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Wilmot R. Evans, Jr., of Everett
204
Harry A. Garfield, of Williamstown
142
Ralph W. Gloag, of Boston .
30
Gurdon W. Gordon, of Springfield
63
Mathew Hale, of Boston
285
Arthur D. Dill, of Boston .
152
Walter S. Hutchins, of Greenfield
105
Patrick H. Jennings, of Boston .
78
Lewis J. Johnson, of Boston
142
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, of Cambridge
269
James T. Moriarty, of Boston
IO2
Joseph T. Pelletier. of Boston
191
Josiah Quincy, of Boston
266
Clarence W. Rowley, of Boston
43
John Weaver Sherman, of Boston
IOI
James A. Stiles, of Gardner
71
Moorfield Story, of Lincoln
239
Charles B. Strecker, of Boston
81
Wendell Phillips Thoré, of Boston
64
Whitfield L. Tuck, of Winchester
63
David I. Walsh, of Fitchburg
239
Robert M. Washburn, of Worcester
117
Sherman L Whipple, of Brookline
323
Lombard Williams, of Dedham
70
100
George H. Wrenn, of Springfield Blanks
2,815
Joseph Walker, of Brookline
253
Nathan Mathews, of Boston
.
241
Eugene N. Foss, of Boston
253
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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For Delegate to Constitutional Convention.
Stuart P. Ellis, of Swampscott
· 207
John M. Grosvenor, Jr., of Swampscott
. 230
Charles H. Kelley, of Salem
26
Charles D. C. Moore, of Swampscott
255
Blanks
37
Voted, To dissolve at 11.40 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
SWAMPSCOTT, April 5, 1917.
Milton D. Porter has been appointed Assistant Town Clerk for the cur- rent year and qualified for the office.
GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Special Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Tuesday, May 1, 1917. TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in elec- tions to meet in the Town Hall, in Swampscott, Tuesday, the first day of May, 1917, at 12 o'clock M. for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for Delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Sixteen Delegates at Large.
Four Delegates from Congressional District Six.
One Delegate from Representative District Fifteen.
All the above candidates are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will open from 12 M. to 8 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrent, by posting attested, copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twentieth (20) day of April, A. D. 1917.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy : Attest :
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Saturday, April 21, 1917.
Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depots and five public and conspicuous places in Swamp- scott, on Monday, April 23, 1917, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
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1917]
Special Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday, May 1, 1917.
The meeting was called to order at 12 M. by William E. Carter, Selectman.
The Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
The following Election Officers were qualified for their duties : John A. Cullen (Dem.); William R. Patten (Rep.); Francis M. Kennedy (Dem.) as Ballot Clerks. Tellers, Democratic, William P. Bergen, George H. Stone, James H. Ryan, Peter J. Blaser, John A. Finnegan, James M. Kennedy, John B. Cahoon, James A. Hegarty. Tellers, Repub- lican, Horace R. Parker Harold C. Snow, Alfred F. Frazier, Arthur C. Eaton, Thomas E. Berry, Edward M. Kehoe, Charles W. Burrill, Joseph G. Reed.
At 12 M the polls were declared opened for balloting and remained open until 8 P. M.
There were 754 ballots cast, and checks on both voting lists numbered 754. The ballot box register was 758,
At 10 P. M. the following result of balloting was announced by the Town Clerk :
For Delegates-at-Large.
Charles Francis Adams, of Concord .
519
George W. Anderson, of Brookline .
311
Albert S. Apsey, of Cambridge
353
Charles J. Barton, of Melrose
376
John L. Bates, of Brookline
540
William H. Brooks, of Holyoke
377
Charles F. Choate, Jr., of Southborough
429
George W. Coleman, of Boston
252
John W. Cummings, of Fall River
389
Edwin U. Curtis, of Boston
484
Daniel R. Donovan, of Springfield
140
Frank E. Dunbar, of Lowell
335
Samuel J. Elder, of Winchester
430
Wilmot R. Evans, Jr., of Everett
32 1
Eugene N. Foss, of Boston
253
Mathew Hale, of Boston
331
Arthur D. Hill, of Boston
239
Patrick H. Jennings, of Boston
146
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, of Cambridge
409
Nathan Matthews, of Boston
344
James T. Moriarty, of Boston
I45
Joseph C. Pelletier, of Boston
204
Josiah Quincy, of Boston
398
Charles B. Strecker, of Boston
152
Joseph Walker, of Brookline
315
David I. Walsh, of Fitchburg
268
Sherman L. Whipple, of Brookline
3.50
George H. Wrenn, of Springfield Blanks
1 805
For Delegates for Sixth Congressional District.
