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lots therein, shall immediately, upon receipt therefor, be paid over by the Treasurer to the Trustees of Public Trusts, to the end that the same may be administered by said Trustees agreeably to the provisions of Chapter 107 of the Acts of 1910, that the town shall not allow or become liable for the payment of any interest or moneys or funds hereafter deposited with the Town Treasurer for such purposes; and that the provisions of the vote passed by the town Nov. 2nd, 1875, relative to depositing money with the Town Treas- urer for cemetery purposes are hereby amended so as to conform to the terms of the present vote. ART. 8. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was Voted that the sum of $3130.79 be appropriated and assessed to cover the town liability for the cost of the suppression of insects during the year 1911, and that a further sum of $1250.00 be appro- priated and assessed to continue the moth work during the year under the provisions of Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, and amendments thereto. Voted that all money appropriated for the suppression of insects for the year 1911 be expended under the direction of a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator of this meeting. The Moderator appointed the following Edward P. Merriam Charles H. Bugbee William C. Stickel George N. Childs William P. Martin Awr. 9. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was Voted that for the purpose of raising funds for the use of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners in extending water mains, the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to issue and to sell at public or private sale ten (10) negotiable coupon serial bonds of the town to the aggregate princi- 16 pal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), the bonds to be in the denomination of $1000.00 each and to bear interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum, payable semi-annually. The bonds shall mature annually, one each year, beginning 1912, up to and including 1921. Both principal and interest shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness. Said bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer and counter- signed by a majority of the Selectmen. Voted: Yes, 52; No, 6. On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was Voted that in addition to applying to the extension of water mains moneys especially appropriated by vote of the town for that purpose, the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners is hereby authorized to take from current revenues and expend for the construction of such new or additional mains from time to time as in the judgment of the Board may be advisable, sums not exceeding in the aggregate five thousand dollars ($51100.00) in any one year, such expenditures to be treated as an offset to depreciations, provided, however, that no mains shall be laid or extended in an unaccepted street without a prior vote of the town authorizing the work. Voted, that the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners are hereby requested to expend during the current year, for the pur- poses herein named, the proceeds of the $10,000.00 of bonds authorized by vote passed at this meeting to be issued for the raising of funds for the use of said Board in extending water mains, viz: (1) Laying an eight -inch main in Middle street from the present terminus of the eight -inch main therein westerly to a connection near the corner of Middle and Waltham streets with the six-inch main now existing in Middle street; and (2) extending and im- proving the mains in and near Merriam and Oakland streets, to the end that more adequate hydrant service may be provided for the protection of property on and near the hill lying between Merriam and Oakland streets and Glen road. 16