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& Erection of a stone Monument at Chelms. Center Common
2,000.00
2,000.00
20.00
1,980.00
Constable
50.00
50.00
24.00
26.00
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
1,070.46
2.50
1,072.96
1,072.96
None
Microfilming of Certain Town Records
1,095.32
1,095.32
25.00
1,070.32
Tercentenary Celebration Expense
5,000.00
18.75
5,018.75
943.19
4,075.56
Installation of Signal Lights at Wotton
Road Railroad Crossing
10,000.00
10,000.00
None
10,000.00
Hurricane Eemergency Relief:
26,137.63
26,137.63
None
Hurricane Edna
10,354.07
10,354.07
10,354.07
None
Insurance Department:
Firemen-Accident
280.00
280.00
268.55
11.45
Auto, Public Liability, Property Damage, Fire and Theft
3,000.00
174.47
3,174.47
3,174.47
None
Property-Fire Insurance
9,000.00
9,000.00
7,426.19
1,573.81
Boiler Insurance
220.00
220.00
125.55
94.45
Property-Public Liability
700.00
700.00
563.89
136.11
Workmen's Compensation
4,300.00
1,000.00
5,300.00
5,293.26
6.74
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
675.00
675.00
35.00
640.00
Total of Recreation & Unclassified
$ 87,940.79
18.75
1,274.47
2.50
89,236.51
68,686.20
None
20,550.31
249
...
Hurricane Carol
26,137.63
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-SALARIES
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Tranfers from other Accounts
Total Available for Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to other Accounts
Balance
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT:
Commissioner, Salary of Secretary
55.00
55.00
55.00
None
Commissioners, Salaries of Board
Members
90.00
90.00
90.00
None
Labor-Superintendent
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,899.72
28
Labor-General
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,998.26
1.74
Labor-Others
250.00
250.00
102.70
147.30
Checking Records
250.00
250.00
133.11
116.89
Interments
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,028.50
11.50
Repairs to Historic Headstones
200.00
200.00
200.00
None
Extension of Grave Lots
200.00
200.00
198.32
1.68
Expenses
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,737.29
262.71
Outlays
975.00
975.00
962.00
13.00
Purchase of Truck
2,600.00
2,600.00
2,271.04
328.96
Cemetery Dept .- Town Clerk:
Add'l Salary of Town Clerk
250.00
250.00
250.00
None
Expenses
15.00
15.00
1.80
13.20
Total of Cemetery Department
14,825.00
14,825.00
13,927.74
897.26
INTEREST AND DEBT:
Interest:
North Chelmsford School Loan 9,095.00
9,095.00
9,095.00
None
..
250
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Tranfers from other Accounts
Total Available for Expenditures 1,155.00
Expended on Warrants 1,155.00 22,140.00
Transfers to other Accounts
Balance None
Chelmsford Center Fire Station Loan
1,155.00
Chelmsford Center School Loan
22,140.00
22,140.00
None
Anticipation of Revenue Loan
981.43
981.43
981.43
None
Maturing Debt:
North Cheimsford School Loan
29,013.02
986.98
30,000.00
30,000.00
None
Chelmsford Center Fire Station Loan.
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
None
Chelmsford Center School Loan
54,833.15
166.85
55,000.00
55,000.00
None
Anticipation of Revenue Loan
None
200,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
None
Total of Interest and Debt
122,217.60
200,000.00
1,153.83
323,371.43
323,371.43
None
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Fees Due the Commonwealth:
Carbonated Beverage Permits
10.00
10.00
10.00
Sunday Entertainment Licenses
334.00
334.00
334.00
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
53,136.37
53,136.37
53,136.37
Middlesex County Retirement System
10,214.44
10,214.44
10,214.44
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
48.75
3,090.65
3,139.40
3,094.90
44.50
Middlesex County Retirement System,
Pension, Expenses & Military Service
Fund
6,704.04
6,704.04
6,704.04
Gift From Susan B. McFarlin Est.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Veterans' Emergency Fund
47.50
47.50
17.50
Christopher Roby, Cemetery Fund
100.00
100.00
100.00
.
251
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Tranfers from other Accounts
Total Available for Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to other Accounte
Balance
Premium Accounts:
North Elementary School Loan
986.98
986.98
986.98
Center Elementary School Loan
166.85
166.85
166.85
State & County Assessments:
State Parks & Reservations
1,828.72
1,828.72
1,821.55
7.17
County Tax
22,347.85
22,347.85
21,535.18
812.67
Gypsy & Brown Tall Moths
2,972.25
2,972.25
1,237.48
1,734.77
Middlesex County Sanitorium
5,890.05
5,890.05
5,890.05
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
309.30
309.30
309.30
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,800.00
Dog License Fees Due the county
2,674.20
2,674.20
2,674.20
Tailings-Outstanding Checks Taken In
276.90
276.90
276.90
Treas. & Collector-Over & Short
11.20
.53
11.73
11.73
Tax Levy Refunds
11,380.35
11,380.35
11,380.35
Totals
$ 41,690.39
83,740.54
None
None
125,430.93
121,241.86
1,153.83
3,035.24
RECAPITULATION
General Government
$
63,965.88 $
225.36 $
213.99
$ 2,102.90
$ 66,508.13 $
52,842.79 $
501.00 $ 13,164.34
Protection of Persons & Property
119,897.10
None
100.00
2,892.00
122,889.10
110,708.87
2,392.00
9,788.23
Health Department
35,499.00
None
1,000.00
450.00
36,949.00
32,767.68
450.00
3,731.32
Highway Department
182,700.53
10,032.55
1,700.00
25,650.00
220,083.08
171,855.42
25,650.00
22,577.66
Street Lighting
14,500.00
None
None
None
14,500.00
13,193.36
None
1,306.64
Charities
203,702.23
126,313.51
5,305.77
6,733.51
342,055.02
285,100.40
14,024.38
42,930.24
Veterans' Benefits
12,805.00
31.00
750.00
2,300.00
15,886.00
15,736.90
" None
149.10
252
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts 52,417.69
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers 4,585.04
Adjustments & Tranfers from other Accounts 32,293.00
Total Available for Expenditures 1,241,750.63
Expended on Warrants 1,035,202.42
Transfers to other Accounta 750.41
Balance 205,797.80
Library Department
11,678.00
None
54.00
2,018.50
13,750.50
13,449.00
None
301.50
Recreation & Unclassified
87,940.79
18.75
1,274.47
2.50
89,236.51
68,686.20
None
20,550.31
Cemetery Department
14,825.00
None
None
None
14,825.00
13,927.74
None
897.26
Deht and Interest
122,217.60
200,000.00
None
1,153.83
323,371.43
323,371.43
None
None
Agency, Trust & Investment
41,690.39
83,740.54
None
None
125,430.93
121,241.86
1,153,83
3,035.24
Totals for Recapitulation
$2,063,876,42 $472,779.40 $ 14,983.27
$75,596.24 $2,627,235.33 $2,258,084.07 $44,921.62 $324,229.64
Totals Forwarded $2,063,876.42 $472,779.40 $ 14,983.27
$ 75,596.24 $2,627,235.33 $2,258,084.07 $ 44,921.62 $324,229.64
APPROPRIATIONS:
Balances from 1953 Accounts $ 843,923.99 Town Meeting Appropriations less $11,000.00 for Finance Committee Reserve Fund, raised by taxation during 1954 and reflected on Assessors Recapitulation Sheet 1,149,131.13
State & County Assessments raised by Taxation during 1954 by the Assessors 34,329.60
Charges for Hurricane Emergency Relief to be
raised by Taxation during 1955 by the Assessors 36,491.70
Total
$ 2,063,876.42
Refunds & Receipts:
Grants from the Federal Government $ 112,789.10
Loans Received
200,000.00
Payroll Deductions Received
66.441.46
253
School Department
1.152,454.90
Dog Tax Receipts from the County 1,788.07
License Fees to be transmitted to State & County
3,018.20
Trust Fund & Perpetual Care Bequests 2,900.00
Departmental & Tax Levy Refunds
16,709.35
Additions to the Machinery Fund
8,032.65
Redemption of Tax Lien
. 225.36
School Lunch & Athletic Program Receipts
46,602.75
Welfare, Disability Assistance & Old Age Assistance Recoveries
12,272.03
Over and Short, Treasurer's Department
.53
Reimbursement for Chapter 90 Maintenance Work from the County
1,999.90
Total:
$ 472,779.40
Transfers from the Finance Committee Reserve Fund per
$ 14,983.27 authorizations approved and on file
Adjustments and Transfers from Other Accounts:
