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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
<br />the Selectmen to construct cement or bituminous concrete
<br />sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the
<br />cost, and provide funds for said construction by direct ap-
<br />propriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a
<br />combination of these two methods, or act in any other
<br />manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
<br />the Selectmen to construct curbings, and provide funds for
<br />said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from
<br />available funds, or by a combination of these two methods,
<br />or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 19. To see if the Town will make a supple-
<br />mentary construction appropriation to be used in con-
<br />junction with money already appropriated, to cover ex-
<br />penses incidental to the completion of the new Central
<br />Fire Station, and to provide funds for such expenses by
<br />transfer from available funds, by direct appropriation, or
<br />act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br />priate a sum of money for the erection of a locker building
<br />at the Center Playground, and to provide payment there-
<br />for by direct appropriation, by transfer from available
<br />funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropri-
<br />ate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps
<br />and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of
<br />the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by
<br />the Board of Health of Lexington or appropriate money
<br />under Sec. 4A of Chap. 252 of the General Laws for the
<br />purpose as set forth in that Section.
<br />Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the
<br />scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said
<br />fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of
<br />motorized equipment of the Public Works Department
<br />when used on various projects carried on under the direc-
<br />tion of said Department, the amount of said charge not
<br />to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use
<br />of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in rela-
<br />tion thereto.
<br />Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
<br />the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to
<br />the Board of Appeals, in accordance with G. L. Chapter
<br />41, Section 4A, or act in any other manner in relation
<br />thereto.
<br />Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install
<br />street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen
<br />may determine during the year 1947, or act in any other
<br />manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br />priate money to pay the necessary expenses of School
<br />Officers ,incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing
<br />information upon matters in which the Town is interested
<br />or which may tend to improve the service in the School
<br />Department.
<br />Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br />priate a sum of money for developing a play area in the
<br />rear of the High School building, and to provide for the
<br />payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer
<br />from available funds, or act in any other manner in rela-
<br />tion thereto.
<br />Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br />priate a sum of money for completing and equipping ad-
<br />ditional classrooms in the Adams School and to provide for
<br />the payment -therefor by direct appropriation, by trans-
<br />fer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds
<br />of the Town or by a combination of any of these methods,
<br />or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept
<br />Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, authorizing increases of
<br />the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public
<br />employees who have been retired.
<br />Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
<br />priate a sum of money for the purpose of carrying out
<br />the provisions of Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, if ac-
<br />cepted by the Town, and provide for payment therefor by
<br />direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds,
<br />or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 30. To see if the Town will purchase or
<br />accept as a gift, or authorize the Selectmen to purchase
<br />or accept as a gift for park or other municipal purposes
<br />the land in the vicinity of Munroe Station lying between
<br />Massachusetts Avenue and the property and location of
<br />the Boston & Maine Railroad and lying between the right-
<br />of-way leading from Massachusetts Avenue to the Rail-
<br />road location and Tower Park, containing approximately
<br />twenty-six thousand four hundred (26,400) square feet,
<br />and appropriate the money therefor.
<br />(Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters)
<br />Article •31. To see if the Town will vote to amend
<br />the Building Laws by substituting at the end of line 3,
<br />Section 2, Article XIX, the word "ten" for the word
<br />"six" so that the same will read as follows: "A sign
<br />attached to a store or other commercial front may extend
<br />the full width of such front, but shall not be more than
<br />three feet overall in height: In no event shall it project
<br />more than ten inches from the face of the wall nor pro-
<br />ject above the roof line.
<br />There shall be not more than one exterior sign for
<br />each firm or business occupying a building and all such
<br />signs shall be erected flat against the building.
<br />All new signs shall conform to this Article, and all
<br />signs must conform not later than January 1, 1946."
<br />Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept
<br />Section 16B• of Chapter 147 of the General Laws of Mas-
<br />sachusetts relative to excusing members of the Police De-
<br />partment from duty for one day out of every six without
<br />loss of pay, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
<br />Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend
<br />the General By-laws of the Town of Lexington by adding
<br />to'Article XXVI the following:
<br />"Section 3V No person shall, except as authorized or re-
<br />quired by law, fire or discharge any gun, fowling piece, or
<br />other firearms or an air rifle in the Town of Lexington;
<br />but the provisions of this section shall not apply to the
<br />Chief of Police or other police officers • in• the performance
<br />of their duties nor to the use of such weapons at any
<br />military exercise or' in the lawful defense of the person,
<br />family, or property of any citizen, nor to the rights and
<br />privileges of an owner or lessee of land as set forth in
<br />Chapter 131 of the General Laws."
<br />Article 34. To see if the flown will vote to amend
<br />Section 6 of Article 6 of the General By-laws of the Town
<br />of Lexington by substituting the word "three" for the
<br />word "four" between the words "for" and "hours" in the
<br />fifth line of said section so that said Section 6 will read
<br />as follows:
<br />"Section 6. That portion of the Town Office Building which
<br />is occupied by the offices of the Board of Selectmen, or
<br />Board of Public Works, the Town Clerk, the Town Treas-
<br />urer, and the Collector of Taxes, shall be kept open con-
<br />tinuously for the transaction of business for eight hours
<br />each week day, except holidays, and on Saturdays for
<br />three hours, the particular hours to be arranged by the
<br />Selectmen for the convenience of the public."
<br />Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
<br />the Selectmen to sell and convey to the Lexington Golf
<br />Club a parcel of land beginning at the northerly corner
<br />of the Alms House lot, which is at the corner of Hill and
<br />Cedar Streets, thence southwesterly by McEnroe distant
<br />about 150 feet to a point, thence southeasterly by Town of
<br />Lexington distant about 308 feet to a point, thence north-
<br />easterly by Town of Lexington distant about 135 feet to
<br />a point, thence northeasterly by Lexington Golf Club dis-
<br />tant about 308 feet to the point of beginning, containing
<br />approximately one acre, upon such terms' and conditions
<br />as the 'Selectmen may approve.
<br />Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to amend
<br />the Zoning By -Law by striking out paragraph 18 of Sec-
<br />tion 3 and substituting therefor the following:
<br />"At the junction of Marrett Road and School Street, Mar-
<br />rett Road and Lincoln Street, Lincoln and School Streets,
<br />commonly known as "The Five Forks", a business district
<br />extending from the junction points of the side lines of and
<br />upon both sides of the intersecting streets for a distance
<br />of 200 feet and of a` depth of 100 feet from the adjacent
<br />street line in each instance."
<br />Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to amend
<br />the Zoning By -Law by striking out paragraph (a) of Sec-
<br />tion 6 and substituting in lieu therefor the following:
<br />"6(a) —In R.1 and R.2 Districts no dwelling shall be
<br />erected or moved upon land laid out for house lots after
<br />the adoption of this amendment to the Zoning By -Law
<br />unless there shall be provided for each such dwelling or
<br />other permitted structure a lot frontage of not less than
<br />100 feet upon the frontage street and an area of not less
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