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Home My WebLink About2785 Report on actions of the town related to the water supply, 1902 1 . Vote by the Iletropolittm Water and Sewerage Board, September 4, 1902. Voted: o sul�r it the following proposition to the 'town of Lex- i.ngton : that the Board will admit the t oi¢rn of Lexington to the .Jetropoiitan Water District upon the payment by said town of the sum of t$27 ,250, this sure to include the value of the ton-inch via.ter pipe whi(-h. extends nearly half a i-lile in length from the Arlington torn line to a point opposite they old Arlington Pumping Station, the value being; about $3,500 , as estimatod at the time of the admission of Ar- lington into the district, and with the understanding; t-luat the mini- Mum rates for the use of grater should not be lo.°rered for water to be used for the purposes of irrigation. 4 8 2 . Vote a� ley the tow, of Lexint;ian, December 10 1190-721 . Voted: That the town enter the lJotropolitan . ystem of Nvater supply, tluat the corLriitt,;e appointed August ` 5th, 1 -02, be i tk or- ized together write the Selectmen to zmake and exo(-Iute the necessary contracts wi th-e part of the town to c; trry this Into effect , Includ- ing purrl ase and layirae, of necessary pipe . " .A. tm%3 copy, Attest : ( 1,11,;Fled) Geo . D. Jlarrini ton, ov'n "1 rk. Town Seal. J n 4. Arti.rle for warrant for the of FI town moeting. To soo if the: town will authorize its COmmittee r.ppointe'd at In meeting of the town held on Au4nmt 25, 190, and it." sea eetMon, to r?fze with. the Commonvrealth and the 11-3etropoli.tan Water and Setveragt Board, an agreement relative to the �upplyi.nj of water to tllc; town, and will authorize the treasurer to past the sum Which r!ay be re- quired for such admission; and to take such other action in the premises €s nay be doomed necessary or proper. (Undoubtedly other Rction vrill have to he called for and talcon :for the purpose of raising the necessary ,honey. ) z � M gyp < x r v ",p,�g t * wi. � ? T,,y:-:: ✓ .-`-,..., d y ,F, ,'r-1'k `", �:'-+ .�, �.-.#`k�r'6'`F�6'! i�£E7+6'MLA..$• '�,s 5. Vote to be passed by the to-r,,,. of Lexington. / Voted: That the co?inittee appointed by the town at its neeting lie,Id on August '. 19020 and the selectmen, Navin;.° Made application I for the acLrission of the town into the Metropolitan Ua.ter District , which action is hereby ratified and confirmed, be :authorized ca.azd in- structed to execute , acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of th() to,in of Lexington an agreement with the Commonwealth and the Metropolitan eater and Sewerage Board, that the Board, in fi.zrnishing 'water to the toan in accordance with the provisions, of chapter 488 of the Acts of the ;year 18959 and acts in amendnent thereof or in addition thereto, shall deliver israter at or near the boundary line between the towns of Lexington and Arlington into the present ten- inch Tna.in vfa.ter pipe laict in Massachusetts Avenue, , rtn.,t tl,at the 7< Treasurer be authorized and instructed, vilien so directed by the said committee and the selectmen, to u�ay "0 t;he COT' omz'fe alth the sun; ()f twenty-seven thousand, two hundrod and fifty dollars,' thrat anount being required by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Hoard upon the admission of said town into said District . `l''Y��. �"4•e.PfnL'4i R-4 v�0S"YF+^..�.- 721 r � M f df J 6 . 'Vote to be passed by the Hetmpolitan Later and SeweraZe Board. . I Voted : �' � X t f That upon the o �� . payment y the tom of ��eiix�;�,on o:. the SUM Of 'P2701350 to the Co---,mi ionweal Lea, and the execut J cn wi IC"! the Com- m0liwealth Lind , the IIetropolitan Water Sewerage Board of mn t�.ree- ent as requirod by tho Board relative to the supplyin`, ofwater to the town, thy; Secretary be cuuthorized to deliver to the tome a re- lease of' all the .interest cox the Comonwealth and the Board, in all that portiwl of the ten-inch i,,iain water pipe 1,,i.;d in M-assachusett Avenue which extends in t ke town of Lexington from a point thirty feet distant westerly fro,i the 'boundary liTic, 'eeti-,iecn said to-an and the town of Arlington . Agreement by the town of Lexington , KNOW ALL R. BY THEISE PRESMImis that the! tOt", of !_Xxint,'ton a municipal corporation in the county of Micidlese,% and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its corimittee ap- apointed at a meeting of the t Own hold on Aut,>U.st 2.15V 1902 and its selectmen, tiOn of one dollar to it, Paid by the Corinonwealth of massne.husetts through the 'Ple't-ropolitem Water and Sewer,,i'ge Board, established by chaptor 168 of tlr- Acts 'lie of year 1901 � U '0 the receipt whereof Is hereby acknowledged, and of the admission of isaicj town into the Me- _Vropp-litan Water District upon the payment of the sum of twenty- seven thousand,two hundred and 1'Ifty dollars, doth hereby agrae. with the Common-vealth of Massacl-jusetts and said Board,, and conscnt that the Board, in furni.shint; vrater to the town in iir.,cordaxice witil the Provisions of chapter 488 of the Acts of the year 18OY5 axic, fjcts 11, &Yiendnent thereof or in addItion thereto, sh,-all deliver -,.'Tater at or near the boundary line, between the towns of Lexington and Arlington into 'present ten-inch main whter -pi-Df, in fja ilvellue. ae- - 111 WITNESS WHEREOF,, tho said town of Lexingrton has caused Its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be sighed, aelmowledged and delivered in its narrie and behal-f by its Cony'l-ittee appointed at a meeting of the town held on August 25, 1902, and its selectmen, hereto du1,j authorized by vote of said town hereto an? axed, this d- dr o 1903. ovn (; " Lexington by Comt'ittee appointed by tine town can Auj-;ust 95, 190P . Signed and sealed in presence of :�electt�en. Gonnon.trealth of Massachusetts . II'liddlesex, 9s. Then personaliv appeared the above nmzed Committee, and — tyelentnen, tang ttok1lowledged the foregoing instrument to be the, free; act wid deed of the tcvrn of Lexing;uon. Bgfore rye , (Vote, annexed) Justice of the Peace. Vote to be passed by the Metropolitan eater and Seworag ,e Board. Voted : ghat the town of lexi.ngton, having applied to be ad_ / mitted into the Iletropoli.tan Water District , under the provisions of chapter 488 of the Acts of the .year 1F,95 and acts in IM-endrient thereof or in addition thereto, and having paid to the Con. monvrealth the sure of twenty-seven thousand, tyro hundred and fifty dollar,, and having executed with the Coninonwealth a certain €igree*rent as required by said Board relative to the a u�)plying of water to said tovfn, be ad- mitted into the Mctm politrin dater District, and that said town be furni ,hed 1rfith water in accordance with the ter? , prescribed by said Act Of 1895 for the cities and towns na.ried in seotion 3 t .em.,of, accorcLance wit -L the further terms set forth in said agreement . 9 . Release of the ten-inch main to 'the town of Lexington. KNOW ALL MAN BY THEM, PRISINTSq That we, Henry it . Sprague,, Henry P. Walautt and James A. Bailey. Junior, the Vetropolitan Afater and sewerage BoarA, duly constituted and appointed under and acooriing to the provisions of ohapter 168 of the *lots of tile legial,,iture of the Com.onwealth of Massachusetts. of the Year 1.901 , he rein aoting on behalf of the 0oimnonwealth, by virtue and in exeoution of the power anA authority oonferrel upon ,, us by saiet not and of everY other power area authority us hereto en- abling, and in oonsi(teration of one dollar and other valuable oon- siderations to said Commonwealth yaiA DY the Town of Lexirgton, a municipal oorporation duly existing by law in the oounty of MiAdlesex a,r.4 Oor-Lmuonwealth aforesaiAf the receipt whereof by the Oommonwealth is hereby aoknowleUed, hereby grant , bargain, sell, transfer wid convey unto the Town of Lexington aforesaid anA its aRsigns all of the ten-inch oast iron water pipe located in the town of Lexington,, oonveyel to the Ooimonwealth by the Town of Arlington by 4eeA A-ated January 28, 1899, and reoorciwl with MilAleeex South District Deeisq book 27154 rag$ 4.91, said pipe extending for the distance Of nearly half. a mile from the, bounlary line between the towns of Lexington and Arlington to a Voirt or-posite the pumping station of the Arling- ton water works i3i.entionei in said rleed,, excepting, however, and not hereby ionveying, that part of sate) pipe which lit-.a within thirty ( 30 ) feet of said boundary line, measuraA upon the centre line of saiA pipe. TO iiAVE AND TO HOLD the above grarteod and transferre4 I:remises . with all the privileges and appurterianoes thereto belonging,, to the Town of Lexington aforesaiA and its aasigne,) to its an-I Vietr own Lee and be hoof forever,, but without covenant or warranty on our part , ex press or implied. IN WITLESS WHEREOF We, the sail Henry H. Sprague, henry P. Walcott* and James A. Bailey, Junior. the Metropolitan later anA y Sewerrx£ a Boar4 a.t ores! € irl, have hereunto set our hands and seaslev this thir.—I AV or January in the Year one thousand nine hunfired arvi three. SigneA an•I aenIeA in Vreeer a of METROPOLITAN WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD. January 1903. "then personally ay), ear ,l the above naineA Henry 8., Sprague, henry P. Walcott. anA James A. Bailey, Junior, the Metropolitan Water AnA Sewerage Boarri aforeeaiA, and aaknowleAged the foregoing instrut ent to be their Free aat and. deed. Before s ie, 5, Justice of the Fea e. i z — — -z - - . : __ - - a,y,.r � • �\ �� '\ '� � �