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r f ART. 15. To see if the town will make an appro- priation of $200 for the proper observance of April 19, 1889, to be expended under the direction of a committee of the Lexington Historical Society. ART. 16. To see if the town will make an appro- priation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other material, where the abutters will pay one half the expense thereof. ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from any unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. ART. 18. To see if the town will make an appro- priation towards sprinkling the streets of the two villages during the coming season. ART. 19. To see if the town will provide a read- ing -room for the East Lexington Branch of the Cary Library. ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of i$250 for instruction in sewing in the schools. ART. To see if the town will appoint a com- mittee to report at the April meeting concerning a new schoolhouse for Hancock School, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 22. To see if the town will make an appro- priation for t -he payment of land damages, as awarded by the County Commissioners, on account of improve- ments on Main Street. ART. 23. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the Legislature to amend the act of incorporation of Cary Library so that the town shall have a representation on its Board of Trustees. 8 ART. 24. To see if the town will accept the ten feet on the southeast side of Mount Vernon Street, as given by Levi Prossor, making the street fifty feet wide, instead of forty feet. ART. 25. To see if the town will pay for placing a water -closet in the Masonic apartment of the Town Hall, or act in any manner relating thereto. Arte. 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200 for care and improvement of the ceme- tery, or act in any manner relating thereto. A RT.' 27. To see if the town will remit the amount due for rent from the Lexington Savings Bank, or act in any manner relating thereto. Action on the various articles in the foregoing warrant was taken, as follows: ARTICLE 1. Voted, That the polls remain open until 9.20 for choice of moderator. On ballot with the check -list, Robert P. Clapp was unanimously chosen moderator, and was sworn by the clerk. The moderator subsequently appointed as tellers H. A. C. Woodward, L. E. Bennink, F. E. Ballard, and Abram B. Smith, to assist in receiving and count- ing the ballots, and they were also sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. The Committee on Water Supply made a partial report (see Reports, of Committee, page 274), and asked for further time to examine the subject, which was granted by the town till next year. Dr. J. 0. Tilton, for the Committee on Drainage, made a report (Reports of Committee, page 276).