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Voted, To adjourn to tomorrow (Thursday) evening, April 6, at 7.45 o'clock. (Adjourned at 10.55 P. M.)
Attest: GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, April 6, 1922.
In accordance with the adjournment of the previous evening the voters of the town again met at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, April 6, 1922. The meeting was called to order by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator, at 7.45 o'clock, the necessary quorum being present. The records of the adjourned meeting of April 5th were read and declared approved.
Voted, Article 45. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee, that an electric light be placed on Lodge road, as petitioned for, the expense to come out of the regular lighting appropriation.
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The report of the Finance Committee on the articles acted upon was read by Harry D. Linscott, Chairman.
Voted, Article 46. To adopt the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee, that an electric light be placed on Burpee road, as petitioned for, the expense to come out of the regular lighting appropriation.
Voted, Article 47. To accept the report and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee as amended, that a committee of seven be ap- pointed by the Moderator to arrange for the celebration of the Fourth of July, appropriating $1,000 therefor.
Article 48. No action taken, appropriation previously made under Article 24.
Voted, Article 49. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee, appropriating $225 to place a fire alarm box near the corner of Pine and Superior streets, the exact location to be decided by the Board of Engineers.
Voted, Article 50. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee, indefinitely postponing any action in regard to the "Morris prop- erty," adjoining the Town Hall.
Voted, Article 52. To adopt the report of the Finance Committee to transfer from the High School addition appropriation to the Machon school appropriation the sum of $21.31.
Voted, Article 53. To accept the report and adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee appropriating $1,586.91 to pay the balance due on the contract of C. S. Cunningham & Sons for the Machon school.
Voted, Article 54. To accept the report and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee as follows: That the town transfer to excess and deficiency the sum of $7,698.29, for overdrawn appropriations carried forward into 1922.
Voted, Article 56. To accept the report and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee as follows: That for the purpose specified in Article 25, relating to the appropriation of $19,000 for the addition of two rooms to the Palmer school, so-called, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $19,000, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the provisions of clause 4, of section 7, and section 19, of chapter 44, of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Palmer School Loan, 1922," and shall bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen; provided, however, that the adoption of this recommendation shall not be- come operative and no money shall be borrowed thereunder, unless the recommendation of the Finance Committee, under Article 25, is adopted by ballot at the adjournment of this meeting to be held Thursday, April 13, current. (Unanimous.)
That for the purpose specified in Articles 30 and 31 which relate re- spectively to the appropriation of $6,500 for resurfacing Burrill street from Railroad avenue to Essex street and for the appropriations aggregat- ing $22,500; that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $22,500, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor. Said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the provisions of clause 8, of sec- tion 7, and section 19, of chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Street Loan, 1922," and shall
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bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen. (Unanimous.)
That for the purposes specified in Articles 23, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39, which relate respectively to the appropriation of $6,813 for the laying of a ten-inch pipe in Forest avenue, from Redington street, about 1100 feet to Aspen road, and to continue in Forest avenue with a six-inch pipe as far as Magnolia road; $775 for the laying of a six inch water main in lower Elmwood road for a distance of about 380 feet; $2,712 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Morton road, for a distance of about 1085 feet; $500 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Bradlee avenue, for a dis- tance of about 200 feet; $400 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Lawrence road, for a distance of about 160 feet; $300 for the laying of a six-inch water main in Francis road, for a distance of about 120 feet, said appropriations aggregating $11,500, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $11,500, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor; said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Select- men, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with section 19, of chapter 44, of the General Laws, and of chapter 155, of the Special Acts of 1916, as amended by chapter 252 of the Acts of 1920, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Swampscott Water Loan, Act of 1916," and shall bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen. (Unanimous.)
That for the purposes specified in Articles 40, 41 and 42, which relate respectively to the appropriation of $300 for the extension of the sewer in Hillcrest circle for a distance of about sixty feet; $15,000 for the con- struction of a concrete culvert or sewer connecting the present culverts underneath Humphrey and New Ocean streets; $3,000 for the construction of a sewer in Cherry street for a distance of about 600 feet from Hillside avenue, said appropriations aggregating $18,300, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to ex- ceed $18,300, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the provisions of chapter 44, of the General Laws, and of chapter 278, of the Act of 1920, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Swampscott Sewerage Loan, Act of 1920", and shall bear such rates of interest as shall be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen. (Unanimous.)
That for the purpose specified in Article 27, which relates to the appropriation of $6,000 for the original construction of the extension of Burpee road and Bertha street, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $6,000, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with clause 6 of section 7, and section 19 of chapter 44, of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Burpee Road Extension, 1922," and shall bear such rates of interest as shall be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, provided, however, that the adoption of this recommendation shall not become operative and no money shall be borrowed thereunder, unless the motion to appropriate the sum of $6,000 for the above purpose is adopted by ballot at the adjournment of this meeting to be held Thursday, April 13th current. (Unanimous.)
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Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it be until Thursday, April 13 current, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Town Hall, for the purpose of voting by ballot upon the several motions that have been so referred by this meeting; that the check list shall be used; that the polls shall remain open from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o'clock at night; that the ballots shall be prepared by the Town Clerk; that the Moderator shall appoint ballot clerks and tellers; and that the meeting be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the by-law, entitled "By-law to place motions on the ballot," a copy of which appears on pages 34 and 36 of the Town Report for the year ending December 31, 1921.
Voted, That a rising vote of thanks be tendered to the Finance Com- mittee for their painstaking work for the past year.
Voted, To adjourn at 9.15 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, April 13, 1922.
In accordance with the adjournment of April 6, the voters assembled on April 13, 1922, to vote by ballot under the by-laws on certain appro- priations referred to the adjourned meeting. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock P. M. by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The following were appointed by the Moderator to act as Ballot Clerks and Tellers: George V. Doane, William R. Curtis, Lillian G. Pitman, Frank G. Melvin, E. Stanley Flagg, Horace R. Parker, Joseph D. Spinney, Martha W. Duren, Alfred F. Ulman, all of whom were qualified for their duties by the Town Clerk.
By vote of the meeting the polls were kept open until 9 o'clock.
The ballot box register was 1468, there were 1460 ballots cast and checks on check list agreed with number of ballots cast.
The following result of balloting was declared by the Town Clerk at 10 o'clock :
Question 1. Subject, appropriation for the School Department for the current year.
Finance Committee recommendation of $130,000 received 748 yes votes.
Amendment making appropriation $138,000 received 545 yes votes, blanks 167.
Question 2. Addition to Palmer school. Finance Committee recommen- dation to appropriate $19,000, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town to add two rooms to present building, received 626 yes, 539 no, blanks 295.
Amendment. That a committee of five be appointed, all to be residents of Palmer school section, said committee to report at a special town meet- ing, to be called May 2, 1922.
Question 3. Subject, Burpee road and Bertha street.
Finance Committee recommendation to appropriate $500, to be used by the Surveyor of Highways as indicated in their report, received 812 yes votes.
Amendment: To accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen and appropriate $6,000, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town to build the same, received 359 yes votes, blanks 289.
Question 4. Subject, acquiring land and erecting a building thereon, to commemorate the services and sacrifices of soldiers, sailors and marines.
Finance Committee recommendation to indefinitely postpone, received 796 yes votes.
Amendment: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire, either by purchase or by right of eminent domain, land upon which to construct and equip a memorial building to soldiers, sailors and marines
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in accordance with the provisions of clause 7, of section 8, of chapter 44 of the General Laws, and that for these purposes, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $75,000, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with clause 7, of section 8, and section 19, of chapter 44, of the General Laws, 80 that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Soldiers' Memorial, 1922," and shall bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, the construction, control, custody and care of said memorial to be in the officers provided by section 105, of chapter 41, of the General Laws, received 407 yes votes, blanks 257. Voted, To dissolve at 10.05 P. M.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
April 20, 1922.
Ralph D. Merritt was appointed Assistant Town Clerk and qualified for the office.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
May 11, 1922.
The Moderator appointed Dr. Edgar W. Marven, Elmer B. Dyer, Stan- ley Flagg and Alfred F. Frazier to act with the Park Commissioners as Fourth of July committee.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk. July 1, 1922.
Ralph D. Merritt was appointed Assistant Tax Collector and qualified for the office.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, August 15, 1922.
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 fifteenth day of August, at 8 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Fuller avenue, for a distance of about nine hundred and fifty feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Loring Grimes, et als.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Franklin avenue for a distance of about eight hundred feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Loring Grimes, et als. SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Article 3. To see what action the town will take toward disposing of the portable building in the rear of the Palmer school, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept the widening of a portion of Roy street, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated August 4, 1922, as soon as waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to convey certain land to Emma S. Almy, in consideration of the conveyance of certain other land to the town by said party for the purpose of straightening boundary lines be- tween land owned by the town and by said party.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate by transfer or otherwise the sum of $500 as recommended by the Park Commissioners.
Article 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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourth day of August in the year 1922.
