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11 WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1898. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : Jn 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 Monday, the 7th day of March, A. D. 1898, at 7 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz.: ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Mr. H. W. Lewis moved that the polls for choice of mod- erator be kept open ten minutes, which was amended by Mr. G. W. Sampson to make the time thirty minutes. On the amendment of Mr. Sampson it was declared not a vote, which was doubted by 7 voters and was verified by count ; 63 voting in favor and 70 against. The motion for keeping the polis open ten minutes was then carried and the polls declared open. The Chair ap- pointed Geo. H. Cutter and Henry W. Lewis, who were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties as tellers to assist in receiving and counting ballots. Subsequently the time for keeping the polls open was extended fifteen minutes and at close of polls it was found that 182 ballots had been cast, which agreed with the number of names checked on voting list, of which 82 were for Hiram G. Janvrin and 100 for George W. Sampson, who was declared elected moder- ator, and sworn to the faithful discharge of duty, by the town clerk. 12 ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers one town clerk, three selectmen, who shall also be overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways; three assessors, one town treasurer, one collector of taxes, two auditors, two constables, all for the term of one year ; one member of the school commit- tee for the term of three years ; one member of the cemetery committee for the term of three years; one member of the board of health for the term of three years; one member of the loard of water commissioners for the term of three years ; a board of sewerage commissioners of three members, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against•granting- licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in this town?" The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, "Yes" or "No." Thb election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the town clerk. The polls will be opened as scion as possible after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until five o'clock P. M. ARTS. 2 and 3. Abram B. Smith and Charles W. Swan, who had been appointed ballot clerks by the selectmen, were sworn, and receipted to the town clerk for a sealed package said to contain 750 ballots for use of male voters and 104 ballots for use of female voters, also a copy of the check lists for male and female voters. Albern S. Chatfield and Christopher S. Ryan were appointed deputy ballot clerks and duly sworn by the moderator. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked, and the key thereof delivered to William B. Foster, the consta- ble in attendance, and the polls were declared open and the balloting commenced.