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I4 days
Continuous sidewalks . 29 3-4 days ·
Highway Department 3 3-4 days ·
Board of Health 5 1-4 days
Board of Park Commissioners.
39 1-4 days
Board of Selectmen
School Department
73 1-4 days 8 days
Board of Sewer Commissioners
II2 1-4 days
Water Department I2 I-4 days
This work is charged to each department at its actual cost, and after paying for the services of an assistant in this depart- ment, and for the purchase of the instruments and tools which may be necessary for the continuation of the work of the de- partment, the balance is returned to the Town.
I would recommend that, aside from whatever salary the Town may fix for the services of the Town Engineer, the sum of seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars be appropriated for the use of this department. Said sum to be used for the purpose of em- ploying an assistant, also an inspector at such times as may be necessary and to pay for the purchase of necessary supplies and instruments.
FRED H. EASTMAN.
Town Engineer.
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[Jan. 31
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., Feb. 1, 1910.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Overseers of the Poor submit the following report :
The past year, 1909, has been an average one as to the amount of aid rendered and the number of calls for assistance received.
We are pleased to state that the larger part of our annual appropriation is spent in helping worthy widows and children.
The long-standing disputed settlement case, between the City of Lynn and our Town, referred to on Page 204 of last year's Report, amounting to $847.49 has been closed up. The Board, after long and careful consideration, engaged the services of Dr. Shaw of Boston, who is an expert on the settlement laws of Massachusetts, and his work on this case covered several weeks.
Dr. Shaw reported and advised that we could not maintain our contention in this case; also that the person in question had gained a settlement in our Town.
We wish to extend thanks to all officials and citizens who have assisted us in the past year.
We would recommend an appropriation of $2,400 and re- ceipts for maintenance of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman, JAMES H. MOULTON, EDMUND RUSSELL.
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OVERSEERS OF POOR REPORT.
1910]
Secretary's Report.
Meetings held by Board in past year
25
Visits made by Board I6 . ·
Personal visits made by the Secretary · 30
Visits made by the Board out of town .
4
Visits made by the Secretary out of town
II
Cases investigated and aid refused
6
Cases investigated and aid granted
·
13
Number of persons fully supported past year .
4
Number of persons fully supported a part of past
year · ·
4
Number of families partially supported
I3
Number of persons, men, women and children receiving aid, 1909 .
54
Having settlement in Town
43
Having settlement elsewhere in State
II
Financial Report.
Reimbursed by cities and towns . .
$377 50
Due from cities and towns ·
170 45
Due from individuals
70 47
EDMUND RUSSELL,
Secretary.
January 31, 1910.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Report of Street Lights Committee.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Committee on Street Lights for the current year organ ized on April 2, 1909, with E. A. Farnham as chairman, and J. R. Merritt as secretary.
The installing and location of two additional arc lights and two incandescents as called for in the Warrant and voted by the Town, was duly attended to, and one or two relocations were made, considered as improving the service.
We are now maintaining 120 arc lights and 83 incandescent, with two improved gas Welsbach lights at the Burrill Street Bridge. In round figures the taxpayers are spending ten thou- sand five hundred dollars ($10,500), per annum for all this illumination, with no prospect of ever reducing the amount of expenditure, as new streets and an increase in our population is the inevitable penalty of a fast growing, up-to-date, and in every way desirable place of residence, as is this beautiful town by the sea.
Citizens are reminded that the contract as made with the Lynn Gas and Electric Co. in 1905 to run for the term of five years will expire on August 1, 1910. We are paying $73.50 for arc lamps and $18.00 for incandescent lamps.
Our people will further remember that this is for lights to burn all night on every dark night in the year, many towns hav- ing contracts which call for lights out at 2 o'clock A. M.
Under our previous contract the lamps were dark in Swamp- scott at 2 A. M. The extra cost to the Town for an all-night light is about $2,000 per year, but it is doubtful if the citizens would care to go back to the old way, particularly in the winter season when the darkest hours are between 2 and 6 A. M.
195
STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT.
1910]
We would recommend that the incoming committee to be appointed at the March meeting be authorized to proceed ana given power to make such contract for street lighting, as in their judgment will be for the best interests of the Town.
We recommend an appropriation for the current year of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10.500.00).
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. FARNHAM, J. R. MERRITT, J. F. CATON, MARTIN L. QUINN, E. G. HODGKINS,
Committee on Street Lights.
January 31, 1910.
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[Jan. 31
Report of Cemetery Superintendent.
To the Board of Selectmen, Town of Swampscott :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report as Superintendent of the Cemetery :
Lots Sold During the Year.
Three (3) in the old portion.
Three (3) in the new part with perpetual care.
Three (3) single graves.
Number of interments, thirty-eight (38).
Eighty (80) shade trees were placed in the new and old parts of the cemetery and all are in good condition but one. They were purchased on a replace order and any that are not living in the spring will be replaced by others.
The following list will inform you of the kinds planted : 15 Norway Maples, 61 Rock Maples, 4 Weeping Birches.
Recommendations.
I would recommend the receipts and following appropriations for care and maintenance of the cemetery during the coming year :
Superintendent's salary
$450 00
Labor
450 00
Loam and dressing
85 00
Painting house and fence
60 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,045 00
1910]
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
197
Amount brought forward,
$1,045 00
Repairs on buildings
20 00
Plants for beds .
50 00
Water Supply
60 00
Telephone service
20 00
Incidentals
.
20 00
$1,215 00
The avenues have been regraded and the edges of the lots trimmed.
The cemetery as a whole, is in excellent condition, and the old trees are in good order.
I have endeavored to do my duty, and trust it has met with the approval of the citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER WILLIS, Superintendent.
January 31, 1910.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
REPORT OF Local Superintendent of Moth Work.
To the Board of Selectmen :
The work in this department has been carried on with grati- fying results as acknowledged by the State Department and has been forced with all possible vigor. I assumed charge of the work in this department March 22, 1909, and have no comment to make in regard to the work of my predecessor. The work done has been general moth work, such as creosoting, spraying with arsenate of lead, banding with burlap and tanglefoot, in- specting burlap three or four times a week, cutting brushes and burning, and removing burlap in September. Number of trees banded with burlap, 13,000; number of yards of burlap used, 2,700, cut eight inches wide; tanglefoot used, 400 pounds ; trees banded with it, 500; arsenate of lead used in this depart- ment, 400 pounds; amount of creosote used since March 22, 1909, three barrels, where nine barrels were used in 1907.
The area of brush land cut over for the first time, 30 acres, mostly in the easterly section of the Town.
The amount of assessment on private property was $1,200.
The amount assessed to the different real estate owners being much less than in previous years, but as more real estate each year is left for the Moth Department to care for, the total amount is about the same.
Spraying over the rough and rocky sections of the Town is the
199
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK REPORT.
1910]
best means of suppression, but at the same time most expensive, as it is a slow and difficult job to carry water where it is needed for spraying.
The appropriation for Moth work being statutory, no recom- mendation is required.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE NEWHALL, Local Superintendent.
February 1, 1910.
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[Jan. 31
Report of Tree Warden.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
In making this the tenth annual report, I will state on assum- ing the duties of Tree Warden March 16, 1909, I found much work to be done, such as pruning, cutting off broken branches, cauterizing old wounds, cutting down dead or worthless trees and protecting both large and small with wire which had been destroyed by teams.
The whole number of trees on town roads and public prop- erty at the present time is 1,825. Trees planted in 1909 : Hampden Street 7, Grant Road 4, Burrill Street 3, Pine Street 3, Farragut Road 3, Stetson Avenue 3, Ellis Road 2, New Ocean Street 3, Shaw Road 2, Andrew 2, by abutters 4. Total 36.
Old trees cut down : Burrill Street 2, Humphrey Street 3. Total 5.
Number of trees protected by wire 100. Amount of wire used one foot wide : 4 rolls, 600 feet.
Elm trees sprayed for the suppression of the Elm Leaf Bee- tle 225, and nearly all elm trees on town roads. Amount of arsenate of lead used for this work was 400 pounds.
The elm leaf beetle the past season was as numerous as in 1908, but the spraying which was begun June toth, caused a suppression of the beetle to the extent that not a tree or branch on any Town road was defoliated, as the elm beetle does not come under the moth law, it must be handled by the Tree Warden Department.
201
TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
1910]
We have another enemy to our shade and ornamental trees that has lately made itself noticeable, known as the buffalo moth, the larva of which takes the form of borers, it bores through and along under the bark causing many branches to fall which accounts for many of the branches seen lying on the ground. The suppression of this tree enemy seem more difficult. In concluding this report, I will recommend that the sum of $450 be appropriated for the suppression of the elm leaf beetle, planting out of young trees and care of all Town trees.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE NEWHALL, Tree Warden.
SWAMPSCOTT, February 1, 1910.
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[Jan. 31
REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my first annual report for the year ending February 10, 1910.
Total number of balances and platform scales tested 74
Number of weights tested 50
Number of measures tested .
.
.
88
Number of scales condemned
.
2
Number of measures condemned
.
3
Number of milk bottles sealed
. 832
Yard sticks I
Total amount received, $25.68 for above, which I turned over to the Town Treasurer.
The Standard embraces the following : one avoirdupois bal- ance, fifty pounds; one set of avoirdupois weights, sixteen divisions; drachms, one, two divisions; ounces, one-quarter, one-half, one, two, four, eight; pounds, one, two, four, five, ten, twenty, twenty-five, fifty; two sets of liquid measures of six dimensions, one gill, one-half pint, one pint, one quart, two quarts, one gallon ; one set of dry measures, five divisions, one quart, two quarts, one-half peck, one peck, one-half bushel.
One yard measure, ten fifty-pound weights ; one balance for
203
SEALER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REPORT.
1910]
testing small weights; one steel stamp.1910; one hammer, two drills, one bitstock, one breast drill, one tripod, one tin tube, ten graduating glasses.
This year a set of books and a fountain pen have been added for keeping account of the work done each day, this has proved very successful.
W. J. WATERS, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
January 31, 1910.
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Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, May 1, 1909.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES AS ASSESSED MAY 1, 1909.
Number of residents assessed on property .
1,029
Number of firms, corporations, etc. 40 ·
1,069
Number of non-residents assessed on property, 282
Number of non-residents, firms, corporations, etc. 20
· 302
Number of persons assessed on property 1,371
Number of persons assessed poll tax only . 1,068
2,439
Number of male polls assessed .
1,504
Tax on each poll.
$2 00
Value of assessed personal estate
$2,450,021 00
Buildings, excluding land, 4,098,425 00
Land, excluding buildings, 3,577,480 00
Total value ofassessed estate,
7,675,905 00
Total value of assessed estate May 1, 1909
10, 125,926 O
Tax for state, county and city or town purposes, including over-
laying-
On personal estate $39,200 32
On real estate
122,814 48 ·
On polls . . .
3,008 00
$165,022 So
Rate of total tax per $1,000
$16 00
Number of horses assessed
2 60
Number of cows assessed
59
Number of neat cattle other than cows
I
Number of dwelling houses 1,306
Number of acres of land assessed
1,675
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STATISTICS OF THE TOWN.
1910]
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1870=1910.
YEAR.
REAL
PERSONAL
TOTAL
RATE TAXES PER $1,000
YEAR.
NOTES
ESTATE
PROPERTY
VALUATION
PAYABLE
1909
$7,675,905
$2,450,021
$10,125,926
$16.00
1910
$184,295.00
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
8,397,44.5
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, 121
2,206,172
7,695,293
12.90
1905
I10,020.00
1903
5,135,124
4,286,981
6,422, 105 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
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
-8,250.00
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
1 890
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
2,434,82 I
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
11.50
1904
114,770.00
1902
4,762,665
1,744,874
ASSESSORS' VALUATION MAY I.
MARCH I.
206
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Notes Payable.
Date
When
No.
To whom payable.
Amount
Class.
Time
in Yrs.
Rate.
of Vote.
payable.
120
June 30, 1900
Com. of Mass.
$4,300 00
10
3 17-100
June 30, 1910
129
May 19, 1902
Com. of Mass.
3,570 00
A
S
3 25-100
May 19, 1910
136
May 29, 1902
Lor. Tol. & Tupper
3,100 00
A
10
3 40-100
Nov. 29, 1912
1-2
July 1, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
2,000 00
A
8
+
July 1, 1911
3-8
July 1, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
6,000 00
A
9
July 1, 1912
9-18
July 1, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
10,000 00
A
10
4
July 1, 1913
130
May 12, 1902
Com. of Mass.
7,500 00
9
3 25-100
May 19, 1911
139
Aug. 24, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
1,000 00
A
1
4
Aug. 24, 1910
141
Aug. 24, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
1,000 00
A
4
Aug. 24, 1910
146
May 25, 1904
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
6,500 00
A
20
3 60-100
May 25, 1924
147
May 25, 1904
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
3,450 00
A
S
3 75-100
May 25, 1912
148
May 25, 1904
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
14,000 00
A
10
3 75-100
May 25, 1914
154
May 22. 1905
Lynn Inst. Sav'gs
11,000 00
A
10
3 50-100
May 22, 1915
155
May 22, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
10
3 50-100
May 22, 1915
156
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
11
3 50-100
July 15, 1916
157
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
12
3 50-100
15, 1917
158
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
13
3 50-100
July
15, 1918
159
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
14
3 50-100
July
15, 1919
160
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
16
3 50-100
July
15, 1921
162
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
17
3 50-100
July 15, 1922
163
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
18
3 50-100
July
, 1923
164
July
15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
B
19
3 50-100
July 15, 1924
165
June 19, 1905
Lynn Inst Sav'gs
2,800 00
C
11
3 50-100
June 19, 1916
172
Nov. 19, 1906
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
A
10
1
Nov. 19, 1916
179
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
4
4
June 7, 1911
181
June
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
5
4
June 7, 1912
182
June 7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
6
June 7, 1913
183
Tune
7,1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
7
4
June 7, 1914
184
June
7,1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
A
S
1
June ., 1915
185
June
7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
1,000 00
9
4
June 7, 1916
186
June 7, 1907
Com. of Mass.
11,000 00
A
10
4
June
7,1917
193
May
14, 1908
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
4,500 00
D
10
3 75-100
May 14, 1918
195
May 14, 1908
L 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
E
3
3 75-100
May 14, 1911
196
May
14, 1908
L. 5c Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
E
4
3 75-100
May 14, 1912
197
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,000 00
E
5
3 75-100
May 14, 1913
198
Mav 14, 1998
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
3 75-100
Mav 14, 1910
200
May 14, 1908
L. 5c. Sav'gs Bank
2,200 00
E
2
3 75-100
May 14, 1910
204
Dec. 19, 190S
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
214
Dec. 6, 1909
Com. of Mass.
2,500 00
G
ly 9ın
4
Sept. 6, 1911
215
Dec. 6, 1909
Com. of Mass.
6,500 00
A
10
4
Dec. 6, 1919
184,295 00
A. Permanent Improvement
C. Morris Land.
E. Highway.
G. Refunding Notes.
B. School-House.
D. Cemetery Improvement.
F. Fire Alarm.
4
Nov. 19, 1913
173
Nov. 19, 1906
Com. of Mass.
12,000 00
B
15
3 50-100
July
15, 1920
161
July 15, 1905
Com. of Mass.
3,300 00
140
Aug. 24, 1903
Col. Nat. Bank
1,000 00
A
Aug. 24, 1910
July
207
NOTES PAYABLE.
1910]
Liabilities.
NOTES PAYABLE.
Due in 1910 .
$14,945
Due in 1911
.
15,000
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
9,800
Due in 1920
3,300
Due in 1921 .
3,300
Due in 1922
3,300
Due in 1923
13,300
Due in 1924 .
9,800
$184,295
208
Water Bond Sinking Fund.
Interest three and one-half per cent. (32%) per annum payable semi-annually. Due Aug. 1, 1928.
Issue.
Dated.
Issued.
Number. Term.
Numbered.
Amount.
Total.
First
Aug. 1, 1898
Aug. 1898
IIO
30 y
I to IIO in.
90 $1,000 each 20
500 each
$100,000
Second
Aug. 1, 1898
Oct. 1898
20
30 y
III to 130 in.
1,000 each
20,000
Third
Aug. 1, 1901
Aug. 1901
20
27 y
131 to 150 in.
1,000 each
20,000 ,
Fourth
May 1, 1907
May 1907
3
21 y 3m
151 to 153 in.
1,000 each
3,000
Feb. 1, 1908
Feb. 1908
7
20 y 6 m
154 to 160 in.
1,000 each
7,000
$150,000
Serial Water Bonds.
Issue.
Dated.
Fifth
April 1, 1909
Issued. April 1, 1909
Numbered. I to 90 in. 90
Number. $1,000 each $90,000
Three payable each year.
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan . 31
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SERIAL SEWER BONDS
1910]
Serial Sewer Bonds.
Series Dated.
Number Issued. Numbered.
Amount.
Amount Issued.
Rate.
A Sept. 1, 1902
[20 1 to 120
$1,000 each
$120,000
33%
B
Sept. 1, 1902
40
I to 40
1oo each
4,000
32%
C Sept. 1, 1902
40
I to 40
1,000 each
40,000
32%
D
Sept. 1, 1902
40
I to 40
500 each
20,000
32%
F
Sept. 1, 1903
13
I to 13
1,000 each
13,000
4 %
G
Sept. 1, 1903
I 2 I to 12
1,000 each
12,000
4 %
$209,000
32,200
$176,800
Paid $4,600 each year from September 1, 1903, to September I, 1909, both years inclusive.
REMARKS.
Series issued
Term both Years inclusive
Bonds payable
A
Nov. 17, 1902
I to 40
3 each year
B
Nov. 17, 1902
I to 40
I each year
C May 16, 1903
I to 40
I each year
D May 16, 1903
I to 40 I each year
F May 13, 1904
IO to 22 I each and every yr after 10 yrs
G May 13, 1903
II to 22 1 each and every yr after 1 1 yrs Interest payable March I and September I .
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
Sinking Fund Investments.
$21,000 Swampscott Water Bonds, 32 per cent., due 1928 . · $2,000 Swampscott Sewer Bonds, 32 per cent., due 1921 and 1923 . $5,000 Town of Reading Bonds, 42 per cent., due 1923-27 · $5,000 Town of Revere Bonds, 4 per cent., due 1920-27 · $2,000 Town of Ipswich Bonds 4 per cent., due 1926-27 ·
$21,000 00
2,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
2,000 00
·
$1,000 Town of Great Barrington, 4 per cent., due 1923 · . $1,000 City of Lynn, 4 per cent., due 1922 . ·
1,000 00
1,000 00
$1,000 City of Haverhill, 4 per cent, due 1926
1,000 00
On Deposit in the Following Banks:
Lynn Institution for Savings . $912 43 Worcester Mechanics Savings ·
932 50
New Bedford Institution for Savings, 421 56 Commonwealth Savings, Lynn 990 45
Warren 5c Savings, Peabody . ·
400 00
Brookline Savings . . 1,000 00
$42,656 94
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SUMMARY TOWN DEBT.
1910]
Summary Town Debt.
Serial Sewer bonds . Water bonds (Sinking Fund)
$176,800 00
150,000 00
Serial Water bonds
90,000 00
Town notes . .
184,295 00
$601,095 00
Cash in treasury
$32,889 12 ·
Sinking Fund
42,656 94
Uncollected taxes
8,224 36
$83,770 42
$517,324 58
Temporary Loans 1909,
Commonwealth Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
Jan. 4 No. 206 3 months $4,000 due Apr. 4 1909 June 23 No. 212 5 months 20,000 due Nov. 23 1909 June 23 No. 213 6 months 20,000 due Dec. 23 1909
Benjamin O. Honors, Treasurer.
In account current with the Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts, for the fiscal yearending January 31, 1910.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT .
Receipts
Total. Payments. Total
(All departments except Sewer and Water. )
Balance on hand February 1, 1909
$8,524 50
PAYMENTS.
Sewer Bonds · .
$4,600 00
Sewer Interest
6,474 00
To Sewer Department for maintenance as per vote of town ·
5,500 00
To Water Department for meter work and con- struction as per vote of town
3,000 00
$19,574 00
CATCH-BASINS AND GUTTERS.
Received from abutters
So 27
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Three graves sold
$30 00
Eight lots sold
373 50
Plants sold .
.
·
5 00
408 50
212
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
CONCRETE AND CURBSTONE ACCOUNT.
Received from abutters
576 об
CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
From abutters
$256 13
From Nathan G. Bubier, Collector, levied 1908,
166 55
From Nathan G. Bubier, Collector, levied 1909, 409 46
832 14
COUNTY TAX.
Paid Essex County Commissioners
13,633 14
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Received for services .
683 0I
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Horse sold .
.
.
$175 00
Junk sold
.
2 20
Rent of building .
·
.
50 00
Street watering, from the Town of Swampscott,
974 00
1,201 20
Amounts carried forward,
$12,305 68
$33,207 14
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
1910]
.
ACCOUNT CURRENT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER .- Continued.
Receipts.
Total.
Payments. Total.
$33,207 14
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Excise Tax from Boston & Northern Street
Railway . · .
$849 54
Materials sold and labor
.
34 26
Use of road roller and watering cart .
152 00
1,035 So
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Received on Treasurer's deposits
764 79
PAYMENTS.
Interest on Temporary loans
Interest on Town notes
.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS.
RECEIPTS.
. Dog Tax, from Essex County Commissioners . $593 84 32 50 Fines .
[Jan. 31
626 34
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
$1,448 54 6,886 18
8,334 72
Amounts brought forward,
$12,305 68
MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
RECEIPTS.
Burial of indigent soldiers and sailors. (Reim- bursement)
$37 00
Corporation Tax
17,420 26
Military Aid (Reimbursement)
48 00
National Bank Tax .
.
.
.
3,091 70
State Aid (Reimbursement)
3,118 00
Street Railway Tax
993 25
24,708 21
PAYMENTS.
Nantasket Reservation, maintenance .
$130 67
Sinking Fund No. I .
.
629 91
Sinking Fund No. 1, Interest
1,734 38
Sinking Fund No. 1, Maintenance
2,222 17
Sinking Fund No. 2
121 53
Sinking Fund No. 2, Interest ·
332 48
Sinking Fund No. 2, Maintenance
3.54 61
Sinking Fund, Wellington bridge
17 88
State Highway, repairs
74 50
State Tax
11,160 00
16,778 13
Amounts carried forward,
$39,440 82
$58,319 99
215
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
1910]
·
.
.
.
·
216
ACCOUNT CURRENT OF BENJAMIN O. HONORS, TREASURER .- Continued.
Receipts. Total. Payments. Total. $39,440 82 $58,319 99
Amounts brought forward, MOTH DEPARTMENT.
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