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CHARLES A. CHAMBERLAIN Term expires March, 1906 HOMER M. SEAVEY, Secretary Term expires March, 1906
*Deceased April 25, 1903. Oscar R. Spalding elected to fill unexpired term.
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Trustees of J. V. Fletcher Library.
CATHERINE A. KEBLER Term expires March, 1904
WILLIAM E. FROST, Chairman . Term expires March, 1905
JOSEPH R. DRAPER Term expires March, 1906
Librarian. MARY P. BUNCE.
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
MELBOURNE F. HUTCHINS Term expires March, 1904 GEORGE T. DAY Term expires March, 1905
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD Term expires March, 1906
Tree Warden. WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK.
Field Drivers.
NATHANIEL J. DECATUR, MATTHEW F. DOWNS, ALVAN FISHER.
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Fence Viewers.
AUGUSTUS BUNCE,
ALVIN G. POLLEY,
ALMON S. VOSE.
Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber.
WILLARD H. BEEBE, WILLIAM W. JOHNSON, CLARENCE R. P. DECATUR, MICHAEL L. McGLINCHEY, HORACE E. GOULD, ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND, THOMAS E. SYMMES,
JOHN A. HEALY,
SAMUEL L. TAYLOR.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK.
Inspector of Animals. GEORGE T. DAY.
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Special Police Officers.
AI BICKNELL,
MARK M. MORRISON, LINCOLN A. REDDICK.
Fire Wards.
SAMUEL H. BALCH,
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK,
JOHN A. HEALY, HARRY L. NESMITH,
HENRY A. FLETCHER.
Forest Fire Wards.
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD.
· Weighers of Coal.
J. HERBERT FLETCHER,
JOHN M. FLETCHER,
J. WILLARD FLETCHER, ALFRED W. HARTFORD,
J. AUSTIN HEALY, WILLIAM W. JOHNSON,
JOSEPH THOMPSON, CHARLES E. WHIDDEN.
Superintendent of Streets. BENJAMIN F. DAY.
Agent for Burial of Deceased Soldiers. GEORGE T. DAY.
Agents of Board of Health.
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK,
WESLEY O. HAWKS.
Registrars of Voters.
ALFRED WOODBURY . Term expires April 30, 1904
NELSON L. TUTTLE Term expires April 30, 1905
QUINCY W. DAY . Term expires April 30, 1906
EDWARD FISHER, Clerk, ex officio.
Precinct Officers.
PRECINCT 1 .- Warden, Homer M. Seavey ; Deputy Warden, Walter J. Merritt; Clerk, John M. Fletcher; Deputy Clerk, J. Herbert Fletcher; Inspectors, T. Arthur E. Wilson, William H. H. Burbeck; Deputy Inspectors, Clarence R. P. Decatur, Way- land F. Balch.
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Precinct Officers .- Continued.
PRECINCT 2 .- Warden, Timothy D. Riney ; Deputy Warden, Albert R. Wall; Clerk, Walter C. Wright; Deputy Clerk, Hammet D. Wright; Inspectors, Joseph Wall, Henry A. Gurney; Deputy Inspectors, Henry J. Healy, Richard D. Prescott.
PRECINCT 3 .- Warden, Michael L. McGlinchey; Deputy Warden, Peter B. McGlinchey ; Clerk, William R. Taylor; Deputy Clerk, Samuel L. Taylor; Inspectors, Amos B. Polley, Edson G. Boynton; Deputy Inspectors, Henry B. Reed, James H. O'Brien.
Superintendent of Almshouse. SAMUEL H. BALCH.
Janitor of Town House and Library Building. AI BICKNELL.
Appraisers of Property at Town Farm.
ELBERT H. FLAGG,
JOHN M. FLETCHER,
HENRY B. REED.
Births.
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1903.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS' NAME.
