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300 172 SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 16, 1961 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectman was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, JanuEry 16, 1961,, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Morey, Messrs. Adams, Ferguson, Cole , and Richards were present . Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, and the Executive Clerk were also present. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Minutes to approve the minutes of the Selectmen' s Meetings held on January 7, 1961 and January 9, 1961. The Chairman reported that she took the liberty of telling Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, after asking what items he had for the agenda,*because he had been working on snow removal since 1:00 P.M. * not to come in this evening, Mr. Stevens presented a taking order for acqui- sition of the McCormack-Brun land as shown on a plan entitled I3 Plan Of Recreatipn Area Lexington, Mass .", McCormack- dated January 9, 1961, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer. 111 Brun land Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to make the taking and adopt the Order in the follow- ing form: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. At a meeting of the Board of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington held this 16th day of Januw y, 1961 it is ORDERED: WHEREAS, by vote duly adopted by a Town Meeting duly called, warned and held on the 26th day of =- September, 1960, the Selectmen were authorized on behalf of the Town of Lexington to purchase , take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes the land hereinafter described and an appropriation of money was made therefor . NOW, THEREFORE, we , the undersigned, being a majority of the Board of Selectmen of the said Town of Lexington, duly elected, qualified and acting as such, do hereby, pursuant to said vote and under and by virtue of the pro-