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TOWN DOCUMENTS -
NINETIETH
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Town of Swampscott For the Year Ending December 31
1941
N. A. LINDSEY & CO., INC. MARBLEHEAD, MASS.
1942
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers 1941
352 SW Selectmen 1941-4 Ja James W. Buchanan, Chairman Robert G. Byrne
Philip E. Bessom
Moderator John R. Hurlburt
Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr.
Term as Collector of Taxes expires 1944 Term as Town Clerk expires 1943
Town Treasurer James W. Libby Term expires 1944 Water and Sewerage Commissioners Harold G. Enholm, Chairman Term expires 1944
Harold C. Hudson Term expires 1943
George B. Atkins Term expires 1942
Assessors Frank E. Morrison, Chairman Term expires 1944 Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary
Term expires 1942
John A. Holmes Term expires 1943
Board of Park Commissioners John Homan, Chairman Term expires 1943
Ralph I. Lindsey, Secretary Frederick C. Burk Term expires 1942
Term expires 1944
School Committee Marion D. Morse, Chairman Term expires 1942
Amos E. Russell
Term expires 1942
Ralph N. Murray
Term expires 1944
Bernard F. Carey Term expires 1944 Edgar U. Burdett Term expires 1943
Trustees of Public Library Lee T. Gray, Chairman Term expires 1944
Rev. James D. Cummins, Secretary Term expires 1942 (Deceased, December 26, 1941)
Ralph H. Nutter Term expires 1943
Board of Public Welfare Fred M. Seaton, Chairman Term expires 1944
Donald Redfern Term expires 1942
Edward F. Fiedler Term expires 1943
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1944
Dr. Chester P. Brown
Term expires 1942
George J. Nichols Term expires 1943
1941]
Surveyor of Highways Timothy J. Ryan Term expires 1942 Constables Leonard H. Bates Willis E. Shephard
Wayne Anderson
Planning Board James R. Maddock, Chairman Term expires 1942
George J. Nichols, Secretary
Term expires 1945 Alfred L. Richards
Term expires 1944
Thomas W. Duncan Term expires 1943 Arthur H. McGovern Term expires 1946
Commissioners of Trust Funds James W. Libby Term expires 1944
Conrad P. Richardson
Term expires 1942
Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1943
Town Meeting Members
Precinct One
Term Expires
Bert P. Allen
138 Stetson Avenue
1942
Wayne Anderson
58 Crescent Street
1942
Frank N. Bessom
250 Essex Street 1942
Frederick C. Burk
143 Stetson Avenue
1943
Frederick R. Champion
16 Hillside Avenue
1942
** Ralph J. Curtis
24 Bristol Avenue
1942
** Eldridge T. Davis
40 Roy Street
1942
George D. R. Durkee
4 Upland Road
1944
Alfred N. Frazier
346 Essex Street
1944
Henry H. Freeto
18 Burpee Road
1943
*** Harold H. Griffin
62 Roy Street
1943
Hulbert C. Griffin
62 Roy Street
1944
Raymond F. Griffin
50 Essex Street
1943
Robert B. Hegarty
350 Essex Street
1942
Edward E. Jordan
12 Eureka Avenue
1943
Edward H. Jordan
12 Eureka Avenue
1944
Joseph F. Marino
337 Essex Street
1943
Antonio Parletta
42 Cherry Street
1944
Rollins G. Robinson
17 Hillside Avenue
1943
Willard H. Robinson
11 Hillside Avenue
1943
Henry A. Sadler
63 Cherry Street
1944
Clarence E. Spinney
56 Crescent Street
1942
William F. Durgin, Jr.
29 Jessie Street
1942
Woodbury Broderick
145 Stetson Avenue
1942
Precinct Two
Term Expires
Earl Abrams
68 Franklin Avenue
1944
George B. Atkins
67 Stetson Avenue 1942
J. Hervey M. Blackford
36 Maple Avenue
1944
*Moved to another precinct
*** Moved out of town
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Willis P. Burbank
64 Franklin Avenue 1944
** Robert G. Byrne
84 Franklin Avenue
1943
Harry E. Cahoon
34B Essex Avenue
1942
Albert E. Devitt
26 Stetson Avenue
1942
Raymond O. Doane
34 Franklin Avenue
1943
Frank B. Drummond
52 Franklin Avenue
1942
Leo. W. Frechette
3 Plymouth Avenue
1943
Clinton E. French
47 Plymouth Avenue
1942
John F. Graham
68 Plymouth Avenue
1944
C. Frank Hathaway
257 Burrill Street
1942
John A. Holmes
10 Essex Street
1943
Earle E. Jenkins
63 Suffolk Avenue
1942
Albert E. Matthews
23 Essex Street
1943
Frederick Miller
.48 Franklin Avenue
1944
Elmer E. Morley
53 Plymouth Avenue
1944
Ralph A. Newhall
42 Maple Avenue
1943
Thomas M. Newth
153 Essex Street
1944
Edmund W. Pease
92 Stetson Avenue
1944
Loring C. Smith
29 Plymouth Avenue
1943
Walter O. Spofford
21 Plymouth Avenue 1942
John Stone
207 Burrill Street
1943
Precinct Three
Term Expires
I. Murray Adams
33 Rock Avenue
1944
LeRoy S. Austin
63 Pine Street
1942
Ralph E. Bicknell
79 Burrill Street 1942
Chester A. Brown
17 Middlesex Avenue
1942
Chester P. Brown
3 Kings Beach Terrace
1943
Edgar U. Burdett
56 Elmwood Road
1942
William H. Carroll
148 Burrill Street
1944
George C. Chaisson
3 Elmwood Road
1943
Stanley T. Devitt
128 Burrill Street
1944
Clarence M. Finch
32 Thomas Road
1943
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey Street
1942
Harold F. Harvey
32 Norfolk Avenue
1943
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill Street 1942
Ernest Manchin
44 Norfolk Avenue
1943
Joseph F. Massidda
78 Pine Street 1943
1943
Charles F. Owens
56 New Ocean Street
1944
Francis T. Pedrick
6 Huron Street
1944
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry Circle
1943
Margaret M. Scanlon
113 Burrill Street 1944
Harry M. Shanahan
4 Ellis Terrace 1944
Calvin S. Tilden
17 Claremont Terrace
1942
Vacancy
Precinct Four
Term Expires
Herbert R. Anderson
34 Farragut Road
1942
Egbert H. Ballard
22 Farragut Road 1944
Frederick L. Bartlett
137 Paradise Road 1943
Frederick L. Brown
150 Norfolk Avenue 1942
Edward E. Call
60 Thomas Road 1942
Ralph L. Dennis
71 Middlesex Avenue 1943
Walter E. Furbush
18 Berkshire Street
1942
** Moved to another precinct
*Moved out of town
20 Elmwood Road 1944
Malcolm F. MacLean
Barbara Odiorne
51 New Ocean Street
1941]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
5
Gerald R. Griffin
42 Hampden Street 1943
George Harvey
3 Paton Terrace
1944
Andrew Haynes
1 Ellis Road 1942
Albert N. Mills
137 Norfolk Avenue
1944
Alfred B. Jones
135 Paradise Road -
1942
James R. Maddock
4 Farragut Road
1944
Robert C. Mansfield
25 Norfolk Avenue
1944
Harvey P. Newcomb
30 Farragut Road
1944
Fred M. Seaton
113 Paradise Road
1943
Philip H. Stafford
26 Banks Road
1943
Anson M. Titus
90 Paradise Road
1944
Kenneth W. Ulman
8 Brewster Terrace
1942
Norbert A. Ulman
142 Norfolk Avenue
1943
George P. Wadleigh
154 Norfolk Avenue
1943
Vacancy
Precinct Five
Term Expires
Joseph Atwood
72 Banks Road
1943
Edwin M. Bailey
19 Farragut Road
1942
Henry S. Baldwin
141 Elmwood Road
1942
Benjamin B. Blanchard
108 Greenwood Avenue
1944
Guy N. Chamberlin
25 Sheridan Road
1944
Frederic P. Clark
29 Outlook Road 1943
Harold G. Enholm
4 Sheridan Road
1942
Edwin A. Fuller
85 Walker Road
1944
George M. Glidden
30 Banks Terrace
1944
*Charles E. Hodgdon
95 Banks Road
1942
George E. Hutchinson
78 Fuller Avenue
1943
John T. Lee
146 Aspen Road
1943
Robert M. Leonard
176 Aspen Road
1943
Ralph I. Lindsey
148 Elmwood Road
1944
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood Avenue
1942
George H. Lucey
49 Devens Road 1944
Raymond P. Miller
73 Fuller Avenue 1944
1943
Winthrop M. Sears
55 Sherwood Road
1942
Charles A. Southworth
7 Grant Road
1942
107 Aspen Road
1943
153 Elmwood Road
1942
Precinct Six
Term Expires
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland Street
1942
Roland C. Booma
30 Ingalls Terrace
1944
Frederick L. Breed
50 Greenwood Avenue 1943
James A. Breed
50 Greenwood Avenue
1944
Edward F. Burke
82 Redington Street
1943
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey Street
1944
Willis B. Chapman
322 Humphrey Street
1942
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey Street
1943
Kingsland Dunwoody
10 Bay View Drive
1944
Charles A. Easterbrooks
20 Oak Road
1943
Howard K. Glidden
49 Rockland Street 1942
Stuart W. Graham
3 Rockland Street
1944
*Deceased
** Moved to another precinct.
169 Paradise Road 1943
1944
Walter F. Livermore
Alfred W. Maddock
4 Farragut Road
Joel W. Reynolds T. Carlton Rowen
175 Redington Street
90 Mountwood Road
1943
Raymond B. Wade J. Henry Welch Vacancy
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[Dec. 31
Joseph P. Hines
5 Elmwood Terrace 1943
Clarence B. Humphrey
12 Humphrey Terrace
1942
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View Avenue
1942
George J. Nichols
208 Humphrey Street
1942
Vincent P. O'Brien
202 Humphrey Street
1943
Arthur H. Parsons, Jr.
85 Redington Street
1944
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View Drive
1942
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey Street
1944
Frederick J. Rudd
312 Humphrey Street
1943
Thomas W. Southward
14 Bay View Drive
1943
Stanley M. Stocker
15 Lawrence Terrace
1944
Precinct Seven
Term Expires
Charles D. Addison, Jr.
50 Aspen Road
1942
Walter E. Barnes
14 Sargent Road
1943
Philip E. Bessom
4 Palmer Avenue
1942
C. Glover Bowes
2 Tupelo Road
1943
Thomas S. Bubier
3 Beverly Road
1942
James W. Buchanan
110 Aspen Road 1943
Frank L. Burk
60 Orient Court
1943
Roger J. Connell
81 Ocean View Road
1942
Patrick J. Cryan
45 Pleasant Street
1942
Harold A. Durkee
28 Puritan Avenue 1942
Hamilton P. Edwards
55 Atlantic Avenue
1944
R. Wyer Greene
78 Millett Road
1944
John Homan
69 Ocean View Road
1943
Robert F. Kimball
70 Atlantic Avenue
1942
Lawrence B. Leonard
30 Atlantic Avenue
1944
Francis W. B. Maitland
356 Puritan Road
1943
Ralph S. Maxwell
82 Millett Road
1942
John S. McKenney
15 Sargent Road
1943
Lester B. Morley
62 Millett Road
1944
Fred L. Mower
34 Atlantic Avenue
1944
Conrad P. Richardson
15 Beverly Road
1943
Amos E. Russell
85 Kensington Lane
1944
James W. Santry, Jr.
10 Walnut Road 1944
Francis L. Smith
75 Bates Road
1944
Precinct Eight
Term Expires
John H. Blodgett
100 Beach Bluff Avenue
1943
Thomas H. Bradley
20 Orchard Road
1943
Richard P. Breed
106 Bradlee Avenue 1942
Frederick S. Brennan
33 Hawthorne Road 1943
Horace Burrough, 3rd
163 Beach Bluff Avenue
1942
Bernard F. Carey
63 Orchard Road
1943
Thomas W. Duncan
38 Crosman Avenue 1944
1943
Lee T. Gray
79 Morton Road
1943
Irving B. Hitching's
30 Stanwood Road
1943
George W. Howe
44 Beach Bluff Avenue
1942
John I. Hull
9 Lawrence Road
1942
John R. Hulburt
40 Beach Bluff Avenue
1942
Harold A. Johnson
37 Crosman Avenue
1943
Joseph S. Kimball
43 Beach Bluff Avenue
1944
William H. McCarty
64 Bradlee Avenue 1944
** Geraldine E. Minton
15 Nason Road 1942
Thomas J. Minton
15 Nason Road
1944
** Moved to another precinct
Vacancy
Charles F. Gallagher
32 Beach Bluff Avenue
1941]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
7
Henry A. Pevear
44 Manton Road 1944
Arnold S. Potter
31 Estabrook Road 1944
Albert N. Rothermel
72 Bradlee Avenue 1944
George F. Vincent
78 Phillips Avenue
1942
10 Clarke Road 1942
2 Beach Bluff Avenue 1944
Appointed Town Officers
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN Town Accountant I. Murray Adams Secretary of Selectmen John S. McKenney Town Counsel Lester B. Morley
Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt (Retired, December 6, 1941) Howard L. Hamill (Appointed, as of December 6, 1941)
Assistant Town Engineer Howard L. Hamill
Freeman W. Towers (Appointed, December 23, 1941)
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent James A. Hegarty
Forest Warden
Frederick C. Burk
Building Inspector
Raymond O. Doane
Assistant Building Inspector Winthrop M. Sears
Inspector of Animals Carl R. Benton
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles Walter Burrill Agent and Custodian of Town Hall John G. McLearn Dog Officer Willis E. Shephard Fence Viewers Raymond O. Doane, Wallace W. Pratt Inspector of Petroleum Jefferson G. Owens
Soldiers' Relief Agent and State Aid Correspondent James A. Hegarty Board of Registrars Herbert W. Andrews, Republican, Chairman Term expires 1944
Harold R. Young, Democrat Charles P. McGettrick, Democrat Term expires 1942
Term expires 1943
Raymond T. Vredenburgh
Arthur M. Wyman
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[Dec. 31
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr., Republican Clerk Ex-Officio Smoke Inspector Raymond O. Doane
Sponsor's W.P.A. Agent Charles D. Addison Engineers of Fire Department James W. Buchanan, Chairman
Robert G. Byrne
Philip E. Bessom
Chief of Fire Department Charles H. Lampard Chief of Police and Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Special Police Officers-1941
Wayne Anderson
Leon R. DeVeau
Herbert W. Andrews
George E. Devitt
George B. Atkins
George V. Doane
Samuel L. Atkins
Charles J. Dolan
Thomas A. Bailey
Stephen J. Donlon
Roland C. Barnes
Joseph M. Downey
Frederick L. Bartlett
Richard J. Duly
Leonard H. Bates
William A. Duly
Philip E. Bessom
Thomas W. Duncan
John H. Blodgett
Harold O. Durgin
Philip W. Blood
George D. R. Durkee
John A. Boston William V. Boudreau
J. Howard Edwards
Thomas H. Bradley
Chester E. Bradley
Clyde S. Emery
James W. Buchanan
James J. Fitzpatrick
Frank L. Burk
Berton A. Fogg
C. Walter Burrill
Edward E. Folsom
Arthur L. Burt
Alfred N. Frazier
Robert G. Byrne
Leo W. Frenchette
Thomas J. Cahill
Gordon F. Fuller
Harry E. Cahoon
Walter F. Fuller
Giacomo Gallo
Albert E. Gallup
James K. Chadbourne
Norman J. Given
Alphonse Chiancone
Ralph E. Gould
Joseph G. Clancy
Stuart W. Graham
Frank G. Coletti
Victor D. Greig
Charles A. Colton
Eustis B. Grimes
Arthur R. Conley
Thomas Handley
Arthur E. Hardy Herman W. Hay
Ray D. Crooker
William M. Hayes
Paul C. Curtis
James A. Hegarty
Ralph C. Curtis
Robert B. Hegarty
Eldridge T. Davis
Clarence W. Horton
*Resigned
** Deceased
Gerald R. Griffin
Charles E. Connelly
Homer J. Craft
Vincent B. Easterbrooks
Hamilton P. Edwards
C. Glover Bowes
Lyndon W. Ellis
L. Herbert Cahoon Edward P. Carroll Peter Cassidy
George W. Getchell
Paul Colleti
1941]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
9
M. Paine Hoseason
Antonio. Parletta
Joseph M. Hunt
Mary M. Pedrick
John R. Hurlburt
Leroy V. Perry
Emilio Iarrobino
Philip F. Perry
Harold G. Johnson
Robert K. Phillips
Clement E. Kennedy
Francis Pierre
Daniel C. Kennedy
Frank Petrogallo
George B. Kennedy
George J. Place
Frank Lally
Martin H. Randall
Louis I. LaParrella
Donald Redfern
Gordon Laumann
Conrad P. Richardson
John T. Lee
Thomas H. Riley
Albert E. Legere
Robert M. Leonard
James W. Libby
Winthrop M. Sears
Ralph I. Lindsey
Fred M. Seaton
Alexander E. Little
Willis E. Shephard
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr.
*Francis H. Maitland
Francis W. Maitland
Clarence E. Spinney
James S. Stewart
Albert R. Martin
Charles P. McGettrick
William J. McGettrick
*Francis R. McGougan
Delmar H. McLean
William H. Sutherland
John G. McLearn
Kenneth F. Swain
Ralph D. Merritt
William P. Mitchell
Russell J. Thayer
John G. Moran
Calvin S. Tilden
Walter H. Murphy
Kenneth W. Ulman
Daniel J. Myers
Antonio Videtta ** Harold I. Wheeler
Roy Nelson, Jr.
George E. Nickerson
Howard B. Whipple
Vincent P. O'Brien
Herbert E. Wood
** Harold A. Osborne
Daniel W. Wormwood
Emanuel Pagano
Charles F. Young
Rocco Zuchero
Board of Appeals Conrad P. Richardson, Chairman Term expires 1943
C. Glover Bowes Term expires 1944
Charles V. Easterbrooks Term expires 1942
Contributory Retirement System Board Dr. Lincoln A. Palmer, Chairman Term expires 1943 I. Murray Adams, Town Accountant, Secretary (appointed by statute) Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. (elected by members of system) Term expires 1944
Bureau of Old Age Assistance (Appointed by Board of Public Welfare) Edward F. Fiedler, Chairman (resigned) Fred M. Seaton, Chairman (appointed Oct. 16, 1941)
Donald Redfern
Willis B. Chapman
William R. MacMillan, Secretary
** Deceased
David Sherman
James A. Smith
Sullivan Marino
Simeon J. Strong
Charles W. Sumner
Harry W. Sundberg
Ivan C. Sutherland
Glover Swindlehurst
Alonzo F. Parker
Amos E. Russell Thomas Saville
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[Dec. 31
COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY MODERATOR Finance
Precinct 1 Robert B. Hegarty
Precinct 2 Frank B. Drummond
Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown
Precinct 4 Walter F. Livermore
Precinct 5 Joseph Atwood
Precinct 6 William Edgar Carter
Precinct 7 Francis L. Smith, Chairman
Precinct 8 William H. McCarty
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Records of Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
Monday, February 17, 1941
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 qual- ified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, to wit-
In Precinct One-Polling Place-Machon School on Burpee Road.
