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In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Lexington, on Saturday, the twenty-ninth day of April, A. D., 1911, at 7.30 p. m., then and there to act on the following articles : ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting. ART. 2. To hear and act upon the report of any committees ready to report, or appoint other committees. ART. 3. To see if the town will give special instructions to the Auditor and Treasurer regarding the approval and payment of bills for the suppression of insects, and act thereon. ART, 4. To choose such town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination- ART. 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the purpose of installing a fire alarm box on Lincoln street between Parker street and School street, and take action thereon. ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to improve the area now concreted in front of the Town Hall, in accordance with plans recommended by the Lexington Field and Garden Club, and assess and appropriate money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 7. To see what action the town will take towards procuring a suitable location for a new school house, and making an appropri- ation to obtain plans for a new school building in East Lexington, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 8. To see what action the town will take relative to a new cemetery, or increasing cemetery accommodations, and to provide means for paying for the same, or act in any manner thereto. ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907, authorizing the establishment of boards of survey in towns, or act in any manner relating thereto. , 39 ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to adopt by-laws regulating the inspection, materials, construction, alteration and use of build- ings or other structures within its limits, in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Laws already accepted by the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 11. To hear the report of the committee heretofore ap- pointed with reference to the codification, modification, or additions to the by-laws of the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 12. To see whether the town will provide to have its by- laws codified. published and distributed among the citizens of the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 13. To ratify and confirm the action of the town taken at the meeting held Jan. 17th, 1911, in relation to issuing ten (10) negotiable coupon serial bonds for one thousand dollars each, the proceeds to be used for the extension of water mains ; or to take any other or further action in regard to the issue or sale of bonds for said purpose. ART. 14. To see what provisions the town will take for the pay- ment of the salary of the Town Treasurer; to make an appropri- ation for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 15. To hear the report of the committee appointed to investigate the advisability of purchasing automobile fire apparatus for the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to repair, remodel, or reconstruct its present Centre Engine House, and appropriate money therefor, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to sell or dispose of the whole or any part of its present fire apparatus and equipment and to purchase an automobile fire engine in place thereof, and appropriate money therefor, or act in any manner relating thereto. 40