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John J. Buckley, Medford
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John D. O'Brien, Boston
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Edward W. O'Hearn, Boston
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William F. Sullivan, Boston
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For Treasurer:
James C. Scanlan, Somerville
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James M. Hurley, Marlborough
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For Auditor:
Thomas H. Buckley, Abington 39
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For Attorney General:
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge Blanks
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For Senator in Congress:
James M. Curley, Boston
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Robert E. Greenwood,
Fitchburg
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Thomas J. O'Brien, Boston Blanks
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For Congressman, Sixth District:
James D. Burns, Salem
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Leo D. Walsh, Boston
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Charles B. Pugsley, Saugus
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John E. Donahue, Haverhill
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11
15
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2 88
Andrew J. Gillis, Newburyport 19
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16
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14
3 79
John E. Taffe, Salem
27
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97
Henry A. Tyburc, Salem
3
2
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For Councillor, Fifth District:
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Michael F. Conway, Peabody William G. Hennessey, Lynn Joseph G. Hewett, Newburyport
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Blanks
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For Senator, First Essex District:
Michael J. Carroll, Lynn
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Thomas J. O'Brien, Boston
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Blanks
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For Representatives, General Court: Blanks
172 128 114
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88
96 182
46
900
For Register of Probate and Insolvency:
William F. Shanahan, Swampscott
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20
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Blanks
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For County Commissioners, Essex County:
Joseph E. Baker, Lawrence
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John J. Cahill, Lawrence
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Nicholas J. Callahan, Lawrence
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Daniel W. Carroll, Lawrence
10
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5
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Louis J. Dion, Lynn
27
16
11
9
8
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12
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99
George Leo Hale,
Lawrence
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2
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James D. McNamara, Lynnfield
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20
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119
John J. Mullen, Saugus
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10
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22
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88
Dennison C. Wallace, Ipswich
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4
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3
3
0
4
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22
Richard Frank Wallace, Salem 21
17
12
7
3
7
14
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83
William E. Woodbury, Lawrence
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
2
8
Blanks
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33
36
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32
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69
13
296
For County Treasurer, Essex County:
Lewis C. Carey, Lawrence
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4
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0 24
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4 22
0 48
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225
Walter F. Cuffe, Lynn
14
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Edmund S. Higgins, Lynn
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For County Commissioner (to
vacancy), Essex County:
Adam F. Endyke, Lawrence
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Arthur J. Gosselin, Saugus Blanks
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The Town Clerk was assisted by George J. Place who acted as tabulator.
Dissolved at 11.30 P.M.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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Joseph B. Clancy, Lynn
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REPRESENTATIVE RECOUNT
September 25, 1936.
In accordance with a petition filed with the Town Clerk for a recount of votes cast for Representatives Twelfth District, (Republi- can) at Primary, September 15, 1936, said recount was held on Sep-
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tember 25, 1936, by the Board of Registrars assisted by George J. Place, Frank G. Melvin, William J. Lynch, John Yasi, W. Lawrence Kehoe, Walter F. Forbes, Stuart P. Ellis, Kenneth M. Place, Charles M. Cahoon, Eustis B. Grimes, Irving G. Curtis.
James D., Bentley 2127 2
John W. Gauss, Jr. 275 Lester B. Morley
1948
+ 6
Edmond Talbot, Jr.
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HAROLD R. YOUNG,
ARTHUR C. EATON,
WILLIAM H. HANIFEY,
RALPH D. MERRITT, Clerk.
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 pre- cincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, November 3, 1936, at 6 o'clock A.M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the election officers on one ballot for the following officers:
Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secre- tary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representatives in General Court (2); Register of Probate and Insolvency; County Com- missioners (2); County Treasurer; Associate County Commissioner, to fill vacancy. To vote Yes or No on the following questions:
Question No. 1-To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions :-
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this town of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "Yes" on all three questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one, "Yes" on question two and "No" on question three.
(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic bever- ages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on questions one and two and "Yes" on question three.
(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one and "Yes" on questions two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alco- holic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on all three questions.
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1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?
Question No. 2-"Shall sections twenty-six to thirty-one H, in- clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, inserted therein by section one of an act of the general court passed in the current year entitled 'An act providing for contributory retirement systems for cities and towns that may be accepted by them, and making cer- tain other changes in the laws relative to retirement systems,' en- abling cities and towns which accept it to establish contributory re- tirement systems for their employees, be accepted ?"
The polls will be open from 6 A.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 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 twenty-second day of October, 1936. LESTER B. MORLEY, PHILIP E. BESSOM, KENNETH W. ULMAN, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
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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 Swampscott, on Saturday, October 24, 1936, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
STATE ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1936
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 A.M. by their presiding officers. The war- rant 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, Henry A. Sadler, (R); Clerk, Wilbert J. Arsenault, (D); Inspectors, John H. Keating, (D), William H. Dow, (R); Tellers, Bertram H. Thompson, (R), Lauretta M. Founier, (D), Ella J. Turner, (D), Florence M. Child, (R), Josephine H. Rideout, (R), Arthur H. Campbell, (D), James A. Hegerty, (D), Beatrice A. Doane, (R).
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Precinct 2: Warden, Louis N. Crocker, (R); Clerk, John C. Dris- coll, (D); Inspectors, Carl J. Berry, (R), Francis H. McCarron, (D); T'ellers, Minnie J. Crowell, (R), John P. Jones, (R), George H. Stone, (D), John Yasi, (R), John D. Healy, (D), Martha Duren, (R), James R. Cafferty, (D).
Precinct 3: Warden, Stuart P. Ellis, (R); Clerk, Edward P. Car-" roll, (D); Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer, (D), Almer A. Jackson, (R); Tellers, Howard B. Horton, (R)), Elmer L. Howard (D), Charles E. Melzard, (R), James M. Reardon, (D), Frederick W. Brown, (R), Ralph E. Floro, (D), Wayne Anderson, (R), Henry J. Callahan, (D).
Precinct 4: Warden, Raymond H. Owen, (R); Clerk, Thomas J. McManus, (D); Inspectors, Edward A. Sawyer, (D), Leon W. How- ard, (R); Tellers, Bessie F. Maguire, (D), John C. Pirie, (R), Jo- seph D. Hanley, (D), Horace P. Fifield, (R), James L. Pappas, (R), Alfred L. Chausse, (D), Nellie McManus, (D), Barbara M. Tirrell, (R).
Precinct 5: Warden, Thomas J. Boyce, (D); Clerk, Rudolph Cul- len, Jr., (R); Inspectors, Irving A. Curtis, (R), Walter L. Kehoe, (D); Tellers, John T. Morrison, (R), Mary E. Brogan, (D), Walter C. Collins, (R), Alice E. Leslie, (D), Winnifred G. Jacobs, (R), Rose M. Dempsey, (D), William H. Kane, (D), Samuel S. Hoover, (R).
Precinct 6: Warden, Henry E. Acker, (D); Clerk, Harvey L. Southward, (R); Inspectors, George H. Chaisson, (D), Harry G. Hutchinson, (R); Tellers, Selywn P. Drown, (R), Margaret V. Free- man, (D), Charles M. Cahoon, (R), Anna M. Burke, (D), Vincent B. Easterbrook, (R), Robert A. LeComte, (D), Harold A. Johnson, (R), Mary M. Callahan, (D).
Precinct 7: Warden, Charles D. Addison, (R); Clerk, James R. Kennedy, (D); Inspectors, Lewis A. Coleman, (R), Dennis H. Burns, (D); Tellers, Ralph H. Reed, (R), Addie L. Kennedy, (R), George E. Devitt, (R), Gino Spelta, (D), Annie C. Ward, (D), Philip E. Bes- som, Jr., (R), Elizabeth M. Getchell, (D), Ida W. Grimes, (D).
Precinct 8: Warden, Charles A. Flagg, (R); Clerk, William J. Lynch, (D); Inspectors, John McGrath, (D), Ralph Melzard, (R); Tellers, Eleanor T. Hamilton, (R), Leonard V. Duratti, (D), Grace E. Mills, (R), Sarah J. Conners, (D), Francis P. Long, (D), Pauline Duncan, (R), Elsie A. Staley, (R), Ethel A. Malone, (D).
The balloting started at 6 o'clock A.M. and the count started at 3 P.M. The polls closed at 8 P.M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
There were cast the following number of votes:
Precinct 1 743 A. V. 7 Total 750. Precinct 2 710 A. V. 12 Total 722 Precinct 3 702 A. V. 20 Total 722 Precinct 4 621 A. V. 4 Total 625 Precinct 5 684 A. V. 15 Total 699
Precinct 6 644 A. V. 17 Total 661 Precinct 7 745 A. V. 23 Total 768 Precinct 8 662 A. V. 19 Total 681 Total vote cast, 5511; A. V. 117; Total, 5628.
