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Number of scales repaired as ordered .
3
2
Total number tagged and repaired .
12
13
25
Number of scales condemned .
23
0
Number of weights condemned
0
0
Number of dry measures condemned
9
5
Number of liquid measures condemned .
166
1
Number of yard sticks condemned .
0
0
Number of miscellaneous condemned
37
0
Total number condemned .
235
0
241
Total number tested in and out of office
20,305
Receipts for the year 1912 :-
Appropriation .
$2,400 00
Fees received for sealing and adjusting .
465 62
Expenditures for the year 1912 :-
Telephone service
$26 10
Printing books and supplies
76 91
Amount paid for team .
292 50
Amount paid for helper .
14 00
Salary of sealer
1,100 00
Salary of deputy sealer .
900 00
$2,409 51
Unexpended balance .
$456 11
JOHN H. DUSSEAULT,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
$2,865 62
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REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
Somerville, January 15, 1913.
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 1912 :-
The work of construction in the abolition of grade cross- ings at Medford street and at Dane street is well under way. Settlements have been made of many claims for land damages at these crossings. Work has not yet begun at Park street, as provided by the decree.
Several actions brought against the city for damages to es- tates at Webster avenue were tried in the Middlesex County Superior Court. The cost of abolishing the Webster-avenue crossing, including payments for such damages, is paid as fol- lows: 10 per cent. by the city, 65 per cent. by the railroad com- pany, 12} per cent. by the street railway company, 12} per cent. by the state.
An action brought by J. Walter Sanborn for damages to land and three dwelling houses on Prospect street and Newton street was tried and a verdict for $3,011.25 was given by the jury. This verdict is believed by the parties interested as de- fendants to be more than a fair and reasonable estimate of the real damages to the property, and acting under instructions I intend to file exceptions and attempt to secure another trial. As the action is still pending, I cannot properly report upon it now at greater length.
I tried also two actions brought by the owners of the church,.convent, and school property on the westerly side of Webster avenue. Settlements by agreement had previously been made with the same owners for damages to their property on the easterly side of Webster avenue, $12,750 having been paid them June 21, 1911, for damages to land and the school building thereon at the corner of Everett street and $5,750 hav- ing been paid them December 4, 1911, for damages to land and two houses thereon situated nearer Union square.
Several conferences were held between representatives of the owners and representatives of the city, the state, the rail- road and the street railway in an attempt to make a settlement for damages to the property on the westerly side. The sum of $142,292 was asked in behalf of the owners, and their repre- sentatives refused to consider favorably a suggestion made them by the representatives of the city, the state, the railroad, and the street railway that the payment of $25,000 would be recommended in settlement. The actions were tried together and verdicts amounting to $17,535.67 were given by a jury.
456
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Motions were made by the plaintiffs for new trials and were denied by the court. Exceptions were filed by them for the purpose of attempting to obtain another trial. A few months later, the plaintiffs being entitled to costs and interest in addi- tion to the amount of the verdicts, a settlement was agreed upon for $21,000 and this sum was paid them.
Actions in court and claims for injuries received by reason of defects in public ways were settled for $76.65, $125, and $175. A claim of a similar nature was settled by the surety on the bond of a contractor without expense to the city.
Two actions were tried before a jury in the Superior Court at Lowell, arising out of the destruction by fire of the incinera- tor building. One of these actions was brought by the city against a tenant and his surety to enforce the payment of rent under a written agreement. A final judgment was obtained in favor of the city for the full amount of the rent and was paid by the surety. The other action was brought by the tenant against the city on a large claim for damages. A verdict was directed by the court in favor of the city, and the plaintiff is now endeavoring to have the verdict set aside on exceptions to be taken to the Supreme Court.
A petition for a writ of mandamus was brought against the mayor to compel the reinstatement of the petitioner as an em- ployee in the police department under the provisions of chapter 624 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1911, and is now pending before the full bench of the Supreme Court.
Two actions brought against the city for injuries claimed to have been received by reason of a defect in Powder House boulevard were defended on the ground that the special statute authorizing the city to lay out the boulevard created no liabil- ity for defects, and the actions were dismissed without expense to the city.
Actions against the city of Cambridge on claims for taxes and assessments upon land in Somerville were abandoned. Several old sewer assessments against various persons were collected by suit, the interest and costs being abated.
A bill before the legislature was successfully opposed, similar to one presented the year before, requiring other cities and towns as well as Boston and Cambridge, to pay a part of the expenses of constructing and maintaining bridges over the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston.
The general work of my department has been about the same as in other years.
Very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 1, 1913. 5 To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the forty-first annual report of the City Clerk of the City of Som- erville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The receipts and payments were as follows :-
Receipts.
Balance from year 1911, being for dog licenses issued in December, 1911 :-
5 males at $2.00 .
$10 00
3 females at $5.00 . .
15 00
$25 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer in December, 1911, 8 at $.20, 1 60.
$23 40
For dog licenses issued in 1912 :-
1,252 males at $2.00
$2,504 00
259 females at $5.00
1,295 00
104 spayed at $2.00
208 00
1 breeder's license at $25.00 .
25 00
Recording mortgages, assignments, etc., 802 papers $494 50
Certificates of marriage intentions, 913 at $1.00
913 00
Furnishing copies of records
152 50
· Licenses :-
Amusements :-
37 monthly licenses at $4.00 . $148 00
330 licenses for 462 entertain-
ments, including 1 paid
for in 1911, making 461 at $1.00 461 00
609 00
Auctioneers, 26 at $2.00 .
52 00
Billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 24 licenses for 71 tables and 20 alleys, at $2.00 .
182 00
Cry goods and calling :-
92 at $1.00 $92 00
3 licenses applied for and not returned 3 00
95 00
Drain layers, 8 at $1.00
8 00
Drivers, 4 at $1.00
4 00
Amounts carried forward
$2,510 00
$4,055 40
$4,032 00
458
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$2,510 00 $4,055 40
Engines and motors, 26 licenses for 30 motors, 1 boiler, 2 gas engines, and 2 steam engines, including 1 paid in 1911, making 25 at $1.00 . $25 00
2 licenses for 11 motors, not acted on 2 00
Hackney carriages, 4 licenses 8
for
carriages at $1.00
8 00
Garages, 74 licenses, including 1 paid in 1911, making 73 at $2.00 . $146 00
4 refused and money
not called for $8 00
1 not acted on 2 00
10 00
3 refunds on licenses refused in 1911 . 6 00
150 00
Innholders and common vict-
uallers, 55 licenses for 1 inn-
holder and 54 victuallers, including 1 paid in 1911,
making 54 at $2.00
$108 00
1 not acted upon
2 00
$110 00
1 refund on license refused in 1911 .
2 00
108 00
Intelligence offices, 8 at $2.00 .
16 00
Junk and second-hand licenses : 19 shop licenses at $25.00 . $475 00
35 collectors' licenses at $10.00 .
350 00
825 00
Private detectives, 7 at $10.00 . .
70 00
Ring bells, 10 at $1.00
10 00
Slaughtering, 6 at $1.00 . . Street musicians, 8 licenses for 14 persons at $.50 $7 00
6 00
1 license for two persons refused, and money not called for
1 00
8 00
Wagons, 104 licenses, including 1 paid for in 1911, making 103 at $1.00 ·
103 00
Wagon stands, 4 at $1.00 . .
4 00
Permits for projections over sidewalks, 18 signs and 5 awnings, making 23 at $1.00 .
23 00
Permits to transport liquors :- - 19 licenses at $1.00 $19 00
.
Amounts carried forward . . $19 00 $3,868 00
$4,055 40
.
.
27 00
$156 00
459
CITY CLERK.
Amounts brought forward $19 00
$3,868 00 $4,055 40
1 refused and money not called for
1 00
$20 00
2 refunds on permits refused
in 1907 and 1911 2 00
18 00
Recording and issuing sixth-class liquor
licenses, 38 at $1.00
38 00
Filing certificates, 2 at $.50
1 00
Repairing and sale of junk badges
2 50
Sale of old paper
4 68
Notices of hearings (public service corpora- tions) .
32 50
Interest on deposits .
13 24
3,977 92
Total receipts
$8,033 32
Payments.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1911, to November 30, 1912, both in- clusive :-
1,254 males at $2.00 .
$2,508 00
261 females at $5.00
1,305 00
104 spayed at $2.00
208 00
- 1 breeder's license at $25.00
25 00
$4,046 00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,620 at $.20 .
324 00
$3,722 00
To the city treasurer, monthly :- City clerk's fees for issuing and re- cording dog licenses, 1,616 at $.20 . $323 20
All the receipts above specified, except for dog licenses . 3,977 92
4,301 12
,
Total payments .
