Town of Arlington annual report 1920, Part 4

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Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it adjourn to meet


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in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening April 27, 1920, at eight o'clock.


Meeting adjourned at 10.45 o'clock.


Number of voters attending the meeting, 674.


A true record, attest :


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 27, 1920


Pursuant to adjournment the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall and were called to order at eight o'clock, on the evening of Tuesday, April 27, 1920, by Moderator Bitzer.


On motion of Frank A. O'Brien, chairman of the Finance Committee, Article 32 was taken from the table.


On motion of Mr. O'Brien the vote passed at the meeting held March 24 under Article 32 was reconsidered. In explana- tion, Mr. O'Brien stated that it was found that the sum appro- priated on March 24 under this article, viz: $4500, was not sufficient at this time, to purchase the building desired. On his motion it was, therefore,


Voted, That the figures appropriated on March 24 under Article 32, viz: $4500, be stricken out and the figures $6000 be inserted, making the appropriation under Article 32 $6000, instead of $4500.


Article 31 taken from the table. The Finance Committee of Twenty-One submitted a supplementary report on the sub- ject matter of this article, and submitted the motion as con- tained in that report. The motion called for an appropriation of $230,000 for the erection of a school building on land owned by the Town adjacent to Fessenden Road. The subject was discussed by various citizens, lantern slides were shown on the screen and numerous plans suggested to meet the situation. On the question being called for, the moderator stated that he had received a petition signed by fourteen citizens, requesting that the check list be used in taking the vote under this article. The moderator appointed the following citizens to serve as tellers: Messrs. Hodgkins, Ryder Kenney, Higgins, Shirley


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and Schnetzer. During the balloting and while the vote was being tabulated, Article 31 was laid on the table.


Article 4 (Reports of Committees) taken up.


Under this article William S. Fairchild made the following report for the Committee appointed to investigate and report on Town Yard.


"Your committee appointed to investigate and make recommendations as to the Town Yard wish at this time to report progress only. It is the opinion of your committee that for the immediate future, at least, it would not be advisable to recommend the expenditure of so large a sum as would be necessary for a proper undertaking along the lines contemplated.


"Your committee therefore requests that this report be accepted as one of progress."


The report was received and accepted as progressive.


The tellers appointed to receive, sort and count the ballots cast under Article 31 having completed their work, that article was taken from the table.


Article 31 (Vote on new school building) taken from table.


The Moderator announced that the vote cast on the motion submitted by the Finance Committee under this Article was as follows:


Whole number voting, 818


Number voting "yes" 573


Number voting "no," 245


Necessary for two-thirds, 546


and declaration was made that the following vote was passed by more than two-thirds of the citizens present and voting:


Voted, That there be appropriated the sum of two hundred thirty thousand dollars ($230,000) for the purpose of construct- ing a school building on land now owned by the Town adjacent to Fessenden Road; and for the purpose of meeting said appro- priation that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, be, and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $230,000 and to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913 or any Act in addition or amendment thereto, so that the whole loan shall be


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paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first note or bond, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine.


Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the moder- ator, to consist of a member of the School Committee, a member of the Board of Selectmen, and three citizens of the Town with full authority to construct said building and grade the lot on which it will stand, within the sum herein appropriated, sub- stantially in accordance with plans reported at this meeting.


The moderator appointed the following committee to serve under the foregoing vote, John R. Foster, Charles B. Dever- eaux, Frank A. O'Brien, Myron W. Dole and Clinton W. Schwamb. Mr. Foster, being unable to serve, Mr. William W. Crosby was appointed in his place and the committee organized with William W. Crosby as chairman and Myron W. Dole as secretary.


All business calling the meeting having been transacted and all articles in the warrant disposed of, the meeting adjournd at thirty minutes after eleven o'clock.


The number of citizens attending the meeting, as deter- mined by the constables in charge of the turnstiles was ten hundred and fifty-three (1053).


The meeting adjourned at 11.30 p.m.


A true record, attest :


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County: GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in primaries, to assemble in their respective voting places Precinct One, Town Hall; Precinct Two, Crosby School Build-


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ing, in said Town, on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of April, 1920, at 5.45 A.M. in Precinct One, Town Hall, and at 6.00 A.M. in Crosby School building, Winter Street, for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the primary officers for the election of candidates of political parties for the following offices:


4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, Eighth Congressional District.


2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, Eighth Congressional District.


2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Eighth Congressional District.


2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Eighth Congressional District.


The polls will be opened at 5.45 o'clock a.m. in Precinct One, Town Hall, and at six o'clock a.m. in Precinct Two, Crosby School building. The polls will be kept open in both precincts until four o'clock p.m. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.


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 twelfth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.


HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


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CONSTABLE'S RETURN


Arlington, April 24, 1920.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the town of Arlington, qualified as the law directs to vote in elections and primaries, met at the polling places designated for the two precincts in said Arlington on Tuesday, the twenty- seventh day of April, 1920, at the time stated in the warrant.


The polling places designated were as follows: Precinct One, Town Hall; Precinct Two, Crosby School building.


The following election officers were appointed by the Selectmen and served at the primaries as follows:


Precinct One: George H. Peirce, Warden; George McK. Richardson, Clerk.


Tellers: Frank Y. Wellington, David T. Dale, James G. Moir, George C. Tewksbury, Arthur J. Hendrick, Frank E. Kenney, Chester E. Hoyt, Joseph W. Moore and William D. Grannan.


Precinct Two, Harry S. Smith, Warden; George H. Lowe, Clerk.


Tellers: William H. Nolan, John W. Dacey, Herbert B. Kellogg, Elmer Buckley, Thomas S. Lawrence, Thomas H. Patterson, Clayton Hilliard and John B. Meaney.


The Town Clerk, upon the receipt of the returns from the two precincts forthwith canvassed the same and announced the result of the balloting as follows:


Whole number of votes cast 839


Republican votes cast 773


Democratic votes cast 66


839 .


Precinct One, Republican votes cast 596.


Precinct One, Democratic votes cast 49 Precinct Two, Republican votes cast 177 Precinct Two, Democratic votes cast 17 Total 839.


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REPUBLICAN PARTY DELEGATES AT LARGE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Henry Cabot Lodge


473


145


618


Frederick H. Gillette


391


103


494


W. Murray Crane.


390


104


494


Edward A. Thurston.


282


72


354


Louis A. Frothingham


195


57


252


Alvin T. Fuller .


209


79


288


Thomas W. Lawson


87


26


113


Samuel W. McCall.


184


69


253


Russell A. Wood.


68


27


95


Blanks


105


26


131


ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Butler Ames .


458


141


599


Chandler Bullock.


446


134


580


Gurdon W. Gordon


439


133


572


Butler R. Wilson.


441


133


574


Blanks


598


167


756


DISTRICT DELEGATES, EIGHTH DISTRICT


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Philip R. Ammidon.


365


110


475


Edwin T. McKnight


219


62


281


Lewis Parkhurst.


415


114


529


Blanks.


193


68


261


ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, EIGHTH DISTRICT


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


John Dyke .


435


129


564


Alexandra C. Pfeffer


433


126


559


Blanks


324


99


423


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DEMOCRATIC PARTY DELEGATES AT LARGE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


David I. Walsh .


39


16


55


Richard H. Long.


27


11.


38


Joseph C. Pelletier


36


16


52


Daniel F. Doherty


35


16


51


Joseph. F. O'Connell


14


5


19


Blanks


45


4


49


ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Susan W. Fitzgerald


35


16


51


Mary A. Carson .


29


16


45


Mary Keegan Shuman


32


16


48


Helen G. Thayer


30


15


45


Blanks


70


5


75


DISTRICT DELEGATES, EIGHTH DISTRICT


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Edward A. Counihan


12


8


20


John L. McDonald .


21


7


28


Michael A. O'Leary


15


5


20


Edward W. Quinn.


25


11


36


Whitfield L. Tuck.


12


3


15


Blanks .


13


0


13


ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, EIGHTH DISTRICT


Precinct 1


Precinct ?


Total


Gladys W. Bragdon


30


16


46


Gertrude P. Daly


33


16


49


Blanks


35


2


37


The ballots cast in the two precincts were returned to the Town Clerk in sealed packages.


The voting lists used at the entrance of the polling places and at the ballot boxes, together with the tally sheets and copy


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of precinct records of election, all properly sealed as required by law, were returned to the Town Clerk.


Arlington, April 30, 1920.


The returns of the primary were filled out on the blanks furnished for the purpose by the Secretary of the Commonwealth signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk and filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.


A true record of the primaries, attest:


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT


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 you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fied to vote in primaries, to meet in their respective voting places on Tuesday, the seventh day of September, 1920, at 12 o'clock noon for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the primary officers for the nom- ination of candidates of political parties for the following officers: Governor for this Commonwealth; lieutenant-governor for this Commonwealth; secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth; treasurer and receiver-general for this Commonwealth; auditor of the Commonwealth for this Com- monwealth; attorney-general for this Commonwealth; congress- man for eighth Congressional District; councillor for sixth Councillor District; senator for sixth Senatorial District; a repre- sentative in General Court for twenty-seventh Representative District; county commissioners for Middlesex County; sheriff for Middlesex County.


And for the election of the following officers: district mem- ber of State Committee for each political party for the sixth


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Senatorial District; members of the Democratic Town Commit- tee; members of the Republican Town Committee; delegates to State Convention of the Democratic Party; delegates to State Convention of the Republican Party. .


The polls will be open from 12 noon until 9 p.m.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.


Hereof, fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands, this twenty-third day of August, A. D. 1920 ..


HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


CONSTABLE'S RETURN


Arlington, September 5, 1920.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY


By virtue of the foregoing warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires to vote in elections and primaries, to meet at their respective voting places for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed, attested copy of the same, to be left at every. dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting attested copies of said warrant in two or more places in each precinct, seven days at least before said day of meeting. Notice of the time and place and object of said primary was published in the Arlington Advocate.


(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in primaries, met in their respective voting places in said Arlington, on Tuesday, the seventh day of September, 1920, at twelve o'clock noon.


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Polling places had been designated as follows: Precinct One, at Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct Two, at Crosby School House, Winter Street.


The following election officers, having been appointed by the Selectmen, served at the two precincts as follows:


Precinct One. George H. Peirce, Warden; Arthur J. Hendrick, Clerk.


Tellers and Counters: George C. Tewksbury, F. Y. Wel- lington, James G. Moir, Joseph W. Moore, David T. Dale, William D. Grannan, Frank E. Kenney, Chester E. Hoyt, Her- bert L. Converse, Clarence F. Hill, George F. McCaffrey, Wil- liam P. Slattery, Joseph J. Duffy and William E. Robinson.


Precinct Two. Harry S. Smith, Warden, George H. Lowe, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: Charles J. Brookings, William H. Nolan, Thomas H. Patterson, Thomas S. Lawrence, Elmer Buckley, John B. Meany, Ernest H. Beers and Clayton Hilliard.


All of the above officers were sworn to the faithful per- formance of their duties by the Town Clerk. All laws governing elections and primaries were observed. The polls were declared open in both precincts at twelve o'clock and remained open until nine o'clock p.m.


The votes were canvassed by the Election Officers and Town Clerk and the following result announced:


Total number of votes cast 1456, Republican 1377, Demo- cratic 79, divided as follows: Republican, Precinct One 1033, Precinct Two 344 - 1377. Democratic, Precinct One 54, Pre- cinct Two 55-79.


The vote by precincts was as follows:


DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ballots Cast 79


GOVERNOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Richard H. Long


11


7


18


John J. Walsh.


