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SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
TOWN DOCUMENTS
EIGHTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott
For the Year Ending December 31
1938
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NICHOLS-ELLIS PRESS, INC. LYNN, MASS. 1939
TOWN DOCUMENTS
EIGHTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott
For the Year Ending December 31
1938
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
COTT. A.D. 1852
SWAMPSCO
NICHOLS-ELLIS PRESS, INC. LYNN, MASS. 1939
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers 1938
Selectmen Robert G. Byrne, Chairman
Philip E. Bessom
Kenneth W. Ulman
Moderator John R. Hurlburt Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr. Term as Collector of Taxes expires 1941
Town Treasurer James W. Libby Term expires 1941
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1940
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1939
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1941
Assessors Frank E. Morrison, Chairman Term expires 1941
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary
Term expires 1939
William H. Sutherland Term expires 1940
Board of Park Commissioners John Homan, Chairman Term expires 1940
Ralph I. Lindsey, Secretary Frederick C. Burk Term expires 1941 Term expires 1939
School Committee Philip H. Stafford, Chairman Term expires 1941
Marion D. Morse Term expires 1939 Amos E. Russell Term expires 1939
Edgar U. Burdett Term expires 1940 Bernard F. Carey Term expires 1941
Trustees of Public Library Lee T. Gray, Chairman Term expires 1941
Ralph H. Nutter, Secretary Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr. Term expires 1940 Term expires 1939
Board of Public Welfare Joseph P. Hines Term expires 1940
Donald Redfern Term expires 1939
Edward F. Burke Term expires 1941
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1941
*John B. Cahoon David Sherman (appointed to fill vacancy) Term expires 1939
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1940
*Deceased
1938]
Surveyor of Highways Timothy J. Ryan Term expires 1939 Tree Warden Frederick C. Burk
Constables Frank H. Bradford
Wayne Anderson
Willis E. Shephard
Planning Board John R. Nagle, Chairman Term expires 1941
Daniel Santry, Secretary Term expires 1941 Edward E. Call Term expires 1939
Ralph J. Curtis Term expires 1939 Thomas W. Duncan Term expires 1940
Commissioners of Trust Funds James W. Libby Term expires 1941
Conrad P. Richardson
Term expires 1939
Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1940
Town Meeting Members 1938
Precinct One
Wayne Anderson
58 Crescent street
Term Expires 1939
Frank N. Bessom
250 Essex street
1939
Lennart A. W. Bjorkman
16 Hillcrest circle 1940
K. Thomas Call
7 Tid street
1940
Ralph J. Curtis
24 Bristol avenue
1939
Emery L. Doane
43 Hillside avenue
1940
*Charles S. Doughty
41 Roy street
1939
Harold O. Durgin
103 Burpee road
1940
William F. Durgin, Jr.
70 Buena Vista street
1939
George D. R. Durkee
4 Upland road
1941
Harold H. Griffin
62 Roy street
1940
Hulbert C. Griffin
62 Roy street
1941
William S. Healey
32 Bristol avenue
1940
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex street
1939
Andrew B. Holmes
86 Cherry street
1941
Edward E. Jordan
12 Eureka avenue
1940
Edward H. Jordan
12 Eureka avenue
1941
Elmer E. Morley
6 Minerva street
1941
John R. Nagle
3 Upland road
1941
Milton E. Rich
421 Essex street
1941
Willard H. Robinson
11 Hillside avenue
1940
Henry A. Sadler
63 Cherry street
1941
Clarence E. Spinney
56 Crescent street
1939
Arthur Ventre
362 Essex street
1939
Precinct Two
Earl Abrams
68 Franklin avenue
Carl A. Ackerman
64 Stetson avenue
Term Expires 1941 1939
* deceased
moved to another precinct
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
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George B. Atkins
67 Stetson avenue 1939
J. Hervey M. Blackford
36 Maple avenue 1941
Amy C. Burk
100 Stetson avenue 1941
Robert G. Byrne
84 Franklin avenue
1940
Harry E. Cahoon
34B Essex avenue
1939
Albert E. Devitt
26 Stetson avenue
1939
Raymond O. Doane
34 Franklin avenue
1940
Frank B. Drummond
50 Franklin avenue 1939
Leo W. Frechette
3 Plymouth street
1940
Burt F. Harding
64 Stetson avenue
1941
Charles F. Hathaway
257 Burrill street
1939
Earle E. Jenkins
63 Suffolk avenue
1939
Alfred B. Jones
51 Suffolk avenue
1939
** Melvin N. King
3 Valley road
1940
Joseph A. Levesque
22 Columbia street
1941
Albert R. Martin
9 Suffolk avenue
1940
Albert E. Matthews
23 Essex street 1940
Harold F. Merrill
95 Essex street
1941
Frederick Miller
48 Franklin avenue
1941
John T. Nolan
99 Stetson avenue 1941
Evelyn S. Ryan
14 Plymouth street 1940
Arthur H. Susmann
42 Suffolk avenue
1939
(to fill vacancy)
Precinct Three
Term Expires
*Jean G. Allen
6 Humphrey street
1941
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine street
1939
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill street
1939
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex avenue
1939
Edgar U. Burdett
56 Elmwood road
1939
John E. Burns, Jr.
12 Boynton street
1940
William H. Carroll
148 Burrill street
1941
Geraldine L. Devlin
6 Humphrey street
1941
George V. Doane
9 Rock avenue
1940
Clarence M. Finch
22 Thomas road
1940
Ralph E. Floro
47 Pine street
1940
Arthur E. Hardy
58 New Ocean street
1941
James Imperial
1 Huron street
1940
** Parker C. Jordan
9 Boynton street
1940
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill street
1939
+Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
20 Elmwood road 1941
Francis T. Pedrick
6 Huron street 1941
1940
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry circle
1940
James W. Santry, Jr.
50 Humphrey street
1939
Harry M. Shanahan
4 Ellis terrace
1941
One Vacancy
1941
One Vacancy
1939
Precinct Four
Term Expires
Egbert H. Ballard
22 Farragut road
1941
Frederick L. Bartlett
137 Paradise road 1939
Everett F. Bowden
92 Middlesex avenue 1941
Frederick L. Brown
150 Norfolk avenue
1939
** moved out of town
*** moved to another precinct
f resigned
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey street 1939
Byron E. Porter
93 Pine street
1938]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
5
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas road 1939
David W. Callahan
98 Paradise road 1940
Peter Cassidy
8 Banks road
1940
*Edward C. Eames
37 Hampden street
1941
Thomas B. Epps
34 Berkshire street
1940
Walter E. Furbush
174 Norfolk avenue
1940
George J. Harvey
3 Paton terrace
1941
Andrew P. Haynes
1 Ellis road
1939
Albert S. Hills
137 Norfolk avenue
1941
William S. Jelly
34 Farragut road
1939
Walter F. Livermore
135 Paradise road 1940
1941
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk avenue
1941
Frank A. Mowatt
102 Farragut road
1939
Fred M. Seaton
113 Paradise road
1940
Anson M. Titus
90 Paradise road
1941
Kenneth W. Ulman
40 Middlesex avenue
1939
Norbet A. Ulman
142 Norfolk avenue
1940
George P. Wadleigh
154 Norfolk avenue
1940
Harold M. King
90 Walker road
1939
Precinct Five
Term Expires
Joseph Atwood
72 Banks road
1940
Edwin M. Bailey
19 Farragut road
1939
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood road
1939
** John P. Barrett, Jr.
72 Magnolia road
1941
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood avenue
1941
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan road
1941
Harold G. Enholm
4 Sheridan road
1939
George M. Glidden
30 Banks terrace
1941
Charles E. Hodgdon
95 Banks road
1939
George E. Hutchinson
95 Walker road
1940
John T. Lee
146 Aspen road
1940
Robert M. Leonard
176 Aspen road
1940
Ralph I. Lindsey
148 Elmwood road
1941
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood avenue
1939
George H. Lucey
49 Devens road
1941
Raymond P. Miller
73 Fuller avenue
1941
Florence E. Preston
38 Outlook road 1941
T. Carlton Rowen
90 Mountwood road 1940
Winthrop M. Sears
55 Sherwood road 1939
Alice L. Shaw
38 Outlook road
1940
Charles A. Southworth
7 Grant road
1939
William H. Sutherland
16 Bond street
1940
Raymond B. Wade
107 Aspen road
1940
John Henry Welch
153 Elmwood road
1939
Precinct Six
Term Expires
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland street
1939
Robert E. Blood
10 Fuller terrace 1939
James A. Breed
50 Greenwood avenue 1941
Frank L. Burk
10 Ingalls terrace
1940
Edward F. Burke
82 Redington street 1940
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey street 1941
Willis B. Chapman
322 Humphrey street
1939
* deceased
** moved out of town
18 Berkshire street 1939
Gerald R. Griffin
James R. Maddock
4 Farragut road
(to fill vacancy)
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Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey street
1940
Kingsland Dunwoody
10 Bay View drive 1941
Charles A. Easterbrook
1 Oak road 1940
Howard K. Glidden
49 Rockland street
1939
Philip A. Graham
11 Humphrey terrace
1940
John B. Hadaway
21 Bay View drive
1941
Horace C. Holden
5 Greenwood avenue
1939
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey terrace
1939
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View avenue
1939
Fred L. Mower
12 Blaney circle
1941
Vincent P. O'Brien
202 Humphrey street
1940
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View drive
1939
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey street
1941
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey street
1940
Daniel Santry
31 Cedar Hill terrace
1941
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence terrace
1941
*Maurice Yozell
27 Bay view avenue
1940
Precinct Seven
Term Expires
+Herbert W. Andrews
70 Puritan road
1939
Frank M. Atwood
55 Orient court
1940
Walter E. Barnes
14 Sargent road
1940
Philip E. Bessom
4 Palmer avenue
1939
Frederic R. Bogardus
48 Atlantic avenue
1941
Edward F. Breed
3 Palmer avenue
1941
Joseph W. Breed, 3rd
35 Atlantic avenue
1940
Thomas S. Bubier
3 Beverly road
1939
James W. Buchanan
110 Aspen road
1940
Roger J. Connell
81 Ocean View road
1939
H. Allen Durkee
28 Puritan avenue
1939
Hamilton P. Edwards
55 Atlantic avenue
1941
Abram French
646 Humphrey street
1939
R. Wyer Greene
78 Millett road
1941
John Homan
69 Ocean View road
1940
Robert F. Kimball
70 Atlantic avenue
1939
Lawrence B. Leonard
30 Atlantic avenue
1941
Ralph S. Maxwell
82 Millett road
1939
Lester B. Morley
62 Millett road
1941
Conrad P. Richardson
15 Beverly road
1940
James I. Riddell
677 Humphrey street
1940
Amos E. Russell
85 Kensington lane
1941
Francis L. Smith
75 Bates road
1941
Harry E. Whitten
20 Ocean View road
1940
Precinct Eight
Term Expires
John H. Blodgett
100 Beach Bluff avenue
1940
Thomas H. Bradley
20 Orchard road
1940
Richard P. Breed
106 Bradlee avenue 1939
Frederick S. Brennan
33 Hawthorne road
1940
Bernard F. Carey
63 Orchard road
1940
Carleton Davenport
34 Stanley road 1939
1941
Charles F. Gallagher
32 Beach Bluff avenue
1940
Lee T. Gray
79 Morton road 1940
Irving B. Hitchings
30 Stanwood road 1940
George W. Howe
44 Beach Bluff avenue 1939
John I. Hull
9 Lawrence road
1939
* deceased
៛ resigned
Thomas W. Duncan
38 Crosman avenue
1938]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
7
John R. Hurlburt
40 Beach Bluff avenue 1939
** Ralph H. Illingworth
2 Phillips terrace 1939
Harold A. Johnson
37 Crosman avenue 1940
Joseph S. Kimball
43 Beach Bluff avenue
1941
William H. McCarty
64 Bradlee avenue
1941
Francis C. Millspaugh
1015 State road
1939
Thomas J. Minton
13 Nason road
1941
Ralph H. Nutter
21 Mostyn street
1941
Arnold S. Potter
31 Estabrook road
1941
Albert N. Rothermel
72 Bradlee avenue
1941
Raymond T. Vredenburgh
10 Clarke road 1939
Arthur M. Wyman
2 Beach Bluff avenue
1941
moved out of town
Appointed Town Officers
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Accountant Horace R. Parker
Secretary of Selectmen Vincent P. O'Brien
Town Counsel
Lester B. Morley
Town Engineer
Wallace W. Pratt
Assistant Town Engineer Howard L. Hamill
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent James A. Hegarty
Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Frederick C. Burk
Building Inspector Raymond O. Doane
Assistant Building Inspector Winthrop M. Sears
Inspector of Animals Roy B. Ximiness
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles Walter Burrill
Agent and Custodian of Town Hall John G. McLearn
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Dog Officer Willis E. Shephard
Fence Viewers Raymond O. Doane, Wallace W. Pratt
Inspector of Petroleum Reginald S. Hunt
Soldiers' Relief Agent and State Aid Correspondent James A. Hegarty
Board of Registrars William H. Hanifey, Democrat, Chairman Term expires 1939
Harold R. Young, Democrat Herbert W. Andrews, Republican Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Republican Clerk Ex-Officio
Smoke Inspector Raymond O. Doane
W. P. A. Co-ordinator Ralph S. Maxwell
Engineers of Fire Department Thomas J. Minton, Chairman
Frank N. Bessom
Albert C. Whipple
Chief of Fire Department James Warnock
Chief of Police and Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Special Police Officers
Herbert W. Andrews
Frederick C. Burk
George B. Atkins
C. Walter Burrill
Samuel L. Atkins
Arthur Bushway
Thomas A. Bailey
Robert G. Byrne
Roland Barnes
Harry E. Cahoon
Frederick L. Bartlett
L. Herbert Cahoon Edward P. Carroll Peter Cassidy
Philip E. Bessom
James K. Chadbourne
John H. Blodgett
John R. Chaisson
Walter M. Champion, Jr.
Philip W. Blood John A. Boston William V. Boudreau C. Glover Bowes
Donald Chase Alfred L. Chausse
Frank H. Bradford
Alphonse Chiancone Frank Coletti
Chester E. Bradley
Thomas H. Bradley James W. Buchanan Frank L. Burk
Charles A. Colton
Arthur R. Conley Charles E. Connelly
Leonard H. Bates
1938]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
9
Homer J. Craft Charles H. Cunningham Paul C. Curtis Ralph C. Curtis Eldridge T. Davis
John S. Lancy Louis LaParrella John T. Lee
Albert E. Legere
Robert M. Leonard
Leon Deveau George E. Devitt
James W. Libby Ralph I. Lindsey
George V. Doane
Alexander E. Little
Charles J. Dolan
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
Thomas J. Dolley
Francis H. Maitland
Stephen J. Donlon
Frank Maitland
Richard J. Duly
Sullivan Marino Albert R. Martin
Thomas W. Duncan
Nathanial R. Martin
Harold O. Durgin
Ralph S. Maxwell
George D. R. Durkee
William J. McGettrick
Richard C. Eames
Delmar H. McLean
Vincent B. Easterbrooks Hamilton P. Edwards J. Howard Edwards Lyndon W. Ellis James Fitzpatrick
Ralph E. Floro
Berton A. Fogg
Daniel J. Myers
Edward E. Folsom
Walter H. Murphy John R. Nagle
George E. Nickerson
Vincent P. O'Brien
Chester H. Fox Alfred N. Frazier Leo W. Frechette Gordon F. Fuller Walter F. Fuller Giacomo Gallo Joseph Gallo Nicholas Gallo
Harold A. Osborne Emanuel Pagano Alonzo F. Parker Antonio Parletta Mary M. Pedrick Leroy V. Perry
Albert E. Gallup
George W. Getchell
Herman G. Gill, Jr.
Norman Given Leo Gormely Ralph E. Gould
Robert K. Phillips Francis Pierre Michael Pierro George J. Place
Samuel Prideaux, Jr.
Charles B. Pugsley
Martin H. Randall Donald Redfern
Conrad P. Richardson
Thomas H. Riley
Amos E. Russell Thomas Saville
Winthrop M. Sears
Frederick M. Seaton
Clarence F. Shaw Willis E. Shephard David Sherman James A. Smith Clarence E. Spinney Boardman Steadman Clarence Stensrud James S. Stewart
Simeon J. Strong Charles W. Sumner
Thomas Handley Arthur E. Hardy Herman W. Hay John D. Healey James A. Hegarty Robert B. Hegarty Joseph P. Hines Clarence W. Horton M. Paine Hoseason Joseph Hunt John R. Hurlburt Emilio Iarrobino Alden G. Jacobs Earl E. Jenkins Harold G. Johnson Clement E. Kennedy Frank Lally
Philip F. Perry Raymond Perry Frank Petrogallo
Stuart W. Graham
Victor Greig
Gerald R. Griffin Eustis B. Grimes
Ralph D. Merritt William P. Mitchell John G. Moran Lester B. Morley
Walter H. Forbes, Jr.
John G. McLearn
Frank W. Meggison
William Duly
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Harry W. Sundberg
Kenneth W. Ulman
Arthur Susmann
George C. Webster
Ivan C. Sutherland
Harold I. Wheeler
William H. Sutherland, Jr.
Robert C. Winkpaw
Kenneth F. Swain
Herbert E. Wood
Russell Thayer
Daniel W. Wormwood
Carlyle W. Thomas
Douglass B. Yuill
Rocco Zuchero
Board of Appeals Conrad P. Richardson, Chairman Term expires 1940
Term expires 1939
Board of Survey Board of Selectmen Ex-Officio
Contributory Retirement System Board Roger J. Connell, Chairman Term expires 1940 Horace R. Parker, Town Accountant Ralph S. Maxwell (oppointed by statute) Term expires 1939 (elected by members)
Bureau of Old Age Assistance (Appointed by Board of Public Welfare) Lionel J. Melanson, Chairman Donald Redfern
Joseph P. Hines Richard Chambers, Secretary
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
Finance
Precinct 1 Robert B. Hegarty
Precinct 2 Frank B. Drummond
Precinct 3 James W. Santry, Jr., Chairman
Precinct 4 Walter F. Livermore (Anson M. Titus, resigned)
Precinct 5 Robert M. Leonard
Precinct 6 William Edgar Carter
Precinct 7 Francis L. Smith (Hamilton P. Edwards, Chairman, resigned)
Precinct 8 William H. McCarty
Fourth of July Committee Robert G. Byrne, Chairman
Harold P. Boudreau Loran J. Harvey
Joseph P. Hines Louis LaParrella
By-Law Committee Harry D. Linscott, Chairman
Edgar U. Burdett Charles F. Lovejoy
Clarence B. Humphrey Harry E. Whitten
Armistice Day Committee John P. Costin. Chairman
Edward F. Burke Frederick J. Hay
Joseph P. Hines Horace R. Parker
Charles V. Easterbrooks . Harry M. Shanahan Term expires 1941
Walter Thomas
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Records of Town Clerk TOWN WARRANT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, February 21, 1938
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, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the twenty- first day of February, 1938, at 7 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting will adjourn to Tuesday, March 1, 1938, 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 a Collector of Taxes for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose two members of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for two (2) years to fill vacancy.
To choose one member of the School Committee for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
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 Park Commission for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- lic 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 three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for two (2) years to fill vacancy.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose eight (8) representative town meeting members in each precinct for three (3) years.
To choose two (2) representative town meeting members in precinct one for two (2) years to fill vacancies.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct one for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct two for two (2) years to fill vacancy.
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To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct three for two (2) years to fill vacancy.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct three for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose two (2) representative town meeting members in precinct four for two (2) years to fill vacancies.
All to be chosen by ballot.
Article 2. To vote by ballot. "Shall the provisions of Section one (1) Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1937 entitled 'An Act providing for absent voting at Regular Town Elections', be accepted ?"
Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town 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, 1938, and to issue a note or notes, there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town 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, 1939, and to issue a note or notes, there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations not calling for the appropriation of money, as contained in the reports of officers, boards or committees.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, and 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 appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses, as listed in the budget in the Selectmen's report for the year 1937.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500) with which to complete, equip, and furnish the new Police Station, as petitioned for by the Police Station Building Committee or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the continuance of the sewing project, so-called, and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the Board of As- sessors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board, each, to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).
Article 13. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225) for a fire alarm street box to be connected with the inside fire alarm system at the High School, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
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Article 15. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new car for the use of the Chief of the Fire Department and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engi- neers.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate five hun- dred dollars ($500) for cotton rubber-lined fire hose, as recom- mended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to install new apparatus doors, repair, paint, and make other neces- sary changes and alterations at the Central Fire Station and grounds, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to appropriate to the account of Unpaid Bills, the sum of $1,650.33 covering bills contracted Prior to January 1, 1938, and remaining unpaid at the time of closing the books for the year 1937; Town Hall $22.62, Law 1,598.10, Ceme- tery $13.61, Inspector of Animals $16.00.
Article 19. To see if the town will appropriate to the account of Unpaid Bills, the sum of $1,706.93 to cover bills of the Public Welfare Department remaining unpaid at the time of closing the books for the year 1937.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to settle a claim of E. C. Phillips Inc., for material and labor fur- nished at the old G. A. R. hall on Pine street during 1934 and 1936 or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Welfare to appoint one of its own members as agent and investi- gating officer and fix the salary of such an appointee at $1200 and appropriate money therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).
Article 22. To see if the town will authorize the Bureau of Old Age Assistance to appoint one of its own members as agent and investigating officer.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the proper observance of the Fourth of July or take any action relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the proper observance of Armistice Day or take any action relative therto.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to take any action rela- tive to the proper observance of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial and appropriate money therefor.
Article 26. To see if the town of Swampscott will vote to restore the annual appropriation of two hundred dollars $(200) for the observance of the Firemen's Memorial Sunday. This appropriation is provided for and authorized by the General Laws of Massachusetts, Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 40, Section 5, as petitioned for by Carl J. Berry et al.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a wire inspector and appropriate money therefor.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) to be used on the W. P. A. Recreational Project or take any action relative thereto.
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