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SPECIAL REFERENDUM
NEW JUNIOR HIGH AND EQUAL E PLOYT. i`TT OPPORTUNITY - MINORITY GROUPS
HELD JUNE 25, 1969
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the legal voters of the
Town of Lexington met in their respective voting Places in said Town
of Lexington Wednesday, June the twenty-fifth in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine at seven o'clock in the
forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for
the various Precincts: Precinct One, Harrington School; Precinct Two,
1 Adams School; Precinct Three, Cary Memorial Hall-; Precinct Four, Senior
High School; Precinct Five, Central Fire Station; Precinct Six, Maria
Hastings School.
The following election officers having been duly appointed by
the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned
for duty as follows:
Precinct One Precinct Two
Mary E. Clifford Warden Ilda J. Field
Marjorie E. Wirpio Clerk Agnes Heimlich
Eileen J. Fradette Inspector Henry P. Meade
Virginia M. Warner Inspector Alice G. Marshall
Precinct Three Precinct _Four
Randall W. Richards Warden Michael H. Lovezzola
Dolores M. Swan Clerk Mary G. Oliver
Marjorie Modoono Inspector Mary G. McCauley
Helen C. Rooney Inspector Edna F. Marshall
Precinct Five Precinct Six
Joseph 0. Rooney Warden Mary J. Ferry
Mary F. Irwin Clerk Elizabeth F. Downey
Mary C. Casey Inspector Irene V. Fenerty
Ida B. Fisk Inspector Mary V. Spencer
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock a.m.
and remained open until eight o'clock P. M., at which time, after
due notice, they were closed.
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties.
The total number of registered voters in each precinct as
follows:
Precinct One 2,874 (Twenty-eight hundred seventy-four)
Precinct Two 2,489 (Twenty-four hundred eighty-nine)
Precinct Three 2,397 (Twenty-three hundred ninety-seven)
Precinct Four 2,382 (Twenty-three hundred eighty-two)
Precinct Five 2,709 (Twenty-seven hundred nine)
Precinct Six 2,513 (Twenty-five hundred thirteen)
Total 15,364 (Fifteen thousand three hundred sixty-four)
The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the
result as follows:
Precinct One 1,220 (Twelve hundred twenty )
Precinct Two 1,170 (Eleven hundred seventy)
Precinct Three 1,036 (One thousand thirty-six)
Precinct Four 1,140 (Eleven hundred forty) -
Precinct Five 1,384 (Thirteen hundred eighty-four)
Precinct Six 1,135 (Eleven hundred thirty-five)
Total 7,085 (Seven thousand eighty-five)
138
QUESTION NO. ONE
Shall the Town vote to approve the action of the representative town
meeting whereby it was voted to appropriate S5,515,000.00, to provide
for payment of 65,000.00 thereof by certain specified transfers and
for payment of 3.5,450,000.00 thereof by the issue of bonds or notes
of the Town, and to authorize the Permanent Building Committee to
enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original
equipping of a new junior high school on the land on and, off Marrett
Road that was acquired for school, playground and other public purposes
in 1965, and to supervise the work?
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.11 Pr.5 Pr.6 Total
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Yes 342 375 346 430 446 252 2,191
No 858 773 676 691 937 866 b„801
Blanks 20 22 14 19 1 .17 93
Totals 1,220 1,170 1,036 1,140 1,384 1,135 7,085
In accordance with Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1954: more than
the necessary 20 having voted to reverse the action of the June 2,
1969 Special Town Meeting, the action stands reversed and Article 2
is not adopted.
QUESTICH NO. TWO
Shall the Town vote to approve the action of the representative town
meeting whereby it was voted to amend the General By-Laws by" inserting
in ARTICLE XXI thereof a new Section 2. to read as follows:
"All boards, officers, committees, and other agencies of the Town,
which deal on behalf of the Town in making contracts for the purchase
of goods or services, or for the construction, renovation, or repair
of buildings or other improvement of real estate, may make appropriate
arrangements, for special Programs of recruitment and training with
the objective of equal employment opportunity for minority-group
members in the various grades and classes of work performed pursuant
to such contracts, and, subject to appropriations specifically
designated for such purposes, nay expend Town funds and may make
such arrangements, when appropriate, in the form of requirements, to
be included in such contracts, that contractors engage in such
recruitment, training, and employment as a part of the work to be
performed, or may make such arrangements in the form of collateral
agreements with contractors."?
Pr. 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr, L Pr. 5 Pr, 6 Total
Yes 1421 454 452 521 563 397 2,808
No 764 694 557 591 798 74 4,126
Blanks 35 22 27 28 23 14 149
Totals 1,220 1,170 1,036 1,140 1,384 1,135 7,085
In accordance with Chapter 381 of the Acts of 19514, more than
the necessary 20 having voted to reverse the action of the June 2,
1969 Special Town Meeting, the action stands reversed and. Article 9
is not adopted
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- Atoll
Town Clerk