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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, March 4, 1889. To ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, Constable of Lexington, GREET- ING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Msasachu- setts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on 3Ionday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1889, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz. : — ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator. ART. 2. To hear the report of any committee that may be ready to report and act thereon. .ART. 3. To choose town officers for the ensuing year, including one member of the School Commit- tee for the terns of three years. ART. 4. To choose one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of three years. ART. 5. To provide for the support of the poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. G. To provide for the support of the high- ways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. 6 ART. 7. To provide for the support of the public schools the ensuing year, including their several grades, and grant money for the same. AItT. 8. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ANT. 9. To provide for the support of the street lamps the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. AUT. 10. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors presented by the Selectmen. ART. 11. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the following question: " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town? " The vote on the above ques- tion shall be by ballot, " Yes " or " No," and the check -list and registering ballot -box shall be used, as provided by law. ART. 12. To see if the town will make the appropriations for town expenses the ensuing year as submitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 13. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensu- ing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 14. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction . of the Selectmen, to .borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipa- .tion of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be paid directly from the proceeds of said ..taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto.