Town annual report of Chelmsford 1913, Part 1

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Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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ANNUAL REPORT


Receipts and Expenditures


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Town of Chelmsford


Together with the School Report and the Report of Trustees of the Adams Library


Year Ending Feb. 28, 1913


BUCKLAND PRINTING CO.


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MIDDLE STREET, LOWELL, MASS.


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OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD


Town Clerk


Edward J. Robbins


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Selectmen


D. Frank Small (term expires 1915). Walter B. Emerson (term expires 1914). A. Heady Park (term expires 1913).


Overseers of the Poor


D. Frank Small (term expires 1915).


Walter B. Emerson (term expires 1914). A. Heady Park (term expires 1913).


Assessors


James P. Dunigan (term expires 1915). Fred L. Fletcher (term expires 1914). Herbert C. Sweetser (term expires 1913).


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Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes


Erwing W. Sweetser


Auditors


Winthrop A. Parkhurst Preston L. Piggott


Samuel Naylor


Constable


Hubert H. Richardson


School Committee


William H. Hall (term expires 1915).


John J. Monahan (term expires 1914) .


John E. Harrington (term expires 1913).


Trustees of Adams Library


Albert H. Davis A. Heady Park (Terms expire 1915).


Francis Clark


Wilson Waters


(Terms expire 1914).


Edwin R. Clark


Otis P. Wheeler


(Terms expire 1913).


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Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Work


Minot A. Bean


Sinking Fund Commissioners


William H. Shedd (term expires 1915).


William J. Quigley (term expires 1914). Walter Perham (term expires 1913).


Cemetery Commissioners


Charles F. Scribner (term expires 1915).


Charles A. Holt (term expires 1914). William H. Hall (term expires 1913).


Park Commissioners


Fred L. Fletcher (term expires 1915).


George F. Cutler (term expires 1914). George B. B. Wright (term expires 1913).


Fence Viewers


James P. Daley Leonard Spaulding - George P. Mansfield


Appraisers of Personal Property at Town Farm


Emile E. Paignon, Jr. Walter Perham


Pliny C. Bliss


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Weighers of Hay


S. Waldo Parkhurst Paul Dutton


Henry H. Emerson


Myron A. Queen


Frank E. Bickford John B. Emerson John Holgate


Measurers of Wood


S. Waldo Parkhurst Paul Dutton Alvin H. Fletcher


Daniel A. Reardon


Frank E. Bickford Myron A. Queen


Melvin Walker Edward H. Keyes


John Marinel, Jr. Jay B. Plummer John J. Dunn


Stewart Mackay


E. Hamlin Russell


Melvin Walker


Alvin H. Fletcher


Jay B. Plummer


Field Drivers


R. Wilson Dix E. Hamlin Russell Thomas Murphy


Committee on Appropriations


Walter B. Emerson D. Frank Small A. Heady Park


George F. Snow


William H. Shedd


Surveyors of Lumber


R. Wilson Dix


George E. Spaulding


Myron A. Queen


Herbert C. Sweetser


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APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN


Weighers of Coal


S. Waldo Parkhurst


John B. Emerson


Paul Dutton


James P. Dunigan


William J. Quigley Frank E. Bickford William Kittredge


Superintendent of Burials


Walter Perham George F. Cutler


Fred W. Edwards


Superintendent of Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


Walter Perham


Agents of the Board of Health


Arthur G. Scoboria (Precincts 1 and 4) Fred E. Varney (Precincts 2 and 3)


Registrars of Voters


Patrick H. Haley (term expires 1915) George H. Ripley (term expires 1914) John F McManomin (term expires 1913) Edward J. Robbins, clerk, ex-officio


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Sealer of Weights and Measures


Curtis A. Aiken


Superintendent of Town Farm


Waldo Hanaford


Superintendent of Moth Work


Minot A. Bean


Forest Warden


Arnold C. Perham


Fire Wards


Arthur House Ralph P. Adams


Arnold C. Perham


Deputy Fire Ward


William H. Shedd


Cattle Inspector


Emile E. Paignon, Jr.


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Janitors of Public Buildings


James S. Byam


Patrick S. Ward


Inspector of Meats and Provisions


- Arnold C. Perham


Special Police Officers


George C. Moore


William E. Martin


Owen Scollan


Thomas Brown


Fred J. Blodgett


Waldo Hanaford


James J. Hackett


Frank E. Bickford


Frank G. Foote


Frank C. Byam


Thomas Jones


Curtis A. Aiken


Patrick S. Ward Chas. Kappler


James Buchanan Paul A. Robinson Norman Leith


John Dowd


William Parker


James S. Byam


James R. Gookin John Marinel, Jr.


Henry Staveley


Michael McPhillip John J. Quessy


James A. Peck


Fred I. Vinal


Weighers of Merchandise


John Holgate . D. F. Small


James F. Leahey James J. Hackett James Long William J. Quigley


EDWARD J. ROBBINS,


Town Clerk.


Michael Kinch


Thomas W. Daley


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DOGS LICENSED FOR THE YEAR 1912


Number of dogs licensed . 268 Males 248


Females 20


Amount received for licenses $596 00


Amount of fees (20 cents a license) 53 60


Paid to the County Treasurer, receipt on file 542 40


Amount refunded to the Town, 97 per cent. 526 12


Any owner or keeper of a dog not duly licensed which becomes three months old after the thirty-first day of March in any year shall, whenever it is three months old, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed until the first day of the ensuing April, as provided in Sections 128 and 129 of Chapter 102 of the Revised Laws as amended, and shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar distinctly marked with its owner's name and its registered number.


ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE CHANGE IN THE LAW REGARDING THE TIME DOG LICENSES SHALL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF MARCH, INSTEAD OF THE LAST DAY OF APRIL.


The Town Clerk is prepared to furnish blanks for births and deaths, and calls particular attention to the laws in relation to returns within the first five days of each month of all births occuring during the preceding month.


EDWARD J. ROBBINS,


Town Clerk.


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1912


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to Warrant at the Town Hall, Centre Village, Monday, March 25, 1912, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, the following business was transacted, to wit :


The meeting was called to order and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk, Edward J. Robbins.


Under Article 1, to choose a Moderator, J. Adams Bartlett was unanimously elected, the check list being used, and the oath of office was administered by the Town Clerk,


Under Article 2, relating to the election of town officers by the official ballot, the following Clerks and Tellers previously appointed by the Selectmen were sworn by the Town Clerk. Ballot Clerks: John P. Scoboria, Arnold C. Perham ; Tellers: Daniel E. Haley, James B. McQuaid, William E. Martin, William H. Quigley, Ralph P. Adams, Patrick Flynn. The ballot box was examined and found to be empty, the register indicating zero. The ballots were then delivered to the ballot clerks by the Town Clerk, he taking their receipt therefor. The polls were opened at 8.20 a m. and the balloting proceeded until 1.15 p. m., when the polls were closed. The ballots as counted were 465 and the check lists corresponding. During the canvass of the ballots the following business was transacted.


Under Article 3, the following officers were chosen by nomination from the floor. Fence Viewers: James P. Daley, George P. Mansfield, Leonard Spaulding. Appraisers of Per- sonal Property at the Town Farm: Emile E. Paignon, Jr., Pliney C. Bliss, Walter Perham ; Weighers of Hay: S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Henry H. Emerson, Myron A. Queen,


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Frank E. Bickford, John B. Emerson, John Holgage; Meas- urers of Wood: S. Waldo Parkhurst, Daniel A. Readon, John Marinel, Jr., Paul Dutton, Frank E. Bickford, Melvin Walker, Jay B. Plummer, Alvin H. Fletcher, Myron A. Queen, Edward H. Keyes; Surveyors of Lumber: R. Wilson Dix, George E. Spaulding, Myron A. Queen, Herbet C. Sweetser, Stuart Mackay, E. Hamlin Russell, Melvin Walker, Alvin H. Fletcher, Jay B. Plummer; Field Drivers: R. Wilson Dix, E. Hamlin Russell, Thomas Murphy; Committee on Appropriations: Walter B. Emerson, George F. Snow, A. Heady Park, William H. Shedd, D. Frank Small.


Under Article 4, voted to accept the Town Report as printed after some typographial errors had been called to the attention of the meeting. The Selectmen's report upon guide posts was accepted and placed on file. The committee ap- pointed at the last Annual Town Meeting in regards to the best means of providing better fire protection in that part of the Town known as Chelmsford Centre, made two recommend- ations, one to be known as the report of the majority, and the other to be known as the report of the minority of the Com- mittee which was as follows: That the matter be laid on the table for one year. That the present committee be retained for that period with the added power to place an article in a warrant calling for the creation of a fire district and the issu- ance of town water bonds to cover the cost of constructing a complete water plant for same capable of furnishing an abund- ant supply of water for fire and domestic purposes.


