HomeMy WebLinkAbout1932-03-07-TE-WARRANT and 1932-03-21-ATM-WARRANT 524 ‘.
• TOWN W AR R A N T
Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Middlesex , ss .
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington , in said
County , Greeting :
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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 , Emerson Hall ; Precinct Two ,
Three and Four , Cary -liomorial Hall ) , on
MONDAY , THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH , A . D . 1932 ,
at six o1 clock A . M . , then and there to act on the following
articles :
Art . 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 Coma: ' s sioner for the term of three years
One Member of the School Committee for the term of three years
Two Constables for the term of one year
One Moderator for the term of one year
One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years
Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years
Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three years
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for. one irear ( to
• fill vacancy )
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for one year ( to
fill vacancy ) .
The polls will be open at 6 : 00 h . 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 or! Monday , the twenty -
first day of March , 1932 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 memberg in accordance with
Chapter 215 of the nets of 1929 and subject to the referendum
provided for by sectio , eight of said chapter .
Art . 2 . To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers
or of any Committee of the 'Town , and to appoint other Committees .
Art . 3 . To choose such Town officers as ari required by law
and arr, usually chosen by nomination .
Art . 4 . To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer ,
under the direction of the Selectmen , to borrow money for any
necessary purposes , in anticipation of revenue for the current
111 year , the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said
revenue , or act in any manner relative thereto .
Art . 5s - To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations
for Town Expenses for the enBuing year , or act in any manner
relating thereto .
Art . 6 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths , In accordance with
Chapter 132 , General Laws , or act in any n,anuer relating thereto .
Art . 7 . To see • if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess
an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as provided by
Ch pier 40 , Section 6 , General Laws , or take any action relating
thereto .
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Art . 8 . To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the CD
payment of pensions to retired members of. the Police and Fire
Departry ?nts , under. Chapter 32 , General Laws , or act In any
manner relating; thereto .
Art . 9 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the use of the .4ater Department and pa?%ment of water debt ,
and to provide same by issuance of bonds , notes . or by direct
appropriation or by transfer from other accounts , or by any or
all of such methods , or take any other actinn relating thereto .
Art . 10 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to petiti mn the DI r. ector of Accounts of the State
for an audit for the year. 1932 .
Art . 11 . To see if. the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the support of a Posture Clinic , to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Health or by a committee appointed
bTT said Board , or act in any manner relating thereto .
Art . 12 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for Old Age Assistance in accordance with General haws , Chapter
118A inserted b,- Acts of 1930 , Chapter 402 or act in any manner
relating thereto .
Art . 13 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the p: i nting and repair of. the Public Works Department
building located on 9edford Street .
Art . 14 . To see if the -' own will vote to transfer the sum
of :7) 1830 . 69 to the Cary Library Account , the same being the
sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees .
Art . 15 . To see if the Town will accept an offer from
Caroline A . Harrington and authorize the ' Selectmen to execute
an agreement with herf or • the settlement of ' her pe_titicn against
the Town for the assessment of damages for. the •taking of. the
easement of a . building line across her property :at the corner. of
Massachusetts :.venue and Grant Street and for the conveyance to
the Town of the land between the said building line and the
street together with certain r ' ghts in Vine Brook and author ' ze
payment for the s ami — the issue of bonds or notes or by
direct appropriation .
Art . 16 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money
for the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of
George Washington .
Art . 17 . To see if the Town will authorize the Board of
Assessors in determ' ning the rate of taxation to be levied on
taxable property for the year to include in the estimated
receipts lawfully applicable to ' the payment of expenditures , such
free cash in the treasury , not exceeding $ 10 , 000 , as may be
approved in writing by the Commissioner of Corporations and
Taxation .
Art . 18 . To see if the Town will take any action to express
to the proper officials of the Federal Government its opinion
with respect to the control of the Lexington Battle Grenn by
the '•'far Department of the United States .
Art . 19 . To see if the 'i own will vote to Install a water main
in North Street from Lowell Street , a distance of approximately
3200 feet , subject to the usual guarantee , and appropriate money
for said installation by the is9uance of bonds or notes or by
transfer from other account s .
Art . 20 . To see if the Town Will vote to transfer sums from
the following accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account :
New Headquarters , Fire Station , Architects Plans and contractors
Bids $2 , 000 . 00
Carville Avenue ( Installation of Drain ) . 95
Clarke Street ( Installation of Drain ) 1 . 62
Construction of fence ( Between Adams School lot and
property of Lllen A . Stone , Trustee , ) 365 . 89
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Art . 21 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the gifts
offered in the following extracts of the Will of Miss Amy E .
Taylor , late of Lexington : -
Clause 30 . Whereas , my father , George W . Taylor , late of
Lexington , deceased , some years ago presented to the Town of.
Lexington , a flag pole , which now stunds on Lexington Common ,
if such provision has not already been made , I then give , devise
and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington , in
trust nevertheless , the sum of. Two Thousand Dollars , this fund
to be known as the " George W . Taylor Flag Fund " the income to
be used for the care , preservation and r7piacerent of said flag
pole , or for the purchase of new flags ; any balance of income
from said fund to be used for the care of Lex ' ngton Common .
Clause 31 . If I shall not hLrve made such provision in my
lifetine , I give , devise and bequeath to the Inhabitants of
the Town of Lexington , the sum of Two Thousand Dollars , said
find to be known as the GEORGE W . TAYLOR TREE FUND , in trust ,
nevertheless , the income . of which is to be expended for the
care , purchase or preservation of trees for the adornment of
said Town .
Clause 41 . I hereby bequeath to the l'own of Lexington the
sum of r'fve Hundred Dollars to be used for the perpetual care
of the GEORGE W . TAYLOR LOT in the Munroe Cemetery in said Town
- of Lexington , It is my wi.fth and desire to have some special - -
care and decoration on said lot on Memorial Day and on June
25th of each year .
Art . 22 . To see if tUe Town will amend article VIII of the
Code of By-Laws of 1922 by . add ing at the end thereof the
following :
" Section 2 . The Selectmen , when duly authorized
by the 'Town , may adopt orders for the extension of Water mains
under General Laws , Chapter 80 , with respect to the assessment
of betterments , without requiring the agreement described
in Section 1 . "
And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven
days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in
the By-Laws of the i own .
Hereof , fail l uot , and make due return of this Warrant
with your doings thereon , to the - 'own Clerk , on or before the
til-e of said meeting .
Given ander our hands , at Lexington , this sixteenth
day of February , A . D . , 1932 .
Robert P . Trask
Clarence Shannon Selectmen
Theodore A . Custance
Hallie C . Blake of
John E . Gilcrnast
Lexington
February 26 , 1932 .
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 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 :
Patrick J . IiIa *u i r e
Constable of Lexi ngto -� .