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Frank P. Cutter, C. E., September 1911, of plan entitled Plan of
<br />Mansion House Property, estate of Abner Stone, Lexington, Mass.,
<br />June 1st, 1888, Charles D. Elliott, Engineer and Surveyor, Somer-
<br />ville, Mass., recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, book of
<br />plans 57, page 11.'
<br />Said parcel hereby taken is supposed to belong to Ellen A. Stone,
<br />and is bounded and described as follows : Beginning at the South-
<br />westerly corner thereof, at the Southeasterly corner of land described
<br />in a deed from Ellen A. Stone to the Town of Lexington, dated
<br />February 19, 1892, and recorded with Middlesex South District
<br />Deeds, book 2102, page 246-248; thence running North 6 degrees
<br />and three minutes West, 216 feet; bounded Westerly on said land
<br />of the town of Lexington, a 25 -foot passageway and land supposed
<br />to belong to the Follen Church ; thence turning and running North
<br />eighty-five degrees and twenty-two minutes East, 414 feet, bounded
<br />Northerly on land supposed to belong to Barnes and other land of
<br />the said Ellen A. Stone; thence turning and running in a straight
<br />line Southerly 207 feet, as shown on said plan; thence turning at a
<br />right angle and running South eighty-four degrees and thirty-one
<br />minutes West, 413 feet to the point of beginning, bounded Southerly
<br />by other land of the said Ellen A. Stone and land now or formerly
<br />of the estate of Caira Robbins. Said parcel contains 86,360 square
<br />feet of land, according to said plan.
<br />The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized, within sixty days
<br />after the passage of this vote, to sign and cause to be recorded in
<br />said Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, as a statement
<br />that the town takes said parcel of land and as a description thereof
<br />sufficient for identification and as a statement of the purpose for
<br />which the same is taken, a copy of this vote and of the plan above
<br />described."
<br />Sections 47, 48 and 49 of Chapter 25 of the Revised Laws were
<br />read by the chair.
<br />Robert 1'. Clapp moved to lay the motion of Mr. Peirce on the
<br />table, and the town so voted. Mr. Clapp then moved to take up
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<br />Articles 7, 8 and 9 in connection with Articles 5 and 6, and it was
<br />so voted. Mr. Clapp then moved to take Mr. Peirce's motion from
<br />the table, and it was so voted.
<br />ART. 7. Under Article 7, Mr. Peirce offered the following
<br />motion: "Voted, that the town hereby appropriates the sum of
<br />three hundred dollars, the same being equal to the estimated cost
<br />of a certain parcel of land and containing about 86,880 square feet
<br />of land supposed to be owned by Ellen A. Stone and situated in that
<br />part of Lexington called East Lexington, which it is proposed to
<br />take as provided by law for a public play ground, said parcel adjoins
<br />the parcel which the town has voted to take under Articles 5 and 6
<br />of the warrant for this meeting."
<br />Mr. Clapp offered an amendment to add the following to the end
<br />of Mr, Peirce's motion : "And that said appropriation be met by
<br />taking said sum of money from the Bank and Corporation Tax."
<br />The meeting voted to accept the amendment.
<br />Arm. 8 AND 9. Under Articles 8 and 9, Frederick G. Jones
<br />offered the following motion: "That the town hereby takes the
<br />following described parcel of land in fee for the purpose of a public
<br />play ground, the amount equal to the estimated cost thereof,
<br />namely,—the sum of three hundred (300) dollars, having heretofore
<br />been duly appropriated by the town, as provided by law. Said
<br />parcel is shown on a plan entitled'Sub•division by Frank P. Cutter
<br />C. E., September 1911, of plan entitled Plan of Mansion House
<br />Property, estate of Abner Stone, Lexington, Mass., June 1st, 1888,
<br />Charles D. Elliott, Engineer and Surveyor, Somerville, Mass.,'
<br />recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, book of plans 57,
<br />page 11. Said parcel hereby taken is supposed to belong to Ellen
<br />A. Stone and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at
<br />the Northwesterly corner thereof, at a tall granite post, thence run-
<br />ning South eighty-nine degrees and twenty-seven minutes East,
<br />100.40 feet; thence North eighty-nine degrees and forty-two min-
<br />utes East, forty-two feet; thence North eighty-four degrees and
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