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Lexington Town Records WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, February 1, 1909. To CHARLES E. WHEELER, 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 First day of February, A. D., 1909, at 7.30 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 authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen to borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accordance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, and amendments to the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART- 4. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the purpose of providing a place for skating at the Ball Field or else- where, or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said meeting. IQ Given under our hands, at Lexington, this Twenty-first day of January, A. D., 1909. FRANK D. PIERCE, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, WILLIAM H. WHITAKER, Selectmen of Lexington. MEETING FEBRUARY 1, 1909. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.40 o'clock P. M. who read the warrant and the return of the Constable thereon. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was Voted, To elect a Moderator, that the check list be used and that the polls be kept open three minutes. At the dose of the polls six ballots had been cast, all for Robert P. Clapp, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. Art's'. 2. On motion of George D. Harrington it was Voted, That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the Town of Lexington in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow irom time to time, with the approval of the Board of Select- men, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town there- for, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year. ARI. 3. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was Mated, That the sutra of X3253.87 be appropriated and assessed for Moth Work. ART. 4. On motion of Edwin A. Bayley it was