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There were 165 Town Meeting Mlembers present. Unless otherwise noted, all articles for the meeting were presented by Archibald R. Giroux, Chairman of the Board of Select— men. Under Article 2, Robert C. Merriam asked permission to present a resolution. The Moderator asked if any objections. Being none, the iiioa- erator declared said reading to be in order, whereby the following was -o resented® I =REA-S, during the economic depressio of'the last several years, actuated by duty and sympathy for the less fortunate but wholly deserving of its citizens, our State has endeavored, in many ways to fulfill its obligation to them, and in so doing, as - v 'l as by some legislation of questionable necessity, has through various avenues spent millions of dollars - which its citizens must pay through taxation; and T the State tax has now reached the point where FIEHEREAS P it is injuring business and depressing valuation of property which MUSt be relied U"Qon to pay Obligations of the State itself as well as Of its citizens; and =REAS further reduction of the valuation of such prop- erty and consequent impoverishment of its owners threatens a finan- cial catastrophe to cities, towns and citizens alike, NOW, THEREFORE, the citizens of Lexington, through their representatives in Town Tvleet assembled, do most respectfully request and urge the Great and General 'Court, now in session to not only; most carefully and critically examine all appropriations and projects likely to increase state taxes, summarily rejecting all such measures except those of the utmost urgency, to the end I C:� that all unnecessary expenses may be stopped; but also to go much further, and promptly seek, investigate, and embrace every oppor- tu to reduce expenditures by the curtailment or elimination of all services or projects that are not strictly and immediately vital to the common welfare; so that, the state tax, as assessed upon the towns and cities of this Commonwealth drastically may be reduced in the near future® V 'J After reading said Resolution, IVIr. Robert 0. Merriam added the following: Mr. Moderator I move that this resolution as just read be accepted and endorsed by this Ylieeting, and that lifne Town Clerk be instructed to forward a copy of it, together with a record of its acceptance and endorsement by the Town Meeting, to our State rep- resentatives and our State senator. The above as presented, put to a vote and declared carried unanimously at 8:14 P.1, Senator Joseph R. 'Cotton asked permission to take the floor same being granted, he spoke in recognition and appreciation of the recent resolution presented him by vote of the Town Meeting held DT-arch 20th,, 1939. Article 39, The Moderator asked i' there was any objection in presenting L this article which did iiot follow in order. There being no ob- jection, same was presented as follows: