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ANNUAL
REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1958
In Memoriam
FIRE CHIEF ALLAN KIDDER
Allan Kidder, Chief of the Fire Department, died on November 4, 1958.
Chief Kidder was first appointed a call firefighter in 1931. After serving his country in World War II, he returned to the Fire Department in 1946 as a regular firefighter. He rose rapidly in rank until in 1954 he was appointed as Chelmsford's first full- time Fire Chief.
His untimely passing put an end to a career dedicated to the Fire Service, a career in which he earned the respect of his fellow-workers and of the Townspeople.
SULLIVAN BROS. LOWELL, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1958
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Report of the Town Clerk ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS
MODERATOR
Edward J. Desaulnier, Jr. (Term Expires 1960) Resigned Jan. 13, 1959
TOWN CLERK Charlotte P. DeWolf (Term Expires 1960)
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Edgar P. George
Term Expires 1959
Robert F. McAndrew
Term Expires 1960
Raymond J. Greenwood
Term Expires 1961
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
Charlotte P. DeWolf, Temporary until Feb. 1959 Walter R. Wilkins, Jr. Term Expires 1960
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Warren Wright
Term Expires 1959
John J. Dunigan
Term Expires 1960
Claude A. Harvey
Term Expires 1961
TREE WARDEN
Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1960)
BOARD OF HEALTH
William R. Greenwood
Term Expires 1959
Edmund J. Welch
Oliver A. Reeves
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1961
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Allan R. Davidson
Term Expires 1959
Henrick R. Johnson
Term Expires 1960
Arthur S. Russell
Term Expires 1961
PARK COMMISSIONERS .
Ralph E. House
Term Expires 1959
Arthur L. Bennett
Term Expires 1960
Bradford O. Emerson
Term Expires 1961
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Frank H. Hardy
Term Expires 1959
Arthur J. Colmer
Term Expires 1960
Arne R. Olsen
Term Expires 1961
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Eustace B. Fiske. Terms Expire 1959 Marjorie B. Scoboria
Raymond S. Kroll
Terms Expire 1960 Alfred H. Coburn*
Ethel Booth Terms Expire 1961 Roger P. Welch
*Alfred H. Coburn resigned June 3, 1958
June C. Worthley appointed Oct. 1, 1958
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
Daniel E. Walker
Term Expires 1959
Eustace B. Fiske
Term Expires 1960
Harold A. Fraser
Term Expires 1961
PLANNING BOARD
Carl A. E. Peterson
Term Expires 1959
Charles D. Harrington
Term Expires 1960
Harold E. Clayton, Jr.
Term Expires 1961
Allan A. Ludwig
Term Expires 1961
Claude J. Harvey
Term Expires 1962
Harold J. Pearson
Term Expires 1962
George R. Dupee
Term Expires 1961
CONSTABLE Ralph J. Pedersen Term Expires 1959
VARNEY PLAYGROUND COMMISSIONERS
Bernard F. McGovern Term Expires 1959
Rudolph T. Hansen Term Expires 1960
John W. Dixon
Term Expires 1961
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS
TOWN ACCOUNTANT Lewis I. Hilton (Term Expires 1960)
BOARD OF SELECTMEN RECORDING CLERK Alfred H. Coburn (Term Expires 1959)
FINANCIAL CLERK Frances B. Cummings (Term Expires 1959)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Hans H. Schliebus, Chairman
Term Expires 1958
M. Weldon Haire
Term Expires 1958
Carleton J. Lombard
Term Expires 1958
Richard T. McDermott
Term Expires 1958
John W. McNally
Term Expires 1958
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Frederick R. Greenwood (Term Expires 1959)
CHIEF OF POLICE
Ralph Hulslander
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Dr. Winslow E. Merrill (Term Expires 1959)
FIRE CHIEF Allan Kidder deceased Nov. 4, 1958 Ernest G. Byam, Appointed Nov. 11, 1958
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
John J. Carr
Dorothy Borrows
Charlotte P. DeWolf
Edward T. Brick
Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1960 Ex-Officio
Term Expires 1961
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TOWN COUNSEL John H. Valentine (Term Expires 1959)
JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS
Thomas M. Elliott
Center Town Hall
Joseph L. Larocque-until Aug. 1958
North Town Hall
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Anthony C. Ferreira (Term Expires 1959)
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Cortlandt J. Burkinshaw (Term Expires 1959)
DOG OFFICER Frank Wojtas (Term Expires 1959)
WELFARE INVESTIGATOR Civil Service Arthur Cooke
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR John W. Maxwell
AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH John W. Maxwell (Term Expires 1959)
SCHOOL NURSES Helen M. Jewett Jessie M. Groves (Terms Expire 1959)
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BUILDING INSPECTOR Joseph G. Demers (Term Expires 1959)
WIRE INSPECTOR
Harold M. Tucke, Jr.
