Town annual report of Swampscott 1900, Part 11

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 246


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RECAPITULATION.


Salaries


.


$2,283 32


Labor


2,847 72


Coal


1,187 53


Miscellaneous


5,446 SI


Total


$11,765 38


217


AUDITORS' REPORT. 1


1900]


Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid.


Appropriation


$500 00


Reimbursement


35 00


$535 00


Amount of expenditures


$527 57


Amount unexpended .


7 43


535 00


EXPENDITURES.


GROCERIES.


Shattuck & Delano


$195 74


Barnett, S. E.


$7 00


Bond, J. C. .


22 75


Hurley, M.


72 00


Linnehan, F. J.


45 00


Jackson, G. A.


8 00


$154 75


MISCELLANEOUS.


Smart, Stephen, supplies


$4 75


Till, George T., supplies


.


9 20


Aid rendered various parties


52 00


$65 95


COAL.


Honors, B. O. & Son .


.


$III 13


RENT.


218


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AID.


RECAPITULATION.


Groceries


$195 74


Rent


154 75


Miscellaneous


65 95


Coal


III 13


Total expenditures


$527 57


REIMBURSEMENT.


State of Massachusetts, burial of indigent soldier


$35 00


State Aid.


Chapter 301, Acts of 1894.


March


$167 00


April


167 00


May


171 00


June


171 00


July (Chapter 374, Acts of 1899)


175 00


August .


179 00


September


179 00


October


182 00


November


198 00


December


190 00


January


190 00


February


190 00


Total .


$2,159 00


219


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900]


STATE AID. REIMBURSEMENT.


State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1898,


$1,848 00


DUE FROM


State of Massachusetts, 1899 . .


$2,117 00


Aid rendered January and February, 1900,


380 00


$2,497 00


Military Aid.


Chapter 279, Acts of 1894.


March


$42 00


April


42 00


May


33 00


June


33 00


July (Chapter 372, Acts of 1899


33 00


August .


33 00


September .


33 00


October


33 00


November


45 00


December


39 00


January


39 00


February


39 00


Total .


$444 00


REIMBURSEMENT.


State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1898,


$281 00


DUE FROM


State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1899, Aid rendered January and February, 1900,


$408 00


78 00


$486 00


220


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


State Aid.


Chapter 561, Acts of 1898.


1


March


$24 00


April


24 00


May


.


.


12 00


June


12 00


Total


$72 00


REIMBURSEMENT.


State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1898


$108 00


DUE FROM


State of Massachusetts, aid rendered, 1899


$120 00


State Tax.


Appropriation


$3,500 00


Amount of expenditures


3,180 00


Amount unexpended


$320 00


EXPENDITURES.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dec. I I


$3,180 00


County Tax.


Appropriation


$5,500 00


Amount of expenditures


4,891 47


Amount unexpended


$608 53


EXPENDITURES.


Jenkins, E. Kendall, Nov. I .


$4,891 47


221


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900]


Interest.


Appropriation


. $2,800 00


Interest on treasurer's deposits


241 93


$3,041 93


Amount of expenditures


. $2,842 10


Amount unexpended .


199 83


3,041 93


EXPENDITURES.


INTEREST ON NOTES.


1899


Mar. 13. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 102


$25 00


Mar. 27. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107


50 00


April IO. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note III disc. .


309 00


May 12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 90 to 96 ·


432 00


June 25. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 78 to 83 · 112 50


July II. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Notes 71 to 75 . 421 87


July II. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 114 disc.


225 00 .


July 31. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 105


56 25


Sept. IO. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 102


25 00


Sept. 27. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107 50 00


Nov. 13. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 90 to 96 . · 432 00


Nov. 22. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 112 to 113 . 87 50


Dec. 25. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 79 to 83 · 93 75


1900.


Jan. II. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 71 to 76 . 421 88


Jan. 30 Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 105 56 25 ·


Feb. 5. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Note 115 ·


44 10


Total interest


$2,842 10


222


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb 23


M. P. Carroll, Collector of Taxes, in Account Current with Town of Swampscott.


1899.


DR.


To amount committed for collection, as


per assessors' warrant :


County tax


$4,891 47


State tax


.


3,180 00


Town tax


56,195 19


Supplementary list


393 45


$64,660 II


Excise tax


884 64


CR.


By cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer .


$62,241 82


Discount, 2 per cent. taxes paid before Oct. 2 .


958 67


Abatements by assessors


1,142 52


Property advertised for sale


124 20


Uncollected taxes (to be advertised)


192 90


$64,660 II


Excise tax .


