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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS. (FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assem- ble at the Town Hall on Saturday, the fifth day of February, A. D. 1898, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz. : ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. On motion of W. H. Whitaker it was Voted, To proceed to choose a moderator by ballot, the polls to remain open five minutes. On ballot nineteen votes were cast. A. E. Scott had eleven, Geo. W. Sampson had eight, and A. E. Scott was declared chosen as moderator and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To hear the report of any committee that may be ready to report and act thereon. Dr. J. O. Tilton for the committee on sewerage stated that said committee had attended to that duty and the result of their labors was before the meeting in the acts of the legislature, etc., presented in the warrant for this meeting. Mr. A. S. Mitchell made inquiry if any report of the con- dition of the hydrants had been made, as ordered at a former meeting, and if not, that such a report be made to the annual meeting in March. ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer, under the direction of the selectmen, to borrow the sum of six thousand dollars in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, to pay a note of the Hancock School House loan which becomes due February 23, 1898. On motion of Mr. E. S. Spaulding it was Voted, That the town treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the selectmen, to borrow the sum of six thou- sand dollars in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, for the purpose of paying a note of the Han- cock School House loan which becomes due February 23, 1898. ART. 4. To see if the town will accept "An Act to authorize the town of Lexington to construct a system of sewerage," be- ing Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897.