Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1920, Part 3

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- Article 4. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the temporary quarters and leasing of land for school purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 5. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for salaries and general expenses of the school department, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 6. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for alterations to the cesspool and drainage, construction or extension of drain from Liberty Street and grading of front lawn at Jonas Perkins School, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 7. To see what sum of money the Town will raise. and appropriate for repairs to school buildings, or take any action relative thereto.


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Article 8. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the general repairs of highways and bridges and for the cleaning of streets and care of catch basins and drains.


Article 9. To see if the Town for the purpose of having service resumed on the South Braintree-Randolph line will enter into an agreement with the trustees of the Eastern Massa- chusetts Street Railway Company to contribute to the cost of service or pay such portion of the deficit as may be properly assessed against the Town as provided by Chapter 188 of the Special Acts of 1918 and any amendment thereto.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in not less than nine public places in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said 28th day of June, 1920, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Ob- server.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before said meeting.


Given under our hands at Braintree, this 16th day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.


GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY,


Selectmen of Braintree.


Braintree, June 28, 1920.


In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the time and place specified.


The meeting was called and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.


Article 1. By ballot Mr. W. F. Rogers was chosen Mod- erator and sworn by the Town Clerk.


Article 2. Taken up.


Article 9. Taken up in conjunction with Article 2. Under Article 9, Hon. A. E. Avery offered the following: Shall the Selectmen on behalf of the Town of Braintree for the purpose of avoiding the further discontinuance of service, be author- ized to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, oper- ating the lines between South Braintree Square and Randolph, to pay any part or all of the sum of four thousand (4,000) dol- lars as the Town's contribution of any excess of the cost of such service, as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 188, Special Acts of 1918, above the amount of the receipts of such line


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arising from the schedules of rates and fares in effect thereon during the period covered by such agreements.


No action to be taken under this authorization until such time as the Town of Randolph authorizes the expenditure of an equal amount and authorizes its Selectmen to enter into a similar agreement.


(The vote on the above question was taken by a "Yes" and "No" vote, and resulted as follows: 139 voting in the af- firmative and 75 in the negative. And it was declared to so authorize the Selectmen.


Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Laid on the table.


Article 8. Voted, to appropriate the sum of twelve thou- sand (12,000) dollars for general repairs of highways and bridges.


Voted to adjourn to Wednesday, July 7, 1920, at 7:45 o'clock P.M.


A true record. Attest :


H. A. MONK,


Town Clerk.


Braintree, July 7, 1920.


The Town met in accordance with adjournment from June 28th.


Meeting called at 7:50 P.M. by W. F. Rogers, Moderator. -


Article 2. Voted, on motion of Mr. Kelley, that the School Committee investigate ways and means, and the prob- able cost of meeting the requirements of the State Department of Public Safety as regards heating and ventilating the High School Building and report to the Appropriation Committee prior to the next Annual Town Meeting.


Article 3. Relating to purchasing and equipping portable school houses.


Voted, that there be appropriated the sum of fifteen thou- sand dollars ($15,000), twenty-five hundred dollars of which to be raised by taxation in the current year, and that the Treasurer of the Town with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, said notes to be payable in accordance with the law and provisions of Chapter 719, Section 5 Sub- Division 11 of the Acts of 1913 and amendments thereto; so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five (5) years from the date of the first note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; that the School Committee be authorized to use their own judgment, whether to repair an existing building or purchase a portable school- house in the Harbor Villa section.


Article 5. Salaries and General Expenses of School De-


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partment. Voted to appropriate the sum of eight thousand three hundred thirty-eight dollars ($8,338). Yes, 62; No, 0.


Article 6. For alterations to cesspool, drainage, exten- 'sion of drain and grading front lawn Jonas Perkins School. Voted, to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.) Yes 60, No 0.


At 10 o'clock P. M. meeting adjourned, sine die.


A true record. Attest : H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.


WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :


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.


Polling Place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.


Tuesday, the seventh day of September, 1920, at 2 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, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of the Com- monwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor of the Commonwealth, Attorney-General, Congressman for 14th Congressional District, Councillor for 2nd Councillor District, Senator for Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative in General Court for 6th Representative District, County. Com- missioners for Norfolk County, Sheriff for Norfolk County.


And for the Election of the following officers :


District Member of State Committee for each political party for the Norfolk Senatorial District, Members of the Democratic Town Committee, Members of the Republican Town Committee, Delegates to State Convention of the Demo- cratic Party, Delegates to State Convention of the Republican Party.


The polls will open from 2 to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said 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.


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Given under our hands this sixteenth day of August, A. D., 1920.


GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.


Braintree, September 7, 1920.


In accordance with the foregoing warrant the State Pri- mary was held by Precincts.


The polls were opened at 2 o'clock P.M. and closed at 8 o'clock P.M. The Election Officers serving, were as follows :


Precinct One-Edward Shay, Warden; F. R. Carmichael, Clerk ; F. F. Tupper, J. M. Cutting, A. F. Hollis, Dudley P. Howland, Andrew Nichols, Harry S. Snow, Courtney Atkin- son ; C. A. Hobart, Constable.


Precinct Two-Geo. E. Sampson, Warden ; John H. Kirby, Clerk; H. F. Stackhouse, John R. McGrath, C. F. Cavanagh, Newton H. McKane, S. F: Pratt, Geo. A. Arnold, Orrin W. Hollis ; C. R. Bestick, Constable.


Precinct Three-Chester Howe, Warden ; Clinton V. Scol- lard, Clerk; John A. Ryan, Wm. B. Morgan, Albert Hobart, Morrill Allen, Leo Starr, Wm. J. McCusker ; F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable. 1


At the close of the polls the ballots of each Political Party were counted separately, declared, sealed and recorded accord- ing to law.


The result of the ballot was as follows:


Precinct 1 D. ... 11 R .... 351 362


Precinct 2 D .... 8 R .... 484. 492


Precinct 3 D. .. . 19 R .... 547 566


Total. 1,420


NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR


Channing H. Cox .R. 1,047


Richard H. Long D. 25


John J. Walsh. D. 13


LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR


Charles S. Burrill. .R. 328


Alvan T. Fuller


R.


347


Albert P. Langtry


R.


249.


Joseph E. Warner. R. 263


Michael A. O'Leary D 27


SECRETARY


James W. Bean. .


R.


328


1


Frederic W. Cook. R. 306


1


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Samuel W. George. R. 96


James G. Harris. R. 105


Russell A. Wood. R. 205


Charles H. McGlue. D. 26


TREASURER


Fred J. Burrell


343


James Jackson.


R.


547


Patrick O'Hearn


D.


27


AUDITOR


Walter P. Babb


R.


304


Alonzo B. Cook.


R.


798


Alice E. Cram D 29


ATTORNEY - GENERAL


J. Weston Allen.


.R.


1,069


Michael L. Sullivan


27


CONGRESSMAN, 14TH DISTRICT


Louis A. Frothingham ... R.


1,031


George E. Mansfield. D 3


Richard Olney


D


17


.


John J. Whalen


D


6


.


COUNCILLOR; SECOND DISTRICT


Horace A. Carter.


R.


1,020


Augustus W. Perry. ... . D 22


SENATOR, NORFOLK DISTRICT Frank G. Allen. R. .1,048


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SIXTH NORFOLK DISTRICT


Allen Lawson, R. 727


Henry N. Longley, R. 628


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, NORFOLK


Frederick L. Fisher, R. 450


Harrison C. Humphrey, R. 460


John F. Merrill, R. 581


Evan F. Richardson, R.


372


Clyde W. Brownell, D.


1


Walter W. Packard, D.


