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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 139 for voting, until such hour as shall be set forth by the Selectmen in the warrant for the meeting." Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to change the name "Elm Avenue" to "Harrington Road." Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Lexington Board of Trade a gift of the two signs marked "Welcome to Lexington" and located at two entrances to the town, and appropriate and transfer money from avail- able funds for the maintenance thereof. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Town of Arlington the 6 inch water main in Hibbert Street which leads from the Arlington Line for a distance of approximately 250 feet in a northerly direction. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money to the Collector of Taxes as reimbursement on account of counterfeit money. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to have the Moderator appoint a Committee of Five to recommend to the town whether they should increase the size of the pres- ent Burlington Street park area of 5.3 acres by purchasing from Peter J. and Margaret E. Kinneen part or all of the adjoining property bounded by Burlington Street, the pres- ent town park, and the Board of Survey Streets as shown on plan of the Town Engineer dated June 3, 1935. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law as follows: Under Section 3. Districts Defined. (b), M.1 Dis- tricts: by striking out Paragraph 1, which reads, "Begin- ning on the easterly line of the Railroad property at the northerly side line of Fottler Avenue and extending along the easterly line of the Railroad property, for a distance of 2,700 feet, thence easterly from said Railroad property a distance of 300 feet, thence southerly parallel with said Rail- road property to a point opposite the point of beginning.", 140 TOWN OF LEXINGTON and by changing the Map in accordance therewith; and by changing the numbering of Paragraph 2 to become Para- graph 1, or take any action thereon. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law and Map by changing the limits of the existing C.1 District as follows :- 14. At the junction of Woburn and Lowell Streets business districts upon each of the corners and extending for a distance of 200 feet along each street from the junc- tion points of the side lines of each street thence back at right angles to each said street until the exterior lines. intersect. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law and Map by changing from an R.2 District to a C.1 District the area bounded and de- scribed as follows:— Beginning at Fottler Avenue on the easterly side of Massachusetts Avenue, extending southerly 265 feet, thence turning easterly 190.24 feet to the Railroad property, thence turning northerly along the Railroad property 265.38 feet. to Fottler Avenue, thence turning westerly along Fottler Avenue 174.34 feet to the point of beginning. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law and Map as follows:— By changing that part of Section 1. which now reads, "and as shown on the zoning map prepared by J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer, and filed with the .Town Clerk March 17, 1924, and all amendments thereto, which map as. amended is hereby made a part of this By -Law," to read as follows:— and as shown on the zoning map prepared by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, and filed with the Town Clerk August 12, 1937, and all amendments thereto, which map. as amended is hereby made a part of this By -Law.