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III. Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000 00
Due November 10, 1925 Sagamore Trust Co., Lynn 2.99% discount Manufactures' National Bank, Lynn 2.99% discount H. C. Grafton Co., Boston 3.176% discount
Awarded jointly and in equal parts to the Sagamore Trust Co., and Man- ufacturers' National Bank
Due November 25, 1925 S. N. Bond & Co., Boston Security Trust Co., Lynn
3.30% discount
3.30% discount
Old Colony Trust Co., Boston 3.28% discount
$2 00 premium
F. S. Mosely & Co., Boston 3.255% discount
First National Bank of Boston 3.20% discount
7 00 premium
Sagamore Trust -Co., Lynn 3.09% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank, Lynn 3.00% discount Awarded to Manuafcturers' National Bank
1 00 premium
Due December 20
$100,000 00
Manufacturers' National Bank
3.31% discount
Security Trust Co.
3.41% discount
$1 75 premium 2 00 premium
Harris, Forbes & Co.
3.45% discount
Old Colony Trust Co.
3.60% discount
1 75 premium
S. N. Bond & Co.
3.95% discount
1 75 premium
Awarded Manufacturers' National Bank
$100,000 00
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Due November 10, 1926
$100,000 00
S. N. Bond & Co.
3.88% discount
T. F. Moseley & Co.
3.86% discount
$1 75 premium 1 25 premium
Saloman Bros. & Hutzler
3.80% discount
Manufacturers' National Bank
3.78% discount
Shawmut Corporation, Boston
3.75% discount
Central National Bank, Lynn 3.72% discount
Sagamore Trust Co. 3.57% discount
Awarded to Sagamore Trust Co.
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Other Bonds
On April 24 the board received bids for $82,500, 4% coupon notes consisting of $63,000 Essex County T. B. Hospital notes running from April 1, 1925, to April 1, 1944, and $19,500 Essex street concrete pave- ment notes running from April 1, 1925, to April 1, 1935, as follows:
Estabrook & Co.
100.42 and accrued interest
Paine, Webber & Co.
100.613 “
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
100.624 “ 66
Old Colony Trust Co.
100.66 66 66
66
R. L. Day & Co.
100.79 66 66
Harris, Forbes & Co.
100.92
66
H. C. Grafton & Co.
100.96
Merrill, Oldham & Co.
101.10
66
Awarded to Merrill, Oldham & Co. of Boston
On October 2, the board received proposals for the purchase of the following bonds dated October 1, 1925.
$87,000 School Loan, 1925
16,000 Street Loan, 1925
3,000 Sewer Loan, 1925
The bids were as follows:
Paine, Webber & Co.
101.277
E. H. Rollins & Sons
101.24
R. L. Day & Co.
101.16
Putnam & Storer
101.147.
Estabrook & Co.
101.14
Harris, Forbes & Co.
101.05
Edmunds Bros.
101.04
Merrill, Oldham & Co.
101.02
The National City Co.
100.987
Old Colony Trust Co.
100.76
The Shawmut Corporation
100.9
Curtis & Sanger
100.41
The bonds were awarded to Paine, Webber & Co., the highest bidder.
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Appropriations for Departmental Expenses
The following are the amounts requested by the various officers, boards and committees for the conduct of their departments during the year 1926:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative.
Moderator
$100 00
Finance Committee
300 00
$400 00
Selectmen.
Salaries
$700 00
Clerk
200 00
Board of Appeals
125 00
Constable's services
60 00
Town Weigher
30 00
Inspector of Animals
100 00
Stationery and postage
150 00
Printing and advertising
300 00
Flowers
100 00
Lynn directory
5. 00
Binding town reports
6 00
Office furniture and supplies
100 00
Stenographic services
324 00
Miscellaneous
300 00
$2,500 00
Accounting.
Salary
$1,800 00
Stationery and postage
100 00
Printing and advertising
100 00
Office supplies and furniture
100 00
Binding ledgers
11 25
Expenses and miscellaneous
13 75
$2,125 00
Treasurer.
Salary
$750 00
Fidelity Bond Premium
150 00
Accounting supplies, printing and postage
250 00
Clerical and stenographic services
200 00
Theft and burglary insurance
65 00
Subscriptions
18 00
Transportation
15 00
Miscellaneous
50 00
$1,498 00
Amount carried forward
$6,523 00
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Amount brought forward
$6,523 00
.
Certification.
Notes and bonds
$500 00
Collector's salary
1,500 00
Assistant's salary
600 00
Stationery and postage
425 00
Printing and advertising
400 00
Insurance
61 20
Bonds
225 00
Miscellaneous
25 00
Costs
80 10
Recording titles
47 45
Adding machine
250 00
$3,613 75
Assessors.
Chairman
$900 00
Associates
5.00 00
Clerical
650 00
Poll books
400 00
Deeds and records
200 00
Printing, books, cards and postage
300 00
Miscellaneous
150 00
$3,100 00
Town Clerk.
Salaries:
Clerk
$200 00
Elections
100 00
Assistant
100 00
Stationery and postage
35 00
Printing and advertising
60 00
Canvas for births
25 00
Bond
4 00
Record books:
Births
25 00
Deaths
25 00
Marriages
25 00
Time clock and stamp
40 00
Justice of Peace (Oaths)
60 00
Registry of deeds
1 00
Books
10 00
$710 00
Law.
Town Counsel
$ 200 00
Special
1,300 00
$1,500 00
Amount carried forward
$15,446 75
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Amount brought forward
$15,446 75
Election and Registration.
Registrars
$425 00
Clerks
700 00
Rents
165 00
Voting lists
200 00
Ballots
100 00
Lunches
150 00
Voting booths
145 00
Miscellaneous
50 00
$1,935 00
Engineering
Town Engineer
$2,650 00
Assistant
1,802 00
Assistant
1,230 00
Expenses
193 00
$5,875 00
Town Hall.
Salary
$1,855 00
Fuel
550 00
Light
315 00
Telephone
320 00
Repairs
360 00
Supplies
135 00
$3,535 00
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police.
Salaries.
Chief
$ 2,360 00
Captain
2,200 00
Regular officers (11)
22,000 00
Regular officers (6)
10,800 00
Summer specials
800 00
Clerk
848 00
Special investigator
459 45
Telephones and signals
830 92
Gas and electricity
175 00
Coal and wood
265 00
Gas, oil and motor supplies
875 00
Miscellaneous expenses
1,886 63
$43,500 00
Amount carried forward
$70,291 75
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Amount brought forward
$70,291 75
Fire.
Salaries.
Board of Fire Engineers
$ 200 00
Clerk of board
50 00
Chief
2,160 00
Deputy Chief
1,950 00
Captains (3)
5,700 00
Privates (11)
19,800 00
Call men (12)
2,410 00
Office supplies
30 00
Postage
5 00
Telephone
175 00
Laundry
90 00
House supplies
285 00
Gas
140 00
Electricity
195. 00
Coal
600 00
Water
65 00
Ice
10 00
House repairs
200 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
Gasoline
325 00
Tires
300 00
Apparatus repairs
250 00
Apparatus supplies
300 00
Oil
35 00
Express
25 00
New equipment
300 00
Extra labor
150 00
Fire alarm
350 00
$36,200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salary
300 00
Printing, books, notices, etc.
30 00
Teaming and helper
100 00
Miscellaneous
25 00
Other expenses
50 00
$505 00
Tree Warden.
Planting trees
$600 00
Removing trees
375 00
Tree guards
200 00
Leopard moth suppression
200 00
Trimming and repairs
800 00
Tools and supplies
75 00
Spraying cottony maples
100 00
$2,350 00
Amount carried forward
$109,346 75
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Amount brought forward
$109,346 75
Moth.
Salary and wages
$4,048 00
Telephone
18 00
Insecticides
300 00
Tools and supplies
50 00
Teams
200 00
Gas and oil
75 00
Water
50 00
Repairs
150 00
Storage
24 00
Hose
5.0 00
Printing
20 00
Express and freight
15 00
$5,000 00
Forest Warden.
Salary
$200 00
$200 00
Building Inspector.
Salary
$1,000 00
Expenses
100 00
$1,100 00
Dog Officer.
Salary
$100 00
Killing dogs
50 00
$150 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health.
Chairman
$ 200 00
Associates
300 00
Health officer
2,120 00
Transportation
221 00
Clerk
844 00
Postage and stationery
75 00
Printing and advertising
75 00
Board and Treatment.
Quarantine
$ 500 00
Tuberculosis
1,500 00
2,000 00
Vital Statistics.
Births
$368 25
Deaths
105 50
Marriages
65 00
538 75
Amount carried forward
$115,796 75
$3,835 00
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Amount brought forward
$115,796 75
Other Expenses.
Plumbing inspector
$1,000 00
Inspector of slaughtering
100 00
Fumigation
75. 00
Ice
46 00
Milk analysis
400 00
Ice cream
50 00
Vinegar
50 00
Dairy inspection
200 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
2,021 00
$8,394 75
Health Nurse.
Salary
$1,400 00
Expenses
50 00
$1,450 00
Dental clinic
$500 00
Refuse and Garbage.
Ashes.
Contract
$1,901 31
Clean-up week
96 00
Advertising
16 15
Garbage.
Contract
$5,605 76
Beaches.
Labor
$450 00
Teams
250 00
Care of offal
416 00
Night soil
95 00
Carion
30 00
Painting and repairing dory
10 00
Miscellaneous
10 00
$1,261 00
Sewer Maintenance.
Salaries
$ 350 00
Pay roll
4,800 00
Coal
200 00
Telephone
50 00
Power and light
1,800 00
Water
350 00
Supplies
250 00
Repairs
200 00
Miscellaneous
200 00
$8,200 00
Particular sewers
$1,000 00
Brooks
$500 00
Amount carried forward
$144,721 72
$2,013 46
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Amount brought forward
$144,721 72
$2,600 00
Administration Repairing.
Labor
$25,000 00
Teams and truck
5,500 00
Crush stone and gravel
2,000 00
Hay and grain
2,700 00
Horse shoeing
800 00
Blasting and crushing stone
2,500 00
Extra work, Sargent and Aspen roads
1,000 00
Wood blocks
500 00
All others
2,500 00
$42,500 00
New construction
$15,000 00
Seal coating
$4,000 00
Street construction
$2,500 00
Street watering and oiling
$5,000 00
Sidewalk and curb
$4,000 00
Snow and ice
$10,000 00
Repairs on equipment.
Shingling roof to stable
$500 00
Shingling roof to crusher
150 00
Floor to stable
150 00
Set dies for crusher
250 00
Body Packard truck
500 00
$1,550 00
New Equipment.
3 2-horse carts
$1,500 00
1 single cart
250 00
1 mixer
250 00
2 express wagons
300 00
1 single pung
100 00
1 pair horses
600 00
$3,000 00
Lighting streets
$18,000 00
CHARITIES
Poor.
Salaries
$ 350 00
Secretary
100 00
Telephone
40 00
General expense
7,510 00
$8,000 00
Amount carried forward
$260,871 72
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HIGHWAYS AHD BRIDGES
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Amount brought forward
$260,871 72
State aid Soldiers' relief Pensions
$ 700 00
4,600 00
5,600 00
$10,900 00
SCHOOLS
Salaries.
Pay rolls
$124,926 00
Other expenses.
School committee
$ 450 00
Superintendent
350 00
Text books and supplies
7,422 00
Fuel
4,695 00
Miscellaneous operating
3,200 00
Repairs
7,175 00
Library
250 00
Medical attendance
500 00
Transportation
700 00
Tuition
350 00
Sundries
1,275 00
New equipment
541 00
Americanization
$151,834 00 $1,100 00
LIBRARY
Library.
Books
$1,000 00
Periodicals
175 00
Binding
300 00
Salaries
2,300 00
Wages and extra help
550 00
Water and light
350 00
Repairs, telephone and insurance
100 00
Supplies
100 00
Improvements, equipment
50 00
Printing, publicity
50 00
Postage, freight, express, cartage
25 00
Janitor
1,200 00
Heat
250 00
Petty cash
50 00
$6,500 00
Amount carried forward
$431,205 72
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Amount brought forward
$431,205 72
PARKS
Abbott Park.
