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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Seventy-Eighth
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31 1929
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
· INCORPORATED
T. A. D. 1852.
AS SWA
DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS. 1930
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Seventy-Eighth
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31 1929
ED A.D. 1629.
SETT
INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852.
ATED AS
SWA
DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS.
1930
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1929
Selectmen Howard K. Glidden, Chairman
R. Wyer Greene
Daniel F. Knowlton
Moderator John R. Hurlburt Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Ralph D. Merritt Town Treasurer James W. Libby
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1931
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1932
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1930
Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Term expires 1932
Clarence B. Humphrey
Term expires 1930
John B. Earp, Secretary Term expires 1931
Park Commissioners Archibald Miller, Chairman Term expires 1930
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Term expires 1932
Everett P. Mudge Term expires 1931
School Committee John Vannevar, Chairman Term expires 1931
Eleanor Ingelfinger Term expires 1932 Beatrice Wadleigh Term expires 1930
George C. Thomas Term expires 1932 Arthur M. Wyman Term expires 1930
Trustees of Public Library Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1930
Jean G. Allan Term expires 1932
Elihu Thomson Term expires 1931
Board of Public Welfare Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1931
Edmund Russell, Secretary
Term expires 1930
Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1932
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1932
John B. Cahoon Term expires 1930
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1931
1929]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1930
Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge
Constables
Frank H. Bradford
George J. Place
Willis E. Shephard
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Henry S. Baldwin
Term expires 1931
James W. Libby Term expires 1932
· TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct One
Term Expires
G. Edwin Allen
351 Essex street 1931
James W. Buchanan
69 Cherry street
1932
Michael J. Cogswell
2 Eliot road 1930
Ernest Corrado
33 Crescent street 1932
*John E. Cunningham
Windsor avenue
1930
Ralph J. Curtis
24 Bristol avenue
1931
Charles S. Doughty
41 Roy street 1932
32 Bristol avenue 1930
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex street 1931
John A. Herbin
346 Essex street 1931
Alfred B. Jones
102 Essex street 1931
1932
Franklin H. Keating Arthur Levesque
335 Essex street
1930
Arthur Morley
26 Minerva street
1930
Everett P. Mudge
69 Cherry street
1931
Leroy V. Perry
16 Elwin road 1932
Leo F. Vaughn
4 Vaughan place
1932
Leon F. Ximiness
99 Windsor avenue
1930
Precinct Two
Joseph B. Abbott
14 Suffolk avenue
1932
Henry A. Anderson
67 Franklin avenue
1932
Harold H. Bartol
48 Beach avenue 1931
James D. Bentley
15 Beach avenue 1931
Carl J. Berry
39 Essex avenue
1930
Charles W. Burrill
34 Maple avenue 1932
1931
James F. Etter
54 Stetson avenue
1932
Albert F. Fanning
88 Stetson avenue
1930
Elmer Forrest
75 Essex street
1932
Roy H. Frye
2 Valley road
1930
Thomas Handley
95 Stetson avenue
1930
Charles F. Hathaway
257 Burrill street
1931
John A. Holmes
8 Essex avenue
1931
Francis H. Humphreys
35 Pitman road
1931
Fred A. McKennon
47 Beach avenue 1930
Martin E. Nies
56 Beach avenue 1930
Harry W. Stanley
72 Franklin avenue
1932
William F. Healy
29 Greenway
Alfred Ellis
84 Stetson avenue
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Precinct Three
* Albert M. Abbott
39 Elmwood road 1932
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine street 1930
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill street 1931
Ernest C. Blanchard
94 Pine street 1930
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex avenue
1930
Chester P. Brown
176 Burrill street
1932
Charles V. Burgess
15 Boynton street
1930
James A. Cook
165 Burrill street
1930
Willis B. Cressey
140 Burrill street
1932
Stuart P. Ellis
12 Porter place
1932
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey street
1931
William E. Henry
195 Burrill street
1932
George H. Knowlton
164 Burrill street
1931
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill street
1931
B. Malcolm Martin
3 Oceanside
1931
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry circle
1932
Edmund Russell
189 Burrill street
1931
Harry A. Tirrell
145 Burrill street
1930
Precinct Four
Robert E. Blood
38 Berkshire street 1931
John B. Cahoon
67 Middlesex avenue 1931
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas road 1931
Ralph H. Cary
33 Norfolk avenue 1931
Mervin J. Davis
170 Norfolk avenue 1930
William G. Fallon
36 Andrew road
1930
John Fisher
15 Shaw road
1930
Walter E. Furbush
18 Berkshire street
1931
George J. Harvey
3 Paton terrace
1932
Clarence W. Horton
36 Hampden street
1931
Leon W. Howard
84 Middlesex avenue
1932
Daniel F. Knowlton
22 Elmwood road 1930
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk avenue
1932
Frank A. Mowatt
102 Farragut road 1930
William P. Mower
48 Middlesex avenue
1932
Edward A. Sawyer
56 Middlesex avenue
1932
Orin L. Smith
42 Berkshire street 1932
Arthur W. Stubbs
74 Paradise road
1930
Precinct Five
Forrest M. Adams
3 Sheridan road
1932
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood road
1931
Alfred B. Brackett
81 Walker road
1932
Paul W. Brickett
20 Outlook road
1930
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan road
1930
Harold G. Enholm
4 Sheridan road
1930
Charles S. Goodridge
34 Walker road
1932
John B. Hadaway
120 Elmwood road
1930
Charles E. Hodgdon
95 Banks road
1931
*Harry I. Illingworth
71 Walker road
1931
George B. Learned
12 Banks road 1932
Florence E. Preston
38 Outlook road
1932
Kendall A. Sanderson
39 Grant road
1931
Charles A. Southworth
7 Grant road
1930
Edwin W. Tibbetts
22 Walker road
1931
*Edward Tillotson
60 Monument avenue
1930
George C. Thomas
15 Outlook road 1932
John Henry Welch
153 Elmwood road 1931
Philip H. Stafford
26 Banks road 1930
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Precinct Six
Charles H. Bangs
293 Humphrey street 1930
** Nathaniel F. Bartlett
253 Humphrey street 1931
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood avenue 1931
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland street 1931
Eliot A. Bunting
187 Humphrey street 1930
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey street 1932
Charles B. Edgerly
9 Rose street
1930
Howard K. Glidden
49 Rockland street
1931
Horace C. Holden
5 Greenwood avenue
1931
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey terrace
1930
Eleanor H. Ingelfinger
5 Cliffside
1932
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood avenue
1931
*Frank S. Newton
30 Fuller avenue
1932
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey street
1932
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey street
1932
Michael J. Ryan
39 King street
1930
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence terrace
1930
Precinct Seven
Joseph Atwood
90 Aspen road
1931
*** Philip E. Bessom
20 Aspen road
1931
Abram French
646 Humphrey street
1931
Rufus W. Greene
78 Millett road
1930
Walter A. Hall
53 Bay View drive
1930
John Homan
69 Oceanview road
1932
Havelock S. Mader
70 Millett road
1931
Ralph Maxwell
64 Magnolia road
1930
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View avenue
1932
Eben G. Pedrick
60 Orient court
1932
Roger W. Pope
15 Beverly road
1932
James W. Santry
31 Cedar Hill terrace Oceanview road
1931
James C. Soutter
17 Arbutus road
1932
** Frank H. VanBlarcom
23 Bay View avenue 1930
Harry E. Whitten
20 Oceanview road
1930
Precinct Eight
Louis M. Atherton
Tip Top road 1931
*Edward T. Brown
182 Atlantic avenue
1930
Charles H. Cunningham
25 Beach Bluff avenue 1930
Norman S. Dillingham
15 Eulow street
1931
Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.
437 Puritan road
1932
Stanley D. Forbes
25 Palmer avenue
1930
George W. Foster
22 Estabrook road
1931
Frederick A. Hale
48 Crosman avenue 1932
*Clarence H. Holloway
58 Phillips avenue 1931
John R. Hurlburt
40 Beach Bluff avenue
1932
** Herbert A. Johnson
8 Palmer avenue
1932
Edward LaCroix
58 Orchard road
1932
Ralph H. Nutter
21 Mostyn street
1931
William E. Plummer
150 Atlantic avenue
1930
Charles I. Porter
2 Palmer avenue
1930
Alonzo F. Titus
30 Manton road
1932
John A. Waldo
5 Beach Bluff avenue 1930
Arthur M. Wyman
2 Beach Bluff avenue 1931
Robert C. McKay
11 Eulow street
1930
* Deceased
* Removed from town
* * Moved to another precinct
1931
George Lloyd Smith
52 Bay View drive 1932
Conrad P. Richardson
82 Millett road 1930
George E. Mitchell
55 Blaney street 1932
Loran J. Harvey
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Appointed Town Officers, 1929
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Accountant and Secretary of Selectmen Horace R. Parker
Assistant Secretary of Selectmen Pearl F. Davis
Town Counsel Harry D. Linscott
Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt
Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Everett P. Mudge
Building Inspector Harry E. Hardy
Assistant Building Inspector William H. Sutherland
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 Viewer George H. Doane
Inspector of Wires James A. Cook
Inspector of Petroleum Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.
