Town Report on Lincoln 1920-1924, Part 23

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 748


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ARTICLE V.


BOOKS.


Section 1. Books, records and laws received by the town from the commonwealth shall be deposited in the public library building.


Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the town officer by whom any book mentioned in the preceding section is received, to cause the same to be at once deposited in the public library building.


Sect. 3. Such books may be used by the inhabitants of the town within such building, and may be taken therefrom upon written receipt to the librarian for a period not ex- ceeding one day at any one time for use in any town meet- ing, or by or before any committee or official of the town.


ARTICLE VI.


SUITS AND CONTROVERSIES.


Section 1. The selectmen may compromise claims and suits to which the town is a party, provided that they shall act upon the advice of counsel when the amount claimed by or against the town exceeds $200.00.


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Sect. 2. The selectmen shall have, unless it is otherwise voted by the town, full authority as agents of the town to institute and prosecute suits or other proceedings in the name of the town before any tribunal, to appear and repre- sent or defend the town before any tribunal in all suits and other proceedings against the town or in which the town has an interest, to employ counsel for the purpose afore- said and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so, and to take all necessary and proper measures for the protection of the interests and rights of the town.


Sect. 3. If the town shall, at any meeting called for the purpose, choose a committee on claims, such committee shall have and exercise exclusively all the powers and duties conferred upon the selectmen by the two preceding sections.


ARTICLE VII.


REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE TOWN.


Section 1. The annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees shall be prepared in form suitable for printing on or before the tenth day of February in each year. The selectmen shall cause such reports to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the town seven days at least before the annual meeting.


Sect. 2. The selectmen shall cause to be printed and bound each year with the annual reports of the town offi- cers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year; a statement of all devices, bequests and donations to the town during the preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth accepted by the town during the year ; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; and a state- ment of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.


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Sect. 3. 'The selectmen shall from time to time cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the by-laws of the town and shall incorporate therewith a list of the laws of the commonwealth which have been accepted by the town.


ARTICLE VIII.


TRUANTS.


Section 1. Any minor being an habitual truant, and any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years found wandering about the streets or public places within the town having no lawful occupation or business, not attend- ing school, and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the public schools, may upon conviction thereof be com- mitted to the Middlesex County Truant School at Chelms- ford, Mass., or to any other place provided by the town within its limits, for confinement, instruction, and discipline.


ARTICLE IX.


PUBLIC REGULATIONS.


Section 1. No person shall coast upon any public street or part thereof after the selectmen have posted a notice prohibiting coasting upon such street or part thereof.


Sect. 2. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street without a written permit therefor from the selectmen. Every person who after obtaining such permit shall obstruct or render unsafe any public street, shall guard the same by a proper fence or railing, and by lights during the night time, subject to the approval of the selectmen. Such permit may be revoked at any time.


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Sect. 3. No person shall be or remain in any doorway, or upon any stairs, doorstep, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon or against any wall or fence on or near any street or public place, after having been requested by the owner or any occupant of the prem- ises or by any constable or police officer to remove there- from.


Sect. 4. No person shall make, write, print, paint, cut or post any indecent or obscene marks, words, figures or signs upon any fence, building, post, tree or other object exposed to public view.


Sect. 5. No person shall wilfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, lamp-post, lamp or lantern in any street or public place, nor extinguish any street light, nor extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or a defect in any public street or way, without proper authority to do so.


Sect. 6. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."


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INDEX


Town Officers, 1923


3-6


Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1923


7-16


Town Clark's Report


17-26


Selectmen's Report


27-39


Recommendations for Appropriations


28


Auditor's Report


49


Expenditures for the Year


49-66


Collector of Taxes


98


Report of Assessors


79-96


Treasurer's Report


97


Report of the Cemetery Commissioners .


77


Report of Town Treasurer in acc't Cemetery Commissioners


78


Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund


67


Report of Treasurer Commissioners' Trust Funds


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68-74


Report of Treasurer Bemis Lecture Fund


75,76


Report of Water Commissioners


99-103


Report of Inspector of Animals


45


Report of Fire Engineers


44


Report of Superintendent of Streets


40-43


Report of Tree Warden


104


Report of Board of Health


48


Lincoln Town Nurse


46, 47


Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library


105


Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library


106


Library Statistics


107


List of Accessions to Library


. 108-112


School Reports


113


School Committee


114


School Calendar


115


Report of School Committee


116-118


School Expenditure


119


Superintendent's Report


120-126


Warrant of 1924


127


By-Laws .


