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1,924.00
South
George Anderson
23 Emmons St.
1,560.00
Oliver Street
Chapin Street
Claflin
Walter Burns
134 East Main St.
1,820.00
Hoboken
Park
Park Portable
Plains Grammar Plains Annex
Charles Frascotti
89 East Main St.
1,664.00
Plains Primary
West Street
Mrs. George F. Huskins
108 West St.
390.00
Fountain Street
Mrs. Peter Consigli
119 Purchase St.
84.00
Purchase Street
Mrs. Leroy Black
282 Purchase St.
390.00
Bear Hill
Mrs. Claude Coleman
Bear Hill (Beaver St.)
126.00
Braggville
Taimi Helin
Braggville
84.00
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TOWN RECORDS
1935
TOWN RECORDS
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS, MARCH 4-11, 1935
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 to meet at the polling places of their respective Precincts to wit :
In Precinct 1, in Dewey Hall, Town Hall Building. In Precinct 2, in Plains Grammar School, East Main Street.
In Precinct 3, in Chapin Street School, Chapin Street. In Precinct 4, in Oliver Street School, Oliver Street.
In Precinct 5, in Park Portable School, Walnut Street. on Monday, the fourth day of March A.D. 1935, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their several Precincts their votes for the following named Town Officers, to wit:
A Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Three Selectmen, Highway Surveyor, all for one year; One Assessor for three years; One Member of Board of Pub- lic Welfare for three years; One Member of Board of Health for three years; one Member of Board of Health for one year (to fill vacancy) : One Sewer Commissioner for three years; Two Members of the School Committee for three years: One Member of the School Committee for two years (to fill vacancy) ; Two Trustees of Public Library for three years; Two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery for three years; One Park Commissioner for
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three years; One Member of the Planning Board for three years; One Tree Warden for one year: Five Con- stables for one year; a Moderator for one year; and to vote "Yes" or "No" on the following question :
"Shall the operation of section one hundred and five B of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws requiring for the taking of fur-bearing animals the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive unharmed, be suspended within this town?"
And for the Election of Town Meeting Members from the several voting precincts of the Town as follows:
In Precinct 1, forty-two (42) Town Meeting Members. In Precinct 2, forty-five (45) Town Meeting Members. In Precinct 3 forty-two (42) Town Meeting Members. In Precinct 4, forty-two (42) Town Meeting Members. In Precinct 5, forty-five (45) Town Meeting Members. The polls will be closed at 8 o'clock in the evening.
And in the name of the said Commonwealth you are further required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, on the eleventh day of March A.D. 1935, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :-
Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of all Town Officers and Committees of said Town.
Article 2. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town Expenses for the financial year beginning January 1, 1935.
Article 3. To determine when all taxes for the year 1935 shall become due and payable, the time from which interest on unpaid taxes of said year shall be charged, and the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1936,
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and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the dog tax of 1934, Thirteen hundred sixteen dollars and fourteen cents ($1316.14) for Town Library.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty dollars ($50.00) to be paid to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in accord- ance with the provisions of, and for the purpose of Chapter 128, General Laws, or for the support of dem- onstration work in Agriculture, Home Economics, or Boys' and Girls' Club work, under the direction of the agent, or instructors, or the Trustees cooperating with the LOCAL TOWN DIRECTOR, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to choose a Director in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 128, General Laws, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five thousand ($25,- 000.00) dollars for materials, and tools that may be pur- chased, and for trucking and team hire and for investiga- tions and maintenance expenses that may be incurred in connection with E. R. A. or other Governmental projects and adjustments or projects that the town may undertake with Welfare Labor, or take any action in relation there- to.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take to establish the salary of the Town Moderator.
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Article II. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen thousand (15,000.00) dollars for the purpose of buying furniture, school equip- ment, and other necessary personal property necessary to properly furnish the new High School Addition, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of insuring against fire, all of the schoolhouse buildings, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred ($100.00) dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a Fire Alarm Box, to be installed at the Archer Rubber Factory, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-two ($82.00) dollars for the purpose of paying Members of the Fire Department for the year of 1934, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the property rights of the Milford Electric Light & Power Company, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the surplus War Bonus the sum of Thirty-two hun- dred ninety-three dollars and ninety-nine cents ($3,- 293.99) to the Park Commissioners for the purpose of constructing and establishing a Memorial containing the Honor Roll, so called, the same to be of granite and bronze, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred dollars ($400.00) for Playground purposes in the Hoboken district, so called, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred seventy ($170.00)
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dollars for the purpose of reimbursing Officer Ernest L. Bagley for loss of pay, and medical expenses incurred as a result of injuries received by him in the line of duty, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,- 000.00) for the purpose of making a survey of the Town of Milford, in cooperation with the Board of Assessors and other Town Departments concerned, said survey to be done under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of rebuild- ing a part of Cedar Street from the end of the 1934 lay out to the Hopkinton Town Line, and maintenance of the same, said money to be used in connection with money allotted by the State and the County for that purpose, the work to be done under the supervision of the Select- men and the Highway Surveyor, the unemployed to be given preference in said work, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of rebuild- ing or resurfacing Medway Street, and maintenance of the same, said money to be used in connection with money allotted by the State and the County for that purpose, the work to be done under the supervision of the Select- men and the Highway Surveyor, the unemployed to be given preference in said work, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of rebuild- ing Purchase Street, and maintenance of the same, said money to be used in connection with money allotted by the State and County for that purpose, the work to be done under the supervision of the Selectmen and the
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Highway Surveyor, the unemployed to be given prefer- ence in said work, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven hundred and eighty Dollars ($780.00) for the purpose of paying for clerk hire in the Town Clerk's Department, to be effective as of Jan- uary 1, 1935, the beginning of the fiscal year, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six hundred and thirty-five dol- lars ($635.00) for the purpose of paying the expenses, in connection with the taking of the Decennial census, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding Sixty-five thousand dol- lars ($65,000.00) and will authorize the Town Treasurer to issue notes or bonds to an amount not exceeding Sixty- five thousand dollars ($65,000.00) at a rate of interest not exceeding 4 per cent per annum, payable semi-annu- ally, for the purpose of constructing additional sewage disposal works, in accordance with plans drawn by F. A. Barbour, Engineer for the Sewage Commission; with particular reference to completing the work started as an F. E. R. A. project, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five ($75.00) dollars to pay for an unpaid bill of the Board of Health Depart- ment, for the year 1934, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to Elect at the next Annual Town Meeting to be held in 1936, one Selectman for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter elect one Selectman each year for a three-year term.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of paying
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an annual pension to laborers in the employ of the Town of Milford, under the provisions of Chapter 32, Section 77, General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of Chapter 48 of Section 42 of the General laws which establishes the office of the Chief of the Fire Department, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the report of the selectmen on the laying out as a public Way, a Private Way, known as Della Street, run- ning from Union Street westerly, about 400 feet, and raise and appropriate the sum of Two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars for the purpose of laying out and constructing said street.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept an act passed by the General Court in the current year entitled "An Act providing retirement allowances and death benefit based on annuity and pension contribution, for regular Police Officers of the Town of Milford," or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of carrying out the Provisions of the Police Retirement Act, 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 Pub- lic Meeting Houses, in each voting precinct 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 meetings.
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 19th day of February, A.D. 1935.
JOHN H. GARDELLA, WILLIAM J. HAYES, LYNDHURST A. MACGREGOR, Selectmen of Milford. ,
A true copy. Attest : JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Milford, March 4, 1935.
Worcester, ss.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, herein described, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the Public Meeting Houses, in each voting precinct, and at the Post Office in said Town; and I have likewise caused an attested copy to be pub- lished in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meetings.
Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the Warrant and the Officer's return thereon.
Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Milford, March 4, 1935.
Worcester, ss.
Then personally appeared John F. Hennessey, Louis A. Marino, Ralph Carchio, Charles W. Frascotti, Karl A. Bright, Arthur J. Logan, Walter B. McFarland, Jeremiah J. Murphy, and Frank A. Bixby and made oath that they would faithfully perform the duties of precinct officers of the Town of Milford, as required by law.
Before me,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1935 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Milford, March 4, 1935.
Worcester, ss.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant issued by the Se- lectmen, the qualified voters of Precinct 1 of said Mil- ford, assembled at the time and place designated for the purpose therein expressed, the following named Election officers appointed by the Selectmen were present and served as follows:
Name Office Sworn by:
John F. Hennessey Warden Dennis J. Sullivan
Louis A. Marino. Clerk. .Dennis J. Sullivan
The following Precinct Officers appointed by the Se- lectmen were sworn by the Precinct Clerk:
Herbert B. McKenna, Deputy Warden.
Clarence Safstrom, Deputy Clerk.
Inspectors to check names on voting lists :
J. Roy Kerr, James J. Connors, Francis J. Birming- ham, Charles E. Pollard. Deputies : John E. Spencer, John G. Earley, George A. Bragdon, John V. Sennott.
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Ballot Clerks: George E. Stanley, Patrick J. Lyons.
The cards of instructions, penalty cards and specimen ballots received from the Town Clerk, having been duly posted, the warrant as herein recorded was read by the Precinct Clerk. The ballot box was examined by the Precinct Officers and found to be empty; the register was set at 0000, the box was locked and the keys deliv- ered to the Police Officer on duty at the meeting. The sealed package received from the Town Clerk, containing the official ballots, was opened by the presiding officer in the presence of the other Precinct Officers. The bal- lots were delivered by him to the Ballot Clerks.
The polls were declared open at eight o'clock A.M.
During the voting the ballot box was opened by unani- mous consent of the Warden and Clerk three times for the purpose of taking out, sorting and counting the bal- lots, first at 5:45 o'clock P.M:, when it registered 847, then at 6.35 P.M. when it registered 898, and at the close of the polls at 8 o'clock P.M. when it registered 1,086.
The following Precinct Officers appointed by the Se- lectmen to sort and count the ballots were sworn by the Precinct Clerk, and began their duties at 6 o'clock P.M .: Francis V. Curran, John W. Hayes, William A. Temple- man, Lester F. Kellett, David Butler, William H. O'Don- nell, Dennis P. Flynn, Samuel M. Ianzito, Kenneth E. Tower, Lorenzo Volpe, Michael Apicella, Norman E. Morse, John A. Fales, Ralph C. Newcomb, George A. Underwood, Joseph P. Drugan.
The polls were declared closed at eight o'clock P.M. The register on the ballot box indicated 1,086.
After closing the polls the officers in charge of the voting lists audibly counted and announced the whole number of names checked on said lists to be 1,086. The ballots were removed from the ballot box by the Presid- ing Officer, and audibly counted and found to be 1,086 ballots cast.
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The ballots cast having in open meeting been duly sorted and counted by the proper officers, were recorded and declared in open meeting to be as hereinafter set forth.
The result of the ballot was announced at 9:55 A.M. March 5, 1935.
The ballots cast and the voting lists were sealed as required by law, also the unused ballots, all certified to by the Election Officers and delivered to the Town Clerk, March 5, 1935, at 10:50 o'clock A.M.
(Signed) JOHN F. HENNESSEY, Warden.
(Signed). LOUIS A. MARINO, Clerk.
Precinct 1. Milford, Mass., March 5, 1935.
To the Town Clerk of Milford, Mass.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 105 of Chapter 54, General Laws, T. C. Edition, the following is a copy of the record of votes cast in this precinct at the Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1935:
FOR TOWN CLERK (One Year)
Dennis J. Sullivan, 1 State St., Candidate for Re- election 851
Blanks
235
FOR TOWN TREASURER (One Year)
Benjamin J. Clancy, 145 West St., Candidate for Re-election 820
Blanks
266
FOR TAX COLLECTOR (One Year)
William J. Read, 24 West St., Candidate for Re- election 782
Blanks
304
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FOR SELECTMEN (One Year)
Fred S. Carley, 70 Depot St., Coughlin-Roosevelt- Independent 132
John H. Gardella, 38 Grant St., Candidate for Re- election, Citizens 753
Timothy W. Hannigan, Howard St., Good Govern- ment 342
William J. Hayes, 51 Exchange St., Candidate for Re-election, Citizens 761
Lyndhurst A. MacGregor, Cedar St., Candidate for Re-election, Citizens 673
Ernest E. O'Brien, 55 West St., Good Government .... 260
Blanks
337
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (One Year) -
Edward. C. Beaulac, 5 Prentice Avenue, Candidate for Re-election 822
Blanks
264
FOR ASSESSOR (Three Years)
John F. Maher, 12 Spring St., Candidate for Re- election 790
Arthur E. Vesperi, 16 E. Walnut St., Good Govern- ment 233
Blanks
63
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Three Years)
John F. Casey, 31 Grant St. 297
John L. Moschilli, 13 East St. 172
J. Curtiss Nutter, 260 Purchase St. 202
Charles V. Touhey, 42 Claflin St. 361
Blanks
54
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (Three Years)
Arthur J. Chambers, 5 Claflin St. 560
Clifton Tyler, 57 Grant St., Candidate for Re-elec- tion, Good Government 393
Blanks
133
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FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (One Year) (To fill Vacancy) John F. Adams, 51 School St., Candidate for Re- election, Citizens 748
Blanks 338
FOR SEWER COMMISSIONER (Three Years),
Philip Cenedella, 68 School St., Good Government ... 161
James P. Dillon, 107 Purchase St. 102
Louis J. Pratt, 64 Beaver St. 248
Fred L. Roberti, 110 Purchase St., Candidate for Re-election 526
Blanks
49
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Three Years)
Frederick T. Cahill, Jr., 2 Gibbon Ave., Citizens. 546
Charles F. Curtin, 16 Parker Hill Ave., Cadidate for Re-election, Citizens 598
Nathan Rosenfeld, 40 Cedar St., Candidate for Re- election 488
Blanks
540
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Two Years to Fill Vacancy) Henry D. Barbadoro, 10 North St. 445
Edward F. Doheny, 357 Main St. 310
John E. Kennedy, 9 Nelson Heights, Citizens, Good Government 235
Blanks
96
FOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (Three Years) John L. Davoren, 4 Prentice Ave., Candidate for Re-election 716
Thomas J. Nugent, 12 West St., Candidate for Re- election 703
Blanks
753
FOR TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY (Three Years)
Clifton A. Cross, 81 Fruit St., Independent. 298
Herbert S. Eldridge, 276 Main St., Candidate for Re-election 550
220
Arthur L. Maynard, 67 Pine St., Candidate for Re- election 459
Blanks
865
FOR PLANNING BOARD (Three Years)
Walter E. Blake, 38 So. Main St., Cosmopolitan-In- dependent 542
Blanks
544
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER (Three Years) William A. Birmingham, 26 Fayette St., Citizens .... 261
Fred W. Clarridge, 270 Purchase St., Good Govern- ment 232
George M. Fitzpatrick, 39 No. Bow St., Candidate for Re-election, Citizens-Good Government .. 328
John N. Morcone, 1 E. Main St., National Union Justice 94
Francis D. Naughton, 108 Congress St., New Deal .... 96
Blanks
75
FOR TREE WARDEN (One Year)
Mathew P. Andreano, 8 Goodrich Court. 238
Patrick J. McGuigan, 61 Medway St., Candidate for Re-election 702
ยท Blanks 146
FOR CONSTABLES (One Year)
Edward Davoren, 56 Pearl St. 10
Blanks
5420
FOR MODERATOR (One Year)
John T. McLoughlin, 26 Pearl St.
719
Blanks
367
"Shall the operation of Section 105 B of Chapter 131 of the General Laws requiring for the taking of fur- bearing animals, the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive unharmed, be suspended within this town?"
Yes 164
No 115
Blanks 807
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FOR TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Precinct 1)
John F. Adams, 51 School Street 498
James E. Birmingham, 31 Purchase Street. 439
Daniel J. Broderick, 45 Sumner Street. 496
LeRoy B. Brown, 38 Spring Street. 399
476
John J. Callahan, 64 Pine Street
427
Almorin O. Caswell, 89 Congress Street. 428
Philip P. Clark, 45 Pearl Street.
388
Philip Cenedella, 68 School Street. 375
Robert J. Cenedella, 72 School Street. 326
Benjamin A. Consoletti, 19 Mechanic Street. 385
Owen F. Croughwell, 8 Walnut Street. 475
John F. Curran, 46 Sumner Street. 461
Fred M. Daniels, 94 School Street.
400
Edward Davoren, 56 Pearl Street
411
Michael H. DeCoste, 55 Pearl Street.
381
Peter DePaolo, 32 Glines Avenue.
313
James F. Edwards, 8 State Street.
459
John H. Egan, 88 Spruce Street.
394
John V. Gallagher, 9 State Street.
472
John D. Grady, 42 Sumner Street.
413
Charles A. Goucher, 63 Pearl Street.
393
Herbert B. Hill, 13 Fayette Street. 355
Walter F. Jackson, 37 Congress Street. 346
Francis G. Kerr, 29 Congress Street.
357
Edward M. King, 41 Jefferson Street
347
John F. Maher, 12 Spring Street.
481
Samuel Marcovitch, 42 Central Street.
293
Raphael Marino, 27 Court Street. 391
Angus H. Mckenzie, 33 Purchase Street.
373
Edward L. Mitchell, 67 Main Street. 349
Raymond R. Murphy, 74 Main Street. 375
John T. O'Brien, 69 School Street. 386
Edward F. Porter, 20 Mechanic Street. 377
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John F. Power, 5 Purchase Street. 399
William E. Pyne, 83 Main Street. 422
William H. Cahill, 82 Spruce Street.
Domenico DeTore, 36 Main Street. 314
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Stephen H. Reynolds, 17 Purchase Street. 436
Samuel Siegel, 5 Fells Avenue 291
Frank H. Thomas, 61 Congress Street. 361
Umberto Tosti, 18 Mechanic Street. 306
Louis A. Tredeau, 33 Glines Avenue. 397
Francis J. Wallace, 100 Spruce Street. 339
Moses Wassarman, 72 School Street. 238
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Milford, Mass., March 4, 1935.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant issued by the Se- lectmen, the qualified voters of precinct 2 of said Milford, assembled at the time and place designated for the pur- poses therein expressed, the following named election Officers, appointed by the Selectmen, were present and served as follows :
Names Office Sworn by :
Ralph Carchio Warden Dennis J. Sullivan
Charles W. Frascotti .... Clerk. Dennis J. Sullivan
The following Precinct Officers appointed by the Se- lectmen were sworn by the Precinct Clerk:
Ferruccio Ferrari, Deputy Warden.
Alfred Vesperi, Deputy Clerk.
Inspectors to check names on voting lists :
Victor Tessicini, Hubert F. Holland, Louis Rizoli, Mi- chael J. Collins.
Deputies: Batista Mongiat, Mathew Cellozzi, Leo- nardo Morcone, William Casamassa.
Ballot Clerks: Carmello Tomasso, Joseph F. Mainini, Jr.
The cards of instructions penalty cards and specimen ballots received from the Town Clerk having been duly posted, the warrant as hereinbefore recorded was read by the Precinct Clerk.
The ballot box was examined by the Precinct Officers and found to be empty, the register was set at 0000, the
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box was locked and the keys delivered to the Police Of- ficer on duty at the meeting. The sealed packages re- ceived from the Town Clerk containing the official ballots were opened by the Presiding Officer in the presence of the other Precinct Officers. The ballots were delivered by him to the Ballot Clerks.
The Polls were declared open at eight o'clock A.M.
During the voting the ballot box was opened by unani- mous consent of the Warden and Clerk, twice for the purpose of taking out, sorting and counting the ballots ; first at 6:35 o'clock P.M. when it registered 880, then at the close of the polls at eight o'clock P.M. when it regis- tered 1,203.
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