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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Lexington, in said County,
Greeting:
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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 fourteenth day of November, 1949, at 8: 00
P. E. 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 ivill' vote to determine that the Board
of Assessors shall consist of three persons to be appointed by the Selectmen
under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed. ) , Chapter 41, Section 26, or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen on
behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire
for the purposes of sewerage , drainage, water, and public travel, or for
. any one or more of said purposes,- a tract of land containing approximately
31,948 square feet belonging to Matthew A. and Elizabeth G. MacCauley on the
northeasterly side of Marrett Road and bounded on the southwest by Marrett
Road 132.80 feet, on the northwest by land of the Town of Lexington 254.71
feet, on the northeast by land now or formerly of Sorrentino by Outlook
Drive and land of one Reid 124.06 feet, and on the southeast by land of one
Loja 244.55 feet, and to provide for the payment therefor by a transfer from
available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as a town way, Liberty Avenue from Ledgelawn Avenue
to beyond Hamilton Road, a distance of approximately 1,220 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 October 6, 19)49, and to take
by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easement necessary therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said street by the issue of
bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as a town way, Ledgelawn Avenue from Bedford Street
to beyond Hamilton Road, a distance of approximately 2,135 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 October 6, 1949, and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any land or easement necessary therefor, and to
provide payment for the construction of said street by the issue of bonds or
notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as a town way, Braemore Terrace from Liberty Avenue
to North Hancock Street, a distance of approximately 280 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 October 6, 1949, and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any land or easement necessary therefor, and to
provide payment for the construction of said street by the issue of bonds or
notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as 'a town way, Hamilton Road from Ledgelawn Avenue
to North Hancock Street, a distance of approximately 535 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 October 6, 1949, and to take by
eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easement necessary therefor,
and to provide payment for the construction of said street by the issue of
bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as a town way, Hillside Terrace from Ledgelawn
Avenue, a distance of approximately 120 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 October 6, 1949, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise
acquire any land or easement necessary therefor, and to provide payment for
the construction of said street by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way
or accept the layout of as a town way, Bow Street from Cummings Avenue
northeasterly approximately 304 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown
upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated October 21, 19)49,
. and abandon a portion of said Bow Street, formerly Wilson Avenue, consisting
of approximately )4.250 square feet, and abandon another portion of said Bow
Street, formerly Arcadia Avenue, consisting of approximately 1850 square
feet, all as shown on said plan, and discontinue as a town way those
portions of Bow Street, formerly Wilson Avenue and Arcadia Avenue as herein
set forth, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money
for the purchase and installation of a two-way radio system for the Police
and Fire Departments, and provide for the payment thereof by a transfer from
available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen
on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domain, purchase, or otherwise
acquire for drainage purposes an easement over a strip of land bounded and
described as follows: "Beginning at a point in the westerly sideline of
School Street thence westerly distant about 187 feet to a point, said line
being parallel and distant 9. 00 feet northerly of the southerly sideline of
Roosevelt Road, thence northwesterly distant about 31 feet to a point in the
northerly sideline of Roosevelt Road, for a distance of 5 feet on each side of
said lines of location, all as shown on a plan entitled, :Plan of Drain
Easement in Roosevelt Rd. , Lexington, Mass. , Scale 1 " _ )40+ , Aug. 22, 1949,
William M. Burns, Town Engineer' . "
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to approve the rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners regarding public
cemeteries within the Town as adopted by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners
on October 10, 1949 .
Article 13 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by
adding at the end of Section 6 ( a) as amended the following paragraph: "The
requirement of a minimum area of 12,500 square feet shall not apply to lots
duly recorded by plan or deed provided such lots have not less than 100 feet
upon a frontage street and a combined area of 12,500 square feet in the Town
of Lexington and an adjoining town, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Moderator
to appoint a committee to study the Elementary School building needs, and
appropriate a sum of money for the use of such committee, and provide for the
payment thereof by a transfer from available funds,
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Article" 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen
on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise
acquire an easement over a strip of land for sewer, drainage and water
purposes, including the right to pass and repass with vehicles or other-
wise on said easement and including also the right to make such easement
passable by grading same with fill or other means, from Bedford Street
to Brook Street bounded and described as follows :
"Lot 2.. A strip of land 20.00 feet wide and 125.00 feet long on
lot 2, said lot now or formerly owned by Ethel F. Bean, the northwesterly
side of said strip of land being the lot line between lot 3 and lot 2 on
Bedford Street, a state highway, all as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan
of Land in Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 in. = 40 ft., Oct. 7, 1949, William
M. Burns, Town Engineer" .
Lot 3. A strip of land 20.00 feet wide and 125.00 feet long on
lot 3, said lot now or formerly owned by Ethel F. Bean, the southwesterly
side of said strip of land being the lot line between lot 2 and lot 3 on,
Bedford Street, a state highway, all as shown on a plan entitled "Plan
of Land in Lexington, Mass ., Scale 1 in. = 40 ft., Oct. 7, 1949, William
M. Burns, Town Engineer" .
Beginning at a point 125.00 feet southwesterly of the southwesterly
line of Bedford Street, said point being the rear :lot corner of both lot
2 and lot 3, thence S750 499 20"W distant 445.00 feet to an angle point,
thence 8540 439 50"W distant 347.82 feet to a point in the northeasterly
line of Brook Street and for a width of twenty (20) feet on each side of
the above described line of location, on land owned now or formerly by
Ethel F. Bean, with the exception of where it extends into land owned by
the Town of Lexington all as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Lexington, Mass., Scale 1" = 40 ft., Oct. 7, 1949, William M. Burns,
Town Engineer."
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct
the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Committee to make plans for the
celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and to
provide a sum of money for the said celebration by a transfer from avail-
able funds or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Article 17. "To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken
by the Town under Article 9 of the Warrant at the Special Town Meeting
held on October 18, 1948, under which article it 'was voted ! that the
Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to enter into an agreement
for the acquisition, , installation and maintenance of parking meters in
locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen, ' . or act in any
other manner in relation thereto."
(Inserted at the request of more than 100 registered voters
of the Town. )
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-fourth day of October,
A. D., 1949. /' •:
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I have' notified the inhabitants of Lexington by Posting printed .
copies of the foregoing warrant in the Town Office Building and seven
other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the
same to every registered voter in the Town --Ikq -- days before the
time of said meeting. 7
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