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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 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 schedale :
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
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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
For first 2,000 watts or less .50
For each additional 5,000 watts or fractional part
thereof .50
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.
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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.
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.
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 conspicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Sat- urday, March 11, 1950 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 Saturday, March 11, 1950.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 20, 1950
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 7 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 Fournier (D) Tellers-Martha Cafferty (R) Cecilia F. Cappucci (I) Sarah I. Norcross (R) Cornelia T. Moore (R) Florence L. O'Neal (I) Mary J. Pratt (I)
Precinct Two
Warden-Harry E. Cahoon (R) Clerk-Ernest Loyte (R)
Inspector-Lillian Currant (R) Inspector-James E. Connor (D) Tellers-Valerie B. Byrne (R) Ruth H. Conley (R) Doris L. Smith (D) 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-Esther F. Philbin (R) Tellers-Winifred G. Jacobs (R) Francis Pedrick (I) Elva P. Garey (R) Elizabeth M. Callahan (I) Susan S. Clay (R) Marion S. Lees (R)
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)
Henrietta Brown (R)
Helen M. Coan (D)
Sarah P. Shoals (R)
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) Clare Ulman (R) Florence E. Scanlon (D) Doris Humphrey (R) Helen E. Gillen (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) 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) Netta Olson (D)
Mary R. Turner (I)
Caroline G. Carls (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. Connors (D) Mary Beaton (R)
Irene L. Perkins (I)
Helen C. Burk (D)
Sarah Conners (D) 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 8:36 P.M. Pre- cinct seven was the last at 9:22 P.M.
The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct 1
472
Precinct 2 453
Precinct 3 404
Precinct 4
420
Precinct 5
473
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Precinct 6
428
Precinct 7
592
Precinct
472
Total Vote Cast
3714
Precincts 1
2 3
4 5 6
7
8 Total
MODERATOR for 1 Year
Vincent P. O'Brien (E) 348 354 299 330 390 332 462 387 2902
Blanks
124 99 105 90
83
96 130
85
812
SELECTMEN for 1 Year Frederick R. Champion
(E) 394 339 278 291 323 304 445 328 2702
Ralph I. Lindsey (E)
211 253 234 269 298 246 288 239 2038 Andrew R. Linscott (E) 196 233 199 223 311 249 299 290 2000
Ralph N. Murray
149 146 153 145 196 148 185 154 1276
Lawson H. O'Brien
142 93
54
67
41
46
68 51
562
Harry W. Stinson
112 145 118 116
92 110 179 112 984
Blanks 212 150 176 149 158 181 312 242 1580
COLLECTOR OF TAXES for 3 Years
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr.
Thomas M. Newth
(E) 210 209 224 182 236 236 326 269 1892 253 236 173 227 219 172 249 188 1717
Blanks 9
8
7
11
18
20
17
15
105
TREASURER for 3 Years
Robert G. Byrne (E)
407 392 343 369 429 360 492 408 3200
Blanks
65
61
61
51
44
68 100
64
514
ASSESSOR for 3 Years
Robert H. McAuliffe
94
95
60
94 136
66 143 118
806
Frank E. Morrison (E) 183 204
172 177 191 209 211 205 1552
Margaret M. Scanlon
170 148 161 147
136 139 212 126 1239
Blanks
25
6
11
2
10
14
26 23
117
WATER & SEWERAGE BOARD for 3 Years
Daniels B. Fisk
44
55
61 113
143
48
68
94
626
Alfred N. Frazier
237
139
96
99
58
51
76
39
795
James J. Levesque
58
81
32
52
42
34
44
32
375
Frank G. Melvin
78
90
115
71 63
76
148 160
82
820
Harold E. Morse (E) Blanks
18
22
31
22.
28
29
42
50
242
PARK COMMISSIONER for 3 Years
Lewis H. Berry (E)
323 214 136
99 147 128 185 125 1357
Frederic R. Bogardus, Jr.
33
42
71
45 106 111 171 171
750
Ralph L. Dennis
95 172 146 247 186 144 163 124 1277
Blanks
21 25
51
29
34
45
73 52
330
SCHOOL COMMITTEE for 3 Years
Thomas F. Collins
156 119 105 130 100
88 136 173 1007
Samuel S. Fallon
168 173 150 188 190 180 248 137 1434
Walter H. Forbes, Jr. (E)
184 233 199 192 235 214 181
William H. Rothwell, 2nd
61
73
70
69
85
91 200 197
846
Theodore C. Sargent (E) Blanks
196 189 154 166 206 143 192 203 1449 179 119 130
95 130 140 227 144 1164
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for 3 Years
Marcia G. Smith (E) Blanks
383 374 311 354 415 330 463 401 3031 66 89 79 93
58 98 129
71 683
856
37
66
69
126 118 202 175
90
1528
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE for 3 Years
Fred M. Seaton (E) 378 363 314 346 413 327 453 387 2981
Blanks 94 90 90 74 60 101 139 85 733
BOARD OF HEALTH for 3 Years
Loring Grimes (E)
371 362 320 345 408 333 457 395 2991
Blanks 101 91 84 75
65 95 135
77 723
CONSTABLE for 1 Year
Wayne Anderson (E) 353 348 306 333 378 287 408 349 2762
Leonard H. Bates (E) 362 358 316 347 384 300 410 352 2829
Willis E. Shephard (E) 345 353 308 337 385 325 466 358 2877
Blanks 356 300 282 243 272 372 492 357 2674
PLANNING BOARD for 5 Years
Alexander B. Way, Jr.
(E) 368 346 308 342 398 319 449 367 2897
Blanks
104 107 96 78
75 109 143 105 817
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS for 3 Years
Harold R. Austin (E) 357 347 307 340 414 315 436 362 2878
Blanks 115 106 97 80 59 113 156 110 836
SWAMPSCOTT HOUSING AUTHORITY for 5 Years
Thomas Duncan (E) 1 2
1
1 0
3
9 36
53
Blanks 471 451 403 419 473 425 583 436 3661
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 1, for Three Years
Raymond P. Connelly (E)
298
Paul T. Dunn (E)
345
Abbott W. Fish, Jr. (E) 281
Alfred N. Frazier (E) 374
Harold G. George (E) 319
Antonio Parletta (E) 274
Charles P. Picariello
246
Charles S. Richardson (E)
325
Henry A. Sadler (E) 300
1014 Blanks
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 1, for Two Years
Daniel Barbuzzi 164
242
Blanks 66
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 2, for Three Years
J. Hervey M. Blackford (E) 271
Frederick C. Burk (E) 316
George A. Chadwell (E)
274
Archie C. Cornish, Jr. (E)
225
David F. Doherty
144
Charles B. Fontaine (E)
266
Ernest R. Goodwin (E)
217
James J. Levesque
190
Robert P. Loring (E)
273
Lawrence O. Mastromarino
144
Edmund W. Pease (E)
229
Louis E. Tondreau
191
884 Blanks
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 2, for Two Years
Thomas J. Cahill (E) 290
William J. Casey
186
Anthony F. Pierre (E) 194
Blanks
226
John H. Cropley, Jr. (E)
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 3, for Three Years
George B. Atkins (E)
290
William H. Carroll (E) 254
George A. Holt (E) 270
Charles H. Lampard (E)
278
Margaret M. Scanlon (E)
268
Harry M. Shanahan (E) 269
273
Joseph R. Massidda (E)
13
Blanks 1318
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 3, for Two Years
Michael Coraine (E) 206
Ernest J. Gendron 148
233
Blanks
221
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 4, for three years
Egbert H. Ballard (E)
273
John A. Boston 232
Ralph L. Dennis (E) 310
188
Ralph L. Lindsey (E)
316
Robert C. Mansfield (E)
247
Dean A. Munsey (E)
302
Thomas M. Newth (E)
288
G. Jeffrey Nichols (E)
252
Emory C. Spencer
158
Blanks
535
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 5, for Three Years 237
Leta E. Anderson (E)
317
Edwin A. Fuller (E) 312
George M. Glidden 227
Leon A. Hackett
230
Harold C. Hudson (E)
316
Clarence G. Ivey (E)
237
J. Gertrude Lee (E)
280
233
Wilbur T. Moulton
211
William W. Nims
151
303
Frank S. Stowell (E)
Blanks 730
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 5, for One Year Walter H. Forbes, Jr. (E)
395
Blanks 78
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 6, for Three Yars
262
Benjamin F. Allen (E)
James A. Breed (E) 294
W. Edgar Carter (E) 262
212
Paul C. Curtis (E)
316
Ralph B. Earle
181
Philip L. Knowlton (E)
267
James R. Maddock
190
Robert A. Miles (E)
194
Donald Redfern (E)
291
Blanks
955
Roger G. Skinner (E)
Daniel J. Myers (E)
Harold M. King
Harvey P. Newcomb (E) .. 259
Benjamin B. Blanchard (E)
William H. McIntyre (E)
Henry J. Collins (E)
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 6, for One Year John R. Cooper (E) 314 Blanks 114
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 7, for Three Years
Glenn W. Bartram
198
Roland C. Booma (E)
365
Charles F. Buckland
193
Joseph Cardillo
148
Kenneth V. Curtis
179
Samuel S. Fallon (E)
242
Giacomo Gallo
136
Lennart Heurlin
62
Edward M. Hooper
98
Roger N. Howes (E)
249
Linthall E. Leatherby (E)
211
James F. Maloney, Jr.
140
John J. Mattera
171
Fred L. Mower (E)
298
William H. Rothwell, 2nd
166
Amos E. Russell (E)
282
James W. Santry, Jr. (E)
240
Francis L. Smith
203
Richard N. Symonds (E)
217
Blanks
940
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, Precinct 8, for Three Years
Thomas F. Collins
220
Pardon N. Dexter (E)
309
Stephen W. Howe (E)
314
Bertram C. Jacobs
153
Henry R. Mayo, Jr. (E)
320
Irvin R. Patten
211
Arnold S. Potter (E)
250
Albert N. Rothermel (E)
273
Crawford H. Stocker, Jr. (E)
306
Kenneth T. White (E)
255
Ralph L. Williams (E)
303
Blanks
862
Adjourned to Tuesday Evening, March 28, at the Hadley School Hall at 7:45 P.M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, Jr., Town Clerk.
I, Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk of the Town of Swamp- scott, hereby certify in accordance with Chapter II, Section 2, of the By-laws of the Town of Swampscott, the following advertisement was published in the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Telegram News on Tuesday, March 21, 1950.
OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK Swampscott, Massachusetts
March 21, 1950.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AND ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1950.
To the Town Meeting Members:
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II "B" Sec- tion 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the Adjourned
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Special Town Meeting called for June 7, 1949, will be held March 28, 1950, at 7:40 P.M., at the Hadley School Hall, and the 1950 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting will be held March 28, 1950 at 7:45 P.M. at the Hadley School Hall.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
and the following notice was mailed to the Town Meeting Members on March 21, 1950;
"Notice is hereby given in accordance with Chapter II "B" Section 2 of the by-laws of the Town of Swampscott, that the Ad- journed Special Town Meeting called for June 7, 1949, will be held March 28, 1950 at 7:40 P.M. at the Hadley School Hall, and the 1950 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting will be held March 28, 1950, at 7:45 P.M. at the Hadley School Hall."
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
March 24, 1950.
On the above date Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., appeared before Charles F. Young, Justice of the Peace, and was sworn in as Collector of Taxes for three years.
Adjourned Special Town Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 1950
In accordance with the adjournment of Tuesday, June 7, 1949, the Town Meeting Members were called to order at 7:45 P.M., the necessary quorum being present (163).
Lewis Foster, Minister of the First, United Church, offered an Invocation.
New Members were sworn in by Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr., Town Clerk.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Voted: To reconsider Article 1.
Voted: Article 1. 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 reconsider Article 2.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this Article be indefinitely postponed.
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Voted: Article 9. 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 10. 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 11. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town accept Section 85E of Chapter 32, General Laws, as inserted by Chapter 576 of the Acts of 1946. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town appropriate the sum of $5,100.00 for pensions and compensation, and that this amount be added to Item 88 of Article 8 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1950.
Voted: Article 13. 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 consider Articles 14, 15, & 16 together. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows :
That action on these articles be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 17. That this article be adopted. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 18. That action on this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 19. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to complete the athletic field at Phillips Park as outlined in this article, and that the sum of $11,000.00 be appropriated therefor from the Excess & Deficiency Fund.
Voted: Article 20. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to construct an outdoor basketball court on Jackson Park, Phillips Park and Abbott Park, and that the sum of $2,475.00 be appropriated therefor from the Excess & Deficiency Fund.
Voted: Article 21. To dispense with the reading of this article.
Voted: That this article be adopted.
Dissolved at 8:12 P.M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR.,
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Adjourned Annual Town Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 1950
The warrant with the return thereon was read by Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk.
Voted: That the reading of the records of the last meeting be omitted.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the Griffenhagen Report.
Voted: To accept the report of the Centennial Committee.
Voted: To accept the report of the Beach Rights Committee.
Voted: To accept the report of the School Buildings Committee.
Voted: To dispense with the reading of the report of the Town Manager Committee.
Voted: To accept the report of the Town Manager Committee.
Voted: Article 3. To accept the report of the Town Manager Committee and adopt their recommendation as amended :
That the committee make such further study, to hold such public hearings as it may deem advisable and to draw up a bill for a Town Manager Plan of government particularly adapted to Swamp- scott's requirements, with authority to petition the Massachusetts General Court prior to the 1951 session for its passage as an enabling act subject to acceptance or rejection by the voters of the town at the next annual town election after enactment and with provision for resubmission at each of the two succeeding annual elections. The Moderator shall be authorized to fill any vacancy that may be caused by the withdrawal of any member of this committee and that a copy of the bill as drawn by the committee be printed in the Swampscott newspaper "The Swampscott Dory".
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town continue the committee appointed under Article 67 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1949, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the use of said committee.
Voted: Article 5. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendation as amended :
That a fitting centennial celebration of the incorporation of Swampscott as a town, be held in 1952, and that a committee be ap- pointed by the Moderator to work out a definite plan of action, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the use of this committee.
Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the temporary cost of living bonus of two dollars per week for each full time elected official and each full time employee of the Town, including non-teaching personnel of the School De- partment but not including teachers, be continued for the year 1950, retroactive to January 1, 1950. The appropriations necessary for this temporary compensation are recommended in the budgets of the various departments under Article 8.
Voted: Article 7. To accept the report of the Finance Commit- tee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Voted: Article 8. To dispense with the reading of this article. Voted: To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriations
Totals
Moderator
Salary
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Finance Committee
Secretary
300.00
300.00
Expenses
100.00
100.00
Town Meeting
150.00
150.00
Selectmen
Selectmen Salaries (3)
1,500.00
Secretary
750.00
Clerk
2,041.53
Extra Clerical
100.00
Article 6 (1)
104.00
4,495.53
Expenses
1,600.00
1,600.00
Town Accountant
Accountant
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