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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1917-11-06-STATE-ELECTION-WARRANT THE COMKOA HEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLEJ2X, SS. To either of the Constables of the town of Lexington, Greeting : in the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexington on Tuesday, the Sixth Day of November, 1917 , at six otelock A. M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers : Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer , Auditor , Attorney-General , Councillor for the 6th Councillor. District; Senator for the 5th Senatorial District, One Representative in General Court for 28th Representative District, County Commissioner for Middlesex County. Also to bring in their totes On the following questions Acceptance of the following Articles of Amendment Article of Amendment No . 1. The General Court shall have power to provide by law for voting by qualified voters of the Commonwealth who, at the time of an election, are absent from the city or town of which they are inhabitants in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question submitted at such election. Article of Amendment No . 2. Article XVIII. Section 1. No law shall be passed prohibit- ing the free exercise of religion. Section 2. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is expended, and no grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or loan or public credit shall be made or author- ized by the commonwealth or any political division thereof for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any school or institu- tion of leafing, whether under public control or otherwise , wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, or any other school , or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution, or educational, charitable or religious undertaking which is not publicly owned and under the exclusive control, order and superintendence of public officers or public agents. autnorized by the commonwealth or federal authority or both, except that appropriations may be made for the maintenance and support of the Soldiers ' Home in Massachusetts and for free public libraries in any city or town, and to carry out legal obligations , if any, already entered into, and no such grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or authorized for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious denomination or society. Section 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the commonwealth, or any political division thereof, from paying to privately controlled hospitals , infirmaries , or institu- tions for the deaf, dumb or blind not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care or support actually rendered or furnished by such hospitals, infirmaries or institutions to such persons as may be In whole or in part unable to support or care for themselves . Section 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory, penal or charitable institution of the opportunity of religious exercises therein of hie own faith, but no inmate of such institution shall be compelled to attend religious services or receive religious instruction against his will, or , if a minor, without the consent of his parent or guardian. Section 5. This amendment shall not take effect until the October first next succeeding its ratification and adoption by the people . Article of Amendment No . 3. The maintenance and distribution at reasonable rates , during time of war, public exigency, emergency or distress, of a suffi- cient supply of food and other common necessaries of life and the providing of shelter, are public functions,and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may take and may provide the same for their inhabitants in such manner as the general court shall determine . The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the meeting and may remain open until four o' clock. P . M. , and as much longer as the meeting may direct, but not later than the hour prescribed by law. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of 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 twenty-fourth day of October, A. L. , 1917. t-CAStaa-af ) OELECTMEN Or LEAv49,,„f/.J.L °l'n/{ ? ) LEXINGTON.