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Voted: That Articles 57 and 58 be considered together.
Voted: Article 57. 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 58. 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 59. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lay a drain from Pitman Road to the Boston & Maine Railroad, enclosing a portion of an open brook and repairing any portion of the closed drainage from Essex Street that is necessary and that the sum of $1,300.00 be appropriated by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, for the purpose of this article.
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.
Voted: Article 61. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted : To re-consider Article 54.
Voted: Article 54. To adopt this article, which provides as follows:
"A city or town may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for the members of its police and fire departments."
Voted: That Articles 62, 63 and 64 be considered together.
Voted: Article 62, 63, 64. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That a Committee consisting of the following:
1. Veterans Advisory Committee
2. Building Inspector
3. Town Engineer
4. Town Treasurer
5. Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Board be appointed by the Town Moderator to study the Veteran's Housing Plans and render a specific report to the Finance Committee and Special Town Meeting to be held not later than May 18, 1948.
Voted: Article 65. To dispense with the reading of this article.
Voted: To accept the report of the Planning Board and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey to Alma H. Dunn, all right, title and interest of the town in and to the following parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Begin- ning at a stone bound on the Northerly side of Essex Street; thence turning and running in a general Northerly direction by a curved line having a radius of nineteen and ninety-two one hundreths (19.92) feet for a distance of fifty-two and fifty-six one-hundreths (52.56) feet to the Southerly side of Cherry Street; thence turning and running by Cherry Street N590-00'-"W a distance of six and fifty- eight one-hundreths (6.58) feet to land of Alma H. Dunn; thence turning and running by said land of Alma H. Dunn S 70-34'-40"W a distance of forty and seventy-three one-hundreths (40.73) feet to a stone bound and the point of beginning. As shown on records in the office of the Town Engineer. (Unanimous)
Voted: Article 66. To dispense with the reading of this article.
Voted: To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 67. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to transfer the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Cemetery Lots Fund to a trust fund to be known as the Cemetery Gifts and Bequests Fund.
Voted Article 68. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of Real Estate now or hereafter owned by the Town and acquired through foreclosure or purchased under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 60, as amended for non-payment of taxes and that the sum of $100.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 69. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Current Revenue Account such sum of money as the Board of Assessors may deem advisable, said sum to be used and ap- plied by the Board of Assessors in reduction of the tax levy for 1948.
Voted: To re-consider Article 45.
Voted: Article 45. To adopt this article, which provides as follows :
That the Town vote to direct the Selectmen to petition the Legislature to authorize the town to appropriate money to establish
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a scholarship fund for Swampscott residents who are graduates of a high school or its equivalent as a memorial to the veterans of World War II.
Voted: Article 70. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town transfer the following unexpended balances as shown on the books of the Town Accountant as of December 31, 1947, to the Excess and Deficiency Account:
Essex Street Chapter 90
$ 22.65
Blaney Street 1.53
Roy Street Drain 58.00
Total $ 82.18
Voted: Article 71. 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 8:55 P. M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
April 6, 1948
On the above date, Vincent P. O'Brien, Moderator, appointed Egbert H. Ballard and Winthrop M. Sears to serve with Timothy J. Ryan, Surveyor of Highways, as a committee to supervise the ex- penditure of money appropriated for the remodeling of the town barns on Paradise Road for the purpose of providing storage space for the new equipment and a locker room for the men of the High- way Department.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
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1948]
Town Warrant for Presidential Primary
Tuesday, April 27, 1948
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County,
Greeting :
-
In the name of the Commonwealth 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 Swamp- scott, Tuesday, the Twenty-seventh Day of April, 1948, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
7 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Conven- tion of the Republican Party.
16 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
16 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Con- vention of the Democratic Party.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Republican Party
6th Congressional Dist.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Con- vention of the Republican Party
6th Congressional Dist.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the Democratic Party
6th Congressional Dist. 2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Conven- tion of the Democratic Party
6th Congressional Dist. DISTRICT MEMBERS OF STATE COMMITTEE-(One Man and one Woman) for each political party for the First Essex Senatorial District.
