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To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 282 of the Acts of 1915, as petitioned for by Forrest E. Beal and others. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 2. To vote by ballot " Yes" or "No" upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
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ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 73 of Part 2 of Chapter 344 of the Acts of 1917, an Act to establish a building line in the town.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 186, of the Acts of 1907, entitled " An Act to authorize the payment of pensions to widows or children of members of Police and Fire Departments in towns" as petitioned for by George W. Baldwin, and others.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 254, of the Acts of 1917, entitled " An Act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the differ- ence between their military and their municipal compensation.
ART. 6. To hear and act upon the reports of the
Town Clerk.
School Committee.
Water and Sewerage Board.
Trustees of Sinking Fund for Water Department.
Board of Assessors.
Library Building Committee.
Trustees of the Library.
Superintendent of Moth Work.
Tree Warden
Forest Warden.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Building Inspector.
Town Engineer.
Chief of Police.
Overseers of the Poor.
Board of Fire Engineers.
Construction Committee Sewerage Pumping Station.
Board of Health.
Inspector of Animals.
Inspector of Plumbing.
School Nurse.
Surveyor of Highways.
Park Commissioner .
Automobile Committee.
Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant.
Finance Committee.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.
ART. IO. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
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"ART. II. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1919, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, the debt or debts incurred thereby to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
ART. 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the School Committee, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 74, 75, 79, 84, 85, 86.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 103 and 106.
ART. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Assessors, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 108.
ART. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 113.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Moth Work, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 114.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Tree Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 115.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Forest Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 116.
ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 118.
ART. 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 123.
ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the Poor, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 124.
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ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 129.
ART. 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Construction Committee Sewerage Pumping Station as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 131.
ART. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 135.
ART. 26. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 140 and 141.
ART. 27. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commissioners, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 143 and 144.
ART. 28. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages, 150, 152, 155, 156, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165 and 166.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to be used in celebrating and welcoming the return of soldiers and sailors from the Great War, as recommended by the Victory Committee.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to confer with the Massachusetts Highway Commission and the County Commissioners of Essex County, to devise some plan for the elimination of the " S" curve, so-called, at the junction of the State Road and Burrill and New Ocean streets, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Hemen- way road for the distance of 360 feet and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William L. Fay and others.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Bertha street for the distance of 150 feet and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Charles H. Thomas and others.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to continue the eastern inter- cepting sewer a distance of 2,000 feet, as petitioned for by Walter W. Johnson and others, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Orchard road for the distance of 450 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Lowell E. Sprague and others.
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ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Palmer avenue for the distance of 750 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Lowell E. Sprague and others.
ART. 36. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lease the property on New Ocean street, known as the Pumping Station, for a term of five (5) years, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Bristol avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated May, 1918, reported to the town at this meet- ing, as soon as waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to accept Banks terrace, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated May, 1918, reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote to grade and resurface Green- wood avenue from Redington street to King street, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to remove ledge and resurface Belmont avenue from Minerva street, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to replace broken corner curb stones on Humphrey street, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain from Thomas road to the park land a distance of 350 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to resurface Burrill street from Paradise road to Essex street, in accordance with specifications of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to resurface Salem street from Humphrey street to Vinnin square, in accordance with specifications of the Masachusetts Highway Commission, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote taken at an adjourned meeting of the Annual Town Meeting held March 27, 1917, under Article 64 of the Warrant for said meeting, whereby it voted to appropriate the sum of $11,500, by issuing bonds or notes of the town for the purpose of laying a concrete pavement on that part of Essex street from the easterly side of Burrill street to the Lynn line.
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ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to lay a concrete pavement and curb both sides of that portion of Essex street, from the easterly side of Burrill street to the Lynn line, in accordance with specifications of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and to appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways,
ART. 47. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
The polls will be kept open until 4.30 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Post Offices, and three other public and con- spicuous places in the town, seven days before the day appointed for 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 first day of February, in the year 1919.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, FREDERICK H. TIMSON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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