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Erastus Worthington was chosen Moderator by written ballot, in receiving which the check list was used.
Article Two-Voted that the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Article Three-Voted that the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article Four-Voted to rescind the action of the Town at the annual Town meeting of the current year, under Articles 16, 21, 23, 26, 38 and 43 of the warrant therefor, whereby it voted to raise by taxation the money appropriated for the pur- pose named in said articles, and it is now voted that the sum so appropriated be taken from the Treasury.
Article Five-Voted that the Town rescind its action at the annual Town Meeting for the current year under Article 39 of the warrant therefor.
Article Six-Voted that the Town rescind its action at the annual Town meeting for the current year, under Article 40 of the warrant therefor.
Article Seven-Voted that the town entirely rescind its action at the annual Town meeting for the current year, under Article 31 of the warrant therefor, so far as relates to drainage near the junction of High and Common streets.
Voted that the rest of this Article 7 be indefinitely post- poned.
Article Eight-Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to consider the expediency, means and expense of the drainage of High and Common streets at their junction, and to report in the Dedham TRANSCRIPT, on or before March 5, 1893, and the Chair appointed as that committee Frederick D. Ely, Winslow Warren and Philip Putnam. Mr. Ely declined and nominated Erastus Worthington, Jr., in his place, and said Worth- ington was by vote of the town so appointed.
Article Nine-Voted to appropriate two hundred and forty dollars from the treasury to light Washington street, from Gay street to Court street.
Article Ten-Voted to elect by viva voce vote, one Trustee to manage the estate given to the Town under the will of Mary Emerson, and Howard Colburn was elected as such Trustee. Voted that said Howard Colburn, Trustee, be authorized to sell the whole, or any part of the estate given to the Town, under said will, and to execute and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town, all necessary deeds to convey the same.
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Article Eleven-Voted that the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
After all the articles of the warrant had been considered, on motion of Col. James M. Ellis, the town voted that the committee of three previously appointed at this meeting, be appointed by the Moderator to consider the question of authorizing the Selectmen to make a loan on the bonds, or notes of the town for the term of 10 years, for permanent improvements. To examine especially into the probable needs of the town in the matter of street im- provement and drainage, and to report at meeting in March what amount, if any, they recommend for such permanent loan.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved.
Attest :
DON GLEASON HILL.
Town Clerk.
The ballots cast at the last annual Town meeting have been destroyed according to law.
TOWN OF DEDHAM.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Norfolk :
The Board of Selectmen hereby grants a license to John A. Hirsch to keep or suffer to be kept pool tables at building, first floor, corner of Bussey and Colburn streets, in said town for public hire, to be used for amusement merely, but not for the purpose of gaming for money or other property, until May 1st., 1893.
Witness our hands, this third day of August, 1892.
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HENRY SMITH, Selectmen
GEO. W. WEATHERBEE, of
HENRY E. FRENCH, Dedham.
DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk.
(Appended to this license are extracts from Chap. 102, Pub. Stat. viz : Sec. 113-123-126.)
August 5, 1892. Received, entered and examined by
DON GLEASON HILL, Town Clerk.
The assessors have filed a list of persons liable to enroll-
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ment in Dedham for 1892, and it contains the names of nine hundred and forty-four men.
August 5, 1892. Filed and return made to Adjutant General. Attest : DON GLEASON HILL,
Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
[Town Seal.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To any Constable 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 Memorial Hall, in said town, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of October, A. D. 1892, at half-past seven o'clock p. m., to act on the following articles, namely :
Article One-To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article Two-To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to rebuilding the Almshouse and Farm Buildings, 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, at Dedham, aforesaid, this fourteenth day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
HENRY SMITH, GEO. W. WEATHERBEE, THOMAS P. MURRAY, JOSEPH A. LAFORME, HENRY E. FRENCH,
Selectmen of Dedham.
On said warrant the following return was made :
Norfolk, ss.
DEDHAM, Oct. 24, 1892.
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 several purposes specified in said
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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 meeting, in the Dedham TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper published in said town.
JOHN DEAN, Constable of Dedham.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Dedham, in said County, qualified to vote, held in pursuance of the forego- ing warrant at Memorial Hall, on Monday, October 24th, A. D. 1892, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who presided during the choice of Moderator.
Article One-John R. Bullard was elected Moderator by written ballot, in receiving which the check list was used.
Article Two-On motion of Frederick D. Ely it was voted that the matter of rebuilding the Poor Farm buildings on the present site, owned by the town, erecting or purchasing suitable buildings in some other locality, be referred to a committee of nine; said committee to consist of the Board of Selectmen and four citizens to be appointed by the chair. Said committee to report to the town at a special town meeting, to be called by the Selectmen at request of said committee, that the call for said special meeting be in such form as will enable the Town to legally act upon any or all of the suggestions contained in the report of said committee, and the Moderator appointed the following citizens as remaining members of said committee, Howard Colburn, Dr. John W. Chase, John Crowley and James M. Ellis.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved.
Attest : DON GLEASON HILL,
Town Clerk.
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NOVEMBER ELECTION.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
[Town Seal.]
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 the said Town of Dedham, qualified to vote for civil officers, to assemble at Memorial Hall, in said town, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November next, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for
Fifteen Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States ;
One Representative to Congress from the Eleventh Con- gressional District ;
Governor of the Commonwealth ;
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth ;
Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth ;
Secretary of the Commonwealth ;
Auditor of the Commonwealth ;
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth ;
Councillor for the Second Councillor District ;
Senator of the Second Norfolk District ;
Three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Nor- folk ;
One County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk ;
Two Special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk ;
District Attorney for the Southeastern District ;
Sheriff for the County of Norfolk ;
One Representative to the next General Court for the First Norfolk Representative District.
Amendment to the Constitution : "Shall the proposed
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Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing the property qualifi- . cation for the office of Governor of the Commonwealth be ap- proved and ratified ? "
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 Dedham, aforesaid, this twenty-sixth day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
HENRY SMITH, THOMAS P. MURRAY, JOSEPH A. LAFORME, HENRY E. FRENCH, GEO. W. WEATHERBEE,
Selectmen of Dedham.
On the foregoing warrant the following return was made : Norfolk, ss. DEDHAM, Nov. 8, 1892.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Dedham, qualified to vote for civil officers, to meet at the time and place, and for the several pur- poses specified in said warrant, by posting attested copies thereof in each of the post offices in said town, and in twenty other pub- lic 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 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 eighth day of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for :
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Fifteen electors of President and Vice-President of the United States ;
One Representative to Congress from the Eleventh Con- gressional District ;
Governor of the Commonwealth ;
Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth ;
Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth ;
Secretary of the Commonwealth ;
Auditor of the Commonwealth ;
Attorney-General of the Commonwealth ;
Councillor for the Second Councillor District ;
Senator of the Second Norfolk District ;
Three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Nor- folk ;
One County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk ;
Two special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk ;
District Attorney for the Southeastern District ;
Sheriff for the County of Norfolk ;
One Representative to the next General Court for the First Norfolk Representative District.
Amendment to the Constitution: "Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, abolishing the property qualifi- cation for the office of Governor of the Commonwealth be approved and ratified ?"
The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock a. m., by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant.
Henry D. Humphrey and Aaron W. Baker were appointed by the Selectmen as inspectors 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 ballot clerks under the provisions of said Act.
Joseph L. Fisher and Fred E. Smith were appointed by the Selectmen as deputy 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
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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 compartments 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 Edward L. Burdakin, Edward T. Baker, Arthur B. Whitman, Julius H. Tuttle, Howard Colburn, Frank M. Bailey, John F. Reilly, Wm. C. Williams, Charles W. Wolcott, Robert B. Worthington, Winslow Warren and M. G. Boyd 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 fourteen times to remove the 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. The ballots were.divided into blocks and each block was canvassed as required by the pro-
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visions of Chap. 431 of the Acts of 1892, and the result of such canvasses was reported to the Selectmen, who caused the total result of said canvasses to be recorded on the blank forms provided for that purpose.
On motion, the polls were closed at four o'clock and thirty minutes, in the afternoon, after which it was found that the regis- ter of the ballot box showed 1,353 ballots cast, but one of said ballots gave a double register, and was so known at the time by the officers in charge of said box, and upon a complete count of all the ballots it was found that thirteen hundred and fifty-two ballots had been cast into said box.
The names of the voters checked upon the two voting lists used as aforesaid were then counted, and it was found that 1,352 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 recorded, declaration thereof was made in open Town meeting, as required by law and was as follows :
For Electors-at-Large.
John Bascom, of Williamstown, had six.
Richard W. Cone, of Boston, had six.
Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, had five hundred and ninety- five.
John E. Russell, of Leicester, had five hundred and ninety- seven.
Nathaniel P. Banks, of Waltham, had six hundred and fifty- four.
John D. Long, of Hingham, had six hundred and fifty-three.
Edward Bellamy, of Chicopee, had nineteen.
George F. Washburn, of Boston, had nineteen.
Jacob Thomas, of Springfield, had twelve.
Blanks, one hundred and forty-three.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number One.
Augustus R. Smith, of Lee, had six.
James M. Clark, of Holyoke, had five hundred and ninety- four.
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Joseph Griswold, of Greenfield, had six hundred and fifty- four.
Irving M. Miller, of Pittsfield, had eighteen.
August Kleiner, of Adams, had thirteen.
Blanks, sixty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Two.
Charles G. Allen, of Barre, had six.
John B. O'Donnell, of Northampton, had five hundred and ninety-three.
George W. Johnson, of Brookfield, had six hundred and fifty- four.
William O. Taylor, of Orange, had nineteen. .
Blanks, seventy-eight.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Three.
Charles B. Knight, of Worcester, had six.
Charles Haggerty, of Southbridge, had five hundred and ninety-four.
- Edward B. Glasgow, of Worcester, had six hundred and fifty- three.
Lot Berry, of Spencer, had nineteen.
Blanks, eighty.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Four.
Edmund M. Stowe, of Hudson, had six.
Charles J. Williams, of Acton, had five hundred and ninety- six.
Henry A. Goodrich, of Fitchburg, had six hundred and fifty- three.
Asa F. Hall, of Hudson, had nineteen.
Blanks, seventy-eight.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
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For an Elector for District Number Five.
Varnum Lincoln, of Andover, had six.
Peter H. Donohue, of Lowell, had five hundred and ninety- three.
Peter D. Smith, of Andover, had six hundred and fifty-three.
Hiram W. K. Eastman, of Lawrence, had nineteen.
Blanks, eighty-one.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Six.
George H. Hoyt, of Haverhill, had six.
James F. Dean, of Salem, had five hundred and ninety-four.
Frank Cousins, of Salem, had six hundred and fifty-three.
J. B. Woodfin, of Marblehead, had nineteen.
Blanks, eighty.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Seven.
George M. Buttrick, of Everett, had six.
Samuel K. Hamilton, of Wakefield, had five hundred and ninety-three.
George W. Walker, of Malden, had six hundred and fifty- three.
J. E. Clements, of Lynn, had nineteen.
Patrick F. O'Neil, of Boston, had twelve.
Blanks, sixty-nine.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Eight.
John S. Paine, of Cambridge, had six.
Ferdinand F. French, of Winchester, had five hundred and ninety-four.
Edward Glines, of Somerville, had six hundred and fifty- four.
Anthony J. Philpott, of Arlington, had nineteen.
Nathan Stahl, of Boston, had twelve.
Blanks, sixty-seven.
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Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Nine.
James M. Gray, of Boston, had six.
Edward J. Flynn, of Boston, had five hundred and ninety- six.
Jonathan A. Lane, of Boston, had six hundred and fifty-four. Henry Lemon, of Boston, had eighteen.
J. Robert Simmons, of Boston, had thirteen.
Blanks, sixty-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Ten.
Henry W. Shugg, of Boston, had six.
Josiah Quincy, of Quincy, had five hundred and ninety- seven.
John Shaw, of Quincy, had six hundred and fifty-four.
George J. Moulton, of Boston, had nineteen.
Emil Roers, of Boston had twelve.
Blanks, sixty-four.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Eleven.
Charles C. Bragdon, of Newton, had six.
Robert Bleakie, of Hyde Park, had five hundred and ninety- five.
John R. Bullard, of Dedham, had six hundred and fifty-five.
Erastus L. Metcalf, of Franklin, had nineteen.
Thomas Mooney, of Boston, had twelve.
Blanks, sixty-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Twelve.
William H. Phillips, of Taunton, had six.
Joseph L. Sweet, of Attleborough, had five hundred and ninety-five.
Benjamin S. Lovell, of Weymouth, had six hundred and fifty- four.
Thomas S. Hodgson, of Middleborough, had nineteen.
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Blanks, seventy-eight.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For an Elector for District Number Thirteen.
Robert A. Sherman, of New Bedford, had six.
John W. Coughlin, of Fall River, had five hundred and ninety-four.
John Simpkins, of Yarmouth, had six hundred and fifty-four. Frank E. Peck, of Wareham, had nineteen.
Blanks, seventy-nine.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Governor.
William H. Haile, of Springfield, had six hundred and eight.
Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst, had five.
Squire E. Putney, of Somerville, had seven.
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, had six hundred and thirty-six.
Henry Winn, of Malden, had eleven.
Blanks, eighty-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Lieutenant-Governor.
James B. Carroll, of Springfield, had five hundred and seventy-three.
Edward Kendall, of Cambridge, had nine.
William J. Shields, of Boston, had fifteen.
Charles N. Wentworth, of Lynn, had forty.
Roger Wolcott, of Boston, had six hundred and eight.
- Blanks, one hundred and seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Secretary.
Charles S. Hamlin, of Brookline, had five hundred and twenty-one.
George Kempton, of Sharon, had eighteen.
Frederick A. Nagler, of West Springfield, had twelve.
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William M. Olin, of Boston, had six hundred and fourteen.
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, had nine.
James Kelly, had one.
A. B. Wentworth, had one.
Blanks, one hundred and seventy-six.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Treasurer and Receiver General.
Wilbert D. Farnham, Jr., of Somerville, had nine.
James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, had five hundred and ten.
George A. Marden, of Lowell, had six hundred and twenty- three.
James R. Nugent, of Boston, had fifteen.
Thomas A. Watson, of Braintree, had eighteen.
Henry Smith, had one.
Owen J. Reynolds, had one.
Blanks, one hundred and seventy-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Auditor.
Alfred H. Evans, of Ashburnham, had eleven.
John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, had six hundred and eighteen.
Maurice W. Landers, of Springfield, had seventeen.
Michael Lynch, of Boston, had eighteen.
Irving B. Sayles, of Millbury, had five hundred and twenty. C. C. Sanderson, had one.
Elisha Greenhood, had one.
Blanks, one hundred and sixty-six.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Attorney-General.
Charles S. Lilley, of Lowell, had five hundred and fifteen.
Herbert McIntosh, of Worcester, had twenty-five.
Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston, had six hundred and twenty- two.
Robert F. Raymond, of New Bedford, had six.
James Waldock, of Boston, had fifteen.
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R. H. O. Schulz, had two.
Blanks, one hundred and sixty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Representative in Congress, Eleventh District.
William F. Draper, of Hopedale, had six hundred and forty. Joseph D. Hunt, of Milford, had nine.
George Fred Williams, of Dedham, had six hundred and forty-one.
Blanks, sixty-two.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Councillor, Second District.
Charles E. Miles, of Brookline, had twelve.
David Hall Rice, of Brookline, had five hundred and ninety- ·
seven.
William B. Rice, of Quincy, had five hundred and sixty- eight.
Blanks, one hundred and seventy-five.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For District Attorney, South Eastern District.
Robert O. Harris, of East Bridgewater, had five hundred and eighty-eight.
Harvey H. Pratt, of Abington, had six hundred and twenty- six.
F. W. Murphy, had one.
Blanks, one hundred and thirty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For Sheriff, Norfolk County.
Hubbard M. Bullock, of Franklin, had one hundred and ten.
Augustus B. Endicott, of Dedham, had eight hundred and eighty-two.
J. Everett Smith, had one.
John D. Hartnett, had one.
Alfred Hewins, had one.
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Blanks, three hundred and fifty-seven.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two.
For County Commissioner, Norfolk County.
Wilmot Cleverly, of Weymouth, had twelve.
John Q. A. Lothrop, of Cohasset, had six hundred and twenty-seven.
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