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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF AGAWAM
MASSACHUSETTS
INCORP
15.1855
ORAT
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For the Year Ending December 31 1916
DAILY NEWS JOB PRINT SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
TRADES UNIONTO LABEL COUNCIL
Town Officers 1916-17
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health. DANIEL J. COLLINS JAMES H. CLARK JOHN R. LLOYD
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY. . Term expires 1918
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER. Term expires 1917
HARRY P. HINCKLEY. Term expires 1919
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR. Term expires 1918
H. PRESTON WORDEN Term expires 1917
CHARLES F. BARDEN Term expires 1919
Auditors
EDWARD W. PILLSBURY
OTIS H. ADAMS
Library Trustees
HENRY L. TOWER. Term expires 1918
AVERY K. GLEASON Term expires 1917 RALPH PERRY Term expires 1919
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
SAMUEL S. BODURTHA. Term expires 1917 ALBERT H. BROWN Term expires 1918
Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY. Term expires 1917
EDWIN LEONARD Term expires 1918
DELOS J. BLOOM. Term expires 1919
Water Commissioners
EDWARD A. KELLOGG. . Term expires 1917
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. Term expires 1918
DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1919
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
WALTER E. ALLEN DWIGHT E. BAILEY
FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL EDWARD S. CONNOR
DWIGHT S. DICKINSON RILEY FARNSWORTH
ALVIN R. KELLOGG ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
CHARLES H. WYMAN
Agent for Care of Soldiers' Graves JAMES W. MOORE
Game and Fish Wardens LEVI RIVERS CHARLES H. WYMAN ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Surveyors of Lumber CHARLES W. HULL, JR. NELSON G. KING
Measurers of Wood
EDWARD A. KELLOGG FRANK W. KELLOGG
CHARLES W. HASTINGS GEORGE H. TAYLOR
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Public Weighers
HARVEY E. PORTER
W. J. O'CONNOR
EDWARD A. KELLOGG
F. W. USCHMAN
FRANK W. KELLOGG JOHN F. CARROLL
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
JUDSON W. HASTINGS. Term expires 1919
ELMER F. BODURTHA. Term expires 1918
PATRICK T. DONOVAN. Term expires 1917
Inspector of Animals EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers
WILLIAM H. PORTER J. ARSENE ROY JAMES H. KERR
Fence Viewers
DEXTER M. STEERE JOHN A. WARNER
Field Driver JAMES H. CLARK
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 6, 1916
Precinct a
b
c Total
Number of ballots cast 165
120
183 468
RESULTS OF THE COUNT OF THE BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and
Board of Health
James H. Clark.
87
77
108
272
Daniel J. Collins
118
89
283
John R. Lloyd.
81
38
141
260
John Merrell.
50
40
167
John A. Warner
52
56
65
173
Frank J. Pomeroy
2
2
C. W. Pillsbury
-
2
2
Blanks
107
73
65
245
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
Henry E. Bodurtha
97
63
139
299
Blanks
.68
57
44
169
School Committee for Three Years
Percival B. Hastings
59
62
66
187
Harry P. Hinckley .
94
51
126
271
Blanks
12
5
24
6
Precinct a
6 c Total
Assessors for Three Years
Charles F. Barden
69
48
107
224
Almon Jones
70
60
71
201
Blanks
26
12
5
43
Water Commissioners for Three Years
Dennis M. Crowley
135
92
149
376
Blanks
30
28
34
92
Auditors
Otis H. Adams.
45
43
147
235
Giles W. Halladay.
74
80
41
195
Edward W. Pillsbury
112
59
120
291
Blanks
99
58
58
215
Library Trustees for Three Years
Ralph Perry.
121
91
158
370
George Porter
1
1
Blanks
44
29
24
97
Trustee of the Whiting Street Fund
James F. Barry
72
51
49
172
Albert H. Brown
58
56
113
227
Blanks
35
13
21
69
Cemetery Commissioner
Delos J. Bloom
70
57
133
260
Blanks
95
63
50
208
Tree Warden
Edwin M. Hitchcock.
122
93
162
377
Blanks
43
127
21
91
7
Precinct a
6 c Total
Constables
Walter E. Allen
55
53
147
255
Dwight E. Bailey
46
59
130
235
John J. Begley. .
49
33
31
113
Frankie H. Campbell
57
39
136
232
Daniel O. Cesan.
33
51
45
129
Edward S. Connor.
114
72
100
286
Jasper J. DeForge
74
32
34
140
George N. Deno.
47
20
20
87
Dwight S. Dickinson
64
46
100
210
Riley Farnsworth.
35
62
92
189
Frank T. Goss.
26
20
91
137
Edward J. Gosselin
70
31
67
168
Edwin M. Hitchcock
29
34
88
151
Alvin R. Kellogg.
44
73
87
204
Raymond Randall.
27
32
109
168
Arthur H. Rowley
27
35
135
197
Joseph N. Trudeau
40
38
23
101
Charles H. Wyman
43
76
52
171
Giles W. Halladay
3
3
H. P. Hinckley
1
1
Blanks
770
391
342 1503
Shall Licenses be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes
114
34
75
223
No
32
63
90
185
Blanks
19
23
18
60
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Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL March 8, 1916.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. .
Result of ballot-
Whole number of votes cast. 59
William H. Porter received
30
Scattering 29
Article 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers and two or more Fence Viewers.
Result of action : Field Driver-James H. Clark. Fence Viewers-Dexter M. Steere, John A. Warner.
Article 3. To hear and act upon reports of Town Offi- cers.
Voted, that the reports of the various Town Officers be accepted as printed.
Article 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the care of the poor be left with the Over- seers of the Poor.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and appoint a committee to have charge of expending the same.
Voted, that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropri- ated for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all bonds or notes which become due during the fiscal year.
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Voted, that the sum of four thousand dollars be appro- priated as also all license fees, corporation and bank taxes to meet all notes and bonds that may become due during the fiscal year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for its services.
Voted, that the School Committee receive the present rate of compensation for the present year.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
Voted, that interest at the rate of six per cent shall be charged on all taxes unpaid November 1, 1916, from October 1,1916.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to pay the proper charges of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bonds of its officers.
Voted, to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for surety bonds.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance for its employees ..
Voted, that the sum of one hundred dollars be appro- priated for liability insurance of the Town's employees.
Article 11. To see if the Town will extend its water system westerly from Springfield Street or easterly from West- field Street through the whole or any part of North Street and provide in any legal manner for the payment of such exten- sion.
Voted, that the matter of the extension of the water system on North street be left in the hands of the Water Com- missioners.
Voted, that the Water Commissioners be instructed to investigate the matter of the extension of the water system through various streets of the Town not now supplied with water, and report at a special town meeting.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to buy a lot and erect a building thereon in the Mittineague district for a fire station and provide for the payment of the same.
Voted, that the sum of $2600 be appropriated for the pur- pose of buying a lot and erecting a hose house thereon in Mit- tineague.
Voted, that the purchasing of a lot and the erection of a building be left in the hands of the Selectmen, the plans to be approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer in Agawam center and provide for the payment of the same.
Voted, that the Town build a sewer in Main Street from Cooper Street to Adams Street ; in Elm Street from the Woolen Mill to the sewer in Main Street; in Leonard Street from the sewer in Main Street to the Connecticut River.
Voted, that the Town appropriate $30,000 for the pur- pose of the construction of a sewer for sanitary and surface drainage purposes and for sewerage disposal; that the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen be, and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 14, of Chapter 719, of the Acts of 1913, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, more than two-thirds voting in the affirma- tive.
Voted, that the said sewer shall be built under the direc- tion of the Selectmen.
Voted, that the Town accept the sum of $1000 from the Agawam Company with the conditions contained in their offer.
Article 14. To see if the Town will take any action toward withdrawing from the School Superintendency Union or any other action relative to the same.
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Voted, that we hereby instruct our School Committee that it is the desire of this Town to withdraw from the present School Superintendency Union and that they be instructed to use every available means for such dissolution as soon as feasible.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to build a school- house properly equipped upon recommendation of the School Building Committee on the lot recently purchased upon the Plains, and provide for the payment of the same by a bond issue.