Under Article 5, the Committee on Annual Appropriations reported the sums necessary in their judgement, which as amended, it was voted to raise and appropriate as follows :


Teaching, care and fuel $22,900 00 Superintendent 1,500 00


Also voted to appropriate $100.00 from money


already in the Town Treasury for School Su- perintendent.


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Incidentals 400 00


Transportation 1,750 00


Apparatus . 50 00


Furniture and repairs


1,000 00


Text Books and supplies


1,700 00


Medical Inspection .


250 00


Tuition in Industrial School at Lowell


595 00


Highways


4,000 00


Also voted to appropriate money received as excise tax and the proceeds from the sale of the Town teams for highways.


Support of Poor


3,000 00


Repairs of Public Buildings


300 00


Street Lighting.


6,800 00


Miscellaneous expenses.


2,500 00


Town Officers and Committee


3,000 00


Moth Work.


1,688 17


Care and Improvement of Cemeteries 600 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors


450 00


Cattle Inspector


100 00


Adams Library


1,200 00


North Chelmsford Library Association, provided the books are for the free use of the inhabitants of the town 600 00


Village clock


30 00


Tree Warden


300 00


Public Parks.


200 00


Meat Inspection


800 00


. Weights and Measures


100 00


Abatement of Taxes


200 00


Also voted to appropriate $536.38 from money already in the Town Treasury for abatement of taxes.


Loans and Interest


4,791 76


. Sinking Fund 200 00


Military Aid. 400 00


Voted to appropriate $428.67 from money al- ready in the Town Treasury to be applied on construction of the Acton Road.


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Under Article 6, voted to authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow, subject to the approval of the Selectmen, such sums of money, not to exceed forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00), as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning March 1, 1912, and payable therefrom.


Under Article 7, voted that the Town authorize the Select- men to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year ; also in such other matters which may arise requiring, in their judgment, the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.


Under Article 8, voted that the Town raise and appropri- ate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00), for the purpose of observing Memorial Day.


Under Article 9, voted that the Town raise and appropri- ate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00), to be paid to the North Chelmford Fire District for hydrant service for the current year.


Under Article 10, voted to change the name of Centre Street, running from the centre of the town to North Chelms- ford, to the name of the North Road.


Under Article 11, voted to reimburse Daniel A. Reardon from money already in the treasury for taxes amounting to $30, paid by him on land sold to Nelson Loucroft since 1899, 53 voted in favor and 2 in the negative.


Under Article 12, voted to accept a continuance of Bridge Street from the present point of acceptance to the residence of Thomas A. Harmon, as laid out by the Selectmen.


Under Article 13, voted 1st that the salaries of the Board of Selectmen be as follows: For the Chairman of the Board . the sum of $250. For the Secretary of the Board the sum of $225. For the third member of the Board the sum of $200. That these salaries shall also include their expenses as Select- men. 2nd, that the salaries of the Board of Overseers of the Poor be as follows : For the Chairman of the Board the sum of


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$50, with his expenses additional. For each of the other two members of the Board the sum of $25. These salaries also to include their expenses as Overseers of the Poor with the exception of the Chairman. 3rd, that salaries for the Board of Assessors shall be as follows : For the Chairman of the Board the sum of $200. For each of the other two members of the Board the sum of $175. These salaries to also include their expenses as Assessors.


Under Article 14, voted that the Town abolish the caucus and conduct its future election of Town Officers under the Australian Ballot System adopted by the town. 83 voted in the affirmative and 9 in the negative.


Under Article 15, voted to instruct the Board of Select- men to sell the Town teams.


Under Article 16, relative to the appointment of a com- mittee to draft a set of Town By-Laws, the article was dis- missed.


Under Article 17, relative to instructing the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Superintendent of Streets, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 18, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for the purpose of grading the grounds and miscellaneous work at School House on High- land Ave., at North Chelmsford, the expenditure of this money to be in charge of the School Committee.


Under Article 19, relative to raising and appropriating three hundred dollars ($300) for grading at North Chelms- ford School on Princeton St., the article was dismissed.


