Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1943-1944, Part 12

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 308


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$190.676.04


Water Revenue (Account Interest)


7,219.25


Water Revenue (Account Maturing Debt)


10,000.00


Cemetery Reserve Fund (Account Cemetery)


1,000.00


.


99


10,000.00 5.54 Estimated Receipts


77,838.42


$296,739.25


Tax Titles Dr.


Balance from 1943


$ 22,023.65


1942 Taxes


220.41


1943 Taxes


145.50


1944 Taxes


2,824.08


Costs, sale account 1942 Taxes


132.90


$ 25,346.54


Cr.


Redemptions


$ 1,823.12


Sales Low Value Properties


289.50


Loss, Low Value Sale in 1943


424.49


Tax Titles Properties taken by Town in 1943


36.46


Loss, Low Value Sale in 1944


384.22


Tax Title Property taken by Town in 1944


37.58


$ 2,995.37


Balance, to 1945


22,351.17


$ 25,346.54


Tax Titles - Revenue


Dr.


Tax Title Redemptions


$ 1,823.12


Sales, Low Value Properties


289.50


Loss, Low Value Sales


808.71


Tax Titles taken by Town


74.04


$ 2,995.37


Balance, to 1945


22,351.17


$ 25,346.54


Cr.


Balance from 1943


$ 22,023.65


From Excess and Deficiency, Account 1942 Taxes


220.41


From Excess and Deficiency, Account 1943 Taxes


145.50


From Excess and Deficiency, Account 1944 Taxes


2,824.08


Tax Title Account, Cost sale 1942 Taxes


132.90


$ 25,346.54


100


Excess and Deficiency Account (Account U. S. War Bonds) 1943 State Parks and Reservations, (Balance)


Tax Titles - Possessions Dr.


Balance from 1943


$ 335.46


Low Value Tax Titles taken by Town in 1943


36.46


Low Value Tax Titles taken by Town in 1944


37.58


Cr.


Balance to 1945


$ 409.50


Tax Titles, Possessions - Revenue


Dr.


Balance to 1945


$ 409.50


Cr.


Balance from 1943


$ 335.46


Low Value Tax Titles taken by Town in 1943


36.46


Low Value Tax Titles taken by Town in 1944


37.58


$ 409.50


Estimated Receipts


Dr.


Amounts Estimated by Assessors:


Income Tax


$ 24,021.58


Corporation Taxes


6,295.60


Reimbursement, Loss of Taxes


7.46


Gasoline Tax (Chapter 569, 1943)


6,546.40


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes


3,500.00


Licenses


3,400.00


General Government


200.00


Protection of Persons and Property


100.00


Health and Sanitation


250.00


Charities


5,400.00


Old Age Assistance


17,000.00


Old Age Assistance (Meal Tax)


837.38


Soldiers' Benefits


600.00


Schools


6,000.00


Library


80.00


Cemetery


600.00


Interest


3,000.00


$ 77,838.42


Refunds, 1944 Motor Vehicle and


Trailer Excise Taxes 21.41


Balance, (Excess) to Excess and


Deficiency Account


3,622.29


$ 81,482.12


101


$ 409.50


Cr.


Amounts Actually Received :


Income Tax


$ 26,340.00


Corporation Taxes


9,002.14


Reimbursement, Taxes on State Owned Land


7.46


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes


4,255.19


Licenses


3,410.50


Court Fines


167.00


Gasoline Tax


6,546.40


General Government:


Treasurer :


Tax Title Deeds of Release $ 75.00


Return, Land Court Fees


36.60


Reimbursement, Postage


40.69


$ 152.29


Tax Collector:


Poll Tax Collection Costs ...


$ 93.10


Town Hall:


Telephone Tolls


$


.10


$ 245.49


Protection of Persons and Property :


Police Department:


Telephone Tolls $ 5.54


Emergency Messages


5.76


Bicycle Registration Fees


14.00


Return Insurance Premium


16.84


$ 42.14


Ambulance:


Hire


$ 222.50


Fire Department:


Refund of wages


$ 2.50


Inspection of Buildings:


Fees


$ 50.00


Sealing of Weights and Measures


Fees


$ 43.06


Refund, account lumber


75.00


$ 118.06


Health and Sanitation:


From State, Subsidy account


Middlesex County Sanatorium $ 157.86 $ 593.06


....


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102


Highways:


State, Snow Removal $ 121.00 Refund, Compensation Insur- ance Premium 9.93 $ 130.93 $ 130.93


Charities:


Board of Public Welfare:


State $ 1,340.06


From Other Cities and Towns


404.53


Reimbursements, from Individuals


821.00


Sale of Paper Bags


4.05


$ 2,569.64


Aid to Dependent Children:


State


$ 2,399.76


Old Age Assistance:


State


$ 15,895.56


State, Meal Tax


1,004.72


From Other Cities and Towns


1,262.88 $ 18,163.16 $ 23,132.56


Soldiers' Benefits:


State Aid:


State


$ 510.00


Military Aid:


State


$


112.50


War Allowance:


State


$ 604.00


$ 1,226.50


Education :


Schools:


Dog Licenses, County


$ 563.92


Tuition, State


1.489.46


Sale of Supplies


6.70


Lost and damaged books


9.18


Telephone Tolls


.55


$ 2,069.81


Library :


Fines, etc.


$ 75.91


Cemetery:


Burial Expenses


$ 720.00


Foundations


130.77


Sale of Wood


5.00


Markers


15.00


Truck Hire


1.00


-


$ 871.77


103


Interest:


On Taxes


$ 2,358.60


On Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes


22.62


On Redeemed Tax Titles


367.47


On Bank Deposits


1.35


Refund, account Tax Title Loans


21.06


$ 2,771.10


Unclassified :


From County


Account Dog Damage


$ 88.00


Sale of Town Property Bal. ....


50.00


Return Fire Insurance


Premiums


453.30


Rent of Town Property


45.00


$ 636.30


$ 81,482.12


Excess and Deficiency Account Dr.


To Revenue Account


$ 10,000.00


To Water Department


874.31


To Tax Titles-Revenue, 1944 Taxes


2,824.08


To Tax Titles-Revenue, 1943 Taxes


145.50


To Tax Titles-Revenue, 1942 Taxes


220.41


Balance, to 1945


73,039.61


$ 87,103.91


Cr.


Balance from 1943


$ 69,715.49


Tax Title Revenue, Redemptions


1,823.12


Tax Title Revenue, Sales of Low Value


289.50


Unexpended Departmental Balances


11,520.01


Excess, Estimated Receipts


3,622.29


Revenue Account, Balance


133.50


$ 87,103.91


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Account Highways) 1943 Account


Dr.


Balance from 1943 $ 304.28


Cr.


Received from County


$


304.28


104


1944 Account Dr.


Allotment, account Chapter 90, Maintenance .... $ 857.69


Cr.


Balance, to 1945


$ 857.69


U. S. Witholding Tax Dr.


Paid U. S. Depositary Cr.


$


9,418.08


Deductions from salaries and wages $ 9,418.0S


STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)


Outstanding January 1, 1944:


Note No. 333 $ 5,000.00


Note No. 334


40,000.00


Note No. 335


30,000.00


$ 75,000.00


Borrowed during 1944:


Note No. 336


$ 25,000.00


Note No. 338


5,000.00


$ 30,000.00


Paid during 1944:


Note No. 333


$ 5,000.00


Note No. 334


40,000.00


Note No. 335


30,000.00


$ 75,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944


$ 30,000.00


Highway Loans (Account Chapter 90, Maintenance)


Outstanding January 1, 1944:


Note No. 332


$ 2,000.00


Borrowed during 1944:


Note No. 337


2,000.00


Paid during 1944:


Note No. 332


2,000.00


$ 4,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944 $ 2,000.00


105


$105,000.00


Municipal Relief Loans


Outstanding January 1, 1944


$


4,050.00


Paid during 1944: Note No. 304


$ 2,050.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944


$ 2,000.00


School Department Loans


Outstanding January 1, 1944:


Buzzell School Loan (issue of 1935)


$ 4,000.00


Silver Lake School Loan (issue of 1939)


....


