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The Committee of Twenty-one recommended that no action be taken under this article.
William E. Lloyd, of the Committee on the enlargement of the Crosby School, presented the reasons of the Committee in asking for an additional appropriation and the matter was discussed by various citizens.
On motion of William E. Lloyd it was,
Voted, by a two-thirds vote: That the sum of five thousand (5000) dollars be appropriated as an additional appropriation, for the erection and furnishing of additions to the Crosby School Building, substantially in accordance with the plans of the Com- mittee appointed by the Town November 23, 1909, and that the Town borrow the said sum of five thousand (5000) dollars, and in payment therefor issue ten negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of five hundred (500) dollars each, one payable in the year 1911, and one in each of the nine succeeding years, said notes or bonds to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen, and to be designated on the face thereof "Crosby School Addi- tion Loan of 1910" and to bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, and that the Committee appointed November 23, 1909 be authorized and empowered to supervise and direct the expenditure of the sum hereby appropriated in connection with such sum or sums hereto- fore appropriated.
Article 5 taken up. (Extension of Water Mains.)
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
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Article 6 taken up. (Extension of Sewerage System.)
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 3 taken up. (Milk testing machine for Board of Health.)
Voted: On motion of Frank V. Noyes, that the sum of seventy- five (75) dollars be appropriated, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Health, for the purchase and installation of improved milk-testing apparatus. Said sum to be taken from the overlayings of the tax of 1910.
Article 7 taken up. (Relative to deposit on Water Mains.)
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Board of Public Works, said Board to report on same at next Town Meeting.
Article 4 taken up. (To sell lot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.)
Voted: That the Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to sell and convey a lot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery to Mrs. Harriet E. Walton of Somerville, Mass.
No action being necessary under article 8 and all other articles in the Warrant calling the meeting having been disposed of it was voted to adjourn.
The number of voters attending the meeting, as determined by the Constable in charge of the turnstiles, was 178.
Meeting adjourned at 9.45 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 1910. STATE ELECTION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington. 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 and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, Tuesday, the eighth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at 6.00 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen' for a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary, a Treasurer and Receiver-General, an Auditor of Accounts, an Attorney-General for the Commonwealth, a Representative of the Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States for District Number Eight, a Councillor for the Sixth Councillor District; a Senator for the
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Sixth Middlesex District, a Representative in the General Court for the Twenty-ninth Representative District in the County of Middlesex, a County Commissioner for three years, a County Commissioner to fill the vacancy in the unexpired term ending the first Wednesday of January, 1913, two Associate Commis- sioners for three years, a District Attorney for the Northern District, Middlesex County, for three years; a Sheriff for the County of Middlesex for three years.
All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until four o'clock and thirty minutes in the afternoon, and as much longer as the meeting directs, provided the time shall not be after the hour of sunset.
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 twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.
PHILIP A. HENDRICK, JACOB BITZER, HERBERT W. RAWSON, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, November 7, 1910.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place and for the pur- poses herein named, by causing a printed attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
A true record of the warrant. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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 Tuesday, the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
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hundred and ten, it being the first Tuesday after the first Mon- day in said month, and were called to order at six o'clock in the forenoon by Philip A. Hendrick, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the warrant calling the meeting, and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Selectman Philip A. Hendrick took charge of the meeting and performed the duties of presiding officer.
In compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth, governing elections, the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and booths provided for the use of voters to examine and mark their ballots. Each booth was supplied with suitable facilities for the purpose and with cards of instructions.
The following citizens had been appointed by the Selectmen as election officers, and were assigned as follows, after being sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful discharge of their duties:
Ballot Clerks-Edgar Crosby and John J. Mahoney.
Inspectors-Frank F. Russell and Charles P. Ladd, Jr.
Tellers-George C. Tewksbury and Arthur L. Bridgham.
At ballot-box-Horace A. Freeman.
Counters-Frank Y. Wellington, Henry K. Brown, William D. Grannan, Joseph J. Duffy, William E. Bunton, Frank A. O'Brien, Frederick G. Wilder, Daniel M. Daley, George H. Peirce, John W. Power, Frank B. Records, Jr., and James M. Mead.
A sealed package of ballots containing 2400, supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, was then delivered by the Town Clerk to the presiding officer, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the ballot clerks. Specimen ballots and cards of instructions to voters were posted in accordance with law, as were also cards of penalties to voters for violations of the law. The ballot box was examined by the presiding officer and Town Clerk and was found to be empty and the register set at zero. A list of registered voters was supplied to the ballot clerks and tellers by the Registrars of Voters.
At three minutes after six o'clock the polls were declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty minutes after four 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 removing the ballots to be counted.
At 7 o'clock the box registered 226 votes; at 8 o'clock 540 votes; at 9 o'clock 810 votes; at 11 o'clock 1019 votes; at 3 o'clock 1550 votes. At the close of the polls the total number of votes cast was fifteen hundred ninety-four (1594).
At nine minutes after nine o'clock in the morning the ballot box failed to register and on examination it was found that the
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large number of ballots had so filled the receptacle that the reg- istering machine was clogged.
Voting was continued during the interval, which only lasted fifteen minutes, in the box used for cast ballots.
The keys of the ballot box were delivered into the custody of Constable Garritt Barry, and remained in his custody until the close of the polls.
The names checked by the ballot clerks and the names checked by the checkers at the ballot box were counted and found to agree with the number registered by the ballot box, 1594.
The unused ballots were enclosed in a package, sealed, and delivered to the Town Clerk after being counted and indorsed by the Ballot Clerks. The number was found to be 806, which added to the number cast, 1594, made the total number received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2400.
The election officers canvassed the votes given in and the whole number was found to be 1594, which were sorted, counted and declaration made thereof in open meeting by Chairman Philip A. Hendrick at fifteen minutes after five o'clock, as follows:
Whole number of ballots cast 1594.
GOVERNOR.
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale had eight hundred seventy-one (871). Eugene N. Foss of Boston had six hundred sixty-eight (668). John A. Nichols of Boston had six (6).
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke had three (3).
Daniel A. White of Brockton had eleven (11).
Blanks, thirty-five (35).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Thomas F. Cassidy of Adams had five hundred fifty-one (551). Louis A. Frothingham of Boston had nine hundred twenty-six (926).
Henry C. Hess of Boston had four (4).
Patrick Mahoney of Cambridge had sixteen (16).
William G. Merrill of Malden had eleven (11).
Blanks, eighty-six (86).
SECRETARY.
Harriet D'Orsay of Lynn had nineteen (19).
Charles J. Martell of Boston had five hundred seven (507).
Andrew Mortenson of Somerville had seven (7).
William M. Olin of Boston had nine hundred thirty-eight (938). William E. Thomas of Boston had ten (10).
Blanks, one hundred thirteen (113).
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TREASURER.
Carl Fredrikson of Worcester had nine (9). Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale had fourteen (14).
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown had fifteen (15).
Benjamin F. Peach of Lynn had five hundred one (501). Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville had nine hundred thirty-six (936). Blanks, one hundred nineteen (119).
AUDITOR.
John Holt of Worcester had eighteen (18).
Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem had seven (7).
Ambrose Miles of Lynn had sixteen (16).
Charles C. Paine of Barnstable had five hundred eight (508). Henry E. Turner of Malden had nine hundred three (903). Blanks, one hundred forty-two (142).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Dennis McGoff of New Bedford had five (5).
Harold Metcalf of New Bedford had twenty-six (26).
John B. Ratigan of Worcester had five hundred twelve (512). James M. Swift of Fall River had nine hundred fourteen (914). Blanks, one hundred thirty-seven (137).
CONGRESSMAN EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Frederick S. Deitrick of Cambridge had six hundred ten (610). Samuel W. McCall of Winchester had eight hundred seventy- three (873). Blanks, one hundred eleven (111).
COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT.
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford had nine hundred twelve (912). J. Kelso Mairs of Waltham had five hundred thirty-two (532). Blanks, one hundred fifty (150).
SENATOR SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Charles H. Brown of Medford had eight hundred seventy-nine (879).
James J. Donahue of Medford had five hundred eighty-three (583). Blanks, one hundred thirty-two (132).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
John G. Brackett of Arlington had eight hundred thirty-two (832). Roger W. Homer of Arlington had seven hundred three (703). Blanks, fifty-nine (59).
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIDDLESEX. For Regular Term.
Charles H. Richardson of Lowell had eight hundred eighty-six (886).
Dexter C. Whittemore of Carlisle had five hundred forty-eight (548).
Blanks, one hundred sixty (160).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIDDLESEX. To fill Vacancy Unexpired Term.
Winthrop H. Fairbanks of Sudbury had five hundred sixty-four (564).
Chester B. Williams of Wayland had eight hundred sixty-two (862).
Blanks, one hundred sixty-eight.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS MIDDLESEX.
Leander V. Colahan of Stoneham had four hundred sixty-seven (467).
Joseph L. Marin of Lowell had four hundred two (402).
Frank A. Patch of Littleton had seven hundred thirty (730).
Edward Everett Thompson of Woburn had eight hundred eleven (811).
Blanks, seven hundred seventy-eight (778).
DISTRICT ATTORNEY NORTHERN DISTRICT.
John J. Higgins of Somerville had nine hundred thirty-four (934). James J. Irwin of Everett had five hundred thirty-one (531). Blanks, one hundred twenty-nine (129).
SHERIFF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge had nine hundred forty-three (943).
Whitfield L. Tuck of Winchester had five hundred nineteen (519). Blanks, one hundred thirty-two (132).
The election returns were then filled in, to be signed by the Selectmen and countersigned by the Town Clerk, and were de- livered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded by him to the several places of destination.
All business calling the meeting having been transacted, the presiding officer, at thirty minutes after five o'clock, declared the meeting dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 5.30 P.M. A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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Arlington, November 18, 1910.
Pursuant to law, the Town Clerks of Arlington and Lexington met in the office of the Town Clerk of Arlington on Friday, the eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast on the eighth day of November for a Representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the Twenty-ninth Middlesex District.
The canvass showed the following result of the votes cast
L Arlington and Lexington :
In Arlington John G. Brackett had eight hundred thirty-two (832).
In Lexington John G. Brackett had four hundred eighty-nine (489).
Total in Arlington and Lexington thirteen hundred twenty- one (1321).
In Arlington Roger W. Homer had seven hundred three (703).
In Lexington Roger W. Homer had two hundred eighty-two (282).
Total in Arlington and Lexington nine hundred eighty-five (985).
Total votes cast in Arlington, fifteen hundred ninety-four (1594). Blanks fifty-nine (59).
Total votes cast in Lexington, eight hundred thirty-eight (838). Blanks, sixty-seven (67).
The canvass showed that John G. Brackett had a majority of the votes cast in both towns.
Two certificates were filled out, signed by the Clerk of both Towns, one sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and one to be delivered to John G. Brackett of Arlington. .
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk of Arlington.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk of Lexington.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 1910.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either 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
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elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, Tuesday, the twenty-second day of November, current, at 7.30 o'clock, P.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes to the Town Clerk for a Moderator to preside for the transaction of Town business.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of committees hereto- fore appointed.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended from November 30, 1910, 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, or take any action thereon.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion for Town House account, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion for telephones, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion for the Fire Department, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion for Military Aid, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize and empower the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners, under the pro- visions of Chapter 48, Section 12 of the Revised Laws to relocate Medford Street substantially in accordance with a plan drawn by R. W. Pond, Town Engineer, dated November, 1910, or take any action thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize and empower the Cemetery Commissioners to consent, in the name and behalf of the Town, to such takings by the County Commissioners of the lands of Mount Pleasant Cemetery as may be necessary in connec- tion with the relocation of Medford Street, substantially in accord- ance with a plan drawn by R. W. Pond, Town Engineer, dated November, 1910, or take any action thereon.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will adopt the By-Laws in relation to construction of buildings as reported by the Committee on By-Laws appointed November 16, 1908, or take any action thereon.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee of five (to act with the Board of Survey) to consider the proposed Water Street Extension (so-called), the improving of the Sucker Brook Valley, and the separation of Railroad and Street grades in the Town.
(Inserted at the request of Howard W. Spurr and others.)
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ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Combina- tion Chemical and Hose Motor Car, make an appropriation therefor, and determine in what manner the same shall be raised, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Fire Conditions of the Town.)
ART. 13. To see if the Town will ratify the acts of its officers under authority of the vote passed under Article 28 of the last Annual Town Meeting, which vote was substantially as follows:
That the sum of $49,600 be appropriated for the erection and furnishing of additions to the Crosby School Building, substan- tially in accordance with the plans of the Committee appointed by the Town November 23, 1909, and that the Town borrow $48,000 of said sum, and in payment therefor issue sixteen nego- tiable notes or bonds, for the sum of $3000 each, one payable in the year 1911, and one in each of the fifteen succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be signed by the Treasurer, and counter- signed by the Selectmen, and to be designated on the face thereof "Crosby School Addition Loan"' and to bear interest semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum; also that the re- maining $1600 be raised by general tax in 1910 and that the Com- mittee appointed November 23, 1909, be authorized to super- vise and direct the work of the erection and furnishing of said building and the expenditure of the sum hereby appropriated.
and will amend or change the said vote in any respect or take any other action with respect to said vote or the subject matter thereof.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation for the Health Department, and determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. (In- serted at request of the Board of Health.)
ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an additional appropria- tion for the Board of Health, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. (Inserted at the request of the Board of Health.)
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3500 for the construction of a public sanitary, according to the plans and specifications of the Committee on public sanitary appointed March 28, 1910, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. (Inserted at request of Arlington Business Men's Association.)
ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of the storm drain system, and determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. (In- serted at request of Board of Public Works.)
ART. 18. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to peti- tion the General Court for such amendments to Chapter 624, Acts of 1910, and other Statutes as will authorize the Town to adopt
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Statutes and By-Laws which will provide for carrying on its busi- ness properly and legally in substantially the manner now in vogue. (Inserted at request of Frank W. Hodgdon and others.)
ART. 19. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Survey or a Special Committee, to have an accurate topographical map or plan made of the portion of the Town bounded by Mystic Street, Summer Street, Brattle Street, the B. & M. R. R., Forest Street, and the Lexington and Winchester boundary lines; and on this plan have drawn the location of such streets or ways as in the opinion of said Board will best develop said territory. Also to make such an appropriation as may be needed for such purpose. (Inserted at request of Frank W. Hodgdon and others.)
ART. 20. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a Town way the private way known as Lombard Terrace, extend- ing from Wellington Street to the location line of the Boston & Maine R. R., 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 construct- ing the same and determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is de- scribed as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Wellington Street as shown on plan approved by the Board of Survey, June 8, 1908, entitled "Plan and Profiles of proposed streets through land of estate of Eliza A. Peck, Arlington, Mass., January 22, 1907; H. S. Adams, Civil Engineer," and recorded in the office of the Town Clerk, thence at an angle of ninety degrees, 100 feet, thence by a curved line on a radius of 224.18 feet, 79.17 feet, thence by a curved line on a radius of 533.3 feet, 148.43 feet, thence continu- ing in an easterly direction 486.4 feet, more or less, to the location line of the Boston & Lowell R. R., as shown on plan above referred to. The above described line is the westerly line of said Lombard Terrace and the easterly line is parallel with and distant therefrom forty feet as shown on plan above referred to. (Inserted at the request of George H. Worcester and others.)
ART. 21. To see if the Town will accept and establish as a Town way the private way known as Lombard Road, extending from Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace 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 appro- priation for constructing the same and 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 point on the easterly line of Pleasant Street 262.63 feet from Wellington Street, thence, at an angle of 83 degrees, nine minutes, 450.61 feet to the westerly line of Lombard Terrace, so-called, as shown on plan approved by the Board of
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Survey, June 8, 1908, entitled " Plan and Profile of proposed streets through land of estate of Eliza A. Peck, Arlington, Mass., January 22, 1907, H. S. Adams, Civil Engineer," and recorded in the office of the Town Clerk. The above described line is the southerly line of the said Lombard Road, and the northerly line is parallel with and distant therefrom forty feet, as shown on above mentioned plán. (Inserted at the request of George H. Worcester and others.)
ART. 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose, in anticipation of taxes for the year 1911, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will make an appropriation sufficient to meet the charges for filling deposited on the park lands adjoin- ng Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in accordance with the vote passed by the Town, May 5, 1902, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
ART. 24. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the pur- poses mentioned in the foregoing articles.
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