April 8,
Anderson
Carl G. and Milda A. (Jonson)
Aug. 12,
Anderson, Carl Oscar
Oscar H and Susie (Cushman)
Nov. 27
Anderson, Hermon H
Gustof and Alma (Hesseland).
Nov, 29,
Blowey, Thomas H.
Samuel and Florence (Orange).
Mar.
30,
Boucher, Mary E E
Hermene and Lorinda (Benoit)
Nov.
õ,
Boyd, Harriett
John and Delia (Seymour)
Dec.
28, 31,
Canton, Joseph
Carl and Josephine (Byron)
Feb. 5,
Champagne. Arthur.
Louis and Mary (Demone) .
Aug.
19,
Colburn, Charles H.
Charles D. and Nora (Stearns)
Feb.
19, Dureault, Mary E. E.
Moses and Catherine (Guimont)
June
21,
Edwards, Walter W.
Frederick W. and Edith A. (McGregor)
June
30,
Flagg, Dorothy L ..
Elbert H. and Lucy M. (Warren)
Dec.
18,
Fletcher, Walter N.
Harry N. and Dora B. (Sargent)
April
22, 31,
Good, Pearl L.
John and Mary (O'Brien)
Dec.
4,
Griffin, Hellen L.
Charles M. and Nellie M. (Collins)
Mar.
6,
Houle, John J.
Amede and Sarah (Norman).
Feb.
12,
Hunt
Leonard and Annie (Whighan)
Sept.
8,
Frank T. and Mary (Ackerson)
Nov.
25,
Johnson, Ruth
William H. and Amy (Perkins).
June
13,
Kimball John Allen
George A. and Annie (Wilson)
Feb.
4,
Le May, Leonard W.
Joseph and Susan M. (Newman)
Apr.
1,
LeClare Leo
Louis and Melvina (LeClare).
Oct.
27,
McDonald, Leo C.
Alexander and Margaret E. (Riney) ..
Jan.
24,
Milot, Marie R ...
Dennis and Delia (Lempron)
Oct. April
3, 23,
Mountain, Walter E.
Ernest G. and Catherine ( Whigham) . Jacob and Hiela (Noteman)
Nov. Mar. 8,
O'Dell, Ethel A.
Charles and Cora (Crockett)
Aug. 20,
Prue, George
Felix and Victoria (LeClaire) .
April 20,
Reed, Thomas W.
Ephraim and Martha (Brown)
Jan.
10,
Seymour
Henri and Marie V. (Scott).
Nov.
10,
Silver, Ida
Charles and Annie (Silverberg)
Oct.
25,
Tanchi, Anna
Deminico and Isabella (Pietrafese)
Dec.
1,
Watt, Thomas R.
Charles L. and Christiana J. (Russell) ..
Oct.
Girouard, Mary E.
Alfred and Nellie (Morrin)
Jan.
15,
Ingalls, Gladys Johnson
Harry M. and Zina L. (Mitchell)
May 1,
McCarthy, Joseph E.
Joseph F. and Josephine (Brisson) . .
Miner, Kathleen H.
Charles H. and Clara M. (Hildreth)
29,
Noteman
Joseph D. and Albertine (LeClaire) . .
Jan.
Byron Armand F.
Two stillborn. Number recorded : males, 24 ; females, 18 ; total, 42.
Marriages.
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1903.
Date.
NAMES.
Age.
Residence.
Birthplace.
Sept. 23,
Bell, Robert J.
23
Westford.
Gananoque
Walkden, Jessie A.
20
Westford
Westford.
April 12,
Caunter, Franklin R.
27
Westford.
Winchendon
Shattuck, Ella M.
22
Westford .
Westford.
June 24,
Chamberlain, Charles A.
30
Westford.
Westford.
Feb. 21,
Del Favero, Bortolo
21
Westford .
Italy
21
Westford.
Italy
Feb. 9,
Gijnac, Joseph A. Gubunt, Fredine
22
Westford
Canada
June 6,
Gould, George E. Nathans, Ida M.
