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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-10-26n 1 1 SELECTMENtS MEETING OCTOBER 262 1937. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Ferguson, Messrs. Potter, Clark and Giroux were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P.M. the Welfare Agent appeared before the Board to discuss welfare matters. The Supt. of Public Works appeared before the Board. He stated that the American Legion Auxiliary, Stanley Hill Post #38, wanted to use Cary Memorial Hall on November 4th to hold a public installation. The'Legion is willing to give up one of its free nights so that the Auxiliary can use the hall. Mr. Potter moved that the Auxiliary be granted the use of the hall on November 4th free of charge. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond said that on July 6th he brought up the claim of G. Sanseverino that he had lost his saw while working on the Mill Brook project. The man claims that the saw was worth $2.75. Mr. Potter moved that the man be given another saw and that the cost be charged to the Public Works, Labor and Materials appropriation. Mr. Clark seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond informed the Board that the Town usually does have a performance bond on the sidewalk work but he was unable to find that there was any requirement for it under the Statute. He believes that the present con- tractor will give a bond. 61 Welfare Use of Hall Sanseverino saw. Performance bond. Mr. Raymond said that about one month ago the Board voted to carry Leigh Farnham on the payroll until Oct. 16th. He is showing improvement but there is still no sign Farnham that he is going to get back to work for some time. He pay was put on the Engineering Dept. part time about one year ago. Mr. Clark moved that Farnhamts salary be stopped, and if the family need aid that they apply to the Welfare Department for it. Mr. Potter seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond asked if the Board wanted to petition the Department of Public Works and the County for funds to go ahead with Bedford and Woburn Streets on the basis that the Town will appropriate $5,000.00 for each and petition the two for funds for Chapter 90 Maintenance on the basis that the Town will appropriate $3,000.00. The Chairman said that that was in accordance with the vote passed by the Board a short while ago. Chapter 90 Funds. 62 Dir. Raymond informed the Board that Mr. Paxton had Paxton's two year's vacation due him, 1936 and 1937. The matter vacation. of vacation is not governed by the Statute but is entirely within the jurisdiction of the Selectmen. Mr. Raymond said that he had been unable to find axWbady but the Homelite people that made an outfit such Night light as he wanted, but he did find a second=hand outfit on set. which he could save $40. or $50. It is a little larger than the one he expected to buy but will serve the purpose very well. Mr. Potter moved that Bir. Raymond be authorized to purchase the second-hand night light outfit. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond said that the Supt. of the Metropolitan State Hospital wanted to borrow the town roller and pay only for fuel and operator's expenses. He wanted it for ten days or two weeks and the town will be through with it in another couple of weeks. Dir. Potter thought that Use of the hospital should be able to pay a rental charge. Dir. roller. Raymond recommended that the hospital be charged on the same rental basis that the Town is charged. Bir. Potter moved that the use of the roller be allowed provided the hospital paid the operator's time and the fuel, also for any damage which might happen to the machine which might be attributed to their negligence. Clark seconded .Mr. the motion and it was so voted. ' Mr. Raymond said that he sent the information on the Anderson Hillside Ave. water main to Mr. Wrightington and he so informed Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson went in to see Wrightington and then came to see Mr. Raymond. Before that, he gave Anderson an application for a water Anderson extension and asked him to try to get the other abutters claim. to sigh. The total betterments amount to $153.00, of which Anderson's would amount to $51.00. The other abutters will not sign the agreement and Anderson in- formed Mr. Raymond that he would agree to pay the whole betterment of $153.00 over a period of ten years if the Town would deduct $50.00 from the amount due for water that has been measured at the pit meter as an adjustment for damages to Andersonts wall, etc. Anderson says that he will sign a release. Mr. Potter moved that the matter be settled in this manner provided the Town Counsel approves. Mr. Giroux seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond informed the Board that the poles on Poles on Shade Street which were mentioned at last week's meeting Shade Street. were on the McIntosh land although Mr. Hayden probably does not know it. There probably was never a permit granted by the Town for these poles and there was never any ' occasion for a permit. The Chairman suggested that Mr. Raymond talk with Mr. Hayden on the matter. 63 Mr. Raymond said that he had received a request from the Lafayette Club for the use of Estabrook Hall on Nov- ember 16th for the purpose of holding a minstrel show for Use of which the admission charge will be $.35. Last year they Hall. were charged $5.00. Mr. Potter moved that the use of the hall be granted for a fee of $5.00. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond reported that the Eastern States Farmers Exchange had requested the use of Estabrook Hall on Dec. 9th for an educational meeting. Mr. Clark moved that the n use of the hall be granted for a fee of $5.00. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond said that Mr. Garrity wanted to know if the Board would approve payment of his dues to the National Shade Tie Shade Tree Convention 3n the amount of $5.00. Mr. Clark Convention moved that the dues be paid and charged to the Shade Tree appropriation. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. At 8:00 P.M. hearing was declared open on the appli- cation of George H. Gould for permission to maintain a Gould two car garage at 17 Cary Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Gould garage appeared and presented plan of the proposed garage. No hearing. persons appeared in opposition. Mr. Clark moved that the ' permit be granted subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Board of Assessors appeared before the Selectmen. The Chairman informed the .Assessors that part of the proposal of the Barnes heirs made to the Selectmen in offering the property for sale, was that the 1937 taxes Barnes be abated. The Chairman stated that the Selectmen accepted property. their proposal and now wanted to know if the Assessors would abate these taxes. Chairman Steeves said that the Assessors would take the matter up with Tax Commissioner Long. F. J. Spencer, Clerk of the Board of Assessors, informed the Board that he was going out checking up property and that last year the Town paid for his gas- Gasoline oline which amounted to about $17.00. He asked if the for Mr. Town would assume that expense this year, and said that Spencer's there were funds available in the appropriation to take car. care of it. Mr. Giroux moved that the Board approve the expense. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. At 8;10 P.M. hearing was declared open on the adjourned hearings of the Home Finance Co. for permission to maintain a one car garage at 38 Liberty Avenue, a one car garage at 36 Liberty Avenue and a one car garage at 32 Liberty Avenue. No one appeared in favor of the 64 V granting of the applications. The Building Inspector and about forty residents in that neighborhood appeared. Mr. Giroux moved that no action be taken ' on the applications inasmuch as no one appeared to represent the company. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. George Morey was the spokesman for the group. He said that the people present lived on Ledgelawn Avenue, Hillside Terrace, North Hancock Street and the north end. of Hancock Street. The people felt that harm was being done to them by the activities of the Home Finance Co and had come to ask whatever relief the Board could give them. The Chairman said that garage hearings were held before the Selectmen for permission to maintain the garages and that the Board had nothing to do with granting permits to build them. Mr. Morey said that the group represented here had assessed valuations contingent on the property of the Home Finance Co. in the amount of something over a quarter of a million dollars. The company owns what is known as Irvington Park, which property is assessed for $5600.00 more or less. This company has started a development and says that it will build thirty houses, which have been described in the morning "Herald', to sell at $4850.00. Mr. Morey said that most of the people represented were restricted to building a house costing not less than $5,000.00 above the cellar and the lot. According to Mr. Carriggn of the Home Finance Co., these homes would be worth $4000.00, Home Finance the $850.00 being profit. If this development is Comparq allowed to continue, the people feel that they will be property, damaged irrevocably, feeling that it would bring to the neighborhood an undesirable group. Besides that, schools would be crowded, etc. Mr. Morey said that he had contacted the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, the Lexington Trust Co. and the Lexington Co-operative Bank, find they wished that something could be done to stop the project. The Savings Bank expressed the wish that some- thing could be done, but did not know what they could do to stop it. Mr. Morey asked Roscoe C. Hill to read a paragraph from the deed which -was passed to him in regard to the type of community he expected to be in. Mr. Hill said that the strip of land included a lot in Irvington Park directly in the rear of property at 87 No. Hancock Street. In line with these three houses a distance of 25 feet back, he has exactly the same restrictions and that is perfectly all right. This Finance Co. deeded to him the restriction that he could not build a house for less than $5,000. yet they can come in and erect a house which he understands costs approximately $3,000.00. Mr.'Hill read the following paragraph from his deed which i -s dated June 14, 1932: "This conveyance is made subject , to the following conditions: no building other than a dwelling costing not less than $5,000., a private 65 garage for not more than two cars and the customary out- buildings shall be erected or placed on said lot; no ' part of any such building shall be placed or erected less than twenty-five feet from the street on which the lot stands. These restrictions shall expire January lst, 1943". Mr. Giroux said that he would like to speak of the comparison in valuation of the two parcels referred to by Mr. Aorey. He asked if the Board was to understand that because of the erection of these buildings, this group would ask for an abatement of their taxes. Mr. Morey said that there probably would be some requests for abatements from those in the immediate vicinity of the houses. Mr. Giroux asked if the people, as a group, did not have some legal redress. Mr. Morey said that he believed they had. He had tried to contact Judge Northrup, as at a meeting held Sunday night, it was the feeling of the group that it would ask Judge Northrup for legal protection. Mr. Morey said that they were also asking for legal protection from the Board. Mr. C. E. Nichols, Jr. of 94 Hancock Street, stated that the same claslse that appeared in Mr.. Hillis deed was in his. His deed was dated December 8, 1925 and expired January 1, 1943. Mr. Nichols said that he talked with Perley Tebbetts, who built a great many of the houses there, and he said that those were the restrictions running through the entire development. Mr. Nichols said he pur- chased from the Home Finance Co. which is made up of Messrs. Hamilton and Dix. Messrs. Deering and Williams of Ledgelawn Avenue said that they had the same restrictions. The Chairman asked Mr. Morey if he knew that there were any registered restrictions on the property. Mr. Morey said that he had not had a chance to look into that. Mr. Carrigan said that he did not give a darn about the betterments and the Chairman said that they would probably pass the betterments along to the people who bought the houses, Mr. Frank Cutter said that he bought his lots before the restrictions were made. Mr. Morey asked the Building Inspector if the company was complying with the Building Laws, and Mr. Longbottom said that they were complying in every way. Mr. Morey asked the Building Inspector if he had to tell the company to put more chimneys on, and he replied in the negative. Mr. Nichols asked Mr. Longbottom if in issuing a permit, he knew whether or not there were any private restrictions on land. Mr. Longbottom replied that that was no concern of the Building Inspectorbut was up to the abutters and if they wanted to fight the matter, they would have to take it to Court. Mr. Giroux said that last March the Board recommended that the Town accept the Act to combine the Planning Board and the Board of Survey and if this were done, it would give the combined Board very broad powers. The Town Counsel appeared and the Chairman told him the story. He said that the Town had no business enforcing 66 V for private owners their civil rights. If an area is laid out with restrictions for the benefit of land ' owners, they have certain rights which they can enforce in Court. All the town is interested in is the Town zoning restrictions. Mr. Wrightington said he thought it would be worth while for the people to investigate the matter, find out in the registry what their rights were, and engage counsel. oto other persons wished to ask questions. The Chairman stated that all the Board could dry would be to have the company comply with all town ordinances. The group retired at 8:45. Mr. R. L. Ryder and the Town Counsel appeared before the Board relative to the proposed agreement in the various drainage cases. Mr. Ryder said he had looked over the agreement and found that there were one or two things he did not want there but he was willing to sign it with one change and a couple of reservations which would be made outside of the agreement. One was in paragraph seven in which he would like to have the words "subject to this agreement" omitted. Mr. Ryder said that he had not wanted to go to the expense of taking this matter to the Land Court and therefor had the amount of settlement determined. It was his understanding and always had been that the matter *as going to stand in status quo until the agree- ment had been signed and it had been determined whether , or not the town was going to approve the project. None of the delays have been his fault, he said. Mr. Raymond informed him that it would take eight or ten weeks to, get the engineering data together and it has been in progress a month. He thought by the middle of 'January it ought to be possible to have a meeting. The agreement is ready to be signed and it states that the moneys are to be turned over to the Town Treasurer and that any additional moneys due are.to be paid at the same time. Ryder He did not hear of any change in the payments to be agreement. made the Land Court until a week or ten days ago. The things he questioned in the agreement were these: the width of the easement from Vine Brook Road on and the fact that he did not want to ask the mortgagees for releases. Those were.the only two things he really objected to in the agreement. He said that the town was taking three lots of land which would cost at least $3000. and were narrowing down two other lots which he doubted would be of any use. One other thing was the plan referred to made by John T. Cosgrove showing the fifty foot way which was supposed to be laid out through the park land under the Scott deed. It is cut down from 55 feet to 50 feet at one point. Mr. Wrightington stated that the Scott deed said the 55 feet was confined to the space between Waltham Street and the ditch which is the ' boundary of the Mulliken land. Mr. Ryder said that that did not bother him as he was perfectly willing to cut 61 Letter was received from William C. Paxton, Jr. SuptTs. in which he asked the Board to.accept his resignation as Resignation Supt. of the Highway Department, said resignation to be Highway effective on November 13, 1937. Mr. Clark moved that Department. Mr. Paxton be invited to appear before the Board next Tuesday evening to discuss the matter. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works advising that the estimated cost of providing reinforce- ment over the existing trunk line sewer constructed last year through property of the golonial Garage, Inc. so that it would be possible to permit the construction of the building over the line of the sewer was $1900.00. The estimate of the cost of reconstructing the sewer in the location of the sewer which was abandoned last year is $3400.00. Mr. Raymond said that in the event the proposed Vine Brook conduit was installed with the low level sewer suggested by Metcalf & Eddy, both of the existing sewers in the property of the Colonial Garage Inc, could be abandoned. Letter was received from the Town Counsel relative ' to the same matter. In the absence of Statutory authority to force an owner to take back a sewer easement which has been taken from him, he did not believe the Town could Trunk Line Sewer - Colonial Garage. it down. Wrightington said that the reason they cut ' it down was that the Town has a road there now and it did not seem logical to take 55 feet. Mr. Ryder said that he was willing to agree to the 50 feet but when the layout got to the Aldrich property there was a strip of 250 or 300 feet which they left in the final layout be- tween the road and the Aldrich line and he thought it should coincide with the Aldrich line: He suggested this or that the narrow strip be given to the Ryders and that they deed,to the town the other strip that is in the road. Mr. Ryder said that he wanted to file motions to correct the record on the numbers of the cases and wants the town to assent to this. This is in case they have to take the matter to the Supreme Court. Mr. Wrightington said he thought that was entirely proper. Mr. Ryder said that with that change and the other reservations, he was willing to execute the agreement tonight and have his brother sign it tomorrow. He re- tired. Cdr. Giroux moved that the Board rescind its prelious vote to have the Town Counsel proceed to enforce the Court order relative to payment of the Ryder tax titles. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Giroux moved that the Town Counsel be instructed to assent to a reasonable postponement of payments ordered previougly by the Land Court. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and It was so voted. ' The Board then signed the agreement. Letter was received from William C. Paxton, Jr. SuptTs. in which he asked the Board to.accept his resignation as Resignation Supt. of the Highway Department, said resignation to be Highway effective on November 13, 1937. Mr. Clark moved that Department. Mr. Paxton be invited to appear before the Board next Tuesday evening to discuss the matter. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from the Supt. of Public Works advising that the estimated cost of providing reinforce- ment over the existing trunk line sewer constructed last year through property of the golonial Garage, Inc. so that it would be possible to permit the construction of the building over the line of the sewer was $1900.00. The estimate of the cost of reconstructing the sewer in the location of the sewer which was abandoned last year is $3400.00. Mr. Raymond said that in the event the proposed Vine Brook conduit was installed with the low level sewer suggested by Metcalf & Eddy, both of the existing sewers in the property of the Colonial Garage Inc, could be abandoned. Letter was received from the Town Counsel relative ' to the same matter. In the absence of Statutory authority to force an owner to take back a sewer easement which has been taken from him, he did not believe the Town could Trunk Line Sewer - Colonial Garage. 68 compel Mr. Viand to accept either of the two alternatives which Mr. Raymond proposed. He suggested that the Selectmen make a proposition to the Vianos inviting them ' to accept the proposed new construction and release all claim of damages against the town. If this was rejected, he thought it would be worth while to find out what additional cash consideration would be sufficient to induce the corporation to accept the proposed change. Then if later the damages proved unpleasantly large, the Selectmen would at least have a record of making an effort at the sensible solution. Mr. Clark moved that the Board make an offer to the Vianos that the town reinforce the present sewer with concrete and agree that it would not attempt.to dig it up under the proposed building, plus $500. or an alternative offer to pay the Vianos the equivalent of what it would cost to do this work plus $500.00. Mr. Giroux seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Wrightington said that he would make this offer to the Vianos. Letter was received from the Town Counsel to which Meady bill. was attached his bill for services in the Meady case amounting to $>470.70. Mr. Giroux moved that the bill be approved. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from the Town Counsel informing , Scott case that the prosecution of Scott, the owner of the Central bill. Block, had been disposed of and that Mr. Scott pleaded guilty and was placed on probation. Mr. Wrightington enclosed his bill in the amount of $50.00. Mr. Giroux moved.that the bill be approved. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Letter was received from the Town Counsel advising that the registering of the Old Adams School lot site Old Adams was drawn to a close. He enclosed a bill in the amount School si-te - of $125. for the examiner who was appointed by the Land title. Court to examine the title. He also requested that a check for $5.00 be mailed to him to be used when the decree was sent to the Registry for recording. Mr. Potter moved that the bills be approved and charged to the Law Department. Mr. Giroux seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Letter was received from the Health Inspector ad- vising that a short while ago he made an inspection at Sewage at the 1775 House and found that the sewage was running into 1775 House. the brook. The odor was very bad. He talked to the manager about it who said that he would have the man switch over to filter bed #2. Mr. Stevenson said that on Oct. 25th, he made an inspection.and found conditions very much improved. There was no sign of any sewage and the water was clear. 69 Letter was received from the Health Inspector advising ' that one Frank Gricus was keeping pigs on the property formerly owned by A. Young on Laconia Street. At present there are fifteen sows :and twenty-eight small pigs. He Gricus keeps them out in a field fenced in. -'here are no build- pigs. ings for them to use for shelter from cold weather. Cdr. Stevenson said he would not recommend granting a permit to an outsider. The Clerk was instructed to write Gricus and tell him that he had no right to keep pigs in Lexington. �I Letter was received from Ivan G. Pyle, M.D. relative to Forrest Knapp's condition. Dr. Pyle said that Knapp had infectious arthritis in his right foot. The onset was October 1, 1937 or thereabouts. The condition is not related to the previous injury of July 11, 1937. His wkight bearing is at present limited and Dr. Pyle said that partial disability would continue at least two more weeks. Mr. Giroux moved that in view of the report from Dr. Pyle that no action be taken by the Selectmen. on Chief Sullivan's letter of October 4th in which he informed the Board that he had suspended Patrolman Knapp for violation of Rule 7(c) of the Police Department Rules and Regulations. Mr. Potter seconded the motion, and it was so voted. Letter was received from Robert H. Holt asking that the following dates be reserved for the Cary Lectures: October 28; november 1; December 9 (afternoon and evening); January 11, 1938; February 23; March 18. Mr. Clark moved that the use of the hall be granted on these evenings for the lectures. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. Knapp case Cary Lectures. Request was received for a certificate of character Cert. of of Laurence H. Burnham of 44 Somerset Road, one of the character Incorporators of America"for Americans, Inc. The Board signed the certificate of character. Letter was received from the United Endowment Foundation, Inc., asking if the Board would suggest a Manager. person in Lexington fitted to represent that corporation as a resident manager. It was suggested that Fletcher Taft's name be forwarded. Application was received from the Minute -Man Kitchen, 1835 Mass. Avenue for permission to open on Sundays from 8:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and from 4:00 to 6:30 P.M. The Chairman suggested that no action be taken because it is not within the jurisdiction of the Board to grant such a license. The Chairman said that the Town Counsel wanted to know if the Board wanted to have the present policy on the Request for License 70 Barnes property continued and transferred to the Town Barnes or have Judge Northrup cancel it and put it on the Town property, schedule. Mr. Clark moved that Judge Northrup cancel the present policy and that it be transferred to the Town schedule when the transaction went through. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Board discussed the letter from the Appropriation Committee held over from last week requesting additional information because of the Board's request that that Insurance. committee transfer $201.36 from the Reserve Fund to the Insurance account in order to pay additional premium on fire insurance. Inasmuch as several questions were raised, Mr. Potter moved that the Board suggest to the Appropria- tion Committee that it invite Mr. Will C. Hill to attend one of its meetings to give them full information. Bir. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Board discussed the letter from Mr. Biggers Census of relative to the National Census of Unemployment. Mr. unemployment. Giroux moved that Mr. Mitchell act as Chairman of the local board. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Board considered the study of the tax title prop- erty acquired by the Town which the Town Engineer made. Tax Title The Chairman said that the Board had asked Mr. Cosgrove , property. for this information inasmuch as it thought it would be a good idea to advertise the property but wanted to hold whatever would be of value to the town. It was decided to request Mr. Cosgrove to get from the Assessors the valuation of the properties. li Snow loader. Mr. Raymond's letter relative to the snow loader was held over. The Board signed an order for the construction of .a sewer in Follen Road, as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Town of Lexington. WHEREAS., the Town of Lexington at a Town Meeting duly called and held on March 15th, 1937 and adjourned to March 22nd, 1937, duly adopted under Article 17 of the Warrant the following vote: Follen Road Sewer Odder. "Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1937, in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504, as amended, or otherwise, and to take ' by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and for the purpose of said installation the sum of $1700.00 be appropriated and transferred from the Sewer Assessment 71 Fund", and at a meeting of the Board of Selectmen held on October 26th, 1937, it was voted to authorize the extension of the sewer in Follen Road, from Smith Avenue to a point southwesterly and distant about 460 feet, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 80, Voted: By the Selectmen, acting as a Hoard of Water and Sewer Commissioners under the authority con- ferred by Statute 1897, Chapter 504 and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and of votes of the Town of Lexington pursuant thereto, that a sewer be constructed in Follen Road, from Smith Avenue to a point southwesterly and distant about 460 feet, substantially ,ih accordance with plan made by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, dated Oct. 26, 1937 and entitled, "Plan of Proposed Sewer in Follen Road, Lexington, mass., Scale 1 in. - 40 ft., Oct. 26 1937, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer". Betterments will be assessed for this improvement in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 221 of the Acts of 1926. The area which it is expected will receive benefit or advantage other than the general advantage to the community from such improvement is described as follows: That portion of those properties on each side of Follen Road from Smith Avenue to a point southwesterly and distant about 460 feet. The said area comprises the several lots shown upon the plan hereinbefore referred to which are designated in the schedule hereto annexed and made a part hereof. We estimate the bettermert s that will be assessed upon each parcel of land to be as shown in the schedule which is hereto annexed and made a part hereof. Witness our hands at Lexington aforesaid this twenty-sixth day of October, 1937. Charles E. Ferguson MAJORITY OF William G. Potter SELECTMEN Archibald R. Giroux OF Philip M. Clark LEXINGTON COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass. October 26, 1937. Then personally appeared the above named Charles E. Ferguson., William G. Potter, Archibald R. Giroux and 72 Philip M. Clark and severally acknowledgedthe fo re - going instrument and statement by them subscribed to be their free act and deed and the free act and deed of , the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Lexington, before me, James J. Carroll Notary Public V (Mar . ill 1938) SCHEDULE OF ESTIMATED BETTERMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ORDER. FOLLEN ROAD (From Smith Avenue to a point southwesterly and distant about 460 feet). Owner as of January lst. 1937 Assessment. Ernest & Virginia K. Cutter $180.00 Ernest Cutter 260.00 James G. Prout 180:00 Warren G. & Rena U. Lawson 440.00 .Mary T. Muldoon & Agnes C. Schlichte 300.00 Lillian M. Wilkins 250.00 Katherine E. Allcock 400.00 Commitment of Water Liens in the amount of $566.39 Commitments. was signed by the Board, also cominatment of water services in the amount of $29.22 and commitment of sewer services in the amount of $153.67. Water Assessment Abatement in the amount of $78.75 Abatement. was signed by the Board. Mr. Giroux moved that Officer Knapp be paid his Knapp regular salary from the date his salary was stopped salary.. until' -further notice. Mr. Potter seconded the motion and it was so voted. The meeting adjourned at 10:25 P. M. A true record, Attest: Clerk:—• u