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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 15
<br />the issuance of Bonds or Notes of
<br />the Town, provided said agreement
<br />is consummated, or take any action
<br />relative thereto.
<br />Art. 50. To hear the report of the
<br />Committee appointed at the Town
<br />Meeting held December 17, 1920,
<br />"To investigate the advisability of
<br />any change in the form of government
<br />of the Town," and to take any action
<br />thereon. In the event that it is
<br />decided to continue such committee,
<br />to see if the Town will appropriate
<br />any money to cover the expenses of
<br />such committee for printing and
<br />postage, or to take any other action
<br />with reference thereto.
<br />Hereof, fail not, and make due re-
<br />turn of this Warrant, with your do-
<br />ings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on
<br />or before the time of said meeting.
<br />Given under our hands, at Lexing-
<br />ton, this twenty-first day of Febru-
<br />ary, A. D., 1921.
<br />WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN,
<br />JAY O. RICHARDS,
<br />WILLIAM 13. FOSTER,
<br />Selectmen of Lexington.
<br />Lexington, Mass., February 25, 1921.
<br />To the Town Clerk:—
<br />I have notified the inhabitants of
<br />Lexington by posting printed copies
<br />of the foregoing Warrant in the Post
<br />Office and in nine other public places
<br />in the Town, and by mailing a printed
<br />copy of the same to every registered
<br />voter in the Town ten days before
<br />the time of said meeting.
<br />Attest:
<br />CHARLES H. FRANKS,
<br />Constable of Lexington.
<br />16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON
<br />ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
<br />March 7, 1921
<br />The meeting was called to order by
<br />Moderator Joseph R. Cotton at
<br />seven o'clock A. M. The Moderator
<br />then appointed Mr. William M. Scam -
<br />man, Chairman of the Board of
<br />Selectmen, as Presiding Officer.
<br />The Town Clerk procceded to read
<br />the Warrant but the meeting voted
<br />to suspend further reading of the
<br />same. The Constables' return was
<br />then read.
<br />Marion W. Jackson, Katherine A.
<br />Kiernan, James A. Hurley arid Theo-
<br />dore A. Custance were sworn as
<br />Ballot Clerks, and the polls were de-
<br />clared open.
<br />Samuel B. Bigelow, Allston M.
<br />Redman, Robert Sturtevant, Wal-
<br />lace E. Miller, William M. Scamman,
<br />Melvin W. Hinds, Wallace Wright,
<br />Charles M. Blake, Norman C. Hooper,
<br />Patrick F. Dacey, Bartlett J. Har-
<br />rington, William C. O'Leary, Na-
<br />thaliiel Nunn, John J. Garrity,
<br />Thomas J. Doherty, William O'Con-
<br />nor, and James L. McKenzie were
<br />sworn as Tellers.
<br />At 9:40 A. M. 400 ballots were
<br />taken from the box; at 11:25 A. M.
<br />300 ballots were taken from the box;
<br />at 1:25 P. M. 200 ballots were taken
<br />from the box; at 2:55 P. M. 200 bal-
<br />lots were taken from the box; at
<br />3:30 P. M. 200 ballots were taken
<br />from the box; at 4:40 P. M, 200 bal-
<br />lots were taken from the box; at
<br />5:00 P. M. 79 ballots were taken from
<br />the box, making a total of 1579
<br />ballots cast.
<br />The same number of names were
<br />checked on each voting list. The
<br />dial on the ballot box registered
<br />1580. After the votes had been
<br />counted the Town Clerk announced
<br />the result at seven fifteen o'clock
<br />P. M. as follows:
<br />Total Vote 1579
<br />Town Clerk
<br />Ezra F. Breed
<br />Arthur W. Hatch
<br />Walter B. Wilkins
<br />Blanks
<br />Arthur W.
<br />elected.
<br />385
<br />866
<br />284
<br />44
<br />Hatch was declared
<br />Selectman
<br />Joseph R. Cotton
<br />William.B. Foster
<br />Blanks
<br />Joseph
<br />elected.
<br />1115
<br />432
<br />32
<br />R. Cotton was declared
<br />Overseer of the Poor
<br />Joseph R. Cotton
<br />William B. Foster
<br />Blanks
<br />Joseph R. Cotton
<br />elected.
<br />1035
<br />478
<br />66
<br />was declared
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