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Endowment.
Interest.
Mrs. Sarah E. Bartlett
$100 00
$3 28
Andrew J. Bisbee
100 00
4 32
Samuel S. Bourne
100 00
7 95
Richard Cox
25 00
71
Lydia B. Cushing
50 00
1 84
Wm. L. Dean
100 00
15 70
Mary E. Drake
100 00
6 26
Norton N. Fenno
100 00
7 71
Stephen B. Gibbs
100 00
1 16
P. B. Holmes .
100 00
21 03
Jacob Johnson
75 00
2 16
Benjamin F. Jones .
100 00
2 84
William A. King, lot No. 118 Elm
Ave.
100 00
1 27
Calvin D. Kingman
100 00
3 18
John N. Main
100 00
1 75
Alden Miller
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100 00
3 27
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Sophronia B. Osborne
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$100 00
$3 99
Joseph L. Pease
100 00
5 61
Aaron Raymond, lot 229
100 00
6 78
Everett Robinson
200 00
8 67
William Shiverick
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150 00
12 23
Reuben T. Taylor
100 00
2 58
Tinkham lot, No. 6
60 00
1 41
Benjamin F. Tripp
100 00
05
Ward lot, No. 110
100 00
2 66
Azel Washburn
100 00
8 06
Chauncy D. White
100 00
7 01
In Nemasket Hill Cemetery :
Joshua M. Eddy
100 00
14 71
Austin Ford
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50 00
1 07
Henry F. Pope
100 00
9 06
Sophronia L. Reed
50 00
7 68
Rhoda J. Savery
100 00
6 50
Charles Soule
100 00
6 56
Oliver H. Thompson
100 00
6 29
Edmund Thompson
50 00
1 03
Thomas Weston and others
150 00
14 53
Warren lot, No. 1
50 00
1 02
Benj. P. Wood
100 00
9 03
Cornelius B. Wood
150 00
9 28
Priscilla Wood
50 00
12 62
Mrs Ellen T. Wood
31 48
4 35
Thomas Wood
100 00
4 62
In Rock Cemetery :
Charles N. Atwood
100 00
7 98
Deborah Carver
100 00
5 14
Sylvester F. Cobb
100 00
8 17
Julia S. Cobb
100 00
7 83
Chas F. Cushman
176 75
6 70
Mary B. Keith
75 00
1 59
A. J. Smith
50 00
H. N. Thomas and family, and W.
O. Barrows and family
. 1,000 00
47 93
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In North Middleboro Cemetery :
Jared Pratt
$150 00
$38 57
Everett Robinson
100 00
6 09
Roswell Waldron
and Benjamin
Barrows
150 00
62 90
In Thomastown Cemetery :
Atwood lot
100 00
20 69
E. Thomas lot
100 00
14 57
Thomastown Cemetery . .
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178 00
12 09
In the Cemetery at the Green :
J. B. and I. H. Thompson
100 00
41. 12
Lydia R. Thompson
100 00
6 60
In Tispaquin Street Cemetery : Atwood and Thomas
200 00
15 98
In Wappanucket Cemetery :
Benjamin Richmond lot and whole cemetery
100 00
63 21
In Sachem Street Cemetery :
Thomas Smith
50 00
AMOS H. EATON,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
The following is a summary of the proceedings of the meetings holden during the year 1904.
The annual meeting was held March 7, 1904, called to order by the clerk. Warren B. Stetson was chosen Modera- tor and duly sworn.
It was voted :- That the Treasurer with the consent of the Selectmen be authorized to hire $45,000 in anticipation of taxes.
Voted :- To change the name of Wareham street between the house of John B. Carver and its junction with Rocky Gutter street to Rocky Gutter street.
Voted :- That the polls be kept open until 5.30 p. m.
Voted :- That the yards of persons chosen Field Drivers be Town Pounds, so long as they remain in office provided they shall be chosen Pound Keepers.
The following named persons were chosen to serve as Measurers of wood, timber and bark for one year.
John B. LeBaron.
Gustavus G. Andrews.
John L. Benson.
Joshua K. Bishop.
Harrison W. Atwood.
Nathaniel A. Shurtleff.
Albert F. Mitchell.
N. Horace Ryder.
James A. Thomas.
Nathan B. Maxim.
Isaac E. Perkins.
Benjamin C. Shaw.
George H. Vaughan.
Henry W. Sears.
Ephraim H. Gammons.
Adam P. McKeen.
Chester E. Weston.
George E. Gove.
Charles Lee.
Edwin F. Witham.
The following were chosen as Field Drivers.
James A. Thomas. Lyman P. Thomas.
Howard M. Bishop.
William L. Faxon.
James A. Burgess.
Lucius M. Fuller.
CharlesĮH. Soule.
The above named Field Drivers were chosen Pound Keepers.
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Voted :- That a committee of seven men (other than town officers having to do with the expenditure or ordering of the town's money ) be appointed at this and subsequent annual spring meetings, who shall hold such office for the period of one year, and who shall, after giving or holding duly advertised hearings to the heads of departments and to the public, held not more than thirty days, nor less than seven days before the annual spring town meeting to prepare for the next annual spring town meeting a printed ballot, whereon shall be printed a brief and comprehensive state- ment of the amounts of money appropriated for and received by each department the preceding year, the amount expended by each department during the year, and the amount recom- mended for appropriation for the current year, with a column or space after such amount recommended, wherein the vote Yes or No may be written, said ballot to be given to the ballot clerks and distributed with and in the same manner as the official ballot. George W. Stetson, Granville E. Tillson, William R. Mitchell, Chester E. Weston, Augustus Pratt, Amos H. Eaton and Charles N. Atwood were chosen as the committee.
D. D. Sullivan reported a full set of By-Laws.
Voted :- That the report be recommitted to the same committee with directions to have a thousand copies printed and distributed, and the subject brought up before a future meeting properly called to act upon the adoption of the By-Laws.
The committee on Old Home Week reported that in their opinion it was inadvisable to recommend any celebration of Old Home Week this year by the town.
The committee on a new High School building reported by reading a communication they had received from the Trustees of the Peirce Fund, and recommended that its provisions be accepted by the town. The communication was as follows :
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MIDDLEBORO, MASS., March 5, 1904.
Nathan Washburn, Esq., Chairman Committee to consider High School accommodations.
Dear Sir :- We the undersigned, Trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce, desire to make the following state- ments :
We believe that the present High School building is not adapted for the purposes of a High School; that the build- ing is overcrowded at the present time and will continue to be so in the future; that we believe the time has come to have a new High School building erected.
Therefore, we as Trustees, have the following proposition to make to the voters of the town of Middleboro.
That the town purchase of the aforesaid Trustees a lot of land on Peirce street, adjoining the north-west side of the lot occupied by the new Public Library building, with a frontage on Peirce street of one hundred and sixty-five feet and a depth of one hundred and fifty feet, at a cost of $1,500.
That the town choose a committee of five, namely, Chester E. Weston, George W. Stetson, George R. Samp- son, Walter Sampson and one member of the School Com- mittee of the town, that member to be elected by the Board of School Committee.
That the town authorize that committee to erect and equip a modern High School building, with modern appliances, to be used by the High School, the building and the equip- ment not to exceed in cost $50,000.
That the Town Treasurer be authorized to hire a sum not to exceed $50,000, at such times as said committee shall require it, said sum to be hired in the denomination of $5,000 each, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, and payable $5,000 each and every year from the date of their issue until said principal sum is paid.
If the town will pass the aforementioned votes, we, as Trustees, will agree to pay the interest on the whole principal sum every year as it shall become due and also the note of $5,000 maturing each year and will loan the town
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the said principal sum as it shall be needed at the rate of four per cent.
In order that the citizens of Middleboro may understand the intention of the foregoing votes, we would explain as follows :
That the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce are willing to erect a modern building to be used for High School purposes only, to be erected under the supervision of the said Trustees, the Principal of the High School and one member of the School Committee : that they desire to erect and equip a building at an expense of not less than $40,000 nor more than $50,000: that they have no right to anticipate their income or borrow money in anticipation : that they believe that their present income warrants the set- ting apart of said income of a sum each year not to exceed $7,000 for the payment of the notes as they become due and also the interest on the whole sum if the town accepts the foregoing proposition.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER E. WESTON, GEORGE W. STETSON, GEORGE R. SAMPSON,
Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
Mr. Washburn also reported that he would prepare arti- cles covering the foregoing proposition of the Peirce Trus- tees and present them to the Selectmen to be incorporated in a warrant to be issued by them at a town meeting to be called as soon as practicable.
The report of the committee was accepted.
Voted :- That George W. Stetson, Granville E. Tillson, William R. Mitchell, Chester E. Weston, Augustus Pratt, Amos H. Eaton and Charles N. Atwood be constituted a com- mittee, who shall, after giving or holding hearings to the different heads of departments and the public, submit to the adjourned meeting a list of the amounts of money they would recommend to be appropriated for the different departments
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for the current year, and that each member be paid from the treasury the sum of two dollars for each hearing.
The right to take alewives was sold by public auction to Randall Hathaway for $102.50.
Voted :- To instruct the School Committee, the Electric Light Commissioners, Town House Committee, Trustees of the Public Library and Superintendent of Streets to advertise for sealed bids for fuel, hay and grain used in the different departments.
The following List of Jurors was accepted by the town. F. Austin G. Atwood. Harrison W. Atwood.
William F. Atwood, France st. Otis L. Barden.
Walter L. Beals.
Grover Bennett.
John L. Benson.
Howard M. Bishop.
Joshua K. Bishop.
Henry K. W. Ryder.
George F. Bryant.
Charles E. Bump.
Edward H. Blake.
John M. Casey.
Charles H. Dunham.
Abisha T. Clark.
James M. Coombs.
George A. Cox.
Nathaniel S. Cushing Jr.
Albert Deane. George A. Earle.
William M. Haskins.
George T. M. Gammons.
Thomas J. LeBaron.
Clarence E. Libby.
Adam P. McKeen.
John Merrihew.
Andrew W. Miller.
Edwin F. Witham.
Edward C. Wood.
Louis D. Churbuck.
Herbert W. Cornish.
Horace A. Vaughan.
James F. Roberts.
Charles B. Dunham.
Wordsworth H. Harvey.
Luther S. Bailey.
Charlie O. Breach. Leonidas Deane.
Michael O'Donnell. Isaac E. Perkins.
Robert S. Phillips.
George H. Place.
David G. Pratt.
Thomas T. Westgate.
Luther B. Pratt.
John C. Robinson.
Albert T. Westgate.
Charles E. Ryder. Albert T. Savery.
Truman C. Savery.
Benjamin C. Shaw.
Albert W. Smith.
Walter H. Smith.
Walter M. Snow.
Edwin E. Soule.
John H. Ryder.
Arthur M. Hinkley.
Arad R. Dunham. Lucius M. Fuller.
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Orlando Soule. David S. Surrey. Charles M. Thatcher.
Charles H. Thomas. James A. Thomas. Lazell E. Thomas. William L. Wade.
Seneca T. Weston.
George H. Wilbur. Charles F. Cole. Isaac M. Foye.
Carlton W. Maxim.
Charles H. Soule.
Thomas F. McDonald.
Bradford Harlow.
Myron R. Sturgis. John J. Sullivan. Alfred E. Thomas. Ichabod B. Thomas. John B. Thomas. Alvan P. Vaughan. Asaph F. Washburn. William L. White, Jr. Warren B. Stetson.
Michael H. Kelley. Alvin C. Howes.
Morton L. Gammons.
The Selectmen were appointed a committee to dispose of a lot of land on Chestnut street.
The money received from dog and other licenses was appropriated for the use of the Public Library.
Two hundred dollars was appropriated for the use of Post 8, G. A. R. on Memorial Day, to be drawn from the appro- priation for Military Company.
The following were sworn as election officers :
Isaac M. Foye, Officer.
W. Irving Folger, Bert J. Allan, Ballot Clerks.
Michael J. Baker, E. T. Peirce Jenks, Walter L. Beals, Zenas E. Phinney, Henry B. Schlueter, Tellers.
Balloting began at 11.30 a. m. and closed at 5.30 p. m.
The whole number of ballots cast was 885
The whole number of full ballots was 883 .
The whole number of partial ballots was 2
The following persons were chosen to fill the respective offices.
Amos H. Eaton, Treasurer.
Amos H. Eaton, Collector of Taxes.
Edwin F. Witham, Selectman for 3 years. Edwin F. Witham, Assessor for 3 years.
Charles W. Kingman, Overseer of the Poor for 2 years. Charles M. Thatcher, Overseer of the Poor for 3 years. Johanna T. Leonard, School Committee for 3 years. Charles S. Tinkham, School Committee for 3 years.
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John A. Miller, Municipal Light Board for 3 years.
James A. Burgess, Board of Health for 3 years.
Percy W. Keith, Auditor for 1 year.
Luther S. Bailey, Tree Warden for 1 year.
George Brayton, Edward S. Hathaway, Andrew M. Wood, Trustees Public Library for 3 years.
Herbert L. Batchelder, John E. Benson, Josiah T. Carver, George W. Caswell, William E. Cushman, George W. Hammond, Herbert L. Leonard, Simeon L. Nickerson, Fred C. Sparrow, David S. Surrey, Ichabod B. Thomas, Charles C. Tinkham, George H. Vaughan, Constables for 1 year.
William M. Haskins, Lyman P. Thomas, Edwin F. Witham, Fish Wardens for 1 year.
J. Herbert Cushing, S. Edward Matthews, James F. Roberts, Fence Viewers for 1 year.
The following were appointed to serve as Tellers : Henry W Sears, Walter M. Chipman, Robert E Nolan, Thomas S. Phinney, Michael J. Cronan.
The vote on License was :
Yes .
. 354
No
441
Blanks
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The vote on the Caucus Act was :
Yes
315
No
. . 189
Blanks
379
At the adjourned annual meeting March 30, 1904, Curtis H. Dunham, John H. Ryder, Elmer B. Cole, were chosen Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark.
The report of the Committee on Appropriations was read by the Chairman, George W. Stetson, was accepted and adopted.
The report follows :
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Recommendations presented by the Committee on Appropria- tions at the adjourned Town Meeting, March 30, 1904. For support of schools, current expenses and superintendent's salary . $25,800 00
Repairs, alterations and improvement of school property .
· 1,000 00
Salary of school committee
150 00
Support of poor
7,000 00 ·
Soldiers' relief .
4,000 00
Military aid . .
700 00 ·
Town officers .
3,000 00
Incidentals
2,500 00
Water supply
1,500 00 ·
Town debt, note due November 1, 1904 ·
5,000 00
Town debt, note due December 12, 1904
250 00
Town debt, payment on account of note ex- tended from 1902
1,000 00
Gas and electric lighting plant :
Commissioners' salaries · $150 00
Suburban lighting . 450 00
Bonds due ·
2,000 00 .
Interest
3,148 00
Construction ·
952 00
Maintenance
900 00
7,600 00
Interest
3,000 00
Board of Health
1,000 00
Highway department, including general repairs, clearing away snow, and salary of superintendent Police
8,500 00
300 00
Night watch
725 00
Sprinkling streets
600 00
Grade crossing tax
2,471 87
300 00
Protection of shade trees and tree warden's salary Town house committee (including insurance pre- miums ) 600 00
Total $76,996 87
Less corporation and bank tax (estimated) 5,900 00
To raise by tax $71,096 87
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Estimating from the data available we think that the total appropriation which we have recommended will result in a tax rate of probably not more than $19.50 per $1,000 as compared with a rate of $20.70 per $1,000 last year. The voters may safely calculate that each addition of $1,000 to the appropriations will make an increase of at least 25 cents per $1,000 in the tax rate.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. STETSON, GRANVILLE E. TILLSON, CHESTER E. WESTON, AUGUSTUS PRATT, AMOS H. EATON, CHARLES N. ATWOOD,
Commillee.
Voted :- That the sale of alewives be placed in the hands of the Selectmen.
Voted :- To raise the sum of $71,096.87 and such other sums as may be necessary to pay the State and County taxes to be assessed, committed and collected in accordance with the by-laws of the town.
The Committee on Suppression of Crime reported : Amount appropriated $500 00
Amount expended . 395 31 .
Balance on hand
$104 69
WILLIAM L. WADE, WILLIAM A. GREEN, Committee.
Voted :- To accept the report and discharge the com- mittee.
The committee on Town History reported verbally that the history was nearly ready for printing, and that the
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books would be ready before fall. The report was accepted.
Voted :- That William A. Green, William L. Wade and one more person whom they may choose be a committee for the suppression of crime.
Yes 118.
No 49.
Voted :- That the Treasurer under the direction and with the consent of the Selectmen, be directed to issue five notes of the town to the total amount of $5,000 to provide funds for the payment of the extended town notes, the said notes to be dated October 15, 1904, and payable as follows :
One note payable Oct. 15, 1905, for $1,000 00.
One note payable Oct. 15, 1906, for 1,000 00.
One note payable Oct. 15, 1907, for 1,000 00.
One note payable Oct. 15, 1908, for 1,000 00.
One note payable Oct. 15, 1909, for 1,000 00.
Said notes to bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum.
Voted: - To appropriate $300 for the suppression of crime. Yes 58. No 37.
At 10.20 p. m. the meeting was dissolved.
Special Town Meeting, March 30, 1904, called to order at 7. p. m., and Warren B. Stetson was chosen Moderator and sworn.
The printed report of the committee on By-Laws was offered. It was voted that the Clerk read such sections of the By-Laws as differed from the old ones.
Sect. 3, Sect. 5 and others were adopted.
Voted :- To adopt the By-Laws as read and printed.
Voted :- That D. D. Sullivan present the By-Laws to the Superior Court for approval.
The motion to accept the proposition of the Peirce Trustees was discussed and rejected.
Voted :- That hereafter the number of Constables to be voted for at the Annual Town Meeting be eight (8).
Voted :- That the town authorize the Selectmen the com- ing year to defend all suits which may be brought against the town, and to institute in the name and behalf of the
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town any suits, either at law or in equity, which in the. judgment of said Selectmen are of benefit to said town.
Voted :- That in the next Annual Town Report the As- sessors print in detail the entire list of assessed valuations.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 6, 1904.
Meeting called to order at 7.30 p. m. by the Clerk. War- ren B. Stetson was chosen as Moderator and sworn.
Voted :- To appropriate ($250) Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars to protect the rights of citizens of Middleboro in their use and enjoyment of the waters of Assawampsett lake and its tributaries.
Yes 20. No 0.
Voted :- That a committee of three be chosen by the Chair to act with a like committee from Lakeville or Free- town, or any other town which will act with us, and that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the money to this com- mittee.
Voted :- That the committee be authorized to employ counsel.
The Moderator appointed George E. Wood, Edwin F. Witham, John C. Sullivan as the committee.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1904.
At a joint meeting of the Selectmen and the School Com- mittee of Middleboro, members present :
Selectmen-Edwin F. Witham, Lyman P. Thomas, Wil- liam M. Haskins.
School Committee-William A. Andrews, Charles S. Tinkham.
E. T. Peirce Jenks was chosen a member of the School Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the removal from town of Johanna T. Leonard.
ANNUAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1904.
At the Annual Election the vote was as follows ;
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FOR ELECTORS AT LARGE.
Frederick A. Nagler
Charles N. Wentworth
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3
John Ellis
Howard A. Gibbs
9
Patrick A. Collins
281
Henry W. Ely
279
William W. Crapo
745
Edwin U. Curtis
746
Napoleon B. Johnson
30
William H. Partridge
30
E. Gerry Brown
George E. McNeil
7
FOR ELECTORS 14TH DISTRICT.
Frank Bohmbach
4
Charles E. Lowell
Thomas C. Thacher
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William A. Nye .
745
Daniel F. Chessman
29
Thomas S. Hodgson
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FOR GOVERNOR.
John Quincy Adams
12
John L. Bates
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547
Michael T. Berry
Oliver W. Cobb
21
William L. Douglas
502
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Olof Bokelund
17
John C. Crosby
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314
Frank P. Dyer
32
Curtis Guild Jr.
601
Moritz E. Ruther
3
Edward Blake
1
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
James A. Bresnahan
9
Fannie J. Clary . ·
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Charles C. Hitchcock
13
Henry B. Little .
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213
William M. Olin
658
Warren Lovell
1
FOR TREASURER.
Hubert C. Bartlett
23
Arthur B. Chapin
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629
Edmund D. Codman
220
Andrew Mortenson
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4
Willard O. Wylie George Hatch
1
FOR AUDITOR.
Charles E. Burnham
35
Walter J. Hoar
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23
Francis X. Tetrault.
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202
Henry E. Turner
643
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Henry M. Dean
40
John P. Leahy
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200
Herbert Parker
652
John Weaver Sherman
22
Thomas Stevenson
3
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 14TH DISTRICT.
Thomas H. Buttimer
196
Charles H. Coulter
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51
Sherman E. Ellis
41
William C. Lovering
635
FOR COUNCILLOR, 1ST DISTRICT.
Herbert L. Chipman
55
Roland C. Nickerson
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589
Joseph R. Smith
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Timothy T. Creedon
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Charles Stevens
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FOR SENATOR 2ND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT.
George H. Garfield
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562
George A. Monk
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40
Edwin Sawtell
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37
Lorenzo Wood
267
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
Thomas G. Ford
235
George R. Sampson
638
Bert J. Allan
1
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, VACANCY.
Jere B. Howard . 602 .
Harry Morgan ·
177
George W. Severance
33
Zoel Thibadeau
21
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, 3 YEARS.
David Burke
28
Walter H. Faunce .
628
Jacob Hersey
36
Nathaniel Morton
169
FOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.
