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I recommend that the sum of two hundred dollars be appro- priated for trimming the trees on the highways the coming year.
Respectfully,
H. FRANK WINSLOW, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
To the Board of Selectmen of Norwood :
GENTLEMEN : I submit to you my report as Inspector for the year. A general inspection of all cattle and swine, and the premises where same were kept was made during the month of November and December, and a written report of the condition of each barn or stable was sent to the Chief of the Cattle Bureau. But three cattle were found to be diseased, and were quarantined, but owing to lack of funds to pay expenses they were ordered released by Cattle Bureau, and same was done. Twenty cattle were brought from out of the state, were kept in quarantine until tested and found to be free from disease and then released. Three suspected cases of Glanders or Farcy were reported, two of which upon examination by Agent of Cattle Bureau were found to be healthy, they were released, the other was taken by Ward and premises disinfected according to law. Owing to the prevalence of Glanders in surrounding towns the water in water- ing troughs was ordered shut off and has been kept so. Number of cattle inspected was three hundred and seventy-eight. Num- ber of swine sixty-nine.
Respectfully yours, ALBERT FALES, Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
The closing year at the library has been a busy one. While the circulation has slightly diminished, the library nevertheless has enlarged its field of usefulness.
The use of the library by the High School pupils has increased noticeably, not only in supplementary reading but in the use of reference books as well. Other schools are now taking up a similar line of work and doubtless equally good results will be shown.
Books have been purchased to the limit of the appropriation with special care in the selection by the trustees of the best cur- rent fiction of the day as well as the most recent books of bi- ography, travel and reference, while the works of standard authors have been added to or replaced as far as funds have permitted. Fifteen books from houses containing cases of in- fectious diseases have been burned.
In October, responding to an invitation extended by us, the Massachusetts Library Club held its regular meeting in Library Hall; dinner was served by Westover & Foss of Boston, in the dining hall of the Congregational Church.
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Some two hundred librarians and trustees from the cities and towns of mostly eastern Massachusetts attended, the occasion thus bringing together a large number of prominent literary peo- ple interested in library work. Words of admiration were heard on all sides for the beauty of Norwood and our handsome library building and hearty commendation for the systematic manner in which the library work here is conducted, a fact which coming
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as it did from those in position to judge was highly gratifying to your trustees. At the close of the afternoon session the club visited the Norwood Press, returning to Boston by special cars at five o'clock, the visitors declaring themselves much pleased with the day spent in Norwood.
In our report of a year ago we noted the fact of our having issued a Finding List of Fiction and stated that if it proved a success it was our purpose to issue other lists until all depart- ments of the library were covered. The demand for the list has been so small that the trustees do not feel warranted in going to the expense of issuing further finding lists at least for the present.
The Trustees desire to acknowledge and express thanks for the following gifts received during the year.
Massachusetts, 23 vols., 4 pamphlets.
United States, 10 vols., 23 pamphlets. 1
Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, I vol.
Norwood High School, I pamphlet.
Forbes Library, Northampton, I pamphlet.
Boston Public Library, I pamphlet.
Universalist Publishing House, I vol.
Harper & Brothers, I vol.
Macmillan Company, I vol.
J. Stearns Cushing, 2 vols.
Mrs. J. Stearns Cushing, Bulletins of the Ohio Mycological Society.
F. W. Crooker, Norwood Advertiser and Review, for Satur- day, July 23, 1887. (The first copy of a newspaper run through a press in Norwood.)
The usual financial statement for the year ending January 31, . 904, is appended, and in regard thereto the Trustees would say
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that there are bills unpaid for lack of funds amounting to over $100.00.
Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS H. PLIMPTON, Chairman, MARIA E. COLBURN, Secretary, MARTHA B. PARKER, IRVING S. FOGG, J. STEARNS CUSHING, WILLIAM T. WHEDON, Trustees.
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THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1903,
$ 47 15
Dog tax,
522 43
Town appropriation,
2,500 00
Income Chickering Fund,
7 55
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$3,077 13
EXPENDITURES.
Librarian, Mar. 1, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1904, $733 33
Assistant Librarian, Mar. 1, 1903, to Jan.
1, 1904,
294 70
Janitor, Mar. 1, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1904,
479 20
Gas,
275 99
Incidentals,
137 68
Coal and wood,
392 00
Papers and magazines,
97 95
Finding list of Fiction,
115 00
Books,
475 36
Binding,
53 00
$3,054 21
Balance in treasury,
22 92
$3,077 13 1
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees :
The following is a report of the Morrill Memorial Library.
The library has been open for the distribution of books every week day except the legal holidays, making in all 304 days.
CIRCULATION.
For 1901,
30,592 volumes.
1902,
34,713
1903,
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32,276
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Average daily circulation,
106
66
Largest daily circulation,
242
66
Smallest daily circulation,
33
66
PER CENT. OF CIRCULATION.
CLASS.
ADULT.
JUVENILE.
Fiction,
81.7
89.3
General works,
2.4
1.6
Philosophy,
.4
.I
Religion,
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.I
Sociology,
I.I
.6
Philology,
. I
.I
Natural science,
.9
1.5
Useful arts,
.5
.4
Fine arts,
I.
.6
Literature,
4.3
I.
History,
3.5
1.8
Travel and description,
1.6
1.7
Biography,
2.4
I.2
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100.
100.
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OF TOTAL CIRCULATION.
Adult, Juvenile,
59 per cent. 41 per cent.
REGISTRATION.
Whole number registered, 1903,
1,938
Names withdrawn, 72
1,866
Borrowers not previously registered,
20
New borrowers,
227
Whole number registered, 1904,
2,113
FINES.
Cash on hand, February 2, 1903, $ 6 8I
Received from fines, 124 82
$131 63
Paid out for supplies,
123 22
Cash on hand, February 1, 1904,
$8 41
Respectfully submitted,
JANE A. HEWETT,
February 1, 1904,
Librarian.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NORWOOD, January 31, 1904.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : - We herewith present our report of the Fire Department for the year ending January 31, 1904.
During the year there has been thirty-four (34) fires. Eleven (II) whistle, nineteen (19) still and four (4) where no alarms were given.
RECORD OF FIRES.
1903.
Feb. 6. Still alarm. Probable cause, spark from locomotive. Grass on Hill street.
12. Still alarm. Davis avenue, one and one-half story frame, owned by George Knoll.
20. Still alarm. 193 Saunders Road, owned by G. H. Smith. No damage.
Mar. 7. Still alarm. Probable cause, spark from locomotive. Grass near High Bridge.
14. Still alarm. Probable cause, spark from locomotive. Woods near High Bridge.
18. Still alarm. Probable cause, spark from locomotive. Grass near High Bridge.
24. Still alarm. Probable cause, spark from locomotive. Grass near High Bridge.
April 4. Still alarm. Tannery Dump.
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April 7. Time, 10.50 a. m. Box 26. Probable cause, over- heated chimney. 289 Railroad avenue, one and one-half story frame, owned by Mrs. John Lyden. Loss $40.
May
I. Still alarm. Grass on Granite street.
I. Still alarm. Woods on Summer street, owned by Sumner Bagley.
I. Time, 7.05 a. m. Box 36. Probable cause, burning out of chimney. Corner Cross and Guild streets, one and one-half story frame, owned by James C. Murphy. No damage.
IO. Still alarm. Grass on Green street.
13. Still alarm. Woods on Prospect street.
June 7. Still alarm. Woods on Neponset street.
19. Still alarm. Probable cause, chimney. 159 Wash- ington street, two and one-half story house, owned by Mrs. G. K. Bird. No damage.
. July 4. Time 2 a. m. Box 47. Probable cause, incendiary, near Balch School, owned by James Farren.
7. Time, 12.55 p. m. Box 17. Probable cause, child with matches. 22 Maple street, one and one- half story frame, owned by Mrs. Ellen Louis. Loss $80.
Sept. 19. Time, 7.30 p. m. No alarm. Probable cause, explosion of lamp. 116 Wilson street, one and one-half story frame, owned by J. P. Hamlin. Loss $25. 29. Time, 3.40 p. m. Box 26. Probable cause, chil- dren with matches. 8 Myrtle street, hay stack, owned by M. Drummy.
Oct. 15. Box 44. Cause unknown. Corner Washington and Winter street, one story frame, owned by E. E. Fisher. Loss $215.
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Oct. 31. Still alarm. Woods on Wilson street.
Nov. 15. Still alarm. Woods on Nahatan street.
24. Still alarm. Foundry street, rubbish near John Nu- gent's barn.
25. Still alarm. Grass on Broadway.
Dec. 3. Time 7 p. m. No alarm. Probable cause, gas jet. Saunders Road, three story frame, owned by J. S. Cushing. Loss $136.50.
6. Time, 8.40 p. m. Box 34. Probable cause, oily rags. 609 Washington street, two and one-half story frame, owned by H. R. Ellis. Loss $93.50.
13. Time, 9.15 a. m. Box 48. Cause unknown. 1091 Washington street, one and one-half frame, owned by Peter Feeney. Loss $231.
17. Time, 4.45 p. m. Box 34. Probable cause, gas jet. Washington street, three story brick building, owned by W. A. Talbot. Loss $3, 271.96.
19. Still alarm. Grass.
. 28. Time, 2.35 p. m. Box 37. N. Y. N. H. R. R. car shops. No damage.
1904 .
Jan. S. Time, 7 p. m. No alarm. Probable cause, lamp explosion. 16 Pine street, one and one-half story frame, owned by James Flaherty. Loss $24.
7. No alarm. Probable cause, wax taper. 854 Waslı- ington street, three story frame, owned by J. F. Hawkins. Loss $40.
30. Time, 12.05 p. m. Box 25. Probable cause, over- heated stove. Neponset street, tool house, owned by Albert Fales. Loss $150.
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APPARATUS IN DEPARTMENT.
House No. 1, Market street, one hook and ladder truck, one hose wagon, one hose reel, one pung, eight 3 gal. extinguishers.
House No. 2, Washington street, one hose wagon, one pung, one hose reel, two 6 gal. extinguishers, two 3 gal. extinguishers .
Hand Engine No. 1, Neponset street.
Hand Engine No. 2, out of service.
Four 6 gal. extinguishers at Hawes neighborhood.
No. of feet good hose 4,000.
No. of feet fair hose 750.
During the year repairs on apparatus, which is now in first class condition, have been made as follows :
On Hose Wagon No. I, new rear springs and painted.
Hook and ladder truck, painted.
Pung, new body.
The Board of Engineers make the following recommendations :
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2, 200 for the support of the Fire Department.
That Hand Engine No. 2 be repaired at an expense of about $100.
At the E. J. Shattuck School house the water pressure is very low, and we think that something should be done to give the building a better fire protection and we would recommend that hydrant be placed on the southerly end of the building.
We recommend again that the town take some action to secure a lot of land for a fire station and town yard.
And in conclusion we, the Engineers, would like to add our word of thanks to the outgoing Superintendent of the Fire Alarm, Dana H. Fisher.
He has faithfully and efficiently performed all the duties re- quired of him, and by his skill and efficiency made the fire alarm system a success from its start.
J. F. BOYDEN, H. F. WALKER, F. W. TALBOT, Board of Engineers.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
To the Board of Engineers :
GENTLEMEN : - The following is the seventh annual report of the town's Fire Alarm System. There has been about two miles of wire, with fixtures put up, and one new box No. 74 placed on Water street near F. W. Bird's Paroid Works. Mr. Dana H. Fisher, being about to resign as Superintendent of the Fire Alarm, and wishing to leave the system in first-class condition for his successor, gave the whole system a thorough repairing, which accounts for overrunning the appropriation. The material on hand consists of eighteen extensions, twelve two pin arms, two four pin cross arms, two break arms, seventy insulations, six coppers, twelve pounds vitriol, about twenty pounds bolts and lags, one third mile of number 9 bare wire, and construction tools. I recommend that the sum of $400 be raised and appro- priated for the support of the Fire Alarm System for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted, WARREN C. COTTRELL, Superintendent of Fire Alarm. 116
Records of Town Meetings, Vital Statistics and List of Jurors
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1904.
JOHN F. KILEY, Town Clerk.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Norwood, 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 Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1903, at six forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, namely : Three Select- men, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways ; one Town Clerk, one Town Treas- urer, one Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, and six Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, and two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?" " Also shall sections fifty-eight to sixty-four, inclusive, of chapter forty- eight of the revised laws relative to jurisdiction of towns over highways and county bridges be accepted."
ART. 3. To hear and act on the report of the Auditors on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Tax Collector's, Water Com- missioners' and Cemetery Commissioners' accounts.
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ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to accept of the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Seleetmen, and posted as re- quired by law.
ART. 5. To hear and aet on reports of committees.
ART. 6. To see what aetion the town will take in regard to the unexpended appropriations of the past year.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes for the present municipal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor. The debts in- eurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Colleetor of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treas- urer may use when aeting as Colleetor.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the support of the Morrill Memorial Library.
ART. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the use of George K. Bird Post No. 169, Grand Army of the Republie, for the pur- pose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Alarm System the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to water the streets the present year.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets the current year.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the sehools the ensuing year.
ART. 16. To see what appropriation the town will vote to convey children living in the out-lying districts to the Nor- wood schools.
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ART. 17. To see what appropriation the town will vote to pay the expense of children at the Truant School.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to meet the expenses of the Board of Health.
ART. 19. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in trimming shade trees the current year.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor.
ART. 21. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray the incidentaland other nec- essary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the current year.
ART. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways the cur- rent year.
