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463 SPECIAL TOWN MhETING HELD NOVEMBER 10, 1938 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt, at 8:15 P.M. There were 102 Town Meeting Members present. Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the warrant for the meet- ing until upon motion of Selectman William G. Potter; further reading was waived. The Town Clerk read the officerts return for the meeting. Robert C. Merriam, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, moved to take up Article 1, presenting the Appropriation Com- mittee' s report on the articles for the meeting, and moving that same be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimous 8:16 P.M. Robert C. Merriam, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, states account shortness of time allowed for the printing of the report, he would ask permission to read only the recommendations in the report, as offered by the Appropriation Committee. Under Article 1 Selectman. Archibald R. Giroux offers the following vote. Article 1. VOTED: That the Moderator be instructed to appoint a Committee of five citizens to study the requirements of the Fire Department as to general locations and improved housing. Said Committee to report to the Town at a subsequent Town Meeting. Carried Unanimous 8:24 P.M. Sydney R. Wrightington, Town Counsel, moves to take up Article 2, offering the following: Article 2. VOTED: That the action of the Selectmen in executing an agreement with the Town of Arlington for reciprocal use of sewers near the boundary line between the two towns dated November 8, 1938, a copy of which was read to this meeting, be ratified and adopted and that the Selectmen be authorized to deliver the same on receipt of a duplicate thereof executed by the duly authorized officers of the Town of Arlington. Mr. Wrightington stated that when the deed was drawn up there would be a special agreement contained therein, which is as follows, and which was presented by the Town Counsel. AN AGREEMENT made this 8th day of November 1938 between the Town of Arlington, a municipal corporation in Middlesex County, of the one part, and the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation in Middlesex County, of the other part, WHEREAS both Arlington and Lexington are included in the Metropolitan Sewer District and sewage from Lexington now flows through a trunk line or trunk lines in Lexington into similar lines in Arlington; and WHEREAS in certain sections of the two towns adjacent to the line between them it will be more economical to discharge se,'age from sewers directly into the street mains of the other town instead of directly to the trunk line of each town respec- tively, and it is the purpose of this agreement to provide a reciprocal arrangement for that purpose; and WHEREAS when used herein the word "sewer' refers to sanitary sewers and not to drains for surface water; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained it is hereby mutually agreed as follows: