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Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., Nov. 1, 1946.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the times and places and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at
165
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every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an at- tested 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 pre- cinct in the Town. A notice of the time, places and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
JAMES J. GOLDEN, JR., Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass. Arlington, Mass., November 5, 1946.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Tuesday, the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six at seven o'clock in the forenoon; the election of- ficers, duly appointed by the Selectmen, and sworn to the faithful performance of their duties were assigned to the various precincts.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock in the morning and remained open until eight o'clock in the evening at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
The ballots were counted by the election officers and encased in boxes, which were locked and sealed, and the same delivered by direction of the Town Clerk to the Police Station where they were placed under police guard until after the expiration of the time within which a petition for recount might be filed.
The Precinct Officers in each Precinct made their returns to the Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk, who with the assistance of Messrs. Clarence Needham, Timothy J. Buck- ley, Dennis I. Donahue and Arthur P. Wyman, canvassed the same with the following results.
Total number of ballots cast 18,634
166
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Precinct
1
1149
2
1582
998 3
4
1308
5
1058
6
1331
7
1304
8
1536
9
1143
1462 10
11
1288
12
1693
13
1230
14
1552
GOVERNOR
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Robert F. Bradford ....
673
984
639
825
479 1,029
597
Maurice J. Tobin.
463
573
352
469
552
294
692
Horace I. Hillis.
4
8
1
1
6
3
2
Guy S. Williams
0
2
0
2
2
1
0
Blanks
9
15
6
11
19
4
13
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13 14 Total 803 1,129 12,401
Maurice J. Tobin.
294
333
305
489
386
415
399
6,016
Horace I. Hillis.
2
0
6
7
1
2
9
52
Guy S. Williams
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
14
Blanks
7
11
10
16
9
10
11
151
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Precinct
1
2
3
4 731
5 392
6 982
491
Paul A. Dever
532
695
420
553
636
325
790
Alfred Erickson
1
6
0
0
0
3
0
Francis A. Votano
5
5
2
5
6
4
2
Blanks
12
32
8
19
24
17
21
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Arthur W. Coolidge ..
1,162
740 1,070
704 1,194
714 1,061 11,252
Paul A. Dever.
357
390
371
546
488
498
457
7,058
Alfred Erickson
2
2
1
5
2
0
4
26
Francis A. Votano ....
1
2
9
9
1
4
11
66
Blanks
14
9
11
24
8
14
19
232
7
Arthur W. Coolidge ..
599
844
568
776 1,295
Robert F. Bradford ...
1,233
798 1,141
167
TOWN RECORDS
SECRETARY
Precinct
1
2
3 666
874
5 6 498 1,060
7 686
Benedict F. FitzGerald, Jr.
428
536
315
401
519
244
566
Malcolm T. Rowe ......
6
13
1
4
6
6
3
Blanks
12
38
16
29
35
21
49
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Frederic W. Cook ...... 1,273
830 1,175
846 1,351
840 1,185 12,982
Benedict F. FitzGerald, Jr.
243
279
266
405
321
353
331
5,207
Malcolm T. Rowe ..
6
5
6
8
3
7
10
84
Blanks
14
29
15
29
18
30
26
361
TREASURER
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 408
6 986
518
John E. Hurley
508
632
409
503
608
316
741
Lawrence Gilfedder ..
5
8
0
5
10
5
4
Charles E. Vaughan ..
1
3
0
1
1
3
3
Blanks
12
39
16
28
31
21
38
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
Laurence Curtis
1,174
770 1,101
751 1,255
759 1,093 11,682
John E. Hurley
331
351
337
497
408
442
425
6,508
Lawrence Gilfedder ..
6
4
6
7
3
7
9
79
Charles E. Vaughan ..
1
1
2
1
5
1
3
26
Blanks
24
17
16
32
22
21
22
339
AUDITOR
Precinct
1
2
3 436
4
5 644
6 351
796
Russell A. Wood.
583
831
542
710
374
946
451
Pearl J. McGlynn.
4
10
2
3
4
7
7
Robert A. Simons.
2
5
0
1
1
0
2
Blanks
21
41
18
39
35
27
48
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total 7,104
Russell A. Wood.