In Precinct Two-Polling Place-Phoenix Bowling Alleys, 217 Burrill Street.
In Precinct Three-Polling Place-Town Hall on Burrill Street.
In Precinct Four-Polling Place-Clarke School, adjoining Ab- bott Park.
In Precinct Five-Polling Place-Odd Fellows' Hall, 115 Elm- wood Road.
In Precinct Six-Polling Place-Hadley School on Redington Street.
In Precinct Seven-Polling Place-Essex Oil Filling Station, 638 Humphrey Street.
In Precinct Eight-Polling Place-Phillips Beach Fire Engine House, Phillips Avenue.
On Monday, the seventeenth day of February, 1941, at seven (7) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following arti- cles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting will adjourn to Tuesday, the 11th day of March, 1941, at 7.45 P.M., at the Town Hall.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for three (3) years. To choose a Town Treasurer for three (3) years.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose two members 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 Public Welfare for two (2) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for two (2) 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.
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To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
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 one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct two for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose two (2) representative town meeting members in precinct three for two (2) years to fill vacancies.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct three for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct four for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
To choose one (1) representative town meeting member in precinct six for one (1) year to fill vacancy. All to be chosen by ballot.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. 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, 1942, 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. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. 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. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. 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 proper- ty, as set forth in the reports of officers, boards or committees. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. 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 of the annual town report. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. 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 there- of and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Asses- sors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board.
Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the treatment of mosquito breeding places. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate to the account of unpaid bills the sum of $1,200.57 covering bills contracted prior to January 1, 1941, and remaining unpaid at the time of closing
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the books for the year 1940, according to the records of the Town Accountant. Sponsored by the Town Accountant.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to remove any or all of the car tracks now located in Swampscott and/or resurface the streets from which the said car tracks are removed and appropriate money therefor. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the improvement of Humphrey Street, or such other streets as the town meeting may determine; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the maintenance of Humphrey Street, or such other streets as the town meeting may determine; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. 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 at $1200 and appropriate money therefor as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 15. 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 and fix the salary of such an appointee at $300 and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative there- to. Sponsored by the Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to compromise and settle all claims by the City of Boston for aid and support furnished to persons having a legal settlement in the Town of Swampscott and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Park Department to purchase a used one and one-half ton truck and to appropriate money for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Park Department to purchase playground equipment for Phillips Park and appropriate money for this purpose, or take any action rel- ative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Park Department to purchase and erect a new flagpole at Abbott Park to replace the old one which is dangerously rotted and appropriate money for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Park Commissioners to take a fee in the land herein- after described, by eminent domain, the same to be held and used for Park purposes, and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto; viz .:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of lot "A" as shown on a plan of "Progress Park" and drawn by Charles W. Gay and dated
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November 30, 1914; thence curving to the left with a radius three hundred eighty-five and two hundredths feet (385.02) along the Westerly line of "The Greenway" for a distance of sixty-nine and forty hundredths feet (69.40) to the Southeast corner of Lot No. 7; thence Southwest by Lot No. 7 for a distance of twenty-nine and seventy hundredths feet (29.70), thence Northeast by Lot No. 7 for a distance of eight and twenty hundredths feet (8.20); thence South- west by land of the Town of Swampscott for a distance of twenty- one feet (21.00); thence Southeast by land of the Town of Swamp- scott for a distance of seventy-seven and sixty hundredths feet (77.60) to the point of beginning.
The above described parcel being lot "A" as shown on a plan of "Progress Park" drawn by Charles W. Gay and dated November 30, 1914, and contains about 1997 square feet.
Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize and di- rect the Board of Park Commissioners to take a fee in the land hereinafter described, by eminent domain, the same to be held and used for Park purposes, and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto; viz .:
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