Under Article 20, relative to raising and appropriating three hundred dollars ($300) to settle land, grade and other damages sustained by Daniel F. Hartley, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 21, relative to raising and appropriating two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for free band concerts, the article was dismissed.


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Under Article 22, relative to the acceptance of a Town way in the North Village, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 23, relative to the acceptance of a Town way as Bridge St., the article was dismissed as action has been taken upon this street under Article 12 of this warrant.


Under Article 24, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five dollars ($45) to purchase a new flag and rope at the Centre Village.


Under Article 25, voted to appropriate from money al- ready in the treasury, the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the services of a janitor at the North and Centre fire houses.


Under Article 26. relative to granting permission to the Independent Order Bugh-Abraham of Lowell, Mass., to use land in Chelmsford for burial purposes, the article was dis- missed.


Under Article 27, relative to raising and appropriating the sum of three thousand ($3.000.) for the purpose of continuing the Acton Road, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 28, relative to the use of land on west side of the Old Middlesex Canal for the purpose of burial, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 29, voted that the Selectmen be instructed to cause the water to be divided from the land of Walter Wright in South Street, which enters his premises through the cvlvert under said street and to connect said culvert with a catch basin a short distance below so that the water will not flow upon his land.


Under Article 30, relative to raising and appropriating the sum of twenty dollars ($20.) for the land damages sustained by Emeline Haywood by reason of the construction of the Littleton Road, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 31, relative to raising and appropriating the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00), for the purpose of


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constructing a macadam road on Chelmsford Street from Bil- lerica to Wilson Street, the Article was indefinitely postponed.


Following the transaction of the foregoing business, the result of the official business was declared as follows :


FOR TOWN CLERK FOR THREE YEARS


Edward J. Robbins 402


Blanks 63


FOR SELECTMAN FOR THREE YEARS


D. Frank Small


380


Blanks 85


FOR SELECTMAN FOR TWO YEARS


Walter B. Emerson 374


Blanks


91


FOR SELECTMAN FOR ONE YEAR


Charles Lyons 380


Frank A. Mallory 1


Blanks 84


FOR OVERSEER OF THE POOR FOR THREE YEARS


D. Frank Small


366


Blanks


99


FOR OVERSEER OF THE POOR FOR TWO YEARS


Walter B. Emerson 362


Blanks


103


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FOR OVERSEER OF THE POOR FOR ONE YEAR


Charles Lyons 357


Blanks 108


FOR ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS


James P. Dunigan 250


Erwin A. Blaisdell 199


Blanks


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FOR TOWN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES


Erwin M. Sweetser 396


Arthur M. Warren 1


Blanks


68


FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS


William H. Hall 373


Blanks


92


FOR TWO TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS


Albert H. Davis 325


A. Heady Park 313


Blanks 292


FOR ONE CONSTABLE


Herbert H. Richardson 278


Joseph T. Fallon 165


Blanks 22


FOR TREE WARDEN


Minot A. Bean 342


Blanks


123


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FOR CEMETERY COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS


Charles F. Scribner 323


Blanks 142


FOR SINKING FUND COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS


William H. Shedd 328


Blanks


137


FOR PARK COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS


Fred L. Fletcher


321


Blanks


144


FOR AUDITORS


Samuel Naylor. 324


Winthrop A. Parkhurst 334


Preston L. Piggott 325


Blanks


412


LICENSE QUESTION


· Yes 118


No


306


Blanks 41


At 6.10 P. M. voted to dissolve the meeting.


J. ADAMS BARTLETT.


EDWARD J. ROBBINS, Town Clerk. 1


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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, APRIL 30, 1912


DELEGATES AT LARGE


Charles S. Baxter, Roosevelt, Republican


159


George W. Coleman,


149


Frederick Fosdick


152


Albert Bushnell Hart


66


152


Octave A. La Riviere 66


149


James P. Magenis


151


Arthur L. Nason


152 .


Alvin G. Weeks


148


Frank Serberlich


Taft, Republician


6


Winthrop Murry Crane "


84


Lucius Tuttle


66


82


John W. Weeks


66


72


Samuel B. Caper


96


Samuel J. Elder


6 6


78


James F. Cavanagh


81


Edmond Coté


79


Frank J. Donahue, Unpledged, Democratic


E. Gerry Brown,


Foss, Democratic


18


John F. Fitzgerald


33


William P. Hayes


30


Charles J. Martell


23


Humphrey O'Sullivan 66


34


Charles B. Strecker


21


David I. Walsh 60


27


Henry F. Burt, Wilson, Democratic


6


John L. Bates


88


22


John N. Coughlin


32


21


Henry T. Schaefer, Unpledged, Democratic. 5


George Fred Williams


6


John P. Sweeney


4


James H. Vahey, Foss, Democratic


19


John A. Keliher


66


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ALTEREATE DELEGATES AT LARGE


John D. Long Taft, Republican 106


Benjamin H. Anthony


103


Frank Vogel


103


Joseph Monette® 66


105


Charles H. Innes


103


Walter Ballantyne


66 66


103


Isaac L. Roberts


66


104


Ernest G. Adams


104


Charles L. Burrill, Roosevelt, Republican


146


Thomas F. Doherty


137


Richard R. Flynn


136


John Larrabee


137


John G. Maxfield


66


145


Max Mitchell


145


Cassins A. Ward


144


Russell A. Wood


146


James M. Folan, Unpledged, Democratic.


20


Joseph J. Leonard


21


Andrew A. Badaracco, Foss, Democratic


21


Charles F. Campbell


29


Peter J. Flatherty


31


James M. Folan


23


Daniel H. Maguire


32


Luke J. Minahan


30


Daniel M. O'Brien


27


Joseph F. O'Connell


30


John P. Kane


Unpledged,


12


22


DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTH DISTRICT


Herbert L. Chapman, Roosevelt, Republican 150


Smith M. Decker 66 148


Arthur G. Pollard, Taft, Republican 104


H. Bradford Lewis


98


John P. S. Mahoney, Foss, Democratic.


22


J. Joseph O'Connor, Unpledged, Democratic


41


J. Joseph Hennessy,


26


James E. Donoghue


2


Peter Caddell, Roosevelt, Republican 136


James R. Berwick


133


George H. Stevens, Taft, Republican


99


Thorndike D. Howe


94


William J. Collins, Unpledged, Democratic


19


PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES


Robert M. LeFollette, Republican


0


Theodore Roosevelt


154


William Howard Taft 197


Champ Clark, Democratic 38


Woodrow Wilson


14


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EDWARD J. ROBBINS,


Town Clerk.


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MAY 18, 1912


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to warrant, at the Town Hall, Centre Village, Saturday, May 18, 1912, at twelve o'clock, noon, the following business was: transacted to wit : The meeting was called to order and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk, Edward J. Robbins.


Under Article 1, to choose a moderator, Joseph E Warren was unanimously elected, the check list being used and the oath of office administered by the Town Clerk.


Under Article 2, the following clerks and tellers previously appointed by the Selectmen were sworn by the Town Clerk. Ballot clerks: William H. Quigley and Frank P. Martin. Tellers : Arnold C. Perham, Daniel E. Haley, John P. Sca- boria. The ballot box was examined and found to be empty · the register indicating zero. The ballots were then delivered to ballot clubs, and the polls opened at 12.15 P. M. Balloting then proceeded until 4 P. M., when the polls were closed. The ballots as counted were 266 and the check lists correspond- ing. During the canvass of the ballots the following business was transacted.


Under Article 3, voted that the Town appropriate the sum of fifty dollars from money now in the treasury for the purpose of caring for the Town property at the Chelmsford Centre Fire House.


Under Article 4, relative to appropriating fifty dollars for the protection of fish and game, the article was dismissed.


Under Article 5, voted that the Town raise and appro-


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priate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to settle land, grade and other damages sustained by Daniel F. Hartley by reason of the construction of the Littleton Road.


Under Article 6, relative to the payment of the Selectmen, their reasonable traveling and other expenses in addition to their salaries, it was voted to dismiss the article.


Following the transaction of the foregoing business the result of the ballot under Article 2 was declared as follows : For Selectman for 1 year (unexpired term) A. Heady Park, 110; Emile E. Paignon, Jr., 58; Frank A. Bickford, 85. For Overseer of the Poor for 1 year (unexpired term) A. Heady Park, 109; Emile E. Paignon, Jr., 58; Frank E. Bickford, 80.


At 5.40 P. M. voted to dissolve the meeting.


JOSEPH E. WARREN,


Moderator.


EDWARD J. ROBBINS,


Town Clerk.


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JOINT PRIMARY, SEPT. 24, 1912


At a legal meeting, held Sept. 24, 1912, at the four pre- cincts of the Town of Chelmsford, in conformity with the pro- visions of Chapter 550 of Acts of 1911, the following candi- dates for nomination received the number of votes set against their respective names :


GOVERNOR


Everett C. Benton, Republican 70


Joseph Walker, 65


Eugene N. Foss, Democrat 91 Joseph C. Pelletier, 22


Roland D, Sawyer, Socialist 1 ·


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR


Robert Luce, Republican 134


Edward P. Barry, Democrat 26


David I. Walsh, 66 76


Robert B. Martin, Socialist 1


SECRETARY


Albert P. Lrngtry, Republican 128


Frank J. Donahue, Democrat 95


Ellen Hayes, Socialist. 1


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TREASURER


Elmer A. Stevens, Republican 127


Joseph L. P. St. Coeur, Democrat. 82


Louis F. Weiss, Socialist 1


AUDITOR


John E. White, Republican 126


. James F. Carens, Democrat 82


Sylvester J. McBride, Socialist 1


ATTORNEY-GENERAL


James M. Swift, Republican 124


George N. Anderson, Democrat 84


George E. Rower, Jr., Socialist 1


CONGRESSMAN


William T. S. Bartlett, Republican 37


James Wilson Grimes,


3


John Jacob Rogers, 85


James H. Carmichael, Democrat 35


Humphrey O'Sullivan,


71


COUNCILLOR


John J. Hibbs, Republican 38


George E. Marchand, Republican 47


G. Frederick Simpson, 41


John J. Hogan, Democrat 94


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SENATOR


Erson B. Barlow, Republican 123


Henry J. Draper, Democrat 11


James P. Dunigan, 92


Warren P. Riordan,


66


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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


Samuel L. Taylor, Republican 126


John D. Carney, Democrat 85


COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Chester B. Williams, Republican 122


COUNTY TREASURER


Joseph O. Hayden, Republican 91


Thomas F. Royle, Democrat. 82


MEMBER OF STATE COMMITTEE


Humphrey O'Sullivan, Democrat 83


DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Edward J. Robbins, Republican 121


Charles E. Bartlett,


119


Royal S. Ripley, 115


James P. Dunigan, Democrat 5


Patrick S. Ward,


2


John F. McManomin 2


28


MEMBERS OF POLITICAL TOWN COMMITTEES


Fred A. Fletcher, Republican


114


James S. Wotton, 66


114


Frank A. Mallory, 66


116


Fred Chandler,


111


Edwin C. Perham,


114


John F. McManomin, Democrat


8


Patrick H. Haley,


6


John J. Dunn,


5


John H. Harrington,


4


Charles F. Devine,


3


James P. Dunigan,


1


Karl M. Perham,


1


EDWARD J. ROBBINS, .


Town Clerk.


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STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Nov. 5, 1912


Whole number of votes cast 789


DELEGATES AT LARGE


John M. Fisher, Prohibition 8


Edward Kendall, Prohibition


8


Fred Tepper, Socialist.


12


Daniel A. White, Socialist 12


Robert Bateson, Soc. Labor


1


Moritz E. Ruther, Soc. Labor


1


James P. Magenis, Progressive


383


Cassine A. Ward, Progressive


383


Rufus D. Adams, Republician 162


David F. Dillon, Republician 162


John W. Cummings, Democratic 195


William A. Gaston, Democratic . . .


195


DISTRICT NUMBER ONE


Thomas A. Frissell, Prohibition 8


Wilfred Griffin, Socialist. 12


' Herman Koepke, Soc. Labor 1


Cornelius C. Cook, Progressive


383


William A. Burns, Republician 162


Daniel F. Doherty, Democratic .. 195


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DISTRICT NUMBER Two


Oliver W. Cobb, Prohibition. 8


Charles C. Hitchcock, Socialist. 12


Frederick A. Nagles, Soc. Lobor 1


J. Frank Drake, Progressive.


383


Walter S. Robinson, Republician 162


Edward H. Lathrop, Democratic 195


DISTRICT NUMBER THREE


Hervey S. Cowell, Prohibition 8


Robert Lawrence, Socialist 12


John A. Anderson, Soc. Labor 1


Frederick Fosdick, Progressive.


383


George R. Wallace, Republican 162




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