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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3108
DR. EBENEZER
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FOUNDED
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. BUILDING . GIVEN . BY-MARIA . C. ROBBINS . IN . MEMORY . OF .
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THIS . BOOK. BELONGS . TO . THE ROBBINS . LIBRARY~
· ARLINGTON . MASSACHUSETTS.
PRESENTED BY
Town of Arlington March, 1923.
Arlington, Mass. Selectmen.
115th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1921
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1921
CAMBRIDCE
INCORP
ROPYCNATIO
HEREDITAS
J. FRANK FACEY, PRINTER 36 PROSPECT STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
1922
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1921 ELECTIVE
Town Clerk (Elected Annually) Thomas J. Robinson
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
Olvin H. Lufkin, Chairman Term expires 1922
Charles B. Devereaux Term expires 1923
Charles H. Higgins. Term expires 1924
Board of Public Works
Clarence A. Moore, Chairman Term expires 1922
Thomas D. Kennedy Term expires 1923
Loren W. Marsh. Term expires 1924
Assessors
Omar W. Whittemore, Chairman. Term expires 1922
Francis A. Patterson. Term expires 1924
Martin J. Gallagher. Term expires 1923
Auditor
(Elected Annually) George McK. Richardson
Treasurer (Elected Annually) Charles A. Hardy
Tax Collector (Elected Annually ) Edward A. Bailey
School Committee
John A. Bishop. Term expires 1922
Othilie J. Lawson . Term expires 1923
Vittoria C. Dallin. Term expires 1923
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Charles C. Warren Term expires 1922
Myron W. Dole. Term expires 1922
Carl H. Carroll.
Term expires 1924
John W. Downs.
Term expires 1924
Alexander H. Rice Term expires 1924
Herbert H. Snow
Term expires 1923
Planning Board (3 years)
Howard B. S. Prescott, Chairman Term expires 1922
Cyrus E. Dallin Term expires 1923
Robert W. Pond.
Term expires 1923
Harry G. Porter Term expires 1922
Caira Robbins. Term expires 1924
Park Commissioners (3 years)
Truman L. Quimby, Chairman
Term expires 1923
Arthur P. Wyman. Term expires 1922
Percy A. Goodale. Term expires 1924
Board of Health (3 years)
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman Term expires 1922
Charles F. Atwood. Term expires 1924
Ernest R. Brooks Term expires 1923
Commissioners of Sinking Fund (3 years)
Henry Hornblower. Term expires 1924
Joseph C. Holmes. Term expires 1922
Charles W. Allen. Term expires 1923
Trustees of Pratt Fund (5 years)
Charles W. Allen . Term expires 1923
Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1924 George Hill .. Term expires 1925
Henry Hornblower Term expires 1926
William E. Wood.
Term expires 1922
Charles A. Hardy, ex officio
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Trustees of Robbins Library (3 years)
William A. Muller Term expires 1924
Cyrus E. Dallin. Term expires 1924
Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1922
James P. Parmenter
Term expires 1922
Charles A. Keegan Term expires 1923
Caira Robbins Term expires 1923
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons (5 years)
George Hill. . Term expires 1923
Charles W. Allen Term expires 1925
Joseph C. Holmes . Term expires 1924
William E. Wood. Term expires 1926
Henry Hornblower. Term expires 1922
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
William E. Wood
Harry G. Porter
Frank H. Walker
John G. Brackett
Henry Hornblower
James A. Bailey
Cemetery Commissioners
Warren A. Pierce, Chairman . Term expires 1923
J. Edwin Kimball Term expires 1924
George G. Allen Term expires 1922
Tree Warden (Elected Annually ) Daniel M. Daley
Constable Daniel M. Hooley
Fence Viewers (Elected Annually ) George W. Kenty
Charles F. Wyman
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Field Drivers
Thmoas O. D. Urquhart F. Joseph Cahalin
Andrew Irwin
Thomas F. Priest Daniel M. Hooley John Duffy
Edwin C. Jacobs
Fish Preserver (Elected Annually) Everett S. Chapman
Measures of Wood and Bark (Elected Annually)
Patrick F. Brosnahan Edmund L. Curtis Albert F. Duffy
APPOINTMENTS
Appointments Made by the Selectmen Term expires Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk and Agent of the Board .... April 1. 1922 William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1922
Charles A. Keegan, Town Physician April 1, 1922
F. Holden Smith, Inspector of Animals April 1, 1922
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Burial Agent April 1, 1922
Warren A. Pierce, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1922
William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1922
David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal
April 1, 1922
Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal
April 1, 1922
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lockup
April 1, 1922
Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1922
Florence G. Kendall, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1922 Albert F. Duffy, Superintendent of Town House April 1, 1922
Albert F. Duffy, Sealer of Weights and Measures. April 1, 1922
Appointment Made by the Overseers of the Poor
Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary and Agent
April 1, 1922
Appointments Made by the Board of Suppressing Moths
Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent April 1, 1922
James F. Higgins, Clerk April 1, 1922
Appointments Made by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk April 1, 1922
Paul M. White, Town Counsel April 1, 1922
George E. Ahern, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works April 1, 1922
*Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1922
** William E. Mason, appointed Superintendent of Wires May 22, 1921 April 1, 1922
Appointment Made by the Board of Public Works
Harold N. Wills, Water Register and Clerk April 1, 1922 *Resigned March 8 to take effect July 1.
