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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-05-12-STM-WARRANT T 0 "IN WARRANT COMMON Y ALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . ' iIDDLI SFX , 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 Committees . 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 26of 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 Mass .ichusetts "venue 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 $785 . 19 from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the credit of Maple and Lowell Streets and Massachusetts Avenue Account , or act in any manner 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 , in CD 1) 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 a rtment 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 Trustees 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 t1nereto . 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 tfb 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 d1_ vi s . ons between stores and similar buildings . 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- seventh da of. April , A . D . 1926 . Y TIIEODORE 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 Office , in the vestibule of the Town Hal and in six other in the town , and bymailing � public places aprinted 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 .