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Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers : a Moderator for one year ; a Selectman for three years ; a mem- ber of the Board of Public Works for three years ; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years ; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Wid- ows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of Town Meeting Members as here- inafter specified : in Precincts 6, 8, 9 and 11, the first third in the order of votes received, of members so elected, to serve three years, the second third in such order to serve two years, and the remaining third in such order to serve one year: in Precinct 1, five such members for three years; in Precinct 2,
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seven such members for three years; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years, one such member for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 4, six such mem- bers for three years ; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years, two such members for two years and one such member for one year ; in Precinct 6, eighteen such members ; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years; in Precinct 8, eighteen such members; in Precinct 9, fifteen such members; in Pre- cinct 10, six such members for three years and two such mem- bers for one year; in Precinct 11, eighteen such members; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years; in Precinct 14, six such members for three years and one such member for one year.
For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. 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, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, entrance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Precincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic Street; Precincts Ten and Twelve, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Precinct Eleven, in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massachusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Precinct Fourteen, in the Locke School Building, en- trance on Park Avenue, Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhab- itants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of March, 1938, at eight o'clock in the eve- ning, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting mem- bers, in accordance with, and subject to, the referenda pro- vided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.
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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.
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 estimates 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 15, 1936, to study the general 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 committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To make appropriations to defray Town obliga- tions, 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 Appeals ; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Contributory Retirement System ; Treasurer's Department ; Collector's Department ; As- sessors' Department ; Legal Department ; Claims ; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engineering Work; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; Board of Survey; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police Department; Fire De- partment ; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire De- partment ; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression ; Tree Warden's Department; Health Department; Vital Statistics ; Inspector of Animals; Sewer- age System Maintenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway
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Division; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Fire and Police Signals; Public Wel- fare Department; Old Age Assistance; District and Other Nurses ; State and Military Aid; Soldiers' Relief and Burials ; Schools ; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pensions ; Memorial Day ; Printing Town Reports; Insurance ; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Patriots' Day ; Menotomy 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 treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1939, 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 Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1938 which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appropriation 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 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Water Mains; 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 appropriation for the Extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; to take any action relating thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Widening and Improving of Mill Brook for Storm
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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 appropriation for the Removal of Snow and Ice; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended or take any action re- lating thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the extension of water main in Brand Street, deter- mine 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 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the in- stalling of edgestones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Allen Street to Foster Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Andrew Street as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk 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; 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 fol- lows :
Section 1
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Andrew Street and the southeasterly side line of Allen Street, then southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a
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point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street, a distance of 140 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeast- erly on said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street and the northwesterly side line of Adams Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Adams Street, a distance of 80 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection on said northwesterly side line of Adams Street and the southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence continuing northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Andrew Street, a distance of 140 feet to a point of curce in said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street and the southeasterly side line of Allen Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Allen Street, a distance of 80 feet to the point of beginning.
Section 2
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the southeasterly side line of Adams Street and the northeast- erly side line of Andrew Street, thence southwesterly, south- erly, and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of An- drew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street, thence con- tinuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of An- drew Street, a distance of 140 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street, thence southeasterly,
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easterly, and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Andrew Street and the northwest- erly side line of Foster Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Foster Street, a distance of 80 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Foster Street and the southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence northeasterly, northerly, and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, a distance of 140 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet, a distance of 31.42 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Andrew Street and the southeasterly side line of Adams Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Adams Street, a distance of 80 feet to the point of be- ginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile of An- drew Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', March, 1920, 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 Columbia Road to Winchester Road, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Bradley Road as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments; 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 relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as fol- lows :
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Beginning at a concrete bound at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Columbia Road and the southwest- erly side line of Bradley Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 75.0 feet, a distance of 53.49 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, a distance of 271.43 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southwest- erly side line of Bradley Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 44.45 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Brad- ley Road and the southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Win- chester Road, a distance of 92.02 feet to the point of intersec- tion of said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road and the northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 34.13 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, a distance of 220.91 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said northeast- erly side line of Bradley Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 55.31 feet to the point of in- tersection of said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road and the westerly side line of Columbia Road, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 423.1 feet, a distance of 90.84 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Columbia Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road, a distance of 48.68 feet to the point of begin- ling as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled : "Plan and Profile of Bradley Road, Petitioned for by Wm. S. Fairchild, Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', August, 1926, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Summer Street to Mystic Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Brookdale Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments; 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 relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as fol- lows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Summer Street and the north- westerly side line of Brookdale Road, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.00 feet, a dis- tance of 33.22 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road, a distance of 366.57 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 44.57 feet, a distance of 37.60 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Brookdale Road and the west- erly side line of Mystic Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 441.36 feet, a distance of 100.21 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Mystic Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Street, a distance of 11.59 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Mystic Street and the southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road, thence north- westerly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 51.77 feet to a stone bound at a point
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of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road, a distance of 291.79 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road, thence southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.29 feet, a distance of 47.44 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Brookdale Road and the northeasterly side line of Summer Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Summer Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 222.04 feet, a distance of 14.28 feet to a point of tan- gency in said northeasterly side line of Summer Street, thence continuing northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 80.62 feet to the point of begin- ning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Street Plan, Brookdale Road, Arlington, Mass., Hor. Scale 1 in. = 40 ft., Ver. Scale 1 in. = 6 feet., February 29, 1928, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont."
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Davis Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk 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; 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 fol- lows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Davis Road, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Davis Road, a distance of 415.56 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Davis Road
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and the northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 778.90 feet, a distance of 40.33 feet to the point of intersection of said north- easterly side line of Paul Revere Road and the northwesterly side line of Davis Road, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Davis Road, a distance of 405.74 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Davis Road and the southwesterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 42.12 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan Showing Pro- posed Street in Arlington, Mass., from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Street, Petitioned for by M. A. Davis, Scale 40' and 6' == 1", May, 1898, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 18. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Summer Street to Forest Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Park Ave- nue Extension, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk 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 ; 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 fol- lows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeast- ly side line of Summer Street and the northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, on a curve to the left with a radius of 50.0 feet, a distance of 66.08 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Park Avenue Extension, a distance of
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279.40 feet to an angle point in said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, a dis- tance of 347.10 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence northeasterly, north- erly, and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, on a curve to the left with a radius of 152.12 feet, a distance of 194.34 feet to the point of inter- section of said northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Exten- sion and the southwesterly side line of Heard Road, thence northeasterly through said Heard Road, a distance of 31 feet, more or less, to a point on the southwesterly side line of For- est Street, thence southerly and southeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Forest Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 372.86 feet, a distance of 145.0 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 43.31 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Forest Street and the south- easterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence north- westerly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 20.60 feet to a point of tan- gency in said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Exten- sion, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, a distance of 403.72 feet to an angle point in said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, a distance of 276.87 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Exten- sion, thence southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 45.50 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Extension, and the northeasterly side line of Summer Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 112.31 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled : "Plan and
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profile of Park Avenue Extension, Arlington Heights, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', November, 1925, C. H. Gan- nett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston," and the other entitled : "Plan and profile of Park Avenue Extension, Arlington, Mass, showing proposed lines and grades, petitioned for by Jenney M. Varney, Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', July, 1915, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
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