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feet of any catch basin or hydrant. All poles shall be suitably painted and kept in good condition to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Wires, and they shall be stenciled, marked or branded with the owner's name or initials at a point not less than five nor more than seven feet from the ground.
Sec. 9. Where possible, all poles must be uniformly spaced, and of a uniform height, and shall not be more than one hundred and thirty-two feet apart. No pole less than thirty-five feet long shall be set in the streets of this town, excepting poles for trolley span wires and poles used as ornamental lighting stand- ards. All poles, except those used for ornamental lighting, shall be set not less than five feet in the ground under ordinary soil conditions and shall be stepped commencing eight feet from the sidewalk, such steps to be parallel with the sidewalk curbstone. Deviations from this rule may be permitted by the Inspector of Wires. Poles shall be set on lot lines or in positions which will cause a minimum interference with private driveways or walks. Extensions must not be made on any pole without the approval of the Inspector of Wires. The first gain on every pole which in accordance with the provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code would be designed for Class C circuits shall be reserved for the use of the signal wires of this town.
Sec. 10. Cross arms shall be painted with at least two coats of an approved paint. The name or initials of the owner shall be plainly indicated on every cross arm attached to a pole within the town by the use of a suitable tag or by painting, stenciling or branding them. Where wires of different owner- ship occupy the same cross arm, suitable tags bearing the name of the owner shall be attached to such wires at or near the insulator.
Sec. 11. No staple, ring, chain or other device shall be driven into or fastened to any pole for any purpose other than as required for the proper installation and maintenance of a pole and its attachments. No person shall deface any pole by the use of linesmen's spurs or otherwise below the lowest cross arm.
Sec. 12. New poles shall not be brought onto any street more than two days in advance of the time they are to be set and when old poles are taken down they must be removed from
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the street the same day. Old poles temporarily lashed or fast- ened to new poles pending the transfer of wires must be removed within thirty days of installation of new pole. When pole locations are abandoned a report of the same shall be made to the Inspector of Wires as soon as the work is completed.
Sec. 13. The first point of attachment to buildings of wires for light, heat or power service shall be not less than nine feet above the ground, or any platform, or structure on which a person may stand. All such wiring attached to and carried along the outside of any building shall be enclosed in an approved iron conduit.
. Sec. 14. Street Railway Feeder Switches. All street rail- way companies operating within this town shall install suitable switches in the feeder or supply circuit of their system at such points as the Inspector of Wires shall designate.
ARTICLE 14
PROSECUTIONS AND PENALTIES
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the police to secure the observance of these by-laws, and to make complaint against any person violating the same. Prosecutions for offenses under these by-laws may be made by any constable, or police officer of the town, and all fines shall be paid into the Town treasury.
Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of these by-laws shall, in cases not otherwise provided for, forfeit and pay for each offense a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
Article 28 was then declared disposed of.
Article 40 taken from the table.
Voted, That the several amounts appropriated at this meeting indicated by the various votes and not otherwise pro- vided for amounting to $854,851.67 be raised by general tax the present year, and that all notes issued under authority of any vote passed at this meeting shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws or Amendments thereto.
Article 40 was then declared disposed of.
Article 3 taken from the table. (Reports of Town Officers.) Voted (on motion of Charles B. Devereaux), That the
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reports of the Selectmen and the various town officers, as pre- sented in the Town Reports, together with the addition of the table of statistics of Assessors and Committees heretofore appointed be accepted.
Voted (on motion of William G. Drouet), That it is the sense of this meeting that the Committee on By-Laws be directed to draw up rules governing the town meeting and such other matters under the Act as they deem proper.
All Articles in the warrant having been disposed of, the meeting was declared dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 10.20 p.m.
A true record, attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said. Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in their respective voting places Tuesday, the twelfth day of September, 1922, at twelve 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 offices: Governor for this Commonwealth; lieutenant-governor for this Commonwealth; secretary of the Commonwealth for this Com- monwealth; treasurer and receiver general for this Common- wealth; auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth; attorney-general for this Commonwealth; senator in Congress for this Commonwealth; representative in Congress for the eighth Congressional District; councillor for the sixth Councillor District; senator for the sixth Senatorial District; a representa-
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tive in General Court for the twenty-seventh Representative District, county commissioner for Middlesex County; two associate commissioners for Middlesex County ; district attorney for Northern Middlesex District; clerk of the courts for Middle- sex County and register of deeds for Middlesex County.