1,149
730 1,030
688 1,188
712 1,049 10,983
Pearl J. McGlynn. ....
2
2
7
8
4
7
12
79
Robert A. Simons.
2
3
2
3
3
0
3
27
Blanks
27
21
30
35
38
31
30
441
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Clarence A. Barnes ....
651
893
641
837
447 1,044
614
7
Laurence Curtis
623
900
573
771
Thomas J. Buckley.
539
695
555
554
460
480
458
Thomas J. Buckley ....
356
387
393
4
Frederic W. Cook. ....
703
995
7
168
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Francis E. Kelly.
467
619
327
423
569
245
620
William F. Oro
7
11
2
6
6
2
10
Howard B. Rand.
2
7
1
3
1
9
2
Blanks
22
52
27
39
35
31
58
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Clarence A. Barnes ..
1,241
· 828 1,142
775 1,305
784 1,102 12,304
Francis E. Kelly.
250
288
275
1 462
346
419
396
5,706
William F. Oro.
6
2
9
9
7
7
11
95
Howard B. Rand.
4
2
6
2
4
2
5
50
Blanks
35
23
30
40
31
18
38
479
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Precinct
1
2
3
4 856
5
6
7
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 706 1,040
650
497 1,048
676
David I. Walsh.
419
506
336
422
535
260
612
Henning A. Blomen ..
5
9
2
5
7
4
3
Mark R. Shaw.
1
3
0
0
1
2
0
Blanks
.18
24
10
25
18
17
13
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
1,267
835 1,167
827 1,315
836 1,149 12,869
David I. Walsh .. ...
247
296
270
428
358
366
375
5,430
Henning A. Blomen ..
2
2
7
5
5
2
10
68
Mark R. Shaw.
0
1
4
2
3
2
1
20
Blanks
20
9
14
26
12
24
17
247
CONGRESSMAN -- FIFTH DISTRICT
Precinct
1
2
3
4 403
5 402
6 217
377
Edith. Nourse Rogers
787 1,046
738
879
623 1,099
905
Harriet Slade
2
5
1
4
2
1
1
Blanks
22
25
15
22
31
14
21
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Oliver S. Allen
247
196
252
306
329
283
320
4,420
Edith Nourse Rogers 1,267
933 1,186
954 1,343
919 1,204 13,883
Harriet Slade
0
2
4
3
2
5
3
35
Blanks
22
12
20
25
19
23
25
296
COUNCILLOR - SIXTH DISTRICT
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 626
6 306
747
Victor A. Friend
562
819
538
740
372
966
471
Blanks
46
75
54
58
60
59
86
Precinct
8
9
. 10
11
12
13
14
Total
John F. Casey.
323
350
334
518
386
436
410
6,581
7
John F. Casey.
541
688
406
510
7
Oliver S. Allen
338
506
244
169
TOWN RECORDS
Victor A. Friend.
1,162
743 1,077
702 1,249
742 1,077 11,220
Blanks
51
50
51
68
58
52
65
833
SENATOR - SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 589
291
729
Harris S. Richardson
602
850
566
759
398
982
486
Blanks
44
93
54
74
71
58
89
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
James A. Cullen.
300
347
321
506
384
418
403
6,283
Harris S. Richardson 1,176
746 1,085
721 1,249
750 1,085 11,455
Blanks
60
50
56
61
60
62
64
896
TWO - REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT TWENTY-FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
-
Precinct
1
3
5
Total
T. Edward Corbett
472
378
583
1,433
John F. Foster
544
509
352
1,405
Allan Roy Kingston.
483
451
286
1,220
Joseph F. McEvoy, Jr.
467
379
55
1,403
Blanks
332
279
338
949
-
TWO - REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT TWENTY-EIGHTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Precinct
2
4
6
7
8
9
Hollis M. Gott.
794
678
870
477 1,068
711
Henry E. Keenan
762
579
456
776
505
429
Hallam T. Ring
657
593
776
392
896
602
Joseph S. Vahey.
485
396
261
550
289
265
Edward T. Ryan.
1
Blanks
466
370
299
413
313
279
Precinct
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Hollis M. Gott.
991
661 1,144
666
919
8,979
Henry E. Keenan
477
604
556
521
563
6,228
Hallam T. Ring
875
574
980
601
823
7,769
Joseph S. Vahey
304
409
366
359
402
4,086
Edward T. Ryan.
1
Blanks
277
328
340
313
397
3,795
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - NORTHERN DISTRICT
Precinct
1
2
3 390
4 533
5
6 304
738
George E. Thompson
597
848
568
726
390
980
502
Blanks
45
75
40
49
52
47
64
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 Total
....
503
639
378
475
6
7
7
John F. Kelley
507
659
616
James A. Cullen.
170
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
John F. Kelley ............
316
357
343
521
395
442
421
6,542
George E. Thompson 1,173
746 1,076
713 1,259
736 1,084 11,398
Blanks ....
....
47
40
43
54
39
52
47
694
CLERK OF COURTS- MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
John F. Ferrick.
495
637
373
509
593
288
700
Frederic L. Putnam
600
864
568
735
396
967
504
Blanks
54
81
57
64
69
76
100
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
John F. Ferrick
327
351
324
498
391
426
400
6,312
Frederic L. Putnam 1,156
742 1,072
729 1,245
752 1,085 11,415
Blanks
53
50
66
61
57
52
67
907
REGISTER OF DEEDS - MIDDLESEX SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Precinct
1
2
3
4 383
5 448
217
560
Albert T. Gutheim ....
715
989
664
851
533 1,043
633
Blanks
52
81
53
74
77
71
111
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
John J. Butler.
231
289
260
399
328
339
334
4,963
Albert T. Gutheim.
1,251
805 1,146
825 1,305
841 1,159 12,760
Blanks
54
49
56
64
60
50
59
911
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Precinct
1
2
3
4 538
5
6 308
749
Melvin G. Rogers ......
572
820
533
695
364
948
455
Blanks
60
94
56
75
71
75
100
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Thomas B. Brennan ..
334
381
351
527
417
457
438
6,717
Melvin G. Rogers.
1,139
706 1,042
699 1,210
715 1,044 10,942
Blanks
63
56
69
62
66
58
70
975
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX COUNTY (to fill vacancy)
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
Edwin O. Childs.
899 1,205
759 1,009
693 1,120
887
Luke Manning
1
· William F. Holian
250
377
239
298
211
417
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Edwin O. Childs.
1,343
922 1,262
978 1,434
984 1,308 14,803
6
7
John J. Butler.
382
512
281
Thomas B. Brennan ..
517
668
409
7
623
1 364
Blanks
171
TOWN RECORDS
Luke Manning .....
1
William F. Holian ....
1
Blanks
193
221
200
310
259
246
244
3,829
QUESTION NO. 1-OLD AGE
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
347
448
250
384
313
247
374
NO
494
690
491
577
347
824
537
Blanks
308
444
257
347
398
260
393
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
353
268
380
401
409
393
459
5,026
NO
877
591
735
572
923
497
724
8,879
Blanks
306
284
347
315
361
340
369
4,729
QUESTION NO. 2- LABOR UNIONS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
572
699
507
700
379
914
572
NO
335
491
262
321
318
195
369
Blanks
242
392
229
287
361
222
363
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
1,000
689
853
642 1,039
621
828 10,015
NO
290
228
313
348
376
325
386
4,557
Blanks
246
226
296
298
278
284
338
4,062
SALE- ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
146
233
89
165
166
89
124
NO
908 1,194
843 1,005
759 1,174 1,045
Blanks
95
155
66
138
133
68
135
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
109
101
124
206
187
212
204
2,155
NO
1,335
961 1,213
968 1,384
887 1,190 14,866
Blanks
92
81
125
114
122
131 158
1,613
SALE - ALL WINES AND MALT BEVERAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
145
244
89
178
160
98
108
NO
895 1,153
831
969
745 1,138 1,042
Blanks
109
185
78
161
153
95
154
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
114
119
128
179
174
208
207
2,151
NO
1,308
927 1,191
952 1,355
869 1,162 14,537
Blanks
114
97
143
157
164
153 183
1,946
172
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SALE - ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PACKAGES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
251
436
157
306
246
197
212
NO
797
989
766
860
679 1,055
943
Blanks
101
157
75
142
133
79
149
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
241
236
320
379
403
401
460
4,245
NO
1,208
834 1,036
787 1,176
696
935 12,761
Blanks
87
73
106
122
114
133
157
1,628
HORSE RACES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 310
452
NO
604
759
559
644
479
917
692
Blanks
109
186
104
143
156
104
160
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
388
321
447
483
502
451
523
6,229
NO
1,045
726
885
679 1,060
613
848 10,510
Blanks
103
96
130
126
131
166
181
1,895
DOG RACES
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
386
590
281
441
368
252
410
NO
591
768
570
653
486
925
678
Blanks
172
224
147
214
204
154
216
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
319
257
368
411
416
390
449
5,338
NO
1,070
736
887
670 1,060
616
865 10,575
1
Blanks
147
150
207
207
217
224
238
2,721
JURY SERVICE - WOMEN
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
YES
527
693
408
630
428
689
535
NO
437
594
400
453
378
462
511
Blanks
185
295
190
225
252
180
258
Precinct
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
YES
819
557
686
630
898
600
808
8,908
NO
515
419
535
448
565
382
484
6,583
Blanks
202
167
241
210
230
248
260
3,143
A True Record of the Election, Attest:
EARL A. RYDER,
Town Clerk.
7
YES
436
637
335
521
423
173
TOWN RECORDS
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 inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the 2nd day of December, 1946 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 accept any of the provisions of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946, entitled "An Act to provide Housing for Veterans of World War II": will appropriate a sum of money to be expended therefor; determine in what manner the money, if any, shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Veterans' Housing.)
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to sell tax title land held by the town, with the assent of the Selectmen, to veterans and service men or women of World War II, for less than the Treasurer deems to be the fair market value; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Veterans' Housing.)
Article 4. To see if the town will make an appropria- tion for the Removal of Snow and Ice from the streets and
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sidewalks; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 5. To see if the town will indemnify Patrolmen Timothy T. Hourihan and James F. Ryan of the Police De- partment for expenses incurred by them in the defense of actions brought against them for acts done while acting as police officers ; will make an appropriation therefor; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of certain land now owned by the town; or take any action relating thereto.
Said land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Summer Street, located 9 feet more or less southeasterly of the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Summer Street and the southeasterly side line of Frank- lin Avenue, and on the easterly boundary line of lot Pt. 22, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Sum- mer Street, a distance of 193.09 feet to a point at the northerly boundary line of lot Pt. 7 & 8, thence south- westerly by said lot Pt. 7 & 8 a distance of 88.42 feet, to a point, thence northerly by lots 17, 18, 19 and Pt. 22 a distance of 171.64 feet to the point of beginning and con- taining 7588 Sq. Ft.
Article 7. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C. District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence B. District, and described as follows :
Southwesterly portion of two lots on Mass. Avenue, Northwest of Highland Avenue, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northwesterly side line of Highland Avenue at the Southwesterly boundary line of the
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Business A, District, thence Southwesterly on said North- westerly side line of Highland Avenue a distance of 88 feet more or less to the Northeasterly boundary line of Lot 5, thence Northwesterly by said Northeasterly boundary line of Lot 5 and Lot 6 and part of Lot 7, a distance of 177.0 feet to an angle point, thence Northeasterly by said Lot 7 a distance of 6.52 feet to an angle point, thence continuing Northeasterly on the Southeasterly boundary line of the premises now numbered 934 Mass. Avenue, a distance of 66 feet more or less to the Southwesterly boundary line of the Business A. District, thence Southeasterly through pri- vate lands, by said Southwesterly boundary line of the Business A. District and on a line 100 feet Southwest of and parallel to the Southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue a distance of 184 feet more or less to the point of beginning.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters.)
Article 8. To see if the town will amend its zoning laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C. District the area now included in the Residence A. District bounded as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of Pleasant Street and Oak Knoll, thence southwesterly and southerly on said center line of Pleasant Street a distance of 610 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said center line of Pleasant Street and the center line of Irving Street, thence northwesterly on said center line of Irving Street a distance of 220 feet more or less to a point on said center line of Irving Street, said point being 150 feet west- erly of the westerly side line of Pleasant Street, thence northerly and northeasterly through Irving Street, Private Lands and Oak Knoll on a line 150 feet southwest of, parallel to and concentric with the southwesterly side line of Pleas- ant Street a distance of 620 feet more or less to a point on the center line of Oak Knoll, thence southeasterly on said center line of Oak Knoll a distance of 185 feet more or less to the point of beginning.
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(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters.)
Article 9. To see if the town will make an appropriation of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suit- able headquarters for the Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detach- ment, Marine Corps League of Arlington; determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters.)
Article 10. To see if the Town will accept Section 30 of Chapter 149 of the General Laws as amended by Section 1, of Chapter 367 of the Acts of 1936; or take any action relating thereto.
· (Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters.)
Article 11. To see if the Town will take any action relative to providing special compensation for the year 1946 to enable elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town to meet the present abnormal increase in the cost of living; determine in what manner such compensation, if any, shall be raised and expended; or take any action re- lating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) registered voters.)
Article 12. To see if the town will accept Section 6 of Chapter 576 of the Acts of 1946; or take any action relating thereto.
(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 twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
JOSEPH PETERSON, WILLIAM C. ADAMS, HAROLD A. CAHALIN, Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Jr., Constable, Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex, ss.
Arlington, Nov. 30, 1946
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 specified by causing a printed attested copy of said warrant to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy of said warrant at the doors of the Town Hall and in two or more conspicuous places in each of the four- teen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. A notice of the time, place and objects of the meeting was published in a local paper.
JAMES J. GOLDEN, Jr., Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Arlington, December 2, 1946.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served ac- cording to law upon the inhabitants of Arlington by a Constable of said Town, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, and advertised in one local paper, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Monday evening, December 2, 1946.
Lists containing the names of Town Meeting Members of the fourteen precincts were used at the entrance to the meeting place and were in charge of James E. Sweeney and Philip T. Robinson; they were filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting and showed that one hundred and forty-nine Town Meeting Members and 9 Members-at-large attended.
The Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Davis, called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not previously sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
There being no objection to the request of Chairman Peterson, permission was granted to Messrs. Adams and Cahalin of the Board of Selectmen; Mr. Golden, the Secre- tary of the Board of Selectmen; Messrs. Smith and Marsh of the Board of Public Works, and Messrs. Young, Kimball, Fish, Wise, Putnam and Phinney of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Finance Com- mittee, to sit with him during the meeting.
The Town Clerk read the Call for the Meeting and the Constables return thereon, the reading of the remainder of the Warrant being waived by consent of the meeting.
Chairman Peterson offered the following, duly seconded :
That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at this session, when the
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meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Wednesday evening, Dec- ember 4, 1946 at 8 o'clock.
On motion, duly made and seconded, Mr. George Harris moved to amend Mr. Peterson's motion by striking out "Wednesday evening, December 4", and inserting "Thurs- day, evening, December 5", and it was carried-and
On motion, duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: (rising vote 76 voting YES and 44 voting NO).
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 Thursday evening, Decem- ber 5, 1946 at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Chairman Peterson, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That Article 1 be taken up.
Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the report of the Finance Committee as presented in its printed form be received.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded it was unanimously
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 Fi- nance 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.
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Article 2 taken up. (Housing for Veterans of World War II) .
On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That a Veterans Housing Committee be and hereby is established under authority of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946 to consist of three registered voters of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator.
For the purpose of providing shelter for veterans as defined under Section 3 of said Chapter 372, who are in- habitants of the Town of Arlington, the Committee is here- by authorized to carry out the provisions of said Chapter 372, to accomplish said purpose, except that it is not au- thorized to purchase or take land by eminent domain or sell tax title land now owned by the Town, and it is not authorized to carry out the provisions of Clause 3 of Sec- tion 6 of said Chapter 372 without further vote of the Town.
The Committee is also authorized and empowered to obtain the advice and assistance of housing and developing experts ; to prepare and procure area development plans, to procure and approve architects' plans of practical houses which may be economically constructed and will be in har- mony with the surroundings and natural development in the areas in which they are to be placed, and to make the same available to contractors, builders or veterans as de- fined in Section 3 of said Chapter 372. For said purposes and for purposes in connection therewith, the Committee is authorized to incur expense not in excess of $1,000.00, which amount is hereby transferred from the free cash now in the treasury of the Town.
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