884 64


1899.


CR.


By cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer, 1898 taxes


$960 05


Abatements by assessors, 1898 taxes .


5 00


$965 05


223


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900


M. P. Carroll, in Account with Town of Swampscott.


DR.


Property advertised for sale, 1896 .


$86 00


Property to be advertised for sale, 1898 65 80


Property advertised for sale, 1899 . Uncollected taxes (to be advertised), 1899,


124 20


192 90


$468 90


224


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, May 1, 1899.


Buildings, excluding land $2,459, 150 00


Land, excluding buildings


1,741,025 00


Total valuation of real estate


$4,200, 175 00


Personal estate


1,199,045 00


Total valuation


$5,399,220 00


Number of polls


1,088


Tax on each poll


$2 00


Rate of taxation


. $11.50 on $1,000 00


Tax on polls .


$2,176 00


Tax on personal estate


13,788 74


Tax on real estate .


48,301 92


Total tax, personal, real estate, polls, Number of residents assessed on property,


$64,266 66


703


Number of non-residents assessed on property .


236


Firms and corporations .


40


State tax


$3,180 00


County tax


4,891 47


Town tax


56,195 19


Total for State, County and Town


$64,266 66


Number of persons assessed on property,


979


Number of persons assessed poll tax only,


603


Total number of taxes assessed


1,582


Number of dwelling-houses


I,OII


Number of acres of land


1,516


Number of horses .


312


Number of cows


II3


Number of neat cattle, other than cows .


2


225


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900


·


Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1866=1900.


ASSEESSORS' VALUATION MAY I.


MARCH I.


YEAR


REAL


PERSONAL


TOTAL


RATE TAXES PER


YEAR


PAYABLE


1 899


$4,200,175


$1,199,045


$5,399,220


$11.50


1900


$64,300.00


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


I 898


71,000.00


I 896


3,896,059


1,245,245


5,141,304


12 00


IS97


78,250 00


I 895


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


I 884


2,371,610


1,135,215


3,506,825


II 00


1885


49,000.00


1883


2,259.855


1,589,566


3,849,411


8 50


1884


50,500.00


IS82


2,228,330


1,264,938


3,493,268


6.00


1883


49,000.00


188I


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


I879


1.930,205


418,904


2,349, 109


8.30


1880


39,424 So


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


313,71I


1,557,834


11.20


1870


31,545 00


1868


1,141,020


347,173


1,488,193


11.50


1 869


33,745 00


IS67


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


NOTES


ESTATE.


PROPERTY


VALUATION


226


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer,


DR.


To cash balance in Treasury, March 1, 1899 ·


$17,301 41


Cemetery receipts


305 00


Concrete and curbstones


493 31


Corporation tax received from State


18,385 95


Excise tax


884 64


Fire Department receipts


1,119 03


Highway Department receipts


36 50


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, town


241 93


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, park


68 02


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, water .


122 79


Library, dog tax and receipts


364 95


Military aid reimbursements by the State


281 00


National Bank tax


2,526 55


Park Department loan and premium


5,073 75


Park Department receipts


299 83


Permanent improvement loan


6,000 00


Poor Department reimbursements .


119 23


Police Department receipts


287 80


Salem, City of, claim paid


85 42


Selectmen's receipts


191 65


Sewer loan


2,800 00


School Department receipts


54 45


Soldiers' and Sailors' aid reimbursements


35 co


State Aid reimbursements


1,956 00


Street Railway tax .


852 86


Taxes, 1898, M. P. Carroll, collector


960 05


Taxes, 1899, M. P. Carroll, collector


62,241 82


Temporary loans


35,000 00


Town Hall receipts .


198 00


Water Department receipts


18,603 16


$176,890 10


227


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900]


in Account with Town of Swampscott.


CR.


By corporation tax reimbursed to State


$686 05


County tax


4,891 47


Interest on notes payable


2,842 10


Account of notes paid :


1899.


June 25. Phillips School loan,


Note No. 78 $1,000 00


Sept. 10. King street loan,


Note No. 102


1,000 00


Oct. 10. Temporary loan,


Note No. III


20,000 00


Nov. 13. Park loan,


Note No. 90


2,000 00


1900.


Jan. II. Temporary loan,


Note No. 114 .


15,000 00


Jan. 11. Phillips School loan, ₱ Note No. 71


4,500 00


43,500 00


Seals killed


6 00


Selectmen's Department orders outstanding, 1898


808 62


Selectmen's Department orders, 1899


87,498 19


State tax, 1899


3,180 00


Water Bonds, interest


3,885 00


Water Board orders, including sinking fund,


14,165 38


$161,462 81


Balance in hands of Treasurer


9,316 18


Balance in hands of Treasurer,


Water Department .


6, 1II II


15,427 29


$176,890 10


* This includes Park balance, $446.72.


** Certified by Cashier's certificates.


228


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


Recapitulation.


Appropriations and Receipts.


Expenditures.


Assessors' Map .


$700 00


$742 00


Atlantic Avenue Drain


200 00


200 00


Box Drain .


600 00


496 00


Catch Basins and Gutters


500 00


466 80


Cemetery


625 00


615 23


Cemetery Improvement


800 00


817 90


Concrete & Curbstones


Reimbursem'ts 493 31 l Due


1,116 75


1,062 S3


Engine House Repairs


1,000 00


991 85


Fire Department


L Receipts,


1,119 03 S


6,119 03


5,906 02


Fire Alarm Whistle


450 00


444 06


Fire Hose .


300 00


300 00


Free Public Library [


ropriation


$450 00 }


814 95


814 93


Health Department


2,200 00


5,356 67


Highway Department


"Appropriation, $7,000 00 } _Receipts,


7,036 50


6,074 26


Hillside Avenue Catch Basin


125 00


S4 41


Ladder Truck Repairs


125 00


125 00


Maple Avenue


400 00


476 00


Memorial Day


100 00


100 00


Military Aid


.


. [Due from State, $486 00]


444 00


Monument Lot .


35 00


36 25


Norfolk Avenue Drain


2,800 00


2,829 35


Orient Court


.


.


350 00


260 25


Park Department


Appropriation,


5,000 00


9,635 23


9,188 51


Pleasant Street .


600 00


841 95


Police Department


L Receipts,


287 80 S


4,787 So


4,798 93


Poor Department


Appropriation, Reimbursements, Due,


119 23


3,682 33


3,444 07


Roy Street .


200 00


148 00


School Department


"Appropriation, $18,000 00 } _Receipts, 54 45 S


18,054 45


18,022 40


Selectmen's Dept.


Appropriation, $4,500 00 } Receipts,


191 65 5


4,691 65


4,622 97


.


.


.


.


Amount carried forward,


$69,710 64


·


Balance,


$4,193 63 7


Reccipts.


441 60)


·


[Appropriation, $4.500 00 }


$3,000 00}


563 10 )


.


Appropriation $500 00)


123 44 )


Appropriation, $5,000 00 }


Dog tax & Receipts, 364 95 5


36 50 5


229


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900]


RECAPITULATION.


Amount brought forward,


$69,710 64


Sidewalk Department


1,261 50


1,259 OI


Soldiers' & Sailors' Aid [A


Reimburse'ts, 35 00 5


535 00


527 57


Sewerage Committee .


1,500 00


721 47


Special Fire


400 00


336 40


State Aid, Chapter 374 [Due from State, $2,497 00]


2,159 00


State Aid, Chapter 561


[Due from State, $120 00]


72 00


Street Crossings .


750 00


720 34


Street Lights


8,000 00


8,030 07


Street Watering .


.


·


.


2,000 00


2,154 54


Town Hall


[


Appropriation, $900 00 } Receipts.


1,098 00


1,279 3I


Watering Cart


100 00


100 00


Water Rates


750 00


821 70


Whale's Beach


.


.


50 00


53 00


Amount of Selectmen's orders drawn, Less Selectmen's orders outstanding,


$87,945 05


446 86


Amount of Selectmen's orders paid by Treasurer


$87,498 19


Water Board orders, including sinking fund


14,165 38


Total amount of orders paid by the Treasurer


$101,663 57


Corporation Tax reimbursed to the


State


686 05


County Tax


5,500 00


4,891 47


Interest L Receipts,


241 93 5


3,041 93


2,842 10


Interest on Water Bonds


3,885 00


Notes paid, including temporary loans,


43,500 00


Seals killed


6 00


State Tax .


3,500 00


3,180 00


Selectmen's orders of 1898 paid .


808 62


Total amount of Treasurer's dis- bursements .


$161,462 81


.


198 00 S


·


Appropriation, $2,800 00


·


.


$500 00 }


.


.


230


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


Notes Payable.


Date of Note.


No.


To whom payable.


Amount.


Class


Time.


Rate.


When Payable.


Jan. 12, '94


72


State of Mass.


4,500 00


A


7 yrs.


3


Jan. 12, 1901


Jan. 12, '94


73


State of Mass.


4,500 00


A


8 yrs.


34


Jan. 12, 1902


Jan. 12, '94


74


State of Mass.


4,500 00


A


9 yrs.


34


Jan 12, 1903


Jan. 12, '94


75


State of Mass.


4,500 00


A


Io yrs.


34


Jan. 12, 1904


June 25, '94


79


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


6 yrs.


34 June 25, 1900


June 25, '94


80


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


7 yrs.


34


June 25, 1901


June 25, '94


81


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


8 yrs.


34


June 25, 1902


June 25, '94


82


State of Mass.


1.000 00


A


9 yrs.


34


June 25, 1903


June 25, '94


83


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


Io yrs.


3


4


June 25, 1904


Nov. 12,'95


91


State of Mass.


2,000 00


B


5 yrs.


Nov. 12, 1900


Nov. 12, '95


92


State of Mass.


4,000 00


B


6 yrs.


Nov. 12, 1901


Nov. 12 '95


93


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,OC0 00


B


Io yrs.


Nov. 12, 1905


July 30, '97


IO5


Lynn Inst.Sav'gs


3,000 00


E


10 yrs.


34


July 30, 1907


Sept. 24,'97


107


Lynn Inst.Sav'gs


2,500 00


F


8 yrs.


4


Sept. 24,1905


May 12, '99


II2


Col. Nat. Bank


2,500 00


B


8 yrs.


32


May 27, 1907


May 12, '99


II3


Col. Nat. Bank


2,500 00


B


9 yrs.


32


May 27, 1908


Aug. 5, '99


115


State of Mass.


2,800 00


C


9 yrs.


Aug. 5, 1908


Nov. 29, '99


116


State of Mass.


3,000 00


D


9 yrs.


32


Nov. 29, 1908


Nov. 29, '99


117


State of Mass.


3,000 00


D


IO yrs.


32


Nov. 29, 1909


Total, $64,300 00


A. Phillips School Loan.


B. Park Loan.


C. Sewer Loan.


D. Permanent Improvement Loan.


E. Proctor Lot Loan.


F. Chemical Laboratory Loan.


231


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1900


Financial Standing of the Town of Swampscott, March 1, 1900.


RESOURCES.


Cash in hands of Treasurer, Town, including


Park Department .


$9,316 18


Cash in hands of Treasurer, Water Department


6,11I II


Due from Concrete and Curbstones


123 44


Poor Department


563 10


State Aid .


2,497 00


Military Aid


486 00


State Aid, 561 .


120 00


66 Taxes on advertised property


468 90


Schedule of Public Property .


301,516 21


-


$321,201 94


LIABILITIES.


Notes payable


1900 Phillips School Loan .


· $1,000 00


1900 Park Loan


2,000 00


$3,000 00


1901 Phillips School Loan .


5,500 00


66


1901 Park Loan .


4,000 00


9,500 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


66


1904 Phillips School Loan


5,500 00


1904 Park Loan .


4,000 00


9,500 00


66


1905 Chemical Laboratory Loan


2,500 00


6,500 00


1907 Proctor Lot Loan


3,000 00


66


1907 Park Loan .


2,500 00


5,500 00


1908 Park Loan .


2,500 00


1908 Sewer Loan


2,800 00


1908 Permanent Imp'm't Loan .


3,000 00


8,300 00


6%


66


1909 Permanent Imp'm't Loan .


3,000 00


3,000 00


$64,300 00


Water Bonds, 30 years, due 1928 .


120,000 00


$184,300 00


.


·


.


1905 Park Loan .


4,000 00


.


1902 Phillips School Loan


5,500 00


232


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 23


Town Warrant, 1900.


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 nineteenth day of March, current, at six 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 meet- ing.


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 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 a Board of Auditors for the year ensuing. To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.


233


TOWN WARRANT.


1900]


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. To choose a Water Commissioner for three (3) years.


To choose a Sewerage Commissioner for one (1) year.


To choose a Sewerage Commissioner for two (2) years.


To choose a Sewerage 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 vote by ballot " Yes" or "No" upon the ques- tion of adopting Chapter 344, Acts of 1899 entitled : An act to make eight hours a day's work for city and town employees.


ART. 5. 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 Com- mittee on Street Lights, the Water Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Park Commissioners, and the Board of Selectmen upon the question of purchasing more land adjoining Town Hall lot.


ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.


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ART. 7. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.


ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.


ART. 9. 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. IO. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.


ART. II. 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 what action the Town will take toward amending the By-Laws.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty ($50) dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health, in removing rubbish which may be washed upon Whale's Beach during the coming season.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to investigate as to the necessity of remodelling and repairing the Town Hall, and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 16. To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Selectmen laying out Shaw Road ..


ART. 17. To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a portion of Elmwood Road, and appro- priate money therefor.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to furnish and operate electric arc lights as follows : On Hardy Road, at the place where said road turns,


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going from Monument Avenue to Elmwood Road; at the junction of Farragut and Grant Roads; on Maple Avenue, at a point adjacent to the residence of L. Frank Cahoon. Also the following incandescent electric lights: Three (3) on Ocean Avenue, between Atlantic Avenue and Phillips Beach Station ; and (3) on Phillips Avenue.


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take towards constructing double street crossings, as follows : Across Burrill Street, at the junction of Essex Street ; across Essex Street at its junction with Cherry Street; across Humphrey Street to the eastern side of driveway of "Hotel Elms"; across Humphrey Street to Beach Bluff Avenue, east of watering fountain; at the northern junction and another at the southern junction of Norfolk Avenue, with Middlesex Avenue; at the junction of Berkshire Avenue with Middlesex Avenue ; at the junction of Burrill Street and Middlesex Avenue, across Middlesex Avenue ; across Burrill Street from the northwest corner of Rock Avenue to the estate of Jabez Hawes; also the following single street crossings : Across Elmwood Road at the easterly junction with Thomas Road ; across Thomas Road between the estates of John R. Merritt and B. F. Rich; across the proposed street near the residence of Willard C. Chase on Stetson Avenue ; across Essex Street at the junction with Belmont Avenue; across Belmont Avenue at the junction with Essex Street ; at the junction of Shaw and Thomas Roads; at the junction of Andrew and Thomas Roads; on Blaney Street at the southerly corner of Rose Street, and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money to be expended on Essex Street, as laid out by the County Commissioners.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to adopt Chapter 330, Acts of 1899, entitled, "An act to codify and amend the laws relative to the preservation of trees."


ART. 22. To see if the Town will pay the Call Firemen, Fifty ($50.) dollars each per year.


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ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take in relation to appropriating a sum of money, to be used for the purpose - of furnishing music for public Band Concerts, or do anything in relation to same.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to sell Cemetery Lots to non-residents at the discretion of the Board of Select- men.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate Eight hundred ($800.) dollars for the purchase of land adjoining the Cemetery, known as the " Silver Lot."


ART. 26. To see if the Town will reimburse Joseph W. Glass for ten (10) days' pay lost on account of small-pox case, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 335, Chapter 548, Acts of 1898, by which the Town may elect the next Board of Selectmen, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter · elect one man each year for three years.


ART. 28. To fix the amount of salary for Town Officials for ensuing year.


ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the purchase of a new Gravel Pit.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars for the erection of a Band Stand, under the direction of the Park Commissioners, upon the park between Ingalls Place and Greenwood Street, said Park Commissioners to have full charge of the said band stand after it is erected.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse Stephen L. Breed the sum of fifteen ($15) dollars, the amount of expense incurred for the examination of title and preparing deed of the Breed land, corner Redington and Highland Streets.


ART. 32. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee on Sewerage.


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ART. 33. To see if the Town will determine to borrow such sum of money as may be necessary to construct sewers, and the ways and works necessary to the use and maintenance of the same, and to defray any and all expenses incident to the laying out and construction of the same.


ART. 34. To determine how the Town is to borrow any sum of money which may be authorized under the last pre- ceding article, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be borrowed, and if bonds are to be issued therefor, to determine the form of such bonds and 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.


ART. 35. To see if the Town will provide for the establish- ment of a Sinking Fund for the payment of any bonds that may be issued, if any are to be issued by the Town, for the purpose of raising money for the construction and establishment of a system of sewerage, or whether the Town will provide for the payment of such debt by notes or bonds, and raise the money for the payment thereof by taxation ; and to pass any other vote or votes necessary to authorize the establishment of such Sinking Fund, or for providing money for the payment of such notes or bonds by taxation or otherwise.


ART. 36. To determine what compensation, if any, shall be paid to said Sewerage Commissioners, or either of them.


ART. 37. To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Selectmen laying out Monument Avenue, and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 38. To see if the Town will adopt the recommendations of the Board of Engineers in regard to the Engine House.


ART. 39. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in determining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improvements.


The polls to be closed at sunset.


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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 eighth day of March, in the year nineteen hundred.


GEORGE T. TILL, EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, HEZEKIAH NEWCOMB, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest :


RICHARD G. GILLEY,


Constable.





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