1


SHERRIF, NORFOLK


Samuel H. Capen, R. 1029


Samuel H. Capen, D. 5


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FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBER OF THE STATE COMMITTEE, NORFOLK DISTRICT


Harlie E. Thompson, R. 974


DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION-Republican


Henry F. Arnold


1028


Lyman F. Garfield 1004


1014


Walter E. Thompson


985


Walter B. Skinner


1021


William P. Kelley


1007


George W. Stevens


1021


Benjamin H. Woodsum


1033


TOWN COMMITTEE-REPUBLICAN


Frank H. Gile


894


Allen Lawson


994


Benjamin H. Woodsum


911


William P. Kelley


909


John E. Arnold


903


Hartley L. White


890


Roger Lakin


879


Shelley A. Neal


912


Walter B. Skinner


904


Charles W. Matthews


884


Henry H. Storm


909


Frederic R. Carmichael


887


Justine W. Shroder


887


Howard B. Blewett


882


Henry N. Longley


921


Edward J. Ludden


910


Carl H. Bjorkman


903


Albert R. Qualey


889


William J. Stevenson


876


Franklin H. Merriam


887


Parker W. Richards


871


Michael D. Petrell


868


Harry C. Lake


876


Jonathan W. French


881


Joseph R. Smith


878


Walter S. Drake


903


Stillman F. Pratt


1


John C. Stever


.


1


Daniel E. McCue


1


Lester J. McCusker


1


Chester L. Howe


1


Stanley D. Lawrence


1


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1


Otis B. Oakman


1


Robert W. Lonergan


No votes for Democratic Delegates or Town Commit- tee. A true record. Attest :


H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.


By a Corrected return of votes cast in Precinct Three filed with the Town Clerk on September 13, 1920, by the War- den and Clerk of said Precinct, the following names are added to the Republican Town Committee.


Harry S. Tarbox


John A. Ryan


Timothy E. Sullivan


Jerome L. Sullivan


William B. Morgan


Charles Goss


Lewis C. Nelson


Carl Kjillander


Victor B. Johnson


Niles H. Nordahl


William C. Herman


Wales H. Andrews


Cornelius Barkelow


C. Irving Bates John E. Maloney


William J. McCusker


Edward Avery


1


Charles O. Miller Edward A. Trudel


Lawrence McIntire


Thomas F. Croke


1


Edward E. Lawson Edward Smythe Attest :


H. A. MONK, Town Clerk. Braintree, Sept. 14, 1920.


On a petition duly signed and filed with the Town Clerk for a recount of the votes cast at the State Primary on Sept. 7, 1920, for Allen Lawson and Henry N. Longley, candidates for nomination for Representative in General Court.


Also a petition duly signed and filed with the Town Clerk for a recount of the votes cast at the State Primary on Sept. 7, 1920, for Frederick L. Fisher and Evan F. Richardson, can- didates for nominations as County Commissioners.


Notice was immediately given the Registrars of Voters.


Said Board, Ordered, That the recount should take place


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on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1920 at 6.30 o'clock P. M., at the Town House in said Braintree.


CERTIFICATE OF RECOUNT


This is to certify that under two separate petitions, one signed by J. Thomas Baldwin and thirteen others, and one signed by Lily B. Porter and nine others, all qualified voters of the Town of Braintree, and filed with the Town Clerk on the 9th and 10th days of September, respectively.


The Registrars of Voters appointed Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1920, at 6.30 o'clock P. M., at the Town House in said Brain- tree, as the time and place for making said recount.


The recount was made in accordance with the provisions of Section 332 of Chapter 835, Acts of 1913.


The votes recounted were those cast at the State Primary held on Sept. 7, 1920, for Allen Lawson and Henry N. Long- ley for Candidate for Republican Nominee for Representa- tive in General Court for Sixth Norfolk District, and for Frederick L. Fisher and Evan F. Richardson, Republican Can- didates for Nomination as County Commissioners for Nor- folk County.


ORIGINAL RETURNS FOR CANDIDATES FOR REPRESENTATIVES


Allen Lawson 727


Henry N. Longley 628


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER 450


Frederick L. Fisher


Evan F. Richardson


363


RESULT OF RECOUNT


FOR CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE Allen Lawson


727


Henry N. Longley 628


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Frederick L. Fisher 461


Ecan F. Richardson 363


Certified by the undersigned, Sept. 14, 1920.


CHARLES B. CUMMINGS, WALTER N. MCKEAN, WILLIAM ALLEN, HENRY A. MONK, Registrars of Voters, Town of Braintree.


A true copy. Attest :


H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.


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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION 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, Town Hall.


Polling Place in Precinct No: 2, Legion Building, corner of Washington Street and Hollis Avenue.


Polling Place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.


On Tuesday, the second day of November, 1920, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for Presidential Electors ; Governor ; Lieutenant- Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney-Gener- al; Congressman; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court; Two County Commissioners; Sheriff.


Also to vote on the following question on the same bal- lot :


Acceptance of act entitled "An Act to regulate the manu- facture and sale of beer, cider and light wines."


The polls will be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in not less than three public places in each Pre- cinct in said Town seven days at least before said second day of November, 1920, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer. .


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Selectmen before the time of said election.


Given under our hands at Braintree this 18th day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.


GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree. Braintree, November 2, 1920.


In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters as- sembled in the several Precincts to cast their ballots for Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States. Also for State and County Officers as enumerated in


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the warrant and to vote Yes or No on the question of the man- ufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines.


The Official Ballots were delivered to the Wardens of the several Precincts by the Town Clerk and receipted for.


The polls were opened in all Precincts at 5.45 o'clock A. M. and were closed at 3 o'clock P. M.


The following Election Officers served :


Precinct One-Edward Shay, Warden; Courtney Atkin- son, Clerk; J. M. Cutting, A. J. Nichols, F. R. Carmichael, H. P. Hobart, D. P. Howland, E. F. Porter, H. S. Snow, J. J. Drinkwater, Jr., C. S. Hannaford, G. D. Willis, Jr .; C. A. Hobart, Constable.


Precinct Two-Geo. H. Wetherbee, Jr., Warden; John H. Kirby, Clerk; Geo. E. Sampson, H. F. Stackhouse S. F. Pratt, Newton H. Mckean, O. W. Hollis, C. F. Cavanagh, Geo. A. Arnold ; C. R. Bestick, Constable.


Precinct Three-C. L. Howe, Warden; C. V. Scollard, Clerk ; John A. Ryan, H. R. Williams, Wm. McCusker. Wm. D. Levangie, T. F. Mulligan, Jr., Morrill Allen, L. F. Starr, A. R. Hobart ; F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable.


Thomas Marshall and Daniel McCue reported but did not serve.


The polls were closed at 3 o'clock P. M.


The ballots were counted, record made of the vote for each office and person and also the vote on the question of the manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines and the result declared in each Precinct.


The ballots, check lists, etc., were sealed, labeled accord- ing to law, the returns were forwarded to the Town Clerk's Office, where they were tabulated by the Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk, and the result of the total vote announced in open meeting.


The result of the ballot was as follows :


Whole number of ballots counted, 3290, and were for the following officers and persons.


FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESI- DENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT LARGE


