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Select men.
Artur ton, Mase
118th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Arlington AND
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THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1924
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1925 Elective
Town Clerk (Elected Annually) E. Caroline Pierce
Moderator ( 1 year) John G. Brackett
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
Nelson B. Crosby . Term expires 1925
Charles B. Devereaux Term expires 1926
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1927
Board of Public Works
Clarence A. Moore. Term expires 1925
Carl H. Bunker. Term expires 1926
William S. Fairchild Term expires 1927
Assessors
Charles H. Gannett. Term expires 1925
Martin J. Gallagher Term expires 1926
Francis A. Patterson Term expires 1927
Auditor (Elected Annually) *George McK. Richardson * Clarence Needham
Treasurer (Elected Annually) Charles A. Hardy
Tax Collector (Elected Annually) Edward A. Bailey
*Resigned * Appointed to fill vacancy
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School Committee
John A. Bishop. . Term expires 1925
Myron W. Dole Term expires 1925
Elliott R. Barker . Term expires 1925
Laura D. Hardy Term expires 1926
Vittoria C. Dallin Term expires 1926
George E. Russell Term expires 1926
Alexander H. Rice. Term expires 1927
Eugene F. Freeman Term expires 1927
Albert N. Morris Term expires 1927
Planning Board (3 years)
Howard B. S. Prescott . Term expires 1925
*Jacob Bitzer
Term expires 1925
Cyrus E. Dallin, Chairman . Term expires 1926
Robert W. Pond
Term expires 1926
Herbert M. Dutcher Term expires 1927
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Charles M. MacMillin
Term expires 1925
Park Commissioners (3 years)
Clinton W. Schwamb, Chairman . Term expires 1925
James R. Smith. Term expires 1926
Percy A. Goodale. Term expires 1927
Board of Health (3 years)
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman.
. Term expires 1925
Ernest R. Brooks . Term expires 1926
Charles F. Atwood. Term expires 1927
Commissioners of Sinking Fund (3 years)
Joseph C. Holmes. . Term expires 1925
Charles W. Allen. Term expires 1926
Henry Hornblower . Term expires 1927
Trustees of Pratt Fund (5 years)
George Hill.
Term expires 1925
Henry Hornblower Term expires 1926
*Resigned
** Appointed
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TOWN OFFICERS
William E. Wood . Term expires 1927
Charles W. Allen. Term expires 1928
Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1929
Charles A. Hardy, ex officio
Trustees of Robbins Library (3 years).
Arthur J. Wellington . Term expires 1925
Mary Helen Teele. Term expires 1925
Charles A. Keegan Term expires 1926
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1926
William A. Muller Term expires 1927
Cyrus E. Dallin . Term expires 1927
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons (5 years)
Charles W. Allen . . Term expires 1925
William E. Wood Term expires 1926
Henry Hornblower Term expires 1927
George Hill Term expires 1928
Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1929
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective) William E. Wood
Harry G. Porter
Frank H. Walker
John G. Brackett
Henry Hornblower James A. Bailey 1
Cemetery Commissioners
Warren A. Pierce, Chairman. . Term expires 1926
George G. Allen Term expires 1925
J. Edwin Kimball Term expires 1927
Tree Warden (Elected Annually) Daniel M. Daley
Constables
Daniel M. Hooley
Thomas O. D. Urquhart
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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
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
John A. Easton, Clerk. April 1, 1925
*S. Frederick Hicks, Asst. Clerk. . April 1, 1925
William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings
. April 1, 1925
Harold R. Webb, Town Physician.
. April 1, 1925
F. Holden Smith, Inspector of Animals
April 1, 1925
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Burial Agent.
April 1, 1925
Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal
April 1, 1925
Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. . April 1, 1925
William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal.
. April 1, 1925
David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal.
April 1, 1925
James P. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal John L. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal
. April 1, 1925
M. P. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal.
. April 1, 1925
Robert J. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal
April 1, 1925
J. E. Timmons, Weigher of Hay and Coal.
. April 1, 1925
J. B. Halburt, Weigher of Hay and Coal. Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1925
. April 1, 1925
Philip T. Robinson, Weigher of Hay and Coal. .. April 1, 1925 Horace W. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal .... April 1, 1925 *Deceased.
April 1, 1925
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Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lockup ...... April 1, 1925 Albert F. Duffy, Superintendent of Town House .. April 1, 1925 Albert F. Duffy, Sealer of Weights and Measures. . April 1, 1925
Appointment Made by the Overseers of the Poor John A. Easton, Secretary and Agent. April 1, 1925
Appointment Made by the Board of Suppressing Moths
Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent. April 1, 1925
Appointments Made by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
John A. Easton, Clerk. April 1, 1925
Paul M. White, Town Counsel. April 1, 1925
George E. Ahern, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works
April 1, 1925
William E. Mason, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1925
Appointment Made by the Board of Public Works
Harold N. Willis, Water Register and Clerk. April 1, 1925
Appointments Made by the Board of Health
William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1925
George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing April 1, 1925
Alfred W. Lombard, Inspector of Milk. April 1, 1925
William H. Bradley, Clerk. April 1, 1925
Registrars of Voters
Eben F. Dewing, Chairman . May 1, 1925
John W. Dacey . May 1, 1926
William H. Keefe
May 1, 1927
E. Caroline Pierce, ex officio
Police Department
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Chief Thomas M. Donovan, Patrolman Daniel M. Hooley, Lieutenant John Duffy, Sergeant Theodore R. Belyea, Sergeant Edwin C. Jacobs, Sergeant Harold F. Pick, Patrolman Thomas F. Priest, Patrolman F. Joseph Cahalin, Patrolman Felix Lopez, Patrolman T. Arthur Nolan, Patrolman William A. Scanlan, Patrolman Archibald F. Bullock, Patrolman James J. Burns, Patrolman
Charles E. Carroll, Patrolman Daniel P. Barry, Patrolman James J. Flynn, Patrolman Joseph D. White, Patrolman George E. Moore, Patrolman William P. Mahoney, Patrolman T. Francis Meagher, Jr. Patrolman Morris J. Scannell, Patrolman Michael J. Coughlin, Patrolman
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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, Albert F. Duffy, F. Holden Smith, Harold R. Webb, LeRoy B. Currier, John Sullivan, Michael Wall, Matthew McCaffery, Michael Hackett, Richard Robbins, William Finley, Patrick Mc- Carthy, Michael Reddan, Harvey H. Bacon.
Constables Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Daniel M. Hooley, John A. Easton.
Fire Department Daniel B. Tierney, Chief
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.
Engine 1
Permanent men-George W. Corbett, Captain; Albert V. Jones, John J. Kennedy.
Call men-Frank W. Russell, Lieutenant; John H. Harwood, Wil- liam P. Luddy, James M. Keane, Edward L. Smith, George McK. Richardson.
Substitutes-Francis J. Neville, Lorne S. McEwen.
Combination E
Permanent men-Patrick O'Brien, Captain; Anthony P. Lopez, Carl Wannamaker.
Call men-A. Allen Kimball, Lieutenant; Harry S. Kebbe. Substitutes-James B. MacAllister, Chas. J. Flynn, Bartholomew J. McGrevey Jr., Francis B. Hargrove.
Ladder 1
Permanent men-William C. Mead, Captain; Ernest H. Griffin, John E. Barry.
Call men-James W. Kenney, Lieutenant; George A. Finley, Ervin V. Gay, Richard O. Jenkins, Robert L. Austin. Substitute-John Murray.
Combination D
Permanent men-Lawrence F. Beasley, John J. Beasley, Thomas H. Egan.
Call men-Robert J. Murray, George N. White, Wm. P. Slattery, John J. Donahue, Daniel F. Hourty.
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Undertakers (licensed)
Leslie E. A. Smith
April 30, 1925
Daniel W. Grannan.
April 30, 1925
William D. Grannan.
April 30, 1925
William P. Dale.
. April 30, 1925
Leonard B. Saville.
.April 30, 1925
Edwin L. Derby
April 30, 1925
Joseph Quinn April 30, 1925
TOWN MEETING ACT
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[CHAP. 642.]
An Act to Provide for Precinct Voting, Representative Town Meetings, Town Meeting Members, a Refer- endum and an Annual Moderator in the Town of Arlington.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town of Arlington, as hereinafter provided, the mem- bers of the board of selectmen, the board of public works and the board of assessors, acting jointly and hereinafter referred to as the districting board, shall forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than five voting precincts, each of which shall be plainly des- ignated, and shall contain not less than six hundred voters. All precincts shall contain approximately an equal number of voters. The precincts shall be so es- tablished as to consist of compact and contiguous ter- ritory, to be bounded, so far as possible, by the centre line of known streets and ways or by other well-defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised, by the districting board, in December, once in five years, or in December of any year when it is so directed by a vote passed at a town meeting not later than the thirtieth day of November of that year. The districting board shall, within ten days after any establishment or revision of the pre- cincts, but not later than January tenth of the succeed- ing year, file a report of their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors, with a
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map or maps or description of the precincts and the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The districting board shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or description of the pre- cincts as established or revised from time to time with the names and residences of the registered voters therein; and they shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each precinct a map or de- scription of that precinct, with the names and resi- dences of the registered voters therein. The division of the town into voting precincts and any revision of the precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk as hereinbefore provided. Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the secretary of the commonwealth, stating the number and designation of the precincts. The provisions of chapter eight hun- dred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and any amendments thereof or additions thereto relating to precinct voting at elections, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town upon the es- tablishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore pro- vided.
Sec. 2. Other than the officers designated in section three of this act as town meeting members at large, the representative town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a representation of all precincts by an equal number of members and which will not cause the total elected town meeting membership to exceed two hundred and seventy. The registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual town election held after the establishment of the precincts, and at the first town election following any precinct revision, and conformably to the laws relative to elections not incon- sistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of
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registered voters in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section three of this act as town meeting members at large, provided for in the last preceding sentence of this section, to be town meeting members of the town. Of the members so elected, one third shall be elected for the term of one year, one third for the term of two years and one third for the term of three years from the day of the annual town meeting; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the number of town meeting members to which that pre- cinct is entitled for the term of three years, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancies then existing in the number of town meeting members in their respective precincts. Upon every revision of the precincts, or of any of them, the terms of office of all town meeting members from every such revised precinct shall cease upon the election of their successors, and at the first ensuing annual town election there shall be an entirely new election of town meeting members in every precinct so revised, as well as in any precinct newly established. The town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each member by mail of his election.
Sec. 3. Any representative town meeting held under the provisions of this act, except as is otherwise provid- ed herein, shall, at and after the first annual election held under this act, be limited to the voters elected under section two together with the following, desig- nated as town meeting members at large, namely, any member of the general court of the commonwealth from the town, the town moderator, the town clerk, the town treasurer, the town auditor, the town collector of taxes, the town counsel, if any, the chairman of the board of selectmen, the chairman of the board of pub- lic works, the chairman of the assessors of taxes, the
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chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the planning board, the chairman of the park commission- ers, the chairman of the board of health, the chairman of the sinking fund commissioners, the chairman of the trustees of the Robbins Library, the chairman of the cemetery commissioners and the chairman of the finance committee, if any. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time and place at which representative town meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at least seven days before the meeting. The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and the qualification of their members. A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize temporarily and may ad- journ from time to time. Notice of every adjourned representative town meeting, which shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at the meeting, shall forth- with be posted by the town clerk in one or more public places in each precinct. The town meeting members as such shall receive no compensation. Any voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may attend any representative town meeting and, subject to such conditions as may be determined from time to time by the members of such meeting, may speak, but shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the town clerk, and his resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A town meet- ing member who removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting member, and a town meeting mem- ber who removes from the precinct from which he was elected to another precinct shall not retain membership after the next annual election.
Sec. 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomination papers, which shall bear no political designa- tion and shall be signed by not less than fifteen regis-
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tered voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides and filed with the town clerk at least fifteen days before the election. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto.
Sec. 5. The articles in the warrant for the town meeting, relating to the election of the moderator, town officers, and town meeting members, as hereinbefore provided, referenda, and all other matters to be acted upon and determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined by the voters of the town in the polling places provided for their respective precincts. All other articles in the warrant for any town meeting shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members at a meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, subject to the referenda provided for by section eight.
Sec. 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at each annual town meeting and shall serve as the modera- tor of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected and qualified. Nomina- tions for and the election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for that purpose. If the moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.
Sec. 7. Any vacancy in the number of town meet- ing members from any precinct may be filled until the next annual election by the remaining members from that precinct, from among the registered voters of the precinct. Upon the petition therefor, signed by not less than ten town meeting members from such precinct, notices of the vacancy shall promptly be given by the
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town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct, and the town clerk shall forthwith call a special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling any vacancy. The town clerk shall cause to be mailed to each of such members, not less than seven days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk shall make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file the same with the town clerk, together with a written acceptance by each member so chosen, who shall thereupon be deemed elected and qual- ified as a town meeting member, subject to the right of the town meeting members to judge of the election and qualification of members as set forth in section three.
Sec. 8. No article in the warrant shall finally be dis- posed of by a vote to lay upon the table, to indefinitely postpone, or to take no action thereunder. Any vote passed at any representative town meeting under any article in the warrant, except a vote to adjourn, shall be inoperative until after the expiration of five days, ex- clusive of Sundays and holidays from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days a petition, signed by not less than one hundred registered voters of the town, containing their names and addresses, as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen requesting that the question or questions in- volved in such vote be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the selectmen, within fourteen days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meeting which shall be held within ten days after the issuing of the call, for the sole purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall
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be closed not earlier than eight o'clock in the even- ing, and all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precincts in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion of the voters at large voting thereon as would have been required by law of the town meeting members had the question been finally determined at a representative town meeting. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and form in which they were stated when presented to said representative town meet- ing by the moderator, and as they appear upon the records of the said meeting. If such petition be not filed within the said period of five days, the vote in the representative town meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period.
Sec. 9. The town of Arlington, after the acceptance of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute representative town meetings; and such rep- resentative town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any representative town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this act, have the same force and effect as if taken in a town meet- ing open to all the voters of the town as heretofore or- ganized and conducted.
Sec. 10. This act shall not abridge the right of the people of Arlington to hold general meeting, as that right is secured to them by the constitution of the com- monwealth; nor shall this act confer upon any represen-
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tative town meeting in Arlington the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or changing its government, without the action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and check lists therefor.
Sec. 11. This act shall be submitted to the regis- tered voters of the town of Arlington at any annual or special town meeting called for the purpose. The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and any amendments thereof or additions thereto, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty entitled 'An Act to provide for precinct voting, representative town meetings, town meeting members, a referendum and an annual moderator in the town of Arlington' be accepted by this town ?" and the act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon.
Sec. 12. Chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and six being an act relative to town meetings in the town of Arlington, is hereby re- pealed.
Sec. 13. So much of this act as authorizes its sub- mission to the registered voters of the town shall take effect upon its passage, and the remainder shall take effect upon its acceptance as aforesaid. (Approved December 22, 1920).
ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1924
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 Massachu- setts, 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 3rd Day of March, 1924, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Ar- ticles, 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; three members of the School Committee for three years; one member of the School Committee for two 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 member 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.
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