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KING SOLOMON LODGE, No. 12, I. O. G. S. (colored) .- Officers-W. P. C., John Platt ; P. P. D., Emily E. Plummer ; W. C., Walter Butler; W. P. D., Esther Thompson ; W. V. C., Frank S. Jones ; D. F., Jenny Petten ; W. R. S., Isaac G. Parker; D. R., Sophie Thomas ; W. F. S., J. H. Putnam; F. D., Maggie Garnet; W. T., Edward Williams; D. T., Carrie Toney ; W. Con., Isaac Will- more ; I. Con., Ella Johnson ; W. P., John Watts; D. Z., Annie E. James. Member- ship, 71.
MORNING STAR DEGREE LODGE, No. 4, I. O. G. S. (colored) .- Officers-G. M., Joseph Banks ; T. W., William Thompson ; Treasurer, Edward Williams; Scribe, Jo- seph H. Putnam; Prelate, John Watts ; Conductor, Walter Butler; I. S., Isaac Will-, more ; O. S., John Platt.
ARMORY HILL TEMPERANCE REFORM ASSOCIATION .- An open society ; hold their meetings at the call of the President, usually on Friday evenings, at Independence Hall, State street. Dr. V. L. Owen, President; S. B. Lewis, Dr. S. D. Brooks, Nathan Rice, Felix Chillingworth, Vice-presidents ; M. J. Ryan, Secretary, and E. H. Waite, Treas- urer.
BEACON LODGE, No. 69, I. O. OF G. T .- Meets every Monday evening, at Independ- ence. Hall, State street. W. C. T., M. James Ryan ; W. V. T., Mrs. Almena Leonard ; W. S., Thomas H. Benton ; W. F. S., L. R. Waite ; W. T., S. C. Spiller; W. M., Ed- ward Howe; W. C., A. W. Griswold; W. I. G., Miss Emma Crowler; W. O. G., Wil- liam Goodrich. Membership, 150.
CRESCENT LODGE, No. 130, I. O. G. T .- Meets every Tuesday evening, at Crescent Hall, corner of State and Market streets. W.
C. T., Henry S. Grout ; W. V. T., Addie O. Pettis ; W. S., J. A. Hunt ; W. A. S., John Royce; W. F. S., Albert A. Patten ; W. T., Frank S. Carr ; W. C., Henry A. Goff; W. M., Fred K. Perry ; W. I. G., Mattie Allen ; W. O. G., Chester Pratt; P. W. C. T., Daniel Charter ; Deputy G. W. C. T., Marion S. Cheney. Membership, 250.
JOHN B. GOUGH LODGE, No. 139, I. O. G. T. (colored)-Meets every Friday even- ing at Concordia Hall, 21 Foot's block. Officers-W. C. T., Dwight L. Ackley ; W. V. T., Lizzie A. Williams ; W. S., Ida E. Vanall; W. A. S., Henry P. Mason; W. F. S., James C. Hawkins; W. T., Sid- ney Plummer; W. C., Willis Bowlden ; W. M., Harry Williams ; W. D. M., Alice T. Champlin ; W. I. G., Ellen Champlin ; W. O. G., William Roberts; R. H. S., Martha Mason; L. H. S., Mary F. Coy ; Deputy G. W. C. T., Nathan Rice.
ALTHEA LODGE, No. 149, I. O. G. T .- Meets every Wednesday evening at Althea Hall, near Water shops. Officers-W. C. T., Henry Foster ; W. V. T., Mrs. Henry Fos. ter ; W. S., William T. Gregg; W. F. S., George H. Sanderson; W. T., Ephraim Fairbanks ; W. C, C. H. Buxton ; W. M., Jessie Hosmer ; W. I. G., Katie Williston ; W. O. G., Albert Hayden ; P. W. C. T., J. Colby Adams; Deputy G. W. C. T., James L. Bowen. Membership, 100.
LIQUID LIGHT DIVISION, NO. 37, S. OF T .- Meets every Tuesday evening at their hall, No. 7 Taylor & Olmstead's block, cor- ner Main and Taylor streets. Officers- W. P., James B. Fraser ; W. A., Eben Steb- bins ; R. S, Thomas Chubbuck ; A. R. S., Mrs. L. M. Stewart; F. S., Mrs. J. B. Fraser; Treasurer, H. L. Belden ; Chaplain, Samuel Colton ; C., Joseph Myrick ; A. C., Carrie D. Haynes ; I. S., Edwin R. Worthen ; O. S., Dr. N. E. Ames ; P. W. P., J. Lyman Smith. Membership, 84.
CONCORDIA DIVISION, NO. 58, S. OF T .- Meets every Wednesday evening, at Con- cordia Hall, 21 Foot's block. Officers- W. P., Frank S. Leonard; W. A., Emma V. Houghton; R. S., W. H. Goldsmith ; A. R. S., Angie B. Kirkby ; F. S, Annie C. Cook; Chaplain, C. W. Peters; C., Robert H. Cox; A. C., Ada Grant ; I. S., Alice Lane ; O. S., Chester Hastings. Member- ship, 150.
MORNING LIGHT TEMPLE, NO. 3, Juvenile Templars-Meets every Saturday afternoon
at Beacon Hall, State street. Officers- C. T., Willie Stock; V. T., Mary White; R. S., Mannie Wilkins ; A. R. S., Jennie Beckwith; F. S., Melville Hooker; T., Alice Cooley ; C., Isa Barrett ; M., Henry White ; A. M., Florence Martin ; G., George Stock ; S., Arthur Barrett. Membership, 50.
FATHER MATHEW TOTAL ABSTINENCE AND MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY-Or- ganized in 1867. Officers-President, Wil- liam H. Hart ; Vice-president, P. McNamee ; Secretary, Thomas Freeman ; Treasurer, P. Bagley ; Chaplain, Rev. J. J. McDermott. Membership, 48. Meets the first and third Sundays in every month in room in rear of the Cathedral. Its members receive $4 per week in sickness, and in case of death $30 is provided for funeral expenses.
Secret Societies.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGI- NEERS, Division 63-Chartered March 2, 1865. Number of members, 102. Meets alternate Friday and Saturday evenings, at their rooms in Boston & Albany granite building. The society is officered as fol- lows: F. B. Chamberlain, C. E .; A. C. Burnham, F. E .; E. D. Merrill, S. E .; G. L. Sackett, F. A. E .; W. H. Annable, S. A. E .; O. E. Dennis, T. A. E .; A. E. Barnes, Guide ; Porter King, Chaplain ; G. L. Sackett, Cor. Sec .; Charles H. Graham, Secretary of Insurance.
SPRINGFIELD COUNCIL No. 1, SOVE- REIGNS OF INDUSTRY - Organized Janu- ary 16, 1874. Officers-President, Charles Mulchahey ; Vice-president, Francke W. Dickinson ; Secretary, Mary A. Dickinson ; Financial Secretary, Addison W. Browne ; Treasurer, M. J. Chamberlain. Member- ship, 470. Meets at G. A. R. Hall every Friday evening.
EUREKA COUNCIL NO. 5, SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRY - Organized January 23, 1874. Officers-President, J. H. Haskins; Vice-president, E. DeWitt; Secretary, K. E. Newell ; Treasurer, William F. Hopkins. Membership, 276. Meets at Hibernia Hall, Gilmore's block, every Tuesday evening.
UNION COUNCIL NO. 6, SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRY - Organized January 26, 1874. Officers - President, D. W. Ware; Vice- president, A. J. Adams; Secretary, F. O. Wells; Treasurer, C. B. Haynes. Member-
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ship, 150. Meets every Monday evening in Hibernia Hall, Gilmore's block.
ARMORY HILL COUNCIL NO. 9, SOVE- REIGNS OF INDUSTRY-Organized January 29, 1874. Officers - President, A. H. Clark; Vice-president, F. W. Sanderson ; Secretary, J. C. Smith ; Treasurer, Henry Dana. Membership, over 300. Meets every Wednesday evening at Independence Hall, 453 State street.
MASSASOIT TEMPLE OF HONOR NO. 46- Instituted November 7, 1874. Meets every Friday evening at Crescent Hall, corner of State and Market streets. Officers- W. C. T., I. C. Peck; W. V. T., L. M. Morgan ; W. R., Robert H. Cox; W. A. R., Albert A. Patten ; W. T., Henry S. Grout ; W. F. R., Edwin W. Baker; W. U., George A. Sanderson ; W. G., B. W. Loud ; W. S., Frank S. Leonard ; Chaplain, Henry A. Goff; P. W. C. T., J. A. Hunt.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, DI- VISION No. 1 - Officers - President, P. Bourke; Vice-president, William O'Brien; Corresponding Secretary, Thomas Mc- Quade; Financial Secretary, William Ryan ; Treasurer, J. E. Flanagan ; State Treasurer, P. Bourke. Membership, 200. Meets every Thursday night at Hibernia Hall, Gilmore's block.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, DIVI- SION No. 2- Officers-President, J. A. McGinty ; Vice-president, T. O'Connor ; Recording Secretary, F. Fahey ; Financial Secretary, William Holland; Treasurer, F. O'Hara. Membership, 90. Meets every Friday night at Hibernia Hall, Gilmore's block.
ORDER OF ALFREDIANS-Brigade No. 4 of Massachusetts - Organized April 16, 1874. Officers - Honorable Commander, James Lewis ; Vice-commander, Crossland Taylor ; Recorder, J. B. Walker ; Treasurer, Thomas Burgin; Scribe, P. Miller; Chap- lain, A. H. Hemming. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month, at Con- cordia Hall, 21 Foot's block, 502 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD CALEDONIAN SOCIETY - Officers - President, William D. Smith; Vice-president, Duncan Davidson; Treas- urer, John D. Donaldson; Corresponding Secretary, Andrew Thompson. Member- ship, 50. Meets the last Wednesday in each month, at the Society's rooms, No. 7 Taylor & Olmstead's block, Main street.
Relief Associations.
FIREMEN'S MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIA- TION-Object to provide for members of the Fire Department, who are disabled in the discharge of duty, $10 per week being allowed in each case. The fund amounts to over $4,000. Each company contributes $7 per year, and the income from the annual firemen's ball is added. Officers - Presi- dent, L. H. Powers; Vice-president, E. D. Stock; Secretary, S. B. Chapman ; Treas- urer, E. D. Chapin ; Trustees, L. H. Powers; H. C. Lombard, C. A. Knapp, John A. Lynch, Samuel B. Chapman, C. Mayne, R. Cargill, James Flanagan, E. D. Stock, W. A. Withey, K. B. Webster.
MASONIC MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS .- Organized in 1870, and composed exclusively of Ma- sons. Members from 21 to 40 years of age pay an admission fee of $5.00, and for every additional year, from 40 to 60 inclusive, $1.00. If over 60 years the fee is fixed by the directors. In case of death, the family of the deceased receive $1 from each mem- ber. Officers-President, George W. Ray ; Vice-president, Smith R. Phillips ; Treas- urer, Thomas Warner, Jr .; Secretary, S. B. Hutchinson. Membership, June 1, 1874, 1,825.
ODD FELLOWS MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCI- ATION OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VAL- LEY-John M. Wood, President, Hampden Lodge, Springfield ; H. A. Bowen, Vice- president, Alethian Lodge, Shelburne Falls ; W. P. Beals, Treasurer, St. John's Lodge, Chicopee ; W. W. Gardner, Secretary, De Soto Lodge, Springfield. Fee for admis- sion, $1.50 for applicants under 25 years, and half a dollar more for each five years of age from 35 to 65; no applicant admitted whose age exceeds 65. In case of death, the family of the deceased receives $1.10 from each member of the Association. Membership, 1,125.
ST. MICHAEL'S MUTUAL RELIEF SOCI- ETY-Meets the second Sunday in each month, at room in rear of Cathedral. Pres- ident, Daniel Brown; Vice-president, James Burke ; Secretary, Patrick McNamara; Treasurer, James Meagher ; Chaplain, Rev. J. J. McDermott. Membership, 75; fund, $400; initiation fee, $1; dues, 25 cents a month. Sick members receive $4 a week and care of associates; in case of death, $30 is granted.
YOUNG CATHOLIC'S FRIEND SOCIETY- Object, relief of needy orphans in this city. Officers-President, Rev. Charles E. Burke ; Vice-president, F. J. Donoghue ; Secretary, J. E. McDonald ; Treasurer, Owen O'Con- nor ; Book-keeper, Katie Burke. Meets first Sunday in each month in the room in the rear of the Cathedral. Membership, 265. Raised and expended for charitable pur- poses, the past year, $1,500.
MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE EMPLOYES OF THE B. & A. R. R. Co .- Trustees, C. O. Russell, J. W. Clark, H. C. Hamilton, A. S. Bryant, W. H. Stearns, Robert Eccles, Marcus Cadwell; Secretary and Treasurer, Albert Holt. Meets in the secretary's room in the Boston & Albany Railroad block, first Wednesday evening in every month, and annually on the fourth Wednesday evening of March, at 71% P. M. Admission fee, $2.00, and in case of death, the deceased member's family receive $1.00 from each member. Membership, 876.
THE HAMPDEN CONFERENCE AND BE- NEVOLENT ASSOCIATION - Was organized in 1831, and represents the 38 Congrega- tional churches of the County, in annual convention. Besides their own support nearly thirty of the churches, at the last meeting, reported benevolent contributions for the past year, amounting to $49,682.66.
The annual meeting this year, is with the South Church in Springfield, the last Tues- day in October.
UNION MUTUAL BENEFICIAL SOCIETY (Colored)-Organized in 1866. Each mem- ber receives $3.00 per week in sickness, to- gether with attendance, and in case of death $30 is paid for funeral expenses. Member- ship, about 30. Officers-President, Eli S. Baptist ; Secretary, Mrs. Jane Lawyer; Treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Thomas. Meet the first Wednesday evening of every month at Sanford Street Church.
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE BENEVOLENT SOCI- ETY-Organized 1864. Meets in the church on Howard street, the first and third Sun- days in each month. Officers-A. D. La- pierre, President; Eli Deschamps, Vice-presi- dent; J. B. Grise, Recording Secretary ; E. M. Messier, Assistant Recording Secretary ; L. N. L'Heureux, Corresponding Secretary ; A. N. Trudeau, Treasurer ; J. B. Provost, Assistant Treasurer; C. Rivard, Marshal ; Louis Babeu, Sergeant-at-arms. Member- ship, 75.
DAUGHTERS OF CYRUS (Colored)-Offi- cers-President, Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes ; Vice-president, Mrs. Anna Jones ; Secretary, Miss Mary Rivers ; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Howard. Sick members receive $2 per week and care of associates, and in case of death $15 is paid for funeral expenses. Meets the first Wednesday in every month, at Loring Street Church at 71% P. M.
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE BENEVOLENT SOCI- ETY OF INDIAN ORCHARD-Organized May, 1874. Officers-Louis Rieutard, President; H. P. Grise, Vice-President ; Adilard Tru- deau, Recording Secretary ; Charles Grise, Treasurer ; M. Tétrault, Corresponding Sec- retary. Membership, 25. Meets the third Sunday in every month, in Library Hall.
Street Railway.
The corporation was organized in 1869, with $100,000 capital stock, of which, only $50,000 has been issued. Directors-G. M. Atwater, Homer Foot, C. L. Covell, H. W. Phelps, John Olmstead ; Superintendent, F. E. King; Cashier, A. E. Smith ; Clerk of the corporation, Gideon Wells. Office at the station, 278 North Main street.
Fare, 8 cents; sixteen tickets for $1, for adults ; children's fare, 5 cents ; twenty-four tickets for $1. The route of the railway is from Hooker street through Chicopee and Main to State street, and thence up State street to Winchester Park; also from State street through Main to Locust street.
Hotels.
Bates House, 522 Main street ; F.G. Bates. Cooley's Hotel, 205 and 211 Main street, north of Railroad depot ; J. M. Cooley.
Exchange Hotel, 478 Main street; E. Adams & Co.
Gruendler's Hotel, 17 and 21 Bridge street; Berthold Winkler.
Haynes' Hotel, 406 Main street, corner Pynchon; Tilly Haynes.
Indian Leap House, Indian Orchard, Main street, near Horse Railroad ; Samuel Pease. Indian Orchard Hotel, Main street, Indian Orchard; John Rock.
Massasoit House, 236 and 238 Main street and 3 Railroad street, near Railroad depot; M. & E. S. Chapin.
Marshall House, Allis' new block, 230 Main street ; William M. Bemis.
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Nayasset House, 35 Railroad street ; William L. Clegg.
Pynchon House, 243 Main street, corner Lyman street ; Wetherbee & Neal.
Revere House, 193 Main street ; Michael Dalton.
Rockingham House, 481, 483 and 485 State street ; A. Nason.
Springfield House, 75 and 77 State street ; August Sheppert.
Sulphur Springs House, Indian Orchard ; Alick Adams.
Union House, 528 Main street, corner Bliss ; F. E. French.
United States Hotel, 547 Main street ; George Burbach.
Public Halls.
CITY HALL, Court street, has seats for 2,700 persons. Application for it to be made to the City Clerk.
MUSIC HALL, corner Main and Pynchon streets, will seat 1,200 persons, and is rented for lectures and first-class entertainments only. Application for it may be made to Tilly Haynes, at Haynes' Hotel, Main street.
GILMORE'S HALL, Gilmore's block, will seat 600 persons. Applications may be made to D. O. Gilmore, Gilmore's block, Main street.
INDEPENDENCE HALL, State street, nearly opposite United States Arsenal.
INSTITUTE HALL, Savings Bank block, will seat 350 persons. Applications may be made at the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings.
UNION HALL, Union House block, will seat 600 persons. Applications may be made to F. E. French, Union House, 528 Main street.
FRANKLIN HALL, 28 Pynchon street, near post-office, will seat 500 persons. Applica- tions may be made to Dr. Higgins, 489 Main street.
GUNN'S HALL, Gunn's block, corner State and Walnut streets, will seat 250 persons. Applications may be made to William Gunn & Co., 87 State street.
LINCOLN HALL, corner Mill and Walnut streets, at the Water Shops, will seat 500 persons. Applications may be made to W. H. Pinney, Lincoln Hall block.
LIBERTY HALL, Worthington street, will seat about 500 persons. Applications may
be made to Harvey Lyman, 188 Worthing- ton street.
PEABODY GUARD HALL, 32212 Main street, will seat 600 persons. Applications for rental may be made to F. Edward Gray, 231 Main street.
Stage Routes, Expresses, etc.
SOUTH WILBRAHAM AND EAST LONG- MEADOW-Frank Davis, proprietor. Leaves the Exchange Hotel every day (Sundays excepted) at 2 P. M.
AGAWAM, FEEDING HILLS AND WEST SUFFIELD-S. Viets, proprietor. Leaves Barr's Restaurant, 484 Main street, at 2 P. M., and Railroad depot, daily, at 2.15 P. M.
SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE AND CHICOPEE FALLS-J. E. Woods, proprietor. Leaves Whitney & Adams,' corner Main and State streets, every day (Sundays excepted) at 8 A. M. Leaves Chicopee at 9 A. M. Re- turning, leaves Chicopee Falls post-office at 10 A. M., and Chicopee at 11 A. M. Orders may be left at Whitney & Adams,' W. P. Draper's and Gunn & Merrill's. In Chicopee at C. Allen's and H. Coggswell's.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY-W. B. Dins- more, President ; E. S. Sanford, Vice-presi- dent ; J. M. Thompson, Secretary ; Henry Sanford, General Superintendent; E. G. Wescott, Superintendent New England Di- vision. Office Express block, 14 Court street. F. H. Foster, Agent. Lines extend- ing south and south-west.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY-William C. Fargo, President ; Theodore M. Pome- roy, Vice-president ; Alexander Holland, Treasurer ; J. N. Knapp, Secretary ; J. C. Fargo, General Superintendent ; M. B. White, Assistant General Superintendent Eastern Division ; H. W. Dwight, Superin- tendent Eastern Division. Office, Albany, N. Y. Springfield office, 11 Lyman street, near Main street ; also a receiving office at J. T. Webber's, 507 Main street. John W. Baldwin, Agent. Lines extending north, east and west.
SPRINGFIELD AND HOLYOKE EXPRESS- E. Whitney, proprietor. Leaves Spring- field, daily, at 2 P. M. Orders may be left at Homer Foot & Co's, Whitney & Adams,' Gunn & Merrill's, and E. C. Barr's restau- rant, 484 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD, WEST SPRINGFIELD, AND MITTINEAQUE EXPRESS-C. W. Hoising-
ton, proprietor. Leaves William P. Dra- per's drug store, corner Main and Pynchon streets, and Whitney & Adams, corner Main and State streets, daily, at 101% A. M., and from June 1 to October 1, at 4% P. M .; after October 1, at 4 P. M. Leaves Mit- tineaque post-office at 8 A. M and 1 P. M.
Telegraph Companies.
FRANKLIN - Thomas T. Eckert, Presi- dent ; Alfred Nelson, Treasurer ; E. D. L. Sweet, Executive Manager ; J. G. Smith, Superintendent ; Mrs. L. E. Gouge, Man- ager. Office in Townsley's block, 361 Main street.
WESTERN UNION-William Orton, Presi- dent; R. H. Rochester, Secretary and Treas- urer, New York ; Offices, Haynes' Hotel block, 404 Main street, and in the railroad depot. W. J. Denver, Manager.
Omnibus.
WATER SHOPS AND RAILROAD DEPOT LINE-J. W. Lull, proprietor. Leaves Wa- ter Shops at 6.30, 8, 9.30, and 11 A. M .; 12.30, 1.30, 2.30, 3.30, 4.30, 5, 5.30, 7, and 8.30 P. M. Returning, leaves R. R. depot at 7, 8.30, 10, and 11.30 A. M., and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.15, 7.30, and 9 P. M. Fare, 10 cents ; fourteen tickets for $1.
WATER SHOPS AND RAILROAD DEPOT OMNIBUS LINE-C. A. Knapp, Proprietor. Via. Walnut, State and Main streets. Leave Water Shops at 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30 A. M .; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.15, 5.45, 7 and 7.30 P. M. Leave the depot at 8, 10, 11.30 and 12 A. M .; 2.30 3.30, 4.30, 5, 6, 6.15, 8 and 9 P. M. Sunday trip leaves Water Shops at 10 A. M. De- pot at 1 P. M.
to Board of Agriculture, Horace M. Ses- sions of South Wilbraham. Membership, about 1,000; initiation fee, $5 for gentle- men, $2.50 for ladies. Fair and cattle show at Springfield, in the Fall of 1875.
Hampden County Horticultural Society.
Organized January, 1861. President, A. D. Briggs ; Vice-presidents, E. Dickinson, D. B. Wesson, C. W. Bryan ; Secretary, J. E. Taylor; Treasurer, Gurdon Bill. Mem- bership, 300. Exhibitions early in Autumn.
Licenses and Stamps.
Licenses of various kinds are required for certain dealers and peddlers, before they can do business. The provisions of law in the matter are somewhat numerous, and are changed from time to time by new leg- islation. Some perplexity results, and it is said that people violate the statutes, in this matter, without knowing it, and have to suffer by forfeitures and fines. It has, there- fore, been desired that the essential portions of the license laws, as affecting business people, be published here for ready refer- ence.
MANUFACTURERS OR DEALERS IN CI- GARS, TOBACCO OR LIQUORS, contribute very largely for the support of the govern- ment, and what is required of them by the last enactment is thus stated by the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue :
" The law of December 24, 1872, requires' every person engaged in any business, avo- cation or employment which renders him liable to a special tax, to procure and place WEST SPRINGFIELD AND R. R. DEPOT OMNIBUS LINE-C. W. Hoisington, propri- etor. Leaves post-office in West Spring- field, at 8.15, and 10 A. M., and returning leaves depot at 9 A. M., 12.15, 4.30, 6.20, and 9.30 P. M. conspicuously in his establishment or place of business a stamp denoting the payment of said tax before commencing business. The taxes embraced within the provisions of the law above quoted are the following, viz : Rectifiers, $200; dealers, retail liquor, $25; dealers, wholesale liquor, $100; deal- Hampden County Agricultural Society. ers in malt liquors, wholesale, $50; dealers in malt liquors, retail, $20; dealers in leaf Incorporated 1844. President, William Pynchon of Springfield ; one Vice-president from each town in the county ; Secretary, J. N. Bagg of West Springfield; Treasurer, tobacco, $25 ; retail dealers in leaf tobacco, $500 ; and on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents for every dollar in excess of $1;000 ; dealers in manufactured tobacco, $5; manufactur- James E. Russell of Springfield. Delegate ers of stills, $50; and for each still manufac-
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tured, $20; and for each worm manufac- tured, $20; manufacturers of tobacco, $10; manufacturers of cigars, $10; peddlers of tobacco, first class (more than two horses), $50; peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses), $25; peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse), $15; peddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on foot or public conveyance), $10; brewers of less than 500 barrels, $50; brewers of 500 barrels or more, $100."
PEDDLERS .- Extracts are given below from the fiftieth chapter of the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, but changed es- sentially, in some portions, by subsequent amendments. The emendations up to the present time are here presented.
No license is required for peddling some articles, as appears from the following in the chapter mentioned above : " Section thir- teen -Any person may go about from town to town, or from place to place, or from dwelling-house to dwelling-house in the same town, exposing to sale or selling fruits and provisions, live animals, brooms, agricul- tural implements, fuel, newspapers, books, pamphlets, agricultural products of the United States, and the products of his own labor or the labor of his family," but, " no articles of the growth or production of any foreign country " are included in this free permit. Minors may be required to pro- cure a license before they may sell articles that adults can sell without license, if a town or city by vote so direct.
Honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, partially disabled by wounds or sickness in the service of the United States, may ob- tain a special State license to peddle with- out paying anything therefor, on applying to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and presenting satisfactory proofs of such ser- vice, disability and discharge, and of per- sonal identity.
Peddling is forbidden by law, in the case of certain articles, as will be seen, from sec- tion fifteen : " The sale of spirituous liquors, playing cards, indigo, and feathers, in the manner specified in section thirteen, is pro- ·hibited."
teen-The Secretary of the Commonwealth may grant a license to go about exposing to sale and selling any goods, wares or mer- chandise, not prohibited in the preceding section, to any applicant who files in his of- fice a certificate signed by the mayor of the city or a majority of the selectmen of a town, stating that to the best knowledge and be- lief of such mayor or selectmen, the appli- cant therein named is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to be- come a citizen of the United States, and is of good repute for morals and integrity.
The mayor or selectmen, before granting such certificate, shall require the applicant to make oath that he is the person named therein ; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to be- come a citizen of the United States ; which oath shall be certified by a justice of the peace and accompany the certificate. Every license so granted shall bear date the day it is issued, and shall continue in force one year and no longer. Section seventeen- The secretary shall cause to be inserted in every license the names of such cities and towns as the applicant selects, with the sum to be paid to the respective treasurers there- of annexed, and shall receive from the ap- plicant one dollar for each city or town so inserted. Every person so licensed may sell as aforesaid any goods, wares and merchan- dise, not prohibited in section fifteen, in any city or town mentioned in his license, upon first paying the sum so required to the treasurer of such city or town, who shall certify on the face of the license the sum so received. Section eighteen-Every person li - censed under the two preceding sections shall pay to the treasurer of each city or town mentioned in his license, the sums fol- lowing : For every town containing not more than one thousand inhabitants, accor- ding to the United States census next pre- ceding the date of his license, three dollars : for every town containing more than one thousand and not more than two thousand inhabitants, six dollars ; for every town con- taining more than two thousand and not more than three thousand inhabitants, eight dollars; for every town containing more than three thousand and not more than four thousand inhabitants, ten dollars ; for every city and town containing more than four thousand inhabitants, ten dollars, and one
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