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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-1932 Town Records Book 16 Town Records, Book 16 1925 - 1932 IDs: TC-60P, PP 41 1 • • Town Vi.errents Commonwealth of Massachuse t.ts Middlesex, SS To either of the Constables of the town of Lexington in said County, Greetings: 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 vl'aces in said tewn, (Prec .l ,i.mereon Hall; Precinct Two, Town Hall) on Monday, the. second day of March A.D. , 1925, at Six o' clock then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1 . To choose by ballot the following town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selectman for the term of three yeore; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year; ohc Cenector of Taxes for the term of one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for the tern c`' three years; one member of the School Committee for the term of three years; two Constables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board for th9 tem cf three years. • Al so on the some ballot: Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages, in answer to the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages in this town?" The polls will be open at 6.00 A. Id. and will remain open until 5.00 P. M. You are also to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Town Hall in said town on Monday, the ninth. day of March, 1925, at 7.30 P. M . to act on the following articles; Art . 3 .. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the town, and to appoint other committees. Art. 4. Te choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. • Art, 5. To see if the Town will make en appropriaoo .cn for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. Art , 6. To see if the Town will grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or accounts, direct how the same shell be raised, or act in any manner relating thereto: Public Schools; Almshouse ; Outside Poor; Highways ; Street Lights ; Fire Department ; Appropriation Committee; Public Perks; Town Engineer' s Department; Milk Inspector; Plusbirg Inspector; Inspectors of Slaughtering; II April 19th Celebration; Street Signe ; • end Cemeteries. Art. 7. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year, not specified in Other articles, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 8 . To see if the Town will make sr. appropriation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense thereof. Art. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. 2 Art. 10. To see if. the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the ,payment of pensions tc retired town veterans under Chapter 32, Sedt, 52-55 General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 11 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess en amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Sect. 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chap. 3? , General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto . Art. 13 . To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise end appropriate the sum of : 300. or some other amount, end elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water and Sewer Department and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 16 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to widen and deepen the brooks in the Town so as to obtain better surface drainage or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 1? . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of sewer in Hancock Street and to.- provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 18. To receive the report of the committee on the revision of the Building Law, appropriate money for the publication of the Building, Zoning, end Plumbing Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 19. Shall Chapter 496, Sections 119, 120 of the Acts of 192.4, being an Act regulating the fee for Licenses for Slaughter Houses, be accepted by the Town? Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new pumping apparatus for the Fire Department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to execute and acknowledge and delirer in the name and behalf of the town a deed releasing all interest of the Town acquired in a certain parcel of real estate situated on Westminster Avenue, Lexington, Mass. , and. bounded and described as follows: Westerly by Westminster Avenue one hundred (100) feet; northerly by Lot 20 on a Plan hereinafter referred to one hundred and fifty ( 150) feet; Easterly by lot 52 on said Plan one hundred (100) feet; and southerly by Lot 22 on said Plan one hundred and fifty ( 150) feet, 3 Containing 15, 000. square feet of _land, more or less, and being Lot numbered 21 on a "plan of Crescent Hill , Arlington, end Lexington", dated April 29 , 1876, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Plan book 30, Plan 1 . Meaning and intending to authorize said Selectmen to release all interest in the above described real estate acquired under •f? deed from Leonard A. Saville , Collector of Taxes, of said Town, dated October 21 , 1895, and recorded with said Deeds, Book 2414, Page 203 . Art . 22. To see if the Town will amend Section 6 of Article XI of the By-Laws of the Town by inserting the word "not" after the word "services" in the next to the last sentence of the said Section so that the same shell read as follows: ` "Such reports shall . also show the separate amounts received by the Town Counsel es compensation and for disbursements in each of such actions during such year, and for all other services not covered by his regular salary" . Art. 23 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the lay out as a town way of an extension cf Forest Street to Massachusetts Avenue , as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money therefor, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of said streets under the Betterment Act, providing the abutters comply with all the requirements, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets: Dee Road, Harding Road, Williams Road end Simonds Road , which extensions approximate 2500 feet, appropriate money by issuance of bonds, notes or otherwise, or act in any .Wanner relating thereto. II Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Selectmen for the changing of the names of certain streets according to the vote at the last annual Town Meeting or the changing of the names of any other streets or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 26 . To see if the Town will vote to rename Middle Street calling the same State Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to furnish snow plow service on Crescent Hill. Avenue . Art. 28 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install street lights on Locust Avenue. Art. 29 . Tc see if the town will authorize the Cemetery Commissioners in . conjunction with the School. Committee to close the lower driveway at Munroe Cemetery, widen the upper driveway and make a suitable entrance thereto. Art. 30. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. Art , 31 . To receive a preliminary report of the Committee II appointed by the town to arrange for the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and adopt its recommendations or act in any other manner in relation thereto. • Art. 32. To receive and consider the reportof the Conference Committee of Eleven ( appointed under vote of the Town Meeting held March 10, 1921- to confer with the Trustees of the Isaac Harris CarEduce tions Fund in refe a ce totheir plans and proposals regardingRa memorial Town Mail end to make such recommendations to the Town as ma•► seem best) and to take such action on the report of said Committee as may seem advisable, or act, in any manner in reference thereto. 4 Art. 33 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the SUM of $3, 617.89 the same being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 410 of the Acts of 1924 ( en Act providing for the return to the cities and towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those residents of 'Massachusetts who served in the army and navy of the United States during the war with Germany ) for the purpose or purposes for which municipalities may borrow money under section seven and eight of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to provide for the appointment of A commission or committee to accomplish such :purpose , or to act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map adopted March 17, 1924 by creating a new business district comprising the following land, Lot #4,#5, end #6 as shown on plan of Massachusetts Avenue Terrace . Lots measure 120 feet on Massachusetts Avenue ; 110 feet on lot #3 on said plan; 115 feet on lot #7 of said plan; 110-2/10 Feet on Bow Street, containing according to said plan 12, 925 square feet more or less, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 35. To see if the town will appropriate money for the purchase of water main which has been laid at the expense of property owners end which is a part of the water system, in the following unaccepted way: Forest Street Extension, or net in any manner relating thereto. Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to extend water maire in the following unaccepted streets; Cedar, Balfour, Arbt.ry, Greenwood, Harbell , and Old County Road, which extensions approximate 3140 feet, appropriate money by issuance of bonds, notes, or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto . 111 Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this tenth day of February, A. D. , 1925. Albert H. Burnham Selectmen J. Chester Hutchinson Theodore A. Custa.nce of Charles H . Miles Lexington. A true copy, Attest: James J. Sullivan, • Const*ble of Lexington Lexington , Mara. , Feb . 21 , 1925 . To the Town L,le rk, I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by porting printed copier of the foregoing ,Tarrant in the Post Office and in nine other public placer in town , an:] by mailing a printed copy of the ratne to every regirtered voter in th€ town eirht days before the time of raid meetii . fittest : Jamer J . Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 5 AT?NUAL TOWE ELECTIOU . • MARCH 2 , 192F . i'he following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows : Precinct One . Edgar W. Isar od Warden Herbert A. Fnt Deputy Warden Michael A. Pero Clerk Donald Cameron Deputy Clerk Bartlett 0 . harr-i.np'ton Inspector } Thomws j . Doherty inspector Agnes Broughall Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspector Joseph A. :Maters Teller .Larle L. Hadley Finlay Mcl eaac James ;Whalen James Irwin Constable Precinct Two Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra T. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. I:urphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marsha) ] Inspector John J . Garrity Inspector Mrs . Marian ,,�;. J ackk:.eon Deputy Inspector etor "ice Katherine A. I:iErr.s.n Deputy Inspector Jrohies G. eGann Teller Allston M. Redman `JVallace E. Miller U James L. Mc. enzie Samuel z . B i ;e l ow James M. Ahearn � Fred . Butters � William E. iailliken tl Frederick L. Tullar " Manuel Ferry tI liam O' Con nor Patrick McDonnell • Charles E. Moloy Conetable The polls were declared open .; n each Precinct, at six o ' clock . L. ,, and remained open until five P. L. at which time after due notice they were closed. • The election officers were morn to the faithful performance of their duties . The ballots w( re ccunted by the et.ections officers in each precinct , the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used . The ballots cast were counted . enclosedin envelopes , realed, rimed by the election officers , together with the unused ballots , delivered to the Town Clerk at his office . 6 The Town L,lerk canvassed the result an follows : Precinct I . nallotn Cart . 338 Precinct II Ballots cart 1097 Prec I Free II Total . TUNE CLERK Arthur . Latch 114 400 514 John E . Kane 219 691 910 3lanks 5 6 11 John H. Kane war declared elected. SELECTMAI' Albert h. Burnham. 192 787 979 Blanks 146 310 456 Albert h. Burnham ray declared. elected . TOud TRr.,ASURER Arthur W. Hatch 111 36? 498 John F. Kane 209 66? 896 Blanks 18 23 41 John. H. Kane war declared elected. COLLECTOR CF 2AXES Byron C. Earle 217 88? 1104 Blanks 121 210 331. Jyron C. Erle war declared elected . CE iETLRY COMKIS31 Cf R5 John E . ti. i;'ulliken 205 842 1047 Blanks 133 255 369 Joh E. a'ulliken war declared elected . SCHOOI Ca.. :ITITFE James S. Smith 181 809 990 Blanks 157 288 445 James Stuart Smith was declared elected. COLSTABLES Patrick J . i aRuire 222 876 1098 James J . Sullivan 206 867 1073 Scattering,; 1 1 flanks 247 451 698 Patrick J . M Ruire and Jades J . Sullivan were declared elected . 7 Frec 1 Prcc TI Total M0DLRATOR Robert Y. holt 190 833 1023 Blankr 148 264 412 Robert L. holt war declared F 1Pctcd. PLAMTMG BO .:D C . Edward Glynn 171 760 931 �'�i1.liam ll. ;ilne 169 760 929 Blanks 336 674 1010 C . Edward Glynn and l illiam L. i ilne were declared Elected. Shall licenre be granted for the rale of non-intoXict.jtinw beverages in thir town? icer 129 414 543 No 105 437 535 Blanks 104 253 357 It true record , r,ttert : Town �1 er Lexington, fare . ::_arch 3 , 1925 . air it to certify that I have thir day aproi.nted. Helen C . Gf 11aqhFr , 2rrir Cant Town vlerl: of Lexington , and that rhe har been mrorn to perform th(, du tier of raid office to the bert of her knowledge and ability. rittert: / �ort,n rk. fi • • ADJOUREEL TOWE MEETING MaRCR 9 , 1925 . meeting war called to order by ,ioderator , Robert H. Lott , at 7 : 30 On motion the reading, of the arrant, excepting the return of the Constable, war omitted. Art . 3 . On motion of Janes G. Robertson, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee , it war voted that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted . On motion of J . Chester hutchinron . Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it war voted to lay Article 3 on the table and to take up Article 13 . • Art. 13 . Lnder thir article on moti o.n of J . Cherter r_utchinson , it war voted: "That the Lown i're:arurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby ir authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of rr.venue of the prerent financial year . and to issue therefor a note or noter payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under thir vote to be paid from the revenue of the prerent financial year ." Art . 6 . On motion of J . Cherter hutchinron Article r war taken tip . Under thir Article it war " 'doted that the following amouutr be appropriated and areereed for the current year : : For the rupport of public rchoolr and for the payment of tuition at vocational schools : 157 .800.00 i:'or the rupport of the poor at the .Almshouse 1 ,750.00 1-or the support of the Outride poor . 7 ,Q00.01 For the maintenance and care of hiphwayr 45 ,500.00 For new conetruction of highways 20 ,000.00 For the expense of street lights 16 ,680.00 For the expenrer of the Appropriation Uommittee 150.00 For ralarier and expenses of Engineering Dept. 7 ,000.00 For ralary and expeneer of Lilk inspector 400 .00 (of which x':250 ir for ralary) For ralary and e;_penser of Plumbing inrp€.ctor 750,00 For salary of inspector of slaughtering 600.00 For construction and repair of street signs 200.00 Under the above vote calling for the app'ropriat ion of ;:20 ,000 . Li. . Edward P�ood.a,�dwhere the money war to be used and war informed that i r„ nbedford Street. ';.illiam J . Earehall moved an amendment that this rum be expended between Oak Street and Pleasant Street on iiarrachusettp Avenue . The amendment war lott and the vote upon the original motion was declared to be in the affirmative . ienty voter" having doubted the vote , a ri ring vote war taken and 217 voted in the, affirmative, and 17 in the negative , and the motion war carried. 9 The appropriation for public parks war laid on the table . Art . 20. Under thir article Edward Taylor , Uhief of the Fire Lenarttnent offered the following motion : "1'hat the rum of *12 ,000 be appropriated and arrerred for the purchase of a new fire pump . " After conriderable aircurej.on on motion of 1Awin A . Bayley it war voted to lay thir appropriation on the table . , . Art. 7 , Un motion of J . Cherter Hutchinron it war .7oted ; That the following a lounte be appropriated and arrerred for the current year : For salary and expenree of the .gown irE:arurer ( of which ; 700 it for salary) For ralary and expenrer of the Tax Collector 2475 .00 • (of which 4:1900 it for salary ) For rah„ry and expenrer of the Town Ulerk 2012 .00 (of which 4l700 it for ralary) For the expenree of elections and regirtrations of voters 650.00 For the exneer of the 'sown hall 400 .00 For hydrant rental 2610 .00 10 .00 For the maintenance of Village hall 700 .00 For salary and expenrer of the Sealer of `++ei.ghtr anc: _.:e:arurer ( of which w450 i t for r alary ) .� 350.00 For the expense of Forert =`irer -111 For the ralary of the toy; Officer 0.00 • Arts 30 and 31 . Under thio article Lr . Edward C . Stone , Uhairman of the Liommittee on the 150th ,snniverrary of the 3attle of Lexington, prevented a very carefully prepared report of progress and presented three motions embodied in the report presented here- with, which were unarimourly carried. ( See :Tommi ttee Reports pg.243 ) Voted: The citizens of Lexington , in annual town meeting areembled, extend to hon . Ualvin Coolidge , President of the United States , a mart cordial invita- tion to join with them in a fitting celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the rattle of Lexington upon April 1S and 20, 1925 . .They also mart rerpectfully suggest that April 19 and the historic tattle Green r ere the first blood of the levolution war shed and tAe first armed rerirtance took place are the mart appropriate time and place for an addrerr to his fellow country men upon the ideals of the plain- living, r ,ra ght-thinkin sturdy , sod-fearing men, who , "Too few to rerirt, too brave to fly" , stood their ground , and fired only when fired upon. Doted: "The citizen. of Lexington , in annum aereubled , mort rerpectfulley 1 town meeting re the United 'tater ar Lomanderr_int oiefrlofPouri,rmierf rcar well ar the becretary of `dear to send to Lexington upon 111 Sunday, April ��� 19 , 1925 , ar a memorial guard of the eacred Battle Green whereon the first blood of the ',evolution war ehed a detachment of 4ert Point Uadetr drawn equally from the forty-eight stater of the Union. ►pith ruch a guard not only will the national significance of the day bert be displayed but the recoll- ections of all , wherever celebrating the day, rill be that the Lexington Green is , ae it always will be , regarded ar holy ground by all who love their country." 10 Voted : That the rum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15 .000 ) be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of the 13th of - pril celebration . which rum may be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed by the Town to carry into effect a fitting celebration . On motion of Edwin A. Bayley the meeting war adourned to Monday Lvening. March 16 . at 7 :30 P. .:: . A true record. yttert: � , , , / Town :Jerk. • 5 11 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING • March 16 , 1925 The meeting war called to order by Moderator, Robert H. Holt , at 7 :30 F . W.. Art . 1F?. Under thio article illiam Rower Greeley, Chair- man of the committee on the revision of Building Laws , read the report of the Oommittee . • Under motion of ►-r . Fred H.Loulton the report war accepted . Sydney R.Wrightington moved that all the recommendationr of the Committee , excepting section 12 of Article 7 , formerly Section 13 , be adopted . Mr . Moulton moved the adoption of thir particular rection . Lr. Edwin A . Bayley moved that the last clause of Article 7 , Section 13 ,Nmmely , "but the re-covering of any building more than one hundred years old which ir at the time in. the care of the Lexington Hirtorical Society shall be exempt from ruch requirement." A riring vote war taken and 126 voted in the affi.rrta,tive and 62 in the negative , and the amendment war carried ..t, `� '"`° The following are the Recommendationr of the Committee o . n Revi r i on of the Building Laws . ( 1 ). To amend the fifth paragraph of Article II , Section 3 to read "It shall be the duty of the inspector to approve or reject any plans filed with him, within ten days , but the Selectmen can, in special career , extend this time ar eeemr to them to be demanded by the public interert . No work shall be commenced until a permit is issued." (2) To amend Article II , Section 5 , to read : "Whoever performs or causee to be performed any work, or maintains , alters , or erects any structure in violation , etc . (4) To correct the reference in Article II , Section 7 , para- graph (b ) to read; "Ordinary repairs ar defined in Article VI, Section 1 , paragraph 1 . ( 5 ) To amend Article IV by striking out Sections 2 to 1e inclu- sive and rubetituting, as a new Section 2, the following; "Design of structural members rhall be bared upon working stresses pre- vailing in good. current engineering practice ." (6 ) To amend Article V, Section 1 , paragraph 2 , to read: "The erection, construction, demolition or alteration of such build- inge or etructura ar herein provided. shall , when proceeded. 7ith, be executed in accordance with ruch approved pianr and detailed descriptions , unless amended plane are filed and permit issued . therefor . Any permit which may be issued by the Inspector pur- tuant to the provirionr of thir rection , but under which -°>ork ir not commenced within rix monthr of the time of irruance , or ir abandoned before, its completion , rhall expire by limitation ." ( 7 ) To add to Article V, Section 1 , a third paragraph to read: "The Inspector, subject to the approval of the Selectmen , may er- tablich from time to time rearonabip fees or charger for irruance of permits ." (E ) ro amend Article Vii , Section 1 , by adding the words : "All excavatior:r rhall be at lPast six inches clear of foundation vrallr , and no backfilling mall be done until approved by the Inspector. " ( 9 ) To amend Article vll , Section 2 , by adding to the first sentence , eo that it rhall read: "x;11 foundation walle if of brick or concrete rhall be at leart four inches thicker than the first • story wallr above , but rhall be at least ten inches thick except in the care of a private garage 'or outbuilding." r l'o correct the reference to the Revired Lawr in the last paragraph i1rt . II , Sec . 3 to read: "See 1.L. , Chapter 143 , Section 6 , et seq." 12 .44 ( 10 ) To amend r►rticle Vii , Section 5 , by rubrtitutiner for the lart five paragraphs the following: Lb . per rq . ft. "For armories , arsenlbly hallo and gymnasiums and ways of egress therefrom 100 For factories , according to commissioner 100- 250 For garages (private ) Storage and. repair floors 75 For garages (public ) 150 For gra ndetande 100 For Office Buildingr : - Firrt floor. 110 All other floore 75 For residence Buildings , Public portions 75 For " " Except ar above 50 For schools : Assembly halls 100 Claes Roomr , never to be ured ar armembly halls 50 For ridewalkr 250 For rtorer 110 (11 ) To amend tirticle VII , Section 9 , lart paragraph by striking out the wordy "or steam" ro that it will read : ' To metal pipe used to convey heated air shall be placed within one inch of any woodwork, unlerr it is enclosed in a soapstone or earthen ring, or in a metal pipe with air apace between, or otherwise shielded with metal or aebertor , in a manner eatis- factory to the lnrpector. " ( 12 ) To omit Section 11 of nrticle VII. Making rections 12, 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 and 17, Sections 11, 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 and 16 respect- ively. ( 13 ) To amend Section 12 ( formerly Section 13) paragraphs 1 and 2 to read: "The roofe of all buildings , including the roofr of dormer windows , rhall be covered with fire-resisting material. Roofs of out-building r ( other than garages) having leer than two hundred square feet in area on the ground and also flat roofs of piazzas and similar prof ecti one may be covered with canvas or three-ply roofing felt . The provisions ofrlet 4trat sentence of ectthin rection rhall apply to all building/erected or altered, on land laid out , owned , or plotted into lots or par. cele for build- ing purposes , and on all parcels of land of leve than one acre in extent . In repairing the roof of any existing building now covered with non-fire renirting material , if more than 20% of the roof in recovered within any one year the same ehall be done with fire resisting material as specified for new roofs in the pre- ceding paragraph, but the re-covering of any building more than one hundred yearn old. which in at the time in the care of the Lexingt m historical Society shall be exempt from such require- ment. ( 14 ) To amend Article U., Section 3 , by adding "In a girt frame there shall be a post from rill to plate at leant every twenty (20) feet ." ( 15 ) To amend- the Title of Article X to read: "Special Bui.ld- inge . Uses and Restrict; one ." ( 16 ) To amend tirticle X, Section 1 to read : "No billboards , advertising boards or other etructure , except buildings and struct- uree hereinafter specified, rhall be erected upon or attached to any land or the exterior of any building. The foregoing shall not apply to necesrary division fences ured solely an fencer ; structures erected and used rolely for the support of vines , rhrubbery or vegetation, flagpoles ; awnings used rolely an such; nigne advertising solely the letting or selling of , or bueinern conducted on the premiree to which they are attached; or billboards , advertisement e , or other commercial displays not exceeding twenty square feet in surface area , nor ten feet in any dimension." (17 ) To amend article X, Section 2 , no that the firet sentence rhall read; "No external wall of any building or dwelling of the third class rhall be leer than 72 ft . from the line of any adjoining lot , nor leer than ten feet from any other building ; and no external wall of any building of the second class ehall be leer than 7i ft . 13 from the line of any other building, unlerr the ride wall of ruch proposed building of the second clarr it constructed of brick or other fireproof material , of a thicknerr and in the manner pres- cribed for external wally of fireproof buildings ." ( 18 ) To omit Section 10 of Article X . Theodore E. Curtance Patrick F. Dacey Bartlett J . Harrington 'Aerley T . Wadman March 16 . 1925 . .m R . Greeley, Chairman. The following are the Building Laws ar adopted by the town at this meeting: BUILDING LAWS of the TOWN OF LEXIFGTON . Adopted May 15 , 19. 3 . Approved by Attorney-General , Augurt 1 , 1913 . Revived December 9 , 1921 Revived Lecember 12 , 1922 Revised 1,1arch 16 , 1925 BLILDING LA S . III ARTICLE I . Title . Thir By-law rhall be known and cited ar the Building Law. ARTICLE II. 1 Authorities Inspector, Appointment, Salary , Etc. Section 1. The Board of Selectmen shall . within thirty days after the adoption of there ordinances and thereafter annually in April , appoint an Inspector of Buildirg n , who shall hold office for the term of one year or until such time ar another is appointed in his ` place . He Phall be an architect , civil engineer , or builder of at least ten yearn ' practice or experience . His coiipenration shall be regulated by the Selectmen unlerr determined by a vote of the town at the annual March meeting pre- ceding hie appointment. He shall not be interested in any contract , or in the furnish- ing of materials for any building : provided , however , that he may, With the written approval of the selectmen , have ruch an interest III if he wholly refrains from acting ar Inspector in the giver, case . In each such care the Selectmen rhall appoint a substitute to act therein with all the powerr and duties of the regular Inrpector ; and the compensation paid to ruch rubeti tute shall be deducted from the salary or compenrration which would otherwire be due the regular Inrpector. 1 Right to t,nter .. Section 2. The lnrpector of Buildings may, so far as it necerr3ary for the performance of hie duties , enter any building or premiren within the town at any reasonable hour. 14 Cr) C Dutier . Section 3. He rhall keep a record of all business of the department , which record and all other books and papers relating to the transaction of the department rhall be open at all times to the inspection of the selectmen , and. he rhall submit to them a yearly report on ruch bueinese and ouch other reports ar they may require . He shall receive applications and issue permits for the erection and alteration of buildings ar hereinafter described and shall keep detailed and ruf ficient reco.rde of such applications and permite . he shall not give a permit for the erection or al- teration of any building until he shall have carefully inspected the plans , rpecificationr and premises , and ascertained that the building as proposed will conform to thir by-law. He shall , ar often ar practicable , inspect all buildings in the course of construction or alteration and shall make a record of all vio- lations of there by-laws , with the name of the owner , occupant, architect, and master mechanic , and of any other matters perti- nent thereto . He rhall grant permite for euch erection or alteration, when the plane and detailed descriptions are in conformity with this by-law and the lawe of the Commonwealth. He shall examine all buildings reported dangerous or damaged by accident , or fire , and if it appears that ruch structure -would be unsafe or dangerour to life or limb in cave of fire , or other- wise , it shall be deemed dangerour within the meaning hereof, and the inspector may affix in a conspicuous place upon its exterior wally a notice of ite dangerour condition, which shall not be removed or defaced without authority from him. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to approve or reject any plane filed with him, within ten days , but the selectmen can, in epecial saver , extend this time ar seems to them to be demanded by the public interest . No work shall be commented until a permit iv issued. bee G.L. , Lihapter 143 , Section 6 , et req . Appeal . Section 4 . In cave the owner of any building or other structure , or an applicant for a permit to erect or alter a build- ing or other structure , is aggrieved by any order or decision of the Inspector of Buildings , he may file with the Inspector an objection in writing , and thereupon the matter shall be referred to the selectmen who , within one week from raid reference , shall hear the parties , and after taking ouch expert opinion ar may reem to the Selectmen to be necessary, give their decision . In cave the decision of the Inspector of Building; be affirmed , the expense of such expert opinion taken by the Selectmen shall be paid to the town by the owner or applicant on demand; otherwise ruch expense shall be borne by the town. Penalty. Section 5 . '+whoever performs or causes to be performed ary work, or maintains , alters . or erects any structure , in violation of this building law or any part thereof, or in any particular violates any of the provieione of thin building law , or any part thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not lees than fifty nor more than one hundred dollare for each violation. Enforcement . Section 6 . The Inrpector of Buildings , in the name of the town, may take ruch measures ar the public safety requires to carry thie by-law and every rection thereof into effect. Scope of the Law. Section 7 . No building rhall be constructed or altered except in conformity with the provieione of this by-law, but 1_ 5 nothing in this by-law shall be construed to apply to : exceptionr . (a) Bridger , quays , wharves or buildings or land owned or occupied by the United otater or the L•o.lmonwealth . (b) Ordinary repairs ar deinfed. in Article 6 , aec . 1 , paragraph 1 . c ) mall wooden buildings not to be used for habitable purposes , and not more than eight feet in length or breadth and seven feet in height. ARTICLE III . Definitionr .. ALTERATIOr. Any change or addition . APARTMENT HOUSE. See "Tenement house " . A SEMBLY HALL. A room In any building other than a dwelling houre , ured for public or private aerembly having a greater floor area than six hundred Square feet. BASEMENT . That portion of a building in which the floor is located at least one-half the average height from the floor to the ceiling of raid portion below the level of the sidewalk or ground at the principal point of entrance to the building. CELLAR . A cellar is a story more than one-half below the level of the adjacent ground. CORNER LOT . A corner lot is a lot situated at the junction of two streets , each not less than twenty feet in width. Any portion of the width of such lot distant more than seventy feet from such junction shall not be regarded ar part of a corner lot . CONSTRUCTION. Building of the Firrt Clare . A Building of fireproof construction throughout. Building of the second Class : A building not of the first class , the external and party wallr of which are of brick, stone , iron, or other equally rub- etantial and incombustible materials . Building of the Third Clans: Any building not of the first or second clave . OOU'RT. A court is an open unoccupied space , other than a yard, on the same lot with a tenement house . A court not extending to the rtreet or yard ir an inner court . A court extending to the rtreet or yard ir an outer court. 37ELLI7G. A building ured or constructed or adapted to be used wholly or principally for human habitation. FACTORY. Any premises where steam, water or other mechanical rower is used in aid of any manufacturing process there carried. on. IllTOOTING. That part of any masonry foundations resting dir- ectly on the ground. • HJUNLATION . That part of wall below the level of the ride- walk, or, if a wall it not on a rtreet , that part of the wall below the level of the highest ground next to the wall , and that part of a party or partition wall , pier or column below the cellar floor. FRONT OF LOT . The front of a lot it that boundary line which borderr on the street . In the care of a corner lot , the owner may elect by statement on hir plans either rtreet boundary line ar the front. The rear of the lot it the ride opporite to the front. r4aX o- the 1-et i44 the s-#d-e opposite the r or gore lot the rear rra11 be theft• In the case of a triangular ride not bordering '� i �6 47) on a street. HALF STORY. The top rtory included within a roof. HEIGHT OF BUILDING . The vertical dirtante from the mean grade of the ridewalkr of all abutting rtreetr or the mean grade of the ground adjoining the building , to the highest point of the roof beams , not including in such measurement of height cornices which do not extend ::lore than five feet above the highert point of the roof beamn nor enclosures for the machinery of ele7ators which do not exceed fifteen feet in height , nor enclosures for tankr -which do not exceed twenty feet in height above the roof beams and do not e:teed in united area ten per cent of the area of the roof. HOTEL . See "Tenement houre ." LOADS . Dead Loads . The weight of the rally , floor , n arti- t.intns and all permanent construction . Live or variable Loads . All loads other than dead loads . LODGING HOUSE . See "Tenement house ." NUISANCE . The rord "nuisance", rhall be held to embrace public nuisance as known at common law or in equity jurisprudence ; and furthermore , whatever ir dangerous to human life or detrimental to health; whatever building or erection , or part or cellar thereof ir ov€rcrovded with occupants+ , or ir not provided with adequate ingress and egrerr to and from the same , or the apartment thereof, or it not sufficiently supported, ventilated , cewered , drained, cleaned or lighted , in reference to their or its intended. or actual u:re ; and whatever renders the air or human food or drir% unwholesome , are also severally in contemplation of thin act , nuirances . OFFICE BUlLLl •G. A building in which rooms above the first rtory are ured for offices or ritail .r purpocer . PUBLIC BUILDING. A building used or conrtructed or adapted to be used ae a church, chapel , or other place of public worship, or ar a school , college , or ar a hospital , workhouse , cublic theatre , public hall , public concert-room, public ballroom, public lecture-room, public library, or public exhibition-room, or as a public place of assembly, or ured or conrtructed or adapted to be ured for any other public purpose. SCHOOLHOUSE. Allublic s r p drool building, and any private building in which more than twenty pupils are or may be assembled in any one room above the fir et story. .3:.i SLE. Any building used or intended to be ured for the houring of horses or cattle . TEELUE T HOUSE. 1-, tenement houre is any house or building, or portion there-of, which is rented, leaped, let or hired out , to be occupied, or is occupied, or is intended , arranged, or designed to be occupied ar the home or residence of more than two families (a family may conri.ct of one or more perrons ) living inder.endently of each other and having a common right in the halls , rtairwayr , yard, cellar cinkr , water closets or privies , or any of them, and includes lodging and boarding houcee , apartment houree , flat houses and hotels . houeee built in continuous rows of more than two houses , occupied or intended , arranged or derigned to be occupied dr the home or residence of one family or more having a common right in or using in common the hallr , stairways , yards , cellar© s nkq.,, water loeete or p1iv e , or any of them, rhall be EPaebe e cit ot ' bael 11 efie et o z pori v a'o P trhf'iael el aw THEATRE. A building or portion of a building in which it is derigned to make a bueiners of the presentation of dramatic , operatic or other performances or rhowr for the entertainment of spectators, and having a permanent rtage for raid pe rf orT:antes which can be used for scenery and other vtage appliances . WALL. Bearing Wall . Any wall which carrier any load other than ita ohm weight. curtain 4411 : Any wall built between piers 17 or iron or steel columns and which in not a bearing wall . Ex- ternal allr : Every outer vertical enclosure of a building other than a party wall . Partition .11 : r►ny interior wall in a building. Party Wall . A all that separates two or more buildings and in ured or adapted for use of more than one building. THIOlNESS OF WALL. The minimum thicknern of ruch wall . WOODETT BUILDING. Any building of which an external wall in c•_netructed wholly or partly of wood. Jood framer covered with metal shall be deemed to be wood rtructurer . uP'ORL'ShOP . Any premises , rooms , or place , not being a factory as above defined, wherein any manual labor is exercised by way of trade , or for l-urporen of gain or an incidental to any procere of making, altering . repairing, ornamenting, finishing or adapting for rale any article or part of articles and to which or over which premieey , room or place , the employcrof the perrons woriR therein hay the right of accenr or control ; provided, however , that the e,_ercire of ruch manual labor in ^ e a °l 'rvea't�`eJ" re orvate room by the family dwelling thereinare memer s fio�'► -rs�,f;,,, such family . shall not of itself constitute such house or room a workshop within thin definition. ARTICLE IV. w'uali ty . Calculated Strenner and. :strength of Laterial Teets and quality. Section 1 . New material of whatever nature small be rub- j ected to such tents an the In;pe: ctor shall direct: the tertr shall be made under the supervision of raid inspector, or he may direct the architect or owner to file with him a certified copy of the results of tests :Much an he may direct shall be made . When recons.-hand material in to be ured that fact shall be stated in the application filed , and no second-hand material shall be ured until it hap been approved by the inspector. Section 2. Benign of structural materials shall be bared upon working rtrenrer prevailing in good current engineering practice . ARTICLE V. Preliminary Requirements . Permits . Section 1 . Before the erection, construction , demolition or alteration of any building or part of any building, structure or part of any structure , coming under the scope of thin by-law, an defined in Article 11 , Section 7, .and before the construction or alteration of the plumbing or drainage ryrtem of any building structure , or preminee' in commenced, the owner or lennee , or agent of either, shall , except for ordinary repairs , submit to the Inspector . a detailed work on proper blanks to be provided by the Inspector, and ruch full and complete copier of the plane of such proposed work, and any structural detailed description of the locat- ion, purpose and conrtructicri of the proposed structure or drawingr an the Inrpector may require . Such plane and detailed drawings shall be furnished in duplicate and if approved by the Inspector, one ret shall be kept at the building during the progrern of the work, open to the inspection of the Inspector or his representative , and the other shall be kept on file in the office of the Inspector. The erection , c Jnr truction . demolition or alterati.nn of ruch buildings or rtructurer . as herein provided, shall, when proceeded with, be executed in accordance with ruch approved plane and detailed dercriptionn , unless amended plane are filed and permit issued therefor . Any permit which may be issued by the Inrpector pursuant to the provisions of thin rection , but under which work in not commenced within nix monthe from the time of 18 .) 0.0 irruance , or in abandoned beforE itr completion ("hall expire by limitation. The inspector , subject to the approval of the Selectmen , may establish from time to time reasonable feer or charger for irruance of pe rmi tr . Street Lines and Grader . Section 2. Every person before proceeding to erect any foundation , building or wall , or make any alteration(" in the external wall of any etructure , any part of which is to be placed within ten feet of any public street , way , rquare , or other lards dedicated to public use , rhall firrt apply to the Selectmen for the liner and grader of ouch public street , way, square or other lands , and. the Selectmen without charge . rhall furnish the name together with the location and grade of newer if in their power to do no. heights of Buildingr . Section 3 . the height of any building or other structure hereafter erected, rhall not be more than two timer the width of the widest etreet upon which it rtandn , but in no cane rhall it exceed eighty feet, excepting an provided below. The limits of height(' for all buildings shall be an follow, : For first-clary buildingr , not exceeding eighty feet. For second-clary buildings , not exceeding sixty feet. For third-class buildings , not exceeding forty-eight feet. in any building of the second or third clam , ured an a tenement house , apartment house , hotel or lodging houre if the cellar or basement in fitted up or ured for rtoree , officer , work- roomr , or living rooms , other than for j anitor ' n ure , such cellar or basement ("hall be regarded an the firrt rtory . and the height permitted for such building shall be itr measurement from such cellar or basement floor upwards , and the attic if no fitted un or used rhall be deemed a rtory within the meaning of this by-law. Pio limitation of the height of building(" in thin by-law rhall apply to churches , eteeplen , towers , domes , cupolas . or belfrien , not used for human habitation, nor to chimneys , gas holders , statuary, open balurtrader , skylights , ventilatory , flagrtaffr , railings , weather vanes , roil pipes , steam exhauete , or other similar conntructione such an are usually erected above the roof line of buildings . A permit for the erection of a spire exceeding eighty feet in height , for a church, or for the erection, location and ure of an elevator for storage or pale of grain or coal , may be given by the inspector on the written approval of the Board of Selectmen. AR'T'ICLE VI . Repairs and Demolition Repair e . Section 1 . Ordinary repairs of buildingr or rtructurer , or of the plumbing thereof , may be made without notice to the Inspector , but much repairs rhall not be construed to include the cutting away of any etone or brick wall , or any portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any beam or support . or the removal , change or cloning of any etaircare , or the alteration or con- struction of any roil or waste pipe. When plane and detailed descriptions are filed with the Ilrpector for the erEction of a new building, which necessitated the demolition of any part of an exirting building, much fact rhall be stated in the description filed. Demolition . Section 2 . In demolishing any building, rtory after story, commencing with the top rtory , rhall be completely removed. wo material rhall be allowed to remain upon the floor of any such building, but the brick, timbers an:] other structural parte of 19 • each rtory shall be lowered to the ground upon dirplacentent. If the building to be demoliphed is within fifty feet of a public street or within one hundred feet of any other building, the material to be removed shall be properly wet down to lay the duct incident to its removal . The owner , architect , builder or contractor for any building, structure , wall , platform or flooring to be demolished shall give not less than twenty-four hours ' notice to the Inspector of ruch intended demolition. ARTICLE VII . Lonetruction , General Reouirements . Lxecavation. section 1 . 111 excavations for buildings rhall be properly guarded and protected co ac to prevent the came from becoming dan- gerouc to life or limb , and rhall be sheathe-railed by the person, or persons causing the excavationr to be made when necerrary to prevent the adjoining earth from caving in. .ill excavationr shall be at leapt six incher clear of founda- tion walls and no back filing shall be done until approved in the inspector . Foundations . Section 2 . All foundation walls , if of brick or concrete , shall be at least four inches thicker than the first story wall above but rhall be at leart ten inches thick except in the cape of a private garage or outbuilding. Rubble stone foundation walls shall in all carer be at leapt eighteen incher thick at the top and twenty-four inches at the bottom; and if they exceed eight feet in height above finished grade they shall be at leart twenty- four incher thick at the top and thirty at the bottom. All stoner or blocky above grade in the foundation wall', enclosing cellar or barement, except for one rtory buildingr of the third Clare , barns and stabler , shall be firmly bedded with cement mortar and. all spaces and joint', thoroughly filled . If of block rtone , laid in horizontal courree , the foundation walla shall be ar follows : For buildings not over twenty-five feet in height , not leer than eighteen inches thick; over twenty-five feet and not exceeding forty-five feet , not leer than twenty inches thick; and over forty- five feet , not leer than twenty-four inchep thick. All foundation' shall be thick enough in excere of the above to recirt lateral prE rrure , and the lnrpector may order an increase of thicknerr for that purpose . All buildingr except a r h re in provided and new walls in alterations rhall have continuous foundations of brick, rtone or concrete . Wooden building', not exceeding one rtory in height and not used for habitation may be erected upon masonry piers or wooden ports . ,,.aronry cells , ihicknere . erection 3. -11 masonry external and rarty wallr of buildings ured for dwellingp not exceeding twenty-five feet in height , shall be at leart twelve inchep thick in barement, aid at leart eight inches ',move ; for buildings exceeding twenty-five feet and not exceeding sixty feet in height , not leer than twelve incher the whole height. All masonry external and party wafle of buildingr other than dwelling', ',hall be ar follows : For buildingr not exceeding fifteen feet in height , at leart eight inches thick throughout ; for those exceeding fifteen feet and not exceeding twenty-five feet in height, at leapt twelve incher thick throughout ; for buildingr exceeding twenty-five feet and not exceeding forty feet in height, sixteen inched thick in the basement and first rtory and twelve inchep thick above ; and for buildings exceeding forty feet and not exceeding rixty feet in height, twenty incher thick in barement and firrt P- try , and sixteen inbher thick in the record and third. stnri_er ,and twelve incher thick above . faulted wally shall contain exclurive of wither , the came amount of material ar ir required for colid walls , and the wall on the side of the air "pace carrying a floor rhall be not leer than eight incher thick . Such wallr "hall be securely tied together by tier not more than two feet apart. External wallr may , if approved by the Inspector, with the concent of the Selectmen , be built in part of iron or steel. , and when so built , may be of less thicknerr than ir hereinbefore pro- vided. or required , provided that all constructional parte are thoroughly Protected. from fire by brick, terra-cotta , or n1_arter- ing upon metal furring, and provided the rtrength of all supports it equivalent to that of brick walls otherv'ire herein reeuired . Floor support" . Section 4 . To building hereafter erected rhall have floor bearing rupportr over thirty feet apart which supports may be • trick wallr , trurrer , columns , or girders . If brick walls , they may be four incher lest? in thicknerr than is required by this by-1.a7 for the party wallr of the same height , provided that in no care shall they be 'err than twelve inches in tti:icknerr . If trursec , columns , or girder" , are used they and their rurportr rhall be made to conform to the requirements for rtrength ar provided for in article 1V. Floors , ►%trength of. Section E . All new or renewed floors shall be so con- structed ar to carry safely the weight to which the proposed ure of the building will rubject them, but the leapt capacity per superficial foot , exclusive of materials eha1 be : Lb per eq . ft . For armorier , arsemtbly hallr and gymnariumr and ways or egrerr therefrom 100 For factories 100 - 2501 For garages (private) Storage and repair floors 75 For garages (public) " 150 . For grandstands 100 For Office Buildings ; First floor 110 All other floors 75 For Residence Building" , Public portions 75 For '' Except ar above F0 For rchoolr : Acrembly halls 100 Clare, roomr , never to be used as Arremblyriallr 50 For sidewalk" -50 For stores 110 it The amount within there limitr ir to be fixed. in each rpecific case by the Inspector. Chimneys and Flue r . Section 6 . ho chimney shall be corbelled from a wall more than the thickners of the wall , nor be hung from a wall less than twelve incher thick, nor rest or be ' rup"orted in any way by wood. All chimneys rhall be built of rtone or other incom- bustible material , laid. up in bert lime or cement mortar . All brick chimneyr rhall have terra cotta flue lining, except chimneyr eight incher or more thick. The endr of such lining pipes rhall be made to fit Clore together; the tointr rhall be filled with cement mortar; and the lining shall be built in as the flue or fluer are carried up . The sectional area of every chimney must be at least equal to the combined area of all smoke flues entering it . All chimneys shall be topped out or capped with brick, terra cotta, rtone , iron or cement . they "hall exten" four feet above any flat roof . In other carer , unless the roof it 21 of incomburtible or fire-rerirting material , they rhall oe carried up to at least one foot above the highest point of the roof. No woodwork of any kind. Phall be placed at a distance ierr than one inch from the outride wall of any flue ; and no nail shall be driven into the maronry of any chimney . Unrafe Chimneys . Section 7 . if any chimney . flue or heating apparatus rhall , in the opinion of the lnrpector be unsafe , he shall at once notify in writing the owner , who , upon receiving raid. notice , rhall make the came safe to the ratirfaction of the lnrrector . Fireplacer and hearths . Section C . The jambs and backr of all fireplaces and. range or grate openings rhall be of maronry, not less than eight inches thick (including both the rough and finirhed work) if of brick , Tnd not leer than twelve incher , if wholly or partly of rtone . Brickwork or rtonework over fireplace or similar or,ening(' rhall be supported by proper iron barr or by brick or rt.one archer . All portions of chimneys or fireplaces ro conrtructed ar to receive a lateral thrust , not taken care of by iron member(' thoroughly anchored to the: maronry , shall be at leart eight inches thick. The interior of all fireplace throat(' rhall be thoroughly covered with a coat of cement mortar , carried up to a solid connection with the flue lining , and every rake in the chimney shall be plastered with a good thick coat of cement mortar on both the outride and the ins ic.e . ;11 hearth(' rhall be laid on maronry trimmer archer , or on barr of iron rupporting a proper bed of maronry , and shall extend at leant eight incher beyond each ride of the finirhed fireplace opening. They rhall have a uniform width of at least, eighteen inches in front of the finirhed jambe and fireplace . Protection of 4+oodwork. Section 9 . leo smoke pipe rhall project through any external wall , windomr or roof. No rmokepipe rhall pare through any wooden partition without a roaprtone ring or safety thimble of fireproof material of the thicknerr of the partition . The top of all heating furnaces ret in brick rhall be covered with brick, supported by iron barr , and ro constructed ar to be perfectly tight ; raid covering to be in addition to , and riot ler(' than rix. incher from the ordinary covering of the hot air chambers . The tope of all heating furnaces not ret in brick rhall be at leart twelve inches below the nearest wooden beams or ceiling, with a shield of metal made tight, rurpened not leer than two inches below such beams or ceiling, and extending one foot beyond the top of the furnace on all rider except where metal lathing ie used. All hot-air regirter boxes hereafter placed in the floorr or partitions of building'(' , rhall be ret in roaprtone or equally good incomburtible borders not' lerr than two incher in width, and rhall be made of tin plate and properly fitted . Hot-air piper and regirter boxer ret in floorr or partitions rhall be at leant one inch from any woodwork, except that regio ter boxer fifteen by tv enty-five incher , or larger , and their connecting pipe© shall be two incher from any woodwork. The piper and boxer rhall be either double where they pare through the floors or partition(' or be otherwise thoroughly protected by metal casings shielding the woodwork and made tight. Ido metal pipe used to convey heated air shall be placed within one inch of any woodwork, unle::r it it enclosed in a roap- rtone or earthern ring, or in a metal pipe with air space between , or otherwise shielded with metal or arbertor , in a manner ratir- factory to the Inspector. 22 Arh bins . 3.7 Section 10. iJeporitorier for arhes in the interior of any building rhall be built of incombustible material . remit for Lathing. Section 11 . Pio wall or ceiling of any building rhall be lathed or otherwise covered , until the ynrpector har been notified in writing that the building iv ready for such work , and until he has given written convent ther efor. The inspector rhall act on such notice within forty-eight hours of receipt of rame . Roof Coveri_ngr . Section 12 . The roofr of all building. , including the roofs of dormer windows , rhall be covered with fire-rerivting material . Roof of out-build.ingr other than garages ) having lerr than two hundred square feet in area on the ground and alio flat roofr or piazzas and rimilar projections may be covered with canvas of three- ply roofing felt . The provirione of the firrt sentence of thin section rhall apply to all build:ingr hereafter erected or altered on land laid out, owned , or plotted, into lotr or parcels for build- ing purposes , and on all parcels of land. of lerr than one acre in extent . In repairing the roof of any exirting building now covered with non-fire reriiting material , if more than twenty per cent of the roof it re-covered within any one year the Flame shall be done with fire re-rioting material ar specified for new roofs in the preced- ing paragraph: Fire-reverting material , specified above , rhall include plate , tile , arbeetor , cement , tar and gravel , plastic slate , copper , tin, and heavy arphalt-felt shingles of which the expored surface it compared of slate chips or gravel . Rain T�aater .. Section 13 . dater from leaders shall not flow upon the ride- walk, and no part of any building rhall be conrtructed in such a way an to discharge water , snow, ice or other material upon a public way. Projections . Section 14 . No bay window or other structure , other than cornices or mouldings , except fire escapes rhall be placed upon any building no an to project over any public way without the permirsion of the Board of Selectmen , given after due notice and hearing, and then only in much manner as rhall be ap;,roved by the Inrpector . No 'Dame , plinth, or rtepr , rhall project upon any public way . dhenever any peri,,n in about to erect or alter the exterior wallr of a building, within five feet of the line of a etreet , he shall cause the portion of the rite of the building bordering upon the street to be encloned by a proper fence , not lens than four feet high and at least five feet from the line of mach buildings , and the fence shall be made an much higher am the lnnpector shall direct, and the name shall be maintained until all liability to accident from the falling material tearer , and aaid person rhall maintain proper lights , if ro required by the lnnpector at both endn of ruch encloned space from Punnet to munrire . ccemn to Roof . Section 15 . X11 buildingr other than mingle dwellingr . and all buildings over two rtorier high, shall have permanent and con- venient means of accemn to the roof from the inside . The openings in the roof shall be not leen than twenty by thirty inches . 23 auirance . Section ie . Every nuisance within the scope of thir by-law shall be unlawful and the Inspector rhall take all rtepr necerrary to remove the same . ARTICLE VIII . Construction , Firrt-L)larr Dui ldi ngs . • Scope . Section 1 . Every building hereafter erected or altered to be used. ar a hotel , lodging-house , theatre . jail , police rtati.on . :orpital , asylum or inrtitution for the care or treatment of perrons, the height of which exceed" thirty-five feet to the ceiling of the uprer "tory, and every other building hereafter erected, altered or raised to over sixty feet in height Ehail be a first-clary building, excepting, however, ar is provided for in -Irticle V, Section 3 , of this by-law. iaterialr .. Section 2 . The following materials rhall , for the purpose of this law, be deemed to be incombustible , fireproof or fire- rerieting materials: (a) Brickwork constructed of good bricks or terra cotta . well burned , hard and round, properly bonded . and solidly put together tith good mortar , compounded of good lime or cement , or both . and Tharp , clean rand . (b) Granite and other stone ruitable for building purpores by reason of itr solidity and durability. (c ) Iron, steel and copper . (d) Concrete compored of broken brick, stone chipringr , or ballast :Ind lime cement of calcined gypsum when used for filling in between joints of floors . Height . 5Ection 3 . No first-clary building rhall exceed eighty feet in height . Letaile of oo, rtructi on . Sectidn 4 . Fireproof buildinge rhall be constructed with walls of brick, stone , cement , concrete , iron, or steel , in which wood beanie or lintels rhall not be placed, and in which the floors and roofs rhall be of materials described in Section 2 of thir Article . The rtairr and. rtaircare landings shall be built entirely of brick, stone , cement, concrete , iron or steel . No woodwork or other inflammable material rhall be used in any of the partitions , furring" , or ceilings , in any such fireproof building, excepting, however, that the doors and windows and their frames , the trims , the caringr . the interior finish when filled solid at the back with firepriof material . and the floor boards and sleepers irectly there- under, may be of wood, but the "pace between the rleeperr shall be solidly filled with fireproof materials and extend up to the underride of the floor board" . rill hull partitions or permanent partitions between roomy in fireproof buildingr "hall be built of fireproof material , and shall not be started on wood. rillr . nor on wood floor boards , but be built upon the fireproof conrtructi on of the floor and extend to the fire- proof beam filling above . The top" of all door and. window opening" in ruch partitions shall be at leapt twelve inches below the ceiling line . In all buildings of the first clary hereafter erected , all partitionr mall reit directly upon the fireproof floor construction and extend to the fireproof floor Flab above . 24 - tir:f1JLE ix. Construction , Second. and Third Clary -duildin ;r . Scope . Section 1 . Every building hereafter erected or altered to be ured ar a yublic building, store , office building, factory or mercantile eta.bltrhment , ,hall be of the first or record clapc . rill other buildings may be of the third clary . height. Section 2 . No second clary building rhall exceed 60 feet in height and nc third clarr building 48 feet, except that a wooden spire for churches may be 83 feet in height . Frame . Section . ,very wooden building of two or more rtorier or exceeding five hundred feet in area , shall have rillr , ports , girtr , and plater properly morticed , tenoned, pinned and braced. The sectional area of the rillr shall not be lere than thirty- two inches , and of ports and girte not leer than twenty-four inches . Studding for outer walle :and bearing partitions rhall be not leer • than two by four incher , nor placed more than sixteen inches on centers . Floor timber shall not be lere than two inches thick. No ledger boards rhall be ured in place of girte in any building where the parte exceed fifteen feet in height . The bottom of the rills of wooden dwelling mouser rhall be placed not leer than twelve incher above the eurface of the ground at any point . In a girt frame there shall be a port from Bill tc plate at leapt every twenty feet. Fire galls . Section 4 . Frame dwellingr built in blocks of two or more rhall have a brick, terra cotta or concrete party wall , not leer than eight incher in thicknery between each single dwelling and the one <:,dj oining, to extend up to the under ride of the roof boarding which e all be laid in m rtar on the wall. Fire Stops . Section 5 . r,ll buildings used. for dwellings , officer , or public purporer , hereafter -erected , shall have fire-rtopr in the interior composed of cement, planter . mortar , or come incom- bustible m ,terial , ret rolid in mortar in the following manner : In brick and atone buildings the space between all -Purring on wally and between the studding of all partitionr shall be flled solid and flush to a height of rix incher above the floor joirte in each etory. The epacec between ruch parte of floor joirte ar rert upon partition heady rhall ale() be filled to the same width ar rtuddinF' above. In wooden buildingr , the spaces between the rtudr of bearin partitionr in the firrt rtory; between the rtudr of each exterior wall in the first story; and between the etude of ruch exterior wall in the firrt story; and between the rtudr .of u:h exterior wally above the firrt rtory ar carry the ends of floor joirte , ,hall severally be stopped by rolid filling brought up at leant tJ the level of the finished floor ; alro all epacec between fl' or joists directly above a bearing partition , in whatever story constructed , shall be rtopped with ruch fii ,inf in all carer eo ae to check effectively any draught from one rtory to another , or from the horizontal epacec between floor j oietr to the vertical spaces in wal le and partitions . In all buildings the spaces between the :rtringerr of. Ptaire 25 and joirts of landing" , unlerr unceiled , rhall be fire-"topped sufficiently to prevent the parrage of air. The spaces around chimneys inside of studding or furring making air ductr are to be thoroughly fire-stopped with suitable incorbur- tible riaterialr . Exceptions . Section 6 . temporary bui ld ingr may be erected for the ure of builder" within the limitr of the lot;' whereon buildings are in courre of erection , or on adjoining vacant lots, , and other temporary rtructuree , including platform" , rtande , election booths, , and tentr may be erected. upon permit', is, rued by the Inrpector and may be maintained for the period of time rt.ated in the permit . Po obrer- va.tion stand rhall be constructed or maintained except in accordance with planr approved by the inspector. ARTICLE X. Special Buildings . Leer and Rertriictionr .. Billboardr . Section 1 . No billboard" , advertirinp boards or other structure, except, building" and rtructuree hereinafter specified , shall be erected upon or attached to any land or the exterior of any build- ing. The foregoing rhall not apply to necesrary division fencer used solely as fencer ; rtructurer erected and ured solely for the rupport of vines , rhrubber.y or vegetation, flagpoles ; awnings used solely as such; signs advertising solely the letting g or ',ening of, or businerr conducted on the premirer to which they are attached ; or billboards , acvertirementr , or other commercial dirplayr not exceeding twenty rouare feet in aurface area, nor ten feet in any dimension. Lir tance From Lot Line and Percentage of Lot. .section 2 . Lo external wall of any building or dwelling of the gird clarr rhall be leer than reven and one-half feet from the l Lne of any adjoining lot , nor leer than ten feet from any other building ; and no external wall of any building of the record clam" shall be leer than seven and one-half feet from the line of any adjoining lot not leer than ten feet from the line of any other building. unlerr the ride wall of such propored building of the record clarr it constructed of brick or other fireproof material , of a thicknerr and in the manner rrercribed for external wallr of fire- proof building" . All opening in such fireproof wall rhall be protected by standard wired glarr t^;indo,•rr in metal framer and mach or rtandard fire alarm doorr or rhutterr am provided for by the ruler and regulations of National Board of Fire Underwriters . Fo buildings of the third clary "hall cover more than rixty per cent of the area of the lot. All buildings built or altered over for the purn-)re of utilizing a part of came for living purpomer and a part for businerr or manufacturing purporer , rhal] be ro built or altered. that such portion intended to be utilized for buminf mis or manufacturing rhall be separated entirely from the portion intended for living purposes by such fireproof material as may be approved by the Inrpector. Drying Rooms, . Section 3 . All wally , ceilings and partition" i_nclosi.ng drying roomy shall be made of fireproof material . 26 7)0 Elevators . Section 4 . In all buildingr except dwellings occupied by not more than two families in w:iich there rhall be any hoirtway or freight elevator or wellhole not enclosed in walls conrtructed of brick or other incombustible material and provided. with fire deorr , the openingr thereof opening through and upon each floor of ruch building rhall be provided with and protected by a rubrtantial guard or gate , and with good. and rufficient automatic trapdoors , covered wtXh_ lknxaid.xwitlyYgood;anmixraffiaicent alitamattaxtra7damrayYarme-rid with tin on the under ride and edger , in accordance with rtand.ard. for fire doorr , and' ro constructed ar to form a rubrtantial floor surface when cloned. The guardr or pater and railingr rhall be of ruch material and form of construction ar may be approved by • the Inspector. The elevatorr and hoists for freight which l'.o rot ran above the first story may be conrtructed without fireproof enclorurer . Freight and parrEnger elevatorr may be placed in arear and hallwayr where the came are cortinuour and unbroken , ruch ele- vators to be protected by metal grille . Except ar above provided and except in dwellingr outride of the fire limitr occupied by not more than two families' , all rhaftr for elevatorr , hointr ,, dumbwa ,ter. r , liftr and. clothes or duet chuter rhall be constructed of fireproof material . The tope of all such rhaftr rhall be covered with incom- bustible material unlerr the rhaft extends above the upper floor of the building , and in that care the rhaft rhall be carried at least three feet above the roof and rhall be covered with a rkyl fight. Such rhaftr if for freight or parrenger elevatorr shall be of brick or terra cotta at leart eight inches thick, or of metal covered on. both rider with at leant one inch of planter arplied inn ediatel7 to the metal . Outride windows or openingr of every elevator shaft shall have vertical iron rode equally rpaced in ruch windows or openingr but not over nine inches apart; X11 clothes and duet chuter ' in buildingr not provided for above shall be constructed of or l. '__ned with incombustible. rna.teria,le . Factorier . Section 5 . Do buildingr to be used ar a factory, or for the manufacture of exploriver , or for chemical or rendering works or stable in which more than four horrer are kept , shall be erected, and no steam or gar engine , dynamo or boiler for motive power , shall be ret, or erected or moved without a permit from the inem?ctor, counterrigned by the Board of Selectmen, and ruch permit rhall not be granted until after a public hearing before the Selectmen , who rhall give notice of ruch hearing by porting a written notice of ruch hearing in each port office in the town, on public bulletin boards in the town , and by mailing a copy of the came to all the owners of premirer within five hundred feet of the proposed location of the building , addrerned to their last known residence , or place of burinerr and by publishing the rause in the newspaper publirh_ed in the town, or if there be no ruch paper , in one published in Barton. Notice of hearingr required under thin section eha11 be rent by the Selectmen to the Board of health. .ire Ercaper . Section 8 . The owner or owners of a buildingr upon which a fire escape in erected rhall keep the name in good repair and properly painted. Fire escapee on the outride of buildings rhall consist of open balconies and. rtairwayr and be constructed in accordance With. or equal to the requirements of the i:larr ,.cturettr District Police . Fire escaper may project not more than four feet over a public way or beyond a building line , in which care they shall have a clearance of not lees than eight feet above the ground. The balcony on- the top floor except in the care of a front fire escape , rhall be provided with a gooseneck ladder leading from raid balcony to and above the roof. 27 • Garager . Section 7 . The conrtructidn and alteration of buildings to be tired as garager , whether public or private . rhall be d ,ne in ruch manner and with ouch materials ar to comply not only with the requirements of the general lawr of the Commonwealth ( i.r,cludirr the ruler and regulationr of the Department of Public Safety) relating to garager , ae fro;zi time to time in force in the Dirtrict, but also with the provirions of tk.cie Building Law ro far ar consirtent e ith raid lawr , ruler and regulations. Icehouses . Section E . Buildings to be ured exclusively for the rtoragp of ice may be erected in isolated localities and conrtructed of ruch materials and under ruch conditions ar the Inspector may prercribe . Public Buildings Egrerr . Section 9 . in all buildingr of a public character ruch ar hotelr , churches , theatres , restaurants , railroad stations , public hallo and other buildings ured or intended to be used for purpores of public arre .zbly . amurement or instruction, andincluding depart- ment rtorer and other business and manufacturing buildingr where large numbers of people are congregated, the halls , doors , rtairways , reatr , parragewayr and airier and all lighting and heating appartus rhall be arranged to facilitate egress in care of fire or accident . and to afford proper accommodation for the public protection in ruch cases. All airier and parragewayr in such building ',hall be kept free from camp rtoolr , chairs , rofar and other obrtructiona , and no .perron shall be allowed to etand in or occupy any of raid airles or parragewayr , during any performance . service , exhibition. lecture , concert , ball or other public assemblage . : choo lhoupee . Section 10. rchool buildings shall have fire wallr of incDmbuetible material ratirfActory to the inrpector and where raid Inrpector rhall deri ;nate . 1'wo at leart of the rtairwayr rhall be enclore.d on three rider with fireproof partitions , in rchool build- ingr of record clary construction the walls on three rides of rtairwayr shall be of brick twelve inch€ e thick, and two at .leapt of the stairways ehall be of fireproof construction. Article 18 . ::n motion of .,m r.oFer Greeley it war then , "Voted, That 1,190 be a prepriated and assessed for printing the Building Lawr and- the Zoning Law . " Article n. Under ti,:;.e article e orejh P . Cotton offered the following motion : " toted: That the rum of .;3 .617 .89 be appropriated ( the came being the amount returned to the Ton under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the lute of 1924 ) for the purpose or purpores of acquiring land, the construction of buildings or other structures . including cort of original equipment. to rerve Tar and to be . per- manent Memorial to all Veterans of all liars who went from the Town of Lexington to rerve with the Colors and hold or are entitled to an Honorable 1lircharge from the United Stater .army, Navy or Marine Corps ; Further Voted: That the present Commander of George r, Meade Port, Grand Army of the Republic , the prerent Commander of Stanley Kill Poet . the Knierican Legion, and a Veteran of the Spanish 'lar with two other citizen© , the last three to be appointed by the Moderator. be named ar a Committee of five to inveetirrate and. rE: lost on the que rtion of ertablieling a permanent L emorial , raid Cori_ 28 cad CD mittee to be permanent , ary vaca.ncier to be filled by the then :oderator by the relection of a member of the organi7ation or C� group in which the vacancy may occur . and in care no member of the Grand army Port i r able to nerve , itr repr e rentative> shall be selected from the Sonr of Jeteranr . dobert P. Clapp then moved the following amendment: "Until otherwise orderEd ar hereinutter provides', the fund "hall be turned over to the Trurtees of Public Trurtr to be inverted andhel_ by them, together with the accumul&ti :err o ' income thereon, eubj ect,the future vote or voter of the lo'vn. £he fundro held rhall be designated ae Veteran" ' iemorial Fund." —r. 'otton' r original motion gar amended by ,.r . Clepp' r amend- ment war parred unanimously by the• meeting. jf See End for Committee. article 411 . Under thio article , on m oti•m of J . Cherter jiutchinron, it war Voted, that the following amounts be appropri:ited and asererred for the current year: For the maintenance of tiarti lg e rank 5 .00 For the expenrer of the oWn Plunning .aoard 150.00 For the inspection of animals 200.00 For the rapport of the Dental Clinic in the Public Schools 1500.00 For vital rtatitticr 50.00 For the expenre of 'uiatering Troughs 100 .00 For roldierr' burial" 100.00 For eoldierr' relief 300.00 For military aid to be expended under Chapter 115 of the General Lawe 100.00 For the adminrtration of public trurte 75 .00 For otate raid 500.00 For the salary of the Town Fhyeician 100.00 For the payment of Interest upon the public Debt 34900.00 Voted that the rum of $15 ,000 be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus account to Yaturi r ; Debt. For the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the town maturing in 1925 79292 .25 For the support of the Police Department 20000.00 For the support of the libraries 6850.00 For the expenre of insurance 10300.00 For salary and expenree of the Town accountant , 2650.00 (of which $2500 it for salary) For salaries and expenree of the Board of Arrereorr 4000.00 (of which $400 in for eaMary of xererrorr) For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen' s Dept. 2600.00 (of which $250 is for expenses of jelectmen for 1924 and $250 for expennee of 1925 ) 29 .'or the maintenance of public health and ranitation 2500 .00 • l'or the e::pcnre of removal of mow 7350.00 l'or unclarrified expenrer 200 .00 4 For the protection of public rade treer and for the planting of rhade treec 1500 .00 ar • J .Checter iiutc:hinson moved that $4 ,350 be appropriated and ate arreored for the salary and. expenrer for the Superintendent of Public Markr. .:r . Edwin :;. Bayley , in the course of remarks upon t -.ir motion , asked the Superintendent of Public 'i-orfs to state what Kir ralar7 had been before he began working for the Town . The ' oderator ruled the question out of order and a�r. 3ayley thereupon appealed from the decirion of the moderator and his motion war reconded by four or more voterr . The moderator then stated that the appeal involved the decirion of the moderator on a quertior of order and called attention to the fact that general Lowe , Chapter 39 , Section 15 , provide that "'The Loeerator shall pre ride and regulate the proceedings , decide all ouertione of order , . . . . . . . " • while the By_lavr , article V, Section 5 , provide with respect to the moderator that "lie r'ttall decide all cuertione rubject to a.r appeal . . . . . . . . . and aectiom 8 of raid article provider "any voter may appeal from the decirion of the moderator and. : hen properly seconded by four or more voterr , etc II zfter reading an opinion of .:ioorfield •Morey, Erg. to the effect that the Town cannot by by-laver affect the power given to the moderator to decide any question of order finally, the moderator ruled that the provirionr of the by-laver providing for an appeal inro- far as they cover Que rti one of order are contrary to the rtatute and void. e,e thereupon refused. to entertain the motion for an appeal . tit tilts point a motion war made that when the meeting adjourn , it be adjourned to ?hurrday, March 26 , 1925 at 7 :30 P .1 . efrederick L. Emery . under the motion for appropriateen of 4745 for the Building. inspector, prevented written motion to the i.:ocerator concerning feer for Build np: permltr . After dircurrion the matter war laid on the table us iIr. Emery asked for further time . %;:eeting adjourned at 1.1 P. 1'._. A true record , eLttert: Lown l:1er'i. ,. Committee appointed: George L. . Gilmore Minnie S. Seaver Charles M. slake Commander American Legion. Captain William F. Young, Veteran of Spanish William B. Foster, Com. G. A. R. Post 119. 30 SECOND ADS OURNED TOCP: :,IEETIY LARCH 26 , 1925 . . The meeting war called to order by .;od.erator I.:olt at 7 :30 r. L. 1;..arch 26 , 1925 . Promptly on opening of the meeting , on motion of Cherter hutchinron Art . 7 war taken up . Art . 7 . Cn motion of . Cher;ter Hutchins on it star 'Doted, that the following amount be appropriated and arrerred for ralary and ex:penrer of the Superintendent of Public Works , $4350.00 Art . 20 . On motion of Edward W. Taylor , Chief of the Fire Department this article war tai_cen from the table . . Under thir article , on a rising.. vote of 361 to 43 , the following vote war parred: "Voted: That the rum of $12,0'.7)0 be appropriated and arreceed for the rurchare of a iLotor. Pump for the Fire Department , the sane to be purchased by the Eoard of Selectmen. It rhall be of the capacity recommended by the New Lngland insurance Frcram e and. rhall be approved. by them. before accented." Art . 6 . On motion of Edward . Taylor , the following-: vote war Warred: "Voted that the follow nk., amount be app rorriat.Fd and arrerred for the current year for the rupport of the Fire Department , $20 ,750.00 Art. 7 . On motion of . Chester Hutchinron , the following vote war rasped: "Voted that the following amount be appropriated and. arrerred for ralLry and expenrer of the Building Inr-pector ( of which '•720 it for ralary) Art. 34 . Under this article Daniel J . O' Connell offered the following; motion: "Voted that the Town amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Lap adopted it�arch 17 , 1924 by creating a new burinerr di rtrict comprising the following land - Lotr 4 - 5 and 6 ar rhown on a plan of Iiarrachurettr Avenue Terrace , Lotr measure 120 feet on Larr .. Avenue ; 110 ft. on Lot 3 on raid plan; 115 ft . on Lot 7 of raid. plan 110 2/10 ft . on Bow Street , all mearur<'mentr more or leer , containing according to raid plan 12 ,925 eouare feet . " A two thirds vote being required for the parrage of thir vote , Lr . 3' Connellr motion war Tort by a riring vote of 21e to 201 . Art . 7 . Under thir article et_ tro.t4on isot O . ChPrter Iiutchinson offered the following ^.iotior..r which were parried unanimously: Voted that the following amountr be appropriated and arrerred for the current year : For the salary of the Treasurer of the Cary emorial Library `>50.00 eJ :Lor the payment of the amount to become due during the current year upon the judgment against the town obtained by Lary Chirholm for the death of -)aniel Chirholm, her husband . $530 .00 For the expenre of printing; and publi thing the Town Report 1503 .00 :;rt. F . Under thi r articleron motion of Chester Hutchinson it T a r "Voted, that the following amountr be appropriated and arrerred for the current year : For maintenance and develop _ent of Wertview Cemetery , $1500. For maintenance and development of :Munroe cemetery , 1E00. For the :rnoir_tenance of public perks, $7;00. Art. 29 . Cn ,notion of John E . A. .dulliken, Chairman of the Cemetery Committee , it was "Voted: That the Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to clonethe lower driveway to the Munroe Cemetery , and that the land included in that area be added to the ,un.roe School Eoure lot. Andbe it further Voted; That about fifteen feet in width of the prevent High School lot extending along the uprer driveway to said. Cemetery be added to that driveway and that $1500. be appropriatedand aspersed to be expended under the direction of the cemetery Commiseionerp in conjunction with the School Committee to improve said upper driveway and make a fitting entrance to Munroe Cemetery." Art. 22. On motion of Sydney 7.; . +�rightington . Town Counrel , the following vote war raered: "Voted: That Section 6 of Article XI of the By-Laws of the Town be amended by inverting the word "not" after the word "Servicer" in the next to the last renter;ce in the raid Section Po that the rame rhall read al, follows : uch reports rhall also chow the separate amountr received by the Town Counrel as Compenration andfor dirburrementr in each of such actionr during such gear. and for all other rervcer not covered by hir regular ralary . " Art . 23 . Under thin article iheo:lore A . Curtance , member of the 'oard oT Selectmen, read the report of the Selectmen on the lay out of Fo ( rt Street extension which is ay follov r : CO=0E EALTL OF LA3SACHUSETTS. iddlerex. re . lexington , are . , September 77 , 17)2:! . Town of Lexington , : electmen' r Room. at a me etir;- of the 2o rd of Selectmen of the Tnwr. ;f Lc:' ington, after having given due written notice of the intention of said Board, ar required by law, to lay out as a town way the ext:enrion 32 Clo of Forget Street from itr prerent terminue to L.aeeachurettr Anerue , all ae hereinafter nor fully aj:,pearr , and after public hearing thereon held thir day , and no objections having been mace ; Now, upon corrideration of the matter , it is • ORll an; that this board of Selectmen it of the opinion that ' public necessity and convenience require that raid rore: t Street L.ntenrion be laid out and. e►•tablirhed a P a public town way , ar follows:- • l'he easterly line of raid ibrest atreet exterrion , ar shown on the plan hereinaftermentioned, begins at a point on the prevent easterly line of Forest Street, raid point being the terminur of the easterly line of raid i'ore :t Street ar at prerent ertabliehed as a public town way; thence running Earth 36 degrees 21 ' 40" 'Wert 1y lands now or formerly of the Inhabitants of Lexington, lhaymond Hazel E. Nickerson , and Lydia J .B. FE rgu'on one hundred eighteen and thirty-two one-hundredths feet to a point; thence continuing on in a curved line with a radius of 44 .57 feet by land now or formerly of raid Ferguron forty-eight and eighty-nine one-hundredths feet to a point; thence turning and running north-werterly 63 degrees 30 ' 40" west by a private way , an shown on Paid plan , forty feet ; • thence turning and running by a curved line with a radius of 25 .13 • feet in a Southerly and 'Y�erterly direction forty-one and. twelve one- huncredthr feet by land now or formerly of J . %:Freer Seaver to a point ; thence continuing on in a curved line with a radius of 443 .05 feet four hundred thirty-one and twenty-five one hundredths feet by land now or formerly of • raid Seaver and land now or formerly of . one Alexander n-. Tucker to a point; thence continuing on Forth 3 degrees 59 ' 30" West one hundred sixty and ninety one hundredths feet by land. now or formerly of said. Tucker to a point ; thence con- tinuing on in a curved line with a radius of 29 .83 feet forty-re7en and three one-hundredths feet by land now or formerly of raid Tucker. to a point in the prerent southerly line of .larrachuretts Avenue . The Werterly line of raid Forert Street Extension , a.r rhown on raid plan, begins at a point on the prerent ++erterly line of Torert Street , raid point being the terminus of the westerly line of raid Forest Street as at prerent ertablirhed ar a public town way and being opposite and forty feet distant from the beginning of the aforesaid Larterly line of raid :forest Street extension; thence running north degreer 21 ' 40" +pert , by land now or formerly of Clara A. Glenn sixty-seven and ninety-three one-hundredths feet to a point ; thence continuing on in a curved line of a radius of 307 .44 feet 125 .56 feet by landr now or formerly at raid Glenn and of raid Seaver to a point; thence continuing on by a curved line with a radius of 483.05 feet by landr now or formerly of raid Seaver , of raid. Tucker , and of 1iary E. Powers four hundred seventy and eighteen one-hundredths feet to a point ; thence running north 3 degrees 59 ' • 30" .Vert , one hundred sixty-one and fourteen one hundredthp feet by land now or formerly of raid Powerr to a point; thence continuing; .on by a curved line with a radius of 30.17 feet by land now or formerly of raid Powers forty-seven -and twenty-one one hundredths feet to a point in the prerent Southerly line of raid laarrachueettr Avenue , raid point being South 86 degreer 20' 30" went one hundred feet from the terminur of the above described Earterly line of raid 'orert Street Extenrion. The line recond above described is parallel with and distant westerly forty feet from the- line first above described ro that raid Forert Street Extenrion shall have a uniform width of forty feet, with the exceptions of the curved interrectionr of raid liner with Massachusetts Avenue and with raid p, ivate way. Said Forest Street nxtenrion ie hereby laid out and ertablirhed ae shown on a plan entitled: "Plan of :Toren Street extension Jackson Court, Lexington. Marr . , September 17 , 1923 , J . lenry ')u4'fy, Town Engineer" , which plan it on file in the Town 01erk' r Jffice in raid Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with :.,:1ddleeex South llietrict Jeedr with a copy of thin order. rind raid Board having considered the question of damager curtained by the owners of lande across and through which raid ways have been laid out and ertabli©hed ar aforesaid, hereby determiner 33 that no damage" are rurtained and no damages are awarded , and raid Board hereby declarer that all acts done herein are done under the proviri mr of law authorising; the arrerrment of better- ments . .illiarn S . seaman ) Board. Albert L. .Burnham Fred H . :2::ouiton ) of J .Uherter hutchinron ) Hallie C . Blake ) Selectmen. After conriderable dircurrion about urrerrment of bet :ermentr it war decided that no betterments be arrerred and the following vote was purred 168 to 1 . On motion of ::urtance , it war Voted : That the I'0711 accept the lay out ar a town way o , the extenrion of . 'orrrt Street from its prevent terminus to Larrachurettr Avenue , ar laid Out by the Lelectmen, September 17 , 1923 , and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' r Office , entitled , "Plan of Forert Street .Sxtenrion and Jackson Court , Lexinmton , Mare . , Sei)temb: r 17, 1923 , J . henry Duffy , Town ngineer .." And further voted that for the purpore of conrtructing thin street the rum of $7500 be appropriated and arrerred. Art . 5 . Voted that $250 be appropriated and arrerred for the proper obrervance of Lemorial Day , to be expended under the dir- ection of Port 119 of the Grand Army of the republic . Art . 19 . On motion of J , Cherter hutchinron it war voted to accept Chapter 4-96 , Sections 119 and 120 of the Acte of 1924 , being an Act regulating; the fee for Licenser for Slaughter Hourer , Art. 9 . On motion of J . Che iter hutchinron it war Voted that there be appropriated and arrerred for the rupprerrion of gvpry and brown tail mothr in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws , $4500. On motion of j . Chester hutchinson the following voter . were parsed: Art . 8 . Voted that there be appropriated and arrerr ed for the construction of sidewalks of concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expenre , $2000.00 Art. 10. Voted that $1225 be appropriated and assenred. for the payment of :ennionr to retired town veterans, under Chapter 32 , Section 52-55 of the General Lawn . Art . 11 . Voted that $2500 be appropriated and arrerred as a Reserve Fund. for the current year under Chapter 40 , Sec . 6 , of the General Laws . 1 • Art . 12 . Voted that $870 be appropriated and arrerred for pensions for retired memb 'rr of the Police and Fire Departments under Chap.32 of the General Lawn. Art . 14 . Voted that the rum of $300 . be appropriated and arsesred for aid to Liddlerex County bureau of Agriculture and. Home economics . It wan also voted that :Hobert P . frank be elected as Director. Art . 15 . Voted that the selectmen be authorized to install nix 34 CL inch 'Tater main in .Y+altham Street , a dirtance of 600 feet , rub- j ect to the urual guarantee , and that for the purnore of rani sing the money, the 'Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to cell , under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectuen , bonds or noter of the town to the as,ount of $2000 bearing interert at a rate not to exceed 5/� , irrued end payable ac provided by law. -he above vote ' b r unanl.r:Our. Art . 21 . Voted that the hoard of Selectmen in behalf of the Town, be authorized to execute and acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town a deed. relearing :111 inter•ert of the i'own acouired in a certain parcel of real estate rituated on .rtminrter ..venue . Lexington , Marr. , and bounded and described ar follows : -jerterly by Jertminrter Avenue one hundred (100) feet; Northerly by Lot 20 on a Plan hereinafter referred to one hundred and fifty ( 150) feet ; Easterly by Lot 52 on raid Plan one hundred ( 100) feet; and Southerly by Lot 22 on raid Plan one hun- dred and fifty ( 150) feet , containing 15 ,000 square feet of land, more or less , and being Lot numbered 21 on a "Plan of Crescent hill , trlington , and Lexington." , dated. April 29 , 1F76 .. :end recorded with Middlerex South District Seeds , Plan book 30 , Plan 1 . Meaning and intending to authorize raid. Selectmen to release all interert in the above described real -e state acquired under a deed from Leonard A . Saville , Collector of '.axee , of raid Town, dated October 21 , 1E95 , and recorded with raid Deeds , look 2414 , Page 203 . Art. 24 . Voted that the selectmen be authorized to inrtall 6 " water maine in Dee Road, har•ding Load, i11iamr Road, and Simonds Road, rubject to the usual guarantee , for a dirtance of approximately 2500 feet, at an expense of $9 .000, and. that for the purpose of rairin; the money, the Town Trearurer be and hereby- it authorized to sell . under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bondr or notes of the Town bearing interert at a rate not to exceed issued and payable ae provided by law . the above vote Tway unarl `aour . Art. 25 . On motion of 'William Roger Greeley this article war indefinitely postponed. Art . 26 . On motion of 4illiam Roger Greeley thir article war indefinitely portponed. On motion of Lj . Cherter Hutchinson the following voter Art . 2E . were passed: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to imrtall street lights on Locurt ,avenue . Art . 27 . Voted: that mow plow service on Crercent hill Avenue be authorized at th:: discretion of the Selectmen . Art36. Voted that the 'electmen be authorized to inrtall 6" �-: . r uainc in Cedar , Balfour , ti: bury , Greenwood, and. 7i ,rbe1l Streetr and Old County Load, rubject to the urual .'uarantee , for a distance of approximately 3140 feet . at an ex_r.enre of '1 .000, and that for the purpose of rairfeg the money, the Town Treasurer be and• hereby ie authorized to cell , unc.er the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen , boner or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5, , irrued and payable ar provided by law. The above vote war unar. imour . .rt . 16 . Voted that till:. article be indefinitely portponed. 35 Art . 4 . Voted, that Ldward U . Laguire and John C . Rurre 1 l be elected Field Bri.verr . Art 7. Voted, that the sum of $1500 be appropriated and ur' eared for legal cervices , of which $500 in for salary of the town counsel . Art. 2 . Under thin article Chairman, Joseph R. Cottor of the 77r. erence Committee of eleven appointed to confer with the Trurteer Of Inaac Harrir Carr Lducatior_al Fund , in a comprehensive paper reported proceedings and recommendations of raid committee and the report ran accepted and the CommitteE discharged . ( See Committee Reports for report - vol 2 , Page 250 Robert P. Clapp then read a report from the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund incorporating a legal opinion from •-oorfield Storey . (See Committee Reports - Vol 2 , Page 260 ) gr. Cotton movEd that the report of the Trusteer be accepted anct made a part of the record . This motion war carried unanimously. A general dincursion war then enteredinto and Mr . Emery then offered the following notion: "Voted: That the fundamental idea of the proporition- made to the Town in the letter from the 'Trustees of Isaac Harrir Cary Educational Fund, dated February 15 , 1924 , would. be of rub- rtantial benefit to the Town , and that when the Trurtees are pre- pared to present a definite proposition for the: erection and con- veyance to the Town of a Memorial Buildinp satisfactorily located, deli _ned, planned and equipped, to be used for the purporer net • forth in the trurt an interpreted in the letter of Moorfield Storey, Lrquire , to Robert P. Clapp , Lrouire , dated April 11 , 1924 ,the Town should accept and agree to maintain the rame in accordance with the terror of such conveyance , provided , however, that at that time the financial condition of the Town warrantr it in undertaking the obligat .onr which such acceptance would impose and require . " After some discussion Mr . rrederick L. Emery agreed to leave out that part of the votr that reads an follows : "as interpreted in the letter of hoorfield Ctorey , .Jrquire , to Robert P . Clapp , Enquire , dated April 11 , 1924 ." A rather lengthy dircureion war enterEd into and Mr. Emery agreed to withdraw hir motion . Ezra Breed then movEd that no further action be taken until such time as both the Report of the Conference Committee and the report of the Trustees be printed and circulated among the citizens by the Trustees . The above motion of hr . Breed wan unanimously carried. Art . H . On motion of j . Cherter hutchinron , it was "Voted that the Town purchase , subject to the usual nua.r- a.rtE•e , the 6" water main laid in Forest 2treet .:xtenrion, an un- • accepted street , from Roy A. Ferguson, for the rum of 150 , raid «mount to be appropriated and anreered . " .Dote Art . 1? below. • A true record , ,�.ttert : Art . 17 . doted that the L-electrren be authorized to provide f >r the laying of a rE' er main in hancock •street from Elm Avenue to .dame :street . a distance of approximately 3700 feet , at an expense of $31 ,000, and any balance to be applied to riancock Avenue and Adams Jt , and for the purpose of raining the money no appropriated the down Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to cell , un( er the direction and with the approval of the Jelectme:n, bonds or notes of the town bea..in, interertte not to exceed 4,& bearing at a rate 4& per annum, irrued and :.ayable in accordance with Town of Lexington. Sewer Loan Act of 1913 . Vote of 180 in favor and 1 against. 36 Lexington , Ylacc . , 8 , 192E . nmendinen t to Lexingt ,n Town By-Laws . %:arch 26 , 1925 . nrticle 1X11 . Voted: That L)ection 6 of ltrticle II of the By-Lawe of the Town be amended by inverting the word "not" after the word "rervicer" in the next to the l ,rt centence in the raid Vection ro that the came chall read ac followr : " 3uch reportc shall al co chow the reparate amounts received by the Town Uounc el ar Uompeneati oh and for dirburcementr in each of cuch ac do nc during such year , and for all other rervicer not covered by hir regular salary . " Lexington , l:acr . , larch 30, 1925 . 1 hereby certify that the foregoing it a true copy of a vote pacced at a town meeting held March 26 , 192E , at which time rrticle Xi , aection 6 was amended. true copy , tttect : Lelen U . Gallagher Arr ?t Town Ulerk. Boeton , Marc, , k,pril 13 , 1925 . The foregoing; by-law it hereby approved . Jay R. Benton , • rittorney General . Lexington , Marv . , May 8 , 1925 . 1 hereby certify that the foregoing by-law war publi r tied in the Lexington rimer on pril 24 , 192E , May 1 , 1925 and May 8 , 192.E .• ++ •M.te rt: Town Ul erk. 37 Lexington, :„:ay 15 , 192E . 1 hereby certify that the Juilding Laws adopted by the I'own at a Town u:eetinw held March 16 , 195 were approved by the h.ttorney General 1Lpril 24 , 1925 with the exception of article 1 , rection E . Under this article and Rection the words "lets than fifty nor" were stricken out by the Attorney General . 1 alio certify that the foregoing, by-law wanpublished in the Lexington iiries , Lay 1 , 1925 , Lay 8 , 1925 and May 15 , 1925 . L'ltte rt : I l o`";n 1/4,1 E r , 38 T 0Vti' I`� Imo ARi kNT . • 00131O1LI: eiLTH OF id 3SACHUaETTS . MIDDLESEX. ss . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington , in raid II County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of .arrachurettr , you are • directed to notify the inh:.bitanty of the Town of Lexington , qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the Town hall , in rale. Lexington on Thurrday, the twenty-fifth day of dune , 1925 , at 8, o ' clock p . i. then and there to act on the following articles : Art . 1 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any committee of the town, and to appoint othE r com- mittees . Art . 2. To see what further action the Town will take on the Report , dated parch 13 , 1925 , submitted at the last annual meeting of the 'Town by the Committee appointed to confer with the Truvteee of Ira.ac Harris Cary Lducational Fund. Whir Report , eince the March 26 , 1925 , rerrion of raid meeting , at which it war prevented and read, has been printed , and a cory hac lately been mailed by the Town Clerk to every registered voter in the Town. Art. 3. To see if the Coti•,n will create a trurt fund the income of which shall be zred for the care of the i3attle Green and to apply or appropriate for that purpore the beauert received. under the will of the late Orin W . Fiske or take any other action in reb,tion to the appropriation or expending of the raid bequest. Art . 4 . Co' ree if the 'Town will vote to appropriate money for repaire to the slayer memorial Fountain . Art . b . To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Plumbing Regu1,tione , ar revived , make an appropriation for publishing same , or act in any manner relating thereto. art . 6. To ree if the Town will vote to reimburse :the members of the board of selectmen the rum of $250 paid for legal services in the care of ir.ccaffrey yr Town of Lexington. Art . 7. - To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation for the publishing of the Building Laws in the Lexington Timer . Art . 8 . To see if the Down will vote to make an appropriation for the conrtructi m of sidewalks with concrete or other material where the abuttorr will pay one-half the expense thereof. Art . 9 . To ree if the 'Town will vote to accept the various flags and. poler purchased by the 150th Anniversary Committee for the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, and to keep the came for future use . Art . 10. To ree if the Town will rescind the vote of larch 9, 1925, appropriating $15 ,000 for the 19th of April celebration of 19'25 . Art . 11 . To see if the Town will vote to inrtruct the :selectmen 39 to install street lights on recent hill Avenue , rranklin Avenue and rd Street . Art . 12 . To Pee if the iov.n will vote to install a Tater main in Lovell street , from the prevent terminus to oast Street , a distance of approxin t€ ly 2600 feet , appropriate money by irruance of bonds , notes or otherrire , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 13 . To see if the Town wi; l vote to extend water maim, in the following unaccepted rtreetr from the end of the present terminus of Ulearon Road , Harding Road , Simonds Road and Dexter Road, a dirtance of approximately 2450 feet ; aleo in Cary Avenue , from the estate Road approximately 1600 feet , and on bpring Street to lot ;r61 nary .L)rtate , a dirtance of 500 feet , appropriate money by irruance of bonds , notes or otherwise , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 14 . To ree if the 'Town will amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Lap adopted iiiarch 17 , 1924 by creating a new businerp district conprieing the following land , Lotr A , T5 , and. as shown on plan of ikaseachuPettr Avenue Terrace . Lots measure 120 ' on Rarrachu€ettr avenue ; 110' on lot it3 on raid. plant; 115 ' on lot r7 of raid plan; 110 2, 10' on Bow Street , containing according to raid plan 12 ,925 square feet more or lees , or act in any manner relating thereto. hereof, fail not , and make due return of this Warrant , with your d.oinge thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of raid meeting. Give under our hands , at LE xington, this fifteenth day of June 4. A. L. 1925 . J . CH.c:;T:a HUTCHINSON ) Selectmen ALBERT H. BURY L iM CHARLES h. MILES ) of FRED H. MOULTON ) Lexington THEODORE A. CU STANCE ) Lexington . .daer . , June 18 , 1:25 . To the Town dl erk , I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by porting print ed copies of the foregoing .iarrant in the Port Office and in nine other public placer in tows. , and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town revn days before the .time of eaid meeting. Attest: James! J . Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 4® �, T OWN iti . TIN 0 . JUNE 25 , 1925 . The meeting was called to order by Lioderator Robert h. holt ut 8 P. L. The reading of the +arrant , except the return of the Constable thereon , was omitted by vote of the meeting. Art . 2 . On motion of Joseph R. Cotton , Article 2 war taken. up and under t; is Article irir. Cotton offered the following motion: "Voted: -That the fundamental idea of the proposition made to the Town in the letter from the Trustees of Isaac Harris Cary Educational lund., dated February 15 , 1924 , would be of substantial benefit to the £o'.n, and that when the Trustees are prepared to present a definite proposition for the erection and. conveyance to the Town of a Memorial Building satisfactorily located, designed, planned and equipped, to be used. for the pur- poses ret forth in the trust as interpreted in the 1( tter of idoorfi eld Morey, Esquire , to Robert P . Clapp , Esquire , dated • April 11 , 1924 , the Town should. accept and agree to maintain the same in accordance i;i th the terms oC such conveyance , provided.. however , that at that time the financial condition of the Town warrants it in undertaking the obligations which such acceptance would impose and require ." after considerable discussion and much questioning by. Mr . . dwin a. Bayley , Mr . oydney R. rightington moved to amend Lir. Cotton ' s motion by striking out the words "as interpreted in the letter of L oorfield Ctorey, Esquire to Robert P . Clapp , Esquire , dated April 11 , 1924" . a rising vote on this amendment showed 50 in favor and 58 ppposed, so the amendment was lost . after extended remarks on the original motion and on the two propositions submitted by the Trustees recently, Mr . Bayley moved indefinite postponement and this motion was carried unanimously at 9 : 60 P . . Art . 3. On motion of J . Chester hutchinson , it was unanimously • " 'toted: That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) received by the Town under the will of the late Orin W. Fiske be appro- priated and set apart as a perpetual trust fund, to be known ex, the Battle Green Trust Fund , the income of which only shall be used for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle Green or the monuments erected thereon, and that the said principal sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be held henceforth by the Trustees of Public Trusts under the provisions of the acts of 1910, Chapter 107 , and the income therefrom applied for the above purpose . " -Under this article Mr. Hutchinson also presented the following Preamble and Resolution which were unanimously endorsed by the citizens . 4HEREa6 erin + . Fiske , for many years a citizen of Lexington, by his will bequeathed to the Town of Lexington the sum of five hundred dollars 4:500) which has recently come into the possession of the Town; and WHEREAT; the Town desires to place upon its records an expression of its appreciation of the benefaction of its former citizen; R.eoULVLD: That the Town in gratitude for the gift of the late Orin W. Fiske and as a raAmorial of his loyal citizen- 41 chip , hereby records its thanks and directe that teas preamble and resolution be rec .,rded in the minuter of thio meeting. Art. 10. Under this article Hallie C . Blake explained that amount of the pale of memorial half dollars ,that were irnued in commemoration of the 150th Anniverrary of the Battle of Lexington and the revenue from which was used to defray the expense of the celebat:i.on, was not known at prevent . In view of thin fact , on motion of Er . .slake , it was voted to indefinitely postpone thie article. Art . 4 . Under thie article J . Che eter Hutchineon offered the Following motion: "Voted that the cum of $700 be appropriated and aee'ereedfor hepairr to the Hayee Memorial Fountain ." Edwin A. Bayley moved indefinite postponement, but, on hearing explanation of the necessity of the expenditure from Selectmen Theodore A . Curtance and Bartlett j . Harrington, withdrew hie motion and the original motion by Lr. Hutchinnon wan panned by unanimous vote at 9 : 50 F . v.. Art . 9 . On motion of ailliam Roger Greeley, it war unanimously: "Voted: that the 48 Flage of the Staten of the Union and the provincial flags used in the sesquicentennial celebration of the .battle of Lel:ington, together with their poles are hereby accepted by the town for their care and cuetody, and for such use ae the Selectmen shall from time to time determine . " Art . 5 . Under thin article J . Oherter Hutchinson offered the following motion: ' ha.t the Plumbing Regulations adopted by the Board of health in 1914 and revived in 1925 be adopted by the .1 own. Eir . hutchinnon then proceeded to read the proposed revision to the Plumbing regulation . Edwin A. .bayley then offered a nubetitute motion that the revision be referred to a committee of five to be appointed by the Lofierator . The following committee Wary appointed: William Roger Greeley Henry L. Wadsworth Walter G. Blank John M. Tibbetts charier M. Collins . On motion of Hallie C . Blake the meeting was adjourned to aedneeday, July 15 , 1925 at 8 P . M. Lieeting adjourned at 10:40 P. M. A true record, Attest: Town Clerk. • - r 42 ADJOURNED TOWN M1 ETING. JULY 15, 1925. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 8 P. M. Art. 13 . Under this article on motion of J. Chester Hutchinson, it was unanimously Voted; "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install 6" water mains in Gleason Road, Harding Road, Simonds Road and Dexter Road, subject to the usual guarantee, for a distance of approximately 2450 feet, at an expense of ,` 7,900, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the d ir- ection of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law." Under this article on motion.o f J. Chester Hutchinson, it was unanimously "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install 6" water mains in Cary Avenue, from the State Road approximately 1600 feet, subject to thelusual guarantee, at an expense of $5600, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law." Under thie article on motion of J. Chester Hutchinson, it was unanimously: "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized t o install 6" water main in Spring Street, to lot #61 Cary Estate, a distance of 500 feet, subject to the usual guarantee, at an expense of $1800, and that for the purposeo f raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law." Art. 14. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Cusance, it was "Voted: that the Zoning By-law and Zoning Map adopted March 17, 1924 be amended by creating a new business district comprising the following land, Lots #4, #5, and #6 as shown on plan of Massachusetts Avenue Terrace. Lots measure 120' on Massachusetts Avenue; 110' on lot #3 on said plan: 115' on lot #7 of said plan: 110 2/10' on Bow Street, containing according to said plan 12,925 square feet more or less ." A rising vote was taken on the above vote and 94 voted in the affirmative and 38 in the negative, and the vote was declared carried at 9;30 P. M. 43 Art. 7. Under this article Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion which was passed unanimously; "Voted that the sumo f $255.60 he appropriated and assessed for the publishing of the Building Laws in the Lexing- ton Times." g- Art. 11. Under this article on motionof Theodore A. Custance, tt was "Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights on Crescent Hill Avenue,Franklin Avenue and Ward Street." Art. 6. Under this article, on motionof Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously; "Voted that the former Board () f Selectmen, namely Albert B. Tenney, Albert H. Burnham, Joseph R. Cotton, William S. Scamman and Hallie C. Blake be reimbursed p50 each paid by them for legal services in the case of McCaffrey vs Town of Lexington, and that 5250 be appropriated and assessed for this purpose." Art. 8. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Art. 12. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Meeting dissolved at 9:50 P. M. Atrue record, Attest ; r--4-?--v7-'0 • Town Clerk. • • • 44 ' T 0WITWARRAIT T . COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS '"IDDLESEX, s s. 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 TO Hall, in said Lexington , on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of September, 1925, - at eight o ' clock P . , then and there to act on the following articles . Art . 1. To receive the reaort of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Ton for action thereon, and to ap_^oint • other committees . Art . 2. To hear the report of the special committee appointed by the Moderator under vote of the Town Meeting held June 25, 1925, to consider the revision of the Town Plumbing Regulations and to see if the Town will adopt the Regulations thus revised and recommended by said Committee, as by-laws of the Town, or take any other action with reference thereto: also make an appropriation for the publishing and printing of some by transfer er from unexpended balances. Art. 3 . To see if the Town will vote to use the balance of the ap 2ropriation for sewer construction in Hancock Street , Hancock Ave- nue and Adams Street for the purpose of laving a sewer in Woburn Street, and if necessary to meet the expenditure, to issue bonds or notes therefor. Art . 4. To see if the town will vote to provide sufficient money to care for the following Accounts for the balance of the year: Forest Fires; Building Inspector; Assessors; Police Department; High School Sidewalk; Tax Collector: either by transfer of unexpended balances or by issue of notes or bonds or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art . 5. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main in Cedar Street , from Balfour Street a distance of approximately 1350 feet , ae ropriate money by issuance of bonds, notes , or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art . 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,• or to accept the lay out of Highland Avenue, from Bloomfield Street to Winthrop Road, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and as shown . upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. Art . 7 . To see if the Town Will vote to accept the lay out' of ' the relocation of Oak Street at its junction with 3Assachusetts Ave-. nue, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and as shown upon plan an file in the Town Clerk's Office. Art . 8. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets: Moreland Avenue, Swan Avenue, 0, k- land Avenue, Lake Street , Colum-iia Street , and Bridge Street. 45 ;\.rt. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of sewer in Curve Street and to provide same by the issuance of bonds , notes or b;;: direct transfer, or by any or all of such methods , or to take any other action relating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with y')ur doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this fifteenth day of September, A . D. 1925. J . CHESTER HUTCHINSON) ALBERT H. BURNHAM Sele ctmen CHARLES H. MILES FRED H. MOULTON of THEODORE A. CUSTANCE ) Lexingtm Lexington, Mass . , September 21, 1925 To the Town Clerk, I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting print- ed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office and in nine other public places in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 46 , • TOWN MEETING,SEPTEMBER 28,1925 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Robert H. Ilolt at 8 P. M. Art. 1. Under this article on motion of Sydney R. Wrighting- ton it was "Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to report to the town what action, if any, the town should take in recognition of the naming after this town by the Navy Department of the United States of the air plane carrier ' Lexi_ngtori to be launched at Fore River on October 3, 1925. " „ See Pg 47 for Committee. Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Henry L. Wadsworth, it was ni m iis]_yr "Voted, That the Plumbing Rules, Regulations and Laws, recommended by the Special Committee just reporting and includ- ing Art. 1 to 15 as specified in said report be adopted as By-Laws of the Town. " And further `'Voted that the sum of :x110 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the' credit of Publishing and Printing Plumbing Laws. See page 48. Art. 3. Under this article on motion of Theodore h. Custance it was "Voted that the sum of 0.3,000, part of the balance of the appropriation for sewer construction in Hancock Street, Hancock Avenue and Adams Street, the same having been appro- priated on March 26, 1925, be transferred to Woburn Street Sewer. Construction Account, and that the Selectmen be authorized to use any unexpended balance of both the Hancock Street and Woburn Street construction for other sewer construction. " Art. 4. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that the additional sum of 000 be appropriated for the expenses of Forest Fires for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " "Voted that the additional sum of $35.'00 be appro- priated for the expenses of Building Inspector for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " "Voted that the additional sum of $250 be appro- priated for the expenses of Assessors for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " "Voted that the additional sum of $1200 be appro- priated for the expenses of the Police Department for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " "Voted that the sum of $950 be appropriated for the expenses of the High School Sidewalk for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " "Voted that the sum of $75 be appropriated for the expenses of the Tax Collector for the current year to be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account. " 47 Art. 5. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install a 6" water main in Cedar Street from its present terminus at Balfour Street a distance of approximately 1350 feet, subject to the usual guarantee, at an expense of ,5000, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed Sin, issued and payable as provided by law. " Art. 6. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that the town accept the lay out as a town way of Highland avenue from Bloomfield Street to 1i.nthrop Road, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Aict, and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office. " Art. 7. On motion of. Theodore A. Custance it was • "Voted that the town accept the lay out of the relocation of Oak Street at its junction with Massachusetts Avenue, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office. " Art. 8. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, "Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets : Moreland Avenue, Swan Avenue, Oakland Avenue, Lake Street, Columbia Street, Bridge Street. " On motion of Theodore A. Custance it ':as .manimously, Art. 9. "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to provide for the laying of a sewer main in Curve Street, a distance of apmox-imately 1650 feet, at an expense of : 10,000, and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town • bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4-% per annum, issued and payable in accordance with Town of Lexington, Sewer Loan Act of 1913, and any unexpended balance may be used for other sewer construction. " The meeting adjourned at 8: 32 P. Li. A true record, fittest; Town Clerk. *Committee appointed on naming of air plane carrier: Edwin B. Worthen, Liras. _abert B. Tenney and Admiral George H. viadleigh. 48 90 PLUMBING LAWS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON. Adopted at a Town Meeting, September 28,1925 Approved by Attorney General, October 28,1925 Published in Lexington Times, November 6, 13 and. 20,1925 Article I. Title. This by-law shall be known and cited as the Plumbing Law and shall supersede the existing Plumbing and Drainage regulations of the Board of Health. Article II. Authorities. The Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, or such other Board as may under the law exercise the powers of a Board of Health, or such person or persons as may be designated or appointed by such Board, shall grant permits for plumbing when applications for the same are made and filed in con- formity to the law. If the Board finds that the terms of a permit are being vio- lated, it 'may, after notice mailed to the person to whom the permit was issued, order the whole or any part of the work, which is being done under the permit, to be stopped, and such work shall not be resumed until the terms of the permit have been complied with. All applications for permits under the provisions of this act shall be in writing, on forms furnished by the department. The Board may require the material facts set forth in the same to be verified by the oath of the applicant. Every applicant shall state the name and address of the owner. Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this act shall not be held to deprive the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health of any power or authority which they have at the date of the passage of this act, or of the remedies for the enforce- ment of the orders of said Board, unless such powers, authorities, or remedies are inconsistent with the provisions of this act : nor to repeal any existing law, not herein expressly repealed, except so far as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act. Article III. Registration. No plumber shall engage in or work at the b— us ess of plumbing unless he shall first have registered his name and place of business in the office of the Board, and no person shill by display of sign or plumbing material, or otherwise, advertise as a plumber, unless he shall have been registered or licensed as such. Every master plumber shall conspicuously display his certificate or license within his place of business. Notice of any change in the place of business of a registered or licensed master plumber shall immediately be given by him to the Board. ,rti.cle IV. Notices. Every plumber before doing any work in a building shall, except in the case of repair of leaks, file in the office of the Board, upon blanks for that purpose, an applics.tion for a permit , and if required by the Board a plan or sketch of the work to be performed: and no such work shall be done in any building without a mitten permit from the Board. Art_i_cle. V. Inspection. Pipes or other fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view until approval by the Board or its agent, who shall examine or test the same within two working days after notice that they are ready for inspection. Before notifying the Board that the piping is ready for test, all iron hangers and other necessary supports must be in position and permanently secured, and all j of its in pipes , which are to be tested, shall be in position, and no such plumbing work shall he used unless the same shallhave first been tested by the plumber in the presence of the -oard or its agent with the water test, or if that is not practicable, with some other reliable test. ,fter the plumbing is completed in a building, it shall be again tested as a whole, if in the opinion of the Board such additional test is necessary. If at any 49 time of any test of examination required by the provisions of this chapter any leaks, defective or patched materials, improperly made connections, or evidence of unskilled or inferior workmanship be found, the same shall be condemned by the eoard or i.ts agent and ordered by him to be corrected br removed and no further progress shall. be allowed upon the work until the same is done andthe test renewed. If the test and examination be satisfactory, the Board or its agent shall so certify on the application on file, and he shall thereafter from time to time examine the work while in progress. Article VI. Penalty. The penalty for violation of any provisions of this by-law shall be a "ne of not exceeding 50.00 for each such offence. article VII. Frost. '`later pipes in every building shall be properly protected from frost . rticle VIII. "ater Connection. In every tenement house hereafter erected all sinks and water-closets shall be provided withan adequate supply of running water as approved by the Board. Article IX. Sewer and Drain Connections. The plu:'.bing of every build- ing shallbe separately and independently connected outside the build- ing with the public sewer, if such s ewer is provided, or with a proper er and. sufficient private drain or sewer laid outside of the building, if a s ,wo.r is not accessible, with a proper cesspool , Several buildings may have a common sewer connection if such connection is approved by the Board. rti cle X. 'Vater and Vent Pipes. Iron drain, soil, waste, a nd vent pipes shall be sound,-ree i'rom sand holes, of uniform thickness throughout, and shall Ir:ve an average weight not less than that given in the following table : - 2 able : -2 - inch pipe 53, lbs e 3 — It , Tr► . per foot. tr 9 r. 4 - 13 5- It It 17 n urr CO6 - " II 00 n rr rr B — II I 10- ►r n 45' ' ►► rr rr 12- ►r " 54 ►r rr II The weight of all lead waste and vent-n_ipes used in plumbing shall not be less than that specified below, viz : - 1-]. inch pine 2' lbs per foot. 1-4 IT ► 3 It rr It 2- 11 II 5 II ry {r 3- t► r' 6 rr II IT 4- rr r' 8 ►► n rr Iron pipes, when passing through the roof or building, shall be made water tight with sheet copper or four-pound sheetlead. Iron drain, soil, waste or vent pipes running horizontally through a building shall either be laid in trenches to uniform grade of not less than one-quarter of an inch fall in each foot towards the sewer or cess- pool, suspended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers at same grade or Iproperly secured to walls by heavy iron clamps, or dogs, or supported by brick piers laid on solid stone or ground foundation, and graded in a proper manner. Vertical drain, soil waste or vent pipes shall be securely fastened to walls by strong iron clamps or other supports, and shall be carried out through the roof open and undiminished in size, and to a suffi- cient height, not less than two feet above the roof and not less than five feet above the top of any window within fifteen feet of the pipe. Changes in direction shall be made with full Y branches : except that T' s may be used for vent pipes and Tee Y' s on vertical lines for branch connections for water closets that requ' re a lead bend below the floor. All drain pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the building, and shall not be exposed to pressure where they shall extend ten feet beyond the inside face of theswallough ^raps and Article XI. Traps and Air Pipes. Every new drain pipe connecting the plumbing in any building with the sewer or cesspool, shall be furnished 50 with a proper main running trap. No trap or quarter bend shall be placed at the foot of a vertical soil or Drain pipe, and no saddle hubs will be allowed on any plumbing. No union or slip joints shall be used in connection with traps, drains, soil, waste or air pipes on the sewer side of traps. All traps, except main running traps, shall have their screws below the water line or on the future side of the traps . All handholes or openings in iron traps, drains soil, waste, or vent pipes for cleaning or inspection purposes, shall be closed with extra heavy brass trap screw ferrules properly leaded and caulked into the iron hubs. The waste pipe of every independent sink, basin, bath- tub, watercloset, slop-hopper, urinal or other fixture shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be placed as near as practicable to the fixture which it serves. A sink and set of three washtraps may be connected to the house drain through one five-inch round trap, when the waste pipe from fixtures to trap is not more than three feet six inches in length, and in such case the trap shall be above the floor. The outlet from each fixture shall enter the trap separately. Not more than four wash bowls or sinks in a continuous line may be connected to the house drain through one five-inch round trap. Two or more fixtures on the same level with not more than two feet of waste pipe and connecting into the soil or waste pipe not more than eighteen inches below the top water _l..'ne of the trap, shall not require ot'ber vent than the continusation of the soil or waste pipe full size for its whole length. No connection to lead bends for water-closets or slop sinks shall be permitted, except the required back air pipe where a continuous vent is not practicable. Earthenware traps shall have heavy brass floor plates sol- dered to the lead bends and bolted to the trap flange, and the II I joint made gas tight with red or white lead. Rubber washers for floor connections shall not be used. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure by special iron or brass air pipes of a size not less than the waste pipes they serve : back air pipes shall not be connected to the trap or branched into the waste pipe except where a con- tinuous vent is not practicable, but a suitable non-siphon trap may be used without a back air pipe upon the approval of the Board. Back air pipes shall enter the waste pipe within eighteen inches from the trap and shall be a continuation of the waste pipe. Lead air pipes may be used only for short connections where they are exposed to view. Air pipes for water-closet traps shall be con- nected to the highest point of bend or trap, and may be of two-inch bore if for not more than three fixtures and less than thirty feet in length: if for more than three fixtures or more than thirty feet in length they shall be of three inch bore. Air pipes shall be run as direct as practicable, and if one and one-half inches in diameter shall not exceed twenty-five feet in length. Two or more air pipes may be connected together or with a vent pipe; but in every such case the connection shall be above the top of the fixture. The trap for the upper fixture on a like of soil or waste pipe, if within five feet of the stack in a horizontal J ine, shall not require a special air pipe, unless the of It is branched into a stack more than eighteen inches '-)e1.ow the top water line of the trap. kill vent pipes shall be carried full size through the roof. Vent lines shall be connected at the bottom with a soil or waste pipe or with the drain, in such manner as to prevent accumulation of rust scale and properly to drip the water of. conden- sation. Off-sets shall be made at an angle of not less than forty- five degrees. All traps except for water-closets not provided with special air pipes shall be suitable non-siphon traps and shall have at least a four-inch water seal. Round traps shall not be less than four inches in diameter and eight inches long, and made of eight- point lead. All trap screws shall be water-sealed. Article XII. Special Traps. Every building from which grease may be dischar ed in such quantity as to clog or injure the drain or sewer, or in which gasoline, naphtha, or other inflammable compounds are used for business purposes shall be provided with a special trap, satisfactory to the 'Mardi The waste pipe from the sink of every hotel, eating-house, restaurant , or the public cooking establishment, shall be con- ' necbed to a grease trap of sufficient size, easily accessible to open and clean, placed as near as practicable to the fixture tt serves. ''Jherever a surface drain is installed in a cellar or base- ment , it shall be provided with a deep seal trap and back-water valve. Drain pipes from fixtures in cellars and basements, liable to back-flow from a sewer, shall be supplied with back-water valves. Article XIII. Stable and Garage Drains. The drainage from s table and garage fixtures shall be constructed according to plans approved by the Board. Article XIV. Iiefr_i gerator Drains. All drip or overflow pipes shall be extended to some place in open sight, and in no case shall any such pipe be connected directly with the drain pipe. No waste pipe from a refrigerator or other resceptacle in which provisions are stored, shall be connected directly with a drain or other waste pipe. The waste pipes from all other fixtures shall be connected directly with a drain pipe. Aefrip.erator wastes connecting with two or more stories shall be supplied ' ri_th a trap on the 'branch of each floor and extending through the roof. Article XV. ''later Closets. Every building used for habitation shall have such number of water-closets as the Eoard may require; every building where persons are employed shall have at least one rater closet for every twenty persons therein employed, and in any building where persons of both sexes are employed, separate accommodations shall be furnished for IJen srid. women. Every en- closure containing one or more water-closets shall be provided with adequate ventilation to the outer air either by window or by suitable light shaft. Every ventilating flue shall he constructed of, or lined with incombustible material. Every water-closet or lire of water-closets shall be supplied with water from a tank or cistern, andshall have a flushing pipe of not less than one and one-quarter inches in diameter. No water-closet shall be placed in any room or apartment in any building that has not sufficient light anddirect communication with the external air, either by window or air shaft, having an area to the open air of at least three square feet. In every tenemeht house hereafter erected there shall be within each apartment a separate water-closet located in a bathroom or in a separate compartment . Said compartment shall be not less than three feet wide, and shall be enclosed i th plastered partitions which shall extend to the ceiling. No water-closet shall be permitted in the cellar of any tenement house, unless by special permission of the ,?oard in writing. The floor of every water closet compartment shall be made water-proof with asphalt, tile, stone, or some other non-absorbing water-proof -� + - -b-1-1--e-r---stone-,- -- _or -some—et - ; - : - - - _ - • . . • e _ ma ter ial. No water-closet fixtures shall be enclosed with any woodwork. If the water closet is in a bathroom, it shall be sufficient to waterproof the floor directly beneath the fixture andextending one foot beyond it in each direction. Lexington, , ass. , Oct. 8, 1925 I hereby certify that the foregoing By-laws relating to Plumbing in the Town of Lexington were duly adopted by the Town at a town meeting held September 28, 1925, and that the foregoing is a true copy of the record. Attest; John H. Kane, Town Clerk. 5 0 CO Boston, Mass. , October 28, 1925. The foregoing by-laws are hereby approved. Jay R. Benton, Attorney General. A true copy, Attest; Town Clerk. T 0 WN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Iviiddlesex, 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 di rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexi n-ngton, on TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY; 1926, at seven-forty-five o' clock P. M. , then and there to act on the following article; Art. 1. To see if the town will take any action with reference to the transportation facilities of the town, the proposed changes in train service on the Boston and Maine Railroad, appoint a committee to investigate or oppose the same, appropriate money for legal or other expenses, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not , and make due return of. this '.!'arrant, with • your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-sixth day o f January, A. D. , 1926 . J. uhester Hutchinson ) Selectmen Albert H. Burnham ) Theodore A. vustance ) of Charles H. Miles , ) Lexington. 111 Lexington, Mass. Feb. 1, 1926. To the Town Clerk, I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing ,!arrant in the Post Office andin nine other public places in 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. Attest; James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lex'rigton. TOWN MEETIINICT, FEBRUARY 9,1926. The meeting was called to order pry the Moderator, Robert H. IIol.t at 7:47 P.M. The Warrant and return thereon were read by the Town Clerk. Mr. Edward L. •1enn outlined the object of the meeting and offered the following motion: "Voted, that a committee of five be appointed to investigate transportation problems of the town and the proposed changes in train service on the Boston & Maine Railroad, and to take whatever action the committee deem necessary to employ counsel or experts ' advice and to cooperate or act with neighboring towns in improving Lexington' s transit facilities by joint action. Further Voted, that the sum of ;,2500.00 be transfer from General Revenue and Surplus .Account to be expended for legal or other expenses of the committee. " This motion was taken up in two sections and motions passed • unanimously. In response to a request from Mr. Edwin A. 13 a jley about a hearing before the State Department of Public Utilities at which time some Lexing- ton citizens were present, Mr. Holt replied calling Mr. Sydney R. right ington to the Chair pro tem. Mr. Frederick L. Emery and Mr. Ueorge E. Briggs also informed the meeting about said hearing. A resolution was then presented by Mr. Edward L. Fenn which was adopted unanimously by rising vote. RESOLVED, THAT WHEREAS the transportation interests of the Town of Lexington have been served for many years, and to a large extent, by the Boston & Maine Railroad, and WHEREAS such service has been a very important factor in the growth and development of the town and has furnished a very strong induce- went not only to those who have madd Lexington their home and place of business, but also to those who have come to reside here, whose daily business takes them elsewhere, and Y WHEREAS said Railroad having heretofore, •at various times, reduced its transportation service to the town, under the plea of economy, now pro- poses to still farther reduce that service almost to the vanishing point, NOW THEREFORE we, the Inhabitants of Lexington in special town meeting assembled, hereby strongly protest against any such sweeping reduction as is proposed: we fully believe that upon a fair and full con- sideration of the effect of the threatened reduction, not alone upon the Railroad, but also upon our town and its inhabitants, it would clearly appear that there exists no public necessity for such a reduction, and that the same would be inequitable and unwarranted, WE THEREFORE HEREBY RESPECTFULLY APPEAL to the Department of Public Utilities of this Commonwealthto protect us against the reduction in service as proposed, which we !)elieve would be a very serious and per- manent setback to the ;rcwth and development of our town, and a great and unnecessary inconvenience and financial loss to our citizens, without any commenturate benefit to said Railroad, 17E HEREBY DIRECT that a copy of this ilesolution properly certified to by the Town Clerk, be duly presented at the Hearing upon t' is matter which is to take place before said Department of Public Utilities. 414 voted in favor of the Resolution and 0 in the negative. '1Commjttee appointed. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 P. M. • E. L . Fenn ''dmund S . Childs A true record, Attest; '''illiam E • ?Tulliken Sheldon Robinson Willard C . Hill. Town U I nrk. 54 T OWNi '� ARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, Sl. 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 their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emerson Hall : Precinct Two, Town Hall, )on MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MARSH, A. D. 1926, at Six o' clock A. M. , then and there to act on the following articles ; Art. 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 6chool Committee for the term of three years : two Constables for the term of one year: one Moderator for the term of one year: one Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years : two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years. The polls will be open at 6: A. M. and will remain open until 5: 00 P.M. •You are also to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid to theet in Town Hall in said town on Monday, the eighth day of March, 1926 at 7:30 P.M. to act on the following articles . Art. 2. To receive the report of any Doard of Town Officers or of any Committee of the town, and to appoint other committees. ,rt. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. 4. To see if the Town will make an expended appropriation observance of Memorial Day, to be ex e pfor the proper Grand Army of the Republic. p under the direction of Post 119, Art. 5. To see if the Town will grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or accounts, direct how the same shall be rais ed, or act in any manner relating thereto: Public Schools : Outside Poor, Highways : Street Lights : Fire Department: Appropriation Committee: Public Parks: Town Engineer' s Department: Milk Inspector: Plumbing Inspector: Inspectors of Slaughtering: lipril 19th celebration: Street igns : and Cemeteries. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year, rot specified in other articles, or act in any manner relating thereto. girt. 7. To see i.f the Town will make an appropriation to construct side ~asks with concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one- half the expense thereof. Art. 8. To see if the Town willmake an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and t3rown Tail Moths in accordance with chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. • ,.rt. 9. To see if the Town willmake an ap„ropriation to provide f unds for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under chap. 32, 55 Section 52-55, general maws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.10. To see if the 'Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chap. 40, Sec. 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and vire .Departments under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for my necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of 1300, or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the .Iiddlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middle- sex County "Extension service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water and Sewer Department and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will v ote to appropriate money to widen and deepen the brooks in the Town so as to obtain better suf'face drainage or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 49 of Chapter 31 , of the General Laws of 1921, in reference to Chie$ of Police. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Selectmen for the changing of the names of certain streets, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights int he following unaccepted streets : Jackson Court : Cliffe Avenue: Woodland Road: and Sunnyknoll hvenue. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to furnish snow plow service on the following unaccepted street : - Goodwin Road. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Highland. 1-avenue, under the Betterment Act, providing the abutters comply with all the requirements, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will rescind that part of the vote passed at the Town Meeting, March 16, 1925, under Article 33, as follo'.vs ; "Until otherwise ordered as hereinafter provided the fund shallbe turned over to the Trustees of Public Trusts to be invested and held by them, to- gether with the accumulations of income thereon, subject to the future vote or votes of the Town. The fund so held shall be designated as Veterans ' morial fund. Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to make an additional appropri - ation of .'>13,000 to be expended under the direction of the ,5chool Build- ing Committee for grading, planting, furniture and equipment of the new High School property, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art . 23. To see if the Town „i.11 vote to have the Fire Alarm system connected with the Town of Arlington Fire alarm system in order to have interchange of service in accordance with plans of the Metropolitan District, provide money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the installation of five fire alarm boxes of the latest non-interference type, or act in any manner relating thereto. 56 Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or to accept the lay out as a town way, a portion of Chase «venue, from Taft avenue to Tucker Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file inthe office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money therefore, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of said street under the Betterment Act, providing the abutters comply with the requirements, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of Forest Street Extension construction account, after completi of the work, to Highland Avenue construction account. Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of. Carville l�venue, Arcadia i venue, Cliffe Avenue and Grant Street construction account, after completion of the work, to Various Street Construction. Art. 28. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to print the Town By-Laws in pamphlet form. Art. 29. To hear the report of the Committee appointed under vote of Town Meeting, September 28, 1925, to take recognition of the naming after this town by the Navy Department of the United States of the Air Plane carrier, "Lexington" , and to take action thereon. Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell a portion of the Almshouse property and contents, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, or to accept the lay out as a town way, a portion of Oakmount Circle, as laid out by the Seledtmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money therefore, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of said street under the Betterment Act, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance. to other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to establish a wire inspection depe-irtment, provide money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise for the construction of Bedford Street, from the end of the present State Highway to the Boston & Maine RR crossing, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other con- struction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Vialtham Street from concord Avenue to the raltham line, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any mariner relating thereto. Art . :�5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Lowell Street from East Street to the Burlington line, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to approprifs to money for the widening and takings made by the County Commissioners on Waltham Street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 77. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to -i den Bow Street, and extend same to La•rell Stre<ot, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 38. To see :i f the Town will vote to appropriate money to purchase beacon traffic signals for the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to extend water mains In the following unaccepted streets : Joseph road, Spencer Street, Hillcrest venue, 'alnut Street, Kendall ad- and Oakmount Circle, appropriate money tiny,_ issuance of bonds;' and provide for the transfer of any unex- 57 pended balance to ether construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art 40 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the conAtruction of a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue, from the Munroe Station to the High School, across private land to Bloomfield Street, to Highland Avenue, Highland Avenue from Winthrop Road to Bloomfield Street, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods or to take any other action relating thereto. art. 41. To see if the 'Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Forest Street Extension, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direction appropriation, or by any or all of such methods, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, :or to take ally other' action relating thereto. Art. 42. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Meriam Street from Stetson Street to Abbott Road, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 43. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State highway which may be laid out or constructed in the town during the present year or take any action with respect thereto. Art. 44. To see if the town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the. laying out, alteration•�or reconstruction of the State Highway or section of State Highway on Bedford Street in Lexington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefore in behalf of the town, or take any other action in respect thereto. Art. 45. To •see if the Town will vote to include the ater and Sewer ' Department, on and after January 1, 1927, with other departments in the budget, and that expenditures be limited to the amounts appropriated therefore, or as provided by the General .Laws. /See End. Art. 48. To see if the Town will amend its By-Laws by changing 11-r. title XXVII, Section 55 to 55 A and adding a new By-Law entitled, "Article XXVII, Section 55" to read substantially as follows : "Acceptande of Town ' a "lays, Rules of Procedure. ,fi 1. All petitions for laying out, widening, altering or discontinuing any street or way shall be presented to the Board of Selectmen. II. No street or way constructed on private lands by the owners thereof shall be hereafter laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the town for acceptance as a town way unless previously constructed and com- pleted in accordance with the fo110;rine>; specifications, which shall constitute the minimum requirements; - Specifications. ( a) A plan and profile of every auch street or way shall be filed in the office of the Town T'ngineer who shall c1 :sty gnate the design, grades IIIand requirements as to drainage. Said plan and profile shall be drawn in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Town Engineer shall prescribe. (b ) Every street hereafter accepted by the town shallbe constructed for its full length and width and shall comform accurately to a cross- section which shall be designated by the Town Engineer. ( c ) The entire area of the street shall be cleared of all stumps, • roots, ' rush and perishable material and all trees not intended for preservation. All trees intended for preservation shall be protected from injury by suitable poxes or fenders. (d) .'dl loam or other unsuitable material shall be removed from the limits of the street, inclusive of sidewalks, to such a depth as may be an -roved by the Town Engineer. 4 58 f) (e ) work in excavation or embankments shall be brought accurately to a sub-grade of not less than eight inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk below the finished grade as shown by said profile and cross section. All side slopes in embankment and in earth excavation on the adjoining land shall be at the ratio of at least one and one half horizontal to one vertical to a berm rot less than one foot in width. outside the limits of the street. ( f ) Embankments shall be made of clean sand, gravel, cinders, furnace slag, broken stone or other suitable material. ' No perishable material shall be used for the making of street embankments. (g) Above sub-grade and to finished grade good binding gravel free from an injurious amount of clay or vegetable material and satis- factory to the Town engineer, shall be used, except along the edges of the sidewalk, where loam shall be placed in accordance with the cross- section nlan. Both the roadway and sidewalks shall be thoroughly rolled in a manner satisfactory to the Town Engineer and the loam spaces between the sidewalk and the edge of the travelled way shall be properly • seeded or covered with good fresh sods laid in the best manner. (h) Side gutters on every street having a grade of five ( 5) per cent or over shall be paved, at least three feet wide, with stone, coal tar concrete, artificial stone or other suitable material approved by the Town Engineer. ( i ) Catch basins shall be built in such locations as the Town Engineer shall designate and shall be of the forms, materials and dimensions as approved by the Town Engineer and shall be connected by suitable drains, having manholes at intervals of not over four hundred feet, with a permgnent drainage outlet duly secured to the Town by a proper legal instrument, or such drains may be constructed to the limits of a public way of the town intersecting such street. ( jT) All corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded in a manner satisfactory to the Town Engineer and curbing of granite or other permanent material approved by the Town. Engineer may be required to be set on the gutter line for the full length of all such rounded corners. Granite bounds or other permanent marks shall be set at all angles and curves under the direction of the Town Engineer. III. No street or war shall be laid out or accepted by said Town at a width less than forty feet unless the same shall have been actually opened and used for public travel prior to January 1,1922. IV. Any street or way which has been actually opened to public travel prior to January 1, 1922 the width and construction of which does not conform to the foregoing requirements, may be laid out and reported by the Selectmen to the town for acceptance: Provided,however, said layout and all other layouts of streets or ways by the Town, shall be under the law authorizing the assessment of betterments and all petitions for such lay-outs shall be accompanied by releases of damages from owners and mortgagls representing at least seventy-five per cent of the property owners abutting said street and also containing agreements by such owners to pay their proportionate part of the betterment assess- • ments in the event of acceptance of the way by the town. " Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this 'arrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of111. said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this ninth day of February, :.. D. 1926. J. Cheste,r Hutchinson) Albert H. Durnham ) Selectmen Theodore A. Lustance) of Charles H. Miles ) Lexington. true record, ittte2 ; a , T.o n Clerk. d9 Art. 46. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the Legislature for passage of a bill relative to improving surface andground drainage In the Town of Lexi ,igton, and in adjoining towns as set forth in a bill now pending, H-No.232, or to advocate the passage of said bill, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 47. To see If the Town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the Legislsture for passage of a bill to change the method and rate of sewer assessment in the Town of Lexington as set forth In a bill now pending, H-No. 782, or to advocate the passage of said bill , or act in any manner relt..ting thereto. III . t J . 60JD\ ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 1, 1926. The following election officers had been appointed by the Select;- �C men and were assigned to duty at the two precints as follows : PRECINCT ONE Herbert Flint garden 1{olan.d Garmon Deputy Warden Michael A. Pero Clerk William O 'Neil Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Thomas J. Doherty Inspector Evelyn C. Broughall Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspector. Martin Grady Teller Clesson C. Schofield Teller : Finlay Mcisaac Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller James Irwin Constable PRECINCT TWO Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Mrs. Marion W. Jackson Deputy Inspector Miss Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Irving 13. Pierce Teller James G. McGann Teller Allston M. Redman Teller Wallace E. Miller Teller James L. McKenzie Teller Samuel B. Bigelow Teller James M. Ahern Teller Samuel B. Thompson Teller Norman Hooper Teller Jesse S. Ferry Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o' clock A. M. , and remained open until five P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Ulerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots,ana delivered to the Town Ulerk at his office. The Town Ulerk canvassed the result as follows : Precinct I.• Ballots cast 90 Precinct 11. Ballots cast 322 TOWN C1:a; Zh i Prec. 1. Prec. 11 Total John H. Vane 76 309 385 Blanks 14 13 27 John H. Kane was declared elected. SELECTMEN William H. Ballard James G. Robertson 72 290 363 72 278 350 Scattering 2 2 Blanks 35 74 1011 William H. Ballard and James G. Robertson were declared elected. ' TOWN TREASURER ,yk' John H. Kane 74 309 383 Blanks 16 13 29 John H. Kane was declared elected. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron (J. Earle 73 302 375 Blanks 17 13 30 Byron C. Earle was declared elected. CETT ET777 COMMISSIOJ'ER III Edward "rood 76 291 367 Blanks 14 31 45 Edward Wood was declared elected. tf SCHOOL COMMITTEE • Howard S. 0. Nichols 65 292 357 Blanks 25 30 55 Howard. S. 0. Nichols was declared elected. • CONSTABLES . • Patrick J. Maguire 72 294 366 James J. Sullivan 70 29II 368 Blanks 38 52 90 Patrick J. Maguire and james J. Sullivan were declared elected. MODERATOR Robert H. Holt 72 294 366 Blanks 18 28 • 46 Robert H. Holt was declared elected. TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 111 Charles B. Davis 67 288 355 Blanks 23 34 57 Charles B. Davis was declared elected. PLANNING BOARD Frederick L. Emery 66 267 333 • Arthur W. Freeman 70 277 347 Blanks 44 100 144 Frederick L. Emery and Arthur W. Freeman were declared elected. A true record, Attest: offl"--( asi(-1 '' / TOWN CLERK. Lexington, Mass. , March 2, 1926. This is to certify that I have this dal appointed Helen C. Gallagher Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been II sworn to perform the duties of said office to the best of her knowledge and ability. • Attest : ' " Ia .. Town Olerk. • • 1 62 -„ ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING. PSL: RCH 8, 1926. The meeting was called to order by Moderator, Robert H. Holt, at 7:30 P. M. On motion the reading of the Warrant, excepting the return of the Constable, was omitted. Art. 2. On motion of Francis Chamberlain, Chairman of the Appro- Aaion Committee, it was voted that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted. It was then voted to lay article g upon the table. Art. 5. On motion of Howard S . 0. Nichols it was votedthat the•', sum of' 179,839.00 be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the support of public schools and for the payment of tuition at vocational schools. rt. 4. On motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was Voted that 250 be appropriated and assessed for the, proper observance of memorial. Day, to be expended under the directinn of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Art. 5. On motion of Theodore A. Custance, Chairman of the Selectmen, it was Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year; For the support of Outside Poor, 59,800.00 For the maintenance and care of highways 45,000.00 For permanent construction of highways 9,000.00 For the expense of street lights 18,400.00 For the support of the Fire Department 26,400.00 For the expenses of the Appropriation Cor'mittee 150. 00 For the maintenance of public parks 4,700.00 For the salaries and expenses of the Engineering Dept.7,600.00 For the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector (of which ;;300 is for salary) 450.00 • For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector. 820.00 For the salary of the Slaughtering Inspector 600.00111 For the expenses of April 19th Celebration . 500.00 For construction and repair of street signs 200.00 For maintenance and development of 'Vestview Cemetery 1,500.00 For maintenance and development of Munroe Cemetery 1,500.00 63 Art. 6. On motion of Theodore Custance, Chairman of the Selectmen, it was Voted, that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For salary and expenses of Town Treasurer 860. 00 ( of which 000 is for salary) For salary andexpenses of Town Clerk ( of which :;1700 is for salary) 1,850. 00 For salary and expenses of Tax Collector ( of which 0_900 is for salary) 2 425. 00 For expenses of elections and registrations 1,450.00 For expenses of Town Hall 4,500.00 For hydrant rental 2,860.00 For the maintenance of Village Hall 700.00 For salary and expenses of the Sealer of 1eights and ieasures 570.00 For the expense of forest fires 325. 00 For the salary of Dog Officer 50.00 For maintenance of Hastings Park 5. 00 For the:' inspection of animals 200. 00 For the support of the Dental Clinic in the Public Schools, 1, 500.00 For vital statistics 50.00 For the expense of watering troughs 100.00 For soldiers ' burials 100.00 For soldiers ' relief 300. 00 For military aid to be expended under Chapter 115 of the General Laws 100.00 For the administration of public trusts 85.00 For State yid 500.00 For salary of Town Physician 100.00 For the payment of Interest upon the public debt 37,200.00 For the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the town maturing :i n 1926 65 7 �,ti , 1.5. 62 And that the sum of ,30,000 be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account to TraturIng Debt account. For the support of the Police Department 23,500.00 For the support of the libraries 9, 536. 50 For saln.ry and expenses of the Supt. of Public 'forks ( of which . 4200 is for salary) 4,350.00 For the expense of insurance 5,300.00 For salary and expenses of Town -accountant 2, 650.00 (of which ' 2500 it for salary) For salaries and expenses of. the Board of Assessors ( of which ,x400 is for salaries ) 4,280.00 ` 64 .)400 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen' s Dept. ?3,500.00 ( of which ;3250 is for expenses for Selectmen for 1926) For the maintenance of public health and sanitation 2,500.00 For legal services 1,000.00 For unclassified expenses 200.00 For the protection of public shade trees and for the planting of shade trees 1,000.00 For the expense of removal of snow 25,000.00 For salary and expenses of the Building Inspector ( of which $920 i2 for salary) 970.00 For salary of the Treasurer of the Cary Memorial Library, 50.00 For the payment of the amount to become due during the current year upon the judgment against the town obtained by Mary Chisholm for the death of Daniel Chisholm, her husband. 290.00 For the expense of printing and publishing the Town Report 625.00 Art. 12. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefore a note or notes payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid . - from the revenue of the present financial year. Art. 14. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted, that this article be indefinitely postponed. rt . 15. on motion of. Theodore r.. L'ustance it -ras Voted, that this article b,e indefinitely postponed. Art. 33. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the sum of $6000 be appropriated and assessedfor construction of ".edford Street from the end of the present State Highway to the B & M RR crossing, provided the State will take over and construct same as a State highway. Art. 34. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the sum of 15000 he appropriated and assessed for the construction of Waltham Street from Concord Avenue to the 'faltham line, the work to he done in conjunction with the State and County. Art. 75. On motion of Theodore L. Uustance it wps Votd,that this article he indefinitely postponed. ll Art. 36. Under tris article, Theodore A. Custance offeredthe following motion, Votedthat the sum of q4014.90 be appropriated and assessed for the widening and taking made by the County Commissioners on "'altham Street. After discussion of this article on motion of Thomas J. Doherty it was voted to indefinitely postpone action on same. Art. 39. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that Fhe Selectmen be authorized to install 6 inch water mains in Joseph Road from Massachusetts Avenue to Spender. Street and Spencer Street, subject to the usual guarantee, for a distance of approximately 550 feet, at an expense of ,,$1700.00, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law' Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install 6 inch water mains in Hillcrest Avenue from -bottler Avenue northeasterly a distance of 1200 feet, subject to. the usual guarantee, at an expense of $4800, and that for the purpr se of raising the money, the Turn Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direct- ion of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install 6 inch water mains in Walnut Street from Concordisvenue southeasterly a distance of .800 feet, subject to the usual guarantee, at an expense of 53000, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Tern. Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the .Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install 6 inch water mains In Kendall Road from Drape Vine Avenue northwesterly a distance of approximately 450 feet, subject to the usual guarantee, at an expense of p2000, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the dir- ection of andwith the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law. All votes under Article 39 were passed unanimously. wart. 40. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted that this --- c1.e be indefinitely postponed. -rt . 41. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. rt. 42. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Birt. 43. On motion of Theodnre 1 A. Custance it was "Voted that the 13oard of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State Highway which may he laid out during the year 1926. " On motion of Edwin A. Dayley it was voted that this ?notion apply only to Bedford Street. Art. 44. Voted that the town will indemnify the Commonw :alth of Mass- achusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteraation construction, or reconstruction of State Highway or section of State Highway on Redford Street in Lexington, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the 66 _n town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid, and that the sum of 5100 be appropriated and assessed. Art. 45. On motion of Francis Chamberlain it was "Voted That on and after January 1, 1927, the Water and Sewer Departments be included •:with other departments in the budget and that expendi- tures be limited to the amounts appropriated therfor, or as pro- vided by the General Laws. " Art. 46. On motion of C. Edward Glynn it was "Voted; That the Town ratify and adopt the act of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in petitioning the Legislature for passage of a bill relative to improving surface and ground drainage in the Town of Lexington and in adjoining towns substantially as set forth in House Bill #f232. " Art. 47. On motion of Edwin B. Worthen it was "Voted; That the town ratify and adopt the action of the Chairman of the Planning Board in petitioning the Legislature for passage of a bill to change the method and rate of sewer assessment in the Town of Lexington substantially as set forth in House Bill #782. " The meeting adjourned at 10: 50 P. M. A true record, Attest; Town Clerk. • , ADJOURNED T OFN MELTING MARCH 15, 1926 The meeting was called to order. by Moderator, Robert H. Holt, at 7:30 P.M. Art. 6. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance, Chairman of the Selectmen, it was Voted that the sum of 0892.19 be appropriated and assessed for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the town maturing in 1926. This is in addition to the sum already appropriated at the 1 - st meeting. Art. 7. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the con- construction of sidewalks of concrete or other material where the abutters will pay one-half the expense, 01000.00 Art. 8. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it ivas Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the sup- pression of gypsy and brown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws, $4000.00 4 Art.9. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was C Voted that %x'1225 be appropriated and assessed for the pay- , ; ment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 72, Section 52-55 of the General Laws. Art.l0. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that $2500 be appropriated ppropriated and assessed as a tZeser.ve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40, Sec. 6, of the General Laws. Art. 11. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that $870 be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. &rt. 13. On motion of Theodore 1 . Custance it was Voted that the sum of ",300 be ap--ropriatod and assessed for IIIaid to ',Iiddlesex County uureau of Agriculture and Home Economics . It was also voted that Robert P. Trask be elected as Director. Art. 16. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously Voted that the Town accept uec. 49 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws of 1921, in reference to `'hief. s of Police. F 4 74 .-.1 M1 _ • r -' r ,... , i • Y{. -' S`✓a rs i e '4.. { `'.• `•�"`t T 68 Art. 1.7, On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted, that the following recommendation of the Selectmen for the changes in names of certain streets .be accepted: Bowman Street from Redford St. southeasterly, Manning Street • - Cedar Street from Reed St. N. L. southwesterly, Marsh street Eustis Street from Asbury St. to Bellflower, northeasterly. 'Emerald bt. Fairview Ave. from Robbins to Eastern a.venue,n.ortheast, F61;irland 6t. Fern Street Hazel. to Farley, Northwest, . Ferndale St. Grove Street, •B & M RR.N.L. to Locust St. southwest Garfield St. Hill St . Haywood Ave. north Amherst St. Highland Ave. Haywood Ave north Beauriaont St. Hillcrest Ave, Mass. , Ave. to Wood St. northeast Alpine St. • Hillside Ave. Theresa Ave. south Oxford St. Madison Ave. Independence Ave .to Lexington Ave. Independence Ave. Maple St., Beech St. to Brook at. northeast Myrtle St. Oak St. Centre• to Pine St. northwest Avon St. . Reed St. Lowell St. to Orient Ave. east Haskell St. Spring St . from Reed St, to B "s: M RR northeast Acorn St. • Summer St. Bedford St. to Bedford line, west Westview St. Summer St'. Grove St . to Spring St. northwest , Poplar St. Summit St. Colonial Ave. to Highland Ave . west Sunset St. Vine Street, Lowe- Street. N.L. northwest Essex St. Walnut St„ Grove St. to Orchard St. northwest Birch St. '''!ebb St. . Reed St. to Ward St . southwest Short Stay Homestead St. Mass. Ave. 'iedmognt St. north Stratham St. Bow Street, Mass. Ave. northeasterly .`Alderman St. Arcadia'Ave. Melrose Ave . northerly ' ' 111de.rman St. Wilson Ave. Bow St. northeasterly Alderman. St. On motion of Charles J. Henrich it was voted that the above vote be amended by changing the names of Bow Street, Arcadia Ave and • Wilson Avenue to Bow Street instead of Alderman Street. • I III The amendment was accepted and the original motion as amended was voted. ' rt. 18. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was ' Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets : Jackson Ct. Cliffe Avenue, Woodland Road, and Sunnyknoll Avenue. •. frt . 19. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was • Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to furnish snow plow -ervice on Goodwin Road. Art. 21. Under this article Theodore A. Custance offered the following • motion; Voted that that part of the vote passed at the Town Meeting March 16, 1925 under Article 33 which is as follows; "Until otherwise ordered as hereinafter provided the fund shall be turned over to the Trustees of Public Trusts to be invested and held by them, together with the accumulations of income thereon, subject to the future vote - or votes of the Town. The fund so held shall be designated as Veterans ' Memorial Fund, " be rescinded so that the vote under said article 33 will read as follows ; AVoted; That the sum of $3,617.89 .be ap';eropriated ( the same being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of. Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924 ) for the purpose or purposes of acquiring land, the construction of buildings or other structures, including cost of original equipment, to serve as and to he a permanent Memorial to all Veterans of all 7lars who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the Colors and hold or are entitled to . an Honorable Discharge from the United states Army, jvavy or Marine Corps : Further Voted: That the present Commander of George G. Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the present Commander of Stanley Hill Post, the American Legion, and a Veteran of the Spanish 'jar ,.rith two other citizens , the last three to be ap ,ointed by the Moderator, be named as a Committee of five to investigate .and report; on the question of es- (39 tabl.ishing a permanent Memorial, said Committee to by e any vacancies to be filled by the then Moderator by theselection of a member of the organization or group in which the vacancy may occur, and in case no member of. the Grand Army Post is able to serve, Its representative ^' -1.1 be selectedfrom thn Sons. of Veterans. " It was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Art. 22 . On notion of 'iii l liam H. Ballard it :IDS Voted that the Town aplropri.ate the sun of '411,50O to be expended under the direction of the choolzi_lding Committee for grading, furniture and equipment for the new High ')chool property. rt. 23. On motion of Francis Chamberlain, Chairman of the Appro- priation Committee, it was 9 Voted that the sum of •980 be appropriated and assessed to have the Fire Alarm system connected with the Town of,Arlington 1°i re Alarm system in order to have interchange of service in accordance with plans of the Metropolitan District. Art. 24. On motion of Francis Chamberlain, it was Voted that the sum of $875 be appropriated and assessed for the installation of five fire alarm boxes of the latest non-interference type. Art. 25. On motion of Theodore A. Oustance it was Voted that the town accept the lay-out as a town way of a portion of chase tivenue from Taft -jvenue to fucker. Avenue, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the betterment Act , and as shown upon plan on file in the Town clerk' s Office. find further voted that for the purpose of constructing this street under the betterment act the sum of ul450.O0 is hereby appro- priated and assessed. The lay out of Chase avenue is as follows; COMMOW WEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass. February 9,1926 Town of. Lexington,Selectmen' s Room. • At ;a meeting of the Hoard of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given due written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way a portion of Chase Avenue from Taft 1h.venue to Tucker Livenue a distance of approximately 410 feet, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public heari,_g thereon held this day, and no objections having been rade; Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is Ordered: that this Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said portion of chase .;venue from Taft Avenue to Tucker Avenue re laid out and established as a pub is way, as follows ; Ben;i_nning at a point in the southerly line of. Taft venue distant 160.0 feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly line of Baker Avenue with the said southerly line of Taft Avenue and running in an easterly direction along the said southerly line of Taft _ venue distant 40. 0 feet, thence turni-tg to the right andrunning in a sortherly direct- ion distant 410. 0 feet, to the northerltr 1i Le of Tucker Avenue, thence turning to' the right and running in a westerly direction along the said S' n w: 70 n CD northerly line of Tuc1-er avenue distant 40.0 feet, thence turning to the right and running in a northerly direction distant 410.0 feet to the point (Yf beginning. Said street to be nowhere less than 40.0 feet ,aide. Said Chase Avenue is hereby laid out and established as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Chase Avenue,Lexington, Mass. , Feb. 2,1926, Scale 1 in- 40 ft. , Clarence B. 1''rench, Town Ln^;i.neer, n which plan is nn file in the Town Clerk' s Office in said Lexington and a copy of tivhich-wtll.be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said way has been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby deter- mines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein ure done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments. J. Chester Hutchinson ) Board • Albert H. Burnham ) of Charles H. Miles ) Theodore A. Custance ) Selectmen. Art . 20. On motion of Theodore A. Uustance it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Art. 26. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the unexpended balance of Forest Street Extension Construction Account, after completion of work, be transferred to Highlandavenue Construction Account. Art. 27. On motion of Theodore A. 0u.stance it was Voted that the unexpended balance of. Carvi.11e ;,venue, Arcadia __venue, Cliffe Avenue and Grant Street Construction Account, after completion of the work, be transferred to Various Street con- struction. Art . 28. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it vas Voted that the sum of $100.00 be appropriated and assessed for the printing of the Town By-Laws im pamphlet form. rt. 29. _ Under this article rdwi.n B. Worthen offered the followi7 g report which was unanimously accepted. To the Citizens of Lexington. At a special town meeting held. September 28,1925 the under- signed were appointed a Committee to report to the Town what action, if any, the Town should take in r. edoggition of the naming after this Town by the Navy Department the airplane carrier 'Lexington' which was launched at Fore River, October 3, 1925. Your committee .re unanimous that it is most fitting that this historic old town should make some recognition of the fact that the newest boat in the United States TTavy bears our name: a name which the Navy Department has perpetuated by using it for one hundr^d and fiftyyears, for the first "Lexington" was authorized by Con- gress October 13, 1775. It is the general custom for States , Cities and Towns to recognize the use of their name by a naval vessel by the presentation of some gift, and, in the past this has many times taken the form of a punch bowl or silver service. Your Committee feels, in this instance, that if this Town takes any action, the gift should be something which would in a more appropriate way perpetuate Lexington' s historic name and more closely visualize that event upon which rests the fame and the honored name of Triton. If we dismiss the small and less expensive gifts, such as • 71 • ship' s clock, we find that a ship' s bell would be a proper gift. This to be of bronze and cast in high relief, bearing inscription , the Town seal and designs of a local historic nature. A ship' s bell for a vessel of this size Is 3 ft. high and 2 ft. in diameter. To provide such a bell with its ' supports, etc. would cost possibly five thousand dollars . The City of Lenver provided its namesake th a sive .�rell, placed on the quarter deck which. is used when the crui.s _�- in port. A similar bronze bell about one foot high could be pr,pared at a lesser. figure. A replica of our :.Minuteman about 2 ft. 6 " high can be made in bronze at an expense of not over `x2000. This we presume would have to be done by Mr. Kitson as our Minuteman statue is copyrighted by him. Bronze tablets about 2 ft.- by 3 ft. suitably inscribed and bearing either the Minuteman in high relief or the Battle of Lexington which hangs in this building, and the Town Seal would be a very appropriate gift . Such a tablet could be prepared at an expense of not over $750.00. Your Committee are of the opinion that it would be decidedly - worthwhile to adopt one of these suggestions and in order that the matter may come up for immediate action we offer this • specific recommendation in the form of a vote, provided that the Citizens accept this report. Voted; - "That the Citizens of Lexington in recognition and apppreciation of the Navy Depa- tment having .dhristened the new . • airplane carrier "Lexington" ap- ;rove the general plan of presenting a suitable memorial to be placed upon the vessel. The Moderator IF: hereby instructed to appoint a Committee of five, of• whom the Town ✓ Treasurer shall be one. This . Committee shall have entire charge of collecting funds from the Citizens to cover the cost of the memorial and of its design and preparation: and further the Committee shall in cooperation with theSelectmen, present the memorial to the Navy Department in the name of and in behalf of the• Town of Lexington. " • Respectfully Submitted, G. H. Wadleigh ) For the Feb. 26, 1926. - Edwin B. Worthen ) Committee The above vote offered in Mr. 'orthen' s report was passed unanimously hr the meeting. Committee Appointed: Willard C . Hill, Mrs . Warren Sherburne, Galen A. Russell , Roger S . Clapp, and Dr. John H. Kane. :rt. 30. Under this article Theodore x. uustance offered the followi n M motion; Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sell approximately 17 acres of the Almshouse property, and the contents of the Almshouse building. J. Henry Duffy offered a substitute motion that this article be referred to a committee of seven includ'_ .g. the Chairmen of the Selectmen, of the School Committee, of the Planning Board and of the Appropriation Committee and three others to be appointed by the Moderator, this committee to report not later than the next . annual meeting. •. r. Duffy' s substitute motion was passed by the meeting. Committee Appointed: J. Henry Duffy, Edward H. Mara, Arthur N. Maddison, Theodore A. Custance, C airman Selectmen, Howard S .O.Nichols , Chairman Art. `'J.. On motion of Theodore Custance it as See /4 Voted that the town accept the lay-out as a town way of portion of Cakmount Circle from Meriam .street , ap. roximately 550 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the betterment act; and as shown. on plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office. And further voted that for the purpose of constructing this street under the betterment act the sum of $1900.00,_-_,0 is hereby ap ro- nriated and assessed. #See Page 74 for order of, location. Art.' 32. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was #. School Committee, Frederick L. Emery, Chairman Planning Board, and Francis S . Chamberlain, Chairman Appropriation Committee. A A 72 Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability establishingofpa. Wire Inspection Department the town and to report at a laer Town p�' p , Meeting. Coniittee appointed. John A. Proctor, Howard E. Cuatance, Galt F. Parsons. Art. 37. On motion of Theodore A. Uustance At was Voted to indefinitely Postponed this article. ' rt. 38. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and report the advisabilityof purchasing the traffic signals or beacons now placed In the town on trial, or the advisability of installingo ther traffic signals, and to report at a later town meeting. Committee appointed. William I . Brown, Lester E. Smith, Rockwell C . Tenney. Art. 48. Under this article Frederick L. Emery, Chairman of the Planning Board, offered the following motion. • Voted: That the By-Laws of the Town be amended by changing the designation of Section 55 of Article XXVII to Section 55 A, and inserting before the same and under the same article, a new Section 55, reading as follows; - Acceptance of Town Ways- Rules of Procedure. I. All petitions for laying out, widening, altering or discon- tinuing any street or way shall be presented to the Board. of Selectmen. II. No street or way, or portion thereof, constructed on private lands by any other than the town, shall be hereafter laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the town for acceptance as a. town way, un- less at the time so reported it shall be constructed—and 'Completed for the length reported and for its entire width in accordance with. the following specifications, which shall constitute the minimum requirements; - Specifications . • (a ) A plan and profile of every such street or way shall be filed in the office of the Town Engineer, who shall then designate thereon the design, grades and cross section and the requirements as to drainage and construction to be complied .�rith. Said plan and pro- file shall be drawn in accordance with such general rules and r. egu- . lations as the Town Engineer shall, from time to time, prescribe and. which. shall be furnished by the Town Engineer upon aplication. (b ) ill stumps , roots, brush, loam or other unsuitable material, and all trees not intended for preservation, shall. be removed from the limits of ,the street , inclusive of sidewalks, to a depth required by the Town Isngi.neer. All trees intended for preservation shall be ade- quately protected from damage, during construction... ( c ) All work .shall be brought accurately to a subgrade of not less than six inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk, below the finished grades, as shown by said profile and cross section. Unless suitably retained, all, side slopes of fills and in earth exca- vations on the adjoining lands shall be at the ratio of at least one and one-half horizontal to one vertical to a berm not less than one foot in width , outside the limits of the street. (d.) Fills shall be made of clean sand, gravel, cinders, furnace slag, broken stone or other suitable material, apuroved by the T'omn Engineer. ( e ) Above subrrade and to finished grade, good binding gravel, free from an injurious amount of clay or vegetable material, upon a stone :or other suitable foundation when necessary or, in place of such gravel, other material or materials as specified by the Town Engineer shall be used, except along the edges of the si.d.ewval)'s , ';cher. e loam shall be placed in .accordance with the cross section plan, all to be as specified by the Town Engineer. 7 ( See Below) TTI. Upon recommendation of the Selectmen when reporting a street for acceptance hereunder, any street or way or Portion thereof may be reported for acceptance if already built accurately to the sub- grade specified but, In such case, the street or way s?-n.11 thereafter be brought forthwith to surface grade, including all further necess- ary construction under paragraphs ( e ) .. ( f) (g) , and (h ) , under the law authorizing the assessment of. betterments . ( f) Side gutters on every street having a grade of five ( 5 ) per cent or over, shall be paved, at least three feet wide, with stones, coal tar, concrete.", .artificial stone or other suitable material. a . 111 proved by the Town Engineer. ' p (g) Catbh basins shall be built In such locations as the To Engineer shall designate and shall be of the forms , materials and dimensions approved by the Town Engineer and shall be connected by suitable drains, having manholes at intervals of not over four hundred feet, with a permanent drainage outlet duly secured to the town by a proper legal instrument, or such drains may be constructedto the limits of a public way of the town, intersecting such street. (h) All cornersof intersecting streets shall be rounded in a manner satisfactory to the Town Engineer and curbing of granite or other permanent material, ap:lroved by the Town Engineer, may be rel quired to be set on the gutter line for the full lengths of such rounded corners. Granite bounds or other permanent marks shall be set at all angles and curves when required by the Town Engineer and under his direction, III ( Insert here) IV. No- street or way shall be laid out or accepted of a -i_dth less than forty feet. V. Any street or way that has been actually opened to public travel prior to January 1, 1926, the width or construction of which does not conform to the foregoing requirements , may be laid out and reported by the Selectmen to the town for acceptance: Provided,however, said layout and report shall be under the law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, and all petitions for such layouts shall be accompanied by releases of damages from owners and mortgagees of at least seventy-five per cent of the properties abutting on said street and also containing agreements by such owners, to pay their propfbt- ionate parts of the betterments assessments, in the event of accept- ance of the street or way by the town. After some discussion as to phraseology Mr. Bayley recommended ' in section II that the word be in the line"unless at the time so reported it shall be" be changed to "unless at the time so reported it shall have been and then is constructed and completed:' The suggestion was accepted by P;ir. . Emery. Several citizens expressed the opinion that the vote demanded. too much of the abuttors and the motion was lost. Art. 3. Under this article Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell were chosen J.. i_eld Drivers by nomination. The meeting dissolved at 10:39 P.M. A true r. Acord , :test : Town Clerk. } +y y d 4ay Yu4 4 3 " dwte a /,4_ 4em Art. 31. (Order of Location) Commonwealth of. Ma^sachur;etts . Middlesex, ss . Lexington, Mass. , February 9,1926. Town of Lexi lgton, Selectmen' s Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of 111 Lexington, after having given due written notice of the intention of said t3oard, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Oakmount Circle from Meriam. Street a distance of approximately 550 feet, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held this day, and no objections having been made: Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is Ordered: that this Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that Oakmount Circle be laid out and established as a public town way as follows; - Beginning ollows; -Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Meriam Street at a point 67.00 feet northerly of the property line of lands now or formerly of Katie G. Reed and Mabel Gray Winlo.ck, thence with a curve to the right with a radius of 30.0 feet distant 18.30 feet to a point of compound curvature, thence with a curve to the right with a radius of 386.96 feet distant 375.20 feet to a point of com- pound curvature, thence witha curve to the right with a radius of 179. 57 feet distant 167.26 feet, thence turning to the left and running easterly on a radial line distant 40.00 feet to the north- easterly line of Oakmount Uircle, thence turning to the left and running with a curve to the left with a radius of 219. 57 feet distant 204. 51 feet to a point of compound curvature, thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 426.96 feet distant 282.83 feet to a point of reverse curvature, thence with a curve to the right with a radius of 16.30 feet distant 38. 50 feet more or less to a point in the said easterly line of Meriam itreet, said point being 118.04 feet northerly from point of beginning and said street to be nowhere less than 40.00 feet wide. Said Oakmount Uircle is hereby laid out and established as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Oakmount Circle, Lexington, Mass. , Jan. 25, 1926, Scale 1" - 40 feet, Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, " which plan is on file in the Town Clerk' s Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said way has been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments. J. Chester Hutchinson ) Board Albert H. Burnham ) Charles H. Miles ) of Theodore A. Custance ) Selectmen. 75 TOWN WARRANT COMMON l,ALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 'TIDDL T?S1?X, 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 Town Hall, in said Lexington, on WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MAY, A. D. 1926, at Eight o ' clock P. M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Comm1ttees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 221 of the Acts and Resolves of 1926 relating to sewer assessments in the Town of Lexing- ton. Art. 3. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 263 of the Acts and Resolves of 1926 relating to surface and ground drainage in the 'Town of Lexington. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue, from the Munroe Station to the High School, in private land from Massachusetts avenue to Highland Avenue, in Highland 'venue from Winthrop Road to Bloom- field Street, and in Bloomfield Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Highland Avenue , and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construct- ion, or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Forest Street Extension, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods and provide for the transfer of any un- expended balance to other construction, or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Meriam Street from Stetson Street to Abbott Road, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to Other construction, or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will rescind the vote, insofar as it applies to the $12,000 in securities still unissued, included in authorization by the Town, May 22, 1922 of a bond issue of $35,000 for construction work on Maple and Lowell Streets and Massachusetts Avenue. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of 8785.19 from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the credit of Maple and Lowell Streets and Massachusetts Avenue Account, or act in any Tanner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets : Wellington Lane 'Avenue and Cary Avenue, and bacon Street. 'I , B6 Jr.), CL CZ Art. 10. To see if the town will amend the building Law by adding to Article V, or any part thereof, new sections substan- tially as follows, or take any other action In relation thereto. "Section 4. Details of Construction. Every house built for habitation shall have for each ap artment at least two rooms with a floor area of not less than one hundred and fifty square feet. No chamber or kitchen floor shall have an area less than one hundred square feet, no bathroom floor less than fifty square feet and no toilet floor less than twenty-five square feet. No room shall be less than seven and eight-tenths feet in the clear from finish floor to ceiling. Except in those rooms used for storage the total window area between stops must be at least one-seventh of the floor area and at least one window must be made to open one-half. At least one bathroom must be located so that it may be reached from a hall or corridor and without passing through any sleeping room. Section 5. Excavations. Under all dwelling houses hereafter erected there shall be a cellar not less than six feet and ten inches in height from the cellar floor to the underneath of the floor beams of the first floor. Under all buildings without a cellar the earth shall be properly concreted or a space of at least one foot with organic matter removed left and vented. " Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the following departments: Tax Collector, Town Treasurer. , and Planning Board, or act In any manner relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to clear the brooks of the Town of obstructions, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will rescind that part of the vote pertaining to the Veterans Memorial fund passed at the Town Meet- ing, March 16, 1925, under Article 22, as follows : "Until otherwise ordered as hereinafter provided the fund shall be turned over to the Trustees of Public Trusts to be invested and held by them, together with accumulations of income thereon, subject to the future vote or votes of the Town. " Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Trubtees of Public Trusts to pay and return said f and to the Town Treasurer together with all accumulations received by them thereon, or to act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to establish a wire inspection department , provide money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Laws of the Town by establishing a business district at the junction of Lowell and North Streets, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the purpose of installing a drainage system across private lands from Highland Avenue to Vine Brook, either by issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, or act in any manner relating tlereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the purpose of installing a drainage system in Highland "venue from Winthrop Road to Bloomfield Street, either by issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 19. To see if the 'Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets: Downing Road and Wachusett Drive, appropriate money by issuance of bonds, notes or otherwise, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construct- ion, or act in any manner relating thereto. 77 Art . 20. To see what action the Town will take with respect to revising the Building Laws to provide for fire proof divisions between stores and similar buildings. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, w ith your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-seventh, day of April, A. D. 1926. THEODORE A CUSTANCE ) Selectmen CHARLES H. MILES ALBERT H. BURNHAM ) of JAMES G. ROBERTSON ) WILLIAM H. BALLARD ) Lexington. Lexington, Mass . , May 5, 1926, • To the Town Clerk;- I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post the vestibule of the Town Hall, and in six other public places in in the town, and by mailing a printed copythesame to very registered voter in the town seven days bfore he time to fesaid meeting. Attest; James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. T O '"J N MEETING MAY 12, 1926 The Meeting was called to order by Moderator Hobert h. Holt at 8: 00 P. M. Art. 2. On motion of Theodore A. Uustance it was unanimously, Voted that the Town accept t'hapter 221 of the Acts and Resolves of 1926 relating to sewer assessments in the Town of Lexington. Art. 3. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the Town accept Chapter 263 of the Acts and resolves of 1926 relating to surface and ground drainage in the Town of Lexington. Art. 4. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that theS letm n be a thorined to rDv' e for. the laying of acEg4i8r?i5. v�I qs� 's %ni.�,nf �5` ieth6oM Rt tISTAft to the high School, in private land from Massachusetts Avenue to Highland Avenue, in Highland Avenue from Winthrop Road to Bloom- field Street, and in Bloomfield Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Highland Avenue, at an expense of 29,800, and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds, or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 41% per annum, issued and payable in accordance with. the Town of Lexington, Sewer Loan Act of 1913, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of the work may be used for other sewer construction. The above vote was approved by the Appropriation Committee. Art. 5. On motion of Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed, 112 voting the affirmative and 2 in the negative: Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to provide for the laying of a sewer in Forest Street Extension, at an expense of $2700, and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell , under the dir- ection and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 41% per annum, issued and payable in accordance with the Town of Lexington, Sewer Loan Act of 1913, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of the work may be used for other sewer construction. The above vote was approved by the Appropriation Committee. • Art. 6. On motion of Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed, 106 in the affirmative and 1 in the negative : Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to provide for the laying of a sewer in Jleriam Street, from stetson Street to Abbott Road, at an expense of $7500, Mad for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town 'Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4:1/ per annum, issued and payable in accordance with the Town of Lexington, Sewer Loan Act of 1913, and further voted that any un- expended balance after completion of the work may be used for other sewer construction. The above vote was approved by the Appropriation Committee. 19 Art. 7. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously Voted, that the Town rescind the vote , insofar as it applied to the $12 ,000 in securities still unissued, included in authorization by the Town, May 22, 1922 of a bond issue of $35,000 for construction work on Maple and Lowell Streets and Massachusetts Avenue. Art . 8. On motion of Theodore A. uustance it was unanimously, Voted. that this article be indefinitely T postponed. Art. 9. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to install the necessary street lights in the following unaccepted streets : Wellington Lane Avenue, Cary A-,,enue, and Bacon Street. Art. 10. After considerable discussion of this article it was Voted that Article 10. be referred to a Committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator to consider the advisability of revising the Building Laws to provide for situations wh ch have arisen since the last revision and which the Code does not cover. k;o nrlit t e apnoinied. �1i. Ro;er, r e Henry13 M. Collins, r e1 ey, HL. W dst.o 1 c.c, C . . John F. Tibbetts . <� i° i, �cr Art. 20. On motioof Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously Voted that this article be referred to the Committee to be appointed under article 10. Art. 11. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously Voted that the following amounts be appropriated for the following accounts, and that the same be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account : Tax Collector, 230. 00 Town Treasurer, 85.00 Planning Board, 150.00 $465.00 Art . 12. On motion of Theodore H . Custance it was unanimously Voted that the sum of $400 be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of clearing the brooks of the Town of obstructions. Art. 13, and 14 . It was voted to take up these two articles together. un motion of Joseph R. Cotton, it was unanimously Voted that that part of the vote passed at the Town Meeting March 16, 1925 under Article 33 which is as follows : "Until other- wise ordered as hereinafter provided the fund shall be turned over to the Trustees of Public Trusts to be invested and held by them, together with the accumulations of income thereon, subject to the future vote or votes of the `Town", be rescinded, o that the vote under said Article 33 will read as follows : "Voted: That the sum of $3,617.89 be appropriated (the same being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924 ) for the purpose or purposes of acquiring land, the construction of buildings or other structures, including cost of original equipment, to serve as and to he a permanent Memorial to all Veterans of all Wars who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the Colors and hold or are entitled to an Honorable Discharge from the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps : The fund so held shall be designated as Veterans Memorial Fund. S0 )0 Further Voted: That the present Commander of George G. Meade Post , Grand Army of the Republic, the present Jommander of Stanley Hill Post , the American Legion, and a Veteran of the Spanish War with two other citizens , the last three to be appointed by the Moderator, be named as a committee of five to investigate and report on the question of establishing a permanent Memorial, the said Committee to be permanent, any vacancies to be filledby the then Moderator by the selection of a member of the organi.7ation or group in which the vacancy may occur, and in case no member of the Grand Army Post is able to serve , its representative shall he selected from the Sons of Veterans. " Art. 34. Voted that the Trustees of Public Trusts be authorized and directed to pay and return the Veterans Memorial Fund to the Town Treasurer together with all accumulations of interest or in- come received by them thereon. Art. 1. Under this article the Com_rittee appointed to investigate the advisability of establishing a Wire Inspection department reported as follows. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A ;'SIRE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT FOR THE TOWN OF LEXI�;GTON. A ter due consideration of this subject, the Committee recom- men7rt Arsuch a department be established, and cites as reasons the following: The town of Lexington requires inspection of bui.ld'ings and plumbing, whereas the almost equally important work of electric wiring may be performed without specific authority or subsequent inspection. As a very considerable fire hazard is present when electri - cal wiring or associated electrical apparatus are wrongly installed, we believe that the property owner is entitled to the addedpro- tection of his property, which an authorized wire inspection will give. With the rapidly increasing use of electrical devices in the home, many of which require considerably more electrical power than that ordinarily consumed by lighting circuits, the possibility of fire hazard is like wise increased. Not only will the property owner benefit by this proposed wire inspection system, but the architect, builder, and general contractor will be assured of proper and satisfactory work on the part of the electtical contractor. The proposed establishment of a wire inspection department has received the hearty endorsement of the Edison Electic Illuminating Company, Charles H. Tenney & Company, and C. D. Parker & Company, operators and managers of electric power systems. Our own Fire Department thru its Chief, Mr.Taylor, is strongly in favor of an adequate wire inspection department. The New England Insurance Exchange advises that the establish- ment of such an inspection system would have a direct bearing upon the insurance classification schedule of the town, and the Exchange most naturally favors the installation of such a department . Lexington is one of the very few towns and cities in the vicinity of Boston that does not maintain its own wire inspection department. The neighborting towns of V'linchester, Belmont , Water- town, Arlington and Concord all provide this service at a cost varying between $100.00 to $3000.00 per annum paid the Inspector. The wide variance in the amounts Offered as salaries depends on whether the Inspector devotes his entire time to the position, or 1 s combines it with other activities. Respectfully submitted, John A. Proctor, Chairman, Howard E. Custance, Galt F. Parsons May 12, 1926 III the Committteewas voted to accept the above report and to discharge . Art. 15. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was m.nanimously, Voted that the sum of 4375 be appropriated and assessed for a Wire Inspection Department. Art. 16. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the Zoning By-law be amended in the following particular: namely that a business district be established at the loca'llity of the junction of Lowell and North Streets, specifically as follows ; - On both sides of Lowell Street a distance of 300 feet northerly and southerly from the point of intersection of center lines of Lowell Street and North Street northwesterly, and on both sides of 'North Street a distance of 250 feet from the point of intersection of the center lines of Lowell and North. Streetsnorth- westerly, and on both sides of North Street northeasterly a distance of 200 feet from the intersection of the center lines of Lowell and' North Streets northeasterly, subject to provisions of section 18 of the Zoning by=law. IIIMr. Edwin B. Worthen of the Planning ' oard informed the meeting that this proposed amendment had the unanimous approval of the Planning Board. The Planning Board also recommended that Lowell Street be widened to 60 feet and North Street to 50 feet. Mr. Worthen read a letter from Mr. Robert L. Ryder, owner of property abutting on the street, in which he stated that he would give the land for the street widenings. Art. 17. 4* O motion of Theodo e A. Uustance i was unanimo y, Voted at the Sel.ectme , be authorized to _ stall a dra nage system across p ivate lands fro Highland Avenue ti. Vine Brook, at an expense of t 0, and for the rpose of raising the money so appropriated and sensed, the Town ' reasurer be an. ereby is authorized to sell , under the direct .on and with the a.proval of the Selectmen, bond or notes of the tarn bearing inte est at a rate not to exceed 41 per annum, issue. and payable i accordant with law. Art. 18.4 On motion of Th..dore A. Oustance t was unanim sly, Vote. that the Sele nen be authorized to nstall a d i.nage system In land Avenue f .m Winthrop road to loomfield S Deet, at an expens;> of $7000, and f. the purpose of ra sing the mo so appropriate,► and assessed the 'Down Treasurer be and hereby i authorized to sell, under the di ection and with th approval o the Selectmen, bonds .,r notes of the •wn bearing inter st at a rate of to exceed 41% per -nnum, issued and .ayable in actor ante with la . Art. 19. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the Selectmen be authorized= t o install 6 inch water mains in Downing Road and Wachusett Drive, subject to the usual guarantee, at an expense of S7500, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5%, issued and payable as provided by law, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of the work may be used for other water construction. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, *Art. 17. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install a drainage system across private lands from• Highland Avenue to Vine Brook, at an expense of $6000, and that the money for this purpose be appropriated and assessed. *Art. 18. On motion of Theodore A. . Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install a drainage system in Highland Avenue from Jinthrop "toad to Bloomfield Street, at an expense of $7000, and that the money for this purpose be appropriated and assessed. The meeting dissolved at 9:55 P. M. A true record, Attest ; if , 271d47,-/ L-e Town Clerk. 83 WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Commonwealth of i.Massachusetts. Middlesex. ss . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Emerson Hall, Stone Building, East Lexington, ( Precinct One ) and Town Hall, Lexington Centre, ( Precinct Two ) Tuesday, the Fourteenth day of September, 1926 ,. at four o ' clock P. M. , for the following purposes : To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices : Governor for this Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor T1 If Secretary of the Commonwealth " ItTreasurer and Receiver General. " " 'r Auditor of the Commonwealth Attorney General Senator in Congress ( to fill vacancy) " Representative in. Congress " 5th Congressional District tt Representative in Congress ( to fill vacancy)for 8th Congressional Distri' Councillor for 6th Councillor District Senator " 7th Senatorial District Two Representatives in General. Court " 28th Representative District County Commissioner " Middlesex County Associate commissioners " Middlesex County District Attorney " Northern District Sheriff " Middlesex county Register. of Probate and Insolvency " Middles x County ( to fill vacancy) County Commissioner( to fill vacancy ) " Middlesex county And for the Election of the following officers : District Member of State Committee for each political party for the 7th Senatorial District. Members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of the Democratic Town Committee. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from four o ' clock P. M. to nine P. M. end you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Delegates to State Convention for the Republican Party. Delegates to State Convention for the Democratic Party. 84 Hereof , fail not, and make return of this '"Tarrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this seventeenth day of August , A. D. , 1926. Theodore A . Custance ) Selectmen James G. Robertson Charles H. Miles ) of , lbert H. Burnham, William H. Ballard ) Lexington Lexington, Mass. , Sept . 2, 1926 To the Town Clerk; - I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall, and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town twelve days before the time of said meeting. Attest ; James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 85 PRIMRY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 14, 1926. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the town Precincts as follows : ?rec. One. "` rden. Herbert Flint Deputy warden Roland E. Garmon C 1.orlr William O'Neil Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Mrs . Edward Davin Deputy Inspector Mrs . Byron U. Russell Mrs. Elizabeth C. '°lilkinson Teller Martin Grady rr Charles Hadley Joseph J. Krantz Car]. Drew Constable Charles E. Wheeler Prec. Two. warden Jay 0. Richards Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Inspector Ralph H. Marshall Jbhn J. Garrity Deputy Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan rr ,t Clerk Marion W. Jackson Patrick F. Dacey Deputy Clerk David F. Murphy Teller Fred E. Butters 11 James M. Ahern Samuel B. Bigelow James L. McKenzie n Manuel Ferry Norman S. Hooper Frederick Tullar James McGann rr "gallate Ferguson rr Patrick McDonald r Wesley T. Wadman Charles Vaughan Constable Charles E. Moloy The polls were declared open in each Precinct at four P. M. and remained open in each Precinct until nine o' clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful perfo,.•u,ance of their duties. The ballots well ' counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers , to*ether with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows ; 86 A Precinct I . Ballots Uast : Republican 298, Democratic 19. Precinct II Ballots Cast : Republican 705, Democratic ].8. REPUBLICAN Governor. Prec. T Prec. II Totnl. Alvan T. Fuller 251 648 899 Blanks 47 57 11)4 Lieutenant Governor. Frank U. Allen 237 638 875 Blanks 61 67 128 Secretary Frederic "!. Cook 223 615 838 Blanks 75 90 165 Treasurer William. S. Youngman 223 602 825 Blanks 75 103 178 III Auditor. Alonzo B. Cook 208 541 749 Blanks 90 164 254 Attorney General Elijah Adlow 24 72 96 Alexander Lincoln 27 150 177 Arthur K. Reading 211 415 626 Blanks 36 68 104 Senator in Congress "il.liam Q. Butler 217 593 810 Blanks 81 1.12 193 • Congressman ( 5th Dist ) I John Hordrnan 39 158 197 Edith Nourse Rogers 224 509 733 Blanks 35 38 73 Congressman ( to fill vacancy) 8th Dist. Frederick 'V. Dallinger 215 584 799 Blanks 83 121 204 87 Prec. I Free II Total . Councillor (6th Dist ) Harvey L. ?outwell 76 270 346 Joseph F. Dyer 29 46 75 Charles A. Kimball 92 208 300 Planks 101 181 282 IISenator (7th vid.dlesex Dist ) Joseph H. Cotton 150 538 688 Alice r'. D. Pearson 131 143 274 Blanks 17 24 41 Representatives in General. Court ( 28th Di -t ) Elliott R. Barker 1..24 266 390 George E. Brig 's 199 614 813 Edward N. Lacey 73 171 244 Blanks 200 359 559 County Commissioner Ersen B. Barlow 203 544 747 Blanks 95 161 256 Associate Commissioners Sidney i . Bishop 43 82 125 Sherman H. F1^tcher 116 379 495 Daniel D. Gorman 31 47 78 Harry L. T_-3:ase] tine 28 60 88 John M. Keyes 152 466 61.8. Blanks 226 476 702 District Attorney Robert T. Huthriell 219 569 788 Blanks 79 136 215 Sheriff John H. Fairbairn 211 575 786 Blanks 87 130 217 County Commissioner Nathaniel I Bowditch 128 443 571 Daniel F. McBride 39 36 75 Harry F. Peck 30 61 91 Blanks 101 165 266 88 Prec. 1 Prec. II Total Register of Probate and Insolvency :vC William G. Andrew 61 127 188 Loring P. Jordan 84 270 354 Russell A. wood 66 133 199 Blanks 87 175 262 State Committee Mary F. Daniel 177 472 649 II Blanks 121 233 354 Delegates to State Convention Clara M. Barbour 191 584 775 George F. Briggs 207 608 815 Albert B. Tenney 194 586 780 Sydney R. !"Irightington 191 587 778 Joseph R. Cotton 204 594 798 Albert H. Burnham 193 585 778 Jennie A. Tartridge 193 587 780 Blanks 713 804 1517 Town Committee. William H. Ballard 192 582 774 Clara M. Barbour 191 573 764 Albert H. Burnham 192 567 759 Mabel P. Cook 189 567 756 Joseph R. Cotton 197 582 779 Franklin S. Hunt 187 559 746 Velma 0 . Collins 186 552 738 Converse Hill 191 577 768 Charles L. Hadley 191 569 760 i'irthur "r. Hughes 190 556 746 James G. Robertson 195 559 754 I- eatrice H. Lamont 158 562 720 James W. Smith 187 563 750 Jennie M. Partridge 189 572 761 Albert B. Tenney 189 579 768 Edward W. Taylor 191 570 761 George A. Warner 188 562 750 Robert Whitney 185 563 748 Sydney R. Wri ght ingt on 189 582 771 Clarence S. Walker ►►77 Blanks 211 2717 48g • 89 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR William A. Gaston Pre I Prec II Total 10 14 24 Blanks 9 4 13 Lieutenant Governor Harry J. Dooley 6 6 12 Joseph B. Ely 7 7 14 Blanks 6 5 11 Secretary Frank W. Cavanaugh 12 12 24 Blanks 7 6 13 Treasurer Daniel England 10 12 22 Blanks 9 6 15 Auditor Strabo V. Claggett 8 12 20 Blanks 11 6 17 Attorney General John E. Swift 11 9 20 Harold Williams Jr. 1 3 4 Blanks 7 6 13 Senator in Congress David I Walsh 13 18 31 Blanks 6 0 6 Congressman James M. Hurley 13 14 27 Blanks 6 4 10 Congressman John P. Brennan 13 11 24 Whitfield L. Tuck 0 3 3 Blanks 6 4 10 III Councillor 0 0 0 Senator George F. A. McDougall 13 9 22 J. Cotton 0 1 1 Blanks 6 8 14 K' 90 , Prec I Prec II Total Representatives George Briggs 0 1 1 Augustine D. Doyle 1 0 1 Blanks 18 17 35 County Commissioner 0 0 0 Associate Commissioners George Gibson 0 1 1 Blanks 0 17 17 District Attorney Patrick J. Delaney 12 12 24 Blanks 7 6 13 Sheriff John Garrity 0 1 1 Blanks 0 17 17 County Commissioner Daniel Y. McBride 12 , 9 21 Blanks 7 9 16 Register of 'robate and Insolvency John J. Butler 11 10 21 Blanks 8 8 16 State Committee Delegates to State Convention. Town Committee. Ed Mara 0 1 1. D. Murphy 0 1 1 John Garrity 9 1 1 Geo. Gibson0 • 1 1 T. Fardy 0 1 1 B. J. Harrington 0 1 1 B. Callahan 0 1 1 Blanks 0 173 173 A true record, Attest ; Town Clerk. 9l TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting; In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to 111 notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, STONE BUILDING, EAST LEXINGTON, (Precinct I) and in TOWN HALL, .LEXINGTON CENTRE, (Precinct II) , on TUESDAY, the Second Day of November, 1926, at Six O'Clock A. 1;. , to cast their ballots for the following officers: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer and Re- ceiver-general. AAdito ,; �ttornexx en' - Senatorin Congress (to fil SWWW pian l MF iia-Hrir p i;.tives in General Court , County Commissioner; Associate Commissioners; District Attorney; Sheriff; Register of Probate and Insolvency (to fill vacancy) ; County Commissioner (to fill vacancy) . And to bring in their votes on the following questions; REFERENDUM Question 1. Shall an amendment to the constitution which authorizes the General Court to establish in any corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a form of town government pro- viding for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29, 1924, 189 votes in the affirmative and 40 in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18, 1925, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 in the negative, he approved? Question 2. Shall a law which amends existing law by striking out the provisions that veterans who pass Civil Service examinations shall be placed upon the eligible lists above all other applicants, that disabled veterans shall be placed ahead of all other veterans, and that disabled veterans shall be appointed and employed in pref. erence to all other persons; and by providing in place thereof, that five points shall be added to the mark of veterans who pass such examinations, and ten points to the mark of disabled veterans, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 34 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 11 in the affirmative and 181 in the negative, be approved? The polls will be open from six o 'clock A. M. to eight o ' clock P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands, this nineteenth day of October, A. D. 1926. Theodore A. Custance Albert H. Burnham Board Charles H. Miles of William H. Ballard Selectmen. James G. Robertson 0.4 Lexington, Mass. , October 25, 1926 To the Town Clerk: - I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall, and In six oth-er public places in the town, and by mailing d printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the ton eight days before the time of said meeting. ittest ; James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. STATE ELECTION — N o v a'i g R a, , q 6, The following el.ention officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty it the two Precincts Ps follovs : Precinct I. !ar. den Herbert A. Flint Deputy Warden Mrs . Harriet '"'atkins Clerk Mrs. Byron C. Russell Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector John S. Fanning Deputy Inseector Mrs . Evelyn C. Brol.lghal.l +I ft Teller Mrs. Elizabeth ''!ilkinson „ Martin Grady Charles E. Hadley Joseph J. Krantz Carl I. Drew Constable Charles E. T'Ih neler Precinct II "!a.rden Jay 0 . Richards Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Clerk 'atrick F. Dacey Deputy Clerk David F. Murphy Inspector John J. Garrity n Ralph H. Marshall Deputy Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan rr Te_ll.er T arion W Jackson n Samuel Thompson rr "illicm A. Wilkins ++ Wallace E. Miller Samuel B. Bigelow r+ Fred Tullar. James M. Ahern James L. McKenzie If Jesse Ferry ►r Lawrence D. McIntosh rr Charles Vaughan n Irving B. Pierce Harry G. Frost Constable Charles E. Moloy The polls were declared open in each. Precinct at six o ' clock A. M. , and remained open until six P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithfulperfor- mance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the To :n Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in ,nvelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots , delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total registration of voters was 3019. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows ; Precinct I. Ballots cast 559 Precinct II Ballots cast 1866 Total vote cast, 2425 O GOVERNOR Prec. I Prec II Total. Alvan T. Fuller 393 1359 1752 William A . Gaston 147 488 635 waiter S. Hutchins 1 4 5 Samuel Leger 2 1 3 Lewis Marks 0 0 0 Blanks 16 14 30 LIEUTENLNT GOVERNOR Frank G. Allen 392 1374 1766 Daniel T. Blessington 6 1 7 Albert Oddie 1 3 4 Dennis F. Reagan 19 6 25 Edmond. P. Tia. bot 109 423 532 Blanks 32 59 91 SE CRET: RY Harry J. Canter 10 17 27 Frank 17. Cavanaugh 123 425 548 Frederic '. Cook 369 1286 1655 Stephen S. Surridge 3 2 5 Edith M. 'illiams 2 16 18 Blanks 52 120 172 TREASURER Albert Sprague Coolidge 7 16 23 'infield A. Dwyer 9 9 18 Daniel England 107 404 511 Henry Hess 5 3 8 William S. Youngman 357 1304 1661 Blanks 74 130 204 AUDITOR Leon Arkin 3 7 10 Strabo V. Claggett 138 703 841 Alonzo B. Cook 334 994 1328 Emma P. Hutchins 10 8 18 John R. MacKinnon 1 2 3 Blanks 73 152 235 ATTORNEY GENERAL Isadore Harris 5 3 8 !`lax Lerner 3 3 6 Arthur K. Reading 384 1339 1723 John weaver Sherman 2 11 13 John E. Swift 107 393 500 Blanks 58 117 175 95 Prec. I Prec II Total. SENATOR I CONGRESS John J. Ballam 2 ] 'I 11 iam M. Butler 306 1199 1505 Washington Cook 3 7 10 �l.fred Baker Lewis 0 2 2 David I . Walsh 236 632 868 Blanks 12 25 37 CONGRESSAN ( 5th Dist ) James M Hurley 122 382 504 Edith Nourse Dopers 374 1312 1686 Blanks 63 172 235 CONGRESSMAN (Eighth Dist -Vacancy) John P. Brennan 115 400 515 Frederick Dallinger 376 1293 1669 Blanks 68 173 241 COUNCILLOR Harvey L. Boutwell 363 1292 ] 655 Blanks 196 574 770 SENATOR Joseph L . Cotton 393 1442 1.835 George F. A. McDougall 104 279 383 Blanks 62 145 207 REPRISENTATIVES Elliott R. Barker 284 1005 1289 George E. Briggs 358 1417 1775 Augustine D. Doyle 112 314 426 Blanks 364 996 1360 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Erson B. Barlow 386 1340 1726 Blanks 173 526 699 ASSOCIATE CO=SIO1VLRS Sherman 11. Fletcher 331 1189 1520 John M. Keyes 360 1281 1641 Blanks 427 1.262 1689 96 Prec I Prec II Total DISTRICT ATTORNEY Robert T. Bushnell 335 1329 1714 Pa tr. ck J. Delaney 112 376 488 Blanks 62 161 223 SHERIFF John R. Fairbairn 412 1394 1806 Blanks 147 472 619 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Nathaniel I. Bowditch 364 1289 1653 Daniel F. McBride 106 354 460 Blanks 89 223 312 REGISTER CF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY John J. Butl r 112 368 480 Loring P. Jordan 351 1270 1621 Blanks 96 228 324 ,UESTION NO. 1. Shall an amendment to the constitution which authorizes the General Court to establish in ,ny corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a form of town government pro- viding for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29, 1024, 189 votes in the affirmative and 40 in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18, 1925, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 in the negative, be approved? Prec . I Prec II Total Yes 257 946 1203 No 100 385 485 Blanks 202 535 737 QUESTION NO. 2. 111 Shall a law which amends existing law by striking out the provisions that veterans who pass Civil Service examinations shall be placed upon the elegible lists above all other appli- cants, that disabled veterans shall be placed ahead of all other veterans, and that disabled veterans shall be appointed and employed in preference to all other persons : and by providing in place thereof, that five points shall be added to the mark of veterans who pass such examinati• ns, and ten points to the mark of disabled veterans, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and .'4 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 11 in the affirmative and 181 in the negative, be approved? Prec. I. Prec II Total Yes '15 724 939 No 123 740 933 Blanks 151 402 553 A true record , Attest ; i To-n C1^r?•-. REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION November ] 2, 1926 Pursuant to the law the Town Clerk of Arlington and Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington met at Arlington this day at twelve o ' clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the second day of November for a Representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the t v;enty-eighth r;?iddlesex District. The canvass showed the following result of the votes cast in Arlinfton and Lexington. In Arlington Elliott R. Barker had Four thousand eight hundred ten (48.10) votes . In Lexington Elliott R. Barker had One thousand two hundred eighty nine ( 1289 ) votes. In Arington George E. Briggs had Three thousand nine hundred eighty-five (3985 ) votes. In Lexington George E. Briggs had One thousand seven hundred seventy five (1775 ) votes. The returns showed that Elliott R. Barker and George E. Briggs had a majority of the votes cast in both towns, and a certificate was accordi.ng]y filled out and signed by the clerks of both towns, to be delivered to Elliott R. Barker of 26 Lombard Road, Arlington, and George E. Briggs of. Outlook Drive, Lexington. E. Caroline Pierce, Town Clerk of Arlington Iielen C . Gallagher Asst . Town Clerk of Lexington. 2400 PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D .- 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars (4$100 ) from Frank E. Clarke, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225 of the acts of 1870 upon Lot No. 381 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot , monuments , walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane , Nov. 13, 1926. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A . D . 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars (y$100) from Leroy Ford, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot No. 58 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, • Nov. 13, 1926. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitatts of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A . D . 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100 ) from Mrs . Lydia B. Jolidon, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the acts of 1870 upon Lot No. 448 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, Nov. 13, 1926. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100 ) from ?Iiss Ruth Cameron, the interest of which is to be expended in accord- ance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225, of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot No. 122 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot , monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, Nov. 13, 1926. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100 ) from Edward Winship, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot No. 201 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks , and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, Nov. 13, 1926. Town Treasurer. 99 See Page 106 for ".Tarrant. T� T O T N MEETING DECEMBER 6, 1926 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8: 05 P. M. Art . 2. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was Voted: That the following amounts be transferred from the General Avenue and Surplus Account to the credit of the following accounts for the year 1926 : Law $625.00 Assessors 15.00 Insurance 1125. 00 Forest Fires 50. 00 Interest 1800.00 Town Accountant 35. 00 "Highway Construction 1067. 00 Highway Maintenance 2700. 00 Other ''inance Offices Accounts , 90.00 0507.00 Under this t..rticie on motion of Frederick L. Emery, it was unanimously, Voted: That the f_ ollo- ing amount be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account to the credit of Vine Brook Drainage Account , the same to be used for preliminary study and engineering plans . :"2700.00 Art . 1. On motion of Joseph R. Cotton it was Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and recommend to the town what action, if any, shall be taken with respect to securing authority for repre- sentative town meetin s. Co :iittee e.p„ointe�.. 'eorge E. Brigg^, Joseph R. Cotton, Robert Ryder, John E., . :u_�_lir_en, nd Geroge P. Smith. Art. 1. Mr. 'William I. Brown read the following 'eport of the Committee on Traffic Signals : Lexington, Mass. September '27, 1926 To the Torn of Lexi_ ,tgton, Massachusetts . The Committee appointed by the moderator to"Invest" ,-,ate and report the advisability of purchasing the Traffic Signs or Beacons now placed in the T'o•an on trial or the advisability of instal-ling other traffic signals" respectfully submit the follow- ing report : Investigation shows that the type of Beacons being tried out in Lexington have in other cities and towns operated satis- factorily over a period of years and that they are a factor of safety in preventing accidents and reducing casualties. • Therefore, we recommend that the Town of Lexington pur6ha.se the Beacons now held on trial. Respectfully submitted, William I. Brown Rockwell C. Tenney Lester L. Smith. Committee. The report was accepted. 100 Art. 1. William Roger Greeley read the following report for. the Committee on the Revision of. Building Laws - November 24, 1926 The Committee for Revising the ljuilding Laws has met and recommends the follo ring changes. Page 28, Section 2, Foundations. Add at end : - Every nd : -Every building hereafter erected or altered for use as a dwelling shall have a cellar at least 6 ' 10"in the clear, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, -ri.th direct egress to the outdoors and a stairway to the first floor. The inspector may however waive the requirements for a cellar, providing a heating and sanitary system is provided and proper provision made for dry sills and floors, all to ',is satisfaction. Page 36. Add at end of Section 16: - Dwellings. Section 17. Every room hereafter erected or altered to be used for habit ti shalc.l , ave t least one window designed to open one-half/ Rdu Itiu "to `f;afi rea of not less than 7 square feet. Stores. Section 18. -Every building hereafter erected or altered for commercial use shall be divided into sections of not more than two stores each by fire walls of masonry at least 8" thick continuous from the basement floor up to the under side of the roof. Page 39. Section 3. , dd at end of first sentence : - Except that sills in dwelling houses under 500 sq. ft. in ground area andunder two stories high shall be not less than 24 sq. in. in area. Page 58. Article XV. Water Closets. Fourth line after word "require" add; - But unless special permission is given by the inspector to omit same there shall be in every building hereafter erected or altered for use as a dwelling at least one lavatory and water closet in a separate toilet or bath room. ( Insert ) Respectfully submitted, H. L. "Tadsworth 'W. H. Greeley W. G. Black C. M. Collins J. F. Tibbetts. f/Insert. Add to iieticle VII, Section 2. Supports for girders in basement of any building shall be approved iron coltmnp,brick, stone or concrete piers. ('."ond post shall not be allowed. ) It was voted to accept the above report. 101 Art. 1. J. Henry Duffy read the following report for the Committee on the sale of the Almshouse Property: Lexington, Mass. , Nov. 13 , 1926 To the Citizens of Lexington: At the annual town meeting held in March 1926 the following Article was presented in the Thr. rant: Article 30: - "To 0: -"To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell a portion of the Almshouse Property and contents, or act in any manner relating thereto. " Under this Article the following vote was passed: "Voted, that this Article be referred to a Committee of seven, including the Chairman of the Selectmen, of the School Committee, of the Planning Board , and of the Appropriation Committee, and three others to be appointed by the Moderator, this Committee to report not later than the next Annual Meeting. " In pursuance of this vote the following Committee was appointed; Theodore A. Custance Chairman of Selectmen Frederick L. Emery Chairman of the Planning Board Francis S. Chamberlain Chairman of Appropriation Committee Howard S. 0 . Nichols Chairman of School Committee Edward H. Mara Arthur N . Maddison J. Henry Duffy The Committee has carefully considered the matter in hand and. presents the following report : The iilmshouse property is located in the Concord Hill section so-called, at the junction of Hill and Cedar Streets and comprises • about 22 acres of land with the buildings thereon. The buildings consist of a frame house and barn together withvarious sheds and out buildings, all in need of considerable repair. The house formerly used principally as an Almshouse is now temporarily occupied by a family requiring the Town' s assistance. The number of inmates at the house had decreased to such an extent in 1925 that the Selectmen found it unwise and uneconomical to maintain the house strictly for almshouse purposes with the necessary matron, equipment, etc. , and since that time persons have been very satisfactorily cared for by an arrangement with other municipalities. The barns, sheds, etc. , are utilized for stabling 3 horses, and storing wagons and other equipment for the highway depar tment. we understand that about one third of the hay required for the horses is raised upon the place. In this connection we are informed that until such time as the town can secure a suitable site for establishing a much needed central location to accommodate the various divisions of the Public Works Department, these buildings or equivalent room else- where are needed to house such equipment as is now located there. Such, then, is the general use to which the property is now being put by the town. Situated about a mile from the hancock 5ch.00l and central play- ground, and about a mile and a quarter from the Parker School at North Lexington, the property embraces a fairly uniform tract, well cleared, with a frontage of about 1400 feet on Cedar Street and about 900 feet on Hill Street, with good high building land abutting these streets and sloping gently to an area of level meadow land with a brook running through the same. This low rrea comprises perhaps one fourth of the entire tract. The property presents an unusual natural amphitheater commanding a delightful view of the hills and mountains of '"Western Massachusetts, and because of its size and general character offers unique future opportunities for municipal use such as school, playground and other. purposes. The general area of high ground is well adapted for school or other general building locations, while the low! ground in the centrq,1 102 DO portion suggests a very practical means to provide, at small expense, a proper location for football, baseball and other sports . This area could also, with comparatively small expense, be flooded for skating, etc. , in winter. The Committee feels that the question of providing open areas for playground is becoming increasingly important and. particularly so in view of the large use of automobiles . Children naturally gravitate to some extent to the street for play, and parents view with considerable apprehension the possibility of accidents where such a situation obtains . The danger of automobile tra.ffi.c upon the activities of children is becoming a vital factor in determining the location for school and playground areas. The property under consideration is, in our judgment, ideally sit- uated in this respect, being off the main arteries of travel. The land in the general vicinity of the Almshouse is largely high ground, and while relatively undeveloped to any considerable extent at present offers splendid opportunities for future resi- dential development. The School Committee informs us that the school population In this district does not warrant the construction of a school in this vicinity at this time, but with the natural growth of the town there is every indication that a school may be necessary to accommodate this general area, and that this particular location might in the future be very readily adapted for such use. The Committee has carefully considered the income which might accrue by selling the property and the ultimate revenue which also might be derived from taxes if and when the plot shall have been developed with residences, etc. The character and repair of the buildings is subh that the chief value of the property lies undoubtedly i.n the lend . . ssessed valuations of undeveloped tracts in this general vicinity run upwards to $7,00.00 per acre. 111 Up to the present, so far as this Committee has learned, no offers have been made to the town for the premises which would appear to indicate that there is no general demand at this time for developing a tract of this size . In conclusion your Committee recommends that the property be held by the Town for the present, for the following; reacona : 1st . - The tract possesses unusual merit for future town uses particularly that of school and playground. 2nd. - Its present use represents a net saving to the town and will continue so until accommodations are found el se b re, particularly for the Highway Department. 3rd. - The increment of value in the property will appreciate as other contiguous properties develop and influence its value. Because of this aspect, and in view of a lack of demand, a sale at this time does not, in the opinion of the Committee, appear justified. Respectfully submitted, J. Henry Duffy, Chairman Frederick L. Emery, Francis Chamberlain Theodore A. Custance Edward H. Mara Arthur N. Maddison Howard S. 0. Nichols It was voted to accept the above report. 1 103 Art. 3, On motion of Theodore A. custance it was unanimously Voted that the Town accept the gift of premises at 516 Massachusetts Avenue conveyed to the Town by Frederick H. Rindge under date of April 29, 1885. Art. 4. Under this article .Edwin B. ,4orthen offered the following motion: V t g that the Sel ectmen be aad re hereb alz ori"' for oehis°os Bio a =i°enpi i 'es'A 51'6r1 s` sach4isiv6nt , LMc9hton, same being the property which was deeded to the Town by Frederick H. Riridge, under date of April 29, 1885. Frederick L. Emery moved an amendment to this motion as follows: "and that In any event such authorization be conditioned upon the fixing of the same restrictions thereon as are now in force upon the other lots bordering the common, so far as applicable" . A second. amendment was offered by Mr. Nichols as follows : "and the proceeds of such sale shall be kept in tact subject to the vote of the citizens in Town Meeting. " Town Counsel, Sydney A. Wrightington, asked the advice of the Moderator as to whether the votes and amendments offered under this article would be legal . The Moderator ruled that the scope of the article was not broad enough to cover disposal of the property and ruled the votes illegal. Art. 5. Under this article on motion of Frederick L. Emery, it was unanimously, Voted: That the majority of the Selectmen he and they are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town to execute a release and waiver o.f damages resulting from the establishment of a building li..e on the northeasterly side of Mass- achusetts -venue from the northwesterly line of the town lot to Woburn Street and thence along the northeasterly side of Woburn Street to 1'letcher Avenue which instrument is presented to tris meeting and that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and directed to countersign the same and affix the seal of the Town thereto. art. 6. Under this article on motion of Frederick L. Emery, it was unanimously, Voted: That the Town establish Building Lines on Mass- achusetts Avenue from the northwesterly line of the Town hall lot to Woburn Street and thence along the northeasterly side of said Woburn Street to Fletcher Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen November 23, 1926, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' s. Office, entitled, "Plan showing Proposed Building Line on Massachusetts avenue, Lexington, from Woburn Street to Meriam Street, September 3, 1926. Scale 1 inch 40 feet, Clarence n. French, Town Engineer. " See Page 129 for building line order. ,irt . 7. On motion of Iloward . 0 . Nichols , 'i t was unanimously, Voted: That the School Committee be authorized to construct smoke screens to protect the present stirways of the hancock School Building, substantially in accord with/ W. ns presented, and that for the purpose of this construction, the sum of r22OO.00 be appro- priated and transferred from the Uenoral Revenue and 6urplus account. art . 8. On motion of Theodore A. Oustance, it was unanimously, 104 CD Voted: That the sum of 360. be transferred. from General Revenue and Surplus Account to pay the damages allowed by the • County Commissioners in the decree for the widening of North Hancock Street dated October 9, 1923, • Art. 9. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted.: That the Selectmen be instructed to furnish snow plow service in the following unaccepted streets : Balfour Street: Harbell Street : manning Street: Laconia Stre=,t : Bertwell Road: Dexter Road: Harding Road: Simonds Road : Dee Road: Gleason Road and Fuller Road. Art . 10. On motion of. Theodore h. Custance it was unanimously, Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to furnish snow plow service in unaccepted streets wherever they deem necessary. Art. 11 . On motion of Theodore A. Custance It was Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights In the following unaccepted streets : Harding Road Outlook Drive Harbell Street Dee Road Downing Road '"'ebb Street Simonds Road . Prospect Hill Rood Kendall Road Gleason Road '';achusett Drive Farmcrest Avenue Bertwell Road Fair Oaks Drive Hill Top Avenue Dexter Road Balfour Street "Vallis Court Greenwood Street Manning Street. Art. 12. Under this article William R. S. Eaton offered the 111 following motion: • Selectmen install That the Board of be instructed to install thirty five 1000 candle power street lights on Massachusetts Avenue between '`Toburn and Meriam Streets to replace the present street lights of 125 candle power. After discussion of this article a rising vote was taken, 42 voting in the affirmative and 56 in the negative. The motion was lost. • Art. 13. Under this article Frederick L. Emery offered the following motion: That the Town amend the Zoning By-Law and. Toning Map adopted March 17 , 1924, by creating a new business district comprising the following lot of land: situated at the Easterly corner. of the ju.ncti_,-)n • of Massachusetts 1lvenue and Marrett Street, said lot is owned by • Catherine F. Herbert and is bounded as follows : Beginning at a County bound on said Massachusetts Avenue and running Southerly on a curve to a County Bound on said Marrett Street about fifty ( 50 ) feet thence along said Marrett Street south- easterly one hundred ( 100 ) feet thence turning and running North- easterly one hundred ( 100 ) feet to a point thence turning and run- ning Northwesterly about seventy (70) feet to said Massachusetts • _venue thence turning and running about seventy-five (75 ) feet along said Massachusetts Avenue to point begun at , be said measurements more or less, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. Emery stated that the Planning Board were not in favor of creating this business district. A rising vote was taken 7 voting in the affirmative and 64 in the negative. The motion was declared lost. 105 itrt. 14. On motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was , Voted, That the Town reimburse William H. Andrews the sum of ;4257. 51 and Tilli.am P. Morang the sum of $300 for water pipe laid. in Hi.gr.]and ' venue in 1919 and 1921 and that said sums be paid from the 'later Construction account. The meeting dissolved at 9 : 52 P. M. A true record , Attest ; Town Cl r'.>. III • 106 ,.)10 Cad 67) T 0 WN W ARRANT 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 Town hall, In said Lexington, on MONDAY`, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1926, at Eight o ' clock P. M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art . 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art . 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer sums of money from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the following accounts : Law; Assessors ; Other r'inance officeAs and Accounts ; insurance ; Forest .E"ires ; Interest; Accountant ; Highway Construction; II irhway Maintenance ; and Vine Brook Drainage. Art. 3. To see if the Town will accept the gift of premises at 516 Massachusetts Ave'lue conveyed to the Town by deed of Frederick H. Rindge, dated April. 29, 1885, or take any actionr. elative thereto. 111 Art . 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to lease, or otherwise provide for the use of the premises at 516 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexingto i, conveyed to the Town by deed of Frederic H. Rindge dated April 29, 1885, or take any other action relating thereto. Art . 5. To see if the Town will authorize its proper officers to execute in its name and on its behalf the release and waiver of claims for damages with respect to the establishment of a building line on the northeasterly side of Massachusetts Avenue from the northwesterly lir,.e of the Town Hall lot to ''Joburn Street and thence along the north- easterly side of said Woburn Street to t''letcher Avenue. Art . 6. To see if the Town will establish building lines on Jasse.chu- setts -venue from the northwesterly line of the Town Hall lot to Woburn Street and thence along the northeasterly side of said 'Aoburn Street to Fletcher Avenue, or accept building lines on the said street established or laid out by the Board. of Selectmen as shown in a layout filed in the office of the Town Clerk or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the ochool Committee to enclose the present stairways of the Hancock School Building In accord- ance with the regulations of the State Department of Public Safety and nrovi.de money for the same either by the transfer of unexpended balances or by the issuing of notes or bonds, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $ 60.00 to pay the damages allowed by the County Commissioners in the decree for the widening of North Hancock Street dated October 9, 1923, and to provide for same by transfer from General Revenue and. Surplus �:ccount, or act in any manner relating ther ,to. Art . 9. To see if the Town willvote to instruct the Selectmen to furnish snow plow service in the following unaccepted streets : Balfour Street ; iarhell Street; t,'lanning Street ; Laconia Street ; Bertwell Road ; Dexter Road; Harding Road; Simonds load; Dee Road ; Gleason Road: Fuller Road. 107 Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to furnish snow plow service in unaccented streets wherever they deem necessary. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to install ttreet lights in the following unaccppted streets : Harding Road Outlook Drive Harbell Street Dee Road Downing ]Road. Webb Street Simonds Road Prospect Hill Road Kendall Road Gleason Road Wachusett Drive Farmcrest Avenue Bertwell Road Fair Oaks Drive Hill Top Avenue Dexter Load Balfour Street Wallis Court Greenwood Street Manning Street Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to install an improvedsystem of street lighting on Massachusetts Avenue between "Woburn and Meriam Streets consisting of thirty-fivcndle power lights, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 13. To see If the Town will amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map adopted 'larch 17, 1924, by creating a new business district com- prising the following lot of land : situated at the easterly corner of the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Street, said lot Is owned by Catherine F. Herbert and is bounded as follows; - Beginning at a County bound on said Massachusetts Avenue and run x Southerly on a curve to a County Bound on said Marrett Street aboA1 0 ) feet thence along said M.Iarrett Street southeasterly one hundred (100 ) feet thence turning and running Northeasterly one hundred ( 100 ) feet to a point thence turning and running Northwesterly about seventy (70) feet to said Massachusetts Avenue thence turning and running about seventy-five (75 ) feet along said Massachusetts Avenue to point begun at, be said measurements more or less, or act in any manner relating thereto. 'art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse William H. Andrews and William F. Morang the respective sums of $257.51 and $300 for water pipe laid in Hithland. venue in 1919 and 1921, and to provide funds for sa-Je by payment from Water Construction Account . Hereof, your doings ther. eon,nto�the dTowne Ulderk, 00nrorobefore ther rtime oft said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington this twenty-third day of November, A. D. 1926. THEODORE CUSTANCE ) SELECTMEN CHARLES H. MILES '-'WILLIAM H. 1 ALLARD ) OF ALBERT H. BURNHAM JAMES G. '':.OBFRTSON ) LrXINGTON. Lexington, Mass. November 29, 1926 To the Town Clerk: - I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing !Tarrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in 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. Attest; James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 108 TOWN WARRANT `0 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 Town Hall, in said Lexington on MONDAY, THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1927, At Eight o'clock P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To receive and act upon a communication addressed to the Selectmen under date of January, 1927, by the Isaacliarris Cary Educational Fund, printed copies of which will be mailed to voters together with copies of this warrant . Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed of the land and Memorial Building offered to the Town in said communication. Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Selectmen in the name and on behalf of the Town to execute and deliver to Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund an agreement binding the Town and its successors to care for, maintain and repair said Memorial Building as contemplated in the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and lit Susanna E. Cary, and use the same in the manner and for the pur- poses therein expressed. Art. 4. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to. consider the advisability of the erection of a town office building, or of repairs to, or sale or other disposition of the Town Hall building or property. Art. 5. To take any action relating to the matters referred to in the foregoing Articles or any of them. Hereof, fail not, and made due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting . Given unddr our hands, at Lexington, this twelfth day of January, A. D. 1927. Theodore A. Custance Selectmen Charles H. Miles Albert H. Burnham of William H. 'Ballard James G. Robertson Lexington. Lexington, Mass . 'January 19, 1927 . To the Town Clerk;- I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by porting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vesti- bule of the Town Hall and in seven other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town thirteen days before the time of said meeting. Attest; James J. Sullivan Con of L- . 4 ! 109 SPECIAL T O "1 N MEETING JANUARY 31, 1927. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 8 P.M. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant, but upon motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the further reading was disposed of. The Constables return was then read by the Town Clerk. according to the tally of the checkers at the door, 609 voters were present. Article 1. On motion of dIr. Theodore Custance the following vote was passedunder this article : Voted: That the communication addressed to the Selectmen under date of January, 1927, by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, be received and accepted by the Town. .articles 2 and 3. On motion of Lr. Theodore A. C-stance tirticles 2 and 3 were taken up together. Under these articles Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the follow- ing motion: Voted by the Inhabitants of the `iso :m of Lexington in Town Meeting assembled (1 ) That, subject to the provisions contained in paragraph (2 ) of this vote, they will accept a deed of the land and Memorial 'Building offered to the Town in the communication addressed to the Selectmen under date, of January, 1927, by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund , which has been submitted to and consideredat this meeting, the deed of gift lo be in substantial conformity with the draft hereto annexed; and (2 ) That the Selectmen are hereby authorized and directedin the name and on behalf of the Town presently to execute and deliver to Isaac Harris CaryEducational Fund an agreement binding the Tom and its successors to care for, maintain and repair such Memorial Building as contemplated in the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary, and. use the same in the manner and for the purposes therein expressed; pro- vided, ho fever, that the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund shall si- multaneouly deliver to the Selectmen for the Town an agreement whereby in case the Town shall fail to carry out its said agreement and the Fund shall in consequence take back the property, and there shall then be upon Lot w or Lot Y in the draft deed referred to a building or buildings erected by the Town, the Fund will sell the lot or lots on which any such buildings stand to the Town for what i.s then a fair price for the land, ;°rhichin case the parties cannot ' agree upon the price shall be fixed by a majority of three arbitrators, one to be chosen by she Fund, one by the Town andthe third by the two so chosen; and on the completion of the purchase and the conveyance of the lot or lots by the said Fund to the Town, it shall release to the Town all interestin the said buildings . Mr. Robert P. Clapp stated that the draft form of deed should be attached and made a part of the motion. Mr. Theodore A. Custance agreed to the inclusion. 110 C DRAFT FORM OF DEED CO KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT '"T-TEREAS Isaac Harris Cary Educational. Fund, a corporation created by and organized under Chapter 249 of the Acts of 1921, and holding in trust under the residuary clauses of the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and. Susanna E . Cary, which are hereafter more specifically referred to, the property and estate thereby derived and bequeathed, has, in exercise of the discretion vested in the Trustees under said Wills, including said corporation as the sole successor Trustee in virtue of said act of incorporation, selected as a suitable site for the Memorial Building for which the wills provide the land herein described and to be hereby conveyed, and has now erecied thereon said Memorial Building; and WHEREAS the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, prior to the completion of the building, voted to accept a gift of saidland and building in behalf of the Town for the purposes set forth in said wills, with the further agreement that the Town would maintain the same in the manner and for the purposes in said wills expressed, a certified copy of which vote and agreement is hereto annexed ; NOW, THEREFORE, said Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, by virtue and in execution of the powers to the Trustees in and by said wills, and of every other power and authority said Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund hereto enabling, and in consideration of the premises, - hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of • Massachusett9, the following described lot of land, containing about 126,706 square feet, with the Memorial Building thereon, viz: • (Description to be inserted here. ) For a more complete description of the land conveyed reference is made to Lots W, X and Y shown on a plan entitled "Land Belonging to the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, Lexington, Mass. , " dated December 15, 1926. 111 The wills herein referred to are (1 ) will 4' Eliza Cary Farnham, admitted to probate June 5, 1918, in the Surrogates ' Court of the County of New York, State of New York; and (2 ) will of Susanna E. Carr, proved and allowed May 29, 1913, in the Probate Courtfor the County of Suffolk, Commonwealth of. Massachusetts. TO HAVE r.ND TO HOLD unto said Town of Lexington and its successors forever for the purposes expressed in said wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna Cary respectively. 'ibis conveyance is made upon the condition that said Town shall perpetually care for, maintain and repair said Memorial. Building, and use the s ame in the mariner and for the purposes aforesaid; and by its acceptance of this deed said Town binds itself and its successors to a faithful observance of this condition. IN WITNESS WHEREOF said Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund has caused these presents to be signed in its name and behalf by respectively Its President and Treasurer, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Clerk, all hereunto duly authorized by vote of the Trustees of the dorporation, this day of 192. . Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund By President Attest : Treasurer Clerk. • Stereopticon views of the Building were shown on a screen before the audience, and Mr. Willard D. Brown, Architect, pointed. out the details of construction of the proposed Memorial Building. 'itemarks were made by each of the Selectmen, Theodore A. Custance, Albert H. 3urnham, Charles H. Miles , James G. Robertson, and = lam IT. Ballard, about the history of the Town Hall, the many gifts to the Town by the Cary Family, the financial standing of the Toi n and. the Maintenance and operation of the proposed building. Each of the speakers favored the passage of the voLe under consideration. Messrs. Francis Chamberlain, Lir. thur N. Maddison, David J. Maloney, Fred H. Moulton, and 'hilip Leaf spoke in favor of the acceptance of this munificent gift, the finest of its kind ever offered to the Town. Mr. Patrick Flynn opposed the acceptance. A Yes and No vote was taken upon the acceptance, and the motion as offered ed by Mr. Theodore A . Custance, with the draft form of deed included, was passedwith but very few dissenting votes, at 9 :18 P.M. Article 4. On motion of Mr. Edwin B. ''lorthen it was unanimously at 9 :20 P.M. Voted: That a committee of eleven be appointed to consider the advisability of the erection of a town office building, or of repairs to, or sale or other disposition of the Town Hall building or property, said committee to consist of the five Selectmen and six citizens to be appointed by the Moderator. .C.0ittee goi.te; ' ' 7. 1z�. H, R 11,rd? Libert B. Wenney, Arth i. laatTu.zson, �t�a . t bulton, .� twin b. f orthen, eorge a y, er H Burnham, Jame.? G. Robert: n, Francis Chamberlain, .I.C.r oop�.r & Theodore . 5, n motion o Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Custance. The meeting dissolved at 9 :22 P.M. h true record, Attest : Town Clerk. III 3 •g•, 112 CZ TOWN WARRANT RRANT 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 their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Town Hall) on MONDAY, the Seventh day of March, A. D. , 1927, at six o' clock, A. M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 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; two Constables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years. The polls will be open at 6: 00 A. M. and will remain open until 5: 00 P.M. You are also to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Town Hall in said town on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, 1927, at 7 :30 P.M. to act on the following articles: Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees Art. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. t Art. 4. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. Art. 5. To see if the Town will grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or accounts, direct how the same shall be raised, or act in any manner relating thereto; Public Schools: Outside Poor : Highways : Street rights : Fire Department; Appropriation Committee: Public Parks : Town Engineer' s Department: Milk Inspector: Plumbing Inspector: Inspector of Slaughtering : April 19th Celebration: Street Signs: Cemeteries : Wire Inspector : Lowell and Maple Streets and Massachusetts Avenue, Construction. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make .the usual appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year, not specified in other articles, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense thereof. Art. 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the sup- pression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Cipter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. 113 Art. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the payment of pensions to retired tovm veterans under Chapter 32, section 5 : - 55, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto . Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chap. 40, Sec. 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Cn.e.pter < 2, General Level or act in ny imi neer relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative triereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of 4300. or some other amount and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the ' Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General. Laws of Massachusetts . Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water and Sewer Department end to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating t iereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town wilr0� voteas to appropriate' money to widen � and deepen the brooks of tele Townito obtain better surface drainage or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Waltham Street from Middle Street to Allen Street, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either • by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street to Hayes Fountain, and Bedford Street from Hayes Fountain to Elm Avenue, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of highways, for the construction of any State highway which may be laid out or constructed in the town during the present year or take any action with respect thereto. Art. 19. To see if the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alter- ation or reconstruction of any State Highway or section of State High- way in Lexington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefore in behalf of the town, or take any other action in respect thereto . Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pur- chase beacon traffic signals for this town, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets; Mount Vernon Terrace, Fletcher Avenue, Hayes Avenue, Hillside Terrace, Bridle Path, and Hamblen Street. 114 ' , CD Art. 22. To see if the Town will authorize its Board of Selectmen to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in its name and behalf, a deed running in favor of Jessie E. Keenan, of said Lexington, releasing to her all its right, title, and interest, if any, in two certain parcels of land situated on Butler Avenue in that part of Lexington known as East Lexington, being lots No. 541 and 545 on a plan of lots at Liberty heights, belonging to Jacob W. Wilbur, said plan being made by Alfred L. Eliot, C. E. , dated November 19, 1919, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book of Plans 182, Plan 41. Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue from Middle Street to the end of Curve Street north, and from Curve Street south to the East Lexington Station, and to provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance ta other construction, or to take any other action relating thereto. Art. 24, To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to lease, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, or provide for the use of the premises at 516 Massachusetts Avenue, conveyed to the town by Frederick H. Rindge, under date of April 29, 1885. Art. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to execute in the name and on behalf of the Town an agreement restricting the use of the property at 516 Massachusetts Avenue, in accordance with the mutual agreement of Leroy S. Brown, et als dated March 13, 1916, as shown on plan entitled: "Plan of land around the Common at Lex- ington," dated January 1, 1917. Art. 26. To hear the report of the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting held January 31, 1927, to consider the advisability of the erection of a town office building, or repairs to, or sale or other disposition of the Town Hall building or property, and act upon the same, make an appropriation for plans, specifications and study of a new office building or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the con- struction including equipment and furnishings of a new Town Office building to be located upon lot Y adjacent to the location of the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building on Massachusetts Avenue, and to provide for such appropriation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by any, one or more or all of such methods, said appropriation to be expended by a committee to be appointed by the Moderator, or to take any action relating thereto. Art. 28. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law: "The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regu- lations establishing rates and charges for the use of water supplied by public water works and for the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works, either throughout the Town or within a limited portion thereof, and to prohibit the use of such water by Persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith : and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith." Art. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to extend the wire fence around the Munroe Cemetery and appropriate money for the same. Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1.25 from Cliffe Avenue, Arcadia Avenue, Carville Avenue and Grant Street Account to Highway Construction, Lowell St. Maple St. and Massachu- setts Avenue. Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets : Downing Road, Outlook Drive, Wachusetts Drive, and in Shade and Lincoln Streets (Accepted) appropriate money 115 by issuance of bonds notes or otherwise, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any mariner relating thereto . Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of 5,000 for the extension of water mains, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, provide money for the same either by the issuance of bonds, notes or otherwise, or act in any manner lir relating thereto. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to adopt as amendments to the Building Law the changes in the report of the Committee on the Revision of Building Laws accepted by the Town at a Town Meeting heldDecember 6, 1926, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit of the year 1927 . Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Plumbing By- laws by adding thereto the following: ""No boilers or other vessels in which water is heated or stored for domestic purposes shall hereafter be installed or replaced except by licensed plumbers, nor shall any device for Heating water for same be connected thereto until a permit has been granted by the Inspector of Plumbing therefore: and no water shall be turned on until the same, with properly set and approved safety devices shall have been passed by the Inspector of Plumbing. " or act in any manner relating thereto. Art . 36. To see if ,the Town will provide money to reimburse the Jefferson Union Company for abatements on taxes for the years 1924 and 1925. Art. 37. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for en- larging, deepening , or otherwise altering Vine Brook, its walls and culverts, where it passes under Massachusetts Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks, and necessary portions of said brook to tae south of said Massachusetts Avenue and to the north of said railroad tracks including the tributaries of said brook, or any part or parts of the same, in pursuance of recommendation and estimates of Messrs . Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 38. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for tale purpose of widening ana grading Grove Street, beginning from the junction of Robinson Road to the Bedford town line. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of • said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this fifteenth day of February, A. D. , 1927 . THEODORE A. CUSTANCE SELECTMEN CHARLES H. MILES WILLIAM H. BALLARD OF ALBERT H. BURNHAM JAMES G. ROBERTSON LEXINGTON Lexington, Mass . r'ebruary 28, 1927. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town hall and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town eight days before the time of said meeting . Attest: James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. 116 j, • ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 7, 1927 The follovIng election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows : PRECINCT ONE Herbert A Flint warden Harriet C. Watkins Deputy warden Charles J. Dailey Clerk Katherine A. Russell Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector John S . Fanning Inspector Edward L. Crown Deputy Inspector Elizabeth , C. uwilkinson Deputy Inspector Martin M. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller Joseph J. Krantz Teller Carl I. Drew Teller Charles E. Wheeler Constable. PRECINCT TWO Jay 0. Richards warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector. Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Marion W. Jackson Deputy Inspector Samuel. Thompson Teller William A. Wilkins Teller Clesson Schofield Teller Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Fred Tullar Teller James M. Ahern Teller Henry P. Mead Teller Jesse Ferry Teller Norman C. Hooper Teller Charles Vaughan Teller Irvin; B. Pierce Teller Harry G. Frost Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o ' clock M. , and remained open until five P. M. at which tire after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to th, faithful performance of their duties. The ballots we 'e counted by the elcti on officers in each preciict, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each Precinct was as follows : Precinct I - 754: Precinct II - 2405 - Total - 3158. The ballots cast wore counted, enclosed in envelonms 117 sealed, signed by the election officers , together with the un- used ballots , and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows . Precinct I . Kallots cast. 522 Precinct II Ballots cast 1684 Proc. I Proc II Total. TON CLERK John H. Kane 357 1401 1758 Blanks , 165 283 448 John H. Kane was declared elected. SELECTMEN Francis Eugene Burke 238 656 894 Francis Chamberlain 276 664 940 Theodore A Custance 216 925 1141 John E. Gilcreast 215 661 876 Blanks 99 462 561 Francis Chamberlain and Theodore A. Custance were declared elected. TOWN TREASURER John H. Kane 350 1391 1741 Blanks 172 293 465 John H. Kane was declared elected. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron C. Earle 355 1366 1721 Walter I:ongbottom 1 0 l Blanks 166 318 484 Byron C. Earle was declared elected. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER George H. Gibson 315 1305 1620 Blanks 207 379 586 George H. Gibson was declared elected. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minnie A . Glynn 327 1257 1584 Blanks 195 427 622 Minnie A. Glynn was declared elected. 118 ?io CONSTABLES 'rec I "'r. ec II Total Patrick J. Magu.3.re 339 1319 1658 James J. Sullivan 348 1341 1689 John C. Russell 0 1 1 Blanks 357 707 1.064 Patrick J. Maguire and James J. Sullivan were declared elected. MODERATOR Robert H. flolt 325 1290 1615 Blanks 197 394 591 Robert H. holt :c s declared elected. PLANNING BOARD Clarence H. Cutler 307 1227 1534 J. Henry Duffy 311 1201 1512 Blanks 426 940 1366 Clarence H. Cutler and J. Henry Duffy were declared elected. A true record, Attes '; ; Town L)lerk. Lexington, Mass . March 8, 1927. This is to certify that I have this day appointed Helen C. Gallagher, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been sworn to perform the duties of said office to the best of her knowledge and ability. Attest: Town Clerk. 119 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETI;jG MARCH 14 , 1927 Meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7: 30 P. M. On motion the reading of the Warrant , excepting the roti rn of the Constable, was omitted. Article P. On motion of William R. S. Eaton, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, it was voted that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted. It was then voted to lay Article 2 upon the table. Article 4. On motion of James G. Robertson, Selectman, it was voted that $250 be appropriated and assessed for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Article 12. On motion of James G. Robertson, it was Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefor a note or notes payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present financial year. Article 5. On motion of James G. Robertson, it was Voted that the following amounts he appropriated and assessed for the current year. For the support of public schools and for the payment of tuition at Vocational Schools, . ?189,000. 00 For the support of Outside Poor 8,900. 00 For the rnaintenance and care of highways , 42,500. 00 For permanent construction of highways , 3,000. 00 For the expense of street lights, 20, 600. 00 For the support of the Fire Department, 28 760.00 For the expenses of the Appro riation Committee 150. 00 4 For the maintenance of Public Parks , 4,500. 00 For the salaries and expenses of the Engineering Dept , ( of which $1500 is for Block Plan System) 9,300. 00 Frederick L. Erery offeredan amendment that the sum of $1500 for block plan system be expended in the engi- neering department and Piot for services of outside engineers. This amendment was lost arid the original motion of Mr. Robertson was passed. For the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector, 500.00 ( of which +,300 is for salary) For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector, 860. 00 ( of which $820 is for salary) For the salary of Inspector. of Slaughtering, 600.00 120 For the expenses of April 19th Celebration, 500.00 For the construction and repair of street signs, 300.00 For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cemetery, 1,5l2. 00 For the maintenance anddevelopment of Westview Cemetery, 1,500. 00 For the salary and expenses of Wire Inspector, 675. 00 (of which ;600 is for salary) For expenses of Lowell & Maple Sts, and ';lass . Ave. highway construction, 546. 85 Total , " 313,703.85 Article 6. On motion of James G. Robertson, it was Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For salary and expenses of Town Treasurer 950.00 (of which $700 is for salary) For salary and expenses of Town Clerk, 1.850.00 ( of which $1700 is for salary) For salary and expenses of collector 2 ,r70.00 ( of which $2100 is for salary) Under this item the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee explained that an allowance was made in the Selectmen' s Account for a clerk to assist the Collector. Byron C. Earle , Collector of Taxes, explained that he felt he should have a Clerk in his own depart- ment and requested an amendment to the original motion that $1000 additional be allowed him for clerical hire. This amendment was passed and the total amount allowed for this department was $3730.00 For expenses of Election and Registrations 500. 00 For the expenses of Town Hall, 4,500. 00 For Hydrant rental, 4. 605.00 For tree maintenance of Village Hall , 550. 00 For salary and expenses of Sealer of 7eights and Measures , ( of which q?300 is for salary) 400.00 For expense of •Forest Fires , 500.00 For the salary of Dog Officer, 50. 001 For maintenance of Hastings "ark, 5. 00 For the inspection of animals, '00. 00 For the support of the Dental Clinic in the Public So} no1s, 1,600.00 For vital statistics , 50,00 For the expense of watering troughs, 100. 0() 121 Art. 6 Continued. For. Soldiers ' burials , ;';100.00 For Soldiers ' relief, 500. 00 For military aid to be expended under Chapter 115 . of the General Laws, 100.00 For the administration of public trusts, 80.00 For State Aid, 400.00 For Town Physician, 25.00 For pa,yipent of Interest upon the public debt, 38,000.00 For the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the town maturing in 1927, 6f which $25,000 shall be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account 100,800. 00 For the support of the Police Department, 25,925.00 For the support of the libraries , 9,777.00 r For the salary and expenses of the Supt of Public ''corks , ( of which 4200 is for salary) 4, 540. 00 For the expense of insurance, 5,58 0. 00 For salary and expenses of Town Accountant , 2,800.00 ( of which $2600 is for salary) --I For salaries and expenses of the Board. of III Assessors, (of which $600 is for salary of Assessors ) 3, 990.00 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's,. Dept. ( of which X250 is for expenses of Selectnen for 1927) 4,600.00 For the maintenance of public healthand sanitation, 2,950.00 For legal services ( of which `'`'500 is for salary of Town Counsel ) 1, 500.00 For uncldssi_fied expenses, 200,00 For protection of public shade trees and for the planting of shade trees , 1,000.00 For the expense of removal of snow, 20,000.00 For salary and expenses of the Building Inspector- , ( of which $1000 is for salary) 1,040.00 0 For salary of the Treasurer of the Cary '°emorial library, 50 00 Forexpense of printing and publishing the Town Report, 728. 90 For expenses of the Planning Board, 150.00 For removal of as'- es and care of dumps, 2,000.00 For. Bedford St. Damages for land taken, 2,126,00 Total, On motion of James G. Robertson the following votes were passed unanimously: Article 7. Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the 12267) construction of sidewalks of concrete or other material where the abutters will pay one-half the expense, $750.00 Article 8. Voted that there he appropriated and assessed for the suppression of gypsy andbrown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws, 4,500.00 Article 9. Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the payment of pensionsto retired town veterans under- Chapter 32 , • Section 52,-55 of the General Laws, 1,225.00 Article 10. Voted that there be appropriated and assessed as a Reserve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40,Sec. 6 of the General Laws, 2,500.00 Article 11. Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, 1,630.00 Article 13. Voted that the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed for aid to "Ziddlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Tiome Economics. It was also voted that Robert ,,. Trask be elected as Director. Article 14. Voted that the sum of $10,910.00 be appropriated for Sewer Maintenance Account, the same to be appropriated from the Departmental receipts . Voted that the sum of `"'60,430.20 be appropriated for Water Maintenance Account, the same to be appropriated from the Departmental receipts. Voted that the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated for Water Construction,Account , and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to. sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued and payable as provided by law. Article 15. Voted that the sum of $400 be appropriated and assessed for Lowering of Brooks. Article 16, Voted that the su;i of $8,000 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of Waltham Street from 'Addle Street to Allen Street. Also voted that any unexpended balance from this account be applied to other construction. Article 17 . Voted that the sum of $9,000 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street to Hayes Fountain, and Bedford Street from Hayes Fountain to Elm Avenue . Also voted that any unexpended balance from this account be applied to other construction. Article 18. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works , Division of Highways , for the construction of any State Highway which may be laid out during the year 1927 within the Town of Lexington. Article 19. Voted that the town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alter- ation, construction, or reconstruction of State Highway or section 123 of State Highway in Lexington, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid. Article 20. Voted that the sum of $2,950 be appropriated and. assessed to purchase the beacon traffic signals for the town. Article 21.. Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets : ':i.ount Vernon Terrace, Fletcher Avenue, Hayes Avenue , Hillside Terrace, Bridle Path, and Hamblen Street. Article 22. Voted that the Board of Selects;en of the Town of Lexington, be , and they hereby are, authorized, instructed, and directed, to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and behalf of said Town, a deed running in favor of Jessie E. Keenan of said Iexington, releasin.g all the right, title, and interest of said Town, if any, in lots No. 541, and 545, on a "Plan of lots at Liberty Heights , belonging to Jacob W. Wilbur," said plan being made by Alfred L. Eliot , C. E. , dated November 19,1919,, and. recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds , Book of Plans 182., Plan 41, .meaning and intending, hereby to authorize said Board of Selectmen to release in the name and behalf of said Town, all right , title and interest of said Town, if any it still has in the above described real estate, originally acquired under a deed from the Collector of Taxes to said Town of Lexington, dated April 1, 1915, and recorded vith said deeds, Book 3957, page 455. :article 23. Voted that the sum of $4,0(,0 be appropriated and assessed for, the construction of a sewer in Massy chu.setts Avenue from Middle Street to the end of Curve Street north , and frim Curve 'treet south to. the East Lexington Station. Voted that the sum of $9,n00 be appropriated forthe construction of a ser in Massachusetts Avenue from Middle Street to the end of Curve Street north, and from Curve Street south to the • East Lexington Station, and that for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum, =issued and payable in accordance with the Town of Lexifgton, Sewer Loan Act of 1913, and Voted that the sum of $14,000 be appropriated for the construction of a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue from Middle Street to the end of Curve Street north, and from Curve Street south to the Bast Lexington Station, and that for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum, i:s'sued and payable in accordance with law. And further voted that any unexpended balance after construction of the sewer in Massachusetts Avenue be applied to other sewer construction. Article 24. On motion of James G. Robertson it was Voted: That the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized, for such consideration and on such terms as to them may seem best, to sell and convey the premises at 516 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, which was conveyed to the Town by Frederick H. Rindge under date of. April 29, 1885 upon condition that the grantee :All execute an agree- ment under seal with the Town, for the benefit of. the Town and of �:t 124 the parties to the agreement hereinafter mentioned, restricting the use of the property in accordance with the mutual agreement of Leroy S. Brown, et als, dated Marchlst,, 1916 us shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land around the Common at Lexington, " dated January 1, 1917 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 4122, page 563, et seq. and plan #f2 in Plan Book 258. Frederick L. Emery then offered the following amendment "and upon the further condition that the purchaser agree to restore the building to the original style of architecture: Mr. Emery' s amendment was accepted and the original vote as amended was passed unanimously as follows : Voted: That the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized, for such consideration and on such terms as to them may seem best, to sell and convey the premises at 516 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, which was conveyed to the Town by Frederick H. Rindge under date of April 29, 1885 upon condition that the grantee will execute an agreement under seal with the Town, for the benefit of the Town and of the parties to the agreement hereinafter mentioned, restricting the use of the property in accordance with the mutual agreement of Leroy S. Brown, et als, dated March. 13, 1916 as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land around the Common at Lexington, " dated January 1, 1917 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 4122, page 563 , et seq. and plan /2 in Plan Book 258, and upon the further condition, that the purchaser agree to restore the building to the original style of architecture. Article 25. On motion of James G. Robertson • it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Article 28. On motion of James G. Robertson it was voted to adopt the following by-law: "The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regulations establishing rates and charges for the use of water • supplied by public water works and for the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works , either throughout the town or within a limited portion thereof, and to prohibit the use of such water by persons neglectiizg or refusing to comply therewith: and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith" . • Article 29. On motion of James G. Robertson it was unanimously Voted that the sum of x; 1500 be appropriated and assessed to extend the wire fence around the Munroe Cemetery, and that said sum be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners. Article 30. On motion of James G. Robertson it was unanimously, Voted that the sum of $1.25 be transferred from Cliffe IP Avenue, Arcadia Avenue, Carville Avenue and Grant Street Account to Highway Construction, Lowell St, Maple Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Article 31. On motion of James G. Robertson it was unanimously Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 32. On motion of James G. Robertson it was unanimously, 125 Votedthat this article be indefinitely postponed. Meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M. tb Monday, March 28, 1927 at 8 P. M. A true record, Attest ; 0 / C / Town Clerk. RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR SELECTMEN March 17, 1927 At the recount of votes for Selectmen at the annual Town Meeting March 7, 1927, the registrars of voters of the Town of Lexington find on March 16th, 1927 that the vote for Selectmen is as -follows : Francis Eugene Burke 892 111 Francis Chamberlain 941 Theodore A. Custance 1139 John E. Gilcreast 875 Bartholomew D. Callahan ) Registrars Clarence S. ' 'alker ) of John H. Kane ) Voters III i } % S ; f ".. t' ' t + < i t ' 'T r p r . is1ha ,t 1 #A� A x+1. k AaA * t ' ' #4. 126 , • 0 ADJOURNED TO''JN M RETING, MARCH 28, 1927 The Meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8:00 P. M. Upon unanimous consent of the meeting article 14 was taken up. Article 14. On motion of Theodore A. Custance, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was "Voted that that part of the vote passed under Article 14 appropriating $10,910. for Sewer Maintenance Account be rescinded, and that in place thereof the followilg vote be passed: Voted that the sum of $10,910. be appropriated and assessed for sewer Maintenance Account. 1,r. title 24. By unanimous consent it was voted to take up again Article 24, and on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Further Voted: Under Article 24 that the vote adopted March 14, 1927 be amended by correcting therein a typographical error so that the date of the mratual agreement of. LeRoy S. Brown, e als, which was stated as March 13, 1916 shall be corrected so as to read March 1, 1917. Article 26. Under this article Theodore A. Custance read the following report: March 26, 1927. REPORT OF THE TO":'i.1 OFFICE BUILDING COMMITTEE. At the Town Meeting held on January 31, 1927, it was voted- "That a committee of eleven be appointed to congider the advisability of the erection of a town office building, or of repairs to, or sale or other disposition of the Town Hall building or property, said committee to consist of the five Selectmen and six citizens to be appointed by the Moderator. " Your Committee has examined the present Town Hall building and feels that it is unwise to spend the amount necessary to put the building in repair and construct a vault , which it is .111 estimated would cost $25,000 as even with this expenditure the huilding would continue to meet the needs of the Town for only a few years. Four Committee recommends to the Town that the present Town Hall property be sold and a town office building be constructed on the land, corner Massachusetts Avenue and Vine Brook, adjoining the new Cary Memorial Building. we have had prepared for us by Kilham, Hopkins & Greeley and D. Brown, Associate Architects, two sets of sketches illustrating a two story building with a finished basement which will be suitable to house the police department and available for other purposes. We believe such a town office building 127 will be of sufficient size to meet the needs of the Town for many years. We believe, from the estimates which we have secured, that such a building could be erected and the grounds graded at a cost 15f from $85,000 to x, 90,000. Additional furniture and fixtures might cost a further sum of ";5000. , so that the whole nr. oject could be completed ready for use for from $95000. to $100,000. ' The proposed building should provide quarters for the following Officers and Departments of the Town: Board of Selectmen Supt. Public Works Town Clerk and Treasurer Inspectors . Collector Water & Sewer Department Auditor Engineering Department Assessors Police Department We recammend that before the Town enters into any agreement to sell the present Town Hall property, it authorize this Committee, or appoint a new Committee and authorize them to have working plans and specifications prepared for the proposed office building and secure firm bids on the same so that the Town may proceed on the basis of actual rather than on an estimated cost. If the estimates which we have secured are verified by the bids received, we recommend that the Town proceed to sell the present Town Hall property. In arranging a sale of the property, the Town should either retain the right to continue its occupancy without the payment of rent for the length of time necessary to complete the new office building, or a more advantageous sale might be arranged if the Town retain a purchase lease at a fair rehtal,- The lease to run :Cor a year with the privilege of cancellatiol by the Town at any time on sixty days ' notice, so that rental under III such a lease would core to an end as soon as the new office building was completed and ready for occupancy. If the procedure suggested is followed, the project can be financed by short term notes subject to call and payment by the • Town as soon as proceeds of the sale of the'Y'present Town Hall are received: the balance required for the difference between the proceeds of the sale of the present Town Hah1 " and the cost of the new Office Building to be financed at that time by a bond issue. We understand that the Selectmen expect presently to complete a sale of the Rindge property. The sale of the Rindge property and the present Town Hall property should yield in exceed of $65,000 which could be appropriated from the General Revenue and Surplus Account for this purpose. we recommend an appropriation of $3500. be made for.. the expenses of such a Committee, the funds to be provided by a transfer from the General Revenue and Surplus Account, - The larger part of which would be expended for architects services. Al]. of the money so expended would, in the event of the project going forward to completion, be credited against the usual architect ' s co, pensation . . and is therefore included in our previous estimates. 'r H. Ballard Albert H. Burnham Norman C . Hooper Edwin B. Worthen James G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain Theodore A. Custance George ''!. Nary Arthur N. Maddison Under this article on motion of William R. B. Eaton it was, 198 ZO Voted that the report of the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the Warrant for. the Town Meeting held January 31 ,1.927, to consider the advisability of the erection of a town office building, or repairs to, or sale or other disposition of the Town Hall building or property be accepted and placed on file. On motion of William R. S. Eaton it was Further votedthat this Committee be constituted a Building Committee and authorized and directed to procure plans , speci - fications, and estimates for , a new town office building, and further voted that for this purpose the sum of $3,500 be appro- priated and that the same be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account. On motion of Edwin B. Worthen the above motion was amended as follows : "That the committee report to the citizens in print." Article 27. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it �.'ias Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 33. Under this article on motion of William Roger Greeley, it was Voted that the Building Law be amended by incorpor<. ting therein the amendments recommended by the Committee for the Revision of Building Laws, whose report wasacgepted by the . Town at the Town Meeting held December 6, 1926. Article 34. On motion of Theodore A Custance It was Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to :etition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit of the 1927 accounts. Article 35. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed . • Article 36. Voted that this article he indefinitely postponed. Article 37. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. 111 Article 38. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. rticle 3. Voted that Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russel] be elected Field Drivers. Article 2. Under this article it was voted under motion made by George E. Briggs that the Building Committee appointed for the purpose of constructing the school house at ilkrth Lexington be discharged. Meeting dissolved at 9:47 P. M. A true re ord, Atte t: Uvv� Town Clerk. 129 BUILDING LINE - MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Town of Lexington. At a meeting of the Board of selectmen of the Town of Lexington held the 14th day of. December, 1926 , it is ordered, Whereas, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a town building line be established as hereinafter described and having complied with the requirements of law relating to notice, did on the 23rd day of November, 1926 lay out a Building Line On Massachusetts Avenue from land now or formerly of Daniel J. O 'Connell and the Town of Lexington to the junction of rassachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street and on Woburn Street to the westerly side of Fletcher Avenue and duly filed their report of such laying out with the boundaries and measure- ments of the same in the office of the Town Ulerk of said town on the 15th day of November, 1926, and whereas at a town meeting duly called, warned and held on the 6th day of December, 1926 in accordance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, it was Voted: That the Town establish Building Lines on Massachu- setts Avenue from the Northeasterly line of the Town Hall lot to Woburn Street and thence along the Northeasterly side of said Woburn Street to Fletcher Avenue, as laid out by the hoard of Selectmen November 23, 1926, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office, entitled, "Plan showing rroposed Building Line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from Woburn Street to meriam Street , September 3, 1926, Scale 1 inch 40 feet, Clarence b. French, Town Engineer. " NOW, Therefore, We, the undersigned, being a majority of 111 the Board of Selectmen of the said Town of Lexington, duly elected, qualified and acting as such, do hereby under and by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws and of any and every power and authority us hereto in any way enabling, take the right or easement to establish for all the purposes of a building line , the land in said town bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the property line between lands now or formerly of Daniel J. O 'Donnell and Town of Lexington being distant twenty- six and seven one-hundredths (26.07 ) feet from the present northerly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue and running S 42. 07 ' 40" E to a point of tangency at the property line between lands now or formerly of Rubin & Seligman and Town of Lexington, said point of tangency being nineteen and fifty one-hundredths (19.50) feet from the present northerly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence running with a curve to the left with a radius of one thousand two hundred thirteen and sixty-six one hundredths (1213,66 ) feet distant about three hundred thirty-two and five-tenths (332.5) feet to the westerly side of Grant Street being one hundred (100) feet distant from the present southerly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue at the westerly side of Grant Street and from the easterly side of Grant Street to a point of tangency about one hundred sixty-three ( 163) feet easterly of the property line between lands now or formerly of tsaac Harris Uary Educational r'und and William L. Barnes ( said point ctf tangency being opposite and thirty (30) feet distant from a stone bound marking a point of tangency in the present northerly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue) , one hundred ( 100) feet distant from and parallel to the present southerly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence bearing to the left with a curve with a radius of two hundred sixty-eiht and forty-five one- hundredths (268.45) feet distant one hundred fifty and thirty-one one hundredths (150.31 ) feet to a point of tangency said point of tangency being twenty (20) feet distant from the present northerly exterior line of Woburn street, thence to the westerly side of Fletcher Avenue twenty (20) feet distant from and parallel to the present northerly exterior line of Woburn street. 130 CO All the aforesaid lines being shown on a plan entitled, "Plan showing k'roposed Building Line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from Woburn Street to Meriam Street, September 3, 1926, Scale 1 inch 40 feet, Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, " which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town Hall. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said building line has been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments. All existing structures within the building line may remain until demolished or otherwise disposed of. The area which it is expected will receive benefit or advan- tage other than the general advantage to the community, from such improvement is described as follows : Northeasterly side of lVLassachusetts Avenue from land now or formerly of Daniel J. O 'Connell and the Town of Lexington to the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street and on Woburn Street to the westerly side of Fletcher Avenue as shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing Proposed Building Line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from Woburn street to Meriam street, September 3, 1926. Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, " which plan is on file in the Town Clerk' s Vffice in the Town Hall. Witness our hands at Lexington aforesaid this 14th day of December, 1926. Theodore A. Custance William H. Ballard selectmen James G. Robertson of Charles H. Miles Lexington. Albert H. Burnham MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT OF BETTERMENTS TO ABUTTORS. Town of Lexington $2990.00 Meyer Rubin & Harry h. Seligman 5285.00 Caroline Barrington 719.00 Isaac Harris Cary Edu. fund 2786.00 William L. Barnes 984..00 Mary L. Leary 263.00 Cambridge, Mass. December 17, 1926. At 2 o' clock and 30 minutes P.M. received and entered with Middlesex So. Dist . Deeds, Book 5045, page 468. Attest, Thos. Leighton, Jr. , Reg. 131 PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Fifty Dollars (3150) from Mrs . George H. Hartley, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and athendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 187 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing ond care of said lot, monuments, valks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 2 7, .1927. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred dollars (:„100) from Hrs. Edgar V. Moffatt, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance v+:ith said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 345 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care or said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 27, 1927. Town Treasurer. 111 PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars (100) from Thaddeus Baker and Ferdinand Schwab, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 156 H in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 30, 1927. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100) . from Est. Charles Watt, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 376 L in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, Town Treasurer June 9, 1927. 132 c�- PERPETUAL CARE. M 3 CO Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1375, the Town Treasurer hereby scknov:ledges the receipt of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ( 150) from Ida May Meserve, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 407 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent ther:to. John H. Kane, Town Treasurer. June 9, 1927. PERPETUAL C d1E. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( 100) from Annette E. Locke, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 269 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. K:.ne, Town Treasurer. September 9, 1927. i ar. For Committee Report see page 146. 23 For Sept. 22, 1927 warrant, see page 138. TOWN MEETING SEPTEMBER 22, 1927 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt , at 7:45 P. PSI. The Town. Clerlr ��r proceeded to read the :.arrant but upon motion the further reading of the warrant was dispensed with and the return of the Constable thereon was then read. Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, "Voted that the report of the Committee on the New Town Office 6uilding, copy of which has been mailed to all the voters together with the Warrant, be accepted and placed on file. " Committee report . Art . 3. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was votedto discuss Articles 3 and 4 together. Under article 3 Mr. Custance offered the following motion: • "Voted that there be raisedand appropriated the sum of ` 1.06,500, �forthe purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new town office building and to meet said appro- priation there be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account , the sum of A'500, $1l ,000 be transferred from the proceeds of the sale of Hindge property and that the treasurer 'ri.th the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $95,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Section 19, Chapter. 44 of the Gneral Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paidin not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and Selectmen may determine. It is also voted that a Special building Committee, consisting of Theodore A. Custance, filbert H. Burnham, James G Robertson, William H. Ballard , Fr. anci s Chamberlain, Albert B. Tenney, Fred H. Moulton, Arthur N . Maddison, Edwin B. Worthen, Norman C. Hooper, and G�orle W. Nary shall hve full authority to construct and equip said Town Office building as herein auti'orized within the sums appropriated, said building to be constructed substantially In accordance with the plans recommended by the Special Committee reporting under Article 2 for the warrant of this meeting. " Under Article 4 T.ilr. Custance offered the f'o].lowing motion: "Voted that the town accept the written proposal of Eugene G. Kraetzer to purchase the Town Hall property for $50,000 (Fifty thousand dollars), and that the board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized- to execute and deliver in the name of and on behalf of the Town an agreement for such purchase and sale substantially in the form annexed to the said proposal and to execute and deliver with the counter signature of the Treasurer a deed of the said property pursuant to the said agreement ." 134 CD '^+illiam H. Ballard then offered an alternative motion for discussion under Article 4 as follows ; "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell the present Town Hall. property or any part thereof, on such terms as trey 2 a1 i_ t . ^t r p �l in ;t;f their. di_sE l' on r6,- ra%�i in°or ,on tion or Krigr �//or. an ra $R4TITAt o 1. ase for such temporary occupancy, and that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver and the Treasurer to counter- sign in the name of and on behalf of the town a deedto the purchaser thereof. " Robert P. Clapp then offered Mr. Ballard ' s motion as a substitute motion. Daniel. J. O ' Connell statedthat he did not feel that the bid referred to in Mr. Custance ' s motion was the highest bid that could be received for the property and was very much opnosed to passing the vote accepting Mr. Kraetzer ' s bid. He was assured that a larger bid could be obtained but that the form of proposal set forth was such that bids could not be obtained. Remarks were also made by Charles S. Cutter, '>'esley T. "'adman, and Arthur N. 'Jadd:i.son in regard to the motion. Mr. Custance then called attention to the fact that action should be taken upon Article 3 first. The motion as offerd under Article 3 by Mr. Custance was then read by the moderator, and was passed by a rising vote of 203 in the affirmative and 11 in the negative. The vote reads as follows ; "Voted that there be raised and appropriated the sum of J0_06, 500 for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new town office building and to meet said appro- priation there be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account, the sum of ;1;500, $11,000 be transferred from the procee ofthe Rindge property and that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $95,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine . It is also voted that a Special Building Committee , consisting of Theodore A . Custance, Albert H. Burnham, James G. itohertson, B. '3allard, Francis Chamberlain, AlbP�r�t r3. �'�n y F e I t,7ou Ar IT ad scar , '^foreflegg;n0r'ma``f . / aooVer , an /s IA14Poh'o 'iot ,ic rig as e�r`elir authorized within the sums appropriated, said building to be con- structed substantially in accordance with the plans recommended bir Special Committee reporting under Article 2 for the 'varrant of this meeting. " The Appropriation Committee approved of the appropriation. Article 4 was then taken up again and .Nrederick L. Emory offered as an amendment to Mr. 'lapp ' s substitute motion as follows : " that the present Town Hall property be sold to the highest bidder and that in any event, any sale of the property stall be conditioned upon the demolition of the present building within two years from the transfer of title by the town. " r,ir. Emery' s amendment was lost by vote of the meeting and Mr. Clapp' s originalmotion was passed unanimously. 135 Mr. Clapp ' s motion reads as follows : "Voted that the Board. of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized. to sell the present town hall property or any part thereof on such terms as they shallthink best, including in their discretion a reservation or condition of a right of temporary occupancy of the premises after passing title or an agreement or lease for such tempor- ary occupancy, and that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute anddeliver and the Treasurer to countersign in the name of and on behalf of the Town a deed to the purchaser thereof. " Art . 5. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, "Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the next Town Meeting on the matter of housing any or all of the pres-nt fire alarm system. " Committee appointed, Edward W. Taylor, Galt F.Parsons, Halter G. Black Art . 6. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. 'ustance it was unanimously, "Voted that the Board of Selectmen instructed to install. street lightsin the unaccepted portions of Bloomfield Street and Grant Street . " Art. 7. Under this article ;r. Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion: "Voted that the Town amend the firdt paragraph of Article IIT , section 5 of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 by substituting therefore the following: 'The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for twelve o ' clock noon and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o ' clock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o ' clock in the evening of the following Monday'. " After some discussion as to the advisability of passing this motion, it was voted to indefinitely postpone the article. Art . 8. Under this article on motion of R:1r. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously: Voted that the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the following accounts : Flections and negi.strations 0_70.00 ' 1a.l tham Street Damages 47. 00 Bedford Street Damages 1010. 50 The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved of these appropriations . Art . 9. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the sum of $280 be appropriated for the payment of a pension to a retired member of the Wire Department under Chapter 32, General Laws, and that this sum be transferred from the General hevenue and Surplus Account. The suggestions was made, however, that the name of the retired member, namely William P. Wright , be inserted in the vote, and this was accepted by the meeting. The Appropriation Committee approve the above payment. 1 36 ,0 Art . 10. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Uustance , it was unanimously "Voted that the Sele'-tmen be authorized to provide for the laving of sewers in the following streets : Locust Avenue , from Mass . Avenue to Tower Street ; Plainfield Street from Mass . Avenue to Tower. Street; Percy Road, from present end a distance of approxi- mately 300 feet ; Lincoln Street from Parker Street to Audubon Road : Audubon Road from Lincoln Street to Mass . A,Tenue : and Woburn Street from Fletcher Avenue , a distance of approximately 650 feet , and that the sum of x;25,000 be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell , under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed "V.5-% per annum, issued and pay- able in accordance with law. " The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Dr. Clarence Shannon, stated that the committee aproved of this appropriation. Art . 11. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance, T it was unanimously, "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the following streets : Watertown Street , from Pleasant Street a distance of approximately 1850 feet ; Lincoln Street, approximately 1000 feet; Middleby Road , approximately 100 feet, and Cherry *treet , approximately 70 feet, and that the sum of A`;l5,000, be appropriated for the purpose, subject to the usual guarantee , and that for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to se] ]., under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4i , issued and payable as provided by law, and further voted that any unexpended balance after complet- ion of the wor'c may be used for other construction. " The uhai_rman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the committee approved this appropriation. The meeting dissolved at 9:26 P. M. true record, Attest ; Town Ulerk. • E37 BY-LAW RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING RATE FOR USE OF WATER. Adjourned Town Meeting. March 14, 1927 . Article 28. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law: "The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regulations establishing rates and charges for the use of water supplied by public water works and for the in- spection, materials, construction, alteration, or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works, either throughout the town or within a limited portion thereof, and to prohibit the use of such water by persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith; and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith. " Article 28. On motion of James G. Robertson it was voted to adopt the following by-law: "The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regulations establishing rates and charges for the use of water supplied by public water works and for the in- spection, materials, construction, alteration, or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works, either throughout the town or within a limited portion thereof, and to prohibit the use of such water by persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith; and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith. " Lexington, Mass. March 28, 1927 This is to certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Article 28 in the Warrant for a Town Meeting on March 7, 1927, and also of the vote passed under Article 28 at the adjourned Town Meeting, March 14, 1927 as the same appears of record. Attest: John H. Kane, Town Clerk. Boston, Mass . , September 7, 1927 . The foregoing by-law is hereby disapproved. Arthur K. Reading Attorney General . 138 Q 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 Town Hall, in said Lexington, on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1927, at 7.45 o' clock P.M. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees . Art. 2. To receive and act upon a report of the Committee on the New Town Office Building. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for construction and originally equiping and furnishing a new Town Office building, determine how the same may be raised, by taxation, transfer from available funds, by loan or any or all of the above means, or take any action relative thereto . Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the sale of the present Town Hall property or any part thereof, with or without the right to lease or occupy the same after transfer of title, and authorize the proper officers of the Town to execute and deliver a deed thereof. Art. 5. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report at the next Town Meeting on the matter of housing any or all of the present fire alarm system. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets: Bloomfield Street, (unaccepted portion) : Grant Street (unaccepted protion) . Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to amedd the first paragraph of Article III, section 5 of the Code of By-laws of 192f- by sub- stituting therefor the following: "The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for twelve o' clock noon and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o' clock in the evening . Immediately upon the ammouncement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o' clock in the evening of the following Monday. " Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to provide funds for the following accounts either by issue of bonds or notes, or by transfer from General Revenue and Surplus Account, or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner relating thereto: Elections and Registrations; Waltham Street damages; Bedford Street damages . Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of a pension to a retired member of the Fire Department under Chapter 3F-:, General Laws, or act in any manner relative thereto . 139 Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to install sewers in the following streets : Locust Avenue, from Mass . Avenue to Tower Street; Pla.infielu Street from Mass. Avenue to Tower Street; Percy Road, from present end a distance of approximately 300 feet; Lincoln Street from Parker Street to Audubon Road; Audubon Road from Lincoln Street to Mass . Avenue; Toburn Street from Fletcher Avenue, a distance of approximately 650 feet, appropriate money for the construction of same and provide same by the issuance of bonds, notes or by transfer, or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets : Watertown Street; from Pleasant Street a distance of approximately 1850 feet ; Lincoln Street, approximately 1000 feet; liddleby Road, approximately 100 feet, and Cherry Street, approximately 70 feet, and provide money for the construction by the issuance of bonds, notes or by transfer, or by any or all of such methods or act in any manner relating thereto . hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Tarrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk,• on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this sixth day of September, A. D. , 1927. Theodore A . Custance Albert H. Burnham Selectmen James G. Robertson of Francis Chamberlain Lexingtor William H. Ballard Lexington, Mass . September 13, 1927. To the Town Clerk- I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed codes of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public Places in the town, and by ;nailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town eight days before the time of said meeting . Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 140 (Y) CD 774 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 Town Hall, in said Lexington, On THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1927, at 8 o' clock P.M. Art 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to ab _oint other Committees . Art. 2. To see if the `Town will vote to transfer the proceeds from the sale of the Town Hall property, namely 50,001.00 to the credit of New Town Office Building account, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in York Street. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to sell the schoolhouse lot on Concord Avenue, containing approximately 15,650 square feet of land, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell all or any portion of the Almshouse property and contents, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6 . To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to report to the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1928, their recommenda- tions as to the purchase of land to be used by the Public Works Department for the storage of material and equipment, and as a site for a new building to house the Fire Department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the first paragraph of Article III, section 5 of the Code of By-Laws of' 1922 by sub- stituting therefore the following : "The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for six o'clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o' clock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o' clock in the evening of the following Monday." Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer sums of money from the General Revenue and Surplus Account to the following accounts : Town Treasurer; Parks & Playgrounds; Village Hall; Street Signs ; Highway Maintenance; Repairing and painting Poor Farm Buildings; Bedford Street damages; Selectmen; Board of Health; Sidewalks; Law; Forest Fires; Interest; Soldiers Relief. Art. 9. To hear the report of the committee appointed under Article 33 of the Town Meeting held MLrch 16, 1925 to investigate and report on the question of establishing a permanent memorial to the Veterans of all Wars . 141 Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to rescind that part of the vote passed under Article 33 of the Town Meeting held March 16, 1925 which reads as follows: "That the present Commander of George G. Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the present Commander of Stanley Hill. Post, the American Legion, and a Veteran of the Spanish War with two other citizens, the last three to be appointed by theMDderator, be named as a Committee of five to investigate and report on the cues tion of establishing a permanent :: em- orial, said Committee to be permanent, any vacancies to be filled by the then Moderator by the selection of a member of the organization or group in which the vacancy may occur, and in case no member of the Grand Army Post is able to serve, its representative shall be selected from the Sons of Veterans . " Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five to establish a permanent memorial for the veterans of the late war who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the colors and hold or are entitled to an honorable discharge from the United States Army, i�avy, or Harine Corp. Art. IS. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by establishing a business district on Massachusetts Avenue beginning at the northwesterly end of Robbins Cemetery and continuing in a northwesterly direction to a point approximately 450 feet distant, which point is about opposite Oak Street, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting . Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-second day of November, A. D. 19;:7. Theodore A. Custance Albert H. Burnham Selectmen James G. Robertson of Francis Chamberlain Lexington William H. Ballard Lexington, Mass. November 30, 1927. To the Town Clerk: - I have notified the inhabitants of Lexi.!gton by posting orinted conies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public Placed in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town nine days before the time of said 111 meDting . Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 142 -)f) I . • 143 T OW N MEET I N G DECEMBER 8, 1927 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt at 8. 00 P. M. The Town Clerk )roceeded to read the '".arrant but upon motion the further reading of the '''arrant was dispensed with and the return of the Constable thereon was then read. Art. 2. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was , "Voted that the sum of 450,001 .00 be transferred from the proceeds of the sale of the Town Hall property to the credit of New Town Office Building Account. " Art. 3 . On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was , "Voted that the hoard of Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in York Street , an unaccepted street. " Art . 4. On motion of William ii. Ballard it was , "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are author- ized to sell and convey the land owned by the Town on Concord Avenue formerly used as a site for the Franklin School which was conveyed to the Town by deed of Isaac Childs, dated June 25, 1851 and recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds , Libro 614, folio 1. " Art. 5. Under this article William B. Ballard offered the following motion. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell all or any portion of the Almshouse property and contents , which was conveyed to the Town by deed of David Johnson dated June 4, 1845 and recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds Book 463, Page 451 , also deed of Joseph Davis dated April 29, 1872 and recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 1211, Folio 33 and deed of Eli Simonds dated February 19, 1859 and recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 812 , Page 324. sifter some discussi.nn on motion by Charles H. Spaulding it was voted not to pass the motion offered by Mr. .Ballard. Art. 6. On motion of William H. Ballard it was , Voted Lhat the Selectmen be instructed to report to the Annual Town Meeting in .larch, 1928, their recommendation as to the purchase of land to be usedkiy the Public Works Department for the storage of material and equipment , and as a site for a new building to house the Fire Department . Art. 7. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was, Voted that the Town amend the first paragraph of Article . II2, Section 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 by substituting therefore the following! "The annual meeting of the Town shad , be called for x.44 CD six o ' clock in the morning and thereafter the173 polls s i all be open continuously for voting until eight o clock in the evening. Immediately upon the annoucement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o ' clock in the evening of the following Monday. " Art . 8. On motion of Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed: Voted that the following sums of money be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the following accounts ; Town Treasurer , tjr30. 00 Parks & Playgrounds 100. 00 Village Hall 125.00 Street Signs 70. 00 Highway Maintenance 3000. 00 Bedford St . Damages 96. 00 Selectmen 375.00 Board of Health 300. 00 Sidewalks 75. 00 Law 950.00 Forest Fires 80. 00 Interest 700.00 Under this article it was voted not to appropriate $2,000. for repairing and painting Town Farm Buildings . The Appropriation Committeewere not in favor of this appropriation until after investigation by the Selectmen as to their recommendation for a Public forks Department. 111 Art . 9. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance , it was , Voted that the report of the committee appointed under ,,rticl_e 33 of the Town Meeting held. March 16, 1925 to investi- gate and report on the question of establishing a permanent memorial to the Veterans of all Wars be accented andplaced on file, and that the Committee be discharged. In the absence of the Chairman of the Veterans '. Memorial Committee, Mr. George L. Gilmore, Mr. Custance, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen explained that this committee reported in the Town Report of 1925 . This committee , after investigation, found that the funds available for a veterans memorial could only be used for a building or to apply on the Town Debt therefore the committee desired to be discharged. Art. 10. On motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was , Voted that the Town rescind that part of the vote passed under Article 33 of the Town Meeting held March 16, 1925 which reads as follows ; "That the present Commander of George G. Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the present Commander of Stanley Hill Post, the American Legion, and a Veteran of the Spanish War with two other citizens , the last three to be appointed by the Moderator, be named as a Committee of five to investigate and report on the question of establishing a permanent Memorial, said Committee to be permanent, any vacancies to be filled by the then Moderator by the selection of a member of the organization or group in which the vacancy may occur, and in case no member of the Grand Army Post is able to serve, its representative shall be selected from the Sons of Veterans . " 145 Art. 11. Under this article Theodore A. Custance offered. the following motion: Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to establish a permanent memorial for the veterans of the late war who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the colors and hold or are entitled to an honorable discharge from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corp. James U. Russell, Commander of the American Legion, offered an amendment to Mr. Custancet motion. The Moderator explained that it would be better to indefinitely postpone Article cle 11 and to offer Mr.z . Russell s motion under Article 1. The meeting consented to this action. Art . 1. On motion of James H. Russell it was , Voted that a Committee of five be appointed bar the Moderator to establish a permanent memorial for the veterans of all wars for whom memorials have not been already erected, and who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the colors and hold or are entitled to an honorable discharge from the United States Army, Navyr, or Marine Corp, said committee to include at least one member of the Stanley Hill Post of the American Legion, one member of the G. A. R. and one veteran of the Spanish War. Committee appointed: William F. Young, Willard D. Brown, Minnie S. Seaver, William B. Foster, and James H. Russell. Art. 12. After some explanation by Attorney John H . Devine , it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Meeting adjourned at 9:35 P. M. A true record, Attest; (2-riLvCOY A;'" Town Clerk. K 146 r� CD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEW TOWN OFFICE BUILDING At the Town Meeting held March 28, 1927, it was Voted, "That this Committee be constituted a Building Committee and authorized and directed to procure plans, specifications and esti- mates for a new Town office Building." In pursuance bo the foregoing vote your Committee has had pre- pared plans and estimates of cost of a Town Office Building substantially as illustrated and described herein. it has been developed from a number of suggestions and designs as submitted to us by Messrs. Kilham, Hopkins, and Greeley (William Roger Greeley) and Mr. Willard D. Brown, whom we have employed. as Associate Architects and who are acting in a similar capacity in planning the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building. It is apparent to every citizen that there are great possibilities in the generous gift to the Town, which, through the acts of the Trustees, provides, in addition to a beautiful Memorial Building, a site for a TownOffice Building and room for another Municipal building when needed. While your Committee was appointed to develop plans of an office building, it has been impossible to give this subject any consideration without quickly realizing that the appearance of these public build- ings planed upon the land chosen for the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial • Building will be decidedly affected by whatever use is made of the adjoining land upon each side, now privately owned. Some study was therefore given to an office building placed near Vine Brook and at the building line (20 feet back of the street line ) and so designed as to be viewed as a part of the business development along Massachusetts Avenue. Your Committee is unanimous, however, in recommending that the proposed office building be placed as shown herein, forming part of an harmonious grouping of three buildings which when completed will form a beautiful municipal center. LOCATION • As indicated in the sketch-plan, the proposed office building is placed about 62 feet from Massachusetts Avenue and about 80 feet northwest of the Memorial Building, allowing for a wide lawn between and with a path and steps to the parking space in rear at a lower level. Entrance to the building is the semicircular drive leading to the Memorial Building. There is a service drive between the building and Vine Brook which provides the entrance to the Police Station and the parking area. THE PROPOSED T3UILDING The style of this building is the same as the Memorial Building. The red brick walls and white trimmings suggest the Colonial archi- tecture of the time of the Revolution, and the slate roof also belongs to the period, but the interior makes no pretense at being a copy of the Ild. Well lighted corridors are on the south side of the building with a staircase at either end. The Town Offices all open off these cor- ridors, and are interconnecting. Ample vault space has been provided by giving each department its own fireproof vault and there is also a large storage vault in the basement. Every office is well lighted by outside windows, and heated from radiators connected with the boiler plant of the Memorial Building. All have generous provision for artificial light. Offices regularly visited by the public will have the necessary counter's am grilles, and additional conveniences for the public have been placed on each corridor. The entire lower floor and exterior walls are of fireproof con- struction, and, as in the Memorial Building, automatic sprinklers are placed throughout the building, thus obtaining low insurance cost. 147 ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED Every office within our present building has been provided for, and so arranged, we believe, as to best meet the public needs and at the same time secure economical operation. Practically the entire lower floor has been given over to the Police Department. On the street floor are offices for the Superintendent of Public Works, the Clerk of the Selectmen, and the office and hearing-room of this Board. For them there is provided a room 20 by 31, or about the size of Cary Hall in the present Town Hall Building. The Town Clerk, Treasurer, Accountant, Tax Collector, and Inspectors may also be placed on this main floor as they are the officials having the greatest number of calls from the public. The second floor provides accommodations for the Engineering Department, the Water and Sewer Department, and the Assessors. There are also two conference rooms for the use of the Town Committees, the larger room being located so as to be especially available for use by the Registrars of Voters. Feeling that the fire alarm whistle would be totally out of place in this group of buildings, we have made no provision for it or for the tanks and machinery connected therewith. 1Ve recommend that this be handled as a separate project. FUTURE GROWTH wile ample provision has been made for the natural growth which may be expected to take place, notably in the Assessing, Engineering, and Water and Sewer Departments, it is manifestly impossible for your Committee to say how long it will be before the growth of the Town will be such as to require more space than we have provided. We have examined office buildings in other towns and cities and consulted • other officials. teased upon these studies we believe it fair to assume that the proposed building will accommodate a municipality of 30,000 inhabitants. When additional space is required, the Town will have the option of enlarging this building by adding on in the rear or constructing a second building on the other side of the Memorial Building. OFFICE FURNITURE We propose to use all the existing furniture which is fit to use and the vault fixtures. Additional fixtures, furniture and vault • equipment will be required and your Committee suggests that $5,000. be appropriated for this purpose. GRADING In the event that the Town should vote not to construct a new Office Building, the Isaac Harris Cary Trustees will carry out their original plan of building the main entrance drive and grading around the Memorial Building. if the Uffide Building is constructed the Trustees, with whom we have co-operated in the lay-out of the premises, have offered tocontDibute the estimated cost of the work they had plan- ned, toward the grading and landscaping of the entire lot. Complete plans and specifications have been prepared for grading the entire area and bids have been secured for this work. Out total estimate includes an adequate allowance for the grading adjacent to the Office Building. SALE OF PRESENT TOWN HALL PROPERTY No direct authority was given your Committee to sell the present Town Hall property but in order that full information could be given to the voters, we have advert ed for bids for the purchase of the present Town Hall to be received on September 20, 1927. These bids will be submitted to the citizens at the TownMeeting on September 22, 1927. The proposal to purchase is subject to a one year lease, free of rent to the Town, so that we may, if the Town so votes, sell the property and remain in our present quarters during the construction of the Office Building. • • 1 /18 COST CD From actual bids received from a comprehensive list of contractors we estimate the total cost of building, furniture, grad- ing, bond for completion, architects ' fees and an allowance of 2500 for contingencies will be $110,000. The Town can apply toward the cost of this project the proceeds from the sale of the present Town Hall, also the $11,000 received from the sale of the Rindge property. The appro- priation of $3500 made by the Town on March 28, 1927, will also apply toward the cost of the entire project. The balance of the money re- quired should be provided by the issuance of Town notes or bonds. CONCLUSION Your Committee is unanimous in its belief that the building described herein fully meets all present needs and is large enough to fulfil the requirements of the Town for years to come. Its design and setting as a part of a municipal group will always be a source of pride and satisfaction as holding to Lexington 's finest traditions. we have, therefore, requested the Selectmen to issue a Warrant for a Town Meeting to be held Thursday, September 22, 1927, in which will be embodied articles necessary to the acceptance of this report and to carry out the recommendations of your Committee. Respectfully submitted, William H. Ballard Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. Custance Francis Chamberlain Norman C. Hooper Arthur B. Maddison Fred H. Moulton George W. Nary James G. Robertson Albert B. Tenney Edwin B. Worthen 149 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 eiectamns and in town affairs to meet in their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emers• n Hall; Precinct Two, Town Hall) on MONDAY, the Fifth day of March, A. D. , 1928, at six o' clock A . M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art . 1 . To choose by ballot the following town officers : One town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selectmen for the term of three years ; one To-:.n 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; two Constables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board fpr the term of three years ; one member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; one Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years . The polls will be open at 6: 00 A. M. end will remain open until 5:00 P. M. • You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the twelfth day of Lerch 1928, at 7: 30 P.M. to act on the following articles : Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of. any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees . Art. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are reouired by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. To see if the Town will grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expendes of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or accounts, direct hove the same shall be raised or act in any manner relating thereto: Public Schools; Public Welfare; Highways; Street Lights; Fire Department; Appropriation Committee; Public Parks; Town Engineer' s Department; i'LLilk Inspector; Plumbing Inspector; Inspector of Slaughtering; April 19th Celebration; Street Signs; Cemeteries; l°fire Inspector; Sidewalks ; Memorial Day Ob- servation; Deepening and Widening' Brooks; Waltham Street Damages; Bedford Street Damages . Art. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropri,- tions for Town expenses the ensuing year, not specified in other articles, or act in any manner relating thereto. i:rt . 6 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the 'uppres- sion of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner releting thereto. Art. 7 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 32, section 52-55 General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto . Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to a.ppropriete and assess an amount of money to be used es a Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto . Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropri :te funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 3`', General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. 150 Art. 10. To see ii the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto . Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri; to the sum of $300.00 or scm 2 other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middle- sex County Extension Fervice, under the provisions cf Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts . Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water and Sewer Department and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of Massa- chusetts Avenue from the end of the present permanent construction about opposite Oak Street to Middle Street. Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State highway which may be laid out or constructed in the town during the present year or take any action with respect thereto. Art. 15. To see if the town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration or re- construction of any State highway or section of State highway in Lex- ington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefore in behalf of the town, or take any other action in respect thereto. Art. 16. To hear the report of the Board of Selectmen giving their re- commendation a8 to the purchase of land to be used by the Public Works Department for storage of material and equipment, and as a site for a new building to house the Fire Department in accordance with a vote of the Town under date of December 8, 1927, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1928. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to construct a fence around the Colonial Cemetery, or act in any manner relating there- to. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee and appro- priate money therefor, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise: Independence Avenue, W;-._chusett Drive, Crescent Hill Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, ebb Street, Shade Street, Smith Avenue, Robbins Avenue, -Tower Street, Watson Road, Farmcrest Avenue, and Cedar Street (Accepted) , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to lay out to a width of sixty (60) feet and to relocate and order specific repairs on Valthaui Street from its junction with Massachusetts Avenue to Middle Street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to be ex- pended by or under the direction of the Traffic Committee, said Com- mittee having been appointed by the Selectmen to investigate traffic con- ditions in Lexington, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be used for further study and completion of plans for Vine Brook Drainage, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 23, To see if the Town will recommend to the Selectmen, acting as . 151 a Board of Health, that an order or regulation of the Board of Health be adopted prohibiting the exercise of the trade or employment of keeping svibine within the limits of the Town of Lexington and desig- nating tho number of swine the keeping of welch shall be deemed the exercise of such trade or employment, -Jr otherwise defining or specify- ing practices which shall be deemed the exercise of such trade or em- ployment. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to construct sewers in the following streets: Upland Road, from Glen Roan to Chandler Street; Glen Road, from Meriam Street to Upland Road; Tower Street; Independence Avenue; Locust Avenue; Smith Avenue; and Robbins Road, and appropriate the sum of $5,000. and any additional amount, and issue bonds or notes therefor or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of making an Aerial Survey of the Town, or to continue the Block Plan System, or for a Town Plan, or for any or all of these projects, or act in any manner rel;_;ting thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to install granite curbing on the southerly side of Mass. Avenue from Walthem Street to Winthrop Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the Section of Middle, w'arrett and School Streets and Massachusetts Avenue, commonly known as the State Road, to be hereafter named "Mohawk Trail", or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new pumping apparatus for the Fire Department or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation and appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street for swimming purposes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 30. Tu see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place the fire alarm wires under ground on Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to the Hayes Fountain, and on Bedford Street from the Hayes Fountain to Elm Avenue, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 31. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to confer with the memorial committee of the Lexington Minute Men, Inc. with reference to their offer to erect on Hastings Park a memorial dedic._.ted to the Lexington 4inute men of 1775, whose courage and sacrifices for Justice and Freedom brought forth a new nation, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Tarrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this seventh day of February, A. D., 1928. THEODORE A. CUSTANCE Selectmen JAMES G. ROBERTSON V1ILLIAi! H. BALLARD of ALBERT H. BURNHAM FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN Lexington. 1`2 �o CD cx, Lexington, Mass. , February 25, 1928 To the Town Clerk; - I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public claces in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same111 to every registered voter in the town nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest ; James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. Lexington, Mass. laarch 8, 1928. This is to certify that I have this day appointed Helen C. Whittemore, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been sworn to perform the duties of said office to the best of her knowledge and ability. • Attest: jk-L2 ;26 Town Clerk. 153 1 9 2 8 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 5, 1928 The following election: officers had been appointed by tie Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows ; PRECINCT ONE C1 e'sson C. Schofield Warden Mrs. Mary A. Rowland Deputy warden Charles J. Dailey Clerk Ellese Schofield Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Edward L. Crown Inspector John S . Fanning Deputy Inspector • Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspector Martin M. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller Carl I. Drew Teller Evelyn G. Broughall Teller Charles E. Wheeler Constable PRECINCT TWO IIJay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector William A. Wilkins Deputy Inspector Norman C. Hooper Teller Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Charles Vaughan Teller James M. Ahern Teller James F. McCarthy Teller Frederick H. Tullar Teller Trying B. Pierce Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o' clock A. M. and remained open until five P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers '.vere sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Precinct , the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each Precinct was as follows : Precinct I. 730 Precinct II. 2343 . a4 CLI The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes sealed, signed by the election officers , together with the unused ballots , and delivered to the Town Clerk at his off3.ce. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows : Precinct I. Ballots cast, 60 Precinct II. Ballots cast , 203 Prec. I Prec II. Total . TO"rN CLE 'K. John H. Kane 54 191 245 Blanks 6 12 18 John H.Kane was declared elected. SELECTMEN Albert H. Burnham 54 183 237 Blanks 6 20 26 Albert H. Burnham was declared elected. TOWN TREASURER John H. Kane 56 190 246 Blanks 4 13 17 John H. Kane was declared elected. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron C. Earle 56 190 246 Blanks 4 13 17 Byron C. Earle was declared elected. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER John E. A. Mulliken 53 180 233 Blanks 7 23 30 John E. A. Mulliken was declared elected. SCHOOL COMMITTEE James Stuart Smith 52 180 232 Blanks 8 23 31 James Stuart smith was declared elected. 155 Prec II Total CONSTABLES Patrick J. Maguire 53 177 230 James J. Sullivan 49 186 275 Thomas C. Buckley 1 Blanks 18 42 60 Patrick J. Maguire and James J. Sullivan were declared elected. ' MODERATOR Robert H. Holt 52 185 230 Blanks 8 18 26 Robert H. Holt was declared elected. PLANNING BOARD C. Edward Glynn 49 174 223 William D. Milne 50 171 221 Blanks, 21 61 82 C. Edward Glynn and '!!illi_am D. Milne were declared elected. PLANNING BOARD (to fill vacanc'r) Harry A. Wheeler 49 173 222 Blanks, 11 30 41 Harry A. Wheeler was declared elected. TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Howard S. 0. Nichols 48 177 225 James Lima 1 1 Blanks 12 25 37 Howard S. 0. Nichols was declared elected. A true record, Attest; Town C l e rti 156 _)0 ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. MARCH 12, 1928 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7:39 P. M. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the warrant but on motion the further reading was dispensed with and the Constables Return was then read. Article 10. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefor a note or notes to be paid from the revenue of the present financial year. Articles 12, 19 and 24. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, it was voted that articles 12, 19, and 24 be taken up together. Mr. James G. Robertson of the Board of Selectmen thereupon offered the following votes under these articles which were passed unanimously: Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Tourer Street from Locust Avenue to Inde- pendence Avenue a distance of about 700 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to cnstruct a sewer in Independence Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue to Locust Avenue, a distance of approximately 1360 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sever in Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue easterly, a distance of approximately 280, feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Robbins Road from Locust Avenue a distance of approximately 300 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Locust Avenue from Independence Avenue to Robbins Road, a distance of approximately 320 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen he authorized to construct a sewer in Glen Road from Mriam Street to Upland Road, a distance of approximately 245 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Upland Road from Glen Road to Chandler Street, a distance of approximately 255 feet . Further voted that for the construction of severs in Tower Street , independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Locust Avenue, Glen Road and Upland Road, the sum of $5,000 be appropriated and assessed. And further voted that the sum of $14,000 be appropriated for the construction of sewers in Tower Street , Independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Locust Avenue , Glen Road and Upland Road, and that for the purpose of raising the money so 157 appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby Is authorizedto sell , under the direction and with the apnroval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing i ')ter. est at a rate not to exceed 5G,f, per annum, Issued and payable in accordance with. law. Voted that the num of X12 ,000, be appropriated and assessed for Sewer Maintenance. • Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install. water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee : Independence Avenue, (accepted in pert ) , Wachusett Drive, Crescent Hill Avenue , Franklin Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, -Tebb Street, Shade Street , (accepted in part ) Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Tower Street , Watson Road, Farmcrest Avenue, Cedar Street, (accepted in part ) and for the purpose of constructing these mains the sum of ~;:31,000.00 be appropriated for water Construction Account , and that for the purpose of raising the money. the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued and payable as provided by law. Voted that the sum of $65,000.00 be appropriated for Water Maintenance Account , the same to be appropriated from the Depart- mental receipts. Article 4. Under this article on motion of Howard S. 0. Nichols It was, Voted that the amount of Q195,400 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the public schools and for the payment of tuition at vocational schools for the current year. (See Page 158 for Article 4 continued. ) Article 4 . Under this article Norman C. Hooper offered the follow- ing motion: _ Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the support of the Fire •Department, " 4,250.00 Mr. Albert B. Tenney moved an amendment that Articles 28 and 30 be taken up with Article 4. Mr. Tenney' s motion was carried. Mr. Tenney then offered the following motion: I move to amend the motion before the House, by substituting the following: - , "That Article 4 in so far as it relates to the Fire Department and Articles 28 and 30 be referred to a committee of five (5 ) to be appointed by the Moderator, one from the Board of Selecitmen and Public Works and four other citizens , none of whom shall be office ce holders or employees of. the Town. That this committee study carefully the fire department in all its particulars, especially the adequacy and efficiency of all its apparatus of every kind and description, including the fire alarm system, the personnel of its permanent and call men, and their ability and training for the position held and paid for the location of our station houses and possibilities of consolidation and relmCation- new and better sites , if any, for housing- the living accommodations and hours of duty of the permanent members- the laws governing the fire department and its legal relationship to our present form of. Government- and our vuiter system, with special reference to the adequacy of street mains for proper fire protection. And that in order to aid the committee in its studies all records of the department together with its entire personnel , as well as that of any other department having any relationship of _palings with the fire department be made available for the attendee- and consideration of this committee. And that this committee be empowered to employ the services 158 in CL .7)1f of a properly qualified fire fighter from any of the Metro- politan cities , and/or experts from the New England Insurance Exchange, in order that the committee may be well advised. "And that this committee report at a later town meeting its recommendations as to - 1. - The necessity for a new pump and two additional per- manent men. 2. - The adequacy of the present apparatus including the fire alarm system. 3- Proper number of pmrmanent men and what provisions are now made and should be made in the future for their. training. 4- Advisability of consolidating the 2 station houses. 5: Possible location for a new site should a study show' consolidation to be advisable. Advisability of a permanent chief. 7- Responsibility of fire department to our Board of Selectmen and Public Works , or any other Board of our Town Government. 8- The adequacy of our present water system for proper fire protection. 9- Finally, any and all matters necessary to provide an adequate and efficient fire department, consistent with our ability to pay and the Fire Insurance Exchange' s requirements ." Mr. George E. Briggs moved that Mr. Tenney' s subst +:ute motion be laid upon the table temporarily to allow an appropri- ation to be made for the Fire Department. This motion was carried. Then on motion of 'Ir. George E. Briggs it was"Voted that the sum of $29,960 be appropriated and assessed for main- tenance of the Fire Department ." On motion of Mr. George E. Briggs '.'Ir. Albert B. Tenney' s motion was taken from the table and after some discussion was carried by vote of the meeting. Committee appointed: Albert B. Tenney, James G. Robertson, George H. Gibson, Edward H. Mara, and Charles J . Dailey. ( Insert Article 4 continued. See Page 157 ) Article 4. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was , Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the support of Outside Poor, X6,000.00 On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was , Voted that the following amount he appropriated and assessed for the current Year for the maintenance and care of highways , "60,000.00 On motion of Albert H. Burnham it vas , Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the expense of street lights , Y21 ,000.00 g 157 (Article 4/on dire Department should be inserted here ) . On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was , Voted that the following amount he appropriated and assessed for the current year for the expenses" of the Appropriation Committee , 150.00 1 159 Article 4 Continued. Under this article "Illiam H. Pallard offered the following motion: Voted that the following amount be appr'o:nriated and assessed for the current year for the maintenance of Public Parks $8,000.00 Dr. Clarence Shannon offered an amendment to this motion to substitute the sum of $5,100.00 for $8,000.00. The meeting voted to substitute this amount and the sum of v$5100.00 was appropriated for public parks. On motion of 'Albert H. n,urnham it was, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the salaries and expenses of the lingineering Department , $10,868.00 On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was , Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the salary and expenses of the "ilk Inspector, (of which X300 i.s for salary) 500.00 On motion ofAlbert H. Burnham it was , Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year. For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector, 1. ,150.00 ( of ,which :4;1100 is for salary) For the salary of Inspector of Slaughtering, 600.00 For the expenses of April 19th Celebration. 250. 00 For the construction and repair of street signs , 300.00 For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cem-tThry, 1,800.00 For the maintenance and development of "iestview Cemetery, 1 ,500.00 For the salary and expenses of "fire Inspector, 675.00 (of which $600 is for salary) For the construction of sidewalks or concrete or other material where the abu.ttors will pay one-half the expense, 2 ,000.00 For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic , 250.00 For deepening and widening brooks , 500.00 On motion of Theodore A. Custance the articles relating to 'a1tham Street Damages and Bedford Street damages were laid on the table. Article 2. Mr. George E. Briggs presented the following report for the Committee on Representative Town Meeting. 160 ,)0 CL 0 7.0 Lexington, Mass. , March 1 , 1928. To the Citizens of. Lexington. In March, 1927 , a Committee of Fire consisting of George E. Triggs , Joseph R. Cotton, Robert L. Ryder, John E. A . Mulliken, and George E. Smith was appointed by the Moderator whose duties were set forth under a vote of the Town on December F , 1926, reading as follows ; "Voted that a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and recommend to the Town what action, if any, shall be talren with respect to securing authority for representative town meetings. " This Committee met on April twenty-eighth and organized with George E. Briggs Chairman and Joseph R. Cotton Secretary. The Committee has held ten meetings throughout the rear. . From the first your Committee approached this question of a new form of town government with full appreciation of the serious task delegated to them. The open and democratic New England town meeting has persisted for almost three hundred wears and no better device for self government has ever been conceived. It affords the greatest freedom to the individual citizen to express his own views in open meeting and moreov=er gives great dignity to the rights and privileges of the most humble citizen Under such a local government every voter is free to speak,7propose measures , and is entitled to vote on all matters. The adoption of the amendment to the Federal Constitution in 1920 granting full franchise to women resulted in a great increase In the number of registered voters. Whereas in 1919 III we had 1279 registered voters in Lexington, we have to-day a total of men and women voters of 3078. This influx of new voters entitled to attend and participate in our town meetings taxed the capacity of our Tom Hall at times of extraordinary interest and in the minds of many has raised a grave question as to the legality of such meetings if it could be established that any citizen or citizens desiring to attend and vote had been denied that right. Lexington has not been alone in this vexatious problem but some of our larger towns have faced even more serious compli- cations . It was to relieve the situation that an amendment to the State Constitution was proposed and passed in both Senate and House in 1924 and in 1925, and was approved March 2, 1926, whereby it became possible for towns of six thousand or more in population to petition the Legislature for a limited form of repre64ative town government. Hitherto this privilege was granted o towns with a population of t ;elve thousand and above. The limited form of local town meeting or representative form of town government , as it is called, is briefly this. Upon petition of a majority of the citizens in a town meeting expressly called for that purpose , the Legislature may grant the aut3iority to any town of six thousand or more inhabitants to establish a representative form of government. If Lexington adopted the plan, the town would be divided by the Board of Selectmen into probably not less than four nor more than six geographical divisions or precincts which from time to time may be changed, each precinct containing approxi - mately an equal number of voters. The voters of these several precincts would elect an equal number of voters from each precinct to be town meeting members : the total number if based upon four precincts would be approxi- mately one hundred and twenty town meeting members , representing 4% of the voting strength of the Town. One third would hold office for one year, one third for two years , and one third for 1 6 three years and after the first election the term of office of all would be for three years. In addition to the elected members there is usually a provision in the act for town meeting members-at-large , con- sisti_:ig of the Moderator, the Selectmen and other principal town officers as Drell as Chairmen of important 'oards . Here In Lexington such a group of ex-officio members if given representation as above would increase the town meeting members by thirteen, a smaller number than some towns due to our present form of local government . These town meeting members and members-at-large , a total of approximately one hundred and thirty-three would constitute the town meetings for the transaction of business. A majority of the town meeting members would undoubtedly con- stitute a quorum for doing business but a less number •could be able to organize temporarily and adjourn from time to time. Such town meeting members would receive no compensation. All such town meetings would be public. Subject to such conditions as may be determined by the representative town meeting, any voter of the town may speak but cannot vote at such meetings unless a town meeting member. Nominations of candidates for town meeting members would be made by nomins tion papers bearing the signatures of ten or more voters as determined in the act , but a town meeting member may become a candidate for re-election by giving written notice to the Town Clerk. The right of all voters to vote for town officers and on all matters acted upon bytallot is not affected. Meetings of all registered voters for balloting at primaries and elections may be held in the several precincts or in the Town Hall as set forth in the petition to the Legislature. Vacancies in the town meeting membership from any precinct may be filled until the next election by the remaining town meeting members of the precinct where the vacancy occurs . The representative form of town government also p»ovides for a r ferendum. No vete passed at any representative town meeting with certain exceptions , such as possibly a vote borro',r•- ing money to pay the town bonds and interest or an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health, safety or convenience of the town, will be operative until five days , exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after the dissolution of the meeting. During that period a petition may be filed signed by not less than a fixed number of voters as determined in the act (possibly two hundred in Lexington ) requiring a referendum to all the voters on any matter passed on by the representative town meeting, whereupon a special meeting of all the voters of the Town will be called by the Selectmen and a vote taken by ballot for t'^e purpose of affirming or reversing the action of the limited town meeting. The act itself would determine the limitations of these exceptions , not subject to referendum. To aid the Committee in its study of this problem inform- ation was sought from the several towns which have adopted this representative form of local town government. Questionnaires •d.rere sent to the following towns : Arlington, Belmont, Brookline, Dartmouth, Greenfield, Methuen, Milton, Swampscott, Dedham, Watertown and Winthrop. The purpose of these questions was to elicit information as to the salient facts of the experience record of each town; the number of registered voters , the number of precincts , of town meeting members , of town meeting members- at large , the use or abuse of the referendum, the general interest of citizens other than town meeting members in the town meetings , and the attitude of voters generally toward the new form of town government . A letter was sent to each town, one addressed to the Moderator, one to the Town Clerk, one to the To.+'n Counsel, i 1W2 je, r and one each to two members of the Committee which studied and made the report in that town relative to the limited form of town government. The replies were very satisfactory and the statistics secured were of great value to the Committee. In two towns only was the referendum exercised , namely in Greenfield and in Dedham. Almost without exception each reply testified to the fact that the new form of localgovern- rent bad given general satisfaction. In almost every town there were those who found it difficult to vield to the new order but after the first year or so such mild objection dis- appeared. The Committee was unable to secure any facts from any town having about the same number of voters as Lexington as allof the towns which have; adopted this plan are in the clAssification of larger towns . The one exception is the town of Dartmouth which has 1941 registered voters but tb.t town, like the towns of '.Rilton and Swampscott , adopted the new nlan in 1927 to go into operation in the Spring of 1228. These towns have yet to go through the experimental stage. Dedham has 4800 registered voters and is perhaps next to Lexington in voting strength although it has a population nearly double that of Lexington. Since Dedham did not find her plan in operation until 1926, the Committee was unable to secure an�Y important information from that town as to the success of the plan. After full publicity in our local papers , a public hearing was held on Monday evening, November 21st . last , in Cary Hall. This hearing was very disappointing in that it attracted only seven citizens apart from the Committee and of these seven. five were town officers. Government in the abstract never nates as a popular subject and it is without doubt wise to appreciate this fact in appraising the lack of interest at this hearing. Subsequently the Committee also wrote to a group of citizens which appeared to them to represent a cross section of our town. These letters asked certain questions with the purpose of securing the views of an many as possible relative ' to this important -subject. The replies . ere in allcases very thoughtful and of real value to the Committee. They indicated, however, a divided opinion although the majority favored the change. It is of interest to note that our new fellow citizens were more reluctant to a change of local governme it than some of our long-time residents . It is generally recognized that when all is tranquil, Lexington is quite capable of transacting her business under the time-honored system which we now enjoy, that of the unlimited New England town meeting form of town government. We are just now passing through one of those tranquil periods and yet it does not take a prophet to forecast trouble and confusion if the to 'n should suddenly be faced with a major problem of town government. A ship is not built for fair weather but for the storms •vhich may buffet it. A town should establish such structural foundations of local government as may he sufficiently responsive to any demand placed upon it by the duly authorized voters of the town, preserving to each his inalienable right of franchise. Lexington is an ancient New England Town and should yield reluctantly its present form of town government yet your Committee is clear in its conviction that no other course willbe open as the town continues to grow than to adopt the more elastic scheme of government as provided in the proposed limited form. Although the Committee can see no other Alterna- tive , yet in view of the gravity of the problem which affects the very soul of our town and community life , we are constrained to move cautiously before recommending that we loose our civic 1.63 craft from its historic moorings . We regret that the Committee is unable at this time to reach a unanimous conclusion as to any definite recommendation. If the town is agreeable to the suggestion, the Committee will be glad to continue its work with the hope that a unanimous report may be made at some town meeting in the Fall. Should this report favor a change looking toward t're adoption of the limited form of town government , there would then be ample time to draft and file a bill for the next incoming Legislature. Respectfully submitted, George E. 'Briggs , Chair-an Joseph R. Cotton Robert T . Ryder John E. A. Mulliken George E. Smith Article 5. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was unanimously, Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For salary and expenses of To n Treasurer :,1 ,075,00 ( of. •which : 700, is for salary) For sal_ ry and expenses of Town Clerk, 1 ,004 .00 ( of which 4x1700 Is for salary) For salary and expenses of Collector, 3,970.00 ( of which "2,100 s for. salary) For expenses of Elections and Regi.straations , 2,000. 00 For the expenses of the To-1n Hall, 6 ,000.00 For hydrant rental , 4 ,935.00 For themaintenance of Village Hall , 780.00 For salary and ex-nenses of S ,aler of ' reights F& Measures , 400.00 ( of which _'700 is for sal,_ r-r) For expense of Foest Fires , 500.00 For the salary of Doi; Officer, 50.00 For the maintenance of Hastings Park, 5. 00 For the inspection of animals , :450.00 For the support of the Dental Clinic in the Public Schools , 1,700.00 For vital statistics , 50. 00 111 For the expense of watering troughs , 50.00 For soldiers ' burials, 100.00 For soldiers ' relief, 700.00 For military aid to he expended under Chapter 115 of the General Laws, 100.00 • For the administration of Public Trusts , 80.00 For State 'id, 400.00 For navment of interest upon the public debt , 39 , 00.00 16 Article 5 Continued. 7 CO For the payment of the $ 98,000 bonded indebtedness of the town maturing in 1928, $71,562.90 and that the sum of 425,000 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account. (T3alance on hand $1437.10) Under this article Mr. `"lilliam H. P,allard offered the following motion! Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current YTear for the support of the Police Department , $28,550.00. Dr. James J. '"!alsh, of the Appropriation Committee , offered an amendment that the sum of $29 ,100.00 be appropri- ated for the Police Department inasmuchas this Is the amount recommended by the Appropriation Committee . After some discussion it was Voted that the following amount be aprrropri aced and assessed for the current Year for the support of the Pol' oe Department , $29, 100.00 On notion of Albert H. Burnham the following votes were passed: Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For the support of the libraries, $12,173.00 For the salary and expenses of the Supt. of Public Works, (of which $4200 is for salary) 5,400.00 • For the expense of insurance, 7,543.23 For the salary and expenses of Town Accountant, 2,900.00 ( of which $ 2700 is for salary) For salaries and expenses of the Board of Assessors, 4,275.00 ( of which 41)900 is for salary of Assessors ) For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Dept. • (of which $250 is for expenses of Selectmen for 1928) 6,500.00 For the maintenance of public health and sanitation, 4,000.00 For legal services (of which $500 is for salary of Town Uounsel ) 2,000.00 For unclassified expenses , 200.00 For protection of public shade trees and for the - planting of shade trees, 1,000.00 For the expense of removal of snow 5,000.00 Fm47;0 e ,g49 ,building Inspector 5 Cary Memorial Library, 100.00 For expense of printing and publishing the Town Report, 599.40 For expenses of the Planning Board, 150.00 For removal of ashes and care of dumps, 2,000.00 For maintenance and purchase of traffic beacons, 1,250.00 ......_. .... . 165 Art. 6. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws, 4,500.00 Article 7. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 32, Section 52-55 of the General Laws , 775.00 Art. 8. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed as a Reserve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40, Sec.6 of the General Laws, 2,500.00 Art. 9. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws , Police Pensions , 1,900.00 Fire Pensions, 1 ,115.00 Art. 11. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed for aid to Middlesex County bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics. It was also voted to elect Robert P. Trask as Director. Art. 13.. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously, Voted that the sum of $20,000 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from the end of the presentpermanent construction about opposite Oak Street to Middle Street, provided the State and Uounty contribute a like amount. Andfurther voted that any unexpended balance may be used for other permanent highway construction. Art. 14. On motion of Theodore A. Uustance 9.t was Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public "forks, Division of Highways , for the construction of any State highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the present year. Art. 15. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alter- ation, construction, or reconstruction of State Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington, and that the Selectmen, be authorized to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid. Art. 18. Under this article Edward Wood offered the following motion: Voted that the sum of $850 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of a fence around the Colonial Cemetery. Wm Roger Greeley spoke against the proposition of placing a fence around the cemetery and upon motion of Hollis Webster it was, Voted to inderinitely postpone{' this article. • 166 ,-0 CL cs� Art. 22. On motion of William D. Milne it was , Voted that the sum of $1500 be appropriated and assessed for further study and completion of plans for Vine Brook Drainage. Art. 27. After some discussion upon this article it was decided to lay the article on the table. Art. 2. On motion of Howard S. 0. Nichols it was , * "Voted: That a Committee of Seven on Increased School Accommodations be created to consist of the School Committee and four other citizens be appointed by the Moderator. This Committee shall study the question of adequately housing Lexington' s growing school population and report their findings and recommendations as soon as is reasonably possible. " Art. 2. On motion of William H. Ballard it was , Voted that the School Building Committee appointed March 10, 1924 be discharged. Meeting adjourned at 10:12 P. M. for two weeks, to March 26, 1928. A true record, Attest; 69V-4-vi,014(--00 Clerk. %, School Committee : Howard S. C . Nichols Clara M. .Barbour (Mrs. S.L) James Stuart Smith Charles H. Spaulding Minnie A. Glynn (Mrs. C. E. ) James W. Smith Neil McIntosh. 167 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 26, 1928. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7:35 P. M. Art.3.0n motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen it was , "Voted that Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell be elected as Field Drivers for the ensuing year." Art.4. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. 'ustance, it was unanimously, "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to com- promise for $3910.00, the petition for damages arising out of the widening of Waltham Street brought by Harry M. Aldrich, U and that X3910.00 be appropriated and assessed for that purpose: Art.4. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was unanimously, "Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for Medford street Damages , $435.00" Art. 16. Under this article on motion of Albert H. Burnham, it was unanimously, "Voted that the report of progress of the board of Selectmen relative to purchase of land to be used for a Public Works Depart- ment and as a site for the new building to house the Fire Depart- ment be accepted and placed on file, and that the Selectmen, be given further time to report their recommendations." The above report was made verbally by the Chairman. Art. 17. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was: "Voted that the board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit of the 1928 accounts." Art. 20. Under this articlefihe motion of Theodore A Custance *is .discussed: The motion read as follows; �. "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to petition the Uounty commissioners to lay out to a width of sixty x'(60) feet and to relocate and order specific repairs on Waltham Street from its junction with Massachusetts Avenue to Middle Street." on motion of Walter S. Meatty it was voted to indefinitely postponed the article. Art. 21. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Art. 25. on motion of Albert H. Burnham it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Art. 27. Under this article Clyde E. Steeves offered the following motion, "That the Town vote to change the name of the Section of Middle, Marrett and School Streets +and Massachusetts hvenue,dbmmonly known as the State Road, to be hereafter named MoiThawk Trail". 168 CD CC Mr. Albert H. Burnham moved an amendment that Massachusetts Avenue be eliminated from the motion before the house. Mr. nurnham's motion was passed. Mr. James A. Peirce then presented a substitute motion as follows: "Voted that names of the sections of the following streets: Middle street from Massachusetts Avenue to School Street, School Street from Middle Street to Marrett Street, Marrett Street from School Street to Massachusetts Avenue, Marrett Street to Lincoln line, be changed to Marrett Road." Mr. Peirce's motion was then passed by the meeting. 111 Art. 29. Under this article Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion: Voted that a Uommittee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or develop the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street for swimming pur- poses , and that the sum of $500 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the Committee. Dr. Clarence Shannon offered the following amendment , "That the committee be five in number and that one of these be a member of the tsoard of Selectmen." Dr. Shannon's amendment was passed by vote of the meeting. Frederick L. Emery then moved an amendment "Tha't this committee confer with the Planning hoard and that the $500 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the town." Mr. Emery's amendment was declared lost but several doubted the vote and a rising vote was taken. 68 voted in the affirmative and 45 in the negative, and Mr. Emery's motion was declared carried. The original motion as amended was then put before the house and passed by a rising vote of 90 in the affirmative and 13 in the negative. The original motion as amended reads as follows; "Voted that a Committee of five, one to be a member of the Board of Selectmen, be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop the Lexington heserveir property on Middle Street for swimming purposes, And that the sum of 500.00 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the committee, and that this committee confer with the Planning Board and that the $500.00 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the Town." Committee appointed: Dr. Clarence Shannon, Robert P. Trask, William H. Ballard, William E. Mulliken and Donald Wilson. Art. 31. Under this article on motion of Ezra F. greed it was "Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to confer with the memorial committee of the Lexington Minute-Man, Incorporated, with reference to their offer to erect on Hastings Park a memorial dedicated to the Lexington Minute-Men of 1775, whose courage and sacrifices for Justice and Freedom brought forth a new nation, and that said committee report at a sub- sequent town meeting." Committee .appointed: Edward C. stone, arthur N. Maddison, Waldo F. Glidden, Willard C. Hill and W. Roger Greeley. Art. 2. Under this article the report of the Committee on Housing the Fire Alarm system was read as follows. March 26, 1928. Under Article #2 the Committee appointed by the Moderator on Removing and Housing of the Fire Whistle Apparatus begs to offer the following report: We recommend that the apparatus now housed in the Town 169 Hall for the purpose of sounding fire alarms on the whistle be removed at an early date and placed temporarily in a portion of the sheds now located at the rear of the Town Hall. We recommend that the Board of Selectmen enter into agreement with Rubin & Obligman, owners of the Town Hall Property, to the effect that this whistle apparatus may be located in a portion of these sheds for a term of two years. Edward W. Taylor, G. e. Parsons. ¶ r. Theodore A. L'ustance then submitted the following motion: Art. 2. Voted that the final report of the "ommittee on housing the fire alarm system be accepted, and that the Fire Engineers be instructed to remove the fire alarm system from the present Town Hall Building and relocate it subject to the approval of the Selectmen. Mr. George E. Briggs offered a substitute motion that the report of the committee on removing and housing the r'ire Whistle apparatus be accepted and that the matter be referred to the investigating committee to be appointed under vote passed under Article 4 of the Town Meeting,. March 12, 1928. After explanation of the necessity for immediate action on this matter, Mr. Briggs agreed to withdraw his motion. The motion as offered by Mr. Custance was then passed by vote of the meeting. Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Roland E. tiarmon, it was Voted, "Whereas at the present time there is valuable and interesting material pertaining to the patriotic services of our citizens scattered at large throughout the town in the hands of citizens and organizations. And whereas it would be more in keeping to have it collected in a central headquarters in the custody of proper officials, indexed, labelled, and catalogued, be it voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of investigating, discovering, securing and if possible collecting any and all interesting relics or documents pertaining to the services or activities of any of the citizens of Lexington or of the organizations of the town rendered during any or all periods that the anuntry was at war and to report back to the town the result of its survey with recommendations as to the future safe keeping of such historical data to the end that it may be safely kept for and accessible to posterity. " Committee appointed: Edwin B. Worthen, g mna 0. Nichols , Bertha 1. Hutchinson, Dr. ±red S. Piper, Roland. E. Garmon. The meeting dissolved at 9:40 P. M. A true record, Attest; Town "lerk. 17CIO0 CO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY APRIL 24, 1928. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows : Precinct I. Clesson C. Schofield -garden Mary A. nowland Deputy Warden Charles J. Dailey Clerk Katherine A. nussell Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Edward L. Crown Inspector John S. Fanning Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspector Charles E. Wheeler Constable Martin A. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley +� Carl I. Drew ++ George F. Harrington Ti Charles E.Wheeler Constable Precinct II. Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. geed Deputy Warden Patrick r'. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy "lerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Marion W. Jackson Deputy Inspector Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Charles Vaughan +� James McCarthy ++ Irving B. Pierce ++ Charles E. Moloy Constable. The polls were declared open in each Precinct at four o'clock P. M. , and remained open until eight o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Ulerk at this office. The total registration of voters was 3074. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct I. Ballots cast, Democratic Ll5 Republican 87 Precinct II. Ballots cast, Democratic 35 Republican 334 171 REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AT LARGE Prec. I. Prec. II. Total. III William M. Butler 76 Frederick H. Gillett 288 364 Channing H. Cox 71 294 365 Eben S. Draper 74 265 339 64 250 309 Pauline R. Thayer 59 +iinnie R. Dwight .53. 2 53 2099 217 262 26 309 Grace H. Bagley Frederick L. Anderson 39 152 191 Alvan T. Fuller 1 Blanks 120 1 423 543 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE. Louise ",,r. Williams 59 242 Mary Pratt Potter 55 244 301 Eliot Wadsworth 66299 Frederick H. Prince 254320 Butler Ames 55 247 302 Edwin F. Leonard 62 248 310 Raoul H. Beaudreau 58 239 23 228 Blanks 199 283 636 835 DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIk'TH DISTRICT Charles P. Howard 60 257 317 Charles A. Stevens 61 221 Irving A. Priest 20 282 42 Blanks 33 148 61 181 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES FIFTH DISTRICT Frank M. Andrew 59 239 298 Edward T. Simoneau 51 221 Blanks 64 208 272 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE. Precinct I. Alfred Smith 1 Smith 1 Herbert Hoover 30 VItce Pres. Dawes 1 C. H. Hoover 1 Mr. Hoover 4 Herbert C. Hoover 2 Hoover 31 Blanks 16 Precinct II. Herbert Hoover 168 172 i q Presidential Preference Continued. Hoover 95 Charles Evans Hughes 1 Calvin Coolidge 10 Herbert L. Hoover 2 Herbert C. Hoover 3 Alvan T. Fuller 1 Mr. Hoover 8 Coolidge 1 H. S. Hoover 1 Dawes 3 Mr. Herbert Hoover 2 Calvin S. Coolidge 1 Mr. H. Hoover 1 Alfred E. Smith 1 Charles G. Dawes 3 Herbert S. Hoover 1 George W. Briggs 1 Senator Borah 1 William Dawes 1 Alvan T. Fuller 1 Charles Dawes 1 Herbert H. Hoover 1 Blanks 26 DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AT LARGE Prec. I. Prec II Total. David I. Walsh 14 32 46 James M. Curley 12 29 41 Andrew J. Peters 11 27 38 Charles H. Cole 11 28 39 Joseph B. Ely 10 26 36 Helen A. MacDonald 12 27 39 William J. Foley 12 28 40 Edward J. Kelley 11 27 38 Lawrence F. Quigley 2 8 10 Blanks 10 48 r58 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE. Charles H. McGlue 11 26 37 Strabo V. Claggett 8 25 33 Joseph Santosuosso 9 23 32 Bernard M. Wolf 9 25 34 Elizabeth C. McInerney 10 25 35 Dorothy Whipple Fry 9 25 34 James A. Donovan 9 26 35 Raymond V. McNamara 9 27 36 Blanks 31 78 109 DISTRICT DELEGATES- FIFTH DISTRICT John W. Huey 4 18 22 Cornelius F. Cronin 11 22 33 Cornelius Desmond, Jr. 4 22 26 John J. Gilbride 6 11 Joseph M. Halloran 6 9 17 James F. Heslin 2 1 15 3 Katherine F. McCarthy 9 16 25 Edward J. Rogers 5 5 10 Blanks 13 36 49 173 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES -10IrTH DISTRICT Prec. I . Prec II. Total James V. Hennessy 9 23 32 Sarah G. Sparks 9 21 30 Patrick J . Meehan 8 22 30 John J. O'Connor 9 21 30 Michael J. Kelley 2 2 4 John P. O ' Connell 2 1 3 Henry J. Sullivan 2 2 Blanks 4 64 48 112 PRES1DENTIAL PREFERENCE Precinct i. Thomas J. Walsh 1 Alfred E. Smith 4 Gov. Alfred E. Smith 2 A. G. Smith 2 Alfred Smith 1 Smith 2 Blanks 3 Precinct II. Smith 7 Geo. Alfred Smith 4 Alfred E. smith 10 Al Smith 2 III Albert Smith 1 Alfred Smith 1 Gov. A Smith 1 Blanks 9 A true record, Attest: j, If cArd7 ., Sr Town Clerk. 174 Warrant for Presidential Primary The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of saidtown who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall, Lexington, and Emerson Hall , East Lexington, Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of April, 1928, at 4 o 'clock P. M. , for the following purposes : To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices : 7 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 7 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party. 8 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 8 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party 5th Congressional Dist. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party. 5th. Congressional Dist. 4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 5th Congressional Dist. 4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 5th Congressional Dist. Presidential Preference Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the United States . Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. The polls will be open from 4 P. M. to 8 P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said. meeting. Given under our hands this 10th day of April A. D. , 1928. Albert H. Burnham, ) Selectmen Theodore A. Custance, ) Francis Chamberlain, ) James G. Robertson, ) of William H. Ballard, ) Lexington Lexington, Mass. April 16, 1928 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Hall and in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington Amendment' to By-Laws1 7 y of the Town of Lexington Adopted at a Town Meeting, December 8, 1927. • Approved by Attorney General, March 23, 1928. Published in Lexington Times, April 6, 13 and 20, 1928 Voted that the Town amend the first paragraph of Article 111, Section 5 of the Code of by-Laws of 1922 by sub- stituting therefore the following: "The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for six o 'clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o 'clock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o 'clock in the evening of the following Monday. " Boston, Mass. March 23, 1928 • The foregoing by-laws are hereby approved. • Arthur K. Reading Attorney General. Lexington, Mass. • I hereby certify that the foregoing By-Law amending the first paragraph of Article III, Section 5 of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 by substituting the following section, was duly adopted at a Town Meeting, December 8, 1927, approved by the Attorney General and published in the Lexington Times, April 6, 13 and 20, 1928. A true record, Attest: 96 � � Town Clerk. 176 1 , CD 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, qual- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the Town all, in said Lexington, on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE, 1928, at eight P.M. , Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract to collect garbage in sections df the town to be determined by them or to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract with persons or corporations for town collection of garbage in sections to be designated by the Selectmen, appropriate money for the cost of such collection, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to construct sewers in the following streets: Glen Road, from Upland Road to OaklandStreet; Eliot Road, fromMassachusetts Avenue through land of James P. Munroe and Sumner Robinson, Trustees, to Tavern Lane , thence in Tavern Lane to Eliot Road, and in Eliot Road from Pelham Road to Warren Street; Hastings Road from Lincoln Street to Massachusetts Avenue and Massa chusetts Avenue from Hastings Road to Audubon Road; Waltham Street, from the north branch of Vine Brook near Forest Street in a south- Westerly direction approximately 950 feet, and appropriate money for said construction, issue bonds or notes therefore, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 4. To see if the town will notify the City of Waltham and the Commissioner of Mental Diseases on or before December first in the current year that it does not desire to avail itself of the opportunity of connecting the sewers of that area of Lexington in the valby of Beaver Brook as described in Sec. 1 of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928 with the sewers provided for in the said chapter, or take any other action with respect to said statute or the provisions for the Town of Lexington therein contained. • Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of York Street from Meriam Street a distance of approximately 700 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerkts Office, appropriate money, by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of Simonds Road, from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerks Office, appropriate money, by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of Prospect Hill Road from Marrett Road to Wachusett Drive, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office, appropriate money, by transfer from other accounts , by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. . Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of 4,1500 to continue work on the Block Plan. a_77 Art. 9. To wee if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts : Forest Fires, Law Department, Soldier's Relief, Sidewalks, Unclassified, Moving Fire Alarm Apparatus, Rental Town Hall sheds, Proportionate taxes Town Hall property, Town Hall Account. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to increase the candle power of the street lights on Massachusetts Avenue from Wobutn Street to Clarke Street and appropriate additional money for the street lighting account , to cover the cost of such increase , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the annual town warrant , to investigate the fire department and water department . Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend its zoning law to include as an R. 1 district, for single family dwellings, such resi- dential area as is now zoned under R. 2, for two-family dwellings, bounded by the Playground and its entrance ways, Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street. This will include the residential areas upon both sides of Forest Street, Forest Court, unaccepted part of Forest Street, parker Street, Jackson Court, Clarke Street, Raymond Street, Muzzey Street and Waltham Street Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Cary Avenue. Art. 14 . To see if the Town will authorize and direct its Board of Selectmen to execute, acknowledge and deliver in its name and behalf, a deed running in favor of John L•Hossfield of said Lexington, releasing to him all its right, title and interest, if any, in a cer- tain parcel of land being lot numbered 14 in Block numbered 18 front- ' ing on Reed Street in said Town, shown on plan of lots of March C. Meagher, said plan recorded in the Southern District of Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 77 and date=d 1892, and being the lot described in a deed of the Town of Lexington to said John E. Hossfield dated March 3, 1925 recorded with said Deeds Book 4819, Page 506 which lot said town acquired from its collector of taxes in 1908; or act in any other manner relating thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, to provide for surveys of the water and sewer areas of the town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twelfth day of June, A. D. , 1928. Albert H. Burnham ) Selectmen Francis Chamberlain ) James G. Robertson ) of Theodore A. Custance ) Lexington ) Lexington, Mass. June 21, 1928 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Pose Office, in the Vestibule ' of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed oopy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 1:78 rj0 TOWN MEETING. JUNE 28, 1928. Meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, John H. Kane, at 8 P. M. The Moderator, Robert H. Holt, not being present, on motion of George E. Briggs, Senator Joseph R. Cotton was nominated and elected as Moderator. Art. 2. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen, Tri—vas voted to take up Article 2. Under this article, Mr. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, be and hereby are authorized to undertake the collection of garbage in such portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time, and that the sum of $3,000. be appropriated and assessed to cover the cost of such collection. Dr. Clarence Shannon then offered the following as a substitute motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, be and hereby are authorized to undertake the collection of garbage in such portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time, and that the sum of $1.000. be appropriated and assessed and that such collection be by contract." Mr. Elwyn G. Preston spoke on the subject expressing the thought that he did not believe that the Selectmen would be able to make a good contract, if the vote stated that the collection should be done by contract. Mr. James G. Robertson of the Selectmen also spoke against the appropriation of $1,000. inasmuch as this would tie the Selectmen up to collecting the garbage by contract only , and as the proposition was new to the Board, he felt that they should be given an opportunity to find out the best way to handle the garbage collection,'and he hoped the substitute motion would not prevail. Vote was taken on the substitute motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon, and the amendment was lost. The original motion offered by Mr. Albert H. Burnham was then passed by vote of the meeting at 8:16 P. M. Art. 3. Under this arti cle Mr. Burnham offered the following motions ea-ch to be taken up separately. "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Glen Road from Upland Road to Oakland Street, a distance of approximately 320 feet." The above vote was passed unanimously by the meeting. Under this article Mr. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Eliot Road, from Massachusetts Avenue through land of James P. Munroe and Sumner Robinson, Trustees, to Tavern Lane, thence in Tavern Lane to Eliot Road, and in Eliot Road from Pelham Road to Warren Street, a distance of approximately 2,000 feet." Under this article, Mr. Gait F. Parsons stated that he did not believe there was any necessity of a sewer up Warren Street and offered the motion that this article be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Custance of the Selectmen explained that there were applications for the sewer 1113 in Eliot Road and that it might be possible it would noto as far as Warren Street, but request has been made in that vicinity , and the Board should have the authority to extend if necessary. After this explanation, Mr. Parsons' motion for indefinite postponement was lost, and the original motion offered by Mr. Burn- ham was passed by rote of the meeting. The following motion, which was offered by "`r. Albert H. Burnham, was passed unanimously: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Hastings Road from Lincoln Street to Massachusetts Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue, from Hastings Road to Audubon Road, a distance of approximately 700 feet." Art. 4. Under this article, on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted to indefinitely postpone the article. " Mr. Theodore A. Custance explained that through the efforts of the Senator and Representative of Lexington, the Town of Lex- ington was given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to enter the sewer to be constructed for the Hospital for Mental Diseases being located in Belmont, Waltham and Lexington. In this article in the Warrant the Selectmen are asking for an appropriation to have the Engineering Survey made of this section of the Town so that they may determine before December 1 1928, whether it would be feasible for the `Town to enter the sewer provided by Section One, Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928. Art. 9. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the following votes were passed unanimously: "Voted that the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus account to the following accounts: Law Department $1500.00 Unclassified 300.00 Forest Fires 200.00 eroportionate taxes as Rental of Town Hall, Apr. 1, 1928 to June 30, 1928. 500.00. " "And further voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the following accounts: Soldier' s Relief $300.00 Relocating Fire Alarm Tanks and Whistle 800.00 Rental of Town Hall Sheds 175.00 Sidewalk construction (of cbnck!ete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the cost.) 2000.00." The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the appropriations were approved by the Committee. Art. 10. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham Article 10 was taken up. Under this article Mr. William R. S. Eaton offered the follow- ing motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to increase the candle power of the street lights on Massachusetts Avenue from 180CL Woburn Street to Clarke Street to 600 c. p. and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed to increase the street lighting account to provide for this increase in candle power." Mr. William Roger Greeley asked the purpose of the increase in candle power whether for display or prevention of danger. Mr. Eaton explained that it was for both, and would cost approximately $1523. additional each year for maintenance. Dr. Clarence Shannon explained that the Selectmen intended to increase the candle power in front of the kiew Memorial �'uilding, and the New Town Office Building, inasmuch as these buildings will not be well lighted by the present lighting system and that it was an opportunity to increase all of the lights through the center of the town, and in this way give better Police protection than we now have. Mr. William H. Ballard of the Selectmen, stated that the Board voted to install 250 candle power lights in front of the Cary Memorial and Town Office Buildings on Massachusetts Avenue, but did not approve any further increase. He stated that the additional expende of operating 600 c. p. lights in the center of the Town might well be spent upon some other project of the Townts needs, inasmuch as this was an increase in current expenses which would occur every year. Mr. R. Coman Savoye spoke in favor of the increased lighting as did Mr. Albert B. Tenney. Mr. Tenney felt that the cost of the increase was very reasonable and that the National Safety Council was advocating better lighting as a means of protection. Mr. Carl Damon spoke against the increase of 600 c. p. lights as did also Mr. Francis Chamberlain of the Selectmen. Mr. Eugene J. Viano spoke in favor of the proposition stating that he felt that the property owners through the center of the Town were entitled to increased lighting inasmuch as the property had increased in assessment to a great extent and there has been no increase in the lighting for some years. After this discussion the motion offered by Mr. William R.S. Eaton was passed by vote of the meeting . Art. i3. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was, "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Cary Avenue." Art. 14. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, it was, "Voted that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, be, and they hereby are, authorized, instructed and directed, to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of said Town, a deed running in favor of John E. Hossfield of said Lexington, releasing all the right, title and interest of said Town, if any, in lot numbered 14 in Block numbered 18 fronting on Reed Street on a plan of lots of Mark C. Meagher, surveyed by E. A. W. Hammatt, Civil Engineer and recorded in the Southern District of Middlesex County Registry of Deeds Book 77 dated 1892, meaning and intending hereby to authorize and direct said Board of Selectmen to release in the name and behalf of said Town all right, title and interest of said Town that it may have in the above described real estate, originally acquired under a deed from the Collector of Taxes of said Town dated December 24, 1908, and recorded with said deeds, book 3400 page 181 327 and conveyed to said Hossfield by Treasurer of said Town March 3, 1925 by deed recorded in said Registry book 4819 page 506 . " Ir. Sydney R. Wrightington explained that the above vote wa.• required to release the property mentioned in the above vote. Art. 1. Under this article Mr. Willard C. Hill offered the report of the Committee to solicit Funds for the Airplane Carrier Lexington. Mr. Hill read the report of the Committee and placed on file the records of the Treasurer of this Committee. It was voted to accept the report of the Committee, place the same on file, and discharge the Committee. Report of Committee, appointed by the Moderator, to collect funds and arrange for a MEMORIAL to be presented to the U. S. S. LEXINGTON, on behalf of the Town. The COMMITTEE organized as follows: Willard C. Hill, Chairman Galen A. Russell, Treasurer Mrs. Beulah L. Sherburne Dr. John H. Kane Roger S. Clapp After consultation with the previous Committee, the Secretary of the Navy and Officials of the Ship LEXINGTON, we ascertained that the most desirable and acceptable gift would be a Silver Service. Upon careful consideration and after much time and thought had been expended on the part of our fellow member, 1rs. Sherburne, we decided on a Colonial type that we felt would properly and worthily represent the Town. The order was placed with Mr. George C. Gebelein, an expert silver craftsman, and one who hat had similar commissions in the past. The service consisted of the following pieces and took about six months to complete. 1 30 inch Salver 1 Water Kettle and Stand 1 Coffee Pot 1 Tea Pot 1 Sugar Bowl 1 Cream Pitcher 1 Waste Bowl. The Seal of the Town of Lexington, surrounded by a bright cut Colonial Scroll Manteling, was beautifully engraved on each piece. On the large Tray under an enlarged replica of the Seal was engraved in Colonial lettering. U. S. S. LEXINGTON PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 1928. The presentation took place on the Ship, while in the Government Dry Dock at South Boston, on January 28th, 1928. The Selectmen cooperated in every way possible to make the affair a success, and, notwithstanding a very disagreeable snow storm it was a memorable occasion. Furthermore, the Selectmen appointed a Committee, of which William Roger Greeley was General Chairman, to entertain the Officers of the Ship, with their Ladies, on Saturday evening February 4th, 1928. An old fashioned Turkey Linner was served at Buckman Tavern, which was decorated in Colonial style, and all those taking part in providing the entertainment were dressed 1S* in costumes of the olden times. The success of this affair was principally due to the work of the Chairman, Mrs. A. B. Tenney. Later in the evening a reception and dance was held at the Old Belfry Club, to which the public was invited. I From numerous comments and letters received from the Officers we earnestly congratulate the Committee on Arrangements. A great deal of credit is due not only to those mentioned but to the other sub chairmen, Mr. John H. Devine, Mr. Arthur N. Maddison and Mr. A. Edward Rowse, who together with the members of the various • Committees helped to make the event a great success . We collected $2,066.72 and expended $2,011.40, leaving a balance of $55.72, which was returned to the largest donor to the fund. Filed with this report is a complete report by the Treasurer, Galen A. Russell, which shows all the votes of the Committee in connection with financial matters and gives a complete record of all moneys received and expended. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Willard C. Hill, CHAIRMAN. It was then voted to lay Article 1 upon the table. Art. 15. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was, "Voted that the sum of $4,000. be appropriated and assessed to be spent under the direction of the Selectmen to provide surveys of the sewer area of the Town to determine first whether it would be best for the Town to accept the provisions of Section 1, Chapter 372, Act of 1928, in respect to the Town of Lexington entering the South Metropolitan sewerage district and to secure information as to future sewerage needs of the Town. " Mr. George E. Briggs spoke in favor of this motion stating that he felt that it was very wise to make a study of the sewerage system of the Town to determine whether the future needs of the Town demanded an increase in the present system. Mr. Theodore A. Custance of the Board of Selectmen also spoke in favor of the motion. Art. 11. Under this article on the motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon it was, "Voted that the sum of $500. be appropriated and assessed for the use of the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the Annual Town Warrant to investigate the Fire and Water Departments. " Mr. Albert B. Tenney explained that this money was needed for the use of the Committee so that they may complete the investi- gation of the Fire and Tater Departments . Dr. Clarence Shannon stated that the Appropriation Committee were in favor of the appropriation. Art. 12. Under this article Mr. Walter C. Ballard offered the following motion: Voted that the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map of the Town be and hereby is amended so as to change from an R-2 district, for two- family dwellings, to an R-1 district, for one-family dwellings, such portion of the area bounded by the Lexington Center Park and Playground and its entrance ways, Aessachusetts Avenue, and Waltham Street, as is now defined and bounded as an R-2 district on the Zoning Map which is a part of the Zoning Law of the Town.P 1:88 Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen, read a letter from the Planning Board in which they stated that they approved of the change in the Zoning Law. . Mr. Walter C. Ballard then spoke in favor of the motion which he offered. Mr. William E. Mulliken stated that he felt that the high assessment in this section did not warrant restricting the land to single houses . He then offered a motion for indefinite post- !' ponement of this article. Mr. Lawrence G. Mitchell of Parker Street spoke in favor of the adoption of the vote inasmuch as he felt that one family districts make a better community. Mr. William Roger Greeley stated that he attended the hearing before the Planning Board and all persons present were in favor of the project except one. The motion offered by William E. Mulliken for indefinite postponement was lost by a vote of 104 in the affirmative and none in the negative. The original motion then offered by Walter C. Ballard was passed by vote of the meeting. Art. 5. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was, "Voted that the Town accept the layout of York Street from Meriam Street, a distance of approximately 700 feet as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office entitled "Plan of York Street, Lexington, Mass . Scale one inch equals 40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " and further voted that for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3,000. be appropriated and assessed." Mr. Stetson Humphrey of York Street asked that 400 or 500 feet more of York Street be accepted as it was in a very bad condition, but he was informed that this could not be done by vote at this meeting without having a preliminary application and proper hearings. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this street construction. The reading of the description of the layout of York Street was waived. The description, however, reads as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass. , June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lex- ington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way York Street, from i►eriam Street seven hundred (700) feet more or less, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now upon consideration of the matter, it is ORDIhEJ: that the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said York Street be laid out and established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way reppectively as follows: - The southerly line of York Street begins ins at a point in the easterly line of Meriam Street 11.69 feet of the beginning of Oakmount Circle in the said easterly line of Meriam Street and thence north 43° 591 30" east along a line tangent to the curve of said easterly line of Meriam Jtreet at said point distant 24.45 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 185.67 feet radius distant 94.60 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 714.00 feet/ radius distant .168.65 feet to a point of tangence thence north 86° 43' 04" east distant 289.26 feet to point of curveture thence bearing to the right with a curve of 158.60 feet radius distant 177.12 feet. The northerly line of York Street begins at a point in the easterly line of Meriam Street near Oakmount Circle and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 18.50 feet radius distant 35.70 feet to a point of reverse curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 764.00 feet radius distant 180.46 feet to a. poiht of tangency thence north 86° 431 04" east distant 289. 6 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 208.60 feet radius distant '35.05 feet. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 50.00 feet from each other with the exception of the curved intersections of said lines with said easterly line of iLeriam Street . The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of York Street, Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, June 5, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " which plan is on file in the Town Clerk' s Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments. Albert H. Burnham, Board James G. Robertson, Francis Chamberlain Of William H. Ballard Theodore A. Custance Selectmen. Art. 6 . On motion of Theodore A. Custance, it was unanimously "Voted that the Town accept the layout as a town way of Simonds Road, from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office, entitled "Plan of Simonds Road, Lexington, Mass . , Scale one inch - 40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " and further voted that the sum of $13,700. be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of con- structing said street." The reading of the description of the layout of this street was also waived. The description is as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Middlesex, ss. Lexington,Mass., June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen' s Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lex- ington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Simonds Road, from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, all as herein- 1 185 after more fully appears and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is ORD REL: that the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Simonds Road be laid out and established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows: - The southerly line of Simonds Road begins at a point in the easterly line of Bedford Street northerly of North Hancock Street and thence bearing to the right with a curve of 20. 59 feet radius distant 15 feet to a point of tangency, said point of tangency being distant 213.1 feet westerly of the intereection of the southerly line of Simonds Road and the westerly line of Harding Road, thence north 64° 53' 50" east distant 2015.97 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 168.16 feet radius distant 255.78 feet to a point of tangency, thence south :70 57' 10" east distant 306.60 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 169.39 feet radius distant 190.00 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 870 46' 50" east distant 100.30 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 19.02 feet radius distant about 27 feet to a point in the wester- ly line of Burlington Street. The northerly line of Simonds hoad begins at a point in the easterly line of Bedford Street northerly of North Hancock Street and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 21.08 feet radius distant 16 feet to a point of tangency, said point of tangency being distant 21.1. t feet westerly of the intersection of the northerly line of Simonds Road and the westerly line of Harding Road, thence north 64° 531 50" east distant 2016.13 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 218.16 feet radius distant 631.83 feet to a point of tangency, thence south ''7() 571 10" east distant 306.60 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 119.39 feet radius distant 133.92 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 87° 46 ' 50" east distant 100.30 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 17.00 feet radius distant about 26 feet to a point in the westerly line of Burlington Street. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 50.00 feet from each other with the exceptions of the curved intersections of said lines with said Bedford Street and said Burlington Street. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of Simonds Road, Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, May 26, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " said plan is divided into five lengths on sheets numbered from 1 to 5 inclusive, which plan is on file in the Town Clerk' s Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of .betterments. Albert H. Burnham Board dames G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain Of William H. Ballard Theodore A. Custance Selectmen. 186 CD The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this street construction. Art. 7. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was unanimously "Voted that the Town accept the layout as a town way of r'rospect Hill Road from Marrett Road to Wachusett Drive, as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office entitled, "Plan of Prospect Hill Road, Lexington, iviass . , Scale one inch equals 40 feet, John T . Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " and further voted that the sum of $5,000. be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of constructing said street." Mr. Fred L. Lord spoke in favor of the acceptance of this street explaining that the condition of the street was very bad. The reading of the description of the layout of prospect Hill Road was waived. The description, however, reads as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Middlesex, ss. Lexington, "lass . , June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen' s Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lex- ington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Prospect Hill Road, from Barrett Road to Wachusett Drive, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now, upon consideration 'of the matter, it is ORDERED: that the Board of Se7e ctmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Prospect Hill Road be laid out and established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows: The easterly line of Prospect Hill Road begins at a Massachu- setts Highway Bound in the northerly line of Marrett Road (Formerly Middle Street) near Waltham Street and thence north 880 26' west along a line tangent to the curve of said westerly line of Marrett Road at said Massachusetts Highway Bound distant 89.53 feat to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 597.51 feet radius distant 274.81 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1933.40 feet radius distant 209.20 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 516.13 feet radius distant 236.82 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bear- ing to the right with a curve of 1128.15 feet radius distant 154.73 feet to a point of tangency thence north 21° 42' 10" west distant about 420 feet to a point in the southerly line of Wachusett Drive. The westerly line of i'rospect Hill Road begins at a point in the northerly line of Marrett Road 127.02 feet westerly of a Massachusetts Highwpy Bound in the said northerly line of Marrett Road near Waltham Street and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 25.09 feet radius distant 62.21 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 62° 04' west distant 57.03 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1973.40 feet radius distant 213.54 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 556.13 feet radius distant 255.18 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1416.84 feet radius distant 235.95 feet to a point of tangency thence north 200 02' 10" west distant 58.13 feet to an angle point thence north 210 42' 10" west distant about 460 feet to a point in the southerly line of Wachusett Drive. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 40.00 feet from each other with the exceptions of the curved intersections of said lines with said Marrett Road and a slight variation southerly of Wachusett Drive. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of Prospect Hill Road, Lexington, Mass . , June 5, 1928, Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " said plan is divided into three lengths on sheets numbered from 1 to 3 inclusive, which plan is on file in the Town Clerks Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sus- tained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments. Albert H. Burnham Board James G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain of William H. Ballard Theodore 1 . Custance Selectmen. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this street construction. Art. 8. Under this article on motion Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that the sum of ;i;12500. be appropriated and assessed to continue the work on the Block Plan." The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation. Art. 3. Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance stated that the item in regard to Waltham Street sewer had not been disposed of, and he felt that this article should be taken from the table so that the last part of the article could be disposed of. The Moderator stated that two-thirds vote of the meeting was necessary to take this article from the table, and upon taking a standing vote, it was found that 16 voted in the affirmative and 21 in the negative. Two-thirds of the meeting not having voted in the affirmative, the motion to take Article 3 from the table was declared lost. The meeting adjourned at 9: 45 P. I. A true record, Attest: r9 --/-z-e-d' doK Town Clerk. I 8 8 WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss . To either of the Constables of the Town of AJexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in EMERSON HALL, Stone Building, East Lexington, (Precinct One) HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, Lexington Centre, (Precinct Two) Tuesday, the Eighteenth Day of September, 1928 at two o' clock P.M. for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nom- ination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following officers: , Governor for this Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor " rT t( Secretary of the Commonwealth " rr n Treasurer and Receiver-General ►r n „ Auditor of the Commonwealth " r, " Attorney General " ,r ,r Senator in Congress Representative in Congress " 5th Congressional District Councillor r' 6th Councillor District Senator " 7th Senatorial District Two Representatives in General Court, " 28th Representative Dis. County Commissioners r' Middleeex County Register of Deeds ft Middlesex District Clerk of Courts " Middlesex County Associate County Commissioner " Middlesex County (To fill vacancy) And for the Election of the following officers: District Member of State Committee for each political party for the 7th Senatorial District. Members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of the Democratic Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party. Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from two o' clock to nine o' clock P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Given under our hands this fourth day of September A. D. 1928. Albert H. Burnham Selectmen Theodore A. Custance William H. Ballard of James G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain Lexington. IS9 PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in Town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars 0100 from Mrs . C. P. Nunn (stands in Title of Nathaniel Pierce) the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 68 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, October 9, 1928. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of november, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one Hundred Dollars 0100) from William T. Livermore, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 112 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, February 12, 1929. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one Hundred Dollars 0100) from R. S. Holbrook, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said rote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 2£t5 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 445 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, March 19, 1928. Town Treasurer • PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of Two hundred dollars ($200) from Chester A_ Merrifield the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 22.5 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 4E3 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 24, 1928. Town Treasurer I90 :n CD PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. L. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100) from Stillman S. Hovey the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 21'5 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 66 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 24, 1928 Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ($100) from Miss Elmira Munroe, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 56 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, April 24, 1928. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, . 1), 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) from Est. Fannie Wetherbee, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 499 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, May 9, 1928. Town Treasurer. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One hundred Dollars ($100) from Mrs. Mary C. Gannett, (Augustus D'upee) , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot 63 in the Munroe Cemetery, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. John H. Kane, November 6, 1928. Town Treasurer. 191 Lexington, Mass . September 11, 1928. To the Town Clerk:- I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Toni office Bxildi.ng andin six other public nlaces- in the town, and by mailing a printedcopy of the same to every registeredvoter in the town seven days before the time of said. meeting. 1ittest James J. Sullivan, Constable of Lexington. Amendment to the Zoning By_Law. Town Meeting, June 28, 1928. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning law to include as an R 1 district, for single family dwellings , such residential area as is now zoned under R 2, for two-family dwellings , boundedby the Playground and ids entrance ways , Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street. This will include the residential areas upon both sides of Forest Street , Forest Court , unac "epted part of Forest Strut , Parker Street, Jackson Court, Clarke Street, Raymond Street, Muzzey Strut and Waltham Street. Article 12. Voted : 4).14- the Zoning By-TAW and Zoning Map of the Town be and hereby is amended so as to change from an R. 2 district , for two-family dwellings , to an R. 1 district , for one-family dwellings, such portion of the area boundedby the Lexington . Center Park and Playground and its entrance ways, Massachusetts AA,enue, and Waltham Street as is now defined and bounded as an R 2 district on the toning Man which is a part of the Zoning Law of the Town. Lexington, Mass. July 3, 1928. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true cony of Article 12 of the ',Tarrant for Town Meeting held June 28, 1928 and of the vote passed under said Article at the Town Meeting of tht; date, as the same appears of record. I also certify that the foregoing vote was passed by two- trirds vote of the meeting as required by t,ho by-laws of. the Town. A true record , Attest: John H. "Kane Town Clerk. Boston , Mass . September 17, 1928. The foregoing amendment to the zoning by-law is hereby anproved. Joseph E. Wager Attorney General.1 A true record, Attest: A, p6 ' Town Clerk. 1. 2 PRIMARY ELECTION. 4-1 SEPTEMBER 18, 1928. The following election officers had been apnointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as. follows : Precinct One. warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Elvin E. Baker Clerk Katherine A. Russell Deputy Clerk Mary A. howland Inspector Edward L. Crown Deputy Inspector John S. Fanning Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Teller Martin M. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller Marion G. Cook Teller William M. Welsh Constable Charles E . Wheeler Precinct two. Warden Jay 0. Richards Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Clerk Patrick F. Dacey Deputy Clerk David F. Murphy Inspector Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Deputy Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Mary W. Austin Teller Sameul B . Bigelow Teller Charles Vaughan 111 Teller J. Carroll Ryan Teller Frederick H. Tullar Teller James T. McGann Teller James M Ahearn Teller Norman Hooper Teller F(euben Seth Constable Charles E. Moloy The polls were declaredopen in each Precinct at two P.M. and remained open in each precinct until nine o 'clock P .M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties . The ballots were courtedb):' the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets andtotal vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unusedballots, delivered to the Town Clark at his office. TheTown Clerk canvassed the result as follows : Precinct I. Ballots Cast: Republican 324, Democratic 38. Precinct II. Ballots Cast: Republican 928, Democratic 70. REPUBLICAN Governor. Prec. I. Free. II. Total Frank G. Allen 168 739 907 Frank A. Goodwin 151 178 329 Blanks 5 11 16 193 Lieutenant Governor. Proc . I. Prec. II. Total. George A. Bacon 14 15 29 Charles Lawrence Burrill 25 59 84 Pehr G. Holmes 6 17 23 John- C. Hull 56 285 341 Robert M. Leach 19 40 59 Wycliffe C. M^rsha.11 9 4 13 John H. Sh^rburne 39 236 275 William Sterling Youngman 127 245 372 Blanks 29 27 56 Secretary. Frederic W. Cook 284 840 1124 Blanks 40 88 128 Treasurer. Fred J. Burrell 89 163 252 John W. Haigis 74 434 508 J. Ernest Kerr 38 96 134 Russell A. Wood 85 191 276 Blanks 38 44 . 82 111 Auditor. Dwight L. Allison 27 54 75 Julia B. Buxton 10 22 32 Roland H. Chace 56 320 376 Alonzo B. Cook 140 345 485 Harvey E. Frost 35 62 97 Roswell F. Phelps 18 59 77 Blanks 44 66 110 Attorney General. Clarence A. Barnes ` 67 260 327 Joseph E. Warner 212 603 815 Blanes 45 65 110 Senator in Congress . Butler Ames 53 120 173 Eben S. Draper 1109 277 386 Benjamin Loring Young 1.131 485 616 Blanks 31 46 77 194 C Congressman (Fiftrl District ) CL Q Prec. I. Prec. II. Total Edith Nonrse Rogers 286 844 1130 Blanks 38 84 122 Councillor (6th District ) . i Harvey L. Boutwell 161 587 748 Joseph F. Dyer 89 166 255 Blanks 74 175 249II Senator (7th Mi k11esex Dist. ) Joseph R. Cotton 233 781 1014 Alice F. D. Pearson 81 119 200 Blanks 10 28 38 Representatives in General Court ( 28th Middlesex Dist . ) Elliott R. Barker 180 504 684 George E. Briggs 248 852 1100 Henry C. Rowland 59 118 177 Blanks 161 382 543 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. howd.itch 225 737 962 Walter C. Wardwell 250 749 999 III Blanks 173 370 543 Clerk of Courts . Ralph N. Smith 270 809 1079 Blanks 54 119 173 Register of_ Deeds. Thomas Leighton 271 812 1083 Blanks 53 116 169 Associate Commis-ioner ( To fill vacancy ) Daniel D. Gorman 87 164 251 Melvin G. Rogers 175 604 779 Marl's 62 160 222 State Committee (7th Middlesex Dist. ) Mary F. Daniel 219 677 896 Blanks 105 251 356 Delegates to State Convention. Albert H. Burnham 244 815 1059 Guyetta G. Broderic 237 805 1042 William E. Mulliken 243 819 1062 Charles E. Hadley 245 812 1057 l 4 195 Prec. I Prec. II' Total Jennie d. Partridge 240 802 1042 Sydney R. Wrightington 247 820 1067 Hubert Broderic 0 1 1 John E. Gilcreast 0 1 1 George E. Briggs 0 1 1 Planks 488 692 1180 Town Committee William H. Ballard 240 806 1046 Clara M. Barbour 234 798 1032 Albert H. Burnham 237 792 1029 Mabel P. Cook 233 787 1020 Joseph R. Cotton 241 810 1051 John D. Collins 226 782 1008 Guyetta G. Broderic 231 791 1022 Charles E. Hadley 239 797 1036 George E. Briggs 238 826 1064 Arthur W. Hughes 229 772 1001 Jam-s G. Robertson 240 774 1014 II Converse Hill 231 797 1028 James W. Smith 229 792 1021 Jennie M. Partridge 228 790 1018 Albert B. Tenney 234 796 1030 Edward W. Taylor 226 800 1026 George A. Warner 236 289 1024 Robert :Whitney 229 790 1019 Cl-rence S. Walker 230 812 1042 Sydney R. Wrightington 237 810 1047 Hubert D. Broderic 0 1 1 Walter S. Beatty 0 1 1 John E. Gilcreast 0 1 1 Julia Syer 0 1 1 Rupert Stevens 0 1 1 Blanks 1812 2644 4456 p DEMOCRATIC GL Governor Prec. I. Prec . II. Total Charles H. Cole 24 54 78' John J. Cummings 6 13 19 Frank A. Goodwin 1 0 1 Blanks 7 3 10 Lieutenant Governor I John F. Malley 22 53 75 Charles S. Murphy 7 14 21 Youngman 1 0 1 Blanks 8 3 11 Secretary. Joseph Santosuosso 29 56 85 Blanks 9 14 23 Treasurer. James P. Bergin 15 45 60 Daniel England 9 13 22 Blanks 14 12 26 r:Audi for III Strabo V. Claggett 7 23 30 Irving Lewis 1 6 7 Francis J. O 'Gorman 17 32 49 Blanks 13 9 22 Attorney General. Edward. P. Barry 27 58 85 William R. Scharton 4 8 12 Blanks 7 4 11 Senator in Congress. David. I. '::alsh 34 67 101 Bla'ks 4 3 7 Congressman (5th District. ) Cornelius F. Cronin 21 53 74 Joseph M. Halloran 5 7 12 James F. heslin 2 2 4 Blanks 10 8 18 1[91! Councillor (6th Dist. ) Prec. L. Free . II Total Hobert J. Muldoon 29 56 85 Blanks 9 14 23 Senator (7th Middlesex Dist. ) John Garrity 0 1 1 Joseph Cotton 0 1 1 111 David. I. Walsh 0 1 1 Blanks 38 67 105 Representatives in Geneal Court (28th Middlesex Dist. ) Joseph Cotton 0 1 1 Blanks 76 139 215 County Commissioners . George L. Colson 20 38 58 Daniel F. McBride 25 48 73 Blanes 31 54 85 Clerk of Courts. Peter Tague 0 1 1 Blanks 38 69 107 Register of Deeds . John C. Kelleher 24 55 79 Blanks 14 15 29 Associate Commissioner (To fill vacancy) Blanks 38 70 108 State Committee (7th Middlesex District ) John J. Gilbride 10 24 34 Jerome J. O 'Leary 19 33 52 Blanks 9 13 22 Delegates to State Convention. Mic1,ael Cavanaugh 2 0 2 Mary A. Rowland 2 0 2 111 Owen McDonald 2 0 2 E. T. Buckley 0 1 1 B. O 'Donnell 0 1. 1 J. F. McCarthy • 0 1 1 B. J. Harrington 0 1 1 Eliza Burton 0 1 1 Joseph H. Valliere 0 1 1 James A. Hearn 0 1 1 Blanks 374 692 1066 198 Town Committee. Prec. I. Prec. II Total Eugene T. Buckley 26 58 84 Bernard O 'Donnell 27 55 82 James F. McCarthy 26 56 82 Bartlett J. Hayrington 26 54 80 Mary A. Spellman 27 53 80 II Elizabet., M. Burton 26 54 80 Joseph H. Valliere 26 53 79 James M. Ahearn 26 55 81 Michael Cavanaugh 2 0 2 Owen O 'Donnell 1 0 1 Mary A. Rowland 1 0 1 Margaret Kennedy 0 1 1 William Marshall 0 1 1 Miss Pero 0 1 1 Blanks 166 259 425 A true record, Attest: I j).0-4,( .6.. 9i-t_e_, Town Cler' 199 WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL STATE ELECTION. Commonwealth of Massachusett's Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, Stone Buildling, East Lexington, (Precinct 1 ) CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, Lexington Centre, ( Precinct 2 ) on Tuesday, the Sixth day of November, 1928 at six o 'clock A.M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers : Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Congressman; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in General Court; County Commissioners; Register of Deeds; Cle 'k of Courts; and Associate County Commissioner ( To fill vacancy. ) To take action on the following questions ; No. 1. Acceptance of the foll.Owing "LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION. " • PRO"OSED LAW. "An. Act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord 's Day. " No. 2. Question of Public Policy under Chapter 53, Section 19, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 97, Acts of 1925. Question of Public Policy. Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for a resolution requesting Congress to take action for the repeal of the Eighteenth. Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the prohibition amendment? The polls will be open from six o 'clock A.M. to six thirty o 'clock P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directedby vote of the town. Hereof fail not, and make due return of tris Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands, this sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1928. Albert H. Burnham ) Selectmen James G. Robertson ) William H. Ballard ) of Theodore A. Custance ) Lexington. 200 Lexington , Mass. "CL October 29, 1928. To the Town Clerk : T have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed conies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office , in the Vestibule of the Town. Office Building and in six other public places in the Town, and by msil ing a printed copy of the same to every registeredvoter in the Town seven days before the time of said. meeting. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 201 PRESIDT,NTIAL STATE ELECTIoN. NOVEMBE,' 6, 1928. The following election officers had been annoi ted. by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows : Precinct One . D Charles J. Dailey Warden R Elvin E. Balser Deputy "Darden R Evelyn Broughall. Clerk D Mary A. Rowland Denc�ty Clerk D Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector D John S. Fanning Deputy Inspector R.Harold B. Needham Inspector R Elizabeth C. Wilkinson T_eputy Inspector D I, artin T.°. Grady Teller R Charles E. Hadley Teller R Marion G. Cook Teller D William M. ' elsh Tel ' er D Frances Harrington Teller R George C. Hatch Teller D Rebecca Talcott Teller R Thomas L. Taylor Teller Charles B. Wheeler Constable. Precinct Two. R Jay O. Richards Warden R Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden D Patrick F. Dacey Clerk D David. F. Murphy Deputy Clerk R Ralph H. Marshall Inspector D John J. Gar °ity Inspector D Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector R. fiarion —. Jackson Deputy Inspector R C. Henry Jackson Teller R illiam A. Wilkins Teller R Samuel B. Bigelow Teller . R Frederick H. Tullar Teller D James Ahern Teller R Norman. C. Hooper Teller D Joseph Valliere Teller R Irving B. Pierce Teller • Harry G. Frost Teller D J. Carroll Ryan Teller D Michael Mullany Teller R Thomas J. Doherty Tel 'er D Leonar. dK. Dunham, Jr. Teller D Edmund. F. Corbett Teller D Edwin A. Pero Teller D James McKenzie Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o ' clock A.M. and remained open in each Precinct until six thirty o ' clock P.M. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties . The ballots were countedby the eIrtion officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots 'east were counted, enclosedin envelopes , sealed signed by the election officers , together wit' the unusedbal, ots , deliveredto the Town Clerk at his office. The total regi.strat:i on of voters w^s 401?. The `Town L'ler" canvassed the result as follows : Preci_-pct I. Ballots Cast: 945 Precinct 2. Ballots Cast: 2896 Total vote cast, 3841 202 Electors of President and. Vice President. Foster and Gitlow, Workers Party. At large - Hubert Riley 0 0 0 " Robert Zelms 0 0 0 Dist. #1 "'ill.iam Janhonen 0 0 0 2 John Louko 0 0 0 3 Henry Gage 0 0 0 4 George Kraska 0 0 0 5 Emma P. Hutchins 0 a 0 6 Joseph Ginsburg 0 0 0 7 Sholom Reinstein 0 0 0 8 Adolph Guikonen 0 0 0 9 Joseph Goldberg 0 0 0 10 Lewis marks 0 0 0 11 John Hurwitz 0 0 0 12 Elise Pultur 0 0 0 13 Alexander Ta.raska 0 0 0 14 I'1 n ti,an G. Kay 0 0 0 15 Steven Fuleo 0 0 0 16 Boris Kleid 0 0 0 Blanks 0 0 0 Hoover and Curtis , Republican At large - Mabel C. Batchelder 577 2016 2593 " " John Richardson 577 2016 2593 Dist. #1 0 s car O . LaiViontagne 577 2016 2593 2 Phelps Brown 577 2016 2593 3 Calvin D. Paige 577 2016 2593 4 George - F. Booth 577 2016 2593 5 Raoul H. Beaudreau 577 2016 2593 6 Elizabeth 1 . Dunham 577 2016 2593 7 Cornelius J. Corcoran 577 2016 2593 8 Hildegard.e I. Christen-577 2016 2593 son 9 Frank A. Bayrd 577 2016 2593 10 Edward. G. Graves 577 2016 2593 11 Guy W. Cox 577 2016 2593 12 Sadie Lipner Shulman 577 2016 2593 13 I . Mark Sullivan 577 2016 2593 14 Adeline 1 i.cci 577 2016. 2593 15 Carl A. Terry 577 2016 2593 16 Bertha .T. Packard 577 2016 2593 Blanks 15 0 15 Reynolds and Crowley. Socialist Labor At large - Louis Galber 0 0 0 H " Felix Ma.nevitz 0 0 0 Dist #1 Patrick A. Murphy 0 0 0 2 George A. Hassiotis 0 0 0 3 Alonzo D. 7oeeler 0 0 0 4 Olaf Olson 0 0 0 5 John 1 . ^Ta cKinnon 0 0 0 6 John T. Mattson 0 0 0 7 Fred E. Oelcher 0 0 0 8 Peter O 'Rouke 0 0 0 9 Daniel T. Blessington. 0 0 0 10 Barnet ''asserman 0 0 0 11 Albert L. 1atorman 0 0 0 12 Domenico A. diGiro- 0 0 0 13 lamo 13 David Craig 0 0 0 14 John A. Nelson 0 0 0 15 Harry Bentley 0 0 0 16 Amedee'F. Vassar Blanks 0 0 0 Smith and Robinson, Democratic At 1^rge - Arthur Lyman 349 831 1188 " large Martha R. Peters 349 831 1180 Dist. 71 Daniel England 349 831 1180 2 Ray Stannard. Barrer 349 831 1180 3 'Marcus A. Coolidge 349 831 1180 4 Thom-3 J. Bar ett 349 831 1180 5 Humphrey O 'Sullivan 349 831 1180 6 Laurence P. Dodge 349 831 1180 7 Agnes F. Higgins 349 831 1180 203 �'rec. One Proc. Two Total Dist. 1/8 Jes,;1e 'Woodrow Sayre 349 831 1180 9 Melvin B. Breath 349 831 1180 10 Felix 'Marcella 349 831 1180 11 James M. Curley 349 831 1180 12 William J. Foley 349 831 1180 13 Strabo V. Clagett 349 831 1180 14 Frank J. Donohue 349 831 1180 15 Edmund P. Talbot 349 831 1180 16 James P/ Doran 349 831 1180 Blanks 1 0 1 Thomas and Maurer, Socialist At la~'ge-.•Charlotte B. I?allowell 2 7 9 ft ,! George E. Roewer 2 7 9 Dist #1. Vincent G. Burns 2 7 9 2. Nelson J. :'' est 2 7 9 3. John Suominen 2 7 9 4. Thomas J. Conroy 2 7 9 5. "lilliam E. Sproule 2 7 9 6 . Leonard- Spalding 2 7 9 7. Thom^s J. Nicholson 2 7 9 = 8. Sylvester J. McBride 2 7 9 9 . 'rax Sandler 2 7 9 10. Reuben. Guralnick 2 7 9 1.1 . Lucy Lee 2 7 9 12. Joseph 3 ea'ai: 2 7 9 13. Patrick J. Leonard 2 7 9 14 . Franklin H. Gif cord. 2 7 9 15. Hugh Dunbar 2 7 9 16. Walter Barlow 2 7 9 Blanks 0 0 0 Governor. Frank G. Allen 547 1982 2529 Chester `.4. Bixby 1 2 3 Charles H. Cole 340 818 1158 t, +nshington Cook 2 3 5 Mary Donovan Hango^d. 4 5 9 Edith"Hamilton tdacFadden 1 1 2 Stephen J. Surridge 0 0 0 Blan.'-s 48 85 133 Lieutenant Governor. John Corbin 2 10 12 Henry C. Hess 1 5 6 Walter S. Hutchins 3 6 9 John F. Malley 306 732 1038 William Sterling 1'>ungman 554 1972 2526 Blanks 79 171 250 Secretary. Harry J. Canter 3 7 10 Frederic "T. Cook 553 1967 2520 Oscar Kinsalas 1 3 4 Jnsenh Santosuosso 286 676 962 Edith M. Williams . illiams . 5 9 14 Blanks 97 234 331 Treasurer. James P. Bergin 283 690 973 Albert Sprague Coolidge 5 11 16 John W. I-iaigis 553 1967 2520 Albert Oddie 1 3 4 Charles S. Oram 1 7 8 Blanks 102 218 320 204 Auditor /C, Prec . 1 . Prec. 2. Total = John "l. Aiken 4 2 6 " Alonzo B. Cook 544 1865 2409 David A. Eisenberg 3 6 9 Eva Ho 'man 4 7 11 Francis J. O 'Gorman 292 753 1045 Blanks s 88 263 361 Attorney Gener.a_l . Edward P. Barry 292 726 1018 T�Torris I. Becker 2 2 4 ' ax Lerner 0 5 5 Jol-n Weaver Sherman 38 8 46 Joseph E. "Tamer 5`- 2. 1950 2472 • Blanks 91 205 296 Senator in Congress. John J. Bal lam 3 3 6 Alfred. Baker Lewis 1 5 6 David. I. VJa1.sh 384' 916 1300 Benjamin Loring Young 504 1872 2376 Blanks 53 100 153 Congressman (Fifth District ) Cornelius F. Cronin 261 663 924 Edits. Nourse Rogers 584 1991 2575 Blanks 100 242 342 Councillor (Sixth District ) Harvey L. Boutwell 542 1910 2452 Robert J. Muldoon 275 660 935 Blanks 128 326 354 Senator ( Seventh Middlesex District ) I Benjamin F. Butler 256 592 848 Joserh R. Cotton 589 2072 2661 Blanks 100 232 332 • Representatives in General Court ( Twenty-eighth Middlesex Dist. ) Elliott rf. Barker 453, 1517 1970 George E. Briggs 595 2148 2743 Augustus J. Power 279 620 899 Blarks 563 1507 2070 County Com-7,issioners Nathaniel. I . Bowditch 466 1718 2184 George L. Colson 206 542 748 Daniel F. McBride 239 550 789 Walter C. Wardwell. 491 1724 2215 Blanks 438 1258 1746 Clerk of Courts John D. Medeiros 250 607 857 Ralph N. Smith 519 1903 2422 Blan'-s 176 386 562 Register of Deeds John C. Kelleher 249 656 905 Thom,s Leighton 517 1833 2350 Blan1Ts 179 407 586 Associate Commissioner ( To fill vacancy) Melvin G. Rogers 570 2017 2587 Cornelius Cronin 1 1 Blanks 375 878 1253 20 5 Referendum No. 1. Shall the proposed law which provides that it shall be lawful in any city which. accepts the act by vote of its- city council and. in any town which accepts the act by vote of its inhabitants , • to take part in or witness any athletic outdoor sport or game , except horse racing, automobile racing, boxing or hunting with. firearms , on the Lord's day between 2 and 6 P.M. ; that such sports or games shall take place on such playgrounds, - parks or other places as may be designated in a license issued by certain licensing authorities; th6t no sport or game shall be permitted in a' place other than a • public playground or park within one thousand ••feet of any regular place of worship; that the charging of admissibli fees or the • taking of collections or the receiving of remuneration by any person in charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not be prohibited; that the license may be revoked; and that in cities and. towns ir. which amateur sports or games are permitted under existing law wuch amateur sports or games may be held until the proposed law is accented or the provisions of the existing law fail of acceptance on resubmission. to the people, which law was d.isaprroved in the Senate b a vote of 9 in the affirmative and. 22 in the negative , and in. the House of Representatives by a vote of 93 in the affirmative and. 110 in the negative, be approved? rre c. 1. Pre c. 2. Total Yes 450 1154 1604 No 346 1285 1631 Blanks 149 457 606 Referendum no. 2. Shall the senator from this district be instructed to vote for a resoltAtion. reouest; ng Congress to take action for the re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the prohibition amendment? Yes 432 1127 1559 No 362 1325 1687 Blanks 151 444 595 A true record, Attest ; • (917-4-7„.. • Clerk. Recount of Votes for Governor. November 14, 1928. • At the recount of votes for Governor at the biennial State Election, November 6, 1928, the registrars of voters of the Town of Lexington find on November 14, 1928 that the vote for Governor is as follows : Frank G. Allen 2529 Chester W. Bixby 1 Charles H. Cole 1155 Washington Cook 2 Mary Donovan Hapgood 4 Edith Hamilton MacFadden 1 Blanks 149 Bartholo'"ew D. Callahan George N. Davis Registrars Wilber F. Atwood of John H. Kane Voters 206 For ';Tarrant se page 213. eTh CD T O N MEETING November 26, 1928. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7 :30 P.M. On motion the reading of the +arrant, excepting the return of the Constable , was omitted . Art. 1. Under this article, Mr. Theodore A. Custance readthe report of the Selectmen on the new Memorial Building, and it was unanimously "Voted: That as the initial action at the first Town Meeting held in the ISAAC HAREIS GARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, the inhabitants of Lexington do hereby accept the report of the Selectmen that the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educatioral Fund have duly carried out their agreement with the Town in accordance with the vote adopted January 31, 1927, anddirect that a copy of the report be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. " "Further Voted: That the inhabitants of Lexington are deeply appreciative of the long, careful and far sighted work of the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Edu- cational Fundin carrying out their trusts under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E . Cary and of the commodious and beautiful building which they have erected and conveyed to the Town pursuant to their trust. " The following is the report of the Selectmen. November 26, 1928. To the citizens of Lexington: The Selectmen respectfully report to the Town with regard to the new Memorial Building as follows, viz; The Trustees of Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund duly completed in accordance with the agreement resulting from the Towns acceptance, by vote passed January 31st, 1927, of the 'January, addressed by them to the Selectmen under date of 1927, the Memorial Building therein described. The building was dedicated by appropriate exercises on Thursday evening, October 18, 1928, at which time the Trustees delivered to the Selectmen for the Town a deed of gift executed in conformity with the draft annexed to said vote. Previous to that time the agreement provided for in said vote had been executed and delivered under date of February 15, 1927. The deed referred to was accepted on behalf of the Town by the Chairman of your Board of ,selectmen in a brief address delivered as a part of the dedicatory exercis,es, and the deed has been filed for record in the Middlesex South istrict, Registry of Deeds . Lexington, November 26, 1928. Respectfully stbmitted, Albert H. Burnham William H. Ballard Theodore A. Custance Selectmen dames G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain. 207 Art. 2. Mr. Theodore A. Custance read the letter from Miss EllenM. Tower as follows :- November 24 , 1928. To the Seleetmen of Lexington, Gentlemen:- For many years I have wished to establish a memorial to my father, "fill iam Augustus Tower, who during nearly half a century was a loyal and devoted citizen of Lexington. He loved the old town and I would like his name to be rememberedwithin its borders . To this end. 1 am offering to give to the Town about twelve acres of land, situated onMassachusetts Avenue, opposite the home where so many happy years of my father's life were spent. This tract of landto be kept open and maintained for all time as a Public Park. Another strong feeling moves me to propose the memorial in this form. It seems most important that we, of this generation, shouldsecure for those who come after us, open spaces in our town, that a bit of the country may be preservedin the midst of buildings and rushing traffic. If we do not do this , our children will find themselves living in a crowded noisy worldwith no touch of nature and little beauty. Therefore I would ask you as Selectmen of Lexington to bring my proposal before the approaching town meeting and see if the town will accept the gift. 'pith the land will go the sum of ten thousand dollars for investment, the interest of which will aid in maintaining the Park in good condition. , portion of the land is planted with trees and shrubs andlaid out with walks, suitable for a Park, and a portion of it is left wild, for wildness sake, or for future development. If the town shall be willing to accept and care for this land it will be a great satisfaction to me, as I believe it will be a benefit to Lexington and because it is given in memory of my 111 father. A copy of the deed proposed for use in conveying the land accompanies this letter. Should the town vote to accept the park the deed will be delivered at onee together with the ten thousand dollars. I am, Very respectfully yours , Ellen M. Tower. The deed referred to in above letter from Miss Ellen M. Tower to the Town of Lexington granting a tract of land on Massachusetts Avenue and X10,000. for maintaining said park, was read by Mr. Theodore A. Custance which is as follows: I, Ellen M. Tower, of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massa- chusetts, being unmarried, grant to the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of said Commonwealth, for the purpose of a public park in the memory of my father, V4illiam Augustus Tower, a citizen of said Lexington, and for no 9ther purpose except as hereinafter provided, the land in said exin gton described as follows, namely: hree certain adjoining parcels of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of said Lexington known as East Lexington, between Massachusetts Avenue and the location of the Lexington Branch of the Boston and. Maine Railroad, said three parcels being bounded and described together as follows, namely: Beginning at the Southwesterly corner of the grantedremises at Massachusetts Avenue and land now or formerly of Laura premises thence running in several courses bounded by said land of Brigham and land formerly of Charlotte Brown a total distance of seven hundred f ofty-nine andforty-eight one hundredths (749.48) feet, more or less to land of the Boston and Maine Railroad, all as shown upon a Plan of Land in Last Lexington belonging to Emma I. Cutler" drawn by 3. 0 . Goodwin, surveyor, dated November 1886, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds , Book of Plan. 50, Plan 13, to which plan reference is hereby made for a more particular description of 208 said boundary line; thence running North 180 19 ► West by land of the Boston and Maine Railroad about one thousand two hundred --) nine (1209 ) feet to land formerly of Jonas Munroe; thence turning and running Sout'iwesterly by saidland formerly of Munroe about two hundred. forty ( 240 ) feet to Massachusetts Avenue, thence turning and running in a general "'outherly direction, following the line of said Massachusetts Avenue, about one thousand three hundred six (1306 ) feet to the point of beginning or however otherwise saidpremises may be bounded, measured anddescribed andbe all said distances more or less , intending to include herein all of the three ad- joining parcels of landdescribed in the following deeds to which reference is hereby made, viz : - deed of George E. Lothrop to Ellen M. Tower, dated May 29, 1912, andrecorded with t,^idd.lesex South District Deeds, Book 3696, Page 519; deed. of Nathaniel W. Pierce to Gilliam A. Tower dated April 29, 1884, and recorded with said deeds , Booli 1664, Page 345; anddeed of Laura K, Brigham to Ellen M. Tower, dated dune 3, 1912, and recorded with said Deeds, Boob 3698, Page 224. Granting to the Town of Lexington the right to lay out a public way near the southerly boundary of the park an indicatedon a plan entitled "Suggested Street Development in and Ad1'acent to the rroperty of Ellen M. Tower," December 22, 1927, John T. Cosgrove, Acting Town Engineer, and to thereafter convey for reasonable consideration the portion of the premises lying southerly of said proposed street free from restrictions except that no building shall be erected within twenty feet of said proposed street, the proceeds therefrom to be added to the fund hereinafter set apart for the care of said park. Granting to said Town the right to erect on the southerly end of said park a memorial to the Minute Men of Lexington; provided, however, that any such memorial shall be approved by three of the leading architects of the country at the tine of its erection. Reserving to the grantor and her legal representatives the right to place a suitable tablet at or near the entrance to the park in memory of said William Augustus Tower. for the purpose of providing a permanent fund the income of which shall be applied from time to tite during each and every year hereafter towards the care and maintenance of said par , I hereby assign, transfer, set over, and pay to said Town of Lex- ington the sum of ten thousand dollars 010,000.00) to be safely invested and reinvested by said Tow and kept distinct and separate from the other funds of said. Town, the income thereof to be applied by said Town in eadh and every year for the care, maintenance and improvement of said park. IN '.' ITNESS —HEREOF I the said Ellen M. Tower hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand nine hundredand twentyQeight. Ellen M. Tower ( Seal ) COMMO=ALTH OF MA SACHU"ETTS Middlesex ss . September 17, 1928. Then personally appeared the above named Ellen M. Tower and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed, before me Edwin :'•Howey My commission expires February 21, 1934. Justice of the Peace The Town of Lexington hereby accepts the foregoing conveyance upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth and agrees to hold the fund hereinabove referred to for the purposes and in the manner hereinabove set forth. 209 The resolutions recorded hereunder were read by Mr. Theodore A. Custance and unanimously adopted : "IHE \EAS, Miss Ellen M. Tower, of this .Town, his, by letter dated. November 24, 1928, offer 'd to present to the To-n a tract of land containing approximately twelve ( 12 ) acres , lying between Massachusetts Avenue and the location of the Boston & Maine Railroad, for the purpose of a public park in memory of her father, William Augustus Tower, and has caused the premises to be improved and laid out is a park: and his further offered to give to the Town Ten Thousand. Dollars C$10 ,000 ) to be held intrust, the income to be used. for tie care or,' maintenance of the park; T147EEFOE be it-- R''"OLVED• 'pat the above described o�'fer of Miss Ellen M. Tower be . accented , thot tie Selectmen be authorized to accept a. deed in snbstan.tially the form accomnanying the offer, together with the fund of Ten Thousand Dollars (010,000 ) , an that saidpremises and fund shall he held by the Town for the purposes stated in said deed, and the Uel ectmen are authorized to execute nn eccertance of said deed upon the terms and conditions therein provided. FURTY wR RESOLVED: That in accenting the gift of a p'i.blic pnrk and a trust fund for the maintenance thereof from Miss Ellen M. Tower, the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington express by this resolution their grateful arnreci.ati.nn of her generosity and public spirit, and also their pleasure that the worthy memory of her father, the late `",'illiam Augustus Tower, long a distinguishedanddevotedcitizen of this Town, be per- petuated b;= the maintenance of the proposed perk in his memory. FURTHER R7WED: Thit a cony of these resolutions be properly engrossed and delivered to the Donor. Theodore Art. 3. Under this article Mr. V. A. Custance offered the following vote which wn:, unanimously adopted; "VOTED: that the former Board of Selectmen , namely, Albert B. Tenney, Albert Burnham, Josenh. R. Cottons 'illiam S. Scamman and Faille C. Blake, be reimbursed + 20,00 each raid by them for legal services in the action Brought against them by ?'enry McCaffrey in conjunction with the action of !VicCaffrey v. Town. of Lexington, and that one hundred dollars be transferred from the Law Account. " T eodore Art. 12. On motion of Mr. A. Custance it was VOTED: that the Townaccept the layout of Bennett Avenue from Baker Avenue to Chase Avenue a distance of 200 feet as laid out by the Selectmen November 16, 1928 andshown on a certain plan on file in the Town plerk 's Office entitled, "Plan of Ben-ett Avenue, Lexington, Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet , October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove , Town Engineer, " III and further voted that for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of ; 800. be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus "iccount. " Art. 17. On motion of Mr. Joseph. R. Cotton, Secretary of Com°"ittee on Representative To'rm Meetings , it was "VOTED: that the Selectmen be anrl hereb; are renuested- and authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to make application to the General Court to establish in the Town of Lexington a form of Town Government providing for a Town Meeting limited to such =nhabitaets or the Town as may be elected to meet , deliberate, act and vote in the exercise of the corporate powers of the totrn subject 210 to such restrictions and regulations as the General Court may prescribe, by the enactment or a statute substantially in the form provided by Chanter 167 of the Acts of 1927 being an .act to establish in the Town of 'Vinchester representative town government b- limited town meetings . " A rising vote wss taken, 120 being in the affi'mgtive and 106 in the negative. n ' VnTED: th.at the final r^sort of the committee of five arnoi ^ted. under vote of the town on December. 6, 1926 to recommend what action, if any, shall be taken with resrect to securing authority ror representative town meetings , be accented and the com-iittee dischr'rged." III The report presented by Mr. Cotton is as follows Lexington, Mass. Nov. 26 ,28. Final Report of the Committee of five appointed by the Moderator under vote of the Town passed December 6, 1926 to investig^te and rerort withrespect to securing authorization for representative town meetings . To the Citizens of Lexington: At the Town Meeting in March 1928 an, extensive report of progress was presented giving in detail the scope, fore and. general idea of the so-calledrepresentative town meetings, the research wore; of the Committee and closed with the suggestion that further report would' be made in the Fall. Your committee h's continued its labors in the interim add has ' come to the conclusion that Lexington should have rep- resentative town meetings . It recommends that the next step should be taken, namely, thct our Selectmen be authorizedto petition the Legislature for an 'Act which would make it possible for t'^e Voters to tare definite action at such time in the near future as they mi.g''t deem necessary to carry out the recommendations of this Committee. For the purpose of carrying out the recommendations which we herewith make, the Committee willpresent a motion to this meeting. The most recent Act for Representative town meetings has been adopted by the neighboring Town of Winchester within the month . Its general form and provisions wouldapply to the geography, sprea ' of population, voting strength andprobable future growth of our Town. We therefore refer to it in our motion as a model for our Selectmen to follow in preparing a specific Act for Lexingto-i. Under the vote to be offered , you do not com-it your- selves to representative ton government . • What you -Ire doing is authorizing the Selectmen to have placed on the Statute books a specific Act. Such an Act will have no effect until and unless accepted by the Town. "'e think there should be a provision in the Act to the effect that it may be accented at any time within the next three or four years which will put us in a position, during that time, where we may give the matter full consideration s to details and whether or not we wish to accept it . With over 4000 voters , with the necessity of dividing the vote in T'reci • ct 2 and loot-irg fora-rd to the rapid growth of the Town and its greatly increased and complex business administration, the gnesti_on of having a more business-like town meeting should be presented to the voters for their consid.erati gin. It can only be presented in concrete fors by having_; a specific Act passed by the Legislature , and this your Committee recommends. The 6omTittee also considers the acceptance of such an Act would be for the be t interests of the Town. Respectfully submitted, George L. Briggs , Chairman John F.A. Mullliren Robert L. Ryder George '. Umith Joseph R. Cotton, Secretary; 211 Art. 5. 1"r. Fr :derick L. Emery movedthat the matter be .laid. on the table until an adjourned meeting on Monday, December 17, 1928. He then movedth^t when the meeting was ed.journed it be adjourned. until. December 17, 1928 andthat t1 is article be the first business to be considers' and that, sufficient time be given to Its discussion . ","r. Emery's mmotion was then taken up and passed. Art. 4. Under this article on motion o" Mr. Jame, G. Robertson it was "VOTED: that the Selectmenbe and they hereby are instructed to give to the City of -oltham and the Cor;rissioner or Mental Diseases on or before December first in the current yrnar, as provided in Section 12 of Chapter 372 oP the Acts of 1928, notice that the Town of Lexington does not desire to avail itelf of the onnortuni. ty of connecting the sewers of that area or the Town in the va ' Bey of 'Beaver Bro ,k as described in Section 1 of the said act with the sewers nrovi ded. for in t'e said. Act. " "r. . Sydney R. 7ri.ghtingto-n asked the Moderator for a special privilege w' ick, was grantedhi-, to offer the following vote: "VOTED that the Selectmen be reluestedto set apart a Certain portion of the balcony in the Cary `Memorial_ Hall for the use of school children, and non-voters until such time as that space shall be needed by the voters. " The motion was passed. Art . 6. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it Was "VoT D: that the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account : Election °- Registration 4 300.00 Assessors 25.00 Town Hall 550.00 Fire Department 2500.00 Removal of Ashes °: Care of Dumns 250.00 Dept. of Publi.^ '7elfare 1200.00 Soldiers ' Relief 300.00 Pari-s 6: Playgrounds 250.00 • Snow Removal Highway Maintenance 1 . 00 Insurance 1500.0000 2000.00 It was voted to lay the item of Highway Constructi .nM chusetts Avenue, Oak Street to Middle Street )548. 67 on the table. Dr. Clarence Shannon, Chairman of the A-propriati on Committee, statedthat the above amounts were approvedby his Committee. Albert Art. 7. Under tl-is article Mr. / . H. Burnham offered the following motion : "VOT:?D: that the Selectmen be instructedto install street lights in the following unaccepted. streets : Tower Street , I! d?e pe,ndc,nee Lj enu.e, Smith Avenue, Eaton road Fair On'-s Drive and "rachusett Drive . " ' A feet. 8. Under this article Mr. . H. Burnham offered the following motion : "VOTED: that the Board of ,;electmenbe authorized to construct a sewer in Ed.gewood. Road from Hancock .'treat, a distance of a enroximately 480 feet. " Albert Art . 9. On motion of Mr. H. Burnham the following motion was passed: "VCT' D: that the Town purcba e apnroxi.mately four hundred fifty (450 ) feet of 6" water main in York Street w'hichwras laid by the Edward T. Harrington Co. in 1915 in ac- cordance with agreement dated August 5, 1914 for the sum of $715.42, said amount to lie charged to Mater Construction Account. " 212 Art. 13. On motion of Mr . Theodore A. Custance this article was Cao indefinitely postponed. Art . 14 . It was voter' on motion of ."r. Theodore A. Custance "That the Town accept the layout of Baker Avenue Prom Oak Street to Butler Avenue , a distance of. 890 feet as laid out by the Selectmen November 16, 1928 and shown on a certain nlan on file it the Town Clork 's Office entitled , "Plan. of B lTer A”en 'e, Lexington . Wass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet , October 25, 1928 , John T. Cosgrove , Town 7ngineer, " and furthevoted tl ^t for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of 33, 000 be transferred from General Rezrenu.e end. Surplus Account. " Art . 15. On ,motion of T r. Theodore A. Custance this article was indefinitely postponed. Art . 10. On motion of lv'r. Theodore A. Custance,:. it was "VOTED: that the Town accept the layout of Summit Road. from its intersection with Follen. Road to pinewood Street as laid out by the Selectmen November 6, 1928 and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office entitled, "Plan of Summit Ro1.,1 , Lexington , 1-ass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove , Town Engineer, " and further voted that for the pur- pose of constructing said: stre,,t the sum of 7.1500 he transferred from Ge on- 1 revenue and Surrlu.s Account . " Art . 11 . On motion of ivir . Theodore A. Custance it was "Vr`T 'D: that the Town accent the layout of Pinewood. Street a distance of 500 fe t as laid out b;: the Selectmen November 6, 1928 and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office entitled, " "Plan of. Pine- wood Street , Lexington, Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet , October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove . Town -engineer. " III It was passedby a rising vo' e of 31 in the affirmative and 26 in the negative . At 10 :13 o 'clock r.". the meeting adjourned to December 17, 1928 at 8 P.". A true record, Al.test : gY —C. ST,4,7A Town Cler- 213 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachn setts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said. County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of r?as' achusetts 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 Temoriel building, in said Lexington, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of November , 1922, at seven thirty P.NN?. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Toy"n Officers or of any Committee of the Town, , and to annoini; other Committees. Art. 2. To see if tie Town will accent from Ellen i''. Tower a gift of land for a. nubile park in memory or '"'il t iari Au_nu.stus Tower and of a fund of money for the care, maintenance and improvement of the said nar'T, and will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to signify its acceptance of the said gift upon the terms and conditions set fort' in a proposed deedto the Town . Art . 3. To see if the Tow willvote to reimburse former members of the Boar, of Selectmen the sum of one hundred. dollars 000 ) for legal services in the action brought against them by Henry McCaffrey . rey. art. 4. To see if the Town will notify the cit;; of Waltham and. the Commissioner of Ment-'l Diseases on or before December 1st in the current year that it does not desire to avail i.taelf of the opnortanity of connecting the sewers of that area of Lexington in the valley of Beaver Brook es descri'-ed. in Section 1 of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928 with the sewers provided for in the said Chanter , or te'-e any other action with respect to said Statute or the provisions for t'• e Ton of Lexinpton therein contained. Art. 5. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town by adorting a general revision thereof including provisions to ma',e more defIni to tie boundaries of existing districts . to regulate the use of premises as well as structures , to re-arrange and further particularize vadioiis structural uses and to add thereto, to increase the minimum frontage, area and yard space of houselots , to limit the size o . signs in the residenti^ 1 districts , to pro- vide for new uses , to provide for the reconstruction of destroyed. non-conforming buildincs , to regulate the location of structures on the re-r ends of lots, to provide for the anrroval of lot layouts b; the Selectmen, to amplify and clarify the present Zoning Law, and for other purposes , or to ta'-e any other action i relation thereto. Art . 6. To see if the Town willvote to arpropri_ate money for the following accounts by transfer from General Revenue and. 5urnlus Account or unexpended balances or by issue of bonds or notes; Soldiers ' Relief, Public Welfare, Insurance , Election & R2gistration, lssesso»s , Fire Department, Removal. of Ashes & Care or Dumps, Parks and Playgrounds, Highway Construction (Massachusetts Avenue, Oak Street to Middle Street , now "arrett Road ) ITighway Mainte, ance, Town Hall, and Snow Removal, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in Tower Street , Independence Ave--ue , Smith Avenue , Eaton Road , Fair Oalrs Drive , and "schusett Drive or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer in Edgewood Road. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vof-e to appropriate : 715.42 for the purchase of anproximately 450 fee' of 6" water main in York Street which was laid by the Edward T. Harrington Company in 1915, in accordance with Agreement dated August 6, 1914, or act in any manner relating thereto. 214' r Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to establish. as a Town way or accent the layout of Summit Road from its intersection with Follen Hoed to Pinewood Street, all as 121 d out by the Selectmen and. as shown upon plan on file in the Town, Clerk 's Office , anpropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes , or act in any other manner relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Pinewood. etreet a distance of 840 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office , apnrorriate money by transfer from other accounts , or b,, issue of bonds or notes , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 12 . To see if the Town will vote to establish. as a Town way or accept the layout of Bennett Avenue from Baker Avenue to Tarbell Avenue a distance of 360 feet , all as laid. out by the Selectmen end as shown upon n1an or file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bones or notes , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13 . Te see if the Town will vote to establish s a Town way or accent the layout of Chase Averu.e from Tucker Avenue to near Bennett Avenue , a distance of 830 feet, all as laid out by the Selecteen and as shown upon plan on file ie the Town Clerk ' s Office , appronria.te money from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes . or act in. any manner relating thereto. Art . 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accent the layout of Baker Avenue from Oair Street to near Butler Avenue, a distance of 1013 feet, all as laid. out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on. file in the Town Clerk 's Office , appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes , or act in any rmanner relating thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town wil ! vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Butler Avenue from Carville Avenue to Baker A,enue, a distance of 600 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to. • sell and. convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by deed of George 7. Spaulding dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 3243, page 385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois Y. Marshall, or to exchange the same for other land of either of the said Marshalls, or purchase such other land or abandon, convey or release any easement in land. o{' the said Marshalls , or either of them, or take any action in relation thereto. Art . 17. To receive the report of the Committee appointed to • recommend. action_, if any, with respect to securing authority for renresentatiire town meetin s , and to see if the Town will make application, or authorize such, to the General. Court to establish in the Town of Lexington a form of Town Government providing for a Town meeting relative to such inhabitants of the Town ^s may be elected to meet , deliberate, act and vote in the exercise of the cornorate rowers of the Town subject to such restrictions and regulations as the General Court may prescribe, or to act in any other manner pertaining thereto. Hereof, fail not , and. make due return of. this ?!arrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands , at Lexington, this sixth day of November, A. D. 1928. Albert H. Burnham ) SELECTMEN Theodore A. Custance ) James G. Robertson ) OF William iam H. Ballard ) Francis Chamberlain ) LEXINGTON. 215 Lexington, Mass. November 19, 1928 To the Town Clerk: I hav" notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Thrrant in the Post Ofice, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the town, andby mailing a printed cony of the same to every registeredvoter in the town seven days before the time of said. meeting. Attest : Jn.mes J. Sullivan Constable or Lexin^ton . 216 ADJOURNED TO'" MEETING, DECEMBER 17, 1928. The meting was called to order by Moderator, Robert . Holt at 8 o 'clock rlM. The amendments to the present Zoning Law were explained by if-r. 7red.eri cm L. Emery, and stereo -ti con views were shown of existing houses built on 50 foot lots , and how those same houses would be iT-'nroved if placed. on 75 foot lots. r, Art. 5. Lir. Hrederi c1 L. Emery then moved. "That ^ur. present Zoning Law be amended by substi_tating for Section I of the nresent Zoning Law the following : Section I . To promote the health , safety, convenience and welfare or Its inhabitants, to lessen the d—,gers from dire and co- gesti r,n and to improve an be-ratify the town . under and to obtain Me benefits of the provisions of General Laws , Chapter 40 and. Chapter 143, tie inspect' on . materials , constru-Minn, alterat; on, repair, height , area . locntinn and lire of buildings and structures and t' e use of premises in the Town of Lexington are hereby regulated an herein nrovi ded. a-,(' the To:°rnis divided into four tynes of districts herein"fter defined. in Section 3, Paragranh (b ) , and as shown on the Zoning; man prepared. by J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer, andfiledwith the Town Clerk March 17, 1924, and all amendments thereto, which ma.- is her--by made a part of hhi_s by-1_aw. Mr. Thorn- s J . Heaney , Marrett Road, snake against amending the present Zoning Law. Mr. Eugene T. Biel-ley, 8 Grant Street, stated th-t he thought the picture showing houses on I-arrett Ron' oprosite prospect 11111 were inaccurately shown, although Mr. Emery stated. that the picture wis drawn to scale and was correct. Mr. Isadore Michelson , Parker Street , spore against the Town adontirg the nrorosed amendments . A rising vote w'u ta'-en, 174 being in the affirmative and 142 in the neer live. A two-thirds vote being necessary the motion was declared lost. Mr. David ,';Aaloney, 24 =;luz7ey Street, ',ed th-, r if the amendments as a whole were a,'ort(,,-1 , wo-ild tey be t;-e Zoning Law of the Town, and he was assured' til- t they would be. Mr. Frederi.clr L. Emery moved. "That Secti-)n 9 of t' e present Zoning Law be amendedby sub- ��ti tuting therefore t' e following; Section 9. `'emits by Board o' Anneals requires as a Conrhittn Precedent . 'Nhen in its judgment the public conl-enience and welfare will be substantially served, and where such excention will not tend to imrair the status of the neighborhood, the Board of Appeals may in n specific case , upon written petition, a hearing of w' ich fourteen days ► public notice shall have been given, and subject to appropriate cond.itions and safeguards , determine and vary the application of the regulations he -e established in harmony with their general purposes and i ntertt as follows : (a ) Permit any uses referred to this section under R. 1, R. 2 and C. 1 districts , and Secti. m 7. (b ) remit variations from the rrovisi.ons of Sections 6 and 7, where tonography or other conditions make it necessary. ( c ) Pe -nit the alteration of a one-family house or building wherever located to accommodate nor- than one family. 217 ( d ) Pe-mit temporary strictures and us — t1-,^ + do not conform to the uses and regu.l a'-i ons herein nrencri.bed, with such conditions as will protect the community. providedthat no such permit shall be for 'ore than a one-year period. (e ) Permit for yearly terms production of articles in whole or substantial. nart fro ' materials excavated or grown upon the premises. (f ) Permit for yearly terms a roadside stand for the saleo of only the products of tha land of the owner, provided that it observes the front yard regulations and complies with all other conditions i•mnosedby the Board of Appeals. (g) Permit in any district any use obviously intended, or be- cause harmonious or compatible with or accessory to the uses or any of them herein menti_'ned, or necessary for public con- venience or benefit, but which has not been snecifically mentioned, or which, otherwise permitted hereunder, may have developed since the framing of this by-law. 0�_ building inspecterr shall grant no permit under th i s section except as directed by the Board of An-eals following the procedure laid down herein an 1 in conformity with the de- cision of the Board of Appeals. Vr. I1eil. 7Fclntosh, 1V1eriam Street stated that in ~post of the sur -oun'ing towns no area is stated in their Zoni-ng Laws. He then offered the following as a substitute motion: "Voted : That thie Board of Selentmen anoint a committee of ten citizens who shall be representative of ail sections nd condi tions' of the Town to unite with hhe Planning Board es a. "Committee for thr, Review of the Present Zoning By-Laws" to see if it i.s necessary to add to, ?Iter, correct or amend the present Zoning By-Laws so trent the Town as a Vole m- y be substantially. served and such meetings as may be held by said Zoning Zommittee be oven to the public, and that said Committee re- ports its recommendations to the next regular town meeting. " The above motion was passed. lueil Mantosh then moved that his motion be amended to read as follows : "Voted: That the Boar' of Selectmen appoint a committee of ten citizens who shall be representative of all sections and donditions of the Town to unite with the Planning Board. as a "Committee for the Review of the Present Zo-ing By-Laws" to see .if it is necessary to add to, alter, correct or amend the present Zoning By-Laws so that the Town as a whole may be substantially served and such meetings as may be held by said Zoning Committee be open to the public , and that said. Committee report its recommendations as soon as it conveniently can, " andthe amendment was nassed by the meeting. Art. 6. 7r. '. heodoro A. Custance then offered the following moti o whi ah ;,Jas passed. "Voted that tl-e sum of ,; 2500 be transferred from General Thvenue and Surplus Account to Highway Constru_ct3 - n. Mass. Ave. (Oa'- to Middle Streets. " ) art. 1. On motion of Iia. Albert 11, Burnham it was "Voted. : That a Committee of three (3 ) , of whom the ' ederator shall be a member, be arnointedto act on !,eha, f of the Town ir, connection with the lectures provided for under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham a.n1 Susanna E. Cary, said Committee to continue until the To mn shall otherwise vote. " Committee appointed* Aiobert H. Holt, Mrs. Henry D. Love,& Rev. ,C r"r Art. 16. On motion of Mr. Albert I1. Burnham it was voted to inc�efinf£ely postpone this article. The meetinfi dissolved at 10 o 'cloei P.M. A true record , Attest : a4(A;vi-i-e-/ • Town Clerk 218 Qb REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION. CZ November 16, 1928. CC Pursuant to the law the Town Clerk of Arlington and Town Clerk of Lexington met at Arlington t' is day at twelve o ' clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the sixth day of. November for a Representative to the general court of the Commonwealth to represent the, twenty-eighth Middlesex District. T',e canvass showed the following result of the vot^s cast in Arlington and Lexington. In Arlington, Elliott R. Barker had nine thousand one hundred forty-four (9144 ) votes. In Lexington, Elliott :H. Barker had one thousand nine hundredand seventy (1970 ) votes. In Arlington George E. Brig 's had seven thousandsix hundred and forty-eight (7648) votes. In Lexington , George E. Briggs had two thousandseven hundred and forty-three ( 2743 ) votes. The returns shower' th^ t Elliott R. Barker and. George E. Briggs had a majority of the votes cast in both towns , and a certificate vias accordingly filledout and signed by the clerks of both towns , to be delivered to Elliott R. Barker of 26 Lombard Ro^d , Arlington and George �. Briggs of Outlook Drive , Lexington. E. C.Pierce, T^wn Clerk of Arlington John H. Kane , Town Clerk of Lexington A true copy, Attest : .1„,!„, ;& 25, r,-/,4-e- Town Clerk. • I .i 219 ' .• TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greet-Ing: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the i'--habitants of the Town of Lexington, qualifiedto vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the CA$Y MEMORIAL BUILDING, in said. Lexington on Monday, the seventh day of January, 1929, at seven thirty P.M. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Torn O'ricers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2, To receive the report of the Committee authorizedby the Town March 12, 1928, to study its fire and water departments, a cony of which resort is mailedwith t1Sis warrant and to see if the Town will approve any or all of the recommendations contained in such a resort. Art. 3. To see if the To,° - will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by de^d. of George Spauldinr , dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds , Book 3243 , page 385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois M. Marshall, orto exchange the same for other land of eithr.r of the said Marshalls, or purchase such other lf,.nd or -band.on , convey or release any easement in land of the said M^rshalls, or either of them, or take any action it relation thereto. Hereof, fail not, and mal=e due return of this '"arrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. • Given under oar hands , at Lexington , this Twenty-sixth day of December, A. D. 1928. Albert H. Burnham Selectmen Theodore A. Custance JAmes G. Robertson of Francis Chamberlain Lexington. • h'dfiBiT... 220 Lexington, Mass. CZ, December 31, 1928. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the tnhabi.tants of Lexington by posting printed conies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the Town Office wilding, and in 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. Attest : James J. Sullivan Constable of Lex9_ngton. • r 221 TOWN MEETING. JANUARY 7, 1929. The meeting was called to order by moderator, Robert H. Holt. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Wattant, but upon 111 motion, the further reading of the Warrant was dispensed with. The Town Clerk then read the Constable's return of the Warrant. Art.2. Under this article Mr. Albert B. Tenney, Chairman of the Committee on Investigation of the l''ire & Water Departments, offered the written report of the Committee which had been mailed to the voters with the Town Warrant. REPORT OF COMd1ITTEE APPOINTED BY THE TOWN TO STUDY ITS FIRE AND WATER DEPARTMENTS. December 20th, 1928. To the Citizens of the Town of Lexington: At the adjourned annual Town Meeting held on March 12, 1928, Articles 4, 28 and 30 were taken up jointly and the following motion was adopted: "That Article 4 in so far as it relates to the Fire Department and Articles 28 and 30 be referred to a Committee of five to be appointed by the Modeel� ��..��rr, one from the Board of Selectmen and eublic Works, and fou' i�1 izens, none of whom shall be office holders or employees of the Town. " "That this Committee study carefully the Fire Department in all its particulars especially the adequacy and efficiency of all its apparatus of every kind and description, including the fire alarm system, the personnel_: of its permanent and call men and their ability and training for the position held and paid for, the location of our station houses and possibilities of consolidation, and re-location -- new and better sites, if any, for htusing -- living accommodations and hours of duty of the permanent members, -- the laws governing the Fire Department and its legal relationship to our present form of Government -- and our water system, with special reference to the adequacy of street mains for the proper fire protection. " "And that in order to aid the Committee in its studies all records of the Department together with its entire personnel, as well as that of any other department having any relationship or dealings with the Fire Department be made available for the attention and consideration of this Committee." "And that this Committee be empowered to employ the services of a properly qualified fire-fighter from any of the Metropolitan cities, or experts from the New England Insurance Exchange, in order that the Committee may be well advised." "And that this Committee report at a later Town iueeting as to -- 1 - The necessity for a new pump and two additional permanent men. 2 - The adequacy of the present apparatus including the fire alarm system. 3 - Proper number of permanent men and what provisions are now made and should be made in the future for their training. 4 - The possibility of consolidating the two station houses. 5 - Possible location for a new site should the study show con- solidation to be advisable. 222 ,1, 6 - Advisability of a permanent Chief. 7 - Responsibility of the Fire Department to our Board of Selectmen or Public Works or any other board of our Town Government. 8 - The adequacy of our present water system for proper fire protection. 9 - Finally, any and all matters necessary to provide an effi- cient and ddequate fire department, consistent with our ability to pay, and the fire insurance exchange requirements. At a subsequent special town meeting held on June `:'.8, 1928 $500.00 was appropriated for the expenses of this Committee. Under date of May 8, the Town Clerk advised that the Moder- ator had under Article 4 appointed the following Committee:- Charles J. Dailey George H. Gibson Edward H. Mara James G. Robertson Albert B. Tenney Under date of May 14, the Committee met and organized as follows: - Albert B. Tenney, Chairman James G. Robertson, Secretary Since that date the Committee has held 17 regular meetings and many conferences. The Committee feels itself extremely fortunate in having been able to secure the services of Peter E. Walsh, Esq., Ex-Chief of the Boston Fire Department, whose training and exper- ience well qualifies him as a practical fire-fighter, and a competent advisor. His servides have been supplemented by the 'yew ynglend Insurance Exchange, through its representatives Mr. P. C. Charnock, Engineer, and Mr. W. H. Merchant, Assistant Engineer, formerly Captain in the New Bedford Fire Department. In conjunction with these men, Metcalf & Eddy, expert Water and Sewer Engineers have studied the water system for the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, Acknowledgement of the valuable service rendered by these men is herewith recorded, as well as that of Mr. Eugene C. Hultman, Fire Commissioner of the City of Boston, Captain James W. Ryan, Engineer of the motor apparatus of Boston, Mr. James T. Ball, former consulting architect of the Boston Department, Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Acting Director of State Accounts, Mr. W.E. Dorman, Counsel for the Massachusetts Senate, Mr. George C. Neal, State Fire Marshal, Mr. W. S. Scamman of our Department of Public Works, Mr. Ross of the Water Department, Mr. Gorman, Forest Warden, our Board of Engineers, Messrs. Buttrick, Hooper, and Taylor, Mr. George E. Robinson of Boston, an architect skilled in the design of fire houses, Mr. Charles E. Beaudry of our Town, who aided the Committee in making maps, Mr. Louis Bills, Superintendent of Wires, Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington, Town Counsel, the officials of the Arlington Fire Department, who have rendered valuable service in training our fire department since this inquiry started and Mr. H. P. Allen, who acted as Clerk of the Committee. The Committee in its work visited the fire department; in the Towns of Billerica., Danvers, Amesbury, Arlington, Ashland, Stoughton, and the City of Gloucester. 223 In the years past inspections have been made by the New England Insurance Exchange -- the last in 1920. Different Committees and Water Boards have studied the water problems. Never beforeto our knowledge have the problems of the Board of Select en and Public Works, the Fire Department and the Water Supply ha.Vritudied jointly. Perhaps it may be safely said that a similar opportunity never presented itself. So rapidly has our Town grown that we have not noticed the demands that are made upon these departments. As a result of our studies we beg to report as follows: - In order to provide an adequate and efficient fire department consistent with our ability to pay and the Fire Insurance Exchange requirements, we recommend -- 1 - The purchase of 750 gallon combination pump. That no more permanent men be added to the force at present. 2 - That the present apparatus and equipment which is inade- quate be supplemented and the fire alarm system which is deficient, be completely overhauled, modernized and ex- tended. - That the proper number of permanent men cannot be determined until a skilled permanent chief has been appointed and given time to reorganize the it esent force. That arrangements should be made to send all the permanent men to the Boston Fire Training School. Prior to this inquiry drills were held so infrequently as to be of no value; since then, drills havebeen held and the efficiency of the force somewhat improved. 4 - That while it is possible to consolidate the two fire houses, it is not advisable to do it. 5 - Is answered in the previous paragraph. 6 - The ' employment of a permanent Chief, one who is a graduate of the Boston Fire Training School, and who has no other business interests directly or indirectly to the welfare of the Citizens. The Chief to co-operate with the Board of Selectmen in carrying out the recommendation of the New England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walshascontained in their reports filed with the Town Clerk, not inconsistent with the general recommendation contained herein. 7 - The present organization consists of a Board of Engineers appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen. This Board of Engineers has full control of the department subject only to the vote of the Town. The present Call Chief presumably under the Acts of 1916 and 1917 previously accepted by the Town, holds his position indefinitely subject to removal only by the Selectmen. 8 - That additions to our present water system be made to meet the recommendation of the New England Insurance Exchange, Chief Walsh, and Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, employed by the Selectmen to study the water and sewer problems of the Town. 9 - That the following additional suggestions be adopted:- (1) That two new fire stations be built and the present ones abandoned. (a) A new 3-door headquarters on Bedford Street on land to be bought for that purpose. 224 O (b) A new 2-door bungalow type to be built on the present `�' site at East Lexington. (2) In addition to the 750 gallon pump mentioned in recom- mendation No. 1, the following apparatus be purchased, - a A forest fire wagon and portable pump. b A car for the permanent Chief. c The necessary_ auxiliary fire fighting equipment rec- commended by the New England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walsh. (3) Hose No. 2 be discarded and removed. (4) The Knox pumper be reconstructed to serve as a hose wagon. I (5) The fire alarm system be rebuilt and extended. (6) All ratings of officers be abolished thus giving the permanent Chief freedom in reorganizing the department. (7) N By-Law be adopted similar to the Statute which provides that cities, other than those under the two platoon system shall excuse its permanent firemen from duty one day in five without loss of pay. (8) That the Town accept Secs. 42 - 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws thereby substituting for a fire department under the control of a board of Engineers, a fire department under the control of an Officer to be known as the Chief of the Fire Department, the Chief to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. By accepting Section 42-43-44 the Chief shall then act as Forest Warden. (9) Each member of the force, permanent or call be examined physicially by the Doctor of the Board of Health to determine his fitness for the work. (10)Civil Service Statutes relating to fire departments be adopted by the Town, when all our present permanent firemen under 50 years of age have successfully completed the training course of the Boston Fire Department in a manner acceptable to the permanent Chief,and have passed a satisfactory physical examination. (11)Hereafter all candidates for permanent positions in the force: (a) First pass a satisfactory physical examination. (b) Be placed on a six months' probation, during which time they shall complete a course in the Boston Fire Training School. (c) The first year be paid at the rate of 01,500 per annum. (d) after that be advanced at the rate of 0100 a year until they reach $2,000. (e) Lieutenants be paid $2,100. a year and Captains $2,200. (12) Abolish all call officers . (13) Maps be• made and hung on the walls of the Eire Houses showing locations and sizes of water mains and hydrants and fire alarm boxes. (14) A closer contact be established with the Water Department so that information relating to hydrants, tests, pressures, etc, II may be common knowledge in both departments. (15) All permanent and call men be trained in first aid, par- ticularly prone pressure method of resuscitation, by a qualified teacher. (16) The New England Telephone & Telegraph Company be asked to arrange its operations so that calls intended for the Bedford department be sent there, rather than Lexington, and for any other suggestions that they can offer for improvement in this essential service. 225 (17) Drills be held regularly at least once a month and call men as well as permanent men be required to attend and drill so that each may be familiar with every operation. (18) 111l purchases for the Department be made through the Board of Selectmen and the Superintendent of Public 'Vgorks . (19) The Inspector of Wires, in co-operation with the per- manent chief, have full charge of the ma.inten,snce of the Fire Alarm System responsible to the Selectmen, and II that as soon as possible this office be made a full time position. (20) The Chief of the department take full advantage of the Metropolitan Fire District regulations to prevent fires . (21) All laws relating to fire departments and fire prevention be kept on file at headquarters so to be available to all members of the force. (22) Proper rules and regulations governing the conduct of the men and care of apparatus and their general duties at fires and in the station houses be adopted, printed and placed in the hands of each member of the department. We have been advised by Mr. Waddell, Director of Accounts of the State Department of Corporation and Taxation, that bonds may be issued for all of these expenditures and the following table is submitted as a suggestion for yearly maturities : - TABLE SHOWING ESTIMATED COSTS AND PERIOD OF BONDING Estimated Cost II East Lexington House $20,000. Headquarters 60, 000. Land 5,000. $85,000. Bonds to run 20 years. New Fire Alarm $20,550. New Pumper 12,000. Forest Fire Wagon 2,500. Chief' s Car 1,000. Miscellaneous __ 3.000. $39,050 Bonds to run 5 years . Total for Fire Department $124,050. Water System 276.O00.Bonds to run 20 years . Total Bonds 400,050. The following table shows the years in which the money would probably be spent: 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Total East Lexington House $20,000. $20,000 Headquarters 60,000. 60,000 Land 5,000. 5,000' New Fire Alarm 15,094. 1739 1239 1239 1239 20,550 New Pumper 12,000. 12,000 Forest Fire Wagon ‹,500. 2,500 Chief's Car 1,000. 1,000 Miscellaneous __ 3.000. 3 000 WaterX118,594. $p124,050 88 200.40000_39566 3B560 39560 3956 0 3560 276 '000 $156,794.41739 40799 4)199 40799 39560 395E-1400,050 The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee has advised us that the town' s financial condition is such that the foregoing ex- penditure can be made without exceeding the debt limit. Respectfully submitted, Albert B. Tenney, Chairman James G. Robertson, Secretary Charles J. Dailey George H. Gibson � Edward H. Mara. 226 DISCUSSION It is a matter of keen regret that the cost of printing , the reports of the New England Insurance Exchange, Chief Walsh, Metcalf & Eddy and other data is so great that we did not feel warranted in incurring thit expense. Consequently we will file these papers on which our conclusions have been based with the town Clerk, - those mdthing more detailed information than contained herein are respectfully referred to them. Extracts from the foregoing reports are quoted herein. Schedules are attached hereto showing an analysis of our fire department comparisons with other municipalities, copies of delegation of power by the State Fire Marshal to the Chief of the Lexington 'Fire Department and Sec. 42, 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, etc. In all of the municipalities which the Committee visited, with the exception of Amesbury, the department is super- vised by either a permanent or a permanent deputy chief. The general appearance of these buildings is dost excellent. To be sure while most of them are new, the neatness, cleanliness, orderliness and discipline are in strong con- trast to ours . We did not have an opportunity in our visits to witness any fire drills, so we could not compare their efficiency in this respect with our own. For this we feel justified in depending upon the reports of the New Lngland Insurance Exchange and ivir. Walsh. In this connection Mr. Walsh says in part: - "I think it would be sufficient to say without going into detail that the whole department gave an exhibition of its ability in handling the equipment at which a grave lack of training was demonstrated. This situation can be easily remedied by sending men to the Boston Drill School. A request to the fire commissioner would probably result favorably. "There appear to be no permanent rules and regulations to govern the conduct of the members either in quarters or at fires . n code of rules is very desirable towards promoting pfficiency. "A. call captain is in charge of the ladder company. Like the case of the call deputy chief, (mentioned in the full report to be filed in the Town clerk' s Office) this is all wrong. ti permanent officer should have charge of this mort important company and in the absence of an officer a permanent private should be placed in charge. (Mr. Walsh feels that a permanent private should have by training and experience greater ability to fight fires that a call officer; if this is not so it should be so, parti- cularly if the men had proper training.) "That as often as the strength of the department will permit a permanent officer or private be detailed to inspect manufacturing and mercantile buildings, schools, churches, garages, etc. , for the purpose of fire prevention. "The Chief being a Call Chief cannot measure up to the permanent chief because other business will not permit him to keep in touch with all the doings of the department. "The Fire Chief who has no business to perform daily other than looking after his men, apparatus and equipment, both in quarters and at fires, is without doubt better qualified to render a good account of himself in times of emergencies. This is true no matter how well intentioned the call chief may be. 227 "That a. new Fire Department headquarters be erected to house all the apparatus in Town as well as all the permanent members . " Chief Walsh makes sixteen recommendations, many of which should have been accompliehed in the usual course of Fire Department operations; the balance would have required action by the voters. The New England Insurance Exchange says in part: - "The Department is poorly organized in that there are no full time chief officers and an inadequate number of full paid officers and men. The Chief and assistant Chiefs devote only a portion of their time to the Fire Department service, therefore, good supervision of department affairs in general suffers, and it is highly probable that efficient fire fighting is retarded by delays attending their response or their absence at fires . The number of companies is sufficient but in some instances the apparatus is not of the proper type. "Engine capacity is somewhat deficient; the single pumper available and of value is of satisfactory size and in good condition; operators are ample in number but with a few ex- ceptions have had little practical experience in pump work. "Discipline could be improved by the adoption of suitable rules for the government of the Department, their rigid enforcement and the keeping of proper records of service; the lack of adequate full paid officers end large percentages of call members are factors/towards deficient control. tending "Drills and training are so irregular and infrequent as to be of little practical value and their scope limited by deficiencies in facilities and the lack of a drill-master to provide for uniform instruction. "During test manoeuvers the work of individual officers and men as well as company organizations indicated the urgent necessity of the appointment of a competent official to conduct drills which should be frequently and regularly held if satisfactory results are to be obtained. "Fire methods are only fairly efficient, considering the normally under-manned condition of the companies, some deficiencies in equipment and the serious lack of training in • modern methods. "Building inspection work could be improved by a systematic use of members of the full paid force employing a proper form for reports, preferably accompanied by sketches, which practice would not only permit of the correction of hazardous conditions, but would familiarize the department with structures and occupancies, and add to the general and specific knowledge essential to successful fire fighting. "Records of fires are fairly complete, but other important department matters are not generally reported." BUILDING INSPECTIONS. In this matter the flew England Insurance Exchange' s engineer says: "The Department inspection work is practically limited to the efforts of one officer who makes regular monthly visits to all mercantiles and is at times accompanied by the Chief. Notes of conditions are made but the use of approved forms adapted and formerly used for this work have been discontinued. The Chief has sufficient delegated power to correct hazardous conditions whenever drastic action is necessary. Records are kept of the number of visits and of conditions in general but are satisfactory as to type and incomplete; no data appears as to any necessary follow-up action of the department to ensure 228 .y correction of existing hazards. There is no municipal collection of refuse, material or garbage." Since the Insurance Exchange made its inspection the Town has voted to collect garbage. FIRE HOSE In this matter the Insurance Exchange says: - HOSE -- Hose is all of the 2.2 inch size, double-jacket cotton rubber lined, purchased under usual manufacturer's guarantee much of which was purchased within the past five years . The total amount in service is 6900 feet. Each hose carrier has 1000 feet on the apparatus and is provided with a complete spare shift in quarters, usually rolled and stacked on floor. No record of the actual service of hose is kept. I-All hose is said to be tested annually but the method followed is unsatisfactory. Tests conducted under the supervision of the Exchange showed that practically all hose is capable of with- standing a pressure of 200 pounds. Hose on apparatus is not regularly shifted if not used at fires . Couplings of this and neighboring municipalities are of the usual screw type and conform to liationa.l Standard dimensions. A special test of the fire hose was made and of this test the Exchange says : -- "Of the total of 7000 feet of hose in active service, all but two lengths were subjected to a pressure of x'00 pounds per square inch. Of the two lengths, one was not tested due to its obvious poor condition. The other was found under hydrant pressure to be porous and was not further tested, " - yet the strength of a chain is no greater than its weakest link. WATER SYSTEM Of the Water Department, the `Wew England Insurance Ex- change' s engineer says in part: - "Organization and personnel well arranged and experienced. Emergency provisions ample but suitable facilities for receipt of fire alarms not provided and regular response to fires not designated. Records mainly good but lack some details and could readily be made more convenient in form. The source of supply is reliable and ample but service is limited by the capacity of a wingle supply line with a normally closed emer- gency connection of relatively small value. Pumping capacity is adequate, pumps in good condition and equipment generally well maintained; continuous service provided. Elevated storage small and due to limiting capacity of supply main in connection with consumption is not maintained at full capacity, resulting in an appreciable drop in pressure throughout the town. The limitation in carrying capacity of the supply line may be accounted for somewhat by the interior condition of this pipe and possibly to a partly closed valve. Pressures while satisfactory for domestic service are not well maintained under fire flows and tests indicate that the total available fire flow to the principal mercantile district is too small to provide the protection desirable; in the remainder of the town the distribution system cannot, in general, deliver required quantities for fire protection even at pressures suitable for engine supply and is very inadequate in quantities available for use of direct hydrant streams . Mains are cast iron of satisfactory quality, but secondary feeders are deficient and minor distributors small; 79% of all pipe being 4 and 6 inch.