ART. 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for building concrete walks and for set- ting edgestones the current year.
ART. 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for paving gutters the ensuing year.
ART. 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended in sanding sidewalks during winter months, or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 26. . To see what disposition the town will make of money received as excise tax from street railway companies.
ART. 27. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
ART. 28. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading and paying land damages on Prospect street the current year.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for street signs, or take any action in the matter.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote that the sum of seven hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-one cents, in
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payment of note authorized by special town meeting, July 8th, 1902, due April 1st, 1903, be appropriated and paid from the treasury of the Water Commissioners.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to lay three hundred feet of pipe or more in the land of F. J. Mahoney and others, now used by the town as a water course.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to accept a new way leading west from Savin Avenue over land of M. G. Smith, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to lay water mains on Mellville Avenue about three hundred feet, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose, subject to the usual guaranty.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to accept of the extension of Howard Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same, or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 35. To see if the town will accept of Fulton Street, between Nahatan Street and Railroad Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to build and gravel the same, or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to accept of Summit Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- priate money to gravel the same.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to accept of Central Street, from Park to Day Street, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Mylod Street to the house of John F. Freese, and raise and appropriate money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ART. 39. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of a horse for the Superintendent of Streets.
ART. 40. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay for the bonds for the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector,
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ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Norwood Gas Light Co. for street lighting for a term of years, or to take any other action in the matter.
ART. 42. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended in macadamizing streets for the present year.
ART. 43. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to grade Railroad Avenue, between Fulton Street and Prospect Street, and to build a sidewalk on the easterly side, or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or borrow money for the purchase of Prospect Park, for a public play ground or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 45. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appear before the General Court in favor of, and the Rep- resentative to the General Court to support the petition calling for the passage by the General Court and submission to the people of a constitutional amendment to allow munici- palities to establish fuel yards.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Rep- resentative to the General Court that the Congress of the United States be memorialized to secure national ownership of coal mines.
ART. 47. To see if the town will immediately elect, by a yea and nay vote, a committee of five to obtain information in regard to the minimum amount of money necessary to establish a coal and wood yard. Such committee to serve without pay, and make a report at the next town meeting.
ART. 48. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate to grade Monroe Street, between Rock Street and Cross Street, or take any other action.
ART. 49. To see whether the town will vote to adopt the following, and make the same a By-Law of the town, or take any other action in the matter : All persons engaged in the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles in the Town of Norwood, shall, before engaging in such business in said town, be required to procure a license from the Board of Selectmen upon application duly made
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therefor, which license shall be in the form provided by law. Any person violating the provisions of this By-Law shall for- feit twenty dollars for such offense, and whoever being so licensed violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his license, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars for such offence.
And the polls may be closed as early as four-thirty o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in this town seven days, at least, before the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Norwood, this eighteenth day of February, A. D. 1903.
FRED L. FISHER, RICHARD E. OLDHAM, SAMUEL M. WINSLOW,
Selectmen of Norwood.
NORFOLK, SS.
NORWOOD, February 21, 1903.
By virtue of this warrant I have served the within warrant by posting attested copies of the same in ten public places in said town seven days before the time of said meeting.
WARREN E. RHOADS, Constable of Norwood.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1903.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections, met at Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, March second, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, and were called to order at thirty-five minutes past six o'clock in
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the morning by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant call- ing the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1. At six forty-five o'clock in the morning the meeting nominated James A. Halloran and Hon. Frank A. Fales for Moderator. At six fifty o'clock the Town Clerk declared the polls open for the reception of votes. Cornelius Murphy and George Stewart had charge of the ballot box used in the election of Moderator, and Eben F. Gay and James A. Hartshorn had charge of the voting list, and were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty by the Town Clerk. After all had voted who wished, the polls were declared closed. The votes cast were sorted and counted, and declar- ation made by the Town Clerk as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, seventy-eight (78).
James A. Halloran had scven (7).
Hon. Frank A. Fales had seventy-one (71) and was declared Moderator elected Moderator.
Art. 2. The meeting was then called to order by the Moderator, and Article 2 was taken up.
The Ballot Clerks and Tellers who had been appointed by Ballot the Selectmen and Moderator were sworn as follows: Ed- Clerks ward P. Tucker, Conrad Readel, Arthur N. Hartshorn and Thomas F. Mahoney; George H. Dexter, Michael J. Murphy, Tellers Charles P. Dunn, John J. Tobin, Frank M. Readcl, Frank W. Talbot, Joseph Schuster and Milton L. Rock.
The Moderator appointed Constable Warren E. Rhoads to have charge of the ballot box and the space inside the railing.
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