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Voted, Article 38. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of this article.
Voted, Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows: that the town accept Neighborhood road, Nason road, and a part of Orchard road, when proper waivers have been obtained, but only when the Town Engineer shall have certified in writing to the Board of Selectmen that each street or that part of the street to be accepted conforms in line and grade to the plan accepted by the Board of Survey.
Voted, Article 41. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town accept Atlantic road, Puritan park, and Furitan avenue when proper waivers have been obtained, but only when the Town Engineer shall have certified in writing to the Board of Selectmen that each street conforms in line and grade to the plan accepted by the Board of Survey.
Voted, Article 42. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town appropriate the sum of $1,200 to make this street conform in line and grade with the plan by which it was laid out and that upon the completion of the work it be accepted by the town when proper waivers have been obtained, but only when the Town Engineer shall have certified in writing to the Board of Selectmen that the street conforms in line and grade to said plan.
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Voted, Article 43. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town accept Fuller avenue from Bond street to Forest avenue when the proper waivers have been obtained, but only when the Town Engineer shall have certified in writing to the Board of Selectmen that the street conforms in line and grade to the plan accepted by the Board of Survey.
Voted, Article 44. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town accept Banks circle, so-called, now shown on the plan made by W. W. Pratt, dated Febru- ary 5, 1926, and named Banks circle and Banks court, when proper waivers have been obtained, but only when the Town Engineer shall have certified in writing to the Board of Selectmen that the street conforms in line and grade to the plan accepted by the Board of Sur- vey.
Voted. Article 45, as amended that the town accept Fuller terrace and that the sum of $800 be appropriated for seal coating when such waivers have been obtained as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Selectmen and Town Counsel.
Voted, Article 46. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 47. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 48. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 49. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an Inspector of Wires, to serve without pay.
Voted, Article 50. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell and convey the lot named in this article and numbered 10-33 on the Assessors' map for the sum of $100.
Voted, Article 51. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 52. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 53. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 54. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to settle the claim specified in this article and appropri- ate for this purpose the sum of $6,500.
Voted, Article 55. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell for removal the old Morris House and outbuild- ings, and appropriate $250 for the purpose of grading the lot.
Voted, Article 56. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town appropriate the sum of $201.49 for the purpose of this article.
Voted, Article 57. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town establish the follow- ing scale of yearly salaries for the permanent officers and men of the Fire Department, to date from January 1, 1926: Chief, $2,360;
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Deputy Chief, $2,160; Captains, $2,100; Privates first year, $1,800; second year, $1,900; third year and thereafter, $2,000 and the sum of $2,940 be appropriated for this purpose,
Voted, Article 59. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town appoint a committee consisting of one from the G. A. R., one from the Legion, one from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and one from the Park Commission, to conduct a July 4th celebration, including the dedication of the German War guns and that for the use of the committee the sum of $1,000 be appropriated.
Voted, Article 60. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town appropriate $350 for the purpose of this article.
Voted, Article 63. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted to take up Articles 64-65 jointly.
Voted, Articles 64-65. Action on these Articles be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 66. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations: that the town accept a grant of strip of land from the Puritan Manor property owners, as shown on map made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and including 2,626 square feet of land, and that for the purpose of tearing down or relocating the wall the sum of $500 be appropriated.
Voted, Article 69. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
For the purposes specified in Articles 20, 21 and 23 which relate respectively to the appropriation of $6,700 for the construction of sewers in Neighborhood road for a distance of about 225 feet, Nason road for a distance of about 350 feet, and Orchard road for a distance of about 284 feet; the appropriation of $7,500 for the construction of a sewer in Millett road westerly and northerly from the junction of Ocean View road and Millett road a distance of about 650 feet; and the appropriation of $3,300 for the laying of a twelve-inch pipe from the catch basins in Orchard circle through Palmer avenue to Atlantic avenue and southwesterly to the Palmer road drain, said appropria- tions aggregating $17,500, that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $17,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor; said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and of Clause 1 of Section 7 of said Chapter 44 as amended by Chapter 338 of the Acts of 1923 and any acts in amendments thereof or in addition thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen may determine; said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof "Swampscott Sewer Loan, 1926" and shall bear such rates of interest as the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine; and that the balance of said sum namely $500, shall be appropriated from the tax levy for the current year, the remainder of the sum re- quired to be appropriated by provisions of Chapter 338 of the Acts of 1923 having been raised from the tax levy for the current year by votes under Articles 14, 15 and 17. (Unanimous.)
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For the purposes specified in Article 26, which relates to the appro- priation of $24,000 for resurfacing the easterly side of Monument avenue, Walker road to its intersection with Banks road, Middlesex avenue from its intersection with Norfolk avenue to Burrill street, and Palmer avenue from Humphrey street to Atlantic avenue, that the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $15,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor; said bonds or notes to be signed by the treasurer and coun- tersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and pay- able in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and of Clause 8 of Section 7 of said Chapter 44 as amended by Chapter 338 of the Acts of 1923 and any acts in amend- ment thereof or in addition thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen may determine, said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof "Swampscott Street Loan 1926" and shall bear such rates of interest as may be fixed by the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen; and that the balance namely $9,000 be appropriated as follows: $5,216.43 from the tax levy for the current year, $1,143.47 by a transfer from the Burpee road appropriation, $1,136.69 by a transfer from Atlantic avenue appropriation, and $1,503.41 by a transfer from the Burrill street appropriation. (Unan- imous.)
For the purposes specified in Article 12, relating to the laying of a six-inch water main in Kensington lane and Lewis road so-called, for a distance of about 1,000 feet, that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $6,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor; said bonds or notes to be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and shall be issued and payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and of Clause 3b of Section 1 of Chapter 303 of the Acts of 1923 and any acts in amendment thereto or in addition thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the treasurer may deter- mine, said bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof "Swampscott Water Loan, 1926" and shall bear such rates of interest as the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen may determine. (Unanimous.)
Voted to dissolve at 10.30 P. M.
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Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
By-Laws Approved
April 7, 1926.
Notice received that By-Laws adopted by the Town of Swampscott, at the adjourned annual town meeting March 23, 1926, were approved by the Attorney General, March 31, 1926.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Assistant Town Clerk
March 24, 1926.
Nina C. Merritt, appointed Assistant Town Clerk, and qualified for the office.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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Committee Named
April 16, 1926.
Committee on Article 2. Warrant for special town meeting March 23, 1926, William H. Carroll's Auto Bill. Harry D. Linscott, from the Selectmen; Harry L. Norris, from the Finance Committee; George D. R. Durkee, by William H. Carroll.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
To Fourth of July Committee
June 4. 1926.
Leo P. Caproni, from the Veterans of Foreign Wars appointed on Fourth of July Committee for the Town of Swampscott.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Warrant Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, July 27, 1926
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 directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, quailfied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of July, at 8.00 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To hear the report of the committee appointed under Article 37 of the warrant for the last annual town meeting to investi- gate the needs of the Palmer School district, so-called, and to see what action the town will take on the recommendations contained therein.
Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to take by right of eminent domain for public school purposes the following described parcel of land, and appropriate money for the same, viz :-
Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Forest avenue, thence running N 69-33-00 W for a distance of 39.90 feet to a drill hole; thence running N 70-07-40 W for a distance of 60.09 feet; thence turn- ing right angle by land of Maria S. Hastings for a distance of about 357 feet to land of Mabel A. Hardy; thence southeasterly by land of Mabel A. Hardy, Edith S. Widdoes and Carrie E. Bradley for a dis- tance of about 170 feet; thence easterly by land of Lowell E. Sprague, Isabel D. Nason and William C. McNamara for a distance of about 132 feet; then southerly by land of William C. McNamara for a distance of about 70 feet; thence southwesterly by land of the Town of Swamp- scott for a distance of about 113 feet; thence westerly by land of Maria S. Hastings and estate of Annie R. Hayford for a distance of about 241 feet; thence southwesterly by land of the estate of Annie R. Hay- ford and Elsie H. Bartlett for a distance of about 114 feet to the point of beginning; containing about 77,000 square feet.
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase land suitable for a gravel pit for the use of the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
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Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to publish the town By-laws in pamphlet form, and appropriate money for the same, the work to be done under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and Town Counsel.
Art. 5. To see of the town will vote to rebuild the Danvers street bridge, so-called, over the Boston & Maine R. R. tracks and appropri- ate money for the same.
Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $875 for the purpose of making extra repairs on the Hadley school roof, to be expended under the direction of the school committee.
Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $100 for the purpose of paying one-half the cost of a division fence be- tween the Redington street school lot and the Chick property, same to be expended under the direction of the school committee.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,100 for the purpose of grading the land surrounding the new Red- ington street school building, to be expended under the direction of the school committee.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,600 to be added to the amount appropriated for the construction of the Redington street school building.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Finance Com- mittee to make a special study of the salaries paid, elected and ap- pointed town officers and report with their recommendations at the annual town meeting in 1927.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $125 for the purpose of equipping the new Redington street school building with window shades, the work to be done under the direction of the school committee.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take by right of eminent domain a parcel of land at the southwest corner of Danvers street and Essex street for sidewalk purposes and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to rescind that part of the vote passed by the town under Article 26 of the warrant for the an- nual town meeting held February 15, 1926, whereby it was voted to resurface the easterly side of Monument avenue and Walker road to its intersection with Banks road, and to authorize the surveyor of highways and the board of selectmen to expend the amount of money that would be required to do said work in doing work of a similar character on such streets as said surveyor of highways and said board may designate.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the reserve fund.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to lay sewers in the following streets, when the vote of the town under Article 41 of the warrant for the annual town meeting. Feb. 15, 1926, has been complied with and appropriate money for the same: Puritan park for a distance of 470 feet; Atlantic road for a distance of 400 feet; Puritan avenue for a distance of 610 feet; and on private land for a distance of 210 feet thus connecting with the present main.
Art. 16. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the pur- poses mentioned in the foregoing articles.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall. Post Offices and three other public and con- spicuous places in the town, seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of July, A. D. 1926.
(SEAL)
HARRY D. LINSCOTT, PHILIP W. BLOOD, R. WYER GREENE, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy, Attest: FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
Return on the Warrant
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Post Offices, Town Hall, and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott, on Monday, July 19, 1926, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, July 27, 1926
In accordance with the warrant, the voters assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, July 27, 1926.
The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P. M., by Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, the necessary quorum being present. The warrant and return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. The report of the Finance Committee was read by Joseph Atwood, Chairman. The report of the committee to investi- gate the needs of the Palmer School District was read by George E. Mitchell.
Report of the Needs of the Palmer School District
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
Your committee, appointed by vote of the town meeting of 1926, "to investigate the needs of the Palmer school district" hereby re- spectfully submits the following report:
The present Palmer school is a four room wooden building in good condition, located on Humphrey street between Forest avenue and Orchard circle and serving the school needs of all public elementary school pupils from Pleasant street to the Marblehead line. At present there are housed in this building approximately 130 children, about equally divided among the first six grades, but as there are only four rooms in the building it is necessary for three of the rooms to have two grades each and the present arrangement shows the pupils divided as follows:
Room
Grade I Room II
Grades II & III
Room III Room IV
Grades III & IV Grades V & VI
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It is a matter of common knowledge that this section of the town is growing rapidly so that the school enrollment in this district within the next few years will show a very large increase. The present con- dition of the Palmer school, with three of the rooms each having two grades, is most unsatisfactory, and should be given attention, and the certain increased enrollment of the near future makes imperative speedy action towards additional school housing.
With this thought in mind the committee has made a careful study of the available sites in and about this section of the town and finds none more central, more generally accessible or likely to be obtained at better advantage than that in the immediate vicinity of the present building. The committee is told by good authority that the present Palmer school may be used for school purposes for ten to fifteen years longer and feels that the best interests of the town would be served by preserving it for school purposes for that period.
We recommend, therefore, that the town acquire for school purposes a piece of land in the rear of the present Palmer school as outlined on the accompanying sketch, furnished through the courtesy of the Town Engineer, and that a sum of money be appropriated sufficient for said land and for the erection of four class rooms, which shall furnish the school housing necessary for the relief of the present building and leave a surplus of two rooms for the immediate future growth of the locality, these four rooms to be so arranged as to be temporarily con- nected with the present Palmer school and to constitute the first unit of a larger elementary school to be erected on this site when the present building becomes unfit for use and the school needs of this locality require its construction.
The committee respectfully calls attention to the fact that the lot which is recommended contains ample provision for play space, is ap- proximately in the geographical center of the district which this school must serve, and provides an entrance to the school property from Forest avenue, from which direction it seems reasonable to suppose a number of the children who will attend this school in future years will come.
MAYBELLE A. HARDY, JOSEPH ATWOOD, ARTHUR WYMAN, F. H. VAN BLARCOM, JOHN VANNEVAR, G. E. MITCHELL.
Report of the Finance Committee to the Citizens of Swampscott, Special Town Meeting, July 27, 1926
Article 1. To hear the report of the committee appointed under Article 37 of the warrant for the last annual town meeting to inves- tigate the needs of the Palmer school district, so-called, and to see what action the town will take on the recommendations contained therein.
We recommend that a committee be appointed by the Moderator consisting of one member from the Board of Selectmen, one member from the School Committee, one member from the Finance Committee, and one citizen from the Palmer school district and the building in- spector, to secure plans, specifications and estimates for the erection of a brick school building containing four class rooms, on land in the Palmer school district to be acquired by the town, with the power to
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employ an architect for the preparation of said plans and specifica- tions; that the building be so arranged that its general architectural effect shall be preserved in the event of the building of additional rooms; that the committee report at a special town meeting to be called for the purpose of hearing its report, and that the sum of $500 be appropriate to secure said plans and specifications by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Art. 2. The Finance Committee believes that the land suggested by the committee appointed to investigate the needs of the Palmer school district is unsuitable for the location of the proposed new school building, for the following reasons:
(a) The land suggested is located on a narrow main thoroughfare, dangerous for small children and noisy on account of the passing of electric cars and heavy automobiles.
(b) The land suggested is very uneven, with ledges and deep gullies, requiring a large expenditure for building and for grading the play space.
(c) The proposed new school building, if placed on the lot sug- gested by the investigating committee, will be hidden behind the present school building. Even after the present building is removed, having outlived its usefulness, the entrance to the lot will be relative- ly narrow and the general effect will be unsatisfactory.
(d) If the proposed new school building is erected on the land sug- gested by the investigating committee there will undoubtedly be an immediate agitation to tear down the present building, which, due to the alterations and thorough renovation of a few years ago, should be serviceable for another fifteen years. Its removal after such a short period of use would be an unjustifiable waste of the town's money.
On the other hand, a lot on Forest avenue, accessible at the rear from Orchard road, handy to the main thoroughfare and electric cars, affords an ideal location on practically level ground with adequate space for play and with no existing buildings to obstruct the view of the proposed new building.
Against the cost of the land to be acquired may be credited the proceeds of the sale of the present Palmer school land at such tinie as the present school building shall be abandoned.
We therefore recommend that the Board of Selectmen be author- ized to take in fee by right of eminent domain for public school pur- poses a certain parcel of land fronting on Forest avenue and that sum of $12,000 be appropriated therefor to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, such land being bounded and described as follows:
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