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I1 Voted that the meeting be dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 8.35 o'clock p. m. A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. Monday, March 8, 1902. 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 assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, the third day of March, A. D., 1902, at seven o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz : ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selectman for the term df three years; three Overseers of the Poor for the term of one year; three Surveyors of the Highways for the term of one year; three Assessors for the term of one year; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; two Auditors for the term of one year; two Constables for the term of one year; one member of the Board of Water Commission- ers for the term of three years; one member of the Cemetery Com- mittee for the term of three years ; one member of the School'Com- mittee for the term of one year; one member of the School Com- mittee for the term of three years; one member of the Board of 12 Sewer Commissioners for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years; one Tree Warden for the term of one year. Aar. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting li- censes for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the question : " Shall licenses he granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, " Yes " or " No." The 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 soon as possible after the organiza- tion of the meeting, and will be kept open until 5 o'clock P. M. In compliance with Article III of the by-laws as amended by vote of the town, Jan. 29, 1900, business under the following articles will be transacted at an adjourned meeting to be held on Monday even- ing, March 10, 1902, unless the adjourned ineeting shall, by unan- imous vote, be ordered for some other specified time. AR'r. 4. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the 'Town for action thereon. ART. 5. To choose such town officers as are required by law and arc usually chosen by nomination. ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen as required by law. ART. 7. 'I'o see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the di- rection of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. AR'r. 8. To provide for the support of the public schools the en- suing year, and grant money for the same.