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$36,687 88
PAYMENTS.
Paid School building note
$1,000 00
Paid temporary loan 5,000 00
$6,000 00
Paid coupons water loan
$1,288 00
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Paid coupons school building loan. . 402 50
Paid interest on temporary loans ... 51 85
Paid interest Town School Fund note 29 09
$1,771 44
Paid State tax
$945 00
Paid repairs State highway. 90 30
Paid penalty, Chapt. 81, Sec. 42, re- vised Laws 4 00
Paid County tax
591 43
$1,630 73
Paid Selectmen's orders :
Current and incidental $795 37
Salaries
1,059 30
Town Hall
155 19
Forest fires
ISS IO
Support of Poor
528 47
Soldiers' relief
60 00
State aid
160 00
Highways
1,258 49
Sidewalks
48 40
Snow bills
460 98
Street lighting
794 99
Fire Department
389 80
Liquor law
25 00
Memorial Day
75 00
Water supply
3,294 68
Water incidentals
2.310 77
Water
629 16
$12,233 70
Paid School Committee orders :
Teachers $4,887 90
Transportation 1,216 00
Fuel
869 57
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Janitor
624 00
$7,597 47
Superintendent of Schools. 532 50
Books and supplies 474 91
Incidentals 629 39
Paid Trustees of Public Library orders : Bills approved $402 91
$9,234 27
$402 91
Paid Assessors' orders :
Abatement of taxes, 1908. $10 00
Abatement of taxes, 1909. 26 50
$36 50
Cash on hand January 31, 1910: For account of Public Library. $30 07
For account of State School Fund 960 71
For general account 6.387 55
$7.378 33
Total
$38,687 88 WALTER E. BAARDEN, Town Treasurer.
Interest Accounts
RECEIPTS ..
Appropriation $2,000 00 Received on, deposit Manufacturers National Bank 56 68
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Received on deposit Jose Parker & Co. 42 34
Received on accrued interest on water bonds,
sold 23 03
Received on taxes, 1908 9 55
Received on taxes, 1909 8 57
Total
$2,140 17
PAYMENTS.
Paid Jose Parker & Co., interest on $5,000, note
dated July 22, 1909, 104 days, rate 3.59. . 51 85 Paid Feb. 27, coupons water loan rate 4 per cent. 588 00
Paid April 29, coupons School House loan, rate 31/2 per cent. 210 00
Paid August 28, coupons on water supply loan, rate 4 per cent. 700 00
Paid October 28, coupons school house loan, 31/2 per cent. 192 50
Paid January 31, interest on Town School Fund note, rate 4 per cent 29 09
Total
$1,771 44
Unexpended balance 368 73
Total
$2,140 17
Public Library Account
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand February 1, 1909 $32 98
Appropriation 400 00
Total
$432 98
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PAYMENTS.
Paid bills approved by Trustees. $402 91
$402 91
Unexpended balance January 31, 1910
30 07
Total 4 $432 98
State School Fund Account
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1909. $1,073 03
Received from State January 1910 1,277 80
$2,350 83
Transferred by order of School Committee. . 1,390 12
Balance on hand Jan. 31, 1910. $960 71
Town School Fund
Note of the town, payable in 1921. $727 30
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Regular Town Debt
LIABILITIES.
II School House Bonds $ 11,000 00
Note due Town School Fund 727 30
Accrued interest on School House Bonds. 96 25
Accrued interest on Watter Supply Bonds 583 33 Amount due Town of Wrentham 1,433 82
Outstanding bills 1,300 00
Total
$15,140 70
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ASSETS.
