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169 Hall for the purpose of sounding fire alarms on the whistle be removed at an early date and placed temporarily in a portion of the sheds now located at the rear of the Town Hall . We recommend that the Board of Selectmen enter into agreement with Rubin & bbligman , owners of the Town Hall Property , to the effect that this whistle apparatus may be located in a portion of these sheds for a term of two years . Edward W . Taylor , U . F . Parsons . Tr . Theodore A . Uustance then submitted the following motion : Art . 2 . Voted that the final report of the committee on housing the fire alarm system be accepted , and that the Fire Engineers be instructed to remove the fire alarm system from the present Town Hall Building and relocate it subject to the approval of the Selectmen . Mr . George E . Briggs offered a substitute motion that the report of the committee on removing and housing the Fire Whistle apparatus be accepted and that the matter be referred to the investigating committee to be appointed under vote passed under Article 4 of the Town Meeting , . March 12 , 1928 . After explanation of the necessity for immediate action on this matter , Mr . Briggs agreed to withdraw his motion . The motion as offered by Mr . Custance was then passed by vote of the meeting . Art . 2 . Under this article on motion of Roland E . Uarmon , it was Voted , "Whereas at the present time there is valuable and interesting material pertaining to the patriotic services of our citizens scattered at large throughout the town in the hands of citizens and organizations . And whereas it would be more in keeping to have it collected in a central headquarters in the custody of proper officials , indexed , labelled , and catalogued , be it voted : That a committee of five be appointed by the moderator for the purpose of investigating , discovering , securing and if possible collecting any and all interesting relics or documents pertaining to the services or activities of any of the citizens of Lexington or of the organizations of the town rendered during any or all periods that theaauntr',vas at war and to report back to the town the result of its survey with recommendations as to the future safe keeping of such historical data to the end that it may be safely kept for and accessible to posterity . " Committee appointed : Edwin B . Worthen , Luna U . Nichols , Bertha I . Hutchinson , Dr . Fred S . Piper , Roland E . Garmon . The meeting dissolved at 9 : 40 P . M . A true record , Attest : frg-1---v g 10291ila-n-Ce Town "lerk .