Town annual report of Swampscott 1942, Part 4

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 206


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Dog Officer:


Officer


550.00


550.00


Others


250.00


250.00


Insurance


5,350.00


5,350.00


$105,146.86


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HEALTH AND SANITATION


Health:


Commissioners


$ 500.00


Health Officer


2,448.60


Clerk


1,224.30 $ 4,172.90


Others


4,695.00


4,695.00


Health Nurse:


Salary


1,457.50


1,457.50


Others


50.00


50.00


Refuse and Garbage


13,035.00


13,035.00


Dental Clinic:


Dentist


1,100.00


1,100.00


Others


150.00


150.00


District Nurse


825.00


825.00


Sewer:


Commissioners


450.00


Engineers


6,646.20


Clerk


174.90


Secretary of Board


10.00


Extra labor


200.00


7,481.10


Others


3,210.00


3,210.00


Brooks


388.90


388.90


Emergency Sewer


1,000.00


1,000.00


Particular Sewers


200.00


200.00


$ 37,765.40


CEMETERY


Cemetery :


Wages, Superintendent


$ 2,040.50


Labor


4,849.80


6,890.30


Others


790.00


790.00


$


7,680.30


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES


Highway:


Wages, Surveyor


$ 3,300.00


Clerk


220.00


Labor


43,03.7.50


$ 46,557.50


Others


32,240.00


32,240.00


Lighting Streets


26,000.00


26,000.00 $104,797.50


CHARITIES


Public Welfare:


Commissioners


$ 350.00


Secretary


1,224.30


Executive Secretary


165.00


Other Clerical services


125.00


$ 1,864.30


Others


14,930.00


14,930.00


Aid to Dependent Children .... 9,500.00


9,500.00


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Old Age Assistance:


Commissioners


$ 350.00


Secretary and Settlement


Clerk


165.00


Clerk


1,224.30


1,739.30


Others


38,000.00


38,000.00


Soldiers Relief :


Agent


330.00


330.00


Others


7,500.00


7,500.00


State and Military Aid


750.00


750.00


Pensions and Compensation:


Police


2,345.00


Fire


300.00


Highway


2,398.72


Health


954.00


5,997.72


Workmen's Compensation:


Hanifey Case


530.00


Slattery Case


954.00


1,484.00 $ 82,095.32


SCHOOLS


Schools:


Salaries, Wages and Others $224,953.00 $224,953.00


Traveling Expense Outside State ..


100.00


100.00


Library:


Salaries, Librarian


2,310.00


Children's Librarian


1,430.00


Assistants


3,581.50


Janitor


1,485.00


Assistant Janitor


50.00


High School Assistants


400.00


9,256.50


Others


5,000.00


5,000.00 $239,309.50


ENTERPRISES


Water Department:


Wages, Commissioners


$ 450.00


Clerk


1,049.40


Superintendent


3,300.00


Maintenance


12,452.30


Relaying


1,000.00


Secretary


40.00


$ 18,291.70


Others


11,172.50


11,172.50


Metropolitan Water


35,000.00


35,000.00 $ 64,464.20


The item for Water of $64,464.20 to be taken from the receipts of the Water Department for the current year.


PARKS


Park Department:


Wages, Superintendent


$ 3,031.60


Labor ...


16,230.15


Secretary


50.00 $ 19,311.75


Others


5,200.00 5,200.00 $ 24,511.75


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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


1,166.00


1,166.00


Reserve Fund


7,500.00


7,500.00


$ 11,066.00


INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY


Interest: General Debt


Inside Debt Limit


$ 8,847.50


School Loan Outside


3,840.00


Sewer Loans


919.75


T. B. Hospital


300.00


Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


840.00


$ 14,747.25


Maturing Debt: General Debt


Inside Debt Limit


23,000.00


School Loan Outside Limit ..


14,000.00


Sewer Loan Outside Limit ..


6,350.00


T. B. Hospital Loan


3,000.00


46,350.00 $ 61,097.25


Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $274.58 to pay bills contracted prior to January 1, 1942, and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the books for the year 1941.


Fire


$272.36


Dog Officer 2.22


Unanimous.


Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee 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 to fix the salary of said appointee at three hundred ($300.00) dollars as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, said three hundred ($300.00) dollars to be paid from the amount of United States Grant Old Age Assistance Administration.


Voted: Article 29. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the portion of land on Pine Street now used by the Water Department be rezoned for business purposes.


Unanimous.


Voted: Article 30. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a new lease with the Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, Veterans of Foreign Wars Building Association, Inc., for a term of four (4) years from May 6, 1942, for the purpose of providing headquarters for the Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, Veterans of Foreign Wars, on the upper floor of the building located at 438 Humphrey Street; money for same provided for under Article 11.


Voted: Article 31. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a new lease with the Leon E. Abbott Post 57, American Legion Build-


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ing Association, for a term of five (5) years from April 5, 1942; money for same provided for under Article 11.


Voted: Article 33. That the Town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to obtain enactment of a special act of the Legis- lature to authorize payment by the Town to Simeon J. Strong the additional amount of $180.44 per year as a retirement allowance or pension.


Voted: Article 39. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted: Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for the use of the Works Progress Administration recreational project for the pur- chase or hire of materials, supplies or equipment.


Voted: Article 43. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town vote to transfer the following balances:


Commonwealth Avenue Sewer $973.98


Kings Brook


381.88


Sewer Station Pump


374.67


Removal of Car Tracks


85.83


Allen Road


50.78


Highway Compressor


443.50


Ragweed Removal


68.97


Mosquito Control


56.46


Warrants Payable


59.32


$2,495.39


and appropriate $1,904.61, the total $4,400.00 to be expended as the Town's proprotionate share for the purchase and hire of necessary equipment, materials and supplies for the continuance of WPA Fed- eral Parks Projects done under the supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners.


Voted: Article 46. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted: Article 49. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $200.00 for use by the Rationing Board in connection with the expenses in discharge of its duties.


Voted: Article 50. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted: Article 51. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for repairs and paint- ing the Phillips Beach Engine House and that said work be done under the supervision of the Fire Engineers.


Voted: Article 52. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


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Voted: Article 53. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted: Article 54. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted: Article 55. To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That the use of residential property, for the purposes of prac- ticing of medicine, be exempted from the provisions of the zoning by-laws of the Town of Swampscott.


Unanimous.


Voted: Article 58. That action on this article be laid on the table.


Voted: Article 60. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:


That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


Dissolved at 9:50 P.M.


Attest:


MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.


WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Essex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott,


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in their respective precincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the Fifteenth Day of Sep- tember, 1942, at 8 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:


Governor for this Commonwealth; Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth; Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Common- wealth; Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth; Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth; Attorney General for this Commonwealth; Senator in Congress for this Com- monwealth; Representative in Congress for 6th Congressional Dis- trict; Councillor for 5th Councillor District; Senator for 1st Essex Senatorial District; Three Representatives in General Court for 13th Essex Representative District; District Attorney for Eastern Dis- trict; Register of Probate and Insolvency for Essex County; County Commissioner for Essex County; County Treasurer for Essex County.


The polls will be open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the Post Office, and 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.


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-


Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this First day of September, A. D., 1942.


ROBERT G. BYRNE, JAMES W. BUCHANAN, PHILIP E. BESSOM, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest:


LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.


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, September 5, 1942, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.


LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.


STATE PRIMARY Tuesday, September 15, 1942


In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott, assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 8 o'clock A.M. by their presiding officers. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each Precinct.


The following were appointed Precinct Officers and qualified for same:


Precinct 1: Warden, Henry A. Sadler (R); Clerk, John H. Keat- ing (D); Inspectors, Harold J. Mclaughlin, Leon F. Ximiness; Tel- lers, Cornelia T. Moore (R), Harriett T. Kain (D), Ruth B. Hough- ton (R), Bridget V. McNamara, Lauretta M. Fournier (D), Beatrice F. Hamel (D).


Precinct 2: Warden, James E. Sharp (D); Clerks, William T. Pearson (R), Michael F. Moran (D); Tellers, James E. Connor (D), Ruth H. Conley (R), Doris L. Smith (D), Lillian A. Currant (R), John H. Philpot (D), Ann A. Melzard (R).


