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SURVEYORS_OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
Frank A. Lewis, John F. Cushing, Waldo Turner,. John W. Bates, John B. Rhines. Edward Billings, Charles R. Trask, Gilman B. Loud, William Nash, Joseph Cummings, Quincy Reed, James Moore, N. Porter Keene, Thomas H. Humphrey, Joshua Vinal, Walter F. Sanborn, Jos. F. Sherman, John F. Condrick, Augustus J. Richards, William H. Cowen, George E. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Quincy L. Reed, Frank H. Richards, Susan C. Richards, James Lonergan.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Benjamin F. Richards, Isaac H. Walker, George F. Maynard, George W. Conant, James T. Pease, Asa B. Pratt, N. B. Peare, George B. Bailey, Michael Allen, Thomas Fitzgerald.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND ' MEASURES. Asa B. Pratt.
POUND KEEPER. James C. Wendall.
TREE WARDENS. John F. Brown and Ansel Burrell.
Voted, To adjourn to Saturday, March 19, at 2 o'clock, P. M. 1 Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING.
The adjourned annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall, in said town, on Saturday, March 19, 1898, at 2 o'clock P. M., the meeting being called to order by the Moderator, Louis A. Cook, Esq.
Voted, To take up Article 15, in relation to Tufts Library.
Voted, Not to reconsider the vote passed under this article, at the meeting held March 14 inst.
Previous to taking of the vote on the above question the Mod- erator appointed E. J. Pitcher as teller and administered the oath to him.
Voted, To take up Article 4, in relation to schools.
Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to set aside from the money appropriated for schools the sum of $29,950 for teachers salaries.
Voted, That the School Committee be instructed not to expend over $1,400 for a Superintendent of Schools.
Voted, Not to reconsider the above vote.
Voted, To accept the following resolutions, offered by Atherton N. Hunt, Esq.
By the voters of the Town of Weymouth, in town meeting assem- bled it is,
Resolved, That WHEREAS a general desire for economy in the expenditures of the town has occasioned a reduction in the sum appropriated for the support of the public schools of the town for the ensuing year, and
WHEREAS the town was lead to believe that the consolidation of the two high schools uow existing would result in a reduction of expenses for high school purposes, and
WHEREAS, it is believed that the town cannot afford to pay the sum of eighteen hundred dollars for supervision of its schools dur- ing the ensuing year, now,
THEREFORE it is the opinion and sentiment of the town that the common-school system, including the grammar grades, should not
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be sacrificed to the interests of the high school or to the cost of supervision,
THAT no additions to the course of study now furnished by the high school, should be made during the coming year, if such addi- tions involve increased expense, unless the same be made without reducing the salaries of the teachers in the common schools includ- ing the grammar grades ;
That the Superintendent of Schools should receive for his servi- ces a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars for the year, said sum of fourteen hundred dollars to be in full for such services as may be rendered to the town by such superintendent, and
THAT the salaries of the teachers in the common schools includ- ing the grammar grades should not be reduced, unless necessity compels such reduction as a last resort.
Art. 27. Voted, That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to, and for the use of the Town of Weymouth, in anticipation of the taxes for the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen of said town, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to $120,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, pay- able within one year from the time the loan is made.
The said debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote are to be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 28. Voted, To appropriate from the income of the water works for the current year $23,800, to be expended for the fol- lowing purposes, viz. : $17,800 for the payment of the interest on the Weymouth water loan bonds becoming due the ensuing year, $2,300 for the salaries of the superintendent of the works and engineer at the pumping station, $1,200 for the maintenance of the works, and $2,500 for all other necessary expenses.
Voted, That the Board of Water Commissioners be instructed to itemize their account in printing their report.
Art. 29. Voted, To appropriate and direct to be paid to the trustees of the Sinking Fund, out of the income of water rates for
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the current year, the sum of $8,900 to be set apart and invested as a Sinking Fund for the payment, at maturity, of the principal of the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds.
Art. 30. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
Voted, To take up Article 2 in relation to minor officers.
Voted, That Henry F. Rowell be elected to the office of Field Driver and that Charles F. Atkinson be elected to the Surveyor of of Wood, Lumber and Bark.
Art. 31. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6.000 for rent of hydrants and for water rent and care of drinking fountains for the ensuing year.
(This vote was reconsidered later in the meeting. )
Art. 32. Voted, That John H. Stetson, Esq., Treasurer of this town and also treasurer of the board of Commissioners of the Weymouth Water Loan Sinking Fund, is hereby fully authorized and empowered, upon the request of that board, to make an open and peaceable entry, in the name of this town, .upon the lands conveyed to said town by George M. Buck of Brockton, Massa- chusetts, by two certain deeds of mortgage, both of which are dated June 11th, A. D. 1896, and are recorded in Plymonth County Registry of Deeds, Book 712, Pages 294 and 296, respec- tively, for breaches of the conditions of said mortgages, and also to foreclose the same by duly executing the powers of sale there- in contained, making, executing and delivering in its name and behalf deeds of conveyance of the lands therein described to the purchasers, and to invest the proceeds of such sales, under the direction of said board, as a part of said sinking fund.
Art. 33. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000, and to appropriate the sum of $2,000 from the premiums received from the sale of the new High School bonds, towards a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the High School. bonds.
Art. 34. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for the payment of note due March 12, 1898.
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Art. 35. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,233 for pay- ment of a note due June 7, 1898.
Art. 36. Voted, To raise and appropriate $200 for the en- forcement of any and all laws in regard to illegal taking of fish or killing song and other birds for ensuing year.
Art. 37. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $13,897.94 for the payment of deficiencies and overdrafts for current fiscal year, as follows : $5,000 for highways; $2,000 for steam roller; Union street $225.38 ; curbstones $221.10; drain at Jackson square $364.66 ; police $1,000; abatement and remittance of taxes $812.19 ; miscellaneous expenses $2,074.61 ; soldiers' relief $1,000; poor $1,200.
Art. 38. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the tenth day of October next, and that the collector be instructed to collect forthwith, according to law, all taxes re- maining unpaid after that date, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and that the salary of the collector be the same as last year - six mills.
The Moderator announced the following committee to expend the appropriation for a reading room in South Weymouth, under Article 16.
" The Trustees of the Fogg Library Fund as the same is now, or may be constituted during the year, and Augustus .J. Richards and Frank H. Mason, Trustees Tufts Library."
Art. 31. Voted, That the Appropriation Committee for the ensuing year be appointed by the Moderator.
Art. 40. Voted, That the Selectinen act as Attorneys to de- fend the town in any suit which may be brought against it.
Art. 41. Voted, That this article in relation to licenses of the sixth class, be indefinitely postponed.
(Reconsidered March 26.)
Art. 42. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to complete the working of Union Street, as decreed by County Commissioners.
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Art. 43. Voted, That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to appeal to the Railroad Commissioners for a proper regulation of fares on the Braintree and Weymonth Street Railroad.
Voted, To take up Article 31.
Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 for hydrants and drinking foun- tains.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for rent of hydrants, and for water rent and care of drinking fountains for the ensuing year.
Voted, To take up Article 7.
Voted, To reconsider the vote passed under this article, where- by it was voted to pay $1.25 for horses and carts on the highway.
Voted, To pay $1.50 per day for horses and carts on the high- way and to employ only able bodied horses.
Voted, To take up Article 57.
Art. 57. Voted, To instruct the Board of Selectmen to pay 82.00 per day to all able-bodied men for work performed by the town, whether by contract or otherwise, and preference to be given to citizens and taxpayers ; and that nine hours shall consti- tute a day's work.
A motion to reconsider the above vote was lost.
Art.44. Voted, That the Selectmen be anthorized and in- structed to sell the North High School house and lot when it is abandoned by the School Committee ; and that the town Treasurer be authorized to exeente a deed for the same.
(Reconsidered March 26th inst. )
Art. 45. Voted, That the subject of establishing a town office in one of the villages be placed in the hands of the Selectmen, who are to consider the matter, and to report to the town at the next annual meeting.
Art. 46. Voted, That the Selectmen be anthorized to call the next annual meeting at the Rink, or some suitable place in Wey- mouth.
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Voted, To adjourn to Saturday, March 26th inst., at 2 o'clock P. M.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND), Town Clerk.
The second adjourned annual town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, was held at the town hall in said town, on Saturday, March 26, A. D., 1898, the meeting being called to order at 2 o'clock P. M. by the Moderator Louis A. Cook, Esq.
Voted, To take up Article 24.
Voted, That the Selectmen constitute a committee to carry into effect the vote passed under this article.
Art. 47. Voted, To amend the Jury List by striking out the names of James Condrick, E. J. Pitcher, William E. Ames, Wil- liam T. Rice, William H. Hocking, Charles H. Chubbuck, William T. Coleman, Frank H. Richards, and to add the names of Elbert Ford, John F. Hunt, Jonathan Record, Lester E. Bates and A. Chapin Tisdale.
Voted, That the list as now amended be accepted and adopted.
Art. 48. Voted, That this article in relation to purchasing a stone crushing plant be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 49. Voted, that the town instruct their Selectmen to de- cline to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the macadamizing of Ann street from North Abington to Holbrook.
Art. 50. Voted, That the selectmen be instructed in case of renewal or change of poles used for electric purposes that the same be sawed, square or octagonal. That as far as practicable the several companies using poles for electric purposes in town be requested or compelled to use them jointly ; and the Selectmen are hereby requested to order the removal of all poles not in use.
Voted, To take up Article 41.
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Voted, To reconsider the vote passed under this article, March 19th inst.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed not to issue any sixth class license to any druggist.
Voted, To take np Article 48.
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be instructed that the money appropriated under this article at the meeting held March 19th inst., for the payment of the superintendent of the works and engineer at the pumping station, shall be divided as fol- lows :-
Superintendent of the works $1,400 Engineer of the pumping station 900
Art. 51. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the completion of Bay View street.
Art. 52. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the extension of Phillips street to Summit street.
Art. 53. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the repairs of Charles street from Elm to Lake street.
Art. 54. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for the purpose of completing the widening of Summer street in front. of the residence of Warren F. Nadell and other points that were made extremely narrow by the building of the sidewalk last fall.
Art. 55. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to work the relocation of Lake street.
Art. 56. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for working the new street leading off Pleasant street, accepted by the town at the last annual meeting.
Art. 58. Voted, To raise and to appropriate the sum of $600 for the purpose of rebuilding the retaining wall on Front Street, between Hunt and Broad Streets.
Art. 59. Voted, That on the report of the Selectmen laying out a new street running from Broad to Middle Streets, the mat- ter be indefinitely postponed.
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Art. 60. No action was taken on this article.
Voted, To reconsider the vote passed under this article, where- by the Selectmen were authorized to sell the North High School Building and lot.
Voted, That the subject be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, To take up Article 18.
Voted, To reconsider the vote passed under this article, where- by it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500 for interest.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for interest.
Voted, To cover into the treasury the following balances :
Appropriation for Iron Hill street
$0 50
" East 06
" Hose Tower at Lovell's corner 8 79
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" Hose wagon, Ward 5 10 00
Voted, To take up Article 3.
Voted, That all wood furnished to the town shall be surveyed by a sworn surveyor other then the seller of the wood.
The Moderator announced the following appointments on the appropriation committee for the ensuing year :
Edward B. Nevin, John A. Holbrook, Chas. H. Bolles, Michael Sheehy, Martin E. Hawes, Chas. B. Cushing, Geo. H. Bicknell, Atherton N. Hunt, Alonzo C. Pratt, Alvah Raymond, Wm. Nash, Henry A. Nash, Jr., Daniel W. Hart.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended Louis A. Cook, Esq., for the able and impartial manner in which he has conducted this meeting.
Voted, To adjourn.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN OF WEYMOUTH, October 10, 1898. JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
DEAR SIR :- At a meeting of the Selectmen held on this date the following named persons were appointed Election Officers for the year commencing Nov. 1st, 1898 :-
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PRECINCT 1.
Warden, James B. French ; Deputy Warden, Frank A. Richards ; Clerk, Walter L. Jenkins ; Deputy Clerk, Nathan Q. Cushing ; Inspectors, Josiah H. Pratt, Ancil Burrell, John A. Holbrook, George Ruggles ; Deputy Inspectors, David Dunbar, John F. Binney ; Ballot Box Constables, B. Frank Richards, I. H. Walker.
PRECINCT 2.
Warden, Charles J. McMorrow ; Deputy Warden, Frank K. Raymond ; Clerk, William H. Pratt; Deputy Clerk, William E. Dizer ; Inspectors, Edmund Q. S. Litchfield, Thomas B. Loud, George A. McGowan, Andrew L. Flint; Deputy Inspectors, John H. Driscoll, Albert C. Burrell ; Ballot Box Constables, Asa B. Pratt, Arthur H. Pratt.
PRECINCT 3.
Warden, William S. Wallace : Deputy Warden, Frank M. Drown; Clerk, Jacob Dexheimer, Jr. ; Deputy Clerk, James A. Pray ; Inspectors, Atherton W. Tilden, John W. Carey, J. Rupert Walsh, Owen L. Greelish ; Deputy Inspectors, Charles E. Whit- ten, Burton F. Johnson ; Ballot Box Constables, Oliver Houghton, Thomas Fitzgerald.
PRECINCT 4.
