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23 Resolved, That the trustees of Cary Library be requested to open the library at one o'clock in the afternoon on week days in, stead of two o'clock, and to open it on Sunday afternoon from half - past two to half -past five o'clock. Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars be appropriated and assessed to defray the additional expense of the same. Mr. R. P. Clapp offered the following amendment which was accept- ed by Mr. Staples, that the matter of appropriating money to defray the additional expense of keeping Cary Library open be referred to the finance committee and the motion of Mr. Staples, as amended by Mr. Clapp, was carried. ARr. 20. On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was Voted, That the town recommend the use of the horses of the Fire Department for hauling the street sprinklers and snow plows within suitable limits, and refers the whole matter to the Board of Selectmen with this recommendation. Under article 4 Mr. A. E. Scott presented a report of progress of the Committee on additional Water Supply. (See report of commit- tee, page 502). On motion of Mr. E. P. Merriam it was Voted, That the report be accepted and that the portion of the report asking for an appropriation be referred to the finance com- mittee. ART. 15. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson 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 Treasurer is hereby author- ized to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is 24. made, with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent per annum. All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year. ART. 21. On motion of James E. Crane, it was voted that the town sell to Helen A. Crone, and to Louise M. Reed the land des- cribed in Article 21, on such terms and at such price as the Select- men may fix. Under Article 27, Mr. E. A. Bayley offered the following motion Voted, That the membership of the School committee be in- creased to six, in the manner provided by law, and to this end the town shall at its annual town meeting for the election of officers for the year 190, elect four members of the School Committee, two of whom shall be elected for the term of three years, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of one year, and thereafter the town shall annually elect two members each for the term of three years. Mr. C. S. Ryan moved that the matter be indefinitely post- poned for the reason that the revised laws Chap. 11, Section 334 did not:permit action being taken at an annual meeting. Mr. Bayley moved to amend Mr. Ryan's amendment that the matter be post- poned until the adjourned meeting. Mr. Ryan accepted the amend- ment, and the motion as amended was carried. Under Articie 17, Mr. E. A. Bayley presented the petition of Cornelius O'Leary, and sixty-nine others, asking the Selectmen to build a gravel sidewalk from the junction of Mass. ave. and Woburn st., to a point three hundred feet east of Utica street. And it was voted to refer the petition to the board of Selectmen, with the recom- mendation of the voters in town meeting assembled. Ac'r. 6. The Moderator called up this article, and read the list of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen, the naives of William W. Reed and George D. Harrington, being stricken from the