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Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
WILLIAM C. ADAMS, HAROLD A. CAHALIN, JOSEPH PETERSON, 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, April 11, 1947.
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 purpose 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 fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. A notice of the times, places and object of the meeting was published in the local papers.
JAMES J. GOLDEN, JR., Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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REFERENDUM
Arlington, April 14, 1947.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the legal voters of the Town of Arlington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Monday, the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts.
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 Four- teen, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue, Heights.
The election officers, having been duly appointed by the Select- men, and sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, were assigned to the various precincts.
The necessary ballots prepared for each precinct and all other paraphernalia for the proper conduct of the election was supplied by the Town Clerk and turned over to the officers of the various precincts.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at two o'clock in the afternoon and remained open until nine o'clock in the eve- ning, 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 the police guard until after the expiration of the time within which a petition for recount might be filed.
The returns and keys to the ballot boxes from each precinct were turned over to the Town Clerk and with the assistance of the Registrars of Voters the returns were canvassed and the result announced.
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Precinct 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
Ballots Cast 650 813 545 674 650 828 779
Precinct 8
9 10
11 12 13 14 Total
Ballots Cast 973 742 951 859 992 662 920 11,038
The question involved in the vote passed at the Annual Repre- sentative Town Meeting held on the twelfth day of March, 1947, set forth in the warrant for this meeting was presented to the voters at large for determination by ballot under Section 10 of Chapter 43A of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
Precinct
1 2 3 183 215 112
4
5 6
7
YES
85 285 123 285 463 597 431 587 365 704 491
Blanks
4
1
2
2
0
1
3
Precinct 8
10
13 14 Total
YES
9 11 12 127 189 123 285 144 190 134 846 553 827 573 848 469 784
2,480
NO
8,538
Blanks
0
0
1
1
0
3
2 20
11,038
A true record of the Referendum. Attest:
EARL A. RYDER, Town Clerk.
NO
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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 inhabitants of the Town of Arlington to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1947, 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 take any action relative to providing special compensation for the year 1947, to enable elected and appointed officers and employees, exclusive of school teachers, 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 relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than two hundred (200) regis- tered voters.)
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to act as provided in Section 110A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as inserted by Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947, which act is entitled "An Act authorizing the closing of public offices in cities and towns on Saturdays," or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) regis- tered voters.)
Article 4. 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 partly in the Business A District and partly in the Residence B District, bounded and de- scribed as follows:
Beginning at a Stone Bound at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Oxford Street and the northeasterly side
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line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northwesterly along said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of one hundred seventy-seven and nineteen hundredths (177.19) feet to a point of curve on said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of twenty and no tenths (20.0) feet a distance of thirty-two and forty-nine hundredths (32.49) feet to a point of tangency on the southeasterly side line of Grafton Street, thence northeasterly along said southeasterly side line of Grafton Street, a distance of eighty-eight and eighty hundredths (88.80) feet to a point of curve on said southeasterly side line of Grafton Street, thence more northeasterly on a curve to the left with a radius of eight hundred eighty-eight and no tenths (888.0) feet a distance of ninety-nine and ninety hundredths (99.90) feet to a point of tangency on said southeasterly side line of Grafton Street, thence continuing northeasterly along said southeasterly side line of Graf- ton Street a distance of thirty-nine and sixty-one hundredths (39.61) feet to a point on the said southeasterly side line of Grafton Street, thence southeasterly by a line of two hundred fifty and no hundredths (250.00) feet from and parallel to the north- easterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of one hun- dred eighty (180) feet more or less to a point on the northwesterly side line of Oxford Street, thence southwesterly along said north- westerly side line of Oxford Street two hundred fifty and forty- three hundredths (250.43) feet to the point of beginning, and con- taining forty-seven thousand (47,000) square feet. All as shown on Block Plan No. 28, on file in the office of the Town Engineer.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) regis- tered voters.)
Article 5. 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 Business A District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence B District, bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side line of Bartlett Avenue said point being at the intersection of a line one hundred and no hundredths (100.0) feet from and parallel to the south- westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and said southeasterly side line of Bartlett Avenue, thence southwesterly along said southeasterly side line of Bartlett Avenue, a distance of eighty-nine (89) feet more or less to an angle point on said southeasterly side line of Bartlett Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly along said southeasterly side line of Bartlett Avenue a distance of forty-two and eighty-six hundredths (42.86) feet to a point on said south- easterly side line of Bartlett Avenue, thence southeasterly by prop- erty line of lot 2 a distance of one hundred fifty-two and fifty hun- dredths (152.50) feet to a point on the rear property line of part
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of lot 7, thence northeasterly along said rear property line of part of lot 7 and the northwesterly property line of property at No. 796 Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of one hundred eighty-two (182) feet more or less to a point on said northwesterly property line at No. 796 Massachusetts Avenue, thence northwesterly by a line one hundred (100) feet from and parallel to the southwesterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of one hundred sixty- nine (169) feet more or less to the point of beginning and contain- ing twenty-three thousand eight hundred eighteen (23,818) square feet more or less. All as shown on Block Plan No. 125 on file in the office of the Town Engineer.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) regis- tered voters.)
Article 6. 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; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Park Commissioners.)
Article 7. To see if the Town will amend or alter the sections and paragraphs hereinafter mentioned of Article 15 of the Town's by-laws known as the Building Code, in the manner hereinafter set forth; or will take any action relating to the amendment or alteration of said sections.
Division 9, Section 9-33, the fifth paragraph headed "Basement or Cellar Walls," by striking out the words "below grade" after the words "twelve (12) inches," and inserting in place thereof the words "at a point eight (8) inches above grade"; and inserting the following sentence, "Walls may be ten (10) inches thick if con- structed of poured concrete and if approved by the Inspector of Buildings" after the first sentence of said section as amended, so that the paragraph will then read:
"BASEMENT OR CELLAR WALLS. Foundation walls for frame dwellings not over 21/2 stories high shall not be less than eight (8) inches thick; such walls shall be increased to not less than twelve (12) inches at a point eight (8) inches above grade. Walls may be ten (10) inches thick if constructed of poured concrete and if approved by the Inspector of Buildings."
Division II, Section 11-8, by striking out the paragraph in re- gard to dormer windows found under the heading "Miscellaneous," which paragraph reads as follows:
"DORMER WINDOWS. Dormer windows hereafter erected shall be constructed in the same manner as the roof on which they are
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placed. The front, sides and top shall be covered with approved roofing."
Division 12 under the heading "Chimneys," by striking out paragraph (m), which said paragraph reads as follows:
"(m) KITCHEN CHIMNEY AND VENT FOR GAS STOVES AND HEATERS. Every building used for habitation shall have a separate kitchen flue or chimney of masonry lined with tile having an out- side dimension not less than 81/2 inches by 81/2 inches, or round tile not less than eight inches in diameter. No separate flue shall be re- quired in the kitchen or apartment houses where electricity is the sole medium for heat for cooking and the heating of water.
Division 13, paragraph (II), headed "Chimneys and Vents," by inserting the words, "as required by this Building Code," after the words "all gas appliances," so that the paragraph will then read:
"(II) In every tenement house thereafter erected there shall be adequate chimneys running through every floor for properly vent- ing all gas appliances, as required by this Building Code."
Division 16, by striking out the two consecutive paragraphs headed "Gas Stoves and Ranges" and "Distance from Woodwork," respectively, and inserting a new paragraph reading as follows:
"GAS APPLIANCES. No gas appliances shall be installed in loca- tions where their continued operation will raise the temperature of surrounding combustible material, including woodwork, more than ninety degrees (90°) Fahrenheit above the normal temperature of the room, unless adequate protection is provided satisfactory to the Inspector of Buildings."
Division 16, the second paragraph of the section headed "Gas Water Heaters," by striking out the words "ranges or heating ap- paratus" following the words "hot water heaters" and inserting in place thereof the words, "or space heating apparatus using more than ten cubic feet of gas per hour," so that the paragraph will then read:
"All gas burning hot water heaters or space heating apparatus using more than ten cubic feet of gas per hour shall be suitably connected by a suitable vent pipe to separate chimney flues or approved cast iron vents as provided by Division 12 of this Code." Size and Capacity of Vent Connections.
3 inch
Area 7.06 sq. in.
Cubic ft. of gas per hour 50 cu. ft.
4 inch
12.25 sq. in.
100 cu. ft.
5 inch
19.6 sq. in.
175 cu. ft.
6 inch
28.27 sq. in. 240 cu. ft.
7 inch
38.48 sq. in. 300 cu. ft.
8 inch
50.25 sq. in.
420 cu. ft.
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(Inserted at the request of the Committee Appointed to Investi- gate, Consider and Recommend Alterations and Changes to the Building Code.)
Article 8. To see if the Town will sell, convey or otherwise dispose of a certain parcel of land hereinafter described; or take any action relating thereto.
Said parcel of land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point of curve in the curbing, located on the southeasterly side of Park Avenue, approximately 50 feet south of the southwesterly side line of Prospect Avenue, thence northeast- erly, easterly and southeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 22.7 feet and by said curbing, a distance of 52.34 feet to a point of reverse curve in said curbing, thence southeasterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 171.27 feet and by said curbing a distance of 23.52 feet to a point of reverse curve in said curbing, thence southerly and southwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 10.0 feet and by said curbing, a distance of 19.64 feet to a point of reverse curve in said curbing, thence southwest- erly on a curve to the left with a radius of 200.0 feet and by said curbing a distance of 49.24 feet more or less to a point of reverse curve in said curbing, thence westerly, northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 10 feet and by said curb- ing, a distance of 23.78 feet to a point of tangency in said curbing, thence northwesterly by said curbing, a distance of 38.0 feet to the point of beginning.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works.)
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arling- ton to meet at the time and place herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed 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-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
WILLIAM C. ADAMS, JOSEPH PETERSON, HAROLD A. CAHALIN, Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES J. GOLDEN, JR., Constable, Town of Arlington.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
Arlington, May 16, 1947.
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 fourteen 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 the local papers.
JAMES J. GOLDEN, JR.,
Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Arlington, May 20, 1947.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according 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 adver- tised in two local papers, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Tuesday evening, May 20, 1947.
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 Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney; they were filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting and showed that one hundred seventy-six Town Meeting Members and eleven Members-at-large attended.
The Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Davis, called the meeting to order at 8:12 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not previously sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
There being no objection to the request of Chairman Adams, permission was granted to Messrs. Cahalin and Peterson of the Board of Selectmen; Mr. Golden, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen: Messrs. O'Neill and Wallace of the Board of Public Works; Mr. Hauser of the Board of Assessors; Messrs. Witherell, Fish, Wise, Halpin, Farrow, Putnam, Phinney and Young of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Finance Committee, to sit with him during the meeting.
The Town Clerk read the call for the meeting and the Con- stable's return thereon, the reading of the remainder of the War- rant being waived by consent of the meeting.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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 Tuesday evening, May 27, 1947, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That Article 1 be taken up.
Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
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On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: To accept the following Resolution offered by Mr. George A. Harris relating to the death of Loren W. Marsh, long a member of the Board of Public Works.
Death has come to one of Arlington's outstanding public offi- cials. His high sense of honor, his honest character and fine ability which, for years, he gave willingly to the service of the Town, have left an indelible imprint on all of us who knew him.
His loss is the loss of the entire Town.
His death has removed a striking and beneficent personality from Arlington's roster of long-serving officials.
He had firm convictions and the courage of his convictions. He was ever earnest in promoting with all his power what he believed was the greatest good for the greatest number.
Nothing was permitted to stand between him and his sense of public duty. There will be different judgments as to his methods and his service, but it may unquestionably be said that he was a figure of more than ordinary proportions in his chosen field of public service, and his name must have a place in any history of Arlington.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the voters of Arlington in Special Town Meeting assembled, record their deep sorrow at the death of Loren W. Marsh, and express their grati- tude for his efforts to make this a better town for all of us who survive him.
AND BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that in the death of Loren W. Marsh, the Town has lost a noble citizen who has raised the standards of public service by his untiring efforts as a member of the Board of Public Works.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this meeting ex- tends its sympathy to the members of Mr. Marsh's family, and that the Town Clerk be and hereby is instructed to prepare and forward a copy of this resolution to them, and a copy be spread upon the records of this meeting.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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 unani- mously
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Voted: That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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. (Special Compensation for Town Officers and Employees.)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That effective January 1, 1947, there be paid to full time em- ployees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers, the sum of two hundred and eight ($208.00) as special compensation for the year 1947, to be paid pro rata of amount earned, in install- ments in accordance with the various payroll periods now in effect in the Town, part time employees to be paid an amount in such proportion to the time worked as the various departments shall determine; the total payments to any individual shall not exceed two hundred and eight ($208.00) dollars for the calendar year 1947; all elected officials are hereby specifically excluded from receiving any payments hereunder except the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer; this action shall not be construed as perma- nently increasing salary or wages, nor shall any payments here- under be deemed to be part of the regular compensation of any Town employee. That the sum of one hundred thousand ($100,- 000.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of this article, said sum to be taken from the available funds now in the treasury of the Town and expended under the direction of the various Boards and Heads of Departments of the Town and charged to the appropriation made under this article.
Mr. O'Brien offered the following substitute motion:
That effective January 1, 1947, there be paid to employees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers; the sum of two hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($228.00) to employees whose salary or wages on January 1, 1947, was two thousand dollars or less; two hundred and ninety dollars ($290.00) to employees whose salary or wages was over two thousand dollars and not over twenty-three hundred dollars; two hundred and sixty dollars ($260.00) to em- ployees whose salary or wages was over twenty-three hundred dol- lars and not over three thousand dollars; two hundred and eight
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dollars ($208.00) to employees and officers whose salary or wages was over three thousand dollars, as special compensation for the year 1947, to be paid pro rata of amount earned, in installments in accordance with the various payroll periods now in effect in the Town, part time employees to be paid any amount in such propor- tion to the time worked as the various departments shall deter- mine; all elected officials are hereby specifically excluded from receiving any payments hereunder except the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer; this action shall not be construed as permanently increasing salary or wages, nor shall any payments hereunder be deemed to be part of the regular compensation of any Town em- ployee.
That the sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand ($119,- 000.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of this article, said sum to be taken from the available funds now in the treasury of the Town and expended under the direction of the various Boards and Heads of Departments of the Town and charged to the appropriation made under this article.
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