Precinct 3: Warden, Stuart P. Ellis (R); Clerk, Walter L. Kehoe (D); Inspectors, Donald L. Sawyer (D), Almer A. Jackson (R); Tellers, Elizabeth M. Callahan (D), Francis T. Pedrick (R), Wini- fred G. Jacobs (R), Katherin E. Lamkin (R), William G. Burns (D).


Precinct 4: Warden, Thomas J. McManus (D); Clerk, John C. Pirie (R); Inspectors, Horace P. Fifield (R), Henry Grace (D); Tellers, Anna C. Howard (R), Bessie F. Maguire (D), Martha L. Graham (R), Edith J. Johnson (R).


Precinct 5: Warden, Thomas J. Boyce (D); Clerk, Irving Cur- tis (R); Inspectors, John T. Morrison (R), William J. Bonefant (D); Tellers, Gladys E. Williams (R), Joan Brown, Bessie P. Laxton (R), Alice E. Leslie (D), Mary E. Fletcher (R), Florence E. Scanlon (D).


Precinct 6: Warden, Charles M. Cahoon (R); Clerk, Anna M. Burke (D); Inspectors, Peter J. Blaser (D), Doris A. Coletti (R);


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Tellers, Margaret V. Freeman (D), Eva C. Evans (R), Elva P. Garey (R), Christina A. Pearce (D), Lucy G. Nickerson (R).


Precinct 7: Warden, Eustis B. Grimes (R); Clerk, Carrie K. Montgomery (R); Inspectors, Glover Swindlehurst, George C. Cot- ton (R); Tellers, Agnes C. Kennedy (R), Annie L. Ward (D), Doris L. Torrey, Esther M. McAuliffe (D).


Precinct 8: Warden, William J. Lynch (D); Clerk, Ralph Mel- zard (R); Inspectors, Patrick Lyons (D), William Hill (R); Tellers, Annie T. Conners (D), Pauline Duncan (R), Irene J. Johnson (R), Mary F. Way (D), Clara V. Watson.


The balloting started at 8 A.M. and the count started at 4 P.M. The polls closed at 8 P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.


Precinct 6 was the first to make a return at 8:13 P.M. and Pre- cinct 2 the last at 9:30 P.M.


The following number of votes were cast:


Republicans


Democrats


Precinct 1


130


24


Precinct 2


199


43


Precinct 3


161


32


Precinct 4


137


30


Precinct 5


167


46


Precinct 6


114


30


Precinct 7


169


43


Precinct 8


f.


176


33


Total vote cast


1253


281


REPUBLICAN BALLOT


Governor:


Leverett Saltonstall,


Newton


102 172 151 124 160 101 150 172 1132


Blanks


28


27


10


13


7


13


19


4 121


Lieutenant Governor:


Horace T. Cahill, Braintree


96 170 150 123 157


95 146 169 1106


Blanks


34


29


11


14


10


19


23


7 147


Secretary:


Frederick W. Cook,


Somerville


102 169 150 122 154


95 146 166 1104


Blanks


28


30


11


15


13


19


23


10


149


Treasurer:


Laurence Curtis, Boston


43


76


66


53


69


34


85


104


530


Edgar A. French, Marshfield 12


18


22


13


24


17


18


16


140


Sybil H. Holmes, Brookline


21


33


31


28


35


30


27


22


227


Richard E. Johnston, Boston 16


19


14


19


14


8


9


15


114


Wallace E. Stearns, Boston


9


5


13


6


7


1


10


4


55


Blanks


29


48


15


18


18


24


20


15


187


Auditor:


Russell A. Wood, Cambridge


96 155 143 122 151


89 144 166 1066


Blanks


34


44 18


15


16


25


25


10


187


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Attorney General:


Robert T. Bushnell, Newton 98 158 143 123 158


91 142 168 1081


Blanks


32


41


18


14


9


23


27


8


172


Senator in Congress:


Henry Cabot Lodge, Beverly


101 165 134 108 141


98 117 133


997


Courtenay Crocker, Boston Blanks


15


13


19


10


16


7


32


31


143


14


21


8


19


10


9


20


12


113


Congressman, Sixth District:


George J. Bates, Salem Blanks


30


32


14


15


11


19


22


9


152


Councillor, Fifth District:


Samuel R. Bailey, Amesbury 30


67


49


47


67


35


50


60


405


Washington Cook, Haverhill 24


34


31


35.


