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NOTICE TO BE SENT TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
SECT. 4. The School Committee shall cause notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. Whenever a child shows symptoms of small-pox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be found and the Board of Health shall at once be notified.
TESTS OF SIGHT AND HEARING AND EXAMINATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEFECTS.
SECT. 5. The School Committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and care- fully tested and examined at least once in every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teachers. The Committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the State Board of Education shall prescribe.
SECT. 6. The State Board of Health shall prescribe the directions for tests of sight and hearing and the State Board of Education shall, after consultation with the State Board of Health, prescribe and furnish to school committees suitable rules of instruction, test-cards, blanks, record books and other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes of this act, and shall provide for pupils in the normal schools instruction and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of children, The State Board of Education may expend during the year nine- teen hundred and six a sum not greater than fifteen hundred dol-
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ars, and annually thereafter a sum not greater than five hundred dollars for the purpose of supplying the material required by this act.
EXPENSES.
SECT. 7. The expenses which a city or town may incur by virtue of the authority herein vested in the School Committee or Board of Health, as the case may be, shall not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose in cities by the city council and in towns by a town meeting. The appropriation shall precede any expenditure or any indebtedness which may be incurred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient appropriation in the municipality where it is made. Such ap- propriation need not specify to what section of the act it shall apply, and may be voted as a total appropriation to be applied in carrying out the purposes of the act.
SECT. S. This act shall take effect on the first day of Sep- tember in the year nine hundred and six.
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[ Revised Laws, Chapter 44. ] SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY BETWEEN SEVEN AND FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
SECTION I. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in Section 3 of Chapter 42, and Section 3, 5 and 6 of this Chapter. The Superintendent of Schools, or, if there is no Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee, or teachers acting under author- ity of said superintendent or committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence. The attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if he has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the School Committee of such city or town in accordance with the provisions of the following section, or if he has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if he has already acquired such branches of learning, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render his attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required : and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child, whose physical or mental condition is not such as to ren- der his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint of a truant officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors a child who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully from school shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
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Report of the Library Trustees.
From the Librarian's statement we gather the information that the general standing and affairs of the Library show no particular change over previous years. The importance of providing adequate facilities for the addition of more books and for the ready reference and distribution of the volumes that the Library may contain grows more and more a pressing question as time goes on. At a late Town Meeting a step was taken to consider this question by the appointment of a Committee of four citizens together with the Board of Library Trustees to take the matter into consideration and report their recommendations at some future meeting of the Town. The Committee held a meeting and considerable discussion was had relative to what could be done to provide more room, and while no definite opinion was reached, that would enable the Committee to report, it seemed to be the sense of the meeting that any other plan than to provide a special building for the Library would be impracti- cal. The financial affairs of the Library are reported in the general reports of the Town and appear on other pages of this volume. During the year the Library has received the gift of several books of reference, for which the Board of Trustees extend to the donors the thanks of the citizens and the Library Board. The Trustees desire to mention that gifts of anything useful to the Library will be very acceptable, and of useful articles, there are many besides money and books, such as records of all kinds that tend to show the history of the Town, together with articles that have a local interest, that can be used to adorn
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the walls of some future Library building. It is to be hoped that such articles will be borne in mind by the citizens when opportunity offers. To the Librarian and her assistants for the faithful work that they have done during the past years we make appreciative mention. This report is respectfully submitted.
FRANK F. STANLEY, FRANK E. INGALLS, ELIZABETH J. HADLEY,
Trustees.
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Report of Park Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 31, 1910.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott :
The Board of Park Comissioners respectfully submit herewith its annual report for the season of 1910.
Organization : Arthur T. Tapper, Chairman ; Robert Leslie ; Everit B. Terhune, Secretary.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
Mr. Horace W. Blanchard's services were retained as Super- tendent and he has attended to the duties of this office in a capable and conscientious manner.
The most important work done during the year was in connec- tion with the repairs on the fish house, which was badly damaged by the storm of December 25, 1909. The shingles on the south side were torn away by the gale and waves, and the underpin- ing and mason work were impaired or carried away. The east end was saved and protected by the granolithic driveway which had been laid the year before. To this fact, alone, is due the lack of damage to this end of the fish house : Therefore, the Commission cannot too strongly recommend that the entire build- ing be surrounded by granolithic surface and for the purpose we would ask for a special appropriation of $650.00.
Copper gutters have also been placed around the entire build- ing, the old, galvanized iron gutters having become inadequate for the purpose required. New wooden sills were put in on the
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south side and new concrete floors placed in several of the tenants compartments.
The shut-off on the southeast side of the fish house, which was exposed and therefore liable to freezing, was enclosed in the granolithic work to the depth of three feet. This shut-off is now well protected against the elements.
A portion of the sea wall west of the band stand, which had been undermined and torn away by the storm, the foundation not being strong enough to withstand the earth pressure and high seas, was rebuilt and filled with gravel and loam covering, and every precaution taken in the way of construction, so as to avoid as much as possible any further trouble in this regard.
We would recommend that an appropriation of $75.00 be made to enable the Commission to replace the old style drinking fountains with the modern and approved bubble system. Accord- ing to the new law, which was passed in the Legislature this past year, public drinking cups must be abolished : Therefore, the old fountains are practically useless, except to those carrying their own drinking cups. Considered from a hygienic view point, this is an improvement which is both practical and sanitary.
It is the opinion of the Commission that it would be advisable to lay a concrete sidewalk the length of Blaney Beach, terminating at the fish house, as the present walk is in a deplorable condition in stormy weather. We think the small cost of putting in this sidewalk would greatly enhance the attractiveness of the beach, besides adding to the convenience and comfort of pedestrians.
The amount appropriated for the small plot of land on the easterly end of the beach was not expended, as the Commission, after receiving expert advice, concluded that it was insufficient to properly complete the work.
For repairs and maintenance on this Reservation, we recom- mend that the Town appropriate the sum of $700.00 and receipts.
There is no available space at present to be had in the fish house. The occupants and their rentals are, as follows :
No. I. Josiah Nickerson
. $5.40 for six months.
No. 2. J. Boyden
· 5.40 for six months.
No. 3. F. E. Dotey .
.
· 5.40 for six months.
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No. 4. J. F. Crowell .
. $4.80 for six months.
No. 6.
£ Rodney Douglass
. 4.80 for six months.
No. 7. T. W. Brackett
. 4.80 for six months.
No. 8. E. F. Wiley
· 5.40 for six months. · 5.40 for six months.
No. 10. Charles Smith .
· 5.40 for six months.
No. 11. Leonard Blanchard .
· 5.40 for six months.
No. 12. Nathaniel Peirce
· 5.40 for six months.
No. 13.
Leonard Lewis
5.40 for six months.
No. 14. Walter Kehoe, }
. 7.50 for six months.
No. 14. Otis Cahoon, ¿
· 7.50 for six months. · 14.40 for six months.
No. 15. Henry Douglass
No. 16. Charles Jones, ¿
. 7.20 for six months.
No. 16. Fred Kenedy, ¿
. 7.20 for six months.
No. 17. Henry Bradley, }
. 4.80 for six months.
No. 17. Robert Marsh, 3
. 4.80 for six months.
No. 17.
J. Acker, §
. 4.80 for six months.
No. 18. Thing & Watts
. 14.00 for six months.
No. 19. Blanchard & Boyden
· 15.00 for six months.
Loft I. E. E. Doane .
· 7.50 for six months.
Loft 2. Blanchard & Boyden, loft
. 11.00 for six months.
Loft 3. Joseph Boyden, floor space
. 10.00 for six months.
Monument Avenue Reservation.
It was deemed advisable by the Commission this past season to call for bids on the care of this reservation. The following bids were received and recorded :
Nathan W. Harris
$160 00
George Newhall
90 00
Elmer Willis
255 00
John T. Erickson
185 00
The contract was awarded to Mr. George Newhall, he being the lowest bidder.
The main efforts of the Commission as regards this section were devoted to the improving and beautifying of the entire res-
No. 9. S. M. Kehoe
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ervation. The shrubbery, which had been neglected for several seasons, was found to be in a bad condition, and Mr. John T. Erickson was employed to prune and trim the shrubbery, reset many of the bushes and refill with new loam. Some twenty- five loads of loam were used in connection with this work.
