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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 71 Article 11. To see if the Town will vete to appropriate a. sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or take any action in rela- tion thereto. Under this Article. the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the appropriation of the sum of $3,702.31. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,438.23 received from Middlesex County for dog fees to the Cary Memorial Library Account. Under this Article the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the transfer of the sum of $1,438.23 to the Cary Memorial Library Expense Account. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Superintendent of Schools incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School De- partment. Under this Article the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the appropriation of the sum of $120.00. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to defray expense incurred in the defense of the cases of Ryder v. Town of Lexington, which pertain to Vine Brook Drainage. Under this Article the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the appropriation of the sum of $1000.00. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer un- expended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or take any other action in. relation thereto. 72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Under this Article the Appropriation Committee recom- mends that transfers be made to the Excess and Deficiency Account as follows: From Collector's Dept.—Binding Records From Insect and Tree Dept.—Power Sprayer Account From Westview Cemetery—Dwelling Repair Account $88.00 10.83 15.00 The Appropriation Committee also recommends the fol- lowing transfer: From Water Construction—Bedford Street and Massachusetts Avenue Account to Water Construction Sundry Streets Account .... $39.51 Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Robbins Road, from Locust Avenue to Lexington Avenue, a distance of approximately 790 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, un- der the Betterment Act, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 16, 1937, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Under this Article the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the appropriation of the sum of $5,400.00. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be ap- plied for during the year 1937 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to appropri- ate money for said installation of mains by direct appropri- ation or by transfer from other funds. The Appropriation Committee recommends that the sub- stance of this Article be adopted and that the sum of $1,700.00 be appropriated and transferred from the Sewer Assessment Fund.