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24 00
Philbrick & Pope, sundries
80
Till, Charles H. book
2 75
Roberts, C. K. & W. H., expressing
6 75
Wardwell, J. N., books .
3 50
Ware, Bruce R. & Co., library paper
32 76
Total $523 46
RECAPITULATION.
Salaries .
$ 272 00
Miscellaneous
523 46
Total expenditures
$795 46
RECEIPTS.
Dog tax
$313 83
Fines and catalogues
31 65
Total $345 48
193
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1899]
Street Watering.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Receipts .
15 00
$2,515 00
Amount of expenditures .
$1,619 10
Amount unexpended
895 90
$2,515 00
EXPENDITURES.
Brooks, C. F., repairs harnesses
$ 8 00
Delory, W. H., stock and labor .
12 97
Evans & Cole, watering 89 days, $5 per day
445 00
Fire Department, watering 162 days, $5 per day
810 00
McDonough, M., watering per contract
300 00
Philbrick & Pope, stock and labor on stand pipes
43 13
Total
$1,619 10
RECEIPT.
Chick, J. W .. $15 00
Street Light Department.
Appropriation $8,070 00 Amount of expenditures $7,886 85
Amount unexpended 183 15
$8,070 00
194
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
STREET LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Jeffers, C. P., use of telephone . 45
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., lighting streets one year . . gas at Burrill St. Bridge, one year Norcross, W. Percy, care gas lights at Burrill St. Bridge, one year 25 00
$7,808 80
52 60
Total expenditures $7,886 85
Water Rates.
Appropriation
$750 00
Amount of expenditures
$695 00
Balance unexpended
55 00 $750 00
EXPENDITURES.
Marblehead Water Co., water rates for 31
hydrants, 6 mos.
$310 00
3 drinking fountains, 6 mos. Swampscott Water Works, water rates for 31 hydrants, 6 mos. 3 drinking fountains, 6 mos.
310 00
37 50
Total expenditures $695 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid.
Appropriation
$500 00
Receipts . .
179 43
$679 43
Amount of expenditures .
$624 00
Amount unexpended 55 43
$679 43
37 50
195
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1899]
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' AID.
EXPENDITURES.
Groceries.
Colclough, H.
$ 2 20
Pettingell, S. J. 85 00
Shattuck & Delano
101 31
Standard Gro. and Prov. Co.
3 19
Tisdale, F. A. Co.
106 00
Total
$297 70
Rent.
Hurley, M.
$ 72 00
Porter, Abbie P., estate
40 00
Total
$112 00
Miscellaneous.
Hunt, A. F., M. D., medical services
$ 13 50
Honors, B. O. & Son, fuel .
116 80
Mower, E. A., burial
35 00
Porter, Milton D., shoes .
2 00
Aid rendered various parties
47 00
Total
$214 30
RECAPITULATION.
Groceries
$ 297 70
Rent .
112 00
Miscellaneous
214 30
Total expenditures $624 00
196
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 23
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' AID.
RECEIPTS.
City of Beverly
29 90
Town of Peabody
39 78
City of Beverly
109 75
Total
$179 43
State Aid.
CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1894.
March, 1898
$151 00
April, 1898
135 00
May, 1898
145 00
June, 1898
157 00
July, 1898
155 00
August, 1898
159 00
September, 1898
159 00
October, 1898, .
167 00
November, 1898
171 00
December, 1898
163 00
January, 1899
167 00
February, 1899
171 00
Total
$1,900 00
Reimbursement.
State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1897
$1,673 00
Due from
State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1898 Aid rendered, January and February, 1899
$1,848 00
338 00
$2,186 00
197
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1899]
Military Aid. CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1894.
March, 1898
$ 61 00
April, 1898
51 00
May, 1898 .
51 00
June, 1898 .
51 00
July, 1898
41 00
August, 1898 .
35 00
September, 1898
32 00
October, 1898
38 00
November, 1898
38 00
December, 1898
42 00
January, 1899
42 00
February, 1899 .
42 00
Total
$524 00
Reimbursement.
State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1897
$346 50
Due from
State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1898 Aid rendered, January and February, 1899
$281 00
42 00
Total
$323 00
State Aid, Chapter 561.
July, 1898 .
$24 00
August, 1898 .
16 00
September, 1898
20 00
October, 1898
12 00
Amount carried forward, $72 00
198
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
STATE AID, CHAPTER 561.
Amount brought forward,
$ 72 00
November, 1898
12 00
December, 1898
24 00
January, 1899
24 00
February, 1899
24 00
Total $156 00
Due to the Town of Swampscott.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1898 .
