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TOWN OF LEXINGTON 15 One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for one year (to fill vacancy), One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for one year (to fill vacancy). The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the twenty-first day of March. 1932 at 8 :00 P..M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined ex- clusively by the town meeting members, in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Offic- ers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 3. To choose such Town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize 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 act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropria- tions for Town Expenses for the ens►,ing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in ac- cordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or aet in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and as- sess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as pro- vided by Chapter 40, section 6, General Laws, or take any ac- tion relating thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32. General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water Department and payment of water debt, and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by di - 16 ANNUAL REPORTS rest appropriation or by transfer from other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1932. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the support of a Posture Clinic, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health or by a committee appoint- ed by said Board, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for Old Age Assistance in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 118A inserted by Acts of 1930, Chapter 402 or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the painting and repair of the Public Works Department building located on Bedford Street. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,830.69 to the Cary Library Account, the same being the sum received frons the Middlesex County for dog fees. Art. 15. To see if the Town will accept an offer from Caro- line A. Harrington and authorize the Selectmen to execute an agreement with her for the settlement of her petition against the Town for the assessment of damages for the taking of the easement of a building line across her property at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Grant Street and for the con- veyance to the Town of the land between. the said building line and the street together with certain rights in Vine Brook and authorize payment for the same by the issue of bands of notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors in determining the rate of Taxation to be levied on taxable property for the year to include in the estimated re- ceipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures, such free cash in the treasury, not exceeding $10,000, as may be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. Art. 18. To see if the Town will take any action to express to the proper officials of the Federal Government its opinion