Warden, Marshall P. Sprague ; Deputy Warden, Fred L. Bailey ; Clerk, J. Ellis Gardner ; Deputy Clerk, H. Wilbur Dyer ; Inspec- tors, N. Herbert Goodspeed, James Moore, Adolphus P. Poole, William T. Spilsted ; Deputy Inspectors, Edward Howley, Frank W. Tisdale ; Ballot Box Constable, George B. Bailey ; Police. (appointed Oct. 17) Irwin B. H. Harvey.
PRECINCT 5.
Warden, Herbert W. Sears ; Deputy Warden, Charles T. Foster ; Clerk, John F. Welch ; Deputy Clerk, Leonard V. Tirrell ; Inspec- tors, Lawrence A. Blanchard, Matthew O'Dowd, Ellis J. Pitcher, J. Clifford Ford ; Deputy Inspectors, Clarence H. Sumner, Henry Rockwood; Ballot Box Constables, Michael Allen, Charles C. Tinkham.
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PRECINCT 6.
Warden, Thomas B. Nichols ; Deputy Warden, William M. Reamey ; Clerk, Dennis J. Slattery ; Deputy Clerk, Matthew W. Lynch; Inspectors, Edward W. Shackford, A. Chapin Tisdale, Edward F. Cullen, Edward E. Fogarty ; Deputy Inspectors, Arthur M. Hawes, Edward F. Powers ; Ballot Box Constable's, Nathaniel B. Pearl, Patrick Butler.
Yours respectfully,
BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk.
WARRANT FOR THE STATE ELECTION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Wey- mouth, in said County. GREETING :
' In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth, aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In precinct num- bered one, in the hall of Fire Engine House on Athens street in that precinct; in precinct numbered two, in the Odd Fellows Opera House; In precincts numbered three, five and six, respect- ively, in the Halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts ; in precinat numbered four, in the Hose House at Nash's corner; on Tuesday, the eighth day of November next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the wardens of their respective precincts their votes on one ballot for the following named public officers, to wit :-----
For Governor of the Commonwealth.
For Lieutenant-Govenor. For Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For Treasurer of the Commonwealth.
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For Auditor of the Commonwealth.
For Attorney General.
For Councillor for the Second District.
For Senator for the First Norfolk District.
For two Representatives to the General Court for the Sixth . Norfolk District.
For one County Commissioner in and for the County of Nor- folk.
For two Special Commissioners in and for the County of Nor- folk.
For District Attorney for the Southeastern District.
For Register of Probate and Insolvency.
For Sheriff in and for the County of Norfolk.
For Representative in Congress for the Twelfth District.
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are required to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof, in three public places in each precinct in said town, seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make dne return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town, three days at least, before the time of the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-eight.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES. C. E. BICKNELL, GEORGE L. NEWTON. NELSON W. GARDNER. Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, Oct. 28, 1898.
NORFOLK, SS.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I this day posted true and at-
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tested copies thereof in three and more public places in each pre- cinct in said town of Weymouth as within directed.
ASA B. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy-Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WEYMOUTH, MASS., Nov. 9, 1898.
A meeting of the Selectmen and Town Clerk was held this day at the above office for the purpose of examining the copies of records of votes cast in the several precincts of the town, at the election held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1898 in accordance with the foregoing warrant, and to make an aggregate of the same, the result being as follows :-
GOVERNOR.
PRECINCTS.
TOTALA.
1
2
3
5
6
Alexander B. Bruce of Lawrence .
55
93
169
71
76
152
616
Gearge R. P.eare of Lynn
2
6
5
3
4
9
29
Winfield P. Porter of Newburyport
0
0
2
0
1
3
6
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston
8
11
4
3
1 165
8
35
Roger Wolcott of Boston
166
164
273
122
167
1057
Blanks
13
9
52
11
11
39
135
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill
3
8
12
4
8
38
W. Murray Crane of Dalton
.155
156
242
120
154
156
983
John L. Kilbon of Lee
7
10
2
4
4
6
33
Isaac W. Skinner of Brockton
5
1
7
1
4
3
21
Edward J. Slattery of Framingham
53
88
181
64
77
172
635
Blanks .
21
20
61
17
16
33
168
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
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SECRETARY.
PRECINCTS.
TOTALS.
1
2
.1
5
6
Charles H. Bradley of Haverhill
2
5
13
4
4
10
88
Henry A. Inman of Newton
8
12
2
2
7
83
Henry Lloyd of Boston
48
76
138
57
59
129 158
9S3
James F. Stevens of Boston Blanks
29
31
96
27
33
62
278
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
TREASURER.
