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Finance Committee; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Town Treas- urer and Collector of Taxes Departments; Assessors' Department; Le- gal Department; Claims; Town Clerk's Department; Vital Statistics; Board of Public Works; Engineering Department; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Town House Grounds Department; Police Department; Parking Meters; Fire Department; Fire and Police Signal System; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Boards of Appeals (Building and Zoning); Wire De- partment; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department; Health Department; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Maintenance; Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removal; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Public Welfare Depart- ment; Aid to Dependent Children; Old Age Assistance; District or Other Nurses; Veterans' Benefits; Schools; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pensions (non-contributory); Contrib- utory Retirement System; Memorial Day; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Mu- nicipal Insurance Fund; Reserve Fund; Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by the Town; Water Department Mainten- ance; Cemeteries; Interest; Debt; Sinking Fund; Personnel Board; Civil Defense.
Article 15. To see if the Town will take any action relative to providing a permanent increase in annual compensation to the mem- bers of the Board of Selectmen, determine in what manner such com- pensation shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a pe- riod of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five thousand eight hundred (5,800) dollars, for the purpose of ex- tending the sewer along Summer Street, from its present end to the Town line, or any part thereof; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five thousand six hundred (5,600) dollars, for the purpose of extending a sewer along Orient Avenue, from its junction with Summer Street to its junction with Westmoreland Avenue, or any part thereof; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of the Sewerage System; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 21. 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.
Article 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edge- stones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of Broadway, Mystic Street, Park Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue or Pleasant Street, within the town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered or widened, in- cluding land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Common- wealth or County of Middlesex or both for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 24. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Wilson Avenue to Littlejohn Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Mott Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appro-
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priation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Wilson Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Mott Street thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 30.21 feet to a point of tangency in said north- westerly side line of Mott Street thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Mott Street a distance of 566.57 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Mott Street and the northeasterly side line of Littlejohn Street thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Littlejohn Street a distance of 40.09 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Littlejohn Street and the southeasterly side line of Mott Street thence southwest- erly on said southeasterly side line of Mott Street a distance of 564.56 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Mott Street thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Mott Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.62 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Mott Street and the northeasterly side line of Wilson Ave- nue thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Wilson Ave- nue a distance of 80.14 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 25. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Margaret Street to Burch Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Edith Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments,; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Margaret Street and the southerly side line of Edith Street thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of Edith Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 ft. a distance of 37.52 ft. to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Edith Street thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Edith Street a distance of 226.69 ft. to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Edith Street thence southwesterly and southerly on said southerly side line of Edith Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 ft. a dis- tance of 39.27 ft. to a point of intersection of said southerly side line of Edith Street and the easterly side line of Burch Street thence north- erly on said easterly side line of Burch Street, distances of 65.1 and 23.31 ft. respectively to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Burch Street and the northerly side line of Edith Street thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northerly side line of
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Edith Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 ft. a distance of 37.52 ft. to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Edith Street thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Edith Street a distance of 224.88 ft. to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Edith Street thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northerly side line of Edith Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 ft. a distance of 41.02 ft. to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Edith Street and the westerly side line of Margaret Street thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Margaret Street, a distance of 90.22 ft. to the point of beginning.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Richfield Road To Ridge Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Cutter Hill Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Richfield Road and the northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 28.66 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road a distance of 71.62 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence continuing north- easterly on said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 1194.92 feet a distance of 277.42 feet to a point of compound curve in said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.80 feet a distance of 24.36 feet to the southerly side line of Oakhill Drive thence northeasterly a distance of 62 feet more or less to the westerly side line of Ridge Street thence southeasterly a distance of 61 feet more or less to the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Ridge Street and the southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 40 feet a distance of 46.08 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 1244.92 feet a distance of 247.93 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Cutter. Hill Road thence continuing southwesterly on said southesterly side line of Cutter Hill Road a distance of 75.63 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 26.92 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Cutter Hill Road and the northerly side line of Richfield Road thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Richfield Road
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on a curve to the left with a radius of 230 feet a distance of 83.38 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Wright Street to end, substantially in the location of the priv- ate way known as Berkeley Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Wright Street and the southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 18.57 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street a distance of 541.56 feet to a point on said south- westerly side line of Berkeley Street at the northwesterly boundary line of lot 20 thence northeasterly across said Berkeley Street a distance of 40.66 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Berkeley Street at the Northwerterly boundary line of lot 23 thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Berkeley Street a distance of 496.06 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Berkeley Street thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Berkeley on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 47.59 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Berkeley Street and the westerlv side line of Wright Street thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Wright Street a dis- tance of 88.10 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Massachusetts Avenue to its present end, substantially in the location of the private way known as Willow Court, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Willow Court thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Willow Court a distance of 138.08 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Willow Court thence northeasterly, northerly and northwest- erly on a curve to the left a distance of 37.2 feet to land now or formerly of Elliot R. Barker thence southeasterly through land now or formerly of Elliot R. Barker and of Hazel A. Moriarty and by the northeasterly
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boundary line of Willow Court a distance of 67.4 feet to a point on the southeasterly side line of Willow Court at the boundary line between land now or formerly of Hazel A. Moriarty and Artemis Boyajian thence westerly on said southeasterly side line of Willow Court a distance of 25.5 feet to an angle point in said southeasterly side line of Willow Court thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Willow Court a distance of 148.90 feet to a point of intersection of said south- easterly side line of Willow Court and the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of 30 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from end of accepted portion to Eastern Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Chester Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Chester Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 30.61 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, a distance of 164.76 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, on a curve to the right with a radius of 462.0 feet a distance of 57.95 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Chester Street thence continuing south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Chester Street, a distance of 50.84 feet to the present end of the accepted portion of Chester Street, thence northwesterly across said Chester Street and by the end of the present accepted portion of Chester Street, a distance of 40.51 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Chester Street thence northeaster- ly on said northwesterly side line of Chester Street a distance of 57.27 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Chester Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Chester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 422.0 feet a distance of 52.93 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Chester Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Chester Street, a distance of 162.02 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Chester Street, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Chester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.22 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Chester Street and the southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue a distance of 80.07 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town
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way from Summer Street to Berkeley Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Harold Street, as made and filed in the office of Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Summer Street and the northwesterly side line of Harold Street thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Harold Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.83 feet a distance of 39.21 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Harold Street thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Harold Street a distance of 181.53 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Harold Street thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Harold Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.91 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Harold Street and the southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street a distance of 90.02 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Berkeley Street and the southeasterly side line of Harold Street thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Harold Street a distance of 182.72 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Harold Street thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Harold Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.56 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Harold Street and the northeasterly side line of Summer Street thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Summer Street a distance of 90.03 feet to the beginning.
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Dorothy Road to Edith Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Burch Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine the manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly side line of Dorothy Road and the easterly side line of Burch Street thence south- westerly and southerly on said easterly side line of Burch Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 41.02 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Burch Street thence southerly on said easterly side line of Burch Street a distance of 413.39 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Burch Street at the southerly side line of Edith Street thence westerly across said Burch Street a distance of 40.09 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Burch Street thence northerly on said wasterly side line of Burch Street a distance of 413.90 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Burch Street thence northwesterly and westerly on said westerly side line of
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Burch Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.82 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Burch Street and the southerly side line of Dorothy Road thence easterly on said southerly side line of Dorothy Road a distance of 89 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 32. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Summer Street to Ridge Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Oak Hill Drive, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Summer Street and the northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 30 feet a distance of 40.66 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 63.48 feet to a point of curve in said north- erly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northeasterly and easterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 400 feet a distance of 111.99 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence easterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 382.79 feet to a point of curve in said northerly line side
of Oak Hill Drive thence easterly and southeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 1250 feet a dis- tance of 193.43 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side of Oak Hill Drive thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive, a distance of 264.56 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southeasterly, easterly and northeaster- ly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 310 feet a distance of 223.40 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 220.16 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 106.61 feet a distance of 43.98 feet to a point on the northerly side line of Oak Hill Drive at the easterly boundary line of lot 1 thence southeasterly a distance of 89 feet more or less to an angle point at the intersection of Oak Hill Drive, Ridge Street and Cutter Hill Road thence southwesterly a distance of 62 feet more or less to the point of intersection of the southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive and the westerly side line of Cutter Hill Road thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.80 feet a distance of 32.49 feet to a point of compound curve in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 66.61 feet a distance of 27.40 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Oak Hill Drive thence south-
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