Transfers from the Excess and Deficiency Account by Town Meeting Vote $ 35,947.99 Transfers from the Road Machinery Fund by Town Meeting Vote 24,850.00
Transfers from Trust Funds under supervision of Library Trustees .. 2,018.50
Transfer from Chelmsford Center Elementary School Building Premium Account by Town Meeting Vote. 166.85
Transfer from North Chelmsford Elementary School Building Premium Account by Town Meeting Vote, 986.98
Interdepartmental Transfers by Town Meeting Vote. ยท
6,892.41
251
Adjustments To Disability Assistance & Old Age Assistance Ac-
counts from the Recovery Accounts per State Advices of Audit .. 4,733.51
Total:
$ 75,596.24
Total of Funds Available for Expenditure per Town Meeting Appropriations, Refunds
and Receipts, State & County Assessments and Transfers $2,627,235.33 Total of Funds Disbursed on 103 Warrants from January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954 as approved hy the Board of Selectmen $2,258,084.07
Transfers to Other Accounts:
Interdepartmental Transfers by Town Meeting Vote $ 32,896.24 Adjustments to Appropriation Accounts & Excess and Deficiency of Funds Received from Disability Assistance and
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
12.024.38
Audit Adjustment of Funds Received from Tax Lien Redemption.
1.00
Total:
$ 44,921.62 Balances:
Balances Forwarded to 1955 Accounts
$260,813.91 Total of Unused Appropriation Accounts Closed Out to Revenue Account of 1954, then to Excess & Deficiency Account 63,415.73
Total:
$324.229.64
255
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be raised annually by Taxation
Interest
Payments
Total Principal Payments
Total for
Year
1955
1.70%
North School
$ 1,487.50
$ 7,097.50
$ 8,585.00
Pp
2.10%
Firehouse
1,050.00
None
1,050.00
2.70%
Center School
None
20,655.00
20,655.00
30,290.00
1956
1.70%
North School
1,402.50
6,677.50
8,080.00
2.10%
Firehouse
945.00
None
945.00
2.70%
Center School
None
19,170.00
19,170.00
28,195.00
1957
1.70%
North School
1,317.50
6,247.50
7,565.00
Firehouse
840.00
None
840.00
=
2.70%
Center School
None
17,685.00
17,685.00
26,090.00
1958
1.70%
North School
1,232.50
5,822.50
7,055.00
Firehouse
735.00
None
735.00
2.70%
Center School
None
16,200.00
16,200.00
23,990.00
1959
1.70%
North School
1,147.50
5,397.50
6,545.00
2.10%
Firehouse
630.00
None
630.00
2.70%
Center School
None
14,715.00
14,715.00
21,890.00
1960
1.70%
North School
1,062.50
4,972.50
6,035.00
2.10%
Firehouse
525.00
None
525.00
PS
2.70%
Center School
None
13,230.00
13,230.00
19,790.00
1961
1.70%
North School
977.50
4,547.50
5,525.00
2.10%
Firehouse
420.00
None
420.00
2.70%
Center School
None
11,745.00
11,745.00
17,690.00
Interest
Purpose of Loan
Limit
Limit
Year
Rate
Inside Debt Outside Debt
256
2.10%
2.10%
1
Interest Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Interest
Purpose of Loan
Limit
Limit
Total 'Principal Payments
Total for
Year
1962
1.70%
North School
892.50
4,122.50
5,015.00 315.00
,
2.70%
Center School
None
10,260.00
10,260.00
15,590.00
1963
1.70%
North School
807.50
3,697.50
4,505.00
",
2.70%
Center School
None
8,775.00
8,775.00
13,490.00
1964
1.70%
North School
722.50
3,272.50
3,995.00
2.10%
Firehouse
105.00
None
105.00
Center School
None
7,290.00
7,290.00
11,390.00
1965
1.70%
North School
637.50
2,847.50
3,485.00
9,290.00
1966
1.70%
North School
552.50
2,422.50
2,975.00
"
2.70%
Center School
None
4,320.00
4,320.00
7,295.00
1967
1.70%
North School
467.50
1,997.50
2,465.00
=
2.70%
Center School
None
2,835.00
2,835.00
5,300.00
1968
1.70%
North School
382.50
1,572.50
1,955.00
"
2.70%
Center School
None
1,350.00
1,350.00
3,305.00
1969
1.70%
North
School
297.50
1,147.50
1,445.00
1,445.00
1970
1.70%
North School
212.50
722.50
935.00
935.00
1971
1.70%
North School
127.50
382.50
510.00
510.00
1972
1.70%
North School
42.50
127.50
170.00
170.00
Totals
$19,545.00
$217,110.00
$236,655.00
$236,655.00
2.10%
Firehouse
315.00
None
2.10%
Firehouse
210.00
None
210.00
2.70%
2.70%
Center School
None
5,805.00
5,805.00
Year
Rate
Interest Payments Inside Debt Outside Debt
257
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Interest
Purpose of Loan
Limit
Limit
Interest Payments
Year
1955
1.70%
North School
$ 5,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1956
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1957
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1958
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
",
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None 5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
,
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1960
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1961
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1962
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
258
Principal Payments Inside Debt Outside Debt
Total
Total for
Year
Rate
1.70)
North School
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1959
2.10%
2.70%
"
2.7%
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Interest
Purpose of Loan
Limit
Limit
Payments
Year
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00 55,000.00
90,000.00
1963
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1964
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1965
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25 000.00
30,000.00
",
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
85,000.00
1966
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
85,000.00
1967
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25.000.00
30,000.00
,,
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
85,000.00
1968
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
50,000.00
50,000.00
80,000.00
1969
1:70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1970
1.70%
North
School
5.000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1971
1.70%
North
School
5.000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
1972
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
Totals
$140,000.00 $1,195,000.00 $1,335,000.00 $1,335,000.00
259
"
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
Total Interest
Total for
Inside Debt Outside Debt
Principal Payments
Year
Rate
2.70%
2.10%
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD Balance Sheet -- December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Reserve for Petty Cash Funds
$
250.00
General $389,369.81
Petty Cash:
Treasurer
$
50.00
Collector's Clerk #1 .... 50.00
Collector's Clerk #2 .... 50.00
School Athletic Pro-
gram Change
Fund
100.00
250.00 $389,619.81
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1954 Personal 5.40
Levy of 1954 Poll
$ 10.00
Levy of 1954 Real Estate 944.20
$ 959.60
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1954 $ 2,944.62 Departmental:
Selectmen's Department $ 146.00
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes $ 2,944.62
Tax Possessions 129.50
Departmental 6,069.71 $ 9,143.83
Taxes to be Refunded 39.47
Overlay Revenue-Surplus
707.74
County Tax 1954-Overestimate 812.67
State Parks & Reservations 1954-Overestimate
7.17
Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Control 1954 --- Overestimate 1,734.77
Sale of Town Property
3,162.62
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
4,266.50
Tailings - Outstanding Checks Taken In 276.90
Treasurer and Collector - Over and Short 11.73
Selectmen's Department, Outlays 500.00
Assessors' Department, Survey and Maps of the Town 5,150.00
260
Health Department 182.32
Highway Department
156.98
Welfare Department
1,044.27
Aid to Department:
Children's Department 3,398.56
Old Age Assistance Department, Other Cities and Towns
88.25
Veterans' Benefits Department
116.86
School Department
636.47
Cemetery Department
300.00
Tax Possessions
129.50
Overlay 1954-Underestimate
$ 1,600.93
Hurricane Emergency Relief
$ 36,491.70
