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ANNUAL REPORTS 65 Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install sewers in the following streets: Bedford Street, from Tewksbury Street northerly a dis- tance of approximately 120 feet; Pinewood Street, from Summit Road northwesterly a dis- tance of approximately 241 feet; Cherry Street, from Taft Avenue northerly a distancs of approximately 180 feet; Cary Street, from Taft Avenue northerly a distance of approximately 270 feet; Taft Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue toward Charles Street a distance of approximately 1050 feet; and appropriate money for said sewer construction by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to acquire from Sam Lippa of Lexington, Massachusetts, his rights in water pipe laid in Fottler Avenue in the year 1921 and pay him the sum of $392.54 therefor and to provide funds for same by direct appropriation or by transfer from other accounts. Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to establish a Water Department Assessments Account. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee or the assessment of betterments and to take by emient domain the necessary easement therefor: Taft Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue toward Charles Street, a distance of approximately 1050 feet; Cherry Street from Taft Avenue northerly a distance of approximately 180 feet ; Cary Street from Taft Avenue northerly a distance of approximately 270 feet; Gleason Road from North Hancock Street to Dee Road, a distance of approximately 500 feet; Pine Knoll Road running parallel with the Bedford Town Line in a northerly direction, a distance of approximately 1520 feet; and provide funds for said installation by direct appropria- 66 TOWN OF LEXINGTON tion and by transfer from Water Department Surplus Ac- count, also to provide funds for other emergency construc- tion. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to replace the four inch water main in Bedford Street with a six inch main from Westview Street in a northerly direction a distance of ap- proximately 1500 feet, and provide funds for said replace- ment by direct appropriation. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries of the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Tax Collector to con- form to the vote on salary reductions passed March 20, 1933, at the Town Meeting. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zon- ing By -Law and Zoning Map by changing from a C. 1 District to an M. 1 District the following described parcel of land owned by Robert L. Innis and Dougal McLennan: Beginning at a point in the southeasterly line of Grant Street, said point being northeasterly and distant about 158 feet from the northeasterly exterior line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northeasterly by said Line of Grant Street distant 142.7 feet, thence south- easterly by land of Boston and Lowell Railroad Corpora- tion distant 139.4 feet, thence southwesterly by land of Town of Lexington distant 138.5 feet thence north- westerly by land of Caroline A. Harrington distant 140 feet to point of beginning. Art. 12. To see if the Town will authorize the necessary conveyances to straighten the boundary line of the East Lexington Playground and for that purpose will authorize the Selectmen to convey to Charles R. Joy, parcels 1 and 3 on a "Plan Showing Relocation of Playground Property Line, Lexington, Massachusetts, May 1, 1933, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer" on file in the office of the Town Clerk, in consideration of the conveyance to the town by the said Joy of parcel 2 on the said plan, the said land to be con- veyed by the town being part of the premises heretofore taken by eminent domain by the town from the estate of Ellen Stone, the officer in charge thereof having notified the Selectmen that in his opinion such land is no longer required for public purposes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will accept from Charles R.