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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE.
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Municipal Year FROM JANUARY 1, 1917 TO JANUARY 1, 1918
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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK BULLETIN 1918
OFFICIAL REPORTS
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TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR ITS One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Municipal Year
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JANUARY 1, 1917 TO JANUARY 1, 1918
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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK BULLETIN 1918
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1917-1918
TERM EXPIRES
MODERATOR
EDMUND H. SEARS
1918
TOWN CLERK
WARREN L. BISHOP
1918
SELECTMEN
CHARLES A. BENSON, Chairman
1918
FRANK HAYNES, Clerk
1918
JAMES FERGUSON
1918
TREASURER
FRANK E. YEAGER 1918
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
1918
JAMES H. CARROLL
1918
TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS
FRANCIS SHAW
1918
OVERSEERS OF POOR
WALTER S. BIGWOOD
1918
HOWARD C. HAYNES
1919
THOMAS W. FROST
1920
LESTER R. GERALD
AUDITOR
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GEORGE FRANCIS POUTASSE ERNEST E. SPARKS LLEWELLYN MILLS
1918
1919
1920
ASSESSORS
ALFRED A. CARTER 1918
GRANVILLE L. LOKER, deceased
1919
NATHANIEL R. GERALD
1920
WATER COMMISSIONERS
JAMES C. MCKAY 1918
CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS
1919
HENRY G. DUDLEY
1920
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
JOHN CONNELLY
1918
AMOS I. HADLEY . 1918
LESTER R. GERALD 1919
RICHARD AMES 1919
ALFRED W. CUTTING 1920
FRANCIS SHAW 1920
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
JOHN CONNELLY
1918
WALTER B. HENDERSON
1919
CHESTER B. WILLIAMS
1920
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
COLON C. WARD
1918
ANDREW S. MORSE
1919
WALLACE S. DRAPER
1920
TREE WARDEN
FRANK F. AMES 1918
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
CHARLES W. FAIRBANK 1918
BOARD OF HEALTH HOWARD E. SHERMAN JOHN L. CORCORAN WALDO L. LAWRENCE
1918
1919
1920
CONSTABLES
OSCAR L. AMES
1918
ALFRED A. CARTER
1918
CHARLES F. DUSSEAULT
1918
LEWIS S. HANNA
1918
JOHN E. LINNEHAN
1918
FRANK C. MOORE
.1918
EDWARD R. LEWIS
1918
TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND
ISAAC DAMON
1918
JOHN CONNELLY
1918
WALTER B. HENDERSON
1918
FENCE VIEWERS
CONSTABLES
1918
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FIELD DRIVERS
CONSTABLES
1918
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER
WILLIAM FULLICK 1918
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
OSCAR L. AMES
1918
ARTHUR F. MARSTON
1918
WILLIAM S. LOVELL
1918
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
CHARLES B. BUTTERFIELD
1918
IRVING SCHLEICHER
1918
JOSEPH M. MOORE, deceased
1918
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JAMES I. BRYDEN THOMAS W. FROST 1918
1918
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
FRANK BIGWOOD 1918
BURIAL AGENT
JOSEPH F. MOORE, deceased 1918
FIRE WARDEN
HOWARD HAYNES 1918
SUPT. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS
DANIEL J. GRAHAM 1918
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
HERBERT DUDLEY 1918
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL
J. CHARLES VINCENT 1918
CHIEF OF POLICE
EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1918
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
JAMES C. McKAY 1918
LEWIS LOVELY 1918
FINANCE COMMITTEE
WILLIAM S. LOVELL
1918
FRANK I. COOPER 1918
FRANK E. DAVIS 1918
ERNEST F. LAWRENCE
1918
NAPOLEON PERODEAU
1918
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS BENJAMIN W. DAMON, Republican 1918
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CLEMENT BOND, Democrat, Resigned 1919 JOSEPH W. ZIMMERMAN, Democrat, Appointed to fill vacancy 1919 EDWARD F. LEE, Republican, Chairman 1920
WARREN L. BISHOP, Democrat
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ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1918
CHARLES H. McGUIRE
1918
CHARLES J. POTVIN
1918
WILLIAM STEARNS
1918
HOWARD C. HAYNES
1918
ELECTION OFFICERS
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JAMES I. BRYDEN, Warden WILLIAM STEARNS. Clerk
August 1918 66
PHILIP S. IDE
WILLIAM SANDERSON
THOMAS F. MAYNARD JOHN E. DOLAN
Substitutes CHARLES W. ELMMS JAMES LINEHAN FRED J. WHEELER HERBERT F. PARMENTER JOHN F. CUMMINGS
Pc. 2.
