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Home My WebLink About1972-11-07-State-Election-Warrant WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION 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 hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. PRECINCT ONE, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL. PARTIAL BALLOT VOTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ONLY WILL BE HELD IN THE CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING. GO TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1972 at 7:00 o'clock A.M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers: ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SENATOR IN CONGRESS For this Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS For 5th Congressional District ---- COUNCILLOR For 6th Councillor District LExNC OrH '"- - SENATOR For 7th Middlrssex'Senatori.ul District REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT For 7th Middlesex Representative District (Precinct I ) REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT For 24th Middlesex Representative District (Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY For Middlesex County COUNTY COMMISSIONER (2) For Middlesex County COUNTY TREASURER For Middlesex County And to take action on the following questions: QUESTION NO. I PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 221 votes in the affirmative and 22 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 238 votes in the affirmative and 14 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to enact a law that agricultural and horticultural lands shall be valued, for taxation pur- poses, according to their agricultural or horticultural uses. No parcel of land less than five acres which has not been actively devoted to such uses for two years preceding the tax year could be valued at less than fair market value. - 2 - QUESTION NO. 2 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 143 votes in the affirmative and 113 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971, received 243 votes in the affirmative and II in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would bring the State Constitution into con- formity with the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by setting the minimum age for voting at eighteen. QUESTION NO. 3 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 258 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 262 votes in the affirmative and I in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would remove the prohibition against paupers from voting. QUESTION NO. 4 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 264 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 264 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to enact a law to permit the Commonwealth to make loans for tuition and board at any college, university or institution of higher learning to students who are residents of the Commonwealth. - 3 - QUESTION NO. 5 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held August 5, 1969, received 239 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 266 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would annul Article 49 of the Articles of Amend- ment to the Constitution and substitute a new amendment which declares that the people have the right to clean air and water, freedom from excessive and unnecessary noise, and the natural scenic, historic and esthetic qualities of their environment. It further declares that the protection of the right to the conservation, development and utilization of the agricultural , mineral , forest, water, air and other natural resources is a public purpose. The Legislature Is authorized to adopt necessary legislation and to provide for eminent domain takings where required for the purposes of the amendment. Any property so taken may only be used for other purposes or dis- posed of upon a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. QUESTION NO. 6 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held July 2, 1969, received 204 votes in the affirmative and 49 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 245 votes in the affirmative and 20 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would authorize, but not require, the Legislature to modify the Massachusetts income tax laws by the use of graduated rates instead of the present flat or uniform rates. The Legislature could do this in any one of three ways: I . Apply a uniform rate or percentage to an individual 's federal income tax liability; or 2. Apply graduated rates to an individual 's federal taxable income; or 3. Apply graduated rates to income determined to be taxable under Massachusetts law. The Legislature would also be authorized to provide for reasonable exemp- tions, deductions and abatements and make the definition of any term used in the state tax law automatically the same as it is under Federal Law. - 4 - QUESTION NO. 7 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 198 votes in the affirmative and 63 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held Yes May 12, 1971 , received 231 votes in the affirmative and 31 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment would require that all judges must retire upon reaching seventy years of age. QUESTION NO. 8 Do you approve of an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An Act lowering to eighteen years the age requirement of a person licensed to sell or allowed to purchase alcoholic Yes beverages?" No QUESTION NO. 9 "Shall the voluntary recitation of prayer be authorized in the public Yes schools of the commonwealth?" No QUESTION NO. 10 E. Shall licenses be granted in the town of Lexington for the sale Yes therein of all alcoholic beverages by clubs and war veterans' organizations? No F. Shall licenses be granted in the town of Lexington for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages by restaurants having a dining room Yes capacity of not less than ninety-nine persons? No QUESTION NO. II 7TH MIDDLESEX REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT-PRECINCT I ONLY "Shall the Representative from this district be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a constitutional amendment reducing the size of the Yes Massachusetts House of Representatives from 240 members to 160 members?" No - 5 - The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws-Of- the Town Hereof fail not, and make due return on 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 sixteenth day of October, A.D. , 1972. -tel '�� a a.r 4 's^-9A E //6 7 Selectmen of /.15-, 1, :- , „ Lexington � I) 1 . 6-LA,--.. CA A true copy, Attest: 1-,--4-12-7-7 ^- / ,JOHN J. SHINE, JR. ;/ uv"�:Constable of Lexington I lr ? 1972 To the Town Clerk: I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in the Town Office Building, Cary Memorial Building and in a public place in each of the precincts of the Town and also by send- ing by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to each dwelling house and to each dwelling unit in multiple dwelling houses, apartment buildings or other buildings in the Town cdays before the time of said meeting. Attest: /:/e2 ?1i,3 C�nstab�.e 6f Lexingto