Martha Moore Avery of Boston
4
7
14
2
6
10
43
Harry J. Jaquith of Wellesley
48
81
137
56
63
136
521
Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport,
154
145
238
116
151
151
955
Herbert M. Small of Templeton
8
13
3
2
2
7
35
Charles W. White of Winchester
0
2
8
2
2
4
18
Blanks .
30
35
105
32
34
70
306
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
AUDITOR.
Charles S. Grieves of Amesbury
0
3
5
2
1 151
9
20
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg
. 151
146
241
113
153
955
John Palme of New Bedford
38
.6
8
3
2
11
68
Charles F. Parker of Boston .
13
76
139
60
67
124
479
Walter E. Sanford of Attleborough, Blanks
8
13
4
2
2
7
36
34
39
108
30
35
74
320
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Patrick Kilroy of Springfield .
51
80
151
59
70
135
566
Hosea M. Knowlton, New Bedford,
154
161
244
117
159
154
989
Clarence E. Spelman of Westfield,
5
8
10
5
2
. 9
39
Blanks .
34
34
100
29
27
60
284
Totals
244
283
505
210
25S
378
1878
COUNCILLOR-Second District.
William W. Davis of Boston
147
149
234
115
143
163
951
Harrison Dunham of Boston .
59
81
154
60
86
128
548
Blanks .
.
38
53
117
35
49
87
379
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
·
153
151
247
118
156
4
8
9
2
4
12
39
507
William M. Olin of Boston
·
·
·
238
SENATOR-First Norfolk District.
PRECINCTS.
TOTALS.
I
2
3
2
6
George R. R. Rivers of Milton
61
90
180
69
79
165
644
B. Herbert Woodsum of Braintree Blanks .
32
39
89
25
34
65
284
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT-Sixth Norfolk District.
Martin E. Hawes of Weymouth
137
159
192
101
140
145
874
Charles C. Mellen of Braintree
139
124
176
84
124
121
768
John B. Whelan of Weymouth
96
119
334
108
118
224
999
Fred L. Kenerson
1
0
0
0
0
0
Albert E. Worthen
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T. Henry Halligan Blanks .
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
115
163
308
127
133
266
1112
Totals
488
566 1010
420
516
756
3756
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-Norfolk.
Thomas C. Blanchard of Stoughton
148
148
228
115
143
153
935
Charles C. Sanderson of Dedham .
57
74
160
65
75
146
577
Blanks .
39
61
117
30
40
79
366
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS-Norfolk County.
John Everett of Canton .
142
143
214
103
143
148
893
Robert B. Martin of Hyde Park
47
69
133
51
61
121
482
Timothy F. Quinn of Sharon. .
46
70
140
51
61 130
498
Lewis R. Whitaker of Franklin Blanks
123
147
327
113
117
224
1051
Totals
48S
566 1010
420
516
756
3756
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-Southeastern District.
Charles A. Gilday of Brockton
57
77
164
67
67
146
578
Robert O. Harris of E. Bridgewater Blanks .
146
160
237
116
158
158
975
41
46
104
27
33
74
325
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY-Norfolk County.
Jonathan Cobb of Dedham Blanks .
153
183
319
149
174
234
1212
91
100
186
61
84
144
666
Totals
· 244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
148
950
151
154
236
116
145
133
832
130,
137
196
102
134
239
SHERIFF-Norfolk County.
PRECINCTS.
TOTALS.
1 2
3
4
6
Samuel H. Capen of Canton .
156
192
301
137
178
217
1181
Blanks .
88
91
204
73
161
697
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS-Twelfth District.
Philip E. Brady of Attleborough .
54
81
149
59
70 138
551
William C. Lovering of Taunton -
154
156
238
118
147
158
971
Jeremiah O'Fihelly of Abington Blanks .
3
.7
14
2
8
13
47
33
39
104
31
83
69
309
Totals
244
283
505
210
258
378
1878
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
.
CLERKS' DISTRICT MEETING.
The undersigned, Town Clerk of Weymouth, met the Town Clerk of Braintree, at Braintree at twelve o'clock at noon, Friday, Nov. 18, 1898, the time and place appointed for the Clerks of the Sixth Norfolk District to meet to examine the returns of votes cast in said district for Representatives to General Court, and found that Martin E. Hawes and John B. Whelan, both of Wey- mouth, having received the largest number of votes, were duly elected, and so certified according to law.
JOHN A. RAYMOND.
The following is the vote of the Town of Braintree for Repre- sentatives to General Court as certified to by the town officers.
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