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Adrion Durkee
Eldon Durkee
R. J. White
C. E. Wells
Wm. H. Doucette Amos Durkee
Joseph Babine
A word to the Voters:
Gentlemen: As Chief of the Fire Department I would like to ask you to think this over before Town Meeting Day, March 3rd, 1919. At present the Town has one horse and four pieces of fire apparatus; now, then, would it not be better for the Town if it had one piece of fire apparatus and no horse? Would it not be for your interest if they had a good triple combination motor truck instead of what it has? One with a pump, hose, ladders, chemical tank, etc. Isn't it time that this Town got in line with the surrounding towns, and got a truck? I would recommend a good one, or none.
Respectfully submitted,
A. D. BUTTERS,
Chief.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The report of the Forest Warden is as follows:
Number of applications to build a fire in the open, 94; num- ber of applications granted, 94.
Number of fires responded to by this department were 27, of which six were railroad fires and the expense of the same paid by the railroad.
The loss by forest fires in the Town the past year has been unusually heavy and we wish at this time to warn all citizens that a permit is necessary to set any fire in the open and that the conditions stated in such permit must be followed and also that the possession of a permit does not excuse any party from liabiliy for any damage caused by such fires.
Permits for rubbish fires, etc., in the village limits must be obtained from the Chief of the Fire Department and for fires in brush or woodland from the Forest Warden or his Deputies.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE, Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report as Supe. - intendent of Streets for the year 1918.
Money Expended
Removing snow
$599 68
Scraping roads
905 82
Andover Street
157 00
Butters' Row
305 00
Bridge Lane
57 00
Boutwell Road
63 75
Chestnut Street
25 38
Concord Street
348 02
Church Street
191 25
Hopkins Street
485 81
Lowell Street
94 37
Main Street
248 63
Middlesex Avenue
174 13
Osborne Street
183 63
Park Street .
82 18
Salem Street
50 50
Shawsheen Avenue
439 64
West Street
124 43
Woburn Street
483 60
Removing brush
275 70
Gravel
183 30
Insurance
566 50
Tools and supplies
165 84
Erecting railroad signs
14 50
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By the increase of motor travel and the scarcity of labor, it has been a hard task to keep our streets in a fair condition, and also puts the Highway Department in need of more money to keep them in a better condition.
As it has been customary to raise the money for the Highway Department to include the Street Railway and Franchise Tax, I would suggest that the Town raise and appropriate the whole sum for the Highway Department, regardless of the Street Railway and Franchise Tax, and place the latter on some other account.
There are 1,000 feet of gravel road between the macadam on Lowell Street and the Reading Town Line, which has been almost impassible this winter, and I hope the town will raise a sum of money sufficient to complete the macadam to che Town line, with the help of the State and County.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. McINTOSH, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF THE SARAH D. J. CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Wilmington :
The following program for the 1918-1919 Course was arranged and announcements of the same mailed to the citizens of Wil- mingtor., stating the dates, and that the entertainments would be held in the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, Wilmington: Friday, November 22, 1918, J. Franklin Babb, a Lecture; Fri- day, December 13, 1918, The Weller Trio, Concert; Monday, January 13, 1919, The Berkeley Sextet, a Concert; Friday, February 14, 1919, The Victoria Concert Company, a Concert.
EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Secretary, JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer, GUY E. NICHOLS, DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL,
Carter Lecture Committee.
Treasurer's Report
Balance on deposit, January 1, 1918 $169 22 October 11, Received from Frank L. Eames, Treasurer . 120 00
$289 22
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Expense Account for 1918
February 2, paid Eastern Lyceum Bureau February 15, paid Eastern Lyceum Bureau February 15, paid Grange Hall Corporation. (reni of Hall) 12 00
$75 00
60 00
November 18, paid John W. Hathaway, stamps
4 50
November 19, paid W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing ·
4 61
November 22, paid Coit-Alber Lyceum
Bureau
35 00
December 13, paid Coit-Alber Lyceum Bureau 40 00
December 13, paid Grange Hall Corpora- tion (rent of Hall) 12 00
December 31, Cash to Balance.
46 11
$289 22
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Wilmington :
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report.
The number of contagious diseases reported to this Board in the past year are as follows:
Chicken-pox, 18
Diphtheria,
4
German Measles,
19
Measles, 43
Scarlet Fever,
3
Typhoid Fever, 12
Influenza,
363
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman, CHARLES F. PERRY, FRANK W. DAYTON, D. T. BUZZELL, M.D., Agent, Board of Health of Wilmington.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I wish at this time to submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending January 1, 1919.
During the last annual inspection, which was completed before March 15, 1918, I examined upwards of eighty stables where neat cattle, sheep, swine or goats were kept. I found with few exceptions both premises and stock well kept.
The number of cattle is not so great as may be anticipated from the number of stables reported, but as each stable must be inspected and reported separately regardless to number of stock kept and as many people keep but one cow for family use the work is often tedious and slow.
The cases calling for isolation and condemnation were prop- erly taken care of and premises disinfected.
Wilmington is fast becoming noted for its swine industry. At one time early in 1918 the Town could boast of having within its limits over 4,500 pigs which I think is more than any other town of equal size in New England.
It is my earnest desire that the year 1919 will see still greater efforts along the lines of agriculture and agricultural products than have been shown during 1918 (which has been a banner year) and that New England will rightfully come back in agri- .cultural lines. I remain,
Yours very truly,
C. H. PLAYDON, M.D.V., Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: I wish to offer my annual report as Inspector of Meats and Provisions. At the beginning of the year 1918 there were two licensed slaughterhouses within the Town; one on the premises of the Blue Hog Breeding plant on Main Street, near Woburn line, the other on the premises of Joseph Videto on the extension of Marion Road, operated by A. W. Boutwell. These licenses expired May 1 and were not renewed. During the fall a license was granted to Melvin W. Brown, superin- tendent of the Town Farm, which has proved a great con- venience to many of the townspeople who have had fat hogs to slaughter who would otherwise have had to send them out of town. Not in many years have so many good hogs been
raised. During the year I have inspected 954 hogs; of that number I have condemned 34 as unfit for food and they were sent to a rendering plant.
Respectfully submitted,
J. HOWARD EAMES, Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen: I herewith submit report as to work of Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Work of Department as follows:
Number of scales proved and sealed:
Number of platform scales, over: 5,000 lbs.
3
Number of platform scales, under 5,000 lbs.
16
Number of counter scales
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4
Number of beam scales
13
Number of spring balance scales
10
Number of computing platform scales
5
Number of computing hanging scales
1
Number of slot weighing machines
2
Number of prescription scales
1
Number of weights, avoirdupois
96
Number of weights, apothecary
12
Number of liquid measures
25
Number of oil measuring pumps
5
Number of molasses measuring pumps
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1
Number of yard measures
2
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ARTHUR B. EAMES,
Sealer.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report as Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent.
Shade trees have been planted on Middlesex Avenue and several have been replaced in plantings made in previous years that had died from injury or diease.
It should be the duty of the tax-payers to see that animals are not allowed to molest the trees on the highways and to instruct the children that they may not come to harm by their hands as the number we are called on to replace that have died from such injuries is increasing each year.
We have been fortunate in the number of moth nests in the Town area this year, which is the smallest amount for several years.
The customary spraying has been done and much brush along the roadsides has been cut by order of the State.
The work of cleaning private property when not done by the owners has been attended to and charged for as provided by law.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE,
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Honorable Board of Trustees,
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report as Librarian. Public documents received, 30 volumes.
Number of new books purchased during the year, 170 volumes. Number of books for circulation, 5,775 volumes.
Number of persons taking out books, 581.
Number of books taken out during the year, 8,677 volumes.
Two books have been presented by Hon. Chester W. Clark: Manual for the Constitutional Convention, 1917, and Win the War for Permanent Peace; also one by Emile Carbonnel: Sulzer's Short Speeches.
The Reading Table has been supplied with literature as follows: Illustrated World, Woman's Home Companion, Mc- Clures, American, St. Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal, Na- tional Sportsman, Our Dumb Animals, Temperance Cause, Living Tissue, Official Bulletin, and Christian Science Journal.
Mrs. Tyler Stevens has contributed The World's Work, Literary Digest, Scientific American, National Geographic, and a number of Red Cross Magazines.
Mr. D. F. Waite has given Everybody's Magazine for six months.
The Library was closed two weeks in October on account of the influenza epidemic.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA T. SHELDON, Librarian.
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List of New Books Purchased for the Library During the Year 1918
Fiction
ALSSI.Lady of St. Lukes
B272P-Paper Cap
B354W-Winds of Chance
B432S-Smiting of the Rock
B4520-Oilskin Packet
B453S-Secret of the Marne
B514GI-Girl from Kellers
B537I-Island Mystery
B675SK-Skyrider BS53W-When Bear Cat Went Dry
BS56G-Gossip Shop
B934H-Heart's Haven
B942G-Gods of Mars
C113F-Flower of the Chapdelaines
C274M-Minniglen
C624S-Spy in Black
C645U-Under Sealed Orders
C734M-Mam'selle Jo
C777F-Fighting Fool
CS95TR-Triumph of John Kars
C947C-Courage of Marge O'Doone D385G-Greatheart
D916B-Battles Royal Down North D916H-Harbor Tales Down North EN25C-Carolyn of the Corners
Mark Allerton Amelia E. Barr Rex Beach Palmer Bend R. Berkeley and J. Dixon Marcel Berger Harold Bindloss G. A. Birmingh ım B. M. Bower C. N. Buck J. E. Buckrose Clara L. Burnham Edgar R. Burroughs G. W. Cable Agnes and Egerton Castle
J. S. Clouston H. A. Cody Harriet T. Comstock Dane Coolidge Ridgwell Cullum J. O. Curwood Ethel M. Dell Norman Duncan Norman Duncan Ruth B. Endicott
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F737T-Thieves' Wit F833H-Heart of Arethusa F8865G-Great Ghost Stores G135P-Pieces of Eight
G356G-Golden Bough
G466W-Worrying Won't Win G862J-Joyous Trouble Maker G864U-U. P. Trail
H124MF-Moon of Israel
H241M-Making Her His Wife H3235MR-Mrs. Marden's Ordeal
H668C-Captain Gualt
H812W-Way Out
H974B-Bag of Saffron
J654F-Foes
J657H-House of Whispers
K285S-The Source
K336B-Benton of the Royal Mounted K742T-Tang of Life
K995V-Valley of the Giants
L364K-Keys of Heaven
L636S-"Shavings"
L638MO-Moving Finger
L796R-Rough Road L844R-Red One
L972H-Hope Chest
L974E-Enchanted Barn
L992B-Branded
M125S-Sunshine Beggars
M1254R-Reclaimers
M163S-Skipper John of the Nimbus M174G-Girl in His House M184AC-Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist M215W-Willow, the Wisp
M353GR-Graftons
M611H-Happiest Time of Their Lives
Hulbert Footner Frances B. Fox J. L. French R. LeGallienne George Gibbs Montague Glass Jackson Gregory Zane Grey H. Rider Haggard Cora Harris James Hay, Jr. H. W. Hodgson Emerson Hough B. Von Hutten Mary Johnston William Johnston C. B. Kelland R. S. Kendall Henry H. Knibbs Peter B. Kyne Clara E. Laughlin Joseph C. Lincoln N. S. Lincoln William J. Locke Jack London Mark L. Luther Grace L. H. Lutz Francis Lynde Sidney McCall M. H. McCarter Raymond McFarland Harold MacGrath John T. McIntyre A. P. McKishnie Archibald Marshall Alice D. Miller
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M896M-Man from Bar-20
N426U-Unseen Hand N793J-Josselyn's Wife OP54PA-Pawns Count
OP54Z-Zeppelin's Passenger OS75S-Suspense P123W-Wire Devils
P167CA-Call of the Offshore Wind
P787HS-His Second Wife
P8330-Oh, Money! Money!
P834D-Daughter of the Land
PS43U-Uncle Abner
P945S-Star in the Window
R133S-Sheriff's Son
R2138M-Mystery of Hartley House
R394D-Daughter of Jehu
R426L-Light Above the Cross Roads
R474A-Amazing Interlude
R658V-Village Pest R954T-Treasure Trail SC0865M-Mary Regan SE47F-" Firebrand " Trevision SM51A-Audacious Adventures of Miles McConaughy
SM686S-Sea King of Barnegat ST16G-Ghost Girl ST16M-Man Who Lost Himself ST236M-Miss Prin's Camouflage ST35D-Diamond Cross Mystery ST85D-Dere Mable ST87HO-House of Intrigue
T174MA-Magnificent Ambersons T272F-Fortune T545B-Bruce of the Circle A T596G-Girl Named Mary T674D-Diana of the Moorland
C. E. Mulford Clarence H. New Kathleen Norris E. P. Oppenheim E. P. Oppenheim Isabel Ostrander Frank L. Packard Ralph D. Paine Ernest Poole Eleanor H. Porter Gene Stratton-Porter Melville D. Post Olive H. Prouty W. M. Raine C. S. Raymond Laura E. Richards Mrs. V. Rickard Mary A. Rinehart Montgomery Rollins M. E. Ryan Leroy Scott Charles A. Seltzer
Arthur D. H. Smith Russell D. Smith H. De Vere Stacpoole H. DeVere Stacpoole Lady Stanley Chester K. Steele Edward Streeter Arthur Stringer Booth Tarkington Albert P. Terhune Harold Titus Juliet W. Tompkins Louis Tracy
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T674RE-Revellers T682E-Earthquake
V136S-Soul of Susan Yellam V274FA-False Faces
V365P-Peace of Roaring River W152M-Man Who Knew W1560-Out of the Silences
W217EI-Elizabeth's Campaign
W3345M-Mystery of the Downs W3348M-My Brave and Gallant Gentleman
J. Watson and A. J. Rees R. Watson
W344B-Boardman Family W435M-Merry Andrew
Mary S. Watts F. R. Weir Carolyn Wells H. G. Wells George Weston
W462R-Room With the Tassels
W464J-Joan and Peter
W526A-Apple-Tree Girl
W586M-Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
William A. White
W6726B-Book of the High Romance M. Williams
W6728M-Man With the Club Foot V. Williams
W674E-Everyman's Land C. N. and A. M. Williamson
W785F-From Baseball to Boches
H. C. Wilwer
Juvenile Fiction
jAL25P-Pirate of Jasper Peak jAL74GR-Great Sioux Trail jAL74LO-Lost Hunters jAL74M-Masters of the Peaks jAM335M-Mystery of Ram Island jAS35H-Heart of Isabel Carleton jAS35I-Isabel Carleton's Friends jAS35S-Stephen's Last Chance jB234FR-For the Freedom of the Seas jB234KE-Keeping His Course jB594GI-Girl Scout of Red Rose Troop
Louis Tracy Arthur Train Horace A. Vachell Louis J. Vance George Van Schaick Edgar Wallace Mary E. Waller Mrs. Humphry Ward
Adair Aldon J. A. Altsheler J. A. Altsheler J. A. Altsheler Joseph B. Ames Margaret Ashman Margaret Ashman Margaret Ashman R. H. Barbour R. H. Barbour Amy E. Blanchard
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jB735WI-Winning His Army Blue jB8153W-White Blanket
jEA85BO-Boy Scouts in Glacier Park jF497W-Wolf Patrol
jG187RO-Ross Grant in Miners' Camp. jH265C-Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob jH387C-Connie Morgan With the Mounted jH516D-Don Strong, Patrol Leader jH516F-Fighting for Fairview
jH923S-Sandy Himself
jJ153J-Joan's California Summer
Norman Brainerd Belmore Browne W. P. Eaton John Finnemorc John Garland Aline Havard J. B. Hendryx W. Heyliger W. Heyliger Gardner Hunting
C. E. Jacobs and L. M. Blanchard
jM914M-Mt. Blossom Girls jR816W-Woodcraft Girls ir. the City
jSA120-On the Overland Stage
jSE13T-Three Sides of Paradise Green jST85C-Cruise of the Dry Dock jW2175N-Nancy Lee's Namesake jW562A-Aztec-Hunters
Isla M. Mullins L. E. Roy Edwin L. Sabin A. H. Seaman T. S. Stribling Margaret Warde F. Rolt-Wheeler
Miscellaneous
610-MI77-Backwoods Surgery and Medicine
Charles S. Moody, M.D.
641-K44-Camp Cookery 654-W46-Outdoor Signalling
799-B83-Tracks and Tracking 918-F84-Vagabonding Down the Andes 9409-B54-Winged Warfare 940.9-C76-U. Boat Hunters 940.9-D73-Inside the Russian Revolution 940.9-H73-Yankee in the Trenches 940.9-J71-German Secret Service in America 940.9-K28-Through War to Peace 940.9-K78-" Over There " With the Australians
Horace Kephart Elbert Wells Josef Brunner Henry A. Franck Major W. A. Bishop J. B. Connolly
R. C. Dorr R. D. Holmes
John P. Jones Albert G. Keller
Capt. R. H. Knyvett
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940.9-M22-Out of the Jaws of Hunland
940.9-M31-Surgeon in Arms 940.9-M58-Glorious Exploits of the Air
Corporal F. McMullen Capt. R. J. Manion Edgar Middleton
940.9-M82-Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
940.9-M84-Guynemer, the Ace of Aces 940.9-M89-Vandal of Europe
940.9-OB6- Outwitting the Hun 940.9-P16-Fighting Fleets
940.9-P32-Private Peat 940.9-P65-" Ladies from Hell "
940.9-P78-" Dark People "-Russia's Crisis 940.9-W24-War Nurses' Diary
974.4-C22-Mayflower Pilgrims
H. Morgenthau Jacques Mortane Wilhelm Muhlon Lieut. Pat O'Brien Ralph D. Paine Harold R. Peat R. D. Pinkerton Ernest Poole
E. J. Carpenter
BY-LAWS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILMINGTON
ARTICLE I
Section 1. The annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday of March.
Sec. 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the Constables of the Town, or some other persons who shall forthwith give notice of such meeting by posting attested copies of the warrant at the Town Hall, and three other public places, seven days, at least, before the day of said meeting. Also all voters shall be notified by postal card, in due time, by the Selectmen of the call for any Special Town Meeting.
Sec. 3. All articles for insertion in the warrant for the an- nual Town Meeting, must be presented in writing to the Select- men, in accordance to law, twenty days before the holding of said meeting.
Sec. 4. The Town officers which are required by law to be chosen by ballot, and their respective terms of office, shall be designated in the warrant for the annual Meeting.
Sec. 5. When a question is under debate no motion shall be received, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous
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question; to refer, or to postpone to a day certain; to commit; to amend; or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are here named.
Sec. 6. Every motion or order which is of a complicated nature, or of unusual length, shall be reduced to writing, and also every other motion, whenever the presiding officer or Town Clerk shall desire it.
