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SECTION 2. No person other than the minor's parent or guardian shall give any cigarette, snuff or tobacco in any of its forms to any minor under sixteen years of age.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. [Chap. 384. Sec. 1.]
Every person having under his control a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, and such attendance shall continue for at least thirty weeks of the school year if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks time for abscences not excused by the superintendent of schools or the school committee, and for every neglect of such duty the person offending shall, upon the complaint of the school com- mittee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, but if such a child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such city or town, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be
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taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable, such penalties shall not be incurred.
From the laws concerning truancy we append only the following :
ART. 4. It shall be the duty of every truant officer, previous to making any complaint under these laws to notify the truant, or absentee from school, also his parent or guardian, of the offense committed, and of the penalty therefor, and if the truant officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may at his discretion forbear to prosecute, so long as such pledges are faithfully kept.
ART. 5. It shall be the duty of the school committee, the teachers of the public schools and the citizens generally to aid the truant officers as far as possible in the discharge of their duties.
Respectfully Submitted,
WILLIAM H. ROGERS, WILMOT R. HASTINGS, School Committee. FRANK E. INGALLS,
MARCHI I, 1891.
TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OF SWAMPSCOTT :
As truant officer of the Town I. have made some 27 calls upon supposed cases of truancy.
In most instances the parents have been ready to co-operate with me in securing regularity of attendance of their children at school.
There are, however, some eight or ten habitual truants among our school children, and for whom I would recommend the enforcement of the truant laws. Such pernicious influ- ences as they exert should be removed.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES RODRICK, Truant Officer.
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List of Candidates.
The following is the list of candidates or town offices, to be placed upon the offi- ial ballot. All the names were filed by omination papers.
It would be a good plan to cut out this ist and select names previous to the meet- ng, which would greatly facilitate voting.
Selectmon, vote for three-Aaron
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Bunting, John H. Crosman, William G. Carp, John II. Farwell, Andrew L. Harris, Charles T. Jackson, Thomas E. Stone, Ar- hur C. Widger.
Town Clerk, vote for one-George E. Gilbert, George T. Till.
Treasurer, Benjamin O. Honors; no other candidate.
Collector of Taxes, vote for one-Michael 2. Carroll, W. Henry Collins.
Assessor for three years, vote for one- saac HI. Andrews, Ivory Emons, Peleg Gardner.
School Committee for three years, vote or one-Everett Boynton, Frank E. Ingalls, Daniel F. Knowlton.
Trustee of Public Library for three years, James E. Peasley; no other candidate.
Overseer of Poor for three years, vote for ne-Michael P. Carroll, William Seger, James L. Taylor.
Auditors, vote for three-Charles E. AI- len, L. Frank Cahoon, William F. Norcross, Augustine W. Rich, 2d, John W. Thurston, John R. Widger.
Board of Health, vote for three-Jobn I. Adams, Thomas B. P. Curtis, Joseph W. Glass, Frank Griffin, Charles E. Harris, David W. Nisbett, Edwin F. Wiley.
Constables, vote for three-Rodney A. Douglass (only name filed.)
Shall Licenses be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town? To rote Yes, mark a cross opposite Yes; to rote No, mark a cross opposite No.
Ripples.
-All sizes of 25 cent merino half hose for men marked down to 17 cents per pair. Heavy linen crash towels 17 cents per pair. George T. Till.
-Mortgages and deeds carefully written. Money to Joan on real estate. Waldo Thompson & Son, Fredd O. Thompson, res- dence, opposite Odd Fellows' Hall.
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J. M. RANGER' 273 Union St.,
TOWN WARRANT.
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To either of the Constables of the Town of Swamp- scott, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in Elec- tions and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the Sixteenth day of March, current, at Seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz. : -
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. ARTICLE 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose three members of the Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Health for one (1) year. To choose three Constables for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.
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ART. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes" or "No " upon the question, Shall Licenses be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Superintendent of Streets, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superinten- dent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the report of the Selectmen on Sewerage, and the report of the Committee on Rock Crusher.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropri- ations therefor.
ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of the taxes to be assessed and collected for the current year.
ART. S. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for prompt payment on or before a certain date.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 13. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department the current year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curbstones, and lay concrete sidewalks ; provided, the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates' Post
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118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept, adopt. and allow the report of the Selectmen laying out of Beach avenue as a Town way, as per report and plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take toward the purchase of a lot of land suitable for a dumping place, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take toward pro- viding more burial lots, as recommended by the Superintendent of Cemetery, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the care, of the beaches, as recommended by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,800 for the improvement of Humphrey street, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase of an odorless excavator with neces- sary apparatus.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take to provide a new building for the Fire Department, plans of which will be sub- mitted at the meeting, and appropriate money therefor. agreeable to the petition of Kendall Pollard and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will reimburse Frank Griffin the sum of $15.70, expenses incurred as Field Driver.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing on Burrill street, opposite Boynton street, and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of A. Y. Eveleth and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing on Humphrey street, near the dividing-line of Stephen II. Wardwell and Mrs. Susanna Stone. and appropriate money .for the same, agreeable to the petition of D. Holman Millett and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing from the north corner of Boynton street across Burrill street also regrade and repair the sidewalk on Boynton street and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of David Atkins and others.
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ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take to cause an electric (arc) light to be placed at the junction of Monument avenue and Elmwood road; on the southerly border of the circle. at the point designated for a proposed light by the Town com- mittee of 1890, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of J. R. Jennison and others.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take toward locating two electric lights in Mountain Park, Upper Swampscott, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of WV. E. Doughty and others.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take to extend the water-pipe a distance of five hundred feet along Humphrey street, from the corner of Salem and Humphrey streets, and appro- priate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Fredd O. Thompson and others.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take to extend the water main on Essex street from the junction of Burrill street, easterly, a distance of 4,500 feet, to use 6-inch pipe with necessary hydrants. gates, etc., and appropriate money for the same, agree- able to the petition of Alfred F. Pyne and others.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will extend the 8-inch water main on Humphrey street to Orient street, there to connect with the pipe now laid, and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of E. B. Roberts and others.
ART. 32. To see what action the Town will take to cause a suitable number of hydrants for fire purposes, to be placed on Monument avenue and Elmwood road, under the direction of the Engineers of the Fire Department, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of C'has. G. Bailey and others.
ART. 33. To see what action the Town will take to cause the wall enclosing the estate of Frederick O. Ellis at the corner of Bur- rill.and New Ocean streets to be raised, so as to conform to the raising of the grade of the sidewalk by the Town, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of D. P. Stimpson and others.
ART. 34. To see what action the Town will take to construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of 'Beach Bluff avenue, from Humphrey street to Atlantic avenue : also to cause a drain to be made across said Beach Bluff avenue, in front of the house of
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Maurice Flynn, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Wm. G. Means and others.
ART. 35. To see what action the Town will take to construct a continuous line of sidewalk upon the westerly side of Humph- rey street, from Beach Bluff avenue to the Phillips Beach Station of the Boston & Maine Railroad, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Allen Rowe and others.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the construction of Catch Basins and Paving Gutters.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will adopt the following By-Law : That the Sealer of Weights and Measures for this Town shall be paid a salary, to be fixed by the Selectmen at the time of his ap- pointment.
ART. 38. To see what action the Town will take in relation to - a By-Law requiring the licensing of plumbers in connection with the public water service, agreeable to the petition of Kendall Pol- lard and others.
ART. 39. To see what action the Town will take to extend Pine street, under the Boston & Maine Railroad to Beach avenue, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of J. H. Crosman and others.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $25 for the care of the Monument Lot.
ART. 41. To see if the Town, will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to furnish and set edgestones on Humphrey street from the Town way to Kings Beach to Ocean Cottage, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200 for the purpose of placing a fire-alarm box at the corner of High- land and King streets ; and a box near Highland Hall, Mountain Park, agreeable to the recommendation of the Board of Engineers.
The polls to be kept open until 4.30 o'clock P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and con- spicuous places in the Town, seven days at least be- fore the time of holding said meeting. 1
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HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid. . Given under our hands, this Second day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
AARON R. BUNTING, ANDREW L. HARRIS, ARTHUR C. WIDGER,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
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