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Excerpt from Inaugural Address of Hon. Edward E. Willard, Mayor, January 1, 1917: With the Annual Reports of the Officers of the City of Chelsea for the Year 1916, Including a List of Appointed and Elected Officers The responsibilities and duties of the new govern ment are accentuated and increased by the unusual and unfavorable conditions which 'confront us at the outset. The large increase in items Of expense through the referendum and an unhappy legacy from the last administration make these conditions. I regret very much to make what may appear a gloomy presentation of our financial situation but now is the time to take a comprehensive view and make a true analysis that we, through the knowledge we will Obtain, may from the beginning do all in our power to remedy such conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.