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TOWN MEETING , OCTOBER 15 , 1930 .
The meeting was called to order by Moderator
Robert H . Holt at 8 : 15 o ' clock P . M . The To•m Clerk
proceeded to read the Vtarrant , 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 locaticin of an arboretum in the
Town of Lexington .
Art . 1 . On motion of Sydney R . Vvrightington the following
vote was passed unanimously :
Voted : That a comaittee of five be appointed by
the Moderator to consider and report to the town meeting
whether or ncit 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 nethods 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 , $22 , 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 hercby• is authorized to sell under
the direction of and with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town bearing intrrest
at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued ani 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 .
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Voted : That the Seleetpen be authorized to
construct a sewer in Hillcrest Avenue from Fottler
Avenue to The ,• esa Avenue , a distance of approximately
125 feet .
Voted : That the Select :fieri 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 : Shat the Selectmen be authorized to
demolish the bui '-dings 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 t: -_e following
vote was passed unanimously :
Voted : That the sum of $2532 . 42 be transferred
from the Overlay Reserve Fund to the Public Yorks
Department Account .
Arts . 3 , 4 , & 5 . On motion of Theodore A . Custance
it w-as voted thA. t-. articles 3 , 4 , and 5 be taken up
together . Under this article - fir . Theodore A. Custance
offered the following motion :
Voted : That the Town Meeting recommend to the
Select aen that they :Make a new r -'location of lassa -
chusetts Avenue from th =_ northerly terminus of the present
street line on the for :ier 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 , nfo as damages if
he will accept the sum in full settle -lent 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 discussiJnon these antic : es , i',4r .
Robe ,t P . Trask moved that action under these articles
be reconsidered .
Ir . John H . Devine offered the following amend 'lent
to Jr . 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 now
owned by Aessr : . Rubin and Seligman to the property of the
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, all as laid out by
the Selectmen and shown on plan on fi ' e in the Town Clerk ' s
Office entitled , " Plan showing pro )osed building line on
Massachusetts Avenue , Lexington, from its northerly terminus
to property of Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, Septe :fiber
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 notes
to bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per centum
per annum . "
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After considerab 1_e discussion on this amendment ,
qnd no action taken , a motion for adjournment was passed .
The meeting adjourned at 10 : 57 P . A .
A true record , Attest :
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