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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASS.
WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND LIBRARIAN
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1913
GTON
730 .*
THE
WHITEFIELD ELM
BOSTON C. M. BARROWS CO. 1914
352 655
12220
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TOWN OFFICERS 1913
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
ARTHUR W. EAMES EDWARD N. EAMES HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman
Assessors
JAMES E. KELLEY
MILTON T. HOLT
GEORGE W. BUCK
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Term expires 1914
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRED A. EAMES
Collector of Taxes
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Auditor HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER A. HILL
Chief of Police
WALTER A. HILL
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Special Police
CHARLES WILSON WALTER J. HARRISON
ALBERT D. BUTTERS WILLIAM H. BAXTER WILLIAM S. BENSON
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
HENRY N. AMES Term expires 1914 ALDICE G. EAMES Term expires 1915
PETER F. McMAHON . Term expires 1916 JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Fence Viewers
ARTHUR W. EAMES EDWARD N. EAMES HERBERT C. BARROWS
Field Drivers
MICHAEL J. McMAHON FRANCIS NICHOLS ALBERT D. BUTTERS
Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS JAMES E. KELLEY SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
Surveyors of Wood and Bark
JAMES E. KELLEY HERBERT C. BARROWS SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
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Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Public Weighers
WARREN EAMES
GEORGE L. BLAISDELL
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
GEORGE A. HART
FRED A. EAMES
FRED W. CARTER
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
WALTER L. HALE
Sealer of Weights and Measures HOWARD M. HORTON
Janitor of Town Hall CHARLES B. OSBON
Pound Keeper WILLIAM S. BENSON
Superintendent of Town Farm WILLIAM S. BENSON
Superintendent of Streets WILLIE B. McINTOSH
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDÓN, M. D. V.
Inspector of Provisions J. HOWARD EAMES
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Forest Fire Warden HOWARD M. HORTON
Fire Department ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Chief FRANK D. MORRIS, Assistant
Cemetery Committee
SELECTMEN ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Superintendent
Common Committee
JOSEPH PATCHETT Term expires 1914
CHARLES E. HUDSON
Term expires 1915
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1916
School Committee
HOWARD M. HORTON
Term expires 1914
ALDEN N. EAMES Term expires 1915
EDWARD S. LEWIS
Term expires 1916
Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS
Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT
Trustees of Public Library
D. FRED WAITE .
Term expires 1914
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1914
GEORGE C. HILL
Term expires 1915
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1915
EDWARD N. EAMES Term expires 1916
HERBERT C. BARROWS
Term expires 1916
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Trustees of Trust Funds
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1914
DUDLEY B. PURBECK
Term expires 1915
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1916
Sinking Fund Commissioners
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1914
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1914
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1914
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1914
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1915
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1916
EUGENE G. SHAW
Term expires 1917
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1918
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
THOMAS H. McMAHON
FRANK W. KIDDER
J. HOWARD EAMES OLIVER A. McGRANE
FRANK D. MORRIS OTIS GOWING WARREN EAMES
EUGENE G. SHAW
JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON Revised July 7, 1913
CHARLES F. PERRY
EDWARD F. CROSBY
WILLIE B. McINTOSH
WALTER D. CARTER
ROSCOE E. MILLETT DANIEL R. CARTER LAWRENCE C. SWAIN FRANK L. EAMES WALDO L. DEAN
WILLIAM C. STEVENS
HARRY R. DEMING
MILTON HOLT
HAROLD SWAIN HENRY L. CARTER
CARL S. PETTINGILL
WILLIAM H. PUTNAM
OLIVER A. McGRANE
HARRY M. TAYLOR
FRED A. EAMES OTIS GOWING
ARNOLD D. CARTER
ELI T. KINSMAN
CHARLES E. CARTER
WALTER H. CURRIER
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of Town Meetings, Births, Marriages and Deaths, with a Statement of Money Paid to the County Treasurer on account of Dog Licenses
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in the manner provided by Section 2, Article 1, of the By- Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the third day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 a.m. and may be closed at 4 p.m., for election of officers and to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for Three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Survey, one Assessor for three years, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, two members of the
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S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, one for five years and one for four years, one Tree Warden, one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; also to vote on the following question, to wit: Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? "Yes " or "No."
At 10 o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Art. 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of Schools, School Books and Supplies, Salary of Superintendent of Schools and Salary of School Committee; for Highways, Roads and Bridges; for Support of Poor; for Care and Improvement of Cemeteries; for Support of Public Library; for Police; for Tree Warden; for Salaries and Expenses of Town Officers; for Notes Payable; for Interest; for Miscellaneous Expenses; for Abatement of Taxes; for Fire Department; for Forest Fires; for State and County Taxes; for the Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths; for Care and Main- tenance of Town Hall; for Soldiers' Relief; for Street Lighting.
Art. 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate eighteen thousand dollars, and to issue a
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note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 8. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes, and to determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) to co-operate with the State in the purchase of a modern spraying ma- chine, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Read- ing Municipal Light Board the sum of one dollar extra per light for services from 5 a.m. to daylight, from October 15 to March 15, and raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to pay for the same or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install street lights on Wildwood Street or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Shawsheen Avenue to Lake Street, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Chestnut Street to the Woburn line, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 14. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for installing additional street lights men- tioned in Articles 11, 12 and 13.
Art 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the com-
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pletion of grading at Walker School, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen or a committee of citizens to confer with the management of the Bay State Street R.R. Corpora- tion in regard to having better car service between North Woburn and Perry's Corner, and also to secure better privileges between Reading and Wilmington, so that the carfare between Reading and any part of Wilmington shall not exceed five cents, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Cross Street extension to Cottage Street and Cottage Street as laid out by the Selectmen.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) to install an air system for Fire Alarm, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to change the number of men in each company of the Fire Department from fifteen to ten men and pay each $25 per year, and pay extra help thirty cents per hour, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 20. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for additional Fire Wells.
Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to additional accommodations for the High School.
Art 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) under Chapter 525 of the Acts of the year 1910 to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Art 23. To see if the Town will accept the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) from the estate of J. Sheldon Sargent, the income of said sum to be expended annually upon his lot in the cemetery.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this seventeenth day of February, A.D., one thousand nine hun- dred and thirteen.
GTO
730
THE WHITEFIELD ELMI
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting March 3, 1913
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing war- rant, the voters assembled on the above date. The votes as declared by the Moderator are as follows:
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and the warrant read as far as Article 3. On motion, voted to dispense reading the balance. --- - -
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot, and the check list being used.
Art. 2. The Moderator read Article 2 and then examined the ballot box, which was found empty, the register in- dicated 0000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable. The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Moderator, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator announced that the polls for the election of officers were open and that balloting might proceed. Later on it was voted that the polls for election of officers be closed at 4 p.m. At the appointed time the Moderator declared the polls closed.
The names checked upon the lists numbered 157, and four specials for "School Committee Only," and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered 157 regular and four specials, and the register indicated 161.
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For Selectmen " to act also as Overseers of the Poor "
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected) had one hundred thirty- eight votes, 138
Arthur W. Eames (Elected) had one hundred thirty- three votes, 133
Edward N. Eames (Elected) had one hundred twenty- three votes, 123
Sydney C. Buck had one vote, 1
C. S. Pettengill had one vote, 1
Blanks eighty-seven, 87
Assessor for Three Years
George W. Buck (Elected) had one hundred thirty-six votes,
136
Blanks, twenty-five, 25
Town Clerk
James E. Kelley (Elected) had one hundred thirty-
three votes, 133
Blanks, twenty-eight, 28
Treasurer
Fred A. Eames (Elected) had one hundred forty votes,
140
Blanks, twenty-one, 21
Collector of Taxes
Joseph Patchett (Elected) had one hundred forty-two votes,
142
Blanks, nineteen, 19
Auditor
Harry R. Deming (Elected) had one hundred thirty- three votes, 133
Blanks, twenty-eight, 28
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Constable
Walter A. Hill (Elected) had ninety-four votes, 64
Daniel C. Norcross had fifty-eight votes, 58
Blanks, nine, 9
Fence Viewers
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected) had one hundred twenty-one votes, 121
Arthur W. Eames (Elected) had one hundred twenty- one votes, 121
Edward N. Eames (Elected) had one hundred seven- teen votes, 117
Sydney C. Buck had one vote, 1
Blanks, one hundred twenty-three 123
School Committee, Three Years
Edward S. Lewis (Elected) had one hundred nine votes, 109
C. E. Hudson had one vote, 1
M. Leontine Buck had two votes, 2
George J. Bloomfield had one vote, 1
Blanks, forty-eight, 48
Trustees of Public Library, Three Years
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected) had eighty-two votes, 82
Edward N. Eames (Elected) had eighty-six votes, 86
John W. Hathaway had sixty votes, 60
Blanks, ninety-four, 94
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, Five Years
John W. Hathaway (Elected) had eighty-eight votes. 88
J. Woodward Manning had forty-four votes, 44
Blanks, twenty-nine, 29
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S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, Four Years
Howard M. Horton had fifty-four votes, 54
Eugene G. Shaw (Elected) had eighty-five votes, 85
Blanks, twenty-two, 22
Sinking Fund Commissioner, One Year
Daniel T. Buzzell (Elected) had eighty-one votes, 81
Eugene G. Shaw had fifty-four votes, 54
Blanks, twenty-nine, 29
Trustee of Trust Funds, Three Years
Caleb S. Harriman (Elected) had eighty votes, 80
Fred H. Roberts had fifty-two votes, 52
Blanks, twenty-nine, 29
Tree Warden
Oliver A. McGrane (Elected) had one hundred thirty- nine votes, 139
A. D. Butters had one vote, 1
Blanks, twenty-one, 21
License Vote
Yes, eighteen, 18
No, one hundred twelve, 112
Blanks, thirty-one, 31
At 10 o'clock, the hour stated in the warrant, Article 3 was taken up.
Article 3. On motion it was voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names as nominations for the several offices to be filled under the article. Moderator appointed Arthur W. Eames,
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Herbert C. Barrows and Joseph Patchett, who submitted the following list, which on motion was accepted and adopted and the nominees declared elected.
Field Drivers
Henry L. Sheldon Edward W. Taylor Michael J. McMahon Albert D. Butters Francis Nichols
Surveyors of Lumber
James E. Kelley Edward N. Eames H. C. Barrows Arthur W. Eames S. R. McIntosh
Surveyors of Wood and Bark
James E. Kelley Edward N. Eames H. C. Barrows Arthur W. Eames S. R. McIntosh
Measurers of Leather
J. Arthur Taylor
Arthur F. Blake
Public Weighers
Warren Eames William H. Baxter Fred W. Carter Fred A. Eames George L. Blaisdell Arthur F. Blake J. Arthur Taylor Walter L. Hale George A. Hart
Common Committee, Three Years : James E. Kelley
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Art. 4. Voted to accept the reports as printed in the Annual Town Report, except that as none of the Electric Lighting Committee were present, that portion be laid on the table to be taken up later.
Art. 5. Motion: That the Town raise and appropriate the several and respective sums recommended by the Select- men on page 122 of the printed report and that the motion be divided and put upon each item separately and subject to amendment. Voted in the affirmative.
General Government
Selectmen, salaries and general expenses
$510 00
Auditor, salary and general expenses 115 00
Treasurer, salary and general expenses
230 00
Collector, salary and general expenses
660 00
Assessors, salaries and general expenses
500 00
Town Clerk, salary and general expenses
125 00
Election and registration, salaries and expenses
230 00
Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel and repairs
160 00
Total for General Government $2,530 00
Protection of Life and Property
Police Department
$ 600 00
Fire Department .
1,000 00
Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths, compulsory
683 73
Sealer of Weights and Measures (the fees) and
25 00
Tree Warden
250 00
Forest fires, unexpended balance, $292.10, and
500 00
Total for protection of life and property $3,058 73
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Health and Sanitation
Board of Health Agent, quarantine wages, In-
spector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions
$ 325 00
Highways, roads and bridges
1,800 00
Poor, Town Farm and Outside Poor
1,600 00
Soldiers' Relief 48 00
Schools, including books, supplies, repairs to school buildings and salaries of Superinten- dent, School Committee and painting school building
11,400 00
Library
400 00
Miscellaneous, printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc.
500 00
Cemetery
400 00
Interest
100 00
Notes payable
490 00
Abatement of taxes
100 00
Electric street lights, unexpended balance and
1,700 00
$18,863 00
The amounts recommended by the Selectmen were voted without change in all cases with the following exceptions: $25 increase for Assessors' expenses; the fees collected by the Sealer of Weights and Measures were added to the recommendation; for Schools, etc., increase of $400; for Electric Street Lights increase of $200; and for Highways, Roads and Bridges a decrease of $200 was voted.
Art. 6. On motion it was voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the observance of Memorial Day and that the same be expended by a Com- mittee of Three, namely, Joseph M. Hill representing the Civil War Veterans, Walter L. Hale representing the Spanish War Veterans, and Helen H. Buck representing the Daugh- ters of the Revolution.
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Art. 7. Voted that the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning March 3, 1913, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $18,000, 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 taxes of said municipal year.
Art. 8. Voted that the Town pay the Tax Collector two per cent of his collections as his compensation during the ensuing year.
Art. 9. On motion it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600 to co-operate with the State in the purchase of a modern spraying machine.
Art. 10. On motion voted to lay the article on the table to be taken up later. On motion later it was voted to take the article from the table and act thereon. Motion made to pass the article. Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 11. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to install street lights on Wildwood Street, fourteen (14) lights.
Art. 12. Voted to extend the street lights on Shawsheen Avenue to Lake Street, ten (10) lights.
Art. 13. Voted to extend the street lights on Chestnut Street to the Woburn line, twenty-eight (28) lights.
Art. 14. Voted to raise and appropriate for installing additional street lights mentioned in Articles 11, 12 and 13, six hundred ninety-nine dollars ($699).
Art. 15. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the completion of grading at Walker School.
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Art. 16. Motion that a committee of three, consisting of Edgar S. Wells, Joseph Patchett and S. R. McIntosh, be appointed to confer with the management of the Bay State Street Railway in regard to matters mentioned in Article 16. At Mr. Patchett's request his name was with- drawn and the name of Howard M. Horton substituted. The motion was then put and it was voted in the affirmative.
Art. 17. Voted to pass the article.
Art. 18. Letters read from Mr. R. W. LeBaron in relation to an air system of fire alarm, followed by remarks in relation to the subject. Motion then made to pass the article. Amendment made that a committee of three appointed by the Moderator consider the matter and report at some future meeting. Vote on the amendment was in the negative. Vote then taken on the original motion and it was voted to pass the article.
Art. 19. After some discussion it was voted to pass the article.
Art. 20. Voted to pass the article.
Art. 21. That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to retire and bring in the names of five who shall act as a committee to consider the question of addi- tional accommodations for the High School and report at a meeting some time before May 1. Voted in the affirmative. Moderator named H. M. Horton, Arthur G. Kidder and Oscar Lundgren, who brought in the names of F. H. Roberts, C. S. Harriman, H. C. Barrows, H. M. Horton and George F. Dodge. Voted to accept and adopt said report.
Art. 22. On motion it was voted to raise and appropriate $1,000, the same to be expended in accordance and manner named in the article.
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Art. 23. Voted to accept the sum of money named and that the income be expended as mentioned in the article.
That part of Article 3 in relation to the report of the Electric Lighting Committee was then taken from the table and on motion it was voted as follows: That the Electric Lighting Committee be relieved from further duty with the thanks of the Town, and that they file with the Town Clerk the original contract for record.
After a declaration of the vote under Article 2 and the administration of the oath of office by the Moderator in open meeting to the following named persons: James E. Kelley as Town Clerk. Surveyor of Wood. Bark and Lumber, and Common Committee; Walter A. Hill as Constable; Joseph Patchett as Tax Collector, and Eugene G. Shaw as member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for four years, the ballots were sealed, countersigned and with check lists used. turned over to the Town Clerk; the meeting then adjourned sine die.
A true copy attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY. Toun Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
Special Town Meeting, Held May 24, 1913
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, SS.
To Walter A. Hill, Esq., Constable of the Town of Wilming- ton, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in accordance with the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall in said Town on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of May current, at 8 o'clock p.m., to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the reports of committees and act thereon.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will take any action toward procuring a title to the land on which the North School is situated.
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Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk from the residence of J. Arthur Taylor to the bridge at Maple Meadow Brook on the easterly side of Lowell Street, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to extend the present sidewalk on the southerly side of Burlington Avenue, from Chestnut Street to junction of Burlington Avenue and Boutwell Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this sixteenth day of May, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
[SEAL ]
HERBERT C. BARROWS. ARTHUR W. EAMES,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting May 24, 1913
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 acted upon.
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. The Committee on Street Railway Accommoda- tions had no report to offer at this time, as the chairman of the committee was not present, but later on Mr. Howard M. Horton reported in relation to the subject as follows: Mr. Edgar S. Wells and Mr. Horton called on the manager, Mr. Lees, at Lowell, and spoke in relation to the running of cars for better connections with the North Woburn cars and Lowell, and he agreed to look into the matter. In regard to change of fares he declined to make any alterations, and on motion it was voted that the Selectmen petition the Railroad Commissioners for a hearing on the street railway accommodations in this Town.
The Committee on School Accommodations reported that they unanimously recommend the building of a new school- house and submitted plans for inspection, and stated that the building could be built for $29,300 outside of site and furnishings. After some statistical figures by Mr. Carrier and at the request of the Moderator, Mr. Chase, Superin-
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tendent of Schools, was invited to address the meeting. After some interesting remarks by him and several other gentlemen, on motion it was voted that the report of the committee be accepted and the same committee be con- tinued and are hereby authorized to look up location, and if possible to get option on the same. Also to devise ways and means for raising funds.
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