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Art. 4 Voted to proceed to consider the report of the
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Appropriation Committee in the order that Articles appear in the warrant. The Committee appointed in 1910 on addition- al Water Supply etc., rendered a final report as printed in the Town Report. Voted to accept the report and discharge the committee. Voted to take up the report of the Committee on Fire Investigation.
Voted that speakers be allowed to speak only twice on any one subject and be limited to ten minutes on the first and five minutes on the second time, said time may be extended to any speaker by the unanimous consent of the meeting. The chairman of the Appropriation Committee shall be exempt from this provision.
Art. 22. Voted to take Article 22 from the table. Mr. Kneeland renewed his motion to appropriate $5500 for the purchase of a motor combination chemical for fire purposes.
At 10 o'clock the meeting adjourned to Thursday March 14 at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Long's Hall, Braintree, March 14, 1912.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 12. Meeting opened at 7.30 o'clock P. M. Moderator Woodsum in the chair.
Article 22. Motion of Mr. Kneeland still under discus- sion.
Voted that at 10 o'clock P. M., this meeting adjourn to Tuesday March 19, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Voted that all debate under Article 22 cease at 8.30 P. M., or sooner if a vote is reached on the subject.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kneeland that the Town purchase an Auto Chemical Combination Truck and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for the same.
Art. 4-22. Voted to take up Article 4 in conjunction with Article 22.
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Voted that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to purchase the above named Truck. B. Herbert Woodsum, A. C. Drinkwater, Henry M. Storm appointed.
Art. 4. Laid on the table.
Voted to raise and appropriate the following named sums of money for the purposes mentioned.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Art. 5. Salary of Moderator $25.00
Other Expenses (committees)
125.00
Salaries of Selectmen 487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
400.00
Salaries of Auditors
150.00
Salary of Treasurer 525.00
Bond of Treasurer 120.00
Expense of Treasurer 50.00
Salary of Tax Collector 600.00
Expenses of Tax Collector 125.00
Salaries of Assessors 487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
600.00
Salary of Town Clerk
500.00
Expenses of Town Clerk 200.00
Legal expenses
300.00
Art. 6. Salaries of Registrars of Voters .
150.00
Election officers and other expenses 800.00
TOWN HALL.
Art. 7. Maintenance of Town offices and services of Janitor.
$450.00
Salary of Janitor
Maintenance of Town Offices 700.00
Insurance
26.25
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Art. 9. Salaries $3,385.50
Other expenses 250.00
Art. 10. Court fees and expenses 50.00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Art. 11. Hydrant service $5,850.00
To be applied to the payment of interest- cou- pons accruing on Water Loan Bonds. Pay of engi- neers and firemen, including their poll taxes .
1,935.00
General expenses 1,000.00
Art. 12. Extra pay of firemen at 30 cents
per hour 400.00
Art. 13. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 14. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 15. Painting Hose No. 3, Braintree .
50.00
Art. 16. New hose.
Voted that the Committee appointed to pur- chase the Truck also purchase hose for the same satisfactory to the Fire Department, and ap- propriate 400.00
Art. 17. Maintenance of the fire alarm system
150.00
Art. 18. Improvement of the fire alarm sys- tem 1,700.00
Art. 19. Fire alarm in place of bell on Con- gregational church recently destroyed .. Art. 20. Indefinitely postponed.
1,000.00
Art. 21. Harnesses Precincts 1 and 2 100.00
INSPECTION.
Art. 23. Salary for Sealer of Weights and Measures $100.00
FORESTRY.
Art. 24.
Suppression of Gipsy and Brown
Tail Moths and care of trees $2,000.00
Forest fires 400.00
HEALTH.
Art. 25. Salaries of Board of Health 300.00
Printing 50.00
Fumigation 200.00
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Quarantine 100.00
General expenses 100.00
Care of dumps 100.00
Inspector of Animals 100.00
Inspector of Milk 100.00
Inspector of Meats 200.00
Vital statistics
50.00
SANITATION.
Art. 26. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 27. Changes in the Sanitary arrange-
ments of the Pond School $500.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Art. 28. Salaries of Highway Surveyors . .
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 175.00
General repairs on highways, bridges, sidewalks, stone roads, watering and oiling streets, (plus abutters' tax) excise tax and street railway tax $10,000.00
Removal of snow 1,000.00
Art. 29. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 30. Indefinitely postponed. Art. 53. Taken up.
Voted that no change be made, but that interest should be charged at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after December first, 1912.
