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Given under our hands this 20th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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By-Laws of the Town of Lincoln
"ARTICLE I.
TOWN MEETINGS.
Section 1. The annual town meeting shall be held on the first Monday of March in each year.
Sect. 2. Notice of every town meeting shall be given by posting copies of the warrant calling the same, attested by the officer making service thereof, in each of the post-offices within the town, and in one of the churches, or one other public place, within the town, not less than seven days be- fore the day appointed for such meeting. But when, in the judgment of the selectmen, the interests of the town require a meeting to be held without giving so long a notice, a meeting may be called by posting attested copies of the warrant in the places above mentioned, and by leaving a printed copy thereof at each dwelling-house within the town, at least three days before the time appointed for the meeting ; pro- vided that in such cases the selectmen shall certify that, in their opinion, the interests of the town require that a town meeting be called upon a notice of less than seven days, which certificate shall be made upon, or attached to, the original warrant, and shall be served as a part thereof.
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ARTICLE II.
FINANCES.
Section 1. The financial year shall commence with the first day of January and end with the thirty-first day of December annually.
Sect. 2. The town treasurer shall have the custody of all funds belonging to the town except sinking funds, trust funds and funds for which other provision is made by law; and he shall pay no money from the treasury except upon a draft signed by a majority of the selectmen, stating the account to which the same is chargeable. Such draft shall be sufficient authority to the treasurer to pay the same, and the payment thereof shall discharge him from all liability on account of the money so paid.
Sect. 3. The water commissioners and all other boards, committees and officers shall, on the first day of each month. pay to the town treasurer all sums collected by them the month previous to the custody of which the treasurer is entitled.
Sect. 4. A majority of the water commissioners, school committee, or of any board, or committee, and any officer hav- ing charge of the expenditure of an appropriation, shall approve in writing all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls properly chargeable to such appropriation, and shall trans- mit the same with his or their approval to the selectmen. All other accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls shall be examined by the selectmen and, if proper, shall be approved by them. The selectmen shall label all accounts, claims, bills and pay- rolls which have been approved either by themselves or by the other officers before mentioned, and shall keep a record thereof in a book kept for the purpose, stating the persons to whom payable, the amounts and dates thereof, and the funds, or appropriations, from which the same are payable.
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Sect. 5. Drafts signed by a majority of the selectmen, stating the accounts to which the same are chargeable, shall be drawn upon the treasurer for the payment of all sums by law payable from the treasury to the commonwealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes, and scrip of the town and interest thereon and money payable to the commissioners of the sinking fund and to the trustees of the public library ; and also for the payment of all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls which have been approved in the manner provided in the previous section. Such drafts shall not be negotiated, but shall be transmitted by the selectmen directly to the treas- urer accompanied by the approved bills or other documents for the settlement of which the drafts are drawn.
Sect. 6. The treasurer shall file and safely keep all ap- proved and receipted accounts, claims, bills, and pay-rolls, and all vouchers, cancelled bonds, notes, scrip, and other evidences of indebtedness of the town which have been paid from the treasury.
Sect. 7. No draft shall be drawn by the- selectmen unless - there is sufficient appropriation to pay the same, except for sums by law payable to the commonwealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes and scrip of the town and interest thereon, and money payable to the commissioners of the sinking fund.
Sect. 8. The selectmen and treasurer respectively shall make a record, in a book kept for the purpose, of each ap- propriation, with a list of the drafts drawn against such appropriation, and shall make a record of all bonds, notes, scrip or other evidence of indebtedness of the town, signed or countersigned by them.
Sect. 9. When the bills contracted or approved by any board, committee, or officer have exhausted the entire ap- propriation for such board, committee or officer, they shall
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incur no further expenditure, except in cases where such expenditure may be required by law; and it shall be the - duty of each board, committee or officer before the close of the financial year to approve all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls chargeable to their appropriation. During the interval between the thirty-first day of December in each year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the selectmen, school committee and water commissioners, in order to meet the liabilities of their several departments, incurred in the carrying on of the work entrusted to them, shall have authority to make expenditures and payments from the treasury from any available funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual appropria- tion. Such expenditures and liability incurred for any purpose shall not exceed one-fourth the entire amount appropriated for that purpose in the previous year.
Sect. 10. Unless the town shall expressly otherwise vote, no extension of water pipes shall be made unless before the work of construction is begun one or more of the persons whom it is proposed to supply with water by means of such extension, shall file with the town clerk a bond with suresies satisfactory to the water commissioners, conditioned to pa 7 to the town for five years next following the completion of such extension and the letting of water into the same, a sum sufficient, together with the net anuual income from such extension, to amount annually to five per centum of the total cost thereof.
ARTICLE III.
TOWN SEAL.
Section 1. The design of the town seal shall be : a circle, in the border the words "Lincoln. Incorporated in 1746 as a precinct ; in 1754 as a Town"; in the center, a shield, in
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the chief or upper part of which on a cross, gules, a fleur- de-lis, gold, from the old seal of Lincoln, England, and in the base of the shield a view of the present town hall ; crest, the old chestnut tree standing upon the common in Lincoln ; in saltire two shepherd's crooks; the device thereof being as follows :
Sect. 2. All deeds and other legal documents made, given or entered into by the town requiring a seal shall be sealed with the town seal, and signed in behalf of the town by 'a majority of the selectmen.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall have the custody of the town seal.
ARTICLE IV.
RECORDS.
Section 1. The town clerk shall record in full in a book kept for the purpose all written contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the town is a party except such in- struments as may by law be recorded in the Registry of Deeds; and it shall be the duty of any board or officer exe- cuting or receiving such written contract, or other instru- ment, to deliver the same forthwith to the town clerk for the purpose of record. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to see that all conveyances of real estate to the town are properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
Sect. 2. Except in cases of public calamity or extreme necessity, whenever any work is required to be done for the Town or any contract for labor or materials, or both is to be made in behalf of the Town, for an amount exceeding the sum of $500.00, the town officer, having the matter in charge, shall solicit proposals for the same from two or more reliable par- ties, regularly engaged or employed in such work or business.
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or shall publicly advertise for bids, but no contract shall be split, separated or divided for the purpose of reducing the amount thereof below said sum of $500.00.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall keep a file of all town reports, reports of all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the town which may come into his possession.
ARTICLE V.
BOOKS.
Section 1. Books, records and laws received by the town from the commonwealth shall be deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the town officer by whom any book mentioned in the preceding section is received, to cause the same to be at once deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 3. Such books may be used by the inhabitants of the town within such building, and may be taken therefrom upon written receipt to the librarian for a period not ex- ceeding one day at any one time for use in any town meet- ing, or by or before any committee or official of the town.
ARTICLE VI.
SUITS AND CONTROVERSIES.
Section 1. The selectmen may compromise claims and suits to which the town is a party, provided that they shall act upon the advice of counsel when the amount claimed by or against the town exceeds $200.00.
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Sect. 2. The selectmen shall have, unless it is otherwise voted by the town, full authority as agents of the town to institute and prosecute suits or other proceedings in the name of the town before any tribunal, to appear and repre- sent or defend the town before any tribunal in all suits and other proceedings against the town or in which the town has an interest, to employ counsel for the purpose afore- said and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so, and to take all necessary and proper measures for the protection of the interests and rights of the town.
Sect. 3. If the town shall, at any meeting called for the purpose, choose a committee on claims, such committee shall have and exercise exclusively all the powers and duties conferred upon the selectmen by the two preceding sections.
ARTICLE VII.
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE TOWN.
Section 1. The annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees shall be prepared in form suitable for printing on or before the tenth day of February in each year. The selectmen shall cause such reports to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the town seven days at least before the annual meeting.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall cause to be printed and bound each year with the annual reports of the town offi- cers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year ; a statement of all devices, bequests and donations to the town during the preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth accepted by the town during the year ; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; and a state- ment of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.
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Sect. 3. The selectmen shall from time to time cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the by-laws of the town and shall incorporate therewith a list of the laws of the commonwealth which have been accepted by the town.
ARTICLE VIII.
TRUANTS.
Section 1. Any minor being an habitual truant, and any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years found wandering about the streets or public places within the town having no lawful occupation or business, not attend- ing school, and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the public schools, may upon conviction thereof be com- mitted to the Middlesex County Truant School at Chelms- ford, Mass., or to any other place provided by the town within its limits, for confinement, instruction, and discipline.
ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC REGULATIONS.
Section 1. No person shall coast upon any public street or part thereof after the selectmen have posted a notice prohibiting coasting upon such street or part thereof.
Sect. 2. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street without a written permit therefor from the selectmen. Every person who after obtaining such permit shall obstruct or render unsafe any public street, shall guard the same by a proper fence or railing, and by lights during the night time, subject to the approval of the selectmen. Such permit may be revoked at any time.
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Sect. 3. No person shall be or remain in any doorway, or upon any stairs, doorstep, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon or against any wall or fence on or near any street or public place, after having been requested by the owner or any occupant of the prem- ises or by any constable or police officer to remove there- from.
Sect. 4. No person shall make, write, print, paint, cut or post any indecent or obscene marks, words, figures or signs upon any fence, building, post, tree or other object exposed to public view.
Sect. 5. No person shall wilfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, lamp-post, lamp or lantern in any street or public place, nor extinguish any street light, nor extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or a defect in any public street or way, without proper authority to do so.
Sect. 6. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."
INDEX
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Town Officers, 1925
3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1925 .
6-11
Town Clerk's Report
12-31
Selectmen's Report
32-37 .
Recommendations for Appropriations
33
Auditor's Report
47-63
Expenditures for the year
63
Collector of Taxes
99
Report of Assessors
79-97
Treasurer's Report
98
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
75-76
Report of Town Treasurer in acc't Cemetery Commissioners 77-78
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
64
Report of Treasurer Commissioners' Trust Funds
65-72
Report of Treasurer Bemis Lecture Fund
73,74 .
Report of Water Commissioners
. 100-104
Report of Inspector of Animals
106
Report of Fire Engineers
45, 46
Report of Superintendent of Streets
43, 44
Report of Tree Warden .
105
Report of Board of Health
40
Report of Lincoln Town Nurse
41,42
Report of Committee to Improve Triangles
38, 39
Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library
107
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library .
108
Library Statistics
109
List of Accessions to Library
110-115
School Reports
117
School Committee
118
School Calendar
119
Report of School Committee .
120-123
School Expenditure
124
Superintendent's Report
125-130
Principal's Report
131-142
Report of School Nurse
143, 144
Warrant of 1926
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By-Laws .
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
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TOWN OF LINCOLN FOR THE YEAR 1926 ALSO THE REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL AND OTHER COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1926
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE YEAR 1926 ALSO THE REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL AND OTHER COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1926
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1925-26
Town Clerk.
THOMAS L. GILES
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
CHARLES S. SMITH (Chairman)
Term expires 1927
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
1929
C. LEE TODD
1928
Assessors.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN (Chairman)
Term expires 1929
HERBERT G. FARRAR
1927
THOMAS J. DEE .
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Treasurer. GEORGE G. TARBELL
Collector of Taxes. THOMAS L. GILES
Auditor. JAMES W. LENNON
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Constables.
JOHN J. KELLIHER
GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM
School Committee.
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY
Term expires 1928
EDITH B. FARRAR
1927
GEORGE G. TARBELL
1929
Water Commissioners.
JOHN J. KELLIHER
Term expires 1928
SUMNER SMITH
1929
ROBERT R. HUNTER
1927
Board of Health.
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
Term expires 1929
GEORGE G. TARBELL
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1927
MARTIN M. WELCH
1928
Tree Warden.
JOHN J. KELLIHER
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
CHARLES S. SMITH
Term expires 1927
C. LEE TODD
1928
F. WINCHESTER DENIO
1929
Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
EDWARD F. FLINT
Term expires 1927
C. LEE TODD
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1928
F. WINCHESTER DENIO
1929
Cemetery Commisisoners.
