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That action on this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 34. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town continue the summer recreational program and that the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 35. That the sum of $1,800.00 be appropriated for the purpose of this Article.
Voted: Article 36. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That the town resurface Lexington Park for a distance of 160 feet for the purpose of properly draining the surface water there- from and appropriate the sum of $950.00 for the purpose of this Article.
Voted: Article 37. 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 paint the Fish House and appropriate the sum of $580.00 therefor.
Voted: Article 38. That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the purpose of this Article.
Voted: Article 39. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town extend the sewers in any or all of the following streets: Alden Road, Pleasant Street, Lewis Road, Reid Terrace, Walnut Road, Gale Road, Laurel Road, Sargent Road, and Shelton 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 sum of $6,293.04 be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the Outfall Sewer appropriation.
Voted: Article 40. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town carry on a sidewalk construction program under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 83, Sections 25 and 26, and that the sum of $4,500.00 be appropriated therefor from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Voted: Article 41. 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 42. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase lights and other decorations for the purpose of placing the same on Humphrey Street during the Christmas season, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 43. 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 44. 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 45. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 46. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to repair the draft post on Windsor Avenue at Foster's Dam and the draft post on Carson Terrace near Foster's Dam on town owned property, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated therefor.
Voted: Article 47. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That the town accept Dale Street from Humphrey Street to Sumner Street as a public way in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers and that the sum of $350.00 be appro- priated therefor. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 48. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town accept Dennison 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 and that the sum of $330.00 be appropriated therefor. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 49. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 50. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Planning Board's report accepted.
Voted: Article 51. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 52. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 53. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town accept Reid Terrace as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn up by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers, and that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for the purpose of this article. Planning Board's report was accepted.
Voted: Article 54. That the committee to study all matters pertaining to the question of dumping or disposing of rubbish col- lection in the town be continued.
Voted: Article 55. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or other- wise 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.
Voted: Article 56. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town transfer the following unexpended balances as shown on the books of the Town Accountant as of December 31, 1950 to the Excess and Deficiency Fund :
Porter's Court $ 568.64
Paradise Road
176.91
Hawthorne Road 299.92
Total $1,045.47
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Voted: Article 57. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action of this article be indefinitely postponed. Dissolved at 11:27 P.M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
April 9, 1951
On the above date Richard N. Symonds submitted his written resignation as a member of the Finance Committee, effective April 16, 1951.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Town of Swampscott Special Town Meeting Tuesday, May 15, 1951
Essex, ss : To either of the Constables in the Town of Swampscott, in said county,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Hadley School in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of May 1951 at 7:45 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles; viz. :
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Sponsored by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Sponsored by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to pay the interest on the Clarke School Bond Issue due November 15, 1951 or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Town Treasurer.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars to be used with the appropriation already
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made under the provisions of Article 39 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1951 to extend the sewers as provided by said Article 39 and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board and Board of Health.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for Civilian Defense or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6: To see if the town will vote to grant a pension of $400.00 per year to Willis E. Shephard, the former Dog Officer of the Town, in recognition of his years of faithful service as permitted by an act of the General Court of 1951 and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to install a chain link fence along Foster's Pond bordering on Windsor Avenue and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof at the Town Administration Building, Post Office, and in at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct. in the town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the town not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of April, A. D., 1951.
RALPH I. LINDSEY, FREDERICK R. CHAMPION, ANDREW R. LINSCOTT, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest : LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
The warrants for the Special Town Meeting were mailed to the Town Meeting Members on Saturday, May 5, 1951.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices at least two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the im- mediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Monday, May 7, 1951 the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
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Special Town Meeting Tuesday, May 15, 1951
In accordance with the warrant the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Hadley School, and were called to order by the Moderator, Vincent P. O'Brien, at 7:58 P.M., the necessary quorum being present (114).
The warrant with the return thereon was read by' Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk.
New Members were sworn in by Town Clerk, Malcolm F. Mac- Lean, Jr.
Voted: Article 1. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 2. That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town appropriate the sum of $3,368.75 to pay the interest on the Clarke School Bond Issue due November 15, 1951.
Voted: Article 4. 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 5. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for Civilian Defense.
Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town grant a pension of $400.00 per year to Willis E. Shephard, the former Dog Officer. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 7. That the town install a chain link fence along Foster's Pond bordering on Windsor Avenue and that the sum of $369.00 be appropriated therefor.
Dissolved at 8:57 P.M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
July 16, 1951
On the above date Vincent P. O'Brien, Moderator, appointed the following to the Finance Committee to fill existing vacancies: Thomas E. Andresen, Precinct One; Vera F. Gould, Precinct Six; Harold P. Willett, Precinct Seven. Also the following reappoint- ments: J. Dane Chandler, Precinct Two; Lawrence W. Regester, Precinct Three; Kenneth W. Ulman, Precinct Four.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
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September 9, 1951 On the above date Marcia G. Smith submitted her written resignation as a member of the Board of Trustees of Public Library. Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
September 27, 1951
On the above date the Board of Library Trustees and Board of Selectmen elected Benjamin F. Cornwall to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Marcia G. Smith as a member of the Board of Library Trustees.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
October 3, 1951
On the above date Vincent P. O'Brien, Moderator, appointed the following committee to study and revise a new Plumbing Code : George J. Burke, Donald C. Goss, Loring Grimes, James J. McCar- riston, Ralph L. Williams.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Town of Swampscott Special Town Meeting Tuesday, December 4, 1951
Essex, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County and Commonwealth :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to assemble in the Hadley School in said Swampscott on Tuesday, the 4th day of December 1951 at 7:45 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles; viz.,
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for public school purposes the land hereinafter described and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto. Said land to be taken for the said purposes is bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHERLY, by private way known as Forest Avenue, 683 feet more or less ;
EASTERLY, by land of the Town of Swampscott and a private way known as Whitman Road, 427 feet more or less;
NORTHERLY, by land now or formerly of Morris and Lillian Block, the Town of Swampscott, Herbert and Charlotte P. Galpert, Cedar Road, Alice M. Falkins, Ethel A. Malone and Mary A. Noonan,
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George C. Haywood, Theron J. and Gertrude M. Fish and Elizabeth Winston, 710 feet more or less; and
WESTERLY, by land now or formerly of Malcolm Thompson, Bruce and Sonia Hamlin, Shepard and Ida Werman, Mary S. Her- shenson and Eleanor A. Rose, 545 feet more or less.
Said premises are shown as Lot E, Plate 22 of the Assessors Plans of the Town of Swampscott and contain approximately 324,009 square feet more or less.
Sponsored by the School Committee and the Planning Board.
Article 2. To see if the town will authorize the School Com- mittee to engage an architect and enter into a contract with the said architect to prepare detailed working plans, drawings and speci- fications and determine the approximate cost thereof for the con- struction of an addition to the present Stanley School and appro- priate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by bor- rowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to borrow the sum of $500,000.00 outside the debt limit for school purposes.
Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to repair and re-lay the drain located in the rear of the New Ocean House property along the course of an easement granted to the Town of Swampscott in 1916 and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lease the building at 26-28 New Ocean Street for a period of ten (10) years or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to replace the boiler in the Central Fire Station and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Chief of the Fire Department.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Administration Building, Post Office and in at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct in the Town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the Town not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this nineteenth day of November, A.D., 1951.
RALPH I. LINDSEY, FREDERICK R. CHAMPION, ANDREW R. LINSCOTT, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy.
Attest.
LEONARD H. BATES, Constable.
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RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices at least two public and con- spicuous places in each precinct in the town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Friday, November 23, 1951 the posting of said notices being seven days be- fore the time of said meeting.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
The warrants for the Special Town Meeting were mailed to the Town Meeting Members on Friday, November 23, 1951.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Tuesday, December 4, 1951
In accordance with the warrant the Town Meeting Members assembled at the Hadley School, and were called to order by the Moderator, Vincent P. O'Brien, at 7:59 P.M., the necessary quorum being present (105).
The warrant with the return thereon was read by Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Town Clerk.
During the discussion of Article 1 recess was called at 8:31 P.M. due to the illness of Andrew B. Holmes. The meeting was called to order again at 8:44 P.M.