Art. 4. Taken up.
Voted that the reorganization of the Fire Department be left in the hands of the Selectmen.
CONTINUED APPROPRIATION. CHARITIES
Art. 31. Salaries of Overseers of the Poor $487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 225.00
Maintenance of the Braintree Home 1,500.00
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Outside relief (plus reimbursements from other cities and towns) 4,500.00
Insurance 42.20
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Art. 32. State Aid and Soldiers' Burials (not to be included in the tax levy) ..... $3,000.00 Military Aid (one-half of said sum to be raised by taxation) 144.00
Soldiers' Relief 500.00
EDUCATION.
Art. 33. Pay of teachers and Superintendent laid on table.
Salaries of Janitors $4,268.98
Text books and supplies
3,500.00
Incidentals 750.00
Repairs and incidentals
1,500.00
Fuel
2,500.00
Conveyance of pupils
1,700.00
Hire and care of outside rooms
168.00
Seats in High School
500.00
Art. 34. Laid on the table.
LIBRARY.
Art. 35. General expenses $1,200.00
Distribution of books (East Braintree) 150.00
Janitor 250.00
RECREATION.
Art. 36. Indefinitely postponed.
At 10 o'clock the meeting adjourned to meet Tuesday, March 19, at 7.30 o'clock, P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
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Long's Hall, Braintree, March 19, 1912.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 14. The meeting opened at 7.30 o'clock, P. M. Moder- ator Woodsum in the chair.
Art. 23. Taken up.
Voted to reconsider the vote passed at the last meeting relating to the salary of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Voted that the salary of Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures be $200, and that the fees collected revert to the Town.
Voted to appropriate an additional sum of ... $100.00 Art. 33. Taken up.
Voted to appropriate for salaries of teachers and Superintendent (plus dog tax and
school fund) $33,500.00
Insurance 1,205.00
Art. 34. For furnishing and equipping Hol-
lis School building 4,000.00
RECREATION.
Art. 37. For baseball field on playground in Precinct 2, and that the Selectmen be au-
thorized to open the grounds and regulate their use 300.00
Art. 38. Post 87, G. A. R., expenses of Memo- rial Day 200.00
UNCLASSIFIED.
Art. 39. Miscellaneous expenses $2,000.00
Art. 40. Abatement of taxes 1,500.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Art. 41. Voted to appropriate the income from con- sumers of electric light, for operating expenses, re- pairs, renewals, connecting new consumers and for new construction.
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Art. 42. Voted to appropriate the unexpended income of the year 1911, $2,501.61, for new construction and con- necting new consumers.
Art. 43. Voted to rescind the vote passed at the last annual meeting whereby it was voted to "appropriate $56,976.96 shown in the accounts of the Electric Light Department under the name of "Overdraft for Con- struction."
Art. 44. Voted to appropriate $50,252.59 as shown in the account called "Overdraft for Construction" and the sum of $7,416.44 as shown in the account called "Over- draft of Cash" so that these accounts can be closed and credited to the account entitled Appropriations for Construction.
Art. 45. Voted, that the Town pay a net price of $9 per lamp, for series lamps for street lighting for the ensuing year (648 lamps,) and appropriate for the same $5,832.00
Voted to appropriate the following sums to be paid from the income of the Electric Light Department.
3 per cent Depreciation Fund 4,490.75
Interest on bonds 660.00
Sinking Fund 430.00
Art. 46. Referred to Electric Light Department.
Art. 4. The Water Commissioners to whom the matter of extending water mains on Union Street was re- ferred last year reported not advisable to lay any more 6-inch main in Union Street, but that the town ought soon to lay a much larger main the whole length of Union Street, so to have a more direct supply for the East part of the town.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer and the Chairman of the Electric Light Commissioners be a committee to ad- just the matter of the so called "Stetson Note."
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Art. 47. Voted to appropriate for extension of mains $1,000.00
Art. 48. For additional hydrants to be put in at the discretion of the Board of Water Commissioners and Fire Engineers acting in conjunction; the same to be taken from the revenue of the Water Department . . . Art. 49. For the purchase of a pressure re- cording apparatus the cost of same to be taken from the revenue of the Water De- partment 125.00
500.00
CEMETERY
Art. 50. For Plain Street Cemetery 100.00
INTEREST MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Art. 51. For payment of notes
Noah Torrey School, due June 1, 1912. . .. $5,000.00
Abraham Lincoln School due June 1, 1912 3,000.00 Abraham Lincoln School due Sept. 1, 1912 3,000.00
Playground Loan due July 1, 1912 less premium on bonds 380.50
Hollis School due July 1, 1912, less pre- mium on bonds 1,946.50
Mayflower Park, Water Loan
1,000.00
For payment of Interest
Hunt Trust, 1 year to Aug. 1, 1912 on $10,000.00
$400.00
Thayer Library, 1 year to Aug. 1, 1912 on
10,000.00
400.00
Thayer Library, 1 year to Sept. 23 (Stetson note)
2,500.00
100.00
Noah Torrey School, 6 months to June 1, 1912 on
15,000.00
271.88
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Noah Torrey School, 6 months to
Dec. 1, 1912 on
10,000.00
181.25
Abraham Lincoln School, 6 months to June 1, 1912, on
19,000.00
332.50
Abraham Lincoln School, 6 months to Dec. 1, 1912 on
16,000.00
280.00
Abraham Lincoln School, 1 year
to Sept. 1, 1912, on
4,000.00
160.00
Hollis School, 6 months to Jan. 1, 1912, on
65,000.00
1,300.00
Playground, 6 months to Jan. 1, 1912, on
5,000.00
100.00
Playground, 6 months to July 1, 1912, less accrued interest when bonds were sold, on
5,000.00
82.22
Playground, 6 months, to Dec. 31, 1912, on
4,500.00
90.00
Hollis School, 6 months to July 1, 1912, less interest accrued at sale of bonds, on
65,000.00
1,068.89
Hollis School, 6 months to Dec. 31, 1912, on
61,500.00
1,230.00
The Water Department undertake to pay from their rev- enue $10,560 interest and also interest on the new loan of $15,000.
On notes in anticipation of taxes
1,800.00
SINKING FUND.
Art. 52. For Water Loan Sinking Funds .. $5,120.00 Art. 54. Voted, that the Town accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909 relative to the sale of Ice Cream, Confec- tionery, and Fruit on the Lord's Day.
Art. 55. Voted, that the sum of $350 be appropriated to provide 10 cloth-mounted maps of the Town of Braintree, scale of 500 feet to the inch for the use of the various Town Departments to keep a record of their present systems and extensions.
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Art. 56. Voted to accept Chapter 306 of the Acts of 1911 being an act to authorize the Towns Weymouth and Braintree to regulate the taking of Smelts in the waters of Weymouth Fore River and Weymouth Back River.
Art. 57. Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to op- pose the so-called Greater Boston bills before the Legislature.
Art. 58. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 4. Voted that a committee consisting of fifteen be appointed by the Moderator to be known as the Appropriation Committee.
Henry F. Arnold, Horace R. Drinkwater, Walter O. Hastings, Herbert A. Bryant, Frank W. Couillard, Edward P. Cuff, George O. McDonald, Gilbert V. Pennock, George W. Stevens, Carroll A. Holbrook, Robert Gibson, Joseph F. Kemp, Charles O. Miller, Charles G. Jordan and Louis F. Bates were appointed.
Voted that a committee of seven from Precinct Three be appointed to investigate the matter of a "Playground" in that Precinct and report at the next Annual Meeting. Mod- erator appointed Albert E. Avery, William D. Aitkin, Frank- lin T. Berry, Fred M. Crocker, John G. Cahill, James Holly- wood, William P. Kelley.
Voted that the Town appropriate in the aggregate the sum of $260,366.31, and that $146,498.67 of that amount be raised by taxation.
Voted that this meeting now adjourn, sine. die. -
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at Long's Hall, in said Braintree, on Thursday, the eleventh day of April, 1912, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at the last March meeting to purchase a Chemical Combination Auto Truck and purchase instead a Chemical Combination Pumping Auto Truck and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 3. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to furnishing a suitable place in which to keep the truck.
Article 4. To see how many men it will require to oper- ate said truck and appropriate a sum of money to pay the same.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Clerk and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 6. To hear the report of any- committee, and choose any committee to act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant
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with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM,
Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest : AMOS J. LORING, Constable of Braintree.
Long's Hall, Braintree, April 11, 1912.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the time and place specified. The meeting was called to order and the warrant and the officers certificate of service was read by the Town Clerk.
Art. 1. By ballot with the use of the check list, Benjamin H. Woodsum, Jr., was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. A motion offered by Mr. P. C. Spring to limit the time of speakers on any subject was laid on the table by a vote of 103 to 74. ,
Motion offered by Mr. Kelley that the vote passed by the Town at the last annual meeting, whereby the Town voted to purchase a Combination Chemical Auto Truck and appro- priated the sum of $5,500 for the same, be rescinded.
A motion offered by Mr. Bryant to indefinitely postpone all action under Article 2, was defeated by a vote of 97 to 78.
After a lengthy discussion the Town voted to rescind the vote to purchase a Combination Chemical Auto Truck by a vote of 102 in the affirmative and 78 in the negative.
Motion offered by Mr. May that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,500 for the purchase of a Combination Pump- ing Auto Truck,
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A substitute motion was offered by Mr. Abercrombie that the matter of Fire Apparatus be referred to the Select- men to investigate the different types and report at the next Annual Meeting. The motion was substituted for that of Mr. May, and it was voted to refer the matter to the Selectmen by a vote of 92 to 79.
Art. 5. Voted to take up Article 5.
Voted that the salary of the Town Clerk be increased to $650 per year, and that an additional sum of $150 be ap- propriated for that purpose. Fifty-nine voted in the affirma- tive and none in the negative.
Voted that this meeting now adjourn, sine die.
A true record. . Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the Polling Places in their respective Precincts, to wit :
Polling Place in Precinct No. 1, Braintree Club, Washing- ton Street.
Polling Place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Ave- nue.
Polling Place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House Allen Street.
On Tuesday, the thirtieth day of April, 1912, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts, their votes on the official ballots for delegates to the National Convention of the Republican and Democratic parties.
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The polls will be kept open until 8 o'clock in the evening,
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in not less than three public places in each Precinct in said Town, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Selectmen before the time of said Primary.
Given under our hands at Braintree this seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true record. Attest :
AMOS J. LORING, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, April 30, 1912,
In accordance with the foregoing warrant Presidential Primaries were held in the several Precincts.
The polls were opened at 4 o'clock, P. M., and closed at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The following named served as Primary Officers
Precinct One: Charles G. Anderson, Warden; Charles R. Cummings, Clerk; and was sworn in by the Town Clerk.
J. W. Cuff, E. F. Porter, E. W. Hobart, E. P. Cuff, In- spectors; C. A. Hobart, Constable.
Precinct Two: Geo. H. Wetherbee, Jr., Warden; Dan- iel F. Ahern, Clerk; S. F. Pratt, John R. McGrath, Newton H. McKearn, Geo. A. Arnold, Inspectors. Conrad Mischler, Constable.
Precinct Three: Benjamin Hawes, Warden; William T. McCormick, Clerk. William J. Orr, John F. Sullivan, John
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A. Ryan, Thomas J. F. Dalton, Inspectors. Frank O. Whit- marsh, Constable.
At the close of the polls the ballots of each party were counted, recorded and declared according to law.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Number of Republican ballots 560
Number of Democratic ballots 91
FOR REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Charles S. Baxter 283
George W. Coleman 281
Frederick Fosdick 282
Albert Bushnell Hart
280
Octave A. LaRiviere
282
James P. Magenis
281 281
Alvin G. Weeks
281
Frank Leiberlich
5
Winthrop Murray Crane
224
John L. Bates
224
Lucius Tuttle
223
John W. Weeks
225
Samuel B. Capen
225
Samuel J. Elder 223
James F. Cavanagh 223
Edmond Cote
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE.
John D. Long 254
Benjamin H. Anthony 250
Frank Vogel 251
Joseph Monette 252
Charles H. Innes 250
Walter Ballantyne 251
Isaac L. Roberts 249
Ernest G. Adams 250
221
Arthur L. Nason
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Charles L. Burrill 272
Thomas F. Doherty 272
Richard R. Flynn 268
John Larrabee
269
John G. Maxfield 269
Max Mitchell 267
Cassins A. Ward 269
Russell A. Wood
270
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT DELEGATES, 12th DISTRICT.
J. Stearns Cushing 253
George L. Barnes 253
Frank A. Morrill 268
James W. French 269
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, 12th DISTRICT. 1
Louis E. Flye 243
Wendell Williams 239
E. Edson Abbott 264
Franklin T. Miller 261
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Robert M. LaFollette 5
Theodore Roosevelt 270
William Howard Taft 239
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Robert M. LaFollette 3
Curtis Guild 1
Scattering
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DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Frank J. Donahue
31
E. Gerry Brown
22
John W. Coughlin
38
John F. Fitzgerald
46
William P. Hayes
29 32
Charles J. Martell
Humphrey O'Sullivan
37 17
Henry T. Scheafer
David I. Walsh
42 11
Henry T. Schaefer
17
George Fred Williams
31
John P. Sweeney
11
James H. Vahey
29
John A. Keliher
16
DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE.
James M. Folan
28
Joseph J. Leonard 22
Andrew A. Badaracco
36
Charles F. Campbell
32
Peter J. Flaherty
36
James M. Folan
34
Daniel H. Maguire
39
Luke J. Minahan
33
Daniel M. O'Brien
44
Joseph F. O'Connell
40
John P. Kane
17
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT DELEGATES, 12th DISTRICT
Daniel J. Daley 56
Richard Olney, 2d 54
1
Henry F. Burt
37
DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, 12th DISTRICT.
Harold Williams, Jr. 43
James S. Cannon 44
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Champ Clark 61
Woodrow Wilson 22
DEMOCRATIC VICE-PRESIDENT.
Eugene N. Foss 8
Woodrow Wilson 1
Scattering
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A true record.
Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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 said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit :
Polling Place in Precinct No. 1, Braintree Club, Wash- ington Street.
Polling Place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Ave- nue.
Polling Place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of September, 1912, at 4 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 :
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Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth. Auditor for this Commonwealth.
Attorney General for this Commonwealth.
Representative in Congress for 14th Congressional Dis- trict.
Councillor for 2nd Councillor District.
Senator for 1st Senatorial District.
Representative in General Court for 8th Norfolk Repre- sentative District.
County Commissioner for Norfolk County.
County Commissioner (To fill Vacancy) for Norfolk County.
County Treasurer for Norfolk County.
And for the Election of the following officers :
Members of State Committee for the 1st Norfolk Senato- rial District.
Members of Town Committee for this Town.
Delegates to State Conventions of Political Parties.
All the above candidates and officers to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock 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 sixteenth day of September, A. D., 1912.
HENRY M. STORM, . ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree. A true copy-Attest :
AMOS J. LORING, Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Sept. 24, 1912.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the State Pri- maries were held by Precincts.
The polls were opened at 4 o'clock P. M., and were closed at 8 o'clock P. M.
The Election Officers serving were as follows :
Precinct One: C. G. Anderson, Warden; Charles R. Cummings, Clerk; J. W. Cuff, E. F. Porter, E. W. Hobart. E. P. Cuff, Inspectors ; C. A. Hobart, Constable.
Precinct Two: George H. Wetherbee, Jr., Warden; Daniel F. Ahern, Clerk; S. F. Pratt, George A. Arnold, John R. McGrath, Newton H. Mckean, John Drinkwater, Tellers; Conrad Mischler, Constable.
Precinct Three: Benjamin Hawes, Warden; W. T. Mc- Cormick, Clerk; William J. Orr, John F. Sullivan, Thomas J. F. Dalton, Henry R. Dailey, Charles E. Orr. Frank O. Whit- marsh, Constable.
At the close of the Polls the ballots of each Party were counted, separately recorded and declareed according to law.
The result of the ballots was as follows :
FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
REPUBLICAN.
Everett C. Benton had 61
Joseph Walker had 75
DEMOCRATIC.
Eugene N. Foss had 78
Joseph C. Pelletier had 18
SOCIALIST.
Roland D. Sawyer had 7
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FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. REPUBLICAN.
Robert Luce had 131
DEMOCRATIC
Edward P. Barry had
5
David I. Walsh had 87
SOCIALIST.
Albert B. Martin had
7
FOR SECRETARY.
REPUBLICAN
Albert P. Langtry had 131
DEMOCRATIC.
Frank J. Donahue had ... 72
SOCIALIST
Ellen Hayes had
. . . . . . .
7
FOR TREASURER.
Elmer A. Stevens, R. 133
Joseph L. P. St.Coeur, D 67
Louis F. Weiss, S. 7
FOR AUDITOR.
John E. White, R. 133
James F. Carens, D. 70
Sylvester J. McBride, S. 7
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
James M. Swift, R. 134
George W. Anderson, D 66
George E. Roewer, Jr., .S 7 . .
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FOR CONGRESSMAN.
Robert O. Harris, R. 130
Edward Gilmore, D
20
Richard Olney, 2d., D. 60
John McCarty, S. 8
FOR COUNCILLOR.
Herbert W. Burr, R. 61
Guy Andrews Ham, R. 64
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