41
Westford
Portland
July 20,
Leduc, Ferdinand J.
25
Westford.
Canada
Frechette, Eugence
19
Westford .
Canada
June 10,
Leith, Hugh F.
34
Westford.
Scotland .
Sept. 29,
McGlinchey, Peter J. Quessey, Emma M
34
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Sept. 5,
Moran, Joseph A. Boynton, Sarah A
21
Westford.
Lowell
Dec. 18,
Nyberg, Antt F.
30
Westford.
Finland
Hamallainen, Anna.
22
Troy, N. H.
Finland
June ; 22,
Prescott, Harry B. Bremner, Alexina
21
Chelmsford
Scotland .
May 20,
Riney, Frank D. Sheehan, Margaret E.
38
Westford.
Waltham
Sept. 5,
Scott, Alexander
28
Westford
Scotland
Aug. 15,
Sundbury, John O.
24
Westford .
Sweden
Mar. 24,
Tancrele, Noe
21
Westford.
Williamsburg
Sept. 23,
Wall, Albert R. Dunn, Julia B ..
29
Westford
Chelmsford
Nov. 11,
Wyman, William W. Billings, Elizabeth A.
21
Westford.
Westford.
20
Westford .
N. B.
31
Newton
Charlestown
De Leatto, Geltrude
23
Westford
Canada
48
Westford
Tyngsboro
Brown, Edith H.
25
Concord .
Concord
35
Westford .
Chelmsford
23
Westford.
Lawrence
28
Westford.
Westford.
33
Westford.
Wilton, N. H.
St. John, Marie L.
23
Westford.
Winchendon
Johnson, Christina
30
Westford .
Sweden
La France, Salvina
17
Westford .
Canada ..
31
Westford .
Westford.
Sanborn, Katherina W.
Number of marriages recorded, 18.
Deaths.
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1903.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES, ETC.
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Aug. 23,
Boucher, Mary E., daughter of Hermene and Lerendy (Boucher)
Mar. 7,
Brow, Wesley G., son of Lawrence J. and Jane (Thomas)
27
16
Mar. 16,
Carkin, Isaac W., son of Isaac and Catherine (Lund)
81
11
April 19,
Downs, Frank I .. , son of Matthew F. and Mary A. (Prentiss)
47
25
Dec. 27,
Drew, Sarah, widow of Greenleaf
79
8
Mar. 1,
Gignac, Origene, son of Moses and Victoria (Gauthier)
3
6
Mar. 31,
Gilson, Joan, widow of Samuel S. .
76
11
July 19,
Girouard, Marie F.F., daughter of Albert and Delvina(Raymond)
3
Mar.
17,
Gould, Edwin, son of Joseph and Polly (Smith)
80
10
3
April 13,
Harrap, Thomas, son of John and Betsey (Harrap)
67
1
9
Mar.
19,
Houle, John J., son of Amede and Sarah (Norman)
1
11
16
July
26,
Le May, Leonard W., son of Joseph and Susie (Newman)
5
21
July 4,
MeLaughlin, Arthur, son of John and Mary
64
May 13,
McNaughton, Helen M., daughter of Matthew A. and Catherine. (Bell)
8
16
13
Sept. 20,
Morton, Everett F., son of Finnemore and Lillie E. (Northrup) Nutting, Esther R., widow of J. Parker
81
4
Aug. 12,
Prescott, Olive A., daughter of Luther and Olive
62
2
6
April 25,
Richardson, Albert, P., son of Solomon and Sarah E. (Tufts) Rushworth, Mary H.
60
1
22
April 30,
Seifer, Christopher F, son of Christopher and Catherine (Fiskel) .
63
4
22
Nov. 9,
Vose, William M., son of Josiah and Mary
80
Feb. 5,
Wilkerson, Joseph D., son of Robert and Anna (Durant)
84
7
Jan. 23,
Wright, Jeptha, son of Bela and Sarah
75
12
Nov. 2,
Zanghi, Isabella P.
27
Males. Females.
Total.
Whole number recorded.
.20
10
30
Number of deaths in town
20
9
29
Residents of Westford
.19
10
29
Nov. 29,
Harris, Charles A., son of Abbot and Rebecca (Blanchard)
64
13
Feb. 26,
Johnson, Carl E. L., son of Frank T. and Mary (Ackerson)
Aug. 12,
La Clair, Leo L., son of Louis and M. (La France)
4
April 5,
5
4
24
April 22,
67
E.,
6 3
433
Note.
All persons are respectfully requested to examine the fore- going reports of births, marriages and deaths, and report to the Town Clerk any errors or omissions that may be discerned therein, so that the records may be corrected. An error in the record, other than a mistake in copying a certificate or return, can be corrected only in accordance with a deposition under oath, made by one who was required by law to furnish the information for the original record, or by three or more creditable persons having knowledge of the case. (See Revised Laws, Chapter 29, Sections 9 and 14.)
Births occurring late in the year are sometimes returned without the Christian name. In such cases parents should. return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as incom- pleteness of the record may involve some trouble in the future.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying therefor with blanks for return of births, as required by law.
EDWARD FISHER,
Town Clerk.
Town Clerk's Report on Dogs.
NUMBER OF DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER, 1903.
142 males at $2.00 $284 00
13 females at $5.00 65 00
Total $349 00
Clerk's fees, 155 licenses at 20 cents 31 00
Balance paid into County Treasury $318 00
Number of licenses since last return, November 30th, 1903: males, 21; females, 2; total, 23.
Number returned by Assessors: Males, 157; females, 12; total, 169.
OWNERS AND KEEPERS OF DOGS WHO HAVE PROCURED LICENSES SINCE LAST REPORT, FEB. 16, 1903.
Abbot, Alice C.
Carkin, Warren E.
Abbot, Edward M.
Carmichael, James H. (m. & f.)
Abbot, John C.
Carmichael, John, Jr.
Balch, Samuel H.
Carver, William R.
Banister, Frank W.
Catchpole, Henry
Barlow, Frank
Champaign Louis
Blaisdell, Alvin ,
Comey, Arthur H.
Blodgett, Josiah W.
Connell, John H.
Blood, Napoleon B.
Cummings, Charles M.
Boynton, John
Cummings, Edward M.
Bridgford, Ralph
Decatur, Clarence R. P.
Brown, John H.
Decatur, John H.
Burbeck, John
Decatur, Nathaniel J.
Burke, Dennis Burnham, Arthur H.
Decatur, William H. (m. & f.)
Bussey, George W.
Delorenzo, Celeste
Butterworth, William L.
Demers, Thomas
Cameron, Alexander A.
Desmond, David
Cameron, Donald M.
Del Favero, Bartolo
Drew, Annie B.
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Driscoll, Michael D. Edwards, Charles Edwards, Frederick W. Eliason, Lars J. Elliott, Matthew Feeney, John
Field, Adelbert L.
Fisher, Alvan
Fletcher, Harry N. (3)
Fletcher, Henry A. (3)
Fletcher, J. Herbert
Flynn, John Gardell, Auguste
Goode, Jonathan
Gould, Horace E.
Mellor, Thomas
Gregory, Frank
Miller, Frank
Mountain, Ernest
Mountain, George E.
Murphy, Frank
Murphy, Henry J.
Healy, Frank
Healy, John A. (2)
Healy, Henry J.
Healy, Ruby
O'Brien, James H.
O'Brien, John
O'Brien, John W. Orange, Abraham Osgood, Susan A. Page, A. M. Polley, Alvin G.
Prescott, Albert
Jarvis, Everett P. (f.)
Provost, Thomas N.
Purcell, Herman L.
Pyne, Olive Quinn, John
Kebler, Elizabeth A.
Kendrick, George W. (f.)
Kimball, George E.
Knight, Joseph E. Ladeau, Alfred F. Larkin, Thomas J. Leland, George A. Mann, Evelena L.
Marden, L. Everet Marden, Lewis J. Marshall, Peter Martin, Frederick McCarthy, Joseph F.
McCarthy, Robert J. McCoy, Frederick L. McDonald, Angus McDougall, Alexander
McGlinchey, Michael L. McGlinchey, Peter J. McLeod, Donald J McMaster, Harry C.
Meades, Dwight H.
Greig, John L.
Griffin, Charles M.
Gurney, Henry A.
Hall, John Harrington, Henry P.
Murphy, William Nesmith, Harry L. (f.)
Nutting, Benjamin F.
O'Brien, James (3)
Heaiy, Ruby A. (f.) Healy, Stephen Henry, Mary Hildreth, Charles W.
Hinckley, Sylvanus
Houghton, Henry
Hunt, Edward Irish, George F. (f.)
Prior, Arthur L.
Jesson, Thomas Jenne, Albert E. Johnson, William W.
Read, Henry B.
Reddick, Lincoln A. (f.)
Reed, Charles W. (2)
Richardson, Joseph T. Salls, Reuben
Sargent, Charles G. Sears, Harry F. Seemes, Lixey W.
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Seifer, William F. Seymour, Henry Shaw, Frank A. Shorey, Fred H. (f.) Shugrue, Charles F.
Snow, Fred L.
Whitney, Hamilton (f.)
Splaine, John B. (m. & f.)
Stephens, Reinhold
Swanson, Noah
Woods, William L.
Sweat, Marion Sweetser, Judson F.
Wright, Flora M.
Wright, Frank C.
Sweetser, Warren P.
Wright, Hammet D.
Toper, Samuel
Wright, William E.
Tonsignant, David
Wyman, George W.
Valentine, Mary
Wyman, Walter W.
York, Mabel C.
Voyer, Peter (2 m. & f.)
Ward, John E. Wayne, William Whidden, Elmer H.
Whigham, William (2) Whitney, Charles H. (f.)
Wilkerson, Lizzie Wilson, T. Arthur E.
Annual Town Meeting, March 16, 1903.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the Town House, March 16, 1903, the following business was transacted :
1. John M. Fletcher and T. Arthur E. Wilson, appointed Tellers by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk and took charge of the check list and ballot box respectively.
2. Chose Herbert E. Fletcher, Moderator.
The Selectmen appointed William E. Frost and Joseph Wall, Ballot Clerks, who were sworn by the Town Clerk and received from him the official ballots and gave their receipts therefor. The ballot box was opened, and found to be empty the register was placed at zero. The polls were declared open at 8.15 A. M., and the voters then proceeded to bring in their ballots for the officers named in Article 2, and on the following question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
Upon the order of the Moderator and Town Clerk the ballots were removed from the ballot box before the close of the polls, and Walter J. Merritt and Peter McGlinchey appointed by the Moderator to assist in canvassing such ballots, they were sworn by the Town Clerk. It was voted to hold the polls open until 1.15 P. M.
At 1.15 p. M. the polls were declared to be closed. The register stood at 305. Number of names checked on ballot clerks' list and ballot box list was: Males, 299; females, 3; total, 302.
Number of ballots cast: Males, 299; females, 3; total 302.
3. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.
4. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen on guide boards as printed.
5. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen on naming Streets and Roads as printed. It was later voted, to rescind
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the action taken in this Article and then voted to accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen on naming Streets and Roads as printed.
6. Voted to accept and adopt the report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed, substituting in place of the figures $253 appearing in the Schedule of Personal Property at Alms- house, the figures $553.
