintendent of Water Works. John M. Mather.
Earl E. Jenkins.
F. Willard Spearin.
Fred A. Taylor. Alfred F. Ulman.
John F. Champion.
Robert C. Marsh.
Raymond Reynolds.
Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
Ralph D. Merritt
Term expires 1926
Joseph W. Paulson. J. Warren Lusk.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1923]
Inspector of Plumbing. Edward C. Phillips.
Measurers of Wood.
George S. Briggs.
George T. Till.
Charles Corriere.
Public Weighers.
George S. Briggs.
Vernon Chase.
Charles Corriere.
Gilbert R. Walton.
John Maitland, Jr.
Carolyn D. Horgan.
Edna Lamoreaux.
George T. Till.
William D. Manchester.
Harry W. Kemmell.
Howard C. Fleming.
Henry E. Fleming.
Finance Committee.
Maurice Yozell. Charles I. Porter.
Henry Sadler.
Will Anderson. Benjamin B. Blanchard. James C. Soutter.
Board of Survey. Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.
Julius A. Ulman.
Frank E. Morrison.
Election Officers, Town Election, February 19, 1923.
PRECINCT 1.
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
George J. Place (Republican) John B. Cahoon (Democrat) Fred Wallace (Republican) Robert B. Hegarty (Democrat)
Tellers.
Charles H. Thomas. Charles E. Melzard. Fred L. Hall. George E. Goodwin.
Philip Leawood. Fred L. Linden. Esther A. Friedman. Martha F. Duren.
PRECINCT 2.
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
John A. Cullen (Democrat) Herman E. Story (Republican) Robert Leslie (deceased) Paul Doane
Tellers.
William H. Gowell. John A. Finegan. Fred A. Legro. George E. Mitchell.
Timothy J. Ryan R. Arthur Thurston. Harold C. Snow. John T. Merchant.
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PRECINCT 3.
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
E. Stanley Flagg (Republican) William J. Lynch (Democrat) Thomas Duncan (Republican) Ellen Q. Lynch (Democrat)
Tellers.
William C. Chatman. Ralph Melzard.
John T. Scheuren. Robert L. McNamara.
Zoning Committee.
Clarence B. Humphrey.
James L. Taylor.
Martin L. Quinn.
Ernest M. Folger.
Henry S. Baldwin.
James W. Santry.
Committee on Gamewell System-Telegraph and Red Lights. John F. Luther. William L. Quinn. H. Ashley Bowen. C. Sanford Doughty.
Fourth of July Committee.
James T. Lyons.
Stuart P. Ellis.
Archibald Miller.
Horace R. Parker. Alfred F. Frazier.
Landing for Blaney Beach Committee.
George J. Place
Harry E. Cahoon.
Edgar W. Marvin.
E. Stanley Flagg. Ralph H. Russell.
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
1923]
Inventory of Public Property
Miscellaneous.
Town hall and land
$37,000 00
House adjoining and land
3,000 00
Public Library and equipment
· 50,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay Scales
800 00
Piano
350 00
Standard weights and measures
500 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 and land
9,000 00
$104,670 00
School Department.
Phillips school and land
$175,000 00
Clarke school and land
50,000 00
Machon school and land
113,000 00
Palmer school and land
30,000 00
Hadley school and land
240,000 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
4.000 00
Books, high school
3,500 00
Laboratory
3,500 00
Pianos
1,400 00
Equipment
300 00
$639,050 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
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Police Department.
Police station
$5,000 00
Ambulance and garage
3,000 00
Safe
100 00
Three desks, 11 chairs
100 00
Cabinet
84 00
Typewriter
60 00
Public statutes
10 00
Equipment for officers
383 00
Lungmotor
130 00
$8,867 00
Street Watering Department.
One watering cart
$200 00
Oil wagon
600 00
Pump
50 00
$850 00
Highway Department.
Stone crusher plant
$5,000 00
Steam road roller
5,990 00
Storage building, stable and land, State road
8,500 00
Gravel bank (Marblehead)
500 00
Locker building (Marblehead)
75 00
Two road machines
550 00
Water cart
200 00
Two-horse wagons
400 00
Street sweepers
300 00
Ten snow plows
1,225 00
Gutter plows
75 00
Sand (stored)
300 00
Sand shed
2,500 00
Horse. harness, buggy, sleigh, pung, blankets
350 00
Equipment and supplies
580 00
Eight horses, harness, etc.
3,000 00
Tip carts
500 00
Pungs
350 00
Crushed stone at yard
75 00
Gravel at yard
400 00
$30,870 00
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
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Assessors' Department.
Plans and maps
$3,000 00
Safe
90 00
Chairs
50 00
Desk
25 00
Table
25 00
Cabinet and cards
1,000 00
$4,190 00
Park Department.
Land, Blaney's beach reservation
$38,303 00
Building, Blaney's beach reservation
7,500 00
Land, Monument avenue reservation
24,997 00
Land, Paradise road playground
15,205 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
Building, Paradise road playground
300 00
$105,125 60
Moth Department.
Building
$135 00
Power sprayer and hose
1,200 00
Ladders
98 50
Small power sprayer
300 00
Insecticides
102.00
Tools, etc.
108 00
$1,943 50
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Health Department.
Dory and fittings
$15 00
Tools
25 00
Generators
100 00
Office furnishings
750 00
Milk inspection outfit
75 00
$965 00
Poor Department.
Safe.
$35 00
Furniture
35 00
$70 00
Fire Department.
Engine house and land, New Ocean St.
$13,500.00
Ladder truck and equipment
7,000 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
Dodge runabout
450 00
$39,020 00
Phillips Beach House.
Chemical house and land
$15,400 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
$19,650 00
1923]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
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Hose.
Three thousand seven hundred feet of 21/2 inch hose
Six hundred fifty feet of 34 in. hose
$3,130 00 300 00
$3,430 00
Water Department.
Water mains and standpipe
$198,069 00
Land on Pine St.
4,000 00
Ten acres Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Work shop and garage
2,000 00
Brick building, Pine St.
4,000 00
Auto truck
500 00
Office furniture
700 00
Two thousand ninety-six meters
21,626 00
Stock on hand
4,000 00
$235,895 35
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
$17,000 00
Pumping plant
12,000 00
Land
5,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
Tools and equipment
500 00
$34,850 00
Engineering Department.
Instruments, tools
$457 00
Typewriter
100 00
Furniture
140 00
Supplies
50 00
Calculating machine
300 00
Mimeographing machine
180 00
$1,227 00
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Summary.
Miscellaneous
$104,670 00
School Department
639,050 00
Cemetery
7,620 00
Police Department
8,867 00
Street Watering Department
850 00
Highway Department
30,870 00
Assessors' Department
4,190 00
Park Department
105,125 60
Health Department
965 00
Moth Department
1,943 00
Poor Department
70 00
Fire Department
39,020 00
Phillips Beach House
19,650 00
Hose
3,430 00
Water Department
235,895 35
Sewer Department
34,850 00
Engineering Department
1,227 00
-$1,238,293 45
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
1923]
Town Clerk's Records
Annual Town Meeting, February 19, 1923 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 their respective precinets, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the nineteenth day of February, at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to February 20, 1923, at 7.30 P. M., at the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 1. 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 one member of the Board of Assessors for two (2) 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 Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Overseers of the Poor 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.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
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 certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?"
ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of : Town Clerk.
School Committee. Captain of Police. Board of Fire Engineers. Board of Assessors. Town Engineer. Forest Warden.
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Superintendent of Moth Work.
Tree Warden.
Treasurer's Report.
Trust Funds Commissioners.
Superintendent of Cemetery.
Building Inspector.
Trustees of Public Library.
Library Building Committee.
Board of Health.
Health Officer.
Health Nurse.
Milk Inspector.
Inspector of Plumbing.
Park Commissioners.
Surveyor of Highways.
Water and Sewerage Board.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Additions to Palmer School.
Overseers of the Poor.
Dog Officer.
Fourth of July Committee.
Collector of Taxes.
Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant's Report.
Finance Committee.
ART. 4. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1923, 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. 10. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the School Committee, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1922, on pages 87 and 94.
ART. 11. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Captain of Police, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1922, on pages 108 and 109.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1922, on pages 111, 112, and 113.
ART. 13. 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, 1922, on pages 145 and 149.
ART. 14. 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, 1922, on pages 155 and 156.
ART. 15. 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, dated December 31, 1922, on page 160.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the
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recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1922, on pages 161, 168, and 170.
ART. 17. 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, 1922, on pages 188, 189, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, and 204.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars to permit the School Committee to give "instruction in the use of English for adults unable to speak, read or write the same, and in the fundamental principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizenship" in accordance with the provisions of Sections nine and ten of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by right of eminent domain for public school purposes, and appropriate money for the same, a certain parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, bounded and described as follows :-
Beginning at a point at the southeast corner of the Hadley School lot; thence northerly for a distance of about one hundred two feet; thence easterly for a distance of about sixty-nine feet ; thence southerly for a distance of about one hundred two feet to the northerly side of Redington street; thence westerly along said street to the point of beginning.
And also another parcel of land for public school purposes bounded and described as follows : -
Beginning at a point at the northwesterly corner of the above described lot; thence northerly for a distance of fifty-one feet; thence easterly for a distance of sixty-nine feet; thence southerly for a distance of fifty-one feet; thence westerly along the above described lot for a distance of sixty-nine feet to the point of beginning.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to place a fire alarm box at the junction of Sheridan and Elmwood roads and appropriate money for the same as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Excess and Deficiency the sum of three thousand five hundred forty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents overdrawn appropriations, and carried forward to 1923 by authority of the Department of Corporations, Division of Accounts.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will accept the bequest under the will of Mrs. Ellen E. Andrews, as follows :-
"All the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my death, to be paid to the Town of Swampscott for the purpose of erecting a Memorial Chapel in said cemetery in memory of my late husband, Isaac H. Andrews, said Chapel to he named, 'The Andrews Memorial Chapel.' I desire that said Chapel be built either of light colored brick or of split stone, according to the remaining funds, the design of said Chapel to be chosen by said Augustine H. Rich, and I desire that my piano be placed in said Chapel and kept covered when not in use. It is my wish that only the five persons whose names are on the monument on said lot shall be buried there, and as each person passes away the year to be cut in the stone."
ART. 23. "I direct that my executors hereinafter named shall pay one hundred and fifty dollars to the Town of Swampscott, for the care of the monument and urn on my cemetery lot No. 455 in said Swampscott, the same to be kept clean and when repaired to be done in a workmanlike manner and to purchase a new urn when necessary and place flowers on said lot during each year. This sum is in addition to the sum already paid to said Town of Swampscott for the perpetual care of said lot."
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ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to lay a six-inch (6") water main in Sherwood street, Bond street and Fuller avenue for a distance of about twelve hundred feet (1,200') and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank H. Van Blarcom, et als.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a fourteen-ton road roller with scarifier and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to place street signs on the different streets of the town and appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to curb and build a sidewalk on the north side of Humphrey street from Phillips Beach station to Forest avenue for a distance of about twelve hundred feet (1,200') and appro- priate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to purchase sidewalk plows and road machines for the Highway Department and appropriate fifteen hun- dred dollars ($1,500) for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept Valley road as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1922, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept Mountwood road as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1922, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept Roy street as laid out out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1922, and appropriate money for the same.
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