Precincts 1 2 4 6 7 3 5 8 Tot.
For Electors of President and Vice President: Fiken and Teichert (SLP) 4 1 0 0
0 0
0 1 1
1 0 2 0
1 0 0 6
Colvin and Watson, (P) 0 373 500 464 464 543 462 483 542 3831
Lemke and O'Brien (TUP) 77 20 38 21
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19 249
282 192 215 133 130 161 240
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1
2 1 8
0 14
0 8
1 4
4
8
6 11
2 57
4
Browder and Ford, (CP) 0 0
2 0 1 0 1 5 Landon and Knox, (R)
115 1468
Roosevelt and Garner, (D) Thomas and Nelson, (SP) Blanks
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Precincts
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2
3
4 5
6
7
8
Tot.
For Governor: Fred G. Bushold, (UCT) Lawrence
Alfred H. Evans,
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6
1
0
1
1
0
0
11
401 518 491 474 550 478 498 550 3960
6
0
0 1
0
2
0
0
9
Charles F. Hurley,
(D) Cambridge
249 174 178 129 138 143 218 115 1344
Alfred B. Lewis, (SP) Cambridge
2
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
8
William H. McMasters, (TUP) Cambridge
39
10
17
10
8
17
5
6
122
Blanks
20
6
18
7
2
15
23
5
96
For Lieutenant Governor: Henning A. Blomen,
(SLP) Cambridge
10
1
3
3
0
2
5
0
24
Freeman W. Follett,
(P) Haverhill
8
4
2
0
3
1
0
0
18
Walter S. Hutchins, (SP) Greenfield
5
2
3
6
0
5
0
7
28
Francis E. Kelley,
(D) Boston Leverett Saltonstall, (R) Newton Paul C. Wicks, (CP) Greenfield
416 531 509 482 553 476 513 557 4037
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
Blanks
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23
29
15
11
25
32
14
196
For Secretary: Frederick W. Cook,
440 541 528 500 568 479 523 563 4142
(R) Somerville Ralph Dow,
(SP) New Bedford
5
1
3
4
0
2
0
0 15
George L. McGlynn, (SLP) Boston
7
0
2
3
0
5
3
1
21
Mary E. Moore, (CP) Boston Joseph Santosuosso, (D) Boston
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3
0
1
0
0 0
2
8
Blanks
35
25
32
23
13
32
33
20
213
For Treasurer: Thomas Gilmartin,
(SLP) Boston
9
2
2
3
0
2
1
1 20
Mabelle M. Groves, (P) Newton Harold J. Hatfield, (IP) Belmont Eva Hoffman, (CP) Boston
7
5
5
2
0
1
4
3
27
5
1
5
1
2
3
5
2
24
4
1
1
1
0 0
2
2
11
James M. Hurley,
(D) Marlborough William E. Hurley,
30
7
15
2
0
3
12
4
73
(P) Northfield John W. Haigis, (R) Greenfield Horace I. Hillis, (SLP) Saugus
Otis A. Hood, (CP) Boston
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
5
£
261 152 157
94 118 143 209
95 1229
248 144 170
99 106 141 219 102 1229
262 159 176 119 132 152 218 101 1319
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Precincts Sylvester J. McBride, (SP) Watertown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Tot.
