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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 119 Water Construction, Bedford Street, and Mass. Ave. to Water Construction, Sundry Streets Account. Carried 8:16 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 16, presenting the following : Article 16 Voted: That the Town accept the layout as a town way of Robbins Road, from Locust Avenue to Lexington Avenue, a distance of approximately 790 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, under 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 for the pur- pose of constructing said street the sum of $5,400.00 be appropriated and assessed, Carried 8:17 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 17, presenting the following : Article 17. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1937, in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain the necessary easements therefor, and for the purpose of said installation the sum of $1,700.00 be Appropriated and transferred from the Sewer Assess- ment Fund. Carried 8:18 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 18, presenting the following : Article 18. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets, as may be applied for during the year 1937 in accordance with authority contained in the By -Laws of the Town, sub - 120 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and for the purpose of said installation the sum of $2,000.00 be appro- priated, this money to be provided by the transfer of $1,650.00 from the Water Assessment Fund, and the trans- fer of $350.00 from the Water Department Available Sur- plus Account. Carried 8 :19 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 19 requesting same be indefinitely postponed, which was carried unanimously 8:20 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 20. Neil McIntosh offering the following motion: Article 20. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install a water main not less than six inches in diameter in Shade Street from Weston Street, a distance of approximately 800 feet, subject to the assessment of better- ments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary ease- ments therefor, and that for the purpose of said installation the sum of $2,400 be appropriated, to be provided by the transfer of said sum from the Water Department Available Surplus Account. Explanations by Neil McIntosh. Question by S. R. Wrightington regarding eight inch main. Motion as presented put to a vote. Declared lost 8:36 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Arti- cle 21, presenting the following : Article 21. Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated and assessed for highway maintenance; said sum, or any portion thereof, to be used in conjunction with