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ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February 1, 1918, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment therefore, payable in one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3, Article 6, of the By-Laws.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will take steps to discontinue the light on certain streets.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take with re- lation to the old school house in the center of the Town.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
And make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time for the meet- ing aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
CHARLES S. SMITH, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The following return is on the back of the Warrant:
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk and the Warrant read.
ARTICLE 1. Voted to choose Sumner Smith, Moderator of this meeting. (Sworn.)
Moderator then appointed the following: Walter W. John- son (Sworn) ; Francis B. Sargent (Tellers) ; Thomas J. Dee, Charles E. Clark, Ballot Clerks, (Sworn).
The polls were opened at 12 o'clock noon. Voted: That when this meeting adjourn, it do so to meet again in Bemis Hall, Saturday next at 1 o'clock P. M.
Voted to adjourn at 6.45 P. M.
ART. 2. The result of the Ballot was as follows :
Town Clerk .-
Arthur F. Chapin, sworn,
119 votes.
Thomas L. Giles,
9
Scattering,
3
Blanks,
60
..
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Selectman, for three years .-
Charles S. Smith, sworn, Blanks
178 votes. 3 66
Selectman, for two years .-
Anthony J. Doherty,
49 votes. 127 66
Robert D. Donaldson, sworn,
Blanks, 15 66
Selectman, for one year .-
John F. Farrar, sworn, Blanks,
160 votes.
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66
Assessor, for three years .-
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn,
124 votes.
8 66
Scattering, Blanks,
59
Treasurer .-
Roderick B. Laird, C. Lee Todd, sworn, Scattering, Blanks,
90 votes.
97
66
2
66
2
66
Collector of Taxes .-
Thomas L. Giles, sworn, Roderick B. Laird, Blanks, 8 66
92 votes. 91
13
Auditor .-
James W. Lennon, sworn,
Blanks
167 votes. 24
Constables .-
George E. Cunningham, sworn,
164 votes.
John J. Kelliher, sworn, 164
School Committee, for three years .-
Elizabeth W. Blodgett,
82 votes.
Conrad P. Hatheway, sworn,
111
66
Blank, 10 66
Water Commissioner, for three years .-
William H. Sherman, sworn,
136 votes.
66
Scattering, 4 Blank. 51 66
Board of Health, for three years .-
Martin M. Welch,
105 votes.
Charles E. Clark,
37
66
Scattering,
1
Blank, 48
Tree Warden .-
John J. Kelliher, sworn, Blank, 27
164 votes.
14
Cemetery Commissioner, for three years .-
Charles S. Smith, sworn, Scattering., Blanks,
157 votes. 7
33
66
Commissioner of Trust Funds, for three years .-
Charles S. Smith,
118 votes. 5 66
Scattering, Blanks,
68
Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures, for three years .-
Edward F. Flint,
162 votes.
Blank, 29
Question .-
Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the Town:
Yes,
19 votes.
No,
137
Blank,
35
66
Regular Ballots,
191 votes.
Special School Committee Ballots,
12
Total Vote,
203
Meeting was called to order on the following Saturday at 1 o'clock P. M. by the Moderator, who read the result of the ballot.
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The following officers were then chosen :
Field Drivers .-
Sumner Smith. Matthew H. Doherty.
Fence Viewers .-
John F. Farrar. William H. Sherman, sworn.
Surveyor of Lumber.
Samuel Farrar.
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
Samuel Farrar.
John F. Farrar.
ART. 3. Voted that all the reports of Town Officers ap- pearing in the printed Town Report be accepted.
ART. 4. Voted and appropriated :
For Schools $11,500.00
Transportation of Children 4,500.00
Support of Poor 500.00
Highways and Bridges
11,000.00
Library, the Dog Tax and
500.00
Interest
500.00
Cemeteries (from Cemetery Fund) 500.00
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Board of Health $200.00
Tree Warden 500.00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth 2,000.00
Miscellaneous Expenses 5,000.00
Hydrant and other Water Service.
2,400.00
Waltham Hospital, Free Bed
250.00
Street Lamps
1,600.00
Fire Department 200.00
Payment of Schoolhouse Bonds
3,000.00
Interest of Schoolhouse Bonds.
840.00
Payment of Water Bonds (from Water Works Income ) 1,000.00
Water Works Sinking Fund (from Water Works Income ) 1,500.00
Voted, That the sums already voted, $1,000, be taken from the Cemetery Fund, and $5,000 be taken from money now in the Treasury.
ART. 5. Voted that the taxes be collected in the same way and manner as last year.
ART. 6. Voted, That the Collector be paid the same rate of compensation as last year.
ART. 7. Voted, That the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning February 1, 1918, in anticipation of taxes for said year such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the
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total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. Voted, That this article lie on the table.
ART. 9. Voted, That this matter be referred to the Select- men, with power to act.
ART. 10. Voted, unanimously, That the Selectmen be au- thorized and directed to dispose of the old schoolhouse in the center of the town to the highest bidder at public auction on or before July 1, 1918.
Voted, That this meeting do now dissolve.
Attest :
ARTHUR F. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk,
Lincoln, March 9, 1918.
To the Town Clerk :-
I hereby resign from my recent election for three years on the Board of Health.
MARTIN M. WELCH.
Attest :
ARTHUR F. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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Lincoln, July 27, 1918.
Isaac Langill was this day sworn Special Police for the remainder of the year by
ARTHUR F. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Lincoln, September 6, 1918.
Lorenzo E. Brooks was this day sworn Special Police for the remainder of the year by
ARTHUR F. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
September 14, 1918.
Arthur F. Chapin has this day resigned his office as Town Clerk.
September 24, 1918.
William C. Peirce was this day sworn as Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the State Primary, held September 24, 1918
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall, Tues- day, the twenty-fourth day of September, 1918, at 3 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the fol- lowing offices :
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.
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U. S. Senators in Congress for this Commonwealth.
Congressmen for 5th Congressional District.
Councillor for 6th Councillor District. Senator for 5th Senatorial District.
Representative in General Court for 13th Representative District.
County Commissioner for Middlesex County.
County Treasurer for Middlesex County.
Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County. And for the Election of the following officers :
District Member of State Committee for each Political Party.
For the 5th Senatorial District.
Five members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Five members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of Socialist Town Committee.
Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic party. Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican party. Delegates to the State Convention of the Socialist party.
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All the above candidates and officers to be voted for upon one Ballot. The Polls will be open from 3 P. M. to 8 P. M., and you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meet- ing as directed by vote of the Town.
HEREOF FAIL NOT,
and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this twelfth day of September, A. D., 1918.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The following return was found on the back of the War- rant :
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices, and one in the Railroad Station seven days before the date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by John F. Farrar, Acting Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant and administered the oath to Thomas J. Dee, and James W. Lennon as Tellers, and to Thomas L. Giles as Ballot Clerk. The polls were opened at . 3 o'clock P. M. and were closed at 8 o'clock P. M. A total
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of 43 votes was cast and this total agreed with the check list of the Tellers. After the counting of Ballots they were sealed and the result of the ballot read in open meeting. It was voted that the meeting do then dissolve.
The result of the Ballot was as follows : FOR GOVERNOR .-
Calvin Coolidge, of Northampton (R.), 36 votes. 6
William A. Gaston of Boston (D.),
66 Blanks 1
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Channing H. Cox of Boston (R.), 27 votes.
Guy Andrews Ham of Milton (R.),
10
66
Joseph H. O'Neil (D.), 1 Blanks, 5
FOR SECRETARY .-
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield (R.),
36 votes.
Charles H. McGlue (D.),
1
66
Blanks, 6
FOR TREASURER .-
Charles L. Burrill of Boston (R.),
32 votes.
Frank W. Thayer (R.),
3
66
.
66
Charles Giddings (D.), 1 Blanks, 9
66
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston (R.),
29 votes.
6
66
Alonzo P. Grinnell of Lynn (R.),
Francis M. Costello (D.), 1 Blanks, 7 66
. ..
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FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
J. Watson Allen of Newton (R.) 15 votes. 20
Henry C. Attwill of Lynn (R.), Joseph L. P. St. Coeur (D.), Blanks, 7
1 66
FOR SENATOR IN CONGRESS .-
John W. Weeks of Newton (R.), 35 votes. 4
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (D.), Blanks, 4
FOR CONGRESSMAN FIFTH DISTRICT .-
John Jacob Rogers of Lowell (R.) 36 votes. 7
Blanks,
FOR COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT .-
James G. Harris of Medford (R.), 35 votes.
Blanks, 8
FOR SENATOR FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
Charles S. Smith of Lincoln (R.), 33 votes.
Blanks, 10
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, THIRTEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
Benjamin Loring Young of Weston (R.),
36 votes.
Blanks, 7
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX .-
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston (R.), 37 votes. Blanks, 6
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX .-
Charles Bruce of Everett (R.), 8 votes. 27
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville (R.), Blanks, 9 ‹‹
FOR REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY, MIDDLESEX COUNTY .-
William G. Andrews of Cambridge (R.), 9 votes.
Frederick M. Esty of Framingham (R.), 25 Blanks, 9 66
STATE COMMITTEE, FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
John F. Mitchell of Marlborough (D.), Blanks, 40
3 votes.
DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .-
John F. Farrar (R.),
17 votes.
Charles S. Smith (R.),
4
Robert D. Donaldson (R.),
1
Martin M. Welch (D.),
1
TOWN COMMITTEE .-
Charles S. Smith (R.),
15 votes.
John F. Farrar (R.),
14
Robert D. Donaldson (R.),
11
Scattering,
19
FOR STATE COMMITTEE .-
John F. Farrar (R.), Adelbert Messer (D.),
7 votes. 4
25
Robert D. Donaldson (R.), Sumner Smith (R.),
1 vote. 1
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
October 21, 1918.
Winslow Eaton was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year.
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Proceedings of the State Election, held November 5,1918
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any Constable in the Town of Lincoln in said County. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers to assemble at Bemis Hall on Tuesday, November 5, at 7 o'clock in the forenoon to give in their votes for the following officers, viz .: Governor, Lieutenant Gover- nor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Coun- cillor, Senator, Representative in the General Court, County Commissioner, Register of Probate and Insolvency, and any other officers required by law to be chosen in the month of November of the current year. All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 4 o'clock P. M.
Also to vote on the various amendments to the Constitution.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and one
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other public place seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting and make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln this twenty-eighth day of October A. D. nineteen hundred and eighteen.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, October 30, 1918.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant and administered the oath to Thomas L. Giles and Thomas J. Dee as Tellers, and to Charles E. Clark and James W. Lennon as Ballot Clerks. The polls were opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and remained open until 6.30 o'clock P. M. A total of 181 votes was cast and the total agreed with the counter on the Ballot Box and with the check list used by the Tellers. After counting, the Ballots were given to the Town Clerk and sealed. The result of the Ballot was read in open meeting, after which it was voted to dissolve the meeting.
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The result of the Ballot was as follows :
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton (R.), Richard H. Long of Framingham (D.), Ingvar Paulsen of Boston (S. L.), Blanks,
114 votes.
63
66
1
66
3
66
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Channing H. Cox of Boston (R.), Oscar Kinsalas of Springfield (S. L.), Joseph H. O'Neil of Boston (D.), Blank,
115
votes.
3
66
59
66
4
FOR SECRETARY .-
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield (R.),
122 votes.
Charles H. McGlue of Lynn (D.),
48
William Taylor of Worcester (S. L.), Blank,
10
FOR TREASURER .-
Charles L. Burrill of Boston (R.),
119 votes.
Charles Giddings of Great Barrington (D.),
48
Mary E. Peterson of Somerville (S. L.), Blank,
11 66
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston (R.),
117 votes.
Francis M. Costello of Boston (D.),
58
Fred E. Delcher of Peabody (S. L.), Blank,
2
66
14 66
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL .-
Henry C. Attwill of Lynn (R.), 126 votes.
Morris I. Becker of Chelsea (S. L.),
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur of Boston (D.), Blank,
3
41
11 66
66
1
66
3
66
30
FOR SENATOR IN CONGRESS .-
Thomas W. Lawson of Scituate (I.), 7 votes.
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (D.),
63
John W. Weeks of Newton (R.), Blank, 1
110
FOR CONGRESSMAN, (Fifth District) .-
John Jacob Rogers of Lowell (R.), 131 votes.
Blank, 50
FOR COUNCILLOR, (Sixth District ) .-
James G. Harris of Medford (R.),
126 votes. 66
Blank, 55
FOR SENATOR, (Fifth Middlesex District).“
Charles S. Smith of Lincoln (R.), 148 votes.
Blank, 33
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, (Thirteen Middlesex District ) .-
Benjamin Loring Young of Weston (R.), 131 votes.
Blank, 50
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (Middlesex County) .-
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston (R.), 124 votes.
John F. Farrar of Lincoln (R.), 1
Blank, 56
FOR COUNTY TREASURER .-
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville (R.), 123 votes. 58 66
Blank,
FOR REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY, (Middlesex County) .-
Frederick M. Esty of Framingham (R.), 124 votes. Blank, 57
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Amendment No. 1 .-
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to the establish- ment of the popular initiative and referendum and the legis- lative initiative of specific amendments of the Constitution, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes,
38 votes. 105
No,
Blank,
28 66
Amendment 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, 42 votes. 75 66
No,
Blank,
64
Amendment 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, No,
62 votes. 48
Blank,
71 66
Amendment 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, No,
60 votes.
55 66
Blank, 76 66
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Amendment No. 5 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Ad- journments of the General Court, submitted by the Constitu- tional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, No,
36 votes. 60
Blank,
85
Amendment 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 officers to be commissioned by the Governor, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 37 votes. 61
No,
Blank,
83
Amendment 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, 40 votes. 56
No,
Blank,
85
Amendment No. 8 .-
Shall the Article of Amendment providing for the succes- sion, in cases of vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lieu- tenant Governor, by the secretary, attorney-general, treasurer
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and receiver general, and auditor, in the order named, be ap- proved and ratified ?
Yes, 49 votes. 53
No,
Blank,
79 66
Amendment 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, 50 votes. 49 66
No,
Blank,
82 66
Amendment 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, 48 votes. 55 66
No,
Blank, 78
Amendment No. 11 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial Officers, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 45 votes. 51
No,
Blank,
85 "
Amendment 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, No, Blank,
40 votes. 55 66
85
66
Amendment No. 13 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Power of the General Court to Limit Buildings according to their Use or Construction to Specified Districts of Cities and Towns, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be ap- proved and ratified ?
Yes, 37 votes. 59
No,
Blank,
85
Amendment No. 14 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Com- pulsory Voting at Elections, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 31 votes. 74 "
No,
Blank,
76 66
Amendment No. 15 .-
Shall the amendment of the Constitution limiting the power of the General Court to lend the credit of the Commonwealth and to contract loans, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, No,
40 votes. 60
Blank,
81
Amendment No. 16 .-
Shall the amendment to the Constitution providing for a
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state budget and the veto by the Governor of items or parts of items in appropriation bills be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 49 votes. 49 66
No,
Blank,
83 66
Amendment No. 17 .-
Shall the amendment of the Constitution providing for bien- nial elections of state officers, councillors and members of the General Court, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 44 votes.
No,
60
Blank,
77 66
Amendment No. 18 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Ser- vice on Certain Legislative Recess Committees and Commis- sions, submitted by the Constitution Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 45 votes. 51
No,
Blank,
85
Amendment No. 19 .-
Shall the following Article of Amendment to provide for the more efficient administration of the business of the Com- monwealth, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, No,
42 votes. 55 66
Blank,
84 66
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the Thirteenth Rep- resentative District of Middlesex County, held at Concord, November 15, 1918, the vote for Representative in the Gen- eral Court was determined as follows :
CONCORD. . . .
LINCOLN .. .
SUDBURY . . . .
WAYLAND. . . .
WESTON . . . .
TOTAL. . . . . .
Benjamin Loring Young of Weston .. . . 554
131
132
248
278
1343
George Albree of Concord
1
1
Andrew Fisk of Weston
1
1
Blank,
237
50
38
116
26
467
Totals
792
181
170
365
304
1812
Two certificates of the election of Benjamin Loring Young of Weston were prepared and signed by the Clerks for trans- mission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and to the Rep- resentative-elect.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
William C. Peirce, Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank T. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
Warren L. Bishop, Town Clerk of Wayland.
Brenton H. Dickson, Jr., Town Clerk of Weston.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST FOR 1918
As prepared by the Selectmen of Lincoln
Name
P. O. Address
Occupation
Adams, John
So. Lincoln
Business Man
Bamforth, Fred J. D.
Lincoln
Farmer
Brooks, Lorenzo E.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Calkins, T. Alonzo
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Clark, Charles E.
Lincoln
Carpenter
Corrigan, Patrick F.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
Crook, Russel G.
So. Lincoln
Sculptor
Farnsworth, Charles P.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, Herbert W.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, John F.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Flint, Ephraim B.
Lincoln
Farmer
Gordon, Donald
So. Lincoln
Lawyer
Foreman, Charles F.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Harding, William A.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Johnson, Walter W.
Lincoln
Farmer
Laird, Ludwig V. A.
Lincoln
Clerk
Lennon, James W.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
Martin, Owen E.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
McAskill, Dan A.
So. Lincoln
Blacksmith
McHugh, John E.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Nelson, John W.
Lexington, R. F. D.
Farmer
Neville, James M.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Welch, Martin M.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Wheeler, Abner S.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
CHARLES S. SMITH JOHN F. FARRAR ROBERT D. DONALDSON
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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There have been recorded during the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1918, 7 Marriages, 19 Births, 20 Deaths.
Births Registered
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Dec. 2, 1917 Stillborn Mason
Jan.
1, 1918 Rocco Ciraso
Mar. 1, 1918 Philip Cahill Corrigan
April 1, 1918 Emengarde de Vermandois Bosley
April 4, 1918|Alfred Krumen
Russel and Jennie Bosdar
April 23, 1918|Henry James Davis
William Henry and Alice May MacPhee
April 24, 1918 Joseph Floyd Hayes
John J. and Delia Halley
May
14, 1918 Rachel Stimpson
Cleveland A. and Mabel E. Smith
May 27, 1918 Paul Edward Parker
May 27, 1918 Jane Patricia Lennon
(Not given) Grace May Parker James W. and Frances M. Carey Tiose and Annina Dimeo
June 15, 1918 Congettina Campobasso
June 24, 1918 Tohn Catoni
July
1, 1918 Mary Elizabeth Heald
July
8, 1918 Swar Joseph Hallburg
Oct.
1, 1918 Mary Julia Neville
Oct.
20, 1918 Ada Elizabeth Nelson
Oct.
24, 1918 Tames Henry Doherty
Oct. 30, 1918 Edna Frances Mann
Nov.
2, 1918 John Bernard Lennon, Jr.
Nicholas and Caroline Monica Jay Morrill and Ethel Leroy Elliot Swar and Eva Estell Welding James Martin and Mary Agnes Molloy Charles M. and Ada Elizabeth Peterson Matthew H. and Elizabeth C. Hunter David and Iva S. Cleland
John B. and Elizabeth MacDonald
EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS Chap. 29 AS AMENDED BY CHAP. 280, ACTS OF 1912
Sect. 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 stating the date and place of the birth, giving the street number, if any, the number of the 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 offence. 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.
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