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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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