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33 ART. 23. A. S. Mitchell offered the following motion : "That $6,000 be appropriated and assessed for the purchase of a lot of land containing about 32 acres or more, off Adams St. belonging to Herbert V. Smith for Cemetery purposes, the same to be expended by the Cemetery Committee." E. A. Bayley moved as a substitute motion "That the subject be left with the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Cemetery Committee, and Mr. Bayley's motion was put and declared carried. ART. 24. On motion of E. A. Bayley it was Voted, That the town By -Laws be amended by adding the follow- ing sections to Article 4: 1. "The Board of Selectmen may at their discretion grant permits to hawkers and pedlars upon such terms and conditions as said Board niay deem reasonable and proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, and every such permit shall be printed or written, and contain the full name and address of the hawker or pedlar to whom it it issued, the articles to be hawked or peddled, and shall expire within thirty days from the date of its issue, and may be revoked at any time by a written notice from the Board of Selectmen." 2. "No person shall, except in accordance with a permit from the Board of Selectmen, in any street, or from any building, or on any public ground or common, sell, offer or expose for sale, any goods or article to any person on the street, or on any public ground or common, and any person so selling, or so offering or exposing for sale without such permit shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each day on or during such selling, offering or exposing for sale occurs," and that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to secure the approval of these By- Laws. ART. 25. On motion of G. W. Sampson it was Voted, "That the subject be left with the Surveyors of Highways." 3 34 ART. 26. A. S. Mitchell offered the following motion : "That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to appear before a Judge of Probate in the Connty of Middlesex, and present to the attention of the Probate Court in and for the said County the names of two persons, praying that said persons be appointed trustees under the will of Chandler R. Richardson deceased, late of Lexing- ton, in addition to the present trustee, that it be the sense of the town that such additional trustees be so appointed, and that the Selectmen suggest two such persons to the committee hereby ap- pointed to carry out this vote." H. H. Putnam moved to amend by substituting the following motion : WHEREAS, a bequest to the town of Lexington is reported to have been made by the late Chandler R. Richardson of a certain portion of the property formerly owned by him to be devoted to the use of a manual training school for the town, and WHEREAS, the town is informed that no report of the administra- tion of the trust created by the will of said Richardson has been filed in the Probate Court. It is hereby Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair to in- vestigate the matter fully, to take such action as they see fit and to report on the subject at the next town meeting. Mr. E. P. Merriam moved that when the vote on Mr. Putnam's amendment be taken the house be polled, which was lost. Mr. Putnam's amendment was put and declared lost. Mr, Mitchell's motion was then put and declared carried. The Moderator appointed the following committee : ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, (Chairman), GEORGE W. SAMPSON, ABRAM C. WASHBURN. ART. 27. On motion of A. E. Locke it was Voted, That the sum of $1240 be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of improving the sanitation and drainage of the Adams