CLARENCE B. DELANO, HENRY S. BALDWIN, FRANK E. MORRISON, 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 conspicuous places in Swampscott, on Monday, August 7, 1922, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of holding of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Special Town Meeting, August 15, 1922.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swampscott, men and women, assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, August 15, 1922. There were less than one hundred voters present.
Voted, That when we adjourn it be to Wednesday evening, September 6, 1922, at 8.15 P. M.
Voted, to adjourn at 8.25 P. M.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
August 18, 1922.
Hiram W. Rowell was appointed assessor to finish out the year 1922, and qualified for the office.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
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August 24, 1922.
Arthur M. Wyman, 2 Beach Bluff avenue, and C. Fred Smith, 106 Elm- wood road, were appointed by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator of the town, members of the Finance Committee for three years.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
August 31, 1922.
Will B. Anderson, 33 Ellis road, appointed by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator of the town, a member of the Finance Committee for three years, to take the place of C. Fred Smith, who resigned.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
October 5, 1922.
Frank H. Payne, 27 Greenwood terrace, was appointed by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator of the town, a member of the Finance Committee to take the place of Elgar H. Townsend, who resigned.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
August 11, 1922.
Charles Walter Burrill was appointed Sealer of Weights and Measures, and qualified for the office, taking the place of John Boston, who resigned.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Assistant Town Clerk.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Wednesday, September 6, 1922. 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 sixth day of September, at 8 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Fuller avenue, for a distance of about nine hundred and fifty feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Loring Grimes, et als.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Franklin avenue for a distance of about eight hundred feet and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by Loring Grimes, et als.
Article 3. To see what action the town will take toward disposing of the portable building in the rear of the Palmer school, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept the widening of a portion of Roy street, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated August 4, 1922, as soon as waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to convey certain land to Emma S. Almy, in consideration of the conveyance of certain other land to the town by said party for the purpose of straightening boundary lines between land owned by the town and by said party.
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Article 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate by transfer or otherwise the sum of $500, as recommended by the Park Commissioners.
Article 7. To see whether the town will vote to ratify, confirm and approve the vote passed under Article 56 of the adjourned town meeting of April 6, 1922, relating to the appropriation of $19,000 for the addition of two rooms to the Palmer school, so-called, and the issuance by the Treasurer with approval of the Selectmen, of bonds or notes of the town therefor to an amount not exceeding $19,000, together with the vote by ballot under Question 2 on said ballot at the adjourned meeting of April 13, 1922, adopting the recommendation of the Finance Committee for said appropriation to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Phillips street to Claremont terrace for a distance of about seventy-five feet, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 9. 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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of August, A. D. 1922.
CLARENCE B. DELANO, HENRY S. BALDWIN, FRANK E. MORRISON, 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 Tuesday, August 29, 1922, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Special Town Meeting, Wednesday, September 6, 1922.
In accordance with the warrant the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, September 6, 1922, and were called to order at 8 P. M. by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read by the Assistant Town Clerk.
Voted, Article 1. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee on Article 1, that the town lay a six-inch pipe along Fuller avenue for a distance of about nine hundred fifty feet and appropriate therefor the sum of $4,500, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town, interest at the rate of six per cent. to be paid on the investment until the water rates of the users equal the interest thereon, and proper waivers to be obtained from abutters, if in the discretion of the Water and Sewerage Board waivers are necessary for the protection of the town.
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Voted, Article 2. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee on Article 2, that the town lay a six-inch pipe along Franklin avenue for a distance of about eight hundred feet, and appropriate there- for the sum of $2,500, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town, interest at the rate of six per cent. to be paid on the investment until the water rates of the users equal the interest thereon, and proper waivers to be obtained from abutters, if in the discretion of the Water and Sewerage Board waivers are necessary for the protection of the town.
Voted, Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and transfer the portable building in the rear of the Palmer school to the Park Commissioners.
Voted, Article 4. Indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 5. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Committee, that the town convey to Emma S. Almy a certain lot of land containing about 1399 square feet and shown as Lot B on plan hereto annexed, in consideration of the conveyance by said Almy to the town of a certain lot of land containing about 1997 square feet and shown as Lot A on said plan, and that the selectmen be authorized to execute and deliver necessary instruments therefor, said transfer to be upon the con- dition that said Almy, her executors, heirs, or assigns, shall pay all expenses connected therewith, shall cause the ledge on or abutting the lot conveyed to her to be properly sloped and necessary grading work to be done, all to the saisfaction of the Board of Selectmen.
Voted, Article 6. Action on Article 6 be indefinitely postponed.
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