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Article 21. To see if the town will vote a new top mast for the flag pole at Phillips Park, or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to build, equip, and main- tain a locker building within the limits of Phillips Park, said building to be so located as to interfere as little as possible with the use for recreational or athletic purposes of any part of the Park Area now so used, and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners and the School Committee.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to purchase a crawler type tractor to use for the control of the dump area at Phillips Park, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners and the Board of Health.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to lay a hydrant line, in- stall a hydrant and necessary fixtures, for the approximate distance of 400 feet, for the purpose of fire protection in The Greenway. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners and Fire Chief.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to purchase a three gang mower to be used behind a power tractor for the purpose of cutting athletic fields, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
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Article 26. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of the Fourth of July, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Armistic Day, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money with which to carry on a street and/or sidewalk construction program in the town, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to the account of unpaid bills for the purpose of settling all bills contracted prior to January 1, 1947 and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the town's books for the year 1946 according to the records of the Town Accountant. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to compensate Cedric L. Arnold for services rendered as Workmen's Compensation Agent for the years 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946 in the amount of $200.00, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $750.00 to be added to the money appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1946 for the maintenance of Essex Street, under the provisions of Chapter 90, to be used in conjunction with monies which have been allocated by the State and County for this purpose. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to resurface Salem Street from Humphrey Street to Tedesco Street and appropriate the neces- sary money therefor, to be used in conjunction with any money allo -* cated to the said project by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Essex, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to resurface Humphrey Street from the Lynn line to the fish house and appropriate the nec- essary money therefor, to be used in conjunction with any money allocated to the said project by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Essex, or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of providing street signs, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to establish the office of Inspector of Wires to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 166, Section 32, and appro- priate the necessary money therefor and adopt the following by-laws:
Section 1. There shall be appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen an Inspector of Wires. Such appoint- ment shall be made in April of each year and he shall hold office from the first day of May following for the term of one year and until another is appointed in his place. The Selectmen may at any time remove him. He shall keep a record of the business of his department and submit to the Selectmen in time for publication in the annual town report a yearly report of such business.
Section 2. He shall require all persons and corporations owning or operating wires to conform to all the laws of the
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to all rules and regula- tions contained in the National Underwriters' Code.
Section 3. Any person or corporation operating electric or other wires within the town shall, upon request of the Inspector, furnish him with such information as may be nec- essary to the faithful and effectual discharge of his duties under this by-law.
Section 4. The Inspector shall have access at all reason- able times to all wires, appliances, and apparatus in the in- terior of a public building or on private premises, which are intended for carrying an electric light or power current, and no person shall arrange, affix or change any such wires or apparatus without giving the Inspector reasonable oppor- tunity to inspect such wires and their arrangement and fix- tures before the same are covered or enclosed; and no person shall place such wires in any building in process of construc- tion until all gas, steam, water, and furnace pipes have been placed in proper position. No person shall connect such wires in the interior of a public building and on private premises with an outside circuit which crosses or runs along, over or under, any street or way of the town without written permis- sion therefor having been first obtained from the Inspector.
Section 5. No person or corporation shall attach any wire or line for the transmission of electricity for any purpose, except the lines and wires of the Town of Swampscott, to any post, except on his own premises or upon other lands with the consent of the owner thereof, nor insert the same into any underground conduit, except with the consent of the owner and by the order of the Board of Selectmen.
Section 6. No electrical installation shall be made in any house, factory, building or structure of any type or affixed in any way to any portion of any premises in the Town of Swampscott which is intended to be connected with an outside electrical circuit which crosses or runs along over or under any street or way of the town, unless a written permit to make such electrical installation is granted by the Inspector of Wires to the person, firm or corporation making written application for such electrical installation.
Section 7. Fees shall be charged by the Inspector of Wires to any person, firm or corporation applying for per- mits for electrical installations as provided in Section 6; said fees to be paid by the applicants when such permits are issued in accordance with the following schedule:
Fees for Electrical Permits
Current Consuming Outlets
For 1 through 10 outlets $0.25
For 11 through 25 outlets .50
For 26 through 50 outlets 1.00
For 51 through 100 outlets 1.50
For each additional 25 outlets or fractional part
thereof in excess of 100
.25
Bell transformers and heat control regulators will be classed as current consuming outlets.
Motors
For each motor installed $0.50
Heating Devices .50
For first 2,000 watts or less
For each additional 5,000 fractional part .50
thereof
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Other Permits
For temporary installations .50
For signs .50
For permits not otherwise specified .50
No fee shall be paid for the installation of portable appliances for use with convenience outlets. All fees received by the Inspector of Wires shall be turned over to the Collector of Taxes as receipts and accounted for by him.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 36. To see what action the town will take relative to placing under the jurisdiction of the Board of Park Commissioners, for the purpose of care and maintenance, the grounds adjacent to and surrounding the Boston & Maine Railway Station at Phillips Beach, which have been cared for and landscaped by the Garden Club of Swampscott, as petitioned for by George W. Howe et al.
Article 37. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to purchase a posting machine, to be used principally to prepare pay statements for the town employees, setting forth their gross pay, deductions, and net pay, as petitioned for by I. Murray Adams, Town Accountant.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to provide additional sleeping quarters at the Central Fire Station. Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new car for the Chief of the Fire Department and authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to trade or sell the Chief's present car and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to purchase a car for the use of the Police Department and authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade the 1942 Plymouth on account of the purchase price and ap- propriate the necessary money, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Chief of Police.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to purchase and install an Addressograph Machine and ap- propriate money for the same as recommended by the Board of Assessors. Sponsored by the Board of Assessors.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to provide for a memorial plaque containing all the names of the Swampscott citizens who served in World War II. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 147, Section 16B, which provides that members of the Police Department shall be excused from duty for one day out of every six without loss of pay. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Chief of Police.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 85E of Chapter 32 of the General Laws as inserted by Chapter 576 of the Acts of 1946, which provides for the retirement of permanent members of the Police and Fire Departments on attaining the age of sixty-five years, as petitioned for by Moody E. Johnson et al.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 48, Section 58A, which provide that the hours of duty of the permanent members of the uni- formed fire fighting force of the Fire Department of the Town of
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Swampscott shall not exceed seventy hours per week. Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Section 46. To see if the town will vote to accept Sections 42 and 43 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed), providing for the establishment of a fire department under the control of an officer to be known as the Chief of the Fire Department, and reserving all rights that the existing members of the Fire Department have under Chap- ter 31 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), and Chapter 4 of the Acts and Resolves of 1920, as petitioned for by Raymond J. Bufalino et als.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws by adoption of the following:
Article III of the Zoning By-Laws, which relates to the single residence district, is hereby amended by striking out the same and substituting therefor the following:
Article III Single Residence District
In District 3, except as herein otherwise provided, no building or structure and no alteration, enlargement or exten- sion of existing buildings or structures shall be designed, arranged and/or constructed and no land, buildings, struc- tures, or parts thereof shall be used except for one or more of the following purposes :
1. Residence for a single family.
2. School.
3. Park or playground.
4. Farm, market garden, private greenhouse.
5. Private garage to be used by the occupants or owners of the premises, except that space in the same for not more than two cars may be rented.
6. Such accessory purposes as are customarily incident to the foregoing purposes, and are not injurious to a neigh- borhood as a place for single family residences, but such accessory purposes shall not include any business, indus- try, trade, manufacturing or commercial purpose.
as petitioned for by John H. Blodgett et al.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws so that the following described parcel of real estate shall be shown as a business district instead of a general residential district:
A triangular piece of land located on the northerly side of Stetson Avenue and bounded on the south by Stetson Avenue, on the north by land of the Boston & Maine R. R., and on the west by the land of Booma Breed, Inc., and shown as lot No. 21A, plate 14, of the Assessors' plans and contain- ing, according to said plan, 12,200 square feet of land, as petitioned for by Roland C. Booma et al.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws so that the following described parcel of real estate shall be shown as a business district instead of a general residential district:
A triangular piece of land located on the southerly side of Essex Street bounded on the north by Essex Street, on the south by land of the Boston & Maine R. R. and on the west by land of Richardson, and shown as lot No. 95 on plate 12 of the Assessors' plans and containing, according to said plan, 5890 square feet, as petitioned for by Charles M. Cahoon et al.
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Article 50. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws so that the following described property shall be shown as a business district instead of a general residential district:
Two lots of land located on the northerly side of Paradise Road and shown as lots 76 and 77 on plate 14 of the Assessors' plans containing, according to said plans, 217,933 square feet, as petitioned for by David Sherman et al.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to amend Article 8, Section 3 of the By-Laws by striking out the following words:
"shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2.00 for the first offence and not more than $20.00 for each subsequent offence of a like nature committed during any period of one year unless otherwise herein provided." and substitute there- for the following:
"shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20.00" so that the said Article 8, Section 3 shall read as follows:
Section 3. Penalty. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by any commission, department or other body, au- thorized by law to impose penalties for violation of rules, regulations and orders governing the use and operation of vehicles, any person convicted of violating any of the pro- visions of the foregoing rules and regulations shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than $20.00. Sponsored by the Chief of Police and Board of Selectmen.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to accept Banks Court as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, subject to all waivers being signed by abutting owners, as petitioned for by Louis P. Moltedo et al.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to accept Hemenway Road as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, subject to all waivers being signed by abutting owners, as petitioned for by Lena Zuchero et al.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to accept Winshaw Road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and appro- priate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harold L. Vose et al.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to accept Cliff Road as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harold L. Vose et al.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to accept Holly Circle as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harold L. Vose et al.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to accept Brown Road as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, subject to all waivers being signed by abutting owners. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to accept Windsor Avenue as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, subject to all waivers being signed by abutting owners, as petitioned for by James J. Leslie et al.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to accept King's Beach Terrace as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, subject to all waivers being signed by abutting owners, as petitioned for by Bertha Sales et al.
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Article 60. To see if the town will vote to resurface Cherry Street and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 61. To see if the town will vote to resurface Columbia Street and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to resurface certain pen- etration roads and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 63. To see if the town will vote to rebuild the sea wall at Fisherman's Beach across from Woodbine Avenue for a distance of about 200 feet and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to resurface Valley Road and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by William T. Hopkins, Jr. et al.
Article 65. To see what action the town will take relative to the reconstruction or renovating of the drain to relieve the flooded condi- tion of the catch basins on Roy Street, as petitioned for by Joseph F. Estes et al.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain with the necessary catch basins in Gale Road and Rockyledge Road a dis- tance of approximately 400 feet on condition that the necessary ease- ments are conveyed to the town and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board and Surveyor of Highways.
Article 67. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain on Stanley School yard to Orchard Road for a distance of approximately three hundred and sixty (360) feet, taking the necessary easements for same, and appropriate money for the same. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 68. To see if the town will vote to enlarge a drain on Burrill Street under-pass to King's Brook for a distance of approxi- mately one thousand (1000) feet and appropriate money for same. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 69. To see if the town will vote to lay a water main along Brown Road, a distance of approximately 575 feet, and appropriate the necessary money therefor on condition that the abutters of the said Brown Road file a bond with the Water & Sewerage Board grant- ing the town 4% interest on the cost of the installation of said water main, until such time as the water revenue from said abutters for water equals 4% on said installation cost. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 70. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water & Sewerage Board to release the present easement the town holds in Hawthorne Brook on land owned by the new Hawthorne Trust in re- turn for the granting by the said new Hawthorne Trust of a new easement as shown on the "plan drawn by Henry C. Mildram, Real Estate Engineer, dated October 15, 1945; plan of proposed streets and lots in new Hawthorne Trust in Swampscott, Massachusetts" or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 71. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1500.00 from the Plymouth Avenue Sewer Account to the Brooks
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Terrace and Lexington Circle Sewer Account. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 72. To see if the town will vote to construct a new outfall sewer and appropriate the necessary money therefor by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 73. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain the necessary land located at the easterly end of Plymouth Avenue for the purpose of extending the said Plymouth Avenue to land owned by the town and used by it for the maintenance of a stand pipe thereon, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 74. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1600.00 to be added to the money appropriated under Article 79 in the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting for 1946 to purchase neces- sary equipment for the Highway Department, or take any action rela- tive thereto. Sponsored by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 75. To see if the town will vote to elect a Town Moderator for a three year term instead of a one year etrm. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 76. To see if the town will vote to establish the term of office for members of the Board of Selectmen at three years as pro- vided by General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 41, Section 1. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 77. To see if the town will vote to establish the number of Selectmen constituting the Board of Selectmen at five, as provided by General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 41, Section 1. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 78. To see if the town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the town by striking out Chapter 3, Section 3, which provides as follows:
"The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, cause to be distributed among the tax payers at their dwellings, copies of the town reports." and substitute therefor the following: "The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, have copies of the town report available for all citizens at the office of the Selectmen in the Town Administration Building, 22 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, Mass." Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 79. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Select- men upon the advice of the Town Counsel to settle the following claims now pending against the Town of Swampscott:
Peters vs. Town of Swampscott White vs. Town of Swampscott Hatton vs. Town of Swampscott
and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 80. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 640 of the Acts of 1945 which provide for the establish- ment of a mosquito control project at Palmer's Pond in Swampscott under the direction of the Department of Public Works with the approval of the Reclamation Board and Department of Public Health. Sponsored by the Board of Health.
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Article 81. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of Real Estate now or here- after owned by the town and acquired through foreclosure or pur- chased under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 60, as amended for non-payment of taxes and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 82. To see if the town will vote to 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 the tax levy, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 83. To see what action the town will take on the matter of transferring certain unexpended balances, as shown on the books of the Town Accountant as of December 31, 1946, to the Excess and Deficiency Fund, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 84. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a new lease with the Leon E. Abbott Post No. 57, American Legion Building Association, for a term of five (5) years from April 5, 1947, and appropriate money therefor, or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Alfred B. Jones et al.
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