27


14


37


41


243


William H. McSweeney, Salem


45


58


56


39


49


41


45


55


388


Blanks


31


40


25


16


24


24


37


20


217


Senator, First Essex District:


Elmer W. Fall, Lynn Blanks


3


3


1


9


22


13


51


130 196 158 137 166 105 147 163 1202


Representatives in General Court, Thirteenth Essex District,


Vote for 3:


Harold B. L. McIntosh, Marblehead


74 124 117


99 116


85 112 131


858


Lester B. Morley, Swampscott


102 173 135 119 136


99 144 158 1066


Edmond Talbot, Jr., Salem


69 116 114


96 114


81 108 129


827


Blanks


145 184 117


97 135


77 143 110 1008


District Attorney, Eastern District:


Hugh A. Cregg, Methuen Blanks


35


47


32


20


21


27


36 21


239


Register of Probate and Insolvency, Essex County:


William F. Shanahan, Swampscott


90 159 130 122 150


88 142 152 1033


Blanks


40


40


31


15


17


26


27


24


220


County Commissioner, Essex County :


C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus 16 27


11


9


17


9


23


35


147


Blanks


5


1


2


1


1


4


5


5


24


County Treasurer, Essex County :


Harold E. Thurston, Lynn


103 160 144 124 152


92 139 164 1078


Blanks


27 39


17


13


15


22


30


12


175


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DEMOCRATIC BALLOT


Governor:


Francis E. Kelly, Boston


10


14


0


3


8


13


15


9 72


Roger L. Putnam, Springfield


13


26


31


24


35


15


26


20


190


Blanks


1


3


1


3


3


2


2


4


19


109 171 148 127 149 101 141 136 1082


James D. Bentley, Swampscott


95 152 129 117 146


87 133 155 1014


100 167 147 122 156


95 147 167 1101


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Lieutenant Governor:


John C. Carr, Medford Blanks


18


30


26


23


36


21


31


25


210


6


13


6


7


10


9


12


8


71


Secretary:


Joseph J. Buckley, Boston


11


24


18


17


20


15


18


12


135


Leo A. Gosselin, Bellingham


1


3


3


5


4


1


4


4


25


John D. O'Brien, Boston


4


10


5


4


6


7


10


10


56


Blanks


8


6


6


4


16


7


11


7


65


Treasurer:


Thomas E. Barry, Boston


4


12


12


5


7


8


10


4 62


Francis X. Hurley, Boston


4


18


11


15


22


9


16


16


111


William F. Hurley, Boston


3


2


3


2


2


2


4


22


John F. Welch, Boston


3


4


0


1


0


4


4


3


19


Blanks


9


6


7


6


15


7


11


6


67


Auditor:


Thomas J. Buckley, Boston


12


32


18


19


29


17


30


18


175


Leo D. Walsh, Boston


4


7


10


8


9


8


6


10


62


Blanks


8


4


4


3


8


5


7


5


44


Attorney General:


James E. Agnew, Boston Blanks


13


13


9


9


15


10


10


8


87


Senator in Congress:


Joseph E. Casey, Clinton


8


17


17


11


20


14


20


21


128


Daniel H. Coakley, Boston


1


3


0


1


2


1


0


0


8


John F. Fitzgerald, Boston


10


15


9


13


14


8


17


7


93


Joseph Lee, Boston


2


5


2


1


3


2


2


2


19


Blanks


3


3


4


4


7


5


4


3


33


Congressman, Sixth District:


James D. Burns, Salem Leander H. Caswell, Haverhill


9


28


17


19


27


16


25


19


160


1


1


4


3


1


3


4


1


18


Arthur Hovey Teague, Salem


7


4


3


2


7


3


5


6


37


Blanks


7


10


8


6


11


8


9


7


66


Councillor, Fifth District: James A. Donovan, Lawrence


13


31


21


23


29


20


30


25


192


Blanks


11


12


11


7


17


10


13


8


89


Senator, First Essex District:


Charles V. Hogan, Lynn


20


37


26


26


40


25


33


25


232


Blanks


4


6


6


4


6


5


10


8


49


Representatives in General Court, Thirteenth Essex District,


Vote for 3:


Blanks


72 129


96


90 138


90 129


99 843


District Attorney, Eastern District:


Hugh A. Cregg, Methuen


John T. Coan, Swampscott


14


33


25


2 20


2 40


1 22


12 27


8


37


Joseph B. Harrington, Salem


6


2


1


8


2


5


2


1


27


Blanks


2


1


3


0


2


2


2


2


14


11


30


23


21


31


20


33


25


194


4


2


7


3


22


203


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Register of Probate and Insolvency, Essex County:


William F. Shanahan, Swampscott


19


35


27


25


38


22


30


30


226


Blanks


5


8


5


5


8


8


13


3


55


County Commissioner, Essex County :


Michael F. Conway, Peabody 17


32


22


21


33


21


30


27


203


Blanks


7


11


10


9


13


9


13


6


78


County Treasurer, Essex County :


William G. Hennessey, Lynn 16


33


20


23


30


22


32


25


201


Blanks


8


10


12


7


16


8


11


8


80


Adjourned at 10:00 P.M.


Attest:


MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,


RECOUNT OF VOTES


In accordance with a petition filed with the Town Clerk for a Recount of votes cast for County Commissioners at the State Primary September 15, 1942 (Republican), said recount was held on Friday morning, September 25, 1942, at 9:00 A.M., by the Board of Regis- trars assisted by the following tellers:


Charles M. Cahoon


Irving Curtis Donald L. Sawyer Walter L. Kehoe


Pratt


Bentley


Blanks


Precinct 1


17


108


5


Precinct 2


28


170


1


Precinct 3


11


148


2


Precinct


13


123


1


Precinct 5


17


149


1


Precinct 6


9


101


4


Precinct 7


24


140


5


Precinct 8


40


132


4


159


1071


23


Original Vote Recount Vote


C. F. Nelson Pratt


147


159


James D. Bentley


1082


1071


Blanks


24


23


1253


1253


HERBERT W. ANDREWS, CHARLES P. McGETTRICK, THOMAS J. MINTON, MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,


Clerk.


Attest:


MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,


Town Clerk.


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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Essex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, in the said County, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in their respective precincts in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the Third Day of Novem- ber, 1942, at 6 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Election Officers on one ballot for the following offices:


Governor for this Commonwealth; Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth; Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Common- wealth; Treasurer for this Commonwealth; Auditor of the Conmonwealth for this Commonwealth; Attorney General for this Commonwealth; Senator in Congress for this Common- wealth; Representative in Congress for 6th Congressional Dis- trict; Councillor for 5th Councillor District; Senator for 1st Essex Senatorial District; Three Representatives in General Court for 13th Essex Representative District; District Attorney for Eastern Dis- trict; Register of Probate and Insolvency for Essex County; County Commissioner for Essex County; County Treasurer for Essex County.


To vote Yes or No on the following Questions:


To vote on the following Question, mark a Cross X in the square at the right of YES or NO.


QUESTION NO. 1 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition


Shall the proposed measure which provides that the present statutes which make it a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise, print, publish, distribute or circulate any matter containing reference to any person from whom or place where any drug, instrument or means whatever, or any advice or information may be obtained, for the purpose of preventing preg- nancy, or to sell, lend, give away, exhibit, offer or advertise any drug, medicine, instrument or other article for the prevention of conception, or to write or print information of any kind stating when, where, how, of whom, or by what means such article can be obtained, or to manufacture or make such article, shall not apply to treatment or prescription given to married persons for protection of life or health by or under the direction of registered physicians nor to teaching in chartered medical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative, be approved ?


To vote on a Question, mark a Cross X in the square at the right of YES or NO.


To vote on the following, mark a Cross X in the square at the right of YES or NO.


To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions:


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(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this town of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "Yes" on all three questions.


(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one, "Yes" on question two and "No" on question three.


(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on questions one and two and "Yes" on question three.


(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on question one and "Yes" on questions two and three.


(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "No" on all three questions.


1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?


2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?


3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?


To vote on the following, mark a Cross X in the square at the right of YES or NO.


1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county ?


2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county ?


The polls will be open from 6 A.M. to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the 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 return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this Twentieth day of October, A. D. 1942. ROBERT G. BYRNE, JAMES W. BUCHANAN.


PHILIP E. BESSOM,


Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest:


LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.


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 war-




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