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Adams Emerson Library Fund.
$ 164.05
Joseph Warren Library Fund.
898.23
Selina G. Richardson Library Fund .. 439.50
In Custody of Town Treasurer ....
$ 24,830 92
George Library Fund.
2,131.74
In Custody of Library Trustees ....
14,692.57
Amos F. Adams Library Fund.
10,042.77
Aaron George Cemetery Fund.
1,016 28
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
24,427 26
Harriet N. Edwards Cemetery Fund ..
256.38
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improve- ment Fund
147.28
Insurance Investment Fun.
36,307.44
Workmen's Compensation Fund 116.77
$ 75,947 70
$ 75,947.70
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Insurance Fund Commissioners
36,424.21
Town Clerk's Report
OFFICERS ELECTED
MODERATOR WALTER PERHAM (Term Expires 1935 )
TOWN CLERK HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1936)
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FRANK J. LUPIEN
Term Expires 1935
STEWART MacKAY Term Expires 1936
JAMES A. GRANT Term Expires 1937
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR HAROLD C. PETTERSON (Term Expires 1935)
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
WARREN WRIGHT Term Expires 1935
JOHN E. HARRINGTON Term Expires 1936
HERBERT C. SWEETSER Term Expires 1937
TREE WARDEN VINCENT P. GARVEY (Term Expires 1935)
BOARD OF HEALTH
JAMES KIBERD, J: Term Expires 1935
FREDERICK A. MacELROY Term Expires 1936
GEORGE A. MCNULTY Term Expires 1937
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN A. MCADAMS
Term Expires 1935
RALPH A. BERG Term Expires 1936
JAMES P. CASSIDY
Term Expires 1937
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
MICHAEL J. WELSH
Term Expires 1935
FRED L. FLETCHER
Term Expires 1936
WALTER MERRILL
Term Expires 1937
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
BAYARD C. DEAN
Term Expires 1935
ARTHUR O. WHEELER
Term Expires 1936
C. WESLEY LYONS Term Expires 1937
TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY
FRANCES CLARK Term Expires 1935 .... FREDERICK A. P. FISKE
ALBERT H DAVIS ... Term Expires 1936 FRED W PARK
LUELLA H. S. CLARK Term Expires 1937
LOTTIE L SNOW
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
RAYMOND A. REID
Term Expires 1935
ROYAL SHAWCROSS
Term Expires 1936
WALTER PERHAM Term Expires 1937
CONSTABLE JOHN J. BUCHANAN (Term Expires 1935)
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS TOWN ACCOUNTANT WINTHROP A. PARKHURST
FINANCE COMMITTEE
JOHN C. MONAHAN
EMILE E. PAIGNON
BIRGER PETTERSON JOHN G. PARKER
GEORGE W. DAY
WILLIAM T. PICKEN
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS ANCEL E. TAYLOR
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS ARNOLD C. PERHAM
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JOHN KEMPE
FIRE ENGINEERS HARRY SHEDD JOHN DIXON
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT VINCENT P. GARVEY
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
G. CARLTON BROWN (Resigned) Term Expires 1935
RALPH GREEN (To fill vacancy)
Term Expires 1935
KARL M. PERHAM
Term Expires 1936
JAMES F. LEAHEY
Term Expires 1937
HAROLD C. PETTERSON Ex-Officio
TOWN COUNSEL JOHN H. VALENTINE
JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS
JOHN B. WRIGLEY
Centre Hall, Chelmsford
No appointment made North Hall, North Chelmsford
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WALLACE GREIG
FOREST FIRE WARDEN GILBERT PERHAM
SUPERINTENDENT OF INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WALTER PERHAM
CHIEF OF POLICE BERNARD F. McGOVERN
REGULAR POLICE WINSLOW P. GEORGE RALPH J. HULSLANDER ALLAN ADAMS
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LEO BOUCHER
SPECIAL POLICE ROBERT DELONG WILLIAM REID
EMERGENCY POLICE OFFICERS
BASIL LARKIN
ALLAN KIDDER
ROYCE M. PARKER
JOHN McENANEY
CHARLES SEARLES
GILBERT PERHAM
WALLACE GREIG
JOHN WRIGLEY
SPECIAL POLICE FOR ADAMS LIBRARY CURTIS AIKEN SAMUEL FELCH
SPECIAL POLICE FOR SCHOOL WORK
CHARLES CAMPBELL GEORGE MOORE GEORGE MARINEL ALBERT RUSSON PERCY ROBINSON
SPECIAL POLICE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL DANIEL PLUMMER
SPECIAL POLICE FOR TOWN INFIRMARY SINAI SIMARD
SPECIAL POLICE FOR DANIEL GAGE CO., INC. ICE PLANT MINOT SECORD
SPECIAL POLICE FOR HIGHWAY DEPT. ANCEL E. TAYLOR
SPECIAL POLICE FOR NORTH CHELMSFORD FIRE DISTRICT MORTON M. WRIGHT MORTON B. WRIGHT
POLICE WOMAN MAE S. LEWIS
MEASURERS OF SAWDUST
RICHARD E. DAVIS
MYRON A. QUEEN
HENRY SARGENT PEARL T. DURRELL
ARTHUR GAUTHIER
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WEIGHERS OF COAL AND COKE
EDWARD T HEALY ICHN A HEALY JAMES LONG ARTHUR HEALY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD
BOYD MCCRADY
MARY C HEALY JOHN I DUNIGAN HERBERT E. ELLIOT
WEIGHERS OF HAY
HAROLD D. MACDONALD MYRON A QUEEN
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
MYRON A QUEEN
ARNOLD MARSHALL
HARRY L. PARKHURST
ARTHUR GAUTHIER
HENRY SARGENT
PEARL T. DURRELL
FRANK PRESCOTT
FRANCIS O. DUTTON
RAYMOND DORSEY
CAROL CRAFT
RICHARD E. DAVIS JOHN LYMAN
MEASURERS OF WOOD
. MYRON A. QUEEN
RICHARD E. DAVIS
HOSMER W SWEETSER ARTHUR GAUTHIER
HARRY L. PARKHURST PEARL T DURRELL
HENRY SARGENT
MEASURERS OF LOGS
ARTHUR LaPRISE HENRY SARGENT JAMES A. BERTON
FENCE VIEWERS
WILLIAM REID GEORGE MCNULTY
WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE
JOSEPH L. MONETTE WILLIAM BROWN
OCTAVE L'HERAULT ALCIDE GLADU
JOSEPH HEHIR
ELMER PEVERILL
JAMES WALKER JAMES F. LEAHEY
WALTER PERHAM JAMES GREEN
WILLIAM WILLIAMS
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE GEORGE PETERSON FRED WIGGIN ARCHIBALD COOKE
WEIGHERS OF SAND AND GRAVEL ROY BUNTEL VICTOR BUNTEL
MEAT INSPECTOR WINTON C. GALE ALBERT S. PARK
ANIMAL INSPECTOR ARNOLD C. PERHAM
AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH MAE S. LEWIS
SCHOOL NURSE MAE S. LEWIS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS GEORGE S. WRIGHT
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
FEBRUARY 5, 1934. AND FEBRUARY 12, 1934
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To John J. Buchanan, Constable, or any suitable person 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-Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4-School House. East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5-Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6-Golden Cove School House, Westlands.
on Monday, the fifth day of February, 1934, 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 member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years.
One Trustee of Adams Library for one year, to fill unexpired term.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Constable for one year.
One School Committee member for three years.
