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140 TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex,ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County: Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on monday, the 27th day of September, 1937, at eight o'clock P. M. , then and there to act on the following articles: Article 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees . Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer money fromavailable funds. for engineering work in connection with obtaining bids and preparing specifications and construction drawings for Vine Brook Drainage. Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a release of its easement to use for the purpose of Vine Brook improvement the property of the Arlington rive Cents Savings Bank adjoining the siteof the Town Office Building in exchange for a grant of full title to a strip of definite width adjoining Vine Brook as shown on a plan by John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, dated April 28, 1937, on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer sums from available funds to the following accounts : Public Welfare; Old Age Assistance; Aid to Dependent Children; Removal of Snow and Ice; Sidewalk Construc- tion; Sundry Streets ; Law Department . Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds to defray the expenses incurred b the Retirement Board established under hapter 318 of the by of 1936. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds to be paid to the Board of Retirement asa contribution from the Town for the Pension Accumulation Fund, under the provisions of Section 31G, Paragraph 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1936. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for labor and materials on public works and for other expenses in connection therewith, to be expended by the Selectmen for aid to persons employed on various projects , andprovide funds therefor by transfer from available funds. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to install an 8" water main in Shade Street for a distance of approximately 1320 feet, subject to the assessment of betterments , and appropriate and transfer money from available funds therefor; and will authorize the Selectmen to .execute in the name and on behalf of the Town an agreement with J. Willard Hayden with respect to the said extension, including a stipulation for non-assessment or abatement of betterments for future extensions past the property of the said Hayden. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a further sum of money for the purchase of the real estate n ered 1557 Mass. Avenue, Lexington, adjoining the Cary Memorial Hall, former- ly owned by the late William L. Barnes, and to provide the money by transfer from available funds or by the issuance of bonds or notes of the to . Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds for repairs to the Captain Parker Monument.