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ADAMS LIBRARY Chelmsford, Mass.
Annual REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
TOGETHER WITH THE School Report
Year Ending December 31 1935
BUTTERFIELD PRINTING CO., LOWELL, MASS.
Town Clerk's Report
OFFICERS ELECTED
MODERATOR WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1936)
TOWN CLERK HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1936)
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STEWART MACKAY
Term Expires 1936
JAMES A. GRANT
Term Expires 1937
KARL M. PERHAM
Term Expires 1938
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1936)
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
JOHN E. HARRINGTON
Term Expires 1936
HERBERT C. SWEETSER
Term Expires 1937
WARREN WRIGHT
Term Expires 1938
TREE WARDEN VINCENT P. GARVEY (Term Expires 1936)
BOARD OF HEALTH
FREDERICK A. MACELROY
Term Expires 1936
GEORGE A. MCNULTY Term Expires 1937
JAMES KIBERD, Jr. Term Expires 1938
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RALPH A. BERG
Term Expires 1936
JAMES P. CASSIDY Term Expires 1937
JOHN A. McADAMS
Term Expires 1938
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
FRED L. FLETCHER
Term Expires 1936
WALTER MERRILL MICHAEL J. WELSH
Term Expires 1937
Term Expires 1938
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
ARTHUR O. WHEELER
Term Expires 1936
C. WESLEY LYONS
Term Expires 1937
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1938
TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY
ALBERT H. DAVIS ...... Term Expires 1936
FRED W. PARK
LUELLA H. S. CLARKTerm Expires 1937.
LOTTIE L. SNOW
FRANCES CLARK. .... .Term Expires 1938 FREDERICK A. P. FISKE
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
ROYAL SHAWCROSS
Term Expires 1936
WALTER PERHAM
Term Expires 1937
RAYMOND A. REID
Term Expires 1938
CONSTABLE JOHN J. BUCHANAN (Term Expires 1936)
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS TOWN ACCOUNTANT WINTHROP A. PARKHURST
FINANCE COMMITTEE
JOHN C. MONAHAN
BIRGER PETTERSON
CLARENCE H. WOODWARD
EMILE E. PAIGNON
JOHN G. PARKER
WILLIAM T. PICKEN
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS ANCEL E. TAYLOR
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS ARNOLD C. PERHAM
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JOHN KEMPE
FIRE ENGINEERS HARRY SHEDD
JOHN DIXON
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
DANIEL E. HALEY
Term Expires 1936
JAMES F. LEAHEY
Term Expires 1937
DONALD A. KNAPP
Term Expires 1938
HAROLD C. PETTERSON
Ex-Officio
TOWN COUNSEL JOHN H. VALENTINE
JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
Central Hall, Chelmsford
No appointment made North Hall, North Chelmsford
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES HARRY F. PARKHURST
FOREST FIRE WARDEN GILBERT PERHAM
SUPERINTENDENT OF INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WALTER PERHAM
CHIEF OF POLICE BERNARD F. McGOVERN
REGULAR POLICE WINSLOW P. GEORGE RALPH J. HULSLANDER
LEO BOUCHER
SPECIAL POLICE ROBERT DELONG ALLAN ADAMS
WILLIAM REID
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EMERGENCY POLICE OFFICERS
BASIL LARKIN JOHN McENANEY WALLACE GREIG ALLAN KIDDER
CHARLES SEARLES ROYCE W. PARKER GILBERT PERHAM JOHN WRIGLEY
SPECIAL POLICE FOR ADAMS LIBRARY SAMUEL FELCH
SPECIAL POLICE FOR SCHOOL WORK
CHARLES CAMPBELL GEORGE MOORE GEORGE MARINEL ALBERT RUSSON PERCY ROBINSON
SPECIAL POLICE FOR TOWN INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SPECIAL POLICE FOR HIGHWAY DEPT. ANCEL TAYLOR
SPECIAL POLICE FOR NORTH CHELMSFORD FIRE DISTRICT MORTON B. WRIGHT JOHN ANDREWS
POLICE WOMAN MAE S. LEWIS
MEASURERS OF SAWDUST
PEARL T. DURRELL RICHARD E. DAVIS WILLIAM BATCHELDER
