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3. Shall the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in the above questions, relating respectively to the appropriatons of $4,600 to pay for the taking of said land, and $85,400 for the erection and equipment of said school building, said appropriations aggregating $90,000.
There shall be sixty (60) bonds or notes of the Town, twenty (20) for the sum of $500 each and forty (40) for the sum of $2,000 each. They shall be dated during the current year. One $500 bond or note and two $2,000 bonds or notes shall be payable one year from their date, and one
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$500 bond or note and two $2,000 bonds or notes shall be payable each year thereafter.
Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Select- men, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 42 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company, or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, and shall be sub- ject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorsement. Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treasurer or such Bank or Trust Com- pany as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words "Machon School Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest.
That the voters of the town assemble at the Town Hall at the above stated time for the purpose of voting by Australian Ballot on the above questions ; that the polls open at 12 M. and close at 8 P. M. and that the voting list be used.
That the Board of Selectmen cause to be delivered by mail to each voter of the town a fac simile of the ballot to be used at least three days before the above date.
Voted, that any further information to be had shall be published or mailed to each voter.
Voted, Article 17. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee indefinitely postponing action on this article.
Voted, Article 18. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $3,500 for grading the following newly accepted streets : Harrison avenue, Manton road, Stanwood road, Bradley avenue, Stimpson road, Sargent road, Prospect avenue, Arbutus road, Aspen road and Hillcrest circle.
Voted, Article 19. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $1,800 to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, for the purpose of constructing a drain in Thomas and Shaw roads to connect with the drain in Paradise road.
Voted, Article 20. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating the sum of $1,000 to be raised by bonds or notes of the town for the purpose of extending the Marshall street concrete drain 107 feet from Blaney's beach to Puritan road.
Voted, Article 21. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $500 as a further appropriation for interest charges on temporary loans for 1917.
Voted, Article 22. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $11,500 for the purpose of laying a concrete pave- ment on and curbing both sides of that portion of Essex street from the easterly side of Burrill street to the Lynn line, the work to be done in accordance with the specifications of the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission by the Surveyor of Highways, or if he deems it best under con- tract ; the money to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, provided, however, that the bonds or notes shall not be issued, or the work started, until the Bay State Street Railway Company shall have made such repairs to the present tracks as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Select- men ; all other public service corporations having rights on or under Essex street, to be notified to install all contemplated and repair all exist- ing underground construction before the work is started, or failing to do this to be debarred from disturbing the pavement for at least ten years.
Voted, Article 23. To adopt the following By-Laws as amended :
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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 or 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 Health, shall expire one year after the granting thereof, and each person as licensed shall pay therefor a fee of fourteen 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.
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. 8. 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.
Voted, Article 24. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee, as follows :
That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Articles 4, 5 and 6 which relate respectively to the appropriation of $925 for the laving of a six-inch water main in Bellevue road; $1,975 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Aspen road, and $1,600 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Magnolia road, said appropriations aggre- gating $4,500.
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There shall be nine bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year. The first bond or note shall be payable one year from its date, and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter.
Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Select- men and Water Board (now Water and Sewerage Board), shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, and shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorsement. Principal and interest shall be pay- able at the office of the Town Treasurer or such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words "Swampscott Additional Water Loan, Act of 1912." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest. (Unanimous.)
That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in articles 8, 9, 10, 19 and 20 which relates respectively to the appropriation of $3,500 for the construction of a sewer in Roy street, $3,000 for the construction of a sewer in Greenwood terrace, $2,000 for the construction of a sewer in Greenwood avenue, $700 for the construction of a sewer in Lodge road, $1,800 for the construction of a drain in Thomas road, and $1,000 for the extension of the Marshall street drain, said appropriations aggregating $12,000.
There shall be twenty-four bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year. The first bond or note shall be payable one year from the date thereof, and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter.
Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersiged by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, and shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorsement. Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treasurer or such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, "Swampscott Sewer Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest. (Unanimous.)
That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Article 13, relating to the appropriation of $2,000 for the construction and equipment of a portable school building at the Farms School.
There shall be four bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year. The first bond or note shall be payable one year from its date, and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter.
Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Selectmen
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shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company, or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, and shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorsement. Principal and interest shall be pay- able at the office of the Town Treasurer or such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, "Swampscott School Building Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direc- tion of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form and issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest. (Unanimous.)
That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Article 22, relating to the appropriation of $11,500 for the construction of a con- crete pavement and curbing on Essex street from Lynn line to Burrill street.
There shall be twenty-three bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year, the first five bonds or notes shall be payable one year from their date, and two bonds or notes shall be payable each year thereafter.