Marcus A, Coolidge, D., of Fitchburg


513


Rose D. Forbes, D., of Milton


513


Peter O'Rourke, S. L., of Medford


9


Paul Schepis, S. L., of Boston


9


John J. McEttrick, S., of Boston


119


Thomas H. Fair, S., of Brockton


119


Charles Sumner Bird, R., of Walpole 2578


Elizabeth Putnam, R., of Manchester


2578


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DISTRICT NO. 1


Ellen M. Boland, D., of Holyoke 513


Henry Noffke, S: L., of Holyoke 9


119


Dan McGahan, S., of Greenfield Frank H. Metcalf, R., of Holyoke DISTRICT NO. 2


2578


Mary E. Wooley, D., of So. Hadley 513


Oscar Kinsalas, S. L., Springfield


9


Walter P. J. Skahan, S., of Springfield


119


Henry P. Field, R., of Northampton DISTRICT NO. 3


2578


Joseph E. Venne, D., of Leominster 513


Herman Keopke, S. L., Pittsfield


9


Charles E. Fenner, S., of Worcester


119


Arthur H. Lowe, R., Fitchburg


2578


DISTRICT NO. 4


arthur Gordon Webster, D., of Worcester


513


Joseph Jiskra, S. L., of Milford


9


Adolph Wirkkula, S., of Maynard


119


Chandler Bullock, R., of Worcester


2578


DISTRICT NO. 5


Charles Francis Adams, D., of Concord


513


John McKinnon, S. L., of Lowell


9


Sylvester J. McBride, S., or Watertown


119


Alfred C. Gaut, R., of Methuen


2578


DISTRICT NO. 6


Annie T. Dodge, D., of Newburyport


513


Jeremiah P. McNally, S. L., of Salem


9


Parkman B. Flanders, S., of Haverhill


119


Elihu Thomson, R., Swampscott


2578


DISTRICT NO. 7


Abbie May Roland, D., of Nahant 513


9


Joseph Wallis, S., Beverly


119


Marion Cowan Burrows, R., of Lynn


2578


DISTRICT NO. 8


1


John W. Aiken, S. L., of Wakefield


9


George E. Roewer, Jr., S., of Belmont


119


William H. Lewis, R., of Cambridge DISTRICT NO. 9


2578


Thomas J. Boynton, D., of Everett


513


Leon Greenman, S. L., of Chelsea


9


Henry Erskine, S., of Revere


119


J. Edward L. McLean, R., Somerville


2578


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1


Fred E. Oelcher, S. L., Peabody


Charles W. Elliot, D., of Cambridge


DISTRICT NO. 10


Mary F. Sullivan, D., of Boston 513


Felix Manevitz, S. L., of Boston 9


Joseph M. Meirovitz, S., of Boston 119 Emma Romano, R., of Boston 2578


DISTRICT NO. 11


William Gaston, D., of Boston 513


George Nelson, S. L., of Boston


9


Louis Marcus, S., of Boston


119


Charlotte H. J. Guild, R., of Boston DISTRICT NO. 12


2578


Mary Madden Jackson, D., of Boston 513


9


Samuel P. Levenberg, S., of Boston 119


Albert H. Curtis, R., of Boston · 2578


DISTRICT NO. 13


Dorothy Whipple Fry, D., of Brookline 513


Walter J. Hoar, S. L., of Boston


9


Samuel Zorn, S., of Boston 119


Ernest B. Dane, R., of Brookline


2578


DISTRICT NO. 14


Eugenia B. Frothingham, D., of Boston


513


Patrick H. Loftus, S. L., of Abington


9


N. Albion Jeppson, S., of Brockton 119


Harold C. Keith, R., of Brockton 2578


DISTRICT NO. 15


Harold E. Sweet, D., of Attleboro 513


Albert Barnes, S. L., of Fall River


9


Morris Rosen, S., of Brockton


119


Joseph W. Martin, Jr., R., N. Attleboro DISTRICT NO. 16


2578


Hannah Ashley, D., of New Bedford 513


James W. Holden, S. L., of New Bedford


9


Wilbur M. Austin, S., of N. Attleboro 119


Albert H. Washburn, R., of Middleboro FOR GOVERNOR


2578


Channing H. Cox, R., of Boston 2484


Walter S. Hutchins, S., of Greenfield


84


Patrick Mulligan, S. L., of Boston


18


John J. Walsh, D., of Boston 503 Blanks 201


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Marcus A. Coolidge, D., of Fitchburg


