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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 27 tirement Board to be established under Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the traffic control signal system in Lexington Center, or take any action in relation thereto. Article 43. To see if the Town will purchase or take by Eminent Domain the property numbered 1557 Massachu- setts Avenue, adjoining the Cary Memorial Building, for- merly owned by the late William L. Barnes, for any appropri- ate municipal purpose, and to pay for the same in whole or in part by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town. Article 44. To see if the Town will purchase for a school playground and park purposes the parcel of land owned by Harriette W. Smith as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Addition to Parker School Property, Lex., Mass., for School, Playground and Park Purposes, Scale 1 in. -40 ft., Feb. 15, 1937, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer" and con- taining 38,690 square feet, and compromise two petitions for damages arising out of the layout of Valley Road brought against the Town, one by Harriette W. Smith and the other by Harriette W. Smith, and others, now pending in the Su- perior Court, and pay for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town in accordance with Law. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen upon Depot Park for construction and labor in accordance with the plan presented by the Lexington Field & Garden Club. Article 46. To see if the Town Meeting Members will vote to authorize their precincts to choose members neces- sary to represent them on the Lexington Town Meeting Members Association as an Executive Committee, and to ap- propriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of said Committee. Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the purchase of new Whistle Apparatus for the Fire Department. 28 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Selectmen for the changing of the names of certain streets, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to construct Reed Street from about 500 ft. north of Sunnyknoll Avenue to Ash Street, a distance of approximately 1,000 feet, and ap- propriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the disposal of surface drainage by the construc- tion of drains or conduits and for that purpose to take lands or easements by Eminent Domain as follows : In private lands of Ellen B. Welch, Lulu M. Blake, Heirs of Hallie C. Blake, and in Patriot's Drive from the McIntosh drain at 24 Merriam Street to the manhole in the Right of Way off Hancock Street in the rear of land of Lena G. Dreselly; Reed Street and lands of Ernest E. MacPhee and the Lexington Cooperative Bank ; Locust Avenue, Independence Avenue, and Massa- chusetts Avenue to Curve Street; and in such other streets and locations as the Selectmen may designate. Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the replacement and installation of water mains not less than 6 inches and not more than sixteen inches in diameter in the following streets and in such other streets as the Selectmen may determine: Sherman Street from Grant Street to Fletcher Avenue, a distance of approximately 800 feet; Highland Avenue, from Bloomfield Street to Percy Road, a distance of approximately 510 feet; Forest Street, from Muzzey Street to Waltham Street, a distance of approximately 500 feet.