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<br /> (WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - See Warrant Book)
<br /> SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JUNE 14 , 1971
<br /> The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P.
<br /> Cole, Jr. , at 8 :10 P. M. in the Cary Memorial Hall.
<br /> There were 196 Town Meeting Members present.
<br /> The invocation was offered by Rev. Harold T. Handley, Rector of
<br /> the Church of Our Redeemer. 8:10 P. M.
<br /> The Moderator introduced John F. Cusack, Representative in the
<br /> General Court and the Representative from Precinct One, who was
<br /> seated in the balcony. 8 :11 P. M.
<br /> Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting
<br /> until further reading was waived. 8 :13 P. M.
<br /> The Town Clerk read the Constable' s Return of the Warrant.
<br /> 8 :13 P. M.
<br /> Article 1. Edward E. Furash, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee,
<br /> moved that the report of the Appropriation Committee be
<br /> accepted and placed on file.
<br /> Carried Unanimously 8 :13 P. M.
<br /> The Moderator stated that Article 1 would remain open throughout
<br /> the meeting. 8 :13 P. M.
<br /> Article 2. Presented by Selectman Fred C. Bailey.
<br /> MOTION: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are
<br /> authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent
<br /> domain or otherwise acquire for street, playground and
<br /> recreational purposes, and other public purposes, the
<br /> land, together with the buildings thereon, bounded
<br /> southwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue, northwesterly by
<br /> Meriam Street, northeasterly by land of the Town, north-
<br /> westerly again by said land of the Town, northeasterly
<br /> again by Depot Place and southeasterly by Depot Square,
<br /> being the same premises conveyed to the Trustees of
<br /> Minute Man Park Realty Trust under a Declaration of Trust
<br /> dated June 18 , 1963 and recorded in Middlesex South
<br /> District Registry of Deeds, Book 10292 , Page 107 , by
<br /> deed of Robert T. Roulston et al, Trustees, which deed is
<br /> recorded in said Registry in Book 10292 , Page 114 ; that
<br /> the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to
<br /> contract, in the name of the Town, with any agency of
<br /> the United States Government or of the Commonwealth of
<br /> Massachusetts in order to obtain financial assistance for
<br /> the acquisition of said land, and to receive and expend
<br /> Federal and State funds for such purpose; that the sum
<br /> of $400,000.00 be appropriated therefor, and that pay-
<br /> ment thereof be provided by raising the sum of $12,000.00
<br /> in the current tax levy and by the issue of bonds or
<br /> notes of the Town for the balance of $388 ,000.00, and
<br /> that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen,
<br /> be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of
<br /> $388,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town
<br /> therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions
<br /> of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within a
<br /> period not exceeding 5 years from their dates.
<br /> 8 :16 P. M.
<br /> Mr. Bailey stated that the Board of Selectmen unanimously
<br /> favor passage of this motion. 8 :16 P. M.
<br /> The Moderator stated that he had a letter from Ernest A.
<br /> Giroux, Town Meeting Member from Precinct 3, stating that
<br /> because of his financial interest he would abstain from
<br /> voting on Articles 2, 3 and 4 . A similar letter was re-
<br /> ceived by the Moderator from Thomas G. Taylor, Town Meeting
<br /> Member from Precinct 2, stating that as he was the lawyer
<br /> in this particular case, that he would abstain from voting
<br /> on Articles 2, 3 and 4 .
<br /> Mr. Bailey' s motion declared lost by voice vote. 8 :19 P. M.
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