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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, morn�pj,;n v C �e r ice, Lexington, Hass. , 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 . 508 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 ' • A. EDWARD ROWSE GEO. W. SARANO ERROL H. LOCEE Selectmen of Lexington. 509 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.