Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1898-1901, Part 7

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 566


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(10 ballots cast, all of which were for Lowell E. Fales.)


The polls were opened at 8.10 A. M.


Voted : To close the polls at 5.30 P. M.


Due notice having been given, the polls at 5.30 p. M. were declared closed.


P. H. Curran, who had been appointed to check the list, was duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.


C. A. Sumner and D. J. Sullivan, inspectors, and F. T. Quirk and G. L. Maynard deputy inspectors, were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.


Voted : That the moderator appoint a committee of 25 to act as a finance committee to make a report on appropriations for the year ensuing, and to report at the meeting next Thurs- day at 7.30 P. M.


The moderator appointed the following committee : C. L. Clark, C. A. Cook, George E. Stacy, George L. Cooke, C. A. Dewey, M. W. Edwards, Patrick Gillon, P. Lynch, M. E. Nel- ligan, J. H. Scott, J. F. Stratton, C. F. Claflin, J. Allen Rice, E. L. Wires, George P. Cooke, George F. Birch, Joseph F. Hickey, George B. Blake, B. T. Clancy, George S. Whitney, W. D. Leahy, Lewis Hayden, G. B. Williams, D. J. Cronan, and E. A. Thomas.


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The following tellers were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk : James J. Connors, J. J. Quinlan, Morgan Sweeney, William C. Lang, H. B. Spaulding, Arthur A. Jenkins, Archie Boyd, A. W. Shedd, W. F. Sherborne, C. W. Harris, A. D. White, George Littlewood, F. D. Field, D. H. Bates, William Condry, W. H. Carey, James Murray, J. T. McLoughlin, C. A. Carpenter, F. W. Draper, Wm. H. Quinn, R. F. Hoey, John F. Burke, L. B. Wilmarth, P. Rabbitt, Edward O'Connor, W. G. Pond, John A. Higgins, M. Nugent, W. H. Egan, Fred Cook and Edward O'Connor.


Voted : That all articles in the warrant after Article 2 be postponed until next Thursday evening, at which time the re- maining articles are to be taken up, and that after the vote is declared the meeting stand adjourned until Thursday evening.


During the voting the ballot-box was opened by the unan- imous consent of the moderator and Town Clerk for the pur- pose of taking out, sorting and counting the ballots. First at 10.08 A. M., when it registered 454; then at 11.35 A. M., when it registered 755; at 12.30 P. M. the ballots stuck in the box, and the moderator took charge of ballots cast (8 ballots); box opened at 1.50 p. M. registered 1419; box opened at 4.40 P. M. registered 1788, and at the close of polls, when the box regis- tered 1848.


List at polls : Males, 1838 ; females, 10; total 1848.


List at table: Males, 1838; females, 10; total, 1848.


The ballot-box count and the count of the ballot clerks both agreed.


The names of those on the list of voters which had been checked were audibly counted, and found to be eighteen hun- dred and forty-eight (1848).


The ballots having been sorted and counted, the modera- tor declared the following officers elected :-


Town Clerk-Domnick J. Lang, 327 Main street.


Town Treasurer-Clifford A. Cook, 9 Church street.


Tax Collector-William P. Foley, 15 Sumner street. Auditor-Horace A. Brown, 5 Orchard street.


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Selectmen-Benjamin T. Clancy, West street ; George P. Cooke, 10 Church street ; George S. Whitney, 20 Fruit street.


Assessors-John F. Barrett, 331 Main street ; George E. Stacy, 74 School street, Sullivan C. Sumner, 11 Chestnut street.


Overseers of the Poor-James W. Burke, 137 West street; Chester L. Clark, 61 Purchase street; John Smith, 41 West street.


School Committee (3 years)-George L. Cooke, 29 Grove street; George E. Stacy, 74 School street.


Trustees Town Library (3 years)-Owen F. Croughwell, 8 Walnut street; Thomas F. Manning, 30 West street.


Board of Health (3 years)-Mortimore W. Reynolds, jr., 97 East Main street.


Trustees Vernon Grove cemetery (3 years)-William Em- ery, Mansion House; Henry C. Skinner, 45 Jefferson street.


Constables-Martin Broderick, 45 Sumner street ; Daniel F. Carney, Beaver street ; Charles Caruso, 17 Main street ; Da- vid E. Casey, Purchase street; Lawrence V. Corbett, 101 East Main street ; Edward J. Dalton, 299 Main street; Michael W. Edwards, 23 Spring street; Nahum E. Gaskill, 26 Beach street; Oliver D. Holmes, 8 Leonard street ; James Howard, 52 Depot street ; John L. Keefe, 1 Cedar street ; Thomas F. Kelly, 26 South High street ; John Moore, 25 North street ; Philip P. O'Donnell, 67 Central street; Charles H. Waters, 8 Carroll street.


Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?- Yes.


The following is the number of votes cast for the several candidates for Town Officers :---


FOR TOWN CLERK.


Votes. 1177


Domnick J. Lang,


I. E. Mason,


1


Harry C. Tilden, 596


Lewis Hayward,


1


Blanks, 65.


Blanks, 337.


FOR TOWN TREASURER.


Clifford A. Cook, 1496


Henry Cahill, 2


FOR TAX COLLECTOR.


Wm. P. Foley,


1462


S. C. Sumner,


1


Votes.


D. B. Rockwood,


1


10


Votes.


I. E. Mason,


1


Henry Cahill,


1


Ed. Ball,


1


N. I. Ide,


1


John Hagney,


1


Blanks, 370.


FOR AUDITOR.


Horace A. Brown,


1365


I. E. Mason, 1


Henry Cahill,


1


Wm. Southland, 1


Blanks, 470.


FOR SELECTMEN.


Benjamin T. Clancy, 1425


George P. Cooke, 1330


George S. Whitney, 940


W. D. Leahy, 885


Asaph Withington,


182


George L. Cooke,


1


D. B. Rockwood, jr., 1


F. W. Mann, 1


J. E. Walker, 1


G. B. Williams, 1


D. J. Cronan, 1


C. A. Sumner, 1


A. Wheeler,


1


Blanks, 743.


FOR ASSESSORS.


John F. Barrett, 1008


Michael J. Kelley, 810


George E. Stacy, 1366


Sullivan C. Sumner, 1183


John J. Corbett, 1


J. A. Taft, 1


Blanks, 1145.


Votes.


FOR OVERSEERS OF POOR.


James W. Burke, 1336


Chester L. Clark, 1415


John Smith, 1360


I. E. Mason, 4


Roland Folger, 1


Thomas Manion, 2


Geo. D. Rhodes,


1


Wm. E. Staples,


1


D. B. Rockwood, jr.,


1


Henry Cahill,


1


J. L. Smith, 1


Edward Carney, 1


William Galvin, 1


Otis Whitney, 1


Blanks, 1388.


FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


George L. Cooke, 1350


George E. Stacy, 1388


D. B. Rockwood, jr., 2


John A. Howland, 1


W. H. Hooker, 1


Wendall Williams, 1


Geo. Flanigan, 1


Henry Cahill,


1


Blanks, 1001.


FOR TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRA- RY (3 years).


Owen F. Croughwell, 1238


Thomas F. Manning, 1220


Waldo B. Whiting, 2


James Murphy, 1


D. B. Rockwood, jr., 1


Henry Cahill, 1


Blanks, 1213.


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Votes.


Votes.


FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (3


Raphael Marino,


572


YEARS).


Dennis J. McMahon,


388


Michael J. Mee, 415


Mortimore W.Reynolds,jr., 752


John Moore, 762


D. B. Rockwood, jr., 1


Philip P. O'Donnell,


888


Larkin H. Hayden, 1


Blanks, 357.


D. B. Rockwood, jr.,


2


Rufus Rogers,


1


FOR TRUSTEES OF VERNON


GROVE CEMETERY.


Irving A. King,


2


William Emery, 1094


Henry C. Skinner,


1094


D. B. Rockwood, jr.,


2


Charles Cahill,


1


Henry Cahill, 1


H. Tilden,


1


John Coffee, 1


1


John Cooney,


1


J. E. Macuen,


1


Harold Bullard,


2


Blanks, 1482.


Gilbert Bent,


1


FOR CONSTABLES.


Fred Ellis,


1


Martin Broderick, 1240


Daniel F. Carney, 632


Charles Caruso, 704


B. Manion,


1


David E. Casey, 877


W. D. Leahy,


1


Lawrence V. Corbett, 917


I. C. Trask,


1


Edward J. Dalton,


1061


I. E. Mason, 1


Michael W. Edwards, 1112


Blanks, 11,957.


Patrick J. Duddy, 451


SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED


Nahum E. Gaskill, 585


FOR THE SALE OF INTOXI-


Wm. Edward Hogan, 464


Oliver D. Holmes, 892


CATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN ?


James Howard, 851


Perley M. Hunt, 502


Yes, 984


562


John L. Keefe, 663


No,


Thomas F. Kelly,


842


Blanks, 292


The ballots cast and the list of voters used at the election were then sealed up and endorsed by the moderator, Town Clerk and tellers, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, as provided by law.


1


Joseph Kynoch,


1


Mark Moore,


1


N. I. Ide,


1


Edward Ball,


Roy Fairbanks, 1


Stephen Reynolds, 1


Henry Cahill,


773


Charles H. Waters,


William J. Clarke, 727


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The unused ballots remaining, all soiled, canceled, and certified to by the ballot-clerks to be such, were sealed up and delivered to the Town Clerk, as provided by law.


The result having been declared it was voted : To adjourn until next Thursday evening at 7.30 P. M.


The oath of office was administered to Domnick J. Lang, Town Clerk, in open meeting, by L. E. Fales, moderator.


A true record. Attest :


DOMNICK J. LANG,


Town Clerk.


A true copy of the records.


Attest :


JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 10, 1898.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester ss.


Milford, March 10, 1898.


In pursuance to a vote passed at the annual Town meet- ing, held March 7, 1898, the inhabitants of the Town of Mil- ford met in the Town Hall, and proceeded to act upon the va- rious articles in the warrant.


The meeting was called to order by L. E. Fales, modera- tor.


The warrant was then read by the Town Clerk.


Article 3. Voted :---


To accept the report of the Selectmen.


To accept the report of the School Committee. To accept the report of the Overseers of the Poor. To accept the report of the Town Treasurer. To accept the report of the Tax Collector.


To accept the report of the Assessors.


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To accept the report of the Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.


To accept the report of the Trustees of Public Library.


To accept the report of the Auditor.


To accept the report of the Park Commissioners.


To accept the report of the Board of Health.


To accept the report of the Town Clerk.


To accept the report of the Engineers of Fire Depart- ment.


Under this article Mr. Geo. S. Whitney made a verbal re- port for the committee appointed on street lighting.


Voted: That the committee have further time and that the whole matter be laid on the table.


Under Article 2 it was voted to appoint W. H. Bourne, Timothy Kirby and Charles W. Wilcox Park Commissioners.


Voted: To appoint Edmund Murphy and John J. Shock- row Field Drivers.


Voted: To appoint Edmund Murphy Pound Keeper.


Voted: To appoint I. N. Davis, Chester L. Clark and Chandler Cheney Fence Viewers.


Article 4. James F. Stratton, secretary of finance com- mittee, reported the following recommendations, which were taken up and acted upon separately :-


Recommended.


Appropriated.


Highways


$10,000 00


$10,000 00


Incidentals


·


3,000 00


3,000 00


Memorial Hall


550 00


550 00


Street Lights


5,700 00


-5,700 00


Town Library (and entire dog tax)


600 00


600 00


Schools


27,100 00


27,100 00


School repairs ·


2,000 00


2,000 00


Poor Department


·


·


10,500 00


10,500 00


Interest .


3,600 00


3,600 00


Water for fire purposes


5,400 00


5,400 00


Vernon Grove Cemetery


150 00


150 00


Military Aid


.


300 00


300 00


·


·


·


·


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Recommended.


Appropriated.


Fire Department :----


Pay of members


$5,500 00


$5,500 00


New hose


550 00


550 00


Incidentals


1,500 00


1,500 00


Memorial Day


150 00


150 00


Town Park


150 00


150 00


Sidewalks


1,000 00


1,000 00


Town Debt


7,700 00


7,700 00


Chap. 298, Soldiers' Aid


·


3,500 00


3,500 00


Expenses Chap. 440, Acts of 1890


650 00


650 00


Town Hall


500 00


500 00


Emergency Fund


.


.


500 00


500 00


Salaries .


.


7,800 00


7,800 00


$98,400 00


$98,400 00


.


Voted: To pass over Article 4.


Article 5. Voted: To pass over.


Article 6. Voted: That the Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to borrow money at any time during the municipal year in various amounts not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in all, and give the negotiable notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date of their incur- rence, the same to be paid out of the taxes assessed for the year 1898.


Article 7. Voted: That the taxes become due Sept. 10, and that all taxes paid on or before that time shall be dis- counted 2} per cent, and that one half of one per cent per month be added to all taxes not paid by Sept. 10, and that the Collector be authorized to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector may use.


Voted: That the Collector be paid for collecting the first seven tenths of the taxes committed to him one half of one per cent; for the next two tenths, one per cent, and for the re- maining one tenth, five per cent of all taxes collected or abated.


Article 8. Voted: To pass over.


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Article 9. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.


Article 10. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to enforce payment of all taxes unpaid prior to 1893.


Article 11. Voted: That a committee of five be appointed to act with the Selectmen to make a report to the town at some future time for the better system of repairing Main street. Put to a hand vote, Yes 75, No 11.


The moderator appointed the Selectmen, James F. Strat- ton, G. F. Birch, W. D. Leahy, Maurice Nelligan, William L. Billings.


Article 12. Voted: To pass over.


Article 13. Voted: To appropriate $400 as called for in the article.


Article 14. Voted: To appropriate $40 and locate a hy- drant as called for in the article.


Article 15. Voted: To pass over.


Article 16. Voted: That the Town authorize the Treas- urer to execute and deliver in its name and behalf, a deed re- leasing and quitclaiming to Alonzo E. Rhodes the mortgagee of said premises, on payment by him of the amount due said Town andinterest, whatever interest it may have acquired un- der and by virtue of a tax deed from Monroe A. Goldsmith et al to said Town dated Oct. 31, 1896, and recorded with Worcester District Deeds, book 1520, page 639.


Article 17. Voted: That the Overseers of the Poor be au- thorized to shingle the buildings at the Poor Farm, and ap- propriate $400 for same.


Article 18. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to locate an electric light at some suitable place on North Bow street, and appropriate $100 for the same.


Article 19. Voted: That the Town repair Beaver street from Norcross Bros.' sheds on East Main street to the Med- way road, and appropriate $300 for the same.


Article 20. Voted: To build a concrete sidewalk on the easterly side of Sumner street, and appropriate $500 for the same.


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Moved: To reconsider the vote whereby we voted to pass over Article 12. Lost.


Article 21. Passed over.


Voted: To dissolve the warrant.


A true record.


Attest:


D. J. LANG,


Town Clerk.


A true copy of the record.


JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,


Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT, NOVEMBER 8, 1898.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


To either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November, A. D. 1898, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday, punctually at six o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the polls will be opened for said voters to give in their ballots to the Selectinen of said Town for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councilor (Seventh Councilor District), Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor and Attor- ney-General of the Commonwealth, a Senator for the Fifth Worcester Senatorial District, and two Representatives for the Tenth Worcester District, to the General Court of Massachu- setts, one Representative in the Fifty-sixth Congress of the United States (for the Eleventh Congressional District), and one District Attorney (Middle District), one Sheriff, one County Commissioner, two Special Commissioners, one Regis-


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ter of Probate and Insolvency for said County of Worcester, all on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for. The polls may be closed at four o'clock in the af- ternoon on said day of meeting.


At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the above mentioned eighth day of November at the same place, there will be a meeting of the above described inhabitants to act upon the fol- lowing articles, namely :-


Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meet- ing.


Article 2. To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen.


Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to use any unexpended appropriations or funds in his hands unappropriated, to pay the expenses of the Town under Chapter 440 of Acts of 1890, and highways, or take any action in relation to paying said expenses.


Article 4. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out, grading and exten- sion of Beach street from Central street, 767 feet to a point at or near house owned by Peter Hickey, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 5. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the re-laying and grading of Pros- pect street from Main to Water street, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to locate an elec- tric light and build a sidewalk on northerly side of Pleasant street, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to increase the pay of the Assessors to $3.50 per day for each Assessor, or take any action in relation thereto.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meet- ing Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town; also cause an


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attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News, Mil- ford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette and Milford Times, news- papers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Milford, this 26th day of Octo- ber, A. D. 1898.


B. T. CLANCY, GEO. S. WHITNEY, GEO. P. COOKE,


Selectmen of Milford.


A true copy. Attest:


OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


November 8, 1898.


Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhab- itants of the Town of Milford, herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the pub- lic meeting houses, and at the post-office in said Town, and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette and Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.


Attest:


OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.


A true copy of the warrant and the return.


Attest:


JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,


Town Clerk, pro tempore.


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TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 8, 1898.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


Milford, November 8, 1898.


In pursuance to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, met in the Town Hall in said Town on Tues- day, the eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who then read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.


In accordance with the provisions of Chap. 548 of the Acts of 1898, the sealed package said to contain 2700 ballots, specimen ballots, and cards of instructions, was delivered to B. T. Clancy, the presiding election officer. The seal was then publicly broken, the package opened, and the blocks of ballots delivered to the ballot-clerks and their receipts therefor given to the Town Clerk, and one of each kind of cards of instruc- tions posted in each voting compartment, and five specimen ballots and five of each of the cards of instructions were post- ed in the hall outside the rail.


The ballot-box required by law to be used in elections was then opened in public meeting and shown to be empty. The register of the box was then set at 0000 and the box locked, and the keys thereof delivered to Oliver D. Holmes, Constable in attendance at said meeting.


S. C. Sumner and D. J. Sullivan, appointed inspectors by the Selectmen, acted as ballot-clerks, and during their absence S. Alden Eastman and M. G. Lynch, deputy inspectors, acted in their stead, each of them having been sworn to faithfully perform the duties of their office by the Town Clerk.


P. H. Curran, who had been appointed by the Selectmen to check the list at the polls, was duly sworn to faithfully per- form the duties of his office by the Town Clerk.


W. F. Sherborne, W. C. Lang, A. D. White, W. H. Carey, Arthur A. Jenkins, A. Boyd, T. P. Connolly, J. J. Quinlan, D.


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P. Flynn, W. G. Pond, George W. Littlewood, John F. Burke, P. Rabbitt, D. H. Bates, A. W. Shedd, W. S. V. Cooke, S. J. Burke, W. H. Egan, H. C. Tilden, and E. J. Nutter, appointed tellers by the Selectmen, were then sworn to faithfully per- form the duties of their office by the Town Clerk.


The polls were opened at 6.08 A. M. for the reception of ballots.


Voted: To close the polls at 4.30 P. M.


Due notice having been given, the polls at 4.30 P. M. were declared closed.


At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the above mentioned eighth day of November at the same place, the above de- scribed inhabitants acted upon the articles in the warrant as follows :-


Article 1. The meeting made choice of Lowell E. Fales as moderator, the check list being used. Total ballots cast, 1, which was for Lowell E. Fales.


Article 2. The following list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen was submitted for revision and acceptance :-


JURY LIST.


Atwood, Benj. S.


Burns, Michael P.


Avery, Orlando


Burrell, Alfred A.


Annette, Willie L.


Brown, Horace A.


Bailey, Henry J. Bates, Davis H.


Birmingham, Thomas.


Barney, Hiram A.


Caldicott, George W., jr. Casey, David E. Carey, Patrick F.


Baxter, James F.


Blake, Nathaniel F.


Carter, Benj. W.


Boyd, Archie


Clancy, Patrick A.


Bourne, William H.


Clancy, James J.


Bowker, Heber D. Barber, Lewis K. Britton, William H.


Clark, Chester L. Caruso, Charles


Cooke, Walter S. V.


Burke, James W.


Cushman, Charles L.


Burns, James H.


Cook, Solon S.


Baker, Wm. H.


Birch, George F.


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Cook, Stephen A. Cahill, Francis Cooney, Martin Cook, Edward E. Clancy, Benj. T. Croughwell, Owen F. Cronan, Patrick T. Carroll, Richard D. Carr, Patrick H. Curran, Patrick H. Dillon, Frank P. Dalton, Francis H. Donnelly, William P. Donnelly, Thomas F. Drew, George A. Dwyer, William E.


Edwards, Michael W. Eagan, John Ellis, George W. Eldredge, Herbert S.


Edwards, James B. Eldridge, Rufus C. Fales, George T. Fitzgerald, Patrick H. Fitzsimmons, James E. Gould, Charles Gillon, Patrick Gilmore, Michael Glennon, Patrick (deceased) Grow, William C. Hapgood, Solon E. Heath, Lucius E. Heath, Samuel W. Hill, Charles A. Hobart, Edward E. Hunt, Perley M. Jones, Albert W. Kirby, Timothy


King, Patrick Lent, Harris H. Larkin, Michael Larkin, Patrick Lothrop, Frank C. Lynch, Michael G. Lynch, Patrick Lynch, Thomas J. Lang, Domnick J. Lincoln, Edwin W. Leland, Henry W. Lawton, James J. Leonard, J. Byron Manion, Thomas (West St.) Mathewson, Frank E. Mayhew, Aaron H. Mann, Frank E.


Mann, Frank W.


Metcalf, Charles H.


Morgan, Henry E.


Morgan, Patrick


Marino, Raphael Manning, Thomas F. McLoughlin, John T. Morey, James M. Matthews, John F. Nelligan, Maurice E. Nealon, Anthony J. Nichols, Charles N. Nolan, John O'Brien, Daniel M. Pierce, Hiram H. Pond, William Pond, Henry A. Pratt, John P. Prentice, Charles O. Prentiss, William N. Pyne, William H.


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Reed, Alfred D. Rhodes, George D.


Rice, J. Allen


Richards, Humphrey Roche, Frank J. Reynolds, Mortimer J.


Sherborne, William F.


Sidley, John H. Shedd, Albert W.


Swift, William H. Shea, William J.


Smith, John


Stacy, George E. Stratton, James F.


Sumner, Clarence A. Sweeney, Cornelius Swift, Thomas J. Taft, Edwin B. Tilden, Harry C.


Tyler, Adolphus


Thompson, George H.


Waters, Thomas F.


Waters, Charles H.


Weed, Norman


Whitney, George S.


Withington, Frank E.


Whitney, Horace E.


Wilkinson, Charles F.


B. T. CLANCY, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, GEORGE P. COOKE,


Selectmen of Milford.


Voted: To accept the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen.


Voted: That the remaining articles in the warrant be laid on the table until 4.30 P. M.


At 4.30 p. M. the remaining articles in the warrant were taken up, and acted upon as follows, viz .:---


Article 3. Voted: That the Treasurer be authorized to use any unexpended appropriations or funds in his hands towards paying the expenses under Chap. 440, Acts of 1890, and highways.


Article 4. Voted: To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the extension of Beach street, and that $150 be appropriated to carry out said report.


Article 5. Voted: To accept the report of the Selectmen on the re-laying of Prospect street.


Voted: To pass over the remainder of the article.


Article 6. Voted: To locate an electric light and to build a sidewalk on the northerly side of Pleasant street, and to ap- propriate $200 for the same.


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Article 7. Voted: To increase the pay of the Assessors to $3.50 per day for each Assessor.


During the voting the ballot-box was, by the unanimous consent of the Selectmen and Town Clerk, opened four times for the purpose of taking out the ballots and sorting and count- ing the same.


First at 9.30 A. M., when it registered 406; then at 11 A. M., when it registered 621; then at 1.05 p. M., when it registered 1068; then at 3 p. M., when it registered 1400; and again at the close of the polls (4.30 P. M.), when the box registered 1571.


The ballot-box agreed with the number of names checked at the polls.


The names of those on the list of voters both at the polls and at the table of the ballot-clerks, which had been checked and audibly counted, were found as follows :-




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