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The annual inspection of animals for 1926 together with stable in- spection was performed during the early part of the year as ordered by the State Division of Animal Industry. There were 941 dairy cows, 125 young cattle, 17 bulls, 335 swine, 4 goats and 1 sheep in 201 stables. The stables are located as follows:
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6
Stables
82 25
13
32
35
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Seven cows were quarantined and afterward condemned and killed as tubercular. Two others were quarantined and later released. A
complete report of all animals inspected and the stable conditions has been reported to the state authorities.
All cattle reported as suspected of having tuberculosis have been inspected and proper action taken.
A majority of the hog owners are now having their hogs innoculated that they may be immune from hog cholera, several owners who did not take the necessary precautions, lost many of their hogs.
More dogs were reported as having bitten persons during the year than ever before, they were quarantined for a period of two weeks and then released if no symptoms of rabies developed. Fortunately we have had no positive case of rabies in dogs, or glanders in horses.
ARNOLD C. PERHAM, Inspector.
Dec. 31, 1926.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 31, 1926. Appropriation, $225.00.
I have tested and sealed 1438 scales, weights and gasoline pumps be- sides testing pumps after sealing without any fees so that on record I have turned over to the Treasurer $123.61 and expended $213.22 in labor and expenses leaving $11.78 on hand Jan. 1, 1927.
Respectfully submitted,
C. A. AIKEN, Sealer.
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NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY CORPORATION
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Directors of the North Chelmsford Library Corporation beg to submit the following report for year 1926.
On Dec. 15th 1926, the annual meeting of the Corporation was held in the Library. Reports of the various officers and Librarian were heard and approved and placed on the records.
The Librarian's report was satisfactory, showing that the Library had been open 150 sessions, 129 new books had been added and a great many books had been replaced and rebound. The circulation for the year was 13,452.
We are pleased to report a steady increase of borrowers, having at the end of our fiscal year 1082, a net increase of 82 new names.
A great number of our books have to be sent to the bindery, these books being in constant circulation, and we would solicit the co-oper- ation of the borrowers, as more careful treatment tends to add life to the books.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR O. WHEELER, Pres. SARAH E. SHELDON, LORRAINE S. BUTTERFIELD,
Directors.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY CORPORATION
RECEIPTS
Balance from 1925
$ 385.37
Town Appropriation
1,200.00
Librarian's Account
5.00
1,590.37 $
EXPENDITURES
Librarian's Salary
$ 415.92
Books
349.18
Fuel
99.00
Light
22.96
Bindery
399.00
Transportation of Books to West Chelmsford.
39.00
Insurance
133.80
Printing
15.85
Supplies and Misc. Expenses
36.02
...
$ 1,510.73
Balance on Hand
79.64
1,590.37 $
JOHN J. CARR, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
To the Selectmen of Chelmsford, Mass.
Gentlemen:
We herewith submit our annual report of the Fire Department.
This Board of Fire Engineers appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen, was organized this year with Arnold C. Perham as Chief of the department and David Billson and Archibald Cooke as assistant engineers and Archibald Cooke as Clerk of the Board.
The District Chiefs appointed by the Board of Engineers for the term ending May 15, 1927 are :
Wilhelm T. Johnson District No. 1.
Joseph D. Ryan District No. 2.
Anthony B. Anderson District No. 3.
Otto Grantz District 4.
Sidney E. Dupee District No. 5.
This year at the last Annual Town Meeting $7,5000.00 was appropri- ated for the purpose of purchasing one piece of Motor Fire Apparatus with this money your Board of Fire Engineers have purchased and installed in the Center Village a Maxim 500 gallon pumper which we think will be of great benefit for the protection of life and property and in the near future will help to reduce the fire insurance rates of the property owners in the Center Village.
The Alarm System of the Town has been greatly improved in the last year, for the Center Village and the Westlands two new alarms have been purchased and installed. The wiring on Dalton Road has been changed from temporary to stationary poles which will greatly improve the alarm system.
In the North Village two new Alarm Boxes have been purchaesd, one to be installed on the corner of the West Chelmsford and Groton Roads, and one to be installed on the corner of Dartmouth and Mid- dlesex Streets, this work will be done in the course of a few weeks.
The Board of Selectmen and the School Committee have installed three auxiliary boxes one in the Town Hall and one in each of the Princeton Street School.
