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WILMINGTON MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st
1923
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MELROSE, MASS. THE MELROSE FREE PRESS, INC. 1924
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS 1923
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor CARL S. PETTENGILL, Chairman ARTHUR W. EAMES CHARLES F. PERRY
Assessors
JOSEPH PATCHETT J. HOWARD EAMES JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Collector of Taxes GEORGE W. BUCK
Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER A. HILL
Police Department WALTER A. HILL, Chief
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Special Police
ALBERT J. SPAULDING
ALEXANDER BRABANT
WALTER J. HARRISON
OTIS A. ELLIS
WALTER F. ELLSWORTH
GEORGE S. FOOTE
FREDERICK A. FIELD
GEORGE ADENAUER
HARRY G. PEIRSON
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
ALDICE G. EAMES Term expires 1924
MAURICE P. GALLAGHER
HARLAND J. SAVORY
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Fence Viewers
CARL S. PETTENGILL ARTHUR W. EAMES EDWARD M. NEILSON
Field Drivers
MICHAEL J. McMAHON EDWARD W. TAYLOR
ALBERT D. BUTTERS *ERNEST R. CURRIER
Pound Keeper *ERNEST R. CURRIER
*Did not accept
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS
JAMES E. KELLEY
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH
EDWARD N. EAMES
FRANK L. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
WALTER L. HALE THOMAS T. SIDELINKER HARRY R. DEMING
Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
HARRY R. DEMING
Public Weighers of Merchandise
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
FRANK FURLAN
FRED W. CARTER
HARRY R. DEMING
AUSTIN C. TAYLOR JOHN A. HOWE
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR WALTER L. HALE
ALFRED BLACKBURN
Sealer of Weights and Measures
ERNEST R. CURRIER
Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent of Streets GEORGE S. FOOTE
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals
CLAVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
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Inspector of Meats and Provisions ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE
Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY CARROLL A. HORTON, Asst. Chief
Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY
SELECTMEN
Cemetery Committee GEORGE F. NEWCOMB, Superintendent
Common Committee
CHARLES F. PERRY
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
School Committee
ELLEN S. PERRY
HOWARD M. HORTON
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
Inspector of Buildings WINFRED W. RICE
Board of Appeal
ARTHUR W. EAMES HARRY R. DEMING EDWARD A. WOODSIDE
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Undertakers EDWARD M. NICHOLS JOSEPH B. McMAHON
Burial Agent JOHN H. SIMPSON
Trustees of Public Library
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1924
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1924
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1925
EDWARD A. WOODSIDE
Term expires 1925
CHARLES C. ALDEN
Term expires 1926
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1926
Trustees of Trust Funds
CHESTER W. NICHOLS
CALEB S. HARRIMAN EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
M. LEONTEINE BUCK FRANK A. ROMAN ARTHUR F. BLAKE MILDRED E. NEILSON JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928
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Finance Committee
WALDO L. DEAN
LOUIS T. McMAHON
DAVID P. HOWE
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1925
FRANK M. TIFFANY
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1925
A. CHANDLER MANNING
OSCAR A. LUNDGREN
Term expires 1926
LOUIS T. DOUCETTE
Term expires 1926
GEORGE H. VOTER
Term expires 1926
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
JOHN E. DENEHEY
HAROLD SWAIN
EBER P. MELZAR
JOHN F. MUSE
FRANK P. KEEFE
MARGARET W. DeLORIEA
ELEANOR M. LIVINGSTON
Term expires 1924
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1924
EUGENE G. SHAW JOSEPH H. SURRETTE JOHN W. SIMPSON
MARY L. CAIL ROSE T. CAVANAUGH
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JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON Revised by the Board of Selectmen August 1, 1923
Bancroft Abbott
Federal St.
Broker
Roger S. Buck
Woburn St.
Machinist
George L. Blaisdell
Clark St.
Railroad man
Arnold D. Carter
Lowell St.
Teamster
Daniel R. Carter
Shawsheen Ave.
Salesman
Wm. Warren Carter
Middlesex Ave. Church St.
Painter
Joseph A. Cotton
off Thurston Ave.
Real Estate
Ernest W. Eames
Woburn St. Woburn St.
Signalman
Irving Eames M. Herbert Foskett
Ballardvale St.
Printer
Maurice Gallagher
Middlesex Ave. Federal St.
Currier
Henry E. Goodearl
Charles F. Goodson
Woburn St.
Plumber
Walter Harrison Edward S. Lewis
Church St.
Auditor
Charles A. Livingston
Burlington Ave.
Grocer
Joseph B. McMahon
Middlesex Ave. Harnden St.
Farmer
Christian Neilson Guy E. Nichols
Middlesex Ave.
Salesman
Herbert E. Nichols
Salem St.
Farmer
Charles F. Perry Leon A. Rhine
Church St. Woburn St.
Laundryman
Harland J. Savory
Middlesex Ave.
R. R. employe
Sumner A. Titcomb
Railroad Ave.
Brakeman
Arthur S. Williams
Wilmington Jct.
Signalman
Asst. Postmaster
Donald K. Colgate
Milk Dealer
Salesman
Andover St.
Baggage Master
Clerk
Janitor
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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 prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6 a.m. and may be closed at 4 p.m., for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 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 the Public Library for three years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years, and one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for one year; one Tree Warden; One Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years, and one Trustee of Trust Funds for one year; also to vote on the following questions, to wit: "Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth? Yes or No. (This question is submitted under the provision of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922) "Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town? Yes or No.
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You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington who are qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Wilmington, on Monday, the twelfth (12) day of March next, A.D., 1923, at eight (8) o'clock p.m., then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Tree Warden, Forest Fire Wardens, Health and Sanitation, Highway, Roads and Bridges, Support of Poor, Dependent Widows, Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Maintenance, including transportation, Tuition at Vocational Schools, Public Library, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing, Care of Town Clock and Reserve Fund.
Article 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.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.
Article 8. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to determine the compensation of the Collector.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty ($30.00) dollars, fifteen dollars of which is to be spent on Regan Park and fifteen dollars to be spent on Harold Rogers Park, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars or some other amount and elect a director, the money to be expended by said director, who shall serve in cooperation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provi- sions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massa- chusetts.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Clerk to $200.00 per annum or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to increase the membership of the School Committee or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to set aside the wild and wooded land of one acre or more in extent it now owns or may acquire for non-payment of taxes, as Town Forest, such forest to be under the control of a committee of three members consisting of the Tree Warden, ex-officio and two others appointed by the Selectmen for five year terms after the first appointment which shall be one for a three year and one for a five year term. And raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to finance the cutting of wood to improve the condition of said forest, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Article 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the introduction of water at the High, Center, Walker, and Whitefield Schools or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see what action the Town will take relative to purchasing additional motor apparatus for the Fire Depart- ment, and determine how the same shall be paid for, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see what action the Town will take relative to building an addition to Engine House No. 1 for the purpose of housing the Motor Apparatus called for in Article 16, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a tractor for the use of the Highway Department and determine how the same shall be paid for or what they will do in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to sell the North Schoolhouse, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum sufficient to purchase an Orchard Power Sprayer for the use of the Moth Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars under Chapter 90, Section 34, of the General Laws, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything in relation thereto. (Salem St.)
*Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Swain Road from Taft Road or any part thereof as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to furnish transportation to certain pupils in High School and raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover expense of same, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to grade Swain Road from Taft Road as far as accepted, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Swain Road as far as accepted, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 26. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Grove Avenue Extension, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see what action the Town will take in regard to additional school accommodations as asked for by the School Committee in their report.
*Article 28. To see if the citizens will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install Electric Lights on Woburn Street, from the junction of Woburn and Eames Streets, to the Woburn line, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws and acts amandatory thereto or dependent thereon, and authorize the School Board to establish State Aided Vocational Education, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
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Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to Excess and Deficiency Account the amount standing to credit of Reserve Account $398.42, and Cemetery Lots, Reserve Account $88.00.
*Article inserted on petition.
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 seal of said Town this fifteenth day of February, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and twenty- three.
SEAL
FRANK W. DAYTON CARL S. PETTENGILL ARTHUR W. EAMES Selectmen of Wilmington
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting Held
March 5, 1923
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled on the above date. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and Articles 1 and 2 of the Warrant read. Article 1 was then acted upon.
Article 1. J. Howard Eames was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot, and the check list being used.
Article 2. The Moderator being sworn by the Town Clerk, he then examined the ballot box which was found empty, the register indicated 000. the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable. The Ballot C'lerks 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 announced that the polls for the election of officers were open and that balloting might proceed. At 2.30 o'clock p.m. on motion it was voted to close the polls at 4 o'clock p.m. At the appointed time, 4 o'clock p.m .. the Moderator declared the polls closed. The names checked upon the lists numbered four hundred seventy-nine (479) and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered four hundred seventy-nine (479).
The following is the vote for Town Officers as declared by the Moderator:
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Selectmen (to act as Overseers of Poor and Board of Survey)
Votes
Elected Arthur W. Eames had three hundred and two 302 Arthur W. Giroux had one hundred sixty-six 166
Percy P. Kidder had one hundred thirty-four . 134
Elected Charles F. Perry had two hundred eighty-three . 283
Elected Carl S. Pettengill had three hundred sixty-eight David E. Justice had one 1
Blanks one hundred eighty-three 183.
368
Assessor (Three Years)
Elected James E. Kelley had four hundred twenty-one 421
Carl S. Pettengill had one .
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Blanks fifty-four 54
Town Clerk
Elected James E. Kelley had four hundred sixteen 416
Blanks sixty-three 63
Treasurer
Elected Frank L. Eames had four hundred fourteen 414
Blanks sixty-five 65
Collector of Taxes
Elected George W. Buck had four hundred twenty-six 426
Blanks fifty-three 53
Constable
Elected Walter A. Hill had four hundred and four 404
Blanks seventy-five 75.
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Fence Viewers
Votes?
Elected Arthur W. Eames had three hundred twenty 320
Percy P. Kidder had one hundred thirty-six 136
Elected Edward M. Neilson had two hundred fifty-eight 258
Elected Carl S. Pettengill had three hundred sixty-three Charles F. Perry had one 1
363
Blanks three hundred fifty-nine 359
School Committee (Three Years)
Charles C. Alden had one hundred and eighty 180
Elected Helen H. Buck had two hundred fifty-five 255
Blanks forty-four 44
Trustees of Public Library (Three Years)
Elected Charles C. Alden had two hundred thirty-eight 238 Elected Caleb S. Harriman had three hundred thirty-five 335 Elizabeth C. McMahon had one hundred seventy-five 175
Blanks two hundred and ten 210
Moderator (One Year)
Bancroft Abbott had two hundred 200
Elected Edward N. Eames had two hundred nineteen
219
Fred A. Cady had one . 1
Blanks fifty-nine 59
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee (Five Years)
Elected John W. Hathaway had three hundred seventy- one . 371
Blanks one hundred and eight
108
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S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee (One Year to fill vacancy)
Elected M. Leontiene Buck had two hundred seventy 270 Louis T. Doucette had one hundred thirty-three 133
Blanks seventy-six 76
Trustee of Trust Funds (Three Years)
Votes
Elected Edward N. Eames had three hundred fifty-three 353
Blanks one hundred twenty-six 126
Trustee Trust Funds (One Year to fill vacancy)
Elected Chester W. Nichols had three hundred forty-five 345
Blanks one hundred thirty-four . 134
Tree Warden
Elected Oliver A. McGrane had three hundred ninety- nine
· 399
Blanks eighty .
License Vote
Yes, one hundred fifty-six 156
No, two hundred thirty-six
236
Blanks eighty-seven
. 87
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Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth? Yes or No. Yes, fifty-nine 59
No, three hundred thirty-four
334
Blanks eighty-six . -
. .
86
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After a declaration of the vote by the Moderator under Article 2, the meeting adjourned until Monday, March 12th, at 8 o'clock at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street.
Record of Proceedings of the Adjourned annual meeting in the Grange Hall, March 12, 1923
At the appointed time the meeting was called to order by the Moderator and Article 3 of the Warrant read.
Article 3. On motion-Voted 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. The Moderator appointed Herbert C. Barrows, Louis T. McMahon and Arnold D. Carter, as said Committee, who submitted the following list of nominations:
Field Drivers
Michael J. McMahon Ernest R. Currier
Albert D. Butters Edward W. Taylor
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark
Herbert C. Barrows
Thomas T. Sidelinker James E. Kelley Arthur W. Eames
Frank L. Eames Edward N. Eames Schamiel R. McIntosh Harry R. Deming
Walter L. Hale
Measurers of Leather
J. Arthur Taylor Harry R. Deming Arthur F. Blake
Public Weighers
J. Arthur Taylor Fred W. Carter Walter L. Hale
Harry R. Deming Arthur F. Blake W. Warren Carter
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Common Committee (Three Years) Edward N. Eames
Finance Committee (Three Years)
George H. Voter Louis T. Doucette Oscar A. Lundgren
On motion voted: The list be accepted and the nominees declared elected.
Article 4. Mr. Caleb S. Harriman submitted the following report for the Committee on permanent memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the world war; To the Town of Wilmington:
The Committee appointed to make recommendations for a suitable memorial to the sailors and soldiers of the World War, beg leave to submit the following report:
We recommend that the Town build a Public Library, feeling that the same will be an appropriate and permanent memorial to the veterans and also fill an urgent need of the Town of Wilmington.
