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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-03-03-TE-Warrant-and-1952-03-17-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 the 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 MEMO- RIAL BUILDING on Monday, the 3rd day of March, A. D., 1952, 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:- One fficers: One Selectman for the term of three years; Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years; 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 Two to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1953; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1954. To vote Yes or No by ballot- on the following question: Shall the Town of Lexington withdraw from the School Superintendency Union comprising I YES said Town and the Town of Bedford?I NO 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 seventeenth day of March 1952_,. at 8:00 P.M., at which time ani'place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members 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 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, 1953, 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 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will make appropria- tions for expenditures by departments, officers, boards and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or By transfer from available funds, in- cluding any special funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Collector of Taxes, being all the elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41-dtthe General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will transfer unex- pended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter 44 of the Gen- eral Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money to pay any unpaid obligations of the Town for prior years, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or act .in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1952, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE U. To see if the Town will, vote to install new or replacement water mains in such accepted or un- accepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may deter- mine in accordance with authority contained in the By- laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or_by-any coixlbinationof these meds; 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 or other land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will make supple- mentary appropriations to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers, drains or streets that have heretofore been authorized, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a. sum of money for the purchase of three new cruising cars for the Police Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purchase of a rescue truck and equipment for the Fire Department, or act in any other manner in .relation thereto. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate funds for the payment of pensions to retired mem- bers of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money for Civilian Defense, and deter- mine whether the money shall, be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrow- ing, or.by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or otherwise; appropriate a sum of money for such construction, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install curbings at, such locations as they may determine; appropriate a sum of money for such installation, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate 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 act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Department of Public Works, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Road Machinery Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 24. 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 or other Town Departments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will authorize .the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the I3oard of Appeals, in accordance with Section 4A of Chap- ter 41 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1953 Annual Town Meeting, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will provide for an Elementary School Facilities Committee to study' element- ary school building needs and to report on the sufficiency of existing facilities and to have authority to recommend expansion of these facilities and to obtain preliminary plans for such expansion; appropriate money for the ex- penses of the Committee and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to estab- lish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wilson Road, from Marrett Road, a distance of approximately 799 feet northerly 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 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote_ to estate__ lish as a town way, 'and accept the layout of as a town way, Independence Avenue, from Smith Avenue southeast- erly a distance of approximately 584 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in thee office• of the Town Clerk, dated Janu- ary 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said avenue, and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to estab- lish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Preston Road, from Simonds Road easterly a distance of approximately 1,450 feet to Simonds Road 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 Janu- ary 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and to determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Hillcrest Street, from Winter Street, a distance of ap- proximately 460 feet easterly 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 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Barrymeade Drive from Lincoln Street a distance of ap- proximately 734 feet northerly as laid out by the Select- men under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said drive and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by trans- fer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Woodcliffe Road, from Spring Street, a distance of ap- proximately 2,380 feet to Hudson Road, 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 Janu- ary 10, 1952 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be previded by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Underwood Avenue, from Spring Street, a distance of ap- proximately 860 feet southeasterly to Woodcliffe Road 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 10, 1952, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said avenue and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax' levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout_pf as ,a tows_ w� ay Normandy Road from Hudson Road, a distance of ap- proximately 1,464 feet southwesterly to Woodcliffe Road, 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 10, 1952, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate• money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Munroe Road from Hudson Road approximately 1,771 feet southwesterly to beyond Woodcliffe Road 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 10, 1952, and to take by eminent domain or other- wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construc- tion of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Hudson Road from Spring Street, a distance of approxi- mately 1,006 feet southeasterly, as laid out by the Select- men under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan pn filA in the _office of the Tow i_Cl rk, _d.ated__Januar3-10, 1952, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by trans- fer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law so as .to change certain land from an R 1 District to a C 1 District by adding in Section 4. (c) C 1 —, Local business districts, the following new para- graph: A district on the southeasterly side of Waltham Street beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly sideline of Vine Brook Road and the easterly sideline of Waltham Street, thence running southerly along said easterly sideline of Waltham Street a distance of 471 feet plus or minus to a point; said point being the inter- section of the easterly sideline of Waltham Street and the northerly sideline of the Vine Brook ease- ment, so called; thence turning and running easterly along said northerly sideline of the Vine Brook easement a dis- tance of 247.53 feet to a point; thence turning andrun- ning northeasterly along land now or formerly of Ryder 183 feet plus or minus to a point; thence turning and run- ning westerly along land now or formerly of J. Joseph and Anne T. Hurley, 14 feet plus or minus to a point; thence turning and running northeasterly along land now or formerly of J. Joseph and Anne T. Hurley, 75 feet plus or minus to a point; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction along land now or formerly of Morse, 174 feet plus or minus to a point; thence turning and running northeasterly along land now or formerly of Morse, 58 feet to Vine Brook Road; thence turning and running westerly along the southerly sideline of Vine Brook Road a distance of 92 feet plus or minus to the point of beginning. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law so as to change certain land from an R 1 District to a C 1 District by adding in Section 4. (c) C 1 -Local business districts, the following new paragraph: A district at the northwesterly corner of .Waltham Street and Concord Avenue and extending 200 feet northerly along the westerly line of Waltham Street and 200 feet westerly along the northerly line of Concord Avenue from the intersection of said street lines, thence back at right angles to each said street until the ex- terior lines intersect. ARTICLE 40. To see if'the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law to correct an error in the description of the land described in Section 4 (c) C 1,Local business districts, paragraph 14, by changing the bearing of the line deserihediaa havins_ length_of-148,54-feet from "N 50° 22' 30" W" to 5° 22' 30" W, so that the said para- graph 14 will read as follows: 14. A district at the southwesterly corner of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue beginning at a point on the southerly line of said Concord Avenue, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 69.17 feet radius distant 90.99 feet to a point of tangency in the westerly line of said Waltham Street, thence 5° 39' 05" E distant 42.06 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1945.62 feet radius distant 52.94 feet to a point, thence N 81° 04' 20" W distant 150 feet to a point, thence N 5° 22' 30" W distant 148.54 feet to a point in the southerly line of Concord Avenue, thence S 81° 01' 25" E distant 96.61 feet to the point of beginning. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By -Laws by adding thereto a new Article to be known as Article XXVII and entitled "School Traffic Patrol" and to read substantially as follows, or to take any other action in relation thereto. Article XXVII. Section 1. The Board of Selectmen may appoint special policemen or policewomen for part time and intermittent work for the protection of school chil- dren going to and from schools. Section 2. Such special police shall be known as "Lex- ington School Traffic Patrol" and shall wear a pre- scribed uniform, to be furnished by the Town, when on duty and display a police badge with an appropriate designation thereon. In the enforcement of Chapter 90 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and all Town By -Laws and traffic rules, regulations, and orders re- lating- to--the-operation, parking, standing; and use of vehicles, they shall have all the powers of constables except the power of serving and executing civil process. They shall be subject to all the rules and regulations of the Lexington Police Department not inconsistent with their authority • and duties except that they may be dismissed at any time by the Board of Selectmen with- out a hearing or the preferment of charges, and shall be entitled only to such provisions, if any, as to absence and disability as the Board of Selectmen may from time to time determine. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights there- in that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets; appropriate money there- for and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. " ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to settle the suit of W. John Baskin and Frances May Baskin for damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain of an easement for public highway purposes in certain land situated on East Street by order of the Middlesex Count$' Commissioners dated January 25, 1946, which suit is now pending in the Middlesex Superior Court, Docket No. 155,570, by a payment of $500.00 by the Town and the conveyance by the Town to the Baskins of a strip of land on Adams Street having a frontage of about 20 feet, a depth of about 150 feet, and an area of about 3,000 square feet, which immediately adjoins land of said Baskins on Adams Street; appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to close the Town Office Building on Saturdays by voting to amend Section 6 of Article VI of the General By -Laws by strik- ing out said section and inserting in place thereof a new Section 6 to read substantially as follows, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Section 6. That portion of the Town Office Building which is occupied by the offices of the Board of Select- men, or Board of Public Works, the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, and the Collector of Taxes, shall be kept open continuously for the transaction of ,business for eight hours each week day except holidays and Sat- urdays, the particular hours to be arranged by the Selectmen for the convenience of the public, and may be kept open during such evening hours as the Select- men may from time to time determine. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire land in Lexington and Bedford situated immediately northerly of and adjoining Westview Cemetery, the same to be added to the cemetery land; appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any com- bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for road and fence construction and repair in the Sunset Section layout in Westview Cemetery and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from availablerfunds, in- cluding the Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any com- bination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter.537 of the Acts of 1951 which provides for com- pulsory step -rate increases in salary to persons holding positions in the Public Welfare Department, the amount of which is to be fixed in the Welfare Compensation Plan and paid annually until the maximum salary which is set forth in the Welfare Compensation Plan has been reached. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Mdderator.to appoint a Youth Study Com- mission of not less than 15 citizens including representa- tives of Youth; said Commission to consult with all de- partments having responsibility for the Education and Welfare of the youth of the Town; to seek suggestions from citizens committees, private agencies, and local busi- nesses dealing with such youth in matters concerning youth's welfare, and to report findings and recommenda- tions at the next annual town meeting. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to designate a member of the Lexington Police force as Youth Patrol Officer, such officer to give full time to any and all matters concerning the Youth of the town; and to see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $6,000.00 for salary and expenses re- sulting therefrom; or act in any other natter relating thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will amend its Zon- ing By -Law by striking out Sub -paragraphs 1. and 2. of Paragraph (f) of Section 4. thereof, as amended, and by substituting therefor new Sub -paragraphs 1. and 2. as follows: 1. A district 1,200 feet wide on the northeasterly side of the railroad right of way extending from the north- westerly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southeasterly line of Westview Street. 2. A district 2,400 feet wide on the southwesterly side of the railroad right of way extending from the north- westerly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southerly line of Westview Street and the Lexing- ton -Bedford town line. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to install a sanitary sewer or sewers to serve that part of Lexington known as "Sunnyfield" area as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate a sum of money for such installation and land acquisition; and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted ,at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey the land on Meriam Street known as the Old Fire Station Site, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper; or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto; said land being described as fol- lows: Beginning at a stone bound on the southeasterly side line of Meriam Street at the property now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle, thence running northeasterly along Meriam Street a distance of 42.90 feet to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90° 00' and running south- easterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.56 feet to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90° 20' 30" and running southwesterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 42.68 feet to a point. Thence turning at an angle of 89° 49' 30" and running northwesterly by land now "or for- merly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.73 feet to the point of beginning and containing 3,407 plus or minus square feet. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1952 .tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 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 eleventh day of February, A. D., 1952. A true copy, Attest: James F. Mowat Constable of Lexington. DONALD E. NICKERSON GEORGE W. EMERY SELECTMEN FREDERICK M. GAY - OF LEWIS L. HOYT LEXINGTON WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL