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SPECIAL ELECTION - REFERENDUM - SHALL THE TOWN VOTE TO APPROVE e�
THE ACTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING WHEREBY IT WAS VOTED
TO AMEND THE ZONING BY-LAW - wESTVIEW STREET IN LEXINGTON
HELD MAY 9, 1955
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, Monday, the 9th day of may, 1955 at seven-thirty in
the forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for
the various precincts : Precinct One, Adams School; t'recinct Two,
Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall.
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
Charles J. Dailey warden William W. Ferguson
Joseph P. waddleton Inspector Ralph I, Dale
Annie H. McDonnell Inspector Randall W. Richards
Ilda J. Field Clerk Louise E. Ahern
Mary A. Rowland Teller Eleanor T. Husted
Helga M. Carlson Teller Elizabeth F. Downey
PRECINCT THREE PRECINCT FOUR
Emma Zitso Warden Lester L. Andrews
Julia Vaughan Inspector Helen M. Smith
Clarence E. Delp Inspector Helen M. Kirk
Edna D. Anderson Clerk Mary J. Ferry
Rosalie MacDonald Teller Michael J. McDonough
Agnes T. Buckley Teller Nary A. ballett
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven-thirty
o'clock A. A. and remained open until eight o' clock P. M. , after
which time, after due notice, they were closed.
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each
precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the
Town Clerk being used.
The total registration of voters in each precinct was as
follows :
Precinct One Two thousand four hundred two 2402
Precinct Two One thousand eight hundred four 1804
Precinct Three Two thousand three hundred forty-nine 2349
Precinct Four Two thousand nine hundred ninety-five 2995
Total Nine thousand five hundred fifty 9550
The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed,
signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots,
and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office.
The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the
result as follows :
Precinct One Six hundred eleven 611
Precinct Two Five hundred ninety-three 593
Precinct Three Nine hundred forty-two 942
Precinct Four One thousand one hundred eighty-seven 1187
Total Three thousand three hundred thirty-three 3333
532
To act upon the following question presented to the voters at rte,
large by the Selectmen, pursuant to a petition for a referendum upon
the voted adopted under Article 58 of the Warrant for the 1955 Annual
Town Meeting.
"Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative
town meeting whereby it was voted to amend the Zoning By-Law so as to
change from an r-1, One family dwelling district, to an M-1, Light
manufacturing district, a parcel of land situated on Westview Street
in Lexington and bounded as follows : southeasterly by the present
M-1 district in this area; northwesterly by the southeasterly line of
Westview Street; northeasterly by a line parallel to and at all points
500 feet southwesterly of the southwesterly line of Bedford Street
and southeasterly by the northwesterly line of Hinchey road; said
parcel of land containing approximately eleven acres and being a
portion of the sand and gravel pit of the Lexington Sand and Gravel
Company?"
UESTION Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre.1 Pre.4 Total
YES 211 149 193 220 773
399 444 749 967 2559
BLANKS 1 0 0 0 . 0
TOTALS 611 593 942 1187 3333
Zoning By-Law not in effect. Yes ?73
No . 2559
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