HomeMy WebLinkAbout2923 Warrant for Town Meeting of November 8, 18701.
Warrant for a Town Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 8th. 1870.
To Oliver W. Kendall, Constable of Lexington, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
you are hereby required to notify and warn the Inhabitants
of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to
vote for State and County officers, to assemble at
the Town Hall on Tuesday the eighth day of November
next at one o'clock P.M. at which time the Poll will
be opened for the purpose of receiving ballots for the
following Officers, - viz : -
For Governor, - Lieutenant Governor, - Secretary,
Treasurer and Receiver General, - Attorney General - and
Auditor of the Commonwealth.
For a Representative in Congress for the Sixth District.
For a Councillor for District No. 6. - Senator for District
No. 6. - Representative to the General Court for District
No. 21. - One County Commissioner, - County Treasurer -
and a Register of Deeds for the Southern District of
Middlesex.
The Selectmen will receive the votes for the above officers
2.
All on one ballot. The Poll must be kept open two
hours, and as much longer (but not after sundown)
as a majority of the voters present may decide.
You are also required to notify and warn the
Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington; qualified by law
to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on
the said day at half past three o'clock P.M. to act on the following
articles - viz : -
Art. I. To choose a Moderator.
Art. II. To see if the Town will purchase any
additional land in connection with the site of
the new Town Hall, or act in any manner in relation
to the subject.
Art. III. To see if the Town will take any measures
to finish the upper story of the new Town Hall Building,
or a portion of said upper story, or act in any manner
on relation thereto.
Art. IV. To see what measures the Town will adopt
to supply the new Town Hall, the ante-rooms and public
rooms on the first floor, with settees, chairs, tables and
3.
other necessary furniture, including stoves for
warming the same, as far as may be necessary.
Art. V. To see if the Town will appropriate a
sum of money to be expended during the Winter
in repairing the highways, or in transporting gravel
to points on the roads where the same may be
wanted.
Art. VI. To see if the Town will cause a pump
and trough to be placed at the well in East Lexington,
which is within the road location at the
junction of Main and Pleasant Streets, or act in
any manner in relation to the subject.
Art. VII. To see if the Town will allow Mr. Charles
Nunn the sum of One hundred and fifty-four
dollars and thirty-three cents, being the amount
overpaid by him on account of the Surveyors
of Highways.
Art. VIII. To see if the Town will confirm, so
far as may be necessary, the deed of the Inhabitants
of Lexington to James S. Munroe, dated 26th
September 1870, and convey in the Eastern portion
of the Grave Yard lot.
4.
Art. IX. To see if the Town will appropriate
a
sum of money sufficient to furnish
suitable globes for the several schools of the
Town.
Art. X. To hear Reports of Committees and
act thereon.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this
Warrant, and your doings thereon to the Town
Clerk on or before the day of meeting.
Given under our hands at Lexington this twenty-fourth
day of October, A. D. 1870.
Charles Hudson
S. C. Whitcher
R. W. Reed
} Selectmen of
Lexington.
The Selectmen will be in session at the Town Hall
on Monday Nov. 7th from six to nine o'clock P.M.
and on the day of meeting from twelve to one o'clock P.M.
for the purpose of revising the Voting List.
Warrant for Town
Meeting Nov / 70
Lexington October 31st 1870 Pursuant to the within warrant
I have notified the Inhabitants of the town of Lexington,
to meet at the time & place, and for the purposes within
mentioned By leaving an attest of this warrant to the
familys.
Oliver W. Kendall
} Constable
of
Lexington
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