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List at polls: Males, 1781; females, 7; total, 1788.
List at table: Males, 1781; females, 7; total, 1789.
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 seventeen hun- dred and eighty-eight (1788).
The ballots having been sorted and counted, the modera- tor declared the following officers elected: -
Town clerk-John T. McLoughlin, 1 Sumner street.
Town treasurer-Clifford A. Cook, 9 Church street.
Tax collector-William P. Foley, 130 West Spruce street. Auditor-Thomas F. Manning, 30 West street.
Selectmen-Walter S. V. Cooke, 25 South Main street; Joseph F. Hickey, 7 South Main street; Abbott A. Jenkins, 29 Congress 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.
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School committee (3 years)-Thomas J. Murphy, 17 Mid- dleton street; Waldo B. Whiting, 14 Church street.
Trustees town library (3 years)-Charles A. Dewey, 14 Chestnut street; Patrick E. Sweeney, 15 Emmons street.
Board of health (3 years)-Alfred A. Burrell, 108 Congress street.
Trustees Vernon Grove cemetery (3 years)-George L. Maynard, 83 School street; William C. Morrison, 5 Green street.
Constables-Patrick Birmingham, 76 West street; Martin Broderick, 45 Sumner street; Charles Caruso, 17 Main street; David E. Casey, Purchase street; William J. Corbett, 82 Main street; Edward J. Dalton, 299 Main street; Michael W. Ed- wards, 12 Granite street; Naum E. Gaskill, 26 Beach street; William E. Hayes, 18 Carroll street; Oliver D. Holmes, 8 Leonard street; James Howard, 52 Depot street; Thomas F. Kelley, 36 West street; Raphael Marino, 19 Main street; John Moore, 25 North street; Charles H. Waters, 8 Carroll street.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?- Yes.
Shall eight hours constitute a day's work for all laborers, mechanics and workmen now or hereafter employed by or on behalf of the town ?- Yes.
The following is the number of votes cast for the several candidates for town officers :--
FOR TOWN CLERK.
VOTES.
VOTES.
John T. McLoughlin,
1344
All others,
4
Blanks, 433
FOR TOWN TREASURER.
Clifford A. Cook,
1373
All others,
3
Blanks, 405
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
William P. Foley, 1291
All others,
1
Blanks, 489
FOR AUDITOR.
Thomas F. Manning, 820
Harry C. Tilden, 710
Blanks, 251
FOR SELECTMEN.
Walter S. V. Cooke, 797
Charles E. Dewing, 92
Joseph F. Hickey, 880
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VOTES.
Abbott A. Jenkins, 841
William E. Kemp, 72
William D. Leahy, 688
George W. Littlewood, 673
Charles F. Wilkinson, 629
John Wulf,
95
Blanks,
576
FOR ASSESSORS.
John F. Barrett, 1252
George E. Stacy,
1222
Sullivan C. Sumner,
1211
All others,
2
Blanks,
1656
FOR OVERSEERS OF POOR.
James W. Burke, 1147
Chester L. Clark, 1191
John Smith, 1130
All others,
2
Blanks,
1873
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Thomas J. Murphy, 1181
Waldo B. Whiting, 1135
All others, 3
Blanks,
1257
FOR TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRA-
RY (3 years).
Charles A. Dewey, 1070
Patrick E. Sweeney, 1095
All others,
1
Blanks,
1396
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (3 No, 629
years).
Alfred A. Burrell, 978
All others,
3
Blanks,
800
FOR TRUSTEES VERNON GROVE CEMETERY (3 years).
VOTES.
George L. Maynard, 940
William C. Morrison, 924
All others,
3
Blanks,
1695
FOR CONSTABLES.
Patrick Birmingham, 536
Martin Broderick, 1101
Patrick J. Burns, 417
Charles Caruso, 706
David E. Casey, 740
William J. Corbett, 605
Edward J. Dalton, 883
Michael W. Edwards, 898
Naum E. Gaskill, 567
William E. Hayes, 605
Oliver D. Holmes, 737
James Howard, 714
Thomas F. Kelley, 647
Raphael Marino, 624
John F. Mathews, 463
John Moore, 701
Caleb S. Sherman, 428
Charles H. Waters, 690
All others,
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Blanks,
14,628
SHALL LICENSE
BE
GRANTED
FOR THE SALE OF INTOXI-
CATING LIQUORS
IN
THIS TOWN ?