5,000.00


$


9,000.00


Paid during 1944:


Notes Nos. 165, 166, Buzzell School $ 2,000.00


Note No. 266, Silver Lake School 1,000.00 $ 3,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944 $ 6,000.00


Fire Department Loan


Outstanding January 1, 1944:


Note No. 290 $ 1,500.00


Paid during 1944:


Note No. 290


$ 1,500.00


Water Department Bonds


Outstanding January 1. 1944


$187,500.00


Paid during 1944


12,500.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944


$175,000.00


Water Department Notes


Outstanding January 1, 1944 $ 2,800.00


Paid during 1944:


Note No. 192


1,400.00


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 $ 1,400.00


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Summary of Town Debt


Temporary Loans (Revenue)


$ 32,000.00


Temporary Loan (Highway)


2,000.00


Municipal Relief Loans


2,000.00


School Department Loans


6,000.00


Water Department Bonds


175,000.00


Water Department Notes


1,400.00


Outstanding December 31, 1944


$218,400.00


Outstanding December 31, 1943


281,850.00


Decrease


$ 63,450.00


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BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1944


Dr.


Cr.


Cash in Treasury $ 64,286.74


Uncollected Taxes :


1940


$ 198.26


Town Clerk


30.00


1941


112.03


Moth Department


2.84


1942


108.01


Highways


108.72


1943


15,083.24


1.39


1944


43,905.30


$ 59,406.84


Uncollected Motor Vehicle and


Trailer Excise Taxes:


1942


$


.97


1943


104.33


Civilian Defense


159.05


1944


176.59


Water Department


1,288.43


$ 281.89


Shawsheen Ave .- Lake St. Water Mains


500.00


Library Account


10.96


Vocational Training (1932-1936)


695.24


State (Account Highways)


857.69


Surplus War Bonus Funds


1,475.83


County (Account Highways)


857.69


State Highway Damages


84.00


Trust Funds, Income Account, 1939


7.12


Tailings Account


352.99


Trust Funds, Income Account, 1944


125.00


1941 Overlay


11.03


1933 Overlay


8.58


1942 Overlay


1,165.83


1937 Overlay


102.71


1943 Overlay


4,672.44


1938 Overlay


155.87


1944 Overlay


4,206.65


1939 Overlay


492.13


Dog Licenses (Due County)


21.60


Street Lights


632.95


Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Adm. 36.98


Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Aid


440.25


Old Age Assistance, U. S. Adm.


121.42


Old Age Assistance, U. S. Assist.


936.22


Road Machinery Account


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $ 30,000.00 2,000.00 Temporary Loan (Highways)


Authorized Loans 2,000.00


Highway Machinery Fund 846.55


Cemetery Reserve Fund 3,215.00


Tax Titles Tax Titles-Possessions


22,351.17


409.50


Loans Authorized-Unissued 2,000.00


Tax Titles-Revenue


22,351.17


Tax Titles,-Possessions-Revenue


409.50


Hospital-Home Care Veterans


248.00


Tax Refunds Payable


18.31


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes-Revenue


281.89


Excess and Deficiency Account


73,039.61


$151,353.89


$151,353.89


Net, Funded or Fixed Debt $184,400.00


Water Department Bonds


$175,000.00


Water Department Notes


1,400.00


School Department Notes


6,000.00


Municipal Relief Notes


2,000.00


$184,400.00


$184,400.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $ 24,149.43


Sears Cook Walker School Fund


$ 321.75


S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund


6,836.94


Chester W. Clark Library Fund 721.81


Burnap Library Fund 285.35


Benjamin Buck Library Fund


652.05


Charlotte C. Smith Library Fund


693.30


Sabra Carter Common Fund


200.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


9,438.23


Lizzie T. B. Sweatt Cemetery Fund


5,000.00


$ 24,149.43


$ 24,149.43


HARRY R. DEMING,


Town Accountant.


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS, 1944


Interest


Bank


Book No.


