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Excess and Deficiency Account
Cr.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1921 .
$1,320.46
Net gain for year (transferred from Balance Acct.) 3,469.85
$4,790.31
Dr.
Balance
. . $4,790.31
Credit Balance, Jan. 1, 1922 ·
. $4,790.31
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SCHEDULE 2
BALANCE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Overdrafts:
Police
.
.
$352.90
Fire Department
65.52
Poor
1,138.30
State Aid
102.00
Interest
·
2,189.36
$3,848.08
Net gain for year (transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account) . 3,469.85
$7,317.93
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SCHEDULE 2
BALANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Unexpended Balances:
Selectmen
$92.20
Town Accountant
-
15.63
Treasurer
3.50
Assessors
38.64
Printing Valuation Books
127.78
Town Clerk
10.20
Election and Registration
205.35
Inspection of Buildings. .
13.75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
. 23
Forest Fires
52,31
Health
12.97
Street Lights .
744.97
Mothers' Aid
200.00
Schools
.11
Base Ball Diamond
62.84
Memorial Day
42.03
Cemetery
22.77 $1.645.28
From Revenue Account
$2,114.04
Excess , Estimated Receipts
3,558.61
$7,317.93
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SCHEDULE 3
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Appropriations (for Town purposes)
$83,677.65
Transferred to Balance Account 2,114.04
$85,791.69
Estimated Receipts
Dr.
Estimated :
Income tax, general purposes
$4,850.55
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
3.00
Soldiers' exemptions
86.19
Court fines
255.00
Licenses
354.00
Sale Cemetery lots
70.00
National Bank Tax
92.28
Corporation Tax, Business
154.55
Corporation Tax, Public Service
282.30
Schools
·
7.052.03
State Aid
300.00
$13,500.50
Excess, transferred to Balance Account
3,558.61
$17,059.11
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SCHEDULE 3
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Tax committed to Collector (for Town purposes)
$72,252.28
Additional commitment .
38.91
Estimated Receipts
13,500.50
$85,791.69
Estimated Receipts
CT.
Amounts actually received :
Income tax, general purposes
$4,582.10
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
3.93
Soldiers' exemptions
58.16
Court fines .
687.00
Licenses
388.00
Sale Cemetery lots
120.00
National Bank Tax
121.60
Corporation Tax, Business
25.59
Corporation Tax, Public Service
466.24
Schools
10,173.18
State Aid
.
232.00
Street Railway
·
187.94
Highways
13.37
·
.
.
.
.
$17,059.11
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SCHEDULE 4
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1921:
Note No. 2 ·
·
$25,000.00
Note No. 3
8,000.00
Note No. 8 · .
10,000.00 .. $43,000.00
Borrowed during 1921:
Note No. 9
$20,000.00
Note No. 10
25,000.00
Note No. 11
20,000.00
Note No. 12
10,000.00
Note No. 13
.
10,000.00
$85,000.00
$128,000.00
Paid during 1921:
Note No. 2
$25,000.00
Note No. 3
.
8,000.00
Note No. 8
10,000.00
Note No. 9
20,000.00 .
Note No. 11
20,000.00
$83,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1921
$45,000.00
.
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New High School Bonds (Issue of 1914)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1921
$24,500.00
Paid during 1921
1,750.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1921
$22,750.00
Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
(Issue of 1919)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1921
$800.00
Paid during 1921
.
.
$400.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1921
$400.00
Brush Fire Truck Notes (Issue of 1920)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1921
$1,500.00
Paid during 1921
.
.
500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1921
$1,000.00
Total Town Indebtedness Dec. 31, 1921 . $69,150.00
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SCHEDULE 5
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1921
Dr.
Cash in Treasury
$2,099.19
Walter L. Hale, Collector:
Due on 1920 Taxes .
15,361.56
George W. Buck, Collector
Due on 1921 Taxes
32,777. 65
Accounts Receivable
1,345.60
Property Tax Sale Account
815.13
Balancing Account (High School Bonds)
22,750.00
Balancing Account (Motor Fire Apparatus Notes 400.00
Balancing Account (Brush Fire Truck Notes) .
1,000.00
$76,549.13
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SCHEDULE 5
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1921
Cr.
Temporary loans
$45,000.00
Reserve Account
398.42
Tax Abatements 1921 .
703.42
Tax Abatements 1920 .
66.62
Cemetery Lots, Reserve Account
88.00
High School Bonds
22,750.00
Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
400.00
Brush Fire Truck Notes
1,000.00
Schools-Special Account
.
·
.
51.23
Suspense Account
1,301. 13
Excess and Deficiency Account
4,790.31
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
$76,549.13
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$7,804.43
Cash received account of :
Income taxes
3,432.10
Income tax, General School fund
4,590.00
Income Massachusetts School fund 3,422.08
Corporation taxes
491.83
State Forestry
1,075.46
National Bank tax
121.60
Temporary Aid
726.89
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
on land used for Public Insti- tutions 3.93
Suppression of moths
573.70
Street Railway tax
26.97
Superintendent of Schools
1,160.00
Independent Industrial Schools .
163.91
Highways
6,764.93
Tuition of children
392.25
State Aid
232.00
Inspection of Animals
75.00
Soldiers' exemptions
58.16
Assessment on Bonds purchased by
the Eastern Mass. St. Railway
164.71
Licenses .
388.00
Return of dog licenses
439.94
Perpetual care of Cemetery lots
400.00
Rent
120.50
Wood
37.00
.
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Fire Department
54.19
Police
691.80
Court Fines
687.00
Insurance
24.11
Slaughter house inspection
171.13
Cemetery lots .
240.00
Library
80.25
Interest on deposits . ·
193.74
Poor
.
57.80
Sealer's fees
32.03
Income of S. D. J. Carter Lecture
Fund
285.00
Income from trust funds
156.60
Land
15.25
Redeemed taxes
229.55
Taxes 1919
9,758.82
Interest on taxes 1919
1,039.20
Taxes 1920
13,674.36
Interest on taxes 1920
484.73
Taxes 1921
54,257.09
Interest on taxes 1921
65.13
Loans, Anticipation of Revenue
85,000.00
$199,863.17
Payments
Cash paid account of :
Selectmen's Orders
$93,540.29
Town's Notes
83,900.00
Interest
.
.
5,180.90
State tax .
6,440.00
Special State tax
303.60
State, account of poor
12.00
County tax
3,433.46
County tax for construction of
Tuberculosis Hospital . 246.20
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.
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High School Bonds E
1,750.00
Repairs of State Highways
735.80
Eastern Mass. Street Railway Co.
76.82
Fire prevention
23.91
Civilian War Poll Tax
2,121.00
Cash in Treasury
.
2,099.19
$199,863.17
FRANK L. EAMES, Treasurer
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Wilmington :
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submits its annual report.
We are boarding our three inmates at the Wakefield Town Farm, where they are contented and receiving good care.
The Town Farm was let to Mr. S. P. Pike for pasturage and cultivation purposes.
The requests for help from the outside poor has increased to a large extent the past year.
HAROLD E. MELZAR, Chr. ASA G. SHELDON FRANK W. DAYTON Overseers of the Poor
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1921
Amount
Accumulated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Library Funds:
. Andover
No. 8512
$200.00
$38.57
$238.57
Benjamin Buck.
Andover
No. 18341
500.00
55.42
555.42
Charlotte C. Smith.
Mechanics
No. 4215
500.00
65.08
14.60
550.48
Sabra Carter Common Fund .
. Andover
No. 18349
200.00
83.30
10.00
273.30
Cemetery Funds:
Andover
No. 18985
100.00
37.08
1.00
136.08
Susan Carlton. .
Andover
No. 18345
75.00
32.59
20.00
87.59
George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker .
. Andover
No. 22450
94.33
2.00
292.33
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot) .
Andover
No. 18347
200.00 200.00
75.74
5.00
270.74
William H. Carter
Andover
No. 24631
100.00
33.48
1.00
132.48
Dolly Harnden .
. Andover
No. 18342
100.00
32.39
4.50
127.89
Thomas P. Eames
Andover
No. 18346
100.00
34.77
5.00
129.77
Sabra Carter .
Andover
No. 18348
100.00
50.99
1.00
149.99
Rich Carter. .
Andover
No. 22451
100.00
36.91
8.50
128.41
James Frazer . ..
Andover
No. 18343
200.00
69.39
4.00
265.39
Martha Temple .
Andover
No. 18344
100.00
51.32
1.50
149.82
S. D. J. Carter .
Andover
No. 22579
200.00
106.23
22.00
284.23
Charlotte C. Smith .
. Mechanics
No. 4214
50.00
6.60
. 50
56.10
Charles H. Hopkins
Blackstone
No. 4248
200.00
40.52
1.50
239.02
Abner C. Childs .
Woburn
No. 33384
100.00
31.52
3.50
128.02
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
No. 32614
100.00
24.28
7.75
116.53
Burnap. .
Isaac Cazneau. .
134
Laura Parker.
Woburn
No. 32615
50.00
5.87
50
55.37
Sarah G. Sheldon.
. Woburn
No. 33814
200.00
58.96
20.50
238.46
Rufus C. Eames .
. Blackstone
No. 4642
100.00
22.58
6.50
116.08
John Sheldon Sargent.
Blackstone
No. 4859
100.00
20.45
3.00
117.45
Isabelle Holt. .
Blackstone
No. 5169
75.00
10.19
2.50
82.69
Henry Blanchard .
Blackstone
No. 5604
50.00
9.97
3.50
56.47
Nathan B. Eames
Mechanics
No. 6899
100.00
16.74
.50
116.24
Thomas Day.
. Andover
No. 31514
100.00
13.96
2.50
111.46
Lorenzo Meads.
. Mechanics
No. 7176
100.00
11.21
1.75
109.46
Almira J. Carley . .
Andover
No. 32237
100.00
11.44
.50
110.94
George E. Swain.
Blackstone
No. 7304
100.00
7.00
. 50
106.50
Josiah Monroe (Care Elbridge Carter
and Walter H. Blanchard lots) .
Mechanics
No. 7559
100.00
5.72
1.00
104.72
Jacob H. Shedd . .
Blackstone
No. 7701
100.00
.83
100.83
George T. Eames .
Blackstone
No. 7746
200.00
200.00
Jonathan Eames, 2d .
Andover
No. 35188
100.00
100.00
$5,000.00
$1,195.43
$156.60
$6,038.83
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund :
Am. Tel. & Tel. Col. 4% Bonds, Nos. 17546, 19667, 3986, 3992, 3993 Blackstone Savings Bank, No. 1879 .
$5,541.50 578.50
$6,120.00
Bond Interest 1921 Bank Interest
240.00
173.43
.
. . ·
$6,533.43 $285.00
Paid Frank L. Eames, Treasurer
.
$6,248.43 C. S. HARRIMAN, Trustees
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.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and expenses . $850.00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses 650.00
Treasurer, salary and expenses
500.00
Collector, salary and expenses
1,500.00
Assessors, salary and expenses
1,250.00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses . 120.00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses 400.00
Town Hall, janitor, fuel, light and repairs 300.00
Town Constable . .
50.00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts, etc., and 2,500.00
Fire Department, receipts, etc., and 2,500.00
Suppression of Moths (compulsory, $1,007.97), Incidentals, Telephone, Insurance, etc., and Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts, etc., and
1,267.97
173.00
Building Inspector ·
200.00
Tree Warden, receipts, etc., and . .
2,500.00
Forest Fires, receipts, etc., and
500.00
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health Agent's salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics, receipts, etc., and 500.00
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Highways:
Highways, roads and bridges, including Street Railroad Excise and Franchise Tax 10,000.00
Electric Street Lights . 6,600.00
Charities :
Care of Poor, receipts, etc., and .
2,200.00
Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts, etc., and 200.00
Town Indebtedness: 2,650.00
Contingent Fund :
2,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
400.00
Soldiers' Relief
144.00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at vocational
schools, outside tuition, transportation, in- cluding estimated receipts of $7,252.00
39,976.00
Library, receipts and
650.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Cemetery, receipts and
600.00
Unclassified, printing Town Reports, care of
Town Clock, etc, receipts and
800.00
Interest :
On loans for general purposes, receipts and 3,025.00
Abatements (Taxes) ·
100.00
Regan Park .
15.00
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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 sixth day of March next, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6 a.m. and may be closed at 4 p.m., for the election of Town Officers.
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 and Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, and one Trustee for two years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years, and one member for four 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 sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town? "Yes" or "No".
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You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington who are qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Wilmington, on Monday, the thirteenth (13) day of March next, A.D., 1922, at eight (S) o'clock p.m., then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Tree Warden, Forest Fire Wardens, Health and Sanitation, Highway, Roads and Bridges, Support of Poor, Dependent Widows, Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Maintenance, including Transportation, Tuition at Vocational Schools, Public Library, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing, Care of Town Clock, Contingent Fund, and Tax Abatements.
Article 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.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.
Article 8. 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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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen dollars for the up-keep of Regan Park at the junction of High Street and Middlesex Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to sell the Fire Engine House, No. Wilmington, to the Wilmington Post No. 136 of the American Legion, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the di- rector to serve in co-operation with the County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agri- culture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Chapter 273, General Acts of 1918; it being understood that $75.00 shall be expended for local supervision of boys' and girls' club work.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to dispose of the Town Hearse, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Article 14. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement and care of the old cemetery or what the Town will do in the relation to the same.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 39, Section 16 of the General Laws pro- viding for the appointment and duties of Advisory or Finance Committee, and appoint nine members thereof to serve as follows: Three members for the term of one year, three mem-
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bers for the term of two years, three for the term of three years, and each following year appoint three members for the term of three years, as the terms of office expire, and accept the following By-Laws governing such Finance Committee, or do anything in relation thereto.
BY-LAWS
I.
The Finance Committee shall consist of nine members, who shall be legal voters of the Town, holding no salaried Town Office, and shall serve without pay, three members to be chosen at the Annual Town Meeting to hold office for the term of three years. Vacancies occuring during the term of office to be filled by majority vote of the committee.
2.
It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to consider all municipal questions effecting the finances of the Town, for the purpose of making reports or recommendations to the Town, and may hold public meetings at which the Town Officials shall attend if so required by the committee.
3.
The Finance Committee shall be furnished by the Select- men a copy of all Articles in Town Meeting Warrants at least seven days, and more if deemed necessary before the holding of such meeting.
4.
The Finance Committee shall organize by the choice of a Chairman and Clerk who shall keep a record of all meetings of the committee, and five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase an American flag for use at Regan Park, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to have a new survey of the Cemetery made, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 18. To see if the Town will vote the following, that a committee be appointed to make some changes in the Building By-Laws of the Town or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee of citizens to investigate and report at the next Town Meeting on the possibility of establishing a Town Forest and to appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the use of the Committee for this purpose, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars under Chapter 90, Section 34, of the General Laws, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything in relation thereto. (Salem Street.)
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to indemnify the Commonwealth against claims for land grade damages which may result from the laying out and constructing of the pro- posed State Highway, or do anything in relation thereto. (Main Street.)
*Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Grove Avenue extension as laid out by the Selectmen or do anything in relation thereto.
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*Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars or any part thereof to repair and improve Grove Avenue exten- sion, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Swain Road from Burlington Avenue to Forest Street, or any part thereof as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
*Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to grade Swain Road as far as accepted, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to extend Hillside Way to the Burlington line, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to grade Hillside Way extension as accepted, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to renew the contract with the Municipal Light Board of Reading, for electric street lights, for a term of three years, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lighting of the streets daily, except Sundays, between 5.00 o'clock a.m. and daylight during any part of the year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for electric Lights to be installed on Beacon Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
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*Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Boutwell Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Hillside Way, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Main Street, from the existing lights to the Tewksbury line, or what they will do in relation thereto.
*Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Marion Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric lights to be installed on Veranda Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Washington Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on South Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
*Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or some other amount for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk along Main Street from Clark Street to Lake Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 39. To see what action the Town will take in reference to disposing of the North, East and West District School Buildings.
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Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint the Town Hall, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint the Library, or do any : thing in relation thereto.
*Article inserted on petition.
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 fourteenth day of February, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.
TO
SS.
1730
THE WHITEFIELD FIM
FRANK W. DAYTON ASA G. SHELDON HAROLD E. MELZAR Selectmen of Wilmington
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INDEX
Assessors' Valuation, 1921 45
Board of Health, Report of
84
Building Inspector, Report of
56
Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of
51
Chief of Police, Report of
47
Collector's Account .
96
Departmental Recommendations .
136
Fire Department, Report of
.
91
Inspector of Animals, Report of 52
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Report of 54 10
July List
Librarian's Report .
86
List of Library Books
87
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
133
School Committee, Report of .
57
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
55
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
49
Town Accountant, Report of
99
Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of
11
66 Births Registered
36
66 66 Marriages Registered 38
66 Deaths Registered
42
66
66 Recapitulation
44
Treasurer's Report .
130
Tree Warden's Report
85
Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of
134
Town Officers, 1921
5
Town Warrant 138
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WILMINGTON MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st
1922
STO
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Melrose, Mass. MELROSE FREE PRESS, INC. 1923
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED
TOWN OFFICERS 1922
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor ARTHUR W. EAMES FRANK W. DAYTON, Chairman CARL S. PETTENGILL
Assessors
J. HOWARD EAMES JAMES E. KELLEY JOSEPH PATCHETT
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1923 Term expires 1924
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Collector of Taxes WALTER L. HALE, for 1920 GEORGE W. BUCK, for 1921-1922
Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER A. HILL
Police Department WALTER A. HILL, Chief
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Special Police
ALEXANDER BRABANT PAUL BRABANT
ARTHUR W. GIROUX
CARROLL A. HORTON WALTER J. HARRISON ALBERT J. SPAULDING GEORGE A. WALL
JEROME J. O'LEARY
JEFFREY B. BABINE OTIS A. ELLIS ALDERIC C. ROY
WALTER H. DOE
FRANK W. DAYTON PETER NEILSON
EDWARD S. LEWIS JAMES P. WILLIAMS
GEORGE S. FOOTE ROLAND F. SANBORN
CHARLES J. SMITH
ORA HOLBROOK
WALTER F. ELLSWORTH ELMORE L. HOWE
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
MAURICE P. GALLAGHER
Term expires 1925
ALDICE G. EAMES
HARLAND J. SAVORY
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1923
JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Fence Viewers SELECTMEN
Field Drivers
MICHAEL J. McMAHON EDWARD W. TAYLOR
ALBERT D. BUTTERS ERNEST R. CURRIER
Pound Keeper
ERNEST R. CURRIER
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS
JAMES E. KELLEY
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH
EDWARD N. EAMES
FRANK L. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES
WALTER L. HALE THOMAS T. SIDELINKER HARRY R. DEMING
Measurers of Leather
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J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
HARRY R. DEMING
Public Weighers of Merchandise
ARTHUR F. BLAKE ETHAN D. GILSON
FRED W. CARTER
HARRY R. DEMING
AUSTIN C. TAYLOR JOHN A. HOWE
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR FRANK W. KIDDER WALTER L. HALE
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERNEST R. CURRIER
Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent of Streets GEORGE S. FOOTE
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CLAVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE
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