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For Trustee of Library, 3 Years-Frank F. Stanley, 365 : blanks, 63; scattering, 1.
For Auditors-J. Roswell Widger, 303. elected ; Elmer, A. Hardy, 290, elected ; D. Robert Stone, 265, elected ; John W. Thurston, 196; Augustine W. Rich, 2nd, 10 ; L. Frank Cahoon, 6; William F. Norcross, 2; blanks, 215.
For Board of Health-John I. Adams, 307, elected ; Joseph W. Glass, 303, elected ; Edwin F. Wiley, 264, elected ; David W. Nisbett, 146; A. Frost Hunt, M.D., 108; blanks, 159.
For Constables -- James Wheeler, 285, elected ; George M. Conner, 277, elected ; Wallace Wright, 236, elected ; Rodney A. Douglass, 232; blanks, 253.
License Question-No, 291 ; yes, 76 ; blanks, 62.
VOTED. That when we adjourn it be to Tuesday Evening, March 22, at 7.30.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 22, 1892.
Agreeable to adjournment, the voters of the Town as- sembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday Evening, March 22, 1892.
Called to order at 7.30 o'clock, by Eldridge F. Small, Moderator.
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The records of previous meeting were read and approved.
VOTED. Art. 4. To accept the reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Superintendent of Streets, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Committee on Sewerage, the Committee on Building Engine House, the Committee on Extension of Pine Street, under the railroad, and the report of the Com- mittee on the Enlargement of the Cemetery, as published in Town Report.
VOTED. Art. 4. That the recommendations contained in the reports of the several departments be laid upon the table and taken up in connection with the special article in the Town Warrant referring to the same.
VOTED. Art. 4. To take up for action the reports of the Sewerage Committee, the Board of Health, and Superinten- dent of Cemetery.
VOTED. Art. 4. To reappoint the Sewerage Committee of last year.
Sewerage Committee : Samuel F. Crosman, James A. Knowlton, John H. Farwell, George E. Emmons, Charles P. Curtis, Jr., Arthur C. Widger, Frank F. Ingalls, Aaron R. Bunting, David K. Phillips.
VOTED. Art. 4. To instruct the Sewerage Committee to confer with the authorities of the City of Lynn, in regard to an arrangement for entering the Lynn intercepting sewer and report thereon at our next Annual Town Meeting.
VOTED. Art. 4. To instruct the Sewerage Committee to investigate the cremation process for the disposal of sewage, or any other plan which may come before them and to report thereon at our next Annual Town Meeting.
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Collection of ashes, etc. VOTED. Art. 4. To refer the matter of provid- ing some means for the collection of ashes to the Board of Health, they to investigate as to cost and dumping place and report thereon at the ad- journed meeting.
Cemetery.
VOTED. Art. 4. That the recommendations embodied in the report of Superintendent of Cem- etery be referred to the Selectmen, also that they take the matter of the removal of trees into consideration.
Pine st. exten- sion.
VOTED. Art. 4. To adopt the report of the Committee on the Extension of Pine St. and to discharge the said Committee.
Selectmen's appropriation. VOTED. Art. 5. To appropriate for the Selectmen's Department the sum of forty-three hundred dollars ($4,300).
Highway ap- propriation.
VOTED. Art. 5. To appropriate for the High- way Department the sum of fifty-five hundred dollars ($5,500).
VOTED. To lay Art. 5 upon the table.
Treasurer's bond.
VOTED. Art. 6. To require of the Town Treasurer a bond for ten thousand dollars ($10.000).
Temporary loans in an- ticipation of taxes.
VOTED. Art. 7. That the Town Treasurer be and is hereby authorized under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to hire such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to be raised in anticipation of the taxes to be assessed and collected for the current year, such sums to be payable therefrom. (Unanimous).
Tax Collectors VOTED. Art. 8. To require of the Tax Collector bond. a bond for five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Salary of Tax Collector.
VOTED. Art. 9. That the salary of the Col- lector of Taxes be four hundred dollars ($400) for the coming year.
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VOTED. Art. 10. To allow 2% discount on all Discount for taxes paid on or before the first day of October
prompt pay- inent of taxes. this present year.
VOTED. Art. 11. To accept the List of Jurors as amended, viz:
List of Jurors : John I. Adams, Isaac H. An-List of Jurors. drews, Gustavus Austin, Joseph Bassett, William R. Blaney, Alfred M. Burnham, Michael P. Carroll, William H. Collins, Alonzo Corey, Rodney A. Douglass, John H. Farwell, Evan R. Golder, Frank Goodwin, George W. Harris, Abner Hayford, Henry A. Henderson, George F. Hurd, Samuel O. Ingalls, James H. Jones, Charles H. Knowles, Daniel F. Knowlton, John R. Merritt, James A. Mott, Mar- tin Nies, William F. Norcross, James E. Phillips, Benjamin Potter, Milton D. Porter, Kendall Pol- lard, Theo. N. Reichardt, Francis C. Thing, James Thomas, Charles O. Timson, Edwin F. Wiley, James A. Willey, J. Roswell Widger.
VOTED. Art. 12. To appropriate the money Dog Licenses, received from the County Treasurer for Dog Li- Public Li- receipts for brary. censes to aid in support of Public Library.
VOTED. Art. 13. That the Engineers of the Salary of En- Fire Department be paid the sum of fifty dollars Firemen.
gineers and ($50), and the Firemen twenty-five dollars ($25), for the ensuing year.
VOTED. Art. 14. To appropriate the sum of Appropriation five hundred dollars ($500) to furnish and set and concrete curbstones and lay concrete sidewalks, provided sidewalks. the abutters pay one-half the expense.
VOTED. That the matter as to the legality of the Town paying one-half the expense of curbing and concreting sidewalks located on streets not accepted by the Town be referred to the Select-
for curbstones
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men, they to get legal advice on the matter and report at the adjourned meeting.
Memorial Day.
VOTED. Art. 15. To appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to be placed in hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., towards de- fraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
Vote to accept Huron street.
VOTED. Art. 16. To accept, adopt and allow the report of the Selectmen laying out of Huron St. as a town way as per plan drawn by Charles W. Gay, dated Nov. 30, 1891, and to appropriate five hundred dollars therefor.
VOTED. To lay upon the table Articles 17 to 23 inclusive and to take up Article 24.
Proposed ex- tension of Atlantic ave.
VOTED. Art. 24. That it is the sentiment of this meeting that the Selectmen estimate what it will cost to widen and extend Atlantic Ave. from Humphrey Sq., following Forest Ave., so called, to the Mudge Estate, then through the said Mudge Estate, crossing Paradise St., then through the Stetson Estate to Burrill St., at a point nearly opposite the station of the B. & M. R. R., so that said street shall be sixty feet in width and report at the adjourned annual meeting together with any other information, recommendations and sugges- tions that they may see fit to make relating to said widening and extension, and that it is the desire of this Town that said street be widened and extended as aforesaid.
VOTED. At 10 P. M. to adjourn until tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 7.30.
Recount of votes for Selectmen.
Recount of Votes for Selectmen : A petition for a recount of votes cast at the Town Election held March 21st, 1892, for H. Cushing Bulfinch and John H. Farwell, candidates for the office of
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Selectmen, was received Tuesday Evening, March 22d, signed by eleven legal voters.
The Moderator appointed Wednesday, March 23d, at 4 P. M., as a time when the ballots should be recounted.
James H. Moulton and Isaac A. Ulman were appointed Tellers, and sworn to faithful discharge of duties by the Moderator.
The ballots were all gone over and the result found to be the same as before declared.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 23, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing adjournment the voters assembled at the Town Hall on Wednes- day Evening, March 23d, 1892.
The meeting was called to order at 7.35 by Eldridge F. Small, Moderator.
The records of the previous meeting were read and approved.
VOTED. To take Articles 17 to 23 from the table and to act on them in regular order.
VOTED. Art. 17. To appropriate three hun- Appropriation care of dred dollars ($300) for the care of the Beaches. Beaches.
VOTED. To appropriate four hundred dollars Appropriation ($400) for the purpose of constructing four stone ings.
street cross- crossings as petitioned for in Articles 18, 19, 20, and 21 of the Warrant.
VOTED. To reappoint the Street Light Com- Street Light mittee of last year, viz : Samuel F. Crosman, Committee. Ivory Emmons, Edwin A. Farnham, Curtis V. Merritt, William F. Norcross, Thomas E. Stone.
