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Precinct 4, Town Meeting Members for three years
Egbert H. Ballard, elected
282
Edward C. Eames, elected 266
256
Everett F. Bowden, elected
251
Albert S. Hills, elected
238
James R. Maddock, elected
227
Robert C. Mansfield, elected
241
Anson M. Titus, elected
239
Henry O. Hubon
194
Harold M. King
221
Blanks
801
Precinct 4, Town Meeting Members for two years (To fill vacancy)
Fred Seaton, elected 287
265
Blanks 252
Precinct 5, Town Meeting Members for three years
. John P. Barrett, Jr., elected 362
Benjamin B. Blanchard, elected 360
Guy N. Chamberlin, elected 356
George M. Glidden, elected 355 Ralph I. Lindsey, elected 359
George H. Lucey, elected 354
Raymond P. Miller, elected 359
Florence E. Preston, elected 357 Blanks 938
Precinct 6, Town Meeting Members for three years
James A. Breed, elected 251
Fred L. Mower, elected 260
Daniel Santry, elected 251
248
Donald Redfern, elected
243
Kingsland Dunwoody, elected
223
John B. Hadaway, elected
231
Stanley M. Stocker, elected
233
Thomas S. Leadbetter 206
Timothy J. Ryan 196
Anthony J. Turner, Jr.
163
George J. Harvey, elected
Thomas B. Epps, elected
William Edgar Carter, elected
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Precinct 7, Town Meeting Members for three years
Francis L. Smith, elected
329
Frederick R. Bogardus, elected 310
Hamilton P. Edwards, elected 310
Lester B. Morley, elected
311
Edward F. Breed, elected
314
Amos E. Russell, elected
275
Lawrence B. Leonard, elected
286
R. Wyer Greene, elected Leslie L. Broadbridge 225 Blanks 1350
Precinct 8, Town Meeting Members for three years
William H. McCarty, elected 293
Thomas J. Minton, elected 279
Arthur M. Wyman, elected 275
Joseph S. Kimball, elected
271
Thomas W. Duncan, elected
266
Ralph H. Nutter, elected
272
Arnold S. Potter, elected
264
Albert N. Rothermel, elected
264
Blanks
728
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, March 1, 1938, at the Town Hall at 7.45 P.M.
Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
February 23, 1938.
Notice received from the Moderator on the above date of the appointment of the following members of the Finance Committee, their terms to run concurrently with their terms as Town Meeting members:
Precinct 4. Anson M. Titus, 90 Paradise road
Precinct 6. William Edgar Carter, 259 Humphrey street
Precinct 7. Hamilton P. Edwards, 55 Atlantic avenue
Precinct 8. William H. McCarty, 64 Bradlee avenue
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
February 28 1938.
On this date Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr., was sworn in as Town Clerk by me. Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
February 28, 1938. On this date Pearl D. Morley was appointed Assistant Town Clerk, term to run concurrently with that of the Town Clerk and was sworn in accordingly. Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1938
In accordance with the adjournment of February 21, 1938, the town meeting members assembled at the Town Hall, and were called to order at 8.50 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator. The new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk. There were 139 Town Meeting Members present.
Voted that the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
The Finance Committee report was read by Hamilton P. Edwards, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Members of the Representative Town Meeting:
In examining the budgets submitted by the various departments of the Town of Swampscott for the year 1938, your Committee found that the total sum requested exceeded the 1937 total sum by more than $25,000.00. To have approved these budgets without an exhaus- tive study and analysis, would result in a substantial increase in the tax rate for 1938.
Your Committee has not had sufficient time to study these budgets carefully and make a proper recommendation. We have therefore recommended that the budgets for the various departments to be reported under Article 9 of the warrant be referred to the Finance Committee for further examination, and we suggest that the budget be considered at an adjourned Town Meeting to be held Tuesday, April 5, 1938.
Your Committee has taken the same course on other articles, in the warrant, because we have not had sufficient time to examine them carefully. We are particularly desirous of conferring with the Select- men and the Federal authorities with a view towards having as many articles as possible come under a W. P. A. project. If we are successful in obtaining Federal Funds to accomplish the purposes of street, sidewalk, and other improvements, we will not only save the Town a considerable sum of money in the actual cost of this work, but we will also relieve the welfare load substantially at a further saving of Town funds.
Voted: Article 3. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow up to $600,000 from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: Article 5. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow up to $600,000 from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the salaries of elected town officials be the same for the year 1938 as they were in 1937.
Voted: Article 7. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted: Article 8. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 9. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That $3500.00 be transferred from the Sale of Real Estate Ac- count to complete and equip the Police Station as per plans and specifications under the direction of the Police Station Building Com- mittee.
Voted: Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the continuance of the sewing project, so-called, and that the Board of Public Welfare be authorized and directed to supervise said project.
Voted: Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 13. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town Clerk be required to furnish a bond in the amount of one thousand dollars and the Custodian of Trust Funds be required to furnish a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars for the ensuing year.
Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $225.00 be appropriated for a fire alarm street box to be connected with the inside fire alarm system at the High School, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Voted: Article 15. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $900.00 be appropriated to purchase a new car for the use of the Chief of the Fire Department, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Voted: Article 16. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 17. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1245.00 be appropriated for the following expenditures: new doors, $550.00, the present doors are about thirty years old and a saving in fuel will result; painting outside of build- ing two coats, $350.00; other repairs and replacements, $345.00.
Voted: Article 18. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1650.33 be appropriated to the account of unpaid bills contracted prior to January 1, 1938, and remaining unpaid at the time of closing the books for the year 1937: Town Hall, $22.62
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bills in excess of budget; Law, $1598.10 bills from C. Frank Hatha- way for legal services in connection with the case of Ada S. Lewis; Cemetery, $13.61 bill received after books were closed; Inspector of Animals, $16.00 bill received after books were closed.
Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1706.93 be appropriated to cover bills of the Public Welfare Department remaining unpaid at the time of closing the books for the year 1937, said bills having been incurred from the years 1932 to 1937.
Voted: Article 20. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 21. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its own members as agent and investigating officer and fix the salary at $1200.00 for the year 1938 as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws. (Ter. Ed.).
Voted: Article 22. That the Bureau of Old Age Assistance be authorized to appoint one of its own members as agent and investi- gating officer.
Voted: Article 23. That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated for the proper observance of Fourth of July to be spent by a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator.
Voted: Article 24. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the proper observ- ance of Armistice Day to be spent by a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator.
Voted: Article 25. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the School Department take steps for the proper observance of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial and believe that no appropriation is necessary.
Voted: Article 26. To accept the report of the Finance Commtitee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 27. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Vo'ted: Article 28. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $750.00 be appropriated to be used on the W. P. A. Recreational Project.
Voted: Article 29. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $700.00 be transferred from the Water Available Surplus to extend the six-inch water main in Lewis Road, a distance of approximately 125 feet, as recommended by the Water and Sewer- age Board.
Voted: Article 30. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $5,000.00 be transferred from the Water Avail- able Surplus to replace the four-inch water main in Norfolk Avenoe with new six (6) and eight (8) inch pipe for a distance of approxi-
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mately 1515 feet and appropriate money for the same as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Voted: Articles 31, 32, 33, 34, inclusive, be considered together.
Voted: Articles 31, 32, 33, 34. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on Articles 31, 32, 33, and 34 be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 35. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Articles 36, 37, 38, and 39, inclusive, be considered to- gether.
Voted: Articles 36, 37, 38, and 39. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on Articles 36, 37, 38, and 39 be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to accept the continuation of Lewis Road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate the sum of $50.00 therefor.
Voted: Article 41. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 42. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 43. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 44. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Article 45. Report of the Planning Board was read.
Voted: Article 45. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 46. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Article 47. Voted to omit the reading of the article.
Voted: Article 47. That the Board of Selectmen be authorized and directed to petition the Legislature for enactment of a special act covering the consolidation of the offices of the tree warden and moth superintendent with those of the Board of Park Commissioners as outlined in Article 47 of the warrant for the annual Town Meeting of February 21, 1938.
Article 48. Report of the Planning Board was read.
Voted: Article 48. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 49. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 50. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That the sum of $225.00 be appropriated to complete valuation records of the Town as petitioned for by the Board of Assessors.
Voted: Article 51. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 52. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 53. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 54. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 55. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 56. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 57. Report of the Planning Board was read.
Voted: Article 57. That this article be referred to the Planning Board for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 58. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 59. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted: Article 60. That this article be referred to the Planning Board for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 61. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 62. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 63. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 64. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 65. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That favorable action be granted on this article. (Unanimous)
Voted: Article 66. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 67. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 68. That the Town accept and adopt the following by-law relative to Planning Board.
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That the Planning Board authorized under Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936', shall consist of five (5) members, the terms of the members of this board shall be five (5) years each, but at the annual Town Meeting to be held in the month of February, 1939, there shall be elected by ballot five (5) members as follows: one (1) to be elected for one (1) year; one (1) to be elected for two (2) years; one (1) to be elected for three (3) years; one (1) to be elected for four (4) years; one (1) to be elected for five (5) years; and thereafter there shall be elected at the annual Town Meeting of each year such members as are necessary to fill vacancies.
Voted: Article 69. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 70. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen with the advice of the Town Counsel to compromise and settle the case of Beatrice F. Curtis vs. the Inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott now pending in the Superior Court in Salem and appropriate the sum of $3000.00 therefor.
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Voted: Article 71. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
On motion of Mr. Edwards it was unanimously voted to adjourn to Tuesday, April 5, 1938, at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall.
Adjourned at 10.15 P.M.
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
RECOUNT OF VOTES
March 2 1938.
In accordance with a petition filed with the Town Clerk for a Recount of votes cast for the Board of Public Welfare at the Annual Town Election, February 21, 1938, said recount was held on Wednes- day, March 2, 1938, at 7.00 P.M. by the Board of Registrars, assisted by Horace R. Parker, Charles M. Cahoon, George H. Chaisson, Irving Curtis, George E. Devitt, Stuart P. Ellis, Walter L. Kehoe, Robert LeComte, Frank G. Melvin, John Yasi. The results were as follows:
Original Vote
Recount Vote
Edward F. Burke
1204
1212
Fred Seaton
1216
1203
Harold D. Spinney
662
663
Blanks
423
427
Total
3505
3505
HAROLD R .YOUNG, ARTHUR C. EATON, WILLIAM H. HANIFEY,
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Clerk.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
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March 23, 1938.
Notice received on the above date of the resignation of Herbert W. Andrews as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 7 to take effect at once.
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Notice received on the above date of the resignation of Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 3 to take effect at once.
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 28, 1938.
On the above date the following notice was sent out to the Town Meeting Members of Precincts 2 and 3.
"You are hereby notified of a special meeting of the Town Meet- ing Members from Precincts 2 and 3 for the purpose of filling any vacancies which may exist in the list of Town Meeting Members :from these precincts. The meeting will be held at the Town Hall on Mon- day, April 4, 1938, at 7.45 P.M. This notice is sent under the pro- visions of Chapter 300, Section 7."
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
April 4, 1938.
The meeting of the Town Meeting Members from Precinct 2 was called to order by the Town Clerk at 8.05 P.M. Mr. Byrne and Mr. Jones were elected Chairman and Clerk respectively. On the second ballot Mr. Arthur H. Sussman, 42 Suffolk Avenue, was declared elected and duly qualified.
The meeting of the Town Meeting Members from Precinct 3 was called to order by the Town Clerk at 8.15 P.M. As there was not a quorum present the meeting was dismissed.
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
April 1, 1938.
I, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk of the Town of Swamp- scott, hereby certify, in accordance with Chapter 11, Section 2, of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, the following ad was published - - in the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Telegram-News on April 1, 1938.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT NOTICE OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 5, 1938, at 7.45 P.M.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter 11, Section 2, of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the Adjourned An-
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nual Town Meeting called Tuesday, March 1, 1938, has been adjourned by vote of said meeting to Tuesday, April 5, at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
And the following notice was mailed to the Town Meeting Mem- bers on March 31, 1938.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 5, 1938, at 7.45 P.M.
To the Town Meeting Members:
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter 11, Section 2, of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the Adjourned An- nual Town Meeting called Tuesday, March 1, 1938, has been adjourned by vote of said meeting to Tuesday, April 5, at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 5, 1938
In accordance with the adjournment of Tuesday, March 1, 1938, the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Town Hall and were called to order at 8.00 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator. The new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk. There were 125 Town Meeting Members present.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
The Finance Committee report under Article 9 was read by Hamilton P. Edwards, Chairman, who moved that the report be accepted, and was seconded.
An amendment was made to substitute the following figures in place of those recommended by the Finance Committee; and same was carried:
Page 7 Law
10 Town Hall
21 Highways & Bridges
Others
Seal Coating
Street Watering
Street Construction
$26,260.00
Sidewalks & Curbing
Snow & Ice Cleaning Beaches
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24 Soldiers Relief Reserve Fund
Others Others
$ 1,000.00 2,636.00
Others 7,640.00 Others 5,000.00
An amendment was made to strike out recommended amounts for the School Department and substitute the total amount under the heading Schools, $197,247.00, and same was carried.
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An amendment was made to consider each department, separately and individually. This motion was carried and the following amounts voted:
General Government
Moderator
$100.00
Finance Committee
200.00
Town Meeting
100.00
Selectmen
3,742.00
Selectmen's Contingent Fund
500.00
Selectmen's Contingent Fund WPA
1,668.00
Town Accountant
3,840.00
Town Treasurer
4,982.00
Certification of Notes and Bonds
200.00
Collector of Taxes
5,725.00
Law
1,000.00
Town Clerk
1,501.00
Assessors
4,800.00
Election and Registration
4,380.00
Engineering
7,500.00
Town Hall
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