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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-03-01-TE-WARRANT and 1943-03-15-ATM-Warrant 50 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are dir- ected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, TliEEE, AND FOUR, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, on MONDAY, the 1st day of MARCH, A. D. 1943, at 6 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles: Article 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 years; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year: One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Moderator for the term of one year; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years; One Member of the Planning Board for the term of two years; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of one year; Two Constables for the term of one year; Seventeen Town Meeting. Members in each Precinct for the term of three years; Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for a term of one year; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of one year; Three Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for a term of one year; The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the fifteenth day of March, 1943, at 8:00 P.:';=. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Mem- bers in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Article 2. To recieve the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees . Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws . Article 4, To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto, Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the Accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Artidle 6, To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1943 tax rate , or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 7 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various town departments . Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 51 Article 9 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Sel- ectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1943, Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1943 in accordance with authority contained in the By- laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1943 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary e asements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds , or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pay a bonus to regular, full-time employees of the Town of Lexington, and appropriate money therefor, said money to be provided by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 13. To see of the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers 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. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 15. To see if the Town will accept General Laws, Ch. 85, Sec . lla as inserted by St. 1941, Ch. 710 relating to the registration and operation of bicycles, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 16. To see if the Town will fix the fees for the issue of Building and Plumbing Permits, or act in any other manner in re- lation .thereto. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to enlare the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund anamountbased on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police Department, under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 19 . To see if the Town will amend section 5 of Article III of the General By-laws of the Town, by striking out of the first sentence thereof the words "Six o'clock in the morning" and substit- ut ing therefor the words "such hour as the Selectmen shall determine and shall set forth in the warrant for the meeting" , so that the first sentence of said section 5 shall read as follows; "The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for such hour as the Selectmen shall determine and shall set forth in the warrant for the meeting and thereafter the polls shall be open continously for voting until eight o'clock in the evening" , or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 20, To see if the Town will acce of General Laws, Ch.40, sec, 30A as inserted by St. 1938, Ch. 133, sec . 2, being an act to prevent multiciplicity of proposals for the same change in Zoning By- laws or in their application, or act in any other manner in relation thereto, 52 Article 21. To see if the Town will amend the General By-laws of the Town by adding to article XXVI, a new section substantially as follows: Sec . 2. The fees for storage of gasoline under General Laws, Ch. 148, sec . 13, as amended, shall be as follows: For issuing the original licenses, $1.00 plus a reasonable charge for advertising. For each annual certificate of registration, $.50 Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with G. L. Chapter 41, Sec . 4A, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 23. To see if the Town wil recommend to the Board of Selectmen that licenses be :ranted for public exhibition of moving pictures on Sundays to which admission may be charges, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 24. To see if the Tom will authorize the Selectmen to install an electric light pole and light on land of the Boston Maine Railroad near the railroad station at Lexington Center, under the authority of G. L. Ch. 40, Sec . 5 (33) or any other power them thereto enabling, and to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses thereof, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 25 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By- laws of the Town of Lexington, as follows: By changing Article XXII, Sec , 1 to read as follows : "Section 1. No owner or agent having charge of any building or for of land abutting on a sidewalk, shall place, or permit or suffer to remain for more than four hours between sunrise and sunset, any snow or ice upon such sidewalks, unless such ice is made even and covered with sand, sawdust, earth or ashes to prevent slipping, ” or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to establish a& a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Fern Street from the present end of the accepted way to Moreland Avenue, so c ailed, as laid out by the Selectmen, - and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the payment for premiums on policies of insurance against loss or damage to Town property which may result from enemy attack, including any action taken by the Military, Naval, or Air Force of the United States in resisting enemy attack, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 28. To see if the Town will ratify and approve payments or liability for snow removal in 1943 prior to this meeting due to an extreme emergency involving the safety of persons and property, as voted by two-thirds of the Selectmen, under authority of%G:. L.,. Ch. 44, Sec. 31, and appropriate money therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 29. To see if the Town will ratify and approve payments or liability for repairs and reconstruction of the Central Fire Station and replacement of equipment damaged or destroyed by a fire , due to an extreme emergency involving the safety of persons and procoerty, as voted by two-thirds of the Selectmen, under authority of G. L., Ch. 44, Sec. 31, and appropriate money therefore; said money to be provided by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a com- bination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 30, To see if the Town, pursuant to authority contained In Chapter 20 of the Acts of 1943, will revoke its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, being an Act relative to tenement houses in towns. a Article 31. To see if the Town will amend its Building B --laws by adding thereto a new article relating to apartment houses, sub- stantially in accordance with the copy on file in the office of the Town Clerk and open to public inspection, printed copies of which will be mailed to the town meeting members, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 32. To see if the Town will acceot a special act of the legislature of 1943 enacted pursuant to vote of the annual Town Meeting of March, 1942, or an amendment to the General Laws, author- izing the Town to Iremove snow from private ways open to public travel, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will accept a special act of the Legislature, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 1943, enacted pursuant to vote of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1942 authorizing the Selectmen to appoint a Board of Public Welfare to exercise the legal functions of the Board of Public Welfare now exercised by the Board of Select- men and Public Works, under Statute 1922, Ch. 1, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to convey the land in East Lexington known as the Old Adams School Lot, more particularly described in Certificate of Registration of Title, No. 42373, recorded in Book 282, page 41, in the Office of the Assist- ant Recorder for Middlesex County, to Lexington Post No. 3007 of the Vererans of Foreign Wars for the sole purpose of building a Veter- ans Memorial Building as a home for Veterans of Foreigh Wars, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and app- ropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3, Acts of 1943, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-law of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on 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 fifteenth day of February, A. D. , 1943. Archibald R. Giroux SELECTMEN William G. Potter Errol H. Locke OF A. Edward Rowse LEXINGTON George T. Sarano CONSTABLE'S RETURN February 19, 1943 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and seven other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town, ten days before the time of said meeting . Attest: John C . Russell Constable of Lexington