Town annual report of Swampscott 1928, Part 2

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 254

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Article 44. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Select- men to take by eminent domain for the purpose of widening Blaney street, a strip of land at the southeast corner of Humphrey street and Blaney street in said Swampscott, containing about 70 square feet and appropriate money therefor.

Article 45. To see if the town will vote to take such action as is necessary to improve the surface drainage conditions in Oceanview, and appropriate or raise money therefor.

RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK

1928]

Article 46. To appropriate and raise by borrowing under any general 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.

(sea1)

Given under our hands this twentieth day of January, in the year 1928.

A true copy: Attest:

JAMES W. SANTRY, PHILIP W. BLOOD, HOWARD K. GLIDDEN, Selectmen of Swampscott.

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 Town Hall, Post Offices, and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott, on Thursday, February 9, 1928, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting. FRANK H. BRADFORD,

Constable.

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 20, 1928

In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swampscott assembled at the voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by the presiding officer, the warrant calling the meeting with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each precinct.

The following were appointed precinct officers and qualified for same:

Precinct 1. Warden, Edward H. Jordan; Clerk, Lewis A. Cole- man; Inspectors, Forrest D. Greene, Willianı H. Dow; Tellers, Frank- lin H. Keating, Nathaniel J. Lunt, Addie F. Nelson, Charles A. Bryson. Precinct 2. Warden, Harry E. Cahoon; Clerk, Leon D. Monty; Inspectors, William P. Norcross, John H. Burns; Tellers, Alexander Wallace, Philip Leawood, Albert E. Devitt, Daniel J. Myers.

Precinct 3. Warden, George F. Clay; Clerk, Albert Stone; In- spectors, Charles E. Melzard, Stuart P. Ellis; Tellers, Chester Lowe, Charles E. Watts, Robert L. Douglass, William O. Titcomb.

Precinct 4. Warden, Louis N. Crocker; Clerk, Charles E. Souther; Inspectors, James W. Robertson, Howard L. Hamill; Tellers, Clara S. Young, Elsie M. Stiles, Donald S. Sawyer, Warren P. Melzard.

Precinct 5. Warden, Albert Enholm; Clerk, Raymond H. Owens; Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis, W. Lawrence Kehoe; Tellers, John T. Morrison, Ernest Thing, Winnifred G. Jacobs, James E. McCarty.

Precinct 6. Warden, Herman E. Story; Clerk, Timothy J. Ryan; Inspectors, Arthur C. Eaton, Frederick J. Rowe; Tellers, John T. Mer- chant, Max P. Codwise, Joseph G. Reed, Harry G. Hutchinson.

TOWN DOCUMENTS

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Precinct 7. Warden, Henry J. Butt; Clerk, James D. Mulligan; Inspectors, Walter Lofmark, Charles J. Dolan; Tellers, Charles L. Martin, Albert Winkpaw, William P. Bergin, Helen E. Peach.

Precinct 8. Warden, William C. Chatman; Clerk, William C. Hill; Inspectors, James S. Kennedy, Ellen Q. Lynch; Tellers, Frank H. Sonigan, Leo P. Capronia, Louisa A. Miller, Olive E. Flagg.

The polls were opened at 6 o'clock A. M., the count starting at 1 o'clock P. M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting lists were the same as the number of ballots cast.

There were cast in Precinct 1, 292; Precinct 2, 285; Precinct 3, 240; Precinct 4, 238; Precinct 5, 266; Precinct 6, 293; Precinct 7, 266; Pre- cinct 8, 259; total vote, 2139.

For Moderator: Precincts

8 Tot.

Kendall A. Sanderson, elected Blanks

119

77 84 47 564

For Town Clerk:

Ralph D. Merritt, elected

199 219 200 210 235 231 203 215 1712

Blanks

427

For Selectmen:

Howard K. Glidden, elected

97 163 155 166 201 247 167 172 1368

R. Wyer Greene, elected

71 147 134 135 183 198 134 142 1144

Daniel F. Knowlton, elected

186 144 137 122 119 128 140 127 1103

John R. Hurlburt

45 116

92 120 136 129 83 62

97 127 862 54 696

George E. Devitt

154 113

Joseph B. Abbott

191 103

84 16

64 10

44 49 18 48

72 114 43 19 43 56 21 69

61 35 59

163

Blanks

110

For Treasurer:

James W. Libby, elected

186 229 200 212 239 253 214 226 1759

Blanks

106

380

For Assessor, for three years:

John B. Earp, elected

100 164 103 156 163 136 118 134 1074

Clarence B. Delano

119

99 126

88 142 115

849

Blanks

216

Collector of Taxes:

Ralph D. Merritt, elected Blanks

201 229 205 208 239 245 206 234 1767 48 91 56 35 30 27 60 25 372

For School Committee, for three years:

John Vannevar, elected

132 145 114 127 136 138

953

Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.

78 39 27

157 20

254

Board of Public Welfare, for three years:

Joseph F. Crowell, elected Blanks

172 213 189 191 231 231 241 206 1655 120 72 51 52 47 35

Board of Health, for three years:

Harold H. Bartol, elected Blanks

184 210 189 192 232 227 194 217 1645 108 75 51 46

Water and Sewerage Board, for three years:

George D. R. Durkee, elected Blanks

170 204 155 185 229 202 177 209 1531 91 122 81 85 53 37 89 50

Park Commissioner, for three years:

Everett P. Mudge, elected Blanks

211 225 195 203 241 237 200 227 1739 35 81 60 45 56 25

Trustee Public Library, for three years:

Elihu Thomson, elected Blanks

104 65 46

435

For Tree Warden:

202 222 194 201 236 231 197 221 1704

Everett P. Mudge, elected Blanks

435

For Constables

Willis E. Shephard, elected

Frank H. Bradford, elected

167 205 183 185 213 232 213 213 1611

166 212 180 180 210 221 179 209 1557

66 72

494

Blanks

82 101 99

94 115 133

151

932

Edwin M. Gerould

173 196 173 200 223 216 182 212 1575

5 43

484

608

66 32

400

188 220 194 206 239 237 192 228 1704

651

430

1928]

Precincts

2 3 5

4 6 7 8 Tot.

George J. Place, elected

161 202 169 184 203 212 170 209 1510 382 236 188 165 172 214 236 146 1739

Commissioner of Trust Funds, for one year:

James W. Libby, elected

2 2

3 3 8 1

5 5 25

292 285 237 233 258 292 261 254 2112

Commissioner of Trust Funds, for three years:

Scattering

1 1 3 6

1 1 18

Blanks

292 284 239 233 257 292 261 258 2116

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 1

G. Edwin Allen, elected

185

for 3 years

Ralph J. Curtis, elected

169

for 3 years

Robert B. Hegarty, elected

166

for 3 years

John A. Herbin, elected

154

for 3 years

Alfred B. Jones, elected

158

for 3 years

Everett P. Mudge, elected

156 for 3 years

Leon F. Ximiness, elected

143

for 2 years

Michael J. Cogswell, elected

135

for 2 years

William F. Healy, elected

135

for 2 years

John E. Cunningham, elected

130

for 2 years

Arthur Levesque, elected

133

for 2 years

Arthur Morley, elected

139

for 2 years

Andrew B. Holmes, elected

127

for 1 year

George D. R. Durkee, elected

126

for 1 year

Charles S. Doughty, elected

113

for 1 year

James W. Buchanan, elected

106

for 1 year

Ernest Corrado, elected

106

for 1 year

H. Allen Durkee, elected

105

for 1 year

Kenneth H. Berry

103

Hulbert C. Griffin

103

Bertha J. Patten

102

Henry J. Sadler

101

Clara H. Berry

Esther A. Friedman

Samuel B. Friedman

Annie M. Doughty

Blanks

1997

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2

Harold H. Bartol, elected

207

for 3 years

James D. Bentley, elected

205

for 3 years for 3 years

Alfred Ellis, elected

200

Charles F. Hathaway, elected

189

for 3 years

John A. Holmes, elected

182

for 3 years

Francis H. Humphreys, elected

179

for 3 years

Carl J. Berry, elected

174

for 2 years

Thomas Handley, elected

172

for 2 years

Fred A. McKennon, elected

165

for 2 years

Roy H. Frye, elected

165

for 2 years

Albert F. Fanning, elected

164

for 2 years

Martin E. Nies, elected

164

for 2 years

Harry W. Stanley, elected

156

for 1 year

Joseph B. Abbott, elected

155

for 1 year

Elmer Forest, elected

155

for 1 year

Everett C. Sinclair, elected

146

for 1 year

James F. Etter, elected

152

for 1 year

Charles W. Burrill, elected

149

for 1 year

Wilbur W. Hendrick

142

Arthur V. Watson

137

125

Grover C. Hambrecht Blanks

1647

RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK

Blanks

Scattering

Blanks

Henry S. Baldwin, elected Elihu Thomson

TOWN DOCUMENTS

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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 3

Frank I. Bickford, elected

179

for 3 years

Ralph E. Bicknell, elected

188

for 3 years

Loring Grimes, elected

188 for 3 years

Harry M. Lowd, elected

178 for 3 years

Edmund Russell, elected

171

for 3 years

George H. Knowlton, elected

162

for 3 years

Leroy S. Austin, elected

157

for 2 years

Ernest C. Blanchard, elected

157

for 2 years

Chester A. Brown, elected

157

for 2 years

Charles V. Burgess, elected

160

for 2 years

James A. Cook, elected

158

for 2 years

Harry A. Tirrell, elected

156

for 2 years

George H. Gray, elected

155

for 1 year

Chester P. Brown, elected

148

for 1 year

Willis B. Cressy, elected

147

for 1 year

Clarence M. Finch, elected

143

for 1 year

William E. Henry, elected

136

for 1 year'

Harry M. Shanahan, elected

107

for 1 year

John A. Carroll

Joseph G. Clancy

Blanks

1308

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4

Robert E. Blood, elected

184

for 3 years

John B. Cahoon, elected

167

for 3 years

Ralph H. Cary, elected

167

for 3 years

Edward E. Call, elected

164 for 3 years

Walter E. Furbush, elected

163

for 3 years

Clarence W. Horton, elected

164

for 3 years

John R. Hurlburt, elected

162

for 2 years

Daniel F. Knowlton, elected

161

for 2 years

Frank A. Mowatt, elected

153

for 2 years

William G. Fallon, elected

150

for 2 years

John Fisher, elected

146

for 2 years

Arthur W. Stubbs, elected

147

for 2 years

George J. Harvey, elected

145 for 1 year

Robert C. Mansfield, elected

145

for 1 year

Leon W. Howard, elected

138

for 1 year

William P. Mower, elected

143

for 1 year

Orin L. Smith, elected

tie

128

for 1 year

Edward A. Sawyer, elected

133

for 1 year

Mervin J. Davis

122

James R. Maddock

127

John B. Quinn

Blanks

1053

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5

Henry S. Baldwin, elected

198

for 3 years

Charles E. Hodgdon, elected

196

for 3 years

Kendall A. Sanderson, elected

201

for 3 years

Harry I. Illingworth, elected

191

for 3 years

Edwin W. Tibbetts, elected

191

for 3 years

John Henry Welch, elected

191

for 3 years

Charles A. Southworth, elected

189

for 2 years

Edward Tillotson, elected

189

for 2 years

John B. Hadaway, elected

185

for 2 years

Harold B. Enholm, elected

184

for 2 years

Paul W. Brickett, elected

182

for 2 years

Guy N. Chamberlin, elected

162

for 2 years

George B. Learned, elected

159

for 1 year

Beatrice Wadleigh, elected

vote

128

for 1 year

1928]

RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK

George C. Holmes, elected

159

for 1 year

Mary P. Welch, elected

155

for 1 year

Albert E. Leadbetter, elected

157

for 1 vear

Forrest M. Adams, elected

151

for 1 year

Charles S. Goodridge, elected

145

for 1 year

George H. Lucey

135

George M. Glidden

126

Lillian E. Baldwin

125

Philip H. Stafford

120

Edward J. Garity

Edward W. Hannon

Blanks

944

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6

Howard K. Glidden, elected

230

for 3 years

Horace C. Holden, elected

215

for 3 years

Harry D. Linscott, elected

204

for 3 years

Benjamin B. Blanchard, elected

204

for 3 years

Philip W. Blood, elected

204

for 3 years

Nathaniel F. Bartlett, elected

203

for 3 years

Charles H. Bangs, elected

200

for 2 years

Stanley M. Stocker, elected

200

for 2 years.

Clarence B. Humphrey, elected

191

for 2 years

Elliott A. Bunting, elected

183 for 2 years

Michael J. Ryan, elected

178

for 2 years

Charles B. Edgerly, elected

171

for 2 years

Frank S. Newton, elected

166

for 1 year

Donald Redfern, elected

163

for 1 year

Eleanor H. Ingelfinger, elected

156

for 1 year

Frederick J. Rudd, elected

159

for 1 year

Maurice Yozell, elected

159

for 1 year

Edmund A. Whiting Sidney E. Bailey

146

Thomas M. Noonan

132

Ernest B. Frye

126

Blanks

1368

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7

James W. Santry, elected

169

for 3 years

Philip E. Bessom, elected

169

for 3 years

Joseph Atwood, elected

158

for 3 years

Havelock S. Mader, elected

154

for 3 years

Charles W. Hobbs, elected

156

for 3 years

Abram French, elected

151

for 3 years

R. Wyer Greene, elected

149

for 2 years

Harry E. Whitten, elected

143

for 2 years

Frank H. VanBlarcom, elected

142

for 2 years

Ralph Maxwell, elected

141

for 2 years

Walter A. Hall, elected

139

for 2 years

George E. Mitchell, elected

134

for 2 years

William H. Sutherland, elected

132

for 1 year

Aime H. Bourke, elected

131

for 1 year

John Homan, elected

130

for 1 year

Eben G. Pedrick, elected

130

for 1 year

Raymond E. Nichols, elected

129

for 1 year

James C. Soutter, elected

129

for 1 year

John A. Finnegan

122

George L. Smith

118

Edward A. Terhune, Jr.

114

Blanks

1848

Warren H. Colby, elected

167

for 1 year

149

TOWN DOCUMENTS

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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8

Louis M. Atherton, elected

186

for 3 years

Arthur W. Wyman, elected

184 for 3 years

Clarence H. Holloway, elected

169 for 3 years

George W. Foster, elected Norman S. Dillingham, elected Ralph H. Nutter, elected Charles I. Porter, elected

164

for 3 years

161

for 3 years

John A. Waldo, elected

155 for 2 years

William E. Plummer, elected

151

for 2 years

Charles H. Cunningham, elected

150

for 2 years

Edward T. Brown, elected

147

for 2 years

Stanley D. Forbes, elected

145

for 2 years

Herbert A. Johnson, elected

144

for 1 year

Walter W. Johnson, elected

139

for 1 year

Wilmot R. Hastings, elected

138

for 1 year

Frederick A. Hale, elected

134

for 1 year

Norville L. Milmore, elected

127

for 1 year

Lowell E. Sprague, elected

127

for 1 year

Blanche E. Doyle

126

Charles D. C. Moore

120

Samuel B. Groom

117

Clarence E. Cahill

120

Charles E. Magrane

114

Fred T. J. McNamara

110

Frank M. Bell

102

Thomas J. Minton

102

Blanks

1007

Adjourned to Monday, February 27, 1928, at 7.30 P. M. at the Town Hall.

Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

FINANCE COMMITTEE NAMED

February 20, 1928.

Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, appointed the following citizens from the several precincts, in the town, to be members of the Finance Committee, each for the numbers of years set after his name.

Precinct 1 G. Edwin Allen

for 3 years

Precinct 2 Charles F. Hathaway

for 3 years

Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown

for 2 years

Precinct 4 John R. Hurlburt

for 2 years

Precinct 5 Paul W. Brickett

for 2 years

Precinct 6 Frederick J. Rudd

for 1 year

Precinct 7 James W. Santry

for 3 years

Precinct 8

Stanley D. Forbes

for 2 years

Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk. February 21, 1928.

Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, appointed Ralph J. Curtis from Precinct 1, to be a member of the Finance Committee, for three years, in place of G. Edwin Allen, who resigned from said committee. Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

165 for 3 years

158

for 2 years

RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK

1928]

ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 27, 1928

In accordance with the adjournment of February 20, 1928, the voters were called to order by Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, at 7.30 P. M., the necessary quorum being present.

Voted to dispense with the reading of records of last meeting. Article 2, be taken up with Article 7.

The report of the Finance Committee was read by James W. Santry, Chairman.

Voted, Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations, as follows: to require of the Town Clerk a bond of $1,000; each member of the Water and Sewerage Board a bond of $6,000, and Custodian of Trust Funds $10,000.

Voted, Article 5. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, and adopt their recommendations as follows:

That the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1928, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous).

Voted, Article 6. That a committee consisting of one member from each precinct, together with the School Committee, be appointed to make an investigation of the needs of the town with respect to the High School and report to the town at a subsequent town meeting.

The report of the Cemetery Committee was read by Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman.

Voted, that the report of the Cemetery Committee be accepted and adopted.

That Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 be taken up together.

Voted, that notice of proposed change in the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott, as petitioned for in Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 of the warrant for this annual town meeting be published three times by the Town Clerk in a daily newspaper published in the city of Lynn and having a circulation in this town, the last publication to be at least one day before the date to which this meeting shall be adjourned, and that objectors thereto be notified that they may appear and be heard at said adjourned Town Meeting and that notice be sent by mail by the Town Clerk to all abutters all in order that reasonable notice shall be given all interested parties, as provided for in General Laws, Chap- ter 40, Section 30, as amended by Acts 1926, Chapter 216.

That the Board of Appeals of the town be requested to present to said meeting a report setting forth its opinion as to the advisability of said proposed change in said By-Laws. That further action on this article be deferred until the adjourned Town Meeting.

Voted, Article 14. To amend Section 3 of Chapter 2 of the By- Laws of the town by striking out the same and substituting therefor the following:

"Section 3. The warrant for the town meeting shall be served by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the post offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the town, seven days before the day appointed for said meeting." (Unanimous).

Voted, Article 16. That a committee consisting of John E. Cun- ningham, Arthur Morley and Andrew B. Holmes, together with the Board of Appeals, study District 1 as shown on the Zoning map, with a view of zoning the territory therein.

Article 17. Report of the committee on the Palmer School matter referred to the Finance Committee.

Article 18. Report of committee under this article referred to the Finance Committee.

