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ART. 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 109, 117 and 120.
ART. 12. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 122, 123 and 124.
ART. 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the reports of the Tree Warden, the Superintendent of Moth Work and the Forest Warden, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 128, 129 and 130.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Board of Health, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 136, 142 and 143.
ART. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 147 and 149.
ART. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 152 and 153.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the rec- ommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1923, on pages 189, 193, 194, 195, ยท 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 212.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1923, entitled, "An Act Relative to the Collection of Water Rates."
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ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to rescind the votes passed April 3, 1923, at the adjournment of the annual town meeting, under Articles 19 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $6,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, in connection with the taking of the premises de- scribed in said Article 19, namely, that of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Mr. Isaac W. Chick.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to rescind the votes passed at the adjournment of the annual town meeting held April 3, 1923, under Articles 17 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $5,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the the town therefor, to be expended in constructing a concrete cul- vert, in conjunction with the City of Lynn, over Stacey Brook, from the end of the present concrete culvert at New Ocean Street, a distance of about five hundred seventy feet (570'), to the Lynn culvert.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed April 3, 1923, at the adjournment of the annual town meeting, under Articles 17 and 55 of the warrant for said annual meeting, whereby the town voted to borrow the sum of $24,000.00, by issuing bonds or notes of the town therefor, to be used in the reconstruction of Essex street, from the end of the cement road near the freight station to the Salem line.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Palmer avenue, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Orchard road with Palmer avenue, as laid out on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, dated February, 1924, and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept Orchard road, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Palmer avenue with Orchard road, as laid out on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, dated February, 1924, and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to, accept that portion of Buena Vista street, now unaccepted, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1921, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept Lawrence road, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1924, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George D. Morse, Jr., et als.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept Prospect avenue, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1924, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Leigh- ton S. Thompson, et als.
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ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to accept Sherwood road, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January 1924, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frederick S. Hall, et als.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,200.00, for the purpose of regrading Bellevue road, from Humphrey street to the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks, as petitioned for by John H. Sutherland, et als.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to resurface Puritan road, from the junction of Humphrey street and Puritan road to the junction of Puri- tan road and Atlantic avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to resurface Essex street, from the Boston & Maine Railroad freight yards to the Salem line, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $2,000 for street signs, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to resurface Greenwood avenue, from Rockland street to Forest avenue, to conform to the street lines, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of High- ways.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to purchase a gravel pit, and appro- priate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to build sewers in Aspen road, Arbutus road, Sargent road, Prospect avenue, Ocean View road, Millett road, Wyman road and Forest avenue, for a distance of about six thousand feet (6,000'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James C. Soutter, et als.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Essex street, near Belmont avenue, a distance of about four hundred feet (400'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Thomas Handley, et als.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Banks road, beginning at 85 Banks road and running southerly for a distance of about one hundred seventy feet (170'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Mrs. Florence M. Lacey, et als.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer starting at Bay View avenue, through Fuller avenue, Bond and Sherwood streets, for a distance of about seventeen hundred feet (1700'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James C. Soutter, et als.
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ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Palmer avenue, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Orchard road and Palmer avenue, and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Orchard road, so called, from Humphrey street to the intersection of Palmer avenue with Orchard road and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to construct a culvert for a part of King's Brook, extending from Stacey Brook to Huron street, a distance of about five hundred seventy feet (570'), in accordance with the plans prepared by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Bay View drive, so called, from Cedar Hill terrace, a distance of about three hundred fifty feet (350'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Walter A. Hall, et als.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Bay View drive, so called, from Wyman road extension, a distance of about four hundred feet (400'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Mrs. Helen M. Williams, et als.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Hawthorne road and Estabrook road, a distance of about nine hundred feet (900'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George W. Foster, et als.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to lay a ten-inch water main, from Essex street, along said street as far as Overhill road, for a distance' of about nine hundred feet (900'), and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Franklin Keating, et als.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to raise ninety-six thousand twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents ($96,027.80) to pay the assessment levied by the County Commissioners of Essex County, under Chapter 429 of the Acts of 1923, for the construction of the Tuberculosis Hospital at Middleton, and provide for raising the means therefor, by issuing bonds or otherwise, as the town may determine.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police from $2,160.00 to $2,800.00, the captain of police from $2,000.00 to $2,500.00, and the permanent police from $1,800.00 to $2,200.00, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Select- men.
ART. 47. To see if the town will vote to accept the following scale of wages for the fire department: Chief, $2,800.00; deputy chief, $2,600.00;
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captains, $2,400.00; privates, $2,200.00, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George F. Clay, et als.
ART. 48. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to take by right of eminent domain, for cemetery purposes, and appropriate money for the same, a certain parcel of land, bounded and described as follows :-
Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the present town cem- etery on Essex street, thence running easterly by the northerly line of Essex street, for a distance of about four hundred sixty feet (460'), to the westerly side line of Capen road; thence run- ning northerly by the westerly line of Capen road, for a distance of about nine hundred five feet (905'), to the northerly line of the Town of Swampscott; thence running westerly by said town line, for a distance of about two hundred thirty-five feet (235'), to the easterly line of the present town cemetery; thence running southerly by the easterly line of said cemetery, for a distance of about ten hundred seventeen feet (1017'), to the point of beginning.
ART. 49. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to take by right of eminent domain, for public park purposes, and ap- propriate money for the same, a certain parcel of land, bounded and de- scribed as follows :-
Beginning at a point on the southerly side of the Greenway at the intersection of the division line between Jackson park and Progress park; thence running southwesterly by said division line, for a dis- tance of about twenty-nine and seventy hundredths feet (29.70'); thence running westerly by several courses along the northerly line of Jackson park, for a distance of about sixteen hundred forty- two and ninety-three hundredths feet (1642.93'), to land formerly of F. H. Griswold; thence running easterly, for a distance of about nine hundred feet (900'), to the westerly side line of Overhill road; thence running southerly by the westerly line of said Over- hill road on a curve of one hundred fifty feet (150') radius, for a distance of about three hundred fourteen feet (314'), to the Green- way; thence running easterly by the southerly side line of the Greenway, for a distance of about seven hundred forty-six and sixty-two hundredths feet (746.62'), to the point of beginning.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to erect a building, to be used for public school purposes, on the land in Redington street adjacent to the Hadley school premises, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents ($1,112.50) to permit the School Committee to give "instruction in the use of English for adults unable to speak, read or write the same, and in the fundamental princi- ples of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizen- ship," in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 in Chapter 69 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
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ART. 52. To see if the town will vote to transfer from Excess and Deficiency the sum of four thousand sixty-two dollars and two cents ($4,062.02), overdrawn appropriations, and carried forward to 1924 by authority of the Department of Corporations and Taxation, Division of Accounts.
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the settlement of the petitions brought by Moorfield Storey, et als, trustees of the Maria L. Phillips estate, for the assessment of damages caused by the taking of certain easements in land belonging to the petitioners in connection with the building of the eastern intercepting sewer, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 54. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box on Puri- tan road, near the Catholic club, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. H. Martin, et als.
ART. 55. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to transport the school children living in the vicinity of Foster Pond district, so called, to the Machon school, as petitioned for by Bertha E. Day, et als.
ART. 56. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200) for the construction and enclosing of double ten- nis courts on Abbott park, as petitioned for by Walter L. Quinlan, et als.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200) for the purchase and installation of playground equipment, the same to be expended under the joint supervision of the Park Commissioners and the School Committee, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 217, Section 1, of the General Laws, as petitioned for by Walter L. Quinlan, et als.
ART. 58. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purchase and installation of portable bleachers for Jackson and Phillips parks, as petitioned for by Harold F. Dow, et als.
ART. 59. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the custom of pay- ing for telephone service in residences of officials or employees of the town, as petitioned for by Leon A. Hackett.
ART. 60. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the celebration of the Fourth of July, and to appoint a committee consisting of the Park Commissioners and four other citizens to have charge of the celebration, as petitioned for by Alfred F. Frazier, et als.
ART. 61. To see if the town will vote to change the name of that part of Palmer avenue, in Phillips Beach, lying northwesterly of Humphrey street, being the part most recently accepted by the town, from Palmer avenue to Orchard circle, the older part of said Palmer avenue running southeasterly from Humphrey street to Atlantic avenue alone to retain the name of Palmer avenue, as petitioned for by Edward F. Breed, et als.
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ART. 62. To appropriate and raise by borrowing, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to borrow money, 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 closed at 4.30 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 conspicuous 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 sixth day of February, in the year 1924.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, JULIUS A. ULMAN, FRANK E. MORRISON,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest : FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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