USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Dedham > The record of the town meetings, and abstract of births, marriages, and deaths, in the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1887-1896 > Part 17
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52
Article Thirty-Seven-Voted to authorize the Selectmen to instruct the Superintendent of Streets to pay men employed upon the highways two dollars per day, and that nine hours constitute a day's work.
Article Thirty-Eight-Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article Thirty-Nine-Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be one per cent. on all taxes committed to him, but not to exceed eight hundred and fifty dollars.
Article Forty-Voted that this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Article Forty-One-Voted that Section One of Article Six of the By-Laws of the Town be amended to read as follows :
Section One-Habitual truants and children, between seven and fifteen years of age, who may be found wandering about in
190
the streets or public places of the town, having no lawful occupa- tion or business, not attending school and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the common schools, shall, upon the complaint of a truant officer, duly appointed according to law, be brought before a court or trial justice having jurisdiction of such offences, and upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the Norfolk and Bristol Union Truant School in Walpole, in the County of Norfolk, or to such truant school as may hereafter be established by law in place of said truant school, for a term not exceeding two years.
[These By-Laws were approved by the Superior Court May 15, 1891, and published in the Dedham Transcript May 30, 1891.
Attest : DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk.]
After Article Forty had been indefinitely postponed, Elisha Greenhood offered the following resolution, which was adopted by the Town : Resolved, that in future years the Committee of Twenty-One give public notice of all meetings ; that the meetings be open to the public ; and that they report in print as early as the Saturday before the first Monday of April.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved.
Attest : DON GLEASON HILL,
Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
[Town Seal.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Dedham, in said County, Greeting :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Dedham, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Memo- rial Hall, in said town, on Monday, the twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1891, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:
Article One-To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
191
Article Two-To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sect. 72, Chap. 423, of the Acts of 1890, relating to dividing the Town into voting precincts.
Article Three-To see if the Town will grant a right of way to Oakdale avenue across the northerly corner of the Oakdale school-house yard, to the owners of land north of the Church lot, abutting on said yard, as appurtenant to the lands of such abut- ting owners.
Article Four-To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to continue the improvement of Bussey street by placing edge- stones and making a concrete walk on the westerly side of Bussey street, from its junction with Curve street, and continue said walk and edgestones on Bussey street to its junction with Grove street, near the Boston line, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Selectmen, on or before said day and time.
Given under our hands, and the seal of said Town of Ded- ham, aforesaid, this eleventh day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
HOWARD COLBURN, THOMAS P. MURRAY, GEO. W. WEATHERBEE, HENRY SMITH, J. A. LAFORME,
Selectmen of Dedham.
On the foregoing warrant the following return was made : Norfolk, ss. DEDHAM, June 22, 1881.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Dedham, aforesaid, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes specified in said warrant, by posting attested copies thereof in each of the postoffices in said town, and in twenty other public places in said town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting, and by causing a copy thereof to be published twice before the time of said meeting in the Dedham Transcript, a newspaper published in said town of Dedham.
JOHN DEAN, Constable of Dedham.
192
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Dedham, in said County, qualified to vote in town affairs, held in pursuance of the foregoing warrant, at Memorial Hall in said town, on Monday, June 22, 1891. The meeting was called to order at the time and place named in said warrant, by the Town Clerk, who presided at the choice of Moderator.
Article One-John Dean was appointed and sworn by the Town Clerk, a teller to aid the Town Clerk in receiving and counting votes cast for Moderator. John R. Bullard was chosen moderator by written ballot, in receiving which the check list was used.
Article Two-Voted to accept the provisions of Sec. 72, Chap. 423 of the Acts of 1890, relating to dividing the Town into voting precincts.
Article 'Three-Voted that the Selectmen be authorized, in the name of the Town, to convey, for a nominal consideration, to the owners of land northeast of the Episcopal Church lot, so- called, in Oakdale, and abutting upon the Oakdale School-house lot, a right of way, as appurtenant to their respective lands, from the same to Oakdale avenue, over so much of said School-house lot, situated northeast of the northeast boundary line of said Church lot produced, as the owners of said Church lot now have a right of way.
Article Four-A motion was made to instruct the Selectmen as provided in this article, and raise and appropriate money, and on a verification of the vote thereon, it was found that more per- sons voted in the negative than in the affirmative, and it was declared not carried.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved.
Attest : DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk.
The undersigned, Howard Colburn and Henry Smith, Select- men of Dedham, thereto duly authorized by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Dedham, and Thomas W. Davis, City Surveyor, and authorized substitute for George V. L. Meyer,
193
Alderman, and Isaac S. Burrell and John P. Dore, Street Com- missioners, authorized substitutes respectively by and for John H. Lee, Alderman, and John M. Galvin, City Clerk, thereto duly authorized by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston, met on the twentieth day of May, A. D. 1891, and examined the lines and established the boundary marks between said town and city, which are described as follows :-
BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BOSTON AND DEDHAM.
