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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Eightieth
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31
1931
A.D. 1629.
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DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS. 1932
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Eightieth
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31
1931
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852. .
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DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS.
1932
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1931
Harry E. Hardy
Edward LaCroix
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 1934
Harold G. Enholm Termi expires 1932
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1933
Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Termi expires 1932
Clarence B. Humphrey
Term expires 1933
John B. Earp, Secretary Term expires 1934
Park Commissioners Archibald Miller, Chairman Term expires 1933
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary
Term expires 1932
John Homan Term expires 1934
School Committee George C. Thomas, Chairman Term expires 1932
Eleanor Ingelfinger Term expires 1932 Ralph Maxwell Term expires 1933
Harry D. Linscott Term expires 1934 Marion C. Miller. Secretary Term expires 1933
Trustees of Public Library Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1933
Jean G. Allan, Secretary Elihu Thomson Term expires 1934
Term expires 1932
Board of Public Welfare Harry E. Cahoon, Chairman Termi expires 1932
Clarence W. Horton, Secretary
*Florence E. Preston ¡Hulbert Griffin Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1932
John B. Cahoon Term expires 1933
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1934
Selectmen R. Wyer Greene, Chairman
1931]
Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1933
Tree Warden Bernard B. Kennedy
Frank H. Bradford
Constables George J. Place
Willis E. Shephard
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Henry S. Baldwin (Did not qualify)
Term expires 1934
Irving Curtis (Did not qualify) * Resigned
₮ Appointed
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct One
Term expires
Leslie F. Allen
16 Essex street
1933
Frank N. Bessom
250 Essex street
1933
James W. Buchanan
69 Cherry street
1932
Ernest Corrado
33 Crescent street
1932
Leo J. Coughlin
5 Essex terrace
1934
Willard P. Craik
30 Cherry street
1934
Ralph J. Curtis
24 Bristol avenue
1934
Charles S. Doughty
41 Roy street
1932
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex street
1934
John A. Herbin
346 Essex street
1934
Andrew B. Holmes
86 Cherry street
1933
Alfred B. Jones
102 Essex street
1934
** Franklin H. Keating
9 Roy street
1932
Arthur Morley
26 Minerva street
1933
Leroy V. Perry
16 Elwin road
1932
Boardman G. Steadman
31 Minerva street
1933
Leon F. Vaughn
4 Vaughn place 1932
Leon F. Ximiness
99 Windsor avenue
1933
Precinct Two
Joseph B. Abbott
14 Suffolk avenue
1932
Henry A. Anderson
67 Franklin avenue
1932
Harold H. Bartol
48 Beach avenue
1934
Carl J. Berry
39 Essex avenue
1933
Charles W. Burrill
34 Maple avenue
1932
Albert E. Devitt
26 Stetson avenue 1934
Warren J. Doherty
45 Maple avenue
1934
James F. Etter
54 Stetson avenue
1932
Albert F. Fanning
88 Stetson avenue
1933
Elmer Forrest
75 Essex street
1932
Roy H. Frye
2 Valley road
1933
Thomas Handley
95 Stetson avenue
1933
Charles F. Hathaway
257 Burrill street
1934
John A. Holmes
8 Essex avenue
1934
William W. Jaeger
33 Suffolk avenue
1934
*Fred A. McKennon
47 Beach avenue
1933
*Martin E. Nies
56 Beach avenue 1933
Harry W. Stanley
72 Franklin avenue
1932
James W. Libby Term expires 1932 Term expires 1933
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Precinct Three
Term expires
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine street 1933
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill street
1934
John A. Boston
65 Pine street
1932
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex avenue
1933
Chester P. Brown
176 Burrill street 1932
John A. Carroll
148 Burrill street
1933
James A. Cook
165 Burrill street
1933
Willis B. Cressey
140 Burrill street
1932
Stuart P. Ellis
12 Porter place
1932
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey street
1934
Arthur E. Hardy Samuel Harris
139 Burrill street
1934
William E. Henry
195 Burrill street
1932
George H. Knowlton
164 Burrill street
1934
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill street
1934
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry circle 1932
William O. Titcomb
74 Humphrey street 1933
Precinct Four
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas road 1934
Ralph H. Cary
33 Norfolk avenue
1934
** Harold F. Dow
62 Thomas road 1933
William G. Fallon
36 Andrew road
1933
John Fisher
15 Shaw road
1933
Walter E. Furbush
18 Berkshire street
1934
Harry E. Hardy
17 Andrew road
1934
George J. Harvey
3 Paton terrace
1932
Clarence W. Horton
36 Hampden street
1934
Leon W. Howard
84 Middlesex avenue
1932
Frank E. Johnson
18 Andrew road
1933
Daniel F. Knowlton
22 Elmwood road
1933
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk avenue
1932
Frank A. Mowatt
102 Farragut road
1933
William P. Mower
48 Middlesex avenue
1932
Edward A. Sawyer
56 Middlesex avenue
1932
Oren L. Smith
42 Berkshire street 1932
Allen F. Spruce
77 Middlesex avenue 1934
Precinct Five
Forrest M. Adams
3 Sheridan road
1932
Edwin M. Bailey
19 Farragut road
1933
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood road 1934
Alfred B. Brackett
81 Walker road 1932
Paul W. Brickett
20 Outlook road 1933
Nathan G. Bubier
11 Hardy road
1934
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan road
1933
George M. Glidden
30 Banks road 1934
Charles S. Goodridge
34 Walker road 1932
John B. Hadaway
120 Elmwood road
1933
Charles E. Hodgdon
95 Banks road
1934
*George B. Learned
12 Banks road
1932
George H. Lucey
49 Devens road
1934
Florence E. Preston
38 Outlook road
1932
Charles A. Southworth
7 Grant road
1933
Philip H. Stafford
26 Banks road
1933
George C. Thomas
15 Outlook road 1932
John Henry Welch
153 Elmwood road
1934
90 Pine street
1934
Charles V. Burgess
15 Boynton street 1933
1931]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Precinct Six
Term expires
Charles H. Bangs
293 Humphrey street
1933
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood avenue
1934
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland street
1934
Eliot A. Bunting
187 Humphrey street
1933
Frank L. Burk
16 Blaney circle
1932
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey street
1934
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey street
1932
Howard K. Glidden
49 Rockland street
1934
Loran J. Harvey
55 Blaney street 1932
Horace C. Holden
5 Greenwood avenue
1934
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey terrace
1933
Eleanor H. Ingelfinger
5 Cliffside
1932
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood avenue
1934
Fred L. Mower
12 Blaney circle
1933
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey street
1932
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey street
1932
Michael J. Ryan
39 King street
1933
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence terrace
1933
Precinct Seven
Charles D. Addison
50 Aspen road
1933
Joseph Atwood
90 Aspen road
1934
Thomas S. Bubier
3 Beverly road 1934
Abram French
646 Humphrey street
1934
Rufus W. Greene
78 Millett road
1933
Walter A. Hall
53 Bay View drive
1933
John Homan
69 Oceanview road
1932
Havelock S. Mader
70 Millett road
1934
Ralph Maxwell
82 Millett road
1933
George E. Mitchell
64 Magnolia road
1933
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View avenue
1932
Eben G. Pedrick
60 Orient court
1932
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View drive
1932
Conrad P. Richardson
15 Beverly road
1932
James W. Santry, Jr.
31 Cedar Hill terrace
1934
George Lloyd Smith
44 Oceanview road
1934
James C. Soutter
17 Arbutus road 1932
Harry E. Whitten
20 Oceanview road 1933
Precinct Eight
Philip E. Bessom
4 Palmer avenue 1933
Frederick R. Bogardus
48 Atlantic avenue
1933
Charles H. Cunningham
25 Beach Bluff avenue 1933
Grace T. Dillingham
15 Eulow street 1934
Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.
437 Puritan road
1932
Lee T. Gray
79 Morton road
1933
Samuel B. Groom
41 Bellevue road
1932
James P. Hale
98 Phillips avenue
1933
John R. Hurlburt
40 Beach Bluff avenue
1932
Edward LaCroix
58 Orchard road 1932
Lucelia LaCroix
58 Orchard road 1934
William H. McCarty
64 Bradlee avenue 1934
1934
Charles D. C. Moore
998 Humphrey street
1932
Ralph H. Nutter
21 Mostyn street
1934
Alonzo F. Titus
30 Manton road
1932
John A. Waldo
5 Beach Bluff avenue 1933
Arthur M. Wyman
2 Beach Bluff avenue
1934
Deceased
** Removed from town
Moved to another precinct
Robert C. McKay
11 Eulow street
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TOWN DOCUMENTS .
[Dec. 31
Appointed Town Officers, 1931
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
Assistant Town Engineer Howard L. Hamill
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt
Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Bernard B. Kennedy
Building Inspector Frank L. Burk
Assistant Building Inspector WVm. 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
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1931]
State Aid Correspondent Horace R. Parker Board of Registrars
William J. Lynch (D) Chairman Term expires 1933 Ernest B. Thing (R) Term expires 1932
Robert B. Hegarty (D) Term expires 1934 Ralph D. Merritt, (R) Clerk Ex-Officio
Smoke Inspector Frank L. Burk
Engineers of Fire Department *George B. Learned, Chairman
Benjamin B. Blanchard, Chairman Jefferson G. Owens, Jr.
Clarence D. Kendrick, Clerk ** James W. Buchanan
Chief of Fire Department James Warnock
Chief of Police-Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves Intermittent Special Police
Robert L. Cunningham
Warren J. Doherty
Fred J. Rowe
Special Police
Samuel L. Atkins
John W. Lusk
Philip A. Blanchard
Frank Maitland
John A. Boston
James MacDonald
Wm. V. Boudreau
George A. Marlin
Frank H. Bradford
Nathaniel R. Martin
F. W. Brown
Ralph Maxwell
John H. Bryson
Albert Mclellan
Edward F. Burke
Wm. McNamara
C. Walter Burrill
Joseph I. Melanson
L. Herbert Cahoon
Ralph D. Merritt
*Iber L. Chapman
John Muthe
Lewis A. Coleman Patrick S. Cryan
Francisco A. Page
Charles J. Dolan
Horace R. Parker Philip Paro
William J. Duly
Joseph W. Paulson
George D. R. Durkee
Leroy V. Perry
H. Allan Durkee
Lemuel W. Pickard
Berton A. Fogg
George J. Place
Stanley D. Forbes
George H. Reed
Daniel J. Griffin
Timothy J. Ryan
Thomas Handley Herman W. Hay
G. Lloyd Smith James Smith C. Lee Stover
Clarence W. Horton
John R. Hurlburt
Simeon J. Strong
Bernard B. Kennedy
Fred A. Taylor
Clement E. Kennedy
Harry A. Tirrell
Frank Lally
James J. Wallis
Ernest Lamkin
George C. Webster
James \V. Libby
Herbert E. Wood
Deceased
* Appointed to fill vacancy
Willis E. Shephard
Leverett T. Holder
Daniel J. O'Brien
Stephen J. Donlon
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Board of Appeals
George M. Glidden, Chairman William O. Titcomb Horace R. Parker, Clerk
Ralph Maxwell
Terms expire June 6, 1932
Board of Survey Board of Selectmen Ex-Officio
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
Finance
Precinct 1 Leslie F. Allen
Term expires 1933
Precinct 2 Charles F. Hathaway, Chairman
Term expires 1934
Precinct 3 LeRoy S. Austin
Term expires 1933
Precinct 4 Ralph H. Cary
Term expires 1934
Precinct 5 Paul W. Brickett
Term expires 1933
Precinct 6
Donald Redfern, Secretary
Term expires 1932
Precinct 7 Harry E. Whitten
Term expires 1933
Precinct 8 John A. Waldo
Term expires 1933
Fourth of July Celebration R. Wyer Greene, Selectman, Chairman George J. Place Walter F. Reeves John P. Costin
Assistant Town Clerk Nina D. Merritt
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1931]
Records of Town Clerk ANNUAL TOWN WARRANT Monday, February 16th, 1931
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, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the sixteenth day of Feb- ruary, 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 Tuesday, February 24, 1931, 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 a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose two members of the Planning Board for one (1) year; two members of the Planning Board for two (2) years; and one member of the Planning Board for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for two (2) years.
To choose six (6) representative town meeting members in each precinct for three (3) years.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Pre- cinct One for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Pre- cinct Six for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Pre- cinct Eight for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Pre- cinct Eight for one (1) year, to fill vacancy. All to be chosen on one ballot.
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Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.
Article 3. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.
Article 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
Article 5. 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, 1931, 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.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations not calling for the appropriation of money, as con- tained in the reports of officers, boards or committees.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, the creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property, as set forth in the reports of officers, boards or committees.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses as recommended and set forth on pages 200, 201 and 202 of the annual town report.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation or raising of money for permanent street construction.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to resurface Puritan road from the Administration Building to the New Ocean House with some kind of pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to remove the balance of ledge, now remaining unfinished, on the southerly side of Buena Vista street, for the purpose of widening said street and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Ernest Corrado.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to put to a grade the whole of Crescent street, including sidewalks, and resurface the same with some kind of pavement best suited for the purpose and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Ernest Corrado.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate five hun- dred ($500) dollars to be expended under the direction of the Surveyor of Highways for the purpose of resodding and repairing the various grass plots and parking as petitioned for by John B. Earp et als.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to widen the roadway at the junction of Roy street, Jessie street and Eureka avenue to cor- respond with the street line as laid out by Town Engineer W. W. Pratt and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Sanford Doughty et als.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to widen the southerly side of Buena Vista street at its junction with Cherry street, a distance deemed advisable by the town, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Sanford Doughty et als.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to resurface Beach Bluff avenue with some kind of smooth pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to continue the pavement on Phillips avenue, from its present terminus to Humphrey street and through Chatman avenue to Ocean avenue, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to lay a mixed top, so called, on the hills on Barnstable street and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to resurface Foster road with some kind of smooth pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
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Article 20. To see if the town will vote to build a fence on the ledge at the town yard on Paradise road and appropriate money there- for, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate ($800) eight hundred dollars to be used in putting the trenches on Atlantic avenue and Humphrey street in proper condition and appropriate money there- for, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain and build necessary catch basins and manholes to take care of the surface water on Puritan road at Tupelo road and in Puritan road near the entrance to Little's Point road, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to enclose the brook at the end of Atlantic road and build the necessary catch basins connecting therewith, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee et als.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to purchase a sand spread- ing machine and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 21/2 or 3 ton truck for the use of the Highway Department and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take to increase the salaries of the Highway Department from $5 per day to $6 per day, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor to take care of same, as petitioned for by Thomas L. Meade et als.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Pitman road and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Fran- cis H. Humphreys et als.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to rescind the action of the town meeting of February 21, 1927, whereby it was voted under Article 16 to borrow the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), for the purpose of extending the water main in Foster road.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the members of the Water and Sewerage Board, to $600 for the Chair- man and $400 each for the associate members, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 1000 gallon combination motor pumper and equipment for the Central Fire Station and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to give the Chief of the Fire Department the discretion to furnish on such occasions and such extent as he may deem it advisable, the assistance of the Fire Depart- ment to another city, town, of fire district in extinguishing fires therein.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $460 to repaint the ladder truck at the Central Fire Station and install a starter on the same, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to purchase 400 feet, 11/2 mch hose and fittings and appropriate $250 therefor, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $350 to paint the Central Fire Station and do necessary repairs, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to purchase and install a fire alarm box near the junction of Humphrey street and the Lynn Shore Drive and appropriate $350 therefor, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $5,925 for further improving the Fire Alarm System by continuing the under- ground cables from Ingalls terrace and Humphrey street to the Central Fire Station with necessary loops, connections, and changes, as recom- mended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
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Article 37. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $225 to de- fray the cost of altering the plumbing at the Phillips Beach Fire Sta- tion to enable that house to be connected with the new sewer in Phillips avenue, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 38. To see what action the town will take relative to the disposal of clam, lobster and oyster shells and fish trimmings and other refuse from the hotels, markets and restaurants and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Board of Health.
Article 39. To hear and act on the report of the committee ap- pointed at the Special Town Meeting, December 4, 1930, to consider the advisability of having a scientific revaluation of the property in the town, and appropriate money therefor.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to replace the tablet on the monument on Essex street to the memory of Abednego Ramsdell with one that shall state historical facts correctly, as petitioned for by John Albree et als.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws of the town so that all that land on the ocean side of Humphrey street, between King's Beach and Blaney Beach, may be zoned as a business district, as petitioned for by John Albree et als.
Article 42. To see what action the town will take in regard to bills of the Lynn Gas & Electric Co. for damage done to conduits dur- ing sewer construction in 1929, and appropriate money therefor.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the observance of the 4th of July, 1931, and authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of three to conduct such observance, as petitioned for by Geo. J. Place et als.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500 for necessary repairs and changes in the G. A. R. hall building, so called, on Pine street, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 45. To see what amount of money the town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account to be used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the year 1931.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the old Palmer school building and land on Humph- rey street.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to accept a portion of Windsor avenue as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1931, and to appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Wilfred J. Fournier et als.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to accept Commonwealth avenue as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in ac- cordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, and to appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Amato Pagnotta et als.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to remove the ledge on the easterly side of Puritan road near the Gale estate and establish sidewalks on the easterly side of said street and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Herbert E. Gale et als.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to grant all town work in the future to concerns or contractors residing in Swampscott, thereby giving employment only to men living in Swampscott, as petitioned for by Angelo Palleschi et als.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by- laws by changing from general residence district to single residence dis- trict the area included in the following streets and the land contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, so that said area shall then be subject to the provisions of Article III of said zoning by-law except that a set back distance of ten feet will be allowable, namely: Easterly side of Walker road from Boston & Maine track to Mountwood road and Mountwood road as petitioned for by T. Carlton Rowen et als.
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