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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
<br />FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD.)
<br />WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
<br />MONDAY, March 5, 1894.
<br />To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING
<br />In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu§'etts, you are
<br />hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of
<br />Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble
<br />at the Town Hall on Monday, the fifth day of March, A. D. 1894,
<br />at seven o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz: :—
<br />ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
<br />Robert P. Clapp was elected as moderator unanimously
<br />by ballot with the use of check list, as provided by law, and
<br />was sworn by the clerk.
<br />ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers :
<br />One town clerk, three selectmen who shall also be overseers of
<br />the poor and surveyors of highways, three assessors, one town
<br />treasurer, one collector of taxes, two auditors, three members of
<br />the board of health, two constables, all for the term of one
<br />year, one member of the school committee for the term of two
<br />years to fill vacancy, one member of the school committee for
<br />the term of three years, one member of the cemetery committee
<br />for the term of three years.
<br />ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting
<br />licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the
<br />question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating
<br />liquors in this town ? " The vote on the above question shall
<br />be by ballot, "Yes " or " No."
<br />The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2
<br />and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the town clerk. The
<br />poly will be opened as soon as possible after the organi-
<br />zation of the meeting, and shall be kept open until five
<br />o'clock, P. n[.
<br />ARTS. 2 and 3. George H. Cutter and Bartlett J. Har-
<br />rington who had been appointed by the selectmen as ballot
<br />clerks, were sworn by the clerk, and they signed for the
<br />package of ballots to be used at the meeting ; the ballot box
<br />was shown to be empty, and locked, and the key delivered
<br />to William B. Foster, the constable in attendance, when the
<br />moderator declared the polls open, and the balloting com-
<br />menced.
<br />The following additional election officers were appointed
<br />by the moderator, and were sworn to the faithful discharge
<br />of their duties :
<br />.John S. Spaulding,
<br />Charles H. Wiswell,
<br />Patrick F. Dacey,
<br />Irving Stone,
<br />Abram B. Smith,
<br />Henry A. C. Woodward,
<br />deputy ballot clerk.
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<br />teller.
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<br />At 11.10 A. M., on written consent of the moderator and
<br />town clerk, 100 ballots were taken from the ballot -box, and
<br />the tellers commenced their work.
<br />Ballots were subsequently taken from the box as fol-
<br />lows : At 1.50 P. 31., 50 ; at 2.45 P. M., 100 ; at 4.30 P. M.,
<br />100, and at close of polls at 5 P. M., 7 ; showing that 357
<br />ballots had been cast, which amount agreed with the number
<br />of names checked on each voting list used by the moderator
<br />and ballot clerks, while the ballot -box register stood at 571,
<br />it having failed to register properly, owing to the length or
<br />the ballot, it taking more than one revolution of the crank
<br />to carry the ballot into the box.
<br />Ten names were checked on the woman's check list for
<br />school committee and that number of ballots was cast.. After
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