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George L. Pappas, elected 253 Blanks 107
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5, for three years
Cedric L. Arnold
173
Joseph Atwood, elected
287
Frederic P. Clark, elected
179
Eugene C. Fletcher
149
P. Henry Foley
156
Everett C. Howe
162
George E. Hutchinson, elected
254
John T. Lee, elected 236
241
Joel W. Reynolds, elected
195
T. Carlton Rowen, elected
219
Raymond B. Wade, elected
249
Blanks
852
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for three years
Frederick L. Breed, elected
247
Edward F. Burke, elected
207
Richard Chambers 192
246
Charles A. Easterbrooks, elected
249
Joseph P. Hines, elected
247
Thomas S. Leadbetter
204
Vincent P. O'Brien, elected
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269
Frederick J. Rudd, elected
251
Thomas W. Southward, elected
228
Blanks
892
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for one year (to fill vacancy)
Roland C. Booma, elected 219
Warren H. Cushman 113
Blanks 72
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7, for three years
Walter E. Barnes, elected 257
C. Glover Bowes, elected 242
James W. Buchanan, elected 307
Frank L. Burk, elected 266
John Homan, elected 262
Francis W. B. Maitland, elected
292
Robert M. Leonard, elected
Warren H. Colby, elected
23
John S. McKenney, elected
260
Conrad P. Richardson, elected
288
Blanks 1562
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8, for three years
Rosa S. Backman
100
John H. Blodgett, elected 227
Thomas H. Bradley, elected 253
Frederick S. Brennan, elected
238
Bernard F. Carey, elected
261
Charles F. Gallagher, elected
234
Lee T. Gray, elected
249
Irving B. Hitchings, elected
232
Harold A. Johnson, elected
216
Blanks 438
The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct 1
431
Precinct 2
452
Precinct 3 412
Precinct 4
360
Precinct 5
419
Precinct 6
404
Precinct 7
467
Precinct 8
306
Total vote cast
3251
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, March 12, at the Town Hall at 7:45 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
February 26, 1940
On the above date Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., was sworn in as Town Clerk for the next three years by Horace R. Parker, Justice of the Peace.
February 26, 1940
On the above date Pearl D. Morley was appointed Assistant Town Clerk, and was sworn in by the Town Clerk.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 12, 1940
At 7:30 P.M. on the above date, the members from Precinct 2 met and duly elected Willis P. Burbank, 64 Franklin Avenue, and Herbert A. Wyman, 122 Norfolk Avenue, to fill the existing vacancies in that precinct. Robert G. Byrne presided as Chairman and Albert Devitt as Secretary.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
1940]
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March 12, 1940
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING Tuesday, March 12, 1940
In accordance with the adjournment of February 19, 1940, the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Town Hall, and were called to order at 7:50 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator. The new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk. There were 102 Town Meeting Members present.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Article 2. The Planning Board submitted a report on Article 55 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1939 to see what action the Town will take towards the placing of electric wires underground in the Town of Swampscott, and it was voted to accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That any action with respect to a change at this time from aerial to underground utility distribution be indefinitely postponed.
The Planning Board submitted a report on Article 63 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1939 to see what action the Town will take in relation to the appointment of a committee to study the possibility and advisability of altering, relocating and straightening the "S-Curve," so-called, at the junction of New Ocean and Burrill Streets and Paradise Road and it was voted to accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommen- dations as follows: .
That the Planning Board be continued as a committee of the Town under Article 63 of the Town Meeting Warrant for 1939 in order that it may study the new plans when submitted, hold public hearings on the same in the discretion of the Board and make inde- dendent investigation and recommendation thereon to a subsequent Town Meeting.
Voted: Article 3. 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 $600,000.00 from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1941, 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 4. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 5. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 7. 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.
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Voted: Article 8. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Assessors, the Board of Park Commissioners, and the Planning Board each, to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and to receive the sum of $50.00 each as compensation, as provided for in the budgets of said Boards, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, Ter. Ed.
Voted: Article 9. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the treatment of mosquito breeding places, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health.
Voted: Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $645.79 be appropriated to the account of unpaid bills contracted prior to January 1, 1940, and remaining unpaid at the time of closing of books for the year 1939.
Pensions and Compensation
$208.61
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150.00
Park Department
11.79
Dog Officer
33.86
Cemetery Department
4.50
Fire Department
216.78
Soldiers Relief
20.25
Total
$645.79
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 action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 13. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee 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 of said appointee at $1,200.00 per year, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, Ter. Ed.
Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Bureau of Old Age Assistance to appoint one of its own members as Agent and Investigating Officer and fix the salary of said appointee at $300.00 per year, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, Ter. Ed.
Voted: Article 15. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to purchase a one and one-half ton dump-body truck, as recommended by the Board of Park Commissioners, and that the Board of Park Commissioners is hereby authorized to advertise for bids as provided for by Chapter 5 of the By-Laws.
Voted: Article 16. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 17. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 18. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to relay the water main in Salem Street, a distance of about 3650 feet; that the said work be done as a Works Progress Administration project under the supervision of the Water and Sewerage Board and that the said Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to purchase and hire the necessary equipment, materials and supplies under the provisions of Chapter 5 of the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott, and that the sum of $1894.00 be transferred from Emergency Water account and that $14,106.00 be raised by a transfer from the account of Water Available Surplus for the above purpose.
Voted: Article 20. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1200.00 be transferred from the Water Avail- able Surplus account to lay a water main in Lewis Road, a distance of about 350 feet, and that the extra employees necessary be pro- cured from the unemployed as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Voted: Article 21. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1750.00 be transferred from the Water Avail- able Surplus account to lay a water main in Walnut Road, a distance of about 330 feet, and that the extra employees necessary be pro- cured from the unemployed as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Voted: Article 22. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1800.00 be transferred from the Water Avail- able Surplus account to lay a water main in Plymouth Avenue, a distance of about 370 feet, and that the extra employees necessary be procured from the unemployed as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Voted: Article 23. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $4590.50 be appropriated from the tax levy and $309.50 be transferred from Lincoln Circle Sewer Project to lay an out-drain sewer from Commonwealth Avenue to the basin in the sewer station, a distance of about 265 feet.
Voted: Article 24. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 25. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to sell and dispose of the Town's smaller stand pipe after advertising for bids
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therefor under the provisions of Chapter 5 of the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott.
Voted: Article 26. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1500.00 be transferred from the Water Avail- able Surplus account to paint the new stand pipe, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
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.
Voted: Article 28. 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 further consideration and report.
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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 30. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 31. 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 32. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town purchase a new three and one-half ton truck for the use of the Highway Department, under the provisions of Chapter 5 of the By-Laws, and that the sum of $3500.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 33. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town remove the car tracks on Humphrey Street, be- tween Atlantic Avenue and the Marblehead line, and resurface the street with bituminous macadam, or other suitable material, for a distance of about 4800 feet; that the said work be done by the High- way Department under the supervision of the Surveyor of Highways and that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 34. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 35. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That upon receiving proper approval from the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation there be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the Town to the account of Current Revenue to be used and applied by the Board of Assessors in reduction of the tax levy, such sum as the Board of Assessors may deem advisable.
Voted: Article 36. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Voted: Article 37. 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 38. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to resurface Kensington Lane and that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 39. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That after receiving the proper waivers, the Town vote to accept a continuation of Lewis Road, so-called, a distance of 200 feet extend- ing northerly from that part of said way as has already been accepted by the Town as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with the plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February 1, 1940, and that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 40. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 41. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $3000.00 be appropriated to make such repairs, renovations, alterations, and changes as has been ordered by the Board of Health at the Central Fire Station.
Voted: Article 42. 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 43. 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 44. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town purchase certain equipment for the fire truck called Hose No. 3, and that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 45. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town accept the three-year plan for the purchase of necessary equipment for the Fire Department and that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for purchases to be made during the year 1940.
Voted: Article 46. 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 47. 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 48. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Voted: Article 49. 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 50. 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 51. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That after receiving the proper waivers, the Town accept Allen Road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Survey, in accord- ance with the plans drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate the sum of $900.00 therefor.
Voted: Article 52. 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 53. 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 54. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $1000.00 under the pro- visions of Chapter 115 of the Acts of 1939 for the purpose of pro- viding the proper entertainment facilities at the time of the National Convention of the American Legion in September of the current year. The said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 56. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to resurface Aspen Road and install the necessary catch basin and surface water drains therein and that the sum of $1500.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 57. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $750.00 for the use of the Works Progress Administration recreational project for the purchase or hire of materials, supplies or equipment.
Voted: Article 58. That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 59. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the proper observance of Armistice Day.
Voted: Article 60. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $2500.00 be appropriated to be expended as the Town's proportionate share for purchase and hire of necessary equipment, materials, and supplies for such federal projects as the Board of Selectmen may sponsor.
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Voted: Article 61. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town carry on a sidewalk construction program under the supervision of the Surveyor of Highways and that said Surveyor of Highways be authorized to purchase and hire the necessary equipment, materials, and supplies therefor; and the Surveyor of Highways is hereby authorized to advertise for bids for materials, equipment and necessary supplies therefor; as provided for by Chap- ter 5 of the By-Laws; and that the said work be done as a Works Progress Administration Project under the supervision of the said Surveyor of Highways; that the new sidewalk construction be done under the Continuous Sidewalk Act, and that the sum of $8000.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 62. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 63. 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 64. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town construct a field stone garage and locker build- ing for the Cemetery Department, and that the said building be con- structed as a Works Progress Administration project under the supervision of the Superintendent of Cemetery and that the sum of $398.86 be transferred from Cemetery Lots Income and $1001.14 be transferred from Cemetery Lots Fund for this purpose.
Voted: Article 65. 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 further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 66. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 67. The Planning Board submitted the following report:
"The Planning Board, in accordance with the provisions of the State Zoning Enabling Act, gave due notice and held a public hearing on the amendment to the zoning by-laws proposed by this article.
"The article proposes to make the use restrictions of the present zoning by-law apply to land as well as to buildings and other struc- tures. At the present time. it is permissible to use the land itself in Districts 1. 2, and 3 for business purposes and purposes other than those enumerated in the by-laws, although no structure can be erected to be devoted to such purposes or purposes other than those enumerated. The proposed change would restrict the use of land to such purposes as are set forth in the by-laws.
"We recommend that the zoning by-laws be amended as pro- posed in this article."
Voted: Article 67. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations and amend the Zoning By-Laws heretofore adopted by the town, by passing the following by-laws:
That Chapter XII relative to the Zoning By-Law of the Building By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott in Article II relative to Gen- eral Residence Districts and Article III relative to Single Residence
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Districts be amended so that said Article II shall read as follows:
In Districts 1 and 2, except as herein otherwise provided, no building or structure and no alteration, enlargement or extension of existing buildings or structures shall be designed, arranged, and, or, constructed and no land, buildings, structures, or parts thereof shall be used except for one or more of the following purposes:
Then follow provisions as in said Article II.
Article III to read as follows:
In District 3, except as herein otherwise provided, no building or structure and no alteration, enlargement or extension of existing buildings or structures shall be designed, arranged and, or, con- structed and no land, buildings, structures, or parts thereof shall be used except for one or more of the following purposes:
Then follow provisions as in said Article III.
Unanimous.
Voted: Article 68. 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 further consideration and report.
It was voted to consider Articles 69, 70 and 71 together.
Voted: Articles 69, 70 and 71. To accept the report of the Plan- ning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on these articles be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 72. 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 73. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $75.00 to be paid to the Workmen's Compensation Agent for services rendered and expenses paid for 1939.
Voted: Article 74. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee as amended by the Planning Board and adopt their recommenda- tions as follows:
That the Town authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to study the necessity or advisability of constructing an addition to or extension of the present Town Hall, said committee to report back to the Town Meeting Members at a subsequent Town Meeting, said committee to include one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Finance Committee and one member of the Planning Board, in order that there may be coordination between this com- mittee and the group which would be asked to confer on the advisa- bility of the inauguration in Swampscott of a Long-Term Planning program.
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