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234 pwri Article 43. VOTED : That the Selectmen be and they hereby areauthor- ized to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, in- stallation and maintenance of parking meters in locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen . Motion made by Leon W. Bateman: "I move that the parking problem be referred to the Planning Board for further study to report to the next Town Meeting." Amendment as presented Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Article 43 as amended Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Article 44. VOTED : That the relocation by the Board of Selectmen of Massachusetts Avenue from Edison Way to the Police Station Driveway, as shown on a plan dated February 4, 1948, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk , be accepted and that the sum of ;t4,400.00 be appropriated and assessed to pay for the construction of said street as so relocated. Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. Article 45 . VOTED : That the sum of $7 ,900.00 be appropriated and assessed for the widening of the southeasterly side of Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road as shown on a plan of Waltham Street , Lexington, Massachusetts, dated July, 1925 , by Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, and in compliance with the order of the County Commissioners , dated August 3 , 1925. Carried Unanimously 9:24 P. M. Article 46. VOTED : That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell and convey to Boston Edison Company, on such terms as they shall determine , a perpetual easement for the purpose of erecting , constructing, repairing, operating and inspecting transmission lines for the trans- mission of high and low voltage electric current and necessary lines for ground wire attachments and telephone and signal purposes over , across and upon a strip of land 250 feet in width lying beneath the surface of Butter- field's Pond under the provisions of Chapter 263 of the Legislative Acts of 1926. Carried Unanimously 9:26 P. M. Article 47 . Presented by William Roger Greeley VOTED : To adopt the following resolution : RESOLUTION Whereas , Modern science has now produced means by which mankind can destroy itself; and Whereas , the United Nations was created as an instrument to preserve peace and its charter is capable of amendment so as to make it effective for the maintenance of world order; and , Whereas , the People of Lexington have since 1713 been happy to delegate certain functions of government to their town government , other functions to their State government , and still other functions to their national government , and are now entirely willing to delegate further limited functions of government to a world government for the purpose of maintaining peace ; Now, Therefore , Be it Resolved , by the people of Lexing- ton, Massachusetts , in Town Meeting assembled, that they call upon their representatives in the Congress in the Executive Department of the United States , and in the United Nations , to take note of these truths and forth- with to take such steps as may be necessary to have our delegates to the United Nations present or support amend- ment to the Charter for the purpose of making the United Nations into a world government capable of enacting, interpreting, and enforcing world law to prevent war. Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M.