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3,001,550
1,857,777
4,859,327
10.00
1891
48,666.66
1889
2,585,431
1,453,301
4,038,732
8.40
1890
52,500.00
1888
2,465,256
1,501,536
3,966,792
8.50
1889
56,000.00
1887
2,417,556
1,288,498
3,706,054
8.00
1888
57,500.00
1886
2,383,055
1,275,405
3,658,460
9.50
1887
55,500.00
1885
2,365,280
1,130,863
3,496,143
9.00
1886
47,500.00
1884
2,371,610
1,135,215
3,506,825
11.00
1885
49,000.00
1883
2,259,855
1,589,566
3,849,411
8.50
1884
50,500.00
1882
2,228,330
1,264,938
3,493,268
6.00
1883
49,000.00
1881
2,121,080
807,159
2,928,239
7.20
1882
30,500.00
1880
1,991,880
1,133,247
3,125,127
7.00
1881
31,750.00
1879
1,930,205
418,904
2,349,109
8.30
1880
39,424.80
1878
2,049,980
384,841
2,434,821
8.00
1879
42,424.00
1877
2,041,935
340,323
2,382,258
8 50
1878
42,424.80
1876
2,108,462
360,961
2,469,423
12.00
1877
45,524.80
1875
2,074,850
389,441
2,464,291
10.00
1876
50,224.80
1874
2,028,875
457,260
2,486,135
11.00
1875
51,432.80
1873
1,949,225
460,867
2,410,792
12.00
1874
50,342.80
1872
1,854,750
578,000
2,432,750
9.50
1873
47,068.00
1871
1,598,800
504,073
2,102,873
9.50
1872
43,150.00
1870
1,334,570
508,564
1,843,134
10.00
1871
38,745.00
1869
1,244,120
313,711
1,557,834
11.20
1870
31,545.00
1868
1,141,020
347,173
1,488,193
11.50
1869
33,745.00
1867
1,124,670
268,675
1,393,345
13.50
1868
37,745.00
1866
972,120
249,289
1,221,409
12.00
1867
31,945.00
1865
755,394
279,837
1,035,231
14.70
1866
29,095.00
YEAR.
ESTATE
PROPERTY.
194
TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Notes Payable.
Date of Note.
No.
To whom payable.
Amount
[Class
Time
Rate
When payable.
June 1, '86
19
State of Mass.
1,000 00
B
Io yrs.
33
June 1, 1896
June 1, '86
20
State of Mass.
1,000 00
II yrs.
in
June 1, 1897
May 2. 88
34
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
3,000 00
C
Io yrs.
4
May 2, 1898
Aug. II, '91
53
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
2.250 00
E
5 yrs.
4골
Aug. 11, 1896
Aug. 11, '91
54
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
2,250 00
E
6 yrs.
4%
Aug. 11, 1897
July 18, 92
60
State of Mass.
1,000 00
1
4 yrs.
3ª
July 18, 1896
Jan. 12, 94
68
State of Mass.
4.500 00
F
3 yrs.
3ª
Jan. 12, 1897
Jan. 12, 94
69
State of Mass.
4.500 00
F
4 yrs.
3毫
Jan. 12, 1898
Jan. 12, 94
70
State of Mass.
4.500 00
F
5 yrs.
3学
Jan. 12, 1899
Jan. 12. '94
71
State of Mass.
4.500 00
6 yrs.
3%
Jan. 12, 1900
Jan. 12, 94
72
State of Mass.
4,500 00
7 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1901
Jan. 12, 94
73
State of Mass.
4.500 00
8 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1902
Jan. 12, '94
74
State of Mass.
4.500 00
9 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1903
June 25, '94
76
State of Mass.
1.000 00
3 yrs.
3瑩
June 25. 1898
June 25, '94
78
State of Mass.
1,000 00
5 yrs.
3筆
June 25, 1899
June 25, 94
79
State of Mass.
1.000 00
F
6 yrs.
34
June 25. 1900
June 25, '94
So
State of Mass.
1.000 00
F
7 yrs.
33.
June 25, 1901
June 25. '94
81
State of Mass.
1.000 00
F
8 yrs.
June 25, 1902
June 25, '94
82
State of Mass.
1.000 O
F
9 yrs.
June 25, 1903
June 25, '94
83
State of Mass.
1.000 00
Io yrs.
June 25, 1904
Nov. 12, 95
87
State of Mass.
2.000 00
D
I yr.
Nov. 12. 1896
Nov. 12, 95
88
State of Mass.
2.000 00
D
2 yrs.
Nov. 12. 1897
Nov. 12, '95
89
State of Mass.
2,000 00
D
3 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1898
Nov. 12, '95
90
State of Mass.
2.000 CO
D
4 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1899
Nov. 12, '95
91
State of Mass.
2.000 00
5 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1900
Nov. 12, 95
92
State of Mass.
4.000 00
D
6 yrs.
Nov. 12. 1901
Nov. 12. '95
93
State of Mass.
4.000 00
D
7 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1902
Nov. 12, '95
94
State of Mass.
4.000 00
D
8 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1903
Nov. 12, '95
95
State of Mass.
4.000 00
D
9 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1904
Nov. 12, '95
96
State of Mass.
4.000 00
D
Io yrs.
Nov. 12, 1905
Total, $84.500 00
A, Water Pipe Loan.
B, Culvert Loan.
C, Monument Loan.
D, Park Loan.
E, Engine House Loan.
F. Phillips School Loan.
Jan. 12, '94
75
State of Mass.
4.500 00
F
Io yrs.
3&
June 25, 1897
June 25, '94
77
State of Mass.
1.000 00
F
F
F
F
4 yrs.
Jan. 12, 1904
F F
F
1310
D
195
Financial Standing of the Town of Swampscott, February 28, 1896.
RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Treasurer . .
$23,466 65
Due to Highway Department, 1894
12 20
" " Highway Department .
36 70
" " Concrete and Curbstone Department .
15 42
" Cemetery Department, Lot No. 239
40 00
" " Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid 62 74
1,551 00
" " Military Aid
344 00
" " Poor Department
74 93
Fish weir license
50 00
Due from State of Massachusetts Tax
96 00
Schedule of Public Property
179,193 50
$204,943 14
LIABILITIES.
Notes Payable [ 1896 Water Pipe Loan
$1,000 00
66
1896 Culvert Loan
1,000 00
1896 Engine House Loan
2.250 00
1896 Park Loan
2,000 00
$6,250 00
66
1897 Park Loan .
2,000 00
66
66
1897 Culvert Loan
1,000 00
66
1897 Engine House Loan
2,250 00
10,750 00
66
1898 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1898 Monument Loan
3 000 00
10,500 00
66
66
1899 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
66
1899 Park Loan .
2,000 00
7,500 00
66
1900 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
7,500 00
66
1901 Phillips School Loan
5.500 00
66
1902 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1902 Park Loan
4,000 00
9,500 00
60
§ 1903 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1903 Park Loan .
4,000 00
9,500 00
66
1904 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
1904 Park Loan
4,000 00
9,500 00
1905 Park Loan
4,000 00
Selectmen's Outstanding Orders
601 58
$85.101 58
66
1898 Park Loan
2.000 00
1900 Park Loan . .
2,000 00
1901 Park Loan .
4,000 00
9,500 00
66
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1896]
[1897 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
" " State Aid .
196
TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
AUDITORS' REMARKS.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
We herewith present for your consideration the forty-fourth Annual Report of the Town, for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1896.
The accounts of the several departments have been care- fully examined and found to be correctly kept, and proper vouchers on file for payments made.
The Treasurer's accounts have been audited every three months, and we have on file bank cashiers' certificates for cash balances, to the credit of the Town for each quarter's auditing.
The items of receipts can be found by referring to the different departments as they appear in the order of the Treasurer's account.
The recapitulation table shows net amount of orders drawn by the Selectmen, and this amount agrees with the sum total of all the vouchers paid. Also with the total amount on ledger and Selectmen's order stubs, deducting orders outstanding, will show net amount of orders paid by the Treasurer.
By comparison of the Treasurer's disbursements, the re- capitulation table will be found to agree.
We find, in making up the Annual Report, the financial part is increasing in bulk each year.
The tax collector has collected nearly six thousand dol- lars more than in any previous year, which necessarily means
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an increase of expenditures ; and under the present system of closing the books, the printer does not have sufficient time to print and bind the reports properly.
We would recommend that Section 1, Article I, of the Town's By-Laws be changed to read : "The Annual Town Meeting for the election of Town Officers shall take place on the fourth Monday of March."
Respectfully submitted,
L. FRANK CAHOON,
Board JAY C. MERRITT, of
HERMAN F. ASHTON, - Auditors.
14
198
TOWN REPORT.
[Feb. 28
Town Warrant, 1896.
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 meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz. : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 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 Asses- sors 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 Com. mittee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trus- tees of the Public Library for three years. To choose a Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.
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To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for the year ensuing.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing. To choose a Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes " or "No" upon the question : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxi- cating Liquors in this Town ?
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Audit- ing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Com- mittee, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Com- mittee on Future Water Supply, the Committee on Asses- sors' Plans, the Committee on King Street, the Committee on purchase of Watering Cart, the Committee on Cemetery Improvement, the Surveyor of Highways, and the Inspector of Provisions and Animals.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces. sary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations therefor.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas-
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urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
ART. 10. (1.) To see what action the Town will take in regard to the regulation of salaries of Town Officials for the ensuing year. (2.) To see what action the Town will take in regard to creating and establishing By-Laws to gov- ern the Town Fire Department, agreeable to the petition of Edmund Russell and others.
