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73
76
37
464
Harold G. Enholm, elected
110 163 133 146 153 165 148
71 1089
Blanks
20 20 15
9
9
15
18 2
108
For Trustee Public Library for 3 Years:
Lee T. Gray, elected
137 167 150 156 160 174 156
93 1193
Blanks
60 68 64 48
46
79
86
17
468
For Park Commissioner for 3 Years:
Ralph I. Lindsey
134 165 149 157 162 181 159
92 1199
Blanks
63 70 65
47
44
72
93
18
462
For Planning Board for 5 Years: Arthur H. McGovern, elected 122 156 133 147 158 168 137
87 1108
Blanks
75 79 81
57
48
85 105
23
553
For Constables:
Wayne Anderson, elected
144 162 148 155 152 162 149
87 1159
Leonard H. Bates, elected
138 161 154 161 158 173 156
87 1188
Willis E. Shephard, elected
127 162 147 152 160 175 170
88 1181
Blanks
182 220 193 144 148 249 251
68 1455
For Commissioner of Trust Funds for 3 Years:
James W. Libby, elected
121 148 134 133 151 166 145
77 1075
Blanks
76 87 80 71 55 87 97
33 586
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 1, for three years
George D. R. Durkee, elected
119
Alfred N. Frazier, elected 127
Hulbert C. Griffin, elected
129
Edward H. Jordan, elected
126
Antonio Parletta, elected
114
Henry A. Sadler, elected
126
Blanks 835
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2, for three years
Earl Abrams, elected
154
J. Hervey M. Blackford, elected 153
Willis P. Burbank, elected 150
John F. Graham, elected
152
Frederick Miller, elected
150
Elmer E. Morley, elected
157
Thomas M. Newth, elected
148
Edmund W. Pease, elected Blanks 669
Precinct 2, for one year (to fill vacancy)
Walter O. Spofford, elected 156 Blanks 79
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 3, for three years
I. Murray Adams, elected 134
William H. Carroll, elected 123
Stanley T. Devitt, elected 116
143
Charles F. Owens, elected
132
Francis T. Pedrick, elected
139
Margaret M. Scanlon, elected
122
Harry M. Shanahan, elected
135
Blanks
668
Malcolm F. MacLean, elected
147
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Precinct Three for two years (to fill vacancy)
Chester P. Brown, elected
145
Harold F. Harvey, elected
139
Blanks 144
Precinct Three for one year (to fill vacancy)
Blanks 214
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4, for three years
Egbert H. Ballard, elected 151
George J. Harvey, elected
152
Albert S. Hills, elected
151
Alfred B. Jones, elected
155
James R. Maddock, elected
150
Robert C. Mansfield, elected
152
Harvey P. Newcomb, elected
154
Anson M. Titus, elected
152
Blanks
415
Precinct 4, for one year (to fill vacancy)
Blanks 204
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5, for three years
Benj. B. Blanchard, elected 157
157
Edwin A. Fuller, elected 159
155
Ralph I. Lindsey, elected
158
George H. Lucey, elected
156
Raymond P. Miller, elected
154
Blanks 552
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for three years
Roland C. Booma, elected
173
James A. Breed, elected 163
Wm. Edgar Carter, elected 160
165
Stuart W. Graham, elected
158
Arthur H. Parsons, elected
162
Donald Redfern, elected
178
Stanley M. Stocker, elected
171
Blanks
694
Precinct 6, for one year (to fill vacancy)
Blanks 253
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7, for three years
Hamilton P. Edwards, elected 161
R. Wyer Greene, elected 154
Emilio Iarrobino 98
Lawrence B. Leonard, elected
154
Lester B. Morley, elected
182
Fred L. Mower, elected
148
Amos E. Russell, elected
143
James W. Santry, Jr., elected
153
Francis L. Smith, elected
164
Blanks 579
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8, for three years
Thomas W. Duncan, elected
84
Joseph S. Kimball, elected 88
William H. McCarty, elected 89
Thomas J. Minton, elected 85
Henry A. Pevear, elected
87
Arnold S. Potter, elected
89
Guy N. Chamberlin, elected
George M. Glidden, elected
Kingsland Dunwoody, elected
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Albert N. Rothermel, elected
89
Arthur M. Wyman, elected 84 Blanks 185
The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct 1
197
Precinct 2
235
Precinct 3 214
Precinct 4
204
Precinct 5
206
Precinct 6
253
Precinct 7
242
Precinct 8 110
Total vote cast 1661
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, March 11 at the Town Hall at 7.45 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
February 21, 1941
On the above date notice was received from John R. Hurlburt, Moderator of the appointment of the following persons to the Finance Committee, their terms to run concurrently with their term as Town Meeting member:
Precinct 3. Chester A. Brown, 17 Middlesex Avenue.
