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Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of August, A. D., 1922.
WALTER SPRAGUE, HERBERT M. FORRISTALL, ERNEST W. HOMAN. Selectmen of Saugus.
PRIMARY ELECTION
September 12, 1922.
REPUBLICAN
Governor
Precinct Precinct
Precinct Precinct
One
Two
Precinct Three
Four
Five
Total
J. Weston Allen
45
78
103
46
22
294
Channing H. Cox
.
152
325
216
81
79
853
Blanks
9
I5
39
3
I6
82
206
418
358
130
117 1,229
Lieutenant Governor
Alvan T. Fuller
.
141
341
239
108
80
909
Joseph E. Warner
.
50
56
62
17
16
201
Blanks
.
I5
2I
57
5
2I 119
1,229
Secretary
Frederick W. Cook .
172
345
250
114
77
958
Blanks
34
73
108
I6
40
271
.
1,229
1922]
Treasurer
Fred J. Burrell .
·
74
126
II6
48
42
406
James Jackson . .
98
231
151
72
40
592
Auditor
J. Arthur Baker
61
98
74
35
28
296
Alonzo B. Cook
I20
247
173
79
53
672
Blanks
25
73
III
16
36
26I
Attorney-General
Jay R. Benton .
53
104
56
32
15
260
John D. W. Bodfish .
7.
3
2
I
4
17
James F. Cavanagh
IO
7
9
5
3
34
S. Howard Donnell .
63
147
98
39
27
374
George P. Drury
I
6
6
2
2
17
Harold D. Wilson
58
99
115
31
43
346
Blanks
14
52
72
20
23
18I
Senator in Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge .
152
322
241
98
62
875
Joseph Walker .
.
46
79
72
29
35
261
Blanks.
8
17
45
3
20
93
Congressman
Frederick Butler
164
334
235
IO2
75
910
Blanks
42
84
123
28
42
319
Councillor
Charles S. Smith
·
159
325
225
IOI
67
877
Blanks
47
93
I33
29
50
352
Senator
1,229
Edgar H. Hall .
59
166
92
50
39
406
Charles P. Howard
79
[14
II3
47
35
388
Howard B. White
26
41
32
7
6
II2
James H. Wilkins
5
II
5
6
6
33
Blanks
·
37
86
I16
20
31
290
1,229
31
PRIMARY ELECTION.
1,229
1,229
1,229
1,229
1,229
32
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Representatives
Ralph H. Burckes
· 49
94
75
26
18
202
Joseph F. Day .
13
14
22
6
4
59
Vernon W. Evans
1 72
383
303
115
74
1,047
Charles P. Hawthorne,
59
81
58
30
17
245
William F. Hubbard,
14
19
13
8
II
65
Fred A. Hutchinson .
80
144
87
44
I2
367
Harry W. Merrill
88
179
122
60
78
527
Timothy J. Stackpole .
48
71
52
37
34
242
Blanks
95
269
342
64
103
873
County Commissioner
John M. Grosvenor
87
176
115
52
39
469
Raymond H. Trefry
93
149
151
56
46
495
Blanks
26
93
92
22
32
265
Associate Commissioners
Arthur Bower
·
83
141
98
53
30
405
Edwin C. Lewis
·
124
212
167
75
65
643
Edgar S. Rideout
85
171
103
48
32
439
Blanks
I 20
312
348
84
107
971
2,458
District Attorney
William G. Clark
84
167
84
55
30
420
Fred J. Hamelin
26
63
78
19
27
213
Earl C. Jacobs .
·
73
123
I26
37
39
398
Blanks
23
655
70
19
II
188
Clerk of Courts
Archie Frost
152
307
213
109
75
856
Blanks
54
III
I45
2I
42
373
Register of Deeds
Charles Cabot Johnson,
88
176
146
57
50
517
Moody Kimball
89
158
108
51
34
440
Blanks
·
29
84
104
22
33
272
1,229
·
·
1,229
1,229
.
3,687
1,229
33
PRIMARY ELECTION.
1922]
County Commissioner (Vacancy)
Robert H. Mitchell . 155
298
215
93
73
834
Blanks
·
51
I 20
143
37
44
395
1,229
County Treasurer (Vacancy)
Walter P. Babb
IIO
249
205
57
65
686
Charles O. Bailey
·
71
97
62
52
22
304
William S Nichols
8
20
I 2
5
7
52
Blanks
.
17
52
79
16
23
187
State Committee
Chester W. Clark
I20
253
175
87
45
680
Blanks
86
165
183
43
72
549
Delegates to State Convention
William E. Ludden
167
343
249
IIO
62
931
Wallace Campbell
.
147
328
207
97
57
836
Ernest M. Hatch
.
159
336
214
98
57
864
Charles B. Pugsley
148
327
209
97
56
837
Evan Evans
157
330
252
104
65
908
Herbert P. Mason
148
331
206
1 00
60
845
Mortimer H. Mellen .
147
332
210
103
60
852
Benjamin Q. Belonga,
145
332
2II
98
58
844
John B. Haley .
145
320
210 .
96
56
827
J. Oscar Crowell
145
323
209
96
59
832
George E. Sprague
153
334
233
103
68
891
Town Committee
Vernon W. Evans
164
340
31I
106
66
987
Charles B. Pugsley
140
317
194
94
45
790
Lloyd M. Hendrick
.
137
307
193
97
47
78 1
Ernest M. Hatch
.
147
319
194
97
51
808
J. Oscar Crowell
140
308
199
93
48
788
Thomas Baldwin, Jr.,
I43
30
192
94
54
790
George E. Sprague
.
141
324
215
96
51
S27
Evan Evans
.
150
320
220
95
51
836
H. Dwight Bisbee
.
142
318
196
96
47
799
William E. Ludden
150
323
223
IO2
53
851
·
1,229
1,229
3
34
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Thomas E. Berrettt
142
311
199
94
50
796
Daniel B. Willis
.
140
308
217
93
49
807
Francis M. Hill
I 43
315
213
98
50
819
Fred C. Johnson
139
311
210
93
48
801
George I. Hull .
141
310
206
96
49
802
Walter W. Hanson
142
312
199
92
48
793
Russell P. Gray
·
137
312
196
94
45
784
John W. Hitchings
138
3II
208
95
45
797
George H. Mason
·
140
313
208
94
46
801
Mortimer H. Mellen ,
137
317
197
98
50
799
Charles S. Hudson
138
313
190
92
46
779
Alice A. Newhall
·
142
314
214
97
50
817
Abbie O. Bailey
137
309
205
95
49
795
Mabel L. Carter
.
142
318
200
96
49
805
Pauline N. Bachelder,
143
313
191
94
48
789
Irene W. Bennett
·
144
316
210
98
48
816
Wallace Campbell
.
135
3.12
193
93
47
780
Benjamin Q. Belonga
141
319
203
95
48
806
Frank E. Parker
140
312
197
92
50
791
John B. Haley .
.
137
314
204
94
45
794
Herbert P. Mason
140
317
201
98
49
805
DEMOCRATIC
Governor
Joseph S. Ely .
4
5
IO
& 2
4
25
John F. Fitzgerald
I2
44
33
21
3
113
Eugene N. Foss
4
7
6
O
I
18
Peter F. Sullivan
5
5
4
2
3
19
Blanks
4
I
6
O
2
13
29
62
59
25
I3
188
Lieutenant-Governor
John J. Cummings
9
15
14
5
5 48
John F. Doherty
IO
18
17
9
5 59
Michael A. O'Leary .
5
14
14
5
2
40
Blanks
5
15
14
6
I
41
Secretary
Charles H. McGlue .
23
41
17
13
9
103
Blanks
6
21
42
12
4
85
·
.
.
188
188
3.5
PRIMARY ELECTION.
1923]
Treasurer
Joseph E. Venne
20
35
33
13
8
109
Blanks
9
27
26
I2
5
79
188
Alice E. Cram .
20
34
38
15
8
115
Blanks
9
28
2I
IO
5
73
Attorney-General
John E. Swift
115
35
31
II
9
IO1
Blanks
14
27
28
14
4
87
Senator in Congress
William A. Gaston
1 2
33
40
15
3
103
Dallas Lore Sharp
2
I
O
O
O
3
John Jackson Walsh .
5
5
4
2
2
18
Sherman L. Whipple,
5
18
6
6
7
42
Blanks
5
5
9
2
I
22
Congressman
William P. Connery, Jr,
21
51
44
18
12
146
John P. Kane
5
3
3
3
I
15
Blanks
·
3
8
12
4
O
27
Councillor
Blanks
20
62
59
25
13
188
Senator
Charles H. Burns
18
39
34
I4
8
113
William F. Curtin
5
6
7
O
2
20
Blanks
6
17
18
II
3
55
Representatives
John P. Fitzgerald
II
22
25
9
I 68
Arthur J. Frawley
·
IO
18
15
5
3
51
Tony A. Garofano
22
54
40
25
IO
151
Joseph H. Haggerty .
I2
29
20
2
74
Blanks
.
32
63
77
25
23
220
.
Auditor
188
188
188
188
188
564
36
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
County Commissioner
George N. Brown
.
20
33
31
15
IO
109
Blanks
.
9
29
28
IO
3
79
Associate Commissioners
Walter W. Lawrence
19
31
32
II
7
100
Andrew T. McGeough,
16
30
26
II
8
91
Blanks
23
63
60
28
II
185
District Attorney
Blanks
29
62
59
25
13
188
Clerk of Court
Archie N. Frost
19
26
24
IO
8
87
Blanks
.
IO
36
35
15
5
IOI
Register of Deeds
Blanks
29
62
59
25
188
County Commissioner (Vacancy)
Blanks
·
29
62
59
25
13
188
County Treasurer (Vacancy)
Blanks
29
62
59
25
I3
188
State Committee
Blanks
29
62
59
25
13
188
Delegates to State Convention
Blanks
29
62
59
25
13
188
Town Committee
Charles M. O'Connor,
O
2
I
O
O
3
Vincent G. Pendleton,
O
2
I
O
O
3
Total vote, 1,417.
Republican, Men 773.
Women 456. Total 1, 229.
Democratic, Men 134.
Women 54.
Total 188.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY F. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
188
376
188
37
STATE ELECTION.
1922]
STATE ELECTION
November 7, 1922.
ESSEX, SS.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote at elections, to meet at the several voting precincts in the town, on Tuesday, November the seventh, A. D., 1922, at fifteen minutes before six (5.45) o'clock A.M., then and there to bring their ballots to the Wardens for the following State Officers, all on one ballot :
Governor; Lieutenant-Governor; Secretary; Treasurer ; Auditor ; Attorney-General; Senator in Congress ; Congress- man; Councillor ; Senator; Three Representatives in General Court ; County Commissioners ; Associate Commissioners; Dis- trict Attorney ; Clerk of the Courts; Register of Deeds ; County Commissioner, to fill vacancy ; County Treasurer, to fill vacancy. Also your "Yes" or "No" to the following questions :
Acceptance of the following "Proposed Amendment to the Constitution : Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Con- stitution is hereby amended by striking out, in that part entitled ' II. Emergency Measures', under the heading, "The Refer- endum, the words 'A separate vote shall be taken on the pre- amble by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds of the members of each house voting thereon, the law shall not be an emergency law; but" and substituting the following :- A separate vote, which shall be recorded, shall be taken on the preamble, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds of the members of each House voting thereon, the law shall not be an emergency law. Upon the request of two members of the Senate or of five members of the House of Representatives, the vote on the pre- ambles in such branch shall be taken by call of the yeas and nays.
Acceptance of Chapter 368, Acts of 1921, entitled "An act providing for suits by and against certain voluntary associations."
Acceptance of Chapter 438, Acts of 1921, entitled "An act
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
relative to the examination and licensing of motion picture films to be publicly exhibited and displayed in this Commonwealth."
Acceptance of Chapter 459, Acts of 1922, entitled "An act providing that district attorneys shall be members of the bar."
Acceptance of Chapter 427, Acts of 1922, entitled " An Act to carry into effect, so far as the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts is concerned, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States."
The polls will be opened at fifteen minutes before six (5.45) o'clock A. M., and may close at four (4) o'clock P. M., and you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies at the usual places seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this twenty-third day of October, A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
[TOWN SEAL]
WALTER SPRAGUE, HERBERT M. FORRISTALL, ERNEST W. HOMAN, Selectmen of the Town of Saugus.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, SS. SAUGUS, MASS., November 7, 1922.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed.
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
Votes cast at State Election.
November 7, 1922.
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STATE ELECTION.
[922]
Governor
Precinct One
Precinct Precinct Two Three
Precinct Precinct
Four
Five
Total
Channing H. Cox, R.,
431
648
435
249
167
1,930
John F. Fitzgerald, D.,
140
220
19I
90
51
692
Henry Hess, S. L. .
9
3
II
I
I
25
Walter S. Hutchins, S.
II
9
19
7
15
61
John B. Lewis, P.
IO
12
8
6
8
44
Blanks
15
17
32
3
7
74
616
909
696
356
249
2,826
Lieutenant-Governor
John F. Doherty, D.,
100
160
137
62
38
497
Alvan T. Fuller, R.
472
688
459
273
177
2,069
Oscar Kinsalis, S. L.
14
5
II
2
4
36
Thomas Nicholson, S.,
13
15
22
8
13
71
Blanks
17
41
67
II
17
153
2,826
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, R.
441
645
420
251
163 1,920
Albert Sprague
Coolidge, S.
22
30
25
9
19
105
James Hayes, S. L., .
II
15
21
4
4
58
Charles H. McGlue, D., 105
151
136
69
43
504
Blanks
34
68
94
23
20
239
Treasurer
James Jackson, R., .
446
665
422
253
163
1,949
Patrick H. Loftus, S.L.,
II
5
34
5
3
58
Dennis F. Reagan, S.,
19
14
20
6
17
76
Joseph E. Venne, D.,
99
145
108
62
34
448
Blanks
41
80
II2
30
32
295
2,826
Auditor
John Aiken, S. L.
17
II
23
8
3
62
Alonzo B. Cook, R. .
410
614
400
239
158
1,82I
Alice E. Cram, D. .
I18
172
I36
77
47
550
Edith M. Williams, S.,
19
25
2I
7
15
87
Blanks
.
52
87
116
25
26
306
.
.
2,826
.
·
2,826
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Attorney-General
Joseph Bearak, S.
14
18
30
9
16
87
Jay R. Benton, R.
418
629
398
246
151
1,842
David Craig, S. L.
14
9
2I
4
4
52
John E. Swift, D.
IIO
158
132
66
44
510
Blanks
60
95
115
31
34
335
Senator in Congress
Washington Cook, I.,
7
9
II
5
5
37
William A. Gaston, D., 179
213
219
III
59
781
Henry Cabot Lodge, R., 380
569
378
206
145
1,678
John A.Nicholls, P. P., 13
60
18
17
12
I20
John Weaver Sherman S., 13
15
19
5
14
66
William E. Weeks, P.,
5
6
7
2
4
24
Blanks
19
37
44
IO
IO
I 20
2,826
Frederick Butler, R.,
404
610
385
233
147
1,779
W. P. Connery, Jr., D.,
167
234
235
94
87
817
Blanks
45
65
76
29
15
230
2,826
Senator
Frank P. Bennett, I.,
I68
284
198
127
61
838
William F. Curtin, D.,
77
IO2
8I
43
37
340
Charles P. Howard, R., 31I
443
301
159
122
1,336
Blanks
60
80
116
27
29
312
2,826
Councillor
Charler S. Smith, R.,
433
642
432
246
173
1,926
Blanks
·
183
267
264
IIO
76
900
2,826
Representatives
Ralph H. Burckes, R., 336
424
291
I71
98 1,320
Vernon W. Evans, R.,
470
700
561
265
174 2,170
Arthur J. Frawley, D.,
73
100
78
49
60
360
Tony A. Garofano, D.,
133
239
201
106
83
762
Joseph H. Haggerty,D., 80
86
94
37
40
337
2,826
Congressman
41
Fred A. Hutchinson, R., 339
437
275
181
96 1,328
C. F. Nelson Pratt, I.,
130
27I
136
99
91 727
Blanks
287
470
452
160
105 1,474
8,478
County Commissioners
George N. Brown, D.,
97
166
I33
75
47
518
Nathan Huntington, S., 23
20
34
6
17
100
Raymond H. Trefry, R., 389
597
375
227
142
1,730
Blanks
107
I26
154
48
43
478
2,826
Associate Commissioners
John B. Germain, S.
26
22
25
9
18
100
Walter W. Lawrence, D. 91
I54
125
55
46
471
Edwin C. Lewis, R.
385
582
366
227
141
1,701
And'w T. McGeough,D. 82
127
105
54
34
402
Wade H. Pinkham, S.
24
35
36
IO
16
I2I
Edgar S. Rideout, R.
353
501
303
196
106
1,459
Blanks
271
397
432
161
I37
1,39S
5,652
District Attorney
William G. Clark, R.
467
680
444
261
173
2,025
Charles S. Grieves, S.,
45
45
62
26
35
213
Blanks
104
184
I 90
69
41
588
2,826
Clerk of Courts
Archie N. Prost,D.R.
441
637
437
249
150 1,914
John F. Putnam, S. .
49
58
64
22
37
230
Blanks
·
I26
214
195
85
62
682
2,826
Register of Deeds,
Herbert E. Clough, S.,
57
63
72
34
35
261
Moody Kimball, R. .
446
642
426
241
165
1,920
Blanks .
I13
204
198
81
49
645
2,826
1922]
STATE ELECTION.
42
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
County Commissioner (Vacancy)
Robert H. Mitchell, R., 435
640
418
243
166
1,902
Lewis H. Spalding, S., 48
54
70
28
35
235
Blanks
I33
215
208
85
48
689
County Treasurer (Vacancy)
Walter P. Babb, R. .
486
692
457
265
192
2,092
Jas. Arthur Mitchell,S.,
46
51
64
26
26
213
Blanks
84
166
175
65
31
521
2,826
Referendum No. 1, Amendment to Constitution. Emergency Laws.
Yes .
·
245
418
229
161
105
1,158
No
·
.
.
124
1 60
149
60
57
550
Blanks ·
247
331
318
I35
87 1,118
Referendum No. 2. Chapter 368 of the Acts of 1921.
Yes .
.
233
403
218
I36
92
1,082
No .
·
138
1 76
161
93
77
645
Blanks
.
245
330
317
127
80 1,099
2,826
Referendum No. 3. Motion Picture Film
Yes .
148
300
178
90
66
782
No .
·
342
488
352
204
146
1,532
Blanks
I26
I2I
166
62
37
512
2,826
Referendum No. 4. Liquor Chapter 427. Acts 1922
Yes .
·
281
509
269
167
III
1,337
No .
.
.
226
267
245
123
IO2
963
Blanks
.
. 109
I33
182
66
36
526
2,826
2,826
2,826
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1922]
Referendum No. 5. District Attorney Chapter 459, Acts 1922.
Yes .
315
556
285
202
103
1,461
No .
·
I2I
143
152
61
74
55I
Blanks
180
210
259
93
72
814
2,826
Number of Males that voted
. 1,648
Number of Females that voted
. 1,178
Total vote
2,826 ·
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus: GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday evening, December eleventh A. D., 1922, at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz. ;
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the unexpended balance of one thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars ($1,414), voted at the Special Town Meeting of Octo- ber 4, 1920, for the purchase of the Revere Water System in the Town of Saugus and for the connecting of the same to the water system of the Town of Saugus, to be expended by and at
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[Dec. 31
the discretion of the Board of Selectmen, to the following departments, viz. ; Election and Registration, $300 ; Board of Health, $100; Soldiers' Relief, $300; Overseers of the Poor, $714 ; or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer to the Overseers of the Poor Department the sum of $786 from the bal- ance of the appropriation unexpended from the amount appro- priated for interest on schoolhouse loans at the Annual Town Meeting of March 13, 1922, or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,000 from the general school fund (appropriation of March 13, 1922) to the school repair account, or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to transfer to the Selectmen's Department for the purpose of repairing the build- ing known as the East Saugus Hose House, the sum of $2,586.26 from the balance of the appropriation unexpended from the amount appropriated for interest on temporary loans at the Annual Town Meeting of March 13, 1922, or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to lease the building on Lincoln avenue, owned by the town and known as the East Saugus Hose House, to Saugus Post No. 210, the American Legion, as said post is now constituted or as it may hereafter be incorporated, for five years from the date of such lease, on such terms as the Selectmen may determine, or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of three to investigate Junior High School housing conditions and to report with recommenda- tions at the next Annual Town Meeting.
ART. 9. To see if the town will adopt the following rules relating to the extension of water mains :
(a) No water mains shall be laid until there has been filed with the Board of Public Works a petition from at least two- thirds of the owners of property abutting the street in which the water main is to be laid.
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1922]
(6) The cost of laying a water main shall be levied upon the abutting property owners on the basis of 6 per cent. of the cost each year for a period of ten years and apportioned according to the assessed valuation of the land abutting.
(c) The above assessments shall be levied by and paid to the Board of Public Works. The first assessment shall be payable within thirty days after the water main has been completed and the assessment for each year thereafter shall be due at the time the water bills are payable.
(d) The Board of Public Works shall have power to refuse water service to any person until all assessments due have been paid.
(e) The above rules are to go into effect at once.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies at the usual places seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and to distribute copies as provided by the By-Laws at least four days before.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this twenty-seventh day of November A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
WALTER SPRAGUE,
[TOWN SEAL HERBERT M. FORRISTALL, ERNEST W. HOMAN, Selectmen of the Town of Saugus.
December 11, 1922.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed.
W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
December 11, 1922,
The meeting called to order by Town Clerk Henry A. Parker, at eight fifteen o'clock, P. M., 109 being present.
After reading of the Warrant by the Town Clerk, Article I was taken up.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Upon motion, which was carried, the Town Clerk was ordered to cast one ballot for Frank P. Bennett, Jr., for Moder- ator, who, after being duly sworn by the Town Clerk, took charge of the meeting.
ART. 2. Reports of committees. No reports.
The Moderator appointed and swore in the following citizens as tellers : Russell P. Gray, F. H. Griswold, E. W. Homan, and Mrs. Carter.
ART. 3. Transfer of $1,414.
Voted, That the sum of $1,414 being the balance of the appropriation unexpended from the amount appropriated at the Special Town Meeting of October 4, 1920, for the purchase of the Revere Water System in the Town of Saugus, and for the connecting of the same to the water system of the Town of Saugus, be and hereby is transferred to the following depart- ments, viz., the same to be expended by and at the discretion of the proper legal authorities : Election and Registration, $300 ; Board of Health, $100; Soldiers' Relief, $300; Overseers of the Poor, $714.
ART. 4. Transfer of $786.
Voted, That the sum of $786 from the balance of the appro- priation unexpended from the amount appropriated for interest on schoolhouse loans at the Annual Town Meeting of March 13, 1922, be and hereby is transferred to the Overseers of the Poor Department.
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1922]
ART. 5. Transfer of $1,000.
Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be and hereby is transferred from the general maintenance school appropria- tion made March 13, 1922, to the school repair appropriation made March 13, 1922.
ART. 6. Transfer of $2,586.26.
Voted, That the sum of $2,586.26 from the balance of the appropriation unexpended from the amount appropriated for interest on temporary loans at the Annual Town Meeting of March 13, 1922, be and hereby is transferred to the Selectmen's department for the purpose of repairing the building known as the East Saugus Hose House.
ART. 7. To authorize the Selectmen to lease hose house.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to lease the build- ing on Lincoln avenue, owned by the town and known as the East Saugus Hose House to Saugus Post, No. 210, the American Legion, as said Post is now constituted or as it may hereafter · be incorporated, for five years from the date of such lease, on such terms as the Selectmen determine.
ART. 8. Committee to investigate Junior High housing con- ditions.
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the Moder- ator to investigate Junior High School housing conditions and report with recommendations at the next Annual Town Meet- ing. The Moderator appointed the following, Henry O. West- endarp, Karl L. Norris, Charles D. Keyes.
ART. 9. Rules relating to the extension of water mains.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Voted, At 9.32 P. M., to dissolve the meeting.
A true copy, Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk
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Report of the Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following reports of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1921 :
RECEIPTS
General Revenue
Taxes
Current Year.
Polls ·
. $11,215 00
Personal ·
25,500 25
Real estate
· 174,551 74.
$211,266 99
Previous Years.
Polls
$67 00
Personal
7,189 79
Real estate
108,700 59
$115,957 38
Tax titles
1,914 96
Final sales
233 12
Deeds
12 00
From State.
Corporation Tax . $6,261 68
Inc. tax, 19-20-21-22, 6,018 61
Income tax, school, 26,837 50
Soldiers' exemption, 379 98
$39,497 77
Carried forward,
$368,882 22
.
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1922]
Brought forward,
Licenses. $368,882 22
Junk
$75 00
Garage and jitney .
130 00
Pool, billiards and
bowling
69 00
Groves .
10 00
Theatre
25 00
Auctioneer
14 00
All other
47 08
Marriage permits
3 00
373 08
Fines and forfeits.
Court
1,762 00
From County.
Dog licenses .
$860 64
Rent Court House .
240 00
Killing dogs . .
49 00
1,149 64
Total for General Revenue, $372,166 94
Commercial Revenue General Government
Town Clerk.
Fees
$153 45
Town Hall.
Rent
.
678 00
Public Works.
Sale old material,
63 50
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department.
Miscellaneous
225 95
Carried forward,
$1, 120 90 $372, 166 94
4
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[Dec. 31
Brought forward, $1, 120 90 $372, 166 94
Sealer Weights and Measures.
Sealer
59 03
Gypsy Moth.
Miscellaneous 9 50
Health and Sanitation
Health.
Contagious Diseases
$16 86
Tuberculosis .
.
26 29
Miscellaneous
17 93
61 08
Milk Inspector.
1
Inspector
41 50
Highways
General.
Sale of material
$40 25
Sidewalk
II 24
51 49
Charities
Overseer of Poor (Reimbursements).
From cities and towns, $2,756 31
From State
4,311 69 1
7,068 00
Town Farm.
Sale of produce
$3,074 49
Sale of milk .
7,235 22
Sale of stock .
145 38
Board .
198 00
Miscellaneous
51 48
10,704 57
Soldiers' Benefits
Reimbursements.
State Aid $2,014 00
Military Aid .
327 50
2,341 50
Carried forward,
$21,457 57 $372, 166 94
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1922]
Brought forward,
$21,457 57 $372, 166 94
Education
Tuition State wards,
$917 64
Other tuition .
31 54
Sale of supplies
14 09
Miscellaneous
·
460 10
Sand
.
9 50
1,432 87
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