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Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses, as listed in the budget in the Selectmen's report of the annual town report for the year 1949. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 10. To see if the town will authorize the Bureau of Old Age Assistance to appoint one of its own members as agent and in- vestigating officer and fix the salary of such appointee at $2,665.70 as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
Article 11. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its own members as agent and investiga- ting officer and fix the salary of such appointee at $520.00 as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Spon- sored by the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Asses- ors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board each, to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Assessors, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Planning Board.
Article 13. 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, 1950 and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the town's books for the year 1949 according to the records of the Town Accountant. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Fund of the town to the account of Current Rev- enue 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 15. To see what action the town will take in respect to the disposition of the Old Town Hall property either by sale, lease, demolition or otherwise and/or appropriate money for its mainten- ance and repair or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase an automobile to be used as a patrol car for the Police Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to take all necessary steps to provide for the protection and security of monies collected by him and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Collector of Taxes.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to purchase a turf tractor equipped with 3 cut- ting units to facilitate the cutting of grass and appropriate the nec- essary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to install a reinforced concrete floor and to paint the inside of the Phillips Beach Engine House or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
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Article 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of adding four permanent patrolmen to the Police Department and enable the Board of Selectmen to establish a forty hour week for the regular members of the Police Department. Sponsored by the Chief of Police and Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Commonwealth Avenue and Commonwealth Terrace as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, provided proper waivers are signed by all abutting owners and provided further that all abutters release the town from all future liability which may arise out of the acceptance of this street. Petitioned for by the Puritan Beach Civic Group.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Reid Terrace as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Dorothy M. Bingle et al.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to accept Bates Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Jacob Caswell et al.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to accept Cardillo Terrace as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Joseph Car- dillo et al.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to accept Blodgett Avenue as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Charles A. Woodbury et al.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to accept Porter's Court as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Arthur L. Burt et al.
Article 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a Scholarship Fund as a Mem- orial to the Veterans of World War II under the provisions of Chap- ter 119 of the Acts of 1949 and establish a Board of Trustees to be appointed by the Selectmen to administer said fund and establish rules and regulations covering the awarding of scholarships from the income of said fund, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the World War II Memorial Committee and the Board of Select- men.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used in conjunction with money appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Essex for the repair or construction of highways as provided by Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 29. 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.
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Article 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Armistice Day or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws as follows: By striking out Article IV, section 3, subsection 5, and substituting therefor the following subsection with the same numbering, viz, Article IV, section 3, subsection 5.
The requirements of the "Table of Height and Area Regulations and Front, Side, and Rear Yard Requirements" referred to in Article IV, section 1, need not apply, except as to setback, to lots of less than the required area for the district in which they are located, provided such lots have been duly described by deed recorded with the Registry of Deeds or assessed as separate parcels prior to March 23, 1948, the date of the passage of this by-law. Buildings on such lots shall con- form to the regulations applying in the district of comparable lot size as follows:
Lots in the Residence A-1 district of area of at least 7500 sq. ft. and below 10,000 sq. ft. shall have buildings complying with the re- quirements for Residence A-2 district.
Lots in the Residence A-1 or Residence A-2 districts of area of at least 6000 sq. ft. and less than 7500 sq. ft. shall have buildings complying with the tabular data for Residence A-3 district.
Lots in any district of less than 6,000 sq. ft. shall have buildings conforming to Article IV, section 3, subsections 4a and 4b of these by- laws and to Article III, section 3 of the Building By-Laws of the town.
The exceptions permitted in this subsection apply only to the re- quirements of the "Table of Height and Area Regulations and Front, Side and Rear Yard Requirements" and in no way affect any other regulation in this by-law.
Sponsored by the Planning Board.