Precinct 6. William Edgar Carter, 259 Humphrey Street.
Precinct 7. Francis L. Smith, 75 Bates Road.
Precinct 8. William H. McCarty, 64 Bradlee Avenue.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
Tuesday, March 11, 1941
There being no quorum present, the special town meeting and adjourned annual town meeting were adjourned to Tuesday, April 1, 1941.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 29, 1941
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 pub- lished in the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Telegram- News on Saturday, March 29, 1941.
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
Notice of Adjourned Special and Annual Town Meetings, Tuesday, April 1, 1941 at 7.30 P.M.
To the Town Meeting Members:
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II "B" Sec- tion 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the adjourned special and annual town meetings will be be held Tuesday, April 1, 1941 at 7.30 P.M. at the Town Hall.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 29, 1941. and the following notice was mailed to the Town Meeting Members on March 29, 1941:
"Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II "B" Sec- tion 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the adjourned special and annual town meetings will be held Tuesday, April 1, 1941 at 7.30 P.M. at the Town Hall."
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, March 11, 1941
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 Swamp- scott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the eleventh day of March, 1941 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 lay, construct and maintain a drain on or near Hillside Avenue and/or alter or relo- cate the course or position of an existing brook running between Roy Street and Hillside Avenue and to do all things necessary or incidental thereto; and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to compromise and set- tle the case of Salvatore De Moree against Town of Swampscott, now pending in the Superior Court for the County of Essex, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to compromise and set- tle the claim of James E. Connor of Swampscott against Town of Swampscott and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to build, equip and main- tain a building for locker and park equipment storage purposes within the limits of Jackson Park, covering an area of not more than three thousand square feet on the ground, said building to be so located as to interfere as little as possible with the use for re- creation or athletic purposes of any part of the park area then so used, and appropriate money therefor. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
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Article 5. To see if the town will vote to build, equip and main- tain a recreation lodge, so called, covering an area of not more than three thousand square feet on the ground, within the limits of Jack- son Park, said lodge to be so located as to interfere as little as pos- sible with the use for recreational or athletic purposes of any part of the park area then so used, and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to build, equip and main- tain a locker building, covering an area of not more than three thousand square feet on the ground within the limits of Phillips Park, said building to be so located as to interfere as little as pos- sible with the use for recreational or athletic purposes of any part of the park area then so used, and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to take the necessary steps to have the Town Meeting Member Act, so-called, amended so as to permit the Moderator to appoint the members of the Finance Committee with- out restrictions as to precincts and such other changes as may be deemed necessary; or vote to authorize and direct the Moderator to appoint a committee to study this subject matter and make a re- port on the same to a subsequent Town Meeting, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell to the Lynn Gas and Electric Com- pany a duct bank, so-called, together with the manholes incidental thereto, located under Humphrey Street and to authorize said Board to execute and deliver all necessary deeds and intruments therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to rezone the property located at 69 Essex Street from a residential zone to a business zone, or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Fred- erick J. Hay, et al.
Article 10. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or other- wise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes men- tioned in the foregoing articles. Sponsored by the Board of Se- lectmen.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof at the Town Hall, Post Office and in at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct in the town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the town not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of February, A.D., 1941.
JAMES W. BUCHANAN, ROBERT G. BYRNE, PHILIP E. BESSOM, 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 two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Saturday, March 1, 1941 the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
WAYNE ANDERSON,
Constable.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, April 1, 1941
In accordance with the adjournment on Tuesday, March 11, 1941, the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Town Hall and were called to order at 7.45 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator. There were 123 Town Meeting Members present.
The new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
The report of the Finance Committee was read by Francis L. Smith, Chairman of said Committee.
Voted: Article 1. That action on this article be laid on the table.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for the full settlement of the claim of Salvatore DeMoree against the Town of Swampscott.
Voted Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $50.00 be appropriated for the settlement of the claim of James E. Connor of Swampscott against the Town of Swampscott.
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town appropriate the sum of $100.00 for plans and specifications for a proposed locker and storage building at Jack- son Park.
Voted: Article 5. That action on this article be laid on the table.
Voted: Article 6. 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 7. 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 the town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell to the Lynn Gas and Electric Company for not less than $5,000.00 a duct bank, so-called, together with the manholes incidental there-
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to, located under Humphrey Street and to authorize said Board to execute and deliver all necessary deeds and instruments therefor.
Voted: Article 9. To accept the report of the Planning Board that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Dissolved at 8.20 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, April 1, 1911
In accordance with the adjournment of March 11, 1941, the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Town Hall, and were called to order at 8.20 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator. Any Town Meeting Members that had not been previously sworn in were sworn by the Town Clerk. There were 123 Town Meeting members present.
Voted that the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Article 2. Voted to accept the report on the Essex Street Bridge and continue the same committee in office.
Voted: Article 3. 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 $600,000.00 from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1942, 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 the salaries of elected town officials except that of the Town Treasurer be the same for 1941 as they were voted in 1940. Voted: Article 5. That reports be accepted and placed on file. Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 7. Voted to consider this article item by item.
Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations except for the following amendments:
Selectmen Clerk, $1080.00. Total wages, $2,980.00.
Selectmen's Contingent Fund. No appropriation.
Town Hall, Assistant Janitor, $1456.00. Total wages, $3276.00.
Sewer payroll, $5967.00. Total wages, $6577.00. Highway Clerk, $200.00 Total wages, $42,200.00.
Old Age Assistance Clerk, $1092.00. Total wages, $1592.00.
Soldiers' Relief. Others $6500.00
State and Military Aid, $1200.00.
Reserve Fund, $5000.00.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriations
Total
Moderator:
Salary
$100.00
$100.00
Finance Committee, Others
450.00
450.00
Town Meeting:
Checkers
20.00
Others
65.00
85.00
Selectmen:
Selectmen Salaries
1,500.00
Secretary
400.00
Clerk
1,080.00
2,980.00
Others
560.00
560.00
Selectmen's Contingent Fund WPA
Salary of Sponsor's Agent
1,300.00
1,300.00
Certifying Agent Expenses and Others
220.00
220.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
2,340.00
Clerk's salary
1,092.00
Clerk, half time
546.00
3,978.00
Others
493.00
493.00
Town Treasurer:
Salary
1,800.00
Clerk's salary
400.00
2,200.00
Others
1,990.00
1,990.00
Certification of Notes and Bonds Others
100.00
100.00
Collector of Taxes:
Salary
1,500.00
Salary of Clerk
1,092.00
2,592.00
Others
2,670.00
2,670.00
Law
1,250.00
1,250.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
200.00
Salary of clerk
1,092.00
Elections
100.00
1,392.00
Others
520.00
520.00
Assessors:
Salaries
1,800.00
Assistant Assessor
200.00
Secretary
50.00
Clerical Service
1,600.00
3,650.00
Others
1,100.00
1.100.00
Election and Registration:
Registrars' salaries
625.00
Election officers' salaries
600.00
Janitors' salaries
50.00
Clerical
200.00
Canvassers
400.00
1,875.00
Others
1,470.00
1,470.00
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Appropriations
Total
Engineering:
Salaries and Wages-Town Engineer
3,120.00
Assistant Town Engineer
2,340.00
Engineer's assistants
1,200.00
6,660.00
Others
500.00
500.00
Town Hall:
Janitor
1,820.00
Assistant Janitor
1,456.00
3,276.00
Others
2,000.00
2,000.00
Planning Board:
Salary of clerk
50.00
50.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Board of Appeals:
Salary of Clerk
50.00
50.00
Others
75.00
75.00
Contributory Retirement Funds:
Salary of Clerk
546.00
546.00
Others
161.17
161.17
Pension Accum. Fund
9,376.26
9,376.26
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police:
Chief
$3,000.00
Captain
2,500.00
Sergeant
2,409.00
Patrolmen (13)
28,155.35
Special Police and Reserve
800.00
Clerk
1,092.00
37,956.35
Others
4,570.00
4,570.00
Fire:
Chief
3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,750.00
Captains (2)
5,000.00
Privates (12)
26,280.00
Call Men
1,600.00
Extra Labor
500.00
39,130.00
Others
5,990.00
5,990.00
Forest Warden:
Salary Forest Warden
130.00
Wages
200.00
Clerical Services
25.00
355.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Constable
100.00
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Sealer
450.00
450.00
Others
325.00
325.00
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Appropriations
Total
Inspector of Buildings:
Inspector
1,000.00
Assistant Inspector
50.00
1,050.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Animals:
Inspector
200.00
200.00
Dog Officer:
Officer
500.00
500.00
Insurance
5,335.00
5,335.00
Others
250.00
250.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health:
Commissioners
$500.00
Health Officer
2,184.00
Clerk
1,092.00
3,776.00
Others
4,255.00
4,255.00
Health Nurse:
Salary
1,300.00
1,300.00
Others
50.00
50.00
Refuse and Garbage
13,000.00
13,000.00
Dental Clinic:
Dentist
1,000.00
1,000.00
Others
150.00
150.00
District Nurse
750.00
750.00
Sewer:
Commissioners
450.00
Superintendent
Engineers
5,967.00
Clerk
Secretary of Board
10.00
Extra Labor
150.00
6,577.00
Others
3,170.00
3,170.00
Brooks
500.00
500.00
Emergency Sewer
300.00
300.00
Particular Sewers
200.00
200.00
CEMETERY
Cemetery Wages:
Superintendent
$1,820.00
Labor
4,000.00 737.00
$5,820.00
Others
737.00
The sum of $6,557.00 be transferred from Cemetery Lots Fund to the account of Cemetery Wages and Others and that $5,820 be used for Wages and $737.00 for Others as shown in above Budget.
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Appropriations
Total
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Highway:
Wages Surveyor
$3,000.00
Clerk
200.00
Labor
39,000.00
42,200.00
Others
31,882.28
31,882.28
Lighting Streets
26,000.00
26,000.00
CHARITIES
Public Welfare:
Commissioners
$350.00
Secretary
150.00
Executive Secretary
1,024.00
Other Clerical Services
100.00
Others
25,135.00
1,624.00 25,135.00
Old Age Assistance:
Commissioners
350.00
Secretary and Settlement Clerk
150.00
Clerk
1,092.00
1,592.00
Others
38,500.00
38,500.00
Soldier' Relief: Agent
300.00
300.00
Others
6,500.00
6,500.00
State and Military Aid
1,200.00
1,200.00
Pensions and Compensation:
Police
2,345.00
Fire
300.00
Highway
3,334.72
Health
936.00
Park
630.00
7,545.72
Workmen's Compensation:
Hanifey Case
520.00
Slattery Case
936.00
1,456.00
SCHOOLS
Schools:
Salaries, Wages and Others
$199,200.00 $199,200.00
Traveling Expense Outside State
100.00
100.00
Library:
Sarlaries, Librarian
2,000.00
Children's Librarian
1,300.00
Assistants
3,530.00
Janitors
1,350.00
Janitor's Assistants
50.00
8,230.00
Others
4,645.00
4,645.00
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Appropriations Total
ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Wages, Commissioners
$450.00
Clerk
936.00
Extra Clerical
400.00
Superintendent
3,016.00
Maintenance
4,638.00
Relaying
1,000.00
10,440.00
Others
50,497.00
50,497.00
Emergency Water
5,000.00
5,000.00
The item for water of $65,937.00 be taken from the receipts of the Water Department for the current year.
PARKS
Park Department:
Wages, Superintendent
$2,704.00
Labor
11,926.00
Other Wages
2,700.00
Secretary
50.00
17,380.00
Others
6,610.00
6,610.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Legion Lease
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
V. F. W. Lease
650.00
650.00
Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
Printing Town Reports
1,000.00
1,000.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
5,000.00
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest: General Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
$9,965.25
Outside Debt Limit
4,540.00
Sewer Loans
1,202.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue ....
500.00
16,207.25
Maturing Debt: General Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
25,700.00
Outside Debt Limit
17,000.00
Sewer Loans
7,350.00
50,050.00
Voted: Article 8. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee 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, Terc. Ed.
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Voted: Article 9. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee 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 Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town vote to remove any or all of the car tracks now located in Swampscott and/or resurface the streets from which the said car tracks are removed; that the said work be done by the Highway Department under the supervision of the Surveyor of Highways, and that subject to the approval of the Department of Public Works and the County Commissioners of the County of Es- sex, the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated therefor to. be expended by the town along with any moneys available to be supplied by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Essex under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
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 action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 14. 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 ap- point one of its own members as Agent and Investigating Officer and fix the salary of said appointee at $1,200.00 per year, as pro- vided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, Terc. Ed.
Voted: Article 15. 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, Terc. Ed.
Voted: Article 16. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $1,400.00 be appropriated to settle certain claims by the City of Boston for aid and support furnished to per- sons having a legal settlement in the Town of Swampscott.
Voted: Article 17. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the purchase of a one and one-half ton truck for the Park Department, under the provisions of Chapter 5 of the By-Laws.
Voted: Article 18. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town appropriate the sum of $300.00 to purchase play- ground equipment for Phillips Park.
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1941]
Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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