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Tercentenary
300th ANNIVERSARY
REPORT of THE TOWN OF
CHELMSFORD for
THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1955
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS
Moderator Edward J. Desaulnier, Jr. (Term Expires 1957)
Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson (Term Expires 1957)
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Roged W. Boyd
Term Expires 1956
Donald E. Smith
Term Expires 1957
Daniel J. Hart
Term Expires 1958
Treasurer and Tax Collector Harold C. Petterson (Term Expires 1957)
Board of Assessors
Warren Wright
Term Expires 1956
John J. Dunigan
Term Expires 1957
Claude A. Harvey
Term Expires 1958
Tree Warden Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1957)
Board of Health
Charles C. Farrington
Term Expires 1956
Edmund J. Welch
Term Expires 1957
Oliver A. Reeves
Term Expires 1958
School Committee
Allan D. Davidson
Term Expires 1956
Vernon Fletcher Term Expires 1957
Arthur S. Russell
Term Expires 1958
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Park Commissioners
Russell L. Greenwood
Term Expires 1956
Arthur L. Bennett
Term Expires 1957
Bradford O. Emerson
Term Expires 1958
Cemetery Commissioners
Frank H. Hardy
Term Expires 1956
Arthur J. Colmer
Term Expires 1957
Arne R. Olsen
Term Expires 1958
Trustees of Public Libraries
Eustace B. Fiske Terms Expire 1956 Marjorie B. Scoboria
Raymond S. Kroll Terms Expire 1957 Howard D. Smith
Ethel Booth Termis Expire 1958 Roger P. Welch
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Daniel E. Walker
Term Expires 1956
Eustace B. Fiske
Term Expires 1957
Harold A. Fraser
Term Expires 1958
Planning Board
Harold E. Clayton, Jr.
Term Expires 1956
George S. Archer
Term Expires 1957
Harold J. Pearson
. Term Expires 1957
Claude J. Harvey
Term Expires 1957
George R. Dupee
.Term Expires 1958
Carl A. E. Peterson
Term Expires 1959
Charles D. Harrington
Term Expires 1960
Constable
William G. Jones (Term Expires 1956)
Varney Playground Commissioners
Bernard F. McGovern
Term Expires 1956 Millard Hodge Resigned August 22, 1955 Term Expires 1957
John W. Dixon
Term Expires 1958
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS
Town Accountant Alfred H. Coburn (Term Expires 1957)
Board of Selectmen Recording Clerk Alfred H. Coburn (Term Expires 1956)
Financial Clerk Bernice C. Manahan (Term Expires 1956)
Finance Committee
Hans H. Schliebus, Ch.
M. Weldon Haire
Richard T. McDermott
John W. McNally Carleton J. Lombard
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1956
Term Expires 1956
Term Expires 1956
Term Expires 1956
Superintendent of Streets
Frederick R. Greenwood (Term Expires 1956)
Inspetor of Animals Dr. Winslow E. Merrill (Term Expires 1956)
Fire Chief Allan Kidder
Registrars of Voters
John J. Carr Daniel E. Haley
James F. Leahy .. Deceased October 26, 1955
Edward T. Brick To fill vacancy
Harold C. Petterson
Term Expires 1956
Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1953 Ex-Officio
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Town Counsel
John H. Valentine (Term Expires 1956)
Janitors of Public Halls
LaForrest E. Field
Center Town Hall
Joseph L. Larocque
North Town Hall
(Terms Expire 1956)
Sealer of Weights and Measures Anthony C. Ferreira (Term Expires 1956)
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Cortlandt J. Burkinshaw (Term Expires 1956)
Dog Officer
Charles G. Fuller
(Term Expires 1956)
Welfare Investigator
Civil Service Arthur Cooke
Meat Inspector
Spencer F. Chamberlin (Term Expires 1956)
Agent of the Board of Health
Edward L. Tyler, Jr. (Term Expires 1956)
School Nurse Helen M. Jewett (Term Expires 1956)
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Building Inspector Ralph R. Cole (Term Expires 1956)
Milk Inspector Edward L. Tyler, Jr. (Term Expires 1956)
Plumbing Inspector George E. Gagnon (Civil Service)
Town Forest Committee
Arthur M. Batchelder Edward B. Russell
Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1956
Board of Health Physicians (Terms Expire 1956) Raymond A. Horan Benjamin J. Blechman
Moth Superintendent Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1956)
Zening Appeal Board
Charles Egerton
Term Expires 1956
Louis L. Hannaford
Term Expires 1957
Raymond J. Greenwood
Term Expires 1958
Harold C. Petterson
Term Expires 1959
Willis E. Buckingham
Term Expires 1960
Alternates
Richard Carr
Richard McDermott Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1956
Veterans Emergency Committee (Terms Expire 1956)
George Archer Joseph Sadowski Perry T. Snow
Edward G. Krasnecki George F. Waite Alfred H. Coburn
Honor Roll Committee (Terms Expire 1956) George R. Dixon Thomas E. Firth, Jr.
Robert M. Hood
Civil Defense Committee
Bertram T. Needham William Edge Charles Koulas
Veterans' Agent (Term Expires 1956) Gordon P. DeWolf
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Constable (Term Expires 1956) Ralph J. Hulslander MEMORAL DAY COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1956)
Post
313
Stephen J. Bomal J. Henry Dunigan
B. C. Smith
Post 212
Raymond Harmon, Jr. John Leonard Valmar Gladu
Post 366
Martin H. Maguire
James R. Mullen
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE
Ralph J. Hulslander
Sergeant Raymond E. Harmon Basil J. Larkin (Temporary from June 1, 1955) (Permanent from Nov. 15, 1955)
Patrolmen
Allan H. Adams Winslow P. George Edward F. Miner
Basil J. Larkin (from Jan. 1, 1955 to May 31, 1955)
Arthur F. Smith (from June 1. 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Richard F. Campbell (from June 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Leslie H. Adams, Jr. (from June 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Intermittent Patrolmen
Leo A. Boucher Walter W. Edwards, Jr. Francis R. Foster
Robert F. McAndrew John B. Wrigley George W. Marinel
James W. Birtwell
Arthur F. Smith (from Jan. 1, 1955 to May 31, 1955)
Richard F. Campbell (from Jan. 1, 1955 to May 31, 1955)
Leslie H. Adams, Jr. (from Jan. 1, 1955 to May 31, 1955)
Richard J. Wiggins (July 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Edward J. Giers (July 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Henry F. Mullen (July 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Alan E. Greenhalgh (July 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
Intermittent Policewoman
Christina Park
Special Police for other Activities
William F. Connor John W. Carruthers
George R. Dixon
Edward Whalen Mark H. Norton Gerald P. Chandler
Joseph H. Dunigan Robert M. Hood Joseph L. Larocque
Omer Mainville John H. Dixon (from May 31, 1955) Millard Hodge (Jan. 1, 1955-Resigned August 24, 1955)
Homer B. Bacon (from July 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 7, 1955 and March 14, 1955
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To William G. Jones, Constable, or any suitable person 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. Fire House, Chelmsford Center
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. Westlands School House
On Monday, the seventh day of March, 1955, being the first Monday in said month, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following offices.
One Selectman for three years.
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
One Assessor for three years.
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
One School Committeeman for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees of Public Libraries for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Member of the Planning Board for five years.
One Constable for one year.
One Member of the Planning Board for two years, (To fill vacancy)
To bring in their votes upon the following question:
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"Shall the Town of Chelmsford vote to accept the pertinent pro- visions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, with respect to the official and labor service of said Town, and thereby provide classi- fied civil service for all employees in the official and labor service of the Town of Chelmsford?"
Yes No
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and to meet in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the following Mon- day, the fourteenth day of March, 1955 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, 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 required to defray town 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, with authority to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judgement it is necessary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipa- tion of revenue of the current financial year; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet bills for pre- vious years; or act in relation thereto. -
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-one and 41/100 ($7,861.41) Dollars or some other sum to pay to the Treasurer of the Middle- sex County Retirement System, the said amount being the Town's share of the pension, expense and Military service funds; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars, 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, Sec- tion 6; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Assessors to use the Sum of Seventy Thousand and no/100 ($70,000.00) Dollars or some other sum from the Free Cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1955 Tax Rate.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to deed, release or convey to the First Congregational Society (Unitarian) of Chelms- ford, Mass., all the right title or interest which said Town may have in and to the following described parcel of real estate: A' certain parcel of land in said Chelmsford situated on the south- westerly side of Westford Street and the northerly side of Littleton Road and at the intersection of said ways and bounded: Beginning at a stone bound on the northerly side of said Littleton Road, which stone bound is near a stone wall which stone wall leaves Littleton Road and begins a northeasterly curve at that point; thence easterly along said Littleton Road, 174.77 feet to a stone bound; thence in a northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly direction by a curved line having a radius of 43.00 feet, which curved line marks the intersection of said Westford Street and said Littleton Road, 91.99 feet to a stone bound on the southerly side of said Westford Street; thence northwesterly along said Westford Street by a curved line having a radius of 162.79 feet, 64.64 feet to a stone bound; thence northwesterly still along said Westford Street, 45.18 feet to a stone bound; hence northwesterly still along said Westford Street, 300 feet to a point; thence southwesterly at a right angle, 32 feet more or less to a stone wall at land of the Forefathers Cemetery; thence southeasterly along a stone wall and land of the Forefathers Ceme- tery to the point of beginning; said division line between the granted premises and said land of the Forefathers Cemetery being marked in part by a stone wall and traces thereof and said wall curves southwesterly to the point of beginning; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if he Town will vote to amend Section 24, subtitled, "Job Titles and Standard Rates for Wages and Salaries of the Personnel, Wage and Salary By-Law" by striking out the following:
Under: Section A. Administrative and Clerical.
