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tial by bandmasters who realized that its construction was detri- mental to the proper rendition of music. The parts removed have been reconstructed at Jackson Park into a very attractive summer house.
Blaney Beach Reservation
This beach has been greatly appreciated the past year, and hun- dreds of persons resort here daily during the bathing season. The life guard was on duty more than three months and looked out for the interests of all visitors in a very efficient manner. A new spring board must be provided for the bathing raft next summer, and addi- tional facilities for gasoline storage must be constructed for the fishermen.
Phillips Park
Conditions have been much improved along the Humphrey street frontage of this property by the erection of a fence, which pre- vented the dumping of garbage and undesirable refuse on the grounds. The area adjoining the locker building was graded with loam and planted to grass, so that now the entire frontage of the park and a considerable portion back from the street is kept in a clean and orderly manner. A portion of the swamp adjoining the ball field and close to the street has been dug out to the water level and a fine place for skating and hockey games provided. It is pro- posed to increase the area of this pond the coming year, using the excavated material to grade the portion of the grounds recently cleared of old stumps. By the purchase of a motor lawn mower it was possible to keep the field in this park as well as those at three other park properties in a very good condition. For the mainte- nance and improvement of the parks the ensuing year we recom- mend the appropriation of $8,499.
Respectfully submitted,
December 31, 1924,
JAMES T. LYONS, STUART P. ELLIS, ARCHIBALD MILLER. Park Commissioners, 1
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Report of the Board of Selectmen
General Remarks
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
During the past year the Board has endeavored in every way possible to follow a policy of economy in regards to its department, but unusual circumstances beyond the control of the Board necessi- tated the incurring of extra expenses, thus making a total of $2,586.52, an overdraft of $386.52 above the $2,200 appropriated by the town. These extra expenses were as follows:
Unpaid bills from 1923 $ 75 00
Kehoe hearing 645 92
Zoning maps and stenographer 59 25
Dedication of Andrews Memorial Chapel 38 40
Total
$818 57
But for the unforeseen expenses the department would have used only $1,787.95, or $412.05 less than the Finance Committee recom- mended.
On the invitation of the Mayor of Beverly the Board with Town Counsel Linscott attended several conferences in that city on mat- ters relative to the State Sanatorium at Middleton. At the final meeting it was voted that the mayor appoint speakers to appear before the Legislative Committee on the sanatorium. Town Coun- sel Linscott was appointed as one of the speakers, and Mr. Linscott, together with the Board, attended the hearing at the State House. The position of the town in regards to the question of including the larger cities of Essex County in the apportionment of the cost and maintenance of the sanatorium, was most ably presented by Mr. Linscott.
The Legislature later voted that these cities should pay their proportionate share of the cost, and, as a result, the town of Swamp- scott, which had already paid a large amount as its quota before the act was passed, should have a substantial refund from the county the coming year.
The Board believes that the growth of the town, accompanied by considerable activity in building and the extra duties added by the zoning laws, have rendered the salary of the building inspector in-
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adequate, and the Board feels that it should be increased from $450 to $700. It will probably be only a few years before the town will be called upon to engage the services of a permanent building inspector.
In May the Board, with Town Counsel Linscott and Rep. Bentley, met in conference with the City Council of Salem in regards to the reconstruction of Essex street. The chairman with a few remarks introduced Town Counsel Linscott, who very ably presented the need and advisability of the co-operation of Salem in the proposition. He was followed by Representative Bentley, who spoke along sim- ilar lines.
The Salem Council later voted to build their portion of the road from the line to state road. It would have been built in 1924, but the city of Salem delayed so long that the state spent the money intended for this project elsewhere. The state has, however, taken surveys and has promised to do its share this year. The Mayor of Salem has included the matter in his budget, and there is no doubt but that the road will be constructed before the end of 1925.
One of the events in town affairs of the past year has been the completion and dedication of the Andrews Memorial Chapel. The beautiful building was accepted by the Selectmen for the town at its completion, and dedicated Sunday afternoon, October 5th, 1924. At the invitation of the Board a committee of the clergymen of the town, comprising Rev. John Vannevar, chairman; Rev. Robert Campbell, Jr .; Rev. G. Edward Allan, Rev. Edward Tillotson and Rev. J. Irving Rhodes, assisted at the services. An invitation was also extended to Augustus Rich and the Hannan executors under the will. Both were present. Clarence B. Humphrey and James W. Libby assisted as ushers. The musical program was given by the Schubert quartet of Boston. The chapel was beautifully decorated with flowers and potted plants, which were very kindly donated by various citizens. At the close of the services the flowers were placed on the lot of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. The Board wishes to take this opportunity of again thanking all who helped to make the exercises a success. The chapel is a beautiful building, well built, and a great asset both to the cemetery and to the town in general.
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ADMINISTRATIVE Bonds of Town Officers
Bonds of the following officers are given by the American Surety Co. of New York in the amounts stated.
James W. Libby, Town Treasurer
$30,000 00
James W. Libby, Treasurer Trust Fund
10,000 00
Philip E. Bessom, Collector of Taxes
20,000 00
George D. R. Durkee, Water and Sewer Commissioner
6,000 00
Harold G. Enholm, Water and Sewer Commissioner
6,000 00
Charles E. Hodgdon, Water and Sewer Commissioner
6,000 00
Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk
1,000 00
Ralph D. Merritt, Collector of Water Rates
5,000 00
Licenses
Used car dealers' license
4
$140 00
Bowling alley:
James D. Bentley
1
2 00
Taxi:
Harold C. Snow
John E. Burns
Harry Tirrell
William H. Carroll
Joseph W. Bruley
Raymond A. Devitt
Charles H. Green
7
26 00
Express :
William H. Carroll
Nathan Zletz
Joseph W. Bruley
Willis E. Shepherd
William J. Edson
5 5 00
Inn holders:
E. R. Grabow
J. A. Sherrard Morris Sherwin
Junk dealers: Louis Zletz
Nathan Zletz
Jacob Goldberg
3 225 00
Victuallers :
Alice N. Townsend and Zella McGreachy, 99 Paradise road Earl A. Goodwin, 11 Elmwood road Beatrice P. Aldrich, Railroad avenue Walter H. Brown, 242 Humphrey street Mabel F. D. Bibb, 1008 State road
Blaisdell Confectionery Co., 131 Humphrey street
Edward M. Gerould, State road George F. Grant, 410 Humphrey street
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Mary A. Smith, corner Humphrey and Marshall streets
George B. Watts, 60 Humphrey street
Deer Cove Inn, Puritan road
Nellie O. Carey, 1016 State road
J. W. Himburg, 257 Humphrey street Venture Inn, 242 Humphrey street
Pool and billiards : James D. Bentley Charles M. Cahoon (2)
3 $6 00
Permits Granted
Under Chapter 5, Section 4, of the town by-laws. To sell mate- rial and to do work for the town.
George D. R. Durkee
James T. Lyons
Loring Grimes, M.D.
Archibald Miller
C. W. Horton
Stuart P. Ellis
Everett P. Mudge
Frank E. Morrison
Contract for Coal
Proposals for coal for the several departments were advertised, and the following bids received:
Egg and Broken
Stove
Soft
Holder Coal Co.
$13 40
$13 90
$6 60
Pickering Coal Co.
13 73
13 73
7 23
Liberty Coal and Supply Co.
13 48
15 70
6 95
The contract was awarded to the Holder Coal Co., the lowest bidder.
Printing Town Reports
Proposals for printing the Town Reports for the current year were advertised on the basis of 30 square inches to the page, 300 pages, and 2,500 copies. The following bids were received :-
1,000 sq. in.
4,000 sq. in.
Balance
Nichols Press
6 point 8 point $.011
$2 25
North Shore Press
$.015 .010
.005 2 00
The contract was awarded to the North Shore Press, the lower bidder. The reports were delivered promptly and in a satisfactory manner.
Public Buildings
The following is a list of rents received from public buildings: Town Hall
$205 00
144 00
Tenement, 82 Burrill street
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Contracts for Walks and Edgestones
O. Marino
M. McDonough M. E. Kelley
Straight curb, lin. ft.
$1 97
$1 48
$1 69
Curved curb lin. ft.
2 83
2 00
2 31
Granolithic sidewalk sq. yd.
2 75
3 50
3 78
Parking sq. ft.
18
15
22
P. J. McDermott L. Marino
Straight curb, lin. ft. $1 48
$2 95
Curved curb lin. ft.
1 98
2 50
Granolithic sidewalk sq. yd.
2 45
3 15
Parking sq. ft.
14
13
The contract was awarded to P. J. McDermott, the lowest bidder.
Continuous Sidewalks
Beach avenue:
447 lin. ft. curbing
Farragut road:
566.76 sq. yds. granolithic
1568.20 sq. ft. parking
Banks road:
197.5 sq. yds. granolithic
745.3 sq. ft. parking
Maple avenue:
252.16 sq. yds. granolithic
895.75 sq. ft. parking
Essex street :
215.71 sq. yds. granolithic
712.51 sq. ft. parking
Tar sidewalks:
New work $.90 sq. yd.
Skim coat .60 sq. yd.
Street Lighting
The following is a list of street lights for the year 1924:
Arc lights 107
Incandescent lights 371
Floodlights 2
The actual cost of all street lights for the year 1924
was $16,868.70.
The contract between the town and the Lynn Gas & Electric Com- pany provides for all-night every-night street lighting, on the basis of $90 per annum for each arc lamp. and $20 for each incandescent.
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Law.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I submit herewith my report as town counsel for the year 1924.
Litigation arising during the current year and now pending is as follows:
An action at law by the town against C. H. Cunningham & Sons Construction Company, relative to the Machon school roof. An action of law by the town against the Craigulator Corporation. An action at law by the town against the city of Lowell, relative to the settlement of a hospital patient. A bill in equity by Isaac W. Chick against the town seeking to restrain a taking by eminent domain of rear property adjacent to the Hadley school, made by vote of the town in 1923. A petition for damages by Isaac W. Chick for said taking.
Much time was spent in hearings under the Civil Service Statutes relative to the Police Department. Many questions have arisen also relative to the application of the zoning and building by-laws. These by-laws are not altogether clear and a study of the same with a view to possible revision might be advisable.
In accordance with the vote of the town at the adjourned annual town meeting of 1924 the Selectmen on October 10th took by emi- nent domain a considerable tract of land adjoining the present cemetery for the purpose of cemetery extension. The owners of the different parcels making up the tract were Irene S. Koch, James Cogswell, Mary A and Charles H. Callahan and the trustees of the Loring Realty Trust. The amounts awarded as damages were ac- cepted by Mary A. and Charles H. Callahan and the trustees of the Loring Realty Trust, and settlement made with them on the basis of the appropriation voted by the town. Settlement has not as yet been made with Irene S. Koch, but the Selectmen are in process of adjusting the same by an arrangement under which it is proposed to transfer to her a near-by piece of vacant. land owned by the town to which the dwelling house occupied by her may be moved. James Cogswell has begun a petition against the town relative to the value of the lot standing in his name which was taken.
Respectfully submitted,
H. D. LINSCOTT.
FINANCE
I. Town Accounting
During the year two regular audits have been made by the De- partment of Corporations and Taxation, Division of Accounts, of all books of the town.
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II. Town Debt
The net debt for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1924, amounted to $624,993.42. This shows a decrease of $43,158.55 during the year 1924.
III. Loans in Anticipation of Revenue for 1924
Due November 10, 1924
$146,000 00
Central National Bank 4.00% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank 3.93% discount
$1 00 premium 3 00 premium
Solomon Bros. and Hutzier 4.03% discount
Estabrook & Company 4.04% discount
Sagamore Trust Company
3.84% discount
F. S. Moseley and Company
4.09% discount
First National Bank
4.00% discount
S. N. Bond & Company 4.04% discount
Awarded to the Sagamore Trust Company
Due December 10, 1924 F. S. Moseley & Company First National Bank
2.91% discount
2.625% discount
S. N. Bond & Company
2.71% discount
Central National Bank
2.69% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank 2.575% discount
Sagamore Trust Company ยท 2.44% discount
Awarded to the Sagamore Trust Company
Due November 10, 1924
$100,000 00
Sagamore Trust Company 4.00% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank
3.98% discount
$1 00 premium 3 00 premium
Central National Bank 4.14% discount
First National Bank 4.04% discount
Awarded to the Manufacturers' National Bank
Due December 20, 1924
$50,000 00
Sagamore Trust Company
2.00% discount
Wise, Hobbs and Arnold
2.39% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank 2.15% discount
Central National Bank 2.15% discount
$1 00 premium
Old Colony Trust Company 2.75% discount
Awarded to Sagamore Trust Company
Due November 20, 1925 $75,000 00
Central National Bank 3.40% discount
$1 25 premium
Security Trust Company
3.32% discount
Sagamore Trust Company 3.20% discount
F. S. Moseley & Company
3.27% discount
S. N. Bond & Company 3.42% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank 3.25% discount
Awarded to Sagamore Trust Company
Due May 1, 1925
$96,000 00
S. N. Bond & Company First National Bank
2.77% discount
2.31% discount
$50,000 00
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S. N. Bond & Company
3.27% discount Interest added
First National Bank
3.75% discount
Interest added
Sagamore Trust Company
2.75% discount
Interest added
Awarded to Sagamore Trust Company
Bonds for Water and Sewers
Water loan
$12,500 00
Sewer loan
17,500 00
Stacey brook
5,000 00
Edwards Bros.
