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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 117 propriated for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, of which the sum of $2,300.00 is to be raised by direct appropriation, and the sum of $1,200.00 is to be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Fund. Carried 8:12 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Article 9, presenting the following : Article 9. Voted : That the following sums be ap- propriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws and amendments : Fire Pensions $1,107.81 Police Pensions $1,095.00 Carried 8:13 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 10, presenting the following : Article 10. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1937. Carried 8:14 P. M. Selectmen Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 11, presenting the following: Article 11. Voted : That the sum of $3,702.31, this being the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, be and the said sum is hereby appropriated. Carried 8:15 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 12, presenting the following : Article 12. Voted: That the sum of $1,438.23, being 118 TOWN OF LEXINGTON the sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees, be transferred to the Cary Memorial Library Account. Carried 8:15 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 13, presenting the following: Article 13. Voted : That the sum of $120.00 be appropriated to pay the necessary expenses of the Superin- tendent 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 Department. Carried 8:15 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 14, presenting the following: • Article 14. Voted : That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated to defray expense incurred in the defense of the cases of Ryder v. Town of Lexington, which pertain to Vine Brook Drainage. Carried 8:16 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 15, presenting the following : Article 15. Voted : That the following sums be trans- ferred to the Excess and Deficiency Account: Collector's Dept — Binding Records Insect and Tree Dept.—Power Sprayer Acct. Westview Cemetery—Dwelling Repair Acct... $ 88.00 10.83 15.00 Carried 8 :16 P. M. and Voted : That the sum of $39.51 be transferred from