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TOWN CLERK 41 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Town Warrant Town of Lexington 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 their respective voting places in said Town. PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, EAST LEXINGTON FIRE STATION; PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL HALL; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday, the 5th day of March, A.D., 1962 at 7:30 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers: Two Selectmen for the term of three years; Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; One member of the School Committee to fill an unexpired term end- ing March, 1964; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; Two Constables for the term of one year; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for the term of three year; Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1964; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for the term of three years; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four for the term of three years; 42 TOWN CLERK Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five for the term of three years; Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years; the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1963. The polls will be open at 7:30 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the nineteenth day of March, 1962, at 8:00 P. M. at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended. ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town. ARTICLE 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the Committee on Lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures by departments, officers, boards, and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Collector of Taxes, being all the elected of- ficers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1963, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.