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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3348
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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 OF ELI ROBBINS, 1892
137th ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF
ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
Arlington, Mass. Selectmen
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Ref 107707 Apr.' 44 ARLINGTON
Deletment the 974.47 Arlington
"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"
1940
1930
1920
Population
40,013
36,094
18,665
Settled-1630-part of Cambridge (known as Menotomy)
Incorporated-1807-West Cambridge 1867-name changed to Arlington Assessed Valuation-$56,176,400. Tax Rate-$32.00
Area in acres .....
....... .... 3,517.5
Area in square miles .......... ...
5.5
Extreme length in miles ... 3.47
Extreme width in miles
2.32
Public Streets
66.69 miles
Private Streets open for travel
36.34 miles
Private Streets proposed ... ..... 7.98 miles
State Highways and Parkways 5.87 miles
Sewer Mains
86.23 miles
Water Mains
97.70 miles
Storm Drains
48.59 miles
Located 6 miles northwest of Boston; Latitude-42°, 25", north; longitude-71°, 09", west
Highest elevation-377 feet above mean tide Lowest elevation-4 feet above mean tide 127.03 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools-Class A
TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTIVE
TOWN CLERK Earl A. Ryder (Term expires 1945)
Moderator (1 year) Ernest W. Davis
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Harold M. Estabrook, Chairman Term expires 1944
William C. Adams Term expires 1945
William F. Davis, Jr. Term expires 1946
Board of Public Works
Willard A. Wallace, Chairman Term expires 1944
James R. Smith Term expires 1945
Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1946
Assessors
David A. Wilcox, Chairman Term expires 1944
Arthur W. Sampson ....... Term expires 1945
William O. Hauser. ....... Term expires 1946
Treasurer and Tax Collector
J. Wilbert Anderson
Term expires 1945
School Committee
John P. Morine Term expires 1944
Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1944
M. Norcross Stratton Term expires 1944
Harold A. Cahalin Term expires 1945
James W. Kidder, Chairman
Term expires 1945
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Katherine W. Lacey Term expires 1945
Clement J. Beaudet .. Term expires 1946
Therese N. Turner.
Term expires 1946
Joseph J. Bevins.
.Term expires 1946
Planning Board
Frank L. Lincoln Term expires 1944
Harold C. Knight, Chairman Term expires 1944
Charles H. Bowker Term expires 1945
Herbert M. Dutcher
Term expires 1946
Serovp P. Basmajian
Term expires 1946
Park Commissioners
Nils G. Anderson, Chairman. .......... Term expires 1944
Everett J. Henderson .Term expires 1945
Edward D. Buckley.
Term expires 1946
Board of Health
Ernest R. Brooks, Chairman ...... Term expires 1944
Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1945
John S. Crosby. Term expires 1946
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
*Edward H. Kittredge .. ....... Term expires 1944
Harrie H. Dadmun, Chairman .Term expires 1945
Roy B. Crosby. .Term expires 1946
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Harrie H. Dadmun ................ .Term expires 1944
Ernest H. Freeman .... Term expires 1945
Edward A. Bailey Term expires 1946
x Geoffrey A. Sawyer
Term expires 1947
* Deceased
x Resigned
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*x Richard W. Howe
¡ Harold A. Yeames
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1948
J. Wilbert Anderson, ex-officio
Trustees of Robbins Library
Francis Keefe. Term expires 1944
Sarah R. Vaughn Term expires 1944
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1945
*Edward H. Kittredge Term expires 1945
Mary Helen Teele 6. Term expires 1946
Wilson D. Clark, Jr.
Term expires 1946
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Harrie H. Dadmun Term expires 1944
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1945
*Edward H. Kittredge Term expires 1946
Edward A. Bailey
Term expires 1947
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1948
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
James A. Bailey John G. Brackett
John A. Bishop William D. Elwell
Frederick W. Hill
Cemetery Commissioners
Frederick W. Hill. Term expires 1944
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman Term expires 1945
x M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1946
¡ Ralph S. Stevens
* Deceased
x Resigned
¡ Appointed (to serve until next annual election)
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Tree Warden (1 year) George M. Dolan
Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually) Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale *Arthur B. Peirce
* Deceased
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower
Agent, Soldiers' Relief Department Clifford W. Cook
Board of Appeal
Frederick F. Low, Chm., 1944 Thomas J. Donnelly, 1945 Alton F. Tupper, 1946 Earle C. Hopkins, Associate
Burial Agent Archibald F. Bullock
Chief, Fire Department Daniel B. Tierney
Chief of Police Archibald F. Bullock
Constables
Ralph T. Atwood J. Philip Bower Archibald F. Bullock Joseph M. Cormier William F. Duggan James J. Golden, Jr. Gerald A. Tobin
Contributory Retirement Board
Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham James J. Golden, Jr.
Custodian in Charge of Town Houses James Carmody
Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia
Executive Secretary, Unemployment Committee
xJohn M. Carney
Fence Viewers
Allan E. Cowie Leonard P. Roberts
Field Drivers
Daniel P. Barry Archibald F. Bullock Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs 1
Forest Warden Daniel B. Tierney
xResigned
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Inspector of Animals Dr. Chester L. Blakely
Inspector of Buildings Paul H. Mossman
Inspector of Milk J. Philip Bower
Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower
Inspector of Wires Robert L. Reid
Keeper of Lockup Archibald F. Bullock
Librarian, Robbins Library Lucinda F. Spofford
Local W.P.A. Co-ordinator xJohn M. Carney
Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan
Old Age Assistance Bureau
William C. Adams
William F. Davis, Jr. Semira E. Perry
Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent Clifford W. Cook
Registrars of Voters
Dennis I. Donahue, 1944
Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1945
Arthur P. Wyman, 1946
Earl A. Ryder, Clerk
Secretary, Agent, Bd. of Public Welfare .... Clifford W. Cook Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. of Assessors .... Arthur F. Wells Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. of Public Works S. Alfred Benson
Secretary, Board of Selectmen James J. Golden, Jr.
Secretary, Board of Survey James J. Golden, Jr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures §Allan E. Cowie Herbert L. Hutchinson
Superintendent, Cemetery Dept. Wathen B. Henderson Superintendent, Fire and Police Signal System Daniel B. Tierney
xResigned §On leave of absence ¿Temporary appointee
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Superintendent, Public Parks Dept. George D. Higgins
Superintendent of Schools Clifford H. Hall
Superintendent of Streets Edward J. O'Brien
Town Accountant Clarence Needham
Town Counsel Russell T. Hamlet
Town Engineer James M. Keane
Town Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley
Water Registrar David P. Geary
Weigher of Coal Malcolm B. Griffin
Weighers of Hay and Coal
Gordon E. Brennan
Patrick Loftus
William Coughlin
George Matheson
Charles E. Hale
John W. O'Brien
Ethel Hammond
Francis J. O'Connell
Helen Joyce
Arthur B. Peirce
Elinor F. Keane
Horace W. Peirce
Patrick Keaney
Robert W. Peirce
Robert J. Kelley
Walter H. Peirce
James P. Kelly
William C. Scannell
Forrest E. Litchfield
Charles Small
Thomas J. Toye
Weighers of Sand and Gravel
Malcolm B. Griffin James W. Quinn
Joseph C. Quinn Martin H. Quinn Patrick P. Quinn
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Precinct 1 Edwin A. Barnard 1946
Precinct 2 Richard Donovan 1945
Precinct 3 James H. Young, Secretary 1944
Precinct 4 A. Warren Rutherford 1946
Precinct 5 Francis M. Hines 1945
Precinct 6 Robert L. Moore, Vice Chairman 1944
Precinct 7 Michael A. Broderick 1946
Precinct 8 Abram J. Brand 1945
Precinct
9 xAlonzo B. Reed
1944
+Roscoe O. Elliott
Precinct 10 Francis H. Tufts 1946
Precinct 11 James F. Younie 1945
Precinct 12 Ernest R. Moore 1944
Precinct 13
Theldon E. Phinney 1946
Precinct 14
Hallam T. Ring, Chairman 1945
Member at Large J. Howard Hayes
1944
T. Gordon Smith, Executive Secretary
x Resigned ¡ Appointed
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COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES
TOWN YARD COMMITTEE Vote of March 24, 1919
F. Hedley Barnhill Willard A. Wallace Joseph Peterson
PARK AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Vote of March 30, 1938
William S. Patterson, Ch.
William C. Adams
Arthur J. Mansfield
Elizabeth Rice
Dr. William T. McCarty Harold C. Knight
Daniel M. Hooley
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF A CENTRAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Vote of April 1, 1940
Fred R. Buckley
Russell T. Hamlet
Timothy F. Creedon
George A. Harris
Henry E. Halpin, Ch. Harold E. Magnuson
Curtis L. Varner
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A PLANT TO GENERATE ELECRICITY
Vote of March 19, 1941
Malcolm G. Dodge Hollis M. Gott
P. Joseph McManus Geoffrey A. Sawyer
Curtis L. Varner
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COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE Vote of March 15, 1943
Robert M. Boyd
George S. Drew
William D. Israel Harry J. O'Reilly
Ralph S. Stevens
COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATIONS OF POSITIONS, ETC .; TOWN DEPARTMENTS
Vote of March 15, 1943
Clarence Needham
W. D. Clark, Jr. Franklin Moore Francis O'Hearn Robert W. Pond
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief
Daniel B. Tierney
Deputy Chief George W. Corbett
Deputy Chief John M. Tierney
4 Engine Companies 2 Ladder Companies
1 Special Service Company
Engine 1
Lt. Anthony P. Lopez
John E. Barry
Francis R. Donahue
Maurice O'Connor
Charles J. Long
Reginald A. Wood
Engine 2
Captain John J. Kennedy
Harry Cooper
Captain B. J. McGreevy
Francis M. Doherty
Judson S. Aiken John F. Shaw
Lawrence C. Chester
Engine 3
Captain Thomas H. Egan George V. Heiser
Lt. Ervin V. Gay
George J. W. Kenney
William T. Burns
Edward J. Ryan
James N. Deane
Herbert G. White
Engine 4
Captain Albert V. Jones James A. Doherty
Captain Lorne S. McEwen
Horace G. Aiken
Francis J. Neville Harold O'Leary Lawrence F. Beasley
Ladder 1
James P. O'Brien
Lt. William P. Slattery John E. Canniff Henry T. Scannell
£Thomas F. Bondi
William P. Moynihan
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Ladder 2
Captain Richard J. Tierney William A. Libby Thomas Burchill William H. Madden £Frank Coscia
Special Service
Captain Charles J. Flynn Daniel V. Coughlin
John J. Beasley Charles J. O'Neil
Chief's Drivers
Lt. Daniel J. Mahoney Robert J. Mahoney Assigned to the Fire and Police Signal System Private Inspector Lester W. Cameron Private Wireman John P. Mahoney
Drill Masters
Captain Charles J. Flynn Judson S. Aiken
Captain B. J. McGreevy Harold C. O'Leary Captain Richard J. Tierney
Department Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley
Department Clerk Anna B. Hurley
Military Service
John M. Fahey
David T. Hughes
John C. Lax
Albert G. Lennon
Irving L. Proctor
Resigned Leslie W. Crowson £William F. White
£Military Substitute
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Archibald F. Bullock
Lieutenants
Albert E. Ryan
Thomas F. Sullivan
Charles E. Carroll Daniel P. Barry
Sergeants
Edwin C. Jacobs
Harold F. Pick
T. Francis Meagher, Jr. James J. Flynn
William L. Olson
Patrolmen
George G. Alexie
William J. Lannigan
James R. Burns
Ferdinand A. Lucarelli
Thomas E. Burns
Raymond L. MacLean
William F. Burns
William P. Mahoney T. Arthur Nolan Clinton W. Peabody
Paul F. Campbell Arthur E. Clare William J. Colbert
Lester H. Peabody
M. James Coughlin
Thomas R. Pigott
Thomas M. Curran
William A. Riley
Frank J. Davidson
John J. Roche
James J. Donovan Thomas M. Donovan Gerald J. Duggan
James F. Ryan John A. Ryan William A. Scanlan
Walter J. Fermoyle
Charles W. Scannell
George H. Fitzgibbon
Maurice J. Scannell
William M. Germain
Charles L. Sewall
Denis F. Shea
Peter F. Greeley John J. Hourihan
Edward A. Sullivan
Timothy T. Hourihan
Philip Sweeney
Arthur J. Keaney
Charles J. Tynan
Walter F. Knowles
William F. White
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Charles O. Toomey in Military Service
Adalbert T. Zwink in Military Service
Civilian Employees
Stenographer-Clerk Vittoria DeCain
Janitor Benjamin D. Knowles
Matron Mary Tremblay
Radio and Auto Mechanic Joseph L. Keefe
Stenographer-Clerk (for duration of war)
Bernice H. Holmes
Signal Maintenance Man James J. Carmody
Laborer-Traffic Signals Dept. Robert J. Bullock ...
Laborer-Traffic Signals Dept. Everett J. Ahern, Jr.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1943
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To 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 to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several pre- cincts in said town on Monday, the first day of March, 1943 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Offi- cers : a Moderator for one year ; a Selectman for three years ; 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; 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 Pratt Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years ; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for four years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified : in Precinct 1, five such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 2, seven such mem-
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bers for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years, two such members for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years ; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years and one such member for two years ; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years, two such members for two years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years, one such member for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years; in Precinct 14, six such members for three years, two such members for two years and one such member for one year.
For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and remain open until eight o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz; Precinct One, in the Crosby School Building, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, entrance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street ; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall ; Precincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic Street; Precincts Ten and Twelve, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Precinct Eleven, in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massa- chusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Pre- cinct Fourteen, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue, Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Friday, the twelfth day of March, 1943, at eight o'clock in
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the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to, the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.
Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town officers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine.
Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the per- manent committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1919, on the Town Yard; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to investigate the parks and playgrounds within the Town and to report and make recommendations for their development and improvement ; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 1, 1940, to study the advisability of creating a central pur- chasing department; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1941, to study the advisability of constructing a plant to generate electricity; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion or appropriations for the payment to the County of Middlesex of amounts assessed upon or otherwise payable by the Town for: (a) the Town's share of the care, mainte- nance and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospi- tal during the last preceding calendar year, including inter- est on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto; (b) the Town's share of any and all other expenses in connection with said hospital, including expenses under section 25G (6) (a) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws inserted by Chapter 400 of the Acts of 1936; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to said hospital or any other thing herein mentioned.
Article 5. To see if the town will take any action
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relative to providing special compensation for elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town, as a tempor- ary measure for the year 1943, to meet increased living costs in the present emergency ; determine in what manner such compensation, if any, shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Thirty-two Thousand Dollars ($32,000) or any other sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for the purpose of compensating the em- ployees of the department because of the rising high cost of living; to compensate by an additional Fifteen per cent (15%) all employees whose yearly rate does not exceed Twenty-four hundred dollars ($2400) ; to compensate by an additional Twelve and one-half per cent (121/2%) all employees whose yearly rate does not exceed Thirty-two hundred dollars ($3200) ; to compensate by an additional Ten per cent (10%) all employees whose yearly rate does exceed Thirty-two hundred dollars ($3200) ; said compen- sation to be retroactive to January 1, 1943; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 7. To make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal prop- erty belonging to the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee; Reserve Fund; Board of Appeal ; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Contributory Retirement System; Treasurer's Department; Collector's Department; Assessors' Department; Legal Department; Claims ; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engineering
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Work; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police De- partment; Fire Department; Fire and Police Signals ; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire Department ; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression ; Tree Warden's Department ; Health De- partment; Vital Statistics ; Inspector of Animals ; Sewerage System Maintenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Public Welfare Department; Old Age Assistance; District and Other Nurses; State and Military Aid; Soldiers' Relief and Burials; Schools; Rob- bins Library and Branches ; Parks ; Playgrounds ; Pensions ; Memorial Day; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports ; In- surance ; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Muni- cipal Insurance Fund; Menotomy Hall; Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town; Water Department Maintenance ; Cemeteries ; Interest ; Debt.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Extension of the Sewerage System; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the Extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the Extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the Removal of Snow and Ice from the streets and sidewalks; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for relaying the Reservoir Water Main in Massa- chusetts Avenue from a point near Mill Street to west of the Highland Fire Station, a distance of approximately three thousand four hundred fifty (3,450) feet; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for maintaining, repairing and improving all or any part of the ways within the town; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or the County of Middlesex or both for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 16. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1943, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate relief; determine in what manner the money
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shall be raised and expended; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended by or under the direction of the Selectmen in the performance of the duties devolving upon them under the Commonwealth Emergency Defense Act of 1941 or under any Federal or State legislation now in effect or hereafter enacted, and generally, for the preservation of health, the protection of persons and prop- erty, and for any purposes incidental to civilian defense in the present national emergency and to provide such means as may be necessary therefor; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended by or under the direction of the Selectmen for the necessary expenses of the Arlington War Price and Rationing Board No. 49; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize, during the existing state of war between the United States and foreign countries, any department, board, official or employee of the Town to sell, transfer or lease, with the written approval of the Board of Selectmen, any property belonging to the Town within its possession or control, to the United States or any instrumentality or agent thereof, any by-law as now existing or hereafter amended to the contrary notwithstanding; or take any action relating thereto.
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