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ADAMS LIBRARY Chelmsford, Mass
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
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WHAT THE
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Receipts and Expenditures
TOGETHER WITH THE
School Report and Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
Year Ending December 31, 1923
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
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LET THE CHILDREN GUARD
WHAT THE
SIRES
HAVE WON.
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Receipts and Expenditures
TOGETHER WITH THE
School Report and Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
Year Ending December 31, 1923
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Town Clerk's Report
OFFICERS ELECTED AND APPOINTED
Moderator Walter Perham
Toun Clerk Harold C. Petterson
Town Accountant Harold C. Petterson
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
George W. Day . Term expires 1926
William E. Belleville
Term expires 1925
George Rigby . Term expires 1924
Treasurer and Tax Collector Ervin W. Sweetser
Assessors
Warren Wright
Term expires 1926
Herbert C. Sweetser
. Term expires 1925
William J. Quigley . Term expires 1924
Finance Committee
John C. Monahan, C. George Armstrong, Emile E. Paignon
Henry F. Devine James P. Dunigan
Tree Warden Charles R. Forsythe
Town Counsel Frederick A. Fisher
Board of Health
J. Clark Osterhout . Term expires 1926
. Term expires 1925
George A. McNulty Abbott L. Emery . Term expires 1924
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Agent of the Board of Health Mary A. Sheehan
Inspector of Meats William S. Hall
Inspector of Animals Arnold C. Perham
Superintendent of Streets Charles R. Forsythe
School Committee
Frank J. Lupien
Herbert Waterhouse
Charles H. Ellis
. Term expires 1926 . Term expires 1925 Term expires 1924
Superintendent of Schools Charles H. Walker
Park Commissioners
Patrick S. Ward
. Term expires 1926
Walter H. Merrill
Terni expires 1925
Fred L. Fletcher
Term expires 1924
Cemetery Commissioners
Bayard C. Dean
. Term expires 1926
Ralph P. Adams
Term expires 1925
Charles F. Scribner
Term expires 1924
Fire Engineers John E. Hogan Arnold C. Perham
Loren J. Ellinwood
Moth Superintendent Charles R. Forsythe
Registrars of Voters
Walter T. Monahan . Term expires 1926
James F. Leahey
.Term expires 1925
Karl M. Perham
. Term expires 1924
Harold C. Petterson
Ex-Officio
Janitors of Public Buildings
Albert H. Davis
Justin J. Potter
Sealer of Weights and Measures Curtis A. Aiken
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Forest Fire Warden Arnold C. Perham Fish and Game Warden Charles F. Morse
Superintendent of Almshouse Frank N. Hannaford
Matron of Almshouse Mrs. Frank N. Hannaford
Emile E. Paignon
Trustees of Adams Library
Frances Clark
(Term expires 1926)
Wilson Waters
Luella H. S. Clark
(Term expires 1925)
Otis P. Wheeler
Albert H. Davis
(Term expires 1924)
A. Heady Park
Insurance Fund Commissioners
William J. Quigley
. Term expires 1926
Walter Perham
. Term expires 1925
William H. Shedd Term expires 1924
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors Walter Perham
Constable Fred I. Vinal
Special Police Officers
F. Vincent Kelley
James R. Gookin
Charles O. Robbins
George Small
Charles R. Forsythe
George C. Moore, Jr.
Morton B. Wright
Charles F. Morse
Justin J. Potter
Albert H. Davis
Charles Finnick
Edwin E. Davis
Archibald Cooke
William Reid
Henry Stavely
John O'Brien
Special Police Officers Without Pay
Daniel M. Lynch
Charles O. Hamilton
Bernard J. Judge
Frank H. Murphy Walter Kivlan
Michael J. Connors
Andrew W. Hunter
Fred A. Cotter
William G. Morse
Leo A. Hoban
Charles Brown
James R. Maloney
Mabel G. Armstrong
Matilda Costtello
Emily M. Skilton
Special Officers for Fire Duty
Arnold C. Perham Wilhelm T. Johnson
Loren J. Ellinwood
Joseph D. Ryan Henry Quinn
Harry L. Parkhurst
Measurer of Sawdust Pearl T. Durrell Weighers of Coal Frederic Tangley John J. Dunnigan
James P. Dunigan
Appraisers of Personal Property John F. Parker Albert H. Davis
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James F. Leahey Paul McGregor James F. Dunnigan
Weighers of Merchandise James Long William Brown Walter Perham Sinai Simard
James P. Dunigan Frederic Tangley Sidney E. Perham
Weighers of Hay
Frederic Tangley
Myron A. Queen
Measurers of Lumber
Myron A. Queen
Harry L. Parkhurst
Herbert C. Sweetser
Pearl T. Durrell
Edward A. Voudal
Joseph Erwin
Francis O. Dutton
James A. Berton Arthur LaPrice
Ervin W. Sweetser Herbert C. Sweetser
Frederic Tangley
Myron A. Queen
Harry L. Parkhurst
Hosmer W. Sweetser
Pearl T. Durrell
Herbert C. Sweetser
Fence Viewers Charles R. Forsythe
James P. Dunnigan
Field Drivers
Fred I. Vinal
George Small
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
FEBRUARY 5, 1923, AND FEBRUARY 12, 1923.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS. To Fred I. Vinal, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several Polling Places, viz :
Precinct 1, Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct 2, Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct 3, Historical Hall, West Chelmsford. Precinct 4, School House, East Chelmsford. on MONDAY, the FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1923, being the first Monday in said month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
Measurers of Wood
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To bring in their votes for the following officers :
Moderator for one year.
Town Clerk for one year ( unexpired term ).
One Selectman for three years.
One Overseer of the Poor for three years.
One Assessor for three years.
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year. One member of Board of Health for two years ( unexpired term ).
One member of Board of Health for three years.
One Constable for one year.
One School Committeeman for three years.
Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
all on one ballot, and to vote on the following question :
"Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
(The polls will be open from 12M. to S P. M.)
and to meet in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on the following MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1923,
at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town officers and committees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be re- quired to defray Town charges for the current year.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters as may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will 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 appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer a sum not exceeding Twenty- four Hundred Thirty and 95 /100 Dollars ($2,430.95) with which to meet unpaid bills of 1922; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($550) for State Aid; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money al- ready in the hands of the Treasurer a sum not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money al- ready in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of Seventy-eight and 55/100 Dollars ($78.55) with which to reimburse the North Chelmsford Fire District for accidental damage on or about Sep- tember 19, 1922, to a hydrant at North Chelmsford by an automobile
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driven by a special officer of the Town while in the performance of his official duties ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money al- ready in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) with which to build a retaining wall at the West Chelmsford School grounds; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money al- ready in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) with which to pay the balance of the salary of the Treasurer for the fiscal year 1922; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to adopt resolutions upon the death of Justin L. Moore; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middle- sex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 12S, General Laws of Massachusetts; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of continuing construction of the Acton Road, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and the County of Middlesex ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum not exceeding Seventy-five Hundred Dollars ($7,500), or what other sum, for the purpose of continuing construction of the Boston Road, two- thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and the County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum not exceeding Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000), or what other sum, for the pur- pose of continuing construction of the Groton Road, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Comomnwealth and the County of Middlesex ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report at a special Town meeting to be held not later than April 16, 1923, as to the advisability of applying to the Legislature for a special act authorizing limited town meetings, so-called, and the election of town meeting members in Chelmsford, along the lines provided in Chapter 36 of the Acts of 1921 relating to the Town of Brookline; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see what action the Town will take relative to a new contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for street lighting ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation at the then prevailing price per light for the following additional lights, viz. : One light at the corner of Sylvan Avenue and Subway Extension ; nine lights on the road leading from Chelmsford Centre to West Chelmsford, same to be located between the Pine Hill Road and the residence of Patrick Flynn ; and any, and if any, how many lights on Smith Street ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 19. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for additional electric lights; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any, and if any, what sum for the purpose of widening the travelled part of Smith Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 6 of Chapter 148 of the General Laws relating to fire prevention; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to give Chelmsford Post No. 212. American Legion, permission to use the Town Hall at North Chelmsford for the purpose of playing basket ball; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars ($1,400), or any and what other sum, for the purpose of constructing a concrete walk along the street lines of the Princeton Street School Houses and the Town Hall at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500), or any and what other sum. for the purpose of establishing and maintaining sidewalks in the Town; or act in relation therto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to sell or exchange one of the two school barges now belonging to the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to purchase a new school barge, and will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum for that purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1.000) with which to complete the grading of the Baseball Field at the High School, Chelmsford Centre; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) with which to grade the Play- ground at the Highland Avenue School, North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto. .
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House. East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the first meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
GEORGE RIGBY, WILLIAM E. BELLEVILLE, GEORGE W. DAY. Selectmen of Chelmsford.
A true copy. Attest : FRED I. VINAL, Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
FEBRUARY 5, 1923
At a legal meeting, held February 5, 1923, at the four precinets of the Town of Chelmsford, at 12 o'clock noon, pursuant to Warrant. the following candidates for Town Officers received the number of votes set against their respective names : Moderator Prec. 1 Total
Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4
Walter Perham
4.49
26
72
71
838
Town Clerk for One year
(unexpired term )
Paul Dutton
217
61
23
40
341
Harold C. Petterson
39
240
42
28
349
Floy C. Thayer
260
50
18
20
348
Selectman for 3 Years
George W. Day
275
162
60
28
525
David Ingham
228
160
20
63
471
Overseer of the Poor 3 Years
George W. Day
267
159
58
26
510
David Ingham
235
153
21
61
470
Board of Health 3 Years
J. Clark Osterhout
347
215
61
54
677
Dr. Dursthoff
1
0
0
()
1
Curtis Aiken
1
0
0
1
John P'. Eaton
1
0
0
0
1
Board of Health 2 Years
(unexpired term )
George A. McNulty
349
210
61
84
704
Treasurer and Tax Collector
Ervin W. Sweetser
454
272
76
77
879
Assessor for 3 Years
Fred L. Fletcher
201
171
52
42
466
Warren Wright
303
138
11
515
Constable
Fred I. Vinal
441
279
72
76
871
School Committee for 3 Years
Frank J. Lupien
313
111
46
-1
477
M. Edward Riney
118
188
36
25
367
George Sınall
67
50
60
179
Trustees of Adams Library for 3 Years
Frances Clark
445
177
50
36
708
Wilson Waters
419
172
49
36
676
Tree Warden
Charles R. Forsythe.
426
203
66
64
759
Insurance Fund Commissioner for 3 Years
William J. Quigley
396
243
65
68
772
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Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4
Total
Cemetery Commissioner for 3 Years
Bayard C. Dean . ... 402 206
74
55
731
Park Commissioner for 3 Years
Patrick S. Ward 388
245
70
777
Shall license be granted for the sale of certain beverages in this Town
non-intoxicating
No
342
166
45
35
588
Yes
99
101
26
41
267
BUSINESS MEETING
FEBRUARY 12, 1923
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford quali- tied to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to Warrant at the Town Hall, Center Village, Monday, February 12, 1923, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, the following business was transacted, to wit: The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Walter Perham, and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk, Edward J. Robbins.
Under Article 1, John J. Monahan reported for the Committee appointed to investigate a Town Water system. It was voted to accept the report of this committee as printed as a report of progress and that the same committee continue in office and report at any future Town meeting.
Eben T. Adams reported for the Westlands School building Committee. He reported the committee had attended to the duty of spending unexpended balance for the year 1921 for clearing land, also that the appropriation of $1000.00 for grading the school grounds had been expended according to their best judgment. The report was accepted.
Report of the committee on Fire Apparatus was accepted.
The Town report was accepted as printed.
Under Article 2, it was voted to raise and appropriate the following sums to defray Town charges for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1923.
LEGISLATIVE
Moderator's Salary $10.00
EXECUTIVE
Selectmen's Salaries
650.00
Maintenance
100.00
TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT
Salary
1,800.00
Maintenance
175.00
Clerk Hire
20.00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Salary
1.200.00
Maintenance
325.00
Bond
220.00
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ASSESSORS
Salaries
800.00
Maintenance
200.00
Transportation
150.00
LAW DEPARTMENT
Town Counsel
300.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Registrars' Salaries
100.00
Election Officers
175.00
Other Expenses
50.00
APPRAISERS
Salaries
15.00
Maintenance
3.00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Janitors' Salaries
600.00
Fuel, Light and Water
700.00
Repairs and Furniture
800.00
Other Expenses
25.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
1,800.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Fish and Game Warden
100.00
Fire Dept :
Salaries
3,100.00
Fuel, Light and Water
500.00
Janitors
250.00
Building Repairs
500.00
Telephone and Alarms
350.00
Labor and Expenses at Fires
600.00
Maintenance of Apparatus
500.00
New Equipment
375.00
Rent at West Fire House.
150.00
Rent at Center Fire House
200.00
Supplies
175.00
Expense of Engineers
75.00
Forest Fires
700.00
Hydrant Service :
North Chelmsford Fire District
750.00
Chelmsford Water District
750.00
Moth Department
2,684.74
Board of Health :
Salaries
225.00
Agents
100.00
Aid
625.00
Maintenance
50.00
Meat Inspection
700.00
Animal Inspection
200.00
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CHARITY DEPARTMENT
Overseers' Salaries
225.00
Maintenance
15.00
Outside Poor
5,000.00
Almshouse :
Superintendent's Salary
900.00
Other Expenses
2,500.00
Soldiers' Benefit :
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
Highways :
Superintendent's Salary
2000.00
General Highways
7,000.00
Road Binder
3,000.00
Truck Maintenance
5.000.00
Cutting Brush
500.00
Riverneck Road
575.00
West Chelmsford Road
550.00
Dalton Road
120.00
Concord Road
280.00
Ilunt Road
140.00
Robbin Hill Road
280.00
Carlisle Street
280.00
Middlesex Street (r. r. crossing easterly toward Highland Ave. )
800.00
Turnpike Road
575.00
Street Lighting
9,075.00
Libraries :
Adams Library
2,000.00
North Chelmsford Library
1,200.00
School Department :
Superintendent's Salary
3.000.00
Administration
800.00
Teachers and Supervisors
55,000.00
Books and Supplies
4,800.00
New Equipment
1,000.00
Transportation
8,500.00
Janitors Salaries
6,100.00
Fuel
7,000.00
Upkeep of Buildings and Grounds
4.600.00
Janitors' Supplies
800.00
Light and Power
800.00
School Nurse Salary
1.200.00
School Nurse Transportation
300.00
School Nurse Supplies
200.00
Furniture and Furnishings
300.00
School Physicians
400.00
Vocational School
2.200.00
Plus Dog Tax 1923
Cemeteries :
Commissioners' Salaries
105.00
Pine Ridge Cemetery
.
500.00
Forefathers Cemetery
300.00
Hart Pond Cemetery
300.00
Riverside Cemetery
200.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery
200.00
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General :
Public Parks
700.00
Band Concerts
250.00
Memorial Day 225.00
Insurance Fund
500.00
Town Reports
741.00
Village Clock
30.00
Aid to Agriculture and Home Economics
400.00
(Under Article 12)
For Grading grounds at Highland Ave. School. (Under Article 28)
1,000.00
Appropriated the following sums from money already in the hands of the Treasurer :
Street Lights, December, 1922.
824.70
Overdraft Truck Maintenance
7.00
Grading, around Monument at No. Chelmsford Common .. 400.00
300.00
Dedication of Monument at No. Chelmsford Common . .
For Arsenate of lead (Moth Dept.)
800.00
For unpaid bills for 1922 (Under Article 5)
2418.45
For State Aid ( Under Article 6)
550.00
For Reserve Fund ( Under Article 7)
1,000.00
For Damage to hydrant at No. Chelmsford 78.55
For retaining wall at West Chelmsford ( Under Article 9)
200.00
For balance of salary to Town Treasurer ( Under Article 10) 150.00
For widening Smith Street ( Under Article 20)
400.00
For sidewalk construction at North Chelmsford
1,400.00
( Under Article 23)
Voted to borrow the following sums of money for the following purposes :
Construction of the Boston Road (Under Article 14) .. 6,000.00
Construction of the Groton Road ( Under Article 15) .... 6,000.00
Under Article 3, voted that the Selectmen be and they hereby are · authorized to act as agent of the Town 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 4, voted that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized and empowered to borrow money with the approval of the Selectmen from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1923, and 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 such financial year.
Under Article 5, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $2,418.45 with which to pay unpaid bills of 1922.
Under Article 6, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $550.00 for State Aid.
Under Article 7, voted that the sum of $1,000.00 may and the same is hereby appropriated from Overlay Reserve to be used as a reserve fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee as provided in General Laws Chapter 40 Section 6.
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Under Article S, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $78.55 with which to re-imburse the North Chelmsford Fire District for accidental damage to a hydrant on or about September 19, 1922. at North Chelmsford by an automobile driven by a Special Officer of the Town while in the performance of his official duties.
Under Article 9, voted that the sum of $200.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated from the money already in the hands of the Treasurer with which to build a retaining wall at the West Chelmsford School grounds.
Under Article 10, voted that the sum of $150.00 be appropriated from money already in the hands of the Treasurer to pay E. W. Sweetser the balance of salary due for the year 1922 as Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, and that the Selectmen be and hereby are instructed to proceed forthwith to collect any and all moneys paid to Town Officials in or for the year 1914 in excess of their legal salaries.
Under Article 12. voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 and elect a director at this meeting the money to be expended by and this director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provisions of Section 40 to 45 Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Perly W. Kimbal was elected director.
Under Article 13, voted to dismiss this Article.
Under Article 14, voted that the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding $6.000.00 at a rate of interest not exceeding 6% per annum, payable semi-annually and to issue therefor five promissory notes each in the same principal sum, payable at the expiration of one, two, three, four, and five years from the date thereof, each note to be signed by the Treasurer and counter- signed by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, and that the proceeds to be used to continue the construction of the Boston Road, so-called, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and the County of Middlesex. 136 voted in the affirmative, 1 voted in the negative.
Under Article 15, voted that the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding $6,000.00 at a rate of interest not exceeding 6% per annum, payable semi-annually, and to issue therefor five promissory notes each in the same principal sum, payable at the expiration of one, two, three, four, and five years from date thereof, each note to be signed by the Treasurer and counter- signed by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, and that the proceeds to be used to continue the construction of the Groton Road, so-called, two- thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and the County of Middlesex. 136 voted in the affirmative, 1 voted in the negative.
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