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Al 11 77; ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 15, 196 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent, at 8:07 P. M. r. Invocation offered by Rev. Nathan W. Goff. 8:07 P . M. There were 194 Town Meeting Members present. Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived by the Moderator. 8:09 P. M. Mary R. McDonough read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:10 P. M. At the request of Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, there was a moment of silence for Town Officials and Town Employees who had died during the past year. 8:10 P. M. The following presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. : (On behalf of all, the members of the Board of Selectmen) I move to suspend the rules and adopt the following resolution: We, Town Meeting Members of Lexington, Massachusetts, do hereby express our profound concern over recent events in Selma, Alabama and over the act of desecration committed at a Lexington church last Saturday night. As citizens and as elected representatives of the birthplace of American Liberty, we know how precious is the right to vote and the right peaceably to assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. We are deeply disturbed that today, almost on the 190th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, such violent hostility to these rights exists. We call upon governmental officials at every level to use their full powers to secure for each and every American the full exercise of the rights guaranteed in our Constitution, and we dedicate ourselves accordingly. When these rights are truly secure, it will again be a "glorious morning for America." Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Article 2. J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr. moves that the Appropriation Committee Report be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Van T. Boughton, Jr. moves the Capital Expenditures Committee Report be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Richard K. Eaton moved that the_ Report of the Cary Lecture Committee be accepted, placed on file and the committee discharged. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Otis S. Brown, Jr. read the Annual Report of the Hunting Safety Committee. Mr. Brown moved that the report be accepted as read and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:20 P. M. Wilbur M. Jaquith moved that the Report of the Committee to Study the Historic Districts be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:20 P. M. Article 3. VOTED: That a Committee of three be appointed by the Presented Moderator to have charge of the lectures under the by wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary for the Lincoln P. current year. Cole, Jr. Carried Unanimously 8:20 P. M.