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23 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. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was Voted, That the selectmen be authorized 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 appropriation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other materials, where the abutters will pay one-half the expense thereof. On motion of Mr. B. F. Brown it was Voted, That the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars be appropriated and assessed for the construction of sidewalks. Voted, That a concrete sidewalk be constructed on Elm avenue on the northerly side thereof, from Hancock street to the Unitarian church, and the abutters assessed one-half the expense thereof. Voted, That a concrete sidewalk be constructed on Han- cock street, from the house occupied by George F. Jones to the house occupied by Charles B. Davis, on the westerly side thereof, and the abutters assessed one-half the expense thereof. ART. 19. To see if the town will alter or amend section one of the by-laws for rules and regulations of the water depart- ment whereby it is provided that no member of the Board of Water Commissioners shall receive any salary or other compen- sation for his services, or act in any manner relating thereto. 24 Mr. L. A. Saville moved that the town alter section one of the by-laws and that the commissioners be allowed $100.00 each per year for their services, which was declared not a vote, which was doubted by seven persons, and the house was polled with the following result : in favor of the motion, 24 ; opposed to the motion, 25, and it was defeated. ART. 20. To see if the town will accept a bequest of the late Francis B. Hayes in accordance with the sixteenth clause of his last will, which reads as follows:— “I ollows:— I give to the Town of Lexington in said Commonwealth $10,000 for the establishment of a fountain within the limits of said town, to be called the Hayes Fountain.” On motion of Rev. C. A. Staples it was Voted, That the town accept the bequest and that the selectmen be requested to gratefully acknowledge the same. Voted, That a committee of five, three gentlemen and two ladies, be appointed by the moderator to take into con- sideration the location and character of the gift and report at an adjournment of this meeting, or at the next town meeting, and the moderator appointed on Such committee Rev. C. A. Staples, Charles A. Wellington, Leonard G. Babcock, Mrs. Alice D. Goodwin and Miss Ellen Dana. Mrs. Goodwin declined to serve and Mrs. Mary S. Tufts was appointed in her place. ARL. 21. To see if the town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to consider and report upon the advisability of laying, out and constructing a highway from the Arlington line to a. point near Lexington Centre by a route running southerly of, and approximately parallel with, Massachusetts avenue, and to