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ANNUAL. TOWN.. MEETING_HELD MARCH 15, 1971 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. at 8 :01 P. M. at the Cary Memorial Hall. There were 198 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Henry H. Clark, Pastor of the Hancock United Church of Christ. 8 :03 P. M. Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8 :04 P. M. The Town Clerk read the Constable' s Return of the warrant. 8 :04 P. M. Article 2. Edward E. Furash moves that the Report of the Appro- priation Committee be accepted and placed on file. 8 :05 P. M. Mr. Furash, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, states that if the recommendations of his committee are followed, the estimated tax rate would be $64 .00. The motion, as presented by Mr. Furash, to accept the Report of the Appropriation was carried unanimously. 8 :08 P. M. Carl Blake moves that the Report of the Capital Expendi- ture Committee and the Supplemental Report of said committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8 :08 P. M. Vernon C. Page moves that the Final Report of the Lexington Vocational Technical Regional School District Planning Committee 'be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8 :08 P. M. Robert Cataldo moves that the report of the Town Manager, Walter C. O'Connell, covering the status of previous Town Meeting Articles be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8 :08 P. M. William R. Whalon moves that the Report of Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8 :10 P. M. Article 3. Presented by Robert Cataldo. MOTION: That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously 8 :10 P. M. Article 4. Presented by Robert Cataldo. MOTION: That the following amounts be appropriated for the current year and be raised in the current tax levy except where a transfer is indicated they shall be provided by such a transfer. Selectmen' s Department #1000 Personal Services $ 31,091.00 1050 Expenses 7 ,075.00 8 :13 P. M.