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ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT NO. 17.
To provide for biennial elections of state officers, council- lors and members of the General Court.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT NO. 18.
No person elected to the general court shall during the
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term for which he was elected be appointed to any office crea- ted or the emoluments whereof are. increased during such terin, nor receive additional salary or compensation for service upon any recess committee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general revision of the statutes of the Commonwealth when submitted to the General Court for adoption.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 19.
On or before January first, nineteen hundred twenty one, the executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth shall be organized in not more than twenty departments, in one of which every executive and administrative office, board and . commission, except those officers serving directly under the Governor or the council, shall be placed Such depart- ments shall be under such supervision and regulation as the General Court may from time to time prescribe by law
(The polls muy be closed at four 'aboek in the afternoon on said day of meeting.)
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof at each of the public meeting houses and at the post-office in said town ; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published 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 22d day of Octo- ber, A. D. 1918.
THOMAS J. NUGENT, CHARLES V. WAITT, JOHN H. CUNNINGHAM,
Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH T. MURPHY,
Constable of Milford.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ..
Worcester, ss.
Milford, November 5, 1918.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhab- itante of the town of Milford herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purpose within mentioned, by post- ing up attested copies of this warrant at each of the public 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, a newspaper printed in said town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest :
JEREMIAH T. MURPHY, . Constable of Milford ..
A true copy of the warrant and the return thereon.
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN. Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 5, 1918. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, November 5, 1918.
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 Dewey Hall in said town on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, A. D., 1918, punctually at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon, and were called to order by the town clerk who read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 835, Acts of 1913, and acts in amendment thereto, sealed packages said to contain 3200 official ballots, specimen ballots, cards of in- structions, penalty cards, and copies of the proposed amend- ments of the Constitution were delivered to Thomas J. Nu- gent, presiding election officer.
The seal was then publicly broken, the package opened.
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and the ballots delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt given to the town clerk.
One card of instructions, one penalty card and one copy of the proposed amendments of the Constitution were posted ' in each marking compartment, and five specimen ballots, five cards of instructions, five penalty card-, and five copies of the proposed amendments of the Const tution were posted in the hall outside the rail.
The ballot box required by law to be used in elections was then publicly opened and found to be empty, the regis- ter of the box was set at 0: 00, the box locked and the keys delivered to Jeremiah T. Murphy, constable in attendance at said meeting.
Harold K. Bullard and Dominick J Lang, tellers appoint- ed by the selectmen to check the voting list at the polls, and? Ernest A. Whitney and James F. Egan, ballot clerks, and Al- fred B. Cenedella and James F. Baxter, deputy ballot clerks, were swoin to a faithful performance of their duties by the town clerk.
The polls were opened at 5.52 o'clock A. M.
Voted : To close the polls at eight o'clock P. M.
Due notice having been given the poll at eight o'clock F. M. were declared closed.
John F. Buike, Austin D. White, Walter A. Vant, Mi- chael T. Tynan, William F. Donnelly, George E. Stanley, Ed- ward M. King, Thomas H. Coyne, George F. O'Connell, Ar- chibald Boyd, Edward B. Quinn, Isaac W. Ward, Dennis P. Flynn, Millard J. Macnen, Jeremiah F. Roche, Albert W. Jones, Edward J. O'Sullivan, George S. Whitney, Ernest I .. Schultz, John A. Dyer, Daniel Burns, H. Edson Wheeler, John E. Wallace, Harry E. Hunt, Alfred B. Caruso, J. War- ren Richardson, Thomas F. Gillon, Herbert Parkhurst, Mi- chael H. DeCoste, Herbert E. Reed, George L Maynard, Al- bert J. Larkin, tellers appointed by the selectmen, were sworn to a faithful performance of their duties by the town clerk.
During the voting the ballot box was opened, by the unanimous consent of the selectmen and the town clerk,
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eleven times, for the purpose of taking out the ballots and sorting and counting the same, first at 11 30 A. M when the box registered 450, at 1 50 p M. when it registered 700, at 2.40 P. M when it registered 800, at 4.15 p. M. when it regis - tered 950 at 4.37 p M. when it registered 1004, at 5 p. M. when it registered 1020, at 5.50 P. M. when it registered 1200, at 6 53 P M when it registered 1401, at 7.35 P. M. when it registered 1701, and at the close of the polls, 8 P M. when it registered 1818.
The count on the ballot box did not agree with the num- ber of names checked at the polls and at the tables of the bal- lot clerks.
The names of those on the lists of voters which were checked and audibly counted were found to be as follows : List at the polls 1817. List at the tables 1817.
The following additional tellers appointed by the select- men were sworn to a faithful performance of their duties by the town clerk :
Arthur A. Jenkins, Raymond H. Kiley, Fred V. Casey, William L. Carey, Charles F. Gillon, George F. Grayson, John E. Roche, George B. Gilman.
The tellers having canvassed the votes given in and found the total number of ballots cast to be 1817, the same having been sorted and counted, declaration thereof was made in open meeting and recorded as follows.
The result was announced at eleven o'clock P. M.
GOVERNOR.
Votes
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton, Republican- 572
Richard H. Long of Framingham, Democratic
1186
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown, Socialist 20
Ingvar Paulson of Boston, Socialist Labor 9
Blanks
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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Channing H. Cox of Boston, Republican · 576
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Oscar Kinsalas of Springfield, Socialist Labor ·
43 Joseph H. O'Neil of Boston, Democratic 1111
Blanks 87
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield, Republican . 601
Charles H. McGlue of Lynn, Democratic 1031
William Taylor of Worcester, Socialist Labor 50
Blanks 135 .
TREASURER.
Charles L. Burrill of Boston, Republican . 599
Charles Giddings of Great Barrington, Democratic 1025
Mary E. Peterson of Somerville, Socialist Labor 45
Blanks
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AUDITOR.
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston, Republican £ 595 .
Francis M. Costello of Boston, Democratic 1015
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody, Socialist Labor 40 ·
Blanks 167 ·
ATTORNEY- GENERAL.
. Henry C. Attwill of Lynn, Republican . 598
Morris I. Becker of Chelsea, Socialist Labor 47
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur of Boston, Democratic 997 ·
Blanks 175 ·
SENATOR IN CONGRESS.
Thomas W. Lawson of Scituate, Independent
55
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg, Democratic 1184 ·
John L. Weeks of Newton, Republican . 520
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CONGRESSMAN (Fourth District).
John F. McGrath of Worcester, Democratic
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1084
Samuel E. Winslow of Worcester, Republican
649
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Blanks 84 .
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COUNCILLOR (Seventh District).
Matthew J. Whittall of Worcester, Republican 794
Alfred L. McPhee of Milford 1
Blanks . 1022
SENATOR (Fourth Worcester District).
Francis Prescott of Grafton, Republican · 562
John E. Swift of Milford, Democratic 1161 .
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REPRESENTATIVES
IN GENERAL COURT (Ninth Worcester
District).
Patrick C. J. Dacey of Milford, Democratic 1075
Charles W. Gould of Milford, Republican 631
Jeremiah P. Keating of Westborough, Republican 550
Albert E. Lewis of Westborough, Democratic 909
Blanks 469
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Worcester County ).
Arthur C. Moore of Southbridge, Republican 566
Herbert L. Ray of Sutton, Democratic 1003
Blanks 248 .
COUNTY TREASURER (Worcester County).
Edgar L. Ramsdell of Worcester, Republican 790
Ernest C. Morse of Milford 1
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REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
Harry H. Atwood of Worcester, Republican 776
Blanks
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AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
No. 1.
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to the establish- ment of the popular initiative and referendum and the legisla- tive initiative of specific amendments of the Constitution,
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submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 879. No 400. Blanks 538.
No. 2.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Public Interest in Natural Resources, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 720. No 222. Blanks 875.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The conservation, development and utilization of the agri- cultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the Commonwealth are public uses, and the general court shall have the power to provide for the taking upon payment of just compensation therefor, of lands and easements or inter- ests therein, including water and mineral rights, for the pur- pose of securing and promoting the proper conservation, development, utilization and control thereof, and to enact leg- islation necessary or expedient therefor.
No. 3.
Shall the following Article of Amendment to provide for the regulation of advertising in Public Places, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 768. No 187. Blanks 862.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Advertising on public ways, in public places and on pri- vate property within public view may be regulated and res- tricted by law.
No. 4.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Preservation and Maintenance of Property of Historical and Antiquarian Interest, submitted by the Constitutional Con- vention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 734. No 165. Blanks 918.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks
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and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a - public use, and the Commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein under such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
No. 5. .
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to adjournments of the General Court, submitted by the Consti- tutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 606. No 226. Blanks 985.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The general court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days, but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixti- eth day from the date of their first assembling.
No. 6.
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the General Court to prescribe, subject to certain restrictions, the manner of the appointment and removal of military and naval offi- cers to be commissioned by the Governor, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 645. No 197. Blanks 975.
No. 7.
Shall the Article of Amendment defining the powers and duties of the General Court relative to the Military and naval forces, and of the Governor as Commander-in Chief thereof, be approved and ratified ? Yes 635. No 183. Blank 999.
No. 8.
Shall the Article of Amendment providing for the suc- cession, in cases of vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, by the secretary, attorney-general, treas- urer and receiver-general, and auditor, in the order named be approved and ratified ? Yes 704. No 169 Blanks 944.
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No. 9.
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the Governor to return to the General Court with a recommendation for amendment bills and resolves which have been laid before' him, be approved and ratified ? Yes 656. No 165. Blanks 996.
No. 10.
Shall the following Article of Amendment providing that Women shall be eligible to Appointment as Notaries Public, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 610. No 267. Blanks 940.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Article IV of the articles of amendment to the Constitu- tion of the Commonwealth is hereby amended by adding thereto, the following words: Women shall be eligible to appointment as Notaries Public. Change of name shall ren- der the Commission void, but shall not prevent reappoint- ment under the new name.
No. 11.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial Officers, submitted . by the Consti- tutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 631. No 172. Blanks 1014.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Article I of Chapter III of Part of the Second of the Constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the follow- ing woris :- and provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced age or mental or physical disability, such retirement shall be subject to any provisions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable to such officers upon their voluntary retirement.
No. 12.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the revocation or alteration of Grants, Franchises, Privileges or
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Immunities, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 642. No 165. Blanks 1010.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT,
Every charter, franchise or act of incorporation shall for- ever remain subject to revocation and amendment.
No. 13.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the power of the General Court to limit buildings according to their use and construction to specified districts of cities and. towns submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 630. No 185. Blanks 1002.
"ARTICLE OF ' AMENDMENT.
The General Court shall have the power to limit buildings according to their use or construction to specified districts of cities and towns.
No. 14.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to compulsory voting at Elections, submitted by the Constitu -- tional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 556. No 343 Blanks 918.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The general court shall have authority to provide for compulsory voting at elections, but the right of secret voting shall be preserved.
No. 15.
Shall the Amendment of the Constitution limiting the power of the General Court to lend the credit of the Common- weilth and to contract loans, be approved and ratified ? Yes 622. No 189. Blanks 1006.
No. 16.
Shall the Amendment to the Constitution providing for a state budget and the veto by the Governor of item ; or parts of
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items in appropriation bills be approved and ratified ? Yes 616. No 169. Blanks 1032.
No. 17.
Shall the Amendment of the Constitution providing for biennial elections of State Officers, councillors, and members of the General Court, be approved and ratified ? Yes 550. No 332. Blanks 935.
No. 18.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to ser- vice on certain legislative Recess Committees and Commissions, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes 598. No 202. Blanks 1017.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
No person elected to the general court shall during the term for which he was elected be appointed to any office cre- ated or the emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive additional salary or compensation for service upon any recess committee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general revision of the statutes of the Commonwealth when submitted to the general court for adop - tion.
No. 19.
Shall the following Article of Amendment to provide for the more efficient administration of the business of the Com- mon wealth, submitted by the Consitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ? Yes, 642. No, 174. Blanks, 1001.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
On or before January first, nineteen hundred and twenty . one, the executive and administrative work of the Common- wealth shall be organized in not more than twenty depart- ments, in one of which every executive and administrative of- fice, board and commission, except those serving directly un - der the governor or the council, shall be placed. Such de-
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partments shall be under such supervision and regulation as the general court may from time to time prescribe by law.
The ballots cast and the lists of voters used at the polls and by the ballot clerks were sealed and endorsed by the pre- siding election officer and tellers. The ballots. were then de- livered into the custody of the town clerk, and also the voting lists, in conformity with law in such cases made and provi- ded.
The unused ballots remaining, and all soiled and can- celled ballots certified by the ballot clerks to be such were sealed in a package and delivered to the town clerk as the law provides.
Voted : To dissolve the meeting.
A true record. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, November 6, 1918.
The blanks for the return of votes cast at the election November 5, 1918, were this day filled in and signed by the selectmen and countersigned by the town clerk, and delivered to the town clerk to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as the law directs.
A true record. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk. A true copy of the records. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERKS' MEETING.
NINTH WORCESTER REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Grafton, Nov. 15, 1918.
In compliance with Sections 322-325 inclusive of Chapter 835, Acts of 1913, we, the town clerks of the towns of Grafton, * Milford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Upton and Westborough, which towns comprise the Ninth Worcester Representative District, this day met at the office of the town clerk in said Grafton, and canvassed the return of votes in said towns for two Representatives in the General Court, to be holden in Boston on the first Wednesday of January next. Said votes. were returned to us as by law required and were given in at a legal meeting held in each of said towns for that purpose on the fifth day of November, A. D. 1918, and was shown by the following tabular statement :-
REPRESENTATIVE VOTE IN THE NINTH WORCESTER DISTRICT.
Grarton.
Milford.
Shrewsbury.
Southborough.
Upton.
Westborough.
Total.
Patrick C. J. Dacey of
Milford (D) bad
161
1075
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81
64
104
1526
Charles W. Gould of
Milford (R) had
431
631
245
172
203
447
2129
Jeremiah P. Keating of
Westborough (R) had 434
550
236
173
167
478
2038
Albert E Lewis of
Westborough (D) had 157
909
55
73
68
297
1559
Blanks,
261
469
103
89
76
224
1232
Totals,
1444
3634
680
588
578
1550
8474
Charles W. Gould of Milford and Jeremiah P. Keating of Westborough, having received the largest number of votes, were declared elected, and to them were certificates issued,
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also a duplicate certificate sent to the Secretary of the Com- mon wealth as the law requires.
In witness whereof, We, the town clerks of Grafton, Mil- ford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Upton and Westborough, have hereunto set our names this fifteenth day of November A. D. 1918.
Attest :
EDWIN A. HOWE, Town Clerk of Grafton,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk of Milford,
GEORGE E. STONE, Town Clerk of Shrewsbury,
CHARLES H. NEWTON, Town Clerk of Southborough. JOHN B. FAY, Town Clerk of Upton,
JOSEPH S. GATES, Town Clerk of Westborough.
A true record. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES.
Pool and billiard licenses recorded .
Auctioneer's licenses recorded 7
Bowling alley licenses recorded
3
Junk collector's licenses recorded .
15
Keepers of shops for second hand articles, licenses recorded 15
Innholder's licenses recorded
7
Common victuallers' licenses recorded
11
Oleomargarine licenses recorded
10
Sale of ice cream, soda water, fruit and confec-
tionery on the Lord's Day, licenses recorded 43
Sale of firearms, licenses recorded .
2
Moving picture houses, licenses recorded .
2
Lodging houses, licenses recorded . .
2
Liquor licenses recorded : -
First class 10
Fourth class
3
Sixth class
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DOG LICENSES RECORDED.
Number returned by the assessors 485
Number licensed (Males 455. Females 43) 498
Amount received for licenses $1,125 00
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1918 $12 00
Amount sent to County Treasurer $1,030 20 ·
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1919, (due County) .
$7 20
HUNTERS' CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION. Licenses issued to native-born and naturalized cit- izens
· 312
Amount paid to Commissioners on Fisheries and Game
$272 40
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MORTGAGES.
Chattel mortgages recorded
32
Mortgages discharged
8
Trust conveyance recorded .
1
Contract recorded
1
Lease recorded
1
Bills of sale recorded
2
Notice of foreclosure recorded
1
Married Woman's certificate recorded
1
Attachments recorded
3
Assignments of wages recorded
5
VITAL STATISTICS.
Marriage intentions recorded
71
Marriage certificates issued
66
Marriages recorded .
81
Deaths recorded
366
Births recorded
427
Respectfully submitted,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the following lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered. report them at once to the town clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is of importance that the record of Vital Sta- tistics should be complete. Herewith are extracts from the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, Chap. 280, Acts of 1912.
SECTION 1. Physicians and midwives shall, within forty- eight hours after the birth of every child in cases of which they were in charge, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth occurred, a notice stat- ing the date and place of the birth, giving the street number, if any, the number of a ward in a city and the family name. Failure to mail or deliver the said notice shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty five dollars for each offense. The notice required by this section need not be given if the notice required by the following section is given within forty-eight hours after the birth occurs.
SECTION 2. Physicians and midwives shall make and keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which they were in charge and shall, within fifteen days after the birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth occurred a report of the birth, stating the date and place, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, and the names, ages, places of birth, occupations and residence of the parents, giving the street number, if there be any, and the number of the ward in a city, the maiden name of the mother, and whether or not the physician ( r midwife signing the birth return personally attended the birth. If the child is illegitimate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stated except at the request in writing of both the father and mother filed with the return. The record to be kept by the physician or midwife, as above provided,
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shall also contain the facts hereby required to be reported to the city or town clerk. The fee of the physician or midwite shall be twenty-five cents for every birth so reported, which shall be paid by the city or town where the report is made, upon presentation to the city or town treasurer of a certi- ficate from the city or town clerk stating that the said birth has been properly reported to him. The report re- quired to be made by this section is in addition to the report required to be made by the preceding section, and as above provided, if made within forty-eight hours of the birth, the report required by the preceding section shall not be re- quired. A physician or midwife who neglects to make and keep the record hereby required, or who neglects to report in the manner specified above each birth within fifteen days thereafter, shall for each offense forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty- five dollars. The city or town clerk or registrar .shall file daily with the local board of health a list of all births re- ported to him, giving the following facts : date of birth, sex, color, family name, residence, ward, physician or midwife.
Blanks can be obtained on application to the town clerk.
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