$108 00
Due January and February 48 00
$156 00
State Tax.
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Amount of expenditures $3,180 00
Amount unexpended
1,320 00
$4,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dec. 12th
$3,180 00
County Tax.
Appropriation
$5,500 00
Amount of expenditures
$5,077 85
Amount unexpended
422 15
$5,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Jenkins, E. Kendall, County tax, Oct. 31. $5,077 85
199
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1899]
Interest.
Appropriation $3,800 00
Interest on treasurer's deposit 337 64
$4,137 64
Amount of expenditures $3,442 08
695 56
Balance unexpended
$4,137 64
EXPENDITURES.
Interest on Notes.
Mar. 10. Lynn Institution for Savings, Notes 101-102 £
$ 62 50
Mar. 26. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107 50 00
Mar. 28. Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, Note 10S disc. 583 33
May 2. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 34. 60 00
May 12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 89 to 96. 468 00
June 11. Weston K. Lewis, Note 109 152 34
June 25. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 77 to 83 131 25
July 12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 70 to 75. 506 25
July 30. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 105 56 25
Aug. 10. Rogers, Newman & Tolman, Note 110, disc. 60 41
Sept. 10. Lynn Institution for Savings, Notes 101 and 102 62 50
Oct. 1. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107. 50 00
Nov. 12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 89 to 96. . . .
468 00
Dec. 24. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 78 to 83 112 50
506 25 Jan. 12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 70 to 75. . . Jan. 30. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 105. 56 25
Feb. 9. Lynn Institution for Savings, 6 months' interest, Note 105, July 1897 to January 1898 56 25
Total interest
$3,442 08
200
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Michael P. Carroll, Collector of Taxes, in Acc't Current with Town of Swampscott.
1898.
DR.
To amount committed for collection, as
per assessors' warrant :
Town tax
$70,144 57
State tax
3,180 00
County tax
5,077 85
Supplementary list 175 72
-- $78,578 14
CR.
By cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer .... $74,786 70
Discount, 2 per ct. taxes paid before Oct. 2 1,122 37
Abatement of assessors 1,552 22
Due on property advertised 1896
86 00
Property advertised for sale . 23 80
Uncollected taxes (to be advertised )
1,007 05
$78,578 14
M. P. Carroll, in Acc't with Town of Swampscott.
1898. DR.
Property advertised for sale 1896. $ 86 00
Property advertised for sale 1896. 54 47
Property advertised for sale 1898 23 80
Uncollected taxes (to be advertised)
1,007 05
$1,171 32
201
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1899]
Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, May 1, 1898.
Buildings, excluding land $2,384,150 00
Land, excluding buildings 1,751,432 00
Total valuation of real estate $4,135,582 00
Personal estate 1,318,591 00
Total valuation $5,454,173 00
Number of polls 1022
Tax on each poll
$2 00
Rate of taxation
$14 00 on $1,000 00
Tax on polls
$ 2,044 00
Tax on personal estate
18,460 27
Tax on real estate
57,898 15
Total tax, personal, real estate, polls $78,402 42
Number of residents assessed on property
664
Number of non-residents assessed on prop- erty
223
Firms and corporations
44
State tax
$ 3,180 00
County tax
5,077 85
Town tax
70,144 57
Total for State, County and Town
$78,402 42
Number of persons assessed on property. .
931
Number of persons assessed poll tax only
552
Total number of taxes assessed
1483
Number of dwelling houses
979
Number of acres of land .
1440
Number of horses
305
Number of cows
102
Number of neat cattle, other than cows . .
1
202
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer,
DR.
To cash balance in treasury March 1st, 1898. $ 9,196 13
Cemetery receipts .. 83 00
Catch basins and gutters, reimbursements. 2 75
Concrete and curbstones, reimbursements.
204 41
Corporation tax received from the State
14,515 89
Fire department receipts. 53 48
Highway department receipts . 42 05
Interest on treasurer's deposits, town.
337 64
Interest on treasurer's deposits, park
125 00
Interest on treasurer's deposits, water
87 31
Library, dog tax and receipts.
345 48
Military aid reimbursement by State.
346 50
Miscellaneous receipts, City of Salem
189 58
National Bank tax received from State
2,821 63
Park receipts
373 45
Poor department reimbursements
264 63
Police department receipts
338 20
School department receipts .
42 50
Selectmen's department receipts.
49 59
Soldiers' and Sailors' aid reimbursements
179 43
State aid reimbursed by State
1,673 00
Street watering receipts 15 00
Taxes 1896-97
153 98
Tax collector, M. P. Carroll
74,786 70
Temporary loans
35,000 00
Town hall receipts. 107 00
Water Bonds, premiums and accrued interest .
