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Under Article 16. voted that a committee consisting of John J. Monahan. Sidney E. Duppee, James P. Dunnigan, Birger Peterson, and Herbert E. Ellis be appointed to investigate the subject-matter of this Article, and report at the next Annual Town meeting, this committee to act as a joint committee with the Finance Committee and Selectmen.
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Under Article 11, the following resolutions were unanimously passed by a rising vote :
Whereas, by the sudden death of Mr. Justin L. Moore, Clerk and Accountant of this Town, the Town of Chelmsford has lost an upright and able citizen ;
Resolved, That, while we reverently bow to this dispensation, we record our sorrow for the loss of a friend, a citizen, and an official, who, as a man, was highly respected and trusted, as a citizen was held in honor and ever manifested a keen interest in the welfare of the Town, and stood for what was for its highest and best interests, and, as an official, gave conspicuous, loyal, and efficient service in a just and conscientious regard for public duty, and a capable management of the Town's business.
And Further Resolved, That the Town Clerk be directed to devote a page to the memory of Mr. Moore, and a copy of these resolutions be neatly engrossed and sent to Mrs. Moore.
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Under Article 17, voted that the Selectmen be instructed to petition the Public Utilities Commission to establish the rates of electric service furnished by said Lowell Electric Light Corporation in the Town of Chelmsford, if impossible to secure a renewal of the previous contract.
Under Article 18, voted to dismiss this Article.
Under Article 19, disposed of by negative action under Article 18.
Under Article 20, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of widening the travelled part of Smith Street.
Under Article 21, voted that the Town accept the provisions of Section 6 Chapter 148 of the General Laws relating to fire prevention.
Under Article 22, relative to permission to use the Town Hall at North Chelmsford for the purpose of playing basket ball the Article was defeated by a hand vote of 74 in the affirmative and 77 in the negative.
Under Article 23, voted that the Town appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $1,400.00 for the purpose of constructing a concrete walk along the street lines of Princeton Street School houses and the Town Hall at North Chelmsford.
Under Article 24, relative to establishing and maintaining sidewalks the Article was dismissed.
Under Article 25, a motion to authorize the School Committee to sell or exchange one of the school barges was lost.
Under Article 26, disposed of by negative action under Article 25.
Under Article 27, the Article was dismissed.
Under Article 28, voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 with which to grade the Playgrounds at the Highland Ave. School. A hand vote was taken, 38 voted in the affirmative and 36 in the negative.
On motion of W. E. Belleville it was voted that the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated from excess and deficiency to apply towards appropriations made in 1923.
Under Article 2, during discussion of salary of Superintendent of Schools, Roscoe E. Frame, the retiring Superintendent, was accorded a rising vote of appreciation for his efficient service as Superintendent of the Town of Chelmsford Schools during his incumbency.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved at 5.50 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON,
Town Clerk.
WALTER PERHAM,
Moderator.
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SPECIAL MEETING
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AT UPPER TOWN HALL, CHELMSFORD CENTRE, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1923
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex, ss.
To Fred I. Vinal, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the thirtieth day of April current. at 8 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz :
Article 1, to hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen relative to a new contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation; or act in relation thereto.
Article 2. to see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 37 Chapter 82 of the General Laws relating to the establishment of a building line: or act in relation thereto.
Article 3, at the request of the Westlands Improvement Association, to see if the Town will authorize the use of a portion of the Westlands School property adjacent to the land known as the Curtin Place on the Dalton Road as a site for the Fire House now located on Chelmsford Street near the "Subway," so-called; or act in relation thereto.
Article 4, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of Two Thousand Dollars for general highway purposes ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 5, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sumn of money, and if any how much, with which to meet the expense of employing two police officers; or act in relation thereto.
Article 6, to see if the Town will vote to remove the pump and watering trough at the south end of Central Square, so-called, at Chelmsford Centre, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum for the purpose : or act in relation thereto.
Article 7, to see what action, if any, the Town will take relative to the pump, watering troughs, trees, and fence at Central Square at Chelmsford Centre, with a view to improving the appearance of the Square and the promotion of the public safety and convenience, and raise and appropriate a sum sufficient for the purposes ; or act in relation thereto.
Article S. to see if the Town will vote to remove the pump and watering trough at the end of the Common at North Chelmsford, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose; or act in relation thereto.
Article 9. to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for an additional light at or near the corner of Sylvan Avenue and Subway Extension; or act in relation thereto.
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Article 10, to see if the Town will vote to accept and allow an extension of Woodbine Street as laid out by the Selectmen on September 15, 1922. as described in their report duly filed in the Town Clerk's office and shown on a plan therein referred to; or act in relation thereto.
Article 11, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars to be used at the discretion of the School Committee to purchase a truck for the transportation of the school children, and to meet other necessary transportation needs of that department; or act in relation thereto.
Article 12, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate from money in the Treasury the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for fuel for the School buildings; or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. to see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the school truck G. M. C., which is now in a damaged condition; or act in relation thereto.
Article 14, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, to complete the grading of the Athletic Field at the rear of the High School at Chelmsford Centre; or act in relation thereto.
Article 15, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars, or any and what other sum to be used in grading and gravelling Maple Avenue and Woodbine Street at the Westlands so-called ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 16, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars or any and what other sum, to be used in grading and gravelling Sylvan Avenue and Subway Extension at the Westlands so-called ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 17, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five Dollars, or any and what other sum for the purpose of placing sign boards at the corners of accepted streets in that part of the town known as the Westlands; or act in relation thereto.
Article 18, to see if the Town will appoint a committee of three, or any and what other number, to investigate schoolhouse conditions at the East Village, and to obtain tentative plans and specifications and estimates of the cost of additional rooms and alterations at the East Chelmsford School House socalled; or act in relation thereto.
Article 19, in the event of the affirmative action, under the preceding Article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from moneys already in the hands of the Treasury, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars or any and what other sum, to be expended by the committee for the purposes for which they were appointed; or act in relation thereto.
Article 20, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from moneys already in the hands of the Treasury, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-eight and 96/100 Dollars, with which to pay outstanding bills incurred in 1922 in the Cemetery Department and Outside Aid Department ; or act in relation thereto.
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AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the centre of the Town South Chelmsford. North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford. and at the schoolhouse, East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT and make return of this Warrant. with your doings thereon. to the Town Clerk. at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Twenty-first Day of April in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three.
GEORGE RIGBY. WILLIAM E. BELLEVILLE, GEORGE W. DAY.
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
RETURN
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting attested copies thereof more than seven days before the time of sail meeting. as directed by vote of the Town.
FRED I. VINAL,
Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town Affairs held pursuant to Warrant at the Town Hall, Centre Village, Monday evening. April 30, 1923, at eight o'clock P. M. the following business was transacted, to wit : The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and the Warrant read by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson.
Under Article 1, voted to authorize. the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation as per agreement entered into on September 18, 1917.
Under Article 2, voted that the Town accept Section 37 of Chapter $2 relating to the establishment of a building line.
Under Article 3, voted to dismiss this Article.
Under Article 4, voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars as an additional appropriation for the Highway Department.
Under Article 5, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars as an additional appropriation for the Police Department.
Under Article 6. by a hand vote this Article was defeated, seventy-two voted in the affirmative and eighty-one voted in the negative. The tellers were Isaac Knight and George McNulty, sworn in by the Moderator.
Under Article 7, voted to defer this Article until the next Annual Town Meeting.
Under Article 8, voted to remove the watering trough at the Common in North Chelmsford under the direction of the Selectmen, the expense to come from the General Highway Account.
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Under Article 9, voted to dismiss this Article.
Under Article 10, voted to accept Woodbine Street as laid out by the Selectmen on September 15, 1922, as described in their report duly filed in the Town Clerk's office as shown on the plan therein referred to.
