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TOWN CLERK 47 funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in rela- tion thereto. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes a parcel of land situated northerly of Summer Street and abutting on Town land acquired for playground and recrea- tional purposes in 1959, said parcel being a portion of the land shown on Land Court plan 23315A, and in connection with such acquisition authorize the Selectmen in the name and on behalf of the Town to convey to the owners of such land to be ac- quired a portion of said Town land acquired in 1959 that abuts upon the remain- ing land of said owners; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in re- lation thereto. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes a parcel of land believed to contain 10.02 acres, more or less, which is situated easterly of Robinson Road and abutting upon Town land acquired for playground and recreational purposes in 1960, said parcel being substantially as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. ", dated May 27, 1940, J. Bruce Lewis, Civil Engineer, recorded in Middlesex South District' Registry cf Deeds, Book 6435, End, and in connection with such acquisition authorize the Selectmen in the name and on behalf of the Town to grant to the owners of such and a right -of -way across said Town land to Turning Mill Road for the benefit of the remaining land of such owner, and appro- priate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for playground and recreational purposes and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the and or rights therein that are recommended for such purposes; ap- propriate money for such options and land acquisition and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current lax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new secondary school building or build- ings on land in the vicinity of the senior high school, including any additions to and alterations in the existing high school building; and appropriate money for the expenses of the committe and determ:re whether payment shall be provided 48 TOWN CLERK by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behlaf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, play- ground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated on Moreland Avenue and consisting of lots 156 to 182, inclusive, and 315 to 340, inclusive, on plan entitled "East Lexington Estates East Lexington, Mass. Owned by J. W. Wilbur", dated November 21, 1913, A. L. Eliot, Civil Engineer, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 219 as Plan 41, and lots 22, 23, 56, 57 and 112 to 155, inclusive, on plan entitled "East Lexington Farms, East Lexington Middlesex County Mass. Owned by J. W. Wilbur ", dated November 10, 1913, A. L. Eliot, Civil Engineer, recorded in said Plan Book 219 as Plan 42, and including the portions of Moreland Avenue located between said lots; appropriate money for such land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, play- ground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated on and off Young Street and Webb Street and consisting of lots 166 to 169, inclusive, on Young Street on plan entitled "Battle -View Park Lexington, Mass. James E. Burke Owner" surveyed November, 1913, John N. 'McClintock, A.M.C.E., recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 224 as Plan 14, lots 9 and 10 on Webb Street on 'Land Court Plan 24405A, and the and shown on Land Court Plan 12100F and land adjacent thereto; appropriate money for such land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing. or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, play- ground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Woburn Street about opposite Webb Street, bounded in part on Woburn Street and in part on the southerly boundries of building lots on Wo- burn Street, including land of various owners and believed to contain about thirty acres; appropriate money for such land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a fire engine for the Fire Department and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.