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VOTED. To refer Articles 22 and 23 to the Street Light Committee for investigation, they to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Water pipes Humphrey street.
VOTED. Art. 25. To refer the matter of laying water pipes on Humphrey St., to the Selectmen, they to ascertain the cost and report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Water pipes Salem street.
VOTED. Art. 26. To refer the matter of extending the water pipes the remainder of the way on Salem St., to the Selectmen for their in- vestigation, they to report on the same at the -adjourned meeting.
Stacey's Brook outfall.
VOTED. Art. 27. To leave the matter of im- proving the outlet of Stacey's Brook to a com- mittee of five, consisting of the Board of Select- men and two others appointed by the chair, (the Moderator appointed Kendall Pollard and Andrew L. Harris) to confer with the authorities of the City of Lynn and report their recommendations on the subject at the adjourned meeting.
Water pipes Monument VOTED. Art. 28. To refer the matter of ex- ave., and Elm- tending the water mains on Monument Ave. and wood road. Elmwood Road to the Selectmen for their in- vestigation, to be reported upon at the adjourned meeting.
Proposed New School Build- ing.
VOTED. Art. 29. That Art. 29 be laid upon the table and taken up at an adjourned meeting to be held Wednesday Evening, April 20th, at 7.30, and a committee of four be appointed to act with the Board of Selectmen and School Com- mittee to fully investigate this whole matter and report at the adjourned meeting.
Committee-Board of Selectmen, School Com- mittee, Andrew L. Harris, Benjamin Potter, Geo. H. Holden, Charles S. Ingalls.
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VOTED. Art. 30. To appropriate the sum of F. O. Ellis two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to rebuild wall. the wall bordering the estate of F. O. Ellis on Burrill and New Ocean Streets.
VOTED. Art. 31. To refer the matter of having Plans of land a plan made of all land in Town to the Board of in the town. Assessors, they to ascertain the cost of such survey and report at the adjourned meeting.
VOTED. Art. 32. That the Board of Select- By-Law in re- men have the power to appoint one Engineer for pointment of gard to ap- three years, one for two years, one for one year, and one for three years, at the expiration of the terms of said Engineers, and to hold their positions for the time appointed unless removed for cause.
Fire Engineers
VOTED. Art. 33. To refer the matter of en-Cemetery. larging the Cemetery to the Selectmen, they to make suitable recommendations in the matter at the adjourned meeting.
VOTED. Art. 34. To appropriate the sum of Humphrey two thousand dollars for the improvement of ment. Humphrey St. as recommended by the Selectmen.
VOTED. Art. 35. To refer the matter of Humphrey widening Humphrey St. from the Lynn line to the widening. street
street improve-
Hay Scales, to the Board of Selectmen and three citizens appointed by the Moderator, said com- mittee to ascertain cost of said widening and to recommend as to what the width should be, and report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Committee on Widening Humphrey St .- Board of Selectmen, Kendall Pollard, D. Holman Millett, John Chapman.
VOTED. To lay the matter of an appropriation Health for the Health Department on the table.
Department.
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Appropria- tions recom- mended.
VOTED. Art. 5. To appropriate for the several departments as follows, viz :
School Department
$11,000
Poor
2,500
Fire .
· 2,500
Police
. 2,300
Street Lights
· 6,200
Sidewalks
1,000 ·
Cemetery
. 400
Town Hall, receipts and
400
Library, receipts
.
400
Catch Basins and Gutters
·
400
Monument Lot, care
25
Water Rates
350
Soldiers and Sailors' Aid
200
Interest
2,000
VOTED. To leave the location of Catch Basins and Paving of Gutters to the Selectmen.
VOTED. To adjourn to Wednesday Evening, April 20th, at 7.30.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 20, 1892.
In accordance with the previous adjournment the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday Evening, April 20th, 1892.
The meeting was called to order at 7.40 by Eldridge F. Small, Moderator.
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
The report of the Board of Health in regard to the collection of ashes was heard; a motion to ap- propriate the sum of eight hundred dollars to carry out the measure was negatived.
Board of Health.
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The report of the Selectmen as to the advis- Atlantic Ave. extension. ability and cost of widening and extending Atlantic Avenue from Humphrey Square as peti- tioned for in Art. 24, was heard.
