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TOWN OF LEXINGTON 95 years of age. Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State Laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by Congress? Prec. I. Prec. II. Total Yes 152 383 535 No 385 1353 1738 Blanks 121 271 392 A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, TOWN CLERK REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION November 14, 1924. Pursuant to the law the Assistant Town Clerk of Bel- mont and Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington met at Bel- mont this day at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the fourth day of November for a Representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the twenty eighth Middlesex District. The canvass showed the following result of the votes cast in Belmont and. Lexington. 7n Belmont Joseph E. Perry had (Thirty Six Hundred and Forty Three) votes. . 3643 votes. In Lexington Joseph E. Perry had (Eighteen Hundred arid Seventeen) votes. 1817 votos. The returns showed that Joseph E. Perry had a majo- rity of the votes cast in both towns, and a. certificate was accordingly filled out and signed by the clerks of both towns, to be delivered to Joseph E. Perry of 18 Holt Street, Bel- mont, MARGUERITE L. BOWLER, Assistant Town Clerk of Behnont. HELEN C. GALLAGHER, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington. A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE. TOWN CLERK. 96 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD Presenting a proposed amendment to the By -Laws of the Town to provide forestablishing businessandResidential zones. This report refers to the subject matter of Article 2 in the Warrant for Town Meeting called for February 18, 1924. To the Citizens of Lexington:— The next few years are to witness a very considerable increase in the population of Lexington, attended by an extensive building program. People are moving to Lexing- ton in increasing numbers each year and are building for themselves homes in such parts of the town as appeal to them most strongly. Almost without exception, those who move to Lexing- ton seek homes of their own and by themselves—they are drawn to the country because, of its greater attractiveness as a place of residence, and because the country offers more favorable and healthful conditions for raising their families. The vast majority of these people will make most desirable citizens and it is to the interest of the town to make it worth their while to take up their residence among us and to protect them in the investments they propose to make in the town; it is equally important that those already resident in the town shall be similarly protected. Lexington also needs protection in respect to the de- velopment of its business districts; every possible effort should be made to keep such districts properly located and compactly- built and to guard against the indiscriminate building of blocks of one story stores in scattered parts of the town by out of town operators who buy up old places solely for speculative purposes and with no thought of beau tifying or bettering the town in any way. Recognizing that home builders are entitled to sub- stantial protection in the investments they have made and that communities, as such, are entitled to protection against