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TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
SETTI
A.D. 1629.
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INCOR
TT. A. D. 1852
RATED
IS
SWAM
BOSTON, MASS. ANCHOR LINOTYPE PRINTING COMPANY
1925
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
SETTLED A.D.
1629
INCORPORATED
T.A. D. 1852
SWAN
BOSTON, MASS. ANCHOR LINOTYPE PRINTING COMPANY 1925
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Index
Reports of Departments and Committees
Animals, Inspector of .
PAGE 188
Appropriations Recommended
56-217
Assessors
121
Building Inspector
148
Cemetery, Superintendent of
124
Dog Officer
184
Election, Town
25
Election, State and Presidential
72
Finance Committee, Reports of
29-34-59 82
Fire Engineers
180
Forest Warden
. 188
Health, Board of
. 160
Health Officer, Report of
162
Health Nurse
178
Highways, Surveyor of
201
Inspector of Slaughtering
175
Library, Trustees, Report of
205
Milk Inspector, Report of
168
Moth Work, Superintendent of
184 .
Park Commission .
208
Plumbing Inspector
. 174
Police, Chief of
196
Poor, Overseer of .
178 ·
Presidential Primary
65
Public Property, Inventory of
13 210
School Building Needs, Report of
78
School Census
143
School Committee
125
School Directory
146
State Primary
67
Town Accountant
226 89
Town Clerk's Statistics
17
Town Engineer
176 12
Town Officers Appointed
6 4
Town Warrant, February 18, 1924
17
Town Warrant, April 8, 1924
27
Town Warrant, November 24, 1924
77 284
Tree Warden, Report of
186
Water and Sewerage Board .
. 149
Weights and Measures, Sealer of Zoning By-Laws . ·
190
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31-85
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Selectmen, Board of
Town Clerk's Records
Town Committees Appointed
Town Officers Elected
Town Warrant, February 16, 1925
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INDEX
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Financial Reports
PAGE
Assessors' Department .
233
Auditing Department
232
Balance Sheets
102-262-280
Cemetery
25€
Collector of Taxes
193-233
County Tax
257
Division of Accounts, State Audit
90-266
Engineering Department
235
Election and Registration
234
Fire Department
238
Forest Warden
240
G. A. R. Hall
254
Health Department
241
Highway Department
244
Interest and Maturing Debt
257
Law Department
234
Legislative
231
Library
250
Liabilities
114
Metropolitan Assessments
253
Moth Extermination
108-113
Pensions
248
Police Department
236
Poor Department
247
Printing Town Reports
253
Refuse and Garbage
243
Schools
248
School Financial Statement
129
Sealer of Weights and Measures
239
Selectmen's Department
231
Sewer Debt
117-158
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
242
Sewer Notes and Bonds
116
Sidewalks and Curbing
246
Soldiers' Relief
247
State Aid
247
State Tax
123
Statistics, 1881-1924
123
Street Construction
245
Street Lighting
245
Street Watering and Oiling
245
Summary Non-Revenue
260
Tax Rate
122
Town Clerk's Department
234
Town Debt
117
Town Hall Department
235
Transfers
229-260
Treasurer's Report
106
Treasury Department
232
Treasurer's Receipts
226
Tree Warden
240
Trust Fund Commissioners Valuation, Town
121
Water Bonds and Notes
114
Water Debt Sinking Fund
151
Water Department
.
255
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118
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239
Notes Payable
Park Department
251
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Elected Town Officers, 1924
Selectmen Frank E. Morrison, Chairman
Norman S. Dillingham
John F. Luther
Moderator Kendall A. Sanderson
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 John B. Earp Term expires 1925
Term expires 1927
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1925
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1926
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1927
Park Commissioners James T. Lyons, Chairman Term expires 1925
Archibald Miller Term expires 1927
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Term expires 1926
School Committee Rev., Edward Tillotson, Chairman Term expires 1926
Mabel E. Hardy
Term expires 1927
Rev. John Vannevar Term expires 1925
Overseers of the Poor Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1925
Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1927
Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1926
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees of Public Library Elihu Thomson Term expires 1925
F. Keeler Rice Term expires 1927
Louise C. Stanley Term expires 1926
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1926
John B. Cahoon Term expires 1927
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1925
Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1927
Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge
Constables
Frank H. Bradford George J. Place
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Henry S. Baldwin
Term expires 1927
Nathan G. Bubier Term expires 1925
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Appointed Town Officers, 1924
Town Accountant Arthur C. Widger
Town Counsel Harry D. Linscott
Engineers of Fire Department
Harry E. Hardy, Chairman Clarence M. Finch James Warnock 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
C. Lee Stover
Charles H. Lampard
Luke E. Thompson
Ralph J. Owens
Emery G. Dykeman
Charles E. Snow
Irving R. Pattern
William B. Snow
Warren A. Davis
Permanent. Policemen William L. Quinn, Chief Eugene P. Brogan, Captain
Charles Connell Almon B. Owens Frank T. Roach
J. Henry Pedrick
Samuel B. Kehoe
*Edward B. Roberts, Jr.
James M. Kennedy
Albert H. Hadley
George A. Philcrantz
Samuel Hooper
Charles H. Dunlap
Robert C. Marsh
Keeper of Lockup William L. Quinn
Constables
William L. Quinn
Samuel B. Kehoe
Eugene P. Brogan
James M. Kennedy
Almon B. Owens
Charles H. Dunlap J. Henry Pedrick Robert C. Marsh Charles Connell
Frank T. Roach
*Edward B. Roberts, Jr. George A. Philcrantz
Albert H. Hadley Samuel Hooper
* Resigned
Fred R. Morrison
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1924]
Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt
Town Weigher Mary M. Nies
Librarian of Public Library Miss Lucy M. Eveleth
Assistant Librarians
Miss Ruth Fanning Miss Pauline Bain
Superintendent of Moth Work Everett P. Mudge
Forest Warden and Forest Fire Warden Everett P. Mudge
Building Inspector Coleman M. Wood
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 Frank H. Bradford
Fence Viewers
George H. Doane
Hulbert C. Griffin
Collector of Taxes (Clerk) Ralph D. Merritt
Attendance Officer C. Walter Burrill
Registrars of Voters
C. Freeman Shaw (Republican) Richard A. Thurston (Democrat) Frank D. Thurston (Democrat) Ralph D. Merritt.
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927 Term expires 1925 Ex-officio
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Special Police
Joshua B. Acker Michael Arribea Robert E. Blood
Frank H. Bradford John H. Bryson Arthur L. Burt L. Herbert Cahoon William H. Carroll
Ira R. Laxton
John F. Mahoney
Joseph Martin
Nathaniel R. Martin
Martin Mastromarino
Ralph D. Merritt
Joseph L. McKin John O'Callahan
Patrick S. Cryan Raymond A. Devitt
Lemuel Pickard
Howard L. Durgin
George J. Place
Frank Prideaux, Jr.
Joseph F. Estes
George H. Reed
George Farnum
Fred Seaton
W. E. Shepherd
Stanley D. Forbes
F. Willard Spearin
Thomas Handley
Clarence W. Horton
Arthur W. Huguley
William D. Hutt
Fred A. Taylor
John Imperial
Richard A. Thurston
Earl E. Jenkins
Edward M. Kehoe
Coleman M. Wood
Herbert E. Wood
Secretary of Selectmen Arthur C. Widger
Secretary of Water and Sewer Commissioners John Thompson .
Superintendent of Water Works John M. Mather
Inspector of Plumbing Edward C. Phillips
Measurers of Wood
George S. Briggs
George T. Till
Charles Corriere
Public Weighers
George S. Briggs Charles Corriere
George T. Till
Harry W. Kemmell
Edna Lamoreaux
Henry W. Fleming
William D. Manchester
Lavinia Norcross
Howard C. Fleming Carolyn D. Horgan
George W. Duffy
John F. Champion
Horace R. Parker
Joseph W. Paulson
George D. R. Durkee
Arthur L. Seaton
Alfred F. Frazier
Bertram M. Fogg
Robert A. Smith
Charles P. Snow
C. Lee Stover
Horace W. Wardwell
Clement E. Kennedy
Earl F. Lamond
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1924]
Finance Committee
Maurice Yozell Charles I. Porter
Henry A. Sadler
Will B. Anderson James C. Soutter Louis W. Atwill
Board of Survey Frank E. Morrison, Chairman
John F. Luther
Norman S. Dillingham
Election Officers, Town Election, February 18, 1924 PRECINCT 1
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Harry E. Cahoon (Republican)
Robert B. Hegarty (Democrat)
William T. Norcross (Republican)
Charles E. Melzard (Democrat)
Tellers
Frank W. Goodwin
George E. Goodwin
Martha F. Duren Mark S. Taylor
PRECINCT 2
John A. Finnegan (Democrat)
Herman F. Story (Republican) Fred C. Marsh (Republican) Harold B. Snow (Democrat)
Tellers
William H. Gowell
W. Lawrence Kehoe Leonard N. Kennedy Anthony A. Lyons William J. Bergin
Warden Clerk Inspector
Inspector
John Merchant PRECINCT 3 William J. Lynch E. Stanley Flagg Ellen Q. Lynch William C. Chatman
Tellers
Thomas Duncan Edward J. Hoar
John J. Scheuren Richard W. Melville
Presidential Primaries, April 29, 1924
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
PRECINCT 1 Harry E. Cahoon Robert B. Hegarty W. Percey Norcross C. Ernest Melzard
Alexander Wallace, Jr. Esther A. Friedman
Philip F. Leawood
Charles H. Thomas
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Richard A. Thurston Timothy J. Ryan Frank G. Melvin Paul Doane Albert R. Martin
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John B. Cahoon Frank W. Goodwin Alexander Wallace, Jr.
