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$75 00
Balance unexpended
25 00
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Morse Safe Co., E. C., safe $75 00
Town Hall Department.
Appropriation
$400 00
Receipts ..
164 00
Amount overdrawn
337 78
$901 78
Amount of expenditures .
901 78
EXPENDITURES.
Adams, John I., setting glass
$ 50
Brown, W. D., repairing piano
4 00
Clark, D. L., supplies .
11 55
Davey, Thos. & Co., supplies
3 00
Getchell, B. T., cleaning vaults and team- ing ashes
8 50
Heath, G. A., & Co., repairs on lock
2 00
Holden, G. H., & Co., supplies
16 52
Honors & Wardwell, fuel
138 50
Howard Watch & Clock Co. E, repairing clock
10 00
Amount brought forward,
$194 57
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TOWN HALL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $194 57
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., gas
91 00
Marblehead Water Co., water rates
10 50
Mott, James A., janitor 1 year
512 07
paid for telegram on acct. of clock 50
cash paid for cleaning windows . 9 87
522 44
Nesbitt, A. F., ringing bell 3 00
Philbrick & Pope, supplies and labor
22 95
Rowell, Charles, stock and labor
29 56
Small, J. P., stock and labor
6 90
Till, Geo. T., supplies agent, 5 per cent. receipts, $164 8 20
88
9 08
Wardwell, O. N., wringer
2 00
Wheeler, Irving W., ensign
9 78
$901 78
RECEIPTS.
Received from G. T. Till, agent
$164 00
Repairs on Town Hall.
$600 00
Appropriation
Amount of expenditures $562 87
Balance unexpended 37 13
$600 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
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REPAIRS ON TOWN HALL.
EXPENDITURES.
Delano, Gilbert, putting in windows as per
contract
$225 00
extra repairs
68 €2
$293 62
Eastman, E. S., repairs on clock
2 50
Lampard, George H., labor
75
Lampard & Kezer, painting hall as per con- tract
225 00
extra labor and stock
29 55
254 55
Philbrick & Pope, stock and labor
11 45
$562 87
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[Feb. 27
Recapitulation.
Assessor's Map
Appropriations and Receipts. $920 00
Expenditures. $920 00
Catch Basins and Gutters
400 00
385 44
Cemetery
600 00
721 24
Concrete & Curbstones L _Reimbursements, 27 705
527 70
224 29
Essex Street Culvert
300 00
288 26
Future Water Supply
1,500 00
Fire Department .
Receipts, 655 30 5
125 00
123 50
Health Department
Appropriation, $1,700 00 } Reimbursements, 48 98 5
1,748 98
1,694 70
Highway Department -
Appropriation, $4,500 00 } Receipts, 18 30 $
4,518 30
4,625 90
King Street Extension
4,500 00
4,259 13
Library Department
Appropriation,
802 85
802 81
Macadamizing Humphrey Street
1,500 00
1,458 46
Memorial Day
100 00
100 00
Military Aid .
613 00
Monument Lot, Care of .
35 00
34 88
Park .
Balance appro., 1896, $15,320 33 } Receipts, 1,457 78 5
16,778 11
6,912 11
Police L Appropriation, $4,500 00 } Receipts, 615 50 5
5,115 50
4,057 32
Poor
L Appropriation, $3,000 00 }
3,163 66
3,153 80
Rockland Street Drainage
150 00
149 00
Salem Street Sidewalk
400 00
235 00
School Department . Appropriation, $15,000 00 }
31 67 5
15,031 67
15,321 14
Selectmen's Department
4,500 00
4.444 87
Sidewalk Department
1,000 00
763 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid [Approp., $400 00 }
462 74
554 22
State Aid
1,523 00
Amount carried forward,
$59,187 99
·
.
5,655 30
5,822 92
Fire Alarm Box
Appropriation, $500 00 }
Appropriation, $5,000 00 }
$500 00}
Receipts and dog tax, 302 85 S
Reimbursements, 163 665
Receipts,
Reimbursed, 62 74 5
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RECAPITULATION.
Amount brought forward,
$59,187 99
Street Light .
7,000 00
7,162 34
Street Crossings
200 00
169 38
Street Watering .
Receipts,
14 88 5
2,514 88
2,290 38
Town Clerk's Safe
100 00
75 00
Town Hall Repairs
600 00
562 87
Town Hall Dep't
Appropriation, $400 00 Receipts,
564 00
901 78
Water Rates
700 00
695 00
Less Fire Department credit . . :
602 75
Net am't of Selectmen's orders drawn Less Selectmen's outstanding orders .
