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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-12-13-STM-min 14 TOWN WARRANT 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 Tuesday, the thirtieth day of December, 1941, at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Article 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town • Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate sums of money for the following accounts, such appropriations to be met by transfer from available funds, or by any other method: Forest Fires - Wages & Expenses Fire Department - Expenses School Maintenance - Expenses Snow Removal - Wages & Expenses Public Welfare - Aid & Expenses • Article 30 , To: see., if the Town will provide :for ,the protection of the people and proPerty- of the Town in the National Emergency, by the expenditure of funds under the authority of 'Statute 1941, Chapter 487, and provide for the payment of the same by transfer from available funds, or::bby the issue of bonds oxo: notes which shall bear on their face < ,Lexington - Defense. Loan ,Act of 1941", in accordance with the provisions of the said:•Statu-te. - 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 Warrant, with your doings thereon, t'o the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our bands at Lexington, this °eighth- day of Dec- ember, 1941. Archibald R. Giroux SELECTMEN William G. Potter ;,. A. Edward Rowse OF Errol H. Locke George W. Sarano. LEXINGTON CONSTABLE'S RETURN pe,ce ber 22, 1941 To the Toren Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Town Office Building and seven other public places in the Town, and by mailing a; printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven daya before the time of said meeting. Attest: John C. Russell Constable of Lexington 15 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 177LD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941. Meeting called to order at 8:09 P.M. by' the Moderator, Robert H. Holt. There were 119 Town Meeting Members present. Warrant for the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, until upon motion by Randall B. Houghton, duly seconded, further reading was waived. 8:10 P.M. The Town Clerk read the Constable 's return of the warrant. 8:10 P.M. 1 Art. 1. George C . Sheldon, Chmn. of Appropiiation Committee, reported no written report in readiness, report to be made as each article presented. 8:11 P.M. Art. 2. Presented by A. R. Giroux, Chmn. of Selectmen. VOTED: That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the Forest Fires - Wages & Expenses Account, this amount to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account; and FURTHER VOTED: That the sum of $820.70 be appropriated for the Fire Department - Expenses Account, this amount to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Appropriation Committee reports in favor. The Moderator states if no objection from Town Meeting Members, both items would be acted upon together. No objections 8:11 P.M. Motion as presented carried unanimously 8:12 P.M. Art, 2. Further Voted: Presented by Randall B. Houghton, Chmn, of School Committee. VOTED: That the sum of six hundred dollars ($600,00) be appropriated for School Maintenance - Expenses, and to meet said appropriation that the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account, Selectmen and Appropriation Committee reported favorable. Motion as presented carried unanimously 8:13 P.M. Selectman, A. R. Giroux, moves the following; Snow Removal - Wages & Expenses -- be Indefinitely P.P. Carried Unanimously 8:14 P.M. Public Welfare - Aid & Expenses -- be Ind, P.P. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P.M. Art, 3. Presented by Selectman, A. R. Giroux as follows: VOTED: That the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated for the protection of persons and property in the National Emergency andfor the other purposes authorized by St. 1941, Ch. 487, in- cluding the construction of an air raid warning observation post, the said sum to be expanded by the Executive Committee of the Lexington Committee on Public Safety, which Committee was appointed under the authority of the Governor of Massachusetts; but no obligation for expenditures shall be incurred without the prior approval of the Board of Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee; and that for the purpose of meeting expenditures hereby authorized, the Town Treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the sum of $15,000.00 in accordance with the provisions of said Ch. 487 of the Acts of 1941 and he is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, which shall bear on their face, "Lexington - Defense Loan Act of 1941", said bonds oe notes to be payable in not more than five years from their dates. 113 Permission granted Allen W. Rucker to present a report on the article. Appropriation Committee reported in favor of the article. Article as presented voted upon and carried unanimously 8:25 P.M. All business being acted upon the meeting was dissolved at 8:25 P.M. Attest: - 40°7 Town C .r: TOWN WARRANT , Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Middlesex, as. To 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 their respective voting places in said Town, PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL: PRECINCT TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, on MONDAY, the 2nd day of March, A. D. 1942, at 6 o' clock A. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Artile 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year; Two Selectmen for the term of three years; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Cemetery commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Moderator for the term of one year; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years; Two Constables for the term of one year; One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years; Seventee Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years; Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for a term of two years ; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of two years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of one years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for a term of two years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for a term of one year; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for a term of one year. The polls will be open at 6 :00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the twenty-third day of March, 1942 at 8:00 P.M. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Article 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees . Article 3. 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 beginning January 1, 1943, 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.