Said bonds or notes shall bear the Town Seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Select- men, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued. and appropriate endorsement. Principal and interest shall be pay- able at the office of the Town Treasurer or such Bank or Trust Company as the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear upon their face the words, "Street Pavement Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest. (Unanimous.)
Voted, To adjourn at 10.45 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
In accordance with the forgoing adjournment the voters assembled at the Town Hall on Friday, May 18, 1917.
Called to order at 12 M. by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The records pertaining to action on Articles 14, 15 and 16 at last meet- ing were read and approved.
The Moderator appointed John A. Cullen, William R. Patten and Francis M. Kennedy to assist as ballot clerks and tellers.
Ballots had been prepared, balloting commenced at 12 M. and ended at 8 P. M.
At 8.10 P. M. the following result of balloting was announced :
There were 636 ballots cast.
Question No, I, as to buying lot of land as previously described, Yes, 180; No. 353; blanks, 3.
Question No. 2, as to accepting plans submitted, Yes, 67; No. 455 ; blanks, 14.
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Question No. 3, as to fixing particulars of bonds, Yes, 76, No. 438; blanks, 22.
Voted, That when we do adjourn it be to Friday evening, June I, at 7.45 o'clock.
Voted, To adjourn at 8.15 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
In accordance with the foregoing adjournment the voters assembled at the Town Hall on Friday evening, June 1, 1917.
There were thirty-five (35) voters present.
Voted, That when we do adjourn it be to Tuesday evening, February 19 1918, at 8 P. M.
Voted, To adjourn at 8.15 o'clock.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Tuesday, August 28, 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 Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of August, at 7.30 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to be expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men for the purpose of conserving health, protecting persons and property, purchasing military equipment and supplies or for any purpose mentioned in Chapter 264 of the Acts of 1917.
ART. 2. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise such sum of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes men- tioned in the foregoing article.
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 hold- ing 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 seventeenth day of August, A. D. 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 Offices, Depots and five public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Monday, August 20, 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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Special Town Meeting August 28, 1917.
Agreeable to the foregoing warrant the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, August 28, 1917. There was a large number present, exceeding the number required to transact business.
The meeting was called to order at 8.05 o'clock by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
The report of the Finance Committee was read by Weston K. Lewis, Chairman.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott :
Your committee begs leave to submit the following report :
ARTICLE I. Your committee has conferred with the Selectmen and has received a general outline of the proposed expenditures of the moneys to be raised under Article I of the Town Warrant. Certain details of the plan have not been settled upon in season for the preparation of this report, and we therefore beg to leave the matter of the details to statements upon the floor at the meeting by the Selectmen. The objects of the appro- priation is the amelioration of the conditions surrounding the lives of the young men of the town who are enlisted in the various military and naval branches of the country's service. In view of the sacrifices made and to be made by these young men who represent the town in the forefront of the country's service, we cordially approve and believe that the town will enthusiastically endorse the objects of the article submitted. We accord- ingly recommend the appropriation of the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purposes set forth in Article 1, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, said sum to be raised by bonds or notes of the town.
ART. 2. We recommend that the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds and notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Article I.
There shall be four bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year. The first bond or note shall be payable one year from the date thereof, and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter. Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, shall bear interest at a rate not exceed- ing four and one-half per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company or by the Massa- chusetts Bureau of Statistics, shall be subject to registration at the hold- er's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorse- ment.
Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treas- urer or such Bank or Trust Company, as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, "Swampscott War Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest.
(Signed) WESTON K. LEWIS, Chairman, JOHN F. LUTHER, Secretary, HERBERT A. WOOFTER, F. WALLACE JOHNSON, HERBERT A. CAHOON.
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The Band of the Eighth Regiment was present, as also were officers and enlisted and enrolled men from various departments of the service.
Voted, Article I, by a unanimous rising vote : That the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars be appropriated for the purposes set forth in Article I, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, said sum to be raised by bonds or notes of the Town.
Voted, Article 2. That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Article I. There shall be four bonds or notes of the town, each for the sum of $500. They shall be dated during the current year. The first bond or note shall be payable one year from the date thereof and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter. Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and counter- signed by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per cent per annum, payable semi- annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorsement.
Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treas- urer or at such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, "Swampscott War Loan, 1917." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest. (Unanimous.)
Voted : To dissolve at 9.15 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. State Primary, Tuesday, September 25, 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 you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Pri- maries to meet in the Town Hall, in Swampscott, Tuesday, September 25, 1917, at 12 o'clock M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonweath for this Commonwealth.
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