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Appointments Made by the Board of Health
William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1922
George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing April 1, 1922
Alfred W. Lombard, Inspector of Milk April 1, 1922
William H. Bradley, Clerk April 1, 1922
Appointment Made by the Town Clerk
E. Caroline Pierce, Assistant Town Clerk April 1, 1922
Registrars of Voters
Eben F. Dewing, Chairman May 1, 1922
Edward N. Lacey
May 1, 1924
John W. Dacey
May 1, 1923
Thomas J. Robinson, ex officio.
Police Department
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Chief F. Joseph Cahalin, Patrolman
Daniel M. Hooley, Lieutenant T. Arthur Nolan, Patrolman
John Duffy, Sergeant Theodore Belyea, Patrolman
Felix Lopez, Patrolman Thomas M. Donovan, Patrolman
Edwin C. Jacobs, Patrolman John T. Kerr, Patrolman
Charles E. Carroll, Patrolman Michael J. Coughlin, Patrolman
Daniel Barry, Patrolman George E. Moore, Patrolman
Andrew Irwin, Patrolman William Mahoney, Patrolman
Thomas F. Priest, Patrolman Maurice Scannell, Patrolman
Francis Meagher, Patrolman
Special Police (without pay) (Term expires at pleasure of Selectmen)
Michael E. Callahan, Arthur T. White, Benjamin R. Cleary, George D. Higgins, Philo Spencer, Everett S. Chapman, William T. Longmore, Roscoe C. Kimball, Major Bacon, William T. Can- niff, Richard Robbins, Patrick McCarthy, Reuben W. LeBaron, Benjamin B. Converse, Walter Barthelemy, Donald Higgins, Henry T. Scannell, John Campbell, Daniel M. Daley, Daniel Wall, Allen A. Kimball.
Engineers of Fire Department
(As Organized) Term expires
Walter H. Peirce, Chief April 1, 1922
*Timothy J. Donahue, First Assistant Chief April 1, 1922
Frank P. Winn, Second Assistant Chief April 1, 1922
Roster (Approved by Engineers Hose No. 1
Permanent men- John F. Sweeney, Driver; John Barry. Call men - Robert J. Murray, Captain; George N. White, Lieu- tenant ; Richard O. Jenkins, Ervin V. Gay, Robert L. Austin.
Combination A
Permanent men - Daniel J. Sullivan, Captain; Daniel B. Tierney, Albert V. Jones, Chauffeurs.
Call men - John T. Finley, Lieutenant; John M. Tierney, William P. Dale.
*Died December 8, 1921.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 1
Permanent men - William C. Mead, Driver; Ernest H. Griffin. Call men - James W. Kenney, Captain; George A. Finley, Lieu- tenant; John J. Donahue, Daniel F. Hourty, William P. Slat- tery, James C. Cadagan.
Combination Auto B
Permanent men - George W. Corbett, Chauffeur; Harry Scam- mond, Patrick O'Brien, Assistant Chauffeurs.
Call men-F. W. Russell, Captain; Edward J. Crowe, Lieutenant ; E. L. Smith, Clerk; W. W. Treasurer ; W. P. Luddy, J. H. Har- wood, James Underwood.