Under Article 11, voted that the Town authorize and empower the School Committee to purchase as a part of the equipment of the School Department one motor truck of such capacity and make as they may approve, at a cost not to exceed in all the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, and that the Town raise and appropriate therefor the sum of Sixteen Hundred and Eighty Dollars, and borrow the balance at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and issue therefor three promissory notes, each for the principal sum of one third the total amount borrowed, payable at the expiration of one, two, and three years from date thereof, such note or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a Majority of the Selectmen.
Under Article 12, voted that the Town appropriate from money already in the Treasury the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars as additional money for fuel for the schools.
Under Article 13, voted to authorize the School Committee to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the school truck G. M. C. which is now in a damaged condition.
Under Article 14, voted to dismiss this Article.
Under Article 15, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars to be used in grading and gravelling Maple Avenue and Subway Extension at the Westlands so-called.
Under Article 16, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars to' be used in grading and gravelling Sylvan Avenue and Subway Extension at the Westlands so-called.
Under Article 17, voted to defer this Article until the next Annual Town Meeting.
Under Article 18, voted that the Town appoint a committee of three, namely, Charles H. Ellis of the Centre, Birger Petterson of the East. James P. Dunnigan of the North Village, to investigate schoolhouse conditions at the Fast Village, and to obtain tentative plans and specifications and estimates of the costs of additional rooms and alterations at the East Chelmsford School House so-called, and to report at a future Town Meeting.
Under Article 19, voted that the Town appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasury, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars to be expended by the committee appointed under Article 18, for the purpose for which they were appointed.
Under Article 20, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasury the sum of Twenty Dollars with which to pay outstanding bills incurred in 1922 in the Outside Aid Department.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved at 10.30 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON,
WALTER PERHAM,
Town Clerk.
Moderator.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD AT UPPER TOWN HALL, CHELMSFORD CENTRE. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1923.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex ss.
To Fred I. Vinal, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the 2nd day of July next, at 8.15 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz :
Article 1, to see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from Walter Perham of a triangular lot of vacant land situated at the corner of Chelmsford Street and Dalton Road, to be forever held by the Town as a Public Park subject to the restrictions therein contained; or act in relation thereto.
Article 2, to see if the Town will raise and appropriate an additional sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be expended by the Board of Health for the purpose of maintaining and carrying on the work of the Health Department; or act in relation thereto.
Article 3, at the request of the Westlands Improvement Association to see if the Town will vote to authorize the removal of the Fire House now located on Chelmsford Street near the "Subway," so-called, to the South- easterly corner of land now owned by the Town of Chelmsford on Dalton Road and known as the Westlands School property; or act in relation thereto.
Article 4, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer an additional sum of Three Hundred Twenty-three and 76/100 Dollars ($323.76) with which to pay bills contracted for grading the ground around the Soldiers' Monument at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
Article 5, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the purposes of oiling a portion of Stedman Street, Sylvan Avenue, Subway Extension and Dalton Road, each so-called; or act in relation thereto.
Article 6, to see if the Town will vote to borrow the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20.000.00) with which to make necessary alterations at the East Chelmsford School House, so-called, in order to provide two more rooms to be used for school purposes; or act in relation thereto.
Article 7, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow. the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) or any and what other sum, with which to purchase for playground purposes a lot of land adjoining the present schoolhouse property in East Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
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Article S, upon the petition of not less than ten per cent. of the registered voters, to see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 21 to 28 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws entitled "Observance of The Lord's Day," so that it will be lawful to take part in or witness athletic outdoor sports or games, subject to the Statutory restrictions, on the Lord's Day between the hours of two and six in the afternoon; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the school- house in East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Twenty-fifth Day of June in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three.
GEORGE RIGBY, WILLIAM E. BELLEVILLE, GEORGE W. DAY, Selectmen of the Town of Chelmsford.
RETURN
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.
FRED I. VINAL,
Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held pursuant to Warrant at the Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Village, on Monday evening, July 2, 1923, at 8.15 P. M., the following business was transacted, to wit : The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and the Warrant read by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson.
Under Article 1, by motion of James P. Dunnigan this Article was unanimously accepted.
Under Article 2, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars for maintaining and carrying on the work in the Health Department. Motion made by J. Clark Osterhout.
Under Article 3. under this Article it was voted that the relocation of this Fire House be left to the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Fire Engineers to find a suitable location, and if unable, to report at a future Town meeting.
Under Article 4, voted to appropriate from money already in the hands of the Treasury the sum of $323.76 with which to pay unpaid bills for the grading of the ground around the Monument on the Common at North Chelmsford.
Under Article 5, voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 with which to oil a portion of Stedman Street, Sylvan Avenue, Subway Extension, and Dalton Road.
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Under Article 6, voted that the Town borrow the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) with which to change the East Chelmsford School House, so-called, from a one and one-half story building to a two and one-half story building, so as to furnish two more rooms for school purposes and with which to build an addition to said schoolhouse for the purpose of providing better toilet and other accommodations, and equip and furnish such new rooms and addition ;
And that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum payable semi-annually, and to issue therefor ten promissory notes each in the principal sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) payable at the expira- tion of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years from the date thereof, each note to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a Majority of the Board of Selectmen, 499 voted in the affirmative; the vote was unanimous.
Frank Lupien, Birger Petterson and James P. Dunnigan were elected to act as the Building Committee.
Under Article 7, under this Article it was voted to refer the matter of purchasing this land and buildings to the School Committee and to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Under Article 8, under this Article it was voted that the Town accept Sections 21 to 28 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws of 1921 relating to sports and games to be played on the Lord's Day. 260 voted in the affirmative; 258 voted in the negative.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved at 11 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, WALTER PERHAM,
Town Clerk. Moderator.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
TO BE HELD AT UPPER TOWN HALL, CHELMSFORD CENTER. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1923. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex ss.
To Fred I. Vinal, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of the said Chelmsford to meet in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Center, on Monday the Thirteenth Day of August next, at S.15 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz :
Article 1, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and borrow the further sum of Thirty-three Thousand Dollars ($33,000.00) making a total of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) with which to make necessary alterations at the East Chelmsford School House, so-called, in order to provide two rooms in addition to those authorized at a special meeting held on July 2. 1923, so that four more rooms will be provided at a cost, including the appropriation of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) at the special meeting of July 2, 1923, of Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00), such rooms to be used for school purposes; or act in relation thereto.
Article 2, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the additional sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the Health Department ; or act in relation thereto.
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AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the school- house in East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding of said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the said meeting.
Given under our hands this Third Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-three.
GEORGE RIGBY, WILLIAM E. BELLEVILLE, Selectmen of Chelmsford
RETURN
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting attested copies thereof more than seven days before the time of said meeting as directed by a vote of the Town.
FRED I. VINAL,
Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held pursuant to Warrant at the Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre Village, on Monday evening, August 13, 1923, at 8.15 P. M., the following business was transacted, to wit :
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Walter Perham and the Warrant read by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson.
By motion of Mr. Frank Lupien it was voted to postpone this meeting to Monday evening, August 27, 1923, at S.15 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON Town Clerk. Moderator.
WALTER PERHAM,
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held pursuant to postponement of meeting held August 13, 1923, the following business was transacted at the Upper Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre, Mass., on August 27, 1923, to wit :
The following figures were presented by the East Chelmsford School House Building Committee, for additions and alterations of the East Chelmsford School House :
Woodwork
. $14,050.00
Plumbing
1,813.00
Heating
4.513.00
Wiring
596.00
Furniture
1,200.00
Blackboards
500.00
Architect
875.00
Extras
1,000.00
Total
$24,547.00
Under Article 1, by motion of Mr. James P. Dunnigan this Article was dismissed and left in the hands of the Building Committee to be reported on at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Under Article 2, by motion of Mr. James P. Dunnigan this Article was dismissed.
Voted to adjourn the meeting at 8.40 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON. WALTER PERHAM.
Town Clerk.
Moderator.
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LIST OF JURORS MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS 1921.
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