TOWN DOCUMENTS

[Dec. 31

Articles 19 to 46, inclusive, referred to the Finance Committee. Voted, Article 15. To amend Chapter XI, Building By-Laws of the town, relating to "roofs," by striking out the word "and" in the second line and inserting after the numeral "2" the word "and" and the numeral "3" so as to read as follows:

"Any roof hereafter constructed in Districts 1, 2 and 3 of the town of Swampscott, as established by the Zoning By-Law, shall be covered with a fire resistive material such as metal, tile, slate, asbestos shingles, or surfaced asphalt shingles. If asphalt shingles are used, they shall weigh not less than 235 pounds per hundred square feet laid or 74 pounds per hundred square feet of material not laid. Whenever twenty- five per cent or more of a roof covering is hereafter replaced, the new covering shall be one of the fire resistive materials mentioned above. Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offence." (Unanimous). Voted, that when we adjourn it be to Tuesday evening, April 3, 1928, at 7.30 P. M.

Voted to adjourn at 8.40 P. M. Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

ADDED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE

February 27, 1928.

John A. Waldo, 5 Beach Bluff avenue, Precinct 8, appointed a member of the Finance Committee for 2 years, by Kendall A. Sander- son, Moderator, to take the place of Stanley D. Forbes, who resigned from said committee. Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

PRECINCT 4 MEMBER

March 5, 1928.

At a special meeting of the Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4, Orin L. Smith was elected to serve as Town Meeting Member from Precinct 4 for one year. Edward E. Call was elected chairman, and Ralph H. Cary secretary of meeting.

EDWARD E. CALL, Chairman. RALPH H. CARY, Secretary.

Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK

February 27, 1928.

Nina C. Merritt appointed Assistant Town Clerk, and qualified for the office. Attest:

RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.

WARRANT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 3, 1928

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

RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK

1928]

directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the third day of April, at 7.15 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:

Article 1. To hear the report of the committee on the Palmer School matter and to see what action the town will take concerning the recommendations contained therein.

Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to take in fee by eminent domain for public school purposes, and appro- priate money therefor, the following described premises in said Swamp- scott now standing in the name of Maria S. Hastings:

Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the present Palmer School lot, said point being 114.64 feet distant from Humphrey street; thence northwesterly by land of Carrie E. Bradley and Edith S. Widdoes for a distance fo 158.00 feet; southerly by land of grantee for a distance of about 107.00 feet to the northerly line of a proposed street as shown on plan of subdivision of land owned by Maria S. Hastings, by Jona- than P. Blaney, dated January 16, 1923; thence running easterly along the northerly line of proposed street, for a distance of about 336.00 feet to the southerly corner of the present Palmer School lot; thence north- erly by said Palmer School lot, for a distance of 113.36 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing approximately 35,780 square feet, including lots No. 37, 38 and 39 respectively, as shown on the above mentioned plan.

Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to take in fee by eminent domain for public school purposes, and appro- priate money therefor, the following described premises in said Swamp- scott now standing in the name of William C. McNamara:

Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the present Palmer School lot, said point being 114.64 feet distant from Humphrey street; thence northerly by land of William C. McNamara for a distance of 69.38 feet; thence westerly by land of Grace E. Well for a distance of 133.27 feet; thence southeasterly by land of Maria S. Hastings for a distance of 50.25 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing approximately 4620 square feet.

Art. 4. To appropriate and raise by borrowing, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to borrow money, or other- wise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.

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 twenty-third day of March, A. D. 1928. HOWARD K. GLIDDEN, R. WYER GREENE, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON, 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 Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in Swampscott on Saturday, March 24, 1928, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.

FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.

TOWN DOCUMENTS

[Dec. 31

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 3, 1928

In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters assembled at the Town Hall, Tuesday evening, April 3, 1928.

The meeting was called to order at 7.15 P. M. by Kendall A. Sanderson, Moderator, the warrant and return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.

The report of the Finance Committee was read by James W. Santry, Chairman.

Report of Finance Committee

Article 1. To hear the report of the committee on the Palmer School matter and to see what action the town will take concerning the recommendations contained therein.

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Town annual report of Swampscott 1928, Part 2

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts Publication date: 1928 Publisher: The Town Number of Pages: 254

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 254