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The boundary line between Arlington and Somerville has been changed to conform to the new line of the brook. (Acts of 1910, chapter 221.)
Several parcels of the land taken by the Metropolitan park commission near the brook have been transferred to this city, some portions of such parcels having formerly been in Arling- ton, and the commission has now under consideration a re- quest for the transfer of additional land.
Claims and Cases in Court. Claims for injuries received by reason of defects in public ways were settled for $300 and $310. A land damage claim in connection with the laying out of Mystic avenue as a state highway was settled for $750. A suit based on claims for injuries resulting in the death of a workman in the employ of the city was settled for $2,000.
Very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 2, 1911.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the thirty-ninth annual report of the city clerk of the city of Somer- ville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1910 :-
The receipts and payments were as follows :-
Receipts.
Balance from year 1909, being for dog li- censes issued in December, 1909 :-
10 males at $2 00 $20 00 1 female at $5.00 5 00
$25 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer in December, 1909, 11 at $.20 2 20 .
$22 80
For dog licenses issued in 1910 :-
1,445 males at $2.00 $2,890 00
274 females at $5.00 1,370 00
89 spayed at $2.00 178 00
1 breeder's license at $25.00 25 00
4,463 00
Recording mortgages, assignments, etc., 826 papers $510 00 ·
Certificates of marriage intentions, 833
at $1.00 .
833 00
Furnishing copies of records. . Licenses :-
117 75
Amusements :-
29 monthly licenses at $4.00 . $116 00 6 licenses for fractional
parts of months 13 00
42 licenses at $1.00 42 00
171 00
Auctioneers, 25 at $2.00
50 00
Billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 22 licenses for 60 tables and 12 alleys, at $2.00 144 00
Drivers, 4 at $1.00
4 00
Hackney carriages, 3 at $1.00 .
3 00
Intelligence offices :- .
10 licenses at $2.00 $20 00
1 petition not acted on . 2 00
22 00
Collect junk :-
28 licenses at $10.00 $280 00
1 license for 1909, issued
in 1910
10 00
$290 00
Paid back on junk shop re-
fused in 1909
·
25 00
265 00
Amounts carried forward . $2,119 75
$4,485 80
1
CITY CLERK. 441
Amounts brought forward Private detectives, 3 at $10.00 .
Slaughtering :- 6 licenses at $1.00 . refused in
$6 00
Paid back on 1
1909 . . 1 00
5 00
Street musicians, 10 licenses for 20 per- sons at $.50 . · . Wagons, 50 licenses for 115 wagons at · $1.00
10 00
Wagon stands, 4 at $1.00 . .
4 00
Permits to transport liquors :- 18 permits (1 paid for in 1909), 17 at $1.00 $17 00
1 refused and money not called for
1 00
$18 00
Paid back on 2 refused in
1908 $2 00
Paid back on 4 refused in 1909 4 00
6 00
12 00
Recording and issuing sixth-class liquor licenses, 33 licenses at $1.00
33 00
Filing certificates, 2 at $.50 . 1 00
Repairing and sale of junk badges
2 25
Sale of old ballots 3 28
12 99
2,348 27
Total receipts
$6,834 07
Payments.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1909, to November 30, 1910, both inclusive :- 1,455 males at $2.00 $2,910 00
273 females at $5.00
1,365 00
89 spayed at $2.00
178 00
1 breeder's license at $25.00 .
25 00
$4,478 00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,818 at $.20
363 60
$4,114 40
To the city treasurer, monthly :- City clerk's fees for issuing and recording dog licenses, 1,809 at $.20 .
$361 80
All the receipts above specified, except for dog licenses ' .
2,348 27
2,710 07
$6,824 47
Total payments . Balance, January 1, 1911, being for dog li- censes issued in December, 1910 :- 2 females at $5.00 $10 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer, 2 at $.20 . .
40
$9 60
.
$2,119 75 30 00
$4,485 80
Interest on deposits
115 00
442
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Licenses and Permits.
