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Thus the question presents itself as to the desirability of amend- ing these Lot Area Regulations in order to permit the Board of Ap- peals, in cases affected thereby, to vary the application of their re- quirements, if it can be done without substantial detriment to the public welfare and the relief sought by the petitioner can be granted without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose of the Regulations. Your Board has no interest in the matter other than to call the attention of the taxpayers to these Regulations and their effect.
Respectfully submitted,
CONRAD P. RICHARDSON, G. GLOVER BOWES. CHARLES A. EASTERBROOKS, Board of Appeals.
CPR/MDR.
Annual Report of Forest Warden, 1943
The Board of Selectmen, Swampscott, Mass.
December 28, 1943
Gentlemen:
The year 1943 was a normal one as far as the number of grass and brush fires were concerned. A great deal of supervised burn- ing was done under the fire department personnel for the elimina- tion of fire hazards and the preparation of Victory gardens. The hiring of part time labor was a serious problem, due to the man- power shortage.
One change was made in the fire permit law, Chapter 581, Sec. 13, relative to the setting of fires in the open air by adding the Executive Order No. 12 which allows the burning of material for scrap, such as auto bodies. The Order as applies to this Town is. "During the continuance of the existing state of war, it shall be lawful for any person, acting under a written permit therefor, to set, maintain or increase a fire in the open air at such times during the months of April and May as may be specified in the said permit,
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for the sole purpose of burning automobile bodies to make scrap metals available therefrom. Written permits covering a period not exceeding five days may be granted by the forest warden or chief of the fire department -. Every such permit shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed by the officer issuing the same, for the purpose of protecting life and property, and shall be revocable by the issuing officer at any time."
The Essex County Forest Warden's Association plan to hold their annual meeting in Swampscott in May 1944. It is hoped that this may be possible but with increased war efforts and rationing it is difficult to look too far into the future.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK C. BURK,
Forest Warden.
The Planning Board
Swampscott, Mass. December 31, 1943
Town of Swampscott, Office of the Planning Board, Swampscott, Mass.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
The planning Board presents the following report:
Activities of the Board relative to current problems have been limited in 1943 as in the previous year by an almost complete absence of real estate developments. Only one proposed subdivision of any importance was submitted to the Board during the year.
Program for Future Activities
The three points set forth under this heading in our 1942 report have been receiving the Board's consideration, and remain the basis for procedure.
In line with this program and considering the pressing need for Post War planning, the Board is presenting to the Citizens of Swampscott an article recommending that work be started on the development of a Master Plan. Such a plan is essential to the suc- cessful development of the community, and is a stated requirement in the planning act as accepted by the Town (Chapter 41, General Laws Section 81B). More than fifty cities and towns in the Com- monwealth have completed this work.
In connection with the preparation of the Master Plan further study will be given towards improving the zoning regulations, and also the question of long term planning.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. MADDOCK, GEORGE J. NICHOLS, CHESTER A. BROWN, ARTHUR McGOVERN, ALFRED L. RICHARDS, The Planning Board.
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BUILDING INSPECTOR
1943]
Building Inspector
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1943.
Permits Issued
Estimated Cost
Dwellings
New
1
$ 1,800.00
Alterations and Additions
17
5,835.00
Private Garages
New
1
200.00
Alterations and Additions
3
1,850.00
Miscellaneous
Hen Coops
9
515.00
Storage Shed
1
1,200.00
Demolish Dwellings
2
Demolish Mink House
1
Demolish Hospital
1
Demolish Garage
1
Move Garages
2
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$11,400.00
Building Permits
39
Permits to Shingle
44
83
No. of Inspections (buildings)
58
No. of Inspections (shingling)
44
102
Amount of building fees collected
$29.00
Elevator operators' fees issued New
7
7.00
Renewals
1
.50
$36.50
All hotels and elevators have been inspected and returns made to the State. Several complaints of violations of the building laws have been investigated and in all cases adjustments made.
Frequent examinations were made of buildings in course of construction and repair.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND O. DOANE, Building Inspector.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Committee on Town Hall
On June 4, 1940, the Town Moderator, by authority of a vote passed under Article 74 of the Annual Town Meeting of that year, appointed a committee "to study the necessity or advisability of constructing an addition to or extension of the present town hall."
The appointees were Philip W. Blood, Chairman, Henry S. Bald- win, Robert G. Byrne, Harry D. Linscott, John S. McKenney, Fred E. Russell, James W. Santry. Mr. Byrne and Mr. McKenney are now in the Service.
The committee held one or two meetings, but took no action and made no report. It was the opinion of its members that to ex- tend the present town hall would be inadvisable.
The Planning Board for the same year considered the need for additional space for town administration and reported against any addition to the present town hall. (1940 Town Report, Page 155).
During the current year the question of the advisability of the town's purchasing the Elihu Thomson property at 24 Monument Avenue for an administration building, has been a topic of some public discussion.
Members of this committee have gone over the house. Mr. Bald- win, who may be said to have first brought this question before the town, and who has spent a considerable time preparing plans, statistics and data concerning the house, has submitted these to the committee.
The committee has come to the following conclusions and makes this report:
The present town hall is inadequate for the transaction of municipal business. It has no sufficient accommodation for the pub- lic to transact business with town boards and officials. It has no adequate space for the keeping of town records. It is no longer sufficient or appropriate for the use of town boards and officials. As a building it is not conducive to the efficient administration of town affairs.
To build an addition on to the present town hall would be inadvisable.
A new auditorium is not needed by the town. If the present town hall were not existent, the official needs of the town for an auditorium could be met by having town meetings in the auditorium of the Hadley School or High School.
The town is very much in need of a good administration build- ing and this need will increase rather than grow less.
As to the question of the advisability of acquiring the Elihu Thomson property, some factors are in favor and others against.
These include:
Against:
The building was built in 1889 and thus is an old structure.
The town would lose taxable property.
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In favor:
The building is a public building rather than a house.
It is built with double brick walls with an air space between, durable, slate roof, is of the type called mill construction, and its construction probably is better than many town buildings.
The building has an adequate number of high-studded, large rooms, suitable for town offices.
It contains approximately 5000 square feet more available floor space than the entire floor of the present town hall, including the auditorium.
It is air conditioned.
It has two substantial General Electric oil heating boilers and the heating system is in every way adequate.
It is in good condition.
The expense of installing a vault and of adapting it for town use should not be excessive.
If it were taken by the town, the grounds around it could be turned over to the Park Department to be cared for in a Way sim- ilar to the park space on Monument Avenue.
There doubtless are other considerations that might apply, both against and in favor.
The scope of the committee's authority does not permit it to make a recommendatory report on this question, one way or the other, and it brings the matter before the town as any body of interested citizens might well do.
There is reason to believe that the entire property could now be purchased at an extremely favorable figure, and that the trustees of the Thomson Estate would prefer, if possible, to have the town, rather than some private individual or enterprise, become the owner of this handsome structure, which was built with the greatest care, with the best materials available, and upon plans by one of the dis- tinguished architects of the period.
The only present purpose of the committee is to endeavor to bring before the town all available facts concerning this property in order that it may be fully and freely discussed and acted upon by a town meeting.
To that end the committee has asked to have placed in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, articles upon which action may be taken if the town deems it advisable.
The committee now recommends that the Moderator forthwith appoint a committee of five town meeting members to gather to- gether available facts on the question of the advisability of acquir- ing the Elihu Thomas property, 24 Monument Avenue, for municipal purposes, and to make report and recommendation thereon, such report and recommendation to be filed in time for action thereon at an adjournment of this Annual Meeting.
PHILIP W. BLOOD, Chairman HENRY S. BALDWIN, FRED E. RUSSELL, JAMES W. SANTRY, HARRY D. LINSCOTT,
Committee on Town Hall.
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[Dec. 31
Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessors submit herewith all figures used by them in the determination of the tax rate and other figures of a statistical nature. It is to be noted that in consequence of lack of building operations during the past three years; the demolition of larger buildings and the depreciation in old buildings that the valua- tion of the town upon which the tax rate is determined is gradually receding.
The excise tax on automobiles for the year 1943 showed a de- crease of $15,099.58 from that received in 1942.
The following tables show how the assessors arrived at the 1943 Tax Rate:
Liabilities, Town of Swampscott, 1943
*STATE ASSESSMENTS:
State Tax
$18,200.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts
540.84
Charles River Basin
2,094.43
Metropolitan Parks
3,638.19
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
397.63
Boulevards
762.76
Metropolitan Water
28,820.70
State Retirement System
262.54
TOTAL STATE ASSESSMENTS:
$54,717.09
*COUNTY ASSESSMENTS: County Tax
$32,137.25
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
14,034.75
TOTAL COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
46,172.00
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS:
(a) To be raised by Taxation $793,061.59
(b) To be raised by Available Funds 19,397.61
TOTAL TOWN APPROPRIATIONS
812,459.20
OVERLAY DEFICITS: 1940
$ 34.00
1941
862.79
TOTAL OVERLAY DEFICITS
896.79
OVERLAY 1943
23,796.66
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$938,041.74
*Tax levied by the State and County
Assets
Property Tax, Valuation $23,891,876. @ $27. per $1,000
$645,084.29 49,397.61
Overestimates 1942 State Assessments
.11
Estimated Receipts (State Accounts)
88,698.66
Estimated Receipts (Town Accounts)
147,221.07
Poll Taxes 3,820 @ $2.00 each
7,640.00
TOTAL ASSETS
$938,041.74
Available Funds
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Estimated Receipts (Town)
Old Age Tax (Meals) G.L. Chap. 64B Par. 10 $1,151.42
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 20,000.00
Licenses
5,100.00
Fines
255.00
Special Assessments
2,900.00
General Government
300.00
Protection Persons and Property
50.00
Health and Sanitation
370.00
Grants and Gifts
2,700.00
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)
31,342.35
Soldiers' Benefits
375.00
Schools
2,300.00
Libraries
948.00
Recreation
475.00
Public Service Enterprises (Water)
72,854.30
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
3,500.00
Massachusetts State Guard
2,600.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS (Town)
$147,221.07
Estimated Receipts (State)
Income Tax
$ 65,610.90
Corporations Taxes
23,087.76
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS (State)
$88,698.66
Table of Aggregates 1943
No. persons, partnerships and corporations assessed on property
3,313
No. of Polls assessed
3,820
Value of land
$ 6,628,930
Value of Buildings
16,086,005
Value of Assessed Real Estate
$22,714,935
Value of Stock in Trade
84,442
Value of Machinery
55,316
Value of Live Stock
250
Value of all other Personal Property
1,036,933
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
1,176,941
Tax Rate per $1,000
27.00
Number of Horses Assessed
5
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
1,675
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,778
Taxes for State, County and Town Purposes
On Personal Estate
On Real Estate
On Polls
$31,777.61 613,306.68 7,640.00
TOTAL TAXES ASSESSED
$652,724.29
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. MORRISON, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, JOHN A. HOLMES, Board of Assessors.
TOWN
OF
SWAMPSCOTT 8 TEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 9
YEAR 1943
1.
2
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 - 20
21
22
UNDER ESTIMATES
2 GENERAL GOVERNMENT
3 LIFE & PROPERTY
4 HEALTH & SANITATION
5 HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES
6 CHARITIES
7 EDUCATION
8 LIBRARIES
9 RECREATION
.
10 CEMETERY
11 UNCLASSIFIED
12 DEBT
13 DEBT INTEREST
14 STATE TAX
15 STATE ASSESSMENTS
16 COUNTY TAX
17 COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
18 OVERLAY
THE EIGHTEEN CLASSIFICATIONS INTO WHICH THE 1943 BUDGET OF $ 865,187.44 Is SUBDIVIDED.
1943]
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Relative Statistics Concerning Appropriations and Valuations APPROPRIATED AT TOWN MEETING
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
Overdraft previous year
$34,735.95
$818.66
$1,656.00
$2,214.68
$896.79 65,272.60
General Government
52,662.72
55,844.00
53,849.43
59,904.49
Protection Life and Property
100,076.91
101,644.57
110,061.35
147,239,39
122,174.42
Health and Sanitation
59,407.50
51,593.70
77,023.26
39,265.40
43,666.00
Highways and Bridges ...
105,500.00
116,725.18
117,438.90
116,901.25
112,800.00
Charities & Soldiers Relief
83,719.72
87,112.97
86,802.72
83,835.58
83,231.82
Education-Schools
198,683.00
199,850.00
200,400.00
225,353.00
223,354.00
Library
11,810.00
12,575.00
12,875.00
14,256.50
14,567.00
Recreation
26,010.75
25,122.00
25,570.00
28,441.36
25,958.20
Cemetery
7,694.00
7,922.00
6,557.00
7,701.05
7,900.00
Unclassified
16,230.46
13,696.65
11,561.82
12,292.95
14,094.06
Maturing Debt
57,050.00
56,050.00
50.050.00
46,350.00
41,750.00
Maturing Debt Interest
20,082.75
18,067.50
16,207.25
14,747.25
13,657.50
State Tax
65,340.00
58,080.00
60,060.00
54 600.00
18,200.00
State Assessments
15,737.56
12,189.64
8,757.94
8,747.45
7,696.39
County Tax
33,228.24
34,461.53
38,088.03
35,575.52
32,137.25
County Assessments
9,683.28
9.976.46
10,051.71
12,878.37
14,034.75
Overlay
10,000.00
10,003.38
8,021.06
17,776.34
23,796.66
Totals
$907,652.84
$871,733.24
$895,031.47
$928,080.58
$865,187.44
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TO BE RAISED BY TAXES ON PROPERTY AND RECEIPTS
Estimated Receipts
$133,910.92
$184,187.79
$199,031.72
$189,265.55
$163,065,43
Transfers
150,338.03
26,333.76
41,322.35
30,631.52
49,397.72
Poll Taxes
6,940.00
7,212.00
7,268.00
7,454.00
7,640.00
Property Taxes
616,463.89
653,999.69
647,409.40
700,729.51
645,084.29
Totals
$907,652.84
$871,733.24
$895,031.47
$928,080.58
$865,187.44
Voted after Tax Rate Fixed
$36,207.00
WATER DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE FIGURES
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
Amount Bonded
$
00.00
$ 00.00
$
00.00
$ 00.00
$ 00.00
Value of Buildings
15,329,891.00
15,868,686.00
16,036,955.00
16,186,805.00
16,086,005.00
Value of Land
6,805,751.00
6,796,085.00
6,688,605.00
6,719,795.00
6,628,930.00
Value Personal Property
1,240,657.00
1,203,831.00
1,252,566.00
1,256,357.00
1,176,941.00
Total Valuations
23,376,299.00
23,868,602.00
23,978,126.00
24,162,957.00
23,891,876.00
Tax Rate
29.30
27.40
27.00
29.00
27.00
Polls
3,253
3,606 561,950.00
3,634
3,727
3,820
Town Debt
623,500.00
504,400.00
452,850.00
405,000.00
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The money appropriated, as above, represents annual budget, special articles in warrants before the Tax Rate was determined and any money appropriated the previous year subsequent to determining the Tax Rate of that year.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
1943]
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1896 - 1943
ASSESSORS' VALUATION
JANUARY 1.
Year
Real Estate
Personal Property
Total Valuation
Rate Taxes per $1,000
Year
Debt
1943
$22,714,935
$1,176,941
$23,891,876
$27.00
1944
$361,750.00
1942
22,906,600
1,256,357
24,162,957
29.00
1943
405,000.00
1941
22,725,560
1,252,566
23,978,126
27.00
1942
452,850.00
1940
22,664,771
1,203,831
23,868,602
27.40
1941
504,400.00
1939
22,486,182
1,223,968
23,710,150
26.00
1940
561,950.00
1938
22,200,540
1.221,031
23,421,571
25.00
1939
623,500.00
1937
22,009,175
1,225,488
23,234,623
26.40
1938
688,050.00
1936
21,989,840 22,135,642
1,240,657
23,376,299
29.30
1936
494,650.00
1934
22,257,887
1,215,044
23,472,931
27.00
1935
546,200.00
1933
22,405,423
1,248,975
23,654,398
24.40
1934
440,100.00
1932
22,543,462
1,276,099
23,819,561
26.40
1933
486,300.00
1931
22,523,651
1,168,246
23,691.897
25.50
1932
534,500.00
1930
22,239,452
1,013,203
23,252,655
24.00
1931
538,700.00
1929
21,592,351
1,016,761
22,609,112
24.00
1930
502,600.00
1928
20,977,277
1,862,029
22,839,306
24.00
1929
259,600.00
1927
20,417,314
1,877,468
22,294,782
26.00
1928
296,800.00
1926
19,584,208
1,648,254
21,232,462
28.00
1927
338,000.00
1925
17,870,147
1,643,644
19,513,791
26.00
1926
345,200.00
1924
17,088,098
1,546,498
18,634,596
25.00
1925
246,900.00
1923
16,157,425
1,526,754
17,684,179
26.00
1924
291,900.00
1922
15,321,512
1,414,422
16,735,934
25.00
1923
343,900.00
1921
14,226,510
1,391,298
15,617,808
24.00
1922
341,500.00
1920
14,007,916
1,316,938
15,324,854
23.00
1921
344,100.00
1919
12,771,170
1,179,422
13,950,592
20.00
1920
236,600.00
1918
12,619,556
1,110,776
13,730,332
20.00
1919
251,750.00
1917
12,141,321
1,000,682
13,142,300
20.00
1918
312,000.00
1916
11,532,432
4,928,181
16,460,513
20.00
1917
330,800.00
1915
10,810,305
5,028,193
15,838,498
17.80
1916
363,900.00
1914
10,508,225
3,531,119
14,039.344
16.80
1915
344,100.00
1913
10,028,325
3,174,590
13,202,915
16.40
1914
293,500.00
1912
9,413,525
2,974,381
12,387,906
16.00
1913
276,600.00
1911
9,050,850
2,771,167
11,822,017
15.00
1912
273,150.00
1910
8,489,200
2,698,340
11,187,540
15.00
1911
194,639.00
1909
7,675,905
2,450,021
10,125,926
16.00
1910
184,295.00
1908
7.312,165
2.680.490
9,992,655
16.00
1909
191,295.00
1907
7,099,090
2,317,468
9,317,468
14.50
1908
176,420.00
1906
6,303,625
2,093,820
8,397,445
14.50
1907
167.320.00
1905
6,030,185
2.117,442
8,147,627
14.50
1906
151,320.00
1904
5.489,121
2,206,172
7,695,293
12.90
1905
110,020.00
1903
5,135,124
1,286,981
6,422,105
11.50
1904
114,770.00
1902
4,762,665
1,744,874
6,507,539
12.00
1903
75,270.00
1901
4,668,985
1,598,745
6,267,730
12.00
1902
70,600.00
1900
4,446,900
1,138,275
5,585,175
11.00
1901
68,100.00
1899
4,200,175
1,199,045
5,399,220
11.50
1900
64,300.00
1898
4,135,582
1,318,591
5,454,173
14.00
1899
59,000.00
1897
3.997,975
1,304.163
5,302,138
12.00
1898
71,000.00
1,251,017
23,240,857
27.00
1937
715,600.00
1935
Net
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Water and Sewerage Board
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
We submit herewith our annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1943.
Because of priorities and limitations on building, few new serv- ices have been installed this year and only necessary repairs have been made.
Services :
7 New Services have been installed
1 Service abandoned
47 Services renewed
8 Services renewed from main to service box 7 Services renewed from service box to meter
30 Frozen services thawed
73 Service leaks repaired
118 Services cleaned out
Meters:
120 Meters were repaired and cleaned and tested. Twenty of these had been frozen and three damaged by hot water.
Mains:
2 Breaks in large mains have been repaired.
Hydrants:
The hydrants were flushed in the Spring. During the summer they were given a new coating of paint, and in the Fall all dead ends were given a severe flushing. The usual Fall inspection was made and at that time they were winterized.
11 Hydrants have been repaired.
1 Hydrant had to be replaced.
All excavations made by this department have been brought to grade and tar patched or cemented.
The details of Water Pipe construction follows and cost of same can be found under the Town Accountant's Report.
Table of Distributing Pipe in Feet, December 31, 1943
Size
Wrought Iron
Cast Iron
Cement Lined
Brass
Total
11/4
303
303
11/2
80
288
368
2
4,357
1,468
1,977
7,802
4
4,494
4,494
6
126,483
126,483
8
8,208
8,208
10
22,050
22,050
12
14,604
14,604
14
4,712
4,712
16
150
150
4,357
180,701
1,851
2,265
189,174
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Hydrants:
In use Dec. 31, 1942
Added in 1943
307 None
In use Dec. 31, 1943
307
Gates:
In use Dec. 31, 1942
568
Added in 1943
2
In use Dec. 31, 1943
570
Services :
In use Dec. 31, 1942
2,934
Added in 1943
7
Abandoned in 1943
1
In use Dec. 31, 1943
2,940
Meters :
No meters were purchased in 1943.
