HomeMy WebLinkAbout2950 Warrant (handwritten) for a Town Meeting to be held on October 21, 1896Warrant for a Town Meeting Wednesday Oct 21 1896
To William B. Foster Constable of Lexington. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby
required to notify the inhabitants of the town of
Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs to
assemble at the Town Hall on Wednesday the 21st day of
October 1896 at 7.30 oclock P.M. to act on the following articles. viz:
Art 1 To choose A Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art 2 To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer under
the direction of the Selectmen to borrow the sum of twenty
thousand dollars in anticipation of the Collector of taxes of 1896
in addition to the amount heretofor authorized.
Art 3 To see if the town will receive the vote passed at
the town meeting held April 27. 1896 in relation to
the issue of ten thousand dollars of Lexington water Bonds.
Art 4 To see if the town will vote to issue bonds to the amount
of ten thousand dollars under the authority and provisions
of Chapter one hundred and sixty (160) of the acts of 1896
for the purpose of refunding an equal amount of bonds of the
town denominated Lexington Water Bonds which become
due November 1st 1896 or act in any manner relating thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your
doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time od said meeting
Given under our hands at Lexington this fifteenth day of October AD 1896
George E Muzzey}
Edwin S. Spaulding} Selectmen of Lexington
Lexington October 20th 1896
Persuant to the foregoing Warrant
I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Lexington
by putting a duly attested copy of the warrant in the
Post Office and other public places in each Village
and by mailing a duly attested copy of the warrant
to very registered voter three days before the time of
said meeting.
Attest
Wm. B Foster
Constable of Lexington
2950