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Wo (Annual Town Meeting - April 4, 1983.) 216 Robert P_ Sacco moved that Article 28 be taken up out of order at this time. Adopted unanimously. 10:32 P.M. Article 28. RESCIND UNUSED BORROWING AUTHORIZATION Presented by Robert F. Sacco. MOTION: That the $5,000 of unused borrowing authorization voted under Article 55 of the warrant for the 1_973 Annual Town Meeting be rescinded. 10:32 P.M. Mr. Sacco explained that this would release the balance of the unissued bond authorization under Article 55 of the 1973 Annual Town Meeting which provided for acquisition of the Porter Land off Lowell Street for conservation purposes. 10:32 P.M. William J. Dailey, Jr. stated that the Appropriation Committee recommended favorable action. 10:32 P.M. Motion as presented by Mr. Sacco declared adopted unanimously. 10:32 P.M. Article 2. Louis A. Zehner presented the following under Article 2: For the benefit of new town meeting members I report that last year I called attention to our undefended 3,000 mile border with Canada with which nation we had been at peace for 167 years, - a situation unique in the history of nations. Also that Queen Elizabeth had only recently signed the articles which granted Canada its own constitution. I suggested that the selectmen invite President Reagan to the 1983 Patriot's Day celebration and that he in turn invite Premier Trudeau to help celebrate the almost 170 years of peace and to celebrate Canada's first birthday of a new nation. Explicit in its hearty approval was the town meeting vote that all expenses outside of the usual April 19 costs would be raised outside the town budget. The letter of invitation was duly sent. It arrived in the midst of the planning for the Versailles Conference. Six weeks intervened before the response from the President's appointment secretary was received. That response expressed warm appreciation for the invitation and was gracious in every way but it was firm in saying that any commitment from the President would have to wait until 1983 when the den'ands on his time could be better appraised.