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The following number of votes were cast:
For Moderator:
Precincts
1
2
3 56
4 62
5 71
6 46 17
7 95 34
8 55
11 106
For Collector of Taxes:
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., elected
44
47
58
63
72
7 56 101 28
61
502
Blanks
3
5
9
9
7
For Town Treasurer:
Lester B. Morley, elected Blanks
41
44
57
62
70
48
106
58
486
6
8
10
10
9
15
23
8
89
Tot.
John R. Hurlburt, elected Blanks
38
46
469
9
6
11
10
8
5
73
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For Selectmen:
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6 44
7 91
58
461
James W. Buchanan, elected
40
42
49
53
68
44
97
50
443
Albert S. Hills, elected
38
46
52
63
71
40
84
56
450
Blanks
25
23
46
39
28
61
115
34
371
For Assessor for 3 years:
Frank E. Morrison, elected Blanks
6
6
8
7
5
10
39
9
90
For Board of Public Welfare for 3 years:
Fred M. Seaton, elected
38
44
52
61
71
47
83
51
447
Blanks
9
8
15
11
8
16
46
15
128
For Board of Health for 3 years:
Loring Grimes, elected
40
45
57
63
72
51
91
57
476
Blanks
7
7
10
9
7
12
38
9
99
For Water & Sewerage Board for 3 years:
Harold G. Enholm, elected
37
44
56
63
76
51
94
57
478
Blanks
10
8
11
9
3
12
35
9
97
For Trustee of Public Library for 3 years:
Lee T. Gray, elected
37
45
54
60
71
44
90
59
460
Blanks
10
7
13
12
8
19
39
7
115
For Park Commissioner for 3 years:
Ralph I. Lindsey, elected
40
44
55
63
73
49
91
56
471
Blanks
7
8
12
9
6
14
38
10
104
For Constable for 1 year:
Wayne Anderson, elected
36
44
51
57
68 70
43 44
81
52
442
Willis E. Shephard, elected Blanks
36
45
54
64
72
56 46
130
39
374
For Commissioner of Trust Funds for 3 years:
Harold R. Austin, elected
41
44
50
58
72
45
86
52
448
Blanks
6
8
17
14
7
18
43
14
127
For Planning Board for 5 years :
Blanks
47
52
67
72
79
63
129
66
575
For Planning Board for 4 years:
Chester A. Brown
38
44
56
62
68
46
80
54
448
Blanks
9
8
11
10
11
17
49
12
127
For School Committee for 3 years:
Bernard F. Carey
41
43
54
59
72
45
88
56
458
Ralph N. Murray
38
42
53
61
71
46
87
53
451
Blanks
15 19
27
24
15
35
83
23
241
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 1, for three years Raymond J. Bufalino, elected 38 Helen E. Carson, elected 37
George D. R. Durkee, elected
36
Alfred N. Frazier, elected
39
Hulbert C. Griffin, elected Antonio Parletta, elected Blanks
39
36
151
8
Tot.
Philip E. Bessom, elected
38
45
54
61
70
74
53
90
57
485
41
46
59
65
Leonard H. Bates, elected
36
44
55
60
99
52
478
33
23
41
35
27
77
55
431
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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2, for three years
Earl Abrams, elected 41
J. Hervey M. Blackford, elected 41
Charles B. Fontaine, elected 40
John F. Graham, elected 40
Madison D. Kimball, elected
41
Frederick Miller, elected
40
Edmund W. Pease, elected
40
Blanks 133
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2, for two years (to fill vacancy)
Selden D. Hulquist, elected 39
Fred. L. Johnson, elected 41
Blanks 24
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2, for one year (to fill vacancy) Howard E. Carter, elected 42
Blanks '10
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 3, for three years
I. Murray Adams, elected 59
George B. Atkins, elected 56
William H. Carroll, elected 50
George H. Knowlton, elected
56
Malcolm F. MacLean, Sr., elected 56
Anthony F. Pierre, elected
49
Margaret M. Scanlon, elected
52
Harry M. Shanahan, elected Blanks 104
54
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4, for three years
Egbert H. Ballard, elected 61
George J. Harvey, elected 59
Albert S. Hills, elected 62
Alfred B. Jones, elected 61
James R. Maddock, elected
59
Robert C. Mansfield, elected
61
Harvey P. Newcomb, elected
60
Blanks 153
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4, for one year (to fill vacancy) Michael M. Ingalls, elected 59
Blanks 13
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5, for three years
Benjamin B. Blanchard, elected 71
Edwin A. Fuller, elected 72
George M. Glidden, elected 70
Harold C. Hudson, elected 73
Ralph I. Lindsey, elected 72
George H. Lucey, elected
73
Blanks 201
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6, for three years
Benjamin F. Allen, elected 47
James A. Breed, elected 48
William Edgar Carter, elected 48
51
Paul C. Curtis, elected Archibald Miller, elected
47
Donald Redfern, elected
47
Lloyd D. Smith, elected
47
Stanley M. Stocker, elected
48
Blanks 121
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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7, for three years
Theodore C. Kausel
45
Laurence B. Leonard, elected
65
Lester B. Morley, elected
113
Fred L. Mower, elected
70
Amos E. Russell, elected
70
James W. Santry, Jr., elected
68
Francis L. Smith, elected
90
Charles F. Buckland, elected
55
Ralph C. Curtis, elected
61
Blanks 395
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7, for one year (to fill vacancy)
Harold P. Willett, elected Blanks 49
80
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8, for three years
Pardon N. Dexter, elected
43
Joseph S. Kimball, elected 44
Warren W. Morton, elected
42
John C. Nutter, elected
50
Henry A. Pevear
39
Arnold S. Potter, elected
46
Albert N. Rothermel, elected
52
Ralph L. Williams, elected
49
Arthur M. Wyman, elected Blanks
118
The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct One
47
Precinct Two
52
Precinct Three
67
Precinct Four
72
Precinct Five
79
Precinct Six
63
Precinct Seven
129
Precinct Eight
66
Total Vote Cast
575
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, March 14, at the Town Hall at 7:45 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
February 24, 1944.
On the above date, the Moderator appointed the following to the Finance Committee:
Precinct 3 Harry M. Shanahan, 4 Ellis Terrace
Precinct 4 Robert C. Mansfield, 25 Norfolk Avenue
Precinct 7 James W. Santry, 10 Walnut Road
Precinct 8 Richard P. Breed, 106 Bradlee Avenue
March 11, 1944.
I, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk of the Town of Swampscott, hereby certify in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2, of the By- Laws of the Town of Swampscott, the following ad was published in the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Telegram-News on Satur- day, March 11, 1944, and the following notice was mailed to the Town Meeting members on March 4, 1944:
45
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[Dec. 31
"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 Town Meeting called for October 26, 1943, and the 1944 adjourned Annual Town Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 14, 1944, at 7:45 P.M. at the Town Hall."
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
March 14, 1944.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
October 26, 1943
In accordance with the adjournment of Tuesday, October 26, 1943, the Town Meeting members assembled at the Town Hall and were sworn in by the Town Clerk. The meeting was called to order at 7:52 P.M. There were 125 Town Meeting members present.
Voted: Article 1. That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of five town meeting members to investigate, study and consider the possibility, advisability and practicability of the Town's acquiring by purchase the real estate known as the Elihu Thomson property at 22 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, for a Town Adminis- tration Building or any other municipal purpose, and that said com- mittee report to the adjournment of the Annual Town Meeting.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town accept Brooks Terrace so-called as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, dated March 15, 1943, and that the sum of $750 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Dissolved at 8:08.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 14, 1944
In accordance with the adjournment of February 21, 1944, the town meeting members were called to order at 8:09 P.M. by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Voted: Article 2. That this article be laid on the table.
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Voted: Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, 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 Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the salaries of elected Town officials be the same for the year 1944 as they were in 1943.
Voted: Article 5. That this article be laid on the table.