In the West Village there has been installed a whole new Game- well System composed of the following, indicator, control box, battery rack, nine batteries, about two miles of wire and five outside alarm boxes, which were installed in the following places, corner of School and Main Streets, one in front of the home of Frank Edwards on Main Street, one on Jordan Street, one in front of the George E. Quessey School, and one on the corner of Graniteville and School Streets, this system was made possible partly by public subscription of the Village.
During the year your department has responded to 64 calls for building and automobile fires within the Town limits, and 8 calls from adjoining towns, and 50 grass and brush fires within the town to assist the Forest Warden Department.
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Company No. 1. has responded to 28, 2 in Carlisle and 1 in Lowell. No. 2. has responded to 25, 2 in Tyngsboro and 1 in Lowell. No. 3 has responded to 2 and 2 in Westford. No. 4. 0, No. 5 has responded to nine.
Both the Center and North Companys were sent to the Pollard fire in Lowell upon call of the Fire Chief for help.
Company No. 4, has had no building fires in their district during the year but have responded to 14 of the 50 brush fires that the whole department has been called to extinguish.
The total estimated value of building property and contents in the town directly endangered by fire amounted to $683,470, and the total loss caused by these fires amounted to $20,175, this is about half the total loss of last year.
The attention of all persons is called to the law forbidding vehicles being driven over fire hose and the parking or driving automobiles where they will hinder the firemen or the apparatus in reaching and extinguishing fires.
We wish to extend our thanks to the police department for there efficient co-operation at fires.
Careful consideration should be given the Center and North Vil- lages regarding new fire stations.
On February 11, 1924 a committee of three was appointed to in- vestigate and report at the following town meeting relative to the pur- chase of a fire house site in the Center Village, the recommendation of the committee was that the old Grammar School be used as a fire station, we the Board of Fire Engineers recommend that the money be raised or appropriated for this purpose.
Last year in the North Village the Town purchased a fire house site located in Vinal Square, this year the Board recommends that a new station be erected on this site, the present fire house is not locat- ed near enough to the center of the village for efficient results or response to fires.
At a conference held in July with the officials of Carlisle, West- ford and Tyngsboro an agreement was reached as to the price to be paid for the use of our apparatus when called to their fires.
Permits and Certificates isued during the year 1926 are as follows:
Gasoline Permits 36
Transfers
4
Certificates of Registration (Gasoline Storage) 24
Fireworks Permits 7
Certificates of Registration for Garages 7
Blasting Permits 25
The State law requires that all threads, hose couplings and conn- ections be standardized, this we have done according to law.
The members of your volunteer Fire Department should be com- mended for the ability, faithfulness and willingness shown in the per- formance of their duty.
ARNOLD C. PERHAM DAVID BILLSON ARCHIBALD COOKE
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chelmsford. Mass.
For the year 1926.
We believe that a careful reading of the reports of the Agent of the Board. Milk Inspector and Meat Inspector will well repay you.
There has been a greater number of cases. over 312 times of com- municable diseases, of which 172 were measles, in the town than we had last year and the Board feels that if the parents had observed the quarantine regulations more carefully that this would not have been the case.
The Board having knowledge that contagious diseases were being communicated by milk bottles adopted a single service bottle which is to be used in all cases where there is a communicable disease in the house and which are not returned to the milk dealer but burned by the householder after the contents have been removed.
These bottles cannot be refilled without laying the person who refill« them liable to a fine of $25.00.
In May the Schick test was given to 182 children. This test the Board wishes to continue every year to keep up the great fight against Diptheria.
The Board cannot too strongly urge the parents to have all the children Schicked. Consult your family physician and the Board be- lieves that without exception these physicians will approve this test as they have to the Board so many times.
On May 19, a pre-school age clinic was held at the Westlund School.
Thirty children were examined, seventeen boys, thirteen girls. Drs. Scoboria and Varney were the examining physicians.
These clinics can be made of great benefit if the parents carry out the suggestions given them at the time.
On June 30. a state clinic was held for the examination of adults and children for tuberculosis at which time 14 adults and 29 children were examined.
On Oct. 2%, another clinic was held to follow up the one of June 30 and at this time 3 adults and 125 children were examined.
These clinics are a portion of the 10 year tuberculosis Program in the state.
In the last 20 years the cases have been reduced in the state from more than 50,000 to less than 25,000 and the Board feels that the par- ents could well co-operate with the Board in having all underweight children examined and carrying out the suggestions of the state doc- tors and the nutrition experts which are present at these clinics.
Each parent or guardian receives a written report signed by the Director of the Division of Tuberculosis, which gives a statement of the conditions found in the case of each child examined. For instance the Oct. 28, clinic 6 children were classified as suspects of tuberclosis, 25 with enlarged tonsils and adenoids, 2 cases of heart disease, 13 cases of malnutrition, and in need of dentistry 53.
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The conditions in three of these five classes, namely malnutrition, dentistry, tonsils and adenoids, can be easily corrected resulting in greatly improved health to the children, and enabling them to do much better work in the school, and the Board urges that these cases be promptly attended to.
The Board hopes that the parents will appreciate the fact that the doctors who serve in these state clinics are all experts in their line, and that such examination and X-Ray if made by outside physi- cians would cost heavy in each case.
The Board is very glad of the splendid co-operation of both school physicians, Dr. A. G. Scoboria and Dr. Fred E. Varney who have per- sonally attended these clinics and brought their patients in to be ex- amined and X-Rayed, and who have urged parents to avail themselves of the service of these clinics in the fight to keep tuberculosis out of our public schools.
The Board wishes to thank the School Committee and the School Physicians for their co-operation in the past year, also, for the excell- ent work done by the school nurse as agent for the Board.
E. A. BROWN
GEORGE A. MCNULTY J. C. OSTERHOUT
REPORT OF AGENT
Mr. Eliphalet G. Brown, Chairman, Board of Health SCHICK REPORT, 1926
Summary
Total No. Schicked (first time) 102
Total No. Pos.
78
Total No. Neg.
24
Total No. Absent
4
Total No. 3 T. A. T.
75
Total No. Reschicked
80
Total No. Pos.
-16
Total No. Neg.
32
Total No. 3 T. A. T.
42
Total No. Schicked
Total No. Pos. 124
Total No. Neg.
56
Total No. Absent
8
Total No. 3 T. A. T. 117
Report of Pre-School Age Clinic held at Westland School May, 1926. Drs. A. G. Scoboria and F. E. Varney, Examiners.
Total No. of Children Examined 30
Total No. of Boys 17
Total No. of Girls 13
Total No. Underweight 16
Evidence of Malnutrition
3
Carious Teeth
3
131
4
Total No. Absent 182
Skin Eruptions 3
Slow Dentition 1
Enlarged Glands 3
Nasal Obstruction 3
Pedioulosis
1
Defective Eyes
1
Corysa
2
Stve
1
Other Defects
8
Silver Cup awarded to Barbara Scobie.
Each child was weighed and Mass. Dept. of P. H. Record Chart filled out for each child.
Report on the Examination made by the State Clinic of the Adult Cases in Chelmsford, Masachusetts, June 1926.
No. of Adults Examined
14
No. of Adults X-Rayed 13
No. of Cases Diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberclosis 5
No. of Cases Diagnosed as Fibroid Tuberclosis 1
No. of Cases as Bronchial Asthma 1
No. of Cases Classified as Suspect 1
No. of Cases Classified as Negative 6
Report on the Examinations made by the State Clinic of the Child- ren in the Public Schools of Chelmsford, June 30, 1926.
No. of Children Examined 29
No. of Contacts Examined 15
No. of Children given the Tuberculin Test 29
No. of Children who Reacted to the Test 11
Percentage of Reactors 38
No. of Children X-Rayed 12
No. of Cases Diagnosed as Hilum Tuberclosis 3
No. of Cases Classed as Suspect 2
No. of Cases X-Rayed and Classified as Negative 7
No. of Children with Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 7
No. of Children in need of Dentistry 11
No. of Cases of Heart Disease 0
No. of Cases of Malnutrition 1
Report of the Examinations made by the State Clinic of the Adult Cases in Chelmsford, October 28, 1926.
No. of Adults Examined 3
No. of Adults X-Rayed 3
No. of Cases Diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberclosis 1
No. of Cases Classified as Suspect 1
No. of Cases Classified as Negative 1
Report on the Examinations made by the State Clinic of the Child- ren in the Public Schools of Chelmsford, October 25, 1926.
Total No. of Children Examined 125
Total No. of Contacts 5
Total No. of Children given the Tuberculin Test. 123
Total No. of Children who Reacted to the Test 48
Percentage of Reacters 39
Total No. of Children X-Rayed 48
Total number of Children X-Rayed and Diagnosed as Hilum
132
3
Tuberelosis
Total number of Children X-Rayed and Classified as Suspects 6
Total number of Children X-Rayed and Classified as Neg. 39
Total number of Children with Enlarged Tonsils-Adenoids 25
Total number of Children in need of Dentistry 53
Total number of Cases of Heart Disease 2
Total number of Cases of Malnutrition 13
REPORT OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
January 1926-December 1926
No. of Cases of Scarlet Fever 44
No. of Cases of Diptheria 3
No. Cases of Measles .172
No. of Cases of Mumps 2
No. of Cases of Whooping Cough 6
No. of Cases of Chicken Pox 39
6
No. of Lober Pneumonia
7
No. of Cases of German Measles
12
No. of Cases of Typhoid Fever
3
Total Number of Home Visits
350
Total Number of Telephone Calls
208
Adults accompanied by nurse to Lowell T. B. Clinic 6
Adults accompanied by nurse to Rutland Sanatorium
1
MARY E. SHEEHAN, R. N.
Agent of Board of Health.
MILK INSPECTOR'S REPORT
January 1, 1927.
To the Honorable Board of Health.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit the report of the Milk Inspection de- partment for the year beginning January 1, 1926. '
There were seventeen dealers licensed to deliver milk from wagons, twenty-four stores were registered to sell milk; and five stores were registered to sell oleomargarine. Twenty-three dollars were collected for licenses.
One hundred four inspections of milk plants were made and one hundred seventeen dairy farm visits were made.
Seventeen samples of milk were seized from stores.
Seven hundred thirty-one samples were seized from dealers; 525 samples were examined for solids and fat content; 206 samples were tested for bacterial content. Two hundred ten sediment tests were determined.
The samples seized from the stores all complied with the Standard.
Thirty-eight samples seized from wagons were below Standard in solids, or fat, or solids and fat. Forty of the bacterial samples were higher than 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, four samples having a count of over a million. One hundred twenty-six samples had a
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No. of Cases of Tuberclosis
bacterial count of less than 100,000. The lowest bacterial count was 400, while the highest count was 1,643,000.
The 210 sediments were gauged as follows: two double zeros, three zeros, 114 number ones, all passing inspection; there were 58 sediments called number twos, they were not satisfactory; and there were twenty- seven number threes and six number fours, which did not pass inspec- tion.
Respectfully submitted, MELVIN F. MASTER. B. S. in Chemistry.
SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS
Board of Health.
Chelmsford, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Herein find report of the "Inspector of Slaughtering" for the year ending. December 31, 1926.
The following number of animals have been slaughtered by licens- ed butchers, owners on their own premises, and inspected by me: 19 Cattle, 8 Veal, 235 Hogs, Sheep.
Of this number the following list of animals and pounds of meat were condemned.
1 Cattle, 2 Veal, 11 Hogs, Sheep. Approximately 150 lbs. of meat for various reasons.
All inspections have been reported to the State Authorities as required.
Respectfully submitted,
W. S. HALL, Inspector. January 1, 1927.
Board of Health, Chelmsford, Mass.
Gentlemen :
Herewith find report of the Inspector of Slaughtering. Year 1926. The following number of animals have been slaughtered by licens- ed butchers and owners on their premises, and inspected by me. Cattle 20, Veal 102, Hogs, 98, Sheep 1.
Of these the following of animals and pounds of meat were con- demned.
Cattle 1, Hogs 1, and approximately 50 pounds of meat for var- ious reasons. All inspections have been reported to the State author- ities as required.
W. C. GALE, Inspector. January 1, 1927.
To the Board of Health.
Chelmsford, Mass. Gentlemen :
Following is report of Inspector of Slaughtering for months of November and December 1926.
Slaughtered by licensed butchers, owners on their own premises and inspected by me: 42 Cattle, 48 Calves, 414 Hogs. Of these there were condemned: 2 Cattle, 1 Calf, 3 Hogs.
These inspections have been reported to the State authorities. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT S. PARK, Inspector.
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REPORT OF APPRAISERS
Dec. 31, 1926
Personal Property at Town Farm
2,027.25
Household Goods at Town Farm 428.75
$ 2,456.00
Highway Dept.
.$15,125.80
$15,125.80
Moth Dept.
689.20
S CS9.20
Fire Department :
Centre
$12,493.80
North
3,608.50
South
2.202,61
Westlands 354.00
West
1,573.45
East
3.328.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Equipment $ 150.00
$ 150.00
Forest Warden Department:
Truck, Equipment and Tools $ 343.00
$
343.00
$42,324.86
JOHN PARKER, EMILE PAIGNON, ALBERT H. DAVIS, Appraisers.
