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HIGHWAYS.
Voted to appropriate the following sums :
For salaries and expenses $ 865.00
General repairs on highways, bridges, sidewalks stone roads, watering and oiling streets. .26,500.00
Removal of snow 2,500.00
Street lighting
6,570.00
Article 20. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission to construct the highway referred to in this article, and that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for this work, to be spent on condition that said contract is made whereby the State will spend $10,000.00 on the same. Also that the
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sum of $4,591.00 ($3,000.00 not in tax levy) be appropriated for land and grade damages on account of such laying out and construction.
Also that the sum of $5,000.00 already raised for this purpose be reappropriated.
Article 21. Voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be appro- priated to widen parts of Washington, Hancock, Frank- lin Streets.
Article 22. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 23. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 24. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. $ 550.00 to build a new bridge over the Monatiquot River on Union Street and reappropriate the sum of $650.00 for the same.
Article 25. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 26. Voted to refer to Highway Department.
Article 27. Voted that this matter be referred to the Selectmen and an amount not exceeding $100.00 be spent and charged to general expenses.
CHARITIES.
· Article 28. Voted to appropriate for support of poor and maintenance and repairs of Braintree Home :
For salaries and expenses $1,250.00
Maintenance of Braintree Home 3,500.00
Outside Relief 3,500.00
Insurance 340.00
Article 29. To be expended under Art. 763,
Acts of 1913
3,000.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFIT.
Article 30. Voted to appropriate :
For State Aid and Soldiers' burial (not included in tax levy) 3,500.00
Soldiers' Relief 900.00
EDUCATION.
Article 31. Voted to appropriate for School Dept: For administration, teachers and superintendent. . $55,300.00 Janitors 5,645.00
Buildings and grounds 2,582.07
Incidentals 1,393.76
Text-books and supplies
4,000.00
Transportation 1,850.00
Fuel 3,300.00
Insurance on buildings 234.40
Boiler insurance
185.10
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Article 32. Voted to reconsider vote passed at last meeting.
Voted to strike out the words, to take effect April 1, 1918.
Voted to adopt the motion as amended, viz .:
That the maximum pay of grade teachers be increased to $800.00 per annum.
Article 33. Laid on the table.
Article 34. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. Voted to appropriate the sum of. . $ 300.00 to make changes in the Penniman School.
Article 33. Taken up.
Voted to appropriate the sum of. 1,000.00
for general repairs at Noah Torrey School.
Voted to appropriate the sum of. 1,500.00
for changes in halls of Noah Torrey School.
LIBRARY.
Article 36. Voted to appropriate for Thayer Public Library :
For general expenses . $1,600.00
Distribution of books (East Braintree) 1.50.00
Janitor 250.00
RECREATION.
Article 37. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. $ 150.00 to be expended upon parks, playgrounds and public lands under direction of the Park Commissioners.
UNCLASSIFIED.
Article 38. Voted to appropriate :
For miscellaneous expenses $2,100.00
Emergency fund 3,500.00
plus unexpended balance ($1,482.53.)
Article 39. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. 200.00 to assist Post 87, G.A.R., in defraying expenses of Memorial Day.
Article 40. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. $ 700.00 for insurance under the Employees' Compensation Act.
Article 41. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. $ 125.00 for water service at Hollis Fountain for the years 1916. 1917, 1918.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Article 42. Voted to appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department :
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For Depreciation Fund $3,593.52 Salaries of Commissioners 300.00 and the balance together with any unexpended balance of the year 1917, for operating expenses, repairs, renewals and new construction.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Article 43. Voted that on and after April 1, the water rates be established at 30 cents per hundred cubic feet, and that on and after July 1, the minimum semi-annual charge be $3.00, payable in advance.
Voted that all commercial rates be advanced 2 cents per hundred cubic feet.
Voted that the Water Board be instructed to take steps to collect any back bills in accordance with the By-Laws.
Voted to appropriate :
For salaries of Water Commissioners (to be paid from income) $ 300.00
Interest requirements
6,740.00
Debt requirements 5,000.00 Voted that $3,075.01 surplus of 1918 Sinking Fund be applied on 1921 Sinking Fund.
Motion of Mr. Gage (written, see files) indefinitely postponed.
CEMETERY.
Article 44. Voted to appropriate the sum of. . $ 200.00 to be expended on Plain Street Cemetery. :
INTEREST. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Article 45. Voted to appropriate :
For interest on Town debt .
$10,475.00
Voted that $4,000.00 interest on Water Debt of 1891 be paid from the income of the Water Department.
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Voted that $1,500.00 on Great Pond Pumping Station debt be paid from the revenue of the Water Department.
Voted to appropriate for payment of Town
debt
$14,750.00
INTEREST.
INDEBTEDNESS.
General $ 530.00
General $2,250.00
Playground 70.00
Playground 500.00
Schools
1,795.00
Schools 5,500.00
Town Hall
1,340.00
Town Hall 3,000.00
Water
6,740.00
Water
5,000.00
Anticipation of rev-
enue 4,000.00
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SINKING FUND.
Article 46. Voted to appropriate :
For Water Loan Sinking Fund of 1896.
$ 120.00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Article 47. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 48.' Indefinitely postponed.
Article 49. Voted to appropriate the sum of .. $ 200.00
toward defraying the expenses of District Nurse.
Article 50. The following amendment to By-Laws pre- sented :
That Section 1, of Article 7 of the Town By-Laws be amended by striking out the first 13 words of the second paragraph thereof, namely: "The Board of Selectmen shall receive five dollars ($5.00) for each license so granted"' and inserting in place thereof the words: "The number of such licenses shall be limited to six and the Board of Select- men shall have authority to fix the fee for the same, or may grant the same to the six highest bidders," so that the Sec- tion as amended shall read as follows:
Section 1. No person shall be a dealer in or the keeper of. a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles, unless he receives a license therefor . from the Board of Selectmen.
The number of such licenses shall be limited to six and the Board of Selectmen shall have authority to fix the fee for the same, or may grant the same to the six highest bidders: this license shall be forfeited if the dealer allows the articles above enumerated to lie around, in store or field adjacent or near to a public street, so as to be an exposure or nuisance to the public.
Voted to adopt the foregoing amendment to the By-Laws and the matter left in the hands of the Selectmen.
Article 51. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 5. Voted that the present Public Service Com- mittee be continued in service during the war.
Voted that an appropriation committee of fifteen be ap- pointed to consider all articles calling for the expenditure of money.
Voted to adjourn to Monday, March 25, at 7.45 o'clock P.M.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Braintree, March 25, 1918. The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 18th, Moderator Woodsum in the chair.
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Article 43. Taken up.
Voted to reconsider the vote passed at the last meeting, whereby the Town refused to grant the Water Department authority to borrow money.
Voted to amend the original motion by striking out the words twelve thousand dollars and inserting the words fif- teen thousand dollars, and also making the amount payable $3,000.00 each year for five years, so that the motion shall read :
That the Water Commissioners of the Town of Brain- tree be, and are hereby authorized to borrow for the term of five years, under the provisions of paragraph 3, Section 6, Chapter 719, of the Acts of 1913, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for extension of mains and Water Depart- ment equipment and that the Town Treasurer issue serial notés of the Town of Braintree to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Water Commissioners, payable $3,000.00 each year, in the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923, both principal and interest to be paid from the revenue of the Water Department.
By ballot, with the use of the check-lists, the foregoing motion was passed by a vote of 21 yes-0 no.
Voted to reconsider the vote passed at the last meeting whereby the Town voted to authorize the Water Commis- sioners to raise the water rates.
Voted that the prevailing water rates be continued for the present.
Article 33. Taken up.
Voted to reconsider the vote passed at last meeting ap- propriating $1,500.00 for changing halls at Noah Torrey School.
Voted to appropriate the sum of $2,675.00 for that pur- pose.
Article 5. Taken up.
Voted that the Moderator be requested to appoint the Sewer Committee and the Appropriation Committee at once. Moderator appointed the same Sewer Committee as last year, viz .: Merton L. Emerson, Herbert A. Bryant, Walter B. Skinner, Frank S. Bailey, Walter E. Thompson, Lucien E. D. Gaudreau, Cornelius A. Sullivan.
Appropriation Committee same as last year except William K. Gilmore in place of George A. Walker, viz .: Henry F. Arnold, Herbert F. Kneeland, William F. Rogers. Marcus L. Urann, G. V. Pennock, William K. Gilmore, D. Baxter Hayward, William P. Kelley, William J. Walters, E. M. Alexander, O. A. Bridgham, C. H. Ferguson, H. C. Thayer, Ralph C. Cain, George W. Stevens.
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Voted, on motion of H. A. Bryant, that the report of the committee on the Town Manager form of government be accepted and that it be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to submit a Town Manager form of Gov- ernment for the consideration of the voters.
Voted on motion of P. H. Sullivan that the foregoing vote be reconsidered.
After a lengthy discussion it was voted to indefinitely postpone the whole matter and that the committee be dis- charged.
Voted that the Town appropriate in the aggregate $231,425.79 and that $207,639.29 of that amount be raised by taxation.
