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ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or some other amount, and elect a Director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County
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Trustees for county aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, of the General Laws of Massa- chusetts.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of twenty-six hundred and fifty dollars ($2,650) for the purpose of purchasing a tractor and plow for snow removal and work on the highways, for the Highway De- partment, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) for the purpose of purchasing a heavy road scraper of the leaning wheel type for the Highway Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), the same to be added to the "$500" appropriated at the last Annual Town Meeting, for the purchase of a Power Loader of the bucket type for the Highway Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for the pur- chase of a sprayer to be used by the Moth Department, or do anything in relation thereto (by Superintendent of Moth De- partment ).
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and ninety dollars ($290) for the purchase of additional fireproof office equipment for Town Records, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of three to study the requirements of suitable quar-
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ters for Town Officers, and to make a study of the present Town Hall with the purpose of bringing in plans and an esti- mate of costs for remodeling the same to provide quarters in accordance with their recommendations ; also, to make a similar study and report on the Public Library. This committee to report at a future meeting.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the pur- pose of eliminating the two dangerous curves on Boutwell Street, one at the junction of Boutwell Street and Burlington Avenue, and the other near the junction of Boutwell Street and Taft Road, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to widen and grade the entrance to Nichols Street from Shawsheen Avenue, on land donated and deeded to the Town of Wilmington for that purpose by Mrs. Harriet H. Whitcomb, the said entrance to be named Whitcomb Square, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be used for widening the worst curves and repairing Glen Road from Middlesex Avenue to Main Street, or to see what action the Town will take in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept an additional section of Swain Road (a distance of 430 feet) from Taft Road to Roosevelt Road as laid out by the Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate a sum of three hundred dollars ($300) to grade and extend said road or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Brand Avenue for a distance of 500 feet, as laid out by the Board of
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Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate the sum of five hun- dred dollars ($500) to extend and grade same, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept an addition to Marion Street, a distance of 600 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen and to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars ($450) to extend and grade same or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept and extend Columbia Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) to extend and grade same, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, for the purpose of building a sidewalk on Beacon Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Flora- dale Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to grade same, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the fol- lowing additions to its By-Laws :-
ADDITION TO BY-LAWS REGULATING THE LAY- ING OUT AND ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON
SECTION 1. All petitions for laying out or accepting any street or way constructed on private lands made by any person or corporation other than the town of Wilmington, shall be pre-
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sented to the Board of Survey. Action on any such petition, so presented, shall not be reported on favorably until the peti- tioners have filed with the Board, as aforementioned, a plan and profile, drawn to scale, of the street or streets which they desire to have laid out or accepted ; the abutting lands with the fences and buildings thereon, and the length of the frontage of each estate : the land to be taken and the names of the owners of said lands; and also showing that the proposed lines and grade of said street or streets give sufficient reference to stakes or other boundary marks on the premises to enable the Board
of Survey to locate said street or streets with accuracy. Said plan shall be in every case accompanied by an agreement re- ferring thereto, signed by all parties who claim no damages, or who will release their damages, with the amount thereof, and also a statement, including the names of all other parties who decline to release or which sets forth their prospective damage.
SECTION 2. No street or way constructed on private lands by any person or corporation other than the Town of Wilming- ton shall be hereafter recommended by the Board of Survey for laying out or acceptance as a public street in the Town of Wilmington, unless previously constructed and completed in accordance with the specifications hereinafter set forth.
SPECIFICATIONS
(a) A plan, profile, and cross sections showing existing and proposed grades of every street to be laid out or accepted shall be filed with the Board of Survey.
(b) Every such street shall be constructed not less than forty feet in width and not less than one-sixth of the street width shall be reserved for each sidewalk. If, on account of unusual circumstances, it seems advisable or necessary to construct a street less than forty feet in width, a
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notice shall be published or posted in a conspicuous place, and a public hearing shall be held before the Board of Survey shall grant permit for the same.
(c) The entire area of every such street shall be first cleared. of all brush, stumps, roots, stones, and other refuse ma- terial, and all trees not intended for preservation.
(d) All loam and loamy material shall be removed from the limits of the street inclusive of sidewalks, to such a depth as may be approved by the Board of Survey.
(e) All work in excavation or embankment shall be brought accurately to a sub-grade of not less than six inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk below finished grade as shown on said profile and cross sections mentioned in paragraph (a) of these specifications. All side slopes in excavation and on the adjoining land shall be graded in a manner satisfactory to the said Board.
(f) On heavy soil, within two feet below sub-grade, which is wet or spongy at any season of the year, stone filling, porous material, tiles, or pipes shall be used in a manner that the Board decides will insure satisfactory drainage.
(g) Provision must be made to insure a proper drainage of surface water through culverts or drains which are satis- factory to the said Board.
(h) The top layer of the sub-grade of the roadway shall be of good road material satisfactory to the Board of Sur- vey. Both the roadway and sidewalks shall be graded to the satisfaction of the Board.
(i) All corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Survey. Permanent bounds, acceptable to the Board of Survey, shall be set at
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all angles and curves by the owners at their expense and under the direction of the aforesaid Board.
(j) To avoid duplication and confusion in the designation of the names of streets and ways, the Board of Survey should recommend in reference thereto when they report the layout to the Town.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract to install one electric light on Park Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for electric lights to be installed on Salem Street, from Woburn Street easterly to the North Reading Town Line, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the purchase of a strip of land bounded by Grove Avenue and Silver Lake, the Bath House and land owned by Mr. Ralph Howe, belonging to the Metropolitan Ice Company, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand eight hundred thirty-five dollars sev- enteen cents ($1,835.17), the same being unpaid bills of the School Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of nine hundred eighty-eight dollars thirty- eight cents ($988.38), the same being unpaid bills of the High- way Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of four thousand five hundred five dollars
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and forty cents ($4,505.40), the same being the overdrafts for the year 1925, or do anything in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of three hundred thirty-one dollars ($331.02) two cents, representing a deficiency in revenue, 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 Grove Street from West Street to the Reading Line, or do anything in relation thereto.
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 seal of said Town this fifteenth day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty- Six.
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FRANK W. DAYTON, CHAS. F. PERRY, ARTHUR W. GIROUX, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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INDEX
Agriculture and Home Economics, Report of Demon- stration Work in 63
Assessors' Valuation 1925
92
Board of Health, Report of
138
Building Inspector, Report of
68
Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of
. 88
Chief of Police, Report of
65
Collector's Account
94
Departmental Recommendations
136
Fire Department, Report of . 73
Inspectors of Animals, Report of
72
Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of
67
Jury List
11
Librarian's Report
82
List of Library Books
83
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
81
School Committee, Report of .
139
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
70
State Audit
49
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
79
Town Accountant, Report of
97
Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of
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66 66 Births Registered
40
66 Marriages Registered 42
66 66 Deaths Registered 46
Recapitulation
48
Treasurer's Report
95
Tree Warden's Report
71
Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of
90
Town Officers, 1925
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Town Warrant
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WILMINGTON, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1926
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E. L. GRIMES PRINTING CO. BOSTON MASS. 1927
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS, 1926
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
CHARLES F. PERRY, Chairman
WALTER L. HALE
CARL S. PETTENGILL
Assessors
ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE J. HOWARD EAMES JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Collector of Taxes GEORGE W. BUCK
Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER A. HILL
Police Department WALTER A. HILL, Chief
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Special Police
ALBERT D. BUTTERS
ELMER W. EATON
WALTER J. HARRISON
EDWARD S. LEWIS
WALTER F. ELLSWORTH
ROBB W. HAUCK
ALEXANDER BRABANT
CHARLES D. REILLY
ALBERT A. HAYWARD
HARRY G. PIERSON
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
ALDICE G. EAMES
MAURICE P. GALLAGHER
HARRY P. JONES
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929
JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Fence Viewers
CHARLES F. PERRY ARTHUR W. GIROUX
C. A. PETTENGILL
Field Drivers
CHARLES D. REILLY EDWARD W. TAYLOR
Pound Keeper CHARLES D. REILLY
JOHN O'CONNOR
EDWARD HARRIS
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH
WALTER L. HALE
HARRY R. DEMING
EDWARD N. EAMES
ARTHUR W. EAMES
THOMAS T. SIDELINKER
ARNOLD D. CARTER
WILLIAM T. LEWIS
Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR HARRY R. DEMING
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
REGINALD J. FROTTON
Public Weighers of Merchandise
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
HARRY R. DEMING
FRED W. CARTER
JOHN A. HOWE
AUSTIN C. TAYLOR
WALTER L. HALE
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERNEST R. CURRIER
Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent of Streets CHARLES V. BLAISDELL
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M.D.V.
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Inspector of Meats and Provisions ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE
Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY
Assistant Chief of Fire Department OLIVER McGRANE
Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY
Deputy Forest Fire Wardens
OLIVER A. McGRANE WINFRED W. RICE
Cemetery Commissioners
WILLIAM T. HENDERSON
Term expires 1927
CHARLES C. ALDEN
Term expires 1928
LOUIS T. McMAHON
Term expires 1929
GEORGE F. NEWCOMB, Superintendent
Common Committee
CHARLES F. PERRY
Term expires 1927
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1929
School Committee
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1927
HARRY W. DeLORIEA
Term expires 1927
PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1928
ALFRED S. ALLEN
Term expires 1928
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1929
OLIVIA H. NORCROSS
Term expires 1929
Inspector of Buildings CHESTER HORTON
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Board of Appeal
HARRY R. DEMING
ARTHUR W. EAMES LOUIS T. McMAHON
Undertakers
EDWARD M. NICHOLS JOSEPH B. McMAHON
Burial Agent JOHN H. SIMPSON
Trustees of Public Library
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1927
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1927
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1928
PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1928
CHARLES C. ALDEN
Term expires 1929
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1929
Trustees of Trust Funds
PHILIP B. BUZZELL
Term expires 1927
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1929
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
MILDRED E. NEILSON
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
GERALD F. FRAZEE
Term expires 1929
ARTHUR W. GIROUX
Term expires 1930
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Term expires 1931
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Finance Committee
WALDO L. DEAN
Term expires 1927
LOUIS T. McMAHON
Term expires 1927
HERBERT C. BARROWS
Term expires 1927
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1928 Term expires 1928
THOMAS C. DALY EDWARD M. NEILSON A. CHANDLER MANNING OSCAR A. LUNDGREN PAUL E. TODD
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1929
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
JOHN E. DENEHEY
HAROLD SWAIN
EBER P. MELZAR
EUGENE G. SHAW
JOHN F. MUSE
JOSEPH H. SURRETTE
HENRY A. McMAHON
JOHN W. SIMPSON
MARGARET W. DeLORIEA
MARY L. CAIL
ELEANOR M. LIVINGSTON
ROSE T. CAVANAUGH
Moderator EDWARD N. EAMES
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JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Revised by Board of Selectmen, July 26, 1926
Name
Occupation
Street or Avenue
Howard E. Bedell
Insurance Agent
Burlington
Charles V. Blaisdell
Teamster
Lowell
Roger S. Buck
Machinist
Woburn
Sidney C. Buck
Provision Dealer
Middlesex
W. Gould Buckle
B. & M. Emp.
Church
Joseph Cotton
Real Estate
Off Thurston
Irvin Eames
Retired
Woburn
Walter J. Harrison
Baggage Man
Andover
Chester T. Horton
Carpenter
Swain
Joel P. Ireland
Salesman
Washington
Frank W. Kidder
Clerk
Off Thurston
Charles A. Livingston
Grocer
Burlington
George McKittrick
Crossing Man
Eames
Louis T. McMahon
Superintendent
Middlesex
John F. Muse
Laborer
Cottage
Peter Neilson
Mason
Glen
Louis A. Nichols
Clerk
Middlesex
John H. Nolen
Clerk
Main
Daniel C. Norcross
Machinist
Shawsheen
Jerome J. O'Leary
Pensioner
Swain
Charles F. Perry
Janitor
Church
Leon A. Rhine
Laundryman
Woburn
Wilbur A. Sheldon
Clerk
Clark
Arthur L. Williams
Tower Man
Wil. Junction
John H. Woodman
Clerk
Federal Gardens
Fred U. Wyman
Clerk
Church
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 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 first day of March next, at 9.45 a. m. in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 10 a. m. and shall be closed at 8 p. m. for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Select- men, who shall also act as Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk, Treasurer, Col- lector of Taxes, Constable, three Fence Viewers, two members of the School Committee for three years, two trustees of the Public Library for three years; one trustee of Trust Funds for three years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years, Tree Warden, Moderator.
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 on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently, and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wild- wood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the eighth (8) day of March, A. D. 1926, at eight (8) o'clock p. m., then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items as requisitioned by the various departemnts:
General Government Charities and Aid Protection of Life and Property Soldiers' Benefits Miscellaneous Expenditures Education
Health and Sanitation Highways
Article 5. 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.
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Article 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to deter- mine how the same will be expended.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five (75) dollars for the up-keep of Regan Park, Rogers Park and Thomas Nee Park, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or some other amount, and elect a Director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for county aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chap- ter 128, of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred and fifty dollars ($2,650) for the purpose of purchasing a tractor and plow for snow removal and work on the highways, for the Highway Department, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) for the purpose of purchasing a heavy road scraper of the leaning wheel type for the Highway Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), the same to be added to the $500 appropriated at the last Annual Town Meeting, for the pur- chase of a Power Loader of the bucket type for the Highway Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for the purchase of a sprayer to be used by the Moth Department, or do anything in relation thereto (by Superintendent of Moth Department).
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and ninety dollars ($290) for the purchase of additional fireproof office equipment for Town Records, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of three to study the requirements of suitable quarters for Town officers, and to make a study of the present Town Hall with the purpose of bringing in plans and an estimate of costs for remodel- ing the same to provide quarters in accordance with their recom- mendations; also, to make a similar study and report on the Public Library. This committee to report at a future meeting.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the purpose of elim- inating the two dangerous curves on Boutwell Street, one at the junction of Boutwell Street and Burlington Avenue, and the other near the junction of Boutwell Street and Taft Road, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to widen and grade the entrance to Nichols Street from Shawsheen Avenue, on land donated and deeded to the Town of Wilmington for that purpose by Mrs. Har- riet H. Whitcomb, the said entrance to be named Whitcomb Square, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be used for widening the worst curves and repairing Glen Road from Middlesex Avenue to Main Street, or to see what action the Town will take in rela- tion thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept an additional section of Swain Road (a distance of 430 feet) from Taft Road to Roosevelt Road as laid out by the Selectmen, and to raise and ap- propriate a sum of three hundred dollars ($300) to grade and ex- tend said road or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Brand Avenue for a distance of 500 feet, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to extend and grade same, or do anything in relation thereto.
ยท Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept an addition to Marion Street, a distance of 600 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen and to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars ($450) to extend and grade same or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept and extend Columbia Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) to extend and grade same, or do anything in relations thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the purpose of build- ing a sidewalk on Beacon Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Floradale Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to grade same, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following additions to its By-laws:
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Addition to By-laws Regulating the Laying Out and Acceptance of Streets in the Town of Wilmington
Section 1. All petitions for laying out or accepting any street or way constructed on private lands made by any person or corpo- ration other than the Town of Wilmington shall be presented by the Board of Survey. Action on any such petition, so presented, shall not be reported on favorably until the petitioners have filed with the Board, as aforementioned, a plan and profile, drawn to scale, of the street or streets which they desire to have laid out or accepted; the abutting lands with the fences and buildings thereon, and the length of the frontage of each estate; the land to be taken and the names of the owners of said lands, and also showing that the proposed lines and grade of said street or streets give sufficient reference to stakes or other boundary marks on the premises to enable the Board of Survey to locate said street or streets with accuracy. Said plan shall be in every case accom- panied by an agreement referring thereto, signed by all parties who claim no damages, or who will release their damages, with the amount thereof, and also a statement, including the names of all other parties who decline to release or which sets forth their prospective damage.
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