And to vote on the following questions, namely :
1-Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale there- in of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages. wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
2-Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale there- in of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on the following Monday, the twelfth day
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of February, at 10 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 ac- tion of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenues of the current financial year.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $2000, to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec- tion 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1933; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sylvan Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 7, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate One Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of repairing Sylvan Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept Jensen Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 9, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of repairing Jensen Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Linwood Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 11, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate One Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of grading and repairing Linwood Street ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept Dunston Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 13, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of grading and repairing Dunston Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept Twist Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 15, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of grading and repairing Twist Road ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of defraying the salary of the Fish and Game Warden; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck for the Forest Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Dollars for the purpose of paying a claim for land damages to John J. Gallagher, for land seized on the Riverneck Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Dollars for the purpose of settling property and personal injury claim of William H. Davis; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of defraying the expense of concerts to be rendered by the Chelmsford Band; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to request the Department of Corporations and Taxation, Division of Accounts, to make an audit of the Town of Chelmsford accounts during the year 1934; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Middlesex Street, a similar amount to be contributed respectively by the Commonwealth and County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of constructing the North Road; a similar amount to be contributed by the Commonwealth and County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the pur- pose of purchasing a power scraper for the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Thirty-six Dollars for the purpose of pay- ing the award of the Court in the matter of the petition for land dam- ages of Daniel V. Sullivan, et al., or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate One Hundred and Thirty-nine Dollars for the purpose of paying the award of the Court in the matter of the petition for land damages of Manuel Mello ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-six Dollars and Thirty-eight Cents to balance overdraft on Old Westford Road account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the purpose of grading, seeding and the installation of a drinking fountain and otherwise embellish the Com- mon at the North Village; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing seats and furniture for use at the Town Hall at the North Village ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to change the date of the Annual Town Meeting from the First Monday in February to the First Monday in March, beginning in the year 1935; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of defraying the expense of foreclosing tax titles ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-six Dollars and Eighty- six Cents ($5,446.86) for the purpose of balancing an overdraft in the Outside Aid and Old Age Assistance Account ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of paying for tools, materials, equipment purchased and to be purchased to continue work under the Civil Works Administration projects ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Local Administrator of the Civil Works Administration; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to instruct and authorize the Selectmen to remove the water pump located near the Quessey School on School Street, West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of aligning, grading and surfacing Stedman Street from Chelmsford Street to the boundary line on said street, between Chelmsford and Lowell; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck and the equipment incident there- to for use in the Fire Department ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars or some other sum, for the purpose of installing new lavatories in the new school building on Princeton Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($793.95) to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, and for the Town's share of the expense under the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1933, which provides for the settlement of certain claims of the Commonwealth against the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital District, including interest or discount on temporary notes issued there- for, as assessed in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition there- to, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a certain amount of free cash to be applied in computing the 1934 Tax Rate with the permission of the State Tax Commissioner; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested 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 the Golden Cove. Schoolhouse, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the First meeting a foresaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid,
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Given under our hands this 25th day of January in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-four.
JAMES A. GRANT, FRANK J. LUPIEN, STEWART MacKAY, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
RETURN
Chelmsford, Mass., January 27, 1934.
Middlesex ss.
PURSUANT TO THE WITHIN WARRANT, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford by posting up attested copies of the same at the following places, viz: Post Office, Chelmsford Centre ; Post Office, North Chelmsford; Post Office, West Chelmsford; Schoolhouse, East Chelmsford; Post Office, South Chelmsford; and at the Golden Cove Schoolhouse, Westlands, seven days before the date hereof, as within directed.
JOHN J. BUCHANAN, Constable of Chelmsford
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
FEBRUARY 5, 1934
Moderator for One Year
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6
Total
Walter Perham
597
506
75
166
72
281
1697
Blanks
161
287
23
94
23
54
642
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Selectman for Three Years-
Roger W. Boyd.
315
262
26
93
63
79
838
James A. Grant
437
505
68
158
29
251
1448
Blanks
.
6
26
1
9
3
5
53
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Member of Board of Public
Welfare for Three Years-
Roger W. Boyd
309
253
28
85
62
76
813
James A. Grant.
429
480
61
154
29
253
1406
Blanks
20
60
9
21
1
6
120
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
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Member of Board of Health
for Three Years-
John R. Carney.
176
243
34
48
26
135
662
George A. McNulty
168
306
18
170
11
87
760
J. Clark Osterhout
378
122
31
38
48
103
720
Blanks
36
122
15
4
10
10
197
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
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Town Treasurer and Collector
of Taxes for One Year-
Harold C. Petterson
636
617
84
204
80
293
1914
Blanks
122
176
14
56
15
42
425
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Assessor for Three Years-
Herbert C. Sweetser
645
566
78
193
77
293
1852
Blanks
113
227
20
67
18
42
487
Total
......
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Constable for One Year-
John J. Buchanan
595·
562
79
181
73
282
1772
Blanks
163
231
19
79
22
53
567
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
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School Committeeman for
Three Years-
James P. Cassidy
358
411
54
187
55
158
1223
Cyril C. Trubey
368
363
41
59
35
164
1030
Blanks
32
19
3
14
5
13
86
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Trustee for Adams Library
for Three Years-
Luella H. S. Clark.
562
270
53
130
71
236
1322
Lottie L. Snow
508
280
82
139
63
232
1304
Blanks
446
1036
61
251
56
202
2052
Total
1516
1586
196
520
190
670
4678
Trustee for Adams Library for One Year-Unexp. Term
Frederick A. P. Fiske.
584
458
74
153
73
270
1612
Blanks
174
335
24
107
22
65
727
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Tree Warden for One Year-
Vincent P. Garvey.
582
630
80
172
71
276
1811
Blanks
176
163
18
88
24
59
528
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Cemetery Commissioner
for Three Years-
C. Wesley Lyons.
582
458
73
157
76
264
1610
Blanks
176
335
25
103
19
71.
729
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Park Commissioner for
Three Years-
Walter H. Merrill
589
465
72
150
72
270
1628
Blanks
169
328
26
100
23
65
711
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
Sinking Fund Commissioner
for Three Years-
Walter Perham
577
491
76
162
73
276
1655
Blanks
181
302
22
98
22
59
684
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
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Questions :
No. 1-Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6
Total
Yes
248
374
33
122
39
110
926
No
372
213
45
59
44
173
906
Blanks
138
206
20
79
12
52
507
Total
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
No. 2-Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt bever- ages) ?
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P -6
Total
Yes
293
401
42
127
43
140
1046
No
320
164
36
51
38
139
748
Blanks
145
228
20
82
14
56
545
Total
........
758
793
98
260
95
335
2339
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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 1934
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford qualified to vote in Town affairs, held pursuant to warrant duly posted, said meeting held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on Feb- ruary 12, 1934, at 10 A. M. Moderator Walter Perham called the meeting to order and requested Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson to read the War- rant. after the Warrant was partially read John C. Monahan moved that the further reading of the Warrant be waived, and it was so voted. Under Article One : -
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It was voted to accept the Town Report as printed, with the following amendments : That the name of James A. Grant be inserted under the head of Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare in place of Herbert C. Sweetser ; and that the sum of $150.00 be inserted under Charities and Soldiers' Bene- fits instead of the sum of $1500.00.
The report of the Committee appointed to make recommendations as to the advisability of improving the Common at North Chelmsford was made by Stewart Mackay, Chairman of this Committee. The report was as fol- lows :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING NORTH COMMON
The Committee, after careful study of the general condition and location of the North Common, decided that the general, appearance would be im- proved by the removal of the fence and posts. Also that owing to the storm last summer the large oak tree on the Common was so badly wrecked that only the tall stump was left, so that it would be necessary to remove it. It was also decided to put stone curbing around the sidewalk, and as the grade was low to raise the grade, particularly on the south section. The question of the monument was then considered. Post 313 American Legion was in favor of the relocation to the southerly or broad end of the triangle. At first the Committee was inclined to look favorably on this proposition, but second thought brought out the fact that in this location the size of the monument was such that it would not show to as good advantage as in its present location, so that this idea was then dropped and it was decided to make its present location more attractive by putting a bubbler fountain at the peak of the Common, cementing a section across the end and run a three- foot concrete walk into and around the monument, shrubbery and flower beds nearby to complete arrangement. The lower section to be laid out with large flower beds, and if possible secure a piece of World War artillery to be located in a central position in the wide section of the Common. The C. W. A. projects made it possible to save the Town at least half of the expense. We went ahead with this work, and at the present time the stump has been removed, all of the curbing except a small piece at northerly end is in place, the old loam stripped off, the rough grade established, and most of
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the old loam put back, leaving the finished grade to be completed, more loam being required to complete the grade, and the seeding, walks, bubbler and shrubbery to be put in.
ANCEL TAYLOR FRED L. FLETCHER
STEWART MACKAY MICHAEL WELCH
DR. F. E. VARNEY
WALTER H. MERRILL
GEORGE E. GAGNON
Under Article Two :
On a motion made by John C. Monahan it was voted to lay this article on the table until after the noon recess.
Under Article Three :
On a motion made by James A. Grant it was voted to 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.
Under Article Four :
On a motion made by Frank J. Lupien it was voted that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to borrow money with the approval of the Board of Selectmen from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Januray 1. 1934, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from revenue of such financial year.
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