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432 July 5, 1938. The foregoing by-law is hereby approved. Paul A. Dever Attorney General 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 8th day of August, 1938, 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 Torn Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 2. To see if the Town will adopt any or all of the recommendations of the Vine Brook Drainage Committee which report was received by the Town at its meeting held September 27, 1937. Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the execution by' the Selectmen of contracts for the construction of drainage improvements in and adjacent to Vine Brook for the purpose of carrying out any or all of the recommendations of the Vine Brook Drainage Committee contained in the report of that committee received by the Town at its meeting of September 27, 1937 and authorize the taking by eminent domain of any lands or easements in lands for the purpose of carrying out any of the said recommen- dations, and will make an appropriation therefor, and meet the said appropriation by direct assessment or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town payable as provided by law. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take by eminent domain the land, right or easement to construct at the outlet of Butterfieldts Pond at Lowell Street a (ism to create a storage basin for flood flows of Vine Brook and the right to flow the land under and adjoining the said Butterfield's Pond and its tributaries, and that the Selectmen be authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to execute contracts for the construc- tion of such a dam and appurtenant works, and to provide payment for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available fangs, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, payable in accordance with the law. Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct a conduit to enclose the North Branch of Vine Brook from the west side of Waltham Street to the •junction of the North and South Branches, or any part thereof, and to provide payment for the same by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, payable in accordance with the law.