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Article 39. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Swampscott as a town in 1852, to report back to the Annual Town Meeting of 1950. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to resurface Redington Street from Rockland Street to the junction of Greenwood Avenue and Forest Avenue and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Frederick P. Barker et al.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to resurface Forest Avenue from the junction of Greenwood Avenue and Redington Street to Magnolia Road and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Frederick P. Barker et al.
Article 42. To see if the town will install sidewalks on the easterly side of Magnolia Road from Forest Avenue to Arbutus Road and ap- propriate the necessary money therefore or take any action relative thereto, as petitioned for by Frederick P. Barker et al.
Article 43. 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 44. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of the Fourth of July and appropri-
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ate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and appropri- ate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Armistice Day and appropri- ate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to accept Bradlee Avenue from Phillips Avenue to Ocean 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 neces- sary waivers. Petitioned for by Emma C. Newman et al.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to accept Cutting 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 Emma C. New- man et al.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to accept Brown 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 Malcolm Thomson et al.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to accept Forest Avenue for about 380 feet from the westerly boundary of the Whitney Estate 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 Elizabeth S. Lodge et al.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to accept Charles 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 Charles A. Woodbury et al.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to accept Shepard 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 E. Donovan et al.
Article 53. 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 Cardillo et al.
Article 54. 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 Emma C. Newman et al.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to accept that portion of Hawthorne Road and a portion of Estabrook Road not now accepted as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the
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plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers. Petitioned for by Fred S. Brennan et al.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to accept Commonwealth Avenue 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 Ida Goldberg et al.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows:
(a) By striking out Atricle IV, section 3, sub-section 5 and substituting therefor the following sub-section with the same numbering: Article IV, section 3, sub-section 5.
The requirements of the "Table of Height and Area Regulations and the Front, Side and Rear Yard Regulations" referred to in Article IV, section 1, shall not apply to lots of 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 have been shown on a plan recorded with the Registry of Deeds or assessed as separate parcels prior to the date of the passage of this by- law. Buildings on said lot shall conform to Article IV, section 4. sub-sections a and b of these by-laws and to Article III, section 3 of the Building By-Laws of the town.
(b) By striking out the word "twenty" as it appears in the next to the last sentence of Article VI, section 6, sub- section 2 of the Zoning By-Laws and substituting therefor the word "ten" so that the said Article VI, section 6, sub- section 2, shall read as follows:
The Planning Board, upon the request in writing of not less than ten registered voters of the Town shall, or upon its own initiative may, hold a public hearing for the considera- tion of any proposed amendment, modification or repeal of this by-law and shall report to the Town Meeting its recom- mendations with respect to the action to be taken thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given by an official publi- cation or by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, the first publication to be not less than ten days before the date assigned for the hearing.
(c) By amending the "Official Zoning Map of the Town of Swampscott" dated March 1, 1948 by including the fol- lowing described area in the residence A1 district:
Beginning at Beach Lane two hundred feet back from the westerly line of Puritan Road or at the rear of lots abutting on the westerly side of Puritan Road, whichever is less, and running easterly by Puritan Road to the center of Humphrey Street, thence northerly following the center line of Humphrey Street to the right of way of the Boston & Maine Railroad at the Phillips Beach railroad station, thence northeasterly by said railroad right of way to the Marblehead line. All land lying between this boundary and the Atlantic Ocean is hereby included in the residence A1 district with the exception of the property now shown as residence A3 on the
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said zoning map, located between Atlantic Avenue and the ocean at or near the Marblehead line. Sponsored by the Planning Board.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by inserting the words "theater" and moving picture house" in Section 4, Sub-section 2, so as to read: "2. Retail store, personal service establishment, hotel, restaurant, theater, moving picture house, refreshment stand, bank, office, studio, or funeral home, provided permission is obtained from the Board of Appeals as provided in Article 6, Section 5," or take any other action thereon as petitioned for by Francis L. Smith et al.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to extend the "Business B-1" retail district to include all of the premises bounded and de- scribed as follows:
Beginning at a point at the Northeasterly corner of Humphrey Street and Greenwood Avenue, Swampscott, thence running Easterly on said Humphrey Street to Cedar Hill Terrace; thence turning and running Northerly on said Cedar Hill Terrace to land of Helen W. Jaques; thence turn- ing and running Westerly on land of said Helen W. Jaques, land of Horace H. Phillips and Harry S. Phillips, Trustees, land of Eugene L. Mann and Cecile Mann, and land of Ken- neth E. Post and Marjorie Post to Bay View Terrace; thence running Westerly again on said Bay View Terrace to Greenwood Avenue; thence turning and running Southerly in a curved line on said Greenwood Avenue to said Humphrey Street and the point of beginning;
And being the same premises delineated in red on the Zoning Map of the Town of Swampscott dated March 1, 1948, which is hereto attached; or take any other action thereon as petitioned for by Francis L. Smith et al.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to amend Chapter 7, Section 6 of the By-Laws entitled "Engineering Department" by adding the following sentence at the end of the first paragraph thereof: "The Town Engineer shall furnish the Surveyor of High- ways with proper lines and grades whenever public ways or sidewalks are being constructed or repaired and the Surveyor of Highways shall follow the lines and grades so furnished in the constructing and repairing said public ways and sidewalks." Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Town Engineer.
Article 61. To see if the town will vote to amend Chapter XI, Article II, section 1 of the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott by adding at the end of said section 1 the following paragraph:
Upon completion of the foundation, the person or per- sons holding a building permit shall submit a certificate to the Building Inspector, prepared by a Registered Land Sur- veyor, certifying that the location of the foundation complies with the existing Zoning Laws and Building Laws of the Town of Swampscott. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Building Inspector.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to amend chapter V, section 1, of the By-Laws by striking out the word "$500" where- ever the same appears in said section and substituting therefor $750 so as to read as follows:
Section 1. No contract for construction work or for the purchase of apparatus, supplies or materials whether for re-
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pairs or original construction, the estimated cost of which amounts to $750 or more, except in cases of special emergency involving the health or safety of the people or their property, shall be awarded unless proposals for the same have been in- vited by advertisements in at least one newspaper having a general circulation in the town once a week for at least two weeks, the last publication to be at least two days before the time specified for the opening of bids. Such advertise- ments shall state the time and place where plans and specifi- cations of proposed work or supplies may be had and the time and place for opening the proposals in answer to said advertisements and shall reserve to the town the right to reject any and all proposals. All such proposals shall be opened in public. No bill or contract shall be split or divided for the purpose of evading any provision of this chapter. All such bids shall be accompanied by a certified check for an amount equal to not less than five per cent of the amount of the bid, but in no case less than the sum of one hundred dollars, which shall become the property to the town as liquidated damages on failure of the bidder to sign a con- tract within seven days after notice of the acceptance of his bid, or other default. All bids shall be publicly opened in the presence of the body having the matter in charge, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, subject to the foregoing reservations. Upon the acceptance of the bid, the certified check accompanying the same shall be retained until a bond is filed as hereinafter provided, when it shall be returned to the respective bidders when the contract is awarded. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 63. To see if the town will vote to establish a plan class- ifying any or all positions other than those filled by popular election and those under the direction of the School Committee, into groups and classes having substantially equal responsibilities and establish minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to employees in positions so classified as provided for by General Laws, chapter 41, section 108A. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to study the problem of Beach Rights in the various beaches of the town to report back to the next Annual Town Meeting. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 65. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the Land Court to register title to the land located at the easterly end of Fisherman's Beach more particularly described in a Plan of Land in Swampscott dated August 20, 1948, Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, containing 18,250 square feet of land and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to purchase or take by eminent domain for the purpose of widening a public way certain land located on the southeasterly corner of Walker and Paradise Roads shown on a plan dated January 25, 1949 entitled "Town of Swampscott Proposed Widening Inter- section of Paradise and Walker Roads, Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer," and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 67. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moder- ator to appoint a committee consisting of a member of the Board of Selectmen, a member of the Finance Committee, an elected town
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official and two members of the representative town meeting to study the Town Manager form of government and report to the next Annual Town Meeting. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 68. To see if the town, subject to legislative approval, will appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a scholarship fund for a memorial to the veterans of World War II or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by World War II Me- morial Committee and the Board of Selectmen.
