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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
<br />(FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD.)
<br />WARII:ANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
<br />MONDAY, March 4th, 1895.
<br />To WILLIAM B. FosrER, Constable of Lexington, GREETIN( :
<br />In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are
<br />hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town
<br />of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble
<br />at the Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D.
<br />1895, 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 />Voted, That the poll for election of moderator be kept open
<br />five minutes. At close of poll it was found that thirteen
<br />votes had been cast for mcderator with the use of the check
<br />list, all for Robert P. Clapp, who was declared elected mod-
<br />erator and 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, two constables all
<br />for the term of one year, one member of the school committee
<br />for the term of three years, one member of the cemetery com-
<br />mittee for the term of three years, one member of the board of
<br />health for one year, one member of the board of health for two
<br />years, one member of the board of health for 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 be
<br />by ballot, "Yes" or "No."
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<br />The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2
<br />and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the town clerk. The
<br />polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization
<br />of the meeting, and shall be kept open until five o'clock, P. M.
<br />ARTS. 2 and 3. Abram B. Smith and Irving Stone who had
<br />been appointed by the selectmen ballot clerks, were sworn
<br />by the clerk, who delivered to them the package of ballots
<br />to be used in the election of town officers and copies of the
<br />voting lists, and took their receipt therefor ; the ballot box
<br />was shown to be empty, and the key thereof delivered to the
<br />constable in attendance, and the balloting was commenced.
<br />William A. Haskell and Patrick F. Dacey were appointed
<br />as deputy ballot clerks, and Bradley C. Whitcher, Charles W.
<br />Swan, Francis E. Ballard, and Charles F. Nourse were ap-
<br />pointed tellers by the moderator and sworn to the faithful
<br />discharge of their duties.
<br />At 1.40 o'clock, P. M. on consent of the moderator and
<br />town clerk, the ballot box was opened and 250 ballots taken
<br />therefrom, and the tellers commenced their work.
<br />At the close of the polls at 5 o'clock, the register
<br />on the ballot box stood at 353, the number of names
<br />checked on each voting list was 355, and there were taken from
<br />the box 105 ballots, which, with the number previously
<br />taken out, made 355, which agreed with the number of names
<br />checked, showing that the register had failed to record the
<br />exact number cast. Four names were checked on the wo-
<br />men's check list for school committee, and that number of
<br />ballots was cast. After the tellers had completed the count-
<br />ing of votes and filled out the total vote sheet, the result was
<br />announced by the moderator as follows :—
<br />Fon Tows Ci,EIZK.
<br />Leonard A. Saville,
<br />252
<br />Blanks, 103
<br />And Leonard A. Saville was declared elected town clerk
<br />for the ensuing year and sworn by the Moderator.
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