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June
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
4
4
June 7, 1911
181
Tune
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
6
4
June
7,1913
183
Tune
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
8
4
Tune
7,1915
185
Tune
7,1907
Com. of Mass.
11,000 00
10
4
June
7, 1917
193
May
14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
4,500 00
D
10
3 75-100
May 14, 1918
195
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
F
3
3 75-100
May 14, 1911
196
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
E
5
3 75-100
May 14, 1913
198
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
1,000 00
E
10
3 75-100
May 14, 1918
199
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
875 00
F
2
3 75-100
May 14, 1910
200
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,200 00
F
2
3 75-100
May 14, 1910
204
Dec. 19, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
6,600 00
G
10
3 75-100
Dec. 19, 1918
205
Dec. 19, 1908
L. 5c. Sav,gs Bank
2,900 00
F
9
3 75-100
Dec. 19, 1917
206
Jan.
4,1909
Com. Trust Co.
4,000 00
3 mos
3 60-100
Apr. 4,1909
191,295 00
A. Permanent Improvement
C. Morris Land.
E. Highway.
G. Refunding Notes.
B. School-House.
D. Cemetery Improvement.
F. Fire Alarm.
June
7,1912
182
Tune
7,1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
7
4
Ťune
7,191
184
Tune
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
9
4
June
7,1916
186
June
7,1907
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
10,000 00
B
15
3 75-100
May 14, 1923
194
May
14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
E
4
3 75-100
May 14, 1912
197
May 14, 1908
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
19
3 50-100
July 15, 1924
165
June 19, 1905
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
3
4
Nov. 19, 1909
172
Nov. 19, 1906
Com. of Mass.
12,000 00
A
12
4
Nov. 19, 1916
178
June
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
3
4
June 7, 1910
180
June 7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
5
4
July
15, 1916
157
July 15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
15
3 50-100
July
15, 1920
161
July
15, 1905
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
3,450 00
A
8
3 75-100
May 25, 1912
148
May 25, 1904
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
1,000 00
A A
10
3 50-100
May 22, 1915
155
May 22, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
11
4
Aug. 24, 1910
140
Aug. 24, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
1,000 00
A A
7
4
Aug. 24, 1910
146
May 25, 1904
Col. Nat. Bank
6,000 00
A
9
4
July 1, 1912
3-8
July 1,1903
Col. Nat. Bank
1,000 00
A
7
4
3 50-100
May 22, 1909
154
May 22, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
3 50-100
July July
A
RECAPITULATION.
.
Balance Feb. I, 'oS
Overdraft Expend. Feb. 1, '08, Feb. 1, '08 Mar. 15, '08
Bal. Mar.15, Appropria- Overdraft 'OS, reverts to Treas. Mar. 15, '08 Mar. 15, 'OS
tion Mar. Receipts to 15, 'S Feb. 1, '09
Totals
Overdraft Mar. 15,'08, Feb. 1, '09 Feb. 1, '09
Balance Feb. 1, '09
Ambulance .
$7 80
$7 So
$200 00 1,400 00
$200 00
$125 62
$74 38
Assessors
$97 19
$95 94
$1 25
S,000 00
$2,925 00
10,925 00
7,641 62
3,283 38
Boiler at Stone Crusher
10 70
10 70
Burrill Street .
67 76
07 76
100 00
100 00
98 47
1 53
Care of Snow .
956 65
683 96
272 69
1,000 00
1,000 00
555 38
444 02
Cemetery .
412 44
42
412 02
1,000 00
225 00
1,225 00
989 52
235 48
Cemetery Improvement
31 92
31 92
4,500 00
4,500 00
5,018 85
5IS 54
Continuous Sidewalk
1,115 20
1,115 20
1,000 00
1,026 26
2,026 26
1,907 95
118 31
Corporation Tax
16,975 09
16,975 09
Corner Burrill and Essex St
100 00
100 00
100 00
County Tax .
1,790 10
1,790 10
10,500 00
10,500 00
11,973 09
1,473 09
Crushing Stone .
74 31
74 31
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,347 66
147 60
Curbstone
394 27
394 27
500 00
150 21
650 21
1,231 36
581 15
Engine-House Repairs
137 95
137 95
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,001 97
1 97
Essex Street
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,104 26
104 20
Farms School Building
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,383 44
383 44
Fire
S59 64
1,179 05
319 41
9,000 00
1,301 50
10,301 50
9,3So 95
920 55
Fire Hose
30 50
30 56
300 00
300 00
300 00
Fire Horse
50 00
50 00
250 00
18 00
268 00
475 00
207 00
362 65
280 08
642 73
4,000 00
4,000 00
3,037 19
362 SI
Highway .
314 33
411 79
97 46
10,000 00
1,041 92
11,041 92
10,213 50
S28 42
Interest on Notes
1,148 36
1,148 36
6,800 00
6,800 00
3,244 09
1,444 09
Interest on Sewer Bonds
712 75
712 75
7,000 00
7,000 00
6,635 00
365 00
Interest on Tresurer's Deposit.
573 99
573 99
Jessie Street
7 II
7 II
3,000 00
3,000 00
2,918 24
S1 76
Library .
6 20
45 00
38 80
800 00
633 61
1,433 61
1,393 50
40 05
Military Aid
8 00
40 00
48 00
48 00
88 00
40 00
Monument Avenue
28
28
Monument Lot
5 00
5 00
35 00
35 00
52 50
17 50
Moth Work .
983 14
950 44
32 70
4,700 00
2,619 85
7,319 85
5,859 57
1,460 28
National Bank Tax
3,191 03
3,191 03
Notes Payable
16,600
16,600 00
12,100 00
4,500 00
Orient Street Sea Wall
10 00
10 00
Park
147 86
100 72
47 14
2,000 00
295 14
2,295 14
2,117 88
177 26
Catch-Basins and Gutters
146 29
146 29
600 00
600 00
792 67
$192 67
1,400 00
1,218 09
ISI 91
Atlantic Avenue
Laboratories (School)*
Memorial Day
200 00
200 00
200 00
32 00
6 50
Fire Alarm Boxes
6 50
Health
Care of Brooks
Expend.
Permanent Improvement Loan Police Poor
S6 93 149 73
793 17
706 24
6,500 00 1,418 07 201 21
34,075 00 7,918 07 2,001 21 100 00
7,266 S2 1,959 99 70 00
651 25 041 22
Redington Street Improvement.
4 25
4 25
Refunding Notes .
6,600 00
6,600 00
Resetting Curbstones
200 00
200 00
163 50
36 50
Road Machine .
50 00
50 00
Sand Building
400 00
400 00
349 00
51 00
350 00
350 00
350 00
School
1,632 26
2,902 40
1,270 14
33,000 00
13 24
33,013 24
30,155 84
2,857 40
850 00
850 00
850 00
School Repairs
1,450 00
1,450 00
1,449 90
04
Selectmen
1,277 15
160 98
1,438 13
6,000 00
339 50
6,339 50
5,384 73
954 77
Sewer Bonds .
4,600 00
4,000 00
4,600 00
Sewer
6,877 37
7,694 61
14,030 33
8,890 22
5,140 11
Sidewalk
1 00
1 09
400 00
400 00
448 42
48 42
Soldiers' Relief
300 97
151 13
155 84
2,400 00
2,400 00
2,280 oS
119 92
State Aid .
2 00
255 00
253 00
2,914 00
2,914 00
2,891 00
23 00
State Tax .
15,000 00
15,000 00
19,127 56
4,127 56
Stacy's Brook
133 33
I33 33
Steam Drill .
300 00
300 00
310 00
10 00
Street Light
22 40
1,659 00
1,636 60
10,000 00
8,398 32
1,601 68
Street Railway Tax
900 70
900 70
Street Watering
110 92
110 92
3,000 00
127 75
3,127 75
4,334 76
1,207 OI
Temporary Loans
89,000 00
59,000 00
96,100 00
7,100 00
Town Fences .
S4 83
S4 83
200 00
200 00
310 II
IIO II
Town Hall
236 68
157 05
79 63
1,400 00
481 00
I,SSI 00
2,030 32
155 32
Treas. Town Bal., Feb. 1, 1908 .
11,070 65
11,070 65
11,070 65
Tree Warden
49 00
5 04
43 36
250 00
$2 00
332 00
455 27
123 27
Water
2,908 29
33,312 19
36,220 48
30,561 70
5,658 78
Water Rates
48 33
48 33
1,300 00
1,300 00
1,260 00
40 00
Treas. Water Bal., Feb. 1, '08 .
2,908 29
Expend. Feb. 1,'oS, Mar. 15, '08.
9,986 S3
Treas. Sewer Bal., Feb. 1, '09 .
5,140 11
Treas. Town Bal., Feb. 1, '09 .
8,524 50
8,524 50
Treas. Water Bal., Feb. 1, '09 .
5,658 78
$30,028 59
$4,811 59
$9,986 83
$9,582 30
$3,956 16 $201,618 33
$574,777 85 $373,212 66
$17,993 06
$39,539 24
Deduct Outstanding Town Ord.
53 11
Treasurer's Totals
$373,159 55
$373,159 55
Post 18, G. A. R , heating
147 00
2 07
2,400 00 100 00
30 00
2 37
2 37
Sanitation Park Buil 1g
School Land
Selectmen's Outstanding Ord's.
252 07
Sewer Outstanding Orders
541 65
541 65
133 33
10,000 00
Taxes .
150,719 37
150,719 37
Trans, from General to Sewer
6,000 00
Treas. Sewer Bal., Feb. 1, 'OS .
6,877 37
34,075 00
270
Report of Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Receipts.
Total. Payments. Total.
(All departments, except Sewer and Water.)
Balance on hand February 1, 1908
$11,070 65
PAYMENTS.
Sewer Bonds .
$4,600 00
Sewer Interest
6,635 00
To Sewer Department for maintenance
.
6,000 00
$17,235 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Three lots sold
$200 00
Five graves sold
25 00
225 00
CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS.
From abutters
$598 40
From Nathan G. Bubier, Col.
349 64
From George T. Till, Col. 1907
78 22
COUNTY TAX.
Paid to Essex County Commissioners .
11,973 09
[Feb. I
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
1,026 26
.
·
.
CURBSTONE ACCOUNT. From abutters
150 21
FIRE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS
Junk sold
.
$1 50
Rent of building
50 00
Street watering, from Town of Swampscott . .
1,250 00
1,301 50
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS.
Excise tax from Boston & Northern Street R. R.
$832 03
Gravel sold
.
8 25
Labor and material, from Fire Department ·
33 OI
Labor and material, from Sewer Department
108 63
Labor, from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
35 00
Tip cart sold .
25 00
1,041 92
HORSE ACCOUNT.
Sale of fire horse
18 00
Amounts carried forward,
$14,833 54
$29,208 09
271
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
[606 1
.
·
·
REPORT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER .- Continued.
Receipts.
Total. $14,833 54
Payments. Total. $29,208 09
Amounts brought forward,
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
RECEIPT.
Interest on Treasurer's deposits .
573 99
PAYMENTS.
Interest on temporary loans
Interest on Town notes .
$1,785 53 6,458 56
8,244 09
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Dog tax, from Essex County
·
$603 61
Fines
.
30 00
633 61
MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF.
RECEIPTS.
Atlantic ave. rebuilt, reimbursement
$2,925 00
Corporation tax ·
16,975 09
Military aid, reimbursement
48 00
National Bank Tax .
3,191 03
State aid, reimbursement
2,914 00
Street railway tax .
.
900 70
.
.
.
[Feb. I
26,953 82
272
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
PAYMENTS.
Nantasket Reservation, maintenance
Sinking fund No. I
$124 32 612 17 1,710,69
Sinking fund No. 1, interest .
Sinking fund No. 1, maintenance -
2,177 10
Sinking fund No. 2
122 31
Sinking fund No. 2, interest .
349 77
Sinking fund No. 2 maintenance, .
298 50
Sinking fund Wellington bridge
.
18 20
State highway, repairs .
74 50
State tax
13,640 00
MOTH WORK.
RECEIPTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,reimbursement,
$1,512 85
From property owners . .
34 75
From Nathan G. Bubier, Col. .
1,004 35
From George T. Till, Col. 1907
67 90
2,619 85
NOTES PAYABLE. Payments
12,100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$45,614 81
$68,679 74
273
1909]
19,127 56
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
. ·
.
REPORT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER .- Continued.
Receipts.
Total.
Payments.
Amounts bronght forward,
$45,614 81
Total. $68,679 74
PARK DEPARTMENT. Rentals at Fish House .
295 14
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT LOANS
Receipts .
34,075 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
Ambulance, use of
$38 90
Commitment, Salem jail
3 00
Fines .
552 00
Services of officers
821 67
Telephone tolls
2 50
1,418 07
POOR DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Town of Hamilton, reimbursement
$34 47
City of Lynn, reimbursement
49 65
City of Salem, reimbursement
6 00
Town of Saugus, reimbursement
104 09
Miscellaneous
7 00
274
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Feb . I
201 21
·
.
.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPT.
Miscellaneous .
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Ledge removed
$50 00
Licences :
Auctioneers, one
2 00
Bowling, one
2 00
Foreign fruit, three at $2
6 00
Junk, two at $75 .
150 00
Pedlars, one
2 00
Pool, two at $2 ·
4 00
Surveyor of lumber, one
1 00
Milk inspection
5 50
Rental, tenement over Police Station ·
95 00
Sealing and testing of weights and measures .
22 00
SELECTMEN'S ORDERS. PAYMENTS.
Outstanding year of 1907-1908
Issued year of 1908-1909
$252 07 148,810 78
149,062 85
Amounts carried forward,
$81,956 97
$217,742 59
275
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
13 24
339 50
276
REPORT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER. - Continued.
Receipts.
Total.
Payments. Total.
Amounts brought forward,
$81,956 97
$217,742 59
STREET WATERING.
RECEIPTS.
Miscellaneous
$2 75
Watering cart sold .
125 00
127 75
TAX ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS.
From Nathan G. Bubier, Col., levied 1908 . $147,896 76
From George T. Till, Col., levied 1906 ·
.
309 88
From George T. Till, Col., levied 1907
2,512 73
150,719 37
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Receipts .
.
Payments . .
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Rental of Hall
481 00
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
89,000 00
96,100 00
[Feb. I
.
TREE WARDEN.
RECEIPT.
20 For trimming trees
Balance on hand Jan. 30, 1909, General Department,
82 00
$313,842 59 8.524 50
$322,367 09
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1908
$6,877 37
RECEIPTS.
Assessments
1,268 59
Heater sold
20 00
Interest on deposits
98 61
Particular sewers
307 41
. Transferred from General Department as per vote of town
6,000 00
* PAYMENTS.
Orders, outstanding 1907-1908, maintenance
541 65 8,890 22
Orders, issued 1908-1909, maintenance
9,431 87 5,140 I[
Balance on hand Jan. 30, 1909 ·
* In addition $11,235.00 paid from General Department for bonds retired, and interest.
Amounts carried forward
$336,939 07
$336,939 07
277
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
14,571 98
·
.
.
.
$322,367 09
REPORT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER .- Continued.
Receipts.
Total. $336,939 07
Payments.
$336,939 07
Amounts brought forward
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1908
$2,908 29
RECEIPTS.
Bonds sold
2,000 00
Accrued interest on bonds sold,
17 50
Grass sold
12 00
Interest on deposits
45 42
Junk sold
8 00
Miscellaneous
11 65
Rentals :
Old pumping station, new Ocean street
385 00
Sign
7 50
Safe sold to Poor Department
.
.
.
35 00
Service pipes and labor
·
.
950 30
Water receipts
29,839 82
PAYMENTS.
Interest on bonds .
Orders (maintenance), issued 1908-1909
Balance on hand Jan. 30, 1909
$30.561 70 5,658 78
Total
.
$373,159 55
$373,159 55
278
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
36,220 48
5,162 50 25,399 20
[Feb. I
Total.
·
.
.
Summary.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
$11,070 65
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1908
RECEIPTS.
188,221 44
Miscellaneous ·
123,075 00
Loans .
$322,367 09
PAYMENTS.
$188,407 59
Miscellaneous .
108,200 00
Loans
17,235 00
Sewer Department bonds retired, interest and maintenance
313,842 59
Balance on hand February 1, 1909 .
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1908
RECEIPTS.
1,694 61
Miscellaneous ·
·
6,000 00
From General Department as per vote of town
$14,571 98
* PAYMENTS.
Maintenance .
5,140 II
Balance on hand February 1, 1909 ·
$13,664 61
Amount carried forward
* In addition $11,235.00 paid from General Department for bonds retired, and interest.
1908]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
279
·
$8,524 50
$6,877 37
9,431 87
280
. SUMMARY-Con tinucd .
Amount brought forward
$13,664 61
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Balance on hand February 1, 1908 RECEIPTS.
$2,908 29
Bonds sold and interest
2,017 50
Miscellaneous
31,294 69
PAYMENTS.
Maintenance
30,561 70
Balance on hand February 1, 1909 . . .
5,658 78
Balance on hand February 1, 1909, all departments
$19,323 39
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
36,220 48
[Feb. I
281
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
George T. Till, Collector of Taxes, in Account with Town of Swampscott.
1906.
DR.
Balance uncollected, February 1, 1908
$406 05
CR.
Abatements by Assessors
$96 17
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer
309 88
$406 05
282
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
George T. Till, Collector of Taxes, in Account with Town of Swampscott.
1907.
DR.
Uncollected drain assessment .
$383 32
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
78 22
Uncollected moth assessment . .
80 20
Uncollected taxes .
3,488, 33
$4,030 07
CR.
Cash paid B. O. Honors, treasurer, taxes,
$2,512 73
Cash paid B. O. Honors, treasurer, moth assessment .
67 90
Cash paid B. O. Honors, sidewalk assessment .
78 22
Abatements by assessors
181 34
Uncollected drain assessments
383 32
Uncollected moth assessments
12 30
Uncollected taxes .
794 26
$4,030 07
283
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
Sewer Department Assessments.
DR.
Frontage and area assessments, bal-
ance February 1, 1908.
$5,021 49
New assessments, section I
$358 99
New assesaments, section 2
14 55
$373 54
Interest collected
113 91
$5,508 94
CR.
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer
$1,268 59
Balance to be collected
4,240 35
$5,508 94
DR.
Particular sewer and drain assessments, balance
February 1, 1908
$1,069 68
New assessments, Section I .
·
104 40
Interest collected ·
.
.
14 95
$1,189 03
CR.
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer
$307 41
Balance to be collected ·
881 62
$1,189 03
.
234
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
Nathan G. Bubier, Collector of Taxes in Account with the Town of Swampscott.
1908
DR.
To amount committed for collection, as
per assessors' warrant :
County tax
$11,973 09
State tax
19,127 56
Town tax
131,757 84
*Supplementary list
5,002 40
Moth assessment
1,389 19
Sidewalk assessment
521 56
Excise tax
832 03
$170,603 67
CR.
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer,
taxes ·
$147,896 76
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer, moth assessment
1,004 35
Cash paid B. O. Honors, Treasurer, side- walk assessment ·
349 64
Abatements, taxes
3,342 38
Discount 2 per cent, taxes paid on or before October 1, 1908
2,582 35
Excise Tax .
832 03
Uncollected sidewalk assessment .
171 92
Uncollected moth assessment .
384 84
Uncollected taxes . ·
14,014 40
Rebates on overcharge of moth
assess-
ments
25 00
$170,603 67
*$185 moth assessment being contested.
$4,880 supplementary list temporarily uncollectable.
NATHAN G. BUBIER,
Collector.
.
285
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
Water Bonds.
First issue
.
·
$100,000 00
Second issue
.
20,000 00
Third issue .
20,000 00
Fourth issue
10,000 00
$150,000 00
286
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
Sewer Bonds.
Series A. $120,000 at 32 per cent.
paid $18,000
Series B. 4,000 at 32 per cent.
paid
600
Series C. 40,000 at 32 per cent.
paid
6,000
Series D.
20,000 at 32 per cent.
paid
3,000
Series F.
13,000 at 4 per cent.
Series G.
12,000 at 4 per cent.
$209,000
$27,600
Paid
27,600
$181,400
LIABILITIES.
NOTES PAYABLE.
Due in 1909
$16,000
Due in 1910
.
.
14,945
Due in 1911
12,500
Due in 1912
15,550
Due in 1913
14,000
Due in 1914
15,000
Due in 1915
15,300
Due in 1916
19,100
Due in 1917
17,200
Due in 1918
15,400
Due in 1919
3,300
Due in 1920
3,300
Due in 192 1
3,300
Due in 1922
3,300
Due in 1923
13,300
Due in 1924
9,800
.
$191,295
287
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
Town Debt.
Notes payable
$191,295 00
Water bonds
150,000 00
Sewer bonds
181,400 00
$522,695 00
Outstanding selectmen's orders
$53
II
.
.
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[Feb. I
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1870-1909.
ASSESSORS' VALUATION MAY I.
MARCH I.
YEAR.
REAL
PERSONAL
TOTAL
RATE TAXES PER $1,000
YEAR.
NOTES
PAYABLE
1908
$7,312,165
$2,680,490
$9,992,655
$16.00
1909
$191,295.00
1907
7,099,090
2,317,468
9,317,468
14.50
1908
176,420.00
1906
6,303,625
2,093,820
8,397,445
14.50
1907
167,320.00
1905
6,030, 185
2, 117,442
8,147,627
14.50
1906
151,320.00
1904
5,489, 12I
2,206,172
7,695,293
12.90
1905
110,020.00
1903
5,135,124
4,286,981
6,422, 105
11.50
1904
114,770.00
1902
4,762,665
1,744,874
6,507,539
12.00
1903
75,270.00
190I
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
1899
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
1898
71,000.00
1896
3,896,059
1,245,245
5,141,304
12.00
1897
78,250.00
1895
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
5,989,928
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
1,501,530
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
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
1884
50,500.00
1882
2,228,330
1,264,938
3,493,268
6.00
1883
49,000.00
1881
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
ESTATE
PROPERTY
VALUATION
289
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1909]
Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, May 1, 1908.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES AS ASSESSED MAY 1, 1908.
Number of residents assessed on property .
976
Number of firms, corporations, etc. ·
24
1,000
Number of non-residents assessed on property 295
Number of non-residents, firms, corporations, etc. 17
312
Number of persons assessed on property .
1,312
Number of persons assessed poll tax only · 1,067
2,379
Number of male polls assessed
1488
Tax on each poll .
$2 00
Value of assessed personal estate, Buildings, excluding land,
3,951,325 00
Land excluding buildings,
3,360,840 00
Total value of assessed estate,
7,312, 165 00
Total valuation of assessed estate May 1, 1908
$9,992,655 00
Tax for state, county and city or town purposes, including over-
laying-
On personal estate
$42,887 85
On real estate .
116,994 64
On polls
2,976 00
162,858 49
Rate of total tax per $1,000
$16 00
Number of horses assessed
300
Number of cows assessed
45
Number of neat cattle other than cows
I
Number of dwelling houses
1,265
Number of acres of land assessed
1,675
$2,680,490 00
2 90
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[Feb. I
·
Auditors' Report.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and the bonds and sinking fund of the Water Department; have also carefully audited the accounts of the various departments and find them as stated in the annual report of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHANIEL F. BARTLETT, HARRY E. CAHOON, STUART P. ELLIS.
291
TOWN WARRANT.
1909
Town Warrant, 1909.
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 fifteenth 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 for one (1) year.
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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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 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 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 question ; To see if the Town will accept Chapter 476, Section I, of the Acts of 1908. Shall the members of the Police Depart- ment have one day off in thirty, from duty, as petitioned for by William G. Chase and others.
ART. 5. To vote by separate ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the following question : Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire" be accepted by this town ?
ART. 6. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Accountant, 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 Superin- tendent 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, the Board of Assessors, the Overseers of the Poor, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
293
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ART. 7. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. II. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
ART. 12. 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. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., toward defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent improvements.
ART. 15. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water Commissioners the present year.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries for Town officials for the ensuing year.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to protest against any change in the law which takes away local control over shell fisheries, or which takes away the public rights by leasing the shores or flats.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will erect a grand stand with dressing accommodations, and improve the play grounds for base ball purposes and appropriate $500.00 for the same, as petitioned for by John L. Maher and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will concrete all sidewalks not concreted, from Thomas road through Elmwood road to Monu- ment avenue, and charge one-half the expense to abutters, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. H. Haskell and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the Legislature for appropriate legislation to con- solidate the offices of Water Commissioners, Sewer Commis- sioners and Surveyor of Highways, as petitioned for by Elgar H. Townsend and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the Legislature for appropriate legislation to consolidate the various departments of the Town under three heads, as petitioned for by Elgar H. Townsend and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take, if any, towards granting a Saturday half holiday with pay for the High- way, Water, Sewer, Health and Moth Departments, for the months of April, May, June, July, August and September, as petitioned for by James T. Lyons and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to take moneys from the funds now in the hands of the Sewer Commissioners, and construct a sewer in Maple avenue, or appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
295
TOWN WARRANT.
1909]
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to connect the Phil- lips School Building with the Town sewer system, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by S. Perry Cong- den and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will construct a sewer from Walker road through Devens road to Banks road, and appropri- ated money for the same, as petitioned for by Paige B. Ball and others.
ART. 26 To see if the Town will locate and maintain an incandescent lamp at the corner of Beach avenue and Columbia street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Nowell Ingalls and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an electric arc light at a point near the corner of Humphrey street and Phillips avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William E. Plummer and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an electric light in Orient court, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John H. Peach and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $75.00 to be placed in the hands of Gen. James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., for heating and lighting the Grand Army Hall, as petitioned for by John R. Merritt and others.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to employ a Civil Engineer to act as a Town Engineer for work in all depart- ments, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, as required by the Commonwealth.
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ART. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purchase of the Morris property, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will discontinue that portion of Buena Vista street, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford, and dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk, February 18, 1909.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will relocate Buena Vista street, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will accept Mountain avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by East- man & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town clerk February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will accept Walker road as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford dated September 18, 1903, and on file with the Town Clerk, October 2, 1908, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will accept Rockland street as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown on plan drawn by Eastman & Bradford, dated January 21, 1909, and on file with the Town Clerk, February 18, 1909, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 38. To see what action the Town will take in relation to a part payment for the repairs at the outlet of Stacy's Brook, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Selectmen.
297
TOWN WARRANT.
1909]
ART. 39. To see what action the Town will take to enlarge the present Town Hall, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART 40. To appoint a Committee on Ways and Means as required by Section 1, Chapter V., of the By-Laws.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to issue bonds to the amount of $90,000.00, under the provisions of Chapter 112 of the Acts of 1909, for the purpose as provided in said Chapter 112, of becoming a part of the Metropolitan Water District.
The polls to be closed at sunset.
And you are directed to serve this Warrent 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 Twenty-seventh day of February, in the year nineteen hundrd and nine.
ARTHUR C. WIDGER, FRED C. MARSH, JAMES F. CATON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable.
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