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 .
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 .