Amount


Accumu- lated


With- drawn


Balance on Deposit


S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund


Woburn


56672


$ 2,000.00


$ 82.06


$ 2,082.06


Mechanics


11437


4,578.50


247.97


$125.00


4.701.47


$ 6,578.50


$ 330.03 $


125.00 $


6,783.53


Library Funds:


Chester W. Clark


Mechanics


17540


$ 500.00


$232.67


$ 10.96 $ 721.71


Burnap


Andover . 8512


200.00


91.08


291.08


Benjamin Buck


Andover


18341


500.00


165.15


665.15


Charlotte C. Smith


Mechanics


4215


500.00


203.74


703.74


Sears Cook Walker, Walker School Fund


· Mechanics


12819


257.00


69.59


326.53


Sabra Carter Common Fund Cemetery Funds :


Andover


18349


200.00


4.02


4.02


200.00


Lizzie T. B. Sweatt


Town Note No. 338


5,000.00


5,000.00


Lizzie T. B. Sweatt


Mechanics


24535


159.45


159.45


Isaac Cazneau


Andover


18985


100.00


21.29


121.29


Geo. W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker


Andover


22450


200.00


28.83


228.83


Susan S. Carlton


Andover


18345


75.00


15.16


90.16


Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)


Andover


18347


200.00


40.69


240.69


William H. Carter


Andover


24631


100.00


17.87


117.87


Dolly Harnden


Andover


18342


100.00


12.50


112.50


.


Interest


Bank


Book No.


Amount


Accumu- lated


With- drawn


Balance on Deposit


Thomas P. Eames


Andover


18346


100.00


18.41


118.41


Sabra Carter


Andover


18348


100.00


26.38


126.38


Rich Carter


Andover


22451


100.00


12.82


112.82


James Frazer


Andover


18343


200.00


36.41


236.41


Martha Temple


Andover


18344


100.00


13.45


113.45


S. D. J. Carter


Andover


22579


200.00


72.87


272.87


Thomas Day


Andover


31514


100.00


15.29


115.29


Almira J. Carley


Andover


32237


100.00


18.94


118.94


Jonathan Eames, 2nd


Andover


35188


100.00


15.24


115.24


Abner C. Childs


Woburn


33384


100.00


10.20


110.20


Gilman C. Harnden


. Woburn


32614


100.00


9.47


109.47


Laura Parker


Woburn


32615


50.00


7.34


57.34


Sarah G. Sheldon


Woburn


33814


200.00


58.10


258.10


Charlotte C. Smith


Mechanics


4214


50.00


8.76


58.76


Chas. H. Hopkins


Mechanics


17526


200.00


49.49


249.49


Rufus C. Eames


Mechanics


17527


100.00


12.96


112.96


John Sheldon Sargent


Mechanics


17528


100.00


12.96


112.96


Isabelle Holt


Mechanics


17529


75.00


13.19


88.19


Henry Blanchard


Mechanics


17530


50.00


8.14


58.14


Nathan B. Eames


Mechanics


6899


100.00


14.45


114.45


Lorenzo Meads


Mechanics


7176


100.00


15.06


115.06


George E. Swain


.Mechanics


17531


100.00


12.05


112.05


Josiah Monroe (Care Elbridge H. Carter and


Walter Blanchard Lots)


Mechanics


7559


100.00


14.74


114.74


Interest


Bank


Book No.


Amount


Accumu- lated


With- drawn


Balance on Deposit


Jacob H. Shedd


Mechanics


17532


100.00


13.37


113.37


George T. Eames


Mechanics


17533


200.00


35.05


235.05


Newman Parker, Jr.


. Mechanics


17534


100.00


14.87


114.87


Irwin E. Morse


· Mechanics


8531


100.00


22.22


122.22


Sylvester and Lois R. Carter


· Mechanics


8990


100.00


17.75


117.75


Capt. Geo. W. McIntosh


· Mechanics


9662


200.00


48.28


248.28


Mary A. Gowing


Mechanics


10283


100.00


17.25


117.24


S. Lizzie Carter


Mechanics


10282


100.00


22.08


122.08


Julia M. Parker (Ward Parker Lot)


· Mechanics


10641


100.00


17.25


117.25


Manuel and Elizabeth Dexter


· Mechanics


10640


50.00


10.86


60.86


Jaques Gowing


Mechanics


10639


100.00


17.05


117.05


Maud K. Tuttle, Lot 60 B


Mechanics


10693


100.00


16.76


116.76


Benjamin T. Glover


Mechanics


10953


100.00


19.94


119.94


John W. Perry, Lot 222, Sec. D


Mechanics


10967


100.00


19.40


119.40


Mary E. Kelley, Lot 322, Sec. E


Mechanics


10968


100.00


16.51


116.51


Caleb S. Harriman, Lot 53


Mechanics


11642


100.00


19.00


119.00


John N. Eames, Lot 137


Mechanics


11643


100.00


19.48


119.48


Lemuel E. Eames


· Mechanics


12493


100.00


20.00


120.00


Sarah H. Jackson, Lot 497


Mechanics


12494


100.00


19.08


119.08


Henry G. Gowing, Lot 20


Mechanics


12495


150.00


21.63


171.63


Susan A. Hamlin, Lot 646 A


Mechanics


12820


100.00


19.50


119.50


Wm. H. McCabe, Lot 334


Mechanics


12121


100.00


22.79


122.79


Walter A. Hill, Lot 458


Mechanics


13322


100.00


20.87


120.87


Rachel Clough. Lot 132


Mechanics


13323


100.00


20.87


120.87


Interest


Balance on


Bank


Book No. 13324


Amount


lated


With- drawn


Deposit


Samuel Manning and Stephen Buck, Lot 73.


Mechanics


100.00


20.87


120.87


Clifford H. Wilson, Lot 54


Mechanics


13325


100.00


20.87


120.87


Edward B. Manning, Lot 196-203


Mechanics


13360


100.00


20.92


120.92


Thomas J. Morley, Lot 81, Sec. F


Mechanics


17535


100.00


17.42


117.42


Sydney C. Buck, Lot 274 Sec. D


Mechanics


17536


100.00


16.44


116.44


John Simpson (Levi Swain Lots


134, 140, Sec. B


Mechanics


17537


150.00


28.25


178.25


Mrs. William T. Duffy, Lot 11, Main Av. Sec. A


Mechanics


17538


100.00


16.12


116.12


Deacon Levi Parker, Lot 2, Old Cemetery


Mechanics


15602


100.00


18.00


118.00


Annie L. Priggen, Lot 75, Sec. F


Mechanics


17539


100.00


15.41


115.41


Chas. and Ella Blaisdell, Lot 80, Sec. F


Mechanics


17267


100.00


13.16


113.16


George Gowing, Lot 178, Sec. F


Mechanics


17268


100.00


12.71


112.71


Mary C. Roman, Lot 501, Sec. F


Mechanics


18151


100.00


12.43


112.43


Wilford Fletcher, Lot 637, Sec. B


Mechanics


18152


100.00


12.43


112.43


Milo Van Steensburg, Lot 93 A Sec. E


Mechanics


18153


100.00


8.69


108.69


Sarah A. Call, Lot 295, Sec. D


Mechanics


18955


100.00


9.75


109.75


Elbridge Harnden


· Mechanics


19870


100.00


7.31


107.31


Pettingill-Glover


Mechanics


19869


100.00


7.31


107.31


August G. Macleod


· Mechanics


20895


100.00


5.00


105.00


Mrs. Guy B. Cook, Lot 182


Mechanics


22004


150.00


4.67


154.67


Estate Arthur O. Buck, Lot 642, Sec. B


Mechanics


22005


100.00


3.11


103.11


Edward N. Eames, Lot 462, Sec. B


Mechanics


22921


100.00


1.63


101.63


Accumu-


Interest


With-


Bank


Book No.


Amount


Accumu- lated


drawn


Balance on Deposit


Mary F. Fitzgerald, Lot 110, 111


Mechanics


23337


100.00


1.25


101.25


Walter L. Hale


Mechanics


23472


100.00


.75


100.75


George L. Dillaway


Mechanics


24530


100.00


100.00


Jennie Brabant


Mechanics


24532


50.00


50.00


$15,607.00


$2,305.11


$ 14.98


$17,897.13


CALEB S. HARRIMAN, PHILIP B. BUZZELL, EDWARD M. NEILSON, Trustees of Trust Funds.


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


To Harry J. Ainsworth, a Constable of the Town of Wilmington:


Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are 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 fifth day of March next at 9:45 o'clock in the fore- noon, the polls to be opened at 10:00 A. M. and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M. for the election of Town Officers.


Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot respectively for the following named Town Officers, to wit: One Selectman, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Survey for the term of three years; one Assessor for the term of three years; a Town Clerk for the term of one year; a Town Treasurer for the term of one year; a Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; a Constable for the terni of one year; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for the term of three years; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for the term of three years; one Trustee of the Public Library for one year, to fill vacancy; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for the term of five years; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the Planning Board for the term of three years; one Tree Warden for the term of one year; one Trustee of Trust Fund for the term of three years; one Trustee of Trust Fund for two years, to fill vacancy; one Moderator for the term of one year.


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 Town of Wilmington on Monday, the 12th day of March, A. D., 1945 at eight 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.


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Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:


General Government


Library


Protection of Persons and Property Highways


Parks


Insurance


Charities Soldiers' Benefits


Maturing Debt


Interest


Educational


Unclassified


Water Department


Reserve Fund


Cemetery


Health and Sanitation


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17. Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to pay for insurance pro- viding indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery and Police Departments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employ- ment of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) on account of injury to or death of one person, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Chapter 40, of the General Laws, as amended or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memorial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a committee who shall arrange and have charge of such observance, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.


Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to sell at public auction in the evening, properties taken by the Town under Tax Title foreclosure procedure, and to execute all docu- ments necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote, provided however, that before any sales are made due notice of the time and place of sale shall be given by advertising in the local paper and


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Lowell Sun at least fourteen (14) days before the sale and deeds executed hereunder must be recorded within twenty (20) days of their execution.


Article 9. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Department 1944 Unpaid Bills.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or some other amount, the money to be expended under the direction of the 4-H Town Committee, serving in cooperation with the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 129, General Laws of Massachusetts.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to have a committee appointed to study and recommend what action should be taken by the Town to provide suitable housing facilities for the Fire Department equipment and personnel.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for the purpose of renewing, under the authority of Section 9, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as Amended, the lease of the American Legion Club House in Wilmington for the purpose of providing suitable head- quarters for the Wilmington Posts of the American Legion and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its members as agent for the Board and fix the salary of such agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 4-A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Request of the Board of Public Welfare."


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, this money for the purchase of a new automobile and equipment therefor for the Police Department and/or authorize the sale or turn in of the present police car as credit toward such purchase, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Chief of the Police Department.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sumn of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Account to be used for the purchase of War Bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used for future water main extensions at the discretion of the Board of Water commissioners, or such extensions as the Town


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may direct by its vote, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of Finance Committee.


Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the purchase of a Sand Spreader for the Highway Department and transfer any sum therefor to be paid from the Highway Road Machinery Fund, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Superintendent of Streets.


Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or any amount, to be expended by the School Committee for the preparation of plans for the development of the Roman property and the construction of buildings thereon, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the School Committee.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise the salaries of the members of the Towns' regular police force, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Lawrence A. Babine, Jr., and others.


Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to meet the increase in salaries of the regular or permanent police force, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Lawrence A. Babine, Jr., and others.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for insurance against injury during the performance of duty of the regular or permanent police force, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Louis L. Kleynen and others.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be installed at. the corner of Belmont Avenue and Columbia Street or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of John J. Finnerty and others.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for three (3) electric lights to be installed on Westdale Avenue or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of William A. Anderson and others.


Article 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($8,400.00) in addition to the regular school appropriation, to be expended by the School Committee, if it accepts such appropriation, for the purpose of raising the annual salary of each teacher (including supervisors) in the Wil- mington School System, retroactively from September 1, 1944, by the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Petition of Harry J. Ains- worth and others.


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Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to limit, restrict, or forbid any citizen of said Town of Wilmington, from holding more than one of the following Town Offices, at the same time, Selectman, Assessor, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of William H. Feindel and others.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following streets as laid out by the Board of Survey and raise and appropriate the sums stated to improve and put said streets or ways into a passable condition :


Street


Distance


Raise & Appropriate


Auburn Avenue


800 Ft.


50.00


Baker Street


700 "


200.00


Bartlett Street


400 "


150.00


Brattle Street


1100 "


200.00


Burnap Street


900 "


75.00


Burt Road


1800 "


350.00


Cedar Street


600 "


50.00


Fay Street


500 "


250.00


Harris Street


700 "


50.00


Hobson Street


800 "


100.00




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