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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5, for three years
Edwin M. Bailey, elected 355
Henry S. Baldwin, elected 375
Harold G. Enholm, elected
330
Charles E. Hodgdon, elected
316
Harry D. Linscott, elected
355
Winthrop M. Sears, elected
298
Charles A. Southworth, elected
306
J. Henry Welch, elected
390
Dirwood M. Danforth
227
Eugene C. Fletcher
114
Rosamond F. Johnson
118
John T. Moffett
98
Joel W. Reynolds
167
Blanks 991
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5, for two years (To fill vacancy)
402
Edwin A. Fuller, elected Blanks 153
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for three years
Philip W. Blood, elected
361
Robert E. Blood, elected
345
Willis B. Chapman, elected 333
310
Clarence B. Humphrey, elected
341
Frank E. Morrison, elected
326
George J. Nichols, elected
219
Roger W. Pope, elected
311
Richard Chambers
187
William E. Doll
119
Robert C. Winkpaw
211
Blanks 1113
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for two years (To fill vacancy)
I. Murray Adams, elected
345
Blanks 177
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for one year (To fill vacancy)
Joseph P. Hines, elected 356 Blanks 166
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7, for three years
Charles D. Addison, Jr., elected 255
Philip E. Bessom, elected 276
Thomas S. Bubier, elected 332
Roger J. Connell, elected 253
Patrick J. Cryan, elected 238
Harold A. Durkee, elected
257
Howard K. Glidden, elected
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Robert F. Kimball, elected
241
Ralph S. Maxwell, elected
230
Leslie L. Broadbridge
108
Nicholas Camuso
78
Hollis E. Dudley
120
Ruth Louise Harris
131
J. Morton Hoague
150
John S. McKenney
209
Fred L. Mower
200
Theodore Regnante
97
Blanks
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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8, for three years
Horace Burrough, 3rd, elected
326
Richard P. Breed, elected
352
George W. Howe, elected
352
John I. Hull, elected
323
John R. Hurlburt, elected
333
Geraldine E. Minton, elected
289
Raymond T. Vredenburgh, elected
267
George F. Vincent, elected
344
John R. Nagle
225
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Adjourned to Tuesday evening, February 28 at the Town Hall at 7.45 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
RECOUNT OF VOTES
In accordance with a petition filed with the Town Clerk for a recount of votes cast for Planning Board, five years, at the Town Election, Monday, February 20, 1939, said recount was held on Tues- day, February 28, 1939, at 9.00 A.M. by the Board of Registrars as- sisted by the following tellers: John Yasi, Clyde Emery, Francis G. Parker, Charles P. McGettrick, George H. Chaisson, Charles M. Ca- hoon, Walter L. Kehoe, John. G. McLearn.
The results were as follows:
Original Vote
Recount Vote
1724
1732
1709
1702
881
880
Totals
4314
4314
WILLIAM H. HANIFEY, HAROLD R. YOUNG, HERBERT W. ANDREWS,
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, JR., Clerk.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
February 27, 1939
On this date Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. was sworn in as Town Clerk by Horace R. Parker, Justice of the Peace.
John R. Nagle Alfred L. Richards Blanks
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February 27, 1939
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.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING Tuesday, February 28, 1939
In accordance with the adjournment of February 20, 1939, 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.
Voted: Article 3. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee 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 January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with- in 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, Chap- ter 44, General Laws.
Voted: Article 5. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the salaries of elected town officials be the same for the year 1939 as they were in 1938.
Voted: Article 6. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 7. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 8. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 9. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee 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 ta furnish a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars for the en- suing year.
Voted: Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows: .. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
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Voted Article 13. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this aticle be referred to the Finance Committe for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
The Planning Board reported favorably on this article.
Voted: Article 15. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 16 to 26 inclusive. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on these articles be referred to the Finance Com- mittee for further consideration and report.
Voted: 'Article 27. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
The Planning Board reported favorably on this article.
Voted: Article 28. To elect the Town Clerk for a term of three years, beginning with the annual town election for the year 1940. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 29. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Articles 30 to 34 inclusive. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on these articles be referred to the Finance Commit- tee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 35. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 36. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 37. To accept the amendment of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be laid on the table.
Voted: Article 38. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
The Planning Board reported that they examined the plans and approved the same but made no recommendations as to the spend- ing of the money.
Voted: Article 39. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That a fire alarm box be installed near the corner of Essex Street and the Greenway and that the sum of $150.00 be appropri- ated for the same.
Voted: Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town exchange certain land adjacent to the Public Library on Burrill Street in the Town of Swampscott, for land now owned by the Universalist Church Society of Boston, Mass., and ad- jacent to the church property of the Universalist Church on Bur- rill street, Swampscott, adjoining the property of the Public Library without expense to either party, for the purpose of straightening the line between these properties, and for the purpose of giving to
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the Town of Swampscott sufficient land for a driveway. Plans for same have been prepared by the Town Engineer, and dated Janu- ary 14.
The Planning Board favored the exchange of land without cost.
Voted: Articles 41 to 52 inclusive. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That these articles be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 53. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept a deed conveying in fee simple the property at the junction of Stetson Avenue and Essex Street, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of a curve on Stetson Avenue, being the corner curve to Essex Street, thence Southerly along the Westerly line of Stetson Avenue for a distance of three hundred four and eigh- ty-three hundredths feet (304.83) to land of Velma 'Allen; thence Northwest by land of Velma Allen for a distance of about sixty-one and thirty-one hundredths feet (61.31) to the Easterly line of Es- sex Street; thence Northerly along the Easterly line of Essex Street for a distance of three hundred three and fourteen hundredths feet (303.14)to a point of curve, thence curving to the right with a radius of six and forty-seven hundredths feet (6.47) for a distance of eigh- teen and fifty-six hundredths feet (18.56) to the point of beginning.
The above described parcel contains about 12,200 square feet more or less and in consideration of said transfer, waiving and re- leasing all liens or assessments which the town now has against said property.
The Planning Board reported favorably on this article.
Voted: Article 54. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 55. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 56. To amend the report of the Planning Board as follows:
That this article be referred to the Planning Board for further consideration and report at the adjourned town meeting.
Voted: Article 57. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That at the request of the petitioners this article be withdrawn.
Voted: Articles 58 to 60 inclusive. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That these articles be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 61. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 62. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 63. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Planning Board and that they report back at the next Town Meeting at no expense to the Town.
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Voted: Article 64. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- the consideration and report.
Voted: Article 65. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- . tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That Section Two of Chapter Seven of the by-laws relating to the semi-annual audit of accounts be amended by striking out said Section Two of Chapter Seven and substituting in place therefor the following:
Chapter 7, Section 2. There shall be an annual audit of the Town's accounts under the supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, of the General Laws. Unan- imous.
Voted: Article 66. To adopt the following by-law, the same to be entitled Chapter 2A, Town Meetings:
"Chapter 2A. Town Meetings, Section 1. The warrant for all Town Meetings shall contain a statement of all subjects to be acted upon at the meeting. There shall be appended to each article in the warrant the name of the department by whom it is sponsored and when the article is petitioned for by ten or more voters there shall be appended thereto the name of the first person signing said pe- tition and the words 'et al.'" Unanimous.
Voted: Articles 67 to 70 inclusive. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That these articles be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
On motion of Mr. Santry it was unanimously voted to adjourn to Tuesday, 'April 4, 1939 at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall.
Adjourned at 9.20 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 1, 1939
On the above date notice was received from the Moderator of the appointment of the following members of the Finance Commit- tee, their terms to run concurrently with their terms as Town Meet- ing Members:
Precinct 1. Robert B. Hegarty, 350 Essex Street.
Precinct 2. Frank B. Drummond, 50 Franklin Avenue.
Precinct 3. James W. Santry, Jr., 50 Humphrey Street.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
April 1, 1939
I, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk of the Town of Swamp- scott, hereby certify, in accordance with Chapter II, 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, 1939.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
Notice of Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, Tuesday, April 4, 1939, at 7.45 P.M.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the adjourned an-
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nual town meeting called TUESDAY, February 28, 1939 has been adjourned by vote of said meeting to TUESDAY, April 4, 1939 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 members on March 30, 1939.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the adjourned an- nual town meeting called Tuesday, February 28, 1939 has been ad- journed by vote of said meeting to Tuesday, April 4, at 7.45 P.M. at Town Hall.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 4, 1939
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Swampscott, in the said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the fourth day of April, 1939 at 7.30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles, viz. Article 1. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Highway Fund, provided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939, for any of the purposes authorized by said Chapter, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer $50,000, or any other sum of money, from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town to the account of current revenue, or take any action rela- tive thereto, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moder- ator to appoint a committee to study and investigate the necessity of printing town reports and the necessity or advisability of making any change in the present procedure followed by the town in respect to preparation, printing and/or delivery of such reports; and to fur- ther study any matter relative to such town reports; said Committee to make a report thereon to the Town Meeting Members at any sub- sequent special or annual town meeting; or take any action relative thereto, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moder- ator to appoint a committee to study the matter of obtaining a new Post Office Building in the Town of Swampscott; said Committee to report back to the Town Meeting Members at any subsequent special or annual town meeting, or take any action relative thereto, as requested by Robert G. Byrne, Chairman, Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money, for the alteration or repair of the present furnaces in the Town Hall, or for the purchase of one or more of the following :- heater, furnace, burner, or other heating apparatus or equipment for the Town Hall, or take any action relative thereto, as recom- mended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to fix the compensation of the Superintendent of Parks and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto, as recommended by the Board of Park Commissioners.
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Article 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing an extension of the wall now located on the westerly side of Essex street, at the entrance to the tennis courts, said extension to extend in a southerly direction for a distance of 400 feet more or less; said work to be done, as a W.P.A. or other Federal Project, or take any action relative thereto, as recommended by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to amend Section One of Chapter II-"B," of the Town By-Laws, by striking out the last sen- tence of said section and substituting in place thereof the following: "After the counting and declaration of votes for officers at an an- nual town meeting, said meeting shall be adjourned to the second Tuesday in March next thereafter at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall, and at which time, and at any further adjournment thereof the re- maining articles of the warrant shall be taken up." so as to read as follows:
Chapter II-"B"-Section 1.
The annual town meeting shall be held on the third Monday in February in each year. For the election of officers at said annual town meeting, or at any special town meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, polls shall be open at seven o'clock in the fore- noon and shall remain open until seven o'clock at night. After the counting and declaration of votes for officers at an annual town meeting, said meeting shall be adjourned to the second Tuesday in March next thereafter at 7.45 P.M. at the Town Hall, and at which time, and at any further adjournment thereof, the remaining articles of the warrant shall be taken up.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow the alteration of a portion of Humphrey street on the easterly side thereof from Palmer avenue, south to Atlantic avenue as made by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated March, 1939, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain, for the purpose of a public way, the following described parcel of land included in said altera- tion, and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of land dam- ages and for the construction of said alteration, or take any action relative thereto.
Beginning at a point on the Easterly line of Humphrey street, said point being 37.35 feet distance from the Southerly line of Palm- er avenue; thence curving to the left with a radius of 608.55 feet for a distance of 237.91 feet by land of James F. and Edna A. Ryan and Gertrude C. MacFarland; thence South 2-34-50 West for a distance of 221.31 feet by land of Gertrude C. MacFarland, Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogardus; thence South 0-44-0 West for a distance of 216.78 feet by land of Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogardus, Elizabeth C. Sprague and Fred L. and Gladys J. Mower; thence curving to the left with a radius of 1095.48 feet for a distance of 104.95 feet by land of Fred L. and Gladys J. Mower, Barbara B. Leonard and Sa- lem Savings Bank, thence South 4-46-0 East for a distance of 101.92 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence South 7-46-0 feet for a distance of 79.19 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence curv- ing to the left with a radius of 34.39 feet for a distance of 77.31 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank to the intersection of the West- erly line of Atlantic avenue; thence curving to the right with a radius of 40.50 feet for a distance of 92.34 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence North 5-55-00 West for a distance of 78.51 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank; thence North 4-56-40 West for a distance of 169.96 feet by land of Salem Savings Bank and Barbara B. Leonard; thence North 0-43-20 East for a distance of 250.62 feet by land of Barbara B. Leonard, Fred L. and Gladys J. Mower, Elizabeth C. Sprague and Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogar- dus; thence curving to the right with a radius of 1569.47 feet for a
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distance of 189.77 feet by land of Frederick R. and Anna C. Bogardus and Gertrude C. MacFarland; thence North 7-39-0 East for a dis- tance of 116.47 feet by land of Gertrude C. MacFarland; thence curving to the right with a radius of 410.10 feet for a distance of 124.05 feet by land of Gertrude C. MacFarland and James F. and Edna A. Ryan; thence North 24-58-50 East for a distance of 29.15 feet by land of James F. and Edna A. Ryan to the point of begin- ning. The above described parcel of land contains about 7,320 square feet.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to resurface Humphrey street from the Marblehead line Southerly to the Boston and Maine Railroad location and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow the alteration of a portion of Humphrey street on the westerly side thereof, from the Boston and Maine Railroad location, Northerly to and including the Northerly side of Salem street, as made by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated March, 1939 and authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to take by eminent domain for the purpose of a public way, the following described parcels of land, included in said alteration, and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of land damages and for the construction of said alteration, or take any action rela- tive thereto:
Beginning at the intersection of the property lines of land of the Boston and Maine R. R. and land of the Percival B. Palmer, Est. with the Northerly line of Humphrey street, thence curving to the right with a radius of three thousand two hundred fifty-four and seventeen hundredths feet (3254.17) for a distance of twenty-seven and ninety-one hundredths feet (27.91) thence running S30-13-10W over land of the Boston and Maine R. R. for a distance of one hun- dred two and seventy-two hundredths feet (102.72) to a stone bound in the Northerly line of Humphrey street, thence N37-42-20E along the Northerly line of Humphrey street for a distance of one hundred twenty-six and thirty-four hundredths feet (126.34) to the point of beginning, and containing 845 sq. ft. more or less.
Beginning at the Northwest intersection of Humphrey and Salem street; thence N33-02-50W along the Westerly line of Salem street for a distance of twenty-nine and ninety-two hundredths feet (29.92) thence curving to the right with a radius of thirty-five feet (35.00) for a distance of forty-four and seven hundredths feet (44.07) by land of Percival B. Palmer, Est., thence running S39-05- 20W, by land of Percival B. Palmer, Est. for a distance of three hundred and fifty-four and forty-two hundredths feet, (354.42) to land of B. & M. R. R., thence curving to the left with a radius of three thousand two hundred fifty-four and seventeen hundredths feet, by land of the Boston & Maine R. R. for a distance of twenty- seven and ninety-one hundredths feet (27.91) to the Northerly line of Humphrey street, thence N37-42-20E along the Northerly line of Humphrey street, for a distance of three hundred fifty-three and seventy-three hundredths feet (353.73) to the point of beginning and containing about 3170 sq. ft.
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