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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1924-03-03-TE-WARRANT and 1924-03-10-ATM-WARRANT 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 at their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One , Emerson Hall, Precinct Two , Town hall) on MONDAY, THE THIRD DA[ OF MARCH, A o D. , 1924 , at Six 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 , two Selectmen 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 Cemetery Commissioner for the. term of three years, one member of the School Committee for the term of three years , two Constables for the term of one year; one lvoderator for the term of one year , two- members of the Planning Board for the term of three years , One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of Six years , also on the same ballot: Art, 2. 10 see if the Town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages , in answer to the question' "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxi- cating beverages in this town?" The polls will be open at 6 00 A. M . and will remain open until •5 00 P . M. You are also to notify and warn the inhabitants aforesaid to meet at the Town hall in said town on Monday, the tenth day of 730 March, 1924 , at k P . M. to act on the following articles Art. 3. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the town, and to appoint other Committees . Art . 4 . To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art . 5 . To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the groper observance of =iemorial Day, to be expended under the direction -of Post 119 , Grand. Army of the Republic. Art . S . To see if the Town will grant sucn sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or accounts, direct how the came shall be raised, or act in any manner relating thereto Public Schools, Almshouse; Outside Poor; Highways ; Street Lights , Fire Department; ;appropriation Oommittee , Public Parks , Town Engineerts Department ; Milk inspector , Plumbing Inspector; Inspectors of Slaugh- tering, April 19th Celebration; Street Signs; and Cemeteries . Art. 7 . To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year , not specified in other articles , or act in any manner relating thereto. Art , 8 . To see if the Town- will make an appropriation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense thereof . Art . 9 . To see if the 'Town will make an appropriation fur the sup- pression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance with Chap. 132, General Laws , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 10 . To see if the Town wil_1 make an appropriation to provide funds for the payment of pensions to retiredAveterans under Chap .32 , Sect . 52-55 , General Laws , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 11 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve :Fund as provided =try Chap . 40, Sect . 6, General Laws , or take any action relating thereto . Art . 12. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the pay- ment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Depart- ments under Chap . 32 , General Laws , or act in any manner relating thereto . flrt . 13. 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 directly from the proceeds of raid revenue , or act in any manner relative thereto . Art . 14 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $350, or some other amount , and elect a director for demon- stration 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 'uidd.lesex County Bureau of agriculture =>--- and Home Economics , under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45 , Chap . 128 , General Laws of Massachusetts . Art . 15 . To see if the town will reimburse the chairman of the Planning Board for the sums advanced by and through him and paid. for services of Edward -THartman in connection with framing and present_ng to the townAunder Chapters 40 and 143 of the General Laws , and for printing and distributing report of the Planning Board with respect bo said Zoning plan and notices for hearings preliminary to the same and to raise and appropriate money therefor or act in any manner in relation thereto . Art . 16 . To see if the Town will vote to furnish snow plow service on the following named streets : foreland Avenue , gilliam Avenue and Oakland Avenue , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 17 . To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets Bridge Street , Payson r.,treet and Grassland Street, which extensions approximate 2775 feet, appro- priate money for the same by bond issue , or otherwise , or take any action relating thereto. art . 18 . To see if the Town. will vote to appropriate $600 for s.Qtughter inspection for the ensuing year , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 19 . 1'o see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of citizens to investigate the operation and efficiency of the present form of town government and. the administration of the business affairs of any of the departments of the town,. and to ascertain the causes of any waste , extravagance and inefficiency in connect_ on therewith, and make a report to the town with such recommen.dations as it deems advisable, such committee to -have full authority to takee -such steps -or action as may be deemed proper and necessary to examine any books , records , accounts , correspondence and documents of any board, department,, officer , agent or employee of the town, and to request or summon any officer , agent or employed of the town to appear and give such information as he may have relating to any affairs of the town under investigation, and also to employ special counsel if the committee shall deem it necessary so to do , and if the town so votes to see if it will also provide or appropriate any sum of money for the use of such committee or to act in any other manner relating to an investigation of the operation or administration of the business affairs of the town. Art . 20. To see if the town will vote to rename or to recommend the renaming of any or all of the following streets having the same name , viz: Ban St. leading from datertown St. Bowman St .. " Bedford St. Cedar St . „ " Mass . Ave.. Cedar St. " " Reed St. Eustis St. tri " Bloomfield St. Eustis St. " ;' Asbury St. Fairview rave . " " School at . Fairviet` aye . " ri Wood St. .cern St . I' n Pleasant- St. Fern St. " Dell =ave. Grove St. Leading from Burlington St. Grove St . " Reed St . Hill St. " " Bedford St. Hill St. " " 'Wood St. "Hillside Ave . " " Mass . Ave. Hil lside- Ave . " " Lee Asre . Hillcrest Ave. ° " Pottier Ave. - Hillcrest Ave. " " Mass . Ave . Homestead St . " ii Jedar St. Homestead St. " " Masc . Ave . Madison Ave. i „ K ". Madison Ave-. " „ Tower St. Maple St. II TI ,':ass . Ave . Maple St. IT " Reed St. Oak St. Maple St. Oak St. II " W.ass . Ave. Reed St.. " " Lowell St. Reed St. " " Bedford St. Snring St. it 0 Middle St. Spring St. " " Reed St . -Summit Ave. " n Qo.l,onial AYe, -. Su iat Ave . --- -Tr rr Mass'. Ave. - a Vine St. " r, uoburn St. Vine St. " " Laurel St. walnut St. " " Concord Ave. walnut St. II it Grove St. Summer St. " " Bedford St. Summer St. " It Spring St. Sumner St. II " Lowell St. or act in any manner relating there-to. Art. 21 . To sem if the town will take any action with reference to the Memorial Banner bearing the names ofAeight men of Lexington who gave their lives for their country in the World War , which was nre9euted by the Welcome Home Committee to the town through the Selectmen in February 1919 , - whether the same shall be suitably displayed in the town hall as originally planned* or turned over to the Stanley Hill Post of the American Legion, and to appronri- ate money therefor , or take any other action in relation. thereto , A.rt, 22 , To see if the Town will vote to accert Section 42 a, B, u , B, F, of chapter 40 of the General Laws as referred to in Uhapter 391 of the Acts of 1923 being an act relative to the col- lection of water rates , s.rt, 23 . To see if the lawn will vote to aprro-,riate money for the use of the ater and Sewer Department and to provide same by issuance of bonds , notes or by direct appropriation or by any or all of such methods , or take any other action releting thereto , Art . 24 . To see if the 'Town will vote. to appro,Jriate money- to widen and deepen the brooks in the Town so as to obtain better surface m rainage , or take any other action relating thereto , art , 25 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the construction of additional sewers and to provide same by the issuance of binds , notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods or to take any other action relating thereto ® Art ,. 26 . To pee if the Town will. vote tq. appropriate money ,for the, _. installation e water mains in the following unaccepted streets Grape Vine lzvenue; Hayes Lane and Fletcher Avenue , which extensions will approximate 1450 feet , or take any action relating thereto . art, 27. To see if the 'Town will petition the Legislature for auttori.ty to borrow money outside the statutory limit of indebtedness for the purpose of constructing schoolhouses or additions to school- houses , or act in. any manner relating thereto . Art , 28 . To see if the Town will appoint a Building Committee of Seven of which three shall be the School 5om_nittee to secure architect' s plans and contractor' s bids for a new High school Building and an addition of four zooms to the Parker School on substantially the plans as recommended by the Committee on Increased School accommodations and provide by appropriation and assessment , or otherwise , the money necessary for such purpose , or take any other action relative thereto , art . 29 . To see what action, if any, the Town will take with reference to the disposal of its garbage , refuse , and offal by contract or otherwise , or act in any manner relating thereto . Art, 30. To see if the Town will vote to construct a water main in Bennett and Tarbell Avenues a distance of about eco feet make an appropriation for same or act in any other manner relating thereto . Art . 31 . To hear the report of the Uommittee appointed with refer- ence to repairs on the Stone Building, and to see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Committee , and if so , to see if the Town will vote to provide the necessary funds therefore by appropriating or borrowing the same on the notes or bonds of the Town, .or act in any manner relating thereto . Art . 32 . To receive the report of the committee on the revision. of the Building Law, appropriate money for the publication of same, or take any action relating theret:o.,. Art , 33 . To see if the Town. will vote to install a water main in Spring Street from Middle Street, southwesterly, a distance of 900 feet, appropriate money for the same by bond. issue , or otherwise , or take any action relating thereto . Art . 34 , To see if the Towma will vote to appropriate funds for the purchase of a tract of land containing gravel. -and sand for use on the Town highways , and to provide same by the issuance of bonds , notes or by direct appropriation, or by any or all of such methods or to take any other action relating thereto . Arte 35 , To hear the report of the Committee on Memorial IIonor Roll, take action thereon and make an appro1riation not exceeding four hundred dollars in accordance therewith. nth 36 . To Ree if the town , upon the report and recommendation of the Planning :Uoard, or otherwise , will vote to amend the ByL,La e of the town by ac. ''int thereto one or more articles for restrict-on of particular classes of buildings and buildings to be used for particular purposes to and for excluding them from spec —fled. dis- tricts or zones of the tonin, under the provisions of Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 inclusive , and Chapter 143 , Section 3 . of the General Laws of iiasrachusettn , or act in any manner in relation thereto . L .ereof,. .fai not, -and: make due 'return of this itarrant, with your do;_ 5 thereon, to the Town 'ilerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands , at Lexington, this twelfth day of February, A. B. 1924 . ee- . . . . . ee ® s . . r‘'ea SELECTMEN Uil /m / /tel • I°11 ) � 7 .