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On motion of Mr. Chamberlain:
Voted: That the remaining articles in the Warrant be taken up separately and in the order in which they appear in said Warrant and that the recommendations of the Finance Committee under said articles as presented in their printed report be considered as now before the meeting to be voted upon without further motion, separately, under the respect- ive articles and in the order in which they appear in said report.
Article 2 taken up. (Assessment for County Hospital)
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated. to pay the Town's share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tu- berculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Acts of 1932 bonds matur- ing in 1937; that the further sum of two thousand three
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hundred thirty-seven and 50/100 (2,337.50) dollars be and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account thereof; that the further sum of ten thousand three hundred thirty-one and 75/100 (10,331.75) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repairs of the Middle- sex County Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto; and that said sums totaling twenty-two thousand six hundred sixty-nine and 25/100 (22,669.25) dollars be raised by general tax and ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 2 the Moderator declared Article 2 disposed of.
Article 3 taken up. (W. P. A. Projects)
After lengthy discussion Mr. Cutler moved the previous question and on a rising vote, 155 voting in the affirmative and 21 in the negative it prevailed.
On motion duly made and seconded it was -
Voted: That the sum of forty-six thousand (46,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated to defray the neccessary engineering, trucking and other expenses, and to purchase tools, equipment and materials for carrying on certain public works and improvements in connection with Works Progress Administration projects; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men. In case said funds are no longer required for Works Progress Administration projects, the balance may be expen- ded by the several departments to relieve unemployment to the extent approved by the Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared Article 3 disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Chamberlain :
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Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table.
Article 1 taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1 the Moderator declared Article 1 disposed of.
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: to adjourn The meeting adjourned at 9:10 P. M.
A True Record, Attest:
EARL A. RYDER,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING
Arlington, March 19, 1937.
The buiness of the Warrant of the Special Town Meet- ing having been disposed of the Moderator declared the Adjourned Annual Meeting of this same date called to order at 9:10 P. M. declaring Article 4 before the meeting.
Article 4 taken up. (Town Outlays and Expenses)
That sums be appropriated to defray Town outlays and expenses for the year 1937, to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the respective department heads, as follows :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Finance Committee (Finance Committee)
Mr. Hennessy offered a substitute motion asking that the amount of Personal Service be reduced to $600.00 and the reserve fund to $10,0000.
On a rising vote 57 voted in the affirmative and 138 in the negative and the Moderator declared the motion lost.
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted :
Personal Services $ 900.00 (Chairman, $250; Secretary, $50; Clerk, $600)
Expenses 500.00
1,400.00
Reserve Fund $15,000.00
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Voted: (Unanimously)
2. Board of Appeal (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services and Expenses $ 185.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
3. Board of Selectmen (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services 5,612.00
(Chairman of Board $800; Other Board Members, $600 each; Secretary of the Board, $2,000; Clerks $1612)
Material and Expenses 1,761.50
$ 7,373.50
Voted: (Unanimously)
4. Town Accountant (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $ 4,636.00 (Accountant $3,500; Clerk, $1,092; Extra for Vacation $44) Material and Expenses 385.00
$ 5,021.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
5. Town Treaurer (Town Treasurer)
Personal Services $ 4,810.00
(Treasurer $3,200; Clerk, $1,560; Extra for Vacations, $50) Material and Expenses 1,050.00
$ 5,860.00
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Voted: (Unanimously)
6. Collector of Taxes (Collector of Taxes)
Personal Services $ 9,300.00
(Collector, $3,500; Clerks, $5,800)
Material and Expenses
2,025.00
$11,325.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
7. Board of Assessors (Board of Assessors)
Personal Services $10,466.25
(Members of the Board, $1,200 each ;
Head Clerk-Secretary, $3,000; Other Clerks,
$3,200; Assistant Assessors, $666.25) Material and Expenses 1,410.00
$11,876.25
Voted: (Unanimously)
8. Legal (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services : Town Counsel $ 2.000.00 Expenses : Legal Expenses including among others, expenses relating to the prosecu- tion, defense or settlement of actions or claims by, against or involving the inter- ests of the Town or relating to matters for which there have been or may be special appropriations 15,000.00
$17,000.00
Voted (Unanimously)
9. Town Clerk (Town Clerk)
Personal Services $ 5,800.00
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(Town Clerk $3,200; Other Clerks $2,600)
Material and Expenses 616.00
$ 6,416.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
10. Board of Public Works (Board of Public Works)
General Administration
Personal Services $18,224.00
(Chairman of the Board $800; Other Board Members $600 Each; Head Clerk-Secre- tary, $3,120; Superintendent of Public Works, $3,900; Timekeeper, $1,352; Stock- keeper, $2,080; Other Clerks, $5,772) Material and Expenses 1,500.00
$19,724.00
Voted (Unanimously)
11. Engineering (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Personal Services
$29,744.00
(Town Engineer, $3,900; Clerk, $728; Others, $25,116) Material and Expenses 1,900.00
Capital Outlay: New Auto, $671.80, less allowance for old auto, $86.80, net ap- propriation 585.00
$32,229.00
Voted (Unanimously)
12. Elections and Town Meetings (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services ... $ 2,715.00 ..
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(Registrars, $600.00; Others $100; Election Officers, $1,650; Other Service $365)
Material and Expenses 1,850.00
$ 4,565.00
Voted (Unanimously)
13. Planning Board (Planning Board)
Personal Services $ 100.00
(Chairman, $50; Secretary $50)
Material and Expenses
700.00
$ 800.00
Voted (Unanimously)
14. Board or Survey (Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works)
Personal Services $ 1,645.00
(Secretary of Board, $800; Clerk, $520;
Constable Service, $325)
Material and Expenses 370.00
$ 2,015.00
Voted (Unanimously)
15. Robbins Memorial Town Hall (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $ 5,698.00
(Superintendent, $2,600; Janitor, $1,898; Others, $1,200)
Material and Expenses 4,490.0(
Maintenance of Grounds 1,670.00
$11,858.00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Voted: (Unanimously)
16. Police Department (Board of Selectmen)
ยท Personal Services $120,838.50
(Chief, $3,200; Officers and Patrolmen $113,782.50; Clerks, $1,070; Others, $2,- 786) Material and Expenses 12,931.00
Expenes incurred Outside the Common-
wealth as described in General Laws,
Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 ........ 100.00
$133,869.50
Voted : (Unanimously)
17. Fire Department (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $114,471.25
(Chief, $3,200; Officers and Firemen,
$110,029.25; Others $1,242)
Material and Expenses 10,070.00
Expenses incurred Outside the Common- wealth as decribed in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 150.00
$124,691.25
Voted: (Unanimously)
17a. Fire and Police Signal System (Board of Selectmen) Maintenance of System $ 2,345.00
192445
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Voted: (Unanimously)
18. Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $ 6,798.00
(Building Inspector, $2,800; Plumbing and Gas Inspector, $2,750; Clerk, $1,248) Material and Expenses 975.00
$7,773.00
Voted (Unanimously)
19. Wire Department (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Personal Services $ 5,466.67
(Inspector of Wires, $3,200; Assistant
Inspector, $2,266.67)
Material and Expenses 860.00
$ 6,326.67
Mr. Hennessy offered a substitute motion that the sal- ary of sealer of weights and measures be $2,200. Material and Expenses, $585.00, a total of $2,785. Being put to a vote the moderator declared the motion lost.
Voted :
20. Sealer of Weights and Measures (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services : Salary of Sealer $ 2,600.00
Material and Expenses 585.00
Expenses incurred Outside the Common- wealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 100.00
$ 3,285.00
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Voted (Unanimously)
21. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression
(Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $ 4,950.00
(Superintendent, $1,450: Others, $3,500)
Material and Expenses
1,363.00
Capital Outlay ; New Spray Pump
565.00
$ 6,878.00
Voted (Unanimously)
22. Tree Warden (Tree Warden)
Personal Services $ 4,250.00
(Tree Warden, $750; Others, $3,500)
Material and Expenses
1,410.00
$ 5,660.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Voted: (Unanimously)
23. Board of Health (Board of Health)
Personal Services $ 9,170.00
Material and Expenses
2,095.00
Communicable Diseases
18,700.00
Capital Outlay; New Automobile, $579.75,
less allowance for old auto, $60.00; net appropriation 519.75
$ 30,484.75
Voted: (Unanimously)
24. Vital Statistics (Town Clerk)
$
300.00
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Voted: (Unanimously)
25. Inspector of Animals (Board of Selectmen) $ 500.00
Voted (Unanimously)
26. Sewer Maintenance (Board of Public Works) Maintenance of Sewerage System $ 7,800.00
Resurfacing 150.00
$ 7,950.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
27. Sanitary Division (Board of Public Works) Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish : Personal Services: Foreman $ 1,872.00 Wages, equipment and Material 83,000.00
$ 84,872.00
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Voted: (Unanimously)
28. Division of Highways and Bridges (Board of Public Works)
Personal Services : General Inspector $ 2,000.00
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges 85,000.00
Reconstruction of Streets, including Storm Drains 8,500.00
Capital Outlay : 2 new 21/2 to 3 ton trucks, $1,950 each; less allowance for two old trucks, $150 each, net appropriation, $3,- 600.00; 1 new street sweeper, $6,800.) .$ 10,400.00
$105,900.00
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Voted (Unanimously)
29. Removal of Snow and Ice (Board of Public $ 10,000.00
Works)
Equipment and Maintenance
2,000.00
Capital Outlay ; Sand Spreader
450.00
$ 12,450.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
30. Street Lighting (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works) $ 46,409.50
Voted: (Unanimously)
31. Traffic Signals (Board of Selectmen)
Material and Expenses
$
1,925.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Voted: (Unanimously)
32. Public Welfare (Board of Selectmen) $ 10,518.00
Personal Services
(Agent, $2,820; Clerks, $7,098; Physician, $600.00)
Material and Expenses
2,065.00
Aid
100,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
20,000.00
Capital Outlay; Typewriter 115.00
New Auto, $653.75, less allowance
for old auto, $200.00; net appropria-
tion 453.75 568.75
$133,151.75
Voted (Unanimously)
Old Age Assistance (Board of Selectmen)
$ 45,000.00
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Voted: (Unanimously)
33. State and Military Aid (Board of Select- men) $ 2,800.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
Soldiers' Relief, Burials and Exemptions
(Board of Selectmen) 20,000.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
District or Other Nurses (Board of Select-
men) $ 1,500.00
At this point a motion was made to adjourn but on being put to a vote was declared lost.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
34. School Department (School Committee)
Mr. Beaudet offered the following substitute motion :
That the sum appropriated to defray expenses of the School Department of the Town for the year 1937, to be ex- pended under the direction of the School Committee of Arl- ington, be as follows :
General Control $ 16,615.
Instructional Service 511,132.
Operation of School Plant 73,400.
Maintenance of School Plant 28,500.
Auxiliary Agencies and Other Activities. 15,570.
Capital Outlay 1,500.
Vocational School Tuition 6,500.
$653,217.
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On being put to a rising vote, 79 voted in the affirmative and 96 in the negative and the Moderator declared the mo- tion lost.
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted :
I General Control $ 16,295.00
II Instructional Service
506,187.00
III Operation of School Plant 73,400.00
IV Maintenance of School Plant 28,500.00
V Auxiliary Agencies and other activi- ties .
15,019.00
Capital Outlay : New Auto, $606, less
allowance for old car, $125, net ap- propriation 481.00
VI Capital Outlay
1,500.00
VII Vocational School Tuition
5,000.00
$646,382.00
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: to adjourn.
The Meeting adjourned at 11:10 P. M.
A True Record: Attest :
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
March 31, 1937.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment on March 19, 1937 the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Wed- nesday, March 31, 1937 at 8:00 P. M., notices having been sent by mail to the Town Meeting Members, and posted in the various precincts.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members was used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and seventy-seven members attended the meeting.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:10 P. M.
Town Meeting Members not already sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
Mr. Estabrook requested that Selectman Lowe, Secre- tary Golden and Town Counsel White be permitted to sit with the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, which was granted.
On motion of Mr. Estabrook:
Voted: That if all business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not, disposed of on this date the meeting adjourn to Wednesday evening, April 7, 1937 at 8.00 P. M.
The Moderator declared number 35 of Article 4 before the meeting.
Mr. Hennessy offered the following substitute motion which on being put to a vote failed to carry.
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Robbins Library and Branches (Trustees of the Robbins Library)
Personal Services
$17,800.00
Material and Expenses
11,200.00
(Includes Dog Tax) $29,000.00
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: (Unanimously)
Personal Services
$17,800.00
Material and Expenes
8,500.00
(Includes Dog Tax)
$26,300.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Voted: (Unanimously)
36. Public Parks Department (Board of Park Commissioners)
Personal Services $ 5,451.50
(Superintendent, $2,007.50; Police Duty,
$340; Clerk, $104; Wages, $3,000)
Material and Expenses 1,960.00
$ 7,411.50
Voted (Unanimously)
36a. Warren A. Peirce Playground (School Committee and Board of Park Com- missioners) Expenses : Loam for football and baseball fields
$500.00
Grass seed
100.00
$600.00
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Voted: (Unanimously) 37. Pensions (Board of Selectmen) $14,129.73
Voted: (Unanimously)
38. Memorial Day (Board of Selectmen)
To be expended as follows :
Local Tent of the Daughters of Union Vet- erans and Local Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans $125.00
Local Post of United Spanish War Veter-
200.00
ans
Arlington Post No. 39, American Legion 300.00
Post 1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars
250.00
$875.00
Patriots' Day (Board of Selectmen)
$125.00
39. Printing Town Reports (Board of Select- men)
Mr. Chamberlain offered a substitute motion that the sum of $1208.55 be substituted for the sum of $1,000.00 for printing town reports as recommended by the Finance Com- mittee which was carried.
