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of Lake Street, a distance of 95.08 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Pro- file of Brooks Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
Article 13. To see of the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Herbert Road to Brooks Av- enue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Egerton Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the west- erly side line of Herbert Road and the southerly side line of Egerton Road, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 42.40 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Egerton Road, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road, a distance of 478.23 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Egerton Road, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 42.08 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Egerton Road and the easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, thence north- erly on said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, a dis- tance of 95.51 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue and the northerly
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side line of Egerton Road, thence southeasterly and east- erly on said northerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 43.47 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Egerton Road, thence continuing easterly on said northerly side line of Egerton Road, a distance of 474.10 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Eg- erton Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said northerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 43.37 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Egerton Road and the westerly side line of Herbert Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Herbert Road, a distance of 95.12 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile of Egerton Road, Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale : Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
Article 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Bailey Road to Churchill Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Gloucester Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersec- tion of the easterly side line of Gloucester Street and the northwesterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Church- ill Avenue, a distance of 127.66 feet to the westerly side
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line of Gloucester Street, thence northerly and northwest- erly on said westerly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 17.55 feet to a point of reverse curve in said westerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence northwesterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 355.0 feet, a dis- tance of 118.55 feet to a point of tangency in said west- erly side line of Gloucester Street, thence continuing northerly on said westerly side line of Gloucester Street, a distance of 200.0 feet to a point of curve in said west- erly side line of Gloucester Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Gloucester Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 310.0 feet, a distance of 87.46 feet, to a point in said westerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence northeasterly across said Gloucester Street, a distance of 40.0 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Gloucester Street and the northwesterly side line of Bail- ey Road, thence' southeasterly and southerly on said east- erly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 350 feet, a distance of 98.74 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Gloucester Street, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Gloucester Street, a distance of 200.0 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Gloucester Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said easterly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.76 feet, a distance of 66.16 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Gloucester St., Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', March, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street Boston."
Article 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Lake Street to Edith Street, sub-
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stantially in the location of the private way known as Margaret Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action re- lating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Lake Street and the easterly side line of Margaret Street, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Margaret Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 43.20 feet, to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Mar- garet Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Margaret Street, a distance of 1083.79 feet to a point, thence southwesterly across said Margaret Street, a distance of 40.54 feet to a point in the westerly side line of Margaret Street, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Margaret Street, a distance of 1104.87 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Margaret Street, thence westerly on said westerly side line of Margaret Street on a curve to the left with a ra- dius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 35.30 feet to the southerly side line of Lake Street, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Lake Street, a distance of 91.10 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile Margaret Street for Herbert F. Allen, Arling- ton, Mass., Scales Hor. 40' = 1", Ver. 6' = 1", Oct., 1925, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
Article 16. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to Brooks Avenue,
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substantially in the location of the private way known as Melrose Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the west- erly side line of Herbert Road and the southerly side line of Melrose Street, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 43.03 feet to a point of tangency on said southerly side line of Mel- rose Street, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 490.06 feet to a point of curve on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, on a cruve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 42.34 feet to the easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue on a curve to the right with the radius of 1738.83 feet, a distance of 58.46 feet to a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, thence continuing northerly on said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, a distance of 38.20 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, and the northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence southeasterly and easterly on said north- erly side line of Melrose Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 44.10 feet, to a point of tangency on said northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence continuing easterly on said northerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 486.89 feet to a point of
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curve on said northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northerly side line of Melrose Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 42.61 feet to the westerly side line of Herbert Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Herbert Road, a distance of 95.34 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile of Melrose Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver, 1" = 6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to Brooks Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Milton Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way; make an appropriation for said lay- ing out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Herbert Road and the southerly side line of Milton Street, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Milton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 44.31 feet to a point of tangency on said southerly side line of Milton Street, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 481.15 feet to a point ยท of curve on said. southerly side line of Milton Street, thence westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of Milton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.80 feet to the point of inter-
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section of said southerly side line of Milton Street and the easterly side line of Brooks Avenue, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 1738.83 feet, a distance of 91.63 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Brooks Avenue and the northerly side line of Milton Street, thence southeasterly and easterly on said north- erly side line of Milton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 42.05 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Milton Street, thence continuing easterly on said northerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 487.78 feet, to a point of curve on said northerly side line of Milton Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Milton Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 41.08 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Milton Street and the westerly side line of Herbert Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Herbert Road, a distance of 95.94 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile of Milton Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
Article 18. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and side-walks laid at the time of said construction ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating there- to.
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, of any land, easements or rights therein, including an ease-
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ment or easements in land adjoining the location of any or all public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of a right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of such adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location; make an appropriation for such acquisition; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation or appropriations to pay debts, obligations and/or expenses incurred prior to January 1, 1933 and more par- ticularly will appropriate the sum of eighty-five hundred (8500) dollars or any other sum in connection with snow and ice removal; the sum of eight thousand, eight hun- dred eight and 99/100 (8808.99) dollars or any other sum in connection with the Public Welfare Deparment for Wel- fare Aid; the sum of three thousand, seventy-five and 90/100 (3,075.90) dollars or any other sum in connection with Soldiers' Relief; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand, one hundred forty-seven and 87/100 (2,147.87) dollars or any other sum to defray the ex- pense of setting stone bounds as shown upon various Board of Survey plans heretofore approved by the Board of Survey, the said amount having been deposited with the Town Treasurer, as required by the Board of Surve Rules and Regulations ; or take any other action relating to such stone bounds or such deposits.
Article 22. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for repairing leaks in the walls and/or roof of the new High School building; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
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Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars, (10,000) or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men on Town work for employment of the poor; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of The Emergency Unemployment Committee, The Board of Selectmen, The Board of Public Works, The Board of Health, The School Committee, The Park Commissioners)
Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty (150) dollars or any other sum, to be paid to the Brattle Hill Improvement Association, as its share of the cost of the resurfacing of Brattle Street, formerly Bratttle Park; or take any action re- lating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 25. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of the Sewerage System from the corner of Summer Street and Newland Road, through Newland Road to a point opposite No. 73; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 26. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of the Sewerage System from the corner of Summer Street and Alpine Street, through Alpine Street to Blossom Street ; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 27. That the sum of $1000.00 (One Thous- and Dollars) be voted for the entertainment of the Citi- zens of the Town of Arlington, through the medium of a
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series of Musical Concerts to be given at various periods of the summer months in selected districts of the Town. That this money be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen in conjunction with a Board to be appointed by them.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the gift of the late Dexter Rawson Fay contained in his trust agreement with N. Emmons Paine dated December 6, 1922, and in his will in the following language: " I give and bequeath the sum of two thousand (2000) dollars to the Town of Arlington in memory of my father, Walcott Fay, and my mother Sarah Rawson Fay; said sum to be held by the Town of Arlington as a perpetual trust fund and the income only to be used for the purchase of books for the Arlington Public Library situated in said Town, save that said Town, as trustee, is requested and author- ized out of the first income accruing from said fund to place in said library some memorial of this benefaction in the name of my father and mother"; will so place in said library such memorial; or will take any action in any way relating to said gift, agreement or will.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept, as a gift from the "George Washington Memorial Committee", the permanent Christmas Tree, now planted on the Cemetery Department lot at the junction of Broadway and Massa- chusetts Avenue.
(Inserted at the request of the George Washington Memorial Committee)
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept the gift of the Arlington Girl Scouts of the Scion of the Washing- ton Elm, now located upon the Town House Grounds ; make an appropriation to pay for the transportation and setting of said tree, determine in what manner the money
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shall be raised and expended; or take any other action in any way relating thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the gift by the Misses Ida and Caira Robbins, provided for in the will of the late Josephine Robbins Wallace, of the clock, now located in the Hearing Room, in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall; or take any other action relating thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will accept the gift by the Atlantic National Bank of Boston, Mass., of the portrait of the late Nathan Robbins, now located in the Hearing Room, in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall; or take any other action relating thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any or all of the three (3) horses owned by the Town and now under the control of said Board; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the old brick building situated upon land of the Town known as the Great Meadows in Lexington; make an ap- propriation for the purpose; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 35. To see if the town will sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of all or any of the buildings on the land of the Town, known as the old town yard, on Sum- mer Street and all or any of the equipment on said land; make an appropriation or appropriations for the purposes aforesaid; and for grading the said land; determine in
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what manner the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action in any way relative to said buildings or equipment.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 36. To see if the Town will rescind its vote passed on April 22, 1889, relating to perpetual care of lots in the town cemetery, which reads as follows: "Voted that the Town will receive a sum not less than two hund- red dollars on each lot in its cemetery, in consideration of which the town will take perpetual care of said lot from the income of said sum, and that non-residents be re- quired to deposit said amount at the time of purchase"; will amend Article II of its by-laws relating to "Care of Burial Grounds and Lots" by altering Section 1 thereof so as to read as follows: Section 1. The Town will accept and forever hold in trust, money or securities which may hereafter be deposited with the Town Treasurer for the perpetual care, preservation, improvement, or embellish- ment of any public or private burial place, or any graves therein, agreeably to the provisions of the statutes of the Commonwealth; and will so accept for such care, preser- vation, improvement, or embellishment of any lot therein containing two hundred or more square feet, such sum not less than two hundred dollars ($200) as the board of cemetery commissioners may determine, and of any lot therein containing less than two hundred (200) square feet, the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each square foot of such lot.
Article 37. To see if the Town will rescind its vote passed on April 3,1929 under Article 42 of the warrant for the annual meeting of that year whereby the Town voted that the Selectmen be authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to purchase or take in fee by emi- nent domain or otherwise acquire for the purpose of con- structing thereon a school building, a certain parcel of
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land containing about two and three quarters (2 3/4) acres bounded by land of Jacob H. Adamian, of J. Howe Il Crosby, of John Gomatos et al, of Ella J. Langley, and of Charles E. Cooke, shown on a plan on file in the office of the town engineer entitled "Plan of Land, Arlington, Mass. Owned by John Goma- tos et al, Proposed to be taken for school site, Scale 1" = 40', Feb. 1929, J. M. Keane, Town Engineer ", and ap- propriated for the purpose the sum of three thousand (3000) dollars; or take any action relating to said vote, appropriation or land.
Article 38. To see if the town by vote of the Town Meeting Members, at the regular town meeting, will in- struct the Selectmen, or other officials of the Town of Arlington, to give preference to residents of the Town, in all construction work and improvements to be made, for and by the town, and especially to the unemployed, who are receiving welfare assistance, unless otherwise restricted by law.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 39. To see if the Town will further change the map entitled "Town of Arlington, Massachusetts, Zoning Map, prepared under the direction of the Zoning Committee by John P. Fox, Consultant on Zoning, March, 1924" which map showing the districts of classes was adopted at the adjourned meeting held May 15, 1924, of the Annual Town Meeting of 1924, by including in the fourth or Business District, the land on the southerly side of Summer Street between Washington Street and Brattle Street to a depth of One hundred (100) feet ex- cept that wherever such depth of One hundred (100) feet would extend beyond the Northerly line of Brattle Street only the actual depth between the southerly line of Summer Street and the Northerly line of Brattle Street
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shall be included, and the land on the Northerly side of said Summer Street between Brattle Lane and Brattle Street to a depth of one hundred (100) feet not now in- cluded in the fourth or Business District; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 40. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the zoning map so as to include in a Business District all of a certain parcel of land begin- ning at a point on the easterly side line of Pine Avenue at land now or formerly of Patrick F. Toye, thence southeasterly by said land of Patrick F. Toye a distance of 135.27' to the northerly side line of Summer Street, thence easterly, by said northerly side line of Summer Street, on a curve to the right with a radius of 495.0' a distance of 112.42' to a point of reverse curve in said northerly side line of Summer Street, thence northeaster- ly and northerly on said northerly side line of Summer Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 44.0', a dis- tance of 97.99' to a point of tangency in the southerly side line of Hemlock Street thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Hemlock Street, a distance of 183.50' to the southerly side line of Pine Street, thence con- tinuing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Pine Street a distance of 167' to the easterly side line of Pine Avenue, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Pine Avenue a distance of 223.59' to the point of beginning ; or take any action relating thereto.
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