Tellers
George J. Place Francis Kain George E. Goodwin
PRECINCT 2
John A. Finnigan Herman E. Story Fred C. Marsh William T. Bergin
Tellers
Anthony A. Lyons
William H. Gowell Ernest B. Thing Thomas M. Noonan
PRECINCT 3
E. Stanley Flagg William J. Lynch Ellen Q. Lynch Edward J. Hoar
Tellers
William C. Chatman Daniel B. Collins
State Primaries, September 9, 1924
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
PRECINCT 1 Harry E. Cahoon
Robert B. Hegarty
William T. Norcross
Charles E. Melzard
Tellers
William T. Norcross Frank W. Goodwin
Alexander Wallace, Jr.
Charles H. Thomas
Martha F. Duren
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Fred C. Marsh Arthur C. Eaton Albert R. Martin William H. Gowell Leonard N. Kennedy Timothy J. Ryan
E. Stanley Flagg Edmund Young, Jr.
Horace R. Parker, Jr. Philip Leawood James T. Lyons
PRECINCT 2
Ernest B. Thing Herman F. Story Fred C. Marsh Harold C. Snow
Tellers
William T. Bergin Mark S. Taylor William K. Kehoe
John E. C. Powers
Alfred F. Frazier Anthony A. Lyons
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Frank G. Melvin John T. Merchant Harold C. Snow
Timothy J. Ryan
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
John N. Hallicy John J. Scheuren
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1924]
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
John J. Scheuren Olive E. Flagg
Robert McNamara Louise A. Miller
State Election, November 4, 1924 PRECINCT 1
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Harry E. Cahoon Robert B. Hegarty Charles E. Melzard William T .. Norcross
Tellers
Harry E. Cahoon E. Stanley Flagg George J. Place Alexander Wallace, Jr. Chester Lowe
Horace R. Parker, Jr. F. Page Bearse William R. Patten
Edmund Young, Jr.
Stuart P. Ellis Martha F. Duren
PRECINCT 2
John A. Finnegan Herman E. Story Frank G. Melvin William K. Kehoe
Tellers
Clarence W. Horton George E. Horton Edward E. Call
Charles E. Watts
Arthur C. Widger John F. Luther
Wallace W. Pratt
Frank G. Melvin William K. Kehoe
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
PRECINCT 3 William J. Lynch William C. Chatman Ellen Q. Lynch Edward J. Hoar
Tellers
Paul M. Doane Joseph Martin Irving Curtis Leo Caproni
Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector
Harold C. Snow. Arthur C. Eaton Timothy J. Ryan Walter L. Kehoe John Merchant Leonard N. Kennedy Anthony A. Lyons Bertha M. Gannet William P. Bergin James A. McCarty
Robert L. McNamara John J. Scheuren Olive E. Flagg Louise A. Miller
PRECINCT 3 William J. Lynch William C. Chatman Ellen Q. Lynch Edward J. Hoar
Tellers
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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
C. Sanford Doughty
H. Ashley Bowen
Fourth of July Committee
James T. Lyons Archibald Miller
Nathaniel R. Martin
Everett . E. Condon
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Selwyn B. Parker
Joseph Atwood
George J. Place
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
1924]
Inventory of Public Property
Miscellaneous
Town hall and land
$58,000 00
House adjoining and land
5,000 00
Public Library and equipment
55,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay Scales
800 00
Piano
350 00
Standard weights and measures
2,000 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
$134,170 00
School Department
Phillips school and land
$208,000 00
Clarke school and land
58,000 00
Machon school and land
113,000 00
Palmer school and land
34,000 00
Hadley school and land
225,000 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
$669,050 00
Cemetery Department
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House
500 00
Land
12,000 00
Implements
100 00
Andrews Memorial Chapel
30,000 00
$44,620 00
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Police Department
Police station and land
$7,500 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
$11,367 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
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
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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
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Park Department
Land, Paradise road playground
$15,205 00
Land, Blaney's beach reservation
38,303 00
Building, Blaney's beach reservation
7,500 00
Land, Monument avenue reservation
24,997 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
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 street
$20,800 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
$46,320 00
Phillips Beach House
Chemical house and land
$19,100 00
Auto Combination A and equipment
3,575 00
Blankets, harness, etc.
