2935 Warrant for a Town Meeting on March 7, 1892

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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 7th, 1892. To WILLIAM B, FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required fo notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the TOWN HALL, can MONDAY, the' seventh day of March, A. D.-, 1892, at seven o'clock, A. M., to act on the following. Articles, namely Article i. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to ing, draw from any unappropriated money in the treasury for the Art. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers:— payment of contingent expenses. One Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Art. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation to three Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, one Town construct sidewalks, with concrete-or other material, where the Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three members of the abuttors will pay one-half of the expense thereof. Board of Health, two Auditors, two Constables,—all for the Art. i9. To act upon a proposition .from Miss Ellen A. term of one year, One member of the School Committee for Stone-to sell and convey to the town, for the sum of two thou- the term of three years, one member of the School Committee sand dollars, her mansion house,in East Lexington, with about for the term of one year, one member of the Cemetery Com half an acre of land,_the same to be used for library, reading- mittee for the term of three years. room and other purposes, under the management of the Trus_ n rt. 3. _ To see if the town will vote for or against granting tees-of Cary Lil,r: Y;-, and-to take any action relating thereto, x ;iceuces-for the-sale--of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the including the granting of money for the purchase of said prop- question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox#.cating erty, and the improvement and care of the same. liquors in this town?" Art. 20. To see what action, if any, the town will take The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, °' Yes,, or toward purchasing or otherwise providing land and a building in East.Lexington, for use as a branch of Cary Library and pur- The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 poses incidental thereto, and to make any suitable appropriation therefor. on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The oils will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the Art. 21. To see if the town will release all its right, title meeting and shall be kept open until five o'clock,P. M. and interest under the last will of Mrs. Ellen A. Stone, late of Lexington, deceased, in and to any real estate owned by her at All business under the following Articles will be acted her decease, and to take any further or other action relating on after one o'clock P. M. to her bequest to the town. Article third of the will is as fol- lows: .lows: '°Third, I give to the Town of Lexington, if I do not Art. 4. To receive the reports of any Board or Committee do it in my lifetime, an half-acre of land in East Lexington to of the town for action thereon. be used as a site for a public reading-room or library purposes, Art. 5. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors pre- the land to be selected by my daughter, or, in case of her death sented by the Selectmen. without making the selection, the selection to be made by the Art. 6. . To see if the town will make an appropriation for Trustees named in the 6th Article." the proper observance of Memorial Day, under the direction Art. 22. To see if the town will make an appropriation for of Post i 19, G. A. R. 1-1 the purchase of an odorless cart and necessary apparatus to be Art, 7. To see if the town will make an appropriation for kept at-the poor farm, or act in any way in relation to the sew- the proper observance of April i9, 1892, under the direction of erage of the town. a Committee of the Lexington Historical Society. Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to grade the land ad- Art. 8. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the Joining the-Town Hall, and make an appropriation therefor, or ensuing year, and grant money for the same. act in any manner relating thereto. Art.9. To provide for the support of the Poor the ensuing Art. 24. To see if the town will construct a lock-up such as year, and grant money for the same. the law requires, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. io. To provide for the support of Outside Poor the Art. 25. To see if the town will paint the rooms occupied ensuing year,and grant money for the same. by the Masonic Lodge, and make an appropriation therefor. - - -- Art. ii. To provide for the support-of-the-nighways-the---- Art.-26. To see if the town-will purchase settees for the hall -- ensuing year, and grant money for the same. now occupied by Cary Library Trustees, and make an appropri- Art. 12. To provide for the support of Street Lighting the ation therefor. ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 27. To see what regulations the town will adopt in re-- Art: 13.` To provide for the support of the Fire Department lation to the use of said hall. the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 28. To see if the town will make an appropriation for t Art. 14. To see if.the town will make the appropriations for the enforcement of the liquor law. town expenses the ensuing year,as submitted by the Selectmen, Art. 29. To choose such other town officers as the law re- or act in any manner relating thereto. quires as are usually chosen by nomination. Art. r To see if the town will aut Art. 30. To see if the town will make an appropriation to 5• hprize their Treasurer, defray the expense of setting the new flag staff on the grounds under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any of the Hancock school house. necessary purpose, in anticipation of the collection of taxes the Art. 31. To see if the town will establish and maintain a current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds steam gong or whistle for use in connection with the schools, of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. and other purposes,and make an appropriation therefor. Art. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in rela- Art. 32. To see if the town will accept Chandler street as tion to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any laid out by the Selectmen, or act in any mariner relating there- manner relating thereto. to, and make an appropriation for completing the same. 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. Given under our hands at Lexington, this eighteenth day of February, A. D., 1892. WEBTER I�MITH, 1 SELECTMEN RUFU, W. HOLBROOH, } OF GEORGE E. MUZZEY, LEXINGTON. .A true copy. .Attest : WILLI.AM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. The Registrars of Voters will be in session at the Village Hall (or East Lexington Reading Room), on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 7 to 9 o'clock, P. M., and at Town Officers' Room, Town Hall building, on Wed- nesday, March 2d, from 7.to ro o'clock, P. M.