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TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
SETTLED A.D. 1629
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T.A.D. 1852.
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MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC.
1926
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SEVENTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
T,A.D. 1852
AS
PS
SWAN
MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC.
1926
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Index
Reports of Departments and Committees
Animals, Inspector of
PAGE 158
Appropriations Recommended
. 49-54
Assessors
112
Band Concert Committee
. 199
Building Inspector
184-249
By-Law, Amendment to .
86
Dog Officer
183
Election, Town
23
Finance Committee Reports
24-28-33-68-73
Fire Engineers
173
Forest Warden
178
Hadley School Annex
69
Health, Board of .
141
Health Officer, Report of
145
Health Nurse
155
Highways, Surveyor of .
191
Inspector of Slaughtering
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157
Library, Trustees' Report
195
Moth Work, Superintendent of
177
Park Commission .
197
Plumbing Inspector
156
Police Department
185
Police, Gamewell System
56
Poor, Overseers of
171
Public Property, Inventory of
10
Selectmen, Board of
200
School Census
133
School Committee
115
School Directory
137 236
Town Clerk's Statistics
76
Town Clerk's Records
15
Town Engineer
169
Town Committees Appointed .
9
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, April 7, 1925
26
Town Warrant, May 12, 1925. .
67
Town Warrant, October 6, 1925
71
Town Warrant, February 15, 1926
281
Tree Warden, Report of
179
Water and Sewerage Board .
159
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
181
Zoning Law, Amendment to .
26
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Milk Inspector, Report of
151
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Redington Street School Committee
139
Town Accountant
Town Warrant, February 16, 1925
15
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By-Law, Committee Report
225
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
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Financial Reports
PAGE
Accounting Department
243
Assessors' Department
244
Assessors' Property Report
113
Balance Sheets
.88-274
Cemetery
268
Collector of Taxes
244-278
County Tax .
269
Division of Accounts, State Audit
77
Engineering Department
246
Election and Registration
246
Fire Department
248
Forest Warden
251
Health Department
252
Highway Department
255
Interest and Maturing Debt
269
Law Department
245
Legislative
242
Library
261
Liabilities
101
Metropolitan Assessments
264
Notes Payable
95
Park Department
259-263
Pensions
259
Police Department
247
Poor Department
259
Printing Town Reports
264
Refuse and Garbage
253
Schools
260
School Financial Statement .
119
Sealer of Weights and Measures
250
Selectmen's Department
242
Sewer Debt
168
Sewer Notes and Bonds
106
Sidewalks and Curbing
256-257
Soldiers' Relief
259
State Tax
269
Statistics, 1883-1925
114
Street Construction
256
Street Lighting
256
Street Watering and Oiling
256
Tax Rate
113
Town Clerk's Department
245
Town Debt
107
Town Hall Department
246
Transfers
239-272
Treasurer's Report
93
Treasury Department
243
Treasurer's Receipts
236
Tree Warden
251
Trust Fund Commissioners
109
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment Valuation, Town
112
Water Bonds and Notes
. 105
Water Debt Sinking Fund
. 162
Water Department
267
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265
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253
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
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Moth Extermination
250
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Elected Town Officers, 1925
Selectmen Harry D. Linscott, Chairman
Philip W. Blood
R. Wyer Greene
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
Term expires 1927
John B. Earp Term expires 1928
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1928
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1926
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1927
Park Commissioners James T. Lyons, Chairman Term expires 1928
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 1928
Overseers of the Poor Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1928
Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1927
Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1926
1925]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
5
Trustees of Public Library F. Keeler Rice, Chairman Term expires 1927
Elihu Thomson Term expires 1928
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 1928
Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1927
Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge
Constables Willis E. Shephard
Frank H. Bradford
George J. Place
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1927
Weston K. Lewis Term expires 1928
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Appointed Town Officers, 1925
Town Accountant and Clerk of Selectmen Arthur C. Widger (Died February 1, 1925) Horace R. Parker (Appointed February 20, 1925)
Town Counsel James W. Santry
Engineers of Fire Department To May 1, 1925
Harry E. Hardy, Chairman James Warnock
Clarence M. Finch (Resigned March 1) George B. Learned (Appointed March 1)
From May 1, 1925
James Warnock, Chairman and Chief of Department George B. Learned Will B. Anderson (Resigned Dec. 1, 1925) Benjamin B. Blanchard (Appointed Dec. 1, 1925)
Chief of Police
William L. Quinn (Removed May 24, 1925) Edward D. Callahan (Appointed Acting Chief May 24) Walter F. Reeves (Appointed Chief Dec. 29)
Constables
William L. Quinn
Eugene P. Brogan
Charles Connell
Charles H. Dunlap
Albert H. Hadley
James M. Kennedy
Samuel Hooper
Robert C. Marsh
Almon B. Owens
J. Henry Pedrick
George A. Philcrantz
Walter F. Reeves
Frank T. Roach
S. Blaine Kehoe (Res. Mar. 6)
Keeper of Lockup
William L. Quinn (To May 24) Edward D. Callahan (From May 24 to December 31) Walter F. Reeves (Appointed Dec. 31)
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt
Town Weigher Mary M. Nies
Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Everett P. Mudge
Building Inspector Harry E. Hardy
Inspector of Animals Dr. Frank B. Stratton
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles Walter Burrill
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall L. Herbert Cahoon
Dog Officer Frank H. Bradford
Fence Viewers
George H. Doane
Hulbert C. Griffin
Registrars of Voters
C. Freeman Shaw (Republican)
Richard A. Thurston (Democrat)
Frank D. Thurston, Chairman (Democrat) Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk (Republican)
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Clerk, ex-officio
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Board of Appeals (Term expires June 6, 1926) Henry J. Hatch, Chairman (Resigned Dec. 24, 1925) Frederick S. Hall, Clerk
Maurice Yozell
James L. Taylor Thomas S. Bubier, Clerk (Resigned July 24)
Measurers of Wood
George S. Briggs 1
George T. Till
Public Weighers
George S. Briggs
George T. Till
J. W. Cunningham
Carolyn D. Horgan
Frances Kehoe
Edna Lamoureaux
Lavinia Norcross
John Pasquale
Board of Survey Harry D. Linscott, Chairman
Philip W. Blood
R. Wyer Greene
Special Police
Joshua B. Acker
Thomas Handley
Philip E. Bessom
Leslie W. Hardy
Philip W. Blood
Clarence W. Horton
Robert E. Blood
George D. Horton
Frank H. Bradford
Arthur W. Huguley
John H. Bryson
Earl E. Jenkins
. Ralph H. Burckes
Franklin H. Keating
Charles Walter Burrill
Clement E. Kennedy Frank Lally
Arthur L. Burt
Ira F. Laxton
L. Herbert Cahoon John P. Costin
Earl F. Lermond
George P. Covert
James W. Libby
Patrick S. Cryan
Nathaniel R. Martin
Paul C. Curtis
Ralph D. Merritt
Raymond E. Devitt
Donald G. Miller John Muthe Francisco A. Page
George D. R. Durkee
H. Allen Durkee
Horace R. Parker
George Farnum Berton A. Fogg
John W. Paulson Philip F. Peabody
Stanley D. Forbes
John E. Pendergast
Alfred F. Frazier
Lemuel W. Pickard
Herbert F. Frazier
George J. Place
R. Wyer Greene Daniel Griffin
Bernard S. Prentiss George H. Reed
Paul M. Doane
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
9
Henry D. Rehberg Timothy J. Ryan Joseph Shannahan
Fred A. Taylor
Richard A. Thurston
Francis P. Wall
Willis E. Shephard
Horace W. Wardwell
Harry E. Whitten
Fred J. Wilmot
Herbert E. Wood
OTHER APPOINTED OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Finance Committee Appointed by Moderator
Charles I. Porter, Chairman
Term expires 1926
Henry A. Sadler, Clerk
Term expires 1926
James R. Dyer
James C. Soutter
Term expires 1927 Resigned Sept. 1, 1925 Term expires 1927
Joseph Attwood, appointed to fill vacancy
Term expires 1928
Howard B. Aborn
Term expires 1928
Redington Street School Building Committee As Voted by the Town
Rev. John Vannevar, D.D., Chair.
Representing School Committee
Harry D. Linscott
Representing Board of Selectmen
Harry E. Hardy
Building Inspector
Henry A. Sadler
Representing Finance Committee Appointed by the Moderator
Louis H. Kimball
Horace R. Parker, Clerk
Committee on Revision of By-Laws Appointed by Moderator
James W. Santry, Chairman
Charles W. Mowry
Charles D. C. Moore Clarence E. Cahill
Louis M. Atherton
Band Concert Committee Appointed by Moderator
Ralph H. Russell, Chairman E. Stanley Flagg Harold C. Hudson Earl W. Ellis
Joseph Attwood
Assistant Town Clerk Assistant Tax Collector
Nina C. Merritt Ralph D. Merritt
G. Lloyd Smith Charles P. Snow C. Lee Stover
Edward R. Grabow
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[Dec. 31
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
700 00
G. A. R. hall and land
9,000 00
$134,270 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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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
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Police Department
Police station and land
$7,500 00
Ambulance and garage
5,000 00
Safe
100 00
Furniture and fixtures
300 00
Typewriter .
60 00
Equipment for officers
900 00
Lungmotor
100 00
Automobile
600 00
Bicycles and motorcycles
600 00
$15,160 00
Street Watering Department
Two watering carts
$800 00
Oil wagon
600 00
Pump
50 00
$1,450 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
Tar kettle
350 00
Stone bogie
425 00
$31,645 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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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
Structure, Jackson Park
400 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
$105,225 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
$30 00
Furniture
30 00
$60 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
Automobile
300 00
$46,620 00
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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
Hose
Four thousand feet of 21/2 inch hose
$3,630 00
Six hundred fifty feet of 34 inch hose
300 00
$3,930 00
Water Department
Water mains and standpipes
$204,703 33
Land Pine street
5,000 00
Building Pine street
4,000 00
Ten acres Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Work shop and garage
2,500 00
Auto truck
300 00
Office furniture
700 00
Two thousand two hundred sixty meters
24,977 60
Stock on hand
8,000 00
$251,180 93
Sewer Department
Pumping station
$17,000 00
Pumping plant
15,000 00
Land
5,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
Tools and equipment
5.00 00
$37,850 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
$134,270 00
School Department
669,050 00
Cemetery
44,620 00
Police Department
15,160 00
Street Watering Department
1,450 00
Highway Department
31,645 00
Assessors' Department
4,190 00
Park Department
105,225 60
Health Department
965 00
Moth Department
1,943 50
Poor Department
60 00
Fire Department
46,620 00
Phillips Beach House
22,850 00
Hose
3,930 00
Water Department
251,180 93
Sewer Department
37,850 00
Engineering Department
1,227 00
$1,372,237 03
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
1925]
Town Clerk's Records
Annual Town Meeting, February 16, 1925
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 sixteenth day of February, at 12 M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to February 17, 1925, 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 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, Water and Sewerage Board, Board of Fire Engineers, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Moth Work, Forest Warden, Over- seers of the Poor, Building Inspector, Superintendent of Cemetery,
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Plumbing Inspector, Town Engineer, Board of Health, Health Officer, Health Nurse, Milk 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 Com- missioners, 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 sal- aries 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, 1925, 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 Board of Assessors, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 121.
Art. 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 124.
Art. 12. 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, 1924, on pages 134 and 135.
Art. 13. 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, 1924, on pages 149, 155 and 158.
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, 1924, on page 161.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the Poor as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 178.
Art. 16. 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, 1924, on page 183.
Art. 17. 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, 1924, on page 185.
Art. 18. 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, 1924, on page 187.
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Art. 19. 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, 1924, on page 188.
Art. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 190, 191 and 192.
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, 1924, on pages 196, 198, 199 and 200.
Art. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 203 and 204.
Art. 23. 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, 1924, on page 210.
Art. 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commission, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 209.
Art. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the annual report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 217.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to purchase an ambulance for the Police Department and appropriate twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars for the same as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box in the vicinity of Orchard road or Orchard circle and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate two thousand ($2,000) dollars, for surfacing Orchard road and Orchard circle, as petitioned for by Howard B. Aborn, et als.
Art. 29. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to convey to Irene Koch a certain piece of land situated at 379 and 381 Essex Street, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Essex street one hundred feet; northeasterly by land of Hattie A. Kain ninety-five feet; southeasterly by land of William McCarty one hundred feet and westerly by land of Wendel and Mary E. Gassman one hundred and five feet.
Art. 30. To see what action the town will take in reference to Danvers street bridge and appropriate money for the same as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to build drains on Aspen road and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to place street signs at the intersections of streets and appropriate money for the same, as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
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Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to curb and build granolithic sidewalks on Stetson avenue from Norfolk avenue to Essex street, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Sur- veyor of Highways.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Chester A. and Emily T. Merrill, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Essex street, said point is 60.82 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northerly for a dis- tance of 2.04 feet; thence westerly for a distance of 5.21 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 44.79 feet; thence southeasterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence northeasterly for a distance of 49.66 feet to the point of beginning.
Above parcel of land containing 95 square feet, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Sophia A. Fox, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south- erly line of Essex street, said point is 110.48 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northwesterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 43.07 feet; thence south- easterly for a distance of 0.83 feet; thence northeasterly for a dis- tance of 43.08 feet to the point of beginning.
Above parcel of land containing 51 square feet, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Shelton road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Michael Pierro, et als.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue from Bay View avenue to Bond street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank A. Newton, et als.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Bond street from the junction of Bond street and Fuller avenue to Sher- wood road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank S. Newton, et als.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue for a distance of about two hundred fifty (250) feet more or less from the intersection of Fuller avenue and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John C. Fox, et als.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by- laws so as to change the lot at the northeasterly corner of Essex street and Belmont avenue from a residential locality, as now desig- nated on the zoning map, described in Article 6 of the zoning by- laws, to a business locality, and that said change be indicated in solid black on said map, as provided in said by-law, for business localities, as petitioned for by Arthur Levesque, et als.
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to amend Section three of Chapter three of the town by-laws, which section reads as follows:
"The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, cause to be distributed among the tax payers at their dwellings copies of the town reports."
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