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TOWN WA RRANT
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
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, ADA D6 SCHOOL: PREC INC T TWO, THREE AND FOUR,
CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, on MONDAY, the 5th day of March A. D.
1945, at 7:30 o'clock A. M. , then and there to act on the follow-
ing 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;
Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years;
Two Constables for the term of one year;
Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of
three years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term one year;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of two years ;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of one year;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for a term of two years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for a term of two years .
The polls will be open at 7:30 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 twenty-sixth day of
March, 1945, 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.
Article 2. To receive the reports, of any Board of Town
Officers or of any Committee of the Town and d 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, 1946 , 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 approp-
riations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct app-
ropriation, 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 authorize the Sel-
ectmen and the School Committee to pay a bonus during, the year 1945
and to continue payments to April 1, 1946 to some or all 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.
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Article 6 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money to pay the bonus, authorized in. 1944, from January
1, 1945 to March 31, 1945 inclusive, 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 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unex-
pended appropriation balances in any of the Accounts to the Excess
and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction
of the 1945 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ]
Article 9 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
topayunpaid -
any bills for prior years of the various town depart-
ments .
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Article 10. 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 11. 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 1945 .
Article 12. 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 1945 in accordance with authority con-
tained 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 13. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains
in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may de-
termine during the year 1945 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504
as amended, or other wise, and to take by eminent domain any nec-
essary easements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct ap-
propriation, 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 14. 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 15. 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 i m.rove the
service in the School Department.
Article 16 . To see if the Tows. will vote to authorize the
School Committee to establish and maintain kindergartens in the
Lexington Public Schools, and appropriate money therefor, or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the installation of automatic sprinklers in the
Munroe School, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate
money to pay the expenses of the Committee of Seven to Study the
Needs of Future School Sites , or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
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Article 19 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate
money for highway maintenance under the authority of;Chapter 90
of the General Laws , or act many other manner inrelation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to approapriate
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 21. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope
of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount
based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the
Public Works Department when used on various projects carred 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 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum
of money for the purpose of erecting a backstop at the Center Play-
ground, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the purpose of grading the enclosed field at the
Center Playground, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the purchase of two new power lawn mowers, for
the Park Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 25 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, fn accordance
with G. L. Chapter 41, Section 4A, or act in any other manner in
relation thereto. -
Article 26 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the payment of premiums on policies of insurance against loss or
damage to Town property which may result from enemy attack, includ-
ing any action by the Military, Naval, or Air Force in the United
States in resisting enemy attack, or act in any other manner in re-
lation thereto.
Article - 27 . To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift in
the amount of 8500.00 under the will of Franklin W. Raymond, to be
known as "The Sarah E. Raymond Library Fund" , the income to be used
for the purchase of books for the Cary Memorial Library.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 11 of the
Acts of 1945 authorizing the Selectmen to appoint a Board of Health
and transferring to the Board the duties as a Board of Health now
performed by the Selectmen.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a
town way, or accept the layout as a town way, Blossom Street from
Concord Avenue to the Cambrige-Concord Highway, 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 30. To see if the Town will vote to authoritze the
Selectmen to obtain bids and on behalf of the Town to sign a con-
tract for the erection of a new Central Fire Station and provide
for the payment therefor 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 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen bo obtain bids and on behalf of:the Town to sign a con-
tract for the erection of a new East Lexington Fire Station and
provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by trans-
fer from available funds , or by the issue of notes or bons of the
,Town, or by a combination of any of these methods , or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
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Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the purchase of a new one-half ton truck chassis
for the Fire Department, or act "n any other manner in relation
thereto
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police
Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will amend the General By-
laws by adding to Article XXVI the following:
"Section 2. No person, except an officer of the law in the
performance of his duties , shall enter upon the premises of
another with the intention of peeping into the windows of a
house or spying upon in any manner any person or persons therein."
Article 35 . To see if the Town will amend the Plumbing
By-law by. changing the figure "20" in the last paragraph thereof
to "XXI" so that the same shall read as follows:
"The provisions of Article XXI of the Building By-law so far
as applicable and especially when required appliances or fittings
are not on the market shall be considered a part of this By-law."
Article 36 . To see if, under Chapter 41, Sections 1 and 2
of the General Laws, the Town of Lexington will vote to increase
the membership of the School Committee from three members to five
members for terms of three years . ( Inserted at the request of
ten registered voters .)
Article 37. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of
$400.00 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Sel-
ectmen for the purpose of prividing suitable headquarters for
Lexington Post #3007 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 9 . under the Gen-
eral Laws of Massachusetts , said sum to be raised by general tax.
E Inserted at the request of ten registered voters .)
Article 38. No Almoner or Overseer of the Poor, etc . , to
act as Agent or Disbursing Officer, etc . Section 3A. In a city
or town which has duly accepted this section, ,no almoner or member
of the Board of Public Welfare , or officer performing similar
duties , or any agent of any of them, shall directly or indirectly
act as agent or disbursing officer of the aldermen or selectmen-
for the payment of state or military aid or soldierst relief;
proveded, that this section shall not operate to prevent selectmen
in towns who are also members of Boards of Public Welfare from
acting in their capacity as selectmen or through an agent acting for
the selectmen. In accordance with Chapter 115, Section 3A under
General Laws of Massachusetts ( Ter. Ed.) . ( Inserted at the request
of ten registered voters .)
Article 39 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen
to modify by amendment or cancel the agreements dated January 27,
1937 and December 31, 1937 or either of them which agreements
impose voluntary restrictions on the use by Daniel J. OtConnell
and his successors in title of land at the junction of Woburn Street
Fletcher Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad, now zoned as
C-1 District.
Article 40. To see if the Town will amend its Building By-
law by striking out in Article II, Section 4 -the second paragraph
thereof the words "one week" and inserting in place thereof "three
weeks" so that the second paragraph of said Section 4 will read
as follo- s:
"If the owner of any building or other structure, or an
applicant for a permit to erect or alter a building or other
structure , is aggrieved by any order or decision of the Building
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Inspector, he may file with the Inspector an objection in writing,
and thereupon the matter shall be referred by the Building Inspector
to the Board of Appeals who, within three weeks from said reference,
shall hear the oarties , and after taking such expert opinion as
may seem to the Board of Appeals to be necessary, give their
decision. In case the decision of the Building Inspector be affirmed,
the expense of such expert opinion taken by the Board of Appeals
shall be paid to the town on demand by the appelant; otherwise such
expense shall be borne by the town ." _
Article 41 . To see if the Town will appropriate money for
the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of
mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws or for the
eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health of Lexinvton
or appropriate money under Sec . 4A of Chap. 252 of the General
Laws for the purpose as set forth in that Section.
And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at _
least before the tune 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 twelfth day of
February, A. D. , 1945 .
Errol H. Locke
William G. Potter BOARD
A . Edward Rowse OF
George W. Sarano
SELEC TPN
George C . Sheldon
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
February 24, 1945
To the Town Clerk:
I have notified the inhabitants of the Lexington by post-
ing 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, nine days before the time of
said meeting.
Attest: John C . Russell
Constable of Lexington