CHARLES S. SMITH
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Term expires 1927
EDWARD F. FLINT
1928
FRITZ CUNNERT
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1929
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Field Drivers. DAVID C. BOWEN CARROLL PIKE WALDO LANGILLE A. HENRY HIGGINSON
Fence Viewers. DAVID C. BOWEN WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Surveyor of Lumber. ELMER A. ROLLINS
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
JOHN F. FARRAR ELMER A. ROLLINS
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CONRAD P. HATHEWAY AMOS R. LITTLE
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
GEORGE G. TARBELL JOHN F. FARRAR C. LEE TODD CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen ex-officio ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman School Committee ex-officio
Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH C. LEE TODD ROBERT D. DONALDSON THOMAS L. GILES
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Proceedings of a Town Meeting held March 1, 1926
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County : GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote at Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Monday, the first day of March next at one o'clock P. M., then and there to act on all of the following Articles, except Article 2, and to meet in said Town Hall on Saturday, the sixth day of March next at 12:30 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Article 2, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the first day of March next :
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The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March 6th, will be open at 12:30 o'clock P. M. and may be closed at 6:30 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To bring in, their votes for the following Town Officers and any other officers required by law to be elected by Australian ballot :
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years. One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector for one year.
One Auditor for one year.
Two Constables for one year.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.
One member of Trustees for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
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One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following question :
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
ART. 3. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- missioners, trustees and officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Offi- cers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 5. To appropriate money for necessary and expe- dient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the muni- cipal year, beginning January 1st, 1926, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment therefor payable in one year
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from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200 or some other amount and elect a direc- tor, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Ex- tension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will take any action with reference to enlarging the Centre "School building; erecting another school building; or take any action in connection with the schools or school buildings.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporation and Taxation for an audit of its accounts and for the installation of an accounting system in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 35 of the Gen- eral Laws of Massachusetts.
ART. 12. To see if the Town, in accordance with Chapter 39, Section 16, amended, will provide for the appointment and duties of appropriation, advisory or finance committees who may consider any or all municipal questions for the purpose of making reports or recommendations to the Town, and to adopt a by-law as required by said statute.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will direct the School Com- mittee to take full charge of all matters pertaining to the ad- ministration of the schools of the Town, including the care of school buildings and school grounds.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will extend street lighting from the present terminus on the Bedford Road to the North State Road and on said North State Road from the Concord to the Lexington town lines and appropriate money therefor ; or take any other action in connection with street lighting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
And make due return of this WARRANT with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time for the meet- ing aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 20th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
Lincoln, February 20, 1926.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one on the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
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Pursuant to the above Warrant the Town Meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at one o'clock P. M., who read the Warrant and presided at the election of Moderator.
ART. 1 George G. Tarbell was elected Moderator. Meeting adjourned until 1.40 P. M.
At 1.40 the meeting was called to order by the Moderator.
ART. 3 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :
Field Drivers .-
David C. Bowen Carroll Pike Waldo Langille A. Henry Higginson
Fence Viewers .- David C. Brown William H. Sherman
Survey of Lumber .-
Elmer A. Rollins
Measurers of Wood and Bark .- Elmer A. Rollins John F. Farrar
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Trustees Grammar School Fund .-
Conrad P. Hatheway Amos R. Little
ART. 4 The reports of all Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees were accepted as printed in the Town Report.
ART. 5 Under this Article the following appropriations were made:
Appropriations .-
For Schools $32,500.00
" Support of Poor 1,000.00
" Highways and Bridges
14,000.00
Snow Work
4,000.00
South Great Road (to be taken from the Treasury) 7,500.00
Library (Dog Tax and)
1,000.00
Cemetery (500.00 to be taken from Cemetery Fund, 500.00 to be used for the purchase of Land
1,000.00
Board of Health
500.00
Tree Warden
1,200.00
Miscellaneous and Police
7,500.00
66 Hydrants and other Water Service
2,500.00
66 Waltham Hospital Free Bed
400.00
66 Street Lights
1,800.00
Fire Dept. (8,500.00 to be taken from the Treasury for the payment of Fire Engine)
9,000.00
District Nurse
750.00
Water Bond (to be taken from the Water Works Treasury) 500.00
" Middlesex Extension Service 200.00
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ART. 6 Voted that the Taxes be collected in the same manner as last year.
ART. 7 Voted that the compensation of the Collector be one and one-half per cent.
ART. 8 Voted that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning Jan. 1, 1926, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the town in payment therefor, payable in one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9 Under this article $200.00 was appropriated and Herman Wheeler was elected Director to serve, and the money to be expended in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County aid to agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service.
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