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On motion, as recommended by the Finance Com- mittee, it was voted.
Voted: That the Town do not now change the names of the public ways, or any portions thereof, as particu- larly described in Article 6 of the Warrant.
Mr. Richard L. Powers, a Member of the Board of Park Commissioners addressed the meeting as follows:
Mr. Moderator: If I might intrude for a moment. For several years there has been a considerable discussion about a name for the playground which has been under construction in back of the High School. The Park Com- mission have unanimously voted to name the park after one of our illustrious citizens, a man who has probably made his fortune in this town, but who also has done re- markably fine work for the town and still continues to do so. So at this time I would like to make a motion that the playground back of the High School be called the Warren A. Peirce Playground.
Mr. G. Bertram Washburn seconded the motion.
Moderator, Curtis H. Waterman, acknowledged that although he was in doubt as to the foregoing motion
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being in accordance with parliamentary procedure, it seemed perfectly clear that everybody was in favor of it.
The motion being placed before the meeting it was a unanimous vote.
Article 7 taken up. (Acquisition of Land for Park Purposes)
Mr. Walton H. Sears, a Member of the Planning Board, offered a substitute motion and explained the same. The motion being put before the meeting was lost and re-motion as recommended by the Finance Com- mitee it was
Voted : That the Town do not now acquire by pur- chase, eminent domain, or otherwise, for park purposes, all or any portion of the land within the Town bounded and described as particularly appears in Article 7 of the Warrant.
Article 8 taken up. (Exterior Lines ; Langley Road)
Voted (Unanimously) : That the establishment of exterior lines of a way from the southerly side line of Upland Road to a point southerly substantially four hun- dred ten (410) feet in the location as shown on a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Langley Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', May 5, 1930, J. M. Keane, Town Engineer," as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works and more particularly described in Article 8 of the Warrant, be and hereby is accepted, said lines established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose; that the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose, including land damages; and that said sum be raised by
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general tax and expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
Article 9 taken up. (High School Building. "Scheme A")
Voted: That the Town do not now vote under Article 9 of the Warrant to construct a building or an addition to the present "High School Building."
Article 10 taken up.
(High School Building. "Scheme B")
Voted : That the Town do not now vote under Ar- ticle 10 of the Warrant to construct a building or an addition to the present "High School Building."
Article 11 taken up. (High School Building. "Scheme C")
Voted (Unanimously) : That the sum of three hun- dred eighty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-four (389,194) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a building including the cost of original equipment and furnishings of said building, to be used for High School purposes ; upon the land of the Town bounded southwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue and more par- ticularly described in Article 11 of the Warrant ,sub- stantially as described as "Scheme C" in the printed report of the Committee appointed under vote of the Town passed April 10, 1929, under Article 43 of the Warrant for the annual meeting of 1929, to procure plans and es- timates for a new High School building; that for this purpose the sum of one hundred twenty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-four (129,194) dollars be raised by general tax, and for the balance two hundred and sixty thousand (260,000) dollars the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of two hundred and sixty thousand
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(260,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in addition thereto or amend- ment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen (15) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; and that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the said Committee, which said committee shall have full authority to construct such school building within the sum herein appropriated and power to fill any vacancy in its mem- bership.
Article 12 taken up. (Committee on Library Ac- commodations at Heights)
Voted : That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and study the Public Library accommodations at the Heights, with a view to making suggestions for more adequate quarters ; such Committee to have power to fill vacancies and to report with its recommendations not later than the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1931.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1 the Moderator declared Article 1 disposed of.
All business in the Warrant calling this meeting having been disposed of the meeting was declared ad- journed at 9:10 o'clock P.M.
A True Record, Attest :
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Arlington in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts on Thursday the nineteenth day of June, 1930, at two o'clock in the afternoon to determine by ballot the question involved in a certain vote passed at the Special Representative Town Meeting held on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1930, said vote being substantially as follows:
"That the sum of three hundred eighty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-four (389,194) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a building including the cost of original equipment and furnishings of said building, to be used for High School purposes, upon the land of the Town bounded southwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue and more particularly described in Article 11 of the Warrant, substantially as described as "Scheme C" in the printed report of the Committee ap- pointed under vote of the Town passed April 10, 1929, under Article 43 of the Warrant for the annual meeting of 1929, to procure plans and estimates for a new High School building; that for this purpose the sum of one hundred twenty-nine thousand, one hundred and ninety- four (129,194) dollars be raised by general tax, and for the balance two hundred and sixty thousand (260,000) dollars the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of two hundred and sixty thousand (260,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Sec-
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tion 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in addition thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen (15) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may deter- mine; and that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the said Committee, which said committee shall have full authority to construct such school building within the sum herein appropriated and power to fill any vacancy in its membership."
For this purpose, the polls will be opened at two o'clock P.M., and remain open until eight o'clock P.M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precinct One, in the Crosby School Building, Winter Street; Precinct Two, in the Hardy School Building, Lake Street; Pre- cincts Three and Five, in the Old Town Hall, Massa- chusetts Avenue ; Precincts Four and Six, in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct Seven, in the Locke School Building, Park Avenue, Heights.
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places herein speci- fied by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall and in a con- spicuous place in each of the seven precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
ARTHUR P. WYMAN, HOLLIS M. GOTT, WILLIAM O. HAUSER, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington, Mass.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., June 16, 1930.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places and 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 by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting at- tested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, places and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
(Signed) DANIEL M. HOOLEY, Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
REFERENDUM
Arlington, June 19, 1930.
Pursuant to the Petition for Referendum filed with the Board of Selectmen a Warrant of the Selectmen was served according to law upon the Inhabitants of the Town by a Constable of said Town and posted at two places in each Precinct.
In pursuance of the Warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Thursday, The 19th Day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts; Precinct 1. Crosby
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School Building, Winter Street; Precinct 2. Hardy School Building, Lake Street; Precincts 3 and 5 Old Town Hall Building ; Precincts 4 and 6 Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Precinct 7. Locke School Building, Park Avenue.
The following Election Officers served :
Precinct 1-Herbert B. Kellogg, John S. Kelley, Percy S. Morine, Chester E. Smith, Marion D. Barnard, Alice L. Hamall, Harriette E. Denvir, Ruth M. Kelley, Clair L. Pavey, Joseph V. Traverse, Arthur O. Davidson.
Precinct 2-Walter J. Buckley, Robert K. Wallace, John F. Easton, Daniel F. Coughlin, Mary F. Lyons, Anne P. O'Neil, Florence M. Orton, Gertrude M. Thompson, Henry Mackenzie.
Precinct 3-David T. Dale, Emma G. Hesseltine, James E. Neville, Paul C. Griffin, Robert P. Cusack, William E. Robinson, Edward D. McCarthy, Harry W. Marden, John F. Sexton, John Blight, William J. McCarthy, Paul K. Lincoln, George A. Lincoln, Mabel A. Lincoln.
Precinct 4-William J. Cunnane, Lilyan B. Forbes, Alice G. Priest, J. F. H. Ochs, Robert P. Cook, Roger W. Homer.
Precinct 5-Maurice L. Hatch, John G. Kelly, Thomas J. Donnelly, Mary M. Donohue, Emily G. Alden, Albert K. Pierce, Frederick J. Barry, Chester R. Whit- man, Ruth Turner.
Precinct 6-Cecil B. Cowdry, Roger S. Dunbar, Rose C. Hurley, Florrie A. Kelly, Conrad W. Mellin, John R. Hendrick, Augustine D. Doyle, Hortense M. Dunn, Katherine M. Kerr, John M. Dunn.
Precinct 7-F. R. Battis, C. J. Meade, Ernest Cavicchi, Fred B. Fallon, Sarah R. Vaughn, Mary E.
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Tinkham, James F. Colgan, Laura M. Barry, Edith M. Cameron.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at two o'clock in the afternoon and remained open until eight o'clock in the evening at which time after due notice they were declared closed.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, th e tally sheets and total tally sheets pre- pared by the Town Clerk being used. .
The ballots cast, after being counted, were enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, and encased in wooden boxes, which were locked and sealed and the same were delivered to the Registrars of Voters in the Town Clerk's Office.
The Town Clerk and Registrars of Voters upon re- ceipt of the returns from the several precincts forthwith canvassed the same and announced the result.
Vote on Article 11 of the Warrant calling the Special Town Meeting May 26, 1930:
Precinct
1
2 40
3 40
4 99
5 56 140 2 6
Total
Yes
29
No.
201 306 317 139 229 448 239
Blanks
1 2
1 7 71 475
1879 6
All ballots, used and unused, tally sheets, total tally sheets, copy of Precinct Records of Election and all other records pertaining to the Referendum, properly signed and sealed, were delivered to the Town Clerk to be pre- served by her during the time required by law.
A true record of the Referendum, Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Town on Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1930, at eight o'clock P.M., to act on the following Articles, viz:
Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 2. To see if the Town will construct a build- ing or buildings and/or an addition to the present "High School Building," to be used for High School and/or other purposes, upon the land of the Town bounded southwest- erly by Massachusetts Avenue, northwesterly by Schouler Court and land of owners unknown, northeasterly by the playground, southeasterly by land now or formerly of the Frost Insecticide Company, southwesterly by land now or formerly of Mildred Keezer, of Hattie L. Davis, and of Joseph Gardella, and southeasterly by said Gardella land, or upon any other land; make an appropriation for such construction, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relating to such building, buildings, addition, and/or equipment and furnishings, or to any of the foregoing.
Article 3. To see if the Town will make an additional appropriation of two thousand (2,000) dollars or any other sum for Elections and Town Meetings; determine
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in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will discontinue a town way from Appleton Street to Rhinecliff Street sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Dow Avenue, as more particularly described in Article 15 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1930.
Said way as laid out is bounded and described as follows :
"Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Appleton Street and the southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence southwesterly on said south- erly side line of Dow Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 166.34 feet, a distance of 59.36 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 698.45 feet to a stone bound at an angle point on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 406.05 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said south- erly side line of Dow Avenue, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 64.94 feet, a distance of 71.7 feet to a stone bound at the easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street, thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street, a distance of 40 feet to a point in said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Rhinecliff Street, a distance of 94.03 feet to a stone bound at the northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence easterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 40.75 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Dow Av- enue, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of
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Dow Avenue, a distance of 381.14 feet to an angle point in said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 416.42 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence northerly and northwesterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 29.48 feet to the southerly side line of Valentine Road, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Valentine Road, a distance of 187.34 feet to the westerly side line of Appleton Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Appleton Street, a distance of 10.58 feet to an angle point at the intersection of said westerly side line of Appleton Street and the southerly side line of Appleton Street, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Appleton Street a distance of 143.99 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan & Profile of Dow Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Hor. Scale 40'=1"., Ver. Scale 6'=1", Nov. 1929, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont."
To make an appropriation therefor including dama- ges, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto. (Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters)
Article 5. To see if the Town will discontinue the exterior lines of a way from Dow Avenue southeasterly as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, and more particularly de- scribed in Article 6 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of April 9, 1930.
Said lines, so established, are more particularly de- scribed as follows :
"Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Dow Avenue and the easterly side line of
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Wachusett Avenue, thence southwesterly on said east- erly side line of Wachusett Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet, a distance of 25.98 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Wachusett Av- enue, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Wachusett Avenue, a distance of 36.38 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Wachusett Avenue, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Wachusett Avenue, on a curve to the left, with a radius of 2950.08 feet, a distance of 167.06 feet to a point, thence westerly a distance of 25 feet to the center line of Wachusett Avenue, thence northerly on said center line of Wachusett Avenue, a distance of 35.3 feet to a point, thence southwesterly through said Wachusett Avenue, a distance of 28 feet to the westerly side line of Wachusett Avenue, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Wachusett Avenue, on a curve to the right with a radius of 3000.08 feet, a distance of 149.36 feet to a point of reverse curve on said westerly side line of Wachusett Avenue, thence northerly and northwesterly on said west- erly side line of Wachusett Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 12.65 feet, a distance of 26.59 feet to the southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence north- easterly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, a dis- tance of 93.91 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Wachusett Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', March 1, 1930, James M. Keane, Town Engineer." .
To make an appropriation therefor, including damages ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto. (Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters)
Article 6. To see if the Town will acquire by pur- chase, eminent domain or otherwise, for park purposes,
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all or any portion or portions of the land within the Town and/or any building or buildings thereon, any interests or easements therein and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights or easements therein bounded and described as follows: northerly by land now or formerly of Charles H. McKenna 137.12 feet, easterly by land now or formerly of Elsa V. Johnson, described in the vote passed on April 2, 1930 under Article 49 of the Warrant for the annual meeting 20.55 feet, and south- easterly and southerly by said land now or formerly of Elsa V. Johnson 123.45 feet; make an appropriation therefor; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners)
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Park Commissioners, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, for the purpose of a public park, the land, rights or easements, described in the vote of the Town passed on April 2, 1930 under Article 49 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1930, subject to or with any reser- vations of any rights or easements of way or connected with any sewer or drain purposes; and authorize said Board to expend for said purpose the sum of thirteen thousand (13,000) dollars appropriated by said vote. Said land described in said vote is bounded northerly by Summer Street; easterly by land now or formerly of Elsa V. Johnson; southerly in part by land now or formerly of Nash, of Blaisdell, of Bennett, of Gratto, of Parmenter, of Boston & Lowell Railroad Company, and of Maude L. Wood; and westerly by land now or formerly of John R. Foster and includes a portion of the so called "Fowles Pond Property."
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners)
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And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the seven precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
ARTHUR P. WYMAN HOLLIS M. GOTT WILLIAM O. HAUSER' Selectmen of the Town of Arlington
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., July 7, 1930.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places and 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 by post- ing an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, places
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and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
(Signed) DANIEL M. HOOLEY Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
SPECIAL MEETING
Arlington, July 15, 1930.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, by a constable of the said Town, and sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, July 15, 1930, at eight o'clock in the evening.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Albert K. Peirce and James E. Sweeney.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that 179 members attended the meeting.
James C. Carr, stenographer, was sworn by the Town Clerk to impartially and correctly report the pro- ceedings of the meeting to the best of his ability.
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