38


17


55


Blanks


5


1


6


Totals


54


25


79


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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Michael A. O'Leary


47


23


70


Blanks


7


2


9


Total


54


25


79


SECRETARY


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles H. McGlue


43


24


67


Blanks


11


1


12


Totals.


54


25


79


TREASURER


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Patrick O'Hearn


46


23


69


Blanks .


8


2


10


Total


54


25


79


AUDITOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Alice E. Cram


44


23


67


Blanks


10


2


12


Total.


54


25


79


ATTORNEY-GENERAL


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Michael L. Sullivan


46


24


70


Blanks.


8


1


9


1


Total


54


25


79


.


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CONGRESSMAN


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles A. Dean


18


15


33


Whitfield L. Tuck.


27


9


36


Blanks


9


1


10


Total


54


25


79


COUNCILLOR


Precinct 1 54


Precinct 2 25


79


SENATOR


Precinct 2


Total


Blanks


Precinct 1 54


25


79


REPRESENTATIVE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2 .


Total


Blanks


54


25


79


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Precinct 1 108


Precinct 2 50


Total


Blanks®


158


SHERIFF


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Blanks


54


25


79


STATE COMMITTEE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Whitfield L. Tuck.


32


18


50


Blanks


22


7


29


Total.


54


25


79


Total


Blanks


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DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Precinct 1 Precinct 2


Total


Blanks


432


200


632


TOWN COMMITTEE


All Blanks; no committee elected.


REPUBLICAN PARTY Ballot casts 1377


GOVERNOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Channing Cox


957


303


1260


Blanks.


76


41


117


Total


1033


344


1377


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles L. Burrill .


276


69


· 345


Alvan T. Fuller


284


102


386


Albert P. Langtry


162


70


232


Joseph E. Warner


277


92


369


Blanks


34


11


45


Total


1033


344


1377


SECRETARY


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


James W. Bean.


236


117


353


Frederick W. Cook.


304


117


421


Samuel W. George


110


23


133


James G. Harris.


135


21


156


Russell A. Wood


181


51


232


Blanks


67


15


82


Total


1033


344


1377


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TREASURER


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Fred J. Burrell


81


29


110


James J. Jackson


881


302


1183


Blanks


71


13


84


Total


1033


344


1377


AUDITOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2 . 56


Total


Walter P. Babb


220


276


Alonzo B. Cook.


743


277


1020


Blanks


70


11


81


Total


1033


344


1377


ATTORNEY-GENERAL


Precinct 1


Precinct 2 326


Total


J. Weston Allen


958


1284


. Blanks


75


18


93


Total


1033


344


1377


CONGRESSMAN


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Frederick W. Dallinger


869


287


1156


Blanks


164


57


221


Total


1033


344


1377


COUNCILLOR Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Smith J. Adams ..


94


38


132


Edward W Berry.


192


83


275


Edward B. Eames


100


51


151


Fred O. Lewis.


19


5


24


Charles S. Smith


517


135


652


Blanks


111


32


143


Total


1033


344


1377


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SENATOR


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Eden K. Bowser


298


150


448


Lewis Parkhurst


638


161


799


Blanks


97


33


130


Total


1033


344


1377


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles C. Warren


942


321


1263


Blanks .


91


23


114


Total


1033


344


1377


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Arthur W. Colburn


225


78


303


Alfred L. Cutting.


606


173


779


George A. Goodwin.


164


95


259


Walter C. Wardwell


653


235


888


Blanks .


418


107


525


Total


1033


344


1377


SHERIFF


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


John R. Fairbairn


924


316


1240


Blanks .


109


28


137


Total.


1033


344


1377


STATE COMMITTEE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Bert S. Currier


942


316


1258


Blanks


91


28


119


Total.


1033


344


1377


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DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles S. Parker


941


302


1243


Nelson B. Crosby.


941


303


1244


Arthur P. Wyman


934


312


1246


Olvin H. Lufkin


926


289


1215


Laura D. Hardy .


925


299


1224


Horatio A. Phinney


941


299


1240


Carolyn B. Reed


929


286


1215


Lillian W. Sawyer


918


199


1217


Lizzie M. Buckley


904


298


1202


Florence N. Drouet


911


291


1202


William D. Elwell


927


297


1224


Herbert F. Boynton.


931


294


1225


Clarence T. Parsons.


921


298


1219


R. Walter Hilliard .


934


303


1237


George H. Shirley.


5


0


5


Blanks


2507


960


3467


Total .


13008


4170


20655


TOWN COMMITTEE


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Charles A. Paine .


4


2


6


Frederick C. Gardner


4


2


6


Nelson B. Crosby


6


3


9


William P. Dale


4


3


7


Clayton Hilliard


6


3


9


Clinton W. Schwamb.


7


3


10


Oman E. Bennett.


4


3


7


John E. Woodend .


4


3


7


Arthur P. Wyman


3


2


5


Frank L. Kirschgassner


6


3


9


William E. Adams .


3


3


6


W. Forbes Robertson.


.6


3


9


John 7 .. Lawson.


4


3


7


Wilder N. Hodgkins.


4


3


7


Charles H. Swan


1


0


1


1


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Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Total


Arthur L. Blaser


3


3


6


John D. Katzes .


3


2


5


George H. Shirley.


5


3


8


Blanks


18516


6155


24671


Total


18594


6192


24786


The ballots cast in both precincts were returned to the Town Clerk in sealed packages. The voting lists used at the entrances to the polling places and at the ballot boxes, with tally sheets and copy of precinct record of election, were also returned, all properly sealed in conformity with law.


A true record, attest:


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County: GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, Thursday, the sixteenth day of September, 1920, at eight o'clock, p.m., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:


ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote to ratify, confirm and approve the vote passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held April 27, 1920, under Article 31 of the warrant for said meeting, which read as follows:


Voted, That there be appropriated the sum of two hundred and thirty thousand ($230,000) dollars for the purpose of con-


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structing a school building on land now owned by the Town adjacent to Fessenden Road; and for the purpose of meeting said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding two hundred and thirty thousand ($230,000) dollars, and to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable in accordance with the provisions of. Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, or any Act in addition or amendatory thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first note or bond, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.


And any acts done or performed under authority of said vote, or take any action in relation thereto.


ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, or otherwise dispose of certain parcels of land acquired by the Town by the non-payment of taxes, or to make regulations for the custody, management and sale of such land, or take any action thereon.


ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 102 to 105, both inclusive, of Chapter 576 of the Acts of the year 1907, being an act to enable cities and towns to establish and maintain municipal building insurance funds, or take any action thereon.


ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to make an appro- priation for sewer extensions, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


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 seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.


HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


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CONSTABLE'S RETURN


Arlington, September 14, 1920.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY


By virtue of the foregoing warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to assemble in Robbins Memorial Town Hall for the purposes herein named by causing printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling: house in the Town, and also by posting attested copies in five conspicuous places in each precinct, by posting attested copy at the entrance to the voting place and by causing a notice of said meeting to be published in the Arlington Advocate and the Arlington Weekly News seven days at least before said meeting.


(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.


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 on Thursday the sixteenth day of September, 1920, and were called to order at eight o'clock in the evening by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the constable who served the same upon the inhabitants:


Article 1 (Choice of Moderator) taken up.


Jacob Bitzer was elected moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.


Article 2 (Ratification of vote on school loan) taken up.


Voted by unanimous vote, That the vote passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held April 27, 1920, under Article 31 of the warrant for said meeting, which vote read as follows: "Voted, That there be appropriated the sum of $230,000 for the purpose of constructing a school building on land now owned by the Town, adjacent to Fessenden Road; and for the purpose of meeting said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $230,000, and to issue notes or bonds therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, or any




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