GEORGE S. SCOTT, Warden ALVIN B. NEALE, Clerk ALBERT CHELTRA WALDO LAWRENCE
WILLIAM MORRISSEY WILLIAM CORCORAN "
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Substitutes
JOHN O'ROURKE ALBERT MARCHANT JOHN F. FOLEY FRANK LATOUR ARTHUR MARSTON 66
August 1918
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POUND KEEPER
ALEXANDER SAUER 1918
DEPUTY GAME WARDEN
CHARLES M. MAGORTY 1918
DOG OFFICER J. CHARLES VINCENT 1918
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TOWN WARRANT
FEBRUARY 4th, 1918.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on Monday, February 4th, 1918, at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Treasurer of Library Funds, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, one Assessor to fill vacancy, and seven Constables, all for one year.
One member of the School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner. one Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one mem- ber of Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, all for three years.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the acceptance of Chap. 23, General Acts of 1917, which is "an act to provide for the licensing of coffee houses, so-called."
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Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the acceptance of Chap. 25 General Acts of 1917 which is "an act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the difference between their military and their municipal compensation."
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon and will re- main continuously open for at least four hours, when they may be closed unless the voters otherwise order.
And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Wednesday, February 6th, 1918, at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, and committees and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents, and committees not elected by official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for all necessary town pur- poses.
Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult coun- sel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.
Article 5. To appropriate the money received from dog licenses.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the
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Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 7. To see if the town will install an electric light on Shawmut Avenue Extension, near the home of Charles Wright, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act.
Article 8. To see if the town will place a hydrant on Shawmut Avenue Extension, near the home of Charles Wright, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act.
Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $1,000.00 for re-shaping, rolling, gravelling and oiling the Old Connecticut Path from Cochitu- ate Road east to State Road or do or act.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to change the name of the street in Cochituate now known as German Hill Street to its former name, "Pemberton Road" or do or act.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to sell water by meter where requested and fix the price for same or otherwise act.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the charge of $2.00 per year for water used in bath tubs or otherwise act.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise the pay of the Cochituate firemen from $10.00 to $25.00 per year, or otherwise act.
Article 14. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $375.00 with which to gravel or patch up Pelham Island Road, from concrete bridge
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over the Sudbury River to the Sudbury town line.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 to purchase a portable stone crusher.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate and assess $150.00 to build a conduit on the Old Sudbury Road near the residences of Frank Moore and Mrs. M. C. Baldwin.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $2,000.00 for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Main Street, Cochituate, or do or act.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to borrow a sum of money in anticipation of a reimbursement from the State and County on account of repairs on Main Street, Cochituate.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $150.00 for the pur- pose of painting and repairs on the Engine House in Cochitu- ate.
Article 20. To see if the town will accept the following bequest :-
$100.00 received from Mrs. Maggie L. Tuck, to be known as the "Otis Loker Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Otis Loker Lot in the Cen- ter Cemetery.
Article 21. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of installing four electric lights on Rice Road, between the residence of Alexander Sauer and Old Connecticut Path.
Article 22. To see if the town will appropriate and
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assess a sum of money to rebuild the so-called Dry Bridge on Old Sudbury Road, or do or act.
Article 23. To see if the town will appropriate and raise a sum of money for purpose of purchasing a piece of land in Cochituate, called Griffin's Ball Field, or do or act.
And you are required to serve this Warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in town, and on the Engine House in Cochituate seven days at least before the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with · your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before February 1st, 1918.
Given under our hands this 12th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, JAMES FERGUSON, Selectmen of the Town of Wayland.
January 1918.
A true copy, attest.
Constable of Wayland.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
FEBRUARY 5, 1917.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on Monday, February 5th, 1917, at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Treasurer of Library Funds, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year.
One member of the School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, all for three years.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
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All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain continuously open for at least four hours, when they may be closed unless the voters otherwise order.
And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, February 7th, 1917, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, ·and committees and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents, and committees not elected by official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for all necessary town pur- poses.
' Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult coun- sel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.
Article 5. To appropriate the money received from dog licences.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 7. To see if the town will accept the following bequests :
$100. Given, to be known as the "Edward Rice Fund," in- come from which to be used for perpetual care of lots of Edward Rice and Edward Rice, Jr., in North Cemetery.
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$100. Given by William U. Ricker, to be known as the "Ellen Ricker Fund," income from which to be used for per- petual care of S. Jameson Lot, in Lake View Cemetery, No 6, Sec. D.
$100. Given by Mrs. Hattie Wellington, Extrx., to be known as "Elbridge A. Wellington Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of Elbridge A. Wellington Lot, in North Cemetery, No. 171.
$100. Given by Warren S. Wheeler, to be known as the "Warren S. Wheeler Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of the Thomas Wheeler Lots, in North Cemetery, Nos. 141, 142.
$100. Given by Eunice N. Morse, to be known as the "Noyes Morse Fund," income from which to be used for per- petual care of Jonas N. and Sarah A. Morse Lot, in North Cemetery, No. 184.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to execute a re- lease to Dr. Martin Edward of a strip along the front of land bought by him from the Willard A. Bullard Estate on the State Road East, bounded on the West by land heretofore re- leased by the Town to Mrs. Susan I .. Pierce, on the Southeast by the Southerly line of the old County road and on the North by the present Southerly line of the State Road.
Article 9. To see if the town will instruct the Water Commissioners to install water meters where requested and fix the price for water thereby.
Article 10. To see if the town will accept Hill Street, Cochituate Park, as a town street and have Selectmen lay out the same or otherwise act.
Article 11. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money not exceeding $600.00 for purpose of re-
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pairing the Town Hall and the walks and steps leading to it, or do or act.
Article 12. To see if the town will accept Chapter 153 of the Acts of 1916 relative to the license fee for slaughter houses in towns.
Article 13. To see if the town will appropriate and assess not exceeding $150.00 toward a fund for the erection of a National Civic Hall at Washington, D. C., as a Peace Memorial to the Father of our Country.
Article 14. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum not to exceed $500.00 for a gravel path, for the safety of horses, to extend from Wayland Center on State Road to Bigelow's Corner.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum not exceeding $900.00 for re-shaping, rolling, and oiling the Auburndale-Framingham Road in Cochituate Vil- lage from the Natick-Wayland line on the East to the Natick- Wayland line on the West, or do or act.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of inoney not exceeding $700.00 for the purpose of repairing the road in North Wayland from Watson's Corner to the Lincoln line, or do or act.
Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate from the revenue of the Water Department a sum of money not ex- ceeding $500.00 to be used by the committee on Waterworks for experimental purposes or otherwise act.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum not exceeding $125.00 for the purpose of repairing the Engine House and Lock-up in Cochituate Village, or do or act.
Article 19. To see what action the town will take in re-
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gard to furnishing motor transportation for the Fire Depart- ment in Wayland or do or act.
Article 20. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess $77.00 to be paid the heirs of Herbert Loker, as directed by the County Commissioners, for damage to land of said Loker, or do or act.
Article 21. To see if. the town will appropriate and as- sess a sumi not exceeding $50.00 to purchase a snow plow for use on the Plain Roads or do or act.
Article 22. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to fixing license fees for pedlers.
Article 23. To see if the town will change the Annual Town Election Day to the first Monday in March or do or act.
Article 24. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $350.00 for the purpose of building a sidewalk on the south side of Harrison Street adjoining land of C. F. Chessman and John Lamarine.
Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum not exceeding $500.00 for a gravel sidewalk on Mill Brook Road from Main Street going easterly or do or act.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $1,500.00 for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Cochituate Road.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to borrow a sum of money in anticipation of a re-imbursement from the State and County on account of repairs on Cochituate Road.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars to pay the balance due on account of School House improvement and equipment.
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Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a Road Roller.
Article 30. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money not exceeding $600.00 for the purpose of repairing Harrison Street and continuing sidewalk on the Southerly side of said street to German Hill Street or do or act.
And you are required to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in town, and at the Engine House in Cochituate seven days at least before the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the 1st day of February, 1917.
Given under our hands this 17th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, GEORGE W. BISHOP, Selectmen of Wayland.
January 1917.
A true copy, Attest :
Constable
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE
February 7th 1917.
And pursuant to said warrant, the inhabitants of Wayland
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qualified to vote in Town Affairs met and did the following business :
Article 1. No action.
Article 2. Isaac Damon, John Connelly, and Walter B. Henderson were elected Trustees of the Allen Fund.
VOTED :- that the Constables act as Fence Viewers.
VOTED :- that the Constables act as Field Drivers.
William Fullick was elected Surveyor of Lumber.
Oscar L. Ames, Arthur F. Marston, and William S. Lovell were elected Measurers of Wood and Bark. Charles B. Butterfield, Irving Scheleicher, Joseph M. Moore, James 1. Bryden and Thomas W. Frost were elected Memorial Day Committee.
Artcle 3. Voted that the meeting return to Article 1.
Article 1. Voted that the report of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted and recommendations adopted.
Article 3. Voted that the various amounts as recom- mended by the Finance Committee be appropriated and as- sessed. The report and recommendations are as follows :
General Administration :
Salaries :
$3,000.00
Moderator Selectmen Auditor
Treasurer
Collector
Assessors
Overseers of the Poor
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Town Clerk Election Officers Registrars Sealers of Weights and Measures
Incidentals 1,200.00
Protection of Life and Property
Police
$1,500.00
Fire Dept., Cochituate
900.00
Fire Dept., Wayland
300.00
Tree Warden Dept.
200.00
$2,900.00
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
$500.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
150.00
$650.00
$5.000.00
Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks We recommend that $1,000.000 of this appropriation be used for applying oil to the highways.
Street Lighting
$3,000.00
Moth Extermination
1,242.09
Charities
Support of the Poor
2,000.00
Education
Covering School Committee, Salaries
$17,700.00
Teachers and Janitors .
Supplies Transportation
Superintendent
Manual Training
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Incidentals
450.00
Vocational School Tuition School Physician
50.00
Library and Reading Room
1,700.00
Memorial Day Celebration
200.00
Solliers' Benefits
450.00
Cemeteries
Lake View
$250.00
North and Center
250.00
500.00
Sinking Fund
1,408.80
Wayland Schoolhouse Equipment Bonds
1,400.00
Cochituate Schoolhouse Bonds
1,500.00
Interest
3,000.00
Total
$47,350.89
The above appropriations are recommended for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1917, in addition to such balances as appear on the Treasurer's books unexpended from last year's appropriations.
We recommend that all money received as reimburse- ments from County and State on account of Highway work be applied to payment of Highway notes; and that all High- way and Bridge notes not otherwise provided for be paid from the Revenue Account.
Also that the money for removing snow, town insurance and surety bonds and requirements for legal claims be drawn from revenue account.
Also, the overdraft on sidewalks $15.93 be charged to revenue account.
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Article 4. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.
Article 5. Voted to appropriate the money received from Dog Licenses, one half to the schools and one half to the Li- brary.
Article 6. Voted that the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1917, to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Article 7. Voted to accept the following bequests :
$100.00 given to be known as the "Edward Rice Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of lots of Edward Rice and Edward Rice, Jr. in North Cemetery.
$100.00 given by William U. Ricker to be known as the "Ellen Ricker Fund," income from which to be used for per- petual care of S. Jamesson lot in Lake View Cemetery, No. 6, Sec. D.
$100.00 given by Mrs. Hattie Wellington, Extrx., to be known as "Elbridge A. Wellington Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of Elbridge A. Wellington lot in North Cemetery, Nos. 141, 142.
$100.00 given by Eunice N. Morse to be known as the "Noyes Morse Fund," income from which to be used for per- petual care of the Jonas N. and Sarah A. Morse lot in North Cemetery, No. 184.
Article 8. Voted to refer the matter to the Selectmen and
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Town Treasurer with full power, in their discretion to execute such release without covenants.
Voted that the above named committee be authorized to acknowledge and deliver such release, if made, in behalf of the Town of Wayland.
Article 9. Passed over ..
Article 10. Passed over.
Article 11. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $600. for the purpose of repairing the Town Hall and the walks and steps leading to it and that the Selectmen be appointed a committee to carry out the work.
Article 12. Voted to accept Chapter 153 of the Acts of 1916.
Article 13. Passed over.
Article 14. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum not to exceed $500.00 for a gravel path for the safety of horses, to extend from Wayland Center on State Road to Bigelow's Cor- ner.
Voted that Selectmen and Mr. George E. Dwight be a committee to co-operate with County Commissioners and State Highway Commission to carry out the vote under this artcle.
Article 15. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum not ex- ceeding $900. for re-shaping, rolling, and oiling the Auburn- dale-Framingham Road in Cochhituate Village from the Na- tick-Wayland line on the East to the Natick-Wayland line on the West, and that the Highway Surveyor be empowered to carry out this vote.
Article 16. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $700.00 for the purpose of repairing the
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road in North Wayland from Watson's Corner to the Lincoln line and that the money be taken out of the regular Highway appropriation.
Article 17. Voted to appropriate from the revenue of the Water Department a sum of money not exceeding $500.00 to be used by the Committee on Waterworks for experimental purposes.
Article 18. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum not ex- ceeding $125.00 for the purpose of repairing the Engine House and Lock-up in Cochituate Village.
Article 19. Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to consider the matter and report at a future town meeting. Committee 'appointed were Paul T. Draper, Chairman, William Stearns, and William S. Lovell.
Article 20. Voted to appropriate and assess $?1.00 to be paid the heirs of Herbert Loker, as directed by the County Commissioners, for damage to land of said Loker.
Article 21. Voted to appropriate and assess a sum not ex- ceeding $50.00 to purchase a snow plow for use on the Plain Roads.
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