(Term Expires 1959)
MILK INSPECTOR John W. Maxwell (Term Expires 1959)
PLUMBING INSPECTOR George E. Gagnon Civil Service
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
Arthur M. Batchelder
Edward B. Russell
Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1959
BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIANS Raymond J. Horan Benjamin J. Blechman (Term Expires 1959)
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1959)
ZONING APPEAL BOARD
Richard Carr
Term Expires 1959
Willis E. Buckingham
Term Expires 1960
Charles Egerton
Term Expires 1961
Louis L. Hannaford
Term Expires 1962
Paul W. O'Neil
Term Expires 1963
ALTERNATES
Eliot W. Remick
Term Expires 1959
James O. Robinson
Term Expires 1959
Bruce N. Freeman
Term Expires 1959
VETERANS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
George Archer
Edward G. Krasnecki
(Terms Expire 1959) Joseph Sadowski George F. Waite
Perry Snow Alfred H. Coburn
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Robert M. Hood
HONOR ROLL COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1959) George R. Dixon Thomas E. Firth, Jr.
CIVIL DEFENSE COMMITTEE (Term Expires 1959) William Edge Charles Koulas
Bertram T. Needham
VETERANS' AGENT Terrence O'Rourke (Term Expires 1959)
CONSTABLE
Ralph J. Hulslander (Term Expires 1959)
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1959) Post 212
Norman LaRock
Archie Cooke
Wayne Gray
Post 313
Donald Rafferty
B. C. Smith
Joseph Sadowski
Post 366
Francis Cunningham Kenneth E. Lawson Charles J. O'Neil
PERSONNEL BOARD
Robert H. Goldman, Chairman Term Expires 1958
Charles E. Cooke, Jr. Term Expires 1959
Gerard A. Vayo
Term Expires 1959
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Claude J. Harvey-203 Boston Rd., Chelmsford, Mass. 1960 Leslie H. Adams-41 Sherman St., No. Chelmsford, Mass. 1960
Carl A. E. Peterson-79 Park Rd., So. Chelmsford, Mass. 1960
Arthur B. Worthley, Jr .- 42 Sylvan Ave., Chelmsford, Mass. 1960
Raymond T. Osborn-8 Chelmsford St., Chelmsford, Mass. 1959 William R. Kiernan, Jr .- 6 Arbor Rd., No. Chelmsford, Mass. 1959 Arthur L. Bennett-152 Dalton Rd., Chelmsford, Mass. 1959
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 3, 1958 AND MARCH 10, 1958
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 re- quested 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 third day of March, 1958, 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 officers.
One Selectman for three years.
One Member Public Welfare Board for three years.
One Assessor for three years.
One Member Board of Health for three years.
One Member of School Committee for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees of Public Library for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Member Planning Board for five years.
One Constable for one year.
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 Monday, the tenth day of March, 1958 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, 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 see if the Town will vote to amend Section 19, paragraph III subtitled, "Hours of Work Shall Be As Follows:", by striking out the language in paragraph III and inserting "For those occupying positions designated "Public Safety Occupations" and within the Fire Department, forty-eight (48) hours per week; Police Department, an average of forty-four (44) hours per week, scheduled in such a manner as the head of such department may deem advis- able."
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 19, paragraph IV subtitled, "Hours of Work shall be as follows:" to read as follows: Overtime work for those beyond these hours may be compensated for by time off, except 'Mechanical and Construction Operations' hourly rates which shall be paid at the standard rate of pay for the job times one and one-half, and except the full time employees of the Fire Department who may be summoned and kept on duty because of a serious fire, and except for the Police Depart- ment who shall be paid the regular hourly rate for overtime.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the 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" to read as follows:
A. ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL
Minimum
Maximum
Increment
1957
1958
*1. Agent, Veterans'
Services
$ 635.00
$ 785.00
$ 50yr-3yrs
$ 750.00
$ 785.00
2. Clerk, Senior
2,530.00
2,730.00
100yr-2yrs
2,600.00
2,730.00
3. Clerk
2,210.00
2,410.00
100yr-2yrs
2,200.00
2,210.00
4. Town Accountant
4,210.00
4,810.00
200yr-3yrs
4,000.00
4,410.00
*5. Town Counsel
500.00
500.00
500.00
*6. Selectmen's Recording
Clerk
630.00
600.00
630.00
*7. Board of Registrars Clerk
250.00
250.00
250.00
*8. Clerk (part-time)
1.15hr
1.10hr
1.15hr
*9. Planning Board Clerk
1.15hr
1.10hr
1.15hr
B. CONSERVATION AND CEMETERY
1. Cemetery Superin-
tendent
3,900.00
4,200.00
100yr-3yrs
3,650.00
4,000.00
1A. Cemetery Attendant
1.65hr
1.65hr
*2. Moth Superintendent
300.00
300.00
300.00
*3. Laborer, Park
1.58hr
1.50hr
1.58hr
*4. Laborer, Skilled,
Tree Climber
1.85hr
1.65hr
1.85hr
C. CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE
*1. Clock Winder
80.00
80.00
80.00
2. Custodian
2,565.00
2,865.00
100yr-3yrs
2,730.00
2,865.00
3. Custodian
28.70wk
34.70wk
1.00wk-3yrs
1,420.00
28.70wk
D. HEALTH AND SERVICES
1. Nurse, Senior
3,160.00
3,460.00
100yr-3yrs
3,200.00
3,460.00
2. Nurse, Junior
2,850.00
3,150.00
100yr-3yrs
3,000.00
3,150.00
*3. Physicians
150.00
150.00
150.00
4. Sanitarian
4,100.00
4,400.00
100yr-3yrs
3,900.00
4,100.00
5. Meat Inspector
$10.00 per animal
(to a maximum of $200.00)
(27.30wk)
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Minimum
Maximum
Increment
1957
1958
E. LIBRARY
1. Librarian, Adams
1,690.00
1,890.00
100yr-2yrs
1,800.00
1,890.00
*2. Librarian, Mackay ..
882.00
708.00
882.00
*3. Assistant Librarians
1.15hr.
1.10hr
1.15hr
F. MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION
1. Highway Superin- tendent 5,100.00
5,300.00
100yr-2yrs
5,000.00
5,300.00
2. Motor Equip. Oper. and Truck Driver
1.79hr
1.70hr
1.79hr
3. Tractor Operator
1.89hr
1.80hr
1.89hr
4. Roller Operator 1.89hr
1.80hr
1.89hr
5. Grader Operator
2.26hr
2.15hr
2.26hr
6. Shovel Operator
2.26hr
2.15hr
2.26hr
7. Laborer
1.58hr
1.50hr
1.58hr
8. Laborer, Skilled,
Mason, Carpenter
1.73hr
1.65hr
1.73hr
9. Repairman, Mechanic.
2.10hr
2.00hr
2.10hr
10. Working Foreman
2.00hr
1.90hr
2.00hr
11. Foreman-truck driver
(ashes ‹ waste)
2.00hr
1.90hr
2.00hr
G. PUBLIC SAFETY AND INSPECTION FIRE:
1. Chief
5,100.00
5,300.00
100yr-2yrs
5,000.00
5,300.00
1A. Deputy Chief
4,800.00
5,000.00
100yr-2yrs
4,800.00
2. Captain, Permanent .. 4,500.00
4,700.00
100yr-2yrs
4,250.00
4,600.00
*3. Captain, Call
200.00yr
200.00yr
200.00yr
& 1.94hr
& 1.85hr
& 1.94hr
4. Lieutenant,
Permanent 4,300.00
4,500.00
100yr-2yrs
4,350.00
4,400.00
* 5. Lieutenant, Call
100.00yr
100.00yr
100.00yr
& 1.84hr
& 1.75hr
& 1.84hr
6. Regular Firefighter . 4,000.00
4,200.00
100yr-2yrs
4,000.00
4,200.00
*7. Firefighter (call)
50.00yr
50.00yr
50.00yr
& 1.73hr
& 1.65hr
& 1.73hr
150.00
140.00
150.00
9. Chief
5,100.00
5,300.00
100yr-2yrs
5,000.00
5,300.00
10. Sergeant
4,500.00
4,700.00
100yr-2yrs
4,450.00
4,700.00
11. Patrolman
4,000.00
4,200.00
100yr-2yrs
4,000.00
4,200.00
*12. Special Police
1.58hr
1.50hr
1.58hr
*13. Animal Inspector
500.00
500.00
500.00
*14. Building Inspector
1,470.00
1,400.00
1,470.00
*15. Civilian Defense Com-
500.00
*16. Civilian Defense Com-
mittee, Secretary . .
400.00
*17. Civilian Defense Com- mittee, Third Member
300.00
*18. Beach Attendant
60.00wk
48.00wk
60.00wk
*19. Dog Officer
325.00
325.00
325.00
*20. Sealer of Weights and Measures
275.00
275.00
275.00
H. ELECTED OFFICIALS
1. Moderator
75.00
75.00
2. Town Clerk
550.00
1,550.00
(with partial fees)
(without)
3. Selectmen:
750.00
750.00
Chairman Members (2)
500.00ea
500.00
4. Treasurer & Collector
3,700.00
4,000.00
(with fees)
(without fees)
5. Assessors:
4,100.00 4,300.00
Second-full time ..
For 9 months
3,000.00
Part-time
For 3 months 320.00
Third-Part-time
1,275.00
8. Janitor
POLICE:
mittee, Chairman ..
Chief
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6. Tree Warden
Allowed to collect rate per hour
7. Health Chairman Board Members (2)
of 2.00hr 300.00 275.00ea
350.00
300.00ea
8. School Committee
No Salary
9. Park Commissioners
No Salary
10. Cemetery Commissioners: Secretary Board Members (2)
55.00
55.00
45.00ea
45.00ea
11. Trustees Public
Libraries
No Salary
12. Sinking Fund Commissioners
No Salary
13. Planning Board
No Salary Fees
14. Constable *Part time.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By- Laws by inserting the following section: All fees received by the Town Tax Collector by virtue of his office shall be paid in the Town Treasury; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. 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 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the cur- rent year, with authority to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judg- ment it is necessary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anti- cipation of Revenue of the current financial year; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in the year 1959 in anticipation of revenue of the year 1959; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet bills for previous years; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money to pay to the Treasurer of the Middlesex 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 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000), 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.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Ten Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-one and 42/100 Dollars, ($10,671.42), to defray its share of the cost of the mainte- nance of the Middlesex County Sanatorium by the County of Middle- sex.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law:
The assessors, in addition to such other duties as are required by law, shall annually, beginning in 1959, cause to be printed and made avail- able to the taxpayers, a complete list of real property subject to as- sessment, together with the names of the owners thereof and the amount for which such property is assessed.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-law adopted March 9, 1953 under Article 55, as follows:
Strike out the words "at any or all Town meetings" and insert there- for, the words "at any Annual Town Meeting and not less than 300 registered voters at any Special Town Meeting", so that the by-law will read: "A quorum of not less than two hundred (200) registered voters must be present at any Annual Town Meeting, and not less than three hundred (300) registered voters at any Special Town Meeting to legally transact and consummate the business of the Town"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law:
All Town Officers, when seeking a legal opinion from the Town Coun- sel, shall do so in writing. The Town Counsel shall render his opinion in writing. Copies of the request and reply shall be forwarded to the Board of Selectmen, who shall keep them in a permanent file open to the public during business hours; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the General Court for the enactment of an act to change the time of holding the Annual Town Meeting and Town Election, and providing for the submission of certain votes for ref- erendum, as follows:
Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Chelms- ford shall be held on the first Monday in March, and all matters to be considered at the Annual Town Meeting shall be considered at such meeting, except that the Annual Town Election for the purpose of electing, by official ballot, town officers and voting on any question required by law to be placed upon the official ballot, shall take place at an adjournment of such meeting to be held on the third Monday in March.
Section 2. Any vote passed at any town meeting of said Town shall not become operative until after the expiration of a period of five days, terminating at five o'clock P.M. on the fifth day, ex- clusive of Sundays and holidays, from the day of the dissolution
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of such meeting. If, within the period of the said five days, a petition is addressed to and filed with the Selectmen, and is signed by not less than fifty voters of the Town, containing their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, asking that the question or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the voters of the Town, the Selectmen shall then frame and present the question or questions involved in such vote at the next annual election of officers at which time the question or questions involved shall be voted upon by ballot, using the check list, and such question or questions shall be de- termined by a majority vote of the registered voters of the Town voting thereon. If such a petition is not filed within said period of five days, the vote in the Town meeting shall become operative and effective upon expiration of said period.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters of said Town at a Town Meeting held not later than the Annual Town Meeting in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
ARTICLE 18: To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law:
The fee for any license granted to keep, store and sell over five (5) tons of explosives in permanent magazine or magazines, shall be two thousand ($2000.00) Dollars. The fee for registra- tion of the above license shall be one-half the amount of the fee for such license.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will amend the Building Code, Article 1, as adopted at the Town Meeting April 10, 1950 as follows:
Strike out the words "or other experience satisfactory to the Selectmen"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-law adopted by unanimous vote at the 1954 Annual Town Meeting (Article 105) as follows:
1. The entire premises shall mean entire licensed premises.
2. Sufficient fence capable of keeping unauthorized persons from said premises and sufficiently fire-proof in construction to prevent grass or brush fires entering such premises shall mean, a chain link fence with three (3) strands of barbed wire.
3. Said chain link fence shall be seven (7) feet high including the three (3) strands of barbed wire.
4. Top and bottom selvages to have a twisted and barbed finish.
5. Fence to follow ground line at all times.
6. Not less than two (2) drive gates shall be installed. These gates are to be kept locked at all times, except when in use. The licensee or owner shall furnish keys to the Chiefs of the Fire and Police Departments.
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7. The Chief of the Fire Department shall specify the size and location of all drive gates.
8. One gate may be used for ingress and egress by the owner or the licensee, or their agent.
9. The specifications of the fence shall compare with the Cy- clone Invincible fence of the American Steel and Wire Co.
10. Around the entire licensed premises, a strip not less than ten (10) feet wide shall be free of all vegetation, and shall be covered with gravel.
11. This by-law shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire De- partment; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law:
Section 1. Any owner or occupant of land licensed to store, keep and sell explosives in permanent magazines, shall file with the Clerk of the Town, a bond running to the Town, with sureties approved by the treasurer thereof, as the foregoing table indicates: Amount of explosives Amount of bond
Up to 50,000 lbs. $1.00 per pound
50,000 lbs. to 100,000 lbs. $2.00 per pound
100,001 lbs. and over $3.00 per pound
Section 2. The amount stored and kept shall be ascertained from the records of the Department of Public Safety; further, the amount stored and kept shall cover a full calendar year, January 1, to December 31st.
Section 3. The Clerk of the Town, after determining the amount stored and kept, shall notify the owner or occupant of land licensed to store, keep and sell explosives, of the amount of the bond.
Section 4. Action on a bond filed under the above sections may be brought by any resident of the Town of Chelmsford to whom loss, damage or injury has resulted by reason of such storing, keeping, selling or transporting and shall be brought in the name of, and for the use and at the cost and expense of, such resident. If claims on any bond are established to an amount greater than the penal sum thereof, such claims shall be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum, and executions shall issue accordingly.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law: Any owner of land which has been excavated, shall erect barriers or take other suitable measures to protect persons from damages incident thereto. The penalty for violation of this section shall be as follows: for the first offense, Fifty Dollars ($50.00); for the second offense, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); and for each subsequent offense, Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The Building Inspector shall enforce this by-law.
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law: The proceedings of Town Meetings shall be governed by the rules of practice contained in Robert's Rules of Order (1951 Ed.) except as modified by law or by the by-laws.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for the enactment of an act to authorize the Town to add the Building Inspector to the list of Officers to be elected annually by the Registered Voters of this Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept Woodbine Street, as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Registry of Deeds for Northern Middlesex County; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept Southgate Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Southgate Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept Hemlock Drive, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Hemlock Drive; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept Latch Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Latch Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept part of Rainbow Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing part of Rainbow Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
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