* Dead ends are numerous and gridiron is wide. The system is fairly well equipped with gate valves although spacing is wide in some instances and some gates open opposite to the majority; inspections are made at regular intervals and while condition appears satisfactory no records of such inspections are made. Hydrant distribution in the principal mercantile district is fair and hydrants of mainly satisfactory size; elsewhere dis- tribution is wide in many sections and includes a considerable number with too small barrel or branch or without necessary engine connections; branch gates are provided in all cases . * The percentage of 4" pipe is but 11%. 229 Inspections of hydrants should be made after use at fires or otherwise; condition is generally good. " Of thirty-nine recommendations made by Captain Merchant many should have been accomplished in the daily routine of the fire department, the balance would have needed the approval of the voters . The Board of Selectmen and Public Works, acting as a Board of Water Commissioners, have had an independent study made by Metcalf & Eday of the present and future needs not only for domestic but for fire purposes . They summarize this report as follows: REINFORCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEXINGTON WATER WORKS "The conclusions of the Engineers of the New England Insurance Exchange and those of Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers employed by the Board of Public Works to make a complete survey of the water system concur with respect to the inade- cuacy of our present supply of water for proper fire protection. "The Board of Public Works has already accepted the complete plans of Metcalf & Eddy entitled "Reinforcement and Improvement of the Lexington Water Works" as a guide for future extensions and improvements. Some progress has already been made in carrying out certain recommendations involving small expenditures of money. The Board has also adopted a tentative program which when completed will cover the first six recom- mendations in the report of Metcalf & Eddy. "These include a hook-up with the Arlington Water System in Westminster Avenue; more cross connections wherever two lines of water pipe exist in the same street; reconstruction of connections at the Venturi meter at the Arlington Line in Massachusetts Avenue; extension of a 12" pipe from the meter in Massachusetts Avenue up and across Liberty Heights and down Oak Street to Massachusetts Avenue, thence along the south side of the Avenue connecting with the 8" main in Pollen Road; an extension of the present 12" pipe in Massachusetts Avenue from Slocum Road to the Minute Man, thence in Qedford Street to Revere Street. This construction work to be spread over two years at a cost of approximately $78,200.00. A part of this cost to be taken out of Water Department earnings and the balance to be bonded over twenty years . "Other recommendations include a 12" pipe extension in a proposed street from Rawson Avenue to Lowell Street; 12" pipe in Parker, Clarke and Forest Streets; an 8" pipe in Muzzey Street; a 12" pipe from Massachusetts Avenue via Hayes Lane to the top of Granny Hill; a 1,000,000 gallon standpipe on Granny Hill; a 12" pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through Rindge Avenue extended to Rawson Avenue; a 12" pipe from Forest Street through Vine Brook Road, Winthrop Road and Highland Avenue to Bloomfield Street, thence to Massachusetts Avenue through Bloomfield Street; replacement of 4" pipe in Eustis Street, Percy Road, Warren Street and Pelham Road with 8" pipe; a 1.0" pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through aiaple Street to Lowell Street. "Tne, complete program will cost approximately 4276,000.00 but construction can be spread over many years. "d"dhile the necessity of a more adequate supply of water is essential from the fire protection point of view we must not lose sight of the fact that the growth of the town would soon compel the very improvements we are recommending in order to give the domestic users the supply and service for which they pay. Z30 7, "Some of the proposed extensions are through new streets of in old streets where no water pipes now exist. It is therefore evident that some of this expenditure would come back to the town in increased valuations and that only a portion can be rightfully charged to Fire Protection. " THE NEW ENGLAND INSURANCE EXCHANGE At this time permit us to offer a word of explanation re- garding the New England Insurance Exchange. The real function of the New England. Insurance Exchange is to determine the rates for fire insurance on buildings and contents in any given locality. 'These are determined by a system of grading - See Schedule A. "Rates for dewiling properties are established under six grades of protection, "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" , "F" ; "Art being the community having the best type of protection and "F" being very poor or no protection. For specifically rated property, such as stores, manufacturing establishments, etc. , under the analytic system of schedule rating there are ten classes desig- nated from one to ten (1 to 10) , 1 being the best protected community (there are not any first class communities) and 10 having very poor or no protection." Lexington has enjoyed "B" classification for dwellings and 5th class for specifically rated property. We have been informed that since 1924 its fire protection was such that our dwellings really belonged in class "C" . Schedule A shows our deficiencies . Of the twenty-six communities to which questionnaires were submitted, seven are in class "C", the balance in Class "B" : The 1`iew England Insurance Exchange in their report have specified that the town in order to remain in class "B" must adopt the following: - 1 - "That the chief engineer devote his entire time to the department' s service, and that he be held solely responsible for the efficiency and maintenance of the department. - "That at least four additional full paid men be appointed immediately, and that eventually te full paid membership be increased so that the least number on duty at all times will be 20 during the day and 28 during the night. * 3 - "That an automobile combined pump and hose wagon with pump of not less than 750 gallons per minute capacity and equipped with 60 gallons or larger water tank, or a 40 gallon chemical tank be provided for Hose Company No. 1 at East Lexington. The present combination hose wagon be equipped with a turret pipe and transferred to headquarters in place of the present Knox pumping engine. 4 - "That complete fire department rules and regulations be prepared and adopted covering decipline, house rules and other fire department matters; printed in a form for in- dividual distribution and that they be rigidly. enforced. 5 - "That suitable drilling facilities be provided, preferably including a drill tower, and all members, be regularly drilled in the use of all apparatus and appliances, quick • * NOTE: The call force to be retained until such time as the fullpaid strength of companies can be established as given in the table above. Call men should be employed in the town and reside in proximity to station of assignment. 1 231 handling of hose lines and ladders, salvage work and life-saving . These drills to give special attention to individual members and new members as well as to company organizations and to be under the direction of a competent officer who should be sent to some city maintaining a drill school to obtain experience in modern fire methods . 6 -"That members make systematic monthly inspections for the accumulation of rubbish and inflammable material inside and in the rear of all buildings other than dwellings, and that the chief be given authority to cause the arrest for viiblation of the explosive and inflammable laws . members making inspections to be required to file detailed reports of all such inspections on approved forms, preferably accompanied by sketches, and the reports to be properly filed at fire headquarters. 7 -"Provide lightning arresters properly grounded where circuits enter the buildings at headquarters and at East Lexington. 8 - "That the mains shown in colors on the accompanying plan be laid. Mains colored in red for immediate installation. That mains and street intersections marked on the accompanying plan be cross-connected and gated. " While in the main your Committee is in full accord with the recommendations of the Exchange, it does not advocate the adoption of all of them at once, - this is particularly true of the number of permanent men mentioned in paragraph two. We feel that tine should approach this Question with caution, and that no new men be added until we have employed a permanent chief and adopted a by-law fixing the days off at not less than "one in five. " After this has been done, there will be time enough to determine whether we should increase our force and if so to what extent. The foregoing are mandatory and steps must be taken within the next six months to carry out same, or our rate classifi- cation will be changed from "B" to "C" . When these recommendations havebean accomplished. the specifically rated building will be benefitted as they will then pass from Class 5 to Class 4. After these eight requirements are accomplished many other minor requirements should be put into effect. The Committee believes that it will be possible to retain class "B" rating by adopting a progressive system of expenditures as outlined. The Insurance Companies are loath to increase rates and will only do so if the town fails to meet them half way in their recommendations. To drop to class "C" need be only temporary, depending upon the wishes of the voters . As near as we can estimate the average annual increase in the cost of insurance if the classifications dropped to "C", is approximately '3410.00 par annum, or $1.63 increase per dwelling. Schedule B contains an estimate of the additional insurance cost. APPARATUS In the main, the apparatus is favorably considered by both experts . There are deficiencies in equipment both major and minor . That the department has been cognizant of these major deficiencies is shown by the many repeated recommendations by it to the Town that it increase the appropriation for apparatus, personel and fire alarm extensions . In so far as failure to obtain new elpiipment or additional personnel, the Committee feels that no criticism should be attached to the department for the deficiencies in these particulars. Z32 r THE KNOX PUMPER AND LA FRANCE LADDER TRUCK C? So much has been said regarding the Knox Pump that we secured the services of Captain James Ryan, engineer of motor apparatus of the Boston Department. He made a most careful examination. The pump was removed and taken apart; the chassis given a road test, and while use could be made of it as a pumper by spending sP5,000, his opinion was against our spending anything, except to continue its use as a hose and chemical wagon, as a "spare." The Committee feels that more use may be had from this machine by taking the chemical tank from the discarded Kissel car and mounting it on the Knox. Three cities and towns in the Metropolitan vire District and the City of Gloucester still have Knox pumpers in commission; viz: Arlington, Reading and "ewton. We feel that had our department taken sufficient care of this apparatus to have kept it in proper condition it would not new be necessary to recommend the purchasefft a new machine. Other cities and towns are still using this very type daily, but due either to neglect or failure to properly care of this apparatus, we are obliged to recommend the purchase of a new pump to replace this machine. Much also has been said regarding the ownership of this apparatus. It is the opinion of our Town Counsel that it be- longs to the Town. A more recent occurrence of the lack of proper maintenance of apparatus shows that the La±rance ladder truck was out of commission several weeks the past summer, it being necessary to make extensive repairs to same, costing in the neighborhood of $1,200. The La France people informed our expert that either lack of oil in the crank case or improper adjustment of the bearings and the use of improper sized cotter pins necessi- tated these extensive repairs . PORTABLE FOREST FIRE PUMP AND HO7E WAGON. An equipment of this type consists of a light chassis which can be driven to points ordinarily impossible to reach with the heavier machine. It is so constructed that four men can carry the pump to any body of water that a truck cannot reach. It has 2,000 feet of le hose which is so light and flexible that one man can handle it. The Committee believes that such a piece could not only be used for grass and forest fires, but as is done in Norwich, Connecticut, can be used in a large percentage of fires with much less water damage to the property than with the heavy pump and hose. FIRE HOUSES Headquarters on Meriam Street is a fairly modern building, principally of wooden construction, too small to house properly the apparatus, difficult of ingress and egress, and exposed to great hazard by surrounding wooden buildings, and deficient in fire protection. This building houses the battery and generator set and repeating instruments, the very center and heart of the fire alarm system. The experts state, and our own Board of Engineers agree, that in this building, as well as that at East Lexington, many rules and regulations relating to fire prevention are being neglected. The Committee feels that these risks could have been materially reduced by better housekeeping methods, re- gular training and inspections . We recommend the abandonment of this building and site. 233 The sleeping stn conditionsufor ftheair, men.bataexcelientivhen com- pared s ea cua.r ers are air, pared with the conditions in the fire house at East Lexington. The East Lexington fire house is so bad that it is diffi- cult to find words to describe it. The sleeping conditions are poor, the toilet arrangements could not be worse. In this house the boiler room is on the same level as the apparatus floor, and at headquarters it is below both boiler rooms open directly into the apparatus floors without adequate protection to pre- vent gasolene fumes from coming in contact with the heating boilers, so that the possibility of a fire or explosion is very great. The second floor of this station is used for religious services and other meetings end in order to reduce the possibilities of an accident, temporary wooden poste are attached to the ceiling of the first floor which may be let down so as to form additional supports for the second floor when services are held. In connection with the use of this building for public purposes the State Board of Public safety condemned its use three years ago, unless more adequate means of egress and proper signs were installed. tie have been advised that these re- quirements would not cost over $500. The possibility of a holocaust is so great that we re- commend the immediate adoption of the requirements of the State Board of Public Safety regardless of what action the town may decide to take regarding the balance of this report. Before reaching the conclusion that neither of these buildings could be remodeled satisfactorily for fire department purposes, we studied most carefully all possibilities for altering them to meet the future needs, but had to give up the idea of rebuilding them. CONSOLIDATION OF FIRE HOUSES This question has been carefully studied and maps prepared showing possible locations, which would meet with the rules of the insurance exchange, viz: that there should be a fire station within two miles of every house and one within 3/4 of a mile radius of the mercantile center, this distance being measured over the traveled highway, in order that the property may be considered properly protected. Under such conditions the required locations are as follows: 1 - between the Arlington-Lexington town line and Marrett Road on Massachusetts Avenue, 2 - within a 3/4 of a mile radius of the old Town Hall, which would place one on Massachusetts Avenue or Bedford Street, within the limits bounded by Revere Street on the west and Percy Road on the east. Three sites have been suggested for a new headquarters. One at the corner of Grant Street and Massachusetts Avenue and one on Bedford Street between Phelps Garage and the Lexington Lumber Company. There is also room on the easterly siaecf the Cary Memorial building. Of these the Committee feels that the second is not only cheaper but better adapted and better located than either of the others. A station at this point together with one on the present East Lexington site would serve practically all the houses now built within two miles over the traveled highway. The Bedford Street lot contains approximately 35,722 square feet of land, and is large enough to house the additional apparatus recommended, a new battery room, the fire whistle, drill towers and other necessary equipment, and vie have been informed that it can be bought for $5,000. This is approximately 15 cents per square foot. 234 In the opinion of our experts this location is the most desirable one. Chief Waith in his report strongly recommends for fire department organization development, the consolidation of our two houses into one believing thereby we would get from a fire fighting standpoint, greater efficiency at less cost. After years of experience in the crowded streets of Boston with motorized apparatus he feels that even with the in- creasing traffic on our highways an effective force would handle satisfactorily any fire that weh might have. On the other hand, the insurance/ rates are based in ' part upon having two fire houses and in a senee duplicate apparatus . While it is true that we have mutual aid from Arlington and Waltham, yet we are not given a.s, high a credit in the insurance rating as if either one or both were in the boundaries of our Town, nor could any better rate be obtained by a fire house owned jointly with either Arlington or Waltham. Sufficient land in the mercantile center of the town, adequate for a consolidation would be expensive, and we believe further that with the growth in outlying sections we would soon find ourselves facing the necessity of a second fire house. We feel that the continued growth of Lexington is assured and that to postpone the building of two houses is but postponing the evil day, and we further feel that the expense will be but little greater to build two now than one. While the Committee agrees with Chief Walsh in his opinion, yet after considering all the conditions it feels that the Town would be best served by building a bungalow type of fire house on the present site in Fast Lexington and establishing at once a new headquarters within a 3/4 of a mile radius of the old Town Hall. METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT -- GRASS FIRES AND FIRE PREVNTION Cities and Towns in This District Cities Towns Boston Melrose Arlington Saugus Cambridge Newton Belmont Stoneham Chelsea (c,uincy Brookline Watertown Everett Revere Lexington Winchester Lynn Somerville Milton Winthrop Malden Waltham Reading 6illiamstown Medford Woburn Rockland Wilmington On March 1, 1915 Lexington voted to enter the Metropolitan Fire District. By so doing, it placed itself in a position to enjoy the benefits of the powers of the Fire Marshal to prevent fires, to investigate premises and buildings and to prosecute those individuals who persist in creating and maintaining nuisances which may become fire hazards . On December 9, 1926, the State Fire "`arshal, Mr. George C. issued an order to the Chief of our fire department delegating to him broad powers in this connection. Schedule C of this report contains a copy of this order. By this order the chief of the fire department has under Chapter 148 of the General Laws, Section 28 to 51 inclusive, unusual powers to compel the removal of rubbish or refuse which may become dangerous as a fire menace in buildings or premises; refusal or neglect to comply therewith is punishable by a fine of $50 or in the case of a continuing offense, not more than 4p10 per day for each day which the neglect or refusal continues. r- 235 A large number of our fires are grass or forest fires and are under the charge of our Forest Warden. The Fire Department renders valuable aia and responds readily with its facilities when called upon to do so. Our interviews with both officers have indicated clearly that neither of them thought he had the authority to compel the owner to reduce fire hazards, but a reading of the law, confirmed by an interview with the State Marshal, indicates that the Chief of the Fire Department now has this authority except for grass or forest fires hazards . We believe that many of these fires could be prevented if the Chief of the Fire Department is made Forest Warden which can be done by the Town accepting Sec. 4', 43 and 44 of Chapter 48. He would then hsve, in our opinion, the opportunity to compel owners of premises offering fire hazards to clean them up in anticipation of the grass and forest fire season which comes in the Spring and early Summer. Schedule C-1. In Arlington, in this matter of fire prevention, in one week the Fire Department force inspected every private house and public building in the town and made recommendations to the owners. Some 8, 300 buildings were inspected. v.hile it is true that the law does not permit entrance into private dwellings except when the Chief of the Fire Department has reason to believe that a hazard exists or about which a complaint has been made, yet experience has shown that house owners and occupants gladly co-operate with the Fire Department in these annual inspections. We believe that Lexington can do as much as Arlington. To send our permanent men out on inspections or to Boston to train in the fire school, may involve the employment of one or two temporary men to fill in during the absence of these men on other duties; we feel sure that no criticism would be made by the citizens of any sums spent in such a worthy cause. PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT The present organization consists of the following: - A Board of three engineers appointed by the Selectmen. One of the three engineers is the Call Chief who presumably holds his office permanently or until removed by the Selectmen, and who devotes but part of his time to the department. The other two are Assistant Engineers . (The three foregoing men constitute the present Board of Engineers . ) The Board of Engineers is organized as follows : - The Call Chief as Chief Engineer. The other two members as Assistant Engineers one of whom is Secretary or Clerk. These Engineers are Call Officers only. Contrary to the general practice of town boards, the Board of Engineers have kept no permanent records of its meetings or actions. Vie know that in 1911 records were kept but our repeated requests have failed to produce any records of meetings of the Board. '+re have been informed that any action taken by the Board was covered by correspondence by the Chief, but eventhese records have not been forthcoming. Consequently the Committee can draw but ene conclusion, viz.- that no records of any kind have been kept other than of fires, attendance, and apparatus used. 236 )o PERMANENT FORCE This consists of nine permanent members, three of whom are Captains and six are Privates . The privates receive, for the first year $31.50 per week ox' $1,638. per annum; for the second year 435.00 per week or $1,850 per annum, for the third year $38.50 per week or $2,002. per annum, with "one day off in every four. " This is often called the one platoon system. The Lieutenants receive $100. more a year than Privates. Captains receive $ 00. more a year than Privates . Each permanent man receives two full weeks vacation with pay, and a reasonable amount of sick leave as occasion requires it. Permanent men are entitled to pensions after `:5 years of continuous service and after having reached the age of 60 years. The pension is one-half of the salary. Permanent members disabled on active duty may be pensioned with- out meeting the above requirements . CALL FORCE This force consists of 26 men 11 of whom are officers and 15 privates . One Call Chief.* One Deputy Call Chief. Two Engineers.* One Call Captain Six Call Lieutenants. Fifteen Call Privates. SALARIES OF CALL FORCE The Call Chief receives $500. per year, and in addition thereto is allowed $ 00 $ per year for the use of his automobile. The Deputy Call Chief receives $.`:'00. The two Engineers receive $x'50. each . • The Call Captains receive $150. The CallLieutenants receive $137. The Call Privates receive $125. The entire Department including call and permanent members consists of 35 men of which 14 are officers. A comparison with Boston will be interesting at this time. Here we find the applicants for positions with the fire department must first pass a physical and civil service examination. A successful candidate is then appointed to the fire department on probation for six months. He is obliged to take a course iii the Drill School for a period of thirty days . If he passes this training he is again physically examined by the medical examiner of the fire department, and if he is in good physicial condition he is appointed permanently at the expiration of the probationary period. He is expected to become a telegrapher, a chauffeur and a pump operator by attending the respective schools at this department. Before he can be a lieutenant he must have served six years in the department, and before he can advance to the grade of captain he must have another year' s experience. The first year the men receive $1,600 per annum. Each year they are raised $100. until the Private receives a maximun of 4100. Pump operators receive $2,200. per annum, Lieutenants $2,400. and Captains w� ,600. They have two weeks regular vacation with pay, a limited amount of sick leave, pensions, and are on the two platoon system. * These three constitute the Board of Engineers appointed annually by the Selectmen. 23"7 1inother interesting comparison may be made with Stoughton, - here the population is about the same as Lexington, about the same miles of highway and square miles of area as our Town. Stoughton has 1834 houses while Lexington has 2163. This Town has a permanent force of but four men. It has a modern head- quarters built within a year costing about $58,000. and houses four pieces of apparatus with room for more. The men receive but 1;-1,664 per annum, two weeks vacation with pay, no pensions and but "one day off in six" and there are plenty of applicants for the positions . Comparison shows that our permanent firemen receive compensation in proportion to that of the Boston firemen, where the hazards and opportunities for personal injury are several times greater. We have been informed that shortly after the last annual town meeting the Board of .engineers advanced the salaries of the Lexington permanent men to $6 .00 per day, of $42.00 per week, or $ 1190 per annum, but at the request of the Selectmen this increase was suspended until after the report of this committee. We understand that during the past year a movement was started to change the number of days off from "one in four" to " one in three. " Under the present schedule of "one day off in four" with 9 men, either three men or two men are off duty each day, leaving but six men, or seven men on duty. Under a schedule of "one day off in four" with 11 men, either three men or two men will be off duty each day, leaving but eight men or nine men on duty. Under a schedule of "one day off in three" with 9 men, three will be off duty every day, leaving but six men on duty. Under a schedule of "ond day off in three" with 11 men, either four or three men will be off duty every day, leaving but seven or eight men on duty. r force of 11 men will mean an ultimate annual increase in the payroll of $4,015, or an increase of approximately 22/2. Under a schedule of "one day off in five " with nine men as recommended by your Committee, either one man or two men will be off duty every day, leaving eight men or seven men on. duty. This schedule will give the same working force as "one day off in three" with 11 permanent men at no additional expense. Our police department has one day off in eight and officers on night duty when called to court to prosecute arrests made by them often fail to get their one day in eight. Consequently in view of the foregoing we recommend that the days off be fixed by by-law at not less than "one day in five. " Such an arrangement will be a distinct benefit to the Town. FIRE ALARMS A careful study of the records of the fire alarms for the years 1925, 1926 and 1927, and the first Leven months of 1928 show for these years alarms of all kinds as follows: 238 1st 7 mos . 1925 1926 1927 1928 Alarms of all kinds 297 259 294 218 Luplicate grass alarms 128 68 42 28 Other duplicate alarms 4 4 5 _ 5_ 132 72 47 33 Net fire alarms 165 187 247 185 Grass alarms 128 68 42 28 Still alarms 99 116 164 136 Bell Alarms 59 64 66 33 gut of town alarms 11 11 22 21 297 259 294 218 Exclusively grass alarms both still and bell 55 69 108 112 Ratio of grass alarms to net fire alarms 33% 33% 43% 60% It is interesting to note the increasing number of grass fires and the large percentage they bear to the total. An analysis of the foregoing tabulation showed a large number of fire alarms at which no officer was in charge, privates directing the operation of the department. 1st 7 mos. 1925 1926 1927 1928 Total number of alarms of all kinds 297 259 294 218 Number in charge of privates 171 126 145 103 This condition could not exist if we had a permanent chief. His presence would increase the number of our regular force of ten, which we feel is more than ample for our present requirements with the mutual aid available from Arlington and Waltham. In the appendix to be filed with the Town Clerk are schedules showing time of apparatus in service, total miles apparatus traveled, cause of fire - bell alarms, still alarms, etc. TOTAL EXPENSE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE, TEN YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927. (See Schedule C - 2) This table shows expenses by years for maintenance of equipment, buildings and grounds, and salaries and wages paid the firemen both call and regular. The biggest increase is in wages increase running from $7,831 to $21,469. This is due principally to the increase in the number of permanent men and increase in wages. COMPARISON OF COSTS WITH OTHER CITIES AND TOYS It is difficult -to find municipalities comparable with Lexington. We selected twenty-five which we thought were fairly so and obtained from the Department of Accounts at the State House data shown on Schedules D - 1-2-3-4. Towns to which questionnaires were sent: - Arlington Dedham Needham Swampscott Belmont Hingham Norwood Watertown Braintree Hudson Reading Walpole Bridgewater Mansfield Saugus Wellesley Chelmsford Marblehead Stoneham Winchester Milton Stoughton Winthrop 239 We divided these municipalities into three classes according to their population, - Class 1. 11,500 to 30,000 population Class F. 7,800 to 9,468 Class .3. 5,800 to 7,000 r, An analysis of these twenty-five municipalities shows that - Lexington is the 3rd highest in maintenance and repairs of equipment See Schedule D - 3. Lexington is the 5th highest in fuel and light. See Schedule D - 3. Lexington is the 6th highest in total cost per capita. See Xchedule D - 2 . Lexington is the 7th highest in wages per capita. See Schedule D - 2. Lexington is the 12th highest in maintenance of buildings . See Schedule D - 4. Lexington is the 17th highest in other expenses . See Schedule D - 4. COMPARISON OF ORGANIZATION WITH OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. A questionnaire was prepared and sent to the same 25 municipalities, answers being received from '1 and some of the information thus obtained shown on Schedules E. and F. Two features stand out prominently - first, that of these twenty-five municipalities, fifteen have permanent chiefs. Practically all give two weeks vacation, pension, sick leave; three are on the two platoon system, two give one day off in six, one gives one day off in seven, six give one day off in five and Lexington one day off in four, the others fail to report anything definite. Eleven have accepted civil service in part or in full. In the matter of training schools, five send men to an organized school, while seventeen either have their own or none at all, nineteen have reciprocal help. In this connection the Committee wishes to say that in these places visited where they have permanent chiefs, we noticed a marked improvement in the discipline, equipment and general neatness of the department. FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN SCHOOLS The vote of the Town did not contemplate an inquiry into this subject. Mr. Bills, Superintendent of Wires, and well skilled in this subject, has called our attention to it, and we feel it our duty, as in the case of the East Lexington r'ire House, to call your attention to the subject. He says:- "Our school houses are in need of fire alarm systems. I went to the High School with Chief Taylor and found that they had a fire alarm system, but this one was out of order, on account of poor installation. I think this is important that the schools should have an up to date fire alarm system. They can install a system in the schools that is reliable and would be under the Fire Department and supervised by the Fire De- partment. " He estimates the cost to be for all Schools $7,800. We have been informed that the system in the High School was installed by a reliable party and the only recommendation we make is that the School Committee take this matter up with the Contractor and Mr. Bills, and correct any deficiencies; and that they carefully consider the advisability of ' definitely placing the care and maintenance of all fire alar. . systems in the school under the Fire Department thus placing the responsibility for the proper functioning of so important a factor in our schools directly on the Fire Department. 240 TO 4N GOVERNMENT With the exception of the School Committee, the Library Trustees, the Cemetery Commission and the Fire Department, all the operating departments of our Town are localized in one board and the responsibilities for their success are centralized in the Board of Selectmen and Public Works . We believe that the time has come when the fire department should be brought under the same jurisdiction and responsibility. We believe that such consolidation will better serve the future growth of our Town. It will also permit the purchasing of all supplies through our superintendent of Public Works, effecting added savings . We believe that a permanent Chief of the Fire Department should be appointed by and be responsible to the Board of Selectmen and Public Works . Vie believe that existing conditions now require and the future will continue to demand the employment of a permanent Chief wno will devote his entire time to this work, a man having no other business to require any of his attention; to be trained in fire fighting and fire prevention and a graduate of the Boston School of Fire Training . To accomplish this it will be necessary for the Town to accept the Sections 42, 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, giving the authority to the Selectmen to employ and appoint a permanent Chief of the Fire Department. While the present Board of Engineers and Chief of the Fire Department have served the town faithfully and well according to their experience, yet we recommend that they voluntarily retire from service not only as members of the Board of Engineers but as officers of the Department in order that the Selectmen may carry out the recommendation of the l'ew England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walsh for a permanent Chief, as outlined by this Committee in its 6th recommendation on p. 3. We believe that the organization and condition of the department as found by this Committee' s experts warrant this procedure. We believe that the future welfare of the community requires it. Then with a permanent Chief of the qualifications heretofore specified, to reorganize, drill and direct the department, the Town start a building program in conformity with the foregoing recommendations . Your Committee has not had the facilities to acquire accurate costs covering its recommendations . The best it has been able to do is to obtain general information from those familiar with this class of work. We believe that the services of a permanent Chief, such as we have outlined can be had for 42,400. per annum. With the department reorganized, savings can be made in the salaries of the present Call and Deputy Chiefs, the two -%ngineers, and the one Call Captain of $1,550. , making a net increase in the present pay roll of but $1000.03 per annum. We would then have ten permanent men on our force. Permanent Chief' s Salary ;w2,4O0. Savings to be made: 1 Call Chief , 50O. 2 Engineers 500. 1 Deputy Chief 2:50. 1 Call Captain 150. 1,400. Additional cost to the Town $1,000. 241 This would provide one of the two additional men asked far by the department last spring at less than 2 the cost of an inexperienced man, whose training must be had at the expense of the Town. This Committee in completing itsworkand closing this discussion briefly summarizes its study as follows: The Committee feels that the Town should enlarge its water system, build two new fire houses, purchase additional equipment and reorganize its fire department, all as recommended in the first part of this report. So far as the Water system is concerned, the adoption by the Board of Selectmen and Public Works of Metcalf & Eddy' s report as a guide for the future installation of water mains has, if carefully followed, put an end to the policy of laying water mains regardless of the growth of the Town and its ultimate needs . It is a real constructive action. There remains only the question of the Fire Department and this is now in the hands of the citizens . Respectfully submitted, For the Committee, Albert B. Tenney, Chairman James G. Robertson, Secretary. CHAPTER 48 GENERkt, LAWS SCHEDULE C - 1 RELATIVE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS. Section 4 . Towns accepting the provisions of this and the following two sections are hereby authorized to establish a fire department to be under the control of an officer to be known as the chief of the fire department. The chief shall be appointed by the Selectmen, and shall receive such salary a.s the selectmen may from time to time determine, not ex- ceeding in the aggregate the amount annually appropriated therefor. He may be removed for cause by the selectmen at any time after a hearing. He shall have charge of extinguishing fires in the town and the protection of life and property in case of fire. He shall purchase subject to the approval of the Selectmen and keep in repair all property and apparatus used for and by the fire department. He shall have and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute upon engineers in towns except as herein provided and shall appoint a deputy chief and such officers and firemen as he may think necessary, and may remove the same at any time for cause and after a hearing. He shall have full and absolute authority in the administration of the department, shall make all rules and regulations for its operation, shall report to the selectmen from time to time the condition of the department with the recommendations thereon; he shall fix the compensation of the permanent and call members of the fire department subject to the approval of the selectmen. In the expenditure of money the chief shall be subject to such further limitations as the town may from time to time prescribe. Section 43. The chief of the fire department shall act as forest warden in all such towns, and shall have authority to appoint deputy wardens and fix their compensation subject to the approval of the selectmen: Section 44. The two preceling sections shall not affect the tenure of office nor apply to the removal of permanent and and call members of fire departments in towns which have accepted chapter thirty-one or corresponding provisions of earlier law's. Said Sections shall not apply to cities . 242 tad CD SCHEDULE A NEW ENGLAND INSURANCE EXCHANGE 9ctober 15th, 1928 Mr. A. B. Tenney, Chairman, 1 Adams Street, Lexington, Mass . Dear Mr. Tenney: Re: Lexington, Mass. In accordance with your request, we submit below a summary of the grading for the town of Lexington showing the various points of deficiency which are charged against the items entering into our grading schedule: Water Supply 561 Fire Department 708 Fire Alarm System 315 Police 20 Building Laws 142 Hazards 201 Structural Conditions 345 Climatic Conditions 31 Total 2323 5th Class You will recall that I have advised you previously of the total points of deficiency allotted to each function in our grading schedule which go to make up the 5000 points of deficiency on which the schedule is predicated. So that you may have them before you, I will quote them again: Water Supply 1700 Fire Department 1500 Fire Alarm System 550 Police 50 Building Laws 200 Hazards 300 Structural Conditions 700 Total 5000 We trust the above inform tion will serve your purpose. Very truly yours, P. C. Charnock, Engineer. SCHEDULE B. ESTIMATED INSURABLE VALUE AND COST OF INSURANCE. 1928 Assessed Value of Bldgs. v 11,850,000.00 1928 Assessed Value of Mercantile & Mfg. Bldgs. 988,000.00 Dwellings.Private Garages (2100 Dwgs.$5,172) 10,862,000.00 Plus 30% over Assessed Value 3.250,000.00 Insurable Value (Av. $6,720.) $14,112,000.00 Insurable Value Furniture ($2,867. per Lwg.) 6,000,000.00 Insurable value Dwgs . & Conts .& Private Garages $20,112,000.00 Cost Under Class B. Full Protection - Dwellings & Private Garages $13,692,000@ 720 - 5 years $98,582. Furniture $5,820,000. g 840 - 5 years 48,888. $147,470.00 Within 500' of Hydr. - 2. miles from Fire Station Within 1000' of Hydr.within R miles R IT Dwellings (65) 420,000. g . 96 - 5 years 4,032. Furniture 180,000. ® 1.00 - 5 years 1800. 5.832.00 $153,302.00 243 COST Under Class C Full Protection - Dwellings & Private Garages $109,536. $13,69 ,000. @ 80¢ - 5 Yrs. Furniture $5,820,000. 88 - 5 Yrs . 51,216. $160,752. Within 5)0' of Hydr - 2 miles from Fire Station Within 1000' of Hydr. within 2; miles " 11 Dwellings, Private Garages and Furniture $600,000. g 1.60 - 5 years 9,600. _ $170,352. 30 Increased 5 years cost $17,050.00 1 n rr $3,410.00 Annual Average Increase per dwelling $1.63 Annual increase per $1,000 of Insurance under Class C Full protection - Dwellings and Private Garages 16¢ Furniture 16¢ Other protection described above - Dwellings and Private Garages $1.28 Fthrniture $1.20 Property outside allowed limits of protection - No change in Rate. * $4,800,000. Mercantile, Mfg. Town and Tax Exempt property specifically rated -- NO CHANGE IN RATE. Would benefit by lower rate if Town qualifies for Class B. * Town property $1,750,000. Tax Exempt 750,000. Mercantile & Mfg. 1,500.,000. Mercantile & Mfg. contents 800000, October, 1928. $4,800, 000. SCHEDULE C THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DE- PARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Alfred F. Foote, Commissioner Office of the Division of Fire Pre- vention. A new delegation of Powers to the Head of the kire Department of the Town of Lexington made by the Fire Prevention Commissioner. I, George C. Neal, duly appointed and qualified as the State Fire Marshal for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by virtue of the authority vested in me by General Laws, Chapter 148, do hereby delegate to the Head of the Fire Department of the Town of Lex- ington the following powers conferred on my by said General Laws, to be exercised by him vIthin the said Torn of Lexington in accordance with the rules and regulations now established or hereafter to be established by the said State Fire Marshal in reference severally to said powers . This delegation of powers shall continue in force until a revocation thereof shall have been filed with the Board of Selectmen of the said Town of Lexington. 1. The right to enter at any reasonable hour any building or other premises, or any ship or vessel, to make inspection or in furtherance of the purpose of any provision of any law, ordinance, or by-law, or of any rule or order of said State Fire Marshal, without being held, or being deemed to be guilty of trespass; provided, that there is reason to suspect the existence of circumstances dangerous to the public safety as a fire menace. 244 The right to approve or disapprove solely from considerations of fire hazard licenses for the keeping, storage, use, manufacture or sale of explosives and volatile inflammable fluids issued by the Board of Selectmen. 3. The right to require the removal and destruction of any heap or collection of refuse or debris that in his opinion may become dangerous as a fire menace, and all other powers con- ferred by Section 34 of said Chapter 148. 4. The right to issue any permit authorized by General Laws, Chapter 148, Sections thirty to fifty-one inclusive; the carrying out of any lawful rule, order or regulation established by the Fire Marshal, and the right to make any inspection re- quired under said sections. 5. The delegation of powers to the Head of the Fire De- partment of the Town of Lexington, made on the tenth day of September, A. D. 1915, by the Fire Prevention Commissioner of the Metropolitan District, is hereby revoked and replaced by the foregoing new delegation of powers. In witness whereof, the State Fire Marshal has signed this delegation of powers this ninth day of December, A. D. 1926 . Geo. C. Neal, Approved: State Fire Marshal. 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Equipment Maintenance Pr Repairs Fuel and Light Amount Per Capita Amount Per Capita Water,:cwn 1 :-.;6,833. �p .227i. ;1,067 . :770-5-- Arlington Arlington 2 3,990. .15% 2,059. .082 Belmont *3 11,721. .633 1,477. .079 Winthrop 4 3,313. .207 771 . .048 Milton 5 3,329. .212 1,681. .107 Braintree 6 5,006. .333 737. .049 Norwood 7 3,934. .278 455. .032 Dedham 8 4,716. .336 1,203. .085 Saugus 9 1,424. .112 600. .047 Danvers 10 4,743. .402 1,294. . 109 Winchester 11 6,103. .530 636. .055 Bridgewater 12 3,008. .317 374. .039 Stoneham 13 1,521. .167 511. .056 ' Wellosley #14 3,757. .415 2,050. .226 • Needham 15 2,851. .317 594. .066 Swampscott 16 2,389. .266 952. .106 Reading 17 3,906. .448 419. .048 Marblehead 18 6,287. .765 866. .105 Hudson 19 1,485. .182 718. .088 Stoughton 20 2,815. .358 Lexington 21 5,865. .751 .12'7 Doncord 22 2,702. .386 1,859. .256 Chelmsford 23 1,200. .182 376. .057 Walpole 24 4,518. .694 1,015. .155 Mansfield 25 2,571. .395 318. .048 Hingham 26 6,813. 1.116 1,100. .180 %, Includes new wiring for fire alarm. # Not including fire alarm expenses which are included with police signal system. t No details available. 249 SCHT ?LF D - 4 STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF 26 CITIES AND TOr'NS IN MASSACHUSETTS. Maintenance of Buildings Other Expenses Amount seer capita Amoun�Per Capita '"atertown 1 F'1,i24. i s'' .037 600. .O2 Arlington. 2 1,410. .056 1,038. .041 , Belmont 3 3,012. .162 327. .017 ','Winthrop 4 1, 607. .100 709. .044 Milton 5 1,035. .066 563. . .035 Braintree 6 525. .035 276. .018 Norwood 7 3,224. .227 383. .027 Dedham 8 452. .032 701. .050 Saugus 9 391. .030 378. .029 Danvers 10 1,417. .120 301. .025 Winchester 11 466. .040 714. .062 Bridgewater 12 135. .014 213. .022 Stoneham 13 336. .036 145. .015 Wellesley 14 994. .109 612. .067 Needham 15 803. .089 416 . .046 Swampscott 16 947. .105 300. .033 Reading 17 1,175. .135 785. .090 Marblehead 18 1,396. .169 218. .026 Hudson 19 185. .022 58. .007 Stoughton 20 --- 939. .119 Lexington 21 673. .086 '219. .028 Conco-rd 22 142. .020 1, 115. .159 Chelmsford23 433. .065 62,1. .094 Walpole 22 1,112. .170 667. .102 Mansfield 25 740. .113 278. .042 Hingham 26 3, 915. .641 559. .091 No details available. 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"Voted: That the report of the Committee authorized by the Town M-_:rch 12, 1928 to study the Fire & Water Departments be re- ceived, and the Committee be discharged." Mr. Albert B. Tenney then explained the report of the Com- mittee in a general way and offered the following motion: "Voted: That it is the sense of this meeting that the Town approves the recommendations contained in the report of the Committee authorized by the Town March 12, 1928 to study its Fire and water Departments which report has been received at this meeting. " A_rguments relative to the merits of the report were entered into by Edward W. Taylor, Chief of the Fire Department end Norman C. Hooper, Fire Engineer,and Hallie C. Blake. Mr. Phillip A. Nelles entered into a lengthy statement in regard to the conduct afld' management of the'-Fire Department. Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen, stated that the Selectmen were in favor of the report of the Investigating Committee. Remarks were made in favor of the report by Mr. David J. Maloney, Mr. Ashburn C. Kilgour, Mr. Fred H. Moulton, Mr. William J . Marshall, Mr. Theodore A. Custance, and Mr. James G. Robertson. Mr. Hallie C. Blake offered a substitute motion for the original motion as follows: Moved: " That the motion before the meeting be amended as follows: That the report be submitted without approval to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration with instructions that they submit to the citizens of the Town a report as to the financial condition of the Town and their recommendations as to the feasibility of the program for proposed expenditures as outlined in the report." The original motion as offered by Mr. Albert B. Tenney was rejected by a standing vote. Mr. Robert P. Clapp then offered an amendment to the sub- stitute motion that the words "without either approval or disapproval" besubstituted for the words "without approval" in Mr. Blake' s motion. The amendment of Mr. Clapp was unanimously accepted by the meeting. The substitute motion as offered by Mr. Blake as amended by Mr. Clapp was then passed by vote of the meeting, the motion being as follows: "Voted: That the report be submitted without either approval or disapproval to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration with instructions that they submit to the citizens of the Town a report as to the financial condition of the Town, and their recommendations as to the feasibility of the program for proposed expenditures as outlined in the report.'" trt. 3. Mr. uydney R. Wrightington explained that owing to the absence of Mr. William H. Ballard there would be nothing to present under this article, and it was therefor voted to indefinitely postpone the article. The meeting adjourned at 10: 30 P.M. A true record, Attest: r�4 96.j)174:4-1 �L P Town Clerk. • 253 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 their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct one, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Cary Memorial Hall) , on MONDAY, the FOURTH day of March, A. D., 1929. at six o'clock, A. M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year; two Selectmen Mt 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; two Constables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years. 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 eleventh day of March , 1929, at 7:30 P.M. to act on the following articles: Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are re.;uired by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. Toif the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenseg7the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 5. To see if. the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 32, section 52-55 General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or tGke any action relating • thereto. 111 Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of skid revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300. or dome other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees of County kid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45 Chapter 148, General Laws of 254 73 Massachusetts . Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the water and sewer departments and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by any of all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto., Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money, by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of a part or all of Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Marrett Road. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, to complete the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street to Bedford Street, and Bedford Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Elm Avenue. Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any state Highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the present year or take any action which repect thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration or construction of any State Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town, or take any other action in respect thereto. Art. 16 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place curbing and granolithic sidewalks adjacent to the town property. Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant Stanley Hill Post ##38, the American Legion, Lexington, Mass. , the use of the auditorium in the Cary Memorial Building without charge on April 19th, November 11th, and four other evenings in each year, also the use of Estabrook Hall in said building without charge, for the regular meetings of the American Legion, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets: Robbins and Watson Roads, Chase, Baker, Tarbell, Smith and Taft Avenue$,0ak, Charles and Waltham Streets, appropriate money for said con- struction and to issue bonds or notes therefore or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the loan of $50,000. being the unused portion of the authorization made at a Town Meeting held September 22, 1927 whereby the Town was author- ized to borrow $95,000. for the purpose of constructing and equipping a new Town Office Building, in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Art. 20. To hear the report on the review of the present Zoning Laws by the Committee authorized by vote of the Town December 17, 1928 to review the Zoning Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will add to, alter, correct, amend, repeal er modify the present Zoning By-Law of the Town by adopting the general revision recommended by the Committee for the Review of the present Zoning Laws, appropriate money for the printing of said by-laws or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1929. 255 Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to construct a fence around the Colonial Cemetery, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the Town will appoint a Building Committee of seven, of which three shall be the School Committee, to secure architect' s plans and contractor's bids for a new Elementary School Building in the southern part of the town and provide by appropriation and assessment, or otherwise, the money necessary for such purpose, or take any other action relative thereto. Art. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Select?uen to sell and convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by deed of George W. Spaulding dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 3443, page 385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois M. Marshall, or to exchange the same for other land of either of the said Marsh-11x, or purchase such other land or abandon, convey or release any ease- ment in land of the said Marshalls, or either of them, appropriate money for such purpose or purposes by the issue of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to construct a swimming pool on the Parker Field Playground, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 57. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of 41090.82, being the balance to the credit of Westview Cemetery Account for purchase of land, to the credit of sewer construction. Art. 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase from the Stuart Marshall Company the land and building forming the front 25 - feet in depth from Massachusetts Avenue of the so-called Central Block corner of Meriam Street, Massa- chusetts Avenue and Depot Park in order toprovide for a widening of Massachusetts Avenue when required and in order to induce the Stuart-Marshall Company, instead of remodelling the present building, to demolish it within the next two years and erect in its plade a new 3-story and basement building containing stores and apartments. Also to authorize the Selectmen to grant to the Stuart-Marshall Company an option for not more than six months to purchase the property of the Town on Meriam Street known as the Center Engine House, said option to purchase to contain the right on the part of the Town to occupy the Center Engine House for a period of two years and to have the right to cancel said two-year occupancy at any time by six months' notice, appropriate money for such purpose by the issue of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or take any action in relation thereto. Art. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to secure proposals for the sale to the Town of a site or sites that may be required and to secure architect' s plans and contractor' s bids for two new fire stations in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee to Investigate the Fire and Water Departments, and provide by appropriation and assessment or otherwise, the money necessary for such purposes or take any other action relative thereto. Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Brookside Avenue and Moreland Avenue or act in any manner *elating thereto. Art. 31. To hear the report of the Appropriation Committee in respect to the report of the Committee appointed to study the Fire and Water Departments which was presented to the Town on January 7, 1929. Said report of the Appropriation Committee was authorized by the following vote: "Voted: That the report be submitted without either approval or disapproval to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration with instructions that they submit to the citizens of the Town a report as to the financial condition of the Town, and their recommendations as to the feasibility of the program for proposed expenditures as outlined in the report, " and upon acceptance of said report of the Appropriation Com- mittee to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to carry out any or all of the recommendations of said report appropriate 2,e money by the issue of bonds, notes or by appropriation and assess- ment, or act in any manner relating thereto. ZO Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting . Given under our hands, at Lexington, this nineteenth day of February, A. D., 1929. Albert H. Burnham Francis Chamberlain Selectmen Theodore A. Custance Of James G. Robertson Lexington. William H. Ballard. Lexington, Mass. February, 25, 19P9. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the Town Office Building, and in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan. Constable of Lexington. Lexington, Mass . arch 6, 192;9. This is to certify that I have this day appointed helen C. Whittemore, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been sworn to perform the duties of said office to the best of her knowledge and ability. Attest: 4!P `6 • Town Clerk. 257 ANNUAL TOV N ELECTION. March 4, l99. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two precinct as follows: Precinct I. Charles J. Dailey Warden Elvin E. Baker Deputy Warden Harold Needham Clerk Mcry . . Rowland Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Roland Garmon Inspector John S. Fanning Deputy Inspector Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Inspector Charles E. Hadley, Sr. Teller Marion G. Cook William M. Welsh Joseph J. Pritchard Charles E. Wheeler Constable Precinct II. Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Katherine . Kiernan Deputy Inspector Bertha M. Baker Deputy Inspector Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Charles F. Vaughan Jesse S. Ferry Irving B. Pierce " James McKenzie, Jr. It James M. Ahearn " Frederick H. Tullar " Morton G. Hopkins James T. McGann " Ralph A. Hamilton Frank H. Maguire r' Reuben Seth having been appointed and not appearing to fill the position of Teller, the Warden appointed Eugene H. Partridge. Charles E. Moloy Constable. The polls were declared open in each precinct at 6o' clock A.M. and remained open until 8 o' clock P.M. , after which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each pre- • cinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct I. 983 Precinct II . 3047. 1 258 a o 4-a m The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the eldction officers, together with the unused ballots, end delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct 1 Ballots cast 436 Precinct II Ballots Cast 1621 TOWN CLERK Prec I . Pred. II Total John H. Kane 308 1408 1716 Blanks 128 213 541 SELECTi. EN Hallie C. Blake 140 940 1080 Francis E. Burke 323 737 1060 Clarence Shannon 220 958 1178 John Garrity 0 1 1 Blanks 189 606 795 TOWN TREASURER John H. Kane 302 1394 1696 Hallie C. Blake 1 0 1 Blanks 133 227 360 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron C. Earle 298 1340 1638 Daniel Kenney 2 0 2 Blanks 136 281 417 CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Edward Wood 277 1287 .1564 Blanks 159 334 493 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Howard S. O. Nichols 270 1254 1524 Blanks 166 367 533 CONSTABLE Patrick J. Maguire 276 1303 1579 James J. Sullivan 285 1311 1596 Phillip Leaf 0 1 1 Blanks 311 627 938 MODERATOR Robert H. Holt 275 1270 1545 Blanks 161 351 512 259 PLANNING BOARD Prec I. Prec. II . Total Nelson J. Bowers 58 1193 1451 Frederick L. Emery 234 1142 1376 Clyde E. Steeves 0 1 1 Blanks 380 906 1286 A true record, Attest: 46, e r-e_ Town Clerk. RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR SELECTMEN March 8, 1929. At the recount of votes for Selectmen at the Town election, March 4, 1929, the Registrars of Voters of the Town of Lexington find on larch 9, 19F9, that the vote for Selectmen is as follows: Prec. I . Prec. II . Total Hallie C. Blake 139 942. 1081 Francis E. Burke 324 737 1061 Clarence Shannon 220 957 1177 Bartholomew D. Callahan Registrars George M. Davis of John H. Kane Voters . 900 " ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 11, 1929. The meeting was called to order at 7: 30 P.M. by the Town Clerk, John H. Kane, owing to the absence of the Moderator, Robert H. Holt. On motion of bydney R. Wrightington, Senator Joseph R. Cotton was elected Moderator pro-tem of the meeting. The Town Clerk then proceeded to read the warrant. Upon motion the further reading of the Warrant was dispensed with. The Town Clerk then read the return of the Constable on the Warrant. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Joseph R. Cotton. Art. 4. On motion of Mr. James Stuart Smith, under Article 4, the following vote was passed: • "Voted: That the sum of $210,250. be appropriated and assessed for the Support of the Public Schools and for the payment of tuition at vocational schools for the current year." Dr. Clarence Shannon, Chairman of the Appropriation Com- mittee, stated that the Appropriation Committee approved the appropriation. Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the 1)card of Selectmen, then moved that Article 4 be laid upon the table. Art. 9. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the foliating vote vas passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefor, a note or notes to be paid from the revenue of the present financial year." Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the board of Selectmen, then moved that article 4 be taken from the table. Art. 4. Under this article, on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following votes were passed: "Voted: That the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For the expenses of the Appropriation Committee X150.00 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen' s Depart- ment. (Of which 425G is for expenses of Selectmen for 19 '.9) 6125.00. For the salary_ and expenses of Town Accountant (Of wnich $2,800. is for salary) 3000.00 For salary and expenses of Town Treasurer (Of which $700. iW for salary) 1225.00 t'or salary and expenses of Collector (Of which $2,100 is for salary) 4100.00 r'or salaries and expenses of the i$oard of Asseskors (Of which $900. is for salary of Assessors) 6500.00 261 1'or legal services (Of which $500. is for salary of 'i'own Counsel) 2000.00 For salary and expenses of Town tdlerk (of which $1700. is for salary) 1800.00 For expenses of Elections & Registrations 1000.00 ror the salary and expenses of the Supt. of Public d'orks 5400.00 (Of which $4200. is for salary) For the salaries and expenses of the 4%ngineering Department (Of which y1500. is for block Plan) 13500.00 For the expenses of the Town Office Building and Memorial Hall 9000.00 For the expenses of the Planning board 500.00 . or the support of the Police Department 31000.00 For the support of the Fire Department 31000.00 For the maintenance of Village Hall 600.00 For hydrant rental 5370.00 For salary and expenses of the Building Inspector (Of which Y1100. is for salary) 1200.00 For the salary and expenses of the hire Inspector (Of Which $750. is for salary) 825.00 For the salary and expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Measures. (Of Which $325.O0 is for salary) 450.00 j'or protection of public shade trees and for the planting • of shade trees . 1900.00 For expense of Forest Fires 500.00 For the salary of Dog Officer 50.00 % For the maintenance of Public Health and Sanitation 3000.00 For the support of the Dental Clinic 1700.00 For Vital Statistics 50.00 For Inspector of Cattle 350.00 For salary of Inspector of ►slaughtering 600.00 For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector 1150.00 (Of which $1,100. is for salary) For the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector 500.00 (Of which 4300. is for salary) For Lowering Brooks 500.00 For Removal of Ashes and Care of Dumps 2250.00 For the expense of Collecting Garbage 6500.00 For maintenance and purchase of Traffic Beacons 1750.00 ror Highway Cgnstruction, Summit Road (From r'ollen Road to Pinewood St.) 1910.00 For Highway Construction, Baker Avenue (From Oak Street to Butler Avenue.) 800.00 262 fad For Highway Construction, Bennett Avenue (From Baker Avenue to Tarbell Avenue.) r30.00 For the maintenance and care of highways 65000.00 For the construction of Sidewalks of concrete or other material where the abuttors v:1.11 pay one-half the expense 4000.00 For the expense of street lights 3500.00 For the construction and repair of street signs 300.00 For the expense of the Public Welfare Department 7000.00 1'or Soldier' s Relief 1000.00 For State Aid 400.00 For Soldier's Burials 100.00 For Military Aid 100.00 For the support of the Libraries 11865.00 For Hastings Park 5.00 For the maintenance of public parks 10000.00 For the expenses of April 19th celebration. 250.00 For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post #119 of the Grand Army of the Republic 250.00 For the expense of Insurance 8500.00 For the expense of printing and publishing the 'Town Report 974.80 For Unclassified expenses 300.00 For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cemetery 2300.00 For the maintenance and development of Westview Cemetery 2500.00 For the Administration of Public Trusts 75.00 For the payment of interest on the public debt 40000.00 For the payment of $101,450.00 Bonded Indebtedness maturing in 1929, 74472.80 And that the sum of $25,000.00 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account (Balance on hand ?1,977.20) Dr. Clarence Shannon stated that the Appropriation Committee approved all of the appropriations made under Article 4. It was voted to lay Article 4 on the table. Art. 5. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That there be appropriated and assessed for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws." $4,500.00 Art. 6. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That there be appropriated and assessed for the payment of pensions of retired town veterans under Chapter 32, Sections 52-55 of the General Laws, " $625.00 263 Art. 7. On motion of Mr. filbert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That there be appropriated and assessed as a Reserve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40, section 6 of the General Laws," F ,500. 00 Art. 8. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That there be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Department under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, Police Pensions 01,875.79 rire Pensions" 1,110.85 Art. 10. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted: That the sum of $300. be appropriated and assessed for aid to Middlesex County, Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics." Under this article, it vas voted to elect Mr. Robert P. Trask as Lirector. Art. 11 . On motion of Mr. a=lbert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the following amount be appropriated for Water Maintenance Account, the same to be appropriated from the Departmantal receipts, " $79,800.00 Under this article, the following vote was also passed: "Voted: That the sum of 4p15,8O3. be appropriated and assessed for sewer maintenance. " The Appropriation Committee stated that they approved appropriations made under Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11. Art. 1 & 13. Under thane article, Mr. Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted: That the sum of $20,030. be appropriated and assessed to complete the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street to Bedford Street, and Bedford Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Elm 11venue, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of this construction be used to construct all or any part of lJalthan street from Massachusetts Avenue to Barrett Road." uestions were asked in regard to the work intended to be done on the construction of Massachusetts Avenue, and it was suggested by Mr. 16illiam Roger Greeley that this motion be laid on the table until such time .s the matter referred to, under "rticle 28, is taken up. It was therefor voted to lay these article upon the table. Art. 16. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the following amount be appropriated and assessed to construct granolithic sidewalks and place curbings adjacent to Town property, " $5,000.00 The Appropriation Committee approved the appropriation under this article. Art. 18. Under this article on motion of Mr. xlbert H. Burnham, the following votes were passed: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Tarbell Avenue from Tucker Avenue to Taft Avenue, a distance of approximately 450 feet. 264 Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Watson Avenue from Robbins Road to Lexingt. n avenue, a distance of approximately 2'.50 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Robbins Road from Watson Avenue to Lexington Avenue, a distance of approximately 460 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Smith Avenue from present end to r'ollen Road, a distance of approximately 350 feet. Voted: That. the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Taft Avenue from Tarbdll Avenue to Ellis Street, a distance of approximately 1125 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to cnstruct a sewer in Chase Avenue from Taft Avenue to Tucker Avenue, a distance 'of approximately 50 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Baker Avenue from Taft Avenue to Tucker avenue, a distance of approximately 450 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Charles Street from Cherry Street to Taft Avenue, a distance of approximately 600 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to c n- struct a sewer in Waltham Street from near Forest Street to John E. A. Mulliken' s property, a distance of approximately 890 feet." Under this article Mr. Silbert H. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Oak Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Baker Avenue, a distance of approximately 1800 feet. " Mr. Howard S. 0. Nichols stated that he did not believe there was any necessity of installing a sewer in Oak Street. Upon motion, this part of the vote under Article 18 relating to Oak Street was rejected by vote of the meeting. Art. 19. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the loan of $50,000. ,being the unused portion of the authorization made at a Town Meeting held September 22, 197, whereby the Town was authorized to borrow $95,000. for the purpose of constructing and equipping a new Town Office Build- ing, in accordance with the provisions of Section 19„ Chapter 44 of the General Laws, be rescinded. " Art. 22. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1929. " Art. 227. Under this article, Mr. Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted: That the sum of $1,090.82, being the balance to the credit of Westview Cemetery account for the purchase of land be transferred to the credit of Sewer Construction Account." On motion of Mr. Edward Wood, after making a few remarks, it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Art. 30. On motion of /r. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to instal street lights in Brookside Avenue and Moreland Avenue. " 265 Art. 2'. Under Article 2. Mr. John H. Devine stated, after outlining some of the work recently done by the Committee, that report would be made at a future time and moved that when the meeting adjourned, it would be for one week and that the first matter taken up at that adjourned meeting be Articles & 21. Mr. Francis Chamberlain moved that the meeting adjourn, and that the first work be ax named in the pending motion. The motion as amended was carried, and the meeting adjourned at 8: 58 P.M. to March 18, 1929 at 7: 30 P.M. A true record, Attest: Town Clerk. 266sad CD SECOND ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 18, 199. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 7: 30 P.A. He announced that the Moderator could not be present on account of illnes, and Senator Joseph R. Cotton was therefor nominated and elected to act as Moderator pro-tem. Articles `.-'0 and 21. Upon motion of Mr. John H. Devine Articles `0 and fl were taken up together. Mr. Devine read the report of the Committee for the Review of the Present Zoning By-Laws, and on his motion the report was unanimously accepted and the Committee discharged. larch 1.5, 1929. Report of Committee for the Review of the Present boning By-.Laws . At an adjourned Town Meeting held December 17th, 1918, it Was VOTED: "That the Board of Selectmen appoint a committee of ten citizens who shall be representative of all sections and conditions of the town to unite with the Planning Board as 'Committee for the review of the present zoning by-lac.s t to see if it is necessary to add to, alter, correct or amend the present zoning by-laws so that the town as a Whole may be substantially served and such meetings as may be held by said zoning committee be open to the public, and that said committee report its recommendations as soon r.s it conven- iently can. " On the second day of January, 1929, the following committee was appointed by the Board of Selectmen: Name address Robert P. Trask 2118 Massachusetts Avenue � i11i_am E. Mulliken 61 y"+altham Street Curlys. L. Slocum Blossom Street Elton B. McCausland 51 Bertyell_ Road James E. McCarthy 27 Chase Avenue Clyde E. gteeves 53 Hilltop Avenue Roland W. Baldrey 1071 Massachusetts Avenue Warren G. Lawson 151 Pollen Road Arthur W. Hughes 117 kottler Avenue John H. Devine 19 Slocum Road Shortly after January 2nd your committee, including the six members of the Planning Board met and organized. John H. Devine was elected chairman and Robert P. Trask secretary. Your committee in compliance with the above vote has held eleven meetings, all of which have been open to the public. In order to give all citizens an opportunity to be heard it was arranged for meetings in different sections of the town, namely: - East Lexington, North Lexington, Mohawk Ulub and the Administration Building, Lexington Centre. Many citizens attended and discussed with the committee the present zoning by-laws and also the proposed amendments and the committee has receiver valuable suggestions, a number of which have been incorporated and made a part of the new proposed by-laws annexed to this report. Your committee is unanimous in the opinion that a zoning by- law is essential to the town and that the present zoning by-law 267 has been a real benefit, but the experience of the town during the past five years under the present law has revealed numerous points in respect to which the present law needs to be clarified, ambiguities that should be removed and omissions that should be supplied. Your committee has studied carefully the proposed amendments to the present zoning law drafted by the Planning Boafd and presented $.t the December Town meeting and finds that to some extent the points above referred to, namely; the clarification of the present law, removal of amfiguities and additional provisions as ;will make for a more satisfactory administration of the law. Some of the amendments proposed by the Planning Board were, in the opinion of your committee rather more restrictive than seem necessary. Your committee found the Planning Board ready and willing to accept our suggestions and to withdraw a number of provisions that had been urged. It may be that at a later date the need for these will be more apparent and perhaps at that time the town may find it desir- able to adopt them but at the present time it appears that the town can obtain adequate protection without going quite so far as was proposed. Many slight changes which the committee recommends are more or less formal and not effecting in any way any property rights of the citizens of the Town and without changing sub- stantially the provisions effected. The changes upon which there was more or less discussion are as follows : 1. Real Estate Signs. Nailing of signs on trees . 3. Classification of private and public schools . 4. The approval of layouts to include the layout of lots by the Board of Survey. 5. Non-conforming uses . 6. Status of lots narrower than 75 foot frontage duly recorded by plan or deed at the time by-law is adopted. 7. Board of Appeal. 8. Restrictions as to rear yards and per centum of building thereon. 9. Area and frontage of lots . The recommendations of your committee are as follows: L. REAL ESTATE SIGNS. The principal objection in regard to real estate signs was to the prohibition of large signs on subdivisions. It is recom- mended that large signs be permitted on subdivisions, subject to the approval of the Board of Appeals." NAILING OF SIGNS ON TREES. Your committee thought that this provision was not necessary, and therefore, did not include it in the proposed by-law. 208 3. CLASSIFICATION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Private and public school- have been included in the same class and now subject to Section 9 in the new proposed by-law. 4. THE APPROVAL OF LAYOUTS TO INCLUDE THE LAYOUT OF LOTS BY THE BOARD OF SURVEY. Your committee found this illegally extended the powers of the Board of Survey and therefore this provision is eliminated. 5. NON-CONFORMING USES. The proposal to permit the town through its Board of Appeals to dispense with a non-conforming use in the .vent of the des- truction of such use, to the extent of 500 of its insurable value, is, in the opinion of the Committee, probably desirable and sound in principle, and in conformity with like provisions introduced into most zoning by-laws of recent draft but, in the opinion of your Committee, destruction of but 50 of the insurable value is too low, and we are recommending that the per centum be raised to 90%. When a non-conforming use is destroyed to the extent of 90% of its insurable value, no great hardship can be imposed upon the owner in requiring all use thereafter to be conforming . 6. STATUS OF LOTS NARROWER THAN 75 FOOT FRONTAGE DULY RECORDED BY PLkA OR DEED AT THE TILIE BY- LAW IS ADOPTED. Your committee recommends the withdrawal of the proposed limitation as to side and rear yards on lots narrower than 75 foot frontage duly recorded by plan or deed at the time lie by-law is adopted. Many citizens are owners of lots under the existing by-law which provides for a minimum of 50 foot frontage. Your committee felt that it might be an injustice to such persons . 7. BO/- RI) APPrer,. The statute provides under the general laws that a Board of Selectmen shall constitute a Board of A ppeal under the zoning act, but this power may be delegated by the Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen after conferring with members of the committee have authorized your committee to say that when the by-law is passed that they will delegate this power to a Board of five members, one a member of the Board of Selectmen, one 2_ member of the Planning Board, and three members at large. This will give the appeal board en opportunity to have the benefit and experience of the Selectmen and members of the Planning Board with access to all available records in con- nection with the committee' s deliberation2 on all matters coming before them. 8. RESTRICTIONS k , TO REt R YARDS AND PER CENTUM OF BUILDING THEREON . The committee recommends withdrawal of the proposed restrictions . 9. AREA AND FRONTAGE OF LOTS. This subject has been very thoroughly investigated, and your committee is unanimous in urging upon the town the im- portance of raising the minimum frontage and area permitted for buildings from 50 foot frontage and 5,000 square feet to 75 foot frontage and 7,500 square feet area for lots laid out after the passing of the proposed by-law. 269 Unless this increase is made there is little doubt but what Lexington will develop after the manner of Arlington, jomervilLe, Chelsea, Revere and such towns, and it is not with such conditions that people are attracted to move into Lexington. We have founa it quite impossible to set forth in any zoning by-law aLl conditions that must be complied with and the manner in which they shall be met, and conclude that the greatest safety to the ten as a whole is in referring matters of an unusual sort to the consideration of the Board of Appeals, under what will be referred to as Section 9, which shall, following a hearing, consider the various aspects of each individual matter and determine what, if any, conditions should be laid down with respect to the given proposed use. A hearing is pretty certain to develop all aspects of a given problem, and with such development before it, the Boar i of Appeals will be pretty certain to deal adequately with every proposition and, in our opinion, can be relied upon to deal fairly also with respect to all citizens . Experience in other towns ani cities has demonstrated that a Board of Appeals is more likely to be over-liberal than over-restrictive, so that we feel that all citizens may rest secure in the confidence that fair treatment will be accorded in all instances . In the deliberations of the Committee, there has been the utmost earmony and freedom from any evident desire on the part of any single member or group of members to impose their will or wills upon the Committee as a whole. where has throughout been evi- denced only a sincere desire to benefit the town and to protect it against such developments as shall impair existing property values. Lexington can grow, and grow greatly in a way that will preserve its healthful and satisfying conditions without hardship to any, and it 13 with such a growth in mind that your Committee re- commends the amendments to the zoning law that are presented accompanyilg this report. John B. Levine, Chairman • Robert P. Trask, Secretary. l4illi-a.m L. Mulliken Arthur W. Hughes Curlys L. Slocum Frederick L. Emery Elton B. McCausland William L. Milne James E. McCarthy C. Edward Glynn Clyde E.. Steeves J. Henry Luffy Roland W . Baldrey Clarence H. Cutler Warren G. Lawson Harry A. Wheeler Printed copies of the proposed zoning by-law as recommended by the said committee were then presented to the voters, and attention was called by Mr. Devine to certain errors and omissions in the printed copy which had been corrected in the copy he presented to the meeting. Mr. Lawrence G . Mitchell asked a question regarding the tentative map, which question was answered by the Town Engineer. Mr. Neil McIntosh made an extended speech criticizing particularly the 75 foot frontage, and 7500fbot provision in the by-law. Further discussion was entered into by Mr. Robert L. Ryder, Mr. Patrick Flynn, ; fr,.. Johnson, and Mr. Scheibe. Mr. Devine then further explained the by-law. Dr. James J. Valsh moved that the words "physicians offices" be added to sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 6 in Section 4 in R 1 Districts. This amendment was adopted. Mr. James H. Russell offered an amendment that the business district on Bedford Street stop at the northerly line of the Lexington Lumber Company property instead of the northerly line of Custance Brothers property. This amendment wqs lost. 270 ,pr) Oad Mr. Devine moved that the Zoning By-Law of the Town be amended by substituting therefor the tonin B• Latin g ,�- proposed by the Committee. rising vote with the result of 364 in the affirmative and 59 in the negative was passed by the meeting. The amended boning By-Law was therefor adopted as follows: PROPOSED ADMEN DMIENT S TO THE BONING LAWS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON Section 1. 1'o promote the health, safety, convenience and welfare of its inhabitants, to lessen the dangers from fire and congestion rind to improve and beautify the town, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40 and Chapter 143, and under any other laws it thereto enabling the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, repair, height, area, location and use of buildings and structures and the use of premises in the Town of Lexington are hereby regulated as herein provided and the Town is divided into four types of districts hereinafter defined in Section 3, Paragraph (b) , end as shown on the zoning map prepared by J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer, and filed with the Town Clerk March 17, 1954, and all amend- ments thereto, which map is hereby made a part of this by-law. Section 2. Definitions . In this by-law, tae following terms shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them: - (a) A one-family Dwelling is a detached dwelling intended and designed to be occupied by a single family. (b) A two-family Dwelling is a detached dwelling intended and designed to be occupied by two families. (c) nn accessory use or building is a use or building customarily incident to and located on the same lot with the use or building to which it is accessory. (d) . non-conforming use or building is an existing use or building which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which such use or building exists . (e) r: street, as used in this by-law, shall be inter- preted to mean any public way for vehicular traffic or any private way laid out for or used as a public way for such traffic. Section 3. (a) On the map:- R. 1 indicates one-family-dwelling residence district; R. indicates two-family-dwelling residence district; C. 1 indicates commercial districts - retail stores and other permitted businesses; and M. 1 indicates manufacturing districts - light manufacturing. (b) Supplementing the map said districts are defined as follows: 271 R. ]_ DISTRICTS 1. Every part of the Town not shown upon tele zoning map and not hereinafter specifically designated as ill 1, C 1, and R F Districts . R. 2 LISTRICTS 1. tl district beginning at the extreme easterly point of the Town , adjoining the town of hinchestsr, thence extending southwesterly along the boundary line between Lexingt n and Vin- cheater and between Lexington and Arlington to the Arlington Reservoir, thence northwesterly along said Arlington Reservoir to lviunr )e Brook, thence along said. Brook to a junction therewith of a brook commonly known as Reeds Brook, thence northeasterly along said brook to the boundary between Lexington and Winchester, thence southeasterly along said boundary line to the point of beginning. IL. except the business districts hereinafter specifically designated therein, everything between the easterly line of Massachusetts Avenue and the Railroad property frAm the northerly line of Bow Street northerly along said Avenue to the southerly line of Fottler Avenue. 1B. Except the business districts hereinafter specifically designL.ted therein along the westerly side of Massachusetts ',venue from the northerly line of Sylvia. Street to a line 100 feet distant, southerly from the southerly line of Charles Street, and of a depth of 100 feet westerly from the adjacent side line of Massachusetts Avenue. �.. On the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue beginning at the northerly line of Lisbeth Street and extending northerly along said Avenue to the southerly line of Oak Street and of a depth of 100 feet westerly from the adjacent side line of Massachusetts Avenue. 3. Except the business districts hereinafter specifically designated therein everything between the easterly line of Mass- achusetts Avenue and the Railroad property from bobbins Cemetery northerly along said Avenue to a point opposite the northerly boundary of Follen Roams, excepting the single family residence district on the easterly side of Massachusetts Avenue beginning opposite the northerly boundary of Follen fond end extending southerly along said Avenue to a point opposite the southerly line of Oak Street and of a depth of 100 feet inward from the easterly line of Massachusetts Avenue. 4. Except the business district hereinafter specif'icelly designated es located therein, everything between the easterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the Railroad property, from a point on Massachusetts Avenue opposite r'olle_i /load, norther- ly along said Avenue to a line 100 feet distant, southerly from • the southerly line of Maple Street, end along the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly line of r'ollen boad to the southerly line of Plainfield Street and of a depth of 100 feet westerly from the adjacent side line of Massachusetts Avenue. 5. . oburn Street; beginning at the westerly line of Utica Street, and at a point on Woburn Street opposite said line, along both sides of vcoburn Street westerly to the Railroad property, except the business districts hereinafter specifically designated as embraced therein and a depth of 100 feet inward from the southerly side of 4;oburn Street and on the northerly ride of Vine Street for a depth of 100 feet in therefrom together ,-;pith the en- tire area embraced between Vobur•n Street and Vine Street, except 272 such portions as are hereinafter specifically deeign;_ ted as business districts therein, and on both sides of Cottage Street • for c depth of 100 feet except the businessdistrict nerein; fter specifically designated as embraced therein. G. On both sides of Hayes L ,ne, Fletcher nveuue, when iden Street, Grant Street, and Sherman Street for a depth of 100 feet in from each and including all land that lies between any tv!o of saiu streets, and from any one of them to the Railroad Property. 7.On Bedford Street, from the most southerly business districts hereinafter specifically designated, extending northerly to nevere Street and Hill Street and embracing both sides of Tewksbury Street, of Shirley Street, and of =argent Street, and extending in each instance to a depth of 100 feet in from the adjacent boundary line of said streets . 8. On the easterly side of ►Massachusetts Avenuk from Cada/ Street extending northerly to Lake Street and embracing everything between en.) on both sides of Cedar and Lake Streets extending in an easterly direction to the westerly side of Columbus Street. C. 1. DIARICTS 9. Beginning at the Arlington Line, on the easterly side of Massachusetts evenue extending northerly to How Street, and em- bracing everything between Massachusetts ."venue and the Railroad property. 10. Upon the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue extending from the Arlington Line northerly to a point 100 feet beyond the northerly line of bytvia otreet and of a depth throughout of 100 feet from the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue. 11. Upon the easterly side of Massachusetts livenue beginning at the northerly corner of Dow Street aha extending northerly for C. distance of 120 feet, thence easterly for a distance of 11J feet, thence southerly for e t: istEnce of 115 feet to 'Jow Street, thence westerly 110.2. feet to the point of beginning . Beginning at l ottler :venue on the easterly side of :air: . achusetts Avenue extending northerly to and embracing both :ides of the private Tay leading in to Earst Lexington Station and embracing. everything between Massachusetts Avenue and the Railroad Property. 13. Upon the easterly side of Massachusetts t-venue 'beginning at a point `:00 feet more or less. south of the southerly exterior boundary of Curve Street, said point being the present boundary line between property of the Standard Oil Company of Jew York end -property of Ik ry E. Barnes, thence along the easterly side of iiiassschusetts Avenue to the southerly boundary of the northerly entrance to Curve Street, and of e death of 100 feet inward from Massachusetts Avenue throughout. 14. Upon the v.esterly side of Massachusetts Avenue beginning at the southerly side of Independence Avenue and extending south- erly &long the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue to a point opposite the southerly termination of the business district upon the opposite easterly side of Massachusetts Avenue and of a depth inwerd of 100 feet from the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue. 15. Beginning at the ;unction of Fletcher Avenue and Vtoburn Street, and extending northerly along the easterly line of Mass- echus etts E venue to the southerly line of Meria.m Street and throughout its entire length extenaing easterly to the Railroad Property. 16 . Upon the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue beginning at the northerly line of '.inthrop Hoad and extending northerly to a point opposite the southerly line of Meriam Street and of a depth of 100 feet from the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue, throughout. 273 17. On both sides of Weitham Street extending westerly from Misechusetts Avenue, the plot on the southerly side ex- tending to the easterly line of Vine Brook goad, and the plot on the northerly side extending to a. point opposite the easterly line of Vine Brook Road, each plot of L depth of 100 feet from the adjacent side line of Waltham Street. 18. On the westerly side of Bedford Street from the southerly line of the present Colonial Garage property, and from point directly opposite on the easterly side, and extending northerly elong both sides of Bedford Street, to the present northerly line of Custance Brothers' Yard, on the westerly side of Bedford Street, and to a point directly opposite on the easterly side, the former plot being of G. depth of 100 feet westerly from the westerly side of Bedford Street, and the latter plot extending to the Railroad on the easterly side of Bedford Street. 19. On the easterly side of Bedford Street the property known as the Carbarn property, extending from Bedford Street to the Railroad property, and on the westerly side of Bedford Street extending southerly from a, point opposite the northerly boundary of the .Carbarn Property to Reed Street and of a depth of 100 feet from the westerly line of Bedford Street. 0. On the easterly side of Bedford Street beginning at the Railroad property and extending 150 feet more or less northerly along Bedford Street and embracing the property formerly known as the VVilliam. L. Burrill property and of a depth of 100 feet easterly in from the easterly side line of Bedford Street, and on the westerly side of Bedford Street beginning at its junction with the railroad property and extending along the railroad property for a distance of 500 feet and extending easterly to the brook known as the North-Lexington Brook. 21. At the junction of Bedford Street and North Hancock Street upon the easterly side of Bedford Street and northerly side of North Hancock Street, extending 200 feet northerly along Bedford Street and 250 feet easterly along North Hancock Street, and of a depth of 100 feet from the adjacent side line of each. 22. At the junction of Woburn, Lowell, and Laconia Streets business districts upon each of the corners of 100 feet in depth and extending for a distance of 200 feet along each street from the junction points of the side lines of the streets. At the junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue, business districts upon the four corners of the crossing extending • 200 feet along each street from the crossing points of the side lines of the streets, and of a depth of 100 feet. 24. At the junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, formerly Middle Street, business districts upon the four corners of the crossing extending `.00 feet in each instance from the crossing points of the side lines of the streets along said streets and each of a depth of 100 feet . 25. At the junction of Marrett road, formerly Middle Street, Spring and Bridge Streets, a business district ex- tending from the junction points of the side lines of and upon both sides of the intersecting streets for a distance of 150 feet and of a depth of 100 feet from the adjacent street lines in each instance. '.6. et the junction of Marrett ``oad, formerly School Street, Lincoln and school. 'treets commonly known as "The Five I''orks" business district extending from the junction points of the side lines of and upon both sides of the intersecting streets for a distance of 200 feet and of a depth of 100 feet from the adjacent street line in each instance. 14 (i) CD F_7 . nt the junction of Lowell street and North wtreet as follows : On both sides of Lowell Street a distance of 300 feet northerly and 300 feet southerly from the point of intersection of the center lines of Lowell Street and North Street, and on both sides of North Street a distance of ;:50 feet northwesterly from the point of intersection of the center lines of Lowell and North streets, and on both sides of North Street northeasterly a distance of x.00 feet from the intersection of the center lines of Lowell and North Streets. 28. Upon both sides of Voburn Street, beginning on the northerly side, at Vine Street and extending easterly to the westerly line of Hanley court, snd upon the southerly side, be- ginning at the easterly property line of the Railroad aai extending easterly to the westerly boundary of the most easterly entrance to Cottage Street, each plot of a depth of 100 feet inward from the adjacent side line of 'Woburn Street. I. l LISTRICTS 9. Beginning on the easterly line of the Railroad property at the northerly side line of Fottlet Avenue and extending along the easterly line of the Railroad property for a distance of '- ,700 feet, thence easterly inward from said Railroad property a distance of 300 feet, thence southerly parallel with said Railroad property to a point opposite the point of beginning, thence westerly to the point of beginning. 30. A plot ` 50 feet wide upon each side of the Railroad property extending from V estviev Street, formerly knosn as Summer Street, in a southerly direction •to the northerly line of Centre Street. Section 4. In the following districts the designated buildings and structures and alterations and extensions thereof are permitted also the designated uses of lands, buildings, structures, or parts thereof, and no others : - In R. 1 Districts:- 1 . One-family detached houses. The taking of boarders or the letting or renting of rooms by a resident family in a dwelling; but no dwelling so used snail be constructed or enlarged for the purpose unless Specially permitted under provisions of section 9. 3. Churches, public libraries and parish houses. 4. Farms and customary uses thereto only, and truck gardens . 5. Real estate signs of not over six scsuare feet in area advertising the sale or rental of only the premises on iLhich they are located, , and bulletin boards accessory to uses specified in paragraphs '3, 4, and 6 under R. 1 districts; but in single subdivisions large signs may be erected but subject to the provisions of Section 9. . 6 . Subject to the provisions of erection 9, the following:- (a) Greenhouses and nurseries, trucking and/or express business . (b) Hospitals, sanatoria;. physicians offices, charitable institutions, public and private schools, halls, clubs and meeting places, cemeteries and telephone exchanges. (c) Public parks, playgrounds, recreation buildings, water towers and reservoirs . (d) Passenger stations, fire and police stations, landing fields and radio and other public service sites, buildings and/or uses not elsewhere covered. 275 In R. fBistricts:- All uses that are permitted under R. 1 but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth therein, and the following: - 1. Two-family dwellings . Subject to the provisions of Section 9, hotels, boarding and longing houses . In C. 1 ijistricts: - All uses that are permitted under R. 1 and R. but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth therein and the following :- 1. ollowing :- 1. Apartment houses, subject to other laws and by-laws. F, • Retail stores. and shops for custom work or the making only of articles to be sold at retail on the premises . 3. Business or professional offices and banks. 4. Restaurants and other places for serving food. 5. Places of business of a seller of bakers ' products, barber, caterer, clothes cleaner end presser, confectioner,. decorator, dressmaker, retail dyer, electrician, florist, furrier, hair dresser, hand laundry, manicurist, milliner, news-dealer, optician, painter, paper hanger, photographer, shoemaker, shoe repairer, shoe shiner and tailor. 6. Subject to the provisions of Section 9: - (a) Blacksmith, builder, carpenter, contractor, mason, plumber, printer, publisher, roofer, tinsmith, upholsterer, undertaker; and similar uses which may, as provided under Section 9, in specific instances be found to be compatible with the uses above mentioned. (b) Theatres, moving picture shov,s:y, bowling alleys, skating rinks, billiard rooms and similar commercial amusement places . (c) Retail gasoline and oil stations, garages for storage and repair, salesrooms for motor vehicles and stables . (a) Billboards, as regulated by law and by l€�ws . (e) Retail dealers in ice, grain, fuel, lumber and structural Materials, milk depots and other commercial non-manufacturing uses not hereinbefore specified. In M. 1 iJistricts (light manufacturing) ;- all buildings and uses permitted under R. .l, R. and C. 1, but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth therein clad the following:- Light manufacturing, employing only electricity and/or other substantially noiseless and unoffensive motive power, utilizing hand labor and/or quiet machinery and processes, free from neighbor- hood disturbing odors and/or agencies. HEIGHT R GUd.TIOii S Section 5. Residence Districts: - (a) The limit oi' height in all residence districts shall be two and one-half stories: not to exceed forty feet, except that schools, municipal buildings and hotels may contain three full stories and may go as high as forty-five feet. z7(3 Pi) (b) The limitations of height in feet shall not apply to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads, penthouses and other accessory features usually carried above roofs, nor to domes, towers or spires of churches and other buildings, if such features are in no way used for living purposes . AREA REGULATIONS Section 6. (a) In R. 1 and R. `<; districts no dwelling shall be erected upon land laid out for houselots after the adoption of this by-law unless there be provided for each such dwelling a. lot frontage of not less than 75 feet upon the frontage street, and an area of not less tial seven thousand five hundred square feet. On each -side of each dwelling or other permitted main structure there shall be provided a side yard of at least ten feet in width, which shall be kept open from the front line of the main structure to the rear line thereof. _ This paragraph shall not apply to lots of less than 75 foot frontage duly recorded by plan or deed at the time this by-law is adopted. (b) FollwJing adoption of this by-law, when e street layout- shall be approved by the Board of purvey, said board shall at the tame time also approve the layout of lots made accessible by said street layout. (c) `:'here a corner lot has its. corner bounded by a_ curved line connecting other bounding lines which if extended would intersect, the frontage and area shall be computed as if such bounding lines were so extended. Section 7: - (a) In residence districts designated as R. 1 and R. and in C. 1 districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham St. and I,iarrett Rd. , known as Grape Vine Corner;, junction of Marrett Rd, and Spring St. ; junction of Lincoln and School Sts. and Marrett Rd. , commonly known as "Five Forks"J. junction of Waltham St. and Concord Ave. and of Woburn and Lowell Sts . , and in C-1 districts hereafter created, a yard of et least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than 40 feet from the centre line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subseUuent to the year 194. (b) Dwellings hereafter erected on land not fronting on a street shall have not less than the minimum lot area as provided in this by-law, and an approach street established under the Board of Survey Act, and• in any event only by application under the subject to the provisions of Section 9. ACCESSORY USES Section 8: - ( -) r cces, ory uses shall be such as do not alter the character of the premises on which they are located, or impair the neighborhood. (b) Private garages for not more than three cars shall be permitted as accessory uses, but subject to the provisions of 2aragraph (a) . 277 (c) Where the term "accessory” applies to manufacturing of any kind, it shall be restricted to such light manufacturing as is incidental to a permitted use and where the product is customarily sold on the premisesby the producer to the consumer. (d) Hotels, as distinct from apartment houses, where permitted ' under this by-law, shall contain no arrangements of any description for private cooking or housekeeping. III EXCEPTIONS Section 9: - Permits by Board of Appeals Required as a Condition Precedent. When in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served, and where such exception will not tend to impair the status of the neighborhood, the Board of Appeals may in a specific case, upon written petition, a hearing of which fourteen days' public notice is provided for in Section 17 shall have been given, and subject to appropriate conditions and safe- guards,determine and vary the application of the regulations here established in harmony with their general purposes and intent as follows: - • (a) Permit any uses, referred to this section by other sections hereof. (b) Permit variations from the provisions of Section 6 and 7 where topography or other conditions make it necessary. (c) Permit the alteration of• a one-family house or building wherever located to accommodate more than one family. (d) Permit temporary structures and uses that do not conform IN II to the uses and regulations herein prescribed, with such conditions as will protect the community, provided that no such permit shall be for more than a one-year period. (e) Permit for yearly terms production of articles in whole or substantial part from materials excavated or grown upon the premises . (f) Permit for yearly terms a roadside stand for the sale of only the products of the land of the owner within the town, provided that the front yard regulations and all other conditions imposed by the Board of Appeals are complied with. (g) Permit in any district any use obviously intended, or be- cause harmonious or compatible with or accessory to the uses or any of them herein mentioned, or necessary for public convenience or benefit, but which has not been specifically mentioned, which may have developed since the framing of this by-law. (h) The building inspector shall grant no permit under this section except as directed by the Board of Appeal; following the procedure laid down herein, and in conformity with the decision of the Board of Appeals . GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1J. Existing buildings . 1-ny building or part of a building which, at the time of the adoption of the original • Lexington Zoning By-Law was and still is being put to a non- conforming use, may continue to be used for the same purpose or for purposes not substantially different, and may be repaired or • structurally altered; but no such building, if destroyed to the extent of 90 per cent of its insurable value, shall be rebuilt, nor shall such building be extended or enlarged except after a public hearing by the Board of Appeals following a 14 days' public notice, as provided by Section 17, and then only upon order of the Board of Appeals, and otherwise subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Section 9. t ' lk: I 4r. 278 Section 11. District Boundaries. The district boundaries CO shall be as shown on the zoning map, supplemented by the defi- nitions thereof in Section 3. When boundaries not otherwise defined run between streets and approximately parallel to them, they shall be deemed to follow a mean line between said streets, except that any such boundary when bounding the rear of a business district or where paralleling a street through an undeveloped area., shall be not more than one hundred feet inward from the building line of such street. Section 12.. Conflict of laws. where this by-law imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises than is imposed by existing provisions of other by-laws, of the town, the provisions of this by-law shall control. Section .13. Plats. Application of building permits shall be accompanied in each instance by a plan of the lot in duplicate drawn to scale, showing the dimensions of the lot and the exact location and size of buildings already upon the lot, and of the buildings to be erected, together with streets and alleys on and adjacent to the lot. A redord of such applications and plata shall be kept on file in the office of the building inspector. Section 14. Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided, this by-law shall be administered by the building inspector. He shall approve no application of any kind, plans and specifi- cations and intended use for which are not in all respectsin conformity with this by-law. Section 15. Occupancy Permit. No building erected, al- tered or in any way changed as to construction or use under a permit, shall be occupied or used without an occupancy permit signed by the building inspector, which permit shall not be issued until the building and its uses and accessory uses comply in all respects with this by-law. Section 16. Appeals. E,ny person aggrieved by the re- fusal of the building inspector to issue a permit on account of the provisions of this byelaw, or any person who is aggrieved by the issuance of a. permit or by a decision of the building inspector, made under the provisions of this law, may, by giving the building inspector and the Board of Appeals notice in writing within ten days from the date of the issuance of the permit or of the decision appealed from, appeal to the Board of Appeals, who shall give a public hearing, upon fourteen days' public notice as provided by Section 17, before rendering a decision, and record all decisions and the reason therefor. Section 17. Amendments. The Planning Board, upon vote of the Town, upon petition signed by owners of 50 per cent in valuation of the property designated or accepted by the Planning Board as affected by the respective proposed amendments, or • upon its own initiative, shall hold public hearings, 14 days' public notice of which shall be given in a local paper and upon notice by mail to such interested parties as the Board shall designate, for consideration of all proposed amendments to this by-law, and report to the Town its recommendations as to what action should be taken, and no amendments shall be made to this by-law except pursuant to the provisions of this section. Section 18. The invalidity of any section or provision of this by-law shall not invalidate any other section or pro- vision thereof. Section 19. This by-law shall take effect upon its approval by the Attorney General and publication according to law. Section 20. Any building, structure or use of premises not herein expressly permitted, is hereby forbidden. Section 21. No owner shall knowingly permit violation of the provisions of this by-law by any tenant or occupant of his premises. .ter. r Article 17 . Under this article on motion of Ir . James H. Russell, it was unanimously "Voted: That the tonin grant Stanley Hill Post No. ;38, The American Legion, Lexington, Mass . , the use of the auditorium in the Cary Memorial Building without charge on April 19th, Novembar 11th and four other evenings in each year, also the use of Estabrook Hall in said building without charge, for the regular meetings of the .:merican Legion. " 111 fart. Mr. Charles H. Spaulding read the report of the Committee on Increased School Accommodations appointed Idarch 15, 1X8, and on motion of Mr. Spaulding the report was accepted and the Committee discharged. REPORT OF THE COMIITTEE ON I1 CREASED SCHOOL LCCOODrTI01JS The Committee of Seven appointed by the sown Moderator to study the increased school accommodations for Lexington was organized in May 19`8. Several meetings were held during the year. The committee members, as a group and individually, have studied our present school conditions and the needs of the future. A survey of the present conditions of the school buildings shows that the Hancock School is much overcrowded and all avail- able rooms at the other schools are in use. The normal increase of y,-��rly pupils in the elementary schools is approximately 75. Lifter carefully considering the various angles of the housing situation, it would appear that the present school houses could not possibly care for the pupils longer than the close of the school year in June 1930. In view of the normally expected growth of the town over a period of the next five years it appears to the Committee that it will be nece. sa ry. First, To erect an eight room elementary school in the southern part of the town. - Second, The building of an eight room addition to the Adams School :2rhich woula also care for the pupils now housed in the old wooden building at the Adams school. Third, The probable- need of an addition to our present Junior-Senior High School nuilding. Luring the last five years there has been a very large in- crease in the school population in the southern part of the town. There are three special developments in that locality. The Fahrmcrest Section, the Fair Oaks Section and the Cary Estate Development. the number of children at present in this entire section including these special leveloprsients above named who are attending the first six grades is: 130. They are all being trans- ported to the Hancock School and the Munroe school at a consider- able expense to the town and at inconvenience to the pupils and parents . If a school is established in the southern section of the town the congestion of the nancock School and the Munroe School ill be relieved allowing them to care for the normally expected growth in parts of the town adjacent to these schools . the town undoubtedly needs additional school facilities both in the southern part of the town and in the East Village. Liut to undertake a building program requiring immediate construction work on both schools v:ould throw an unnecessarily heavy burden on the town tax rate. It is therefore the unpleasant task of this Committee, while recommending both buildings, to state that in its opinion the immediate erection of a new building in the soutnern Dart of town is required for the greatest good to the greatest number. But the Committee would strongly recommend that construc- tion begin at t:dams School as soon thereafter as possible. 290 Yj In conclusion, the Committee strongly urge that provision be `D made at once to carry out the first recommendation of your Committee, that is, the erection of an elementary school in the southern part of the toting. To this end, the Committee caused Article # T4 to be placed in the warrant for this meeting . This article is as follows: "To see if the Town will appoint a Building Committee of Seven, of which three shall be the School Committee, to secure architect' s plans and contractor' s bids for a new Elementary School Juilding in the southern part of the town and provide by appropriation and assessment, or otherwise, the money necessary for such purpose, or take any other action relative thereto. " Respectfully submitted, Charles h. Spaulding, Chairman Clara 1i. Barbour Minnie tom, Glymi Neil McIntosh Howard S. 0. Nichols James Stuart Smith James Vu. Smith. On motion of Ir. Spaulding the following votes were passed unanimously . "Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a. School Building Committee of Seven, of which three shall be the School Committee, to recommend a building site, to secure architect' s plans and. contractor' s bids for the erection of an eight room elementary school building in the southern section of the town, and to report to the town not later than September 199." "Vote. : That the Town appropriate and assess the sum of ThreeT.housand. collars for the necessary expenses of the School Building Committee of Seven. " On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was voted to adjourn the meeting for three weeks to lipril 8, l9 .9 at 7: 30 P.M. The meeting adjourned at 10: 38 P.M. true record, fittest: Town Clerk. * Committee Appointed: James S. Smith, Howard S.O.Nichols, Mrs. C. Edward Glynn, William H. Ballard, Charles H. Spaulding, Mrs. S. Lewis Barbour, and Clyde E. Steeves. 281 ADJOURNED TO—Y MEETING. - April 8, 1929. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Robert F. Holt at 7 :30 P.M. Art . 25. William Ii. Ballard moved that Article 25 be taken un. Cr) motion of Mr. Ballardthe following vote ;eras passed: rr VOTED: Th t the Town sell and convey to Lillian G. Marshall and Lois 14. Marshall, in corsideration of the payment by them of eight hundred and fifty dollars ( $850 ) the following describedparcel of land : Beginning at a poi t on Massachusetts Avenue at the boundary between land of the Town of. Lexington and. land of Lillian G. and. Lois M. Marshall; thence running westerly on Massachuset+-s A" eni7e eight and. 50/100 ( 8. 50 ) feet; thence turning at a right angle and running southerly sixty-seven and 80/100 ( 67.80) feet to lana or Tois M. Marshall; thence turning at a right angle and run -ink; easterly eight and 50 /100 ( 8. 50 ) feet : thence turning at a rigs t angle and runninn; sixty-seven and 80/100 (67 .80 ) feet to the point of beginning. Together with any easement now owned by the Town of Lexington in and over land of tT e said Lillian G. Marshall and Lois M. Marshall and land of Hallie C. Blake adjoining the rear of the land of the said Lillian G. and. and Lois M. iiarshall. Being part of the premises conveyed by George W. Snaulding to the Town of Lexington by deed. dated April 7, 1906 and recorded. with Middlesex South District Deeds , Book 3243 Page 385. The said conveyance is to be made sub - ject to any easement in or over the land conveyed. vested in ny owner other than the Town of Lexi ;ton. And that the Board of Selectmen, or a majority of them, be and they hereby are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town to execute and deliver an agreement for the sale of the said land as aforesaid , dated March 5, 1929 and that the nrorer officers o" the Town be and they hereby are authorized and directed to ex-cute and deliver a deed thereof to the said Lillian. G. Marshall and Lois Ili. Marshall upon payment of the said sum of $850." ?r. Ballard explained th t this article had been in two previous warrants but action Was nostnoned. inasmuch as arrangements had not been made to complete the transaction. He informed the meeting that Yr. Arthur A. Marshall intended to buildan entirely new building and the project would cost the town apnroxi.mately $6800. 282 Art. 28. On motion of Mr. William H. Ballard Article 28 was taken up. Ander t'-is article 7r. Bal1 ^r,' offered a written motion providing for purchase of lan ' from Stuart-Marshall Realty Comnany. Mr. Ballard explained th^t some time ago the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company applied to the Building Inspector to alter the Central Blocks so-called. It wa.s felt teen that it was a goodopportunity to secure a new and up-to-date building on this lot andto acquire 25 feet of land so that Massachusetts Avenue could be widened . The owners of the building were willing to enter into negotiations provided. a reasonable figure was receivedfor the land ta'rer . lie stated that the Lexington Trust Company intend. to erect a building on the opposite side of the street where the Tavern now stands and to set the building back from the street. 7r. Ballard stated. that he hsd a motion ready to offer in regard to the Center Engine House under t' is 'rticle , but he offered the motion that this part of the vote be laid on the table until after the fire derartment matters are disrosed of , and it was so voted . questions were asked b; 7r. George E. Briggs and Mr. Fred H. Moulton in regard to the land value and assessed value of the property. Mr. Ballard supplied the information. Mr. Elwyn G. Preston staterl that he was strongly in favor of this proposition in^smuch as the Town would get rid of tie fire menace, and have an oppor- tunity for street wi.deni-g. He stated that Lexington faces a more difficult problem than most towns inasmuch as changes can only be made when occasion arises and he felt that this was an opportunity for immediate change. he confirmedthe statement of Mr. Ballard that the Lexington Trust Company wil' builda new building andset it back from the street. He also enumerated changes that have been made in the town in the past that have greatly im- proved the appearance of the town. Mr. Custance stated that with this project of widening in front of the Central Block comrleted , there wouldbe only two owners to make negotiations with to set their build inFs back, ^ndone of the , rrners is ready at any time to negotiate to move the buil 'ing back. The following motions offered by Mr. Ballard. were passed by 412 voting in the affirmative and 2 in the negative . VOT^D: That the Board of Select-en be and they hereby ^re authorized an'' directed to execute in the name of and on behalf of t' e Town a 30-day agreement to r )rcl ase for street and sidewalk r,'"r',oses only from *:re Stuart-Marshall Realty Company about - three thousand four hundred and sixty square feet of land, more or less , comprising the entire frontage on Massachusetts Avenue a depth of 25 feet of the property known as t' e Central Block , for the sum of $30,000, payable one /half on the passing of title to tle property to the Town and the remaining one/half in or within two years from that date , but said final payment to be made only after removal, except for foundations , of all of the building now on the property to be conveyed and after ninety days ' written notice to the Town from the said Stuart- Marshall Realty Company of such removal , the said Stuart-Marshall Realty Company to have the right to maintain and use the building on the said property without payment of rent to the Town until the expiration of the said ninety days ' notice, but in any event not more than two years from such first payment , and the said Stuart-Marshall Realty 283 Company to be released from any betterment assess- ment which may be levied by the Town because of said sale to the Town or any improvement made in Massachusetts Avenue as a result of said sale and. the widening and street construction on the land so sold next following the said purchase. ' Further VrTED: `1'hat the sum of $30,000 be ar' ropriate-' 'or t'- e purpose of the pu.rchasr of land of Stuart-Marshall Realty Company authorized by this meeting and that to meet the said ap- nroori at i on the sum of 415 ,000 be now a.pprorri ated. and assessed and that for the ru.rnose of payment of the balance at such time or times hereafter as the Town Treasurer with the aprroval of the Board of Selectmen shall determine , the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Boar'- of Selectmen be and he hereby is ao.thori_zed to borrow the sum of 015,000 and to issue bon's or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of Chanter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan. shall be paid in not more than ten years or • at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, may determine . " Upon motion of lair. William H. Ballard it was voted that article 28 be laid on the table. Art. 31. Under. this. article, Mr. Wilaiam E. Mulliken read the report of the Annrerri.ation Committee. on motion of Mr. William E. Mulliken :.it was unanimously, "Voted : That the report of the Commi.+-tee he accepted and placedon file. " To the Citizens of the Town of Lexington: n t the Town Meeting of January 7 , 1929, by your vote, you required of yo'sr Apnrorri ation Commit tee that they report to yon , at some subsequent meeting, on the financial condition of the Town , and on the feasibility of the program for proposed ex- penditures ns outlinedin the report o' t'-e committee on the study of the Pine and '"star Departments. This report we n-w submit for your consideration. Lexington, at the present time , may well be said to be in a very creditable financial condition. In comparison with other municina.lities , our c -edit rating sands well un on the list , a very eatin:fa.ctory condition and one that we should endeavor to maintain. We have a bondeddebt of X740,000 of which but $251,000 has been borrowed within the debt limit. Under this classification we are permitted to borrow 3% of our assessed valua- tion which, if estimated_ as 120,000,000 allows us to still. borrow ' 349,000 before reaching that limit. This shouldnot be ta'-en to imnly that we recommend the immediate use o' this further credit , but it is available if any vote of the Town should mare it necessary or desirable. We aro this year paying ; 101 ,450 on this debt, and the amount dile in 1930 is but t82,500, a very substantial. decrease . As against this, h -wever , we should Teen in mind that Article 11 , still to be acted unon, carries wi.tY it a now bond issue of ,;80 ,000 for Water Construction , and other articles in this same warrant , if acted unon favorably, will undoubtedly bring our ontstandinp indebtedness bac'T to the present figure and even materially 284 increase it. The recommendations of the Committee O to study the Water and. Fire Departments , which 9re taken up later in our report, call for a bond issue of approximately $160,000 this year, or $400,000 over a period of six years . We are advised that the ech.00l Program for the next five years will nrobebl.y call for $500,000 in capital expen- ditures for increased school accommodations alone . This would call for the issuance of more bonds , and would further entail an increase in maintenance expense of approximately •; 25,000 a year which must not be lost sight of. This year no apnropriation has been asked for Sewer Construction , but, with our continued growth , we must exsect that money will be required in this Department in the near future -- another bond issue. There always .has been , and probably alwayt will be a difference of opinion on the relative merit of short and longi* term hords for. Town financing. Your Committee believe that a "nay as you go" policy should he encouraged by the Town as far as practicable, -realizing t1-'.' t any and p nrti cu.lnrly long term bonds impose unon the Town heavy interest charges which even this year amount to $40,000 or slightly over 02 of our total tax rate. Should we burden the Town with future obligations merely to keep our present tax rate down, when each decade will bring financial problems of its own? 1t can readily be seen, therefore , that the Town is face to face with a financial problem which should be giver the most serious thought and consideration. Turning our attention to the annual operating exrenses of the Town, we find that 80% of the articles appearing in the warrant , call for annual exnenditu-es of less than $10,000 apiece. These items represent 40 % of the entire Town grant . The expenses in this group of Departments have increased from 0142,000 in 1924 to $332,000 in 1928, an average increase of more than 25% a year. The remaining Departments , representing 60% of our Town grant , als' show a substantial yearly inc ease in their operating exrenses . Onthe other hand, our revenue from increased assessed valuation inc 'eases from but 5% to 7% yearly. It is bbvious, therefore, that there is a distinct tendency for operating expenses to eeceed our income , end the Appropriation Committee feel the necessity of cautioning the Citizens and Department leads that a. tight curb must be kept on alleneronriations and expenditures. You rave alr Cady this year voted to appropriate and assess $646 ,000 as compared with the total grant of 1928 amounting to $648,000, andthere still remain to be acted upon in t' is warrant several articles which call for appropr)_ations. With an estimated increase revenue of approximately $32,000 this year, it follows that any expenditure in excess of •: 34,000 at this, or a June meeting, will reflect an increase in the tax rate for 1929. We would urge the Department Heads to carefully refrain from bringing in additional requests during the year 1929 unless it is an emergency measure. We now turn to the consideration of the Report of the Committee appointed to stildy Water and. Fide Departments . Their printed report, complete as it apnears, is but a brief summary of the tremendous amount of information that has been assembled. This data is now on file at the Town Office Building, and we believe will be a valuable guide for the future expansion and development of the Fire Department . For our convenience , we have changed the order they have followed and bring one report to you under two separate headings . 285 I `"later Department II Fire Department I 'dater Department. In their report on the Water Dernrtment the Committee have but emphasized a serious condition that has already been recogri zed. by the Board of selectmen acting as the Bo,,rd of W^ter and Sewer Commissioners. We believe that all who have carefully r-ad the complete report of Metcalf and. Eddy as included in our annual Town report must be convinced of the needfor the reinforcement and improvement of our waterwor1- system. This Committee feels that the recommendations made therein should be carried out as speedily as possible, but do not feel that the whole project should be completed at once . We recommend , therefore , thn.t the execution of the General project be left in the hands of the Board. of Water and sewer Commissioners who will each year bring before the Town a request for apnronriations necessary to carry out that -art of the project which they feel shouldbe completed during that particutnr year. The Board of Water and. Sewer Commissioners are already following a portion of thi. s recommendation in th 't this year they are requesting a bond issue of but X50 ,000 for the initial sten in this nrogre . We recommend that novote of the Town at this time be made which would compel the Boar? of Selectmen to follow out in its entirety the proposed project as outlined by "Fetcalf and Eddy, as conditions may arise from time to time which may necessitate alterations aria changes from the original layout. This covers the reco-nmendntions macre in Section 8 of the Committee 's report. II Fine Department . Following a study of the report of and the data accumulated by the Committee for the Study of the Water and. Fire Departments, that part of Metcalf and Eddy's report, bearing on the Fire Department, the later report of the Board. of Fire Engineers and also taking into consider tion the 'financial condi tion of theTown, it is the opinion or the Arrrorri ation Committee that the recommendations of The Committee for the Study of the Fire and Water Departments are as a whole feasible. By virtue of the Town 's vote, however, we feel waranted in taking exception to the recommendation for the adoption of sections 42 , 4? an ' 44 of Chanter 48 of the General Laws . It is our recom- menaation th^t a committee of FIVE unnaid citizens be appointed annually to serve as the Poard of Fire Engineers, nn me ,ber of which shallbe a permanent or call member or tie Fire Department . We further recom",end that the execution of the recom- mendations of the Committee be use' as a guiae in the administration and development or the Department and that t' i s Boa.ra shall from time to time bring before the Town re-quests for an -ropriai-ions as the needs arise. In conclusion, we wish to than'r the Committee for the Study of the 'Nater and. Fire Departments and also the Board of iq.ce, Engireers for ti'eir cooperation when requested. Approrri ati ,n Committee. James J. Walsh M.D. Edward. Remick John H. Devine George M. Ross Carl G. Vienot Geo^ge W. Nary William E. Mulliken, Chairman. 286 CD Dr. James J. 'alsh explained to the meeting that there were several suggestions that the m Annropriation Commitee ha.d. made before this final draft was drawn, and proceeded to enumerate the suggestions as follows : Pursuant to recommend'tions contained in this report , wP rec-•mmend that the following motions be consirerPr by this meeting. 1. Th^t action , rel- tive to building a new fire station in East Lexington . be indefinitely postponed. 2. That a sum o' money, not exceeding •4, 4000 be aprrorriatedandassessed for the re-modeling of the ast Lexington fire station, to provide ample sleeping quarters, toilet and heating facili- ties , andany other repairs necessary to make it safe and serviceable for the next five years . 3. Thrt actin relative to building a new central. fire stati^n or headquarters , be indefinitely postroned. 4 . That a sum of money, not to exceed $750, be arpropriated and assedsed for the installation of protective devices in the central fire station. 5. That a committee of five , one from the Board of Selectmen, one from the Board of Fire Engineers , one from the Arrropriation Committee, and two •citizens who hold no elective or appointive office in the Tow- , be al -ointed by the r!(oderator to study and bring in to the Tow- , at its next annual meeting, or some prior meeting, a report relative to location of any fut?)re fire headouarters . 6. That action relative to immediate com- pletion of fire alarm systems , as recommended by commit+-ee arroi-ted by t',e To'rrn to study Fire and 'Fater Denartments, be indefinitely postponed. . 7. Th"t a sum of money not to exceed $3100 be appropriated and assessedfor the installation of 10 new fire alarm boxes , and the replacement of 10 olr- fire alarm boxes with bops of the latest, non-interfering type. 8. That the sum of 412,600 be apororri.ated and assessed for the p»rnose of tie purchase of a new pumner for t' 'e Fire Department, and th t this Pure'- ase be mode under the surorvision of the Board of Selectmen. 9. That action relative to the. purchase of a fo-est fire wagon be indefidtely postponed. 10. Th- t a sum of money not to exceed '$1000 be appropriated and assessedfor the purpose of providing present forest fire wagons with adequate equipment . 11 . -hat action relative to the purchase of the chef ' s car be indefinitely Postponed. 12. That action relhtive to item referred to in rerort as '1iscellaneous" be indefinitely post- poned . 287 13. Th-t a sum of money not to exceed. , 4200 be aprropri ated and assessedfor the purpose of placing fire alarm wires under-gou.nd from the corner of ':'loburn Street to fire house on. Meriam Street and removal of noles now on Massachusetts Avenue, this money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. 14. That all action relative to the adoption of Charter 48, Sections 42-43-44 of the General Laws be indefinitely postponed. 15. `1'h^t the Board of Selectmen be instructed by ti- is vote to establish an unpaid Board of Fire Engineers, which shall be appointed annually at first regular meeting of the new Board of Selectmen, said. Board of Fire Engineers to consist of, at least , five citizens , none of whom shall be a permanent or call member of the Fire Department . Under this article Mr. T. A. Cup;' ince then offered the follo'rjinc; motion : "Voted : That the sum of 14200 be aorro'^riated. an assessedto cover tti e cost of installation of underground fire alorm wires in Massachusetts Avenue between "'oburn Street and. Elm Avenue , and thot this sum be exr.ended under the di rects -n of the Board. of Selectmen. " Yr. Robert P. Clarr inquired whether or not if this vote is passed to appoint five fire engineers, whether it would not be up to them to expendthis money. Mr. Taylor explainedth^t he felt that the ex- penditure would be made properly by the Selectmen, and. that the Fire Engineers had no objection to this part of the vote. The above motion as offered. by Mr. Theodore A. Custance was passedby vote of the meeting at 8:48 P.M. Art. 31. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance , it was at 8:53 P.M. "Voted: That the sum of , 12,500 , be anrropriated and assessed for the purchase of a motor pump for the Fire Department , the same to be nv.rchased by the Board of Selectmen. It shall be of a canacity recom- mended by the New England Insurance Exbhange and shall e anrroved by them before accepted . " Art. 31 . On rhrltion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote w^s passed. at 8:54 P.M. "Voted.: That the sum of 11000 be ap^ropriated and assessed to rurcl ase equipment for a forest fire wagon the some to be purchased under the direction of. the Board of Selectmen. " Art . 31 . Under tis antic e , IY;r . Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion: "Voted : Th' t the sum of 1p3 ,100 be aprrorriated and assessed to install fire alarm box^s in the town, and that this sum be extendedunder the direction of the Board. of Selectmen. " Dr. James J. 7alsh offered an amendment to this motion that the installation of 10 new fire alarm boxes And ' 'the replacement of 10 old fire alarm boxes with boxes of the latest non-interfering type be substituted f"r "installation of fire alarm boxes ° as in Mr. Theodore A. Custance 's motion. Mr. Custance agreed to the amendment to his motion. 288 The substitute motion ns offered by Dr. James GCD J. Walsh was adopted by vote of the meeting at �7C7 8 :58 P.M. as follows : "Voted.: That the sum of 0100 be apnronriated and assessedror installa.ti -n or' 10 new fire alarm boxes and the replacement or 10 old fire alarm boxes of the non-ince"reririg tyre ani' that this sum be exrended under the }hoard. of Selectmen. " Art. 31. On motion or TTheoaore A. Cus tante at 9 : )3 P.M. it was "Voted : Th - t the sum of : 750 be annronriater and assessed to rurrhase equipment for fire al.^rm annaratus protective devices. " Art. 31. Mr . George M. Ross of the Appropriation Com- mittee offered the motion: "That a committee of five unpaid citizens be appointed annually by the Selectmen to serve as a Board of Fire Engineers, no member of which shall be a permanent or call member of the Fire Department." Mr. Harold ti. Lamont asked whether or not the Committee of five would all be appointed annually or whether the appointment should not be designated as to term of years of the members. Town Counsel, Sydney R. '°:'r. ightington, stated that in his opinion under Chapter 48, Section 45 of the General Laws, it was the duty of the Board of Selectmen to annually appoint the Board. of Fire Engineers. Mr. Hallie C. Blake then made the exnlanation that the Town t,adjust mq'e various appronriations for fire der_^rtment equipment, most of which were requested by the Fire Engineers in 1928. Be stated that he felt that the present Fire Engineers should be given -n opnortunity to carry out their recom-nendntions mnde in 1928 of these appropriations, and offeredthe following motion: "Voted: That the Town continue to operate the Fire Deportment under the present system of a Board of Fir- Engineers. " Mr. George M. Ross stated that the int entien of the Appropriation Committee erns to have an unpaid. Board of Engineers and to separate the working erld of the d.enartment from the executive end . Mr . J^^^es G. Robertson stated that he believed the Board of Fir- Engineers should act in an admin- istrative capacity rather than a- a wor'ri_ng force , and that he felt the present moti^n, althrn'.gh it w^s not in accordance with the ideas of the Committee on Investi gating the Fire Department , that it w^s, rowdver , a sten in the right direction. Mr. William H. Ballard confirmed the statements of MMMT. Robertson. Remar.'-s wer' made by "Ir. Wesley T. Wadman and "LT.. Eugene H. Partridge in favor of Mr. Bl. al'e 's motion. Mr. Pierre Northrup reviewed the stains of the Fire Department andstated that in 1917 the statute was passed providing for a permanent chief of the Fire Department through the Tenure of Office Act accepted by the Town, andit aas his understanding that the chief engineer then became the permanent chief of the department , andthat this vote could not go into effect inasmuch as it could not change the statute accepted by the town. 289 Mr. Robert L. hyd.er stated that the vote seemedto be only asking that five me-hers be appointed and according to the statutes the Board of Selectmen had the right to appoint un to twelve members for the Fire Department. Mr. David J. Maloney mode a lengthy statement in favor of the action proposed by the Committee investigating the Fire Department inasmuch 'Is he stated that he com-nuniceted with the Dent . of Public Safety and wee informed by them thct the proper way to organize a Fire Department is to rave a paid Chief ofl the derartment who shall serve under the direction of the Selectmen. Mr. Patrick Flynn. made remarks against the vote offered to appoint five members, andstated that he felt that the engineers should be paid. Mr. Matthew Stevenson spoke in favor of the acceptance of Mr. Blake 's motion. Dr. James J. Walsh made remarks in favor of the acceptance of the motion offered by the Appropriation Committee. Mr. John H. Devine made remarks in favor of the accertance of the vote of the Appropriation Committee. Mr. Edward W Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Fire Densrtment, statedthat he was appointed in 1913 as an Engineer of the Fire Department, andhas served in that capacity since that time . He stated that it was his understanding that in accordance with the Tenure of Office Act accented by the Town in 1917 he would continue to hold office unless removed for cause. He stated that the present engineers formed a very good Board and honed th^ t they could continue. In regard to the nay, he felt that he could, not serve withoet receiving ray for his services. h'r. Phillip Welles stated that ' e wes in flavor of tree appointment of a committee of five. vr. Charles J. Dailey of tie Committee on. Investi- gating the Fire Department made remarks in r'avor of the appointment of e committee of five although it was not as recom-'ended by the Committee on investigation. Mr. Edward 7. Taylor took exception to the remarks made by Mr. Dailey. Mr. James J. Russell moved that Mr. Blake ' s sub- stitute motion be voted upon. The motion offered by Mr. George v. Ross of the Appropriation Committee was then put before the meeting, and the motion was lost . Mr. Wesley T. 'wadm^.n then moved th-t this pnrt of the report of the Appropriation Committee under dis- cussion be indefinitely postponed. This motion, however, was not passed. Remarks were then made by Mr. Theodore A. Distance in (aver of the vote offered by the Appronrietion Committee and by Mr. Edwarra W. Taylor against this motion. A rising vote en the substitute motion of Mr. flake was tn'"en, 242 voting in the af''i rmr+-ive and 86 in the negative; the following vole wes passed : "Voted : Th.et tie Town continue to operate the Fire Department under the present system of a board of Fire Engineers. " De meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M. A true record , !fittest : Cir/: / P6. Town Clerk. 290 2410 czdQ ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING APRIL 15, 1929. The adjourned town meeting was called to order at 7:37 P.M. by Moderator Robert H. Holt. Art. 23. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance Article 23 was taken up. Under this article Mr. Edward Wood of the Cemetery Commissioners offered a motion"that $1,000. be appropriated and assessed to construct a fence around Colonial Cemetery." Upon investigation the Moderator found that the Appropriation Committee had not passed upon this appro- priation. He therefor ruled that no vote involving this expenditure of money could be acted upon until the Appropriation Comuittee have passed upon it. Mr. Edward Wood then withdrew his motion. Art. 12. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following was passed unanimously at 7:50 P.M. "Voted That the sum of $13,000. be appropriated and assessed to construct Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Marrett Road, the work to be done in conjunction with the State and County, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of this construction be used for other Highway construction." Art. 11. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed unanimously at 7: 53 P.M. "Voted That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains, not less than 6" in size, in the following streets, subject to the usual guarantee: Watson Road, Robbins Road, Shade Street, Cary Avenue, Ivan Street, and Eldred Street; and for the pur- pose of constructing these mains, the sum of $30,000. be appropriated for Water Construction Account, and that for this purpose, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum, issued and payable in accordance with the law." Art. 11. Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion which was passed by a rising vote of the meeting, 150 in the affirmative and 1 in the negative, the vote being passed at 8 P.M. "Voted That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to carry out a part of the program recommended by Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, insofar as it relates to the extension of water mains in the Town and that for this purpose the sum of $50,000. be appropriated for Water Construction Account and that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% Kier annum issued and payable in accordance with the law. " 291 Art. 13. On motion of Mr . Theodore A. Custa.nck it was unanimously "Voted That the sum of $7,000. be appropriated and assessed to complete the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Waltham Street to Bedford Street, and Bedford Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Elm Avenue, the work to be done in conjunction with the State and County, and further voted that any unexpended balance after completion of this construction be used for other Highway construction. " Art. 14. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously "Voted That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any state highway which may be laid out or constructed in the town during the present year." Art. 15. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custa.nce it was • unanimously "Voted That the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade anddrainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration, construction, or reconstruction of State highway or section of State highway in Lexington, and that the Selectmen, be authorized to sign an indemnity agree- ment therefor in behalf of the Town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid." Art. 3. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen, it was voted to elect Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell as Field Drivers. Art. 4. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was voted to take Article 4 from the table. On motion of Mr. Burnham it was "Voted That the sum of $7,000. be appropriated and assessed for the removal of snow." Art. 4. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was "Voted That the sum of $559. be appropriated and assessed to cover the cost of advertising the zoning by- laws in the Lexington Times-Minute Man, and printing the same in pamphlet form. " Art. 2'. Under this article Dr. Clarence Shannon, Chairman 111 of the Committee on Swimming Pool, offered the following report which was accepted by vote of the meeting. At the annual Town Meeting held in March 19,8 the following motion was passed: Voted that a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington PlaygrounJ or to develop the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street. , for swimming purposes and that the sum of 4500 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the Committee, and that this committee confer with the Planning Board and work in con- junction with the engineers of the Town. 292 (,) Caa During the summer the Committee as a whole and as individuals spent considerable time looking over the possibilities available end had the Reservoir on Middle Street drained so as to determine the topography and the amount of water available. The Reservoir was left dry all summer so that the Committee had the opportunity to note the flow of water under varying conditions. It was found that during the dry season the water supply diminished to a. mere trickle and that there was no flow from the wells in the bottom of the Reservoir at any time. In view of this fact it would take several weeks to change the water in the Pond and so the Committee was obliged to give up the idea of developing the Reservoir in any way to encourage the increaseiuse for bathing purposes. The Committee then took up the proposition of build- ing a pool on the Lexington Playground. There is available here a large amount of water from the old wells which formerly constituted the Town water supply and the Com- mittee made its study with a view of using this supply to cut the cost of water for the pool. Messrs. Metcalf & Eddy reported that we could have available 50,000 gals. per day and that the flow would probably have to be throttled down somewhat. An analysis of the quality of the water was made by the State Board of Health, and their report was that the water was of "suitable quality for public bathing." The reports of the State Department of Public Health and of Messrs Metcalf & Eddy are appended and constitute a part of this report. In view of the above information the Committee would report as follows: That any idea of developing the old Reservoir for swimming purposes be abandoned as unsafe from a health point of view and that the Town proceed at once to build a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground so that such pool may be available for use during the coming season. Clarence Shannon Robert P. Trask W. E. Mulliken Donald Wilson. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Dept. of Public Health State House, Boston. March 1Z, 1929. To the Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen:- The Department of Public Health received from you on February 21, 1929, the following application for advice relative to the quality of water to be used in a proposed swimming pool. "Confirming telephone converaation with you this date I hereby make application for advice relative to the quality of the water in v.'ells near the pumping station off Lincoln Street to be used for a swimming pool for bathing purposes. The Town is considering building a swimming pool and before this is done, they would like to know whether the rater is fit to be use." • 293 It is understood that the water to be used for the supply of the proposed swimming pool is to be obtained from the old water works of the town of Lexington, particularly from the receiving basin, so called, located a short distance south of the pumping station and from well #1 located near the pumping station. In response to your request, the Department has caused the locality to be examined by one of its engineers and has considered the ' information presented. The results of analysis of samples of water from the old receiving basin and from well #1 near the pumping station show that the water of each of these sources is under present conditions of suitable quality for public bathing. the Rater is a ground water, however, in which microscopic organisms are likely to grow when the water is exposed to the light for any considerable period. In order to main- tain the pool in a proper sanitary condition it is important that considerable quantities of water be dis- charged through the pool at all times when it is in use and that it be emptied and thoroughly cleaned from time to time. The temperature of the water from the well and the receiving basin is likely to be much lower in summer than the water of ponds and reservoirs and may on that account be objectionable for bathing. If the water should be found objectionable for that purpose it is possible that water can be taken from the old reservoir located near Marrett Road which would be likely to be more satisfactory. Respectfully, George H. Bigelow, M.D. Commissioner of Public Health. Report to Dr. Clarence Shannon Chairman, Swimming Pool Committee Lexington, Massachusetts . upon hater Supply for Swimming Pool in Town Playground. Metcalf & Eddy Engineers Boston, Massachusetts. February 28, 1929. Dr. Clarence Shannon Chairman, Swimming Pool Committee Lexington, Mass. Dear Dr. Shannon: In accordance with your request, we have investigated the sufficiency of the water supply from the old wells and pipes of the Lexington Water Works (used before the Met- ropolitan supply was obtained) for feeding a swimming pool to be located in the town playground. Quantity of Water Required. We are informed by Mr. Garrity, foreman of the playground, that it is planned to provide two pools, one for swimming, the other for wading; and that he thinks it probable that during the week of maximum use there may be as many as 120 bathers and 80 waders per day. The accepted st_:nd=::rd for quantity of clean water to be provided in E. swimming pool is a minimum of 1,000 gcllons for each 20 persons using the pool. Thus, if 1I0 bathers used 294 CD thepool in a day, there should be 6 000 , gal. of clean water supplied during this time and in order that the provision of clean water should be made when needed, it should be turned into the pool during the hours of use, presumably not over a 10-hr. period in the day. In other words, the rate of supply during 10 hr. might be about 14,400 gal. per 24 hr. With regard to the Luantity required for a wading pool there does not appear to be any accepted standard. We assume that 1,000 gal. of clean water for each 40 users would be adequate, which would mean a minimum demand of 2,000 g.p.d. (Gallons per day) during the hours of use, or a possible rate of 4,800 g.p.d. The total demand rate for both pools might, therefore, be about 19,200 gal. or say 20,000 g.p.d. _Available Water Supply. The obvious source for valter supply is the so-called collecting well near the old pumping station off Lincoln Street which is fed by a pipe from a spring some distance away. 'hie collecting well is said to be tight and is approximately 48 ft. in diameter and probably 8 ft. or more in depth. Water overflows from it into the upturned end of a 4-in. cast iron pipe. The approximate rate of overflow as observed today is equivalent to about 25,000 gal. in 24 hr. and Mr. Garrity states that judging by appearances , the rate remains nearly constant at all seasons of the year. It appears, therefore, that a sufficient supply of water is available at the collecting well for the needs of the swimming and wading pools, even if the water were allowed to flow through the pools continuously at the normal rate of overflow from the collecting basin. A considerably larger available supply could probably be obtained by regulating a valve so as to shut off much of the flow during the night hours. It would be possible by drawing down the water in the collecting basin to utilize the entire 25,000 gal. in a period of 10 or 12 hr. , or at a rate approximating 50,000 g.p.d. Supply Pipe. There is now in the ground an old 8-in. cast iron pipe extending from well No. 1 in the rear of the pumping station to a point in the playground near the site of the proposed swimming pool, a distance of about 1300 ft. There is also a 4-in. pipe extending from the collecting basin to well No. 1. It would be a simple matter to lay a short piece of pipe connecting these two pipes near well No. 1, so that water could be drawn through them from the collecting basin without entering well No. 1. The elevation of the overflow in the collecting basin is 216.8. The elevation of the ground surface in the play- ground is about 214 and the elevation of the water in the • swimming pool would naturally be about 213. There is, therefore, a difference in elevation of about 3.8 ft. to cause flow from the collecting basin to the swimming pool. For a rate of flow of 20,000 g.p.d., the velocity in the 8-in. pipe would be about 0.1 ft. per second and the loss of head due to friction would be hardly measurable. It would, therefor, be necessary to throttle a valve on the pipe to maintain water in the collecting basin at its normal elevation, otherwise it would be drawn down to substantially the elevation of the water in the swimming pool and the overflow running to waste would be from the swimming pool rather than the collecting basin. D)5 5 ♦he approximate elevation of water in the brook near the proposed swimming pool is about 209 or about 4 ft. below the probable water surface in the swimming pool. Obviously, this is not enough to allow emptying the pool into the brook but is ample to take the ordinary overflow or even to draw off 2 or 3 ft. of water from the surface of the pool. Respectfully submitted, METCALF & EDDY by Charles Sherman, Art. pr. Clarence Shannon offered the following motion under this article: "Voted That the sum of x:13,500. be appropriated and assessed for the construction of a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground, The pool to be constructed under the direction of the Selectmen." This report and motion led to numerous questions which were answered satisfactorily by Dr. Shannon. Mr. Charles H. Spaulding moved indefinite post- ponement of thi motion explaining that the swimming pool was desirable but a luxury that the town could not afford. Mr. Spaulding' s motionfbr indefinite postponement was lost, end Dr. Shannon' s motion was carried at 8: 45 P.M. Art. 28. On motion of Mr. William H. Ballard Article 28 was taken from the table. Mr. Ballard offered the following motion which was passed by vote of the meeting at 9: 15 P.M. : "Voted That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company a six months option to purchase the Center engine house property belonging to th:. Town and located on Meriam Street, for v10,000, subject to the right of the Town to hire the same by written lease satisfactory in form to the Selectmen at a rental of $800 a year for a term of two years subject to a right of the Town to cancel the said lease on six months' notice in writing." art. 29. Under this article Mr. l heodor•e A. Custmce offered the following motion: "Voted That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to secure proposals for the sale to the Town of a site or sites that may be required, and to secure architects' plan and contractors ! bids for two new fire stations in accordance with the recommendations of the committee to Investigate the Fire and Water Departments, and that the sum of $2,000. be appropriated and assessed for this purpose. " Dr. James J. Walsh moved an amendment that"to this committee be added the Chief of the Fire Department and one member of the Appropriation Committee to be chosen by the Selectmen." • The amendment offered by Dr. Walsh was carried. 29 6 - CD Mr. Custancets motion amended by Dr. Walsh' s amendment was carried by vote of the meeting at 9: 05 P.M. , and reads as follows: ''Voted That the Board of Selectmen, Chief of the Fire Department, and one member of the l_ppropri: tion Committee to be chosen by the Selectmen be authorized to secure proposals for the sale to the Town of a site or sites that may be required, and to secure architects ) plans and contractors' bids for two new fire stations in accordance Ath recommendations of the Committee to investigate the Fire nd Vater Departments, and that the sum of ap2,000. be appropriated and assessed for this ,purpose." On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Cust' nce the melting dissolved at 9: 07 P.a. true record, Attest: .94A1-7 Town Clerk. 297 TOWN W A R RAN T 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 TUTSDAY, the EIGHTEENTH day of. June, 1929, at seven thirty P.M. Art. 1. To receive the rer.ort of any Board of Town Officers or of any Commitee of the Town , and to annoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the town will rescind its vote adopted March , 1929 authorizing a certain conveyance of land to Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall and in substitution therefor will vote to sell and convey to the said Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall the following describedland of the town: A certain parcel of land situated in Lexington on the southwesterly side of Massachusetts Avenue and bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point in the southwesterly side line of samd Massachusetts Avenue at the boundary line between land of the Town of Lexington and land now or formerly of Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall, thence running northwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue eight and fifty hundredths (8.50) feet to a point ; thence turning and running southwesterly by other land of the Town of Lexington sixty-nine and ninety- seven hundredths (69 .97) feet more or less, to land now or formerly of Lois M. Marshall; thence turning and running south- easterly eight ,and twenty-eight hundredths (8.28 ) feet by said land now or formerly of Lois M. Marshall to said land now or formerly of Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall; there turning and running northeasterly by said Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall land seventy (70) feet more or less to the point of beginning. Said parcel of land is shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Land conveyed by the Town of Lexington, Mss, " dated April 13, 1929 , by John T. Cosgrove , Town Engineer, and contains , according to said elan , five hundred eighty-seven (587 ) square feet of land more or less . Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to make expenditures to repair and make alterations at the High School Building, appropriate money for this purpose by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes , or by direct appropriation; and authorize said Committee to expend any balance from such appropriation to make such repairs or alterations as they may deem necessary in any of the schools in the town. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to, accpPt the layout of Coolidge Avenue from Adams Street ap- proximately 545 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of Bertwell Road from North Hancock Street to Williams hoed, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the TownClerk's Office. 29S Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to ac^ept the layout of Harding Road from Bedford Street to Williams Road, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of Hillside Terrace from North nancock Street approximately 294 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the layout of Hill Top Avenue from Kendall Road approximately 710 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to establiah as a town way or to accept the layout of Fottler Avenue from Cliffe Avenue approximately 610 feet westerly to Massa- chusetts Avenue, all as laid out b: the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's office . Art. 10. To see if the Town will accept the gift of the late Edith C. Redman and assume the obligations of the trust set forth in the bequest contained in her will, provide for the disrosition of the said gift and take any other action in relation thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will accept the deed and conveyance of about 323 square feet of land at the inter- section of the southerly line of Marrett Road, with the easterly line of Waltham Street, from Jennie M. t'artridge. Art. 12 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of the following streets: Coolidge Avenue, from Adams Street aprroximately 545 feet; Hartwell Road from North Hancock Street to Williams Road; Harding Road from Bedford Street to Williams Road; Hill- side Terrace from North Hancock Street approximately 294 feet; Hill Top Avenue from nendall Road approximately 710 feet; Farmcrest Avenue from Waltham Street to Allen Street; Fottler Avenue from Cliffe Avenue approximately 610 feet to Massachusetts Avenue, by transfer from other accounts , by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in Vaille Avenue and. in Grassland Street. Art. 14 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the fees obtained from the County for the licensing of dogs to the Cvey Memorial Library Account. Art. 15 . To see if the shown will adopt amendments to the Lexington toning by-Law proposed by the Planning board to correct typographical errors and omissions and make clarifying changes in the amendments to the said Zoning By-Law adopted at the annual town meeting of 1929, a copy of which proposed amendments has been filed with the Town Clerk and is open to public inspection. Art. 16 . To see if the Town will amend the town Building By_Law by adding the following paragraph to Article X, section 1: "The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to signs, advertising devices, clocks, marquees, permanent awnings and other like structures projecting into or placed on or over public ways in the Town which are . 299 placed and maintained under permits issued bT the Board of Selectmen under General Laws , Chapter eighty- five , sections eight and nine, and arts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto. " Art. 17. To see if the town will amend section 4 of Article 11 of the Building By-Law of the Town by substituting in line 9 for the word "selectmen" the words "a board of appeal appointed for that purpose by the selectmen", and in lines 13 and 17 by sub- stituting for the word "selectmen" the words "such board of appeal" , or by any other means to provide for a board of appeal under the town Building By-Law. Art . 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Committee appointed to establish a permanent memorial to Vetarans of all wars to install a tablet in memory of the men of Lexington who lost their lives in the World War, and appropriate and assess , or transfer sums of money for such purpose . Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to apnropriate and assess a sum of money to be expended by the Committee appointed to "establish a permanent memorial to the Veterans of all wars" in securing suitable designs, or act in any manner relating thereto. • Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to install automatic traffic signals at any and all of the following intersections : Massachusetts Avenue at Waltham Street; Mas'-achusetts Avenue at Clar1re Street; Bedford Street at Elm Avenue: Waltham Street at Marrett Road and Woburn Street at Lowell Street, apnropriate money for same by direct apnropriati.nn, or by transfer from other accounts or by issue or bonds or notes. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to install sewers in the following streets : Belfry Terrace , a distance of approximately 280 feet; Massachusetts Avenue, from Audubon Road a distance of approximately 1025 feet and Oak Street from Baker Avenue a distance of approximately 160 feet, and appropriate money therefor by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by direct appropriation, issuance of bonds or notes , or by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account, for the following accounts . Massachusetts Avenue Land. Damages April 19th Celebration Sidewah-s (Where abuttors will pay one-half the cost ) Sidewalks Granite Curbing Town Clerk ii'ire Department Boatd of Appeals or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into negotiations with owners of land adjacent to the entrance to the Parker Field to purchase a portion of said land for the purpose of widening said entrance, app- ronriate money for this purpose by transfer or direct approp- riation, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen in the name of and in behalf of the town to enter into a contract in writing under the authority of Statute 1927, Chapter 323, with the United States Veterans ' Bureau 300 30 Cad to supply water to the Veterans ' Bureau Hospital in the town of Bedford. Art. 25 To see if the Town will vote to install °an additional water main from the `Arlington line to the Bedford line in the Northeasterly part of the town, and pay for the same by the issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation, or take any other' action in relation thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to construct a water main in the town of Bedford from the Lexington line to the United States Veterans ' Bureau Hospital in the said Bedford under the authority of Statute 1927, Charter 323, and provide for same by the issue of bonds or notes or bar direct annropriation, at the expense of the United states of America, or take any other action in relation thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, .Qn or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this fourth day of June, A. D. , 1929. Albert H. Burnham Clarence Shannon Selectmen Hallie Ctt��� Blake of Francis chamberlain Lexington. Theodore A. Custance • Lexington, Mass. dune 11, 1929. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 301 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JUNE 18, 1929 • A quorum not being present at 7 :30 the meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7 :53 P.M. Mr. Holt used a new gavel which was designed by Architect Willard D. Brown and made and presented to the Town by Mr. Theodore A. Custance. The gavel was made from pieces of the timbers of the old Parson Estabrook house built in 1689, on the site of the Cary Memorial Building in which this meeting is held.. The Town seal was cared on boxwood by Mr. Carl Hauck of Lexington and set into the end of the gavel. Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Mr. Sydney R. Wrighting- ton it was unanimously at 7 :58 P.M. "Voted: That the Town rescind its vote adopted April 8, 1929 authorizing a conveyance to Lillian G. Marshall and Lois M. Marshall and in substitution therefor that the Town sell and convey to. Lillian G. Marshall and Lois M. Marshall in consideration of the payment by them of eight hundred fifty dollars ($850 ) the following described parcel of land: A certain parcel of land situated in Lexington on the south- westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue and bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point in the southwesterly side line of said Massachusetts Avenue at the boundary line between land_of the Town of Lexington, and land now or formerly of Lillian -G. and Lois M. Marshall, thence running northwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue eight and fifty hundredths (8.50) feet to a point; thence turning and running southwesterly by other land of the Town of Lexington sixty-nine and ninety-seven hundredths ( 69.97) feet more or less , to land now or formerly of Lois M. Marshall; there turning and running southeasterly eight and twenty-eight hundredths (8.28 ) feet by said land now or formerly of Lois M. Marshall to said landnow or formerly of Lillign G. and Lois M. Marshall; there turning and running northeasterly by said Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall land seventy (70) feet more or less to the point of beginning. Said parcel of land is shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land conveyed by the Town of Lexington, Mass ." dated, April 13, 1929, by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, and contains , according to said plan, five hundred eighty-seven (587) square feet of land more or less. And that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town to execute, acknowledge and deliver and the Treasurer to countersign and seal with the Town seal a deed thereof to the said Lillian G. Marshall and Lois M. Marshall upon payment to the Town of the said sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars ( $850) ." Art. 3. Under this Article on motion of Mr. Howard S. 0. Nichols , at 8:05 P.M. it was unanimously "Voted: That .the sum of $31,000 be appropriated to be spent under the direction of thec S hool Committee for repairs and altera- tions to the High School Building, and that any balance remaining after repairing the damage caused by the fire which occurred in the High School Building on April 22, 1929, may be spent for such repairs or alterations in any of. the School Buildings in the Town as the Committee may deem necessary and that to provide the necessary funds , $24,714.81 be transferred from the Fire Loss High School Account and $6,285.19 be assessed. " This motion was ap-roved by the Appropriation Committee. Art. 4. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was X0 2 "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a Town way of a portion of Coolidge Avenue from Adams Street approximately 545 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. " Art. 5. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was "Voted: That action on this Article be indefinitely postponed. " Art. 6. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of Harding Road from Bedford Street to Williams Road, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office. " Art. 7. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of a portion of Hillside Terrace from North Hancock Street ap>>roximately 294 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office. '' Art. 8. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custanct , it was "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of a portionof Hill Top Avenue from Kendall Road approximately 710 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office. " Art. 9. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted: That this article be indefinitely postponed. " Art. 12 . Under this Article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance at 8:17 P.M. it was unanimously "Voted: That for the purpose of constructing Coolidge Avenue, Harding Road, Hillside Terrace and Hill Top Avenue, all as . laid but and accepted under Articles 4, 6 7, & 8 the sum of $17,700 be aporopriated and assessed. " Art. 10. On motion of Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington, it was "Voted: Whereas by the will of the late Edith C. Redman, long a devoted citizen of the town, the sum of $500. has been bequeathed to the town to be held in trust by the town and the income only therefrom to be used and applied for the care and maintenance of the Lexington Common known as "Battle Green." Voted: That the Town accept the said bequest and assume the obligations of the trust above set forth. Further Voted: That the town in gratitude for the gift of the late Edith C. Redman and as a memorial of her loyal citizenship hereby records its thanks and directs that this preamble and resolution be r^corded in the minutes of this meeting. Further Voted: That the sum of 3500 . received by the Town under the will of Edith C. Redman be appropriated and set apart as a perpetual trust fund, the income of which only shall be used and arl>plied for the care and maintenance of the Lexington Common known as "Battle Green", and that the principal sum of $500. be held henceforth by the Trustees of Public Trusts under the provisions of the Acts of 1910, Chapter 107, and the income therefrom applied for the above purpose." * see pg. 308. Art. 13. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Vaille Avenue and in Grassland Street." Art. 14. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted: That the Town confirm the transfer of the sum of $1,820.05 received from the County for the licensing of dogs and paid to the Cary Memorial Library in February, 1929." Anda Art . 15. Under this article Mr. Frederick L. Emery offered the following motion: To see if the Town will adopt amendments to the Lexington Zoning By-Law proposed by the Planning Board to correct typographical errors and omissions and make clarifying changes in the amendments to the said Zoning By-Law adopted at the annual town meeting of 1929, a copy of which proposed amendments has been filed with the Town Clerk and is open to public inspection. Art. 15. "Voted: That the amendments to the Zoning By- Law of the Town of Lexington adopted at the annual Town Meeting of 1929 be further amended as follows : (all references in this vote to lines shall be to the lines as printed in the Lexington Times-Minute Man of April 26, May 3, ale May 10, 1929) . In Section 1, line 11, by inserting after the words "which map" the words "as amended" . In Section 3, after the words "Section 3" by inserting the title "Districts Defined" . In Section 3, line 1, at the end of the line add the letter "s" to the word "district" . In Section 3, line 2, at the end of the line add the letter "s" to the word "district". In Section 3, subtitle "R.1 Districts", line 1, by striking out the numeral "1 . In Section 3, subtitle "R.1 Districts", line 1, by inserting after the words "zoning map" the words "as amended". In Section 3, subtitle "R.1 Districts" line 2, by transposing the location of the letter and figure Districts", and the letter and figure "R.2". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts" by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "1-A" to "2" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", old paragraph 1-A, line 1, dry inserting before the word "districts" the words "district or". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "1-B" to "3" In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts ", old paragraph 1-B, line 1, by inserting before the word "districts" the words "district or". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts ", old paragraph 1-B, line 2, by inserting after the word "therein" the word "everything" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "2" to "4". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph ;"3" to "5". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", old paragraph 3, line 1 by inserting before the word "districts" the words "district or'. In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragrph "4" to "6". In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", old paragraph 4, line 1, by inserting after the word "district" the words "or districts ". 304 a In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", by changing the initial numeral ofparagraph "5" to "7" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts" , old paragraph 5, line 5, by changing the word "side" to "line" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts", old paragraph 5, line 6, by changing the word "side" to "line" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts" by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "6" to "8 ' . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts" by changing; the initial numeral of paragraph "7" to "9" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts " , old paragraph 7, line 1, by inserting after the word "districts " the word "thereon" . In Section 3, subtitle "R.2 Districts" , by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "8" to "10" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "9" to "11". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "10" to "12". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "11" to "13" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "12" to "14". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts" , by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "13" to "15". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "14" to "16". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "15" to "17". ' In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts" , old paragraph 15, line 2, by inserting after the word "extending" the words "westerly to and". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "16" to "18". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts " ,, by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "17" to "19" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "18" to "20" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", old paragraph 18, line 4, by striking out the comma after the word "yard" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", old paragraph 18, line 8, by inserting after the word "railroad" the word "property ' . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "19" to "21" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "20" to "22" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "21" to "23" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "22" to "24". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts; old paragraph 22, 305 line 1, by inserting after the word "Woburn" the word "and ' and by striking out after the word "Lowell" the words t'and Laconia". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "23" to "25" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.l Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "24" to "26" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "25" to "27". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", old paragraph 25, line 2, by striking out the word "a" before the word "business" and by adding the letter "s" at the end of the word "district". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts" , by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "26" to "28" . In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts ", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "27" to "29". In Section 3, subtitle "C.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "28" to "30". In Section 3, subtitle "M.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "29" to "31". In Section 3, subtitle "M.1 Districts", by changing the initial numeral of paragraph "30" to "32rr. In Section 4 after the words "Section 4", by inserting the heading t'Permitted Uses" . In Section 4, in the first paragraph, line 2, after the word "thereof", by inserting the words "and uses ac- cessory thereto". In Section 4, subtitle "R.1 Districts", old paragraph 4, line 1, by inserting after the words ''customary uses " the word "accessory". In Section 4, subtitle "R.1 Districts", old paragraph 5, line 3, by inserting after the word "boards" the words "and/or signs ". In Section 6, by striking out subparagraph (b) . In Section 6, by changing the letter of subparagraph "( c)" to "(b) ". In Section 7, paragraph ( a) , line 4, by striking out the comma after the words "School Streets". In Section 8, paragraph. ( a) , line 1, by striking out the words "shall be such as" and inserting in place thereof the word "which". In Section 8, paragraph (a) , line 3, by striking out the final period and adding at the end the words "shall be permitted". In Section 9, paragraph (f) , line 2, by inserting after the word "owner" the words"that is " . In Section 9, paragraph (g) , line 1, by striking out at the end of the line the word because" and inserting in place thereof the words "that is" . In Section 9, paragraph (g) , line 5, by inserting the word "or" before the words "which may have developed". In Section 11, line 3, by changing the period after the numeral "3" to a comma, and inserting thereafter the words "paragraph (b)". In Section 12, line 3, by striking out the comma after the word "by-laws". 306 In Section 13, line 1, by adding the letter "s" at theC'. end of the word "application". In Section 16, line 4, at the end of the line, by inserting after the word "this" the word "by-". In Section 16, line 10, by adding the letter "s" to the word "reason" . Except as amended hereinbefore , the amendments to the Lexington Zoning By-law adopted at the March town meeting as set forth in the records of the Town Clerk are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Mr. Emery's motion under this article required a two thirds vote and the oral vote being questioned, a rising vote was requested with the following result : affirmative, 78 and negative 2. Question of quorum was raised. A count was requested by the Moderator and 118 voters were present at 8:55 P.M. Art. 16. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the Building By-law of the Town be amended by adding at the end of Article X, Sec. 1 the following paragraph: "The for-going provisions of this section shall not apply to signs , advertising devices, clocks, marquees, permanent awnings and other like structures projecting into or placed on or over public ways in the Town which are placed and maintained under permits issued by the Board of Selectmen under General Laws, Chapter eighty-five, sections eight and nine, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto ." Eighty-two voted in the affirmative and 2 in the negative. Art. 17. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously "Voted: That the Town amend Section 4 of Article II of the Building By-law of the Town by substituting in line 9 for the word "selectmen" the words "a board of appeals appointed for that purpose by the selectmen", and in lines 13 and 17 by substituting for the wo'-'d "selectmen" the words "such board of appeals" . Art. 18. The Report of the Committee on War Memorials was read by Theodore A. Custance and the meeting voted to accept the report, which reads as follows: The Committee appointed by vote of the Town "to establish a permanent memorial for the veterans of all wars for whom memorials have not been already erected, and who went from the Town of Lexington to serve with the colors, and hold or are entitled to an honorable discharge fram the United States • Army, Navy or Marine Corps" are unanimously agreed that said memorial should be of a two-fold nature;- the first in memory of the Lexington boys who lost their lives in the World. War -- the second, to the veterans of all wars who went from Lexington and served with the colors . On the stairways of the Cary Memorial Building are at present two marble tablets , formerly in the old Town Hall , on which are inscribed the names of the Lexington men who 111 lost their lives in the War for Independence and in the Civil War. To complete the roll of our war dead it is proposed to install on the wall of the foyer, between the two doors leading to the side entrances -- and occupying the place where now hangs the flag bearing the names of those who lost their lives in the World War -- a permanent memorial to these same men. The proposed tablet , designed by one of the architects 1 , of the buildin , will be of either bronze or polished steel 307 about 18" by 30" with incised lettering. It will be enclosed in a frame of black marble with attached columns and broken pediment surmounted by an urn, all in character with the arcL itecture of the building. Below and forming a part of the base of the columns will be a hinged bronze panel forming a cover to a receptacle containing, engrossed on parchment roll, the names of all the Lexington men who served in the war. The entire memorial will be about 6 feet high by 3 feet wide. As to the second part of the program the Committee feels that this should be of a more publ c nature than possible within the walls of a building. As%he exact form it should take they are not yet ready to makd'a recommendation. They do not feel that they can without the assistance of professional advice or help. Nor can they secure a worthy design to present for the consideration of the voters without funds with which to work . They are therefore asking for an appropriation of 5800 .00 to be used by them in this connection. But that the dead may be fittingly honored without waiting for the entire project to be.. entered upon, the Committee is also asking for an appropriation of 81700 .00 for the erection of a mural tablet as already described, bids having been received that would make this possible . The Committee therefore offers the following motions. Under Art. 18. MOVED: That the Committee appointed "to establish a permanent memorial to the veterans of all wars " be authorized to secure and erect in the Cary Memorial Building a tablet in memory of the men of Lexington who lost their lives in the World War; and that the sum of $1700 .00 be appropriated and assessed for this purpose. Under Art. 19. MOVED: That the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $800. to be expended by the Committee appointed "to establish a permanent memorial to the Veterans of all wars " in securing suitable designs . Art. 18. Under this Article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed at 9:03 B.M. "Voted: That the Committee appointed "to establish a permanent memorial to the veterans of all wars" be • authorized to secure and erect in the Cary Memorial Building a tablet in memory of the men of Lex ngton who lost their lives in the World War; and that the sum of $1700 .00 be appropriated and assessed for this purpose . " Art. 19. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $800.00 to be expended by the Committee appointed "to establish a permanent memorial to the Veterans of all wars" in securing suitable designs. " Art. 20. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following • vote was passed: "Voted: That the sum of $4,000 be appropriated and assessed for the installation of automatic traffic signals at the following intersections : Massachusetts Avenue at Waltham Street; Massachusetts Avenue at Clarke Street; Bedford Street at Elm Avenue ; and Waltham Street at Marrett Road. " "Voted: That that part of Article 20 relating to • installing a traffic signal at Woburn and Lowell. Streets be indefinitely postponed. • Art. 21 . On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install sewers in the foilow5ng streets : 308 ci Belfry Terrace, a distance of approximately 280 feet; Q Massachusetts Avenue, from Audubon Road a distance of approximately 1025 feet and Oak Street, from Baker Avenue a distance of approximately 160 feet. " Art. 22 . On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was "Voted: That the following sums be transferred from Excess and Deficiency Account to the following accounts : April 19th Celebration $26.69 Town Clerk 50.00 Board of Appeals 100 .00 And further voted: That the following amounts be111 appropriated and assessed for the following accounts : Massachusetts Avenue Land Damages $1823.00 Sidewalks (Where abuttor will pay one-half the cost ) 1000.00 Fire Department 4132.00 "Voted: That that part of Article 22 relating to ap- propriation for sidewalks and granite curbing be indefinitely postponed. " Art. 23. Under this article Mr. Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion : "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into negotiation: with the heirs of Elbridge W. Glass, owners of land adjacent to the entrance to the Parker Field leading from Clarke Street, to purchase 7400 square feet of land more or less for the purpose of widening the entrance to the Parker Field and for said purpose the sum of $925. be appropriated and assess ed '! Mr. Frederick L. Emery moved an amendment that the Selectmen be authorized to purchase enough land to widen Clarke Street to the Playground to 50 feet. Mr. Edward Wood questioned the ownership of the right of way itself and later moved the indefinite postponement of Article 23. This was carried. Art. 18 . It w.s voted, on motion of Dr. James J. Walsh that the Report on behalf of the War Memorial Committee be accepted as a report of progress . Articles 24, 25 and 26 were, on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance taken up together. He moved also that these articles be indefinitely postponed, and this motion was carried. The meeting dissolved at 9:45 P.M. A true record, Attest : 694)1-Town Clerk Art. 11. On motion of Mr. Theodore ti. Custance it was "Voted: That the deed of Jennie M. Partridge dated May 15, 1929, conveying to the town approximately 323 square feet of land at the intersection of the southerly line of Marrett Rond, with the easterly line of Waltham Street be accepted. 309 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 to meet in their respective voting places in said town, PRECINCT ONE, EMERSON HALL; PRECINCT TWO, CARY MEMORIAL HALL; on Monday, the Fourth day of November, A.D. , 1929, at two o 'clock, P.M. , then and there to act on the following article: Art. 1. "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled 'An Act to establish in the town of Lexington representative town gov- ernment by limited town meetings ' be accepted by this Town?" The polls will be open at 2 :00 P.M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with yo ;r doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this 15th day of October, A. D. 1929. Albert H. Burnham Clarence Shannon Selectmen Theodore A. Cus t an ce of Francis Chamberlain Lexington. Hallie C. Blake Lexington, Mass . October 25, 1929. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town, ten days before the time of said meeting. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 310 CLI SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1929. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two precincts as follows : Precinct One. Charles J. Dailey Warden Elvin E. Baker Deputy Warden Harold Needham Clerk Monica A. Holland Deputy Clerk Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Roland Garmon Inspector John S. Fanning Deputy Inspector Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Inspector Charl esJ E. Hadley Sr. Teller Marion G. Cook Teller William M. Welsh Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller Charles E. Wheeler Constable Precinct Two Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Katharine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Bertha M. Baker Deputy Inspector Charles F. Vaughan Teller Irving B. Pierce Teller James T. McGann Teller Frank H. Maguire Teller Morton G. Hopkins Teller • Frederick H. Tullar Teller Samuel B. Bigelow Teller James McKenzie, Jr. Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each precinct at two o 'clock P.M. and remained open in each precinct until eight o 'clock P.M. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties . The ballots wer, counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots , delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total registration of voters was 3793, being divided as follows: Precinct 1 924 • Precinct 2 2869 11 The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: 111 Precinct 1. Ballots Cast : 132 Precinct 2. Ballots Cast : 601 Total vote cast, fra3 311 REPRESENTATIVE TOWN GOVERNMENT '1' Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled 1An Act to es- tablish in the town of Lexington a representative town government by limited, meetincrst be accepted by this town? Precinct 1. Precinct 2. Total. Yes 81 416 497 No 49 185 234 Blanks 2 2 A true record, Attest : 9rA%)v26 Town C er . 312 TOWN W A R RANT t 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 sixteenth day of December, 1929, at 8 P.M. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to aproint other Committees . Art. 2 . To see if the Town will amend Article III, sec. 2 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington by striking out the same and inserting in place thereof the following: "Section 2. The warrant for a town meeting shall be served by posting a printed copy thereof on the bulletin board in the Town Office Building and in such other public places in the town, if any, as the Selectmen may designate, seven days at least before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting, by publishing once in the Lex- ington Times-Minute-Man one dat at least before the time stated to the warrant for holding such meeting, if the selectmen so designate, and also, whenever the warrant contains any article on which all registered voters have the right to vote under Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, by sending by mail, postage prepaid, not less than seven days before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting, a printed cppy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the town at his last residence as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters, provided however, that no action taken at the meeting shall be inbalidated by reason of any mistake or omission by the officer or person serving the warrant to mail a copy thereof to every registered voter. " Art. 3. To see if the Town will amend Article III, sec. 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 ofthe Town of Lexington by striking out all after the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following : "Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting." Art. 4. To see if the Town will amend in any respect Article III, Sections 2 and 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington to make them conform to Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 relating to rep- resentative town meetings in the Town of Lexington. Art. 5. To see if the Town will amend Article 30 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 by adding thereto the following section: "Section 3. Before any license for any dog shall be issued under General Laws, Chapter 140, section 137, the applicant for such license shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate signed by a reputable veterinarian, stating that he has administered Rabies Vaccine to said dog, since the first day of January preceding such application." Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout as a town way, of Hill Street from Bedford Street to Cedar Street, as l&id out by the Selectmen under the betterment act, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the Office of the Town Clerk, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install street lights in Bernard Street, Denver Street, and Theresa Avenue. Art. 8. To see if the Town will accept the deed and conveyance of about 29,520 square feet of land at the junction of Lowell and North Streets from Robert L. Ryder, Trustee, of the Lexington Real Estate Trust. Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by deed of George W. Spaulding dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, 'gook 3243, page 385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois M. Marshall, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account, or unexpended balances or by issue of bonds or notes : Highway Construction, Waltham Street; Police Dept. , Swimming Pool, Insurance, Public Welfare, Tax Collector, Interest; Snow Removal. Art. 11. To see if the town willrescind or amend its votes adopted April 8, 1929 and April 15, 1929 with respect to the purchase of land from the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company for the widenigg of Massachusetts Avenue and the option from the town to the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company to purchase the Central Fire Station and making appropriations therefor. Art. 12. To see if the town will accept a new offer from the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company to sell to the town a strip of land 25 feet wide extending northeasterly from Massachusetts Avenue between Meriam Street and Depot Square and will authorize the Selectmen to execute an agreement for that purpose including an oction to the Start- Marshall Realty Company to purchase the Central Fire Station so called belonging to the town on Meriam Street and to make an appropriation therefor and provide for the payment thereof by the issue of bonds or notes of the town and take any other action in relation thereto. Art. 13. To see if the town will petition the Legislature for authority to revoke its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, being an act relative to tenement houses in towns. Art. 14. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report upon changes in the Building by-laws of the town. Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a portion of the property of the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company located on Bedford Street for use as a public works department, appropriate money for such purchase by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account or b;i issue of bonds or notes therefor, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey any portion of the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company property located on Bedford Street, if purchased by the town by authority of a vote passed under the preceding article in this warrant, 314 :f) or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not , and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this third day of December, A. D. 1929. Albert H. Burnham, Clarence Shannon Selectmen Theodore A. Custance of Francis Chamberlain Lexington. Hallie C. Blake Lexington, Mass . December 9, 1929. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the post office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest : James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 315 TOWN MELTING DECEMBER 16, 1929. The meeting was called to order by Moderator, Robert H. Holt at 8 P.M. Articles 2, 3, and 4. On motion of Sydney It. :^rightington these three articles were taken up together. Under Article 2, Mr. Sydney h. Wrightington offered the following motion: "Voted: That Article III, sec.2 of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington be amended by striking out the same and inserting in place thereof the following: "Section 2. The itiarra.nt for a town meeting shall be served by posting a printed copy thereof on the bulletin board in the Town Office Building ana in such other public places in the town, if any, as the Selectmen may designate, seven uays at least before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting, by publishing once in the Lexington Times-Minute Man one day at least before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting, if the Selectmen so designate, and also, whenever the warrant contains any article on which all regis- tered voters have the right to vote under Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1929, by sending by mail, postage prepaid, not less than seven days before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the town at his last residence as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters, provided however, that no action taken at the meeting shall be invalidated by reason of any mistake or omission by the officer or person serving the warrant to mail a copy thereof to every registered voter. " Mr. hrigntington explained that owing to the adoption of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 allowing representative town meetings, there was a conflict with the Town By-law, inasmuch as the requirement of the Town By-Law is that notice shall be mailed to every registered voter seven days before the Town Meeting, and the representative form of government requires notice mailed to the town meeting members seven days before the meeting. It would be impossible after the annual election in March when the votes are not counted sometimes before midnight or early morning to give notice to the elected town meeting members within the seven days re- quired, therefor these votes under Articles 2, 5, and 4 were offered to make it possible to meet the requirements. Representative George E. Briggs explained that the representative form of town govei•nmeut was a new experiment, and that although the voters cannot vote in town meeting, they have the privilege of speaking and he felt that they should also receive a town warrant by mail. He therefor, did not wish to see this motion prevail. Mr. Wrightington' s motion .was voted down by vote of the meeting. Article 3. On motion of Mr. Sydney. R. Wrightington the following vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: That Article III, sec. 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington be amended by striking out all after the first ' sentence and inserting in place thereof the fol- lowing: 31.6 r, "Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting.", so that the said section as amended shall read as follows: "section 5. The annual meeting of the town shall be called for six o' clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o'olock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting." • Article 5. Under this article Mr. Sydney R. Vlrightington offered the following motion: "Voted: That Article 30 of the Code of By-laws of 192 : of the Town of Lexington is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: "Section 3before any license for any dog shall be issued under General Laws, Chapter 140, section 137, the applicant for such license shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate signea by a reputable veterinarirn, stating that he has administered Rabies Vaccine to said dog, since the first day of January preceding such application.! questions were asked by Messrs . Hollis Webster, Harry Coolidge, John H. Kane,. David Murphy and Joseph bwan about the advisability of this requirement. Mt. .v'rightington explained that he proposed this by-law on his initiative inasmuch as he felt it was a good thing to prevent persons from being annoyed by the nuisance caused in keeping dogs - restrained when restraining orders are issued. Owing to prevalence of rabies both the State and County have advised that dogs be restrained almost every year. He consulted with Dr. Dlakely, the Town Veterinary, and he informed him that he would be glad to give this inoculation for a fee of 50¢ or w;1.00 if there were a large number of dogs to be inoculated. Mr. William H. Ballard explained that he felt that the Board of Selectmen usually follow the request of the stateDepart- merit. of Health in restraining the dogs, and he therefor did not see any advantage of this by-law. • The motion as offered by Mr. VYrightington was not • passed. • On motion of Mr. David r'. Murphy, it was voted to indefinitely postpone action under Article 5. Article 8. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the 2ollowing vote was passed: "Voted: That the Town accept the deed and conveyance of p.9,523 square feet of land located at the junction of Lowell and North Streets deeded to the Town by Robert L. Ryder, Trustee of the Lexington Heal testate Trust. " Article 7. Un motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the following vote was passed. "Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in Bernard Street, Denver Street, and Theresa Avenue. " Article 10. Under this article on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, the following vote was passed: • V 3r "Voted: That the following sums be transferred from Excess and Laeficiency Account: Highway Construction, Waltham Street w4,8OO. Police Department 750. Swimming Pool 1,160. Inisurance 1,000. Public elfare 1,000. Interest 3,900. Snow Removal 1000. 13,610." Ir. George Ross stated that the Appropriation Committee approved the appropriations under this article. Questions were asked by Dr.. James J. Walsh about additional highway appropriation and by Mr. Charles L. Spaulding about the additional appropriation for the swimming pool. Explanations were made by Mr. Theodore A. Custance regarding the highway appropriation and by Lr. Clarence Shannon about the swimming pool appropriation. .article 6. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was • "Voted: . That the Town accept the layout as a town way of Hill Street from Bedford Street to Cedar Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office. " Mr. Custance explained that in laying out Hill Street it was intended that no betterments would be assessed and no damages would be awarded for land taken for this relocation. Article 9. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was • "Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell and convey a portion of land conveyed to the Town by deed of George W . Spaulding dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Leeds, Book 3243, page 385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. and Lois M. Marshall, . to Lillian G. & Lois U. Marshall, in consideration of the payment by them of Three Hundred dollars ($300) the following described parcel of land: Leginning at a point in the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue 6.42 feet southerly from a stone bound marking the point of curvature of a curve of 1144.28 feet radius in said westerly ' line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence south 350 32' west distant 69.81 feet, thence south 53° 30' 43v east distant 3.00 feet, thence north 35° 32' east distant 69.86 feet, thence by the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue north 540 28' west distant 3.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 209 square feet. The above aescription is intended to describe the parcel • shown as Lot i. on a plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. Scale 1 inch - 10 feet, October 14, 1929 E. N. Montague, . C. E. West Acton, Mass.0 Mr. Custance explained that this three foot strip of land would straighten out the property line between the Town and Marshall property, and the Library Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library were agreeable to the transaction. 31.8 "tholes 11 and 12. Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the following vote: "Voted: That the town amend its votes of April 8, 1929 and April 15, 1929 with respect to the purchase of land from Stuart-Marshall Realty Company for the widening of Massachusetts Avenue and giving an option from the town to the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company to purchase from the town the Central fire Station so called on Meriam Street and making an appropriation therefor, except so much as relates to the raising of the money so as to read as follows: That the Selectmen be and they are hereby autnorized on behalf of the town to accept a written offer of the Stuart-Marshall hea.lty kdompany substantiallyin accordance with the draft offer which has been presented at this meeting, and that pursuant thereto the board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver in the name of and behalf of the Town an agreement sub- stantially in the form of the draft agreement dated November 1, 1929 annexed to the said draft offer to purchase for street and sidewalk purposes only from the Stuart-Marshall Realty company a parcel of land between the northeasterly boundary of Massachusetts Avenue and a line parallel thereto and twenty-five feet distant northeasterly therefrom extending from Meriam Street to Depot Square so called, for the sum of $30,000 of which $15,0J0 shall be payable on the delivery of the deed and the remaining 415,000 shall be payable at such time on or before March 1, 1933 as shall be 30 days after the completion of the removal by the said Realty Company of all buildings or parts of buildings on the granted premises and also shall be 30 gays after notice by the Realty Company to the town of the completion of such removal, the said Realty Company to have the right to maintain and use the building on the said premises without payment of rent to the town until the expiration of the said 60 day' s notice, but in any event not after March 1, 1963 and said Realty Company to be released from any betterment assessment which may be levied by said town for any improvement made in Massachusetts Avenue as a result of said sale and the widening and street construction on the land so sold next following the said purchase and subject to other agreements and conditions substantially as set down in the draft of the agreement annexed to the said offer, including an option to the said Realty Company to purchase the Central Fire Engine House property belonging to the town and located on Meriam Street for $10,000 subject to the `right of the town to hire the same by written lease satisfactory in form to the Selectmen at a rental of $800 . a year for a term of two years subject to the right of the town to cancel the said lease on six months' notice in writing to the Realty Company." t, Ir. Custance also read the following proposal and agreement to be entered into by the Stuart-Marshall hearty Company and the Town of Lexington through the Board of Selectmen, also the following specifications for the building to be erected in place of the present Boutelle Block, so-called, and the agreement of the Scott Tea Company with the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company all of which he explained were unsigned. The vote offered was to give the Board of Selectmen power to negotiate with the Stuart- Marshall Realty Company to complete the contract as read by him. 319 PROPOsAL Know All Men by These eresents that the Stuart-Marshall nealty Company, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, in cocisideration of one dollar and other good and valuable considerations to it paid by the Town of Lexington a municipal o •o , t' n n liddlesex county, the receipt whereof is e ' e• ' ' ennar and agree to and with the said town that it will at any time within six months from the date hereof execute and deliver to the said town an agreement dated November 1, 19 :9 a copy of which is hereto annexed within two days after notice mailed postage prepaid and addressed to the Stuart-Marshall fealty Company, 8225 Beacon Street, Newton, Mass. by the Selectmen of the said town stating that the town has voted to authorize the execution and delivery of the said agreement by its Board of Selectmen and that the Board is ready to execute and deliver the same. In Vitness whereof the said Stuart-Marshall Realty Company has caused its common seal to be hereunto affixed and these presents to be signea by its President and hssistant Treasurer thereunto duly authorized this day of 1929. Stuart-Marshall Realty Company. By President Assistant Treasurer. I, the undersigned of hereby certify that 1 am the clerk of the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts and that at a meeting of its Board of .0irecto±s duly called aha held on November, 1929 it was unanimously voted that the eresident and Assistant Treasurer of the corporation be authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the town of Lexington the covenant and agreement to which this is annexed. Clerk. ----- AGREEMENT. AN AGREEMENT made this first day of November, 1929 between Stuart-Marshall Realty Company, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts (hereinafter called the Realty Company) of the one' part, and the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the Town) of the other part: WHEREAS the Realty company is the owner of certain property known as the Central Block at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Meriam Street in the Town of Lexington which it contemplates remodelling, and the Town desires to purchase from the Realty Company a portion of the land on which the said building stands for street and sidewalk purposes: NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed as follows. The Realty Company hereby agrees to sell and the Town agrees to purchase that portion of the land of the Realty Company in the said Lexington which lies between the north- easterly line of Massachusetts Avenue and a line parallel el 320 i0 thereto and twenty-five (25) feet distant northeasterly therefrom extending from Meriam Street to Depot Square, so called. The said premises are to be conveyed on or before October 1, 1960 by the t'eaity compaay to the Town by a good ana sufficient quitclaim deed of the Realty Company conveying a good and clear title to the same, free from all encumbrances, - except current taxes, and for such deed and conveyance the Town is to pay the Realty Company the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) of which fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) shall be paid by the Town on the delivery of the deed of the said premises to the Town and the remaining fifteen thousand dollars . ($15,000) shall be paid at such time on or before March 1st, 1933 as shall be thirty (30) days after the completion of the removal by the Realty Company of all buildings or parts of buildings on the granted premises and also shall be thirty (30) days after notice by the Realty Cpmpany to the Town of the completion of such removal. • The deed is to be delivered and consideration paid, if the Town so re. uires, at the Middlesex South Listrict Registry of Deeds on the first day of October, 1930 at ten o' clock a.m. unless some other time and place shall be mutually agreed upon. Said deed shall contain a provision that the premises conveyed are to be used only for street and sidewalk purposes. This agreement is conditional upon the granting on or before October 1st, 1930 by the proper officials of the Town of a permit for the erection of a three-story building for stores and apartments substantially corresponding to the building shown on three elevations drawn by Clifford S.J. White, Architect, dated November 1, 1929 and signed with the initials of the signers hereto, and also substantially in accordance with certain specifications for the said building prepared by the said architect and similarly dated and initialled and hereto annexed, subject to such modi- fications as may be agreed upon in writing from time to time by the Realty Company and the Selectmen of the Town. The Town agrees with the Realty Company that the Realty Company shall have the right to maintain and use the building on the saia property without payment of rent to the Tow_i until the expiration of the said thirty days ' notice to the Town, but in any event not later than 'parch 1st, 193: and that the Realty Company shall be released from any betterment assessment which may be levied by the Town because of the said sale to the Town or any improvement made in Massachusetts. Avenue as a result of the said sale and the widening and street construction on the land so sold next following the said purchase. The Realty Company agrees with the Town that it will at its own expense cause the said buildings or parts of buildings on the granted premises to be completely removed • therefrom except for foundations at least thirty (30) days before March first, 1933, and that it will indemnify and save harmless the said Town from and against any and all loss, cost, liability and expense arising or accruing out of the occupation of the said land or buildings or parts of buildings or their demolition. The Town • further agrees with the Realty Company that at any time within six (6) months from October 1, 1930 it wt -n e into a written agreement with the Realty Cor pan ^ e' •el r hngine House property belongtthg to the Town and located on Meriam 3tteet, in consideration of payment by the Realty Company to the Town of the sum of ten thousand dollars (010,000) and providing that the Town at the time of the conveyance of the said property to the 321 Realty Lompany may hire the said property from the Realty Company by written lease satisfactory in form to the Board of Selectmen of Lexington at a rents l of eight hundred dollars ($800) a. year for a term of two (2) years, subject to the right of the Town to cancel the said least, on six (6) months ' notice in writing to the Realty Company. Iii V ITNESEWHEREOF the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company has caused its common seal to be hereunto affixed and these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President thereunto duly authorized, and the name of the Town of Lexington has bean hereto affixed and this instrument has been executed in its name and on its behalf by the Board )f Selectmen and countersigned by the Treasurer and sealed with the town seal. STUART-MARSHI LL REALTY COMPANY By_ TOWN Or' LEXINGTON BY Board of —___ _ _____— Selectmen ( Countersigned by —r Treasurer Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk, ss . On this day of 1929 personally ayaeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the free act and deed of the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company, before me, Justice of the Peace Notary Public OUTLINE SPECIFICATIONS STORES AND APARTMENTS CORNER MASS. AVL. ANU MIRIAM STREET, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS STUART-MARSHALL REALTY COMPANY, OWNERS CLI1FOLL S. J. WHITE, ARCHITECT. OCTOBER 20, 1929. FOUNDATIONS Concrete - one part cement, two and half parts sand, five parts gravel. Footings under columns, piers, etc. , of similar construction. 322 • CC. OUTSIDE, WALLS Selected sand struck brick backed up with terra cotta blocks. Trimmings of cast stone. FLOORS Basement floor - concrete. First - second- - third and roof of wood joists . II Floors of halls and corridors of fireproof construction, covered with marble tile or composition as conditions reLluire. Toilet floors of tile. STEEL Carrying members of steel - furred - metal lathed and plastered. ROOF slate and composition covering. PARTITIONS Between stores in basement of terra. cotta blocks. Be- tween stores - first floor of gypsum blocks. Partitions around stairways and corridors of fireproof materials . All other partitions of wood studding. PLAST: RING Ceilings and wood stud partitions of first - second and third floors wire lath and plastered. Other plastering direct onto terra cotta, brick or gypsum. Walls of toilets tiled. STORE F1iON is Copper covered with lights of plate glass - ornamental work copper set. STAIRS OF wood, steel or marble as conditions require. • ELECTRIC WORK • Each store and apartment on separate meters . Corridors and stairways lighted to meet state requirements . PLUMBING To meet requirements of Town of Lexington and State. iach apartment to have shower arrangement in all bath rooms . Hot water from main heating plant. HEATING Vapor system - oil burner on one main Heating plant. INCINERATION Each floor shall have means to dispose of refuse, garbage, etc. through central incineration plant. REFRIGERATION mach apartment to be equipped with electric refrigeration. 323 AUh&,ME dT OF THE SCOTT TEA COMPANY heferring to the foregoing, Scott Tea Company, a corp ration duly established by law, holder of a mortgage upon said premises, hereby agrees with said Stuart- Marshall Realty Company to execute a partial release of tie premises to be conveyed to said Town of Lexington described in the foregoing agreement and to deliver the same to the Town simultaneously with the delivery of the deed of said premises in consideration of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) payable fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) upon delivery of said partial release, and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) when the final payment is made by the Town under the foregoing agreement. said Stuart-Marsnall healty Company hereby agrees with saia Scott Tea Company to pay to said Scott Tea Company the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) as follows: fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) upon delivery of the partial release as aforesaid, and the additional sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) when paid to it by the Town under the foregoing agree- ment, and as security for the payment of said additional sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) , said Stuart- ' arshall healty L'ompany agrees to assign to said Scott Tea Company said second payment of fifteen thousand dollars ( 15,030) to be made to it by said Town of Lexington. Said Stuart-Marshall -Realty Company further agrees with said Scott Tea Company that it will at its own expense cause the buildings or parts of said buildings upon the said premises to be completely removed therefrom except for foundations at least thirty (30) days before March 1st, 1933 and that in the event 'of its failure so to remove the same, said Scott Tea Company may remove the same at the expense of said Stuart-Marshall healty Company. Said Town of Lexington agrees to accept said assignment of the payment of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) as aforesaid. IN VrITiEbS dnEht0r' the parties hereto have hereunto set their respective hands and seals this day of 1930. STUART-MARSHALL REALTY COMPANY • By SCOTT TEA COMPANY By --- - T0VN OF LEXINGTON By ------- ------ • I, the undersigned, of hereby certify that I am the Clerk of Scott Tea Company, a corporation duly established by law, and that at a meeting of its Board of Directors duly called and held on 1929, it was unanimously VOTED: That the of the corporation be authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the • Stuart-Marshall healty Company the covenant and agreement to which this is annexed. Clerk. 324 • .J� Mr. Custance also presented three prospectus of the buildin intendea to be erected on the lot. Mr. William H. Ballard explained that owing to the fact that the Stuart-Marshall Realty company found themselves in difficulty with their tenants, they could not complete the original agreement offered at the previous town meeting, and therefor this new agreement had to be drawn up. The Town was not asking for any additional money in this vote, but this was simply giving tree Selectmen an opportunity to carry out the negotiation. After discussion the motion as offered by Mr. Theodore A. Custance was passed by yote of the meeting. article 13. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed. "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be requested to petition the Legislature for legislation which will authorize the town to revoke its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, being an Act relative to tenement houses in tov,ns so that G. L. Chapter 145 shall not ap .ly to the town but with permission later to accept said Chapter 145 if the town should so vote. " Mr. Wrightington explained that in order to complete • the agreement with the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company it would be necessary to revoke a part of the Tenement House act to allow a three-story second-class building to be built with stores on the first floor. He also thought that it was well to appoint a committee to revise the Building Laws at this time. Article 14. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report upon suggested changes in the Building By-laws of the Town." • Article 15. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously UVotea: That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase from the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company a portion of the property known as the car barn property located on Bedford Street, comprising twelve acres of land more or less with the buildings thereon, or a lesser amount if the .Selectmen deem it advisable, for the purpose of housing the equipment and supplies of a public works department, and for the purpose of purchasing this property the sum of $35,030 be appropriated, $5,033 to be transferred from Excess and Leficiency Account, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $30,000 and to issue bonds or note therefor payable ' in accordance with lave." Under this article Ir. Custance explained that the Selectmen has an option on the property of the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway company and they could purchase the property that included a building wherein all of the town equipment could be centrally located and storea with very little expense of fixing up the building. Mr. ueorge Ross reported that the Appropriation Com- mittee aoproveu this expenditure. 325 Article .16. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custr,ince it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. The meeting dissolved at 9:50 P.M. A true record, Attest: goe Clerk. PERPETUAL CARE Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington in Tdwn Meeting assembled on the second day of November 1875, the Town Tressurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of Five Hundred Dollars 0500. ) from the estate of Warren M. Batcheller the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and ammendments thereto,and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon lot #35 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. � f Dec. 28, 1929. (Lot stands in the name of Brooks T. Batcheller. ) PERPETUAL CARE Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington in Town Meeting assembled on the second day of November 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of Five Hundred Dollars 0500. ) from the estate of Warren M. Batcheller the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and ammendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon lot #455 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto. 61"3/--/-"4 Dec. 28, 1929. (Lot stands in the name of Henry E. Urann) 326 AMENDMENT TO BY-LAW TOWN MEETING DECEMBER 16, 19 .9. Article 3. To see if the Town will amend E.rticle III, sec. 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the town of Lexington by striking out all after the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: "Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be s'at forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting." Lexington, Mass. December 9, 1929. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the post office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town, seven lays before the time of said :meeting. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. Article 3. On motion of Mr. Sydney R. Vvrightington the following vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: That Article III, sec. 5 of the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington be amended by striking out .11 all after the first sentence anJ inserting in place thereof the following: "Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for a meeting.", so that the said section as amended shall read as follows: "Section 5. The annual meeting of the town shall be called for six o' clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o' clock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting. " • Lexington, Mass. January 10, 1930. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Article 3 in the Warrant for Town Meeting held December 16, 1929, and of the Constable's return on said Warrant. I also certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the vote passed under Article 3 at the Town Meeting held December 16, 1929 as the same appears of record. Attest: Helen C. Whittemore Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington. Boston, Mass . January 25, 1930. The foregoing amendment to the By-laws is hereby approved. Joseph E. Varner Attorney General. A true copy, Attest: / oe .. � # 327 1 9 3 0 T 0 VV N 1; ARRAN T 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 their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary memorial Hall) , on MONDAY, the THIRD DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1930, at six o' clock A. L. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 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 Two Constables for the term of one year One Moderator for the term .of one year TWO Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years One Member of the Planning Board for the term of two years One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of two years One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years Fifty-one town meeting members in each precinct, the first third in order of votes received of members so elected, to serve three years, the second third in such order to serve two years, and the remaining third in such order to serve 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 seventeenth day of March, 1930, at 8:00 P.M. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and 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. Art. 2 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. IIArt. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriatio..l for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any anner relating thereto. 328 Do Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess CC an amount of money to be used as a Reserve hind as provided by Chapter 40, section 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto . Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Lepartments, under Chapter 3�, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of X300. or some other amount, end elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of M. ssachusetts. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water Department and payment of water debt, and to provide same by is:.uance of bonds, note or by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating the eto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money, by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of a part or all of M- ssachusetts Avenue from Marrett Road to Lincoln Street. Art. 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the M..s: achusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State Highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the pre:-ent year or take any action with respect thereto. krt. 13. To see if the Town will indemnify the Mommonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration or construction of any State Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town, or take any other action in respect thereto. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place curbing and granolithic sidewalks adjacent to the town property. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1930. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $850. from the Account of Sale of Land to purchase of land adjoining Cary Memorial Library. Art. 17. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to co:. sider and make recommendations with respect to the laws and practice with reference to licensing, restraint and vaccination of dogs. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Hinchey Roan, Valley Road end Summit Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 19. To see if the Town will curb and gra. e the Soldier' s Lot in the Munroe Cemetery and appropriate money for same or act in any man ier relating thereto. Art. 23. To see if the Town drill vote to authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets : Fottler Avenue, Bow Street, Theresa Avenue, Cliffe Avenue and 1dinthrop Road Extension, appropriate money for said construction by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes therefor or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee and appropriate money therefor by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes or otherwise: Valley Road, Fremont Street and Winthrop Road Extension, or act in any manner relating thereto. 329 Art. 22.To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following streets, appropriate money therefor, by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes or otherwise: Walnut Street and Allen Street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Est. `:3. To see if the Town will purchase from Paul A. Ringland of Lexington, for fifteen hundred and one dollars ($1501) and a release of betterments, two parcels of land shown respectively as parcels B and C on a plan of Clarke Street Extension, Lexington, Mass. , August 27, 1929, by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, 111 parcel B being included in the layout of Clarke Street Extension by the Selectmen, dated September 10, 1919 and parcel C being purchased as an addition to Parker Field, the town playground, containing approximately nihe thousand five hundred and thirteen (3513) square feet, together with a release of all claims for damages, if any, by reason of the layout of said Clarke Street Extension. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, an extension of Clarke Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money for the construction of said street by direct appropriation or by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, end provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, a portion of Fottler Avenue, a . laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon E: certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, a portion of Taft Avenue, from Baler Avenue to Ellis Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, a portion of Tucker Avenue, from Baker Avenue to Carville Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, a portion of Bertwell Road, from North Hancock Street to Fuller Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by direct appropriation, issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the construction of the following streets as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to other highway construction: Fottler Avenue from Cliffe Avenue approximately 610 feet westerly to Massa- chusetts Avenue; Taft Avenue from Baker Avenue to Ellis Street; Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue to Carville Avenue; Bertwell Road from North e ancock Street to Fuller Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to equip ana repair the East Lexington Fire Station Building, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 31. To see if the Town will amend Section 1 of Article XIV of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington", by striking out at the end of the second paragraph the words "and none of whom shall be eligible for immediate reappointment upon the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed. " • • X30 cL Art. 32. To see if the Town will amend Section 3 ce) of Article 1 of the "Code of By-laws of 1K2 of the To::-1 of ..• Lexington", by adding at the end thereof the words "but not include town meeting members ." Art. 3;f. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purpose of purchasing a certain lot of lend located on the Old County Road near Allen Street known as a portion of the Swenson Brothers Farm containing approximately eight acres, and erecting thereon a public school building and originally equipping and furnishing the same, and to provide for such appropriation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by any, one or more or - all of such methods, or to take any action relating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct a drain approximately along the present main channel of Vine Brook from near Hayes Lane to the junction of the present north branch with the main channel, a distance of approximately 2600 feet, as laid out and recom- mended by Metcalf and Eddy, consulting Engineers in their report under date of September 29, 192;8, appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds, notes or by direct appro- priation, or by transfer from other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to equip and repair the Public Works Department Building located on Bedford Street, or act in any manner relating thereto. art. 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a portion of the land owned by Lois M. and Lillian G. Marshall near the Cary Memorial Library said parcel being described as follows: Lot C. bounded south- westerly by land now or formerly of William E. Lenham 50.85 feet; northwesterly by land of Town of Lexington 76.84 feet; northeaxterly by land of Town of Lexington 49.30 feet; southeasterly by land of the grantors '76.09 feet, all as shown on plan entitled, „Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1" - 10' October 14, 1929, E. N . Montague, C. E. , West Acton, Mass. ", appropriate money for this purpose by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 37. To see if the Town vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase for street purposes from Robbins Smith the following parcels of land: Parcel A. sounded as follows: Southerly by Follen Road 29. 14 feet. Westerly by land of grantor 88.27 feet. Northerly by land of grantor 33.91 feet. Easterly by land of grantor 68. 12 feet, containing 1590 square feet, all as shown on plan entitled, "Plan of Part of Smith Avenue, Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, June 16, 192.7, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer." Parcel B. Bounded as follows: Southerly by Follen Road 52.75 feet. Resterly by land of grantor 109.74 feet. Easterly by land of grantor 111. 52 feet, containing 1526 square feet, all as shown on plan entitled, "Plan of Part of Smith Avenue, Lexington, Mass. June 16, 1927, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," appropriate money for this purpose by direct appropriation or act in any manner relating thereto. 331 Art. 38. To see if the Town on the petition of George T. Saran() and others and on the recommendation of the Planning Board thereon will amend the Lexington Loning By-law and zoning map by changing from a C-1 district to en R-1 district a portion of the territory described in paragraph of sec. Z so that said paragraph 20 shall read as follows : "At they junction of Marrett Road, formerly School Street S Lincoln and chool Streets, comionly known as "The Five Forks", a business district on both sides of Marrett Road extending southerly for a distance of 200 feet froi,l the most southerly line of Lincoln Street and of a depth of 13D feet from the adjacent street line in each instance." IIArt. 39. To see if the Town will provide a site or sites to be used by the Committee appointed unaer the vote of the Town December 8, 1927 for the erection of a memorial or memorials • to war veterans or take any other action relative thereto. Art. 40. To see if the Torn will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to be expended by the committee appointed under the vote of the Town December 8, 1927 for the erection of a memorial or memorials to war veterans after the plan of plans have been approved by the Town or take any other action relative thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will amend its vote of December 8 1927 relative to the establishment of a permanent memorial for the veterans of all wars for whom memorials have not already been erected by changing the words "a permanent memorial" to the words "permanent memorials" or take any other action relative thereto. Art. -12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the celebration of the Tercentenary the same to be expended under the direction of the Tercentenary Committee, or act in any manner relating thereto. rArt. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for, the use of the Stanley Hill Post 38, American Legion, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the celebration of the Tercentenary, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this yW&rrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eleventh day of February, A. D. , 1930. Albert H. Burnham Francis Chamberlain selectmen Theodore A. Custance of HalLie C. BlakeLexington. Lexington, Lia s s. February 24, 1930. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. 332 • ,t CD LAALII.L TOV N ELCTIOi MARCH 3, 1930. In )ursuance of the foregoing urrrant the legal voters of the town of Le intoe net in their respective voting places in .rid town on JIonday, Lerch the third in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred thirty - t 6 o' clock in the • forenoon. The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct I, Emersoniall; Precincts II, III, and IV, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officershaving been duly appointed by the Selectmen, and Viardens of the various precincts, were assigned for duty as follows: Precinct I . Charles J. Dailey, . Varden Ellese Schofield, Clerk Elvin E. Baker Mary Rowland Monica Holland Roland E. Garmon John S. Fanning Elizabeth Wilkinson Clesson Schofield Marion G. Cook �`riliiarn M. Welsh Joseph J. Pritchard Louise M. Baker Bernard W. Foley Ernest R. Rowland Mary A. Gaynor Frances Harrington Thomas F. Gaynor Jeremiah J. O'Hearn V,alter H. VVilson Precinct II. Irving B. Pierce, 'Warden Ezra. F. Breed, Clerk Patrick F. Dacey David F. Murphy John J. Garrity Victor Harmon Bertha ir1. Baker Madeline J. Corbett Fred C. Ball John H. Dacey Arthur E. Hunan James G. Sullivan Catherine M. Thivierge Josephine G . Hunan Gordon R. Bourque Richard Cassidy Mildred A. Dacey Mary E. Stankard Frank Perkins Frederick Lowe Precinct III. Ralph H. Marshall, Warden Albert I. Carson, Clerk Leonard K. Dunham, Zr. James AcKenzie, Jr. Bessie G. Davis Lawrence F. Gaffney, Jr. Emma L. Hovey John Corcoran. Frederick H. Tuiiar James M. Ahearn P,l exander Parks Arthur O'Leary Domonic F. Modoono, Jr. John J. Sullivan Arthur Forsythe John J. Sweeney Guyette. Broderic David McPeeke Sara C. balker Precinct IV. Morton G. Hopkins, Warden Benjamin B. Meady, Clerk George H. Lowe Howard E. Custance A . Irene Robinson Frank H. Maguire Katherine A. Kip- rnc.n Thomas H. Breslin James J. Waldron Margaret T. Kennedy Hugh C. Tupper Roy A. Ferguson Charles E. Breslin George Hinchey John T. Cosgrove Gorge 0. Harrington Clayton U. orse , 333 The polls vere declared open in each ,precinct rt 6 o' clock hi. M. and remained open until 8 o'clock P. Ii. , after which time after due notice they ver : closed. The election officers were s oris to tha faithful _,erforma nce of their duties . The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in eacn precinct Was as follows: Precinct I. 1014 Precinct II . 1338 Precinct III . 1035 Precinct IV. 974 The ballots cast ::ere counted, enclosed. in envelopes, senl.e:i, signed by the election officers together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk et his. office. The Registrnr:_ of Voters canvassed the result as follows: precinct I . Ballot; cast 739 Precinct II . n n 742 Precinct III . U n 73 Precinct IV. It r' 742 Town Clerk 0 ? Prec. Prec. Proc. erec. Total I . II . III . IV. II John H. Kane 21 644 653 597 -^:15 Ehler F. Butters1 0 0 1 Hubert D. Br•oderic 3 0 D 1 1 Blanks 218 97 127 .144 586 selectmen Theodore ti . Custence 343 447 448 423 1661 Daniel J. O 'Connell 464 286 381 365 1436 Robert P. Trask 309 478 428 414 1629 Everett Adam 1 0 J 0 1 John T. Hinchey 0 1 0 0 1 .Edward P. Merriam 0 1 0 0 1 Blanks 1130 263 303 282 ' 19.48 Town Treasurer John H. Kane 510 627 655 606 2398 Elmer F. Butters 0 1 0 0 1 Hubert D. Broderic 3 0 0 1 1 blanks 229 114 125 135 603 Collector of Taxes II Byron C. Earle 501 612 638 566 2317 Jos. N. Brown 0 0 1 ,3 1 Blanks 238 130 .141 176 685 Cemetery Commissioner George H. Gibson 451 591 587 536 2105 Blanks 188 151 193 206 838 334 i) CI school Committee Prec. Prec . Proc. Proc. Total I. II . III . IV. Minnie A. Glynn 423 559 560 50 3 2042 Linney Reardon 3 0 1 0 1 James J. Walsh 3 0 a 1 1 Blanks 313 183 219 241 959 Constables Patrice J. Maguire 435 630 597 567 2199 John C. Russell 468 551 555 512 2386 B1a.:lks 575 333 408 405 1721 Moderator Robert H. Holt 445 581 580 516 2122 Blanks 294 161 200 226 881 Planning Board Clarence H. Cutler 415 516 528 497 1956 J. Henry Duffy 399 507 500 483 1898 Blanks 664 427 52.3 504 2118 Planning Board for To Yoara (Vacancy) Edgar F. cheibe 391 526 493 486 1893 Blanks 348 216 290 256 1110 Trustee Public Trusts for Two years (Vacancy) Woldo F. Glidden 417 549 530 496 1992 Blanks 322, 193 250 246 1011 II Trustee of Public Trusts for si_c Years (Vacancy) John F. Turner 404 538 521 492 1955 Blanks 335 204 259 250 1048 Toti:n Meeting Members William M. ',guar() 205 0 3 0 205 Thaddeus W. Baker 247 0 3 0 247 Roland W. Baldrey 139 0 0 0 139 John E. acmes 311 0 0 0 311 William C. Bartels 159 0 0 0 159 Felix Blume 148 0 0 3 148 Edward F. Buttrick 291 0 0 0 291 Louis C. Campbell 170 0 0 0 170 Lyon Carter 233 0 0 0 203 Francis Chamberlain 302 0 0 0 302 Frank J. Clare 118 J 0 0 118 Malcolm H. Clifford 198 0 3 0 198 Mary L. Coghlan 143 0 0 0 143 John D. Collins 223 0 0 0 223 Harry L. Coolidge 234 3 0 0 234 Hubert V. Coryell 117 0 0 0 117 John T. Cosgrove 250 0 0 0 250 Edward L. Crown 180 0 3 0 180 Carl I. Lrew 221 0 0 0 221 J. Henry Duffy 268 0 0 0 268 Ralph P. Ferri 2‹,4 J 0 0 224 Fred B. Fletcher 263 3 0 3 263 Patrick Flynn 246 0 0 C 1:46 George E. Foster 253 0 3 0 259 Frank Gibson 184 J 0 0 184 James A. Guthrie 311 0 0 311 335 Prec. Prec. Free. Proc. Total I. II. III. Iv. Bartlett J. Harrington 302 0 0 0 302 Mary D. Hatch 211 3 0 0 211 James Holt 202 0 0 0 202 Arthur W. Hughes 182 0 0 3 182 G,.orge M. Hyne.: 205 0 0 0 205 James Irvrin, Jr. 227 0 0 0 227 Mile: F. Jones 183 0 3 0 183 II Charles R. Joy 182 3 3 3 1.8 F Obert J. :�elley 159 0 0 3 159 ' Daniel R. Knight 150 0 0 3 150 arrc.n G. Lawson 168 0 0 3 168 Esther B. Lee F72 0 0 3 272 Fred Longbottom 294 0 0 0 294 'Salter Longbottom 270 0 3 0 270 Lizzie E. Lowell 220 3 0 0 220 Clarence E. Ma.cPhee 281 0 0 0 281 William J. Marshall 289 0 0 0 289 John McCammond 04 0 3 3 94 Charley B. Meek 291 0 0 0 291 George F. : slick 151 0 0 0 151 Fred H. Moulton 248 0 0 0 248 George W. flary 255 0 0 0 255 Harold B. Needham 306 0 .0 0 306 Charles P. Nunn 185 0 3 0 185 John J. O'Donnell 116 3 3 0 116 _suri ce A. Page 217 0 3 3 217 Charles I . Peavy 216 3 0 0 216 James A. Peirce 183 3 0 0 18F Anthony J. Esciti 139 0 0 0 139 Louis J. Reynolds 236 0 0 0 `206 James G. Robertson 279 0 0 3 279 Albert G. Ross 223 3 0 0 223 II Dominic F. Ross 177 3 0 0 177 Robert L. Ryder 251 0 3 0 251 Charles H. Schofield 264 0 0 3 264 Patrick ,.hcnahan 280 3 0 0 280 Arthur E. Sherman 146 0 3 0 146 Cutlys L. Slocum 147 0 0 0 147 Percy C. Smith 191 3 0 0 191 ...�arth C. Spaulding 279 3 3 0 279 Benjamin S. Stoney 239 0 0 0 f.39 Thomas L. Taylor 158 0 0 3 168 Frank J. Thompson 166 3 0 J 166 Joseph Trani 286 0 3 0 286 Edward L. Tyler 259 0 0 0 259 Peter Van Gernert 129 0 0 0 129 William D. 'o.hipDle 188 0 3 0 188 Richard R. Wiggins `01 3 0 0 201 John A. V.ilson 283 0 0 3 280 J. Alexander 'oils on 291 3 3 3 291 i atthe-N M. Lubo1r:itch 205 0 0 0 205 Blanks 43346 0 3 0 40346 Town Meeting Members Precinct II . II pus sn L. Ball 338 Clara A. Ballard 398 Charles S. Beaudry 315 :.aura LI. Beaudry 241 Harry C. Boyd 263 Chicles P. Brigs 407 George W . Butters 343 James J. Carroll 244 i•lIeu Chamberlain 339 Frederich. Condor 187 rau]. B. Coudrey 199 Daniel I,. Cronin 217 Edward Crouch 202 Clarence H. Cutler 359 Annie L. E. Dane 354 Francis N. Dane 373 336 Dr) John H. Devine 389 Thomas J. Loherty 184 William F. Downe f'28 Robert H. Eldridge 308 Helen Clark Fernald 311 Robert W. Fernald 343 William R. Greeley 404 Ruth R. Greer 239 William Greer 261 Stephen F. Hamblin 354 Hazen W . Hamlin 367 Arthur W. Hatch 356 ice Vt. Heaton 192 Clayton A. Hil1iari 286 Arthur F. Hutchinson 346 Edwin W. Hutchinson 321 Charles Henry Jackson 410 Edward W. Kimball 330 Eugene G. Kraetzer 349 Harold B. Lamont, 376 John A. Lyons 208 Arthur N. Maddison 378 Janet N. McLellan 344 Nina. F. McLellan 361 Fred T. Miller 364 ,awrence G. Mitchell 328 Hazel S. Moore 243 George V. Morse 335 Galt F. Parsons 246 Ashley W. P-,rtridge 382 Eugene H. Partridge 35 Elwyn G. Preston 381 H. J. Trevor Pring 218 George W. Proctor 353 Randall V . Richards 259 Albert A. Ross 297 John J. Ruud 319 Warren E. 356 F_ussell Latimer S. Seaver 230 John A. Sellars 222 Alfred L. Short 211 Clyde E. Steeves 256 Carl B. Tarbell 261 John L. Trenholm 203 Ross L. Trenholm 180 Charles F. Vaughan 312 James J. Walsh 311 James J. Walsh `_67 Hollis jebster 366 Edwin B. Worthen 452 1orian J. Vrightington 358 Blanks 17377 Town Meeting ::e bens Precinct III . Clara U. Barbour 383 +,ouis W. Bill: 342 Charles M. Blake 359 Raymond A. Bond 77 Harol1 G. Boren 173 Joseph B. Brennan 153 Daniel A. Buckley 224 Eugene T. Buckley 309 ,surence H. Burnh-m, 333 William I. Burnham 334 Leon C. Burt 237 Edmund S. Childs 372 Joseph M. Cronin 231 Charles H. Currier 224 Frank P. Cutter 355 Edith C. Deering 209 Everett S. Emery 340 Frederick L. Emery 343 337 George Emery 313 [.eland H. Emery 291 Albert W. Emmons 197 Roy A. Ferguson 329 Thomas E. Fitzgerald 247 C. Edward Glynn 338 Irving G. Hall, Jr. 257 i 1exander M. Hammer 330 2.2 r.��nk E. Haynes F.X��; Norman C. Hooper 279 Arthur B. Hove 280 Bliss M. Jones 249 Philip _ . Leaf 226 Lluier C. Leonard 235 Gustaf Lidberg 147 Errol H. Locke 329 2a uline A. Mayo 252 Robert D. Mayo 262 Richtird S. McCabe 291 ELton B. McCausland 250 Charles A. McCormack 213 Neil McIntosh 289 George C. McKay 278 Robert C. Merriam 352 Lorna Mc..rean Hi-Lae 290 William D. Milne 300 Clayton M. Morse 289 Howard M. Munroe 311 Charles E. Nichols, Jr. 252 Howard 0. Nichols 331 Pierre A. Northrup 204 John F. 0'Con..or 199 Harry B. Osgood 230 Joseph A.Parks 284 Russell I. Prentiss 212 Mary G. Prescott 245 Jay O. Richards 281 Arthur M. Roberts 277 Sheldon A. Robinson 336 William R. Rosenberger 198 Arthur E. Rowse 273 Ethvard H. Sargent 283 Cleora R. Smith f,_54 George E. smith 314 Frederick J. Spencer 316 Rudert H. Stevens 308 Matthew Stevenson 299 Margaret G. Taft 314 Edward W. Taylor 365 Albert B. Tenney 329 Joseph Valente 133 George A. Warner 258 Harve F. V inlock 337 Blanks 19775 Town Meeting iiember Precinct Alfred A. Adler 282 Earl 1,rchibu_d 231 '::i Liic m H. Ballard Clarence V .. Barry 164 George W. Bean 296 Effie L. Briggs 342 Francis L. Burke 338 E1_ser t:. Chadv'1 dt 248 Tia.:poleon J. Corrow 203 John P. Dailey 274 Getarge W. Lay 233 Orville B. Denison 282 Edward. J. Doyle 134 William R. E. 'Eaton 345 Eooert J. Fawcett 286 Frank A. Faulkner • 193 Frederic L. Fischer 212 338 o z, Helen K. F'itzgeraLd 224 John E. Gi:Lcrerst 331 Lille u. Granfield 202 . y.i_L li .n 1_. Grsnfield 206 Hubert C. Grieves 221 Thomas F. Griffin ` ;0 '':illiam H. Hannam 212 Curl Hauck 181 Alfred E. thynes 215 William P. Herbert 199 Converse Hill 340 . iilard C. Hill CJS John T. Hinchey 285 Norton T. Hood 204 John E. Hossfield 210 Leonard Jeliis 204 pith 0. Johnson 180 Frederic K. Johns=on r47 Joseph S. Johnson 157 alter E. Jones 204 Ct,therine A. Kimball 234 John Lamont 268 Jas er t, . Lane 279 Robert B. Lone 234 Arthur J. Lee 182 Thomas E. Mansfield 240 a i�_1.iam P. Ms:rtin 282 Clarence W. 2daeon 181 Charles McDevitt 185 Hdward J. L c Damara 2`8 T. Benjamin Meady 204 Wallace E. 28:0 V:i1li�.m E. Mul i_iken 364 Lonald F. Nickerson 102 Harry W . Patterson 258 John M. Ryan 179 Angeleno F. Remick 161 Leis M. Reynolds 161 Harry. M. Ripley 221 Arthur D. Ritchie 166 Charles H. Rudd 267 George W. Saran() 194 R. Coman Savoye 121 Edgar F. Scheibe 218 A. Randall Soderberg 121 5;`;il Lia.n E. Sullivan 146 Joseph Sv.an 253 Julia A. Syer 132 'ntly A. f::yer 121 E. Elvidge Taylor 241 Josiah Odin Tilton 307 Ev(f Lyn S. Trask 296 Joseph Tro peano 136 Joseph H. Valliere 161 Carl G. Vienot 171 'atrick Walsh 172 Helen C. y,hitteore 2^1 Blanks 21366 The above canvass showed errors in the result of the vote cast for Town Meeting Members in Precincts 1, 2, and 3, and also in the vote for Selectmen in Precinct 2. A true record, Attest: Wyt, 36, 7P -z-e • • • •40, Town Clerk. 339 I- count of Votes for Selectmen in Precinct 1, 2, 3, and 4, and for Town i.ieeting Members in Precincts 1, 2, and 3. March 7, .1230. In the recount of votes for Selectmen at the Tovn Election larch 1 1930 the Registrars of Voters of the Town of Lexington find on larch 7 that the votes for Selectmen are as fo llovs: irec. i'rec. Proc. ?rec. Total I. II. III. IV. Theodore A. Custance 344 458 41449 422 1673. Daniel J. O' Connell 465 282 383 367 1434 Robert P. Trask 308 481 425 412 1626 Blanks 361 263 306 283 1213 :! 4,3 the recount of votes for To:-:-n uioeting Member:, in Precincts 1, 2, and 3 at the Town i.lection, March 3.,, 1933, the Registrars of Voter, of the Tovn of Lexington find after com Letion of the recount on March 13, 1930 that the votes for Town Meeting .,lembers are as follows : Precinct I. ,ii.Liam M. Aauaro 206 Thaddeus V . Baker 245 Roland W. Baidrey 137 John Barnes 309 'al • lam C. Bartels 157 Felix Blume 145 '•r rd F. Buttrick '�:�; 291 II Louis C. Campbell 169 :.yon Carter 203 Francis Chamberlain -- 299 Frank J. Clare 116 Malcolm H. Clifford 197 Mary E. Coghian 141 John D. Collins 224 Harry L. Coolidge 233 Hubert I. Coryell 114 John T. Cosgrove 248 Edward L. Crown 179 Carl I. Drew 218 J. Henry Duffy 268 Ralph P. Ferri 223 Fred B. Fletcher 259 atrick Flynn 244 George E. Foster 257 Frank Gibson 181 Jame:.: L. Guthrie 312 Bartlett J. Harrington 301 Mary D. H�:t ch 209 James Holt 200 A=rthur N. Hughes 180 George M. Hynes 196 II James Irwin, Jr. 230 Miles L. F. Jones 181 Ch :,rle R. Joy 179 Robert J. Kelley 160 Daniel R. Knight 149 larren G. Law son 117 Esther 3. Lee 272 Fred Longbotto:v 292 Walter Longbottom 269 Lizzie E. Lowell 218 Clarence E. i1G.cPhee 278 %Mail J. Marshall 289 John ZicCammond 91 Charles B. Meek 289 George F. Melick 148 340 DO Fred H. Moulton 248 George W. Nary 253 Harold B. Needham 3�5 Cnarles P. Nunn 181 John J. O' Donnell 115 Maurice A. Page 215 Charles A. Peavy 212 James A. Peirce 182 r.nthony J. Racit-i 137 Louis J. Reynolds 203 James G. Robertson 276 Albert G. Ross 224 Dominic F. Ross 177 Robert L. Ryder 248 Charles H. Schofield 260 Patrick Shanahan 282 Arthur E. Sherman 140 Curlys L. Slocum 144 Percy C. Smith 187 Martha, C. Spaulding 275 Benjamin S. Stoney ` 36 Thomas L. Taylor 167 Frank J. Thompson 161 Joseph Trani 277 Edr4q,rd L. Tyler 258 Peter Van Gernert 129 . t:;hippie 183 Ricard R. ':.iggins 201 John A. ':i1 oil 282 J. Alexander Cil on 286 Matthew I. .ubo: itch 206 Blan_cs 21166 Precinct II. Susan L. Ball 342 Clara. t Ballard 402 Charles S. Beaudry 313 Laura. M. Beaudry 244 Harry C. Boyd 276 Charles P. Briggs 411 George W. Butters 349 James J. Carroll 245 Allen Chamberlain 345 Frederico A. Connor 185 Paul B. Coudrey 199 iJaniel L. Cronin 213 Edward Crouch 207 Clarence H. Cutler 363 Annie L. E. Dane 348 Francis S. Dane 376 John H. Devine 392 Thomas J. Doherty 183 F .. Downe 231 Robert H. Eldridge 338 Helen Clark tt'ernald 305 Robert Vv. Fernald `52 a,'illiam h. Greeley 432 Ruth R. Greer 2.54 William Greer "64 Stephen H. mbiin 346 Hazen V . ;Hamlin 375 Arthur W. Hatch 759 Lee ?`:. Heaton 193 341 Clayton A. Hilliard 286 Arthur F. Hutchinson 346 Ed►rin Ie. Hutchinson 323 Charles H. Jackson 419 . Edward W. Kimball 329 Eugene G. Kraetzer 347 Harold B. .Lamont 398 John A' Lyons 19 Arthur N4 Maddison 377 Janet N. McLellan 34r Nina F. McLellan 367 Fred V V. Miller 366 Lawrence G. Mitchell 329 Hazel S. Moore 239 Ge:.)rge V. indorse 344 Galt F. Parsons 251 Partridge 386 Eugene H. Partridge 356 El-yn G. Preston 380 H. J. Trevor Pring 220 GeorgeProctor 355 Randall . Richards 258 Albert A. Ross 304 John J. Rudd 323 1<&rren E. Russell x;62 Latimer S. weaver 232 John A. Sellars 224 Alfred L. Short 211 C t ide E. E teeves 258 Carl B. Tarbell P65 John L. Trenholm 202 Ross L. Trenholm 176• Charles F. Vaughan 312 James J. V alsh 311 James J. Van 2nd 275 Holli: ebster 365 - Edwin B. .i.orthen 454 Marian J. Wrightington 358 Blanks 1723.9 Precinct III . Clara 2. Barbour 384 Louis W. Bills 341, Charles iut. Blake Raymond A. Bond r73 Harold G. Bowen 174 Joseph B. Brennan 151" uaniel H. Buckley 223 Eugene T. Buckley 314 Laurence H. Burnham ' 333 1"i 11ia.m I. Burnham 335 Leon C. Burt 240 Edmund S. Childs 371 . Joseph M. Cronin 228 Charles H. Currier 223 , Frank P. Cutter - 355 Edith C. Deering 208 Everett S. Emery 344 Frederick L. Emery 340 George Emery 314 Leland .h. Emery r.92 Albert IA.. Emmons 193 Roy A. Ferguson 331 Thomas L. Fitzgerald 243 C. 1-Award Glynn 337 Irving G . litll, Jr. 256 Alexander M. Hunner 33^ 342 CD r rntt E. Haynes 222 Norms- C. Hooper 279 Arthur B. iiowe 279 Bliss M. Jones 242 Philip P. Leaf 224 Elmer C. Leonard 233 Gustaf Lidberg 147 Errol H. Locke 330 Pauline A. Mayo 250 Robert D. Mayo 266 Richard S. McCabe 289 Elton B. McCausland 240 Charles A. McCormack 209 Neil McIntosh 288 George C. McKay 279 Robert C. Merriam 352 Lorna i,, cLean Milne 288 William D. Milne 303 Clayton M. Morse 287 Howard M. Munroe 315 Charles E. Nichols, Jr. 248 Howard S. 0. Nichols 331 Pierre L. Northrup '08 Jchn F. O'Connor Barry B. Osgood 231 Joseph A. Parks 286 Russell I. Prentiss 215 Mary G. Prescott 241 Jay 0. Richards 279 Arthuri. Roberts 276 : heldon A. Robinson 337 William R. Rosenberger 197 Arthur E. Rowse, Jr. 275 Edward H. Sargent 283 Cleora E. Smith 22.7- F..F. George E. smith 319 Frederick J. Spencer 323 Rupert H. Stevens 306 Matthew Stevenson 301 Margaret G. Taft 314 Edward V. Taylor 366 Albert B. Tenney 333 Joseph Valente 133 George A. Warner 263 Harvey F. Winlock 309 Ernest 0. Nichols 1 Blanks 20159 George M. Davis Bartholomew D. Cal Lahan Leon H. Truesdell John H. Kane, Clerk. A true copy of the record, Attest: a Clerk. 343 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 17, 1930. • The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 3:05 P .M. The Moderator asked for the report of the Town Clerk of the persons elected as Town Meeting Members, this being the first meeting of the Town Meeting Members to act upon the annual warrant. The Town Clerk presented the list of Town Meeting Members elected, the reading of which was waived by the Moderator, inasmuch as the list had been printed in the local paper . The Town Clerk reported a vacancy in Precinct 3 for the term of 1 year. The list of Town Meeting Members elected is as follows : Precinct I. Three year term Two year term James A. Guthrie Walter Longbottom John E. Barnes J. Henry Duffy Harold B . Needham Charles H. Schofield Bartlett J. Harrington Fred B. Fletcher Francis Chamberlain Edward L. Tyler Fred Longbottom George E. Foster Edward F. Buttrick George W. Nary William J. Marshall John T. Cosgrove Charles B. Meek Fred H. Moulton J. Alexander Wilson Robert L. Ryder Patrick Shanahan Thaddeus W. Bake,- John akerJohn A. Wilson •Patrick Flynn Clarence E. MacPhee Benjamin S . Stoney Joseph Trani Harry L. Coolidge James G. Robertson James Irwin, Jr. Martha C . Spaulding John D. Collins Esther B. Lee Albert G. Ross One year term Ralph P . Ferri Carl I. Drew Lizzie E. Lowell Maurice A. Page Charles A. Peavy Mary D. Hatch William M. Aquaro Matthew M. Zubowitch Lyon Carter Louis J. Reynolds Richard R. Wiggins James Holt Malcolm H. Clifford George M. Hynes Percy C. Smith William D. Whipple James A. Peirce 344 Precinct II. Three year term Two year term Edwin B. Worthen Arthur W. ilhat ch Charles Henry Jackson Marian J. Wrightington Charles P . Briggs Eugene H. Partridge Clara A . Ballard George W. Proctor William R. Greeley Robert W. Fernald Harold B. Lamont George W. Butters John H. Devine Annie L. E. Dane Ashley W. Partridge Eugene G. Kraetzer Elwyn G. Preston Arthur F. Hutchinson Arthur N. Maddison Stephen F. Hamblin 111 Francis S . Dane Allen Chamberlain Hazen W. Hamlin -Home V. Morse Nina F. McLellan Susan L. Ball Fred W. Miller Janet N. McLellan Hollis Webster Edward N. Kimball Warren E. Russell Lawrence G. Mitchell Clarence H. Cutler Edwin W. Hutchinson and John J. Rudd tie for the term of one and two years. One year term Charles S. Beaudry Charles F. Vaughan James J. Walsh, Rbbert II.Eldridge Helen Clark Fernald Albert A. Ross Clayton A. Hilliard Harry C. Boyd James J. Walsh, 2nd Carl B. Tarbell William Greet Randall W. Richards Clyde E. Steeves Galt F. Parsons James J. Carroll Laura M. Bbaudry Precinct III. Three year term Two year term. Clara M. Barbour Frederick J. Spencer Edmund S. Childs George E. Smith Edward W. Taylor Howard M. Munroe Charles M. Blake Eugene T. Buckley Frank P . Cutter George W. Emery Robert C. Merriam Margaret G. Taft Everett S .fiery Harvey F. Winlock Lcuis W. Bills Ruoert H.Stevens Frederick L. Emery William D. Milne C. Edward Glynn Matthew Stevenson Sheldon A. Robinson Leland H. Emery William I. Burnham Richard S . McCabe Laurence H. Burnham Neil McIntosh Albert B. Tenney Lorna McLean Milne Roy A. Ferguson Clayton M. Morse Howard S. 0. Nichols Joseph A. Parks Alexander M. Hammer and Errol H. Locke tie for the terms of two and three years. • 345 One year term. l dward. H. Sargent Norman C. Hooper Arthur B. Howe George C. McKay Jay 0. Richards Raymond A. Bond Arthur M. Roberts Arthur Edward Rowse, Jr. Robert D. Mayo George A. Warner Irving G. Hall, Jr. Pauline A. Mayo Charles E. Nichols, Jr. Thomas E . Fitzgerald Bliss M. Jones Mary G. Prescott Vacancy Precinct IV. Three year term Two year term William E.Mulliken Jasper A. Lane William R . S . Eaton John P. Dailey Effie .L. Briggs John Lamont Converse Hill Charles H. Rudd Francis E. Burke Harry W. Patterson William H. Ballard Joseph Swan Willard C. Hill Elmer A. Chadwick John E. Gilcreast Frede 'ic K. Johnson Josiah Odin Tilton E. Elvidge Taylor George W. Bean Helen C. Whittemore Evelyn S . Trask Thomas E.Mansfield • Robert J. Fawcett Robert B.Lane John T. Ilinchey Catherine Arnold Kimball Alfred A. Adler George W. Day Orville B. Denison Earl S. Archibald William P. Martin Edward J. McNamara Wallace E. Miller Helen K. Fitzgerald One year term Hubert C. Grieves Harry M. Ripley * Thomas F. Griffin Edgar F. Scheibe Alfred E. Hay nes Frederic L. Fischer William H. Hannam John E. Hosefield William A. Granfield Norton T. Hood Leonard Jellis W. Benjamin C. Meady Walter E. Jones Napoleon J. Corrow Lilla L. Granfield Donald H . Nickerson William P. Herbert On motion of Sydney R. Wrightington, the report of the Town Clerk was received and placed on file. 182 Town Meeting Members were present. Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington then offered the following motion which was passed unanimously : *Deceased Clarence S . idason elected Dece'riber 2, 1930 • 346 VOTED: That the Town Meeting Members be seated on the floor of the hall in front of the transverse aisle at the rear of the hall, and that tellers appointed by the Clerk check the names of the town meeting members who are present and exclude from thatportion of the hail all persons mho are not town meeting members. Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Sydney R. Wrightington the following, vote was passed unanimously: VOTED: That a committee of three of whom the Moderator shall be one, be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report upon rules of procedure for the conduct of repre- sentative town meetings, the conditions under which voters who are not town meeting members should be allowed to speak at any representative town meeting and what changes, if any, should be made in the Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington. Committee appo . nted, ,loseph R. cotton, Francis E. Burke and Robert H. Holt, ex officio. Art. 4. Under this article on notion of Albert H. Burnham the following vote was passed unanimously: VOTED: That the Town Treasurer with the api roval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefor, a note or notes to be paid from the revenue of the present financial year. Art. 2. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon it was voted to accept the reportof the Appropriation Committee, and to place the same on file. The Moderator explained that in accepting this report it in no way affected the appropriations con- tained in the report. Art. 10. Under thisarticle on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was VOTED: That there be appropriated and assessed for Water Maintenance Account $70,000, and that the amount of receipts in excess of this appropriation be reserved to be appropriated for Ilk-ter Department purposes , Art. 11. Under this article Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion: VOTED: That the sum of $25,000. be appropriated and assessed to construct: Massachusetts Avenue from Marrett Road to Lincoln Street, or any part thereof 425,400. Mr. rilliam R. Greeley explained that he wished to offer an amendment in connection with the expenditure of money on highways so that a very definite program might be laid down by the Board of Selectmen, and offered the following motion: "That the Selectmen are hereby instructed to prepare a ten year program of highway construction and maintenance, and that no further construction of highways be under- ' taken until after the completion and submission of the program." Mr. William H. Ballard questioned whether or not there was a water main installed in the avenue through its entire length or if it was contemplated to construct a water main beyond Wood Street. 347 Selectman Custance informed him that a water main had been laid from Wood Street to Lake Street, and that no requests had been made for mains beyond that point, and if there were requests, it could be taken care of by laterals through Wood Street and through lends on the other side. Mr. V;illiam H. Ballard stated that he was mindful of the financial situation of the to���n, and for this reason he felt that the construction of this highway should start from Lincoln Street, and he offered the suggestion of substituting the appropriation by the sum of $015,00D. inasmuch as he felt that road construction work should not be done previous to laying water mains. Ir. William B. Greeley moved that Article 11 be laid upon the table. Mr. Norman C. Hooper stated that when the State and County are willing to contribute sums of money for the construction of highways that the Town gets $3.00 for every 41.00 that is spent, and that many cities and towns are anxious to have the State and County cooperate with them, but cannot get their cooperation. He felt also that any ten year program that might be arranged by the Board of Selectmen might be entirely disrupted if the State and County did not lend their assistance. The Moderator ruled that the motion to lay upon the table could not be acted upon under this article inasmuch as the article was only for the appropriation for the construction. The Moderator also ruled that if Mr. Greeley wished to offer his motion under Article 2 that it is doubtful that he could bind any Board of Selectmen to a program of hig'hwey construction by a vote of the town meeting. Mr. James G. Robertson asked if the construction of 830D feet would complete the construction from Marrett Road to Liucoln Street. He was informed that 8300 feet would complete the construction and it was hoped th:.t the bids would allow this work to be completed. Mr. J. Henry Duffy gave figures on the increase of the expenditures of the highway department, and the travelled highways tending to infer that the increase of expenditure over a period of years greatly. exceeded the increase of miles of travelled way to be maintained, by 51% as against 15%. Mr. William E. iulliken asked Er. Duffy what the increase of travel had been during those years . Dr. Clarence Shannon stated that owing to the increase in traffic the streets are worn out much more quickly and an expenditure of a great deal of money is necessary for construction so that the proper material can be put into the streets so that they will last. Mr. George M. Ross, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated that the committee tried to cut down this appropriation, but after considering it very carefully it was decided that the entire amount of money was necessary to complete the work properly. 348 ~�o . c-)1 Mr. William D. Milne asked if there was any particular reason why thisroad had to be done this year. Mr. James G. Robertson then made a motion to lay this matter upon the table. Mr. Robertson' s motion to lay the matter on the table was lost, and the Moderator announced that the debate had lasted for ten minutes the time allowed by the by-laws. The 'notion as offered by Mr. Custance wa= then put before the meeting and was passed by a majority of the 111 voters. The motion reads as follows: VOTED: That the sum of $25,000. be appropriated and assessed to construct Massachusetts Avenue from Marrett Road to Lincoln Street, or any part thereof, " Art. 12. Upon motion of Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the present year. Art. 13. Upon motion of Theodore A. Custance the following Vote was passed: VOTED: That the Town will indemnify the Comlonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration, construction, or reconstruction of &tate Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sign an indemnity agteement therefor in behalf of the Town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid. Art. 16 and 36. On motion of Ur. Hallie C. Blake it was voted that Articles 16 and 36 be taken up together. Under these articles Mr. Hallie C. Blake offered the following motion: VOTED: That the Town purchase from Lois M. and Lillian G. Marshall a portion of the land owned by them near the Cary Memorial Library comprising lot C as shown on a 11Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1" equals 101 October 14, 1929, E. N. Montague, C. E. , West Acton, MMass. , " bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly by land now or formerly of William E. Denham, 50.85 feet; northwesterly by lund of the Town of Lexington 76.84 feet; Northeasterly by land of the Town of Lexington 49.30 feet; Southeasterly by other land of the grantors 76.09 feet; containing 3840 feet more or less and to pay therefor to the said Marshalls the sum of seven thousand dollars (`Z*7,000.00) and VOTED: That the sum of six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars ($6150.00) be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of the said purchase of land from Lois M. & Lillian G. Marshall. FURTHER VOTED: That the sum of $850. be transferred from Account of Sale of Land to purchase of land ad- joining Cary Memorial Library from Lois M. & Lillian G. Marshall. 349 Mr. Charles G. Nichols stated that he felt the amount of money to be paid for this lot vas too much inasmuch as the land is back land, and the buildings thereon a wrecker would probably not give anything for them to remove them. Ir. Blake' s motion was not passed by vote of the meeting. Within the thirty minute period Mr. Custance asked for the reconsideration of Arts. 16 and 36. Art. 5. Dr. Clarence Shan:ion moved that the appropriations as listed in the Appropriation Committee report be read by the Moderator and voted on individually but that they be offered as a, motion with the exception of the appropriations for April 19th under v;hich no appropriation was approved by the appropriation Committee, and $500. was requested to be approved, also the appropriation for Election. and Registrations be increased from 43, 300. to . 3,500. on account of the expense of the recount, also an additional amoOnt for Town Reports of 365.90, and an increase of $75.00 in salary for the Sealer of Weights & Measures. The meeting agreed upon this procedure of offering the motions . Under this article the Moderator read the various items, and the following items were passed unanimously: For the expenses of the Appropriation Committee 150.00 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Department (Of which $250.0. is for expenses of Selectmen for 1930.) 6,125.00 For the salary and expenses of the Town Accountant (Of which. $3,000. is for salary) 3,150.00 For the salary and expenses of the Town Treasurer (Of which $700. is for salary) 2,145.00 For the salary end expenses of the Collector (Of which 42,100. is for salary) 4092 .00 For the salaries and expenses of the Board of Assessors (Of which $900. is for salary of Assessors) 6,976.89 For legal services (Of which '-1,00C. is for salary of Town Counsel) 2,000.00 For the salary and expenses of the Town Clerk (Of which $1,700. is for salary) 1,980.0- For expenses of Elections & Registrations 3,500.00 For the salary and expenses of the Supt. 'of Public Works (Of which 44,200. is for salary) 5,400.00 For the salaries and expenses of the Engineering Department (Of which $3,000. is for aerial survey) 17,500.00 For the expenses of the Town Office Building and Cary Memorial Building 9,000.00 T7.0 CL ca For the expenses of the Planning Board 500.00 For the expenses of the Board of Appeals 150.03 For the salaries and expenses of the Police Dept. 33,966.85 For the salaries and expenses of the Fire Dept. 38,163.09 For hydrant rentals 5,670.00 For the installation of firealarm boxes 3,100.00 For the salary and expenses of the Building Inspector (Of which $1, 100. is for salary) 1,200.00 For the salary and expenses of the Wire Inspector (Of which X750. is for salary) 825.00 For the salary and expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Measures (Of which $400. is for salary) 525.00 For the protection of public shade trees and for the planting of shade trees 1,500.00 For the expense of forest fires 500.00 For the salary of dog officer 50.00 For the maintenance of public health and sanitation 3,500.00 , - For vital statistics 50.00 For the expenses of the dental clinic 1,700.00 For the salary of Inspector of Cattle 500.00 For the salary of Inspector of Slaughtering 600.00 For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector (Of which $1,100. is for salary) 1,150.00 For the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector (Of which $300. is for salary) 500.00 For the expense of lowering brooks 500.00 For the expenses of the Sewer Maintenance Dept. 12,700.00 For removal of ashes and care of dumps 2,250.00 For the expense of collecting garbage 7,500.03 For the equipment and repairs of traffic beacon signals 500.00 For land damages on Massachusetts Avenue 1,000.00 For maintenance and operation of automatic traffic signals 600.00 For the construction of sidewalks of granolithic where the abuttol's will pay one-half the expense 5,000.00 351 • For the expense of the removal of snow and ice 7,003.00 For the expense of street lights 24,000.00 For the construction and repair of street signs 300.03 For the expense of the Public T elfare Department 10,000.00 For Soldierst Relief 1,200.00 For Soldiers' Burials 100..00 For State Aid 400.00 For Military Aid 500.00 For the support of public schools and the payment of tuition at vocational schools 222,320.00' For the support of the libraries 12,248.00 For the maintenance of public parks and playgrounds 13,000.00 For the expenses of April 19th celebration 500.00 For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic 250.00 For the expense of printing and publishing the town report 865.90 For the expense of insurance 11,000.00 For unclassified expenses 300.00 For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cemetery 2,300.00 For the administration of Trust Funds 75.00 For the payment of interest on the public debt 39,000.00 For the payment of :;;84,500 Bonded Indebtedness maturing in 1930 the sum of 57,124.30 be appropriated and that the sum of $12,000 be transferred from Excess & Deficiency Account and the sum of S12,303.00 300.00 be transferred from the Water Maintenance Department and the sum of •2,700.00 be transferred from the Water Department available surplus (Balance on hand in the Bonded Indebtedness account, $375.70.) For Waltham Street damages 50.00 Cf:- 4p589,582.03 Discussion was entered into by James G. Robertson, Edwin B. Worthen, and J. Henry Duffy, relative to the advisability of substituting the aerial survey for the block plan. The Selectmen assured the meeting that the block plan would be continued after this year. The Town Engineer stated that there are about 52 blocks of the town now completed and that there are about 250 blocks in the entire town. 352 CL Mr. Frederick L. Emery stated that the block plan would take three or four times as long and cost three or four tines as much and for studying the entire torn the plan made from an aerial survey will greatly help the Planning Board. Dr. Clarence Shannon explained that there was an increase in the total appropriation for the Engineering Department exclusive of the appropriation for aerial survey of 0.700. which took care of the ordinary increases and the additional help necessary. In regard to the motion read by the Moderator to appropriate the following sum for the maintenance and care of highways ($70,000.00) the town meeting members questioned the vote. However, fifteen people did not rise to cuestion the vote and the Moderator declared the vote as carried. The vote reads as follows: VOTED: That the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the maintenance of highways $70,000.00 Within the 33 minute period Mr. James G. Robertson asked for. the reconsideration of the appropriation for highway maintenance. After the Moderator read the following vote and the meeting passed the vote Mr. James G. Robertson asked for reconsideration of the vote asking for an appropriation for Westview Cemetery. VOTED: That the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for maintenance and develop- ment of Westview Cemetery. $3,429.00 Regarding the article for appropriation for the public schools, Mr. James Stuart Smith, Chairman of the School Committee, explained the appropriation. In regard to the appropriation for Parks & Playgrounds, Mr. Howard S. O. Nichols as one of the Trustees of Public Trusts stated that he wished to amend the motion that $13,000.00 be appropriated of which $12,360. be assessed and $640. be transferred from the income of the Tower Fund, and he stated that at the present time the report made by the Town Accountant does not shoe: the amoutt of income received from the Tower Park Fund and the income from two other trust funds for the Battle Green expended for Parks & Playgrounds, and his idea was to show this in the appropriation. He also felt that if 313,000. was necessary that the vote should be amended by ad. ing thereto n that $640. be transferred from the trust Funds." Atany event what he desired was to have the bookkeeping show the expenditures as they exist. Dr. Shannon explained that the entire amount of $13,000. was necessary to carry on the Park Department in addition to the sums transfdrred from Trust Funds . Mr. Nichols therefor withdrew his motion. Mr. Harold B. Needham inquired when the tennis courts were to be built in East Lexington. 353 Mr. '' illiam H. Ballard in:,uired what was being done about Hastings Park. He felt that the project being carried on there was quite extensive and that the filling vrhich is being brought from Hill Street should be dumped on the Playground instead of on Hastings Park. There are also two drainage problems, drainage from :Iassachusetts Avenue and also from Lincoln Street going into Hastings Park that will have to be taken care of. Dr. Shannon explained that the expense of grading and seeding Hastings Park would be vary little after the fill had been placed there. The motion as original.Ly offered ,:ms. pa ;sed. Art. 44. On motion of Mr. Hallie C. Blake the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the sum of 3,503 be appropriated and assessed for the celebration of the Tercentenary, and the same be expended under the direction of the Tercentenary Committee. Art. 6. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the follo Arg vote was passed: VOTED: That there be appropriated and assessed for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance d,i th Chapter 132 of the General Laws v 4,500. Art. 7. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed: VOTED: That there be appropriated and assessed as u Reserve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40, Section 6 of the General Laws $2,500.00 Art. 8. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed: VOTED: That there be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Department under Chapter 32 of the General Laws Police Pensions $1,870.66 Fire Pensions 1,107.81 Art. 3. On motion of Mr. Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed for aid to Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics. $300.00 It was also voted that Edward P. Merriam be elected as Director of Middlesex Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics. Art. 15. On motion of Mr. Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1930. Art. 01. On motion of Mr. Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That Article XIV, Section 1 of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington" be amended by striking out at the end of the second paragraph thereof the words "and none of whom shall he eligible for immediate reappointment upon the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed. " 354 Mr. Harold B. Lamont inquired if there was not danger in a person serving too many years on the Appropriation Committee and wished to amend Mr. Tra.sk' s motion that no person could serve more than _ix consecutive years. Mr. George M. Ross stated that in the Town of `•l:'irithrop one member of the committee has served for seventeen years, namely, Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, and the Town considers itself very fortunate in having this man e member of the committee. Mr. Robert H. Holt ruled that this amendment couldnot be passed upon at this meeting, inasmuch as it was not included in an article in the warrant, the article being specific as to the amendment. Art. 32. On motion of Mr.. Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That Article 1, section 3 V) of the "Code of By- laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington" be amended by adding at the end thereof the words "but not include town meeting members." Att. 14. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the following amount be appropriated end assessed to construct granolithic sidewalks andto place curbing adjacent to the Town property. 41,OOO.O0 Art. 18. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Hinchey Road, Valley Road and Summit Road. Art. 17. On motion of :fir. Sydney R. ;,rightington the following vote was passed: VOTED: That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to consider and make recommendations with respect to the laws and practice with reference to licensing, restraint and vaccination of dogs. Committee: Dr. William L. Barnes, Joseph Swan, and Galen A. Russell. Art. 19. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the following vote was passed: VOTED: That the Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to curb end grade the Soldier' s lot in the 'Munroe Cemetery, and for this purpose the sum of 463J. be appropriated and assessed. n60O.00. Art. :=3. On motion of Mr. Hallie C. Blake the following vote was passed: V{DTED: That the Town purchase from Paul A. Ringland of Lexington two c,orcels of land shown respectively as pz..rcels B nnd C on c plan of Clarke Street Extension, Lexington, Llass., August 27, 1929, by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, parcel B being included in the layout of Clarke Street Extension by the Selectmen, dated September 10, 1929, and parcel C being purchased as an addition to Parker Field, the town Play- ground, containing approximately nine thousand five hundred and thirteen (9513) square feet, provided that the said Ringland execute and deliver to the town at the time of the said conveyance a release of all claims for damages, if any, 35 C by reason of the said layout of the said Clarke Street Extension if accepted by the Town, end that in consideration of the sail conveyance the town pay the said Ringland the sum of one thousand five hundred and one dollars ($l5J1) and execute and deliver to him a release of all claim to better- ments assessed with reference to the said layout of said Clarke Street Extension or the said purchase. After this vote was passed Ir. Edward Wood arose and asked the Moderator to give him permission to reconsider the vote. The Moderator stated that he would allow him to speak on the motion, and the meeting entertained and passed the :Lotion of Mr. 7ood to reconsider the article. Mr. Sydney R. 1.rightington explained to the eeeting that for some time the Town has been anxious to obtain s. good entrance to the Playground and have been entering upon land with presu.!ed right to cross over it, and he advised the Board of Selectmen to lay down the exterior lines of the entrance to the Playground, and this action is to be taken under Article F41br the extension of Clarke Street. Art. `'3 did not in any way interfere with Mr. Wood' s property it was simply to purchase land from the other side of the street for an entrance to the playground. Mr. Edward Food then made a motion to lay the article upon the table, but this motion was lost. Ir. William H. Ballard hoped that the motion would prevail and stated that he considered the price of the land E. very fair one. Mr. Blake' s original motion was then passed by vote of the meeting. On motion of Mr. George M. Ross it was voted to adjourn the meeting for two weeks at 8 P.M. The meeting adjourned at 10:31 P.a. A true record, Attest: (1c7-4 Town Clerk. 306 Q ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING Ci 9 MARCH 31, 1930. Art. 5. On motion of Mr. James G. Robertson, it was voted to take up for reconsideration the appropriation voted for the Westview Cemetery, the following vote having been passed at the meeting on March 17, 1930, but application for reconsideration having been made within the time required. "VOTED: That the following amount be appropriated and 111 assessed for the current year for the maintenance and development of Westview Cemetery 133429.00.f Remarks were made by Mr. George H. Gibson, Cemetery Commissioner, regarding the Cemetery Department. The meeting voted not to consider the motion to reconsider the appropriation made for the Westview Cemetery. Art. 5. On motion of Mr. James G. Robertson, it was voted to take up for reconsideration the appro- priation voted for the Highway Maintenance, the following vote having been passed at the meeting on March 17, 1930, but application having been made for reconsideration within the time required. "VOTED: That the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the maintenance and care of highways 1``�70,000.00" Mr. William H. Ballard under this article stated that he felt that the Town could post-pone the new building of the outlying roads considering the other problems that the Town has at hand. Remarks were made by Mr . Fred H. Moulton that the money was not expended for the highway maintenance, but had been spent for constructionwork. Mr. Harold B. Lamont stated that he felt that the roads in the Town were in very good condition and that the Selectmen have stated that the amount they desire is $70,000. for highway maintenance and he hoped that the motion appropriating this sum would remain as passed. Mr. George Ross reported that the Appropriation Committee believe that the Selectmen need $70,000. to complete their program for this year. Mr. William Roger Greeley stated that he hoped that the Selectmen would give the details of how much they intended to spend. Mr. Patrick Flynn stated that he was in favor of the appropriation of 00,000. Mr. Elwyn G. Preston stated that he would like to see a larger amount of money spent for highway maintenance; that there is nothing that will establish the character of the Town more than the streets, and inasmuch as this is the Tercentenary year he felt that the Town should cooperate with the Selectmen. Mr. Francis Uham ;erlain moved that the article be laid upon the table. This motion was voted down by vote of the meeting. Mr. Fred H. Moulton inquired how much of last yearts appropriation was spent for road construction. • 35 Mr. Theodore A. Custance of the Board of Selectmen gave a lengthy list of expenditures of the appropriation for Highway Maintenance last year, naming various items that might be called construction work that were charged to the Highway Maintenance. Mr. William H. Ballard offered a motion to substitute the sum of $65,000. for p70,000. Questions were asked and remahks were also made by Mr. Richard McCabe, Mr. William J. Marshall, Mr. George E. Briggs, Mr. Orville B. Denison and Mr. W. Benjamin C. Meady. Mr. Robert P. Trask stated that he had in his possession a program showing very definitely work to be done on forty-eight of the different streets in the Town, many of the items running from two to five hundred dollars, and he felt that the Selectmen needed the entire amount of the appropriation to carry out the program planned for the maintenance work. /he motion of Mr. William H. Ballard to amend the original motion was voted down by vote of the meeting and the original motion was then carried. Art's.. 16 and 36. Mr. Theodore A. Custance 's motion to reconsider this article was voted down. Art. 34. Under this article, Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the motion that Article 34 and article 2 be taken up together. Under article two Mr. Frederick L. Emery, Chairman of the Planning Board, offered the following report of the Planning Board: REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD The Selectmen, Town Offices, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: We submit herewith the report of Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, upon the general subject of the drainage and development of the Vine Brook drainage area, dated September 29, 1928. For many years the Planning Board has been impressed with the necessity for draining and improving this area and has given much time and consideration to the subject. With your authority, Metcalf & Eddy were engaged to make a study of the entire Vine Brook drainage area and to report upon the practicability and probable cost of draining such area with a view to the eventual use for residential occupancy of as much of the area as possible and to suggest means to that end, including a layout of the most practicable scheme of streets andthoroughfares to make it accessible. The report is exhaustive and outlines not only the drainage necessary but the roads which should be built to make the area available for use, andincludes also an exhaustive study ©f the subject of betterments as a guide to the Town in covering the cost of such work as may be done. Since the drainage work so intimately involved the playground area, as well as the eventual attractiveness of the entire area for building purposes, the Planning Board called into conference Mr. A. A. Shurtleff of Inst a who iyAhR melt 1T"�c tr d the to ttie coouriht in the countr y, of collaboration with Mr. Shurtleff in determining the recommendations contained in this report. L 358 The report shows that the entire Vine Brook ZC drainage area comprises about 980 acres, of which 311 acres must be drained to be usable. In the opinion of the Planning Board, the presence of this large area almost in the center of the town constitutes in its present condition a standing threat to the present and prospective valuations throughout the center of the town. It is too much to expect that this will remain permanently without building. Unless it is properly drained, it and its bordering lands cannot go to a type of development that will be to the best interests of the Town. Left in its present condition, it will invite t type of development that will be prejudicial and a menace to the Town, resulting in depreciation of present valuable property. It is clear from the report of Metcalf & Eddy that it wouldbe lest for the Town if the entire project could be undertaken as a single piece of work. The cost of doing it all at once would be substantially less than otherwise; the task of assessing; betterments wouldbe much simplified, and the entire cost could be recovered by betterments more easily than would be possible if the work is undertaken in sections . It is believed, however, that the magnitude of the project is such that notwithstanding the economies and advantages to be derived from undertaking it all at once, it is probably better to take it up in sections. Because Vine Brook is the only means for draining the business center of the town and because it has already reached its capacity and in its present condition is likely soon to causd flooding from the surface water received from the center alone, it thus constitus a present threat to existing valuations , as well as -the key to increasedvaluations in the business center and else- where throughout the drained area, and it would seem to be a Town project to deepen and increase the capacity of the trunk line portion of Vine Brook from Vine Brook Roadto below Sheridan Street, the cost to be borne by the Town as a whole, independently of betterments and the larger area back of Vine Brook Road. This trunk line section of the brook kk Fi t6eea e o�e ,,r�' w int; ih ev vast as Demo Mineen the north and. south. The Town, having been responsible for maintaining this level, would seem to be shouldered with the responsibility of removing it. The indirect benefits from increased valuations will undoubtedly bring back to the Town more than the cost of the deepening. To undertake to cover this by any scheme of betterments would be so complex as to be probably impracticable. The data for doing this work is already in the report of Metcalf & Eddy. It is believed to be well within the range of possibility that the houses that would be built within the drained area within a period of ten years would furnish, together with the land that would be drained, an annual tax return of 25% or more of the entire cost of construction of this section. It is believed by the Planning Board that this section must be built in any event and wholly irrespective of the action of the Town with respect to the larger areas to the south and north. It is hoped that the Town will approve and adopt the entire rlan proposed by Metcalf & Eddy and that, 359 if not ready to proceed with the entire program, it will at least vote to construct the trunk section from Vine Brook Road to the outlet below Sheridan Street, leaving the remaining South Branch section and the North Branch section to b e proceeded with at an early date. Respectfully submitted, Frederick L. Emery Chairman. Mr. Emery then stated that in order that the voters might get the proper prospective he would explain; the propositionof the Vine Brook Drainage. Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington then offered a motion to approve in general the recommendation of the Planning Board. The Moderator ruled Mr. Wrightington's motion out of order and Mr. Wrightington withdrew his motion. Mr. Frederick L. Emery then proceeded to request permissioh of the meeting to admit Mr. Raymond, of the firm of Metcalf & Eddy, to the meeting, which permission was granted. Mr. Emery then proceeded to explain, with the aid of slides on the screen, the proposition of Vine Brook Drainage, and gave a very lengthy description of what was intended to be accomplished in the future, draining three hundred acres of the Town which are located within one half mile of Massachusetts Avenue. Dr. J. Odin Tilton offered a motion that a vote of thanks be extended to Mr. Emery for his able and lengthy description of the work involved in his report. This motion was secondedandpassed by vote of the meeting. Dr. Tilton then offered the motion that in view of the fact that it was impossible to vote intelligently upon such a renort that it be printed and distributed to the voters, or at least to the Town Meeting Members. Remarks were made by Mr. Patrick Flynn and Mr. Eugene T. Buckley of possible damages as a result of the drainage. Mr. Edwin B. Worthen called attention to the fact that the Town, May 12, 1926, voted to accept Chapter 221 of the Acts of 1926 regarding Sewer Assessment, and Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926 regarding Drainage Assessment, and he felt that the work of the drainage of Vine brook should be done by assessing betterments. Mr. Arthur Hutchinson felt that the land should be raised instead of drained and he offered a motion to indefinitely post-pone the whole project. Mr. William H. Ballard stated that he hoped the motion to indefinitely post-pone would not prevail and sug ested a committee of three members of each precinct, one member of the Planning Board and one member of the Board of Selectmen be appointed to study the project. 360 Mr. Edwin B. Worthen. and Mr. Theodore A. Custance hoped that the motion to indefinitely post-pone would not prevail. The meeting voted not to indefinitely post-pone the project. Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald then offeredthe following motion: "VOTED: That a committee of four, one from each precinct, be appointed by the moderator to investigate the matter of Vine Brook Drainage and report its findings at a future meeting. That each of the four members so appointed, be empowered to addthree more members to the committee, saida' d.itional members to be from the respective precinct in which the moderator's appointee votes. That the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen; the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee and the Chairman of the Planning Board co-operate with said committee andact as a part of same. " This motion wan lost by vote of the meeting. Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington stated that he believed that there had been study enough made of the project andthat referrring the matter to further committees would not get anywhere. Dr. Tilton asked that the question on the printin g of the report be put before the meeting and the follow- ing vote was passed: "VOTED: That the report of the Planning Boardand of Metcalf and Eddy on Drainage and Development of the Vine Brook Drainage Area be printed and distributed to the Town Meeting Members. " The meeting adjourned for four weeks to April 28, 1930 at 8 P.M. The meeting adjourned at eleven o 'clock P.M. A true record, Attest: 110 )-6; • • . de ,.- Town Clerk. 361 AMENDMENT TO BY-LAW, TOWN ME',:TING MARCH 17, 1930. Art. 31. To see if the Town will amend Section 1 of Article XIV of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington" , by striking out at the end of the second paragraph the words "and none of whom shall be eligible for immediate reappointment upon the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed." Lexington, Mass . February 24, 1930. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of. the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest: James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington. Art. 31. On motion of Mr. Robert P . Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That Article XIV, Section 1 of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington" be amended by striking out at the end of the second paragraph thereof the words and none of whom shall be eligible for immediate reappointment upon the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively al)pointed. " Lexington, Mass . March 31, 1930 . I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true coP3- of Article 31 in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting called for March 3, 1930, and of the Constable's return on said Warrant . I also certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the vote passed under Article 31 at tie adjourned Town Meeting held March 17, 1930 as the same appears of record. Attest : John H. Kane Town Clerk of Lexington. Boston, Mass . April 10, 1930. The foregoing amendment to the by-laws is hereby approved. Joseph E. Warner Attorney General. 362 AMENDMENT TO BY-LAW, TOWN MEFTT_NG MARCH 17, 1930. t .3 Art. 32. To see if the Town will amend Section 3 (1) of Article 1 of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington" , by adding at the end thereof the words "but not include town meeting members ." Lexington, Mass . February 24, 1930 . To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest : James J. Sullivan Constable of Lexington Art. 32. On motion of Mr. Robert P . Trask the following vote was passed: VOTED: That Article 1, section 3 (..,) of the "Code of By-laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexincfton" be amended by adding at the end thereof the words "but not include town meeting members . " Lexington, Mass . March 31, 1930. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Article 32 in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting called for March 3, 1930, and of the Constable 's return on said Warrant. I also certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the vote passed under Article 32 at the adjourned Town Meeting held March 17, 1930 as the same appears of record. Attest: John H. Kane , Town Clerk of Lexington. Boston, Mass . April 10, 1930. The foregoing amendment to the by-laws is hereby approved. Joseph E. Warner Attorney General. 363 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING APRIL 28, 1930. • Owing to a meeting in Estabrook Hall of the Precinct Members of Precinct two to determine a tie vote, the Town Meetin - was not called together until 8: 15 P.M. by Moderator Robert H. Holt. Art. 1. Under this article on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was "Voted: That a Committee of three ( 3) of whom the Moderator shall be a member, be appointed to act on behalf of the Town in connection with the lectures provided for .:ander the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzzanne E. Cary, said Committee to continue to s ervL until the next annual Town Meeting. " Committee appointed: Robert H. Holt, Mrs . Henry D. Love and Rev. Christo ,her W. Collier. Art. 3. Under this article on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the following vote was passed; "Voted: That John C. Russell and Edward C. Mauire be elected as Field Drivers . Art. 2. Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the fol. owing Committee Report of the Committee on New Town Office Buildin, , and asked that the report of the Committee be accepted and the Committee discharged, and the meeting so voted: Report of the Special Committee appointed September 22, 1927 which had "full authority to construct and equip Tovm Office Buildin; as herein authorized within the sums appropriated, said. building to be constructed substantially in accordance with the plans recommended by Special Committee reportin- under Article 2 for the Warrant of this meeting." Your Committee, having completed its task and turned the Building, over to the Town, are pleased to submit the followin;T report and ask that the Committee be dis- charged. CREDITS Mar. 28/27 Appropriation 83,500.00 Sept .22/27 Appropriation 500.00 Transferred from sale of Rindge Property 11,000.00 Bonds Issued 45,000.00 Transferred from Sale of old Town Hall 50,001.00 Received from Isaac Harris Cary Trustees for Grading 12,087.50* $122,088.50 DEBITS Architect 's Fees 136,773.24 General Contract 76,630.84 Electrical Contract 3,425.87 Heating Contract 6,262.59 Sprinkler System 2,555.00 Screens 458.00 Weatierstrips 276.00 Equipment pment 7,040.79 Finish, Gradin;i, Curbing & Planting 18,666.17* $122,088.50 364 F� Q *This was for grading the Cary Memorial grounds as well as the Town Office grounds , and the contribution was made by the Isaac Harris Cary Trustees for this purpose. Respectfully submitted, Theodore A. Custance Albert H. Burnham Edwin B. Worthen George W. Nary Arthur N. Maddison James G. Robertson Francis Chamberlain Norman C. Hooper Art. 20. Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the following votes : "Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Fottler Avenue a distance of approximately 1250 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewn - in Bow Street, a distance of approximately 560 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Theresa Avenue, a distance of approximately 220 feet. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Cliffe Avenue, a distance of approximately 520 feet. Further Voted: That for the purpose of constructing sewers in saidstreets, the sum of X20,000 be approp- riated, said sum to include 55000 to be appropriated and assessed in the levy of the current year and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell bonds or notes of the Town in the sum of 515,000 issued and payable in accordance with law." $5000 .00 The above votes to construct sewers in Fottler Ave. Bow Street, Theresa Avenue and Cliffe Avenue were passed unanimously by the meeting. Mr. Theodore A. Custance then offered the following vote : "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Winthrop Road Extension a distance of approximately 250 ' . " Under this article, Dr. James J. Walsb. stated that he felt it shoy,ld not be necessary to install a sewer in a road which at the present time is not a public street and has not any houses built unon it, and discoura _ed any action under this vote. Dr. James J. Walsh then offered a motion to indefinitely postpone t is part of the article . The Moderator declared the motion to indefinitely postpone lost. Fifteen people havin7 doubted the vote, a rising vote was taken with the result of 81 votes in favor of postponing and 49 aainst . The Moderator declared the motion to install a sewer in Winthrop Road indefinitely postponed. Mr. Theodore A. Custance then offered the following motion : "Voted: That or the purpose of constructing sewers in said streets, the sum of 320,000 be appropriated, saidsum to include $5,000 to be appropriated and assessed in the levy of the current year and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell bonds or notes of the Town in the sum of $15,000 issued and payable in accordance with law. " $5000.00 • 365 Mr. Custance explained that the cost of the extension in Winthrop Road wo .11cl be only $750, and that is why he did not -educe the appropriation of $20,000, as that would give the Selectmen an opportunity to complete the work and be sure that the estimates will be met. The above vote .requ' red two-thirds vote; the vote of the meetin-* war' taken with the result of 130 in favor and one i 1 the negative. The motion was therefore declared carried. 11 Arts.`11 & 22. Under these articles on motion of Mr. 'Theodore A. Custance the following votes were passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains , not less than six inches in size in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee : Valley Road, Freemont Strec t and Winthrop Road Extension, and Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains, not less than six inches in size in the following accepted streets : Walnut Street and Allen Street, and Further Voted: That for the purpose of installing water mains in the streets mentioned in Articles 21 and 22 the sum of 30,000 be appropriated for Water Construction Account and that for the purpose or rai_s ing the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell unde - the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town, issued and payable as provided by law. " Art. 24. Under this article, Mr. Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion: "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of an extension of Clarke Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen under the Betterment Act , and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3,500. be appropriated and assessed. " Under this article Mr. Edward Wood stated that he felt according to the description of his deed that some of his land was to be taken for hi:"hway purposes. Mr. Hollis Webster also asked for some information on the question as to whether the land was pro-rerly measured. Mr. Willard C. Hill stated that he felt no injustice should be done to Mr. Wood in taking his land. The Town Engineer reported that he did not bei ieve the Town was taking any of Mr. Wood's land; that they were going up to the boundary of his property. Mr. James Stuart Smith then offered a motion that the Moderator appoint a Committee of five citizens to report on this matter at a subsequent meetin -, and the meeting so voted. Committee Appointed: Willard C. Hill, James Stuart Smith, Hazen W. Hamlin, Eugene G. Kraetzer, and J. Henry Duffy. Art. 25. Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of a portion of Fottler Avenue , all as laidout by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office dated August 22, 1929" Under this article Mr. Custtnce stated that if the meeting would waive the reading of the layout of the street, he would have it included in the record of the meeting. The Town Counsel agreed that it was not necessary to road the description of the various street takings , and it was therefore decided to waive the reading of the descriptions . 366 COWONWEALTH OF MASSACH'TSETTS Middlesex, ss Lexington, Mass . Sept. 10, 1929 Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given due written notice of the intention of said Board., as required by law, to lay out as a town way the way known as Fottler Avenue from Cliffe Avenue westerly about 605 feet all as hereinafter more fully appears , and. after public hearing thereon held this day, and no objections having been made; Now, neon consideration of the matter, it is ORDERFD: That this Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Fottler Avenue be laidout and established as a public town way, and that the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively, as follows : The northerly line of Fottler Avenie begins at a point in the westerly line of C1_. ffe Avenue , thence north 690 17 ' 58" west distant about 133 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a carve of, 235.76 feet radius distant 94.64 feet to a point of tangency, thence south 87° 42 ' 02" west distant 239.05 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 257 .94 feet radius distant 93.64 feet to a point of tangenc;j, thence south 66° 54 ' 02" west distant 60.00 feet. The southerly line of Fottler Avenue begins at a point in the westerly line of Cliffe Avenue, thence north 69° 17 ' 58" west distant about 133 feet to a point of curvature , thence bearing to the left with a curve of 195.76 feet radius distant 78.58 feet to a point of tangency, thence south 87° 42 ' 02" west distant 239.05 feet to a point of curvature , then( e bearing to the left with a curve of 217.94 feet radius distant 79.12 feet to a point of tangency, thence south 66° 54 ' 02" west distant 60.00 feet to a point, said point being south 23° 05 ' 58" east distant 40.00 feet from the terminus of the above described northerly line. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 40 .00 feet from each other. Said Fottler Avenue is hereby laid out and establish d as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of Fottler Avenue, Lexington, Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, August 22, 1929, Jon T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in said Lexington and a copy of whichwill be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as afo' esaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages a'e awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts herein are done uncle- the provisions of law authorizing the 367 assessment of betterments . Theodore A. Custance Clarence Shannon Board Hallie C. Blake of Francis Chamberlain Selectmen Art. 26 . On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted; That the Town accept the layout as a ' town way of a portion of Taft Avenue from Baker Aven.ze to Ellis Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk 's Office dated January 21, 1930. " COMMON:VEALTH OF HAS SACHi7S T". Middlesex, ss . Lexington, Mass . , February 11, 1930. Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after havi-.n,_• given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Taft Avenue from Baker Avenue to Ellis Street six hundred ninety feet ( 690) more or less , all as hereinafter more fully appears , and after public hearing thereon held on the 11th day of February, 1930 and no objections having been made; Now upon consideration of the matter it is ORDERED; That the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Taft Avenue be laid out and established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows : The southerly line of Taft Avenue begins at its junction with the westerly line of Baker Avenue, said junction being northerly of and distant 1J0.00 feet from the northerly line of Oak Street, and thence north. 440 30 ' west distant 694. 00 feet to its junction with the westerly line of Ellis Street . The northerly line of Taft Avenue begins at a point opposite the junction of the westerly line of Baker Avenue withthe southerly line of Taft Avenue, thence north 44° 30' west distant 686.00 feet. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 40 .00 feet from each other. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled, "Plan of Taft Avenue, Lexington, Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, January 21, 1930 John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer" , which plan is on file in 111 the Town Clerk 's Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the que tion of damages six tamed by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the 368 0 provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments . Theodore A. Custance Board Clarence Shannon of Francis Chamberlain Selectmen Art. 27. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance • this article was indefinitely oostp-'ned. Art. 28. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance 1111 the following; vote w'is passed: "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of T3ertwell Road froiri i4orti Hancock Street to } uller road all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan or file 'n the Town Clerk 's Office , COW4ONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mas s . , February 11, 1930 . Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Office. At a meeting of the Board. of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given written notice • of the intention of said Boar''. as required by law, bo lay out as a town way Bertwell Road from North Hancock Street to Fuller Road nine hundred fifty (950) feet more or less, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 11th day of February, 1930 and no objections having been made; Now upon consideration of the matter, it is ORDERED: That the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience requ _re that said Bertwell Road be laid out and established • as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows: The westerly line of Bertwell Road begins at a stone bound marking the westerly end of a curve of 277.34 feet radius in the northerly line of North Hancock Street , thence bearing to the left with a curve of 28. 98 feet radius distant 39.74 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 23° 38 ' 40" east distant 52. 63 feet to a stone bound marking a point of curvature , thence bearing to the left with a curve of 384.88 feet radius distant 171.59 feet to 'a stone bound marking a point of tangency, thence north 10 54 ' west distant 719.69 feet. The easterly line of Bertwell Road begins at a point in the northerly line ^f North Hancock Street, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 11.80 feet radius distant 24.49 feet to a stone bound marking a point of tan :ency, thence north 23° 38 ' 40" east distant 36.10 feet to a stone bound marking a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 434.88 feet radius distant 193.88 feet to a stone bound marking a point of tangency, thence north 1° 54' west distant 719.69 feet. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 50.00 feet from each other with the exception of the curved intersections at North Hancock Street . 369 The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled, "Plan of Bertwell Road, Lexington, Mass . , Scale 1 inch - 40 feet, May 22, 1929, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " said plan being divided into two lengths on sheets numbered 1 and 2, which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will. be • recorded with Middlesex South. District Registry of T)eeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no dama -es are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of. betterments . Theodore A. Custance Board Clarence Shannon of Francis Chamberlain Selectmen Art. 29. Under this article on motion of Mr. • Theodore A. Custance, it was unanimousl, Voted: That for the purpose of constructing Fattier Avenue , Taft Avenue, and Bertwell Road all as laid out and accepted under Articles 25, 26, and 28 the sum of $16,250 be appropriated and assessed. " Art. 30. On motion of Mr. Hallie C. Blake it was "Voted: That the sum of $2,000 000 he appropriated and assessed to equip and repair the East Lexington Fire Station Building. Art. 38. Under this article 'i;_r . Edgar F. Scheibe • . offered the following, motion : "Voted : That the Town, on the petition signed George W. Sarano and others, being the owners of fifty per cent in valuation of the property designated or accepted by • the Planning Board as affected by The proposed amendment, and on the recommendation of the Planning Board thereon, • after public hearings as provided in sec. 17 of the Zoning By-law, due no l is e hereof having been given in the ' warrant of this meeting and no objections thereto in writing having been filed with the town clerk prior to the day named in 'he Warrant for the Town Meeting at which such proposed repeal or modification was acted upon, amend the Lexington Zoning By-law and Zoning map by changing from a C-1 district to an R-1 district a portion of the territory described in paragraph 28 of sec. 3 so that said paragraph shall read as follows.: "At the junction of Marrett Road, formerly School Street, Lincoln and. School Streets , commonly known as "The Five Forks ", a business district on both sides of Marrett Road extending southerly for a 'distance of 200 feet from the most southerly line of Lincoln Street and of a depth of 100 feet frym the adjacent street line in each instance. " ( By statute 1929, Chapter 39 this must be adopted by a two- thirds vote. ) Mr. Frederick L. Emery, Chairman of the Planning Board then read the following report of the Planning Board to the Board of Selectmen dated. February 13, 1930. The Selectmen, Town Offices Lexington, Mass . Gentlemen: On or about May 15th, 1929, the Planning Board 370 az received from you petition of. George W. Sarano and others, asking that certain areas at the inter- sections of Marrett Road, Lincoln Street and School Street, commonly known as "The Five Forks", be chan ed from C. 1 or Business ?)istricts , as they are now zoned, to R.l or Residential Districts . Following receipt of this petition, the Planning Board held a hearing in the Selectmen ' s room on the evening of October 7th, 1929, notice of which was duly published under our Zoning Law in the Lexington Times and notices of which were also sent by registered mail to all individual property owners owning propert-, in that locality. The hearing was well attended. The owners of the major part of the territory, the status of which the petition asked to have chan appeared to favor the proposed change; the only opposition came from two out-of-town attorneys , one of whom represented the owners of the triangular piece of property between School Street and PMarrett £toad, and tie other of w om held a small mortgage on that property. A very small area only near the tip of the triangle would be affected by the proposed change, and this small portion that would he so affected is behind and virtually control=led by the tip portion itself, which is owned by one of the petitioners who advocated the chance. The petition in effect asked than, the business areas provided un..:d.er our present Zoning Law on both sides of 'Jarrett Road and School Street north of LinDln Street, and on both sides of Lincoln Street, save the depth frontanes of the existing bus ness • section on Marrett Road at the south of Lincoln Street, he restored to R.l or Residential areas . After a full he :ring and a very full su?,sequent cons ideration of the petition following the hearing, the Planning Board unanimously r, commends that the Zoning Law be amended in accordance with the a -ticle relating thereto in the warrant for the Town Meeting. When the original Zoning Law was adopted in the town, it was considered good practice to provide business districts beyo id imaediate needs and such as would • reasonably provide for future development of the town. Since then, it has ,come to be considered the better practice not to provide bus.tn.ess districts to accommodate develop- ments many years in advance of present requirements, • and, since there is no immediate req iirement for a bus 'ness area or district in the vicinity of "The Five Forks" in excess of what is provided for on both sides of Marr- tt Road south of L 'noln Street, and since the owners of the major part of the Property, the `status of which it is desired to change, favor the pr000sed change, the Planning Board feels that the 'restoration of such areas to residential districts had best be made, to Preserve the status of residential districts as long as possible. Our exper ie n ,e in Lexington, as well as the experience of othrr towns , shows that where the bias }ness districts are mor extensive than really required, the tendency is for scattered building of stores at different points in the entin,e area, instead of compact • building within a smaller area. Scattered location of 371 stores does not make for property valuation thereof as business properties, and at the same time causes substantial depreciation of the residential properties between, with the resat that neither the owners of the business prr perties , nor theowners of the residential properties , are as well off as if the business ar as were more restricted , and the business building more compact. While it probably would not he wise to undertake any wholesale readjustment of business areas as at present l ,id down by the Zonig Law, whenever the owne's of proverties now zoned for business petition for restoration of such properties to resi,rential districts , such petitions shoal, n the opinion of the Planning Board, be given serious consideration. It should be said in behalf of the signers of the present petition that they desired this proposed change to be considered at the time the recent extensive amendments to the Zoning Law were made, but at the request of the Planning Boardthey generously consented to defer filing their petition until _fter the major amendments had peen considered by the Town, in order to avoid complications that might otherwise have developed. Res.oectfully submitted, F. L. Emery Chairman. Mr. .Lhne'y then went on to explain that a hearing had been held on the petition signed by residents of the vicinity of Five Forks, asking for a change in. the Zoning Law. The hearing had been well attended, and. there was no objection except from an out of. Town attorney and from a man who held a 'o ortgagge on the property of Innis & McLe than. Yr. Emery felt that it was the intention of the owners of that property to apply for a Milne station to be located on the corner of their property, and the Planning Boa--i were of the opinion that t was not a proper location inasmuch as the tip end of the land was controlled by one of the petitioners for a change in the Zoning Law. Mr. Francis Burke statedthat he felt it was unfair to Innis & McLennon, owners of the property known as Parrett Gardens, in which development they have sixty- five vacant lots, to impose a restriction upon their pro oerty b:r removing the bus ness zone, inasmuch as when they purchased this property, they )urchased it in good faith anddid not know of any petition having been filed with the Planning Board for a change in the Zoning Law. They felt that any piece of property developed for house lots needed a business location reserved for stores , and realizing how hard it was to secure a piece of property _)laced in the business district, he felt that this property should not be changed. Remarks were made by Dr. James J. Walsh, Robert J. Fawcett, Edgar F. Scheibe, Arthur F. Hutchinson and. Patrick Flynn against the pronosition of changing the Zoning Law. • Remarks were made by Mr. and Mrs . George W. Sarano and Edgar F. Scheibe in Favor of the petition. Remark we •'e also made by Eunene T. Buckley and Lawrence G. M ' tchell. A two-thirds vote being necessary, a rising vote was taken with the r • suit of fifty-eight in ''avor of amending the Zoning Law, and eighty against, and the motion was declared lost. 372 Art. 35. On motion of Mr. Theodore ti. Custance the following vdte was passed unanimously Voted.: That the sum of v 10,000 be appropriatedand, assessed to equip and repair the Public. Vvorks Department building located on Bedford street. Art. 37. On motion of Mr. Theodore h. Custance the following vote was passed unanimously Voted: That the town purchase from Robbins & Smith, inc. for street purposes the following parcels of land: PARCEL A, bounded as follows : SoutherlT, by Follen 'toad 29.14 feet; Westerly by land of grantor 88.27 feet; Northerly by land of grantor 30.91 feet; Easterly by land of grantor 68.12 feet; containing 1590 square feet, all as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Part of smith Avenue , Lexington, Mass. , ?tale 1 inch equals 20 feet, June 1C, 1927, John I . Cosgrove, 'own Engineer"; PARCEL B, bounded as follows : Southerly by Pollen 'goad. 52.75 feet; Westerly by landof grantor 109.74 feet; Easterly by land of grantor 111.52 feet; containing 1526 square feet, all as shown on plan entitled. "Plan of Part of Smith Avenue , Lexington, 'ass . June 16 1927, Scale 1 inch equals 20 feet, John 2 . Cosgrove, Town Engineer"j in considerationof the payment to Robbins & Smith Inc . of the sum of six hundred seventeen and fifteen one-hundredths dollars L617.15 ) 617.15 ) FURTHER VOTED: That the sum of six hundred seventeen and fifteen one-hundredths dollars (v6l7.15 ) be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of the said purchase of land from Robbins & Smith Inc . Mr. Theodore 11 . Cu.stance offered a motion to indefinitely postpone all articles not acted upon, inasmuch as it was explained to the meeting that no action on construction work could be started until five days after the final adjournment of the Town Meeting. The meeting therefor voted to indefinitdly postpone all articles, the Town Counsel having presented an opinion that he saw no reason why this could not be done . The meeting dissolved at 10:03 P.M. A true cop; of the record, attest; . 261. Town Clerk. 3i3 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 sad Lexington, on MONDAY, the nineteenth day of May, 1930 at 8 P. M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate additional money for the following accounts : Granolithic sidewalks, Forest Fires, Waltham Street damages, Street Signs, 'Fire Ibpartment, Lowering Brooks, Town Clerk, and Police Department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To consider the further report of the Planning Board on the drainage and development of the Vine Brook water shedand the report thereon of Metcalf & Eddy, Consulting Engineers, dated September 29, 1928, a copy of which is on file at the office of the Board of Selectmen and open to public inspection; and to see if the Town will approve or adopt all or any of the recommendations therein. contained, vote to construct, deepen, enlarge or relocate water ways , drains, sewers, conduits, roads or parks substantially as described therein; appropriate money therefore by the issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 4. To see if the Town will appropriate money to deepen, widen, relocate or clear of obstructions Vine Brook below Sheridan Street and to alter and reconstruct the present culvert under East Street. Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install a sewer in Winthrop Road extension from the present end of Winthrop Road to Waltham Street, a distance of approximately 1,450 feet; also from a point in Winthrop Road extension near the present south branch of Vine Brook across private lands to Vine Brook Road, a distance of approximately 1) 50 feet; also from Vine ' Brook Road across private lands to Mass . Avenue; from Mass. Avenue across Town property to the railroad; from the railroad across private lands to Sherman Street; from Sherman Street across private lands to Sheridan Street; thence along Sheridan Street to a point in Grant Street; the total distance from Vine Brook Road. to Grant Street, as above described, being approximately 2,000 feet; appropriate money for said construction by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or. notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way a portion of Tucker Avenue, from Baker Avenue westerly, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate mone therefor by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation, or take any action relating thereto. 374 Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to cover the expense of printing and publishing the report on Vine Brook Drainage and to cover the Engineering services in connection therewith, as authorizied by the Town Meeting held March 31, 1930. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the purpose of purchasing a certain lot of land locatdd on the Old County Road near Allen Street known as a portion of the Swenson Brothers Farm contain+ ing approximately eight acres, and erecting thereon a public school building and originally equipping and furnishing the same', and to provide for such appropriation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by any, one or more or all of such methods, or to take any action relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Stanley Hill Post 38, American Legion, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the celebration of the Tercentenary, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a portion of the land owned by Lois M. and Lillian G. Marshall near the Cary Memorial Library, s^id parcel being described as follows : Lot C. bounded south- westerly by land now or formerly of William E. Denham 50.85 feet; northwesterly by land of Town of Lexington 76.84 feet; northeasterly by land of Town of Lexington 49.30 feet; southeasterly by land of the grantors 76.09 feet, all as shown on plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1" - 10 ' October 14, 1929, E. N. Montague, C. E. , West Acton, Mass. " appropriate money for this purpose by direct appropriation, issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, or act in any manner relAt3.ng thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $850. from the Account. of Sale of Land to purchase of land of Lois M. and Lillian G. Marshall adjoining the Cary Memorial Library property. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, an extension of Clarke Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money for the construction of saidstreet by direct appropriation or by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, and provide for the transfer of any unexpended balance to Other construction, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.13. To see if *he Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and zoning map by changing from an R-1 district to a C-1 district the property on the westerly side of Bedford Street from Valley Road and extending northerly along property of Harriette W. Smith. Hereof, fail hot, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. 375 Given under our hands, at Lexington, this sixth day of May, A. D. , 1930. Albert H. Burnham Clarence ,Shannon Selectmen Hallie C. Blake of Robert P. Trask ' Lexington. Theodore A. 94stance To the Town Clerk: Lexington, Mass. , May 12, 1930. I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and in 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. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire. Constable of Lexington. 376 CD TOWN MEETING MAY 19, 1930 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt at 8:07 P. M. Art. 2. Mr. Theodore A. Custance moved that article 2 be taken up. Under this article Mr. Robert P. Trask offered the following motion: "Voted: That the following amounts be appropriated for the following accounts for the ensuing year. Granolithic sidewalks 32000. Forest Fires 1000. Waltham Street Damages 199 . Street Signs 300. Fire Department 2450. Lowering Brooks 500. Town Clerk 200. Police Department 700. Mr. George ,M. Ross, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, reported that this committee approved the appropriations as offered by Mr. Trask. Art. 3. Under this article, Dr. Clarence Shannon offered the following motion which was passed unanimously: "Voted: That the report of the Planning Board and Selectmen on the drainage and development of the Vine Brook Water Shed be accepted and placed on file." Drainage of VINE BROOK WATERSHED in South Central Portion of Lexington Reports of the SELECTMEN AND PLANNING BOARD and copy of the Report of METCALF & EDDY, ENGINEERS. Report of the Planning Board. April 15, 1930. The Selectmen, Town Offices, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: Pursuant to vote of the adjourned Town Meeting of March 31, 1930, the Planning Board submits herewith copy of the principal part of the report of the Engineers, Messrs. Metcalf & Eddy, under date of September 29, 1928, upon the subject of drainage of the Vine Brook area. The copy lacks a reproduction of the plan giving the soundings taken throughout the drainage area because the data on • said plan is so small it would not reproduce satisfactorily. 377 Bound with the report is a copy of the plan prepared by A. A. Shurtleff of street layout to harmonize with the drainage channels. This street layout has already been changed somewhat and will be subject to further changes as the detail work of development proceeds, but it affords a good idea of the plan OT through ways and principal connecting streets as they will eventually be built if present plans are carried out. Except as above, the copy II of the Metcalf & Eddy report is complete. That report discusses present conditions; outlines a system for draining the area south of Massachusetts Avenue to reclaim the present low and unusable portions thereof; lays down a system of through highways to fit in with the proposed drainage channels; gives plans for installing sewers to serve the territory and finally presents a careful analysis as a guide to the assessment of betterments upon the benefited areas. The drainage system suggested covers both the North Branch and South Branch areas, respectively at opposite sides of Waltham Street, also the trunk line section which extends beneath Vine Brook Road, Massachusetts Avenue and the railroad. These areas aggregate some 900 acres. While the entire project could be carried out as a unit with large savings in cost, and while the entire plan, if executed as a single undertaking, would undoubtedly simplify the problem of assessment of betterments and would probably permit the Town to recover most of the cost, if not the entire cost of construction by assessment of betterments, the Planning Board feels that the entire project would involve so much money that the Town would hesitate to undertake it all at once. Furthermore, the entire project, if executed at once, would also possibly throw into the market more land for residential II building than could be well digested in a period of time that would make it profitable. Therefore, the Planning Board feels that it would be wiser to undertake a part only of the work at this time, leaving the balance to be executed at a later date when the need therefor shall have become more immediately imperative. The Town should, however, immediately make such layouts and takings as will make possible eventual accomplishment of the entire project. The trunk line section extending from a point just above Vine Brook Road to and under Massachusetts Avenue and the railroad to an outlet point some thousand feet below the railroad, being located almost in the heart of the business section of the Town, is the key to the entire situation. The capacity of this section must be increased in the immediate future to take care of the surface drainage from the center of the Town without considering the problem of conducting away the waters received, from the areas beyond. This trunk section must be lowered some eight feet before the South Branch area above can be properly drained for building; the North Branch area will require a lowering of not more than six and one- half feet. The Planning Board has felt that this trunk line section should be deepened and constructed by the Town as a Town project and at the expense of the Town; its location in the very heart of the Town; the fact that it drains the entire business center as well as the area surrounding the center; the fact that the entire Town would benefit from this improvement just as the entire Town benefits from any improvement in the center of the Town; end the complications that accompany any effort to assess better- ments in respect to that particular section of the brook would seem to make it more properly a Town proposition than one relating to bordering properties only. It would seem that every municipality is under obligation to maintain drainage structures, adequate for the normal growth of the . . 'tC { 78 town. Furthermore, the Planning Board believes that the enhanced values of property throughout the center of the Town and the area drained eventually into this trunk section of the brook would in a comparatively few years return to the Town in taxes more than the reconstruction of this particular section would cost. The trouble with the General Betterment Act has been that the entire cost of any improvement must necessarily be assessed as betterments, -- it is not possible to divide the cost; and these betterments can not be assessed until after the work is completed. If any error 1.8 found to have occurred in method of assessment or in the apportionment among the properties especially benefited, the entire assessment can be thrown out and the cost of the completed work would then fall back upon the Town. In June last a new Betterment Act was passed, Acts of 1929, Chapter 380, evidently with the purpose of removing some of the objections to the earlier act. This recent act makes possible , among other things, the assessment of a part of the construction cost only instead of the whole cost, where the situation justifies, and provides also for outlining a plan and taking the matter before the court for approval or disapproval before any costs of construction are incurred. If the court approves, then the work may be carried out with comparative certainty that the betterments assessed according to the approved plan may be collected, and if, after the court has considered the proposed plan, it appears to the Town that the cost is likely to be heavier than it anticipated, the Town may abandon the entire project, reimbursing land owners for any expense they may have been put to in opposing the plan before the court. Apparently many of our citizens feel that any work of this sort should be constructed under a betterment Act, and if a majority of the Town Meeting members entertain that view, this new Betterment Act above referred to would appear to furnish the most desirable plan upon which to proceed, for it would not, like the earlier act, require the entire cost of the trunk section to be borne by the properties especially benefitedalong its line and and along the North and. South Branch areas , to the exclusion of the Town as a whole. Just what betterments would, under this act, be assessable along the trunk line cannot yet be stated at this time, but this new act would make possible the assessment of only so much of the entire cost as would appear to be just and. fair. As the sentiment of the Town appears to have developed, it would seem to be wise to undertake at once not only the deepening and improvement of the trunk section, but, in addition, what is known as the South Branch section extending to Marrett Road. There can be no question but what the South Branch section should be constructed under one of the Betterment Acts. ROADS. We suggest that the roads be omitted from consideration at this time except that the Town should adopt a definite plan and make any necessary layouts, and takings where necessary, to assure that such roads as eventually may be built, shall be built in accordance with that approved layout. As such roads are found necessary, they may be built like other roads in newly developed areas in the Town, the cost of the same to be charged back against the abutting lands. This cost at the present time averages from $7.00 to $10.00 per lineal foot of road. In the present instance, some of the roads should be built to serve as through roads , to relieve Massachusetts Avenue and the center of the Town of as much traffic as 379 possible. To that end suchroads should be built as indicated on the Shurtleff plan, wider than wouldbe necessary for purely local needs and, as a consequence, the Town, andpossibly the State, should bear a proper part of the construction cost. SEWERS. Sewers also , so far as necessary to accommodate the areas under development, should be built under mfr II present act, and therefore form no necessary part of the present drainage problem except that such sewer as must extend from Vine Brook Road to junction with the present sewer trunk line in the vicinity of Sheridan Street, estimated to cost 08,000, must be built at the expense of the Town because the locality through which that section must extend is already served by and has been assessed. for the present sewer system. COSTS. Messrs. Metcalf & Eddy estimate the cost of the trunk line drainage section, extending from its outlet near the junction of Sheridan and. Grant Jtreets to Vine Brook Road, and including necessary engineering, at: $88,000 From Vine Brook Roadto the new junction point a short distance beyond the proposed extension of Winthrop Road: 15,000 From the new junction point to Marrett Road: 17,000 A total of: $120,000 The cost from Vine Brook Road to the new junction point: $15,000 Thence to Marrett Road: 17,000 A total of: $32,000 should in any event be assessed under the Betterment Act upon the land specially benefited. There are 166 acres of unusable land in the South Branch area. Deducting 20 acres for land which, when drained, may still be found unsuited for building, and good for parks only, leaves 146 adres of unusable lands to be reclaimed; at 43,560 feet per acre, this would mean a total of 6,359,760 square feet. A betterment assessment of one-half cent per square foot upon this area alone-- y218 per acre would bring a total of $31,798.80, or approximately the cost of the drainage channel from Vine Brook Road to Marrett Road. This does not take into account additional betterments that may be assessed upon higher lands, fronting upon the unusable areas and now inaccessible because of the same. It would seem, therefore, wise to take in the entire II South Branch area with the initial construction of the trunk line under Massachusetts Avenue and the railroad. To make this possible, another meeting must be called, the warrant for which shall contain an article of broader scope than- Article 34 of the warrant for the present meeting. The Engineers, following a further examination, confirm the report originally made to the Planning Board, that for the present there will be no appreciable damage to the areas below Grant Street from such increased rate of flow as may result from the deepening of the brook throughout the trunk and. South Branch sections under consideration; 380 J) that such increase as may result will be accommodated ZO by enlarging the culvert under Hayes Lane, which is included in the scheme already proposed, and by substitut- ing two culvert pipes each of about five feet in diameter for the single culvert under East Street now existing and cleaning the brooks, at an additional cost estimated by the engineers at something less than a thousand dollars. Later it may be found desirable to improve the lands below Grant Street as much as is now proposed for the North and South Branch areas; thereby to remove danger from increased flow from above Vine Brook Road as building in that locality proceeds, and at the same time render the lands south of Grant Street available for building just at the upper areas will be made available by the proposed drainage scheme. The engineers also report that in their opinion there will be little liability from damage claims arising from shifting the locations of brooks in the North and South Branch areas--at most a relatively small liability. The matter of connecting necessary or desired laterals with the main drainage channels would appear to invlove no serious difficulty. Ihe engineers advise that, in general, these laterals should be constructed by the property owners to drain their several properties into the main channels to whatever extent necessary to adapt the properties to desired uses. Most of the large individual properties in the South Branch area adjoin one or both sides of the proposed South Branch channel and can with little difficulty be drained thereinto. If it is desired to convert these properties into residential developments, laterals would probably be necessary, but in general such laterals should follow the streets laid out and approved by the Board of Survey for residential development; they would ordinarily take the form of drains or pipes underlying the streets and would be constructed at the time the streets are constructed. Obviously it is impracticable to lay down those laterals in advance of the detail plans for residential development because the laying out of streets and lots necessarily constitute parts of a single problem--neither should be '.aid out independently or in advance of the other. There are some small properties in the South Branch area that will not be directly reached by the proposed main drainage channel but such properties can easily be accommodated, when necessary or desired, over the la;/outs for some one or more of the projected streets. In the nature of the case many details must be left until the work is entered upon but we are convinced the project involves no insurmountable nor unduly expensive problems. The plan of betterment assessments suggested by Messrs. Metcalf & Eddy is probably more extensive than would be practicable for the Town to adopt; but will be exceedingly helpful in estimating any betterment plan that may be proposed. By undertaking the work under consideration, the Planning Board feels that the Town will protect itsel ,� ainiage against any undesirable development within this large. reu, and will invite and assure itself the kind of development that will be in every way to the best interest of the Town. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Emery, Chairman. 381 (Insert map of Town of Lexington, Plan of Proposed Highways in South Central Portion of Town. Arthur A. Shurtleff, 11 Beacon Street, Landscape Architect, Boston, Mass. , October 4, 1926. Revised to October 29, 1926. Revised to December 17, 1926. Revised to December 30, 1926. Revised to April 22, 1927. Revised to April 27, 1927. ) REPORTSOF THE SELECTMEN. THE MAJORITY REPORT. May 6, 1930. To the Town Meeting Members, Lexington, Massachusetts: The subject of drainage as it is related to the Vine Brook area now under consideration and which the Town Meeting mem'• ers will be asked to consider at a meeting May 19, 1930, has been discussed from many points of view. While it has been studied by a number of out townspeople, we ask that you study the enclosed report of Metcalf & Eddy, : Engineers, under date of September 29, 1928 to the Planning Board, and the report of the Planning Board to the Selectmen under date of April 15, 1930. While we as a Board have been giving a great deal of study to this project for a number of years, we have studied it more intensely in the last few months. The report of Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, which is submitted herewith, shows us very cont lusiyely what must be done to make this drainage possible. Ihe Planning Board has made an exhaustive study of this report and has made specific recommendations concerning its adoption. Your Selectmen have also made a careful study of the report of Metcalf & Eddy, have conferred with the Planning Board, have held several informal meetings with interested groups and made independent investigations, and we are of the opinion that the Town should adopt the plan as a whole and proceed at once with that part of the project which includes the trunk system and the south branch. While it is not possible to anticipate how rapidly this land will develop once it is drained, Winthrop Road is already being extended to Waltham Street by private enterprise, and it seems reasonable to expect that more streets will be laid out in the near future. Even if all the area is not immediately developed, its value is • obviously greatly enhanced by changing it to a well drained piece of property in close proximity to the center of the- Town. It must be conceded that no amount of money spent on clearing the present channel of Vine Brook and rebuilding walls will be of any avail as long as that part of the trunk line section which runs under Massachusetts Avenue is eight feet higher than the point to which the water table must be lowered to make this land available for building purposes. In view of the fact that many citizens are of the opinion that this entire project should be authorized under the Betterment Act, Rad since most of the property owners in the south branch area have expressed a willingness to agree to a reasonable betterment assessment, we now recommend this procedure in order that the Town may have immediate returns on its investment. We have secured definite estimates on this work by different contractors based on the specifications of the t ; • a � 382 Town Engineer. These firms have had experience in this type of work, andwe are confident that a substantial saving can be made over the estimated submitted by the Engineers, so that it seems probable that the entire south branch area can be drained for only a little more than the amount estimated by them to construct the trunk line alone. This lay out is in line with the studies we have had of the proposed through highways that will be of great value to the Town. It seems wise to us to encourage the land owners to lay out and drain their property along the lines suggested so that when the Town is ready to take over the street, under the Betterment Act, it will not be necessary for any drainage to be done at that time. It should be remembered that the Board of Survey laid out a street from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road in 19;8 over Vine Brook. This matter has been held in abeyance until the drainage of Vine Brook has been done. This, when constructed, will form an entrance to that territory between Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road, and is an important link of highway which will later lead to Cambridge by way of Belmont. This is the only portion in which the Town will encounter damages of any consequence. In this section the Town will have to take 29,920 square feet of land and one house, and this should be done before the land becomes more valuable. We respectfully urge every Town Meeting Member to study with great care the entire report of Metcalf & Eddy and the recommendations of the Planning Board. We further urge a personal inspection of that portion of the drainage area that is easily accessible, so that the fullest possible knowledge may be obtained of this important improvement. Respectfully submitted, Theodore A. Custance Robert P. Trask Clarence Shannon Hallie C. Blake Selectmen. THE MINORITY REPORT My reasons for a minority report on Vine Brook drainage are as follows : I do not believe that the dosed drain proposed from Vine Brook road to Sheridan Street will take care of the drainage in the area between these two streets. This is to be a tight cement pipe, and I cannot see any way for the ground water to enter. It will only take care of the street water through catch basins. Also, no borings have been made so far to determine the nature of the soil through which this drain must pass. If it should be quicksand (the same as encountered when the Cary Memorial • Building was built and the sewers in Massachusetts Avenue constructed) it will add very much to the cost of construction. I think this information should be in the hands of the voters before they are asked to vote on this project. So far as the South Branch is concerned, lowering the brook only will not take care of lowering the water table any great distance back from the brook itself. In order to accomplish this, laterals must be put in close enough to each other to take care of the water in the ground in the areas removed from the main brook. If these laterals are not provided and the water in these back areas taken care of, I do not think the Town can collect betterments on the areas not drained. No plans for these laterals have been presented, and no money 383 provided for their construction in the figures presented to the Town. In regardto the question of betterments , this drainage project, when carried out, benefits the owners of the area involved so that they receive a very distinct improvement . It seems to me that they should be willing to make a definite agreement with the Town as to what extent they are willing to stand betterment assessments, thus relieving the Town at some future time of probable litigation or the alternative of abating them. IIRespectfully yours, Albert H. Burnham Selectman. Copy of the REPORT of METCALF & EDDY Engineers. Table of Contents. II Page No. Letter of transmittal 14 Report Outline of Problem 17 Basis of Design 18 Types of Channels 21 Soil Conditions 22 Sewerage 23 Drainage Projects Studied 24 Proposed Drainage Project 25 Open Channels . 25 Portions of Channels to be covered 25 Old Lexington Reservoir 26 Soundings 26 Location of Channels 27 Area Tributary to Channels 27 Estimates of Cost of Proposed. Drainage Project 28 Proposed Through Highways 29 Vine Brook Betterments 31 Drainage Benefits 31 Park Benefits 34 Through Highway Benefits. . . 35 II LIST OF TABLES. No. Page No. 1 Maximum Average Intensities of Rainfall at Chestnut Hill Arranged in Order of Magnitude Based on Records from 1879 to 1916, inclusive 20 2 Computations of Design . ..Opposite 32 384 • LIST OF FIGURES Opposite Page No. 1 Rainfall and Runoff Curves for Use in Design of Drains for Vine Brook District 22 2 Map of Vine Brook Drainage District 25 3 Preliminary Development Map 28 4 Typical Sections of Open Channels 28 5. Profile of Proposed Relocated North Branch Channel of Vine Brook 28 6 Profile of Proposed South Branch and Main Channels of Vine Brook 28 7 Map Showing Proposed Through Highways 30 8 Drainage Benefit Map 36 9 Park Benefit Map 36 10 Through Highway Benefit Map 36 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Town Planning Board Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: We transmit herewith our report upon "Drainage of Vine Brook Watershed in South Central Portion of Lexington. " This report may be summarized as follows: The drainage area of Vine Brook south of Massachusetts Avenue, comprises about 900 acres much of which is close to the center of the Town and unsuitable for residences because of its low swampy nature. Considerable portions of these areas can be made available for residences by the construction of suitable drainage channels and conduits. Other portions have firm bottom so deep that it will be best to reserve them for use as parks or playgrounds, because foundations would be too expensive to warrant development into house lots. It is advisable for the Town to adopt a plan for the drainage and development of this district, in order to control the development and forestall difficult drainage and sewerage problems which would probably result from uncontrolled development. For the brook channels, it is economical to build portions of open earth channels and portions of closed masonry conduits and to so locate them that they can be constructed in firm ground where deep foundations of piles or masonry will not be required. We have designed the main brook channels and conduits to care for the run-off from a two-year frequency rainfall gage at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir of the Metropolitan Water Works. Occasionally, very heavy storms will occur, which will cause .See flooding of streets and cellars in the low areas. The soil in the swampy areas consists of a soft muck overlying sand, gravel, rock or clay. After the ground water level has been lowered in these areas by the construction of the proposed channels and conduits, a subsidence of the surface of a foot or more will take place because of decomposition and compression. This fact has been taken into consideration in our design of the drainage channels. Cesspools will I8 impracticable of operation in the swampy areas, because the soil will be very slow to drain. Therefore, sewers must be provided before development can be made in the low portions. A submain sewer can be built 385 to serve the North Branch district and discharge into an existing sewer near Waltham Street at the present brook culvert. Portions of the South Branch Districts are so low that a satisfactory sewer to serve the area cannot discharge into the existing main sewer near the junction of the present North and South Branches. It will, therefore, be necessary to build a new sewer substantially parallel to the existing main sewer from the junction of the existing North and South Branches to a location near Grant and Sheridan Streets where it will discharge into the existing main sewer. The proposed drainage project involves an open brook channel for the South Branch of Vine Brook following near the easterly border of the swamp from a point 700 to 800 ft. north of Marrett Road to the junction with the proposed channel for the North Branch. The channel of the North Branch will be relocated following the easterly and southerly shore of the swamp, thus diverting the flow from the present brook channel which is parallel to the park road west of Waltham Street. From the junction of the North and South Branches , . an open channel will extend north to a point near the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue; thence the channel will be a covered conduit to the end of the steep drop several hundred feet north of Sheridan Street with a relatively short open channel to connect with the present brook channdl. If preferred, the covered conduit can be extended from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road. The estimates of cost of the main drainage channels and conduits are as follows : North Branch $71,000 South Branch 17,000 Main channel from junction of North & South Branches to Massachusetts Avenue 30,000 Main channel east of Mass. Ave. 67,000 Total $185,000 The estimated cost of the through highways required to provided access to the areas within the district is 241,000. This estimate is based upon a gravel surfaced roadway 24 ft. wide. When permanent paved surfaces are required for these highways, an additional expenditure of about x163,000 will be required. We have studied the problem of assessment of betterments upon the areas within the district, to cover the cost of drainage and through highways. We recommend that the cost of constructing the drainage channels and conduits be assessed uniformly upon the drainage area for the reasons given in the report. We recommend that the cost of through highways be assessed in accordance with the principles described in the report and illustrated by the through highway benefit map (No. 10, opposite page 36. ). The construction of the drainage channels and conduits will make possible the development into parks or playgrounds of considerable areas which will not be suitable for residences. Certain adjacent areas will be benefitted by these parks, and we recommend that such areas be assessed the cost of the construction of main drainage channels which would otherwise be assessable to the park ares. We recommend that these assessments be made in accordance with the principles described in the report and illustrated by the park- benefit map (No. 9, opposite page 36 ) . We have worked out assessment units for the three { different types of benefits. It is probable that some modification will be made in the relative assessments, but we believe the principles upon which the proposed assessments have been based are sound and equitable. For the park and highway benefits, the district should probably be divided into smaller zones so as to make smaller differences in the benefit ratios. Such a method would involve a large amount of work which does not appear to us to be justified at this time. 386 r rTh By the methods which we have used, the maximum assessment on any given area for the drainage, through highway andpark benefits combined would be $0.03137 per sq. ft. The share of the cost of the improvements to be borne by the Town would be $52,900. The proposed drainage project can be carried out in sections in accordance with any financial program which the Town may see fit to adopt. Considerable saving in expense can-be realized if the drainage channels, sewers and through highways for contiguous portions of the project are constructed under one contract. Out estimates have been based upon such a program. Before any portion of the construction work is undertaken, plans and specifications will have to be prepared. Very truly yours, METCALF & EFFY By Almon L. Fales REPORT. Sept; 29, 1928. Town Planning Board Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: As authorized by the Lexington Board of Selectmen, we have completed out studies for the drainage of the Vine Brook watershed in the south central portion of Lexington and present the following report thereon. OUTLINE OF PROBLEM The drainage area of Vine Brook south of Massachusetts Avenue comprisea bout 900 acres, including extensive. areas of nearly level swamp lands which are subject to flooding during rainy seasons and are for the most part unstitable even for agricultural purposes. Portions of the high sloping firm land surrounding the swamp areas, particularly those adjacent to the swamps, are inaccessible for dwellings and are available only for agricultural uses. A preliminary investigation indicated that it would be feasible to carry off the storm water and to lower the ground water level in the low areas sufficiently to permit of their development for residential purposes, by the construction of channels for the main brook and the north and south branches beginning near Sheridan Street where there is a rapid fall in the brook of several feet. The greater part of the swamp lands and inaccessible higher areas adjacent thereto is situated within one mile of the center of Lexington, and practically all of the available swamp areas had already peen developed with streets and residences. The recent rapid growth of the towns of Arlington and Belmont as well as some developments in Lexington, indicate that the demand for land for residential purposes in Lexington will be far greater in the near future than it has been in the past. There has already been considerable development of the higher lands of the district and some lateral drains have been constructed which convey the runoff from 387 the streets to ditches o1 brooks. Some lots south of Massachusetts Avenue and cellars along Vine Brook Road have been subject to flooding. With continued development of the higher lands of the district, more frequent and more widespread flooding will occur unless adequate main channels and conduits are provided for Vine Brook and its branches. If the large areas of swamp lands and inaccessible higher lands in. the Vine Brook watershed remain un- improved and uncontrolled by the Town, it is probable that a low grade of development will start in these areas and that serious sewerage and drainage problems will arise in the future . It is advisable to adopt a plan for drainage and improvement of these ' lands whereby those portions which can be made economically suitable for a good class of residences will be so developed and those which are suitable only for parks will not be encroached. upon. The Town Engineer has furnished us with maps of the Vine Brook district and with other available information bearing on the problem of drainage including the Report on Lowering Brooks by McClintock and Woodfall in 1913. W e have supplemented the data furnished us by some check surveys and by many rod soundings in the swampy areas. We have consulted with Mr. Shurtleff in regard to locations for the required brook channels, and he has furnished us with plans of proposed highway layouts; Our Mr. Raymond has attended several conferences of your Planning Board and one conference of your Board with the Selectmen. Our report deals with the basis of design of the brook channels, types of channels, soil conditions, drainage plans considered and recommended plan of drainage with estimates of cost. At the request of your Chairman, we have also estimated the cost of proposed main highways through the drainage district and have suggested a method of assessing betterments. BASIS OF DESIGN. Under existing conditions, high flows in Vine Brook ordinarily occur during the spring. However, considerable areas of land are subject to flooding from any long-continued heavy rain. The higher rates of runoff through the brook channels under present conditions are much less than will occur when the drainage area has become developed with paved streets and the lots have been built upon. Further- more, the building of streets with catch basins and drains will cause the runoff to pass into the channels rapidly, thus resulting in a higher maximum rate of discharge. The problem of determining the carrying capacity which should be provided in the design of channels to convey the runoff resulting from storms is not a simple matter of computation. It involves the determination of the tributary area and the slope available for the channel, an estimate of the probable future character of development, a study of the intensity, duration and frequency of rainfalls which are to be expected and a consideration of the relative benefits which would be derived from the construction of channels having different capacities. On rare occasions, very severe and intense storms occur which produce rates of run-off so high that it is uneco- nomical to build channels large enough to prevent flooding at such times. After the districts have been developed, some portions will be subject to more frequent flooding than others. If covered channels were used throughout for the main drains, a more liberal capacity would be required than if open channels were used, because an increased depth of flow in the open channels would result in a greater discharge capacity, whereas no material increase in capacity would be obtained from sur-charging Of long covered channels. 388 X It is our judgment that if open channels be provided for the main brook andthe principal branches, and about 3 ft. of freeboard allowed between the water surface and the tops of the banks of the channel, provision should be made for a rainfall rate which may be expected to bd equalled or exceeded about once in two years on the average. We have examined the records of the rain gage at the Chestnut Hill pumping station of the Metropolitan Water Works as published in the Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 1920, Vol 7, p. 47, and have constructed a curve which represents those fre- quencies of rainfall which may be expected to be equalled or exceeded once in two years on the average. Table 1 shows the intensities of precipitation in inches depth per hour, the order of magnitude, the frequency and the duration in minutes for the records from 1879 to 1916, inclusive. ( Insert Table 1, Maximum Average Intensities of Rainfall at Chestnut Hill Arranged in Order of Magnitude based on Records from 1879 to 1916, inclusive. ) The proportion of the rainfall which runs off immediately and during a storm depends upon the character of the sub-soil, the slope of the ground surface and its condition, that is, whether of sandy or clayey nature and whether covered with vegetation, buildings, pavement or sidewalks. The soil of the greater part of the district is of a sandy nature. The slopes of the land adjacent and surrounding the swamps are rather steep. It is expected that the development will result in relatively large lots, and that considerable areas of the swamp lands impracticable of development for residential purposes will be used for parks or playgrounds, so that the district as a whole will have a fairly low percentage of total impervious area. Consequently, drains of less capacity will sufficethan would be required were the soil of a clayey nature and the percentage of total impervious area high as is found in the centers of large cities. We have estimated that the average proportion of impervious surface in the whole area will be about 25 per cent. The diagram, Fig. 1, shows . the two-year rainfall curve together with the runoff curve used as the basis of design for determining the required capacity of channels. (Insert Figure 1. Lexington, Mass. Rainfall and Run-Off Curves for use in Design of Drains for Vine Brook District. August 9, 1928. Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass. ) TYPES OF CHANNELS To make the low areas suitable for developments for residences and parks will require main drainage channels in which the water surface will be well below the adjacent ground surface most of the time to insure a low ground water level and with sufficient capacity to prevent frequent flooding of streets and yards during heavy rains . Two types of open channels have been considered, -- one with masonry walls on timber foundation, for use where it WAS contemplatedto locate the brook channel across swampy areas where a hard bottom is at considerable depth below the swamp surface, and the other a channel without masonry or timber foundation to be constructed in firm soil, with sloping side surfaces which can be grassed and thus present an appearance in harmony with attractive main thoroughfares bordered by planted strips . Such a channel can 1,e used effectively with double-barreled highways, the brook channel to be located between the two highway lanes . Covered masonry chancels or conduits throughout have been considered in one project studied, and in another project covered channels for the upper ends of both the north and south branches of Vine Brook and that portion of the main channel north of Massachusetts Avenue with 389 open earth channels for the remainder, except where the channels will cross under Waltham Street and Vine Brook Road. Flat concrete arch construction has been figured on for these crossings. In determining the required size of channels, we have computed the velocity by the Chezy formula, using the Kutter formula for determining the value of C, taking as 0.025 for open channels and 0.013 for covered channels upon the assumption that the covered channels will be of concrete with smooth interior surfaces. The open channels have been designed with side slopes of 1 vertical on 3 horizontal below the level of the pr000sed water surface for the run-off from a rainfall of two-year frequency with slopes of 1 vertical to 1 horizontal above that level . SOIL CONDITIONS Much of the present low areas along both the north and south branches will have the water level lowered several feet after the drainage imerovements have been made. The soil consists of a b].ack peaty muck for the most part overlying sand, gravel or rock. When the water level is lowered in these areas , a considerable subsidence of the soil will result, over a period of years, as the muck contains considerable amounts of organic matter which , when exposed to the atmosphere by the lowering of the water level, will shrink due to decomposition and compression. In many places, it may be expected that a subsidence of as much as a foot may occur because of shrinkage. In places a greater amount of subsidence will take place if the surface is covered with filling material for grading lots and streets . In view of the probability that considerable areas will be subject to subsidence and to provide a somewhat greiter capacity for excessive storms , we have designed the open channels with the water surface for the runoff from a two-year frequency rainfall at about 3 ft. below the present general swamp level. In considering the soil conditions of the swamp areas , reference perhaps should be made to the type of construction required for satisfactory permanent highways across locations where the sol consists of muck. Ex- perience has demonstrated that a satisfactory highray cannot be constructed upon such soil and that it is usually necessary to remove the muck to practically firm bottom and substitute a fill of good material upon which to build the highway. There is an example in Lexington where the park road follows along the north branch of Vine Brook between Waltham Street and the playground where at some locations it has been necessary to add filling materials because of subsidence. Since the ground water level in many places will be only 5 or 6 ft . or pe rf'aps less below the surface and as the muck is naturally very slow to drain, it will be practically impossible to provide sewerage facilities in the low areas by means of cesspools , and therefore, sewers will be required before any considerable develo )meat of such low areas can take place. SEWERAGE A sub-main sewer can be constricted, to serve the North Branch District, from the existing sewer at Waltham Street near the present brook culvert, thence across low land west of Waltham Street to a location near the proposed open channel and thence southwesterly along, and substantially parallel with, the proposed brook channel. The existing sewer near the present junction of the north and south branches of Vine Brook is too high to receive the sewerage flow from a sewer which will be low enough to serve the South Branch District. The most economical means of providing an outlet for the sewerage of the Soath Branch District appears to be the construction of a sewer in the same trench with the covered conduit and open channel for Vine Brook north of Vine Brook Road to a point near Grant and Sheridan Streets where such a sewer Soo can discharge its flow into the existing main sewer. If a sewer is provided as described above, ; a sub-main sewer can be constructed to serve the South Branch District from near Vine Brook Roadalong the proposed channel to Marrett Road. If the above sewers are constructed at the same time as the main brook channels andconduits , a considerable saving in cost can be realized. Our estimates of cost of these sewers so constructed are as follows : Nortz Branch District sub-main sewer $16,000 South Branch District sub-main sewer 12,000 Sewer from junction of present North and South Branches of Vine Brook to point near Grant and Sheridan Streets 8, 000 Total 1336,000. If these sewers are not included in the contracts with the corresponding portions of the main brook channels and conduits but are constructed independently, their cost will probably be much greater, perhaps two or even three times the above estimates. DRAINAGE PROJECTS STUDIED. Consideration has been given to several plans for the principal drainage channels. A preliminary study was made with the pr ::pcs ed channels substantially in the location of the existing brook channels . These extend through portions of the swamp areas where the muck is of considerable depth. A brook channel in such a location would be quite expensive, requiring pile foundations and to be permanent should probably be constructed of masonry, at least those portions which would lie abo e the ground water level. Such a channel would not harmonize *ith the plan for parks and boulevards which your Board has in mind. Consequently final estimates for this project were not prepared. A plan of develop,:;ent consisting of a single roadway boulevard with the brook channel enclosed in a covered masonry conduit located beneath the roadway was studied. Such a project would require less ar-a of land for the main highways and brook channels and probably would result in some saving in the cost of highways when compared with the double- barreled highway scheme. The cost of the brook channel itself, however, would be quite expensive even if constructed in firm ground. Furthermore, such a channel would have no excess capacity above the desi:n capacity, for the runoff from storms greater than that estimated for a two-year frequency storm, and more objectionable flooding would result than with an open channel. At the suggestion of Mr. Shurtleff, a study was made of open channels constricted in firm ground along the edges of the swamp. This plan would permit of economical construction of double-barreled highways for the main tlwoughfares with an open brook channel between the two traffic lanes in accordance with the plan of development which your Board-contemplates . Our studies indicate that open channels for the most part, but with certain portions covered, will be the best plan to adopt. PROPOSED DRAINAGE PROJECT . The l ayo ut of the proposed drainage project is shown in Fig. 2. The computations of design are given in Table 2 in the Ap .endix. c,ee pg . 4J4. ( Insert Fig. 2, Lexington, Mass . , Map of Vine Brook Drainage District. , Nov. 15, 1927. ) It Is proposed to provide brook channel crossings under existing highways, by means of concrete masonry arches . Open Channels . The open type of channel can be used advantageously south of the southerly line of Massa- chusetts Avenue, since the ground surface is flat and a reasonably shallow channel will suffice. North of Massachusetts Avenue its use would result in so deep and wide a ditch that it would be very expensive and undesirable 391 excepting just northeast of Sheridan Street where a relatively short open channel can be built, to connect with the existing brook channel. The open channels , excepting that portion just northeast of. Sheridan Street, have been designed with side slopes of. 1 vertical on 3 horizontal for the portions of the slopes beneath the water surface and with slopes of 1 vertical to 1 horizontal above the water surface. The open channel just northeast of Sheridan Street has been designed with side slopes of 1 on 1. The depth of water will vary from 2 to 3 ft. when carrying the runoff to be expected from the rainfall of two-year frequency after development to the extent assumed. Some of the typical earth channels used as the basis of our estimates are shown in Fig. 4. Portions of Channels to be Covered. Near the northerly end of the old race track, which is located between the old Lexington reservoir and Lincoln Street, the present brook bed of the North Branch of Vine Brook falls about 8 ft. in a distance of about 800 ft. By making use of this steep drop, a covered channel can be built through the old race track location at an elevation low enough to permit of the development of nearly all the ar a within the race track with only a nominal amount of filling. A shallow open channel could be built through this location at a saving of about $15,000 but there would be about 6 acres or swamp which would be unsuitable for residences unless filled extensively. Therefore a covered channel is proposed for the North Branch of Vine Brook upstream of the location of the steep drop. This will be a circular conduit 42 and 48 in. in diameter. Along the main channel between Sherman Street and Hayes Lane , the bed of the brook falls about 13 ft. in about 700 ft. By making use of this steep drop, a relatively steep covered channel can be built from near the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue to near the northerly terminus of the steep Portion of the brook and considerable economy effected by the construction of a conduit of moderate size which will be suitable to carry the flood flows of the area kfter development . This conduit will be 75 in. in diameter. Old Lexington Reservoir. In our preliminary studies which have been discussed in considerable detail in conferences with your Board, it was assumed that that )ertion of the area of the North Branch District tributary to the old water works reservoir near Marrett Road woald continue to remain so. Thus it was permissible to design the brook channel leading from the reservoir, of somewhat smaller capacity than would be required were the reservoir not used. Such use of the reservoir would probably result in muddy water much of the time, and a rather rapid filling up of the bottom by the deposition of material brought in by the storm water. After considering this matter , your Board directed us to cesi, n the channels upon the assumption that the storm flows would not discharge • into the reservoir. We have, therefo-e, prepared our designs and estimates herein upon the latter assumption. This requ res somewhat larger sizes f -r both the open and covered channels than were used in preparing the estimates given in our letter of October 21, 1927. Soundings . Many bar soundings have been made to determine a location where it would be feasible to construct open channels in firm ground. The locations together with the data :indicating the material and depth are shown upon the map accompanying thi /report. The figures on the map indicate the depth, etc; for example, 151 indicates that a sounding 3 ft. was made 15 ft. deep and material was soft at that depth. Similarly Sdindicates sand, H indicates hard, R indicates rock, etc. Where there are figures above and below the line, such as (205.5) the figure above the line indicates the elevation (6' Hd. ) of the surface of the ground and that below the line the depth of the sounding. The soundings indicate that there are considerable 392 CD areas where suitable hard bottom is at such a depth that it will be expensive to build houses , streets, sewers and gas and water mains, as they would require deep foundations . Such areas probably will be sufficiently unproved by the general lowering of the ground water level so that with a moderate amount of filling_ they may be used for park or playground purposes . The development plan accompanying this report indicates such areas. Location of Channels . The proposed project involves an open brook channel for the South Branch. of Vine Brook following near the easterly border of the swamp from a point 700 to 800 ft. north of Marrett Road to the junction with a proposed channel for the North Branch. The channel of the North Branch will. be relocated following the easterly and southerly shore of the swamp, thus diverli.ng the flow from the present brook channel which is parallel to the Park Road west of. Waltham Street. This will result in a very small flow in the present channel and it may become advisable to provide a closed conduit in this location to serve the needs of local drainage. From the junction of the north and south branches an open channel will extend northerly to a poitt near the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue; thence the channel will be a covered conduit to the end of the steep drop several hundred feet north of Sherman Street with a relatively short open channel to connect with the present brook channel. If preferred, the covered conduit can be extended from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road. Profiles of the proposed north and south branch channels and the main channel are shown in Figs . 5 and 6, respectively. See Pg. 404 ( Insert Fig. 3, Preliminary Development Map; Fig. 4, Main Channel North of Sheridan St. , Fig. 5, Proposed Relocated North Branch Channel of Vine Brook; Fig. 6. Profile of Proposed South Branch and Main Channels of Vine Brook. ) Areas Tributary to Channels . In Fig. 2 are shown the approximate limits of the drainage aria, the existing streets and brook channels and those areas which will require drainage before they can be developed. The total area of the district tributary to the main channel (south of Massachusetts Avenue) will be about 984 acres . This area may be subdivided as follows : Area tributary to proposed North 3ranch. channel about 455 acres Area tributary to proposed South Branch channel about 240 acres Area tributary to main channel between the junction of the proposed North and South Branches and Massachusetts Avenue about 206 acres Area tributary to main channel north of Massachusetts. Avenue about 83 acres The total area requiring drainage before development is about 312 acres. After the proposed plan shall have been completed including roadways, there will be approximately 185 acres of low land or at present inaccessible lands which will become suitable for dwellings . There will remain aboug 215 acres of low land unsuitable for dwellings and all of this except the portion required for the brook channels and highways will be reservations or parks. Fig. 3 is a preliminary development map showing the general arrangment of the proposed brook channels, highways and parks and the existing adjacent streets . ESTIMATES OF COST OF PROPOSED DRAINAGE PROJECT. It is estimated that the construction of the proposed main drainage channels will cost about $185,000. The detailed estimates are appended to this report. A summary is given in the following tabulation: 393 Summary of. Estimated Costs of Main Draina;e Channels for Vine Brook. North Branch $54,080 Allowande for rock - 10% 5,408 $59,488 Engineering & Contingencies , 20% 11,897 Total $71,385. South Branch $11,405 Allowance for rock - 20% 2,281 • $13,686 Engineering & Contingencies,20% 2,737 Total $16,423 Main Charnel from Junction of North and South Branches to Massachusetts Avenue . $22,435 Allowance for rock - 10% 2,244 $24,679 Engineering & Contingencies , 20%, 4,936 Total $29,615 Main Channel East of Massa- chusetts Avenue $46,685 Allowance for rock - 20% 9,337 $56,022 Engineering & Contingencies, 20%, 11,204 Total 367,226 Grand Total. $184,649 The above estimates do not include allowances for future road crossings of the open channels but do include allowances for the crossings at Waltham Street and Vine Brook Road. The following unit prices have been used in preparing these estimates of cost and are believed to be sufficient to cover the cost of all work. Clearing location, one-third of area $100 per acre Excavation for open than 'els in- cluding disposal of and spreading on swamp and low ground 65/ per cu. yd. Loaming, grassing and seeding channel slopes (assuming loam on site 50¢ per sq. yd. Excavation for arches at Waltham Street and Vine Brook Road $2.50 per cu. yd. Concrete in arches 30.00 per cu. yd. The covered conduits have been estimated upon the assumption that they will be constructed of pre-cast re- inforced concrete pipe . The unit prices for different sections of these conduits will be found in the detailed estimates. PROPOSED THROUGH HIGHWAYS In order to make accessible those areas which will beccane available through drainage and to provide connecting links through the district with existing and contemplated trunk 1ighways, it will be necessary to construct about 41 miles of through highways . Such highways are indicated on Fig. 7. This arrange- ment will provide a highway from Massachusetts Avenue near Grant Street to Marrett Ro_td at a location where it will be feasible in the future to extend it southerly to the Beaver Brook Parkway. A connecting link will be provided from Massachas etts Avenue near its junction with Lincoln Street 394 Jo 4.0 to the above mentioned location at Marrett Road. The point where the through highway will meet Massachusetts Avenue is such that it may be extended in the future to Bedford Street some distance north of Lexington Green. A through highway is provided from a poi:lt a short distance southwest of Vine Brook Road; thence westerly parallel with the existing North Branch of Vine Brook to Muzzey Street; thence southwesterly along Muzzey Street if extended, to a proposed double barreled highway along the proposed relocated North Branch open channel ; thence northwesterly and south- westerly curving throu`h proposed park lands and westerly through lands proposed to he developed as residences and now occupied by the old race track to Marrett Road. It is estimated that about 4 miles of these through hirzhways will be constructed upon firm ground and about 2 mile across soft ground. We have made estimates of cost of the construction work required to provide roadways 24 ft. wide with "ravelled surfaces. A minimum of about 4 culvert crossin;cs of the )roposed open brook channels will be required by the costruction of the through highways . We have estimated that these culverts will be of the flat arch masonry type. The estimates of cost of the through hi,hways are as follows : 4 miles of hi:-hw ,ys in firm ground at $34,000 0136,000 2mile highway in soft ground at 96, 000 48,000 Contingencies and engineering - 15% 28,000 Total cost of throw-h highways , exclusive of culverts, land & pavement. $212,000 4 arch culverts at $6,000 $24,000 Contingencies & engineering - 20% 5,000 29,000 Total cost of through highways excluding land and pavement . $241,000. If a bituminous macadam pavement is :-;rovided for the through highways, it is estimated that the additional cost would be about $163,000. Such pave- ments for the through highways can probably be post- poned for some years and their cost need not be in- cluded in the pres ent program of assessments . In the event that the through highwa. between Massachusetts Avenue near Grant Street and Marrett Road is extended to the Lexington-Belmont line itscost, exclusive of land and pavement , will he about $110,000. Such an extension obviously is not a part of the proposed improvement of the Vine Brook district. The following unit prices have been used in the estimates of cost of through highways : Excavation for roadway in firm ground 54 per cu. yd. Excavation for roadway in soft ground 65ft per cu. yd. Gravel fill for roadways hailed from open channel excavations 25rZ per cu. yd. Rolling road surfaces $2.00 per lin. ft. Bituminous madadam pavement. 2.25 per sq. yd. See Pg. 404 ( Insert Fig. 7 . Proposed Through Highways ) VINE BROOK BETTERMENTS . The improvement of the Vine Brook district eo,n- temelated by your Board will probably be carried out under authority of Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926. Section 4 of this act states that .assessments for the improvement shall be made according to Chapter 80 of the General Laws. Under Chapter 80, assessments may be made by either frontage or area, or both, but no assessment dan exceed the amount of the benefit; thus the problem is to apportion the assessments in ac- cordance with the benefit to each individual parcel of land. Drainage Benefits The entire arca within the ag draine limit, as shown on the preliminary develop- ment map, will receive a certain mount of benefit frczn the construction of the main drainage channels J 3(I and conduits . The character of the benefit differs materially for areas in different locations . These areas may be sub-divided into several classes, as follows : Class 1 areas which will receive com;-)fete benefit from the construction of the main drainage channels and conduits . This class consists of such areas as are located adjacent to the channels or conduits with their ground surfaces at such elevation that they will not be subject to inconvenience from occasional flooding, and because of their elevation and proximity to the main drains , will not .require systems of lateral drains . Class 2 areas which will have nearly complete benefit from the constriction of main drainage channels and conduits . This class consists of areas located adjacent to the channels and conduits, so that they will not require systems of lateral drains , but with their surface elevation such that the streets will be subject to occasional flo ding and probably some inconvenience will be experienced from water entering cellars . Class 3 areas which will have partial benefit, consisting of areas locatedone half block or more away from the main drainage channels and conduits , thus requiring systems of lateral drainage, and with their surface elevations such that they will be subject to occasional flooding of streets and the possilality of water entering cellars, but to a less extent than in the case of Class 2 areas . Class 4 areas which will have partial benefit, consisting of those areas which will require or are now provided with lateral draina -:e systems, but will not he subject to any material inconvenience from flooding. Class 1 areas consist of small, widely separated sections , but for the most part adjacent to areas in Classes 2 and 3. While Class 1 areas will not be subject to flooding, because of the proximity to areas of Classes 2 and 3 and the inconvenience caused by flooding of neighboring highways, the increase in market value of lots in Class 1 areas will probably be no greater than in the case of Classes 2 and 3. We have included in Class 1 certain areas which are adjacent to the existing open brook channel east of Massachusetts Avenue , where, under present conditions, little, if any, flooding is experien-ed, but incon- venience results from the maintenance of foot and d± iveway bridges across the brook channel to private yards . In this location, it is proposed to construct a closed conduit which will permit the abandonment of bridges and the utilization, for yard and driveway purposes , of the areas now occupied by the brook channel. Class 2 areas being adjacent to the main channels will not require lateral drains , but the frequency and duration of flood periods will be greater than will be experienced by Class 3 areas, which will require lateral drainage. Class 4 arras will be the most desirable for residences because of elevation and general freedom from flooding. Also, a considerable proportion, say 25% or more, can be developed with streets and houses before lateral and main drainage systems are required, whereas scarcely any development can be made of Class 3 areas before the installation of lateral and main drainage systems . Probably the highest class of development within the district will take place In the Class 4 areas. In view of certain developments within the town of Lexington, and one which has already taken place within the Vine Brook district (Highland Avenue ) , lateral drainage in the form of underground conduits to convey storm water from street surfaces, sidewalks and yards, and to prevent flooding of cellars and small depressions , will eventually ,e required for the Class 4 areas. The development of the district with paved streets , graded lots , and houses will result in a larger proportion of the rainfall running off and a lees er pro portion entering the soil and being absorbed or evaporated than in the case at pres nt. After such development, it is likely 396 JD that there will be found small depressions which would be subject to periodic flooding in the absence of lateral drainage. The development of the area into streets and blocks, and the subsequent layout and donstruction of lateral drainage systems will in many cases change the limits of the sub-drainage areas and the locations of the points of discharge from those limits and locations fixed by nature. Legally, areas high in elevation may have the right to discharge storm water on to lower ling areas as long as the path of the water is not changed from its natural course, and the owners of such land may have a legal right to do anything to their land whether or not it increases the amount or rate of runoff. It is practically impossible, however, to lay out streets with suitable surfaces, gutters and sidewalks, make suitable street intersections and grade house lots , so that they meet the needs of tenants, without changing the limits of areas tributary to natural water courses or chv..nging the locations of the water courses. The development of the high lands may result in three or more times the rate of discharge and amount of water which would be discharged from these lands under natural conditions. Such development of the high lands as well as of the low lands requires more costly brook channels and conduits. Considering the actual benefits without regard to legal rights, ins6far as main drainage channels and conduits are concerned, we think all areas Within the drainage limit should share proportionately in the cost. The required capacity of such channels and conduits is directly proportional to the area served, dis- regarding minor variations in local conditions such as character of soil, steepness of slope, etc, ; thus, 3 acres of high land require about 1 cu. ft. per second of capacity in the main channels and conduits, which is the provision made for 3 acres of low land. The total drainage area is about 984 acres. The net area within the drainage limits exclizing areas which will be occupied by streets and brook channels is about 818 acres. Included in this are the Municipal. f?ullding lot, the playground near Lincoln Street, the school yard and parts of two small parks along Massa- chusetts Avenue, which should probably be considered as purely Town property, and their pro :ortionate pfArt of the cost of drainage should consequently be met from Town funds. These areas aggregate 20.7 acres or about 2.53% of the net drainage area. The estimated cost of main drainage channels and conduits is $185,000. Of this, 2.53% or approximately $4,700 would be borne by the Town. Considerable areas within the district will be reserved for parks aggregating about 99 .4 acres . The share of the cost of drainage which would he assessed on these park lands if they were to be used for residences would be $22,500. This amount can he asses:3ed upon the areas receiving park benefits . The assessment for main drainaF: e channels and conduits based on the estimated cost would be $0.00520 per sq. ft. of area not occupied by parks, highways or brook channels . Park Benefits. The areas which will be reserved for parks will benefit nearby residential land in varying proportions, depending upon the distance from the individual parcels of land to the parks . It is a question of policy as to just how far from a park, land should be assessed. It seems reasonable to us that all land within a distance of 2 ,000 ft. of the park limits should bear a share of the drainage cost at#ributable to the parks . Such area ,nay be subdivided into three classes as follows : Class 1 - areas which front on streets bordering on, or adjacent to,the park areas . Class 2 - areas lying beyoeg Class 1 areas and within 1,000 ft. of the park limits . Class 3 - areas lying between 1,000 and 2,000 ft. from the park limits. 397 to It is largely�, y a matter of judgment as/the proportions of benefits received by the three claws . Without going into en elaborate stugily to determine the benefit according to a progression for each 100 ft. zone, or perhaps less , we think it is reasonable to fix the average ratios of betterment between the three classes as follows : Average Benefit Ratio Area Acres Class 1 (adjacent areas ) 3 66 .5 Class 2 (1,000 ft. zone) 2 379.4 Class 3 (2,000 ft. zone) 1 553. Multiplying each area by its corresponding average benefit ratio, the total cost of park drainage is to be divided into 1491.3 units . The estimated amount of the drainage cost attributable to the park areas, $22,500, divided by 1491.3 gives $15.10 as ' the average amount of one unit of assessment. This amount is the average assessment per acre for Class3 areas, twice this amount or $30.20 is the average assessment for Class 2 areas and three times $15.10 or $45.30 is the avera: e assessment per acre for Class 1 areas . These averaTe assessments reduced to the sq. ft. basis are as follows : Class 1 areas $0.001040 Class 2 areas 0.000693 Class 3 areas 0.000347 (Insert Table 2 Computations for Drains or Combined See Pg. 404 Sewers ) Through Highway Benefits . The benefits which will be derived from the construction of through highways in the Vine Brook District will differ widely. The areas within the district may be sub-divided into three general classes, as follows : Class 1 - areas which will receive complete benefit consisting of lands abutting on the through highways and not now accessible from present highways. Class 2 - areas which will receive nearly complete benefit, consisting of areas made accessible by the through highways, but which will require sub- division roads. Class 3 - areas which will receive only partial benefit, consisting of those areas which are now or can be made accessible frau existing roads and may or may not require sub-division roads, but will be made more easily accessible by the cone struction of the through highways. It is very difficult to fix upon equitable definite ratios for the benefits frau through highways. It is very evident that Classes 1 and 2 receive a very substantial benefit. Likewise, it is evident that areas outside of these classes receive some benefit from the construction of the throuch highways . The Town as a whole also will receive a considerable benefit from these hi -hways. It is our judgment that the average benefit ratios of the three classes should be about as follows : Class 1 - areas abutting Average Benefit Ratio Area Acres on through highways . 10 69. Class 2 - areas made accessible bar through highways 7 46.9 Class 3 - areas made more easily accessible by throigh highways 3 247. It is possible that the benefit should be extended to a larger area, but it seems to us that for the purpose of this report, it will be satisfactory to assume that the additional benefits outside of the three classes described above will be borne by the Town. It is our judgment that the Town's share of the cost of through highways should be about 20%. The estimated cost of construction of through highway gravelled roads is $241,000. The Town's share of this cost (20%) would be $48,200, leaving $192,800 to be assessed upon Classes 1, 2, and 3. 398 0.1 67) Multiplying the areas of the individual classes by the corresponding average benefit ratio gives 1,759.3 assessment units . Dividing the $192,800 by 1,759.3 gives 1109.50 as the amount of one assessment unit. Class 1 areas would be assessed 10 units per acre or $1.095. Class 2 areas would be assessed. 7 units per acre of $766.50. Class 3 areas would be assessed 3 units per acre or $328.50. These assessments reduced to the sq. rt. b.,sis are as follows : Class 1 areas 10.02513 Class 2 areas 0.01760 Class 3 areas 0.00754 The maximum assessment on any single p;-rce_l of land for drainage, parks and through highways woad be 70.03137 per sq. ft. This assessment would apoly only on those relativel'i small areas abutting on the proposed through highways. The maps , Figs . 8, 9 and 10, show the different classes of areas for each benefit as outlined above. e3ee. In order to determine what the approximate assessment per square foot would be on any given piece of land within the district, it is only necessary to consult the individual maps and ddd the proposed assessments for the area under consideration. Obviously, the assessments must be levied on the bases of the actual cost. Before any asses::ments are levied, it will be necessary to make accurate surveys to determine the limits of the drainage area and of the different classes of areas beiefitted. The Town will have to acquire the lands to be used for brook chin els , streets and public parks . No allowances have been made in the estimates of cost for the purchase of such lands . It seems reasonable to expect that for the most part these lands will be donated to the Town. Any lands which do not becane the property of the Town for park purposes , highways or brook channels should be assessed their prorortionate shares for the benefits . Respectfully submitted METCALF & EDDY JiR: CH. By Almon L. Fales . See Pg. 404 ( Insert. fig. Drainage Benefit Map) ( Insert, fig. 9. Park Benefit Map) (Insert, fig. 10. Through Highway Benefit Map) Estimate of Construction Cost of North Branch Channel. W. end track to E. end track 1300 ft. of 48 in. pipe at $12.40 $16,100 1 - 7.5 M.H. 100 E. end track to S. end swamp 500 ft. of 42 in. pipe at $14.80 7,400 1 - 10.5/ M.H. 130 • 450 ft. of 48 in. Pipe at $12 .10 5,440 1 - 91 M.H. 115. Sta. 43+ 0 to 41 + 0 200 ft. open channel 697 cu.yd. excavation at $0.65 450 471 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 235 Sta. 411- 0 to 30 + 50 1050 ft. open channel 8,880 cu. yd. excavation at $0.65 5,725 399 3,720 sq. yd. slopes at $0.50 $1,860 Sta. 30 + 50 to 17 + 0 1350 ft. open chan ;el 7,285 cu. yd . excavation at $0.65 4,740 3,600 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 1,800 Sta. 17 -- 0 to 7 -t- 40 960 ft. oven channel 3, 090 cu. yd excavation at $0165 2,010 1,920 sq. yd . slopes at $0.50 960 Sta. 7 +40 to 6A- 80 60 ft. Waltham `>t. culvert 560 ca. yd excavation at $2.50 1,400 111 ct.yd. concrete at 30.00 3,330 Paving invert 60' at $5. 00 per lin. ft. 300 Sta. 6 +80 to 2 -t-.50 430 ft. opon channel 1, 300 cu. yd, excavation at $0.65 345 836 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 420 Sta. 2-- 50 to Oi- 0 250 ft. o )en channel 572 cu. yd. excavation at $0.65 372 417 sq. yd. slopes at :''0.50 208 Clearing 1.4 acres at $ 100 per acre 140 $54,080 Estimate of Construction Cost of South Branch Channel Middle St. to Sta. 48+00 700 ft. of 21 in. pipe ay. c .:t 3. 0 at $4.20 $2,940 Sta. 48-r Oto 40 t 80 720 ft. of open channel 1,680 cu. yd. excavati n at $0.65 1,090 1,250 so. yd slopes at $0.50 X625 Sta. 40 -x-80 to 30+50 1030 ft. of open channel 3,030 cu. yd excavation at $0.65 1,970 1,820 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 '910 Sta. 30+ 50 to 22+-80 770 ft . open channel 2,845 cu. yd excavation at 80.65 1,850 1,575 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 790 Sta. 22-+-80 to 20 +80 200 ft. o:oen channel 417 cu. yd excavation at $0.65 270 358 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 180 Clearing 7.8 acres at $100 780 $11,405 Estimate of Construction Cost of Main Channel Sta. 20-t-80 to 71- 00 1380 ft. open channel 7,725 cu. yd excavation at $0.65 $5,020 2, 990 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 1,495 Sta 7 + 0 to 0+- p 700 ft. ooen than el 4,760 cu. yd excavation at $0.65 3,100 1,663 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 X830 I 400 1X) CD Sta. 01-0 to S.L.Massachusetts Avenue (60 lin. ft . for culvert not included) 490 ft. open channel 5,440 cu. yd excavation at 80.65 83,540 1,510 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 755 Vine Brook Road. culvert 60 ft. long 765 cu. yd excavation at $2.50 1, 910 183 cit. yd. concrete at 30.00 5 45 Paving invert 60 / at 5.00 per lin. ft. 300 S. L. Massach-zs etts Avenue to Headwall 1270 ft. of 75 in. pipe ay. cut 13.5 ft. at $35.40 44,850 Headwall - 380 ft. open channel 822 cu. yd excavation at $0.65 535 430 sq. yd slopes at $0.50 215 - to Hayes Lane 400 ft. open channel 1,330 cu. yd excavation at 10.65 865 300 sq. y ? . slopes at 0.50 150 Clearing 0.7 acre at $100 per acre 70 $69,120 April 9, 1930 Town Planning Board Lexington, Mass. Attention: Mr. F. L. Emery, Chairman Gentlemen : On April 2, Mr. Raymond, in canpany with Mr. Cosgrove, examined the channel of Vice Brook in Lexington downstream from Sheridan Street to ascertain the extent to which flooding conditions would be aggravated as a result of the construction of the proposed Vine Brook conduit between Hayes Lane and Vine Brook Road. There has been periodic flooding of low lands along the brook between Hayes Lane and East Street due to the sli_rT1Jat fall, the small size of the brook channel and the limited capacity of the East Str 'et culvert. No appreciable damage results from flooding under present conditions as the land subject to flooding is unimproved. Flooding as a result of the proposed construction would not be measurably increased and would at worst be a matter of only a few inches in height greater and a few hours longer duration. Probably any increase can be compensated for by substituting two culvert pipes about 5 ft. in size beneath East Street in place of the present stone culvert and keeping the brook channel free from bushes and debris by annual clearing. Very truly yours , METCALF & EDDY By Almon L. Fales 401 April 15, 1930 Town Planning Board Lexington, Mass. • Attention: Mr. F. L. Emery, Chairman Gentlemen: Regarding flooding along lower Vine Brook clownstreaam from Sheridan Street as a result of the construction of the pr000sed conduit between Hayes Lane and Vine Brook Road and the channels for the main brook and the South Branch we are of the opinion that the increase in flooding will he very slight . Construction of the main channel south of Vine Brook Road and the South Branch channel will not measurably increase the flood runoff and conditions on lower Vine Brook will be as stated in our letter of April 9, 1930, to wit : Flooding as a result of the construction of the proposed main brook conduit andopen channel and the South Branch channel will not be measurably increased, at worst being a matter of a few inches greater height and a few hours longer duration. Such increase can be compensated for by installing two culvert pipes about 5 ft. in size beneath East Street in place of the present culvert and by keeping the brook channel free from bushes and debris by annual clearing. Very truly yours, METCALF & EDDY, By Almon L. Fales . • It was then voted that article 3 be laid upon the table . Art. 7. Under this article Dr. Clarence Shannon offered the following motion: "Voted: That the sum of $650 be appropriated and assessed to cover the expense of printing and publishing the report of Vine Brook drainage and the Engineering services obtained in connection therewith" . Mr. Albert H. Burnham stated that he understood the cost of the Engineering services would come out of the Engineering Department and offered a motion to amend this motion, substituting the sum of 8300. Dor the sum of $650. The meeting voted to pass the amendment of Mr. Burnham, substituting the sum of $300 for 8650. so that the motion passed read as follows : "Voted: That the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed to cover the expense of printing and publishing the report of Vine Brook drainage ." Art. 3, 4 and 5. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was voted to take up articles 3, 4, anC 5. Mr. Albert H. Burnham having made a minority report, Mr. Fred H. Moulton asked to hear fr' m him to get his ideas on the subject of Vine Brook drainage . Mr. Burnham stated that he did not want to oppose the project with P � the idea of defeating it, but he did 402 x not feel that sufficient study had been given to this project to warrant the Town making an expenditure of money until they are certain that this closed drain would drain the land, and he also felt that unless laterals were constructed, the water could not get out of the land into the culvert, and in Metcalf & Eddy's report, they did not provide for laterals. Mr. Burnham also stated that as he figured it the betterments to be paid by Mr. Ryder would amount to $22,454. He also felt that when the spring freshets come , he did not believe that this ripe would readily take all the water. Mr. Fred H. Moulton made remarks regarding the cost to the Town and suggested that the Town might start at East Street and do a certain portion of the brook each year, and eventually the project would be completed. Remarks were also made by Messrs . William Roger Greeley, Elwyn G. Preston, Harold Lamont, Allen Chamberlain, William J. Marshall, Eugene G. Kraetzer, George E. Foster, Edgar F. Scheibe and Robert H. Eldridge. Mr. Edward W. Taylor suggested that the rate of betterment of one half a cent per foot might be increased to a cent a foot. Mr. Robert L. Ryder stated that his brother owns the property in question where the Vine Brook drainage was to be extended, and paid taxes on it for the past seven or eight years. They have on this property sixty-two lots of land on Winthrop Road extension, and they have put restrictions on the lots for the benefit of the property owners , and have agreed to refund their money if the restrictions are not carried out. They have built a road and taken out five or six feet more of earth that the Town Engineer required., and they have ma 'e a thirty-two foot set back when only a twenty foot set back is required by the Town. They also have one hundred and three acres' in this territory to develop and when developed in the fashion that they propose, it will be one of the finest developments that the Town has ever had and the Town will receive the return in taxation. It depended upon the town, however, to help make this kind of a development by draining the land. Dr. James J. Walsh asked whether or not Mr. Ryder would be willing to place the restrictions on the whole area and whether or not .he has placed the plan on file at the Registry. Mr. Ryder stated that he had placed the plan on file with the Planning Board and the Board of Survey had already approved the plan of Winthrop Road extension, and wouldprobably approve the whole plan at a later date, but have approved the plan generally. He did not propose to put it on file at the Registry of Deeds until the plan was approved. A rising vote was taken on the motions offered under articles ,3, 4, and 5, by Mr. Theodore A. Custance, which read es follows: 403 Art. 3. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorizedand directed to proceed under Statute 1926, Chapter 263, for the purpose of surface drainage, to construct a culvert for Vine Brook from about Vine Brook Roadto about Sheridan Street, approximately in accordance with the report of Metcalf & Eddy, Civil Engineers , dated September 29, 1928 and to deepen, widen, relocate and clear of obstructions Vine Brook in the area between Vine 13rook Road, Waltham Street and Marrett Road with any necessary culverts approximately in accordance with said report and_ to construct such lateral ditches in said area, if any, as they may deem advisable, and to make necessary takings therefor by eminent domain and in their order for such improvement to state that betterments are to be assessed therefor. Further Voted: That for the purpose of paying for the improvement authorized under the preceding vote the sum of ninety thousand ($90,000) dog:llars be raised and appropriated of which twenty thousand. ($20,000) dollars shall be assessed and to meet the remainder of said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be andhe hereby is authorized to borrow not exceeding seventy thousand (870,000 ) dollars under the authority of andin accordance with the pr,ovi si ons of General Laws, Chapter 44, section 7 andacts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor payable in not more than thirty years from the date of issue or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. Art. 4. Voted: That the sum of $2500 be appropriated and assessed for deepening, widening, relocating and clearing of obstructions vine Brook below Sheridan Street, including the alteration and reconstruction of the present culvert for the said brook under East Street. Art. 5. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Winthrop Road extension from the present end of Winthrop Road to Waltham Street, a distance of approximately 1,450 feet; also from a point in Winthrop Roadextension near the present south branch of Vine Brook across privateaalands to Vine Brod; Road,ra distance of T ctfatt s to 9P8 R a�.ZroaiSrf Ni t eP ai ro_a�9 & 8s�s� across privatd lands to Sherman Street; from Sherman Street across private lands to Sheridan Street; thence along Sheridan ,street to a point in Grant Street; the total distance from Vine Brook Road to Grant Street, as above described, being approximately 2,000 feet and that bonds or notes be issued in the sum of $10,000.in accordance with the law. Seventy-six voted in the affirmative and eighty-seven in the negative. The motions were declared lost. II The meeting adjourned at 10:57 P.M. to June 9, 1930 at 8 P. M. A true record., Attest: • Town Clerk. 404 _) Pg. 390. Fig. 2. "Map of Vine Brook Drainage District, Scale 800 ft. to 1 in. ( approx. ) Nov. 15, 1927, Revised Sept. 26, 1928, Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass. " Pg. 392. Fig. 3. "Preliminary Development Map, Scale in feet (approx. ) ' August 9, 1928. Revised 0 1000 2000 Sept. 25, 1928. Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston , Mass ." Pg. 392. Fig. 4. "Main Channel North of Sherican St. , Lexington, Mass . Vine Brook District. Typical Sections of Open Channels , Scale 5 ft. to 1 in. August 9, 1928, Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass . " Pg. 392 . Fig. 5. "Profile of Proposed Relocated North Branch Chanel of Vine Brook, Scales - Hor. 200 ft. to 1 in. Vert. 5 ft. to 1 in. , July 1928 . Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass. " Pg. 392. Fig. 6. "Profile of Proposed South Branch and Main Channels of Vine Brook. Scales Hor. 200 ft. to 1 in. Vert. 5 ft. to 1 in. July, 1928, Revised Sept. 28, 1928. Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass . " Pg. 394. Fig. 7. "Proposed Through Highways, Scale in feet (approx. ) ; , September 1928 Metcalf & 0 1000 2000 Eddy, Engineers, Boston, Mass." Pg. 397. Table 2. "Computations for Drains or Combined Sewers, March 21, 1927 revised September 25, 1928, Metcalf & Eddy, Consulting Engineers, Boston, Mass." Pg. 398. Fig. 8. "Drainage Benefit Map, Scale in feet ( approx. ) Sept, 1928, Metcalf & Eddy, 0 1000 2000 Engineers, Bostornm, Mass. " Pg. 398. Fig. 9. "Park Benefit Map, Scale in feet (approx. ) 0 1000 20 Sent. 1928, Metcalf & Eddy,Engineers, Boston, Mass. " Pg. 398. Fig. 10. "Through Highway Benefit Map, Scale September 1928, Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, 0 1000 2000 Boston, Mass. " 405 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING JUNE 9, 1930 A4 journe d town meeting was called to order by Robert H. Holt , Moderator , at 8 :10 P .M. Mr. James Stuart Smith asked that Articles 1 and 8 be taken up together , and no objection being made the Moderator so ruled. • Mr. Smith read the report o' the Committee on School Building, and displayed and explained architects plans as shown on large chart. Arts•Tolne&meeting voted to accept and place on file the Committee 's report. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COlUITTEE One year ago, the School Committee asked the Town for a new school, to be located in the south section. At that time the average annual increase in the school population was about 150, and it was clear that if this growth continued, the Town would need a building in the Fall of 1930. When the school census was taken in October, 1929, it was discovered that our increase was below normal, and the School Committee, having in mind the extra burden of a shhool house, told the building Committee that the program could be postponed for a gear. In 1929, there was an increase of 75 in our scholars. Another 75, or even fewer, coming to school in the Fall of 1930, will bring us to the point where there will be undue hardship upon small children connected with the use of space that was never intended for classroom purposes, and extra trans- portation of children, in order to get them to buildings where there is available room. In all probability, it will be easier, financially, for the Town, and better for the building, to have a job that will not be rushed to completion, and perhaps open and in use before it is finished. For this reason the Committee believes and recommends that the new construction be commenced at an early date, with the building to open in September, 1931. To postpone the building program beyond this year, would • be unwise, unsafe and unfair. It would entail heavy bills for transportation and necessitate the separation of small children from the same family, so that they might have to go to two or three schools. While conditions may not be ideal between September, 1930, and September, 1931, there will be no widespread hardship, and the Town will be spared some rather heavy additions to the 1930 tax rate. The proposed construction in the south end, moreover, should not overlap school development in the East Village, and that in tum should not be permitted to fall into the same year with a required addition o n to the Junior and Senior High School. 406 These three building projects are clearly before the Town. There is no way to avoid them, as the school popu- lation is here and increasing, but the Committee believes and recommends that they be taken up in the order suggested, and a careful time-schedule be worked out , so that the Town will not be engaged in two building enterprises at the same time. LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL • This Committee has held many meetings to consider the location, the floor-plan, general outward appearance and type of construction of a new school in the south part of Lexington; location and floor-plan being of first importance, have received most of our attention. We labored on the problem not only as a Committee, but also as individuals. Xe examined recommendations of former planning boards, and we called upon unbiased out-of-town opinion. Tne final decision was unanimously in favor of the land at the corner of Allen Street and Old County Road. We required a piece of land that, among other things, was 1. Located properly in reference to present and probable future schools. 2. Flat, or but slightly rolling ground. 3. Removed from traffic noises. 4. Provide sufficient playground. 5. Dry for sewage disposal. 6. Reasonably easy of access . 1. Lexington has grown in spots] here a group of dwellings, another group there, some created in earlier days by the location of the railroad, road and trolley-car transportation, such as theEast Village, the Center and the North Village. Real estate developments account for other groupings and none of them are filled to capacity. Physical conditions of the ground and location of paved roads have had a considerable bearing on later developments. These matters must be taken into consideration when a new building is erected, which should be closely linked with both old and future school construction. The land recom- mended answers the demand better than any other site that the Committee has been able to find. It w� apparent to this Committee that in a section as large as the sotth part of town, no one location could satisfy all the present demands of the residents, and at the same time fit into a plan that will care for the future development of the vacant land. This site cares for the greater proportion of the present school children, and it will later care for most of the vacant • land between Waltham Street and Pollen Road, Waltham Street to Concord Avenue, most of Fair Oaks and Marrett Road to Spring Street. • 407 As other portions of the south part develop, there will be need of another school. Until that time comes, there will be transportation for children, but the number will be much smaller than at present. We think that over 70% will be much better ofd', and the remaining 30% will be transported as at present. The school department will try in every way to make conditions satisfactory. The location should be, and is, part of a general logical plan and will not cause a dislocation of future schools. The Town would do well to purchase other building sites and additions to sites, not only in the south part, but in other sections of the Town, while land is still at reasonable prices, but in accordance with a plan which would contemplate population of at least 20,000. The East Village, of course, should have immediate consid- eration as soon as this proposed building is finished, and should have it even if the Town does not adopt the recommendation with with/this report deals. which 2. The lot for the building and small playground is almost flat. Flat land means economy in building, and economy in finishing the grounds. As far as we can discover, the land is reasonably free from stone ledge. 3. Although near the main traffic highway, Vvaltham Street, it is remote enough so that the passage of motor vehicles will not be a nuisance at the time of the year when school windows are open. 4. There is sufficient space both for the present and a future playground when the school may increase in size to 14 classrooms. A large part of this land, moreover, is available without special expenditure. 5. The land is in a district where there is much broken ground and many wet meadows and springy hillsides, but is high and dry. The sub-soil has been explored by boring, and, so far as we can tell, indicates that it will absorb sewage with little danger of becoming unhealthy and offensive. 6. Allen Street is hard-paved to carry coal trucks to the lot line. There will be no need of road building except the customary driveway or turnaround on the school grounds . !►[hen traffic demands it, the Old County Road can be developed. The Committee, as said before, is unanimous in the choice of this location. TEE BUILDING The proper type and size of building has been a matter of concern. In the first place, with the location recommended, we are able to avoid the use of basement rooms for classroom use. The design calls for eight classrooms and such other rooms as are required in a modern school building. Eight rooms seems to be the smallest number we can build and give the school department and the school population room for expansion inside the proposed building. 4408 r� CD As there are now six grades in our primary school system, this building will be put in operation with six grades. Some of them, fortunately, will not be filled to capacity. Vaith eight rooms, as the population grow,;, we can have a flexible unit that will care for, let us say, two third-grade classes and two fifth-grade classes as well as the other four grades, or however the school population happens to come into that part of the Town. All our smaller children can be taken care of on the ground floor. We can give the whole school an exercise room above the ground, which will also serve as a lunch room and for community purposes. With the general floor plan determined, it seemed the part of wisdom, (as this is a new building and not an addition to an old one) to make the plan modern; to put such things into the construction so that it will not be out of date when the aoors are open. The useful life of a school building is probably about forty years; to have it obsolete some years before its time is poor economy. The building is designed for safety, for health and for low cost of upkeep. It can be increased without undueexpense, to fourteen rooms. The architects assure us that all construction and materials have been tested, and the whole structure is to be in modern form to fit and satisfy both the technical requirements of the schools but also the requirements of a town of dwellings like Lexington. The COMMITTEE respectfully present this report and recommendation to the town in accordance with the town vote. James Stuart Smith William H. Ballard Clyde E. Steeves Howard S. 0. Nichols Clara M. Barbour Mrs. C. E. Glynn. One of the members of this committee, tr. Charles H. Spaulding, died recently. We regret the loss of his able counsel. Under Article 8 Mr. James Stuart Smith offered the following motion. "Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $132,000 for the purchase of a certain lot of land located on Old County Road near Allen Street, known as a portion of the Swenson Brothers Farm, containing approximately eight acres, and that there be erected thereon a public school building, including the original equipping and furnishing of same; and for the purpose of meeting said appropriation, there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $19,150, and that there be transferred from the account of Purchase of Carbarn Property from Middlesex and Boston Street Railwqy Company the sum of $1,850, and the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $120,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine. It is also voted that a Building Committee of seven including the members of the School Com- mittee be appointed by the Moderator, with full power to pur- 409 chase in the name of the town said lot of land above described, and to construct and equip the building herein authorized, all within the sums appropriated for said purposes." The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that his committee approved the appropristion. Mr. William A. Cranfield objected to the location and after giving his reasons, at some length, moved an amendment "That the Committee be authorized to build in some other part of the district. " The Moderator ruled that because of the terms of the motion this amendment was out of order and Mr. Smith' s original motion was carried in a rising vote as follows, two=thirds majority being required: 117 in the affirmative 4 in the negative. . ;* see page 414. for committee. Art. 1. Under the motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon Article 1 was again taken up. Mr. Willard C. Hill reported for the Committee on the claims of Mr. Edward Wood in relation to Clarke Street Extension. REPORT CLARKE STREET EXTENSION COMMITTEE Lexington, Mass. June 9, 1930, In the matter of the Clarke Street extension as affecting Mr. wvood' s property, the Committee begs to report that irrespective of the rights of the town or the rights of Mr. Wood, an agreement has been reached whereby Mr. Vood will release his claims against the town, aad. the town will, if authorized to do so, pay a sum of money to Mr. Wood to satisfy his claim. Under these circumstances we have made no further attempt to discover facts, other than those disclosed by Mr. Wood' s deed, the plan accompanying it and the statement made to us by the town engineers. We think there is enough in Mr. Wood' s claim to justify the settlement, as his right would turn on a question of facts which might only come to light after an extended examination of title or litigation in court. r The amount of the settlement is known to the Committee and the Committee believes that both the town and Mr. Wood have done the right and proper thing. Willard C. Hill, Chairman James Stuart Smith Hazen W. Hamlin (authorized) Eugene G. Kraetzer J. Henry huffy Appended is the agreement for acceptance of sum of4P00 in full settlement. June 6th, 1930 I, Edward Wood, hereby agree to accept Two Hundred Dollars ($200) in full settlement of whatever may be due me from the Town of Lexington in connection with the Clarke Street Extension Improvement, and waive any further claim for damages. Edward Wood. 1 410 -x) It was voted to accept the report of the Committee and place the same on file. Art. 12. Under this article on motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed: "Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of an extension of Clarke Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office, dated August 27, 1929, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3500 be appropriated and assessed." Art. 1. Under this article Mr. Robert P. Trask offered the following motion: "Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of fifteen Town Meeting Members representative of all sections of the Town to review the reports of Metcalf & Eddy and hucClintock & Woodfall, and the studies of the Planning Board ana the Board of Selectmen relative to Vine Brook drainage, said committee to have access to all of the records of the Selectmen and the Planning Board, and to be at liberty to consult with any Board, Committee or individual and secure any additional Engineering data which they may deem essen- tial to a decision on this project, and that they submit their recommendations at the next Town Meeting." Mr. Joseph R. Cotton moved an amendment "That said Committee incur no expense without further vote of the Town." This amendment was accepted by the maker of the original motion, and the motion as amended was put before the meeting. The vote was close, and 15 citizens doubting, a rising vote was taken with 70 voting in the affirmative and 54 in the negative. * See page 414. Art. 1. Mr. Joseph Swan reported for the Committee of three appointed to make recommendations relating to control of dogs. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONTROL OF DOGS. June 6, 1930. Mr. Robert H. Holt, Moderator, Town ►eetings, Lexington, Mass. Dear Sir: The committee of three appointed by you to consider and make recommendations with respect to the laws and practice with reference to licensing, restraint and vaccination of dogs in Lexington has organized, with Dr. Barnes as chairman. The chairman wrote to Dr. Geo. H. Bigelow, Commissioner of Public Health for the State of Mass. , . asking his opinion and recommendation in the matter and the action taken by other towns in the State and received a very satisfactory and comprehensive reply - also a letter from the Division of Animal Industry of the Dept. of Conservation, which we are handing in with our recommendations. These two should be • 411 the authorities best qualified to know about the matter and their recommendation therefore, should have considerable weight. After careful consideration it is the unanimous recom- mendation of your committee that: - 1. The existing laws in regard to licensing of dogs be enforced. 2. A11 dogs be inoculated against rabies before being licensed. 3. That this inoculation be done free of expense to dog owners . 4. That all dogs already licensed this year be inoculated as soon as it ca.n• be arranged. 5. That all dogs be required to wear on their collars tags showing that they have been inoculated and licensed. If these regulations are adopted and enforced efficiently, it will be unnecessary to restrain or muzzle dogs except in rare emergencies. If a stray dog infected with rabies should bite a local dog, it would only rarely result in a new case of rabies, as the majority of the dogs in town would be protected by inoculation. As we have already had in Lexington one death in a human being from rabies, the result of being bitten by a stray infected dog, and the town has already in years past been to considerable expense inoculating persons bitten by stray dogs, and it would not only probably cost the town less to inoculate all dogs free, and be more efficient than doing it at an expense to owners of dogs, but would in all probability prevent any further such tragedies, it is therefore the unanimous opinion of your committee that these recommendations be adopted before any new cases develop. Respectfully submitted, Wm. L. Barnes, M. D. (Chairman) Joseph Swan Galen A. Russell. TH. COI Ow EALTH OrMASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMr7NT OF CONSERVATION LIV. OF ANIMAL I LU TRY June 2, 1930. Dr. Wm. L. Barnes, Health Officer, 1557 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington,Liass . My dear Dr. Barnes: A copy of your letter has been forwarded to me by Dr. 'Bigelow of the State Department of Public Health and also his reply thereto. I concur absolutely in all that Dr. Bigelow has written to you, and as he has gone into the matter extensively can really add nothing of any more value. 41.2 ;0 04 I understand that Rhode Island has recently put on regulations that all dogs in that State be inoculated against rabies. Very truly yours, Javan H. Richardson, Director. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS: DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH May 28, 1930. Dr. Wm. L. Barnes, Health Officer, 1557 Massachusetts Avenue. , Lexington, Mass . My dear Doctor Barnes : The cities of Holyoke and Leominster, lassachusetts, have written us recently in regard to the matters you raised in your letter of May 26th and my reply to the two communi- ties has been in substance as follows : Over the last two years rabies has been more preva- lent than at any time in the State since statistical date has been available. Last year 5000 people were reported to us as having been bitten, which probably represents less than 50 per cent of those actually so bitten and the cost to them in material and professional service for the preventive inoculations against rabies must represent at least a quarter of a million dollars. This disease in this part of the country is kept alive in the community and spread from one to another entirely by the stray unlicensed dog. The control then is vastly easier than almost any of our common communicable diseases, and yet every effort that we have made in that direction has been met with public inuifference or active public opposition. There is plenty of authority for the promulgation by the city council or the selectmen on the advice of the board of health of a ninety-day quarantine of all dogs . The law says that they shall either be restrained or muzzled. In our opinion and that of the Division of Animal Industry muzzling is useless since the muzzle never fits, is usually hanging around the neck, and since years ago Daniel Webster made sport of the whole thing by placing a tea £trainer et the south end of a dog and claiming he was complying with the regulations, so that we recommend that no option be given and that restraint be required. Since during this period of ninety days all dogs / that have been exposed and are in the incubation period will have come down with rabies and be destroyed without exposing other dogs and if during this time all stray dogs are impounded and if not called for in a reasonable time destroyed humano_ly, the disease should be wiped out of your community. The only difficulty is that at the end of the quarantine period an infected dog may run in from an adjacent community and the whole thing be started again. For this last reason two years ago we attempted to get the cooperation of some seventy communities in and around Bostthn in synchronous restraint. The health and police officials were interested and cooperative. Public support was vitiated largely under the leadership of the former Mayor Bauer of Lynn, so that the sum total was inconvenience to those citizens who complied with the regulation and no improvement in regard to rabies. 41.3 In the last few years an inoculation method to immunize dogs has been developed in Japan and extensively used in Connecticut, New Jersey and oth :r parts of this country. Were this method effective ani could we develop immunity against rabies in all our dogs, the problem would be solved. Unfortunately this method is not as effective as was at first suppoeed and inoculated dogs have come down with the disease. Until its effectiveness is increased it would seem to us unwise to require inoculation but from experience at the &ge11 Memorial Hospital and elsewhere I feel that with the present temper of our people, inoculation is more effective than restraint and I have used it on my own :log. It would, therefore, be wise for you to consider operating town clinics for the free inoculation of dogs in order to popularize this method. Some towns have required the restraint of nil dogs except those showing evidence of inoculation which has become popularized by this method. This has its drawbacks because in the first place the method is not cdmpletely effective and rebid dogs may in this way be at large, and in the second place it has been found that the tags on the collars have been stolen and put on uninoculated dogs . The city of Quincy and the town of Milton have, within a year or more, issued ordinances in regard to the restraint of dogs, copies of which I am enclosing. I am forwarding your letter to Mr. Richardson, the Director of the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Conservation, for his opinion on this matter. Yours truly, George ii. Bigelow, M.D. Commissioner of Public Health. It was voted to accept the report and place the same on file. Art. 9. Under this article on motion of Dr. James J. Valsh the following vote was passed. "Voted: That the sum of nine hundred and sixty dollars ( 960.00) be appropriated and assessed, under Chapter 67, Acts of 1930, being "an act authorizing Cities and Towns to appropriate money to provide facilities for Public Entertainment in connection with the rational Convention of the American Legion to be held in the current year", for the purpose of public entertainment of visitors to the Town of Lexington, in connection with the national Convention of the American Legion, to be held in October 1930, this money to be expended under direction of the Board of Selectmen." The Appropriation Committee approved the appropriation. Arts. 10 and 11. On Dr. Clarence Shannon' s motion it was voted that articles 10 and 11 be taken up together. Under these articles Dr. Shannon offered the following motion which was passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Town purchase from Lois M. and Lillian G. Marshall a portion of the land owned by them near the Cary Memorial Library comprising lot C as shown on a "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1P equals 101 October 14, 1929, E. N. Montague, C. E. !' est Acton, gass. ", bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly by land now or formerly of William E. Denham, 50.85 feet; 414 '4o Northwesterly by land of the Town of Lexington 76.84 feet; Northeasterly by land of the Town of Lexington 40.30 feet; Southeasterly by other land of the grantors 76.09 feet; containing 3840 feet more or less and to pay therefor to the said Marshalls the sum of seven thousand dollars 07000.00) and for the purpose of raising the money the sum of six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars 06150) be transferred from the account of Purchase of Carbarn property from Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company, and that the sun; of eight hundred and fifty 0850) dollars be transferred from Account of Sale of Land to purchase of land adjoining Cary Memorial Library from Lois M. and .Lillian G. Marshall." The Appropriation Committee approved the appropriation. Remarks were made by Mr. Harold B. Lamont, Mr. Eugene G. Kraetzer, Rev. Christopher W. Collier, Mr. Elwyn G. Preston, Mr. Edward W. Taylor, Mr. Patrick Flynn, Mr. Albert H. Burham and Mr. William G. Marshall. Art. 6. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon this article was indefinitely postponed. Art. 13. On motion of Joseph R. Cotton this article was indefinitely postponed. Meeting dissolved at 10:35 P.M. A true record, Attest; . • Town Olerk. June 23, 1930. PERPETUAL CARE. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in Town meeting assembled on the second day of November, A. D. 1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the reeeipt of Onb 'hundred and fifty dollars (4150. ) from the estate of Isabella A. Simonds , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon lot 280 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot, monument, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. Town Treasurer. * Committee Appointed: James G. Robertson, Charles H. Schofield, Harold B. Needham, Patrick Shanahan, Charles S. Beaudry, James J. Walsh (Dr), Robert H. Eldridge, Eugene T. Buckley, Frank P. Cutter, A. E. Rowse, Jr. , Roy A. Ferguson, Leonard Jellis , E. Elvidge Taylor, William E. Mulliken, and Sheldon A. Robinson. Allen Street School House # Committee Appointed: James Stuart Smith, Howard S. 0. Nichols, Mrs. C. E. Glynn, William H. Ballard, Clyde E. Steeves, Clara M. Barbour, and Howard E. Custance. 415 WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified. to vote in ,Primaries to meet in EMERSON HALL, Stone Building,, East Lexington, and CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, Lexington, Center, TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1930, at 2:00 o'clock P.M. , for the following .purposes : • To bring in their votes to the. Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor for this Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor " Secretary of the Commonwealth " " Treasurer and Receiver-General n " " Auditor of the Commonwealth " " Attorney General " " Senator in Congress If " " Representative in Congress • " 5th Congressional District Councillor " 6th Councillor Senator 7th Senatorial Two Representatives in .General. Court "28th Representative " District Attorney " Middlesex Register of Probate and Insolvency " Middlesex County County Commissioner " Middlesex County Associate County Commissioners (2) " Middlesex County County Treasurer " Middlesex County And for the Election of the following officers : DISTRICT MEMBER OF STATE COMMITTEE for each political party for the 7th .Senatorial .District MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY All the above candidates and officers are to be voted upon one ballot. The polls will be open from two o'clock P.M. to eight o'clock P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant copies thereof seven days at least before the time ofssaid attested as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof fail not and. make. return of. this_ warrant with. your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this second day of September A.D., 1930. Albert H. Burnham Theodore. A. Cus.tance Hallie C. Blake Board of Robert P. Trask Selectmen.o= Olarenc e.Shannon • Lexington 416 Lexington, Mass . , Sept. 9, 1930 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the s}une to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. lir Attest : Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexin *ton. A 4 } 417 • PRIMARY FLECTION Sept. 1S, 1930. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows: Precinct One Warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Harold B. Needham Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Ernest R. Rowland Deputy Inspector Miss Monica Holland Deputy Inspector Clesson Schofield Clerk Mrs. Mary Rowland Deputy Clerk Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson Teller Ellese Schofield Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller William M. Welsh Teller Marion G. Cook Constable Charles E. Wheeler Precinct Two Warden Irving B. Pierce Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Inspector Victor A. Harmon Deputy' Inspector Sarah C. Walker Deputy Inspector Madeline J. Corbett Clerk Ezra F. Breed Deputy Clerk John J. Garrity Teller • Esther Emery Teller Paul B. Coudrey Teller Charles F. Vaughan Teller Edward McGrory Police Officers John L. Barry & Wm. C. O'Leary John H. Dacey not having appeared to serve as Inspector, the Warden appointed Frederick H. Tullar to serve in his place. Precinct Three • Warden Ralph H. Marshall Deputy Warden Leonard K. Dunhm, Jr. Inspector Bessie G. Davis Inspector James M. Ahern Deputy Inspector Ralph A. Hamilton Deputy Inspector David McPeake Clerk Albert I. Carson Deputy Clerk Jams L. McKenzie, Jr. Teller Alexander M. Parks Teller Charles E. Moloy, Jr. Teller James T. McGann Teller Roy A. Ferguson Constable Charles E. Moloy 418 Precinct Four Warden Morton G. Hopkins Deputy Warden Frederick J. Lowe Inspector William E. Mulliken Inspector Frank H. Maguire Deputy Inspector F. Irene Robinson Deputy Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan Clerk Howard E. Custance Deputy Clerk J.. .ies J. Waldron Teller George Hinchey Teller Margaret T. Kennedy Teller W. Benjamin C. Meady Teller Jesse S. Ferry Police Officer John W. Rycroft Police Officer Francis T. Neal, Jr. The polls were declared open in each precinct at two o'clock P.U. , and remained open in each precinct until eight o'clock P.M., at which time after due notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the fathful • performance of their duties . The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Registrars of Voters, who proceeded to canvass the same, with the following result, which was declared by the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct 1. Ballots Cast: Republican 273 Democratic 39, Total 312. Precinct 2. Ballots Cast: Republican 302 Democratic 20, Total 322 Precinct 3. Ballots Cast: Republican 279 Democratic 25, Total 304 Precinct 4. Ballots Cast: Republican 230 Democratic 26, Total 256 /ub' c REPUBLICAN Governor. Proc. 1. Prec. 2. Pr- c. 3. Prec. 4. Total Frank G. Allen 231 269 262 209 971 John, D. Devir • 21 18 8 9 56 Blanks 21 15 9 12 57 Lieutenant Governor William Sterling Youngman 238 266 257 202 963 ranks 35 36 22 28 121 Secretary 111 Frederic W. Cook 225 259 249 199 932 ' Blanks 48 43 30 31 • 152 I 419 Treasurer Prec. 1 Prec . 2. Prec. 3 Free. 4. Total • James William Bean 43 24 33 21 121 Fred Jefferson Burrell 56 52 57 46 211 Charles Lawrence Burrill 56 69 62 41 228 Russell D. Chase 26 51 35 32 144 III Ezra D : Whitaker 5 4 4 7 20 George B. Willard 15 32 22 21 90 John W. Withington 22 I1 9 3 45 Russell Abner Wood 17 17 18 9 61 Blanks 33 42 39 50 164 Auditor Joseph N. Carriere 54 83 70 45 252 Alonzo B. Cook 189 188 178 153 708 Blanks 30 31 31 32 124 Attorney General Joseph E. Warner 223 263 257 194 937 Blanks 50 39 22 36 147 Senator in Congress William M. Butler 104 138 146 115 503 Eben S. Draper 142 146 118 104 510 Andrew Joseph Gillis 13 6 8 4 31 Blanks 14 12 7 7 40 Congressman Edith Nourse Rogers 241 274 260 207 982 Blanks 32 28 19 23 102 Councillor Joseph 0. Knox 95 89 107 72 363 George E. Marchand 14 9 6 21 50 Walter Perham 78 105 96 62 341 George W. Pratt 38 28 19 18 103 Blanks 48 71 51 57 227 I Senator John F. Brown 24 24 34 29 111 Joseph R. Cotton 175 220 183 156 734 Alice F. D. Pearson 64 42 46 32 184 II Blanks 10 16 16 13 55 Representatives in General Court Albert H. Burnham 204 258 247 191 900 John M. Carney 25 23 5 9 62 Nelson B. Crosby 100 111 86 85 382 G. Bertram Washburn 93 95 80 81 349 Blanks 124 117 140 94 475 420 -_r CD District Attorney 7) Prec. 1. Proc . 2. Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Warren L. Bishop 189 226 201 170 786 Kenneth C. Dunlop 17 20 29 14 80 George St,anly Harvey 48 35 29 27 139 Blanks 19 21 20 19 79 Register of Probate and Insolvency Loring P. Jordan 215 242 240 184 881 Blanks 58 60 39 46 203 County Commissioner Erson B. Barlow 175 204 214 152 745 John Ernest Quigley 44 32 22 24 122 Blanks 54 66 43 54 217 Associate Commissioners Daniel D. Gorman 70 49 43 56 218 John M. Keyes 170 221 208 161 760 Melvin G. Rogers 148 174 179 ],26 627 Blanks 158 160 128 117 563 County Treasurer Charles E. Hatfield 215 247 230 188 880 Blanks 58 55 49 42 204 State Committee Mary F. Daniel 174 216 204 148 742 - Blanks 99 86 75 82 342 Delegates to State Convention John D. Collins 197 241 235 179 852 Charles E. Hadley 209 253 244 191 897 George A. Warner 199 249 242 182 872 James G. Robertson 205 244 240 187 876 Albert H. Burnham 206 261 253 192 912 Mabel P. Cook 196 245 239 181 861 Clara I. Barbour 196 248 245 183 872 Guyetta G. Broderic 189 244 243 188 864 Edward W. Taylor 197 250 243 191 881 Clyde Steeves 1 1 Blanks 663 482 327 396 1868 Town Committee William H. Ballard 196 247 242 181 866 Clara M. Barbour 188 244 241 176 849 Albert H. Burnham 200 255 249 188 892 Mabel P. Cook 188 241 231 176 836 Joseph R. Cotton 204 252 237 179 872 ' John D. Collins 187 235 232 168 822 Guyetta G. Broderic 183 238 239 176 836 Charles E. Hadley 201 247 237 180 865 George E. Briggs 178 229 227 168 802 Arthur W. Hughes 179 238 232 170 81 James G. Robertson 197 241 237 176 851 Converse Hill 183 248 239 180 850 James W. Smith 178 241 234 179 832 421 Town Committee continued Prec. 1 Prec . 2 Prec. 3 Prcc . 4 Total Jennie M. Partridge 184 245 240 177 846 Albert B. Tenney 190 243 241 176 850 Edward W. Taylor 186 248 237 183 854 George A. Warner 176 241 239 173 829 II Robert Whitney 177 239 236 172 824 Clarence S. Walker 186 243 240 179 848 Clayton A. Hilliard 182 245 230 170 827 Clarence Briggs 1 1 Eugene G. Kraetser 1 1 • Blanks 1717 1179 839 1073 4808 DEMOCRATIC Governor John J. Cum u: ns 1 0 1 2 4 Joseph B. Ely 15 10 14 7 46 John F. Fitzgerald 21 10 10 16 57 Blanks 2 0 0 1 3 Lieutenant Governor Strabo V. Claggett 8 10 . 6 7 31 John F. Malley 9 3 5 6 23 Charles S. Murphy 5 2 4 II4 15 Michael C . O'Neil 12 5 7 8 32 Blanks , 5 0 3 1 9 Secretary Arthur G . Flynn 10 6 7 10 33 Chester J . O'Brien 11 5 5 7 28 Joseph Santosuosso 12 • 5 9 8 34 Blanks 6 4 4 1 15 Treasurer John H. Dorsey 3 3 0 1 7 Charles F . Hurley 26 13 11 20 70 Fred H. Rourke 2 2 10 3 17 Blanks 8 2 4 2 16 Auditor Francis X. Hurley 23 8 8 19 58 Francis J . O'Gorman 2 5 5 2 14 II Jerome J. Shea 5 2 6 3 16 Blanks 9 5 6 2 22 Attorney General Henry P. Fielding 7 2 4 6 19 William R. Scharton 4 8 5 6 23 Harold W. Sullivan 19 7 12 12 50 Blanks 18 3 4 2 27 422 Jo Senator in Congress (2) Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec . 3. Prec. 4. Total .TJ Marcus A. Coolidge 18 9 11 9 47 Eugene N. Foss 2 3 0 0 5 PetEr J. Joyce 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas C. O'Brien 4 3 2 3 12 Joseph F. O 'Connell 10 4 8 12 34 Blanks 5 1 4 2 12 Congressman Joseph M. Halloran 22 12 15 16 65 Blanks 17 8 10 10 45 Councillor John H. Connor 9 6 6 9 30 Edward J. Coughlin 5 5 5 3 18 Perina J. Delory 0 1 1 2 4 Jeremiah F. McGrath 11 1 4 6 22 Blanks 14 7 9 6 36 Senator Rena M. Colson 3 3 8 5 19 John J . Gilbride 20 11 9 15 55 Blanks 16 6 8 6 36 Representatives Paul C. Griffin 21 10 16 17 64 Michael J. Cavanaugh 0 1 6 2 9 Albert Burnham 0 1 0 0 1 Joseph Valliere 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 50 28 27 33 138 District Attorney James J . Bruin 5 2 0 2 9 John F. Daly 20 8 14 16 58 Charles H. McGlue 4 7 3 4 18 Blanks 10 3 8 4 25 Register of Probate and Insolvency John J. Butler 20 12 13 17 62 Blanks 19 8 12 9 48 County Commissioners Robert F. Donovan 14 6 10 9 39 Joshua T. Nowell 3 2 2 . 2 9 John Ernest Quigley 6 6 3 10 25 Blanks 16 6 10 5 37 Associate Commissioners L. Perry Johnson 17 12 14 14 57 John J. Noreau, Jr. 14 11 12 11 48 Blanks 47 17 24 27 115. i 423 County. Treasurer Prec. 1. Prat. 2. Prec. 3. Prec . 4. Total J. Frank Facey 18 13 12 19 62 Charles E. Hatfield 6 5 5 3 19 Blanks 15 2 8 4 29 State Committee James A . Manning 22 14 13 16 65 Blanks 17 6 12 10 45 Delegates to State Convention__ Bartlett J. Harrington 1 0 1 0 2 Eugene T. Buckley 1 3. 2 0 4 Charles J. Dailey 1 0 0 0 1 Edward H. Mara 0 1 0 0 1 Bernard O'Donnell 0 1 0 0 1 David Murphy 0 1 0 0 1 James G. Sullivan 0 1 1 0 2 James F. McCarthy 0 0 1 0 1 James M. Ahearn 0 0 1 0 1 David Burke 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 387 195 243 260 1085 Town Committee Eugene T. Buckley 4 2 9 2 17 Bernard O'Donnell 3 * 2 8 2 15 James F. McCarthy 3 1 8 2 14 Bartlett J. Harrington 4 1 8 2 15 Mary A. Spellman 3 1 8 2 14 Elizabeth M. Burton 3 1 8 2 14 Joseph H. Valliere 3 1 8 2 14 James M. Ahearn 3 1 9 2 15 Margaret T. Kennedy 3 1 8 2 14 James L. McKenzie, Jr. 3 1 8 2 14 Charles J. Dailey 1 0 0 0 1 John J. Garrity 0 1 0 0 1 James G. Sullivan 0 0 1 0 1 John McDonough 0 0 3. 0 1 EdWa.rd H. Mara 0 1 0 0 1 Blanks 357 186 166 240 949 • • A true record, Attest: <7416, -C.. (.0-0 -1A, did,„_, Town c -ve- Town Clerk. 424 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlsex, 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 andin town affairs, to meet in the CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, in said Lexington, on WEDNESDAY, the Fifteenth day of October, 1930 at 8 P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To receive the report of any i-oard of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by transfer from the Excess and. Deficiency Account, to the following accounts: Street Signs, Public Works Department , Sidewalks, Vine Brook Drainage, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish a building line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned bar Messrs. Rubin and Seligman, to the property of the Boston & Lowell R.ilroad Corporation, all as laid out b: the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan showing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from its northerly terminus to property of Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation . Sept. 4, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Oosgrove, Town Corporation, appropriate money there- fore by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such met'r ods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property nowowned. by Messrs . Rubin and. Seligman to the property of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan showing proposed relocation of a portion of Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Sept, 4, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town ngineer, " appropriate money therefore by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase from Daniel J. O 'Connell and Anstiss S. Hunt, et al, or either of them, a portion of the land and buildings on Massachusetts Avenue between the site of the old Town Hall now owned by Rubin and Seligman and the land of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation between the former northeasterly street line and the new northeasterly street line as laid out by the Selectmen approximately twenty-eight feet in depth from Massachusetts Avenue in order to provide for a widening of Massachusetts Avenue, appropriate money for such purpose by the issue of bends, notes, or by transfer from other accounts, or take any action in relation thereto. 425 Art. 6 . To see if the /own will vote to transfer money from the Overlay Reserve Fundto the Public Works Department Account. Art. 7. To see if the Town willauthorize the Selectmen to install street lights on Fuller Road . Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by the issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, for the construction of water mains. Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets : Massachusetts Avenue, from Fottler Avenue to Bowker Street; Bowker Street , and Cliffe, Hillcrest and Theresa Avenues. Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to demolish the buildings on the Town Farm property located on Cedar Street Art. 11. /o see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to demolish the brick building known as the Pumping Station located on Lincoln Street. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend. the Lexington Zoning By-law and zoning map by changing from an R-1 district to a C-1 district the property on the westerly side of Bedford Street from Valley Road and extending northerly along property of Harriette 114. Smith. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this thirtieth day of September, A. D. , 1930. Albert H. Burnham Clarence Shannon Selectmen Robert P. Trask of Theodore A. Custance. Lexington Hallie C. Blake To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestii-,ule of the Town 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. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington. 426 TOWN MEETING, OCTOBER 15, 1930. The meeting was called to order by Moderator• Robert H. Holt at 8:15 o' clock P.M. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the ' arrant, but upon vote of the meeting the reading of the Warrant was waived. Return of the Constable thereon was then read. Art. 1. Under this article on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the following vote was passed: Voted: That a Committee of nine be appointed. by the Moderator to consider and recommend to the Town plans of development and location. of an arboretum in the Town of Lexington. Art. 1. On motion of Sydney R. Wrightington the following vote was passed unanimously:, Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by. the Moderator to consider and report to the town meeting whether or not it is desirable that the representative town meeting or its members make recommendations to the voters of the town as to candidates for town offices or for members of this representative town meeting, and if desirable what methods may be adopted for that purpose. Art. 2. On motion of Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed unanimously: Voted: That the following sums be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the following accounts: Street Signs $400.00 Public Works Dept. 4800.00 Sidewalks 1200.00 $6400.00 The appropriation, Committee approved of the appropriations. Art. 7. ' Under this article on motion of Albert H. Burnham the following vote was passed: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights on Fuller Road. Art. 8. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed unanimously : Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the town and that the sum of $50,000 be appropriated for the Water Construction Account, 822,000 of said appropriation to be used to construct a water main in Lowell Street, and for the • purpose of raising said. sum of $50,000 the Town Treasurer be and her•eby. is authorized. to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued and payable in accordance with the law. Art. 9. Under this article the following votes were passed unanimously on the motion of Theodore A. Custance: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue from Fottler Avenue to Bowker Street a distance of approximately 520 feet. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a sew r in Bowker Street from Massachusetts Avenue easterly, a distance of approximately 230 feet. 427 Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Hillcrest Avenue from Fottler Avenue to The •es.a Avenue, a distance of approximately 125 feet. • Voted: That the Selectmen be author zed to construct a sewer in Theresa Avenue from Cliffe Avenue. to Hillcrest Avenue, a distance of approximately 310 feet. • Art. 10. On motion of Dr . Clarence Shannon the • following vote was passed: • Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to demolish the buidings on the Town Farm property located on Cedar Street . Art. 11. Under this article on motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following motion was pas:ed: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to ' demolish the brick building known as the Pumping Station located on Lincoln Street. Art. 6. On motion of Robert P. Trask the following vote was passed unanimously: • Voted: That the sum of $2532.42 be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Fund to the Public V'korks Department Account. Arts . 3, 4, & 5. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was voted that articles 3, 4, and 5 be taken up , • together. Under this article Yir . Theodore A. Custance offered the following motion: Voted: That the Town Meeting recommend to the Select nen that they make a new relocation of Massa- chusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property, now or lately owned by Messrs. Rubin & Seligman across the property of Daniel J. O'Connell but not across the property of the Hunt heirs, and that they award $55,000 as damages if he will accept the sum in full settlement of all claims arising out of the relocation. • After many questions and considerable discussion, a rising vote was taken with the following results : Affirmative 49 Negative 50 After further discussion. on these antic !es, Mr . Robert P . Trask moved that action under these articles be reconsidered. • !fir. John H. Devine offered the following amendment to Mr . Trask' s motion: That the Town vote to establish a building line on Massachuset' s Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property nnw owned by Messrs. Rubin and Seligman to the property of the • Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office entitled, "Plan showing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from its northerly terminus to property of Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, Septe.aber 4, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," and appropriate therefore the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) by the issue of bonds or =tea to bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per centum per annum." 428 • After considerable discussion on this amendment, andno action taken, a motion for adjournment was passed. The meeting adjourned at 10: 57 P.M. A true record, Attest: 6. w 6•44;(-- Town Clerk. 429 WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, Stone Building, East Lexington (Precinct 1) CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, Lexington Centre, (Precint 2) (Precinct 3 ) (Precinct 4. ) on TUESDAY, THE FOURTH • DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1930, at six o 'clock A.M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Congressman; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in General Court; District Attorney; Register of Probate and Insolvency; County Commissioner; Two Associate County Commissioners; County Treasurer. To take action on the following questions: Acceptance of the following "Proposed Amendment to the Constitution." Question No. 1 Article XX1 of the articles of amendment is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof: Article XX1. In the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five and every tenth year thereafter a census of the inhabitants of each city and town shall be taken and a special enumeration shall be made of the legal voters therein. S9.id special enumeration shall also specify the number of legal voters residing in each precinct of each town containing twelve thousand or more inhabitants according to said census and in each ward of each city. Each special enumeration shall be the basis for determining the representative districts for the ten year period beginning with the first Wednesday in the fourth January following said special enumeration; provided, that such districts as established in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall continue in effect until the first Wednesday in January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine . • The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred and forty members, which shall be apportioned by the general court, at its first regular session after the return of each special enumeration, to the several counties of the corn onwealth, equaly, as nearly as may be, according to their relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained by said special enumeration; and the town of Cohasset, in the county of Norfolk, shall, for this purpose, as well as in the formation of districts as hereinafter provided be considered a part of the county of Plymouth; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the commonwealth to certify, as soon as may be after it is determined by the general court, the number of representatives to which each county shall be entitled, to the board authorized to divide such county into representative districts. The county commisioners or other body acting as such or, in lieu thereof, such board of special commissioners in each county as may for that purpose be 4130 Do provided by law, shall, within thirty days after such certification by the secretary of the commonwealth or within such other period . as the general court may by law provide, assemble at a shire town of their respective counties, and proceed, as soon as may be, to divide the same into representative districts of con- tiguov aterritory and assign representatives thereto, so that each representative in such county will represent an equal number of legal voters, as nearly as may be; andsuch districts shall be so formedthat no town containing less than twelve thousand inhabitants according to said census, no precinct of any other town and no ward of a city shall be divided therefor, nor shall any district be made which shall be entitled to elect more than three representatives. The general court may by law limit the time within which judicial proceedings may be instituted calling in question any such apportionment, division or assign- ment. Every representative, for one year at least im' ed.iately preceeding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen, and shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. The districts in each county shall be numbered by the board creating the same, and a description of each with the numbers thereof and the number of legal voters therein, shall be returned by the board, to the secretary of the common- wealth, the county treasurer of such county, and to the clerk of every city or town in such county, to be filed and kept in their respective offices. The manner of calling and conducting the elections for the choice of representatives and of ascertaining their election, shall be prescribed by law. Article XX11 of the articles of amendment is hereby annulled. and the following is adopted in place thereof: Article XX11. Each special enumberation of legal voters required in the preceding article of amendment shall likewise be the basis for determining senatorial districts and also the councillor districts for the ten year period beginning with the first Wed- nesday in the fourth January following such enumeration; provided, that such districts as established in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall continue in offset until the first Wednesday in January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty- nine. The senate shall consist of forty members. The general court shall, at its first regular session after the return of each special enumeration, divide the commonwealth into forty districts of contiguous territory, each district to contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of legal voters, according to said special enumeration; provided, however, that no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor; and such districts shall be formed, as nearly as may be, without uniting two counties, or parts of two or more counties, into one district. The general court may by law limit the time within which judicial proceedings may be instituted calling in question such division. Each district shall elect one senator, who shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five years at least immediately preceding his election, and at the time of his election shall be an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen; and he shall cease to represent such senatorial district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. Acceptance of the following "Laws Proposed By Initiative Petition. " question No. 2. "An Act to repeal section two A of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, inserted by Chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three." Question No. 3. "An Act to amend Chapter on hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws. " The polls will be open from 6 :00 o 'clock A.M. to 6 :30 O 'clock P.M. 431 And you are directed to serve this 'Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof, fail not, andmake due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-first day of October, A.D. , 1930. Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. Custance Selectmen Clarence Shannon of Hallie C. Blake Lexington Robert P. Trask To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building andsix other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in theTown eight days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington. 432 -.r 0.1 STATE ELECTION `"U NOVEMBER 4, 1930. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows : Precinct 1. Charles J. Dailey Warden Harold B. Needham Deputy Warden Miss Monica Holland Deputy Inspector Charles H. Schofield Deputy Inspector Mrs. Mary Rowland Clerk Mrs . Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Clerk Ellese Schofield Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller William M. Welsh Teller Marion G. Cook Teller Bartlett J. Harrington and Ernest R. Rowland not having appeared to serve as Inspectors , the Warden appointed Miss Frances Harrington and Mrs . Marie A. Zuberwitch to serve as Inspectors . Precinct 2. Irving B. Pierce Warden David F. Murphy Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Clerk John J. Garrity Deputy Clerk Victor A. Harmon Inspector James G. Sullivan Inspector Sara C. Walker Deputy Inspector Madeline J. Corbett Deputy Inspector Minola M. Black Teller Paul B. Cowdrey Teller Charles F. Vaughan Teller Edward McGrory Teller Precinct 3. Ralph H. Marshall Warden Leonard K. Dunham, Jr. Deputy Warden Bessie G. Davis Inspector James M. Ahern Inspector Ralph A. Hamilton Deputy, Inspector David McPeake Deputy Inspector Albert I. Carson Clerk James L. McKenzie, Jr. Deputy Clerk Alexander M. Parks Teller Charles E. Moloy, Jr. .Teller Roy Ferguson Teller James T. I'IcGann not having appeared to serve as Teller, the Warden appointed Patrick H. McDonald to serve in his place. Precinct 4. Morton G. Hopkins Warden Frederick Lowe Deputy Warden Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector E. Irene Robinson Deputy Inspector William E. Mulliken Inspector Frank H. Maguire Inspector Howard E. Custance Clerk 43 3 James J. Waldron Deputy Clerk George Hinchey Teller Margaret T. Kennedy Teller Jesse S. Ferry Teller W. Benjamin C. Meady not having appeared to serve as Teller, Lester L. Andrews was appointed by the Warden to serve in his place. The polls were declared open in each precinct at six o'clock A.M. , and remained open in each precinct until six thirty o ' clock P.M. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties . The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sleets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk beim; used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed and signed by the Election Officers , together with the unused ballots , delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total registration of voters was 4010. The Registrars of Voters canvassed the result as follows : Precinct 1. Ballots Cast 753 Precinct 2. Ballots Cast 779 Precinct 3. Ballots Cast 822 Precinct 4. Ballots Cast 729 Total Vote Cast 3083 GOVERNOR Name Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total John W. Aiken 8 5 3 4 20 Frank G. Allen 447 586 556 470. 2059 Harry J. Canter 1 1 2 1 5 Joseph B. Ely 285 181 250 241 957 Alfred B. Lewis 4 1 2 3 10 Blanks 8 5 9 10 32 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR II Strabo V. Claggett 255 175 249 223 902 Maria C. Correia 2 3 2 2 9 Stephen J. Surridge 8 1 -- 1 10 Edith M. Williams 3 -- 3 4 10 William Sterling Youngman 452 569 542 471 2034 Blanks 33 31 26 28 118 t 1 / Q4 SECRETARY = Name Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Daniel T. Blessington 1 2 -- 1 4 Frederic W. Cook 454 589 559 475 2077 Albert S. Coolidge 13 4 5 10 32 James W. Dawson 1 3 4 3 11 Chester J. O'Brien 243 151 228 203 825 Blanks 41 30 26 37 134 TREASURER Fred Jefferson Burrell 389 402 404 401 1596 Eva Hoffman -- 3 2 2 7 Charles F. Hurley 287 299 338 273 1197 Walter S. Hutchins 9 3 3 7 22 Charles S. Oram 4 1 1 -- 6 Charles Burrill -- 1 -- -- 1 Edward D. Harlow 1 -- -- -- 1 Blanks 63 70 74 46 253 AU?)ITOR Alonzo B. Cook 431 502 503 460 1896 Harry Fieldman 8 1 3 4 16 Francis X. Hurley 254 223 259 220 956 Albert Oddie 1 2 -- 3 6 Fred E. Oelcher 5 1 2 -- 8 Blanks 54 50 55 42 201 ATTORNEY GENERAL Morris I. Becker 5 1 -- 3 9 John W. Janhonen 1 1 1 2 5 John Weaver Sherman 4 -- 3 5 12 Harold W. Sullivan 244 158 234 206 842 Joseph E. Warner 454 588 557 475 2074 Blanks 45 31 27 38 141 SENATOR IN CONGRESS William M. Butler 338 531 527 434 1880 Marcus A. Coolidge 331 225 274 268 1098 Oscar Kinsalas 4 1 1 2 8 Max Lerner 1 2 -- 1 4 Sylvester J. McBride 4 1 -- 2 7 Blanks 25 19 20 22 86 CONGRESSMAN Joseph M. Halloran 210 140 189 191 730 Edith Nourse Rogers 496 611 609 504- 2220 Blanks 47 28 24 34 133 • COU'_TCILLOR John H. Connor 238 159 223 213 833 Joseph 0. Knox 440 567 544 459 2010 Blanks 75 53 55 57 240 SENATOR Joseph R. Cotton 476 612 594 491 2173 John J. Gilbride 220 137 196 199 752 Blanks 57 30 32 39 158 li , 435 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT . Name Prec . 1 Prec. 2. Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Albert H. Burnham 446 591 573 477 2087 Michael J. Cavanaugh 199 129 182 178 688 Nelson B. Crosby 353 451 416 361 1581 Paul C. Griffin 179 115 154 146 594 Blanks 329 272 319 296 1216 II DISTRICT ATTORNEY Warren L. Bishop 464 590 567 487 2108 John F. Daly 232 138 207 184 761 Blanks 57 51 48 58 214 REGISTER OF PROBATE & INSOLVENCY John J. Butler 235 150 217 203 805 Loring P. Jordan 436 567 542 458 2003 Blanks 82 62 63 68 275 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Erson B. Barlow 433 558 534 457 1982 Robert F. Donovan 235 153 216 197 801 Blanks 85 68 72 75 300 • ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS E. Perry Johnson 209 150 197 193 749 II John M. Keyes 409 643 518 420 1890 John J. Noreau, Jr. 195 121 169 160 645 Melvin G. Rogers 347 456 454 382 1639 Blanks 346 288 306 303 1243 COUNTY TREASURER J. Frank Facey 226 154 210 192 782 Charles E. 'Hatfield 418 531 507 447 1903 Blanks 109 94 105 90 398 QUESTION NO. 1 Yes 302 350 366 318 1336 No 114 84 74 100 372 Blanks 337 345 382 311 1375 QUESTION NO. 2. Yes 400 340 372 371 1483 No 273 371 370 292 1306 Blanks 80 68 80 66 294 QUESTION NO. 3. Yes 390 472 444 373 1679 Bo 219 188 242 253 902 Blanks 144 119 136 103 502 A true record, Attest: 412<x44/,'Town Clerk. x 53 2D TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massa chusetts Middlsex, 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 andin town affairs, to meet in the CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, in said Lexington, on Friday the seventh day of November, 1930, at 8:00 P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by the tranfer from the Excess & Deficiency Account to the follow- ing accounts : Law Department , Bedford Street Damages, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish a building line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs. Rubin and Seligman, to the property of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan /lowing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from its northerly terminus to the property of Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, Sept. 4, 1930 Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosp rove, Town Engineer," , appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto Art. 4 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs. Rubin & Seligman to the property of Anstiss S. Hunt, et al, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Relocation of a Portion of Mass. Ave . , Lexington, Oct. 17, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase from Daniel J. O ' Connell a portion of the land and buildings on Massachusetts Avenue between the site of the old Town Hall now owned by Hubin and Seligman andthe land of Anstiss S. Hunt, et al, between the former northeasterly street line and the new northeasterly street line as laid out by the Selectmen approximately twenty-eight feet in depth from Massachusetts Avenue in order to provide for a widening of Massachusetts Avenue, appropriate money for such purpose by the issue of bonds, notes, or by transfer from other accounts, or take any action in relation thereto. Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map by changing to a C. 1 district all or any of the corner properties now in an R. 1 District at the junction of Bed'ord Street, North Hancock Street and Valley Road. This article includes in its scope the petition of Harriette 4 437 W. Smith. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map by changing from an R. 1. District to a C. 1 District the easterly corner property at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road, upon the petition of Catherine Herbert. Art. 8. To see if the Town, upon petition of Ethel W. Bean will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law and map by changing from an R. 1 District to a C. 1 District the plot of land locatedon the easterly side of Bedford. Street northwest of property of said name at 241 Bedford. Stre t said plot extending easterly two hundred ( 200) feet; thence turning and running in a northerly direction three hundred (300) feet; thence turning and running southwesterly two hundred fifty (250) feet to Bedford Street; thence turning andrunning southeasterly along Bedford Street two hundred forty-seven (247) feet to a point of beginning and comprising 1 3/8 acres of land more or less. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to install a water main on Wood Street, subject to the usual guarantee, and appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will appoint a Building Committee of Seven, of which three shall be the School Committee, to secure architect's plans and contractor's bids for an addition to the Adams School Building, and appropriate money for the same by transfer from Excess and. Deficiency Account, or otherwise, or take any other action relative thereto. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meting as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof, fail not, and make dae return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-eighth day of October, A.D. 1930. Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. Custance Selectmen Clarence Shannon of Hallie C. Blake Lexington. Robert P. Trask October 31 , 1930 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, andby mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington. 438 TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 7 , 1930 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt at 8:07 P.M. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance article 2 was indefinitely postponed. Art. 10. Under this article Mr. Howard S . 0. Nichols offered the following motion which was passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a School Building Committee of Seven, of which three shall be the School Committee to secure architects ! plans and contractors ' bids for an addition to the Adams School Building, and to report to the Town in the annual meeting in March 1931 ." Committee .An ointed: _James Start brit �� Howard 55. 0 . Nichol1s Wil is 1 H. bollard . ==owarc. H. Custance . Mrs. Claire S. Rycle� an . C de E. Stee�'es and. Minnie A. Gl n.. Art . v. 'On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, this article was laid on the table, to give the Appropriation Committee further time to consider the matter . Art. 3. Under this article Mr. Robert P. Trask offered the following motion: "Voted: That the Town accept and establish a Building Line on Massachu ;etts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs. Rubin and Seligman to the property of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan showing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, from its northerly terminus to pro ,erty of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, Sept. 4, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," p �ovided that any structure existing at the time of the establishment of the said building line shall be permitted to remain and be maintained in its present location, and for the purpose ofestablishing this building line the sum of 810,000 be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising this money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sf-11 under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town, issued and payable in accordance with law, so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine ." Mr. Trask then presented the building line order which he explained was adopted by the Board of Selectmen and the reading of the order was waived. He then proceeded to present three stemotican slides in A llustration. After considerable discussion a vote was taken on Mr. Trask 's motioe, forty-two voting in favor and seventy-five against7 The motion requiring a two-thirds vote of the meeting was declared lost by the Moderator. Art. 4. 14motion of Mr. Edwin B. "orthen it was voted that articles 4 and 5 be taken up together. Mr. Robert P. Trask then offered the following motion: under article 4. "Voted: That the Town accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin and Seligman to the property of Anstiss S . hunt , et al , as laid out by the Selectmen • 439 and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerks Office entitled, "Plan showing proposed relocation of a portion of Mass . Avenue, Lexington, October 17 , 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " and for the purpose of relocating Massa- chusetts Avenue the sum of 155,000 be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising this money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable in accordance with law, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine." A vote was taken on Mr. Trask 's motion, sixty- one voting in the affirmative and fifty-seven in the negative. The vote req airing a two-thirds vote the Moderator declared the motion lost. Art . 9. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, this article was taken frau the table. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install approximately 7350 feet of water pipe of not less than 6" in diameter in Wood. Street, subject to the usual guaranty and that the sum of $25,000 be appropriated for the Water Construction Account, and for the purpose of raising this money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable in accordance with the law." The Appropriation Committee stated that they approved of the above expenditure . Art. 7. On motion of Mr. William P. Herbert this article was taken up. Mr. Frederick L. EMery, Chairman of the Planning Board, read the report of the Planning Board on this request to change the Zoning Law. The report is as follows : REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD. Petition of Catherine F. Herbert for change in the Zoning By-law and Zoning Map from an R. 1 Residenti'Al District to a C. 1. Business District of the cornerplot of land in the apex at the junction of JlOssachusetts Avenue and iLarrett Road. A hearing was granted by the Planning Board on the 21st of July, 1930, pursuant to a notice put,lished in the Lexington Ti-aes-Minute_Man ire its issue of July 44h, 1930, more than fourteen days prior to the date assigned to the hearing and some sixty notices sent by registered mail to residents within the area designatedAy the Planning Board as affected by the proposed chlige. 111 Five citizens appeared in response to the notices, two of whom were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert. No need was expressed at the hearing for business at this location except the desire to install a filling station thereat, and that this was the purpose of the petiti . n was admitted by the petitioner. The Planning Board feels that there is no need for another filling station in this locality-there already exist two filling stations at the Five Forks, eight tenths of a mile south of the point whe, e the change in zoning is requested, and another filling statin eight tenths of a mile to the north. The junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road is a part ' cularly dangerous one, with heavy and fast traffic already roving upon Marrett Road, and with the prospects of an increasingly heavy traffic on the new 440 ; 1 CC Massachusetts Avenue road recently completed at that point. It is thought that the alleged need of a filling station at this point does not justify the danger that would arise from its location at this particular point. The Planning Board reports adversely upon this petition. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Emery Chairman. On motion of Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington, it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Art. 4. Ir . Robert P . Trask moved that Article 4 be reconsidered. A rising vote was taken, sixty-three voting in the affirmative and forty-six in the negative, the Moderator declared the motion before the meeting for reconsideration. Mr. 'Trask then offered the following motion: "Voted: That the Town accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs. Rubin and Seligman to the property of Anstiss S. Hunt, et al, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerkf s Office entitled., "Plan showing proposed relocation of a portion of Mass. Avenue, Lexington, October 17, 1930, Scale 1. .inch - 20 feet, John- T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," and for the purpose of relocating Massachusetts Avenue the sum of "25,000 be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising his money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable in accordance with law, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine." Mr . Arthur E. Hutchinson voted an indefinite postponemeiitof the article. His motion was declared lost. Mr. Robert P . Trask then withdrew his notion. On motion of Mr. Frederick L. Emery, the following vote was passed; ninety-seven voted in the affirmative and seven in the negative . "Voted: That it is the sense of this meeting that a Building Line be established from the terminus of the present street line of the Rubin and Seltman property through to Meriam Street, and that the Selectmen be instructed to take necessary steps to that end." Art. 8. On motion of Mr. Frederick L. Emery this article was taken up. dr . Emery then read the report of the Planning Board which is as follows: REPORT OF THE- PLANNING BOARD. Petition of Ethel W. Bean for change in the zoning By-law and Zoning Map from an R. 1 Residential District to a C. 1 Business District of a plot of land at the north of other land owned ' by her at No. 241 Bedford Street, as defined in said article. Pursuant to this petition a public hearing was granted by the Planning Board under date of July 21, 1930, following 441 notice thereof published more than fourteen days earlier in the Lexington Times-Minute-Man of July 4th, 19.30, .and registered notices sent to some sixty residents living within the area designated by the Planning Board as affected by the proposed change. Fifteen citizens appeared at this / hearing, of which six recorded themselves as in favor of the change and nine opposed. • The property is at present used for driving practice for golf. The Planning Board is opposed to what may be called "spotty" business developments and business zones. Where there is a demand for business to such an extent as to justify a well-developed business zone, a change is perfectly proper and under normal conditions should be made, but where, as in this case, no demand was expressed for use of the property for real business purposes and no heed of business at that partcu1ar point was expressed, the Planning Board voted to recommend that the petition be not granted. To establish business upon this one lot would depreciate residential property values on either side. Thus adjoining properties, which would. thereafter be worth less for residential purposes, would have no offsetting increased values for business purposes because there is not yet a demand for business in that locality . The Planning Board reports adversely upon this petition. Respectfully submitted,. F. L. Emery Chairman. motion Un:der this Article Mr. George t. Bean offered the following "Voted: That the town amend the Lexington Zoning By-law and map by changing from an R-1 district to a C-1 district the plot of land owned by Ethel W. Bean and located on the easterly side of Bedford Street, northwest of property of said name at 241 Bedford Street, said plot extending easterly two hundred (200) feet; thence turning and running in a northerly direction three hundred (300) feet; thence turning and running southwesterly two hundred fifty (2.50) feet to Bedford Street; thence turning and running southeasterly along Bedford Street two hundred forty-seven (247) feet to the point of beginning and comprising one and three eights (1 7)/8) acres of land :Here or 4‘ess." A rising vote was taken on sur. Bean' s motion, fifty-five voting in the affirmative and twenty-seven in the negative, the Moderator declared the motion carried by a two-thirds vote. The question of a quorum was present, and the Tellers counted one hundred and_•seven town meeting members present. Art. 6. On motion of Mr. Frederick L. Emery, article o was taken up. Under this article Mr. Emery offered the following report of the Planning Board: REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD. Article 6 provides for consideration of change in the • Zoning By-law and zoning map from an R. 1 Residential District to a C. 1 Business District of all or any of the remaining corner properties at the junction of Bedford Street, North Hancock Street and Valley Road that still remain as Residential District. This article developed initially from the petition of Harriette W. Smith, owner of the north-west corner property 442 Cn at the junction of Bedford Street and Valley Road, approximately opposite North Hancock Street, and opposite the business block known as Crescent Manor. Pursuant to the Smith petition and. following fourteen days published notice given in the Lexington Tines-Minute-Man, issue of July 4th, 1930, and to some sixty notices forwarded by mail to resident citizens within an arca designated by the Planning Board as affected by • the pro osition to make the change petitioned for, the Planning Board held a hearing under date of July 21, 1930. Five citizens recorded themselves as appearing at and for this hearing. No imlediate demand for further general business in this locality was expressed at the hearing . The Crescent Manor building nearly opposite has contained two vacant stores for some time past, both of which would probably have been availed of had there been any realdemand for business at that point. It was said that the stores were small, but they could undoubtedly be enlarged more cheaply and satisfactorily than new stores could be built. It was stated by Ar. Smith that he had had an offer for business but did not know what kind of business it was to be used for; from another source it was learned that the probable intention was to establish thereon another filling station. There having been evidenced no demand for business thereat of a general nature, is there any demand for a filling station at that point? There are two filling stations a little less than a mile to the south, on Bedford Street, to be exact, nine tenths of a miler and there is another filling statin seven tenths of a mile to the north. It is felt that there is no real need for another filling station at the point under consideration. The estab ishment of any filling station tends to slow Ur traffic and increase the danger, due to automobiles swinging out from the traffic lines to the filling station and again swinging in to join the traffic lines . Of the four corner properties at the junction of Bedford Street, North .Hancock Street and Valley Road, one corner is already occupied for business - the Crescent Aanor, which existed at the time of the adoption of our first Zoning By-law. Accordingly, in the original Zoning By-law a business zone was created at that point, extending two hundred feet northerly along Bedford Street from its junction with North Hancock Street, and two hundred fifty feet easterly along the northerly side of North Hancock Street. Mr. E. W. Ormondfs grocery store is located within this area, on the northerly side 'of North Hancock Street. It was then felt that this aggregate frontage of four hundred fifty feet furnished opportunity for all the business that would be required in that locality for many years to come. If this status is to be changed and if there is need for bringing in any of the additional_ corner properties, the Planning Board, in considering the subject, felt that all of the remaining corners should be brought in. It would be unjust to change the status of any of the additional corners without changing all of them. The reason for this is obvious - the creation of any addition to the business zone at the opposite side of Bedford Street at this point will naturally depreciate values of residential property adjoining, consequently all should be treated alike and all have the opportunity to enter the business zone if any have that opportunity, provided always that there is demand for the change. To throw properties into a business zone without a demand therefor means that there would be no use of such pro_ erties for business, consequently no increase in values arising from business uses to offset the depreciated values of those properties for residential purposes . Accordingly, another hearing was granted under date of October 20th, pursuant to notice published in the Lexington Times-Minute-Man of October 3rd, and to some sixty additional notices sent by registered mail to property owners within the area designated by the Planing Board as prospectively affected by the further - change, this last notice being upon the proposition to bring all the corner proper-Les into a business zone. III Three citizens appeared at this hearing and one property owner who lived in Lowell. Two of these opposed the proposed chane and two, including the non-resident property owner, favored. it. No need of an additional business zone in this locality to accommodate general business. was expressed by those appearing. Mr. Thomas Kelly stated that he had had an opportunity to sell a plot of land on the easterly side of Bedford Street between his house and the railroad crossing for business and, when pressed for a statement as to the nature of the business said. it was for a tea room. There are on the westerly side of Bedford. Street between the coal yard property and Valley Road several excellent residences; on the easterly side there are two. • The values of these as residential properties would surely be depreciated if they wee thrown into an addition to the business zone because of the likelihood of change of any one of them from a residential use to a business one. There being no real demand for business at that locality, we could expect no change to a bus 7 ness status that would bring added values to the Town to offset the depreciated residential values. The Planning Board is opposed to any additions to , -ill the business zones in the town until there is a real demand therefor. If any considerable areas are thrown into business before such a need develops, nothing but a segre- • gated and sporadic development within such business zones may be expected, and that kind of a development br .ngs no real values into the town from •business and it kills the neighborhood for residential purposes. In nearly every . . instance, however, where these petitions for changes develop, it is found that in the background is the desire of some one of the oil companies to acquire a site for a filling station, not so much for its immediate value and profit as for what is conceived to be of future value as the town develops. The Planning Board is not in sympathy with this sort of business. If there are already filling stations enough in our town - and we believe that this is substantially the fact, the Planning Board does not favor opening up additio :al locations for filling stations alone in advance of the time, when, if ever, they will be needed. If the zoning is once changed to admit any of these properties to business, they can at any time be changed from filling station uses to general uses. But there is already sufficient business area at the junction of Bedford Street and North Hancock Street to accommodate all necessary business for many years to come, and to permit additional areas on the opposite side of the street or in that locality to be opened to present or prospective business would be to injure the Town and its property values more than it could possibly benefit. It is ,stated that the presence of the coal yard destroys the value of any property for residential uses in that general locality. The coal yard has been there for many years and many of the houses in that locality have been built since the coal yard was there established, which would seem to disprove this point. 444 • C The boundary of the coal yard is located approximately six hundred flet away from Valley Road and two hundred feet from the garage of the nearest residential property. It does not seem to the Planing Board that the presence of the coal yard justifies the change ifletitioned for. If and when the need develops to enlarge the bufiness zone at the point under consideration, the Planning Board feels that all the remaining corner propertes should be included in such a change, thereby to create a real and substantial business zone; but until that time arrives and until the present business zone now existing at that point has been more fully availed of, the Planning Board feels that it would be to the detriment of the Town to make the change petitioned for. The Planning Board reports unanimously against the change petitioned for. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Emery Chairman. On motion of Mr. Sydney R. Vlrightington, it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the meeting adjourned at 10:45 P .1. A true record, Attest: / Town Clerk. f - d ` 445 c, REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION. { November 14, 1930. IPursuant to the Law, the Town Clerk of Arlington and the Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington met at Arlington this day ,.a.t twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the 4th day of November for two representatives to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the 28th Middlesex District. The canvassing <y showed the result of the votes cast in Arlington and Lexington. In Arlington Nelson B. Crosby had sixty-one hundred forty (6140) votes. In Lexington Nelson B. Crosby had one thousand five hundred eighty-one (1581) votes. In Arlington Albert H. Burnham had fifty-six hundred thirty-seven (5637) votes . In Lexington Albert H. Burnham had two thousand eighty-seven (2087) votes. The return showed thtt Nelson B. Crosby and Albert H. Burnham had a majority of the votes cast in both towns, 111 and a certificate was accordingly filled out and signed by the Clerks of both towns to be derivered to Nelson B. Crosby of 10 Davis Avenue, Arlington, and Albert H. Burnh.am of East Street, Lexington. E. Caroline Pierce, Town Clerk of Arlington Helen C. ittemore, Assistant j a Town Clerk of Lexington. 4e t. Ya' Sy'. 446 T OWN lir A R R AN T 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 torr:n affairs, to meet in the CARY MEMORIAL BUI`,DING, in said Lexington, on TUESDAY, the Second day of December, 1930, at 8 o' cloc} , P.M. then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Office: s or of. any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or from any other account to the following accounts : Law Department; Insurance; Public Welfare; Elections and Registrations; School Building Com::littee, (Adams School) , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish a building- line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Mes -�rs . Rubin and Seligman to the property of Anstiss S. Hunt, et al, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file at the Town Clerk' s Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on a Portion of Mass. A.renue, Lexington, October 17, 1950, Scale 1 in. - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer fro l other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or act in any manner relating thereto. • Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to establish a buil ding • line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin and Seligman, to the property of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk' s Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on Mass. Avenue, Lexington, from Its Northerly Terminus to Property of Boston & Lowell Railroad. Corporation, Sept. 4, 1930, Scale 1 inch - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or all of such methods or act in any manner in relation thereto. Ill ' Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish a building line on 'Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall prooerty now owned by Messrs. Rubin and Seligman to Meriam Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen, 447 and shown on plan on file ;.n the Town Clerk' s Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on Mass. Ave . , Lexington, from its Northerly Terminus to Meriam Street, Nov. 10, 1930, Scale 1 in. - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," appropriate money therefor by the issue of bonds or notes, by transfer from other accounts or by any or 111 of such methods or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to release to the heirs and assigns of Jacob 'vvilbur, late of Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in accordance with their respective titles and interests all right, title and interest acquired by sa:ia Town in and by a deed from Byron C. Earle, its Collector of Taxes for said Town to said Town, dated April 25, 1911 and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds Book 3604, Page 25 in and to a certain parcel of land shown on a plan of "Land in Lexington, Mass . , belonging to Harvey S . Bacon, Sept. 20, ;1910, H. S. Adams, C. E. ", recorded with said Deeds in Plan Book 2:31, Plan 20, or take any action thereon in relation thereto. • Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 28 of the Annual Town "'arrant, March 4, 1929 which action was taken at an adjournment of said meeting held on April 8, 1929, also to rescind the further action taken under articles 11 and 12 in the • Town Warrant of December 16, 1929, which action relates to the purchase of the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company property, or act in any manner relating -thereto. III Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or by transfer from any other account, for the purpose of doing the preliminary construction work on the re- locatic.n of a portion of Lincoln Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Marrett Road., or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen ' to petition the Legislature for appropriate legislation to permit towns and cities to include bill boards among the other structures which may be regulated by zoning by- laws and ordinances . And you are directed to serve this l+arrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not, andmake due return of this 1i arrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on: or before the time of said meeting . Given under our hands at Lexington, this eighteenth day of November, A. D. 1930. Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. Custance SELECTMEN Hallie C. Blake OF Robert P. Trask LEXINGTON. Clarence Shannon 3 448 : cc November 25, 1930. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by noatin.g printed copies of the foregoing liarrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and. by mailing a printed. cou. of the same to every regi ter- epi voter in the town seven days before the tire of said • meeting. Attest: Patrick J . Maguire Constable of Lexington. Meeting, December 2, 1930. At a meeting of the precinct members of Precinct 4 December 2, 1930 at Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial Building, Clarence W. Mason, 500 Marrett Road, Lexington was elected for the term ending March 1931, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Griffin, 74 Bedford Street, Lexington. John H. Kane Town Clerk Meeting, March 31, 1930 Election of Town Meeting Members At a meeting of the Town Meeting Members of Precinct 3, held March 31, 1930, the following Town Meeting Members were elected:- Errol H. Locke, Abbott Rd. , for the term of 3 years, Alexander M. Hammer,63 Hancock St. , for term of 2 years, Elton B. McCausland,Bertwell Rd. ,for term of 1 year. -, '""ITA,6 . L4- Town Clerk Meeting, April 28, 1930 Election of Town Meeting Members At a meeting of the Town Meeting Members of Precinct 2, held April 28, 1930, the following Town Meeting Members were elected:- Edwin W. Hutchinson,37 Blossom St. , for term of 2 years, John J. Rudd, 17 Vinebrook Rd. , for term of 1 year. e. Town Clerk 449 TO 7N M_E TTTNG DECEMBER 2, 1930. The Meeting was called to order by the Moderator Robert H. Holt . The Town Clerk proceeded to read the ',7arrant, but upon motion, the reading of the Viarrant was waived . The returnof the Constable thereon was then read. Art. 1 . On motion of Mr. Robert P. Trask, this article was taken up. Mr. Trash reported verbally for the Committee on Unemployment. He stated that a number of applications have been filed at the Town Hall andthat some of the people have been placedto work by the 'town in laying water mains on Lowell and i'hood. Streets . He s ated that the people who register are people who want work and do not want to apply to the "jelfare Department for aid. He urgedthat people who desire to employ persons register at the Town Hall so that this may Five employment to persons who are in need of work. Art. 7 . Under this article, Mr. Theodore Custance offered. the following motion: "Voted: That the Ta7n rescind all action taken under Article 28 of the Annual Town - arrant, March. 4, 1929 hick action was taken at an adjournment of said meeting held. on April 8, 1929, also that the Town rescindthe further action taken under Articles 11 and 12 in the Town ar_,ant of December 16, 1929 which action relates to the purchase of the Stuart- Marshall Realty Company property." Mr. Theodore A. Custance explained that the Stuart- Marshall Realty Co. project is not completed and this is the ren son that the Town was asked to rescindits action. Mr. William H. Ballard further explained that he was 111 instrumental in making negotiations with the Stu-rt-Marshall realty Company when he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, andthat when the arrangements were made it was thought that the Stuart-I, arsti-all Realty Company were financially able to carry throughthe arrangements. It provedhowever, that the Scott Tea Company foreclosedthe mortgage and are now the owners of the property, and .inasmuch as the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company now have no equity in the property the project cannot be completed. The motion as offered. by Mr. Theodore Custance was carried. unanimously. Art . 8. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance the following vote was passed unanimously: "Voted : That the sum of p4,500.00 be transferred from the account of Purchase of Land, Stuart-talars' al l R salty Company for the purpose of doing the preliminary construction work on the relocation of a portion of Lincoln Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Marrett Road ." Mr. George M. Ross, Chairman of the Ilppropri .ltion Committee stated that the Committee approved of this appropriation. He stated that he understood that 60% of the amount of money to be spent on ti is construction work will be for hand labor whichwill help the unemployment situation. Mr. Custance e-r„l.e.ined that the State and County were each to 'contribute the sum of - ;4500. The State has already sent in a notice o the it contribution and the County will probably do so wi_ ti-in a few days . Art. 9. Under this article onmotion of Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington the following vote was passed. unanimously: "Voted: . That the Town authorize the Selectmen to »etiti.on the Legislature for aroropriste legislation to permit towns ' aild cities to include bill boards among the other s l.ructuloes which may be regulated by zoning by-laws and ordinances. " Mr. Wrightington explained that in many instances bill- boards were permitted by the State Dept . of Public Works while the Town objected to their being permitted and this was 450 the reason for requesting this Legislation. Art. 6. On motion of Mr. Sydney R. Trifhtington the follow- ing vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: That the Town hereby authorizes and instructs its Board of Selectmen to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name andbehalf of said Town a deed releasing to the heirs and assigns of Jacob Wil.bctr late of Brookline, Nor- folk County, Massachusetts, in accordance with their respective titles and interests, all right, title andinterest it has, if any, acquired by said. Town under a deed from Byron C. Earle , its Collector of Taxes for said Town, dated April 25, 1911 andrecorded with Middlesex South District Deeds Book 3604, Page 23, in andto a certain parcel of land with ti- e buildings thereon shown on a plan of "Land in Lexington, Mass. , belonging to Harvey Bacon, Sept . 20, 1910, H. S. Adams, C. E. " recorded with said. Deeds in Plan Book 231, Plan 20." Art. 2. Under this article Dr . Clarence Shannon offered the following motion: "Voted: That 750.00 be transferred from the account of Purchase of Land, Stuart-Marshall Realty Co. , to the Law Department." The Chairman of the Appropriation 5ommittee stated that the Committee approved this ap,)ropriation. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed. unanimously: "Voted: That ,;61800.00 be transferred from the account of Purclase of Land, Stuart-Marshall Realty Co many, to the Insurance Account. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee statedthat the Commit tee appro#ed of this appropriation. 0n motion of Dr . C1' rence -)han.non the following; vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: "That 4p1000. be transferred from the account of Pur eh.ase of Land, Stuart- �a_rsh al l Realty Company, to the Public Welfare Department _Account. " The chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved this appropriation. On motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed unanimously: "Voted: That $125.00 be transferred from the account of Purchase of Land., Stuart-Marshall Realty Company, to the Elections and Registrations Account . On motion of Mr. Howard S. 0. Niclols , the following vote was passed: "Voted: That ;;;2500.00 be transferred from the account of Purchase of Land, Stu ,rt-Marshall Realty Company, to the School Building Committee Department." The chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the committee approved this appropriation. Art. 5. Under this article Mr. Robert i'. Trask offered the folloy1ing motion: Voted: Tl-at the Town accept and establish a bu- l.ding line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terrlinus of the present street 1•ine on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs. Rubin Seligman, to Meriam Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file at the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on Mass. Avenue, Lexington, from its Northerly Terminus to Meriam Street, November 10, 1930, Scale 1 incl - 20 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," provided that any structure existing at the time of the establishment of said building line shall be permitted to remain and be mai- twined in its prevent location, andfor the purpose of establishing this building line the sum of ,r1500. be appropriated, and that said sum be transferred from the account of 1'urcha se of Land, Stuart-Marshall Realty Company. " Mr. Richard S. McCabe asked why the sum of 0_500. was named in the motion, inasmuch as he fel. t that if a building line is established, rights of action will arise from the • 451 property owners, and that the sum it will cost the Town will greatly exceedX1500. Mr. Trask explained that the Board 'did not know what the sum would be but an appropriation was required to be .rr d.e and they decided on a nominal sum of 000. on each piece of property or $l500. to take care of the entire distance. Mr. George M. Ross, Chai-.'man of the Appropriation Com ittee, stated that the Appropri!.ti. on Committee did not approve of this appropriation. Mr . William H. Ballard stated that he felt that thee should be no fear of es tabli& ing a building line and he felt that it should be established through to Meriam Street. He stated that as a result of the establishing' of a building line from the Town Hall lot to •Joburn Street we now have one suit that has not been pressed because of the fact that the owners have not decided as yet the ' amount of their damages He felt also that the owners of property ::r onLi6loa to know what the Town intends to do at a later date, and -that eventually the street will be widened and they can make their arrangements accordingly. He stated also that he communicated with the Scott Tea Company and found that they are interested in cooperating with the Town and he felt that the line should be established so that they could go ahead. and plan the improvemcent of their property on a permanent basis. He had not had any c ommunic a t ion with the Hunt owners, but he felt that the Town should adopt; this ration. Mr. James C. ''ober tson inquired of the Appropriation Committee whether or not they approved the appropriation of J55,000. for the purchase of the O 'Connell property at a previous town meeting. The Chairman explained that they did approve this appropriation. Mr. 4ober.,tson stated. that the Town has for many years pian.ned ."to widen Mass ; Avenue in :the center of the Town. He mentioned the widening* at the Colonial !lock when the property chanced hands , also the widening at 3uckman Tavern and called attention to the three parcels of land left that are not uniform with the balance of Mass . Avenue. through ' he centre. He felt that eventually the Town would have to widen Massachusetts Avenue and that a building line should be established through to Meriam Street. Mrs . Robert 2. Trask inquired. if the appropriation Committee were unanimous in their decision, and if not what the vote was . • Mr. Ross replied that the Committee were not unanimous in their decision but he did not remember what the vote was for or against. Mr. Francis Chamberlain asked to have the benefit of the conclusions drawn by the Appropriation Committee. Mr. Ross replied that the Committee felt that ;a bui4ding line should be established • over the O'Connell property now inasmuch as there is an immediate reason for doing so and the Committee approved the appropriation of $500. for this p_lrpose. They did not, however, approve an appropriation for the building line over the Hunt property or to Meriam Street , inasmuch as they felt - that at some future date the line may be established and it would then not cost the Town any more than it would at the present time, an that any establish- ment of a line at the present time would immediately involve litigation. Mr. C. Edward Glynn, stated that he was in favor of the Building line, but he did not believe that the line needed to be established at the present time only over the O'Connell property and he felt that action should be taken therefore under Article 3. the table On motion of Mr. Allen Chamberlain Article 5 was laid Soon . Art. 3. Mr. Robert P. Trask moved that article 3 be taken '1p and • under this article offered the following. motion Voted; That the own accept and establish a building line • on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin & Seligman to the property of Anstiss S. Hunt, et al , all as laid out by the, Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town 01erk's Office entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on a Portion of Mass . Avenue, Lexington, October 17, 1930, Scale 1 in. - 20 .feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, " provided that any structure existing at the time of the establish- ment of the said building line shall' be permittee: to remain and be maintained in its present location, and for the purpose of establishing this building line the sum of $500.00 be appropriated, and that this sum be transferred from the .� account of Purchase of Land, Stuart-Marshall Realty Company, Mr.. Sydney R. Wrightington explained that he felt it was a very reasonable :Hove for the Town to take up the establishment of a building line over the O 'Connell property and definitely determine the line so that Mr. O ' Connell could proceed with his building. Ile also felt that it was not necessary at this time to establish a building line clear through to Meriam Street. Mr. Albert H. Burnham explained that he was in favor of a building line bei_n:- established through to Meriam Street but he felt that at this time it would be a consider- able cost to the Town but he honed that at least the Town wonld establish a building line across the O' Connell property. Mr. Joseph R. Cotton stated that he was not in favor of this proposition. He felt that the Selectmen should have spent as- much time in finding out what the damages would be over the O 'Connell property as the establishment of a building line, inasmuch as they had spent time and money in establishing the purchase price of the O'Connell property. He felt therefore that the Town should not vote upon an unknown quantity and that the sum of $500 could not cover the expense of the building line. He did not believe that it was proper to vote on something that might cost the Town a great deal of money especially in these hard times, and he did not feel that, the tax payers should be burdened, with the expense that might arise in passing this motion. • He felt that an approximation should be made of the costs of the building line before a motion was offered. He stated that it was understood that six or seven years ago when this ,property was purchased and repaired that the cost of establishing a building line would probably be about p20,000. He felt that the Town has nau this $20,000 with interest durin7 that period and with increased taxes he did not feel that the Town would lose any money and that in a few years to come perhaps the Town could afford to pay 475,000 More than they could $50,900 at the present time. Mr. Sydney R. Wri rhti_ngton explained that the rule for establishing a building line was very simple and was not a question of law but a question of value . He felt , that the representatives were just as much able to guess at the value as anyone . Mr. Richard S. McCabe stated that he agreed with Mr. Cotton and he was opposed to establishing a building line. Mr. William J. Marshall was in favor of establishing a building line. Mr. Frederic L. Fischer felt that it would be a waste of money not to establish a building line now and purchase an old building rather than to wait until a new building is built. Mr. Arthur F. Hutchinson was opposed to a building line being established. Mr. Llwyn G. Preston stated that he did not believe that there were any of the Town Meeting Members present that did not believe that Mass. Ave. would be widened eventually. he was in favor of establishing the building line through to eriam Street , however, he felt that the present building project in hand should be allowed to proceed in the proper manner. e cited a case where the City of Boston allowed a building to be built on State Street and the city had to purchase a new building at a later date costin -• a great deal more money. Mr. William H. Ballard called attention to the foresight of the Town in purchasing the Buckman Tavern property and also the purchase of the Boston & Maine Depot Yard with the provision that the street be widened in front of this property, and he hoped that the motion would prevail. A two-thins vote being necessary under this motion, a rising vote was taken, 116 voting in the affirmative and 29 against, the Moderator declared the vote passed. (Jr .} Art . 4. On motion of Mr. Robert P. Trask this article was i_ndefinibely postponed. On motion of ir.r. Robert P. Trask article 5 was taken from tyle table and on motion of Mr. Trask it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. The meeting dissolved at 9:45 P.M. A true record, Attest : • Gam• Town Clerk. Lexington, Mass . February 3, 1931 This is to certify that the Board of Selectmen have this day a:-pointed. Helen C. Whittemore, Town Treasurer of the Town of Lexinr,ten, and she has been duly sworn to the faithful performance of her duties . WW6At Notary Public . • Lexin>rton, Mass . February 6, 1931. This is to certify that the b and of Selectmen have this day appointed Helen C. Whittemore, Town Clerk of the Town of LexinTton, and she has been duly sworn to the faithful performance of her duties . 4:40dett..,a Notary Public. • • My commission expires May 27 , 1938 45W CL TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington1 in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lex- ington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall), on MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, A.D. 1931, at six o'clock A.M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers: One sown Clerk for the term of one year One Selectman 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 Two Constables for the term of one year One Moderator for the term of one year Two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years. Seventeen town meeting members in each precinct for three years. Three town meeting members in Precinct two for one year (to fill vacancy) . Two town meeting members in Precinct four for two years (to fill vacancy) . 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 sixteenth day of March, 1931 at 8:00 P.M. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and 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. Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other committees. Art. 3. To choose such Town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. 455 Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anti- cipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, section 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art., 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for . the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments, under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any manner .relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote; to raise and appropriate the sum of $50. 1 "`Art 'elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in Ilhco-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Ii:ater Department and payment of water debt, and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place curbing and granolithic sidewalks ad- jacen., to town property. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1931. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the support of a Posture Clinic, to be expended under the dir• ction of the Board of Health or by a committee appointed by said Board, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell certain parcels of land owned by the Town comprising a part of the area purchased by the Town from the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway 456 jo 0.4 Company, located on Bedford Street, for a Public CSC iYorks Department. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for Old Age Assistance in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 118A inserted by Acts of 1930, Chapter 402 or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the alteration and repair of the Public "orks Department building located on Bedford Street. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1719.94 to the Cary Library Account, the same being the sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees. Art. 18. To see if the Town will purchase a plot of land owned by Charles F. and Harriette W. Smith for school, playground and park purposes in the rear of the Parker School comprising approximately four acres more or less, and appropriate money for the purchase of said land. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money by the issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation or by any one or more or all cf such methods, for the purpose of building, originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Adams School, and make the necessary alterations caused by this addition according to the plans and recommendations of the Building Committee. Art. 20. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By-law by establishing a new residence district, in which will be permitted in addition to the uses now permitted in. an R-2 District, two-storyapartment houses upon the parcel of land on the northwesterly side of Meriam Street between a line represented approximately by an extension of the southwesterly line of Oakland Street, and approximately the location of the fence adjacent to the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, extending back from Meriam Street two hundred (200) feet more or less, or act in any manner relating thereto. 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 of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this tenth day of February, A.D.1931. Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. 'ustance Selectmen Robert P. Trask Clarence Shannon of Hallie C. Blake Lexington. 457 February 21, 1931. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town 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. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington. 458 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 2, 1931. In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said town on Monday, March the second in the ye +.r of our Lord nineteen hundred thirty one at six o' clock in the forenoon. The following places w-:re designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct I, Emerson Hall; Precincts II, III and IV, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers having been duly appoiLited by the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows: Precinct One. Charles J. Dailey Warden John Collins Deputy Warden Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Ernest R. Rowland Insrector Ruth T. Harrington Deputy Inspector Charles H. Schofield Deputy Inspector Mrs. Mary A. Rowland Clerk Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Clerk Ellese Schofield Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller William M. Welsh Teller Marion G. Cook Teller Precinct Two Irving B. Pierce Warden Patrick F. Dacey Deputy 16arden Ezra F. Breed Clerk John J. Garrity Deputy Clerk Victor A. Harmon Inspector John H. Dacey Inspector Madeline J. Corbett Deputy Inspector Sara C. Walker Deputy Inspector Frederick A. Connor Teller Edward B. McLeod Teller Elizabeth Nourse Teller Edward McOrory 0 Teller Precinct Three Ralph H. Marshall titiarden Leonard K. Dunham, Jr. Deputy Warden Bessie G . Davis Inspector James M. Ahern Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector p `L David iePeake Deputy Inspector -Fred Tullar Clerk James L. McKenzie, Jr. Deputy Clerk Charles E. Moloy, Jr. Teller Roy A. Ferguson Teller James McGann Teller Alexander W. Parks Teller Precinct Four Morton G. Hopkins Warden Frederick Lowe Deputy Warden E. Irene Robinson Deputy Inspector William E. Mul-Liken Inspector Katherine E. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Frank H. Maguire Inspector Howard E. Custance Clerk Lester L. Andrews • Deputy Clerk 459 George Hinchey Teller Margaret T. Kennedy Teller Melville Webb Teller Jesse S. Ferry Teller The polls were declared open in each precinct at 6 o' clock A.M. and remained open until 8 o'clock P.M. , after which time after due notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct 1. 1020 Precinct 2. 1014 Precinct 3.- 1051 Precinct 4. 1007 The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Registrars of Voters canvassed the result as follows: Precinct 1. Ballots Cast 671 Precinct 2. Ballots Cast 644 Precinct 3. Ballots Cast 718 Precinct 4. Ballots Cast 683 TOV N CLERK Prec. 1. erec. 2. Prec. 3. Prec . 4 Total Janes J. Carroll 250 167 236 267 920 George M. Davis 123 248 284 211 866 Harold B. Needham 202 21 9 27 259 Howard S.O.Nichols 75 158 140 106 479 Matthew Stevenson 9 42 40 58 149 Blanks 12 8 9 14 43 Mr. James J. Carroll was declared elected ,for one year. SELECTMAN John E. Gilcreast 369 468 426 342 1605 W. Benjamin C. Meady 229 150 243 298 920 Blanks 73 26 49 43 191 IIMr. John E. Gilcreast was declared electedfor three years. T04;N TREASURF'R James J. Carroll 244 160 239 269 912 George M. Davis 125 256 283 208 872 Harold B . Needham 196 24 7 16 243 Howard S.O.Nichols 77 154 138 116 485 Matthew Stevenson 9 39 39 58 145 Blanks 20 11 12 16 68 Mr. James J. Carroll was declared elected for one year. 4100 :)0 COLLECTOR OF TAXES MO Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec. 3. Prec. 4 Total Byron C. Earle 509 558 627 - 559 2253 Blanks 162 86 91 124 463 Mr. Byron C. Earle was declared elected for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER John E. A. Mulliken 493 537 593 541 2164II Blanks 178 107 125 142 552 Mr. John E. A . Mulliken was declared elected for three years . SCHOOL COMMITTEE James Stuart Smith 485 539 576 509 2109 Blanks - 186 105 142 174 607 Mr. James Stuart Smith was declared elected .for three years. CONSTABLES Patrick J. Maguire 456 527 589 538 2110 John C. Russell 471 498 540 504 2013 Dennis- Reardon 1 1 Blanks 415 263 306 324 1308 Mr. Patrick J. Maguire and Mr. John C. Russell were elected for one year. MODERATORII Robert H. Holt 476 538 574 521 2109 Timothy Kinneen 1 1 Blanks 195 106 143 162 606 Mr. Robert H. Holt was elected, for ,, e year. PLANNING BOARD C. Edward Glynn 425 495 548 467 1935 William D. Milne 394 479 515 457 1845 • Blanks 523 314 373 442 1652 Mr. C. Edward Glynn and Mr. William D. Milne were elected for three TOWN MEETING MEMBERS years. Precinct One for three years . -. Elvin E. Baker 347 William C. Bartels 223 Lewis C. Campbell 241 '•; Malcolm H. Clifford 273 •• Carl I. Drew 275 * Arthur B. Field 417 • Herbert A, Flint 284 Bernard W. Foley 184 • Mary D. Hatch 257 Edward B. Hoitt 188 Frank E. Hudson 282 -: George M. Hynes 252 Eric Johnson 171 Lizzie E. Lowell 207 James E. McCarthy 238 Patrick J. McGowan 215 John A. Murray 155 • Frederick S. Ormond 295 • Maurice A. Page 282 ,; Charles A. Peavy 278 • James A. Peirce 242 * Frank W. Perkins 253 • Haskell Reed 282 461 Precinct One continued * Louis J. Reynolds 280 * Percy C. Smith 290 :: John T. Sumner 263 Francis J . Toye 221 Matthew M. Zubowitch 221 Blanks 4291 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Two, - for three years . • Alan G. Adams 388 • Harold. C. Ashley 370 .: George S. Barton 387 • Charles S. Beaudry 322. :; Harry C. Boyd 313 William F. Downe 252 .; Robert Henry Eldridge 328 • Lester F. Ellis 353 William Greer 199 ;; Charles Elliot Hadley 400 • Clayton A. Hilliard 294 • Lilian C. Holt 394 Richard P. Jackson 238 Roger D. Long 351 Galt F. Parsons 263 • Randall W. Richards 297 • John J. Rudd 349 • John A. Sellars 276 Clyde E. S teeves 261 ,; Charles F. Vaughan 347 • Clarence S. Walker 403 .: James J. lioalsh, 2nd 312 Blanks 3851 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Two - for one year. (to fill vacancy) • John A. Lyons 461 • Robert H. Moore 453 :, Dana Thurber Norris 475 Blanks 543 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Three - for three years . • Alfred A. Adler 390 • Leon C. Burt 390 Albert W. Emmons 347 Thomas E. Fitzgerald 317 • Norman C. Hooper 402 ;; Edith M. Kelley 360 • Eugene G. Kraetzer 362 • James H. Lewis 426 • Robert D. Mayo 399 • George C . McKay 358 • Charles E. Nichols, Jr. 385 Harry B. Osgood 352 • Russell I. Prentiss 386 • Lester T. Redman 422 Jay 0 . Richards 370 • Arthur M. Roberts 416 William R.II' Rosenberger 309 .: A. Edward Rowse Jr. 431 :: Edward H. Sargent 422 • William H. Shurtleff 414 } ,: George A. learner 410 Fred Bartlett 1 Blanks 4137 462 Do CL CD Town Meeting Members for three years Precinct Four. :: Fred B. Bartlett 425 :: Walter S. Beatty 392 :: Christopher W. Collier 429 Napoleon J. Corrow 329 • Frederic L. Fischer 363 • Alfred E. Haynes 364 II William P. Herbert 368 • John E. Hossfield 377 • Leonard Jellis 354 ., Walter E. Jones 350 Joseph A. Kelley 304 •, Clarence W. Mason 347 • Richard A. Mellen 334 • ,: Everett E. Morrill 362 ;: Donald E. Nickerson 359 * Alexander Ohison 351 ;; Eugene H. Partridge 404 - _ • Harry M. Ripley 338 -; Walter F. Spellman 366 Blanks 4695 Town Meeting Members for two years (to fill vacancy) Precinct Four. :: Russell B. Allen 471 :: Carl Hauck 421 Blanks 474 4 Town Meeting Members elected. II A true record, Attest: • Town Clerk, t Ro- 7ei , . Lexington, Mass. • T'i: i • , e ,ti ' tha I h. e t ' is d- k oo' t.. -n . th •emof _ A ' st. T . • k o ' 10' g a'd at s • - ha see ' wo . to ,,erf•, m t .e u o id. offic- to .h- be of 'er, I •ow- e :e' a • a: lit . Attest:; At the meeting of the Town Meeting Members of Precinct 4 held March 16, 1931, the following Town Meeting Member was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation, of John E. Gilcreast, Selectman Elect. • Frank P. Herrick, 49 Waltham St. for the term of two years. . Attest: �� dr ' // / �TIllr lerk. Fage 402 P fohlowe . Page 462 i • i'recinct iour. Election of '1_,wn ,meeting iaember to flu, vacancy caused by resignation of John EGilcreat. k oting was ILonday --vening , arch loth. 1931,held in Est ct,bro ok Hall. 111 Meeting called to order, by James J Carroll, Town Clerk, at 7;40 P.M . with twenty seven members present. Remarks by James J Carroll, explaining purpose of the meeting,stating nominations for Chairman and Clerk were in order for the meeting. bane, of Francis E Burke proposed and seconded to act as Chairman unanimous. Francis E Burke in Charge. Name of .ars , Helen C jittemore proposed and seconded to act as clerk, unanimous. The flames of the following candidates were proposed for election , for 'Town Meeting Member of precinct four. Napoleon J Corrow , proposed by Mr. Herbert. Frank F Merrick, " " lair. Beatty. Joseph A Kelley, " " Mr. Dailey. Messers. Beatty, Mulliken and Bean were appointed to act as tellers and counters Ballots were distributed for voting, with the follow- ing results; Frank P Herrick 2u Napoleon J Corrow 12 • Joseph A Kelley 2 34 Total Mr. rank 'i .ierrick of 49 Waltham St. , was declared elected as a Town Meetting Member of precinct four. Mr. Beatty moved meeting be closed . Unanimous. 'here were thirty-four members present at close of the meeting. Meeting adjourned at eighht o' clock P.M. Attest ; •wn Clerk. To The Town Clerk; As per the meeting of ,r.16. 4931, for the election of a Town Meeting Member to fill the vacancy of John H Gilcrenet, I hereby accept said election. • Signed, YRank P Herrick. March 18,1931. • • 463 ADJOURNED TOWN MEET ING. MARCH I6,193I. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 8 :05 P.M. There were about 175 Town meeting members present . Article 5.Selectman fir. Trask makes motion Article five be taken up first. Under this article James Stuart Smith offered the follow- ing motion. 8 :07 F.M. VOT1D: " That the sgm of *234,937.00 be appropriated and assess- ed for the support of the public schools and for the payment of tuition at the vocational schools for the current year." Mr. Smith gave the following information regarding what the money was to be used for,and why at this time the amount should be 112,000.00 more than last year.On the increase, Mr. Smith said,that this year, there were 121 more pupils in the local schools than there were last year, and at the opening of the school year next Fall, there would be a further estimated increase of 150 pupils to be cared for during September, October, November and December out of this ,appropriation. Continuing, he said, that a short time ago the maximum salary for the teachers was raised, and each year the teacher budget is thus increased. The Franklin School on Allen Street will require a new staff of teachers in the Fall, when the school is first opened to the pupils and the normal increase of the number of pupils in the schools at large requires that new teachers be added to the various staffs to care for the new pupils. Mr. Smith pointed out that the school department turned back to the Town about sixteen cents on every dollar invested. He estimated that the schools, through tuition from other Towns, and from the State and school funds,the total of 437,870.00 will be turned back, making the total cost of the operation of schools 4I97,120.00,stating, that the cost per pupil for operation during 1930 was a little less than it was in 1929. 8 :18 P.M. The motion as offered by Mr. Smith was then presented by the Moderator, Vlr.Holt, and was passed unanimously. 8 :19 P.M. Selectman yr. Shannon moved that the balance of the appropriations in Article Five be included in one motion, but voted mpon seperately and under this motion, the following votes were paased,unanimously, except as noted. 8 :21 P.M. For the expenses of the Appropriation Oommittee. . . , . . . ...Ib0.00 For the salaries and expenses of the Selectman' s Department (Of which 425( .00 is for expenses of Selectman for 1931)6,I25.00 For the salary and expenses of The Town Accountant, (Of which 43,000.00 is for salary J 3,200.00 For the salary and expenses of the Town Treasurer, (Of which 4700.00 is for salary 1 2,000.00 For the salary and expenses of the Collector, (Of which42I00.00 is for salary 1 4,960.00 For the salary and expenses of the board of Assessors, (Of which 4900.00 is for salary of Assessors) .. 6,915.00 Assessor' s appropriation was questioned by Mr. Fred Moulton, asking how much of the *6,915.00 asked for,was for salaries of the assessor' s. • Selectman Dr. Shannon replied, that 4900.00 was for salaries and 46,000.00 was for expenses, explaining a man was on duty in the -assessor' s office, all the time daring the day. Mr. Moulton asks, why salary of man mentioned not included under salaries of assessor' s. 464 uelectman Dr. Shannon replies,man in question was only the clerk cn of the assessor' s. The motion was then offered by Moderator, Mr. Holt, of the appropriation of 4d,9I5.00 for the Board of Assessor' s,wit h 4900.00 of same to be used for salaries of Assessor' s, which was carried unanimously. 8 :22 P.M. Nor Legal Services, (Of which 41000.00 is for salary of Town Counsel).. : .3,600.00 Mr. Charles E Hichols,Jr. inquires about the 4500.00 increase over last year' s appropriation and why ? Same was raised by the Selectman and approved by the Finance Committee. Above being explain by Mr. Foss. of the appropriation committee, because of the case pending against the Town at this time which would require further legal services. Motion offered by Moderator Mr. Holt , of the appropriation of 43,500.00 for legal services, 4I000.00 of same for salary of Town Counsel, which was carried unanimously. 8 :25 P.M. For the salary and expenses of Town Clerk, (Of which 41700.00 is for salary ) .Z,I80.0O for elections and registrations., 1,000.00 For the salary and expenses of Supt. of Public Works, (of which 44200.00 is for salary 5,400.00 For the salaries and expenses of the Engineering Dept..I2,7g5.00 This -appropriation was approved for 41I,480.00, although zelectman Dr. Shannon recomended the amount be raised to 412,725.W, explaining that the cut mean't .the .dropping of three men from the engineering department, but one of these men had already been taen on by the water department. The increase would insure the other two men of their present positions, which he felt necessary to keep up its engineering work and it would therefore be to the best interests of the Town to accept the increased appropriation. Mr. Fred Moulton asked for the Town Engineer' s opinion of the increase. Mr. John T 6osgrove, Towm Engineer, stated that he felt the two men were needed. Mr. Ross, of the Appropriation Committee, said that the expenses of this department, had been doubled in the past five years, and at the rate •of the increase asked,it would double again. He stated he still thought the department could get along on the 411,480.00 as recommended. The Motion was placed before the meeting by the Moderator, and the decision was given by the Moderator, in favor of the negative, but with a doubt of over twenty, a rising vote was declared. Moderator Mr. Holt , appointing the followingas tellers,Mr.Emery, Mr. Ellis and Mt. Buckley, with the following resuls, Affirmative Mr. Ellis 19 -Negative.. .kr. Ellis 12 Mr. Emery 32 Mr. Every 63 kr. Buckler 14 Mr.Buckley 20 Total 65 Total 95 This motion declared lost 96 to 66 . 8x35 F.�l. On the motion to , reconsider by C. E. Hadley, the appropriation was put through as recommended by the appropriation committee, namely, II,480.00,this motion being carried unanimously. 8 :36 F.M. For the expenses of the Town Office Building and Car Menrial building 9,000400 For the expenses of the planning board 600.00 465 $or the expense of the Board of Appeals . .. .150.00 For the dalaries and expenses of the Police Department 34.78I.00 For the salaries and expenses of the Fire Department 4I,243.00 For hydrant rentals 6 390.00 ' ror the salary and expenses of the Building Inspector, (Of which VII00.00 is for salary I,200.00 IIFor the salary and expenses of the Wire Inspector. . . . . . 825.00 For the salary and expenses of the sealer of Weights and Measures, ' (Of which 4400.00) is for salary 525.00 For the protection of public shade trees and for the planting of shade trees 2,500.00 8 :39 F.M. Dr. James J Walsh asked how much of this appropriation was to be spent on the planting of new trees, his idea for this year, being to economize. Selectipan Dr. Shannon, replied, 490U.00 was to be used for planting new trees. Dr. James J Walsh then offered the following substitute motion, VOTED ; That the amount for the protection of shade trees be approved for V1600.00 and to be used solely for the care of existing trees. Mr. Rose, stated, when aL,propriation was approved, his under- IIstanding was V2,200.00 would be used in the care of existing trees, and 000.00 for new trees. Selectman Mr. Trask states not his understanding and it would be a mistake to cut the budget , as in a few years some of our best trees would die from neglect. General discu::sion about trees followed, by Mr. EciA4A Wood, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr . Moulton and Selectman Mr. Blake, ana trio fact made known, that trees on public park and other public property should be taken care of by the park department. Mr. E B Worthen, spoke on the treatment of tno trees, as of last years work by the men from the Electric light and Telephone Companies, hoping same could not be repeated, using as an example, the condition of the trees in front of the Baptist Uhureh. Motion as presented by Dr. James J Walsh, was offered by the Moderator, which was carries. unanimously. 8 ;58 P.M. For the expense of forest fires.. 500.00 For the salary of the dog officer 50.00 For the maintenance of public health sanitation 3.500.00 For the expenses of the dental clinic It700.uu For Vital, Statistics .50.00 For the salary of the Inspector of Cattle 1500.00 For the salary of the Inspector of slaughtering 600.0u For the salary and expenses of the k1valttgInspeetor, (Uf which 4'100.00 is for salary4 I,ISU.UU For the sa and expenses of the Milk Inspector, (Uf which 4P30 .00 is for salary J.. 500.00 i 4103 /'or the expenses of the sewer maintenance department 8.600.00 = for the expenses of lowering brooks 50u.00 For the removal of ashes and care of dumps . .2,260.0y Mr. bred Moulton asked what this appropriation was for, who did, the work on the care of dumps and removal of ashes, and how much of the appropriation of 42,250.0u was for the caretaker of the dumps. Selectman Mr, Custance,informs, about 42,IOU.Uu was paid out for labor, and the work was done by the highway department . Mr. F. Moulton was of the opinion, this item should come under the highway department, therefore moved this appropriation be under that department , although not his intention of increase- ing the highway appropriation. VOTED :Mr.Jos. Cotton moved to lay this appropriation upon the table until the highway appropriation came up for consider- ation, which was carried unanimously. 9 :07 Y.M. For the expense of collecting garbarge 4,660.00 For the maintenance and care of highways 60,000.00 Mr. J. Cotton states did not reali .e this article so near and voted to lay the highway appropriation on the table. TOTED 3 Mil. Coolidge moved that the motion relative to the highways be taken from the table, and it was so voted, unanimously. 9 :U9 P.M. VOTED: Mr. bred Moulton then offered the following motion; " That the sum of42,250.00 asked for in the removal of ashes and the care of damps be included in the appropriation of 460,000.00 as approved and requested, for highway maintenance . " 111 This motion was carried unanimously. 9 :I0 P.M. Selectman Dr. Shannon and Mr. Hess both stated they did not feel as though, the original appropriation of the highway depart- ment should be reduced. Motion by Mr. C`oolide, to amend the previous motion by in- creasing the amount from 460,000.00 to *62,250.00. When put to a vote by the Moderator, this motion was lost. 9 :11 P.M. Mr. C. Z. Badley asked if this amount included the completion of thework on Hill Street. Reply by Mr. Ross• it did not . Moderator,Mr. Holt, then presented Mr. Moulton' s original motion to the meeting,namely,that the sum for the maintenance and cure of highways be 460.000.00, which would include 42,250.00 for removal of ashes and care of dumps, same was carried unanimously. 9113 i?.M. dor highway construction(Mass. Ave.Lake St.,to Lincoln St., ) the same` to be expended in conjunction with the State and County under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws..... . . ..I2,000.00 For equipment and repairs of traffic beacon signals. . . .. . ...300.00 Nor Mainten*nce and operation,automatic traffic sign a s. . .750.00 vuestion by Mr . Hadley, regarding the traffic beacon at the 'junction of Concord Ave. and Waltham St.,reply, same was to be discontinued For construction and repair of street signs. .. . . . . . . . . . . JA/04A10 for the construction of sidewalks of granolithic where tthe abuttors will pay one.) half of the expense .3,500.00 467 For the expense of the removal of snow and ice and for the payment 2930 overdraft of 42,067.06 I4,000.00 Mr. Ross 'stated. Appropriation 0ommittee approved 414,000.00 over original figures of 412,000.00, which caused general discuss- ' ion 'and comments fr:m several Town Meeting Members. Mr. Hadley asked, if this amount would cover to date or to the end of the year. Reply from Selectman Dr. Shannon, covered until the end of year. Mr. Willard 0 Hill, then offered an amendment to the motion by cutting the appropriation to 11,000.00. Selectman Dr. Shannon, explained that 411,000.00 had already been spent and there might be more snow to be removed this Spring, or in the Fall. Mr. W. C Hill withdrew his motion. 9 :15 P.M. The following motion was then offered by the Moderator, For the expense of the removal of snow and ice and for the payment of 1930 overdraft of 42,067.06, the sum of 'I4,0u0.00. As there was some doubt as to the result of the vote, a rising vote was called for , Messers. Ellis, Every and. Buckley being appointed as tellers, with returns as follows, Affirmative,Mr. Buckley 26 Negative, Mr. Buckley IO Mr. Emery 43 Mr. Seery 43 Mr. Ellis 24 Mr. Ellis 3 Total 93 Total 56 The vote was carried 93 to 56. 9 :19 P .M. For the expense of street lights . . 25,000.00 For the expense of the Public Welfare Department 12,000.00 For State Aid 400.00 For Soldiers relief 1,200.00 For Soldiers Burials 100.00 For Military Aid. 500.00 For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, of the Grand Army of tae Republic.250.00 Insurance. . 13,500.00 For the expense of printing and Lublishing the Town Aeport2,20I.57 For unclassified expenses 300.00 For the expenses of operating the Public v orks Department .6,500.00 Mr,Fred Moulton asked what the a propriation covered. Selectman Dr. Shannon replied, general expenses,such as, heat, light, etc. also mechanic' s salary, who made repairs on Town s 'irucks,from all departments, when necessary. Further discussion and questions, brought ' forth, an aaditional report from Selectman Mr. rask,as follows,Coal 4I,400.00,Light and Power 4300.00,atchman 4I500.00,3epairman 42,I0u.UU,Water 4125.00 Telepphone4I25.u0,Supplies 4250.00, Equipment for the repairs4560.00, Gas *140.00. The mechanic has charge of 14 trucks, which work, previously, ' was done in private garages, when repairs were necessary. ir. Hadley asked how much was spent last year to repair the trucks. Lcuestion not answered. 468 Original motion presented by thu TSoderator, Mr. bolt, and same w ,s carried. unanimously. 9 :35 I .M. Nor the support of Libraries .. . .. .12,293.00 • For the maintenance of public parks 8e playgrounds 14,205.00 For the expenses of April I9th ccele. bration) 30u.00 For the maintenance and development of Munroe uemet ery.2,300.00 For the maintenance and development of Westview Cemetery 2,000.0u $'or the administration of Trust Funds 75.00 The following were voted upon seperately and carried unanimously, Jirst,ior the payment of interest on the public debt,41,633.76, Second,The sum of 49,566.25 to be transferred from the Water Maintenance account, (51, 20(400) ; 36 The following were voted upon separately and carried unanimously, iirst,For the payment of41I7,600.00 bonded indebtedness mature ing in 1931 the sum of .69 ,337.67 Second,be appropriated and that the sum 'of 430,000.00 be transferred from tne Excess and Deficiency Account , Third,and the sum of *13,000.0U from the Water Department Maintenance Account, Fourth,and tne sum of £2,000.u0 from the K+ater Depart- ment Available Surplus Account. (Balance in maturing Debt, X52,662.331 •�k Articles '28o 19. selectman Jnr. Trask articles 2 and 19 be taken up jointly. unanimous. Under these articles Mr. dames Stuart Smith, brought forth, the Adams School addition, giving the report of the Committee appointed November 7,1930, to investigate plans and ' figures for the school, which is as follows ;, The matter of the Adams School has been discussed and reported upon many times in town meeting and while there was a definite vote of the sown last November instructing this Committee to bring in plans and specifications for an addition to the new Adams School, yot this Committee thinks it might be well to review some of the reaso :s which led up to the Town vote. The old Adams School has been in use off and on since the eighteen fifties. It was abandoned once by the Town as a school building, and has been operated for the last few years over the protest of the School Committee. The old building is not a proper one for: children. It is badly ventiiatea.The stairways are dangerous in case of fire. The heating system is worn out. The toilet facilities do not measure up to mpdern standards, and for what we get out of it, it is expensive operate. Hampering restrictions of State, fire and health laws prevent desireable changes and alterations in this building which the School Committee might have made were it allowed to do so. For these reasons , and for others which we will not mention, this plant should be dropped out of the school system. About a year ago, a planning committee reported that new school facilities for the mast Village should take the form of an addition to the so-called new Adams School which was erected eighteen years ago, and the Committee made its re- commendation to the Town for several reasons, the chief ones being, First, that the new Adalte School was erected and designed to take a future addition at less than normal cost. This save- ingis chiefly in the heating plant.The boiler and chimney were designed for an addition of about the size which we propose to erect. The main corridors of the building were also laid out so that it is obvious that the addition was to be made where this Committee propose® to make it. Second, the Adams School was deemed the beEt location, everything considered, that could'be found and still give East Village a school building which would be sufficient for at least five years more. • 469 As the lilast Village grows in population, it will become more apparent whore the next school should be built. At present it is not clear whether that future building should be on the right hand or the left hand side of Massachusetts Avenue,nor just how rar this side of the Arlington line, but considering both sides pf the Avenue together now and looking ahead five years,thorGi4oti large enough population to support a new school near the Arlington line with any economy to the iown.In fact a now school elsewhere might prove a liability.Moreover, the Town must purchase a site,and until it is plain where that site should be, we are better off on the present location. It is also the unanimous opinion of this Committee that the Town would have to expend at Ieaat 420,Ou0.00 more to place a school elsewhere and then be no better off than by building on to the Adams School as originally planned eighteen years ago. THE ADDITION. This Committee, under the vote of the iown last fall, now brings in the following recommendation having prepared plans and received bids. An addition to the Adams School calling for six new class- rooms and leaving an unfinished lower story on the ground level which can be developed at small expense when the need comes into three additional rooms. Unless the growth of the population is much greater than in tne past five years, this present addition, as said before,will care for five years, and the finishing of three rooms in the basement will probably care for other growth in the East Village. We have mentioned that there are certain' restrictive State .laws in reference to alterations of public building. Adams ►school is eighteen years old and these laws re- c;uire us to mike over some changes in our present Adams School. Certain other changes are desirable in view of the larger number of children who will use the school.This refers especially to children who bring lunches, and to a place to exercise and play. The children now use the basement in foul and cold weather. i ith the new and much increased school, we will have to use so much of the basement that it is not given over to other purposes, and also use the auditorium as a sort of combination of playroom and auditorium. This means work' in the existing building as we do not think the present finish of the auditorium will stand the wear and ' tear of children' s play. To revamp the old building, erect the new, install a sprinkler system, ecuip with furniture and regards so much of the ground as will need it, will cost approximately 487,50u.ue. The Committee now has definite bids. We can figure the cost of the furniture, and we have an accurate estimate on sprinkler system. When the work' is finished, the Town will have in the East Village its largest grade school unit, well locatea because of the playground and the set-back from the street, and protected against fire hazard by a sprinkler system. This proposed sprinkler system in this school will be a great protection, uut it is not I,,JU per cent. To give complete protection would cost more than the situation warrants, The system proposed wall sprinkle everything in tne building except the roof " and auditorium, that is, all concealed places like wardrobes,closets and boiler rooms;all stairways and all corridors; all rooms where fire might get started and not be observed. It will decrease the insurance rate from 32 and 3b to 20. If both buildings, when complete, have an insurable value of 4I70,0uU.UU, the difference on insurance would be about 4250.0O a year. This would pay for the system in E.bout ten years. If the system is left out , the Town will pay that 4250.00 a year as long as the school lasts Wee estimate the use s ul lice on the new structure combined with the old at thirty years. At the time the Town toted an appropriation for the new lranklin School, it was' states tnat the Committee had to choose between erecting that building or making this addition to Adams. We did not wish to have those neeeded projects overlap, and the Town voted the Franklin Schools funds, realizing that Adams School �as pressing on its heels. The Committee therefore urges the Town to go forward with Adams School now. The citizens of 'East Village have endured with patience 470 CL CD an out�of date building,voting improvements in other parts of the Town. This condition should not continue. The cost of the new building is relatively low considering what we get and what other construction has cost. Signe the Committee, James Stuart Smith. Howard U Nichols. • Howard Oustanee. William H Ballard. Q. E . Steeves. M. A Glynn. Claire S Ryder. Article 19. VOTED ; " That the Adams School building Committee appointed at the Town meeting ieovember i, I93U, be authorized to erect and equip an addition to the Adams School Building and to make alterations in the existing building substantially in accord with the plans presented; and that for the purpose of such construction and alterations and for the furnishing of the same the sum of 486,000.00, be appropriated and that of this amount 47,000.00, be assessed and 478,000.00, bs raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town; and the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and herebyauthorized to borrow the sum of478,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectman may determines' Mr. Smith then went on to the platform of the stage, where from charts of architect' s plans, he described and explained the situation in full. VOTED; Mr. E B Worthen moved that the report of the Adams School Building Committee be accepted. Above motion was carried unanimously. IO;21 P.M. Mr. Smith' s motion on the Adams School Addition was then presented, by the Moderator,being carried unanimously. IU;23 P.M. Article 4. Selectman Mr. Trask moved take up article 4. VOTED :flelectman Mr. Blake offered the following motion. " That.the Town Treasurer with`` .ppr_dval. o'f' the -glectmern be. aid hBrahy is- autborited too barrow mo ey. . from time .te itime in ant-ieipdtion.'df :reAcebtue df,the 'present ' uncial year, ,and.- to issnte-theyefOie ?a etf or notes tobe'paid'from:tha :revs ne 6f the present Tizteiaiciai gear. • • Above motion carried unanimously. I0;25 P.D . Article 18. Selectman Mr. Trask, moves take up Article eighteen. After explaining the advantages and the necessities of the proposition as contained in article eighteen,Mr.Howard 5..0. Nichols offered the followin6 motion. VOTED :" To see if the Town will purchase a plot of land owned by Charles B and Harriette W Smith for school play- ground and park purposes in the rear of the Parker School com- prising approximately four aures more or less, and appropriate the sum of 42,500.00, for the purchase of said land. _ Motion as presented by Moderator carried unanimously. 10;35 P.M. Selectman Lir. rask moved meeting adjourn, until the following Monday evening,Maroh 23rd. 1931,at eight o' clock PA. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 10;36 P.M. • A True record: Attest; � own ark. 471 • ORIGINAL PAGE, LOST. • '" ‘, • ' . 412. • C ORIGINAL PAGE LOST. 1-0 • , 473 3 ADJOURNED TOWN BEET IN G MARCH 23, 1931. The meeting was called to order at 8 :07 :: .M. Moderator • Robert H ;Holt , presiding. Abput 175 Town Meeting Members were present. Art.6. Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up Article 6. Under this article Selectman Mr, Blake offered the follow- ing motion. VOTED : That there be appropriated and assessd for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail noths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws the sum of4 4,5uu.0u. It was an unanimous vote. 8 r 08P.M. Art 8.Selectman Mr. Trask Moves to take up article 8. Under this article Selectman Mr. Blake offered the follow- ing motion. VOTE :That there be appropriated and assessd for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments Utder Chapter 32 of the general Laws the following amounts. Police pensions 1,030.00 Fire " 1,I08.00 Carried unanimously 8 ;U9P.M. Art.I2. Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up article 12. II Under this article Selectman Mr. Blake offered the follow- ing motion. VOTED :That the selectman be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the state for an audit of the year 1931. Carried unanimously 8 :11 . .M. Art.7. Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up article 7. Under this article Selectman Mr. Gilcreast offeree the followinmotion. VOTED :That there be apptopriated and assessd as a reserve fund for the current year under Chapter 40, section b, of the General Laws , the sum of 42,50u.00. A unaninmous vote . 8 :I2 Y.M. Art ; I7.Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up article 17. Under this article Selectman Mr. Gilcreast offered the following motion. VOTED : That the sum of 41,719.94 be transferred to the Cart" Memorial Library account from the receipts of the current year. A unanimous vote. 8 :14 P.M. Art . $. Selectma:: Mr. Trask moves to take up article 3, offering the following motion. • NOT )r : To elect e1 4h sown officers as are required by law and are usually chopn by nomination. 474 Under t:hiw motion, the names of Award 0 Maguire and John L; Russell were nominated by SA.ectman Cdr. Trask for Field drivers, and as there were no other nominations, same were consider- ed closed, and Edward U Maguire and Rohn C Russell were duly elected, unanimously. ' 8 :15 P.M. Art. 10. Selectman sir. Trask.moves to take up article 10. VOTED :That there be aypropriated and assessd for the Water Maintenance Account the sum of 472,000.00 and that the amount of receipts in excess of this appropriation be reserved to be appropriated for W ater Department purposes. Unanimously voted . 8 :16 P.M. After tne motion had carried 4r. E B Worthen took the floor, reading the ioilosing from 1927report : " Tie Swift River project calls expenditures and ou-r proportionate share must be met. With�estion tnere- _ fore, it will be necessary to raise the water rates begining with the next quarter. We will endeavor to figure tne increase to cover only the actual cost of operating and so hold to the policy of keeping the department on a self sustaining basis." Continuing the following notice was read, which was a copy of same,gfaotification being sent to all, of water rates being increased as of April I.1928, as follows : To The yiater Consumer : • You will notice from tne enclosed bill that the minimum • water rate for the year 1928 443.75 per cuarter, an increase of 75 cents per quarter. This is the first increase in rates which the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners have established since 1914. This increase is necessary for several reasons, Namely: I.Inerease of assessments for Water by the Metropolitan Water Division. x. Gosh. of maintenance have constantly increased during the past ten years f due to the growth of the system and increased costs of material and labor) but the cost of water to the consumer has re- rained the same : $. The necessity of replacing a large quantity of small mains with new and larger mains From this summary, it can be readily understood that an advance in rates has become imperative. Town of Lexington Wat e r Department . Mr. Worthen stated he protested strong :y about money being transferred from the water department accounts toward tne Town debts, which made it necessary for large appropriiations for the department, also :dating -if same occurred next year, he would be ready to oppose it strongly. 8 :21 P.M. Under this same article, Selectman Mr. Trask, voted, That the Board of Selectmsnbe authorized to install water mains, not less than six inches in diameter in unaccepted and accepted streets subject to the usual guaranty, and 'urtner voted, that for the purpose of installing water mains the sum of 450,Ouv.OQ, be appropriated for water construc- tion account, and that for the purpose of raising money, trio Town 'Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direct- ion of and with tne approval of the Selectmen,bonds or notes of the Town, issued and payable as provided by law. electman , Mr Trask stated the Selectmen had to definite request for any new installation of water mains. Tney proposed to use this money for the tieing in of ends. • Moderator Mr. Holt, inquired if this was the general way of proposing this appropriation as he felt they should specify the streets. Selectman kr. Trask, stated, that although they frequent- ly named the streets, they did not always do it, stating, although there were several streets ho could name that might want the water, the Selectmen did not want to do anything about it until they had provided the usual guaranty. After discussion, Mr. Hilliard moved, "That both motions be laid upon the table . " Unanimous vote . 8131 P.M. Art . 9.Selectman Derr. Trask moves to take up article 9, offering the following motion. VOTED : That the sum of x50.00, be appropriated and assessd for aid to Middlesex county Bureau of Agriculture and Rome Economics, under section 40 to 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws. Oarried un animously. 8 :32 P.M. Under sane article, Selectman kir. 'Trask, offered the follow- ing motion: VOTED : That William I Burnham, be elected, director, term of office, one year. Carried unanimously. 8 :33 P.M. Article 13.Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article I3, offering the following motion, . VOTED : That the sum of 4I,0uu.OU, be appropriated for the the support of a Posture Clinic to be expended under the direction of the board:. of health, or by a Uommittee appointed by said board. Remarks by Selectman Tir. Trask, were as follows : For a number of years the Town had been trying to provide some fund to support the Lexington Health Association, but by the State Law , it was impossible to appropriate money for private orgahizations.But, he said, it is possible to appropriate money for specific purposes, and that under this work , if the article goes through, the Board of Health will appoint the Committee in charge of this work in the Lexington Health Association to carry on .with the appropriation, stating , this was not another clinic in the sense of the dental clinic, now in this Town., carried unanimously, . 8 :38 P.M. Art. 15. Selectman, Mr. Trask, moves to take up article 15. He than moved this article be indefinitely postponed. Unanimous vote. 8 :39P. M. Art. 20. Selectman Mr. Trask, moves to take up article 20. He than moved this article be indefinitely postponed. Unanimous vote . 8 :40 P.M. Art. 2.Mr. E b Worthen moved this article be taken upsoffering the following motion. VOTED : That traffic conditions on i assachusett s Avenue, East Lexington, are such as to require attention and the Selectman are hereby requested to study same and to bring in their recommendations at a later meeting. voted unanimously. 8 :42 P.M. Art. 19. Under this article Mr. howard S U Nichols, stated that he ould like to inform the meeting that the vote that wa,_ passed at the last meeting, March 16,1931, under this article had not met with the approval of the Director of Accounts as bond issues cannot be made for alterations. He stated, he merely wished to inform the meeting of this as it would be necessary to insert another article in the next Town Warrant in regard to this matter. He stated it would be the same as what had been previously voted except that 4I,000.0U would oe added to direct appropriation,and 4I,Ou0.00 deducted from the bond issue, as covered by .law. 8 :45 P.M. Art. 2. Mr. Willard U gill, offers the following motion under article 2. z 476 DO V'OT D :That the Zelectmen be requested to investigate the CD method of collecting license fees for dogs, and arrange to have CO CO some effective plan adopted. Carried unanimously . 8 :46P.M. Art. II.Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up article II, and under same article move , indefinite postponeeent. Unanimously voted. 8 :47E.M. Art 14. Selectman: Mn.. Custance moves to take up article 14, offering the following motion, . VOTED : Ihat the `Lown sell and convey to William L Burrill in consideration of the payment by him of #332.00, the following described parcel of land : Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Bedford Street, said point being southerly and distant about 422 feet from a Massachusetts aighc.ay Bound marking the- southerly terminus of a curve of 1372.6I feet 'radius in said easterly line of Bedford; thence easterly about 1b9 feet to a point in the southerly line of Parcel Bo.4. about 44 'feet to a point; thence westerly along a line parallel with and distant 4U feet from the first line above described about 174 feet to a point in the easterly line of said Bad• ford Street; thence northerly by said Bedford Street about 41 feet to the point of begining;containing according to plan about bb40 square feet and being Parcel rTo.5 as shown on said plan recorded with Middlesex South District Plan Book 5466,Page 247. And that the Board of Selectmen, or a majority of them, be and they hereby are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town, to execute and deliver an agreement for the sale of said land as aforesaid, and that they be authorized and directed to execute ate deliver a deed thereof to the said William L Burrill, upon ;_payment of the said sum of 4332.00. question by Mr. Hilliard, what the assessed valuation of the property was , and if the price asked was a fair one. Selectman Mr. Custance, replies, did not know assessd value but price ..as a fair one. Mr. Ross informed from Assessor' s list, the land ware assessed for nine cents a foot and the selling price asked was abou-L five cents a foot. Carried unanimously 8 ;59 P.M. Under same article Selectman Mr. custance continued with the following motion, VOTED : That the Tov.n convey to Robert H White, in consideration of the payment by him of 440.00 the following described parcel of land : A trtangular parcel of land bounded as follows ;northerly by grantor; westerly by Bedford Stroet;southeasterly by land of grantee;the above described parcel is designated o plan as ,- Purchased from Robert White Area -1276+ sq. ft.- said plan being recorded with Middlesex Soutb.L, District Plan Book 5466, page 247. And that the Board of Seectmen, or a majority of them,be and they hereby are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town, to execute and deliver an agreement for the sale of said landas aforesaid, and that they be authorize= and directed to execute and deliver a 'deed thereof to the said Robert H White upon payment of the said sum of 440.00. VOTED : That the Town sell and convey to 'Irvin R Dix, et al. Trustees of the Home Winance Oompany, in consideration of the pay- meat by them of 41,000.00 the following described parcel pf land: A parcel of lane the northerly line of which begins at a point in the easterly line of Beford Street, said point being southerly and distant 119.61 feet from a Massachusetts Highway 477 sound marking the southerly terminus of a curve of I372.6 feet radius in said easterly line of Bedford Street , thence souther • - 478.07 feet to a point of curvature ; thence bearing in an easter- ly direction with a curve of 304 feet radius 88 feet to a point of tangency; thence southerly 94 feet to a point of curvature; thence bearing in a southerly direction with a curve of 336 feet radius about 410 feet to a point in the northerly line of the location of Boston and Maine :railroad; the southerly line of said parcel begins at a point in the easterly line of Bedford, said point being southerly and distant about 247 feet from a Masachusetts Highway Bound,marring the southerly terminus of a curve of I372,6I feet radius insaid easterly line of Bedford Street ; 'Thence,south- easterly I64.63 feet to a point of curvature; thence bearing in a southerly direction with a curve of 286 feet radius about 34b feet to a point in the northerly line of the location of said railroad; the above described lines are paralled with and distant 50. feet from each other except at and near their intersection with said Bedford Street. Said parcel contain8,according to plan, about U.7 acres and is Parcel No 4. as shown on +said plan, record- ed with Middlesex South District Plan Book 5466,Page 247. And that the Board of Selectmen, or a majority of them, be and they hereby are authorized and directed in the name of and on behalf of the Town, to execute and deliver an a eement for the sale of said land as aforesaid, and that they b thdrized and directed to execute and deliver a deed thereof to the said Ervin R yix,et al, Trustees of the Home Finance Oompany upon payment of the said sum of 41, 000.00. Questions By Mr. Hadley and Mr. Moulton regarding assessed valuation of adjacent property, and if the Board was unanimous on the price. Informed that Board was unanimous in price,answered by Selectman Mr. Trask. The vote was put before the meeting , the Moderator being excused from- reading the entire article, which was unanimously carried. 9;04 P.M. Art.IU.Selectman Mr . Trask moved that article IO be taken from the table,offerini3 the following motion, ; 9;05P.M. VOTED ; That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains, not less- than six inches in diameter in unaccepted and accepted streets, subject to the usual guaranty, and that the Selectmen be instructed to tie in the ends of the following streets, Woodland Road 600 feet,Abbott Road 400 Feet,School Street I200 Ft. , Bertwell Road 350 ft.,Bow Street 350 ft., Lake St:8c Columbus• St. 900 ft. Bowker Street 350 ft.,Lowell Street IOU() ft. ,and from the end of ' . Oakland Street to Merriam Street, . Atth rQTed -that four::.the purpose of:.inbtailing titter arrtae the sum of b5O,000iQg be appkdpriated fOr Tater Ooastspst4- tonband that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town, issued and payable as provided by law. Mr. Ross stated he thought it foolish and unnecessary to name all the streets,by doing so ,it would tie the hands of the department. • lir. Ohas. Blake inquires why not include York an* Grant . Streets,as water very low between the time of seven and nine o' clock evenings. question not answered. Mr. Hadley brought 7 i3 the question of costs, which was followed by Lr.Moulton, who asked if any estimate for this work bad been furnished. Selectman •Mr. Trask stated the figure for the work was #21,450. Mr. Moulton, asked what the remaining 1129,000.00 was for. Answered by Selectman Mr. Trask, same was for request for water that may arise , stating two propositions before the board 48 at the present time, linter Street being one of them. O Mr. 11oss. states,the finance board was opposed to, doing anything with Winter Street project. Mr. Fred Moulton made a motion that the sum of 440,000.00 be substituted for the approved 450,000.00. Moderator Mr. Holt considered that 'electman ,Mr. 'T_rask' s motion should be taken up separately, therefore offering the following : VOTED : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains, not less than six inches in diameter in unaccepted and accepted streets, subject to the usual guaranty, and that the Selectmen be instructed to tie in the ends of the following streets,Woolland Road 60u tt.,Abbott Road 400 ft. ,School St. , 1200 ft.,Bertwell Rd. ,350 ft. ,Bow St.,350 ft. ,Lake St. Columb bt. 900 ft. .isowker St., 350 ft., Lowell St. , IOOO ft. , and from the end of Oakland St. , to Merriam St. Motion carried unanimously . 920 r.M. Mr. Moulton' s subsitute motion was then voted upon and it was voted to accept the substitution. . 921 P.M. The amended vote was then placed before the meeting as follows : VOTL1 : That for the purpose of installing water mains the sum of 440,000.00, be appropriated dor water construction account, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town, issued and payable as provided by law. Carried unanimously. 9 :23 P .M. Art. I6.Se.iectman, Lir, Trask moves to take up article IES . Under this article, ',selectman Dr. Shannon offered the following motion. VOTED That the sum of $p7,500.00, be appropriated and assessed for the alteration and repair of the Public Works Depart- ulemt building on Bedford Street. Continuing Selectman Dr. Shannon, thought it best to give a little review of the history of the building, stating in 1929 the building was purchased for 435,000.00,the following year, the old power house which was on the property, and had to be bought with the other buildings was sold for 48,000.00, during the present Town Meeting ,land not needed by the departments was sold for 4I,400.00, making the net cost of the building to the, Town 425,600.00. In 1930, the sum of 417,000.00 was voted for repairs,Ledge was struck when the heater was put i,n, the cost of bl-asting took 42,600.00 of that money, which waspL anned on, because of a leaky roof, 42,140.00 had to be spent, which had not been planned on for another year. Other unexpected expenditures were needed for the sprinkler system and other minor items, which were needed so that the building could be ready by Jan.I,L931, when the leases held by the Town on garages and storage places expired. Selectman Dr. Shannon stated 48,250.00, had been spent without being appropriated, and. 48,500.00 was being asked to cover such items as may arise. electmanrlr. Trask stated, that he and the Board of select. -44,Vor censure because through their neglect that the amount wa+a spent over the appropriation, stating the total amount was in excess of •15,000.00, instead of 48,250.00. Selectman Mr. Trask stated,the board was under the pression the overdraft was about 47,000.00, at the .time preparing the items with the appropriation vommittee, the reason being, at that time there were a number of bills that had not been turned over to the Selectmen for approval. 479 i'red ":'oulton asked of selectman Dr. Shannon if he knew of this full amount of overdraft of 415,0u0.00 at the time he made his motion, as it could be taken misleadingly. Selectman Dr. Shannon explained he intended to explain during the discussion. General discussion followed, with the following speakers taking part , Messers.Tenney, Hadley, Ryder,Worthen, O' Connell, Meady,Moultoh and Senator Cotton. Mr Fred. Moulton stated he did not approve of such methods of the boaard, but at the same time the bills had been contracted and they had to be paid, and for that reason he moved the original motion be subsituted so that the amount to be appropriated would be VI5,7I0.00, the full amount of the unpaid bills. The motion as outlined above was put and carried unanimously. 10 :40 P.M. VOTED : That the sum of I5,7I0.00 be appropriated and assessed for the alteration and repair of the public Works DEpartment building on Bedford Street. A unanimous vote at 10:41 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask moves meeting ad j,04rn. -G Unanimous IU:42 P.M. A True record; Attest : Town clerk. 480 TONT ;.01A! T . CD CD CC COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX . s.s. To either of the constables of the Town of Lexington, in said clounty, Greeting ; In the names of the Commonwealth of riassachusutts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote i'n elections and in town affairs, to meet Ali L,ne Car - Memorial Building. in said Lexington, on the twenty- seventh day of April, 1931, at 8 ;0.: o' clock p'.m.. then and ther . to act on the foll'-wing articles; Art.l. To receive the report of any Toard of Town Officers or of any Co --mittee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art.2. To see if the Town will amend Article Three, section Five by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place there- of the word " eight " so that Section 'rive will read as follows; "vection 5. The annual meeting o f the Town shall be call- ed for eight o' clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o' clock in the evening, Immediately Ripon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting. Art. 3. To see if the Town will transfer the receipts from the insurance companies for the fire loss in the riih school to the account of Fire Les, High School. Art, 4. To see if the Town will vote transfer the following balances to the Ixxcess and Deficiency Account ; Highway_ construction (various streetsi . . . . . . . .: 315.31 Highway co .structiont altham Street, MasL. avenue to narrett =goad . . . . 96.32 swimming Pool(constructioi j 1.76 Permanent Memorial ..tor Men who lost Their rives in the world War 2„u.UU Highway Construct on ( Clarke St. Extension • 15.31 • 4628.70 Art. 5. To -roe if the Town will appropriate money to pay the neceti.sary expenses of the Superintendant of Schools incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department and for tie purpose of meeting the appropriation to transfer from 4* the account of the School DEpartment the sum of 4luu.UU to a new account to be opened for that purpose. Art. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Chief of Police incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the ser- vice in the Police Department and for the purpose of meeting the appropriation to transfer from the account of the Police Department the sum of 4125.0c to a new account to be opened • for that purpose Art.7. To see if the Town will appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintendant of the water 40 Sewer Departments incurred outside the Commonwealth in secur- ing information upon matters in which the Town 10 interested or which may tend to improve the service of the water & Sewer Departments and for the purpose of meeti. .g the' appropriation to transfer from the account of the water & Seger Departments the sum iir8U.8b to a new account to be opened for that purpose. Art. 8. To see if the down will -vote to alyropriate money for Cid Age Assisstance in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 118A inserted by Acts of 19$@ Chapter 402 or act in any ma ner gelatin;; thereto. Art.9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum A. 372.00 received in the sale of land to the sown Debt en:count. Ari. 10. To see if the Town will purchase or take by eminant domain for school, ;_:layground or park purposes land adjoining th_. Adams School lot belonging in part to the estate of the late ellenA Stone and in part to Miss. llen A Stone, comprising about 212 uuu square feet, or any part or ;;arts thereof, and as part of the consideration for such taxing or purchase to erect a suitable fence on the boundary line between the Adams School lot and the property of Miss. Stone as now existing and as extended by said purchase or taking, and to provide for said purchase and construction of fence by direct appropriation and transfer from other accounts, . Art.l1.To see what action the Town will take , if any, to refund to b'rancis H Henderson of Cambridge, Masi-.434.01 tares assessed illegally in the years 1925, 1926 and 1927, and appropriate money therefor to act in. any manner relating thereto. Art.12. To see if the Town will accept a deed and conveyance of approximately 749 square feet of land heated adjacent to the Lexington Center Playground, near Clarke Street extension for park purposes, from Stephen& & ldellie J Hamblin. Art. 13. To see if the Town vi.11 vote to establish as a Town nay, or accept the layout of as a down nay, Dexter Road from i ul er - oad to William, Road as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown up- on a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, appropriate money for tne construction, of said street by direct appropriation or by the issue of bonds, notes or otn,rwise , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.14. To see 3f the Town will vote to refund to AXel and Henning W Swenson the sum of 458.60, the same being tne Town' s share of the taxes assessed upon their property purchased by tne Town for School house purposes for 193u, <:._nd paid by them, provide money therefor, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.15. To see if the Town will vote to rescind itL action taken under `'rticle 19 of the "arrant of the Annual Town Meeting 1aauthorizing among other tnind s an addition to tne Adams School and appropriating money therefor. Art.lb. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money by issuance of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation, or by transfer from other accounts or by any one or more or such methods, for the purpose of building, originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Adams School , and make the necessary alterations caused by this addition substantially according to the plans and recommendations of the Building • Committee. Art. 17. 10 see if the Town will vote to accept a deed and conveyance of approx mately. ,1,207 more or loss square feet of land located at the junction of rrospect Hill road and idachuset Drive for highway purposes, from Neil & Leila McIntosh. Art. i8"4:o see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the co struction of all or any part of hood Street, from Massachsetts avenue to the .Bedford line, said construction work to be done in conjunction with the State and County. Art.19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for tyle relocation and construction of Bow street from Massachsetts avenue to uiife avenue and for the payment of damages incurred by said relocation. Art.20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate aduitLonal money for the Law Department. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay a judgement in favor of Daniel J u' Oonnell in a suit brou'ht by- him against the Town, on account of the establishing of a building line 0.:: Masachusetts avenue in Lexington, by the issue of bonds or notes, by direct appropriaton or act in any manner relating thereto. 482 • CL Art. 22. - o see if the Town -will vote to accept the .. rovisions of sett ion 6B of (Chant er) 351 of the acts of 1930, the same being "An Act authorizing cities and Towns to apropriate money for ' the purchase of uniforms for members of their Police and 21re Departments," or act in any rnty ner relating thereto . Art. 23 . To see if the Town will vote to acquire From Mary J & Helen A McCaffrey an ::asement across the property owned by them for the purpose of laying a twelve inch water main connecting Ma sachusetts avenue with the standpipe, and to apLropriate money therefor or actin any manner thereto. • Art.24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize tine Selectmen to install water mains i:, the following streets and in. private ways; Twelve (12i inch main from Massachusetts avenue to the stand- pipe a distance of anproximately 920 feet; T;.elve (12) inch main ih Massachusetts avenue from Lake street - to rarker Street, a distance of approxmately 2,3e0 feet; Twelve ( 12) inch main in cedar street , from oolumbus street to Hill street, a distance of approximately 4,0 feet ; lewlve (12 ) inch main in Hiil street from cedar street to the end of the six inch pipe, a distance of approximately 1,?8u feet ; Six (6 j , inch maid in Garfield street, 320 feet southerly from card street ; Ten (lu) inch main in Ledgelawn avenue from Bedford street to HillAide Terrace, a distance of aproximately 780 feet ; Sim 1.61 inch main in 4atson avenue , from Robbins road to Lexington avenue, a distance of approximately 2s5 feet ; Eight (8 ) inch main iH Aobbins road, from Locust avenue norther- ly, a distance of approximately 2o0 feet; Six (6 ) inch main in Vaileyfield street, from Bridge street a distance of approximately 1, 3oU feet; Six( b ) inch main in Vine street, 300 hundred feet to connect dead end; and to appropriate money for said water construction by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appropriation, or act in any manner relating tnereto. Art. 25. To see if the T'oin will instruct the Selectmen to have the Engineering Lepartment prepare working plans, specifications and to sevure estimates and contractors' bids or the cost of constructing sections Une and Two, so-called of the Vine brook Lrainan;e project , as recommended in the report of the Vine •rook drainage Committee, and appropriate money for said construction by the issuance of bonds, or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 26. To Lee if the Town will vote to authorize theCele ctmer to install sewers in tree following streets; Robbins road, from Locust avenue northerly, a distance of approximately 2u0 feet; Hayes avenue fron its y resent end , a distance of aprroximately u8b feet. Berwick road from H_ yes avenue, a distance of approximately lco feet. 0edar street , a distance of 650 feet, and acpyopriate money for said construction by direct appropriation, issuance of bonds r notes therefore or act Ln any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will ' ote to a, propriate money by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation for the construction of the following drains; oarville avenue from near Oak street to the brook crosSi:nc Carville avenue near Amos avenue, a distance of aprroximately 6Uu feet, , t'_'iassachusd. is avenue and Yottler avenue from rowker street to brook , a distanceof 710 feet. Clarke street frown ziaymond street to :'arko-r street , a tiistanoe of 9.,u feet. Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to a ,prop date money for the installation of fire alarm boxes . Art.29. To see if the Town will accept the captured German yield• .Liece from the sar Department , and authorizing the selectmen to place the same upon Hastings Park or some other suitable place. Art. 3u. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation of /183 las achusetts avenue from the northerly terminus of the pre ent street line cy the former 10;n all property now owned by lessers. Rubin & Seligman to the property of Anstiss e hunt, et .al. all as laid out by the aelectmen and shown on Tan on file at tne Town Clerk' s office entitled , " Plan bhowing rroposed aelocation of a . ortion of ;:!ass. avenue, .uexington, uct, l7,16u, scale 1 inch-2u feet, John T Cosgrove, mown Engineer, " a;:propriate money, therefor by the issue of bords or notes, by transfer from other accounts or • by any or aliof such methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Art.bl. To see if the Town niil autorize tne belectmen to purchase from Laniel J O' Connell a portion of the land an(i huildings on Ma:. sachusetts avenue between the site of the old Town hall now owned by lubi, Seligman and the land of Anstiss b Hunt , et al, between tne former northeasterly street line and the new northeasterly stl.eet line as laid our by the uelectmen approximately twenty eight feet in depth from a:-sachusetts avenue• in order to provide for a widening of •:+a:..sachusetts avenue, appropriate money for such purpose by the issue oC bonds, notes, or by transfer from other accounts, or take any action in relation tnereto. And you are directe.. to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said moeti ,g as provided in the By-Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not , and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the 'Town Clerk. on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at ...exington, tris fourteenth day of April, A.D. , 1961. Robert P Trask Theodore A Uustance belectmen Clarence :�hannon of Hallie C Blake Lexington. John E u lcreast II April 21. 1961. To the Town Clerk; have notified the inhabitants of Lexington oy posing printed copies of the foregoing ' arrant in the Post Office, in t _e Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places is tne Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to evcr,, registered voter i.,. tne Town seven days before tne time of said meeting. Attest ; Patrick J Maguire. Constable of Lexington. 4S4 precinct One. Election of Town ,:oetin6 Member to fill vacancy caused 7C by death of Patrick Flynn. Meeting was held Monday evening April 27, 131, in £.stcbrook Hall. Meeting was called to order, by James J Carroll, Town Clerk, at 7 ;40 :: .M. with twenty eight members present. Remarks by James J Carroll, explaining purpiose of the meeting, sta;ti;g nominations ere in order for Chairman and Clerk 11 to preside for this meeting. i:'ame of Francis Chamberlain proposed and seconded for Chairman, uanimous. Francis Chamberlain in charge of meeting. Mr.r'rancis chamberlain askL for nominations for clerk. Name of George W Lary proposed _nd seconded for clerk, unanimous. Mr. Francis Chamberlian, in respect for the departed member, Patrick Flynn, asks all members present to stand in silence, • for short number of seconds , which was carried out . The names of the following candidates were proposed ; Francis Toye. 3 Ames Ave. Edward D Hoitt. 16 Tower 6t. .Miles Jones . 447 Lass . Ave. John Murray. 29 Theresa Ave. , Messers, Nary and Flint were appointed to act as tellers and counters. Ballots were distributed for voting with tie following results; Francis Toye , 5 Edward D Hoitt , 16 Miles Jones 5 John Murray 2 28 Total Mr. Edward D Hoitt. of 16 Tower st. was declared elected as a sown Meeting Memberof precinct One. Mr. Flint moved meeting adjourn and be closea, Unanimous. Meeting closeu with twenty eight: members at -8 ;Cc P.M. Attest, Tow Clerk. LexinmtOn,Mass . April.28,1931. To the Town Clerk; As per the meeting of Apri1, 27,1931, for the election of a Town Meeting Member to fill the uncompleted term of Patrick Flynn, I hereby accept said election. • Signed; Edward D Hoitt. 485 '1'0"dr 1. :ETI?TG APRIL , 27 , 1931. Tho meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H Holt at 8 ;08 P.M. About 1rL) uotinfj M:°embers ; rocent . The ::arrant. was read by the Town Clerk, dames J Carroll, until upon motio4of Selec-cmam mr. Tho. Custance, further readings were waived., The uonstablos return of the 'warrant was then read. the meeting was tlion open for business at 8;10i'. yi. Selectmen Mr. Trask moved to take up article one. Under this article Mr. 1,avirence _ditchell,Chairman of the Appropriation Commitee. offered the following report ; Transfers App. & Assed. Art. 3 Approved it617.23 4 " 628.7u 5 " 100.00 6 " 125.00 7 " 80.0u 8 n 42,000.00 9 " 1,372.00 10 9 1,372.00 (2,4u.; T ) 1, 028.00 11 34.01 13 ( Under Betterment Acts 8,500.0u 14 " 58.60 16 " (05,0u,, 1 .- 60,000 Bonds) 25,000.00 18 " 5,000.00 i9 " 2,0uO.00 20 $ 2, 50u.00 21 23 24 Approved (410,000.UO Bonds 26 6'00.00 27 Not A .proved 6,359.00 28 " 3,100.0U It has been intimated to your Committee tnat Mr O' Uonnell may submit an offer to tie town, under Article 31 of this warrant , which involves , the amount of article 21. In order to prvide an opportunity for consideration of this matter. welpaquest that no action be taken on article 21 at this time, and tnat 3t be taken up at an adjourned meeting on Monday, May 4, 1901, at 8 p.m.. Signed Lawrence G Mitchell. Charman, 0 21 & 301 Selectman Mr. `Trask moved that the ar icle be laid on tae table, which was so voted unanimously . 8;13 r.M. selectman Mr. 'Yi'rask, moved to take up Artiele 5. Under this article Mr. Howard S 0 Nichols,explained the re- cent pa, ing of a law which would not allow super1ntendent s,when irawing traveling expenses , to take sarnc from regular budget, therefore necessary to appropriate n regular fund for this purpose offering the following motion; Voted; That the sum of 41Uv.00 be appropriated to pay the the necessary expenses of the Superintendent of Sehoole incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in theschool Lepartment and that for thisurpose the above amount be transferred from the Support of Public Schools Account to a new account to be opened for the above purpose. The above motion carried , ananimously 8;15 P.M. :selectmen Mr, Trask, asked of the Moderator Mr. Holt , if • 4S6 CD it wore necessary to accept the previous report of the appropriation commit ;e, but the Moderator felt it was not necessary in a report of this sort . Selectman f•. Trask, nobred to take up article 15. Under this Article . Mr. James Stuart Smith, stated that tne meeting granted this apropriattion at a previous meeting in regard to the Adams School, and the Committee proceeded to take action on the vote. When it was examined at the State House, it did not comply with State Laws, as money must be levied and assessed on work done on the old building and could not be borrowed. He stated they had to rescind the action taken at the March meeting so they could offer a new vote to comply with law, offering tne following motion; Voted ; That the action of the Town under Article 19 of the warrant on the Annual Town Warrant be rescinded. The above was carried unanimously. 8 ;19 P.M. Selectman Mr, Trask moved to take up ' article 16 Under this article Mr, James sttart smith, explained in full detail what was contained in the article and reasons for same,also explaining the requirements of the law. He explained the Commitee did not intend to spend any more money on tne project than: had been voted in tne previous vote, but that it was necessary to increase the amount of the money to be levied as a part of - he old building, therefore , tne sum 47,500. • which had been planned as- the assessment had to be increased to 125,000 and tike bond issue . decreased to460,000, this being necessary for the reason that a great part of the construction work must start in tne old building in order to complete the new addition, offering the following motion; . Voted; That the Adams School Building Committee, appointed • at the `Town Meeting lo�ember 7 ,1930, be authorized to erect and equip an addition to the Adams School building and to make alter- ations in the building substantially in accord with tne plans presented at the annual Town Meeting; and tnat tuere be appropriated the sum of 485,OoO. ,419,750 of which shall be for alterations and 465,250 for the aciuition, which increases the floor space of said building and for the original ee,uiping and furnishing of said addition and to meet said appropriation there be raised in the tax levy of the current year the sum of 425,000. And the Treasurer, with the ,tne valj of the Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to borrow the sum of 460,00Q . ,and to istiue bonds or notes of the Town tnereof, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General La�: s, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. Above motion carried unanimously , 8;28 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask moveLi to take up article 28, and at tne same time moved to indefinitely postpone, said article, which was carried unanimously . 8;29 P.M. selectman Mr. Trask. moved to take article One from the table, Carried unanimously. 8;3u P.M. Under this article Senator Joseph Cotton offered tr_e - following report on mules of Procedure for Town Meetings; The undersigned were appointed a Committee pursuant to the %ollowing vote of the Town a:. a meeting held March 17, 1930; . -Voted; That a com at' ie of three, of whom tie Moderator shall be one, be appointed by the Moderator to consider and re- port upon rules of procedure for the conduct of representative town meetings, the conditions under which voters who are not Town Meeting Members ahanld be allowed to speak at any repre- sentative town meeting, and what changes, if any, should be made in the Codi of By-Laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington." Your Coinnittee has met, considered the subject matter and decided that by ane terms of tne vote they are required to report upon rules of prooedure for the conduct of representative town meetings, including conditions under which voters should 4%7 be permitted to speak and my changes in the By-Laws necessary or proper for the accomplishment of the changes to be recommended, but that the vote does not contemplate a general revision of the By-Laws in other respects. Under Chapter 2lb of the acts of 1929 , which authorized the conduct of town business by a representative town ieeting, the Town has the capacity to act through town meeting members when con- vened in a representative town meeting.i'he by-Laws now in force with respect to town meetings were adopted prior to the creation of the limited town meeting, and consequently contain many provisions relative to voters which now are applicable only to town meeting members. It is accordingly recommended that Article I be II amended by adding a definition of the wort. " member " , so that it will be tauten to mean a town meeting member as defined in Chapter 215, Acts of 1929, and that Article V be amended in various sections by substituting the word "member " or "members" for the word " voter " or "voters " where applicable. Article III, S4ction 2, requires the warrants for town meetings to be :osted in the vestibule of the Town Hail, it ie not clear now That building is the Town Hall and this should be changed to read - " Town Office Building ".Section 6 of this Article, relative to notices of adjourned meetings should be modified to comply with the special provisions of Chapter 215, Acts of 1929. relative to the limited town meetings, nhich principally require the Clerk to mail notices of adjourned meetings to each member, if time permits, at least twenty four hours before the time to which the meeting is adjourned . Article V , section 5and 8, provide for appeals from the -ruling:: of the Moderator on nuestions of order. As the statues repose this .,ower solely in the Moderator ( .L.Ch.39, Sec.15) , these provisions are of no effect and should be repealed. rection 38 of Article XXVII of the By-:Laws is the vection which rec uire the Chief of the lire Depa-rtOent to cause two blows to be sounded on the fire alarm system at nine o' clock in each evening, as a notification of the curfew law requiring children under age of sixteen not to remain - upon any public street enter nine o' clock in -tne evening. .Lt is suggested that tie representative town II meeting, as well as as ail other meetings held in tue evening in the Town, would be benefited if this section is repealed. A draft of the amendments proposed is attached thereto. Instead of incorporating in the By-Laws the following matters which we recommend, it is suggested that standing orders be adopted subject to amendment at any time by a majority vote, under which the space now being used on the floor of Lary Memotial Hall for town meeting members shall be specifically reserved for that purpose , that admi, sio : to this space shall be by use of check lists inept at convenient points adjacent to entrance aisles, and that any voter shall be entitled to adcress the meeting subject to the same limitations as provided in the By-Laws with respect to members. A draft of the propsed standing Orders is attached hereto. Other changes in our node of By-Laws were suggested to your Committee on matters not pertinent to our enquiry, and Lhe committee feels that many sections and even whole artidles of the Code could be repealeu as surplusage. unneessary or because it is a practical copy of Statute Law. This isAnatter for a committee of larger scope than the present one if the Town wishes to have a ;general review of tile Code attempted. Aespectfuily submitted. Joseph A Cotton. • .erancis y Burke. IIRobert H Holt. 1. .Craft of 1 roposed ntainuing Orders. 1 1. At all town meetings held in nary.. Memorial Hall, the space on the first floor betvieen the front of the nail and the transverse aisle shall be reserved for town meeting members, and persons not town meeting members shall be admitted within this area while town meetings are in session only upon the vote of the meeting. 2. Check lists of town m:.eting members shall be kept at convenient places adjacent 'to the entrances to the reserved area during all town meetings and for a reasonable time prior to the opening thereof, and town meeting memb $; g ee• shall be admitted to tone i 488 c reserved area upon giving their names to the checkers in charge or such check lists and h:::wing their names duly checked thereon. 3. Any registered voter of the Town shall be entitled to address any town meeting subject to the same limitations as are imposed by the By-Laws upon town meeting members . 4. These orders may be amended without prior notice at any time by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting. .raft of suggested amendments to bytLaws. Article I, Section 3 to be amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows; (m) The .nord"member" , except where the context otherwise requires, shall mean a town meeting member as defined by chapter 215, Acts 1929. " Article III. :rection 2. requires a copy of the warrant to be posted in the vestibule of the Town Hall. ',6uery; Where is the Town Hail. ? This should be amended to read " Town Office Building " Article III. section 6 should be amended to read as follows; " The Town Clerk shall, as soon as practicable after a town meeting is adjourned, give notice of the time to which the me;eting is adjourned, stating briefly the business to be acted on thereat, together with -notice of any proposed reconsideration. Such notice shall be given by posting in five or more public places in the Town, and, if time permits, by mailing a copy to each member at leaB* twenty- four hourd before the time to which such meeting is adjourned,, and by publishing a copy in some newspaper published in the Town." Article V. ectlon1.1. substitute " members " for the words " registered voters . Section 5. strike out the words "subject to appeal as hereinafter provided in section 8. " Section 7. substitute " member " for " Voter ". Section 8 . .Repeal Seetibn IO.Substitute, "members " for " voters ". Section 15. Strike out- " shall refrain from mention- ing by name any other person present". Sections 25,33,35 and 36. Substitute the word " member" for " voter " and ,members"for " voters ". Article° XXVII. Section 38 Should be repealed. Thu following motion was offered by Francis it Burke; Voted ; That the report of the committee be. accepted and that it is the sense of this meeting that the subject matta*be referred to the Selectmen with instructions to insert proper articles in the next warrant and that the committee be discharged. Above motion carried unanimously. 8;35 P.M. beledtpan Mr. `i'r sk under Article One offered the following motion, Voted ; 'what the�report of the Committee on lectures provid- ed for under the wills of Lliza Cary Farnham and Suzzanne E Cary as printed in the Town report of•1930 be accepted and placed on file. Voted; That a Committee of three of the Committee of whom the Moderator shall be a member, be appointed to act on behalf of the Town in connection with the lectures provided for under the wills of aliza Lary Farnham and Suzzanne E Cary, said Committee to continue to serve until the next annual Town Meeting. Carried unanimously 8 ;36 *.M. Selectmam lr. -rask under Article One gave the foll1Wing report. To the Members of the Town(iviee.,ting) of .exington; In accordance with the vote passed at thL adjourned Town Meeting. March 23; 1931, " that the Selectmen be requested to investigate the matter of collecting license fees for dogs and arrange to have some effective plan adopted ", we beg to make the following report ; It has been the custom to advertise in the local paper each year, previous to April 1st, calling attention of the citizens that all dogs must be licensed previous to April let. Only about one eighth of the dog owners in the sown have been in the habit of licensing their dogs in accordance with the law. The next step has been taken after the Assessors have re- ported to the 'Town Clerk the number of dogs found in the Town, after they have made their annual check-up of personal property and 489 real estate, phis has be,,m in the form of a notice to all persons so reported. and has taken place about June lst. Om July 1st a second notice has heen sent. About the tenth of July it has been customary to send the Dog Officer to all owners who have not responded to the second notice, This year it was suggested to the Town clerk that, in addition to press notices, that personal notices be sent by mail to all persons who registered dogs in 1930, previous tp April 1st. with the follow- ing results; Dogs registered March 31, 1930 106 R 31, 1931 190 Apil 24, 1930 275 " 24, 1931 534 While this represents a net gain to date, it is still evident that a large percentage of dog owners are not disposed to pay their tax in accordance with the law. We know of no way to obtain the names of those who have acquired dogs since April 1,1930, other then from the Assessors. and it will therefore, be necessary to send out additional notices as soon as the Assessors records are complete, which will be about May 1st. and the same procedure continued as in years passel from that time on. If notices are sent previous to April let, we know of no way to to avoid s nding some to persons who have disposed of their dogs, since April st of the preceeding year. believe,elieve, however, that the method of procedure this year is the most satisfactory, and we are advised by the Town Clerk that he is in favor of continuing the present plan. Robert P Trask Thoedore A Custance John E Gilcreast Selectmen Clarence Shannon of Hallie O Blake Lexington. The Following motion was then offered by Selectman Mr. Trask covering above; Voted; That the report of the Selectmen on the vote adopted at the adjourned Town Meeting March 23, 1931," that they be requested to investigate the matter of collecting license fees for dogs and arrange to have some effective plan adopted ", be accepted and placed on file. Carried unanimously 8 ;39 .. .T6. Under Article One Selectman Mr, Trask offered the follow- - ing report ; To The Town Meeting Members of Lexington; Pursuant to the request emboAed in the vote adopted at tne ti adjourned Town Meeting , March 23, 1931, " that the traffic conditions on Mass . Ave. , are such as to require attention, and tne Selectmen are hereby requested to study the same and bring in their recommendations at a later meeting" , we beg to submit the following report ;. The Chief of Police has presented to the Board of Selectmen • a report on accidents reported to him that occurred on Massachusetts Avenue between Marrett Road and the Arlington line between January 1, 1930 and April 1, 1931, and the total of <.` . ::v^ 69 indicated that tnere is indeed a serious traffic condition on Massachusetts Ave. between these points. of this number only 7 involved pedestrians. There were 38 persons injured and one person killed. In order to discover the location of tne greatest number of these accidents and their pmmanthe probable cause, the following analysis has been made of these figures; Accidents at tree junction of Marrett Road, 91 at the junction of Maple St. ,10; at the junction of Pleasant St. , 3; between the Arlington Line and Pleasant St. ,15, ; between Pleasant St. , and Maple St.,32. In other words. more than three-fifths of all accidents occurred at or between Pleasant St. and Maple Street, a distance of about one- third of the area under investigation, where the Avenue is narrowest and intersecting streets most numerous. It is also noted that 44 of the 69 accidents occurred during daylight which seems to indicate that poor street light- ing is not the principle fact, although it may be a contributing cause. It is the opinion of the Chief of 1.olic0 that most of these accidents can be directly attributed to driving at a speed which is in excess of what is resanable in a thickly settled 490 On CD area. The Board of Selectmen concur with this opinion, and have ;:C already directed the Chief of Police to take steps to put a stop to the fast driving, particularly in that district between Maple at . , and Pleasant St , , where the Avenue is narrow and tnere are several business areas. In order to avoid any danger from poor lighting, it is proposed that lights of 250 candle power replace those of 80 candle power now in use between Independence Avenue and Pleasant street, and that white lines be painted in the center of the street at all curves. In this section a further study is to be made of parking conditions at the junction of Mass, Avenue and Independence Avefue, where tnere is believed to be more congestion than at any other point with the intention of establishing np parking areas in all directions On each street. We urge the citizens of Lexington to cooperate with us in our efforts tlmake this part of our Town a safe place in which to walk and ride by complying with the automobile regulations with respect to thickly settles areas, and we further urge that 1Eedestrians use aue care in crossing the Avenue at points whore tnere is heavy traffic. Robert P Trask Theodore A Custance Selectmen John E Gilcreast of Claranee Shannon Lexington Hallie 0 Blake Selectman _._r. Trask offered the following motion; Voted ;That the rep-art of the Selectmen on the vote passed at the adjourned Town Meeting, March 23, 1931, " that the traffic co:-:ditions on Massachusetts Avenue are such as to require attention, and the Selectmen are hereby requested to study same and bring in their re- commendations at a later meeting" , be accepted and paced on file. Carried unanimously 8 ;42 P.M. Under Article uno , James G Robertson, Chairman of the Vine Brook Committee offered - the following report ; To The Citizens of yhe 'Tovrn of Lexington; The Town Meeting of• of June 9th. 1930 passed the following vote;.. - Voted; " That the Moderator appoint a uormiittee of fifteen Town M eetimg Members representative of all sections of the Town to review the reports of Metcalf and Ec"dy and McClintock and Woodfall, and the studies of the planning board and the Board of Selectmen relative to Vine Brook Drainage, said Committee to have access to all the records of the Selectmen and the Planning Board, and to be at liberty to consult with any Board, Committee or individual and secure any additional engineering data which they may deem essential to a decision on this project , and that they submit their recommendations at the next Town Meeting ".AM.: NDM&1T; "THat said Committee incur no expense without further vote of the Town ", The Vine Brook Committee was organized. on Septem rer 3rd,1930 and has since held thirteen meetings. It Has studied the report of i, colintock and Woodfall dated March 17th. 1913 and that of Metcalf and Eddy dates September 29th, 1928. It has studied the Brook and a considerable part of the area it drains, consulted with the Board of Selectmen, the Planning Board and citizens of the Town familiar with and particularly interested in the project with which we are dealing. To eliminate the possibility of further confusion and to simplify our report we "have litmAnd divided Vine Brook into four sections and present them to you in the order in. which we believe they should be taken up and built by the Town when and if ever so voted. • section I. from Butterfield' s Pond to the southerly side of Hayes Lane • including the culvert under Hayes Lane. Sectiom II. ,from Hayes Lane to the southerly side of Vine Brook Road. • 491 section :II. The Soudh Branch of Vine Brook and the hain Ch annel between Vine Brook :load and the present junction of the north and South Branches. r- Coct ion IV. The ITorth Branch . f Vine Brook. ►section I. It is evident to your Committee that while Section II is the most important as ,:ell as expensive section considered, the building of it will necessitate the improvement of section i. This for the reason that rection II once built will discharge the storm waters into section I at a much raster rate than under the present conditions. The Brook below Hayes Lanes is net in shape to absorb tnis faster run-off being at present in a deplorable condition. We therefore studied this section between Butterfield' s land and Hayes Lane and find that the improve- ment should start at a point about 1500 feet north of La :t street, from which . oint to the Tond the fall is ample to take care of the flow of water. The work in this section would consist of straightening widening and deepening the brook through to Hayes Lane. rreliminary estimates based on an open channel with an average width of 8 feet at the bottom, with 1 to 1 slopes raked smooth and grassed show the cost of this section would run to approximately 46000. exclusive of the culvert under Last street. This bast Street culvert we are advised will be rebuilt by the State at the same time they are constructing the State Highway now being planed to pass through thisbart of the Town. it is obvious that work on Section I should not be started until the State Highway Engineers and our .Engineering i)epartment have come to an agreement as to grades and until the State actually begins the construction work. Whether the Town votes to proceed with the Vine brook pro- gram or not, the State plans of the culvert at cast Street should accord with the Town' s plan for widening and deepening Vine Brook at chis point. Section II. Your omrnittee a:proves the lr.yout of Metcalf and .Lady per- taining to this ' section lying between Hayes .:::ane and the southerly side of Vine Brook Road with a few changes. believe the brook should be covered between jiine Brook : oad tant4annnnminnmamimarinvoratentmlomplabom ugwarrumuzummmaninatannowmuormotsualuitsummumimentintlaanummaria hunk and Massachusetts Avenue. That a basin be built at Vine brook Road and a screen erected at this point to catch floating debris before it can enter the covered part of the Brook. r'rom iassachusetts Avenue to tayes Lane the M;etcalf and zddy plans should be substantially followed. This would give a basin located proably on the southerly - side of Vine Brook Road, then a covered brook iron this point to a • headwall located ,.. 980 feet south of Layes Lane wi_h an open chap:, el • from the headwall to the relocation of the culvert under Hayes Lane. Preliminary estimates covering the construction of Section II vary, but from the information gathered, your t ommittee believes that the cost of this section will run approximately 490,0uU. Section III . . Tho Louth Branch of Vine Brook runs through private lands throughout its length. The Town d schargos storm wa.er from the highland Avenue area into this branch but the fall is sufiicent to care for:, this drainage with the bottom of the South Branch at its present grace. Therefore your Committee docs not recommend the Town entering the south Branch. it believes if the Town constructs :section II a's outlined in this report, that the south Branch will have all the nutlet it will need to handle any drainage system which may be installed. Section IV. .'no uorth Branch of Vine Brook drains the Bark Land of • the Town and should the Town at some future date wish to improve II the drainage Of the lark area it will have an outlet prepared in advance with the construction of section II. For the present your Committee feels t4at no work need be' done on the North Branch other than a general cleaning out of the brook through the '!gown property only. Recommendations. ions. Your Committee recommends that the Town build Section II as outlined in they report as soon as the- financial condition of the . Town will allow. What any vote to build section II have an accompanying I1 492 .� CD vote to improve Lection � as outlined in thieire port.) ZO That the Town do not enter ectiom III. That the Town do no construction work on Section Ig and that any cleaning of that portion located in the Park Land be paid for out of the " Lowering the Brooks Account " . We further recommend that no appropriation he made for further studies of Vine Brook, believing that the surveys of Met- calf and Eddy and McClintock and Woodfall are sufficient for the purpose , and that t h e -ngineertng Department of the Town is able from the data and studies now available to draw up plans and specifications to cover the construction work. also rdoommond that when tne Town is ready to proceed with the constructional work plans and specifications be prepared calling for estimates on three types of construction for the cover- ed part of tne brook; first a reinfdreed concrete conduit cast in place; second a reinforced concrete pipe conduit ; third a vitri- fied segment block conduit. Procedure. `7fter giving the matter consideration from every angle your Committee recommends that the work contemplated be done under a betterment act . It is our belief tnat the returns from the Better- ment a . sse:.sments wi ; ot be large. die also believe the Town Should _before entering anyipTtate lands in Sections I and II, make a take- ing of sufficient width to enable the contractor to do his work without interference and to allow the Town later on t* =in in the brook without entering on • private property. R •' V 11, signed. Eugene Buckley iiranhP Cutter Charles H Schofield Wm E Mulliken Robert H Eldridge JShanahan L Jellis Sheldon A Robinson R A Perguson,sec. James J Walsh 15. E E Taylor James tx Robertson,Chmh. Harold B Needham Charles S Beaudry War.23.1931. Adward Rowse Jr Numerous motion picture slides were shown explaining the various parts and locations of Vine .brook. Motio -, By B E Ttylor, the. report be accepted. placed on file and the Committee be discharged. Unanimous vote . 8;55 P.M. Selectman Mr Trask moves to take up article 25, offering the following motion , doted ; hat tne hoard of Selectmen be and hereby are instructed to have the Engineering :rapt. prepare working plans and specifications and secure estimates and contractors' bids on the cost of constructing sections one and two, referred to in the report of the Vine Brook Committee, Laid sections being as follows; Section I. From But terfield' s Pond to the southerly side of Hayes Lane including the culvert under Hayes Lane. Section II. From Hayes Lane to the Southerly side of Vine Brook Road. Mr. Trask added, he offered this article at this time so that the Town could take action on the previous report . He stated that no money appro iation was asked, but that the Town could proceed when they Mancially able. Mr. --yder'‘ spoke, explaining his views on the subject, stating, it was his opinion, costs and estimations should have been brought in with the Vine Brook report , and * fact fact would like same before the next Town Meeting adjourned , offering the following amendment to the motion of Selectman Mr , . Trask. The amendment; Voted ; That the vote offered under article #25 be amended as follows-viz that article t 25 be laid on the table until the adjournment of the meeting with instruct- ions that the Selectmen bring in such estimates as they may be able to obtain on the construction of the sections 1,2, and 3, recommended by the Vine Brook Committee, so called. Explained by Moderator Mr. Holt , the amendment was not in order as the sense of the amendment was conflicting , at the same time asking Mr. Ryder, to correct his amendment , by leave- ing out certain parts. Mr. Ryder then offered tiie following amendment as a substitute for his original amendment ; • 493 Voted ; -".hat the vote offered under article ; 5 be amended as follows,-viz that before the adjournment of this meeting the Selectmen be instructed to bring in such estimates as they may be able to obtain on the construction of the sections 1,2 and 3 recommended by the Vine Brook Commitee, so called. Mr. E '.Laylor stated t at the Committe had no authority to secure plans or estimates, and he felt it was im;, ossible to obtain figures in so short a time. Mr. Ryder. stated , he thought, figures and plans could be obtained in the time specified. Mr. Worthen stated , he understood that it would be a distinct advantage to the 'town to put in a main sewer pipe in connection with the work done o:. the brook and (as ked) if the Selectmen had lost sight of the fact. Selectman Mr. Trask , replied, they had not. Mr. Robertson stated that if sewer pipe were installed at the time the work was done on the brook the cost would be half as much as if it wo2e done indepent :4K1 .1 , Mr. Ryder' s substitute amendment was then put before the meeting, and: was lost , unanimously. 9 ;12 P.L . Mr .Edwin B Hutchinson, expresso his opinion, stating he felt the Town was not prepared at this time to take action this matter, and made a motion, that it be indefinitely post- poned. • His motion was carried unanimously , 9;14 . .M. selectman Mr. Trask , moved. to take up article 2, at the same time: moving for indefinite postponement as a line had been omitted in- the article, so no action could be taken until next meeting. motion c arried unanimously , 9 ;16 F.M. Selectman Mr. IraSk moved to take up article 3,offering the following motion; . Voted; That the sum of *517.25 be tranferred from the receipts from the insurance companies for the fire loss on the high school to the account of fire loss, High School. Carried unanimously , 9 ;17 P.M. 6electman Mlr, Trask moved take up article 4, offering the the following motion, ; Voted; ghat the following sums be transferred to the excess and Deficiency Account ; Highway Construction (Various Ltreetsl ie615.31 fi ti ( aitham St. , Mass. Ave. , to -::arrett ad. , , 96.32 swimming Pool (Construction J 1.7b Permanent �:: enorial;.'or Men Who Lost Their Lives in the World `wart 2u"0u tlighwy Construction (ularke St .yxtonsionl 15.31 688.70 Carried unanimously , 9 ;18 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask. moved take up article 6. offering the following motiar6 T., Voted ; mat the sum of 4i25.0u be appropriated to pay the necessary expenses of the Chief of Yolice incurret out- side the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the 'Town is interested, or which may tend to im;,reve the service in the rolice Department, and that to meet this appropriation the sum of *125. be transferred from the Police Department account to Travelling Expenses account. Mv. _Wrask , stated this article was put in the warrant 494 T'*or the same reason as article 5. Cr) Mr. .i rancis Chamberlain offered an amendment to the motion, changing the amount from 4125. to 4100. 3eleetman,F, r. Trask. explained , traveling expense of the Chiif were hig;ier because , he was going longer distance. Mr. Chamberlain lb amendment was lost , unanimously. 9 ;20 P.M. The motioras was put by Selectman Mt. Trask was carried unanimously 9 ;21 P.M. selectman Mr. Trask moved to take pp article 7, offering the following motion; Voted; That the sum of 480.86 be appropriated and assessed to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintendent of the water and sewer departments incurred outside the Common- wealth in a>ecuring information upon matters in which the Town is interested, or which may tend, to improve the service in the water & sewer departments, and that to meet this approriation the sum of r 80.86 be transferred from The Water and Sower Depart- ments Account to Traveling Expenses Account of 1930. A unanimous vote, 9;22 P.M. Selectman Mr. Traak, moved to take up article 8, offering the following motion; Voted; That the sum of 42000 be appropriated and assessed for Old Age Assistance in accordance with the General Laws, Chapter 118A inserted in the Acts of 1930, Chapter 402. Selectman Mr. Trask , remarked that some appropriation was necessary by the General laws, but at this time the State had not made its share of the appropriation. The motion was unanimously carried , 9 ;23 r .M. Selectman Mr. Trask Woved to take up article 9, offering the following motion, Voted; That the sum of 41372. be transferred from the account of sale of land to the Town Debt Account. Carried unanimously . 9 ;24 P.M. -he following was in three motions. Selectman :'. r, 'T'Raek , moved to take up article 10,of Tering the following motion; Voted ; That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take by eminent domain a parcel of land bounded sub- stantially as follows, the exact determination of said boundaries to be subject to approval by Miss. Ellen A Stone; Northerly by lands of Ellen A Stone and Town of Lexington. northeasterly by land of Boston and Maine Railroad, Southeasterly by Land of :tennis J Kealey, Southwesterly by land of Charles R /Joy Westerly by land of Ellen A Stone, Trustee and Massachusetts Avenue, containing b acres more or less; for school, playground ' and Park purposes, ani: that the sum of 41&,A). be appropriated to pay any award of damages for the said taking, an6. for the pur pose of raising soo,d money the sum of 41372 be transferred from the Town Debt Account and the sum of 4128. be appropriated and assessed. Second part; That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to pij.rchase a parcel of land bounded substantially as follows, the exact determination of said boundaries to be subject to approval by Miss Ellen A Stone; Northerly by land of Town of Lexington Northeasterly by land of Boston and Maine Railroad Southerly and southwesterly by land of Ellen A Stone, Trustee containing 18,400 square feet more or less, for school , playground and park purposes and that the sum or 410u, be appro- priated and assessed to pay for the same. Third part, Further voted; That tae Selectmen b.e and hereby are authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to agree to constrrtct , and to construct, a suitable fence between the Adams School lot as now existing or as extended by the taking above authorized, and land of Ellen A -Stone and of Ellen A Stone, Trustee and the sum of *800. is hereby appropriated and assessed to pay the cost of construction of such fence. 495 Uelectnan Mr. Trask, explained in full detail tie advantages and the necessity of this addition to the playground in the east village. Part of the property to be graded , and expected to be avail able for use this Summer. Senator Cotton, asked to have the three seperate motions read again , which w.:.s done, and t .on voted upon seperatly~, with following results; Part One, carried unanimously, 9 ;38 Y.M. Part Two, Carries_ unanimously, 9;39 P.M. Part Three,Carriea unanimously, 9 ;40 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask, then moved to take up artickj. 11, offering the following vote; -Voted; That the sum of 434.01 be appropriated and assessed and refunded to Francis 3 Henderson of Cambridge, Mass, for taxes illegally aEtecsed in tine years 1925,1926, and 1927. Selectman Mr. Trask explained the reason for the above was be- cause two parties had paid taxes .on tne same property, and therefore necessary to make refund to one of them. Carried unanimously . 9 ;41 .M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to tale up article 12, offering the following motion; Voted ; That a conveyance to the Town b# deed of Stephen i & Nellie J Hamblin conveying approximately 749 square fe' t of land located adjacent to the Lexington Center Playground near `Clarke Street Extension be accepted by the Town for Park pur- poses. selectman Mr. Trask stated by uhe Town accepting this land, same would straighten the line between the Hamblin property and the playground. Motion was carried unanimously. 9;42 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 13, offering the following motion; Voted ;That the Town accept the layout of Dexter Road from Fuller Road to Williams Road, as a Town way, all as laid out by the Selectmen under date of March L, 1931, and shown upon a certain plan by John T Cosgrove, Town Engineer dated January 30,1931, on file in the office of the Town Cler4, and that the said road be constructed and for said construction the sum of 48500. be appropriated and assessed. The reading of tne order was waived. . Motion was carried unanimously, 9 ;44 P.M. selectman Mr, Trask moved to take up article 14, offering the follCming motion; Voted; That the sum of 458.60 by. appro- priated and assessed and refunded to Axel and Henning W Swenson for taxes for 1930 aLsessed non their property purchased by the Town for School house . purposes. Carried unanimously , 9;45 P.M. Selectman Er, Trask, moved to take up article 17, offering the following motion ; Voted ; That a conveyance to the Town by deed of Neil & Lila ."' McIntosh conveying approximately 1,207 square feet of land, more or less, located at the junction of Prospect Hill Road and Wachusett• Drive be accepted by the Town for highway purposes. Larried unanimously , 9;4s P.M. Selectman'.r. Trask moved to take up article Su, offering the following motion; Voted ; That the additional sum of : 250u. be appropriated and assessed for the Law Department . • Selectman Mr. Trask, explained this sum was cover expenses involved in the O' Connell tribal for attorney' s fee d experts testimony. Carried unanimously. 9;47 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask moves to take up article 18, offering; the following motion; Voted; That Inc sum of 45000. be appropriated and assessed for the construction - of all or any part of Wood Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Bedford Line and that said 496ZD Construction work be done in conjunction with the State and County under Chaster 90 of the General Laws. selectman Pyr. Trask, stated this road in a - very bad condition and needed to be constructed, stating this was the main road to iec_ford in that district, and when they installed water mains there last year, tney did not spend much time in repairs as they hoped the Town would vote to construct the road. Carried unanimously. 9 ;53 P.M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 19, oifering the follo.;ing motion; Voted; Tiiat the sum of *2000. be appropriated and assessed for the relocation and construction . of Low street from Massachusetts Avenue to Cliffe Avenue, and for the payment of damages incurred by said relocation. Selecnan Mr, Trask, stated The Boston andaine =railroad was not Loins to charge the Town anything for tree straightening and widening the road over its property, and the railroad vas sS. planning to install automatic sigr•sais at the crossing at Sow street after the road is fixed up.S1r. Viano, who owns property on the east side of the street, has agreed to the necessary taking of ssss land and damage to one building. The Town is t put in a sidewalk - on Massachusetts Avenue and Bow Ntreet in front of Siano -sroperty, the sidewalk to cost *750. The motion was carried , unanimously. 9 ;59 Selectman fir, _risk, mover. to take up article 22, offering the following motion, voted ;That tho . own accept the provisions of Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1930 the same being " An Act authoriz- ing cities and towns topproprisLte money for the•purchase of uniforms for members of trieir Police and Fire Bepartments," selectman Sr. Trask explained ,no appropriation was in- volved in this motion , merely the acceptance of the provisions of the act , although the Town did replace uniforms of members of both departments when damaged in their performance of duty, also the : furnishiTg of uniforms for the motorcycle policemen. The above motion was carried unanimously, l0;UU S.M. • Selectman Sr, Trask, moved So take up article 24, offering the following motion, Voted ;That the selectmen be authorizes to install water mains not less tnan six inches in diameter in the following streets and private ways; assachusetts Avenue to the standpipe a distance of approximately 92u feet ; Massachusetts Avenue from Lake Street to iarker street , a distance of approximately 23e0 feet, Cedar Street iron Columbus Street, to hill :street. a dis- tance of approximately 4uu feet , fill Street from Cedar Street to the end of the six inch pipe,a distance of approximately 1780 feet; Garfield street , 32U feet southerly from Ward street; LedgelavJn Avenue from Bedford Street to Hillside 'Terrace a distance of approximately 78U feet. sateen Avenue from Rdbbins Road to Lexington Avenue a distance of approximately 225 feet; Robbins Road from Lscust Avenue, northerly, a distance of approximately 200 feet ; Valles-field Street from :bridge street, a distance of approximately 1300 feet ; Vine Street , ass feet to connect dead end; and for the purpose of said construction, the sum of *10,000. be appropri- ated, . for Water Construction Account, and for the purpose of raising the money, the 'Sown Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Select- man, bolt'ds or notes of the town issued and payable as provided by < <f law. - w.iodf, 6F 4'APE Selectman Mr, Trask, gave a full explanation of theKand the motion was carried, unanimously. 1U;lu i.M. Selectman Mr, Trask, moved to •take up article 26 , offering the following motion, Voted ; That the .,Selectmen be instructed to install sewers in trio following streets; Robbin Road from Locust Avenue northerly a distance 497 em: of aplroximately TUU feet ; itayes Avenue from its present end,.: distance of approximately ...� 685 feet ; 3erwick load from Hayes Avenue, a distance or! ap, roxin tely 100 feet, Cedar ::trout a distance of 650 feet, amd Carried unanimously 10415 P.M. Further Voted; That for the purpose of installing the sewer in Robbins Road, the sum of 46Uu be transferred from the sewer a. sessment fu .d to the sewer construction account , Carried unanimously , 10;16 P.M. .electman Mr, Trask, moved to take up article 29, offering the following vote; Voted; That the Town ratify the action of the board of Selectmen in accepting a captured German .sield Piece from the United States War Department and authorize the Selectmen to place the sa,e upon Hastings Park. Selectman :Ar, Trask, stated this piece had oven accepted by tike Selectmen in connection with the 19th of April celebration, but that they needed the vote of the Town to complete tne transaction.He stated the Selectmen felt a good location for the piece would be at Hastings Park. Mr. Walter d Jones did not think it necessary to have any more momentos of the World War and moved an indefinite postponement. his motion was lost. unanimously,__1U;18 P.M. uriginal motion of Selectman Mr, Trask carried, unanimously. 10;19 P.L. Selectman Mr, Trask, moved meeting adjourn until iionday even- ing, May 4, 1951, at eight P.M. Carried unanimously. 10;20 P.M. A True Record, Attest; own C rk. • .. .:: i 'fid„ -. �. •x e' 498 0 Fist adjourned i: wn Meeting of April , 27,1931. Z7 MAY 4, 1931. The mooting was calla ' to order at 8 ;10 E.L. by James J • Carroll, Town Clerk, accountoderator Mt. holt being absent. 1 Selectman Mr, Tra. k made a motion that Senator Joseph P. cotton act as Moderator Pro. Tem. Un°:.nimous vote, 8 ;11 P.M. uelcctman iJr.Trask moved to take up article 1, offering the following motion; Voted ; That a committeeoi three be a1)pointed by the Moderator to i:repare a revision of the code of by-laws of the Town of Lexington of 1922 and report to the Town Meeting before January 1,19 32. Qarried unanimously, 8;12 P.M. selectman Mr. Irask , moved to take up article 23, oifer- ing the following motion, "Voted; That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire from Mary J and Helen A McCaffrey an easement across the property owned by them for the purpose of laying a twelve inch water main connecting ,Massachusetts Avenue with the standpipe. Selectman i.ir. Trask stated they offered this motion in • connection with the vote taken at the last meeting, and That it was necssary to go through ?rivate property to lay this main, but did not * believe it v;o: ld mean any outlay of money for -the Town. Tne motion was unanimously carried. 8 ;14 P.M. beloctman ` r. Trask moved to take up article 21, offering the following motion , Voted ;That the sum of 422,715.61 be appro- priated and assessed to pay the judgement obtained by the plaintiff in the petition for damages brought against the Town by .Daniel J O' Connell on account of a taking by eminent domain by the Town of the easement of a building line on his property on Mask.achusetts Avenue on December 18,1930. Selectman Mr. Trask stated at first it was tnought tat part of this judgement could be raised by a bond issue , but since that time he has beeen advised differently, and that Town 0ounsel Sydney • li Wrightington had conferred with the Attorney General who was of the opinion that it was not possible to raise any of the money under • this article by a bond issue , Therefore, he had entered it on his motion that it come airectly from the tax levy. Mr. Francis E Burke, moved to lay article 21 on the table. Mr. S. R. Wrightington suggested that they take up the three articles 21,3u and 31 , relating to the same matter at tne same time. Mr. Francis Burke therefore withdrew his motion to lay . •article 21 on the table, moving to take up articles 21, 3u and 31, and under article 3u he offered the following motion, Voted; That the Town accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messers. Rubin and beligman to the property of AnBtiss 6 Hunt, et al, as laid out by the Selectmen under date of March 2,1931, and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s office entitled ," Plan showing proposed relocation of a portion of Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, October 17,193U, Scale 1 inch- 2u feet, John T -Cosgrove, Town Engineer, and for the purpose of relocating Massachusetts Avenue the sum of 460,0.O. • be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising this money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell, under the direction of and with tne aproval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable in accordance with law, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine. Mr. Mitchell, speaking for the appropriation vommittee 1 499 said that the committee was unanimously in favor of the appropriation under Article i, which pays off the judgement against the 'Qown,but , with one exception, and that exception , a member was not present to vote, the committee was not in favor of the 460,000 appropriation, . Mr. Burke gave a lengthy explwination of the situation as seen by him ,expressing the idea, that this was the right time to buy this proposition, for by delaying meant a larger expenditure later on. Mr. Greeley asked if above was an offer from the owner to the T own. Mr. Burke replied , tat it was , as the owner had appeardd before the appropriation committee stating he would accept this amount in full payment. Mr. W R Greeley, stated that nothing can be built on the pro- perty in question, and that the Town assumes no risk if the property is not purchaded at the present time, being in favor of waiting until the time when the proposition could be put through to the next corner. He asked if any other proposition would be offered if the present motion was turned down, and the answer was no. He also stated he would like to hear the motion under article 31. Er Burke stated there was no necessity of taking action on article 31 , until article 3U had been voted upon. Selectman Mr, Trask , spoke , stating the Board of selectmen did not approve of this project for the same reasons as explained by Mr, Greeley. Mr. Wm Ballard stated , he thought the -own should pass article 21 as present by Selectman Ur, Trask. Mr. Hutchinson asked it t.-e Town had to take action on article 21. ' Moderator Senator Ootton asked which article . Er riutdhinson oul1 like to hl_.ve taken up first, he replying he wished to have Se, tman Mr, Trask' s motion taken up. Mr. Harold Lamont asked if the case could be carried any further, Mr. Wright ington replying, no points which would make it advisable to go to the supreme Court. Mr. Hutchinson ' s motion then put before the meeting ,which >i was unanimously carried . 8;4U P.M. The original motion of Selectman Lir, Trask was then put before t:ie meeting, and as presented was carried unanimously. 8 ;41 P.M. selectman Er, Trask moved article 30 be indefinitely postponed., carried unanimously . 8;4.:; P.M. Selectman _;:r , Trask, moves article 31 , be indefinitely post- poned. unanimously carried . 8 ;43 I .M. Selectman' .ir, 'Trask moved to take up article 27, putting the same in three votes /. Part une. Voted ; That the ,. Selectmen be instructed to have drains installed in Carville Avenue, from near Oak street, to the brook crossing uarville Avenue near Ames Avenue, a distance of approx- • imately 600 hundred feet and for the purpose of said construction the sum of 41417 be appropriated and assessed. Part Two, Voted; •hat the Selectmen be instructed to have drains installed in MasLachusetts Avenue and bottler Avenue from Bowker street *o the Brook, a distance of approximately 710 the purpose of said construction the mo of 428be0appropriated and or and assessed. • Part Three, Voted ;That the Selectmen be instructed to have drains installed in Ularke +otreet from Raymond Street to Parker Street, a distance of approximately 90U feet. and for the purpose of said construction the tum of 42092 be appropriated and assessed. Under part one selectman Mr Trask read a letter from a Uarville 500 1)0 CIL Avenue resident threatening the 'y own with a damage suit because of surface waters draining in his cellar, stating other complaints from residents of that section. Er. ::iitchell, for tie appropriation committee said tne committee had not approved the projects under tnis article because the tax rate would be so high this year, also stating , conditions went ions were not so clearly explained , as they had been at tne Town Meeting, predicting a tax rate of 435.0o for this year. General discussion, Er, Greeley, Mr Nichols, and Er.Wrightington, i,'r. William arshall, stated the case w:•s justifiable, and III moved a committee of throe be appointedthe condition existing. /0Si/-r4 uelectman x, Trask, stated he di, not think it was necessary to appoint an investigating committee. Mr. Earshall ' s motion put before tne meetii'.g and was lost , Unanimously 8 ;58 .w. Part one . of Select an ,Yr Track' s motion, regarding drains for earville Avenue vas tie\ assert unanimously. 8 ;59 P.M. In regards to part two,:)elLctman Er, Trask read another letter, from George L i?ottler, stating wanted a drain placed in before iiiay 15. Fart Two, was then put before the meeting , and carried unanimously . 9 ;01 F.M. selectman Mr, Trask, explaiAhe necessity of part three; of this motion which was decided as being lost by;the koderator. f On the question of his decision by several , it was de- clared to take a rAising vote , the Moderator apy.ointing tris following as tellers, flie sers. Locke, Ohamberlain and burnham, with the followi,:g results; III Affirmative. Negative. e 21 Er. Locke 7 38 r. Ahamberlain 25 . 1. i1 15 Mr. Burnham 11 74 Totals 43 Therefore the vote was carried 74 to 43, . 9;03 1- .M. Selectman Jr.: Trask moved the meeting be closed . Unanimous . 9;04 P.M. A True Record, Attest; ,: own lcrk. ept emb er 21. 1931. o Ino ,own Clerk; 10 ' I have notified the inhab it ant s of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing o+a :.xa7Ct .,in .lzr.e...Bost .0, Tice, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building a,na six .o-Vher public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the l'own seven days before tne time of said meeting. Attest ; 41 P atricklEaguire. constable oiLexington Above is •eorAslLule' s return of ,;a,rrv.nt of c;ept .28, 1931,1age 501. 501 TOWN WARRANT . Commonwealth of Massachu etts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the 'i'own of Lexington, in said L ounty, Greeting ; In the name of t ,e Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify tne inhabitants or the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Lary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on Monday, tne twenty-eighth day of eeptember, 1931, at 8 ;Ou o' clock P.M. then and there to act on the following articles ; Art.l. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the ' own and to appoint other Committees. Art.2. To see if the Town will amend Article III, eection b, of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington by striking out in the fir,t sentence the word "six " and inserting in placethereof tne word " eight " so that section 5 will read as follows; " Lection 5. l'he annual meeting of the 'Town shall be called for eight o' clock in the morning and thereafter tne polls shall be ti open continuosly for voting until eight o' clock in the evening. Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as ' shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the "arrant for tne meeting." Alf Art. 3. To see if the Town will appropriate money to pay the necessary 1111 expenses of the superintendent of Parks incurred outside the common- wealth in .-ecuring information upon matters in which the Town is in- terested or which may tend to improve the service in the Park Depart- ment and for the purpose of meeting the appropriation to transfer • from the account of Parks & Playgrounds the sum of 4,65. to 'Travelling -Expense Account. Art.4. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, or accept the layout of as a Town way, Allen street from a street now or formerly called Allen Street a distance of Approximately 600 feat northerly, as laid out by the selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk dated July 2, ]$31, appropriate money for the construction of said street by transfer from other accounts, or act in any manner relating thereto. 4 Art.5. To set if theTown will vote to transfer the following sums to the Excess and Deficiency Account; r rom Highway Construction, (Pott ler and 'Taft Avenues and Bertwell road Account ) 836.3U From Daniel J O' Connell ( Building Line Accounts 5UO.uu 41336.30 Art.6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer prom Overlay deserve Fund to Department of Public Welfare tne sum of 4198 .23. )44k a. Art.7. To see if the TownAvote to appropriate money by transfer from the excess and Deficiency Account or from other accounts to the follow- ing accounts; zloction and - egistration Collector of Taxes eater Department Maintenance Public "'elfare Department Engineering Department School playground and park purposes ( zllen A' Stone Property) Art . 8. To see if the Town will vote to rescind that part of tne vote passed at a town meeting held April 27,1931 under Article 18 which reads as follows, " and that said construction work ae done in con- junction with the 'tate and County under Chapter 9U of the General Laws ` so that the vote will read as follows ; . " Voted triat the sum of 45,000. 502 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of all or any part CC of Wood Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Bedford Line". Art. 9. 'o see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets ; Allen Street from the end of the present main northerly a distance of approximately 210 feet ; Parker street from Massachusetts Avenue to Clarke -treat a distance of approximately 1400 feet ; "orest Street from Clarlte Street to iiazzey Street a distance of approximately 50u feet ; Muzzey street from Forest Street to Massachusetts Avenue a distance of approximately 1000 feet ; L rancis Street from woodland Rd. a distance of approximately 4uu feet ; ichard Road from Tower Street a distance of approximated 58b feet westerly; Tower Street from the end of the present main in Plainfield :street to Massachusetts Avenue a distance of approximately 90u feet ; Lowell Street from the end of the present main to North Street a distance of approximately 2250 feet. Art.1.0. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets; Oakland Street from The present end near the Merriam Factory to Chandler -treat a. distance of approximately 1100 feet ; Lisbeth Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Hillside Avenue a distance of approximately 300 feet ; -Richard -load from Tower Street a distance of Approximates 58b feet westerly; Tower Street from the end of the present main in Plainfield street to Massachusetts Avenue a distance of approximately 900 feet ; Summit -load to inewood Street a distance of approx mately 750 feet ; Hunt Road from Massachusetts Avenue a distance of approximately 450 feet ; and appropriate money for said sewer construction by issuance of bonds, notes or by transfer from other accounts or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.11. 'o see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets ; Baker, Tucker, 0hase and "atson Avenues, Hunt and dobbins Roads. Art.12. to see if the Town will vote to accept the following deeds and conveyances for highway purposes; From Arthur C Whitney approximately 185 square feet of land at tne junction of Abbott -load and Meriam street. From Hallie C. and Lulu L. Blake approximately 2590 square feet of land at the junction of Franklin Road And Mariamstreet ; From the Ldison 41.ectric Illuminating Co. approximately 4200 square feet of land on Massachusetts Avenue ; From ilarie A Miller et al a parcel of land at the junction of Marrett load and Lincoln Street and along Lincoln street ; From Helen B 5arano a parcel of land at the junction of Marrett Road and Lincoln street. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote upor petition of Laniel J. O' Connell to amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and map by changing from an 3.1 distract to a C.1 District thu following described parcel of land; A triangular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Averu.e distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by "oburn street distant... 320.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston }. and Lowell Railroad Corp. right of way distant 317.40 feet, con- taining 27, 994 square feet. 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 dug :eturn of this • Warrant, with • yours doings thereon, to the T'owia 'Clerk, on or before the time of said mooting. Given under our hands, at Lexington this fifteenth day of weptember, A. L. , 1931. Uohert k grask.ularen . a nnon. Selectmen of bailie Blake. Lexington. Constable' s return John Gilcreast. on page 500. AeodoreAsw ACi stanoe. 0 TOWN ATE TING . S t TEel'VBER 28, 1931. The meeting was called to order by Moderator, r. Holt, at 8 ;12 P.M., about 130 Town Meeting Members being present. Town 'dlerk, James J Carroll, began the reading of the "arrant, upom motion of selectman Mr. Custance, further reading of the earrant was wavied. The Town Clerk then continued, by reading the Constable' s return of the 'arrant. Art.l. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 1. Under this Article Mr. Lawrence G Mitchell, chairman of the Appropriation Committee read the following report, covering the Alrticles in the Town "arrant for the Meeting of 5ePtember 28.1961, as being approved by the Appropriation dommitee --- approved Under Amount T''rom Account of To Account of --- _Article ----- --- 3 465.00 Parks and playgrounds Traveling i7xpenses 4 1200.00 Massachusetts Avenue Allen Street Uonstruction construction 5 83e.3U Highway construction Excess & Deficiency Pottier & Waft Avenues and Lertwell Rd. Ace't ) - 500.u0 Daniel J O' Connell Excess & Deficiency ( Building Line Acc' T ) 6 1986.234 Overlay deserve Fund Dept ofrublic eelfare 7 75.00 ` Excess & Deficiency elections & Registrations 30u.00 ' excess & Def- ciency Collector of Taxes 3000.00' Excess & Deficiency Public c:lfare Dept. 4b0.uO Excess & Deficiency .engineering Dept. 90u.0u - Excess & Deficiency school playground and Park purposes ) Ellen A tone property ) 8 5000.00 10 8000.00 Sewer Assessment r'und installation of Sewers 20uv.0u✓ ixcesE & Deficiency installation of :;ewers 10000.00 To be raised by Bonds Installation of :ewers Or dotes Ltespectfully submitted, Larw ence u Mitchell,Uhman. 8;15 P.M. Art.l.Under this 1,rticle '-electman Mr. Trask offered the following motion; "Voted; That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to furnish the details of a design for a new Town beal subject to tne approval of tne welectmen, and when so approved to become the seal of the Town. " selectman ?fr. Trask explained there had been some criticism of the present seal, due to the fact that the center of the seal does not re- present any minute-Dian in particular, rather, resembling tie Concord teal. He stated , he felt this wouldbe a good opportunity to study it and makL any changes ii necessary . Mr. V. Emery, stated he felt the seal was as good as ever, speaking against any change in the design of tne present seal, but suggested a clear copy be made of the original design, for the reason, if same not clear at present, in all proability, caused from continuous repro- ductions. The motion under Article 1, as offered by Selectman Mr. Trask for changing of tne resign of The Town Seal, was. unaninously lost, 9;16 P.M. A �$.�electman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 2, offering the following motion , " Voted; That article 111, Section b, of the Code of by-Laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington be amended by striking out in the first sentence the word "six " and inserting in place thereof the word " eight " so that section. 5 will read as follows; " Section 5. The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for eight o' clock in the fr 504 0 morning una thereafter the polls shall be open continuosly for vote- ing until eight o' clock in the evening. Immeciately upon the announce- ment of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the select- men i,. the Warrant for the meeting. " Selectman Mr. Trask, explained , in observing the last elects in, Lhere did not seem to be Lily partivular reason for opening the polls at sixo' clock in the morning, since the closing time has peen changed to eight o' clock in the evening, it gave everyone plenty of opportunity to vote, also at the last election the vote cast up until eight o ' clock in the morning wv.s very light. Haynes, ,not Mr. s oke opposing the vote, and hoped it � ouldrev all. Mr. P. -. Burke, opposed the vote, stating she polis should be open as early as possible, inorder to give those of anyone the opportunity of voting, whenever they could, as he felt in changing the time of opening the polls, it might possibly, deprive someone of the privelege of voting, which should be avoided. As the` cnanging: of they-Laws requires tiro- thirds. vote of , the Town Meeting Members present, the following tellers were appoint- ed. Messers, Glynn. Blake and Locke, with the following result ; Yes No 10 Glynn 19 18 Blake 45 T+ocke 20 31 84 The. motiof as presented by selectman Trask , underarticle 2,to change the opening hour of the polls was lost 84 to 31, 6;25 P.M. Art. 3.Under article 3. selectman . :: r. Trask, offered the following motion ; " Voted;That t! a sum of 465.e0 be a-: propriated to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintenden$ of Parks incurred outside the "ommonvoalth in securing information upon matters ifl which the Town is interested, or which may tend to improve the service in the Park Lepartment , and that to meet this aopropriation the sum of 465. be transferred from tze Parks and Playgrounds Account to 1ravolling Expense Account. In explanata on of the above article, Selectman Mr. 'irask, stated similar articles had teen placed in previous warrants, due to recent law passed, which stated that such expenses must have a separate appropriation, also , Mr. Garrity, has worked for the interest of the Town for` long time, and a long while since he has asked to attend anything of this nature, and felt the information that would be obtained would be a benefit for the :own, stating,the selectmen \ ere in favor of the appropriation. married unanimously at 8 ;28 P.M. Art. 4. C ormnon�;ealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. Lexington , L ss . Ju4 :14.31. Town of Lexington, selectmen' s Room. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given due written notice of the intention of said board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way the way known Allen :street , from a street now or formerly called Allen street, a distance of about 600 feet northerly, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held this day, and no object- ions having bsen made ; Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is ORDERED ; That this Board of selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Allen Street be laid out and established as a public town way, and that the same here- by is laid out and established as a public town way respectively, as follows;- The westerly line of Allen Street begins at a point in the northerly line of a street now or formerly called Allen Street said point being southoas erly and distant about 337 feet from the easter- ly line of Waltham :street, thence bearing to the left with a curve of radius 30.00 feet distant 53.59 feet to a point of tangency , thence N 1 59' 30" distant 209.01 feet to a Loint of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1144.53 feet radius 505 distant 122.02 feet to a joint of tangency, thence N 4007' E distant 73.63 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 532.40 feet radius distant 76.97 feet to a point ol tangency, thence 44-10' w distant 75.89 feet to a point. The easterly line of Allen etreee begins at a point in the easterly line of a street now or formerly called Allen Street, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 521.49 feet radius distant 281.85 to a point of tangency, thence id 1° 59 ' 30 " e dis- tant 124.36 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1104.53 feet radius distant 117.75 feet to a point of tangency, thence II e07' E distant 73.63 feet to a point of curvature , thence bearing to the leit with a curve of b72.40 feet radius distant 82.75 feet to a point of tangency!; thence 14 4"10' e distant 75.89 feet to :.a point . The above described lines are parallel with and distant 40.00 foot from each other with the exception of the curved inter- sections with the street now or formeely ca±led Allen Street. Said e.11en Street is hereby laid out and established as shown on a plan, entitled, " Plan of ellen Street at elean clin School Property, Lexington, .bass. , July 2, 1931, ecale 1 in - 4U ft. , John ,e, eosgrove Town --ngineer, " which plan is on file in tee Town Olerk' s Office it said Lexington and a copy of which Till be recorded with ei: elesex ►youth 'district .eeeds witn a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the cuestion of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and tnrough which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby deter- mines tnet no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Ioard hereby declares that all acts herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing tee a _.essment of betterments. Cobert e Trask Olarence Shannon Board Hallie C Blake of John E Gilcreast Selectmen. • Theodore A Custance Under Art. 4. " Voted ; what tee iown accept the lay out as a own way of Allen etroot from a street now or formerly called Allen Street a distance of approgimately 6U0 feet norenerly, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan by John T Cosgrove, Town Engineer, dated July 2, 1931, orn rile in the sown Clerk' s Office, and for the purpose of construct said street the sum of *r12u0 be transferred from excess and Deficicy Account selectman . Mr. Trask explained , tnis was to maze easy access to the .New Franklin School, as the approach is by way of what has been called Allen Street, but does not pa s in iront of the School. In front of file School is an old private way. and he felt -the school should be on e. public way, sating this s reet in a vary bad condition and should be made passable before Winter set in . the street is only to be constructed as far as the school at this time, and from money that is left over from uasachusetts Avenue Construction- Account, and should be transferred to the lrxee.s and .ueficiency Andount, and tnen it could be used Tor this purpose. Mr. L G Lditchell, stated, tho Appropriation Uoinmittee would change their report, so it. would approve the money to be tr .nsferree from i:xcess and Deficiency instead of Maseachusetts Avenue Construction. The entire reading was wavied , and the article as put by Selectman ,:r, Trask, was carried unanimously, 8 ;33 P.M. Art. 5. Presented ey Selectman , :[r. Trask{ " toted ; :That the sum of e836.3U be transferred fror Highv a.y Construction ( Fottler and Taft Avenues and Bertwell ilaod Account ) to iiecese and ee± ciency Account . " selectman Lr. Trask, explained, this money we left over from construction accounts and should be tranUTerred to Axcess and yefici ency so It could be made avaiiaele for use at this time. Inc, vote carried unanimously at o ;3b P.M. Also Voted under article b; That the sum of *500 be transferred from l aniel T O' Connell( Building Line Account ) to .xcess and Deficiency Account. belestman Mr. Trask, explained , this money was appropriated for building line damage, but lat er an appropriation was mane to cover the suit for damages and enerefore left this amount of money available for transferr . Oarrled unaelwueus.uy ii;eeb P .m, 506 Art.6.Selectman :,:r. Trask, moved to take up article 5, offering the following motion; CC Voted; " Thrt tree sum of '41983.23 be transferred from Over- lay aocerve Fund to the Department of Public 'ielfare. Expls: nation by Selectman Mr. Trask, as follows, the Over- lay -deserve Fund has been in the Treasury since 192e amd 1927, this fund is left for tree purpose of covering unseen expenses, that were liable to happen, and to be used only in cases of emergency, and he felt at this time , account of the G eprussion and the needs of the welfare Department, it was tare groper time to apply same. O:rried unanimously 8437 P.M. Art. 7.Undcr article 7, ele ct a m Mr. 1 rask,offered._ the ollowing motion, Voted ; "That Lae following sums be transferred from tne yxceSE and Deficiency Account to the following accounts." Selectman Mr. Trask asked for the privilege of taking up the various items individually account of the explanations to be offered, which was agreed upon. Elections and -Zegistrationsy 7b.UU carried unanimously 8;35P.M. Collector of Taxes 300.00,account of the number of Tax Titles, and extra work necessary, because of people unable to pay their taxes , it was necessary to ask for the ai ount stated, carried unanimously 8 ;39 P.M. public Welfare Deapartment ii3000.00, Selectman Mr. Trask gave a lengthy talk on the needs of the Public Vdelfare Department, and because of conditions just now, and for the coring Winter, it w _s necessary for this department io have more money, stating • statistics, which showed a considerable increase in the number of persons the Town has had to aid, and from the return of euestion- aires which had Seen sent out , it appeared at least twenty- seven more families, would possioaoly aske . for Cassis tance,) Larried unanimously 8 ;47 P.M. 1Lngineeris6 Department 445 0.00, tnis amount ofo was needed to carry out to the end of the year, if not u e necessary to discharge two from this department , whicfi was not favorably looked upon , as these men were well qualified in this department, also well acquainted wiCli the various parts of the Town, which would be a big handicap at the ceginning of the new year, when it would be necessary to hire two man, who ,'.ould be unfamiliar with the Town. Carried unanimously 8;50 P .M. School playground and park purposes( Ellen A Stone pro- perty) 4250.0U, explained Miss. Stone Was away when tne appropriations were made for this property originally, and since her return, she was advised by experts, the property at ;:his time was worth from 4350u. to 44000. , while tne Selectmen in conference with a isE. Stone' s attorney finally agreed upon tne amount of 42500. which was considered as a reasonable price, and upon su gest ion of the Selectmen, it was aUvieeable to accept at this price, rather than to have a law suit , which might prove to be more costly This part of the motion wss put in two sections,the second part being;School playground and park purposes ( for land taken by Eminent Domain) Alen I Stone property 650.00. At this time , the Moderator Mr. Molt, called .Doctor James J to the platform to act as Moderator Pro-tem. Question by sir. Ballard if the amounts were to be voted upon separately, which was answered, as yes. The.. first part of 4250.0U was carried unanimously 8 ;b8P.M . the 2nd. part of 4650.00 was carried unanimously 8;59P.M. Moderator Er. Holt, returned to the platform,a6aiii re- suming charge of the meeting, stating his reason for asking to be excuse&was , that he had been Counsel for Miss. Stone in the above case. Art .B. Under this article Selectman Mr. Trask offeree: tree follow- ing motion; Voted. ;" shat tne Town rescind treat part or the vote passed at a Town Meeting held April 27. 1931 under Article 18 . which reads as follows; " and tnat said construction work be done in conjunction with tree State and County under Chapter 90 of the Genaral Laws, " so that the vote will read as follows; " Voted that the sum of •h, 000. be appropriated and assess • - 507 ed for tee construction of all or any part of Wood Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Bedford Line, " Explained by selectman Mr. Trask, et the time the vote was originally passed, regarding Wood Street , it was felt, money could be obtained from both the County and the State, as it stands at present the State is agreeable to give assisstance, but tile County was not been convinced that eood Street is important enough to warrant County money, while the Board of Selectmen feel, the condition of this street is such , that a.s much of the stweet as can be constructed for 45, 000. should be taken care of at once. carried unanimously 9 ;04 p.M. Art.9.Under this article Selectman Mr. Trask offered the follow- ing; Voted; " That the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains, not less than six inches in diameter, in tee following streets; Allen Street from the end of the present main northerly a distance of a. roximately 210 feet ; Parker Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Clarke Street a distance of approximately 140u feet; reorest Street from Clarke Street to Muzzey Street a dis- t< nce of approximately 50U feet; Muzey Street from r orest Street to Massachusetts A venue a distance of approximately 1000 feet ; At this time selectmen Mr. Trask explained, this would mean the final tie-up of the 12-inch mien, begun this spring in the sec- tion of Clarke, Muezey and r'ortest Street. , and v:hen this work w 'comLleted a serious fire menace will be eliminated, as the present pipes had been down tor many years, and are in no way adequate to supply the demand made upon teem. Carried unanimously 9 ;10 P.M. and further voted; what the Selectmen be authorized to in- stall water mains, not less than six inches it diameter, in the • following str._ets, subject to the usual guarantee ; Francis Street from woodland Read a distance of approximate- ly 400 feet ; Carried unanimously 9;11P. Me Richard Road from -Lower Street a distance of approximately 585 . eet westerly ; Carried unanimously 9 ;12 P.M. Tower Street from the end of the present main in Plainfield Street to Massachu etts Avenue a distance of app-roxitately 90U feet ; earrit.d unanimously 9;14 P.M. Lowell Street from the end of the present main to ilorth Strait a di tante of approximately 2250 feet ; Mr. A H Burnham, stated on account of: oily- two houses in this section at this time, v:ith not a greet deal of encouragement of more houses to be uuilt in the near future , he didVeel or think this work should be done , at this time. On a voice vote , tee Lowell Street project was declared lost by the Moderator, while Mr Chas. Ryder questioned the decision. The Moderator then called for the necessary seven people to rise who question tree decision of the vote, as only three persons arose, the original decision of the Moderator, declaring the vote as being lost was in order; 9 ;15 P.M. Art.l0. Under article 18 , selectmen i,_-r. 'Trask offered the following motion ; voted ; " That the Selectmen be authorized to install a sew- er in Oakland etroet frog the present end near the Mariam eeectory to Chandler Street a distance of approximately 1100 feet ; Each section wee voted upon seperately, this part carried unanimously at e ;le P.M. Voted ; Ihat the Selectmen be authorised to install a sewer Oa; Lisbeth Street from assachusetts to Hillside Avenue a distance of approximately 30u feet, carried u animously 9 ;17 P.M. Voted ; That the Selectmen be authorizes to install a sew- er ie Richard Road from Tower street a distance of aepro:ximately = 5$5 feet, and tee Selectmen be authorized to install a sewer in ' ' e Tower Street from the end of the present main it Plainfield Street to Massachu. ects Avenue a distance of aL.proximately 9cc feet. or a total of 148b feet, carried unanimously, e ;18 r .M. Voted ; Shat the Selectmen be euehorized to install a sow- er in Summit Road to Pinewood Street a di, tante of approximately 750 feet. :question by Mr. Ch ambiatin, stating he nor Mr. Murphy were interested in the sewers being instalied ue to or by their residence, stating would like to know tee number feet required to install in Summit -toad , - also the cost. Answered by eelectmen Mr. Trask, approximately 450 feet , which would cost aboute3150.0U. 508 Thereby :.:r. Charnbrrlain o.: fered an amendment to tie original motion, which read as follows, that tae sewer contemplated for Summit Road, be laid only through Summit Road, a distance of approximately 45u feet. At this time Selectman Mr. trask , stated he would substitute i;r. Ohamberlain' s figures in his original vote, if by so doing Mr. Shamberlain would withdraw his amendment . Mr. Chamberlain agreed to v.ithdraw his amendment . (1XAT.k Therefore the motion was put , which read as a.oliows; voted; i' hat the selectmen be authorized to install a sower in summit load, a dis- tance of approximately 4bU feet ; As there was some doubt of tne result of the IA) a rising vote was taken with the :ollowing results; Yes No L3 Glynn 0 32 Blake 0 64 Locke 0 119 0 It being declared a unanimous vote, carried at 9 ; 24 P.M. Voted ; what the Selectmen be authorized to install a sewer in Hunt -toad fcom sassachusetLs Avenue a distance of approximately 45U feet, carried unanimously at 9 ;2s, P +.M. s'urther voted, that sor the purpose of constructing and install- ing sewers in paid streets, the sum of s8, UuU be transferred irom the Bower Assessment bund to the Sewer Uonstruction Account and tne sum of 42,0uu be transferred from the :excess and Deficiency Account and that the Treasurer with the a pproval of the Selectmen be and hereby is autnorized to sell bonds or notes of the Town in tine sum of w10, 0s0. issued and payable in accordance with law. carried unanimously 9 ;28 P .M. Art. 11. Vote that tide selectmen be authorizes to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets; .siker, Tucker, Uhase and Batson Avenues, Hunt and Robbins Roads, Offered by selectman $r.'irask. selectman Syr. srask stated Inert) wastrio present appropriation to install. tne lights and co er the expense for tree rest of tnis year. sa_°riea unanimously , 9 ;29 P.M. Art.12. Offered By bolecLman Mr. Trask, in three seperate parts, which were voted upon seperately, Voted teat tse Town accept a deed of 18b square beet of land at tne junction of Abbott road and Meriam street conveyed to the Town es Arthur 0 shitney.0arried unanimously 9;30r.T . Second part, Voted tnat tne Sown accept a deed of 259u square feet of land at the junction of Franklin noad and Meriam street con- veyed. to the Ton by Hallie S. and Lulu M.Blake.Unanimous 9 ;31.S.M. Third part,Voted that th]e Town accept a deed of 4suS square feet of land on Massachusetts Avenue conveyed to the Town by the edison electric Illuminating Co. Carrie ' unanimo..sly 9 ;32 P.M. Art. 13. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 16. Under this article Mr. Clayton Morse offeree the following motion; Voted; shat the Town amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and map by changing from an 3-1 to a U-1 district the following described parcel of land ; " A Triangular parcel of land bounded on tee north- west by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by soburn Street distant 62U.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp. right of way distant 617.40 feet, containing about 27,994 square feet." Lir. Frederick L Emery, chairman of the ..Tanning Board, stated under the provisions of the Zoning Law, the Planning Board is re- quired to present its recommendations and he presented the follos- ing report ; report 01 the Planning Board under Article 13 of the Warrant of September 15th,1931, upon the petitio.. of Daniel J 0' Sonnell to change the triangular parcel •of land bounded by r'letcher Avenue, Woburn street and the Boston & Lowell Railroad from an R1 District to a 01 District. Pursuant to tne provis _ons of the Boning By-Laws a hearing was held by the Planning Board on July 9,1931, at8 ;le P.M., at wnlch the petitioner appeared with fourteen other citizens and one out-of- town owner 9f property within the ais'ectod area previously designated b, the Planning Board. Of those present, tne petitioner Mr. O' Connell and eight others spoke in favor of the change. Two Spoke in opposition. Mr.O' Connell did not state definitely the kind of business that he desired to set up on tee property in c uestion if the change in zoning petitioned for was granted, but teat he contemplated eiLher stores, an automobile showroom and salesroom, or a filling station. 509 The property itself lies om LAO corder line between the principal bus Ines:. section of the town and an important residential section, There would seem to be no occasion for enlarging tne business section or district until all property within the present bounds shall have been so nearly utilized as to cause congestion or undue appreciation of values. ahat status has not yet been reached and at,parently will not be reached for some years to come. Until that time is reached no reason is seen for enlarging the present business district. in the present business or 01 district on iaa- sachusetts Avenue extend- ing from aTeriam 'street to "oburn atreet tnore is stiil a total of 1310 ft. frontage of property no'',- yet availed of for business uses. in acting upon petitions for changes i,; zoning, the requirements of the town as a whole should be considered rather than indiviaual preferences or interests, otherwise, the town would quickly lose its orderly development and would be covered with isolated business areas in the midst of residential areas, and isolated values on the one hand would be unduly appreciated, and on the other hand adjoining values lagsaisiokep would be depreciated. It was to avoid just such spotty development that zoning was adopted, and the whole benefit of zoning would be lost if individual petitions for cna.nge, such as gine present are granted. changes should be made when public need recuires. NP business district should be enlarged nor should a now business district be created unless and a .til public convenience reasonably requires the change. pith the large frontage o property, the present business dis • - trict on Maasachusetts Avenue between Meriam :trent and aoburn 'street now available for business but not yet utilized for busi- ness, it is felt that there is no present need for amending our zoning lc.. to provide additional business area, and while it may be true that at some Futuro time the property covered by the present petition,together with other properties in different parts of the town, may in the natural and orderly growth of the town be recuired to accommodate the aemsnds of busi.aess, that time is probably many years ahead, and until then its status should�ot be changed. // the Tlanning Board, after full consideration of the petition and the arguments in favor of it and in opposition to it , unanimous- ly, recommends that the change be not made. Signed ; r'rederick L Emery, ;hmn. C Edward ulynn, J Henry Duffy, • am D Milne, Clarence H Cutler, Edgar .' Schiebe Sei♦tember 28, 1931. aeloctmon Mr. Hallie 0 slake opposing the change, stated at the present time there was an over-supply of stores in the Town, also the property in question had never been in the business dis- trict, and that the purchsor was aware of that fact , at the time ho bought the land, also f the ocealsion arose, when the clange was neccessary, it could readily be taken care of. Mr. Daniel J O' Connell, owner of the property in question, statedrhee was very much interested in that vicinity , in as much as he peen brought up in that vicinity; and to his mind, this particular section was not suitable for residential purposes,ex- plaining of the improvements he had made on this property, since taking it over, which in the past had been a swamp. Mr. O' Connell, stated, at the time the Zoning Laws were passed, he understood, same could be changed if proper reason arose for such, after obtaining the signatures of fifty per-cent of the owners in such area, and presenting same to the planning board, for a hearing. He stated ,he had the approval of ninety-nine per-cent of the property owners , in that section , because of the improvements he would make on the property. Mr. iroderick Emery ,denied the part of Er. O' Connell statement regarding tne changing of the Zoning Laws, stating this was an in- dividgal proposition and rot a business necessity ,and tr_at if every- one who had each an idea and such change.. were made without regard to the looks of tne Town, it could become a hodge-podge of a place. Ma. E i, Worthen, stated, he thought it would be a good starting place, for directing new business propositions down Woburn Street, as there would not be any reason why they should be extended down towards the high-school. 510 Mr. :.Frederick 'finery, s Lated , once this property was placed in the businesL district , the owner could use it for whatever 1,ns- '4") finess he felt like putting in, also , he did not fuel as though the busineEt. section of the Torn would over extend down Woburn btreet, also, that businesL conditions did not warrant extending the bus- iness section at this time . I,Ir. F E Burke , spoke in favor of the change , stating of the number of property owners, in t at particular section , who wore in favor of the proposition, which he felt, should be given considera4 tion in the case,also after improvements were completed, it would bring a large tax from that particular piece of property. Mr. E G Preston, stated, he did not Xeel as though public convenience and nece� city iarranted the change at this time, also, feeling the 'fanning Board worked for tree best interests of l,.° Town, better not make the change unt:.l necessary. .._. , Iir. Greeley, asked 'r.0Connell, to enlighten the people as to what sort of business, he might establish t.,.ere, 11 this pro- pertywas placed in the ousinese district. :;nr. O' Donnell, replied, stating he had various propositions in mind, one being a filling station, or a ga=ge and snow room, or stores, or he might sell it to -Lae Town as a location for a fire station. •� ::r. A Greeley, stated it would cost considerable more to the Town, if trey were to buy it , while being in the business district . then if in a residential district. Mr. William Marshall, spoke in favor of the change, because of the fact, of the abutting property owners being in favor of -this change. Mr.0' Connell again spoke , stating , he hoped, tele members would vote favor of the change, assuring them, whatever he did , would be a beautifying improvemonL to the 'Town, also stating, at no time, would a coal yard ever be placed at this particular spot. As two-thirds vote was required, • - Messers ,Glynn, Blake and Locke were appointed as tellers , with the following results; Yes No. 8 Glynn 16 21 Elake 68 11 Locke 1g 40 66 '1 he vote being declared lost be to 40, at10;09 P .I.7. Selectman Mr. Irask,moved the meeting be adjourned. Unanimous at 10;10 p.m • 511 TOWN WARRANT . Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of L exington in said County, greeting ; In the name of ti-le commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of L exington,quali- fled to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, An Monday, the twenty-third day of November, at 8 ;00 o' clock P:.1 . then and there to act on the following articles; Art.l. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any • Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Art.2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the following sums to the Mrcess and Deficiency Account ; From Mass . Avenue & Fottler Avenue(Installat ion of .brains ) 467.92 From Public Works Bhildin (Equipment and repairs) 7.89 From Highway uonstruvtion(Lincoln Street ) Mas ,.Avenue to Marrett Road 4289. Y7 Y'i From Highway Construction(Mass, Avenue )Lake Street to Xincoln Street 13'70.9S From Highway Const:ruction (Dexter Road) Fuller Road t o . Williams Road 1.9e 45758.52 Art.3. To see if the 'Torn will vote to transfer the sum of 4309O.82 to the credit of the Westview ,,emetery Land Account to the Newer Construction Account . Art.4. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of 170U from the Sewer Assessment Fund to the Sewer Construction Account. Art. h. To see if ttie Town will vote to azppropriate money by transfer from the Lxcess ane yeficiency 4,-ccount or from other accounts to the • - following accounts; idater Maintenance; Highway, Shade Trees, and Parks. Art.6. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets subject to the usual guaranty; Spring -treet from the present end in a westerly direction a distance of a .proxirnately 500 feet ; Lowell Street, from the present dead end to the Burlington- Lexington Town Line, a distance of a_ proximately 4000 feet ; Plymouth Road from Richard -toad to Robbins Road, a distance of a proximately 600 feet ; and also to see if the Town will vote to replace the lour inch water mains iii the following streets by the installation of water mains of a larger size ;Bloomfield Street, from N assachusetts Avenue to Eustis Street a distance of approximately 7sU feet ; Eustis Street to Percy Road,a distance of approximately bee feet; and to provide funds for said construction by transfer from other accounts or uy- issue of bonds or notes. Art .7. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the State Holding Corporation of Cambridge, Mass. the respective sum of ' l218.35 for water pipe laid in Summit head in the years 1916, 1922 and 1926, and to provide funds for same by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes. Art.8. To see if the 'Town will vote to install a sewer in Plymouth Road from Richard Road to -dobbins Road, a distance of approximately buU feet . Art.9. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in the following streets ; Ivan Street and calvirl Street. Art.10. 10 see if the Town will vote to establish tyle exterior lines of Jean Road, or accept the lay out of the exterior lines, from 51.2 Massc'chuset Ls Avenue to Morgan Street , a distance of approximately 556 feet , as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain Plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk dated August 4,1931. Art . 11. Io seg; if tiie Tov.n will vote to establish the exterior lines of Morgan street, or accept tne lay outLexcorior lines, from Jean Road in a south. e.terly direction:b a r ximatel 346 laid out by the Selectmen, ana shown upon apcertain plan on file e � ins the oa.fice of the Town Olerk dated August 4, 1931. Art.12. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue to Ti'ollen toad a distance of approximately 760 feet as laid out by tree Selectmen, and shown upon a plan on file in the o_fice of the Town Clerk dated October 19, 1931, appropriate money for the con- ttrjiction of said street by transfer from other accounts ,or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.l3. To see if the Toim will vote to establish as a Town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Independence Avenue from Locust Avenue to smith Avenue a distance of approximately 2Oe feet, as laid out by the Seleccmen, and snown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk dated October 19.1931, appropriate money for the cony struction of said street by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereLo. Art. 14. To see it the Town will vote to esLaclish as a Town vay, or accept the layout of as a town way, Orescent Hill Avenue from Haskell Street to the Arlington Town line, a distance of approximately 5b0 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town clerk dated October 19.1931,appru- priate money for the construction of said street byttransier from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.15. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, or accept the layout or as a town way, Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue northwesterly a distance of approximately 615 feet, as Laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town clerk dated October 7, 1931, appropriate money for the . construction of said street ey transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.] . To see if the Town will vote to sell and convey to avid Hennessey all right, title and interest of the Town in and to a right-of-way from Lincoln Street to property formerly of the Lexington 'eater Company originally granted by a deed from Moses G. Cobb to ueorge vi Robinson datee October 31,1850 and recorded with Addlesex South :District Leeds Book 609 page 31b. Art.17. To see if the Town Till appropriate money to pay the neces- sary expenses of tree Chief of the sire Department incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interesred or which may tend to improve tne service in the Fire Department and for the purpose of meeting the appropriation to transfer from the account of .wire separtment the sum of e200 to Travelling Expense Account. Art.l8. To see if the Town -eill authorize a conveyance to -ellen A. Stone, Trustee under the will of Ellen A.Stone, late of Lexington , of the following parcel of land,no longer required for public pur- poses; A parcel or land in said Town of Lexington beginning at a stone bound marking the junction of the property lines of land of Charles i . Joy and Ellen A. Stone, Trustee, and the Town of Lexington, said stone bound being northeasterly and distant 10b.01 feet from the intersection of the property line between the land of Charles R. Joy and land of Ellen A.Stone, Trustee, with *,he northeasterly line of Massachusetts Avenue;thenco northerly 41 13' east a dis- tance of 66.68 feet to a point on the property line between the . land of the Town of Lexington and the land of said Ellen A. Stone, Trustoe ;tzence south 460 15' 30" west,distant 41.82 feet to a point; thence south 300 17 ' west,distant 19.4U feet to thq point of be- ginning, containing 112 square feet more or less, as shown on plan of land in Lexington,Lassachus.etts, dated i4ovembor 6,1931,J.T. Cosgrove,Town Engineer. and will specify the minimum amount to be paid for such conveyance. 513 Art.19. To see if the Town wilI install appro,>imatoly lou feet of of 24 inch drain pipe in drain in the n rtherly side of Highland Avenue, being part of the project recommended by H.K. Barrows, Consulting Engineer, Date c beptember 22, 1921, as shown on plan of even date, and provide money for said construction by transfer from other accounts. Art.20. T'o sue if the 'Town will voteupon petition of uatherine F. Herbert to amend the Lexington Zoning By;Law and map by changing from am 1I District to a CI District , the following described parcel of land;- Beginning at county bound on Masachusetts Lvenue and running ' utherly on a curve to a county bound on l:arrett load about 60 feet ; thence along said ilarrett -load south- easterly lou feet ; thence turning and .ru ping northeaster- ly 100 feet to a point ; thence turning and running ' orti- easterly about 80 feet to said _assachu: etts Avenue ;tnence turning and running about 7b feet along said Ialsachusetts Avenue to point begun at. 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 of this Warrant,with yours doings thereon,to the Town Olerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this tenth day of November, A. D. ,1931. Robert P Trask. Theodore A 6ustance. Clarence Shannon. Selectmen II Hallie 0 Blake. of John E Uilcreast. Lexington November 16, 1931. To the Town 0lerk; I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office,in the Vestibule of the lowrt 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. Attest; Patrick J Maguire. Constable of Lexington. 514 PP rad TO' iT MEM ISTG , ." UOVIMER 25, 1931. The meeting was called to order by Moderator Mr. Holt, at 8 ;10 P .M. , with 131 Town Meeting Members present . Town Clerk, James J Carroll,proeeedod with the reading of the ';arrant, when upon motion of Selectman Mr. "..'-ilcreast , further read- ing of the Warrant was wavied. The Town Clerk, then continued, by reading the Constable' s re- turn of the Warrant. Art. 1. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up Article 1. Under this Arti6le,1,:r. Lawrence Mitchell, lm..irman of the Appropriation Committee, read the following report ;- The Appropriation Committee submits its report covering the following articles in the -Town '; arrant for the meeting, November, 23, 1931.- ',proved Under Art. Amount: From Account of ` Q_ CcoUz;t_Qf 2 0,738.52 Various as Listed Excess Deficiency 3 1,090.82 ':iestvie;, Cemetery Sewer Construction Land 4 1, 700. 00 Sewer Assessment Sewer Construction 5 4,000.00 Excess & Deficiency 'seater Maintenance 500.00 Excess & Deficiency Highways 500.00 Excess & Deficiency Parks 6 20,000.00 (Bonds orNotes) 12,13,14. 7 ,000.00 Excess L Deficiency Street Construction 17 200.00 Fire Department Traveling Expenses. 12osyectfully submitted, Lawrence G Mitchell. C ha i rman. 8 ;14 P .M. :r. Mitchell, a1 :o stated the Appropriation Committee had several meetings this Fall in pre_ oration for the annual Tom meetia9, coming in March, and if anyone had any suggestions to offer, in regard to the apy ropriations, the Committee would wel- come the knowleage , and would be pleased to hear from them. Under Art.l. Sen. Jos. Cotton offered the iollcwing motion; VOTED; That the Moderator be added to the Committee of three which was appointed under vote of Town Meeting held Lfay 4,1931 for the purpose of preparing a revision of our Code of By=Laws; and further that the tine within which said Committee is to report to the Torn be extended t3 the next annual meeting. Motion ca .vied unanimously 8 ;lb P. I. Art.20. Under this Article, Selectman Er. , Trask moved to take up Article 20. After Mr. ",illiam J :arshall startea b stating his reasons for in favor of the .'rticie, Lelectman,Mr. 'erask,as ped to have the speaker, read his motion, which the Moderator did,::r.Marehall, offering the following motion; VOTED; That the Town amend the Lexington Zoning By-Law and map by changing from an R-1 District to a C-1 District the foll0w- ing described parcel of land; " Beginning at a County bound on MasLachsetts Avenue and running Southerly on a curve to a Cou ty bound on iarrett _?oad about CO feet ; thence along said i azrrett Road Southeasterly 100 feet ; thence turning and running Northeasterly 100 feet to a point ; thence turning and runnin`: Northeasterly about 80 feet to said M ssachusetts Avenue; thence turning and running about 7b feet along said Massachusetts Avenue to point begun at. ::Mrshall, continued by stating ,Mr. Herbert, whose property was in question, had previously been before the plann- ing board, on three different occaisions, and he telt he hadAbeen 515 treated fairly, with their decisions. E ,•Horbert, owner of the property, spoke . along the same lines as Ar..L Er. Marshall, and to the effect he was not satisfied with results. Mr. Daniel J UtConn.ell, then spoke , repre enting, ;r.Hwr- bert ,stating, his opinion was , Mr. Herbert had not received fair treatment from the planning Board,referring; to the last meting with said Board , when the meeting, moved to adjourn, eithout giving him an oppo-rtuaity to finish his proposition, for the change, also state- ing , he felt the board was being run by one man. ,_r. Edgar F :cheibe, Olark of the Planning Board, could not agree with Mr.O' Connell; stating the Poard was not run by one man, as ho also was against the change being made , as he felt there were sufficient gas stations in the Town already. 'r. Frederick L Emory, Chairnan of the Planning Bea a, spoke glee , statin; , i ne meeting that had been adjourned , as referred to by Er. O' Donnell, had been made necessary, because the speaker did not confined himself to the subjekt of the meeting, after having been told to do so, continuing, Er. m®ry read the report of the Planning Board, which was, as follows; Pursuant to -the provisions of theZoning yaw in respect to petitions of this sort, the Planning Board gave tine necessary public notice of a hearing to be held by it on November 2,1931, at eight o' clock P.L . Notice was also given the petitioner and to others with- in the district designated by the Planning Board as affected b;; the proposed change. Five citizens appeared in behalf of the petition, namely, the petitioner, her husband and son, and two others, one of whom was Er. -eaniel J O'Connell who y e understood to appear as her counsel. Attention was called to the fact, that this was the fourth petition by the same petitioner to have the coning of this particular lot changed, and the petitioner was asked if she had any new reason to give or ground to state for recommendation that the petition be now granted, when upon three earlier occasions the Planning Board had rec- ommended that the petition be not granted and that the change be not made.Petitioner stated that she had no new reason and could state no additional ground. The Planning Board recommends that the petition be IOL granted for reasons previously stated . signed, Frederick B EmeEmery. C. Lodward Flynn. J. Henry Duffy. .; m.D Milne . Clarence II Cutler. Edgar F Scheibe. cuestion by Mr. B J UyCornell,on the right to vote, oy the persons maki:,g the rceonmendations , the Bodorator stating , they had the right to vote on cue matter. A rising vote was taken , a two thirds vote Doing necessary, the following tellers appointee_ b, the Eoderator , with the following results. Yes No 5 Iedman 27 8 Jackson 40 3 :_erriam 19 l ��' The vote was declared lost 8;41 "_rt .2. Selectman Mr. ' ra: k, moved to taie up article 2, offering the following; VO<TEL ; Thatr -ane following sums be tr�,nS7:er� 6Ci to the Excel: and neficioncy Account; From Eassachusetts Avenue and Fott ler Avenue i fns taliat ion of .irainsjG7.92 From Public Works wilding (Equipment and repairs ) 7.89 From Highway Oonstruct ion eL incoln btreet ) Massachuset L s i.venue to Earret L Road 4289. 77 From Highway Construction(Ma Lachusetts Avenue) Lake Street to Lincoln btreot 13'�U.98 From Highway Uonstruction ())exter Road; Fuller . oad to illiams Road 149fi 4 038.02 After a complete explanation by selectman :.:r. Trask, as to the various accounts as listed, stating all v;ere balances from the various prop sitions, and if satisfactory to tee meeting, would suggest all to be voted upon, a ,one vote. ,Lue :tion by t r.H 0 Nichols if money involved, was from assesst- rnents or bond i:• .ues,answered by bel cLm. n : j 14;a ii,uSoitbelav .cb, 516 As the meeting was agreeab.Le to voting on all subjects aE listed under one vote , the vote was put , and carried u:.,animous- lyt • 8 ;46 2 .Y. Art3Soloctm n i;ir. Trask,moved to take up article offering the following motion; VOTED ; That the sum of 41090.82 be- trans- ferred from the +ostview Cemetery Land Account to the sewer Uon.- :truction Account. selectman ;r. Trask, explaifsd this amount was the balance of an old accou t which had been standing for sometime, at the same time not earning any interest , which alio gave an opportun- ity to clear the books, and while the usage of same vas governed by Law , it could be used for Sewer Construction purposes. . r. Edward ,00d, Chairman of tree cemetery Commissioners, opposed the transfer. . , stating they had held on to this amount all this time , abd alttugh not ready to use it Just now, they expected to do so , probably within a short while. Icr. La: rence G L itchell, Chairman of the Appropriation Cor^.mittoe, felt the proposition Ir. 'food had in mind , might not be brought before the Town for three or four years,approved the plan of using same now, and when the Cemetery Commissioners were ready to present their plan, it woaid be time for the Town to vote on it then. Edwin G 'Worthen, asked if the selectmen had consulted the uometery Commissioners before this article was put in the odarrant . Selectman :Jr, Trask, answered , they had not before the article was put if , but they did afterwards. yrorthen felt tie ,,emetery Commis ioners should have been consulted first . 11T4 Wood proposed to transfer the amount to the 'Trustees of Public funds. Zeply from Town CounselL` r. }+rightington same would not be legal. The/notion was then proson#Da.nd carried unanimously b ;t9 P .M. Art . 4.Selectman :::r. Trask moves take up article 4, olfer- in_ the following rnotion;VOT'ED ; That the sum of ;;1700. be trans- ferred from the Sewer Asse sment Fund to the Sever Construction Account . Selectman :ir. Trask, explained this was money that had accumulated in the sewer Assessment Fund , which they desired to transfer :at this time . The motion was carried unanimously at 9 ;01x . : a Art. b. Selectman kr. Trask moved to take up crticIe5,offer- ing the following motion; VOTED; That the following sums be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the following Accounts; ;Eater iaintenance v4,000.00 Highways 500.0c Parks 500.00 It was suggested by selectman Yr. Trask, to vntc cn each item of article 5 , individually, as ho made his explanations, stat- ing the Water Department Appropriation had been cut down at the be- ginning of the year, with the hope , they might po : ibly get along for the year on the reduced aapropriation, but found at this time, it was impossible for thorn to keep within the appropriation, ao they needed this money to carry on the Department . ::r. Hutchinson objected to this transfer ,and moved the article be indefinitely postponed. eloctman Mf. Trask explained, this .epartment was absolute- ly necessary to the Town, and could not carry on the work, unless they had money to continue with, as it mein' t the furnishing of water to homes when requosted,which would not look very favorable to the 1 own, when such a ,ec,uost came in , to have to reply, there were no funds for such work. Hr. -dwin aorthen dig: not approve of transferring the money, stating the department should have kept within the appro- priation, although he stated it vias absolutely necessary that this de:: artment should carry on its work. 'r. llut chinson,then stated, after hearing :selectman Track's explanation of situation, he had a different view of the proposit- ion,ancd asked to have his motion v:ithdrawn,which was granted. That part of the vote comprising the transfe^ring of a4, 000. was then voted upon , and carried unanimously at 9 ;10 L.11 . 517 ghat part of the motion concerning the highways v' s explained by Selectman ;.'.r. Trask as money that was nece:- care to be extended for men who were unemployed, .nd who were unable to do the heavy work of the Water Department, who were in needy ci-rcumstt nces and would have to appy,' to the Tovm for aid, unless Lome way was pro- vided for them , in the way of work. Thatcomprising r High- ways of vote the tran�fe_�rin�, of �eOO to .�igh- way s wt s then voted upon and carried u animously at 9 ;13 P.M. Selectman :• r. Trask, explained that part of the tote regard- ing Shade Trees, stating same was to be used for the same purpose as explained about the mon for Highways. That pvf vupotone nrd iscainrgrihe untramulyng t .to.:hada aasoote 150r Art . 6. selectman :,_r . Trask movoci. to .tae up article 6, offering, tree following motion ; VOTED; That the Loard of selectmen be authorize to install water mains, not les: than six inches in diameter in the following streets, subject to the usual auara.nty; spring Street from the present end in a westerly direction a diLtance of a : proximately 500 feet ; Lowell Street, from the present dead end to theaiiiU 1-alfolaei Lexington Town Line, a distance of approximately 4,000 feet ; Plymouth Road from Richard .:toE:d to tobbins 'oa , t distance of approximately 600 feet. Each part of this article was voted uponeperateiy, the part concerning Spring Street was voted upon and carried unanimously at 961,6 r' The next part, regarding Lowell Street , Selectman i,r . Trask stated, he had a petition from four or five families living • on Said street who needed water , and who were agreeable in paying the guaranty, stating this section of the Torn was nearer to the center, then a good many streets , where mains had already been installed, and felt these people were entitled to the ,ame pri- vilege. Mr. Charles L Hadley stated when the mains were .spleced in hod Street , the street was left in a very bad condition,asking, if when work is finished on Lowell Street, if same would be in a presentable condition. Select ,an Mr . Trask, answered by stating, Lowell Street would be left in a good condition. :r. William J : a-rehall , offered an amendment to the motion; That the work be done by hand labor instead of b, machinery. Selz.ctman Mr. Trask, answered, stating if the eork done by hand labor, it would take a longer time to com.alete tno work , and also would cost about four times as much. Mr. Marshall' amendment was pu to a vote , and was : lost , unanimously at 9 ;25 That part otF the vote concerning Lowell Street was then put to a vote, and was carried unanimously at 9 ;2/P.M. That part of the vote concerning Plymouth Road was then offer- ed to vote , and was carried unanimously at 9 ;28'x ._.. Also voted that the Board of sel:.etrnen ee authorized to re- place the 4" mains in tne following streets with larger meins as follows; A 12" main in hloomfield street, fromMassachusetts Avenue to Eustis street e distance of approximately 'la0 feet; An 6" main in Eustis street to Percy Road, a distance of approx- ilaate4 500 feet; Selectman hr . 'erask explained this was part of the work as planned by Metcalf and Eddy, with a small part being completed from time to time Mr. N. McIntosh inquired if this work was absolutely necessary at this cime. selectman answering , same was not absolutely ne eossary , but would have to be done sometime. Mr. McIntosh , moved to indefinitely postpone this part of the article, which was placed before the meeting , and was carried unanimously at 9;32 P. . And further voted that for the purpose of installing said water mains the sum of v15,000. be a ,propriated for dater Construction Account, and that for tne purpose of rising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of a.,d with the approval of the selectmen, bands or notes of the Town, issued and payable as provided by law. IT McIntosh asked if tne amount for replacements had been taken out . 5eioctman I,_r. Trask , answered they had. 518 P"r. Hutchinson movoa to indefinitely postpone this article. same w s put to a vote , hich was lost unanimously at 9 ;34 P.M. Z? That part of the vote concerning the elb, O0C , was then placed before the meeting, with the following result;, Yes ' Fellers No 28 Devine 1 44 Jackson 7 27 Redman 0 e unanimous 9 ;3& P.M. Art. 7. ;..electman Lir. -reek, moved to tn:ke up orticle 7, at the same time asking for indefinite postponement of this article , which was carried , un ni -.ously at 9 ;36 P.M. Art.8 . 2electman Er. Trask moved to take ul article 8, offering the following motion ;VOTED ; That tee -olectmen be instructed to install a sewer in Plymouth 3oad from -Richard Road to Bobbins hoad, a dis- tance of approximately 6Ou feet. It was rn:: de known by :.::r. Trask , th,_it nt the last o n Meet- ing , money was voted for building of a sever in Richard Road, but since that time. the petitioner , who was building houses in that ' section, had changed his plans , and now wanted the sewer install- ed in Plyomuth goad. carried unanimously at 9 ;38 P .M. Art.9 . Selectman hr. Trask, moved to take up article 9, offering the following motion; VOTED; That tie belectrnen be instructed to install street lights in the following streets; Ivan Street and Calvin street . carried unanimously at 9 ;39 P.m. Lrt .l0. Selectman Ir. .risk, ,tion moved to take up article l0,off- ering the following motion , VO_ D; That tee _own establish the ex- terior lines of Joan Road, an: accept th9 lay out of the e1:torior lines, from 1..ei s,_.chusetts Avenue to Morgan street, a distrnce of a ; roximatel556 feet all as laid out the Selectmon and shown upon a certain ;'lan on file in the office of the `Town Clerk dated August 4, 1931, whicli plan has b -en approved by the Ioard of Sur- vey. selectman °r. Trask, explained , because of the layout of the water pressure systen,it was found necessary to cross the pipe lines thrau ;h private property to the stand pipe on Lincoln ,treet , and in an agreement with the owners, the loun ngineer, made the above layout ,which if accepted , would save the 'Ton any expense which have been incurred from laying the pipes through private land. Motion carried unanimously at 9 ;41 I .M. Art.11. Selectman Mr. Trask , moved TO take up article 11, offer- ing the following motion ; VOTED; hat the Town establish the ex- terior lines of Morgan Ltreet , and accept the lay out of the ex- terior lines, from Jean Road in a southwesterly direction a dis- tance of ar proxiMately 346 feet, as laid out by the be lectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk dated August 4, 1931, which plan has been approved by the Board of Survey. Thisarticle was presented fo2 the same reason as ie , e article ten , and was curried unanimously at 9 ;43 P . Art.12. Selectman :'r. Trask, moved to take up article 12, offer- the following motion; VOTED ; That the Town accept the lay out of Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue to Yellen Road, a distance of approximately 700 feet , as a town way, all as laid out by the :selectmen under date of October 27,1931, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the 'J:own Clerk dated OctobLr 19, 1931, and for two purpose of constructing said street the sum of e2,500. be transferred from the cess and Deficiency Account . The reading of the decsription of same was wavied by the meeting, the motion a presented was carried unanimously at 9 ;47 P. ?. Art.13. Selectman :.:r. Trask moved to take u!.: article 13, offer- ing the following motion; VO'T.'h:D ; That the Town accept the lay out of Independence Avenue from Locust Avenue to smith Avenue a dis- tance of approximately 20U feet , as a town way, all as laid out by the belectman under date of October 27,1931, and shown up- on a certain plan on file in the of/ice of the Town Clerk dated October 19, 1931. and for the purpose of constructing said street 519 the sum 'of 5Ou . be transferred from the Excess^ and Deficiency Account. 2.eading of the description was wavied by the meeting, and the motion as presented was carried unanimously 9 ;50 Art14. Selectmen :r. Trask, moved to take •up article 14, offering the following motion; VOT1D ; That the Town accept the lay out of Crescent Hili Avenue from Haskell Street to the Arlington Town Line, a distance of approxifrately 550 feet, as a town way, all as laid out by the Selectmen under date of October 27, .1931, and shown upon a certain plan on :Elle in. the office of the Town Clerk sated October 19,1931; and for the purpose of coimtructing said street the sum of X2500. be transferred from the Excos and Deficiency Account . ea,ding of t _e description was wavied by the meeting, and the motion as presented was carried u animously , 9 ;b) E . M. .Art.15. Selectmen Mr. Trask, moved to ta.Le up article la, offering the following motion;VOTE ; That the Town accept trio lay out of Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue northwesterly a distance of approx- imately 315 feet, as a town way, all as laid out the Selectmen under date of November 10, 1931, and shown upon a certain plan on - file in the office of the Town Clerk dater October 7, 1931, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of v15U0. be trans- • (erred from the Exce :s and Deficiency Account. Chambe'r1air inquireed why- the metio±i included on7cy half Of the Str.ec.t r:r. Trask, answered because half the people on trio street • wanted j.t,a.nd Other half did not . Folger,, then spoke , stating his residence was on the and of the avenue that was not being accepted, stating he had spok- en to Selectman -r. 'Custance, regarding name, but was to4ate to have inserted in this warrant , also wishing to know, when the time cane , for the acceptance of the other' part of the avenue, if the price ',would be tne same to him then , as the price was going to be now. selectman '_r. Custance, spoke on the subject, stating possi- ably this work might be completed next Spring, and it would not be possible to 2tae a figure on the price now, although he vas of the opinion, when the other part of the avenue was finished the price might be c, little higher. Reading of the degeription was wavied by the meeting, and the motion as presented maw carried unanimously at 10;01 F/ ,,. Art.16 . Selectman Mt. Trash moved to take up article 16 , offering the : ollowing • motio , ;VOTED ; That the Board of Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey to David Hennessy, all right , t tee and interest which the Town has in the. right-of-way granted in a deet: from Moses G Cobb to George ti =tiobinson dated Oct- ober 31,1850 and recorded with Middlesex South District Leeds Book 609 page 315, for the sum of 50-d,00. Selectman nr. Trask, explainer the Town needed no interest in this right of way any longer, and as long as it was adjacent to Mr. Hennessy' s land , and he was desirous of obtaining it , he Thought it advisable t o let him have it . • Motion carried unanimously at 10;04 M. Art 17. :electrnan 12r. Trask, moved' to take up article 17, offering • the following motion ;VuTED; That the sum of 4200 be appropriated to pay the necessary expenses of the Ohief of the Fire Department incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon mat- ters in which the Town is interested , or which may tend to improve the service in the Fire Department , and that to meet this s ,pro- priation the sum of 4200 be transferred from the Fire Department Account to TraVelling Expenses Account. a.rried unanimously at 10;05 i� . .,. Art18. :selectman hr. Tra,. k, move co tale up article 18, offering the following motion; VOTED; That tie .:selectmen be authorized to sell and convey to :Alen A Stone . rustee under the viii of Ellen A Stone, late off' Lexington, tine following described parcel of land no longer rocuired for public purposes ; A ; arcol of land in said mown of .Lexington beginning at a stone bound marking the junction of the property linos of land of Charles 3 Joy and :Alen A stone, -rustee, and the Town of . Lexington, said stone bound being northeasterly and distant 105.01 feet from the intersection of tale property line between the land of Charles R Joy and land of Ellen A Stone, arustee, with t _e northeasterly line of Massachusetts Avenue; tnence northerly 41 13' east a distance of 7 - V . 52O of 60.68 feet to a point on the property line between the land of the town of " exington and ti() land of : aid Ellen A ;tone , 0 Trustee ; thence south o460 15' 30" west, distant 41.82 feet to a point ; thence south 30 17' west , distant 19.40 foot to the point of beginning, containing 112 square feet more or less, as shown on plan of land in Lexin on, ::c.ssachusetts, Shod november 6,1931 J T Cosgrove, Town .ngineer. and accept the sum or live dollars as the minimum amount to be paid for such conveyance. T=oderator :r. Holt , stated ho was interested in this article, therefore called upon Senator Cotton,to occupy the Moderator' s Chair. At this time , the question arose if a quorum present . oderator ';Ar. Holt , called upon the Town Clerk, as to the number of 'Town Meeting :,embers present , whereby the Town Clerk, from actual count, declared 111 Town Meeting Members were present . Er. Holt , .Jhen explained, this was a small piece or land which was in the original piece of land obtained by the Town, but for personal reasons, Miss . Stone , now desired to obtained this strip of land . Original motion was presente with the reiloving result ; Yes Tellers No. 24 Levine u b3 Hill 0 22 Merriam 0 99 0 A unanimous vote . 10;12 P/h. Art. 19. Selectman Er. Trask, moved to tc: e up article 19, at the same time asking for indefinite postponement of this article which was a unanimous vote, at 10;13 P .M. Selectman :_r. Tra.: k, then moved, the meeting adjourn, which w: s unanimous at 10;14 P.M. A true TULA Attest ; ,lown C erk. 521 T OWN WARRAk T e a t Common�v , l ,h. of ��Ma ssachusetts . Middlesex, ss . To either. of L'le Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting : + In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , 1111 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 , Emerson Hall ; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary -lom_orial Hall ) , on MONDAY, THE SEVENTH Dh,Y OF MARCH, A.D. 19: 2, at six o' clock A. M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art . 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 Two Constables for the term of one year One Moderator for the term of one year One Trustee of Public Trusts for }he term of six years Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years Seventeen 'Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three years One Town Meeting iviember in Precinct Two for. one Year ( to fill vacancy) One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for one year (to fill vacancy) . The polls will be open at 6: 00 h, 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-- first day of March, 1932 at 8:00 P.M,; at which time and place the fol:i.o•ring articles are to be acted upon and determlned exclusively by the town meeting memberg in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by sectio eight of said chapter. Art . 2 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the 'io'wn, and to appoint other Committees . Art . 3. To choose such fawn officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nominati-.n. Art . 4. To see if the 'Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpos ,s , in anticinaation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art . 5.- To see if th e 'Town will make the usual appropriations for Town Expenses for the ensuing; year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths , in accordance with Chapter 132 , deneral Laws , or act in any granter relating thereto. Art . 7. To see if t' e Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve 'und as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws , or taire any action relating thereto. 522 Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the U payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departm nts , under. Chapter 32, General Laws, or act In any manner relating thereto. Art. 9 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the eater Department and pa-anent of water debt-, and to provide same by issuance of bonds , notesor by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts , or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action. relating then-to. Art . 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petiti n the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the Year 1932 . Art . 11. To see if. the Town will vote to appropriate money for the support of a Posture Clinic, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health or by a committee appointed by said Board, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art . 12. To see if theTown will vote to appropriate money for Old Age Assistance in accordance with General Saws , Ohapter 118A inserted by Acts of 1930, Chapter 402 or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the painting and repair of the Public Works Department building located on Bedford Street. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of .11830.69 to the Cary Library Account, the same being the sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees. Art. 15. To see if the 'Town will accept an offer from Caroline A. Harrington and authorize the Selectmen to execute an agreement with her for the settlement of her petition against the Town for the assessment of damagesfor. the •taki g 'of. the easement of a building line across her property at the corner of Massachusetts r.venue and Grant Street and for the conveyance to the Town of the land between the said building line and the street together with certain rights in Vine Brook and authorize payment for the same bye the issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. Art . 17 . To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors in determining the rate of taxation to be levied on taxable property for the year to include in the estimated. receipts lawfully applicable to' the payment of expenditures , such free cash in the treasury, not exceeding $10,000, as may be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. Art . 18. To see if the Town will take any action to express to the proper officials of the Federal Government its opinion with respect to the control of the Lexington Battle Green by the •far Department of the United States. Art. 19. To see if the i'own will vote to Install a water main in North Street from Lowell Street, a distance of approximately 3200 feet, subject to the usual guarantee , and appropriate money for said installation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by transfer from other accounts . Art. 20. To see if the Town Will vote to transfer sums from the following accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account : New Headquarters, Fire Station, architects Plans and Contractors Bids $2,000.00 Carville Avenue (Installation of Drain) .95 Clarke street (Installation of Drain ) 1.62 Construction of fence (Between Adams School lot and property of Lllen A. Stone, Trustee, ) 365.89 523 Art. 21. To see if the Town willvote to accept the gifts offered in the following extracts of the "fill of Miss Amy E. Taylor, late of Lexington: - Clause 30. Whereas , my father, George W. Taylor, late of Lexington, deceased, some years ago presented to the Town of Lexington, a flag pole, which now stands on Lexington Common, if such provision has not already been made, I then give, devise and bequeath to the Inhabitants of theTown of Lexington , in trust nevertheless , the sum of Two. Thcmnsand Dollars, this fund to be known as the "George W. Taylor Flag Fund" the income to be used for the care, preservation and replacement of said flag pole, or for the purchase of new flags ; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Common. Clause 31. If I shall not hf.ve made such provision in my lifetin�ne, I give, devise and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars , said flhnd to be known as the GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND, in trust , nevertheless, the income of which is to be expended for the care, purchase or preservation of trees for the adornment of said Town. Clause 41. I hereby bequeath to the Town of Lexington the sum of r'ive Hundred Dollars to be used for the perpetual care of the GEORGE W. TAYLOR LOT in the Munroe Cemetery in said Town -- of Lexington, It is my wiph and desire to have some special care and decoration on said lot on Memorial Day and on June 25th of each year. Art . 22 . To see if the Town will amend Article VIII of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 by adding at the end thereof the following: "Section 2. The Selectmen, when duly authorized by the Town, may adopt orders for the extension of *ater mains under General Laws, Chapter 80, with respect to the assessment of betterTnents , without requiring the agreement described in Section 1." 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 own. Hereof, fail -riot, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the sown Clerk, on or before the tin-ne of said meeting. Given ander our hands , at Lexington, this sixteenth day of February, A. D. , 1932. Robert P. Trask Clarence Shannon Selectmen Theodore A. Custance Hallie C. Blake of John E. Gilcr ,ast Lexington February 26, 1932 . To the `-_gown Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by nesting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by hailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the !own seven days before ,,he tire of said meet."ing. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of L''xi ngton. 524 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the lame 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 Friday, the fourth day of March, 1932 at 8:00 o' clock P.M. then and there to act on the following articles : Article 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Commutees. Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay its portion of the cost of acquiring land and of the construction and equipment and other expenses on account of a hospital situated in WalthaT, and partly in Lexington, known as the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, required by Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as amended, and also being further author:;-zed by Chapter 369 of the licts of 1928, as amended by Chapter 175 of the Acts of 1930 and Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1931 and to provide said funds by issue of bonds or notes and by direct appropriation. 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 of this 'Tarrant, with your doings thereon, to the `sown Clerk, on or before the time of said meetigig. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty- third day of February, A. D. , 1932. Robert P. Trask Clarence Shannon Selectmen Theodore A. Custance Hallie C. Blake of Lexington. February 26, 1932. To the 'Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing '''arrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the '''own Office Building and six other public places in the l'own, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest : Patrick 3. Ma e ir "TOTIWYable�o eX rigton. 52 3P:SC IAL TWIN MEET IIIG I_ARCHi 4 ,1932. :she meeting was called to order by To%.n Clerk, James J Cr 2013 , at 8 ;08 .". Nodorator Robert H Holt , being absent . :Senator Jos. R Cotton was unanimously elected, to preside at this meeting as Moderator Pro-tem. Town Clerk, James J Carroll, started the reading of the warrant for the meeting, when upon motion of Selectman Mr. Trask, further reading of the warrant t-ra:s w€ viod, and the Town Clerk continuos, by reading the Constable' L return of the warrant. Selectman Thr. Trask, moved that article two be taken up. Mr. Hollis Webster asked the question, if 6, quorum present. The Moderator Pro-tem appointed the following tellers, CuLtance, Dr. Walsh and Spencer , to count the number of Town :eeting members present , with the following results ; Custance 24 Dr. Walsh 34 Spencer 18 76 A quorum not being present , the Eoderator,advised suspension of the meeting, ten'minutos,in order to call in more Town Meeting Members. While waiting for a cuor um Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Approriation . Committee , read and explained his report, also ex- piating how the new tax rate , of 30.00 was arrived at . At nine o' clock a recount of the Town reefing 1:ernbers was a- gain taken by the same tellers , with the following results; Custance 2'? Dr. Walsh 2' Spencer 27 Moderator 1 Town Clerk 1 luu 9 ;04 1 .-. The :odorator read article two . selectman Mr. Trask offered t: e following wotion; Votes: ; That the sum of s38 , 350.06 be appropriated by the To -, to pay its portion of the cost of acquiring land and of the con- struction and equipment and other expenses on account of a hospital situated in Waltham, and partly in Lexington, known as the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, required by Chapter 111 of the Ceneral Laws, as amended, and also being further authorized by Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1928, as amended by Chapter 175 of the Acts of 1930 and Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1931, and for this purpose, the sum of 5x38 ,250.06 be appropriated, of which sl2, 350.06 shall be assesses: in the levy of the current year, and the Town reasuror,with the approval of the selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town in the amount of • 26, 000.00 issued and payable as provided by law. .Selectman , Mr. Trask, explained the vote, stating that the cost of this hospital had been divided among the Cities and Towns in Middlesex County , except Lowell and Cambridge, who take,' care of their own patients, also stating notes would be raised to cover half the cost to the Town , to be dated Aril 1, 1932. Account of this item to be paid to the County Commissioners, on or before March 25, 1932, this Specia_1 ?ieeting ` rs made necessary, in order to avoid a tv:olve leer cent penalty _ r. T' : . lobertson, asked how the County Corani, sionors arrived at the figures. -olectman. _ r. Irr sk, explained , according to the valuations 526 Pao of th;; other Cities and Towns in the County. The vote vias presented -s read, with the follol.ing result, Yes ; 99 No ; 0, Declared unanimous ,9 ;06 P..i . Lelectm^n �rasl�, rnovof t .e meeting be adjourned. Unanimous at 9 ;08 i:.:.. A True record , Attest . or ATIIIUAL T Oi N ELECT ION. March 7, 1932. In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of Town of Lexington met in their respective voting 11- c es in said `sown on :_onday, '.larch the seventh in the year of our _.ord nineteen hundred thirty-two at six o' clock in the forenoon . The following places were designated as the voz i.ng :-'laces for the various precincts ;Procinct One, Emerson all; Precinct t o ,T'hree and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers hrving been duly ap- pointed by the Selectmen, and Wardens of t various precincts were assigned for duty as follows; Precinct Une . Charles J Dailey ia,rdon Roland Carmen Deputy Warden Ann H ' _cDonnoll Inspector Katherine A ZuLsell Inspector Ruth 1 Harrington Deputy Inspector Clifton B Daniels Deputy Inspector Mrs. ::cry A :�owla nd Clerk n- 1' zabeth , ilkinson Deputy Clerk Elizabeth Day Teller ' William i.' Welsh Teller `arion A Cook 'Weller Joseph J Pritchard Teller recinct Two . Irving B Pierce Warden David b' Murphy Deputy •;;rrden James G Sullivan Inspector John H Dacey Inspector ndeline J Corbett Deputy In y:octor Loring C Child Del:uty Inspector Ezra F Brood Clerk Victor A Harmon Deputy Gle-rk William V Downo i e_'.ler Edward L is?cLood Teller Elizabeth Nourse Teller Edward McGrory Teller 527 Trecinct Throe. Raiph 11 Marshall Warden Leonard is Dunham Jr Deputy Warden Tessie 3 Davis Inspector James M Ahern Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Ins: ector David Mcpeake Deputy Inspector Frederick Tullar Clerk Charles E holoy Jr Deputy Clerk John ruavanaugh Teller Roy A Ferguson Teller II . Charles Gorman ' eller Samuel ':'Wellington Teller *Daniel i:ucklo Y �.ollor * Called ou-L , but held until closing time , not a loyed to leave. ".`Taken on s t 13;30 P .M. Precinct Four. i'orton G Hopkins Warden James J Wnldron Depwcy Warden William E Mulliken Inspector Frank H Maguire Inspector E Irene Robinson - Deputy Inspector MMatherine ; 1:iern^.n Deputy Inspector Howard 3 Custance Clerk Lester 3 Andrews Teller Margaret T -.Kennedy Teller Melville Webb Teller Fremont Hannam Teller The polls were declared open in each precinct at six o' clock A.M. and remained open until eight o' clock P,M. , after v;hich time after due notice, they were closed. The election officers 7ere sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the to:tly sheets and total vote sheets pre n . od by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration o± voters in each precinct was as follows, Precinct One 1102 One thousand one hundred eighty two. Precinct Two 1123 One thousand one hu :dred t-: entythre° • Precinct :Three 1143 One thousand one hundred fortythree precinct Four 1137 One tho'zsand one bund .red eighty- seven i .htseven The ballots cyst were counted, onclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk at hitt office The Registrars of •Voters canvassed the result as follows; Precinct One _;allots Cast 958 (Nine hundred fifty-eight ) Precinct Two ~_allots Cast 935 (sine hundred thirty-five ) Precinct Three "_,allots Cast 975 (Nino hundred seventy-five) Precinct sour allots Cast 946 (Fine hundred forty-six) TOWN CLERK -- Prec.l. : 2oc .2.Prec.3 Prec.4 Total. James J Carroll 708 7G8 787 728 2: 91 Blanks 250 107 188 218 823 James J Carroll e _octod Torn Clerk for one year. 528 oELECTL'EZT. Prec.l. Prec.2. Prec. 3 .rrec.4. Total. Frank P Cutter 117 117 216 251 701 "'Charles E Ferguson 358 509 406 390 1663 John A Lyons 299 445 407 324 1475 `Daniel JO' Co nell 463 292 371 309 1515 Louis J iieynolds 174 86 77 90 427 Clarence Shannon 168 200 209 206 783 Blanks 337 221 2C3 242 1063 Harold Bullock 1 1 'd` Charles E Ferguson and Daniel J O'Connell elected for three years. II TOWN TREASURER. James J Carroll 748 793 813 754 3108 Blanks 210 142 162 192 706 James J Carroll elected as Toon Treasurer for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES . Byron 0 E<.rle 663 746 769 700 2878 Blanks 295 189 206 246 936 , Byron C Earle elected as Collector of Taxes for one year. . CEM ET::: Y CO .EISSI0TTM . Edward Wood 613 703 724 652 2692 Blanks 345 232 251 294 1122 Edward Wood elected as Cemetery Commissioner fort Pit years. SCHOOL COMMITTEE • Randall 2 Hou_;hton 382 565 623 464 204 Raymond L White 264 189 139 263 ' 855 Blanks 312 181 213 219 - 925 * Randall B Houghton elented for School Con nitte for three years. COTS STABLES . . *Patrick J Maguire 590 699 729 677 2695 *John C Russell 666 671 663 611 2611 Blanks 660 500 557 604 2321 Joseph Brown 1 1 w Patrick J Maguire and John 0 Russell elected Constables for one year. 1ODE.RATOR . Robert H Holt .. 617 731 721 645 2714 Blanks 341 204 254 301 1100 Robert H Holt elected moderator for one year. TRUSTE OF PUBLIC 'RU Tu. '; aido F Glidden 571 682 686 600 2539 ''1inks 387 253 289 346 1275 aldo F Glidden e2pcted Trustee of Public `y'rusts for six years. PLATTITITTG BOARD . :b'redorick 1 Euery 536 657 648 504 2425 Edgr623 610 553 L2r � �Scheibe 487 73 1a-nks 893 590 6,2 7 5 2930 "i:'rederick L :1Ynery and 30 rr i 2clioibe elected to dinning orrd for `1 'Peke. years. 529 io7:11 L1mnin T.Enn t r. Precinct One for `_diroe Years. ;'Jilliam M Aquaro 274 Thaddeus E "^ :or 351 Frank _-artolone 118 Edward I Lerman 282 " _` ' Rudolph F Carlson 292 w John D Collins 336' Frank A Cq' , Jr 289 Harry 1; Coblidg;e 278 * Ernest Cutter 414 JoE eph I: Dahlstrom 259 Stephen J Dolan 204 * J Henry Duffy 341 * Fred A r'1ete er 428 Arthur A G:''olger 281 '" George E Poster 380 w George 0 Hatch Jr 369 Edward D Hoitt 237 w James Irwin Jr 306 """Walter Lon bottom 404 . James E McCarthy 286. John V TMcuenna 216 Samuel Moretti 151 Eugene L Morgen 132 `'George W 1Tary 367 Anthony J Racitti 181 Albert G loss 330 Robert L Ryder 326 . Charles H Schofield 379 Eenjamin S Stoney 381 Richard 1 Talcott 258 Francis D Tracey 204 Gerald. C Turner 206 4- Edi°ward_ I ' ler 394 Vito Vide to 139 Joseph Vitale 118 Harry W Yates Jr . 1 Blanks 6374 • Town Meeting Members elected for throe years. Precinct Two. Susan L Ball 490 DeWitt C Lrowster 527 .Ieorge W Butters 57.7 y, Harold C Denham 476 Robert VI. Fernald 515 4' Arthur L Graves 544? William Greer 377 * Stephen T Hamblin 518 * Arthur W Hatch 507 x. Arthur F IIutchinson 476 Y. Edward W :Fut chinson 450 Richard F Jr'e'_mon 372 • Edward W _.:imball 510 • * Marian A . imba11 432 Lawrence G Mitchell 490 Robert H Moore 413 George V Morse 522 w Dann• T 'Terris 512 ; ' Edward i Sibley 442 Gladys T Watson 346 * Marian J Wrightington 497 Blanks 5902 * Tovm MoetinT Members elected for three years . Precinct o . (One Year Term) (To fill a vacancy ) • Alfred L short 652 ':atherine _ imball 1 * 0,an s 28" Aireehost elected a ' o�,n Meeting Member for one Rear. 530 :eocinct Thr. e . ulyae A oo ore �� Harold G Bo- en 166 Hubert D Broderic 346 Eugene T Buckley 330 John Buckley 179 Walker L Chamberlain 300 * Philip ISI Clark 403 • George LI Emery 410--- '"Leland :T Emery 366 Albert W Emmons 177 ▪ George A Fuller 353 Robert J Gaffney 258 John V _:avanaugh 141 * Eugene G :raet zer Jr 360 William J Leary 228 Gustaf Lidberg 144 Frank B McAllister 192 Richard S McCabe 285 Patrick H McDonnell 195 Paul F McDonnell 145--- Robert D L:cLonnell 118 ISoil McIntosh 294 Henry F I:er,do 188 Lorne. L Milne 328 k William D Milne 311 Alfred C Mortimer Jr 122 * Clayton M Morse 4246 Howard M Munroe 307 James R Ot Connor 201 John F Ot Connor 187 Joseph A Parks 258 Andrew J Pet,uherer 174 Gordon WRobinson 292 William B Rosenberger 258 .` Richard E Rowse 359 George Rudd 254 Thomas F Ryan Jr 170 * George E Snit h 384 * Frederick J Spencer 332 * Rupert H Stevens 032 Matthew Stevenson 261 * Margaret G Taft 368 Harvey P Winlock 357 Blanks 11,824 * Torn ? eetinMonbers elected for three years . Precinct Four. , 1_, i * M Lawrence AllOn 306 * * Earl 2 Archibald 276 Chester L Blakely 403 Thomas 1 Bowles 145 Robert L Bradley 197 Charles E Breslin 249 Babriele Brucchi 77 Napoleon J Corrow 251 James 0 Credle 90 Francis B Culbert son 28 * George W Day 264 Frank A Faulkner 143 Helen 1 Fitzgerald 233 Archibald R Giroux 148 William A Granfield 215 ;`Marren E Hartwell 226 * Norton T Hood 260 * Frederic M John:on 358 Joseph H Johnson 197 Joseph A 'Kelley 187 Turner C Molly 197 * Catherine A _Amball 287 * John Lamont 310 * Jasper A lane 260 Eu3ene 3 Louprot 177 011f-ries T'cDevitt 174 * W en jamin 0 Mea dy 259 531 rocinct our ( continued ; Stanley P Newhall 265 Hugo L Nylandor 132 Bernard O'Donile__1 185 Harry 1 Patterson 2J8 Arthur D Ritchie 156 John Rose Jr 234 .Walter J Rose 210 * Charles H Rudd 309 * George W Marano 267 * Edgar F Scheibe 271 * Harold W Smith 269 A Randall Soderberg 172 Joseph Swan J24 of sownson 211 E Elvidge Taylor 258 Stanley 0 Thwing 122 * Helen C Whittemore 263 May Ritchie 1 WHHoyt 1 Blanks 6040 * Town Lis©ting Members elected for three years . Precinct Four, o-:n — eting Member for one year. ( To Fill a vacancy) Winthrop H Bowker 578 Blanks 368 .:inthrop H Bowker elected Torn Meeting Member for one year. A True Record, Attest ; ..____,,,,,,1 , /, I . __ ..___ _._ ii......... • __ yo.: f Cleric. RECOUNT OF VOTES BOR S LECTM I OF ELECTION OF =CH CH 7. 1932. Recount hold Saturday March 12.1932. On petitions of the required number of registered voters, from Precincts, Ono , Tw0, Three and Four, for a recount of the votes cast for Selectmen, at the Annual 'Town Election, March 7,1932, the Registrars of Voters of the Torn of Lexington find on March 12, 1932, that correct vote cast for Selectmen vas as follows ; ?rec. 1. Lrec.2. rec.3. :rec.4. Total 'rank P Cutter 117 117 214 250 6i)0 Charles E Ferguson 359 510 408 388 1665 John A Lyons 300 445 406 327 1478 Daniel J O' Connell 468 296 371 388 1523 Louis J Reynolds 174 85 78 90 427 Clarence Shannon 168 200 209 203 780 II Blanks 330 217 263 246 1056 Harold bullock 1 1 1916 1870 1950 1892 7628 The recount Lho'::ed irrnk _ Cutter lost three,Ch rlos E Ferguson gained tiro,John A :,yons,gained three , Daniel J O' Connell gained eight, __osis J Reynolds remained the same,Olarence Shannon lost three. H � Registrars Loon r i-rue.�uell,Clunn. George M Davis, of George H Lowe, Voters. James J Carroll, Clerk, A true record, Attest ; Toy Clerk. 532 CD 1_recinct Four. Election of r Torn :,,, eting T"Tembor to fill vacancy account William 2 S Eaton , removing from the To::n. Licoting m- s held T. onday Evening, :.;.arch 21, 1932, in Esta- brook ;Tall. Meeting celled to order by Torn Clerk, James J Carroll at 7 ;48 P .M. with twenty-eight members present . James J Car roll, explained the purpose of the meeting, stat- ing nominations v:ere in order for Chairman and Clerk, for the meeting. Francis E Burke was wianimously elected as Chairman and. Jerk for the meeting. Nominations were asked for a Torn ;.looting :: ombe to fill a vacancy, term of one year . The name of E Elvidge Taylor of 142 Tedford st . ,was pro- posed. There were no further nominations, therefore E Elvidge Taylor wa.s unanimously elected as a Torn Meeting :.Termer ,for one year. On motion of ';!alter 8 :e<atty, the mooting adjourned. Unanimous at 8 ;00 A true record . Attest ; ) 11/ tor, cr :. To The Tot:n Clerk; As per the mooting of march 21, 1932, foro-.:n :,sooting :,:ember to fill r vacancy , for the term of one year, I, hereby accept said election. Signed :arch 23. 1932. E Elvic+ :e Taylor. 533 £DJOU"'2TED TOWN M :ETIITG . M.SH 21, 19S2. The meeting wo called to order at 8 ;02 P.M. by Torn Clerk James J Carroll, because of the absence of ' he :.:gid rat or, _:obert H Holt. There were 188 'Town Meeting Members pre; ent . selectman Er . Trask , moved that Hon. Joseph 2 Cotton, be nominate( , to act ns Moderator iro-tem , for the meeting, being no other nomihations, it was a ur animous vote . 8 ;03 P .M . lolectmon Er . Trask moved to take up article two. Under article 2 , Er . Mitchell , chemo irman of the A :propria.tion Committee, moved that the report of the Appropriation Cor:mittee, be accepted and placed on file. unanimous 8 ;04 P.M. Mr. Mitchell spoke further on the reduction of salaries of the employees of the Town, stating he was opposed to same, although some members of the Appropriation Committee were in favor of a re- duction, therefore , ho offered the following motion ; Voted ; That it is the sense of this meeting that the salaries of all town employees, except day laborers, should be reduced by ten per cent beginning July 1, 1932 and that, the proper town of'f'icials, so for as permitted by low, should take the necessary steps to tarry this vote into effect. -olectman Sr . Trask, speaking for the selectmen , stated they were opposed to apy reductions in alaries. Sr. James Stuart Smith , of the School Committee, gave a lenthy talk, against any reductions in salaries , of the Teachers. r . Francis iurke , spoke against , any reductions, same not being necessary, and at the same time, it would not be just to Town employees. Mr . palter Eeatty moved indefinite postponement . The motion as read , being declared lost, unanimously 8.29 P.M. Leloctmrn Er . Trask moved to take up article 5. R.rt . 5. Voted ; That she following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year; For the expenses of the Appropriation committee w 150.00 unanimous_ 8 ;30 For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen' : .uepartment (Of which x250. is for the expenses of the Selectmen for 1932) 510O.00unanimous 8 ;31 For the salary and expenses of the Town Accountant ( Of whichs3,000. 00 is for salary) 3,175.Ouunanimous 8 ;32 For the clary and expen:e s of the Town Treasurer (Of which Y700.UO is for salary ) 1,140.Ouunanimous 8 ;33 For the salary and expen. es of the Collector of Taxes (Of which s2,1O0.0U is for salary ) 5,240.Ouunanimous 8 ;34 For the salary and eXpen,es of the Board of Assessors ( Of which vel,0e0.Uu is for salary of Assessors) 6,000.00una,nimous 8;3b Nr. r'olger expressed the desire for more detailed explanation of the various. items . Selectman Er. Trask , answered same would be given, on any item as the meeting went along. For Legal services (Of which 1,000.s0 16 for the salary of the Town Ooun: el) 2,550.00 unrnimous 8;36 531in - . For the ala.ry and expenses of the Town "lerk (Of which w1, 700. is for salary 1,830.00 unanimous 8 ;37 For the salary and expenses of the Lui,t. ofublic Works (Of which w3,60Q. is for salary 4,750.00 unanimous 8 ;38 For elections and registrations 3,500.00 unanimous 8 ;39 For the salaries and expenses of the ynggineering department 10,975.00 unanimous 8 ;40 For the expenses of the Town Office Building and Cary Memorial Hall 8, 000.0u unanimous 8 ;41 For the expenses of the lanning Board 250.00 unanimous 8 ;42 Yr. Francis Chamberlain thought it bettor to discuss the items a little as the meeti-:g went along . For the expenses o: the Board of Appeals 150.00 unanimous 8 ;43 For the salaries and expenses of the Police Dept. 34, 300.00 Also voted that the :Selectmen bo authorized to sell the police department automobile and motorcycle unanimous 8 ;44 :uovtion by Mr. ,.:utter , regarding 'tie office of the bupt , of Public works , if necessary , duties , etc. Answered by lovn counsel b ? Wrightington, under the Chapter,as accepted , same rias provided for, with belectmen,having the right to make such an appointment . For the salaries and expenses of the Fire Dept. 39,000.00 unanimous 8 ;45 For hydrant rentals 7,140.00 unanimous 8 ;46 For the salary and expenses of the Bldg. Inspector (Of which 41,100.00 is for salary) 1,250.00 unanimous 8 ;47 For the salary and expenses of the dire Inspector (Of which 4750.00 is for salary ) 82.= .00 unanimous 8;48 For the salary and expenses of the Sealer of weights and measures (Of which iF400.00 is for salary) 520.00 unanimous 8 ;49 For the protection of public shade trees and for the planting of .-hada trees 1,000.Ouu, animous 8 ;50 For the expense of forest fires 5.:0.0Ounanimous 8 ;51 ror the salary of the dog officer 50.00 unanimous 8 ;52 For the maintenance of public health and sanitation 8,000.00 unanimous 8;53 For the expenses of the Dental Clinic 1, 70(400 unanimous 8 ;54 For vital statistics 50, 00 unanimous 8 ;55 For the salary of the inspector of Cattle 500.00 unanimous 8 ;56 For the salary of the Inspector of blaughtering 600.00 • unanimous 8;57 For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector (Of which *1,100. is for salary 1,150.00 unanimous 8 ;58 For the salary and expenses of the Milk inspector ( Of which v300. is for salary) 500.00 unanimous 8 ;59 For the expense of the ewer Maintenance Dept . 7,000.00 unanimous 9 ;00 For the expense of lowering brooks 5uU.u0 unanimous s ;01 For the expense of co lecting garbage 4,450.00 unanimous 9 ;02 535 For the maintonnce of the rosture Clinic 50u.00 unanimous 9 ;03 For the mn.intonnco rind care of highways, also voted that the Select- men Le authorized to sell the four horses owned by the Town 48 ,000. 00 uestion„by Dr. J J Walh , regarding pay received by the workers in the department, under welfare and unemployed. Answered with full ox::plrnation by .eloctman Ur . Trask. Dr. J J Walsh , offers , amendment , that tho,_ e working under wel- fare and s pecir.l assignments of unemployed be paid at the rete of four dollars per dal , i4stea.d of t' ree dollrrs per day , thereby, making-the appropriation 49,000.'90 instead of 48, 000.00 . r . walsh' s amendment was 1-'Et unanimously 9 ;06 k: .;,1. The original motion rs presented for 48,000.00 was then carried unrnimously 907 1, .M. For the ::ale of the ' oven' s four horses,unanimous 9 ;08 For the support of public schools and the ,payment of tuition at /9 ;09 vocational schools. (Pull explanation by Jas S Emith)232,179.u.nanimous For: the e.lpenses of Traffic .egul^tions and Control 1,400.00 unanimous 9 ;10 For the con: truction ^nd repair of street signs 150.00 unanimous 9 ;11 For the construction of A.dewalks of granolithic where the abuttors will pay onethalf the expense 1, 000.00 unanimous 9 ;12 F' r the e::pense of the removal of snow ^nd ice E,,000.00 unrnimous 9 ;14 For the expense of street lights 22, 000.00 unrnimous 9 ;16 For equipment and repairs of the Public Works Dept, -uilding 80'9.0'9 unanimous 9 ;18 For the expen: es and operation of the Public 'works Building 5, 000.00 unanimous 9 ;21 For highway construction(VTood ..tree,t) ( ,,ass. Ave. to Bedford Line ) work to be d-me under Chap. 90. Gen.Lav;s 7,000.00 unanimous 9 ;23 For highway construction (Allen - treet ) 5,000.00 Question by Mr. Spellman , if same include building of sidewalks along .ialtham Street ,answered by seluctmrn Jr. . Trask, it did not . As presented carried unanimously 9 ;28 For highway construction ( Independence Ave. 4 ( From ocu. t Avenue to :smith ..Avenue ) 500.0'9 unanimous 9 ;30 For highway construction(: mith _avenue) (From Independence Avenue to Pollen Goad) 1,200.00 unanimous 9 ;31 For highway construction( Crescent Hill Avenue , ( From Hrskoll ,treet to Arlington Town Line 1,500.00 unanimous 9 ;32 For highway corstruction(`1'ucker Avenue ) (From Baker Avenue northwester- ly approximflt ely 315 feet ) 80 0.00 unanimous 9 ;33 For the expense of the ublic `,lelfare Depnr.tment 11', 000.00 unanimous 9 ;34 For Old Age (Assi, Aa.nce' 10,000.00 unrnimous 9 ;35 For soldier' : relief 500.00 unanimous 9 ;36 For state Aid 200.00 unanimous 9 ;37 For soldier' s burials l0u. 00 unanimous 9 ;38 For Military Aid 100.00 unanimous 9 ;39 For the support of the libraries 11,000.00 unanimous 9 ;40 Fo' the mainto ince pf Public Parks and Playgrounds 13,000.00 unanimous 9 :41 536 r Art. 6 . "els tman 'r Trask moved tb have article iG taken up at this ti- e, as' the Term as-the been m ked to DrOvide some 'sans P") of celebration because of the Washington Anniversary,so it was de- cided to combine it with the April 19th . celebration. For the expenses of the April 19th Celebration and the 200th.Anni- verEary of the Birth of Goor e +�ashington 400.00 unanimous 9 ;42 'or the proper ob, ervance of Memorial Lay, to be expended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the -republic 250.00 unanimous 9 ;43 Insurance 8,0U0.00 unanimous 9;44 For the expense of printing and publishing the love - eport 846.25 unanimous 9 ;45 For uncln.ssified expenses 2u0.U0 unanimous 9 ;46 For 'i'atc.r ."aintennnce account 70,000.00 and that he amount of receipts in ac ce. : of this appropriation be reserved to be appropriated for Water Dept .purposes unanimous 9 ;47 F or the ma iMpnanee and development of .. unroe Cemetery 1,800. 0.J unanimous 9 ;48 For the maintenance and development of Westview Cemetery 1,000.00 unanimous 9 ;49 For the administration of Trust Funds 70.00 unanimous 9 ;50 For the removal of relies -nd care of dumps 2,20u.U0 unanimous 9 ;51 For Town Physician 200.00 Solectmnn Mr . Trask explained this was a nor. account . It has cost = the Welfare Department considerable in the past f^r this work, while for a. retaining fee of this amount, he rens confident a competent physician could be obtained. unanimous 9 ;52 For the payment of .nterest on the public Debt (tobe assessed) 39,150.00 and the sum of v11,O23.75 to be transferred from kinter Laintemance Account , kr50,173.75) unanimous 9 ;53 For the payment of bonded indobtednes: maturing in 1932 the sum of 115,195.06 ( Balance in Maturing debt w804.94) unanimous 9;54 Art.4. Selc:ctrirn Mr . Trask moved to take up article 4. offering the following motion .Voted; That the Town Treasurer with the approval of tho Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the pre: ent financial year, and tO issue therefor, a note or notes to be pri4 from the revenue of the present financial year. unanimous 9 ;5.5 Art ;6. Selectman Mr. Trask mored to take up article 6, offering the following motion , Voted . . That there be appropriated and assess- ed for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws 3,500.00 unanimous 9;51 Art ;7. Presented by Selc;ctman Mr. Trask, Voted ; That there be appropriated and ass e. sed as a reserve fund for the current year under Chapter 40 section 6 of tho General .:jaws 1,.500.00 unanimous 9 ;51 Art .8. 'resented by Selectman Mr . Trask, Voted ; That there be ap; ropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the police and Fire Deprrtments. under Chapter 32 of the General -aws. r` olice Pensions 142. 51 both Fire PenEions 1,110.85 unanimous 9 ;5. Art .9. , Presented by Selectman Mr. Irask,for indefinite postponement . unanimous 9 ;55 Art ;lO. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask,Voted: That the Board of 'selectmen be authorized to petiti on the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1932 unanimous 10 ;00. 537 Articles, 11, 12 and 13 , Zresented by elcctman Mr . Trask for indefinite postponement . unr nimous (.4511 M I Art. 14. :resented by Selectman ur. Trask, Voted; That the sum of x'1830.69 bo- transferred to the Cary Library Account the E rme being the sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees. ur.an imous OifjY Art.13. Presented by : electma:-. Mr. Trask, Voted; That the Loard of Selectmen be authorized to execute an agreement with Caroline A. Harrington for the settlement of her petition rgrinst the Town for the A se.. sment of damrges for the taking of the easement of a building line across her property at the corner of Massachusetts .Avenue and Grant Street and for the conveyance to the Town of the land between said build- ing line and the street together with certain rights in Vine Brook,a,nd for this purpose the sum of %3, 500 be and hereby is appropriated and assessed -electmnn I r. Trask c.:tated this building line wa., established in 1926, all owners had waived, excepting Mrs. Harrington, who at times hr d stated would sue the Town for damages, although same wore not started, but could be expected at this time , therefore felt the sum to be paid, would be considerable less , than if the case had to go through the court; , also , stating , the Lelectmen considered the price a reason. able one unanimous 1 . , :resented by Selectmnn Mr . Trask.Voted; That the Board of Assns ors in determining the rate of taxation to be levied on taxable property for the ( current ) year be authorized to include it the estimate receipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures, such free cash in the treasury not exceeding w10,000.u0 as may be approved in writ- ing by the Commissioner of Corporationd and Taxation. -electmen . r. Trask stated, in the past years , had been customary for the Town to transfer . from what ' is known as the .Lxcess and De- ficiency Account certain sums of money , that might apply to some other part of the Town' s Appropriations, but under n. new lay; , it was now under the direction of the .Director of Accounts , and before any such transferres could be made , it was necessary to obtain permission from the Director' s Office. At this time there was about 910,000.00 in the above mentioned account, and although, there wore no intentions, of trandferring any of it at this time, thought 'it best to get the permission of the Town Meeting Members, 4 �-- ' 4mte , in case same was needed. Mr. H Webster amended the vote by having the word " current " in- serted before the word " year ". General discussion by Mr. ,amont , .r. chamberlain and i._r. :itchell. The motion as presented was carried unanimously , 10;14 Art.18. rresented iy selectman Lir, Trask, HESolVED; That the Town direct the selectmen to express to the proper p±'ficials of the r'ederal Government itobjection to any assumption of control of the Lexington Battle Green by any department of official of the Federal Government or the placing thereon of a-y structure not previously a.plroved by the Town of Lexington. unanimous 10;16 Art ;19 ; Presented. by Selectman Mr, Trask, Voted; That the Board of selectmen be authorized to install water mainA ,not le,. than six inches in diameter, subject to the usual guarantee, in North Street from Lowell street a distance of approximately 3200 feet, and in other streets deemed nece. sary by the Selectmen, and Further Voted; That for the purpose of installing these water mains the sum of u20,000. be appropriated for the W�-tor Construction Account , and that for the purpose of ra ding the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the selectmen, bonds or notes of the own issued and payable as provided by law. selectmen hr. Trask stated :ery little water construction was plan- ed for this year, that water eras- necesary through North streets, rnd that suitable guarantees were to be signed. unton.mous 10;25. 538 art. 20. resented by Zeloctman .;r. Trn k. Voted; That the follow- CL ing sums be transferred to the xco.::: and Deficiency Account ; Carville "venue ( Lnstallation of Drain) .95 Construction of A'enco (Lotv.een Adams -choollot and proznerty of Liken A Stone, 'Trusteo ) 365.89 the art of the vote referring to the New Headquarters , Fire ta— t :Architects plans and Contractor. Lids i 20u0.Ou) was indefinite- ly postponed. "It . 21.1'rosented. by Selectman i.Tr . Trask. Voted ; That the Tows accept the gifts offered in the following extracts of the rill of Miss. Amy E Taylor, late of Lexington, a.: follows ;- ClauEe 30. Whereas, my father eorge 'i Taylor, late of .exington deceased Lome years ago proented to the 'loam of Lexington, a flag pole, which now stands on Lexington Common,if such provision has not already been made, I then give, devise and bequeath to the Inhabitan,s of the Town of Lexington, in trust nevertheless, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, this fund to be known as the " George Taylor . lag .fund " the income to be used for the care, persorva.tion and replace- ment of Laid flag pole, or for the purchase of new flags ;any balance of income from said fund to bo used for the care of Lexington Common. Clau e 31. If I. shrl.t not have me de such provision in my life- t ime, I give, devise and bequeath to the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, the sum of ' wo `Thou:. and Dollar: , said fund to bu iov.n as the " ©orge e Taylor Free Fund ",in trust ,nevertheless , the Income of v.hich is to be expended for the care, purchase pr preservation of trees for the adornment of :aid Town. Clause 41. L hereb:- bei_ueath t o the '1 o��;n of Lexington the sum of rive Hundred Dollars to be used for the perpetual care of the George Taylor Lt in the Liunroe Cemetery in said Town of Lexington. It iE my wish and desire to have some special care and decoration on said lot on �emorial .)ay and on June 25th of each year. unanimous /e3I-P,11, Art . 3. Presented by Selectman Mr . Trask. Voted; To elemt such Tmjn Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Under this motion,the names of -;dward C Maguire and John C Russell were nominated by Selectman r. Trask for field drivers and as there were no pthor nominations, same considered closed, and dward C Maguire and John 0 Russell were duly elected, unanimor=ly 10.32 I' .M. 6eloctman i r. Trask moved that the meeting be dissolved. unanimous 10;33 i .Lz . • A true record , Attest ; / own erk. -- - Al 539 7 R 1.AMTT FO's P1E"IDETITIAL PlIT;1.A1Y. ihe Commonwealth of Massachusetts L:iddlesex ,ss . To either of he Constables of the Town of Lexington Greeting; :n the name of ' he Go:monwealth you are hereby rec_uired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Tovn who a.:e quailified to vote in Primaries to meet in Emerson Hnll, Last Lexington Lrecinct 1. ) Gary -emorial Hail, Lexington, (;precincts 11, 111, & 1V) on Tuesday, the t.enty-sit th day of April, 1932, rt 4;00 o' clock i .M. for the following purposes; b-ring 'their vote' to the Primary Officers for the Election of CAndidate of Political Parties for the following officers; 4 -olegates of Large to the National Convention of the :epublican i arty. 4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the .epublican Party. 12 -Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the ;rational Convention of the Democratic Party. 2 Di;trict Deloirntes to the National Convention of the -republican arty ---- 5th. Congressional Dist . 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Aepublica,n Party----5th . Congressional Dist. 2 Di: trict Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. Cth. Congressional Dist. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party----5th. Congressinal Di.-t. The polls will be open from 4;00 P.y. to 8;00 P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof fail not and make return of this: warrant with :our doings there- on at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands thi: 12th. day of April, A. 1). 1932. ob ert Irask Theodore ^ Cust^nee olectmen John E Gilcreast Charles i Ferguson of Daniel J. O' Connell Lexington Lexington, Ma-s . April 16, 1932. To the i own Clerk; I have notified the inhabitants pf Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post- Office in the vestibule of tie Town, Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to everyrecistered voter in te Town seven days before the time of said meeting . fittest; Patrick J Maguire Constable of Lexington. 540 PREHM-71TIAL PRILIAay . APRIL 26 , 1932. The following u1Qcti n o f" cert: had boon ,Poi ted by the electmen and were assigned to auty at the four pricinctsa.s follows; Precinct 1. Charles J Dailey warden Roland E Ga.rmon Deputy a-rden Bartlett J Harrington inspector Richard Truesdell Inspector `;uth T Harrington Deputy Insj ector CharlLs H Lchofield ,,eputy In,_pector i, my A lor,-land Clerk Elizabeth Deputy Clerk Ellese Schofield Teller .illiam M Welsh Teller Marion G Cook Teller Joseph T i-ritchard Teller Precinct 11. Irving B Pierce Warden atrick F Dry cey Deputy a.rden Ezra F Breed Clerk Esther Graham Deputy Clerk Victor A Harmon Inspector John H Dacey Inspector 11adeline J Corbett Deputy Insi .actor 'Thomas J Doherty Deputy Ims poctor Edward H McLeod Teller Elizabeth Nour; a Teller Edward _ cGrory Teller cilli^.m Downs Teller Precinct 111. `Ialph H rshall Warden -eonard K Dunham Jr. Deputy ..--rgien Fred Tullar Clerk James L _;icHon: ie Jr. Deputy Clerk Mr. . Bessie G Davis inspector James 7.1 Ahearn Impector rs . Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector David cPeake .Leputy inspector James McGann Teller mlexander W Parks Teller 'goy A Ferguson Teller precinct 1V . Merton G Hopkins V a.rc1 en Howard E Custance Clerk James W ldron Deputy Clerk Frank H Maguire inspector William E Mulliken Inspector Irene ='obandlon Deputy inspector Katherine Kiernan Deputy Inspector Lester Andrews Teller r: . Margaret T Kennedy Teller Helville Webb Teller The election officers were sworn to the faithful per- formance of their duties. The polls wore declared open _:. eacb precinct at four o' cllok P.M. , and remr.ined open until eight o' clock 1 .M. at which time rftor due notice they were closed. l The ballots wore counted by the election officers in eac4 precinct , the tflly shoots and total vote sheets prepared by the To-:.n Clerk being used. The total rogi: tration of voters in each precinct ,^e. follows; Precinct One 1182 (Eleven hundred eighty-two) Preci,:ct Two 113 (Eleven hundred twenty-three) Precinct Three 1143 (Eleven hundred forly-three ) Precinct Four iisv (Lleven hundred eig} ty-seven) The brllot: c^st were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed , signed by the elc:ct ion officers , together with the unu,:ed ballots, II delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The --;eg' :ttrars of Voters canvr : ed the reult ,a.s follows ; Precinct One Ballots Cast 131 one hundred ti- irty one, ?ep. 59,Dem.72 . Precinct Two Ballots 0rst 130 One hundred thirty Rep.93,Dem.37. Precinct Three Ballots Cast 121 One hundred twenty one, ep.82,Dem.39 . Precinct Four Ballots Crst 119 One hundred nineteen, Rep.o2,Lem.57 . REPUBLICAN DELEG T aS AT L.n. G . Pr.1 Pr,ll. Pr.111.Pr.1V. Total George F Booth 48 90 78 56 272 William H Butler 49 88 79 58 274 Alvan T Fuller 51 90 81 57 279 Mary Pratt Potter 48 90 76 58 272 Blanks 40 14 14 19 87 236 372 328 248 1184 ALT TZIPTE DELEG"TES AT LK?GE. Pr.l. Pr.11A Pr.111. Pr.1V. 'rank G Allen 50 91 80 58 279 Gaspar G Bacon 48 90 78 57 273 Leverett Saltonsta1147 92 79 57 275 Louise M Williams 44 90 77 56 267 Blanks 47 9 14 20 90 236 372 328 248 1184 DI T^ICT D ELEATEL .FIFTH DISTRICT . . Pr.l. Pr.l1. Pr.i11. Pr.1V. Amos L Taylor 53 92 80 59 284 Walter Perham 49 91 77 57 274 • B1rnks 16 3 7 8 34 118 186 104 124 592 ALTERNATE DL.:'T"'.ICT DELEGATES. Pr.l. Pr.11. _r.li1. Pr.1V. Kenneth B Williams 52 92 79 56 279 : telle Irish Pillbury 91 77 54 267 45 Blanks 21 3 8 14 46 118 186 164 124 592 I& DEMOCRATIC. DELEG"TE► AT LARGE GROUP 1. Prl. Pr..11.Pr.111.Pr.1V. Totals James M Curley 21 4 8 19 52 James loosovelt 18 5 8 18 49 James H Brennrn 19 4 8 lr 44 Thomas F Ca sidy 17 4 8 13 42 James '1' Moriarty 18 4 8 11 41 Edward A McLaughlin Jr 18 4 8 12 42 Prime Robichaud 17 3 8 11 39 Jo::-eph Santosuo: so 17 3 8 12 40 Nellie L Sullivan 19 5 8 12 44 ---- -- Joseph J Hurley 18 5 6 13 44 . Paul H Hines 18 46 11 41 Jpseph H Hankon 17 2 7 11 37 217 47 96 156 515 542 .UMO TT��� CR.ATIC (Continued j EL?,G RTES AT LARCXE GROUP 2. R iotnlE. Brbught forward. 217 47 95 156 515 dr. 1. r.11. Pr. 111.1r.1V.Totrls David I Vvalsh 50 33 30 40 153 JoEeph L Ely 48 31 29 37 145 M rcus A Coolidge 46 29 29 35 139 I;il11am J Foley 49 31 28 37 145 ,illiam I Connery Jr 48 30 29 35 142 John J Douglass 46 29 28 36 139 John W McCormack 50 31 29 37 147 William ,7 Granfield 45 31 26 35 137 Mary L Bacigalupo 46 29 27 36 138II Helen G Rotch 43 30 27 35 135 Charles H Cole 44 31 27 37 139 John r' Fitzgerald 49 31 29 37 146 Not Grouped Roland D 3awyer 0 2 0 4 6 Blanks 83 29 35 87 234 864 444 468 684 2460 ALTERNATE DELEGATE:: AT LARGE GROUP 1. Helen C Galvin 18 4 8 11 41 Dorothy '',:hipi,le Fry 17 4 8 11 40 dv.ard G Morris 17 3 8 10 38 Mabel A V';orthy 16 3 8 9 36 Agnes H Parker 17 4 8 12 41 Francis J VI Ford 15 4 8 10 37 Eugene r amb augh 15 3 8 9 35 Alice E Cram 16 3 8 11 38 Arthur V Heidke 15 2 8 9 34 Frances E Zaletskrs 15 2 8 9 34 Matthew P Laney 15 2 8 10 35 M Grace Barry 17 3 7 11 38 GROUP 2. VYillia.m G Thompson 42 24 27 36 129 Edward P Barry 45 24 28 36 133 John C Mahoney 44 24 27 36 131 Charles H Llowey 40 23 28 34 125 Mary H 'i;ard 42 25 27 36 130 J.11emry Goguen 39 23 27 35 124 amuel x,alesly 40 23 27 35 125 Charles F Riorden 42 24 27 34 127 J.Leo Sullivan 42 24 28 35 129 John P Buckley 43 24 28 36 131 Leo l_ Birmingham 40 24 27 34 1 :5 L-niel F O' Connell 45 26 28 36 135 Blanks 167 118 139 261 878 864 406 468 684 2422 GROUP 1. DISTRICT DREG"TES**FIFTH DISTRICT Pr.l. Pr.11. Pr.111.. r.1V.Totals Jame: J Bruin 15 3 6 12 36 Cornelius JeLmond 17 3 6 14 40 GROUP 2. Cornollu F Oronin 45 26 27 33 131 Patrick J Meehan 44 25 27 33 129 Not Crowed John F Leavitt 0 1 0 1 2 Blanks 23 16 12 21 72 144 74 78 114 410II GROUP 1. ALT_"'N "TE DILT ICT ",,ELEG�`1.'E2- FIFTH D1.. TR ICT .r.1. kr.11.Pr.111. Er,]1.'lotrls Luke A Manning 16 4 7 13 40 Phomas H Dui"fy 19 5 7 12 43 GROUP 2. J. Frank 'rcey 41 25 26 35 127 Daniel O'Dea 44 24 26 35 129 Blanks 1424 16 4 74 1' 19 71 114 41Q A true record, Altee� I • - /ivy or . 543 TOWN WAR R A N T . COMMONWEALTI. MAS 3ACHU`"ETTS MIdDLESEX,s s . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington,in said, County, rreeting; In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lex:i.noton,quali- fied to vote in elections andin town a`'.fairs, to m„ Pt in their re- spective voting Maces in said town, Cary Memorial (:Building, in said Lexington, om Monday, the twentieth day of June, 1932 at 8;00 o 'clock P.M. then aid there to act on the following articles ; Art.l. To receive the repo"t of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to aopoint other Committees. Art.2. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the State holding Corporation of Cambr:T.d :e,Mass. , the respective sum of 31,218.35 for water pipe laid in Summit Road in the years 1916, 1922 and 1926, andto provide funds for same by direct appropriation, by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes. Art.3. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse Sam Liopa the respective sum of “2O. for water pipe laid in Bottler Avenue in . 1951, and provide funds for same by direct appropriation, by trans- fer from other a•: counts , or by issue of bonds or notes. Art.4. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to in- stall street lights in Tower Street and 1{ichard Road . Art .5. -o see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Outlook Drive from Sachusett Drive southwesterly' to its present terminus a',proximately 1110 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, an,': shown upon a certain plan on file in the o fice of - he Town Clerk, dated ay 11, 1932, appropriate money for the construction of -aid street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art.6. yo see if the Town will vote to establish ac a town wa.y, or accept the layout of as a to:-,n ti:^y, : owning Road from Marrett Road to Outlook Drive a distance of aPproximately 1Q50 feet , as laid out by the Solectmen,and shown ul.on a(.certain plan on file in the office of the Town Olcrk, dated May 11, 1932, appropriate money for the con- struction of said street, or act in any mnnner relating thereto. Art.7. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed r_nd convey- ance for highway purposes from Neil McIntosh of a strip of land approx- imately ten feet wide bounded as follows; Northentterly by Downing Road; N orthv e st er ly by lot 192; Southwesterly by land of Payson; Souther storly by part of curved intersection of Downing Road ^nd Liarrett Road, formerly called Middle Street . All as shown on plan entitled " Revised Ilan Fair Oaks , Lexington,Mass. owned by Neil : cIntosh. Old South Bldg. ,Boston, Scale 1 in.-100_. .July 1924,0. H. Gannett C. . 53 State St. , Boston ”, recorded in book 349, plan 49. Art.8. to see if the Town will vote upon petition of 2rank W Perkins to amend the Zoning Law and map of the Town by changing fron an R 1 District to a 0.1 District the lot of land at the westerly cor- ner of Massachusetts Avenue and Oak street, or take any action relating thereto. Art.9. To see if the Town will rescind its vote of March 21, 1932 amending Article vitt of the Code of Dy-laws of 1922. Art.10. to see if the `Town will amend Article Vili of the Code of By4laws of 1922 by ac:din at the end thereof the following; " :.oction 2. They. Selectmen, when duly authorized by t=he town, I I I I 544 may adopt orders for the oxteneion of water mains under General Laos Ch.80,with respect to the assee ment of bettermonts,vrithout requiring the agreement described in section 1, " Art.11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts ; Soldiers Relief State Aid Public lfare Forest Fires Sidewalks Town Treasurer Public e orks Dept . i.altham Street and Allen Street Drainage Park Department Park Dept. , Equipment and Material krooks, Meaning Colonial Cemetery a.ter Dept , Construction. Art.12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Law of the Town as follows; - Under Area. ',egula.tions, Section 7, (a) by cancelling the word "and " appearing after the phrase "junction of .altham Street and Concord Avenue ",and before the phrase "of ""oburn and Lovell Streets ",and inserting a semi-colon( ; ) and cancelling the comma appearing after the phrase " '�,oburn and Lowell Streets" , and inserting n place thereof the following: " and the junction of Lowell and North Streets ,"so that said paragraph shall read as follows :- Section 7 :- (a) In residence districts designated as R.1. and A.2, and in 0.1 Districts designated at the following points, namely, juunction of Waltham Street and Earrett Road, 1 nown as Grape Vine corner; junction of Maerett Road and Spring street ; junc- tion of Lincoln and School Streets and Ma 'rett Road, commonly known as " the Five Forks " ; junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue ; of Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and in 0.1 districts hereafter created, a yard of at least teenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street,whether accepted or not ,and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be car structed and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed,enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that ayard less in depth shall result ; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsec uent to tha.year 1924. -.f Art.13. 'lo see if the Town will vote to reimburse the Lex' rgton Community Recreation Association the sum of e300. expend- ed for the construction of bleachers on the Lexington centre Play- ground. Art.14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the selectmen to use the aeeropriat ion made under article 5 at the Annual Town Meeting, March 21, 1932, for the construction of e ood Street, Ma.. sa chus etts Avenue to the edford line, for said construction provided aid is not received under Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Art.15.10 see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to petition the Legislature for legislation extending the Metropolitan sewerage District to include the entire Town of Lexington or any portion of that part of the Torn not now included in the District. Art.le.To see if the Town will authorize the selectmen to install a sewer in Bowker Street from, the present end a distance of a •proxinaatel 125 feet. Art.17. To see if the Torn will vote to confirm the action of the Board of Selectmon,acting as a Board of Health, in construct- ing a sewer in Vine . treet , from Ygoburn Street a distance of api-rox- imatel ? 300 feet northeasterly. Art.18. 10 see if the Town wi::.1 vote to install tater maimS in the following s;tr©ets ; Kimball Road,from'Qed Street a diL:tance of approximately roir; 30 feet , subject to the usual guarantee ; Grant Street , from end of present main to vast street , ri distance of approximately 1350 feet; Last Street, from :.;rant Street to the erowley property, a di tance of approximately 2120 feet ; and tp: provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation or by issue of bonds or notes. And you are directed to serve thiA: Warrant seven days at least be- fore the time of said meeting as provided in the By-L awe of the Town. Horeof,fail not , and make due return on thi ,arrant, with your do- ings thereon,to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meet4ng. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this seventh day of June, A.D. , 1932. Robert r Trask. Charles Ferguson selectmen Daniel J 0' Connell Of John L Gilcroast .exington . Theodore A Custance June 13. 1932. To the T own Clerk; I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing .arrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the 1.'own 02fice 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 7 days before the time of said meeting. ATTEST ; Patrick J Maguire. Constable of Lexington. special Meeting of Town Meeting iIembers of Precinct Three. June 20 1932, :Iverson Hall,Lexington, Lass . Meeting w- s called to order By James J Garroll,Town Clerk,at 7;45 P.M.with tenty-seven members pre. ent. Town Clerk explained the purpo:. e of the meeting was to fill the unexired term of the late member George A '�Larner,torm of two years. :. keting was opened, with the nomination and election of Roy A ergus :n at Chairman Pro-Tem. Nominations were heard from the floor as follows; Pierre A Northrup, 4:5 No.Hancock St. , Gilliam losenberger,25 ITo. Hancock St. , dward W Ormond , 10 No. Hancock _'t . 'rallots were paLsed , the following results recorded, Northrup 10, Wosenbereer 10, Ormond 5, blanks 1. A tie being declared between Northrup and - osenberger, ballots were again passed, with the following results, Rosenberger 15, Northrup 10, Ormond 1. , William R Rosenberger being declared a Town Meting Member of Precinct Three, le u 1934. Motion made and seconded moot in; d solve at 8 .12 P.M. ATT St ; // T ow Clerk. Lexin ton , Ma . June 21, 1932 . To the Town Clerk; -s per the meeting of June 20,1932, for the election of a Town Meeting Member, to fill the unexpired 'Term of two years, of the late ueor:e A Warner, I hereby accept said election. Signed; William n t�osenberger . r,:t6 TOWN METING JUNE 20, 1932. =% The meeting was called to order at 8 ;22 P .M. Robert H Holt, Moderator , presiding. There were 145 Town Meeting members present. L'olectma.m Mr. Trak moved to t nke up article 11. Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated as the various articles were presented , he would read the recommen- dations .of the Committee,strting the appropriations asked for under Public i. orks 44epartment of 0.'700. ;;altham Street and Allen Street M-rainage 4500. Park yepartmont 0_, 000. and clung Books, 4...300.00 were not approved , for the reason h�� had a resolve to offer whereby these items , would be takenof, his suggestion being, that two day' s pay be deducted from the salaries of the Town hhployees , from July 1, 1932 to December 31, 1932, which would mean a total of about 0,500.00, offering the following; Resolved; That it is the sense of this meeting that from July 1st. to December 31st. of this year all salaried officers and all town employees contribute t#e equivalent of two days pay per month to a fund to be expended by the Board of tielectmen for labor on public works relief of unemployed citizens of the Town. Solectrran, Mr. Trask, spoke, stating conditions of the un- employed, as they had been, what they wore at the present , and how they looked for the future. :.:r. 3rnest Cutter, spoke, with his sr_ggestions of cutting all salaries as follows; Those receiving up to 0_506. per year, be reduced ten per cent , those receiving over 41500. per year . be re- - duced fifteen per cent. Mr. 'athcell, stated he was opposed to any reductions. Mr. 11 Hooper, asked if any and what contributions, had al- ready been made, from the various departments of the Town Employees. Answered by Selectman Mr. Trask, -received from the em- ployees of the Town Hall Offices X836. from the Uchool Teachers 4.-1Oci0. and also understood the Firemen had a fund established, which to • date had turned over 4146.00 General discussion, with questions from various speakers, Selectman . Mr. Trask, answering all questions. ? r. l,iilne , asked if the citizens of the Town had b en ask- ed to contribute funds. Answered by Selectman Mr , Trask. no. ar. Ernest Cutter, he -: ould like to offer his original mo- tion as an amendment , to Mr. luitchell' s resolve. Mr. Mugene Buckley, stated the unemployment situation was a Town affair, and should be met as such , by means of appropriation aria assessments, offering the following motion ; That the resolve be indefinitely postponed. li1r. Ernest Cutter, again suggested his motion, but was in- formed by the Moderator, that his motion was not in order ,account no article in the .arrant covering same. Mr. N Hooper , asked if the c uestio : of indefinitely post- ponement was still in order. Answered by the Moderator, it was, whereby the Moderator offered the motion of Mr. Eugene Buckley, for indefinite postpone- ment , which was declared lost , unanimously . Discussion of salaries of the Teachers,and other offices of the Town, whereby .:r. GreLley offered the following motion; 1 • 547 • Voted; That it is the sense of theeteeting that funds rec;uired for the unemployment emergency be raised by appropriation or by volun- tary gifts and that the Town Officers responsible for the determ- ination of salaries of 'Town employees be requeEtea to review all salaries and make substantial reductions wherever proper to meet new conditions in the purchasing power of these salFrios. General di cu: ion regarding salaries. Mr. Greeley' s substitute motion was presented, which was declared lost. Unanimously. Mr. Mitche=: 1' s resolve then presented, as originally offered ,which wa, declared carried, u;;animously at 9;25 P .M. Selectman Mr . Trask, then offered the following, which wore approved by the Chairman of the ^ppropriation Committee as of.. P.ered; Voted ; jor Soldiers :_lelief to be a,; iropriated and assessed 200.00 Unanimous , 9 ;26 .1; . Voted; For state Aid to be appropriated and assessed ,100.00 Unanimous , 9;27 P .M . Voted; For :ublic Welfare to be appropriated and assessed '8000.00 Unanimous ,9 ;28 Voted ; For Park Department Equipment and material to be appropriated and aL : essed „•1000.00. unanimous 9 ;29 P.M. Voted. ; For orest Fires to be appropri.rtoc and assessed X200.00 Unanimous 9 ;30 P .T:1. Voted; For sidevalks to be a:,propriato and assessed 0200.00 Unanimous , 9 ;36 E.M. Votes, ; For Town `Treasurer to be appropriated and assessed 0100. .,0 U :a.nimous 9 ;36 P.M. selectma Mr. Tra k. moved to take uparticle �� two, as follows• ofec� ; 17 list the selectmen be authorized to reimburse the State Holding .Corporation of Camb-ridge,=:iass . the sum of 01218. 35 for water pipe laid in Summit .-load in the years 1916 , 1922 and 1926. r. Mitchell stated the Appropriation Committee did not approve tht . article, whereby, Selectman LC. Trask, offered indefinite postpone- ment , which was unanimosly carried at 9 ;38 P.M. Selectman . . r. Trask, moved to take up article three, as follows ; Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to reimburse Sam Lippa the sum of 0420.00 for water pipe laid in Fottler .Avenue in 1921. Account being disapproved by the Appropriation Committee , Selectman :sir. 'Trask, offered indefinite postponement , which was carried unan- imously at 9 ;39 2.m2. :electmrn Mr. Trask, moved to take up article four, as follows; Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Tower Street and =iichard Road. Carried unanimously at 9 ;40 r.?; . Selectman Mr . Trask, move to take up article five , as follows; Voted that the Town accept the layout as a Town way of Outlook Drive from +achusett Drive southwesterly to its present terminus approx- .' imately 1110 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Letter. ment Act , and as shown on plan on file in the mown Clerk' s Office dated May 11.1932, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of w8000.00be appropriated and assessed. selectman Mr . Trask , moved the reeding of the order be taived, which was carried unanimq^,ly 9 ;41 f.ii./ Mr. P A lIorthrup and Mr . Bradley spoke in favor of the pas . ing of the article, while Mr. N . McIntosh , opposed it. Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Appropriat iog Committee , stated this article not approved by the Cor^.mittee. The vote: was then presented to the meeting , and declared lost unanimously , 10;00 P.M. selectman . Mr. Trask , moved to take up a2ticle six , offering the following; Voted that the '1 own accept the layout as a. town way of Looming Road from Marrett Road to Outlook Drive a distance of approximately 1050 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the betterment Act, and as .hown on plan pu file in the Town Clerk' s Office dated May 11, 1932, and for the purpose of con- structing said street the sum of $8000. be appropriated and assess- ed. 548 Chairman .Lr. Mitchell of the Appropriation Oommittee stated this article not approved by the Committee, thei efore, for that rea- CC son, Lclectma.n Mr. Trask, Offered indifinite pottponement , which was carried unanimously. 10;01 P.M. selectman I;r. Trask , moved to take up article seven, offering the following ; Votetithat the Town accept the deed and conveyance from rev_ I elntosh of a strip of land approximately ten feet wide for high\ ay purp )ses bounded as follows ; )`'•I orthor st erly by Downing Road ; Northwest Orly"thy lot 192; Southwesterly by land of Payso ; Southeasterly by part of curved intersection of Down- ing Road and Marrett Road, formerly called :riddle Street. Al as shov.n on plan entitled "2,evised Plan pair Oaks, Lexington,Mass . owned by Neil mclntosh, Old south Bldg. ,Loston :-cale 1 "-10v-July 24, 1924, U H Gannett 0.E. 53 State Lt. , Boston, " recorded in book 349, plan 49. ueloctman :.:r. Trask, moved 2cceptnnce of this 'rticle,as it would give additional frontage to nn abutting property owner, who would then become responsible. The vote was carried unanimously at 10;05 P.M. Selectmen . hr. Trask move; to take up article eight. Mr. George , prec ented the following; I move the petition of "rank " Perkins to amend the zoning law and map of thL town by changing from an R.1. district to a C.1. district the lot of land at the tiIoE.torly corner of Ba sachus.etts Avenue and Oak street, Lexington,be approved and granted. .selectman , Mr. Trask, stated he had a vote drawn up, that he would like to present, providi:.g if accepted by I::r. Fuller, that Er. Fuller would withdraw his ; whereby hr. Trask, offering the following ;Voted that the town amend the Lexington Zoning by-Law aLd map by changing from an i .1. Li stirct to a 0.1. District the lot of land owned by Margaret J Perkins and shown on plan of land in Pexingt on ::tale-20 ft.--1 inch, January 1924, Alfred LIillhouse,C.E. Land Court 10158 A, and located at the vers;terly corner of Mass- achusetts Avenue and Oak Street 116 feet from the intersection of the irestorly line of Oak street and the southerly line of Ma. s- achusetts Avenue and for a depth of 100 feet fron LIa.: sachu.setts Avenue. The above motion as presented by Lir, Fuller, .as withdrawn. Mr . 1741.D Milne of the Plahning Board read the following report ; 7.12ORT ON FE JNK W P'ERKPIS HEARIIIG. P er suant to the requirements of Section 17 of the Zoning By-Laws and in res-nonse to the petition of Frank " Perkins for the amending of the zoning law and map of the Tow by changing from an R. ' . District to a C. 1. District the lot of land at the westerly corner of Ma . snchusetts Avenue mad oak street, the ,Plrr_ning Board after giving due notice as required by the Zoning. Law, held a Pub- hearing on June e. 1932 relating thereto. At this meeting ten persons appea od in opposition to the proposed amendment while only the petitioner appeared in its favor. The Plsnning Board after hearing all who desired to speak and after considering the status of the property affected, recommends to the Torn that the proposed change in the zoning law be not rade. The Planning Board recognizes that the area described in the petition is rlready occupied for a non-conforming use but take- ing into consideration the sentiment of the neighbors as expre:_sed at the hearing, is opposed to the further extension of development of this particular tract for business purposes. \;hale the location of the area is such that serious con- sideration must be given to complication of traffic on Mass,Avenue due to any increase in business,the Planning Board LI of the opia- ion that no ch^mge in the Zoning Law should be made with respect to the location now applied for until such time as the needs of the district require a more extensive business zone. Ddagr F Scheibe J, Henry Duffy E.Edv.r.rd Glynn Clarence H Cutler tiillia� D tilne Frederick L Emery,Chairman. 5/19 et i::r. 'T A ;`orthrup, --r. Fuller and :,:r . : wady all spoke in favor of the change. A two thirds vote being necessary for t ze change, the follow- ing results were determined: Yes,to Amend. Tellers No.not to Avtend . 10 Kraetz er 24 36 Tr e Gley 31 10 Norris 13 56 68 declared lost at 10;25 P.M. el _ etmen _.ec . Trask moven to take up article nine, presenting II the following; Voted that the town rescind its vote adopted March 21,1932 amending "-rt isle Vili of the Code of Ly-Laws of 1922. Carried una.nimosly at 10. ;27 2.L . eelcctman :.:r. Trask moved to take up article ten, offering the following; Voted that the town amend Article V111 of the Code of By-Laws of 1922 by adding at the end thereof the foll )wing; " ect ion 2, mho Selectmen, when duly authorized by the teen, may adopt orders for the extension of wetor mains under General Laws Ch.80, with respect to the assessment of betterments, with- out requiring the agreement described in section 1." Carried unanimously at 10;28 P .id. :: c lectman :.:r . Trask, move: to take up article 12, offering the following; Voted tha _ the Toning Law of the Town be amended as follows; Under Area Ilegulations, section 7, ( a) by cancelling the word "and" appearing after the phrase "junction of `i;eltham Street and Concord Avenue, and before the phrase "of • oburn and Lovell Streets , " and inserting a se/Ai-colon ( ; ) and cancelling the comma appearing after the phrase " : oburn and Lowell streets," rad in serting in place thereof the _ ollowing : "and the junction of Lowell and North etreets, " so that said paragraph shall read as follows :- Section 7 :-(a) In residence districts designated as R.1. and --,2, and in C.1. Districts designated at the following points, IInamely, junction oi- vealtham eetreet and Merrett Road, known as Grape Vine corner; juection of Mnrrett Road and Spring eStreet ;junction of Lincoln and Scheel Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known ns "The Five Forks" ; jenction of ,Talthem Street and Concord Avenue; junction of -oburn and Lowell Streets an the junction of Lowell and North :trets, and in C.1. Li, tricts hereaft, r created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not les:- than forty feet from the center line of such street, whether accepted or not , and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be construe c: and no build- ing or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarg- ed or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result ;except that this section shall not a; pry to buildings front- ing streets o; which building lines snail have been specially established according to law during or eubLecuont to tho 'rear 1924. Mr. Vim D Milne, of the Planning Board read the following report. ITOT'.TU & LOWELL STREETS HEARING REPORT. Persuant to the provisions of section 17, of the Zoning Lav:,the Planning Board, after due notice as required, held a hearing on June 20,1932, and voted to recommend to the Town that t'_be: Zoning By-Law be amended as follows ; Section 7 :-(a) In residence districts designated de R.1. and R,2,and in 0.1• districts designated at the following . points, namely, junction of .altham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape 'Vine Corner; junction. of Marrett Road and spring. .treet ; junction of Lincolp and School Street8 and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Five; Forks " ;junction of ':altham Street and Concord Avenue ;junction of eoburn and Lowell Streets and the junction oe Lovell and North Streets, and in C.1. districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not les:: than forty feet from the center line of such street,whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be construced and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall re- sult ; except that this section shall not apply to buildings front- 550 CZ ing on streets on v hich building line: shall have buen specially established according to 1 during or subsequent to the year 1924. ,; Edgar r' Scheibe. :Jesuit of Vote. C..i dv;ard Glynn. Yes Mo Clarence H Cutler. 30 Mraetzer 0 J.Henry Duffy 45 Greeley 0 .William L Milne. 19 T�'.orris 0 Frederick L Emery,C hairman. 0 94 The above r.m_ndm, nt , voted unrnimously 10;35 P.M. :eloctmnn :.r. Trask, moved to tnke up article 13, offering the following; Voted that the sum of w30U. be api>ropriated and e .ess- ed to reimburse the -oxington Community _�ecreat ion Association the sum expended for the construct7on of bleachers on the Lexington Center Playground. Mr. Mitchell, of the Appropriation Committee, stated they did not approve payment of this vote. i? H Stevens , President of the A:. sociation, read a full report of the building of the bleachers, asking for the passing of the vote. The vote tab declared lost , unanimously at 10;39 P.M. selectman, Mr. Trask, moved taking up article 14, offering the following; Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to use the appro- priation made Saler Article 5 at the Annual ` ovn ileeting March 21, 1932 , for the construction of hood street , Maslachusetts avenue to the Ledford line ,for said construction provided aid is not received under Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Explanations by -electman :_r , Trask, followed by general discus- sion from various speakers. Mr. J Lamont moved for indefinite postponement , which vra.s carried unanimously at 11 P .M. Seleetnpn , mr. Track moved to take up article 15, offering the following; Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Legislature for legislation extending the Metropolitan sewerage Li :t ri ct to include the entire Town of Le_ ingt on or such portion of that part of the Town not now included in the District as they may deem advisable. On the recommendation of Er. Trask, he asked for indefinite post- ponement , hich v:rs carried unanimously at 11;03 P .iI. -, i7,electma.n :.:r. Trask , moved to take up article 16, offering the following ;Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install a sower in Bowker Street from the pr,pgsont end a di. tance of approx- imately 125 feet. Carried unnnimosly at 11;04 P .M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 17, offering the following; Voted that the action of the Board of electmen, act- ing as a Board of Health, in constructing a sower in Vine Street from '.oburn Street a distance of approilmately 300 feet norteast- erly be approved. Carried u animously at 11;06 B.,,. selectman "r, Trask, moved to take up article 18, offering the following; Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the following streets; Kimball Road, from Reed Street a distance of ai proximately 350 feet ;: ubject to the usual guarantee ; Grant Street, from end of present main to East street , a dis- tance of approximately 1350 feet ; East street, from Grant street to the Crowley property, a distance of approximately 2120 feet ; and for that purl ose the sum of v9 ,700 is appropriated from the balance on hand in the water construction account which includes the proceeds of bonds originally issued under vote of the town for the construction of water mains in Hillcrest Avenue, Ledge- Avenue and Valleyfield Road, under the usual guarantee, which construction has been postponed because the required guaran- tee has not been filed. After a full exylanntion by Iir. Trask, the vote was carried unanimously at 11;15 P.T.I. Selectman Mr. Trask moved the meeting be os d,uns .ou 11;16 P.M. r O 1 AMENDMENT TO ZONING By- OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON. Warrant for Town Meeting, June 20, 1932. .Art . 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Law of the Town ns follows ; Under Area Regulations, Section 7, (a) by cancelling the word"and" appearing after the phrase "junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue, " and before the phrase "of Woburn and Lowell Streets", and inserting a semi-colon ( ; ) and cancelling the comma appearing after the phrase "Woburn and Lowell Streets," and inserting in place thereof the following; "and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, " so that said paragraph shall read as follows :- Section 7 ; (a) In residence districts designated as R.1 and R.2, and in C .1 Districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine corner ; junction of Marrett Road, and Spring Street ; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Fire Forks", junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; of Woburn and Lowell streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and in C .1 Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent lino of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed ^nd no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result ; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Art. 12. Pursuantto the provisions of Section 17 of the Zoning By-Laws, the Planning Board after due notice as required, held a hearing on June 20, 1932 and voted to recommend to the Town that the Zoning Law be amended to read as follows :- "Section 7 :- (a) In residence districts designated as R.1 a.ndR .2, and in 0 .1 districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine Corner; junction of Marrett Road and Spring Street ; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, Oommonly known as "The Five Forks" ; junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; junction of Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and in 0 .1 Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center 5 52 0 line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result ; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924." Edgar F. Scheibe, J. Henry Duffy C . Edward Glynn Clarence H. Cutler 'Alliam D. Milne Frederick L. Emery, Chairman. It was voted unanimously to pass the foregoing amendment at 10: 35 P. M. Lexington, Mass. , July 15, 1932 . I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of .Article 12 of the Warrant for a Town Meeting held June 20, 1932 and of the vote passed under said Article as the same appears of record. Attest : / 7 /,/• T o r C e"7' Boston, Mass. , August 11, 1932. The foregoing amendments to zoning by-law are hereby approved. Joseph E 'earner. Attorney General. P1 553 C WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY • Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either or the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town Who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in EMERSON ;.TALL, Stone Building, East Lexington, (Precinct One ) CARY MEMORIAL HALL, Lexington (Precinct Two, Three and Four) Tuesday, the Twentieth Day of September, 1932 at twelve o'clock noon, for the .f.ollowin r purposes : To bring in their votes to the Primary 0 ficers for the NOMINATION of Candidates of Politica] Parties for the following offices : Governor for this Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasurer and Receiver-General ft Auditor of the Commonwealth n Attorney General f► n n Representative in Congress " 5th Congressional P. ict Councillor " 6th Councillor DistZ'"Ic t Senator " 7th Senatorial District Two Representatives in General Court " 28th Representative District County Commissioners " Middlesex County Sheriff " Middlesex County And for the Election of the following officers : District Member of State Committee for each political party for the 7th Senatorial District M mbers of the Repuh1 ican Town Committee. Members of the Democratic Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party. Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party. All the above candi dates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot . The polls will be open from twelve o'clock noon to nine o'clock P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies th-reof seven Ways at least before the time of said m� etings as directed by vote of t .e town. Hereof: fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this sixth day of September, A.D. , 1932. 554 Robert P. Trask SELECTMEN John E. Gilcreast Charles E. I'eruson OF Q Daniel J. O 'Connell_ Theodore A. Custance LEXINGTON CC Sept. 13, 1932 . To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexi_n Ston by Posting printed conies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post 0-''fico, in the Vestil-ule of the Town Office ;3uilding and si.x. other public places in the Town, an' by mailing a printed ropy of the same to every registered voter in the Town 7 d-zys before the time of said meeting. Attest : Patrick J. Maeuire_ Constable of Lexington. PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 20. 1932. The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were a-signed to duty at the four precincts as follows; Precinct One. Harden Charles J Dailey Deputy Warden Roland Garmon Inspector George Foster Teputy Inspector Alfred w Hayward Deputy Inspector Miles L 1 Jones Clerk Mary Rowland Depu y Clerk Arthur Hughes Precinct Two. JJarden Irving B Pierce Deputy Warden John H Dacey Inspector Victor Harmon =inspector Randa ' 1 Richards Deputy Inspector George V Morse Deputy Inspector Madeline J Corbett Clerk Ezra F Breed Deputy Clerk Frederick Connor Precinct Three. Warden Frederick 11 Tullar Deput;r Warden James M Ahearn Inspector Bessie G Davis Inspector Charles E Moloy Jr Deputy Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector John Sweeney Clerk Jamr s L McKenzie Deputy Clerk 'amuel W dellington •)5 LI Precinct 4. harden Morton G uopkins Deputy Warden Frank Maguire Inspector William E Mul.liken Inspector Katherine Kiernan eputy Inspector Irene Robinson Deputy Inspector Geor-e Hinchey C ' "rk Howard Custance eputy Clerk Margaret T Kennedy The polls were declared open in each precinct at twelve o 'clock noon, and remained open in each precinct until nine o 'clock r,M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election o ' ficers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of t'-eir duties . The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets Prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, si=gned by tee election officers, together with the unused ballots,delivered to the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk and Board. of Registrars canvassed the re- sult as follows; rrecinct I.Ballots cast 380( Three hundred eighty) Republican 315 ( Three hundred fifteen) Democrat 65( sixty-five) Cove""nor. :Republican Democrat alter E Brownell 4 Joseph B Ely 54 Frank A Goodwin 157 Blanks 11 E. Mark Sullivan 1 William Sterling Youngman 143 Flanks 10 3l5 65 Lieutenant Governor. Caspar C ''.aeon 159 Edward 2 Barry 15 Chester L Campbell 138 David J Brickley 2 Blanks 18 Ra,;;-m nd A Fitzgerald 7 William I he 66ssey 1 Francis E Kelly 3 John P Malley 3 Michael C 0 '_`;e it 6 John E Swift 24 Blanks 4 315 65 Secretary . J 'rederic W Cook 274 John ' Buckley 10 ';l.anks 41 J.Edward Callanan . 5 John W Cus en 2 Arthur G Flynn 1 Geor e F Gilbody 1 George F Grogan 4 II Edward J Curry 3 John P O'Brien 6 Joseph Santosuosso 10 `iay li Shut tuck 0 Charles R "ul.livan 4 . henry J Sullivan 6 Flanks 13 315 65 Treasurer. Francis Prescott 206 Charles N hurley 52 Max Ulin 56 Blanks 13 Blanks 53 -- --- 65 315 556 7•0 Auditor. CL CD Republican Democrate ,, Emerson Johnson Coldwell 1C0 John E Alckley 3 Ci, Alonzo B Cook 179 Jon J Harrington 1 Blanks 36 Francis X Hurley 47 Alfred. J Moore 3 Leo A Spillane Blanks 315 65 Attorney General. Joseph F3 Warner 268 John P Buckley 23 Blanks 47 Aar ';y H Casey 2 II Daniel J 7empseyJr 14 William H Scharton 3 Harold W Sullivan 6 Raymond E Sullivan 3 Blanks 14 315 65 Congressman . John H King 40 James J Bruin 6 Edith Nourse Rogers 256 Joseph H Halloran 4 Blanks 19 1:eorge S McLau.7.hlin15 Henry C Howland 22 Blanks 18 315 65 Councillor . George ii Bailey 57 John J Brennan 20 George A Bonney 11 John H Connor 4 Eugene A F Burtnett 51 Edward J Coughlin 2 James F Cavanaugh 6 Francis R rar'fney 3 Waldo Parker Elliott 37 John W Gahan 0 James G Harris 37 Daniel V MacIsaac 7 Lewis H Peters 28 henry G TrMcIver 1 Blanks 88 Philip P A O'Connell7 Thomas L Twomey 2 flanks 19 315 65 Senator. Joseph R Cotton 265 Rena M Colson 14 John Et Pearson 33 Charles P F-_ Fox 3 Blanks 17 John Patrick O'Connell 35 Blanks 13 315 65 aepresentatives in General Court. - - Albert A Burnham 253 Joseph J Barry : 3 Nelson 2 Crosby 173 Francis E Burke 40 William C Frouet 29 Russell A - Crozier 3 Hollis M Gott 85 Roger W Homer 15 Blanks 90 Edmund Mahoney 4 Edward T Ryan 11 Blanks 24 315 65 5 57 County Commissioner. ?epublican . Democrate. Nathaniel I Bowditch 157 Thomas J Boynton 21 Frederick H Bowser Jr 65 Thomas J Brennan 11 Francis ? Byrne 20 Anthony B Cassedy 7 James Hay 11 Francis D Donahue 10 ;`eorge A C Stone 62 Robert F Donavan 10 Alter C Wardwell 165 games L Egan 1 Tanks 150 Herbert S Hill 1 T'imot' y J Horan 6 Edward A Hughes 1 II George C M&vleni.men 9 i?eginal0 J ` urphy 4 Cyril J Shaw 2 William J Sullivan 3 John A Williams 2 tanks 42 315 65 Sheriff . • Thomas H Braden 30 James J. Barrett 11 Edmund J Cheney 4 Edward J. Connelly 3 John H Fairbairn 210 Timothy J. Cronin 3 John H Gartland 26 Philip J. Gallagher 22 Blanks 45 . Stephen C. Garrity 3 Daniel L. .Herlihy 2 William R. Murphy 2 Betnard J. Sheridan 0 William H. Walsh 14 Blanks 315 65 State Committee II Mary F. Daniel 209 Bartlett J. Harrington 1 Blanks 106 Blanks 64 315 65 Delegates to State Convention Martha C. Spaulding 267 James 3. Robe-rtson 269 Arthur W. Hughes 253 Charles E. Hadley 262 Guyetta G. Broderic 249 Clara M. Barbour 255 Robert P. Trask 265 Blanks 385 2205 Town Committee Albert H. Burnham 252 Martha C. Spaulding 255 Jose.Jh R. Cotton 255 John D. Collins 240 James G. Robertson 253 Arthur W. Hughes 239 II Charles E. Hadley 255 Guyetta G. Broderic 230 Albert B. Tenney 241 Alfred L. Short 228 Mabel P. Cook 237 Edward W. Taylor 238 William R. noserberger 236 Clarence S. Walker 232 Clara I. Barbour 240 James W. Smith 237 William H. Ballard 241 Evelyn S. Trask 245 Jennie N. Partridge 247 Clayton A. Hilliard 241 Blanks 1458 . 6300 21) 5`8 Precinct Two. Precinct II . -'allots cast 423 (Four hundred twenty-three) Republican 379 (Three hundred seventy nine) Democrat 44 ( orty : 'our Governor Republican Democratic Walter E. Brownell 7 Joseph B. Ely 36 Frank A.. Goodwin 128 Blanks 8 E. Mark Sullivan 4 William Sterling Youngman 217 Frank G . Alien 1 Blanks 22 379 44 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G . Bacon 260 Edward P. Barry 8 Chester I . Campbell 104 David J. Brickley 3 Blanks 15 Raymond A. Fitzgerald 6 William I. Hennessey 0 Francis E. Kelly 1 John F. Malley 2 Michael C. O 'Neil 3 John E. Swift 16 Blanks 5 44 379 Secretary Frederic W. Cook 340 John F. Buckley , ) 10 Blanks 39 J. Edward Callahan 1 John W. uussen 0 Arthur G. Flynn. 0 George F. Gilbody 1 George F. Grogan 8 Edward J. Gurry 3 John D. O 'Brien 0 Joseph Santosuosso 9 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Charles P. Sullivan 2 Henry J . Sullivan 4 _ Blanks 6 379 44 Treasurer Francis Prescott 268 Charles F . Hurley 35 Max Ulin 63 Blanks 9 Blanks 48 379 44 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldwell 154 John E. Bucley 4 Alonzo B. Cook 196 John J. Harrington 2 Blanks 29 Francis X. Hurley 26 Alfred J. Moore 4 Leo A. Spillane 2 Blanks 6 379 44 Attorney General Joseph E. Darner 343 John P. Buckley 18 Blanks 36 Harry E. Casey 0 Daniel J. Dempsey,Jr. 11 William R. Schartori 2 Harold W. Sullivan 1 Raymond E. bulliv.in 3 Blanks 379 44 559 Congressman . Republican • Democratic . . John M. King 30 James J. Bruin - 7 Edith Nourse Rogers 330 Joseph M. Halloran 1 Bla.ni:.s 19 George S. McLaughlin 11 Henry C. Rowland 15 _ Blanks 10 379 44 Councillor George H. Bailey 57 John J. Brennan 10 George A. Bonney 13 John H. Connor 5 II Eugene A. F. burtnett James F. Cavanagh 44 Edward .J. Coin hlin 2 14 Francis R. Ga Waldo Waldo Parker Elliott 49 John V . Gahan 1 James G . Harris 75 Daniel V. MacIsaac 1 Lewis H. Peters 30 Henry G. McIver 1 Blanks 97 Philip P. A. OtConnell 5 Thomas L. Twomey 4 Blanks 15 ;37° 44 Senator Joseph R. Cotton 319 Rena M. Colson 9 John H. Pearson 39 Charles P. F. Fox 1 Blanks 21 John Patrick 0'Conne1117 Blanks 17 370 44 Representatives in General Colirt Albert H. Burnham 329 Joseph J. Barry 13 Nelson B. Crosby ?Of'. Francis E. Burke 30 William C. Drouet 57 Russell A. Crozier 3 Hollis I. Gott 54 Roger W. Homer 2 Blanks 116 Edmund I. Mahoney o Eder lyd T. Ryan 4 _ Blanks 3D 758 �_88 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. Bowditch 244 Thomas J. Boynton 14 Frederick H.Eowser,Jr. 47 Thomas J. Brennan 4 Francis P. Byrne 17 Anthony B. Cassedy 11 James Ray 11 Francis D. Donahue 1 George A. C. Stone 55 Robert F. Donovan 2 Walter U. Wardwell 229 James L. Eagan 0 Blanks 155 Herbert u. Hill 1 Tithothy J. Horan 0 Edward A. Hughes 2 George C. McIeiu.men 13 Reginald J. Murphy 3 Cyril J. Shaw 1 William J. Sullivan 7 John A. Williams 1 Blanks 28II _ 758 88 Sherif: 58 Thomas H. Braden 35 James J. Barrett 13 Edmund J. Cheney 83 Edward J. Connelly 1 - John R. Fairbairn 230 Timothy J . Cronin 2 John H. Gartland 58 Phili;, J. Gallagher 8 Blanks 48 Stephen C. Garrity 7 Daniel L. Herlihy 1 William R. Murphy 0 Bernard J. Sheridan 2 William H. Walth 7 Blanks 3 379 44 560 ir. State Committee =r C) Republican Democratic G") Mary F . Daniel 254 Eugene T . Buckley 1_ Blanks 125 Blanks 43 379 44 Delegates to State Convention Martha C. Spaulding 317 Eugene T. Buckley 1 James G. Robertson 316 Francis E. Burke 1 Arthur W . Hughes 305 Bernard O'Donnell 1 Charles E. Hadley 317 James Ahern 1 Guyetta G. Broderic 307 Patrick Shanahan 1 Clara M. Barbour 309 James McKenzie 1 Robert P. Trask 315 John G. Sexton 1 Blan;s 467 Blan :s 433 2653 440 Town Committee Albert H. Burnham 328 Eugene T. Buckley 2 Martha C. Spaulding 312 Bartlett J. Harrington 1 Joseph R. Cotton 326 John J. Donovan 2 John D. Collins 293 Francis E. Burke 2 James G. Robertson 311 Bernard O'Donnell 2 Arthar W. Hughes 294 James Ahern 2 Charles E. Hadley 314 Arthur A. G . Folger 2 Guyetta G. Broderic 295 Patrick Shanahan 2 Albert B. Tenney 314 John A. Murray 2 Alfred L. Short 299 James A. McKenzie 2 label P. Cook 306 Blanks 421 Edward W . Taylor 301 William R. Rosenberger 294 Clarence S. Walker 313 Clara I. Barbour 302 James W. Smith 308 William H. Ballard 311 Evelyn S. Trask 301 Jennie id. Partridge 303 Clayton A. Billiard 701 Blanks 1454 7580 440 Precinct III. Precinct III. Ballots cast 441 (Four hundred forty-one) Republican 372 (Three hundred seventy-two) Democratic 69 (Sixty-nine) Governor Republican Democratic Walter E. Brownell 7 Joseph B. Ely 53 Frank A. Goodwin 109 Blanks 16 E. Mark Sullivan 15 William Sterling Young man 230 Blanks 11 372 69 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G. Bacon 241 Edward P. Barry 9 Chester I. Campbell 117 David J. Brickley 6 Blanks 14 Raymond A. Fitzgerald 6 William I. Hennessey 1 Francis E. Kelly 2 John F. Malley 3 . Michael C. O'Neill 10 John E. Swift 20 Blanks 12 372 69 561 Secretary Republican Democratic Frederic V .. Cook 339 John F. Buckley 19 Blanks 3'. J. Edward Callanan 3 John W. Cussen 1 Arthur G. Flynn 3 George F. Gilbody 2 George F. Grogan 6 Edward J . Gurry 1 John D. O'Brien 3 Joseph S .ntosuosso 6 Ray H. Shattuck 0 II Charles R. Sullivan 4 Henry J. Sudivan 0 Blanks 21 372 69 Treasurer Francis Prescott 285 Charles F. Hurley 56 Max Ulin 39 Blanks 13 Blank.s 48 372 69 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldwell 150 John E. Buckley 10 Alonzo B. Cook 188 John J. Harrington 0 Blanks 34 Francis X. Hurley 38 Alfred J. Moore 1 Leo A. Spillane 2 Blanks 18 312 69 Attorney General Joseph E. Warner 333 John P. Buckley 24 Blanks 39 Harry E. Casey 2 Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr. 17 William R. Scharton 1 Harold W. Sullivan 4 iaymond E. Sullivan 1 Blanks 20 372 69 Congressman John M. King 35 James J . Bruin 1 Edith Nourse Rogers 318 Joseph I. Halloran 9 Blanks 19 George S. McLaughlin 20 Henry C. Rowland 17 Blanks 22 372 69 Counci-lor George H. Bailey 63 John J. Brennan 15 George A. Bonney 12 John H. Connor 4 Eugene A. F. Burtnett 41 Edward J. Coughlin 2 James F. Cavanagh 14 Francis R. Uaffney 6 Waldo Parker Elliott 40 John W. Gahan 4 James G. Harris 83 Daniel V. Maclsaac 4 II Lewis H. Peters 40 Henry G. McIver 0 Blanks 79 Philip P. A. O'Connell 7 Thomas L. Twomey 2 Blanks 25 372 69 Senator Joseph n. Cotton 308 Rena a. Colson 7 John H. Pearson 42 Charles P. F. Fox 7 Blanks 27 John Patrick O 'Connell 32 Blanks 23 372 69 1 562 :40 Representatives in General Court 0,-, Republican Democratic CD Albert H. Burnham 337 Joseph J. Barry 19 Nelson B. Crosby 224 Francis E. Burke 61 = William C. Drouet 30 Russell A. Crozier 3 Hollis M. Gott 142 Roger W. homer 0 Blanks 111 Edmund M. Mahoney 1 Edward T. Ryan 12 Blanks 42 744 138 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. Bowditch 227 Thomas J. Boynton 17 II Frederick H. Bowser, Jr. 60 Thomas J . Brennan 12 Francis P. Byrne 20 Anthony .a. Cassedy 12 James Ray 13 Francis D. Don hue 7 George A. C. Stone 61 Robert F . Dono n 3 Waiter C. Wardwell 230 James L. Eagan - 2 Blanks 133 Herbert S. Hill 0 Timothy J. Horan 1 Edward A. Hughes 1 George C. Mci,1enimen 6 Reginald J . Murphy 2 Cyril J. Shaw 2 William J . Sullivan 5 John A. Williams 1 Blanks 67 744 138 Sheriff Thomas H. Braden 32 James J. Barrett 23 Edmund J. Cheney • 7 Edward J. Connelly 2 John R. Fairbairn 205 Timothy J. Cronin 2 John H. Gartland 91 Philip J. 'Gallagher 16 Blanks 37 Stephen C. Garrity 5 Daniel L. Herlihy. 1 William R. Murphy 0 Bernard J . Sheridan 1 William I. Walsh 2 Blanks 17 372 69 State Committee - Mary F. Daniel 264 Daniel O'Connell 1 Blanks 108 Blanks 68 372 69 Delegates to State Convention Martha C. Spaulding 327 Eugene Buckley 4 James G . Robertson 328 Philip Leaf 1 Arthur W. Hughes 320 Bartlett Harrington 4 Charles E. Hadley 330 Blanks 681 Guyetta G. Broderic 323 Clara M. Barbour 330 Robert P. Trask 327 Blanks 319 2604 690 Town Committee Albert H. Burnham 335 Eugene Buckley 5 Martha C. Spaulding 328 Bernard O'Donnell 5 Joseph R. Cotton 331 James L. McKenzie 5 John D. Collins 306 James Ahern 5 James G. Robertson 324 . Bartlett Harrington 4 Arthur W. Hughes 312 John J. Donovan 4 Charles E. Hadley 327 Francis E. Burke 4 Guyetta G. Broderic 319 Arthur Folger 4 Albert B. Tenney 338 Patrick Shanahan 4 Alfred L. Short 305 John C . Murry 4 Mabel P. Cook 317 Blanks 646 Edward W. Taylor 327 William R. Rosenberger 320 arence rker 328 amara W.' bmitour 33 William H. Ballard 327 C" � Town Committee (Cont.) 56 3 Republican Democratic Evelyn a. Trask 323 Jennie M. Partridge 328 Clayton A. Hilliard 317 Blanks 974 7440 690 Precinct IV. Ballots cast 378 (Three hundred seventy-eight.) Republican 298 (Two hundred ninety-eight) Democratic 80 (Eighty) Governor Republican Democratic Walter E Brownell 6 Joseph B. Ely 53 Frank A. i ooawin 135 JaNies ii. Curley 1 E. Mark Sullivan 2 Blanks 26 William Sterling Youngman 145 Blahks 10 298 __ 80 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G. Bacon 176 Edward P. Barry 14 Chester I. Campbell 113 David J. Brickley 6 Blanks 9 Raymond. A. Fitzgerald 9 William I. Hennessey 3 Francis E. Kelly 3 John F. Malley 1 Michael C. O'Neill 10 . John E. Swift 19 Blanks 15 298 80 Secretary John F. Buckley 10 FredericA". Cook 258 J. Edward Call-inan 2 Blanks 40 John Ti,:. Cussen 2 Arthur G . Flynn 4 George F. Gilbody 0 George F. Grogan 8 Edward J. Curry 3 John D. O'Brien 0 Joseph Santosuosso 14 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Charles R. Sullivan 3 Henry J. Sullivan 4 Blanks 30 298 80 Treasurer Francis Prescott 206 Charles F. Hurley 55 Max Ulin 45 Blinks 25 Blanks 47 298 80 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldwell 94 John E. Buckley 10 Alonzo B. Cook 170 John J. Harrington 0 Blanks 34 Francis X. Hurley 40 Alfred J . Moore 3 Leo A. Spillane 4 Blanks 23 298 80 — Attorney General Joseph E. Warner254 John P. Buckley 25 Blanks 4q Harry E. Casey 2 Daniel J. LQmpsey, Jr.11 William £t. Scharton 6 Harold W. Sullivan 10 Raymond E. Sullivan 2 Blanks 24 298 80 Congressman John M. King 43 James J. Bruinui n 6 Edith Nourse Rogers 2� Joseph M. Halloran 9 2` George S.McLaughlin 27 $l�Cnks Henry C.Rowland 14 Blanks $4 ___ 298 80 564 Councillor Republican Democratic George H. Bailey 57 John J. .Brennan 24 = George A. Bonney 17 John H. Connor, 4 ' Eugene A. F. Burtnett 38 Edward J. Coughlin 3 CC James F. Cavanah 10 Francis R. Gaffney 4 Waldo Parker Elliott 33 John W. Gahan 3 James G . Harris 51 Daniel V. MacIsaac 4 Lewis H. Peters 23 Henry G. MJlcIver 1 B .arcs 39 Philip P. A. 0'Conne'..l 5 Thomas L. Twomey 3 - Blanks 29 298 80 Senator Joseph R. Cotton 246 Rena Ivi. Colson 12 John H. Pearson 31 Charles P. F. Fox 6 Blanks 21 John Patrick O'Conne1134 Blanks 28 298 80 Representatives in General Court Albert H. Burnham 251 Joseph J. Barry 15 Nelson B. Crosby 153 Francis E. Burke 67 William C. Drouet 23 Russell A. Crozier 1 Hollis M. Gott 61 Roger W. Homer 7 Blanks 108 Edmund I. Mahoney 7 Edward T. Ryan 12 Blanks 51 596 160 County Commissioners Nathaniel I . Bowditch 156 Thomas J . Boynton 22 Frederick H. Dowser, Jr. 55 Thomas J . Brennan 15 Francis P. byrne 31 Anthony B. Cassedy 14 James flay 8 Francis D. Donahue 5 George A. C. Stone 67 Robert F. Donovan 3 Walter C. Wardwell 155 James L. lagan 6 Blanks 124 Herbert S. hill 0 Timothy J. Horan 3 Edward A. Hughes 4 George C. McLenimen 7 Reginald J. Murphy 6 Cyril J. Shaw 0 William J. Sullivan 7 John A. Williams 1 Blanks 67 596 160 Sheriff • Thomas H. Braden 36 James J. Barrett 24 Edmund J. Cheney 11 Edward J . Connelly 1 John R. Fairbairn 156 Timothy J. Cronin 1 John H. Gartland 63 Philip J. Gallagher 21 Blanks 32 Stephen C. Garrity 9 Daniel L. Herlihy 0 William R. Mur;:hy 1 Bernard J . Sheridan 2 William i1. Walsh 8 Blanks 13 298 80. State Committee Mary F. Daniel 192 Eugene Buckley 2 Blanks 106 Blanks 78 298 80 • 56 Delegates to State Convention Republican Democratic Martha C. Spaulding 251 Blanks 800 James G. Robertson 248 Arthur W. Hughes 243 Charles E. Hadley 248 Guyetta G. Broderic 250 Clara M. Barbour 247 Robert P. Trask 250 Blanks 34'3 2086 800 II Town Committee Albert H. Burnham 261 Mary Spencer 1 Martha C. Spaulding 244 David Murphy 1 Jose:-h R. Cotton 257 Eugene Buckley 1 John D. Collins 234 Thomas Mudd 1 James G. hobrtson 248 James Ahern 1 Arthur W. Hughes 231 Mary J . Ray 1 Charles E. Hadley 24 : David O'Connell 1 Guyetta G. Broderic 244 Mary Gaynor 1 Albert B. Tenney 245 Francis Burke 1 Alfred L. Short 233 John Garrity 1 Mabel P. Cook 236 BlanLs 790 Edward W. Taylor 250 Willi ..m R. Rosenberger 235 Clarence S. Walker 246 Clara M. Barbour 236 James W. Smith 241 William H. Ballard 250 Evelyn S. Trask 240 Jennie M. Partridge 240 Clayton A. Hilliard 239 Blanks 1101 5960 � 00 11 E -F 7 .f --,-....-7-:-_._,__..- N..- 6-14" 17 f WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS o To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexingttn, in said County Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to 'notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in + EMERSON HALL, STONE BUILDING, East Lexington, (Precinct 1) CARY MEViORIAL BUILDING, Lexington Centre, (Precinct 2, Precinct 3, and Precinct 4) on TUESDAY, the EIGHTH day of NOVEMBER, 1932 at six o' clock A. M. to cast their ballots for the following officers: IIPresidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor, Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor, Attorney General; Congressman; Councillor; Senator, Two Representatives in general Court; Two County Commissioners; Sheriff. And to , take action on the following questions: No. 1. LAW PROPOSED BY INI IATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiropractics; establishes a board of registration of chiro ractors and defines the number mode of appoi tment tenur , qualification and compensation of itS members, anu its powers and 66 duties; provides for the preliminary . qua.lirications, . examination, certification, original registration and. annual license of chir- opract,ors and regulation of their practice, ana defines the mode, subjects of and fees for examination, the mode of aractice and penalties; and other matters related thereto, which are chiefly as follows: That chiropractic be "the science or practice of locating and adjusting by hand the malpositions of the articulations of the human spine." That any person, with one preceding year' s a'esidence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiropractic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes effect, may, within ninety days after such date, be certified by the board at its discretion without examination. That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, shall practice chiropractic unless, being over twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and graduated from a reputable chiropractic school after personally attending courses of at least twenty-two hundred sixty-minute daylight hours given to persons qualified to graduate from a public high school, he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be registered and certified; except that any person licensed in another State maintaining standards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be registered without examination. That the examination be scientific and -practical practical in char- acter, in subjects including anatomy, physiology, symptomatology, hygiene, sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, chiropractic analysis, and the principles and practice of chiropractic. That the board may, after hearing, revoke a certificate for cause. That the board shall make an annual report and shall keep public records of its proceedings and of the names of persons examined or registered by it and of the names and addresses of all registered chiropractors, who shall pay -an annual license fee, promptly notify the board of any change in address and furnish such other information as the board may require. That the board consist of three members, residents of the Commonwealth for thre=e years, graduates of 'a chartered chiropractic school having power to confer degrees in chiropractic, to be appointed by the governdr, with the advice and consent of the council, for a terga of three years. That the board have authority to administer oaths, sum- mon witnesses and take testimony and adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to their duties, and that they pay into the state treasury fees received by them, and that they receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor not exceeding the amount of such fees. Penalties are provided for practicing chiropractic with- out holding a certificate or for using the words "Chiropractic Practitioner", the letters "D.C.", or any title or letters indicating engagement in such practice, or for buying, selling or fraudulently obtaining any diploma or record of registration. It is further provided that the present law relating to the . registration of physicians and surgeons and providing penalties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriminate against registered chiropractors; but no chiropractor, unless registered as a physician or surgeon, may practice obstetrics, or administer drugs, or perform surgical operations by the use of instruments, or hold himself out as and for other than a chiropractor, which was disaprroved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 50 in the affirmative and 151 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 21 in the negative, be approved? YES NO No. 2. LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed law which provides for an additional method of moninating candidates for nomination, at the state primaries in September, by members of political parties, for those offices to be filled by all the voters of the Commonwealth at a state election. It provides that the state conventions of the political parties, in each state e.-ection year, shall be held before aha not after the state primaries, as now, namely, not later than', June 15. . . 567. In order to elect delegates to such party conventions, party trin.ari.es are established. to be held on the last 'Tuesday in . pril. Among other things, these state conventions . Ln y endorse candidates- for-offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the state primaries. Such endorsement places a candidate in nomination, at such state ;primaries, without the necessity of filing nomination pa:ers. The name of the endorsed candidate is to be placed first to the ballot and against his name is ..o be placed the words "Endorsed by (the name of political -arty) convention" in addition to the eight-word statement now authorized by law. Can idatcs endorsed and having so accepted may not withdraw. It also provides for the election of district members of state committees and members of ward and town committees at the proposed party primaries in April, as well as delegates to the state party conventions, instead of at the state primaries in September, as now. It also provides for the election of delegates to national conventions (to nominate candidates for President) at the proposed party primaries instead of at the priaaries, now specially held for that purpose, an which existing law requires to be held on the last Tuesday in April (the same day proposed for the proposed party primaries) . It also -provides for certain other new provisions of law and certain changes in existing laws, relating to holding state conventions and party primaries, the number and election of delegates to state conventions, the number of _iember • at large of a state to state conventions, the number of members at large of a state 'committee, and other matters, which in _:ore detail chiefly are as follows : State conventions are to be composed solely of delegates elected at the party primaries, and the number is to be one from each ward and town and one additional for every fifteen hundred votes or major fraction thereof above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the preceding state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for Governor, instead of a number now fixed by the state committee of each party (not less than one from each ward or town) and certain members des- ignated by existing law. The time, for notice to the State Secretary by aldermen or selectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, to be arch 1, instead of August 1, as now. The names of candidates for election for delegates to a state convention and for district members of a state committee to be arranged individually by alphabet instead of in groups arranged by lot, as now. Vacancies in the office of delegate to a state or national convention not be be filled except in cas of a tie vote, and then by delegates frog the same district, within ten days, and if not other delegate or if not so filled, then by a state committee, rather than solely by the remaining members of the delegation; and statement of filling of such vacancy to be filed with the State Secretary. Seating of delegates at state conventions to be in groups by senatoriae districts, and order of business at said conventions defined. Voting on candidates, by a convention, to be by roll call, if more than one candidate for the office, or by groups of delegates unless any member of such group o;ejects. The n tuber of members at large of a state committee of a political party to be fixed by the state convention of a party instead of by the state committee, as now. The existing provisions as to prepaaaation and filing of nomination papers, objections to nominations, _-reparation, number, substance, a ' • angemerlt and form of ballots, hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes, canzass an return of votes, return and certification• of votes now apelicable to state primaries to be applicable to the.,proposed patty primaries . The power of a state co:nm':.ttee to fix the nu:aber of district delegates to a national convention to be continued, but . the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation '.,o be March 1 instead of on or before the third Wednesday in March, as now. The power of city and town committees to fix the number of members of ward and town committees to be continued but the date, of giving aarcncelto nsteadt ofeAugut ,yaps` ow' such fixation to ,. arc � 568 which was approved in the . Senate by. a vote of 21 in. the C7 affirmative a.nd 17 in. the negative and .was- disapproves. 67) in the House of Representatives by a vote of 62 in the affirmative and 138 in the negative, be approved? YES NO No. 3. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. It is desirable that the proposed amencLient to the Constitution of the United. States,-- "ARTICLE "SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the tercis of their successors shall then begin. "SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d clay of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. SECTION 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been. chosen before the tLie fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have • ualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a president elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be eelected, and such person shall act according- ly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. "SEC. 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon the_i, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them. "SEC. S. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article. "SEC. 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Consti- tution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission,"-- be ratified by the General Court? YES NO The polls will be open from six o'clock A. I. until eight o'clock P. 2. 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. Hefeof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eighteenth day of October A. D. , 1932. Robert P. Trask SELECTMEN John E. Uilcreast Theodore A. Custance OF Charles E. Ferguson Daniel J . O'Connell LEXINGTON October 24, 1032. To the Town Clerk, I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed: copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in 569 the Vestibule of the Town Office -Building and- six other public places in the Town, and. by. mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered votr in t'.,.e Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest; Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington. PRESIDEvTIAL STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER _8, 1 :32 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows : Precinct One. Warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Sarah. F. Healey Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington ILgpector Alfred Hayward Deputy Inspector Joseph J. Pritchard Deputy Inspector Viola I. Harkins Clerk Roland E. Garmon Deputy Clerk George E. Foster Teller Mrs . Mary A. Rowland Teller Donald Cameron Teller Ellese Schofield Teller Miles F'. Jones Precinct Two. Warden Irving B. Pierce Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Clerk John H: Dacey Deputy Clerk Frederick A. Connor Inspector Victor H. Harmon Inspector - Randall W. Richards Deputy Inspector George V. '1orse • Deputy Inspector Madeline J. Corbett Teller Elizabeth Nourse Teller Clifford W. Pierce Teller Ruth Ray Teller Edward iacGrory Precinct Three Warden Frederick ti. Tullar Deputy Warden Bessie G. Davis Inspector- James _H -Ahearn Inspector. Charles E. Moloy Deputy Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector John Sweeney Clerk James L. tacKenzie De nuty Clerk Samuel W. Wellington Teller . George Jaynes Teller Esther Graham Teller Katherine Vaughan Teller Matthew Stevenson Precinct Four Deputy Warden Howard Custance Inspector William E. iAulliken Inspector ' ether Kiernan Deputy ispector gene .ocinson DDeputy Inspector George Hinchey Deputy Clerk Margarenk tg T. kennedy Teller Agnes Hall Teller James J. Waldron Teller . Loring C. Child ether Harry F. Howard Warden M. G . Hopkins . 570 . ' The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o'clock A. M. and remained op,:n in each Precinct until eight o' clock P. M. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed,signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total registration of voters was 4982. ' The Town Clerk and Board of Registrars canvassed the .result as follows: 11 Precinct 1. , Ballots cast: 1142 Eleven hundred forty-two. . Precinct 2. Ballots cast: 1154 Eleven hundred fifty-four. Precinct 3. Ballots cast: 1150 Eleven hundred fifty. Precinct 4. Ballots cast: 1153 Eleven hundred fifty-three. Total vote cast, 4599 Four thousand five hundred ninety-nine. President and Vice President Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec. 3.Prec. . 4. Total • Foster and Ford 2 2 1 1 6 Hoover and Curtis 694 . 866 785 746 3091 Reynolds and Aiken • 1 1 0 2 4 . . Roosevelt and Garner 399 258 348 363 1368 Thomas and Maurer 34 19 7 27 87 Uushaw and Regan ' 1 0 9 0 10 Blanks 11 8 0 14 33 Governor John J. Ballam 6 4 2 1 13 Joseph B. Ely 404 322 405 372 .503 Alfred Baker Lewis 19 15 9 15 58 Charles S. Oram 0 0 0 0 0 William Sterling Youngman 671 786 710 735 2902 Blanks 42 27 24 30 123 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G. Bacon 697 858 768 755 3078 Morris I. Becker 6 2 2 2 12 James W. Dawson 3 - 3 1 2 9 Walter S. Hutchins 22 11 9 15 57 John E. Swift . 356 246 341 333 1276 Blanks • 58 ' 34 29 46 167 • Secretary John F. Buckley 344 220 340 325 1229 • Frederic W. Cook 698 866 763 745 3072 Albert S. Coolidge 24 - 14 7 15 60 Max Lerner 4 3 3 1 11 Albert L. Waterman • 6 2 0 1 9 Blanks 66 49 37 66 218 Treasurer Domenico A.DiGirolamo 2 - 2 . . 2 1 7 Eva Hoffman 6 2 1 2 11 Charles F. Hurley 389 265 351 359 1364 Francis Prescott 646 820 732 753 2901 Glen Trimble 22 10 9 15 56 Blanks 77 55 55 73 260 • t 571 - Auditor Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec. 3. Prec. 4. Total Jule Babbitt 5 -3 3 3 13 Daniel T.Blessington 4 2 3 41 13 ' Alonzo B. Cook 625 743 667 688 2723 David A. Eis--nnberg 21 15 10 15 61 Francis X. Hurley 394 301 394 359 1448, Blanks 93 90 74- 84 341 Attorney General John P. Buckley 336 218 324 318 1196 Maria C. Correia 3 3 3 3 12 Fred E. Oelcher 0 1 1 0 2 George E. Roe�wer 22 12 6 15 55 William rt. Scharton 7 3 3 5 18 Joseph E. Warner 687 864 770 743 3064 Blanks 87 53 43 69 252 Congressman James J. Bruin 307 199 280 284 1070 Fdi.th Nourse Rogers 743 893 802 784 3222 Blanks 92 62 68 85 397 Councillor John J. Brennan 334 225 316 317 1192 Eugene A.F. Burtnett 664 832 733 732 2961 Blanks 144 97 101 104 446 • Senator Joseph R. Cotton 708 893 776 796 3173• John Patrick O'Connell 012 192 295 283 1082 Blanks 122 69 79 74 344 Representatives in General Court Joseph J. Barry 348 215 292 288 1143 Nelson B. Crosby 614 789 711 682 2796 Hollis M. Gott 573 746 634 640 2593 Edward T . Ryan 324 211 208 298 1041 Blanks 425 347 383 398 1553 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. Bowditch583 790 674 662 2709 Thomas J. Brennan 299 203 301 282 1085 George C. McMenimen 298 200 249 253 1000 Walter C. Wardwell 610 794 659 674 2737 Blanks 494 321 417 435 1667 Sheriff • ' John R. Fairbairn 717 882 763 764 3126 Stephen C. Garrity 307 199 300 309 1115 Blanks 118 73 87 80 358 question No. 1. Yes 273 211 213 210 912 • No 493 664 598 551 2306 Blanks 376 279 334 392 1381 question No. 2. Yes 470 573 563 483 2089 No 199 188 178 203 768 Blanks 473 393 409 467 , 1742 question No. 3. Yes 643 744 736 660 2783 No 101 93 88 93 375 Blanks 395 317 326 400 1438 . 7 L 6 0 ••••• , J / j 572 r� 573 TOWN W ARRA N T THS' COMiMON1AJE ILTfl OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington in slid County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexiington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said town, Cary lenorial Building, in said Lexington, on the thirty-first day of October, 1932, at 8:00 P.M. , then and there to act on the following articles : Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to apc;ropriate money for the Welfare Department by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Tower Street, Richard Road, Plymouth Road, and Wachusett Drive. Art. 4. '1`o see if the Town will vote to confirm the action of the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Boar.. of Health, in con- structing a sewer in Bedford Street from the present end, said end being northwesterly and distant about 1510 feet from the northwesterly line of Elm Avenue, a distance of 300 feet. 111 Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authoriLe the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets: Bedford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street, a distance of approximately 210 feet; Tewksbury Street from Bedford stret to Sargent Street a distance of approximately 225 feet; Shirley Street from Bedford Street to end, a distance of aprox- imately 415 feet; Sargent Street from Tewksbury Street to Shirley street, a distance of approximately 260 feet; Summit Road from', the present end to Pinewood Street, a distance of approximately 242 feet, appropriate money for said construction and to issue bonds or notes therefor or transfer from other account, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6 . To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets, subject to the usual guarantee: Allen Street from the present end in Blossom Street :a distance of approximately 1390 feet; Adams Street from East Street a distance of ap_ roximately 1150 feet, appropriate money for said installation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by transfer from other accounts. Art. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and Public Works to take by eminent domain on behalf of the Town an easement for the location of a drain for surface water in or under the private ways known as Hillside Terrace, Ledgelawn { �f � • Avenue and a passageway extending from Ledgelawn Avenue to abrock, and appropriate money for the construction -of. the said drain and for the said taking, to be raised either by an issue of bonds or notes of the town or by assessment or transfer from other accounts. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the salaries of all persons employed by the Town exceot the laborers, the same to take effect Janu.iry 1, 19 ,3, or act in any manner relating thereto. 150Art. 9. To see if the T;wn will vote to transfer the sum of rom the account New Headquarters Fire Station, Architects' Plans and Contractors' Bids, to the Excess and Deficiency , III Account. Art. 10. to see if the Town will vote upon petition of Daniel J. 'O'Connell to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law and map by changing from an R 1 District to a C 1 District the following described parcel of llnd: A triangular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by Woburn Street distant 320.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp. right of way distant 317.40 feet, containing about 27,994 square feet. Art. 11. To see if the 'Town will vote to waive the provision of the Zoning By-law requiring in C 1 Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, ana not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, insofar as it relates to the triangular r,arcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on she southwest by Woburn Street distant 320.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp. right of way distant 317.40 feet, containing about 27,K4'4 square feet . Ana 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, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eighteenth day of October A. D , 1932. Hobert P. Trask SELECT1EN John E. Gilcreast Theodore A. Custance OF Charles E. Ferguson Daniel J . O'Connell LEXINGTON. October 24, 1932. To the Town Clerk, I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town 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' To n seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. iaguire Constable of Lexington. Ir''.r f•. Oda Special Town Meeting October 31 , 193Z. The meeting was called to order at 8;07 P.M. Moderator, Robert H :Jolt, presiding. There were Town Meeting :.:embers present. The Town Clerk, James J Carroll, read the warrant for the meeting, until further reading was waived on motion of Select- man `r. Trask. The Town Clerk read the Constable ' s return of the warrant. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article one;offering the following; That a Committee of three be appointe0y the Moderator,one of which shall be the Moderator, to arrange a series of lectures provided by the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzzanne Cary. Carried unanimously at 6;10 P.M. Under article one , Selectman Mr. Trask offered the follow- _ ing; Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to revise the Plumbing Br-Laws of the. Town. Carried unanimously at 8;11 P.:. Under article one . Mr. Albert H Burnham, read the following report, to consider a caucus to nominate Town Officers as follows; as voted at a Town Meeting held October 15,1930,which read as follows;" Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the Town Meeting whether or not it is desirable that the representative town meeting, or its members make recommendations to the voters of the Town as to candidates for town office or for members of this representative town meeting, and if desirable what methods may be adopted for that purpose.' Report of Committee as follows; October 24,1932. Your committee appointed mien LE to consider a caucus to 111 nominate town officers have held several meetings and have come to the following conclusions. That in a sub-division the size of Lexin °ton the voters have as good a chance to know or learn the qualifications of a can- didate for office at t' e election as at a caucus. That only a small percent of the towns of our size hold such a caucus. That if such a caucus were held every voter in town should have a vote. A suggestion was made that the town meeting members constitute the caucus, but your committee believe every voter should have the right to take part in such a caucus. That it would probably cost the town from ,;1000. to ; 1500 to hold such a caucus. And it is the recommendation of your committee that no action be taken at the present time. Signed by the Cor:imittee, John D Collins. Eugene T Buckley. John _1 Lyons. Albert H Burnham. Including, That t .e report be accepted and the committee be discharged --- Carried unanimously 8;13 P.M. Under artticle one Mr. Rowse Chairman of the Appropriation Committee read the following report , covering the articles in the warrant; as follows; Art.2 approved ;310,000.00 Excess &?• Deficiency to Account Public Welfare. Art.3 approved. Art.4 approved Art.5 approved ;:6,000.00 Sewer Assessment toSewer Construction. 6,000. -0 3onds and notes issued and payable in accordance with law. Art.6 not approved Art.8 approved. Art.9 approved ;x1500.00 New headquarters Fire Station, Architects8 Excess & Deficiency Plans and Contractors ' Bids Respectfully submitted, , A Edward Rowse, Chairman. 576 CD Co . " .7 Under article two, Selectman .:r. Trask, offered the follow- ing motion; Voted that the sum of ,,10,000.00 be transferred from the Excess and :.-=efficiency Account to the Welfare 'department. Carried unanimously 8;15 P.L. Under article three Selectman Sr. Trask, offered the follow- ing motion; Voted that the Selectmen be ,authorized to install street lights in the 'following streets; 'lymouth Road and Wachusett Drive. Carried unanimously 8;19 P.11. Under article four, Selectman ;.':r. Trask, offered the follow- 111 ing motion; Voted that the action of the Board of Selectmen act- ing as a Board of health, in constructing a sewer in Bedford Street from the present end, said end being northwesterly and distant about 1510 feet from the northwesterly line of Elm Avenue, a distance of 300 feet be approved. Carried unanimously 8;22 Under article five ; Selectman Sr. . Trask, offered the follow- ing motion; Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in '3edford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street, a distance ' of approximately -210 feet. Voted that the Board of Ii lectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Twwksbury Street from Bedford Street to Sargent Street a distance of approximately 225 feet ; Voted that the Board of SeJectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Shirley Street from Bedford Street to end, a distance of approximately 415 feet ; Voted that the Board of SeLectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Sargent Street from Tewskbury Street to Shirley Street, a distance of approximately 260 feet; Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Summit Road from the present end, a distance of aprox- imately 325 feet; And fgr]her voted that for the purpose of said construction , the sum of 310,000. be a propriated, X6000 of this sum to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Account to the Sewer . Construction Account, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell bonds or notes of the "Town in the sum of 44000. issued and payable in accordance with law. Explanations of conditions in the above mentioned streets by t.ir. Trask. Letter of protest read by Francis E Burke, on request of petitioners. Ii E Cu tante speaks in favor of the sewers. Question by Yr. Murray, how many houses were to be benefited. Answered by Yr. Trask, about nineteen. Selectmen Trask: moved , the article be voted uPon in sections, which was carried unanimously at 8;32 P .Y. The section referring to a sewer in Bedford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street , approximately 210 feet, Carried unanimously 8;33 2. .i.. The section referring to a sewer in Tewksbury Street from Bedford Street to , argent Street, approximately 225 feet, Carried unanimously 8;34 P.M. The section referring to a sewer in Shirley Street from Bedford Street tc, end , approximately 415 feett, "4 Carried unanimously - 8;35 P.M. The section referring to a sewer in Sargent Street from Tewksbury Street to Shirley Street ,approximately 260 feet. Carried unanimously 8;36 P.M. The section referring to a sewer in Summit Road from the present end , approximately 325 feet, was opposed, by Mr Murphy. Question by Clark if approved by the Appropriation COrrnittee. Answered by Rowse; ales. Question by Murray, flow many houses were -to be benefited. Answered by r. Trask. Three. Mr . Hutchinson moved indifinite postponement, therefore that part Of the article referring to a sewer in Summit Road from the present end, a distance of approximately 325 feet, • Indifinitely postponed , carried unanimously 8;47 P.M. 5.