Undertakers (licensed)
J. Henry Hartwell & Son April 30, 1922
Daniel W. Grannan
April 30, 1922
George H. Kelley
April 30, 1922
William D. Grannan
April 30, 1922
John J. Leary April 30, 1922
William F. Dale April 30, 1922
ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1921
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said town on Monday, January 24th, 1921, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :----
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year 1920, entitled "An Act to provide for pre- cinct voting, representative town meetings, Town meeting members, a referendum and an annual moderator in the Town of Arlington?" be accepted by this town?
And you are directed to serve this Warrant on the inhab- itants of the Town by leaving an attested copy at every dwell- ing house in the Town, by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days, at least, before said meeting, and by publishing a notice of the meeting in the local papers.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant. with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
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Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.
HORATIO A. PHINNEY, OLVIN H. LUFKIN, CHARLES B. DEVEREAUX, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, January 10, 192I.
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by publishing notices of said meeting in the local papers.
(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall on Monday, the 24th day of January in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one at thirty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening, and were called to order by the Town Clerk who read the Warant calling the Meeting, and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article I taken up. Choice of Moderator.
Jacob Bitzer was unanimously elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 taken up. (Acceptance of Chapter 642, Acts of 1920).
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John G. Brackett,. Chairman of the Committee that drafted the Bill, presented the Act as passed by the Legisla- ture, which was substantially in accordance with the vote passed by the Town at the meeting November 30, 1920.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act the vote for acceptance or rejection was taken by ballot.
Ballots had been prepared by the Town Clerk and the meeting proceeded to ballot on the question.
Tellers were assigned and sworn and the Moderator de- clared the polls open for the reception of ballots for or against the acceptance of the Act.
The polls were kept open until nine o'clock, at which time all persons having voted who so desired the polls were declared closed.
The tellers counted the ballots cast and reported the re- sutt to the Town Clerk who announced the vote as follows :
Number voted for acceptance. 186
Number voted for rejection. 14 Total votes cast 200
and declaration was made by the Moderator that the Town had accepted the provisions of Chapter 642 of the Acts of . 1920. Number of citizens attending 219.
The Act accepted by the Town providing for pre- cinct voting, representative Town Meetings, Town Meeting members, a referendum and an annual Moderator in the Town of Arlington, as follows : 1
[CHAP. 642.]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PRECINCT VOTING, REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETINGS, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REFERENDUM AND AN ANNUAL MODERATOR IN THIE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION I. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town of Arlington, as hereinafter provided, the members of the board of selectmen, the board of public works and the board of assesors, acting jointly and hereinafter referred to as the
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districting board, shall forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than five voting precincts, each of which shall be plainly designated, and shall contain not less than six hun- dred voters. All precincts shall contain approximately an equal number of voters. The precincts shall be so estab- lished as to consist of compact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, so far as possible, by the centre line of known streets and ways or by other well-defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholy or partly revised, by the districting board, in December, once in five years, or in December of any year when it is so directed by & vote passed at a Town meeting not later than the thirtieth day of November of that year. The districting board shall, within ten days after any establishment or revision of the pre- cincts, but not later than January tenth of the succeeding year, file a report of their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors, with a map or maps or description of the precincts and the names and residences of the regis- tered voters therein. The districting board shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as established or revised from time to time, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein ; and they shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each precincts a map or description of that precinct, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The division of the town into voting precincts and any revision of the precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk as hereinbefore provided. Whenever the precincts are estab- lished or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the secretary of the commonwealth, stating the number and designation of the precincts. The provisions of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nine- teen hundred and thirteen, and any amendments thereof or additions thereto relating to precinct voting at elections, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town upon the establish- ment of voting precincts as hereinbefore provided.
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SECTION 2. Other than the officers designated in section three of this act as town meeting members at large, the repre- sentative town meeting membership shall in each precinct con- sist of the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a representation of all precincts by an equal number of members and which will not cause the total elected town meeting membership to exceed two hundred and seventy. The registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual town election held after the establishment of the precincts, and at the first town election following any precinct revision, and conformably to the laws relative to elections not incon- sistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section three of this act as town meeting members at large, provided for in the last preceding sentence of this section, to be town meeting members of the town. Of the members so elected, one third shall be elected for the term of one year, one third for the term of two years and one third for the term of three years from the day of the annual town meet- ing; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the number of town meeting members to which that precinct is entitled for the term of three years, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancies then existing in the number of town meeting members in their respective pre- cincts. Upon every revision of the precincts, or of any of them, the terms of office of all town meeting members from every such revised precinct shall cease upon the election of their successors, and at the first ensuing anual town election there shall be an entirely new election of town meeting mem- bers in every precinct so revised, as well as in any precinct newly established. The town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each member by mail of his election.