Beginning at a stone monument marked B, H P and D, standing at the side of a cemetery fence east of and near the village known as Germantown,-said monument forming the junction-point of the boundary lines between the City of Boston and the Towns of Hyde Park and Dedham ; thence running southwestwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the easterly side of the street known as Grove street in Boston, and Bussey street in Dedham ; thence continuing southwestwardly through a part of said village of Germantown, and running through a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the easterly side of Rockland street, to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the division line between land of Thomas Monahan, and land now or formerly belonging to Myrick P. Sumner, John W. Thomas and Sanford Carroll, making a corner in said boundary line; thence turning and running northwestwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on land now or formerly belonging to the said Sumner, Thomas and Carroll, on the northwesterly side of a pond hole; thence continuing north- westwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the southeasterly side of Washington street ; thence continuing north- westwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the northwesterly side of the street known as Centre street in Boston, and East street in Dedham ; thence continuing northwestwardly to .a stone monument marked B and D, standing near the top of a knoll on land now or formerly belonging to Hannah Draper; thence continuing northwestwardly to a stone monument marked Band D, standing at the side of a fence on land now or formerly belonging to the estate of Eliphalet Stone; thence continuing northwestwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the easterly side of the West Roxbury Branch of the Boston & Providence
194
Division of the Old Colony Railroad ; thence continuing north- westwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing on the northerly side of a private roadway ; thence continuing north- westwardly to a stone monument marked B and D, standing near the upland in the edge of the meadow bordering on Charles river ; and thence continuing northwestwardly across said meadow in the direction of the last described line, to the centre of the channel of Charles river.
JOHN P. DORE, Street Commissioner, Substitute for John M. Galvin, City Clerk. ISAAC S. BURRELL, Street Commissioner, Substitute for John H. Lee, Alderman. THOMAS W. DAVIS, City Surveyor, Substitute for Geo. V. L. Meyer, Alderman.
Of Boston.
HOWARD COLBURN, HENRY SMITH, Selectmen of Dedham.
The Assessors have filed a list of persons liable to enroll- ment in Dedham for 1891, and it contains the names of 1130 men.
Attest : DON GLEASON HILL,
Aug. 28, 1891. Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
[Town Seal.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Ded- ham, in said County, Greeting :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Dedham, qualified to vote for civil officers, to assemble at Memorial Hall, in said town, on Tuesday, the third day of November next, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for :
Governor of the Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District.
1
195
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Auditor of the Commonwealth.
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth.
Senator for the Second Norfolk District.
One Representative to the next General Court for the First Norfolk Representative District.
One County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk.
Clerk of Courts for the County of Norfolk.
Register of Deeds for the County of Norfolk.
Treasurer for the County of Norfolk.
"Amendment to the Constitution making a majority of mem- bers a quorum in each branch of the General Court."
"Amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualification of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Rep- resentatives."
The polls may be closed as early as four o'clock in the after- noon of said day.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Selectmen, on or before said day and time.
Given under our hands, and the seal of said Town, at Ded- ham, aforesaid, the twenty-second day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
HOWARD COLBURN, GEO. W. WEATHERBEE, HENRY SMITH, of
Selectmen
T. P. MURRAY, Dedham.
J. A. LAFORME,
On the foregoing Warrant the following return was made : Norfolk, ss. DEDHAM, Nov. 2, 1891.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the le- gal voters of the Town of Dedham, aforesaid, to meet at the time and place, and for the several purposes specified in said warrant, by posting attested copies thereof in each of the post offices in said town, and in twenty other public places in said town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting, and by causing an attested copy thereof to be published twice before the time of said
196
meeting, in the Dedham Transcript, a newspaper published in said town.
JOHN DEAN, Constable of Dedham.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dedham, in said County, qualified as by the Constitution is required, to vote for civil officers, holden at Memorial Hall, in said town, in accordance with the foregoing warrant, on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the third day of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, for the purpose of giving in their votes for :
Governor of the Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Auditor of the Commonwealth.
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth.
Senator for the Second Norfolk District.
One Representative to the next General Court for the First Norfolk Representative District.
One County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk.
Clerk of Courts for the County of Norfolk.
Register of Deeds for the County of Norfolk.
Treasurer for the County of Norfolk.
"Amendment to the Constitution making a majority of mem- bers a quorum in each branch of the General Court."
"Amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualification of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Rep- resentatives."