VOTED. To give the petitioners leave to with- draw and that further action on Art. 24 be in- definitely postponed.
In regard to Art. 22, the placing of an Electric Are light, Crescent St. (Arc) Light on Crescent Street, the Street Light Committee reported it as not expedient to place a light in that locality at present. Their report was accepted.
VOTED. To accept the report of the Street Light Arc light, Committee in reference to Art. 24, and instruct Ave. said committee to place an Electric (Arc) Light at the junction of Monument Avenue and Sheridan Road, and to appropriate one hundred and twenty five dollars ($125) therefor.
Monument
VOTED. Art. 25. To accept the report of the Water pipes, Board of Selectmen recommending the laying of water pipe from Robert's Express stable through Humphrey Street to eastern junction of Orient Street to instruct the Selectmen to hire the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for that pur- pose, for such time as in their judgment may be advisable. (Unanimous.)
Humphrey St.
The Selectmen reported it as not expedient to Water pipes, lay water pipe through Salem Street. Salem street.
VOTED. To accept and adopt the report.
The Committee appointed under Art. 29, "New School House," asked for further time, and the re- quest was granted.
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The Committee appointed under Art. 27, "Stacey's Brook," requested further time, the same was allowed.
The report of the Selectmen on Art. 28, " Water Mains on Monument Avenue and Elmwood Road" was heard.
VOTED. That report on Art. 28 be laid upon the table until the adjourned meeting.
Plan of Town Survey.
The Board of Assessors appointed a committee to ascertain the probable cost of a plan of all land in the Town, reported that such a plan would cost about thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500.)
VOTED. To accept their report.
The report of the Selectmen on Art. 33, "En- largement of Swampscott Cemetery" was heard and accepted.
Cemetery.
VOTED. To adopt the recommendation of the Selectmen in regard to increasing the price of lots now for sale in the Cemetery, as printed in their annual report of the years 1891 -- 92.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectmen to find out the price of the lot of land in the rear of the Cemetery and report the same to the town at the ad- journed meeting.
Widening Humphrey St.
The committee appointed under Art. 35, " Widen- ing of Humphrey Street" asked for further time. The same was granted.
VOTED. To adjourn at 9.45, to Wednesday Evening, May 11th, at 7.30.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 11, 1892.
In accordance with the adjournment the legal voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday Evening, May 11th, 1892. The meeting was called to order at 7.40 by Eldridge F. Small, Moderator.
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
VOTED. To appropriate the sum of one thousand Art. 34, Im- provement of
($1,000) in addition to the two thousand dollars Humphrey St. (82,000) already appropriated for the completion of the improvement of Humphrey Street.
VOTED. Art 27. That the town appropriate Stacey's Brook the sum of seven hundred dollars, to be used in outfall. conjunction with the City of Lynn. under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the im- provement of the outlet of Stacey's Brook.
VOTED. To accept and adopt the following report of the Selectmen on Art. 28: "The laying of the Water Pipe on Monument Avenue and Elmwood Road."
Report on Art. 28. As the Town has heretofore adopted the plan of not laying pipes on streets not accepted by the Town, we cannot consistently recommend the granting of this petition until the streets named have been regularly laid out and accepted by the town as public ways. The cost of laying the pipe called for is $2,500.
AARON R. BUNTING, - J. H. FARWELL. A. C. WIDGER.
Selectmen.
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Minority re- port. New School Build- in ".
MINORITY REPORT ON NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Let us acquire the land between the present lot on Redington Street and the Church, or so much as is needed to provide for the next decade and build thereon a good. substantial modern house of six rooms and so planned as to be added to at such time as may be needed and indefinitely without marring the symmetry or economy of the whole.
And that the School Committee with such others joined as the meeting may see fit. be a committee to make terms for the adjoining land and to pre- pare plans and estimates in accordance with the above recommendations, and have them on file with the Town Clerk two months prior to the next annual meeting. for its acceptance and ap- proval or otherwise at that meeting.
And that the School Committee be and are hereby instructed to discontinue the primary school now in the lower room in the old house, and to utilize all remaining school-room in town to the best advantage
BENJAMIN POTTER.
VOTED. To adopt the Minority Report on new school building
Report of Com. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HUMPHREY STREET mittee on wid- emin_ Hum- WIDENING. phrey st.