Law Department, Prosecution and Defense of Lawsuits 1,346.50 Law Department, Land Transactions 144.00
Law Department, Settlement of Land Taking on Manning Road 1.00
Planning Board, Clerk Hire
187.50
Public Bldgs. Dept., Alterations and Improve- ments of the various Offices at Center Town Hall 1,773.35
Fire Department, Outlays
3,469.50
Fire Department, Plans and Specifications for
a Fire House at North Chelmsford
1,500.00
Chapter 90, Groton Road, New Construction .... Chapter 90, Chelmsford St., New Construction 2,500.00 Chapter 90, Billerica Road, New Construction 3,000.00
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of:
Priscilla Avenue 244.18
Clinton Avenue 107.21
Pleasant Avenue
144.01
Carolyn Avenue
387.18
Bradford Road
162.86
Brian Road
196.89
Eugenie Terrace 430.49
Road Machinery Fund
4,228.50
Federal Grant, Disability Assistance, Admin. 41.18 ... Federal Grant, Disability Assistance, Relief .... 951.95
Disability Assistance Department, Recoveries
281.11
6,069.71
5,000.00
261
Total Assets $437,815.87
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children Admin. 839.19
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children, Relief 1,367.00
Feuerdi Grant, Old Age Assistance, Administration 2,271.03
Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance, Relief
6,457.19
Old Age Assistance Department, Recoveries. 4,305.92
School Department, Lunch Program
3,043.77
School Department, Athletic Program ..
1,200.09
School Department, Construction, Original
Equipment & Furnishings for an Elementary School Building at Chelmsford Center 197,710.05
Civil Defense Expense
87.87
Honor Roll, Purchase and Erection of a Stone
Monument at Chelmsford Center Common ....
1,980.00
Microfilming of Certain Town Records
1,070.32
Tercentenary Celebration Expenses
4,075.56
Installation of Signal Lights at Wotton Road Railroad Crossing 1,000.00
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
640.00
Blue Shield & Blue Cross Payroll Deductions .... 44.50
Susan B. McFarlin Estate Gift to School Dept.
100.00
Veterans' Emergency Fund 47.50
Excess and Deficiency
159,415.07
Total Liabilities and Reserves $437,815.87
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General
$ 140,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General
$1,195,000.00
Total Debt $1,335,000.00
Outside Debt Limit: General:
New Elementary School at North Chelmsford $430,000.00
New Elementary School at Chelmsford Center ...... $765,000.00
Total Outside Debt Limit
$1,195,000.00
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General:
New Elementary School at North
Chelmsford $ 90,000.00
New Firehouse at Chelmsford Center .... 50,000.00
Total Inside Debt Limit $ 140,000.00 Total Debt
$1,335,000.00
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
CASH AND SECURITIES
In Custody of Town Treasurer $ 86,685.96
In Custody of Library Trustees Treasurer 37,462.84
In Custody of Insurance Fund Commission Treasurer 41,207.29
In Custody of the Board of Selectmen
167.37
In Custody of the Veterans' Emergency Fund
Committee Treasurer 3,094.74
$168,618.20
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
NAME OF TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUND
Christopher Roby Cemetery Fund $ 100.00 Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund 223.92
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 54,123.14
Stabilization Fund
32,238.90
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund
1,120.20
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund 249.52
Selina G. Richardson, Adams Library Fund. 347.45
Albert H. Davis, Adams Library Fund
382.14
Aaron George, Cemetery Care Fund 1,208.74
George Memorial Hall Fund
2,811.18
A. F. Adams, Care of Buildings & Grounds, Adams Library Fund 10,638.97
Mary B. Proctor, Adams Library Fund
11,792.13
Clement Fund, F. B. Edwards Estate, MacKay Library Fund
1,965.45
Charles W. Flint, Mackay Library Fund
1,585.37
Nathan B. Edwards, Mackay Library Fund.