VACANCIES
In Middlesex County, county treasurer (to fill vacancy).
And for the election of the following officers: District mem- ber of State Committee for each political party for the sixth Senatorial District; members of the Republican Town Commit- tee; members of the Democratic Town Committee; delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party; and delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 12 m. to 9 p.m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in each of the seven precincts of the Town 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 fourteenth day of August, A.D. 1922.
CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, CHARLES H. HIGGINS, NELSON B. CROSBY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, September 11, 1922.
By virtue of the foregoing warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and places therein mentioned by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed attested copy of the warrant, by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall and in five conspicuous places in the Town seven days at
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least before said meeting. A notice of the meeting was also published in the Arlington Advocate.
(signed) DANIEL M. HOOLEY, 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 twelfth day of September, 1922, at twelve o'clock noon.
Polling places had been designated as follows: Precincts 1 and 2 at Crosby Schoolhouse, Winter Street; Precincts 3, 4, 5 and 6 at Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct 7 at Locke School, Park Avenue.
The following election officers, having been appointed by the Selectmen, served as follows:
Precinct 1. George H. Lowe, Warden; Albert E. Olsen, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: Edmund J. Duggan, Elmer Buckley, Ruth M. Kelley, Herbert D. Kellogg, Arthur F. Coughlin, Joseph H. Rockett, William J. Eager and Josephine V. Anderson.
Precinct 2. William H. Nolan, Warden; Charles H. Whittier, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: James J. Carney, John E. Burr, Arthur O. Alden, John F. Buckley, Urban W. Frink, John B. Meany, George S. Drew and Edward A. Smith.
Precinct 3. George H. Peirce, Warden; Joseph J. Duffy, Clerk. Counters and Tellers: Donald C. Strout, William E. Robinson, David T. Dale, Forrest Cameron, Charles T. Perry Nelson Jost, May Shean and Edward D. McCarthy.
Precinct 4. Frank Y. Wellington, Warden; Edward J. Dineen, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: Stephen D. Merrill, Walter R. Grannan, John H. Harwood, William J. Sweeney, Jr., Don I. Patch, Joseph W. Emerson, E. Alice Morrissey and Frank E. Morrissey.
Precinct 5. Arthur J. Hendrick, Warden; Clarence F. Hill, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr., Maurice L. Hatch, Leonard Collins, Charles P. Ladd, Jr., George W. White, Richard M. Healey, Emily G. Alden and Mary M. Donahue.
Precinct 6. James E Doughty, Warden; Ralph W. Day,
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Clerk. Tellers and Counters: John M. Dunn, George H. Lowe, Jr., Florrie Kelley, Roger Dunbar, James Moir, John L. Kelley, Eliza E. Kirsch, Margaret C. Moore and Mina S. Wilbur.
Precinct 7. Herbert L. Converse, Warden; Charles E. Daly, Clerk. Tellers and Counters: Floyd R. Battis, George W. Edwards, Michael Gaddis, Frederick W. McNamara, May Currier, George W. Tewksbury, Sarah R. Vaughn and Paul R. Bennett.
All laws governing elections and primaries were observed. The polls were declared open in all precincts at twelve o'clock and remained open until nine o'clock p.m., at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total tally sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used.
The ballots cast were, after being counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, encased in a wooden box which was locked and sealed, and the same deliv- ered to the registrars of voters in the Town Clerk's office.
The registrars canvassed the returns as made by the elec- tion officers, and the result was announced by the Town Clerk as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Precinct 1 2 3
4
5
6 7 Total
Ballots Cast 266 218 177 361 275 408 429 2134
GOVERNOR
Precinct 1 2 3
4
6 Total
J. Weston Allen.
85 55 37 73
5 57 90 121 518
Channing H. Cox 180 160 135 287 212 311 305 1590 Blanks 26
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Precinct . 1 2 3 4
5
6 7 Total
Alvin T. Fuller 172 137 100 188 143 217 263 1220 Joseph E. Warner 91 78 69 164 127 183 160 872 Blanks . 42
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SECRETARY
Precinct . 1 2 3
4
5 6 7 Total
Frederic W. Cook. 250 197 156 339 236 365 392 1935 Blanks 199
TREASURER
Precinct . 1
2 3
4
5 6 7 Total
Fred J. Burrell.
60
47 30
42
42 50 95 366
James Jackson 196 153 125 304 202 339 306 1625
Blanks
143
AUDITOR
Precinct .
