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To the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County,
Greeting:
In the name cf the Commonwealth cf Massacbiasetts , you are dir-
ected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of ,-,exington, qualified
to vote in elections and in Town affairs , to meet in their respective
voting places in said Town.
PRECINCT ONE, ADA1S SC '7001,; PHECI7CT TWO, THREE, AND FOT.,,a, CARE
MEMORIAL BUILDING, on MONDAY, the 6th day of MARCH, A.D. 1944, at
8 O 'clock A.M. , then and there to act on thefollowing articles :
Article 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 ;
One Moderator for the term of one year;
One Member of the Trustees of Public Trusts for the term of six years ;
Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years :
T70 Constables for the term of one year;
seventeen Town Meetinz -Members in each Precinct for the_term of
three years;
Twh Town Meetin7 Members in Precinct One for a term of two years;
One Town I,-_eetinz ',ember in Precinct One for a term of one year;
Three Town Meetins Members in Precinct Four for a term of one year;
To vote by ballot, on petition signed by more than twenty-five
rezistered voters of the Town, on the following question:
"Shall section seventy-three of chapter one hundred and thirty-
one of the General Laws, requirinz for the taking of fur-bearing
mammals the use of traps that kill at once or take such
mammals alive unharmed, be again operative in this town?"
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NO
To vote by ballot, on petition signed by at least two hundred
resistered voters of the Town, on the following question:
"Shall the Town vote to accept the provisions of section six
C of chapter forty of the General Laws , which authorize cities
and towns to appropriate money for the removal of snow and
ice from private ways therein open to public use?"
YES
NO
The polls will be open at 8:00 A.M. and will remain open until
8:00
You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in
Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the thil-teenth dam of
March, 1944, at 8:00 P.M., at which time and place the following
articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the
Town lieetina Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts
of 1922 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight
of said chapter.
Article 2, To receive the reports of any Eoard of Town Off- 71
icers 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
be7irnir:-; January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay-
able 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 De-
ficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 6 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of
the 1944 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to anpropriatemoney to
pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various town depart-
ments .
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.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select-
men to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit
for the year 1944.
Article 10 . To see if the Town will vote to install water mains
in such accepted or unaccented streets as the Selectmen may determine
duringthe year 1944 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 water mains
in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine
during the year 1944 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended,
or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements
therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by trans-
fer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the
Town; or act in any other manner in relation tmereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
pay a bonus during the year 1944 and to continue payments to April 1,
1945 to regular, full-time employees of the Town of Lexin3.ton, and
appropriate money therefor, said money to be provided by direct
apnropriation, 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 if the Town will vote to aPpropriate money
to pay contributions to Contributory Retirement Systems on account
of members thereof in the Military or Naval Service , in accordance
with Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or act in any other manner in
relation thereto,
Article 14. To see if 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 15. 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.
72 Article 16 . To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of
-the Road Machinery rand by crediting to said fund an amount based
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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 equip-
ment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for
the paTment of pensions to retired members of the Police Department,
under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any other manner in re-
lation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum
to cover the expenses of printing, publishing and distributing Police
Department Rules and Regulations, and provide for the same by dir-
ect appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 19 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum
of money for the purpose of erecting a fence to enclose the new
fields at the Center Playground, and for any other items in connection
with the fields, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 20 . To see if the Town will vote to approPriate- a sum
of money for the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Fire De-
partment, such money to be provided by direct appropriation, by-
transfer from available funds or by the issue of notes or bonds of
the Town, or by a combination of any of these methods ,- or act in any
other manner in relation thereto .
Article 21, To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money for the purchase of a new flagpole for the Common, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
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, Section 4A, or act in any other manner in re-
lation ftereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the payment for premiums on policies of insurance against loss
or damage to Town property which may result from enemy attack, in-
cluding 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 relatioh thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift from
Yr. Harry A. Williams of 12 Melrose Street, Boston, formerly of
Lexington, of a painting of a ship, to be placed in the Cary Mem-
orial Library or some other suitable place, or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to
petition the Legislature for legislation authorizing the Selectmen
to appoint a separate Board of Health to exercise the legal functions
of the _Board of Health now exercised by the Board of Selectmen, under
Statute 1922, Ch. 1, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money to pay the Town' s share of the apportioned cost- of alterations
of the Maple Street Bridge.
Article 27 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money to cover the expense of printing a Pictorial Tow h Report, in
addition to the regular Town Report, and provide for the same by
direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto,
Article 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
appoint a Committee to be known as the Lexington Community Committee
on VeteransRehabilitatioh and Employment, or act in any other manner
in relation thereto,
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Article 29 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum
of money to cover leneral expenses of the Lexington Community Comm-
ittee on Veterans ' Rehabilitation and Employment, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 30 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain on behalf of the Town
for the purpose of erecting a new Central Fire or Police Station or
combined Central Fire and Police Station, the property at the junction
of Massachusetts Avenue and Fletcher Avenue belonging to Bridget
Leary and provide for the payment therefor by the issue of bonds or
notes of the Town, by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail-
able funds , or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will determine the location of
a new Central Fire or Police or combined Central Fire and Police
Station and will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of
five to obtain plans, specifications and estimates for the construction
of such station and report at the next Annual Town Meeting and
appropriate money therefor, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
Article 32 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
acquire by Purchase or take by eminent domain on behalf of the Town
for the purpose of erecting a new East Lexington Fire Station, the
Property at 703-705 Massachusetts Avenue belonging to Edgar W. Harrod
and provide for the Payitent therefor by the issue of bonds or notes
of the Town, by direct appropriation, by transfer from available
funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will determine the location of
a new East Lexington Fire Station and will authorize the Moderator
to appoint a committee of five to obtain Plans , specifications and
estimates for the construction of such station and report at the
next Annual Town Meeting and appropriate money therefor, 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 Warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said
meeting.
Given under our hands at Lexington, this fourteenth day of
February, A. D., 1944.
A. Edward Rouse
SELECTMEN
William G. Potter
Errol H. Locke OF
George T. Saran°
LEXIEdTON
George C . Sheldon
CONSTABLE E RETURN
Febraary 26, 1944
To the Town Clerk:
I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington Posting printed
copies of the foregoing Warrant in the vestibule of the lown Office
Building and seven other public places in the Town, and by mailin,o. 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