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40 00
$360 21
Outstanding January 7, 1925, per list
$320 21
Cash on hand January 7, 1925 .
40 00
$360 21
Dog Licenses
Cash on hand July 1, 1924
$89 00
Licenses issued:
Males, 92 @ $2 00 .
$184 00
Females 19 @ 5 00
95 00
279 00
$368 00
Payments to county treasurer .
$313 20
Town clerk's fees retained
27 80
Cash on hand December 31, 1924
27 00
$368 00
Cash on hand January 1, 1925 . .
$27 00
Licenses issued January 1 to 12, 1925:
Males, 4 @ $2 00
8 00
$35 00
Cash on hand January 12, 1925
$35 00
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Licenses issued July 1 to December 31, 1924:
Resident citizens' combination 6 @ $2 00
$12 00
Resident citizens' fishing 3 @ 1 00 3 00
Lobster fishermen's 5 @ 1 00
5 00
Resident citizens' hunting and
trapping
68 @ 1 50 102 00
Minor trappers' 2 @ 25
50
$122 50
Payments to State treasurer: July 1 to December 31, 1924
$102 30
Town clerk's fees retained
20 20
$122 50
Licenses issued January 1 to 10, 1925: Resident citizens' combination 8 @ $2 00
$16 00
Resident citizens' hunting and trapping 8 @ 1 50 12 00
$28 00
$28 00
Cash on hand January 10, 1925
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Health Licenses
Cash on hand July 1, 1924 Licenses issued :
Milk dealers',
10 @ $ 50 $5 00
Peddlers',
1 @ 14 00
14 00
Swine,
1 @ 1 00
1 00
Massage,
1 @ 1 00 1 00
Non-alcohol,
1 @ 10 00
10 00
Alcohol,
11 @ 1 00 11 00
42 00
$135 50
Payments to treasurer July 1 to December 31, 1924
$135 50
Licenses issued January 1 to 7, 1925:
Milk, 2 @ $.50
$1 00
Cash on hand January 7, 1925 .
$1 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Outstanding July 1, 1924
$2 15
Sealing fees July 1 to December 31, 1924 14 29
$16 44
Overpayment to treasurer July 1, 1924 $5 41
Payments to treasurer July 1 to December 31, 1924 7 33
Outstanding December 31, 1924, per list
1 50
Cash on hand December 31, 1924
2 20
$16 44
Town Hall Rent
Outstanding July 1, 1924 .
$15 00
Rents
121 00
$136 00
Payments to treasurer .
$65 00
Outstanding December 31, 1924
71 00
$136 00
Outstanding January 1, 1925 . · .
$71 00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 7, 1925 $34 50
Cash on hand January 7, 1925 .
36 50
$71 00
Library
Cash on hand July 1, 1924
$28 55
Fines, etc., July 1 to December 31, 1924
108 99
$137 54
Payments to treasurer .
$80 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1924
.
57 54
$137 54
.
$93 50
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
277
Cash on hand January 1, 1925 .
$57 54
Fines, January 1 to 19, 1925 .
4 35
$61 89
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1925
$45 00
Cash on hand January 19, 1925
16 89
$61 89
Water Loan Sinking Fund
Cash
Par Value of
(Deposits) Securities
Total
On hand at beginning of year .
$747 18 $124,400 00 $125,147 18
On hand at end of year . .
206 55 129,550 00
129,756 55
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Securities matured . $1,850 00
Securities purchased
$15,000 00
Sale of securities
8,000 00
Discount on securi-
ties purchased .
48 70
Accrued interest on
securities sold 71 83
chased .
116 11
Income on securities
4,979 50
Discount on secur- ities sold . ·
308 75
Cash on hand at be-
Cash on hand at
ginning of year ·
747 18
end of year
206 55
Total .
· $15,711 11
Total
$15,711 11 .
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year .
$2,437 54
$2,437 54
On hand at end of year .
RECEIPTS
Withdrawn from sav-
ings bank
$155 84
Income
123 38
Total
$279 22
2,281 70 . PAYMENTS
2,281 70
Library expenditures $279 22
Total
$279 22
Premiums on se- curities purchased Accrued interest on securities pur-
79 70
Income on deposits
13 90
(Special)
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Joanna Morse Library Fund
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$6,846 62
$6,846 62
On hand at end of year . RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Withdrawn from
Library expendit-
savings bank
$201 45
ures .
$548 03
Income
346 58
Total
$548 03
Total
$548 03
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year .
$1,305 59
$1,305 59
On hand at end of year . RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Withdrawn from sav-
Library expendit-
ings bank
$180 38
ures .
$246 46
Income
66 08
Total
$246 46
Total
$246 46
Cemetery Lots Investment Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$20,386 78
$20,386 78
On hand at end of year . RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Deposited in sav-
Withdrawn from bank
$6,759 25
ings bank .
$3940 35
Sale of lots
2,926 50
Income
1,013 85
Purchase of land .
6,436 25
Total
. $10,699 60
Total
$10,699 60
Phillips School Medal Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$1,995 80
$1,995 80
On hand at end of year . RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income
$93 94
Deposited in sav-
ings bank $54 81
Expenditures 39 13
Total
$93 94
Total
$93 94
17,567 88
17,567 88
Payment for care
of lots
323 00
2,050 61
2,050 61
6,645 17
6,645 17
1,125 21
1,125 21
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Municipal Insurance Fund
Savings
Par Value of
Deposits
Securities
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$969 20
$3,500 00
$4,469 20
On hand at end of year
1,165 73
3,500 00
4,665 73
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income on securities
$148 75
Deposited in sav-
Income on deposits
47 78
ings bank .
$196 53
Total
$196 53
Total
$196 53
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet-December 31, 1924 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash:
Temporary Loans:
In banks .
$96,715 78 ·
In anticipation of revenue
$75,000 00
Accounts Receivable:
Essex County Tuberculosis · Hospital .
96,000 00
Levy of 1922 $ 5 50
Levy of 1923
340 48
Premiums on notes and bonds .
2,292 64
Levy of 1924
55,042 10
Surplus War Bonus Fund
3,970 61
Special Assessments:
Moth, 1924
. $149 25
Sidewalks, 1924
232 47
Unapportioned sidewalks . 1,835 45
Sewer, 1924 .
503 02
Unapportioned sewer . 2,037 56
4,757 75
Military aid ·
500 00
1,805 41
Library Building Fund .
107 32
School Committee 500 00 .
Municipal Insurance Fund 402 00 .
Charges, 1921
$157 30
Charges, 1922
·
.
.
232 98
Charges, 1923
.
2,204 58
700 00
Charges, 1924
6,686 17
Isaac M. Chick property Water
.
. 17,036 56
.
.
55,388 08
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Stacey brook $4,500 00
Humphrey street curbing ·
2,900 00
Humphrey street .
.
6,000 00
Essex street .
.
4,500 00
.
Tax titles held by town . . Tax possessions held by town . Water Bills:
309 61
.
. Contingent Fund . 1,550 00 · · Repairs, G. A. R. Hall . 98 45
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38,794 33
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Taxes:
.
.
.
Service connections, etc. · $1,733 35 Miscellaneous bills 320 21
Unexpended Loan Appropriation Balances: General .
$39,872 35 Water emergency 4,895 43
$44,767 78
91 86
Overdrawn Appropriations:
Legislative $ 12 50
$128 75
Selectmen ·
386 52
Levy of 1924
127 63
Law
.
.
148 30
256 38
Elections and registration
667 53
12 87
Health
278 90
Refuse and Garbage ·
127 37
Moth
$1,786 75 ·
Street construction
40 00
Sidewalk
.
4,426 96
Street watering and oiling
2 20
Sewer
.
.
5,073 58
Poor ·
685 15
Pensions
4 88
Insurance
2,330 08
4,683 43
Tax title revenue
2,115 02
Overdrawn Overlay: Levy of 1923
322 10
Loans Authorized: Essex street
$19,500 00
Essex County Tuberculosis
Hospital
96,000 00
115,500 00
$292,516 75
$292,516 75 281
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
Water revenue-reserved for water department when collected
11,334 59
Surplus revenue : Excess and deficiency .
6,593 38
.
.
.
.
.
11,287 29
.
.
$11,334 59
Cemetery land (to be withdrawn from Cemetery Lot Invest- ment Fund)
1,700 00
Andrews Memorial Chapel Overlay-reserved for abatement of taxes: Levy of 1922 ·
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Special Assessment Revenue:
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Apportioned assessments not due .
$1,714 17 Apportioned sidewalk assessments due 1925 to 1929, inclusive $917 97 Apportioned sewer assessments due 1925 to 1933, inclusive 796 20
$1,714 17
$1,714 17
Debt Accounts
Water Loan Sinking Fund
$129,756 55 Permanent improvement loan .
$246,900 00
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
624,993 45
Sewer loans (serial) .
233,450 00
Water loans (serial)
·
124,400 00
Water loans (sinking fund)
150,000 00
$754,750 00
$754,750.00
Trust and Investment Accounts
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and securities .
$34,336 30
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund: Principal ·
$2,000 00
Income
281 70
$2,281 70
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.
Joanna Morse Library Fund: Principal
$5,196 00 ·
Income
1,449 17
.
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund: Principal .
$1,000 00
Income .
125 21
1,125 21
Cemetery Lots Fund:
Principal .
$13,313 71 .
Income
4,254 17
17,567 88
Phillips School Medal Fund:
Principal
$1,000 00
Income
1,050 61
2,050 61
Municipal Insurance Fund:
Principal
$3,500 00
Income
1,165 73
4,665 73
$34,336 30
$34,336 30
1924 ]
6,645 17
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
283
.
.
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Warrant for Town Meeting February 16, 1925
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 di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in. their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the sixteenth day of February, at 12 M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to February 17, 1925, at 7.30 P.M., at the Town Hall.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- lic Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Overseers of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
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Art. 2. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating bever- ages in this town ?"
Art. 3. To hear and act on the reports of:
Town Clerk.
School Committee.
Water and Sewerage Board
Board of Fire Engineers.
Tree Warden. Superintendent of Moth Work.
Forest Warden.
Overseers of the Poor.
Building Inspector
Superintendent of Cemetery.
Plumbing Inspector.
Town Engineer.
Board of Health.
Health Officer.
Health Nurse.
Milk Inspector.
Surveyor of Highways.
Chief of Police.
Dog Officer.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Trustees of Public Library.
Treasurer.
Board of Assessors.
Tax Collector.
Park Commissioners.
Park Land Commissioners.
Zoning Committee.
Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant.
Finance Committee.
Art. 4. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to sal- aries of the town officials for the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money, from time to time, in
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anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, the debt or debts incurred thereby to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Art. 10. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Assessors, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 121.
Art 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 124.
Art. 12. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the School Committee, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 134 and 135.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 149, 155 and 158.
Art. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 161.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the Poor as con- tained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 178.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Fire Engineers, as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 183.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Moth Work as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 185.
Art. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Tree Warden as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 187.
Art 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Forest Warden as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 188.
Art. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on Pages 190, 191 and 192.
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Art. 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 196, 198, 199 and 200.
Art. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 203 and 204.
Art. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages
Art. 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commission, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 209.
Art. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the annual report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 217.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to purchase an ambulance for the Police Department and appropriate twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars for the same as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box in the vicinity of Orchard road or Orchard circle and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate two thousand ($2,000) dollars, for surfacing Orchard road and Orchard circle, as petitioned for by Howard B. Aborn, et als.
Art. 29. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to convey to Irene Koch a certain piece of land situated at 379 and 381 Essex Street, bounded and described as follows: northerly by Essex street one hundred feet; northeasterly by land of Hattie A. Kain niney-five feet; southeasterly by land of William McCarty one hundred feet and westerly by land of Wendel and Mary E. Gassman one hundred and five feet.
Art. 30. To see what action the town will take in reference to Danvers street bridge and appropriate money for the same as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to build drains on Aspen road and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
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Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to place street signs at the intersections of streets and appropriate money for the same, as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to curb and build granolithic sidewalks on Stetson avenue from Norfolk avenue to Essex street, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Sur- veyor of Highways.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Chester A. and Emily T. Merrill, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Essex street, said point is 60.82 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northerly for a dis- tance of 2.04 feet; thence westerly for a distance of 5.21 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 44.79 feet; thence southeasterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence northeasterly for a distance of 49.66 feet to the point of beginning.
Above parcel of land containing 95 square feet, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Sophia A. Fox, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south- erly line of Essex street, said point is 110.48 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northwesterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 43.07 feet; thence south- easterly for a distance of 0.83 feet; thence northeasterly for a dis- tance of 43.08 feet to the point of beginning.
Above parcel of land containing 51 sq. ft., as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Shelton road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Michael Pierro, et als.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue from Bay View avenue to Bond street and apropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank A. Newton, et als.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Bond street from the junction of Bond street and Fuller avenue to Sher- wood road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank S. Newton, et als.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue for a distance of about two hundred fifty (250) feet more or less from the intersection of Fuller avenue and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John C. Fox, et als.
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Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by- laws so as to change the lot at the northeasterly corner of Essex street and Belmont avenue from a residential locality, as now desig- nated on the zoning map, described in Article 6 of the zoning by- laws, to a business locality, and that said change be indicated in solid black on said map, as provided in said by-law, for business localities, as petitioned for by Arthur Levesque, et als.
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to amend Section three of Chapter three of the town by-laws, which section reads as follows:
"The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, cause to be distributed among the tax payers at their dwellings copies of the town reports."
by striking out the same and substituting in place thereof the following:
Section 3. "The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, cause copies of the town report to be distributed to tax payers at the Town Hall."
Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand three hundred thirty-five ($1,335.00) dollars 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 fundamen- tal principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizenship," in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 in Chapter 69 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five thousand nine hundred sixty ($5,960) dollars, to permit the School Committee to secure equipment for and give instruction in Industrial Training at the Swampscott High School, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by right of eminent domain for public school pur- poses and to appropriate money for the same a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in Swampscott bounded and de- scribed as follows: beginning at a point. at the southwesterly corner thereof at land of the town of Swampscott now occupied by the Hadley School, so called, and land now or formerly of the First Methodist Episcopal Society; thence, northerly by said land of said town 51 feet more or less to a point; thence, easterly approximately at right angles 69 feet more or less to a point; thence, southerly ap- proximately at right angles 51 feet more or less to a point at land of said Methodist Society; thence, westerly approximately at right angles by land of said society 69 feet more or less to the point of beginning, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
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· Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to accept and adopt the rec- ommendations in the report of the Special Committee appointed by the Moderator by virtue of a vote of the town at the adjourned an- nual town meeting of 1924 and appropriate money for the carrying out of the same, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to determine a site and erect . thereon a public school building and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to extend a six (6") inch water main in Magnolia road, a distance of one hundred and eight (108) feet and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to lay a six (6") inch water main in Orchard, Nason and Neighborhood roads, a distance of about eight hundred and fifty (850) feet and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 49. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer through Sargent and Aspen roads, a distance of about nine hundred and sev- enty (970) feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to expend the balance left from Stacey brook appropriation to extend Kings Brook culvert as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to transfer from Excess and Deficiency the sum of four thousand six hundred eighty-three dollars and forty-three cents ($4,683.43), overdrawn appropriations, and carried forward to 1925 by authority of the Department of Cor- porations and Taxation, Division of Accounts.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to lay water pipe in Ocean View road, from Sargent road to a point approximately 500 feet east and appropriate money for the same, when said street conforms to line and grade approved by the Board of Survey, as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger, et als.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Ocean View road from Sargent road to a point approximately 500 feet east and appropriate money for the same, when said street conforms to line and grade approved by the Board of Survey, as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger, et als.
