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TOWN MEETING
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, EAST LEXINGTON FIRE STATION;
PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL;
PRECINCT FIVE, PARKER SCHOOL; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL on Monday,
the 5th day of March, A. D., 1956 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 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 r asurer for the term of one year;
Two Constables for the term of one year;
Thirty-three Town Meeting Members in each precinct; the eleven re-
ceiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years,
the eleven receiving the next highest number of votes to serve for the term
of two years, and the remaining eleven to serve for the term of one year.
Theat open olls will be 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 nineteenth day of March, 1956, 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 and subject to the referendum provided
for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended thereof.
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ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or
of any Committee of the Town.
ARTICTF 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the
Committee on Lectures under the wills
of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary
ARTICTF 4. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expendi-
tures by departments, officers, boards and committees of the Town for the
ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the cur-
rent 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.
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, 1957, 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 ac-
cordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compen-
sation 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 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the
funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICTF 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay
the necessary expenses of the Town Clerk 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 Town Clerk's Department, or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 8. 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 i4 of the General
Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a
sum of money, to be used in addition to money already appropriated, for
payment of bills incurred for the construction, original equipping and fur-
nishing of the Maria Hastings School, or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 11. 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 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to peti-
tion the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1956,
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to install new or replace-
ment 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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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in
such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may de-
termine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise , in accord-
ance with Chapter 501+ 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 in-
stallation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, includ-
ing any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of
these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations
to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the in-
stallation 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.
ARTICTF 16. 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 under Chapter 32 of the General Laws , or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. 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 18. 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 providedby 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.
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ARTICLE 19. 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 combi-
nation of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to in-
stall 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 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.
ARTICLE 22. 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 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.
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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 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 25. 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 4A of Chapter 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 1957 Annual Town Meeting, or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
ARTICLE' 27. 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
manner in relation thereto; said land being described as follows :
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 southeasterly 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 900 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 formerly of Henry P.
Boutelle a distance of 79.73 feet to the point of be-
ginning and containing 3,407 plus or minus square
feet.
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ARTICLE 28. 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 _suchland for street pur-
poses 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.
ARTICTF 29. 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 30. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a com-
mittee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain bids and to en-
ter into a contract or contracts for the construction, original equipping
and furnishing of an additional Town Office Building, similar in design to
the present Town Office 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 man-
ner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws
by adding thereto a new article to read substantially as follows, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto:
Town Celebrations Committee
Section 1. There is hereby established a Town Celebrations
Committee to consist of nine registered voters of the Town.
Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of
Selectmen. When first appointed, three members shall be ap-
pointed for three-year terms, three for two-year terms and
three for one-year terms. Thereafter, three members shall be
appointed each year for three year terms. Terms shall expire
on April thirtieth, except that members shall continue in
office until their successors have been duly appointed and
qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the Board of
Selectmen for the balance of unexpired terms.
Section 2. The Committee shall be charged with planning
and carrying out the proper observance of April nineteenth and
of United Nations Day and of such other holidays and special
events as the Selectmen may designate from time to time.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen
to grant a sewer easement to Freda Semler Seabury across the Maria Hastings
School lot in consideration of the conveyance by said Freda Semler Seabury
to the Town of a parcel of land that consists of approximately 2.3 acres
and abuts on said school lot and in which a sewer easement will be reserved;:
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen
to acquire from Mr. and Mrs. W. John Baskin two parcels of land for play-
ground and recreational purposes that are situated on and in the rear of
Wyman Road in Lexington and are shown on Land Court Plan No. 24306A as lots
36 and 23; said lot 36 being in the rear of Wyman Road, consisting of
approximately 7.6 acres and being offered to the Town as a gift, and said
lot fronting on Wyman Road, consisting of approximately 22,320 square feet
and being offered to the Town at a nominal price; and raise and appropriate
money therefor;; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to
abandon the drainage easement extending from Winter Street along the com-
mon boundary between lots 8 and 9 on Winter Street that was granted to the
Town by deed of Lottie M. Kendrick dated August 24, 1948 and recorded in
Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 7333, Page 90, and that
is no longer needed by the Town, and will set the minimum amount to be
paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will authorize and provide for the
appointment of a committee to study and make recommendations as to measures
that might be undertaken to preserve and perpetuate historic documents,
papers, books, paintings and other material relating to the history of the
Town, especially the collection that has been and is being gathered by Mr.
Edwin B. Worthen; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town 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, original equipping
and furnishing of an addition to the Cary Memorial Library Building and for
making alterations in the present 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 avail-
able 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 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a
sum of money for the purchase or lease of voting machines; 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 by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for Snow
Removal, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of
money for the purchase of two automobiles for the Building, Plumbing and
Electrical Inspectors; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote that the unexpended balance
in the appropriation of $40,000 that was made under Article 4 of the Warrant
for the Special Town Meeting held on November 17, 1952 for the construction,
original equipping and furnishing of the Veterans Memorial Library in the
new high school building be transferred to the School Committee to be ex-
pended by it from time to time in the purchase of books and equipment for
and maintenance of the Veterans Memorial Library; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a com-
mittee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain bids and to
enter into a contract or contracts for the construction, original equipping
and furnishing of an addition to the Franklin School 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.
