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ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on said loan. of thirty thousand dollars, and also to establish a sinking fund sufficient with the accumulations thereof to pay the principal of said loan at its maturity.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to print the valuation of the town in the next annual town report.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to bor- row money on town notes under the instructions of the Board of Water Commissioners. Also, to see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to pledge as collateral the bonds issued under an Act of the Legislature of 1891 ; provided the Board of Water Commis- sioners consider such course expedient and for the best interests of the town.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
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Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this nineteenth day of Octo- ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen, of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 22, 1891.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published once in the Brain- tree Observer before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
A true copy.
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 29, 1891.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
The ballot being taken with the use of the check-list, Francis A. Hobart was chosen moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, That Article 2 be laid on the table.
Article 3 was then taken up.
Voted, That when the vote is taken on the subject of the adop- tion of Section 1 of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature it shall be with the use of the check-list and by the Yes or No ballot.
Ansel O. Clark, was appointed by the Moderator to check the lists, and was sworn by the Town Clerk. John Kelley, Elmer E. Abercrombie, and Russell F. Randall were appointed tellers and sworn by the Town Clerk.
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The ballot having been taken it was found that the following- was the result of the ballot, namely : Yes, 146: No, 5 : and the Moderator made declaration that Section 1 of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts for the year 1891, had been adopted by a two-thirds vote.
Article 2 taken from the table.
T. A. Watson, chairman of the committee on electric lighting made a supplementary report which is as follows, namely :-
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
At the town meeting held Aug. 25, the report that this com- mittee then submitted was referred back to them to further. report on the cost of the additions to the plant necessary for house and commercial lighting. In order to estimate on this it was first necessary to know, approximately, at least, how many houses and stores were likely to want lights. To ascertain this we inserted the following advertisement in the Braintree Observer and also had several hundred circulars to the same effect distributed through: the town : -
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
In order to report intelligently on the cost of the house and shop lighting part of the proposed electric light system, the Com- mittee must know, approximately, how many lights are likely to be needed. To ascertain this, the Committee requests any of our citi- zens who will probably use the electric lights in their houses, stores, or shops to send to the undersigned an estimate of the number of lamps they will need. The following facts, obtained from the Electric Companies of Quincy and Weymouth, will give a fair idea of the cost of the electric lighting. The cost of installing each 16 candle-power incandescent lamp in a house or store varies from $2.50 to $4.00, not including the cost of the chandelier, which can. be as cheap or expensive as desired and can be dispensed with by hanging the lamps on flexible cords. The number of lamps in each house varies from 5 to 50. The cost of running the lamps in houses is about one cent per lamp each hour it is burned. In,
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stores the usual charge is $9 a year for each active lamp burned six evenings a week. These rates are about the same whether a meter is used or contract made at so much per light. If our town establishes its own plant, and a reasonably large number of house lights are used, it is likely that the lights can be run at a less price than mentioned, but it is safe to reckon on the figures we give. Any further information will be given by the Chairman of the Com- mittee on application. A prompt response is requested as the time for making the report is short.
T. A. WATSON,
Chairman of Committee.
We regret to say that it only brought three applications. Two of these were for single houses, one of which is now being built, but the other was for four stores, two houses and a factory. Ob- viously not enough to enable us to lay out and get estimates on a lighting system for the whole town. We are disappointed in not receiving more answers, especially as the notice was worded in such a manner that the applicants would not have been bound to take the lights. We do not think that the lack of response to this notice is due to the fact that electric house lighting is not more generally desired, as we have no doubt but a good many more of our citizens will take lights than have answered our notice. A better plan would have been to have had a house to house canvass made of the town by some electric wiring contractor, who could have given exact estimates on the cost of wiring each house ; but it is obvious that no such firm would care to go to the expense of doing this, unless they were certain to get some business from it, which they would not be before it was even known that the town would put in a lighting plant. We feel obliged to recommend that the street lighting plant be first put into operation. This will give the town an organization that can work up the commercial house lighting department, and enable the service to be extended to in- clude the other branch in the most effective and economical manner. When the time comes to add the commercial system to the street system, an additional engine and boiler and one, or perhaps two, al- ternating incandescent dynamos with the necessary appurtenances will be needed at the central station, and additional circuit wires
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will be needed on the poles ; but if the station is built large enough, and the poles are arranged to accommodate additional cross arms, the additions can be made at any time as cheaply as if they were included in the original plant, with the advantage that the town would then know just what was needed, whereas, if both systems were built at first, much of the house system would be based on guess work.