SECTION 3. Any representative town meeting held under the provisions of this act, except as is otherwise provided herein, shall, at and after the first annual election held under
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this act, be limited to the voters elected under section two together with the folowing, designated as town meeting mem- bers at large namely, any member of the general court of the commonwealth from the town, the town moderator, the town clerk, the town treasurer, the town auditor, the town collector of taxes, the town counsel, if any, the chairman of the board of selectmen, the chairman of the board of public works, the chairman of the assessors of taxes, the chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the planning board, the chairman of the park commissioners, the chairman of the board of health, the chairman of the sinking fund commis- sioners, the chairman of the trustees of the Robbins Library, the chairman of the cemetery commissioners and the chair- man of the finance committee, if any. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time and place at which representative town meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at least seven days before the meeting. The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and the qualification of their members. A major- ity of the town meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing business ; but a less number may organize tempo- rarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice of every adjourned representative town meeting, which shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at the meeting, shall forthwith be posted by the town clerk in one or more public places in each precinct. The town meeting members as such shall receive no compensation. Any voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may attend any representative town meeting and, subject to such conditions as may be de- termined from time to time by the members of such meeting, may speak, but shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the town clerk, and his resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A town meeting member who removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting member, and a town meeting mem- ber who removes from the precinct from which he was elected to another precinct shall not retain membership after the next annual election.
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SECTION 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomi- aation papers, which shall bear no political designation and shall be signed by not less than fifteen registered voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides and filed with the town clerk at least fifteen days before the election. No nomi- nation papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto.
SECTION 5. The articles in the warrant for the town meet- ing, relating to the election of the moderator, town officers, and town meeting members, as hereinbefore provided, refer- enda, and all other matters to be acted upon and determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined by the voters of the town in the polling places provided for their respec- tive precincts. All other articles in the warrant for any town meeting shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members at a meeting to be held át such time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the war- rant for the meeting, subject to the referenda provided for by section eight.
SECTION 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at each annual town meeting and shall serve as the moderator of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for and the election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other elec- tive town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for that pur- pose. If the moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.
SECTION 7. Any vacancy in the number of town meeting members from any precinct may be filled until the next an- nual election by the remaining members from that precinct, from among the registered voters of the precinct. Upon the petition therefor, signed by not less than ten town meeting members from such precinct, notices of the vacancy shall promptly be given by the town clerk to the remaining mem- . bers from the precinct, and the town clerk shall forthwith call a special meeting of such members for the purpose of
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filling any vacancy. The town clerk shall cause to be mailed to each of such members, not less than seven days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk shall make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file the same with the town clerk, together with a written accep- tance by each member so chosen, who shall thereupon be deemed elected and qualified as a town meeting member, sub- ject to the right of the town meeting members to judge of the election and qualification of members as set forth in section three.
SECTION 8. No article in the warrant shall finally be dis- posed of by a vote to lay upon the table, to indefinitely post- pone, or to take no action thereunder. Any vote passed at any representative town meeting under any article in the war- rant, except a vote to adjourn, shall be inoperative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days a petition, signed by not less than one hundred registered voters of the town, containing their names and addresses, as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen requesting that the question or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the selectmen, within fourteen days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meeting which shall be held within ten days after the issuing of the call, for the sole pur- pose of presenting to the voters at large the question or ques- tions so involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening, and all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precincts in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion of the voters at large voting
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thereon as would have been required by law of the town meet- ing members had the question been finally determined at a representative town meeting. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and form in which they were statedwhen presented to said representa- tive town meeting by the moderator, and as they appear upon the records of the said meeting. If such petition be not filed within the said period of five days, the vote in the representa- tive town meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period.
SECTION 9. The town of Arlington, after the acceptance of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute representative town meetings; and such representative town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any representative town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this act, have the same force and effect as if taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the town as heretofore organized and con- ducted.
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