Yes,
941
Blanks, 211
SHALL EIGHT HOURS CONSTI-
TUTE A DAY'S WORK FOR ALL LABORERS, MECHAN-'
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ICS AND WORKMEN NOW
OR HEREAFTER EM- PLOYED BY OR ON
BEHALF OF THE TOWN ?
VOTES.
Yes,
890
No,
378
Blanks, 513
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.
The unused ballots remaining, all soiled, canceled, and certified by the ballot clerks to be such, were sealed up and deliverd to the town clerk, as provided by law.
The oath of office was administered to John T. McLough- lin, town clerk, in open meeting by L. E. Fales, moderator.
The result having been declared, the meeting was ad- journed until next Wednesday at 7.30 P. M.
A true record. Attest :
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest :
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1902.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 5, 1902.
In pursuance of a vote passed at the annual town meeting held March 3, 1902, the inhabitants of the town of Milford met in the Town Hall, and proceeded as follows :-
The meeting was called to order by Lowell E. Fales, mod- erator.
The warrant was then read by the town clerk.
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Voted to adjourn until Friday evening, March 7, 1902, at 7.30 o'clock in this hall.
A true record. Attest :
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest :
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1902. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 7, 1902.
In pursuance of a vote passed at the adjourned town meeting held March 5, 1902, the inhabitants of the town of Milford met in the Town Hall, and proceeded to act upon the various articles in the warrant.
The meeting was called to order by Lowell E. Fales, mod- erator.
Under Article 2, John J. Shockrow and J. Allen Rice were chosen field drivers. I. N. Davis, George S. Whitney, and Henry E. Morgan were chosen fence viewers. Michael Mc- Keague, William H. Bourne and Charles W. Wilcox were cho- sen park commissioners. John J. Shockrow was chosen pound- keeper. Thomas Gilmore, Fruit street, was chosen, tree war- den.
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 amend the report of the town treasurer on Page 35 of Annual Report by inserting "James F. Stratton, $1300," to correct error.
To accept the report of the town treasurer as amended.
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To accept the report of the tax collector.
To accept the report of the assessors.
To accept the report of the trustees of Vernon Grove cem- etery.
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 engineers of the fire depart- ment.
To amend the report of the town clerk on Page 45, Sec- tion 3, of the annual report by inserting under the title "Liquor licenses recorded, 4th class," 3 instead of 2, and total 18 instead of 17, to correct error.
To accept the report of the town clerk as amended.
The committee on enlargement of the Town House, through George B. Blake, chairman, submitted the following report :-
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Eugene Lynch, 1st contract ·
$20,860 00
Balance of extra work .
434 50
As per schedule A
$21,294 50
2d contract
$8,060 00
Balance of extra work
1,375 90
As per schedule B
9,435 90
$30,730 40
Robert A. Cook, architect and keys furnished
1,470 36
Printing
18 15
C. L. Fair, lettering tablet
40 00
Morris & Ireland, safe door
120 00
Wm. Johnston & Co., carting
3 31
Norris & Staples
15 91
Hilton & Crofoot, heating contract
.
508 27
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.
.
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H. M. Clarke, heating .
$2,646 00 324 95
Tewksbury & Weir
$35,877 35
Expended by the selectmen as below
4,136 05
$40,013 40
EXPENDED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Weed Bros., repairing settees
$ 31
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McDermott, painting 66
109 54
Grand Rapids Furniture Co.
325 44
Shepard, Norwell & Co., curtain
98 25
R. Hollings & Co., lighting .
1,157 57
Avery & Woodbury, chairs
1,748 52
William Johnston & Co., carting
43 71
George A. Sherborne
1 80
J. T. McLoughlin, desk
10 00
William G. Pond .
.
10 00
Highway department, labor
600 00
$4,136 05
The above report includes another coat of paint on the roof, which has not been applied, for the reason that the roof has not been fully satisfactory ; the town having a guar- antee from the contractors to make and keep the roof tight for five years.
GEO. B. BLAKE,
GEORGE P. COOKE,
ABBOTT A. JENKINS,
JOSEPH F. HICKEY,
JAMES F. STRATTON,
MICHAEL W. EDWARDS,
B. T. CLANCY.
SCHEDULE A. E. F. Lynch, 1st Contract. Town House Building.
Amount of contract
$20,860 00
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.
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Extra work :-
New windows in hall
$76 50
Paper on roof 52 50
4 openings, ceiling of east and west gal- leries ·
50 00
Extra on R in gallery
.
90 00
Soil pipe in basement
25 00
Door to stairs in west gallery
25 00
Change in door at foot of stairs from hall
22 00
Labor and stock front entrance to hall,
new floor and steps .
90 00
Granite tablet
42 00
Piers and trenches for heating tors 8 00 .
Ladder to belfry .
1 50
New door to old lockup, and labor
3 00
Repairs to lockup, old entrance .
13 00
Labor for heating contractors and re- moving radiators ·
15 00
Floor for hall, and extra labor
20 00
Paid Electric Co's bill, extra switch 15 00
Extra traveling expense, wiring for fix- tures
18 00
American Painting & Decorating Co.'s bill, frescoing around windows in hall .
43 00
$609 50
$21,469 50
By credit for balustrade 1 .
175 00
Total
$21,294 50
Total amount of payments
.
20,380 00
Balance
$914 50
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contrac-
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[NOTE .- A payment of $1200 was made on both contracts Oct. 4, 1901.]
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SCHEDULE B.
E. F. Lynch, 2d Contract. Town House Building.
Amount of contract
$8,060 00
Extra work :-
Steel cages :-
Extra cost
$149 00
Extra freight . 7 00
Cutting 4 in. holes in cages
24 00
Cutting 1 in. holes in cages
10 00
Extra on 12 water closets, plumbers' bill 240 00
Changing plumbing in three cages 15 00
Cutting, measuring and painting .
10 00
$455 00
By credit, for original pattern of water closets, etc. 27 80
427 20
Court Room :-
Change of lights in court room $ 5 00
2 extra lights in court quarters 5 60
Changing doors, clerk of court 2 00
1 extra transom and frame, judge's room 4 00
1 extra water closet, judge's room 90 00
1 wash basin, judge's room 20 00
1 bookcase, court room .
33 00
Moving court to new quarters
6 00
Hanging gates, officers' desk, court
roon
3 00
Corridors :-
1 transom frame and fittings $ 7 00
1 door jamb and fittings 12 00
Labor on above 5 00
1 temporary water closet for judge 12 00
168 60
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Plastering and sheathing partition
· between corridor and Caucus Hall
$38 00
1 extra coat on four office rooms 12 00 1
Graining four office rooms and corri- dors
66 00
1 extra fitting in gents' toilet
3 00
$155 00
First floor :-
New door between town clerk's room and private office . $ 8 00
Plate glass windows in town clerk's room and Caucus Hall . 195 00
Sheathing, plastering and graining town clerk's office and book- cases
70 00
273 00
Kitchen
$141 00
Dumb waiter .
92 00
Connect gas in Caucus Hall .
12 00
245 00
Basement :-
Party brick wall between lockup, tramps' room and police room
$76 00
3 extra brick courses 6 00
60 ft. 6 in. drain pipe and fittings 9 40
Cutting through foundation and con- necting 6 in. drain with sewer 2 60
20 ft. 4 in. drain pipe and fittings 2 00
Connecting with soil pipe
10 00
Urinal bowl to take the place of one broken in tramps' room 9 00
Changing police room toilet plumb- ing
15 00
Lockup door entrances :-
Carpenter 27 hours . · ·
$ 9 00
Masons 63 hours (7 days) 26 25
·
.
130 00
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Laborers 63 hours (7 days)
$14 00
2 loads sand . 1 80
2 barrels Port. cement 5 00
2 barrels R. cement -.
2 50
1 window
3 50
Brick mason 8 hours .
4 00
Tender
2 50
Carpenter 9 hours, toilet room
change 3 00
Carpenter 37 hours
12 35
Carpenter 9 hours, doors, platforms, etc., and lumber, $3.00, $1.20, .20 4 40
$88 30
Miscellaneous :--
Putting numbers and letters on, and repairing seats in hall $ 2 00
1 extra jack-knife switch front of building . 12 00
14 hours extra time cutting for heat- ing contractors . 4 66 ·
3} hours time cutting for elect. 1 17
3} hours time repairing locks and doors 1 17
9 hours patching floors 3 00
Amount of hardware bill over allow- ance 27 67
51 67
Total
$9,598 77
Total amount of payments 8,400 00
Balance .
$1,198 77
[NOTE .- A payment of $1200 on both contracts was made October 4, 1901.]
Voted: To accept and adopt the report of the committee. The committee on sewerage submitted a verbal report. . Voted: That the committee be granted further time.
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The committee on providing additional school accommo- dations made a verbal report.
Voted: That the committee be granted further time.
Voted: To pass over Article 3.