Voted, that the School Building Committee who have served in such capacity for the past two years are hereby empowered and directed to build and equip a four-room one- story school building on the Pierce lot (recently purchased by the Town) substantially in accordance with a plan submitted by M. B. Harding of Westfield and recommended by the School Building Committee at a cost not to exceed the sum of $15,000.
Voted, that the Treasurer with the approval of the Select- men be authorized to borrow a sum of money not to exceed $15,000 for the erection and equipment of a school building as authorized by a previous vote this day, and to issue bonds of the Town therefor, payable $1000 annually, said bonds to be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 719, Acts of 1913, more than two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of law relating to the Fire Departments of Towns in order that the members of the Fire Department of Agawam may receive compensation for services as provided by law.
Voted, to accept the provisions of Sections 33, 34, and 35 of Chapter 32 of the Revised Laws relating to the Fire Depart- ments of Towns.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept Homer, Gail, and Hall Streets as laid out as streets, as public ways of the Town.
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Voted, that the acceptance of Homer, Gail, and Hall Streets be left with the Selectmen.
Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the repair of certain highways.
Voted, that all appropriations for highways be spent under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 19. To see if the Town will make a by-law or by-laws for the regulation of carriages and vehicles used therein including automobile, taxicabs, and jitney-busses so-called.
Voted, to adopt the following by-laws:
Jitney Busses and Taxicabs.
No person shall operate any taxicab, jitney buss, or other automobile for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward upon the highways within the limits of the Town of Agawam, unless he is licensed by the Selectmen so to do.
The Selectmen may grant licenses to proper persons to operate such vehicles. Such licenses shall be granted for the term of one year from the first day of May in each year and may be sooner revoked by the Selectmen, and shall contain a description of the person licensed sufficient for identification; a statement of his address and of the name and address of the licensee's employer, and shall be upon the person of or within the vehicle operated by such license, while such vehicle is being operated by him upon the highways of the Town of Agawam.
Such license shall be subject to the inspection of the Select- men or of any police officer or constable of the Town, or of any person so carried for hire or reward, at all times.
The fee for each license so granted shall be one dollar.
Whoever shall operate or allow the operation of any such vehicle in violation of the provisions of these by-laws, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
(Not approved by the Attorney General.)
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Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the current municipal year beginning January 1, 1916, in antici- pation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be, and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the municipal year beginning January 1, 1916, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the tax levy of 1915, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Article 21. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year and vote to raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the same.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the necessary expenses of the Town:
Care of the poor, balance of 1915 and. $2,500.00
Highways and bridges, street railway taxes, and. . 8,000.00
Schools 30,000.00
Town Office, balance of 1915 and.
1,200.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
1,000.00
Police, balance of 1915 and.
2,000.00
Contingencies, balance of 1915 and.
700.00
Town Buildings
1,600.00
Street Lights, balance of 1915 and.
4,400.00
Forestry, balance of 1915 and. 900.00
$200 to be used for moth extermination
Fire Department, balance of 1915 and. 1,000.00
Library, balance of 1915 and. 200.00
Assessors, balance of 1915 and. 600.00
Health Department. 300.00
State and Military Aid.
100.00
Surety Bond. . 100.00
Employees' Liability Insurance. 100.00
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Memorial Day Observance
100.00 Fire Station Building. 2,600.00
Interest
Water rents, interest received on taxes and deposits, and. 5,000.00
Town Debt
Income from all licenses, corporation and bank taxes, and. 4,000.00
$66,400.00
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
May 5, 1916.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of the ballot-
Whole number cast. 29
William H. Porter received. 16
and declared elected.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $3,000 for the purpose of acquiring land and for the construc- tion, equipping and furnishing of a new school building, in addition to the amount of $15,000 for such purpose appro- priated at the annual town meeting held March 8, 1916; and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum or act in any way relating thereto including the ratification and confirmation of the action whereby said sum of $15,000 was so appropriated.
Voted, that the Town appropriate $3,000 for the purpose of acquiring land and for the construction, equipping and furnishing of a new school building in addition to this amount of $15,000 for such purpose appropriated at the annual town meeting held March 8, 1916, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be, and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 14, of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913; so that the whole loan of $18,000 shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treas- urer and Selectmen may determine; also that the vote of the Town passed at its annual meeting in the following language,
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"that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $15,000 for the erection and equipment of a school building as authorized by a previous vote this day, and to issue bonds of the Town there- for payable $1,000 annually, said bonds to be issued in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 719, Acts of 1913," be ratified and confirmed and incorporated herein. More than two-thirds voting, voting in the affirmative.
Article 3. To see if the Town will amend its by-laws relating to the hours of holding its Annual Town Meeting.
Voted, that the by-law relating to the holding of the annual business meeting of the Town be amended by crossing out the words "one o'clock in the afternoon" and substituting the words "ten o'clock in the forenoon," so as to read "and the annual town meeting for the transaction of business of the Town be held on the next Wednesday following the annual election at ten o'clock in the forenoon."
Article 4. To transact any other business that may law- fully come before said meeting.
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
May 18, 1916.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Result of ballot-
Whole number cast. 35
William H. Porter received. 24
and was declared elected.
Mr. Porter not being present, James H. Clark was chosen to serve as Moderator.
Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize its Select- men to construct macadam pavement in Meadow Street and to make all necessary contracts therefor.
Voted, that the Selectmen are hereby authorized to con- struct macadam pavement on Meadow Street and to make all necessary contracts therefor subject to the approval of the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $8,000 for the purpose of constructing macadam pavement in Meadow Street under specifications approved by the Massa- chusetts Highway Commission.
Voted, that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,000 for the purpose of constructing macadam pavement in Meadow Street under specifications approved by the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to bor- row the sum of $8,000 for such purposes and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 719 of the Acts
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of 1913 ; so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
Voted, that the sum of $2,000 be taken from the money appropriated for general highway purposes at the annual town meeting held March 8, 1916, for the purpose of constructing macadam pavement in Meadow Street under specifications approved by the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
Article 4. To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Water Commissioners, acting under a vote of the Town instructing them to investigate the need of extended service as set forth in Article 11 of the warrant for the annual town meeting held March 8, 1916, and to take all proper votes thereon.
Board of Water Commissioners reported as to the cost of extensions of water mains along several streets of the Town.
Voted, that the report be accepted.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water mains into Adams Street, North Street, South Street, and the Patch, and to appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted, that the Board of Water Commissioners are instructed to extend a six-inch cast iron pipe with gates and hydrants as required, from Springfield Street westerly along North Street so far as they deem necessary at the present time, provided and on condition that funds are available and can be lawfully used for that purpose.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money in addition to that appropriated at the annual town meeting, if it shall be found necessary, for the purchase of land and for the building and equipping of a fire station at Mittin- eague.
Voted, that the sum of $400 be appropriated to be taken from taxes now due the Town in addition to the amount already appropriated for the purpose of purchasing land and con- structing a hose house heretofore authorized at Mittineague.
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Article 7. To transact any other business that may law- fully come before said meeting.
Voted, that the Water Commissioners be instructed to connect the Agawam watering tank with the Town Water System.
Voted, that the proper authorities be instructed to petition the legislature of 1917 for authority to issue bonds or notes to the amount of $25,000 in addition to those already authorized by previous acts of legislature for the extensions of its water mains under Chapter 353, Acts of 1905.
Voted, to adjourn.
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Special Town Meeting
July 31, 1916.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
W. H. Porter was elected Moderator.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $13,000 for the construction of stone, brick, block or other permanent pavement of similar lasting character in Meadow Street, and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum or act in any way relating thereto.
Voted, to pass over without action.
Article 3. To transact any other business that may law- fully come before said meeting.
Voted, that the vote of the Town under Article 2 of the warrant for the special town meeting held May 18, 1916, appropriating the sum of $8,000 for a stone road in Meadow Street be, and is hereby rescinded and revoked.
Voted, to adjourn.
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State Election
November 7.
Precinct
a
b
c Total
Number of ballots
212
217 227 656
RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS
Presidential Electors for
Benson and Kirkpatrick (Socialist ) .
7
3
3
13
Hanley and Landrith (Prohibition).
2
3
5
Hughes and Fairbanks (Republican) ..
. 75
100
128
303
Reimer and Harrison (Socialist Labor)
Wilson and Marshall (Democratic).