7
2
1
3
0
3
1
1 18
Blanks For Auditor: Lyman M. Aldrich,
36
27
27
17
9
25
29
14
184
(P) Worcester
2
6
3
1
1
1
4
1
19
Thomas H. Buckley,
(D) Abington
267 116 180 133 129 156 223 115 1369
Richard Darby, (I) Everett Elizabeth Donovan, (SP) North Brookfield Alfred Haase,
3
3
3
0
1
1
3
0
14
(CP) Fitchburg
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
7
Walter J. Hogan, (SLP) Springfield
8
0
4
3 0
5
2
0
22
Blanks
61
31
36
26
22
46
44
18
284
For Attorney General: Morris Berzon, (SP) Everett
Paul A. Dever,
(D) Cambridge
276 205 200 139 154 178 236 144 1532
Felix Forte,
(R) Somerville
George F. Hogan,
(P) Nahant
13
10
5
6
2
1
1
2
40
Fred E. Olecher, (SLP) Peabody
6
1
1
3
0
1
7
7
20
Michael Tuysuzian, (CP) Chelsea
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
6
Blanks
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29
36
21
13
31
39
16
236
For Senator in Congress: Alonzo B. Cook,
(TPE) Boston
14
6
5
3
2
4
4
0 38
Albert S. Coolidge, (SP) Cambridge
2
2
4
2
0
0 1
1 12
James M. Curley,
(D) Boston
211 130 155 103 109 129 201
94 1132
Ernest L. Dodge, (SLP) Beverly
5
4
1
1
1
3
4
0
19
Charles Flaherty,
(CP) Boston
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Guy M. Gray,
(TSJ) Greenfield
9
2
2
2
0
3
0
1
19
Moses H. Gulesian, (TP) Newton
1
3
1
2
0
3
0
1
11
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., (R) Beverly Wilbur D. Moon, (P) Lynn
425 537 505 479 559 469 502 559 4035
1
2
3
0
1
1
1
0
9
Thomas C. O'Brien, (TUP) Boston
60
26
32
23
20
39
38
17
255
Blanks
22
10
13
10
7
10
17
7
96
For Congressman, Sixth District:
George J. Bates, (R) Salem
John E. Taffe, (TSTD) Salem
224 135 147
72
70 135 135 70
988
1
3
4
0
2
0
0
16
Russell A. Wood, (R) Cambridge
401 513 493 457 546 450 491 546 3897
1
2
1
1
0
1
3
0
9
402 474 479 453 529 449 482 517 3785
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484 556 546 527 612 494 597 591 4407
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Precincts
1
2
3
4 26
5 17
6 32
7 36
20
235
For Councillor, Fifth District:
Julia Goldman, (SP) Lynn
5 4
12
5
0
2
1
1 30
William G. Hennessey, (D) Lynn
268 162 196 120 139 142 207 119 1353
William T. Rodd,
(P) Topsfield
7
8
2
3
1
4
4
4
33
Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., (R) Hamilton
421 522 471 477 544 485 523 544 3987 20 49 26 41 15 28 13
Blanks
For Senator, First Essex District: Michael J. Carroll,
(D) Lynn
Albert Cole, (R) Lynn
416 527 497 494 553 481 505 554 4027 30 28 33 19 18 31
For Representatives General Court, Twelfth District:
James D. Bentley, (R) Swampscott
Edmond Talbot, Jr., (R) Salem
464 507 485 465 547 443 505 524 3940 452 320 359 250 249 353 422 266 2671
Blanks
For Register of Probate and Insolvency, Essex County:
Alfred W. Ingalls,
(R) Lynn
William F. Shanahan, (D) Swampscott
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For County Commissioners, Essex County:
Frederick Butler, (R) Andover John J. Cahill, (D) Lawrence
395 487 449 458 534 452 462 517 3754
192 125 138
88 102 130 192
92 1061
Alexander Gregory,
(SP) Lynn
29
9
17
9
2
8
5
7 86
James D. McNamara, (D) Lynnfield Robert H. Mitchell,
211 145 161 100 104 120 190
95 1126
(R) Haverhill
316 450 400 418 474 388 415 454 3315
357 228 279 177 182 224 272 195 1914 Blanks
For Treasurer, Essex County:
Lewis C. Carey,
(D) Lawrence
220 143 148
91 109 136 179 100 1126
Harry Christie, (SP) Lynn
14
5
10
7
0
4
7
3
50
Harold E. Thurston, (R) Lynn 442 532 515 497 561 475 527 544 4093 74 49 30 42
Blanks
29 46 55 34 359 For Associate County Commissioner (to fill vacancy), Essex County: Chandler Bigelow,
(R) Beverly
413 517 488 492 553 475 503 538 3979
Arthur J. Gosselin, (D) Saugus 233 148 158 4 6 John McNeil, (SP) Saugus 17 9 85 112 130 199 100 1169 0 7 4 36 6 53 67 42 34 50 62 431 Blanks 87 1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages ?)
Yes No Blanks
432 353 377 332 359 357 525 388 3128 187 270 234 210 257 222 130 199 1709 131 99 111 83 83 82 113 94 796
39
35
28
31
313
404 369 397 361 364 337 457 329 3018 45 48 57 30
36 20 215
Blanks
304 167 192 112 128 149 227 107 1386
33
225
£
8 Tot.
Blanks
42 31
29
36
584 617 600 535 602 526 609 572 4645
301 305 268 234 296 289 283 321 2297
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2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages, (wines and beer, ale and all malt bever- ages ? )
Yes
434 365 382 336 374 365 514 408 3178
No 167 246 201 193 228 185 119 160 1499
Blanks
149 111 139 96 97 111 135 113 951
3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?
Yes 448 380 411 352 407 395 533 429 3355
No 157 229 183 186 203 163 105 148 1374
Blanks 145 113 128 87 89 103 130 104 899 Shall sections twenty-six to thirty-one H, inclusive of Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws inserted therein by section one of an Act of the General Court passed in the current year entitled
"An act providing for contributory retirement systems for cities and towns that may be accepted by them, and making certain other changes in laws relative to retirement systems" enabling cities and towns which accept it to establish contributory retirement systems for their employees, be accepted ?
Yes
363 321 316 302 336 294 398 267 2597
No
102 148 139 114 141 117 98 168 1027
Blanks
285 253 267 209 222 250 272 246 2004
Dissolved at 11.45 P.M.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE
December 18, 1936
Notice received on the above date from John R. Hurlburt, Mod- erator, appointing Harry D. Linscott, a member of the High School Committee, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George C. Thomas.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS
Births recorded, 204; males, 93; females, 111.
In January, 13; February, 19; March, 13; April, 20; May, 21; June, 15; July, 16; August, 21; September, 20; October, 14; Novem- ber, 18; December, 14.
Marriages recorded, 134.
In January, 6; February, 2; March, 3; April, 11; May, 5; June, 22; July, 15; August, 17; September, 20; October, 14; November, 11: December, 8.
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Deaths recorded, 139; males, 73; females, 66.
In January, 18; February, 15; March, 10; April, 7; May, 9; June, 8; July, 10; August, 12; September, 14 ; October, 11; November, 11; December, 14.
Dogs licensed, 653; males, 456; females, 48; females spaded, 149. Money paid to Town Treasurer.
Resident citizen fishing licenses
29
@ $2.00
Resident citizen hunting licenses
83 @
2.00
Resident citizen sporting licenses
13 @ 3.25
Resident citizen trapping
1 @ 5.25
Resident citizen minor and female fishing licenses. ..
8 @ 1.25
Resident citizen sporting licenses
6 @ Free
Duplicate licenses
3 @ .50
Resident citizen lobster licenses
7 @ 5.00
Money paid to the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game.
RALPH D. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
1936]
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Lester B. Morley, Chairman Swampscott, Mass. Gentlemen:
April 9, 1936.
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the town of Swampscott for the period from July 1 to De- cember 31, 1935, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston.
Sir:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and ac- counts of the town of Swampscott for the period from July 1 to De- cember 31, 1935, and report thereon as follows:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by a comparison with the books of the town accountant and the treasurer.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked with the treasurer's books and with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town.
The general and appropriation ledger accounts were analyzed, the necessary ledger adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1935.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records in the departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The cash bal- ance on January 31, 1936, was verified by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The payments of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The savings bank books representing the investment of trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved and the disbursements were verified.
The records of tax titles taken by the town since the previous audit were checked with the deeds on file and the tax title account was reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked in detail. The commitments of taxes and assessments, as
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well as of the departmental and water accounts receivable, were verified. The recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements as recorded were checked with the records of the departments authorized to grant such abatements, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a large number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. Among the replies received were two claims from taxpayers to the effect that their taxes, aggregat- ing $314.56, were paid but not credited on the books of the town. These claims were investigated, and upon receipt of proper proof of payment, the above amount of $314.56 was charged to the collec- tor, who, in the course of the audit, deposited the sum of $303.32 in the town treasury to adjust one of the items mentioned above.
It was again necessary to do a substantial amount of detailed checking of cash postings in order to prove the collector's accounts. It is urged that the cash books be written up daily, that a reconcil- iation of cash be made at the close of each day, and that the entries on the cash books be checked back periodically to the several com- mitment books in order that clerical errors may be located and ad- Justed promptly.
The town clerk's records of sporting and dog licenses were ex- amined, the payments to the State being verified with the receipts on file, and the payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treasurer's cash book.
The records of receipts of the sealer of weights and measures, the selectmen, and the building and plumbing inspectors, as well as of the police, school, library, park, and cemetery departments, were examined. The recorded receipts were checked and compared with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, departmental, and water accounts, together with schedules showing the condition of the sev- eral trust and investment funds.
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