ART. 11. 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. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a safe for the use of the Town Clerk.
ART. 14. (1.) To see what action the Town will take as to paying Geo. A. Horton additional compensation for expenses and services as Chairman of the Board of Select- men for the year 1895-1896. (2.) To see what action the Town will take as to paying C. G. Rowell additional compen- sation for services as Clerk of the Board of Selectmen for the year 1895-1896, agreeable to the petition of Edmund Russell and others.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will grant to the Swamp- scott Veteran Fireman's Association, of Swampscott, the Hand Fire Engine, known as the Atlantic No. 1, of Swamp- scott, agreeable to the petition of Gratin Martin and others,
201
TOWN WARRANT.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate sufficient money to build two (2) street crossings, one on Orient street, opposite the "Little Anawan," at or near the way leading from Orient Street to the sea ; the other across Orient Street, opposite the estate of Miles Blanchard, near the Ocean House, agreeable to the petition of Wm. R. Blaney and others.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will take action in regard to the disposal of the surface drainage of Rockland Street, and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of Charles Harwood and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will accept and allow the Act of Taking of Blaney's Beach, executed by the Park Commissioners, Feb. 20, 1896, in accordance with instruc- tions given them by the Town at its last Annual Meeting, and with the provisions of the Park Act.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in regard to placing an electric arc light at the junction of Rail_ road Avenue and Pine Street, as a substitute for the incan- descent light now located near that point, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of E. N. Ward- well and others.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take to cause an arc electric light to be placed at the corner of Essex and Burrill Streets, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Harry P. Norton and others.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regards to locating an electric arc light on the corner of Clark and Crescent Streets, also an arc light to take place of incan- descent, at the corner of Crescent and Elliott Streets, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Wm. C. Cowdrey and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take in
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TOWN REPORT.
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regard to locating a Fire Alarm Box in the vicinity of Mid- dlesex Avenue and Hampden Street, and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars for same, agreeable to the petition of Geo. R. Hussey and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to give free use and control of the rooms in the second story of the Red- ington Street School Building, to Gen. James L. Bates Post 118, G. A. R., agreeable to the petition of J. A. Ingalls, John F. Keefe, H. E. Douglass, H. Newcomb and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sec- tion 1 of Chapter 186, of the acts of 1895, agreeable to the petition of J. M. Bassett and others.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take to have a Sewerage Committee appointed, consisting of three (3) members, for the purpose of building sewers for the Town of Swampscott, and to obtain plans and specifications, and to report at an adjourned Town Meeting, the expense of building one section this year and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Clarence J. Eaton and others.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take with reference to amending the Cemetery By-Laws, agreeable to the petition of Edmund Russell and others.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take in caus- ing a tunnel for pedestrians to be constructed under the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, from the head of Pine Street to Beach Avenue, thereabouts, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Wm. F. Norcross and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to charge the Lynn & Boston Railroad Co., for the use of our streets, any portion of the thousand and more dollars, of extra expense incurred annually in maintaining Humphrey and Essex
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Streets, by reason of their occupancy by the railroad tracks, and to fix the amount of such charge, agreeable to the peti- tion of Geo. A. Jackson and others.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take as to making, constructing, and completing the way in the Town of Swampscott, which the County Commissioners on the petition of David W. Nesbitt and others praying for a high- way to be laid out in the Town of Swampscott known as King Street extension as a Town-way laid out, as set forth in the report of said County Commissioners, dated February 13, A. D. 1896, which report at the December Term, A. D. 1895, of the Court of said County Commissioners was filed and accepted, and upon which report at said December Term, A. D. 1895, it was ordered that the same be recorded, and that the said road might be known as a public highway for- ever, and a copy of which report, with the order of the County Commissioners thereon, was filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Swampscott, February 14, 1896, and to see what action the Town will take as to raising money for the making, construction, and completion of said way accord- ing to said report and order of the County Commissioners, and to see if the Town will appropriate not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, the same to be raised by loan, for the purpose of making, constructing, and completing said way, and will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direc- tion and authority and with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow not exceeding said sum of five thousand dollars so appropriated for the making, construction, and completion of said way, and will act on this article in the warrant by a yea and nay vote and use the check-list in voting upon this arti- cle in the Warrant.
The polls to be closed at 5.30 o'clock, P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting
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attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post-Office and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding 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 meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
GEO. A. R. HORTON, Selectmen W. ERNEST STONE, of
H. CUSHING BULFINCH, Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
JAMES WHEELER, Constable.
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