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For Member of Board of Health for three years, Joseph W. Glass, 374, elected ; John I. Adams, 367 ; blanks, 82.
For Trustee of Public Library for three years-Frank F. Stanley, 370, elected ; Everett Boynton, 241 ; blanks, 211; scat- tering, 1.
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For Park Commissioner for three years-Frank L. Earl, 304, elected ; James E. O. Nisbett, 245 ; Edmund Russell, 148 ; blanks, 126.
For Auditors-Edward A. Maxfield, 375, elected ; Herman F. Ashton, 381, elected; Warren S. Blanchard, 341, elected ; Jay C. Merritt, 340; John B. Earp, 319; L. Frank Cahoon, 262; blanks, 451.
For Constables-Jefferson G. Owens, 470, elected ; Samuel T. Harris, 460, elected ; Richard G. Gilley, 442, elected ; T. Frank Widger, 304; blanks, 792; scattering, 1.
LICENSE QUESTION.
No, 521; Yes, 158 ; blanks, 144. Adjourned.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 22, 1898.
In accordance with the adjournment of the last meeting, the 'voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday eve- ning, March 22, 1898.
The meeting was called to order at 7.30 o'clock by John R. Merritt, Moderator.
The records of the previous meeting were read and declared correct.
Voted. That the reports contained in Art. 4 be accepted as printed ; that they lay on the table, and that they be taken up in connection with Art. 12, at 8 o'clock,-in regular order, for consideration, so far as they contain recommendations requiring action on the part of the Town.
Voted. To lay upon the table, the matter of appropriations embraced in Art. 5 until the various reports in Art. 4, and the report of the Committee on Future Water Supply be acted on.
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The meeting having voted to excuse John Albree, Jr., Mel- vin D. Burdette and Charles P. Jeffers from the list of Jurors, at their request,
Voted. ART. 6. To accept the following as a List of Jurors.
HERMAN F. ASHTON.
JOHN R. MERRITT.
GEORGE A. BLANCHARD.
MARTIN E. NIES.
FRANK L. BONNEY.
DAVID W. NISBETT.
FRANK H. BRADFORD.
SAMUEL R. PARKER.
GEORGE M. CONNER.
SAMUEL M. PORTER.
WILLIAM C. COWDREY.
BENJAMIN G. PEDRICK.
HENRY N. CULLEN.
MILTON D. PORTER.
JAMES H. CURTIN.
BENJAMIN F. RICH.
WILLIS E. DOUGHTY.
ALLEN S. ROWE.
SYLVESTER F. DOUGLASS.
JOSEPH D. SPINNEY.
ENOCH S. EASTMAN.
WHITFIELD A. STUBBS.
CHARLES E. EVANS.
JOHN G. STANLEY.
FREEMAN HOWES.
JAMES THOMAS.
GEORGE H. HOVEY.
JOHN C. THOMAS.
CHARLES E. HARRIS.
EDGAR M. TUTTLE.
WILLIAM D. HUTT.
ISAAC A. ULMAN.
CHARLES T. JACKSON.
WILLIAM W. VARINA.
GEORGE C. WEBSTER.
JOHN F. KEEFE. .JAMES H. WIDGER.
Voted. ART. 7. That the required amount of the Treasur- er's bond be $10,000.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Swampscott in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, at an interest rate not to exceed six per cent., a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to Forty Thousand Dollars, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made, and any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote, shall be paid from the tax- es of the present municipal year.
Voted. That the required amount of the bond for the Col- lector of Taxes be $5,000.
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Eight o'clock having arrived
ART. 12. The report of the Committee on Future Water Supply was taken from the table.
Moved. By H. C. Bulfinch. That the Selectmen of the Town of Swampscott be and they are hereby authorized to pur- chase for and in behalf of the Town, all the water rights, estates, privileges and franchises of the Marblehead Water Company and pay therefor the sum of Ninety-four Thousand Dollars ($94,000), agreeable to the amended proposal and agreement to sell, hereto- fore executed by said Marblehead Water Company, and signed or assented to by a majority of the Committee on Future Water Supply, a copy of which agreement to sell, with memorandum of agreement attached thereto, being on file in the office of the Select- men of the Town, except that said Ninety-four Thousand Dollars shall not be paid or payable until the title to said property and the instrument of conveyance thereof shall be satisfactory to and approved by the Selectmen of the Town, or a majority of said Selectmen.
During the discussion which followed, Mr. George Albree asked permission to read his minority report. A vote was taken and his request granted. A general discussion following.
Voted. That when the vote be taken, the check list be used and the vote be taken by yeas and nays.
At 10 P. M., a motion to adjourn was negatived.
A vote was then taken, the check list being used, with the following result : Yeas, One hundred and four (104) ; Nays, Six- ty-two (62).
M. V. B. Stone gave notice that, having voted in the affirm- ative, he should to- morrow evening, move for a reconsideration of the last vote taken.
Voted. That when we adjourn, it be to to-morrow, Wed- nesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Voted. To take up Art. 22 at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. Voted. At 11.15 p. M. to adjourn.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 23, 1898.
In accordance with the foregoing adjournment, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, March 23, 1898.
The meeting was called to order at 7.35 o'clock by John R. Merritt, Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared cor- rect.
Art. 4 was taken up.
Voted. To appropriate the sum of $700 for the Cemetery, as recommended by the Selectmen.
In accordance with notice previously given, M. V. B. Stone moved a reconsideration of the vote whereby it was voted to pur- chase the plant of the Marblehead Water Company. Tellers were appointed by the Moderator and by a rising vote, the motion was negatived; 112 Yes, 167 No. Art. 22, assigned for 8 o'clock was now taken up.
Voted. ART. 22. That the Town accept Pleasant Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and that the sum of $600 be appropriated to improve the same.
Voted. ART. 23. To accept Norfolk and Middlesex Avenues as laid out by the Board of Selectmen of 1896-7.
Voted. ART. 24. To accept Hampden and Berkshire Streets as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted. ART. 25. To accept Monument Avenue, Elmwood Road, Thomas Road, Andrew and Farragut Roads, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as soon as waivers are signed by the Abutters.
ART. 26. Resolved, That Crescent and Elliott Streets, so called, situate in the Town of Swampscott, Mass., as laid out by the Selectmen, be, and are hereby accepted as public ways, refer- ence to which may be had by plans drawn by Fred. H. Eastman, C. E., 1898, and filed with the Town Clerk, also, that the sum of $350 be appropriated for the improvement of said ways. Adopted.
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Voted. That Art. 20 be referred to the Committee on Street Lights, to report at our adjourned meeting, the cost of our lights burning until daylight.
Voted. That Art. 28, referring to a drain through Essex, Burrill and Columbia Streets, be referred to the Selectmen to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. To appropriate $150 to place a Fire Alarm Striker on the Hose House at Mountain Park.
Voted. That Art. 18, referring to collection of ashes and rubbish for the ensuing year, be referred to the Board of Health, and the Selectmen to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. That Art. 29, for the purchase of a Chemical Fire Engine for Phillips Beach, be referred to the Selectmen and Fire Engineers, to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. To appropriate $125, to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying expenses of Memorial Day.
On motion. A rising vote of thanks was extended to the Committee on Future Water Supply.
Voted. That Art. 16, in reference to placing a Fire Alarm Box at the junction of Stetson and Franklin Avenues, be referred to the Board of Fire Engineers, to report at the adjourned meet- ing.
Voted. That a discount of two per cent. be allowed upon all taxes paid on or before October 1st of the present year.
Voted. ART. 15. Not to publish the names of those who are assisted through Poor, Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid, State and Military Aid Departments.
Voted. That Art. 19, referring to an Arc Light at the cor- ner of King and Greenwood Streets, be referred to the Street Light Committee, to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. That Art. 13, for laying a Water Pipe on Humph- rey Street, from Phillips Corner to Salem Street, be referred to the Selectmen, to report at the adjourned meeting.
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Art. 32 was taken up, pending discussion,
Voted. At 9.30 P. M. To adjourn to tomorrow, Thursday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 24, 1898.
Pursuant to the foregoing adjournment, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, March 24, 1898.
The meeting was called to order at 7.40 o'clock by John R. Merritt, Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared ap- proved.
Voted. ART. 32. That the sum of $50 be appropriated and expended under the direction of the Board of Health, for the re- moval of rubbish washed upon Whale's Beach.
ART. 12. Moved by J. H. Crosman. That the Town Treas- urer, with the Board of Selectmen be instructed to issue Notes or Bonds on behalf of the Town for the sum of $94,000, for the time of one to thirty years, at four per cent. interest, with instruc- tions to report at an adjourned meeting, before doing so, whether in their judgment it is wiser to issue Notes, payable yearly, or to provide for the payment of said sum by what is usually known as a sinking fund in charge of a special committee.
Amended by E. E. Call. That the interest do not exceed four per cent.
Pending the amendment, E. F. Small offered a substitute motion. That the consideration of those parts of Art. 12, not al- ready acted upon, be laid upon the table, to be taken up at an ad- journed Town Meeting, not before April 1, 1898. Carried.
Voted. That $50 be appropriated to furnish Headstones for the Public Lot in the Cemetery, and for receptacles for rubbish, as recommended in the report of the Superintendent of the Ceme- tery.
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Voted. To appoint a committee of five from the floor, to further consider the Sewerage matter, as recommended in the re- port of the Sewerage Committee.
COMMITTEE ON SEWERAGE.
SAMUEL F. CROSMAN. EDWARD E. CALL.
KENDALL POLLARD. FRANK J. LINNEHAN.
ROBERT B. WARDWELL.
Voted. To appropriate $375 to purchase 500 feet of Cotton Hose for the use of the Fire Department, as recommended in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers.
Voted. That the matter of appropriations for Street Lights be laid over until the adjourned meeting.
Voted. That the same Committee on Street Lights serve for the current year.
Voted. On motion of M. E. Nies, that the sum of $1,500 be appropriated for the Highway Department, in addition to the sum recommended in the report of the Selectmen.
Voted. That the sum of $2,500 be added to the Highway Department appropriation, for watering the Streets, and that said sum of $2,500 be used for no other purpose.
Voted. ART. 5. To appropriate for the several depart- ments, the amounts recommended by the Selectmen, as follows :
Selectmen's Department . $4,500 00
Highway Department 5,500 00
School Department 16,000 00
2,000 00
Health Department
Police Department 4,500 00
Poor Department 3,000 00
Fire Department, and receipts. 5,000 00
Town Hall 900 00
Catch Basins, and Gutters 500 00
Sidewalks . 1,000 00
Concrete and Curbstones 500 00
Cemetery 650 00
Assessors' Maps 1,010 00
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Library. Dog tax and receipts . 450 00
Care Monument Lot . 35 00
Water Rates 750 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid 500 00
Interest 3,800 00
State Tax (estimated) .
4,500 00
County Tax (estimated) 5,500 00
ART. 17 was taken up. An amendment to this Article offered by M. E. Nies, to extend the building of the Essex Street sidewalk to the Salem line, was carried.
Voted. To refer Art. 17, as thus amended, to the Surveyor of Highways and the Selectmen, to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. That Art. 21, in relation to Street Crossings be re- ferred to the Selectmen and Surveyor of Highways, to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. That Art. 30, in reference to a Safe for the Col- lector of Taxes, be referred to the Selectmen, to report at the ad- journed meeting.
Voted. That Art. 27 be referred to the Selectmen, to re- port at the adjourned meeting, as to probable expense.
Voted. That Art. 31 be laid upon the table, until the ad- journed meeting.
Voted. That when we adjourn, it be to Thursday evening, April 14th, at 7.30 o'clock.
Voted. To adjourn at 8.45 P. M.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 14, 1898.
In accordance with the previous adjournment, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, April 14, 1898.
The meeting was called to order by John R. Merritt, Mod- erator, at 7.40 o'clock.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared ap- proved.
REPORT ON ARC LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF KING AND GREENWOOD STREETS.
ART. 19. For an Arc Light to be placed at the corner of King and Greenwood Streets.
The Committee to whom this Article was referred would recommend that the petition be granted, and that the sum of Seventy Dollars ($70) be appropriated for its maintenance the current year.
E. A. FARNHAM, A. R. BUNTING, J. R. MERRITT, F. L. BONNEY, M. L. QUINN, L
Committee.
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Street Light Committee, and appropriate $70 therefor.
REPORT RELATIVE TO BURNING STREET LIGHTS TILL DAY- LIGHT.
ARTICLE 20. Your committee have conferred with the Company furnishing our lights, and estimate the additional cost as about Fourteen Hundred Dollars ($1,400.) This amount, added to what the Committee call for, to maintain our present system, means an appropriation of Nine Thousand, Four Hun-
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dred Dollars ($9,400), for the current year. We leave the Town to judge whether they are ready for such an expenditure at this time.
E. A. FARNHAM, A. R. BUNTING, J. R. MERRITT, Committee.
F. L. BONNEY, M. L. QUINN,
A. F. Nisbett moved that the sum of $9,400 be appropriated for Street Lighting for the current year, including the burning all night.
A substitute motion by Kendall Pollard, that the sum of $8,000, be appropriated for Street Lighting for the current year was carried.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ESSEX STREET SIDEWALK.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We estimate that the sum of $500 will be sufficient to build the sidewalk asked for on Essex Street, under Article 17, and recommend the appropriation of that sum for the purpose.
W. R. HASTINGS, 1 Selectmen. JAS. H. MOULTON, S
J. P. M. S. PITMAN.
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen and Suryeyor of Highways on building a sidewalk on Essex Street from the corner of Belmont Avenue and Essex Street to the Salem line, and to appropriate $500 therefor.
REPORT ON STREET CROSSINGS.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We recommend the construction of Crossings on Burrill Street, Danvers Street, Rock Avenue, Claremont Terrace, and Humphrey Street, as petitioned for in Article 21, and that the sum of $600 be appropriated for the same.
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We do not recommend a crossing across Columbia Street at Maple Avenue.
W. R. HASTINGS, 1 Selectmen. JAS. H. MOULTON, S
J. P. M. S. PITMAN.
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen and Surveyor of Highways on construction of Street Crossings and to appropriate $600 therefor.
ART. 16. Relative to placing a Fire Alarm Box at the junction of Stetson and Franklin Avenues.
The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department reported ver- bally, asking for further time to consider this matter, which was granted, he to report at the adjourned meeting.
REPORT ON PURCHASING A SAFE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
We recommend that the sum of $50 be appropriated, for the purchase of a suitable safe for the Collector of Taxes.
W. R. HASTINGS, JAS. H. MOULTON, S Selectmen.
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen and to appropriate the sum of $50 therefor.
Voted. That when we adjourn, it be to Thursday, May 5, at 7.30 Р. M.
Voted. That the Salaries of Town Officers for the current year, be the same as last year.
ART. 31. Report of the Park Commissioners.
PARK COMMISSION.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We are unofficially informed that it is the intention of the Metropolitan Commission to clear off and grade the King's Beach
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Reservation before assigning it to our care for administration ; therefore no immediate outlay is required at this Reservation.
Until the pending litigation over the nuisance at the west end of Blaney's Beach shall arrive at some definite conclusion, we do not see our way to suggest any substantial development of the premises other than putting the same in a presentable condi. tion for the coming season.
As no appropriation has been made at any time for the ex- pense of administration, which in three years up to this time amounts to the sum of $1,013.07 above the receipts, we recom- mend the appropriation of the sum of $1,500, to reimburse the ex- pense already incurred and to meet the expenses of the current year.
BENJ. POTTER, EDWARD H. KITFIELD, Commissioners. FRANK L. EARL,
Voted. 37 Yeas to 6 Nays, to accept and adopt the report of the Park Commissioners, and to appropriate $1,500, as recom- mended.
REPORT ON COLLECTING ASHES AND RUBBISH.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Committee to whom Art. 18 was referred find that the estimated cost of collecting ashes in this Town would be in the vicinity of $1,200 per year.
W. R. HASTINGS, Selectmen. JAS. H. MOULTON, S
JOSEPH W. GLASS, Board of Health.
Voted. That the report of the Selectmen and the Board of Health, in reference to collecting ashes, be laid upon the table.
Voted. That the remainder of Art. 12 lie upon the table until the adjourned meeting.
The act recently passed by the Legislature, to enable the Town to purchase the plant of the Marblehead Water Company, and for other purposes, was received and read.
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Samuel F. Crosman and Robert B. Wardwell, having de- clined to serve on the Sewerage Committee, their declination was accepted.
Voted. That the Selectmen be added to the remaining members of the Sewerage Committee for the current year.
The Board of Selectmen to whom was referred Art. 13 rela- tive to the laying of a water pipe on Humphrey Street; Art. 27, Referring to the improvement of the Proctor Lot; Art. 28, In regard to a drain pipe through Essex, Burrill and Columbia Streets, and Art. 29, For the purchase of a Chemical Fire En- gine, to be located at Phillips Beach .- requested further time, as they were not ready to report.
Voted. That further time be granted, and that they report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted. To adjourn, at 8.35 P. M.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 5, 1898.
In accordance with the previous adjournment, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Thursday Evening, May 5, 1898.
The meeting was called to order by John R. Merritt, Mod- erator, at 7.40 o'clock.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared ap- proved.
Voted. That when this meeting adjourns, it be to Thursday evening, May 26, at 7.30 o'clock.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS ON ART. 16, REFERRING TO A FIRE ALARM BOX AT CORNER OF STETSON AND FRANKLIN AVENUES.
The Engineers move that Art. 16, relating to Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Stetson and Franklin Avenues, be accepted
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and that the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125), be appropriated for the same.
Signed, E. G. EMMONS.
Voted. To appropriate the sum of $125, for a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Stetson and Franklin Avenues, as recom- mended by the Fire Engineers.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON ART. 13, RELATING TO THE LAYING OF A WATER PIPE ON HUMPHREY STREET, CONNECTING AT PHILLIPS CORNER AND SALEM STREET, AND THE PLACING OF THREE HYDRANTS THEREON.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We recommend the laying of a 10-inch water pipe in Humphrey Street, instead of an 8-inch pipe, as called for in Art. 13, and that the work be done under the supervision of the Water Board which is soon to be elected. Also, That when this is done it shall be paid for by the issue of additional Water Bonds. A 10-inch pipe in this street is included in the plan of Freeman C. Coffin, who was employed as an expert Engineer, in behalf of the Town, by the Committee on Future Water Supply.
Respectfully submitted,
WV. R. HASTINGS, - Selectmen.
JAS. H. MOULTON, S
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen on Art. 13.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON ART. 27, RELATING TO IMPROVING THE PROCTOR LOT, ADJOINING THE TOWN HALL.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We recommend that the Selectmen be authorized to expend a sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for clearing and grading the Proctor Lot, adjoining the Town Hall Lot, if
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in their judgment it is expedient to do so ; and that that sum be appropriated for the purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. HASTINGS, JAS. H. MOULTON, § Selectmen.
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen on Art. 27 and that the sum of $200 be appropriated therefor.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON ART. 28, IN REFERENCE TO ESSEX, BURRILL AND COLUMBIA STREETS DRAIN.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We find that the cost of constructing a drain from Essex Street to Columbia Street will be in the vicinity of Three Thous- and, Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300). We recommend that the Selectmen be instructed to look further into the matter and re- port at some adjourned meeting, or at the next annual Town Meeting.
W. R. HASTINGS, 1 Selectmen.
JAS. HI. MOULTON, S
Voted. To accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen on Art. 28.
Further time was granted the Committee having in con- sideration the matter of Art. 29.
Voted. That the part of Art. 12, not acted upon, be laid over until the adjourned meeting, May 26th.
Voted. At 8.30 r. M., to adjourn.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 26, 1898.
In accordance with the previous adjournment, the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, May 26, 1898.
The meeting was called to order, at 7.40 o'clock, by John R. Merritt, Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared ap- proved.
D. Holman Millett having offered a motion under Art. 5 to authorize the Town Treasurer to hire a sum of money under the direction of the Selectmen, for the use of the Town during the current year,
George Albree offered a substitute motion. That the matter be laid over to a special Town Meeting, soon to be called, and that an Article to that effect be inserted in the Warrant calling such meeting. The substitute motion was carried.
Voted. That the matter of Art. 29, referring to the pur- chase of a Chemical Fire Engine for Phillips Beach, be laid over to a subsequent Town Meeting.
Voted. That the part of Art. 12 relating to the purchase of the property of the Marblehead Water Company, not already aeted upon, be laid upon the table.
Voted. At 7.55 p. M., to dissolve.
A true record,
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 11, 1898.
TOWN WARRANT.
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 eleventh day of July, current, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To choose three Water Commissioners, as pro- vided in Chapter 293 of the Acts of the year 1898.
ART. 3. To determine what compensation, if any, shall be paid to said Water Commissioners or either of them.
ART. 4. To determine how the Town is to borrow the $94,000 necessary to pay for the property bought of the Marble- head Water Company, and such other money as may be needed for further use under the provision of said act.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will issue the bonds of the Town, and if so, to fix the term for which the same are to run, and to pass any other vote or votes necessary to enable the Town to execute, issue and negotiate said bonds, and to pay for the property purchased of said Marblehead Water Company.
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