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302 Article 3. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: That the Town hereby ratifies, confirms and adopts the action of the Board of Selectmen in accepting r7' on behalf of the Town a gift from the Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce of a warming hut erected on land adjacent to the old Lexington Reservoir, so called, off Marrett Road, which land is owned by the Town. Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. Article 4. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: That the Board of Fire Commissioners be and they hereby are authorized to relocate the fire alarm system wires at the Grove Street crossing over Route 128 to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the reconstruction of Route 128 by the Commonwealth, and to enter into a contract with the Commonwealth oMassachusetts represented by its Department of Public Works for reimbursement to the Town by the Commonwealth of the cost of such re- location; and that the sum of $490.00 be appropriated therefor and be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. Article 5. VOTED: That the Town Celebrations Committee be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to plan, provide Presented for and conduct a celebration of the two hundred and by fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Alan G. Lexington, and to publish the proceedings thereof; and Adams. that the sum of $3,165.00 be appropriated therefor and be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. Article 6. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: To amend the General By-Laws by adding two new sections under Article XXVI, Miscellaneous, to read as follows: Section 2. The owner or owners of land which has been excavated shall, within five days after such owner or owners shall have been notified in writing by the Board of Selectmen that in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety, erect barriers or take other suitable measures adequate to eliminate such hazard. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Section 3. The owner or owners of land whereon is located an abandoned well or a well in use shall either provide a covering for such well capable of sustaining a weight ofthreehundred pounds or shall fill such well to the level of the ground. Whoever violates this section shall pay for each offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. Article 7. Presented by Robert E. Meyer. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to abandon the twenty foot drain easement situated in lot 4 on Land Court Plan 15874' and the easements for sewer, water and drain purposes in that portion of the turnaround at the southerly end of Forbes Road as shown on said plan which is not incuded in Forbes Road as shown on Land Court Plan 15874'6, all of which easements are no longer required by the Town, said easements having been granted to the Town by Russell N. Cox, R. John Griefen and John J. Hammond, Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, by instrument dated March 30, 1962 and referred to in Land Court Certificate of Title 107665 registered in Middlesex South District Land Registry, Book 668, Page 115, that the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment shall be $1.00; and that the instrument of abandonment shall be in such form as the Selectmen, by the execution thereof, shall approve. Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M.