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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-04-24-PRESIDENTIAL-PRIMARY-WARRANT H 174 Warrant for Presidential Primary 00 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex , ss . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington , Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify . and warn the inhabitants of saidtown who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall , Lexington , and Emerson Nall , East Lexington , Tuesday , the twenty- fourth day of April , 1928 , at 4 o ' clock P . M . , for the following purposes : To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices : 7 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party . 7 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party . 8 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party . 8 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party . 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party 5th Congressional Dist . 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party . 5th Congressional Dist . 4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party . lir 5th Congressional Dist . 4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party . 5th Congressional Dist . Presidential Preference Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the United States . Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the United States . The polls will be open from 4 P . Ni . to 8 P . M . And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town . Hereof , fail not , and make due return of this Warrant , with your doings thereon , at the time and place of said. meeting . Given under our hands this 10th day of April A . D . , 1928 . Albert H . Burnham , ) Selectmen Theodore A . Custance , ) Francis Chamberlain , ) James G . Robertson , ) of William H . Ballard , ) Lexington Lexington , Mass . April 16 , 1928 To the Town Clerk : I have Notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office , in the Vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public places in the town , and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting . Attest : James J . Sullivan Constable of Lexington ': Amendment to By- Laws of the Town ofLexington 17 5 Adopted at a Town Meeting , December 8 , 1927 . Approved by Attorney General , March 23 , 1928 . Published in Lexington Times , April 6 , 13 and 20 , 1928 • • Voted that the Town , amend the first paragraph of Article 111 , Section 5 of the Code of by- Laws of 1922 by sub- stituting therefore the following : " The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for six o ' clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o ' clock in the evening . Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting , such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o ' clock in the evening of the following Monday . " Boston , Mass . March 23 , 1928 The foregoing by- laws are hereby approved . Arthur K . Reading Attorney General . Lexington , Mass . + I hereby certify that the foregoing By- Law amendingthe first paragraph of Article III , Section 5 of the Code of By- Laws of 1922 by substituting the following section , was duly adopted at a Town Meeting , December 8 , 1927 , approved by the Attorney General and published in the Lexington Times , April 6 , 13 and 20 , 1928 . A true record , Attest : i 6. (12(ai-z_ Town Clerk .