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of re- ceipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the board of aldermen, without charge, as follows :-
Auctioneers (to veterans of the Civil War)
4
Children under fifteen to take part in entertainments
3
Common victuallers
52
Innholders
2
Drain layers
Newsboys
Junk collectors, to cry calling in streets .
To cry goods in streets
To cry aloud to announce calling as scissors sharpener
1 2
To ring bell in streets :-
6
Scissors' sharpeners
6 1
To set up and use engines :-
Boiler
Electric motors, 15 licenses for 25 motors
1 25
Gas engines
2
Steam engine
1 6
To erect or use buildings for gasoline
13
To erect or use buildings for garages
98
To maintain projections over sidewalks :-
Arc light, 1 permit for 2 lights
2
Awnings
Barber's pole
Electric signs
Post and signboard
Shoe sign .
Signs, 13 permits for 15 signs
15
Approval of location of stable .
1
To erect derricks and guy wires
1
To erect furnace for melting metals
To change locations of hitching-posts
To construct trap and pipe under sidewalk
To extend wire across street
To move buildings through streets .
To parade in streets
To hold open-air meetings
4
To keep lying-in hospitals
3
Gas and Pole Locations.
The Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Charlestown Gas and Electric Company have been granted permission to lay gas mains in sundry streets.
Permission has also been granted the Edison Electric Illu- minating Company of Boston and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts for the erection of poles and for the attachments of wires and fixtures, and to the West End Street Railway Company for track locations and electric rights in various streets.
4 1
7 1 1
To blast rock or stone
.
10 63 27 64
To cry aloud to announce calling as umbrella menders
Ice cream venders .
Umbrella mender
1 2 1 1 4 2
443
CITY CLERK.
In every order of the board of aldermen granting such per- mission to use the streets provision is made for the protection of the interests of the city, and a suitable agreement, satisfac- tory in form to the city solicitor, must be filed with the city clerk before the order can become operative.
Births.
1910.
Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1910 :-
Males Females
798
760
A canvass of the city is at present being made under the direction of the city clerk as required by section 5, chapter 29, of the Revised Laws, to ascertain the facts required for record relative to all children born therein during the year.
As the information derived from such canvass will not be available in time sufficient for its incorporation in this report, a statement in full of the births of 1910 will be given in the city clerk's report for the year 1911.
1909.
The following is a statement in full of the births for 1909 :- Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in Somerville in 1909 registered 1,708
Less than previous year
33
Males
901
Females
807
1,708
Born of American parents
65-1
Born of foreign parents
678
Born of American father and foreign mother
189
Born of foreign father and American mother
171
Born of American mother and father of unknown na- tionality 9
Born of foreign mother and father of unknown na- tionality
7
1,708
Number of still-births in Somerville in 1909 registered 64 Number of births in other places in 1909 registered . 204
1,976
Number reported by both canvasser and physician or midwife
1,398
Number reported by canvasser alone .
275
Number reported by physician or midwife .
197
Number reported by clerk or registrar of other place and canvasser
42
Number reported by clerk or registrar of other place and physician
13
Number reported by clerk or registrar of other place, canvasser and physician .
3
Number reported by clerk or registrar of other place
32
. Number of still-births taken from death records .
16
Number of cases of twins
1,976
27
444
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Marriages.
Number of intention certificates issued in 1910
833
More than previous year
65
Marriages registered
870
More than previous year
37
Both parties American
466
Both parties foreign
196
American groom and foreign bride
114
Foreign groom and American bride
94
First marriage of
1546
Second marriage of
185
Third marriage of .
9
870 couples
Deaths. (Exclusive of still-births.)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1910
.
· 1,043
More than previous year
55
Males
.
.
497
Females
.
.
546
Under ten years of age .
257
10 and under 20 years of age
25
20 and under 30 years of age
55
30 and under 40 years of age
70
40 and under 50 years of age
74
50 and under 60 years of age
126
60 and under 70 years of age
178
70 and under 80 years of age
189
80 and under 90 years of age
79
90 years of age and over
10
Age of oldest person deceased .
97 yrs.
Born in Somerville
247
Born in other places in the United States .
