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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING, MONDAY, March 3, 1890. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREET- ING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- 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 Monday, the third day of March, A. D. 1890, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the follow- ing 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 Committee for the term 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. 6. 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 the several grades, and grant money for the same. ART. 8. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 9. To provide for the support of the street lamps the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 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 pro- vided by law. ART. 12. To see if the town will make the appro- priations for town expenses the ensuing year as sub- mitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 13. 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 repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 14. 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.