Town annual report of Chelmsford 1958, Part 11

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Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 230


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3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


155,000.00


1973


3.50%


High School (1)


25,000.00


25,000.00


50,000.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


135,000.00


1974


3.50%


High School (1)


25,000.00


25,000.00


50,000.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


135,000.00


1975


3.50%


High School (1)


25,000.00


25,000.00


50,000.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


135,000.00


1976


3.50%


High School (1)


25,000.00


25,000.00


50,000.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


135,000.00


1977


3.50%


High School (1)


25,000.00


25,000.00


50,000.00


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


135,000.00


1978


3.20%


High School (2)


None


85,000.00


85,000.00


85,000.00


$584,000.00


$3,100,000.00


$3,684,000.00


$3,684,000.00


High School (2)


None


90,000.00


176


3.20%


High School (2)


Interest Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation


Year


Interest Rate


Purpose of Loan


Interest ยท Inside Debt Limit


Payments Outside Debt Limit


Total Interest Payments


1959


1.70%


North School


$ 1,147.50


$ 5,397.50


$ 6,545.00


2.10%


Center Firehouse


630.00


None


630.00


2.70%


Center School


None


14,715.00


14,715.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


292.50


None


292.50


3.50%


High School (1)


16,187.50


16,187.50


32,375.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


54,560.00


54,560.00


109,117.50


1960


1.70%


North School


1,062.50


4,972.50


6,035.00


2.10%


Center Firehouse


525.00


None


525.00


2.70%


Center School


None


13,230.00


13,230.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


260.00


None


260.00


3.50%


High School (1)


15,312.50


15,312.50


30,625.00


102,355.00


1961


1.70%


North School


977.50


4,547.50


5,525.00


2.10%


Center Firehouse


420.00


None


420.00


2.70%


Center School


None


11,745.00


11,745.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


227.50


None


227.50


3.50%


High School (1)


14,437.50


14,437.50


28,875.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


48,800.00


48,800.00


95,592.50


1962


1.70%


North School


892.50


4,122.50


5,015.00


2.10%


Center Firehouse


315.00


None


315.00


2.70%


Center School


None


10,260.00


10,260.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


195.00


None


195.00


3.50%


High School (1)


13,562.50


13,562.50


27,125.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


45,920.00


45,920.00


88,830.00


1963


1.70%


North School


807.50


3,697.50


4,505.00


Total For Year $


177


3.20%


High School (2)


None


51,680.00


51,680.00


Interest Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation


Year


Interest Rate


Purpose of Loan


Interest Inside Debt Limit


Payments Outside Debt Limit


Total Interest Payments


Total For Year


2.10%


Center Firehouse


210.00


None


210.00


2.70%


Center School


None


8,775.00


8,775.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


162.50


None


162.50


3.50%


High School (1)


12,687.50


12,687.50


25,375.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


43,040.00


43,040.00


82,067.50


1964


1.70%


North School


722.50


3,272.50


3,995.00


2.10%


Center Firehouse


105.00


None


105.00


2.70%


Center School


None


7,290.00


7,290.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


130.00


None


130.00


3.50%


High School (1)


11,812.50


11,812.50


23,625.00


178


1965


1.70%


North School


637.50


2,847.50


3,485.00


2.70%


Center School


None


5,805.00


5,805.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


97.50


None


97.50


3.50%


High School (1)


10,937.50


10,937.50


21,875.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


37,280.00


37,280.00


68,542.50


1966


1.70%


North School


552.50


2,422.50


2,975.00


2.70%


Center School


None


4,320.00


4,320.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


65.00


None


65.00


3.50%


High School (1)


10,062.50


10,062.50


20,125.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


34,400.00


34,400.00


61,885.00


1967


1.70%


North School


467.50


1,997.50


2,465.00


2.70%


Center School


None


2,835.00


2,835.00


3.25%


North Firehouse


32.50


None


32.50


3.50%


High School (1)


9,187.50


9,187.50


18,375.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


40,160.00


40,160.00


75,305.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


31,520.00


31,520.00


55,227.50


1968


1.70%


North School


382.50


1,572.50


1,955.00


2.70%


Center School


None


1,350.00


1,350.00


3.50%


High School (1)


