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SPECIAL ELECTION, REFERENDUM FOR $160,000 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION
FOR NET HIGH SCHOOL, ILD JULY 23 , 1951
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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 , July the twenty-third in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and fifty-one at seven-thirty o' clock in the fore-
noon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for
the various precincts: Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct 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 Wallace Ferguson
George E. Foster Inspector Randall W. Richards
Mary A. Rowland Inspectqr Edward McGrory
Mary E. Stankard Clerk F. Louis Carroll
Annie H. McDonnell Teller Eleanor T. Husted
Helga M. Carlson Teller Barbara O' Connor
PRECINCT THREE PRECINCT FOUR
Henry P. Meade Warden Lester L. Andrews
Gladys T. Watson Inspector Helen M. Kirk
Nancy Buckley Inspector Michael J. McDonough
Edna D. Anderson Clerk Mary J. Ferry
Rosalie MacDonald Teller Agnes G. Hall
Ella Callahan Teller Ann L. Ford
Teller Eleanor Cosgrove
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven-thirty
o' clock A. M. 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
Assistant Town Clerk being used.
The total registration of voters in each precinct was as
follows:
Precinct One Two thousand eleven 2011
Precinct Two One thousand six hundred thirty-four 1634
Precinct Three One thousand eight hundred twenty-two 1822
Precinct Four Two thousand one hundred thirty-five 2135
Total Seven thousand six hundred two 7602
The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes , sealed,
signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots ,
and delivered to the Assistant Town Clerk at her office.
The Registrars of Voters and the Assistant Town Clerk canvassed
the result as follows :
Precinct One Three hundred seventy-six 376
Precinct Two Three hundred sixty-six 366
Precinct Three Four hundred three 403
Precinct Four Four hundred forty-three 443
Total One thousand five hundred eighty-eight 1588
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To vote YES or NO by ballot upon the following question presented
to the voters at large by the Selectmen, pursuant to a petition for
a referendum upon a vote adopting the measure under Article 2 of the
Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 25, 1951 :
VOTED: That the sum of $160,000 be and hereby is appropriated
as a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjunction with and
in addition to the sum of $1 ,770,000 already appropriated for the
construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new high
school building, and that payment be provided by the issue of bonds
or notes of the Town for $160,000 and that the Treasurer, with the
approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow
the sum of $160,000 under authority of Chapter 186 of the Acts of
1947, as amended by Chapter 26 of the Acts of 1949, and to issue bonds
or notes of the Town therefor in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid
in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first
bond or note.
QUESTION Pre .1 Pre .2 Pre .3 Pre .4 Total
YES 170 229 250 252 901
NO 206 137 153 191 687
BLANKS 0 0 0 0 0
376 366 403 443 1588
As this was not a two-thirds vote the referendum was defeated,
which cancels the vote as passed under Article 2 at the Special Town
Meeting held June 25, 1951.
Assistant Town Town Clerk
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