50 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Tire shoes and inner tubes
50 00
$22,850 00
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Hose
Four thousand feet of 21/2 inch hose $3,630 00
Six hundred fifty feet of 3/4 inch hose 300 00
$3,930 00
Water Department
Water mains and standpipe
$200,007 53
Land on Pine street
4,000 00
Ten acres Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Work shop and garage
2,000 00
Brick building, Pine street
4,000 00
Auto truck
400 00
Office furniture
700 00
Two thousand one hundred fifty meters
22,511 00
Stock on hand
8,000 00
$242,618 53
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
Summary
Miscellaneous
$134,170 00
School Department
669,050 00
Cemetery
44,620 00
Police Department
11,367 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 50
Poor Department
70 00
Fire Department
46,320 00
Phillips Beach House
22,850 00
Hose
3,930 00
. Water Department
242,618 53
Sewer Department
34,850 00
Engineering Department
1,227 00
$1,355,016 63
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
1924]
Town Clerk's Records
Annual Town Meeting, February 18, 1924 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 di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the eighteenth day of February, at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to Febru- ary 19, 1924, 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 a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for one (1) year.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for three (3) years.
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.
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Water and Sewerage Board.
Board of Fire Engineers.
Tree Warden.
Superintendent of Moth Work.
Forest Warden.
Overseers of the Poor.
Building Inspector.
Smoke Inspector.
Superintendent of Cemetery.
Town Engineer.
Board of Health.
Health Officer.
Health Nurse.
Milk Inspector.
Plumbing Inspector.
Surveyor of Highways.
Chief of Police.
Dog Officer.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Trustees of Public Library.
Treasurer.
Board of Assessors.
Tax Collector.
Park Commissioners.
Park Land Commissioners.
Zoning Committee.
Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant.
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 the 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 anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1924, 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, 1923, on pages 83, 91, 92, 94 and 95.
Art. 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 109, 117 and 120.
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
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1924]
contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 122, 123 and 124.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the reports of the Tree Warden, the Super- intendent of Moth Work and the Forest Warden, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 128, 129 and 130.
Art. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 136, 142 and 143.
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, 1923, on pages 147 and 149.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 152 and 153.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 189, 193, 194, 195, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 212.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1923, entitled, "An Act Relative to the Collection of Water Rates."
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to rescind the votes passed April 3, 1923, at the adjournment of the annual town meeting, under Articles 19 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $6,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, in connection with the taking of the premises described in said Article 19, namely, that of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Mr. Isaac W. Chick.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to rescind the votes passed at the adjournment of the annual town meeting held April 3, 1923, under Articles 17 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $5,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, to be expended in constructing a concrete culvert, in conjunction with the City of Lynn, over Stacey Brook, from the end of the present concrete culvert at New Ocean Street, a distance of about five hundred seventy feet (570'), to the Lynn culvert.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed April 3, 1923, at the adjournment of the annual town meeting, un- der Articles 17 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $24,000, by issuing bonds or notes of the town therefor, to be used in the reconstruc- tion of Essex street, from the end of the cement road near the freight station to the Salem line.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Palmer avenue, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Orchard road with Palmer avenue, as laid out on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1924, and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
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Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept Orchard road, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Palmer avenue with Orchard road, as laid out on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1924, and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to accept that portion of Buena Vista street, now unaccepted, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1921, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept Lawrence road, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1924, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George D. Morse, Jr., et als.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept Prospect avenue, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1924, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Leighton S. Thompson, et als.
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