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r - 148 cz Article 2. Amen• •ent voted on twice by voice vote which was un- ( Cont.) decided by the Moderator, so standing vote taken as 117J follows: In Favor Tellers Opposed 6 Donald T. Clark 26 30 Ernest A. Giroux. 63 14. Donald P. Noyes 20 50 109 Amendment lost 8:4.1 P. M. Original motion as presented voted on and declared carried by voice vote. 8:43 P. M. Article 3. Presented by Levi G. Burnell. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for a future street location and for playground and recreational purposes, and other public purposes, a parcel of land containing about nine acres, bounded westerly by Hathaway Road and by lots 16, 17, 18, 19, and 25 on Hathaway Road, as shown on plan of "Hawthorne Acres, Section One", which is recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as plan No. 1285 of 1957, Book 9013, Page 173, and bounded easterly by land of the Town sometimes known as the Willard Woods; and to appropriate for such land acquisition the sum of $12,000.00 and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:50 P. M. Article 4.. Presented by Levi G. Burnell. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational pur- poses, and other public purposes, a parcel of land sit- uated on Lowell Street and abutting upon Town land used as the site of the Harrington School, said parcel having an area of eight acres, more or less, and being shown on plan entitled "Plan of Proposed.Recreation Area Lexington, Mass." dated August 8, 1960, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk; and to appropriate for such land acquisition the sum of $12,000.00 and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. Article 5. Presented by Levi G. Burnell. 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, playground, and other public purposes a parcel of land situated on Middleby Road and abutting on Town land on Lincoln Street which is now used in part as the site of the Town dump, said parcel consisting of all or any part or parts of Lots "A" and "B" as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land Lexington, Mass." dated June 25, 1960, Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, and said parcel may include land situated southerly of and abutting upon said lot "B"; and to appropriate for such land acquisition the sum of $3,000.00 and to provide for pay- ment -thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 9:01 P. M.