HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-03-03-TE-Warrant-and-1947-03-24-ATM-WarrantTOWN 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
th'e Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town Affairs, to meet in their respective
voting places in said Town.
PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, THREE AND FOUR, CARY MEMORIAL
BUILDING, on Monday the 3rd day of March, A.D. 1947, at 7:30 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on
the following articles:
Article 1. To choose by ballot the following Town
Officers:
Two Selectmen for the term of three years;
Two Members of the School Committee for the term of
three years;
One Member of the School Committee for the term of
two years;
One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years;
Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of
three years;
One Moderator for the term of one year;
One Town Clerk for the term of one year;
One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year;
One Town Treasurer for the term of one year;
Two Constables for the term of one year;
Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for
the term of three years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for the term
of one year;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for the term
of two years;
Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 'hree 'for the
term of one year;
To vote by ballot on the following question:
"Shall the provisions of Section Forty of Chapter Sev-
enty-one of the General Laws, as
amended, relative to equal pay for
men and women teachers be in force
in this town?"
The polls will be open at 7:30 A.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 on Monday, the
twenty-fourth day of March, 1947, 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 Mem-
bers in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929
and subject to the referendum provided for by Section
eight of said Chapter.
Article 2. To 'receive the reports of any Board of
Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to
appoint other Committees.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen,
to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the
revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948,
and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one
year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a
period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17,
Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will `make the usual
appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year,
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds,
or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer
unexpended appropriation balances in any of the Accounts
to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other,
manner in relation thereto.
NO
YES
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Assessors to use money from available funds toward
the reduction of the 1947 tax rate, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropri-
ate money to pay any -unpaid bills for prior years of the
various Town departments, or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate
a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by
Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the
State for an audit for the year 1947, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to install
water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the
Selectmen may determine during the year 1947 in accord-
ance with authority contained in the By-laws of the Town,
subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by
eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to
pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from
available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the
Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to install
sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the
Selectmen may determine during the year 1947 in accord-
ance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and
to take by eminent domain any necessary easements there-
for, and to pay for the same by direct appropriation, by
transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or
bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate money to pay contributions to Contributory Retire-
ment Systems on account of members thereof in the Mili-
tary or Naval Service, in accordance with Chapter 419 of
the Acts of 1943, or act in any other m&nner in relation
thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate, a sum of money for the purchase of a new cruising
car for the Police Department, or act in any other man-
ner in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate funds for the payment of pensions to retired mem-
bers of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32,
General Laws, as amended, or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate money for highway maintenance under the author-
ity of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
'appropriate a sum of money for the construction of Grove
Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any
money which may be allotted by the State or County, or
both, for this purpose; and to be raised by direct appropri-
ation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen to construct cement or bituminous concrete
sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the
cost, and provide funds for said construction by direct ap-
propriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a
combination of these two methods, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen to construct curbings, and provide funds for
said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from
available funds, or by a combination of these two methods,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will make a supple-
mentary construction appropriation to be used in con-
junction with money already appropriated, to cover ex-
penses incidental to the completion of the new Central
Fire Station, and to provide funds for such expenses by
transfer from available funds, by direct appropriation, or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money for the erection of a locker building
at the Center Playground, and to provide payment there-
for by direct appropriation, by transfer from available
funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropri-
ate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps
and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of
the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by
the Board of Health of Lexington or appropriate money
under Sec. 4A of Chap. 252 of the General Laws for the
purpose as set forth in that Section.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the
scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said
fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of
motorized equipment of the Public Works Department
when used on various projects carried on under the direc-
tion of said Department, the amount of said charge not
to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use
of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in rela-
tion thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to
the Board of Appeals, in accordance with G. L. Chapter
41, Section 4A, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install
street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen
may determine during the year 1947, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate money to pay the necessary expenses of School
Officers ,incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing
information upon matters in which the Town is interested
or which may tend to improve the service in the School
Department.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money for developing a play area in the
rear of the High School building, and to provide for the
payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer
from available funds, or act in any other manner in rela-
tion thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money for completing and equipping ad-
ditional classrooms in the Adams School and to provide for
the payment -therefor by direct appropriation, by trans-
fer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds
of the Town or by a combination of any of these methods,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept
Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, authorizing increases of
the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public
employees who have been retired.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, if ac-
cepted by the Town, and provide for payment therefor by
direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will purchase or
accept as a gift, or authorize the Selectmen to purchase
or accept as a gift for park or other municipal purposes
the land in the vicinity of Munroe Station lying between
Massachusetts Avenue and the property and location of
the Boston & Maine Railroad and lying between the right-
of-way leading from Massachusetts Avenue to the Rail-
road location and Tower Park, containing approximately
twenty-six thousand four hundred (26,400) square feet,
and appropriate the money therefor.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
Article •31. To see if the Town will vote to amend
the Building Laws by substituting at the end of line 3,
Section 2, Article XIX, the word "ten" for the word
"six" so that the same will read as follows: "A sign
attached to a store or other commercial front may extend
the full width of such front, but shall not be more than
three feet overall in height: In no event shall it project
more than ten inches from the face of the wall nor pro-
ject above the roof line.
There shall be not more than one exterior sign for
each firm or business occupying a building and all such
signs shall be erected flat against the building.
All new signs shall conform to this Article, and all
signs must conform not later than January 1, 1946."
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept
Section 16B• of Chapter 147 of the General Laws of Mas-
sachusetts relative to excusing members of the Police De-
partment from duty for one day out of every six without
loss of pay, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend
the General By-laws of the Town of Lexington by adding
to'Article XXVI the following:
"Section 3V No person shall, except as authorized or re-
quired by law, fire or discharge any gun, fowling piece, or
other firearms or an air rifle in the Town of Lexington;
but the provisions of this section shall not apply to the
Chief of Police or other police officers • in• the performance
of their duties nor to the use of such weapons at any
military exercise or' in the lawful defense of the person,
family, or property of any citizen, nor to the rights and
privileges of an owner or lessee of land as set forth in
Chapter 131 of the General Laws."
Article 34. To see if the flown will vote to amend
Section 6 of Article 6 of the General By-laws of the Town
of Lexington by substituting the word "three" for the
word "four" between the words "for" and "hours" in the
fifth line of said section so that said Section 6 will read
as follows:
"Section 6. That portion of the Town Office Building which
is occupied by the offices of the Board of Selectmen, or
Board of Public Works, the Town Clerk, the Town Treas-
urer, and the Collector of Taxes, shall be kept open con-
tinuously for the transaction of business for eight hours
each week day, except holidays, and on Saturdays for
three hours, the particular hours to be arranged by the
Selectmen for the convenience of the public."
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen to sell and convey to the Lexington Golf
Club a parcel of land beginning at the northerly corner
of the Alms House lot, which is at the corner of Hill and
Cedar Streets, thence southwesterly by McEnroe distant
about 150 feet to a point, thence southeasterly by Town of
Lexington distant about 308 feet to a point, thence north-
easterly by Town of Lexington distant about 135 feet to
a point, thence northeasterly by Lexington Golf Club dis-
tant about 308 feet to the point of beginning, containing
approximately one acre, upon such terms' and conditions
as the 'Selectmen may approve.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to amend
the Zoning By -Law by striking out paragraph 18 of Sec-
tion 3 and substituting therefor the following:
"At the junction of Marrett Road and School Street, Mar-
rett Road and Lincoln Street, Lincoln and School Streets,
commonly known as "The Five Forks", a business district
extending from the junction points of the side lines of and
upon both sides of the intersecting streets for a distance
of 200 feet and of a` depth of 100 feet from the adjacent
street line in each instance."
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to amend
the Zoning By -Law by striking out paragraph (a) of Sec-
tion 6 and substituting in lieu therefor the following:
"6(a) —In R.1 and R.2 Districts no dwelling shall be
erected or moved upon land laid out for house lots after
the adoption of this amendment to the Zoning By -Law
unless there shall be provided for each such dwelling or
other permitted structure a lot frontage of not less than
100 feet upon the frontage street and an area of not less
than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet.
On each side of each dwelling, garage, barn, ,stable or
other accessory permitted structure nearest each sideline
there shall be provided a side yard of at least 15 feet in
width and no building or structure shall be moved, altered,
reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that
a side yard less in width shall result.
No lot in R.1 or R.2 Districts, upon which is located
any dwelling or other permitted structure and accessory
structures or for which a building permit has issued and
is still outstanding, shall be subdivided and reduced so that
said lot shall have a lot frontage and area less than, or
side yards and street setback less than, the minimum re-
quired. Nor shall any lot in said Districts, upon which
permitted structures have been erected or moved or for
which a building permit has issued and is still outstanding,
be subdivided in any manner unless said structure shall
retain the required frontage, area, side yard, and street
depth upon a street or highwa existing at the time of
erection or moving thereon or a street constructed there-
after in accordance with existing Town Laws. No land
conveyed, devised, or otherwise transferred that violates
the restrictions on subdivisions of lots herein set forth
shall be included in determining the frontage and area of
any other lot, and the building inspector, or other person
authorized to issue permits to erect or 'move structures
thereon, shall not issue a permit unless said other lot con-
tains the required frontage and area exclusive of land
transferred in violation of the restrictions pertaining to
subdivisions.
The provisions of this section pertaining to side -yards
only shall not apply to lots of less than 100 -foot frontage
duly recorded by plan or deed at the time this By -Law is
adopted. However, on such lots there shall be provided
on the side of each dwelling, garage, barn, stable or other
accessory permitted structure nearest each side line a side
yard, as follows: On lots recorded previous to July 19, 1929
the side yard shall be at least 7.5 feet in width and on
lots recorded after July 19, 1929 but before October 6,
1938 the side yard shall be at least 10 feet in width; and
on lots recorded after October 6, 1938 and prior to the
adoption of this amendment the side yard shall be at least
15 feet in width."
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to amend
its Zoning By -Laws by striking out paragraph (a) of
Section 7 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"7(a) —In residence districts designated as R.1 a yard
of at least thirty feet in depth and in width between the
exterior lines of the streets and not less than fifty feet
from the center line of such streets, whether accepted or
not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building shall be
provided for every lot of land, and in R.2 and T.1 and
C.1 districts designated at the following points, namely,
junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as
Grape Vine Corner; junction of Marrett Road and Spring
Street; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Mar-
rett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks"; junction
of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; ' junction of
Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell
and North Streets, and in C.1 Districts hereafter created,
a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the ex-
terior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from
the center line of such street, whether accepted or not, and
the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be pro-
vided for every lot of land, and no new building or struc-
ture shall be constructed and no building or structure shall
be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in
such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; ex-
cept that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting
on streets on which building lines shall have been specially
established according to law during or subsequent to the
year 1924."
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen to acquire for public purposes the so-called
Mara property on Meriam Street, comprising about 12,163
square feet, more or less, belonging to the estate of or
the heirs of Edward H. Mara, and to provide for the pay-
ment therefor by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town,
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds,
or act in any other manner in, relation thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money for the purchase of equipment for
the Department of Public Works and provide for payment
therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail-
able funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to make a
supplementary appropriation to cover the expense of
grading the enclosed athletic field, and to provide payment
therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail-
able funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
priate a sum of money to purchase a fence for Belfry Hill .
and to provide for payment therefor by direct appropria-
tion, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will appropriate the
sum of $5,024.17 to pay for services rendered in complet-
ing plans and specifications for proposed additions to the
library building, and to provide for the payment therefor
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the High School planning Committee to obtain detailed
plans, specifications and working drawings for a new
Senior High School and to provide for the payment there-
for by direct appropriation, by transfer from available
funds, by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, by a
combination of these methods; or make application and
enter into any necessary agreement in order to obtain an
advance or loan from the Federal Works Agency to pro-
vide for such payment; .or act in any other manner in re-
lation thereto. -
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
and direct the Selectmen to take the necessary steps to
have the Massachusetts General Court enact legislation
authorizing the Town to borrow funds outside the debt
limit to provide the estimated cost of a new Senior High
School, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 46. To see if the Town will determine the
location of a new elementary school building and will auth-
orize the Moderator to appoint a committee of seven to
obtain preliminary plans and estimates for the construc-
tion of such building and report not later than the next
Annual Town Meeting, and provide for the payment there-
for by direct appropriation, by transfer from available
funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or
take by eminent domain as a site for school purposes
17,200 square feet of land more or less with the buildings
thereon, belonging to Stephen F. and Nellie J. Hamblin,
situated at number 45 Parker Street and bounded and des-
cribed as follows: easterly by said Parker Street, south-
erly by land now or formerly of Stanley I. and Margaret
A. Phalen, westerly by land of the Town of Lexington and
northerly by land now or formerly of William J. and Edith
Nagle, and to provide for payment therefor by direct ap-
propriation, by transfer from available funds or by the
issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other
Manner in relation thereto.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take
by eminent domain as a site for school purposes 19,000
square feet of land more or less with the buildings thereon,
belonging to Stanley I. and Margaret A. Phalen, situated
at number 47 Parker Street and bounded and described as
follows: easterly by said Parker Street, southerly by land
now or formerly of Paul A. and Violet M. Ringland, west-
erly by land of the Town of Lexington and northerly by
land now or formerly of Stephen F. and Nellie J. Ham-
blin, and to provide for payment therefor by direct appro-
priation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue
of bonds or notesof the Town, or act in any other manner
in -relation thereto.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take
by eminent domain as a site for school purposes 16,800
square feet of land more or less with the buildings thereon
belonging to Paul A. and Violet M. Ringland, situated at
number 49 Parker Street and bounded and described as
follows: easterly by said Parker Street, southerly by
Clarke Street, westerly by land of the Town of Lexington
and northerly by land now or formerly of Stanley I. and
Margaret A. Phalen, and to provide for payment therefor
