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TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said town, PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, THREE AND FOUR, CARY MEMORTA,T, RAT,L, on MONDAY, TAF SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1938, at six o' clock, A. M„ then and there to act on the follow- ing articles : Article 1, To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year; Two Selectmen for the term of three years; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years ; One Menber of the School Committee for the term of three years ; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Member of the Trustees of Public Trusts for the term of six years; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years; One Member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; Two Constables for the term of one year; _ Seventeen Torn Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for the term of two years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for the term of one year; You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the twenty-first day of March, 1938 at 8 :00 P.M. at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members, in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Article 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 3, To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Article 4, To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to refund any or all of the revenue notes issued in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1938, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws; any debt so incurred to be paid from the revenue of the year 1938. Article 6, To see if the Town will make the usual appropri- ations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct appropri- ation or by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unex- pended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or take any other action in relation there- to.