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<br />Aar. 9. To provide for the support of the poor at the Poor
<br />Farm the ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
<br />ART. 10. To provide for the support of outside poor the ensuing
<br />year, and grant money for the same.
<br />ART. 11. To provide for the support of the highways the ensu-
<br />ing year, and grant money for the same.
<br />ART. 12. To provide for the support of the street lights the en-
<br />suing year, and grant money for the same.
<br />ART. 13. 'I'o provide for the support of the Fire Department the
<br />ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
<br />ART. 14. To see if the town will make the appropriations for
<br />town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the Selectmen, or
<br />act in any manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize their 'Treasurer, under
<br />the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary
<br />purpose, in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year,
<br />the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or
<br />act in any manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation
<br />to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner re-
<br />lating thereto.
<br />ART. 17. To see if the 'Town will make an appropriation to con-
<br />struct sidewalks with concrete or other materials where the abutters
<br />will pay one-half the expense thereof.
<br />ART. 18. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at a
<br />meeting held January 29,• 1900, under article 2 of said meeting, and
<br />substitute therefor the following, or act in any manner relating
<br />thereto : "That at the Annual 'Town Meeting in March, 1903, the
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<br />Town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in
<br />March, 1904, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year, and
<br />in March, 1905, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of one year,
<br />and thereafter shall annually elect three Selectmen for the term of
<br />one year, in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected
<br />prior to the election of March 5, 1900."
<br />ART. 19. To see if the Town will construct a drain extending
<br />from Waltham street to the Hayes Fountain, and appropriate money
<br />for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the use of
<br />the Horses of the Fire Department on the watering carts and snow
<br />plows, or act in auy manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to sell to Helen A. Crone
<br />and to Louise M. Reed, a strip of land 25 feet wide adjoining the
<br />land now owned by each of them on Lincoln street, or act in any
<br />manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to issue bonds to the
<br />amount of ten thousand dollars under the authority and provisions of
<br />Chapter one hundred and sixty (160) of the Acts of 1896, for the
<br />purpose of refunding an equal amount of bonds of the town denom-
<br />inated "Lexington Water Bonds," which became due November 1,
<br />1902, or act in any manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 23. To see if the Town will accept a bequest made in the
<br />will of the late Joseph Van Ness, which reads as follows : "Fourth,
<br />I give, bequeath and devise to the Town of Lexington, in the Com-
<br />monwealth of ]Massachusetts, five and one-half (5 1-2) acres of land,
<br />the same being the lot lying within the acute angle, at the junction
<br />of Watertown street and Pleasant street, to be held by the 'Town as
<br />a memorial park forever, to be known as Bowman Park."
<br />ART. 24. To see if the Town will accept a strip of land abutting
<br />on Woburn street, the town line between Lexington and Woburn
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