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TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said
County, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , you are directed to
notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington. qualified to vote in
elections and in town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Lexing-
ton,
exington,
ON MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. , 1921 ,
at seven o'clock, A. M. , then and there to act on the following
articles :
Art. 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One
Town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selectman for the term of
three years ; one Overseer of the Poor for the term of three years ;
one Road Commissioner for the term of three years , one Assessor for
the term of three years ; one Town 'Treasurer for the term of one year;
one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; one Water and Sewer
Commissioner for the term of three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner
for the term of three years; one member of the School Committee for
the term of three years , one member of the Board of health for the
term of three years ; one Park Commissioner for the term of three years ;
one Tree Warden for the term of one year; two Constables for the
term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members
of the Planning Board for the term of three years .
Art. 2 . To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses
for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages , in answt to the question:
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages
n4 0 :r n 4*_.town?"
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the, provisions of
Chapter 423 of the Acts and Resolves of 1909 and Acts amendatory thereof,
which provides that the Selectmen may grant licenses to reputable
persons , who on eccular days are retail dealers of ice cream, confec-
tionery*, soda water and fruit, to keep open their places of business on
the Lord' s day for the sale of ice-cream, confectionery, soda water and
fruit.
The election officers will receive votes under Articles 1 , 2
and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk.
The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the
organization of the meeting and may be kept open until five P . M. In
compliance with Article III of the By-Laws as amended January 29 , 1900,
business under the following Articles will be transacted at an ad®
journed meeting to be held Monday evening, March 14, 1921, unless
the adjourned meeting shall by unanimous vote , be ordered for some
other specified time.
Art. 4. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of
any Committee of the town for action thereon, and to appoint other
Committees .
Art. 5. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are
usually chosen by nomination.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper
observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of
Pest 119, Grand Army of the Republic,
Art. 7. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the ensuing
year , and grant money for the same.
Art. 8. To provide for the support of the poor at the Alms House the
ensuing year and grant money for the same.
Art, 9. To provide for the support of the Outside Poor the ensuing
year, and grant money for the same.
Art.10. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensuing year,
and grant money for the same .
Art .11. To provide for the support of the Street Lights the ensuing
year, and grant money for the same.
Art.12. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing
year, and grant money for the same .
Art.13 . To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for
Town expenses the ensuing year , not specified in other articles , or
act_, i,; ny manner relating thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to construct
sidewalks with concrete or other material where the abutters will pay
one-half the expense thereof.
Art. 15 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the sup-
pression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance with Chap . 381,
Acte of 1905 and amendments thereto, or act in any manner relating
thereto .
Art . 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the
use of the Finance Committee, or take any action relating thereto.
Art . 17 . To provide for the support of the Public Parke the ensuing
year , and grant money for the same, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
Art . 18 . To see if the Town will provide funds for a Wire Inspector,
or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to widen
and deepen the brooks in the Town so as to obtain better surface drainage
the same to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners , or take
any other action relating thereto.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide
funds for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under
Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1912, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art,. 21. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the main-
tenance of the Town Engineer' s Department, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
Art . 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an
amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund, as provided by Chapter
645 , Acts of 1913 , or take any action relating thereto .
Art . 23 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salary
and eapenseB of the Milk Inap,ector,, or aet in any: manner re:Yating
thereto.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salary
of the Plumbing Inspector. or act in any manner relative thereto .
Art. 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salaries
of the Inspectors of Slaughtering, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art. 26 . To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of
pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under
Chapter 327, Acts of 1904, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Art. 27 . To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the
direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes ,
in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid
dir*fly from the proceeds of said revenue , or act in any manner relative
thereto.
Art. 28 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the cele-
bration of April 19, or act in any manner relative thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide
suitable street signs for the Town, or act in any manner relative thereto .
Art . 30. To provide for the general care of the Cemeteries of the Town
and grant money for the same.
Art . 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to continue the
work at the Cemetery at North Lexington or take any action relative thereto.
Art . 32 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of $250 or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration
work in agriculture and home economics , the money to be expended by,
and the director to serve in cooperation with, the County Trustees for
aid to agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home
Economics under the provisions of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918 .
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to put one electric light at
the corner of Rindge and Rawson Avenues , or act in any manner relating
thereto.
Art . 34. To see if the town. will vote to accept that portion of
Pelham Road at its junction with Massachusetts Avenue as laid out by
the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto .
Art . 35 . To see if the Town will vote to create a permanent Town
Memorial Committee in accordance with the recommendation of the
Welcome Home Committee , or act in any manner relative thereto .
Ant . 36 . To see if the Town will vote to require any or all Town
Officers to pay all fees received by them by virtue of their office
into the town treasury.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of
Section 126 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws which provides that no
privy vault shall be constructed upon premises connected with a common
or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or
passageway in which there is a common sewer opposite thereto , without
permissionin writing having first been obtained from the Board of
Health, and that if, in the opinion of said Board, a privy vault so
situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same
a nuisance and forbid its continuance ; and that the Board of Health
shall have the power to remove any nuisance In accordance with the
provisions of Sections 123-124185 of the General Laws .
tar Art. 38 . To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to
make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative
to house drainage and connections with common sewers in accordance
with the provisions of Section 127 of Chapter 111 of the General haws .
Art. 39. To see if the Town will authorize the establish-
ment of a dental clinic in the public schools by the Board of Health and
appropriate a sum for the maintenance therefore , which in the judgment
of the Board of Health, may be necessary for that purpose , or take any
action relative thereto,
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parcels of land:,
PARCEL I, A certain parcel of land situated in East Lexington on the
easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad and shown on a copy of a
plan entitled "Plan of East Lexington Annex, East LexingtOn, Mass."-
November 1917, by Clarence B . Carter, C . E . Reading, Mass , and shown as
Pardel "B" on said plan excepting therefrom the following lots, 104 and
105; 90 and 91 ; 97 to 99 inclusive; 94 to 96 inclusive, said parcel with
exceptions noted belonging to or supposed to belong to the Suburban Land
Company.
PARCEL 2. Lots 90 and 91 belonging to or supposed to belong to Lawrence
M. Donaldson,
PARCEL R . Lots 94 to 96 inclusive belonging to or supposed to belong to
Micheal Walsh.
PARCEL 4. Lots 97 to 99 inclusive belonging to or supposed to belong to
Elizabeth A. Ramsdell.
PARCELS_Is Lots 104 and 105 belonging to or supposed to belong to George
A. Wiley and Charlotte W. Wiley.
The lots included in parcels 2,3,4, and 5 being shown on the
plan herein above referred to.
PARCEL 6. A certain parcel of land situated in East Lexington on the
easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad and shown on a copy of a
plan entitled "Plan of East Lexington Annex, East Lexington, Mass."
November 1917 by Clarence E. Carter, C . B. Reading, Mass, and shown as
Parcel "C" on said plant eXcepting therefrom the following lots, 265 to
e72 inclusive ; 260 to 264 inclusive ; 161; 297 to 300 inclusive said par-
cel with the exceptions noted, belonging to or supposed to belong to the
Suburban Land Company,
PARCEL 7„, Lots 265, to 267 inclusive, belonging to or supposed to belong
to Hattie A. Milley.
PARCEL 8. Lots 268 to 272 inclusive, belonging to or supposed to belong
to Samuel B. Milley.
PARCEL 9 . Lots 260 to 264 inclusive, belonging to or supposed to belong
to Albert J. Egan,
PARCEL 10, Lot 161 belonging to or supposed to belong to Louis Vander-
woude,
PARCEL 11. Lots 297 and 298 belonging to or supposed to belong to Maria
Roza Balogh.
PARCEL 12„, Lots 299 and 300 belonging to or supposed to belong to Maria
Roza Balogh. The lots included in parcels 7,8,9,10,11 and 12 being shown
on the plan hersin above referred to.
PARCELaas A certain parcel of land belonging to or supposed. to belong
to the suburban Land Company as shown on plan entitled, "flan of East
Lexington Annex, East Lexington, Mass." November 1917, Clarence E.
Carter, C. B. Reading, Mass., and further described and bounded as follows:
Commencing at the northeasterly corner of lot 124 as shown on said plan,
thende running easterly partly on the old wall 293 .14 feet to an old oak;
thence turning and running northerly on the line extended from the easter-
ly boundary of lot eee 142 as shown on said plan, 22 feet more or less to
the northerly boundary of an old right of way; thence turning and running
westerly by the broken line ae. shown on said plan to the point of begin,
ning, being the same premises conveyed to the Suburban Land. Company by
deed of the Town of Arlington dated June 18, 1919 and duly recorded with
Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 4264, Page 44.
Make an appropriation for the same, determine in what manner the
money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto*
Art. 48.. To see- it the 'Town- will -authorize 'the 'S'electmen to enterinto
a proposed agreement with the Department of Public Works, Division of
Highways of the State and the County Commissioners of Middlesex County
for the reconstruction of Lowell Street from Summer Street to Woburn
Street and Maple Street from Lowell Street to Massachusetts Avenue, that
portion of Lowfll Street from Summer Street to Maple and Maple Street
to be laid out as a State highway and maintained as such, and provide
for the raising of the necessary funds to cover the Town's share by the
issuance of bonds or notes of the town provided said agreement is con-
summated or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 49 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into
a proposed agreement with the Department of Public Works , Division of
Highways of the State and the County Commissioners of Middlesex County
for the construction of a state highway from the end of Summer Street
at its junction with Lowell Street across the lands of various owners
in a westerly direction to Maple Street at or about the land of George
Nelson, thence by Maple Street to Massachusetts Avenue as shown on a plan
submitted by the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways of
the State and provide for the raising of the necessary funds to cover
the Town' s share by the issuance of bonds or notes of the Town provided
said agreement is consummated or take any action relative thereto.
Art . 50. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the
Town Meeting held December 17 , 1920 . "to investigate the advisability
of any change in the form of government of the town" and to take any
action thereon. In the event that it is decided to continue such
committee, to see if the Town will appropriate any money to cover the
expenses of such committee for printing and postage , or to take any
other action with referende thereto.
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