par $.35
on a $1 00 premium
Blodgett & Company
66
.45
on a 1 00 premium
Sagamore Trust Company
66
.33 on a 1 00 premium
F. L. Dabney & Company
.0289 on a .0127 on a
1 00 premium
Estabrook & Company
.45
on a 1 00 premium
Old Colony Trust
66
.28
on a 1 00 premium
Awarded to Estabrook & Company
Appropriations for Departmental Expenses
1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative.
Moderator
$100 00
Finance Committee
200 00
Selectmen.
Chairman
$300 00
Associates
400 00
Clerk
200 00
Constable
60 00
Other expenses
1,240 00
Auditing.
Accountant
$2,000 00
Other expenses
200 00
Treasury.
Treasurer
$750 00
Treasurer's Fidelity Bond Premium
120 00
Clerical and stenographic services
150 00
Accounting supplies and equipment
150 00
Printing and postage
50 00
Theft and burglary insurances
30 00
Subscription
18 00
Transportation
15 00
Miscellaneous
50 00
.088
on a
1 00 premium
Harris Forbes & Company
1 00 premium
Wise Hobbs and Arnold
$300 00
$2,200 00
$2,200 00
$1,333 00
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Certification, Printing and Advertising
Notes and bonds
$500 00
Collector of Taxes.
Salaries.
Collector
$600 00
Clerk
1,500 00
Collector's bond
225 00
Advertising
200 00
Recording
60 00
Tax takings
75 00
Stationery and postage
500 00
Printing
125 00
Messenger and burglary insurance
27 27
Miscellaneous
25 00
$3,337 27
Assessors.
Chairman
$900 00
Associates
500 00
Assistant Assessor
150 00
Clerical
500 00
Poll Book
450 00
Deeds and records
200 00
Printing cards and postage
300 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
Valuation book
1,200 00
$4,300 00
Town Clerk.
Salary
$200 00
Assistant
100 00
Elections
100 00
Postage and office supplies
200 00
$600 00
Law.
Town counsel
$200 00
Special
800 00
$1,000 00
Election and Registration.
Registrars
$425 00
Clerks
250 00
Rents
60 00
Voting lists
150 00
Ballots
100 00
Lunches
50 00
Miscellaneous
50 00
$1,085 00
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Engineering.
Town Engineer
$2,600 00
Assistants
2,968 00
Stone monuments
50 00
Supplies
150 00
$5,768 00
Town Hall.
Salary
$1,638 00
Fuel
650 00
Light
450 00
Telephone
250 00
Repairs
375 00
Supplies
137 00
$3,500 00
2. PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police.
Salaries of regular officers
$26,560 00
Salaries for special work
3,000 00
Telephoning and signal boxes
575 00
Gas and electricity
152 84
Coal and wood
375 00
Gasoline and oil
250 00
Miscellaneous expenses
2,500 00
$33,412 84
Fire.
Salaries
Board of-Engineers
$300 00
Clerk
50 00
Chief
2,160 00
Deputy chief
1,950 00
Three captains
5,700 00
Eleven privates
19,800 00
Twelve callmen
2,410 00
Telephone
175 00
Postage and office supplies
35 00
Laundry
90 00
House supplies
285 00
Electricity and gas
315 00
Coal
925 00
Water
60 00
House repairs
400 00
Gasoline
300 00
Tires and auto repairs
450 00
New equipment
100 00
Extra labor
150 00
Fire alarm
350 00
Miscellaneous
170 00
Apparatus supplies
200 00
$36,375 00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salary
$400 00
Printing and books
30 00
Teaming and help
100 00
Additional apparatus
60 00
Moving safe
15 00
Miscellaneous
25 00
$630 00
Moth.
Salary and wages
$3,800 00
Insecticides
400 00
Teams
200 00
Telephone
18 00
Tools and ladders
50 00
Water
50 00
Hose
33 00
Repairs
150 00
Gasolene and oil
75 00
Storage
24 00
$4,800 00
Tree Warden.
New trees
$300 00
Removing trees
200 00
Guards
200 00
Leopard moth
200 00
Trimming and repairing
800 00
Tools and supplies
75 00
Spraying for cottony maple scale
100 00
Forest Warden
$200 00
Building Inspector.
Salary
$700 00 -
Dog Officer.
Salary
$100 00
Killing dogs
50 00
$150 00
3. HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health.
Chairman
$200 00
Associates
300 00
Health officer
1,859 00
Transportation
221 00
Clerk
600 00
Postage and stationery
85 00
Printing and advertising
75 00
Board and Treatment. Quarantine
500 00
Tuberculosis
1,500 00
$1,875 00
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Vital Statistics.
Births
356 00
Deaths
77 00
Marriages
50 00
Other Expenses.
Plumbing inspector
650 00
Inspector of slaughtering
100 00
Fumigation
75 00
Ice
46 00
Bacteriological examinations
75 00
Milk analysis
500 00
Ice cream
50 00
Dairy inspection
200 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
$7,669 00
Health Nurse.
1
Salary
$1,400 00
Expenses
50 00
$1,450 00
Refuse and Garbage.
Ashes
$4,860 00
Garbage
5,500 00
Night soil
95 00
Care of offal at beaches
416 00
Labor, cleaning beaches
650 00
Clean-up week
100 00
Miscellaneous expenses
50 00
$11,671 00
Sewer Maintenance.
Salaries
$350 00
Pay roll
5,000 00
Coal
200 00
Telephone
50 00
Power and light
1,800 00
Water
300 00
Repairs
200 00
Miscellaneous
200 00
Supplies
100 00
Particular Sewers
$1,000 00
Brooks
500 00
4. HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES
$2,500 00
Repairing.
$25,000 00
Teams
5,000 00 .
Stone and gravel
2,000 00
$8,200 00
Administration.
Labor
50 00
Vinegar
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Equipment
3,000 00
Hay and grain
2,500 00
Coal
500 00
Horse shoeing
700 00
Repairs, truck
1,500 00
Blasting and crushing stone
2,500 00
All others
2,500 00
$45,200 00
New construction
$15,000 00
Seal coating
3,000 00
Street construction
2,500 00
Street watering and oiling
5,000 00
Sidewalk and curbing
3,000 00
Snow and ice
10,000 00
Edgestones and granolithics
10,000 00
Street lights
18,000 00
$66,500 00
5. CHARITIES
Poor.
Chairman
$150 00
Associates
200 00
Secretary
100 00
Telephone
40 00
Other expenses
7,010 00
$7,500 00
State aid
$700 00
Soldiers' relief
3,800 00
Pensions
4,860 00
$9,360 00
6. SCHOOLS
Salaries.
Pay rolls
$118,230 00
Other expenses.
School committee
$500 00
Superintendent
450 00
Text books and supplies
7,730 00
Fuel
4,456 00
Miscellaneous operation
3,000 00
Repairs
3,000 00
Libraries
200 00
Medical attendance
450 00
Transportation
700 00
Tuition
200 00
Sundries
1,007 00
New equipment
1,200 00
$141,123 00
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7. LIBRARY
Library.
Books
$800 00
Periodicals
150 00
Salaries
2,300 00
Extra help
600 00
Water and light
300 00
Repairs telephone
100 00
Supplies
100 00
Improvements equipment
50 00
Printing postage and repairs
75 00
Janitor
1,150 00
Fuel
350 00
Binding books
250 00
$6,225 00
8. RECREATION
Park
$8,000 00
Metropolitan Park assessment
7,500 00
9. UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$300 00
Town reports
1,200 00
Reserve fund
950 00
Heat and light G. A. R. hall
400 00
Insurance premiums
2,800 00
Soldiers' exemption
50 00
Trust fund commissioners' bond
40 00
District nurse
300 00
Firemen's Memorial Day
200 00
Armistice Day
200 00
Repairs G. A. R. hall
350 00
$6,790 00
Pubic Service Enterprises
Cemetery.
Superintendent
$950 00
Labor
1,600 00
Plants
85 00
Loam
30 00
Gravel
40 00
Canvas
20 00
Grass seed
15 00
Tools and supplies
90 00
Water and repairs
120 00
Telephone
20 00
Painting gates and fence
30 00
$3,000 00
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Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest.
Loan in anticipation of revenue
$9,500 00
General debt
12,987 30
Sewer bonds
9,242 75
T. B. Hospital
1,307 20
Metropolitan Park (estimated)
3,400 00
$36,437 25
Municipal Indebtedness.
General debt
$32,200 00
Sewer bonds
18,350 00
T. B. Hospital
96,000 00
Metropolitan Park (estimated)
700 00
$147,250 00
Agency.
State tax (estimated)
$30,000 00
County tax (estimated)
25,000 00
State enterprises (estimated)
1,500 00
$56,500 00
County Commissioners.
For Essex Sanatorium assessment
$3,976 79
Total
$682,618 15
Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. MORRISON, JOHN F. LUTHER, NORMAN S. DILLINGHAM.
December 31, 1924.
Board of Selectmen.
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In Memoriam
On Sunday, February first, 1925, Arthur C. Widger, our Town Accountant and Clerk of the Board of Select- men, passed away at his home, No. 81 Pine street, Swampscott. We believe that mention of his death should be made in this report.
Arthur C. Widger had been associated with the town's affairs for a great many years. He had held the office of selectman and town clerk, and since 1909 had held the responsible position of town accountant. His experience, ability and faithfulness to his duties were of highest value to the town and his loss will be severely felt in carrying on the town work. He will be missed by a host of men and women in Swampscott who en- joyed his friendship, and particularly by the present and past town officials, committees and boards with whom he daily came in contact in town affairs and who, in their association with him, had gained some apprecia- tion of his friendship and his quiet loyalty and devotion to Swampscott.
The Board of Selectmen resolve that in the death of Arthur C. Widger the town has lost a faithful and effi- cient servant and a man and citizen of the finest type. They vote that this resolution be spread upon the records of the town and that a copy be sent to the members of his family to whom, for themselves and in behalf of the town, they extend their most sincere sympathy.
FRANK E. MORRISON, NORMAN S. DILLINGHAM, JOHN F. LUTHER.
Board of Selectmen.
Swampscott, February 1, 1925.
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Accountant's Department
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT.
To the Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I herewith submit the following report of the Ac- countant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1924.
TREASURER'S RECEIPTS
TAXES.
Property, 1922
$113 25
Personal, 1922
5 00
Poll, 1922
5 00
$ 123 25
Property, 1923
50,327 78
Personal, 1923
2,411 75
Poll, 1923
87 00
52,826 53
Property, 1924
372,901 20
Personal, 1924
35,726 20
Poll, 1924
5,012 00
413,639 40
Tax Titles
1,245 48
$467,834 66
Income, 1922
$ 630 23
Income, 1923
2,824 50
Bank, 1923
1,433 03
Business, 1923
331 88
Corporation, 1923
520 47
Poll, 1923
3 00
Public Service, 1924
3,814 88
Corporation, 1924
5,887 90
Income, 1924
59,480 03
Street Railway, 1924
435 80
Bank, 1924
3,078 04
78,439 76
LICENSES AND PERMITS.
Junk
$225 00
Pool and billiards
8 00
Milk
30 50
Second hand automobiles
140 00
Taxi and express
26 00
Alcohol
1 00
Amount carried forward
$546,274 42
1924]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
227
Amount brought forward
$546,274 42
Elevator
18 00
Gasoline
162 50
Itinerant vendors
64 00
Oleomargarine
2 00
Peddlers
84 00
Non-alcohol
21 00
Swine
1 00
Manicure
1 00
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
338 80
GRANTS AND GIFTS
Dog Licenses
352 99
OTHER GENERAL REVENUE.
Rent, Morris house
144 00
Telephone
4 17
Town Clerk
5 00
Town costs
169 83
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Moth, 1923
198 50
Moth, 1924
1,436 50
Sidewalks, 1923
789 69
Sidewalk, 1924
893 61
Sidewalk bills
675 74
2,359 04
Sewer, 1923
531 67
Sewer, 1924
469 38
Sewer bills
1,349 19
2,350 24
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Rent, Town Hall
205 00
ANDREWS MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Gift
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