HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-03-10-TE-Warrant-and-1958-03-17-ATM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss .
To the Constable 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, EAST LEXINGTON FIRE STATION;
PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL;
PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL on
Monday the 10th day of March, A . D. , 1958 at 7:30 otclock A . M. , then and
there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers:
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 Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six 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;
Two Constables for the term of one year;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct One; the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and
the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an un-
expired term ending March 1960;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two; the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and
the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an un-
expired term ending March 1960;
Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for the term of three years;
Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four for the term of three years;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five; the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and
the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an un-
expired term ending March 1960;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six; the eleven receiving the
highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and
the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an un-
expired term ending March 1960;
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To vote YES or NO by ballot on the following questions :
Shall chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing
any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life
insurance , group accidental death and dismemberment insurance , and
group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance
for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town or
district and their dependents, be accepted by this town? YES
Summary and purpose of Chapter 32B NO
Chapter 32B of the General Laws authorizes
municipalities to purchase policies of group
life, accidental death and dismemberment in-
surance covering employees and group insurance
providing hospital, surgical and medical bene-
fits covering employees and their dependents,
with half the premiums to be paid by the munic-
ipality and half by the employees . This chapter
becomes effective only in such towns as vote by
ballot to accept it . If the chapter is accepted,
the town is obligated to purchase such insurance .
Are you in favor of amending the zoning by-law of the
Town to change land bounding on Spring Street, the Cambridge-
Concord Highway (Route 2) and the State Highway Route 128
from a one-family dwelling district to a type of business
district that will enable it to be used for a regional
shopping center? YES
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, 1958
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 Members in
accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject
to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as
amended.
ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers
or of any Committee of the Town.
ARTICLE 3 . To appoint or provide for the appointment of the
Committee on Lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and
Susanna E. Cary.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will make appropriations 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,
including any special funds, or by any combination of these methods,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with
the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici-
pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1959, 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 6. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation
of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes, being all the
elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108
of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds.
necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended 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 General
Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT.F 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay
any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years, or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate 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 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition
the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1958, or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,F 11. To see if the Town will vote to install new or replacement
water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the
Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or other-
wise, 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,
including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of
these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICEF 12. To see if the Town will vote to install a new or
replacement water main from Massachusetts Avenue to the new water
standpipe in such locations as the Selectmen may determine , 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 ,
including any special water 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 vote to install sewer mains in
such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may
determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in
accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise,
and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee,
easement ox' 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, 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 14. To see if the Town will vote to extend in a southerly
direction, in such locations as the Selectmen may determine, the sanitary
sewer main that now runs from the pumping station to the southerly side
of Massachusetts Avenue at the easterly side of the State Highway Route 128
location, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended,
urchase
or otherwise, 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 such extension and for land acquisition and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or 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 .
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ARTICLE 15 . To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main
under the State Eighway Route 128 in such locations 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, 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, or 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 16. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main
in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen
may determine from the vicinity of Brandon Street toward Watertown
Street in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, 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, 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 17 . To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations
to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the
installation or construction of water mains, sewers, drains, streets or
buildings, that have heretofore been authorized, and determine whether the
money shall he 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.
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ARTICLE 18 . To see if the Town will raise and appropriate funds for
the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Depart-
ments and their dependents under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. 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 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 appropriate a sum of money for
highway construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws,
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 appropriate a sum of money for
permanent street 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.
ARTICT,F 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to con-
struct 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 com-
bination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install
curbing 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 combina-
tion of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate 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.
ARTICTF 25. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such
accepted or unaccepted streets or other 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 ease-
ment 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 26. 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 27 . 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 direction of said Depart-
ment 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 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen
to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with
Section UA of Chapter Ll of the General Laws; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in
such nnaccepixistreets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final
adjournment of the 1959 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell
and convey all or any part of 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 manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31 . To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to
obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be
acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for playground and
recreational purposes and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire the land
or rights therein that are recommended for street purposes; appropriate
money for such options and for acquisition of such land for street purposes
and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy,
by transfer from available funds , or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the development of Westview Cemetery, 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 combination of
these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
a stun of money for the purchase or lease of voting machines ; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 34. In the event the Town votes on the ballot to accept the
provisions of Chapter 32B of the General Laws , to see if the Town will
raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase group insurance for Town
employees and their dependents as required by said Chapter 32B.
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will appropriate money to pay
the necessary expenses of a member of the Police Department while
attending the National Police Academy conducted by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation at Washington, D. C . , or act in any other manner in
relation thereto .
ARTICLE 36 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
sum of money for the purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen
of equipment for the Park Department, 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 37. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the purchase of a new ambulance and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from avail-
able funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38 . To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the purchase of a fire engine by the Board of Fire Commissioners
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 39. To receive the report of the Additional Fire Station
Committee and to see if the Town will authorize the acquisition of any
necessary land and will provide for and authorize a committee to prepare
final plans and specifications, to obtain bids and to enter into a contract
or contracts for the construction and furnishing of an additional fire
station and to supervise the work; and appropriate a sum of money for
such purposes and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing,
or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 40 . To see if the Town will authorize the Standing School
Building Committee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain
bids and to enter into a contract or contracts for remodeling, recon-
structing and making extraordinary repairs to the Junior High School
building and for re-equipping and refurnishing the same, and to
supervise the work; and appropriate a sure or sums of money for such
purposes and determine whether the money shall be provided by the
current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds , or by borrowing,
or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto .
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ARTICLE -41. To see if the Town will determine a site for a School
Department administration building and provide for and authorize aommmittee
final
to prepare/plans and specifications, to obtain bids and to enter into a
contract or contracts for the construction, original equipping and
furnishing of such building, and to supervise the work; and appropriate
a sum of money for such purposes and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds,
or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,F 42. To see if the Town will appropriate money to alter,
remodel, repair and improve the Town' s property known as the Barnes
property for occupancy by administrative personnel of the School Department ,
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 .
ARTICT,F 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Standing School
Building Committee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain
bids and to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and
original equipping and furnishing of a new junior high school building on
land situated easterly of Burlington Street and northwesterly of Adams Street
that was acquired for school and playground purposes in 1957, and to
supervise the work; and appropriate a sum or sums of money for such purposes
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy,
or 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 ) Tl . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on
behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise
acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public
purposes a parcel of land situated on the westerly side of North Street
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in Lexington believed to be owned by Edith W. Willard and Genieve
Robinson and containing 58 acres more or less, an option to acquire such
land having been obtained from said owners by the Planning Board;
appropriate a sum of money therefor and determine whether the same shall
be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds,
or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICT,F 45. . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on
behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise
acquire for playground, recreational and educational purposes and other
public purposes the land in East Lexington known as the Great Meadows,
and land abutting thereon; appropriate a sum of money therefor and
determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy,
or by transfer from availabld funds, or by borrowing, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto .
ARTICT,F 4.6_. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on
behalf of the Town to accept from DeVries Construction Company, Inc . ,
a grant of land in East Lexington, situated southeasterly of the Sun
Valley section and northeasterly of Lowell and Summer Streets, for
playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes, and
raise and appropriate a sum of money for expenses in connection with such
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICTF 47 . To see if the Town will vote to construct under the
Betterment Act Eldred Street from the southwesterly sideline of Justin
Street to Grove Street, heretofore established as a town way; appropriate
money for such construction 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 !j8. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Ellison Road from Leroy Road a
distance of 865 feet, more or less, 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 November Lh, 1957 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 currenttax 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 49. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Greenwood Street from Paul Revere
Road a distance of 970 feet, more or less, northerly and westerly to
Harbell Street 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
September 28, 1957 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.
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ARTICLE 50 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
.and accept the layout of as a town way, Leroy Road from IKarrett Road a
distance of 360 feet, more or less , northeasterly and easterly to School
Street 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 November 8, 1957
and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or
other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the con-
struction 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 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Roosevelt Road from School Street
a distance of 665 fent, more or less, westerly 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 November 7, 1957 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 acquisiLin 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 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layodt of as a town way, Theresa Avenue from Cliffe Avenue
a distance of l}CO feet, more or less , northwesterly to Fottler Avenue as
laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan
of the Town
on file in the office/Clerk, dated April 4, 1957 and from Bow Street a
distance of 270 feet, more or less , westerly to Cliffe Avenue 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 7, 1957 and to take by
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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 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Winter Street from Grove Street a
distance of 1400 feet, more or less , southwesterly 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 September 7, 1957 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 re-
lation thereto.
ARTICTF 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Constitution Road from Paul Revere
Road a distance of 1130 feet, more or less, northwesterly 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 November 13, 1957 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 re-
lation thereto.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Sherburne Road from Winthrop Road
southerly 735 feet, more or less, as laid out by the Selectmen under the
Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town
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Clerk, dated January, 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise ac-
quire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; ap-
propriate 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 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Winthrop Road from end of accepted
portion 210 feet, more or less, to Sherburne 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, 1958 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.
A.RTICT,F. 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Fairlawn Lane from Lowell Street
a distance of 2270 feet, more or less, easterly and thence southeasterly
to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated November 1957 and to take by eminent domain
or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary
therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said
street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Whipple Road from Lowell
Street a distance of 2515 feet, more or less, easterly and thence south-
easterly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file
in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 1957 and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land
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necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction
of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wheeler Road from Whipple
Road a distance of 1380 feet, more or less, northwesterly to Fairlawn Lane
as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of
the Town Clerk, dated November 1957 and to take by eminent domain or other-
wise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor;
and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for
land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
--A.RTICT.F 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Locke Lane from Fairlawn Lane a
distance of 1226.82 feet southeasterly to Whipple Road as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated November 1957, and from Whipple Road a distance of 696 feet, more or
less, southeasterly to end as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a
plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated November 1957 and to
take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other
interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for
the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTF 61. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Fiske Road from Winchester
Drive a distance of 1884.38 feet southeasterly to Whipple Road as laid out
by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town
Clerk, dated November 1957 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire
any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Russell Road from Whipple
Road a distance of 1072.16 feet northeasterly to Winchester Drive , more
or less , as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, dated November 1957 and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction
of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICTF 63. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Tyler Road from Winchester
Drive a distance of 3037 feet, more or less, northeasterly, thence easterly,
thence southeasterly to Winchester Drive as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated November
1957 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate
money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTF 64. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Flintlock Road from Red Coat
Lane 1693 feet, more or less , northerly, easterly and southerly to Red
Coat Lane as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 1958 and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction
of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Redcoat Lane from Burlington Street
a distance of 1160 feet, more or less, northeasterly as laid out by the
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Selectmen and shown upin a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 2, 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire
any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTF 66. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Mason Street from Peacock Farm Road
a distance of 300 feet, more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
November 23, 1957 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any
fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and
appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Peacock Farm Road from Watertown
Street 1160 feet, more or less, northerly and easterly to Trotting Horse
Drive, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated November 21, 1957 and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of
said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICTF 68. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Trotting Horse Drive from Peacock
Farm Road 872 feet, more or less, northeasterly and southeasterly as laid
out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the
Town Clerk, dated November 23 1957 and to take by eminent domain or other-
wise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor;
and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for
land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 69 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Demar Road from Turning Mill Road
a distance of 1625 feet, more or less , northerly as laid oat by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any
fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Turning Mill Road from Robinson
Road a distance of 855 feet, more or less , as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in theoffice of the Town Clerk, dated
January 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee ,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and ap-
propriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTF 71. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Dane Road from Sherburne Road
a distance of 1580 feet , more or less , as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January
1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate
money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
PRTICTF 72. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Foster Road from Dane Road a distance
ofof 865 feet, more or less , southerly to Dane Road as laid out by the Select-
men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
January 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee ,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and ap-
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propriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICIF 73. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Stonewall Road from Barberry Road
a distance of 370 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
November 23, 1957 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any
fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and
appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisi-
tion; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLF 74. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Westwood Road from Millbrook Road
a distance of 1007 feet, more or less , northeasterly and southeasterly to
Adams Street as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1958 and to take by eminent
domain or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of
said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Stimson Avenue from School Street
a distance of 865 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen
and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated
January 4, 1958 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee,
easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and ap-
propriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Constitution Road from Paul Revere
Road a distance of 1130 feet , more or less, northwesterly as laid out by
the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated November 13, 1957 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire
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any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise
and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land
acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
,ARTICLE 77 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Blueberry Lane from Tyler Road
a distance of 2125.22 feet northeasterly thence easterly thence south-
easterly to Tyler Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a
plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated November 1957 and to
take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other
interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for
the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any
other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICTF 78 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Plumbing
By-Law by substituting therefor a new Plumbing By-Law as prepared and
recommended by the Building and Plumbing By-Laws Study Committee, copies
of which are on file in the offices of the Town Clerk, the Building
Department and the Board of Selectmen and open to public inspection;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICT,F 79 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building
By-law by striking out Article XIX Signs and will vote to adopt a new
Sign By-Law as recommended by the Building and Plumbing By-Laws Study
Committee, copies of which are on file in the offices of the Town Clerk,
the Building Department and the Board of Selectmen and open to public
inspection; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,P 80. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building
By-Law by substituting therefor a new Building By-Law as prepared and
recommended by the Building and Plumbing By-Laws Study Committee, copies
of which are on file in the offices of the Town Clerk, the Building
Department and the Board of Selectmen and open to public inspection; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto .
ARTICLE 81. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General
By-Laws as follows .
a. By changing the number of the article entitled "Playground
and Recreation Centers " from number XXIX to number XXX.
b . By inserting as Article X_XXI the Civil Defense By-Law that
was adopted by the Town under Article 17 of the warrant
for the Special Town Meeting held on October 30, 1950.
ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1958 tax rate,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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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 seventeenth day of
February, A . D. , 1958.
/7/, Selectmen
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
To the Town Clerk February Z7 , 1958
I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy
thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending
by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed
to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as
appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters IU
days before the time of said meeting.
Attest:
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Constable of Leningt%' '