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds
or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in -
any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropri-
ate an additional sum to be used in conjunction with
money already appropriated for settlement of damages
arising out of the taking by eminent domain for school
purposes of approximately eight acres of land belonging
to the William E. Mulliken Estate as authorized by vote of
the Town on April 1, 1946 and to, provide for the payment
therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail-
able funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote t6 establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Taft
Avenue from Charles Street to beyond Sutherland Road
approximately 470 feet southeasterly, as laid out by the
Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown on a cer-
tain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated Janu-
ary 15, 1947, and to take by eminent domain the necessary
easements therefor, and to provide payment for the con-
struction of said avenue by direct appropriation, by trans-
fer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes
of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a'town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Pine
Knoll Road from Bedford Street to the Bedford Town Line
approximately 1,145 feet northeasterly, as laid out by the
Selectmen, under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a
plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January
15, 1947, and to take by eminent domain the necessary ease-
ments therefor, and to provide payment for the construc-
tion of said road by direct appropriation, by transfer from
available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the
Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Lock-
wood Road from Rhodes Street to Byron Avenue approxi-
mately. 240 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the
Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan off file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to take by
eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and to
provide payment for the construction of said road by di-
rect appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by
the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or, accept the layout of as a town way, Byron
Avenue at the end of Lockwood Road approximately 265
feet as laid out by the Selectmen, under the Betterment
Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town
Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to take by eminent do-
main the necessary easements therefor, and to provide
payment for the construction of said avenue by direct ap-
propriation, by transfer from available funds or by the
issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Spencer
Street, across Joseph Road approximately 365 feet as laid
out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown
upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
January 15, 1947, and to take by eminent domain the neces-
sary easements therefor, and to provide payment for the
construction of said street by direct appropriation, by trans-
fer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes
of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Joseph
Road, from Massachusetts Avenue northeasterly approxi-
mately 225 feet as laid out by the Selectmen, under the
Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to take by
eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and to
provide payment for the construction of said road by di-
rect appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by
the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Brook-
side Avenue, from Waltham Street to Stedman Road ap-
A true copy, Attest:
John C. Russell
Constable of Lexington.
proximately 590 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under
the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to
take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said avenue
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds
or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Suther-
land Road, from Cherry Street to beyond Aerial Street ap-
proximately 950 feet as laid out by the Selectmen, under
the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to
take by eminent domain ,the necessary easements therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said road
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds
or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Cary
Street from Charles Street to beyond Sutherland Road ap-
proximately 445 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under
the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to
take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said street
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds
or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Cherry
Street from Charles Street to beyond Sutherland Road ap-
proximately 425 feet as laid out by the 'Selectmen, under
the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file' in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to
take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said street
by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds
or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Grant
Street from Hayes Lane to East Street approximately
3,990 feet as laid out by the .Selectmen under the Better-
ment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the
Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, and to take by emi-
nent domain the necessary easements therefor, and to pro-
„ vide payment for the construction of said street by direct
appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the
issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to establish as
a town way or accept the layout of as a town way, Winter
Street from near Hazel Road to Hillcrest Street approxi-
mately 2,340 feet' as laid out by the Selectmen, under the
Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office
of the Town Clerk, dated January 15, 1947, 'and to take by
eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and to
provide payment for the construction of said street by di-
rect appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by
the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sec-
tion 4B of Chapter 136 of the General Laws of Massachu-
setts relative to the licensed operation on the Lord's Day
of Bowling Alleys, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
(.Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.)
And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven
days at least before the time of said meeting as provided
in the By-law 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 tenth day of
February, A. D., 1947.
WILLIAM G. POTTER
A. EDWARD ROWSE
ERROL H. LOCKE
WILLIAM C. PAXTON
GEORGE W. SARANO
SELECTMEN.
OF
LEXINGTON