Official reports of the town of Wayland 1915-1916, Part 9

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 432


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J. F. Malloy


10


11/2


30.56


P. Schneider


8


3


18.84


M. Damon


9


31/2


21.23


E. Grover


9


41/2


21.51


J. Charbonneau


9


1


20.53


O. Taylor


12


42.00


199


REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


Days


Hours


Teaming


C. W. Fairbank


8


41/2


44.95


C. W. Fairbank


1


3.00


D. D. Griffin


9


41/2


50.20


W. F. Lawrence


5


11/2


27.23


J. Eagan


4


6


24.93


H. G. Keims


3


41/2


18.70


October 30 Labor


C. W. Fairbank


12


36.00


C. W. Fairbank


7


15.75


H. Derrick


12


27.00


J. H. Carroll


12


27.00


L. Dunham


4


9.00


J. F. Malloy


12


36.00


P. Schneider


12


27.00


M. Damon


7


15.75


J. Donahoe


11


4


25.88


J. Charbonneau


12


27.00


O. Taylor


12


42.00


C. McElroy


2


4.50


E. Eagan


4


9.00


E. Grover


12


27.00


Teaming


C. W. Fairbank


12


63.00


D. D. Griffin


12


63.00


W. F. Lawrence


12


63.00


J. Eagan


12


63.00


H. J. Keimes


9


47.25


November 13


Labor


C. W. Fairbank


11


11/2


33.56


C. W. Fairbank


6


1


13.78


H. Derrick


8


11/2


18.42


E. Grover


11


1 1/2


25.17


J. F. Malloy


12


11/2


36.56


200


TOWN OF WAYLAND


Days


Hours


P. Schneider


11


24.75


J. Donahoe


7


43/4


17.08


J. Charbonneau


10


71/2


24.61


O. Taylor


12


42.00


E. Eagan


11


11/2


25.17


J. H. Carroll


1


2.25


R. J. Carroll


7


11/2


16.17


W. Randolph


5


11.25


M. Loker


1


2.25


L. Dunham


2


4.50


Teaming


C. W. Fairbank


11


61/2


62.42


D. D. Griffin


11


11/2


58.73


W. F. Lawrence


11


1 1/2


58.73


J. Eagan


11


11/2


58.73


H. W. Keimes


5


11/2


27.23


I. Damon


3


15.75


H. Wyatt


2


10.50


November 27 Labor


C. W. Fairbank


9


27.00


C. W. Fairbank


4


4


10.13


E. Grover


8


4


19.13


H. Randolph


8


4


19.13


J. F. Malloy


8


4


25.50


O. Taylor


12


42.00


J. Donahoe


8


4


19.13


M. Loker


8


4


19.13


W. Randolph


3


4


7.88


E. Eagan


4


4


10.13


P. Schneider


6


13.50


L. Dunham


7


4


16.88


J. Sayers


5


71/2


13.36


F. Hannan


5


71/2


13.36


W. Sullivan


5


4


12.38


E. Newton


6


4


14.63


201


REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


Days


Hours


Teaming


C. W. Fairbank


4


4


23.63


D. D. Griffin


8


4


44.63


W. F. Lawrence


8


4


44.63


J. Eagan


4


4


23.63


I. Damon


4


4


23.63


H. Wyatt


4


4


23.63


A. W. Atwood


6


4


34.13


December 11


Labor


C. W. Fairbank


8


24.00


C. W. Fairbank


4


7


10.97


E. Grover


9


61/2


22.08


H. Randolph


3


4


7.88


J. F. Malloy


8


61/2


26.44


J. Donahoe


6


13.50


M. Loker


8


18.00


P. Schneider


8


18.00


L. Dunham


6


4


14.63


J. Sayers


8


61/2


19.83


F. Hannan


7


21/2


16.45


W. Sullivan


7


61/2


17.58


E. Newton


7


61/2


17.58


O. Taylor


12


42.00


Teaming


C. W. Fairbank


7


21/2


38.58


C. W. Fairbank


2


.75


D. D. Griffin


8


42.00


W. F. Lawrence


6


4


34.13


H. Wyatt


5


4


28.88


A. W. Atwood


8


42.00


H. G. Keims


1


4


7.88


December 30 Labor


J. Donahoe


1


71/2


4.36


H. Randolph


2


7


6.47


202


TOWN OF WAYLAND


Days


Hours


E. Grover


3


4


7.87


O. Taylor


3


10.50


Schedule of Bills


August 14


Puritan Cement Co., stones


$45.00


August 28


Joseph Breck Co., supplies


23.57


September 11


O. Taylor, expense


3.00


G. Nickerson, expense


3.00


October 2


Robinson and Jones, coal


31.58


Waterhouse Bros., labor


22.50


Fiske Co., supplies


8.22


October 16


Fiske Co., supplies


2.00


Weston Coal Co., supplies


32.00


Waltham Coal Co., pipe


36.00


F. Haynes, freight


.40


Penn. Metal Co., pipe


30.76


October 30


M. J. Maloney, supplies


1.35


C. W. Fairbank, wood


3.25


Robinson and Jones, coal


34.70


J. Bolton, gravel


29.70


T. Irving, gravel


32.10


P. Nolan, gravel


40.50


November 13


T. Irving, gravel


19.20


November 27


Robinson and Jones, coal


12.50


W. Stearns, repairs


8.00


J. C. McKay, supplies


3.15


203


REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


December 11


Morris and Mulqueeny, labor


115.40


Robinson and Jones, cement


.50


A. W. Atwood, coal


10.65


A. W. Atwood, coal


28.20


T. Irving, gravel


8.85


Fiske Co., supplies


3.75


Fiske Co., supplies


2.00


Mildred Wilson, gravel


49.80


M. J. Maloney, supplies


.55


Wright and Sons, cement


1.50


F. J. Bigwood and Son, team


1.50


December 30


E. Grover, expenses


3.00


O. Taylor, expenses 3.00


CHARLES W. FAIRBANK, Surveyor of Highways.


204


TOWN OF WAYLAND


Report of Tree Warden


$200.00


Appropriation


February 11


J. F. Burke, supplies


$ .66


March 3


N. Perodeau, supplies


.60


N. L. Foley, labor


37.50


J. Perodeau, labor


2.50


March 17


N. L. Foley, labor


25.00


April 7


N. L. Foley, labor


32.50


G. F. Marston, supplies


1.25


N. Perodeau, supplies R. Bond, labor


1.13


April 21


N. L. Foley, labor


30.00


May 5


N. L. Foley, labor


15.00


N. L. Foley, supplies


1.00


May 19


N. L. Foley, labor


20.00


Walter Corcoran, labor


5.00


June 2


N. L. Foley, labor


20.00


June 16


N. L. Foley, labor


5.00


July 21


N. L. Foley, labor


2.25


199.99


Jan. 1, 1916, Balance


$ .01


NEIL L. FOLEY,


Tree Warden.


.60


205


SEALER'S REPORT


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


Wayland, Mass., Jan. 17th, 1916.


Reweighed


Charcoal, 3 bags


Coke, 4 bags


Coal, 4 loads


Grain, 3 bags


Ice, 3 loads


Vegetables, 2 boxes


Butter, 15 lbs.


Cranberries, 2 crates


Apples, 1 barrel


Potatoes, 1 barrel


Visited all stores 4 times


Tested 4 Junk weights


Tested 2 vegetable team weights


Sealed


Platform Scales under 5000 lbs.


14


Platform Scales over 5000 lbs.


3


Computing Scales


4


All other Scales


17


Weights


142


Dry measures


1


Liquid measures


21


Cloth measures


3


Slot measures


1


Gasoline Pumps


2


Paid to the Town Treasurer, $21.77.


