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WILMINGTON, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR, ENDING DECEMBER 31
1915
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WHITEFIELD ELM
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BOSTON C. M. BARROWS CO. 1916
10 352 WSS
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TOWN OFFICERS 1915
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
Term expires 1917
. · Term expires 1918
Term expires 1916
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRED A. EAMES
Collector of Taxes
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER A. HILL
Chief of Police
WALTER A. HILL
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Special Police
MELVIN W. BROWN
ALBERT D. BUTTERS
WILLIAM RITSON
WALTER J. HARRISON WILLIAM H. BAXTER EDWIN L. DAY DANIEL C. NORCROSS
Board of Survey
SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
ALDICE G. EAMES
PETER F. McMAHON
HENRY N. AMES
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
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
WALTER D. CARTER ALBERT D. BUTTERS MELVIN W. BROWN
Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS JAMES E. KELLEY SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH THOMAS T. SIDELINKER EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
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Surveyors of Wood and Bark
JAMES E. KELLEY
HERBERT C. BARROWS
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH
FRANK L. EAMES
EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
WALTER L. HALE
Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Public Weighers
WARREN EAMES ALBERT LANE
GEORGE L. BLAISDELL
FRED W. CARTER
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR ARTHUR F. BLAKE GEORGE A. HART WALTER L. HALE
FRANK L. EAMES
Sealer of Weights and Measures HOWARD M. HORTON
Janitor of Town Hall CHARLES B. OSBON
Pound Keeper MELVIN W. BROWN
Superintendent of Town Farm
MELVIN W. BROWN
Superintendent of Streets WILLIE B. McINTOSH
Board of Health DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent
SELECTMEN
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Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Provisions J. HOWARD EAMES
Forest Fire Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Deputy Forest Fire Wardens
H. C. BARROWS
W. B. McINTOSH
A. D. BUTTERS
M. W. BROWN GEORGE S. FOOTE ERNEST W. EAMES
ARTHUR W. GIROUX
Fire Department ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Chief GEORGE S. FOOTE, Assistant
Cemetery Committee
SELECTMEN ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Superintendent
Common Committee
JOSEPH PATCHETT JAMES E. KELLEY . .
CHARLES B. OSBON
.
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1918
School Committee
HOWARD M. HORTON
EDWARD S. LEWIS
ELLEN S. PERRY
.
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1918
Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS
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Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT
Trustees of Public Library
D. FRED WAITE
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1917
GUY E. NICHOLS
Term expires 1918
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1918
EDWARD N. EAMES
.
Term expires 1916
HERBERT C. BARROWS
Term expires 1916
Trustees of Trust Funds
DUDLEY B. PURBECK .
Term expires 1918
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1916
FRED A. EAMES
Term expires 1917
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1920
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
EUGENE G. SHAW ·
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1918
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Term expires 1919
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
THOMAS H. McMAHON FRANK W. KIDDER J. HOWARD EAMES JOHN E. DENEHY
OTIS GOWING WARREN EAMES EUGENE G. SHAW OLIVER A. McGRANE
·
Term expires 1917
JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Revised July 5, 1915
Street
Arthur O. Buck
Church St.
Daniel R. Carter
Shawsheen Ave.
William C. Stevens
Woburn St.
Frank Chapman
West St.
Carpenter Showman Section Hand Bookkeeper Postmaster
Harry R. Deming Milton T. Holt Harold Swain
Federal St.
Forest Ave.
Middlesex Ave.
Laborer
Samuel F. Cole
Glen Road
Currier Farmer Moth Superintendent
Harry M. Taylor
Chestnut St.
Accountant
Ernest W. Eames
Woburn St.
Farmer Clerk
Harry A. Maynard
Off Burlington Ave.
Brakeman Retired
Joseph Patchett
West St.
Tax Collector Farmer
Walter D. Carter Fred A. Lowell
Chestnut St.
Printer
Sidney C. Buck
Middlesex Ave.
Provision Dealer
George W. Buck
Church St.
M. Herbert Foskett
Ballardvale St.
Grove St.
Woburn St.
Main St.
John W. Hoban
Middlesex Ave.
Thomas H. McMahon
Middlesex Ave.
Insurance Agent Telegraph Operator Lumber Dealer Laborer Currier
Grocer Printer
John E. Denehy Irvin Eames
Church St.
Eli T. Kinsman
Woburn St.
Henry L. Carter
Oliver McGrane
Church St.
Lawrence C. Swain
Middlesex Ave.
Lowell St.
Occupation Clerk
Schamiel R. McIntosh
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
Special Town Meeting, January 18, 1915
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 accordance with the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify 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 Monday, the eighteenth day of January current, at S p.m., to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to use any money remaining in the treasury from appro- priations not used in full (after the purpose for which the money was raised has been accomplished), to pay any liabilities in- curred for other objects in excess of appropriation.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial
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year beginning January 1, 1915, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to refund all or any portion of the loans issued in anticipation of taxes of the financial year ending December 31, 1914, and falling due in January, 1915, as provided for by Section 9, Chapter 719, Acts of 1913, as amended, any loan or loans issued under the authority of this vote to be paid from the taxes of the financial year 1914.
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 ninth day of January, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
[SEAL]
HERBERT C. BARROWS, EDWARD N. EAMES, ARTHUR W. EAMES, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, January 18, 1915
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. Moved: That the Selectmen be authorized to use any unexpended money remaining in the Treasury for the pur- pose as stated in Article 2. Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 3. 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, 1915, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one ycar, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial ycar.
Art. 4. Voted: That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to refund all or any portion of the loans issued in anticipation of taxes of the financial year ending December 31, 1914, and falling due in January, 1915, as provided for by Section 9, Chapter 719, Acts of 1913, as amended, any loan or loans issued · under authority of this vote to be paid from the taxes of the financial ycar 1914.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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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 prescribed in Section 2, Article 1, of the By- Laws of the Town of Wilmington, 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 on Monday, the first 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 the election of officers and to act on the following articles, namely:
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, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, one member of S. D. J. Carter Lecture Com- mittee for five years, one Tree Warden, one Trustee of Trust
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Funds for three years; also to vote on the following questions, to wit: Shall license 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 ensuing. year.
Art. 4. To hear the report of committees and act thereon ..
Art. 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Health and Sanitation, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Highways, Roads and Bridges, Poor, Dependent Widows and Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Maintenance, Library, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Abatement of Taxes, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing Town Reports,. Care of Town Clock, Contingent Fund, etc.
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 what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to provide for the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will accept Beacon Street as laid out by the Selectmen as far as its junction with Belmont Avenue (so-called), on plan of Surburban Land Company, as a Town way, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights from Lake Street on Shawsheen Avenue to the residence of Martin Nee, or do anything in relation to the same.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Woburn Street and Eames Street to the residence of I. E. Morse, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will install street lights on Hopkins Street from Shawsheen Avenue to the Billerica line or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 12. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a stone crushing plant or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 13. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a steam roller or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to grade the grounds and walks around the New High School, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept a strip of land from Mr. Charles Osbon, sixteen feet in width, and take a like amount from the High School lot to be laid out as a Town way the same to extend from Middlesex Avenue to the back line of said lot or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 187, Acts of 1902, an act relative to the licensing of junk collectors, the same to be made a part of the Town By-Laws.
Art. 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to equipping the fire department with automobile fire apparatus.
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Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000 under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything 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 nine- teenth day of February, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
GTO
730 .* 'S
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WHITEFIELD
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 1, 1915
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing Warrant, 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 it was 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 indicated 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 Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk. The Moderator an- nounced that the polls for the election of officers were open and that balloting might proceed. Later on it was voted that the polls for the election of officers be closed at 4.15 p.m. At the appointed time the Moderator declared the polls closed.
The names checked upon the male lists numbered three hundred and four (304), and ninety-one (91) specials for " School Committee Only," and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered 304 regular and 91 specials, and the register indicated 395.
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For Selectmen, and also to act as Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected) had two hundred and eight votes, 208
Frank W. Dayton had one hundred fifty votes, 150
Arthur W. Eames (Elected) had one hundred eighty- eight votes, 155
Edward N. Eames (Elected) had one hundred eighty- seven votes. 187
Blanks, one hundred seventy-nine. 179
Assessor for Three Years
Milton F. Holt (Elected) had two hundred and ten votes. 210
Edward J. Lyons had seventy votes.
Blanks, twenty-four. 24
Town Clerk
James E. Kelley (Elected) had two hundred sixty-nine votes. 269
Blanks, thirty-five. 35
Treasurer
Fred A. Eames (Elected) had two hundred eighty votes, 250
Blanks, twenty-four. 24
Collector of Taxes
Joseph Patchett (Elected) had two hundred seventy-eight votes, 278
Blanks. twenty-six. 26
Constable
Walter A. Hill (Elected) had two hundred seventy votes. 270 Blanks. thirty-four. 34
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Fence Viewers
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected) had one hundred ninety- nine votes, 199
Frank W. Dayton had one hundred thirty-seven votes, 137
Arthur W. Eames (Elected) had one hundred seventy-eight votes, 178
Edward N. Eames (Elected) had one hundred sixty-four votes, 164
Francis T. Hathaway had fifty-four votes. 54
Blanks, one hundred eighty, 180
School Committee, Three Years
Alden N. Eames had one hundred votes, 100
John J. Kenney had fifty-nine votes, 59
Ellen S. Perry (Elected) had two hundred twenty-two votes, 222
Arthur G. Kidder had one vote, 1
Blanks, thirteen, 13
Trustees Public Library, Three Years
Daniel T. Buzzell (Elected) had two hundred thirty-five votes, 235
George F. Dodge, had one hundred twenty-four votes, 124
Guy E. Nichols (Elected) had one hundred thirty-five votes, 135
Blanks, one hundred fourteen, 114
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, Five Years
Daniel T. Buzzell (Elected) had two hundred sixty votes, 260
Blanks, forty-four, 44
Trustee of Trust Funds, Three Years
Dudley B. Purbeck (Elected) had two hundred thirty- three votes, 233
Blanks, seventy-one, 71
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Tree Warden
Oliver A. McGrane (Elected) had two hundred fifty-eight votes, 258
Howard M. Horton had one vote,
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Blanks, forty-five, 45
License Vote
Yes, sixty-six, 66
No, one hundred ninety-six, 196
Blanks, forty-two. 12
At 10 o'clock, the hour stated in the Warrant. Article 3 was taken up.
Art. 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 Herbert C. Barrows, Arthur W. Eames and Wallace M. Fiske, who submitted the following list, which on motion was accepted and adopted and the nomi- nees declared elected.
Field Drivers
Walter D. Carter Michael J. McMahon
Albert D. Butters Francis Nichols
Melvin W. Brown
Surveyors of Lumber
James E. Kelley
Arthur W. Eames
Edward N. Eames S. R. McIntosh
Herbert C. Barrows Thomas T. Sidelinker
Surveyors of Wood and Bark
James E. Kelley Arthur W. Eames Herbert C. Barrows
Edward N. Eames S. R. McIntosh Frank L. Eames
Walter L. Hale
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Measurers of Leather
J. Arthur Taylor
Arthur F. Blake
Public Weighers
Warren Eames J. Arthur Taylor Fred W. Carter Arthur F. Blake
George L. Blaisdell Walter L. Hale Frank L. Eames George A. Hart
Albert Lane
Common Committee, Three Years Charles B. Osbon
Art. 4. Voted to accept the reports as printed in the Annual Town Report.
Art. 5. Motion: That the Town raise and appropriate the several and respective sums recommended by the Selectmen on page 124 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 $ 800 00
Town Accountant, salary and general expenses 250 00
Treasurer, salary and general expenses 300 00
Collector, salary and general expenses Assessors, salary and general expenses 700 00
1,000 00
Town Clerk, salary and general expenses
120 00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel and repairs Constable, salary
325 00
250 00
50 00
Total
$3,795 00
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Protection of Life and Property
Police Department .
$1,000 00
Fire Department
1,250 00
Suppression of moths, compulsory, $792.29, and incidentals $141.10 933 39
Sealer of Weights and Measures $50, amendment to increase to $90, amendment defeated and original motion carried 50 00
Tree Warden, inquiry in regard to cause of increase and it was answered by the Tree Warden. Voted $500 500 00
Forest Fires
500 00
Total
$4,233 39
Health Department
Salary of Agent, quarantine wages, Inspection of Animals, Inspection of Meat and Provisions $ 500 00
Highways, roads and bridges. Voted that the sum of $8000 be appropriated, of which two thousand seventy-one dollars and twenty-five cents to be raised by taxation 2,071 25
Electric street lights .
4,500 00
Total
$7,071 25
Charities
Town Farm and Outside Poor $2,000 00
Aid for Dependent Mothers 416 00
Total $2,416 00
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Town Indebtedness
Balance note dated September 15, 1905, account
of High and Walker schools ·
S 240 00
Note No. 1, account of New High School
1,750 00
Total
$1,990 00
Abatement of taxes
.
100 00
Contingent Fund
1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid: Voted to raise and appropriate $504, on motion voted to reconsider, then voted to ap- propriate $504. Soldiers' Relief
$48 00
Education
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies,
repairs, fuel, furnishings, outside tuition, trans- portation, voted to appropriate $18,336, of which $15,613.50 is to be raised by taxation
$15,613 50
Library
400 00
Unclassified
Printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. $500 00
Cemetery .
500 00
Interest
On Loans for General Purposes
$
850 00
.
On New High School Loan 1,575 00
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 Committee of three appointed by the Moderator, namely: Job P. Estes, Donald K. Colgate and Frank A. Chapman.
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Art. 7. Voted: That the Town pay the Tax Collector two per cent of his collections as his compensation during the ensuing year, and that he collect the taxes according to law.
Art. S. Voted: To accept said street as laid out by the Selectmen as a Town way.
Art. 9. Voted: To extend five (5) lights from Lake Street on Shawsheen Avenue to residence of Martin Nee.
Art. 10. Voted: To extend six (6) lights on Woburn Street and Eames Street to residence of I. E. Morse.
Art. 11. Voted: To extend eight (S) lights on Hopkins Street from Shawsheen Avenue to Billerica line.
Art. 12. Motion made to pass the article. Voted in the negative. Motion made that a Committee of three appointed by the Moderator look into the matter and report at a meeting to be called not later than March 30, 1915. Motion carried, and the Moderator appointed as said committee, Herbert C. Barrows, Willie B. McIntosh and Arthur B. Eames.
Art. 13. On motion it was voted that the above committee consider the question and report at the same time named in Article 12.
Art. 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 to grade the grounds and walks around the New High School.
Art. 15. Voted: To accept a strip of land from Mr. Charles B. Osbon, 16 feet in width, and take a like amount from the High School lot, to be laid out as a Town way, the same to extend from Middlesex Avenue to the back line of said lot.
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Art. 16. Voted: To accept Chapter 187, Acts of 1902, relative to the licensing of Junk Collectors, the same to be made a part of the Town By-Laws.
Art. 17. On motion voted that a Committee of three appointed by the Moderator examine into the matter and report at a future meeting. Moderator appointed Albert D. Butters, Caleb S. Harriman and Oliver A. McGrane.
Art. 18. On motion voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
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; Joseph Patchett as Tax Collector; Daniel T. Buzzell as Trustee of Public Library and member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee; Fred A. Eames as Treasurer; Oliver A. McGrane as Tree Warden; Dudley B. Purbeck as Trustee of Trust Funds; the ballots were sealed, countersigned and with check lists used turned over to the Town Clerk; the meeting then adjourned sine die.
Attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
Special Town Meeting, Held March 31, 1915
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 provded in Section 2, Artice 1, of the By- Laws of said Town, 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 Wednesday, the thirty-first day of March current, at 8 p.m., to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the report of committees and act thercon.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to extend the street lights on Glen Road from residence of Luther Shattuck to Lubber's Brook.
Art. 4. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the heating apparatus in the former High School Building.
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and seventy-five (575) dollars for the purchase of a piano for the New High School Building or do anything in relation to the same.
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 twenty- second day of March, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
[SEAL]
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, held March 31, 1915
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 acted upon.
Art. 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. The Committee on Fire Apparatus not being ready to report, Mr. H. C. Barrows reported for the Committee on the Stone Crusher and Road Roller as follows: That the Town could buy a Stone Crusher for the sum of $2281 complete, or without engine for $700 less, and on the following terms, viz: forty per cent or $912.40 this year and the balance on a town note, due May 1, 1916, without interest. And a Roller for $3150 to be paid in three equal annual payments of $1050 cach. On motion it was voted to appropriate $2281 to purchase a Stone Crusher on the terms above stated, viz: forty per cent to be raised this year and the balance by note payable May 1, 1916, without interest. On the part of the report in relation to the Road Roller, it was voted on motion, to pass the same.
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