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40 TOWL LEE T 1 L G . JUNE 25 , 1925 . The meeting war called to order by Uoderator Robert holt at 8 P . L . The readii- ' of the , arrant , except the return of the Uonrtable thereon , was omitted by vote of the meetir,r .. Art . 2 . Un motion of tjoeeph z . Cotton , ,Lrt ;. cle 2 - Jar taken up and under "Lir Article i..:r . Cotton offered the following notion : " Voted : - That the fundanental idea of the propositi in made to the Town in the letter from the Trustees of Iniac Harris Cary Educational bund , c .ated February 15 , 1924 , would be of substantial benefit to the Tov.n , and that when the Trustees are prepared to present a definite proposition for the erection and conveyance to the Town of a iv-emorial Building satisfactorily located , designed , planned and equipped , to ue usedfor the pur - poses ret forth in the trust an interpreted in the litter of :_ oorfi eld :Morey , Lrauire , to hobe: rt P . Tapp , .Jr quire , dated April 11 , 1924 , the Town should accept and anrc e to maintain the same in a. c corcianc € with the terms oL such con,Te:anee , provided . however , that at that time the financial condition of the Town warrants it in undertaking the obli ,utionr which such acceptance would impose and renuire . " After considerable discussion and much questioning by . Yr . Edwin A , . Jayley , Lr . o ydney R . uu r ' y htington moved to amend Mr . Cotton ' s m ) tion by striking out thr . words " ac interpreted. Ii the letter of Loorfif id :Morey , L, rquire to Robert Y . Clapp , Esquire , dated April 11 , 194 " . A rising vote on t in amendment showed 53 in favor and 58 opposed , so the amendment was lost . After ex ;.ended remarks on the original motion and on the two propositions submitted by the Trustees recently , iayley moved indefinite postponement ana this motion was carried unanimously at 9 : b0 P . . . nrt . 3 . Un motion of J . Chest - r hutchinoon , it wan unanimously • " toted : That the sum of five hundred dollars ( : 500 ) received Townby the under the will of the late Orin . Fiske be appro - priatea and ret apart an a perpbtual trust fund , to be known h e the Battle Green Trurt Fund , the income of which only shall be used for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle Green or the monuments erected t E reon , and that the said principal sum o f five hundred dollars ( 500 ) be held henceforth by the Trustees o f Public Trusts under the provisions of the nets of 1913 , L)hapter 107 , and. the income therefran applied f - r the above purpose . " under thin article Mr . Hutchinson also presented the following Preamble and Resolution which were unanimously e ndorsed by the citizens . illiERE S Cirin .+ Fiske , for many years a citizen of Lexington , by his will bequeathed to the Lown of Lexington the sumof five hundred dollars ( 4 500 ) which has recec; tly come into the possession of the Town ; and d iLI(th the Town desires to place upon its records an expression of its appreciation of the benefaction of its former citizen ; �'LuULVLfl : 'That the Town in atit, de for the Rift of the late Urin • Joke and ae a memorial of his loyal citizen-