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WORCESTER COUNTY-Jury Term, at Worcester 2d Tuesday of April; Law Term, at Worcester 3d Monday after 2d Tuesday of September.
NOTE .- A law term for the Commonwealth shall be held at Boston on the 1st Wednesday of January of each year, which term may be adjourned to places and times most conducive to the interests of the public.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Chief Justice .- Albert Mason, Brookline, salary $6000.
Associate Justices .- Peleg Emory Aldrich, Worcester; Caleb Blodgett, Boston; John Wilkes Hammond, Cambridge; Justin Dewey, Springfield; Edgar Jay Sherman, Lawrence; Jas. Robert Dunbar, Brookline; Robert Roberts Bishop, Newton; Daniel Webster Bond, Northampton; Henry King Braley, Fall River; John Hopkins, Millbury; Elisha Burr Maynard, Springfield; Franklin Good- ridge Fessenden, Greenfield; Jas. Bailey Richardson, Boston; Charles Sumner Lilley, Lowell; Henry N. Sheldon, Boston, salary $5500 each.
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BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southern District) .- Andrew J. Jennings (R), Fall River, salary $2200.
Clerk of the Courts .- Smith K. Hopkins ( R ), Barnstable, salary $1250.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- At Barnstable Tuesday after 2d Monday of April and 2d Tuesday of October.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
District Attorney (Western District) .- Chas. L. Gardner (R), Palmer, salary $2083.
Clerk of the Courts .- Henry W. Taft (R), Pittsfield, salary $2800.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Pittsfield 4th Monday of February, June and October; Criminal Term, at Pittsfield 2d Monday of January and July.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southern District) .- Andrew J. Jennings (R), Fall River, sal- ary $2200.
Clerk of the Courts .- Simeon Borden (R), Fall River, salary $4000.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Taunton 1st Monday of September, and at New Bedford 1st Monday of May and December; Criminal Term, at Taun- ton 1st Monday of February and November, and at New Bedford 1st Monday of June. Either criminal term may be adjourned to Fall River.
DUKES COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southern District) .- Andrew J. Jennings (R), Fall River, sal- ary $2200.
Clerk of the Courts .- Sam'l Keniston (R), Edgartown, salary $600.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- At Edgartown last Tuesday of April and Sep- tember.
ESSEX COUNTY.
District Attorney (Eastern District) .- Wm. H. Moody (R), Haverhill, salary $2400.
Clerk of the Courts .- Dean Peabody (R), Lynn, salary $5200.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Salem 1st Monday of June and De- cember; at Lawrence 1st Monday of March, and at Newburyport 1st Monday of September, shall adjourn to Lawrence and Haverhill; Criminal Term, at Law- rence 1st Monday of October; at Newburyport 1st Monday of May, and at Salem 4th Monday of January.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
District Attorney (Northwestern District) .- John A. Aiken (R), Greenfield, sal- ary $1350.
Clerk of the Courts .- Edw. E. Lyman (R), Greenfield, salary $1800.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- At Greenfield 3d Monday of April and 2d Monday of July and November.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
District Attorney (Western District) .- Chas. L. Gardner (R), Palmer, salary $2083.
Clerk of the Courts .- Robert O. Morris (R), Springfield, salary $3500.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Springfield 2d Monday of March and June and 4th Monday of October; Criminal Term, 1st Monday of May, 4th Mon- day of September and 3d Monday of December.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
District Attorney (Northwestern District) .- John A. Aiken (R), Greenfield, sal- ary $1350.
Clerk of the Courts .- Wm. H. Clapp (R), Northampton, salary $2300.
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SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Northampton 3d Monday of Febru- ary, 1st Monday of June and 2d Monday of October; Criminal Term, 2d Monday of June and 3d Monday of December.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
District Attorney (Northern District) .- Fred N. Weir (R), Lowell, salary $2380. Clerk of the Courts .- Theo. C. Hurd (R), Winchester, salary $6000.
Assistant Clerk of the Courts .- John L. Ambrose, Somerville.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Lowell 2d Monday of March and 2d Monday of September; at Cambridge (East), 1st Monday of June and 2d Monday of December; Criminal Term, at Cambridge (East), 2d Monday of February and 1st Monday of June; at Lowell 3d Monday of October.
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southern District) .- Andrew J. Jennings (R), Fall River, sal- ary $2200.
Clerk of the Courts .- Josiah F. Murphey (R), Nantucket, salary $600.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- At Nantucket Ist Tuesday of July and October.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southeastern District) .- Robert O. Harris (R), East Bridge- water, salary $2083.
Clerk of the Courts .- Erastus Worthington (R), Dedham, salary $2800.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, 1st Monday in January, May and Octo- ber; Criminal Term, 1st Monday in April, September and October.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
District Attorney (Southeastern District) .- Robert O. Harris (R), East Bridge- water, salary $2083.
Clerk of the Courts .- Edw. E. Hobart (R), Plymouth, salary $2000.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- At Plymouth 2d Monday of February and June and 4th Monday of October. May hold sessions by adjournment at Brockton.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
District Attorney .- Oliver Stevens (R), Boston, salary $5000.
First Assistant Attorney .- Fred'k E. Hurd, salary $3300.
Second Assistant Attorney .- Michael J. Sughrue, salary $2500.
Attorney's Clerk,-John H. Casey.
Clerk of Superior Court (Civil Session) .- Jos. A. Willard (R), Boston, salary $6500.
Clerk of Superior Court (Criminal Session) .- John P. Manning (D), Boston, sal- ary $6000.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Boston (Court House, Pemberton square) 1st Tuesday of January, April, July and October; Criminal Term, 1st Monday of every month. The Superior Court holds, each month, except in July, August and September, a session for the speedy trial of certain cases.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
District Attorney (Middle District) .- Francis A. Gaskill (R), Worcester, sal- ary $2400.
Clerk of the Courts .- Theo. S. Johnson (R), Worcester, salary $5200.
Assistant Clerk of the Courts .- Wm. T. Harlow, Worcester.
Second Assistant Clerk of the Courts .- Wm. W. Macomber.
SITTINGS OF THE COURT .- Civil Term, at Worcester 1st Monday in March and 2d Monday of December, and at Fitchburg 2d Monday of June and November; Criminal Term, at Worcester 3d Monday of January, 2d Monday of May and 3d Monday of October, and at Fitchburg 3d Monday of August.
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COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
There is a Probate Court and a Court of Insolvency in each county, distinct in their jurisdiction, powers, proceedings and practice, but having the same judge and register. These courts are held by the judge of probate and insolvency appointed for the county; but the judges of the several counties may, in case of necessity or convenience, interchange services and perform each other's duties. "The names of the judges, registers, assistant registers and commissioners of insolvency may be found among the list of county officers.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY-At Barnstable 2d Tuesday of January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, November, December, and 1st Tuesday of April and October.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY-At Pittsfield 1st Tuesday of January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October and December, 3d Tuesday of July, and Wednesday after 1st Monday of November; at Lee Wednesday after first Tuesday in January, April and October, and Wednesday after 3d Tuesday of July; at Adams Thursday after 1st Tuesday of January and October, Wednes- day after 1st Tuesday of March, and Thursday after 3d Tuesday of July; at Great Barrington Wednesday after first Tuesday of February, May, Septem- ber and December.
BRISTOL COUNTY-At Taunton 1st Friday of March, June, September, Decem- ber; at New Bedford 1st Friday of February, May, August and November; at Fall River 1st Friday of January, April, July and October.
DUKES COUNTY-At Vineyard Haven 3d Monday of April and 1st Monday of September: at Edgartown 3d Monday of January and July and first Monday of March and December; at West Tisbury 1st Monday of June and 3d Monday of October.
ESSEX COUNTY-At Salem 1st Monday of each month and 3d Monday of each month except August: at Lawrence 2d Monday of January, March, May, June, July, September and November; at Haverhill 2d Monday of April and Octo- ber; at Newburyport 4th Monday of January, March, May, June, July, Sep- tember and November; at Gloucester 4th Monday of April and October.
FRANKLIN COUNTY-At Greenfield 1st Tuesday of every month except Novem- ber: at Northfield 2d Tuesday of May and September: at Orange 2d Tuesday of March and December, 3d Tuesday of June and 4th Tuesday of September; at Conway 3d Tuesday of May ; at Shelburne Falls 2d Tuesday of February, 4th Tuesday of May and 4th Tuesday of October.
HAMPDEN COUNTY-At Springfield 1st Wednesday of every month except Au- gust; at Holyoke 3d Wednesday of January, March, June and October: at Palmer 2d Wednesday of February, May and September, and 4th Wednesday of November; at Westfield 3d Wednesday of February, May, September and December.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY-At Northampton 1st Tuesday of every month; at Am- herst 2d Tuesday of January, March, June, August and November; at Bel- chertown 2d Tuesday of May and October; at Ware 2d Tuesday of February, 3d Tuesday of June and 2d Tuesday of September and December.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY-At Cambridge (East) 1st, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of every month; at Lowell 3d Tuesday of every month except August.
NANTUCKET COUNTY-At Nantucket on Thursday after second Tuesday of every month.
NORFOLK COUNTY-At Dedham 1st and 3d Wednesday of every month; at Quincy 2d Wednesday of every month; at Hyde Park 4th Wednesday of every month except August.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY-At Plymouth 2d Monday of every month except August; at Brockton 4th Monday of every month except July.
SUFFOLK COUNTY-At Boston (Court House. Pemberton square). Probate busi- ness, every Thursday in the year except 1st, 2d, 4th and 5th Thursdays of Au- gust. Insolvency cases, on Fridays as above.
WORCESTER COUNTY-At Worcester 1st. 2d, 3d and 5th Tuesdays of every month except August; at Fitchburg 4th Tuesday of every month except August: at Milford 2d Tuesday of April and September; at Templeton 2d Tuesday of May and October; at Barre Wednesday after 2d Tuesday of May and October.
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POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
BROCKTON (jurisdiction, Brockton, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, and West Bridgewater) .- Justice, Warren A. Reed. Special Justices, Loyed E. Chamber- lain, Fred'k M. Bixby. Clerk, Harry W. Flagg.
BROOKLINE .- Justice, Chas. H. Drew. Special Justices, Chas. F. Perkins, Frank L. Creesy. Clerk, Henry M. Williams.
CHELSEA (jurisdiction Chelsea and Revere) .- Justice, Albert D. Bosson. Spe- cial Justices, Wm. H. Hart, Frank E. Fitz. Clerk, Jos. M. Curley.
CHICOPEE .- Justice, Loranus E. Hitchcock. Special Justices, Luther White, Jas. H. Loomis. Clerk, Cornelius J. Driscoll.
FITCHBURG .- Justice, Thos. F. Gallagher. Special Justices, Chas. S. Hayden, Chas. H. Blood. Clerk, Wylon G. Hayes.
GLOUCESTER (jurisdiction, Gloucester and Rockport) .- Justice, Jas. Davis. Special Justices, Wm. W. French, Henri N. Woods. Clerk, Chas. D. Smith.
HAVERHILL (jurisdiction, Haverhill, Bradford and Groveland) .- Justice, Hen- ry Carter. Special Justices, Ira A. Abbott, Henry N. Merrill. Clerk, Edw. B. George.
HOLYOKE .- Justice, Wm. B. C. Pearsons. Special Justices, Edw. W. Chapin, Harris L. Sherman. Clerk, Thos. J. Tierney.
LAWRENCE .- Justice, Andrew C. Stone. Special Justices, Chas. U. Bell, Wm. L. Thompson. Clerk, Wm. F. Moyes,
LEE .- Justice, Patricius H. Casey. Special Justice, Albert B. Clarke. Clerk, John J. Waddock.
LOWELL .- Justice, Sam'l P. Hadley. Special Justices, John J. Pickman, John F. Frye. Clerk, Jas. F. Savage. Assistant Clerk, Edw. W. Trull.
LYNN .- Justice, John W. Berry. Special Justices, Wm. C. Fabens, Jas. H. Sisk. Clerk, Henry C. Oliver.
MARLBORO .- Justice, Edw. F. Johnson. Special Justices, Jas. W. McDonald, Wm. D. Burdett. Clerk, Jas. F. J. Otterson.
NEWBURYPORT (jurisdiction, Newburyport and Newbury) .- Justice, John N. Pike. Special Justices, Horace I. Bartlett, Nath'l N. Jones. Clerk, Edw. F. Bartlett.
