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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1932-11-08-STATE-ELECTION-WARRANT _ „ 5 6n Delegates to State Convention Republican Democratic Martha C . Siaulding 251 Blanks 800 James G . Robertson 248 Arthur W . Hughes 243 Charles E . Hadley 248 Guyette, G . Broderic 250 Clara M . Barbour 247 Robert P . Trask 250 Blinks 349 2086 800 _ Town Committee Albert H . Burnham 261 Mary Spencer 1 Martha C . bpauld.ing 244 David Murphy 1 Jose .h R . Cotton 257 Eugene Buckley 1 John U . Collins 234 Thomas 1Ludd 1 James G . hobnrtson 248 James Ahern 1 Arthur W . Hughes 231 Mary J . Reay 1 Charles E . Hadley 24 ? Davia O ' Connell 1 Guyetta 3 . Broderic 244 Mary Gaynor 1 Albert B . Tenney 245 Francis Burke 1 Alfred L . Short 233 John uarrity 1 Mabel P . Cook 236 Blazes 790 Edward W . Taylor 250 Ti; i li . m R . Rosenbe _•ger 235 Clarence S . litalker 246 Clara M . Barbour 236 James W . Smith 241 Wi '- 1_ i _irn H . Ballard 250 Evelyn S . Trask 240 Jennie 1 . Partridge 240 Clayton A . billiard 239 Blanks 1101 5960 l;0 4 C ,--------0&—e—sa___.0— , ;KILL ' _a_zei Q e , �-t/d k1::::7-,c.4..e,X, (b / WARRAIuT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASJAC: USET'TS .,i. L .is,L,o rn , SS 0 To either of the Constables of the Town of LexingtLn , in said County Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to -notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are ualified to vote in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL , STONE r.dUILDING , East Lexington, ( Precinct 1 ) CARP MEJi0RIAL BUILDING , Lexington Centre , ( Precinct 2 , Precinct r; , and Precinct 4) on TUESDAY , the EIlhlTH day of NOVEMBER , 1932 at six o ' clock A . M . to cast their ballots for the following officers : Presidential Electors ; Governor ; Lieutenant Uovernor , becretiry ; Treasurer ; Auditor , Attorney General ; Congressman ; Councillor ; Senator , Two Representatives in ueneral Coart ; Two County Co'linissioners ; Sheriff . And to , take action on the following questions : No . 1 . LAW PROPOSED BY IINI I IATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed law which uefincs and legalizes the _ prictice of chiropractics ; establishes a board of registration of chiro ractors Ind defines the number , mode of appoi tment tenur :qualification and compensation of its members , aria its powers 'triG 566 duties ; provides for the preli ,ainary . qu -ilifications , - examination, CD certification, original registration andannual license of chir- opractors hir-opractors and regulation of their rac ; ice , and defines the mode , subjects of and fees for examination, the mode of rractice and penalties ; and other putters rel _.ted thereto , which are chiefly as follows : That chiropr .tctic be " the science or practice of locating and adjusting by hand the malpositions of '. he articulaticns of the human spine . " That any person , with one preceding year ' s .' esiclence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiropractic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes eff -:: ct , m::ry , within ninety days after such Late , be certified by the boar ,_ at its discretion without examination . That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, shall practice chirop : • actic unless , being over twenty-one years of age , of good moral character and grauuated from a reputable chiropractic sbhool after personally attending courses of at least twenty- two hundred sixty-min•4te daylight hours given to persons dualified to graduate from a public high school , he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be registered and certified ; except that any person licensed in another State maintaining standards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be registered without examination . Thathe exa.aination be scientific practical in char - acter , in subjects including anatomy , physiology , symptomatology , hygiene , sanitation, chemistry , hiJtuloy , p,atho __ ogy , chiropractic analysis , and the principles and practice of chiropractic . That the board may , after hearing , revoke a certificate for cause . That the board shalt make an annual report and shall keep public records of its proceedings and of the names of persons examined or registered by .it and of the names and addresses of all registered chiropractors , who shall pay an annual license fee , prompt '_y notify the bo ird of any change in address and furnish such other information as the board may require . That the board consist of three members , residents of the Commonwealth for thr : e ye _yrs , grad u rtes of a chartered chiropr •i.c - ic school having power to confer degrees in chiropractic , to be appointed by the governor , 7:ith the advice and consent of the council , for a terra of three years . That the board have authority to administer oaths , sum- mon witnesses and take testimony and adopt r == asonable rules and regulations pertaining to their duties , and that they pay into the state treasury fees received by them , and that they receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor not exceeding the amount of such fees . Penalties are provided for .