Article 4. The finance committee, through George P. Cooke, chairman, submitted the following report :-
A meeting of the finance committee was held at the Town House, Tuesday, March 4, 1902, at 7.30 P. M. Dr. George P. Cooke was chosen chairman and Clifford A. Cook secretary.
It was voted to recommend the following appropriations for town expenses for the ensuing municipal year :--
Highways
$14,000 00
Incidentals .
3,000 00
Insurance for insuring town house for 3 years
1,500 00
Furnishing vault in town house
500 00
Memorial Hall
600 00
Street lights
6,550 00
Town library
dog tax and 600 00
Schools and repairs
34,000 00
Poor
.
12,000 00
Interest
.
.
.
·
6,100 00
Water for fire purposes
5,600 00
Vernon Grove cemetery
150 00
Military aid
100 00
Fire Department :-
Pay of members
$5,600 00
Incidentals
1,900 00
New hose . .
600 00
Coats and hats
150 00
Repairs of buildings
300 00
Unpaid bills
400 00
8,950 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town park
·
·
450 00
Town debt .
·
·
13,100 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief
3,000 00
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Chapter 440, Acts of 1890 .
$1,000 00
Town Hall .
600 00
Emergency fund
1,000 00
Salaries .
8,000 00
Watering streets
1,200 00
Care of shade trees
.
.
.
300 00
$123,350 00
GEORGE P. COOKE, Chairman, CLIFFORD A. COOK, Secretary.
Voted: That each item in the report of the finance com- mittee be taken up and acted upon separately.
Voted: That we raise and appropriate :-
For highways
$14,000 00
Incidentals
3,000 00
Insurance (for insuring town house for 3 years)
1,500 00
Furnishing vault in town house
500 00
Memorial Hall
600 00
Street lights
6,550 00
Town library
dog tax and
600 00
Schools and repairs
34,000 00
Poor
12,000 00
Interest
6,100 00 ·
Water for fire purposes
.
5,600 00 .
Vernon Grove cemetery
.
150 00
Military Aid
100 00 ·
Fire, pay of members
$5,600 00
incidentals
1,900 00
" new hose
600 00
coats and hats
150 00
66 repairs of buildings
300 00
66 unpaid bills . 400 00
8,950 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town park .
·
450 00
Town debt
13,100 00
Sidewalks .
1,000 00
.
.
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief
.
$3,000 00
Chapter 440, Acts of 1890 .
1,000 00
Town Hall
600 00
Emergency fund
·
1,000 00 ·
Salaries
·
8,000 00
Watering streets
.
1,200 00
Care of shade trees .
.
300 00
$123,350 00
Article 5. Voted : That the matter of street lighting be left with the selectmen, to make such contract as they may deem best.
Article 6. Voted: That the treasurer be and is here- by authorized to borrow money at any time during the municipal year in various amounts not exceeding fifty thou- sand dollars ($50,000) in all, and give the negotiable notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date of their incurrence, the same to be paid out of the taxes assessed for the year 1902.
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 interest at the rate of 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 remain - ing one-tenth, five per cent of all taxes collected or abated.
Article 8. Voted : To pass over.
Article 9. Voted : That the selectmen be authorized to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the town.
Article 10. Voted : To pass over.
Article 11. Voted: That an electric light be located at the junction of South Main and Depot streets, and that the
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sum of one hundred dollars ($100) be raised and appropriated for the same.
Article 12. Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 13. . Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars towards the "Devens Memorial Monu- ment."
Article 14. Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 15. Voted : To accept and allow the report of the selectmen on the re-location of a part of Cedar street from the corner of Dilla street to the southerly side of land of the Milford & Woonsocket Railroad company.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 16. Voted: To discontinue a part of Cedar street from the corner of Dilla street to the intersection of the re-location of said Cedar street as reported by the selectmen.
Article 17. Voted : That the selectmen be authorized to see what contract may be made with the Milford Water Company, and report at the next meeting.
Article 18. Voted: That a committee of seven and the selectmen be appointed by the moderator to consider and investigate the matter under Article 18, and report at a future meeting. The moderator appointed as the committee, A. A. Jenkins, J. F. Hickey, W. S. V. Cooke, Wendell Wil- liams, W. J. Welch, H. D. Bowker, Geo. E. Stacy, J. F. Stratton, J .. Allen Rice, Benj. T. Clancy.
Voted: That this committee be authorized to expend from the incidental appropriation not exceeding five hun- dred dollars ($500) for such services, legal and otherwise, as may be necessary to incur.
Article 19. Voted: To accept and allow the report of the selectmen on the laying out of South Free street.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Voted : To dissolve the warrant.
