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SPECIAL SHERIFF-William W. Norton, Great Bar- rington, $600, Jan. 1910 COURT CRIER-George Wells, Pittsfield DEPUTY SHERIFFS- Adams, William O'Brien Becket, Robert M. Savery Berkshire, John A. Stevens Dalton, Edgar H. Pierce Great Barrington, Malcolm Douglas, Frank D. Rowe
Lanesboro, Ernest N. Wood Lee, Fred H. Cutting, John J. Waddock Lenox, Timothy Dunn North Adams, Charles L. Frink, Benjamin F. Magenis, Joseph H. LaBrie
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Pittsfield, David L. Evans, George Wells, Frank M. White Richmond, Timothy B. Solomon Sandisfield, Charles K. Williams Sheffield, John C. Smith, Benjamin F. Clark Southfield, William S. Bradley
Stockbridge, S. Albert Noble Tyringham, Charles H. Hale West Stockbridge, George H. Cobb Williamstown, Joseph Richards Windsor, H. Ward Ford
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Located in the southeastern part of the State, adjoining Rhode Island, this county is served by the New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., nearly every town having one or more stations on the various branches. Taunton and New
Bedford are the county seats, each having a court house, jail, etc. There are three registries of deeds, the Northern District, at Taunton, comprising the towns of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton; the Southern District, at New Bed- ford, the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fair- haven, New Bedford and Westport; and the Fall River District the towns of Fall River, Freetown, Somerset and Swansea. The Taunton River, with its various tributaries, furnishes many water powers. Manufacturing is the chief in- dustry. Besides numerous ponds there are sev- eral large bodies of water, such as New Bedford Harbor, about half of Mount Hope Bay, Wa-
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tuppa Pond, the estuaries of Taunton and Aco- axet Rivers, and others. Population by U. S. census 1900, 252,029; State census 1905, 269,257. Area, 585 square miles. Valuation 1906, $212,- 099,451.
County Commissioners - Elected triennially. Compensation $3900, divided. Frank M. Chace (R) Fall River, Jan. 1911; William R. Black ch. Taunton, 1909; John I. Bryant, Fair- haven, 1910. Meetings held every Tuesday and on the 5th of each month
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS-John M. Reed (R) Westport, 1908; John Thacher (R) Attleboro, 1908
Treasurer-Elected triennially. George F. Pratt (R) Taunton, $2250, Jan. 1910
Registers of Deeds-Elected for 5 years Northern District, Enos D. Williams (R) Taun- ton, $2000, Jan. 1912
Southern District, Albert B. Collins (R) New Bedford, $2200, 1912. Assistant Register, Marietta Hammond, New Bedford, $1100
Fall River District, Charles E. Mills (R) Fall River, $2200, Jan. 1912. Assistant Register, Mary L. Rankin, Fall River
Sheriff-Elected triennially. Edwin H. Evans (R) Taunton, $3000 and traveling expenses, Jan. 1913
SPECIAL SHERIFF-Albert C. Kirby, New Bedford MASTERS HOUSE OF CORRECTION-New Bedford, J. Arthur Taylor, New Bedford, $2000 and rent; Taunton, Isaac G. Carrier, Taunton, $800, board and rent
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Attleboro, John H. Nerney, Seth R. Briggs Berkley, Charles Corey
Dighton, Edmund Hathaway
Fall River, Francis H. Wixon, Samuel Had- field, Daniel W. Riley, James Shaw, Hubert Legare, Edwin J. Mills, William H. Brierly, Charles S. Graham, William Prichard, Isaac E. Willette
Freetown, Silas P. Richmond
Mansfield, Henry A. Perry, Thomas H. Nelson, L. Leslie Jones
New Bedford, Joseph C. Patnaude, Walter R. Spooner, George F. Weeden, Edmund J. Whalley, Nathan B. Brooks, Thomas G. Wing
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Raynham, Stephen R. Lincoln, Cyrus Leonard Rehoboth, George S. Nichols
Somerset, William Prichard
Swansea, Arnold B. Gardner, Benj. F. Norton
Taunton, David Dean, Charles J. Nichols
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Incorporated June 22, 1695. towns: Chilmark Gay Head . Tisbury
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Lies off the southeastern coast of the State, and embraces Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands, Nomans Land, and other smaller islands. Edgartown is the county seat. Farming, fish- eries, navigation and summer visitors are the chief sources of income. Population by U. S. census 1900, 4561. State census 1905, 4551. Area, 113 square miles. Valuation 1906, $5,120,- 482.
County Commissioners - Elected triennially. William G. Look (R) Tisbury, $133.34, Jan.
1911; William D. Harding (R) Cottage City, $133.33, 1910; Russell Hancock (R) Chilmark, $133.33, 1909. Meetings held at Edgartown on Wednesday after the third Monday of May, and Wednesday after the second Mon- day of November.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS-Holmes W. Smith (R) Edgartown, 1911; Edwin D. Vanderhoop (R) Gay Head, 1911.
Treasurer-Elected triennially. Jonathan H. Munroe (R) Edgartown, $300, Jan. 1910
Register of Deeds-Elected for 5 years. Little- ton C. Wimpenney (R) Edgartown, $600, Jan. 1912
Sheriff-Elected triennially. Jason L. Dexter (R) Edgartown, $300 and fees, Jan. 1911. SPECIAL SHERIFF AND KEEPER OF JAIL-Eben D. Earle, Edgartown, $200
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ESSEX COUNTY.
Incorporated May 10, 1643. Comprising 27 towns and 7 cities:
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Forming the extreme northeastern part of the State, adjoining New Hampshire, this is one of the most thickly settled sections of the Common- wealth. It is traversed by various branches of the Boston & Maine R. R., and by electric street railways from town to town and village to vil- lage. Extensive manufacturing, ocean fisheries, of which Gloucester is the principal seat, and farming are the chief industries. Many popular summer resorts are embraced within the county lines. The Merrimac River furnishes power to the great mills at Lawrence, and the Parker, Ipswich and Bass Rivers are the other principal streams, some of which are navigable to small vessels for short distances. Salem, Lawrence and Newburyport are the county seats, each having a court house, there "being county jails at these, also at Ipswich, and a truant school at Lawrence. The registry of deeds for Northern District is at Lawrence for the towns of Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover; South- ern District at Newburyport for towns of Ames- bury, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, George- town, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haver- hill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Mar- blehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, New- bury, Newburyport, Peabody, Rockport, Row- ley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott. Pop- ulation by U. S. census 1900, 357,030; State census 1905, 381,181. Area, 518 square miles. Valuation 1906, $325,301,472.
County Commissioners - Elected triennially. Moody Kimball ch. (R) Newburyport, $1800, 1909; Jas. C. Poor (R) North Andover, $1800, 1910; John M. Grosvenor (R) Swampscott, $1800, 1911. Meetings held at Ipswich on the second Tuesday of April; at Salem on the sec- ond Tuesday of July; at Newburyport on the second Tuesday of October; at Lawrence on the last Tuesday of August; on the fourth Tuesday of December at Ipswich, Salem or Newburyport, as the Commissioners shall de- termine.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS - Sherman Nelson, Georgetown, 1908; Clarence Kimball, Wenham, 1909.
Treasurer-Elected triennially. David I. Robin- son (R) Gloucester, $2500, Jan. 1910. Office at Salem
Registers of Deeds-Elected for 5 years- Northern District, Moses Marshall (R) Law- rence. $2000, Jan. 1912. Assistant Register, Jennie M. Marston
Southern District, Willard J. Hale (R) New- buryport, $4000, Jan. 1912. Assistant Regis- ter, Robert W. Osgood, Salem, $1700.
Sheriff-Elected triennially. Samuel A. Johnson (R) Salem, $3000, Jan. 1911
MASTERS AND KEEPERS OF JAILS AND HOUSES OF CORRECTION- Salem, Samuel A. Johnson, Salem, $1000
Lawrence, Charles A. Stillings, $1300 Ipswich, Howard G. Lane, $1200 . Newburyport, Charles L. Ayers, $1200 SPECIAL SHERITT-Frank E. Wells, Lynn DEPUTY SHERIFTS- Andover, George S. Cole
Danvers, Alfred W. Bacon
Georgetown, Roger S. Howe Gloucester, John Karcher
Haverhill, Fred O. Raymond, John W. Tilton, Porter C. Croy
Lawrence, Charles A. Salisbury, Fred N. Ab- bott, John F. Knapp
Lynn, Frank E. Wells, Eben T. Brackett Methuen, Charles E. Goss Newburyport, Henry M. Briggs
Rowley, Arthur Bishop
Salem, Patrick F. Tierney, George E. Bousley,
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Incorporated June 24, 1811. Comprises 26 towns:
Ashfield Greenfield Orange
Bernardston Hawley
Rowe
Buckland Heath Shelburne
Charlemont Leverett Shutesbury
Colrain Leyden Sunderland
Conway
Monroe Warwick
Deerfield
Montague Wendell
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Situated in the northwestern part of the State, adjoining Berkshire County on the west and the Vermont and New Hampshire lines on the north, it is divided nearly through the middle by the Connecticut River, running from north to south, and into this flows the Deerfield River from the west and Miller's River from the east. The county is traversed from east to west by the Fitchburg Division of the Boston & Maine R. R., and north to south by the Central Vermont and
