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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of nine hundred ($900) dollars to be used by the Health Department in the prevention of contagious diseases; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of three hundred fifty ($350) dollars from the account known as Garbage Collections to the account known as Dumps; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars to be used by the Fire Engineers for payment of labor charges incurred at fires; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for the Chelmsford Water District the sum of sixteen hundred ($1600) dollars to be used for Hydrant Service; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of sixteen hundred. ($1600) dollars for the North Chelmsford Water District to be used for Hydrant Service; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars to be used for Hydrant Service in the South Chelmsford Water District; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the salary of a Junior Clerk Stenographer in the Welfare Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- vision of Section 6-B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws. The pro- vision of said section is, "6-B-Uniforms for Police and Firemen. A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire depart- ment."; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars to defray the expenses of the Police Department for gasoline; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two hundred ($200) dollars for additional auto maintenance in the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a Building Committee composed of three Citizens of the Town at large, the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools for the purpose of obtaining options on property to be used as a site for a new school building in North Chelmsford and to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars to be ex- pended by this committee for options on property and said committee to make a full and complete report at the next meeting; or act in re- lation thereto.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars for the purpose of settling a claim now pending against the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of two hundred and thirty-three and 28/100 ($233.28) dollars to pay current outstanding bills incurred in legal controversies for the past six months; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept Huntley Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Huntley Street; or act in relation thereto
ARTICLE 21 To see if the Town will vote to accept Clear Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Clear Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Field Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Field Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Tobin Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Tobin Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of First Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of First Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of George Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of George Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Douglas Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Douglas Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fourteen hundred ($1400) dollars for the purchase of three snow plows for the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. In the event of an affirmative vote of Article 33 to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale the title to three old snow plows now used by the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fourteen hundred ($1400) dollars for the Public Buildings Department to be used for roofing the North Chelmsford Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will vote to Authorize the Board of Selectmen to negotiate with a private party in establishing a Public Parking Lot in North Chelmsford, which parking lot is to be constructed at no expense to the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey a certain portion of Town land situated on the easterly side of Turnpike Road and being lot 72 on plat. 127 on a plan of Federal Works Agency prepared by the W.P.A. said plan being on file in the office of the Assessors of the Town of Chelmsford to the owners of the lot abutting on the northeast portion of the Town lot to be conveyed; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept the remaining portion of Hornbeam Hill Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto;
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing the remaining portion of Hornbeam Hill Road; 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, and the Westland School House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 19th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
RAYMOND H. GREENWOOD CARL A. E. PETERSON Selectmen of Chelmsford
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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; to wit: Post Office, Chelmsford Centre; Post Office, North Chelmsford; Post Office, West Chelmsford; School House, East Chelmsford; Post Office, South Chelmsford; and the School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time ap- pointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
WINSLOW P. GEORGE,
Patrolman of the Police Department Town of Chelmsford.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING July 26, 1948
At a Special Meeting held on July 26, 1948 in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford Centre at 7:30 P.M. the following business was transacted:
The Meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Moderator John C. Monahan who requested the election of a Town Clerk Pro Tem in the absence of Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson because of illness. Raymond H. Greenwood moved that Charlotte P. DeWolf be elected as Town Clerk Pro Tem and it was so voted. Moderator Monahan then requested Mrs. DeWolf to read the Warrant. When it was partly read on motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to waive further reading of the Warrant.
UNDER ARTICLE ONE. On motion made by John J. Buchanan it was voted to dismiss this article in regard to a certain case against the Town by Earl J. Watt et al.
UNDER ARTICLE TWO. It was voted to dismiss this article in regard to the purchase of a new Forest Fire Truck.
UNDER ARTICLE THREE. It was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE FOUR. On a motion made by Albert J. Lupien it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4500.00 for the purpose of paying Fuel, Light and Water Bills in the School Dept.
UNDER ARTICLE FIVE. On a motion made by Albert J. Lupien it was voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $14.04 to pay unpaid bills in the School Dept. for 1947.
UNDER ARTICLE SIX. On a motion made by Leonard S. MacEl- roy it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the Health Department in the prevention of Contagious Diseases.
UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN. On a motion made by Leonard S. MacElroy it was voted to transfer the sum of $350.00 from the account called Garbage Collections to the account called Care of Dumps.
UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT. On a motion made by Charles D. Harrington it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the Fire Department for the purpose of paying labor incurred at Fires.
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UNDER ARTICLE NINE. On a motion made by Claude A. Harvey to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 for Hydrant Service for the Chelmsford Water District. This motion was defeated, 49 voted in the affirmative and 67 in the negative.
UNDER ARTICLE TEN. On a motion made by John J. Dunigan to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 for Hydrant Service for the North Chelmsford Water District. This motion was defeated- 35 voted in the affirmative and 63 voted in the negative.
UNDER ARTICLE ELEVEN. In regard to the appropriation of $1,000.00 for Hydrant Service for the South Chelmsford Water Dis- trict-on a motion made by John J. Buchanan it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE TWELVE. On a motion made by T. W. Emerson it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the salary of a Junior Clerk-Stenographer in the Welfare Depart- ment.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTEEN. On a motion made by Chief of Police Ralph J. Hulslander to allow the Town to purchase uniforms for the Police and Firemen under Section 6-B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws-this motion was defeated and the article dismissed.
UNDER ARTICLE FOURTEEN. On a motion made by Arthur Nystrom it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of purchasing gasoline for the Police Department.
UNDER ARTICLE FIFTEEN. On a motion made by Arthur Nystrom it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of paying the costs for additional automobile maintenance in the Police Department.
UNDER ARTICLE SIXTEEN. On a motion made by Albert J. Lupien and amended by Harold Fraser it was voted to appoint a com- mittee of six citizens one from each precinct of the Town together with the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools for the purpose of obtaining an option or options on property to be used as a site for a new school building in North Chelmsford and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to be expended by this Com- mittee for an option or options on property. The six members named from each precinct are Arthur Nystrom, West Chelmsford; Alice Whit- worth, North Chelmsford, Mass .; Claude J. Harvey, Chelmsford Centre; Walter Lewis, South Chelmsford; Paul O'Neill, East Chelmsford and. Clifford Hartley, Westlands. Said Committee to make a full report at the next Town Meeting.
UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTEEN. On a motion made by Ray- mond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of settling a claim now pending against the Town.
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UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTEEN. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN. On a motion made by Lawrence Chute it was voted to accept Huntley Street as laid out by the Select- men as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY. On motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of reconstructing Huntley Street.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE. On a motion made by Frank H. Newton it was voted to accept Clear Street as laid out by the Select- men as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO. On a motion made by Ray- mond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of reconstructing Clear Street.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE. On a motion made by Frank H. Newton it was voted to accept Field Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their plan and report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500. for the purpose of reconstructing Field Street.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to accept a portion of Tobin Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their plan and report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX. On a motion made by Ray- mond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate $800.00 for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Tobin Avenue.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to accept a portion of First Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of First Street.
UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to accept George Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
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UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY. On a motion by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the purpose of reconstructing George Street.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE. On a motion made by Hans Schliebus it was voted to accept Douglas Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their plan and report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO. On a motion made by Ray- mond H. Greenwood, amended by Raymond A. Reid it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of recon- structing Douglas Road.
ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE. On a motion made by T. W. Emerson it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1400.00 for the purpose of purchasing three new snow plows for the Highway department.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR. On a motion made by T. W. Emerson it was voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale the title to three old snow plows now used by the Highway Department.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1400.00 for the purpose of reroofing the North Chelmsford Town Hall Building.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX. On a motion made by John J. Buchanan in regard to a public parking lot in North Chelmsford it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood it was voted to dismiss this article.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted to accept Hornbeam Hill Road (a portion of) as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE. On motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted to dismiss this article.
Voted to adjourn this meeting at 9:20 P. M.
CHARLOTTE P. DeWOLF, Town Clerk Pro Tem.
JOHN C. MONAHAN,
Moderator.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 2, 1948
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Lawrence W. Chute, 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 the Town Hall at Chelmsford on September 2, 1948 at 7:30 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 transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500) dollars to the account known as Aid to Dependent Children; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars to the Welfare Department Cash Grants Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dol- lars to the Veterans' Benefits Account; 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, West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford, and the Westland School House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 26th day of August, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
RAYMOND H. GREENWOOD, CARL A. E. PETERSON, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
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Middlesex, ss.
August 26, 1948
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford and at the Westland School, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
LAWRENCE W. CHUTE, Constable.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 2nd, 1948
A Special Town Meeting was held on September 2nd, 1948 in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Center. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson, in the absence of the Moderator, the first business to come before the meeting was the election of a Moderator Pro-Tem, Harold C. Petterson was elected to that office on a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood. It was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant.
On a motion made by Charles D. Harrington, it was voted to adjourn this meeting until September 9th, 1948 at 7:30 P. M. at the Town Hall in Chelmsford Centre.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, Town Clerk-Moderator Pro-Tem.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 9th, 1948
An Adjourned Special Town Meeting was held in the rooms of the Board of Selectmen at the Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre, on September 9th at 7:30 P. M. (1948)
The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk Harold C. Petter- son and in the absence of the Moderator the meeting voted to elect Arthur Nystrom as Moderator Pro-Tem.
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The reading of the Warrant was waived and the following business was then transacted.
UNDER ARTICLE ONE. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to transfer the sum of $4,500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency account to the account known and called, "AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN".
UNDER ARTICLE TWO. On a motion made by Raymond H. Greenwood, it was voted to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency account to the account, known and called, "WELFARE DEPARTMENT, CASH GRANTS."
UNDER ARTICLE THREE. On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the account known and called, "Veterans' Benefits."
Voted to adjourn this meeting at 7:35 P. M.
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, Town Clerk.
ARTHUR NYSTROM, Moderator.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 22, 1948
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Lawrence W. Chute, 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 the Town Hall at Chelmsford on Friday, the twenty-second day of October, 1948 at 7:30 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 transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2500) dollars for the purpose of purchasing and installing a new boiler in the East Chelmsford School building; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the New Equipment Account to Repairs and Supplies Account in the School Committee budget the sum of twelve hundred ($1200) dollars; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account Repairs the sum of ($500) dollars; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of three hundred twenty-five ($325) dollars for the purchase of a new portable pump for the Forest Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.
. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars for the purchase of a new pump for the Forest Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of three hundred fifty ($350) dollars for the purpose of paying additional premiums for insurance policies on the public buildings; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars to pay an unpaid bill for 1947 incurred by the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred ($13,500) dollars for the purchase of a snow fighting truck for the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars to be used for the purpose of a new oil burner for the Chelms- ford Center Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the purpose of paying for the costs of collecting the 1948 taxes assessed for the Chelmsford Water District, East Chelmsford Water District and the South Chelmsford Water District; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the purpose of paying the cost and expenses for compiling of the Valuation and Commitment list for the Chelmsford Water District, East Chelmsford Water District and the South Chelmsford Water Dis- trict; or act in relation thereto.
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