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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK State Parks and Reservations Tax Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax Add — Overlay for 1937 as estimated Deduct Receipts as estimated Income Tax Corporation Tax Race Tracks Motor Vehicle Excise Special Assessments Schools Interest Charities Other Receipts (except Water Dept.) $41,500.00 5,100.00 1,500.00 28,500.00 8,000.00 27,000.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 12,000.00 Deduct Poll Taxes as estimated 91 200.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 $879,602.58 153,600.00 $726,002.58 6,800.00 Balance to be raised in Tax Levy, as estimated $719,202.58 Rate of $33.00 per thousand on an estimated valuation of $21,800,000.00 $719,400.00 Respectfully submitted, A. EDWARD ROWSE Chairman A. RANDALL SODERBERG WINTHROP H. BOWKER LOUIS E. YEAGER GEORGE M. HYNES EDWARD W. SIBLEY ALPHONSO B. WEST RAYMOND L. WHITE A. M. RUCKER JAMES H. RUSSELL SeCretary (Town Accountant) Appropriation Committee of the Town of Lexington. Motion made and seconded the report be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimous 8:19 P. M. Under Article 2, William H. Ballard, Chairman of Vine Brook Drainage Committee, submits the following report : 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON March 9, 1937. Town of Lexington: The Vine Brook Drainage Committee,—the appoint- ment of which was authorized by vote at the Town Meeting held September 21, 1936 received formal notice of their appointment under date of November 6, 1936,—held their first meeting and organized on November 23, 1936. Since that time your Committee has met once a week with the exception of two or three weeks. While substantial progress has been made with the work of the Committee, we find there is still much to be done before a final report to the Town can be completed. We request that you accept this report of progress and grant the Committee such additional time as they may feel is essential in order to complete a report in accordance with the Vote of the Town. Yours very truly, Vine Brook Drainage Committee Robert H. Eldredge Edwin B. Worthen J. Henry Duffey Roy A. Ferguson, Secretary W. H. Ballard, Chairman (Signed) W. H. Ballard. William H, Ballard presents report as a report of prog- ress stating the Committee would like an extension of time. Moderator asks how much time, answered, a week or ten days. Motion made and seconded the report be accepted as a report of progress. Carried Unanimous 8 :20 P. M. Article 3. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Article 3, presenting the following: Voted: That John C. Russell and Edward C. Maguire be elected as field drivers. Carried Unanimous 8 :21 P. M.