Voted. Article 1. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for public school purposes the land as described in this Article and that the sum of $8,000.00 be appro- priated therefore from the Excess and Deficiency Fund. For:77; Against : 12.
Voted: Article 2. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the School Committee to engage an architect and enter into a contract with said architect to prepare detailed working plans, drawings and specifications and determine the approximate cost thereof for the construction of an addition to the present Stanley School and that the sum of $25,000.00 be ap- propriated therefor from the Excess and Deficiency Fund. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 3. That this article be adopted; That the town authorize and direct the Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to borrow the sum of $500,000.00 outside the debt limit for school purposes.
Voted: Article 4. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
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That the Water and Sewerage Board is hereby authorized and directed to repair and re-lay the drain located in the rear of the New Ocean House property and that the sum of one hundred thou- sand ($100,000.00) dollars be appropriated therefor, to be raised as follows :
That ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Fund and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed the remainder; viz., ninety thousand ($90,000.00) dol- lars; and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten (10) years from the date of issuance of the first bond or note or such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, may determine. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 5. That the town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lease the building at 26-28 New Ocean Street for a period of ten years. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 6. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the town authorize the Chief of the Fire Department, under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, to replace the boiler in the Central Fire Station and that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Voted: That the Town Clerk have an appropriate scroll prepared and presented to the family of the late Andrew B. Holmes. Unanimous.
Dissolved at 10:20 P.M.
Attest :
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
The following scroll was prepared for the late Andrew B. Holmes :
ANDREW B. HOLMES 1896-1951
RESOLVED by unanimous vote of the Special Town Meeting of 1951 that the family of Andrew B. Holmes be presented with a scroll permanently recognizing his boundless devotion, unquestioned integrity, untiring efforts, and analytical vision in the interest and welfare of the Town of Swampscott.
WHEREAS the said Andrew B. Holmes served faithfully as a Town Meeting Member from the inception of the present form of government until his regrettable demise at a Special Town Meeting,
WHEREAS the said Andrew B. Holmes served countless hours on the Town Finance Committee from 1933 to 1937 - presiding as chairman from 1936 to 1937,
WHEREAS the said Andrew B. Holmes always cherished his inalienable right to participate freely and unbiasedly in affairs of the Town of Swampscott,
THEREFORE, this scroll is humbly presented to the immediate family of Andrew B. Holmes in heartfelt appreciation and full recog- nition of the high esteem in which Andrew B. Holmes was regarded by the people of the Town of Swampscott, Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts.
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Therefore witness my hand and seal as Town Clerk of the Town of Swampscott, on this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-one.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
Town Clerk
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1951:
Births recorded, 205: Males - 119; Females - 86.
January 16 April 16 July 19 October 19
February 20 May 20 August 12 November 15
March 25 June 16 September 15 December 12
Marriages recorded, 178
January 7 April 12 July 11 October 11
February 12 May 14 August 24 November 7
March 10 June 29 September 28 December 13
Deaths recorded, 150 : Males - 75; Females - 75.
January 17 April 8 July 13 October 12
February 16 May
11 August 8 November 11
March 15 June 8 September 15 December .. 16
Dogs licensed, 613; Males - 307; Females - 47; Spayed Fe- males - 247; Military - 5; Transfers - 4; Kennel - 3.
MONEY PAID TO THE TOWN TREASURER
Resident citizen fishing licenses
92
@ $2.00
Resident citizen hunting licenses
100
@ 2.00
Resident citizen sporting licenses
31
@ 3.25
Resident citizen minor and female fishing licenses
33 @ 1.25
Resident citizen trapping licenses
0
@ 5.25
Resident citizen minor trapping licenses
1
@ 2.25
Resident citizen sporting licenses
15
@ Free
Resident citizen fishing license O. A. A.
5
@ Free
Resident Military or Naval Service Sporting Licenses
7
@ Free
Non-resident Citizens' 3-day Fishing Licenses
2
a 1.50
Money paid to the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
1951]
Collector of Taxes Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Collector of Taxes, in account with the Town of Swampscott 1951 Dr.
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