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1 TOWN CLERK EI RECORDS x: 'i i of Agriculture and Home Economies, or act in any manner relative thereto. Fa'a Art. 31. To see if the Town will author- • ize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of ' revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or set in any manner rela- tive thereto. Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept the widenings and alterations made by the Selectmen on the following named streets, or any of them, and establish the same es parts of the highways, or act in any manner relating thereto: 1. Lincoln Street, or northerly side, from a point at or near the junction with the State Road to a point nearly opposite Weston Street. 2. At the junction of Lincoln and Mid- dle Streets. 3. At the junction of Hancock and Adams Streets. 4. At the junction of Merriam Street and Somerset Road. 5. Hancock Street at a point easterly from its junction with Bedford Street. Art. 33. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the celebration of April 19, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 34. To appropriate money for the use of the Water Department, and to pro- vide same by the issuance of Bonds or Notes or by direct appropriation, or to take any other action relative thereto. Art. 35. To appropriate money for the use of the Sewer Department, and to pro- vide same by the issuance of Bonds or Notes or by direct appropriation, or to take any other action relative thereto. Art. 36. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the purchase of certifi- cates or medals to be presented to Lexing- ton citizens who have served in the United States Forces in the World War, and who have been, or may be honorably dis- eharged from such service, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 37. To see if the Town will accept a deed from the Boston and Maine RR. conveying to the Town the parcel of land located in front of the railroad station and commonly known as "Depot Park," under conditions named by the railroad company, or aet in any manner relative thereto. Art. 38. To see if the Town will make an appropriation sufficient to meet the ex- penses of the collection and removal of garbage and ashes, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 39. To see if the Town will vote to change the termini of the following streets, vis: Winthrop Road, Highland Avenue and Vine Brook Road, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 40. To see if the Town will author- ize the Selectmen to act with the Select- men of Arlington in establishing a name for the public way running from Lowell Street to the Arlington line and con- tinuing into the Town of Arlington, or acs in any manner relating thereto. Art. 41. To see if the Town will vote to establish a name for the public way in the southwesterly part of the Town lead- ing from Concord Avenue southwesterly to the Lincoln town tine, the same being a continuation of a road in Lincoln run- ning along the base of Mt. Tabor. Art. 42. To see if the Town will author- ize the Selectmen to procure plans and es- timates for a new fireproof vault and for a rearrangement of the Town of8ee, and make a small appropriation therefor. Art. 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept the widening and alteration made by the Selectmen on the easterly side of Bedford Street northerly from its june- tion with Elm Avenue and establish the same as a part of the highway, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 44. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the aceount "Special Re- serve" (Overlay Balance 1916) the sum of 4238.54 and from the account "Overlay 1918" the sum of $596.22 both to the ac- count "Overlay 1917" overdrawn to the amount of these transfers $834.76. til•:. ta TOWN OF LEXINGTON Art. 45. To see if the Town will provide a better and sufficient outlet for Vine Brook from Massachusetts Avenue east- erly to a point about 1500 ft. distant and grant money for the same, or aet in any manner relating thereto. ' Art. 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections twenty-one to twenty- five, both inclusive, of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts relating to the election and establishment of Boards of Cemetery Commissioners or take any action relative thereto. Art. 47. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Board of Cemetery Commissioners consisting of three persons in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 21 of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 48. To see if the Town will vote to approve a set of Rules and Regulations relative to the care, superintendence and management of all public burial grounds in the Town or take any action relative thereto. Art. 49. To see if the Town will make an appropriation with which to begin work of construction in the new cemetery in conformity with plans to be submitted by the joint committee consisting of the Planning Board and Cemetery Committee or Cemetery Commissioners or take any action relative thereto. Art. 50. To see if the Town will vote that all moneys received from the sale of lots in the new Cemetery, so called, shall be kept in a separate fund by the Tow Treasurer to be spent under the direction of the joint committee consisting of the Planning Board and Cemetery Commit- tee or Cemetery Commissioners for con- struction work in connection with the lay- out of the New Cemetery or take any ac- tion relative thereto. Art. 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept a relocation of Locust Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue to Tower Street, and also an extension of Locust Avenue from Tower Street to Pollen Road for f highway purposes, as laid out by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 52. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the purpose of maintaining the electric lights in the Village Clock at East Lexington, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 53. To see if the Town wilI author- ize the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to relocate, and rebuild Concord Avenue from the Belmont line to the Lincoln line, or set in any manner re- lating thereto. 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 thirteenth day of February, A. D., 1919. WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., February 26, 1919. To the Town Clerk: - I have notified the inhabitants of Lex- ington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office and in nine other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest : CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington.