HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommittee on Vine Brook Drainage charge 1930-06-09-STM-MIN 410 �0
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It was voted to accept the report of the Committee
and place the same on file .
Art . 12 . Under this article on motion of Dr . Clarence
Shannon the following vote was passed :
" Voted : That the Town accept the layout as a town
way of an extension of Clarke Street as laid out by the
Board of Selectmen , under the Betterment Act , and shown
on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s Office , dated
August 27 , 1929 , and for the purpose of constructing said
street the sum of $3500 be appropriated and assessed . "
Art . 1 . Under this article Mr . Robert P . Trask offered the
following motion :
" Voted : That the Moderator appoint a committee of
fifteen Town Meeting ILiembers representative of all sections
of the Town to review the reports of i=etcalf & Eddy
and McClintock & Woodfall , and the studies of the Planning
Board ana the Board of Selectmen relative to Vine Brook
drainage , said committee to have access to all of the records
of the Selectmen and the Planning Board , and to be at liberty
to consult with any Board , Committee or individual and secure
any additional Engineering data which they may deem essen-
tial to a decision on this project , and that they submit
their recommendations at the next Town Meeting . "
Mr . Joseph R . Cotton moved an amendment "That said
Committee incur no expense without further vote of the
Town . "
This amendment was accepted by the maker of the
original motion , and the motion as amended was put before
the meeting .
The vote was close , and 15 citizens doubting , a rising
vote was taken with 70 voting in the affirmative and 54
in the negative .
* See page 414 .
Art . 1 . Mr . Joseph Swan reported for the Committee of three
appointed to make recommendations relating to control of
dogs .
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONTROL OF DOGS .
June 6 , 1930 .
'►r . Robert H . Holt ,
Moderator , Town Meetings , Lexington , Mass .
Dear Sir :
The committee of three appointed by you to consider
and make recommendations with respect to the laws and
practice with reference to licensing , restraint and
vaccination of dogs in Lexington has organized , with
Dr . Barnes as chairman .
The chairman wrote to Dr . Geo . H . Bigelow, Commissioner
of Public Health for the State of Mass . , . asking his opinion
and recommendation in the matter and the action taken by
other towns in the State and received a very satisfactory
and comprehensive reply - also a letter from the Division
of Animal Industry of the Dept . of Conservation , which we are
handing in with our recommendations . These two should be