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6,700 00
4,122 69
2,577 31
Millett Road Sewer
7,500 00
3.977 90
3,522 10
Orchard Circle Drain
2,800 00
2,800 00
Monument Avenue, Walker Road, Middlesex Avenue
and Palmer Avenue
Resurfacing
15,000 00
3,783 57
10.425 24
8,358 33
Total
$129,431 72
$9,229 40
$11,682 65
$93,953 35 $33,064 72
Amount carried forward
$685,440 69
Essex Street
$1,327 94
to $ 32
$3,977 90
1926]
Amount brought forward
$685,440 69
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest.
On loans in anticipation of revenue
$8,421 62
On general debt 15,419 00
On sewer bonds
8,486 75
On Metropolitan assessments 3,310 20
On tuberculosis hospital bond 2,440 00
$38,077 57
Debt.
Loans in anticipation of revenue
$400,000 00
General debt maturing
43,200 00
Sewer bonds maturing
15,850 00
Tuberculosis hospital bond maturing 4,000 00
Metropolitan parks sinking funds 466 27
Metropolitan parks serial bonds 587 11
$464,103 38
Ageney.
State tax
$31,200 00
County tax 27,686 96
Auditing municipal accounts
830 72
Highway tax 1,119 30
Charles river basin maintenance 1,113 26
Metropolitan parks maintenance
8,139 56 Metropolitan parks,
Nantasket, maintenance 460 23
Wellington bridge maintenance 42 08
Western av. and Arsenal st. bdg. 161 86
Western Avenue bridge
260 29
Massachusetts avenue bridge 2,260 28
National bank tax, 1923
94
National bank tax, 1924
02
Trust Co. tax, 1922
375 29
Metropolitan planning commission 224 40
Overlay, 1926
135 94
Tax titles
1,277 59
$75,288 72
Trust Funds Income.
Cemetery lots $375 00
Mary L. Thomson library fund 173 05
Ellen R. Whittle library fund
100 72
Phillips medal fund
66 78
$715 55
Amount carried forward
$685,440 69
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$685,440 69
Trust Funds. Cemetery lots
$3,075 00
$581,260 22
Total expenditures $1,266,700 91
TRANSFERS
To Emergency Sewers from Pleasant Street Sewer $14 30
To Emergency Sewers from King's Brook Culvert 111 18
To Redington Street School from Palmer School 566 74
To Redington Street School from School Committee 500 00
To Joanna Morse Fund for Books at Li- brary from Joanna Morse Fund Income 1,617 04
To General Debt Maturing from Premiums on Notes and Bonds 4,556 51
To Soldiers' Exemption from Military Equipment 6 45
To Bay View Drive Water Main from Water 2,650 00
To Essex Street Paving from Humphrey Street Resurfacing 32
To Monument Avenue, Middlesex Avenue, etc. Paving from Burpee Road 1,143 47
To Monument Avenue, Middlesex Avenue, etc. Paving from Atlantic Avenue 1,136 69
To Monument Avenue, Middlesex Avenue, etc. Paving from Burrill Street 1,503 41
To Snow and Ice from Reserve Fund 1,139 65
To Refuse, Garbage and Night Soil from Reserve Fund 1,347 05
To Health from Reserve Fund 165 00
To Printing Town By-Laws from Excess and Deficiency 200 00
To Danvers Street Bridge from Excess and Deficiency 2,500 00
To Hadley School Roof from Excess and Deficiency 875 00
Amount carried forward
$20,032 81
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Amount brought forward
$20,032 81
To Hadley School Fence from Excess and Deficiency $100 00
To Grading Redington Street School Land from Excess and Deficiency 1,100 00
To Redington Street School from Excess and Deficiency 1,600 00
To Jackson Park Flagpole from Reserve Fund 350 00
To Isaac W. Chick Claim from Revenue
5,318 35
To Poor from Reserve Fund
800 00
To Poor from Reserve Fund
275 00
To Town Hall from Reserve Fund 113 63
To Treasury from Reserve Fund
10 89
To Health from Reserve Fund
269 42
To Sewers from Reserve Fund
67 49
To Jackson Park from Reserve Fund
100 00
To Police from Reserve Fund
204 32
To Trust and Investment Funds Income from Cemetery Lots Funds Income 375 00
To Trust and Investment Funds Income from Ellen R. Whittle Fund Income
124 30
To Trust and Investment Funds Income from Mary L. Thomson Fund Income 185 69
To Trust and Investment Funds Income from Joanna R. Morse Fund Income
304 48
To Mary L. Thomson Library Fund from Trust Funds Transactions 12 64
To Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund from Trust Funds Transactions 23 58
To Joanna R. Morse Library Fund from Trust Funds Transactions
304 48
To Cemetery. Lots Fund from Cemetery Lots 3,075 00
To Municipal Insurance Fund from Munic- ipal Insurance 402 00
To General Debt Maturing from Premiums on Notes and Bonds 153 60
To Excess and Deficiency from Revenue 28,128 97
$63,431 65
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[Dec. 31
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet, December 31, 1926
$93,685 86
Uncollected Taxes 1924
$6 47
Uncollected Taxes 1925
669 93
Uncollected Taxes 1926
84,398 89
85,075 29
Uncollected Sewer 1925
91 39
Uncollected Sewer 1926
918 55
Uncollected Unappropriated Sewer Bills
3,049 81
4,059 75
Uncollected Moth 1925
3 50
Uncollected Moth 1926
235 25
238 75
Uncollected Sidewalk 1926
1,087 13
1,087 13
Water Accounts Receivable 1921
5 00
Water Accounts Receivable 1922
58 76
Water Accounts Receivable 1923
414 07
Water Accounts Receivable 1924
1,219 55
Water Accounts Receivable 1925
1,533 87
Water Accounts Receivable 1926
7,024 40
Water Services
1,110 28
Water Interest on Services
141 65
1,251 93
Property Taken for Taxes
309 61
Tax Titles
1,675 96
1,985 57
Departmental Accounts Receivable
1,967 34
Loans Authorized
6,000 00
Trust Fund Transactions
66 78
Overlay 1924
32 50
Overlay 1925
92 79
Overlay 1926
316 08
441 37
$206,115 42
Debt
Net Bonded Debt
$699,785 84
Water Loan Sinking Fund
143,964 16
843,750 00
Sinking and Trust Funds
Securities and Cash
$19,381 46
Securities, Income and Interest
7,659 99
27,041 45
Sidewalks and Sewers. Apportioned but not due
3,376 17
10,255 65
Cash
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet December 31, 1926
Accounts Current
Taxes 1923 Overpayment
$5 00
Water Rents Overpayment
20 00
Departmental Accounts Receivable Revenue
1,967 34
Excess and Deficiency
35,630 51
Revenue.
Water Revenue
$11,487 58
Moth Revenue
238 75
Sidewalk Revenue
1,087 13
Sewer Revenue
4,059 75
Tax Title Revenue
1,985 57
Reserve for Overlay
136 12
Loan in Anticipation of Revenue
100,000 00
Highway Locker Building
735 20
Tractor and plow
1,230 05
Monument Avenue, Middlesex Avenue,
etc. Paving
5,129 04
Puritan Road Land Grant
500 00
Reserve Fund
157 55
Soldiers' Exemption
28 61
Printing Town By-Laws
200 00
Hadley School Furniture
762 67
Water Department
6,261 18
New Cemetery Lot Construction
358 36
Land for Cemetery
491 25
Joanna Morse Library Fund
428 82
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
12 64
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
23 58
General Debt
153 60
$135,467 45
Non-Revenue.
Redington Street School
3,739 78
Emergency Water
2,823 21
Emergency Sewer
1,961 84
Monument Avenue, Middlesex Avenue, etc. Paving
8,358 33
Millett Road Sewer
3,522 10
Kensington Lane and Lewis Road Water Main
6,000 00
Bay View Drive Water Main
2,043 89
Aspen Road Sewer
1,998 66
Orchard, Nason and Neighborhood Road Sewers 2,577 31
$33,025 12
$206,115 42
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Accounts
Permanent Improvement Notes
$338,000 00
Sewer Bonds Serial
194,250 00
Water Bonds Serial
102,500 00
Water Bonds Sinking Fund
150,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Serial Loan
59,000 00
$843,750 00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
$2,000 00
Joanna Morse Library Fund
5,196 00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
1,000 00
Phillips Medal Fund
1,000 00
Municipal Insurance Fund
3,902 00
Cemetery Lots Fund
6,283 46
$19,381 46
Phillips Medal Fund Income
$1,215 76
Municipal Insurance Fund Income
1,605 87
Cemetery Lots Fund Income
4,838 34
$7,659 97
Apportioned Sidewalks
$1,545 99
Apportioned Sewers
1,830 18
$3,376 17
During the year a question was raised by members of the police force as to the amount due them from the town. The question was a natural one because of the fact that owing to there being 53 Fridays in 1926 there were in consequence 53 pay days. This unavoidably occurs every seven years. It has been the custom to pay men on a yearly salary 1/52 or 1/53 of the total each week, the balance to make up the full amount due being paid the last pay day.