Francis Chamberlain
31
Israel H. Hatch
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31
Isaac M. Jackson
150
Walter M. Snow
184
Albert Sprague .
514
Harry D. Stewart ·
20
Ezekiel R. Studley
450
Matthew Teehan
19
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY SOUTH EASTERN . DISTRICT.
Asa P. French
653
John McCarty
54
FOR SHERIFF.
Batholemew Ford
31
John J. Ford
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166
Edward G. Knight
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37
Henry S. Porter
629
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The meeting adjourned in the First Precinct at 2 p. n., in the Second Precinct at 7.20 p. m.
At the Town Clerks' meeting holden Nov. 18, 1904, to canvass the votes for Representative the vote stood as fol- lows :-
Halifax.
Thomas G. Ford
14
Plympton. 19
Middleboro. 235
Total. 268
George R. Sampson
51
57
638
746
Bert J. Allan
1
1
Blanks
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26
244
289
Total
84
102
1,118
1,304
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 30, 1904.
Meeting was called to order at 8 p. m.
Warren B. Stetson was chosen Moderator and sworn by the Clerk.
Voted :- To appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dol- lars ($200) in addition to the sums previously appropriated for the Town Hall account.
Voted :- To appropriate Two Hundred Dollars ($200) additional to the Incidental account.
Voted :- That these sums be added to the assessment of the year 1905.
REPORT OF REGISTRARS.
REPORT OF THE CLERK.
Forty-one meetings of the Board of Registrars have been holden during the year. Two of them were in the hall of the Pratt Free school, the others in the office of the Town Clerk. Some of them were only two hours in length, sev- eral were twelve hours.
At those meetings a new voting list was prepared in the summer from the lists furnished by the Assessors. Before each election and each caucus the lists have been corrected and revised. During the year one hundred and three (103) persons have registered.
AMOS H. EATON,
Clerk of the Board.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Date.
Names of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
Jan. 4
William Napoleon Martin
Mary M. Loiselle
6
Robert Roht
Anna Tomasch
25
Kendrick Harrison Tribou
Grace Whittaker
Feb. 1
Walter Irving Standish
Marian Harland Keith
4
Freeman Henry Harding
Mary Snow Berry
Apr. 3
Myron Forrest Raymond
Mary Boardman
12 Osmond Pomeroy Karpstyene
Annie Florence Belcher
20
Harry Hammond Fuller
66
25 Charles Henry Fagan
Margaret Helen Hanlon
3
John Henry Hayes
Carrie Etta Shuman
66
20
Charles Chester Clark Ida Emma Bopp
6.
18
Clarence Orlando Chandler
Elizabeth Annie Warren
May 15
Lewis R. Gifford
New Bedford 66
29
Louis Everett Smith
Medway Middleboro
30
Ernest Morgan Drake Carrie Nelson Borden Edwin Carl Plummer
Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Middleboro 66
S
George Loring Thomas Emma Nichols Phinney William Preston Leonard Clara Amy Thompson
66
11
14 Joseph Warren Whitcomb Elsie Wadsworth Maxim
22 Henry Schwartz Mille
Nellie Crawford Stevens
Frank McFarland Armetta Ziener
Plympton 66
25 Harold Hardwick Adams Nancy Alice Cornish
Middleboro Carver Middleboro
29 Frederick Lawton Alden Mary Elizabeth Gove
Middleboro North Grafton Middleboro
New York Middleboro 66
West Harwich Middleboro Boston Middleboro 66 66
Lucy Florence Morse
6.
North Attleboro Middleboro
66
Sarah S. Mosher
Mabel Blanche Lakey
June 5
Mabel Florence Brown
Brockton Middleboro Brockton Middleboro 66
66
89
MARRIAGES-Continued.
Date.
Names of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
Middleboro
July 3
Wilbur Shaw Wallace
66
-
66
11
William Ambrose Bradley Abbie Agnes Sullivan
Milford Middleboro 66
12
James Francis McClusky Eliza Cross Fearing
16
Earl Dean Williams Anna Brown Bird
Wareham Middleboro East Bridgewater
28 Joseph Martin Matilda Francis (Clover)
Middleboro 66
31 Aug. 2
Linwood Danforth Bertha Marian Walker
Brewster Middleboro
3 5
Wendell Fletcher Reed Lois Thornton Westgate
Rockland
Middleboro
S
Bertram Lothrop Thomas Lizzie Briggs Orville Knight Gerrish Alice King Thompson Frank Miles Gibbs Florence. Mae Wadsworth
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