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As highway work for the next few years, may be suggested further widening of Lowell Street and Salem Street, improvements on Woburn Street and more sidewalks.
The town is under obligation to Mr. C. A. Harriman for the gift of large quantities of cinders used on sidewalks and to Mrs. M. B. Hathaway, who gave the material for the widening of Salem Street.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIE B. McINTOSH.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Public documents received, 61 volumes.
Number of books purchased during the year, 157 volumes.
Number of books purchased to replace those worn out and de- stroyed on account of contagious disease, 8 volumes.
Number of books for circulation, 3571 volumes.
Number of books taken out during the year, 6370 volumes. Number of persons taking out books, 421.
The Library has been supplied a part of the year with the " Century " and " St. Nicholas " magazines.
ANNA T. SHELDON, Librarian
LIBRARY ACCOUNT JANUARY 1, 1908
Cash on hand January 1, 1907
$3 69
Received from fines
17 26
$20 95
PAID
Mrs. Bonds, cleaning, washing, etc.
$1 75
E. N. Eames, curtain
75
Library Bureau, supplies
7 25
Library Bureau, supplies
2 50
Anna T. Sheldon, work on new books
1 25
J. W. Murray, kerosene
1 95
Paper and postage
49
Express paid
3 00
$18 94
Cash on hand
2 01
$20 95
LIST OF BOOKS PURCHASED FOR THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR 1907
FICTION
B216L-La Comedie Humaine. 2 vols.
B624C-Checkers
B812K-King's End
B813M-Mr. Tuckerman's Nieces
B884P-Pilgrim's Progress
B932SH-The Shuttle
C126W-Wooing of Tokala
C574H-Hester of the Hills
C814C-The Cave Man
C854RN-Roman Singer
D916C-Cruise of the Shining Light
D922L-'Lias's Wife
F864B-Blood Lilies
G656G-Gift of the Morning Star
H124MA-Margaret
H146A-Aunt Jane of Kentucky
H234SC-Scholar's Daughter
H374S-Spirit Lake
K296W-Wards of Liberty
K464D-Diamond Key
K584CA-Captured
L,364F-Felicity
L574H-Harry Lorrequer
L574T-Tom Burke. 2 vols.
. L636C-Cap'n Eri
L636P-Partners of the Tide
H. DeBalzac H. M. Blossom, Jr. Alice Brown Helen Dawes Brown John Bunyan Frances Hodgson Burnett Franklin W. Calkins
Grover Clay John Corbin F. Marion Crawford Norman Duncan Martha B. Dunn W. A. Fraser A. C. Gordon H. Rider Haggard Eliza C. Hall Beatrice Harriden Arthur Heming Myra Kelly A. M. Kerr Gen. Charles King C. E. Laughlin Charles Lever Charles Lever Joseph C. Lincoln Joseph C. Lincoln
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L764S-The Sealed Book L774R-Robberies Company Ltd. L844W-White Fang M132BR-Brewster's Millions M132G-Graustark
M384F-Four Feathers
M854T-To the Credit of the Sea
M926G-Girl from Tim's Place M926H-The Hermit
N516P-Port of Missing Men
N516R-Rosalind at Red Gate
N6661-The Issue
P144I-In Ole Virginia
P224W-The Weavers
P544L .- Light-fingered Gentry
P544SE-Second Generation
R224CL-Cloister and the Hearth R4450-Old Peabody Pew R674U-Unseen Jury
SCO86B-Beatrix of Clare
ST44D-David Balfour
ST44K-Kidnapped
T414J-Jenifer
V594D-Dick Sand
W246N-Nobody
W337H-Hurricane Island
W337P-Privateers
W554M-Madame De Treymes
W617C-Castle of Doubt
W617R-Rainbow Chasers
W674C-Car of Destiny
W'674P-Princess Virginia
W654H-Humble Romance
W8671-The Invader
Y'87H-Hector, My Dog
A. Livingstone Nelson Lloyd Jack London George B. Mccutcheon George B. Mccutcheon A. E. W. Mason L. Mott Charles C. Munn Charles C. Munn Meredith Nicholson Meredith Nicholson Edward Noble Thomas N. Page Gilbert Parker David G. Phillips David G. Phillips Charles Reade Kate Douglas Wiggin Riggs E. C. Root J. R. Scott Robert L. Stephenson Robert L. Stephenson Lucy Meacham Thruston Jules Verne Susan Warner H. B. M. Watson H. B. M. Watson Edith Wharton John H. Whitson John H. Whitson C. N. and A. M. Williamson C. N. and A. M. Williamson Mary E. Wilkins M. L. Woods Egerton R. Young
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JUVENILE FICTION
JB234FO-Four Afloat JB594J-Janet's College Career JB594TW-Two Maryland Girls JC594H-Horse's Tale JC594AD-Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Ralph H. Barbour Amy E. Blanchard Amy E. Blanchard Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
Samuel L. Clemens ( Mark Twain) H. T. Comstock M. G. Darling Ellen D. Deland M. M. Dodge Albertus T. Dudley Sidford F. Hamp Richmond P. Hobson Martha James Martha James Alvah M. Kerr Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Olive T. Miller Charles L. Norton Charles L. Norton Charles L. Norton "Quida" H. Pyle Nina Rhoades Nina Rhoades
JC734W-When the British Came JD244G-Girl of this Century JD372F-Friendship of Anne JD666H-Hans Brinker JD864G-Great Year JH182B-Boys of Crawford's Basin
JH654B-Buck Jones of Annapolis JJ236J-Jack Tenfield's Star JJ236M-My friend Jim JK494Y-Young Heroes of Wire and Rail JK625J-Jungle Book
JK625S-Second Jungle Book JM614W-What Happened to Barbara JN754J-Jack Benson's Log JN754M-Medal of Honor Man JN754MI-Midshipman Jack JOU44D-Dog of Flanders JP994S-Strange Stories of the Revolution JR344L-Little Miss Rosamond JR344M-Marion's Vacation JR445N-New Chronicles of Rebecca
Kate Douglas Wiggin Riggs W. C. Sprague W. C. Sprague Burton E. Stevenson Burton E. Stevenson Edward Stratemeyer
JSP74B-Boy Pathfinder JSP74BO-Boy Courier of Napoleon JST48Y-Young Section-hand JST48YO -- Young Train Dispatcher JST82D-Defending His Flag JT124SI-Six Girls and the Tea Room Marion A. Taggart Everett T. Tomlinson JT594CA-Camp-fire of Mad Anthony JV194M-M. M. C .- Story of the Great Rockies C. M. Vaile
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MISCELLANEOUS
173-SA5-Queenly Mother Margaret E. Sangster J293-F78-Asgard Stories M. H. Foster and M. H. Cummings C. Morris
359-M83-Heroes of the Navy
359-F86-Champions of the Fleet
Edward Fraser
537-H24-Electric-wiring, Diagrams and Switch-bourds
Newton Harrison
537-M35-Induction Coils Percival Marshall 537-SA2S-Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiments T. M. St. John
537-SL5-How to Become a Successful Electrician T. Sloane
537-SL5E-Electricity Simplified T. Sloane
537-SL5EL-Electric Toy-making for Amateurs T. Sloane
537-T37-Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism
S. P. Thompson Edward Trevert
537-T72-Experimental Electricity
537-T72E-Electricity and its Recent Applications
Edward Trevert
537-W33-Electrician's Handy-book of Useful Information
A. E. Watson
595-M13N-Nature's Craftsmen * 603-H77-Scientific American Cyclopedia
Edited by A. A. Hopkins
616-F85-Bacteria in Daily Life Mrs. P. Frankland Rev. F. C. Lambert
J621-L17-Wood-turning for Beginners
J621-M35-Beginner's Guide to the Lathe 641-B63-Handbook of Invalid Cooking
Percival Marshall M. A. Boland
641-K29-Science in the Kitchen Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
H. C. McCook
641-R66-Century Cook Book Mary Ronald 654-SA2-Wireless Telegraphy T. M. St. John 660-P55-Practical Guide to Success in the use of Receipts, Formulæ, etc. John Phin 668-B63-Glue, Gum, Paste and other Adhesives T. Bolas
678-SL5-Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of Rubber T. O'Conor Sloane
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J694-J29-Beginner's Guide to Carpentry 675-H27-Leather Working
Henry Jarvis Edited by Paul N. Hasluck
680-H27-Domestic Jobbing
685-H27-Boot Making and Mending
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686-H27-Book Binding
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698-H27-How to write Signs, Tickets and Posters
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739-H27-Bent Iron Work
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Eben E. Rexford
716-R32-Four Seasons in the Garden J796-B38-New Ideas for Out Doors, Field and Forest Handy Book
799-R67G-Good Hunting
820-SCH6-English Literature
821-AR63-Sohrab and Rustum
821-SP3-Faerie Queene
824-L16-Essays of Elia 828-MI59-Bravest Deed I ever Saw
878-T11-Life of Agricola and Germany
914.5-Z4-Italy of the Italians · Helen Zimmem
920-D29-Real Soldiers of Fortune R. H. Davis
941-SCO87-Tales of a Grandfather. 3 vols. Walter Scott
Mary H. Wade
J970-W11-Coming of the White Men J970-W110-Old Colony Days J970-W11B-Building the Nation
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973-W69H-History of American People. 5 vols.