445
Of foreign birth
344
Birthplace unknown
7 1,043
Number of deaths in January
121
66
66
66
66
February
85
66
66
66
66
April
94
66
66
66
May
99
66
June
79
66
66
66
July 1
80
66 August
65
66
66
66
September
66
66
66
66
October
69
66
6
66
November
86
66
December
90
1,043
The number of still-births recorded during the year was sixty-one. In addition to the above, 183 deaths which occurred elsewhere were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire num- ber of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
.
·
.
.
.
870 couples
1
1,043
.
1,043
66 March
109
.
66
445
CITY CLERK.
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters. MEN'S LISTS.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
As- sessed Polls, April 1. 1910.
Nov. 17, 1909.
Re- vised Lists of July 1, 1910.
Added in Sept. and Oct., 1910.
Oct. 19 1910.
Added in Nov., 1910.
Nov. 23, 1910.
Voted Nov. 8. 1910.
Voted Dec. 13. 1910.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
1,307 510
640 284
606 248 286 278
30 9 10 11
636 257 296 289
15 7
651 264 307 315
464 194 239
183 257
2,966
1,554
1,418
60
1.478
59
1,537
1,128
924
Ward 2
Precinct 1
1,101
402
360
21
381 630 374
15 16 8
382
298
184
3,397
1,435
1,271
114
1,385
39
1,424
1,102
723
Ward 3 "
Precinct 1
1,022
738 752
€64 716
33 39
697 755
3
700
543
315 384
2,286
1,490
1,380
72
1,452
9
1,461
1,165
699
Ward 4
Precinct 1
1,368
823
750
52 44
802 619
18
820 626
494
368 277
2,368
1,452
1,325
96
1,421
25
1,446
1,111
645
Ward 5
Precinct 1
1,414
942
862
54
916
13
929
759
465
705
435
396
28
424 556
7
563
462
297
3,069
1,931
1,763
133
1,896
24
1,920
1,563
972
Ward 6
Precinct 1
1,593
861
807
58
11
876
644
330
1,283
763
681
71 58
865 752 708
4
712
569
257
3,966
2,342
2,138
187
2,325
30
2,355
1,801
891
*Ward 7 .
Precinct 1
779
1,008
512
67
579
6
585
487
229
1,161
602
634
51
685
11
696
562
311
938
665
461
68
529
9
538
418
225
838
....
502
45
547
13
560
444
258
3,716
2,275
2,109
231
2,340
39
2,379
1,911
1,023
City
21,768
12,479 11,404 1
893
12,297
225
12,522
9,781
5,877
.
.
.
·
.
2
2
1,454
649
646
506
310
“ 2
3
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
5
.
.
3
950
554
505
51
15
767
588
304
.‹
6
7
.
7
.
7
.
·
1
2
1
3
533
3:20
616
310
231
298
229
842
384
580 331
50 43
6
761
622
617
.
4
2
1,000
629
. 575
7
4
428
342
210
6' 5.
6
2
3
1,090
718
650
3
·
.
2
2
3
4
* Precinct lines of Ward 7 changed January 31, 1910.
·
352
132
1
4
11 26
396
1,264
446
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WOMEN'S VOTING LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Nov. 17, 1909.
Revised Lists of July 1, 1910.
Added in Sept. Oct. and Nov., 1910.
Nov. 23, 1910.
Voted Decem- ber 13, 1910.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
46
42
2
44
5
2
4
4
. .
3
.
4
22
18
. .
18
.
83
74
2
76
5
Ward 2
Precinct 1
3
3
.
2
3
3
1
4
. .
.
.
.
..
38
5
77
69
10
79
16
Ward 4
Precinct 1
18
18
1
19
1
18
17
..
17
1
36
35
1
36
2
Ward 5
Precinct 1
34
29
. .
29
3
12
12
·
12
3
5
.
.
. .
54
48
..
48
6
Ward 6
Precinct 1
59
54
54
7
2
14
13
6
.
.
.
3
3
2
2
1
76
69
69
*Ward 7
Precinct 1
123
26
26
4
"
7
€6
2
82
109
.
109
11
3
39
61
1
62
3
.
7
4
30
-1
29
. .
244
226
..
226
18
City .
577
528
14
542
56
.
1
.
.
11
10
·
10
..
1
2
.
3
1
1
1
7
7
1
8
..
Ward 3
Precinct 1
34
31
10
41
11
"
3
4
2
.
·
5
.
2
3
8
7
7
.
.
·
.
.
6
.
.
.
. .
*Precinct lines of Ward 7 changed January 31, 1910,
. .
1
4
3
“ 2
2
43
38
13
1
7
.
447
CITY CLERK.
Elections.
The following is a statement of the votes cast, in the sev- eral wards of the city, for the candidates for the various offices, at the state election held November 8, 1910 :-
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
GOVERNOR.
Eben S. Draper,
Republican, Democratic,
497 516
234 737
661 399
683 340
869 573
981 667
1,122 615
3,847
Eugene N. Foss,
§ Dem. Pro. Nom. Paper,
28
57
35
21
51
61
55
308
Eugene N. Foss,
34
31
17
19
23
20
18
162
John A. Nichols,
Prohibition, ( Socialist
2
4
7
11
11
13
20
68
Moritz E. Ruther,
¿ Labor,
16
4
3
2
9
7
6
47
Daniel A. White,
Socialist,
20
21
21
10
9
35
44
160
Robert Luce, Blank,
15
14
21
25
18
17
31
141
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Thomas F. Cassidy,
Democratic, Ind. Nom. Paper, Republican, Socialist Labor,
475
746
363
300
637
594
517
3,632
Louis A. Frothingham,
546
255
731
738
833
1,089
1,260
5,452
Henry C. Hess,
10
9
4
4
11
11
10
59
Patrick Mahoney,
Socialist,
23
14
20
15
22
21
39
154
William G. Merrill, Blank,
10
5
15
21
9
24
34
118
64
73
32
33
51
62
51
366
SECRETARY.
Harriet D'Orsay,
Socialist, Democratic,
23
2. 707
18 310
17 242
55 437
40 506
42 391
219
Charles J. Martell,
( Socialist
17
40
14
54
14
23
25
187
William M. Olin,
Republican,
564
229
749
720
980
1,121
1,331
5,694
William E. Thomas, Blank,
11
2
13
20
17
18
27
108
71
100
61
58
60
93
95
538
TREASURER AND RECEIVER- GENERAL.
Carl Fredrikson,
6
9
3
7
12
12
9
58
Thomas A. Frissell
6
3
9
13
14
20
23
88
Sylvester J. McBride,
33
18
24
15
17
31
184
Benjamin F. Peach,
Democratic,
426
703
345
240
483
46 388 1,363
3,071 5,860
Elmer A. Stevens, Blank,
590
275
715
772
486 985 49
1,160
95
82
520
AUDITOR.
John Holt,
4
-1
11
18
19
23
26
108
Jeremiah P. McNally,
8
8
3
6
7
8
11
51
Ambrose Miles,
25
20
19
16
23
31
59
193
Charles C. Paine,
434
700
315
247
474 954
508 1,104
386 1,293
3,064
561
244
728
733
5,617
96
123
89
91
86
127
136
748
1
1
§ Socialist Labor, Prohibition, Socialist,
Republican,
67
94 .
69
64
Democratic, Republican,
Henry E. Turner, Blank,
Prohibition, § Socialist 1 Labor, Socialist,
442
3,035
Andrew Mortenson,
Labor,
Prohibition,
Prohibition,
5,047
Eugene N. Foss,
448
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
'3
4
5
6
7
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Dennis McGoff,
( Socialist 1 Labor, Socialist,
7
13
3
5
10
13
9
60
Harold Metcalf,
29
19
John B, Ratigan
Democratic,
430
707
30 308 732
21 241 750 94
27 471 971 84
41 489 1,127 131
49 398 1,306 149
216 3,044 5,681 780
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 8TH DISTRICT.
Frederick S. Deitrick,
Democratic, Republican,
479 559
737 244
350 743
283 752
528 970
582 1,098
523 1,259
3,482 5,625 1 673
Charles A. Grimmons, Blank,
90
121
72
76
64
121
... 129
COUNCILLOR.
Walter S. Glidden,
Republican, Democratic,
560 477
257 709
645 402
712 301
896 548
1.077 548
1,225 504
5,372 3,489
Charles A. Burns,
91
136
118
98
118
176
182
1 919
SENATOR.
Charles V. Blanchard,
Republican, Democratic,
533 505
236 749
721 367
734 303
908 572
¿1,101 577
1,3 3 489
5,536 3,562
John Diggins,
1
Blank,
90
117
77
74
82
123
119
682
REPRESENTATIVES, 25TH DIST. (3)
William M. Armstrong,
Republican,
541
749 335
710 251
508
1,524
William T. McCarthy,
Democratic,
433
311
2:26
469
1,439
Ray R. Rideout,
Republican,
501
645
685
864
2,695
Charles Leo Shea,
427
291
300
459
1,477
Charles L. Underhill,
474
659
626
838
2,597
Jesse S. Newcome, Blank,
578
505
535
649
REPRESENTATIVES, 26TH DIST. (3)
Zebedee E. Cliff,
Republican,
Leon M. Conwell,
Republican,
205
1,023
1,180
2,408
Charles W. Eldridge,
Republican,
231
1,099
1,206
2,536
Joseph A. Haley,
Democratic,
7.20
508
449
1,677
Bernard J. Sheridan,
Democratic,
666
545
486
1,697
John L. White,
618
529
465
1,612
David J. Fulton,
618
696
... 675
2,019
Blank,
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles H. Richardson,
Republican, Democratic,
553
251 689
716 333
738 242
941 505
1,094 512
1,281 452
5,574 3,174 1,033
Dexter C. Whittemore, Blank,
134
162
116
131
117
195
178
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, to fill va- cancy.
Winthrop H. Fairbanks,
451
683 249
339 709
275 701
523 902
544 1,058 199
485 1,208 218
3,300 5,368
Chester B. Williams, Blank,
541
136
170·
117
135
138
1,113
..
1
1
2,267
218
1,002
1,272
2,492
901
2,901
Joseph T Cotter,
Democratic,
4:30
·
George T. Rendle,
1
Blank,
549
246
James M. Swift,
Republican,
Blank,
113
117
92
.
Samuel W. McCall,
1
1
Charles T. Hall,
Democratic,
Republican,
Democratic,
1
1
. .
41
Democratic, Republican,
WARDS.
TOTAL.
449
CITY CLERK.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS. (2.)
Leander V. Colahan,
397
655 647
290 283
219 214 663
458 440 857
485 460 1,004
385 381 1,172
1,212
5,295
Blank,
451
463
401
433
895 476
1,054 599
672
3,495
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
John J. Higgins,
Republican, Democratic,
622 414
330
781 301
789 252
1,011 482
1,185 492 124
1,339 454
6,057 3,066 658
James J. Irwin, Blank,
92
671 101
83
70
70
118
SHERIFF.
John R. Fairbairn, Whitfield L. Tuck, Blank,
Republican, Democratic,
598
319
767
780 239
984 474
1,190 467 144
1,361 406
5,999 2,941
408
652
295
122
131
103
92
105
144
841
Joseph L. Marin,
398
2,823
Frank A. Patch, Edward Everett
496
205
663
5,060
Thompson,
Republican,
514
234
693
693
. Democratic, Democratic, Republican,
2,889
450
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the sev- eral wards of the city for the candidates for the various offices, and on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this city, at the city election held December 13, 1910 :-
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
MAYOR.
Charles A. Burns,
Republican, Democratic,
541 353
249
546 141
522 101
771 193
671 204
876 125
4,176 1,575
Sidney B. Keane,
1
1
Sydney B. Keene,
1
Nicholas H. Flynn, Blank,
30
16
12
21
8
14
22
123
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 1.