Sec. 7. Every person speaking shall address the chair, standing and uncovered, shall confine himself to the question under debate and avoid personalities; and no person shall be permitted to speak without first obtaining leave of the presiding officer.
Sec. 8. No person, while speaking, shall be interrupted by another except it be to call to order, to correct a mistake, or to give notice of motion to reconsider.
Sec. 9. No person shall speak more than twice on any question without first obtaining leave of the house, except it be to make some explanation of correct a mistake, nor more than once until others who have not spoken on the question shall speak, if they desire it.
Sec. 10. No action involving an appropriation of over $300 shall be taken on the report of a committee previously appointed, unless the report of the said committee be specifically called for in the warrant.
Sec. 11. All committees shall be appointed by the Moderator unless otherwise directed by the meeting; and, in nomination from the floor, no person shall nominate more than one mem- ber of a committee.
Sec. 12. The duties of the Moderator, not prescribed by the Statutes or by the foregoing By-Laws, shall be determined by the general rules of parliamentary law, so far as they may be adapted to town meetings.
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ARTICLE II
CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Section 1. The Selectmen shall have full authority, as agents of the town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the Town, and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless it is otherwise specially ordered by vote of the Town.
Sec. 2. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed, or any other instrument, required to carry into effect any vote of the Town, the same shall be executed by the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, in behalf of the Town, unless the Town shall otherwise vote in any special case.
Sec. 3. The Town Treasurer, shall, on or before the fourth day of January, annually, render to the Selectmen in writing a full account of all his receipts and disbursements for the finan- cial year last past.
Sec. 4. The Selectmen shall before the annual Meeting cause to be distributed among the taxpayers of the Town, a detailed report, in print, of all moneys received into and paid out of the Town treasury during the preceding financial year, with a statement of the Town's financial condition. They shall also publish with said report, detailed estimates of the amounts of money which will be required for the current financial year. The report of the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts shall also be printed annually with the Selectmen's report. The Town Clerk shall publish in the Town Report all warrants issued for Town Meetings (State elections excepted), together with all votes passed and actions taken thereto.
Sec. 5. For the preservation and care of lots in public burial places of the Town, the Treasurer shall receive and give the depositor a receipt for any sum of money not less than
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$100.00 which may be deposited with him for the care of any particular lot; the income of said sum to be expended under direction of the Cemetery Committee; each lot to be credited with the amount deposited for same, and debited with all expenditures. All such sums so received shall be turned over by the Treasurer to the Trustees of Trust Funds, " taking their receipt for the same," and by them deposited in one or more institutions for savings, and the income thereof be annually credited to the lot.
Said Trustees of Trust Funds shall report, in print, at every annual Town Meeting the names of all persons whose deposits they have received from the Treasurer, the income to and the outlay made on the respective lots for the year then expired, and the balance then standing to the credit of the same, and shall also state the standing of all other funds that may have been placed in their charge.
ARTICLE III
The Collector shall have and possess all the authority, powers and privileges delegated to Town Treasurers when they are made Collectors of Taxes.
ARTICLE IV
PUBLIC WAYS
Section 1. Whoever shall pasture any cattle, horses or other animals, either with or without a keeper, upon any street or way in the Town, shall forfeit a sum not less than two nor ex- ceeding ten dollars for each violation thereof; provided that
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nothing herein contained shall affect the right of a person to the use of the land within the limits of a street or way adjoining his own premises, provided any animals pastured thereon are in charge of a proper keeper.
ARTICLE V
POLICE REGULATIONS
Section 1. Any person who shall drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart, wheelbarrow, handcart or any carriage of burden or pleasure (excepting children's carriages, drawn by hand) upon any sidewalk in the Town, o. permit any horse, cattle, swine or sheep under his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk in Town, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for each offense.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall coast or slide upon a sled in or upon any public street or way within the Town (where notice has been put by the Selectmen forbidding the same) shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than five dollars for each offense.
Sec. 3. No person shall play ball, or throw balls, stones, snowballs, or any other missiles within or upon any of the streets of the Town, or play at any game obstructing free passage in the same. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars.
ARTICLE VI
LICENSES
Section 1. No person shall collect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals and second-hand articles from place to place,
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within the limits of the Town, without first obtaining a license from the Selectmen.
Sec. 2. No person shall engage in the business of renting hoats or bathing suits in the Town, without first obtaining a license from the Selectmen.
ARTICLE VII
Section 1. All existing By-Laws or votes of the Town which conflict with or are inconsistent with these By-Laws are hereby repealed.
Boston, Mass., December 18, 1918.
The foregoing By-Laws are hereby approved.
HENRY C. ATWILL, Attorney-General.
A true copy. Attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the third day of March next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 a.m., and may be closed at 4 p.m., for the election of Town Officers and to act on the following articles, namely:
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 Select- men who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee
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for three years; one School Committee for one year; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one Trustee of the Public Library for one year; 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 questions, to wit: Shall license be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town? " Yes " or " No."
And at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
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 General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Health and Sanitation, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Highways, Roads and Bridges, Support of Poor, Dependent Widows, Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Maintenance, including Tuition at Vocational Schools, Public Library, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing Town Reports, Care of Town Clock, Contingent Fund, and Tax Abatements.
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 how much money the Town will vote to pay the Collector of Taxes for his services.
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Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the present financial year.
*Art. 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to establishing a permanent memorial for the soldiers and sailors of this Town who have served in the war with Germany.
*Article 10. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to be used in conjunction with the funds of the local Red Cross for public health service.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen dollars for the upkeep of the grass plot at the junction of High Street and Middlesex Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Art. 12. To see if the Town will lay out the following streets as shown on a plan known as Wilmington Square Park: Beginning at a point on Beacon Street, as much of Belmont Avenue as runs to State Street, and State Street to the north and west corners of Fairview Avenue, and that the Town appropriate a sum of money sufficient for laying out such streets.
*Article 13. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to contract for electric lights to be installed on Railroad Avenue.
*Art. 14. To see if the Town will accept Parker Street, be- tween Sheldon Avenue and Blackstone Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the purchase of suitable motor equipment for the fire depart- ment and the care thereof, or what they will do in relation there- to.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000, under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the completion of the macadam on Lowell Street to the Reading Town line, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to contract for electric street lights to be installed on Main Street, from the existing lights to the North Woburn line, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 1S. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600 to provide a suitable reception for the returning soldiers, the same to be expended by the committee appointed by the Town at the Special Town Meeting, December 23, 1918, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Article 19. To see if the Town will install street lights on Lake Street from Shawsheen Avenue to the Tewksbury line, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the credit of the Excess and Deficiency Account the balance now standing to the credit of the account of fencing the Whitefield and West Schools.
*Articles inserted on petition.
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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 the seventh day of February, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
GTO
730.+
WHITEFIELD
TED
HERBERT C. BARROWS, CHARLES F. PERRY, FRANK W. DAYTON,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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INDEX
Assessors' Valuation, 1918
110
Board of Health, Report of
129
By-Laws
141
Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of
127
Chief of Police, Report of
118
Collector's Account . ·
112
Fire Department, Report of ·
.
120
Forest Warden's Report
.
124
Inspector of Animals, Report of
130
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Report of
131
Jury List
10
Librarian's Report ·
.
134
List of Library Books
135
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
106
School Committee, Report of
47
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
132
Selectmen's Estimates
104
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
125
Town Accountant, Report of
75
Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of
11
Births Registered
40
Marriages Registered
42
Deaths Registered
44
Recapitulation .
46
Treasurer's Report .
114
Tree Warden's Report
133
Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of
116
Town Officers, 1918
.
5
Town Warrant .
.
147
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W FILS BINDERY INC. ALTHAM, MASS. MAY 1971
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