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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1935-04-29-STM-WARRANT 160 C..71 TORN 1;1_4.R RAIT vA-s.1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs , to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of APril, 1935 at 8:00 P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Article 1. To see what action the Town will take to investigate any or all of the acts of the present or former Board of Selectmen, also the acts of their agents and appointees, or any committee of the town, and to appoint a Committee of three by vote of the meeting, to make said investigation, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 2. To see what action the Town will take upon the recent failure of the Board of Selectmen to reappoint the former Superintendent of Public -;JOrks, and the appointment of his successor. Article 3. To see what action the Town will take upon the recent failure of the Board of Selectmen to reappoint the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen. Article To see what action the Town will take on the reinstatement of the former Superintendent of Public Forks. Article 5. To see what action the Town will take on the reinstatement of the former Clerk of the Board of Selectmen. Article 8. To see what action the Town will take to cause the removal of the present Superintendent of Public Forks , and the appointment of his predecessor. Article 7. To see what action the Town will take in rescinding the vote of the Town passed at the Annual Town fleeting, March 18, 1935 under Article 7, appropriating money for the department of the Superintendent of Public Forks. Article 8. To see what action the Town will take to approprate money for the Department of Superintendent of Public And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not , and make due return on this Farrant , with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Le:dngton, this sixteenth day of April, A.D. , 1935 CHARLES E. FERGUSON SET,TCT?.:.7F'DT JOHN E. OILCREST OF .4.ILLIAH G. POTTER LEXINGTON' JOHN M. LYONS 161 April 20, 1935 To the Town Clerk, y have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, ' in the vestibule of the T5wn Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Signed : Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD April 29, 1935 Meeting called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 8:04 P.M. 186 Town Meeting Members present. Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the Warrant until further reading was waived. Unanimous. Town Clerk read the Constable's return of Warrant for the meeting. Francis E. Burke moved to take up Article Two, offering the following: Voted that it is the sense of this meeting that the method of procedure adopted by the Board of Selectmen in the selection of the present Superintendent of Public Works is disapproved by the town. 8: 15 P.M. Robert P. Trask asks for permission to address the meeting from the front of the hall. Permission granted. Explanation by Mr. Trask regarding situation. 8: 28 - .M. Richard S. McCabe granted same permission to address meeting from the front. Mr. McCabe reminded by Moderator speaking time of ten minutes had expired. Granted further time. Explanation by Mr. Rowse, Chairman of Appropriation Committee. General discussion by the following speakers: Messrs. Doherty, Cutter, Sarano, Atkinson. question by Mr. Nichols if speaker was a Town Meeting Member. Answered by Moderator, he is. Further discussion. Speakers, Selectman Mr . Lyons, Mr. O 'Connell, Selectman Mr. Ferguson, Doherty, McCabe, Devine and Emery. Request from floor question be put to a vote.