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51 Mr. Clapp said the idea prevailed that the assessment pro- posed on abutters for sewer purposes was not fair, and the commissioners had conducted correspondence with about forty towns to learn their methods of assessment and he had the replies at hand for any one interested to examine. There was found a great diversity of methods in different places. The subject was fully discussed by Messrs. Alderman, C. M. Parker, H. G. Janvrin, H. W. Lewis, J. F. Hutchinson, Dr. J. 0. Tilton and G. W. Sampson. The vote offered by Mr. Clapp at the former meeting (see previous pages) was read by the moderator and it was Voted, That the vote be taken by ballot with the use of check list, and the balloting proceeded. At 9.50 o'clock the poll was closed and the moderator appointed Messrs. R. P. Clapp and G. W. Sampson as tellers to assort and count the votes, who reported that 185 ballots had been cast, which agreed with the names checked on the voting list, of which 107 were in favor of issuing bonds and incurring indebted- ness for sewer purposes, and 78 against, and the moderator declared that two-thirds not having voted in favor, the motion did not prevail. Awr. 2. Mr. H. S. Teele for the committee on heating and ventilating High and Adams school houses, made a report as follows : LEXINGTON, JUNE 1St, 1898. The committee appointed to investigate the matter of im- proved heating and ventilation of the Adams and High school buildings, in view of the urgent necessity of action on 52 the part of the town to place these buildings in such a con- dition as to meet the requirements of the state board of police, submit the following further report : We find that the Adams school building is heated with a hot water heater ; that the rooms are entirely without venti- lation, and that the condition of the air in the school rooms very soon after the opening of each session heeomes so foul as to be a serious menace to the health of the pupils and teachers. The lighting of the rooms, in con- sequence of the size and location of the windows, is very poor and inadequate. This building has been inspected by the state board of police, who expressed their surprise and disapproval at its condition and suggested that the town must make the necessary alterations. Your committee in- vited seven heating and ventilating firms to look over this building and suggest some system of heating and ventilat- ing which would fulfill the requirements of the state board of police. Six of the seven firms accepted the invitation and submitted plans and estimates, embodying steam and hot air. The estimates for hot air heating and ventilating, while run- ning somewhat lower than for steam heating, did not, in the opinion of your committee, provide so satisfactorily for the needs of the building. The lowest estimate for steam heating which your com- mittee feels justified in entertaining was $1300. This in- cluded the using of some parts of the system now installed in the building. The committee has received estimates for the increased lighting of this building by placing large windows in the westerly end of each room, and this, with the other necessary repairs we are convinced will require the expendi- ture of at least $300 more, making the necessary amount $1600. As this building is otherwise in a fair state of preservation and repair, and as the town will doubtless con-