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4 whiffletrees, 8 chains, $5.00; 2 D. chains. . 50; 2 posts, $1.00. . ..
6 50
4 catch basins, $32.00: 4 halters, $2.00. . .
34 00 141 15
Total
$1.397 70
J. S. WOTTON. G. M. WRIGHT. A. HEADY PARK. Appraisers.
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APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM, MARCH 1, 1900.
7 cows in barn
$300 00
8 cows in basement.
250 00
I horse ...
125 00
20 cords of cotton waste 60 00
35 cords of manure
175 00
90 hens .
45 00
15 bbls hen manure
15 00
2 express harnesses 40 00
I set double harness.
20 00
$1,030 00
I bull, $20 ; I one-horse mowing machine $35
55 00
3 T. chains, $1; I atomizer, $1.25; I cow bell. . 50 ; 5 hoes, $1 .
3 75
Lot stable tools. $5: 1 set T. chains. . 75; I pair hames, .75. 6 50
4 hogs, $28; 14 water p.ils, $2 ; lot of hose and grain boxes $4 .. 34 00
¿ box B. foor, $4 ; I bone cutter, $5 ; 1 two- horse mowing machine. $5. 14 00
I horse rake, $20; r old H. rake, $3; 1 spring t oth harrow. $15. 38 00
I express wagon. $20; B. wire, $5; I stone drag, $ .50; I plow. $12
38 50
5 whiffletrees. $1.50; spreader and wheel- barrow, $2 ...
3 50
2 cultivators. $5; 3 harrows. $2; 3 old plows, $5 ; 2 B. heads .50. 12 50
I Farm boiler, $5; lot of bean poles. $1 ; I farm wagon. $35.
41 00
246 75
t horse sled. $18; 50 posts, $2 ; lumber, $S ; 2 grindstones, $4.
32 00
bbl. cement, .60; 100 lbs. plaster, .50; chains, $2; 2 neck yokes, $2 .. .. 5 10 2 sets H. chains, $1.50; 4 whiffletrees, $2 ; corn binders, $4 .... 7 50
I hay cutter, $3 ; 15 shovels, $3 ; 4 manure forks, $1.50 ...
7 50
I driving harness, $7; 2 pole straps, $1 ; small tools, $I . 9 00
7 snaths. 8 rakes. $3; I cradle, $1 ; I C. rake, $1 ; I drag rake. 75
5 75
Cart harness and block, $1 ; 4 ladders, $8 ; 5 tons hay, $80. 89 00
155 85
Amount carried forward
$1,432 60
43
Amount brought forward $1,432 60
I bag corn, $1 ; 500 wheat, $5 ; { ton mixed feed, $10.50. . 16 50
32 bags meal, $30; I grain chest, $5 ; 9 bushels oats, $3 .
38 00
2 bags gluten, $2.50; 10 feed boxes, $1 ; 10 bushel boxes, $1 : I set steelyards, $1 75 6 forks, $1 ; I sleigh pung, $25 ; I democrat wagon, $25 ; 1 B. robe, $15
6 25
66 00
2 blankets, + halters, $3.50 ; i lap robe, $1.50 ; I hogshead and 60 lbs. salt, $2 .. 7 00
I whip, .25 ; 5 potato hooks, $1 50; I hay knife, $1 ; I hay puller, .50 .. 3 25
Snatch block and rope, $1 ; drills and bar, $1.50; tar paper, .50.
3 00
3 bushel baskets, $1 ; 4 shovels, $1.50; 2 sawhorses, .50; 9 milk cans, $3 ..... 30 cords of wood on lot, $60 ; 15 cords wood cut for stove, $50.
6 00
I two-horse cart, $30 ; I section grinder, $4 ; S axes, $5. 39 00
Ice tongs, .75 ; 2 sprinklers, $1 ; boxes and tubs. $1 ; 5 lanterns, $1.50. 4 25
Grass seed and seed sower, $3 ; sweet corn, ȘI ; I keg of nails, $3.
7 00
306 25
I hammer, $1 ; wrenches and tools, $3 ; 2 oil cans, .50 ; 5 wood saws, $1 50 ...... 6 00
29 bbls., $2.90; pork bbls., $1.50; seed peas, $3 . . 7 40
17 15
Provisions and supplies .
217 25
Household furniture and bedding 363 50
$2,336 75
J. S. WOTTON, GEO. M. WRIGHT, A. HEADY PARK, Appraisers.
110 00
Paints, oils, and brushes, $2.50; wire stretcher, .75; I saw, .50 .. 3 75
$1,756 00
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SUPPORT OF OUTSIDE POOR.
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Laura
Bailey.
$36 00
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Laura
Bailey . 36 40
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Laura Bailey . 36 So
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Laura Bailey . 36 So $1.46 00
Danvers Insane Hospital, board of Emeline Heywood. 41 78
Danvers Insane Hospital, board of Emeline Heywood ..
42 25
Danvers Insane Hospital, board of Emeline Ileywood .
42 72
Danvers Insane Hospital board of Emeline Heywood.
42 72
169 47
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of
Millie F. Chamberlain. . ..
41 79
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of Millie F. Chamberlain ,
42 25
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of Millie F. Chamberlain .. 42 70
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of Millie F. Chamberlain. .
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of
41 78
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of
James W. Dunn.
42 25
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of James W. Dunn.
42 71
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of James W. Dunn. . 42 71 169 45
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of B. F. Worden
41 79
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of B. F. Worden
42 25
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of B. F. Worden
42 71
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of B. F. Worden .
42 71 169 46
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Daniel Gilligan .
41 78
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Daniel Gilligan
42 25
Amounts carried forward. $84 03
$S23 84
42 71 169 46 James W. Dunn.
45
Amount brought forward $S4 03 $823 84
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Daniel Gilligan . ..
42 71
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Daniel Gilligan
42 71
169 45
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Ella Hutchins .
41 79
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Ella Hutchins.
42 25
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Ella Hutchins .
42 72
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Ella Hutchins .
42 72
169 48
A. H. Sheldon, clothing for B. F. Worden .. Amasa Howard, M. D., medical aid for O. McLane
2 00
2 00
No. Chelmsford grocery store, aid to Rose Caron
6 00
6 00
E. Cornock, shoes for Harry Ward.
1 40
1 40
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright ..
6 50
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright.
13 00
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright.
13 00
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright ..
13 00
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright. .
6 50
Hugh H. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright ....
6 50
Hugh II. Brogan, rent in aid of Harry C. Wright. .
13 00
71 50
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for Wm. J. Wood.
17 00
17 00
F. E. Varney, M. D., medical aid for James W. Boynton
7 50
7 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. James McKen- nedy
10 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. James McKen. nedy
9 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. James McKen- nedy .
9 00
City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. James McKen- nedy .
9 00
38 00
Amount carried forward.
$1,316 17
10 00
10 00
16
Amount brought forward. $1,316 17
E. H. Chamberlin, M. D., medical aid for Wm. J Wood ... City of Lowell, in aid of Harry C. Wright. .. City of Lowell. in aid of Napoleon Loupret. Wm. H. Shedd, aid to Ward family .. .. A. G Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for Martha Hall
6 00
6 00
10 75
10 75
3 00
3 00
2 00
2 00
1 50
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for George Thompson. .
1 00
A. G. Scoboria. M. D., medical aid for Joseph Jacobs.
6 00
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for Mary Dallas .
I 50
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for Geo. Spaulding . .
1 00
A. G. Scoboria, M D., medical aid for John O' onnor.
1 00
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., medical aid for Michael C'asey . ..
1 00
13 00
O. McLane, aid rendered.
2 00
2 00
.. ٠٠
2 00
2 00
8 00
M. F. Kittredge, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright .. . .
10 00
M. F. Kittredge, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright .
14 00
M. F. Kittredge, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright.
10 00
M. F. Kittredge, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright. .
6 00
40 00
H. H. Russell, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright ...
24 00
H. H. Russell, groceries in aid of Harry C. Wright ...
26 00
50 00
City of Worcester, in aid of George Bolton and family ..