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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1924-25


Town Clerk. WILLIAM C. PEIRCE


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.


CHARLES S. SMITH (Chairman) .


Term expires 1927


JOHN F. FARRAR


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1925


ROBERT D. DONALDSON


1926


Assessors.


WILLIAM H. SHERMAN (Chairman) .


Term expires 1926


WILLIAM C. PEIRCE


1925


HERBERT G. FARRAR


" 1927


Treasurer. C. LEE TODD


Collector of Taxes. THOMAS L. GILES


Auditor.


JAMES W. LENNON


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Constables.


JOHN J. KELLIHER


GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM


School Committee.


ANTHONY J. DOHERTY


Term expires 1925


EDITH B. FARRAR .


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66


1926


Water Commissioners.


JOHN J. KELLIHER


Term expires 1925


SUMNER SMITH


66 1926


ROBERT R. HUNTER


66 1927


Board of Health.


ROBERT D. DONALDSON


Term expires 1926


GEORGE G. TARBELL .


66


66


. 1927


MARTIN M. WELCH


66 1925


Tree Warden.


JOHN J. KELLIHER


Commissioners of Trust Funds.


CHARLES S. SMITH


Term expires 1927


C. LEE TODD .


66


1925


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


66


66 1926


Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.


EDWARD F. FLINT .


Term expires 1927


C. LEE TODD


1925


F. WINCHESTER DENIO


66


66 1926


Cemetery Commissioners.


CHARLES S. SMITH


Term expires 1927


EDWARD F. FLINT .


1925


FRITZ CUNNERT .


66


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66


66 1927


GEORGE G. TARBELL


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Field Drivers. WATTER H. PORTER WILLIAM J. BURGESS CHARLES E. WOODHULL GEORGE C. BROWNING


Fence Viewers. DAVID C. BOWEN WILLIAM H. SHERMAN


Surveyor of Lumber. ELMER A. ROLLINS


Measurers of Wood and Bark.


JOHN F. FARRAR


ELMER A. ROLLINS


Trustees of Grammar School Fund.


CONRAD P. HATHEWAY JOHN T. CLARK


Trustees of Lincoln Library.


GEORGE G. TARBELL JOHN F. FARRAR C. LEE TODD


CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen ex-officio ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman School Committee ex-officio


Registrars.


CHARLES S. SMITH JOHN F. FARRAR WILLIAM C. PEIRCE


ROBERT D. DONALDSON


March 29, 1924.


JOHN J. KELLIHER has this day been sworn as Forest Warden, and Sealer of Weights and Measures.


By WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.


May 24, 1924.


EDWARD J. HOGAN was this day sworn as Special Police for the year 1924.


By WILLIAM C. PEIRCE.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Proceedings of a Town Meeting held March 5, 1924


Business Meeting, Monday, March 3rd, at 1 P.M.


WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


MIDDLESEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County : GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote at Town Meeting for the trans- action of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Monday, the third day of March next at one o'clock P. M., then and there to act on all of the following Articles, except Article 2, and to meet in said Town Hall on Tuesday, the fourth day of March next at 12:30 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Article 2, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the fifth day of March next:


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The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 4th, will be open at 12:30 o'clock P. M. and may be closed at 6.30 o'clock P. M.


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.


ART. 2. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers and any other officers required by law to be elected by Australian ballot :


One Town Clerk for one year.


One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.


One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.


One member of the Board of Health for three years.


One Treasurer for one year.


One Collector for one year.


One Auditor for one year.


Two Constables for one year.


One Tree Warden for one year.


One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.


One member of Trustees for Free Public Lectures for three years.


One member of the School Committee for three years.


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One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.


One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.


Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following question :


"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"


ART. 3. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- missioners, trustees and officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Of- ficers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.


ART. 5. To appropriate money for necessary and expe- dient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.


ART. 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 7. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the muni- cipal year, beginning January 1st, 1924, 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 therefor payable in one year


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from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Town Treasurer to pay to the Sinking Fund Commission the $5,000 received from an anonymous giver, the income to be used for recreation in the Town as per the letter of transmittal.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Selectmen to prepare and execute a deed to the First Parish in all respects like the deed given by the Town to the Parish and executed by a Committee elected for that purpose.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from its terminus near the estate of Thomas Coan to connection with existing water pipes on Sudbury Road (so-called), and provide funds for the cost of the same by an issue of bonds, notes or other- wise, or take any action with reference to the matter.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will authorize the employ- ment of a Visiting Nurse or take any action with reference to the matter.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200, or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Eco- nomics, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.


