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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1938-08-25-STM-WARRANT 439 In Favor Tellers Opposed 23 Alan G. Adams 6 27 32 Rupert H. Stevens 24 Roger :3. Long 4 79 37 Carried 10:11 P.M. All Articles dispensed with, the Moderator, Robert H. Holt, declares the meeting dissolved. ---- 10:12 P.M. A true record. Attest: ti�-�--/ /l �, Qv Town erk TOWN WARRANT 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 Thursday, the 25th day of August, 1938, at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Article 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 2. To see, if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring land and easements and constructing a sanitary sewer, force main and pumping station for North Lexington and authorize and direct the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the town, for use in carrying out such project, a Federal grant of money pursuant to the Public Works Adminis- tration Appropriation Act of 1938; and authorize the Selectmen to construct said project and contract with respect thereto; and authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums as may be necessary to meet any appropriation made and to use any other available funds that may be raised by taxation or appropriated for that purpose, or take any action relative thereto. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by right of eminent domain or otherwise the land and easements for the pur- pose of a sanitary sewer, force main and sewage pumping station for North Lexington, approximately as follows: 1. Beginning at a man hole on the existing main outlet sewer, at a point about 935 feet easterly from the junction of Grant Street and Hayes Lane thence northerly in ands now or formerly of Thomas C. Buckley , William J. Leary, 440 Louis Leturmy, Bridget J. McKearney et al, Angelo and Antoinette Busa, and Thomas Cavanaugh to a Private Way, thence northwesterly in said Private Way to Grant Street, thence northerly and north- westerly in Grant Street, Colony Road, and lands now or formerly of Elizabeth M. Burton and William B. Porter et al to Adams Street. 2. Beginning at Aim Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly in lands now or formerly of Gustaf Lidberg, .Federal Farm Mortgage Corp., and Brooks Potter to Hancock Street. 3. Beginnig at North Hancock Street, thence south- westerly and westerly in Hamilton Road, Liberty Avenue, and Ledge- lawn Avenue to Bedford. Street. 4. Beginning at Valley Road, thence northwesterly and northerly in lands now or formerly of the Town of Lexington, and Willow Street, and lands now or formerly of Anna Dickerson and Catherine A. Kimball, and Brook Street to near Myrtle Street. 5. A parcel of land now or formerly of Frank J. Longleway on the easterly side of Brook Street near Myrtle Street bounded on the west by Brook Street for about 100 feet and having a depth of about 100 feet. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for labor and materials on public works and for other expenses in connection therewith, to be expended by the Selectmen for Federal Emergency unemployment relief projects and to provide the money by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town in accordance with Chapter 58, of the Acts of 1938, or take any action relative thereto. Article 5. To see if the Toren will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement on behalf of the Town of Lexington with the Town of Arlington to provide cooperation between the two towns in the matter of connection of sewers in Lexington with Town of Arlington sewers, and the connection of sewers in Arlington with Town of Lexington sewers, or take any action relative thereto. • Article 6. To see : if. the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer sums from- available funds to the following accounts: Park Department, Personal Services Cary Library, Personal Services And you are directed to serve this Warrant sever: days at least before -the: time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town. • Hereof -fail not, and make due return on 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 twelfth day of August, A. D., 1938. • ARCHIBALD R. GIROUX MAJORITY OF ALBERT A. ROSS SELEdtMEN WILLIAM G. POTTER OF • A. EDWARD ROWSE LEXINGTON 441 August 17th, 1938 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 town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town eight days before the time of said meeting. Attest: Patrick J. Maguire Constable of Lexington SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Hr;LD AUGUST 25, 1938 The meeting was called to order at 8:14 P.M. by the Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, account the Moderator, Robert H. Holt, being absent. Town Clerk James J. Carroll stated it would be in order to elect a Moderator Pro-Tem for the meeting. It was voted to make nominations from the floor for Mod- erator Pro-Tem for the meeting. The nomination was made of Mr. Ferguson for Moderator Pro- Tem, which was not seconded, whereby the Town Clerk declared the nomination not in order. Selectman Archibald R. Giroux makes the nomination of Senator Joseph R. Cotton for Moderator Pro-Tem, which was second- ed. Motion made and seconded nominations be closed, and so voted - 8:15 P.M. Senator Joseph R. Cotton was unanimously elected as Moder- ator Pro-Tem for the meeting - 8:15 P.M. The Moderator Pro-Tem, Joseph R. Cotton, was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk, James J. Carroll. 8:16 P.M. The Town Clerk read the warrant for the meeting, until upon motion of Selectman Archibald R. Giroux, further reading of the warrant was waived. The Town Clerk read the Officer' s return of the warrant. 8:17 P.M. Robert C. Merriam, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, moved to take up Article 1, submitting the Appropriation Com- mittee's Report, moving that said report be accepted and placed on file, which was voted unanimously - 8:19 P.M. Robert C . Merriam, Chairman of the Appropriation CoI ttee, read the Appropriation Committee's recommendations of the various articles for the meeting. 8:28 P.M.