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Article 45. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Sections 21-25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, an act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day as petition- ed for by Ralph E. Daniels et al.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to amend its by-laws by adding thereto the following:
Hereafter in the making of appointments to town offices, or in the employment of mechanics, teamsters and laborers and other town employees, preference shall first be given to citizens of the common- wealth who are residents of the town and who have served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in time of war and who have been honorably discharged therefrom or released from ac- tive duty therein, and who are qualified to perform the work to which the employment relates, as petitioned for by John T. Lee et al.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to adopt a resolution whereby applicants for employment, for any town department, not under civil service law, having no mental or physical infirmities, and having been resident citizens of the town during a period of not less than five (5) consecutive years, be given first consideration for eith- er temporary or permanent employment. The Board of Selectmen to be empowered thereof and authorized to enforce same, as peti- tioned for by Wayne Anderson et al.
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Article 48. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen or whoever may be given charge of unemployment relief to use the first two thousand dollars of any money appropriated for the relief of unemployment, to prepare Windsor avenue for water service as petitioned for by Francis G. Wadleigh et al.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money for a suitable observance of the Fourth of July.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Surveyor of Highways to place Pitman road in proper condition and appro- priate money therefor as petitioned for by Francis H. Humphreys et al.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Cemetery Lots Fund Income, the sum of $400 for the purchase of loam to be used in grading lots at the cemetery as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 52. To see what amount of money the town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account to be used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the year 1933.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to build a drain in Shelton road for the purpose of relieving surface water conditions in that street and appropriate money therefor.
Article 54. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for the relief of unemployment.
Article 55. To see if the town will accept donations from any department.
Article 56. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing 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 close at 6 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an at- tested 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.
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-sixth day of January, A. D. 1933.
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 immedi- ate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Thursday, February 2, 1933, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1933]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, February 20, 1933
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 6 o'clock A.M. by the presiding officers. The warrant calling the meeting and 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 J. Jordan; Clerk, John H. Keat- ing; Inspectors. Lewis A. Coleman, Wilbert J. Arsenault; Tellers, William H. Dow, Addie F. Nelson, Lauretta M. Fournier, Florence M. Child.
Precinct 2. Warden, Louis N. Crocker; Clerk, John E. Coville; Inspectors, Charles R. Dudley, Carl J. Berry; Tellers, Martha Duren, Mary A. Collins, Belle M. Walsh, Laura J. Pollay.
Precinct 3. Warden, Stuart P. Ellis; Clerk, Albert D. Stone; Inspectors, Harold R. Young, George F. Clay; Tellers, Charles F. Watts, Alfred J. Duratti, Byron E. Porter, William H. MacFarlane.
Precinct 4. Warden, Raymond H. Owen; Clerk, Thomas J. Mc- Manus; Inspectors, Leon W. Howard, Horace P. Fifield; Tellers, Dor- othy E. Farnham, Bessie F. Maguire, Nellie M. McManus, Annie L. Hanley.
Precinct 5. Warden, Thomas J. Boyce; Clerk, Rudolph Cullen; Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis, Harold Kehoe; Tellers, John T. Mor- rison, Alice E. Leslie, Winnifred G. Jacobs, Mary V. Deshone.
Precinct 6. Warden, John T. Merchant; Clerk, Harvey L. Southward; Inspectors, Harry G. Hutchinson, George H. Coan; Tel- lers, Flora E. Hooper, Charles N. Gallup, George Chaisson, Henry E. Acker.
Precinct 7. Warden, Charles D. Addison; Clerk, Ralph H. Reed; Inspectors, Charles M. Cahoon, Francis McCarran; Tellers, Catherine Hodges, Helen E. Peach, Annie L. Ward, Anna M. Burke.
Precinct 8. Warden, Charles A. Flagg; Clerk, Cyril J. Gannon; Inspectors, Alfred H. Titus, Ellen Q. Lynch; Tellers, Olive E. Flagg, Margaret J. Duratti, Annie T. Conners.
The balloting started at 6 o'clock A.M. and the count started at 1 o'clock P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
There were cast in Precinct 1, 568; Precinct 2, 475; Precinct 3, 469; Precinct 4, 459; Precinct 5, 474; Precinct 6, 473; Precinct 7, 464; Precinct 8, 387. Total vote cast 3769. Precinct 4 was the first to make a return at 9.10 P.M. and Precinct 6 was the last at 11.25 P.M.
Precincts
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot.
For Moderator:
John R. Hurlburt, elected Blanks
199 137 146 118
92 157 153 73 1075
For Town Clerk:
Ralph D. Merritt, elected
179 188 214 258 237 215 208 224 1723
Fred A. Willett
197 157 113 112 146 160 168
90 1143
Leonard H. Bates
151 106 122
41 24
For Selectmen:
205 145 165 133 141 122 194 227 1332
107 134 149 153 184 164 177 158 1226
C. Frank Hathaway, elected Kenneth W. Ulman
130 199 153 162 186 158 106 119 1213 99 185 185 160 198 98
Ralph Maxwell
44
67
73 79 143 170 148
78 802
Lester B. Morley
197 102 97 113 83
59 46 32 729
90
66 1081
78 80 20 47 20 15 11 713 55 33 26 190 Blanks 74
Edward LaCroix, elected R. Wyer Greene, elected
369 338 323 341 382 316 311 314 2694
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George E. Devitt
81
69
103
64
73 123 128
43 684
George J. Place
44
95
81
108
129
80
64
37
638
Robert B. Hegarty
242
75
67
53
26
59
61
41
624
Charles H. Cunningham
39
62
69
79
83 90
42
47
28
384
Alfred B. Jones
44
59
25
29
24
19
13
12
225
Gilley H. Carroll
17
15
57
28
22
82
37
13 271
James H. E. Connelly
62
6
19
14
6
9
9
8
133
James J. Levesque
52
31
8
6
6
5
6
4 118
Blanks
213 142 125 118 126 156 207 151 1238
For Treasurer:
James W. Libby, elected
430 385 364 382 408 372 335 327 3003
Blanks
138 90 105 77 66 101 129 60
766
For Assessor for three years: Clarence B. Humphrey, elected
Blanks
For Collector of Taxes:
Ralph D. Merritt, elected
185 186 208 252 226 208 193 223 1681
Fred A. Willett
195 150 112 112 147 155 174
84 1129
Leonard H. Bates
153 113 132
80
78
82
58
50
746
Blanks
35 26 17
15
23
28
39
30
213
For School Committee for three years:
Philip A. Graham, elected
280 206 225 201 184 230 175 121 1622
John R. Hurlburt, elected
205 192 200 199 220 191 182 220 1609
Marion C. Miller
188 191 168 171 228 194 157 149 1446
Henrietta L. Esselen
150 130 132 178 162
98 174 160 1184
Blanks
313 231 213 169 154 233 240 124 1677
For Board of Public Welfare, for three years:
Donald Redfern, elected
127 168 200 191 184 219 150 139 1378
Hulbert C. Griffin
266 133 95
86
58
58
75
62
833
Edward F. Fiedler
83
74 80 109 157
98 134
90 825
Blanks
92 100
94 73
75
98 105 96
733
For Board of Health, for three years:
John B. Cahoon, elected Blanks
394 371 360 386 385 331 317 294 2838 174 104 109 73 89 142 147
For Water and Sewerage Board, for three years: 193 253 201 274 310 222 167 191 1811 264 133 170 120 111 191 249 106 1344 53 111 89 98 65 614 48 90 60
Blanks
For Park Commissioner, for three years:
Leonard F. Burdett, elected Edgar Harding
244 210 78 92
76
69
91
53
913
John E. Burns
89 40 108
55
68 104 119
68
651
Blanks
112 77 79
59
68
96
95
87
673
For Trustee of Public Library, for three years:
Gustavus J. Esselen, elected Blanks
346 324 312 347 359 294 279 290 2551