Loam, resurfacing and seeding
$200 00
Lighting and police
50 00
Flag pole painting and care
35 00
Lime
10 00
Water
75 00
Trees
30 00
$400 00
Jackson Park.
Toboggan
$200 00
Lighting
35 00
Wall construction and grading
300 00
Water
11 00
Transplanting trees
120 00
Flag pole and care
25 00
Painting
25 00
Lime
20 00
Loam and seeding
275 00
Police
25 00
$1,036 00
Soldiers' Monument lot.
Care of flag, water and labor
$75 00
General expense
$3,120 00
Administration.
Superintendent
$1,820 00
Secretary
100 00
Telephone and supplies
50 00
$1,970 00
Blaney Beach.
Life guard
$430 00
Repairs on raft
50 00
Moving raft
35 00
Extra labor
30 00
Teams and labor
75 00
Paint, stock and disinfectant
10 00
Repairs on structures
50 00
Painting structures
200 00
Lighting
10 00
Water
75 00
$965 00
Amount carried forward
$438,771 72
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Amount brought forward
$438,771 72
Phillips Park.
Loam and filling
800 00
Improvement on grounds
900 00
Repairs on structures
75 00
Water
25 00
$1,800 00
Monument Avenue.
Teaming
$ 35 00
Planting trees
275 00
Loam, seed and fertilizer
50 00
Plants and bulbs
75 00
Pruning
40 00
Water
25 00
$500 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Contingent fund
$5,000 00
Memorial Day
300 00
Town reports
1,500 00
Heat and light, G. A. R. hall
350 00
Insurance
2,000 00
Soldiers' exemption
50 00
Trust fund commissioners' bond
40 00
Distruct nurse
300 00
Firemen's Memorial Day
200 00
Armistice Day
200 00
Legion lease
400 00
Contingent fund
5,000 00
$15,340 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Cemetery.
Superintendent
$1,050 00
Labor
1,600 00
Plants for beds
85 00
Telephone
26 00
Coal and light for chapel
65 00
Tools and repairs
100 00
Crushed stone
20 00
Teaming and loam
30 00
Police
10 00
Weed killer
26 00
Seed and dressing
20 00
Water and extensions
100 00
Miscellaneous
18 00
$3,150 00
Amount carried forward
$459,561 72
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Amount brought forward
$459,561 72
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest.
Loans in anticipation of revenue
$9,500 00
General debt
15,419 00
Sewer bonds
8,486 75
T. B. Hospital bonds
2,440 00
$35,845 75
Municipal Indebtedness.
General debt
$43,200 00
Sewer bonds
15,850 00
T. B. Hospital bond
4,000 00
$63,050 00
County of Essex.
For Essex Sanatorium assessment
$3,773 18
Total
$562,230 65
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY D. LINSCOTT, PHILIP W. BLOOD, R. WYER GREENE,
December 31, 1925.
Board of Selectmen.
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Law.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report as counsel for the town for the year 1925.
A great deal of time was spent in hearings before your Board and before the District Court of Southern Essex under Chapter 31 of the General Laws and Chapter 242 of the Acts of 1923 concerning the removal of the Chief of Police. A final decree was entered by the court September 25, 1925, confirming the findings made by your Board May 22, 1925.
The bill in equity brought by Isaac W. Chick against the town to restrain the taking of the land adjacent to the Hadley school has been dismissed by agreement, thus removing any question concern- ing the title to the town to this land. The petition of Mr. Chick for the assessment of damages for the taking of this land is now pending in the Superior Court and has been assigned for a hearing at the March sitting thereof at Salem.
The case of Quinn vs. Hardy has been heard by Frederick H. Tarr, Esquire, as auditor and certain findings of fact have been made by him. It is an appeal from the refusal of the Building Inspector to issue a permit for the alteration of a certain building at No. 38 Claremont terrace, on the ground that the plans accompanying the application for the permit showed, in his opinion, that the building when com- pleted would be a tenement house within the meaning of Chapter 145 of the General Laws. This appeal is now pending in the Superior Court for disposition.
In addition to the above mentioned matters, I have attended to all other legal work pertaining to the town.
Other litigation now pending in which the town is a party is as follows:
Mary L. Burk
vs. Swampscott
James Cogswell vs. Swampscott
Estella F. Hooper VS. Swampscott
Anna Mccullough
VS. Swampscott
John H. Hiland, et al. vs. Swampscott
Swampscott
vs. Craigulator Company
Swampscott
vs. C. H. Cunningham & Son Co.
Swampscott
vs. City of Lowell
Very truly yours,
JAMES W. SANTRY,
Town Counsel.
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REPORT OF BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
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Report of By-Laws Committee
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
Under Article 59 of the warrant for the last annual town meeting, the Moderator appointed a committee to study the by-laws of the town for the purpose of making recommendations relative to their amendment or revision. This committee has had many meetings during the year. In connection with its work a letter was sent to the various boards and town officers requesting suggestions that, in their opinion, should be incorporated in by-laws, and several replies to these letters were received.
After a careful study of the by-laws now in force, the following recommendations are submitted, namely:
In Section 4 of Chapter 2 that the words "six days before the day named in the warrant for holding said town meeting" be stricken out and that the word "forthwith" be substituted in place thereof, so that said section shall then read as follows:
Section 4. Whenever the warrant for any town meeting contains an article appropriating or involving the expenditure of money, creat- ing a debt, or disposing of town property, the Selectmen shall send a copy of the warrant containing such article to the Finance Commit- tee forthwith. The committee shall consider the same, and make report thereon with their recommendations to the town meeting.
That Section 15 of Chapter 2 be stricken out and that in place thereof the following be substituted:
Section 15. All motions submitted for the consideration of the meeting involving the expenditure of money, the creation of a debt, or the disposal of town property shall be in writing, except motions to adopt recommendations for the above mentioned purposes which are contained in a written report. All other motions shall be in writing if required by the moderator.
That Section 1 of Chapter 3 be stricken out and that in place thereof the following sections be substituted, namely:
Section 1. The Selectmen shall have the power to institute suits in the name of the town, to appear and defend suits brought against it, and to appear on its behalf in proceedings before any committee or tribunal, unless otherwise ordered by vote of the town.
Section la. They shall have the power, with the advice of the town counsel, to settle any claims or suits against the town which in their opinion cannot be successfully defended, when the amount to be paid does not exceed one thousand dollars.
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That Section 2 of Chapter 3 be stricken out and that in place thereof the following be substituted, namely:
Section 2. Whenever any person incurs any liability to the town on any claim or demand, the department having charge thereof shall forthwith give notice in writing to the collector of taxes and to the town accountant, as to the name of the person liable therefor, his address, the amount and nature of such claim or demand, and all other information pertaining thereto that may assist the collection thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, the collector of taxes and the town accountant shall make appropriate entries in their respective books relating to such claim or demand, and the collector of taxes shall forthwith send a bill therefor to the person liable for the pay- ment thereof. If said claim or demand is not paid within a reason- able time after a bill for the same has been sent, the collector of taxes, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, shall take appropriate steps to collect the same, and upon payment thereof he shall notify the town accountant and the department in charge of the matter, and appropriate entries shall be made in their respec- tive books pertaining to it. If any such claim or demand is paid in instalments, the collector of taxes shali notify the town accountant of the receipt of each instalment and the entries thereof shall be made in the respective books.
The word "person" as used in this Section shall include partner- ships and corporations.
That Section 4 of Chapter 3 be amended by striking out the words "Selectmen" and "made by the Board of Assessors" in the first, second and third lines thereof and in place of the word "Selectmen" that the words "Board of Assessors" be substituted, so that said section shall then read as follows:
Section 4. The Board of Assessors shall cause every fifth valua- tion of estates, or abstract thereof, to be printed in sufficient number to be available for distribution to tax payers at the office of said Assessors.
That in Section 4 of Chapter 4 the words "and all" in the second line thereof be stricken out and that the words "arising under an article in a warrant for a town meeting" be inserted after the word "questions" in the third line thereof, so that said Section shall then read as follows:
Section 4. The Finance Committee may also consider any municipal questions arising under an article in a warrant for a town meeting for the purpose of making reports and recommendations to the town.
That in Section 1 of Chapter 5 the words "once each week for three successive weeks" in the tenth and eleventh lines thereof be stricken out, that in place thereof the words "three times" be substituted and that at the end of the first sentence thereof the following words be added, viz .: "the last publication to be at least two days before the opening of bids", so that said Section shall then read as follows:
Section 1. No expenditure in excess of the sum of five hundred dollars shall be made until plans or specifications of the object for which said expenditure is to be made shall have been carefully pre- pared, nor shall any such expenditure be made until proposals for contracts setting forth or referring to said plans or specifications,
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calling for bids shall have been published not less than three times in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town, the last publication to be at least two days before the opening of bids. Such proposal shall state that all bids must be sealed, and the envelope or wrapper enclosing the same properly addressed to the department or committee having the matter in charge. It shall also describe the place where the plans or specifications may be examined or ob- tained, and the place at which, and the time when the bids shall be opened, together with a statement that the town reserves the right to reject any and all bids. All such bids shall be accompanied by a certified check for an amount equal to not less than five per cent of the amount of the bid, but in no case less than the sum of one hundred dollars, which shall become the property of the town as liquidated damages on failure of the bidder to sign a contract within seven days after notice of the acceptance of his bid, or other default.
All bids shall be publicly opened in the presence of the body having the matter in charge, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, subject to the foregoing reservations. Upon the acceptance of the bid, the certified check accompanying the same shall be retained until a bond is filed as hereinafter provided, when it shall be returned to the respective bidders when the contract is awarded.
The publication of proposals for bids once each week for three suc- cessive weeks as provided in this section may cause delay in a public work that is much needed. The change that is recommended per- mits three publications to be made in one week, thus giving the town an opportunity to save two weeks in connection with a public work if it is deemed advisable. In addition to this, the committee believes that publication in this manner will more strongly attract the attention of prospective bidders than if the three publications were distributed over a period of three weeks.
That Section 5 of Chapter 5 be stricken out and that the following be substituted therefor, namely:
Section 5. All money received by any town officers or committees, or any person acting for or on behalf of the town shall upon receipt thereof be paid to the collector of taxes, except as otherwise pro- vided by the statutes of the Commonwealth; but in all cases the money so received shall be reported to the Board of Selectmen, who shall publish the same in the annual town report.
That Chapter 7 be repealed. Since the adoption of this by-law, the power to regulate hawkers and peddlers has been delegated to boards of selectmen by Section 17 of Chapter 101 of the General Laws. Regulations have been duly adopted by the Board of Select- men in pursuance of the above mentioned section and there is there- fore no further need for this chapter.
That Section 3 of Chapter 9 be repealed. It provides in substance that no person shall coast except at such times and in such places as may be designated by the chief of police. Chapter 296 of the Acts of 1924 delegates to the Board of Selectmen the power to adopt regulations designating certain ways upon which, and the hours during which, coasting may be permitted, and also the power to regulate the use of such ways by vehicles during such hours. This
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by-law is now in conflict with the statutory provision and should be repealed.
That Section 10 of Chapter 9 be amended by striking out the words "constructed in any fence abutting on the highways of the town" and by adding at the end thereof the words "Whoever violates any provision of this by-law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offence", so that said section shall then read as follows:
Section 10. No gate, door or other similar device, either for the use of persons, horses, cattle, carriages or vehicles of any kind shall open outward over the sidewalk or highway. Whoever violates any provision of this by-law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offence.
The committee feels that this by-law should not be limited to gates or doors in fences but should include gates or doors in all structures abutting on highways.
Chapter XI. Buildings. This chapter contains regulations per- taining to the erection and alteration of buildings. The committee has made no radical changes in its provisions. It has re-arranged the sections in some instances, and has altered the wording thereof in parts in an attempt to make the meaning more clear. All changes that have been recommended have been submitted to the inspector of buildings and to the chief of fire department and have been ap- proved by them. A new by-law regulating the height of buildings is included in the draft herein submitted in pursuance of the au- thority delegated by Section 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws. We recommend that Chapter XI be stricken out and that the follow- ing chapter be adopted in place thereof, namely:
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