61 43
City of Worcester, in aid of George Bolton and family
2 69
City of Worcester, in aid of George Bolton and family.
4 00
68 12
Nellie Ward, board of Harry Ward
4 00
5 00
6 6
6.
5 00
،،
6 6
.
5 00
Amount carried forward.
$19 00 $1,517 04
47
Amounts brought forward
$19 co $1,517 04
Nellie Ward, board of Harry Ward.
4 00
..
66
5 00
66
66
6 00
...
4 00
5 00
5 00
48 00
Talbot Clothing Co., clothing for Harry Ward
4 50
8 00
City of Boston, in aid of James McCoy .....
35 57
35 57
M. H. Winship, aid to Squire Wilson.
16 00
16 00
D. W. Bickford, aid to Charles Simpson family.
1 31
I 31
$1,625 92
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
E. W. Sweetser, services as Treasurer $200 00
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Town Clerk . ·
86 75
Martin Robbins, services as Auditor ·
5 00
Geo. F. Snow, services as Auditor .
5 00
J. E. Warren, services and expenses Selectman .
143 75
J. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Selectman . . .
99 14
W. R. Winning, services and expenses as 1 & Selectman · .
93 75
A. H. Sheldon, services and expenses as
121 35
Selectman · · A. H. Sheldon, services and expenses . Assessor · .
135 80
Assessor 102 00
J. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Assessor · .
72 64
Wm. H. Shedd, services and expenses as Assessor .
72 00
W. R. Winning, services and expenses as Assessor .
67 50
A. H. Sheldon, writing Collector's book ·
18 75
W. R. Winning, services and expenses as Health Officer ·
26 25
Amount carried forward
$1,313 68
.
as
Selectman . . Wm. H. Shedd, services and expenses as
6.4 00
as
J. E. Warren, services and expenses as
3 50
48
Amount brought forward $1,313 68
A. H. Sheldon, services and expenses as Health Officer .
J. E. Warren, services and expenses as Health Officer · John P. Scoboria, services as Teller at
1 50
9 00 $1.324 18
March Meeting . A. E. Reed, services as Teller at March Meeting
3 00
W. H. Hall, services as Teller at March Meeting
3 00
S. Naylor, services as Teller at March
Meeting 1898 3 00 .
E. T. Adams, services as Registrar 23 00 . Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as Registrar 19 50 J. P. Emerson, services as Constable in ISOS 113 00 N. T. Norton, services as Constable in :Sos and 1899 29 00
Geo. M. Wright, services as Constable in 1899 79 5I
Wm. J. Quigley, services as Constable in 1899 II 50 Franklin Guyette, services as Constable in 1899 14 25
Warren Berry, services as Constable in 1899
34 00
335 76
J. S. Wotton, services as Constable in 1899 ·
30 55
H. C. Fletcher, services as Fireward
6 75
John Marinel, Jr., services as Fireward
3 55
J. S. Wotton, services as Fireward
6 85
Geo F. Snow, services as Forest Fireward
18 50
F. L. Fletcher, services as Forest Fireward Hazen Bros., et al., services as Forrest Fireward
3 60
J. S. Wotton, services as Appraiser at Town Farm 3 00 .
Geo. M. Wright, services as Appraiser at Town Farm .
3 00
A. Heady Park, services as Appraiser at Town Farm 3 00
H. C. Sweetser, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 4 00
W. A. Parkhurst, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I
3 00
Amount carried forward
$7 00 $1.744 99
Geo. M. Wright, services as Fireward .
3 25
3 00
85 05
3 00
49
Amounts brought forward 87 00 $1,744 99
P. H. Haley, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 4 00
F. E. Bickford, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 4 00 · D. P. Byam, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 3 00
A. E. Reed, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 4 00
John P. Scooria, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 4 00
R. S. Ross, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 3 00
Melvin Walker, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. I 3 00
H. S. Adams, Clerk State Election, Precinct No. I 7 00
James W. Ward, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2 I 50
O. F. McNally, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2
I 50
42 00
Chas. A. Holt, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2 4 00
Geo. H. Ripley, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2 1 50
Chas. H. Dutton, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2
4 00
Geo. Hyde, services as Election Officer,
Precinct No. 2 3 00
John C. Hobbs, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 3 I 50
James B. McQuaid, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 2 . 3 00
F. K. Ripley, services as Clerk State
Election, Precinct No. 2 7 00
Clerk Pre- Samuel Naylor, services as
cinct No. 3. . 6 00
John J. Quessey, services as Election Officer, Precinct No 3 3 00 . A. G. Parkhurst, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 3 3 00
John J. Dunn, services as Election Officer, 3 00 Precinct No. 3 · . Geo. O. Spaulding, services as Election Officer, Precinct No. 3 . 2 00
42 00
Total
$1,828 99
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AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropri- ations.
Expendi- tures.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Schools, Appropriations
$8,100 00
School fund
244 38
Dog tax.
503 43
Teaching
$7,761 38
Care of houses
527 45
...
Fuel
793 34
$234 36
Apparatus.
174 99
74 99
Incidentals ..
450 00
917 20
467 20
School text books and supplies
800 00
9 32
710 83
$ 98 49
Superintendent of Schools
450 00
750 00
450 00
Support of poor.
2,300 00
3.902 53
154 69
Highways
Receipts
1.644 58
5,652 04
992 54
State aid receipts. .
1,077 00
1,120 00
43 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors.
100 00
Receipts
30 00
394 00
Repairs of public buildings.
400 00
398 70
1 30
Town officers and committees
1,600 00
1,828 99
Cattle inspection.
100 00
47 50
52 50
Collection and abatement of taxes
650 00
777 01
Care of village clock
30 00
30 00
Care and improvement of cemeteries .. Receipts
94 00
283 21
10 79
Receipts
Adams Library
800 00
800 00
Memorial Day
100 00
73 09
26.91
Street lighting.
1.000 00
1,025 94
Note-schoolhouse loan
1,200 00
1.200 00
Interest on note schoolhouse loan .
384 00
384 00
Grading Adams Library grounds.
500 00
420 00
Transportation of school children
1,000 00
1,077 80
On account of temporary loan
2,000 00
2,000 00
New cemetery, Centre Village
1,000 00
999 61
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North Chelmsford Library.
. 400 00
400 00
School house lot, North Village
3,550 00
3,550 00
Enforcement of liquor laws. Receipts .
537 72
857 80
20 08
New school building, North Village ..
10,700 00
9,141 48
1,558 52
$51,201 24
$47.086 88
$5.832 42
$1,718 06
4,114 36
4,114 36
$51,201 24
$51,201 24
$5,832 42
$5,832 42
Appropriations
៛44,614 00
Amount of bills paid.
$47,086 88
Receipts
6,587 24
Surplus.
4,114 36
$51,201 24
$51,201 24
. .
NOTE .- The appropriation of #800 for widening road at North Chelmsford is included in the receipts of highways.
JOSEPH E. WARREN, JOSEPH A PARKHURST, ARTHUR H. SHELDON, WALTER R. WINNING, WILLIAM H. SHEDD,
Selectmen.
127 01
200 0C
Miscellaneous expenses.
600 00
1,048 95
1,087 97
560 98
Receipts
750 00
Receipts.
1,447 86
5.000 00
264 00
228 99
25 94
80 00
77 80
....
300 00
......
100 00
Receipts
CATTLE INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Number of cattle inspected
-
-
-
150
" quarantined -
- - II - And other animals examined physically.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER R. WINNING, Inspector.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year ending February 28, 1900, and find his receipts and payments properly entered and vouched for, and a balance of two thousand three hundred and eighty-nine and sixty- three one hundredths dollars ( $2389.63 ) in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Se- lectmen and find in their hands receipts amounting to forty-seven thousand eighty-six and eighty-eight one-hundredths dollars ( $47,086.88 ), vouching for orders for same amount drawn by them on the Treasurer and paid by him.
We find assets :
Cash in Treasury
$ 2,389 63
Tax of 1897 uncollected
$ 389 45
Interest accrued on same
27 19
Tax of 1898 uncollected
4,100 25
Interest accrued on same
287 02
Tax 1899 uncollected
9,194 04
Interest accrued on same
269 16
14,267 II
Due from State :
State aid to January, 1900
934 00
State aid for January and February, 1900 186 00
Military aid to January, 1900
S5 00
Military aid for January and February, 1900
16 00
Military aid for January and February, 1900
16 00
On account of school Supt. and Teachers 435 50
On accuont of State paupers
6 00
On account of cattle inspector
·
23 75
On account of soldiers' burial
35 00
Balance of corporation tax
371 93
2,093 IS
Due from other sources : Matthias Hutchins, hospital bills 138 96
Cemetery trust funds deposited in Lowell Savings banks
2,252 SS 2,391 S4
$21,141 76
·
.
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Liabilities :
Notes ( temporary loan )
. $10,500 00
Notes ( Centre school-house loan )
8,400 00
Notes ( North Chelmsford school house loan )
10,700 00
$29,600 00 144 00
Emerson cemetery improvement fund
Kimball fund and interest
121 07
Silver fund and interest
170 90
Day fund and interest
103 04
Emerson fund and interest
238 17
Carleton fund and interest
152 00
Marshall fund and interest
103 04
Edwards fund and interest
205 31
Wood fund and interest
305 03
Shed fund and interest
102 18
Coburn fund and interest
IOI 07
Wheeler fund and interest
IOI OI
Smith fund
100 00
Jaquith and Winn fund
150 00
Fletcher fund
100 00
John S. shed fund
200 00
2,252 88
Unpaid bills ( estimated )
350 00
Tax abatements ( estimated )
150 00
500 00
Balance deficit, .
$32.496 88 $11.355 12
GEO. F. SNOW, MARTIN ROBBINS, C. FRANK BUTTERFIELD, Auditors. CHELMSFORD, March 3d, 1900.
NOTE-In the amount of estimated bills unpaid as shown in the Auditors re- port there should be reckoned the unpaid balance on contract for new school build- ing at North Chelmsford, amounting to the balance of loan unexpended as shown in aggregate table, viz. $1,558.52, which is payable from cash in treasury.
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
Contagious diseases reported for the past year :
Diphtheria
3
Scarlet Fever
- Typhoid - - -
-
I2
2
Measles - - - -
-
44
-
The Board also found several cattle supposed to be affected with a disease known as tuberculosis ; 4 cows were dispatched by the owners ; 2 were removed to the slaughter house by consent of own- er and proved to be very bad cases of tuberculosis, this being done before Oct. Ist, your inspector not having full power to quarantine until Oct. Ist.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER R. WINNING, Chairman.
LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN, MARCH 12th, 1900.
Adams, Eben T. Byaw, Frank C. Blaisdell, Irvin A. Day, Geo. W. Dix, R. Wilson. Dunn, John J. Emerson, Harry B.
Fish, Chas. F. M. Howland, Edgar G. Hodge, Geo. Y. Hall, Wm. H.
Holt, Chas. H. Lee, Wm. M. Lapham, Wilber E. Naylor, Samuel
l'erham, Edwin C. Parkhurst, Alfred G. Perham, Walter Sheehan, Thomas P. Snow, Geo. F. Swett, Geo. W.
Sampson, James A.
Smith, Geo. II. (N. C.) Sweetser, Herbert C. Warley, John S. Wright, Geo. B. B. Ward, Patrick S. Ward, James W. Warren, Arthur M.
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
Chairman.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said GREETING :
County.
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March current, being the fourth Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ARTICLE ". To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ARTICLE 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways and bridges.
ARTICLE 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ARTICLE 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the current year.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the current and ensuing years and payable therefrom.
ARTICLE 9.]. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the current year.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise dur- ing the current year; also in such other matters which may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of one hundred dollars, in trust, from Sylvia P. Bowers, the income of the same to be expended in forever keep- ing in repair the burial lot of Sewall Bowers in West Chelmsford Cemetery.
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ARTICLE 12. At the request of R. S. Ripley, Stewart Mackay and others, to see if the town will vote to raise the plat- form now in use in the Town Hall, North Village, build two small side dressing rooms on same, appro- priate such sum of money as needed for same, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 309 of the Acts passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, entitled "An Act authorizing cities and towns to license groves to be used for picnics and other lawful amusements."
ARTICLE 14. At the request of William J. Quigley, Hubert Bearce, Stewart Mackay and seven others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of paying Mrs. Mary A. McMahon for damage caused by rais- ing the grade of Princeton street in front of her premises, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. At the request of Moses A. Warren, F. E. Varney and twenty-six others, to see if the town will vote to dis- continue and cease to use as and for a public high- way the old road in North Chelinsford leading north- easterly from Princeton street to Dartmouth street, ·near the house of James W. Moore.
ARTICLE 16. At the request of the Chelmsford Veterans Association, to see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the observance of Memorial day, or act in relation thereto.
Article 17. At the request of George F. Dyar, R. Wilson Dix and others, to see if the town will vote to increase the number of the school committee to six members, or act in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the towu will make an appropriation to the North Chelmsford Library Association on condition that the books of said library shall be free to all in- habitants of the town, or act in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of lighting the streets in the several villages of the town, or act in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of widening and straightening the Groton road, North Chelmsford, as ordered by the County Commis- sioners, to be completed July 1, of the present year, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 21. To see if the town will vote to accept the town-way as widened and straightened by the Selectmen, leading from Stedman street westerly to the road from Mid- dlesex Village to Chelmsford Centre. All land given for widening.
Article 22.
To see if the town will vote to accept the town-way known as Stedman street as widened and straight- ened by the Selectmen, extending southerly from the boundary line between Lowell and Chelmsford to the County road leading from Lowell to Chelmsford Centre. All land necessary for widening given.
Article 23.
At the request of Henry S. Perham, to see if the town will take measures to provide better protection against fires, appropriate money for the same, or act in relation theret ».
Article 24.
At the request of the Proprietors of the Chelmsford Social Library, to see if the town will accept from the Chelmsford Social Library the sum of seventy- five dollars, known as the Adams Emerson fund ; and the sum of five hundred and eighty-one and fifty-one one-hundredths dollars with accrued inter- est from July 1899, held by said Proprietors as a gitt from Joseph Warren, and subject to its terms and conditions ; and hold said sums transferred to said town by vote of said Proprietors, "for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of said town of Chelmsford for library purposes in connection with the Adams Library."
Article 25.
At the request of R W. Emerson and others, to see if the town will vote to lay a suitable crossing between the Post Office at Chelmsford Centre and the I. O. O. F. Building, and grade the street to the same, or act in relation thereto.
Article 26.
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to purchase a piece of land situated in the East village owned by Mrs. Martha Wyman, and recommended by your committee for a school house site, or act in relation thereto.
Article 27.
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to defray the expense of erecting a school building on site mentioned in article 26, furn- ishing the same and fencing said site; and also to choose a building committee to expend said sum, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 28. To see if the town will vote to incur a debt for the sums appropriated in articles 26 and 27, or any part thereof, or act in relation thereto.
Article 29.
To see if the town will vote to grade and put in proper condition, the grounds about the school buildings at North Chelmsford, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or act in relation thereto.
Article 30.
At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the transportation of pupils to and from school in the town of Chelmsford, the money to be expended at the discretion of the School Committee, or act in relation thereto.
Article 31.
Article 32.
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor law. At the request of George B. B. Wright, Warren Berry and twenty-three others, to see if the town will vote to purchase a stone watering trough for the well at South Chelmsford, appropriate a sum of money for the same, or act in relation thereto.
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