Town annual report of Swampscott 1903, Part 14

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 328


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Hay, William, settlement of .claim


162 50


Hays Mfg. Co., supplies


84 53


Holden, G. H. & Co., supplies


42 38


Honors, B. O. & Son, fuel


29 50


Howe, O. R., supplies .


17 46


Hutchinson Lumber Co., supplies


13 05


King, Geo. F. & Co., supplies


55 75


Lynn, City of, supplies


2 25


Mayo, F. D., supplies .


IO 86


Melzard, John E., stock


10 76


McDonough, M., gravel and teaming


364 17


Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board,


3,000 00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


20 49


Nichols, T. P., printing.


14 25


Niles, Wm. H., court services


112 50


Norwood Engineering Co., supplies


12 00


Owens, J. G., blacksmithing


61 76


Payne Tapping Machine Co., supplies


8 00


Paul, Henry Co., insurance .


63 63


Perrin, Seamans & Co., supplies ·


.


12 68


Philbrick & Pope, stock and labor


68 21


Amount carried forward,


$8,850 29


274


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


SWAMPSCOTT WATER WORKS.


Amount brought forward,


$8,850 29


Plumstead, M. & Son, supplies


27 23


Pollard, Kendall, expense and supplies


149 15


Porter, W. H., stock and labor


20 20


Powell Oil & Paint Co., supplies


5 50


Quinn, Martin L., repairing roof


25 00


Reed, J. H., inspecting machinery


5 00


Roby, W. G. & Co., supplies


372 95


Rowell, H. W., labor


6 50


Salem, City of, taxes ·


14 00


Security Loan and Trust Co., box rent


7 00


Selman, W. L. & Co., use of wagon


2 00


Stratton, F. B., board of horse


250 50


Stratton, F. B., professional services


47 00


Smith Manufacturing Co., The .A. P., supplies


323 21


Smith, Alonzo H., supplies .


220 91


Sumner Goodwin Co., The, supplies


239 84


Standard Grocery and Provision Co., supplies


5 25


Titus & Buckley Co., office furniture


4 25


Titus & Poor, stock and labor


8 00


Waldo Bros., supplies .


I 75


Webster, Cook & Co., office furniture


98 00


Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler Works


801 88


White, R. H. & Co., office furniture


38 35


$11,523 76


RECAPITULATION.


Salaries


$1,900 00


Labor .


.


.


4,303 71


Miscellaneous


. .


.


11,523 76


$17,727 47


275


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903]


State Tax.


Appropriation


$3,500 00


Amount of expenditures · $3,015 00


Balance unexpended


.


·


485 00


$3,500 00


EXPENDITURES.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


.


$3,015 00


County Tax:


Appropriation


· $5,500 00


Amount overdrawn


325 07


$5,825 07 .


Amount of expenditures


$5,825 07


EXPENDITURES.


County treasurer


$5,825 07


Interest.


Appropriation


. $2,800 00


Interest on treasurers deposits


258 43


Amount overdrawn


902 03


$3,960 46


Amount of expenditures


$3,960 46


276


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


INTEREST.


EXPENDITURES.


1902


Mar. 9.


Com. of Mass., Notes 124 to 126


$198 00


Mar. 24. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107 50 00


April 7. Com. of Mass., Disc. Note 127


187 50


May 12. Com. of Mass., Notes 93 to 96


288 00


May I2.


Com. of Mass., Disc. Note 128 92 50


May 22.


Com. of Mass., Notes 112 and 113 87 50


May 29. Com. of Mass., Notes 116 and 117 105 00


June 4. Com. of Mass., Note 119


IIO 85


June 21. Edgerly & Crocker, Disc. Note 131


381 12


June 30. Com. of Mass., Notes 81 to 83


56 25


June 30.


Com. of Mass., Note 120


68 15


July 12. Com. of Mass., Notes 74 and 75 .


168 75


July 30. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 105


56 25


Aug. 5.


Com. of Mass., Note 115


44 10


Aug. 12. Com. of Mass., Disc. Note 132


393 33


Sept. 9. Com. of Mass., Notes 124 to 126 .


198 00


Sept. 24. Lynn Institution for Savings, Note 107,


50 00


· Oct. 2. Colonial National Bank, Disc. Note 133,


33 33


Oct. 24. Central National Bank, Note 134 29 17


Nov. 12.


Com. of Mass., Notes 93 to 96 288 00


Nov. 18.


Central National Bank, Note 135 216 67


Nov. 19.


Com. of Mass., Notes 129 and 130 179 88


Nov. 21.


Com. of Mass., Notes 112 and 113


87 50


Nov. 29. Com. of Mass., Notes 116 and 117


105 00


Dec. 4. Com. of Mass., Note 119 .


IIO 85


Dec. 25. Com. of Mass., Notes 82 and 83 37 50


Dec. 30. Com. of Mass., Note 120


68 16


1903.


Jan. 12. Com. of Mass., Notes 74 and 75 · 168 75


F


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


Feb. 5. Com. of Mass., Note 115


44 10


$3,960 46


277


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903]


Notes Payable.


Date of Note.


No.


To whom payable.


Amount.


Class


Time.


Rate.


When payable.


Jan. 12, 1894


75


State of Mass.


4,500 CO


A


10 yrs.


3 75-100


Jan. 12, 1904


June 25, 1894


82


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


9 yrs.


3 75-100


June 25, 1903


June 25, 1894


S3


State of Mass.


1,000 00


A


10 yrs.


3 75-100


June 25, 1904


Nov. 12, 1895


94


State of Mass.


4,000 00


B


8 yrs.


3 60-100


Nov. 12, 1903


Nov. 12, 1895


95


State of Mass.


4,000 00


B


9 yrs.


3 60-100


Nov. 12, 1904


Nov. 12, 1895


96


State of Mass.


4,000 00


B


to yrs.


3 60-100


Nov. 12, 1905


July 30, 1897


105


Lynn Inst. Sav'gs


3,000 00


E


10 yrs.


3 75-100


July 30, 1907


Sept. 24, 1897


107


Lynn Inst. Sav'gs


2,500 00


F


8 yrs.


4


Sept. 24, 1905


May 12, 1899


II2


Col. Nat. Bank


2,500 00


B


8 yrs.


3 50-100


May 27, 1907


May 12, 1899


II3


Col. Nat. Bank.


2,500 00


B


9 yrs.


3 50-ICO


May 27, 190S


Aug. 5, IS99


115


State of Mass.


2,Sco 00


C


9 yrs.


3 15-100


Aug. 5, 190S


Nov. 29, IS99


II6


State of Mass.


3,000 00


D


9 yrs.


3 50-100


Nov. 29, 190S


Nov. 29, IS99


117


State of Mass.


3,000 00


D


10 yrs.


3 50-100


Nov. 29, 1909


June 4, 1900


119


State of Mass.


7,000 00


D


6 yrs.


3 17-100


June 4, 1906


June 30, 1900


120


State of Mass.


4,300 00


D


10 yrs.


3 17-100


June 30, 1910


Sept. 9, 1901


124


State of Mass.


3,000 00


D


4 yrs.


3 30-10


Sept. 9, 1905


Sept. 9, 1901


125


State of Mass.


3,000 CO


D


6 yrs.


3 30-10


Sept. 9, 1907


Sept. 9, 1901


126


State of Mass.


6,000 00


D


S yrs.


3 30-10


Sept. 9, 1909


May 19, 1902


129


State of Mass.


3,570 00


D


S yrs.


3 25-100


May 19, 1910


May 19, 1902


130


State of Mass.


7,500 00


D


9 yrs.


3 25-100


May 19, 1911


Nov. 29, 1902


136


Col. Nat. Bank.


3,100 00


D


10 yrs.


3 40-100


Nov. 29, 1912


Total $75,270 00


A. Phillips School Loan.


B. Park Loan.


C. Sewer Loan.


D. Permanent Improvement Loan.


E. Proctor Lot Loan.


F. Chemical Laboratory.


278


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


Geo. T. Till, Collector of Taxes in Account with Town of Swampscott.


1902.


DR.


To amount committed for collection, as


per assessors' warrant :


State tax


$3,015 00


County tax


5,825 07


Town tax


71,558 39


Supplementary amount


857 68


$81,256 14


Excise tax, Boston & Northern R.R. Co.


$749 78


CR.


Cash paid Benj. O. Honors, Treasurer


$78,641 61


Discount 2 per cent. taxes paid on or before Oct. I ·


1,139 67


Abatements by assessors


1,161 36


Uncollected taxes (to be advertised or otherwise collected)


313 50


$81,256 14


Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer (ex- cise tax )


$749 78


279


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903]


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


1901.


DR.


To amount, uncollected taxes


$470 52


CR.


Cash paid Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer,


$380 80


Uncollected taxes ·


89 72


$470 52


280


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1867=1903.


ASSESSORS' VALUATION MAY I.


MARCH I.


YEAR ..


REAL


PERSONAL


TOTAL


RATE TAXES PER


YEAR.


NOTES


ESTATE


PROPERTY


VALUATION


PAYABLE


I902


$4,762,665


$1,744,874


$6,507,539


$12.00


1903


$75,270.00


1901


4,668,985


1,598,745


6,267,730


12.00


1902


70,600.00


1900


4,446,900


1,138,275


5,585,175


11.00


1901


68,100.00


1 899


4,200,175


1,199,045


5,399,220


11.50


1900


64,300.00


1 898


4,135,582


1,318,591


5,454,173


14.00


1 899


59,000.00


1897


3,997,975


1,304,163


5,302,138


12.00


1 898


71,000.00


1896


3,896,059


1,245,245


5,141,304


12.00


1 897


78,250.00


1895


3,756,900


1,444,947


5,201,847


12.00


1 896


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


5,989,928


11.00


1894


71,166.66


1 892


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


1,453,30I


4,038,732


8.40


1890


52,500.00


I888


2,465,256


1,501,530


3,966,792


8.50


I889


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


I886


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


3,849,41I


8.50


I 884


50,500.00


1882


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


1879


1,930,205


418,904


2,349, 109


8.30


1880


39,424.80


1878


2,049,980


384,841


2,434,821


8.00


1879


42,424.00


1877


2,041,935


340,323


2,382,258


8.50


1878


42,424.80


1876


2,108,462


360,961


2,469,423


12.00


1877


45,524.80


1875


2,074,850


389,441


2,464,291


10.00


1876


50,224.80


1874


2,028,875


457,260


2,486,135


11.00


1875


51,432.80


1873


1,949,225


460,867


2,410,792


12.00


1874


50,342.50


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


1,332,570


508,564


1,843,134


10.00


1871


38,745.00


I869


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


I869


33,745.00


1867


1, 124,670


268,675


1,393,345


13.50


1868


37,745.00


i


28I


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903


Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, May 1, 1902.


Table of aggregates of polls, property and taxes as assessed May 1, 1902 :


Number of residents assessed on property ·


743


All others


.


26


769


Number of non-residents assessed on property,


221


All others


18


239


Number of petsons assessed on property


1,008


Number of persons assessed for poll tax only, 664


1,672


Number of males' polls assessed


1,154


Tax on each poll


$2 00


Value of assessed personal estate


$1,744,874 00


Value of assessed real estate, buildings


$2,783,675 00


Value of assessed real estate, land .


1,978,990 00


Total real estate


$4,762,665 00 ·


Total valuation of assessed estate, May 1, 1902, $6,507,539 06


Tax for State, County and Town prrposes, including overlay- ings :


On personal estate . .


·


$20,938 48


On real estate ·


57,151 98


On polls


2,308 00


Total


$80,398 46


Rate of tax per $1,000 ·


$12 00


Number of horses assessed


328


Number of cows assessed


I24


Number of neat cattle other than cows


I


Number of dwelling houses assessed


1,067


Number of acres of land assessed


1,675


.


.


.


.


19


282


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer,


DR.