126,775 88
Water department receipts. 6,649 98
$274,760 19
1899]
AUDITORS' REPORT.
203
in acc't Current with Town of Swampscott.
CR.
By County Tax. $5,077 85
Interest on notes payable.
3,442 08
Account of notes paid :
May 2d, 1898, Monument loan note, No. 34 ...... . $ 3,000 00
June 25th, 1898, Phillips school note, No. 77 ..... 1,000 00
Sept. 10th, 1898, King street loan, note, No. 101. ...
1,500 00
Oct. 28th, 1898, temporary loan note, No. 108. . . 20,000 00 Nov. 12th, 1898, Park loan note, No. 89. 2,000 00
Dec. 12th, 1898, temporary loan note No. 109
10,000 00
Jan. 10th, 1899, temporary loan, note No. 110 . .. . . Jan. 12th, 1899, Phillips
5,000 00
school note, No. 70 ..... 4,500 00
$47,000 00
Marblehead Water Co., water
plant ....
94,000 00
Metropolitan Water Commissioners
20,000 00
Park department claims
1,756 77
Seals killed .
6 00
State tax, 1898 .
3,180 00
Selectmen's orders, 1898-9
77,255 65
Paid outstanding orders, 1897. . .
81 17
Paid outstanding orders, 1896. ..
10 00
Water Commissioners'
sinking
fund .
3,689 26
Water Bonds, interest
1,960 00 .
Balance in hands of Treasurer, March 1st, 1899
17,301 41
$274,760 19
*This includes Park balance, $4,193.63. Water Works balance, $5,435 54.
** Certified by Cashier's certificate.
Summary of Appropriations, Receipts and Expenditures.
Balance and Appropriati'n
Receipts.
Total.
Expenditures
Amount Unexpended.
Amount Overdrawn.
Assessor's Map
$1,010 00
$1,010 00
$ 300 00
$ 710 00
Catch Basins and Gutters
500 00
92 75
502 75
505 63
$2 88
Cemetery .
650 00
650 00
664 73
14 73
Cemetery Improvement
700 00
700 00
483 32
216 68
Collector's Safe
50 00
50 00
50 00
County Tax
5,500 00
5,500 00
5,077 85
422 15
Concrete and Curbstones
500 00
780 18
597 16
183 02
Crescent and Elliott Sts
350 00
350 00
387 50
37 50
Essex Street Sidewalk
500 00
500 00
474 04
25 96
Fire Department
5,000 00
38 48
5,938 48
6,041 31
102 83
Fire Alarm Striker
150 00
150 00
81 25
68 75
Fire Alarm Box .
150 00
150 00
77 49
72 51
Future Water Supply Balance
527 05
527 05
489 37
37 68
Grading Proctor Lot
200 00
200 00
156 38
43 62
Head Stones
50 00
50 00
15 00
35 00
Health Department
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,987 00
13 00
Highway Department
7,000 00
42 05
7,042 05
8,712 90
1,670 85
Hose
375 00
375 00
275 00
100 00
Interest
3,800 00
337 64
4,137 64
3,442 08
695 56
Library Department
450 00
345 78
795 78
795 46
32
Memorial Day
125 00
125 00
125 00
Military Aid, Due from State
262 00
262 00
524 00
262 00
Monument Lot
35 00
35 00
41 15
6 15
204
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
$204 41
Due town 75 77
Park Department, Balance
5,826 62 1,500. 00
498 45
7,825 07 600 00
3,631 44 606 90
4,193 63
Pleasant Street
600 00
338 20
4,838 20
4,908 06
69 86
Poor Department. .
3,000 00
264 63
3,372 17
3,243 60
128 57
Repairs, Fire Engine
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Selectmen's Department
4,500 00
49 59
4,549 59
4,264 45
285 14
School Department
16,000 00
42 50
16,042 50
16,545 36
Sidewalks
1,000 00
1,000 00
238 50
761 50
Soldier's and Sailor's Aid
500 00
179 43
679 43
624 00
55 43
State Aid, Chapter 301, Due from State
1,900 00
1,900 00
1,900 00
State Aid, Chapter 561, Due from State
156 00
156 00
156 00
State Tax . .
4,500 00
4,500 00
3,180 00
1,320 00
Street Crossings
600 00
600 00
547 87
52 13
Street Lights .
8,070 00
8,070 00
7,886 85
183 15
Street Watering
2,500 00
15 00
2,515 00
1,619 10
895 90
Swampscott Water Works
133,513 17
133,513 17
128,077 63
5,435 54
Town Hall
900 00
107 00
1,007 00
1,114 85
107 85
Water Rates
750 00
750 00
695 00
55 00
Whale's Beach
50 00
50 00
12 00
38 00
Total,
$88,236 67|
$137,062 39 $225,299 06 $212,055 23
AUDITORS' REPORT.
205
1899]
6 90
Police Department
4,500 00
Due town107 54
502 86
.
.
-
206
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1866=1899.
ASSESSORS' VALUATION MAY 1.
MARCH 1.
YEAR
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
TOTAL
RATE TAXES PER
YEAR
NOTES
PROPERTY
VALUATION
PAYABLE
1898
$4,135,582
$1,318,591
$5,454,173
$14.00
1899
$59,000.00
1897
3,997,975
1,304,163
5,302,138
12.00
1898
71,000.00
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
66,313.30
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
1,28-,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
460,8€7
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
207
AUDITORS' REPORT.
1899]
Notes Payable.
Date of Note.
No.
To whom payable,
Amount.
Class
Time.
Rate
When payable.
%
Jan. 12, '94
71
State of Mass.
4,500 00
A 6 yrs.
33
Jan. 12, 1900
Jan. 12, '94
72
State of Mass.
4,500 00
A
7 yrs.
3学
Jan. 12, 1901
Jan. 12, '94
73
State of Mass.
4,500 00
A
8 yrs.
Jan. 12, 1902
Jan. 12, '94
74
State of Mass.
4,500 00
A
9 yrs.
38
Jan. 12, 1903
Jan. 12, '94
75
State of Mass.
4,500 00
A
10 yrs.
3&
Jan. 12, 1904
June 25, '94
78
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A
5 yrs.
34
June 25, 1899
June 25, '94
79
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A
6 yrs.
3%
June 25, 1900
June 25, '94
80
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A 7 yrs.
33
June 25, 1901
June 25, '94
81
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A
8 yrs.
33
June 25, 1902
June 25, '94
82
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A
9 yrs.
3&
June 25, 1903
June 25, '94
83
State of Mass.
1,000 00
A
10 yrs.
June 25, 1904
Nov. 12, '95
90
State of Mass.
2,000 00
B
4 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1899
Nov. 12, '95
91
State of Mass.
2,000 00
B
5 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1900
Nov. 12, '95
92
State of Mass. State of Mass.
4,000 00
B
7 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1902
Nov. 12, '95
94
State of Mass.
4,000 00
B
8 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1903
Nov. 12, '95
95
State of Mass.
4,000 00
B
9 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1904
Nov. 12, '95
96
State of Mass.
4,000 00
B
10 yrs.
Nov. 12, 1905
Sept. 10, '96
102
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
1,000 00
D
3 yrs.
5
Sept. 10, 1899
July 30, '97
105
Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
3,000 00
E
10 yrs.
3ª
July 30, 1907
Sept. 24, '97
107 | Lynn Ins't Sav'gs
2,500 00
F
1 8 yrs.
4
Sept. 24, 1905
Total, $59,000 00
A, Phillips' School Loan.
B, Park Loan.
D, King Street Loan.
E, Proctor Lot. F, Chemical Laboratory.
Nov. 12, 1901
Nov. 12, '95
93
4,000 00
B
6 yrs.
208
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Financial Standing of the Town of Swampscott, March 1, 1899.
RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Treasurer .
$ 17,301 41
Due from Concrete and Curbstones
66
Poor Department
107 54
66
State Aid
2,186 00
Military Aid
323 00
66
State Aid, 561
156 00
Taxes on advertised property
1,171 32
Schedule of Public Property
295,067 29
$316,388 33
LIABILITIES.
Notes Payable
1899 Phillips School Loan.
$1.000 00
66
1899 Park Loan
2,000 00
1889 King Street Loan
1,000 00
4,000 00
66
66
§ 1901 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
66
1 1901 Park Loan
4,000 00
9,500 00
66
66
1 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
9.500 00
1905 Park Loan
4,000 00
1905 Chemical Laboratory.
2,500 00
6,500 00
66
1907 Proctor Lot.
3,000 00
3,000 00
$ 59,000 CO
Water Bonds, 30 years, due 1928
120,000 00
$179,000 00
66
§ 1900 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
₹ 1900 Park Loan .
2,000 00
7,500 00
1902 Phillips School Loan
5,500 00
1 1904 P'ark Loan
4,000 00
75 77
1899]
TOWN WARRANT.
209
Town Warrant, 1899.
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 Swamp- scott, qualified to vote in elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the twen- tieth 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 meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year en- suing.
