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1
5
William T. Desmond, Medford
1
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0
0
1
2
Howard W. Fitzpatrick, Malden
17
12
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12
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58
Thomas J. Keating, Somerville
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Clarence E. Lord, Somervlle
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D. Thomas Paoletti, Reading
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Paul A. Sullivan, Lowell
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43
Blanks
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31 119
115
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
WARRANT FOR STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION November 7, 1950
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To: Lawrence W. Chute, a Constable of the Town of Chelmsford or any suitable person,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Chelmsford, who are qualified to vote in elections, to meet in their several polling places viz:
Precinct One-Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct Two-Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct Three-Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct Four-School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct Five-Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct Six-Westlands School House.
On Tuesday, the seventh day of November, 1950 being the first Tuesday after the first Monday in said month, at ten a.m. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers;
Governor- for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor-for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth-for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General-for this Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth-for this Commonwealth.
Attorney General-for this Commonwealth.
Representative in Congress for the Fifth Congressional District. Councillor-for Third Councillor District.
Senator-for First Senatorial District.
One Representative in General Court-for 11th Rep. District.
District Attorney-for Middlesex County.
County Commissioner-for Middlesex County. Sheriff-for Middlesex County.
and also to vote upon the following questions:
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Question No. 1 Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 244 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, received 242 votes in the affirmative and 7 in the negative?
YES
NO
SUMMARY
This proposed amendment of the Constitution provides for the time when the respective terms of office for the governor, lieutenant- governor and councillors shall begin and the time when their res- pective terms end. It also makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of the governor elect before qualification for the office of governor; and it further makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of both the governor elect and the lieute- nant-governor elect before qualification for their respective offices.
Question No. 2. Do you approve of the adoption of an amend- ment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 4, 1949, received 154 votes in the affirmative and 44 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, received 160 voted in the affirmative and 93 in the negative?
YES
NO
SUMMARY
This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides for an increase in the number of signatures of qualified voters required upon an initiative or upon a referendum petition, and it further makes provision for changes in legislative procedures thereon with reference to dates upon, or within which, acts shall be done in the various stages necessary to be taken upon such petitions.
Question No. 3. Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Senate did not vote?
YES
NO
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SUMMARY
This measure provides for minimum payments of seventy-five dollars per month, or eighty-five dollars per month if blind, as assistance to deserving aged persons who have reached the age of sixty-three years or over and are in need of relief and support.
Question No. 4. Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Senate did not vote?
YES NO
SUMMARY
This measure provides for the creation of a Massachusetts commission for the purpose of conducting once every month a lottery drawing to raise additional funds by means of tickets sold to the public, within the Commonwealth, the net proceeds to be divided as follows: 50 per cent to the winners as prizes, 35 per cent for assis- tance to needy aged persons, 71/2 per cent for assistance to needy blind persons, 71/2 per cent for assistance to dependent children.
Question No. 5. Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 139 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 25 in the negative.
YES NO
SUMMARY
The proposed measure strikes out the first sentence of section 113B of chapter 175 of the General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) as most recently amended by section 4 of chapter 459 of the acts of 1935, and inserts in place thereof a sentence which provides that the Commissioner of Insurance shall annually, on or before September fifteenth, after due hearing and investigation, fix and establish fair and reasonable classifications of risks and adequate, just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory premium charges to be used and charged by insurance companies in connection with the issue or execution of motor vehicle liability policies or bonds, as defined in section 34A of chapter 90 of the General Laws, for the ensuing calendar year or any part thereof, but said classifications and premium charges shall be uniform throughout the Commonwealth and shall not be fixed or established according to districts or zones.
Question No. 6A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on . licensed horse races be permitted in this county ?
YES
NO
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Question No. 6B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this County?
YES NO
Question No. 7A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
YES NO
Question No. 7B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
YES
NO
Question No. 7C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale, therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called not to be drunk on the premises ?
YES NO
Question No. 8 (a) If a voter desires that this city (or town) shall declare by popular referendum that a shortage of rental housing accomodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in this city (or town) after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, he will vote "YES" on said question. (b) If he desires that federal rent control shall cease to be in effect in this city (or town) at the close of December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, he will vote "NO" on said question. If a majority of the votes cast in any such city or town in answer to said question is in the affirmative, such city or town shall be deemed to have declared by popular referendum, pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accomodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said act. If a majority of the votes cast in any such city or town in answer to said question is not in the affirmative, such city or town shall be deemed not to have declared by popular referendum, pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accomodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty.
