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Marshall st.
Charles P. Fowler,
May 24, 1879,
Hoseman,
Clerk,
Hamlet st.
Fred E. Knowles,
Jan. 14, 1878,
Hoseman,
Milk Dealer,
Jaques st.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Henry J. Turner,
Feb. 24, 1865,
Captain,
Fireman,
Somerville ave.
Alfred R. Higgins,
Feb. 25, 1849,
Lieutenant,
Park Laborer,
Prospect st.
Joseph F. Green,
Aug. 9, 1878,
Driver,
Fireman,
Mystic st.
Thomas W. Joy,
Feb. 22, 1856,
Hoseman,
Cooper,
Hawkins st.
Edward A. Parker,
Oct. 29, 1851,
Hoseman,
Park Laborer,
Prescott st.
Francis S. Brown,
Feb. 4, 1845,
Hoseman,
Watchman,
Columbus ave.
Oct. 25, 1868,
Hoseman,
Florist,
Somerville ave.
March 29, 1879, Hoseman,
Teamster,
Fountain ave.
Oct. 15, 1877,
Hoseman,
Blacksmith,
Mystic st.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Edwin F. Trefren,
March 28, 1858,
Captain,
Fireman,
Lowell st.
William J. Blaisdell,
May 16, 1846,
Lieutenant,
Painter,
Summer st.
Abner Peterson,
Feb. 28, 1879,
Driver,
Fireman,
Porter st.
Martin E. Driscoll,
Dec. 21, 1872,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Miller st.
Horace L. Dunklee,
Dec. 12, 1854,
Hoseman,
Fireman,
Somerville ave.
George R. Green,
Feb. 27, 1866,
Hoseman,
Florist,
Somerville ave.
Albert F. McGrath,
July 14, 1877,
Hoseman,
Butcher,
Elm place.
Frederick G. Jones,
Nov. 26, 1866,
Hoseman,
Patrol Driver,
Somerville ave.
Adam H. Gibby, Jr.,
Sept. 2, 1874,
Hoseman,
Electrician,
Summer st.
HOSE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 6.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Joseph A. Cribby,
Aug. 22, 1864,
Captain,
Fireman,
Newbury st.
Arthur M. Gilman,
Aug. 19, 1866,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
College ave.
Elmer C. Shiere,
Apr. 29, 1878,
Driver,
Fireman,
Elm st.
Charles H. Bridges,
Nov. 29, 1843,
Hoseman,
Machinist,
Westminster st.
Homer A. White, William Stern,
Sept. 19, 1873,
Hoseman,
Paperhanger,
Newbury st.
HOSE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 7.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
George W. Bridges,
Arthur C. Sellon,
July 16, 1863,
Driver,
Fireman,
Hancock st.
George R. Dale,
June 22, 1871,
Hoseman,
Fireman,
Josephine ave.
Harry G. White,
June 14, 1870,
Hoseman,
Electrician,
Hudson st.
Charles W. Hughes, Alfred M. Pride,
Apr. 6, 1869,
Hoseman,
Carpenter,
Hudson st.
William P. Young,
Frederick L. Jensen,
Jan. 24, 1877, July 2, 1872,
Hoseman,
Plumber,
Cedar st.
Hoseman,
Painter,
Highland ave.
March 26, 1876,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Highland ave.
July 27, 1865,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Newbury st.
March 22, 1876, Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Newbury st.
Milk Dealer,
Sargent ave.
Frederic E. Cushing,
Walter J. Green, Peter J. Kelley, Thomas L. Deegan,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CHEMICAL A.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION. RESIDENCE.
Frank L. Draper,
July 31, 1852,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Chester ave.
Charles H. Timson,
May 27, 1859,
Driver,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
John T. Coneeny,
Nov. 2, 1876,
Operator,
Fireman,
Ellsworth st.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Melvin B. Ricker,
Aug. 30, 1841,
Captain,
Fireman,
Prospect st.
Herbert L. Webber,
Nov. 9 1869,
Lieutenant,
Painter,
Columbus ave.
Richard F. Clarkson,
May 18, 1859,
Driver
Fireman,
Homer sq.
Joseph A. Sander,
Apr. 28, 1868,
Fireman,
Fireman,
Grove st.
William A McLane,
Jan. 7, 1860,
Ladderman,
Engineer,
Clark st.
Patrick J. Follon,
March 3, 1859,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
School st.
James D. Perkins,
Nov. 25, 1858,
Ladderman,
Paperhanger,
Bow-st. pl.
James E. Thompson,
Sept. 1, 1869,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Broadway.
John H. Ford,
July 16, 1859,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Oak st.
Frank H. Eaton,
Feb. 1, 1855,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Prospect pl.
Charles A. Caswell,
Jan. 18, 1870,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Webster ave.
John H. Foy,
May 16, 1867,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Somerville ave.
Charles M. Davis,
Dec. 5, 1878,
Ladderman,
Mason,
Washington st.
George A. Row,
Jan. 19, 1867,
Ladderman,
Teamster,
Somerville ave.
Israel Y. Hall,
June 24, 1878,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Homer sq.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Horace W. Hutchins,
Aug. 26, 1866,
Captain,
Fireman,
Hancock st.
Charles E. Shaw,
Oct. 13, 1857,
Lieutenant,
Paperhanger,
Eastman rd.
Harry F. Bucknam,
Sept. 21, 1872,
Driver,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
John E. Hill,
Dec. 25, 1845,
Ladderman,
Salesman,
Cherry st.
Clarence T. Conant,
Dec. 10, 1868,
Ladderman,
Milkman,
Hudson st.
William J. Kennedy,
March 19, 1863, Ladderman,
Plumber,
Woodbine st.
Le Baron Emery,
May 11, 1859,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Alpine st.
John H. Givan,
June 9, 1865, Aug. 26, 1876,
Ladderman,
Grocer,
Highland ave.
Joseph E. Enery,
Aug. 2, 1870,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Alpine st. Alpine st.
David B. Nixon,
March 4, 1869,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Cedar st.
James A. Butler,
Oct. 29, 1881,
Ladderman,
Clerk,
Lowell st.
George A. Givan,
Oct. 8, 1863,
Ladderman,
Clerk,
Eastman rd.
Walter H. Thomas,
Nov. 12, 1850,
Ladderman,
Janitor,
Highland ave.
I desire to thank his honor the mayor and the board of aldermen for their support in all measures conducive to the interests of the department and the members of the depart- ment for their loyal service in carrying on its successful work.
I am not unmindful of the aid rendered by many citizens in an emergency, and to each I return my grateful apprecia- tion of their services.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief Engineer.
Charles F, Mills,
Ladderman,
Carpenter,
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, January 1, 1906.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-I respectfully submit a report of the doings of the police department for the year ending December 31, 1905, with suggestions and recommendations for your consideration :---
Arrests.
Whole number of arrests made .
1,714
Males
.
.
.
1,617
Females
.
97
Americans
877
Foreign born
837
Residents
1,054
Non-residents
660
Number held for trial for following offences
1,658
Adultery
Assault and battery .
168
Assault, felonious
9
Bastardy
6
Breaking and entering
45
Contempt of court
3
Cruelty to animals
2
Drunkenness
881
Disturbing the peace
17
Evading railroad fare
1
Keeping for sale adulterated food
18
Keeping unlicensed dog .
1
Larceny
177
Malicious mischief
60
Murder
1
Neglected children
23
Neglect to support family
40
Peddling without license .
3
Receiving stolen property Stubborn child
12
Threats
4
Vagrancy
23
Violation of election laws
8
Violation of city ordinances
65
Violation of liquor law
6
Violation of Lord's day
33
Walking on railroad track
15
Wilful trespass
1,658
27
2
Fraud
5
3
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Miscellaneous.
Buildings found open and secured
601
Defective streets reported
455
Obstructions in streets reported
54
Larcenies reported ยท
257
Amount reported stolen
$6,556
Amount recovered
$3,700
Number of street light reports
1,857
Water pipes reported leaking
61
Police Signal, Patrol Wagon, and Ambulance Service.
Whole number of on duty reports made by the patrolmen . 232,335'
Whole number of runs made with wagon 991 .
Whole number of prisoners conveyed to station 1,074 .
Whole number of miles run with wagon . 1,508
Whole number of telephone calls
9,361
Whole number of persons carried in ambulance
. 340
Suggestions and Recommendations.
By an arrangement with Ernest W. Bailey, city engineer, the regular police officers have performed police duty on the public parks, but the expense has been paid from the appropria- tion for public grounds.
This system has been tried for two years, and if the service is to be continued, I would suggest that the expense be provided for and paid from the police account, and that additional patrol- men be appointed upon the force, so that the regular police offi- cers would be relieved from doing extra duty on the parks. Such a change would place the responsibility for the police ser- vice upon one head and one department. I would recommend that ten patrolmen of the reserve force be promoted to the rank of regular police officers, and that ten new reserve officers be appointed to fill the reserve force to its maximum number, they to be temporarily instead of permanently employed to police the parks and to cover vacant routes while officers are on their vaca- tions, and to be a reserve force in fact as well as in name.
The increased expense of maintaining this additional number of reserve officers to perform such work would be but a trifle more than has been expended by the two departments this year. The department as at present organized is large enough to police the city during the fall and winter months.
I suggest for your respective consideration a growing neces- sity for ways and means to keep pace with the up-to-date methods of criminals in pursuing their calling. First, horses, as well as human beings, are too slow in their movements to overtake thieves in automobiles; to equip this department with an auto- mobile to make it more effective would be a trifling expense compared to the value it would be many times for dispatching officers upon call to remote sections of the city quickly. The signal system was for a number of years a terror to criminals,
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but within a few years incendiaries, housebreakers, and highway- men have been known to operate and get away quickly and suc- cessfully upon a wheel or power vehicle.
Also, for the use of the department, to increase the efficiency of the street patrol, one or two mounted officers could find enough to do six months of the year to patrol sections where licensed automobilists defy the speed laws, not so much for the purpose of making arrests, but to have a general supervision over and caution such offenders, and command a respect for the laws and ordinances which a police officer on foot cannot do.
Also, the feasibility of building a police station in the vicinity of Davis square, on College avenue. This improvement has been agitated for a number of years; in fact, the late Hon. Mark F. Burns, mayor of Somerville A. D. 1887, said in his inaugural address as follows :-
"One serious defect in our police arrangements, and one which should be remedied in the near future, is lack of station houses in East Somerville, Winter hill, and Davis square. One station house for so large a territory is not sufficient." But the police signal was established in 1888, the next year, and for a time provided a relief and better police protection for West Somerville, so called, but that section of the city has more than trebled in population and valuation in property since that date. The de- partment's total membership in 1888 was thirty men, and for sev- eral years I have anticipated recommending the erection of a sta- tion in the place designated. It would relieve the Bow-street station from sending men and wagons two and one-half miles upon every emergency call. Many times they are called to other sections of the city while the wagon is out, and the officers have to wait for it to return. To maintain an up-to-date police service, one or more stations should be erected very soon. The police signal register records the calls at present, but with more street signal boxes and more patrolmen the system will have to be divided, also.
In General.
The force was not increased in number during 1905. There was one death. Patrolman George E. Reece died April 17, 1905, having served since September 16, 1902. Two patrolmen were retired upon half pay at their own request on account of dis- ability March 23, 1905, namely, Phineas W. Skinner and Albion L. Staples.
Promotions to the regular from the reserve force were: James M. Lynch and Martin Sharry, April 5, and Henry Y. Gil- son, May 11; and to fill vacancies in the reserve force, Denis Neylon, John J. Cummings, and Denis Downey were appointed April 13, 1905, and Edward M. Davies May 25, 1905.
The force consists of a chief of police, one captain, three lieu-
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tenants, four sergeants, one inspector, forty-four regular and ten reserve patrolmen permanently employed; total, sixty-four. With our present population, it cannot be said the department is too large.
In Memoriam PATROLMAN GEORGE E. REECE. Died April 17, 1905.
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CHIEF OF POLICE.
Official Roster of Department. MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief.
Robert R. Perry, Captain.
Dennis Kelley, Lieutenant.
Eugene A. Carter, Lieutenant.
Charles E. Woodman, Lieutenant.
Edward McGarr, Sergeant.
George H. Carleton, Sergeant.
Eugene H. Gammon, Sergeant.
James M. Harmon, Sergeant.
Thomas Damery, Inspector.
PATROLMEN.
Allen, Charles W.
Hilton, Herbert
Allen, Harry L.
Hopkins, Frank C.
Arnold, Louis F.
Howe, Hudson M.
Balcom, Frederick J.
Johnston, Charles S.
Bolton, David A.
Johnston, William H.
Burns, Samuel
Kennedy, Michael T.
Byrnes, Charles E.
Lewis, Sanford S.
Carleton. Ira S.
Lynch, James M.
Carter, Edward M.
McNamara, Thomas F.
Chisholm, Jotham
Perkins, Francis A.
Dadmun, John A.
Pollard, James J.
Davidson, William J.
Ray, John A.
Dodge, Ezra A.
Reick, Charles W.
Drew, Eimer E.
Rice, George L. Sharry, Martin
Fuller, Harvey R.
Fuller, John E.
Simons, Daniel G.
Gilson, Henry Y.
Skinner, Jacob W.
Goff, Ernest S.
Smith, George L.
Googins, Frederick H.
Stevens, Charles W.
Gott, Myron S. Graves, Frank H.
Sudbey, Henry A.
Sutherland, William J.
Woodsum, Eugene A.
RESERVE POLICE FORCE.
Blair, Robert T. Crossman, Claude L.
Cummings, John J.
Davies, Edward M.
Downey, Denis
Howard, Ernest Keane, Edmund J.
Neylon, Denis Peters, George A. C.
Simons, Lemuel J.
In conclusion, I wish to thank all who have assisted the police force in the performance of their duty. To my officers and other subordinates, I extend my heartfelt thanks for their support during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief of Police.
Heron, Theodore E.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, City Hall Annex, Somerville, January 6, 1906.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
The following report of the sealer of weights and measures for the year 1905 is respectfully submitted :-
Section 21, chapter 62, of the Revised Laws provides that sealers of weights and measures shall annually give public notice, by advertisement or by posting, in one or more public places in their respective cities and towns, notices to all inhabitants or per- sons having usual places of business therein who use weights, measures, or balances for the purpose of selling goods, wares, merchandise, or other commodities, or for public weighing, to bring in their weights, measures, and balances to be adjusted and sealed. Such sealers shall attend in one or more convenient places, and shall adjust, seal, and record all weights, measures, and balances so brought in.
Section 34 of the same chapter provides that each sealer of weights and measures, including the county treasurers, shall re- ceive a fee of one dollar for sealing each platform balance if weighing five thousand pounds or more, and fifty cents if weigh- ing less than that amount, and three cents each for sealing all other weights, measures, scales, beams, or balances. He shall also have a reasonable compensation for all necessary repairs, alterations, and adjustments made by him.
Where weights, measures, and balances are sealed as pro- vided in Section 21 (that is, brought to the office), no fee is charged for sealing.
In compliance with the foregoing Section 21, the customary notice was given by advertising in the Somerville Journal in March, 1905.
During the year the sealer visited all places in the city where goods were bought or sold, tested all scales, weights, and meas- utres, sealed those which were found correct, and condemned al! found beyond repair and useless.
One hundred and fifty-six scales, weights, and measures were adjusted before sealing, seven scales were tagged for repairs, four of which were repaired as ordered, and the remaining three put out of use. Four coal bins were measured during the year.
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Work done in the office during the year 1905 is as follows :-
Number of scales sealed 247
Number of weights sealed 204
Number of dry measures sealed . 684
Number of tin cans and measures sealed . 1,335
Number of glass milk jars sealed
93,701
Number of yard sticks sealed
2
Number of coal baskets sealed
37
Total number sealed
96,210
Number of scales adjusted and sealed
46
Number of weights adjusted and sealed
4
Number of dry measures adjusted and sealed
1
Total number adjusted and sealed Number of scales tagged for repairs .
2
Number of scales repaired as ordered
2
Total number tagged and repaired Number of scales tested and condemned
12
Number of dry measures tested and condemned
15
Number of liquid measures tested and condemned . Number of coal baskets tested and condemned
1
Total number condemned
8,450
Total number of tests made in the office .
104,715
Work done outside of the office :-
Number of scales tested and sealed 1,174
Number of weights tested and sealed
3,763
Number of dry measures tested and sealed
1,054
Number of liquid measures tested and sealed
1,384
Number of yard sticks tested and sealed
111
Number of coal baskets and bins tested and sealed .
10
Total number sealed
7,496
Number of scales adjusted and sealed
77
Number of weights adjusted and sealed
21
Number of dry measures adjusted and sealed
4
Number of liquid measures adjusted and sealed
3
Total number adjusted and sealed Number of scales tagged for repairs
5
Number of scales repaired as ordered
2
Total number tagged and repaired Number of scales tested and condemned Number of dry measures tested and condemned Number of liquid measures tested and condemned . Number of yard sticks tested and condemned .
7
5
62
12
1
Total number condemned
80
Total number of tests outside of office
7,688
Total number of tests in and out of office
112,403
51
4
8,422
105
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Receipts for the year 1905 :-
Appropriation
$1,050 00
Received as fees for sealing
424 72
Received as fee for adjusting .
5 35
Total receipts
$1,480 07
Expenditures for the year 1905:
Printing, books and supplies .
$76 59
Amount paid to helper
154 00
Amount paid for team
242 50
Salary of sealer
1,000 00
Total expenditures for year 1905
1,473 09
Unexpended balance
$6 98
JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
Somerville, January 8, 1906.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
The following is my report as city solicitor for the year 1905 :-
Wellington Bridge. Under chapter 491 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1901, the metropolitan park commission constructed a new bridge over the Mystic river at Middlesex avenue, costing $184,261.61. Commissioners appointed by the supreme court, under the provisions of the same chapter, made an apportionment of the expense of construction and mainte- nance, putting one-eighth of each upon the city of Somerville. For about thirty years the city had been sharing equally with Medford the entire cost of maintaining the former bridge.
Metropolitan Park District. The regular five yearly appor- tionment of the expenses of the metropolitan park district, under chapter 419 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1899, was made this year, being the second actual apportionment since the district was established. Under the apportionment of the year 1900, Somerville paid as its proportion for parks and bou- levards .03472, and for Nantasket beach, .0340305. Under the apportionment of this year, Somerville is required to pay during the next five years as its proportion for parks .02866 ; for boule- vards, .02994; and for Nantasket beach, .02855. The decrease is due principally to the fact that Boston, which formerly paid fifty per cent. under a special provision of the statute, is required by this apportionment to pay more than sixty-two per cent. for parks and for Nantasket beach.
Abolition of Grade Crossings. On petitions of the mayor and aldermen, which had been pending in the superior court some five years, and which I was directed early this year by the city government to take up in earnest, the superior court in June, notwithstanding opposition by the railroad corporations, ap- pointed a commission, in the manner provided by law, to inves- tigate the situation, and, if it should decide in favor of the aboli- tion of the crossings, to determine in what manner the work shall be done. The absence of the chairman of the commission has caused much delay ; but a meeting was finally arranged be- tween him and our city engineer, and the latter is now engaged in the preparation of plans to be presented before the commission. The petitions relate to all five crossings of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad, namely, Somerville avenue,
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Medford street, Webster avenue, Dane street, and Park street, and to the crossing at Somerville avenue of the Boston & Albany railroad company.
Lowell-street Bridge. In accordance with additional authority given this year by the city government, petitions were filed with the county commissioners for the construction of bridges at Lowell street, over the main line and the branch line of the Bos- ton & Lowell railroad corporation now leased to the Boston & Maine railroad. The railroad corporations opposed the petitions ; but, after many hearings, decrees have recently been issued by the county commissioners ordering the construction of the bridges. It is not disputed that public convenience and neces- sity require bridges at that place; but the railroad corporations contend that the city should lay out a public way in the usual manner, thereby giving them a claim against the city for dam- ages, and freeing them from the obligation of making payments toward the expense of constructing and maintaining the bridges. Further proceedings in the superior court are necessary upon the decree relating to the bridge over the main line, in order to deter- mine who shall do the work and by whom the expense shall be paid.
By chapter 278 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1905, provision was made for the burial of wires in certain streets of the city. The act is in nearly all respects like those passed in the years 1900 and 1902, relating to the burial of wires in Springfield and Worcester. The legislature refused to pass a similar act for another city adjoining Boston.
Cases in courts have been disposed of as follows :-
Two actions in the superior court for injuries claimed to have been received by reason of defects in highways were settled for $75 and $250, respectively.
Three actions in the police court for injuries claimed to have been received by reason of defects in highways were tried and judgments given in favor of the city, from which the plaintiffs have appealed to the superior court.
An action for $5,000 on account of damages to property on Hall street, claimed to be due to the filling of a water course with ashes and other refuse by the health department, was tried before a jury in the superior court, and a verdict was given against the city for $400. The case will be reported to the supreme court by the justice before whom it was tried.
In an action brought against the city in the name of Michael O'Keeffe to test the constitutionality of the trading stamp act, chapter 403 of the acts of the year 1904, the supreme court has given an opinion in favor of the plaintiff.
At the request of the mayor and the chief of police, I took part in the trial of several cases in the police court, brought against four election officers of precinct 1, in ward 6, for neglect of duty at the state election. Two of the defendants, who had
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sent substitutes, were found guilty and sentenced to imprison- ment and the payment of fines. On appeal to the superior court, the complaints under which they were sentenced to imprisonment were nol prossed, and to the other complaint they pleaded guilty and paid the fines. A third defendant, who failed to send a sub- stitute, and reported for duty about forty minutes after the time for opening the polls, was found guilty, received sentences like those of the other defendants, and appealed. His appeal is now pending. The fourth defendant, who neither served nor sent a substitute, claimed that he was not an election officer, but he was held by the court for the grand jury.
An action brought in the name of the collector of taxes to recover a personal property tax from Greenleaf W. Simpson, who claimed that he was not a resident of this city at the time of the assessment, was tried before a jury in Suffolk county, and a ver- dict was given in favor of the defendant. Another action brought by trustee process in the Suffolk superior court to recover a per- sonal property tax from a resident of New York was settled by payment in full without trial.
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Very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 1, 1906.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the thirty-fourth annual report of the city clerk of the city of Somer- ville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1905 :-
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