Town annual report of Swampscott 1950, Part 4

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 216


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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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[Dec. 31


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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1950]


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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1950]


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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[Dec. 31


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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[Dec. 31


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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