Charles O. Bailey, of Newbury
466
Samuel W. George, of Haverhill
433
Wilfred W. Lufkin, of Essex .
373
Oscar H. Nelson, of Newburyport
276
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Walter A Bine, of Boston
169
Charles W. Clifford, of New Bedford
330
Louis A. Coolidge, of Milton
434
321
Moorfield Story, of Lincoln
195
TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
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Clarence Strong Pond, of Beverly
264
Robert C. Schneider, of Salem
. 132
William F. Searle, of Peabody
267
Edmund G. Sullivan, of Salem
. 236
Blanks
569
For Delegates from Fifteenth Essex Representative District. John M. Grosvenor, Jr., of Swampscott
287
Charles D. C. Moore, of Swampscott
· 443
Blanks
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The meeting dissolved at 10.10 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL,
Town, Clerk.
Special Town Meeting, Wednesday, May 9, 1917. TOWN WARRANT.
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 assemble in the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Wednesday, the ninth day of May, current, at 8.00 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To see if the Town will appropriate twenty-six hundred and forty dollars for the purpose of advancing one hundred dollars a year, the salaries of all teachers in town who are now receiving less than one thousand dollars, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the first Assistant Chief to $1,275 per year and also increase the salary of the two permanent captains to $1,225 per year and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by the Board of Fire Engineers.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police to $30 per week and appropriate the sum of $260 for the same, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to lay 450 feet of 6-inch water pipe on Bellevue road from Humphrey street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Richard Robbins, et als.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to extend the water pipe, northerly on Aspen road from Arbutus road 500 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to extend the water pipe northerly on Magnolia road from Arbutus road 500 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents to defray the cost of a certain water main trench in Stimpson road, as petitioned for by [Edward A. Underwood, et als.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Roy street northeasterly, a distance of 420 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Greenwood avenue and to construct a sewer in Greenwood terrace, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by A. M. Phillips, et als.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Lodge road for a distance of about 300 feet westerly from Bates road, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by Vincinzo Taiani, et als.
ART. II. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars, under the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter 134, Special Acts of 1916, being an act to authorize the town to pay an annuity to the widow of Everett Smith as long as she remains his widow.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of thir- teen hundred dollars to reimburse the Public Library Fund for expenses incurred in cataloguing and removing the books from the Town Hall to the new building, as petitioned for by Henry B. Sprague.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of twen- four hundred dollars to purchase and equip and maintain a portable school building at the Farms School, as petitioned for by Calvin S. Tilden, et als.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to take in fee, for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for a public school, and appropriate money for the same, a certain parcel of land located in Swampscott and bounded and described as follows :
Southerly by Essex street, 156.05 feet ; westerly by Burpee road, 150.00 feet ; northerly by land of George D. R. Durkee and Frederick M. Nichols about 153 feet by a line 150 from and parallel to Essex street and easterly by Jackson park about 162.5 feet.
ART. 15. To hear and act on the report of the Machon School Building Committee.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the plans submitted by the Machon School Building Committee for the erection of a schoolhouse on Essex street, together with all appurtenances thereto, including fur- niture and grading, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended in the report of said committee.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to pay for preparing plans and specifications for the Machon School Building.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $5,000 for grading newly accepted streets as recommended by the Surveyor Highways.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain in Thomas road, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to extend the Marshall street concrete drain from the Beach to Puritan road, and appropriate $1,000 for the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote an additional appropriation of $500 for interest on estimated temporary loan for 1917.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to continue a concrete pavement and curbing on Essex street from Lynn line to Burrill street, and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 23. To see if the town will adopt the following By-laws :
HAWKERS AND PEDLARS.
SECTION I. No person shall go from place to place in this town selling or bartering, or carrying or exposing for sale of barter, any fruits, vege- tables, or fish in or from any cart, wagon or other vehicle, or in any other manner, without a license therefor from the Board of Health; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person who sells only fruits or vegetables raised or produced by himself or his family, or fish which is obtained by his own labor or the labor of his family.
SECT. 2. The Board of Health shall have authority to grant such license to any person of good repute for morals and integrity who is, or has declared his intention to become, a citizen of the United States. Said licenses, unless sooner revoked by the Board of Selectmen, shall expire one year after the granting thereof, and each person so licensed shall pay therefor a fee of two dollars.
SECT. 3. No hawker or pedlar shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any of the articles enumerated in Section 15, of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, or in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, until he has recorded his name and residence with the Board of Health. Every person licensed under the provisions of the preceding section as hawker or pedlar of fruits, vegetables and fish shall record his name and residence in like manner with the Board of Health.
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SECT. 4. No person hawking, peddling, or carrying or exposing any articles for sale, shall cry his wares to the disturbance of the peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the town, nor otherwise than in vehicles and receptacles which are neat and clean and do not leak.
SECT. 5. Every hawker and pedlar licensed by the Board of Health shall be assigned a number and shall be provided by the said board with a badge which shall be conspicuously worn by him ; and every other such hawker and pedlar, as described in Section 3, shall provide himself with a badge of such type and design as may be approved by said Board of Health, which he shall wear in like manner. Whoever neglects to wear, or wears such badge without authority, shall be punished by the penalty provided in Section 10 of this By-law.
SECT. 6. Every vehicle or other receptacle used by a licensee as a con- veyance for articles offered or exposed for sale by him shall have attached thereto on each side a number plate to be furnished by the town with his license, bearing the number and date of expiration of such license.
SECT. 7. No person shall be registered or assigned a badge or number plate under the provisions of Sections 3 and 5 of these by-laws, until he presents a certificate from the Sealer of Weights and Measures stating that all weighing and measuring devices intended to be used by such person have been duly inspected and sealed as required by law. The use of, or possession by such person with intent to use. any false or unsealed weigh- ing or measuring devices shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of his license, or the cancellation of his registration.
SECT. S. Nothing in these by-laws shall be construed as conflicting with any license issued under the authority of the Commonwealth.
SECT. 9. Any license granted under these by-laws or any by-law amendatory or additional thereto may be revoked by the Board of Health.
SECT. 10. Whoever violates any provision of these by-laws shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
SECT. II. All by-laws or part of by-laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
ART. 24. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of its purposes men- tioned in the foregoing articles.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depots, Post Offices 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 return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of April, in the year 1917.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY.
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall. Post Office, Depots and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Monday, April 30, 1917, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
1917]
Special Town Meeting, May 9, 1917.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening, May 9, 1917.
There were many more than the necessary quorum present.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The Warrent calling the meeting and return thereon were read by the Town Clerk.
Resolution.
Voted, to accept and adopt the following resolution :
Whereas, At the last annual Town Meeting, the sum of $500 was appro- priated to be expended under the direction of a special committee for the purpose of celebrating the Fourth of July, and
Whereas, since that time, events have occurred that have produced a state of war between our country and another great nation of the world, and
Whereas, a situtation may arise requiring the use of all the financial resource of this town, now therefore,
Be it Resolved, that the powers of said Fourth of July Committee with reference to the expenditure of said sum of $500 be suspended, and that the Board of Selectment be directed to insert in the Warrant for the next special Town Meeting an article to see if the town will vote to transfer said sum from said Fourth of July Committee and devote the same to purposes incidental to the war. (Unanimous.)
Finance Committee's Report.
The report of the Finance Committee on the several articles was read by Weston K. Lewis, Chairman.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
Your Finance Committee begs leave to make the following report on the articles referred to them for consideration. In considering the action to be taken under the present warrant, attention is called to the fact that the adoption of all the articles calling for appropriations from current revenue would entail the raising of $10,641, or an increase in the tax rate of approximately eighty-three cents on the thousand.
Article 1. To see if the town will appropriate $2,640.00 for the purpose of advancing $100 a year the salaries of all teachers in Town who are are now receiving less than $1,000 as petitioned for by the School Com- mittee.
While your committee has always taken the position that salary increases should not be asked for, or granted, except at Annual Town Meetings, when the budgets of the different departments are presented to the citizens for their approval, we recognize the fact that the peculiar economic conditions prevailing in this country impose additional burdens upon those occupying salaried positions. We feel that these conditions bear particularly upon those teachers receiving less than $750, the maxi- mum salary of the lowest paid class.
We recommend that the salaries of the ten teachers now receiving less than such maximum be increased $50 each per annum, and that the sum of $3,000 be appropriated to pay the same up to January 1, 1918.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the First Assistant Chief to $1,275 per year and also increase the salary of the two permanent captains to $1,225 each per year and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by the Board of Fire Engineers.
We recommend that the salary of the First Assistant Chief be made $1,275 per year and the salary of the two permanent Captains be made $1,225 each per year, and that $241 be appropriated for the same.
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Article 3. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police to $30 per week and appropriate the sum of $260 for the same, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
The proposed increase in the salary of the Chief of Police is a matter which we believe, as we have frequently stated, should be brought forward only at an Annual Meeting. Moreover the apparent sentiment of the town, as expressed by an adverse vote on the same proposal at one of the adjourned meetings in April, is against the increase.
We accordingly recommend that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to lay 450 feet of 6-inch water pipe on Bellevue road from Humphrey street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Richard Robbins, et als.
Your Committee favors laying a 6-inch water main in Bellevue road for about 450 feet beginning at Humphrey street, providing interest at the rate of 6 per cent is paid on the investment until the water rates of the users equal the interest.
We recommend that a 6-inch water main be laid under the above con- ditions, and the sum of $925 be appropriated for the same to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to extend the water pipe north- erly on Aspen road from Arbutus road 500 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon.
Your committee favors laying a 6-inch water main northerly in Aspen road for about 500 feet from Arbutus road, providing interest at the rate of 6 per cent is paid on the investment until the water rates of the users equal the interest.
We recommend that a 6-inch water main be laid under the above con- ditions, and the sum of $1,975 be appropriated for the same, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to extend the water pipe north- erly on Magnolia road from Arbutus road 500 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. Stanbon.
Your committee favors laying a 6-inch water main northerly in Magnolia road for about 500 feet from Arbutus road, providing interest at the rate of 6 per cent is paid on the investment until the water rates of the users equal the interest.
We recommend that a 6-inch water main be laid under the conditions, and the sum of $1,600 be appropriated for the same, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($547.50) to defray the cost of a certain water main trench in Stimpson road as petitioned for by Edward A. Underwood, et als.
After hearing Messrs. Tillson & Stanbon, and the surviving members of the Water and Sewerage Board, with reference to the subject of this article, we have come to the conclusion that the facts upon which the claim advanced is based, cannot be substantially distinguished from numerous other similar circumstances where water or sewer pipes have been put in by individuals in streets subsequently accepted by the town, in none of which instances has reimbursement been asked or granted.
We accordingly recommend that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Roy street northeasterly, a distance of 420 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
Because of the conditions on Roy street, your Committee feels that the sewer should be extended.
We recommend that the sewer now in Roy street be extended about 470 feet northeasterly, and that $3,500 be appropriated to pay for the same, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
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Article 9. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Green- wood avenue and to construct a sewer in Greenwood terrace, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by A. M. Phillips, et als.
Your Committee investigated the conditions in Greenwood terrace before the adjourned Annual Town Meeting, and is of the opinion that a sewer is necessary in Greenwood terrace and also in Greenwood avenue.
We recommend that a sewer be constructed in Greenwood avenue, from Green wood terrace to Forest avenue, a distance of about 320 feet, and that $2,000 be appropriated to pay for the same; a sewer be constructed in Greenwood terrace, a distance of about 330 feet and that $3,000 be appro- priated to pay for the same, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Lodge road for a distance of about 300 feet westerly from Bates road, and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by Vincinzo Taiani, et als.
Your committee has investigated the conditions in Lodge road and feels that immediate relief is necessary.
We recommend that a sewer be constructed in Lodge road for a distance of about 300 feet westerly from Bates road, and that $700 be appropriated to pay for the same, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
Article II. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hun- dred ($300) dollars, under the provisions of Section I of Chapter 134, special Acts of 1916, being an act to authorize the town to pay an annuity to the widow of Everett Smith as long as she remains his widow.
We recommend the appropriation of $300 under the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter 134, Special Acts 1916, for the purpose of paying an annuity to the widow of Everett Smith as long as she remains unmarried.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,300 to reimburse the Public Library Fund for expenses incurred in cataloguing and removing the books from the Town Hall to the new building, as petitioned for by Henry B. Sprague.
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