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60 Article 1. REPORT OF THE MAPLE STREET SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE (Cont.) (CONT.) The General Contractor has filed a claim for an alleged extra in the amount of $3,795.00 which claim the Committee through Town Counsel has disputed and the same is now in arbitration. The Committee is of the opinion that it should be empowered to expend $43,000 of the $47,618.80 balance towards the construction, equipping, and furnishing of the addition to the Harrington School. Respectfully submitted, Jason H. Woodward Ralph H. Tucker Richard P. Cromwell Thornton S. Cody, Secretary Alfred P. Tropeano, Chairman Voted to be accepted and placed on file. 8:35 P. M. Article 8. Presented by Alfred P. Tropeano. VOTED: That the Maple Street School Building Committee, appointed under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 5, 1953, be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Harrington School Building and to supervise the carrying on of the work; and that the sum of $121,152.00 be and hereby is appropriated for such construction, original equipping and' furnishing and that payment be provided by the transfer of $2,500.00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation voted for said Committee, for plans and specifications for said addition, under Article 39 of the warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting; the transfer of 539,000.00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the construction, orig- inal equipping and furnishing of the Harrington School building voted under Article 2 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 22, 1954, the transfer of $4,006.50 from the unexpended balance of the approp- riation for preliminary plans and specifications for said Harrington School building voted under Article 11 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 5, 1953, the transfer of $645.50 from the Excess and Def- iciency Account, and the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $75,000.00 and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $75,000.00 under the authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, As amended, within a period not exceed .twenty years. Carried Unanimously 8:40 P. M. Article 9. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school and playground purposes or for access thereto, the fee, any easement or other interest in any part or parts or all of the following parcels of land situated in Lexington: 1. A parcel situated at or near the intersection of Hancock and Burlington Streets believed to be owned by Freeman M. Gray and Stella L. Gray, which is shown. as Lot D on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass." dated December 22, 1950, L. G. Brackett & Co. Civil Engineers, recorded,in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 301 of 1951 in Book 7716, Page 87.