As this was primarily the cause of the confusion the Town Account- ant has prepared a schedule, which has been approved and adopted by the Board of Selectmen, providing a daily rate of 1/365 of the yearly rate for ordinary years and 1/366th for leap years. The schedule becomes effective January 1, 1927. The first week's pay will be for as many 365ths or 366ths as there are from and including January 1 to and including the first Thursday of the year. Thereafter there will be paid 7/365ths for each full week worked for the next 50 weeks. On the final week there will be paid the remaining 365th plus the balance necessary to make up the full year's salary. Each wage year thus actually begins with January 1 and ends with December 31 as it always has done, although this method makes it more readily ap- parent. The schedule adopted is as follows:
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365 Day Year
Yearly Rate
Daily Rate
Weekly Rate
Balance to Complete
Daily Rate of Balance
$2,360 00
$6 46
$45 22
$2 10
42/73 cents
2.200 00
6 02
42 14
2 70
54/73 cents
2,160 00
5 91
41 37
2 85
57/73 cents
2,100 00
5 75
40.25
1 25
25/73 cents
2,000 00
5 47
38 29
3 45
69/73 cents
1,900 00
5 20
36 40
2 00
40/73 cents
1,800 00
4 93
34 51
55
11/73 cents
366 Day Year
$2,360 00
$6 44
$45 08
$2 96
148/183 cents
2,200 00
6 01
42 07
34
17/183 cents
2,160 00
5 90
41 30
60
30/183 cents
2,100 00
5 73
40 11
2 82
141/183 cents
2,000 00
5 46
38 22
1 64
82/183 cents
1.900 00
5 19
36 33
46
23/183 cents
1,800 00
4 91
34 37
2 94
147/183 cents
During the years 1925 and 1926 the books of the town show that all persons working on a yearly basis, who have worked full time, have received the full amounts voted them by the town. In considering future changes in rates of pay complications can be avoided by es- tablishing daily rates in preference to yearly rates.
Unpaid Bills
The following bills incurred during the year are reported as unpaid:
Park Department
$369 91
Poor Department
1,406 63
Town Hall
215 30
$1,991 84
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE R. PARKER, Town Accountant.
December 31, 1926.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Tractor Committee
In accordance with the vote of the town at the annual town meet- ing, Frank I. Richardson and Bradford Hathaway were appointed by the Moderator to serve with the Board of Selectmen as a committee to purchase a tractor and plow for the use of the Highway depart- ment.
The committee organized with the choice of Frank I. Richardson as chairman. Members of the committee visited several communities where the various makes of tractors were in use, and also visited the factory of the Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., at East Boston and show- rooms of the Eastern Tractors Co., in Cambridge, where tractors were on display. Demonstrations were also witnessed.
The choice finally rested on a Mead-Morrison "55" tractor with steel plow with adjustable wings. The total cost was $5,249 or $751 less than the appropriation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK I. RICHARDSON, BRADFORD HATHAWAY, HARRY D. LINSCOTT, PHILIP W. BLOOD, R. WYER GREENE,
Committee.
1926]
THE TOWN'S JURY LIST
315.
The Town's Jury List
In accordance with Section 9 of Chapter 234 of the General Laws, the following jury list is published in the annual town report.
Abrams, Eugene A.
16 Rock avenue
Adams, Forest M.
3 Sheridan road
Auto Painter Salesman
Allen, G. Edwin
351 Essex street
Manager
Bailey, Edwin M.
19 Farragut road
Insurance
Bailey, J. Brinton
76 Redington street
Dealer
Bailey, Robert E.
7 Suffolk avenue
Garage
Bartol, Harold H.
48 Beach avenue
Clerk
Bassett, Herbert F.
12 Banks circle
Clerk
Bean, Everett G.
44 Elmwood road
Merchant
Bell, Frank M.
1 Nason road
Biggers, James M.
80 Middlesex avenue
Salesman Engineer
Bishop, Earl P.
21 Shaw road
Salesman
Booma, Scott C.
100 Stetson avenue
Shoe Operator
Bresnahan, Maurice T.
48 Humphrey street 1 Suffolk avenue
Banking Foreman
Brougham, George R.
19 Middlesex avenue
Architect
Burgess, Charles V.
15 Boynton street
Architect
Burk, Michael F.
187 Burrill street
Architect
Burrill, Charles W.
34 Maple avenue 99 Redington street
Real Estate
Butler, Frank A.
163 Redington street 8 Palmer avenue 60 Thomas road
Accountant
Call, Edward E.
Trustee Retired
Carter, William E.
169 Humphrey. street 33 Norfolk avenue
Salesman
Cary, Ralph H.
19 Pine street
Painter
Coffin, Harris W.
22 Stetson avenue 6 Minerva street
Millwright
Condon, Everett E.
35 Grant road
Engineer
Conner, Clarence H.
48 Banks road
Salesman
Conrad, Kenneth L.
99 Stetson avenue
Salesman
Corrow, Thomas
14 Shaw road
Salesman
Cressy, Willis B.
140 Burrill street
Critcherson, Guy H.
30 Beach avenue
Danforth, Arthur H.
6 Maple avenue
General Electric
Delano, Clarence B.
10 Stone court
Retired
Doughty, Charles S.
57 Buena Vista
Doughty, Harold W.
15 Buena Vista
Dresser, Elmer A.
88 Bradlee avenue
Treasurer
Dudley, Charles R. Duffett, George
22 Crescent street
Heel Manufacturer
Duncan, Thomas W.
38 Crosman avenue Florist
Duren, Charles M.
53 Beach avenue
Salesman
Durland, J. Harris
20 Grant road
Manufacturer
Eastman, Fred H.
102 Norfolk avenue
Surveyor
Baker, John M.
32 Hampden street
Engineer
Blackford, J. Hervey M.
36 Maple avenue
Civil Engineer
Burrill, Walter E.
Inspector
Cahill, Clarence E.
Clay, George F.
Salesman
Coleman, Lewis A.
Assistant Paymaster Bookkeeper
Salesman Hardware Dealer
58 Stetson avenue
Steamfitter
Brown, Chester A.
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Ellis, A. Leroy
Ellis, Stuart P.
Falkins, Chester L.
10 Elmwood road
Flagg, E. Stanley
Bookkeeper
Foster, George W.
Real Estate
Goodwin, Frank W. Goodwin, George E.
60 Beach avenue
Cost Estimator
Goodwin, Otis D.
Electrical Engineer
Graham, Earl H.
Clerk
Griffin, Hulbert C.
Manufacturer
Hancock, Harry H.
Hastings, Abner H.
Dealer
Hayes, William E.
Accountant
Hebbard, Carl P.
Auto Dealer
Hickford, Albert S. N.
Hutchinson, W. Howard
Hutchinson, Frank C.
Shoeworker
Johnson, Walter W.
Retired
Kimball, Fred N.
Broker
Kitfield, Edward H.
Civil Engineer
Maddock, James R.
Sales Agent
Manchester, William D.
Marsh, Frank M.
42 Essex avenue
Salesman
Maxwell, Ralph
82 Millett road
Salesman
Mayor, William A.
9 Phillips circle
Electrical Engineer
McCarty, William H.
64 Bradlee avenue
Printer
Monroe, John M.
4 Banks terrace
Foreman
Morrison, Frank E.
2 Orchard terrace
Contractor
Nickerson, George M.
57 Middlesex avenue
Manager
Pevear, Selwyn R.
72 Bradlee avenue 1 Hawthorne road
Clerk
Ray, Walter M.
49 Beach avenue
Merchant
Rideout, George F.
19 Maple avenue
Salesman
Russell, Fred E.
11 Eureka avenue
Merchant
Scheuren, John J.
9 Aycliffe road
Mechanic
Sprague, Chas. F.
44 Atlantic avenue
Manufacturer
Sprague, Lowell E.
10 Orchard road
Salesman
Taylor, James L. Trafton, Fred A.
10 Berkshire street
Superintendent
Ulman, Julius A.
40 Middlesex avenue Clerk
Wallace, Alexander, Jr.
20 Franklin avenue Salesman
Webber, John W.
131 Walker road
Equipment Engineer
Young, Edmund, Jr.
22 Stetson avenue
Clerk
11 Banks road
172 Burrill street
Electrical Engineer Photographer Chauffeur
30 Essex avenue Estabrook road
11 Porter place
Carpenter
81 King street 8 Sheridan road 29 Jessie street 20 Manton road
Experimental Work
772 Humphrey street 71 Millett road 36 Aspen road 6 Norfolk avenue
Clerk Retired
834 Humphrey street 15 Norfolk avenue 8 Palmer avenue 37 Atlantic avenue
121 Elmwood road 4 Farragut road 17 Greenwood terrace
Civil Engineer
Salesman
Poor, George T.
42 Thomas road
Retired
1926]
TOWN WARRANT
317
Warrant For Town Meeting February 21, 1927
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 direct- ed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the twenty-first day of Feb- ruary at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to Wednes- day, February 23, 1927, 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 Collector of Taxes for one (1) year.
To choose two members of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for two (2) years.
To choose one member of the Overseers of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one Surveyor of Highways for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose three Constables 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 hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.
Art. 3. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk, members of the Water and Sewerage Board and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money, from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1927, 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. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations not calling for the appropriation of money as con- tained in the annual report of the following officers, boards and com- mittees: Selectmen (p. 247); Park Board (p. 243); School department, (p. 165); Engineering department; Representative plan of Town Meet- ing.
Art. 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the
recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of . money, the creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property as set forth in the report of officers, boards, and committees in the an- nual report as follows: Sewer department, (p. 198); Board of As- sessors, (p. 200); Superintendent of Cemetery, (p. 210); Surveyor of Highways, (p. 214); Board of Fire Engineers, (p. 217); Police depart- ment, (p. 235); Overseers of the Poor, (p. 237); Board of Health, (p. 178); Board of Selectmen.
Art. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses as recom- mended and set forth on pages 255 to 266 of the annual town report.
Art. 9. To hear the report of the committee appointed under Article 62 of the warrant for the last annual town meeting to study the advisibility of adopting the plan of limited or representative town meetings, and to see what action the town will take concerning the recommendations therein contained.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for the enactment of legisla- tion to provide for precinct voting, representative town meetings, town meeting members, and a referendum in accordance with the provi- sions of Article Two of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitu- tion of the Commonwealth.
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Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from general residence districts to single residence dis- tricts the area included in the following streets and the land con- tiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, so that said area shall then be subject to the provisions of Article III of said Zoning By-Law, namely: Greenwood avenue, Bond street, Sherwood road, Cedar Hill terrace, Bay View drive, Aspen road, Millett road, Wyman road, Ocean View road, Arbutus road, Magnolia road, Sargent road, Crest road, as petitioned for by Peter O. Larson et al.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box at the corner of Fuller avenue and Bond street and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by William H. Sutherland et al.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box at the corner of Aspen road and Forest avenue and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Alexander W. Burkart et al.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote under Article 12 of the warrant of the annual town meeting held February 15, 1926, whereby the sum of $6,000 was appropriated to lay a 6-in. water main in Kensington lane and Lewis road and that portion of the vote under Article 69 of the annual town meeting held February 15, 1926, whereby the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen was authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $6,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Commission.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to replace present 4-in. water mains, as follows: In Norfolk avenue with 8-in. main for 765 feet at an approximate cost of $2,725; in Hampden street, 6-in. main for 820 feet at an approximate cost of $2,575; in Berkshire street, 6-in. main for 735 feet at an approximate cost of $2,150, and in Franklin avenue, 6-in. main for 165 feet at an approximate cost of $600 as recommend- ed by the Water and Sewerage Board et al.
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to lay a water main in Fos- ter road from Burpee road, a distance of approximately 480 feet to Foster circle and in Foster circle a distance of approximately 180 feet and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Leon F. Ximiness et al.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer in Norfolk avenue from Paradise road to Stetson avenue and appropriate money for same as petitioned for by H. G. Hamann et al.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Pitman road for a distance of about 500 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by F. H. Humphreys et al.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Buena Vista street from Roy street to Burpee road and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Sanford Doughty et al.
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Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $4,000 to re- surface Greenwood avenue from King street to Forest avenue to con- form to the street lines as recommended by the Surveyor of High- ways.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $3,000 to resur- face Mountwood road to conform to the street lines as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 22. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,000 to be expended in the improvement of Magnolia road as petitioned for by George E. Mitchell et al.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to surface Puritan avenue from Puritan road to Atlantic road, Puritan park from Puritan road to Atlantic road, Atlantic road from Atlantic avenue to Puritan avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert R. Pickering et al.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to repave and lay curbstones and granolithic sidewalk on that portion of Humphrey street near King's Beach terrace and appropriate money for the same, as peti- tioned for by George H. Gray et al.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept Minerva street from the end of the present lay-out to Bristol street, a distance of about sixty feet, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Arthur E. Santry et al.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept a portion of Esta- brook road so called in accordance with plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by George W. Foster et al.