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 meeting aforesaid.


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Given under our hands this 18th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- four.


CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.


The following return is on the back of the warrant :


Feb. 25, 1924.


I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy one in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.


JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.


Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order at 1 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant.


ART. 1 George G. Tarbell was chosen Moderator. Voted to adjourn for one half hour.


Meeting was called to order at 1.45 P. M.


ART. 3 was taken up with the following result:


ART. 3.


Field Drivers .-


Walter H. Porter William J. Burgess Charles E. Woodhull George C. Browning


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Fence Viewers .- David C. Bowen William H. Sherman


Surveyors of Lumber .-


Elmer A. Rollins


Measurers of Wood and Bark .-


John F. Farrar Elmer A. Rollins


Trustees of Grammar School Fund .-


Conrad P. Hatheway John T. Clark


ART. 4. Voted. To accept the Reports of Town Officers, Commissioners, Committees, and Trustees, as printed in the Town Report.


ART. 5. A motion was made to appropriate $27,500 for Schools. Motion not carried. The vote was, Yes, 35; No, 49.


Appropriations .-


For Schools, including transportation


$28,500.00


Support of Poor


500.00


Highways and Bridges


12,000.00


South Great Road (taken from money in Treasury )


7,500.00


Library, Dog Tax and


800.00


66 Cemeteries (taken from Cemetery Fund)


500.00


66 Board of Health


500.00


66 Tree Warden


2,500.00


Miscellaneous' Expenses


6,000.00


Hydrants and other Water Service


2,400.00


Waltham Hospital Free Bed


400.00


Street Lamps


1,800.00


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Fire Department


500.00


District Nurse


750.00


Payment of Water Bonds (taken from Water Works Income)


500.00


Farm Bureau 200.00


Independence Day Celebration 200.00


Voted. That the sum of $15,000.00 be taken from money in the Treasury, $7,500.00 to be expended on the South Great Road with State and County aid, $7,500.00 to be used for general Town expenses.


ART. 6. Voted. That the taxes be collected the same as last year.


ART. 7. Voted. That the compensation of the tax collec- tor be one and one-half per cent of the amount collected.


ART. 8. Voted. That the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the muni- cipal year beginning January 1, 1924, 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 therefor, 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. 9. Voted. That the Town Treasurer be hereby au- thorized and directed to pay over to the Trust Fund Com- mission, from money now in his hand the sum of $5,000.00. This money has been received from an anonymous giver dur- ing the year of 1923. And that this fund to be known as the "Donald Gordon Recreation Fund."


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ART. 10. Voted. That the Town authorize and direct the Selectmen to prepare and execute a deed to the First Parish in all respects like the deed given by the Town to the Parish, and executed by a Committee elected for that purpose.


ART. 11. Voted. That the Water Commissioners be au- thorized to extend the water pipes from its terminus near the estate of Thomas Coan, to connection with existing water pipes on the Sudbury Road (so-called) and that the payments be made from funds in the Water Works Treasury, said expense however, be charged to Water Works capital account.


ART. 12. Voted. That the Town authorize the employ- ment of a Visiting Nurse, and that the sum of $750.00 be appropriated.


ART. 13. Voted. That the sum of $200.00 be appro- priated for the use of the Middlesex County of Agriculture and Home Economics.


Voted to take up Article 5.


ART. 5. Voted. That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for the celebration of Independence Day, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.


Voted to adjourn.


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Proceedings of the Annual Election of Town Officers, March 4, 1924


Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 12.30 o'clock P. M. Thomas J. Dee was sworn as Ballot clerk. Charles M. Robinson and A. Harriet Peirce were sworn as Tellers. The Polls were then declared open. At 6.30 P. M. the Polls were declared closed. There were 103 ballots cast, 62 men and 41 women having voted. This count agreed with the counter on the ballot box and the check list used by the ballot clerk.


The following is the result of the ballot.


Town Clerk .-


William C. Peirce


Blank


100 votes 3


Selectmen for 3 Years .-


Charles S. Smith George G. Tarbell Blank 4


98 votes 1


Assessor for 3 Years .-


Herbert G. Farrar Blank


96 votes 7 "


Treasurer .-


C. Lee Todd Blank


96 votes 7 "


Collector of Taxes .-


Thomas S. Giles


Blank


97 votes 6 “


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Auditor .-


James W. Lennon Blank


98 votes 5 votes


Constables .-


George E. Cunningham John J. Kelliher Blank 15


87 votes


90 “


School Committee for 3 Years .-


. Edith B. Farrar Blank


90 votes 13 “


Water Commissioner for 3 Years .-


Robert R. Hunter


94 votes


Blank


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Board of Health for 3 Years .-


George G. Tarbell


93 votes 10 “


Blank


Tree Warden .-


John J. Kelliher .


Blank


92 votes 11 "


Cemetery Commissioner for 3 Years .- Charles S. Smith Blank


95 votes 8


Commissioner of Trust Funds .- Charles S. Smith (for 3 years) 96 votes


F. Winchester Denio (for 2 years) 79 " Blank 9 “


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Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lec- tures .-


Edward F. Flint (for 3 years)


96 votes


F. Winchester Denio (for 2 years)


84 “


Blank 8


License Question .-


Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxi- cating beverages in this Town.


Yes


No


27 votes 64 12


Blank


Attest :


WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,


Town Clerk.


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WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, APRIL 29, 1924


THE 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 quali- fied to vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall, Tuesday, the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1924, at 12.30 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes :


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Elec- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices : .


Seven delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


Seven alternate delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


Eight delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


Eight alternate delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


Two district delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.


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Two alternate delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District.


Four district delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.


Four alternate district delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District.


The polls will be open from 12.30 to 6.30 P. M. and you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting 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 eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1924.


CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.


Lincoln, April 21, 1924.


I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies one in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad station seven days before date of said meeting.


JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.


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 as Ballot Clerk and Charles M. Robinson and A. Harriet Peirce as Tellers. The Polls were declared


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open at 12.30 P. M. The Polls were closed at 6.35 P. M. There were 84 Ballots cast, 45 men and 39 women having voted. There were 74 Republican and 10 Democratic ballots cast. This count agreed with the counter on the ballot box and with the check list used by the Ballot Clerk.


The result of the ballot was as follows:


REPUBLICAN PARTY


Delegates at Large .-


Channing H. Cox


73 votes


Henry Cabot Lodge


69


Frederick H. Gillett


67


William H. Butler


64


John H. Sherburne


65


66


Anna C. Bird


62


Jessie A. Hall


58


66


Alternate Delegates at Large .-


Pauline R. Thayer


62 votes


Elizabeth Putnam


60


Charles H. Innes


59


Robert M. Stevens


56 66


Mary B. Browne


56


66


John Jacob Rogers


70 66


Spencer Borden, Jr.


58


District Delegates Fifth District .-


Charles S. Smith 71 votes


Kimball G. Colby


56 “


Alternate District Delegates Fifth District .-


Victor Francis Jewett 56 votes


Charles P. Howard 58 “


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DEMOCRATIC PARTY


Delegates at Large .-


David I. Walsh


8 votes


Arthur Lyman


7


Joseph B. Ely


4


66


John F. Doherty


5


Helen A. MacDonald


3


66


Susan W. FitzGerald


5


Rose Herbert


1


Mary E. Meehan


2


66


Charles H. Cole


7


66


Alternate Delegates at Large .-


Arthur J. B. Cartier


3 votes


William A. O'Hearn


5


6


Jeremiah J. Healy


5


66


Edward A. Ginsburg


2


Dorothy Whipple Fry


4


66


Mary H. Quincy


3


Ann O'Keefe Heffernan


4


66


Mary Bacigalupo


1


66


William H. Doyle


4


66


District Delegates, Fifth District .-


Andrew E. Barrett


1 votes


Patrick W. Cox


1


John W. Daley


1 66


James H. Gilbride


0


Bernard J. Golden


2


Katherine F. McCarthy


3


Peter P. McMeninon


2


Humphrey O'Sullivan


3 66


Walter H. Wilcox


3


66


66


66


66


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Alternate District Delegates, Fifth District .- Michael H. Hoar John J. Mullaney


3 votes 4


Attest :


WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,


Town Clerk.


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WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY


THE 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, Tuesday, the Ninth Day of September, 1924 at one 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 follow- ing 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.


Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.


Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth.


Representative in Congress for 5th Congressional Dist. Councillor for 6th Councillor District.


Senator for 5th Senatorial District.


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Representative in General Court for 13th Representative District.


County Commissioners (2) for Middlesex County.


Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County.


County Treasurer 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 Republican Town Committee.


Five members of the Democratic Town Committee.


Two delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party.


Two delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party.


All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.


The polls will be open from one to eight P. M.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.




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