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ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Committee on Wages and Salaries; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law fixing job classifications, pay schedules, and terms of employment, for persons in the service of the Town and authorizing the establishment of a Personnel Board to administer said by-law; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will establish new rates of pay and terms of employment for certain Town employees and officials; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to establish a labo- ratory to test milk, water, and food and enter an agreement with the Towns of Billerica, Dracut, and Tewksbury in accordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of defraying the cost of establishing said laboratory and the maintenance thereof; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning laws in Precinct 1 by adding after Paragraph 4 of the section entitled, "B. Business Area" the following:
5. Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Boston Road 27.52 feet from a drill hole at the intersection of the south westerly corner of the land of Daisy L. Day Fletcher and the Northwesterly corner of land of Leo Kahn and Albert S. Kahn; thence running in a southerly direction by the easterly line of Boston Road about 378.78 feet to land now or formerly of Daniel J. Hart and Mary G. Hart; thence turning at an angle of 84° 02' 30" and running by said Hart's land and land of said Kahns 350.98 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a northerly direction and parallel with the first de- scribed line to Beaver Brook; thence turning and running in various courses in a north-westerly direction by Beaver Brook to land of said Daisy L. Day Fletcher; thence turning and running in a westerly direction by land of said Fletcher and the line of the Commercial Dis- trict Zone Precinct 1 located on said Kahns' land about 340 feet to the point of beginning. Being part of the land shown on a plan en- titled "Plan of Land in Chelmsford, Mass. belonging to Leo Kahn and Albert S. Kahn, Scale 50 feet to an inch, July 16, 1952, Brooks, Jordan and Graves, C. E.'s Lowell, Mass." or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law: "All auctions and sales in public buildings in the Town of Chelmsford are hereby prohibited, except for the purposes of Town business, or such business as the School Committee may deem proper and necessary for the conduct of school affairs"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Section 6B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws entitled "6B- Uniforms for Police and Firemen"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 18 to see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of pur- chasing uniforms for the Police Department; 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 purchase of a compression truck for the Health Department, said purchase to be under the supervision of the Board of Health or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money to pay salaries for labor in Board of Health waste collections salaries; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will act to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money to be used for other expenses in Board of Health waste collections; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-Eight Hundred ($2800.00) Dollars for the purchase of a ton and a half dump truck with a two yard body for the Cemetery Department and said purchase be made under the super- vision of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners; 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 purchasing two 1953 Tudor Police Cruisers, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 24, to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell two 1950 police automobiles now used by the Police Department; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars for the purchase of a grader to be used in the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($12,500.00) Dollars to settle land damage claims made by Eliza Hannaford, Roger Boyd, and the heirs of devisees of Arthur Harvey in connection with the seizure of land northerly of the Bille- rica Road seized by eminent domain proceedings for school purposes; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to convey a certain parcel of land on Mill Road to the South Chelmsford Gun and Rod Club; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Sixty ($560.00) Dollars for the pur- pose of settling land damage claims on Boston Road; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand Seven Hun- dred Fifty ($2,750.00) Dollars for the purpose of satisfying a judg- ment obtained by Eleanor Hayes as a result of being injured because of a defect in the highway; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money to defray the cost of the construction of retaining walls, fencing, Grad- ing, and landscaping land at the new Center Fire Station; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for the purpose of purchasing trees, supplies, and expense of planting said trees said purchase and the supervision of said work to be done by the Tree Warden; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relo- cation of Swain Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Swain Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Pleasant Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and 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 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Pleasant Street; or act inl relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Warren Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Warren Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Harold Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Harold Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Birch Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Birch Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Frank Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Frank Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Anna Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and 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 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Anna Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Sheila Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Sheila Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Wesley Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Wesley Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Plymouth Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Plymouth Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Clarke Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Clarke Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, "A Quorum of not less than two hundred registered voters must be present at any or all Town Meetings to legally transact and consummate the business of the Town"; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Section 4B of Chapter 136 of the General Laws pertaining to the operation of bowling alleys on the Lord's Day; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the payment of premiums for Group Life Insurance for the permanent employees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand One Hundred Eis ty One and 24/100 ($2,181.24.) Dollars to cover the deficiency in salaries for teachers from January 1, 1949 to March 16, 1949 and for janitors from January 1, 1949 to April 1, 1949; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning laws in Precinct 6 in the single residential area by adding after the words "All of the land in this Precinct" except the following described land which shall be business area: Southerly by Chelmsford Street, 410 feet; Westerly by land of one Dulgarian and one Darch, now or for- merly, 690 feet; Northerly by land of said Dulgarian and one Victor Peterson, now or formerly, 430 feet; Northeasterly by boundry line of the city of Lowell; and Easterly by land supposed to belong to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 490 feet. Being shown as lots 202 and 203 on Plat 89 of the Book of Plans located in the Assessors' Office. Also another parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Chelmsford Street, 485 feet, more or less; Westerly by Glenn avenue, 628 feet; Southerly by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad right of way, 760 feet; and westerly by land sup- posed to belong to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 489 feet, more or less. Being shown as Lot 143 on Plat 112 of the Assessors' Plans located in the Assessors' Office; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars to be used by the Committee in preparation for the observance of the Town's Three Hundreth Anniversary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of making alterations and improvements in the various offices in the Center Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell and dispose of in behalf of the Town the buildings seized by eminent domain for School purposes from the heirs of Ar- thur Harvey on Billerica Road; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Allen Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Allen Street: or act in rela- tion thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attes- ted 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, on or before February 1st. 1953 as directed by By-Law of the Town.
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 thirty-first day of January, 1953.
THEODORE W. EMERSON CARL A. E. PETERSON RAYMOND H. GREENWOOD Selectmen of Chelmsford
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
January 31, 1953
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 at the School House, Westlands, as directed by By-Law.
ROBERT McANDREW
Constable of Chelmsford.
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TOWN ELECTION-MARCH 2nd, 1953
Office and Candidate
P-1 P-2
P-3 P-4
P-5
P-6 Total
SELECTMAN-3 Years
Roger W. Boyd,
67 Hornbeam Hill Rd.
547
523
58
136
92
268 1624
Theodore W. Emerson,
11 North Rd.
484
322
37
122
49
241 1255
Blanks
12
25
0
3
0
1
47
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-3 Years
Roger W. Boyd,
67 Hornbeam Hill Rd.
545
523
56
126
88
267 1605
Theodore W. Emerson
11 North Rd.
473
317
37
125
51
237 1240
Blanks
25
30
2
10
2
12
81
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
ASSESSOR-3 Years
Warren Wright, 111 Robin Hill Rd. 918
681
88
218
124
459 2488
Blanks
125
189
7
43
17
57
438
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER-3 Years
Arthur S. Bentas, 190 Proctor Rd. .. 117
12
8
16
24
22
199
Allan D. Davidson,,
74 Dunstable Rd.
413
629
55
84
61
212 1454
Daniel J. Hart, 2 Summer St.
416
158
19
129
47
196
965
William H. Malone,
19 Stedman Street
67
54
11
16
7
75
230
Blanks
30
17
2
16
2
11
78
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
MEMBER OF BOARD OF HEALTH -3 Years
Charles C. Farrington,
24 Boston Rd.
904
661
87
202
122
468 2444
Blanks
139
209
8
59
19
48
482
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
PARK COMMISSIONER-2 Years
Unexpired Term
Bradford O. Emerson, 11 North Rd. 840 Blanks
609
83
190
114
425 2261
203
261
18
71
27
91
665
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
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PARK COMMISSIONER-3 Years
Russell L. Greenwood,
23 Fletcher St.
789
641
84
195
109
404 2222
Blanks
254
229
11
66
32
112
704
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER-3 Years
Frank H. Hardy, 26 Sunset Ave. .... 849
628
79
202
111
458 2327
Blanks
194
242
16
59
30
58
599
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
LIBRARY TRUSTEES-3 Years
Eustace B. Fiske, 9 Billerica Rd. ...
714
334
61
123
92
339 1663
Marjorie B. Scoboria, 2 Adams Ave. 837
486
76
175
114
417 2105
Joseph Francis Sullivan,
172 Princeton St.
225
425
14
88
26
114
892
Blanks
310
495
39
136
50
162 1192
Total
2086 1740
190
522
282 1032 5852
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONER-3 Years
Daniel E. Walker, 64 Dunstable Rd. 831
661
84
193
112
443 2324
Blanks
212
209
11
68
29
73
602
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
MEMBER OF PLANNING BOARD-5 Years
George R. Dupee, 22 Woodbine St. 507
156
41
85
71
313 1173
Roger P. Welch, 5 Sharon Ave.
309
539
32
85
42
98 1105
Leigh S. Wilkinson,
7 Arlington St.
99
70
43
9
59
295
Blanks
128
105
7
48
19
46
353
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
MEMBER OF PLANNING BOARD-3 Years Unexpired Term
Harold E. Clayton, Jr., 12 Clear St. 893
623
81
201
113
444 2355
Blanks
150
247
14
60
28
72
571
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
CONSTABLE-1 Year
Robert F. McAndrew, 7 Cottage Row 900
702
86
209
116
453 2466
Blanks
143
168
9
52
25
63
460
Total
1043
870
95
261
141
516 2926
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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING-MARCH 9th, 1953
The annual town business meeting was held in the High School Auditorium at 7:30 P.M., March 9th, 1953. The meeting was called to order by Moderator, John H. Valentine and on motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant.
UNDER ARTICLE ONE:
On a motion made by Roger W. Boyd it was voted to accept the Town Report as printed.
Mr. Edward Krasnecki reported for the Committee on Town Management of Government. No written report was filed and it was voted to accept the report and continue the Committee in office.
Mr. Robert Picken reported for the Committee on construction of a new elementary school in North Chelmsford. Mr. Picken reported that the school would be completed for opening in September of 1953. No written report was submitted and the report was accepted.
Mr. Allan Kidder reported for the Committee on the construction of a new Fire House in Chelmsford Center. Mr. Kidder reported that the building would be completed by April 1, 1953. No written report was filed and the report was accepted as a report of progress.
Mr. Albert Lupien reported for a Committee on a new elementary school in Chelmsford Center. Mr. Lupien reported that his com- mittee would request a special town meeting for March 23, 1953 for an appropriation to construct such a school. No written report was filed and the report was accepted.
Mr. John Thompson reported for a Committee to look into the advisability of a laboratory for the Board of Health. Mr. Thompson reported that under an article in the Warrant a request would be made for an appropriation for that purpose. No written report was filed and the report was accepted.
Mr. John Lincoln reported for the Committee appointed to adopt a set of new By-Laws and reported that the committee would submit the said By-Laws at a future town meeting. His report was accepted and placed on file.
Mr. Royal Shawcross reported for the Committee appointed for the purpose of making preliminary plans for the 300th anniversary
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of the Town of Chelmsford and Mr. Shawcross requested that the Committee be continued in office and that they would report at a future Town Meeting. His report was accepted as a report of progress.
On a motion made by Carl A. E. Peterson it was voted to elect Leslie H. Adams, Sr. a member of the Varney Playground Commission for a period of three years.
Mr. John L. Dusseault reported for Planning Board as follows: To the Voters of the Town of Chelmsford:
The Planning Board after a public hearing of which due notice was given in accordance with Section 27 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and after due consideration of the evidence given at such hearing and an investigation of the circumstances pertaining to the subject matter of the hearing, have unanimously voted that it recom- mend to the voters that the zoning laws in Precinct 6 in the single residential area be amended by adding after the words "All of the land in the Precinct," except the following described land which shall be business area :
Southerly by Chelmsford Street, 410 feet; Westerly by land of one Dulgarian and one Darch, now or formerly, 690 feet; Northerly by land of said Dulgarian and one Victor Peterson, now or formerly, 430 feet; Northeasterly by the boundary line of the city of Lowell; and Easterly by land supposed to belong to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 490 feet. Being shown as Lots 202 and 203 on Plat 89 of the Book of Plans located in the Assessor's Office. Also another parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Chelms- ford Street, 485 feet, more or less; Westerly by Glenn Avenue, 628 feel ; Southerly by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad right of way, 760 feet; and Easterly by land supposed to belong to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 489 feet, more or less. Being shown as Lot 145 on Plat 112 of the Assessor's Plans located in the Assessor's Office.
Respectfully submitted, ARNOLD C. PERHAM, Secretary of the Planning Board.
To the Voters of the Town of Chelmsford:
The Planning Board after a public hearing of whichi due notice was given in accordance with Section 27 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and after due consideration of the evidence given at such hear- ing and an investigation of the circumstances pertaining to the sub- ject matter of the hearing, have unanimously voted that it recommend to the voters that the zoning laws in Precinct 1 be amended by adding
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after Paragraph 4 of the section entitled, "B. Business Area." the following:
"5. Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Boston Road 27.52 feet from a drill hole at the intersection of the southwesterly corner of the land of Daisy L. Day Fletcher and the northwesterly corner of land of Leo Kahn and Albert S. Kahn; thence running in a southerly direction by the easterly line of Boston Road about 378.78 feet to land now or formerly of Daniel J. Hart and Mary G. Hart; thence turning at an angle of 84° 02' 30" and running by said Hart's land and land of said Kahns 350.98 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a northerly direction and parallel with the first des- cribed line to Beaver Brook; thence turning and running in various courses in a northwesterly direction by Beaver Brook to land of said Daisy L. Day Fletcher; thence turning and running in a westerly direction by land of said Fletcher and the line of the Commercial District Zone Precinct 1 located on said Kahn's land about 340 feet to the point of beginning. Being part of the land shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Chelmsford, Mass. belonging to Leo Kahn and Albert S. Kahn, Scale 50 feet to an inch, July 16, 1952, Brooks, Jordan and Graves, C. E.'s, Lowell, Mass."
Respectfully submitted,
ARNOLD C. PERHAM,
Secretary of the Planning Board.
UNDER ARTICLE TWO:
It was voted to raise and appropriate the following amount of money to defray town charges for the calendar year 1953:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
SALARIES:
Chairman
$ 470.00
Board Members (2)
705.00
Recording Clerk
425.00
Expenses
1,000.00
Total Selectmen's Department $ 2.600.00
ACCOUNTANT
SALARIES:
Accountant
$ 3,100.00
Clerk
2,100.00
Additional Clerk Hire
300.00
Expenses
218.00
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