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43 November, A. D., 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowl- -edges the receipt of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars from Clinton Viles of Boston, the interest of which is to be ex- pended in accordance with said vote and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot standing in the name of Joel Viles, No. 71 old number and 309 new number, in the new part of town cemetery near the High school house in said Lex- ington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks, and the avenues adjacent thereto. No money to be expended on said lot until the year 1900 or after. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, 7own Zreasurer. LEXINGTON, March 11, 1898. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1898. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are Hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to as- semble at the Town Hall, on Friday, the twentieth day of May, A. LD., 1898, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following .articles, viz.:— ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. 44 Voted, To choose a moderator by ballot, and that the polls remain open three minutes. On ballot with the use of the check list, George W. Sampson had 11 votes, Robert P. Clapp two votes, and Geo. W. Sampson was declared chosen as moderator. Mr. Sampson declined to serve and the meeting excused him. A new ballot was ordered, which resulted in Mr. George F. Mead receiving 16 votes and Harry W. Davis 5 votes, and George F. Mead was declared chosen as moderator - and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To hear the report of any committee or board of. officers of the town that may be ready to report, and act there- on. Mr. Herbert S. Teele for the committee to investigate a system of heating and ventilating for the High and Adams school buildings made the following report The committee appointed by the chairman at the March meeting to investigate a system of heating and ventilating for the High and Adams school buildings and improving the lighting of the above named buildings, would make the fol- lowing recommendation : — That the town of Lexington at this meeting appropriate the sum of twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five ($2,875.00) dollars for the purpose of making the necessary changes in the two buildings named, the money appropriated to be ex- pended under the direction of the committee. Signed, HERBERT S. TEELE, R. W. HOLBROOK, EDWIN A. BAYLEY.