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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2935 Warrant for a Town Meeting on March 7, 1892WARRANT 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 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 seventh day of March, A. D., 1892, at seven o'clock, A. M., to act on the following Articles, namely :- Art. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : - One Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, three Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Health, two Auditors, two Constables, - all for the term of one year, One member of the School Committee for the term of three years, one member of the School Committee for the term of one year, one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of three years. Art. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, "Yes" or "No." The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organisation of the meeting and shall be kept open until five o'clock, P. M. All business under the following Articles will be acted on after one o'clock, P. M. Art. 4. To receive the reports of any Board or Committee of the town for action thereon. Art. 5. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen. Art. 6. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, under the direction of Post 119, G. A. R. Art. 7. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of April 19, 1892, under the direction of a Committee of the Lexington Historial Society. Art. 8. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 9. To provide for the support of the Poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 10. To provide for the support of Outside Poor for the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 11. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 12. To provide for the support of Street Lighting the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 13. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 14. To see if the town will make the appropriations for town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 15. 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. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from any unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. Art. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation to construct sidewalks, with concrete or other material, where the abuttors will pay one-half of the expense thereof. Art. 19. To act upon a proposition from Miss Ellen A. Stone to sell and convey to the town, for the sum of two thousand dollars, her mansion house, in East Lexington, with about half an acre of land, the same to be used for library, reading-room and other purposes, under the management of the Trustees of Cary Library, and to take any action relating thereto, including the granting of money for the purchase of said property, and the improvement and care of the same. Art. 20. To see what action, if any, the town will take toward purchasing or otherwise providing land and a building in East Lexington, for use as a branch of Cary Library and purposes incidental thereto. and to make any suitable appropriation therefor. Art. 21. To see if the town will release all its right, title 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 her decease, and to take any further or other action relating to her bequest to the town. Article third of the will is as follows: "Third, I give to the Town of Lexington, if I do not do it in my lifetime, an half-acre of land in East Lexington to be used as a site for a public reading-room or library purposes, the land to be selected by my daughter, or, in case of her death without making the selection, the selection to be made by the Trustees named in the 6th Article." Art. 22. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the purchase of an odorless cart and necessary apparatus to be kept at the poor farm, or act in any way in relation to the sewerage of the town. Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to grade the land adjoining the Town Hall, and make an appropriation therefor, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the town will construct a lock-up such as the law requires, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 25. To see if the town will paint the rooms occupied by the Masonic Lodge, and make an appropriation therefor. Art. 26. To see if the town will purchase settees for the hall now occupied by Cary Library Trustees, and make an appropriation therefor. Art. 27. To see what regulations the town will adopt in relation to the use of said hall. Art. 28. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the enforcement of the liquor law. Art. 29. To choose such other town officers as the law requires as are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 30. To see if the town will make an appropriation to defray the expense of setting the new flag staff on the grounds of the Hancock school house. Art. 31. To see if the town will establish and maintain a steam gong or whistle for use in connection with the schools, and other purposes, and make an appropriation therefor. Art. 32. To see if the town will accept Chandler street as laid out by the Selectmen, or any in any manner relating thereto, 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. WEBSTER SMITH, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK, GEORGE E. MUZZEY, } SELECTMEN OF LEXINGTON. A True Copy. Attest: WILLIAM 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 Wednesday, March 2d, from 7 to 10 o'clock, P. M.