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518 <br /> Article 18. I move that item Curbing Construction be amended by <br /> (Cont. ) striking out the figure 44,500.00 and inserting in place <br /> thereof the figure 4500.00. <br /> Amendment adopted. 8 :27 P. N. <br /> Motion as amended carried by voice vote. 8 :27 P. M. <br /> Article 19. VOTED: That the sum of 45,000 be raised and appro- <br /> priated for the improvement of lowlands and swamps in <br /> the eradication of mosquitoes, under Section 4A of <br /> Chapter 252 of the General Laws. <br /> Carried 8:27 P. M. <br /> Article 20. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- <br /> ized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted <br /> streets or other land as they may determine, in accord- <br /> ance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, <br /> or otherwise, subject to the assessment of betterments or <br /> otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise <br /> acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land <br /> necessary therefor, and to raise and appropriate for such <br /> installation and: land acquisition the sum of 463,000. <br /> Carried 8 :30 P. Me <br /> Article 21. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of 47000 for the purchase <br /> by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for <br /> the Department of Public Works and to provide for the <br /> payment thereof by transfer from the road Machinery Fund. <br /> Carried 8:32 P. M. <br /> Article 22. VOTED: To enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund <br /> by crediting to said Fund an amount based on hourly <br /> rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Depart- <br /> ment of Public Works when used on various projects <br /> carried on under the direction of said Department or <br /> other Departments of the Town, the amount of said charge <br /> not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the <br /> use of similar equipment. <br /> Carried 8 :33 P. M. <br /> Article 23. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- <br /> ized to appoint one of their members to the Board of <br /> Appeals in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of <br /> the General Laws. <br /> Carried 8 :33 P. M. <br /> Article 24. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- <br /> ized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets <br /> as they may determine prior to the final adjournment of <br /> the 1956 Annual Town Meeting. <br /> Carried 8:34 P. M. <br /> Article 25. VOTED: To accept Chapter 141 of the Acts of 1954 of the <br /> General Court entitled "An Act Authorizing the Board of <br /> Selectmen to appoint the Inspectors of Plumbing in the <br /> Town of Lexington". <br /> Carried 8:34 P. M. <br /> Article 26. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized <br /> to sell and convey to the Lexington Golf Club for 4225.00, <br /> and upon such other terms and conditions as they may deem <br /> proper, a portion of the so-called Poor Farm tract, <br /> bounded and described substantially as follows : <br /> EASTERLY by land of the Lexington Golf Club, four bund- <br /> red and eighty (480) feet more or less; <br /> NORTHERLY by land of the Lexington Golf Club, one hund- <br /> red and thirty-five (135) feet more or less; <br /> WESTERLY by land of the Town of Lexington, five hund- <br /> red and fifty(550) feet more or less; and <br /> SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Anthony P. and <br /> Margaret J. Zarella, one hundred and twenty (120) <br /> feet more or less; <br /> and containing approximately one and five-tenths (1 5/10ths) <br /> acres. Carried 8:37 P. M, <br />