Woodrow Wilson Francis Parkman
B-C886-Memories of Eighty Years B-G724M-John B. Gough
D. C. Beard Theodore Roosevelt W. H. Schofield Matthew Arnold E. Spenser Charles Lamb A. H. Miles P. Cornelius Tacitus
973.2-P23-Conspiracy of Pontiac. 2 vols. 974-SW2-Story of Concord J. L. Swayne Fanny J. Crosby Carlos Martyn
TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilming- ton :-
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided by Section 2, Article 1 of the By- Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Mon- day, the second day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.30 A. M. and may be closed at four o'clock P. M., for the election of officers and to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor, Town Clerk, Treasurer, one Assessor for one year, one Assessor for two years, one Assessor for three years, Collector of Taxes, one School Committee for three years, Constable, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, one Sinking Fund Commis- sioner for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for
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three years ; also to vote upon the following question, to-wit :-
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town ? Yes or no ;"
and, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to act upon the following articles, to wit :
Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
Article 4. To hear reports of Committees and to act thereon.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to reappropriate the sum of sixty-one dollars and nine cents ($61.09) from the unexpended balance of the Miscellaneous Account for the past year to be applied to the extinguishment of the following deficits :
Police $30 80
Cemeteries
12 08
Town Officers
14 09
Outstanding Indebtedness
4 12
Article 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools, school books and supplies, and salary of Superintendent of Schools ; for salary of School Committee, for highways, roads and bridges, for support of the poor, for repairs of public build- ings, for care and improvement of cemeteries, for support of the Public Library, for police, for printing, for outstanding indebtedness, for notes payable, for sinking fund payment, for interest, for removing snow, for miscellaneous expenses, for abatement of taxes, for Fire Department, for state and county taxes, and for suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Article 7. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of Town Officers and to fix and determine the same.
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Article 8. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.
Article 9. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to determine the compensation of the Collector.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer under the direction of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to install tele- phone service at the Town Farm and Town Hall, and authorize the Selectmen to make the necessary contracts for the same.
Article 12. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the extension of the cemetery fence.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 to purchase from Lawrence C. Swain the Cook lot, so called, of three acres, bounded on the west by Main Street and Maple Meadow Brook, on the north, east and south by land of the Town Farm, said lot to become part of the Town Farm.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907, creating a Board of Survey.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell for not less than $1,100 the standing white pine timber measuring 6 inches and upwards at the butt on the Town Farm, and to make with the purchaser proper con- tracts in regard to cutting and removing the same, or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $75 to be paid to William L. Kincaid
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as compensation for the loss of his horse, fatally injured while in use of the Fire Department.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Eldad Butters lot of land so called.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way called Adams street as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way called Columbia street as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the Town way leading off Middlesex avenue at the premises of Mrs. Gertrude H. Eames as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws to be established and to choose a name for the same.
Article 21. To see what name the Town will choose for the new road leading to the house of Andrew Larson.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Main street from the resi- dence of S. R. McIntosh to the residence of J. Arthur Taylor.
Article 23. To see what method the Town will adopt to obtain additional accommodations for the classes now in the High School Building.
Article 24. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to carry out the method adopted under the previous article.
Article 25. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase a steam gong for fire alarm purposes.
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Article 26. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase one or more horses for the Fire Department.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $15,000 to install a pole line and necessary elec- trical apparatus upon the highways for street lighting and commercial purposes.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to borrow said sum of $15,000, appropriated under Article 27, and issue therefor the note of the Town signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen, said note to be dated June 1, 1908, payable in annual instalments of $1,000 each, the whole sum payable in fifteen years from date with interest at the rate of not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semi- annually upon unpaid balances.
Article 29. To see if the Town will establish by vote a committee to be called Electric Light Commissioners, to serve for one year ; said Commissioners to have full power to expend said sum of $15,000 appropriated under Article 27, in con- structing and equipping said pole line and apparatus upon the highways, to purchase all needed supplies and material, to contract for the purchase and sale of electricity, and to man- age and direct said service during the ensuing year.
Article 30. To see what method of choosing Electric Light Commissioners in future years the Town will adopt.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to exchange with Mr. Robert H. Gowing cer- tain land adjacent to the old cemetery for certain land of his also adjoining the old cemetery.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at time and place of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and the seal of the Town this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
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THE WHITEF
FIELD ELM
A TRUE COPY-ATTEST :
GEORGE W. BUCK,
ARTHUR T. BOND, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Selectmen of Wilmington.
WILLIAM E. SWAIN, Constable of Wilmington.
INDEX
Town Officers .
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Town Clerk's Report .
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School Committee's Report
28
Selectmen's Report
55
Assessor's Report
81
Overseers of the Poor Report
83
Collector's Account
87
Treasurer's Report
89
Assets and Liabilities .
92
Sinking Fund Whitefield School
93
Moth Department
95
Auditor's Report
96
Fire Engineers' Report
97
Sealer of Weights and Measures' Report
99
Superintendent of Streets' Report
101
Librarian's Report
102
List of Books
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Town Warrant .
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TOWN OF WILMINGTON
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES
Reports of the Town Clerk, School Com- mittee and Librarian
For the Year Ending December 31
1908
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
- OF THE -
TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASS.
- WITH THE -
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND LIBRARIAN
Year Ending December 31
1908
GTO
SC
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WHITEFIELD ELM
READING, MASS. W. E. & J. F. TWOMBLY, Printers 1909
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1908
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor JOHN W. HATHAWAY ARTHUR T. BOND EDWARD N. EAMES
Assessors
JAMES E. KELLEY GEORGE W. BUCK
HENRY L. CARTER
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRED A. EAMES
Collector of Taxes JOSEPH PATCHETT
Auditor BERNARD F. DOUCETTE
Constable WILLIAM E. SWAIN
Police WILLIAM E. SWAIN, Chief
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Specials
C. W. MOULTON
HERBERT C. BARROWS
CHRISTIAN NEILSON
FRANK D. MORRIS
WILLIAM H. BAXTER CHARLES B. OSBON
CHARLES R. RICE
Board of Survey ARTHUR T. BOND, Chairman JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Secretary EDWARD N. EAMES, Inspector
Registrars of Voters
HENRY N. AMES
Term expires 1911
PETER F. McMAHON
Term expires 1910
J. HOWARD EAMES
Term expires 1909 JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Keeper of Lock-up WILLIAM E. SWAIN
Fence Viewers EDWARD N. EAMES JOHN W. HATHAWAY ARTHUR T. BOND
Field Drivers MICHAEL J. McMAHON FRANCIS NICHOLS
Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS JAMES E. KELLEY
SCHAMIEL R. MCINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES DONALD K. COLGATE
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Surveyors of Wood and Bark
JAMES E. KELLEY
HERBERT C. BARROWS
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH
EDWARD N. EAMES WILLIAM L. KINCAID
Measurer of Leather J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
Public Weighers
WARREN EAMES FRED A. EAMES
GEORGE A. HART FRED W. CARTER GEORGE L. BLAISDELL
Sealer of Weights and Measures HOWARD M. HORTON
Janitor of Town Hall CHARLES B. OSBON
Pound Keeper WILLIAM O. SHATTUCK
Superintendent of Streets WILLIE B. McINTOSH
Superintendents of Almshouse CHARLES W. MOULTON GEORGE H. SPAULDING
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
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Inspector of Provisions HENRY L. SHELDON
Forest Fire Warden JOSEPH M. HILL
Deputies
ALBERT D. BUTTERS
HOWARD M. HORTON
HERBERT C. BARROWS OLIVER McGRANE
Fire Dept. Board of Engineers JOSEPII M. HILL, Chief
ALBERT D. BUTTERS OLIVER McGRANE
Cemetery Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Common Committee
JOSEPH PATCHETT Term expires 1911
LAWRENCE C. SWAIN
Term expires 1910
CHESTER W. CLARK
Term expires 1909
School Committee
ROBERT H. GOWING Term expires 1911
CHARLES E. LITTLEFIELD
Term expires 1910
HOWARD M. HORTON .
Term expires 1909
Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS
Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT
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Ballot Clerks and Tellers
JOHN W. PERRY
FRANK W. KIDDER
MILTON T. HOLT
WARREN EAMES
THOMAS H. McMAHON
EDWARD BLANCHARD
Trustees of Public Library
D. FRED WAITE
Term expires 1911
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1911
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1910
ROBERT H. GOWING
Term expires 1910
DANIEL T. BUZZELL Term expires 1909
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1909
Trustees of Trust Funds
CHARLES J. SARGENT. Term expires 1911
JOHN W. HATHAWAY.
Term expires 1910
FRED A. EAMES
Term expires 1909
Sinking Fund Commissioners ( SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN)
CHESTER W. CLARK Term expires 1911
HERBERT N. BUCK
Term expires 1910
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1909
Tree Warden HOWARD M. HORTON
Superintendent for Suppressing the Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths OLIVER McGRANE
FRANK D. MORRIS
OTIS GOWING
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Jury List, Wilmington, July 1, 1908
Henry N. Ames, Main St. .
Charles A. Brooks, Adams St.
Shop Keeper Carpenter
Sydney C. Buck, Middlesex Ave. . Provision Dealer Henry L. Carter, Woburn St. Farmer
Bernard F. Doucette, Middlesex Ave. Arthur B. Eames, Woburn St. . J. Howard Eames, Woburn St. Joseph M. Foley, West St ..
Clerk
Farmer
Milton T. Holt, Forest Ave. William B. Hoyt, Woburn St.
Provision Dealer Farmer Postmaster Mechanic Clerk Moth Supt. Supt. of Streets
Cyril McLeod, Salem St. . Eber P. Melzer, Lake St. .
Retired Farmer
William E. Morgan, Lowell St
Farmer
Martin Nee, Shawsheen Ave. Christian Neilson, Glen Road Charles B. Osbon, Middlesex Ave.
Farmer
Farmer
Joseph Patchett, West St. .
Mail Carrier Farmer
Eugene G. Shaw, Wildwood St. Section Foreman
Linwood H. Smith, Mystic Ave. Telegrapher Lumber Dealer
Lawrence C. Swain, Church St. .
James E. Kelley, Middlesex Ave. Oliver McGrane, Burlington Ave. Willie B. McIntosh, Main St.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
RECORDS OF WARRANTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, WITH STATEMENT OF MONEY PAID TO THE COUNTY TREASURER ON ACCOUNT OF DOG LICENSES.
TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilming- ton :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided by Section 2 Article 1 of the By- Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Mon- day, the second day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the fore- noon, the polls to be opened at 6.30 A. M. and may be closed at 4 o'clock P. M., for the election of officers and to act upon the following articles, namely :
Art. 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, "who shall also be Overseers of the Poor; " Town Clerk, Treasurer, one Assessor for one year, one Assessor for two years, one Assessor for three years, Collector of Taxes, one School Committee for three years, Constable, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years ; also to vote upon the following question, to wit :-
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox-
icating liquors in this town? Yes or no:" and, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, to wit :-
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Art. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 4. To hear reports of Committees and to act thereon.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to reappropriate the sum of sixty-one dollars and nine cents ($61.09) from the unexpended balance of the Miscellaneous Account for the past year to be applied to the extinguishment of the follow- ing deficits :
Police . $30 80
Cemeteries
12 08
Town Officers
14 09
Outstanding Indebtedness .
4 12
Art. 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of Schools, School Books and Supplies, and salary of Superintendent of Schools : for salary of School Committee, for Highways, Roads and Bridges, for Support of the Poor, for repairs of Public Build- ings, for Care and Improvement of Cemeteries, for Support of Public Library, for Police, for Printing, for Outstanding Indebtedness, for Notes Payable, for Sinking Fund Payment. for Interest, for Removing Snow, for Miscellaneous Expenses, for Abatement of Taxes, for Fire Department, for State and County Taxes, and for Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Art. 7. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of Town Officers and to fix and determine the same.
Art. 8. To see how much money the Town will vote to ralse and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 9. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to determine the compensation of the Collector.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to install tele- phone service at the Town Farm and Town Hall, and author- ize the Selectmen to make the necessary contracts for the same.
Art. 12. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the extension of the cemetery fence.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $75.00 to purchase from Lawrence C. Swain the Cook lot, so called, of three acres, bounded on the west by Main st. and Maple Meadow Brook, on the north, east and south by land of the Town Farm, said lot to become part of the Town Farm.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907, creating a Board of Survey.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell for not less than $1,100 the standing white pine timber measuring 6 inches and upward at the hutt, on the Town Farm, and to make with the purchaser proper con- tracts in regard to cutting and removing the same, or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $75 to be paid to William L. Kincaid as compensation for the loss of his horse, fatally injured while in use of the Fire Department.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Eldad Butters lot of land so called.
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