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There being no further business under Article 56 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 57 taken up. (Reclamation Plant)
On motion duly made and seconded it was voted to lay Article 57 on the table.
On motion duly made and seconded it was voted to take up Article 3.
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Selectmen-Other Town Officers and Committees)
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Mr. Joseph Peterson presented the report of the Com- mittee appointed to consider methods of disposal of ashes, rubbish and offal; and on motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously
Voted: That the report be received.
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: That Article 3 be laid on the table.
Article 57 :
The Moderator declared Article 57 before the meeting.
Mr. Dutcher offered the following as a substitute mo- tion for the recommendation of the Finance Committee, which was duly seconded :
That the sum of one hundred and eight thousand four hundred (108,400) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a building to be used for the purposes of the Board of Public Works as a plant for the disposal of rubbish and waste materials and otherwise, upon the land of the Town known as the Town Yard at Hobbs Court, in- cluding the cost of original equipment and furnishings thereof, substantially in accordance with plans, copies of which are contained in the report of the committee appoint- ed under vote of the Town passed under article 36 of the warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1936, article 3 of the warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1937 and article 39 of the warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1938, presented at this meeting; that for said purpose the sum of eighteen thousand four hundred (18,400) dollars be raised by general tax, and for the balance, ninety thousand (90,000) dollars, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of ninety thousand (90,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the Gen- eral Laws and all acts in addition thereto or in amendment thereof, so that the whole loan will be paid in not more than ten (10) years from the date of issue of the first bond or
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note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; and further, that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the said committee with the addition thereto of the present chairman of the Board of Public Works, any vacancy therein to be filled by the Mod- erator, said committee to have full charge of said construc- tion and full authority so to construct said building within the sum herein appropriated.
After much discussion a vote was taken and the Mod- erator declared the substitute motion lost.
On motion duly made and seconded on recommenda- tion of the Finance Committee it was
Voted: That the Town do not now construct or alter any building upon the land of the Town known as the Town Yard at Hobbs Court; and that the Town take no action under Article 57 of the warrant.
Thereupon, it was moved and duly seconded that the matter be referred back to the committee for further con- sideration and that the sum of $500. be and hereby is appro- priated for its expenses ; and on being put to a vote the Mod- erator declared the motion unanimously carried.
There being no further business under Article 57 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 52.
The Moderator declared Article 52 before the meeting, and called for a vote on the substitute motion of Mr. Lans- ing. A rising vote being taken, 53 voted in the affirmative and 89 in the negative, and the Moderator declared the motion lost.
On motion made by Mr. Knight and seconded, it was
Voted: That the Town do not amend Sections 2 and 3 of its Zoning By-Laws by striking out paragraph A. in each section and inserting in each place thereof a new paragraph A as described in detail in article No. 52 of the warrant for the meeting of March 15, 1939.
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There being no further business under Article 52 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 58 taken up. (Acquisition of Land for Disposal of Ashes, Refuse and Rubbish)
On motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously
Voted: That no action be taken under Article 58 of the warrant.
There being no further business under Article 58 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: That Article 3 be taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion duly made and seconded it was
Voted: to adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 11:35 P. M.
EARL A. RYDER,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the 9th day of October, 1939 at 8 o'clock, P. M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members, in accordance with, and subject to, the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.
Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 2. To see if the Town will make an additional appropriation or appropriations for public welfare including Aid, Aid to Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance and for Soldiers' Relief and Burials ; provide for all or any of these appropriations by borrowing under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1939, or the provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939 as amended by Chapter 453 of the Acts of 1939, or by transfer or otherwise; or take any action relative to all or any the foregoing.
Article 3. To see if the Town will make an additional appropriation to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the removal of ashes, offal and rubbish, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
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Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to expend portions of the appropriation made for payment of teachers, principals and supervisors under sub- item 2 of item 34 of the vote passed under article 4 of the warrant for the Annual Meeting of this year, for other pur- poses as follows :
Operation of School Plant Personal Services $1,400.00
Maintenance of School Plant Personal Services 100.00 Auxiliary and Other Activities Personal Services Others 350.00
TOTAL $1,850.00
or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 5. To see if the Town will accept the establish- ment of exterior lines of a way from Spring Street to the Concord Turnpike in the location shown upon the plan here- inafter mentioned, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly de- scribed as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- easterly side line of Concord Turnpike and the southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road, said point being 12.97 feet south- east of a Massachusetts highway bound, thence northwest- erly on said northeasterly side line of said Concord Turn- pike, a distance of 12.97 feet to a Mass. highway bound at a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike, thence continuing northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike on a curve to
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the left with a radius of 3050.0 feet a distance of 76.71 feet to a point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Concord Turnpike and the northwesterly side line of Hills- dale Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Hillsdale Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.03 feet a distance of 30.01 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Hillsdale Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Hillsdale Road, a distance of 47.9 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Hillsdale Road, thence northeasterly, northerly, and northwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 29.28 feet a distance of 40.02 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Hillsdale Road and the pro- posed southwesterly side line of Spring Street, thence north- easterly through private lands a distance of 8.48 feet to the existing southwesterly side line of Spring Street, thence southeasterly on said existing southwesterly side line of Spring Street a distance of 88 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said existing southwesterly side line of Spring Street and the southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 16.43 feet a distance of 29.7 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 80 feet a distance of 15.35 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Hills- dale Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Hillsdale Road a distance of 40.31 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road, thence southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Hillsdale Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.36 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled: "Board of Survey Plan & Profile of Hillsdale Road, Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 20' Vert. 1" = 3' Jan. 17, 1939, James M. Keane, Town Eng."
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Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the establish- ment of exterior lines of a way from a point about 290 feet northerly of Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropria- tion therefor including damages ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly de- scribed as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southeast- erly side line of Dow Avenue and the northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street, said point being 14.21 feet southwest of a stone bound at an angle point in Dow Avenue, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 35.33 feet, to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street a distance of 146.03 feet to an angle point in said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street, thence south- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street a distance of 72.0 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Renfrew Street, thence southwesterly across said Renfrew Street and by lot 36A a distance of 44.64 feet to the southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street, thence north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street a distance of 88.8 feet to an angle point in said southwester- ly side line of Renfrew Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street a distance of 156.5 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street and the southeasterly side line of Dow Avenue, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Dow Avenue a distance of 61.84 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled: "Board of Survey Plan & Profile of Renfrew Street, Arlington, Mass. Scales
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Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Dec. 17, 1938, James M. Keane, Town Eng."
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000.) or sums totaling elev- en thousand dollars ($11,000.) for the purpose of establish- ing a minimum wage for laborers employed by the Board of Public Works at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per eight hour day, said sum or sums to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters)
Article 8. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District the area now included in a single residence district, bounded and described as fol- lows :
Beginning at a point on the South side of Massachu- setts Avenue where the land of Houston and the land of Spaulding meet, thence running easterly on the south side of said Massachusetts Avenue about 140.01 feet to a point on said southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue; thence turning by a curve to the right at the junction of Burton Street and said Massachusetts Avenue and running by said curved line about 74.88 feet to a point on the westerly side of said Burton Street; thence continuing on the westerly side of said Burton Street in a southerly direction about 109.81 feet; thence turning and running northwesterly about 105.58 feet and continuing in a westerly direction about 20 feet to land of said Spaulding; thence turning and running in a northerly direction, about 91.71 feet to the point of beginning.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters)
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed
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copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this twenty- fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
ERNEST W. DAVIS HAROLD M. ESTABROOK WILLIAM C. ADAMS
Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., Oct. 4, 1939.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named by caus- ing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, place and object of the meet- ing was published in the local papers.
(Signed) JAMES J. GOLDEN, JR.
Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Arlington, Mass., October 9, 1939.
Pursuant to the warrant of the Selectmen served ac- cording to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arl- ington, by a constable of the said Town and notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Monday, October 9, 1939, at 8:00 in the evening.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances to 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 forty-five attended the meeting.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:20 P. M.
The Moderator asked if there were any Town Meeting Members who had not already been sworn; apparently all had been sworn.
Mr. Davis asked that Selectman Estabrook, Mr. Golden, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen, and Mr. White, the Town Counsel, be allowed to sit with him, and his re- quest was granted.
The Town Clerk read the call and the Constable's Re- turn of the Warrant; the reading of the remainder of the Warrant was waived by consent of the meeting.
On motion of Mr. Davis, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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Voted: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at this session, when the meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Monday evening, Octo- ber 16, 1939 at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Davis, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That Article 1 be taken up.
Article 1 taken up (Reports of Committees)
On motion of Mr. Cousins, duly seconded, it was unan- imously
Voted: That the report of the Finance Committee as presented in printed form be now received.
On motion of Mr. Cousins, duly seconded, it was unan- imously
Voted: That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Cousins, duly seconded, it was unan- imously
Voted: That the remaining articles in the warrant be now taken up separately 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 respective articles as they appear in said report.
Article 2 taken up (Public Welfare, Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance and Soldiers' Relief)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That the amounts hereinafter stated be and hereby are appropriated for the following purposes :
(a) Public Welfare including aid $3,500.00
(b) Aid to Dependent Children 4,000.00
(c) Old Age Assistance 15,000.00
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and that to meet said appropriations the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of twenty two thousand five hundred (22,500) dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor, all under the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1939; and that all said appropriations be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.
There being no further business under Article 2 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 3 taken up. (Additional Appropriation for Re- moval of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish)
Mr. Loren Marsh offered the following substitute mo- tion which, on being put to a vote, the Moderator declared lost :
That the additional sum of eight thousand, six hundred (8,600.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the removal of ashes, offal and rubbish and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of eight thousand, six hundred (8,600.00) dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor, all under the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1939; and that said appro- priation be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
On the recommendation of the Finance Committee it was unanimously
Voted: That the additional sum of thirty-six hundred (3,600) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the re- moval of ashes, offal and rubbish; and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum, and to issue a note or notes therefor, under the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933 as most recently amended by Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1939; and that said appropria-
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tion be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 3 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 4 taken up. (Transfer of Appropriations- School Department)
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That the sum of eighteen hundred fifty (1,850) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the School De- partment, to be expended by the School Committee in con- nection with personal services as follows: Operation of School Plant, fourteen hundred (1,400) dollars; Mainte- nance of School Plant, one hundred (100) dollars; Auxil- iary and Other Activities, three hundred fifty (350) dollars; said sum of eighteen hundred fifty (1,850) dollars to be transferred from the unexpended amount of the appropria- tion made for payment of teachers, principals and super- visors under sub-item 2 of item 34 of the vote passed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the annual meeting of this year.
There being no further business under Article 4 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was, by rising vote, 90 voting YES and 38 NO.
Voted: To reconsider Article 4.
After reconsideration of Article 4, previously unani- mously passed, as above, the Moderator called for a vote thereon, and declared the motion lost.
There being no further business under Article 4 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 5 taken up. (Exterior Lines: Spring Street to the Concord Turnpike)
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The Finance Committee recommended the following:
Voted: That the establishment of exterior lines of a way from Spring Street to the Concord Turnpike, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works and more particu- larly described in Article 5 of the Warrant, be and hereby is accepted, said lines established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose; and that the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be and hereby is appropri- ated for the purpose, including land damages ; and that said sum be taken from the unexpended balance of the appropri- ation made for the construction of ways by vote passed March 30, 1938, under Article twenty-three (23) of the warrant for the annual meeting of that year; and that said sum be expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
On being put to a vote the Moderator declared the motion lost. The vote was doubted and the moderator called for a rising vote which resulted in 56 voting YES and 56 NO, a tie; again a rising vote was requested with the result that 67 voted in the affirmative and 65 in the nega- tive, and the Moderator declared the motion carried.
There being no further business under Article 5 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 6 taken up (Exterior Lines: Renfrew Street)
The Finance Committee recommended the following :
Voted: That the establishment of exterior lines of a way from a point about 290 feet northerly of Florence Av- enue to Dow Avenue as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works and more particularly described in Article 6 of the Warrant, be and hereby is accepted, said lines es- tablished and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose; that the sum of two hundred (200) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose, including land damages ; and that said sum be taken from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the construction of
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ways by vote passed March 30, 1938, under Article twenty- three (23) of the Warrant for the annual meeting of that year; and that said sum be expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
A vote being taken the Moderator declared the motion lost; the vote being doubted a rising vote was taken, 72 voting in the affirmative and 58 in the negative, the Modera- tor. declared the motion carried.
There being no further business under Article 6 the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 7 taken up. (Minimum Wage for Board of Pub- lic Works Laborers)
The Finance Committee recommended that no appropri- ation be made under this article.
Mr. Lansing offered the following substitute motion which the Moderator ruled out of order :
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty- five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be expended by the Board of Public Works, to equalize wages paid to employees within the department, under the various Civil Service Classifica- tions, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.
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