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206 For "Tarrant- sen page 213 . O CD TO N MEETING November 26 , 1928 . The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H . Holt at 7 : 30 P . M . On motion the reading of the warrant , excepting the return of the Constable , was omitted . Art . 1 . Under this article , Mr . Theodore A , Custance read the report of the Selectmen on the new Memorial Building , andit was unanimously " Voted : That as the initial action at the first Town Meeting held in the ISAAC HARRIS C � ; Y MEMORIAL BUILDING , the inhabitants of Lexington do hereby accept the report of the Selectmen that the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund have duly carried out their agreement with the Town in accordance with the vote adopted January 31 , 1927 , and direct that a copy of the report be spread upon the minutes of this meeting . " " Further Voted : That the inhabitants of Lexington are deeply appreciative of the long , careful and far sighted work of the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Edu- cational Fund in carrying out their trusts under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E . Cary and of the commodious and beautiful building which they have erected and conveyed to the Town pursuant to their trust . " The following is the report of the Selectmen. November 26 , 1928. To the citizens of Lexington : The Selectmen respectfully report to the Town with regard to the new Memorial Building as follows , viz ; The Trustees of Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund duly completed in accordance with the agreement resulting from the Towns acceptance , by vote passed January 31st , 1927 , of the gffer addressed. by them to the selectmen under date of anuary , 1927 , the Memorial Building therein described . The building was dedicated by appropriate exercises on Thursday evening , October 18 , 1928 , at which time the Trustees deliveredto the Selectmen for the Town a deed of gift executed. in conformity with the draft annexedto said vote . Previous to that time the agreement provided for in said vote had been executed and delivered under date of February 15 , 1927 . The deed referred to was accepted on behalf of the Town by the Chairman of your Board of ' electmen in a brief address delivered as a part of the dedicatory exercises , and the deed has been filed for record in the Middlesex South Listrict , Registry of Deeds . Lexington , November 26 , 1928 . Respectfully stbmitted , Albert H . Burnham illiam H . Ballard Theodore A . Custance Selectmen dames G . Robertson Francis Chamberlain .