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$25,000.00
2,000.00
Salem and Lowell Sts., Maintenance
750.00
Electric Street Lights (On amendment it was voted to lay on the table until after Article 21) 7,786.75
$35,536.75
Charities and Aid
Public Welfare
$ 7,500.00
Aid for Dependent Mothers
2,000.00
$ 9,500.00
Soldier's Benefits
State Aid
$ 275.00
Military Aid
400.00
Soldier's Relief
500.00
$ 1,175.00
Education
Schools (On amendment offered by Mr. Bedell to in- crease the appropriation from $67,500.00 to $70,000.00. After much discussion on this amend- ment and the question was put the chair was in doubt. Vote was taken by ballot and check list used. 105 voted Yes and 245 voted No. The Moderator declared the amendment voted in the negative. Motion to raise $67,500.00 voted in the affirmative.)
Vocational Training Library
$67,500.00
300.00
1,000.00
$68,800.00
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Miscellaneous Expenses
Town Indebtness
$ 8,250.00
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
Interest (On amendment to lay on the table)
20,462.50
Cemetery
2,500.00
Unclassified
1,000.00
Parks
Firemen's Pension
165.00 1,248.00
Water Department (On amendment offered by Mr. Harriman that the sum of $20,000.00 be raised and appropriated together with the receipts for the Water Dept. After much discussion on this Arti- cle during which Mr. Reebenacker and Mr. Mc- Mahon arose to point of order and was sustained by the Chair, Mrs. Esler moves for the previous question. Voted in the negative.
On amendment offered by Mr. Hale that the Town raise and appropriate $3,500.00 for the mainten- ance of the Water Dept. together with their re- ceipts and unexpended balance. Voted in the affirmative. Motion as amended. Voted in the affirmative.)
3,500.00
Interest was then taken from the table. On amendment offered by Mr. Hale that the interest item be increased to $20,462.50. Voted in the af- firmative. Motion as amended voted in the affir- mative.
$40,125.50
Article 5. Motion, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1930, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 6. Motion by Mr. Deming, That the sum of Two thousand dollars be appropriated from the Excess & Deficiency Account for the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Town and the Tercentenary Celebration of the Commonwealth, the same to be expended by the present Anniversary Committee. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 7. Motion by Mrs. Palmer, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two hundred dollars ($200.00), for co-operative work with the Middlesex County Extension Service as provided under Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128 General Laws of Massachusetts, and that Mr. Earnest W. Eames be elected Director. Voted in the affirmative.
Article S. Motion by Mr. Downing, To pass the Article. Voted in the affirmative.
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AArticle 9. Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand six hundred eighty dollars ($4680.00) for hydran't maintenance for the year 1930. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 10. Motion by Mr. Hale, That the Town vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for two electric lights to be installed on Main Street near the Woburn line and that the sum of thirty-one dollars ($31.00) be expended. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 11. Motion by Mr. Barrows, That the Town vote to elect a Board of Public Welfare at its annual meeting in the year 1931, such Board to have oversight of all of the welfare work in the Town as prescribed by Statute and now carried on by the Board of Selectmen.
Amendment offered by Mr. Buckle, To lay on the Table until our next Special Town Meeting.
Moderator declared amendment voted in the negative. Vote questioned.
Mr. McMahon rose to suggest that owing to the conditions if the Article was talked upon possibly it might save the taking of the vote in question by ballot.
Mr. Eames then appointed Mr. Barrows to the Chair.
Mr. Eames, Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Buckle then spoke on the Article. Mr. Barrows, Acting Moderator, put the amendment be- fore the house. Voted in the affirmative.
Motion as amended: To lay Article on the Table until the next Special Town Meeting. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 12. Motion to lay on Table until our next Special Town Meeting. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 13. Motion to lay on the Table until our next Special Town Meeting. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 14. Motion by Mr. Holmes, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to grade Nee Park, to make suitable for the erection of a fit memorial. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 15. Motion by Mr. Hathaway, To pass the Article. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 16. Motion by Mrs. Livingston, That the Town vote to turn over to the Board of Park Commissioners the Town Farm of ninety-two acres for Park and Recreation purposes. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 17. Motion by Mr. Deming, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand eight hundred nine dol- lars and thirty-three cents ($2,809.33) to cover 1929 overdrafts of Board of Public Welfare, Aid to Dependent Mothers and Interest Accounts. Voted in the affirmative.
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Article 18. Motion by Mr. O'Leary, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) for Public Health Work. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 19. Motion by Mr. Reebenacker, That the Town vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for nine (9) electric lights to be installed on Salem Street from Woburn Street easterly to the North Reading line. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 20. Motion by Mr. Holmes, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the proper observance of Memorial Day and that the Moderator ap- point a committee who shall arrange and have charge of such observance. Voted in the affirmative.
The Moderator appointed the following committee: J. Thomas Holmes. Chairman; John Simpson, Civil War; Walter Hale, Claude Thompson and Walter Ellsworth, Spanish War; Mrs. Susan Esler, Mrs. Walter Bedell and Miss Bessie McMahon, Ladies Auxiliary; Lawrence Foley, Guy Nichols, Joseph McMahon and J. Turner Hood, American Legion.
Article 21. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five dollars ($45.00) for all night street lighting service from corner of Lowell and Main Streets to Clark Street, and that the Board of Selectinen be instructed to contract for same. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 22. Motion by Mr. Reilly, To pass the Article. Voted in the affirmative.
Articlt 23. Motion by Mr. Foster, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of assembling existing plans toward a general survey of the Town. This work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Assessors and Town Clerk with the assistance of the Water Department. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 24. Motion by Mr. McMahon, That for the purpose of remodelling and enlarging the Library Building, the Town appro- priate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), of which one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall be raised in 1930, and that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) and to issue in pay- ment thereof four notes of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each, one to be paid in 1931, one in 1932, one to be paid in 1933 and one to be paid in 1934, and that these changes shall be made by and under the supervision of the Library Trustees. Voted in the negative.
Electric Street Lights under Article 4 was then taken from the Table.
On amendment it was voted to raise and appropriate seventy- seven thousand eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents ($7786.75). Motion as amended. Voted in the affirmative.
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Article 25. Motion by Mr. Pike, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be used to build a sidewalk on Lowell Street from Parker Street to Perry's Corner. Amendment offered by Mr. Reebenacker to in- crease the appropriation from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00. Voted in the affirmative. Motion as amended. Chair was in doubt and a rising vote was taken. 134 voted in the affirmative. 60 voted in the negative.
Moderator declared the motion as amended voted in the affirma- Itive.
Article 26. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for Traf- fic Signals to be installed at the corner of Main Street, Church Street and Burlington Avenue. Voted in the affirmative.
Motion to adjourn. Voted in the affirmative.
Attest:
RALPH R. CURRIER,
Town Clerk.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Warrant-Special Town Meeting 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 said Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble in Town Meeting at Grange Hall, Friday the Sixteenth Day of May, 1930, at 8 o'clock P. M., then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles :
Article 1. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1700.00 to purchase a pump, hose and equipment for the Fire Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1500.00, or any sum, for the purpose of indemnifying police officers and firemen of the Town and other persons designated in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 100, as amended, for expenses or damages heretofore or hereafter sustained by them within the purview of said statute, during the current year, said sum to be expended by the Selectmen from time to time in their sole and uncontrolled discretion, any amounts required for such purposes, up to the total amount of such appropriation, to be transferred from time to time as needed from the excess and deficiency fund, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will ratify and confirm the action of the former Board of Selectmen in selling or agreeing to sell, on behalf of the Town, the land on Main Street formerly used as fire well to Susan T. Esler for the sum of Thirty Dollars, and will authorize the present Board of Selectmen or a majority of said Board, on behalf of the Town, to execute and deliver to said Susan T. Esler, or her nominee, a deed of conveyance of said property, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will ratify and confirm the action of the former Board of Selectmen in selling or agreeing to sell, on behalf of the Town, the land on Middlesex Avenue, on which Engine House No. 2 formerly stood to Caleb S. Harriman for the sum of Fifty Dollars, and will authorize the present Board of Selectmen or a majority of said Board, on behalf of the Town, to execute and deliver to said Caleb S. Harriman, or his nominee, a deed of conveyance of the said property, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $40,000.00 for the purpose of constructing an addition to the present High School building, including the equip- ment and furnishing of such addition, and to determine what part
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of sum shall be raised by taxation in the current year, what part of the sum shall be borrowed on notes and bonds of the Town and to take any other action in relation thereto-all in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 17, Acts of 1929 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to strike out the follow- ing words under Section 3 of the present Building Laws, "those which come under the provisions of the Revised Laws, Chapter 104, Section 22 and," so that said Section 3 as amended shall read as follows:
Section 3. No building except one story wooden buildings less than ten feet square, shall be erected, and no addition or altera- tion changing the character of any such building shall be made by any person unless he shall first file with the inspector plans and specifications or a full description of the proposed work. If the plans, specifications or description so filed shall be in compli- ance with the building limitations prescribed in these By-laws, the Inspector shall forthwith issue a permit therefor.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to grant the privilege of running Sunday Motion Pictures in the Wilmington Theatre, during May, June, July, August, September and October, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Board of Pub- lic Welfare at its annual meeting in the year 1931, such Board to have oversight of all of the welfare work in the Town as prescribed by Statute and now carried on by the Board of Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Article 9. If the Town votes in the affirmative on the foregoing article, to see if the Town will vote to rescind any and all former votes inconsistent therewith, such vote to rescind to take effect on the election and qualification of the Board of Public Welfare alt the annual meeting in 1931, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Article 10. If the Town votes in the affirmative on the two fore- going articles, to see if the Town will vote to elect at its annual meeting in 1931 a Board of Public Welfare to consist of three members, one to be elected for three years, one for two years and one for one year, and at each annual meeting thereafter to elect one new member for three years, and have the ballot for such annual election prepared accordingly, such Board to have full charge of all matters as specified in the foregoing articles, or act in any manner relating thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk immediately after making service thereof.
Given under our hands and Seal of said Town this eighth day of May, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty.
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WALTER L. HALE, JEROME J. O'LEARY, WALTER G. BUCKLE,
Selectmen of the Town of Wilmington.
Wilmington, May 9, 1930.
Middlesex, ss.
This is to certify that I this day posted true and attested copies of this Warrant in accordance with the town by-laws.
WALTER A. HILL,
Constable of Wilmington.
Records of Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting Held May 16, 1930
At eight o'clock P. M. the Moderator called the meeting to order. On behalf of the Boston Traveler, Mr. Wheeler presented a Medal to Mr. Norman Perry for services rendered in saving the life of Mr. Jerome J. O'Leary in a recent fire on West Street.
The Warrant was then read by the Town Clerk and the Mod- erator then proceeded with Article 1 of the Warrant.
Article 1. Motion by Mr. Hale, That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund for a Forest Fire Pump and equipment for the Fire Department, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Engineers. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 2. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 dollars for the purpose of indemnifying police officers and firemen of the Town and other persons designated in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 100, as amended, for expenses or damages heretofore or hereafter sustained by them within the purview of said statute, during the current year, said sum to be expended by the Selectmen from time to time in their sole and uncontrolled discretion, any amounts required for such purposes, up to the total amount of such appropriation, to be transferred from time to time as needed from the Excess and Deficiency Fund. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 3. Motion by Mr. O'Leary, That the Town ratify and confirm the action of the former Board of Selectmen in selling or agreeing to sell on behalf of the Town, the land on Main Street formerly used as a fire well to Susan T. Esler for the sum of thirty dollars, and that the present Board of Selectmen or a majority of said Board, be and they hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to execute and deliver to said Susan T. Esler, or her nominee, a deed of conveyance of said property. Voted in the affirmative.
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Article 4. Motion by Mr. O'Leary, That the Town ratify and confirm the action of the former Board of Selectmen in selling or agreeeing to sell on behalf of the Town, the land on Middlesex Avenue on which Engine House No. 2 formerly stood to Caleb S. Harriman for the sum of fifty dollars, and that the present Board of Selectmen or a majority of said Board, be and they hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to execute and deliver to said Caleb S. Harriman, or his nominee, a deed of conveyance of the said property. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 5. Motion by Mr. Hathaway, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the con- struction of an addition to the present High School building, such addition to increase the floor space of said building, four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) of the same to be raised by taxation this year, the balance to be borrowed by the Treasurer of the Town under the direction of the Selectmen upon the town bonds or notes, pay- able three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) each year for twelve (12) succeeding years, beginning in 1931-all in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 17, Acts of 1929 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Much discussion followed this motion, Mr. Bedell, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Neilson, Mrs. Henderson and others speaking in favor, and Mr. Harriman, Mr. Reebenacker, Mrs. Esler and others speaking against.
Mr. Reebenacker moved for the Question, as the vote required a two-thirds vote, the Moderator called for a counted vote. 65 voted in the affirmative. 70 voted in the negative.
The Moderator declared the motion voted in the negative.
Article 6. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town vote to amend its present building by-laws by striking out the following words under Section 3, "those which come under the provisions of the Revised Laws, Chapter 104, Section 22 and," so that said section as amended shall read as follows-
Section 3. No building except one story wooden buildings less than ten feet square, shall be erected, and no additions or altera- tion changing the character of any such building shall be made by any person unless he shall first file with the Inspector plans and specifications or a full description of the proposed work. If the plans, specifications or description so filed shall be in com- pliance with the building limitations prescribed in these by-laws, the Inspector shall forthwith issue a permit therefor.
This Article required a two-thirds vote. 101 voted in the affirma- tive. 0 voted in the negative.
Moderator declared the motion voted in the affirmative.
Article 7. Motion ito pass the Artcile.
Article 8. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town will vote to elect a Board of Public Welfare at its annual meeting in the year 1931, such Board to have oversight of all of the welfare work in the Town as prescribed by Statute and now carried on by the Board of Selectmen. Voted in the affirmative.
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Article 9. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town having voted in the affirmative on the foregoing Article, That the Town vote to rescind any and all former votes inconsistent therewith, such vote to rescind to take effect on the election and qualifications of the Board of Public Welfare at the annual meeting in 1931. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 10. Motion by Mr. Buckle, That the Town vote to elect alt its annual meeting in 1931 a Board of Public Welfare to consist of three members, one to be elected for three years, one for two years and one for one year, and at each annual meeting thereafter to elect one new member for three years, and have the ballot for such annual election prepared accordingly, such Board to have full charge of all matters as specified in the foregoing articles. Voted in the affirmative.
Motion to adjourn. Voted in the affirmative.
Attest :
RALPH R. CURRIER,
Town Clerk.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Warrant-Special Town Meeting 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 in Town meeting at the Grange Hall in said Wilmington on Tuesday, the 14th day of October next, A. D. 1930 at 8 o'clock P. M., then and there to act upon the following articles :
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Department to extend the water main on Aldrich Road, and to transfer the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Water Department to defray the cost thereof, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Department to extend the water main on Glen Road, and to transfer the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Water Department to defray the cost thereof, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of five to investigate school house accommodations, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to grant a license to the Eastern Massachusetts Street Rail- way Company to operate a bus line between the Reading Line and Tewksbury Line or what they will do in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk immediately after service thereof.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this twenty- ninth day of September, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
WALTER L. HALE, JEROME J. O'LEARY, WALTER G. BUCKLE, Selectmen of Wilmington. Wilmington, Oct. 6, 1930.
Middlesex, ss.
This is to certify that I this day posted attested copies of this Warrant in accordance with the Town By-Laws.
WALTER A. HILL,
Constable of Wilmington.
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Record of Proceedings of the Special Town Meeting Held October 14, 1930
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator alt eight o'clock P. M. and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator then called for report of Finance Committee. Mr. Barrows stated that the Finance Committee had recommended that the sum of $2,500.00 be transferred under Article 1.and that $3,000.00 be transfered under Article 2. The Moderator then pro- ceeded to take up Article 1.
Article 1. Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the Water Department be instructed to extend the water main on Aldrich Road and that $2,500.00 be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account to defray the cost thereof. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 2. Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the Water Depart- ment be instructed to extend the water main on Glen Road and that $3,000.00 be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count to defray the cost thereof. Voted in the affirmative.
Article 3. Motion by Mr. Bedell, That a committee of five, to investigate School House accommodations, be appointed by the Moderator, said committee to report at the next Annual Town Meeting. Voted in the affirmative.
The Moderator appointed the following committee: Mr. C. S. Harriman, Mr. Gardner Ritchie, Mr. Harold Melzar, Mr. Alfred Allen, Mr. Laurence Foley
Article 4. Motion by Mr. Hale, That the Selectmen be instructed to grant the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company or some other party or parties a bus license between the Reading and Tewksbury lines and to use their own judgment in making the best possible terms for the Town. Voted in the affirmative.
Motion to adjourn. Voted in the affirmative.
Attest :
RALPH R. CURRIER,
Town Clerk.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Warrant-Special Town Meeting 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 in Town meeting at the Town Hall in said Wilmington on eleventh day of December, A. D. 1930 at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act upon the following articles :
Article 1. To see if the Town, in view of the existing emergency due to the unemployment of large numbers of its residents. will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), together with sums allotted by the State and County or either of them, to be expended by the Selectm'en through the Highway Department for the purpose of extending the improvement of Burlington Avenue and other streets under proposed contract between the Depart- ment of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and said Town of Wilmington. and will authorize the Treasurer to bor- row said sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) under the pro- visions of Clause Nine of Section 8 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended and to issue the note or notes of the Town therefor.
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