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TOWN DOCUMENTS
EIGHTY-FOURTH
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
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ED A.D. 1629
SETT
INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852.
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SWAN
THE BOWLBY PRESS, INC. LYNN, MASS. 1936
TOWN DOCUMENTS
EIGHTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
DA.D.
SETT
162
TT. A. D. 1852
RATED
AS
SWAM
THE BOWLBY PRESS, INC. LYNN, MASS. 1936
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1935
Selectmen Philip E. Bessom, Chairman
Lester B. Morley
Moderator John R. Hurlburt
Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Ralph D. Merritt Term as Collector of Taxes expires 1938
Town Treasurer James W. Libby Term expires 1938
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1937
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1938
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1936
Assessors *Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman John B. Earp, Chairman Term expires 1937
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary Term expires 1936
Frank E. Morrison Appointed to fill vacancy Term expires 1936
Park Commissioners John Homan, Chairman Term expires 1937
Ralph I. Lindsey Term expires 1938
Leonard F. Burdett, Secretary Term expires 1936
Philip H. Stafford Term expires 1938
School Committee Thomas S. Bubier, Chairman Term expires 1938
John R. Hurlburt Term expires 1936
Philip A. Graham Term expires 1936
Leo J. Coughlin Term expires 1937
Trustees of Public Library Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1936
Lee T. Gray, Secretary Term expires 1938
Ralph H. Nutter Term expires 1937
Trustee Emeritus, Elihu Thomson
Board of Public Welfare James W. Buchanan, Chairman Term expires 1938
Donald Redfern Term expires 1936
Walter H. Forbes, Jr. . Term expires 1937
John B. Cahoon Term expires 1936 * Deceased.
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1937
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1938
R. Wyer Greene
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1935]
Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1936
Tree Warden *Bernard B. Kennedy Frederick C. Burk Appointed to fill vacancy
Wayne Anderson
Constables Frank H. Bradford
Willis E. Shepard
Planning Board Thomas B. Epps, Chairman Term expires 1937
** Henry S. Baldwin Edward E. Call (to fill vacancy)
Ralph J. Curtis Terms expire 1936
John R. Nagle Daniel Santry, Secretary Term expires 1938
Commissioners of Trust Funds James W. Libby Term expires 1938
Conrad P. Richardson Term expires 1936
*Deceased. ** Resigned.
Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1937
Town Meeting Members
Precinct One
Term Expires
Wayne Anderson
58 Crescent street
1936
Frank N. Bessom
250 Essex street
1936
Lennart A. W. Bjorkman
16 Hillcrest circle
1937
Arthur H. Campbell
5 Fisher avenue
1937
Frederick R. Champion
435 Essex street
1938
Arthur B. Chase
124 Essex street
1936
Leo J. Coughlin
5 Essex terrace
1937
Ralph J. Curtis
24 Bristol avenue
1936
Eldridge T. Davis
20 Hillside avenue
1936
Emery L. Doane
43 Hillside avenue
1937
Charles S. Doughty
41 Roy street
1936
George D. R. Durkee
4 Upland road
1938
Harold H. Griffin
62 Roy street
1937
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex street
1936
Andrew B. Holmes
86 Cherry street
1938
Edward H. Jordan
12 Eureka avenue
1936
Elmer E. Morley
6 Minerva street
1936
Lester B. Morley
6 Minerva street
1936
John R. Nagle
3 Upland road
1938
*Antonio Parletta
42 Cherry street
1938
Henry A. Sadler
63 Cherry street
1938
*Harold O. Smith Boardman G. Steadman
31 Minerva street
1936
Coleman M. Wood
80 Roy street
1937
Precinct Two
Term Expires
Earl Abrams
68 Franklin avenue
1938
George B. Atkins
67 Stetson avenue
1936
Louis H. Beadle
34 Pitman road
1937
J. Hervey M. Blackford
36 Maple avenue
1938
Everett L. Burt
25 Beach avenue
1938
7 Hillcrest circle
1938
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Term Expires
Harry E. Cahoon
34B Essex avenue
1936
Arthur R. Conley
43 Maple avenue
1937
Albert E. Devitt
26 Stetson avenue
1936
Charles J. Dolan
14 Maple avenue
1937
Frank B. Drummond
50 Franklin avenue
1936
Ernest J. Gendron
55 Columbia street
1937
Burt F. Harding
64 Stetson avenue
1938
Charles F. Hathaway
257 Burrill street
1936
John D. Healy
30 Franklin avenue
1937
Earle E. Jenkins
63 Suffolk avenue
1936
Alfred B. Jones
51 Suffolk avenue
1936
Albert E. Matthews
23 Essex street
1937
Harold F. Merrill
95 Essex street
1938
Frederick Miller
48 Franklin avenue
1938
William P. Norcross
10 Valley road
1936
Harry W. Stanley
76 Franklin avenue
1938
Russell J. Thayer
1 Suffolk avenue
1937
Leslie J. Webber
63 Stetson avenue 1937
Alvin M. Wilford
51 Franklin avenue
1938
Precinct Three
Term Expires
Jean G. Allan
6 Humphrey street
1937
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine street
1936
Roland C. Barnes
177 Burrill street
1937
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill street
1936
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex avenue
1936
Nathan G. Bubier
11 Hardy road
1936
Edgar U. Burdett
56 Elmwood road
1936
William H. Carroll
148 Burrill street
1938
Michael Coraine
60 Pine street
1938
Geraldine L. Devlin
6 Humphrey street
1938
Clarence M. Finch
22 Thomas road
1937
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey street
1936
Arthur E. Hardy
90 Pine street
1938
William E. Henry
195 Burrill street
1937
Howard B. Horton
74 Pine street
1937
Parker C. Jordan
9 Boynton street
1937
Daniel F. Knowlton
22 Elmwood road
1936
George H. Knowlton
164 Burrill street
1938
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill street
1936
Alonzo A. Parker
20 Superior street
1937
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry circle
1937
Harry M. Shanahan
4 Ellis terrace
1938
Wm. B. Snow
81 Pine street
1938
Solon B. Wales
199 Burrill street
1938
Precinct Four
Term Expires
Egbert H. Ballard
22 Farragut road
1938
Frederick L. Bartlett
137 Paradise road
1936
Herbert F. Bassett
12 Banks circle 1936
Everett F. Bowden
92 Middlesex avenue
1938
Frederick L. Brown
150 Norfolk avenue
1936
Leonard F. Burdett
15 Hampden street
1937
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas road
1936
Donald H. Chase
97 Norfolk avenue
1937
Edward C. Eames
37 Hampden street
1938
Lyndon W. Ellis
133 Paradise road
1937
Eugene S. Fenelon
76 Walker road
1937
Walter E. Furbush
18 Berkshire street
1936
Philip T. Graham
96 Middlesex avenue
1937
George J. Harvey
3 Paton terrace
1938
Henry O. Hubon
104 Paradise road
1937
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
5
Term Expires
Harold M. King
90 Walker road
1938
James R. Maddock
4 Farragut road
1938
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk avenue 1938
*Frank L. Mansur Frank A. Mowatt
29 Andrew road
1936
Harvey P. Newcomb
30 Farragut road
1936
Fred Seaton
113 Paradise road
1937
Philip H. Stafford Anson M. Titus
26 Banks road
1937
90 Paradise road
1938
Precinct Five
Term Expires
Edwin M. Bailey
19 Farragut road
1936
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood road
1936
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood avenue
1938
Paul W. Brickett
20 Outlook road
1936
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan road
1938
Walter C. Collins
123 Aspen road
1937
Walter H. Forbes, Jr.
76 Greenwood avenue
1936
George M. Glidden
30 Banks terrace
1938
Charles S. Goodridge
34 Walker road
1937
Charles E. Hodgdon
95 Banks road
1936
George E. Hutchinson
95 Walker road
1937
Herbert E. Ingalls
188 Aspen road
1938
John T. Lee
146 Aspen road
1937
Robert M. Leonard
176 Aspen road
1937
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood avenue
1936
George H. Lucey
49 Devens road
1938
Raymond P. Miller
73 Fuller avenue
1938
Richard E. Palmer
83 Banks road
1937
Florence E. Preston
38 Outlook road
1938
Alice L. Shaw
38 Outlook road
1937
Howard C. Smith
114 Elmwood road
1938
Charles A. Southworth
7 Grant road
1936
Raymond B. Wade
107 Aspen road
1937
John Henry Welch
153 Elmwood road
1936
Precinct Six
Term Expires
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland street
1936
James A. Breed
50 Greenwood avenue
1938
Frank L. Burk
88 Rockland street
1937
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey street
1938
Willis B. Chapman
322 Humphrey street
1936
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey street
1937
Howard K. Glidden
49 Rockland street
1936
Philip A. Graham
11 Humphrey terrace
1937
John B. Hadaway
21 Bay View drive
1938
Horace C. Holden
5 Greenwood avenue
1936
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey terrace
1936
Osmund O. Keiver
259 Humphrey street
1937
Arthur W. Lonval
103 Rockland street
1936
Fred L. Mower
12 Blaney circle
1938
Vincent P. O'Brien
202 Humphrey street
1937
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View drive
1936
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey street
1938
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey street
1937
Michael J. Ryan
39 King street
1938
Daniel Santry
31 Cedar Hill terrace
1938
*James W. Santry, Jr.
31 Cedar Hill terrace
1936
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence terrace
1938
Anthony J. Turner, Jr.
99 Redington street
1937
Maurice Yozell
27 Bay View drive
1937
102 Farragut road
1936
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Precinct Seven
Term Expires
Henry Addison
50 Aspen road
1937
Joseph Atwood
90 Aspen road
1936
Lawrence V. Bartlett
45 Forest avenue
1938
Philip E. Bessom
4 Palmer avenue
1936
Frederic R. Bogardus
48 Atlantic avenue
1938
Edward F. Breed
3 Palmer avenue
1938
Thomas S. ubier
3 Beverly road
1936
James W. Buchanan
110 Aspen road
1937
James F. Dolan
44 Glen road
1937
H. Allen Durkee
28 Puritan road
1936
Hamilton P. Edwards
55 Atlantic avenue
1938
Gustavus J. Esselen
437 Puritan road 1938
Abram French
646 Humphrey street
1936
R. Wyer Greene
78 Millett road
1938
William H. Hanifey
521 Humphrey street
1937
John Homan
69 Ocean View road
1937
Robert F. Kimball
70 Atlantic avenue
1936
Lawrence B. Leonard
30 Atlantic avenue
1938
Havelock S. Mader
70 Millett road
1938
Ralph Maxwell
82 Millett road
1936
John F. Muthe
209 Forest avenue
1937
Conrad P. Richardson
15 Beverly road
1936
James I. Riddell
677 Humphrey street
1937
Harry E. Whitten
20 Ocean View road
1937
Precinct Eight
Term Expires
John H. Blodgett
100 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
Ralph Crocker
44 Bellevue road
1938
Charles H. Cunningham
25 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
Nelson J. Darling
96 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
Norman S. Dillingham
15 Eulow street
1937
James H. Dunn
42 Nason road
1937
Lee T. Gray
79 Morton road
1937
Irving B. Hitchings
48 Nason road
1937
John R. Hurlburt
44 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
George W. Howe
40 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
Harold A. Johnson
37 Crosman avenue
1937
Joseph S. Kimball
43 Beach Bluff avenue 1938
Edward LaCroix
58 Orchard road
1936
John D. Malone
60 Nason road
1937
William H. McCarty
64 Bradlee avenue
1938
Richard H. McNamara
802 Humphrey street
1937
Francis C. Millspaugh
90 Beach Bluff avenue
1936
*Harold F. Moulton
30 Nason road
1936
Ralph H. Nutter
21 Mostyn street
1938
Kendall A. Sanderson
94 Bradlee avenue
1938
Harry W. Sundberg
41 Nason road 1937
Earl E. Wells
2 Neighborhood road 1938
Virgil A. Widdoes
24 Orchard road 1938
Arthur M. Wyman
2 Beach Bluff avenue
1938
*Moved from precinct.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1935]
Appointed Town Officers 1935
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Accountant Horace R. Parker
Secretary of Selectmen Vincent P. O'Brien
Assistant Secretary of Selectmen Horace R. Parker
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 Frederick C. Burk
Building Inspector Frank L. Burk
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 Willis E. Shepard
Fence Viewer Frank L. Burk
Inspector of Petroleum Reginald S. Hunt
Soldiers' Relief Agent-State Aid Correspondent Frank L. Burk
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[Dec. 31
Board of Registrars
William J. Lynch, Democrat Term expires 1936 Harold R. Young, Democrat
Term expires 1937
Arthur C. Eaton, Republican Term expires 1938
Ralph D. Merritt, Republican Clerk Ex-Officio
Smoke Inspector Frank L. Burk
Thomas P. Martin
Roy F. Olson
Clarence D. Kendrick, Clerk
Chief of Fire Department James Warnock
Chief of Police and Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Reserve Police Force Robert L. Cunningham
Provisional Temporary Appointments
Albert Earl Gallup
James H. Pedrick, Jr.
Special Police
Atkins, Samuel L.
Hegarty, Robert B.
Baker, Perley H.
Hines, Joseph P.
Bartlett, Frederick L.
Holder, Leverett T.
*Blanchard, Ernest C. Blodgett, John H. Boston, John A. Boudreau, William V.
Hurlburt, John R.
Bowes, C. Glover
Johnson, Harold G.
Bradford, Frank H.
*Kennedy, Bernard B. Kennedy, Clement E.
Bradley, Thomas H.
Lally, Frank
Bryson, John H.
Lancy, John S.
Buchanan, James W.
Libby, James W.
Burdett, Leonard F.
Little, Alexander E.
Burk, Frank L.
Mahan, John L.
Burrill, C. Walter
Maitland, Frank
Cahoon, L. Herbert
Marino, Sullivan
Carroll, Edward P.
Martin, Nathaniel R.
Champion, Walter M., Jr.
Maxwell, Ralph S.
Chase, Donald
McClellan, Albert
Chiancone, Alphonse
Meggison, Frank W.
Coleman, Lewis A.
Merritt, Ralph D.
Coletti, Frank
Moran, John G.
Colton, Charles A.
Murphy, Walter H.
Connelly, Charles E.
Nagle, John R.
Craft, Homer J.
Nason, James
Cunningham, Charles H.
Pagano, Emanuel
Curtis, Paul C.
Pappas, James L.
Curtis, Ralph C.
Parker, Alonzo F.
Davis, Eldridge T.
Pedrick, James H., Jr.
Doane, George
Phillips, Robert K.
Dolan, Charles J.
*Pickard, Lemuel W. Pierro, Michael
Donlon, Stephen J.
Place, George J.
Durgin, Harold O.
Pugsley, Charles B.
Durkee, George D. R.
Randall, Martin H.
Edwards, Hamilton P.
Redfern, Donald
*Deceased
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Horton, Clarence W.
Hoseason, M. Paine
Iarrobino, Emilio
Bradley, Chester E.
Duly, Richard J.
Engineers of Fire Department Henry A. Sadler, Chairman
1935]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Edwards, J. Howard
Richardson, Conrad P.
Saville, Thomas
Sears, Winthrop M.
Seaton, Frederick M.
Shaw, Clarence F.
Gallo, Nicholas
Shepard, Willis E.
Gallup, Albert E.
Strong, Simeon J.
Getchell, George W.
Sundberg, Harry W.
Gill, Herman G., Jr.
Sutherland, Ivan G.
Grenier, Leo E.
Sutherland, William H., Jr.
Swain, Kenneth F.
Grimes, Eustis B.
Thayer, Russell
Handley, Thomas
Thomas, Carlyle W.
Hanifey, William H.
Webster, George C.
Hanson, George E.
Wheeler, Harold L.
Hardy, Arthur E.
Winkpaw, Robert C.
Hay, Herman W.
Wood, Herbert E.
Wormwood, Daniel W.
Board of Appeals
Conrad P. Richardson, Chairman
Charles V. Easterbrook Term expires 1936
Term expires 1937 Dr. Ralph C. Curtis Term expires 1938
Leonard H. Bates, Clerk Term expires June 6, 1936
Board of Survey Board of Selectmen Ex-Officio
Insurance Counsellor Elmer A. Lord & Co.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
Finance
Precinct 1 Andrew B. Holmes
1938
Precinct 2
Frank B. Drummond
1936
Precinct 3 Clarence M. Finch
1937
Precinct 4
Anson M. Titus
1938
Precinct 5
Robert M. Leonard
1937
Precinct 6
Roger W. Pope
1936
Precinct 7
Robert F. Kimball
1936
Precinct 8
John H. Blodgett, Chairman
1936
Deputy Tax Collectors (Appointed by Tax Commissioner) Kenneth M. Place
Eustis B. Grimes
George J. Place
Fitzpatrick, James Forbes, Walter H., Jr.
Frazier, Alfred M. Fuller, Gordon F.
Griffin, Gerald R.
Healey, John D.
Term Expires
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Records of Town Clerk
Resigns from Planning Board
January 15, 1935
Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk,
Swampscott, Mass.
Having accepted appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee of the New England Regional Planning Commission, District No. 1, National Resources Board, I feel that the time required by serving on both the Advisory Committee and the Town Planning Board would be far more than I could give. Believing that I can serve the town more by membership on the Advisory Committee, I hereby resign as a member of the Swampscott Planning Board Very truly yours,
GEORGE M. GLIDDEN.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
Resigned From Finance Committee
January 11, 1935
Notice received on the above date that Andrew B. Holmes has resigned from the Finance Committee of the Town of Swampscott, on account of being a candidate for the office of Selectmen.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT Monday, February 18th, 1935
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the town of Swampscott, in said County: Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott on Monday, the eighteenth day of February, at 6 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to Monday, February 25, 1935, at 7:45 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 three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years. To choose a Collector of Taxes for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years. To choose one member of the board of Public Welfare for three (3) years.