Art. 54. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Pleasant street for a distance of about 300 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John F. Finnegan, et als.
Art. 55. To see if the town will lay a water main from Essex street as far as Over Hill road on Greenway street, for a distance of about 900 feet, when said street conforms to line and grade approved
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by the Board of Survey, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Franklin H. Keating, et als.
Art. 56. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote on Art. 27 at the adjourned annual town meeting of April 3, 1923, appropri- ating twenty-nine hundred ($2,900) dollars for sidewalks and curbing on the north side of Humphrey street from Phillips Beach station to Forest avenue and to transfer the twenty-nine hundred (2,900) dol- lars appropriated for that purpose to general revenue, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
Art. 57. To see what action the town will take in reconsideration of the vote on that part of Article 17 of the adjourned annual town meeting of April 8, 1924, appropriating six thousand ($6,000) dollars to resurface Humphrey street, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
Art. 58. To see if the town will vote to establish a graduated salary scale for privates in the Police Department, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
Art. 59. To see if the town will instruct the moderator to appoint a committee, not exceeding five in number, to study the by-laws of the town, make such recommendations as they deem for the best interests of the town, relative to amending or revising the same, and make a report, with their recommendations, not later than the next annual town meeting, as recommended by the Board of Select- men.
Art. 60. To see if the town will accept the following by-law:
Sec. 1. Every roof hereafter constructed in the town of Swamp- scott shall be covered with a fire resistive roof covering satisfactory to the Inspector of Buildings.
Sec. 2. Whenever a roof covering is hereafter replaced in whole, or in part the new roof covering shall be of fire resistive material satisfactory to the said inspector.
Sec. 3. All new gutters or renewed gutters shall be metal, or wood, lined with sheet copper and fastened with copper nails, as pe- titioned for by Harry E. Hardy, et als.
Art. 61. To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken at a special meeting held April 8, 1924, wherein it is alleged to have accepted Zoning By-laws for the town of Swampscott as petitioned for by Martin E. Nies, et als.
Art. 62. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to revise and amend the said alleged Zoning By-laws and report at an adjourned or special town meeting as petitioned for by Martin E. Nies, et als.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
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Art. 63. To see if the town will accept Section 3 of Chapter one hunderd and forty-three (143) of the General Laws of Massachu- setts, which section is as follows:
Every city, except Boston, and every town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may, for the prevention of fire and the preser- vation of life, health and morals, by ordinances or by-laws consistent with law and applicable throughout the whole or any defined part of its territory, regulate the inspec- tion, materials, construction, alteration, repair, height, area, location and use of buildings and other structures within its limits, except such as are owned or occupied by the United States or by the Commonwealth, and except bridges, quays, and wharves, and may prescribe penalties not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars for every violation of such ordi- nances or by-laws, as petitioned for by Harry Edwards, et als.
Art. 64. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the purpose of furnishing light and heat and water for the American Legion Headquarters for the year 1925 as petitioned for by E. Stanley Flagg, et als.
Art. 65. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for the purpose of conducting a series of band concerts during the summer of 1925 for the enjoyment of the townspeople, as petitioned for by E. Stanley Flagg, et als.
Art. 66. To see if the town will vote to widen the easterly corner of Ellis road and Hampden street and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 67. To see if the town will vote to accept Hemenway road, so called, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, dated January 30, 1925, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Rocco Zuchero, et als.
Art. 68. 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. 69. To see if the town will vote to accept Essex terrace, ac- cording to plans approved by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate one hundred ($100) dollars for the same as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.
Art. 70. To see if the town will construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Puritan road from the entrance of Galloupes Point to the entrance of Little's Point and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert E. Gale, et als.
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TOWN WARRANT
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Art. 71. To appropriate and raise by borrowing, under any gen- eral 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 8 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 ap- pointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, as the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirtieth day of January, in the year 1925.
FRANK E. MORRISON, JOHN F. LUTHER, NORMAN S. DILLINGHAM, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Atest: FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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