HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-11-13-STM-WARRANT 507
Cause: General letter form 240, signed by Col. Harring-
ton, rn. D. A. Administrator, Washington, D. C .
Very truly yours,
Leigh V. Farr1,a�,
814 Mass. Ave.
Lexington, !•-.'ass .
I.D. 9100-574
July 28, 1939
Town of Lexington,
Attention P:Ir. J. J. Carroll,
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Lexington, Hass.
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Dear lir. Carroll:
i herewith tender my resignation as town meeting
member from Precinct 3. This is necessary because ofmoving
to Lingston, 14 ss . , making it impossible for me to contire to
hold this position.
-Tours very truly,
L.M.B./N.P. L. H. Eurnham
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 Monday, the
13th day of November, 1939 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 accept Chapter 91 of the Acts
of 1939, as amended by Chapter 446 of the Acts of 1939, modifying
the previous requirements for betterment assessments in the con-
struction of sanitary sewers in Lexington so as to permit co-op-
eration with Federal agencies .
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Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to abandon certain
rights and easements taken by eminent domain by the Town in an '
order of taking of a temporary leasehold interest in certain
lands in connection with the North Lexington Sewer- Project.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to abandon the rights
and easements, if any, taken by the Town by eminent domain to lay
a force main in certain- lands included in the easement for the
North Lexington Sewer- Project in which a gravity sewer has been
constructed.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate snmg
of money for the following accounts, such appropriations to be
met by transfers from available funds, or by any other method:
Road Machinery Account
Snow Removal School Maintenance Expenses
Article 6. To see if the Town will amend the Building- By-law
by adding at the end of Article V, Section 2 a new section to
read as follows:
"Section 2 (a) . Before approval by the Board of
Survey of a subdivision plat under G. L. Ch. 41, sec. 81-F, it '
shall require that the ways laid out on such plat shall coor-
dinate , ith other existing or proposed streets with which. they
may connect, and it shall require such provisions for the die-
posal of surface water as will prevent damage to the said.
streets and utilities any to other ways in- the townand shall
require an agreement by the subdivider, binding on his successors
in title, to construct the ways and/or utilities in the manner
and location shown on said plat as finally approved, and to
conform to the regulations of the Board of Survey regarding
such construction, performance of which agreement shall be
secured by a bond with a surety company, authorized to do
business in Massachusetts, as surety, in the sum of One Thou-
sand Dollars as liquidated damages. No permit shall issue for
the erection of any building or the carrying on of any activity
requiring a permit on lots abutting on such ways until such ways
are so constructed."
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 twenty-third day
of October, A. D., 1939.
ARCHIBALD R. GIROUX
WILLIAM G. POTTER '
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A. EDWARD ROWSE
GEO. W. SARANO
ERROL H. LOCEE
Selectmen of Lexington.
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November 4, 1939.
To the Town Clerk,
I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington -by posting
printed copies of the foregoing Warrant 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 nine days before the time of said meeting.
Attest:
Patrick J. Maguire
Constable of Lexington.
SPECIAL TOWN M1TING HELI) NOVEMBER 13, 1939
Meeting called to order at 8:13 P. M. by the Moderator,
Robert H. Holt.
The Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the warrant for the
meeting until upon motion of Selectman Errol H. Locke, duly
seconded and so voted, further reading of the warrant was waived.
8:15 P. M.
The Moderator speaks on the number of Town Meeting Members
present, to constitute a quorum, the number. of Town Meeting Mem-
bers present being ninety, the Moderator declared a recess until
8:30 P. M. in order to obtain the required number of one hundred
Town Meeting Members .
During the recess Article Six of the warrant was discussed.
Explanations by Town Counsel, Sydney R. Wrightington.
The Town Clerk read the Constables return of the. warrant.
8:15 P. M.
At 8:30 P. M. there were 102 Town Meeting Members present,
whereby the Moderator declared the meeting in order and be re-
sumed.
Under Article One, Robert H. Merriam, Chairman of the Appro.
priation Committee, presented the Appropriation :Committee Report,
moving that same be accepted and placed on file, seconded and so
voted.
Unanimous 8:31 P. M.
Town Counsel, Sydney R. Wrightington, explained Article 2,
offering the following.
Article 2. VOTED: That the Town accept Chapter 91 of the
Acts of 1939 as mended by Chapter 446 of the Acts of 1939 .
Carried Unanimous 8:34 P. M.