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ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dol- lars ($2500), or some other sum, for the purpose of constructing a cement bridge on Billerica Street and the approaches thereto; two-thirds of the ex- pense of said construction of be borne equally by the County and Commonwealth; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000), or some other sum, for the purpose of continuing reconstruction of the Old Westford Road, so-called; twothirds of the expense to be borne equally by the County and Commonwealth; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300), or some other amount and elect a Director, 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 Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Forty Dollars ($40) for the purpose of purchasing a flag for use at the Com- mon in the North Village; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven Hundred Dollars ($1100) for the purpose of purchasing for the High-
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way Department a new gravel loader and to author- ize the transfer to the seller the old gravel loader as part payment thereof; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell land now owned by the Town situated on the Northerly side of Middlesex Street, easterly of Riverside Cemetery, in that part of Chelmsford called North Chelmsford; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from money already in the hands of the Treas- urer the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600), to provide for wiring and fixtures in the Adams Li- brary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to appoint and authorize a committee to formulate plans for a celebration to be held on the Town of Chelmsford's 275th Anniversary in the year 1930; or act in re -. lation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600), or some other sum, for the purpose of surfacing and grading the grounds of the "Westlands School," situated on the Dalton Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the present By-Laws by inserting in place of Article 8, said Article 8 having been disapproved by the Attorney General, the following Article :
"That for the construction of a new sidewalk or the reconstruction of a sidewalk with material of more permanent character than that with which it was originally constructed the board making the order shall assess fifty per cent of the cost upon abutting estate, but the total assessment upon any individual estate shall not exceed one per cent of the value thereof as fixed by the last preceding annual assessment for taxes."
This By-Law is made to conform with Section 26, Chapter 83, of the General Laws, or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500), or some other sum with which to construct a concrete sidewalk with stone curbing at locations to be selected by the Board of Selectmen and the money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a concrete sidewalk with stone curbing on Billerica Street, so-called, to be located as fol- lows: Beginning at the termination of the present concrete sidewalk on the North side of Billerica Street and running in an easterly direction a dis- tance of 1209 feet. Said walk to be six feet in width; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($82.50) for the purpose of indemnifying Edward Dryden for injuries received and loss of ser- vice because of injuries received at the Wilson fire on July 8, 1928; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500), for the purpose of purchasing three fire alarm boxes from the Gamwell Fire Alarm Com- pany, which are now installed in the North Village; or act in reation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300) for the purpose of grading the grounds at the fire house in East Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the purpose of gravelling and resurfacing Albina Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4000), or some other sum, for the purpose of in- stalling a toilet system in the Old Princeton Street School Buildings; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Forty-five Dollars ($3045), or what other sum, for the pur- pose of paying for the cost of repairs made at the East Chelmsford Grammar School and to pay for whatever repairs that may be necessary to put the said school house in proper condition; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars ($1400) for the purpose of installing an oil burn- ing system in the Chelmsford High School Building ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) for the purpose of improving the Varney Playgrounds at North Chelmsford; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to accept a deed in behalf of the Town from the United States Worsted Corporation containing a provision that a right of way different from the one therein granted and different from the one now in use may be substi- tuted by the said United States Worsted Corpora- tion at any time in the future at its election; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500), or what other sum, for the purpose of pur- chasing a tract of land consisting of about 15 acres more or less situated westerly of the Richardson Road, southerly and northerly of Fish Road, so- called, in that part of Chelmsford called North Chelmsford, for the purpose of a municipal dump; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 33, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for the purpose of cutting brush, trees and other- wise putting the dump and its approaches in proper condition for use ; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this WAR- RANT 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, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this WAR- RANT ,with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the first meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
GEORGE RIGBY, ELIPHALET G. BROWN, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
A true copy. Attest. JOHN E. JOHNSON, Constable
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INDEX
Accountant's Report-
Appropriations and Expenditures 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83
Balance Sheet 84, 85
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds . 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 86
Debt Accounts
Payments
.54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66
Payments of Interest
88
Payments of Principal
87
Receipts
.50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Trust Funds
67
Trust and Investment Accounts
86
Reports of-
Assessors 89
Board of Fire Engineers 95, 96
Board of Health 100, 101
Cemetery Commissioners 94
Forest Warden 104
Inspector of Animals
Insurance Fund Commissioners 90
Inspector of Markets 103
Middlesex County Extension Service 103
Milk Inspector 102
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
96
Police Department 98, 99
Slaughtering of Animals 102
Tax Collector for No. Chelmsford Fire District 92, 93
Tax Collector for Chelmsford Water District 91, 92
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector 90 91
Treasurer of Adams Library 98
Trustees of Adams Library 97
Town Clerk's Reports-
Births Recorded 41, 42, 43
Business Meeting, February 13, 1928 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Business Transacted at Special Town Meeting, June 6, 1928 28, 29, 30 Business Transacted at Special Town Meeting, Sept. 20, 1928. 36
Deaths Recorded 46, 47
Election of Officers 12, 13 .
Election of Officers at State Election 38, 39, 40, 41
Financial Report 49, 50
List of Jurors 48, 49
Vital Statistics
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Marriages Recorded
43, 44, 45, 46
Officers Elected and Appointed
3, 4, 5, 6
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
128, 129, 130, 131, 132
Warrant Feb. 13, 1928 Town Meeting 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Warrant for Presidential Primary, April 24, 1928. 22, 23, 24, 25
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, June 6, 1928 25, 26, 27 Warrant for State Primary, Sept. 18, 1928 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Warrant for Special Meeting, Sept. 20, 1928 35, 36
Warrant for State Election, Nov. 6, 1928 37, 38
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INDEX OF SCHOOL REPORT
Enrollment by Grades, Fall, 1928
123
Graduates of High School
124
Graduates of Grade Schools
125, 126
Health Supervision
122, 123
Reports of-
Attendance Officers 123
Financial Summary 124
High School Funds 117, 118
High School Principal 116, 117
School Committee
.108, 109, 110
School Budget
124
School Nurse
121,
122
Superintendent
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
Supervisor of Music
120, 121
Supervisor of Physical Education 119, 120
School Calendar 106
School Officials 106
No School Signal
106
School Teachers
107, 108
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