Due from State for Superintendent of Schools. $187 50
Due from State for inspection of animals 30 00
Due from State for State aid 160 00
Due from other sources
800 00
Due from uncollected taxes 2,737 28
Cash on hand
7,378 33
$11,293 II
Net debt Jan. 31, 1910
$3,847 59
Net debt Jan. 31, 1909. 7,162 81
Reduction of debt $3,315 22
Town Water Debt
50 coupon notes, value $700.00 each, issued Sept. I, 1908, payable two on Sept. 1, 1913, and two annually thereafter, interest payable semi-annually, rate 4 per cent per annum. . $35,000 00
WALTER E. BARDEN,
Town Treasurer.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on Monday, the fifteenth (15th) day of March, A. D. 1909, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To consider and act upon the reports of the Se- lectmen, Treasurer and other Town Officers.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, viz: Three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, one Treasurer, one Clerk, one Trustee of Public Library for three years, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Sur-
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veyor of Highways, one Water Commissioner, one Tree Warden, three Constables, one member of the School Com- mittee for three years, and also upon the same ballot, to vote upon the question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?" and also to vote to see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 209, An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire. All officers, except as above named, are to be chosen for one year.
The polls will be open at 9:30 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 2 p. m.
ART. 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for :
Ist. The support of schools the current year.
2nd. For school books and incidentals the current year.
3rd. For the employment of a Superintendent of Schools.
4th. For the support of the Public Library.
5th. For the payment of salaries of the different Town officers.
6th. For current and incidental expenses the current year.
7th. For the support of the poor the current year.
8th. For highways and bridges the current year, and determine how it shall be expended.
9th. For State and military aid the current year.
Ioth. For Memorial Day.
IIth.
For payment of interest the current year.
I2th.
For Fire Department the current year.
13th. For lighting the streets the current year.
14th. For the employment of a school physician.
15th. For current and incidental expenses of Water De- partment.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town Hall free of charge to George H. Maintien Post 33, G. A. R., three days the current year.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town
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Hall free of charge to the Fire Department two evenings the current year.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town Hall free of charge to the Alumni Association one evening the current year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Dollars to be used for the preservation of the Angle Tree Monument.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the water mains to any section of the Town on a guarantee of 5 per cent. upon the cost.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars or any part thereof for the purchase of a Stone Crusher and Steam Roller.
ART. II. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow a sum of money not to exceed Five Thousand Dol- lars and issue the notes or bonds of the Town for the same, said sum to be used for the purchase of a Stone Crusher and Steam Roller.
ART. 12. To see how much money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for the suppression of the sale of in- toxicating liquors, and for the apprehension and prosecution of offenders against the law relating to the illegal keeping and sale of such liquors, and instruct the Selectmen to em- ploy efficient agents and counsel to prosecute such offenders.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take with re- gard to the collection of taxes the current year, fix the com- pensation of the Collector, and determine the rate of interest to be charged on taxes remaining unpaid after November I, 1909.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety on the Collector's, or other Town officers' bonds, placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same,
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all of the means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed Collector.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning Feb- ruary I, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town there- for, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 17. To choose any committee to hear the report of any committee an act thereon.
Hereof fail not, and make due returns of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk in conformity to the public statutes, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal of the Town of Plainville, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
(Signed)
WM. F. MAINTIEN, GEO. F. CHEEVER, JOSEPH F. BREEN, Selectmen of Plainville. [SEAL.]
CONSTABLE'S RETURN ON WARRANT.
PLAINVILLE, Mass., March 15, 1909.
This certifies that I have served the foregoing warrant as therein directed by posting ten copies in various places within the Town of Plainville.
(Signed)
DANIEL CROTTY,
Constable.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss .:
March 15, 1909.
Then personally appeared Daniel Crotty, Constable of Plainville and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true, before me.
(Signed) JAMES H. SHANNON, Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk, Plainville.
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Record of Proceedings of Annual Meeting
Monday, March 15, 1909.
The Annual Town Meeting was opened at 9 o'clock a. m. by Town Clerk J. H. Shannon reading the warrant. Prayer was offered by the Rev. George M. Bailey.
ARTICLE I. On motion of George W. Wood it was voted that John H. Greven cast one ballot for H. F. Keeney for Moderator. Mr. Greven not being present the vote was re- considered and on motion of H. E. Coombs it was voted unanimously that C. W. Bragg cast one ballot for H. F. Keeney, which ballot being cast, Mr. Keeney was declared elected Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. On the acceptance of the reports of the sev- eral town officers, attention was called to errors in the print- ed report as follows: On page thirteen the amounts recom- mended for appropriation for State Aid and Street Lighting should be reversed so as to read: for State Aid, $150 and for Street Lighting, $900, on page twenty-nine, Water Com- missioners' report $3,500 should read $35,000, on page sixty- two,. Section 10, amount appropriated for Memorial Day should read $75, instead of $150.
It was voted that the reports of the various town officers be accepted as printed the above errors being corrected.
ARTICLE 3. Election of Town Officers. Receipts were taken for ballots, lists and election apparatus, and the ballot box and apparatus examined and found in proper condition and the polls were declared open at 9:30 o'clock a. m. and
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the voters proceeded to elect the several town officers and vote upon the license question.
Ballot Clerks-John McQuade, Frank W. Gardner. .
Tellers-Harry B. Thompson, Oliver P. Brown.
Presiding Officer-H. F. Keeney, Moderator.
Constable-A. L. Keyes.
Other town officers not required to be chosen by ballot, were elected as follows :
Fence Viewers-Charles N. Moore, Frank E. Hill.
Field Drivers-A. L. Keyes, Clarence E. Chace.
Measurers of Wood and Lumber-Edward C. Barney, Sylvester Smith, Walter C. Pond.
ARTICLE 4. Appropriations. On motion of Rufus King it was voted to appropriate and raise the sum of Fifty Two Hundred Dollars, together with the Dog Fund, interest on School Fund and receipts in School Department for Teach- ers wages, care, fuel and transportation of scholars.
On motion of John W. Blackwell it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars be granted for school inci- dental expenses.
On montion of J. W. Blackwell it was voted to grant the. sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars for School Books.
On motion of Gardner Warren, it was voted to grant the sum of Five Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars for the em- ployment of a Superintendent of Schools.
On motion of F. W. Northup, it was voted to grant the sum of Four Hundred Dollars for Support of Library.
For the payment of Salaries and Current and Incidental expenses, on motion of J. F. Breen, the sum of Two Thous- and Dollars together with the receipts from Town Hall, was granted.
On motion of J. F. Breen, the sum of Five Hundred Dol- lars was granted for the Support of Poor.
The sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars for Highways and. Bridges and Two Hundred Dollars for Sidewalks was granted on motion of E. C. Barney, and that the amounts be expended by the Highway Surveyor.
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The sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars on motion of Herbert E. Thompson, was granted for State and Military Aid.
On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, the sum of Sev- enty-five Dollars was granted to be expended by the Quar- termaster of G. H. Maintien Post 133, G. A. R., in observ- ance of Memorial Day.
On motion of George W. Wood, the sum of Two Thou- sand dollars together with interest receipts, other than School Fund interest, was granted for payment of interest.
It was here voted unanimously that William F. Maintien have the privilege of addressing the meeting during its pro- ceedings without any further vote.
It was voted that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars be granted for the Fire Department on motion of J. F. Breen.
The sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars was granted on motion of J. F. Breen for Street Lighting the current year.
It was voted on motion of Rufus King, that the School Committee employ a School Physician, and that the sum of Fifty Dollars of School Incidental appropriation be allowed therefor.
On motion of J. F. Breen, seconded by W. H. Nash, the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars for current ex- penses and Five Hundred Dollars for incidental expenses of the Water Department, was granted.
ARTICLE 5. On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, the use of the Town Hall free of charge was granted to G, H. Main- tien Post 133, G. A. R., three days the current year.
ARTICLE 6. On motion of J. J. Eiden, the use of the Town Hall free of charge was granted the Fire Department two evenings the current year.
ARTICLE 7. On motion of Gardner Warren, the use of the Town Hall free of charge was granted the Alumni As- sociation one evening the current year.
ARTICLE 8. It was voted that this article be laid on the table.
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ARTICLE 9. On motion of J. P. Zilch, it was voted that the Water Commissioners be authorized to extend the water mains to any section of the Town on a guarantee of five per- cent of the cost.
ARTICLE IO. On motion of George W. Wood, this arti- cle was laid on the table.
ARTICLE II. On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, this article was laid on the table.
ARTICLE 12. On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, it was voted to appropriate and raise the sum of One Hundred Dollars for suppression of sale of intoxicating liquors, and for the apprehension and prosecution of offenders against the law relating to the illegal keeping and sale of such liquors and that the Selectmen be instructed to employ efficient agents and counsel to prosecute such offenders.
ARTICLE 13. On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, it was voted that the sum of One Hundred Dollars be paid the Tax Collector for compensation and that Twenty-five Dollars of said sum be paid in advance and that six per cent. per annum be charged on taxes remaining unpaid Novem- ber I, 1909.
ARTICLE 14. On motion of Herbert E. Thompson, it was voted that sureties on the Collector's and other town officers' bonds, be placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and that the cost be paid from the grant for current and inci- dental expenses.
ARTICLE 15. On motion of J. F. Breen, it was voted that the Collector of Taxes be authorized to use all the means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed Collector.
ARTICLE 16. It was voted that the Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen or a major- ity thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning February 1, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor,
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payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ARTICLE 17. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
On motion of H. E. Thompson, it was voted that the Board of Fire Engineers be a Committee authorized to dis- pose of the Chemical Engine in any manner it deems best for the best interests of the Town.
On motion of Walter E. Barden, it was voted that a Com- mittee of five persons be appointed by the Chairman to re- call from the Attorney General the By-Laws submitted to him, and revise the same and report at a subsequent meet- ing.
The Committee appointed by the Chair was as follows : Walter E. Barden, J. F. Breen, Herbert E. Thompson, Percy E. Fisher and John J. Eiden.
Voted that the letter from Selectman William F. Main- tien, published in the Annual Report be incorporated in the Town Records of this meeting.
To the Citizens of the Town of Plainville:
It is with a feeling of deep regret that I leave Plainville, the town of my birth, and where the greater part of my life to the present time has been spent, and I desire to take this opportunity to thank the voters of the town for the many honors they have conferred upon me, assuring them that in the different offices which I have held that the duties have been performed to the best of my ability and for the best in- terest and welfare of the town as in my judgment they ap- peared.
In a public office it should not be expected that every one is to be satisfied and it has not been my aim to do this, but I have always considered the town's interests above those of individuals and have endeavored to govern my acts ac- cordingly.
I trust that in the future I may be of some assistance in
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the upbuilding of the town of Plainville and that my suc- cessor in office will be given the support and assistance in his labors that is most certainly but a small part of the re- ward that should be given a town officer who performs his duties.
WILLIAM F. MAINTIEN.
Mr. Maintien was invited to address the meeting, but Mr. Maintien arose and said he had nothing to say.
The Selectmen were instructed to have the Annual Re- ports issued a week before the next Annual Meeting.
On motion of Walter E. Barden, a recess was here taken till 2 o'clock p. m.
AFTER RECESS.
On motion of W. E. Barden, Article 17 was again taken up and it was voted on motion of Mr. Barden that two per- sons be added to the Committee on By-Laws, one of the two to be the Town Clerk. The Chair appointed Town Clerk J. H. Shannon to be one member of the Committee, and W. H. Nash to be the other member added.
On motion of J. F. Breen the polls were closed at 2:15 o'clock p. m.
The ballot box registered one hundred and eighty-nine, the number of names checked on list as voting was one hundred and eighty-nine and one hundred and eighty-nine ballots were cast. The result of the count of ballots was as follows :
For Town Clerk-One Year.
James H. Shannon, Republican I76
Blanks I3
For Treasurer-One Year.
Walter E. Barden, Republican I73
Blanks I6
For Selectmen and Overseers of Poor-One Year.
Joseph F. Breen, Republican 147
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George F. Cheever, Nom. P. and Republican. 113
Rufus King, Republican 149 William H. Nash, Nom. Paper 97
Blanks
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For Assessor-Three Years
William E. Blanchard, Republican 178
Blanks
II
For Trustee Public Library-Three Years.
Fred W. Northup, Republican 170
Blanks
19
For School Committee-Three Years.
Gardner Warren,-Republican 169
Blanks
20
For Collector of Taxes-One Year.
George W. Wood, Republican 176
Blanks
I3
For Auditor-One Year.
163
John J. Eiden, Republican
Blanks
26
For Highway Surveyor-One Year.
Edward C. Barney, Republican 169
Blanks
20
For Tree Warden-One Year.
Edward C. Barney, Republican 16I
Blanks
28
For Water Commissioner-One Year.
Charles N. Moore, Republican 172
Blanks
17
For Constables, (Three)-One Year. Daniel Crotty, Republican 165
E. Wright Sargent, Republican 165
John H. Shroeder, Republican 166 Blanks 71
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On the question : Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this town?
Yes 42
No 125
Blanks 22
On a separate ballot on the question : "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year Nineteen Hundred and Eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of for- est or sprout lands from fire,' be accepted by this Town ?" One hundred and thirty-eight ballots were cast.
Yes 109
No 21
Defective
I
Blanks 7
Acts of 1908, Chapter 209 appended hereto.
The result of the balloting was declared, the ballots and sheets were sealed up. Town Clerk Shannon was sworn in by Moderator Keeney and the meeting was adjourned at 4 :30 o'clock p. m.
(Signed)
JAMES H. SHANNON,
Town Clerk.
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Chapter 209, Acts of 1908
"AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOREST OR SPROUT LANDS FROM FIRE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION I. In a town which accepts the provisions of "this act or has accepted a corresponding provision of earlier laws no fires shall be set in the open air between the first "day of April and the first day of December, except by the written permission of the forest warden: provided, that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leaves and brush from yards may be burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, but in every case such fire shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any forest or sprout lands, and shall be properly attended until it is ex- tinguished. The forest warden shall cause public notice to be given of the provisions of this section, and shall enforce the same. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to fires which may be set in accordance with regu- lations and methods approved by the superintendent for sup- pressing the gypsy and brown tail moths.
SECTION 3. The state forester shall notify every town in the Commonwealth of the passage of this act by sending at
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least three printed copies thereof to the Town Clerk, who shall post the same in conspicuous places.
SECTION 4. The state forester and forest war len may ar- rest without a warrant any persons found in the act of set- ting a fire in violation of any provision of this act.
SECTION 5. The Selectmen of every town shall cause this act to be submitted to the voters for their acceptance at the next annual meeting of the town after the passage of this act. The vote shall be taken by separate ballot, and shall be "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question print- ed upon the ballot: "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year Nineteen Hundred and Eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this town?" A majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at such meeting shall be required for the acceptance of this act; and upon such acceptance the provisions of section twenty-four of chapter thirty-two of the Revised Laws shall cease to apply to any town which has previously accepted that section. [Approved March 14, 1908.]
Accepted at Annual Meeting March 15, 1909.
JAMES H. SHANNON, Town Clerk.
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Annual State Election
The Annual State Election was held at the Town Hall, Tuesday Nov. 2, 1909, at 5.45 o'clock a. m., and was opened by Town Clerk James H. Shannon reading the warrant. The election officers were sworn in' as follows :
Tellers-Gardner Warren, John McQuade.
Ballot Clerks-Oliver P. Brown, Henry Noonan.
Presiding Officer-Rufus King.
Ballots and election apparatus were turned over to the officers and receipts taken therefor. The ballot box and ap- paratus were examined and found to be in proper condition and the polls were declared open at six o'clock a. m., and the qualified voters immediately proceeded to prepare and cast their ballots.
By unanimous consent of all the election officers the bal- lot box was opened at a quarter past two o'clock p. m. when the box registered two hundred and twenty-one ballots. There were two hundred and twenty-one ballots in the box at this time and the number of names checked on the list as having voted was two hundred and twenty-one. The Tellers then proceeded to make a count of the votes al- ready cast.
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