Water Debt
Bonds and notes issued to December 31, 1943
$368,300.00
Bonds and notes paid to December 31, 1943
365,300.00
Net debt, December 31, 1943
3,000.00
Decrease during year 1943
1,500.00
Due during year 1944
1,500.00
Inventory of Property, Water Department, December 31, 1943
Water mains and stand pipes
$202,831.97
Land on Pine Street
2,000.00
Brick building on Pine Street
2,000.00
Work shop and garage
2,500.00
Two auto trucks
600.00
Office Furniture
900.00
Meters and parts
38,094.00
Stock on hand
4,500.00
$253,425.97
HAROLD G. ENHOLM,
GEORGE B. ATKINS, HAROLD C. HUDSON, Water and Sewerage Board.
Sewer Department
No new sewers were laid this year.
The gas engine at the Sewer Station was overhauled this year at a cost of $658.86 and is now is good working condition.
BROOKS:
Because of the shortage of labor, the Highway Department un- der the supervision of Mr. Timothy Ryan, furnished us with labor for cleaning brooks and sewers. The drain from Roy Street to Crescent Street was cleaned this year. The only expenditure on brooks by the Sewer Dept. was $63.28 for repairs on Stacey Brook.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
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Inventory of Property, Sewer Department, December 31, 1943
Pumping Station
$20,000.00 11,301.14
Pumping Plant
Land 5,000.00
Office Furniture
350.00
Tools and Equipment
450.00
Truck and Garage
375.00
$37,476.14
Comminutor Building and Equipment: Building
7,000.00
Machinery and Equipment
6,208.00
$50,684.14
HAROLD G. ENHOLM,
GEORGE B. ATKINS, HAROLD C. HUDSON, Water and Sewerage Board.
Board of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for the year 1943.
At the present time we are carrying on our rolls only unem- ployable persons.
The people we are aiding are physically unable to obtain em- ployment. The majority of them are between the ages of fifty and sixty four years.
As fast as these people reach the age of sixty-five years, we then transfer them to our Old Age Assistance Department, as the Federal Government and the State participate, along with the town in payments made to recipients of this class.
Swampscott administers assistance on a budgetary basis, which takes into consideration the actual needs of the individual or family in relation to an accepted standard, and providing adequate assist- ance on such a basis leads to fair distribution of agency funds and conservation of the taxpayers' money.
We wish to convey our thanks to the Swampscott Family Wel- fare and Visiting Nurse Association for their fine cooperation with our department, during the year.
As we have been reimbursed by the State and other cities and towns and individuals, in the amount of $2,721.83, the net cost to the town is $10,399.39. This is a saving over the previous year of $634.54.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED M. SEATON, WALTER L. RANGER, DONALD REDFERN, Board of Public Welfare.
REIMBURSEMENTS 1942
1941
1943
Cities and Towns
$404.34
Cities and Towns
$812.26
Cities and Towns
$1,600.47
Individuals
378.24
Individuals
333.00
Individuals State
1,121.36
Temporary Aid
1,230.56
Temporary Aid
Temporary Aid
Aid to Dependent Children
2,015.15
Federal Grant A. D. C.
2,365.67
Federal Grant Admin.
282.29
$6,676.25
$2,529.52
$2,721.83
AMOUNT DUE TOWN
1941
1942
1943
Individuals
$107.67
Lynn
$241.50
Lynn
$242.80
Peabody
5.47
State Temporary Aid
950.79
Marblehead
116.00
Lynn'
140.53
Boston
455.91
State Temporary Aid
738.29
State Temporary Aid
471.31
Boston
153.08
$878.06
$1,648.20
$1,097.09
1943]
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
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State
State
1,384.26
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COMPARISONS OF PERSONS AIDED
Families Aided
Singles Non-Families Persons Aided
Persons Aided in Institutions
1941 1942 1943
Jan.
7
8
4
Jan.
164
124
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