A true record. Attest :
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
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A true copy of the record. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT, NOVEMBER 4, 1902.
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 Dewey Hall, in said town, on Tuesday, the fourth day of November, 1902, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday, punctually at six o'clock in the fore- noon, at which time the polls will be open for said voters to give in their ballots to the selectmen of said town, for gov- ernor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, treasurer, auditor, attor- ney-general, representative in Congress, councillor, (seventh councillor district,) a senator for the fifth Worcester senatorial district, and two representatives for tenth Worcester district to the General Court of Massachusetts; one county com- missioner, all on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.
The polls may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon on said day of meeting.
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 attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily Journal, a newspaper 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.
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Given under our hands at Milford, this 24th day of Octo- ber, A. D., 1902.
ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY, WALTER S. V. COOKE, Selectmen of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester ss.
November 4, 1902.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the in- habitants 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 Journal, a newspaper printed in said town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meet- ing
Attest :
CHARLES H. WATERS,
Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the warrant and the return. Attest: JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 4, 1902.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, Nov. 4, 1902.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the town of Milford qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, met in Dewey Hall in said town on Tuesday, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and were called to order by the town
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clerk, who then read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
In accordance with the provisions of Chap. 11 of the Re- vised Laws, the sealed package said to contain 2700 ballots, specimen ballots, and cards of instructions, was delivered to Abbott A. Jenkins, 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 ; five of each kind of cards of instructions, and five specimen ballots were posted 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 Charles H. Waters, consta- ble in attendance at said meeting.
S. C. Sumner and D. J. Sullivan acted as ballot-clerks, and during their absence S. Alden Eastman and M. G. Lynch, deputy ballot clerks, acted in their stead, each of them having been sworn to faithfully perform the duties of his office by the town clerk.
C. F. Carroll, Henry F. Lyons, John C. Lynch, John F. Barrett, C. H. Wilcox, C. E. Blaisdell, F. T. Quirk, Fred M. Condry, Jeremiah Davoren, F. D. Field, P. J. Burke, W. E. Southland, Ernest Schulz, Paul Doane, George A. Wilcox, John Nelligan, A. D. White, Henry McKeague, M. Harris Avery, Arthur A. Jenkins, A. Boyd, W. H. Quinn, F. W. Dra- per, P. Rabbitt, D. H. Bates, A. W. Shedd, Fred E. Cook, J. A. Higgins, M. P. Nugent, C. W. Harris, Walter F. Mann, Fred E. Fitzsimmons, and George Buckley, appointed tellers by the selectmen, were then sworn to faithfully perform the duties of their office by the town clerk.
The polls were opened at 6.10 A. M. for the reception of ballots.
Voted to close the polls at 4.30 P. M.
Due notice having been given, the polls were declared closed at 4.30 P. M.
During the voting, the ballot-box was, by the unanimous consent of the selectmen and town clerk, opened seven times
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for the purpose of taking out the ballots, and sorting and counting the same: First at 8.25 A. M., when it registered 576, then at 10.10 A. M., when it registered 890, then at 11.12 A. M., when it registered 1043, then at 1.05 P. M., when it registered 1334, then at 1.48 P. M., when it registered 1449, then at 2.35 P. M., when it registered 1582, then at 3.35 P. M., when it re- gistered 1714, and again at the close of the polls (4.30 P. M.) when it registered 1774.
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 :-
List at the polls, 1774; list at the tables, 1774.
The tellers having canvassed the votes given in and found the total number of ballots cast to be 1774, having been sorted and counted, declaration thereof was made in open meeting and recorded as follows :-
FOR GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates of Boston, Republican, 665
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill, Socialist Labor Nom. Paper . 47
John C. Chase of Haverhill, Socialist .
114
William A. Gaston of Boston, Democratic .
883
William H. Partridge of Newton, Prohibition
12 Blanks, 50. .
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
John Quincy Adams of Amesbury, Socialist . 154
Thomas F. Brennan of Salem, Socialist Labor Nom. Paper . · 60
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton, Prohibition 17
Curtis Guild, jr., of Boston, Republican . 653
.98
· Herbert C. Joyner of Great Barrington, Democratic . Mark Moore
Blanks, 88. 1
27
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Edward A. Buckland of Holyoke, Socialist .
141
Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop, Prohibition 18
Jeremiah O'Fihelly of Abington, Socialist Labor Nom.
Paper . 58
William M. Olin of Boston, Republican
. 664
Willmore B. Stone of Springfield, Democratic
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