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. That Articles 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, and 56 be referred back to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
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 mem- ber of such boards to act as secretary thereof, and receive pay there- for, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4-A 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 $500.00 be appropriated for the proper observ- ance of the Fourth of July to be expended by a committee of five to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted: Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the proper observ- ance of Armistice Day to be expended by a committee of five to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted: Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the Town to the account of Current Revenue such sum of money as the Board of Assessors may deem advisable, said sum to be used and applied by the Board of Assessors in reduction of tax levy.
Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town lay a sewer on Windsor Avenue for a distance of approximately 225 feet from the existing manhole near the Lynn line and that the sum of $2100.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 20. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1943, entitled "An Act to permit cities and towns to indemnify mil- itary substitutes serving in their fire forces or fire departments."
Voted: Article 23. To accept the report of the Finance Committee 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 such an appointee at $330.00 and appropriate money there- for as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).
Voted: Article 24. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Old Age Assistance Bureau to ap- " point one of its own members as agent and investigating officer and fix salary of such agent at $1445.00, and that the said sum of $1445.00 be appropriated as follows: $1115.00 by the Town and $330.00 by transfer from Federal Grant.
Voted: Article 25. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $286.00 for payment to the Teachers Retirement System under the Provisions of Section 9, Chap- ter 708 of the Acts of 1941 as amended by Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943.
Voted: Article 27. That the Town authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to have the Fish House painted one coat and to have the driveways repaired or replaced and to appropriate the sum of $1370.00 for same as recommended by the Board of Park Commis- sioners.
Voted: Article 28. That this article be referred to the special committee under the vote on Article 1 of the Adjourned Special Town Meeting called for October 26, 1943, and held on March 14, 1944.
Voted: Article 29. That this article be referred to the special committee under the vote on Article 1 of the Adjourned Special Town Meeting called for October 26, 1943, and held on March 14, 1944.
Voted: Article 30. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the work required to be done under the provisions of this article be done by the Park Department from its general appropria- tion.
Voted: Article 35. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Voted: Article 36. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town repair Sargent Road for a distance of approxi- mately 220 feet northerly from the intersection of Arbutus Road and Sargent Road, and that the sum of $650.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 37. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Voted: Article 39. That action on this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 41. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town increase the rate of pay of the employees of the Cemetery Department to equal the prevailing rate paid the employees of the Park and Highway Department retroactive to January 1, 1944, and that the sum of $374.40 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 44. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town accept Shelton Road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer after obtaining proper waivers from all abutters and that the sum of $2100.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 52. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and report.
Voted: Article 53. That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted: Article 54. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be referred to the Finance Committee for fur- ther consideration and report.
Dissolved at 9:00.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 15, 1944.
On the above date the Moderator, John R. Hurlburt, appointed the following committee to investigate the proposed acquisition of the estate of the late Elihu Thomson by the Town of Swampscott:
Chairman H. D. Linscott 78 Greenwood Avenue 141 Elmwood Road
Henry S. Baldwin
Philip W. Blood
33 Rockland Street
Richard P. Breed Dr. Loring Grimes
106 Bradlee Avenue
84 Humphrey Street
and were duly notified by the Town Clerk of their appointment.
March 9, 1944.
On the above date the Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Moderator met as a committee to appoint the following military substitute for town meeting member:
Precinct 2: Miss Evelyn Fryers for E. Roland Goodwin.
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[Dec. 31
March 16, 1944.
On the above date the Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Moderator met as a committee to appoint the following military substitutes for town meeting members:
Precinct 3: Charles Vray for Ernest Manchin.
Richard W. Kunkle for Chester P. Brown.
April 8, 1944.
I, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk of the Town of Swamp- scott, hereby certify in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2, of the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott, the following ad was published in the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Telegram-News on Saturday, April 8, 1944, and the following notice was mailed to the Town Meeting members on April 6, 1944:
"Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2, of the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the adjourned an- nual town meeting called Tuesday, March 14, 1944, has been ad- journed by vote of said meeting to Tuesday, April 11, at 7:45 P.M., at the Town Hall."
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING Tuesday, April 11, 1944
In accordance with the adjournment of March 14, 1944, the town meeting members were called to order at 7:48 P.M. by John R. Hurl- burt, Moderator.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Voted: Article 7. That the reading of the individual budgets by the Finance Committee be omitted.
Voted that $500.00 be added to Selectmen's Others.
Voted that the budget of the Town Engineers be amended so that C. Walter Burrill, rodman and inspector of the department, will re- ceive pay equal to the prevailing rate paid employees of the Park, Highway and Cemetery Departments and appropriate the necessary money therefor, retroactive to March 24, 1944.
Voted that Selectmen's account under wages be increased $100.00 to increase clerk from $1201.20 to $1301.20 and that the temporary cost of living increase for clerk for the year 1944 to be continued until the dissolution of the Annual Town Meeting of 1945, the same as rec- ommended by the Finance Committee.
Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as amended above.
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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
20.00
Others
65.00
65.00
Selectmen:
Selectmen Salaries
1,500.00
Secretary
440.00
Clerk
1,426.20
3,366.20
Others
1,590.00
1,590.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
2,699.00
Clerk's Salary
1,326.20
Clerk-Half Time
663.10
4,688.30
Others
455.00
455.00
Town Treasurer:
Salary
1,800.00
Clerk's Salary
800.00
2,600.00
Others
4,300.00
4,300.00
Certification of Notes and Bonds: Others ....
50.00
50.00
Collector of Taxes:
Salary
1,562.50
Salary of Clerk
1,326.20
2,888.70
Others
2,729.00
2,729.00
Law
1,250.00
1,250.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
662.50
Salary of Clerk
1,326.25
1,988.70
Others
737.50
737.50
Assessors :
Salaries
1,800.00
Assistant Assessor
220.00
Clerical
1,850.00
Assessor's Secretary
50.00
3,920.00
Others
1,406.00
1,406.00
Election and Registration:
Registrars Salaries
687.50
Election Officers Salaries
2,400.00
Janitors' Salaries
125.00
Clerical
450.00
Canvassers
400.00
4,062.50
Others
2,500.00
2,500.00
Engineering:
Salaries and Wages:
Town Engineer
3,557.00
Assistant Town Engineer
2,699.00
Engineer's assistants
1,692.00
7,948.00
Others
865.00
865.00
......
.. .
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Town Hall:
Salaries and Wages:
Janitor
2,127.00
Assistant Janitor
1,725.60
3,852.60
Others
2,050.00
2,050.00
Planning Board:
Salary of Clerk
50.00
50.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Board of Appeals:
Salary of Clerk
82.50
82.50
Others
50.00
50.00
Contributory Retirement Funds :
Salary of Clerk-Half Time
663.10
663.10
Others
227.50
227.50
Pension Accum. Fund
15,058.00
15,058.00
Military Service Fund
688.35
688.35
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police :
Salaries and Wages:
Acting or Permanent Chief
3,425.00
Captain
1,975.00
Sergeant
2,775.00
Patrolmen
34,875.92
Reserve Officers and Special Police
400.00
Clerk
1,326.20
44,777.12
Others
4,828.00
4,828.00
Fire:
Salaries and Wages:
Chief ..
3,425.00
Deputy Chief
3,150.00
Captains (2)
5,750.00
Privates (including Military Substitutes)
38,175.26
Captain (in Military Service)
2,191.59
Call Men (6)
1,320.00
Extra Labor
900.00
54,911.85
Others
7,020.00
7,020.00
Forest Warden:
Salary Forest Warden
143.00
Wages
150.00
Clerical Services
25.00
318.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Constable
100.00
100.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures:
Sealer
495.00
495.00
Others
325.00
325.00
Inspector of Buildings:
Inspector
830.00
Assistant Inspector
50.00
880.00
Others
100.00
100.00
Dog Officer:
Officer
550.00
550.00
Others
341.86
341.86
Insurance
6,000.00
6,000.00
Voted that $6,000.00 for insurance for the year 1944 be transferred from the Municipal Insurance Fund.