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Shall a declaration be made by popular referendum, pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental ac- commodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in this city (or town) after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said Act?
YES NO
THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 O'CLOCK A.M. TO 8 O'CLOCK P.M.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
HEREOF FAIL NOT and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and places of said meeting.
Given under our hands this thirty-first day of October, 1950.
CARL A. E. PETERSON, ARNAUD BLACKADAR,
Selectmen of Chelmsford
October 31, 1950
Middlesex, ss.
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 in East Chelmsford and at the Westland School, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the State and National Election.
LAWRENCE W. CHUTE, Constable of Chelmsford
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STATE ELECTIONS November 7th, 1950
Office and Candidate
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6 Total
GOVERNOR
Paul A. Dever, Dem.
349
703
61
179
37
248 1577
A. W. Coolidge, Rep.
855
453
104
137
132
501 2182
H. I. Hillis, Soc. Lab.
4
3
0
1
0
4
12
Mark R. Shaw, Prohib.
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Blanks
13
13
1
3
1
7
38
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Charles F. J. Sullivan, Dem.
322
632
54
161
32
221 1422
Laurence Curtis, Rep.
878
494
109
149
138
523 2291
Lawrence Gilfedder, Soc. Lab.
3
9
1
0
0
5
18
Blanks
18
39
2
10
0
11
80
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
SECRETARY
Edward J. Cronin, Dem.
306
611
55
162
-27
218 1379
Russell A. Wood, Rep.
870
496
105
139
140
512 2262
Ellsworth J. M. Dickson, Prohib.
3
S
2
3
0
3
19
Fred M. Ingersoll, Soc. Lab.
5
6
0
0
0
4
15
Blanks
37
53
4
16
3
23
136
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
TREASURER
John E. Hurley, Dem.
391
653
61
173
48
274 1600
Fred J. Burrell, Rep.
767
451
100
131
117
455 2021
Henning A. Blomen, Soc. Lab.
4
5
0
0
1
5
15
Harold J. Ireland, Prohib.
1
11
1
1
0
4 21
Blanks
55
54
4
15
4
22
154
Total
1221 1174 166
3.20
170
760 3811
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AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley, Dem.
372
663
61
177
42
269 1584
William G. Andrew, Rep.
805
444
99
121
126
458 2053
Robert A. Simmons, Prohib.
2
8
0
2
1
2
15
Francis A. Votano, Soc. Lab.
2
2
0
0
0
5
9
Blanks
40
57
6
20
1
26
150
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Francis E. Kelly, Dem.
284
585
42
150
25
197 1283
Frederick Ayer, Jr., Rep.
905
530
117
154
142
534 2382
Anthony Martin, Soc. Lab.
1
3
1
0
1
4
10
Howard B. Rand, Prohib.
4
1
0
1
0
1
7
Blanks
27
55
6
15
2
24
129
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
CONGRESSMAN
Edith Nourse Rogers, Rep.
1027
867
145
203
147
655 3044
Clement G. McDonough, Dem.
174
281
18
107
22
95
697
Blanks
20
26
3
10
1
10
70
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
COUNCILLOR
Otis M. Whitney, Rep.
946
581
123
157
150
557 2514
John A. Dolan, Dem.
221
498
37
146
18
177 1097
Blanks
54
95
6
17
2
26
200
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
SENATOR
William C. Geary, Dem.
262
494
40
147
27
196 1166
Paul R. Achin, Rep.
936
638
120
166
143
553 2556
Blanks
23
42
6
7
0
11
89
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Edward J. DeSaulnier, Jr., Rep.
1040
877
134
224
159
663 3097
Fletcher S. Hyde, Dem.
141
248
26
88
10
84
597
Blanks
40
49
6
8
1
13
117
Total
1221 1174 166
320
170 760 3811
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY
George E. Thompson, Rep.
930
611
118
163
153
576 2551
John F. Kelley, Dem.
250
497
41
141
15
167 1111
Blanks
41
66
7
16
2
17
149
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Melvin G. Rogers, Rep.
96.2
649
128
178
152
576 2645
Thomas B. Brennan, Dem.
214
446
28
130
16
159
993
Blanks
45
79
10
12
2
25
173
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
SHERIFF
Howard W. Fitzpatrick, Dem.
356
587
40
165
35
237 1420
A. Warren Stearns, Rep.
840
528
119
146
134
510 2277
Blanks
25
59
7
9
1
13
114
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 1
(Re: State Officers)
YES
742
628
102
161
118
470 2221
NO
166
157
18
57
21
119
538
Blanks
313
389
46
102
31
171 1052
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 2
(Re: Referendum Petitions)
YES
683
556
91
146
96
438 2010
NO
232
228
26
65
3'9
147
737
Blanks
306
390
49
109
35
175 1064
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 3
(Re: Old Age Assistance) .
YES
401
583
51
143
62
261 1501
NO
630
364
80
103
88
384 1649
Blanks
190
227
35
74
20
115
661
Total
...
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
....
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QUESTION NO. 4
(Re: Lottery)
YES
240
384
31
103
35
149
942
NO
788
547
102
141
112
507 2197
Blanks
193
243
33
76
23
104
672
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 5
(Re: Motor Vehicle Insurance)
YES
35
83
9
27
6
27
187
NO
1079
930
143
240
149
681 3222
Blanks
107
161
14
53
15
52
402
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 6
(Re: Horse and Dog Racing)
HORSE RACING
YES
446
586
53
143
81
301 1610
NO
614
395
87
112
71
367 1646
Blanks
161
193
26
65
18
92
555
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
DOG RACING
YES
291
443
36
105
58
197 1130
NO
701
481
104
128
87
441 1942'
Blanks
229
250
26
87
25
122
739
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 7
ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
YES
693
868
93
220
100
473 2447
NO
394
209
60
65
56
226 1010
Blanks
134
97
13
35
14
61
354
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
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WINES AND MALT BEVERAGES
YES
696
844
93
209
95
466 2403
NO
361
194
54
57
52
201
919
Blanks
164
136
19
54
23
93
489
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
PACKAGED BEVERAGES
YES
745
859
97
217
106
502 2526
NO
311
176
51
54
44
180
816
Blanks
165
139
18
49
20
78
469
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
QUESTION NO. 8
(Re: Rent Control)
YES
506
571
71
124
61
323 1656
NO
396
254
49
96
57
264 1116
Blanks
319
349
46
100
52
173 1039
Total
1221 1174
166
320
170
760 3811
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 11, 1950
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 re- quested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Center Town Hall at Chelmsford on the eleventh day of December, nineteen hundred fifty 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 Highway Department, Construction and Reconstruction, Bridges Ac- count the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00) to the Highway Department, Maintenance Labor Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Highway Department Maintenance Materials Account the sum of fif- teen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars and from Maintenance Drainage Ac- count the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars, both sums to be transferred to the Highway Department, Snow and Ice Removal Ac- count, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to relocate a portion of Swain Road according to a plan duly filed with the Board of Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to relocate a portion of Pine Hill Road according to a plan duly filed with the Board of Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of twenty-four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars to the School Department, Transportation Account, or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of fourteen and 90/100 ($14.90) Dollars to pay an unpaid bill of a previous year, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Old Age Assistance, Cash Grants Account the sum of $1,000.00 to the Welfare Department, Other Cities and Towns Account, or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $1,500.00 to the Veterans' Benefits Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Police Department, Purchase of a new cruiser account, the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars to the Police Department, Gasoline Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Police Department, Purchase of a new cruiser account, the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars to the Police Department, Radio Service Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Police Department, Purchase of a new cruiser account, the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars to the Police Department, Telephones Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Theo- dore A. DeFelice et al of Boone County, in the State of Missouri, the following parcel of land:
Land situated at the corner of 13th Avenue and Willis Drive at Crystal Lake in North Chelmsford as shown on Plan of Land in Plan Book 50 Plan 85 and being lots 921 and 922 and supposed to contain about 3340 sq. ft. of land. This conveyance is to be subject to all outstanding taxes, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town of Chelmsford will vote to accept Chapter 820 of the Acts of 1950, regard to the increase of re- tirement allowance to any member who retired prior to November 1, 1949, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town of Chelmsford will vote to "RETAIN" the following parcels of land situated between Crystal Lake and the Groton Road in North Chelmsford, so-called
Parcel No. 1: Land consisting of about 13,000 sq. ft. former- ly owned by Joseph Steinberg and now owned by the Town of
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Chelmsford as recorded in Book 989 Page 440 in the Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds.
Parcel No. 2: Land consisting of about 29,330 sq. ft. former- ly owned by Joseph Steinberg and now owned by the Town of Chelmsford as recorded in Book 974, Page 356, in the Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds.
Parcel No. 3: Land consisting of about 1.55 acres formerly owned by Joseph Steinberg and now owned by the Town of Chelmsford as recorded in Book 989, Page 440, in the Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds.
the said land to be retained for the purpose of establishing a Park sometime in future years, in Honor and in Remembrance of all those who served in the armed forces in all branches of service in World War 2.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Adams Library Librarian's Salary Account the sum of fifty and 01/100 ($50.01) dollars and from the Adams Library Assistant Librarian's Ac- count the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars, both amounts to be transferred to the Adams Library Repair Account, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Mackay Library Other Expenses Account, the sum of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars to the Adams Library Other Expenses Account, or. act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to name a building committee to revise plans for a Chelmsford Center Fire House and report back to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. In the event of an affirmative vote under the pre- ceding Article to see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars for the purpose of carrying out the preceding article.
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 Westlands School House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meet- ing aforesaid.
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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 fourth day of December, 1950.
CARL A. E. PETERSON ARNAUD R. BLACKADAR THEODORE W. EMERSON
Selectmen of Chelmsford. December 4, 1950
Middlesex, ss.
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at the Post Offices in the Center of Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelms- ford and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelms- ford and at the Westlands School, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
LAWRENCE W. CHUTE, Constable of Chelmsford
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 11th, 1950
A special town meeting was held in the Upper Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on December 11th, 1950.
In the absence of Moderator John C. Monahan, the meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson, the first business to come before the meeting was the election of a Moderator Pro-Tem, and Charles Harrington nominated M. Edward Riney and it was voted that M. Edward Riney be Moderator Pro-Tem.
After Mr. Riney had duly qualified before the Town Clerk, the Moderator requested Town Clerk Harold C. Petterson to read the Warrant and after the Warrant was partly read on a motion made by Arnaud Blackadar it was voted to waive the further reading of the Warrant.
UNDER ARTICLE ONE: On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to transfer from the Highway Department, Construction and Reconstruction Bridges account, the sum of $500.00 to the Highway Department, Maintenance Labor account.
UNDER ARTICLE TWO: On a motion made by Theodore W. Emerson, it was voted to transfer from the Highway Department, Maintenance Materials account, the sum of $1,500.00 and from the Maintenance Drainage account the sum of $500.00, both sums to be transferred to the Highway Department, Snow and Ice removal ac- count.
UNDER ARTICLE THREE: On a motion made by Theodore W. Emerson, it was voted, to dismiss this article, this article pertained to the relocation of Swain Road.
UNDER ARTICLE FOUR: On a motion made by Arnaud R. Blackadar, it was voted, to dismiss this article, this article pertained to the relocation of Pine Hill Road.
UNDER ARTICLE FIVE: On a motion made by Vernon Fletcher, it was voted, to transfer from the School Teachers salaries account to the School Department Transportation account the sum of $2,400.00.
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UNDER ARTICLE SIX: On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson, it was voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account the sum of $14.90 to pay an unpaid bill of a previous year, this vote required a majority vote.
UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN: On a motion made by Arnaud R. Blackadar, it was voted to transfer from the Old Age Assistance account the sum of $1,000.00 to the Welfare Department, Other Cities and Towns account.
UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT: On a motion made by Gordon DeWolf, it was voted to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account the sum of $1,500.00 to the Veterans Benefits .account.
UNDER ARTICLE NINE: On a motion made by Ralph Hulslander, it was voted, to transfer from the Police Department, Purchase of a new cruiser account the sum of $300.00 to the Police Department Ga- soline account.
UNDER ARTICLE TEN: On a motion made by Ralph Hulslander, it was voted to transfer from the Police Department, Purchase of a New Cruiser account, the sum of $50.00 to the Police Department Radio Service account.
UNDER ARTICLE ELEVEN: On a motion made by Ralph Huls- lander, it was voted to transfer from the Police Department, Pur- chase of a New Cruiser account, the sum of $50.00 to the Police De- partment, Telephones account.
UNDER ARTICLE TWELVE: On a motion made by Harold C. Petterson, it was voted to accept from Theodore A. DeFelice et al of Boone County in the State of Missouri the following parcel of land:
Land situated at the corner of 13th Avenue and Willis Drive at Crystal Lake in North Chelmsford as shown on Plan of land in Plan Book 50, Plan 85 and being lots 921 and 922 and supposed to contain about 3,340 sq. ft. of land. This conveyance is to be subject to all outstanding taxes. This vote was unanimous.
UNDER ARTICLE THIRTEEN: On a motion made by Harold C. Petterson, it was voted to accept Chapter 820 of the Acts of 1950, regard to the increase of retirement allowance to any member who retired prior to November 1st 1949.
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