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65 A true copy of the warrant and the return of the constable thereon. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. NOVEMBER 7,1898. This certifies that the ballots cast at the town election, March 7, 1898, were destroyed by fire this day. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, town Clerk. LEXINGTON, November 8, 1898. Meeting called to order at 6.05 A. M. by the town clerk, who read the warrant and the return of the constable thereon. Abram B. Smith and Charles W. Swan, who had been appointed ballot clerks, and Irving Stone and Bartlett J. Harrington, deputy ballot clerks, were sworn by the mod- erator to the faithful discharge of their duties. The ballot clerks receipted to the town clerk for a package said to con- tain 900 official ballots prepared by the secretary of the Commonwealth, also for an official copy of the voting list. The ballot box was shown to be empty, and the key thereof delivered to William B. Foster, the constable in attendance, and the polls were declared opened and the balloting com- menced. At 9.20 A. M., on unanimous consent of selectmen and town clerk, the ballot box was opened and 200 ballots taken therefrom. 66 Messrs. J. H. Frizelle, Byron C. Earle, George L. Pierce, B. C. Whitcher, George W. Spaulding, George D. Harring- ton, P. F. Dacey and Francis Locke, who had been ap- pointed tellers, were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties and commenced their labors. At 1.15 P. M. 100 ballots were taken from the box. At 3.45 P. M. 100 ballots were taken from the box. At 3.52 P. M., on motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis, it was voted that the time for closing the polls be extended to 4.29 P. M. At 4.29 the polls were declared closed. The ballot box register stood at 453 and 53 ballots were found in the box, making the whole number of ballots cast 453, which number agreed with the names checked on each voting list in use. After the tellers had tabulated the returns, the following announcement was made by the chairman of the selectmen : FOR GoVERNOR. Alexander B. Bruce of Lawrence George R. Peare of Lynn Winfield 1'. Porter of Newburyport Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston . Roger Wolcott of Boston George S. B( utwell Blanks . 67 0 0 8 362 4 12