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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 : Ills 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 . • 522 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 • t • 523 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 -� .