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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford
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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, 1925
Sullivan Bros., Printers 238 Central St., Lowell
Town Clerk's Report
OFFICERS ELECTED
Moderator WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1926)
Town Clerk HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1927)
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
GEORGE W. DAY
. Term Expires 1926
GEORGE RIGBY
Term Expires 1927
ROBERT W. BARRIS .Term Expires 1928
Treasurer and Tax Collector ERVIN W. SWEETSER (Term Expires 1926)
Assessors
WARREN WRIGHT
. Term Expires 1926
WILLIAM J. QUIGLEY Term Expires 1927
HERBERT C. SWEETSER Term Expires 1928
Tree Warden WILLIAM SHANKS (Term Expires 1926)
Board of Health .
J. CLARK OSTERHOUT
. Term Expires 1926
ELIPHALET G. BROWN . Term Expires 1927
GEORGE A. MCNULTY Term Expires 1928
School Committee
FRANK J. LUPIEN
Term Expires 1926
CHARLES H. CLOUGH Term Expires 1927
WILLIS L. MacCOMB Term Expires 1928
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Park Commissioners
PATRICK S. WARD
Term Expires 1926
FRED L. FLETCHER
.Term Expires 1927
WALTER H. MERRILL
Term Expires 1928
Cemetery Commissioners
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1926
ARTHUR O. WHEELER
Term Expires 1927
RALPH P. ADAMS Term Expires 1928
Trustees of Adams Library
FRANCES CLARK Term Expires 1926 ... WILSON WATERS
ALBERT H. DAVIS Term Expires 1927. . . A. HEADY PARK
LUELLA H. S. CLARK. . Term Expires 1928. LOTTIE L. SNOW
Insurance Fund Commissioners
WILLIAM J. QUIGLEY
Term Expires 1926
WILLIAM H. SHEDD
. Term Expires 1927
WALTER PERHAM Term Expires 1928
Constable DONALD F. ADAMS (Term Expires 1926)
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Town Accountant HAROLD C. PETTERSON
Finance Committee JOHN C. MONAHAN C. GEORGE ARMSTRONG EMILE E. PAIGNON
EDMUND FAIRBURN JAMES P. DUNIGAN JAMES A. GRANT
Town Counsel FREDERIC A. FISHER
Superintendent of Streets WILLIAM SHANKS
Inspector of Animals ARNOLD C. PERHAM
DAVID BILSON
Fire Engineers ARCHIBALD COOK ARNOLD C. PERHAM
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Moth Superintendent WILLIAM SHANKS
Registrars of Voters
WALTER T. MONAHAN
Term Expires 1926
KARL M. PERHAM
. Term Expires 1927
JAMES F. LEAHEY
Term Expires 1928
HAROLD C. PETTERSON
. Ex-Officio
Janitors of Public Buildings
JOHN WRIGLEY (Centre) . JUSTIN J. POTTER (North)
Sealer of Weights and Measures CURTIS A. AIKEN
Forest Fire Warden SIDNEY E. DUPEE
Superintendent of Almshouse FRANK N. HANNAFORD
Appraisers of Personal Property EMILE E. PAIGNON JOHN F. PARKER ALBERT H. DAVIS
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors WALTER PERHAM
Regular Police Officers DONALD F. ADAMS CHARLES F. SHUGRUE
Special Police Officers CLARENCE DANE GEORGE SMALL JAMES R. GOOKIN
Measurer of Sawdust PEARL T. DURRELL
Weighers of Coal
HARRY L. PARKHURST JOHN J. DUNIGAN
WILLIAM HALL JAMES P. DUNIGAN
Weighers of Hay
HARRY L. PARKHURST MYRON A. QUEEN
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Weighers of Merchandise
JAMES F. LEAHEY JAMES LONG WALTER PERHAM
SINAI SIMARD JAMES F. DUNIGAN SIDNEY E. PERHAM JAMES P. DUNIGAN HARRY L. PARKHURST MICHAEL SCOLLAN
Measurers of Lumber
MYRON A. QUEEN
HARRY L. PARKHURST
HERBERT C. SWEETSER
PEARL T. DURRELL
ARTHUR LaPRICE
JAMES A. BERTON
FRANCIS O. DUTTON
EDWARD B. RUSSELL
WALTER EDWARDS
CARL DUNNING
Measurers of Wood
ERVIN W. SWEETSER MYRON A. QUEEN
HOSMER W. SWEETSER
JAMES F. DUNIGAN
PEARL T. DURRELL HARRY L. PARKHUST
HERBERT C. SWEETSER
Weighers of Sand and Gravel
ROBERT E. BLISS JAMES W. STEVENS
Fence Viewers HERBERT C. SWEETSER GEORGE SMALL GEORGE A. MCNULTY
Agent of the Board of Health MARY A. SHEEHAN
Superintendent of Schools CHARLES H. WALKER
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting FEBRUARY 2, 1925 and FEBRUARY 9, 1925
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 Three, Historical Hall, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4, School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5, School House, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6, Golden Cove School House, Westlands.
