Town annual report of Chelmsford 1927, Part 1

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ADAMS LIBRARY. Chelmsford, Mass.


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,


1917


Town Clerk's Report


OFFICERS ELECTED


Moderator WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1928)


Town Clerk HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1930)


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


ROBERT W. BARRIS


Term Expires 1928


RALPH P. ADAMS . Term Expires 1929


GEORGE RIGBY . Term Expires 1930


Treasurer and Tax Collector ERVIN W. SWEETSER (Term Expires 1928)


Assessors


HERBERT C. SWEETSER . Term Expires 1928


WARREN WRIGHT Term Expires 1929


WILLIAM J. QUIGLEY-To May 28th 1927 .Deceased


J. EARLE WOTTON-From June 7th, 1927 to. . Term Expires 1928


Tree Warden WILLIAM SHANKS (Term Expires 1928)


Board of Health


GEORGE A. MCNULTY . Term Expires 1928


J. CLARK OSTERHOUT . Term Expires 1929


GEORGE A. McINTOSH . Term Expires 1930


School Committee


WILLIS L. MacCOMB


. Term Expires 1928


FRANK J. LUPIEN . Term Expires 1929


EDWARD B. RUSSELL Term Expires 1930


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Park Commissioners


WALTER H. MERRILL


Term Expires 1928


PATRICK S. WARD-To June 19, 1927 Deceased


PATRICK WELSH-To fill vacancy . Term Expires 1928


FRED L. FLETCHER .Term Expires 1930


Cemetery Commissioners


RALPH P. ADAMS . Term Expires 1928


BAYARD C. DEAN


. Term Expires 1929


ARTHUR C. WHEELER.


Term Expires 1930


Trustees of Adams Library


LUELLA H. S. CLARK. . Term Expires 1928 .LOTTE L. SNOW


FRANCES CLARK Term Expires 1929. WILSON WATERS.


ALBERT H. DAVIS. Term Expires 1930. A. HEADY PARK


Insurance Fund Commissioners


WALTER PERHAM


Term Expires 1928


WILLIAM J. QUIGLEY-To May 28th, 1927 . Deceased


ALFRED F. FREEZE-To fill vacancy . Term Expires 1928


RALPH A. BERG . Term Expires 1930


Constable


(Term Expires 1928) DONALD F. ADAMS (Deceased July 19, 1927) JOHN E. JOHNSON (To fill vacancy)


APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS


Town Accountant HAROLD C. PETTERSON


Finance Committee JOHN C. MONAHAN C. GEORGE ARMSTRONG EMILE E. PAIGNON EDMUND FAIRBURN JAMES W. STEVENS JAMES A. GRANT


Town Counsel FREDERIC A. FISHER (Resigned Sept. 1927) JOHN H. VALENTINE (To fill vacancy)


Superintendent of Streets WILLIAM SHANKS


Inspector of Animals ARNOLD C. PERHAM 4


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ARNOLD C. PERHAM


Fire Engineers ARCHIBALD COOKE SAMUEL KERSHAW


Moth Superintendent WILLIAM SHANKS


Registrars of Voters


JAMES F. LEAHY


Term Expires 1928


G. CARLETON BROWN


. Term Expires 1929


KARL M. PERHAM


Term Expires 1930


HAROLD C. PETTERSON


. Ex-Officio


Janitors of Public Halls


JOHN WRIGLEY Centre Hall Chelmsford Centre


JUSTIN J. POTTER North Hall North Chelmsford


Sealer of Weights and Measures CURTIS AIKEN


Forest Fire Warden SIDNEY E. DUPEE


Superintendent of Infirmary FRANK HANNAFORD


Appraisers of Personal Property


EMILE E. PAIGNON JOHN F. PARKER ALBERT H. DAVIS


Superintendent of Burials and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors WALTER PERHAM


Regular Police Officers DONALD F. ADAMS Deceased JOHN E. JOHNSON HAROLD C. KING


Special Police Officers FRED I. VINAL GEORGE SMALL GUY HAZELTINE BENJAMIN HEALD


Measurers of Sawdust


PEARL DURELL


C. WALLACE McDONALD


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Weighers of Coal and Coke


HAROLD D. MACDONALD


EDWARD T. HEALY


JOHN J. DUNNIGAN


KATHERINE HALL


WILLIAM H. HALL JOHN A. HEALY


SARAH DUNNIGAN


Weighers of Hay


HAROLD D. MACDONALD MYRON A. QUEEN WILLIAM H. HALL


Weighers of Merchandise


JAMES F. LEAHY JAMES P. DUNNIGAN JAMES LONG


HAROLD D. MACDONALD WALTER PERHAM WILLIAM BROWN


SINAI SIMARD MICHAEL SCOLLAN JAMES F. DUNNIGAN


MARY C. HEALY SIDNEY E. PERHAM EDWARD T. HEALY


GEORGE F. WILLIAMS JAMES P. WALKER KATHERINE HALL CHAS. UNICE HERBERT S. RUSSELL


Measurers of Lumber


MYRON A. QUEEN FRANCIS O. DUTTON EDWARD B. RUSSELL HARRY L. PARKHURST WALTER EDWARDS PEARL DURELL


CARL DUNNING ARTHUR LaPRICE C. WALLACE McDONALD JAMES A. BURTON JOSEPH ERWIN


Measurers of Wood


ERVIN W. SWEETSER PEARL T. DURRELL MYRON A. QUEEN HARRY L. PARKHURST HOSMER SWEETSER


C., WALLACE McDONALD JAMES F. DUNNIGAN


Fence Viewers


KARL M. PERHAM


GEORGE A. MCNULTY


Memorial Day Committee


GEORGE PETERSON LEO McENANEY HARLAN KNOWLTON


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JAMES P. DUNNIGAN


JAMES LONG CHAS. UNICE


MARY C. HEALY ARTHUR HEALY


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting FEBRUARY 7, 1927, and FEBRUARY 14, 1927


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss. To Donald F. Adams, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford,


GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby re- quested 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.


Precinct 5, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.


Precinct 6, Golden Cove, School House, Westland.


on Monday, the SEVENTH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1927, being the first Monday in said month at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes: To bring in their votes for the following officers:


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 of Adams Library for three years.


Tree Warden for one year.


One Insurance Fund Commissioner for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.


One Park Commissioner for three years.


Town Clerk for three years.


Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years. Tree Warden for one year.


One Insurance Fund Commissioner for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.


One Park Commissioner for three years.


Town Clerk for three years.


All on one ballot.


(The polls will be open from 12 m. to & p. m.)


and to meet in the Town Hall of Chelmsford Center on the following MONDAY, the FOURTEENTH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1927,


at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles, viz:


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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 required to defray Town charges for the current year.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agents 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 revenues 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 sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1926; 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 at the then pre- vailing price per light for the following additional lights, and will raise and appropriate sufficient money to meet the expense there- of, viz:


One light on Littleton Road; Three lights on Sunset Avenue; Two lights on Middlesex Street; One light on Shaw Street; Eight lights on Old Westford Road; Six lights on Twiss. Road; One light on Marion Street ; One light on Albina Street; One light on Riverneck Road; Two lights on New Fletcher Street;


Two lights on Sylvan Avenue; One light on Maple Avenue; One light on Golden Cove Road; One light on Seneca Avenue;


One light on Dalton Road; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate out of money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250), to cover the amount of the judgment against the Town in an action of tort brought by Ellen Herson, and the further sum of Fourteen and 20-100 Dollars ($14.20) to cover the amount of the judgment against the Town in an action of tort brought by Arne Olsen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE S. To see if the Town will strike out Section eight (8) under the Police Regulations of the by-laws of the Town and substitute therefor and adopt as a part of said by-laws the following: 8. No person shall affix with paste or other means any bill, placard or notice or shall write any figures, words or device on any build- ing, fence, pole or wall belonging to the Town and located therein; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or what other sum, 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 Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Ser- vice, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectinen to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Town Forestry Committee that part of the Town Farm property adjacent to the inter-section of the Turnpike Road and the Russell Mill Road, consisting of approx- imately thirty-five acres; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 25-A, Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1921, which reads as follows:


"In towns which accept this section the assessors may appoint and remove citizens of the town as assistant assessors, who shall, subject to the supervision of assessors, act as assistant assessors of the town and shall have all necessary powers therefor. In this section the word towns shall not include cities." or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty ($450), or what other sum, for the purpose of grading and re-surfacing Marshall Road; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer, the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200), or what other sum, for the purpose of grading the grounds at the rear and sides of the schoolhouse situ- ated on Dalton Road; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Two Hundred Dollars ($2200), or what other sum for the purpose of grading and installing macadam walks and drips at the Quessey School, so called, at West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Five Hundred Dollars ($3500), or what other sum for the purpose of installing a flush toilet system at the Quessey School, so called, at West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Eight Hundred Dollars ($2800), or what other sum for the purpose of installing a new heating unit at the South Chelmsford School; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will appoint two persons who with the School Committee will constitute a committee to study the gen- eral school-housing conditions of the Town with special references to the school-housing conditions at North Chelmsford and the pos- sible ererction of a new grade school at North Chelmsford, and re- port their conclusions and recommendations at some subsequent meeting; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of three consisting of a member of the School Committee and two others to investigate and report at the next Town Meeting whether special or annual on the matter of procuring additional land for play- ground purposes at the East School so called; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of continuing the construction of the Acton Road, re- building the Littleton Road, the Lowell Road and Central Square, each so called, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to build a shed at the rear of the Town Hall, Chelmsford Center, for the use of the Highway Department; or act in relation thereteo.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow Oak Knoll Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow Manning Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will accept and allow Stearns Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue so much of the Twiss Road, so called, as is located between Main Street, other- wise known as the West Chelmsford Road, on the north and a line marked by two stone posts at the southerly terminus of the Twiss Road as re-located, on the south; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will accept and allow New Twiss Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk: or act in relation thereto


ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of grading, grassing and improving the Common at Chelmsford Center; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will authorize the superintendent of streets, under the general supervision of the Board of Selectmen, to change the lay-out of Central Square Park located at Chelms- ford Center; or act in relation thereto.


. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the control and management of the Town dump located off Warren Avenue to the Board of Health; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote "That refunds to the town from money paid out of appropriations of the Board of Health be credited to the appropriations from which they were paid"; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will accept from Fred E. Varney, M. D., the gift of a certain lot of land containing about six acres located on the shore of Leach's Pond in that part of Chelmsford known as North Chelmsford, the same to be conveyed by his deed which will be exhibited at this meeting dated December 23, 1926, sub- ject to the express reservation and condition that said land is to be forever kept open as and for a public playground or recreation cen- ter under the provisions of Chapter 45, Section 14 of the General Laws, and that such playground be named and known as "The Var- ney Playgrounds"; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 31. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Six Hundred Dollars ($3600), or what other sum, with which to grade and improve the land to which reference is made in the preceding article for the purposes of a playgrond or recreation center; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report at some future meeting as to what changes and im- provements, if any, should be made in Vinal Square at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report at some future meeting as to the advisability of con- structing a sidewalk on Gorham Street, so called; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate' the sum of Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of building a fire station on Middlesex Street at North Chelmsford on land previously acquired by the Town for such purpose; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 35. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article to see if the Town will appoint a committee to have charge of the building of such a fire station; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-Five Hundred Dollars ($7500), or what other sum, for the purpose of remodelling for the use of the Fire De- partment, the grammar school house situated on the North Road at Chelmsford Center; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 37. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will appoint a committee to have in charge of the remodelling of said grammar school house; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 38. 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) to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chap- ter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or what other sum, for State Aid; or act in relation thereto.


AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attest- ed copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center 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.


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-second day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.


GEORGE RIGBY, ROBERT W. BARRIS, RALPH P. ADAMS, Selectmen of Chelmsford.


A true copy. Attest: DONALD F. ADAMS.


Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.


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ELECTION OF OFFICERS


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs held pursuant to Warrant February 7, 1927 at the six precincts in the Town, the following persons received the number of votes set against their respective names for Town Officers, as follows:


Moderator, 1 Year-


P. 1


P. 2


P. 3


P. 4


P. 5


P. 6 Total


Walter Perham, Westford St. 461


248


47


90


57


114


1017


Blanks


50


106


12


30


9


24


231


Selectman 3 Years-


George Rigby, Dartmouth St. 407


270


47


99


59


105


987


Blanks


104


84


12


21


7


33


261


Overseer of Poor 3 Years-


George Rigby, Dartmouth St. 395


273


46


94


59


97


964


Blanks


116


81


13


26


7


41


284


Town Clerk 3 Years-


Harold C. Petterson, Groton Rd. 441


304


52


S4


61


122


1064


Blanks


70


50


7


36


5


16


184


Member of Board of Health


3 Years-


Geo. A. McIntosh, Subway Av. 391


225


44


51


105


894


Blanks


120


129


15


42


15


33


354


Town Treas. & Col. of Taxes


1 Year-


Ervin W. Sweetser


Chelmsford St.


423


269


18


86


62


112


1000


Blanks


88


85


11


34


4


26


248


Assessor for 3 Years-


WVm. J. Quigley, Middlesex St.


391


266


47


81


55


105


945


Blanks


120


88


12


39


11


33


303


Constable for 1 Year-


Donald F. Adams, Central Sq


448


217


52


75


50


114


962


Henry C. Noble, Groton Rd ...


44


119


36


9


23


233


Blanks


19


18


5


9


1


1


53


School Committee for


3 Years-


George WV. Peterson, Acton St. 189


120


24


10


11


30


41.1


Edward B. Russell, North Rd.


314


216


35


79


54


103


801


Blanks


S


18


0


1


1


5


33


Trustees of Adams Library


for 3 Years-


Albert H. Davis, North Rd ...


255


211


35


58


51


104


714


A. Heady Park, Elm Rd ..


362


181


35


54


56


84


772


Blanks


255


316


48


128


25


$60


Tree Warden for 1 Year-


William Shanks, Chelmsford St. 440


267


43


90


58


119


951


Blanks


71


87


16


30


S


10


228


Insurance Fund Commissioner 3 Years-


Ralph A. Berg, Chelmsford St. 419


245


40


70


58


119


951


Blanks


92


109


19


50


S


19


297


Cemetery Commissioner 3 Years- Arthur O. Wheeler


389


265


42


73


54


110


933


Blanks


122


89


17


47


12


28


315


Park Commissioner 3 Years-


Fred L. Fletcher, Westford Rd. 443


264


46


80


60


118


1011


Blanks


68


90


13


40


6


20


237


Total No. Votes Cast


511


354


59


120


66


138


1248 ยท


Total number registered voters, 2600.


HAROLD C. PETTERSON,


Town Clerk.


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BUSINESS MEETING FEBRUARY 14TH, 1927


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in town affairs held pursuant to Warrant duly posted at the upper Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, Monday, February 14th, 1927, at 9.30 a. m., the following business was transacted, to wit:


The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and on a motion made by Selectman George Rigby it was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant by the Town Clerk.


Under Article 1. To hear reports of town officers and committees, Rev. Wilson Waters reported for the committee appointed to mark his- toric spots in the town, he explained that markings had been estab- lished marking the home of the first minister in town at what is called the Railroad House, also a marking had been placed on Bridge street defining the Town Pound in the early days of Chelmsford, and a spot on the Middlesex Canal where it crosses Riverneck Road was to be marked, the expense of this marking to be borne in part by the Low- ell Historical Society. This report placed on file and the committee to continue in office.


Frank J. Lupien reported for the committee in charge of obtaining plans and estimates of grading the Athletic Field at the rear of the High School plans were exhibited showing the layout of a baseball dia- mond, cinder track, tennis court, etc., and it was explained by Mr. Lupien that the approximate cost of such grading and construction would be in the vicinity of $25,000.00, but at this time the committee was not dis- posed to recommend any amount to be expended at once, although they believed that the outfield of the baseball grounds should be repaired, as it was now in a dangerous condition to play on. Mr. Lupien filed at this time the prepared plans for future use with the Town Clerk. It was voted to receive this report and place the same on file.


It was voted to accept the Town Report as printed, with corrections of typographical errors.


Under Article 2. On a motion made by Representative Edward J. Robbins, it was voted to lay Article Two on the table until after the noon recess.


Under Article 3. On a motion made by Selectman George Rigby, it was voted that the town authorize the selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent and to employ counsel therefor.


Under Article 4. On a motion made by Selectman George Rigby, it was voted that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and em- powered to borrow money with the approval of the selectmen from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1st, 1927, 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. On a motion made by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3638.56 to pay unpaid bills for the year 1926.


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Under Article 6. On a motion made by J. Carroll Monahan, Chair- man of the Finance Committee, it was voted that the sum of $210.00 be raised and appropriated to provide for the installation of ten additional street lights in locations to be determined by the selectmen and the se- lectmen to make a survey of the present street lighting system and to report their recommendations as to what changes, if any to be made, so as to improve the present system.


Under Article 7. On a motion made by Selectman George Rigby, it was voted that the sum of $250 be appropriated out of money already in the hands of the Treasurer with which to pay the amount of the judgment against the town in an action of tort brought by Ellen Herson in the Superior Court for Middlesex County and the further sum of $14.20 to pay the amount of judgment against the town in an action of tort brought against the town by Arne Olsen in the District Court of Lowell.


Under Article 8. On a motion made by Selectman George Rigby, it was voted to discuss this Article in regards to police regulations, on account of incorrect wording.


Under Article 9. On a motion made by Selectman George Rigby to appropriate the sum of $400.00, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for aid to agriculture in the work with the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts, an amendment was made by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson that the sum of $300.00 be approprated and the director to be Perley Kimball. The amendment was carried and it was so voted.


Under Article 10. On a motion to lay this Article on the table until after the noon recess, it was so voted.


Under Article 11. On motion made by Assessor Herbert C. Sweet- ser to accept Section 25-A, Chapter 14, Acts of 1921, regards the ap- pointment of deputy assessors. This motion was defeated.




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