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<br />G. W. Sampson then moved to amend by substituting the follow-
<br />ing motion :
<br />"That the sum of nine thousand ($9,000.00) dollars is hereby
<br />appropriated for the purpose of purchasing materials and laying
<br />pipes and doing other work necessary for the extension of the water
<br />mains from their present terminus on Woburn St. through Lowell St.
<br />to the Arlington line, and for supplying water, the same to be bor-
<br />rowed by issue of bonds in the aggregate principal sum of nine
<br />thousand ($9,000.00) dollars, of the denomination of one thousand
<br />($1,000.00) dollars each, hearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
<br />per annum, payable semi-annually at the office of the town Treasurer
<br />or any bank in Boston that the Board of Selectmen may designate
<br />on the face of the bonds, that said bonds with interest shall be pay-
<br />able in gold coin of the United States, of standard weight and fine-
<br />ness, said bonds shall be denominated on the face thereof ' Lexing-
<br />ton Water Bonds,' and shall be signed by the town Treasurer and
<br />countersigned by the Selectmen or a majority thereof, and shall be
<br />payable as follows : One of such bonds shall be payable on the 1st
<br />day of January, 1904, and one of such bonds shall be payable on the
<br />Ist day of January thereafter until and including January, 1912.
<br />Instead of establishing a sinking -fund for the payment of such
<br />bonds, the Board of Assessors shall, without further vote, in the
<br />year 1904 and in each year thereafter, assess the sum of one thou-
<br />sand ($1,000.00) dollars until said debt shall be extinguished, in the
<br />same manner as other taxes are assessed under the provisions of
<br />Section 37, Chapter 12 of the Revised Laws."
<br />G. W. Taylor moved to amend the motion of Mr. Sampson by
<br />adding, " That the work of purchasing materials, laying pipes and
<br />doing other work necessary as aforesaid, be let out to the lowest
<br />responsible bidder." This amendment Mr. Sampson accepted. By
<br />a vote, 24 to 27, the amendment of Mr. Sampson was voted down.
<br />Mr. Taylor then removed the amendment offered by him, which was
<br />accepted by vote. Mr. Locke's motion was then passed by a vote
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<br />of 40 to 17 and was declared carried by more than a two -third's
<br />vote.
<br />There being no objection the meeting proceeded again to take up
<br />Article 3, and upon motion of G. W. Sampson the following vote
<br />was unanimously passed.
<br />rioted, That the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars be
<br />appropriated and assessed to meet the expense of furnishing and
<br />laying a six-inch pipe from the residence of Mary A. Morrill on
<br />Lowell St. to the Arlington line, and that this sum of four thousand
<br />($4,000.00) dollars be raised on notes of the town, to be made pay-
<br />able one thousand [$1,000.00) dollars annually for four years, at a
<br />rate of interest not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, said notes to
<br />be sold at private sale by the Selectmen, said sum to be expended
<br />when the Water Commissioners shall have received a written guaran-
<br />tee from the abutters on the line for five years of an amount yield-
<br />ing not less than six per cent. per annum of the cost of construction.
<br />Poled, That the meeting be dissolved.
<br />Meeting dissolved at 9.20 o'clock.
<br />A true record, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
<br />Town Clerk.
<br />WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING,
<br />TUESDAY, November 3rd, 1903.
<br />To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING :
<br />In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
<br />hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
<br />Lexington, qualified by law to vote in State, District and County
<br />affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of
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