To Balance in treasury, March 1, 1902, (town)


$12,844 97


Balance in treasury, March 1, 1902, (water department),


11,052 82


Cemetery Department, receipts


661 00


Catch basins and gutters, receipts .


II 76


Concrete and curbstones, reimbursements


298 54


Corporation tax


22,505 26


Crushed stone, receipts .


6 00


Essex street bridge, reimbursements


1,219 75


Excise tax


749 78


Fiftieth Anniversary, receipts


1,251 10


Fire Department, receipts


1,042 05


Highway Department, receipts


85 58


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, (Town)


258 43


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, (Sewer Department) .


352 II


Interest on Treasurer's deposits, (Water Department) . 172 56


Library Department, dog tax and receipts


430 76


National Bank tax .


3,576 79


Park Department, receipts


317 68


Permanent Improvement loans


14,170 00


Police Department, reimbursements


469 56


Poor Department, reimbursements


228 44


Selectmen's Department, receipts


122 99


Sewer bonds, par value .


124,000 CO


Sewer bonds, premiums .


3,092 56


Sewer bonds, accrued interest


916 22


State Aid, Chapter 372, reimbursements


140 00


State Aid, Chapter 374, reimbursements


2,124 00


Street railway tax


874 98


78 00


Soldiers and Sailors Aid Department, reimbursements, School Department, receipts .


51 74


Taxes, 1901, M. P. Carroll estate, collector


380 80


Taxes, 1902, Geo. T. Till, collector


78,641 61


Temporary loans .


150,000 00


Town Hall Department, receipts


170 50


Water Board, receipts


20,358 66


$452,657 00


283


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903]


In Account with Town of Swampscott.


CR.


By County tax $5,825 07 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metropol- itan park loan sinking fund, (1900-1-2) 1,634 41 . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, interest on parks, (1900-1-2) 2,953 35


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, interest on boulevards, (1900-1-2) 601 50


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cost of maintaining parks, (1900-1-2) . .


1,435 53


. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cost of maintaining boulevards, (1900-1-2) . . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cost of maintaining Nastasket, (1900-1-2) · Commonwealth of Massachusetts, interest on deferred park payments 204 15 Interest on notes payable


150 41


. Account of notes paid.


3,960 46


June 30, 1902, Phillips school loan, Note 81 . $1,000 00


Oct. 7, temporary loan, Note 127


10,000 00


24, " (sew.) Note 134,


15,000 00


Nov. 12, 66 66 128, " 18, 66 66


75,000 00


4,000 00


temporary " (sewer) I33, 5,000 00 Dec. 2, 66


" 22,


131, 20,000 00


Jan. 12, 1903, Phillips school loan, 66 74, 4,500 00


Feb. 5, " temporary loan, (sew.) " 132, 20,000 00


Selectmen's orders outstanding, 1901-2


Selectmen's order, 1902-3


State highway repairs


State tax


3,015 00


Water Board orders


17,727 47


Water Board Sinking Fund


2,800 00


Water bonds, interest


5,250 00


$424,205 10


Balance in Treasury, March 1, 1903, (Town), $22,645 33


Balance in Treasury, March 1, 1903, (Water


Department) 5,806 57


*28,451 90


$452,657 00


*Certified by Cashier's certificates.


- 159,500 00


433 II 218,263 39 61 14


5,000 CO


66 135, 66 66 12, park 66 93,


390 II


RECAPITULATION.


Receipts and Appropriation. Reimbursements.


Total.


Expenditures. Unexpended.


Anniversary


$1,500 00


$1,251 10


$2,751 14


$2,750 14


$


96


Atlaniic Avenue


1,500 00


1,500 00


1,625 70


$125 70


Beach Bluff Auenue Culvert


1,300 00


1,300 00


1,173 90


126 10


Belmont and Minerva Streets


500 00


500 00


630 70


130 70


Catch Basins and Gutters


900 00


II 76


911 76


818 77


92 99


Cemetery Department


750 00


661 00


1,411 00


797 14


613 86


Claim of H. N. Emmons .


400 00


400 00


400 00


Concrete and Curbstones .


500 00


298 54


798 54


859 71


61 17


Crushed Stone .


1,000 00


6 00


1,006 00


1,037 05


31 05


Drinking Fountain


100 00


100 00


75 39


24 61


Ellis Road Culvert


200 00


200 00


155 00


45 00


Elmwood Road .


300 00


300 00


264 50


35 50


Engine House Repairs


175 00


175 00


173 25 .


I 75


Essex Street Bridge .


1,219 75


1,219 75


1,696 13


Essex Street School


4,700 00


4,700 00


4,700 00


Farwell's Meadow


300 00


300 00


272 05


Fire Department


5,400 00


1,042 05


6,442 05


6,528 76


86 71


Free Public Library .


700 00


430 76


1,130 76


1,130 76


Health Department


.


3,500 00


3,500 00


7,010 79


Highway Department


8,000 00


835 36


8,835 36


7,762 98


1,072 38


Memorial Day


150 00


150 00


150 00


Monument Lot


35 00


35 00


41 (


6 00


Park Department


1,000 00


317 68


1,317 68


1,586 49


268 81


Pest House


2,000 00


2,000 00


1,981 45


18 55


Police Department


4,900 00


469 56


5,369 56


5,473 59


104 03


Poor Department


3,000 00


228 44


3,228 44


3,811 87


583 43


Resetting Curbstones


300 00


300 00


278 69


21 31


Roy, Jessie, Beuna Vista and Eureka Streets


1,000 00


1,000 00


1,005 75


5 75


School Department


21,000 00


51 74


21,051 74


20,672 62


379 12


Selectmen's Department


·


5,074 25


I22 99


5,197 24


5,160 22


37 02


Sewer Department


(Bonds)


124,000 00


4,360 89


128,360 89


112,150 55


16,210 34


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


284


Balauce


Amount Overdrawn.


.


446 38


27 95


3,510 79


Sewerage Committee


(Balance)


110 48


IIO 48


148 50


Sheridan and Walker Roads


1,000 00


1,000 00


1,142 71


Sidewalk Department


1,500 00


1,500 00


937 84


78 00


1,078 00


1,658 32


580 32


State Aid, Chapter 372


140 00


· 140 00


216 00


76 00


State Aid, Chapter 374


2,124 00


2,124 00


2,274 00


150 00


Street Crossings


250 00


250 00


320 31


70 31


Street Light Department .


8,120 00


8,120 00


8,129 78


9 78


Street Watering


2,500 00


2,500 00


2,659 45


159 45


Special Fire


700 00


700 00


700 00


Town Hall Department


900 00


170 50


1,070 50


1,479 81


409 31


Town Hall Repairs


5,200 00


5,200 00


5,196 65


3 35


Tree Warden


600 00


600 00


571 33


Water Rates


900 00


900 00


938 25


38 25


Amount of Selectmen's orders drawn Less orders outstanding ·


$218,547 90


284 51


$218,263 39


20,527 47


Total amount of orders paid by Treasurer


$238,790 86


County Tax


5,500 00


5,500 00


5,825 07


325 07


Com. of Mass., Metropolitan Park Commis- sions assessments and deferred interest on same


7,369 46


Interest on Notes payable


2,800 00


258 43


3,058 33


3,960 46


Interest on Water Bonds


5,250 00


Notes paid, including Temporary Loans .


159,500 00


State Tax


3,500 00


3,500 00


3,015 00


State Highway repairs


61 14


Selectmen's outstanding orders, 1901-02 . ·


433 II


Total amount of Treasurer's disbursments


$424,205 10


285


AUDITORS' REPORT.


38 02 142 71


562 16


1903]


902 00


.


·


·


485 00


.


28 67


Amount of Selectmen's order paid by Treasurer, Water Board orders, including Sinking Fund,


.


·


Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid


1,000 00


286


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


Financial Statement of the Town of Swampscott, March 1, 1902.


RESOURCES.


Cash in hand of Treasurer, Town . $22,645 33


Cash in hand of Treasurer, Water


5,806 57


Due from Concrete and Curbstones


195 09


Due from Poor Department


537 IO


Due from State Aid, Chapter 372


160 00


Due from State Aid, Chapter 374


2,522 00


Due for Taxes on property to be adver- tised for taxes


403 22


Schedule of public property


· 331,350 26


$363,619 57


LIABILITIES.


NOTES PAYABLE.


1903


Phillips School Loan


$1,000 00


1903


Park Loan .


4,000 00


5,000 00


1904


Phillips School Loan


5,500 00


1904


Park Loan


·


4,000 00


9,500 00


1905


Park Loan .


4,000 00


1905


Chemical Laboratory Loan .


2,500 00


1905


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,000 00


9,500 00


1 906


Permanent Improvement Loan Proctor Lot Loan


3,000 00


1907


Park Loan


2,500 00


1907


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,000 00


8,500 00


1908


Park Loan


2,500 00


1908


Sewer Loan .


2,800 00


1908


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,000 00


8,300 00


1909


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,000 00


1909


Permanent Improvement Loan


6,000 00


9,000 00


1910 Permanent Improvement Loan


4,300 00


1910


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,570 00


7,870 00


5 19II


Permanent Improvement Loan


7,500 00


1912


Permanent Improvement Loan


3,100 00


Water Bonds, 30 years, due 1928 Water Bonds, 27 years, due 1928 Sewer Bonds .


$75,270 00


$120,000 00


20,000 00


124,000 00


$919,270 00


7,000 00


1907


287


AUDITORS' REPORT.


1903]


Auditors' Remarks.


To the Citizens of Swampscott :


We herewith present for your consideration the fifty-first An- nual Report of the Town, for the fiscal year ending Feb. 20, 1903.


The accounts of the several departments have been carefully examined and found to be correct and proper vouchers on file for payments made.


The Treasurer's accounts have been audited quarterly, and we have on file bank cashiers' certificates for balance of each quarter's auditing.


The Water Board Sinking Fund has been carefully looked over, bonds examined, and balance found to be correct.


The items of receipts can be found by referring to the different departments as they appear in the Treasurer's account.


We would respectfully call your attention to Article No. 14, in the Town Warrant of 1903. The duties of this office having increased considerably, we believe that the services required to perform this work, should receive more compensation than the town pays at present. Therefore we recommend that this board · be given consideration in making salaries for future services of town officers.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN B. EARP, H. F. ASHTON, ROBERT AERY,


Auditors.


28S


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


Town Warrant, 1903.


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 sixteenth 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 ensu- ing.


To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for two (2) years.


To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for (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 one (1) year.


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.


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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 one (1) year. To choose a Park Commissioner for three (3) years. To choose a Water Commissioner for three (3) years.


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


To choose a Tree Warden for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.


ART. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes" or "No" upon the question : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of 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 Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Water Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commissioners, the Tree Warden, and the Committee on the Fiftieth Anniversary.


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.


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[Feb. 20


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.


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. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) 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 get the sense of the voters of the Town as to whether it is advisable or not to lay out a Town way from Essex street to Columbia street, conformable to plans on file in the Town Clerk's office, or upon any other plan.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will amend Section 2 of Article 3 of the By-laws', so as to authorize the payment of money by the Town Treasurer, upon orders drawn by the Sewer Commissioners, or a majority of the members of said Board.


ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take to fix the amount of salary for Town officials for the ensuing year.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to pay George T. Till, Collector of Taxes for 1902 the full year's salary.


ART. 16. To see if members of the Board of Water Com- missioners shall be required to provide adequate bonds as is customary with all officers holding in trust, the moneys of the Town, as petitioned for.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to give a lot of land on Pine street to the Women's Relief Corps for the purpose of building a Grand Army hall, and appropriate money for the foundation, as petitioned for.


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TOWN WARRANT.


1903


ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing a safe and desk for the use of the Assessors, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in provid- ing for and maintaining an additional or auxiliary piece of fire apparatus, to be stationed in the vicinity of Beach Bluff, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take to erect and maintain a fire alarm box at the junction of Farragut and Ellis roads, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take to erect and maintain a fire alarm box at the corner of Thomas and Elmwood roads, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will place a hydrant at the corner of Thomas and Elmwood roads, with eight inch pipe running from Burrill street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will place an incandescent light in Mapledale avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will place an electric arc light at the junction of Ellis road and the State Highway, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take to prop- erly light that part of the State Highway, which is east of the railroad bridge, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take to move the street crossing across Humphrey street, opposite 374 to the foot of Ingalls terrace, and that a double crossing be laid instead of a single one, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Feb. 20


ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take in placing a double street crossing across Maple avenue, where it connects with Columbia street, and another at the junction of Burrill street and Maple avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as peti- tioned for.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will construct a street crossing, running from 36 to 38 Orient street, across Marshall street, as petitioned for.


ART. 29. To see if the Town will place a street crossing on Sheridan road near Walker road, also at the junction of Monu- ment avenue and Walker road and on Walker near Outlook road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will accept Phillips avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and reimburse the Phillips estate the value of water pipes in said street, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will accept Chatman avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.


ART. 32. To see if the Town will accept Ingalls terrace, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 33. To see if the Town will accept Grant road as laid out by the Selectmen.


ART. 34. To see if the Town will accept Hardy road as laid out by the Selectmen.


ART. 35. To see if the Town will accept Outlook road as laid out by the Selectmen.


ART. 36. To see what action the Town will take to appro- priate money for the improvement of Buena Vista street as peti- tioned for.


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1903


ART. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate money to move and repair the old stone crusher, or to purchase a new por- table one, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for.


ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate money for a steam road roller, and appropriate money for the same, as peti- tioned for.


ART. 39. To see what action the Town will take towards securing road building material from the owner of land on Elm- wood road, near the corner of Sheridan road, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for.


ART. 40. To see what action the Town will take to place a catch basin on Roy street, near Hillside avenue, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 41. To see what action the Town will take to procure a suitable safe for the use of the Town Treasurer, and appro- priate money for the same.


ART. 42. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Town Treasurer in the name and behalf of the Town to borrow such sums of money as may be needed for the use of the Sewer Commissioners in the extension of the system of Sewerage, in accordance with any vote which may be passed by the Town, or for the completion of the system already authorized, and to make all necessary provisions for the issue and payment of any notes or bonds authorized hereunder.


ART. 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Sewer Com- missioners to extend the sewer on Orient street to connect with the private sewer built by Mr. F. P. Farrar on the Jeffries estate, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 44. To see what action the Town will take, to reim- burse the Sewer Commissioners the sum of three thousand dollars, money expended to reconstruct the drain on the State Highway and Burrill street, money to be raised by loan.


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[Feb. 20


ART. 45. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to sell the whole or a part of the land on Pine street, formerly used in connection with the pumping station, together with buildings thereon, and empower said Commissioners to convey the same.


ART. 46 To see what action the Town will take, that anyone desiring to have a water meter, shall be permitted to have the same, by applying for the same to the Water Board, and shall have it put in, and any person having a meter put in their house, shall pay the price of the meter, and the rates shall be the same as in Lynn, Mass. No one shall be compelled to take a meter unless they wish the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 47. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing land for the purposes of making a play ground for the Town's children, to be in proximity of the Hay Scales, and .apppropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.


ART. 48. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Health to dispose of the house and lot on Minerva street, formerly used as a contagious hospital and empower said Board to convey the same.


ART. 49. To see what action the Town will take, that the stage of the Town Hall be provided with a permanent front with drop curtain and settings of scenery and suitable drops for the in- terior of the stage, and the arch and side partitions of the old stage be removed, and that the Town appropriate four hundred dollars for the same.


ART. 50. To see what action the Town will take in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent im- provements.


The polls to be closed at sunset.


295


TOWN WARRANT.


1903


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 aforesaid.


Given under our hands this second day of March in the year nineteen hundred and three.


JOSEPH M. BASSETT, EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, CLARENCE B. DELANO, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest :


RICHARD G. GILLEY,


Constable.


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