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JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk.
MEETING OF TOWN CLERKS.
RANDOLPH, MASS., Nov. 16, 1900.
We, the undersigned, Town Clerks of Avon, Holbrook and Randolph, comprising Representative district number seven, in the County of Norfolk, hereby certify that at an election duly held at the respective towns aforesaid on the sixth day of November, 1900, to vote for one Representative, the following votes were given :
Henry Lawton Blanchard, of Avon,
A. 156
H. 246
R. 336
Total
738
John J. Collins, of Avon .
197
130
473
800
William F. Harding, of Avon
39
75
20
134
Blanks
14
37
58
109
Total of each town and the district,
406
488
887 1781
139
In accordance with the above vote, John J. Collins, of Avon, was declared elected and certificates to that effect were duly signed.
MORTIMER D. RICHARDSON, Town Clerk of Avon. ZENAS A. FRENCH, Town Clerk of Holbrook.
JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk of Randolph.
APPOINTMENTS RECORDED IN: 1900.
Special Police with pay : John Haney.
Special Police without pay : Edgar B. Makepeace, James H. Meaney, Thomas J. Kiernan, E. Lawrence Payne, Frank H. Jaquith, Edwin F. Knight, John P. Rooney, Thomas B. Jones.
Superintendent of Streets : Stillman B. Woodman.
Superintendent of Almshouse : Timothy M. O'Leary.
Field Driver : Adoniram A. Payne.
Registrar of Voters : James Fardy.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions : Lincoln Stetson. Keeper of Lockup : Arthur W. Alden.
Jurors drawn in 1900 .- Traverse : Lucius H. Mann, Wil - liam R. Roberts, Nicholas English, Frank H. Langley, Dex- ter T. Clark, Moses McGaughey, Joseph H. Foster, Nelson Mann, Rufus A. Thayer. Grand juror : William Porter.
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140
TABLE OF VITAL STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH FOR THE YEAR 1900.
The number of intentions of marriage, marriages, births and deaths recorded during the year 1900 was as follows :
MONTHS.
Intentions of Marriage.
Marriages.
Births.
Deaths.
January
3
4
3
February
I
2
6
6
March
I
2
IO
9
April
I
I
5
May
4
3
9
June
6
6
7
4
July
0
I
8
4
August
I
I
4
9
September
2
I
2
II
October
3
4
6
3
November
8
7
IO
7
December
I
3
5
7
Totals
31
35
75
8I
Whole number of births recorded
75
Males
45
Females
30
75
Parents, both native born
49
both foreign born
I5
one native, one foreign
II
75
Whole number of deaths .
8I
Males
50
Females
3I
Under five years of age
17
Between 5 and 10 years
3
10 and 20 years
3
20 and 30 years
4
30 and 40 years
4
40 and 50 years
4
50 and 60 years
8
60 and 70 years
II
70 and 80 years
13
80 and 90 years
I2
Unknown .
2
81
Whole number of intentions of marriage
31
Whole number of marriages
35
Couples both native born
27
both foreign born
2
one foreign, one native
6
35
8
6
SI
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1900.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
AGE.
Jan.
2.
Jeremiah E. Sullivan .
Randolph
27
Clara E. Foster .
·
Webster, Mass.
23
3.
John A. Sylvester, Jr. .
Randolph
27
Blanche L. Rounds
Randolph
34
6.
Peter B. Ordway . Bertha Mae Baker
.
·
21
20.
Herbert A. Knowles Carrie E. Holbrook
·
Randolph
21
Randolph
20
Feb.
9.
Edwin Scott Harvey Julia Eva Sweeney
·
South Braintree
18
21.
Joseph M. McGaughey Agnes G. Crone .
Randolph
24
Boston .
23
March 16.
John J. Prior
Randolph
31
Lillian M. Wade .
Brockton
18
21.
Winchester
32
Winchester
33
April 18.
Bertram C. Tirrell Beulah M. Allen .
.
Randolph
28
May
8.
John J. Golden
.
Randolph
29
Mary A. Egan
·
Brockton
26
17.
Percy C. Crockett Carrietta Rhodes
·
·
38
22.
George W. Jones
.
Randolph
27
Annie M. White
Randolph
2I
June
6.
Charles L. Crovo Katherine F. Mahoney
Randolph
21
.
Dorchester
18
·
.
(Butterfield)
Brockton
23
Brockton
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
Randolph
28
Randolph
33
Lynn
.
Benjamin F. Thompson Bertha G. Young
·
Randolph
24
·
.
142
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
AGE.
June 20.
James E. Sanderson
Randolph
2I
Bertha I. Genders
.
Holbrook
18
21.
Timothy Griffin
·
Randolph
30
Hannah Kelley
Randolph
26
27.
Edmund J. Barry
Randolph
25
Agnes F. McCarthy
.
Middleboro
.
24
28.
Leonard W. Packard
.
Lynn ·
25
Elizabeth W. Belcher
·
Randolph
26
30.
Charles E. May
Avon
27
J. Gertrude Thayer
Randolph
.
23
July
3
John J. Shea Margaret A. McGaughey
Randolph
.
23
Aug.
15.
Francis T. Mackedon .
·
Randolph
35
Annie J. Daly
.
Holbrook
32
Sept.
I2.
Edson N. Roel
Randolph
2I
Hattie E. Saunders
Randolph
20
Oct.
3.
Frank A. Long
Randolph
30
Alice R. Collins
Waltham
26
18.
Ray P. Blanchard
Randolph
21
Lizzie M. Collier
Avon
·
19
18.
Thomas K. Perry
Brockton
28
Lottie Edna Holbrook
Randolph
20
29.
H. Webster Hayden May E. Card
Randolph
40
Nov.
15.
David Matheson . Ida J. Morse
.
.
2I
2I.
Michael E. Leahy Margaret A. Reilly
Randolph
25
Randolph
26
2I.
John J. Brady
Randolph
24
Margaret F. Crone
Randolph
22
22.
Hiram E. Hayden
Randolph
19
Cora L. Lothrop .
Avon .
19
28.
Richard F. Forrest Bridget E. Dunn .
Randolph
.27
Randolph
22
.
.
Braintree
23
.
.
Randolph
44
(Thompson)
.
Randolph
.
25
Randolph
.
·
143
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
AGE.
Nov. 28.
Dennis E. Good .
Randolph
27
Mary F. Scanlon .
Randolph
25
29.
Frank H. Cullen Julie E. Sheehan .
.
Randolph
37
Randolph
23
Dec.
I.
George E. English Catherine A. Dear
·
Randolph
17
.
Randolph
18
16.
Irving Daniel Bailey
Randolph
24
Gertrude Luella Colburn
Randolph
22
19.
August J. Nelson Emma C. Anderson
.
Randolph
28
Randolph
.
20
.
144
BIRTHS
REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1900.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
1899.
Jan. 9.
Allen Fay Spear
M.
July 3.
- Gracy
.
F.
1900.
Jan. 8.
Eleanor Sullivan
F.
13.
Laurietta Rolęau
F.
21.
Gladys Udine Hiatt
.
F.
. Feb. 2. 12.
-- Illegitimate.
F.
14.
Henry Morgan .
.
M.
16.
Katherine Long
F.
22.
Hattie E. Neary
F.
25.
Joseph F. McGerigle
M. M.
19. 19.
Joseph Leo Keating .
.
M.
20. 20. 21. 21. 22.
Earl W. Harvey
M.
Robert H. Abbott
Robert Benson .
.
27.
John J. Sullivan, Jr.
.
.
April
Lucy M. Burrell - Illegitimate
.
.
James E. and Mamie-Fogg
May
Joseph E. Beale
.
Helen M. White
Albert L. Bohin
.
Annie Carroll .
.
Walter W. Larsen
.
Alice F. Rooney
.
26.
Mildred Nina Mann
.
Isabelle Dolan .
.
June
Marguerite O'Keefe .
.
23 23.
Edgar G. Duly .
.
Verna Irene Mahady
.
23.
William Carney
M.
- Stillborn.
Lillian Desmond
.
2.
Jeremiah Delaney
.
W. Ray and Hattie Maude-Fay John and Annie-McDonald
John A. and Annie E .- Lynch Esdas and Pomlian-Drana James and Essie-White
Alfred and Florida-Bizier
Edward H. and Bridget A .- Shay James F. and Mary J .- Hand James E., Jr., and Lillian-Pendergrass John and Nellie F .- Printy
Mar. 16.
Joseph F. O'Keefe Mary Alice Clark
Thomas Edward Daly Anna Leahy
.
.
F.
F. John E. and Kate F .- Toomey M. William E. and Jennie D .- Prior William H. and Annie B .- Leslie Joseph T. and Sarah A .- Farquhar Edwin S. and Julia E .- Sweeney Philip H. and Isabelle S .- Moreshead William F. and Josephine A .- Howe John J. and Mary E .- Dempsey George P. and Susie E .- Jones
27. 2 . 9. 22. 24.
Carl Austin - Stillborn
Kenneth B. Hutchinson Roderick A. White
.
.
28. 4 . 7. 8. 15. 18. 21.
George S. and Hattie A .- Blanchard Harry E. and Effie A .- Morrison Samuel G. and Emma L. Peterson George E. and Eva-Marlin August and Hannah-Anderson William H. and Mary A .- O'Connor Peter and Marian-Truelson John W. and Alice G .- Foley George E. and Della M .- Morse Thomas F. and Catherine J .- Pope Bartholomew and Hannah A .- Ahern Rufus E. and Mary E .- Grattan Henry S. and Marjorie-Robb
F. F. M. M. F. William H. and Ellen E .- Noonan William F. and Kate M .- Mullins
John and Annie-Bresnihan Patrick and Bridget-Collins
26. 29. July
27. 12. 18. Douglas E. Mann
M. M. M. F. M. M. M. M. M. M. F. .
M.
F.
M. F. F.
M. F. M.
F.
Irene Doyon
.
.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Cornelius and Catherine-Gaines
145
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
July
3.
Anna Brady
F. F.
Andrew J. and Mary E .- Fox Joseph H. and Annie M .- Reilly
IO.
Margaret M. Golden
F. M.
23.
Harold Kane
·
26.
- - Mann
F.
28.
Mary Ann Curry
F.
Aug.
8.
Raymond E. Bradshaw
M.
14.
Enery Everett Delano
·
M.
15.
Elmer Smith
·
M.
Fred and Florence-Haeney
30.
Edward H. Keith
·
M.
Oct.
2.
William J. Shepard
·
2.
WValdon E. Ireland
.
8. Richard Walsh
.
15.
Francis E. Good
22.
Henry D. Gill .
31.
Elsie May Taber
Olive M. Jones .
.
II.
Illegitimate
.
12. 19.
Frank L. Mahony ?
twins,
19.
Fred L. Mahony
21.
Mary Heney
Francis McCarthy
.
·
Roy Albert Holt
Ernest J. G. Taws
2.
Charles Leo Williams
.
18.
Bert G. Hanselpaker
.
M.
20.
Lucy H. Hall
F.
31.
- - Burrell
F.
.
M. Fred R. and Mary E .- Reardon William L. and Annie G .- Nightingale M. Luke and Bridget A .- Harty M. William H. and Mary E .- O'Connor William E. and Georgie C .- Knight John B. and Mary Ellen-Dwyer James J. and Annie M .- Foley William and Ellen-O'Leary Jesse E. and Minnie-Dushame George W. and Annie M .- White Thomas P. and Alice M .- Holbrook
Nov.
7. II.
Ray C. Kiley
.
Chester Eliot Claff
.
Mark B. and Mary-Hameson
Frank D. and Emma J .- Thompson
22. 29. 2. 30. Dec.
Ellen A. Nelson
F. M. M. M. M. M. F. M. F. M. M. M.
Joseph J. and Katie J .- White Jeremiah J. and Mary-McCarthy August and Emma-Anderson Albert J. and Florence I .- Putney William B. and Lillian-Godsland Arthur L. and Annie-Killelea Edwin N. and Ida M .- Martin Charles L. and Sophia H .- Vincent Henry G. and Emily F .- Hunt
·
Daniel J. and Mary E .- Dowling Charles E. and Mary-Kennedy Frank M. and Julia A .- Delano Hugh and Margaret A .- Troy Harry E. and Charlotte E .- Gillespie Archie W. and Belle R .- Marchant
Sept. 16. 30.
William L. Pulson, Jr. Luke Mulligan .
.
·
M. M.
. M. · M. F. .
.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
7.
Helen F. Foster
146
DEATHS REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1900.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M. D.
Tan. 5.
John T. McAuliffe
·
34
7 IO
Tuberculosis
IO.
Leroy B. French
·
20
7
I7
Tuberculosis
.
16.
Jane Farrell
80
Hemorrhage of brain
19.
Charles E. Belcher
56
7
16
Consumption
.
22.
James Gogan
66
Tumor of bowels
.
25.
Cecelia B. Campion .
67
Epilepsy
South Boston
27.
Nathan A. Tolman
. 76
10
9
Bright's disease
.
Feb.
4.
Frederick S. Howard .
41
9 16
Typhoid fever, heart failure
5.
Julius E. Mann .
.
29
2
19
Consumption Gastritis
Randolph Randolph Ireland . ·
13.
Mary Doyon
-
IO
Infantile
Randolph
18.
Isannah H. Littlefield
88
II
IO
Fatty degen. of heart .
Randolph
18.
Catherine E. Delaney John M. Curran
60
- Entero-colitis .
Ireland
9.
Lucy Mildred Dolan .
-
3 Tubercular meningitis 5
Randolph Ireland
18.
Hannah E. Faunce
53
3
15
Pneumonia
Randolph
21.
Frances J. Brady
33
7
7 Pulmon'y tuberculosis
Randolph
21.
Almira Fowle
84
Pneumonia
Newburyport
22.
Charles H. Belcher
58
IO
25
Typhoid pneumonia .
Randolph
23
Edward Wall
.
80
Chronic cystitis
Ireland
30.
John J. McGuckin Elsie E. Jensen .
69
9 -
Chronic cardiac dilitation
Ireland
II.
Ellen M. French
84
9 23
Old age
Barnstable
12.
Dorothy G. Fischer
3
3
Meningitis .
Randolph
17.
Hugh Clark
73
Disease of heart .
Ireland
22. 22. 23. 8.
May E. Newton .
8
3
7
IO.
George E. White
35
7 24
21.
Horace A. Hatch
64
2
7
Diphtheria
Randolph
31.
John W. Kelly
84
8
24
Old age
·Weymouth
Lincoln F. Cobb
So
6
2
Asthma, heart failure
Eastham
14.
Catherine Flynn ·
73
26.
Stillborn
Chronic bronchitis
Gardner, Me.
July
Harriet E. Winnett .
87
4
9
Old age
Boston
19
8 25
Phthisis ·
Randolph
15.
Wade Carlton Belcher Alice Vaughn ·
84
Old age
Ireland
27.
John O'Sullivan .
65
-
Disease of heart
·
Ireland
.
·
Randolph Ireland
E. Stoughton
9.
Lawrence Ormsby
76
II
10
18 Hemorrhage of brain
Brockton
Mar. 8.
I2.
Ann Crosby
73
Hematurea
44
26
Acute gastritis
Randolph
April I.
Abscess of liver .
Denmark
7.
Thomas Devine
·
Stillborn
Randolph
.
2
Jaundice
Randolph
·
69
Ireland
May
Fairfield, Me.
23.
Timothy W. Manning
7
6
9
·
31. June 7.
Thomas Daly
Abdominal tumor ·
Ireland
Chronic cardiac dilitation
Ireland
Charles V. Clay
.
77
4
26
30. IO. 13.
Dennis Doonan . Peter McConaty
Cerebral hemorrhage . Cerebro-spinal meningitis
.
·
.
Typhoid bilious fever Malaria, paralysis
Randolph Northumberland, N.H.
·
.
·
.
.
-
·
Randolph Holbrook Ireland
-
147
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
Aug. 6.
William D. S. Fernald Margaret O'Keefe
74 4 28
Heart disease
.
Fermental diarrhoea . Randolph
IO.
Catherine Long
-
24
Cardiac failure
·
II.
Earl E. Wade
I
2 II
Cholera infantum
·
Caroline E. Veazie
83
4 25
Cerebral softening
.
Randolph
William Carney
Randolph
26.
Daniel D. Donnelly
I
5
Cholera infantum
.
26.
Carl E. Austin .
4
17
Cholera infantum
·
John Moore
61
Dysentery .
.
.
Ireland
James Dean
58
68
Cystitis
Wales, Mass.
Jonathan S. Niles
80
5
12
Consumption®
.
Randolph
20.
Samuel B. Shaw
76
4
16
Apoplexy
Randolph
22. 24. 27.
Patrick Mahoney Sarah W. Wilbur
83
3 21
Asthma
Randolph
Francis Heney .
2
6 22
Dysentery .
Randolph
27.
Franklin Alger .
71
2
26
Acute intestinal obstruction
Abington
30.
Ellen Keith
59
Septic infection
Ireland
76
II
I6
Old age
Randolph
Oct.
Clark P. Fairbanks Mary Ellen Collins Judith M. Swindells
14
I
IO
Heart disease
Lowell
17.
Mary Sheridan .
741
Heart disease
Ireland
Nov. 7.
Mary E. Johnson
61
2
Intestinal tuberculosis
Stoughton
IO. II. 15. 17.
William J. Shepard
I
I3
Bronchitis
Randolph
20.
Samuel J. Hamilton
47
8 14
'Typhoid fever
Randolph
Lillian Desmond
-
4 23
Tuberculosis
. Randolph
Dec.
Herbert A. Knowles . 22
4
14
6
Typhoid fever
Randolph
6. IO. 16.
Hannah J. Connelly
20
7 14
Phthisis
Ireland
17.
Harriet E. McAuley ·
173
3 17
Inanition
St. John, N.B.
21.
Sarah M. Shaw . ·
73
I|24
Hepatitis
Randolph
.
.
Ireland
George R. Weaver
Clarence G. Holbrook 9
2 -
Diphtheria
.
Randolph
.
60
Bronchitis, septicoemia
.
Ireland
.
IO
14 Marasmus
·
Randolph
30. I. 16.
Mary E. Golden
33
Nephritis, abscess Stillborn
Randolph
Peter B. Hand
57
6 12 Heart failure
Randolph
23. 2. 5 .
Samuel L. Chessman Charles Heney .
56
3
49
Carcinoma
Randolph
James Ray .
66
Nephritis
Ireland
Tuberculosis
.
Litchfield, Me.
·
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice in compliance with Sec. 17 of Chap. 444, Acts of 1897, that he is prepared to furnish to parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying therefor, blanks for returns as required by law.
JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk.
7.
Randolph
Lynn
19. 23.
Cholera infantum
.
Braintree
Randolph
29. Sept. 7. 9. II. 19.
Y. M.
D.
South Boston
I 26
2
Dysentery .
.
.
.
Ireland
·
148
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Epilepsy, Bright's disease, infantile, entero-colitis, hematurea, abscess, jaundice, paralysis, diarrhoea, cerebral softening, apoplexy, intestinal ob- struction, septic infection, marasmus, cancer, hepatitis, one each.
Tumor, gastritis, cystitis, diphtheria, asthma, nephritis, two each.
Hemorrhage of brain, meningitis, pneumonia, stillborn, bronchitis, dysentery, three each.
Typhoid fever, cholera infantum, four each.
Consumption, five.
Tuberculosis, old age, six each.
Heart disease, ten.
Total, 81.
149
INTERMENTS AT RANDOLPH OF PERSONS DYING ELSEWHERE IN 1900.
Date of Death.
NAME.
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
1899.
Y. M. D.
June 9.
Ulric A. Miller
30
Santiago, Cuba
1900.
Jan.
I.
George Henry Wilbur .
·
57
II
16
Brookline
3.
Thomas Nolan
·
77
Cambridge
4.
Lorena M. White
.
99
2
27
Holbrook
5.
William Campbell
18
II |20
New York
Feb. I. 8.
Clarence T. Stetson
27
Boston
Mar.
9.
Ira De Witt Page
61
5
Brookline
IO.
John E. Kelleher .
I6
5
II
Holbrook
24.
Hannah F. Alden
7I
East Orange, N.J.
28.
Alexina Gaudreau
31
Braintree
April 10.
John Desmond
Providence, R.I.
26.
Maria L. Howard
61
7
IO
Hyde Park
May 14.
Clarence B. Wilbur
3I
IO
6 Brookline
June 9.
Jane Kennedy
69
Holbrook
26.
George O'Neill
4
4
4
July
8.
James O'Neill
6
13
Boston
20.
Joseph E. Tower .
55
II
17
Boston
Aug. 23.
Bridget Mclaughlin
72
Dorchester
26.
Irene Cronin
2
8
8
Lynn
31.
Julia Geary .
S2
Avon
Sept. 15.
Henry W. Thayer
55
II
29
Togus, Me.
Oct.
II.
Michael Houlihan
3
Milton
16.
Thomas Hickey .
I
Holbrook
28.
William Lynch
87
Boston
Dec.
I.
Charles W. Thayer
+
7
7
Braintree
30.
Frank A. Fisher
.
35
9 15
Braintree
Should any person discover an error in the above records, he will con- fer a favor by notifying the Town Clerk at once, that correction may be made.
JOSEPH T. LEAHY,
Town Clerk.
20.
Aurelie Fortier
71
Braintree
.
Fairhaven
Margaret Boyle
79
·
·
Holbrook
·
151
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph,
GREETING :
In, the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Randolph, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assem- ble at Stetson Hall in said town, on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at six 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 meet- ing.
Article 2. To choose all such town officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot, also on the same ballot to vote "Yes " or " No " in answer to the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Article 3. To choose all such town officers as are not re- quired by law to be chosen by ballot.
Article 4. To hear the reports of the town officers and act thereon.
Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the support of schools, and appropriate the same.
Article 6. To raise money to defray the general town ex- penses for the current year, and appropriate the same.
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Article 7. To raise money for the repairs of highways and determine the manner of expending the same.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the Fire Department and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 9. To see if the town will make appropriation for the decoration of soldiers' graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the town will raise and contribute to the sinking fund as required by law to meet the payments of the Randolph Water Loan.
Article 11. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for water for hydrants, street service, pub- lic buildings, drinking fountains and cemeteries.
Article 12. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets by electricity.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to pay for the in- surance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1901- 1902, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 14. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money temporarily in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year, and fix the sum he is authorized to borrow.
Article 15. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue notes of the town to replace those now outstanding, the same to be re- funded upon such terms as they deem most favorable to the town.
Article 16. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the notes maturing June 19, 1901.
Article 17. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools in such cases as the School Board may deem expedient.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to have made
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copies of the records of births, marriages and deaths kept by the various churches in this town and not now recorded in the town records, and raise and appropriate money there- for.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 466 of the Acts of 1898, entitled : "An Act relative to the employment of superintendent of schools by small towns," and will authorize the School Committee, if they deem it expedient, to arrange such union in accord- ance with the provisions of said act as may be most advan- tageous, subject, however, to the approval of the State Board of Education, and will raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 20. To see what compensation the town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 21. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to medical attendance on the poor, and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Article 22. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint special officers to enforce the laws, and raise and appropriate money for the payment of such officers.
Article 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate five hundred dollars for the enforcement of the liquor laws, and appoint a committee who shall have the power of ex- pending the same for the purpose specified therein, as peti- tioned for by the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Article 24. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to place lights on High street, as petitioned for by Michael Ford and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 25. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to place lights on Chestnut street, as petitioned for by A. S. Niles and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
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Article 26. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to the pay of laborers employed by the town.
Article 27. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to charge interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 10, 1901.
Article 28. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means which a town treasurer may use when acting as collector.
Article 29. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and published in the town report as required by law.
Article 30. To see if the town will authorize and appoint the Selectmen to be the agents and attorneys for the town ; to prosecute, defend, compromise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the town may be in any manner interested as a party or otherwise, for the ensuing year, ex- cept so far as the same relates in any way to the water supply.
Article 31. To see if the town will authorize and appoint the Water Commissioners to be the agents and attorneys for the town ; to prosecute, defend, compromise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the town may be in- terested as a party or otherwise, so far as the same in any manner relates to the taking of the waters of Great Pond, or in the construction of the water works, either jointly or sepa- rately, as authorized under Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1885, and to employ counsel if necessary.
Article 32. To hear and act on the report of any commit- tee, and choose any committee the town may think proper.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock A.M., and remain open four hours and such longer time as the voters may de- termine, and you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies hereof at five or more public places in
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said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, and by publishing the same in the " Randolph Register and Holbrook News," a newspaper published in said Randolph.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of holding this meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph this eighteenth day of February A.D. nineteen hundred and one.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, CHARLES H. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy.
Attest : MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN, Constable.
INDEX.
Page
Abatement of Taxes
22
Almshouse Expenses
28
Almshouse and Town Farm
32
Appropriations
4
Auditors' Reports .
38, 100, 103, 111
Births
. 144, 145
Board of Health
24
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
26
County Tax .
24
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
22
Deaths .
. 146, 147
Expenditures, 1900
6
Estimates of Expenses for 1901
.
39
Estimate, Value of Property
5
Fire Department, Report of
71-80
Fire Alarm System
23
Highways, Repairs of
10
Insurance Bond
22
Interest on Town Debt
21
List of Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
40
Lockup
24
Marriages
141-143
Medical Attendance
38
Military Aid .
16
Overseers of the Poor, Report of .
28-38
Persons Supported in Almshouse, 1900
31
Poor Out of Almshouse
35
Poor of other Towns
37
Recapitulation
7
Recording Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Court Fees
21
Removing Snow
16
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
3
Soldiers' Relief
27
.
23
Miscellaneous Expenses
.
2
Soldiers' Relief, Military Settlement in Randolph and Holbrook,
Page 26
Schools .
25
School Committee, Report of
43-61
Special Police
21
Statement of Cash Received by Selectmen Stetson High School
25
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
55-57
State Aid
23
State Tax
24
Street Lighting
21
Town Officers, Pay of
19
Treasurer, Report of
104-111
Truant School
25
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report
63-68
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer
69,70
Town Clerk, Report of .
112-150
Town Meeting Warrant
151
Valuation
6
Water Commissioners
81-103
Water Loan Sinking Fund
101, 103
Water Works
23
.
38
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