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Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town officers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine.
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Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the perma- nent committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1919, on the Town yard; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1930, to secure plans and esti- mates for the construction of an elementary school on Pheasant Avenue; of the committee under vote of the Town passed May 26, 1930, to investigate and study the Public Library accommodations at the Heights; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 3, 1935, to inquire into the inequalities of pay and pensions among Town officers, officials and employees; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 15, 1936, to study the gen- eral subject of opportunities for recreation in the Town; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 15, 1936, to investigate and consider a method or methods of disposing of ashes, rubbish and offal; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other commit- tees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee; Reserve Fund; Board of Appeal; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Treasurer's Depart- ment; Collector's Department; Assessors' Department; Legal Department; Claims; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engineering Work; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works; Board of Survey; Rob- bins Memorial Town Hall; Police Department; Fire De- partment; Building Department; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire Department; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department; Health Department; Vital Sta- tistics; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Main- tenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division;
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Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Fire and Police Signals; Public Welfare Department; Old Age Assistance; District and Other Nurses; State and Military Aid; Soldiers' Relief; Burials and Exemptions; Schools; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pensions; Memorial Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Workmen's Compensation ; Work- men's Compensation Insurance Fund; Patriot's Day; Men- otomy Hall; Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town; Municipal Insurance Fund; Water Department Maintenance ; Cemeteries ; Interest; Debt.
Article 5. To see if the town will authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Col- lector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1937 which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of water mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of the sewerage system; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of storm drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the widening and improving of Mill Brook for storm drain purposes ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Churchill Avenue to Gray Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Endicott Road, 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 a stone bound at the point of intersec- tion of the northeasterly side line of Gray Street and the northerly side line of Endicott Road, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Endicott Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 345.87 feet, a distance of 167.41 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Endicott Road, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Endicott Road, a distance of 382.47 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Endicott Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said northerly side line of Endicott Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 1255.81 feet, a distance of 194.40' to a stone bound at a point of curve in said northerly side line of Endicott Road, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeast-
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erly on said northerly side line of Endicott Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet, a distance of 30.31 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Endicott Road, and the westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southerly across said Endicott Road, and on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 89.26 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, and the southerly side line of Endicott Road, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Endicott Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 29.15 feet, a distance of 24.35 feet to a stone bound at a point of compound curve in said southerly side line of Endicott Road, thence continuing northwest- erly on said southerly side line of Endicott Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 1205.81 feet, a distance of 233.09 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Endicott Road, thence continu- ing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Endicott Road, a distance of 311.99 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Endicott Road, thence southwester- ly, southerly, and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Endicott Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 39.86 feet to the point of inter- section of said southerly side line of Endicott Road and the northeasterly side line of Gray Street, thence north- westerly on said northeasterly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 253.58 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 Irving Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Jan. 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 13. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Inverness Road to Selkirk Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Kilsythe Road, 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
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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 north- westerly side line of Inverness Road and the southwester- ly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence northerly and north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 14.33 feet, a dis- tance of 23.14 feet to a point of tangency in said south- westerly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road, a distance of 588.6 feet, more or less, to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 46.20 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road and the southeasterly side line of Selkirk Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Selkirk Road, a distance of 69.11 feet to an angle point in said southeasterly side line of Selkirk Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Selkirk Road, a distance of 50.0 feet, more or less, to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Selkirk Road and the northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 42.0 feet, a distance of 68.0 feet, more or less, to a point of tangency in said north- easterly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road, a distance of 568.0 feet, more or less, to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 13.22 feet, a distance of 20.18 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Kilsythe Road, and the northwesterly side line of Inverness Road, thence southwesterly on said northwest-
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erly side line of Inverness Road, a distance of 68.06 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 Kilsythe Road, Arlington Heights, Mass., petitioned for by Charles Van Buskirk, et als, Scale: Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Sept. 1922, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Kilsythe Road to Peck Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Lanark Road, 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- westerly side line of Kilsythe Road and the southeasterly side line of Lanark Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Lanark Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 14.0 feet, a distance of 21.99 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Lanark Road, thence con- tinuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Lanark Road, a distance of 371.81 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Lanark Road, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said south- easterly side line of Lanark Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 35.70 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Lanark Road and the northeasterly side line of Peck Ave- nue, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Peck Avenue, a distance of 90.91 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Peck Avenue
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and the northwesterly side line of Lanark Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Lanark Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 42.82 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Lan- ark Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Lanark Road, a distance of 358.87 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Lanark Road, thence northeasterly, northerly and north- westerly on said northwesterly side line of Lanark Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 14.0 feet, a distance of 21.99 feet to the point of intersection of said north- westerly side line of Lanark Road and the southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Kilsythe Road, a distance of 68.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., en- titled: "Plan and profile of Lanark Road, Arlingon Heights, Mass., petitioned for by Charles Van Buskirk, et als, Scale : Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Sept. 1922, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Bow Street to Blossom Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Lennon Road, 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 norther- ly side line of Bow Street and the easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Bow Street, a distance of 68.01 feet to a Stone bound
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at a point of curve in said northerly side line of Bow Street, thence continuing westerly on said northerly side line of Bow Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 527.66 feet, a distance of 11.36 feet to the point of inter- section of said northerly side line of Bow Street and the westerly side line of Lennon Road, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Lennon Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 19.43 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Lennon Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Lennon Road, a distance of 255.18 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Lennon Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Lennon Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 140.0 feet, a distance of 64.89 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Lennon Road, thence continu- ing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Lennon Road, a distance of 43.59 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Lennon Road, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Lennon Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 36.94 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Lennon Road, and the southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence southeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Blossom Street, a distance of 22.78 feet to an angle point in said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, a distance of 40.13 feet to an angle point in said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, a distance of 28.71 feet to the point of intersection of said south- westerly side line of Blossom Street and the easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a dis- tance of 42.72 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road, a distance of 34.39 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of
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Lennon Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 100.0 feet, a dis- tance of 46.35 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence continuing southwester- ly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road, a distance of 228.78 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Lennon Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said easterly side line of Lennon Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 36.92 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 Lennon Road, Arlington, Mass., scales, Hor. 1"= 40', Ver. 1"=6', Dec. 1928, Fred Joyce, Surveyor."
Article 16. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Mary Street to Dorothy Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Parker 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 souther- ly side line of Mary Street and the easterly side line of Parker Street, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Parker Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.72 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Parker Street thence southerly on said easterly side line of Par- ker Street, a distance of 350.59 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Parker Street, thence south-
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easterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Parker Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.82 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Parker Street and the northerly side line of Dorothy Road, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Dorothy Road, a distance of 90.16 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Dorothy Road and the westerly side line of Parker Street, thence northeasterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Parker Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.72 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Parker Street, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Parker Street, a distance of 350.58 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Parker Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Parker Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.82 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Parker Street and the southerly side line of Mary Street, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Mary Street, a distance of 90.16 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 Parker Street as pe- titioned for by Franklin & Daniel Wyman, Scales: Hor. 1" == 40', Vert. 1"=6', Dec. 1926, Bremer W. Pond, Landscape Architect, J. M. Keane, C. E."
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Victoria Road to south of Mon- trose Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Richfield 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 appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; de- termine 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:
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Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersec- tion of the northwesterly side line of Victoria Road and the southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.02 feet, a distance of 34.59 feet to a point of tan- gency in said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 148.85 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 228.60 feet a distance of 150.22 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 348.30 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 771.05 feet, a distance of 106.47 feet to a point of com- pound curve in said southwesterly side line of Richfield Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 190.0 feet, a dis- tance of 330.07 feet to a point of tangency in the south- easterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 286.64 feet to a stone bound at an angle point in said southeasterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeast- erly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 338.35 feet to a point on said southeasterly side line of Richfield Road at the division line between lots 70 and 71, thence north- westerly across said Richfield Road, a distance of 58. feet, more or less, to a point on the northwesterly side line of Richfield Road at the division line between lots 7 and 8, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 380.16 feet to a stone bound at an angle point in said northwesterly side line of Rich- field Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 285.90 feet
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to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Rich- field Road, thence northeasterly, easterly, and southeast- erly on said northwesterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 230.0 feet, a distance of 399.56 feet to a point of compound curve in the north- easterly side line of Richfield Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 811.05 feet, a distance of 111.99 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continuing southeast- erly on said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road, a distance of 349.30 feet to a point of curve in said north- easterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 188.60 feet, a distance of 123.93 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road, thence continu- ing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Rich- field Road, a distance of 173.81 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Richfield Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 18.98 feet, a distance of 21.65 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Richfield Road and the northwesterly side line of Victoria Road, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Victoria Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 285.0 feet, a distance of 77.79 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on three plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled: "Street plan, Richfield Road, Arlington, Mass., Hor. Scale, 1 in .= 40 ft., Ver. scale, 1 in .= 6 ft., February 29, 1928, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont," one entitled: "Plan and pro- file of part of Shawmut Avenue and extension of Richfield Road, Arlington, Mass., Hor. Scale 1 in .= 40 ft., Ver. scale 1 in .= 6 ft., Feb. 12, 1930, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Bel- mont, Mass." and one entitled: "Plan and profile of part of Shawmut Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Hor. scale 1 in .= 40 ft., Ver. scale 1 in .= 6 ft., Feb. 12, 1930, Fred A. Joyce, surveyor, Belmont, Mass."
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