Voted: (Unanimously)
40. Insurance (Board of Selectmen) Including among other purposes, the protection of the Town's interest in real estate held by it under purchases and takings for non-pay- ment of taxes, as provided in GeneralLaws, Chapter 40, Section 5, clause (38)
$12,240.00
Voted: (Unanimously) Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund (Board of Selectmen) $ 7,000.00
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Municipal Insurance Fund (Board of Se- lectmen) No Appropr'n
Voted: (Unanimously)
41. Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses owned by the Town (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services: Janitors $ 1,515.00
Material and Expenses 2,150.00
$ 3,665.00
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
Voted: (Unanimously)
42. Water Department Maintenance (Board of Public Works)
Personal Services $ 5.096.00
(Water Register, $2,600; Clerks, $2,496)
2,000.00
Material and Expenses: Office Supplies . . Maintenance of Water System 44,500.00
Extension of Services for House Connec- tions
10,000.00
Meters for New Services
3,000.00
Capital Outlay : New Auto Truck with small pick-up Body 670.00
$65,266.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
43. Cemeteries (Board of Cemetery Commis- sioners)
Personal Services $20,150.00
(Superintendent, $3,120; Clerks, $1,230; Wages, $15,800)
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Material and Expenses
2,460.00
$22,610.00
Voted: (Unanimously)
44. Interest
$44,000.00
Maturing Town Debt
$162,500.00
Sinking Fund
$3,000.00
There being no further business under Article 4 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 5 taken up. (Treasurer: Power to Borrow).
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1938, in anticipa- tion 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 such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and any amendments thereof: any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1938.
There being no further business under article 5 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 6 taken up. (Collector of Taxes: Means of Col- lecting)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Collector of Taxes be and hereby is authorized to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1937, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
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There being no further business under Article 6 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 7 taken up. (Extension of Water Mains)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of Thirty-one thousand five hundred ($31,500) dollars be and hereby is ap- propriated for the extension of water mains; said appropria- tion to be raised by general tax and expended under the di- rection of the Board of Public Works substantially as fol- lows :
Laying and relaying water mains of not
less than six inches in diameter $30,000.00
Tools and Equipment 1,500.00
$31,5000.00
There being no further business under Article 7 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 8 taken up. (Extension of Sewerage System)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of twenty-one thousand five hundred ($21,500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of the Sewerage System; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works substantially as follows :
Extension of Sewers
$20,000.00
Resurfacing
500.00
Tools and Equipment
1,000.00
$21,500.00
There being no further business under Article 8 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 9 taken up. (Extension of Storm Drains)
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Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of eight thousand five hundred (8,500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of storm drains in the year 1937; said ap- propriation to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 9 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 10 taken up. (Widening of Mill Brook.)
Voted (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the Widen- ing and Improving of Mill Brook for Storm Drain purposes ; said sum to raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 10 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 11 taken up. (Sidewalks and Edgestones)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the con- struction of sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones in the year 1937; that for this purpose the sum of one thou- sand (1000) dollars be taken from the unexpended approp- riation made for the acquisition of easements in land adjoin- ing the location of ways by vote passed under article 21 of the warrant for the annual meeting or 1934, the sum of one thousand (1000) dollars be taken from the unexpended ap- propriation made for the acquisition of easements in land ad- joining the location of ways by vote passed under article 21 of the warrant for the annual meeting of 1935, and the sum of three thousand (3000) dollars be taken from the available unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the con- struction of ways by vote passed under article 20 of the warrant for the annual meeting of 1935; said appropriation of five thousand (5,000) dollars to be expended under the di- rection of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
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There being no further business under Article 11 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 12 taken up. (Laying Out of Endicott Road)
Voted: (Unanimously) That 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 more particularly described in Article 12 of the Warrant, un- der the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 12 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 13 taken up. (Laying Out of Kilsythe Road.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That 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 more particularly described in Article 13 of the warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Work, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 13 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 14 taken up. (Laying Out of Lanark Road.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That 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 more particulary described in Article 14 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better-
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ments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 14 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 15 taken up. (Laying Out of Lennon Road.) .
Voted: (Unanimously) That 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 more particularly described in Article 15 of the warrant under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
There being no further business under Article 15 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 16 taken up. (Laying Out of Parker Street.)
Voted (Unanimously) That 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 more particularly described in Article 16 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way es- tablished and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way. ,
There being no further business under Article 16 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 17 taken up. (Laying Out of Richheld Road)
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Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Victoria Road to south of Montrose Avenue, sub- tantially in the location of the private way known as Rich- field Road, as more particularly described in Article 17 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
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