The strip of land lying between the two traveled roadways was found unprotected and corner stones were laid to protect same from automobiles, teams and other vehicles. This strip of land was also replanted with young shrubbery and granite walks placed between both roadways for the use of pedestrians. This was also resodded around the edges. On the Monument Ave- nue end of the reservation, where the shrubbery was so high and thick as to obstruct the view of approaching vehicles, said shrub- bery was removed by last year's Commission, leaving an open space. This has been filled in with attractive flower plots of various shapes and designs, making a most agreeable approach to the Monument Avenue reservation from all directions. This work was given to Mr. John T. Erickson at the price agreed upon, namely, $65.00. Also, in the fall of 1910, Mr. Erickson was engaged by the Commission to plant tulip bulbs on these same plots at the cost of $75.00, he agreeing to give them proper care during the entire spring and remove and care for same preparatory to planting summer shrubbery.
The Commission at this time would ask an appropriation of $500.00 to continue this work for the coming spring and sum- mer seasons, and also to take further care of the shrubbery, thereby saving same from deteriorating, as has heretofore been the case.
The Commission had a survey taken of the boundary of the extreme end of this reservation, bordering upon the Edgar Shaw and Emile Guay properties. It was found that both these properties were encroaching upon the public reservation, the Shaw property being some six feet beyond and the south corner of the roof of the Guay house extending some six or eight inches beyond. Both of these parties were notified and appeared before the Commission, signing quitclaim deeds, thereby giving up all right to any property of the reservation taken and occu-
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pied by them, these deeds being properly recorded with the Reg- istrar of Deeds at Salem, by the Town Counsel.
Paradise Road Playgrounds.
The Commission has kept the playgrounds in suitable condi- tion this season to meet all possible requirements on the part of the base ball and foot ball players. Also, flooding the grounds during the freezing periods to enable the children to have good skating.
Several loads of loam were used to fill in and level off the base ball diamond ; also several new benches were placed around the field for the convenience of those desirous of watching the sports.
The Commission favors the placing of sand pits and swings on the small diamond, the Norfolk avenue end of the play- ground, to give the smaller children an opportunity to play with- out danger of injury or interruptions.
For improvements and maintenance, we recommend that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR T. TAPPER, ROBERT LESLIE, EVERIT B. TERHUNE, Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF The Water and Sewerage Board.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott :
As Water Commissioners we respectfully submit the thirteenth annual report, or what has been done in the Water Department during the year 1910.
A great deal new construction has been accomplished in 1910 under vote of the Town at its annual and adjourned meetings, which, in the near future is bound to produce a good revenue upon the amount invested.
The consumption of water during the past year has shown an increase, as expected, though possibly not more than the natural increase in population ; 82 new services have been added in the past twelve months and 43 houses were vacant on January I, not including, of course, the summer colony.
The daily average consumption by months and per capita are as follows for the years 1909 and 1910 :
1909
(per capita)
1910
(per capita)
January
270,500 gal.
47
284,500 gal.
49
February
257,200 “
45
290,900
66
50
March
258,500
45
291,900
50
April
300,900
52
326,800 66
48
May
359,200
53
376,400
55
June
545,800
70
399,800
51
July
707,400
66
86
754,100
90
August
633,700
77
647,400
79
September
440,000
57
449,000
57
October
330,500
66
49
358,800
51
November
269,400
46
326,700
47
December
270,200
46
345,400
54
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Average for the year 1909, 386,942 gallons per day.
Average for the year 1910, 412,800 gallons per day. Per capita for the year 1910, 59.
The Metropolitan assessment for the year 1910 was $9,547.88, the final figures showing a slight reduction over the estimate of $9,600 reported last spring ; the assessment for the current year as estimated by the Metropolitan Engineers is $10,750, this will probably show a slight change when the State Treasurer's figures are finally made up after the adjournment of the Legislature.
The matter of disposing of the idle land on Pine street has been repeatedly brought to our attention during the last year, and we state our position plainly upon this matter that we believe it would be policy for the Town to sell the larger part of this land and by so doing the conditions there could be greatly improved and valuable property added to the assessed valuation of the Town. We can see nothing the Town needs this land for after lying unimproved for thirteen years with practically no income.
We would recommend that the usual $3,000 be appropriated for new construction this year.
W. H. BATES, S. M. KEHOE, I. I. EDGERLY,
Water and Sewerage Board.
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Relaying and Extension of Mains.
Tupelo and Juniper roads
1,691 feet of 6-inch cast-iron
Little's Point road .
1,000 “
Greenwood Road avenue
784
Walker and Mountwood roads
684 66
Lower Banks road .
432
Millett road
382 “
66
Maple avenue (one inch removed)
300 feet of 2-inch galvanized
Sheridan Road terrace
162 44
Cedar Hill terrace
114 66 66 66 66
Suffolk avenue
204 feet of 6-inch cast-iron
Rockland street
56 “
Columbia avenue (four inch removed) 85 “
Ontario street (one inch removed )
160 feet 2-inch galvanized
Cost of Construction, including Hydrants and Gates.
Tupelo and Juniper roads (Tedesco point)
$2,901 77
Little's Point road
1,277 95
Walker and Mountwood roads
999 24
Greenwood avenue
1,172 83
Millett road
699 80
Lower Banks road
336 43
Suffolk avenue
199 52
Columbia avenue
122 87
Rockland street
91 89
Maple avenue
79 52
Cedar Hill terrace
53 82
Sheridan terrace
.
.
35 49
Ontario street ·
.
37 20
$8,008 33
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Gates were Located as Follows :
Suffolk avenue
1 6-inch gate
Devens road
2 6-inch gates
Greenwood road
I 6-inch gate
Tupelo road
3 6-inch gates .
Juniper road
1 6-inch gate
Millett road .
3 6-inch gates
Walker road
3 6-inch gates
Columbia avenue
1 6-inch gate
Sheridan road
I 2-inch gate
Hydrants were Placed as Follows :
Greenwood avenue
I
Little's Point road
.
·
2
Tupelo road
.
2
Juniper road
I
Walker road
·
I
Suffolk avenue
I
Total number of hydrants
142
Total number of gates
322
Total number of water takers
.
1,478
New services added during 1910
S2
Services metered
1,465 .
Services unmetered
13
Sizes Construction and Length, in Feet, of Distributing Pipes in Swampscott, January 1, 1910.
Wrought Iron
Cast Iron
Cement Lined
Kalamein
Totals
I -inch
893
893
Ig-inch
2,565
2,565
2-inch
12,073
12,073
3-inch
1,088
1,088
4-inch
6,958
333
1,734
9,025
6-inch
53,355
2,813
1,725
57,893
S-inch
5,603
4,135
9,738
Io-inch
13,347
694
14,041
12-inch
7,390
7,390
Totals
16,619
86,653
7,281
4,153
114,706
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Meters Purchased from February 1, 1910, to February 1, 1911, and Cost of Same.
93 5-8 Lambert
$747 60
II 3-4 Lambert
126 00
25 5-8 Nash .
210 00
.
$1,083 60
Cr. 1-4-inch Gem
75 00
$1,008 60
Meters sold, 2
Total cost of meters to Feb. 1, 191 I, $13,134 25
Value of Swampscott Water Plant Feb. 1, 191I ·
163,713 58
Stock on hand at storehouse 1,429 33
Water Bonds outstanding Feb. 1, 1911 :
Thirty year loan, due Aug. 1, 1928 . 150,000 00
Serial Bond Loan, $3,000 due annu- ally, 1911-1939 ·
$7,000 00 - $237,000 00
Value of Sinking Fund to meet 1928
Loan .
47,491 83
Total net Water Debt, Feb, 1, 191I
$189,508 17
Financial Statement for the Year Ending January 31, 1911. RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 31, 1910 . $2,255 48
Received for water · 34,548 13
Received for service pipes and labor 1,144 94
Rent of old Pumping Station .
420 00
Land rent (E. S. Sawyer)
50 00
Sign rent 48 50
Appropriated by Town (new construction) 3,000 00
Appropriated by Town (Lodge estate) 2,500 00
Appropriated by Town (Walker road) 700 00
Interest on Treasurer's deposits . 103 36
$44,770 41
14
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EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance Account :
Metropolitan assessment . $9,547 88
Supervision and labor 2,397 56
Supplies
· 1,12I 86
Construction account
Meters purchased . ·
. $1,009 98
Labor and material, installing and maintaining meters . 1,284 34
2,294 32
Relaying service pipes .
948 15
Repairs
418 58
Service expense
669 29
Taxes, City of Salem
14 80
Paid on principal of 30 year Serial Loan Sinking Fund (1928 Loan) ·
3,000 00
3,000 00
Interest on bonds (1928 Loan)
5,250 00
Interest on bonds (Serial Loan)
3,097 50 ·
Reserved for interest (due Feb. 1I)
2,625 00
Balance in hands of Town Treasurer, January 31, 19II
2,377 14
$44,770 41
--
$13,067 30 8,008 33
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Balance Sheet Year Ending January 31, 19II.
DR.
Unpaid January, 1909 advance min- imum billing
$27 00
Unpaid Fractional account, 1909 67 00
Unpaid Services account, 1909
150 58
Due from Highway Department,
1909 .
103 75
Unpaid April, 1909 excess ·
2 73
Unpaid July, 1909 excess
·
78 68
Unpaid August, 1909 excess .
58 85
Unpaid September, 1909 excess .
72 22
Unpaid October, 1909 excess
286 63
Unpaid January, 1910 excess
1,556 02
Unpaid January, 1910 advanced min- imum building
17,71I 50
Hydrants, 1910
2,010 00
Drinking fountains, 1910
100 00
Street sprinkling account, 1910
500 00
Fractional account, 1910
942 08
Services account, 1910 .
1,003 07
Land rent account, 1910
470 00
Sign rent account, 1910
48 50
April, 1910 excess (first quarter)
304 46
July, 1910 excess (second quarter) .
1,679 00
August, 1910 excess
1,498 49
September, 1910 excess
1,584 15
October, 1910 excess(third quarter) ,
2,222 21
January, 191 Iexcess (fourth quarter) ,
2, 185 8I
January, 1911 advanced minimum billing
23,049 00
$57,711 73
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CR.
Cash received
$36,211 57
Rebates .
290 64
Shut offs
187 83
Unpaid fractional account
50 91
Unpaid services account .
103 46
Unpaid July, 1909 excess
25 64
Unpaid October, 1909 excess .
44 64
Unpaid January, 1910 excess
4º 33
Unpaid April, 1910 excess quarter) .
(first
2 35
Unpaid July, 1910 excess (second quarter)
138 43
Unpaid August, 1910 excess ·
119 39
Unpaid September, 1910 excess
83 49
Unpaid October, 1910 excess (third quarter) · Unpaid January, 1911 excess (fourth quarter)
456 81
1,494 74
Unpaid January, 1910 billing (ad- vance minimum) ·
85 00
Unpaid January, 1911 billing (ad- vance minimum)
18,376 50
$57,711 73
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Report of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund.
As Trustees of the Sinking Fund, and in compliance with Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1898, we submit the following report :
Amount of funds as per report of
$42,656 94 1909-10
RECEIPTS.
Interest on $21,000, Swampscott
Water Bonds, 32 per cent. I year,
$735 00
Interest on $2,000, Swampscott Sewer Bonds, 32 per cent 1 year, Interest on $5,000, Town of Reading Bonds, 42 per cent 1 year, Interest on $5,000, Town of Revere Bonds, 4 per cent. I year ·
225 00
Interest on $3,000, City of New Bedford 32 per cent s 1 year 105 00 Interest on $2,000, Town of Ipswich 4 per cent s 1 year 80 00
Interest on $3,000, Town of Ipswich 4 per cent (6 months) . 60 00
Interest on $1,000, Town of Great
40 00
Barrington, 4 per cent I year, Interest on $1,000, City of Haverhill 4 per cent 1 year · Interest on $1,000, City of Lynn 4 per cent 1 year
40 00
40 00
Gain on $3,000, City of New Bed- ford 32 per cent s purchased of E. H. Rollins & Sons for $2,901.96, Reserved for Sinking Fund as pro- vided by law 2 per cent on $150,000 bonds outstanding
98 04
3,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$47,349 98
70 00
200 00
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Amount brought forward,
$47,349 98
Interest received from following banks :
Worcester Mechanics
$47 70
Brookline Savings
44 34
Commonwealth Savings
40 51
Lynn Institution for Savings
37 82
Warren Five Cents Savings .
20 75
New Bedford Institution Savings,
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