Assuming that the house lighting plant will require a 750-light alternating incandescent dynamo run to something like its full capacity, an approximate estimate of the cost, including engine, boiler, dynamo, converters and circuit wires, would be eleven thousand dollars ($11,000). Four weeks' time would be required to do the necessary work of adding this to the street lighting plant.
We are still of the opinion that the town should adopt the sys- tem of street lighting that we recommended in our first report, and 1 . we resubmit the same report herewith.
This system is in use in nine out of ten of the towns and cities of Massachusetts, and, in fact, throughout the United States. It is the system that we are advised to adopt by the electricians con- nected with all the principal electric manufacturing companies and all these companies have both kinds of apparatus to sell. We have not met a single practical electric lighting man who does not say that without doubt the direct arc system is the best for street lighting.
When this system is used, if there are any places where, owing to heavy foliage or crooked streets, it is better to sacrifice nine tenths of the light to obtain better distribution, it is the simplest matter in the world to put in such places, in the same arc circuit, in- candescent lamps in place of arc lamps in the proportion of three to four 30 candle-power incandescent lamps to one 1,200 candle-power arc lamp, or if occasion arise after the system is in operation, one kind of lamp can easily be changed for the other.
This combination of the two kinds of lamps on the same circuit is often done, although many towns in Massachusetts use nothing but arc lamps, even where they have many trees in their streets. We have several letters that we have received from practical men on this point, and we insert one or two that express the general opinion. The first is from the chairman of the Selectmen of Swampscott, and the secretary of the town lighting committee.
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SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., Sept. 12, 1891.
MR. T. A. WATSON :
Dear Sir, - Being informed that your town is about to act in the matter of street lighting by electricity, we write to give you our experience concerning the arc and incandescent systems, hoping that it may aid your authorities in forming an opinion and guard you against mistake. If the conditions of your town are similar to ours and we assume that they are, you would never be satisfied with incandescent lighting. Two years ago our committee recommended the incandescent system, but by moving deliberately in the matter we decided to put in the 1,200 candle-power or half arc light and located 75 of them. We reserved several locations for incandescent lights where the arcs were impracticable. These we attached to the arc wire. They did very well at first but after long lighting they begin to grow dim and are no improvement at all on our former naphtha lights. With the arc system you can use the incandescent lights if desired, but with the incandescent system you cannot have arcs without additional wires which are a nuisance in themselves. We therefore advise you to adopt the arc system with confidence that it will delight the good people of Braintree, and give your authorities reason to be proud of their decision. Hoping that this communication will be received in the same spirit of good will that prompts our action we remain,
Yours respectfully,
AARON B. BUNTING, Chairman of Selectmen.
WM. F. NORCROSS, Sec'y Street Light Com.
Another from F. J. Lynch of Danvers : -
DANVERS, Sept. 8, 1891. Mr. T. A. WATSON :
Dear Sir,-Replying to your favor of the 5th would say : That our town is lighted by the arc system ; there are 78 arc lamps on our streets, and the method of lighting by arc lights gives perfect satisfaction. Our streets are heavily shaded, but notwithstanding
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that fact, by properly locating the lamps the streets are well lighted. When our plant was installed it was our intention to use 40 arc and 35 incandescent ; but after giving the matter due consideration the plan was abandoned for our present method. I should be glad to have yourself or your committee visit our town, which is the best way to determine a matter of this character, at which time I will be pleased to give any information which lies in my power regarding this matter. I send you the indorsement of a few of our citizens regarding this matter.
Very truly yours,
F. J. LYNCH.
I fully concur in what Mr. Lynch says in relation to the above. . SAMUEL C. PUTNAM, Selectman. FRANCIS H. CASKIN, Chairman, Selectmen.
Another from a gentleman who has been in charge of electric light installation since the business started.
BARDWELL HOUSE, RUTLAND, VT., Oct. 14, 1891. MR. T. A. WATSON :
Dear Sir,-I received your paper containing your first report, and wish to congratulate you upon having given a very correct report of the matter, so far as it has come to my notice. - Your report of the matter of attempting to light the streets in a satis- factory manner by the use of incandescents, I think, is very true indeed, and should convince the people of Braintree of the futility of attempting to get a satisfactory street lighting service out of the incandescent system, and at the same time expect to have it eco- nomical. It has been tried too many times and proved a failure in this respect to make it worth while for others to try the experi- ment.
Yours truly,
L. J. WING.
Learning that Paterson, N. J., was about to substitute arcs, for their street incandescents, we wrote the mayor of the city, and received the following answer : -
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PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 16, 1891.
MR. T. A. WATSON :
Dear Sir,- In reply to yours of the 11th, would say that the incandescent lights used in this city are supposed to be 20 candle- power, as called for by contract. At all events, we are about entering upon a new contract, to substitute the arc lights for incandescent lights now in use, the incandescents being considered a failure.
Respectfully yours,
M. BEVERIDGE, Mayor.
We have ascertained that the lamps are the regular 30 candle-power incandescent, and one thousand of them have been taken out. One of the companies that we asked to submit bids on our plant was the Fort Wayne Electric Company of New York, one of the leading companies, and their letter in answer to our inquiries regarding 1 their system is interesting as illustrating the attitude of those who sell the apparatus.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 1891. MR. T. A. WATSON :
Dear Sir, - Through you as Chairman of the Electric Light Commission of Braintree, Mass., we would invite the Commission- ers to investigate our lighting apparatus. Enclosed herewith please find lists of both incandescent and arc electric light plants established by us in different sections of this country, to any one of which we cheerfully refer you. We can furnish you either arc or incandescent street lights : arc lights of either 1,200 or 2,000 nomi- nal candle-power incandescent lights of 20, 25, 30, 40 or 50 can- dle-power. There seems to be so little demand for incandescent street lighting that during the past eighteen or twenty months we have not installed a single incandescent street lighting plant, while during the same period we have equipped over eighty-five plants for lighting streets with arc lights. If you will carefully look into the merits of these two systems of electric street lighting, you will find that incandescent street lighting cannot compare with arc street lighting in any particular, and has proven in most cases very unsatisfactory. The more this question is investigated the more
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fully it is realized that at present we know but one way of satisfac- tory street lighting, viz. : by the use of arc lights. We would be very glad to submit to the commissioners a proposal for erecting the street lighting plant at Braintree, Mass.
Yours truly,
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC CO., R. T. MCDONALD, Treas.
We have other letters of the same tenor, and those who have ex- pressed their opinion verbally are even more decided in their recommendation that the arc system be adopted. The map that we have hung on the wall shows only the approximate location of the lamps. They can only be located exactly by actual observation on the spot, so that the situation for each lamp can be chosen where there are the fewest obstructions to the light. When the lights are finally located there will probably be places in the town where it will be found advisable to put in some incandescent lamps. These places can only be determined when the lamps are located on the streets ; and the system that we recommend is the only well-tested one that will allow the two kinds of lamps to be run on the same circuit. We do not deem it necessary to go into a description of all the different plans of electric lighting ; we will only say that we have examined them all, including the Westinghouse Alternating Arc, and the Thomson-Houston Alternating Series Incandescent systems. We cannot recommend these for use in our town, although they have points of advantage, for the balance of advantages is largely in favor of the direct arc system. If this system is used, there are at least four different first-class makes of dynamos and lamps to choose from, and advantage can be taken of the compe- tition between the different manufacturers to secure low prices. We, as before, do not think it advisable to express our opinion as. to the dynamo or lamp that we prefer, and in fact we are at present sufficiently well satisfied with them all to make it a matter of price as to the one adopted.