NEWTON .- Justice, John C. Kennedy. Special Justices, Geo. A. Blaney, Edw. H. Mason. Clerk, Henry L. Whittlesey.
SOMERVILLE .- Justice, Isaac Story. Special Justices, John Haskell Butler, Michael F. Farrell. Clerk, Herbert A. Chapin.
SPRINGFIELD (jurisdiction, Springfield, West Springfield, Hampden, Wilbra- ham, Agawam and Longmeadow) .- Justice, Henry W. Bosworth. Special Jus- tices, Alfred M. Copeland, Chas. L. Long. Clerk, Geo. Leonard.
WILLIAMSTOWN. - Justice, Keyes Danforth. Special Justices, Andrew M. Smith, Henry L. Sabin.
DISTRICT COURTS. BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
FIRST BARNSTABLE (court held at Bourne; jurisdiction in Barnstable, Yar- mouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Falmouth and Mashpee) .- Justice, Fred'k C. Swift. Special Justices, Smith K. Hopkins, Henry M. Hutchings.
SECOND BARNSTABLE (court held at Harwich; jurisdiction in Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Den- nis) .- Justice, Jas. H. Hopkins. Special Justices, Tully Crosby, Jr., Geo. T. Wyer.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE (court held at Pittsfield; jurisdiction in Hancock, Lanesboro, Peru, Windsor, Hinsdale, Dalton, Washington, Pittsfield and Rich- mond) .- Justice, Jos. Tucker. Special Justices, Hiram B. Wellington, Wm. Tur- tle. Clerk, Walter B. Smith.
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NORTHERN BERKSHIRE (court held at Adams: jurisdiction in Adams, Clarks- burg. Savoy, North Adams, Florida and Cheshire) .- Justice, Shepherd Thayer. Special Justice, Nelson H. Bixby. Clerk, Edwin B. Cady.
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE (court held at Great Barrington; jurisdiction in Shef- field, Great Barrington, Egremont, Alford, Mount Washington, Monterey and New Marlboro) .- Justice, Walter B. Sanford. Special Justices, Jas. H. Rowley, Frank H. Wright. Clerk, Dempster J. Coleman.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
FIRST BRISTOL (court held at Taunton and Attleboro; jurisdiction in Taun- ton, Rehoboth, Berkley. Dighton, Seekonk, Attleboro, North Attleboro, Norton, Mansfield, Easton and Raynham) .- Justice, Wm. H. Fox. Special Justices, Eras- tus M. Reed, Frederic S. Hall. Clerk, Albert Fuller.
SECOND BRISTOL (court held at Fall River; jurisdiction in Fall River, Free- town, Somerset and Swansea) .- Justice, John J. McDonough. Special Justices, Benj. K. Lovatt, Levi E. Wood. Clerk, Aug. B. Leonard.
THIRD BRISTOL (court held at New Bedford; jurisdiction in New Bedford, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth and Westport) .- Justice, Alanson Borden. Special Justices, Frank A. Milliken, Henry H. Crapo. Clerk, Thos. J. Cobb.
ESSEX COUNTY.
FIRST ESSEX (court held at Salem; jurisdiction in Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Hamilton, Middleton, Topsfield and Wenham) .- Justice, Dan'l E. Safford. Spe- cial Justices, Chas. W. Richardson, Nath'l J. Holden. Clerk, Wm. Perry.
SECOND ESSEX (court held at Amesbury; jurisdiction in Amesbury and Mer- rimac) .- Justice, Geo. W. Cate. Special Justices, M. Perry Sargent, William Smeath.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
EASTERN HAMPDEN (court held at Palmer; jurisdiction in Palmer, Brimfield, Monson, Holland and Wales) .- Justice, Geo. Robinson. Special Justices, Geo. H. Newton, Jas. B. Shaw.
WESTERN HAMPDEN (court held at Westfield and Chester; jurisdiction in Westfield, Chester, Granville, Southwick, Russell, Blandford, Tolland and Montgomery) .- Justice, Homer B. Stevens. Special Justices, Henry B. Lewis, Willis S. Kellogg. Clerk, Henry Fuller.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
HAMPSHIRE (court jurisdiction in towns of Hampshire county) .- Justice, Wm. P. Strickland. Special Justices, Alburn J. Fargo, Robert W. Lyman. Clerk, Haynes H. Chilson.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
FIRST NORTHERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Ayer; jurisdiction in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Littleton and Box- boro) .- Justice, Levi Wallace. Special Justices, Warren H. Atwood, Chas F. Worcester. Clerk, Geo. W. Sanderson.
FIRST SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Framingham; jurisdiction in Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Sherborn, Sudbury and Wayland) .- Justice, Willis A. Kingsbury. Special Justices, Lucius H. Wakefield, Walter Adams. Clerk, Jos. H. Ladd.
FIRST EASTERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Malden and Wakefield; jurisdic- tion in North Reading, Reading, Wakefield, Melrose, Malden, Everett and Med- ford) .- Justice, John W. Pettengill. Special Justices, Thos. S. Harlow, Chas. M. Bruce. Clerk, Wm. N. Tyler.
SECOND EASTERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Waltham; jurisdiction in Wal- tham, Watertown and Weston) .- Justice, Enos T. Luce. Special Justices, Sam'l P. Abbott, Edw. Irving Smith. Clerk, Dudley Roberts.
THIRD EASTERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Cambridge; jurisdiction in Cam- bridge, Arlington and Belmont) .- Justice, Chas. Almy. Special Justices, Sam'l W. McDaniel, Augustine J. Daly. Clerk, Emerson W. Law.
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FOURTH EASTERN MIDDLESEX (court held at Woburn: jurisdiction in Stone- ham, Wilmington, Woburn, Winchester and Burlington). - Justice, Edw. F. Johnson. Special Justices, Geo. S. Littlefield, Chas. D. Adams. Clerk, Arthur E. Gage.
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX (court held at Concord; jurisdiction in Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow and Lexington) .- Justice, John S. Keyes. Special Justices, Henry C. Merwin, Prescott Keyes.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
EAST NORFOLK (court held at Quincy; jurisdiction in Randolph, Braintree, Cohasset, Weymouth, Quincy, Holbrook and Milton) .- Justice, Jas. Humphrey. Special Justices, , E. Granville Pratt. Clerk, John P. S. Churchill.
SOUTHERN NORFOLK (court held at Stoughton and Canton; jurisdiction in Stoughton, Canton, Sharon and Avon) .- Justice, Oscar A. Marden. Special Jus- tices, Bushrod Morse, Henry F. Buswell. Clerk, Bartholomew R. Doody.
PYMOUTH COUNTY.
SECOND PLYMOUTH (court held at Abington and Hingham; jurisdiction in Abington. Rockland, Hingham, Hull, Hanover, Hanson. South Abington, Scitu- ate and Norwell) .- Justice, Geo. W. Kelley. Special Justice, Walter L. Bouve. Clerk, Otis W. Soule.
THIRD PLYMOUTH (court held at Plymouth; jurisdiction in Plymouth, Kings- ton, Plympton, Pembroke, Duxbury and Marshfield) .- Justice, Chas. G. Davis. Special Justices, Wm. S. Danforth, Dan'l E. Damon. Clerk, Benj. A. Hathaway.
FOURTH PLYMOUTH (court held at Middleboro and Wareham: jurisdiction in Middleboro, Wareham, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester) .- Jus- tice, Geo. D. Alden. Special Justices, Lemuel LeB. Holmes, Nathan Washburn. Clerk, Wm. L. Chipman.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
FIRST NORTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Athol and Gardner; jurisdiction in Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Gardner and Hub- bardston) .- Justice, Chas. Field. Special Justices, Jas. A. Stiles, Sidney P. Smith. Clerk, Chas. B. Boyce.
FIRST SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Southbridge and Webster; jurisdiction in Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, Oxford and Web- ster) .- Justice, Andrew J. Bartholomew. Special Justices, Henry J. Clark, Victor W. Lamoureux.
SECOND SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Blackstone and Uxbridge; jurisdiction in Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas and Northbridge) .- Justice, Ar- thur A. Putnam. Special Justice, Wm. J. Taft.
THIRD SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Milford; jurisdiction in Mil- foru. Mendon and Upton) .- Justice, Chas. A. Dewey. Special Justices, Chas. E. Whitney, Lowell E. Fales.
FIRST EASTERN WORCESTER (court held at Westboro and Grafton; jurisdic- tion in Northboro, Southboro, Westboro and Grafton) .- Justice, Edw. C. Bates. Special Justices, Benj. B. Nourse, Luther K. Leland.
SECOND EASTERN WORCESTER (court held at Clinton; jurisdiction in Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster and Sterling) .- Justice, Christopher C. Stone. Special Justices, Jona. Smith, Edmond A. Evans. Clerk, Frank E. How- ard.
CENTRAL WORCESTER (court held at Worcester; jurisdiction in Worcester, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, West Boylston, Boylston, Holden and Shrewsbury) .- Justice, Sam'l Utley. Special Justices, Geo. M. Woodward, Hollis W. Cobb. Clerk, John A. Thayer.
POLITICAL DISTRICTS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
District No. 1 .- Towns in Berkshire County : Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock. Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford. New Marlboro, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor. Franklin County : Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Ley- den, Monroe, Rowe, Shelburne, Whately. Hampden County : Agawam, Bland- ford, Chester, Granville, Holyoke, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, West Springfield. Hampshire County : Chesterfield. Cummington, Goshen, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton, West- hampton, Williamsburg, Worthington.
Total, 70 towns; population 170,297.
District No. 2 .- Towns in Franklin County: Erving, Leverett, Montague, . New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell. Hampden County : Brimfield. Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Wales. Wilbraham. Hampshire County : Amherst, Belchertown, Easthampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley. Ware. Worcester County : Athol, Barre, Brookfield, Dana, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Warren, West Brookfield, Winchendon.
Total, 49 towns; population 173,951.
District No. 3 .- Towns in Middlesex County : Hopkinton. Worcester County : Auburn, Blackstone, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Mendon, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, South- bridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westboro, West Boylston, Worcester.
Total, 26 towns; population 171,484.
District No. 4 .- Towns in Middlesex County : Acton, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Boxboro, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dunstable, Framingham, Groton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlboro, Maynard, Natick, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Waltham, Wayland, Westford, Weston. Norfolk County : Wellesley. Worcester County : Ashburnham, Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clin- ton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lu- nenburg, Northboro, Princeton, Southboro, Sterling, Westminster.
Total, 49 towns; population 170,221.
District No. 5 .- Towns in Essex County : Andover, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, North Andover, Peabody. Middlesex County : Dracut, Lowell, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wilmington, Woburn.
Total, 13 towns; population 172,178.
District No. 6 .- Towns in Essex County : Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Brad- ford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haver- hill, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead. Merrimac, Middleton. Newbury, New- buryport, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wen- ham, West Newbury.
Total, 26 towns; population 169,418.
District No. 7 .- Towns in Essex County : Lynn, Nahant, Saugus. Middlesex County : Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield. Suffolk County: Wards 4 and 5, Boston, Chelsea, Revere.
Total, 12 towns and wards; population 174,866.
District No. 8 .- Towns in Middlesex County : Arlington, Cambridge, Med- ford, Somerville, Winchester. Suffolk County : Wards 9, 10 and 11, Boston.
Total, 8 towns and wards; population 174,274.
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District No. 9 .- Towns in Suffolk County: Wards 1, 2. 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17 and 18, and Precincts 2, 3, 4 and 6 of Ward 19, Boston, and Winthrop.
Total, 11 wards and towns and 4 precincts of Ward 19; population 170,458.
District No. 10 .- Towns in Norfolk County: Milton, Quincy. Suffolk Coun- ty : Wards 13, 14 and 15, and Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Ward 19, and Wards 20, 22 and 24, Boston.
Total, 8 wards and towns and 5 precincts of Ward 19; population 174,008.
District No. 11 .- Town in Bristol County: North Attleboro. Middlesex County: Belmont, Holliston, Newton, Sherborn, Watertown. Norfolk County: Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Med- field, Medway, Millis, Needham. Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, Wren- tham. Suffolk County : Wards 21, 23 and 25, Boston. Worcester County : Hope- dale, Milford.
Total, 27 towns and wards; population 173,185.
District No. 12 .- Towns in Bristol County: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Mansfield, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Taunton. Norfolk County : Avon. Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Holbrook, Randolph, Stoughton, Weymouth. Plymouth County: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kings- ton, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plymp- ton, Rockland, Scituate, West Bridgewater, Whitman.
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