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426 in F�y ES TOWN MEETING , OCTOBER 15 , 1930 . The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H . Holt at 8 : 15 o ' clock P . M . The To•m Clerk proceeded to read the Vtarrant , but upon vote of the meeting the reading of the Warrant was waived . Return of the Constable thereon was then read . Art . 1 . Under this articLe on motion of Mr . Albert H . Burnham , Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the following vote was passed : Voted: That a Committee of nine be appointed by the Moderator to consider and recommend to the Town plans of development and locaticin of an arboretum in the Town of Lexington . Art . 1 . On motion of Sydney R . Vvrightington the following vote was passed unanimously : Voted : That a comaittee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the town meeting whether or ncit it is desirable that the representative town meeting or its members make recommendations to the voters of the town as to candidates for town offices or for members of this representative town meeting , and if desirable what nethods may be adopted for that purpose . Art . 2 . On motion of Robert P . Trask the following vote was passed unanimously : Voted : That the following sums be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the following accounts : Street Signs $400 . 00 Public Works Dept . 4800 . 00 Sidewalks 1200 . 00 $6400 . 00 The appropriation Committee approved of the appropriations . Art . 7 . Under this article on motion of Albert H . Burnham the following vote was passed : Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights on Fuller Road . ' Art . 8 . Under this article on motion of Theodore A . Custance the following vote was passed unanimously : Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the town and that the sum of $50 , 000 be appropriated for the Water Construction Account , $22 , 000 of said appropriation to be used to construct a water main in Lowell Street , and for the purpose of raising said sum of $50 , 000 the Town Treasurer be and hercby• is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town bearing intrrest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued ani payable in accordance with the law . Art . 9 . Under this article the following votes were passed unanimously on the motion of Theodore A . Custance : Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Massachusetts Avenue from Fottler Avenue to Bowker Street a distance of approximately 520 feet . Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to construct a sew r in Bowker Street from Massachusetts Avenue easterly , a distance of approximately 230 feet .