1
2 3
4
5 6 7 Total
J. Arthur Baker
99
81 66 189 114 220 170 939
Alonzo B. Cook
156 121
88 146 127 163 231 1032
Blanks.
163
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Precinct . .
1 2 3 4
5
6 7 Total
Jay R. Benton
158 112 108 260 177 283 264 1362
John D. W. Bodfish.
7
5
5
2
2
9
4 34
James F. Cavanagh
9
17
10
7 12
19
14 88
S. Howard Donnell.
18
13
13
14
10 20
9
12
89
George P. Drury
15
8
4
25
24
23 119
Harold D. Wilson
50
52
27
32
29
48
94
332
Blanks
110
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Precinct . 1 2 3 4
5
6 7 Total
Henry Cabot Lodge. 216 174 144 303 218 348 344 1747
Joseph Walker 45 40
26 51
40 51 74 327 Blanks
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CONGRESSMAN
Precinct . 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 Total Frederick W. Dallinger .. 249 200 154 334 242 373 392 1944 Blanks 190
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COUNCILLOR
Precinct
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 Total
Charles S. Smith. 238 185 143 319 232 354 372 1843 Blanks 291
SENATOR
Precinct .
1
2 3
4
5 10
6 33 20
97
Samuel W. Mendum
16 21 12
37
16 25 26 153
Charles C. Warren 221 177 153 301 238 333 361 1784
Blanks.
100
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Precinct
1 2 3 4
5 6
7 Total
Bert S. Currier 245 188 152 337 243 362 396 1923
John J. Dale
0
0
1
0
0 0
0 1
Blanks
210
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct.
1 2 3 4
5
6 7 Total
Erson B. Barlow. 231 180 139 305 214 345 354 1768 Blanks 366
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS No Nominations DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Precinct
1
2 3
4
6
7 Total
William C. Drouet.
28 30 18 54
5 57 69 172 428
Benjamin F. Haines.
6 10 13 12
10
7
14 72
George Stanley Harvey. .
39
30 15 8
8
23
11 14
23 30
17 134
Arthur K. Reading.
126 112 101 200 133 199 152 1023
James C. Reilly
25
13
12
54
37
54
41 236
Blanks
93
14
5
3
12
CLERK OF COURTS
Precinct .
1 2 3 4 6 7 Total 5 Ralph N. Smith 238 185 149 333 234 369 383 1891 Blanks 243
22 148
Gardner W. Pearson.
30
12
Total
Stanley A. Dearborn
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REGISTER OF DEEDS
Precinct . 1 2 4 5 6 7 Total Thomas Leighton, Jr .. 238 184 145 316 222 354 375 1834 Blanks 300
COUNTY TREASURER
Precinct . 1
£ 2 3 4
5 6 7 Total Charles E. Hatfield 234 184 140 311 214 350 368 1801 Blanks . 333
STATE COMMITTEE
Precinct 1 の2 3 4
5 6 7 Total William Adriance 157 130 104 220 155 248 273 1287 Blanks
847
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Precinct . 1
2 3 5 7 Total
Ruth Clark Turner 216 160 141 300 210 350 354 1731
Grace Parker 213 160 138 303 213 352 347 1726
Emily G. Alden 211 160 139 290 211 343 350 1704
Carolyn B. Reed. 213 159 139 301 210 353 348 1722
Florence Shearer 214 156 130 285 206 341 344 1676 Lizzie M. Buckley . 219 160 128 286 204 341 345 1683
Frederick C. Gardner. 217 160 134 293 205 338 350 1697
Wilder N. Hodgkins. 219 164 136 296 211 340 349 1715
George B. Warren, Jr.
215 155 134 290 210 339 352 1695
Lillian W. Sawyer
216 157 139 296 211 353 347 1719
Helen G. Bailey
212 159 141 305 210 350 349 1726
George H. Shirley 211 156 135 292 211 349 353 1707
Olvin H. Lufkin .
219 161 135 291 208 339 349 1702
Charles S. Parker
216 157 138 302 212 346 345 1716
May F. Currier. 213 157 134 293 208 342 361 1708
W. Forbes Robertson. 216 154 135 294 212 348 350 1709
Charles H. Stevens.
216 156 140 295 216 345 347 1715
William E. Hardy
220 159 143 306 210 351 357 1746
M. Ernest Moore 219 157 144 304 216 347 352 1739
Horatio A. Phinney 217 159 141 303 215 354 357 1746 George F. Mead 217 159 140 294 210 340 355 1715 Blanks . 8816
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TOWN COMMITTEE
Precinct . 1 2 3 4
5
6 7 Total
Clayton A. Hilliard. 218 160 136 293 215 346 345 1713
William I. Marsters. 218 159 132 281 207 334 339 1670
Lizzie M. Buckley
216 153 127 274 206 333 337 1646
Emily G. Alden . 212 158 131 278 212 337 336 1664
Carolyn B. Reed. 215 154 137 290 209 343 337 1685
Florence Shearer 214 151 126 276 207 334 335 1648
Ruth Clark Turner. 216 155 133 291 205 342 336 1678
Grace Parker. 216 156 138 299 210 343 332 1685
George B. Warren, Jr 219 152 134 282 206 335 338 1664
Frederick C. Gardner. 214 155 133 279 208 333 335 1657
Theodore P. Bell 214 154 133 280 209 335 335 1660
Lillian W. Sawyer 215 154 140 288 207 343 334 1681
Helen G. Bailey 213 151 136 293 209 342 336 1680
Oman E. Bennett. 213 152 132 283 211 336 337 1704
Clinton W. Schwamb 214 153 135 282 212 344 340 1680
William P. Dale
214 149 127 279 210 330 335 1644
George H. Shirley. 211 152 133 282 210 342 338 1688
Florence N. Drouet
213 153 129 279 210 340 348 1672
Alfred L. DeNoyer.
212 151 129 277 207 333 345 1654
Hollis M. Gott.
214 152 139 283 211 338 339 1676
Gertrude M. Byram
209 152 131 278 205 334 338 1647
Arthur P. Wyman .
219 155 137 292 214 343 339 1699
George J. Duncan. 214 154 126 280 210 334 337 1655
Myron W. Dole. 216 148 131 283 216 334 334 1662
John E. Woodend. 211 148 128 282 206 331 341 1647
Frank L. Kirschgassner. 211 151 126 275 206 333 343 1655
Robert M. Boyd. 216 153 132 279 213 335 336 1664
William E. Adams 215 154 134 283 212 333 336 1667 Blanks . 13088
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Precinct .
1 2
3
4
5
6 7 Total
Ballots Cast
67
42 75
33
37
14
57 325
GOVERNOR
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Total
Joseph B. Ely
0
0
2
2
0
2
2
8
John F. Fitzgerald.
56
33
56
28
32
12
43
260
Eugene N. Foss .
1
2
2
2
1
0
5
13
Peter F. Sullivan
9
7
12
0
4
0
4
36
Blanks
8
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Total
John J. Cummings
11
4 14
6
3
3
9
50
John F. Doherty
23
17
19
11
11
7 25 113
Michael A. O'Leary
30
17
32
12
18
4
14 127
Blanks
35
SECRETARY
Precinct .
1
2
3 53
4 22
5 25
6
7 Total
Charles H. McGlue
53
31
Blanks
94
TREASURER
Precinct .
1
2 3
4
5 23
12
31 218
Blanks
107
AUDITOR
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
6 7 Total
Alice E. Cram.
51 28
52
23
5 20
10
34 218
Blanks
107
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Precinct .
1
2 3 50
4 23
5 6 7 Total
John E. Swift.
51
26
24
10 30 214
Blanks
111
6
7 Total
Joseph E. Venne.
53
27
53
19
13
34 231
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SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Total
William A. Gaston. 33
29
51
12
25
10
35 195
Dallas Lore Sharp.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
John Jackson Walsh.
10
4
6
4
3
1
9 37
Sherman L. Whipple 24
8 16
25
8
.3
7
81
Blanks
10
CONGRESSMAN
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Total
John F. Daly .
50
32
44
22
33
8 38
227
Whitfield L. Tuck
14
9 21
7
2
5
7 65
Blanks .
33
COUNCILLOR No Nomination 1 2 3
Precinct .
4
5 6
7 Total
SENATOR
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6 7 Total
John J. Geary
50
31
52
19
25
11
33
221
Blanks
104
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Precinct .
1
2
3
4
5
6 7 Total
John J. Dale.
0
0
3
2
0
0
0 5
Blanks
320
COUNTY COMMISSIONER No Nomination
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS No Nomination
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Precinct.
1
2 3
4
5
6
7 Total
Anthony J. Doherty
12
9
17
5
14
5
20
82
James C. Reilly
44
23
41
23
18
9
20
178
Blanks 65
71
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CLERK OF COURTS No Nomination
REGISTER OF DEEDS No Nomination
COUNTY TREASURER No Nomination
STATE COMMITTEE
Precinct .
