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Bicknell, Charles H.
1 00
Blodgett, W. G.
1 00
Boynton, Mrs. D. L.
1 00
Brooks, Charles
2 00
Buckingham, Mrs. Lizzie
4 00
Bunce, Miss Mary P
2 00
Burbeck. John
1 00
Burbeck, Wm. H. H.
2 00
Burnett, Wm.
1 00
Burnham, Arthur H.
1 00
Butterworth, Mrs. J. T.
1 00
Butterworth, Wm. L.
1 00
Calvert, Mrs. Frank
1 00
Carkin, W. E.
1 00
Carkin, A. W.
1 00
Catchpole, Henry
1 00
Caunter, Frank
2 00
Day, Arthur E.
1 00
Defoe, Mrs. Lizzie
1 00
De Roehn, Mrs. Andrew
1 00
Doucette, Mrs. Martha
2 50
Drew, F. C.
1 00
Feeney, John
1 00
Fisher, Edward
1 00
Fletcher, H. N.
1 00
Fletcher, John M
3 00
Fletcher, J. W.
1 00
Amount carried forward $42 50
101
Amount brought forward
$42 50
Fletcher, Lorenzo, Estate of
8 00
Fletcher, L. H. 1 00
Frost, Mrs. W. E.
1 00
Gardell, August.
1 00
Gilson, L. S.
2 00
Gower, George
1 00
Greig, John
1 00
Haley, Frank
1 00
Hanning, Elisha
7 00
Harrington, James W.
1 00
Harris, Mrs. C. A.
1 00
Hawkes, W. O.
1 00
Healey, Mrs. Ruby
1 00
Heywood, Albert W.
8 00
Hildreth, Frank C.
1 00
Humiston, Elliot F.
2 00
Hunt, Edmund J.
2 00
Isles, Mrs. Joseph
1 00
Jenne, A.
2 00
Johnson, Andrew
1 00
Johnson, W. W.
1 00
Kabele, Henry M.
1 00
Keyes, Mrs. Lucy A.
1 00
Kimball, James L.
1 00
Mattson, John.
2 50
Martin, John
1 00
McClenna, Mrs. Lillian
1 00
McCoy, Fred L.
1 00
McDougal, Alec
8 00
McDougal, Mrs. A.
1 00
Millis, Willard
8 00
Mills, Mrs. Hugh
1 00
Morin, Mrs. J. A.
1 00
Morton, F.
1 00
Amount carried forward
$115 00
102
Amount brought forward
$115 00
Mountain, George E.
1 00
Nesmith, Harry L. 1 00
Orange, W. H.
1 00
Orr, Robert
1 00
Parker, Mrs. Clyde
1 00
Perkins, Joseph
1 00
Phillips, Norman A.
1 00
Prescott, Ebenezer
2 00
Prescott, Mrs. Frances A.
1 00
Prinn, Alfred
1 00
Pyne, Mrs. J. W.
2 50
Richardson, Mrs. Alma M.
2 00
Richardson, Joseph
1 00
Shattuck, Mrs. D. H.
1 00
Shea, Frank
1 00
Sherman, Mrs. David
1 00
Stewart, Mrs. James
2 00
Sutherland, A. H.
8 00
Sutherland, Wm.
8 00
Sweetser, Judson.
1 00
Symmes, Mrs. Thomas E
3 00
Taylor, S. L.
2 00
Turner, Miss Lizzie
1 00
Walkden, James A.
1 00
Walker, George A.
8 00
Weaver, George
8 00
Welch, Mrs. Wm.
2 00
White, Wm.
1 00
Willis, Sam'l
1 00
Wilson, James D.
5 00
Wilson, Mrs. Margaret
8 00
Woods, Wm. L.
2 00
Wright, F. C.
1 00
York, J. Ellsworth.
2 00
Amount carried forward
$199 50
103
NON-RESIDENTS.
Amount brought forward $199 50
Abbot, Mrs. E. S., Boston 5 00
Adams, Mrs. C. L., So. Chelmsford 1 00
Allen, Mrs. Ida, Lowell. 1 00
Boden, Mrs. Albert, Nashua, N. H.
1 00
Brow, Mrs. L. J., Dunstable
1 00
Bucklen, Mrs. Hattie, Boston
1 00
Buxton, Mrs. J. C., Lowell
1 00
Carpenter, Eugene, Newton
1 00
Carrick, Mrs. Alice, Worcester
1 00
Caunter, Miss Marion W., W. Fitchburg
1 00
Chamberlain, Mrs. E. H., Cheraw, S. C.
1 00
Cockroft, Herbert, Ware
1 00
Coggeshall, Dexter E., Danvers
1 00
Coolidge, Miss Annie M., Lowell
1 00
Craven, Mrs. Emily L., Lowell
1 00
Cummings, Geo. W., Lowell
1 00
Davie, Wm. L., No. Chelmsford
1 00
Davis, Miss Alice L., Somerville
1 00
Decatur, Burt, Springfield
1 00
Dugdale, R. J., Anaheim, Cal. 1 00
Dupee, C. F., Lowell 3.00
Felch, Mrs. A. M., Greenfield, N. H. 1 00
Felch, Samuel, Chelmsford
2 00
Fletcher, F. L., Somerville
1 00
Griffin, Frank A., Lowell
8 00
Guild, Mrs. Carrie and E. M. Mills, Lowell
8 00
Hagarty, Mrs. F. M., Waltham
1 00
Hamlin, Geo. P., Boston
1 00
Harris, Geo. E., Rockland
1 00
Harrup, Mrs. James, E. Providence, R. I.
1 00
Hewett, Miss C. E., Medfield
1 00
Heywood, Mrs. Edwin E., Arlington Heights 3 50
Hildreth, Mrs. Ellen A., Pelham, N. H. 5 00
Amount carried forward $260 00
104
Amount brought forward $260 00
Hildreth, F. A., Malden 2 00
Hildreth, Miss Helen C., Harvard. 1 00
Hindle, Frank, Chelmsford 2 50
Holt, Mrs. E. H., Lowell 1 00
Horne, Geo. F., Somerville. 1 00
Hunt, Geo. W., Tyngsboro 1 00
Hutchinson, H. A., Chelmsford 3 00
Johnson, Miss Almira L., Melrose Highlands 1 00
Kierstead, Sanford, Waltham 1 00
King, Mrs. A. M., Gatun-Canal Zone, Panama 1 00
Laws, Mrs. J. H., W. Somerville 1 00
Longbottom, Walter, Arlington Heights
1 00
Longley, Albert W., Bishop Inyo Co., Cal.
1 00
Martin, Mrs. Josephine, Ayer
1 00
Moss, James W., Boston
1 00
E. R. Parker and Sister, Chelmsford .
8 00
Parker, O. A., Waltham
2 00
Petherick, W. H., Leominster
1 00
Read, Henry B., Barre
1 00
Reed, Geo. G., Lowell
1 00
Richardson, M. T., New York City, N. Y.
1 00
Ripley, Mrs. F. K., No. Chelmsford
1 00
Saville, Wm., Boston 1 00
Schworer, Mrs. Louis, Bradford
1 00
Scrutton, Mrs. E. H., Lowell
1 00
Searles, Mrs. C. J., Lowell
1 00
Smith, Allen G., Littleton
1 00
Spalding, J. F., Melrose
1 00
Stancomb, Richard, Leominster
1 00
Stiles, F. O., Littleton 1 00
Stiles, Mrs. H. S., Mayville, N. Y. 1 00
Sweatt, Miss Jessie M., Boston
1 00
Taylor. A. D., Boston
2 00
Waller, Mrs. Nettie J., Chelmsford.
1 00
Amount carried forward $307 50
105
Amount brought forward $307 50
Wheeler, Miss Delia, Westminster 1 00
Wheeler, Isaac G., Allston 1 00
Willis, Wm. T., Lowell
1 00
Wood, Henry O., No. Chelmsford
1 00
Woodbury, Mrs. Emma A., Dracut
1 00
Wright, Mrs. Emma E., Lowell
1 00
$313 50
WESTLAWN.
Cutter, Miss M. E., for Cutter lot
$ 1 00
Day, Geo. T., for Day lot
2 00
Leighton, Mrs. Helen W., for A. R. Leighton lot 1 00
Prescott, Miss Ida L., for Sam'1 L. Prescott lot
1 00
Wright, F. C., for Joseph E. Wright lot 1 00
6 00
Amount received for care of lots
$319 50
EXPENSES.
FAIRVIEW.
Paid Walter Blanchard for labor $222 35
Andrew Healy for labor
16 15
Edward Perkins for labor
72 79
Perley E. Wright for loam
21 00
D. L. Greig for loam
34 00
D. L. Greig and others for labor
65 00
Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer
51 50
Wright & Fletcher as per bill
6 90
C. B. Coburn for oil and gilding
2 17
Abbot Worsted Co., repairing lawn
mowers 3 00
Amount carried forward
$494 86
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WESTLAWN.
Amount brought forward $494 86 Paid Charles D. Colburn for care of ceme- tery $ 12 00
Charles D. Colburn for painting and gilding markers 2 00
Charles D. Colburn, care of lots as per bill 26 00
Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer
6 00
$ 46 00
HILLSIDE.
Paid E. J. Whitney for care of cemetery . . . $ 10 00
E. J. Whitney for care of lots as per bill 8 00
E. J. Whitney for loam 1 50
E. J. Whitney for grass seed, etc. 75
Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer 4 00
$ 24 25
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Courier-Citizen Co., printing 2 receipt books. . $ 4 07
Courier-Citizen Co., printing 300 notice cards 2 00
Courier-Citizen Co. for 300 stamped and addressed envelopes 7 75
Express charges
50
$ 14 32
Amount expended
$579 43
107
Amount received from the Town $152 17
for care of lots 319 50
66
from Perpetual Care Fund 104 00
Balance in hands of Commissioners, 1913 3 88
Amount received $579 55
Amount expended
579 43
Balance in hands of Commissioners $ 12
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
NAME.
CEMETERY.
FUND.
Ephraim Abbot
Fairview
$ 100 00
J. W. P. Abbot
100 00
Cyrus Babbitt
50 00
Albert Bailey
50 00
Sally B. Burrill
66
100 00
Mary E. Brigham
66
100 00
Mary E. Brigham (Kittredge lot) 66
100 00
Susan A. Butterfield.
100 00
Buxton & Parker
50 00
Francis Caldwell
50 00
John Carmichael
100 00
John B. Carmichael
100 00
Elisha Case
50 00
William Chandler
Hillside
100 00
Jonathan Collins
Fairview
50 00
P. G. Collins
50 00
George Davis
50 00
Joshua C. Decatur
66
50 00
Charles S. Dodge
66
100 00
Cephas Drew
50 00
George Drew
50 00
Thomas Drew
66
50 00
Edmund F. Dupee
50 00
Rachel Dupee
50 00
Wm. Z. Dupee
50 00
Daniel Falls
50 00
Alvan Fisher lot
66
150 00
Abijah Fletcher
50 00
Andrew Fletcher
100 00
Charles H. Fletcher
50 00
Julia A. Fletcher
66
50 00
Amount carried forward
$2200 00
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Amount brought forward
$2200 00
Lorenzo Fletcher, F. A. Snow Ex.
100 00
Sherman D. Fletcher
50 00
Sherman D. Fletcher
Westlawn
50 00
L. A. Folland
Fairview
50 00
Charles H. Follansbee
Hillside
100 00
George Q. Gilson
Fairview
50 00
Susan E. Green
100 00
John Greig
66
100 00
Adams Griffin
66
50 00
Joseph B. Griffin.
100 00
Timothy L. Griffin lot, by Viola Griffin Whitehead . .
50 00
Theodore H. Hamblett
50 00
C. & C. A. Hamlin
100 00
George R. Harrison
50 00
Ephraim A. Harwood
100 00
M. Hennessey
50 00
Henry Herrick.
Westlawn
100 00
George W. Heywood lot
Fairview
50 00
Levi Heywood tomb
50 00
Samuel Horne
50 00
Melbourne F. Hutchins
Westlawn
100 00
Samuel M. Hutchins
Fairview
100 00
Hutchins & Blood.
Westlawn
50 00
Louisa Joint.
Fairview
50 00
Grace Lawrence
Westlawn
50 00
Silas Lawrence & Mrs. Drake
100 00
Francis Leighton.
50 00
Isiah Leighton Fairview
100 00
Mazuzan and Whitney
200 00
Edwin D. Metcalf
50 00
Josiah A. Osgood (John
Osgood lot)
50 00
Amount carried forward
$4500 00
110
Amount brought forward
$4500 00
John M. Osgood 6
95 25
James M. Parker
66
50 00
Fletcher Peckens.
50 00
Sarah Precious
66
50 00
Prescott and Babbitt
100 00
Abram Prescott tomb Westlawn
50 00
Charles H. Prescott
100 00
Joseph F. Prescott
66
50 00
Frances A. Prescott
Fairview
50 00
Nathan P. Prescott
50 00
Mary A. Putnam
Hillside
100 00
Polly Quigg
Fairview
50 00
Abijah C. Reed
50 00
Anan Reed
Westlawn
50 00
Sarah S. Reed
100 00
Annie Richardson
Fairview
50 00
Olive A. Richardson
50 00
Samuel Richardson
50 00
George E. Burns, Ex. Estate
Sarah Richardson 100 00
Sarah Richardson
50 00
Sarah E. Richardson
50 00
Nancy Sargent
50 00
C. Frederick Seifer
50 00
Clara A. Smith
50 00
Levi Snow
100 00
Salmon L. Snow
66
100 00
Ephraim A. Stevens
66
50 00
Sarah E. P. Wells
Westlawn
100 00
Jacob Wendell
Hillside
100 00
Mary J. Wheeler
Fairview
50 00
Hiram Whitney
100 00
Clara M. Wiley
100 00
Luther Wilkins
66
75 00
Amount carried forward
$6770 25
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Amount brought forward
$6770 25
M. E. Willard (Hosley lot) .. Westlawn
100 00
John Wilson.
Fairview
50 00
Capt. Ezekiel Wright
Westlawn
50 00
G. J. and A. S. Wright
Fairview
100 00
N. H. Wright
100 00
Varnum B. Wright
25 00
$7,195 25
GEORGE T. DAY, Chairman and Secretary,
DAVID L. GREIG, JOHN A. HEALY,
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
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Finance Committee Report.
To the Voters and Taxpayers of Westford :-
The Finance Committee elected at the Annual Town Meeting held March 16, 1914, have held several meetings at which the various officials conducting the affairs of the several departments of the Town Government, have appeared and made requests for the appropriation of money by the Town sufficient to carry on in a satisfactory manner the work expected of them.
Each request has been carefully considered; also consider- ation has been given to the several special articles in the Warrant, the carrying out of which would require money.
As in the past, it is the aim of your Committee to recommend such appropriations as in their judgment will be sufficient to meet all reasonable requirements and still keep the rate of taxation as low as possible.
The Committee recommend that the following sums be raised and appropriated, action on which shall be taken by the voters at the Annual Meeting:
Art. 8 Public Library $1,000 00
66
9 Public Burial Grounds 175 00
12 Roads and Bridges 4,000 00
14 Town debts and charges 6,500 00
15 Support of Poor 1,300 00
66 16 Public Schools. 10,450 00
66 17 High School 3,100 00
66 18 School Text-books and Supplies 750 00
6 19 Salary of Supt. of Schools. 573 75
" 20 Repairs and maintenance of School- houses 1,000 00
21 Moth Department
1,050 00
22 Fire Department 450 00
Amount carried forward
$30,348 75
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Amount brought forward
$30,348 75
Art. 23 New Hose and Apparatus for Fire Department 400 00
24 Sidewalks
300 00
66
33 Medical Inspection in Schools
100 00
38 Memorial Day
150 00
39 Distribution of Library Books 100 00
Electric Lights
3,290 00
Hydrants
1,960 00
Notes and Interest
3,450 00
State and County Tax
8,100 00
$48,198 75
Less Income from State Treasurer $10,939 32
Poll Taxes 1,350 00
$12,289 32
Amount to be raised $35,909 43
With reference to Article 13 relating to the relocation and repair of the Acton road, the Committee recommends that the Town borrow the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), this being the amount required, same to be paid in four yearly instal- ments of five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, beginning in 1916.
Article 32. Your Committee has given special consideration to this Article, and, in explanation of the same, would refer you to the following extract from the Acts of 1907, Chapter 175, Section 12, which is as follows:
Section 12. The Town of Westford shall have the right, at any time during the continuance of the charter hereby granted, to take by purchase or by exercise of the right of eminent domain, the franchise, property and all the rights and privileges of said corporation, on payment to said corpor- ation of the actual cost of its franchise, works and property of any kind held under the provisions of this act. If the Town shall so take said property it shall, as part payment
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thereof, assume any indebtedness of said corporation incurred in the construction or improvement of the property, by lawful issue of bonds secured by mortgage. The Town, on taking as herein provided the property of said corporation, shall assume all of its outstanding obligations, including the bonds authorized by this act, and the amount thus assumed shall be deducted from the total amount to be paid by said Town to said corporation. Said corporation shall furnish to the Town of Westford, under oath, an itemized statement of the actual cost of the water supply system authorized under this act, together with a copy of all contracts made in providing and constructing said water supply system, and . any extension thereof, and shall furnish to said Town annually in the month of January an itemized statement, 'under oath, of its receipts and expenditures, which statement shall be submitted by the selectmen to the citizens of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting. This authority to take said franchise and property is granted on condition that the same is assented to by said Town by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting thereon at a meeting legally called for that purpose, and the taking, if by exercise of the right of eminent domain, shall be by filing in the registry of deeds for the northern district of the county of Middlesex a declara- tion of such taking, which shall include a certified copy of the article in the warrant under which the Town acted, and of the vote of the Town thereon showing that it was passed by a two-thirds vote, as herein required. In case the Town and the corporation shall be unable to agree upon the actual cost of said property, the supreme judicial court shall, upon application of either party and notice to the other, appoint three commissioners who shall determine the actual cost of said property, and whose award, when accepted by the court shall be final. Interest at the rate of six per cent. shall be included in said award from the date of the taking or purchase.
Should the Town vote to take advantage of this right, it would mean the expenditure of about eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000.00). Your Committee does not think it advisable at this time for the Town to encumber itself with a debt of this amount.
If the Town should vote to raise the sum of thirty-five thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and forty-three cents ($35,909.43) as recommended, the rate of taxation should be
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about sixteen dollars ($16.00) per thousand, this· rate being somewhat dependent on an increased State Tax, which, in all probability, would be offset by an increase in the Town's valuation.
The foregoing report we submit to you for your careful consideration.
GEORGE T. DAY, JULIAN A. CAMERON, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ELBERT H. FLAGG, HERBERT V. HILDRETH,
Finance Committee.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County.
GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at the Town House, in said Westford, on Monday, the eighth day of February, being the second Monday in said month, at 7.45 o'clock a. m. The polls will be opened at eight o'clock a. m., and may be closed at one o'clock p. m .; and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit :
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2nd. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, one Selectman, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, two School Com- mittee, one Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds, one Trustee of the Public Library, all for three years; Over- seer of Poor (to fill vacancy) ; Town Treasurer; Collector of Taxes, one Constable, one Auditor and one Tree Warden, all for one year; also to vote on the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
3rd. To hear the report of the Finance Committee, and act in relation to the same.
4th. To hear the report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
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5th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.
6th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.
7th. To hear the report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.
8th. To hear the report of the Trustees, and raise and appro- priate money to meet the expenses of the Public Library, and act in relation to the same.
9th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds, and act in relation to the same.
10th. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Auditor chosen to audit the accounts of the Town Officers, and act in relation to the same.
11th. To see if the Town will determine the compensation of the Tax Collector, and act in relation to the same.
12th. To raise and appropriate money to repair Roads and Bridges.
13th. To see if the Town will vote to borrow or raise and appro- priate, or borrow in part and raise and appropriate in part, money to alter and repair the Acton and Lowell Road, so-called, as ordered by the County Commissioners, and act in relation to the same.
14th. To raise and appropriate money for Town Debts and Charges.
15th. To raise and appropriate money for support of Poor.
16th. To raise and appropriate money for Public Schools.
17th. To raise and appropriate money for High School purposes.
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18th. To raise and appropriate money for School Text-Books and Supplies.
19th. To raise and appropriate money for the salary of the Superintendent of Schools.
20th. To raise and appropriate money for repairs and main- tenance of, and miscellaneous expenses incurred in con- nection with the various schoolhouses, and act in relation to the same.
21st. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for destruction of gypsy and brown tail moths and elm tree beetles, and act in relation to the same.
22nd. To raise and appropriate money to meet the expense of the Fire Department, and act in relation to the same.
23rd. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to purchase new hose and fire apparatus for the fire department, and act in relation to the same.
24th. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the construction and grading of sidewalks in the several villages, and act in relation to the same.
25th. To see if the Town will ratify and approve the action of the Board of Fire Engineers in establishing the hydrant installed on Bridge Street in Graniteville, and act in relation to the same.
26th. To hear the report of the committee chosen at the last annual meeting to investigate and report regarding the installation of a fire alarm system, and act in relation to the same.
27th. To see what action the Town will take relative to placing under the control of the Town Treasurer the funds and securities now in the possession of the committee in charge of the Whitney Playground, make provision for the payment of the annual expenses, and provide for the future investments of such funds, and act in relation to the same.
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28th. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to transfer in any year the unexpended balance of an appropriation of this department to any other appropriation made for this department, and act in relation to the same.
29th. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 43 of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws, authorizing the Select- men to grade and construct sidewalks and assess not exceeding one-half of the expense thereof upon abutters.
30th. To see what action the Town will take in regard to adopting a policy of having a check, a sufficient voucher, for the payment of the indebtedness of the Town, and act in relation to the same.
31st. To see what action the Town will take towards providing a proper heating apparatus for the Town Hall, and act in relation to the same.
32nd. To see if the Town will vote to take by purchase or by exercise of the right of eminent domain, the franchise property and all the rights and privileges of the Westford Water Company as authorized under the provisions of Chapter 175 of the Acts of the year 1907, and act in relation to the same.
33rd. To raise and appropriate money for medical inspection in the Public Schools, and act in relation to the same.
34th. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
35th. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the en- suing year, also the rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid at a time to be fixed by vote of the Town, and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the treasury,. and act in relation to the same.
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36th. To choose a Finance Committee.
37th. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, and act in relation to the same.
38th. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to commemorate Memorial Day, and act in relation to the same.
39th. By request of the citizens of Graniteville, Forge Village, and Parkerville, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars for the purpose of distributing books from the Public Library in these three villages, and act in relation to the same.
40th. To see if the Town will accept the hydrant installed on Orchard Street, so called, in Forge Village.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen.
OSCAR R. SPALDING, ANDREW JOHNSON, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER,
Selectmen of Westford.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.
FOR THE
School Year ending January 1, 1915
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WESTFO
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LOWELL, MASS., COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1915
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
THE ACADEMY.
1915.
Winter term closes March 19th 15 weeks Spring term begins March 29th, closes June 25th 13 66
SUMMER VACATION.
1915-1916.
Fall term begins Sept. 7th, closes Nov. 24th 12 weeks Winter term begins Nov. 29th, closes March 17th 15 66 Christmas Vacation of one week from Dec. 17th to Dec. 27th. Spring term begins March 27th, closes June 23rd 13
Total
40 weeks
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
1915.
Winter term closes March 12th 13 weeks Spring term begins March 29th, closes June 11th 11 66
SUMMER VACATION.
1915-1916.
Fall term begins Sept. 7th, closes Nov. 24th 12 weeks Winter term begins Nov. 29th, closes March 10th 13 66 Christmas Vacation of two weeks from Dec. 17th to Jan. 3rd. Spring term begins March 27th, closes June 9th 11
Total
36 weeks
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SPECIAL EXERCISE DAYS AND HOLIDAYS.
1915.
Feb. 12.
Lincoln exercises, one hour.
Feb. 19. Washington exercises, one hour.
April 16. Patriots' Day exercises, one hour.
April 23. Arbor Day exercises, one hour.
May 28 Memorial Day exercises, one hour.
Oct. 11. Columbus Day exercises, one hour.
Nov. 24. Thanksgiving Day exercises, one hour.
1916. .
Feb. 11. Lincoln exercises, one hour.
Feb. 21. Washington exercises, one hour.
April 18. Patriots' Day exercises, one hour.
May 29. Memorial Day exercises, one hour.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
The words "legal holiday" shall include the 22d day of February, the 19th day of April, the 30th day of May, the 4th day of July, the first Monday of September, the 12th day of October, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, or the day following, when any of the four days first mentioned, the 12th day of October or Christmas Day occurs on Sunday.
Arbor Day occurs on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal holiday.
Flag Day occurs on June 14th, and is not a legal holiday. It should be observed by any school then in session.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-1914-1915.
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, Chairman Term Expires 1915.
T. ARTHUR E. WILSON
Term Expires 1915.
JOHN P. WRIGHT
Term Expires 1916.
FRANK L. FURBUSH
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