State Aid Correspondent Horace R. Parker
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Board of Registrars
Frank D. Thurston (D) Chairman Term expires 1931 Ernest B. Thing (R) Term expires 1932
William J. Lynch (D) Term expires 1930 Ralph D. Merritt, Clerk Ex-Officio
Smoke Inspector Harry E. Hardy
Engineers of Fire Department James Warnock, Chairman and Chief of Department George B. Learned
Benjamin B. Blanchard
Clarence D. Kendrick, Clerk Chief of Police-Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Special Police
Philip A. Blanchard
John H. Bryson
Frank H. Bradford
C. Walter Burrill
Ralph H. Burckes
Iber L. Chapman
L. Herbert Cahoon
Patrick S. Cryan
Lewis A. Coleman
Robert L. Cunningham
Daniel B. Collins
H. Allen Durkee
Francis Delano
Berton A. Fogg
George D. R. Durkee
Edward R. Grabow Daniel Griffin
Stanley D. Forbes
Leverett T. Holder
Thomas Handley
Clarence W. Horton
Herman W. Hay
Frank Lally
Stephen R. Jones
James W. Libby
Bernard B. Kennedy
George A. Marlin
Nathaniel R. Martin
James MacDonald
William McNamara
Albert Mclellan
John Muthe
James D. Mulligan
Lemuel W. Pickard
Francisco A. Page
George H. Reed
Horace R. Parker
Joseph P. Ryan
Joseph W. Paulson
Willis E. Shephard
George J. Place
G. Lloyd Smith
Fred J. Rowe
Fred W. Stephenson
Timothy J. Ryan
C. Lee Stover
Simeon J. Strong
Fred A. Taylor
Harry A. Tirrell
Herbert E. Wood
George C. Webster
Board of Appeals Terms expired June 6, 1929 George M. Glidden, Chairman Charles W. Mowry
Clarence E. Cahill William O. Titcomb
Horace R. Parker, Clerk Terms expire June 6, 1930 George M. Glidden, Chairman
Clarence E. Cahill, resigned Oct. 25, 1929 Thomas S. Bubier William O. Titcomb
Ralph Maxwell
Horace R. Parker, Clerk
Governor's Safety Committee The Board of Selectmen
Board of Survey Board of Selectmen Ex-Officio
George Farnum
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
Finance
Precinct 1 Ralph J. Curtis
Term expires 1931
Precinct 2 Charles F. Hathaway
Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown
Precinct 3 LeRoy S. Austin
Term expires 1930
Precinct 4 Ralph H. Cary
Term expires 1931
Precinct 5
Paul W. Brickett
Term expires 1930
Precinct 6 Donald Redfern
Term expires 1932
Precinct 7 James 'W. Santry, Chairman
Term expires 1931
Precinct 8 John A. Waldo
Term expires 1930
Fourth of July
Precinct 1 Charles S. Doughty
Precinct 2 John A. Holmes
Precinct 3 George H. Knowlton
Precinct 4 Robert E. Blood
Precinct 5 Florence Preston
Precinct 6 Eleanor Ingelfinger
Precinct 7
Frank H. Van Blarcom
Precinct 8 Fred A. Hale
Sewer Rate Investigation
Philip W. Blood Howard K. Glidden
George D. R. Durkee Edward LaCroix
Harry D. Linscott
Tercentenary
Kendall A. Sanderson
Henry S. Baldwin
Charles H. Bangs
New High School Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman
Philip E. Bessom
H. Allen Durkee
Robert C. McKay Appointed by School Committee as voted by town: George C. Thomas
New Town Hall
Precinct 1 G. Edwin Allen
Precinct 2 Fred A. McKennon
Precinct 3 Stuart P. Ellis
Precinct 4 Robert C. Mansfield
Precinct 5 George B. Learned
Precinct 6 Howard K. Glidden
Precinct 7 Roger W. Pope
Precinct 8 Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.
To Investigate Taking of Land for Park Purposes
Precinct 1 Robert B. Hegarty
Precinct 2 James D. Bentley
Precinct 3 James A. Cook
Precinct 4 George J. Harvey
Precinct 5 Henry S. Baldwin
Precinct 6 Clarence B. Humphrey
Precinct 7 Joseph Attwood
Precinct 8 Edward LaCroix
Assistant Town Clerk
Nina C. Merritt
Term expires 1931 Resigned
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1929]
Records of Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Wednesday, January 16, 1929
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 Wednesday, the sixteenth day of January at 7:30 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To see if the town will accept as a public way the follow- ing described way as located and laid out by the Board of Selectmen and appropriate money therefor; as petitioned for by the School Com- mittee :
Beginning at a point situated on the southerly line of Orchard road, said point being the point of reverse curve; thence curving to the left with a radius of 154.70 feet, for a distance of 100.86 feet; thence running S 76-39-20 W for a distance of 30.00 feet; thence curving to the left with a radius of 200.00 feet, for a distance of 44.05 feet to the land formerly of Maria S. Hastings recently taken by eminent domain by the town of Swampscott; thence N 62-43-50 W by said land formerly of Maria S. Hastings for a distance of 59.26 feet; thence curving to the right with a radius of 250.00 feet for a distance of 90.65 feet; thence N 76-39-20 E for a distance of 30.00 feet; thence curving to the left with a radius of 24.00 feet, for a distance of 42.81 feet, to the southerly line of Orchard road; thence easterly along said southerly line, for a distance of 134.05 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to take by eminent domain, for the purposes of a public way, the premises laid out and described in the foregoing article number one in this warrant, and will construct a street therein, and appropriate money therefor; as peti- tioned for by the School Committee.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to erect a public school on the premises on Forest avenue, which premises have been taken by the town by eminent domain, and appropriate money therefor; as peti- tioned for by the School Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will appoint a committee with full authority to proceed with the erection of the public school referred to in the foregoing article on said premises and to that end to engage an architect, obtain plans, advertise for bids, enter into contracts, and generally to do any and all things necessary or proper to erect and complete such public school, and appropriate money therefor; as peti- tioned for by the School Committee.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to lay water pipes in the way laid out by the Selectmen and described in article number one of this warrant, and appropriate money therefor; as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to lay sewer pipes in the way laid out by the Selectmen and described in article number one, and appropriate money therefor; as petitioned for by the School Committee.
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Article 7. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the fore- going articles.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the post offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in the town, seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1928.
HOWARD K. GLIDDEN, R. WYER GREENE, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy: Attest: FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
January 11, 1929.
Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, appointed Ralph H. Cary, 33 Norfolk avenue, Precinct 4, a member of the Finance Committee, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of John R. Hurlburt. Attest :
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Monday, January 7, 1929, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Wednesday, January 16, 1929
In accordance with the warrant the meeting was called to order by Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, the necessary quorum being present. Voted, to dispense with reading of the warrant except the return thereon. Return on warrant was read by Town Clerk.
The Finance report was read by James W. Santry.
Report of the Finance Committee
Article 1. The purpose of this article is to provide an approach to the public school building to be erected upon land located in Forest avenue, which was recently taken by the Board of Selectmen at a meet- ing held December 14, 1928, for the purpose of erecting a public school thereon in pursuance of a vote of the town under Article 1 of the warrant for the special town meeting held November 14, 1928.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1929]
We recommend that the way described in this article as laid out by the Board of Selectmen be accepted as a public way, and that the sum of eighteen hundred dollars be appropriated from the tax levy of the current year for the building thereof.
Article 2. Everything sought by this article is covered by Article 1 and we therefore recommend that consideration of this article be in- definitely postponed.
Article 3. We recommend that this article be considered with Article 4.
Articles 3 and 4. The land in Forest avenue, to which reference is made in Article 3, was taken by the Board of Selectmen at a meeting of the Board held December 14, 1928, in pursuance of a vote passed at the special town meeting held November 14, 1928.
