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Lexington Town Records WARRANT FOR A TOWN' MEETING. MONDAY, February 10, 1908. Tit CHARLES E. LVHEELEN, Constable of Lexington, GREET MC; : 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 tenth day of February, A. D., 1908, at 7.80 o'clock p. m., to act on the following Articles, viz. :— ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To see if the town will make a necessary appropriation for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accord- ance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905 and amendments to the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation to pre- serve the trees on the Water Works property on Liincoln street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof fail not, and make tine return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said meeting. Given under aur hands, at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of ianuary, A. D., 1908. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, FRANK D. PEIRCE, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, Selectmen of Lexington. 10 MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 1908. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 o'clock, who read the Warrant and the return of the Constable thereon. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Henry A. C. Woodward it was Voted, To elect a Moderator; that the check list be used, and that the polls be kept open three minutes. At the close of the polls eight ballots had been cast, all for Edwin A. Bayley, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. Mr. A. H. Kirkland, Superintendent of the Gypsy Moth Commis- sion, was present and by unanimous consent was invited to address the meeting and explain the methods used in suppressing the moth pest. ART. 2. On motion al George W. 'Taylor it was Voted, That the sum of $3,771.23 be appropriated and assessed to meet the deficit incurred in 1907 for the suppression of Gypsy and Brawn Tail Moths, and that the further sum of $2,759.64 be appropriated and assessed for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths for 1908. ART. 3. On motion of Charles F. Carter it was Voted, That the preservation of the trees on the Water Works property on Lincoln street be especially referred to the Tree Warden. Voted, To dissolve the meeting at 9.20 o'clock. A true record. Attest: GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk.