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For these purposes the polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and kept open until five o'clock, P. M.
ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen and other Town officers and Committees heretofore appointed.
ART. 4. To make appropriation for the Robbins Library for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To make an appropriation for the Public Schools for the ensuing year, and determine in what manner the same shall be ex- pended.
ART. 6. To determine in what manner the town ways, highways and bridges shall be repaired the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To determine what sum of money the Town will raise by general tax, to defray Town expenses, interest, debt, and State Aid, and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 8. . To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute in favor of the Town and appear and defend suits and legal proceedings against or involving the inter- ests of the Town, with power to employ counsel therein and when necessary, in all other legal matters and business appertaining to Town affairs during the year commencing March 1st, 1909.
ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the appointment of a Committee of Twenty-one for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $275.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the direction of Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to provide more adequate cell and office facilities for the police department and make an appro- priation for the same.
(Inserted at request of Special Committee thereon.)
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate $7000, in accordance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for water used for fire- hydrants, street watering and public buildings for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the extension of the water mains, make an appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction and repair of permanent sidewalks.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance and extension of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Highway Division.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street watering, or for the use of treatment for the prevention of dust, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of Joint Board.)
ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting.
(Inserted at request of Joint Board.)
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1909 which a town treasurer may use when appointed a collector of taxes.
(Inserted at request of Collector of Taxes.)
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $165, ren- tal of Lawrence Field, to be used by the school children for athletic purposes, under the direction of the school committee.
(Inserted at request of School Committee.)
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to grade the playground of the Locke School, make an appropriation for the same and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of School Committee.)
ART. 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of $300, to commence the work of establishing a block system for the use of the Board of Assessors, the same to be expended under the direction of the Assessors.
(Inserted at request of Board of Assessors.)
ART. 23. To see if the town will direct the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works to lay out and establish as a town way a street to be known as Gray Street, extending from the present westerly end of Gray Street to Oakland Ave., in accordance with the plans showing lines and grades approved by the Board of Survey, now on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
(Inserted at request of Omar W: Wittemore and others.)
ART. 24. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a town way the private way known as Woodland Street, extending from Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, make an appropriation for constructing the same and determine in what manner the money shall be raised. Said way as laid out is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Jason Street, 490.22 ft. from the westerly line. of Gray Street; thence, at an angle of 97 degrees 9 minutes in a northerly direction 282.23 feet to the northerly line of Bartlett Avenue at a point 408.77 feet dis- tant from the westerly line of Gray Street, measured on the said northerly line of Bartlett Avenue. The above described line is the easterly line of said Woodland Street and the westerly line is Parallel with and distant therefrom 40 feet, as shown on plan entitled "Plan and Profile of Woodland Street, August, 1902, Robert W. Pond, Eng.," approved by the Board of Survey, October 23, 1902, on file in the office of the Town Clerk. (Inserted at request of Joint Board.)
ART. 25. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a town way the private way known as Bartlett Avenue, extending from Gray Street to Woodland Street, as laid out by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments, make an appropriation for con- structing the same and determine in what manner the money shall be raised. Said way as laid out is described as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound on the westerly line of Gray Street 304 feet from a stone bound at the northwesterly corner of said
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Gray and Jason Street; thence, at an agle of 90 degrees with the westerly line of Gray Street 122.63 feet to a stone bound; thence, by a curved line of 142.44 feet radius 56.25 feet to a stone bound; thence, continuing in a westerly direction 229.89 feet to a stone bound on the easterly line of Woodland Street, so-called, at a point 282.23 feet from the northerly line of Jason Street. The above described line is the northerly line of said Bartlett Avenue, and the southerly line is parallel with and distant therefrom 40 feet, as shown on plan entitled, "Plan and Profile of Bartlett Ave- nue, August, 1902, R. W. Pond, Engineer," approved by the Board of Survey, October 23, 1902, on file in the office of the Town Clerk. (Inserted at request of Joint Board.)
ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a town way to be known as Gray Street the private way extending from Wal- nut street to Robbins Road, as laid out by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments, make an appropriation for con- structing the same and determine in what manner the money shall be raised. Said way as laid out is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Walnut Street 13541/2 feet more or less from the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue, said point being the intersection of the said easterly line of Walnut Street and the northerly line of Gray Street, as shown on plan entitled "Plan and Profile of Gray Street extension, Arl- ington, Mass., December, 1899, H. S. Adams, C. E.," approved by the Board of Survey, June 16, 1900, on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Thence, northerly 43 degrees 25 minutes west 1006.7 feet to a stone bound on the westerly line of Robbins Road 1366.44 feet from the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue. Said de- scribed line is the northerly line of said Gray Street, and the southerly line is parallel with and distant therefrom 50 feet, as shown on the plan above referred to, also on plan entitled "Plan of Atwood Avenue, Arlington, Mass., owned by Robbins Spring Water and Land Associates, H. S. Adams, C. E., March, 1898," approved by the Board of Survey, May 28, 1898, on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
(Inserted at request of Joint Board.)
ART. 27. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of storm drain to take care of the surface water on Bow Street at junction of Old Bow Street.
(Inserted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 28. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the renewal of cement lined water mains, make an appropriation therefor, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion to be expended from Nov. 30, 1908, and for the twelve months next ensuing for suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, and amendments thereto, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to purchase land for Town purposes, make an appropriation for the same and determine in what manner the same shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of Special Committee thereon.)
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ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the construction of additional school buildings and additions to exist- ing school buildings throughout the Town, and in reference to in- creased accommodations for the schools throughout the Town, make an appropriation therefor, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
(Inserted at request of Special Committee on addition to High School.)
ART. 32. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.
FREDERICK S. MEAD, J. HOWELL CROSBY, WALTER B. DOUGLASS, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, February 27, 1909
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in Town, and also by posting an attested copy of said Warrant on the door of the Town Hall in said Arlington, seven days at least before said day of meeting.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, on Monday, the first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and were called to order at six (6) o'clock in the morning by the Town Clerk, who read articles one and two of the Warrant calling the meet- ing and the return thereon of the Constable, who served the same upon the inhabitants. By unanimous consent the reading of the remaining articles in the Warrant was postponed until the adjourned meeting.
Article 1 taken up. (Choice of Moderator.)
John G. Brackett received four votes, and this number being all the votes cast, he was declared elected Moderator and was sworn to tlie faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.
The following ballot clerks, tellers and election officers having been previously appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties and assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks .- Edgar Crosby and John J. Mahoney.
Inspectors .- George W. Perkins and Frank F. Russell.
Tellers at Ballot Box .- Arthur L. Bridgham and George C. Tewks- bury.
In charge of Ballot Box .- Horace A. Freeman.
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Counters of Ballots :- Thomas A. Smith, Henry K. Brown, William E. Bunton, Frank B. Records, Jr., William D. Grannan, James M. Mead, Frank A. O'Brien, David T. Dale.
A sealed package of ballots was then delivered to the Moderator who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the Ballot Clerks.
A package of women's ballots (for members of the School Com- mittee only) was also delivered to the ballot clerks.
Cards of instructions and penalties on voters were posted in prominent places as were also specimen ballots, in conformity to law.
The ballot box was examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk and was found to be empty with the register set at zero. The box was then locked and the keys delivered into the custody of Constable Garritt Barry and remained in his custody until the close of the polls.
A list of registered voters, both men and women, was supplied by the Registrars of Voters, to the ballot clerks and checkers at the ballot box.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for town officers under Article 2 of the Warrant, and remained open until five (5) o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
By unanimous consent the ballot box was opened at various times during the day for the purpose of removng ballots to be counted.
At the close of the polls the ballot box registered five hundred' twenty-three (523) votes.
The names checked at the ballot box and those checked by the ballot clerks were counted and found to agree with the number regis- tered by the ballot box, five hundred twenty-three (523).
The ballots not used were enclosed in a package, sealed and de- livered to the Town Clerk.
The ballots cast were then canvassed by the Moderator, Town Clerk and Tellers, and declaration made thereof at fifteen minutes after five o'clock, as follows:
Whole number of men's ballots cast, five hundred twenty-two (522). Whole number of women's ballots cast, one (1). Total number of ballots cast, five hundred twenty-three (523).
Town Clerk for one year .- Thomas J. Robinson had four hundred fifty-seven (457) votes and was declared elected. Sworn in open meet- ing by the Moderator. Blanks 65.
Selectmen for one year .- J. Howell Crosby had four hundred sixty (460) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 1. Philip A. Hen- drick had four hundred six-two (462) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 1. Frederick S. Mead had four hundred fifty-eight (458) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 1. Blanks 186.
Assessor for three years .- Leander D. Bradley had four hundred thirty-two (432) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 90. Sworn March 5.
Treasurer for one year .- Myron Taylor had four hundred twenty- nine (429) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 93. Sworn March 3.
Collector of Taxes for one year .- Harvey S. Sears had four hun- dred fifty (450) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 72. Sworn March 2.
Auditor for one year .- George McK. Richardson had four hundred twenty-eight (428) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 94. Sworn March 1.
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Board of Public Works for one year .- Rodney T. Hardy had four hundred twenty-nine (429) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 5. Henry W. Hayes had four hundred thirty (430) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 5. William N. Winn had four hundred twenty-seven (427) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 5. Blanks 280.
School Committee for three years .- Edward W. Goodwin had four hundred nine (409) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 8. Alton F. Tupper had four hundred four (404) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 3. Daniel Wyman had four hundred seventeen (417) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March S. Blanks 336.
School Committee for one year .- Edward N. Lacey had four hun- dred three (403) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 2. Blanks 119.
Park Commissioner for three years .- Harold L. Frost had four hundred fourteen (414) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 8. Blanks 108.
Board of Health for three years .- Guy E. Sanger had four hun- dred fourteen (414) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 3. Blanks 108.
Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years .- Henry Horn- blower had four hundred eighteen (418) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 9th. Blanks 104.
Trustee of Pratt Fund for five years .- James A. Bailey had four hundred one (401) votes, and was declared elected. Sworn March 9. Blanks 121.
Trustees Robbins Library for three years .- E. Nelson Blake had four hundred seven (407) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 114. Cyrus E. Dallin had three hundred ninety-three (393) votes and was declared elected. Blanks 129.
Cemetery Commissioner for three years .- J. Edwin Kimball had four hundred thirty (430) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 8. Blanks 92.
Tree Warden for one year .- William H. Bradley had four hundred twenty-two (422) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 8. Blanks 100.
Constables for one year .- Garritt Barry had four hundred twelve (412) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 2. John Duffy had three hundred eighty-seven (387) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 2. Daniel M. Hooley had four hundred seven (407) votes an was declared elected. Sworn March 3. Thomas F. Priest had three hundred seventy-four (374) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 4. Thomas O. D. Urquhart had three hundred sixty (360) votes and was declared elected. Sworn March 2.
On the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this Town?" one hundred eight (108) voted "Yes" and three hundred forty-six (346) voted "No," and declaration was made that the Town had voted that no licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors during the ensuing year. Blanks 68.
On the question "Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this Town?" two hundred sixty-seven (267) voted "Yes" and one hundred fifty-nine (159) voted "No," with ninety-six (96) blank votes, and declaration was made that the Town had voted to accept Chapter 209
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of the Acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, said Act being as follows:
"An Act to Provide for the Protection of Forest and Sprout Lands From Fire."
Section 1. In a town which accepts the provisions of this Act or has accepted a corresponding provision of earlier laws no fires shall be set in the open air between the first day of April and the first day of December, except by the written permission of the Forest Warden; provided that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leaves and brush from yards may be burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, but in every case such fire shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any forest or sprout lands, and shall be properly attended until it is extinguished. The Forest Warden shall cause public notice to be given of the provisions of this section and shall enforce the same. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hun- dred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 2. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to fires which may be set in accordance with regulations and methods approved by the Superintendent for suppressing the gypsy and brown- tail moths.
Sec. 3. The State Forester shall notify every town in the Com- monwealth of the passage of this Act by sending at least three printed copies thereof to the Town Clerk, who shall post the same in con- spicuous places.
Sec. 4. The State Forester and Forest Warden may arrest with- out a warrant any persons found in the act of setting a fire in viola- tion of any provision of this Act.
Sec. 5. The Selectmen of every town shall cause this Act to be submitted to the voters for their acceptance at the next annual meet- ing of the town after the passage of this Act. The vote shall be taken by separate ballot, and shall be "Yes" or "No" in answer to the fol- lowing question printed upon the ballot: "Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this town?" A majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at such meeting shall be required for the accept- ance of this act: and upon such acceptance the provisions of Section twenty-four (24) of Chapter thirty-two (32) of the Revised Laws shall cease to apply to any town which has previously accepted that section.
The following officers were then nominated and elected to the office and for the term stated, viz:
Fence Viewers for one year .- Max H. Meyer and William H. Murray.
Field Drivers for one year .- Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Garritt Bar- ry, John Duffy, Daniel M. Hooley, Thomas F. Priest, Andrew Irwin, F. Joseph Cahalin, and Edward T. Ryan.
Measurer of Wood and Bark for one year .- Edward I. Mckenzie and Frank P. Dyer.
Fish Preserver for one year .- Daniel Wyman.
The above-named officers have each appeared and were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties.
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Voted: That when this meeting adjourns it adjourn to meet in the Town Hall, Monday evening, March 22, at thirty minutes after seven o'clock.
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned.
Meeting adjourned at thirty minutes after five o'clock.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
Arlington, March 2, 1909. I hereby certify that I have this day appointed Edna C. Pierce Assistant Town Clerk and that she has taken the oath required by Chapter 25, Section 62 of the Revised Laws for the faithful perform- ance of her duties.
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Clerk of the Board, Horace A. Freeman.
Stenographer, Edna C. Pierce.
Inspector of Animals, Laurence L. Peirce.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Charles F. Donahue.
Superintendent of Town House, Charles F. Donahue. Additional Constable, Charles F. Donahue.
Burial Agent, Henry W. Berthrong.
Weigher of Hay and Coal, Warren A. Peirce. 66 66 Walter H. Peirce.
66 66 B. Horace Peirce.
66 60
66 William N. Winn. Weigher of Coal, Nellie A. Lockhart. 6
. William Coughlin.
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David Lynch.
Keeper of Lock-up, Thomas O. D. Urquhart. Town Physician, Merrill E. Champion. Superintendent of Moth Work, William H. Bradley.
Clerk of Moth Work, James F. Higgins.
All of the above appointed officials to serve for one year from April 1, 1909. ,
I hereby certify that all the above-named officials, whose posi- tions required an oath, have appeared before me and taken the oath to faithfully perform the duties of the positions to which they have been appointed.
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
Police appointments made by the Board of Selectmen, the same to be during the pleasure of the Selectmen: Chief of Police, Thomas O. D. Urquhart; Inspector, rank of Lieutenant, Daniel M. Hooley; Patrolmen, Garritt Barry, John Duffy, Andrew Irwin, Edward T. Ryan, Thomas F. Priest and F. Joseph Cahalin.
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Special Police Officers, George T. Woolley, Major Bacon, Michael E. Callahan, Matthew W. Callahan, Benj. R. Cleary, William T. Clif- ford, Cornelius P. Cronin, Everett S. Chapman, William T. Canniff, Timothy J. Donahue, George D. Higgins, Edwin C. Jacobs, Reneselaer R. Knight, Roscoe C. Kimball, William L. Longmore, Thomas K. Mil- lett, Philo Spencer, Arthur T. White, Nathaniel E. Whittier and Robert H. White.
The following appointments were made by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for a term of one year from April 1, 1909: Town Counsel, Horace D. Hardy; Town Engineer, Robert W. Pond; Superintendent of Streets, Robert W. Pond, Super- intendent of Wires, Reuben W. LeBaron.
I hereby certify that all of the above appointed officials appeared before me and the oath required for the faithful performance of their duties was administered to them.
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the Selectmen, held March 20, 1909, the follow- ing appointments were made for a term of one year, from April 1 1909: Inspector of Buildings, William Gratto; Inspector of Milk Frank P. Winn.
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED MEETING.
Pursuant to adjournment the citizens of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, on Monday evening, March 22, 1909, and were called to order at thirty minutes after seven o'clock by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
The reading of the remaining articles in the warrant, not read ac the meeting, March 1, was, by vote of the meeting, dispensed with, the voters present being supplied with printed copies.
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