Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1939-1940, Part 2

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 388


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Voted in the affirmative.


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Article 11. Motion by Mr. Barrows that action on this Article be indefinitely postponed.


Voted in the affirmative.


Article 12. Motion by Mr. Hathaway that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 and purchase therewith the land at Silver Lake shown as Lots 83 to 108 both inclusive on sub-division plan 886OB, Sheet 2, filed in Land Registration Office in the Registry of Deeds of the North District of Middlesex County, a copy of a portion of said plans is filed with Certificate of Title 8893.


Amendment offered by Mr. H. C. Barrows that the Town raise and appropriate the sum $2,500.00 for the purchase of a parcel of land at Silver Lake for school purposes. $500.00 to be raised by taxation in the current year, and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen issue thereof the note or notes of the Town payable $500.00 annually for a period of four years.


Voted in the affirmative.


Motion as amended.


The Moderator announced that a two thirds vote was required and called for a rising vote.


Voted in the affirmative 138


Voted in the negative 52


The Moderator declared the motion voted in the affirmative.


Article 13. Motion by Mr. Hathaway that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for the building and equipment of a school house in the Silver Lake District, on the land to be purchased as voted under the preceding Article, one tenth of said sum to be raised by taxation in the current year and the balance to be borrowed by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, issuing therefore the note or notes of the Town payable serially within nine years and instruct the Selectmen and the School Committee to apply for and accept any federal grant or other assistance available towards the construction and equipment of said school house and that the moderator appoint a committee of seven citizens to supervise said construction and equipment.


The Moderator announced that a two thirds vote was required and called for a rising vote.


Voted in the affirmative 152


Voted in the negative 65


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The Moderator declared the Motion voted in the affirmative.


Committee appointed by the Moderator to supervise said construc- tion and equipment:


Harold E. Melzar Charles Baldwin


David Martin


William Curtin


August Macleod Burt Tilley


Michael Barry


Article 14. Motion made by Mr. Frolio that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three hundred dollars ($300.00) to purchase from Adele S. Williams the Maple Meadow Brook Park lots No. 183 which contains 2559 square feet; No. 184 which contains 2750 square feet; and No. 185 which contains 2562 square feet, the present Maple Meadow Brook Park School Site, the same to be used for school purposes.


Voted in the affirmative.


Article 15. Motion by Mr. Frolio that the Town vote to turn over to the School Department the Maple Meadow Park lots Nos. 181 and 182 which lots are to be used for school purposes.


Voted in the affirmative.


Article 16. Motion by Mr. Sargent that the School Committee be requested to arrange to transport scholars that live one and one half miles or more, where there is ample room on bus and no extra cost to Town.


Voted in the affirmative.


Article 17. Motion by Mr. Barry that the Moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of three (3) members, to investigate present status of money now held by the Town and carried on the Books of the Town as a credit for the purpose of erecting a suitable War Memorial, this Committee to be empowered to seek information as to how this money can be used and report back at a subsequent Town Meeting.


Voted in the affirmative.


The Moderator appointed the following committee:


Edwin Twomey John Nitchie Joseph B. McMahon


Motion to adjourn.


Voted in the affirmative.


Attest:


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN WARRANT


Special Town Meeting


To Harry J. Ainsworth, 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 Sixteenth Day of October next at 8:00 P. M., to consider and act on the following Articles.


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general muni- cipal purposes and revenue loans under authority of and in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended, and to appropriate any sums thus borrowed for payment of revenue loans, for ordinary expenditures of the Board of Public Welfare, including Aid to Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance for other Town De- partments, and for the Towns' contribution toward WPA Projects, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money under authority of and in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939 as amended; and to appropriate any sums thus borrowed for ex- penditures of the Board of Public Welfare, including Aid to Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance; Soldier's Benefits, including State Aid, Military Aid, Soldier's Burials, and Soldier's Relief, and for any Federal Emergency Unemployment Relief Projects.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept as Public Town Ways, Morse Avenue, Shawsheen Road, Swain Road from Taft Road to Forest Street, and Swain Road West, as laid out by the Board of Survey.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the "Chapter 90 Maintenance Account" to the "Highway General Ac- count" the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or do anything in relation thereto.


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Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a cer- tified copy thereof with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, as soon as may be and before said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal of said town this Sixth Day of October, A. D. One thousand nine hundred and thirty nine.


CHARLES H. BLACK FRANK W. DAYTON JEROME J. O'LEARY


Selectmen of Wilmington.


A true copy attest: Constable


Middlesex, SS:


October 9 ,1939.


This is to certify that I, this day posted attested copies of this Warrant in accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Wilmington.


HARRY J. AINSWORTH


Constable.


Attest:


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH


Town Clerk.


Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting Held October 16, 1939.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8 P. M.


Motion by Mr. Dayton that the reading of the Warrant be dis- pensed with.


Voted in the affirmative.


The Moderator proceeded to take up Article 1.


Article 1. Motion by Mr. Dayton that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of Seventeen thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars ($17,619.00) or any lesser amount for general municipal purposes and revenue loans, under authority of and in accordance with the Pro- visions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended.


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The proceeds of these loans are hereby appropriated for the following purposes:


Payment of 1938 Revenue Loan $15,000.00


Police Department 1,350.00


Street Lights


1,269.00


Mr. H. C. Barrows reported for the Finance Committee that they had recommended $15,000.00 for the payment of the 1938 Revenue Loan.


Police Department no action.


Street Lights no action.


On behalf of the Finance Committee, its Chairman, Mr. H. C. Barrows informed the assembly that it was impossible at this time to determine the amount of money available in the Tax Title Account.


The Moderator announced that a two-thirds vote was required under this motion.


Voted in the affirmative 108


Voted in the negative 0


The Moderator declared that the motion was voted unanimously in the affirmative.


Article 2. Motion by Mr. O'Leary that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of Six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) under the authority of and in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939, as amended.


The proceeds of this loan are hereby appropriated for the following purposes :


Board of Public Welfare $3,000.00


Old Age Assistance 3,000.00


Mr. H. C. Barrows reported for the Finance Committee that they had approved of this article.


The Moderator announced that a two-thirds vote was required under this motion.


Voted in the affirmative 95


Voted in the negative 0


The Moderator declared that the motion was voted unanimously in the affirmative.


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Article 3. Motion by Mr. Dayton that the Town accept as Public ways, Morse Ave., Shawsheen Rd., Swain Rd. from Taft Road to Forest St., and Swain Road West, as laid out by the Board of Survey.


Voted in the affirmative.


Article 4. Motion by Mr. O'Leary that the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be transferred from the "Chapter 90 Maintenance Account" to the "Highway General Account".


Voted in the affirmative.


Motion made that this meeting be adjourned until October 23, 1939, to see how much money was available in the Tax Title Account in reference to Article 1.


Voted in the affirmative.


Record of Proceeding of Adjourned Special Town Meeting Held October 23, 1939.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8:00 P. M. Motion by Mr. Black that the meeting stand adjourned until November 6, 1939, as the amount of money in the Tax Title Account could not be determined at this time.


Voted in the affirmative.


Record of Proceedings of Adjourned Special Town Meeting Held November 6, 1939.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8:15 P. M.


Motion by Mr. Dayton that the vote previously adopted under Article 1 of the Warrant for this meeting be reconsidered.


Voted in the affirmative.


Motion by Mr. Dayton that the vote previously adopted under Article 1 of this Warrant for this meeting be rescinded and that in- stead thereof: The Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen,


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be and hereby is authorized to borrow $11,350.00 or any lesser amount for general municipal purposes and revenue loans, under authority of and in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended.


The proceeds of said loan are hereby appropriated for the follow- ing purposes:


First-Not exceeding $10,000.00 for payment of 1938 Revenue Loans.


Second-Any balance of said proceeds not exceeding $1,350.00 for the use of the Police Department.


Mr. H. C. Barrows reported for the Finance Committee that they had approved of this Article.


The Moderator announced that a two-thirds vote was required under this motion.


Voted in the affirmative 48


Voted in the negative 0


The Moderator declared that the motion was voted unanimously in the affirmative.


Motion by Mr. Dayton to adjourn.


Voted in the affirmative.


Attest:


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH


Town Clerk.


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VITAL STATISTICS


BIRTHS


Number of Births recorded in 1939


.. 102


....


Male 55


Female 47


MARRIAGES


Number of Marriages recorded in 1939


61


DEATHS


Number of Deaths recorded in 1939


65


Male 31 Female 34


Persons 70 years and over who died during the year 1939:


Years


Months


Edward C. Richardson


83


5


Ann Blaney Carter


78


1


Margaret Faulkner


76


1


Asa G. Sheldon


76


8


Frederick L. Newman


83


3


James F. Jones


82


5


Antonette Reed


86


7


Catherine R. Brown


86


10


Laura J. Taylor


87


5


Addie M. Taylor


76


11


Loreto B. Wilkins


82


6


Fred W. Munroe


79


9


Hattie Blaisdell


77


Thomas A. Gallagher


82


7


Hannah Doak


80


Ada N. Bancroft


87


Clara A. White


81


1


Jonathan H. Buck


84


7


Antonia Camerlengo


71


11


Margaret Allison


73


1


Sarah E. Thompson


76


7


Elizabeth Ide


89


11


Owen Devine


70


Margaret A. Richards


78


Edward S. Thompson


84


11


Edward S. Kenneson


73


5


Clara Shaw


83


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Report of Burials for Wildwood Cemetery for the Year 1939


Wilmington residents died in Wilmington 35


Wilmington residents died elsewhere 13


Non-residents buried in Wilmington 0


Money Paid Town Treasurer on Dog License Account


Whole number licensed 343


Males 246 Females 43 Spayed 53 Kennel 1


By cash paid Town Treasurer


$779.60


I wish to express to the Police Department my sincere thanks for their assistance and co-operation in this work.


Report of the Division of Fisheries and Game Licenses


Whole number issued 178


Resident Citizen Fishing 65


Resident Citizen Hunting 56


Resident Citizen Sporting


22


Resident Minors and Women's Fishing 21


Resident Citizen Trapping


1


Resident Citizen Minor's Trapping 3


Resident Citizen Sporting (Free) 10


By cash paid Division of Fisheries and Game $315.75


Compiled Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths


Number on hand January 1, 1939


97


Number on hand December 31, 1939 97


These records are on sale by a vote of the Selectmen at $1.00 per copy. (Book stores are allowed to purchase these copies at 60 cents each) and may be obtained from the Town Clerk.


Town Licenses


Total value of licenses issued by Selectmen and recorded.


By cash paid Town Treasurer including Gasoline renewals $3,989.00


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH


Town Clerk.


THE TOWN CLERK WILL FURNISH TO PARENTS, HOUSE- HOLDERS, PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES APPLYING THEREFOR, BLANKS FOR RETURNS OF BIRTHS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.


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JURY LIST-TOWN OF WILMINGTON Revised July 17, 1939


Name


Occupation


Address


Harry Alpert


Salesman


Salem Street


William Altman


Manager


Columbia Street Woburn Street


Justice V. Balser


Carpenter


Michael H. Barry, Jr.


Insurance Agent


Glen Road


James D. Blake


Accountant


D. Robert Carter


Superintendent


James W. Castine


Leather Worker


Ernest Crispo


Mason


Hopkins Street


Rufus L. Cushman


Foreman


High Street


Paul W. Dayton


Electrician


Burlington Avenue Church Street


Rupert Deming


Leather Worker


Federal Street


Philip F. Denner


Supervisor


Chestnut Street


Owen Devine


Baggage Master


Clarence E. Doucette


Engineer


John H. Doyle


Currier


Adrian A. Durkee


Barber


William C. Esler


Foreman


John J. Finnerty


Manager


Off Beacon Street Hillside Way


Walter Fitch


Sales Representative


John A. Fitzgerald


Computor


John R. Fleming


Truckman


Terrance A. Gallagher Leather Worker


Harry E. Goodearl


Salesman


Walter Goss


Clerk


Cottage Street


John F. Haggerty


Pensioner


Grand Street


William S. Hale


Fireman


Columbia Street Brentwood Avenue


Harry O. Henderson Laborer


Middlesex Avenue Glen Road Columbia Street


Harry W. DeLoreia


Clerk


Mystic Avenue Ballardvale Street Middlesex Avenue Wilson Street Main Street


Lake Street Off Salem Street Middlesex Avenue Federal Street


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Ralph Henderson


Mechanic


Gilbert T. Hifl


Janitor


Joel P. Ireland


Salesman


Hans J. Larsen


Iron Worker


George G. McKittrick


Machinist


Chester W. Nichols


Consulting Engineer


Salem Street


Joseph L. Ring


Student


Gardner I. Ritchie


Clerk


Harry Solow, Jr.


Welder


Lindsay E. Stevens


Carpenter


Burt E. Tilley


Clerk


Off Salem Street Washington Avenue Middlesex Avenue Chestnut Street


Paul E. Todd


Engineer


Robert Waters


Bank Clerk


Fairview Avenue Off Glen Road


Edward A. Welling


Clerk


Attest:


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH,


Town Clerk.


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Woburn Street Lowell Street Washington Avenue Glen Road Eames Street


Middlesex Avenue Columbia Street


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY


Real Estate


$


3,995,120.00


Personal Property


307,865.00


RECAPITULATION


Real Estate Tax


$159,005.78


Personal Property Tax


12,253.02


Poll Tax (1514)


3,028.00


Additional Poll Tax (4)


8.00


Excise Tax


7,193.54


December Commitment (Personal)


15.92


Total Appropriation


231,185.01


Amount of Overlay Deficit 1936


661.58


State Tax


12,420.00


State Tax 1938 under Estimate


6,210.00


State Parks and Reservations


242.28


State Parks and Reservations under Estimate 1938


14.85


County Tax


5,930.47


County Tax under Estimate 1938


9.85


Tuberculosis Hospital


1,182.79


Amount of Overlay


1,833.06


Gross Amount to be Raised


259,689.89


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds


85,401.48


Total Amount levied on Polls and Property and committed to the Collector in 1939 174,288.41


Tax Rate per $1000 for 1939 $ 39.80


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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY


REAL ESTATE


Water Dept. Bldgs. Stand-pipe Equipment and Land


$416,000.00


School Houses and Lots


123,800.00


Town Hall and Fire Equipment


7,500.00


Town Park


4,500.00


Cemetery and Buildings


17,000.00


Library Building and Land


2,000.00


Engine House and Land


2,100.00


Moth House and Land


700.00


Highway Building and Land


4,800.00


Common and Flag Staff


2,500.00


$580,900.00


PERSONAL PROPERTY


Highway Trucks and Machinery, etc.


$ 5,000.00


Safes, Furniture and Pictures


2,000.00


Fire Trucks and Equipment


4,000.00


Sprayers and Equipment


100.00


Sealers of Weights and Measures


2,000.00


Police Equipment


1,000.00


School Supplies, Furniture etc.


9,500.00


Town Ambulance


200.00


Water Department, Furniture, Tools, etc.


500.00


Library Contents


2,800.00


Cemetery Trucks, Tools, etc.


500.00


$ 27,600.00


GEORGE W. BUCK, JOHN D. COOKE, WILLIAM H. DOUCETTE,


Board of Assessors.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


Cash in Treasury


$66,716.58


Cash Received Account of:


Income Taxes


24,045.67


Veterans' Exemptions


243.77


State Aid


140.00


Deeds of Release and Sale of Land


9,209.96


Land Court, Return of Deposits


124.37


Cemetery


1,126.35


Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots


125.00


Interest


671.03


Old Age Assistance


30,382.43


Public Welfare


5,561.75


Police


48.03


Soldiers' Relief


5.00


Sealer's Fees


62.43


Collector of Taxes


20.00


Education


4,174.92


Water Revenue


20,510.71


Licenses


3,989.00


Dog Licenses from Town Clerk


779.60


Refund of Dog Licenses from County Treasurer


927.39


High ways


19,034.72


Excise Tax


3.98


Income from Trust Funds


452.50


Building Inspection


79.00


Library


81.13


Court Fines


6.81


Insurance


118.82


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes


7.47


Town Notes, Anticipation of Revenue


205,000.00


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Town Notes, School house Loan


12,800.00


Town Notes, Municipal Relief Loan


6,000.00


Town Notes, Tax Title Account


31,451.83


George W. Buck, Collector of Taxes


177,284.35


$621,184.60


Payments


Treasury Warrants


$511,988.44


Cash in Treasury


109,196.16


$621,184.60


FRANK L. EAMES,


Treasurer.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL


-


January 19, 1940.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, I sub- mit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1939.


A. On January 1, 1939 there were pending the following actions by or against the Town (exclusive of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as Trustee and in which it had no interest, and of tax lien foreclosure proceedings in the Land Court) :


Hakey v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort by Mary Jane Surrette Hakey to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of a defect in Middle- sex Avenue; ad damnum $5000.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case in which $102.64 is claimed to be due.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case in which $68.84 is claimed to be due.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case, ad damnum $3000.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case; ad damnum $500.)


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover the sum of $275.96 for special vocational training of certain pupils.)


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $657.77 plus interest for aid furnished in a public welfare case.)


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City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $721.90 for aid fur- nished in a public welfare case.)


Town of Stoneham v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth Disrtict Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by Town of Stoneham to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case; ad damnum $300.)


City of Boston v. Town of Wilmington, Suffolk Superior Court. (Action of contract by City of Boston to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $6000.)


Arthur S. Flint et al v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity seeking to enjoin the Town from maintaining a dam on Martin's Brook and to recover damages for flooding of plain- tiff's land alleged to have been caused thereby.)


Town of Wilmington v. Marion D. Wadsworth et al, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity in which the Town sought to reach and apply the proceeds of a certain fire insurance policy toward the pay- ment of taxes due the Town.)


B. During the year 1939 there were no new actions brought against the Town.


During the year 1939 the Town brought the following new actions:


Town of Wilmington v. City of Boston, Municipal Court of the City of Boston. (Action of contract by Town of Wilmington to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $1500.)


Town of Wilmington v. Town of Braintree, District Court of East Norfolk. (Action of contract by Town of Wilmington to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $1000.)


Town of Wilmington v. Town of Burlington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by Town of Wilmington to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $300.)


Town of Wilmington v. City of Cambridge. Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by Town of Wilmington to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $400.)


Town of Wilmington v. City of Woburn, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by Town of Wilmington to recover for aid furnished in public welfare cases; ad damnum $500.)


C. During the year 1939 the following actions by or against the Town were settled or disposed of:


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Arthur S. Flint et al v. Town of Wilmington. This case was dis- posed of by decree dismissing the bill on motion of the plaintiff.


Town of Wilmington v. Marion D. Wadsworth et al. This case was disposed of by the payment to the Town of the sum of $137.50 and the conveyance to the Town of property located at Chestnut Street, Wil- mington, and the release of the outstanding mortgage thereon in satisfaction of taxes due the Town, thus saving the expense of fore- closure of tax title.


Town of Stoneham v. Town of Wilmington. This case was disposed of by the entry on June 9, 1939 of judgment for the defendant by agree- ment, liability for the amount claimed having been admitted and paid in full to Stoneham by the Board of Public Welfare.


D. Compensation was received by the Town Counsel in said matters and in all other matters during the year as follows:


Compensation $450.00


Disbursements 49.66


(The above payment was entirely on account of services rendered and disbursements paid in the calendar year 1938.)


Respectfully submitted,


PHILIP B. BUZZELL,


Town Counsel.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Herewith I submit my report of the Wilmington Police Department for the year 1939.


I have served as Chief of Police for the Town of Wilmington for the past eight years and during that time there have been many major police developments, that have been accomplished and it is almost a certainty that there is a new era in crime that has developed and that all means possible must be taken to wipe out this crime wave for the protection of Life and Property. You may rest assured that the Wilmington Police Department will do their part in exterminating crime in this town.


The efficiency of this department, in my belief, has always proven to be of the highest standard and it is seldom that we do not gain our objectives. As an illustration of our efficiency I might quote the fine work of one of my officers who went after and captured single handed, a desperate man who robbed the Mechanic Savings Bank here in Wil- mington last November, and the work of this officer has been highly commended not only by your Honorable Board and others of this town but by many of our County and State Officials who declared the ap- prehension of this bank robbery was an act of very high class police work.


We have two men on the department, who are now at their own expense, taking a course in Police Work under the jurisdiction of the State Police at Commonwealth Pier.


During the past year we have specialized in motorized patrol work and have covered the entire town several times a day, in fact, our records show that our cruising mileage is 10,000 miles more than in the year 1938.


Our cruiser is equipped with radio and much has been accomplished through this medium with the wonderful assistance rendered by the State Police who broadcast messages for this department to our cruiser. I do hope that in the near future the town will be able to


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finance a two way radio system which will make a decided increase in the efficiency of this department.




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