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410 �0 Ca It was voted to accept the report of the Committee and place the same on file . Art . 12 . Under this article on motion of Dr . Clarence Shannon the following vote was passed : " Voted : That the Town accept the layout as a town way of an extension of Clarke Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen , under the Betterment Act , and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s Office , dated August 27 , 1929 , and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3500 be appropriated and assessed . " Art . 1 . Under this article Mr . Robert P . Trask offered the following motion : " Voted : That the Moderator appoint a committee of fifteen Town Meeting ILiembers representative of all sections of the Town to review the reports of i=etcalf & Eddy and McClintock & Woodfall , and the studies of the Planning Board ana the Board of Selectmen relative to Vine Brook drainage , said committee to have access to all of the records of the Selectmen and the Planning Board , and to be at liberty to consult with any Board , Committee or individual and secure any additional Engineering data which they may deem essen- tial to a decision on this project , and that they submit their recommendations at the next Town Meeting . " Mr . Joseph R . Cotton moved an amendment "That said Committee incur no expense without further vote of the Town . " This amendment was accepted by the maker of the original motion , and the motion as amended was put before the meeting . The vote was close , and 15 citizens doubting , a rising vote was taken with 70 voting in the affirmative and 54 in the negative . * See page 414 . Art . 1 . Mr . Joseph Swan reported for the Committee of three appointed to make recommendations relating to control of dogs . REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONTROL OF DOGS . June 6 , 1930 . '►r . Robert H . Holt , Moderator , Town Meetings , Lexington , Mass . Dear Sir : The committee of three appointed by you to consider and make recommendations with respect to the laws and practice with reference to licensing , restraint and vaccination of dogs in Lexington has organized , with Dr . Barnes as chairman . The chairman wrote to Dr . Geo . H . Bigelow, Commissioner of Public Health for the State of Mass . , . asking his opinion and recommendation in the matter and the action taken by other towns in the State and received a very satisfactory and comprehensive reply - also a letter from the Division of Animal Industry of the Dept . of Conservation , which we are handing in with our recommendations . These two should be