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23 FOR SEWER COMMISSIONER—Three Years. Robert P. Clapp 479 Scattering 3 Blanks - 204 And Robert P. Clapp was declared elected. FOR TREE WARDEN—One Year. Cornelius Wellington - Scattering Blanks And Cornelius Wellington was declared elected. LICENSE. Yes No - Blanks 476 2 208 212 402 72 A ballot was cast for three Selectmen for one year, for the follow- ing persons : Henry A. C. Woodward, Henry W. Lewis, Charles H. Lowe, which the Moderator ruled could not be counted as the war - ant did not call for the election of three Selectmen for one year. After the vote had been declared Geo. W. Sampson presented the following protest. LEXINGTON, March 2, 1908. The undersigned legal voters of Lexington hereby protest against the election to and occupancy of the office of Selectman by Edwin S. Spaulding for a term of three years for the following reasons ; 24 First, because under the law no Selectman can be elected for a term of three years. Second, because under the law the number of Selectmen should be three, and the term of office should be for one year. GEORGE W. SAMPSON. 13ARTLETT ]. HARRINGTON. JOSEPH P. RYAN. CHRISTOPHER S. RYAN. HENRY A. C. WOODWARD. The check lists used by the Moderator and Ballot Clerks were sealed up and signed, the ballots cast were sealed and signed by Moderator and Town Clerk and at 9.15 o'clock the Moderator de- clared the meeting adjourned to Monday evening, March 9th at 7.30 o'clock P. M. ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 9, 1903. Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock P. 'M. On motion of G. W. Sampson it was voted to take up Article 30. ART. 30. Mr. R. P. Clapp offered the following motion : "'That this town prefers the system of electing Selectmen under which the tenure of office is for three years instead of one, and that the Selectmen are hereby requested to petition the Legislature for the passage of an act which shall set at rest any and all questions which have arisen as to the tenure of office of those now or lately acting as Selectmen in Lexington, or as to the method or system now in force for the election of Selectmen, to that end confirming the several elections held on a three-year basis, and providing for the continuation of said basis or method of election until the town shall hereafter vote to return to the one year system. Mr. G. W.