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health:
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
500.00
Health Officer
2,527.40
Clerk
1,326.20
4,353.60
Others
4,890.00
4,890.00
Health Nurse:
Salary
1,555.00
1,555.00
Others
50.00
50.00
Refuse & Garbage:
Contract
18,500.00
18,500.00
Dental Clinic:
Dentist
1,100.00
1,100.00
Others
150.00
150.00
District Nurse
825.00
825.00
Sewer:
Salaries and Wages :
Commissioners ..
450.00
Engineers
6.895.80
Secretary of Board
10.00
Extra Labor
200.00
Clerk
214.10
1.769.90
Others
3.210.00
3.210.00
Brooks
300.00
300.00
Emergency Sewer
4,900.00
4,900.00
Particular Sewers
200.00
200.00
CEMETERY
Cemetery Wages:
Superintendent
3,000.00
Labor
5,613.30
8,613.30
Others
876.00
876.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Highway:
Wages:
3,425.00
Clerk
220.00
Labor
55,166.25
58,811.25
Others
4 Men for Sewer and Drain Work - 208 days @ $7.05
5.865.60
5,865.60
Lighting Streets
26,000.00
26.000.00
CHARITIES
Public Welfare:
Salaries and Wages: Commissioners
350.00
Secretary and Settlement Clerk
100.00
Executive Secretary
1.326.20
1.776.20
Others
12,500.00
12.500.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
8.250.00
S.250.00
Surveyor
30.465.00
30.465.00
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Old Age Assistance:
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners ...
350.00
Settlement Clerk
50.00
Secretary
100.00
Clerk
1,250.20
1,750.20
Others
39,750.00
39,750.00
Soldiers' Benefits:
Agent
330.00
330.00
Others
5,195.00
5,195.00
Pensions and Compensations:
Police
1,095.00
Fire
300.00
Highway
4,489.73
5,884.73
Workmen's Compensation:
Hanifey Case
202.00
Slattery Case
936.00
1,138.00
SCHOOLS
Schools:
Salaries, Wages and Others
234,287.00
234,287.00
Traveling Expense Outside State
100.00
100.00
LIBRARY
Library:
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
2,500.00
Assistants
4,500.00
Janitor
1,610.00
Assistant Janitor
76.60
High School Assistants
500.00
Children's Librarian
1,350.00
10,536.60
Others
4,925.00
4,925.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park Department:
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
3,099.40
Labor
20,060.80
Secretary
50.00
23,210.20
Others
8,275.00
8,275.00
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
1,434.28
1,434.28
Reserve Fund
7,500.00
7,500.00
ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
450.00
Clerk
1,137.10
Superintendent
3,425.00
Labor
12,838.60
Secretary to Board
40.00
17,890.70
1944]
RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
37
Others
7,090.00
7,090.00
Emergency Water
10,000.00
10,000.00
Emergency Water from Water Available Surplus
35,000.00
35,000.00
Voted that the sum of $59,980.70 be taken from the Receipts of the Water Department for the year 1944 and that $10,000.00 be ap- propriated from the Water Available Surplus.
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest: General Debt:
Inside Debt Limit .....
7,032.50
School Loan Outside
3,280.00
Sewer Loans
596.25
T. B. Hospital Loan
60.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
1,300.00
12,268.75
Maturing Debt: General Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
22,000.00
School Loan Outside Limit
14,000.00
Sewer Loan Outside Limit
1,750.00
T. B. Hospital Loan
3,000.00
40,750.00
T. B. Hospital County Assessment for the year 1944
12,531.01
12,531.01
Voted: Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 13. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the following unexpended balances as shown on the books of the town accountant as of December 31, 1943, be transferred to the Excess and Deficiency Fund :
Selectmen's Contingent Fund-W.P.A. $ 59.33
Civilian Defense
2,379.62
Phillips Beach Engine House
362.00
Air Signal Service
1,866.75
Humphrey Street Widening
643.00
Danvers Road Bridge
3,000.00
Ellis Road Drain
223.62
Land Damages, Puritan Road
404.00
Eminent Domain Progress Park
325.00
W.P.A. Recreation Program
221.18
Prospect Avenue
196.59
Essex Street Bridge
111.31
$9,792.40
Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town purchase and erect street signs, the work to be done by Highway Department and that the sum of $500.00 be appro- priated therefor.
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