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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1938-11-10-STM-WARRANT 461 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 Build5ng, in said Lexington, on Thursday, the 10th day of November, 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 Com- mittees. Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement on behalf of the Town. of Lexington with the Town of Arlington to provide co-operation between the two towns in the matters 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 in relation thereto. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, the rounded corner of Charles Street at Taft Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated September 15, 1938, or take any action is relation thereto. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Rotary Club of Lexington a gift of two direction sign boards, one located on the Lexington Common and one on the Buckman Tavern Grounds, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of repairing damage to public property and public ways caused by the recent storm; to determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowin under Clause 9, Section 8, Chapter 44, General Laws, or by transfer from avail- able funds in the treasury, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to rescind so much of the action taken under Articles 2, 4, ana 5 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on April 25, 1938 as relates to the borrowing of the sums of $15,000 . , $15,000., and $5,000. respect- ively, for the construction of sewers, as follows : a trunk line sewer from a point near the Arlington-Lexington line to Rindge Avenue, and sewers in Bow Street, Rindge, Melrose, Rawson, Albe- marle and Winn Avenues, conditioned upon agreements to be signed by the abutters. Article 7. To see if the Town will ratify an agreement made by the Selectmen with Colonial Garage, Inc ., subject to the approval of the town meeting, for the settlement of the petition for assess- ment of damages for a taking by eminent domain brought by Colonial Garage, Inc. against the Town, No. 108635 in the Superior Court for the County of Middlesex by the payment of $2 650 . plus interest from January 18, 1937, plus costs of court, and to provide for pay- merit thereof by appropriation and transfer from available funds. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to pay Harry B. and Ethel Osgood $55.00 for an award by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in settlement of all land and grade damages on account of the construction of Bedford Street in 1926, and pay for the same by transfer from available funds, or take any action in relation thereto. 462 Article 9. To see if the Town will accept a gift from J. Willard Hayden of Lexington of the property on Lincoln Street l-nown as the Aldrich Estate, comprising twenty-five acres, more or less, on condition that said entire tract be added to the Center Playground and devoted to the use of the youth and the citizens of the Town of Lexington, for appropriate playground purposes. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sums of money for the following accounts, such ap- propriations to be met by transfers from available funds: Park Department - Wages and Expenses Road Machinery Account Charles Street Highway Construction School Maintenance - Other Expenses . 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 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 twenLj-fifth day of October, A. D., 1938. ARChiBALD R. GIROUX ALBERT A. ROSS SELECTMEN WILLIAM G. POTTER OF A. EDWARD EOWSE LEXINGTON PHILIP M. CLARK October 31, 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 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. Maguire Constable of Lexington.