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fifty-six minutes East, 18 feet; thence North eighty-five degrees and
<br />forty-five minutes East, 19 feet; thence South eighty-seven degrees
<br />and fifty-three minutes East, 120.79 feet to a stone post in the
<br />Westerly line of the location of the Boston & Maine Railroad;
<br />thence turning and running Sotitheasterly on the said Westerly
<br />boundry line of the location of the Boston & Maine Railroad, 377
<br />feet; thence turning and running South eighty-four degrees and
<br />thirty-one minutes West, 203 feet; thence turning at a right angle
<br />and running Northerly in a straight line, 207 feet; thence turning
<br />and running South eighty-five degrees and twenty-two minutes West,
<br />187.50 feet to the center of a drill hole; thence turning and running
<br />North seven degrees and twenty-eight minutes West, 182.40 feet to
<br />the said granite post and the point of beginning. Containing 86,880
<br />square feet of land according to said plan.
<br />The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and instructed,
<br />within sixty days after the passage of this vote, to file and cause to
<br />be recorded in said Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as a
<br />statement that the town takes said parcel of land and as a description
<br />thereof sufficiently accruate for identification and as a statement of
<br />the purpose for which the same is taken, a copy of this vote and of
<br />the plan above described."
<br />William H. Ballard stated reasons why the town should not take
<br />the land, and argued against the acceptance of the motions as
<br />presented.
<br />Enquiries and suggestions relating to the matter were made by
<br />Frank H. Holmes, Christopher S. Ryan, Robert L. Ryder, Dr. j.
<br />Odin Tilton, Edwin B. Worthen and Albert S. Parsons.
<br />Sections 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws
<br />were read by the chairman. Mr. Peirce explained the advantages
<br />of the site advocated by the committee. After discussion, the motion
<br />first offered by Mr. Peirce under Articles 5 and 6 was carried, 39 in
<br />affirmative, one in negative. Then the motion offered by Mr. Peirce
<br />under Article 7 was carried as amended, unanimously. And finally,
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<br />the motion offered by Mr. Jones under Articles 8 and 9 was carried,
<br />38 in affirmative, one in negative.
<br />on motion of Albert S. Parsons, it was voted that it is the sense
<br />of this meeting that the committee investigate and consider the
<br />matter of a proper approach to the proposed school lot.
<br />The meeting was dissolved at 9.24 p. in., on motion of Alonzo E.
<br />Locke.
<br />A true record. Attest :
<br />CHAS. W. SWAN,
<br />Town Clerk.
<br />A true copy of the record. Attest :
<br />CHAS. W. SWAN,
<br />Town Clerk.
<br />WARRANT FOR A STATE PRIMARY
<br />TuFsnav, September 26, 1911
<br />To EITHER CONSTABLE OF LEXINGTON,
<br />GREETING :
<br />In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
<br />hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town o£
<br />Lexington, qualified by law to vote in State Primaries, to assemble
<br />at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the twenty-sixth day of September,
<br />A. D., 1911, at 5 p. m., to attend a Primary and cast their ballots
<br />to nominate candidates for the following State and County offices :
<br />Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor,
<br />Attorney General, Councillor, Senator Fifth Middlesex District,
<br />Representative in the General Court, Twenty-ninth Middlesex Dis-
<br />trict, County Commissioner, Clerk of Courts and Register of Deeds.
<br />And also to cast their ballots to elect delegates to the Slate con-
<br />ventions, members of State committees and Town committees,
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