Town of Arlington annual report 1923, Part 1

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Publication date: 1923
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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS


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Property of


Robbins Library


Arlington, Mass.


Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835 Endowed by


DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON, 1853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892 Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory o ELI ROBBINS, 1892


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PRESENTED BY


Town of Arlington April, 1924.


Arlington, Mass. Selectmen


117th ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ARLINGTON


AND


THE TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923


ALSO A LIST OF THE


PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1923


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PROPYCNATIO


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THE CAUSTIC-CLAFLIN COMPANY 530 ATLANTIC AVENUE BOSTON 1924


Basement Reference Collection


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1923


ELECTIVE


Town Clerk (Elected Annually) *Thomas J. Robinson ** E. Caroline Pierce


Moderator (1 year) John G. Brackett


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor


Charles H. Higgins Term expires 1924


Nelson B. Crosby Term expires 1925


Charles B. Devereaux Term expires 1926


Board of Public Works


Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1924


Clarence A. Moore Term expires 1925


Carl H. Bunker Term expires 1926


Assessors


Francis A. Patterson . Term expires 1924


Charles H. Gannett Term expires 1925


Martin J. Gallagher Term expires 1926


Auditor (Elected Annually) George McK. Richardson


Treasurer (Elected Annually) Charles A. Hardy


Tax Collector (Elected Annually) Edward A. Bailey


*Deceased.


* Appointed to fill vacancy.


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School Committee


Alexander H. Rice, Chairman . Term expires 1924


Carl H. Carroll. .


Term expires 1924


John W. Downs .


. Term expires 1924


Foster P. Doane


Term expires 1924


John A. Bishop Term expires 1925


Myron W. Dole Term expires 1925


Elliott R. Barker Term expires 1925


Herbert H. Snow .Term expires 1926


Laura D. Hardy


Term expires 1926


Planning Board (3 years)


Howard B. S. Prescott, Chairman


Term expires 1925


Herbert M. Dutcher


Term expires 1924


Jacob Bitzer .


Term expires 1925


Cyrus E. Dallin


Term expires 1926


Robert W. Pond


Term expires 1926


Park Commissioners (3 years)


Percy A. Goodale, Chairman Term expires 1924


Clinton W. Schwamb Term expires 1925


James R. Smith . Term expires 1926


Board of Health (3 years)


Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman . Term expires 1925


Charles F. Atwood Term expires 1924


Ernest R. Brooks Term expires 1926


Commissioners of Sinking Fund (3 years)


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1924


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1925


Charles W. Allen . Term expires 1926


Trustees of Pratt Fund (5 years)


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1924


George Hill . Term expires 1925


Henry Hornblower


Term expires 1926


*Resigned. ** Appointed.


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William E. Wood . Term expires 1927


Charles W. Allen . Term expires 1928


Charles A. Hardy, ex officio.


ยท Trustees of Robbins Library (3 years)


William A. Muller Term expires 1924


Cyrus E. Dallin . Term expires 1924


Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1925


Mary Helen Teele


Term expires 1925


Charles A. Keegan. Term expires 1926


Therese N. Turner. Term expires 1926


Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons (5 years)


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1924


Charles W. Allen Term expires 1925


William E. Wood . Term expires 1926


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1927


George Hill . Term expires 1928


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)


William E. Wood


Harry G. Porter


Frank H. Walker


John G. Brackett James A. Bailey


Henry Hornblower


Cemetery Commissioners


Warren A. Pierce, Chairman. Term expires 1926


J. Edwin Kimball Term expires 1924


George G. Allen . Term expires 1925


Tree Warden (Elected Annually) Daniel M. Daley Constables


Daniel M. Hooley


Thomas O. D. Urquhart


Fence Viewers (Elected Annually)


Charles F. Wyman


George W. Kenty


Field Drivers


Thomas O. D. Urquhart F. Joseph Cahalin Theodore R. Belyea


Thomas F. Priest Daniel M. Hooley John Duffy


Edwin C. Jacobs Daniel P. Barry


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Fish Preserver (Elected Annually) Everett S. Chapman


Measurers of Wood and Bark (Elected Annually)


Patrick F. Brosnahan Edmund L. Curtis Albert F. Duffy


APPOINTMENTS


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN Term expires


S. Frederick Hicks, Clerk and Agent of the Board. April 1, 1924


William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1924


Harold R. Webb, Town Physician. April 1, 1924


F. Holden Smith, Inspector of Animals. April 1, 1924


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Burial Agent. April 1, 1924


Warren A. Pierce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1924


William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1924


David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal.


April 1, 1924


James P. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal.


April 1, 1924


John L. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal.


April 1, 1924


Robert J. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal


April 1, 1924


J. E. Timmons, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1924


Edward Lorett, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1924


J. B. Halburt, Weigher of Hay and Coal . April 1, 1924


Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal . April 1, 1924


Horace W. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1924


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lockup. April 1, 1924


Albert F. Duffy, Superintendent of Town House April 1, 1924


Albert F. Duffy, Sealer of Weights and Measures. April 1, 1924


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


S. Frederick Hicks, Secretary and Agent . April 1, 1924


E. Caroline Pierce, Assistant Secretary and Agent. April 1, 1924


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF SUPPRESSING MOTHS


Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent . April 1, 1924


James F. Higgins, Clerk. April 1, 1924


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


*Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk . April 1, 1924


Paul M. White, Town Counsel. April 1, 1924


** S. Frederick Hicks. April 1, 1924


George E. Ahern, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works. April 1, 1924


William E. Mason, Superintendent of Wires . April 1, 1924


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


Harold N. Willis, Water Register and Clerk April 1, 1924


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH


William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1924


George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing April 1, 1924


Alfred W. Lombard, Inspector of Milk. April 1, 1924 William H. Bradley, Clerk April 1, 1924


*Deceased.


** Appointed.


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Registrars of Voters


Edward N. Lacey.


May 1, 1924


Eben F. Dewing, Chairman


May 1, 1925


John W. Dacey E. Caroline Pierce, ex officio


May 1, 1926


Police Department


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Chief


Thomas M. Donovan, Patrolman


Daniel M. Hooley, Lieutenant


Charles E. Carroll, Patrolman


John Duffy, Sergeant Daniel P. Barry, Patrolman


Theodore R. Belyea, Sergeant


James J. Flynn, Patrolman


Harold F. Pick, Patrolman


Joseph D. White, Patrolman


Thomas F. Priest, Patrolman


George E. Moore, Patrolman William P. Mahoney, Patrolman


Joseph F. Cahalin, Patrolman Edwin C. Jacobs, Patrolman


T. Francis Meagher, Jr. Patrolman


Felix Lopez, Patrolman Morris J. Scannell, Patrolman


T. Arthur Nolan, Patrolman John T. Kerr, Patrolman


William A. Scanlan, Patrolman


Michael J. Coughlin, Patrolman


James J. Burns, Patrolman Archibald F. Bullock, Patrolman


Special Police (without pay) (Term expires at pleasure of Selectmen)


George D. Higgins, Everett Chapman, Roscoe C. Kimball, John Campbell, Daniel M. Daley, Daniel Wall, Allen A. Kimball, William H. Smith, Albert F. Duffy, F. Holden Smith, William T. McCarthy, William A. Libby, John J. Roache.


Engineers of Fire Department (As Organized)


Daniel B. Tierney, Chief .


Term expires April 1, 1924


Roster (Approved by Engineers)


Combination A


Permanent men - John F. Sweeney, Captain, John Barry, George J. W. Kenney.


Call men - John T. Finley, Lieutenant; William P. Dale, M. Joseph Cadagan, John W. Hurley.


Combination B


Permanent men - George W. Corbett, Captain; Albert V. Jones, John J. Kennedy.


Call men - Frank W. Russell, Lieutenant; Edward W. Crows, John H. Harwood, William P. Ludy, James M. Keane, Edward L. Smith, George McK. Richardson.


Substitutes - Lawrence F. Beasley, John Barry.


Combination E


Permanent men - Patrick O'Brien, Captain; Anthony P. Lopez, Carl Hannamaker.


Call men - A. Allen Kimball, Lieutenant; Harry S. Kebbe, John J. Beasley Substitutes - Edward F. Daley, James B. MacAllister, Chas. J. Flynn


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Ladder 1


Permanent men - William C. Mead, Captain; Ernest H. Griffin, Thomas H. Egan.


Call men - James W. Kenney, Lieutenant; George A. Finley, John J Donahue, William P. Slattery, Daniel F. Hourty, Robert J. Murray George N. White, Ervin V. Gay, Richard O. Jenkins, Robert L. Austin'


Undertakers (licensed)


Leslie E. A. Smith April 30, 1924


Daniel W. Grannan .


April 30, 1924


William D. Grannan. April 30, 1924


William F. Dale.


April 30, 1924


Leonard B. Saville


April 30, 1924


Edwin L. Derby April 30, 1924


Joseph Quinn April 30, 1924 . . .


ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1923


TOWN WARRANT


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County:


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts in said town on Monday, the 5th day of March, 1923, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :


ARTICLE 1. To elect by ballot the following town officers: a Moderator for one year; a Selectman for three years; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; a Collector of Taxes for one year; an Auditor for one year; a member of the Board of Public Works for three years; one Assessor for three years; one Assessor for two years; three members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; one Park Commissioner for two years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows Fund and the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in each precinct twelve Town Meeting Members for three years; three Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for two years; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for two years; two town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 3 for two


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years; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for one year; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 4 for two years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 7 for one year; also on the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"; also on the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth? (This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922)."


For these purposes, the polls will be opened at six o'clock, A. M., and remain open until five o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precincts One and Two in Crosby School Building, Winter Street; Precincts Three, Four, Five and Six in Town Hall; Precincts Seven in Locke School Building, Park Avenue, Heights.


You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabi- tants to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of March, 1923, at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles.


ART. 2. To choose or appoint all other usual town officers not hereinbefore mentioned in such manner as the Town may determine.


ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, of the Board of Park Commissioners relating to playgrounds in accordance with the vote passed April 25, 1922, of the committee to consider by-laws relating to the "limitation of particular classes of buildings to specified districts or zones" in accordance with the vote passed April 25, 1922, and of other town boards and officers, and of the Finance and other Com- mittees heretofore appointed.


ART. 4. To make an appropriation for the Robbins Library for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To make an appropriation for the public schools of the Town, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


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ART. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day; determine in what manner the money shall be expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate $7,000 in accordance with the vote passed December 6th, 1904, for water used for public purposes for the ensuing year.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the in- stalling of curbstone for the ensuing year; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action thereon.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Highway Division, determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 10.' To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance of the Sewerage system for the ensuing year; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of the Sewerage System; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of storm drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the removal of snow and ice from the highways; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the collection of ashes, offal and rubbish for the ensuing year; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


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ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting, or take any action thereon.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Engineering Work of the Town, or take any action thereon.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended for suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths under Chapter 132 of the General Laws and Amendments thereto; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action thereon.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the planting of trees, removal of dead and dangerous trees, and for the trimming and general care of existing trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden, or take any action thereon.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance and improvement of the public parks of the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the payment of pensions to persons entitled to such pensions under the provisions of law accepted by the Town, or take any action thereon.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue for the year 1923, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue; or take any action relating thereto.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1923, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.


ART. 24. To determine in what manner the town ways, highways, and bridges shall be repaired during the ensuing year.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the installation of additional means of fire protection in the public school buildings of the Town, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


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ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a Town way, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, the private way known as Gould Road, from Pleasant Street to Shore Road as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, make an appropriation for the construction of said way, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is described as follows:


Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly side line of Pleasant Street and the easterly side line of Gould Road, said point being 308.96 feet southwesterly from a stone bound at the intersection of the southerly side line of Pleasant Street and the westerly side line of Chapman Street, thence southerly and southeasterly on said easterly side line of Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, 28.77 feet to a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Gould Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said easterly side line of Gould Road, 452.87 feet to a point of curve on said easterly side line of Gould Road, thence easterly and northeasterly on said easter- ly side line of Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.24 feet of 31.65 feet to the northerly side line of Shore Road, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Shore Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 705.20 feet, 82.81 feet to a point of compound curve at the westerly side line of Gould Road, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, 33.90 feet to a point of tangency on said westerly side line of Gould Road, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Gould Road 436.88 feet to a point of curve on said westerly side line of Gould Road, thence westerly and south- westerly on said westerly side line of Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, 34.09 feet to the southerly side line of Pleasant Street, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Pleasant Street 80.74 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., approved November 10, 1919, by the Board of Survey and entitled "Plan and Profile of Gould Road, Arlington, Mass., Sept., 1919, C. H. Gannett, C. E."


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ART. 27. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a Town way, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, the private way known as Devereaux Street Extension, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, make an appropriation for the con- struction of said way, including land damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action there- on. Said way as laid out is described as follows: .


Beginning at a stone bound on the southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension at the southerly side line of Devereaux Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, 2.0 feet to an angle point in said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension 111.11 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence southerly and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.0 feet, 22.93 feet to a point of tangency on the easterly side line of Gould Road, thence southwesterly across Gould Road 40.14 feet to a point of curve on the westerly side line of Gould Road, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.0 feet, 24.19 feet to a point of tangency on the southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension 108.67 feet to land of Edwin F. Edgett, thence northwesterly by said land of Edwin F. Edgett, 40.24 feet to the northerly side line of Devereaux Street Ex- tension, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension 102.10 feet to a point of curve on said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence northwesterly and westerly on said northerly side line of Dever- eaux Street Extension on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, 30.57 feet to a point of tangency on the westerly side line of Gould Road, thence northeasterly across said Gould Road 40.14 feet to a point of curve on the easterly side line of said Gould Road, thence southeasterly and easterly on said easterly side line of said Gould Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, 32.26 feet to a point of tangency on the


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northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension 100.27 feet to an angle point in said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension, thence continuing north- easterly on said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Ex- tension a distance of 4.08 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Devereaux Street Extension at the northerly side line of Devereaux Street, thence southeasterly on said Devereaux Street 40.20 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., approved November 10, 1919, by the Board of Survey and en- titled "Plan and Profile of Devereaux Street Extension, Arling- ton, Mass., Sept., 1919, C. H. Gannett, C. E."


ART. 28. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a Town way, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, the private way known as Adams Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, make an appropriation for the construction of said way, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is described as follows:


Beginning at a county bound at the intersection of the easterly side line of Mass. Avenue and the southerly side line of Adams Street, thence northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 39.36 feet, 45.33 feet to a point of tangency on said southerly side line of Adams Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said southerly side line of Adams Street 892.64 feet to a point of curve on said southerly side line of Adams Street, thence easterly and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Adams Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 30.0 feet, 40.17 feet to the westerly side line of Broad- way, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Broad- way, 96.43 feet to the northerly side line of Adams Street thence southerly and southwesterly on said northerly side line of Adams Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, 45.06 feet to a point of tangency on said northerly side line of Adams Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said northerly side line of Adams Street, 844.55 feet to a point of curve on said northerly side line of Adams Street, thence westerly and north-


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westerly on said northerly side line of Adams Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, 49.75 feet to the easterly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Mass. Avenue, 107.86 feet to the point of beginning, . as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., Approved April 2, 1920, by the Board of Survey and entitled "Plan and Profile of Adams Street, Arling- ton, Mass., March, 1920, C. H. Gannett, C. E."


ART. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the alteration of, specific repairs upon, and construction of, all or any portion of Mystic Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Winchester line; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law or by- laws relating to billboards, signs and other advertising devices; or take any action relating thereto.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will make regulations for the possession, management and sale of land purchased, taken or acquired by or for the Town in connection with unpaid taxes and assessments, and for the assignment of tax titles, in accordance with the provisions of Section 52 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws, or take any action relating thereto.




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