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21 Voted, That a committee of three, one of whom should be a member of the school committee, be appointed by the chair to confer with the state inspector in relation to better venti- lation and lighting of the Adams and High school houses, and report to the town at an adjournment of this meeting or at the next town meeting, and the moderator appointed Herbert S. Teele, Edwin A. Bayley and Rufus W. Holbrook. ART. 9. To provide for the support of the poor at the Poor Farm the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 10. To provide for the support of outside poor the en- suing year, and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 11. To provide for the support of highways the en- suing year, and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 12. To provide for the support of street lights the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 13. To provide for the support of the fire department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 14. To see if the town will make the appropriations for town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the select- men, or act in any manner relating thereto. See adjourned meeting, April 2, 1898. ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer, under the direction of the selectmen, to borrow money for any 22 necessary purpose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. L. A. Saville it was Voted, That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the Town of Lexington in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the town treas- urer is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate sixty-five thousand ($,65,000) dollars, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan made, with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding five per cent. per annum. All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year. ART 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in rela- tion to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. L. A. Saville it was Voted, That all taxes for the current year be made pay- able on or before December 1, 1898, and that a discount of one-half of one per cent. for all full months prior to said date, be deducted for prompt payment, and that all taxes remaining unpaid at that date be subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and that the collector be instructed to collect all taxes before June 1, 1899. Voted, That the compensation of collector be one per cent. on the amount collected.