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TOWN OF LEXINGTON 63 Art, 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and as- sess the sum of $500 or any other surn of money for the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the 'Lown Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this sixteenth day of June, A. D., 1924. ALBERT H. BURMIAM, J. CHESTER HUTCHINSON, FRED H. MOULTON, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, CHARLES H. MILES, Selectmen of Lexington. A true copy. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN Constable of Lexington Lexington, Mass. June 19, 1924. To the Town Clerk: - 1 have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post-Otfice -and in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town, seven days be- fore the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN Constable of Lexington. 64 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN MEETING June 26, 1924 The meeting was called to order at 8 P. M. by Moder. ator Robert 11. Holt. Art. 1. William H. Ballard, Chairman of the School Building Committee, read the report of the committee. (See Committee Reports Book 2 Pg. 233). On motion of Mr. Ballard it was voted that the report of the committtee be accepted and placed on file. It was then voted that Articles 2 and 3 be taken up together. Art. 2. & 3. On motion of William H. Ballard it was unanimously, `Voted; That there be raised and appro- priated the sunt of $480,000. Said sum to include the $13,000. appropriated at the Town Meeting held .March 10, 1924 for School Building purposes. the same to be raised in the levy of the current year, for the purpose of constructing an addition to anti- remodelling the present high school building including the purchase of original equipment and furnishings for the same, and for the con- struction of an addition to the Parker School Building so-called, including original equipment and furnishings of said addition; and to meet said appropriation that there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $35,000. as required by Chapter 294, Acts. 1924, and that the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $350,000. under authority of and in accordance with the provision of said Chapter 294, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen year;, from the date of issue of the first bond or nr,te, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; and that there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $3500, to meet the requirements of Chapter 338. Acts of 1923, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen. be and hereby is author- ized to borrow the sum of $91,540. under authority and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with Chapter 44. so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first