Article 69. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money necessary to pay firemen and policemen who were added to the fire and police departments in 1946 and 1947 for back pay due them which they did not receive by reason of a change in the method of payment of wages. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 70. 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 mem- bers of the Police and Fire Departments on attaining the age of sixty-five years as petitioned for by Francis H. Maitland et al.
Article 71. To see if the town will vote to transfer the property herein described now owned by the town to the Park Department to be used as a road way to enter the rear of Jackson Park, bounded and described as follows:
Westerly by Foster Road seventy-seven and 02/100 (77.02) feet; southwesterly by a way, on a curved line having a radius of ten (10) feet, a distance of twenty-one and 97/100 (21.97) feet; southeasterly by said way seventy-nine and 80/100 (79.80) feet; northeasterly by land of the Town of Swampscott sixty-seven and 82/100 (67.82) feet; northwester- ly by lot number 608 as shown on said plan forty-four and 78/100 (44.78) feet. Containing 5283 square feet of land. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 72. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant easements for the location, installation and maintenance of public utility services and installations 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 foreclose tax titles. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 73. To see if the town will 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 appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 74. 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 75. 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, 1948, to the Excess and
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Deficiency Fund, or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 76. 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 at- tested copy thereof at the Town Administration Building, at the 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.
The polls will close at 7:00 P.M.
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 seventeenth day of February, A. D., 1949.
EDGAR U. BURDETT, KENNETH W. ULMAN, ROGER J. CONNELL. Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy, Attest:
LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
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 Office, at least two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the immed- iate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Saturday, March 12, 1949, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
LEONARD H. BATES,
Constable.
The warrants for the Annual Town Meeting were mailed to the Town Meeting Members on Monday, March 14, 1949.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR. Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 21, 1949
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott assembled at their several precincts in the Town of Swampscott, and were called to order by the presiding officer in each precinct at seven o'clock A.M. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each precinct. The polls were opened at 7 A.M.
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The following were appointed Precinct Officers and qualified for same:
Precinct One
Warden-J. Hervey Blackford (R) Clerk-Harriett T. Kain (D)
Inspector-Ruth B. Houghton (R) Inspector-Lauretta M. Fournier (D) Tellers-Martha Cafferty (R) Mary L. Ronzano (D) Sarah I. Norcross (R) Cornelia T. Moore (R) Virginia T. Ellis (I) Beatrice F. Hamel (D) Precinct Two Warden-Harry Cahoon (R)
Clerk-Ernest Loyte (R)
Inspector-James E. Conner (D)
Inspector-Lillian A. Currant (R) Tellers-Valerie B. Byrne (R) Ruth H. Conley (R)
Doris L. Smith (D)
Katherine E. Lamkin (R)
Blanche L. Pratt (R)
Sarah G. Holbry (R) Ruby J. Dow (R)
Precinct Seven
Warden-Lee A. Cooley (R) Clerk-William Weber (D)
Inspector-Annie L. Ward (D)
Inspector-Earl M. Bailey (R) Tellers-Grace L. Russell (R) Madeline E. Costin (I)
Honora Nevils (I)
Josephine Donovan (D)
Netta Olson (D) Mary R. Turner (I)
Precinct Eight Warden-Etta J. Minton (R)
Clerk-Gladys E. Williams (R)
Inspector-Mary B. Hill (R)
Inspector-Pauline Duncan (R) Tellers-Anna T. Conners (D) Mary Beaton (R)
Irene L. Perkins (I)
Henrietta Brown (R)
Helen C. Burk (D)
Helen M. Coan (D)
Sarah Conners (D)
Sarah P. Shoals (R)
Ida G. Ingalls (I)
The polls opened at 7 A.M. and the count started at 3 o'clock P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
Precinct Two was the first to make a return at 8:04 P.M. Pre- cinct Three was the last at 10:22 P.M.
The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct 1
399
Precinct 2
403
Precinct 3 384
Precinct 4
394
Precinct 5 409
Precinct 6 423
Precinct Five
Warden-John T. Morrison (R) Clerk-Christina Pearce (D) Inspector-Joan E. Brown (R) Inspector-Francis McCarran (D) Tellers-Alice E. Leslie (D) Sydna H. Collins (R) Bessie P. Laxton (R) Helen E. Gillen (R)
Florence E. Scanlon (D) Doris Humphrey (R)
Precinct Six
Warden-Irving Curtis (R) Clerk-Anna M. Burke (D) Inspector-Anna G. Mather (D) Inspector-Lucy G. Nickerson (R) Tellers-Eva C. Evans (R) Doris L. Torrey (R)
Margaret Nolan (D) William Patten (R) Cleora Tilden (R) Precinct Three Warden-Stuart P. Ellis (R) Clerk-Donald L. Sawyer (D)
Inspector-Almer A. Jackson (R)
Inspector-Clementine Emery (R) Tellers-Winifred G. Jacobs (R) Margaret M. Stinson (D) Elva P. Garey (R)
Dorothy I. Legere (D)
Susan S. Clay (R)
Marion S. Lees (R) Agnes P. Kennedy (I) Precinct Four
Warden-Edith J. Johnson (R)
Clerk-Bessie F. Maguire (D)
Inspector-Lucille V. Duggan (D)
Inspector-Anna C. Howard (R) Tellers-Martha L. Graham (R) Eileen F. Goodwin (D)
Maude P. Loring (R)
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Precinct 7
545
Precinct 8
379
Total Vote Cast
3336
Precincts 1
2 3 4 5 6
7
Total
MODERATOR for 1 year
Vincent P. O'Brien (E)
291 325 302 345 345 344 439 313 2704
Blanks
108
78
82
49
64
79 106
66
632
SELECTMEN for 1 year
Edgar U. Burdett (E)
201 244 236 245 288 254 286 232 1986
Frederick R. Champion
282 223
175
172
140 162 244 151 1549
Roger J. Connell
148 183
171
173
186 174 276 167 79 74 76
84
185
1281
Kenneth W. Ulman (E) Blanks
214 234 237
238
224 207 259 208 1821
176 118 172 128 116 221 283
118 1332
TOWN CLERK for 3 years Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
(E) 199 217 189 221 259 242 271 248 1846 184 176 185 166 141 172 256
Francis T. Pedrick
124 1404
Blanks
16 10
10
7
9
9 18 7
86
WATER & SEWERAGE BOARD for 3 Years
Harold C. Hudson (E) 308 331 289 339 341 324 407 329 2668
Blanks
91
72
95
55
68
99
138
50
668
ASSESSOR for 3 years
John A. Holmes (E)
212 270 218 253 265 251 315 250 2034
Margaret M. Scanlon
159 118 150 133
128 146 192 116 1142
Blanks
28
15
16
8
16
26
38
13
160
ASSESSOR for 2 Years
Ernest Manchin (E)
223 242 215 216 192
214 283 166 1751
Robert H. McAuliffe
135 142 132
163
195
156 216 179 1318
Blanks 41
19
37
15
22
53
46
34
267
PARK COMMISSIONER for 3 Years
Roland C. Booma (E) 324 323 284 333 336 325 415 333 2673 46 Blanks 75 80 100 61 73 98 130
SCHOOL COMMITTEE for 3 Years
Madeline M. Clark (E)
212 214 171 191 213 170 244 233 1648
Harvey A. Craig
79 84 100 103
79
73
92
60
670
Thomas J. Mulvey
66
79
83
80
94 150 154
63
769
Blanks
42
26
30
20
23
30
55
23
249
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for 3 Years
George W. Howe (E) 308 330 296 336 346 317 424 334 2691 45 Blanks 91 73 88
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE for 3 Years
Walter L. Ranger (E) 312 334 293 339 345 321 415 322 2681 Blanks 87 69 91 55 64 102 130 57 655
BOARD OF HEALTH for 3 Years 305 344 300 333 342 305 404 311 2644 68 94 59 84 61 67 118 141 692
CONSTABLE for 1 Year
Wayne Anderson (E)
303 315 279 315 331 283 369 301 2496 Leonard H. Bates (E) 308 323 304 326 340 292 371 299 2563 Willis E. Shephard (E) 288 321 288 325 345 302 434 311 2614 298 250 281 216 211 392 461 226 2335 Blanks
PLANNING BOARD for 5 Years
Ralph L. Williams (E) 284 324 297 327 338 307 406 324 2607 Blanks 115 79 87 67 71 116 139 55 729
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