1 の2
3
4
5
6
7 Total
Daniel J. Hanlon
36
15
35
16
21
5
26 154
Whitfield L. Tuck.
18
15 19
8
6
7
10 93
Blanks
88
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION No Nomination
TOWN COMMITTEE
Precinct . 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 Total
Joseph M. Ahearn 1 0 0
0
0
0
0 1
In compliance with law the foregoing record of the result of the primaries was filled in on forms supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, sealed in separate envelopes and forwarded by registered mail to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A true record of the primaries, attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS To Daniel M. Hooley, Constable 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 legal voters of the
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Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Town on Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of October, 1922, at eight o'clock, p.m., to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the committee appointed by the Town on March 31, 1921, to consider the Town's by-laws; to amend, alter, repeal, revise or add to the Town's by-laws and particularly by-laws relating to buildings or other structures; make an appropriation for the printing of such by-laws; or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Albemarle Street to Gloucester Street, or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the sale, con- veyance, release or other disposition of certain parcels of land situated on Florence Avenue, and described in five deeds of Edward A. Bailey, Collector of Taxes, to the Town of Arlington, dated January 16, 1920, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, book 4325 pages 137, 139, 142, 144 and 146; or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the sale, con- veyance or other disposition of the building numbered 411-413 Massachusetts Avenue on the land taken for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for an engine house, or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation for the maintenance and improvement of the public parks of the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will make any provision for additional school accommodations; make an appropriation therefor; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 8. To see what additional sum or sums of money the Town will appropriate to defray Town expenses, including a sum for the Tax Title Account; to authorize therefor transfers from any available funds; or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the sale, con-
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veyance, or other disposition of all or any portion of the land situated in said Arlington and bounded northeasterly by land of Boston and Maine Railroad, Lessee, 757.35 feet; south- easterly by land now or formerly of Annie M. Easte 306.03 feet and by land of the Frost Insecticide Company 243.97 feet; southwesterly by other land of said Town on a line parallel with and distant 550 feet southwesterly from said land of the Boston and Maine Railroad; southeasterly again by said Town land on a line parallel with and distant 100 feet southeasterly from land of the Arlington Gas Light Company 62 feet more or less; southwesterly again by land now or formerly of David O'Keefe 100 feet; and northwesterly again by said Arlington Gas Light Company land 612.73 feet; being a portion of the land shown upon a plan marked "Land purchased by Town of Arlington under vote of March 3, 1914. H. S. Adams, C. E. May 25, 1914."'
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote as to the desirability of widening all or any portion of Mill Street, or take any action relating thereto.
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 ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.
CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, CHARLES H. HIGGINS, NELSON B. CROSBY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, October 23, 1922.
By virtue of the foregoing warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place therein mentioned, by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed attested copy of the warrant, by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall, and in five conspicuous places in the Town, seven days
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at least before said meeting. A notice of the meeting was also published in the Arlington Advocate.
(Signed DANIEL M. HOOLEY, Constable of Arlington.
Arlington, October 26, 1922.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the Town Meeting members, representing the seven precincts in the Town, met in the Town Hall on Thursday the twenty-sixth day of October, 1922 and were called to order at eight o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, John A. Colbert.
By unanimous consent the reading of the warrant was waived, each being supplied with a printed attested copy.
The Constable's return on the warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees.) Frederick W. Hill, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the report of that committee in printed form and the same was received.
Article 1 was then laid upon the table.
Article 9 taken up. (Proposed site for car storage area.) Under this article the Finance Committee recommended that no authorization be given for the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or any portion of the land described in Article 9 of the warrant.
William A. Muller offered the following substitute motion: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to sell and convey at private sale any portion or all of the parcel of land situated in said Arlington, bounded and described in Article 9 of the warrant, and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver a proper deed or deeds for that purpose upon such terms as the Selectmen shall consider proper.
In support of his motion Mr. Muller outlined in a general way the reasons for his motion, stating that in view of the fact that the Boston Elevated Railway Company had acquired a large tract of land in the residential section of East Arlington for a car storage area, a protest meeting had been held and
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that the signatures of over six thousand citizens of the Town had been signed to a petition in protest of the use of this land for such purposes. The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the advice of an expert engineer, presented the area as described in Article 9 as an alternative location for the purposes of the Company.
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