Official reports of the town of Wayland 1925-1926, Part 1

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
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OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Municipal Year


FROM JANUARY 1, 1925 TO JANUARY 1, 1926


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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1926


OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Municipal Year


FROM JANUARY 1, 1925 TO JANUARY 1, 1926


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FOUNDED


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NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1926


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1925-1926


Moderator


John Connelly


Term Expires 1926


Town Clerk


Edna F. Bishop


1926


Selectmen


Lester R. Gerald (Resigned)


1926


William J. Scotland


1926


Napoleon Perodeau


1926


Treasurer


Frank G. McKenna


1926


Collector of Taxes


Wilbur C. Gorman


1926


Auditor


Arthur Heard Dudley


1926


Overseers of the Poor


Thomas W. Frost


1926


Andrew Paul


1927


Harold J. Glover


1928


School Committee


Llewellyn Mills


1926


Grace C. Bond


1927


Paul B. Davis


1928


Assessors 4


Nathaniel R. Gerald


1926


William R. Mathers


1927


Daniel Brackett


1928


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Water Commissioners


Walter C. Smith Alfred C. Damon


1926


1927


Frank I. Cooper


1928


Trustees of the Public Library


Alfred W. Cutting


1926


Francis Shaw


1926


John Connelly


1927


Amos I. Hadley


1927


Richard Ames


1928


Lester R. Gerald (Resigned)


1928


Cemetery Commissioners


Emma D. Wellington


1926


Frank F. Ames


1927


William Read


1928


Tree Warden


Frank F. Ames


1926


James Ferguson


1926


Board of Health


Waldo J. Lawrence


1926


Thomas J. Dowey


1927


Martin A. Holmes


1928


Board of Park Commissioners


Alpheus P. Lucier


1926


John B. Wight


1927


Willard C. Hunting


1928


Constables


Wilfred L. Celorier


1926


Harry W. Craig


1926


Edward F. Dorsheimer


1926


Charles F. Dusseault


1926


John E. Linnehan


1926


Frank C. Moore


1926


Oswald A. Garvey


1926


Commissioners of Trust Funds


Albert F. Flint


1926


Albert H. Beck


1927


John Connelly


1928


Highway Surveyor


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Trustees of the Allen Fund


Isaac Damon


1926


John Connelly


1926


Howard W. Parmenter


1926


Fence Viewers


Selectmen


Field Drivers


1926


Surveyor's of Lumber


Melville Loker


1926


Frank Haynes


1926


William Fullick


1926


Arthur F. Marston


1926


William S. Lovell


1926


Measurer's of Wood and Bark


Israel A. Lupien


1926


Arthur F. Marston


1926


William S. Lovell


1926


Arthur W. Atwood


1926


Joseph Decatur


1926


Memorial Day Committee Civil War Veterans


Marcus M. Fiske


1926


Thomas F. Frost


1926


Llewellyn Flanders


1926


George B. Howe


1926


Spanish War Veterans


Frank C. Moore


1926


Arthur P. Brouillette


1926


World War Veterans


Cornelius Maguire


1926


George G. Bogren


1926


Edward Georgette


1926


Ernest H. Damon


1926


William M. Nolan


1926


Ronald S. Campbell


1926


Sons of Veterans


Erwin W. Schleicher 1926


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1926


Constables


Pound Keeper


Alexander Sauer 1926


Dog Officer


Edward F. Dorsheimer 1926


Inspector of Animals


Frank J. Bigwood 1926


Burial Agent


District Nurse


Mary E. MacNeil 1926


Forest Fire Warden


Edward F. Dorsheimer 1926


Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth


Daniel Graham 1926


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Albert Marchant


1926


Chief of Police


Edward F. Dorsheimer Public Weighers


1926


James McKay


1926


Arthur W. Atwood


1926


Finance Committee


William S. Lovell


1926


J. Sidney Stone


1926


Frank E. Davis


1926


Ernest F. Lawrence


1926


Clarence S. Williams


1926


Inspector of Slaughtering


William C. Neal 1926


Registrars of Voters


Edward F. Lee


Republican 1926


Edna F. Bishop


Republican 1926


Meddie H. Rasicot


Democratic 1927


Joseph Zimmerman


Democratic 1928


Engineers of Fire Department


Alfred A. Lamarine, Chief 1926


Edward F. Dorsheimer, Clerk


1926


Frank J. Bigwood, District Chief


1926


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Election Officers Precinct 1


James I. Bryden, Warden


1926


Mabel T. S. Small, Clerk


1926


Philip S. Ide


1926


John E. Linnehan


1926


John E. Dolan


1926


John F. Cummings


1926


Amy F. Haskins


1926


Harry O'Brien


1926


Substitutes


Joseph Decatur


1926


James Bolton


1926


James J. Bolton


1926


Precinct 2


Albert Marchant, Warden


1926


John F. Foley


1926


Benjamin W. Damon


1926


William Morrisey


1926


Joseph Perodeau


1926


George Richardson


1926


May Derrick


1926


Ina Smith


1926


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


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 poll- ing places on


MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1926


at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Select- men, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year.