The situation as to the engine is substantially the same. We have the choice of several first-class makes. We recommended in our last report the use of a compound engine. We, on further
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investigation, are inclined to believe that the interest and deprecia- tion on the additional cost of the former over the latter will nearly counterbalance the saving in coal; and the committee should be left free to decide this point in accordance with their judgment as based on the final bids. If a brick station and chimney are built, we find, on further investigation, that it will be policy to build them larger than we figured on in our first report. This will add to the estimate therein contained three thousand dollars, making a total of twenty-eight thousand dollars. We are inclined, however, to favor the building of a heavy wooden building, with a brick annex for the boilers, with a gravel or metal roof and an iron chimney, instead of an all brick building with a brick stack, for by so doing we can save some three to four thousand dollars in first cost. The difference in insurance will be very small, and the saving in interest will pay for keeping building and stack well painted and repaired, and save the cost of the stack several times over before it is worn out. If a brick stack is built, it will be necessary to build it large enough to provide for the growth of twenty years, which would call for a stack at least four feet in. diameter and one hundred feet high ; but if an iron stack is used, the needs of say five to ten years need to be provided for. There will be a saving in the matter of the chimney alone, as between brick and iron, of about eighteen hundred dollars. We are assured that the life of an iron stack 3-16 inch thick is from twelve to fif- teen years, if painted every two years. This matter of the use of brick or wood and iron is one that should be left to the judgment of the building committee to be decided when the final bids, based on actual plans and specifications, are made. We have carefully con- sidered the question of location of the station, and have had a real estate agent look up the desirable lots that are in the market. The lot that seems to be the best, taking everything into consideration, is that belonging to Mr. J. F. Sheppard, on Allen Street, East Braintree. This lot is large enough for the purpose, and has the great advantage' of being located on the river, where it can be reached by coal schooners. While it will not, at present, pay. to buy coal by the cargo, yet the situation of this lot is such that coal can be delivered from the present coal wharves at a very low rate of cartage.
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This lot can be bought for seven hundred and fifty dollars, which we consider a fair price. We advise, however, that the matter of final decision on the location of the station be left to the committee that may be appointed to carry into effect the recom- mendations of this report. We recommend that a committee of five be appointed, with full power to build and establish an electric street lighting plant, in substantial accordance with the plan recom- mended in this report, and that they have full power, with the con currence of the Board of Selectmen, to set poles, run wires along and across streets, locate lamps, and to do and perform such work as is necessary to carry these recommendations into effect.
To pay for this we recommend that the sum of $28,750 be appro- priated, and that the Town Treasurer be authorized to hire that amount.
THOMAS A. WATSON. RICHARD H. LONG. HENRY A. MONK. AMASA S. THAYER. JNO. V. SCOLLARD.
BRAINTREE, MASS., Oct. 29, 1892.
Voted, That the report be laid on the table.
Article 4 taken up.
Voted, To postpone the consideration of the Article until the annual meeting in March, and that the report of committee be printed in the Braintree Observer previous to the annual meeting in March.
Article 8 taken up.
Voted, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and. instructed to borrow money from time to time upon notes of the town under instruction from the Board of Water Commissioners, if, in the judgment of said Board, it would be for the interest of the town to hire money in advance and in anticipation of the sale of bonds authorized by Chapter 345 of the Acts of the Legislature of. 1891, entitled,"An Act in Relation to the Water Supply of the Town of Braintree." It is, however, provided, that under authority and. by virtue of this vote, no note be issued for a larger amount than ten thousand dollars, nor for a longer period of time than one year.
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And it is still further provided that all money raised under authority of this vote, and from the sale of bonds of the water loan of 1891, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum authorized by said legis- lative Act. And the Board of Water Commissioners are hereby empowered to pledge any portion of the bonds of 1891, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act authorizing the issue and sale of said bonds, in case, such action should commend itself to the commissioners, as being for the financial benefit of the town, said Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to reserve from the loan hereby authorized, a sum sufficient to meet any judgment against the town for mill damages.
Voted, To adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the third day of November, 1891, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the Selectmen for a Governor of the Commonwealth, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, Attorney General of the Commonwealth, Coun- cillor for the Second Councillor District, one, County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, Clerk of Courts, County Treasurer, Registrar of Deeds, Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial Dis- trict, one Representative to the General Court for District No. 6 of the County of Norfolk.
Also to vote "Yes " or "No" on the following Articles of Amendment to the Constitution, namely : -
Article of Amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualifi- cation of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators and Representatives.
So much of Article 3 of the Amendments of the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the following words : " And who shall have paid by himself, or his parent, master or guardian, any State or county tax which shall within two years next preced-
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ing such election have been assessed upon him in any town or dis- trict of this Commonwealth ; and also every citizen who shall be by law exempted from taxation, and who shall be in all other respects qualified as above mentioned," is hereby annulled.
Article of Amendment to the Constitution fixing the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum in each branch of the General Court : " A majority of the members of each branch of the General Court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members. All the provisions of the existing Constitution inconsistent with the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled."
All the above votes shall be on one ballot.
The polls shall be kept open until one o'clock P. M.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by pub- lishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon to the Selectmen before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this nineteenth day of Oct- ober, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES,
Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 2, 1891.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town' seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published once in the Braintree Observer before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A true copy.
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, Nov. 3, 1891.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by Ansel O. Clark, chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
William A. Kane and Richard L. Arnold having been appointed Inspectors ; Charles C. Mellen and John V. Scollard, Deputy In- spectors ; L. Willard Morrison and Willie H. Shaw, Tellers for- the Republicans, and William H. Cuff and George S. Boyer, Tellers. for the Democrats, by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk delivered to the presiding officer the first set of ballots, and received his receipt for the same.
The cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted accord- ing to law.
The clerk of the Board of Registrars furnished the presiding officer with a list of the qualified voters for the use of the Select- men, and a duplicate copy for the use of the ballot clerks.
The polls were declared open at fourteen minutes past seven o'clock A. M.
Voted, That the polls be declared closed at 2 hours, 30 minutes P. M., and at that time they were declared closed.
At the close of the counting, the presiding officer announced that 806 ballots had been deposited in the ballot box, and that. they were for the following persons, namely : -
GOVERNOR.
Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, Republican
382
Charles E. Kimball, of Lynn, Prohibition
6
Harry W. Robinson, of Boston, Socialist, Labor
3
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, Democratic
386
Henry Winn, of Malden, People's Party .
7
Blanks .
22
Total .
.
806
281
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
John W. Corcoran, of Clinton, Democratic 334
William H. Haile, of Springfield, Republican 406
George R. Peare, of Lynn, Socialist, Labor William J. Shields, of Boston, People's Party Augustus R. Smith, of Lee, Prohibition Blanks .
1
11
8
46
Total .
806
SECRETARY.
Joseph D. Cader, of Westfield, People's Party 9
Elbridge Cushman, of Lakeville, Democratic . 327
William M. Olin, of Boston, Republican 402
Alfred W. Richardson, of Springfield, Prohibition .
8
Edward W. Theinert, of Holyoke, Socialist, Labor . ยท
1
Blanks
59
Total .
806
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
Charles Friede, of Boston, Socialist, Labor 3
James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, Democratic . 307
George A. Marden, of Lowell, Republican 378
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, Prohibition .
7
Thomas A. Watson, of Braintree, People's Party
53
Blanks
.
58
Total .
806
AUDITOR.
William O. Armstrong, of Boston, Prohibition John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Republican . 389
11
Squire E. Putney, of Somerville, Socialist, Labor William D. T. Trefry, of Marblehead, Democratic William O. Wakefield, of Lynn, People's Party Blanks .
327
11
67
Total .
806
1
1
282
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst, Prohibition 7
Herbert McIntosh, of Worcester, People's Party 11
Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston, Republican 390
George M. Stearns, of Chicopee, Democratic 330
James Waldock, of Boston, Socialist, Labor . .