JOSEPH M. MOORE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Index


Assessors' Report


Page 60


Auditor's Report


94


Board of Health


104


Cemetery Commissioners


180


Committees, Officers and


5


Fire Engineers' Report


96


Finance Committee 58


Library :


Trustees' Report 149


Treasurer's Report 151


Librarian's Report 154


Accessions 156


Moths :


Superintendent's Report 102


Officers and Committees


5


Overseers of the Poor


107


Police :


Report of Chief 95


Schools :


Agricultural Agent's Report 135


Attendance Officers' Report 133


Director of Playground's Report 113


Enrolment by Grades and Classes


142


Financial Statement 114


Principal of High School 127


Rules and Regulations


146


School Calendar


141


School Committee's Report


111


School Officers 110


School Physician's Report


134


Superintendent's Report 119


Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training 129


Supervisor of Music 131


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Page 205


Selectmen's Report 57 92


Sinking Fund Commissioners


Surveyor of Highways


184


General Highway Schedule of Bills 194


184


Cochituate Road 197


Tax Collector


Town Clerk's Report


Births


Deaths


Dog Licenses


Fall Election


Marriages


Records of Annual Meeting, Feb., 1915


Records of Special Meeting, April 6, 1915 . .


30


Records of Special Meeting, May 13, 1915 ..


34


Records of Special Meeting, Aug. 6, 1915


. .


Specimen Ballot


Vote for Town Officers, Feb. 1, 1915


Town Officials


Town Warrant for Annual Meeting, 1916


Annual Meeting, Feb., 1915


18


Special Town Meeting, Apr. 6, 1915


29


Special Town Meeting, May 13, 1915


33


Special Town Meeting, Aug. 6, 1915


37


Treasurer's Report


Appropriations


Balance Sheet


Cash Statement


Comparative Statements of Payments


Comparative Statements of Receipts


Payments by Departments


66 84 90 66 87 85 74 82


Trial Balance


Tree Warden's Report 204


Water Commissioner's Report 167


Clerk of Water Commissioners' Report 174


Water Works, Superintendent's Report 176


Schedule of Bills 202 62 5 39 42 43 53 40 22


38 47 44 5


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OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Thirty-seventh


Municipal Year


FROM


JANUARY 1, 1916 TO JANUARY 1, 1917


ATED


L


1638. >


FOUNDED


EAST SUDBURY 178


183


NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK BULLETIN 1917


OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Municipal Year


FROM


JANUARY 1, 1916 TO JANUARY 1, 1917


RPOR


TED


LA


ND.


1635


1


FOUNDED


EAST SUDBURY 178


1835


NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK BULLETIN 1917


Town Clerk's Report


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1916-1917.


TERM EXPIRES


MODERATOR


EDMUND H. SEARS 1917


TOWN CLERK


WARREN L. BISHOP 1917


SELECTMEN


CHARLES A. BENSON, Chairman


1917


FRANK HAYNES, Clerk


1917


GEORGE W. BISHOP


1917


TREASURER


FRANK E. YEAGER 1917


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


LESTER R. GERALD


1917


AUDITOR


JAMES H. CARROLL


1917


TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS


FRANCIS SHAW 1917


OVERSEERS OF POOR


THOMAS W. FROST 1917


WALTER S. BIGWOOD 1918


HOWARD C. HAYNES


1919


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


PHILIP S. IDE


1917


GEORGE FRANCIS POUTASSE


1918


ERNEST E. SPARKS


1919


ASSESSORS


NATHANIEL R. GERALD


1917


ALFRED A. CARTER


1918


GRANVILLE L. LOKER


1919


WATER COMMISSIONERS


HENRY G. DUDLEY


1917


JAMES C. McKAY


1918


CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS


1919


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


FRANCIS SHAW


1917


ALFRED W. CUTTING


1917


JOHN CONNELLY


1918


AMOS I. HADLEY


1918


LESTER R. GERALD


1919


RICHARD AMES


1919


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS


CHESTER B. WILLIAMS


1917


JOHN CONNELLY


1918


WALTER B. HENDERSON


1919


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


WALLACE S. DRAPER


1917


COLON C. WARD .


1918


ANDREW S. MORSE


1919


TREE WARDEN


FRANK F. AMES


1917


SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


CHARLES W. FAIRBANK 1917


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


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BOARD OF HEALTH


WALDO L. LAWRENCE 1917


HOWARD E. SHERMAN


1918


JOHN L. CORCORAN


1919


CONSTABLES


OSCAR L. AMES


1917


LESLIE C. BUCK


1917


CHARLES F. DUSSEAULT


1917


NEIL L. FOLEY


1917


JOHN E. LINNEHAN


1917


ARTHUR S. RUSSELL


1917


FRANK C. MOORE


1917


TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND


JOHN CONNELLY


1917


ISAAC DAMON


1917


WALTER B. HENDERSON


1917


FENCE VIEWERS


CONSTABLES


1917


FIELD DRIVERS


CONSTABLES


1917


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


FRANK BIGWOOD, V. S.


1917


BURIAL AGENT


JOSEPH M. MOORE


1917


FIRE WARDEN


HOWARD C. HAYNES 1917


SUPT. OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS


DANIEL F. GRAHAM 1917


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


HERBERT DUDLEY 1917


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


JANITOR OF TOWN HALL J. CHARLES VINCENT 1917


CHIEF OF POLICE


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1917


SPECIAL POLICE


EDMUND H. SEARS


1917


CHARLES M. MAGORTY 1917


SIMEON P. RINGER 1917


J. CHARLES VINCENT 1917


MICHAEL L. HYNES


1917


JOHN E. LINNEHAN


1917


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER


1917


FRED B. COLLINS 1917


FORREST GORMAN-(For July 4th)


1917


SPECIAL POLICE FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY


JAMES BOLTON 1917


LESLIE C. BUCK 1917


GEORGE FELCH 1917


ALONZO M. DRAKE 1917


MICHAEL J. FINN


1917


THOMAS ANDERSON 1917


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


ARTHUR W. ATWOOD 1917


ERNEST I. CLARK 1917


FINANCE COMMITTEE


FRANK I. COOPER 1917


FRANK E. DAVIS 1917


JAMES FERGUSON 1917


ERNEST F. LAWRENCE 1917


WILLIAM S. LOVELL


1917


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


EDWARD F. LEE, Republican, Chairman 1917


BENJAMIN W. DAMON, Republican


1918


CLEMENT BOND, Democrat WARREN L. BISHOP, Democrat. Clerk


1919


ENGINEERS OF FIFE DEPARTMENT


EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1917


CHARLES H. McGUIRE 1917


CHARLES J. POTVIN 1917


WILLIAM STEARNS


1917


HOWARD C. HAYNES


1917


SURVEYOR OF LUMBER


FRANK HAYNES 1917


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


OSCAR L. AMES


1917


ARTHUR F. MARSTON


1917


WILLIAM S. LOVELL


1917


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


CHARLES B. BUTTERFIELD 1917


JOSEPH M. MOORE 1917


PAUL T. DRAPER 1917


JAMES I. BRYDEN 1917


THOMAS W. FROST


1917


ELECTION OFFICERS


Pre. 1. JAMES I. BRYDEN, Warden WILLIAM STEARNS, Clerk PHILIP S. IDE


August 1917


WILLIAM SANDERSON


66


THOMAS F. MAYNARD JOHN E. NOLAN


1919


10


TOWN OF WAYLAND


Substitutes.


CHARLES W. ELLMS JAMES LINNEHAN THOMAS W. FROST H. B. SHERMAN JOHN F. CUMMINGS


Prec. 2.


GEORGE S. SCOTT, Warden ALVIN B. NEALE, Clerk ALBERT CHELTRA WALDO LAWRENCE


WILLIAM MORRISSEY WILLIAM CORCORAN


Substitutes.


JOHN O'ROURKE


ALBERT MARCHANT


JOHN F. FOLEY


FRANK LATOUR


ARTHUR MARSTON


POUND KEEPER


ALEXANDER SAUER 1917


DEPUTY GAME WARDEN


CHARLES M. MAGORTY


1917


DOG OFFICER


NEIL L. FOLEY 1917


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Town Warrant


FEBRUARY 5th, 1917


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on Monday, February 5th, 1917, at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Treasurer of Library Funds, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year.


One member of the School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, all · for three years.


Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The


B


12


TOWN OF WAYLAND


polls will be open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain continuously open for at least four hours, when they may be closed unless the voters otherwise order.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, February 7th, 1917, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :


Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, and committees and act thereon.


Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents and committees not elected by official ballot.


Article 3. To grant money for all necessary town pur- poses.


Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult coun- sel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


Article 5. To appropriate the money received from dog licenses.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article 7. To see if the town will accept the following bequests :


$100. Given, to be known as the "Edward Rice Fund," in-


come from which to be used for perpetual care of lots of Edward Rice and Edward Rice, Jr. in North Cemetery.


$100. Given by William U. Ricker, to be known as the "Ellen Ricker Fund income from which to be used for per- petual care of S. Jameson Lot, in Lake View Cemetery, No. 6, Sec. D.


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$ 00. Given by Mrs. Hattie Wellington, Extrx., to be known as "Elbridge A. Wellington Fund", income from which to be used for perpetual care of Elbridge A. Wellington Lot, in North Cemetery, No. 171.


$100. Given by Warren S. Wheeler, to be known as the "Warren S. Wheeler Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of the Thomas Wheeler Lots, in North Cemetery, Nos. 141 142.


$100. Given by Eunice N. Morse, to be known as the . Noyes Morse Fund", income from which to be used for per- petual care of the Jonas N. and Sarah A. Morse Lot, in North Cemetery, No. 184.


Article 8. To see if the town will vote to execute a re- lease to Dr. Martin Edward of a strip along the front of land bought by him from the Willard A. Bullard Estate on the State Road East, bounded on the West by land heretofore re- leased by the Town to Mrs. Susan L. Pierce, on the Southeast by the Southerly line of the old County road and on the North by the present Southerly line of the State Road.


Article 9. To see if the town will instruct the Water Commissioners to install water meters where requested and fix the price for water thereby.


Article 10. To see if the town will accept Hill Street, Cochituate Park, as a town street and have Selectmen lay out the same or otherwise act.


Article 11. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money not exceeding $600.00 for purpose of re- pairing theTown Hall and the walks and steps leading to it, or do or act.


Article 12. To see if the town will accept Chapter 153 of the Acts of 1916 relative to the license fee for slaughter houses in towns.


Article 13. To see if the town will appropriate and


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


assess not exceeding $150.00 toward a fund for the erection of a National Civic Hall at Washington, D. C., as a Peace Memorial to the Father of our Country.


Article 14. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not to exceed $500.00 for a gravel path, for the safety of horses, to extend from Wayland Center on State Road to Bigelow's Corner.


Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $900.00 for re-shaping; rolling, and oiling the Auburndale-Framingham Road in Cochituate Vil- lage from the Natick-Wayland line on the East to the Natick- Wayland line on the West, or do or act.


Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money not exceeding $700.00 for the purpose of repairing the road in North Wayland from Watson's Corner to the Lincoln line, or do or act.


Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate from the revenue of the Water Department a sum of money not ex- ceeding $500.00 to be used by the committee on Waterworks for experimental purposes or otherwise act.


Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum not exceeding $125.00 for the purpose of repairing the Engine House and Lock-up in Cochituate Village, or do or act.


Article 19. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to furnishing motor transportation for the Fire Depart- ment in Wayland or do or act.


Article 20. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess $77.00 to be paid the heirs of Herbert Loker, as directed by the County Commissioners, for damage to land of said Loker, or do or act.


Article 21. To see if the town will appropriate and as-


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sess a sum not exceeding $50.00 to purchase a snow plow for use on the Plain Roads or do or act.


Article 22. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to fixing license fees for pedlers.


Article 23. To see if the town will change the Annual Town Election Day to the first Monday in March or do or act.


Article 24. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $350.00 for the purpose of building a sidewalk on the south side of Harrison Street adjoining land of C. F. Chessman and John Lamarine.


Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $500.00 for a gravel sidewalk on Mill Brook Road from Main Street going easterly or do or act.


Article 26. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $1500.00 for the pur- pose of continuing the repairs on Cochituate Road.