One member of the School Committee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner and one Park Commissioner, all for three years.


Also two members of Planning Board for one year, two members of Planning Board for two years, and two members of Planning Board for three years.


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1926


at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:


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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 necessary town pur- poses.


Article 4. 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 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in an- ticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads.


Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $200.00, to establish the "Abby H. Drury Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care and decoration of the Leonard D. Drury Lots Nos. 117 and 118 in the North Cemetery.


Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing bequest: $100.00, received from Ruth C. Brown, administratrix of the estate of Maria F. Spofford, to establish the "Maria F. Spofford Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the George A. Spofford Lot in the North Cemetery.


Article 8. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $200.00, received from Mrs. Lizzie B. Folsom and Wallace H. Folsom, to establish the "George B. Folsom Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care and decoration of Lot No. 27 in the North Cemetery.


Article 9. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $100.00, received from Mrs. Fannie Me- serve, to establish the "Joseph Moore Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot 16, Section 3, in the Lakeview Cemetery.


Article 10. To see if the Town will accept the fol- . lowing bequest to the Public Library from the estate of Emily F. Damon, in memory of her sister, Harriet Coburn Damon: Three thousand dollars, from the ex- ecutors of the estate of Emily F. Damon, the income


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from said fund to be used for the purchase of books; pamphlets, papers, maps, plans, and other educational matter.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to appoint a town accountant, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 55 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or do or act.


Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the Accounting Depart- ment, including a sum for the salary of the town ac- countant, or do or act.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the position of town auditor, or do or act.


Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the Auditor's Department, including a sum for the salary of the auditor for the ensuing year, or do or act.


Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess an additional sum of money for the salary of the treasurer, or do or act.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the salary of Theodore H. Harrington as collector of taxes for 1923 and 1924 taxes, or do or act.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to com- promise all claims which it may have against the Amer- ican Surety Company of New York on account of the obligations of said Company on all bonds of Lester R. Gerald as tax collector on which said Company may be surety, and all claims which the Town may have against said Company in any way growing out of the use by said Lester R. Gerald of any money collected by him as tax collector, for the sum of $27,500, of which $9000 has already been paid, and to authorize the Board of Select- men to give said Company a full release in accord and satisfaction of all such claims upon the payment to the Town of the sum of $18,500, in addition to said payment of $9000 already made, or do or act.


Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to make good the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924, or do or act.


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Article 19. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to make good the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924, or do or act.


Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of repairing the Town Hall, or do or act.


Article 21. To see if the Town will accept Section 25 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws which provides as follows: "That the Selectmen shall appoint suitable citizens of the town assessors and assistant assessors for a term of not more than three years, and may re- move them at any time for cause after a hearing. Upon the qualification of persons so appointed the term of existing assessors or assistant assessors of such town shall terminate."


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Clerk to the sum of $200.00, same to be effective as of date of Jan. 1, 1927, or do or act.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $100.00 to meet the ex- penses of sending notices of town meetings to the voters, or do or act.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to fix the per diem compensation of the assessors, or do or act.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to install two street lights near Sherman's Bridge, and to appro- priate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of Water Commissioners from three to five, the two additional members to be elected at the annual election in 1927, one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term or such other terms as may seem ad- visable, or do or act.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00, or some other amount, and elect a director; the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agricul- ture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chap-


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ter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.


Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1500 to extend the water main in Indian Road and Woodland Road about 1200 ft. to the intersection of Pine Ridge Road, or do or act.


Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 to install a fire alarm box on Old Connecti- cut Path near Stone Bridge Road.


Article 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the necessary sum of money to insure the school busses and protect the children against injury.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $800.00 for the purpose of repairing and oiling Sherman Bridge Road, or otherwise act.


Article 32. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess $200.00 to repair and lay out squares, or do or act.


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Article 33. To see if the Town, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, will appro- priate for any of the purposes permitted or provided for by the said Chapter, all or any part of the sum of $1197.04, which sum was paid to and is held by the Town of Wayland, in accordance with the provision of said Chapter, or do or act.


Article 34. To see what action the Town of Way- land will take in regard to instructing the Selectmen to petition the Department of Conservation, Division of Fisheries and Game, to set apart a certain portion of Dudley Pond, situated in the Town of Wayland, not over . 25 per cent of the total acreage thereof, to be used as a breeding place for food fish.


Article 35. To see what action the Town of Way- land will take in regard to instructing the Selectmen to petition the Department of Conservation, Division of Fisheries and Game, to set aside a certain portion of Phelham Island Pond, situated in the Town of Wayland, not over 25 per cent of the total acreage thereof, to be used as a breeding place for food fish.


Article 36. To see what sum if any the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing Articles.


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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 at Cochituate, seven days at least before the time of holding said election.


Hereof, fail not and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before March 1, 1926.


Given under our hands and seal this 8th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.


WILLIAM J. SCOTLAND NAPOLEON PERODEAU Selectmen of the Town of Wayland A true copy, attest :


Constable of the Town of Wayland.


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VOTES PASSED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 1925


Town Clerk's Office


Wayland, Massachusetts March 4, 1925


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day and did the follow- ing business:


Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents and committees, and act thereon.


Dr. Ernest E. Sparks made a report in behalf of the Committee on the School Addition.


Mr. Edmund H. Sears made a report on the Water Works.


The Finance Committee made its annual report.


Voted to accept the Finance Committee's report as read.


Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents and committees, not elected by official ballot.


John Connelly, Isaac Damon and Howard W. Parmen- ter were elected trustees of the Allen Fund.


Voted that the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers.


Voted that the Constables act as Field Drivers.


Frank Haynes, William Fullick, William S. Lovell, Arthur F. Marston and Melville Loker were elected Sur- veyor's of Lumber.


Israel A. Lupien, Arthur F. Marston, William S. Lovell. Arthur W. Atwood and Joseph Decatur were elected measurers of wood and bark.


The following were elected members of the Memorial Day Committee :


Civil War Veterans


Marcus M. Fiske, Thomas F. Frost. Llewellyn Flan- ders, George B. Howe, and James I. Bryden.


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Spanish War Veterans Frank C. Moore and Arthur P. Brouillette World War Veterans


Cornelius Maguire, George G. Bogren, Edward Gor- gette, Ernest H. Damon, William M. Nolan, and Ronald S. Campbell.


Sons of Veterans


Erwin W. Schleicher


Article 3. To grant money for necessary town pur -. poses.


Voted to appropriate and assess the sums of money enumerated in the Finance Committee's Report and to adopt the recommendations therein contained. The fol- lowing is the Finance Committee's Report:


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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE


Appropriation 1924 $500.00


Receipts Refunds Transfers $374.43


Expended $747.43


Finance Committee Recom'ds $400.00


Abatement of Taxes


General Administration


Salaries


Selectmen


500.00


500.00


500.00


Assessors


900.00


1,242.50


1,000.00


Overseers of Poor


150.00


150.00


150.00


Election Officers


350.00


402.00


350.00


Registrars


100.00


100.00


100.00


Salary


Auditor


150.00


150.00


150.00


Town Clerk


100.00


100.00


100.00


Treasurer


500.00


500.00


500.00


Collector of Taxes


1,000.00


859.05


1.000.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


50.00


50.00


50.00


Game Warden


50.00


50.00


50.00


Dog Officer


15.00


15.00


Moderator


10.00


10.00


Incidentals


Selectmen


50.00


22.55


50.00


Assessors


200.00


78.25


100.00


Registrars and Election Officers


200.00


252.39


200.00


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Auditor Town Clerk Treasurer


25.00


18.00


25.00


200.00


189.96


200.00


100.00


63.39


75.00


Collector of Taxes


160.00


39.50


160.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


35.30


50.00


Town Hall


500.00


489.82


500.00


Town Clocks


100.00


35.00


50.00


Protection of Life and Property


Police


2,000.00


14.20


2,596.97


2,500.00


Fire Department


1,800.00


1,678.13


1,800.00


Health and Sanitation


Board of Health


500.00


339.14


500.00


Inspector of Animals


150.00


150.00


150.00


Highways and Bridges


6,000.00


5,998.75


7,000.00


Oiling Highways


6,000.00


8,000.00


14,000.00


6,000.00


Railings


500.00


500.00


500.00


Sidewalks


500.00


500.00


500.00


State Road Sidewalk


Balance 2,009.26


2,008.96


500.00


Snow Removal


3,000.00


2,549.46


3,500.00


Street Lighting


4,000.00


3,956.01


4,100.00


Tree Warden


300.00


259.41


300.00


Park Commissioners


250.00


244.81


250.00


Moth Extermination


1,800.00


1,632.65


1,800.00


Charities


Support of Poor


1,400.00


602.31


1,200.00


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Aid to Agriculture & Home Economics


300.00


300.00


300.00


Memorial Day Observance


400.00


400.00


400.00


Soldiers' Benefits State Aid


500.00


120.00


536.28


800.00


1,000.00


894.00


1,000.00


Cemeteries


Lake View


400.00


398.10


400.00


North and Centre


400.00


384.87


400.00


Education


38,000.00


308.24


38,304.25


38,500.00


Covering Salaries of


Superintendent


School Committee


Teachers, Janitors


and for Supplies


Transportation


Incidentals


Light, Power and Fuel


500.00


448.29


250.00


District and School Nurse


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Medical Inspection Schools


75.00


75.00


150.00


Library and Reading Room


3,300.00


1,376.09


4,672.41


3,600.00


Interest.


5,500.00


5,368.97


5,500.00


School House Bond


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Insurance


1,400.00


1,133.81


1,200.00


Legal Claims


500.00


505.15


500.00


Surety Bonds


275.00


256.50


275.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


997.81


1,000.00


Vocational Tuition


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Printing Town Reports


425.00


387.10 400.00


Total


$93,560.00


Unpaid bills


1,539.53


Total


$95,099.53


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Article 4. 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 cur- rent financial year.


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 revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1925; to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under the foregoing to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in antici- pation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State controlled roads.


Voted, that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in anticipation of re-imburse- ment from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State controlled roads.


Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the follow- ing gift: $100.00 to establish the "John C. McCully Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot No. 87 in the North Cemetery Extension.


Voted to accept the foregoing gift.


Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the follow- ing gift: $100.00 received from Mrs. E. J. Tasker to establish the "John Tasker Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the John Tasker Lot No. 170 in the North Cemetery.


Voted to accept the foregoing gift.


Article 8. To see if the Town will accept the follow- ing gift: $100.00 received from J. Wilton Tuttle to establish the "Elizabeth E. Hunt Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot 14, Section G, Lake View Cemetery.


Voted to accept the foregoing gift.


Article 9. To see if the Town will accept the follow- ing gift: $100.00 to establish the "Gleason Fund," in- come from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Abel H. Gleason Lot No. 84 in the North Cemetery.


Voted to accept the foregoing gift.


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Article 10. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing bequest: $100.00 received from Frank E. Buffum, Executor of the Estate of George A. Churchill, to estab- lish the "George A. Churchill Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Churchill half of the Churchill-Buffum lot in the Lake View Cemetery.


Voted to accept the foregoing bequest.


Article 11. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing bequest: $200.00 received from the Executors of the Estate of Mary A. T. Coker to establish the "Edward C. Coker Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot No. 52, Section G, in the Lake View Cemetery.


Voted to accept the foregoing bequest.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following as a By-Law of the Town, to be known as Article XI, or do or act:


ARTICLE XI Planning Board


Section 1. A Board of six members, three from each precinct, is hereby created and established to be known as the Planning Board. At the annual town meet- ing to be held in the month of March, 1926, there shall be elected two members to serve for one year, two mem- bers to serve for two years and two members to serve for three years, and thereafter there shall be elected at the annual town meeting in each year two members of such Board, to serve for the term of three years.


Voted to adopt the following as a By-Law of the Town, to be known as Article XI :


Planning Board


A Board of six members is hereby created and es- tablished to be known as the Planning Board. At the annual meeting to be held in the month of March, 1926, there shall be elected two members to serve for one year, two members to serve for two years and two members to srve for three years, and thereafter there shall be elected at the annual town meeting in each year, two members of such Board, to serve for the term of three years.


Article 13. To see if the Town will accept the pro- visions of Section 73, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, providing that the Board of Selectmen shall constitute a


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Board of Survey, or take any action thereon. In towns which accept this section, or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the Selectmen shall constitute a board of survey.


Voted that the Town accept the provisions of Section 73, Chapter 41, of the General Laws, providing that the Board of Selectmen shall constitute a board of survey.


Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to repair and lay out the square now known as Simpson's Corner, or do or act.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 15. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to name and dedicate the square (now known as Simpson's Corner) as Spencer Richardson Square.


Voted to refer the matter to the American Legion.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to study the needs of the Assessing Department and advise with them.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Superintendent of Roads to plow the snow for a foot path in Woodland Park for the benefit of the School children.


Voted that the Town authorize the Superintendent of Roads to plow the snow for a foot path in Woodland Park for the benefit of the school children.


Article 18. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee, consisting of three members-Chairman, Board of Selectmen; Chairman, School Committee; Chairman, Park Commissioners-to investigate and report at the next town meeting on the advisability of erecting a build- ing on the playground attached to the Wayland High School, as a recreation building, or do or act.


Voted that the Town appoint a committee, consisting of three members-Chairman, Board of Selectmen; Chairman, School Committee; Chairman, Park Commis- sioners-to investigate and report at the next annual town meeting on the advisability of erecting a building on the playground attached to the Wayland High School, as a recreation building.




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