1978-11-07-State-Election-Warrant

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. -4- QUESTION NO. 7 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TAXATION OF LAND USED FOR RECREATION OR LEFT IN A NATURAL STATE Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on August 11, 1976, by a vote of 248-5, and on May 24, Yes___ 1978, by a vote of 257-0? No SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would give the legislature the power to establish a different method of property taxation for land which is used for re- creational purposes and for land preserved in its natural state. It would add these two categories to the existing constitutional provision which allows the legislature to tax wild and forest land differently. The amendment's stated purpose is to develop and conserve natural resources and the environmental benefits of recreational land. QUESTION NO. 8 THIS QUESTION IS NON-BINDING "Shall the Senator from this District be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a bill requiring the reduction and limitation of local property taxes by substituting revenue from state taxes, and providing that all state and local taxes combined shall not take a larger percentage of the total personal income in Massachusetts than the average percentage taken in the three year period immediately Yes_ preceding approval?" No The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this eleventh day of October,A.D. , 1978. ,17/49- r v ,X� %/�„rt.“ aSelectmen /�e,(Ceci �� f C of Lexington A true copy, Attest: ://1 r, r` �/j ,er. .gf; ConstaHle/of Lexing�ori