. . .. 103
97
80
280
Blanks
27
15
13
55
For Governor
James Hayes of Plymouth.
3
2
2
Chester B. Lawrence of Boston
3
4
7
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester.
80
110
162
352
Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston
99
71
42
212
Dan A. White of Brockton.
4
6
3
13
Blanks
26
25
14
65
Lieutenant Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton
81
107
159
347
Alfred H. Evans of Hadley.
1
6
14
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown
5
6
3
14
Thomas J. Maher of Medford
2
2
4
Thomas P. Riley of Malden
88
62
36
186
Blanks
37
34
20
91
22
.
.
Precinct a 6
c Total
Secretary
Thomas F. Brennan of Salem
3
2
3
8
Leon R. Eyges of Brookline.
71
64
40
175
Louise Adams Grout of Boston
4
6
4
14
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield
93
107
154
354
Blanks
41
38
26
105
Treasurer
Charles L. Burrill of Boston.
84
103
149
336
Frederick E. Oelcher of Peabody
2
2
2
6
Elam K. Sheldon of Greenfield.
5
6
3
14
Henry N. Teague of Williamstown
78
61
49
188
Blanks
43
45
24
112
Auditor
Joseph Bearak of Boston
5
5
2
12
Frank Bohmbach of Boston
2
2
4
8
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
82
102
154
338
John M. M. Soulliere of Worcester
76
58
40
174
Blanks
47
50
27
124
Attorney General
Henry C. Attwill of Lynn.
81
111
151
343
Joseph Joyce Donahue of Medford
80
58
43
181
Joseph Jiskra of Milford.
1
1
2
Joseph Weaver Sherman of Boston
5
7
19
Blanks
45
41
25
111
Senator in Congress
John F. Fitzgerald of Boston
93
68
50
211
Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant.
103
141
321
William M. McDonald of Northampton. .
8
9
24
Blanks
35
38
27
100
1
23
Precinct a
b
c Total
Congressman
Theobald M. Connor of Northampton .. 70
58
41 169
Frederick H. Gillett of Springfield.
92
112
159
363
George H. Wrenn of Springfield
10
9
9
28
Blanks
40
38
18
96
Councillor
Joseph H. Dudley of Pittsfield.
74
59
42
175
Thomas F. Loorem of Springfield
10
11
10
31
Charles H. Wright of Pittsfield.
771
94
144
309
Blanks
57
53
31
141
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Senator
John B. Hull of Great Barrington
92
109
158
359
Blanks
120
108
69
297
Representatives in General Court
James F. Barry of Agawam.
113
129
79
321
Clarence H. Granger of Agawam.
85
95
159
339
George W. Love of West Springfield
42
69
97
208
Blanks
184
141
119
444
County Commissioner
George W. Bray of Chicopee. .
129
144
180
453
George Fitzpatrick of Monson
8
8
9
25
Blanks
75
65
38
178
Associate Commissioners
George Day of West Springfield.
19
15
22
56
August Pritzlaff of Longmeadow.
.10
13
10
33
Arthur A. Sibley of West Springfield. . 114
128
162
404
John H. Sickman of Holyoke.
54
80
128
262
Blanks
227
198
132
557
24
Precinct a 6
c Total
District Attorney
Wendell C. Brownson of Springfield. .
74
92
120
286
Joseph B. Ely of Westfield.
93
80
250
Edward C. Stoddard of Springfield
6
4
17
Blanks
39
41
23
103
Clerk of Courts
William C. Fronk of Springfield.
8
9
11
28
Robert O. Morris of Springfield
129
136
173
438
Blanks
72
43
190
Register of Deeds
Walter P. J. Skahan of Springfield.
8
6
21
James R. Wells of Springfield
120
140
176
436
Blanks
85
69
45
199
Shall there be a convention to revise, alter or amend the constitution of the Commonwealth
Yes
60
42
61
163
No
29
53
68
150
Blanks
123
122
98
340
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1916 to make the first day of January, known as New Year's Day, a legal holiday, be approved and become a law
Yes
109
103.289
No
19
54
68
141
Blanks
84
86
56
226
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Shall on act passed by the General Court in the year 1916, entitled "An Act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party," be approved and become a laze
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