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428 r ,.s C TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 7 , 1930 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator , 1 Robert H . Holt at 8 : 07 P . M . 1 On motion of. Mr . Theodore A . Custance article 2 was indefinitely postponed . Art . 10 . Under this article Mr . Howard S . 0 . Nichols offered the following motion which was passed unanimously : " Voted : That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a School Building Committee of Seven , of which three shall be the School Committee to secure architects ' plans and contractors ' bids for an addition to the Adams School Building , andto report to the Town in the annual meeting in March 1931 . " Committee . Aldinted : Jar' es St art SmiL:itbC Howard S .. 0 . Pic1ols ' Yiiam Ti . haardowarQ. i ,. xstance . Mrs . Claire re � anr Clyde ' . cteoves anrinnie A . Glp . Art . 'On motion or Mr . Theodore A . Custance , this article was laid on the table , to give the Appropriation Committee further time to consider the matter . Art . 3 . Under this article Mr . Robert P . Trask offered the following motion : " Voted : That the Town accept and establish a Building Line on Mass achu ; et is Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by hies `? rs . Rubin and Seligman to the property of the Boston and Lowell Railroad. Corporation , all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s Office entitled, " Plan showing proposed building line on Massachusetts Avenue , Lexington, from its northerly terminus to pro 'erty of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation , Sept . 4 , 1930 , Scale 1 inch - 20 feet , John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer , " p 'lovided that any structure existing at the time of the establishment of the saidbuilding line shall be permitted to remain and be maintained in its present location, and for the purpose of establishing this building line the sum of $ 10 , 000 be appropriated, and for the purpose of raising this money the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen bonds or notes of the Town , issued and payable in accordance with law , so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine . " Mr . Trask then presented the building line order which he explained was adopted by the Board of Selectmen and the reading; of the order was waived . He then proceeded to presentthree stemo.) tican slides in llus trat ion . After considerable discussion a vote was taken on Mr . Trask ' s motioft forty- two voting in favor and seventy - five against . The motion requiring; a two - thirds vote of the meeting was declared lost by the Moderator . Art . 4 . motion of Mr . Edwin B . "orthen it was voted that articles 4 and 5 be taken up together . Mr. Robert P . Trask then offered the following; motion : under article 4 . " Voted : That the Town accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin and Seligman to the property of Anstiss S . hunt , et al , as laid out by the Selectmen . 1