Fred E. Hanley,
Republican,
588 1
281
515
499
736
641
794
4,054
John J. McCarthy,.
335
442
184
146
236
250
229
1,822
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 2.
George A. Wilson,
Republican,
497 427
329
516 183
473 172
726 246
630 261
783 240
3,954 1,9/3
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 3.
Charles W. Boyer,
Republican,
481
248
503 1 195
468
705
616
768
3,789
W. M. Pickett,
443
475
177
267
275
255
1 2,087
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 4.
William P. Jones,
Republican, Democratic,
Blank,
215
171
474 114 111
490 92
635 193 144
571 174 146
756 90 177
1,027
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 5.
Gerald A. Gardner,
Republican,
467 457
233 490
497 202
461 184
752 220
613 278
751 272
3,774 2,103
Blank,
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 6.
Oscar H. Belding,
Republican,
476
249
500
462
714 258
673 218
780 243
3,854 2,023
Blank,
448
474
199
183
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 7.
Ralph M. Smith,
Republican,
470
240
492 207
458
708 264
636 255
867 156
3,871 2,006
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 1.
Ernest F. Flagg,
Democratic,
420
420
Wallace E. Loveless,
Republican,
436
436
William H. Smith,
Republican,
452
452
Sylvester Woods,
Democratic,
353
353
Blank,
187
187
.
426 283
175
3,527 1,323
Patrick J. Mooney,
377
Blank,
454
483
187
1
1
1
1
Blank,
Blank,
394
Blank,
63
.
Thomas M. Nolan,
458
451
CITY CLERK.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 2.
Walter W. Burke,
Republican, Democratic,
434
....
434
Josiah Stevenson,
Republican,
174
174
Alfred J. Toomey,
Democratic,
450
450
Blank,
229
229
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 3.
Oscar W. Codding,
Republican,
. .
492
492
Frank R. Dunklee,
Republican,
507
Edward M. McCarty, Blank,
Democratic,
134
..
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 4.
Samuel P. Carrick,
Democratic, Democratic,
William N. Cartwright, Charles W. Hodgdon, Leod MacLeod,
Republican,
Republican,
402
Blank,
165
....
. .
165
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 5.
Richard F. Churchill,
Republican, Republican,
727 673
Ellsworth Fiske,
3
F. Q. Harrington, Blank,
540
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 6.
Joseph O. Knox,
Republican, Republican,
647 596
....
647 596
Walter F. Turner, John L. White, Blank,
.
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 7.
William B. Brown,
Republican, Republican,
Blank,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 1.
Emory F. Chaffee,
Republican,
514
. .
1 414
....
·
·
:
:
:
:
414
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 2.
Thomas M. Clancy,
§ Democratic, ¿ Republican,
Blank,
181
181
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.)WARD 3.
Albert C. Ashton, Mary F. Lincoln, S. Homer Marks, Leila C. Pennock, Blank,
Republican,
564
564
. . .
1
..
3
. .
. .
....
....
146
. .
146
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
·
· :
:
:
:
:
791 857
791 857 398
.
:
.
.
·
535
... .
535
. .
·
. .
·
:
540
....
·
.
..
3
. .
3
1
. .
.
1
....
475
..
492
....
3
1
. .
1
. .
..
134
265
265
69
....
69
89
. ..
89
475
727 673
. .
. .
514
1
....
:
.
.
542
542
·
.
·
1
1
1
3
..
169
169
Edmond Russell,
...
..
. .
. .
.
Harry G. Chase,
398
:
. .
Joseph M. Herlihy, Blank,
:
Charles A. Draper,
Oscar G. Sargent,
507
. ..
WARDS.
452
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
Party.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs ) WARD 4.
George W. Foster,
Republican, Democratic,
..
....
. .
. .
....
....
....
....
. .
. .
502 82 63
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs.)WARD 5.
J. Walter Sanborn, Blank,
Republican,
. .
..
....
.. .
·
....
....
...
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 6.
Mary R. Brewer,
Republican,
688
...
688 1
. Dr. F. M. White, Blank,
....
.
.
· .
211
...
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2yrs.) WARD 7.
Lilla H. Tainter, Blank,
Republican,
....
.
.
.
.
..
. .
. .
.
.
·
·
886 155
886 155
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICAT. ING LIQUORS IN THIS CITY?
Number of " Yes " votes, Number of " No" votes, Blank,
339 501 84
412 233
158 514 27
103 514 28
195 736
197 639 55
140 831 52
1,544 3,968 365
TOTAL.
784 194
....
..
1
...
211
. .
. .
·
·
502 82 63
..
. .
. .
Seth Taylor, Jr., Blank,
....
....
....
. .
. .
. .
.
·
·
·
·
78
41
784 194
453
CİTÝ CLERK.
Liquor License Question.
The following is a statement of the votes, during the sev- eral years of its submission to the people, on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in this city, together with the number of registered voters and the esti- mated population for each year :-
YEAR.
YES.
No.
BLANK.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
1881
979
1,222
3,678
26,000
1882
627
1,159
3,778
26,500
1883
767
1,343
4,407
27,000
1884
806
1,709
4,470
28,000
1885
428
1,604
3,969
*29,992
1886
214.
1,321
4,089
32,000
1887
555
2,427
4,574
34,000
1888
744
2,456
5,399
36,000
1889
635
1,706
335
5,286
39,000
1890
999
2,282
409
5,556
*40,117
1891
1,054
2,598
279
5,938
43,000
1892
1,427
3,288
347
7,587
46,000
1893
1,547
2,654
218
7,943
48,000
1894
1,098
2,869
246
8,007
50,000
1895
1,854
4,708
459
8,410
*52,200
1896
1,466
3,680
332
9,379
54,000
1897
1,626
3,815
486
8,925
56,000
1898
1,595
3,501
486
8,657
57,500
1899
1,892
3,340
374
8,838
60,000
1900
1,660
3,427
321
9,620
*61,643
1901
1,579
3,295
374
9,499
63,500
1902
1,645
3,242
360
10,100
65,000
1903
2,248
4,410
550
11,346
67,000
1904
2,022
4,338
447
11,682
69,500
1905
2,483
4,660
531
11,340
*69,272
1906
2,193
5,204
5S2
11.571
70,000
1907
1,735
4,591
459
11.558
74,000
1908
1,780
4,760
491
12.777
75.500
1909
1,830
4,601
530
12,479
75,500
1910
1,544
3,968
365
12,522
*77,236
* Census.
ORDINANCES.
Somerville, January 2, 1911. 1
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the annual reports for the year 1909 :-
No. 78. An Ordinance Regulating the Erection and Use of Garages for Automobiles.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall erect, occupy, or use for a garage any building or structure unless licensed by the board of aldermen after a public hearing, and only to the extent so licensed, and only in accord- ance with existing and future orders and ordinances of this board and the terms of the license.
Section 2. The term "garage" shall be understood to mean a place for keeping or storing an automobile or several automobiles. The term "automobile" shall be understood to mean a vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular, except steam railroad cars and engines and street railway cars, and vehicles running on less than four wheels.
Section 3. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to build- ings and structures heretofore erected, as well as to buildings and structures hereafter erected; but shall not be construed to repeal or to impair the validity of a certain ordinance approved December 15, 1907, entitled "An Ordinance Regulating the Erection and Maintenance of Garages for Automobiles."
Section 4. Whoever violates a provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the first day of August in the year 1910.
Approved May 27, 1910.
No. 79. An Ordinance Relative to Notices of Hearings, etc.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville. as follows :-
Section 1. Whenever any petition is filed with the city clerk on · which a hearing before the board of aldermen is required, he shall cause notice to be given of such hearing to be held at the next con- venient regular meeting of the board.
Section 2. Whenever application for license for the sale of in- toxicating liquors is filed with the city clerk, he shall cause notice of the same to be given as required by law.
Section 3. Before such notice is given the petitioner shall deposit with the city clerk a sum of money sufficient to pay the expense of such notice.
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