Article 33. To see what action the town will take in providing automatic sprinkler protection for Swampscott High School and nec- essary underground piping required, and in providing sufficient funds for same. Petitioned for by Philip L. Knowlton et al.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws as follows: Section 21 A. "Any other type of construction which provides strength, stability and rigidity equal to that specified by these by-laws may be used provided that the results of laboratory tests of substitute materials or types of construction meet the require- ments of and receive the approval of the Inspector of Buildings." Petitioned for by Ralph A Morrison et al.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for public school purposes the land herein- after described and construct thereon and originally equip and fur- nish a school building and gymnasium and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Proposed land taking for school purposes Assessors' Plan 15 Lot 4
Beginning on the South side of Paradise Road at the Northeast corner of land owned by Kathleen Raimo, thence Northeast by a
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curve line along the South side of Paradise Road for a distance of seventy and sixty one hundredths (70.60) feet, thence N 80-44-30E along the South side of Paradise Road for a distance of one hundred sixteen and twenty-four one hundredths (116.24) feet; thence curv- ing Northeasterly along the South side of Paradise Road for a dis- tance of three hundred six and ninety-two one hundredths (306.92) feet; thence N-64-04-40E for a distance of sixty-two and sixty-two one hundredths (62.62) feet to the Northwest corner of land now or formerly of Didio & Hawley; thence Southeast by land now or for- merly of Didio and Hawley for a distance of thirty and sixty-five one hundredths (30.65) feet; thence curving Southwest by Lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 and land now or formerly of Didio and Hawley, Pink- ham and Glosband, for a distance of three hundred thirty-three and ninety-one one hundredths (333.91) feet; thence Southerly by Lot 23 and land now or formerly of Rollins for a distance of eight and twelve one hundredths (8.12) feet: thence Southwesterly by Lot 23 and land now or formerly of Schawbel and Hall for a distance of ninety-one and ninety one hundredths (91.90) feet; thence by Lots 23, 24 for a distance of thirty-two and seventy-six one hundredths (32.76) feet to the Easterly side of a private way leading to Walker Road; thence S15-54-00E along the Easterly side of said way for a distance of twenty-five and ninety-one one hundredths (25.91) feet, thence curving Southeasterly along the Easterly side of said way for a distance of fifty-four and sixty-nine one hundredths (54.69) feet; thence Southwest along the Easterly side of said way for a distance of twenty-three and ninety-two one hundredths (23.92) feet; thence curving Southwesterly along the Easterly side of said way for a dis- tance of forty-two and five one hundredths (42.05) feet, to the Northerly side of Walker Road; thence curving Southwest along the Northerly side of Walker Road for a distance of ninety-three and twenty-two one hundredths (93.22) feet; thence curving Northeast along the Westerly side of the above mentioned private way for a dis- tance of thirty-nine and seven one hundredths (39.07) feet; thence Northwest along the Westerly side of said way for a distance of eighty-four and ninety-seven one hundredths (84.97) feet, to the Northeast corner of Lot No. 1; thence S22-33-30W along the Nor- therly line of Lot No. 1 for a distance of ninety-nine and seventy- eight one hundredths (99.78) feet to the Northerly line of the Bos- ton and Maine R. R. right of way; thence N72°-14'-40" W along the Northerly line of the Boston and Maine R. R. right of way for a distance of one hundred sixty-one and nine one hundredths (161.09) feet; thence N76°-09'-20"W along the Northerly line of the Boston and Maine R. R. right of way for a distance of two hundred and two one hundredths (200.02) feet; thence N79°-40'-10"W alongthe North- erly line of the Boston and Maine R. R. right of way for a distance of one hundred twenty-nine and seventy-four one hundredths (129.74) feet, to the Southwest corner of land now or formerly of Kingsley; thence N47°-20'-00E by Lot 8 and land now or formerly of Kingsley for a distance of one hundred fifty-one and eighteen one hundredths (151.18) feet to the Westerly line of a private way leading to Para- dise Road; thence N42-40-00W along the Westerly side of said way and land now or formerly of Kingsley for a distance of one hundred ninety-seven and sixteen one hundredths (197.16) feet to the South- erly side of Paradise Road; thence curving Northeasterly along the Southerly side of Paradise Road for a distance of forty and thirty one
hundredths (40.30) feet to the Easterly side of said private way; thence S42°-40'-00"E along the Easterly side of said private way and land now or formerly of Kathleen Raimo for a distance of one hun- dred eighty-two and ten one hundredths (182.10) feet to the North- west corner of Lot No. 9; thence N32°-49'-00"E by Lot No. 9 and land now or formerly of Kathleen Raimo for a distance of sixty-four and thirty-six one hundredths (64.36) feet; thence by Lot No. 9 Lot 25
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and land now or formerly of Kathleen Raimo for a distance of one hundred forty-one and sixty-six one hundredths (141.66) feet to the Southerly side of Paradise Road and the point of beginning.
The above description covers Lots 2 through 23 inclusive and Lot 25 and includes all roads as shown on Plan of Land in Swampscott, owned by J. Didio and G. S. Hawley; John W. Parsons, Surveyor. Scale 1 in. = 40 ft., dated July 26, 1949. Recorded in the Salem South District Registry of Deeds, Book 78 Page 35.
The above plan bears the approval of the Town of Swampscott Planning Board, and a copy is on file in the office of the Town En- gineer.
The above described parcel contains about 230,000 + sq. ft., or 3 and 9/10 acres +
Proposed land taking for school Assessors Plan 15 Lot 3 Owned by Kathleen Raimo
Beginning on the Southerly side of Paradise Road seventy-five and fifty one hundredths (75.50) feet East of the point of curve; thence Easterly by a curve line along the Southerly side of Paradise Road for a distance of one hundred and twenty-eight (128.00) feet; thence Southerly by land of J. Didio and G. S. Hawley for a distance of one hundred forty-one and sixty-six one hundreths (141.66) feet; thence Southwesterly by land of J. Didio and G. S. Hawley for a dis- tance of sixty-four and thirty-six one hundredths (64.36) feet; thence Northwest by a forty foot right of way for a distance of one hun- dred eighty-two and ten one hundredths (182.10) feet, to the point of beginning.
The above description is of Lot 3 on Plan 15 of the Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott and contains 15,000 sq. ft. more or less. Said lot is as of January 1950 assessed to Kathleen Raimo.
Parcel No. 3
Assessors' Plan 15 Lot No. 2 now owned by Cleo C. Kingsley. Description as follows :
Northwest by Paradise Road 151.21 ft.
Northwest by Swampscott Land Tr. 197.16 ft.
Southwest by Swampscott Land Tr. 151.18 ft.
Southwest by Lynn Gas & Elec. Co. 198.55 ft.
Containing 30,000 s.f.+ plus or minus
Recorded Essex South Registry of Deeds in Salem Mass. Book 3102 Page 560
Sponsored by the School Committee and School Building Com- mittee.
Article 35a. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for public school purposes the land hereinafter described, or any part thereof, and construct thereon and originally equip and furnish a school building, and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto. Des- cription as follows.
Parcel No. 1. Beginning on the Northerly side line of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad location about 1575 lin. ft. from the Westerly side line of Humphrey Street; thence in a general westerly direction along the Northerly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad location for a distance of about 1325.00 feet; thence Northeast by land of the Tedesco Country Club for a distance of about 1010.00 feet; thence Southeast by land of the Tedesco Country Club about 1255 feet; thence Southerly by land of the Tedesco Country Club about 530.00 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains about 20.8 acres.
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Parcel No. 2. Beginning on the South side of Nason Road at the Westerly end of said road as accepted by the Town of Swamp- scott, March 26, 1929; thence Westerly along the South side of Nason Road for a distance of about 18 feet; thence Northwesterly. by land now or formerly of Whitney for a distance of about 505.00 feet; thence Easterly by the South side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad location for a distance of about 510.00 feet; thence Southerly by land now or formerly of Babaian and Nason Road for a distance of about 150.00 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains about 1.0 acres.
Parcel No. 3. Beginning on the South side of Nason Road about 18.00 feet West of the end of said road as accepted March 3, 1929; thence in a general Westerly direction by land now or formerly of Whitney for a distance of about 940.00 feet; thence in a North- erly direction by land now or formerly of Blaney for a distance of about 170.00 feet; thence Easterly along the Southerly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad location for a distance of about 450.00 feet; thence Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Ba- baian for a distance of about 505.00 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described parcel contains about 3.4 acres.
Petitioned for by Roland C. Booma et al.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to make the necessary repairs and alterations to the various schools as recommended by the Department of Public Safety and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action rela- tive thereto. Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to authorize the commit- tee appointed by the moderator under Article 31 of the Annual Town Meeting for 1949 to engage an architect to make studies and plans to remodel, rebuild or renovate the Clarke School or construct and originally equip and furnish a school building to replace the Clarke School on a portion of Abbott Park and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the School Building Committee.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to construct and origin- ally equip and furnish a school building on Abbott Park and appro- priate the necessary money therefor by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Select- men.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to install an automatic fire alarm system in the High School Building under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers and raise and appropriate the nec- essary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the School Committee and the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to accept chapter 149. section 33a of the General Laws as amended by chapter 657 of the Acts of 1948 which provides for a five-day forty hour week for town employees. Sponsored by all Town Departments.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to establish and maintain a dump on land owned by the town and located as shown on Plate 11 Lots 405, 406, 407, 414, 415, 416, 417, 421, 765, 766, 767, and 768 and Plate 8 Lots 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Assessors' Plans and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Health.
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Article 42. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to purchase a Tractor and Hydraulic Bulldozer equipment for the Board of Health to use in maintaining a dump and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Health.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to regrade and resurface Lexington Park and Lexington Circle to the junctions of Forest Av- enue and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by Harold P. Brown et al.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to carry on a sidewalk construction program under the provisions of General Laws, chapter 83 sections 25 and 26, and appropriate the necessary money there- for or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to carry on a street con- truction program and appropriate the necessary money therefor by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 111D of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as inserted therein by Chapter 384 of the Acts of 1949 which provides as follows:
"Section 111D. In any city or town which accepts this section, all members of its regular fire force may be granted a vacation with- out loss of pay. Such vacations shall be computed in the following manner :-
For five year's service, but less than ten year's service, a vaca- tion of three weeks.
For ten year's service or more a vacation of four weeks."
Sponsored by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to surface an area at Jackson Park to maintain a roller skating rink and ice hockey rink, and appropriate the nec- essary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to purchase a 1/2 ton truck and sell or trade the 1940 used Army truck and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to purchase a crawler type bulldozer to be used by the Water & Sewerage Board, Highway Department and Park Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commis- sioners.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain a parcel of land adjoining the standpipe property of the Town of Swampscott, for the purpose of building a road to said town property, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to install a wire fence enclosing the Sewer Pumping Station, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
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Article 52. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new gaso- line engine and repair the 4500 gallon pump at the Sewer Pump- ing Station and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to construct a culvert at Fisherman's beach and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to purchase a twenty shallow drawer steel filing unit, for the purpose of filing Sewer De- partment and Planning Board plans, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board and the Planning Board.
Article 55. To see if the town will authorize the Water & Sewer- age Departments to construct a drain or take such other means as may be required to remove from the premises at the southeasterly junction of Paradise Road at Walker Road water accumulating there by reason of Town drainage, pipes and culverts, and appropri- ate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by George S. Hawley et al.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain and resurface King's Beach Terrace and transfer the sum of $450.00 appropriated under the provisions of Article 27 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1949 for that purpose and appropriate money therefor or take an action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Select- men.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewers in any or all of the following streets :- Charlotte Road, Duke Street, Forest Avenue, Gale Road, Mountwood Road, Muriel Road, Pine Hill Road, Pleasant Street, Puritan Lane, Puritan Road, Sherwood Road, Walnut Road, Winshaw Road, and in any other streets or sections of the Town as the Water and Sewerage Board and the Board of Health deem necessary and that the money necessary to install said sewers be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the outfall sewer bond issue of 1947. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board and the Board of Health.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to continue the summer recreational program at Jackson, Phillips, and Abbott Parks and ap- propriate the sum of $3,000.00 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to purchase and install 1000 additional seats of a semi-permanent type at Blocksidge Field and appropriate the neces- sary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to establish the office of Inspector of Wires to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen as required by the provisions of Chapter 529 of the Acts of 1949, and appropriate 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 appointment shall be made in April of each year and he shall hold office from the first day of May
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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 Select- men 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to all rules and regulations 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 necessary to the faithful and effectual discharge of his duties under this by-law.
Section 4. The Inspector shall have access at all reasonable times to all wires, appliances, and apparatus in the interior 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 reas- onable opportunity to inspect such wires and their arrangement and fixtures before the same are covered or enclosed; and no person shall place such wires in any building in process of construction until all gas, steam, water, and furnace pipes have been placed in proper po- sition. 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 permission therefor having been first obtained from the In- spector.
Section 5. 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 in- tended 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 6. Fees shall be charged by the Inspector of Wires to any person, firm or corporation applying for permits for electrical in- stallations as provided in Section 5; said fees to be paid by the appli- cants 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
Heating Devices $0.50
.50
For first 2,000 watts or less
For each additional 5,000 watts or fractional part
thereof .50
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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 61. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of placing lights and other decorations on Humphrey Street during the 1950 Christmas season or take any ac- tion relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, chapter 136, section 4B, which provides for Sunday bowling between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 11:00 P.M. Petitioned for by Patsy J. Losano et al.
Article 63. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and their successors in office to grant easements for the location, installation and maintenance of public utility services and in- stallations within private ways in which the town may have any right, title or interest, either as the result of the town's having acquired real estate abutting such ways in or following proceedings to fore- close tax titles. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 64. 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 Se- lectmen.
Article 65. 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, 1949, to the Excess and Deficiency Fund, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used in conjunction with money appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct a sidewalk on the Northerly side of Paradise Road from Franklin Avenue to Walker Road. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 67. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attes- ted copy thereof at the Town Administration Building, at the Post Office, and in at least two public and conspicuous places in each pre- cinct 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.
The polls will close at 7:00 P.M.
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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-third day of February, A. D., 1950.
EDGAR U. BURDETT, KENNETH W. ULMAN, FREDERICK R. CHAMPION, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy, Attest :
LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
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