772.23
Victor E. Edwards, Mckay Library Fund
833.95
General Fund, Mackay Library Fund
3,755.51
Insurance Investment Fund
41,207.29
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund 167.37
Veterans' Emergency Fund
3,094.74
$168,618.20
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TOWN WARRANT
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 7, 1955 and March 14, 1955
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To William G. Jones, 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. Fire House, Chelmsford Center
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. Westlands School House
On Monday, the seventh day of March, 1955, being the first Monday in said month, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the follow- ing purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
One Selectman for three years.
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
One Assessor for three years.
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
One School Committeeman for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
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One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees of Public Libraries for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Member of the Planning Board for five years. One Constable for one year.
One Member of the Planning Board for two years. (To fill vacancy.)
To bring in their votes upon the following question :
"Shall the Town of Chelmsford vote to accept the perti- nent provisions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, with re- spect to the official and labor service of said Town, and there- by provide classified civil service for all employees in the official and labor service of the Town of Chelmsford?
Yes No
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and to meet in the High School Auditorium on the following Monday, the fourteenth day of March, 1955, at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, 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 cur- rent year ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, with authority to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judgment it is necessary ; 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 revenue of the current financial year ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet bills of previous years; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-one and 41/100 ($7,861.41) Dollars or some other sum to pay to the Treasurer of the Middlesex County Retirement System, the said amount being the Town's share of the pension, expense and Military service funds; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approprite the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discre- tion of the Finance Committee as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6 ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Assessors to use the sum of Seventy Thousand and no-100 ($70,000.00) Dollars or some other sum from the Free Cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1955 Tax Rate.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to deed, re- lease or convey to the First Congregational Society (Unitar- ian) of Chelmsford, Mass., all the right title or interest which said Town may have in and to the following described parcel of real estate: A certain parcel of land in said Chelmsford situated on the southwesterly side of Westford Street and the northerly side of Littleton Road and at the intersection of said ways and bounded: Beginning at a stone bound on the northerly side of said Littleton Road, which stone bound is near a stone wall which stone wall leaves Littleton Road and begins a northeasterly curve at that point; thence easterly along said Littleton Road, 174.77 feet to a stone bound ; thence in a northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly direction by a curved line having a radius of 43.80 feet, which curved line marks the intersection of said Westford Street and said Little- ton Road, 91.99 feet to a stone bound on the southerly side of said Westford Street; thence northwesterly along said Westford Street by a curved line having a radius of 162.79
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feet, 64.64 feet to a stone bound; thence northwesterly still along said Westford Street, 45.18 feet to a stone bound ; thence northwesterly, still along said Westford Street, 300 feet to a point; thence southwesterly at a right angle, 32 feet more or less to a stone wall at land of the Forefathers Cemetery ; thence southeasterly along a stone wall and land of the Fore- fathers Cemetery to the point of beginning; said division line between the granted premises and said land of the Forefathers Cemetery being marked in part by a stone wall and traces thereof and said wall curves southwesterly to the point of be- ginning ; or act in relation thereto.
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