167 29
Net am't of orders paid by Treasurer County Tax (estimated)
5,500 00
5,336 30
Interest
Receipts,
309 53 5
4,109 53
3,691 80
Notes Paid
10,750 00
National Bank Tax Balance
29 21
State Tax (estimated)
4,500 00
3,955 00
Outstanding orders of 1896 paid
606 63
Amount of appropriations and receipts $95,623 52
Net am't of Treasurer's disbursements .
$94,643 64
1
164 00 $
$71,044 74
$70,441 99
$70,274 70
Appropriation, $3,800 00 }
Appropriation, $2,500 00 }
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Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1865-1897.
ASSESSORS' VALUATION MAY 1.
MARCH 1.
YEAR.
REAL ESTATE.
PERSONAL
TOTAL VALUATION
RATE TAXES PER $1,000
YEAR
NOTES
PAYABLE
1896
$3,896,059
$1,245,245
$5,141,304
$12.00
1897
$78,250.00
1895
3,756,900
1,444,947
5,201,847
12.00
1896
84,500.00
1894
3,619,525
1,529,675
5,149,200
11.00
1895
66,333.30
1893
3,439,975
1,649,953
5,089,928
11.00
1894
71,166.66
1892
3,271,279
1,504,170
4,775,449
10.00
1893
37,499.99
1891
3,122,350
1,771,373
4,893,723
10.00
1892
42,333.32
1890
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
.
PROPERTY.
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Notes Payable.
Date of Note.]
No.
To whom payable
Amount
Class
Time
Rate
When payable.
June 1,'86
20
State of Mass.
1,000 00
B
11 yrs.
33
June 1, 1897
May 2,'88
34
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
3,000 00
C
10 yrs.
4
May 2, 1898
Aug. 11, '91
54
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
2,250 00
E
6 yrs.
42
Aug. 11, 1897
Jan. 12, '94
69
State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
4 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1898
Jan. 12, '94
70
State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
5 yrs.
3ª
Jan. 12, 1899
Jan. 12, '94
71
State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
6 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1900
Jan. 12, '94
72
State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
7 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1901
Jan. 12,.'94
73 State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
8 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1902
Jan. 12, '94
74 State of Mass.
4,500 00
F
9 yrs.
3ª
Jan. 12, 1903
Jan. 12, '94
75
State of Mass.
4,500 00
₣
10 yrs.
34
Jan. 12, 1904
June 25, '94
76
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
3 yrs.
3ª
June 25, 1897
June 25, '94
77
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
4 yrs.
3ª
June 25, 1898
June 25, '94
78
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
5 yrs.
3ª
June 25, 1899
June 25, '94
79
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
6 yrs.
34
June 25, 1900
June 25, '94
80
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
7 yrs.
3&
June 25, 1901
June 25, '94
81
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
8 yrs.
34
June 25, 1902
June 25, '94
82
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
9 yrs.
34
June 25, 1903
June 25, '94
83
State of Mass.
1,000 00
F
10 yrs.
3&
June 25, 1904 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 00
D
4 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1899
Nov. 12, '95
91
State of Mass.
2,000 00
D
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
10 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1905
Sept. 10, '96 100
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
2,000 00
A
1 yrs.
5
Sept. 10, 1896
Sept. 10,'96
101
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
1,500 00
A
2 yrs.
5
Sept. 10, 1897
Sept. 10, '96 102
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
1,000 00
A
3 yrs.
5
Sept. 10. 1898
Total, $78,250 00
A, King Street Loan.
B, Culvert Loan.
C, Monument Loan.
D, Park Loan.
E, Engine House Loan.
F, Phillips School Loan.
Nov. 12, '95
88
State of Mass.
2,000 00
D
2 yrs.
%
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Financial Standing of the Town of Swampscott, March 1, 1897.
RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Treasurer . $18,289 29
Due from Selectmen's Department .
Poor Department
61 57
66 Highway Department, 1894-97
45 40
66 Concrete and Curbstones
42 11
Military Aid
359 50
66 State Aid .
1,794 00
66 Park Department
280 00
Police Department 25 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid 118 69
66 Schedule of Public Property . 179,193 50
State and Advertised Property 408 00
$200,652 06
LIABILITIES.
Notes Payable
[ 1897 Culvert Loan
$1,000 00
66
1897 Phillips School Loan
1,000 00
1897 Engine House Loan
2,250 00
1897 King Street Loan
2,000 00
66
1897 Park Loan
2,000 00
8,250 00
66
1898 Monument Loan
3,000 00
1898 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
1898 King Street Extension Loan
1,500 00
66
1898 Park Loan .
2,000 00
12,000 00
66
1899 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1899 Park Loan .
2,000 00
66
1899 King Street Extension Loan
1,000 00
8,500 00
66
1900 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
1900 Park Loan .
2,000 00
7,500 00
60
66
1901 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
9,500 00
66
1902 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1902 Park Loan . .
4,000 00
9,500 00
66
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
66
1904 Park Loan
4,000 00
9,500 00
6
1905 Park Loan .
4,000 00
4,000 00
Selectmen's Outstanding Orders
167 29
1901 Park Loan
4,000 00
$78,417 29
35 00
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Auditors' Remarks.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
We herewith present for your consideration the forty-fifth Annual Report of the Town, for the fiscal year end- ing February 27, 1897.
The accounts of the several departments have been care- fully examined and found to have been correctly kept, and proper vouchers on file for payments made.
The Treasurer's accounts have been audited quarterly, and we hold bank cashiers' certficates of deposits for balance of each quarter's auditing.
The items of receipts can be found by referring to the different departments as they appear in the Treasurer's account.
Respectfully submitted,
L. FRANK CAHOON, JAY C. MERRITT, Auditors. JOHN B. EARP,
17
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[Feb. 27
Town Warrant. 1897.
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 fifteenth 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.
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To choose one member of the Board of Trus- tees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.
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 Cemetery Improvement, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, &c., the Committee on Pine Street Tunnel, the Committee on Sewerage, the Committee to confer with the Street Railway Company, and the Park Commissioners.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces-
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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- 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. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the regulation of salaries of Town Officials for the ensuing year.
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 cer- tain 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 direct the removal of the ledge from Redington Street, between Rockland and King Streets, and adjust the grade to facilitate travel over the hill and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of George A. Jackson and others.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars in connection with the regular appropriation for the Fire Department for the purpose of maintaining a Hose Company at Mountain Park,
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and also to complete the Hose House built by the Town in that section, agreeable to the petition of Silas B. Carr and others.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take towards numbering the streets of the Town, on a basis of twenty-five feet frontage, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Fredd O. Thompson and others.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3000) dollars, to purchase the piece of land on the corner of Burrill Street and Claremont Ter- race, adjoining the Town Hall Lot, agreeable to the petition of Samuel F. Crosman and others.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will accept and adopt Chapter 186, Section 1, Acts of March 27, 1895, agreeable to the petition of W. A. Stubbs and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will request the Board of Park Commissioners to take no further action towards the building of a Park in Swampscott until our next annual Town Meeting in March, 1898, agreeable to the petition of Thomas E. Stone and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money, not to exceed twenty-five ($25) dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for the purpose of ringing the Town Hall Bell and raising the National Flag on the staff on each and every Town Meeting Day, 4th of July, Washington's Birthday and at such other times as the Board may deem proper, agreeable to the peti- tion of Everett Boynton and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the payment of the completed work of the survey of the Town, with maps for the use of
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the Board of Assessors, agreeable to the petition of the com- mittee on survey and maps.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty ($50) dollars to clear off the rubbish that may collect on Whale Beach from June 1 to October 1, 1897, agreeable to the petition of William R. Blaney and others.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to place a fire alarm box at the junction of Glen Road and Humphrey Street, agreeable to the petition of John Gannon and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing across Phillips Street at the junction of Humphrey Street, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Frank E. Ingalls and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will construct a stone crossing on Redington Street at the corner of Blaney Street, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of A. L. Pierce and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will erect an Electric Arc Light at the corner of Greenwood Street and King Street extension, and appropriate money for the same, agree- able to the petition of W. A. Delory and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will locate two (2) in- candescent electric lights on Atlantic Avenue, one near house known as Marina, on the Phillips Estate, and one near the road going to the Beach on the Palmer Estate, and appropriate money for the same. Also to see if the Town will establish proper bounds for street grade on Atlantic Avenue, agreeable to the petition of David K. Phillips and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will erect an Electric
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Arc Light near the residence of Charles Knowles and appro- priate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of James E. Phillips and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will erect an Electric Arc Light near the corner of Walker and Grant Roads and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of John S. Hurley and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will construct a fire escape on the Phillips School building and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Benjamin F. Rich and others.
ART. 30. To see if the Committee on Salaries will take into consideration the amount of work done by the Inspector of Provisions and Animals the past year, and make a suitable appropriation for the present year, agreeable to the petition of James E. Phillips and others.
ART. 31. To see whether the Town will vote to in- struct the Board of Selectmen to petition the State Legisla- ture in aid of the petitions and special report of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, now pending before the Committee on Roads and Bridges, that a State Highway be constructed between Boston and Newburyport over the North Shore Route, so called, as described in said report, with such modifications of said plan as may be deemed advisable.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will construct two street crossings, one on Burrill Street opposite the store of J. L. Caverly, and one on Railroad Avenue opposite the same estate, agreeable to the petition of the Selectmen.
The polls to be closed at 5.30 o'clock, P.M.
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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 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-seven.
GEO. A. R. HORTON, Selectmen
GEORGE A. HEATH, of
CLARENCE B. DELANO, Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
SAMUEL T. HARRIS, Constable.
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