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND COKE
EDWARD T. HEALY
ARTHUR HEALY
MARY C. HEALY
JOHN H. HEALY BOYD McCRADY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
JOHN J. DUNIGAN
SARAH DUNIGAN
JAMES LONG
HERBERT E. ELLIOT
WEIGHERS OF HAY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD MYRON A. QUEEN HERBERT E. ELLIOT
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MEASURERS OF LUMBER
HARRY F. PARKHURST
PEARL T. DURRELL
ARTHUR GAUTHIER
RANSOM GRANT
JOHN T. O'CONNELL
CAROLL CRAFT
WILLIAM BATCHELDER
RICHARD E. DAVIS
MEASURERS OF WOOD
HOSMER W. SWEETSER WILLIAM BATCHELDER PEARL T. DURRELL
MEASURERS OF LOGS
WILLIAM BATCHELDER RANSOM GRANT
FENCE VIEWERS
WILLIAM REID GEORGE MCNULTY
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
GEORGE PETERSON FRED WIGGIN
GEORGE SWALLOW ARCHIBALD COOKE GEORGE RIPLEY
WEIGHERS OF SAND AND GRAVEL ROY BUNTEL VICTOR BUNTEL
SPECIAL POLICE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL DANIEL PLUMMER
WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE
JOHN J. HEHIR
JAMES WALKER
JAMES COUGHLIN
JOSEPH FOLEY
JOHN L. MONETTE
HERBERT E. ELLIOT
JAMES LEAHY
MARY C. HEALY
BERTRAM BEAN
WILLIAM BROWN
PAUL WESTWOOD
WARREN MANSUR
EDWARD T. HEALY
JOHN CARTER
RAY GILMORE EDWARD WHITWORTH
E. CLARK DIXON DANIEL NICKLES
ELMER PEVERILL
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
ARTHUR L. HEALY
MEAT INSPECTOR WINTON C. GALE ALBERT S. PARK
AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH MAE S. LEWIS
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RICHARD E. DAVIS
SCHOOL NURSE MAE S. LEWIS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS GEORGE S. WRIGHT
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE INVESTIGATOR LEONARD S. MACELROY
MILK INSPECTOR MELVIN MASTERS
PLUMBING INSPECTOR CHARLES MIDWOOD
BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIANS DR. FRED E. VARNEY DR. ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT VINCENT P. GARVEY
ELECTION OFFICERS
PRECINCT ONE, CHELMSFORD CENTRE Peter McHugh, Warden
LaForest Fields, Clerk
Walter L. Ferguson, Dep. Warden Eva McMaster, Deputy Clerk Anna Stanley, Inspector
John F. Buckley, Inspector
Esther Beardsley, Inspector Vincent Garvey, Inspector
PRECINCT FOUR, EAST CHELMSFORD Charles Finnick, Warden Birger Petterson, Clerk
George Keddie, Deputy Warden
Lvdia Barris. Deputy C'erk Lillian Fielding, Inspector
George McNulty, Inspector
PRECINCT TWO, NORTH CHELMSFORD William H. Quigley, Warden Kathleen Audoin, Clerk Ruth Conlin, Deputy Warden Edna Ballinger, Deputy Clerk Margaret B. L. Yeomans, Inspector Harriet Buchanan, Inspector Laura Shugrue, Inspector Gertrude Fallon, Inspector
PRECINCT FIVE, SOUTH CHELMSFORD John Scoboria, Warden Everett D. Lyons, Clerk
George L. Waite, Deputy Warden
Caroline Wright, Deputy Clerk Ethel Wright, Inspector
PRECINCT THREE, WEST CHELMSFORD Bayard C. Dean, Warden Catherine Riney, Clerk Jennie Brown, Deputy Warden Rita Anderson, Deputy Clerk Rose Doherty, Inspector
PRECINCT SIX, WESTLANDS Lawrence Marage, Warden Eleanor Parker, Clerk Robert Henderson, Deputy Warden Florrie Walton, Deputy Clerk Raymond Osborn, Inspector Henrietta Conaton, Inspector
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting MARCH 4TH AND MARCH 11TH, 1935
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To John J. Buchanan, Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby requested 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-Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4-School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5-Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6-Golden Cove School, Chelmsford.
on Monday, the Fourth day of March, 1935, being the first Monday in said month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following offices :
Moderator for one year.
One Selectman for three years.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Tree Warden for. one year.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One School Committeeman for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees for Adams Library for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Constable for one year.
And to vote on the following questions, namely :
"Shall the operation of section one hundred and five B of Chapter one hundred and thirty one, of the General Laws, requiring for the taking of fur-bearing animals, the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive unharmed, be suspended within this Town?" All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on the following Monday, the eleventh day of March, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following 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 sum of money as may be re- required to defray charges for the current year; or act in relation thereto.
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; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 or some other sum 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 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums to balance overdrafts :
The sum of $1,634.61 for the purpose of balancing overdraft in Outside Aid and Old Age Assistance account.
The sum of $22.14 for the purpose of balancing overdraft in Soldiers' Relief Account.
The sum of $30.00 for the purpose of balancing overdraft in Old West- ford Road account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repairs of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and amend- ments thereof ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $52.50 or some other sum with which to defray the cost of hos- pitalization ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing an automobile for use of the Police Department ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept Cart Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing Middlesex Street, a similar sum to be contributed by the Commonwealth and Middlesex County respectively ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and apppropriate the sum of $4,000.00 or some other sum for the purpose of reconstructing the North Road, a similar sum to be contributed by the Commonwealth and County of Middlesex ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a certain parcel of land containing a gravel bank thereon, from Clarence Nickles; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $114.00 or some other sum with which to pay the executor of the will of Mary Supple salary due the deceased; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing tools, material and equipment to continue the Emergency Relief Administra- tion projects, or other federal and state projects; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to request the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture a project for the improvement of Billerica Street from the Billerica line to Riverneck Road for the construction with funds appropriated to the Commonwealth under Section 204 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and will agree with the said De- partment that if such project is approved and constructed by the Depart- ment and the Secretary of Agriculture, the Town will thereafter, at its own cost and expense, maintain the project in a manner satisfactory to said Department and Secretary of Agriculture, or their authorized representative and will make ample provision each year for such main- tenance and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign such a re- quest and agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any other action relating thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will grant and convey to the County of Middlesex a certain parcel of land owned by the Town and used for cemetery purposes. Said parcel of land to be conveyed to said county in order that Billerica Road may be reconstructed and widened; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or some other sum for hydrant service to be paid to the South Chelmsford Water District, if and when said District is duly organized by law and has completed the installation of the water sys- tem; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 or whatever sum, for the purchase of a 500-gallon pumper together with equipment and 1,000 feet of hose (22") for the Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $552.00 or some other sum for the purpose of defraying the cost of claims made by owners of land adjacent to the North Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 00 or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing equipment suitable for snow removal; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 or some other sum for the purpose of complying with Chapter 320 of the acts of 1934; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing seats to be used in Center Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $850.00 or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing a power sprayer for the use of the Moth Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 or some other sum for the purpose of repairing high- ways in East Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $75 00 or some other sum to reimburse W. H. Bartlett for the expense of operating a truck from December 1, 1933, to April 12, 1934, on the moth project under the C W A and E R A; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $778.00 or some other sum for the purchase of an automobile truck for the Forest Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 or some other sum for the purpose of defraying the cost of leasing quarters for Post 212 American Legion, located in the sta- tion of the N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R .; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 or some other sum for the purpose of caring for the Varney Playgrounds ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make and execute in behalf of the Town an agreement with the Boston and Maine R. R. with reference to land adjacent to Riverside Cemetery ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a certain amount of free cash to be applied in computing the 1935 tax rate, with the permission of the State Tax Commission; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint from each Precinct of the Town three persons to serve as a committee to make plans and recommendations as to the advisability of creating zoning ordinances, and to report at some future Town Meeting ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1934; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sherman Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown in their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk. The reconstruction of said street to be accomplished as an E R A project ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept Albina Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown in their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk. The reconstruction of said street to be accomplished as an E R A project ; 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 Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford, and at the School House in East Chelmsford and the Golden Cove School House, West'ands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-five.
STEWART MACKAY, FRANK J. LUPIEN, JAMES A. GRANT, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
February 23, 1935.
Middlesex, ss.
PURSUANT TO THE WITHIN WARRANT, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford by posting attested copies of the same at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford and at the Golden Cove School House, West- lands, seven days before the date hereof as within directed.
JOHN J. BUCHANAN, Constable of Chelmsford.
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TOWN ELECTION MARCH 4, 1935
Moderator for One Year-
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6
Total
Walter Perham
649
469
80
147
80
264
1689
Blanks
157
227
25
88
24
60
581
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Selectman for Three Years
Alfred J. Allard
258
177
44
67
10
158
714
Karl M. Perham
532
501
57
155
88
157
1490
Blanks
16
18
7
13
6
9
66
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Board of Public Welfare
for Three Years-
Alfred J. Allard
248
169
41
67
9
150
684
Karl M. Perham
522
484
57
151
91
157
1462
Blanks
36
43
7
17
4
17
124
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Board of Health for Three Years-
James Kiberd, Jr.
632
505
85
152
78
261
1713
Blanks
174
191
20
83
26
63
557
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Treasurer and Collector for
One Year-
1
Harold C. Petterson
686
538
91
170
84
291
1860
Blanks
120
158
14
65
20
33
410
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Assessor for Three Years-
Warren Wright
707
473
87
156
84
292
1799
Blanks
99
223
18
79
20
323
471
Total
......
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Constable for One Year-
John J. Buchanan
642
470
79
155
80
271
1697
Blanks
164
226
26
80
24
53
573
Total
....
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
......
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School Committee for Three Years- John A. McAdams
657
488
76
156
78
290
1745
Blanks
149
208
29
79
26
34
525
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Trustees for Adams Library for Three Years-
Frances Clark
622
401
73
135
74
253
1558
Frederick A. P. Fiske.
587
336
68
104
68
230
1393
Blanks
403
655
69
231
66
165
1589
Total
1612
1392
210
470
208
648
4540
Tree Warden for One Year-
Vincent P. Garvey
651
543
81
148
76
265
1764
Blanks
155
153
24
87
28
59
506
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Cemetery Commissioner for
Three Years-
Bayard C. Dean
454
369
84
97
65
143
1212
Cecil M. Pelton
252
151
10
59
25
156
653
Blanks
100
176
11
79
14
25
405
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Park Commissioner for Three Years-
Michael J. Welsh
602
5.14
76
154
76
251
1673
Blanks
204
182
29
81
28
73
597
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years-
Fritz H. Pearson
625
437
77
146
79
264
1628
Blanks
181
259
28
89
25
60
642
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
Question :
Shall section 105B of Chapt. 131 of General Laws be suspended ?
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6
Total
Yes
232
199
36
59
30
109
665
No
186
135
20
42
21
79
483
Blanks
388
362
49
134
53
136
1122
Total
806
696
105
235
104
324
2270
HAROLD C. PETTERSON,
March 7, 1935.
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
MARCH 11, 1935.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford quali- fied to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to warrant duly posted, said meeting held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Center on March 11, 1935, at 10 A. M. Moderator Walter Perham called the meeting to order and requested Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson to read the Warrant, after the Warrant was partly read a motion was made by James A. Grant to waive the further reading of the Warrant, and it was so voted.
