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which was discussed at length. A rising vote was taken, and 77 voting YES and 95 voting NO, the Moderator declared the mo- tion lost.
Before taking a vote on the motion offered by the Finance Com- mittee, Chairman Hayes asked the Moderator for a few minutes in which to prepare an amendment thereto; and thereupon it was
Voted: That the meeting recess for three minutes.
At 8:50 the meeting was called to order and Chairman Hayes offered the following amendment:
"If it is determined the amount appropriated cannot be taken from available funds, that any amount voted under this article be included in the 1947 tax."
which was unanimously accepted; and on motion duly made and seconded, it was -
Voted: That effective January 1, 1947, there be paid to full time employees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers, the sum of two hundred and eight ($208.00) as special compensa- tion 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 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
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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 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 appro- priation made under this article.
If it is determined the amount appropriated cannot be taken from available funds, that any amount voted under this article be included in the 1947 tax.
There being no further business under Article 2, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 3 taken up. (Acceptance of General Laws-Closing of Public Offices on Saturdays.)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That no action be taken under Article 3 of the Warrant.
Mr. Tobin offered the following substitute motion:
That effective June 1, 1947, all public offices of the Town of Arlington, thereafter remain closed on all Saturdays, as authorized by Section 110A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as inserted by Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947.
There was lengthy discussion; a Voice Vote being taken left the Moderator in doubt and he asked for a Rising Vote which resulted 73 voting YES and 63 NO, and he declared the motion carried. Thereupon it was moved and seconded and
Voted: That effective June 1, 1947, all public offices of the Town of Arlington, thereafter remain closed on all Saturdays, as author- ized by Section 110 A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as in- serted by Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947.
There being no further business under Article 3, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 4 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Avenue-between Oxford Street and Grafton Street.)
The Planning Board reported favorably, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the report be received.
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Thereupon on motion duly made and seconded, it was unani- mously
(more than a quorum being present and voting)
Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning Map and its Zoning By-Law by including in the Residence "C" District the area now included in the Business "A" District and Residence "B" District as more particularly described in Article No. 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 1947.
There being no further business under Article 4 of the Warrant the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 5 taken up. (Zoning-Massachusetts Avenue and Bart- lett Avenue.)
The Planning Board reported favorably, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: That the report be received.
Thereupon on motion duly made and seconded it was unani- mously
(more than a quorum being present and voting)
Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning Map and its Zoning By-Law by extending the Business "A" District so as to include in the Business "A" District the area now included in the Resi- dence "B" District, as described in Article 5 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 1947.
There being no further business under Article 5, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 6 taken up. (Extension of Storm Drains.)
On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That the sum of thirteen thousand six hundred seventy ($13,670.00) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the exten- sion of storm drains; said appropriation to be taken from avail- able funds now in the treasury and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
There being no further business under Article 6, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 7 taken up. (Amendments-Town Building Code.)
Voted: unanimously. To dispense with the entire reading of this article as presented and to vote separately on the various sections.
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The Finance Committee recommended:
That Division 9, Section 9-33 of Article 15 of the Town's By- Laws, be amended by striking out the fifth paragraph headed "Basement or Cellar Walls," and inserting in place thereof the following:
"BASEMENT OR CELLAR WALLS. Foundation walls for frame dwellings not over 212 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."
Mr. Mansfield offered the following substitute motion:
That Division 9, Section 9-33 of Article 15 of the Town's By- Laws, be amended by striking out the fifth paragraph headed "Basement or Cellar Walls," and inserting in place thereof the following:
"BASEMENT OR CELLAR WALLS. Foundation walls for frame dwellings not over 21/2 stories high shall be built not less than twelve (12) inches thick and shall be carried to a point eight (8) inches above grade, and above such point they may be reduced to not less than eight (8) inches in thickness. Foundation walls may be ten (10) inches thick if constructed of poured concrete and if approved by the Inspector of Buildings."
And on a Rising Vote, 124 voting YES and one NO, the Moderator declared the motion carried; and on motion duly made and carried, it was
Voted: (a count of members present being taken showed 152 present) That Division 9, Section 9-33 of Article 15 of the Town's By-Laws, be amended by striking out the fifth paragraph headed "Basement or Cellar Walls" and inserting in place thereof the following:
"BASEMENT OR CELLAR WALLS. Foundation walls for frame dwellings not over 212 stories high shall be built not less than twelve (12) inches thick and shall be carried to a point eight (8) inches above grade; and above such point they may be reduced to not less than eight (8) inches in thickness. Foundation walls may be ten (10) inches thick if constructed of poured concrete and if approved by the Inspector of Buildings."
Voted: (140 voting YES and one NO)
That Division 11, Section 11-8 of Article 15 of the Town's By- Laws, be amended by striking out the paragraph under the heading "Miscellaneous," in regard to "Dormer Windows."
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Voted: unanimously and so declared by the Moderator
That Division 12 of Article 15 of the Town's By-Laws, be amended by striking out paragraph (m), under heading "Chim- neys."
Voted: unanimously and so declared by the Moderator
That Division 13 of Article 15 of the Town's By-Laws be amended by striking out paragraph (11), headed "Chimneys and Vents," and inserting in place thereof the following:
"CHIMNEYS AND VENTS"
"(11). In every tenement house hereafter erected there shall be adequate chimneys running through every floor for properly vent- ing all gas appliances, as required by this Building Code."
Voted: unanimously and so declared by the Moderator
That Division 16 of Chapter 15 of the Town's By-Laws be amended by striking out the paragraph headed "Gas Stoves and Ranges" and the paragraph headed "Distance from Woodwork," and inserting in place thereof the following:
"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."
Voted: unanimously and so declared by the Moderator
That Division 16 of Chapter 15 of the Town's By-Laws be amended by striking out the second paragraph of the Section headed "Gas Water Heaters," and inserting in place thereof the following:
"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 ap- proved cast iron vents as provided by Division 12 of this Code. Size and Capacity of Vent Connections."
Area
Cubic ft. of gas per hour
3 inch
7.06 sq. in.
50 cu. ft.
4 inch
12.25 sq. ft.
100 cu. ft.
5 inch
19.6 sq. in.
175 cu. ft.
6 inch
28.27 sq. in.
240 cu. ft.
7 inch
34.48 sq. in.
300 cu. ft.
8 inch
50.25 sq. in.
420 cu. ft.
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There being no further business under Article 7, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 8 taken up. (Conveyance of Land.)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That no action be taken under Article 8 of the Warrant.
Mr. Ring offered the following substitute motion:
That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered in the name of and on behalf of the Town to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be held through its Metropolitan District Commission the land on Park Avenue, or the Town's interests therein as more particularly described in the Warrant, and upon such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may consider proper.
After considerable discussion, a Voice Vote was taken and the Moderator being in doubt called for a Rising Vote, which resulted 51 Voting YES and 71 NO, and the Moderator declared the mo- tion lost.
Thereupon, on motion duly made and seconded, it was unani- mously
Voted: That no action be taken under Article 8 of the Warrant.
There being no. further business under Article 8, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
It was moved and seconded that Article 1 be taken from the table.
There being no further business under Article 1, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
On motion duly made and seconded, it was
Voted: To adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M.
A true record. Attest:
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 inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the 17th day of November, 1947, at 8 o'clock P.M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and deter- mined 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 Extra 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 take any action relative to providing Special Compensation for the period of January, Febru- ary and March of the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to enable elected and appointed officers and employees, exclusive of school teachers, of the Town, to meet the present abnormal in- crease in the cost of living; determine in what manner such com- pensation, if any, shall be raised and expended; 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 By-Laws by in- serting in Article 9 a new section to be known as Section 23 to read substantially as follows; will make an appropriation for the publishing of such by-law; or take any action relating thereto:
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Article 9, Section 23.
(a) The Board of Selectmen may establish on any street in which parking is prohibited parking meter areas, and may install in such areas parking meters, including curb or street marking lines, and shall have charge of the regulation and operation thereof, shall maintain such meters in good work- able condition, shall establish for parking in parking meter areas a charge of not more than five cents for one hour, pro- portional parts of said hour to be in amounts determined by said Board, shall collect or cause to be collected monies deposited in said meters and turn such monies over to the Town Treasurer.
(b) Said meters shall be placed upon the curb, next to the in- dividual parking places, and they shall be so constructed as to display a signal showing legal parking upon deposit therein of proper coins, indicated by instructions on said meters.
(c) Whenever any vehicle shall be parked next to a parking meter, the operator of the vehicle shall park within the area designated by the curb or street marking lines as indi- cated for parallel or diagonal parking and upon entering the parking space shall immediately deposit in said meter the proper coins as designated. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or neglect to deposit such coin or to fail to park within the limits designated. Such parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the time limited there- in, according to the sum thus deposited, and such vehicle shall be unlawfully parked if it shall remain in such space beyond the period of time for which the operator shall have deposited such coin in said meter. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause any vehicle to be parked other than as provided in this paragraph.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any coin for the purpose of extending the parking time beyond the maximum time as designated in that particular place.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized so to do, to tamper with, open, break, injure, mar or destroy any parking meter.
(f) It shall be the duty of the Police Department to take the parking meter number and the state vehicle number of all
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vehicles whose operators violate the provisions of this By- Law and to cause complaint to be filed in the proper district court on account thereof.
(g) The Board of Selectmen is empowered to authorize the Treasurer to pay out of the revenue derived from said parking meters, from time to time, such amount or amounts on the original purchase price thereof as it may deem ad- visable until said purchase price is paid in full and there- after the following section shall apply.
(h) It is the purpose of this By-Law that the fees to be charged and collected by the operation of parking meters are levied as a police regulation to cover the cost of providing parking spaces and parking areas, all lines, lanes and other mark- ings incidental thereto, parking meters, and their installa- tion, replacement and maintenance, the cost of regulation and inspection thereof, the cost of operation and control of traffic moving in and out of and marking in such parking spaces and parking meter areas and in the vicinity thereof, and for the cost of maintaining proper traffic lights in and around such areas and for maintaining lighting during the hours of darkness and for the cost of traffic administration and supervision expenses resulting from the establishment of such parking meter areas, and that it is not the purpose of the installation of such parking meters to recover any further monies for the Town or to engage in the operation of such parking spaces and meters for profit.
Article 5. To see if the Town, for the purpose of enforcing its by-laws, orders, rules and regulations relating to the parking of vehicles on ways within its control, will appropriate a sum or sums of money for the acquisition, installation, maintenance and opera- tion of parking meters; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; determine in what manner the purchase thereof, if any, shall be made; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation for the Collection of Ashes, Rubbish and Offal; 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.)
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works, as it constitutes the Board of Water Commis- sioners of the Town of Arlington, to grant to the Town of Lexing-
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ton an easement approximately 30 feet in width. more or less, for the purpose of laying, maintaining and repairing sewer pipes over a strip of land owned by the Town of Arlington in said Town of Lexington bounded and described substantially as follows:
Beginning at a point in the westerly boundary over land owned by the Town of Arlington, said point being northerly and distant 810 feet, more or less, from the intersection of the northeasterly boundary of the Boston & Maine Railroad with the boundary line between the said Town of Arlington and the said Town of Lexing- ton: thence northerly 515 feet, more or less; thence northeasterly 250 feet, more or less; thence northwesterly 310 feet, more or less: thence northerly 715 feet, more or less, to a point in the north- westerly boundary of the land owned by the said Town of Arling- ton; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works.)
Article 8. 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 partly in the Business A District and partly in the Residence B District, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the southerly corner thereof on land now or former- ly of Levi Russell, and running northwesterly on Broadway (for- merly known as Charlestown Street), two hundred three (203) feet, and three (3) inches to a stake at land now or formerly of Mary Frost; then turning at nearly right angles and running northeasterly by land now or formerly of said Frost, four hundred thirty-six (436) feet to a stake at land now or formerly of said Russell; there turning and running southeasterly by land of said Russell as the fence now stands, or formerly stood, two hundred twelve (212) feet and nine (9) inches to a corner by land of said Russell; then turning again and running southwesterly by land of said Russell, four hundred four (404) feet to the place of begin- ning, and containing two (2) acres more or less. All as shown on Block Plan No. 33 on file in the office of the Town Engineer and listed as 25 and/ or 27 Broadway.
(Inserted at the request of more than one hundred (100) regis- tered voters.)
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be used to make such necessary repairs, alterations or renovations, to the basement of the George H. Lowe, Jr. Auditorium as may be required by the state and local building departments; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Department.)
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to sell, demolish or otherwise dispose of, a certain shed on land under control of the School Department on Massachusetts Avenue; make an appropriation therefor; or take any action relat- ing thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Department.)
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the Town's right, title and interest in and to all or any part of a certain parcel or parcels of land on Peabody Road, substantially identified and described as follows:
The land on the southwesterly side of Peabody Road being one foot in width, more or less, and 315.88 feet long, more or less; also the land on said southwesterly side of Peabody Road being one foot in width, more or less, and 17.75 feet long, more or less; said premises being shown as Lot 4B on Assessors' Plan 121, Section A. or take any action relating thereto.
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 fourteenth day of October, 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.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
Arlington, November 14, 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.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Arlington, November 17, 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 advertised in two local papers, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Monday evening, Novem- ber 17, 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 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 sixty-four Town Meeting Members and ten Members-at-large attended.
The Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Davis, called the meeting to order at 8:17 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; Messrs. Hauser and Cooledge of the Board of Assessors; Mr. John O. Parker of the Planning Board; Messrs. Roach, Fish, Wise, Halpin, Farrow, Phinney and Young of the Finance Com- mittee, 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 con- stables return thereon, the reading of the remainder of the War- rant being waived by consent of the meeting.
Chairman Adams offered the following, duly seconded:
That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the War- rant is not disposed of at this session, when the meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Wednesday evening, November 19, 1947, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Chairman Adams, duly seconded, it was unani- mously
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