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Joseph C. Lincoln Joseph C. Lincoln Caroline Lockhart Jack London Mark L. Luther
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G. C. Shedd Jack Steele Cynthia Stockley M. I. Taylor and M. Sabine Octave Thanet Louis Tracy L. J. Vance Mary S. Watts Mary C. E. Wenyss Stewart E. White C. N .- A. M. Williamson Owen Wister
Harold B Wright
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Andy Adams E. A. Baker R. H. Barbour
F. H. Burnett Zane Grey R. S. Holland Owen Johnson Alice L. Lee Alice L. Lee
L. M. Montgomery Randall Parrish Eleanor H. Porter Kate D. W. Riggs Herbert Strang Edward Stratemeyer
MISCELLANEOUS
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Edwin M. Bacon E. S. Parkhurst
L. O. Howard
A. H. Clark
G. B. Grinnell
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G. H. Scull C. M. Flandrau
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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 inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 o'clock a. m. and may be closed at 4 o'clock p. m., for election of officers and to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for Three -elect- men, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Sur- vey, one Assessor for three years, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collec- tor of Taxes, Auditor, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year to fill vacancy, two trustees of Public Library for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for two years, one mem- ber of the S. I). J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years, one Tree Warden, one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years ; also to vote on the following question, to wit: Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? "Yes or No."
At ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :
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Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the yea ensuing.
Art. 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Art. 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of Schools, School Books and Supplies, Salary of Superintendent of Schools and Salary of School Committee ; for Highways, Roads and Bridges : for Sup- port of Poor at Almshouse : for Support of Outside Poor: for Repairs of Public Buildings ; for Care and Improvement of Ceme- teries ; for Support of Public Library : for Police ; for Tree War- den : for Salaries of Town Officers ; for Printing ; for Outstand- ing Indebtedness : for Notes Payable : for Sinking Fund Pay- ment ; for Interest ; for Removing Snow ; for Miscellaneous Ex- penses ; for Abatement of Taxes ; for Fire Department ; for Forest Fires ; for State and County Taxes ; for the Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Art. 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to de- termine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen. to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of taxes of the present munici- pal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate eighteen thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art 8. To see what method the Town will adopt for the col- lection of taxes, and to determine the compensation of the Col- lector.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select . men to purchase the lot of land owned by Anna T. Sheldon and Abbie F. Sargent, adjoining the Town Farm, and appropriate Forty Dollars from money in the Treasury, received from sale of land for taxes, to pay for the same.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors, to re-imburse either Mrs. Christina B. "Childs" Hall or J. Harvey Carter heirs, on account of double assessment on the same land, and appropriate Thirty-five Dollars from the Treasury for that purpose.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to install water cisterns, for use of Fire De- partment, or do anything in relation to same.
Art. 12. To see what action the Town will take in regard to changing the hours and manner of holding the annual town meeting.
Art. 13. To see what action the; Town will take in regard to proposed takings of the waters of the Ipswich River and its tributaries for public water supplies.
Art. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the investment of the Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture fund.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to procuring automobile fire apparatus.
Ait. 16. To see if the Town will vote to purchase hats and coats for the fire department, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to have an addition built on engine house No. 1, to be used as a stable, or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to place fire extinguishers in the district schools, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the purpose of reshingling the Walker School building or do anything in regard to the matter.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars for the purpose of grading the Walker and High School house lots or do anything in regard to the matter.
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Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the sale of a portion of the Walker School lot as asked for by Mrs. Mary Lewis.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise One Hundred Dollars to pay Franklin Balch for service rendered the town in re- gard to Ipswich River or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to wire the Town Hall and Public Library building and install electric lights or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise $1,500 to pay for electric lights for the ensuing year, or do anything in relation to the same.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this w rrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this twentieth day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twelve.
TO
THE WHITEFIELD ELMI
1730 .:
ARTHUR W. EAMES,
HERBERT C. BARROWS,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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INDEX
Assessors' Valuation, 1911 127
Assets and Liabilities
133
Auditor's Report . 136
Board of Fire Engineers, Report of . 138
Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of . 143
Collector's Account 129
Electric Light Contract.
42
Inspector of Animals, Report of .
146
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
148
Jury List
10
Librarian's Report
150
List of Library Books .
151
Overseers of the Poor, Report of .
122
School Committee, Report of
Selectmen, Report of . 93
134
Sinking Fund Account Whitefield School
135
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
141
.. 6 6 Births Registered
48
Marriages Registered
50
. 6 Deaths Registered 52
66 Recapitulation . 53
Treasurer, Report of
130
Tree Warden's Report .
