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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2930 Warrant for a Town Meeting on March 16, 1891Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 16, 1891. To William B. Foster, 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 in town affairs, to assemble at the TOWN HALL, on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, A. D., 1891, at seven o'clock, A.M., to act on the following articles, namely :- Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, three Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Health, two Auditors, two Constables, all for one 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 following question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, "Yes" or "No." 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. All business under the following articles will be acted on after one o'clock, p. m. Art. 4. To receive the reports of any Boards or Committees of the Town for action thereon. Art. 5. To see if the Town by vote, will authorize the School Committee to grant to its teachers, who have taught school eighteen consecutive years, a half year's vacation, with half pay. Art. 6. To see if the Town will unit Main and Monument streets from the Arlington line to the Lincoln line, under the name of Lexington avenue. Art. 7. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day. Art. 8. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of April 19, 1891, to be expended under the direction of a committee of the Lexington Historical Society. Art. 9. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen. Art. 10. To provide for the support of the Poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 11. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 12. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the ensuing year, including their several grades, and grant money for the same. Art. 13. To provide for the support of Street Lamps the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 14. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 15. The see if the Town will make the appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see what measures the Town will adopt in relation to the collection of Taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from any unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. Art. 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to construct sidewalks with concrete or other materials where the abutters will pay one half the expense thereof. Art. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate money for new matting for the Selectmen's rooms. Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the occupancy of a room in the Town Hall building by the Lexington Savings Bank. Art. 22. To see if the Town will allow the Lexington Historical Society to place the Old Belfry on the Common or on other vacant public grounds. Art. 23. To see if the Town will request the Lexington Gas Company to remove the wooden gas pipes from the public streets and replace the same with iron pipes Art. 24. To see if the Town will buy a watering cart and do any thing towards watering the streets or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 25. To see if the Town will lay a floor in the hose room of the Adams Engine House, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to repair Parker street from Monument street to Clark street. Art. 27. To see if the Town will sell at auction, or or before the 10th of April, 1891, the old Hancock School House lot on Waltham street to be used for one first class dwelling house, or act in any manner relating thereto. (The lot contains about 20,000 feet of land.) Art. 28. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to purchase the necessary school furniture for the new Hancock school house and make an appropriation therefor. Art. 29. To see if the Town will choose an independent Board of Health for the term of one year. Art. 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct a lockup for women and alter the present one so as to conform to the requirements of Chapter 27, Section 32, of the Public Statues. Art. 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for painting the buildings at the Poor Farm. Art. 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to insure the new barn at the Poor Farm. Art. 33. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to remove the ledge on Clark street and grade said street. Art. 34. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to reimburse the teachers of Hancock school for property destroyed by fire, when the building was burned. Art. 35. To choose such other town officers as the law requires. HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of 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 twenty-eighth day of February, A. D., 1891. WEBSTER SMITH, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK, GEO. E. MUZZEY, } Selectmen of Lexington. A True Copy. Attest : Wm. B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. The Registrars of Voters will be in session on Thursday, the fifth day of March, from 7 to 9 o'clock, p. m., and on Wednesday, the 11th day of March, from 7 to 10 o'clock, p.m., to receive applications for registration, and no name can be placed on the list after the last named date except as provided by law.