- racticing chiro )ractic with- out holding a certificate or for using the words " Chiropractic Practitioner " , the Letters " D . C . " , or any title or letters indicating engagement in such i:lractice , or for buying , selling or fraudulently obtaining any diploma or record of registration. It is further provided that the present law relating to the registration of physicians and surgeons and providing penalties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriminate Against registered chiropractors ; but no chiropractor , unless registered as a physician or surgeon, may practice obstetrics , or administer drugs , or perfor'n surgical operations by the use of instruments , : r hold himself out as and for other than a chiropractor , which was disaprroved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 50 in the affirmative and lol in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 21 in the negative , be approved? YES NO No . 2 . LAW PhOPODED BY INIT' IWIVE PETITION Shall the proposed law which provides for an additional method of moninatixtd candidates for nomination, at the state prinaries in September , by members of political parties , for those offices to be filled by 'i11 the voters of the Commonwealth at a state election. It provides that the state conventions of the politicaL parties , in each state e _ ection year , shall be held before anu not after the state primaries , as now , na:uely , not later than Tune lb . ft C67 In order to elect de Legates Lo such party eonventions , party primaries are established to be head on the last Tuesday in \pril . Among other things , these shite conventions . tmay endorse candidates . for offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the state primaries . ►much endorsement places a candite in noi►iinatiun, at such state primaries , without the necessity of filing nominrttiun pa , ' ers . the nae of the endorsedcandidate is to be placed first to the ballot and against his name is ..o be placed the words " Ehdorsod by ( the nude of political F arty) convention" in addition to the eight -word statement now Tuthorized by law . Can idates endorsed and having so accepted may not withdraw . It also provides for the election of district members of state committees and members of ward inc'Ltown committees at the proposed party primaries in April , as well as delegates to the state party conventions , instead of at the state primaries in September , as now . It also provides for the election of delegates to national conventions ( to nominate candidates for President ) at the proposed party primaries *instead of at the priiaries , now specially held for tint purpose , an which existing law requires to be held on the List Tuesday in April ( the same day proposed for the proposed party primaries ) . It also . provides for certain oth :r nen: provisions of law and certain changes in existing law: , relating to holding state conventions and party primaries , the number and election of delegates to state conventions , the number of members at large of a state to state conventions , the number of ;nabers at, large of a st ±te cocn:aittee , and other chatters , wh- ch in lore detail chiefly are as follows : State conventions ar '= to be composed solely of delegates elected at the party primaries , and the number is to be one from each ward an& town and one add.itionLl for every fifteen hundred votes or major fraction thereof above the fir _ t fifteen hundred votes cast aL the preceding state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for uoverncr , instead of a number now fixed by the state committee Cl' each party ( not less than one from each ward or town) arlu certain members ues -- ignated by existing law . The time , for notice to the State becreta.ary by aldermen or selectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards , precincts or groups of precincts , to be 4arch 1 , instead of August 1 , as now . The names of candidates for election for delegates to a state convention and for district members of a state committee to b -i arranged individually by alphabet instead of in groups arranged by lot , as now . Vacancies in the office of delegate to a state or national convention not be be filled except in cas of a tie vote , and then by delegates fro i the same district , within ten days , and if not other delegate or if not so filled , then by a state committee , rather than solely by the remaining members of the delegation; and sL itement of filling of such vacincy to be filed with the State Secretary . Seating of delegates at state conventions to be in groups by sena_ aria. districts , and order of business at said conventions defined . Voting on candidates , by a convention, to be by roll call , if more than one candidate ; or the office , or by groins of delegates unless any member of such group orjects . The n .nber of members at large of a state committee of a political iiirty to be fixed by the state convention of a party instead of by the state committee , as now . The existing provisions as to prepa _ ution and filing of nomination papers , objections to nominations , preparation, number , substance , al- angcment and form of ballots , hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes , canvass an return of votes , return anu certification of votes now apulicabls to state primaries to be applicable to the . proposed party primaries . The power of a state comm :. ttee to fix the nu.aber of district delegates to a national convention to be continued , but the date , of giving notice to the State Secretary , of such fixation to be March 1 instead of on or before the third tednesday in. March , as now . The power of city and town committees to fix the number of members of wird and Lown committees to be continued but the date , of ' giv'' �.g otic to the state Set a tis rye of such fixation to Dmarch el , instead of Augutt joss now ; 568 . . r which was approved in the Senate by . a vote of 21 in the 0 affirmative :end 17 in the negative and was - disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 62 in the affirmative and 138 in the negative , be approved? YES NO No . 3 . PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . It is desirable that the proposed Imend_ent to the Constitution of the United States , - - " ARTICLE " SECTION 1 . The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January , and the terms cf Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January , of the ye _trs in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified ; and the teras of their successors shall then begin . " SECTION 2 . The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year , and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January , unless they shall by law appoint a different day . SECTION 3 . If , at the time fixe_ d for the beginning of the term of the President , the President elect shall have died , the Vice President elect shall become President . If a President shall not have been chosen before the tide fixed for the beginning of his term , or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify , then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have 4ualified ; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a pr ': sident elect nor a Vice President elect shall have 4ualified , declaring who shall then act as President , or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected , and such person shall act according - ly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified . " SEC . 4 . The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon lulled, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice i'resident whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them . " SEC . flections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article . " SEC . 6 . This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Consti - tution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission, " - - be ratified by the General Court? YES NO The polls will be open from six o 'clock A . M . until eight o ' clock P . 1 . And you are directed to serve this Vdar :• ant seven days at least before the time of said aleting as provided in the By- Laws of the Town . Hefeof , fail not , and wake due return on this Warrant , with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk , on or before the time of said meeting . Givers under our hands , at Lexington, this eighteenth day of October A . D . , 1932 . Robert P . Trask SELECTMEN John E . Liilcreast Theodore A . Custance OF Charles E . Ferguson Daniel J . O ' Donnell LEXINGTON October 24 , 1932 . To tree Town Clerk , I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office , in 569 the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other uublic places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered vot <- r in t : , e Town seven days before the time of said meeting . Attest ; Patrick J . Maguire • Constable of Lexington . PRESIDENTIAL STATE ELECTION _ NOVEMBER 8 , 1 :)32 The following election officers had, been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows : Precinct One . Warden Charles J . Dailey Deputy lAarden Sarah F . Healey Inspector Bartlett J . Harrington I /Spector Alfred Hayward De ,%uty Ins �.iector Joseph J . Pritchard Deputy Inspector Viola 1 . Harkins Clerk Rolanu E . uarmon Deputy Clerk George E . Foster Teller ilrs . Mary A . Rowl :*nd Teller Donald Cameron Teller Ellese Schofield I4ler Miles F . Jones Precinct Two . Warden Irving B . Pierce Deputy Warden Ezra F . Breed Clerk John H . Dacey Deputy Clerk Frederick A . Connor Inspector Victor ti . Harmon Inspector - Randall ley . Richarus Deputy Insa = ctor George V . ::Terse Deputy Inspector Madeline J . Corbett Teller Elizabeth bourse Teller Clifford W . Pierce Teller Ruth Ray Teller Edward •icGrory Precinct Three Warden Frederick ri . Tullar Deputy Warden Bessie U . Davis Inspector - James : H . -Ahearn Inspector . Charles E . Moloy Deputy Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector John bweeney Clerk Jasies L . iucKenzie Deduty Clerk Samuel W . Wellington ton Teller George Jaynes Teller Esther Graham Teller Katherine Vaughan Teller Matthew Stevenson Precinct Four Deputy Warden Howard Custance In William E . iLulliken � e ytInspecfor reneriooinsonnan Deputy Inspector George Hinchey nk Clerk FFy Clerk Margaret T . &ennedy Teller Agnes Hall Teller James J . Waldron Teller Loring C . Child ge11er Harry F . Howard Warden i . 3 . Hopkins