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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 nineteenth day of April, A. D., 1911. FRANK D. PEIRCE, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, W. H. WHITAKER, Selectmen of Lexington. LEXINGTON, April 25, 1911. Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Lexington by posting a duly attested copy of the Warrant in the post offices and other public places in the town, and by mailing a duly attested copy of the Warrant to every registered voter in the town five days before the time of said ineeting. Attest : WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. TOWN MEETING, APRIL 29, 1911 The meeting was called to order at 7.30 p. m. by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the Warrant. On motion of Edwin A. Bayley the further reading was dispensed with. The return of the Constable was read. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was Voted to elect a moderator, that the check list be used, and the polls kept open two minutes. 41 Five votes were cast for moderator, all for Edwin A. Bayley, and he was declared elected, and was sworn by the Clerk. Ayer. 3. Under this article William C. Stickel offered the follow- ing motion :— "Noted, that the Town Auditor be authorized to credit to the 1911 account for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, an amount equal to the estimated payment to be made to the town by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on account of the moth work in Lexington. And that there be further credited to said Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth account such amounts as may be reported from time to time by the Moth Committee as having been expended on private property." And the town so voted. ART. 6. Improvement in front of Town Hall. Under this article Frederick L. Emery offered the following motion :— " Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to arrange by contract or otherwise, in their discretion, to lay out and improve the area now concreted in front of the Town Hall in accordance with the plan recommended and furnished by the Lexington Field and Garden Club, and that the sum of $500.00 be assessed and appropriated for the purpose." And the town so voted. ART. 7. New schoolhouse at East Lexington. Under this article Frederick G. Jones offered the following motion "Voted, that the Moderator appoint a committee of five, com- prising the present chairman of the School Committee, and four 42