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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-12-16-STM-WARRANT 312 Cl TOWN WARRANT tO Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex , 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 CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING , in said Lexington , on Monday, the sixteenth day of December , 1929 , at 8 P . M . Art . 1 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town , and to apnoin_t other Committees . Art . 2 . To see if the Town will amend Article III , sec . 2 of the Code of By- laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington by striking out the same and inserting in place thereof the following : " Section 2 . The warrant for a town meeting shall be served by posting a printed copy thereof on the bulletin board in the Town Office Building and in such other public places in the town , if any , as the Selectmen may designate , seven days at least before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meeting , by publishing once in the Lex- ington Times -Minute -Man one dat at least before the time stated to the warrant for holding such meeting, if the selectmen so designate , and also , whenever the warrant contains any article on which all registered voters have the right to vote under Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 , by sending by mail , postage prepaid , not less than seven days before the time stated in the warrant for holding such meetin ' , a printed cppy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the town at his last residence as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters , provided however , that no action taken at the meeting shall be inbalidated by reason of any mistake or omission by the officer or person serving the warrant to mail a copy thereof to every registered voter . " Art . 3 . To see if the Town will amend Article III , sec . 5 of the Code of By- laws of 1922 of t: he Town of Lexington by striking out all after the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following : " Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting . " Art . 4 . To see if the Town will amend in any respect Article III , Sections 2 and 5 of the Code of By- laws of 1922 of the Town of Lexington to make them conform to Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 relating to rep - resentative town meetings in the Town of Lexington . Art . 5 . To see if the Town will amend Article 30 of the Code of By- laws of 1922 by adding thereto the following section : " Section 3 . Before any license for any dog shall be issued under General Laws , Chapter 140 , section 137 , the aoplicant for such license shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate signed by a reputable veterinarian , stating that he has administered Rabies Vaccine to said 313 dog , since the first day of January preceding such application . " Art . 6 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way , or accept the layout as a town way , of Hill Street from Bedford Street to Cedar Street , as Dad out by the Selectmen under the betterment act , and shown upon a certain plan on file in the Office of the Town Clerk , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 7 . To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to install street lights in Bernard Street , Denver Street , and Theresa Avenue . Art . 8 . To see if the Town will accept the deed and conveyance of about 29 , 520 square feet of land at the junction of Lowell and North Streets from Robert L . Ryder , Trustee , of the Lexington Real Estate Trust . Art _ 9 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by deed of George W . Spaulding dated • April 7 , 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds , book 3243 , page 385 , adjoining the premises of Lillian G . & Lois M . Marshall , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 10 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account , or unexpended balances or by issue of bonds or notes : Highway Construction , Waltham Street ; Police Dept . , Swimming Pool , Insurance , Public Welfare , Tax Collector , Interest ; Snow Removal . Art . 11 . To see if the town will rescind or amend its votes adopted April 8 , 1929 and April 15 , 1929 with respect to the purchase of land from the Stuart -Marshall Realty Company for the widening of Massachusetts Avenue and the option from the town to the Stuart -Marshall Realty Company to purchase the Central Fire Station and making appropriations therefor . Art . 12 . To see if the town will accept a new offer from the Stuart-Marshall Realty Company to sell to the town a strip of land 25 feet wide extending northeasterly from Massachusetts Avenue between Meriam Street and Depot Square and will authorize the Selectmen to execute an agreement for that purpose including an o " tion to the Start - Marshall Realty Company to purchase the Central Fire Station so called belonging to the town on Meriam Street and to make an appropriation therefor and provide for the payment thereof by the issue of bonds or notes of the town and take any other action in relation thereto . Art . 13 . To see if the town will petition the Legislature for authority to revoke its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 , being an act relative to tenement houses in towns . Art . 14 . To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report upon changes in the Building by- laws of the town . Art . 15 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a portion of the property of the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company located on Bedford Street for use as a public works department , appropriate money for such purchase by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account or b;1 issue of bonds or notes therefor , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 16 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey any portion of the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company property located on Bedford Street , if purchased by the town by authority of a vote passed under the preceding article in this warrant , 314 Je) or act in any manner relating thereto . 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 third day of December , A . D . 1929 . Albert H . Burnham , Clarence Shannon Selectmen Theodore A . Custance of Francis Chamberlain Lexington . Hallie C . Blake Lexington , Mass . December 9 , 1929 . 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 Office Building and in six other public places in the Town , and by mailing a printed 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 .