Town annual report of Swampscott 1932, Part 6

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 238


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All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 12 M. to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meetings as directed by vote of the town.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this eighth day of September, A.D., 1932. R. WYER GREENE, EDWARD LACROIX, 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, at least one public and con- spicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in the town on Monday, Sep- tember 12, 1932, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.


FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.


STATE PRIMARY Tuesday, September 20, 1932


In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the voters of Swamp- scott assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 12 o'clock noon by their presiding officers. 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 (R); Clerk, John H. Keating (D); Inspectors, Lewis A. Coleman (R), James A. Hegarty (D); Tellers, William H. Dow (R), Addie F. Nelson (R), Charles A. Bryson (D), Marion T. Champion (D).


Precinct 2. Warden, Louis A. Crocker (R); Clerk, John E. Co- ville (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry (R), Donald L. Sawyer (D); Tellers, Martha F. Duren (R), Charles R. Dudley (R), Belle M. Walsh (D), Warren J. Doherty (D).


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Precinct 3. Warden, Stuart P. Ellis (R); Clerk, Albert Stone (D); Inspectors, Leonard H. Bates (R), Harold R. Young (D); Tel- lers, William H. McFarlane (R), George F. Clay (R), Charles F. Watts (D), Alfred J. Duratti (D).


Precinct 4. Warden, Edward A. Sawyer (R); Clerk, Thomas J. McManus (D); Inspectors, John B. Cahoon (D), Leon W. Howard (R); Tellers, Horace P. Fifield (R), Dorothy Farnhum (R), Bessie F. Maguire (D), Nellie M. McManus (D).


Precinct 5. Warden, Raymond H. Owen (R); Clerk, Thomas J. Boyce (D); Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis (R), Walter L. Kehoe (D); Tellers, John T. Morrison (R), Winnifred G. Jacobs (R), Alice E. Leslie (D), Annie L. Hanley (D).


Precinct 6. Warden, John T. Merchant (R); Clerk, Timothy J. Ryan (D); Inspectors, Harry G. Hutchinson (R), George H. Coan (D); Tellers, Flora E. Hooper (R), Charles N. Gallup (R), Frank G. Melvin (D), Anna M. Burke (D).


Precinct 7. Warden, Charles D. Addison (R); Clerk, Eustis B. Grimes (D); Inspectors, Charles M. Cahoon (R), Henry E. Acker (D); Tellers, Selywn R. Drown (R), Harvey L. Southward (R), Helen E. Peach (D), Annie L. Ward (D).


Precinct 8. Warden, Charles A. Flagg (R); Clerk, Cyril J. Gannon (D); Inspectors, Alfred H. Titus (R), Ellen Q. Lynch (D); Tellers, Olive E. Flagg (R), Louise A. Flagg (R), Margaret J. Du- ratti (D), Annie T. Conners (D).


The polls were declared open at 12 o'clock noon, the ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting lists were the same as the vote cast. Polls closed at 8 P.M.


There were cast in the precincts the following number of votes:


Precinct 1 Republican 259 Democratic 42


Precinct 2 Republican 310 Democratic 19


Precinct 3 Republican 220 Democratic 32


Precinct 4 Republican 252 Democratic 25


Precinct 5 Republican 273 Democratic 19


Precinct 6 Republican 195 Democratic 21


Precinct 7 Republican 282 Democratic 46


Precinct 8


Republican 360 Democratic 19


There were cast Republican 2,151; Democratic 223.


REPUBLICAN BALLOT


For Governor:


Walter E. Brownell of Boston 5


6


4


3


5 89


3 5 78 123 100


7


38


Frank A. Goodwin of Boston


151 145


99 104


3


5


6


20


15


67


William S. Youngman of Brookline


79 131 102 132 168


99


127 222


1060


Blanks


20


18


11


10


6


9


7


16


97


For Lieutenant Governor:


Gasper G. Bacon of Boston


Chester I. Campbell of Quincy


132 138


86


93


85


73


119


72


798


Blanks


41


25


13


13


17


12


19


10


150


For Secretary:


Frederic W. Cook of Somerville


190 260 180 220 248 162 241 324


1825


Blanks


69


50


40


32


25


35


41


36


326


For Treasurer:


Francis Prescott of Grafton


152 213 153 191 200 131 200 281


1521


Max Ulin of Boston


42


48


29


21


42


28


40


42


292


Blanks


65


49


38


40


31


36


42


37


338


889


E. Mark Sullivan of Boston


4


10


4


86 147 121 146 171 110 144 278


1203


55


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1932]


For Auditor:


Emerson J. Coldwell of Weymouth


56


70


75


65


97


49


95 163


671


Alonzo B. Cook of Boston


140 194 117 161 158 120 158 170


1218


Blanks


63


56


28


25


18


26


29


27


272


For Attorney General:


Joseph E. Warner of Taunton


185 261 181 220 242 165 241 330


Blanks


74


49


39


32


31


30


41


30


326


For Congressman, Sixth District:


A. Piatt Andrew


of Gloucester


Albert P. Wadleigh of Merrimac


55


47


37


28


45


36


45


27


320


Blanks


50


39


19


27


18


15


26


21


215


For Councillor, Fifth District:


William J.Birmingham of Peabody


34


19


15


13


14


20


45


28


188


Eugene B. Fraser of Lynn


175 261 183 223 245 157 214 310


1768


Blanks


50


30


22


16


14


18


23


22


195


For Senator, First Essex District:


Henry S. Baldwin of Swampscott


134 214 139 175 207 142 202 268


1479


Leon M. Delano of Nahant


78


40


21


18


18


19


34


24


252


Charles Symonds of Lynn


29


39


48


48


36


28


38


45


311


Blanks


18


17


12


13


11


6


8


23


108


Scattering


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


For Representatives in General Court:


Malcolm L. Bell


of Marblehead


97 134 83 96 113 75 110 148


856


James D. Bentley of Swampscott


192 253 164 201 187 155 198 252


1602


George M. Glidden of Swampscott


99


83


96


113 134


61 140 163


889


Joseph Martin of Marblehead


53


66


35


37


39


45


48


55


378


Blanks


87


64


62


57


73


54


68 102


577


For County Commissioners, Essex:


Wallace H. Bell of Andover


64


49


31


42


35


34


40


45


340


Frederick Butler of Andover


82


116


94


101


137


94


112


173


909


Frank H. Giles of Methuen


10


11


7


5


5


0


8


2


48


James H. Lord of Methuen


17


16


12


16


15


14


14


19


123


Ernest W. Lowell


of Swampscott


106 124 105 117 107


81 148 139


927


Robert H. Mitchell


of Haverhill


62


87


61


64 105


57


71


112


619


Charles Odell of Salem


45


67


38


61


46


28


52


66


403


Blanks


132 150


92


98


96


82


119 164


933


For Sheriff, Essex:


John H. Harrison


of Lawrence


4


5


2


6


3


6


9


11


46


John E. Hayes of Beverly


3


7


2


7


6


4


5


4


38


Harold E. Larkin


of Haverhill


11


17


3


11


11


3


15


4


75


of Swampscott


125


92


64


51


30


52


45


51


510


Frank E. Raymond of Salem Blanks


15


10


15


12


13


6


17


20


108


For State Committee, First Essex District:


Effie S. Attwill of Lynn


146 191 142 168 199 126 185 258


1415


Blanks


113 119


78


84


74


69


97 102


736


101


179 134 165 210 124 191 270


1374


Martin L. Quinn


.


1825


154 224 164 197 210 144 211 312


1616


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Delegates to State Convention:


Mary A. Ingalls


210 225 173 199 228 144 222 289


1690


Florence E. Preston


166 224 169 202 237 145 222 285


1650


Blanche B. Bicknell


175 237 169 209 238 148 223 290 1689


Nellie M. Cary


164 225 168 199 228 141 220 280 1625


Sarah E. Kimball


163 224 168 198 229 143 220 287


1632


Leo J. Coughlin


164 226 170 193 221 139 222 276


1608


Edward E. Call


167 222 170 202 225 142 221 281


1630


Ralph H. Nutter


158 220 170 200 224 139 224 288


1623


Arthur M. Wyman


164 220 169 199 2 0


0


0


0


1


3


Blanks


800 767 457 465 401 471 541 668


4570


Town Committee:


160 217 160 198 214 136 225 282


1592


Sarah E. Kimball


157 211 158 194 215 134 221 285


1575


Florence E. Preston


157 211 160 202 220 141 219 280


1590


Stuart P. Ellis


159 215 161 200 213 139 219 275


1581


Harry E. Cahoon


160 223 162 204 215 140 219 273


1596


Leo J. Coughlin


155 211 153 195 203 131 220 277


1545 1557


James D. Bentley


175 232 164 206 214 148 225 278


1642


Joseph Atwood


151 210 160 199 210 131 224 279


1564


Blanche B. Bicknell


152 224 191 204 221 143 222 270


1627


Isabel D. King


149 208 154 193 207 131 219 272


Nellie M. Cary


149 210 156 197 211 132 219 276


1536


Mabel H. Schultz


149 211 152 194 203 125 216 272


Edward LaCroix


159 218 158 197 215 141 218 284


1522 1590 1534


Esther A. Friedman


155 207 154 193 206 131 218 270


1555


Charles E. Melzard


151 213 156 196 207 132 220 277 149 209 156 195 213 132 218 281


1552


Louis H. Kimball


153 217 160 197 213 137 223 275


1553 1575 1548


Alfred B. Jones


154 214 153 197 206 132 220 272


1529


Frederick J. Rudd


150 213 153 193 203 128 218 271 153 208 159 197 211 140 221 280 0 0 0 0 0


1569


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0 2


0 2


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DEMOCRATIC BALLOT


For Governor:


Joseph B. Ely of Westfield Blanks


37


17


29


22


17


18


38


15 193


5


2


3


3


2


3


8


4


30


For Lieutenant Governor:


10


7


11


3


7


5 3


6 5


1


19


Raymond A. Fitzgerald of Cambridge


9


1


2


0


0


3


6


1 22


William I. Hennessey of Boston


2


0


3


2


0


13


0


24


Francis E. Kelly of Boston


1


0


2


1


0


0


1


5


John F. Malley of Newton


1


2


1


0


2


0


2


1


9


Michael C. O'Neil of Everett


4


2


1


8


1


3


2


26


John E. Swift of Milford Blanks


4


3


1


2


1


3


3 2


18


For Secretary:


John F. Buckley of Boston


11


9


7


6


2


5


6


4


50


J. Edward Callanan


of Newton


1


1


1


1


1


0


3


1


9


8


57


David J. Brickley of Boston


5


1


2


0


2


6


3


9


8


3


5 3 2


8


43


Nancy H. Congdon


149 208 162 192 214 138 219 273


1533 1555 1550


Bertram H. Thompson


157 208 152 193 205 131 217 273


Edward E. Call


156 212 159 195 204 135 219 275


Archibald Miller


Blanks


0 0


226 143 223 295 1639


Scattering


Mary A. Ingalls


Ralph H. Nutter


150 209 157 196 212 131 220 282


Katherine C. Costigan


Edward P. Barry of Boston


4 0


1932]


RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


John W. Cussen of Boston


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


2


Arthur G. Flynn of Boston


3


1


4


0


1


2


0


2


2


31 11


George F. Grogan of Concord


2


1


1


0


1


2


0


0


7 5


John D. O'Brien of Boston


4


0 2


0 3


0


0


0


0


0


1


1


11


Henry J. Sullivan of Boston


2


0


5


5


3


For Treasurer:


Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge


36


16


28


21


16


Blanks


6


3


4


4


3


5


12


6


42


John J. Harrington of Boston


0


0


0


1


0


3


0


8


Francis X. Hurley of Cambridge


15


7


13


18


13


11


15


7 99


Alfred J. Moore of Boston


2


0


3


0


1


1 4 2


0 6


4


1


10


Daniel J. Dempsey of Arlington


5


1


4


2


0


4 1


4 3 6


0 3


30


Raymond E. Sullivan of Boston


0


0


1


0


1


2


2


1


L-


Blanks


7


6


5


6


3


1


7


4


39


For Congressman, Sixth District:


James D. Burns of Salem


28


8


20


14


13


13


27


11


134


George J. Ferguson of Danvers


7


4


3


3


2


2


7


1 29


Blanks


7


7


9


8


4


6


12


7


60


For Councillor, Fifth District:


Louis J. Dion of Lynn


9


1


4


4


0


4 1


7 5 24


2


11


Wm. G. Hennessey of Lynn


23


13


18


9


11


10


9


117


Louis A. Kotarski of Salem


3


0


5


2


3


2


4 6


2 5


44


For Senator, First Essex District:


William F. Shanahan of Swampscott


38


15


28


24


18


18


37


18 196


Blanks


4


4


4


1


1


3


9


1


27


Adelard Beaulieu, Salem


26


10


23


12


12


8 26


10


127


James J. Hourihan, Marblehead


31


13


23


13


15


13


28


13


149


Blanks


27


15


18


25


11


21


38


15


170


For County Commissioners, Essex


Lewis C. Carey, Lawrence


12


3


2


5


5


2


10


7 40


George L. Hale, Lawrence


8


3


8


1


2


5


9


2


38


Ernest W. Lowell, Swampscott


24


9


25


11


14


12


24 18


8


127


Michael T. Ray, Peabody Blanks


17


7


13


9


9


8


10


91


23


16


16


24


8


15


31


11


144


0 3 3 10


7


Leo A. Spilane of Boston


8


1


6


1


0


Blanks


7


5


4


4


3


For Attorney General:


John P. Buckley of Boston


20


10


16


12


7


11


10 20


0


20


William R. Scharton of Reading 3


1


2


1


0


Harold W. Sullivan of Boston


6


1


4


3


7


0


0


1 5


11


1 3 0


35 3


Charles R. Sullivan of Boston


1


0


3 4 7


2 0


3 0 1


1 5 16


12 31 15


17


181


For Auditor:


John E. Buckley of Quincy


6


6


6


2


1


3


0


0


8


Joseph Santosuosso of Boston


4


Ray H. Shattuck of Boston


3


0


0 1 5


3


0


1 2


2


8


4


George F. Gilbody of Boston


4


0


Edward J. Curry of Cambridge 1 0


0


3


0 3


10


Blanks


41


2


42


Harry E. Casey of Boston


1


0


0


1


1


2


1 30


Jos. M. Hargedon of Lawrence


1


2


0


0


0


Blanks


6


3


5


10


5


4


Representatives in General Court, 12th Essex


District


57


0 6


3


1


4


29


38


106


11


21


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For Sheriff, Essex


Michael A. Landers,


Lawrence


33


13


22


18


16


12


32


14


160


Blanks


9


6


10


7


3


9


14


5


63


For State Committee


Edward I. Buckley, Lynn


14


11


11


9


6


10


21


9


91


Thomas H. Donahue


22


2


13


11


10


7


13


6


84


Blanks


6


6


8


5


3


4


12


4


48


Delegates to State Convention


James A. Hegarty


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


Blanks


418 190 320 250 190 210 460 190


2228


Town Committee


Blanks


Dissolved at 1 A.M.


Attest:


RALPH D. MERRITT,


Town Clerk.


STATE ELECTION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


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 hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in their respective precincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, November 8, 1932, at 6.00 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Election Officers on one ballot for the following offices:


Presidential Electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Congressman, Councillor, Senator, Representatives in General Court (2), County Commission- ers (2), Sheriff.


To vote Yes or No on the following questions:


Question No. 1 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition


Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiropractics; establishes a board of registration of chiropractors and defines the number, mode of appointment, tenure, qualification and compensation of its members, and its powers and duties; pro- vides for the preliminary qualifications, examination, certification, original registration and annual license of chiropractors and regula- tion of their practice, and defines the mode, subjects of and fees for examination, the mode of practice and penalties; and other matters related thereto, which are chiefly as follows:


That chiropractic be "the science or practice of locating and ad- justing by hand the malpositions of the articulations of the human spine."


That any person, with one preceding year's residence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiropractic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes ef- fect, may, within ninety days after such date, be certified by the board at its discretion without examination.


That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, shall practice chiropractic unless, being over twenty- one years of age, of good moral character and graduated from a reputable chiropractic school after personally attending courses of at least twenty-two hundred sixty-minute daylight hours given to per-


420 190 320 250 190 210 460 190


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sons qualified to graduate from a public high school, he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be registered and certified; except that any person licensed in another State main- taining standards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be reg- istered without examination.


That the examination be scientific and practical in character, in subjects including anatomy, physiology, symptomatology, hygiene, sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, chiropractic analysis, and the principles and practice of chiropractic.


That the board may, after hearing, revoke a certificate for cause.


That the board shall make an annual report and shall keep pub- lic records of its proceedings and of the names of persons examined or registered by it and of the names and addresses of all registered chiropractors, who shall pay an annual license fee, promptly notify the board of any change in address and furnish such other informa- tion as the board may require.


That the board consist of three members, residents of the Com- monwealth for three years, graduates of a chartered chiropractic school having power to confer degrees in chiropractic, to be ap- pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for a term of three years.


That the board have authority to administer oaths, summon wit- nesses and take testimony and adopt reasonable rules and regula- tions pertaining to their duties, and that they pay into the state treasury fees received by them, and that they receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in such amounts as may be annual- ly appropriated therefor not exceeding the amount of such fees.


Penalties are provided for practising chiropractic without hold- ing a certificate or for using the words "Chiropractic Practitioner," the letters "D.C.," or any title or letters indicating engagement in such practice, or for buying, selling or fraudulently obtaining any diploma or record of registration.


It is further provided that the present law relating to the regis- tration of physicians and surgeons and providing penalties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriminate against registered chiropractors; but no chiropractor, unless regis- tered as a physician or surgeon may practice obstetrics, or adminis- ter drugs, or perform surgical operations by the use of instruments, or hold himself out as and for other than a chiroprac- tor, which was disapproved in the House of Represen- Yes tatives by a vote of 50 in the affirmative and 151 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the No affirmative and 21 in the negative, be approved ?


Question No. 2 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition


Shall the proposed law which provides for an additional method of nominating candidates for nomination, at the state primaries in September, by members of political parties, for those offices to be filled by all the voters of the Commonwealth at a state election.


It provides that the state conventions of the political parties, in each state election year, shall be held before and not after the state primaries, as now, namely, not later than June 15. In order to elect delegates to such party conventions, party primaries are established to be held on the last Tuesday in April. Among other things, these state conventions may endorse candidates for offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the state primaries. Such en- dorsement places a candidate in nomination, at such state primaries, without the necessity of filing nomination papers. The name of the endorsed candidate is to be placed first on the ballot and against his


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name is to be placed the words "Endorsed by (the name of political party) convention" in addition to the eight-word statement now au- thorized by law. Candidates endorsed by a party convention may ac- cept said endorsement within ten days, and having so accepted may not withdraw.


It also provides for the election of district members of state committees and members of ward and town committees at the pro- posed party primaries in April, as well as delegates to the state party conventions, instead of at the state primaries in September, as now.


It also provides for the election of delegates to national conven- tions (to nominate candidates for President) at the proposed party primaries instead of at the primaries, now specially held for that purpose, and which existing law requires to be held on the last Tues- day in April (the same day proposed for the proposed party pri- maries).


It also provides for certain other new provisions of law and cer- tain changes in existing laws, relating to holding state conventions and party primaries, the number and election of delegates to state conventions, the number of members at large of a state committee, and other matters, which in more detail chiefly are as follows:


State conventions are to be composed solely of delegates elected at the party primaries, and the number is to be one from each ward and town and one additional for every fifteen hundred votes or major fraction thereof above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the pre- ceeding state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for Governor, instead of a number now fixed by the state committee of each party (not less than one from each ward or town) and certain members designated by existing law.


The time, for notice to the State Secretary by aldermen or se- lectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, to be March 1, instead of August 1, as now.


The names of candidates for election for delegates to a state convention and for district members of a state committee to be ar- ranged individually by alphabet instead of in groups arranged by lot, as now.


Vacancies in the office of delegate to a state or national conven- tion not to be filled except in case of a tie vote, and then by delegates from the same district, within ten days, and if no other delegate or if not so filled, then by a state committee, rather than solely by the remaining members of the delegation; and statement of filling of such vacancy to be filed with the State Secretary.


Seating of delegates at state conventions to be in groups by senatorial districts, and order of business at said conventions defined.


Voting on candidates, by a convention, to be by roll call, if more than one candidate for the office, or by groups of delegates unless any member of such group objects.


The number of members at large of a state committee of a po- litical party to be fixed by the state convention of a party instead of by the state committee, as now.


The existing provisions as to preparation and filing of nomina- tion papers, objections to nominations, preparation, number, sub- stance, arrangement and form of ballots, hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes, canvass and return of votes, return and certification of votes, now applicable to state primaries to be applicable to the proposed party primaries.


The power of a state committee to fix the number of district delegates to a national convention to be continued, but the date, of


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giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation to be March 1 instead of on or before the third Wednesday in March, as now.


The power of city and town committees to fix the number of members of ward and town committees to be continued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixa- tion to be March 1 instead of August 1, as now, which Yes was approved in the Senate by a vote of 21 in the af- firmative and 17 in the negative and was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 62 in the No affirmative and 138 in the negative, be approved ?


Question No. 3


Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States


Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,-


"ARTICLE-


"Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.


"Sect. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.


"Sect. 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declar- ing who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.


"Sect. 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representa- tives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President when- ever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.


"Sect. 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.


"Sect. 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission,"-be ratified by the General Court ?


Yes


No


The polls will be open from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this twentieth day of October, A.D., 1932. R. WYER GREENE, EDWARD LACROIX, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest:


FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.


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