1
Blanks . .
67
Total .
806
COUNCILLOR, SECOND DISTRICT.
Charles T. Duncklee, of Brookline, Democratic 323
Edwin V. Mitchell, of Medfield, Republican .
391
Robert Porter, of Stoughton, Prohibition 17
Blanks ..
75
Total .
806
CLERK OF COURTS, NORFOLK.
George Kempton, of Sharon, Prohibition
37
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, Republican, Demo-
cratic
581
Blanks .
188
Total . 806
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NORFOLK.
Joshua B. Hanners, of Walpole, Prohibition 15
Ira C. Hersey, of Foxborough, Democratic 321
Melville P. Morrill, of Hyde Park, Republican 391
Blanks . 79
Total .
806
COUNTY TREASURER, NORFOLK.
George W. Dyer, of Weymouth, Prohibition . 49
Charles H. Smith, of Dedham, Democratic, Republican . 587
Blanks 170
Total 806
283
REGISTRAR OF DEEDS, NORFOLK.
John H. Burdakin, of Dedham, Democratic, Republican . 610
Salmon W. Squire, of Franklin, Prohibition 28
Blanks 168
Total
806
SENATOR, FIRST NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Jacob F. Dizer, of Weymouth, Prohibition 20
William N. Eaton, of Quincy, Democratic 326
Ferdinand A. Wyman, of Hyde Park, Republican 396
Blanks 64
Total
806
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, SIXTH NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Frederick W. Whitcomb, of Holbrook, Democratic 331
B. Herbert Woodsum, of Braintree, Republican 450
Blanks 25
Total 806
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, relative to the qualification of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, and Representatives, be approved and ratified? Yes, 335; No, 139 ; blank, 332; total, 806.
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, making a ma- jority of members a quorum in each branch of the General Court, be approved and ratified? Yes, 337; no, 86 ; blank, 383 ; total, 806.
The returns were then signed and sealed ; the ballots sealed ac- cording to law, and delivered to the Town Clerk ; the check-lists sealed and delivered to the Selectmen, and the unused ballots sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk.
Voted, To adjourn sine die, at 2 hours 40 minutes A. M., Nov. 4, 1891, having been in continuous session 19 hours and 40 minutes.
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BRAINTREE, Nov. 13, 1891.
The Town Clerks of Braintree and Holbrook met at the Town House in Braintree and opened the returns for Representative to the General Court for District No. 6, County of Norfolk, and found that B. Herbert Woodsum of Braintree had 657 votes, Fred- erick W. Whitcomb of Holbrook had 623 votes ; blanks, 48; total, 1,328.
B. Herbert Woodsum of Braintree was declared elected, and the necessary certificates were signed and delivered to the constable.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
INDEX.
+
ABATEMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
27
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1891 .
48
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT
50
AUDITORS' REPORT
48
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
52
CONVEYING PUPILS
8
DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS
29
DRAINING RIVER STREET
44
FIRE DEPARTMENT
24
FLAGSTONES .
45
HOSPITALS
22
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES
30
JANITOR
27
JURY LIST
61 29
MOUNT VERNON AVENUE .
44
NEW HOSE
26
OUT DOOR POOR OR POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE
18
PAINTING TOWN HOUSE AND ALMSHOUSE .
30
POOR IN ALMSHOUSE
14
REMOVAL OF SNOW
24
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS
38
REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO REVISE THE BY-LAWS
68 77
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT .
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE .
169
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
185
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK .
209
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
81
SCHOOLS
5
SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT
71
SCHOOLS, INCIDENTALS . FOR
9
SCHOOL-HOUSES, INCIDENTALS FOR
10
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
73
LAWYERS' FEES IN LAW SUITS
PAGE
286
SCHOOLS, SUPERINTENDENT OF
8
SINKING FUND
27
SOLDIERS' AID
23
STATE AID .
.
22
STONE ROAD
34
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
73
TOWN HALL .
26
TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
53, 55
WARRANT
62
WIDENING OF QUINCY AVENUE AND COMMERCIAL STREET
45
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