8,312.50


8,312.50


16,625.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


28,640.00


28,640.00


48,570.00


1969


1.70%


North School


297.50


1,147.50


1,445.00


3.50%


High School (1)


7,437.50


7,437.50


14,875.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


25,840.00


25,840.00


42,160.00


1970


1.70%


North School


212.50


722.50


935.00


3.50%


High School (1)


6,562.50


6,562.50


13,125.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


23,120.00


23,120.00


37,180.00


1971


1.70%


North School


127.50


382.50


510.00


3.50%


High School (1)


5,687.50


5,687.50


11,375.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


20,400.00


20,400.00


32,285.00


1972


1.70%


North School


42.50


127.50


170.00


3.50%


High School (1)


4,812.50


4,812.50


9,625.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


17,680.00


17,680.00


27,475.00


1973


3.50%


High School (1)


3,937.50


3,937.50


7,875.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


14,960.00


14,960.00


22,835.00


1974


3.50%


High School (1)


3,062.50


3,062.50


6,125.00


3.20%


High School (2)


None


12,240.00


12,240.00


18,365.00


1975


3.50%


High School (1)


2,187.50


2,187.50


4,375.00


None


9,520.00


9,520.00


13,895.00


1976


3.50%


High School (1)


1,312.50


1,312.50


2,625.00


9,425.00


1977


3.50%


High School (1)


437.50


437.50


875.00


None


4,080.00


4,080.00


4,955.00


1978


3.20%


High School (2)


None


1,360.00


1,360.00


1,360.00


$169,935.00


$ 827,492.50


$ 997,427.50


$ 997,427.50


3.20%


High School (2)


3.20%


High School (2)


None


6,800.00


6,800.00


3.20%


High School (2)


179


Trust and Investment Account


Name of Fund


Balance 12/31/57


New Funds


Income Received


Payments


Balance 12/31/58


Joseph Warren-Library


$ 1,031.46


$


$ 31.15


$


$ 1,062.61


Adams Emerson-Library


270.44


8.16


278.60


Selina G. Richardson-Library


376.63


11.37


388.00


A. H. Davis-Library


306.03


10.80


316.83


Aaron George Cemetery Care-Library


1,310.29


35.08


300.00


1,045.37


George Memorial Hall-Library


3,047.40


92.09


3,139.49


A. F. Adams-Library


10,443.74


347.17


10,790.91


Mary B. Proctor-Library


10,319.20


322.80


10,642.00


Adams Emerson Cemetery Care


235.87


17.89


253.76


Emma Gay Varney Playground


183.20


5.99


189.19


Veterans' Emergency


3,175.70


101.31


200.00


3,077.01*


Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests


73,170.39


6,245.00


2,338.13


14,732.75


67,020.77 **


Insurance Investment


45,517.78


1,566.16


47,083.94


Chas. W. Flint-Library


1,718.59


51.93


1,770.52


Clement-Library


4,447.03


1,120.94


166.85


31.27


5,703.55


Nathan B. Edwards-Library


837.09


25.30


862.39


Victor E. Edwards-Library


925.38


32.66


958.04


General-Library


4,167.44


147.11


4,314.55


Stabilization


723.65


51.98


775.63


Roby-Cemetery


107.57


4.35


111.92


$162,314.88


$ 7,365.94


$ 5,368.28


$ 15,264.02


$159,785.08


*Does not include $236.38 in General Funds


** Does not include $705.00 in General Funds


** Does not include $13,775.00 in General Funds ** Does not include $252.75 in General Funds The foregoing statements are hereby respectfully submitted, with credit, where due, and grateful appreciation for all assistance received, acknowledged.


LEWIS I. HILTON, Town Accountant.


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181


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 2, 1959 and March 9, 1959


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To Ralph J. Pedersen, 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 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 Schoolhouse


On Monday, the second day of March, 1959, being the first Monday in said month, at 10 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes for the following officers:


Moderator to fill an unexpired term.


One Selectman for three years.


One Member of Board of Public Welfare for three years.


One Assessor for three years.


One Member of Board of Health for three years.


One Member of School Committee for three years.


One Park Commissioner for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.


Two Trustees of Public Libraries for three years.


One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.


One Member of Planning Board for five years.


One Constable for one year.


QUESTION: Shall Chapter Thirty-two B of the Gen- eral Laws, authorizing any town to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such town and their dependents, be accepted by this town ? NO


YES


The polls will be open from 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. and to meet in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the following Mon- day, the ninth day of March, 1959 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz:


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 24, subtitled "Job Titles and Standard Rates for Wages and Salaries of the Personnel, Wage and Salary By-Law" to read as follows:


Minimum Maximum Increment


1958


1959


A. ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL


*1. Agent, Veterans' Services


$ 659.00


$ 809.00


$ 50yr-3yrs


$ 635.00


$ 709.00


2. Clerk, Senior


2,612.00


2,812.00


100yr-2yrs


2,730.00


2,812.00


3. Clerk, Junior


2,282.00


2,482.00


100yr-2yrs


2,210.00


2,282.00


4. Town Accountant


4,154.00


4,954.00


200yr-3yrs


4,410.00


4,754.00


*5. Town Counsel


500.00


500.00


500.00


*6. Selectmen's


Recording Clerk


650.00


630.00


650.00


*7. Board of Regis-


250.00


250.00


250.00


*8. Clerk (part time).


1.20hr


1.15hr


1.20hr


*9. Planning Board Clerk


1.20hr


1.15hr


1.20hr


B. CONSERVATION AND CEMETERY


1. Cemetery Super- intendent


4,026.00


4,326.00


100yr-3yrs


4,000.00


4,226.00


1a. Cemetery Attendant. .


1.70hr


1.65hr


1.70hr


*2. Moth Superintendent


300.00


300.00


300.00


*3. Laborer, Park


1.63hr


1.58hr


1.63hr


*4. Laborer, Skilled,


Tree Climber


1.91hr


1.85hr


1.91hr


C. CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE


*1. Clock Winder


80.00yr


2. Custodian


3,000.00


3,300.00


100yr-3yrs


80.00yr 2,865.00


3,000.00


3. Custodian


29.74wk


35.74wk 2.00wk-3yrs


28.70wk


31.74wk


D. HEALTH AND SERVICES


1. Nurse, Senior


3,264.00


3,564.00


100yr-3yrs


3,460.00


3,564.00


2. Nurse, Junior


2,945.00


3,245.00


100yr-3yrs


3,150.00


3,245.00


*3. Physicians


150.00


150.00


150.00


4. Sanitarian


4,232.00


4,532.00


100yr-3yrs


4,100.00


4,332.00


5. Meat Inspector


10.00 per animal


(to a maximum of $200)


E. LIBARAY


1. Librarian, Adams 1,747.00


1,947.00


100yr-2yrs


1,890.00


1,947.00


*2. Librarian, Mackay


908.00


882.00


908.00


*3. Assistant Librarians


1.20hr


1.15hr


1.20hr


F. MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION


1. Highway Superin- tendent


5,400.00


5,600.00


100yr-2yrs


5,300.00


5,600.00


2. Motor Equip. Oper. and Truck Driver


1.84hr


1.79hr


1.84hr


3. Tractor Operator


1.94hr


1.89hr


1.94hr


4. Roller Operator


1.94hr


1.89hr


1.94hr


5. Grader Operator


2.33hr


2.26hr


2.33hr


6. Shovel Operator


2.33hr


2.26hr


2.33hr


7. Laborer


1.63hr


1.58hr


1.63hr


8. Laborer, Skilled,


Mason, Carpenter


1.78hr


1.73hr


1.78hr


9. Repairman, Mechanic


2.16hr


2.10hr


2.16hr


10. Working Foreman


2.06hr


2.00hr


2.06hr


11. Foreman-truck driver (ashes and waste)


2.06hr


2.00hr


2,06hr


80.00yr


trars' Clerk


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Minimum Maximum


Increment


1958


1959


G. PUBLIC SAFETY AND INSPECTION


FIRE:


1. Chief


5,680.00


5,880.00


100yr-2yrs


5,300.00


5,880.00


2. Captain, Permanent


. 4,740.00


4,940.00


100yr-2yrs


4,600.00


4,940.00


*3. Captain, Call


240.00yr


200.00yr


240.00yr


& 1.94hr


& 1.94hr


& 1.94hr


4. Lieutenant,


Permanent


4,480.00


4,680.00


100yr-2yrs


4,400.00


4,680.00


*5. Lieutenant, Call


120.00yr


100.00yr


120.00yr


& 1.84hr


& 1.84hr


& 1.84hr


6. Regular Firerfighter . 4,220.00


4,420.00


100yr-2yrs


4,200.00


4,420.00


*7. Firefighter (call)


60.00yr


50.00yr


60.00yr


& 1.73hr


& 1.73hr


& 1.73hr


8. Janitor


160.00yr


150.00


160.00


POLICE:


9. Chief


5,680.00


5,880.00


100yr-2yrs


5,300.00


5,880.00


10. Sergeant


4,740.00


4,940.00


100yr-2yrs


4,700.00


4,940.00


11. Patrolman


4,020.00


4,420.00


100yr-2yrs


4,200.00


4,420.00


*12. Special Police


1.73hr


1.58hr


1.73hr


*13. Animal Inspector


500.00


500.00


500.00


*14. Building Inspector


1,500.00


1,470.00


1,500.00


*15. Beach Attendant


70.00wk


70.00wk


70.00wk


*16. Dog Officer


325.00yr


325.00


325.00


*17. Sealer of Weights and Measures


275.00


275.00


275.00


H. ELECTED OFFICIALS


1. Moderator


75.00


75.00


2. Town Clerk


1,500.00


1,550.00


3. Selectmen: Chairman Members (2)


750.00


750.00


4. Treasurer & Collector


4,000.00


4,200.00


5. Assessors:


Chief


4,300.00


4,750.00


Second-full time


(9 months)


3,000.00


4,250.00


Third-part time


(9 months)


1,275.00


1,315.00


6. Tree Warden


Allowed to collect rate per hour


7. Health Chairman


350.00


350.00


Board Members (2)


300.00ea


300.00ea


8. School Committee . .


No Salary


9. Park Commissioners


No Salary


10. Cemetery Commissioners:


Secretary Board Members (2)


45.00ea


50.00ea


11. Trustees Public


Libraries


No Salary


12. Sinking Fund Commissioners


No Salary


13. Planning Board


No Salary


14. Constable


Fees


*Part time. For the year 1959.


ARTICLE 3. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the current year; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, 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.


500.00ea


500.00ea


of $2.06hr


55.00


55.00


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in the year 1960 in anticipation of revenue of the year 1960; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet bills for previous years; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-one and 19/100 Dollars ($14,531.19), 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 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or some other sum, to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Com- mittee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-five and 22/100 Dollars ($10,735.22), or some other sum, to defray its share of the cost of the maintenance of the Middlesex County Sanatorium by the County of Middlesex.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing three (3) 1959 DeLuxe Tudor Police Cruisers to be used by the Police Depart- ment, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 11. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 10, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, by good and sufficient Bill of Sale, the three Police Cruisers now being used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Bylaw affecting the Finance Committee, which Bylaw was passed on March 10, 1952, by substituting the number 7 in place of 5 in said Bylaw, so as to read: "The Finance Committee in the Town of Chelmsford be composed of 7 members, the same to be appointed by the Moderator, and the term of the office be not more than 3 years from the date of appointment."; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money to purchase a Bookkeeping Machine for use of Town Offices; or act in relation thereto.


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Twelve Thousand Four Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($12,400.00), or some other sum, to purchase a new piece of fire apparatus, said apparatus to be of the type commonly used for brush and grass fires, purchase to be made by the Board of Selectmen with the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to repeal the Bylaw pertaining to "personnel, wage and salary classification and compen- sation plans" adopted by vote under Article XXXV at the Annual Town Meeting held on March 8, 1954; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Sale of Graves and Lots Account, the sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-three and 00/100 Dollars ($3,693.00), or some other sum, for the following projects:


$ 625.00 for new entry posts to Riverside Cemetery.


1,500.00 for grading and beautifying section of Pine Ridge Cemetery.


1,568.00 for a chain link fence in Pine Ridge Cemetery, (approx- imately 680 feet).


or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300), or some other sum, for the purpose of providing rent, heat and lights for Headquarters of East Chelmsford American Legion Post No. 366; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and establish a Conservation Commission. Said section reads as follows:


8C. Conservation Commissions; Establishment, Powers and Duties. A city or town which accepts this section may establish a conservation commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the promotion and development of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources of said city or town. Such commission shall conduct researches into its local land areas and shall seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and may advertise, prepare, print and dis- tribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary for its work. It shall keep an index of all open areas within the city or town, as the case may be, with the plan of obtaining information pertinent to proper utiliza- tion of such open areas, including lands owned by the common- wealth or lands owned by a city or town. It shall keep an index of all open marshlands, swamps and all other wet lands in a like manner, and may recommend to the city council or selectmen and,


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subject to the approval of the city council or selectmen, to the department of natural resources, and to the state reclamation board a program for the better promotion, development or utiliza- tion of all such areas. It shall keep accurate records of its meet- ings and actions and shall file an annual report which shall be printed in the case of towns in the annual town report. The commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may from time to time require. The commission shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members. In cities the members shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the provi- sions of the city charter, except that in cities having or operating under a Plan D or Plan E form of city charter, said appointments shall be by the city manager, subject to the provisions of the charter; and in towns they shall be appointed by the selectmen, excepting towns having a manager form of government, in which towns appointments shall be made by the town manager, subject to the approval of the selectmen. When a commission is first established, the terms of the members shall be for one, two or three years, and so arranged that the terms of approximately one third of the members will expire each year, and their succes- sors shall be appointed for terms of three years each. Any member of a commission so appointed may, after a public hearing, if requested, be removed for cause by the appointing authority. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term shall in a city be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment, and in a town in the manner provided in section eleven of chapter forty-one. Said commission may receive gifts of funds, lands, buildings and other properties in the name of a city or town, subject to the approval of the city council in a city, or the selectmen in towns. Such gifts shall be held in the name of the city or town, but may be managed by the commission for the purposes set forth in this section.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from Irene H. Wyman for the sum of Six Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($600.00) a certain parcel of land in Chelmsford, Massachusetts sit- uated off the northerly side of Billerica Street, containing about 2.1 acres, as shown by plan of land entitled, "Plan of Farmland in Chelms- ford, Mass., belonging to Robert E .Wyman, et al. surveyed by E. P. Simpson, Engineer, October 25, 1947", which plan is recorded in Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 72, Plan 13, bounded and described as follows:


Beginning at the northeasterly corner of the granted premises at a drill hole in a stone wall at land of Robert E. Wyman, et ux., formerly supposed to belong to one Spaulding; thence running westerly along land of Emerson, now or formerly, by the ditch and old wire fence about 237.00 feet to a pipe bound in the ground; thence running southeasterly along other land of Harvey, for-


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merly of Taisey, by various bounds about 484.18 feet to a bound in the stone wall at land, now or formerly of Stevens; thence running easterly along said Stevens land about 209.70 feet to a pipe in the ditch; thence running northwesterly by various bounds along said first mentioned stone wall, 416.00 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Including the area of the Old Middlesex Turnpike or old road, as shown on said plan, insofar as she has the right to convey the same.


or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from Esther P. Snow, Stanley L. Snow and Perry T. Snow for the sum of Four Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($4,000.00), the land in West Chelmsford situated behind the Quessy School and bounded and described as follows:


The land in Chelmsford situated on the southerly side of Naylor Street and the westerly side of Strawberry Hill Road, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeasterly corner of the granted premises on the westerly side of Strawberry Hill Road; thence southerly along the westerly side of Strawberry Hill Road 200.00 feet to a point; thence northwesterly along land of Perry T. Snow, et al., now or formerly, 380.00 feet to a point; thence northerly along land now or formerly of the Town of Chelmsford, 125.00 feet to the southerly line of Naylor Street; thence easterly along the southerly line of Naylor Street, 375.00 feet to the point of beginning.


or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the purpose of installing and erecting School Bus Signs and School Stop Safety Signs; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Sidewalk Snow Plow for the Highway Department, such purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Steam Cleaner for the Highway Department; such purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Sand Spreader for the Highway Department, such purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund a certain sum of money for the purchase of six (6) Snow Plows for the Highway Department; such purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 26. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 25, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, by good and sufficient Bill of Sale, six (6) old Snow Plows now being used by the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Truck for the Highway Department, such purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 28. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 27, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, by good and sufficient Bill of Sale, a truck now being used by the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 construction; or act in relation thereto.




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