In presenting to this meeting any further infor- mation we may have, we can only say we have diligently sought to obtain some further informa- tion of what assistance we could rely upon from the County Commissioners, and we find that be- fore they can act understandingly on the matter the Town must first instruct the Selectmen to petition them to widen Humphrey Street to a uni-
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form width, when they will call a public hearing. after which they will make a proposition of what they will do towards paying for the widening of the street. this does not commit the Town at its present stage. After the hearing and the decision of the Commissioners is made known the Town will be called at an adjourned Town Meeting to con- sider the proposition, and if accepted make the necessary appropriation for the carrying out of the work.
We recommend that the Selectmen be hereby instructed to forthwith petition the County Com- missioners to widen and straighten Humphrey Street from the Lynn line to the Hay Scales, so- called, at the junction of Orient and Humphrey Streets. as shown upon a plan to be filed with said petition, and that said County Commissioners be requested to provide for the expense of such widening and straightening out of the treasury of the County in such manner as the said County Commissioners may seem just.
A. R. BUNTING, J. H. FARWELL. A. C. WIDGER. JOHN CHAPMAN. Committee.
KENDALL POLLARD.
D. HOLMAN MILLETT.
VOTED. To appropriate the sum of twelve Board of hundred dollars for the Board of Health. Health Appro- priation.
VOTED. To authorize the Selectmen to transfer from one department to another for the current year any unexpended balances when in their judg- ment such payments are required.
The Selectmen reported the price of the lot of Cemetery. land in rear of Cemetery to be one thousand
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dollars ($1,000). It was voted to indefinitely post- pone the matter.
VOTED. To extend to the Moderator the thanks of the citizens for the able manner with which he has presided, also the usual compensation.
Reconsidera- tion of vote on New School Building.
WV. R. Hastings gave notice that he should move
a reconsideration of the vote taken on "New School House " at the adjourned meeting.
VOTED. To adjourn at 9.30 P. M. to Wednes- day Evening, June 29th, at 8 o'clock
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 29, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing adjournment the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday Evening, June 29, 1892.
Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Modera- tor, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at the time appointed, 8 o'clock. There were nineteen votes cast for Moderator as follows:
E. N. Wardwell, 18; elected. Thomas Stone, 1.
E. N. Wardwell was immediately qualified by the Town Clerk. After thanking the meeting for the honor and confidence shown he assumed the chair.
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
W. R. Hastings moved to reconsider the vote whereby the Minority Report on New School House was adopted. Thirty (30) voted "yea," 59 voted "nay;" the motion being lost.
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VOTED. To add the Board of Selectmen to the School Committee, to carry out "Minority Report on New School Building."
VOTED. To dissolve at 8.45 P. M.
I hereby declare the foregoing records to be correct.
Attest :
GEORGE T. TILL,
Toun Clerk.
NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1892.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, in said County. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swamp- scott, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November next, that being the Tuesday next after the first Monday of said November, at six o'clock in the forenoon. then and there to bring in their votes to the Selectmen, on one ballot, for
Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.
Representative in the 53d Congress, Sixth District.
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillor for the Fifth Essex District, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney- General, Senator First Essex District, District Attorney.
Two Representatives in General Court for Seventeenth Essex District.
Sheriff, Three Commissioners of Insolvency, County Com- missioner, Two Special Commissioners.
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Also upon the following Article of Amendment to the Con- stitution, abolishing the Property Qualification of the Office of Governor: So much of Article Two of Section One of Chapter Two of Part the Second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, as is contained in the following words : " And unless he shall at the same time be seized in his own right of a freehold within the Commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds," is hereby annulled.
The polls to be kept open until four o'clock, P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this Fifteenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
AARON R. BUNTING, Selectmen JOHN H. FARWELL, ARTHUR C. WIDGER, } of Swampscott.
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SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., Oct. 15, 1892.
RETURN ON WARRANT.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this Warrant in twelve public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott on Friday, the 28th day of October, 1892.
JAMES WHEELER,
Constable of Swampscott.
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In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters as- sembled at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, November 8th, 1892.
The Warrant and return thereon was read by the Town Clerk at 6 A. M. Specimen Ballots, Cards of Instruction, Amendment Posters, having been posted according to law, the polls were opened immediately. The ballot box registered 000 at commencement of voting.
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