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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 81 "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 containing 38,690 square feet, and compromise two peti- tions 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 Superior Court, and pay for the same by direct ap- propriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town in accordance with law. The Appropriation Committee recommends that this ar- ticle be indefinitely postponed. 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. Under this article, the Appropriation Committee recom- mends the appropriation of the sum of $300.00. 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 appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of said Committee. Under this article, the Appropriation Committee recom- mends that no money be appropriated. Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the purchase of new Whistle Apparatus for the Fire Department. Under this article, the Appropriation Committee recom- mznds the appropriation of the sum of $1.500.00. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the recommendation of the Selectmen for the changing of the 82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON names of certain streets, or act in any manner in relation thereto. The Appropriation Committee makes no recommendation under this article. 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 appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner in relation thereto. The Appropriation Committee recommends that the sub- stance of this article be adopted and that the sum of $5100.00 be appropriated. 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 Lex- ington Co-operative Bank; Locust Avenue, Independence Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue to Curve Street; and in such other streets and locations as the Selectmen may designate. The Appropriation Committee recommends that the sub- stance of this article be adopted and that the sum of $19,600.00 be appropriated. Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the replacement and the 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 :