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7 575 : Special Town Meeting October 31 , 1937 . The meeting was called to order at 8 ; 07 P . L . Moderator , Robert Si dolt , presiding . There were Town Leeting :.'embers present . The Town Clerk , James J Carroll , read the warrant for the meeting , until further reading was waived on motion of Select- man : 1r . Trask . The Town Clerk read the Constable ' s return of the warrant . Selectman Lr . `.4'rask , moved to take up article one ; offering the following ; That a CoI! �mittee of three be appoi_nteq.by the i'Ioderator , one of which shall be the Moderator, to arrange a series of lectures provided by the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzzanne Cary . Carried unanimously at 8 ; 10 P . M . Under article one , Selectman :.:r . Trask offered the follow- ing ; Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to revise the Plumbing By-Laws of the. Town . Carried unanimou@y at 3 ; 11 P . Under article one . Pr . Albert T Burnham, read the following report , to consider a caucus to nominate Town Officers as follows ; as voted at a Town Meeting held October 15 , 1930 , which read as follows ; " Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the Town i.. eeting whether or not it is desirable that the representative town meeting , or its members make recommendations to the voters of the Town as to candidates for town office or for members of this representative town meeting , and if desirable what methods may be adopted for that purpose . " Report of Committee as follows ; October 24 , 1932 . Your committee appointed to consider a caucus to 111 nominate town officers have held several meetings and have come to the following conclusions . That in a sub-division the size of Lexinton the voters have as good a chance to know or learn tine qualifications of a can- didate for office at t' e election as at a caucus , That only a small percent of the towns of our size hold such a caucus . That if such a caucus were held every voter in town should have a vote . A suggestion was made that the town meeting members constitute the caucus , but your committee believe every voter should have the right to take part in such a caucus . That it would probably cost the town from a:1000 . to 1,;)1500 to hold such a caucus . And it is the recommendation of your committee that no action be taken at the present time . Signed by the Co:::mittee , John D Collins . Eugene T Buckley . John A Lyons . Albert H Burnham . Including , That t: e report be accepted and the committee be discharged - - - Carried unanimously 8 ; 13 P . M . Under article one Ir . Rowse Chairman of the Appropriation Committee read the following report , covering the articles in the warrant ; as follows ; Art . 2 approved 0.0 , 000 . 00 Excess 19c Deficiency to Account Public Welfare . Art . 3 approved . Art . 4 auproved Art . 5 approved ; 6 , 000 . 00 Sewer Assessment toSewer Construction . 6 , 000 . 0 13onds and notes issued and payable in accordance with law . Art . 6 not approved Art . 8 approved . Art . 9 approved . 1500 . 00 : ew Headquarters nre Station , Architects8 Excess ec Deficiency Plans and Contractors ' Bids . espectfull_ y submitted , A Edward Rowse , Chairman .