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316 em• C) " Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the CC voting the meeting shall stana adjourned until such time and at such place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting . ' , so that the said section as amended shall read as follows : : c " Section 5 . The annual meeting of the town shall be called for six o ' clock in the morning and thereafter tne polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o ' clock in the evening . Immediately upon the announcement of tne result of the voting the meeting shall stand adjourned until such time and at sucn place as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting . " Article 5 . Under this article ir . Sydney R . Wrightington offered the following motion : " Voted : That Article 30 of the Code of By- laws of l92 of the Town of Lexington is _hereby amended by adding thereto the following section : " Section16 . before any license for any dog snail be issued under General Laws , Unapter 140 , section 137 , the applicant for such license shall file with the Town Clerk a certificate signed by a reputable veterinarir n , stating that he has administered Rabies Vaccine to said dog , since the first day of January preceding such application . P ;uestions were asked by Messrs . Hollis Webster , Harry Coolidge , John H . Kane , . David Murphy anu Joseph bwan about the advisability of this requirement . Mt . ltrigntington explained that ne proposed this by- law on nis initiative inasmuch as he felt it was a good thing to prevent persons from being annoyed by the nuisance caused in keeping cogs restraineu when restraining orders are isruea . Owing to prevalence of rabies both the State and County have advised that dogs be restrained almost every year . he consulted rith Dr . Blakely , the Town Veterinary , end he informed him that he would be glad to give this inocule tion for a fee of 500 or $1 . 00 if there were a large number of dogs to be inoculated . Mr . William H . Ballard lard explained that he felt that the Board of Selectmen usually follow the request of the 'itate Depart - merit. of Health in restraining tne dogs , and he tnerefor did not see any advantage of this by- law . The motion as offered by Mr . V'irightington was not passed . On motion of Mr . David 1 . Murphy , it was voted to inckefinitely postpone action under Article 5 . Article 8 . On motion of Mr . Albert H . Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen , the following vote was passed : " Voted : That the Town accept the deed and conveyance of f9 , 52J square feet of lana located at the junction of Lowell and North Streets deeded to the Town by Robert L . Ryder , Trustee of the Lexington Heal Astate Trust . " Article 7 . On motion of Mr . Albert H . Burnham the following vote was passed . " Voted : That the belectmen be instructed to install street lights in Bernard btreet , Denver btreet , and Theresa Avenue . " Article 10 . Under this article on motion of Mr . Albert H . Burnham, the following vote was passed : Si