Official reports of the town of Wayland 1919-1920, Part 1

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 522


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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Fortieth


Municipal Year


FROM JANUARY 1, 1919 TO JANUARY I, 1920


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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Fortieth


Municipal Year


FROM JANUARY 1, 1919 TO JANUARY I, 1920


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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1920


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1919-1920


TERM EXPIRES


MODERATOR


EDMUND H. SEARS 1920


TOWN CLERK


WARREN L. BISHOP 1920


SELECTMEN


CHARLES A. BENSON 1920


FRANK HAYNES


1920


NAPOLEON PERODEAU


1920


TREASURER


FRANK E. YEAGER 1920


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


LESTER R. GERALD


1920


AUDITOR


JAMES H. CARROLL


1920


TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS


FRANCIS SHAW


1920


OVERSEERS OF POOR


THOMAS W. FROST 1920


WALTER S. BIGWOOD 1921


HOWARD C. HAYNES 1922


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


LLEWELLYN MILLS RICHARD AMES ERNEST E. SPARKS


1920


1921


1922


ASSESSORS


NATHANIEL R. GERALD 1920


ALFRED A. CARTER


1921


DANIEL BRACKETT


1922


WATER COMMISSIONERS


HENRY G. DUDLEY 1920


1921


CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS


1922


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


ALFRED W. CUTTING 1920


FRANCIS SHAW 1920


JOHN CONNELLY


1921


AMOS I. HADLEY


1921


LESTER R. GERALD


1922


RICHARD AMES 1922


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS


CHESTER B. WILLIAMS


1920


JOHN CONNELLY


1921


WALTER B. HENDERSON


1922


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


WALLACE S. DRAPER


1920


COLON C. WARD


1921


WILLIAM REED, 2nd


1922


TREE WARDEN


FRANK F. AMES 1920


SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


CHARLES W. FAIRBANK 1920


JAMES C. MCKAY


BOARD OF HEALTHI


1920


WALDO L. LAWRENCE THOMAS J. DOWEY JOHN L. CORCORAN


1921


1922


CONSTABLES


ALFRED A. CARTER 1920


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1920


CHARLES F. DUSSEAULT 1920


CARL F. LINDBOHM


1920


JOHN E. LINNEHAN


1920


FRANK C. MOORE


J. CHARLES VINCENT 1920


TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND


ISAAC DAMON 1920


JOHN CONNELLY 1920


WALTER B. HENDERSON


1920


FENCE VIEWERS


CONSTABLES 1920


FIELD DRIVERS


CONSTABLES


1920


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


FRANK HAYNES 1920


ARTHUR F. MARSTON


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MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


OSCAR L. AMES


1920


ARTHUR F. MARSTON


1920


WILLIAM S. LOVELL


1920


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


CHARLES B. BUTTERFIELD (deceased) 1920


IRVING SCHLEICHER 1920


MARCUS M. FISKE


1920


1920


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JAMES I. BRYDEN THOMAS W. FROST ROLAND CAMPBELL 1920


1920


1920


CHARLES A. WILLIAMS


1920


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


FRANK BIGWOOD 1920


BURIAL AGENT


MARCUS M. FISKE 1920


FIRE WARDEN


HOWARD C. HAYNES 1920


SUPT. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS


DANIEL J. GRAHAM 1920


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


ALBERT B. MARCHARD 1920


JANITOR OF' TOWN HALL


J. CHARLES VINCENT 1920


CHIEF OF POLICE


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1920


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


JAMES McKAY


1920


ARTHUR W. ATWOOD


1920


FINANCE COMMITTEE


WILLIAM S. LOVELL 1920


FRANK I. COOPER 1920


FRANK E. DAVIS 1920


ERNEST F. LAWRENCE 1920


GEORGE W. BISHOP 1920


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


EDWARD F. LEE, Republican, Chairman 1920


BENJAMIN W. DAMON, Republican 1921


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WARREN L. BISHOP, Democratic


1920


JOSEPH W. ZIMMERMAN, Democrat 1922


ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


EDWARD F. DORSCHEIMER 1920


CHARLES H. McGUIRE 1920


WILLIAM STEARNS 1920


HOWARD C. HAYNES 1920


ALFRED A. LAMARINE


1920


ELECTION OFFICERS


Precinct 1


JAMES I. BRYDEN, Warden


August 1920


WILLIAM STEARNS, Clerk


66


PHILIP S. IDE


THOMAS F. MAYNARD


66


JOHN E. DOLAN


JOHN F. CUMMINGS


66


Substitutes


JOSEPH DECATUR


August 1920 66


JAMES LINNEHAN


66


JAMES J. BOLTON


Precinct 2


GEORGE S. SCOTT, Warden


August 1920 66


ALVIN B. NEAL, Clerk


66


WALDO L. LAWRENCE


66


WILLIAM MORRISSEY


66


WILLIAM CORCORAN


66


Substitutes JOHN O'ROURKE ALBERT MARCHARD JOHN F. FOLEY


August 1920 66


WILLIAM SANDERSON


66


ALBERT CHELTRA


10


FRANK LATOUR 66


ARTHUR MARSTON


POUND KEEPER


ALEXANDER SAUER 1920


DOG OFFICER


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1920


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TOWN WARRANT


FEBRUARY 2, 1920


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX SS


To cither of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town quali- fied to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1920


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 Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor, one member of the Board of Health, and one Water Commissioner, all for three years.


Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question"Shall Sec- tions one to 14, inclusive, of Chap. 28 of the Revised Laws, authorizing cities and towns to lay out Public Parks within their limits be accepted."


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 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 4th, 1920 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 ex- enses.


Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult coun- Del on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


Aritcle 5. To appropriate the money received from Dog licenses.


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 what action the Town will take in regard to the adoption of new By-Laws or do or act.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to have the valuation of estates made by the Assessors printed in full in the Annual Town Report every third year, or at such other time as may be determined upon.


Article 9. To see if the Town will elect a Board of


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Three Park Commissioners and prescribe their terms of office, or otherwise do or act.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise a sum not exceeding $5,300.00 for the purpose of procuring a motor equipment for the town fire departments, or do or act.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to hold the Annual Town Meeting on the first Monday of March, or otherwise act.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the di- rector to serve in co-operation with the County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agri- culture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Chap. 213, General Acts of 1918; it being understood that one- fourth of this amount shall be used to provide local paid super- vision of boy's and girl's club work.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $2,500.00 for the purpose of continuing improvements on Main Street, Cochituate.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval. of the Selectmen, to borrow the sum of $5,000.00 in anticipation of a re-imbursement from the State and County on account of improvements on Main Street, Cochituate.


Article 15. To see if the town will vote to change the name of School Street (running from East Plain Street to what is known as Fiske Corner at Main Street) to Roosevelt Road, or do or act.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue


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the Wayland High School at Wayland Center and send pupils elsewhere.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land in Cochituate adjoining the Cochituate Play- ground on the east, the same to be an addition to the Play- ground, or otherwise act.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate and assess the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of building granolithic walks, flagpole base and regrading the lawn of the Cochituate Grammar School.


Article 19. To see if the Town will release any inter- est it may have acquired in real estate formerly of Cornelia J. Bent, as conveyed to it by Willard B. Ward, Collector of Taxes, by a deed dated Oct. 26, 1895 and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 2418, page 570, and authorize and direct the Treasurer to execute and deliver a release thereof in behalf of the Town, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of repairs on Tower Hill Road ordered by the County Commissioners, or otherwise act.


Article 21 To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $800.00 for the purpose of repairing Sher- man Road Bridge or otherwise act.


Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $500.00, for the purpose of erecting a fence on the northwestern side of the North Cemetery, or do or act.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to pay all town laborers four dollars per day, or otherwise act.


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Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to pay four dollars per day for a double team or otherwise act.


Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $1,000.00 for re-shaping and graveling the Old Connecticut Path starting at Cochituate Road to work east, or do or act.


Article 26. To consider and take such action as may seem necessary or proper to endeavor to protect the citizens of this town from accident at the corner of the State Road and Main Street, sometimes called Cochituate Road.


Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise a sum not exceeding $2,000.00 for the purpose of taking or purchasing the land of James H. Lee at the Southwesterly corner of the State Road and Main Street, sometimes called Cochituate Road, for park, playground or other municipal purpose, or otherwise act.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Park Commissioners, the School Committee, or the Play- ground Commission to exercise the powers and rights of the town as to public playgrounds under the statutes relating there- to, or otherwise act.


Article 29. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of repairing Glezen Road from Hazelbrook Lane to the Weston line, or do or act.


Article 30. To see if the town will vote to pay the election officers six dollars per day or otherwise act.


Article 31 To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $500.00 to install a water supply in the Library building, or do or act.


Article 32. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Trustees of the Public Library to choose annually from its own number a Treasurer.


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Article 33. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a steam road roller, or otherwise act.


Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the following bequests :


$100.00 Received from Imogene A. Carter, to be known as the "Edward Carter Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Edward Carter Lot, No. 168, in the North Cemetery.


$100.00 Received from Colon C. Ward, to be known as the "Ward Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Colon C. Ward, Lot No. 35, and the Bleman Ward Lot No. 26, both in Section E, Lake View Cem- etery.


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 return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before January 30th, 1920.


CHARLES A. BENSON FRANK HAYNES NAPOLEON PERODEAU Selectmen of Wayland


January-1920.


A true copy, attest :


Constable of the Town of Wayland


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ANNUAL TOWN WARRANT


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FEBRUARY 3, 1919


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 3rd, 1919


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 Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one mem- ber of the Board of Health and one Water Commissioner, all for three years.


Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall li- censes be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"


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All the forgoing 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 5th, 1919 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 Treausrer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow mon- ey in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article '7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the adoption of new By-Laws.


Aritcle S. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not in excess of $4,000.00 to be used with the funds realized from the sale of securities in the sinking fund, to pay that por- tion of the town's indebtedness maturing Mar. 1, 1919, or do or act.


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Article 9. To see what action the Town will take rela- tive to an act before the Legislature authorizing the town to borrow a sum not in excess of $25,000.00 for the purpose of refunding that portion of its indebtedness maturing Mar. 1, 1919, or do or act.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to sell water by meter, where requested and fix price for same or otherwise act.


Article 11. To see what sum of money will be appro- priated for a town memorial forest in honor of the town's roll of honor in the recent world war.


Aritcle 12. To see if the Town will vote to install addi- tional electric lights between Sherman's corner and Sherman's Bridge, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act.


Article 13. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $50.00 or some other amount, and elect a director for de- monstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in coopera- tion with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provisions of Chap. 273, General Acts of 1918.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase motor apparatus for the Fire Department, or do or act.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money with which to provide a suitable welcome home for the soldiers and sailors of Wayland who served in the world war and to appoint a committee to take charge of the same, or do or act.


Articel 16. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise


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a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land in Cochituate known as Griffin's field, to be used as a Play- ground, or do or act.


Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land in Cochituate known as Griffin's Field, to be used as a Playground, or do or act.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess $1,000.00 to re-build and improve Tower Hill Road, as ordered by the County Commissioners, or do or act.


Article 19. To see if the Town will accept the following bequests :-


$100. Received from Mrs. Marion W. Cutting, to be known as the "William B. Braman Fund," income from which is to be used for the perpetual care of the WVm. B. Braman Lot, No. 211, in the North Cemetery.


$100. Received from the Estate of Mrs. Betsey W. Moore, to be known as the "Francis Moore Fund" income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Francis Moore Lot, No. 174, in the North Cemetery.


$100. Received from the Edmund Rice (1638) Associa- tion, to be known as the "Edmund Rice Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Edmund Rice Memorial Stone in the North Cemetery, and for flowers on Memorial Day.


$100. Received from Mrs. Ira Underwood, to be known as the "Ira Underwood Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Ira Under- wood Lot, No. 59, Sec. A, in Lakeview Cemetery.


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$200. Received from Theodore S. Sherman, to be known as the "Theodore S. Sherman Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lots No 223 and 225, in the North Cemetery.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Main Street, Cochituate, or do or act.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Pond Street, Cochituate, or do or act.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money in anticipation of a re-imbursement from the County and State for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Pond Street, Cochituate, or do or act.


Article 23. To see if Town will authorize the Wayland Water Committee to spend a sum of money not exceeding $500.00 for further investigation for a Water Supply as re- commended by the State Department of Health, said sum of money to be taken from the water rates.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to build a sidewalk on the south side of the State Road between a point opposite the residence of Thomas F. Mahoney to a point opposite the residence of James Egan, or do or act.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to pay all town laborers three dollars and fifty cents per day, or do or act.


Article 26. To see if the Town will pay seven dollars per day for a double team or do or act.


Aritcle 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on the southerly side of


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Plain Street, Cochituate, from Pemberton Road to street leading to Shore Acres.


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 doing thereon to the Town Clerk on or before Feb. 1st, 1919.


Given under our hands this 13th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.


CHARLES A. BENSON FRANK HAYNES NAPOLEON PERODEAU Selectmen of the Town of Wayland


January 1919,


A true copy attest :


Constable of the Town of Wayland


TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE


5th February, 1919


And pursuant to said warrant the inhabitants of Wayland qualified to vote in town affairs met and did the following business on 5th February, 1919.


Article 1. Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee as printed in the Town report. The report is as follows :


General Administration :


Salaries : $3,500.00


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Moderator Selectmen Treasurer Auditor Collector Assessors


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Overseers of Poor


Town Clerk Election Officers Registrars Sealer of Weights and Measurers


Incidentals 1,400.00 1


Protection of Life and Property :


Police


$1,400.00


Fire Department


1,500.00


2,900.00


Tree Warden Department


100.00


Health and Sanitation : Board of Health


250.00


Inspector of Animals, Salary


₡5.00


325.00


Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks


4,500.00


Oiling Highways


2,500.00


Street Lighting


3,000.00


Moth Extermination


967.98


Charities :


Support of the Poor


1,600.00


Education


19,000.00


Covering School Committees Salaries Teachers and Janitors Supplies


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Transportation


Superintendent Manual Training Incidentals


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Vocational School Tuition and includ-


ing re-imbursements


175.00


School Physician


75.00


Library and Reading Room


1,700.00


Memorial Day Celebration


200.00


Soldier's Benefits


125.00


Cemeteries :


Lake View


250.00


North and Center


250.00


500.00


Sinking Fund


1,408.80


Wayland School House Equipment Bonds


1,400.00


Cochituate School House Bonds


1,500.00


Island Bridge Note


1,000.00


Interest


3,500.00


Total


$51,376.78


The above appropriation are recommended for the fiscal 'year ending Dec. 31, 1919, in addition to such balances as ap- pear on the Treasurer's books unexpended from last year's ap- propriations.


We recommend that the money for removing snow, town insurance and surety bonds and requirements for legal claims be drawn from the Revenue account. Also the overdrafts of the various accounts amounting to $1,289.88 be charged to Revenue Account.


Article 2. Isaac Damon, John Connelly, and Walter B. Henderson were elected Trustees of the Allen Fund.


Voted that the Constables act as Field Drivers. Voted that the Constables act as Fence Viewers.


Frank Haynes and Arthur F. Marston were elected Surveyors of Lumber.


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Oscar L. Ames, Arthur F. Marston and William S. Lovell were elected Measurers of Wood and Bark.


Charles B. Butterfield, Irwin Schleicher, James I. Bryden, Marcus M. Fiske, Thomas W. Frost, Roland Campbell and Charles A. Williams were elected Memorial Day Committee.


Article 3. Voted that the various amounts specified in the Finance Committee's Report be appropriated and assessed and recommendations adopted. (See Art. 1.)


Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be set aside from the appropriation of the Highways and Bridges for the purpose of cleaning out the brook between Pemberton Road and Pond Street.


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 the other half to the Library.


Article 6. Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the reven- ue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1919, to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.


Voted unanimously.


Article 7. Voted to refer the matter of By-Laws to the same committee previously appointed to draw up By-Laws, with instructions to report at the next town meeting and to send a printed copy of the By-Laws recommended to each


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voter at least seven days before said meeting.


Article 8. Voted that a sum not in excess of $4,000.00 be apropriated from the revenue account to be used with the funds realized from the sale of securities in the sinking fund for the purpose specified in this article.


Article 9. Passed over.


Article 10. Passed over.


Article 11. Passed over.


Article 12. Referred to Selectmen with full power to act.


Article 13. Passed over.


Article 14. Voted that a committee consisting of the Selectmen and Fire Engineers be appointed to investigate and report at a future town meeting.


Article 15. Voted to appropriate and assess $200.00 with which to provide a suitable welcome home for the sol- diers and sailors of Wayland who served in the World War and that the Memorial Day Committee with the Selectmen be a committee to take charge of same.




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