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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
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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
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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