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GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE
During 1953 Governor Herter held a Conference on State, County, and Muni- cipal relations. This Conference, the first of its kind ever held in the Commonwealth, proved so successful that the Governor held two additional Conferences during 1954 - one at Massachusetts State College, Amherst, and the other at Boston. Your Board of Selectmen was represented at these Conferences and many problems affect- ing all towns were discussed and the exchanging of ideas at the various panels was most informative.
SELECTMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS
Swampscott has membership in both the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association and in the Essex County Selectmen's Association.
The members of your Board have attended the meetings of both associations and feel that much of the information obtained through those sources was beneficial to us and enabled us to more effectively carry out our official duties.
ECONOMY
We have continued to stress the need of prudent economy. This means the wise expenditure of town funds and a determination to obtain full measure for all money expended. Faced as we are with continuing increases in the cost of govern- ment, this practice must not be relaxed. We are ever mindful of the dual necessity of having adequate public service for the citizens of the town while controlling, so far as possible, the heavy burden of taxation falling upon the owners of property in our community.
CONCLUSION
We have endeavored to the best of our abilities to conduct the portion of town government coming under our jurisdiction in an efficient and business like manner. We express our sincere thanks to all those who have helped and supported us in our efforts.
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Town Clerk
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
Monday, March 15, 1954
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years. To choose two members of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for three (3) years.
To choose three constables for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Swampscott Housing Authority for five (5) years. To choose eighteen (18) representative Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three (3) years.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 1 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for one (1) year.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for two (2) years.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 3 for one (1) year.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for two (2) years.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 4 for one (1) year.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 5 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for two (2) years.
All to be voted by ballot
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Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards, and com- mittees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the progress report of the committee appointed under Article 23 of the Warrant for the annual town meeting of 1952 to revise the Building By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott and continue the said committee in office and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Building By-Laws Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept the progress report of the committee appointed under Article 42 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1952 to investigate wage scales and job classifications for all town employees and continue the said committee in office and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Wage Scale Com- mittee and the Finance Committee.
Article 5. 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, 1955, 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 Board of Selectmen and Town Treasurer.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recom- mendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, and creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property as set forth in the report of officers, boards or committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropria- tion of money for departmental and other expenses for the year 1954. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Assessors, the Board of Park Commissioners, and the Planning Board each, to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Sponsored by the Board of Assessors, the Board of Park Commissioners, and the Planning Board.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to the account of unpaid bills for the purpose of settling all bills contracted prior to Jan- uary 1, 1954 and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the town's books for the year 1953 according to the records of the Town Accountant. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Excess and De- ficiency Fund of the town to the account of Current Revenue a sum of money 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 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for
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the proper observance of the Fourth of July or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Armistice Day or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 15. 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 1954 Christmas season or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by the Swampscott Business Men's Association, Carl R. Perry, Secretary.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to carry on a sidewalk construction program under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 83, Sections 25 and 26, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative theret.). Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 17. 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 Massachu- setts 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 18. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewers in any or all of the following streets: Laurel Road, Pine Hill Road, Nantucket Avenue, Coolidge Road, Worcester Avenue, or in any other street and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Health and Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewers in Glen Road and Cardillo Terrace and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by Daniel E. Dichirico et al.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to paint the Standpipe and appropriate the sum of $3500 therefor from the Water Available Surplus Account or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to purchase a compressor and ap- propriate the sum of $1500 therefor from the Water Available Surplus Account or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to extend the 16 inch water main in Columbia Street from Lynn-Swampscott line to Burrill Street and appropriate the sum of $7500 therefor from the Water Available Surplus Account or take any ac- tion relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to install new plumbing in the Water Department Shop on Pine Street as recommended by the Plumbing Inspector and Board of Health and appropriate the necessary money therefor from Water Avail- able Surplus or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewer- age Board.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $75.00 to supplement the appropriation made under Article 47 of the warrant for the Annual
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Town Meeting of 1953 for the purchase of a truck for the Sewer Department or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water & Sewerage Board to purchase or take by Eminent Domain premises shown as Plate 9 Lots 598, 599, and 600 of the Assessors' Plans for Standpipe purposes and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water & Sewerage Board to relocate the two car garage at the Sewer Pump Station and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to replace the drain running along the rear of lots on Fuller Avenue connecting with the drain on Cedar Hill Terrace and authorize the Water & Sewerage Board to purchase or take by Eminent Domain the necessary easements therefor and appropriate the money necessary therefor from available funds or from unexpended appropriations or take any action relative there- to. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to install a drain on Jessie Street as petitioned for by Filomena Buonanduci et al. and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Water & Sewerage Board.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain in Phillips Terrace and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Pet- itioned for by Theodore A. Dushan et al.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to enclose Hawthorne Brook from Humphrey Street to Sumner Street and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Petitioned for by Anne Fox et al.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to repair the wall of the Cemetery on Essex Street and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action rela- tive thereto. Sponsored by Board of Selectmen and Superintendent of Cemetery.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to purchase a power mower for the use of the Cemetery Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Super- intendent of Cemetery.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to lay out a new section of the Cem- etery and grade the avenues and parks and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Superintendent of Cemetery.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for taking the State Census for the year 1955. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $84.38 to reimburse Anthony F. D'Agnese for taxes paid by mistake on land on Worcester Avenue for the years 1946 through 1953. Petitioned for by Anthony F. D'Agnese et al.
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Article 36. To see if the town will vote to construct and originally equip and furnish an addition to the Public Library on land adjacent to the present library and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from avail- able funds by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Trustees of the Public Library.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to modernize the existing toilet and install a new public toilet in the Library and install a hot water system and make necessary repairs to the drinking fountain as recommended by the Plumbing Inspec- tor and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Trustees of the Public Library.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to replace the lighting fixtures in the Public Library and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Trustees of the Public Library.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Planning Board to have a study made of the trunk line and other sewer extensions necessary to take care of removing sewage and other wastes from the Little's Point area and appro- priate $5000 therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Plan- ning Board, Water & Sewerage Commissioners and the Board of Health.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to continue the summer recreation project and appropriate the sum of $3,000 therefor or take any action relative there- to. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to continue Insect Pest Control work as required by Section 11, Chapter 660, Acts of 1948 and that the sum of $5,000 be appropriated for same or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to continue the Dutch Elm Control work as required by Section 13, Chapter 761, Acts of 1948 and that the sum of $3,000 be appropriated therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to purchase and erect a section of bleachers on the Westerly side of Blocksidge Field at Phillips Park or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to purchase and erect a chain link fence along the Easterly side of Phillips Park and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Com- missioners.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of shade trees to be planted on accepted streets or take any action rel- ative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to purchase a brush disposal machine and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Spon- sored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to
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loam, seed, and fertilize a section of Phillips Park for additional play space or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to purchase two automobiles to be used as patrol cars for the Police Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to purchase a motorcycle to be used by the Police Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to amend the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott by adding thereto a new Section 7 of Chapter 3 to read as follows:
(a) All boards, department heads, committees and officers of the Town of Swampscott shall submit the annual budget for each department on forms approved by the Committee to Study Standardization of Budgets and the Town Accountant.
(b) All bills and vouchers submitted to the Town Accountant for pay- ment by any boards, department heads, committees and officers shall contain thereon a reference to the section of the standard budget form to which the expenditure shall be charged.
Sponsored by the Committee to Study Standardization of Budgets.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following by-law:
1. All regular employees of the Town of Swampscott, other than those ap- pointed by the School Committee, who have served fifteen years shall be granted an annual vacation of not less than three weeks per year.
2. Such vacations shall be granted by the heads of the respective departments of the town at such time as in their opinion will cause the least interference with the performance of the regular work of the town.
Petitioned for by John G. McLearn, et al.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to declare that a substantial shortage of rental housing accomodations exists in the Town of Swampscott and to con- tinue rent control in force and effect in the Town of Swampscott for a period of nine months from June 30, 1954 as provided by Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1953. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to include in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1955, for submission to the voters, the following question, to be placed on the official ballot:
Shall sections sixty-nine C to sixty-nine F, inclusive, of Chapter forty-one of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a board of public works exercising the powers of certain other departments and town officers be ac- cepted ?
Sponsored by the Public Works Committee.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to include in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1955, for submission to the voters, the following question, to be placed on the official ballot:
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Shall the town vote to have its Selectmen act as the Board of Public Works? Sponsored by the Public Works Committee.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for cemetery purposes a lot of land with the buildings thereon shown as Plate 13, Lot 4 of the Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Superintendent of Cemeteries.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 57A of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, as amended, which is an act providing that fire fighters and certain others in certain cities and towns shall be given an additional day off duty or, under certain circumstances, an additional day's pay when they are required to work on certain legal holidays. Petitioned for by Charles H. Lampard et al.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by providing that the following described area be included in Business B-1 District, or otherwise be rezoned to permit the construction of buildings and maintenance and use of the same and land for retail business or any of the uses referred to in the Zoning By-Laws under Section 4:
Land on Paradise Road belonging to Lillian A. Little and bounded and des- cribed as follows:
Northwesterly and Westerly by Paradise Road 1907.79 feet ; Northerly by Vin- nin Street 172.88 feet; Northeasterly by Salem Street 485 feet; Southerly, Southeasterly, Northeasterly and Northerly in various courses by other land of Lillian A. Little 921.80 feet.
Southeasterly by land of Tedesco Country Club 1437.98 feet; Southwesterly by land of Tedesco Country Club 108.58 feet; Northwesterly by land of Ted- esco Country Club 137.74 feet; Southwesterly by land of Tedesco Country Club in two courses 86.19 feet.
Be all said measurements more or less.
Petitioned for by Lillian A. Little et al.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to purchase one or two new fire engine pumpers of 750 gallon capacity and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Chief of the Fire Department and Board of Selectmen.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to repair the Phillips Beach Engine House and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by eminent do- main land in the rear of the Old Town Hall and in the rear of the Police Station and on said land and on Town-owned land located between the Police Station and the Old Town Hall, construct and originally equip and furnish a new Central Fire Station and raise and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds by borrowing or otherwise or take any action relative thereto.
The land to be taken for the above purpose is bounded and described as fol- lows: Northeasterly by Rock Avenue 26.27 feet; Southeasterly by land of Lowd and the Town of Swampscott 178.18 feet; Southwesterly by land now
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or formerly of Goldberg and Collins 65.29 feet; Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Benford, 160.80 feet containing 7480 sq. feet more or less and being shown as lot 136A Plate One of the Assessors' Plans.
Sponsored by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 61. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Com- missioners to purchase or take by eminent domain for park purposes the land located at the easterly end of Fisherman's Beach and appropriate the necessary money there- for or take any action relative thereto. Said land is bounded and described as fol- lows:
Easterly, by Puritan Road on 3 courses, 22 feet, 161.79 feet, and 64.82 feet; Northwesterly, by a public way to beach, 180 ft. more or less; Southwesterly by the Atlantic Ocean, 179.69 ft. Said premises are shown on Plan of Land in Swampscott, Scale 1 inch equals 20 feet, dated August 20, 1948, Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer.
Sponsored by the Park Commissioners.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by Eminent Domain for school purposes, the land hereinafter described and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto; said land is described as follows:
Westerly by land of New Ocean House Inc., 650 ft. more or less; North- westerly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 73 ft. more or less; Northeaster- ly by other land of the Town of Swampscott, 680 ft. more or less ; Northwester- ly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 153 ft. more or less; Westerly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 22 ft. more or less; Northwesterly by said land of the Town of Swampscott, 260 ft. more or less; Northeasterly by land of the Town of Swampscott on three courses, 63 ft., 20 ft. and 220 ft. more or less ; Easterly by land now or formerly of Florence N. Ross, 252 ft. more or less ; Southerly by land now or formerly of Sherwin J. and Marilyn H. Gerber, Pur- itan Lane, and Mabel R. Rosenthal, 257 ft. more or less; Easterly by land now or formerly of Mabel R. Rosenthal, 125 ft. more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Maurice and Gertrude Fogel and the estate of Israel A. Rat- chesky, 345 ft. more or less; Westerly by land now or formerly of Robert and Clara S. Stone, 55 ft. more or less ; Southerly by land now or formerly of Robert and Clara S. Stone and Florence N. Lord, 230 ft. more or less; Westerly by land now or formerly of Maurice Homes Inc., 104 ft. more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Maurice Homes Inc., 98 ft. more or less. Said parcels of land are shown on Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott Plate 24, as part of Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 76 and the whole of Lots 20, 21, 21A and 22 and contains according to the above description approx- imately 321,250 sq. ft. of land.
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