REPORT OF INSURANCE FUND COMMISSIONERS
Dec. 31, 1926
On Deposit:
Central Savings Bank $1,623.92
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank 1,424.11
Mechanic Savings Bank 1,069.01
Lowell Institution for Savings 2.640.16
Merrimack River Savings Bank 2,997.18
City Institution for Savings 2,824.04
Liberty Bond 1,000.00
$13 578.42
WALTER PERHAM, Treasurer. Insurance Sinking Fund Commissioners.
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$23,560.86
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY
The meeting of the Trustees on February 13, 1926, was adjourned to February 20, when the organization for the new year was effected as follows: Chairman, Albert H. Davis; Secretary, Mrs. E. R. Clark; Treasurer, Rev. Wilson Waters; Purchasing Committee, Mrs. E. R. Clark; Prudential Committee, Albert H. Davis, Rev. Wilson Waters; Committee on Periodicals and General Oversight, Miss Frances Clark, Miss Lottie L. Snow, Rev. Wilson Waters. Mrs. Ida A. Jefts was con- tinued as Librarian.
The Building and Grounds have been kept in excellent order, and are an ornament to the Town.
The value of such an institution is more and more appreciated as an adjunct to the educational advantages which Chelmsford affords to its citizens. A large addition has been made to the number of bor- rowers.
The Librarian reports:
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1926 41.70
Received from Fines 66.21
$ 107.91
Paid for Supplies
53.56
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1927 54.35
Number of Books in the Library 12,549
Total Circulation for the year
13,697
Fiction
10,712
Non-Fiction
2,281
Magazines Circulated
704
New Books Added 454
Books Replaced 217
Books Rebound 121
New Borrowers
168
Duplicates of such books as are most used by pupils in the schools have been placed in the Library. The Trustees endeavor in every way to aid students, in the schools or elsewhere.
Mrs. Charles E. Bartlett has presented 62 books to the Library. Mrs Henry Bartlett has presented 37 books to the Library. Miss Frances Clark has presented one book to the Library.
Mr. Robert Hill has deposited in the Library for safe-keeping a number of curious chrystaline formations found on his premises.
The full amount appropriated by the Trustees for books is necess- arily governed by the amount required for running expenses, and so has to be made near the end of year.
The Purchasing Committee always careful in the selection of books,
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sometimes finds it impossible to make purchases in time to have the bills come in before the Treasurer's books are closed. This will explain the large amount appearing in the Treasurer's account for 1926 as expended for books.
FRANCES CLARK A. HEADY PARK WILSON WATERS LOTTIE L. SNOW A. H. DAVIS LUELLA H. S. CLARK Trustees.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1926
$ 162.47
Amount of Appropriation for Books in 1925 retain-
ed in the Treasurer's hands pending receipt of bills
380.00
Returned by Purchasing Com. to keep pending
receipt of bills for books.
204.23
Rec'd. from the Town Treasurer
2,000.00
$2,746.70
EXPENDITURES
Librarian
$ 500.00
Books
1,322.04
Janitor
192.66
Fuel
231.00
Gas
103.09
Supplies
3,50
Care of Grounds
45.25
Binding
135.74
Water
12.00
Periodicals
92.95
Transporting Books to South Chelmsford
40.0.0
Transporting Books to West Chelmsford
41.50
Treasurer's Bond
2.50
Repairs
13.95
Postage
1.44
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1926.
9.08
$2,746.70
WILSON WATERS, Treasurer.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting February 7, 1927, and February 14, 1927
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To Donald F. Adams, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several Polling Places, viz :
Precinct 1, Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct 2, Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct 3, Historical Hall, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4, School House, East Chelmsford. Precinct 5, Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6, Golden Cove School House, Westland. on Monday, the SEVENTH DAY of FEBRUARY. 1927, being the first Monday in said month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
Moderator for one year.
One Selectman for three years.
One Overseer of the Poor for three years.
One Assessor for three years.
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Constable for one year.
One School Committeeman for three years.
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Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One Insurance Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
Town Clerk for three years.
All on one ballot.
(The polls will be open from 12 m. to 8 p. m.) and to meet in the Town Hall of Chelmsford Center on the following
MONDAY, the FOURTEENTH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1927. at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To hear reports of Town officers and committees; or act in relation thereto.
Article 2. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters as may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenues of the current financial year.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from money already in the hands of the Treas- urer, a sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1926 ; or act in relation thereto.
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