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to accept Hawthorne road, so called in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George T. Poor et al.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to accept King's Beach terrace so called in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by George H. Gray et al.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to accept Ellis terrace so called in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Wil- bur L. Woodbury et al.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to accept Morton road so called in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Merle B. Hood et al.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to accept Glen road so called in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Winnifred C. Ward et al.
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Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to accept Pitman road so called as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1927, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by F. H. Humphreys et al.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way a parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Southeasterly by Humphrey street, 50 feet; southwesterly by land of French, 158 feet more or less; northwesterly by land formerly of Phillips and now of Folger, et al., 50 feet, and northeasterly by land of Cardillo, Dichirico and Matera, and as shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town En- gineer, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Joseph Cardillo et al.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to change the method of election of the Board of Selectmen so that beginning with the annual town election in 1928 the three selectmen elected shall serve three, two and one years, respectively, the one receiving the highest vote serving three years consecutively, the second highest serving two years and the third highest serving one year; and so that beginning 1929 and each year thereafter only one selectmen be elected, in every case the said newly elected selectman to serve three years consecutively and he to take the place of the one whose term expires as above de- scribed as petitioned for by E. A. Terhune, Jr., et al.
Art. 35. To see what action the town will take to increase the pay of the Highway and Moth departments, one dollar per day, and pay for holidays from January 1, 1927, as petitioned for by A. E. Hardy et al.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police to $3,000, the Captains of Police to $2,555 and the pa- trolmen of the department to $2,190, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Frank E. Littlefield et al.
Art. 37. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200 each year for the purpose of heating and lighting the Joseph L. Stevens Post quarters, as petitioned for by Leo P. Caproni et al.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the observance of the Fourth of July as petitioned for by Alfred F. Frazier et al.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of three voters to serve with the school committee to investigate the school needs of the Palmer school district and to appropriate money for the same, and to report at the adjourned town meeting, as petitioned for by Jessie C. Torrey et al.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to transfer the unexpended balances from the following sewer accounts to emergency sewers: Millett road sewer, $3,522.10; Aspen road sewer, $1,998.66 and Orchard, Nason and Neighborhood roads sewers, $2,577.31.
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to transfer to the Emergency Water Fund the unexpended balance of $1,034.18 on the Bay View drive water main fund.
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Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to amend Article IV and V of the Zoning By-Law by changing the word fourteen in the fourth and fifth lines respectively to seven, so as to read "after a public hear- ing of which seven days' notice shall be given."
Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to amend Section "h" of the by-laws adopted at the annual town meeting of February 15, 1926, by striking out the same and substituting therefor the following:
No water pipes shall be laid in an unaccepted street or way nor shall any other public work be done in or upon the same, unless required as a matter of public health to be determined by the Board of Health or a matter of public safety to be determined by the Board of Selectmen, until such street or way has been built to not less than sub-grade in conformity with a plan duly approved by the Board of Survey, and some or all of the abutters have filed with the Board of Selectmen a written agreement, accompanied by a bond with surety or sureties, if required by said Board of Selectmen, said agree- ment and bond to be approved by the Board of Selectmen, that such abutter or abutters will cause said street to be built to grade in conformity with such plan, within six months from the time of completion of said work. It shall be the duty of the Town Engineer to certify in writing to the Board of Se- lectmen when said street is to sub-grade and to grade. No street or way shall be accepted by the town until it has been built in conformity with a plan duly approved by said Board of Survey.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for street signs.
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to construct a vault at the Town Hall with separate compartments for the use of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Accountant and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 46. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen at the expiration of the present lighting contract with the Lynn Gas & Electric Co., to enter into a new contract for street lighting, not to exceed a period of five years.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to accept Elm place so called as laid out on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1927, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor et al.
Art. 48. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for permanent street construction.
Art. 49. To see if the town will vote to raise the grade of Huron street, from Pine street to the Lynn line, to prevent the Lynn sewer- age from overflowing on Swampscott's territory and appropriate money for the same when all waivers are signed, as recommended by the Board of Health.
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Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to build a catch basin in Mapledale place to be connected with a pipe emptying into the Sprague brook so called, and appropriate money for the same as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Barnstable street from Franklin avenue, a distance of about 900 feet, and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 52. 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 6 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 at the time and place of meet- ing as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of January, in the year 1927.
HARRY D. LINSCOTT, PHILIP W. BLOOD, R. WYER GREENE, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
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