The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant. Frederick E. Smith and Henry D. Humphrey were appointed by the Selectmen as inspec- tors under the provisions of Sec. 20, Chap. 413, Acts of 1889, and of Chap. 423, Acts of 1890, and were then sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk, and acted as bal- lot clerks under the provisions of said Act. M. Gardner Boyd and Willie W. Baker were appointed by the Selectmen as deputy
197
inspectors, were also duly sworn by the Town Clerk, and in the absence of the inspectors acted as ballot clerks.
Twenty voting shelves or compartments were provided by the Town according to the requirements of said act and guarded as therein required. The first set of ballots furnished for said election by the Secretary of the Commonwealth was, before the- opening of the polls on said day, delivered by the Town Clerk, sealed, to the Chairman of the Selectmen, and his receipt taken therefor. The ballot box called the Standard, furnished and cer- tified to by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, was, before the balloting began, opened in public meeting and examined by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and found to be empty, and register of said box was set at zero ( 0) and thereupon locked as required by law.
The seals of the package containing the first set of ballots were publicly broken by the Chairman of the Selectmen, and the same were delivered to the ballot clerks, and the cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted in the voting com- partments and about the room as required by law, after which the polls were declared open for the reception of votes. The ballots were delivered to each voter by the ballot clerks after the name of such voter had first been publicly announced and his name- been duly checked by said clerks upon the voting list used by them.
The ballot, as delivered to each voter, was by him marked in one of the voting compartments aforesaid, and thereafter by each voter deposited by him in said Standard ballot box, after his name had first been publicly announced at said box, and duly checked upon the voting list by the election officers in charge of said box and list.
The Selectmen appointed Julius H. Tuttle, John F. Reilly, M. Gardner Boyd, Willie W. Baker, William McK. Barbour, and Nathaniel Smith as tellers, to aid them in receiving, sorting and counting said ballots, and before entering upon their duties as- such tellers, they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk had charge of the election, and the ballot box and check list used with the same were in their care, and during the time of voting the ballot box, with their unanimous consent, was opened eleven times to remove the:
£
198
ballots therefrom for the purpose of counting the same. The blank forms furnished by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, were used by the election officers. Two separate canvasses of all the votes cast at said election were made as required by the provisions of Chap. 328 of the Acts of 1891, and the result of such separate canvasses was reported to the Chairman of the Se- lectmen, and by him compared, each set with its duplicate, and it was found that they agreed, and the result was recorded on the blank form provided for that purpose.
On motion, the polls were closed at half-past four o'clock, after which it was found that the register of the ballot box showed 1175 ballots cast, which was three more than the whole number of ballots cast, there having been three cases in which said box registered double. Upon the complete canvass of all the ballots cast in the ballot box, it was by count found that eleven hundred and seventy-two ballots had been cast at said election. The names of the voters checked upon the two voting lists used as aforesaid were then counted, and it was found that 1172 names were checked on each of said lists. The check lists used were furnished by the registrars of voters for the purpose of said election. Upon the completion of the canvass of all the votes cast, and the whole number duly sorted, counted, and re- corded, declaration thereof was made in open Town Meeting as required by law, and was as follows :
For Governor.
Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, had five hundred and nineteen. Charles E. Kimball, of Lynn, had thirteen.
Harry W. Robinson, of Boston, had ten.
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, had five hundred and eighty-one.
Henry Winn, of Malden, had eight.
Blanks, forty-one.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Lieutenant-Governor.
John W. Corcoran, of Clinton, had five hundred and forty- six.
199
William H. Haile, of Springfield, had five hundred and twenty-five.
George R. Peare, of Lynn, had fifteen.
William J. Shields, of Boston, had ten.
Augustus R. Smith, of Lee, had nineteen.
Blanks, fifty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Secretary.
Joseph D. Cadle, of Westfield, had thirteen.
Elbridge Cushman, of Lakeville, had five hundred and fifteen.
William M. Olin, of Boston, had five hundred and twenty- two.
Alfred W. Richardson, of Springfield, had nineteen.
Edward W. Theinert, of Holyoke, had fourteen.
A. B. Wentworth, of Dedham, had one.
Blanks, eighty-eight.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Treasurer and Receiver General.
Charles Friede, of Boston, had nineteen.
James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, had five hundred and nine.
George A. Marden, of Lowell, had five hundred and twenty- five.
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, had sixteen.
Thomas A. Watson, of Braintree, had twelve.
Elisha Greenhood had one.
Blanks, ninety.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Auditor.
William O. Armstrong, of Boston, had twenty.
John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, had five hundred and four- teen.
Squire E. Putney, of Somerville, had twenty-two.
William D. T. Trefrey, of Marblehead, had five hundred and fifteen.
-
£
200
William O. Wakefield, of Lynn, had thirteen.
Blanks, eighty-eight.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Attorney General.
,
Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst, had twenty-two.
Herbert McIntosh, of Worcester, had twelve.
Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston, had five hundred and twelve.
George M. Stearns, of Chicopee, had five hundred and twenty-three.
James Waldock, of Boston, had fifteen.
Thomas Murphy, of Dedham, had one.
Blanks, eighty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Councillor, Second District.
Charles T. Duncklee, of Brookline, had four hundred and forty.
Edwin V. Mitchell, of Medfield, had six hundred and sixteen.
Robert Porter, of Stoughton, had nineteen.
A. B. Wentworth had one.
Thomas W. Killikelly, of Dedham, had one.
Blanks, ninety-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Clerk of the Courts, Norfolk County.
George Kempton, of Sharon, had sixty-five.
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, had eight hundred and fifty-one.
P. A. Nolan, of Dedham, had twelve.
Alonzo B. Wentworth, had four.
Henry H. Carey, of Dedham, had one.
Blanks, two hundred and thirty-nine.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
201
For County Commissioner, Norfolk County.
Joshua B. Hanners, of Walpole, had thirty.
Ira C. Hersey, of Foxborough, had five hundred and thirty-
six. Melville P. Morrill, of Hyde Park, had five hundred and ten. Blanks, ninety-six.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For County Treasurer, Norfolk County.
George W. Dyer, of Weymouth, had forty-eight.
Charles H. Smith, of Dedham, had eight hundred and eighty- two.
Chauncey S. Churchill had one.
Joseph Smith, of Dover, had one.
Blanks, two hundred and forty.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Register of Deeds, Norfolk County.
John H. Burdakin, of Dedham, had nine hundred and ten.
Salmon W. Squire, of Franklin, had thirty-six.
Alonzo B. Wentworth had one.
Charles Marden, of Dedham, had one.
Blanks, two hundred and twenty-four.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
For Senator, Second Norfolk District.
Clement K. Fay, of Brookline, had five hundred and forty- two.
Charles E. Miles, of Brookline, had thirty.
William F. Ray, of Franklin, had five hundred and three.
Joseph Hogan had one.
Blanks, ninety-six.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand. one hundred and seventy-two.
For Representative to General Court, First Norfolk District.
James A. Hartshorn, of Norwood, had four hundred and forty-five. .
George S. Winslow, of Norwood, had five hundred and fifty- seven.
202
Alonzo B. Wentworth, of Dedham, had seventy-one.
A. B. Wentworth had six.
A. W. Wentworth had one.
O. Wentworth had one.
Blanks, ninety-one.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
Amendments to Constitution.
Shall the proposed Amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualification of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Representatives, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, five hundred.
No, two hundred and six.
Blanks, four hundred and sixty-six.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
Shall the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, making a majority of members a quorum in each branch of the General Court, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, five hundred and thirty-one.
No, one hundred and twelve.
Blanks, five hundred and twenty-nine.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
1
Certificates of said ballotings, signed by the Selectmen and attested by the Town Clerk, were sealed up in open town meeting. The ballots cast into the box by the voters were duly sealed up and certified to thereon by the Selectmen, and placed in the custody of the Town Clerk. The check list used at the ballot box was also sealed up and certified to thereon by the Selectmen, and the check list used by the ballot clerks, and the damaged ballots returned were also sealed up and certified to by the ballot clerks, and delivered to the town clerk in accordance with the law in that case made and provided.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved at 10.30 P. M.
DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk.
:
!
203
The Clerks of the towns of Dedham and Norwood, in the County of Norfolk, comprising the Norfolk Representative Dis- trict No. 1, at their meeting at Memorial Hall, in said Dedham, on Friday, the thirteenth day of November, A. D. 1891, at twelve o'clock noon, said day being the tenth day following the election, made out under their hands the following complete returns of all votes cast for Representative to the General Court in said Dis- trict as follows, to wit :
Whole number of votes cast (not including blanks) seventeen hundred and sixty-seven.
James A. Hartshorn of Norwood had seven hundred and ninety-nine.
George S. Winslow, of Norwood, had eight hundred and eighty-nine.
Alonzo B. Wentworth, of Dedham, had seventy-one.
A. B. Wentworth had six.
A. W. Wentworth had one.
O. Wentworth had one.
DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk of Dedham.
FRANCIS TINKER, Town Clerk of Norwood.
Attest :
DON GLEASON HILL,
Town Clerk.
January 1, 1892 .- The ballots cast at last November election have been destroyed according to law.
Attest :
DON GLEASON HILL,
Town Clerk.
Feb. 9, 1892, Daniel A. Lynch was sworn as Auditor by the Town Clerk.
-
£
204
The following is a list of the BIRTHS recorded in Dedham for the year 1891 : -
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.