222 151 157 112 115 179 185 97 1218
For Surveyor of Highways, for three years: 299 282 281 327 335 299 274 208 2305 251 179 167 119 120 150 151 146 1286 24 18 13 19 39 33
Blanks
14 21
For Tree Warden:
Bernard B. Kennedy, elected Blanks
397 367 352 358 387 353 347 303 2864 171 108 117 101 87 120 117
84 905
For Planning Board for three years: Henry S. Baldwin, elected Ralph J. Curtis, elected 316 329 291 331 361 295 290 277 2490 372 300 293 304 318 293 260 244 2384 448 321 354 283 269 358 378 253 2664 Blanks
50 144 609
Ralph W. Wilson
42
39
56
40
382 362 339 356 384 343 318 305 2789 186 113 130 103 90 130 146
980
82
931
Charles E. Hodgdon, elected
Joseph M. Hanifey
123 148 194 253 262 214 159 179 1532
Michael J. Ryan, elected
Harold F. Merrill
181
73
93
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For Constables :
Willis E. Shephard, elected
160 213 223 198 214 263 236 146 1653
Frank H. Bradford, elected
163 178 204 197 190 160 144 127 1363
Walter L. Kehoe, elected
156 133 168 132 214 222 162
George B. Atkins
163 218
98 120
86
51
52 63
851
Kenneth M. Place
154 131
81
113
95
77
90
74
815
Herbert E. Ingalls
84
64
79
99
145
73 102 109
755
Charles H. Carroll
114
75
114
91
89
92
82 75
732
Wayne Anderson
246
75
67
70
49
64
59
56 686
Blanks 464 338 373 357 340 417 465 421 3175
For Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years:
Anson Titus, elected
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Scattering
2
0 0
0
6
0 27
0
36
Blanks
566 475 468 458 468 473 437 387 3732 Shall the town accept the provisions of Section 21-25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, an act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day ?
Yes
227 167 197 174 186 176 203 158 1485
No
86 139 100 128 143 113 69
90 868
Blanks 255 169 175 157 145 184 192 139 1416
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for three years
Robert B. Hegarty, elected
280
Frank N. Bessom, elected
262
Lester B. Morley, elected
262
Wayne Anderson, elected
248
Leslie F. Allen, elected
236
Ernest Corrado, elected
231
Arthur B. Chase, elected
225
Eldridge T. Davis
217 tie vote
Charles S. Doughty
217 tie vote
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for two years
Ralph J. Curtis, elected
214
George D. R. Durkee, elected
210
Andrew B. Holmes, elected
202
Walter M. Merrill, elected
200
Leon F. Ximiness, elected
212
Richard Chambers, elected
198
Harold D. Durgin, elected
192
Precinct 1, Town Meeting Members for one year
Henry A. Sadler, elected
180
Gordon F. Fuller, elected
165
Willard P. Craik, elected
161
Leo J. Coughlin, elected
160
William H. Pratt, elected
156
Lennart A. W. Bjorkman, elected
178
Arthur H. Campbell, elected
165
Charles J. Dolan, elected
157
James H. E. Connelly
155
Bertram H. Thompson
154
Boardman G. Steadman
153
Walter F. Hubbard
152
Bartholmew F. Cogswell
150
Victor C. Richardson
143
William F. Healy
138
Frank E. Kenny
128
LeRoy V. Perry
131
Raymond W. Smith
129
John A. Herbin
128
90
1277
RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
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Caroline M. Titcomb
123
115
Clarence B. Steadman Wilfred J. Fournier Abram Freedman J. Frank Welch
120
108
107
Joseph L. McKim
77
Blanks
6493
Precinct 2, Town Meeting Members for three years
George B. Atkins, elected
287
C. Frank Hathaway, elected
285
Albert E. Devitt, elected 283
Harry E. Cahoon, elected
281
Earle E. Jenkins, elected
279
Frank B. Drummond, elected
277
Alfred B. Jones, elected
275
William P. Norcross, elected
273
Precinct 2, Town Meeting Members for two years
Burt F Harding. elected
271
John A. Holmes, elected 269
Harry W. Stanley, elected
269
Harold F. Merrill, elected
268
James E. Sharp, elected
268
Earl Abrams, elected
267
J. Hervey M. Blackford, elected
265
Mary C. Jackson, elected
264
Precinct 2, Town Meeting Members for one year
John D. Healy, elected
263
Frederick Miller, elected
263
Louis H. Beadle, elected
25'
Roy H. Frye, elected
257
Charles W. Burrill, elected
256
Leo W. Frechette, elected
25€
Russell J. Thayer, elected
252
Leslie J. Webber, elected
15
David Sherman
4
Scattering
6
Blanks
5190
Precinct 3, Town Meeting Members for three years
Ralph E. Bicknell, elected
289
Loring Grimes, elected 273
Harry M. Lowd, elected 267
260
Nathan G. Bubier, elected
258
Chester A. Brown, elected
256
Charles H. Bangs, elected
252
LeRoy S. Austin, elected
247
Precinct 3, Town Meeting Members for two years
Charles V. Burgess, elected
244
James A. Cook, elected 238
Jefferson G. Owens, elected
236
George H. Knowlton, elected
244
Granville Ingalls, elected
236
William A. Marsh, elected 226
Arthur E. Hardy, elected
233
Samuel Harris, elected
227
Daniel F. Knowlton, elected
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Precinct 3, Town Meeting Members for one year
Amos F. Bailey, elected
221
William O. Titcomb, elected
207
Alonzo A. Parker, elected 205
201
Jean G. Allan, elected
215
Clarence M. Finch, elected
223
Edward P. Carroll, elected
192
John A. Carroll
169
Henry I. Laumann
157
108
Samuel Levitsky Blanks 5152
Precinct 4, Town Meeting Members for three years
Frederick L. Bartlett, elected
266
Edward E. Call, elected 264
Ralph H. Cary, elected 252
Frederick L. Brown, elected
258
E. Stanley Flagg, elected
258
Walter E. Furbush, elected
257
Frank L. Mansur, elected
257
Frank A. Mowatt, elected
250
Precinct 4, Town Meeting Members for two years
Everett A. Bowden, elected
246
Robert C. Mansfield, elected
250
Edward C. Eames, elected 240
William M. Brown, elected
243
George J. Harvey, elected
240
William P. Mower, elected Anson M. Titus, elected
237
James R. Maddock, elected
232
Precinct 4, Town Meeting Members for one year
Henry O. Hubon, elected
239
Philip H. Stafford, elected
231
Edward A. Sawyer, elected
223
Eugene S. Fenelon, elected
225
John Fisher, elected
221
Orrin L. Smith, elected
202
Fred Seaton, elected
219
Lewis A. Stone, elected
219
G. Alva Cain
199
Isabel Delory King
198
Thomas B. Epps
192
Bertha B. Epps
168
Blanks
4502
Precinct 5, Town Meeting Members for three years
Harry D. Linscott, elected
291
Henry S. Baldwin, elected 317
John Henry Welch, elected 272
Charles A. Southworth, elected
Edwin A. Bailey, elected 249
264
Charles E. Hodgdon, elected
260
Paul W. Brickett, elected
257
Walter H. Forbes, Jr., elected
246
Leland S. Ross, elected William E. Henry, elected
220
.
237
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Precinct 5, Town Meeting Members for two years
Benjamin B. Blanchard, elected
241
Guy N. Chamberlin, elected 234
George M. Glidden, elected
232
Herbert E. Ingalls, elected
238
Raymond P. Miller, elected George H. Lucey, elected
234
Florence E. Preston, elected
237
Howard C. Smith, elected
238
Precinct 5, Town Meeting Members for one year
George E. Devitt, elected
221
Edward F. Fiedler, elected
210
Robert M. Leonard, elected
223
George E. Mitchell, elected
225
Richard B. Palmer, elected
218
George J. Place, elected
223
Charles S. Goodridge, elected
209
T. Carleton Rowen, elected
201
Dorothy A. Bamforth
196
Armand J. Bourque
113
Walter C. Collins
197
George W. Deshon
15:
James H. Fenner
166
J. Harold Gillen
166
John H. Keleher
125
Winthrop M. Sears
166
Robert L. Morley
200
Daniel W. Wormwood
200
Blanks
3765
Precinct 6, Town Meeting Members for three years
Philip W. Blood, elected
282
Clarence B. Humphrey, elected
284
Howard K. Glidden, elected 275
Willis B. Chapman, elected
277
Arthur W. Lonval, elected
265
Roger W. Pope, elected
269
Horace C. Holden, elected
290
James W. Santry, Jr., elected
279
Precinct 6, Town Meeting Members for two years
Frank E. Morrison, elected
260
Fred L. Mower, elected
251
Donald Redfern, elected
252
Michael J. Ryan, elected
251
Stanley M. Stocker, elected
255
John B. Hadaway, elected
256
William E. Carter, elected
252
James A. Breed, elected 262
Precinct 6, Town Meeting Members for one year
Elliott A. Bunting, elected
243
Frank L. Burk, elected
250
Frederick J. Rudd, elected
240
Gilley H. Carroll, elected
238
Eleanor H. Ingelfinger, elected
233
Warren H. Colby, elected
240
Horace R. Parker, Jr., elected
231
Maurice Yozell, elected
228
Vincent P. O'Brien
226
Robert A. LaComte
171
Blanks
4790
241
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Precinct 7, Town Meeting Members for three years
Thomas S. Bubier, elected
239
Joseph Atwood, elected 233
Philip E. Bessom, elected 233
Ralph Maxwell, elected
239
Robert E. Kimball, elected
223
Conrad P. Richardson, elected
222
217
Abram French, elected H. Allen Durkee, elected
217
Precinct 7, Town Meeting Members for two years
Henry F. Bufalino, elected
206
Weston K. Lewis, elected
212
Havelock S. Mader, elected
204
Eben G. Pedrick, elected
204
Rufus W. Greene, elected
200
Patrick J. Cryan, elected
201
Hamilton P. Edwards, elected
201
Gustavus J. Esselen, elected
201
Precinct 7, Town Meeting Members for one year
George L. Smith, elected
174
George C. Webster, elected
171
Harry E. Whitten, elected
190
James W. Buchanan, elected
189
Aime H. Bourke, elected
173
James F. Dolan, elected
169
John Homan, elected
197
Irvin Spear, elected
161
Paul; Colletti
150
Harry L. Kirkpatrick
147
Martin P. Sylvester
138
Harold P. Symmes
157
Bertram S. Viles
160
Rocco Zuchero
82
Blanks
5427
Precinct 8, Town Meeting Members for three years
John R. Hurlburt, elected
256
John H. Blodgett, elected
247
Edward LaCroix, elected
243
Francis C. Millspaugh, elected
243
Harold F. Moulton, elected
245
George W. Howe, elected
246
Nelson J. Darling, elected
254
Charles H. Cunningham, elected
239
Precinct 8, Town Meeting Members for two years
Earl E. Wells, elected
237
Arthur M. Wyman, elected
235
Thomas H. Bradley, elected
231
Lee T. Gray, elected
230
Frank A. Legro, elected
235
William H. McCarty, elected
231
John A. Waldo, elected
231
Virgil A. Widdoes, elected
231
Ralph H. Nutter, elected
232
Precinct 8, Town Meeting Members for one year
Samuel B. Groom, elected
230
James H. Dunn, elected
226
Donald Ingraham, elected
221
Lucelia J. LaCroix, elected
210
Charles E. Lynch, elected
212
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Robert C. McKay, elected
222
Charles D. C. Moore, elected
211
Harry W. Sundberg
186
George S. McBrien
182
Blanks
3322
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, February 28, 1933, at the Town Hall at 7.30 P.M.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
Finance Committee
John R. Hurlburt, Moderator of the Town of Swampscott, ap- pointed the following to serve on the Finance Committee:
Precinct 1
Andrew B. Holmes, for 2 years
Precinct 3
Leland S. Ross, for 1 year
Precinct 4
Ralph H. Cary, for 3 years
Precinct 5
Paul W. Brickett, for 3 years
Precinct 6 Roger W. Pope, for 3 years
Precinct 7
Harry E. Whitten, for 1 year
Precinct 8 John H. Blodgett, for 3 years
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
:
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, February 28, 1933
In accordance with the adjournment of February 20, 1933, the town meeting members assembled at the Town Hall and were called to order by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator, the necessary quorum be- ing present (138 members).
Voted to dispense with the reading of records of last meeting.
Voted, Article 2. To be laid on the table.
The Finance Committee report was read by John H. Blodgett, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Members of the Limited Town Meeting:
In submitting to you our recommendations for the budget for the year 1933 we have not been unmindful of the general economic situation and the demand for a reduction in town expenses in line with the action that has already been taken by other towns similar to that of Swampscott. One must realize, however, that there are various government activities to which we have become accustomed and which seem to be demanded. We have studied this phase of the situation, and have dealt with the budget as submitted to us by the various department heads.
The bulk of the expenditures under this budget is for wages; and it is here that a saving, if any, must be made. As submitted to us, the wages represent 65 per cent of the total budget.
Of the three hundred and fifty-four towns and cities in Massa- chusetts there are only four with an area less than that of Swamp- scott, viz: Nahant, Winthrop, Chelsea and Hull. Swampscott has an area of 3.1 square miles. There is no reason why, within this area, affairs cannot be properly organized to obtain the maximum efficien- cy at a minimum expense. Our population being entirely residential, it is difficult to ascertain to what extent our residents have been af- fected by the general depression.
Precinct 2
Harold F. Merrill, for 2 years
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1933]
Our tax collector reports that on January 1, 1931, there was outstanding in taxes $108,531.86, that on January 1, 1932, there was $126,199.44, and on January 1, 1933, there was $193,002.96. This does not represent a healthy condition. As of December 1, 1932, he r ports that no payment at all had been made on 933 tax bills, and that only partial payments had been made on 144 others. These to- gether represent 36 per cent of the total tax bills sent out. This would indicate an increasing difficulty by citizens in meeting govern- ment expense.
On the question of wages, it is interesting to note that in ac- cordance with the law the Town Meeting Members cannot in every instance fix the wage. They can determine the amount of compensa- tion to be paid elective Town Officials, and they can determine by vote the gross amount of money to be expended by department heads for wages. They can, also, recommend what, in their opinion, the wage should be, commensurate with the appropriation, and this hav- ing been done, the burden will be placed upon the head of the elected and appointed officials to carry out the intention of the vote and regulate their wages accordingly.
For this reason we are this year submitting a segregated bud- get, separating the wages from other expenses, believing it unnec- essary at this time to further segregate the "other expenses."
In making the appropriations for salaries and wages of all Town Officials and employees of every class, we have, as nearly as practical, reduced the amounts appearing in 1932 by 10 per cent; and it is the spirit and intention of the Finance Committee that all salaries and wages should be made 10 per cent less than last year.
It is not possible at this time of the year to accurately estimate the State Taxes or the amounts due from Income and Corporation Taxes. From the Tax Commissioner's office and from the Town Re- port, however, there are certain figures available from which anti- cipated results can be approximated; and we believe that if our recommendations are adopted, the tax rate can be maintained. If State and County Taxes are not increased, we may expect a lower tax rate, thus relieving the burden on real estate and the amounts our citizens now pay in taxes.
Article 3-We recommend that the Town Clerk be required to furnish a bond in the amount of $1,000 and that the custodian of trust funds be required to furnish a bond in the sum of $10,000.00 for the ensuing year.
Article 4-We recommend that the salaries of all town officials be reduced 10 per cent for the ensuing year.
Article 5-We recommend that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow up to $600,000.00 from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933.
Article 8-We recommend that the item for water of $64,000.00 and also the item for emergency water of $2,500.00, under their re- spective headings, be taken from the estimated receipts of the Wa- ter Department for the current year. We recommend that the fol- lowing amounts be appropriated for the various departments for the ensuing year:
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