Min. Max. Increments
1. Agent for Veteran's Service
550 700 50. yr. 3 yr.
2. Clerk (Senior)
2200 2400 100 yr. 2 yr.
3. Clerk
1800
2100 100. yr. 3 yr.
4. Town Accountant 3000 3300
100. yr. 3 yr.
5. Town Counsel 500
6. Selectmen's Recording Clerk
425
7. Board of Registrars Clerk 235
8. Clerk .95 hr ..
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Under: Section B. Conservation and Cemetery
1. Cemetery Superintendent 2700 3000 100. yr. 3 yr. 275 yr.
2. Moth Superintendent
3. Laborer (Park, Playground, Cemetery, Tree) 1.30 hr.
4. Laborer Skilled (Tree Climber) 1.40 hr.
Under: Section C. Custodial and Maintenance
1. Clock Winder 78.00 yr. 2200 2500 100. yr. 3 yr.
2. Custodian
3. Custodian
22.00 wk 25.00 wk 1.00 step
rate each year
Under: Section D. Health and Services
1. Nurse
2. Physician
3. Sanitarian
2600 2900 100 yr. 3 yr. 125 yr.
3300 3600 100 yr. 3 yr.
Under: Section E. Library
1. Librarian
1350 1575 75 yr. 3 yr.
2. Assistant Librarian
.90 hr.
Under: Mechanical and Construction
1. Highway Superintendent 4200 4500 100 yr. 3 yr.
2. Assistant Highway Superintendent 3300 3600 100 yr. 3 yr.
3. Motor Equipment Operator 1st Class (Truck Driver) 1.40 hr.
4. Motor Equipment Operator 2nd class (Tractor Driver) 1.50 hr.
5. Motor Equipment Operator 3rd Class (Roller) 1.55 hr.
6. Motor Equipment Operator 4th Class (Grader Shovel) 1.75 hr.
7. Motor Equipment Repairman 1.75 hr.
8. Laborer 1.30 hr.
9. Loborer skilled (Mason, Carpenter) 1.50 hr.
Under: G. Public Safety and Inspection Fire:
1. District Chiefs
(1 425.00 yr. (1 209.00 yr.
2. Captain
3. Lieutenant
38.00 yr.
4. Regular Firefighter
5. Call Firefighter
(3 100.00 yr. 40.00 yr.
2900 3200 100 yr. 3yr. 1.30 hr.
6. Forest Fire Warden 450 600 50 yr. 3 yr.
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Police:
7. Chief
4000 4300 100 yr. 3 yr.
8. Sergeant
3500
3800 100 yr. 3 yr.
9. Patrolman
10. Special Policemen
11. Animal Inspector
12. Beach Attendant
45.00 weekly for season
13. Dog Officer 300 yr.
14. Sealer of Weights and Measures 275 yr.
and substituting therefor the following:
A. Administrative and Clerical
Min. Max. Increments
*1. Agent for Veteran's Service
600
750 50 yr. 3 yr.
2. Clerk (Senior)
2200 2400 100 yr. 2 yr.
3. Clerk
1900 2100 100 yr. 2 yr. 1.05 hr.
*4. Clerk
5. Town Accountant
*6. Selectmen's Recording Clerk
*7 Board of Registrars Clerk
250 yr.
*8. Planning Board Clerk
250 yr.
*9 Town Counsel 500 yr.
B. Conservation and Cemetery
1. Cemetery Supt.
2900 3200 100 yr. 3 yr. 300 yr.
*2. Moth Supt.
