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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2961 Minutes and original motions (handwritten) of the Town Meeting of January 28, 1901WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING Monday, January 28, 1901. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and worn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, the 28th day of January, A. D. '01 at 7.30 o'clock, p.m., to act on the following articles, viz: - ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. ARTICLE 2. To see if the town will vote by ballot to rescind the vote past January 29th, 1900, under Article 2 of said meeting, and substitute therefor the following, or act in any manner relating thereto:- "That at the Annual Town Meeting, in March, 1901, the Town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in March, 1902, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year, and in Mar, 1903, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of the term of one year, in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected prior to the election of March 5, 1900." ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, or either of those boards, in the manner authorized by section 335 of the Election Act of 1898. [Chapter 548 of the act of 1898.] ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will rescind any vote or vote votes heretofore passed relative to the election of officers of Highway Surveyors, and provide for the election of one or more Road Commissioners, to that end adopting the pro- visions of Section 337 of the said Election Act, or making any other suitable provisions therefor. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will refund the taxe[s] collected from the trustee of the Estate of Chandler R Richardson, assessed on property given by the will of said Richardson, to establish or support an industrial school for the town - abate the taxes hereafter assessed on said property-petition the Legislature for authority so to do, or act in any manner relating thereto. ARTICLE 6. To hear the report of the Committee ap- pointed "to investigate and consider all matters with refer- ence to the erection of a new High Cchool Building of suffi- cient size to accommodate the high school grades alone, or the high school grades together with some of the upper grades of the two grammar schools," and to act in any man- ner relating thereto. ARTICLE &. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new High School Building of sufficient size to accommodate the high school grades alone, or the high school grades together with some of the grades from the grammar schools, or to act in any manner relating thereto. ARTICLE 8. To hear the report of any Committee that may be ready to report, and to act thereon. ARTICLE 9. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. 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 Eighteenth day of January, A.D. 1901. Edwin S. Spaulding } Selectmen George W. Sampson } of George W. Spaulding } Lexington A true copy. Attest. William B. Foster Constable of Lexington. The registrars of voters will be in session to register voters for the foregoing meeting on SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th 1901 from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock P.M. The undersigned, qualified voters of the town of Lexington, petition the moderator of the town, meeting the appoint two addittional teller George W. Sampson Joseph P Ryan C J Ryan Edward P. Bliss E Mansfield J. F. Burke W. H Kendal John Hinckey P J Steven J F Hutchinson Granted J N Frizelle B J Harrington Christopher S Ryan WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING Monday, January 28, 1901. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and worn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, the 28th day of January, A. D. '01 at 7.30 o'clock, p.m., to act on the following articles, viz: - ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. ARTICLE 2. To see if the town will vote by ballot to rescind the vote past January 29th, 1900, under Article 2 of said meeting, and substitute therefor the following, or act in any manner relating thereto:- "That at the Annual Town Meeting, in March, 1901, the Town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in March, 1902, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year, and in Mar, 1903, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of the term of one year, in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected prior to the election of March 5, 1900." ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, or either of those boards, in the manner authorized by section 335 of the Election Act of 1898. [Chapter 548 of the act of 1898.] ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will rescind any vote or vote votes heretofore passed relative to the election of officers of Highway Surveyors, and provide for the election of one or more Road Commissioners, to that end adopting the pro- visions of Section 337 of the said Election Act, or making any other suitable provisions therefor. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will refund the taxe[s] collected from the trustee of the Estate of Chandler R Richardson, assessed on property given by the will of said Richardson, to establish or support an industrial school for the town - abate the taxes hereafter assessed on said property-petition the Legislature for authority so to do, or act in any manner relating thereto. ARTICLE 6. To hear the report of the Committee ap- pointed "to investigate and consider all matters with refer- ence to the erection of a new High Cchool Building of suffi- cient size to accommodate the high school grades alone, or the high school grades together with some of the upper grades of the two grammar schools," and to act in any man- ner relating thereto. ARTICLE &. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new High School Building of sufficient size to accommodate the high school grades alone, or the high school grades together with some of the grades from the grammar schools, or to act in any manner relating thereto. ARTICLE 8. To hear the report of any Committee that may be ready to report, and to act thereon. ARTICLE 9. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. 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 Eighteenth day of January, A.D. 1901. Edwin S. Spaulding } Selectmen George W. Sampson } of George W. Spaulding } Lexington A true copy. Attest. William B. Foster Constable of Lexington. The registrars of voters will be in session to register voters for the foregoing meeting on SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th 1901 from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock P.M. Lexington March 4, 1901 We undersigned ten legal voter respectfully ask the moderator to appoint four extra tellers to count ballots C.S. Ryan H. A. Woodward B.J. Harrington John J McDonald W. M. Datcheller R.H. Burk S.P. [illegible] R.T. Frizelle J.E. Shelvey W.J. Neville Granted James A Hurley John T McNamara Roy T Frizelle W.G. Elliott G. W. Sampson Insurance Agent Lexington, Mass 190 Art [Article] 2 M Sampson Voted That the town proceed to elect one Selectman for the term of one year; that it shall elect two Selectmen in March 1902 for the term of one year; that it shall elect three Selectmen in March 1903 for the term of one year and thereafter shall annually elect three Selectmen for the term of one year in the manner in which the Selectman have been elected prior to March 5, 1900, thereby rescinding the vote passed January 29th 1900 under Section 335 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of the year 1898. house polled 121 in favor 0 oppose