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 one member of the Planning Board for two (2) years to fill vacancy.
To choose two members of the Planning Board for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
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To choose eight (8) representative town meeting members in each precinct for three (3) years; To choose one representative town meeting member in precinct one for one (1) year; To choose one representative town meeting member in precinct one for two (2) years; To choose two representative town meeting members in precinct four for one (1) year. (The one and two year terms being to fill vacancies)
Article 2. To vote by ballot :
Shall the following Chapter 82, Section 25, of the General Laws, Ter- centenary edition, be accepted?
"In a town which accepts the provisions of this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen, road commissioners or sewer commissioners may, when a town way is laid out, relocated or altered, enter and lay sewers and water pipes therein before possession is taken for the purpose of constructing such way, in like manner as if it had been actually constructed. Such entry shall not be deemed an entry for the purpose of constructing the way, and until such way has been constructed, sewer assess- ments shall be levied only upon the estates of persons connecting their drains with such sewers. If such laying out, relocation or alteration becomes void under the provisions of section three of chapter seventy-nine, all sewers or water pipes so laid therein shall be deemed to have been legally laid and placed therein; and damages may be recovered therefor under chapter seventy- nine; and the right to recover the same shall accrue when such laying out, alteration or widening becomes void. This section shall not apply to cities."
Article 3. To vote by ballot :
Shall the provisions of Chapter 31, Section 48, General Laws, Tercentenary edition, be accepted, thereby placing under Civil Service the call members of the Fire Department.
Article 4. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.
Article 5. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recom- mendations not calling for the appropriation of money, as contained in the reports of officers, boards or committees.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recom- mendations 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 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appro- priation of money for departmental and other expenses as recommended and set forth in the Selectmen's report under the Town Budget.
Article 10. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation or raising of money for permanent street construction.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 600-gallon triple combination motor pumper and equipment, to replace the old apparatus now in service at the Phillips Beach fire station, and appropriate $8,100 therefor, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $3,350 to replace old batteries and cables and make necessary changes and extensions in the fire alarm system, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $490 for 500 feet 21/2-inch fire hose, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $25,000 for a Selectmen's contingent fund to be disbursed by them for unemployment relief and ERA or similar projects, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 15. To see if the town, in the event of the acceptance of Sec. 25, Chapter 82 (Ter. Ed.) of the General Laws, will vote to authorize the laying of water mains in Foster road and or in Windsor avenue as provided in said section, and authorize the Selectmen to take the necessary steps therefor, and appropriate the sum of $20,000 to be used on condition that an additional sum for such purpose is furnished by the Federal Government, and that the
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town shall receive deeds granting an easement or fee in such way or ways and a waiver of damages by the owners or persons holding interest therein; or vote to take such other action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to amend, modify or annul section 8 of Chapter 7 of the town by-laws insofar as the same may relate to the laying of water mains or doing other public work on Foster road and or in Windsor avenue.
Article 17. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Park Com- missioners to finish filling and grading an area on the covered dump now in Phillips Park, large enough for use as a football gridiron, and erect a suitable chain link fence around same, and appropriate $8,000 therefor, as recommended by the Park Commissioners.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $100 for the salary of the secretary of the Planning Board for the year 1934, as voted in Article 21 in the special town meeting of April 4, 1934, but not making an appropriation therefor, as petitioned for by Herbert Ingalls.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $97.46 to pay the bill of A. H. Jenkins & Son, Inc., for labor and materials furnished at Grand Army Hall in 1933 and remaining unpaid at the closing of the books for the year 1933.
Article 20. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its own members as agent and investigating officer and fix the salary of such an appointee of $800 and appropriate money therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Sec. 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate to the account of unpaid bills the sum of $4,887.95, to cover bills of the departments named, contracted in 1934 and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the books for the year 1934: Public Welfare, $4,514.41; Highway, $50.85; Police, $234.36; Legion Lease, $13.33; Planning Board, $75.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Nason road (extreme end) as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, and to appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by John E. Gill, et als.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to remove the wooden blocks on Humphrey street and resurface same with some kind of permanent pavement and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of High- ways.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to resurface Monument avenue (westerly side) from Burrill street to Farragut road and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to clean the town beaches, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to construct a surface water drain about 600 feet long to drain the low area between Burrill street, Elmwood road, Thomas road and Paradise road and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Mildred Dressel Strauss, et als.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to relay the water main in Elm place, a distance of about 450 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage board.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to relay the water main in Upland road, a distance of about 150 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage board.
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