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LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS. (FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD.) WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1893. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : — In the name of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts 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 sixth day of March, A. D. 1893, at seven o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, namely: - ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Doted, That the polls remain open five minutes for choice of Moderator. On ballot with the use of check list, Robert P. Clapp was unanimously chosen as Moderator, and was sworn by the Clerk. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk, three Selectmen who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, three members of the Board of Health, one town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, 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 Cemetery Committee for the term of three years. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses 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 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 organization of the meeting, and shall be kept open until five o'clock P. M. ARTS. 2 and 3. George D. Harrington and Robert J. Elliott, who had been appointed ballot clerks by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Moderator; and they signed for the ballots delivered to them by the Town Clerk; the ballot box was shown to, be empty and the key thereof delivered to the constable in attendance. Check lists were furnished the Moderator and ballot clerks, and the polls were declared open, and the balloting proceeded. The following additional election officers were appointed by the Moderator and duly sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. George H. Cutter, Deputy Ballot Clerk. Bartlett Harrington, " David S. Muzzey, Teller. Irving Stone, Charles W. Swan, " Abram B. Smith, " Daniel J. Vaughan, " John F. Maynard, " At 10.10 A. M.,, on written, consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, one hundred ballots were taken from '' !L