*3. Laborer (Park, Playground, Cemetery, Tree)
1.35 hr.
*4. Laborer Skilled (Tree Climber) 1.45 hr.
C. Custodial and Maintenance
*1. Clock Winder
80 yr.
2. Custodian
2300 2600 3yr.
*3. Custodian 23.00 wk 26.00 wk 1.00 yr. 3 yr.
D. Health and Services
1. Laborer
2. Nurse
2700
1.35 hr. 3000 100 yr. 3 yr. 150 yr.
4. Sanitarian
3400. 3700 100 yr. 3 yr. 1.45 hr.
E. Library
1. Librarian
*2. Assistant Librarian
F. Mechanical and Construction
1. Highway Superintendent
2. Assistant Highway Supt.
1400. 1625 75 yr. 3 yr. 1.00 hr.
4300 4600 100 yr. 3 yr. 3700 4000 100 yr. 3 yr.
*3. Physician
5. Truck Driver
3300 3600 100 yr. 3 yr. 1.30 hr. 500 yr.
3100 3400 100 yr. 3 yr. 450 yr.
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Motor Equipment Operators:
3. Truck Driver
4. Tractor and Roller Operator
1.55 hr.
5. Grader Operator 1.80 hr.
6. Shovel Operator 1.90 hr.
7. Motor Equipment Repairman
1.80 hr.
8. Laborer
9. Laborer, Skilled (Mason, Carpenter)
1.55 hr.
G. Public Safety and Inspection Fire:
1. Chief
3900
4200 100 yr. 3 yr.
2. Deputy Chief
3400 3700 100 yr. 3 yr.
3. Captain
3300 3600 100 yr. 3 yr. 200 yr.
5. Lieutenant
3200 3500 100 yr. 3 yr.
*6. Lieutenant
100 yr.
7. Regular Firefighter
3100 3400 100 yr. 3 yr.
*8. Call Firefighter
1.35 hr.
*9. Call Officer
1.55 hr.
10. Janitor
140 yr.
Police:
11. Chief
4100
4400
100 yr. 3 yr.
12. Sergeant
3800
4000 100 yr. 2 yr.
13. Patrolman
3400
3700 100 yr. 3 yr.
*14. Special Policemen
1.35 hr. 500 yr.
*15. Animal Inspector
*16. Beach Attendant
46.00 wk. (for season)
*17. Dog Officer
325 yr.
*18. Sealer of Weights and Measures
275 yr.
*Part time
or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 24, subtitled, "Job Titles and Standard Rates for Wages and Sal- aries of the Personnel, Wage and Salary By-Law" by changing the said by-law by substituting the following changes in salaries and wages for those that are now in effect; to wit:
. Section 24: JOB TITLED AND STANDARD RATES FOR
WAGES AND SALARIES.
A. Administrative and Clerical
Min. Max. Increments
From: 1800 2100 100 yr. 2 yrs.
To:
2000 2200 100 yr. 2 yrs.
3. Clerk
1.45 hr.
1.35 hr.
*4. Captain
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4. Town Accountant From: 3000
3300 100 yr. 3 yrs.
To:
3200
3500
100 yr. 3 yrs.
*6. Selectmen's Recording Clerk
From:
425.00
To:
500.00
*Part time.
*8. Clerk
From:
.95 per hr.
To:
1.00 per hr.
*Part iime.
B. Conservation and Cemetery
1. Cemetery Supt.
From: 2700 3000 100 yr. 3 yrs.
To:
3200
3400
100 yr. 2 yrs.
*3. Laborer (Park, Playground, Cemetery, Tree) From:
1.30 per hr.
*Part time. To:
1.40 per hr.
D. Health & Services
And add the following Job Titles to the Plan:
4. Truck Driver
Rate to be 1.60 per hr.
5. Laborer Rate to be 1.40 per hr.
F. Mechanical and Construction
3. Motor Equipment Operator, 1st class
(Truck Driver) From: 1.40 per hr.
To: 1.60 per hr.
4. Motor Equipment Operator, 2nd class
(Tractor Driver) From: 1.50 per hr.
To: 1.70 per hr.
6. Motor Equipment Operator, 4th class
(Grader-Shovel) From: 1.75 per hr.
To: 2:00 per hr
($0.25 increment for 2 yrs)
7. Motor Equipment
Repairman From:
1.75 per hr.
To: 2.00 per hr.
(0.25 increment for 2 yrs.)
From:
1.30 per hr.
To: 1.40 per hr.
G. Public Safety and Inspection
Fire:
2. Captain
From:
40.00 per yr.
To:
200.00 per yr.
& 1.85 per hr
3. Lieutenant
From:
38.00 per yr.
To:
100.00 per. yr.
8. Laborer
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4. Regular Firefighter
From:
2900 3200 100 yr. 3 yrs.
To: 3300
3600
100 yr. 3 yrs.
5. Call Firefighter
From:
1.20 per hr.
To:
1.65 per hr.
& $35.00 salary annually
And add the following Job Titles to the Plan:
7. Chief
To be:
4200 4500 100 yr. 3 yrs.
8. Deputy Chief
To be:
3700 4000 100 yr 3 yrs.
Police:
7. Chief
From:
4.000
4300
100 yr 3 yrs.
To:
4200
4500
100 yr. 3 yrs.
8. Sergeant
From:
3500
3800 100 yr. 3 yrs.
To:
3700
4000 100 yr. 3 yrs.
10. Special Policeman
From:
1.30 per hr.
To:
1.50 per hr.
or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the fol- lowing by-laws:
Section 1. No person shall fire or discharge any firearm with- in the limits of any park, playground or other public property except with the consent of the Board of Selectmen or hunt or fire or discharge any firearm on any private property except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof.
Section 2. This by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
Section 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this by-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offense.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing two 1955 Tudor Police Cruisers, said purchase to be under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 13, to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the two 1954 Police Automobiles now used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Forty-eight Thousand ($48,000.00) Dollars, or any other sum, for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a fire station at North Chelmsford on land now owned
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by the Town and to determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, including from a balance remaining from an appropriation voted by the Town under Article 29 of the warrant for the Annual Town meeting held on March 8, 1954, by appropriation from the Stabiliza- tion Fund and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a North Chelmsford Fire House Building Committee and authorize it to proceed with the construction of said project and to enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements in respect thereto and to do all other acts necessary for constructing said project; Or act in relation thereo.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Varney Playground Commissioners to appoint one of their members to work as a laborer in the Varney Playground and Edwards Mem- orial Beach at the rate of One and 40/100 ($1.40) Dollars per hour; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from a certain account, the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred ($4,500.00) Dollars for the purpose of installing a traffic signal system at the intersection of Chelmsford Street and Billerica Road, Central Square; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will ratify the action of the Planning Board taken at a meeting of said board on April 1, 1954 to compensate the Clerk of the Board at an Annual Salary of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars; and to pay said Clerk the sum of One Hundred Eighty-seven and 50/00 ($187.50) Dollar's for services performed from April 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954, said sum to be paid from funds appropriated for Clerk Hire at the Annual Meet- ing of 1954; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of purchasing a new power sprayer pump for the Moth Department, to be purchased under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing that portion of Tadmuck Road that is in Chelmsford; orl act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to elect one member
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of the Planning Board for the term of four (4) ycars and two members for five (5) years in 1957, and all three members for the full five year term thereafter; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500.00) Dollars for Town Planning, the expenditure of the funds to be under the supervision of the Planning Board; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and Transfer from the Sale of Lots and Graves Account, the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars for the purpose of beautifying the entrance to the Pine Ridge Cemetery; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to employ one of their members to do clerical work regarding checking of cemetery records in the ceme- tery department at the rate of One and 30/100 ($1.30) Dollars per hour; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws by striking out the language in Paragraph (a) under Sec. tion 5 and substituting the following:
(a) Size of lots.
Minimum area shall be 30,000 square feet, and the minimum frontage shall be 200 feet.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws by striking out the language in Paragraph (e) (2) of Section 5 and substituting the following:
The set back on a dwelling on established streets shall be at least 30 feet.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws by striking out the language in Paragraph (e) (1) of Sec- tion 5 and substituting the following:
On new streets the minimum set back shall be 30 feet.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws by striking out all of the language under paragraph (d) of Section 5 and substituting the following:
(d) Side yards.
There shall be on each side of every building of accessory use, a side yard having a minimum width of 15 feet, and provided that on no lot held under separate and distinct ownership from adjacent lots and of record at the time this by law becomes effective, shall the buildable with be re- duced by this requirement to less than 30 feet, and pro-
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vided that no lot on record at the time this amended by-law becomes effective shall be required to have a minimum side yard of more than 10 feet. No accessory building in a side yard shall be nearer than 3 feet to the boundary linc-said distance to be measured from the nearest part of the build- ing to the boundary line.
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