It was voted to accept the Town Report as printed with the correction of any typographical errors.
Under Article Two :
It was voted to lay this article on the table till 1 P. M. At 1 P. M. this article was taken from the table and the following amounts were voted to be raised and appropriated.
General Government :
Moderator's Salary $ 10.00
Se'ectmen's Salaries as follows :
Chairman
252.00
Members
423.00
Administration Expenses
250 00
Town Clerk Salary
180.00
Town Clerk Expense
100.00
Town Accountant Salary
1,800 00
Town Accontant Expense
100 00
Collector and Treasurer :
Salary
2,000.00
Bond
480.00
Treasurer and Collector Expense.
1,487.00
Assessors :
Salaries
2,200.00
Expense
500 00
Town Counsel Salary
280 00
Finance Committee Expense
20.00
Registrars' Salary and Expense
200.00
Election, Salaries and Expense
300.00
Public Buildings :
Janitors' Salaries
855 00
Fuel. Light and Water.
1,250.00
Other Expense
400.00
$ 13,087.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department :
Salaries
$ 5,975.00
Expense
1,670.00
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Fire Department :
Administration
4,300 00
Maintenance
3,700 00
Labor and Expense at Fires.
600.00
Hydrant Service :
Center
500 00
North
500.00
East
1,500.00
West
20.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175.00
Moth Department
1,200 00
Tree Warden
150 00
Forest Fire Department
900.00
Fish and Game Warden
100.00
$ 21,290.00
Health and Sanitation :
Salaries
$ 630 00
Agent's Salary
315.00
Aid
1,500.00
Maintenance
200.00
Meat Inspector
607.00
Milk Inspector
315 00
Physicians' Salaries
90.00
Care of Dumps
100.00
Plumbing Inspector
200 00
Vaccine Treatment
300 00
$ 4.257.00
Highways :
Superintendent's Salary
$ 1,800.00
General Highway
12 000.00
Truck Maintenance
2.000.00
Road Binder
7,000 00
Snow Removal
8,000 00
Chapter 90 Work
2,500.00
Street Lights
11,000.00
$ 44,300 00
Public Welfare :
Overseers' Salaries as follows :
Chairman
$ 113 00
Members
180.00
Maintenance
300.00
Investigator Salary
1,300.00
Old Age Assistance and Outside Poor
30,000.00
Infirmary :
Superintendent's Salary
810.00
Expense
2,300 00
Repairs
50.00
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Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
Military Aid
250.00
State Aid
200 00
$ 36,503.00
School Department :
Administration
$ 3,950.00
Instruction
67,000.00
Operation and Maintenance
17,450.00
Auxiliary Agencies
11,350.00
New Equipment
250.00
$100,000.00
Vocational School :
Tuition-Plus Dog Tax
$ 1,200.00
$ 1,200.00
Libraries :
Adams Library
$ 2,000 00
No. Chelmsford Library
1,200.00
$ 3,200 00
Cemeteries :
Commissioners' Salaries
$ 105.00
Forefathers' Cemetery
400.00
Hart Pond Cemetery
400.00
Pine Ridge Cemetery
400 00
Riverside Cemetery
400.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery
400.00
Fairview Cemetery
250.00
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$ 2,355 00
Recreation and Unclassified :
Parks
$ 1,000.00
Memorial Day :
Center
150.00
North
150.00
Town Clock
30.00
Public Buildings Insurance
1,000.00
Bond : Treasurer's Insurance Sinking Fund.
40 00
Animal Inspector
200.00
Constables
80.00
Town Reports
997.30
$ 3,647.30
Total Voted Under Article Two
$229,839.30
Under Article 3:
On a motion made by James A. Grant it was voted that the Town authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent on any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, also in such other matters as may arise re- quiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.
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Under Article 4:
On a motion made by Stewart Mackay it was voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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