473


David Craig, S. L., of Milford 14


Alvan T. Fuller, R., of Malden


1924


40


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Henry C. Hess, S. L., of Boston


Thomas Nicholson, S., of Methuen


75


Robert M. Washburn, Ind., of Boston 530


Blanks


274


SECRETARY


Frederick W. Cook, R., of Somerville 2422


Edward E. Ginsburg, D., of Brookline 385


Anthony Houtenbrink, S., of Boston


19


Edith M. Williams, S., of Brookline Blanks 368


TREASURER


George H. Jackson, Citizen, of Lynn


55


James Jackson, R., of Westwood


2376


Louis Marcus, S., of Boston


88


Patrick O'Hearn, D., Boston


455


Albert L. Waterman, S. L., Boston


13


Blanks


303


AUDITOR


Alonzo B. Cook, R., of Boston


2366


Alice E. Cram, D., of Boston


454


Stephen J. Surridge, S. L., of Lynn


21


Herbert H. Thompson, S., of Haverhill


87


362


Blanks ATTORNEY-GENERAL


J. Weston Allen, R., of Newton


2403


Morris I. Becker, S. L., of Boston


12


John Weaver Sherman, S., of Boston


102


Michael L. Sullivan, D., Salem Scattering


1


Blanks


337


CONGRESSMAN-FOURTEENTH DISTRICT


Louis A. Frothingham, R., of Easton


2243


Richard Olney, D., of Dedham 1


857


Zoel Thibadeau, S., of Brockton 58


Blanks


132


COUNCILLOR-SECOND DISTRICT


Horace A. Carter, R., of Needham 2412


Augustus W. Perry, D., of Boston 425


Blanks -


453


SENATOR-NORFOLK DISTRICT


2611


Blanks


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT-SIXTH NORFOLK DISTRICT


Allen Lawson, R., of Braintree 2611


Blanks 679


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1


Frank G. Allen, R., of Norwood 1 679


435


1


96


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-NORFOLK COUNTY


Frederick L. Fisher, Ind., of Norwood 618


John F. Merrill, R., of Quincy 2082


Evan F. Richardson, R., of Millis 1370


2507 Blanks


SHERIFF-NORFOLK COUNTY


Samuel H. Capen, D. R., of Dedham 2274


Blanks 1016


Shall an act entitled "An Act to regulate the Manufacture and Sale of Beer, Cider and Light Wines," and in which it is provided that all beverages containing not less than one half of one per cent and not more than two and three fourths per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit shall be deemed not to be intoxicating liquor, which act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 121 in favor and 67 against, and passed the Senate by a vote of 26 in favor and 6 against, and was thereafter vetoed by His Excellency the Governor, and failed of passage in the Senate over the said veto by a vote of 14 in favor and 22 against, be approved ? Yes 1172


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Blanks


455


At true record. Attest :


H. A. MONK, Town Clerk. Braintree, Nov. 12, 1920.


We, the undersigned Town Clerks of Braintree, Holbrook and Avon, comprising Representative District Number Six (6), in the County of Norfolk hereby certify that at an elec- tion held in the respective towns aforesaid, on the second day of November, 1920, to vote for one Representative in the General Court for said District, the following votes were given as per the returns of the Selectmen for the several towns : Braintree Holbrook Avon Total


Allen Lawson of Braintree 2801 779 386 3966


1 Scattering Blanks 489 324 252 1065


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HENRY A. MONK,


Town Clerk of Braintree.


ZENAS A. FRENCH, Town Clerk of Holbrook. JOHN J. COLLINS, Town Clerk of Avon.


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


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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 8th day of November, 1920, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2. To see what action the Town will take rela- tive to continuing or restoring service on the lines of the East- ern Massachusetts Street Railway Company or instructing the Selectmen relative to continuing or discontinuing transpor- tation by motor vehicles within the town.


You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than three public places in each Precinct in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.




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