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n ORDER OF TAKING By the Town of Lexington of Easement for the Construction of a Water Main. ROBBIN S ROAD (From Richard Road a distance of approx- imately 165 feet). WHEREAS, at a meeting duly called and held on March 20, 1939, the town meeting of Lexington pursuant to an article in the warrant of the meeting for which due notice was given, duly adopted by unanimous vote the following vote and made an appropriation therefor: "VOTED: That the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets, as may be applied for during the year 1939 in accordance with authority contained in the By -Laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and for the purpose of said installation the sum of $4,000.00 be appropriated, this money to be provided by the transfer of 1,000.00 from the Water Assessment Fund, and the transfer of $3,000.00 from the Water Department Available Surplus Account." 361 Robbins Rd water main order. AND WHEREAS, the right of way and easement hereinafter described and taken are necessary for the establishment and maintenance of the said water main; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, acting as a Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, for and in behalf of the said town, by virtue of the authority conferred upon them by the foregoing vote and of every other power them thereto enabling, hereby adopt this order of taking by eminent domain, for the said public improvdment for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a water main in Robbins Road a distance of approximately 165 feet from Richard Road in a southerly direction as aforesaid, the f ollowing easement, namely: The right to enter upon the land shown as Robbins Road on a plan entitled, "Plan of Proposed Water Main in Robbins Road, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 in. - 40 ft., June 26, 1939, Joseph A. Ross, Supt., Water Dept." and owned by Clara Downes, and construct therein a line of watdr main with all necessary connections, shut -offs, and appurtenances substantially as shown on a plan of Joseph A. Ross, Supt., Water Department, dated June 26, 1939, to be recorded herewith. The easement covered by this taking includes the right on the part of the Selectmen of the said town or other duly authorized agents of the town to enter upon, dig up, open and use the land ' embraced within the said way as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of initially constructing and thereafter maintaining, operating, inspecting, repairing and replacing