At 11.05 o'clock P.M. the Town voted that this meeting be adjourned, sine die.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
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 the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the first day of July, 1918, at 7.45 o'clock, P.M., 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 vote to install an air fire alarm whistle in Precinct One, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the same, or authorize the same to be taken from the Reserve Fund.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direc- tion of the Water Commissioners, for the extension, renewal and repairs of water mains and other expenses of said de- partment.
Article 4. To see what action the Town will take to permit bathing in Sunset Lake, and the erection of bath houses on the Town Land near the Pumping Station.
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.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, EDWARD AVERY, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN. Constable of Braintree.
Town Hall, July 1, 1918.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the town met at the time and place specified.
The meeting was called to order at 7.50 o'clock P.M. and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. By ballot, with the use of the check-list, Mr. William F. Rogers was chosen Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. Voted to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the installation of a Fire Alarm Whistle and that said appropriation be taken from the "reserve fund."
Article 4. Voted that bathing be permitted in Sunset Lake and that the erection of bath-houses on the Town Land near the Pumping Station be also allowed, all to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. Voted to appropriate $5,000.00 for the Water Department, and that the Water Commissioners be given authority to regulate the water rates.
Voted that this meeting adjourn, sine die.
A true record. Attest :
H. A: MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARIES. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :
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In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
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Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
Tuesday, the Twenty-fourth Day of September, 1918, at 4 o'clock P.M., for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candi- dates of Political Parties for the following offices :
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of the Com- monwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor of the Commonwealth, Attorney-General, U. S. Senators in Con- gress, Congressman for 14th Congressional District, Council- lor for 2nd Councillor District, Senator for 1st Senatorial District, Representative in General Court for 6th Represen- tative District, County Commissioner for Norfolk County, County Treasurer for Norfolk County, Register of Probate and Insolvency for Norfolk County, Clerk of Courts (to fill vacancy) for Norfolk County.
And for the Election of the following officers :
District Member of State Committee for each political party for the 1st Senatorial District, 15 Members of the Democratic Town Committee, 15 Members of the Republican Town Committee, Delegates to State Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, 6 Delegates to State Convention of the Repub- lican Party.
All the above candidates and officers are 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 ninth day of September, A. D. 1918.
GEORGE E. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM. EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attested :
JEREMIAH G. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., September 16, 1918.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and places mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.'
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Braintree, Sept. 24, 1918.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the State Primary was held by Precincts.
The polls were opened at 4 o'clock P.M. and closed at 8 o'clock P.M.
The Election Officers serving were all sworn, and were as follows :
Precinct One-Edward Shay, Warden; George E. Samp. son, Clerk; Albert F. Hollis, Frank J. Lane, Courtenay At- kinson, John J. Drinkwater, Jr .; C. A. Hobart, Constable.
Precinct Two-Geo. H. Wetherby, Jr., Warden; John R. McGrath, Clerk; S. F. Pratt, C. F. Cavanaugh, H. F. Stackhouse, O. W. Hollis, Geo. A. Arnold; C. R. Bestick, Constable.
Precinct Three-E. M. Alexander, Warden ; Clinton V. Scollard, Clerk; John F. Sullivan, T. J. F. Dalton, John A. Ryan, Joseph Allen; F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable; Augustus Johnson, reported but did not serve.
At the close of the polls the ballots of each party were counted separately, declared, sealed and recorded according to law.
The result of the ballot was as follows :
Whole number of ballots cast. 206
Republican 167
Democratic 3,9
Socialist none
FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Calvin Coolidge ... ... R. 162
Edward P. Barry ... D. 5
William A. Gaston . . D. 10
Richard H. Long .... D. 23
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Channing H. Cox .... R. 96
Guy Andrews Ham . . R .. 68
Joseph H. O'Neil ... D 10
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry .. . R. 152
Charles H. McGlue . . D. . 8
TREASURER. 1
Charles L. Burrill ... R. 143
Frank W. Thayer ... R. 13
Charles J. Giddings. . D
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AUDITOR.
Alonzo B. Cook ..... R. 125
Alonzo P. Grinnell .. R. 27
Francis M. Costello .. D 7
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
J. Weston Allen
R.
14
Henry C. Atwill
.R.
109
Joseph L. R. St.Coeur. D. 7
SENATOR IN CONGRESS.
John W. Weeks
.R.
153
David I. Walsh
·
D 28
CONGRESSMAN, FOURTEENTH .DISTRICT.
Louis F. R. Langelier . R.
110
Lombard Williams .. . R.
45
Richard Olney . .. D. 26
COUNCILLOR, SECOND DISTRICT.
Walter C. Abbott .... R.
64
Horace A. Carter ...
.R.
84
SENATOR, NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Harold L. Perrin .. .. R. 144
REPRESENTATIVE
IN GENERAL
SIXTH
NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Benjamin H. Woodsum R. 150
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NORFOLK.
John A. Hirsch ...... R. 50
Evan F. Richardson. . R. 99
COUNTY TREASURER, NORFOLK.
Henry D. Humphrey. R.
.145
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY, NORFOLK.
Washington Cook ... R. 48
Joseph R. McCoole ... R. 104
Joseph R. McCoole. .. D 21
CLERK OF COURTS (to fill vacancy), NORFOLK.
Louis A. Cook . .R. 81
Robert B. Worthington R. 78
Louis A. Cook ....... D. 14
Robert B. Worthington D 14
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STATE COMMITTEE, NORFOLK DISTRICT. Harlie E. Thompson. . R. 137
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. ELECTED.
Walter E. Thompson. R. 145
William P. Kelley. ... R. 147
Hartley L. White .... R. 147
Charles S. Hannaford. R. 139
Howard B. Blewett. . . R 144
Oakes A. Bridgham. . . R.
147
TOWN COMMITTEE. ELECTED.
Walter B. Skinner .. . R. 145
Benjamin H. Woodsum R. 145
Henry C. Lake. .R 141
Roger Lakin .R. 145
Parker W. Richards. . R. 138
FrederickR. CarmichaelR 138
Elmer M. Alexander. . R.
142
J. Thomas Baldwin . . R. 142
Benjamin Hawes .... R
140
William J. Walters. . R.
137
John E. Arnold. . . .R
142
Marcus L. Urann .. R ..
144
James E. Folsom. . R. 146
Lester E. Bates. R. 141
Plummer C. Spring. . R.
141
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either 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, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
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On Tuesday, the fifth day of November, 1918, at five forty-five o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor. Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Senator in Congress, Congressman, Councillor, Senator, Representative in General Court, County Commissioner, County Treasurer Register of Probate and Insolvency and Clerk of the Courts (to fill vacancy).
Also to vote on the following questions on the same ballot :
Acceptance of the following Articles of Amendment sub- mitted by the Constitutional Convention :
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Article of Amendment.
The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use, and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein under such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Ad- journments of the General Court, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be ap- proved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment. The general court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days; but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth dav from the date of their first assembling.
Article of Amendment.
The conservation, development and utiliza· tion of the agricultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the common- wealth are public uses, and the general court shall have the power to provide for the tak- ing, upon payment of just compensation there- for, of lands and easements or interests therein, including water and mineral rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conservation, development, utilization and con- trol thereof and to enact legislation necessary or expedient therefor.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment to Provide for the Regulation of Advertising in Public Places, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and rati- fied ?
Article of Amendment.
Advertising on public ways, in public places and on private property within public view mav be regulated and restricted by law.
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Shall the following Articlel of Amendment relative to the Preservation and Maintenance of Property of Historical and Antiquarian Interest, sub- mitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Shall the Article of Amend- ment providing for the suc- cession, in cases of vacan- cies in the offices of Gov- ernor and Lieutenant Gov- crnor, by the secretary, at- torney-general, treasurer and receiver general, and auditor, in the order named, be ap- proved and ratified ?
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Shall the Article of Amend- ment defining the powers and duties of the General Court relative to the military and naval forces, and of the Gov- ernor as Commander-in-Chief thereof, be approved and rati- fied ?
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Shall the Article of Amend- ment relative to the establish- ment of the popular initia- tive and referendum and the legislative initiative of spe- cific amendments of the Con- stitution, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
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Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Public Interest in Natural Resources, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Shall the Article of Amend- ment authorizing the General Court to prescribe, subject to certain restrictions, the man- ner of the appointment and removal of military and naval officers to be commissioned by the Governor, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and rati- fied ?
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Shall the Article of Amend- ment authorizing the Gov- ernor to return to the Gen- eral Court with a reconi-
mendation for amendment bills and resolves which have been laid before him, be ap- proved and ratified ?
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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 ?
. Article of Amendment.
Article IV of the articles of amendment of the constitution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following words :- Women shall be eligible to appoint- ment as notaries public. Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent reappointment under the new name.
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Shall the following Article
of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial
Officers, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the following words :- and provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing re- tire them because of advanced age or mental or physical disability. Such retirement shall be subject to any provisions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable to such of- ficers upon their voltintary retirement.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Revocation or Alteration of Grants, Franchises, Privileges or Immunities, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and rati- fied ?
Article of Amendment. Every charter, franchise or act of incorpora- tion shall forever remain subject to revocation and amendment.
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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 Con-
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