On Monday, the second day of February, 1925, being the first Monday in said Month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following purposes: Moderator for one year; 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 the Board of Health for three years; one Constable for one year; one School Committeeman for three years; two Trustees for Adams Library for three years; one Tree Warden for one year; one Insurance 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 bev- erages in this town?"
The polls will be open from 12 M. to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on the following Monday, the Ninth Day of February, 1925, at 9.30 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 or money as may be required 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.
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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 five thousand seventy-five and 80-100 dollars with which to pay unpaid bills of 1919 to 1924 inclusive; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation to install new eighty candle power hydrogen gas-filled lamps in place of the present forty candle power lamps at an increased price of one dollar per year, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum to meet the expense thereof; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation at the then pre- vailing price per light for the following additional lights, and will raise and appropriate sufficient money to meet the expense thereof, viz: Ten lights on Richardson Road; one light on Newfield Street; midway betwen Mansur and Adams Street; two lights on Sherman Street; one light at the corner of Glenn Ave. and Chelmsford Street; five lights on Maple Road; six lights on Chestnut Hill Road; five lightson Pine Hill Road; tweve lights on Elm Road; three lights on old Westford Rond; three lights on Sprague Ave .; two lights on Stedman Street; four lights on Dalton Road; one light on Westford Street near Dalton Road; three lights on Moore Street; five lights on Smith Street; two lights on Park Road; ten lights on old West- ford Road; nine lights on Westford Road; four lights on Hunt Road; one light on Harvard Street, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) or what other sum, for the purpose of continuing construction on the Boston Road and the Acton Road, and of repairing the Riverneck Road, the Carlisle- Concord Road and the Billerica Road, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and the County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase two new trucks for the highway department and to turn in two old trucks belonging to the Town as part payment therefor and will raise and appropriate or borrow the sum of Seven Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($7300.00) or what other sum to be used to pay the balance of the purchase price for such new trucks; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars with which to reimburse James R. Gookin, Special Constable of the Town, for expenses incurred in defending himself in two actions brought against him, one by Joseph Robitaille and the other by Delina Levesque, in connection with an automobile accident at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint two regular police officers for duty in the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. In case of affirmative action under the preceding article to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000.00) or what other sum with which to pay the salaries of such police officers; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will votee to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred and Ten Dollars ($610.00) or what other sum, with which to purchase two motorcycles for use of the police depart- ment; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To hear and act upon the report of the special commit- tee appointed under Article 8 of the Warrant for a Special Town Meeting held on Monday, May 19, 1924, for the purpose among other things of obtaining tentative plans and specifications for a new grammar school building at the Centre village, and to report the cost of a new school building and a suitable site therefor and the estimated cost of remodeling the present school building and procur- ing additional adjoining land for playground purposes; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum with which to build and equip, or remodel and equip, as the case may be, a grammar school at the Centre village and purchase a site or additional land, as the case may be, therefor; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. In event of affirmative action under Article 13, to see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee for the purpose of building or remodelling a grammar school at the Centre village, as . the case may be, and procuring the land for a site for such a new building, or additional land in connection with the present school building, and additional equipment; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed under Article 36 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of the Year 1924 to investigate and report their recom- mendations as to the purchase of land for additional fire house sites; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. In the event of affirmative action as to' the purchase of hund under the preceding article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sufficient sum of money with which to purchase such land for a fire house site; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. In event of affirmative action as to the purchase of land under Article 16, to see if the Town will appoint a committee to purchase such land and see that the Town obtains a proper title to the same; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 20. In the event that the Town shall vote under Article 13 to build a new grammar school house at the Centre village, to see if the Town will vote that the present grammar school building at the Centre village shall be used for a fire house and placed at the disposal of the fire department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for the purpose of grading the park so-called, at the Westlands acquired by gift from Walter Perham and through seizure by eminent domain; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or what other sum with which to meet the expense of placing a suitable tablet on the George R. Quessy school at West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to elect annually by official ballot " Town Counsel" the said Town counsel to be a registered voter in the town of Chelmsford and a member of the Massachusetts bar; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate the matter of insuring all Town buildings, such committee to report at any special Town meeting held after July 1, 1925; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to increase its insurance fund and that the treasurer of such fund shall be placed under bonds at the expense of the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum with which to meet its proportionate part of the ex- pense for counsel and otherwise of being represented at the hearings now pending before the Board of Public Utilities relative to increase of telephone rates; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell at such price as they may think for the best interest of the Town, and in the name and behalf of the Town convey a certain lot of land situated in the northerly parte of Chelmsford on the Groton Road, commonly known as the sand bank; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Five Dollars, or what other sum with which to purchase for the Highway Department two additional "Beacons" so-called; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to mise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750.00) or what other sum, for the following purposes; To construct a retaining wall at the Princeton Street School playgrounds at the North Village as fol-
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lows: Beginning at the southerly end of the present wall cn Gay street, and continuing the said wall in the same southerly direction for a distance of about sixty-nine feet, thence in a westerly direction about sixty-five feet, and also to grade the said school playgrounds; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, or what other sum with which to gravel Brick Kiln Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, or what other sum with which to re- pair Evergreen Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000.00) or what other sum for the purpose of grading the grounds at the East Chelmsford Grammar School, furnishing the same with suitable cement walks and other cement work, and enclosing the lot with a fence; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any, and if any, what sum of money to cover the expense of cutting the brush on the Richardson Road, North Chelmsford; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will accept and allow Coolidge Street as laid out by the Selectmen on January 15, 1925, and shown in their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will accept and allow Harding Street as laid out by the Selectmen on January 15, 1925 and shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) or what other sum for the purpose of improving and extending the fire alarm system and equipment of the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to purchase an additional Chemical Truck for the Fire Dept., to be located at East Chelmsford and will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to turn in the present Chemical Truck belonging to the Town, now located there and will raise and appropriate or borrow the sum of Thirty-two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($3250.00) or what other sum with which to pay the balance of the purchase price for such new truck, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) or some other sum and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to
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serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for Countey Aid to Agriculture in the work of Middlesex County Exten- sion Service, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($320.00) or what other sum, for the purpose of repairing, grading and oiling Holt Street, and the sum of One Hundred and Thirty ($130.00) or what other sum for the purpose of repairing, grading and oiling Washington Street from Ripley Street to Holt Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to report at the next Annual own Meeting relative to the own Forest Act so-called, as provided in Acts of 1913, Chapter 564, Entitled "An Act relative to Public Domain," or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred and Seventy-Five Dollars, ($575.00) for State Aid; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer a sum not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) 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.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested 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 and at the Golden Cove School House, West- lands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
WILLIAM E. BELLEVILLE, GEORGE RIGBY, GEORGE W. DAY, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
RETURN
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting attested copies thereof more than seven days before the time of said meeting, as direct- ed by vote of the Town.
FRED I. VINAL,
Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
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BUSINESS MEETING February 9, 1925
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs held pursuant to Warrant at the Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre, Monday, February 9, 1925 at 9.30 A. M., the folowing business was transacted TO WIT: The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and upon a motion made by Selectman George W. Day the reading of the Warrant was waived.
Under Article 1. To hear the report of Town Officers and Com- mittees. On a motion made by Karl Perham, that the various Commit- tees report under articles pertaining to the subject of their report, and it was so voted.
On a motion made by George Peterson that whenever two or more sums of money were mentioned in any one motion or motions that the smaller sum be acted on first, and it was so voted.
The Committee appointed to build an addition to the East Chelms- ford School House, at a meeting held on July 2, 1923, made the following report:
The Building Committee appointed at a Special Town Meeting held on July 2, 1923, to build and equip two additional rooms to the East Chelmsford School House have completed this work, the new addition to the School House was built during the past summer recess and was ready for the opening of the school in September, 1924, $30,000.00 was appropriated for this purpose; of this amount your Committee has expended $29,980.97, leaving a balance of $19.03. If you will turn to Page 73 of the Town Report for 1924 it states that $30,200.00 was appropriated, which included the $200.00 appropriated for tentative plans. To complete the work your Committee recommends that the school grounds be graded and cement walks be provided and also the lot fenced in.
BIRGER PETTERSON, FRANK J. LUPIEN, JAMES P. DUNIGAN.
It was voted to accept this report and a vote of thanks be given the Committee and that the Committee be discharged.
The Committee appointed under Article 34 of the Annual Town Meet- ing held on Feb. 11, 1924, reported that a tablet has been placed on Crosby Lane marked, "The Place of the First Town Meeting," also another tablet has been erected in South Chelmsford marking the "Haywood Garrison House." The report was presented by Rev. Wilson Waters, and it was voted to receive the report and place the same on file.
Capt. John J. Monahan reported for the Committee appointed under Article 22 of the Annual Town Meeting held on Feb. 11, 124, and re- ported that owing to the fact that the Town of Chelmsford's population was not large enough for the adoption of the "Brookline System form of Government" therefore under law Chelmsford could not legally adopt this form of Government, and it was voted to accept this report and that the Committee be discharged.
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Mr. John C. Monahan reported for the Committee appointed under Article 16 of the Annual Town Meeting held Feb. 11, 1924, the report was that the Committee had employed experts to inspect the premises to be heated by a "Central Heating Plant" at North Chelmsford and that the cost of the same would be approximately $25,000.00. It was voted to accept this report and discharge this Committee.
Mr. William E. Belleville reported for the Selectmen who were ap- pointed under Article 20 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting held on Feb. 11, 1924 and that the sum of $5,000.00 is recommended for "Police Work" by the Board of Selectmen.
The Town Report was accepted as printed.
Under Article 2, the following sums of money were appropriated to defray Town charges for the current year:
Moderator's Salary
Selectmen's Salary, ($250.00 for Chairman, $200.00 for each one $ 10.00
of the others) 650.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses 200.00
Accountant and Town Clerk Salary
1,800.00
Accountant and Town Clerk Other Expenses . 300.00
Town Counsel Salary 300.00
Appraisers' Salaries 30.00
Appraisers' Expenses
3.00
Janitors of Public Halls Salaries ($450.00 each) 900.00
Janitors of Public Halls Other Expenses
50.00
Fuel, light and water for Public Halls 800.00
Repairs on Public Halls
500.00
Voted to lay the Police Appropriation on the table until Articles 11 and 12 are acted upon, Articles 11 and 12 having been acted upon, it was voted to appropriate for Police ($3000.00 to be the salaries for two regular officers)
3,000.00
North Chelmsford Hydrant Service
750.00
Chelmsford Center Hydrant Service
750.00
West Chelmsford Hydrant Service
20.00
Sealer of Weights ond Measures
150.00
Moth Department
2,857.95
'Tree Warden
200.00
Fish and Game Warden
100.00
Supt. of Streets' Salary
2,000.00
It was voted to lay Truck Maintenance (Highway), Special Road appropriations and Street Light appropriation on the table until Article 9 is acted upon, Article 9 having been acted upon it was voted for Highway Truck Maintenance
1,000.00
School Street, West Chelmsford
1,000.00
Retaining Wall at Coburn property, W. Chelmsford.
500.00
Middlesex Street (Cemetery to City Line Macadam)
3,000.00
Church Street (Macadam)
3,000.00
Billerica Street
1,000.00
Main Street, W. Chelmsford
1,000.00
Cutting Brush
200.00
Street Lighting
12,000.00
General Highway Fund ($6000.00 for oil)
27,925.00
Overseers of the Poor Salaries
225.00
Overseers of the Poor Other Expenses
15.00
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Outside Poor
8,000.00
Almshouse Supt. Salary
900.00
Almshouse Repairs
300.00
Almshouse Other Expense
2,300.00
Registr irs of Voters and Election Officers
450.00
Animal Inspector Salary
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
600.00
Vocational School (Plus Dog Tax)
1.600.00
Band Concerts (Five Concerts, one in each Village)
250.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Village Clock
30.00
Town Reports
612.00
Street Signs
100.00
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxas Salary
1,350.00
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Other Expense
325.00
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Bond
220.00
Park Department
700.00
Fire Department
Salaries (Firemen)
3,200.00
Janitors' Salaries
270.00
Expense of Engineers
75.00
Labor and Expenses at Fires
600.00
Rent at Centre
180.00
Rent at West
150.00
Supplies
175.00
Fuel, Light and Water
500.00
Maintenance of Trucks
500.00
Building Repairs
300.00
Telephone and Alarms
500.00
New Equipment
275.00
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