- When this matter was under discussion at the preceding town meetings a school building containing six class rooms and an assembly hall was the type of building that was then considered. The School Committee now believes that the school population of the community that this building is designed to accommodate, will increase, and there- fore recommends the erection of a building with eight class rooms and an assembly hall. The sketches that have been submitted to the School Committee show such a building with an assembly hall to accommodate four hundred persons. Estimates submitted to us through the School Committee indicate that the cost of this building will be one hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000) which will include the installation of heating, plumbing, ventilating, lighting, the finished grading of the land, the equipment that is usually installed in a building of this type, and the architect's fee. The building itself will be of brick.
No architect has been selected, but two architects have submitted sketches to this Committee. We are informed by the School Committee that this has been done with the distinct understanding that no obliga- tion, either of a financial or moral nature, has been incurred through the submission of these sketches.
We recommend that a committee, consisting of one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Selectmen, John A. Waldo, a member of the Finance Committee from Precinct 8, and two voters of the town, be appointed by the moderator to attend to the erection of a public school building on the above mentioned land to contain eight rooms and an assembly hall to accommodate approxi- mately four hundred persons, and the necessary and usual appurte- nances and conveniences pertaining to the use of said building for school purposes; that said Committee be and hereby is authorized to employ an architect to provide suitable plans and specifications for said building, and to make all contracts for the erection of said building, and for the heating, plumbing, ventilating, and lighting thereof, and for the purchase and installation of all necessary and usual equipment in connection therewith, such as desks, chairs, blackboards, wardrobes, and the usual equipment and conveniences for teachers; and to make all contracts for the finished grading of said premises, and generally to arrange and complete all matters relating to the entire subject; and that for the above mentioned purposes the sum of one hundred fifteen thousand dollars be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Articles 5 and 6. We have not been furnished with sufficiently accurate information concerning the subjects covered by these articles to permit us to make a definite recommendation.
We therefore recommend that action under these articles be in- definitely postponed and that the Board of Selectmen cause to be in- serted in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting appropriate articles relating to the matters described in these articles.
Article 7. We recommend, for the purposes specified in articles 3 and 4 and the votes thereunder, which relate to the appropriation of one hundred fifteen thousand dollars for the erection of a public school building, that six thousand dollars thereof be raised from the tax levy
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of the current year in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 338 of the Acts of 1923, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition .thereto, and that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed the remainder, viz: one hundred nine thousand dollars, and to issue bonds or notes of the town .therefor; said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen may determine; said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof: "Swampscott - School Loan, 1929," and shall bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen.
JAMES W. SANTRY,
FREDERICK J.RUDD,
RALPH J. CURTIS,
FRANK HATHAWAY,
JOHN A. WALDO,
CHESTER A. BROWN,
PAUL W. BRICKET,
RALPH H. CARY,
Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 1. That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to lay out the street as described in Article 1 between now and date of annual meeting, and insert an article in the warrant for its acceptance by the town.
Voted, Article 2. To accept the Finance Committee report, and adopt their recommendations as amended:
That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to take in fee for the purpose of a public way the land described in Article 1 and that the sum of $300 be appropriated therefor from its tax levy for the current year. (Unanimous.)
Voted, that Articles 3 and 4 be taken up together.
Voted, that the Building Inspector be added to the committee as one of the two voters of the town, this being an amendment to the Finance Committee report.
Voted, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as amended.
That a committee, consisting of one member of the School Com- mittee, one member of the Board of Selectmen, John A. Waldo, a member of the Finance Committee from Precinct Eight, the Building Inspector, and one voter of the town, be appointed by the moderator to attend to the erection of a public school building on the above men- tioned land to contain eight rooms and an assembly hall to accommo- date approximately four hundred persons, and the necessary and usual appurtenances and conveniences pertaining to the use of said building for school purposes; that said Committee be and hereby is authorized to employ an architect to provide suitable plans and specifications for said building, and to make all contracts for the erection of said building, and for the heating, plumbing, ventilating and lighting thereof, and for the purchase and installation of all necessary and usual equipment in connection therewith, such as desks, chairs, blackboards, wardrobes, and the usual equipment and conveniences for the teachers; and to make all contracts for the finished grading of said premises, and generally to arrange and complete all matters relating to the entire subject; and that for the above mentioned purposes the sum of one hundred fifteen thousand dollars be raised by bonds or notes of the town. For, 74; against, 0. (Unanimous.)
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