35 MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE.
10 MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE.
The polls will be open from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
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 1st day of April, A. D., 1948 [Seal]
EDGAR U. BURDETT, KENNETH W. ULMAN, ROGER J. CONNELL, Selectmen of Swampscott.
Attest: A true copy. LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
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RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices at least two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the im- mediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on April 17, 1948, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
LEONARD H. BATES
Constable.
Presidential Primary Tuesday, April 27, 1948
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 2 o'clock P. M. by their presiding officers. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the clerk in each pre- cinct.
The following were appointed Precinct Officers and qualified for same :
Precinct One
Precinct Five ·
Warden-J. Hervey Blackford (R) Warden-John T. Morrison (R) Clerk-Harriett T. Kain (D) Clerk-Christina Pearce (D) Inspectors-Ruth B. Houghton (R) Inspectors-Joan E. Brown (R) Lauretta Fournier (D) Francis McCarran (D)
Precinct Two
Warden-Harry E. Cahoon
Clerk-Ernest Loyte (R) Inspectors-Lillian Currant (R) Inspector-James E. Connor (D)
Precinct Six Warden-Irving Curtis (R) Clerk-George H. Chaisson (D) Inspectors-Anna G. Mather (D) Lucy G. Nickerson (R)
Precinct Three
Warden-Stuart P. Ellis (R)
Precinct Seven Warden-Lee A. Cooley (R) Clerk-Francis Pedrick (I)
Clerk-Donald L. Sawyer (D) Inspectors-Almer A. Jackson (R) Inspectors-Annie L. Ward (D) Esther F. Philbin (D) Earl M. Bailey (R)
Precinct Four
Precinct Eight Warden-Henry P. Grace (D) Warden-Etta J. Minton (R) Clerk-Bessie F. Maguire (D) Clerk-Gladys E. Williams (R) Inspectors-Anna C. Howard (R) Inspectors-Mary B. Hill (R) Edith J. Johnson (R) Pauline Duncan (R)
The balloting started at 2 o'clock P. M. and the count started at 4 P. M. The polls closed at 8 P. M. The ballot boxes registered cor- rectly and the check on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
Precinct 2 was the first to make a return at 8:35 P. M. and Pre- cinct 8 was last at 10:35 P. M.
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The following number of votes were cast:
REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS
Precinct 1
31
5
Precinct 2
66
3
Precinct 3
70
4
Precinct 4
90
3
Precinct 5
103
6
Precinct 6
72
5
Precinct 7
125
4
Precinct 8
123
1
Total vote cast: Republican 680; Democratic 31.
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
Precincts 1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Delegates at Large to National Convention :
Robert F. Bradford, Cambridge
25
61
67
80
94
66 114 110
617
Leverett Saltonstall, Dover
25
61
69
82
97
67 116 111
628
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly
25
62
70
82
97
68 115 110
629
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
North Attleboro
20
59
66
79
93
60 111 107
595
Clarence A. Barnes, Mansfield
20
59
65
78
91
59 110 106
588
Katherine G. Howard, Reading
20
57
63
77
87
56 107 104
571