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County Commissioners - Elected triennially. Compensation $1600, divided. Eugene B. Blake (R) Greenfield, Jan. 1911; James D. Avery (R) Buckland, 1909; Osgood L. Leach (R) Northfield, 1910. Meetings at Green- field on the first Tuesdays of March and Sep- tember, and the second Tuesdays of June and December.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS-Harry W. Fay (R) New Salem, Jan. 1911; Henry A. Howard (R) Colerain, Jan. 1911
Treasurer-Elected triennially. Eugene A. New- comb (R) Greenfield, $800, Jan. 1910
Register of Deeds-Elected for 5 years. John D. Bouker (R) Greenfield, $1600, Jan. 1912
Sheriff-Elected triennially. Isaac Chenery (R) office Greenfield, residence Montague, $1000, Jan. 1911
SPECIAL SHERIFF-William M. Smead, Greenfield JAILER AND MASTER HOUSE OF CORRECTION- Charles S. Richardson, Greenfield, $1000
DEPUTY SHERIFFS- Charlemont, Emmett F. Haskins Conway, Gordon H. Johnson Greenfield, William H. Ward Miller's Falls, Edson J. Pratt Orange, Edward C. Fowler
Shelburne Falls, Asher J. Brooks South Deerfield, James B. Bridges T'urner's Falls, Chester A. Davis
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
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from the northwest and the Chicopee River from the east. The western and eastern portions are very hilly; the central portion, however, abounds in rich farming land, and here may be found some of the finest farms in the State. The manufacturing establishments are both numer- ous and extensive, and the city of Holyoke has long been known as the seat of the fine paper business of the country. The Boston & Albany Division of the New York Central & Hudson River R. R. traverses the county from east to west, and other portions are served by the Athol branch of the same road, the New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., the Connecticut & Passumpsic Division of the Boston & Maine R. R. and the Central Vermont R. R. Electric street railway connections have been established between all the larger towns in the county. Springfield is the county seat, and has a fine court house and a house of correction; also a county truant school. Population by U. S. cen- sus 1900, 175,603; State census 1905, 196,013. Area, 629 square miles. Valuation 1906, $171,- 427,539.
County Commissioners - Elected triennially. James M. Sickman (R) Holyoke, $1200, 1911; Charles H. Nutting (D) Chicopee, $1200, 1911; Charles C. Spellman (D) Springfield $1200, 1911. Meetings held at Springfield on the second Tuesday of April, fourth Tuesday of June, first Tuesday of October, fourth
Tuesday of December, and on the first Wed- nesday of every month.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS-Harrison Loomis (R) West Springfield,' Jan. 1911; William H. Por- ter (R) Agawam, 1911
Treasurer-Elected triennially. Fred A. Bearse (R) Springfield, $2000, Jan. 1910
Register of Deeds Elected for 5 years. James R. Wells (R) Springfield, $2800, Jan. 1912. Assistant Register, Lydia M. Tanner, Spring- field, $1400
Sheriff and Master House of Correction-Elected triennially. Embury P. Clark (R) Spring- field, $3000, Jan. 1911
SPECIAL SHERIFF-Orillus W. Studley, Springfield DEPUTY SHERIFFS-
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Chicopee, Irving H. Elmer, Frank H. Morton (court crier) P. O. Chicopee Falls, Edward J. Sullivan, P. O. Chicopee Falls
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Holyoke, Sumner T. Miller (court officer), Val- entine J. O'Donnell, Salime J. Benoit, Fred Laduke
Indian Orchard, Frank D. Fuller
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Southampton
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Situated between Hampden and Franklin Counties, it is divided into eastern and western sections by the Connecticut River. The rail- roads are the Southern Division and the Con- necticut & Passumpsic Division of the Boston & Maine R. R., the Central Vermont R. R., the
Northampton Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., and the Ware River branch and Athol branch of the Boston & Al- bany Div. of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. The western part is mountainous and the whole county of uneven surface. The highest eleva- tions are Moore's Hill in Goshen, 1713 feet; High Ridge in Williamsburg, 1484 feet; Pine Hill in Pelham, 1220 feet; Mount Tom, on the west side of the Connecticut, 1100 feet, and the Mt. Holyoke range on the east side. Along the alluvial basin of the Connecticut the soil is very rich and fertile and is well cultivated. Northampton is the county seat and has a court house and jail. Population by U. S. census 1900, 58,820; State census 1905, 62,227. Area, 594 square miles. Valuation 1906, $36,351,016.
County Commissioners - Elected triennially. Compensation $2200, divided. Eugene E. Davis ch. (R) Northampton, Jan. 1911; Chas. K. Brewster (R) Worthington, 1910; F. M. Sibley (R) Ware, 1909. Meetings held at Northampton on the first Tuesday of each month except June, also Tuesday next after second Monday in June
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