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168 0 cD cals tC Mr . Albert H . Burnham moved an amendment that Massachusetts Avenue be eliminated from the motion before the house . Mr . thurnham ' s motion was passed . Mr . James A . Peirce then presented a substitute motion as follows : "Voted that names of the sections of the following streets : Middle Street from Massachusetts Avenue to School Street , School Street from Middle Street to Marrett Street , Marrett Street from School Street to Massachusetts Avenue , Marrett Street to Lincoln line , be changed to Marrett Road . " Mr . Peirce ' s motion was then passed by the meeting . Art . 29 . Under this article Albert H . Burnham offered the following motion : Voted that a Uommittee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street for swimming pur - poses , and that the sum of $500 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the Committee . Dr . Clarence Shannon offered the following amendment . " That the committee be five in number and that one of these be a member of the board of Selectmen . " Dr . Shannon ' s amendment was passed by vote of the meeting . Frederick L . Emery then moved an amendment " Thai this committee confer with the Planning board and that the $ 500 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the town . " Mr . Emery ' s amendment was declared lost but several doubted the vote and a rising vote was taken . 63 voted in the affirmative and 45 in the negative , and Mr . Emery ' s motion was declared carried . The original motion as amended was then put before the house and passed by a rising vote of 90 in the affirmative and 13 in the negative . The original motion as amended reads as follows ; " Voted that a Committee of five , one to be ' a member of the Board of Selectmen , be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop, the Lexington xeserveir property on Middle Street for swimming purposes , and that the sum of 500 . 00 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the committee , and that this committee confer with the Planning Board and that the $ 500 . 00 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the Town . " Committee appointed : Dr . Clarence Shannon , Robert P . Trask , William H . Ballard , William E . Mulliken and Donald Wilson . Art . 31 . Under this article on motion of Ezra F . breed it was "Voted : That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to confer with the memorial committee of the Lexington Minute -Man , Incorporated , with reference to their offer to erect on Hastings Park a memorial dedicated to the Lexington Minute -Men of 1775 , whose courage and sacrifices for Justice and Freedom brought forth a new nation , and that said committee report at a sub- sequent town meeting . " Committee . appointed : Edward C . Stone , Arthur N . Maddison , Waldo F , Glidden , Willard C . Hill and W . Roger Greeley . Art . 2 . Under this article the report of the Committee on Rousing the Fire Alarm system was read as follows ' March 26 , 1928 . Under Article #2 the Committee appointed by the moderator on Removing and Housing of the Fire Whistle Apparatus begs to offer the following report : We recommend that the apparatus now housed in the Town