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ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to
be expended by the School Committee to pay building custodians when re-
quired to be in attendance at school buildings after working hours while
portions of the buildings are in use by community groups that cannot them-
selves afford to pay for such extra services by the custodians; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,R 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and provide
for the appointment of a committee to study and make recommendations as to
a site for an additional junior high school building and as to sites for
additional elementary schools, and to have authority to obtain options on
land that it recommends be acquired for such purposes; appropriate money
for the expenses of the committee and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLR To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen
to petition the General Court for the enactment of legislation authorizing
the establishment of historic districts in the Town and providing for an
Historic Districts Commission substantially in accordance with the pro-
posed legislation prepared and recommended by the Planning Board, a copy
of such proposed legislation being on file in the Office of the Town
Clerk; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICT,R 45. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a com-
mittee to review the recommendation of the Board of Fire Commissioners to
construct an additional fire station on the parcel of land now owned by the
Town that is situated on Marrett Road near the Reservoir, and with author-
ity, if the committee concurs in the recommendation of the Board of Fire
Commissioners, to retain architectural services and obtain preliminary plans,
specifications and cost estimates for the construction, original equipping
and furnishing of a fire station on said parcel; and appropriate a sum of
money for the expenses of the committee and determine whether the money
shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available
funds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICT,P 46. To see if the Town will vote to change the names of the
following streets, or act in any other manner in relation thereto:
a. To change to Putnam Road the name Fairland Street,
an unaccepted way extending from Eastern Avenue to
Robbins Avenue.
b. To change to Blodgett Road the name Oak Avenue,
an unaccepted way extending from Eastern Avenue to
Deering Avenue.
c. To change to Stuart Road the name Robbins Avenue,
an unaccepted way extending from School Street to
Fairland Street.
d. To change to Liberty Avenue the name Quincy Avenue,
an unaccepted way extending from Liberty Avenue to
Revere Street.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bernard Street, from Bedford
Street northeasterly, approximately 1027 feet to Justin 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 October 7, 1955 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 48. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Calvin Street from Ivan Street
northeasterly approximately 750 feet to Justin 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 October 7, 1955 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 49. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Donald Street from Ivan Street
northeasterly approximately 750 feet to Justin 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 October 7, 1955 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, Eldred Street from Bedford Street
northeasterly approximately 1050 feet to Justin 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 October 7, 1955 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 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Ivan Street from Eldred Street
beyond
southeasterly approximately 830 feet to/Bernard 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 October 7, 1955 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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ARTICT,F 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Grapevine Avenue from Kendall Road
northwesterly approximately 1150 feet to Waltham Street as laid out by the
Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the of-
fice of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1956 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 cur-
rent 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, Rowland Avenue from Massachusetts
Avenue southwesterly approximately 360 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 3, 1956 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 acquisi-
tion, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing; or by any combina-
tion of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation 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, Daniels Street from Taft Avenue
southerly approximately 500 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 May 10, 1955 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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ARTICT.F 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wallis Court from
Massachusetts Avenue southwesterly approximately 258 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 19, 1955 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.
ARTICLR 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Nichols Road from Preston
Road northeasterly approximately 530 feet to Blake 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 December 5, 1955 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 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Jackson Court from Parker Street
northeasterly approximately 255 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 10, 1956 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 acquisi-
tion, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing; or by any combina-
tion of these methods; 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, Blake Road from Simonds Road
southeasterly approximately 570 feet to Preston 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 3, 1956 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 59. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Henderson Road from Burlington
Street southwesterly approximately 585 feet to Blake 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 August 25, 1955 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 pro-
vided 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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ARTICL.F 60. To see if the Town will. vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Pearl Street from Bartlett Avenue
southerly approximately 375 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 10, 1956 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 acquisi-
tion, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax
levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing; or by any combina-
tion of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Arcola Street from Bartlett Avenue
southerly approximately 395 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 10, 1956 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 6?. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Milk Street from Carley Road
southeasterly approximately 685 feet to Hill 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 January 10, 1956 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
1 relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Fottler Avenue, from the southwest-
erly line of the location of the Boston and Maine Railroad to the north-
easterly line of the location of said railroad a distance of approximately
50 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the
office of the Town Clerk, dated February 7, 1956 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' 64. 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 Mill Brook Road,
northeasterly and southeasterly approximately 1007 feet 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, 1956 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, Mill Brook Road from Adams Street
northwesterly approximately 351 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown
upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1956
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 66. 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
northeasterly approximately 1590 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January
4, 1956 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, ease-
ment or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropri-
ate 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, Locke Lane from Fairlawn Lane
southeasterly approximately 1220 feet to Whipple Road as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 3, 1956 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, Fiske Road from Winchester Drive
southeasterly approximately 1884 feet to Whipple Road as laid out by the
Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk,
dated January 3, 1956 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 69. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way,
and accept the layout of as a town way, Red Coat Lane from Burlington
Street easterly approximately 1171 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and
shown upon a plan on file in the office of.the Town Clerk, dated January 3,
1956 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, Flintlock Road from Red Coat Lane
northerly, easterly and southerly approximately 1693 feet 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 3, 1956 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 71. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXVI of
the General By-Laws by renumbering the present Sections thereof, except
Section 1 and Section 3, to conform to the following numbering:
Section 2, The fees for storage of gasoline under
General Laws, Chapter 48, Section 13,
as amended, shall be as follows : For
issuing the original license, $1.00
plus a reasonable charge for advertising.
For each annual certificate of registration,
$.50.
Section 4. No person, except an officer of the law
in the performance of his duties, shall
enter upon the premises of another with
the intention of peeping into the
windows of a house or spying upon in any
manner any person or persons therein.
Section 5. The Board of Appeals established under
the Zoning By-Law shall be and shall act
as the Board of Appeals under the
Subdivision Control Law, being Sections
81K to 81GG inclusive of Chapter 41 of
the General Laws, and any acts in
amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
ARTICLE 7a. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the
Selectmen to petition the General Court to amend the provisions for filling
unexpired terms of town meeting members of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929,
being the act establishing the representative town meeting form of govern-
ment in Lexington, by inserting in Section 2 immediately prior to the next
to the last sentence a new sentence in substantially the following form, or
act in any other manner in relation thereto:
Such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled, in the
order of votes received at each annual town
election, from among those candidates in their
respective precincts who fail of election to a
term of three years.
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the
Selectmen to petition the General Court to amend the provisions of Chapter
215 of the Acts of 1929 which relate to the filling of vacancies in the
total number of town meeting members from any precinct, said Chapter 215 of
the Acts of 1929 being the act establishing the representative town meeting
form of government in Lexington, by striking out Section 7 and inserting a
new section in substantially the following form, or act in any other manner
in relation thereto:
Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town meeting members
from any precinct, whether arising from a failure of
the registered voters thereof to elect, or from any
other cause, shall be filled until the next annual
election by the selection by the town clerk of the
person who received the highest number of votes as a
defeated candidate for the office of town meeting member
in the preceding election in the precinct where the
vacancy occurs and the town clerk shall promptly
notify such person of his election as a town meeting
member. If for any reason such person cannot or does
not accept such office, the next highest in recorded
vote of the defeated candidates in that precinct shall
be similarly selected. In the event of a tie vote of
those who received the highest votes as such defeated
candidates, or in the event there is no such defeated
candidate available, the town clerk shall call a
special meeting of the town meeting members from the
precinct where the vacancy occurs for the purpose of
filling the vacancy from among the registered voters
of the precinct and shall cause to be mailed to every
such town meeting member, not less than seven days
before the time set for the meeting, a notice speci-
fying the object, time and place of the meeting.
At the said meeting a majority of the members from
such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and they
shall elect from their own number a chairman and a
clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by
written ballot and a majority of the votes cast shall
be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk
shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate
of the choice and forthwith file the same with the
town clerk, together with a written acceptance by
the member or members so chosen who shall thereupon
be deemed elected and qualified a town meeting
member or members, subject to the right of all the
town meeting members to judge of the election and
qualifications of the members as set forth in
section three,
(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
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ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen in the
name and on behalf of the Town to convey to the Josiah Willard Hayden
Recreation Centre, Inc. , a Massachusetts charitable corporation, the two
parcels of land situated on the southerly side of Lincoln Street in
Lexington that were given to the Town by Josiah Willard Hayden by deed
dated November 21, 1938 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry
of Deeds in Book 6254, Page 543, such conveyance by the Town to be in
consideration of the use by said corporation of such land only for the
recreation, entertainment, physical training and instruction of the youth
of both sexes of the Town of Lexington in accordance with the corporate
purposes of the Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation Centre, Inc. and the
provisions of the will of Josiah Willard Hayden, Middlesex Probate Court
docket No. 329908, and the agreement by said corporation to build, operate
and maintain on such land a building or buildings and other facilities for
said purposes; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1956 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 thirteenth day of
February, A. D. , 1956.
/al It Selectmen
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Lexington
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CONSTABLES RETURN
To the Town Clerk February-0-2Y, 1956
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 lastresidence, as appears
from the records of the Board of Registrars of" Voters //() days
before the time of said meeting.
Attest : e�
Gpnstable of Lexington
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