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Voted, To accept the report of the Finance Committee as presented and consider the recommendations serially.
Voted, To adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee in regard to the town furnishing free telephone service only to departments and individuals as stated in their report.
Voted, Article 5. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee making the amount of bond to be required of the Town Treasurer $15,000.
Voted, Article 6. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee making the amount of bond to be required of the Collector of Taxes $10,000.
Voted, Article 7. To adopt the recommendation of Finance Committee making the amount of bond to be required of each member of the Water and Sewerage Board $3,000.
Voted, Article S. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee making the amount of bond to be required of the Town Clerk $1,000.
Voted, Article 9. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee making the salaries of Town Officials same as last year with the exception of the Town Accountant, Tree Warden and Superintendent of the Cemetery, whose salaries are dealt with in later articles
Article 11. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Voted, Article 12. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee making the salary of the Superintendent of Moth Work, Tree Warden and Forest Warden $1,300 per year so long as the three offices are held by one person, and that employees of the Moth Department while actually engaged in climbing be paid $3.25 per day.
The appropriation asked for under Article 12, to be acted upon under Article 26.
Article 13. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Article 14. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Voted, Article 15. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee increasing the salary of the Superintendent of the Cemetery to $600 per year.
The appropriation asked for under Article 15 to be taken up with Article 26.
Voted, Article 16. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee to employ a School or Public Health Nurse in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 72, of the Acts of 1911; appropriating $800 for this purpose.
The appropriation asked for under Article 16 to be taken up with Article 26.
Voted, Article 17. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee that the removal of ashes be done by contract as in previous years.
Article 18. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Article 19. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee appropriating $2,000 for purposes of resurfacing and putting Stanwood road and Bradlee avenue in good condition, $1,000 for the purpose of repairing the surface of Humphrey street from Glen road to Humphrey square provided, however, that no expenditures shall be made from the appropriation until the Bay State Street Railway Company's rails have been re-laid and the granite block paving replaced in that portion of the street affected by the recent sewer extension, $450 for the purpose of setting curbstones and straightening the lines of Puritan road between Marshall street and Orient court, $1,000 for resurfacing Aspen road, provided that the work shall not be started until the laying of water mains is completed.
Voted, Article 20. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee directing the Assessors to furnish to the Tax Collector and the Tax Collector to furnish on each tax bill details of valuation.
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Article 21. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Article 22. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Voted, Article 23. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $3,100 to complete the work as set forth in the report of the Construction Committee at the Sewerage Station.
Article 24. To be acted upon under Article 26.
Voted, Article 25. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee that unexpended balances as outlined in the report amounting to $2,620.78 be transferred to an emergency fund to be drawn on by a recorded vote of the Water and Sewerage Board upon proper petition for the extension of water mains as recommended in their report, provided that in the event of such extension being made, interest at the rate of 6 per cent on the cost thereof is paid by the users affected until the water rates of the users equal the interest.
Voted, Article 25. To adopt the report of the Finance Committee recommending the appropriation of $5 000 to cover the cost of thawing out frozen main and service pipes in Water Department, repair and replace- ment of meters and hiring for use electrical appliances as stated in sup- plemental report of Water and Sewerage Board, appropriating $5,000 to cover the cost of this work.
Other appropriations asked for under Article 25 to be taken up with Article 26.
Voted, Article 26. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee as follows : That a Committee consisting of the Board of Select- men and the Water and Sewerage Board be appointed and authorized to sell the land owned by the town located on Pine street, with the power to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the town a deed, conveying the title to the same, excepting, however, the land that is now occupied by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Voted, Article 26. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance. Com- mittee appropriating $300 under the provision of Chapter 134, Section I, Special Acts of 1916, for the purpose of paying an annuity to Nettie Smith, the widow of Everett Smith, who lost his life in the service of the town, as long as she remains unmarried.
Voted, Article 26. To adopt the report of the Finance Committee appropriating $352 and $377 respectively, for the purpose of paying pen- sions to Peter Coan and Michael Haley under the provisions of Chapter 503 of the Acts of 1912.
Voted, Article 26. To adopt the report of the Finance Committee as follows : That no appropriation be made for the construction of proposed wall at Blaney's Beach this year, and that the Selectmen be directed to make efforts to procure an extension of the agreement in regard to the releasing of rights and signatures of the proprietors who have not yet signed.
Voted, Article 26. To adopt the report of the Finance Committee appropriating for the several departments as follows :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Legislative
$250 00
Selectmen
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1,660 00
Auditing ($1,200 of this to be for Town Accountant)
salary of
1,275 00
Treasurer
875 00
Collector of Taxes
1,250 00
Assessors
1,900 00
Town Clerk
450 00
Law
1,200 00
Registration and Election
775 00
Engineering
3,975 00
Town Hall
3,037 00
$16,647 00
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PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Police
$12,000 00
Fire
17,095 00
Hydrant Rental (including $500 for new hose)
1,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
296 00
Moth Department
5,000 00
Forest Warden
50 00
Tree Warden
1,075 00
Building Inspector
450 00
Dog Officer .
150 00
$37,116 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
General Expenses
2,370 00
Quarantine
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450 00
Tuberculosis
450 00
Vital Statistics
200 00
Inspection of Animals
100 00
Other Expenses .
575 00
4,145 00
REFUSE AND GARBAGE.
Ashes
$3,500 00
Garbage
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1,800 00
Teaming
50 00
Night Soil
90 00
Cleaning Beaches and Miscellaneous
450 00
Sewer Maintenance
6,500 00
Particular Sewers
800 00
Care of Brooks
250 00
13,440 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Administrative
$1,670 00
Repairs, Equipment and Maintenance
17,500 00
Snow removal
3,500 00
Sidewalks and Curbing
1,500 00
Street Construction
2,000 00
Street Watering and Oiling
5,000 00
31,170 00
Street Lighting
$12,000 00
12,000 00
CHARITIES.
Poor Department
$3,300 00
State Aid
2,500 00
Soldiers' Relief.
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2,500 00
German War Aid
3,000 00
Military Equipment, Acts 1917, Chapter 264 . $1,000 00
1,000 00
EDUCATION.
Schools
$66,500 00
Teachers' Pensions
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675 00
Libraries
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4,125 00
RECREATION.
Monument Lot
$50 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Metropolitan Park Maintenance .
5,362 00
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11,300 00
71,300 00
5.612 00
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PARKS AND GARDENS.
Blaney Beach Reservation
$1,150 00
Jackson Park
300 00
Monument Avenue
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600 00
Paradise Road
300 00
Phillips Park
200 00
Water Rates
200 00
Sundries
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$2,875 00
UNCLASSIFIED.
Town Reports
$918 75
Reserve Fund
500 00
G. A. R. Hall, Heating
75 00
Insurance Premiums
2,100 00
District Nurse
300 00
Deficiency after Abatement, 1916 Overlay .
1,379 65
Cemetery
2,000 00
7,273 40
INTEREST.
Temporary Loans
$9,089 96
General Debt
12,120 63
Sewer Bonds
8,892 25
Metropolitan Park
3,600 00
33,702 84
MUNICIPAL DEBT.
General Debt
$53,800 00
Sewer Bonds
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13,950 00
Metropolitan Park
862 00
68,612 00
State Tax
$47,400 00
County Tax .
25,000 00
State Enterprises
1,900 00
74,300 00
Total
$390,493 24
To transfer from "Premium Notes and Bonds " shown on Town Balance Sheet December 31, 1917, the sum of $409.38 to General Debt maturing this year.
Voted, Article 27. To adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee accepting Crosman avenue as soon as the waivers are signed and appropriating $800 for the purpose of grading and putting the surface in good condition.
Voted, Article 28. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee indefinitely postponing the acceptance of Linden avenue and appropriating money therefor.
Voted, Article 29. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee to construct a sewer in Jessie street from Eureka avenue to High- land place and appropriate $3,500 for the purpose, said sum to be obtained by transfer of unexpended balance of sewer loans :
Hillcrest Circle, 1917 ·
$44 85
Greenwood Avenue, 1917
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436 71
Greenwood Terrace, 1917
612 93 Roy Street, 1917 . 2,023 25 Thomas and Shaw Roads (1917 drain)
84 29
Lodge Road, 1917
326 36
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Voted, Article 30. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee to extend the sewer in Roy street a distance of 750 feet to connect with the sewer in Crescent street by way of land of heirs of Juliette C. Carr, Silas B. Carr and Clarke street, and that the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized for the purpose to acquire by purchase or taking an easement through the land of such owners, appropriating $2,800 for this purpose, said sum to be obtained by transfer from the following unexpended balances of sewer loans :
Bay View Avenue, 1917
$638 56
Banks Road, 1917
70 98
Essex Street, 1917
620 69
Cedar Hill Terrace, 1917
1,422 70
King Street, 1914
138 82
Mudge Brook Culvert, 1915
268 13
Voted, Article 31. To indefinitely postpone, thereby adopting recom- mendation of the Finance Committee on this matter.
Voted, Article 32. To indefinitely postpone, thereby adopting the recommendation of the Finance Committee on this matter.
Voted, Article 33. To indefinitely postpone, thereby adopting the recommendation of the Finance Committee, appropriation having been made under Article 26.
Voted, Article 34. To adopt the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee as follows : That for the purposes stated in this article, the town acquire in fee simple, either by purchase or taking, a parcel of land situ- ated at the corner of Cherry and Essex streets and bounded and described as follows : Northwesterly by Cherry street about 53 feet ; easterly by the junction of Cherry and Essex streets about 16 feet ; southerly by Essex street about 47 feet, and westerly by land now or formerly of Anton S. Selman about 40 feet, containing about 1,311 square feet, appropriating therefor the sum of $1,000.
Voted, Article 35. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee appropriating $1,921.60 to carry out the purpose of this article.
The report of the committee appointed to investigate the need and cost of a new ambulance for the Police Department was read to the meeting by Calvin S. Tilden, Chairman.
Voted, To accept the report as read.
Voted, Article 37. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee that a committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen, Chief of Police and the present Ambulance Committee be appointed as a com- mittee to purchase a new Police Ambulance, and that $1,500 be appropri- ated for this purpose, said committee to have the further power to sell such portion of the present ambulance as may not be needed and add the proceeds of the sale to this appropriation if necessary.
Voted, Article 38. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee indefinitely postponing any action toward an appropriation for the observance of Fireman's Memorial Sunday.
Voted, Articles 39 and 40. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee indefinitely postponing the matter of voting machines.
Voted, That a rising vote of thanks be extended to the Finance Commit- tee for the very able manner of handling the articles in the Warrant referred to them for a report.
Alfred B. Jones acknowledged receipt of gift from the town to all enlisted men and expressed his thanks.
Voted, That a rising vote of thanks be tendered Weston K. Lewis, retir- ing Chairman of Finance Committee, for his efforts for the town.
Voted : To dissolve at 10 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
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SWAMPSCOTT, April 8, 1918.
Milton D. Porter has been appointed Assistant Town Clerk for the cur- rent year, and qualified for the office.
GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
SWAMPSCOTT, May 10, 1918.
The Moderator appointed Louis M. Atherton and Herbert Woofter as members of Finance Committee for three years.
GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
. Town Meeting Friday, May 24, 1918. 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 Friday, the twenty-fourth day of May, at 8 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To hear the report of the Board of Selectmen concerning their action in taking in fee simple, in accordance with the vote of the town, under date of April 2nd, 1918, and under Article 34 of the Warrant, a certain parcel of land located at the corner of Cherry and Essex streets, bounded and described as follows, namely :-
Northwesterly by Cherry street about fifty-three (53) feet ; easterly by the junction of Cherry and Essex streets about sixteen ( 16) feet ; southerly by Essex street about forty-seven (47) feet ; and westerly by land now or formerly of Anton S. Selman about forty (40) feet; containing about 1,311 square feet ; being the same premises shown on a plan dated May, 1918, made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the Board of Selectmen and the Water and Sewerage Board concerning the Stacey Brook matter and to appro- priate money as therein recommended.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following By-Law :- BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
SECTION I. No motor driven vehicle, except cars of a Street Railway Company and trackless trolley vehicles, so-called, shall transport for hire passengers in or into the Town of Swampscott unless the owner thereof shall have first obtained a license in accordance with the following sections :-
SECT. 2. All licenses shall be issued by the Board of Selectmen, and any license so issued may be revoked without a hearing before its expira- tion for a violation of any of the provisions thereof or for any other cause. Said licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each year.
SECT. 3. No license shall be issued unless the person, partnership or corporation applying for the same shall file with the Board of Selectmen an application in writing stating the name, age and residence of the appli- cant, who must be a least twenty-one years of age, his experience in the operation of motor driven vehicles, or the experience of such person or persons as he may intend to drive such vehicle. It shall further state the make, year, model and the number of the vehicle to be used, the seating capacity and the registration number thereof, the points between which the applicant is to operate, and the names of three citizens of the town as references. The statements made in the application shall be sworn to before a person having authority to administer oaths, and if the applicant
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for a license is a corporation, it shall be signed and sworn to in its behalf by the president or treasurer thereof.
SECT. 4. Every motor vehicle licensed under the provisions hereof shall have the license number in a conspicuous place on the vehicle, and there shall be displayed at all times on said vehicle the license issued hereunder. There shall also be displayed on said vehicle a a sign indicat- ing the route and the fare charged.
SECT. 5. The part of motor vehicles licensed hereunder, reserved for passengers, shall be sufficiently lighted so as to insure the safety of passen- gers in entering and leaving the same and while riding thereon.
SECT. 6. Before said license is granted, the vehicle described in said application shall be inspected by some qualified person designated by the Board of Selectmen, and no license shall be granted until a report in writing is submitted by him to said Board as to the strength, seating capacity and equipment of said vehicle. Said vehicle, after said license has been granted, shall be inspected semi-annually, or as often as may be deemed advisable, by a competent person designated as aforesaid, and a report from him to the Board of Selectmen that said vehicle is, in his opinion, unsafe shall, in the discretion of said Board, result in the suspen- sion of said license until such time as said vehicle shall be rendered safe for the transportation of passengers, Nothing, however, in this Section shall render the town liable by reason of any such inspection, nor shall such inspection decrease the liability of the owner of said vehicle for any accident caused by defective construction, mechanical defects or lack of repair in the same.
SECT. 7. No license issued hereunder shall become operative until the licensee therein named shall have deposited with the Town Treasurer a bond in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, with sureties, con- ditioned as provided in Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1916, or other security satisfactory to the Board of Selectmen and approved by the Town Treas- urer ; and the Board of Selectmen shall revoke any license unless such bond or other security has been deposited as hereinbefore provided within forty-eight hours of the date of the issuance of said license, provided, however, that no such bond or other security shall be required if the licensee shall have deposited a bond or other security in any other city or town in which he or it has taken out a license under the provisions of said Chapter ; and if he or it files with the Town Treasurer a certificate from the City or Town Clerk in which said motor vehicle is licensed, setting forth that said licensee has filed in said city or town a bond which is in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1916, and providing further that said bond is not for a less sum than is required by this Section. Nothing, however, in this Section shall be construed as imposing any liability upon the inhabitants of the town, upon the mem- bers of the Board of Selectmen or upon the Town Treasurer by reason of the approval of such bond or other security.
SECT. 8. Licensees shall immediately report in writing to the Board of Selectmen any accident in which any motor vehicle covered by a license issued hereunder is involved.
SECT. 9. No license issued hereunder shall be transferable or appli- cable to any other vehicle than to the one specified therein, nor shall any change be made in the termini specified in said license ; provided, how- ever, that, upon application by the licensee the Board of Selectmen may permit the substitution of a motor vehicle for the one specified in said license subject, however, to the provisions of Section 6 of this By-law, or may change the termini stated therein upon the payment of an additional fee of one ($1) dollar.
SECT. 10. Each licensee shall, before receiving a license, pay to the Town Treasurer a fee of fifteen ($15) dollars, if the seating capacity of the motor vehicle is less than eight passengers, and twenty-five ($25) dollars if the seating capacity is more than eight passengers.
SECT. II. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding sections shall be liable to the payment of a fine of not less than twenty ($20) dollars.
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ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to pay for telephones of Town Officials with the agreement that all charges shall be refunded in full to the town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to purchase from the City of Lynn, plans and data of Swampscott, compiled by the late Charles W. Gay, and appropriate two hundred ($200) dollars, for same.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Surveyor of Highways to sell the curbing formerly around the Monument lot.
ART. 7. 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.
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 third day of May, in the year 1918.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, FREDERICK H. TIMSON, 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 and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Thursday, May 16, 1918, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
Special Town Meeting, May 24, 1918.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Friday evening, May 24, 1918.
The necessary quorum of more than one hundred voters being present, the meeting was called to order at 8.45 o'clock by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The return on the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Voted, Article I. To accept and adopt the report of the Board of Selectman as follows :
Report of the Board of Selectmen concerning the proposed taking of the land at the corner of Cherry and Essex streets.
Under Article 34 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, and at the adjournment thereof held April 2, 1918, it was voted to take the land located at the corner of Cherry and Essex streets, bounded and described as follows :
Northwesterly by Cherry street about fifty-three (53) feet ; easterly by the junction of Cherry and Essex streets about sixteen (16) feet, southerly by Essex street about forty-seven (47) feet ; and westerly by land now or formerly of Anton S. Selman about forty (40) feet ; containing about 1,31I square feet ; being the same premises shown on a plan dated May, 1918, made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, said land being owned by Frederico Marino.
The town appropriated the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars to pay for this land. We have had several interviews with the attorney repre-
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senting the owner but have been unable to reach any agreement as to price. We are prohibited by a statutory provision from purchasing the land at private sale at a price greater than twenty-five per cent. in excess of its average assessed valuation for the preceeding three years, and by reason of this limitation on our power, we were unable to reach any agreement with owner. We have, therefor, make a taking in fee of this land and have assessed the damages at $1,000 to correspond with the vote of the Town.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, FREDERICK H. TIMSON.
Selectmen.
May 17, 1918.
Article 2. The report of the Board of Selectmen and Water and Sewer- age Board was read to the meeting by Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.
Voted, To accept the above report on Article 2, Stacey Brook, as read.
Article 2. The report of the Finance Committee on Stacey Brook matter was read by F. Walker Johnson, Chairman.
Voted, Article 2. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee on the Stacey Brook, as follows :
Article 2. The injury caused to surrounding property by the frequent overflowing of Stacey Brook has been a source of annoyance to the adjoin- ing owners for many years.
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