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.15 ART. 16. 'To -see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 17. '1'o see if the town will make an appropriation to con- struct sidewalks with concrete or other materials where the abutters will pay one-half the expense thereof. ART. 18. To see if the town will authorize the placing the Pit- cairn Pistols and the tongue of the Old Bell in the Hancock Clarke House under the custody of the Lexington Historical Society, or act in any manner relating thereto. • ART. 19. To see if the town will make an appropriation of $100.00 to be expended by the Selectmen for ascertaining the cost of surveying, grading and building a street sixty feet wide, extending from Massachusetts avenue near Vine Brook, to Pleasant street, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose of flooding the base ball grounds during the winter season next ensuing, thereby providing skating facilities for both young and old, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 21. '1'o see if the town will appoint a committee to act with the Selectmen for the purpose of investigating the whole matter of the Water Department, the finances thereof, and to ascertain and report whether or not the amount of six per cent. guaranteed by takers on extensions has been collected, and to report to the town a plan for placing the Water Department on a self-sustaining basis, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 22. To see if the town will make an appropriation to cover the deficit in the Water Department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Id Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the -time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-first day of February, A. D., 1906. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, FRANK D. PEIRCE, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, Selectmen of Lexington. MEETING MARCH 5, 1906. Meeting called to order at 7.10 o'clock a. m. by the 'Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the Warrant. After reading the first two articles, on motion of Edwin A. Bayley it was voted unanimously that the reading of the remainder of the articles be dispensed with. The return of the Constable on the Warrant was then read by the Clerk. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Arthur D. Stone it was _ Poled, That a Moderator be elected by ballot; that the check list be used, and that the polls be kept open two minutes. At the close of the polls two ballots had been cast, all for Edwin A. Bayley, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. ARTS. 2 and 3, Abram B. Smith and Charles W. Swan having been appointed Ballot Clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk and receipted to him for a sealed package said to contain 700 official ballots for male voters, and a sealed package said to contain 200 offi- cial ballots for female voters, also a check list for male and female voters. Irving Stone and James A. Hurley having been appointed Deputy Ballot Clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk. The ballot - box was shown to be empty, then locked, and the key delivered to