We further recommend that a Committee be appointed to submit plans, specifications and costs of the same, to the Town at a future meeting.
Respectfully submitted, By the Committee
Edward N. Eames, Caleb S. Harriman Lucy Harriman, Herbert C. Barrows Louis T. McMahon Charles C. Alden
A motion was then made by Mr. Harry R. Deming, that the report be accepted and that the same Committee be re- appointed to consider plans and specifications for a memorial
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public library, also the cost and location of the same, and the manner of raising funds therefor, and report to the Town at a meeting to be held not later than June 1, 1923. Voted in the affirmative.
Mr. Frank W. Dayton submitted a copy of the contract for Electric Street lights, with the Municipal Light Board of the Town of Reading for the term of three years, as follows:
CONTRACT
Articles of Agreement made this seventeenth day of April, 1922, by and between the Municipal Light Board of the Town of Reading, Massachusetts, its sussessors or assigns hereinafter called the Light Board, and the Town of Wilming- ton, Massachusetts, hereinafter called the Town, witnesseth :-
First-That said Light Board agrees to furnish and set up in the said Town on the existing pole lines of said Light Board, for the purpose of lighting by the overhead system the public streets and ways of said Town by electricity, 459 incandescent lamps of not less than nominal 40 candle power each, at $14.50 each per year, and said Light Board shall at its own expense, furnish, set up and maintain all the necessary poles, wires, lines and appurtenances required for the operating of such lamps, and to put and keep the same in proper electrical connection with its lighting station, and will, at its own risk and expense, keep said lamps in operation so as to produce light at their respective capacity aforesaid and during the hours hereinafter mentioned, for a period of three years from and after January 1, 1922.
Second-That said Light Board shall at its own expense, furnish, set up, maintain and operate, as aforesaid, any number · of lamps beyond said 459 incandescent lamps which said Town may order from time to time during this Contract for the sum of $14.50 per year for each 40 candle power lamp added, when located on the then established pole lines of said Light Board, ..
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and for the sum of $14.50 per year for each 40 candle power lamp added requiring the construction of new pole lines, pro- vided all lamps so added requiring new pole lines shall be placed so that there shall be at least one lamp for each three hundred feet of pole line added.
The Selectmen of said Town shall have the right to change the location of any lamp to another location on the established pole lines whenever, in their judgment, the proper lighting of said locality necessitates the same.
Third-Said Light Board shall furnish light from said lamps, for the time aforesaid, every dark hour of the night of the year from one-half hour after sunset until one o'clock a.m., the hour of sunset to be taken on the basis of the estimates made in the Farmer's Almanac.
It being the true intent and meaning of this clause that light shall be furnished within the limits of said Town whenever it is not well lighted by the moon, and that the prevailing usage shall be shutting off lights one hour after the moon rises and turning them on one hour before it sets. It being under- stood and agreed that said Selectmen, or such person as they may in writing appoint, shall have the authority to order said lights to be burned at any time when in their judgment the Town is not well lighted by the moon within the hours afore- said without incurring additional expense therefor.
Fourth-In consideration of the aforesaid agreement of said Light Board, said Town hereby agrees to pay to said Light Board each year for a period of three years from and after January 1, 1922. for said Lights, the sum of $14.50 per year for each incandescent lamp burned until one o'clock a.m. every dark hour of the night of the year, and such additions to said amount as may be due said Light Board in consequence of extra lights added as provided in the Second clause of this agreement, and to make said payments monthly in pro rata amounts on the regular pay days of said Town.
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Fifth-The Light Board agrees that in event of any light or lights failing to burn within the hours specified in the Third clause of this agreement, one-half the lighting hours in any night, said Town shall have the right to deduct the propor- tionate amount represented by such failure, calculating same as a full night. Said amount to be deducted shall be furnished by said Selectmen to said Light Board on or before the fifth day of each month, and said Light Board shall have the right to correct same if found to be in error, subject to the approval of said Selectmen.
Sixth-The Light Board agrees that said Selectmen shall have the right to cancel this contract at any time if said Light Board shall not operate the lights in accordance with the tenor of the same; provided said Selectmen shall give written notice to said Light Board of their intent to cancel, and express in said notice wherein said lights are not being operated in accord- ance with the tenor of the contract, and said Light Board shall have thirty days from the receipt of said notice in which to remedy any fault or faults mentioned in said written notice. In event said Light Board cannot remedy said faults within said thirty days, in consequence of change required in its plant or apparatus which cannot be accomplished within said thirty days, said Selectmen shall extend the time of remedying such fault or faults to such period as is reasonably necessary.
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