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To choose one member of the Board of Public Works for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Assessors 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 three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for four (4) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
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To choose eighteen representative Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three (3) years.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for two (2) years.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for one (1) year. To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for two (2) years. To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for one (1) year. To choose three representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for one (1) year. To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 for two (2) years.
To choose three representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 6 for one (1) year.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards, and committees.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. 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 antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1958, 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 the Town Treasurer.
Article 4. 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 5. 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 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the appro- priation of money for departmental and other expenses for the year 1957.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to appoint a member of said Board to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws.
Sponsored by the Board of Assessors.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to appoint a member of said Board to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws.
Sponsored by the Board of Assessors and the Planning Board.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to appoint a member of said Board to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws.
Sponsored by 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 January 1, 1956 and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the Town's books for the year 1956, 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 deficiency 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 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 thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept Linden Avenue from Stanley Road to Crosman 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, resurface the same and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Dana V. Peaslee et al.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to resurface Stanley Road from Salem Street to Linden Avenue and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Daniel J. O'Connor et al.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept Curry Circle 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 appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Constance A. Cawley et al.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Oakledge Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers, and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by James R. George et al.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept that part of Sherwood Road between Forest Avenue and northwesterly end of Sherwood Road as a public way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Harold Yoffa et al.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General Bylaws of the Town of Swampscott by striking out Chapters 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and amendments thereto now in force and effect and adopt in their place new General Bylaws as prepared by the committee appointed to revise and codify the Bylaws of the Town, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Bylaws Committee.
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a parcel of land located partly in Marblehead and partly in Salem formerly used by the Highway Department as a gravel pit, which is now no longer needed by the Department, for the sum of $500.00 or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Lewis Road extension 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 appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Joseph Rosenthal et al.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to have necessary repairs made to roof at the Administration Building and appro- priate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to install adequate mains for the new High School building requirements or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the High School Building Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Article 23. To see what action the Town will take on the purchasing of two automobiles to be used as patrol cars for the Police Department and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Chief of Police.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to make a Financial donation to aid in carrying out the program for the convention of the Massachusetts State Guard Veterans, Inc., of $150.00.
Petitioned for by Christian Pretto, S.V.C., Chairman, Convention Committee, Massachusetts State Guard Veterans, Inc. and Auxiliary.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept an act of the legislature for the year 1957 authorizing the town to pay Rosina Mastromarino, widow of Martin Mastromarino, a former employee of the Highway Department, an annuity for life in the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars per annum to be paid in equal monthly installments, and appropriate the necessary money therefor.
Petitioned for by Francis P. Byrne et al.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept an Act of the legislature for the year 1957 authorizing the Town to pay Jennie G. Thompson, widow of
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Luke E. Thompson, a former employee of the Fire Department, an annuity for life in the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars per annum to be paid in equal monthly installments, and appropriate the necessary money therefor.
Petitioned for by Jennie G. Thompson et al.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen, to appoint an Economy Planning Committee and to authorize said committee to employ expert municipal consultants, or others, for the purpose of making a study of the operational system and set up of the various Town depart- ments for the purpose of effecting economies therein; and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by the Economy Planning Committee and Milert Hunt et al.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to purchase a Back-hoe attachment and a Tow Type Leaf Collector, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to lay a surface drain on Worcester Avenue to Stetson Avenue and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to install a drain from Winshaw Road through Phillips Beach Avenue to Palmer's Pond and authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, the necessary easements, for drain and sewer therefor, and appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works and Board of Health.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to have a survey made of the Littles Point and Galloupes Point areas to determine what trunk line and other sewer extensions will be necessary to take care of removing sewage and other wastes from the said areas, and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works and Board of Health.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to install and relocate existing drain in Pleasant 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 Public Works.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to make the necessary borings for a proposed drain at rear of Phillips Park and authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, the necessary easements and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for
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approximately 1000 bleacher seats at Blocksidge Field, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to repair or resurface approximately four miles of accepted streets, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for painting interior and exterior of Cemetery Chapel, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1903 (now Section 6F of Chapter 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts) permitting the Town to make repairs on private ways which have been opened to public use for six years or more, under certain conditions as set forth in said Chapter 386, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works and Board of Selectmen.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept Prospect Avenue from the present point of acceptance to Pleasant Street, as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Harold R. Rodgers et al.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Longley Avenue as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with plans of Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers and appropriate money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Sadye G. Musinsky et al.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to supplement the appropriation made under Artcile 74 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1955 for constructing, equipping, and furnishing an addition to the Public Library, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Library Trustees.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to create a stabilization fund and appropriate a sum of money therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and all amendments thereof and additions thereto, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to establish a committee of eleven citizens to study the advisability of a reappraisal and revaluation of all taxable real estate located in the Town of Swampscott; such committee to include one town meeting member from each precinct, one member of the Board of Assessors, one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Planning Board, one member of the Finance Committee, and one member of the Swampscott League of Women
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Voters; and the said committee to report to the next annual or any special town meeting prior thereto; and to appropriate the sum of $300.00 therefor for the printing of a report to town meeting members, and to take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by Swampscott League of Women Voters.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a new lease with the Leon E. Abbott Post No. 57 American Legion Building Association, for a term of five (5) years from April 6, 1957, and appro- priate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Leon E. Abbott Post No. 57, American Legion Building Association.
Article 44. To see whether the Town acting pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 550 of the Acts of 1952 will empower the Swampscott Housing Authority to erect a new housing project, namely, a Housing Project for Elderly Persons, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 667 of Massachusetts Acts of 1954, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Petitioned for by Swampscott Housing Authority.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to establish and maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, General Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Committee and The Upper Swampscott Improvement Association.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to investigate the question of land acquisition for a play area at the Hadley School, said committee to report at the next Annual Town Meeting, and to appropriate the sum of $100 therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 374 Acts of 1956 (now Section 85J, Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachu- setts) giving a policeman or fireman eligible for superannuation retirement the right to elect at time of retirement an option for payment of his pension in full to him or a lesser amount with provision that one half of the yearly amount of such lesser pension shall be continued during the lifetime of and paid to his widow.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to enclose the brook on the westerly and easterly sides of Laurel Road, as follows:
(1) From the westerly end of the Laurel Road culvert, a distance of about 100 feet, to the high school site.
(2) From the easterly end of the Laurel Road culvert, a distance of about 180' to the existing 21/2' x 5' Nason Road culvert, relocating the existing easement and locating the new culvert according to the present position of said brook.
In accordance with plans drawn by Howard L. Hamill, Town Engineer, on
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condition that all abutters sign the necessary waivers and that a sum of money be appropriated therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Charles B. Burwen et al.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to resurface Pine Hill Road and install curbstones and sidewalks thereon, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by John J. Bonaccorso et al.
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 401 Acts of 1956 which extends to civil defense volunteer unpaid auxiliary firemen and police and other public protection units the laws applicable to municipal employees for indemnification of damages sustained through operation of publicly owned vehicles.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money, and raise the same by borrowing or otherwise, to be paid to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for proposed dredging work to be done at Fishermen's Beach under the provisions of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to do any and all things necessary to accomplish said project; or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 52. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development maintenance, and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tide- waters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, includ- ing the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section II of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new car for the Chief of Fire Department to replace the present car and to appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to designate as the Central Fire Station site that portion of the so-called Town Administration Building land on Burrill Street adjacent to the Library, as shown on sheet 1, dated December 29, 1955, prepared by David J. Abrahams and Associates, Architects, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by The Central Fire Station Committee and Chief of Fire Department.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to construct and originally equip a new Central Fire Station on the land described in Article 63 above and raise and
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appropriate the necessary money therefor from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by The Central Fire Station Committee and Chief of Fire Department.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a restrictive agreement with Louis H. Salvage concerning the installation of a fifteen-inch trunk line sewer, and a drain; the erection of buildings and the type of construction in connection with the proposed project on land owned by Louis H. Salvage on Paradise Road, Swampscott, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Louis H. Salvage.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to accept a grant of easement for the installation of a fifteen-inch trunk line sewer through the property of the Tedesco Country Club from Salem Street to the Southerly boundary of the land of Louis H. Salvage and authorize the Board of Public Works to approve plans and specifications for and supervise the installation of a fifteen-inch trunk line sewer from the intersection of Stanley Road and Salem Street westerly on Salem Street a distance of approximately 620 feet, then through the said easement on land of the Tedesco Country Club a distance of approximately 1008 feet to land of Louis H. Salvage, on condition that all costs of the installation of the said fifteen-inch trunk line sewer shall be paid for by the said Louis H. Salvage and that the Town shall be held harmless from all claims of every nature and description arising out of the construction of the said fifteen-inch trunk line sewer and that upon completion of the said fifteen-inch trunk line sewer, it shall become the property of the Town of Swampscott, or take any action relative thereto .
Petitioned for by Louis H. Salvage.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to accept the grant of a drain easement through land of the Tedesco Country Club from Salem Street to the southerly bound of land owned by Louis H. Salvage or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Louis H. Salvage.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to accept the grant of an easement for sewer and drain purposes over the land of Louis H. Salvage from the southerly line of said Salvage Land through to Paradise Road for future sewer and drain developments or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Louis H. Salvage.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaws by providing that the following-described area be included in the Business B-1 District or otherwise be rezoned to permit the construction of buildings and maintenance and use of the same for retail business or any of the uses referred to in the Zoning Bylaws under Article III, Section 4:
WESTERLY, by Paradise Road in three courses respectively marked on said plan, 1106.03 feet, 722.55 feet and 79.90 feet, totaling 1908.48 feet ; NORTHERLY, by Vinnin Street, 121.26 feet ;
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NORTHEASTERLY, by Salem Street by an arc 77.15 feet and 347.25 feet, totaling 424.40 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY, EASTERLY and NORTHWESTERLY by a forty foot right of way designated as Lot B on plan of land hereinafter referred to in seven courses respectively marked on said plan, namely, 47.32 feet, 170.90 feet, 91.34 feet, 62.23 feet, 235.51 feet, 134.26 feet and 234.54 feet, totaling 977.10 feet.
SOUTHEASTERLY, by land of Tedesco Country Club in two courses, 465.35 and 886.87 feet, totaling 1352.22 feet, to other land of Tedesco Country Club ;
SOUTHERLY, by said land of Tedesco Country Club, 108.58 feet ;
NORTHWESTERLY, by other land of Tedesco Country Club, 137.74 feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY, by other land of Tedesco Country Club in two courses, 67 feet and 19.19 feet, totaling 86.19 feet, to the point of beginning.
Said premises are shown as Lot A on Plan of Land Surveyed for Louis H. Salvage, Situated in Swampscott, Mass., September 27, 1956, Bradford and Weed, Civil Engineers, and contain according to said plan, 678,380 square feet.
Said premises are also shown as a part of Plate 17, Lot 24 on the Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott.
Petitioned for by Louis H. Salvage et al.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaws by providing that the following-described area be included in the Business B-1 District or otherwise be rezoned to permit the construction of buildings and maintenance and use of the same for retail business or any of the other uses referred to in the Zoning Bylaws under Article III, Section 4:
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