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<br />WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
<br />THtYnsnnr, July 9, 1908. •
<br />To CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING:
<br />In the name of the Commonwearth of Massachusetts you are
<br />hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
<br />Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at
<br />the Town Hall, on Thursday, the ninth day of July, A. D., 1908, at
<br />8.00 o'clock p. m., to act on the following Articles, via.:—
<br />ARTICLF. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
<br />ART. 2. To see if the town will make a further appropriation for
<br />the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, or act in any
<br />manner relating thereto.
<br />ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the
<br />extension of water mains, and if so, of what amount ; also to authorize
<br />the borrowing of money to meet all or a portion of such appropria-
<br />tion.
<br />Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your
<br />doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said
<br />meeting.
<br />Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of
<br />June, A. D., 1908.
<br />FRANK D. PEIRCE,
<br />HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
<br />W. H. WHITAKER,
<br />Selectmen of Lexington.
<br />MEETING JULY 9, 1908.
<br />Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 o'clock p. m.,
<br />who read the Warrant and the return of the Constable thereon.
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<br />ARTICLE 1. On motion of George H. Cutter it was
<br />Voted, That we elect a Moderator; that the check list be used,
<br />and that the polls he kept open two minutes: At the close of the
<br />polls it was found seven ballots had been cast, all for Edwin A.
<br />Bayley, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town
<br />Clerk.
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<br />ART. 2. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
<br />Voted, That a further sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated and
<br />assessed for the suppression of insects, in order to secure the State
<br />allowance of $4,000.00 additional to continue the work.
<br />Edward P. Merriam offered the following motion :
<br />That all money used for the suppression of insects be expended
<br />by a committee of three to be appointed by the Moderator, one of
<br />whom shall he the local superintendent ; this committee to take full
<br />charge of the work until March, 1909.
<br />Charles E. Wheeler moved as an amendment that the committee
<br />consist of five members. The amendment was accepted by Mr.
<br />Merriam and the original motion as amended was put and carried.
<br />The motion was favored by Frank D. Peirce, Edward P. Merriam
<br />and William C. Stickel, and opposed by Daniel F. Hutchinson and
<br />Arthur E. Horton. The Moderator appointed the follo'ing com-
<br />mittee :
<br />Charles H. Bugbee,
<br />George H. Childs,
<br />Cornelius Wellington.
<br />William P. Martin,
<br />Edward P. Merriam,
<br />ART. 3. On motion of Francis IV. Dean it was
<br />Votrrl, l'hat the sum of six thousand dollars ($$,000.00) is
<br />hereby appropriated for the use of the Water Department in mak-
<br />ing extensiotts,of water mains, and that the Town Treasurer is hereby
<br />authorized to borrow said stun on six several notes of the town of
<br />51,000.00 each, payable respectively in one, two, three, four, five
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