149
Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of
137
Town Officers, 1911
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Town Warrant
156
Selectmen's Recommendations
Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of
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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
1912
THE
WHITEFIELD ELM
730 .* 'S
BOSTON C. M. BARROWS CO. 1913
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Special Police
HERBERT C. BARROWS ALBERT D. BUTTERS
WILLIAM S. BENSON
WALTER J. HARRISON
WILLIAM H. BAXTER CHARLES B. OSBON
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
PETER F. McMAHON
Term expires 1913
HENRY N. AMES
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Term expires 1914
ALDICE G. EAMES Term expires 1915
JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Fence Viewers
ARTHUR W. EAMES SYDNEY C. BUCK HERBERT C. BARROWS
Field Drivers
MICHAEL J. McMAHON FRANCIS NICHOLS
ALBERT D. BUTTERS HERBERT C. BARROWS EDWARD W. TAYLOR
Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS
JAMES E. KELLEY
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
Surveyors of Wood and Bark
JAMES E. KELLEY HERBERT C. BARROWS
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
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Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Public Weighers
WARREN EAMES
FRED A. EAMES
GEORGE L. BLAISDELL
FRED W. CARTER
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
GEORGE A. HART
WALTER L. HALE
Sealer of Weights and Measures HOWARD M. HORTON
Janitor of Town Hall CHARLES B. OSBON
Pound Keeper WILLIAM S. BENSON
Superintendent of Town Farm WILLIAM S. BENSON
Superintendent of Streets WILLIE B. McINTOSH
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Provisions J. HOWARD EAMES
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Forest Fire Warden HOWARD M. HORTON
Fire Department ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Chief WALTER J. HARRISON, Assistant
SELECTMEN
Cemetery Committee ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Superintendent
Common Committee
A. CHANDLER MANNING Term expires 1913
JOSEPH PATCHETT Term expires 1914
CHARLES E. HUDSON
Term expires 1915
School Committee
MRS. M. LEONTINE BUCK
Term expires 1913
HOWARD M. HORTON
Term expires 1914
ALDEN N. EAMES
Term expires 1915
Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS
Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT
Trustees of Public Library
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1913
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1913
D. FRED WAITE
Term expires 1914
JOSEPH PATCHETT Term expires 1914
GEORGE C. HILL .
Term expires 1915
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1915
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Trustees of Trust Funds
HERBERT N. BUCK (Deceased)
LOUIS T. McMAHON (Appointed)
Term expires 1913
EDWARD N. EAMES Term expires 1914
DUDLEY B. PURBECK
Term expires 1915
Sinking Fund Commissioners
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1914
HERBERT N. BUCK (Deceased) ·
JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1914
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
ARTHUR T. BOND (Resigned)
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1913
JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1914
DANIEL T. BUZZELL Term expires 1915
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1916
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
LOUIS T. McMAHON
THOMAS H. McMAHON
FRANK W. KIDDER
E. SCOTT LEWIS
FRANK D. MORRIS OTIS GOWING
WARREN EAMES
GUY E. NICHOLS
JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON Revised July 1, 1912
Henry L. Carter, Woburn Street
Farmer
Daniel R. Carter, Shawsheen Avenue
Carpenter
Walter D. Carter, Lowell Street
Farmer
Edward F. Crosby, Church Street
Retired
Donald K. Colgate, Adams Street
Painter
Harry R. Deming, Federal Street
Bookkeeper
Waldo L. Dean, Clark Street
Auditor
Charles E. Dodge, Shawsheen Avenue Electrician Frank L. Eames, Woburn Street Lawyer
Milton T. Holt, Forest Avenue Postmaster Clerk
James E. Kelley, Church Street
Willie B. McIntosh, Main Street
Supt. of Streets
Eber P. Melzar, Lake Street
Farmer
Roscoe E. Millett, Middlesex Avenue
Telegraph Operator
Michael J. McMahon, Middlesex Avenue . Currier
Charles F. Perry, Church Street
, Milk Dealer
William H. Putnam, Main Street
Blacksmith
Carl S. Pettengill, Woburn Street
Trader
Joseph Patchett, West Street
Farmer
William C. Stevens, Woburn Street
Salesman
Harold Swain, Adams Street Baggage Master
Lawrence C. Swain, Church Street Retired
Thomas T. Sidelinker, Woburn Street Lumber Dealer
S. Warren Taylor, West Street
Crossing Tender
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of Town Meetings, Births, Marriages and Deaths, with a Statement of Money Paid to the County Treasurer on account of Dog Licenses
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, 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 inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 o'clock a.m. and may be closed at. 4 o'clock p.m., for election of officers and to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 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, and Board of Survey, one Assessor for three years, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year to fill vacancy, two Trustees of Public Library. for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for two years, one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years, one Tree Warden, one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; also to vote on the following question, to wit: Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? " Yes or No."
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At ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Art. 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of Schools, School Books and Supplies, Salary of Superintendent of Schools and Salary of School Committee; for Highways, Roads and Bridges; for Support of Poor at Almshouse; for Support of Outside Poor; for Repairs of Public Buildings; for Care and Improvement of Cemeteries; for Support of Public Library; for Police; for Tree Warden; for Salaries of Town Officers; 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 Forest Fires; for State and County Taxes; for the Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths.
Art. 6. 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.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate eighteen thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. S. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes, and to determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to purchase the lot of land owned by Anna T. Sheldon and Abbie F. Sargent, adjoining the Town Farm, and appropriate forty dollars from money in the Treasury, received from sale of land for taxes, to pay for the same.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors. to reimburse either Mrs. Christina B. "Childs " Hall or J. Harvey Carter heirs, on account of double assessment on the same land, and appropriate thirty-five dollars from the Treasury for that purpose.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1.500 to install water cisterns. for use of Fire Department. or do anything in relation to same.
Art. 12. To see what action the Town will take in regard to changing the hours and manner of holding the annual Town Meeting.
Art. 13. To see what action the Town will take in regard to proposed takings of the waters of the Ipswich River and its tributaries for public water supplies.
Art. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the investment of the Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture fund.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to procuring automobile fire apparatus.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to purchase hats and coats for the Fire Department, or do anthing in relation to the same.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to have an addition built on Engine House No. 1, to be used as a stable, or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to place fire extin- guishers in the distinct schools, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of reshingling the Walker School building or do anything in regard to the matter.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of grading the Walker and High School house lots or do anything in regard to the matter.
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Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the sale of a portion of the Walker School lot as asked for by Mrs. Mary Lewis.
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Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise one hundred dollars to pay Franklin Balch for service rendered the Town in regard to Ipswich River or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to wire the Town Hall and Public Library building and install electric lights or do any- thing in relation to the same.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise $1,500 to pay for electric lights for the ensuing year, or do anything in relation to the same.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this twen- tieth day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twelve.
GTO
730.
THE WHITEFIELD ELM
ARTHUR W. EAMES, HERBERT C. BARROWS, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting March 4, 1912
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing warrant, the voters assembled on the above date. The votes as declared by the Moderator are as follows:
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and the warrant read as far as Article 3. On motion, voted to dispense reading the balance.
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot, and the check list being used.
Art. 2. The Moderator read Article 2 and then examined the ballot box, which was found empty, the register indicated 0000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Con- stable. The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator announced that the polls for the election of officers were open and that balloting might proceed. Later on it was voted that the polls for the election of officers be closed at 4.15 o'clock p.m. At the appointed time the Modera- tor declared the polls closed. The names checked upon the lists numbered 223, and five specials for " School Committee Only, "and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered 223 regular and five specials, and the register indicated 228.
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For Selectmen " to act also as Overseers of the Poor "
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected)
had 177 votes
Arthur W. Eames (Elected)
had 170 votes
Edward N. Eames (Elected)
had 123 votes
Sydney C. Buck
had 112 votes
Blanks
82
Assessor for Three Years
Milton T. Holt (Elected)
had 181 votes
Joseph Patchett
had 1 vote
Blanks
41
Town Clerk
James E. Kelley (Elected)
had 190 votes
Joseph Patchett
.
had 1 vote
George W. Hoyt
had 1 vote
Blanks
31
Treasurer
Fred A. Eames (Elected)
Blanks
had 194 votes 29
Collector of Taxes
Joseph Patchett (Elected)
had 194 votes
Terrance Gallagher
had 1 vote
O. Devine
had 1 vote
Blanks
27
Auditor
Harry R. Deming (Elected)
Terrance Gallagher
had 186 votes had 1 vote
Blanks
36
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Constable
William E. Swain (Elected)
had 188 votes
Terrance Gallagher
had 1 vote
O. Devine
had 1 vote
A. D. Butters
had 1 vote
Blanks
32
Fence Viewers
Herbert C. Barrows (Elected)
had 179 votes
Arthur W. Eames (Elected)
had 163 votes
Sydney C. Buck (Elected)
had 148 votes
Eugene J. Croteau
had 59 votes
Edward N. Eames
had 2 votes
Blanks
118
School Committee, Three Years
Alden N. Eames (Elected)
had 104 votes
Walter L. Strong
had 100 votes
Frank Chapman
had 1 vote
Blanks
20
School Committee, One Year " to Fill Vacancy "
M. Leontine Buck (Elected)
had 172 votes
Terrance Gallagher
·
had
1 vote
Blanks
55 votes
Trustees of Public Library, Three Years
Daniel T. Buzzell (Elected)
had 188 votes
George C. Hill (Elected)
had 164 votes
Terrance Gallagher
had
1 vote
Blanks
93
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Sinking Fund Commissioner, Two Years
James E. Kelley (Elected)
had 177 votes
Blanks
46
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, Five Years
Arthur T. Bond (Elected)
had 96 votes
George F. Dodge .
had 90 votes
Blanks
.
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Trustee of Trust Funds, Three Years
Dudley B. Purbeck (Elected)
had 161 votes
Blanks
62
Tree Warden
Oliver A. McGrane (Elected)
had 186 votes
S. C. Buck
had
1 vote
Blanks
36
License Vote
Yes
39 votes
No
155 votes
Blanks
29
At 10 o'clock, the hour stated in the warrant, Article 3 was taken up.
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