$8,023 12
Balance, January 1, 1913, being for dog licenses issued in December, 1912 :-
3 males at $2.00 .
$6 00
1 female at $5.00
5 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city
80
$10 20
.
.
.
·
$11 00
treasurer, 4 at $.20 .
There have been issued during the year 168 resident hunters' certificates at $1 each, and one unnaturalized foreign- born certificate at $15, the fees for which have been paid monthly to the commissioners of fisheries and game of the commonwealth; total, $183.
460
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Licenses and Permits.
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of receipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the board of aldermen, without charge, as follows :-
Auctioneers (to veterans of the Civil War) .
2
Children under 15 to take part in entertainments
9
Newsboys
57
To blast rock or stone
6
To erect or use buildings for gasoline .
20
To hold road race in streets .
1
To move buildings through streets 13
5
To hold open-air meetings
8
To give band concerts (two permits for five concerts)
2
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 Illuminating Company of Boston and The New England Tele- phone 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.
In every order of the board of aldermen granting such permission to use the streets provision is made for the pro- tection of the interests of the city, and a suitable agreement, satisfactory in form to the city solicitor, must be filed with the city clerk before the order can become operative.
Births.
1912.
Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1912 :-
Males Females 875
964
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 1912 will be given in the city clerk's report for the year 1913.
1911.
The following is a statement in full of the births for 1911 :-
To parade in streets
CITY CLERK.
461
Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in Somerville in
1911 registered .
1,756
More than previous year
90
Males
859
Females
897
1,756
Born of American parents
669
Born of foreign parents . 675
Born of American father and foreign mother . 204
Born of foreign father and American mother . 194
Born of American mother and father of unknown nationality . 9
Born of foreign mother and father of unknown nationality .
4
Born of parents of unknown nationality .
1
Number of still-births in Somerville in 1911 registered .
73
Number of births in other places in 1911 registered . 260
2,089
Number of cases of twins
19
Number of cases of triplets .
.
Marriages.
Number of intention certificates issued in 1912 .
. 913
More than previous year
7
Marriages registered
951
Less than previous year .
7
Both parties American
530
Both parties foreign .
212
American groom and foreign bride
101
Foreign groom and American bride
111
954 couples
First marriage of
1,719
Second marriage of .
173
Third marriage of
14
Fourth marriage of .
2
954 couples
Deaths. (Exclusive of still-births.)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1912
983
Less than previous year .
52
Males .
438
Females .
545
983
Under ten years of age .
227
10 and under 20 years of age .
29
20 and under 30 years of age .
53
30 and under 40 years of age .
70
40 and under 50 years of age .
75
50 and under 60 years of age .
101
60 and under 70 years of age .
163
70 and under 80 years of age .
165
80 and under 90 years of age .
83
90 years of age and over
17
1,756
1
983
462
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Age of oldest person deceased
96 yrs.
Born in Somerville
226
Born in other places in the United States
403
Of foreign birth
353
Birthplace unknown
.
983
Number of deaths in January
94
February
109
March
96
April
76
May
94
66
June
72
16
66
August
61
September
68
October
75
November
80
December
93
66
July .
65
66
"
The number of still-births recorded during the year was seventy-five. In addition to the above, 201 deaths which · occurred elsewhere, and two removals, were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
983
1
463
CITY CLERK.
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters. MEN'S LISTS.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
As- sessed Polls, April 1, 1912.
Nov. 22. 1911.
Added in April, 1912.
Re- vised Lists of July 5, 1912.
Added in Sept. and Oct., 1912.
Oct. 16, 1912.
Added in Nov., 1912.
Nov. 20, 1912.
Voted Nov. 5, 1912.
Voted Dec. 10, 1912.
Ward 1
Precinct 1 .
1,309 524
678 274 326 336
613 254 288 301
117 61 40
730 315
7 3
737 318
640 284
245
1
1
4 ·
677
358
331
310
3,038
1,614
..
1,456
272
1.728
19
1,747
1,541
1,327
Ward 2
Precinct 1 .
441
1
396
452
3
455
413
301
683
1
639 356
56 152 40
791 396
3
399
361
243
3,492
1,515
2
1,391
248
1,639
6
1,645
1,486
999
Ward 3
Precinct 1 .
1,245
830
2
780 638
58 53
838 691
3
838 694
621
593 492
2,352
1,530
2
1,418
111
1,529
3
1,532
1,384
1,085
Ward 4
.
·
Precinct 1 ·
1,406
810
1
734 598
100 98
834 696
1
834 697
618
463
2,521
1,446
1
1,332
198
1,530
1
1,531
1,338
955
Ward 5
Precinct 1 .
1,233 958
813 633
2
566 573
58 59
624 632
4
636
583
488
3,203
2,067
5
1,897
189
2,086
6
2,092
1,910
1,486
Ward 6 "
6
2 .
1,392
792
716
89 109 86
825 766
3
763
686
426
4,229
2,489
. .
2,268
284
2,552
10
2,562
2,286
1,547
Ward 7
Precinct 1 .
849
632
573
66
639
5
644
586
417
7
.
2
1,186
736
..
650
91
741
-1
740
680
471
7
.
3
1,121
607
577
103
680
2
682
605
435
7
4 .
997
590
1
569
111
680
-1
679
629
427
4,153
2,565
1
2,369
371
2,740
5
2,745
2,500
1,750
City
22,988
13,226
11
12,131 1
1,673
13,804
50
13,854 12,445
9,149
.
2
.
.
791
712
455
2
.
.
3
.
.
.
1,107
700
. .
4
2 .
1,115
636
. .
758
72
830
1
831
757
582
5
·
66
3 .
1,012
621
3
.
Precinct 1 .
1,682
931
. .
872
961
12
973
860
647
6
3 . .
1,155
766
. .
680
54
328 355
6
334
286
251
.
528
. .
..
..
1
2 .
3
2 .
3
.
1,076 1,562 854
391
. .
763
720
492
416
5
.
2 ·
1
625
570
740
474
1
826
..
·
..
.
-
521
3
2
464
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
WOMEN'S VOTING LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Nov. 22, 1911.
Revised Lists of July 5, 1912.
Added in Sept. Oct. and Nov., 1912.
Nov. 20 1912.
Voted Decem- ber 10, 1912.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
40
38
17
55
37
2
6
5
20
25
22
3
14
12
3
15
8
4
58
56
7
63
43
118
111
47
158
110
Ward 2
Precinct 1
6
3
1
4
1
2
7
7
1
8
1
2
.
.
.
. .
17
12
2
14
2
Ward 3
Precinct 1
112
105
77
182
130 90
211
198
140
338
220
Ward 4
Precinct 1
17
17
8
25
7
· 4
.
.
.
15
15
9
24
6
32
32
17
49
13
Ward 5
Precinct 1 «
18
18
67
85
69
20
19
49
68
53
5
7
7
127
134
127
45
44
243
287
249
Ward 6
Precinct 1
239
217
167
384
295
6
2
60
53
64
117
101
6
.
3
28
26
68
94
69
327
296
299
595
465
Ward 7
Precinct 1
23
19
10
29
7
94
78
16
94
25
56
49
5
54
8
26
21
6
27
6
199
167
37
204
46
City
.
.
.
949
860
785
1,645
1,105
·
1
.
1
1
·
·
·
·
2
99
93
63
156
3
.
.
.
7
7
7
.
.
4
.
2
.
3
4
2
·
.
2
3
.
.
.
.
2
3
2
·
5
·
2
·
1
465
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, and on various questions, at the state election held November 5, 1912 :-
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
John M. Fisher,
Prohibition,
6
6
8
6
8
9
18
61
Edward Kendall,
Fred Tepper,
Socialist,
18
17
14
26
33
38
30
176
Daniel A. White,
Socialist
2
2
1
2
10
1
18
James P. Magenis,
Progressive,
385
259
468
474
595
804
1,087
4,072
Rufus D. Adams,
Republican,
454
220
453
477
600
707
826
3,737
John W. Cummings,
Democratic,
608
911
407
327
626
666
517
4,062
Scattering,
..
68
68
33
26
... 48
52
... 21
316
GOVERNOR.
Charles S. Bird,
Progressive,
357 683
219
413 416
402 344
533 648
694 705
928 535
3,546 4,349
Eugene N. Foss,
{ Socialist
3
6
....
1
1
8
1
20
Frank N. Rand,
Prohibition,
4
8
6
3
7
9
14
51
Roland D. Sawyer,
Socialist,
22
13
19 472
25 505 58
25 632 64
742 92
908 81
497
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Daniel Cosgrove,
Progressive, Prohibition,
7
8
8
263 13 610 19
351 6 818 26
490
683 22
2,426 72
Robert Luce,
Republican,
451
178
610
14
3
2
9
4
24
David I. Walsh,
687
1,035
431
345
628 79
134
551 114
708
SECRETARY.
Frank J. Donahue,
Democratic, Socialist.
597
938
368
247
542 29
577 44 879
365 33
3,634
Ellen Hayes,
Republican,
448
178
542
587
771
2
9
8
37
William W. Nash,
Prohibition,
5
4
9
10
11
13
16
767
2,758
Russell A . Wood, Blank,
207
175
117
153
417 138
564 200
209
1,199
TREASURER.
Charles A. Chace,
Prohibition, § Socialist Labor,
6
4
4
8
10
18
57
David Craig,
8
11
2
4
3
9
3
40
Eldon B. Keith,
Progressive,
198
147
258
242
365
456
639
2,305
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur,
Democratic,
581
919
342
231
506
553
346
3,478
Elmer A. Stevens,
544
217
643
691
871
1,021
1,296
5,283
Louis F. Weiss,
23
19
13
26
25
43
37
181
169
119
140
132
194
161
186 1,096
33
173
Joseph Walker,
Republican,
403
147
3,809
Blank,
69
75
58
240
146
253
Alfred H. Evans,
8 880
1,092 34
4,639 171
Robert B. Martin,
Socialist,
23
18
Dennis McGoff,
Socialist
2
4
Labor,
Democratic,
131
97
68
85
Albert P. Langtry,
Socialist
10
7
1
Karl Lindstrand,
Labor,
Progressive,
225
162
319
304
37
49
22
28
242
1,102
4,507
William A. Gaston,
3
....
3
Blank,
Labor,
Robert Bateson,
Moritz E. Ruther,
Cassius A. Ward,
David F. Dillon,
Democratic,
1,018
Patrick Mulligan,
Labor,
37
728
4,405
Blank,
Republican, Socialist,
Blank,
....
36
466
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
AUDITOR.
James F. Carens,
590
938
360
238
Herbert B. Griffin,
10
32
16 270
14 264 27
535 13 376 27
568 34
358 25
3,587 144
Octave A. La Riviere,
209
110 21
15
Jeremiah P. McNally,
1 Labor,
5
6
2
2
4
12
4
35
519
193
598 123
639 154
807 148
932 217
1,183 228
1,244
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
George W. Anderson,
Democratic, Socialist Labor,
619
955
373
265
553
608
403
3,776
Frank Bohmbach,
8
6
1
1
4
22
5
47
Freeman T. Crommett,
Prohibition,
6
6
10
11
11
13
24
81
H. Heustis Newton,
Progressive,
218
137
288
278
397
498
712
2,528
George E. Roewer, Jr.,
23
24
17
26
28
39
32
189
496
197
579
613 144
784 133
924 182
195
1,102
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
John Herbert,
Progressive, Socialist,
28
20
16
290 68 617
434 33 776 563 104
534 44 936 637 135
728 54 1,176 397 145
852
COUNCILLOR.
William H. Barter,
Democratic, Republican, Socialist,
635 562
937 276
373 739
284 794
585 1,002 58
632 1,189 61
437 1,525 66
3,883 6,087 344
Leod McLeod, Blank,
.... 309
227
230
224
264
404
472
2,130
SENATOR.
Charles V. Blanchard,
Republican, Socialist,
20
20
545 18
620 25 336
755 34 471
927 41 579
1,148 33
4,716 191
Arthur W. Glines,
236
129
348 403
258
537 113
141
845 346 128
3,811
Blank,
126
106
70
99
REPRESENTATIVES, 25TH DIST. (3)
William M. Armstrong,
552
670
592
807
2.621
Leonard B. Chandler,
300
359
463
538
1,660
Wilbur S. Clarke,
218
300
306
390
1,214
William J. Ennis,
586
325
232
532
1,675
Thomas H. Kelley,
68
83
34 582
49
234
William W. Kennard, Walter A. Ladd,
Progressive, Socialist,
218
297
300
406
1,221
John L. Mulholland,
36
16
23
41
116
William H. Reardon,
Democratic,
602
340
252
518
1,712
Charles L. Underhill, Emil Veeck,
Republican, Socialist,
28
17
26
35
1
1
John P. Ryan, Blank,
1,051
630
625
868
3,174
205
129
289
Squire E. Putney,
Ernest W. Roberts,
Republican,
532
222
584 405 90
262
Henry C. Rowland, Blank,
622
992
154
123
101
36
1
1
Michael W. White,
675
994
783
Republican, Progressive, Progressive, Democratic, Socialist,
Republican,
510
521
734
2,347
454
594
579
811
480 43
668 34
2,377 187
Sylvester J. McBride,
Progressive, Socialist, J Socialist
20
Republican,
4,871
John E. White, Blank,
188
186
Republican,
1,129
4,722
James M. Swift, Blank,
171
161
116
4,843 3,878
Alexander McGregor,
Calvin M. Verbeck,
35
46
42
484
237
Joseph Hatfield Estey,
2,944
Progressive, Democratic,
598
2,438 106
Socialist,
Democratic,
2,609 263
TOTAL.
Democratic, Prohibition,
467
CITY CLERK.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
REPRESENTATIVES, 26TH DIST. (3)
Henry A. Diehl,
William H Dolben,
192
932
1,364
2,488
Frank J. Eigabroadt,
126
455
656
1,237
John H. O'Neil,
.....
28
52
49
129
William Sanborn,
....
34
59
56
149
Bernard J. Sheridan,
Democratic,
901
582
367
1,850
Ralph M. Smith,
Republican,
188
975
1,195 751
1,466
O. S. Scales, Blank,
. .
846
1,067
1,168
3,081
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Winthrop H. Fairbank,
Democratic,
615 43
934 41
388 32 739 225
277 38 776 247
574 50 1,011 275
621 77 1,20 38-4
472 90 1,476 462
6,051 2,142
COUNTY TREASURER.
Nicholas H. Flynn,
Socialist,
Joseph O. Hayden,
Republican,
538
835
351 250
257
57 1,027 491 335
560 411
74 1,542 384 500
2,471
SHALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, DISQUALIFYING FROM VOTING PERSONS CONVICTED OF CER- TAIN OFFENCES, BE APPROVED AND RAT- IFIED ?
Number of "Yes" votes, Number of "No" votes, Blank,
600 323 618
427 417
698 227
671 194 473
967 339 604
1,116 372 798
1,315 364 821
5,794 2,236 4,415
SHALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, RELATIVE TO THE TAX- ATION OF WILD OR FOREST LANDS, BE APPROVED AND RATIFIED ?
Number of "Yes" votes, Number of "No" votes, Blank,
600 220
534 243
616 229
721
709
539
612 173 553
918 269 723
1,004 367 915
1,188 352 960
5,472 1,853 5,120
SHALL AN ACT PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUN- DRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATIVE TO PENSIONING LABORERS IN THE EMPLOY OF CITIES AND TOWNS," BE ACCEPTED ?
Number of "Yes" votes, Number of "No" votes, Blank,
847
897
225
143
469
446
322
755 229 354
11,026 444 -440
1,253 457 576
1,272 578 650
6,756 2,432 3,257
Charles W. Eldridge,
Democratic, Republican, Progressive, Republican, Democratic, Socialist, Socialist,
864
539
309
1,712
217
1,135 531
1,268 317
1,725
Richard Pigott,
. .
Progressive,
185
530 1
1
Robert J. Kelly,
Socialist,
Chester B. Williams,
Republican,
588
257 254
Blank,
295
11 606
37 252
37 746
33 801 247
Thomas F. Royle, Blank,
Democratic,
356
362
642
459
353 6,215 3,406
1,241
3,881 371
. ..
877
2,620
2,358
French O. J. Tarbox,
706 356
468
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 questions of granting licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors and on acceptance of act relative to vacations of members of fire departments, in this city, at the city election held December 10, 1912 :-
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total.
MAYOR.
Charles A. Burns,
Republican,
548 182
221
533 282 263
532 221 193
736 283 456 11
737 347 450 13
841 603 271 35
2,860
25
14
7
9
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 1.
Winslow P. Burhoe,
Progressive,
103
71
210 508
166 491
244 666
281 681 388
468 832 220
2,704
Blank,
63
140
117
117
144
197
230
1,008
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 2.
John H. Cassidy,
Democratic,
496
620
230
167
423 235
395 285
214
2,545
Laurence C. E. Hallin,
Progressive,
127
80
213
172
George A. Wilson,
483
242
506
478
670 158
666 201
254
1,165
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 3.
John B. Dayton,
Democratic,
512
601
301 690
189 575
462 799 225
446 831 270
286 1,068 396
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