7. Voted to accept and adopt the report of the School Committee as printed.
8. Voted to accept and adopt the report of the Trustees of the Public Library as printed. This report recommends "that the sum of $150 be raised and appropriated in addition to the sum received for dog licenses in 1904, for the purchase of books and periodicals during the ensuing year."
9. Voted to accept and adopt the report of the Commis- sioners of Public Burial Grounds. This report recommends "that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the coming year, the same to be expended for the care and improve- ment of the various cemeteries."
10. Voted to accept the report of the Auditor as printed.
11. Voted to permit David L. Greig to withdraw his name from the list of jurors submitted by the Selectmen.
Voted to add the name of Walter A. Whidden to the jury list in place of David L. Greig.
Voted to accept the list of jurors as reported by the Select- men, and as amended by the prior vote. The list is as follows: William H. H. Burbeck, laborer; Augustine W. Carkin, quarry- man; Ernest H. Dane, painter; Quincy W. Day, farmer; Elbert H. Flagg, farmer; John M. Fletcher, merchant; John Feeney, harness maker; Walter A. Whidden; Edwin E. Heywood, farmer; George H. Hartford, farmer; Frank H. Hildreth, farmer; George A. Kimball, farmer; Joseph E. Knight, wheelwright; Henry J. Murphy, farmer; Elmer E. Nutting, machinist; James O'Brien, blacksmith; Charles E. Osgood, carpenter; Judsons Parsons, farmer; Wilbert E. Parsons, provision dealer; Nathan Prescott, painter; Amos B. Polley, farmer; Ossian V. Robey, carpenter; Almon S. Vose, farmer; John Wilson, farmer; J. Everett Woods, farmer; Alfred Woodbury, farmer.
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12. Voted that the compensation of the Tax Collector be one per cent. on the amount collected.
13. Voted that $3,000 be raised and appropriated for repair of roads and bridges.
Voted to appropriate $1,000 additional for the repair of roads and bridges.
14. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000 for town debts and charges.
15. Voted to raise and appropriate $6,000 for public schools. Voted to appropriate $100 additional to be expended by the School Committee for the teaching of music in the schools.
16. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,500 to pay tuition of high school scholars, residents of the Town, at Westford Academy.
17. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,200 for support of the poor.
18. Voted to appropriate $600 from the funds of the Town to purchase school text books and supplies.
19. Voted to adopt Article 19 as printed. Article 19 .- "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes for the current year and payable therefrom, and act in relation to the same.
20. Voted that the taxes of those who pay only a poll tax be payable at sight and all other taxes shall be payable on the first day of January next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Collector shall charge interest on such overdue taxes at the rate of six per cent per annum, and collect the same according to law. There shall be allowed a discount on all taxes assessed, of five per cent. if paid on or before October 1st, and three per cent. if paid on or before December 1st next, if the whole tax assessed to them is paid at one time. The Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Tax Collector within three days after the first days of October and December, and said Collector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all the money he may have received on or before the fifth days
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of October and December, and furthermore, the Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Collector between the fifteenth and twentieth days of February next, and the Collector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all money he may have received within five days after the said twentieth day of February, and the Assessors are instructed to complete the assessment of taxes on or before July 1st next, and issue their warrant to the Col- lector of Taxes with a list of persons assessed with their places of abode, within five days after the said first day of July.
21. Chose the following officers by hand vote: Field Drivers, Nathaniel J. Decatur, Matthew F. Downs, Alvan Fisher. Fence Viewers, Augustus Bunce, Alvin G. Polley, Almon S. Vose. Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber, Samuel L. Taylor, Thomas E. Symmes, Horace E. Gould, Clarence R. P. Decatur, John A. Healy, Willard H. Beebe, Michael L. McGlinchey, William W. Johnson, Alonzo H. Suther- land.
22. Voted to appropriate $50 to commemorate Memorial Day.
23. Voted to appropriate $75 to distribute books from the Public Library among the citizens of Graniteville, Forge Village and Brookside.
24. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as the agents of the town for the purpose specified in Article 24. Article 24 .- "To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agents in any suit or suits that may arise during the current year; also, in such other matters which may arise requiring, in their judgment, the action of such agent, and act in relation to the same."
25. Voted to adopt Article 25, which read as follows: "To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to mail a copy of the Annual Town Report to voters and property holders only, and act in relation to the same."
26. Voted to appropriate $50, the same to be expended in the manner defined in Article 26, which read as follows: "To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $50 to be expended in such manner as the Tree Warden and Village
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Improvement Society may direct, for the purpose of protecting shade trees or setting out the same in improvement of the road- side, and act in relation to the same."
27. Voted to adopt Article 27 as printed, which read as follows: "By request of the Abbot Worsted Co., H. E. Fletcher & Co., George C. Moore, William C. Edwards, Herbert V. Hil- dreth and C. G. Sargent's Sons, to see if the town will appropriate $200 for the suppression of the liquor traffic in town, and instruct and authorize the Selectmen to employ or appoint Constables or police officers to enforce the law, and act in relation to the same."
28. The votes having been counted, the following named were found, and declared to be, elected to the respective offices :
Town Clerk-Edward Fisher.
Selectman-Wesley O. Hawkes.
Assessor-Samuel L. Taylor.
Overseer of the Poor-Arthur H: Burnham.
Town Treasurer-Nahum H. Wright.
Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.
Auditor-Hugh F. Leith.
Constables-Samuel H. Balch, John A. Healy.
School Committee-Charles A. Chamberlain, Homer M. Seavey.
Trustee of J. V. Fletcher Library-Joseph R. Draper.
Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-George W. Hey- wood.
Tree Warden-William H. H. Burbeck.
"Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town"-Yes, 117; No, 161.
The ballots, used and unused, were enclosed in separate envelopes, as also the voting lists, and sealed, duly endorsed as required by law, and delivered to the Town Clerk.
29. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
30. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Special Town Meeting, July 29, 1903.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Westford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the Town House, July 29, 1903, the following business was transacted :-
1. John M. Fletcher and T. Arthur E. Wilson appointed tellers by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk, and took charge of the check list and ballot box respectively.
2. Chose Sherman H. Fletcher moderator.
3. The Selectmen then appointed William E. Frost and William H. H. Burbeck ballot clerks, who were sworn by the Town Clerk, and received from him the official ballots and receipted therefor. The ballot box was opened, and found to be empty the register was placed at zero. The voters then pro- ceeded to bring in their ballots for the officer named in Article 2. At 1 o'clock P. M., the polls were declared to be closed; the regis- ter stood at 20.
The number of names checked on the ballot box and ballot clerks' list was 20. The number of ballots cast was 20.
The ballots were sorted, counted and announced, as the law requires ; the result was as follows :
Selectman-Oscar R. Spalding; 20 votes.
Oscar R. Spalding was declared to be elected.
The ballots, used and unused, were enclosed in separate envelopes, as also the voting lists, sealed and duly endorsed as required by law, and delivered to the Town Clerk.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Special Town Meeting, October 9, 1903.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, Mass., qualified to vote in town affairs, held at the Town House, Oct. 9, 1903, the following business was transacted:
1. Sherman H. Fletcher chosen moderator.
2. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized and empowered to appoint a person to complete the collection of the unpaid taxes for the years 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902, and that such person receive a compensation of 4% on the amount collected. That whoever be appointed for the collection of taxes for the years 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902 be instructed to use the full power granted by law for the collection of taxes and that, at the end of sixty days from the time when the taxes for said years are com- mitted to him for collection, he is hereby directed to sell, according to law, all parcels of real estate on which there may be unpaid taxes of said years; also that he be authorized to mail, at the expense of the town, tax bills to each person whose taxes for said years are unpaid, and that the Town Clerk shall furnish him a sufficient number of copies of the instructions given him by this meeting for mailing with said tax bills.
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