Edwin L. Olander, Northampton
20
57
62
77
86
55 106
105
568
Blanks
62
46
28
75
76
73
96 108
564
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention :
Esther W. Wheeler, Malden
22
55
60
71
82
56 104 103
553
Carroll L. Meins,
21
55
60
71
87
57 103
99
553
Clara F. Roberto, Arlington
21
54
60
71
82
52 102 100
542
Richard V. Wigglesworth, Milton
21
57
60
72
90
59 102 105
566
Florence G. Claussen, Wellesley
19
54
60
70
81
53 102 102
541
Anne M. Zyfers, Cambridge
20
54
60
70
81
52 100
99
536
Milton P. Higgins, Worcester
20
56
60
72
83
53 102 113
559
Blanks
73
77
70 133 135 122 160 140
910
District Delegates to National Convention :
Alfred Calvin Gaunt, Methuen
3
14
9
17
28
13
29
37
150
Carolyn F. Standley, Beverly
5
12
11
20
18
9
27
37
139
Benjamin B. Priest, Haverhill
14
38
29
51
45
36
62
73
348
Charles F. Sprague, Swampscott
17
38
3.1
51
50
43
72
83
388
Blanks
23
30
57
41
65
43
60
16
335
Boston
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Precincts
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention :
Charles M. Knight,
Haverhill
3
12
9
17
21
11
25
30
128
Robert F. Sanford, Manchester
5
12
10
19
19
11
28
29
133
Charlotte H. Chute, Beverly
16
38
29
47
43
36
63
75
347
Sumner L. Raymond,
Salem
15
38
30
50
49
36
62
72
352
Blanks
23
32
62
47
74
50
72
40
400
State Committee, First Essex District (Man)
Albert F. White,
Swampscott
28
54
64
75
92
62 108 106
589
Blanks
3
12
6
15
11
10
17
17
91
State Committee, First Essex District (Woman)
Constance C. Wilson,
Nahant
20
41
50
63
77
53
90
97
491
Blanks
11
25
20
27
26
19
35
26
189
Town Committee:
Henry R. Mayo, Jr.
22
57
56
77
85
54 106 108
565
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr.
22
56
59
76
85
62 105 107
572
I. Murray Adams
22
55
59
76
87
56 104
102
561
James W. Buchanan
20
54
54
70
86
55 54 47
102 102
105
541
Eugene L. Mann
17
52
50
70
87
94
99
507
Thomas M. Newth
22
56
53
76
82
96
102
538
Charles F. Sprague
23
56
60
78
90
107
103
582
Lewis H. Berry ..
21
53
53
73
78
95
99
519
Calvin S. Tilden
17
55
56
74
80
49
97 102
530
James C. Deveney
17
51
50
69
79
47
93 103
98
504
Robert G. Byrne
21
54
56
81
88 87
58 59
103 92 98
102
541
Harvey A. Craig
17
53
51
73
79
51
94 101
519
Frederick R. Champion
20
52
53
72
81
48 55
97 102
543
Richard Chambers
18
52
54
72
81
50
96 100
523
Albert F. White
17
51
51
74
83
50
99 106
531
Grace M. Quealy
18
51
50
67
76
46
97
97
502
Samuel Freedman
17
51
49
68
77
45
90 100
497
Gertrude Aronson
18
51
49
67
76
46
89
95
491
Helen E. Gillen
18
51
50
71
77
47
95
99
508
Kathryn B. Ingell
21
52
57
74
82
59
99
103
547
Evelyn R. Johnson
21
51
51
69
81
51 49
95 94
101 98
511
Jeanne M. Craig
18
51
51
71
76
48
91
102
508
Vincent P. O'Brien
19
54
56
72
84
58
103
102
548
Richard A. Wales
18
53
53
72
77
47
93
98
511
Jacob Shactman
18
51
49
70
77
44
88
96
493
Raymond J. Bufalino
20
51
54
71
82
49
101
100
528
Elizabeth M. King
19
52
50
70
84
50
93
101
519
Andrew R. Linscott
21
54
55
75
85
57
102
103
552
Donald Redfern
23
53
59
76
84
60
101 104
560
Blanks
402 455 578 606 761 703 966 771 5242
101
562
Edward K. Hempel
20
58
55
77
23
52
51
72
70
19
53
55
72
85
49 57
95
99
520
Kenneth W. Ulman
19
55
58
74
83
51 62 47
98
539
Lois Munsey
19
53
55
72
81
78
Mary F. Fletcher
18
51
50
73
520
John H. Cropley, Jr.
506
James W. Santry, Jr.
101 97
560
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DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Delegates at Large to National Convention : Precincts 1 3 5 4 2
6
7
8 Total
John W. McCormack,
Boston
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
0
14
James M. Curley, Boston
3
3
1
1
2
2
3
0
15
Thomas J. Buckley, Boston
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
10
William J. Foley, Boston
3
2
1
1 1
1 1
1 2
1
0
10
Joseph E. Casey, Clinton ..
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
10
Charles F. J. Sullivan, Worcester .
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
9
Daniel B. Brunton, Springfield
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
8
Margaret M. O'Riordan, Boston
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
10
Roger L. Putnam, Springfield
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
8
Maxwell B. Grossman, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
8
Francis E. Kelley, Boston
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
0
13
John T. McMorrow, Boston
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
9
David J. Brickley, Boston
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
11
Joseph A. Scoplponeti, Boston
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
9
Edward P. Gilgun, Woburn
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
8
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Cambridge
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
5
John G. Asiaf, Brockton
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Stanley Borsa, Springfield
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Gerald T. Bowler, Holyoke
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Jeremiah D. Crowley, Boston
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
6
Joseph T. Conley, Lawrence
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Walter A. Cuffe, Lynn
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
0
7
C. Gerald Lucey, Brockton
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
4
Francis V. Matera, Boston
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
4
Harvey A. Potheir, Haverhill
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
William H. J. Rowan, Revere
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Colin J. Cameron, Amesbury
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
Charles J. Artesani, Boston
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
4
Francis X. Casey,
Taunton
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
1
0
10
Chester A. Donlan, Jr. ..
2
2
1
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Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Daniel Rudsten,
Boston
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
John M. Shea,
Worcester
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
4
James A. Bowes, North Adams
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Francis E. Cassidy, Webster
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Lawrence W. Caton, New Bedford
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Joseph H. Downey, Brockton
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Leo A. Gosselin, Bellingham
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Thomas A. Keating, Chelsea
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Mathias LaPierre, Leominster
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Leo F. McGrath, Peabody
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
James L. O'Connor, Dover
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
James F. Reynolds, Everett
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
George W. Stanton, Fitchburg
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Alice D. Sullivan,
Watertown
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Blanks
321
Alternate Delegates to National Convention :
William R. Conley, Chelsea
2
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
10
Frank T. Y. Goon, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
Michael A. O'Leary, Cambridge
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
9
Bernard J. Killion, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
8
Clementina Langone, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
9
Michael LoPresti, Boston
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
1
10
Mary E. McDonald, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
9
Charles H. McGlue, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
Thomas F. Graham, G. Barrington
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
Samuel Michelman, Northampton
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
Rita M. Moylan, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
8
Mary Higgins, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
8
Charles Collatos, Boston
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
Silas F. Taylor, Boston
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
9
James T. Violette,
Fitchburg
2
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
8
.
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Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Daniel F. Donovan,
Boston
2
3
1
1
1
2
0
0 10
James A. Burke, Boston
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
5
Joseph E. Duffy, Boston
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
Howard B. Driscoll, Holyoke
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
Gerald P. Lombard, Fitchburg
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
John J. Toomey, Cambridge
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
Robert G. Connolly, Boston
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
Edward J. Mulligan, Boston
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
James J. Twohig, Jr., Boston
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
4
Anthony Parenzo, Westfield
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
John G. Curley, Springfield
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
Patrick Cronin, Chelsea
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
Harold C. Nagle, Fall River
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
4
Thomas F. Reilly, Boston
John H. O'Connor, Jr., Worcester
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
James E. Hannon, Lee
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
Frank B. Oliveira, Fall River
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
Marie F. Akey, Greenfield
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Thomas B. Brennan, Medford
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Joseph J. Buckley, Boston
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
John C. Carr, Medford
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Frederick M. Kelley, Saugus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ida C. McDonough, Boston
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Edward Mclaughlin, Boston
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Wilfred J. Paquet, Watertown
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Northampton
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
Anna A. Sharry, Worcester
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Jacob W. Shinberg, Haverhill
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Wanda Walczak, Salem
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Blanks
362
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0 £ 0
0
0
0
Lawrence E. Corcoran, Arlington
0
0
Luke Ryan,
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Precincts
1 2 3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
District Delegates to National Convention :
Michael F. McGrath, Salem
4
3
4
3
6
5
3
1 29
William J. Maguire, Haverhill
4
3
3
3
6
5
4
1
29
Blanks
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention :
Margaret T. Jellison, Salem
3
3
3
3
6
4
2
1 25
Rose R. Shinberg, Haverhill
3
3
3
2
5
4
2
1 23
Blanks
4
0
2
1
1
2
4
0
14
State Committee, First Essex District (Man) :
George J. O'Shea,
Lynn
4
3
4
3
4
4
3
1 26
Blanks
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
5
State Committee, First Essex District (Woman) :
Lauretta C. Bresnahan, Lynn
5
3
2
2
4
4
2
1
23
Blanks
0
0
2
1
2
1
2
0
8
Town Committee :
No Candidates.
Dissolved at 11:29 P. M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Monday, May 17, 1948
Essex ss.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Swampscott, in said County,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Hadley School in said Swampscott on Monday, the seventeenth day of May, 1948, at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer in Pine Hill Road for a distance of approximately 225 feet and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Puritan Road for a distance of approximately 225 feet and appro- priate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative there- to. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board and the Board of Health.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the necessary expenses of the Town Clerk that may be incurred outside the commonwealth as provided for under Chapter 40 Section 5 (34) of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
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1948]
Article 4. To see if the town will authorize the moderator to appoint two Town Meeting members to serve with two members of the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools as a com- mittee to establish the total cost involved for constructing and equip- ping a building to be used as a gymnasium at the Junior High School, and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the expenses of this com- mittee. Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to purchase uniforms for the members of the Police Department and appropriate the neces- sary money therefor or take an action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Chief of Police and Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to purchase uniforms for the members of the Fire Department and appropriate the neces- sary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the payment of salaries to the members of the Board of Fire Engineers or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote, under the provisions of Section 26 k of the Housing Authority Law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as inserted in Chapter 121 of the General Laws by Chapter 574 of the Acts of 1946:
1. To determine and declare that there is a need for relieving con- gestion of population, that there exists sub-standard or decadent areas and unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwellings, that there is a shortage of safe sanitary dwellings available for families of low in- come at rentals which they can afford in the Town of Swampscott.
2. To determine that a housing authority is needed in the Town of Swampscott for the purpose of the clearance of sub-standard or decadent areas or the provision of housing for families of low income or to engage in a land assembly and re-development project.
3. To provide for the organization of a housing authority in the Town of Swampscott under the provisions of Chapter 121 of the General Laws as inserted by Chapter 574 of the Acts of 1946 and establish such housing authority and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof at the Town Administration Building, Post Office and in at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct in the Town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the Town not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of April, A. D., 1948.
[Seal]
A true copy.
EDGAR U. BURDETT, KENNETH W. ULMAN, ROGER J. CONNELL, Selectmen of Swampscott
Attest.
Leonard H. Bates, Constable.
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[Dec. 31
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 im- mediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on May 7, 1948, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
LEONARD H. BATES Constable.
The warrants for the Special Town Meeting were mailed to the Town Meeting Members on Monday, May 10, 1948.
Attest: MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Monday, May 17, 1948
In accordance with the warrant the town meeting members assembled at the Hadley School Hall, and were called to order by the Moderator, Vincent P. O'Brien at 7:55 P. M. the necessary quorum being present (116).
The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
New members were sworn in by the Town Clerk, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
Voted: Article 1. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lay a sewer in Pine Hill Road for a distance of approximately 225 feet and that the sum of forty-four hundred dollars be appropriated therefor from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the report of the Finance Coni- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows :
That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lay a sewer in Puritan Road for a distance of approximately 225 feet and the sum of Fifty-five hundred dollars be appropriated therefor from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
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