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 en- suing.
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.
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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 ques- tion : 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 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 Water Commissioners, the Surveyor of High- ways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Committee on Sewerage, and the Park Commissioners.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year and make appro- priations 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 ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, 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.
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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 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. 12. To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay balance due American Fire Engine Com- pany for repairs on Fire Engine.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make repairs on Engine House.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take toward paying a salary to the Water Commissioners and fix the amount of same.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take toward amending the By-Laws.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health in removing rubbish which may be washed up on Whale's Beach during the coming season.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing more land adjoining the Town Hall lot and make appropriation therefor.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will amend Section 2 of Arti- cle 3 of the By-Laws, so as to authorize the payment of money by the Town Treasurer upon orders drawn by the Water Board or a majority of the members of said Board.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will amend Section 1 of Article 2 of the By-Laws, so as to authorize the Water Board, as agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute suits, as set forth in a draft of the proposed amendment now on file in the office of the Town Cierk.
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ART. 20. To see what rules and regulations the Town will adopt as to the collection of water rates and in cases of failure or refusal to pay such water rates, or to comply with the rules, by- laws, or regulations concerning the water supplied by the Town and payment therefor, according to a draft of said rules and reg- ulations and proposed by-law on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to adopt rules and regulations, from time to time, hereafter, for the care and protection of the water works and other property of the Town employed in supplying water to the Town and its inhabitants, and for the collection of water rates.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to grade Pleasant Street as far as accepted.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to furnish and operate an electric arc light at the junction of Middlesex Avenue, Farragut and Paradise Roads.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take toward constructing street crossings, as follows : Across Rose Street at Rockland Street; across Rockland Street at easterly corner of Rose Street ; across New Ocean Street at Burrill Street ; across Essex Street at the southwest corner of Burrill Street; across Farragut Road at junction of same with Thomas Road from estate of Walter R. Curtis to estate of Edgar Shaw; across Thomas Road from the church of the Holy Name to the estate of Walter R. Curtis; across Burrill Street from northeast corner of same and Middlesex Avenue to the northwest corner of Rail- road Avenue and Burrill Street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of three to investigate as to the expediency and probable cost of converting our present Pumping Station of the Water Works into an Electric Light Plant for the purpose of supplying elec-
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tricity for the use of the Town and its citizens, and to report at the next annual Town Meeting.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the betterments assessed by the Park Commissioners March 18th, 1898, upon lands bordering on Humphrey Street.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting a portion of Humphrey Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take toward ac- cepting a portion of Orient Court, as laid out by the Select- men, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting a portion of Roy Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting Maple Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting Stetson Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to request the School Committee to introduce a Business Course at the High School, consisting of the following studies : Arithmetic, English, double- entry bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see what action the Town will take in ref- erence to drainage of Norfolk Avenue, as mentioned in the Selectmen's report.
ART. 34. To see what action the Town will take in relation to improvements at Atlantic and Beach Bluff Avenues, as rec- ommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Watering Cart, as recommended by the Selectmen.
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ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to give E. A. Farn- ham permission to connect a private drain with the Town drain on Humphrey street for the removal of surface water.
ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take relative to the perpetual care of Cemetery Lots.
ART. 38. To see what action the Town will take toward arranging a contract with the City of Lynn for Fire Protection.
ART. 39. To fix the amount of salary for Town Officials for ensuing year.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts Highway Commis- sion to build that portion of the state highway between the Boston & Maine Railroad overhead bridge on Paradise Road, to Burrill Street on the North Shore Route, so called, with such modifications of said plan as may be deemed advisable.
ART. 41. To see what action, if any, the Town will take as to paying for land on Blaney's Beach, which John Smith claims to have owned, and which was taken by the Park Com- missioners for park purposes, and to take any action on the claim of said Smith which the meeting may determine.
ART. 42. To see what compensation, if any, the Town will award to William C. Stone, and the other Stone heirs, for land of the said William C. Stone or of the Stone heirs, taken by the Town for park purposes, or what action, if any, the Town will take in reference to compensation to said William C. Stone, or said Stone heirs, upon their claim as set forth in petition on file,-and to see whether the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the whole matter relating to the entire taking of property of William C. Stone, and the Stone heirs, for such park purposes.
ART. 43. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in determining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improvements.
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ART. 44. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $4,100 for the improvement of the Blaney Beach Reservation, as indicated by the Park Commissioners' report and plans on file with the Town Clerk.
The polls to be closed at 5.30 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested 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-nine.
WILMOT R. HASTINGS, JAS. H. MOULTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
GEO. T. MELZARD,
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable.
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