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Lexington Town Records. FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD. WARRANT FOR 'A TOWN MEETING. Monday, January 29, 1900.. To WILLIAM B. k osiER, 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 assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the 29th day of January, A. D., 1900, at 7.30 o'clock p. rn., to act on the following Articles, viz :— ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. On motion of Mr. Cornelius Wellington, it was voted : that the polls be kept open five minutes for choice of moderator. On ballot, 23 votes were cast as follows : Geo. F. Mead, 1 ; Geo. W. Sampson, 2; E. A. Bayley, 4; J. H. Frizelle, 16; and J. H. Frizelle was declared chosen as moderator and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to elect its selectmen in the manner authorized by Section 335 of the Election Act (Chapter 504, of the Acts of 1898), to that end passing a vote in substance as follows, to wit I2 Voted: That at the annual meeting in March of the current year, the town shall elect one selectman for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; and that at each annual meeting thereafter it shall elect one selectman for the term of three years. This Article was taken up on motion of Mr. R. P. Clapp, who gave some reasons for the change as it appeared to him. Mr. Jas. Montague rnoved the indefinite postponement of the Article. This was opposed by Mr. G. F. Mead, and indefinite post- ponement was voted down. Mr. Clapp's ideas were approved by Messrs. E. A. Bayley and F. J. Whitton, and opposed by Messrs. C. S. Ryan and John Devine. On vote, the moderator declared the motion carried which was doubted, and the house was polled, when the town voted by 82 in favor to 59 opposed. That at the annual meeting in March ofthe current year, the town shall elect one selectman for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years : and that at each annual meeting thereafter it shall elect one selectman for the term of three years. ART. 3. To provide, by Iaw or otherwise, that at any annual town meeting the general transaction of business shall be postponed until an adjourned date, so that the opening day of the meeting may be devoted entirely or chiefly to the required election of town officers by ballot : or to snake any other or further provision relative to the time or manner of conducting business in town meeting. This Article was taken up on motion of Mr. R. P. Clapp, who made some remarks to the effect that attempting to do business while voting was going on was annoying to the presiding officer and all others concerned, and offered a motion that the by- laws be changed in relation to town elections. Mr. J. F. Maynard moved