Article 27. To see if the town will vote to borrow a sum of money in anticipation of a re-imbursement from the State and County on account of repairs on Cochituate Road.


Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars to pay the balance due on account of School House improvement and equipment.


Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a Road Roller.


Article 30. To see if the town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money not exceeding $600.00 for the purpose of repairing Harrison Street and continuing sidewalk on the Southerly side of said street to German Hill Street or do or act.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting


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copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in town, and at the Engine House in Cochituate seven days at least before the time of holding said election.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the 1st day of February, 1917.


Given under our hands this 17th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.


CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, GEORGE W. BISHOP, Selectmen of Wayland.


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Annual Town Meeting


FEBRUARY 7, 1916


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on Monday, February 7th. 1916 at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Treasurer of Library Funds, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year.


One member of the School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one mem- ber of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, all for three years.


Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"


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All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon, and will re- main continuously open for at least four hours, when they may be closed unless the voters otherwise order.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Wednesday, February 9th, 1916 at 1.15 P. M., there and then to act on the following articles, viz :


Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, and committees and act thereon.


Article 2. To choose all necessary officers. agents and committees not elected by official ballot.


Article 3 To grant money for all necessary town pur- poses.


Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


Article 5. To appropriate the money received from dog licenses.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer. with the approval of the Selectmen. to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article . To see if the town will accept from Frank W. Wyman a quitclaim deed of all his right title and interest in a parcel of land at Wayland center containing about 1863 square feet, adjoining land in the possession of Mrs. Abby M Farwell in which the town has an interest under the will of Abbie M. Heard : said conveyance being made subject to all taxes as- sessed on said land and unpaid. which the Town is to assume and pay.


Article 8. To see if the town will appropriate and assess


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a certain sum of money to continue the sidewalk on the south- erly side of West Plain Street in Cochituate from property of Dana Elkins going westerly or do or act.


Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the Treasur- er to turn over to the Treasurer of Library Funds the follow- ing funds, viz :- James Draper Fund $500.00; E. E. Draper Fund $500.00; al : G. C. Draper Fund $1000.00 and cancel outstanding notes ior same; or otherwise act thereon.


Article ... To see if the town will accept the following bequest, viz ; $100.0 ) given by Mrs. Caroline E. Miller, to be known as the Bryant and Miller Fund, income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Alfred Bryant and Curtis Dudley Lots in Lake View Cemetery.


Article 11. To see if the town will establislı and main- tain one additional street light in Main Street, Cochituate, be- tween Plain Street and King Street and appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose.


Article 12. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to appropriating a sum not exceeding two hundred seventy-six dollars ($276.00) to pay for extra work done by the Framingham Construction and Supply Company in con- nection with the building of the Bridge over the Sudbury River on the Pelham Road, which work was not included in the con- tract of said Construction Company with the Town.


Article 13. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to the question of appropriating a sum not exceeding two hundred ninety-five and 10-100 dollars ($295.10) to pay for extra concrete work claimed by the Framingham Construction and Suun' . Company to have been done by it under its con- tract with the Town for the construction of the bridge over the Sudbury River on the Pelham Road.


Article 14. To see if the town will establish and main- tain nine additional street lights on Old Connecticut Path be-


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tween farm of Francis Shaw and property formerly owned by George Fish, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose.


Article 15. To see if the town will appoint a committee to follow out the State Board of Health's recommendation in looking for an independent water supply, or do or act.


Article 16. To see if the town will establish and main- tain three additional street lights on Draper Road between the property of J. J. Rowan and the estate of S. D. Bryden and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and raise a sum of money to establish a supervised playground in Cochituate and maintain the one already started in Way- land.


Article 18. To see if the town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to revise the Town By-Laws, or do or act.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install seven lights on old Connecticut Path East between the State Road and Pine Brook Road, and appropriate and assess ninety dollars for that purpose, or otherwise act.


Article 20. To see if the town will instruct the Water 'Commissioners, to discontinue the charge of two dollars ($2.00) per year for water used in bath tubs, commencing January 1, 1917.


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to change the date of the Annual Town Meeting or do or act.




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